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Baltic Exchange Developing Container Shipping Index

Apr 25, 2018

London's Baltic Exchange is developing a container shipping index with Hong Kong-headquartered group Freightos in another sign that the centuries-old business is moving into new markets. Founded in 1744 as a forum for chartering vessels…

Kalmar launches FastCharge AGV

Apr 24, 2018

Kalmar is introducing an automated guided vehicle (AGV) solution for transporting containers between quayside and landside operations. The new Kalmar FastCharge AGV is the latest milestone in Kalmar's  20-year track record of delivering innovative…

GAC expands into Port Elizabeth

Apr 24, 2018

GAC South Africa has opened its fifth branch, to provide a portfolio of shipping services for oil & gas projects and LPG shipments at Port Elizabeth as well as its neighbouring port Ngqura (Coega). GAC has served customers with vessels calling…

GAC Dubai Wins Supply Chain Award

Apr 23, 2018

For the second consecutive year, GAC Dubai has been named the FMCG Supply Chain of the Year in the Logistics Middle East Awards. The 2018 award, like last year’s, acknowledges the company’s service to the Middle East’s busy Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) sector…

Samskip Nor Lines' Service to Call Rotterdam

Apr 20, 2018

Samskip subsidiary Nor Lines will include calls at Rotterdam for the first time in its weekly multipurpose liner service connecting to Western, Mid and Northern Norway, with effect from June 1st. The service is provided by Nor Lines' state of the art…

Krishnapatnam Port Container Throughput Rises

Apr 20, 2018

Krishnapatnam Port Company Limited (KPCL), the largest deepwater port on the east coast of India, announced that it has handled 45 Million Metric Ton (MMT) of cargo in 2017-18 (FY18) thus, achieving a 25 percent growth over 36.10 MMT handled in the previous fiscal…

Canadian National Railway to Acquire 350 Boxcars

Apr 19, 2018

Canadian National Railway Company (CN) announced it will acquire 350 premium boxcars to serve growing demand from industrial customers across its North American network.  “These additional boxcars, combined with our new locomotives, hundreds of new train crew members…

Maersk's Block Train Solution on Standard Gauge Railway

Apr 18, 2018

A Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) train fully laden with 108 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) of Maersk Line Through Bill of Lading (TBL) containers arrived in Nairobi from Mombasa last 13 April. Compared to the Meter Gauge Railway, the 472…

Egypt Ports to Work 24/7 to Expedite Cargoes

Apr 18, 2018

Egypt will keep its ports running for 24 hours a day, up from 16 currently, in an effort to cut down on 'long waiting times' for shipments, Transportation Minister Hesham Arafat said on Wednesday. The extended port hours will not come at any added cost for shippers…

Rusal slashes export shipments as sanctions hit

Apr 17, 2018

Russian aluminum giant Rusal has stopped placing orders with two logistics firms that ship its exports, executives with the firms said on Tuesday, in a sign of deepening problems for the company after it was hit by U.S. sanctions.Rusal and its major shareholder Oleg Deripaska were included on a U…

Bollore Transport & Logistics Net Profit Jumps

Apr 17, 2018

Bollore Transport & Logistics Cote d'Ivoire net profit climbed to 13.14 billion CFA francs ($24.30 million) in 2017 from 10.12 billion CFA francs the previous year, the shipping company and port operator said late on Monday.Turnover for the…

Shipping Firm MSC Stops Trade with Sanctioned Russian Entities

Apr 17, 2018

The world’s number two container group Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has stopped any new potential trade with Russian entities that were sanctioned by the United States, the Swiss headquartered firm said on Tuesday. The United States…

Kemp: Trade Restrictions puts World Economy at Risk

Apr 17, 2018

Trade and investment restrictions are proliferating around the world, driven by a combination of security concerns and protectionist pressures. In each instance, policymakers can usually cite a justification of why trade and investment restrictions are necessary…

SC Ports Opens Inland Port Dillon

Apr 16, 2018

South Carolina Ports Authority officially opened Inland Port Dillon, its second inland facility constructed in the state to handle growing intermodal rail cargo volumes and deepen the port's reach into markets through the Carolinas to the Northeast and Midwest…

TRAC Intermodal Joins Blockchain Initiative

Apr 16, 2018

TRAC Intermodal has joined the Blockchain in Transportation Alliance (BiTA), an organization for the development of blockchain standards and education for the transportation industry, with the goal of bringing together leading companies that are committed to developing blockchain technology…

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