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APL Launches Container Tracking Mobile App

Dec 13, 2017

APL has launched a mobile application to help shippers track containers from place of loading to delivery destinations.   APL Box Track, available for download from both the Apple iTunes and Google Play stores, is designed to offer convenience and visibility…

EURONAV Opts for SERTICA Fleet Management

Dec 12, 2017

After a rigorous selection process, tanker shipping company EURONAV has chosen the SERTICA Fleet Management System by Danish software and engineering company Logimatic. EURONAV, which operates some of the world’s largest tanker vessels,…

APL Celebrates 150 Years in Japan

Dec 12, 2017

The Yokohama Port and Habour Bureau, Yokohama-Kawasaki International Port Corporation and Yokohama Port Corporation have paid tribute to APL for its contributions as one of Japan’s longest-serving shipping lines. As APL celebrates 150 years of shipping in Japan…

Fleet Of Babycapes Is Growing: Oldendorff

Dec 11, 2017

Oldendorff Carriers has recently increased the number of owned bulk carriers in it Babycape segment by acquiring four more eco 119,000 tonners from compatriot shipowner Hartmann Reederei. The vessels are: MV UBC Ottawa   (tbrn: Roland Oldendorff)…

Christophe de Margerie Moves 1st Yamal LNG Cargo

Dec 10, 2017

On 8 December 2017, the icebreaking LNG carrier Christophe de Margerie completed her first loading at the Port of Sabetta, on the Yamal Peninsular, with her first cargo of liquefied natural gas (LNG) produced at the Yamal LNG plant. The…

Khalifa Port to Handle World's Largest Ships

Dec 10, 2017

Emirates Global Aluminium, the largest industrial company outside oil and gas, has signed a long-term port facility agreement with Abu Dhabi Ports to use some of the world’s largest bulk cargo vessels to import raw materials through Khalifa Port…

Antwerp Port Focus on Sustainable Modal Shift

Dec 10, 2017

The port of Antwerp is to invest 1.4 million euros over the next three years in projects aimed at making port-generated freight traffic smoother and more efficient.  The seven projects that have been selected for financial support will together reduce the number of truck trips by up to 250…

Expanded Shanghai Port Starts Trial Operations

Dec 10, 2017

Shanghai Yangshan port, the world's busiest container port, has completed the latest part of its fourth-phase expansion for pilot operation, state media reported on Sunday. The port on Sunday started operating the newly installed 10 bridge cranes…

APM Provides Cold Chain solutions for Nigeria

Dec 08, 2017

APM Terminals, in conjunction with Naija Pride and with the assistance of international development groups, is working to provide cold chain transportation alternatives for farmers in the agricultural centers of northern Nigeria to bring fresh…

JNPT Records Growth of 5.76% in Container Handling

Dec 08, 2017

Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT), handled 3.9 lakh TEUs in the month of November 2017, while recording a growth of 5.76% in container handling for the period Apr-Nov2017 as compared to same period last year. Of the four terminals at JNPT…

Indian Ports Cargo Traffic Up 3.46%

Dec 07, 2017

Major ports in India have recorded a growth of 3.46% and together handled 439.66 Million Tonnes of cargo during the period April to November, 2017 as against 424.96 Million Tonnes handled during the corresponding period of previous year. For the period from April- November 2017…

Diana Shipping Time Charters Capesize Bulker

Dec 07, 2017

Diana Shipping, through a separate wholly-owned subsidiary, has entered into a time charter contract with EGPN Bulk Carrier, Hong Kong, for one of its Capesize dry bulk vessels, M/V Boston.  The gross charter rate is $17,000 per day, minus a 5 percent commission paid to third parties…

V.O. Chidambaranar Port Sets New Record

Dec 07, 2017

India government-owned V O Chidambaranar Port Trust (VOCPT) in Chennai created a new record for single day handling of cargo yesterday, when it handled 36,526 Metric Tonnes of thermal coal at the berth NCB-I from the vessel MV. Asian Champion…

Box Ship Breaks from Mooring in Boston

Dec 07, 2017

The U.S. Coast Guard said it is investigating how a containership broke free from its mooring in Boston on Wednesday morning. The Coast Guard, along with Massport Fire Department, Boston Police Department, Massachusetts State Police and port tugs responded to 1…

OCIMF's Paper on Northern Sea Route Navigation

Dec 06, 2017

Climate change and the associated warming of the Arctic seas has opened up the Northern Sea Route as a possible alternative to more southerly trading routes between Europe and Asia Pacific, but it presents unique challenges to any ship using it…

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