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First Arkas Line Ship To Dock In Contship Ravenna

Mar 13, 2018

Natalia A container ship that belongs to Turkish ARKAS shipping line is docked in Contship Ravenna – the Contship Italia Group gateway on the Adriatic Sea.  The Natalia A is deployed on the ADS service (Adriatic Service) that connects Ravenna with Istanbul…

Port of Rotterdam for Ambitious Investment

Mar 13, 2018

The solid financial results allow the Port of Rotterdam Authority to carry out an ambitious investment programme, which is intended to help the Rotterdam port maintain its leading position as Europe’s largest port and industrial complex. Allard Castelein…

Warmth Brightens up La Spezia Container Terminal

Mar 13, 2018

Despite the grey clouds and rain that fell over the weekend in La Spezia, the YM Warmth making only her second call brought a splash of colour to the terminal when it discharged from Asia a brand new ONE container, showing off the bright new magenta livery…

Long Beach Maintains Strong Start to 2018

Mar 13, 2018

The Port of Long Beach said its strong start to 2018 continues with a historic high in cargo volume for February following in the heels of a record January. During February, 661,790 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) moved through the California port – a 32…

Somalia Bans DP World, Says Contract with Somaliland Null

Mar 13, 2018

Somalia has banned Dubai ports operator DP World from operating in Somalia, saying that a contract that the company signed last year with the breakaway Somaliland region to develop an economic zone is null and void. It is unclear how Somalia's…

Migrant Influx Puts Greek Port on Edge

Mar 13, 2018

The migrants bolted across a street and clambered over a fence into the Greek port at Patras, scouting around for trucks to stow away in. Dozens at a time scaled a 2-km stretch of fence one afternoon last week, playing cat-and-mouse with…

US Steel Import Curbs Seen Scuttling India's Rising Exports

Mar 13, 2018

India's ambition to become a major steel exporter could be disrupted by U.S. import curbs, Steel Minister Chaudhary Birender Singh said, underscoring the need for free trade. 'Our exports have increased substantially, about 40 percent growth during January to December (2017)…

Maersk's Port Business Woos Customers with New Transport Services

Mar 13, 2018

Danish shipping group A.P. Moller-Maersk's is betting on winning new customers for its port division by becoming a one-stop shop that can transport goods from factory to retailers' shelves. The move comes as Maersk, the world's biggest container shipper…

UK Ports to Invest $2.36 Bln in Infrastructure

Mar 12, 2018

Newly published research shows that U.K. ports and terminals have an estimated £1.7 billion ($2.36 billion) of port infrastructure investment in the development pipeline. The research is part of the British Ports Association’s ‘Port Futures’…

TEN has 77% of Fleet Under Secured Contracts

Mar 12, 2018

2018 started with TEN operating the largest fleet in its 25 year history, 77% of which in secured contracts averaging 2.7 years with minimum secured revenues of $1.3 billion, said a press statement from the Greece-based company Of the vessels under those fixed contracts…

Responders Tracking Containers Lost off North Carolina

Mar 12, 2018

Responders Tracking Containers Lost off North Carolina The U.S. Coast Guard, NOAA and Environmental Protection Agency are monitoring the tracking and assessment of more than six dozen stray cargo containers lost due to high winds and heavy seas about 17 miles off Oregon Inlet…

Shipping Must Prepare for a Digital Future -Dualog

Mar 12, 2018

Shipping should start to prepare itself for a future where total emphasis will be placed on the efficient and digitised movement of goods along the supply chain rather than on the individual components of the chain such as the ships themselves…

Rail Link Could Drive Germany–Rotterdam Container Traffic

Mar 09, 2018

The Port of Rotterdam could increase its market share in certain regions in South-West Germany by up to 23%, if additional rail connections are created.  This is one of the outcomes of the “HiRo – Market Potential for Container Transports…

CMA CGM Upgrades Indian Sub-continent and Europe Services

Mar 09, 2018

The CMA CGM Group, a world leader in maritime transport, is pleased to announce it is reinforcing its offer, starting 2 April 2018, from Indian Sub-Continent, in a partnership with HLC, MSC, COSCO and ONE. With 2 weekly and complementary services…

Diana Shipping Sings TC Contract for m/v Calipso With Glencore

Mar 09, 2018

Diana Shipping, a global shipping company specializing in the ownership of dry bulk vessels, announced that, through a separate wholly-owned subsidiary, it has entered into a time charter contract with Glencore Agriculture B.V., Rotterdam, for one of its Panamax dry bulk vessels…

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