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Connectivity Crucial to Singapore's Role as Maritime Hub

Mar 07, 2018

To continue growing the maritime cluster and capturing new opportunities, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) will strengthen the connectivity and inter-linkages of Singapore’s maritime cluster, build a vibrant innovation ecosystem…

Transinsular Announces Cape Verde, Inter-Islands Trade Routes

Mar 06, 2018

Transinsular announced the 'Lince Class', the fastest maritime connection with Cape Verde from Portugal (Leixões / Lisbon) and the Canary Islands (Las Palmas). And therefore, the most competitive solution for exporting products from Portugal…

CMA CGM Unveils 'Customer Centricity' Strategy

Mar 06, 2018

Customer experience at the center of the Group’s strategy New products and services to meet burgeoning customer demand CMA CGM standardizes the use of smart containers Customer experience management has become a strategic necessity to satisfy customer demands…

Samskip to Sail Between Hull and Amsterdam

Mar 05, 2018

Samskip has announced a major enhancement in its shortsea and multimodal services between the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, with the addition of direct connections between Amsterdam and Hull three times a week.  The value proposition…

India Allocate Funds for Development of Inland Waterways

Mar 05, 2018

The Government of India has got a budget allocation of  INR 228 crore (USD 35.1 mln) for the development of Inland waterways transport, which also includes INR 126 crore (USD 19.4 mln) for North Eastern Region, for the year 2017-18.   The…

Ending Inefficient Container Shipping Practices

Mar 05, 2018

E*DRAY is a Digital Port Logistics Platform dedicated to Transforming Inefficient Container Shipping Industry Practices. E*DRAY, the container shipping industry's first collaborative port logistics technology platform, delivers a new coordinated…

Kuehne + Nagels' digital platform for seafreight service launched

Mar 05, 2018

Kuehne + Nagel announced the launch of KN ESP. By the use of the platform, customers will be able to connect, collaborate and manage their physical and digital supply chains from sourcing to delivery on a global level. Kuehne + Nagel’s new comprehensive supply chain management platform…

Panama Canal Sets New Milestone with 3,000th Neopanamax Transit

Mar 04, 2018

Panama Canal announced the transit of its 3,000th Neopanamax vessel, exceeding initial traffic expectations by this date and reaffirming the value and impact its route has had on global maritime trade, said a press release on Friday (March 02)…

MOL: New Stowage System for Car Carriers

Mar 03, 2018

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd.  introduced an upgraded stowage planning system for car carriers called “MOL-CAPS”. The MOL-CAPS system generates a voyage-by-voyage stowage plan that determines where to stow specific vehicles in consideration of different factors…

Port of Antwerp to Help Develop New Dakar Port, West Africa

Mar 02, 2018

Antwerp and Dakar port authorities are to collaborate more closely in the next few years. In this way Antwerp, the second-largest port in Europe, seeks to reinforce its historic position as leader on the coast of West Africa.  The Senegalese…

Chainalytics and Drewry Partner to Create Ocean Buying Group

Mar 02, 2018

Chainalytics, a global leader in supply chain consulting, and Drewry, the global shipping consultancy, have partnered to launch an innovative ocean freight procurement solution for shippers.  The Chainalytics Ocean Buying Group, in partnership with Drewry…

Shipping e-Solutions to Power Efficiencies at Evergreen

Mar 02, 2018

Evergreen Launches New Electronic Documentation Function in Partnership with Bolero International. Evergreen Line introduces paperless Bill of Lading (B/L) and dispatch documentation via its ShipmentLink digital portal, enhancing connectivity for exporters and importers with banks…

Logistec Acquires Gulf Stream Marine

Mar 01, 2018

Logistec Corporation announced  the expansion of its network of terminals through the strategic acquisition of Gulf Stream Marine.  This transaction will allow Logistec to establish a stronghold in the U.S. Gulf, strengthen its position in a high-growth market in the United States…

SC Ports Welcomes New Ship-to-shore Cranes

Mar 01, 2018

Just a day prior to the South Carolina Ports Authority's celebration of the beginning of Charleston Harbor Deepening Project construction, the port welcomed two new ship-to-shore cranes at the Wando Welch Terminal to further enhance the handling of neo-Panamax vessels…

Trump to Set Hefty Tariffs on Steel, Aluminum Imports

Mar 01, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Thursday he would impose tariffs of 25 percent on imported steel and 10 percent on aluminum, in a move the administration said would protect U.S. industry, but which critics said would fail to boost jobs and risked stoking a trade war with China…

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US Grain Shipments Surge 9% in face of Chinese Tariffs

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