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Hong Kong Terminals Mark 200 Million TEU

Oct 19, 2015

Hutchison Port Holdings' (HPH) Hong Kong assets marked a significant milestone with cumulative throughput of 200 million teu. Congratulating HPH Trust on this important chapter in the history of Hong Kong’s container port industry, Secretary…

A Tanker Statistic You May Not Know?

Oct 19, 2015

‘VWGate’ has raised a flag for managers and technicians in the transport business. ‘Efficiency’ used to be left to the market, but the intrepid twins, consumer health and climate change, have changed all that, says a report from Clarkson Research Services…

Bibby Adds New Deputy MD in India

Oct 16, 2015

Bibby Ship Management has welcomed Sanjiv Wagh as Deputy Managing Director of its India offices. With more than 30 years of industry experience, Wagh joins Bibby Ship Management from Kongsberg where he was General Sales Manager for Kongsberg Maritime India…

Ruscon Sees Cargo Boost Despite Russian Downturn

Oct 16, 2015

Though Russian ports have seen a general decline in the number of containers handled, multimodal operator Ruscon reports it has seen its own numbers rise.Ruscon, a subsidiary of Russian container transport company Global Container Service (GCS)…

Ruscon is Russia's Top MTO

Oct 16, 2015

Despite a significant general decline in the number of containers handled in Russian ports, multimodal operator Ruscon has seen its own numbers rise. Ruscon, a subsidiary of leading Russian container transport company GCS, handled 65…

China Port Opens New Mediterranean Route

Oct 16, 2015

China's Tianjin Port has opened a new regular shipping route to the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea, reports Xinhua. The route, run by nine container ships, will call at countries including Malaysia, India, Israel, Egypt and Turkey…

Port of Baltimore Sets Container Record in August

Oct 16, 2015

The Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore handled a record 86,149 twenty-foot-equivalent units of total container volume in August as shipping volume continued to swell. August volume of total containers, including empties, rose 12.6 percent…

Coscol Profit Jumps by 91pct

Oct 16, 2015

The heavy lift arm of China’s Cosco Group, China Shipping Co (Coscol) has almost doubled its profit for for the first nine months despite a fall in revenue. Coscol recorded a profit of RMB366.08m ($57.67m) from January to September, a surge of 90…

Maersk Ready to Weather any Storm, Says CEO

Oct 16, 2015

Nils S. Andersen chief executive of oil and shipping giant, Moller-Maersk says that his company was prepared to weather the storm to defend its 15 percent share of the global container shipping market, reports CNBC. Of late, the shipping…

World Ship Owners Adopt Kalu as President

Oct 16, 2015

World Shipowners’ Association (WSA) has appointed Nigeria-born Forbes billionaire and President of Slok Group, Orji Uzor Kalu as interim president of the body. Kalu, an eminent businessman and former governor of Abia State will occupy the…

New CEO for Mersey Maritime

Oct 15, 2015

Chris Shirling-Rooke has taken the helm as the new CEO for Mersey Maritime following the retirement of his predecessor, Jim Teasdale.Shirling-Rooke, who joined Mersey Maritime as Commercial Director in 2013, took on the role of acting CEO 12 months ago…

China Shipping and Cosco Near Mega Merger Deal

Oct 15, 2015

State-owned shipping giants China Ocean Shipping Co. (Cosco Group) and China Shipping Group (CSG)  are in advanced negotations on combining their container shipping businesses, reports WSJ. Rumors of a merger deal between the two have been floating for half a year…

Shipping Fleet Grew at Lowest Rate, says UN

Oct 15, 2015

The world's commercial fleet grew by 3.5 percent during the 12 months to Jan 1, 2015, the lowest annual growth rate in over a decade, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) reveals on Wednesday in its Review of Maritime Transport 2015…

Spotlight on Links Between Maritime Transport and Sustainability

Oct 15, 2015

The 2015 Review of Maritime Transport, published by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), underscored the role of maritime transport in helping implement a workable international sustainable development agenda. The…

Lithuania Mulls LNG Exports

Oct 15, 2015

Domestic glut prompts Lithuania  government to consider selling-off surplus gas supplies, reports Reuters. Lithuanian LNG importer Litgas could be about to start re-exporting LNG bought. Lithuania opened an LNG import terminal in 2014 and…

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