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Container Shipping Demand Remains Good: Hapag-Lloyd

May 14, 2017

In the medium term, demand for container shipping services should continue to rise in tandem with expected ongoing growth in global trading volume, says Hapag-Lloyd. As a result, the container shipping industry’s medium-term growth prospects remain intact…

Gulftainer Wins Logistics Industry Honors for TOS

May 12, 2017

Gulftainer,  privately owned independent terminal operating and logistics company whose global divisions include GT USA in North America, has won an industry award for its Marine and Container Handling (MACH) Terminal Operating System (TOS)…

Union Calls Off Strike at Jakarta Port

May 12, 2017

An Indonesian labour union has scrapped a planned strike at Jakarta's Tanjung Priok port next week, ensuring operations would run normally at the country's busiest port, union officials said on Friday. Nova Sofyan Hakim, the chairman of…

DP World London Now Handles Far East Calls

May 12, 2017

MOL Triumph, the first of the world’s largest and newest vessels to call in the UK, arrives in Southampton on THE Alliance's FE2 service as new third deep-water berth opened at London Gateway in April, ahead of first regular Asia-Europe service starting…

Pasha Hawaii Taps Keppel Fels to Build LNG-Fueled Boxships

May 11, 2017

Delivery of First Vessel Planned for Early 2020. Honolulu-based Pasha Hawaii today announced that the company has selected Keppel AmFELS in Brownsville, TX, a subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M) for the construction of two new Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) fueled containerships…

Port of LA Sets April Cargo Record

May 11, 2017

April cargo volumes surged 8.9 percent at the Port of Los Angeles compared to the same month last year. It was the best April in the port’s 110-year history. For the first four months of 2017, cargo has increased 10 percent compared to 2016…

Peel Ports Appoints Schaap as Container Director

May 11, 2017

Peel Ports  has appointed APM Terminals’ Jouke Schaap to head up its entire container operations.The position has been created to drive commercial opportunities focussed on the company’s network of terminals and port-centric logistics facilities…

New Ship Building Orders for Korean Yards

May 11, 2017

South Korean shipyards emerged on top for new orders in April, Business Korea reported quoting industry data. The global total amount of new shipbuilding orders reached 750,000 CGT last month and 340,000 CGT and 260,000 CGT went to South Korean and Chinese shipbuilders…

US Retail Imports to Grow through Summer

May 09, 2017

Imports at the United States’ major retail container ports are expected to see steady increases through the summer and into the fall, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report released by the National Retail Federation (NRF) and Hackett Associates…

DP World Unveils Container Tracking Solution

May 09, 2017

Port terminal operator DP World said it has demonstrated its new container tracking solution under the theme of “Where’s My Container?” at Transport Logistic in Munich. After receiving feedback from a pilot release, new enhancements to…

Strike to Disrupt Operations at Jakarta's Main Port

May 09, 2017

A union workers' strike next week is expected to disrupt shipping operations at Jakarta's main port, which handles the bulk of international shipments for Southeast Asia's biggest economy, a labour union official said. Around 2,000 union…

SC Ports Reports Best April for Box Volumes

May 08, 2017

South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA) announced its strongest April container volumes on record, with 189,315 twenty foot-equivalent units (TEUs) handled last month.  In addition to being the strongest April in SCPA history, last month's volumes were the second-highest ever handled by the port…

April Boost at Port of Long Beach

May 08, 2017

More ships calling at the Port of Long Beach in April thanks to new business and changes to vessel deployments helped to push container volumes 16.5 percent higher compared to the same month last year. For the calendar year so far, cargo volume at the port is up 5…

Full Ahead: New Generation of Carrier Alliances

May 08, 2017

Full ahead: new generation of carrier alliances and slot/vessel sharing arrangements; SM’s (Bullet) Line; FWE for Hanjin. On April 1, 2017, the new generation of carrier alliances became reality. In the run up to April 1 there was a flurry…

New Container Facility at DP World London Gateway

May 05, 2017

A new off-dock empty container storage yard is to be opened at DP World London Gateway Port.  The five acre yard will be operated and managed by Solent Stevedores, an award-winning stevedoring company with a broad range of bulk and general…

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