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Royal HaskoningDHV Appoints Two Corporate Directors

Dec 20, 2016

Royal HaskoningDHV appoints two new leaders at Corporate level for Finance & Control and Global HR Services: Jasper de Wit has been named Corporate Director Finance & Control per January 1, 2017, and Abhishek Kaushal has been appointed to lead Global HR Services per December 12…

COSCO, HPH Terminal Deal in Hong Kong

Dec 19, 2016

Hongkong International Terminals Limited (HIT), COSCO-HIT Terminals (Hong Kong) Limited (CHT), and Asia Container Terminals Limited (ACT) have entered into a formal collaboration for the co-management and operation of 16 berths across Terminals 4…

ZIM Announces Upgraded Lines Structure

Dec 19, 2016

In order to improve its services and provide better solutions to market needs, ZIM is announcing a restructuring of its main services on major trades. The new, enhanced structure provides first-class services in the select trades the company is pursuing…

HMM Looks for Profit in Q1

Dec 19, 2016

Hyundai Merchant Marine Co. (HMM) expects its profitability to improve slightly in the first quarter of next year on the back of an improvement in freight rates and its cost-cutting measures, reports Yonhap, quoting its chief executive Yoo Chang-keun…

ZIM Upgrades Lines Structure

Dec 19, 2016

To improve its services and provide better solutions to market needs, ZIM is announcing a restructuring of its main services on major trades. The new, enhanced structure provides first-class services in the select trades the company is pursuing…

Gulf Navigation, Mena Energy Sign Strategic Deal

Dec 18, 2016

GulfNav has marked another milestone by entering into strategic alliances with MENA ENERGY. The strategic alliances  for mutual co-operation in ship acquisition, chartering and commercial management aims to set out a platform for the parties…

Expanded Panama Canal Welcomes its 500th Neopanamax Transit

Dec 18, 2016

Less than six months after the inauguration of the Expanded Panama Canal, the waterway welcomed its 500th transit of a Neopanamax ship on Wednesday, highlighting the trust that Canal customers have placed in the route. Performing the 500th transit was the container vessel YM Unity…

King Abdullah Port Hits New Milestone

Dec 18, 2016

The infrastructure works for Berth 5 and Berth 6 are about to be finished in a few weeks, King Abdullah Port announced.  The two berths are part of the port’s strategic expansion plan, which aims to significantly uprate the port’s capacity…

Express Global wins the Dun & Bradstreet, RBL Bank Excellence Awards

Dec 18, 2016

Express Global Logistics was honoured yesterday with the Dun & Bradstreet and RBL Bank Ltd SME Business Excellence Awards 2016 in the Transport & Logistics sector.   Dun & Bradstreet, the world’s leading provider of global business information…

Indian Ports to Implement RFID

Dec 16, 2016

All Major Ports have been directed to implement the Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) system to track the movement of men, materials and vehicles within the port premises on real time basis.  Implementation of RFID system will eliminate…

OPDR Acquires New Premises in Leixões

Dec 16, 2016

OPDR Iberia’s Leixões branch is going to expand its team and move into the office of its partner MacAndrews in Leixões in the northwest of Porto. The two CMA CGM subsidiaries will continue to act independently of each other, however, profit from the synergies of the close proximity…

Danish Opposition Ask Government to Stop Beaching Maersk Ships

Dec 16, 2016

The Danish Environment Minister, Esben Lunde Larsen, had to answer to the Parliament yesterday following questions put to the Government by all the opposition parties. The long list of questions had been drafted two months earlier, prompted…

No Operating Income from Hanjin Vessels: Danaos Corporation

Dec 15, 2016

Danaos Corporation reports its results for the third quarter of 2016 in the aftermath of the bankruptcy of Hanjin Shipping, one of Danaos' large customers.  Danaos' CEO Dr. John Coustas says: 'As a result of the bankruptcy, we did not recognize…

St. Lawrence Seaway Expecting a Strong Finish

Dec 15, 2016

A strong finish to the St. Lawrence Seaway’s 2016 shipping season is expected as freighters deliver raw materials and exports for North America’s industrial and agricultural sectors before the waterway closes December 31. 'The St. Lawrence…

Traditional, Project Cargoes Transit St. Lawrence Seaway in November

Dec 15, 2016

“November was a good month for the export of agricultural products and shipments of aluminum ingots on the Great Lakes Seaway System,” said Betty Sutton, Administrator of the U.S. Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation. “Under the binational trade development program known as ‘Highway H2O’…

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Operations Begin at Jubail Container Terminal in Saudi Arabia

Operations Begin at Jubail Container Terminal in Saudi Arabia

Concerns Raised by Repeated Chinese Detentions of Panama-Flagged Vessels

Concerns Raised by Repeated Chinese Detentions of Panama-Flagged Vessels

CMA CGM Celebrates Maiden Call of New Port Kobe Service

CMA CGM Celebrates Maiden Call of New Port Kobe Service

New Wildlife Trafficking Compendium Released for Singapore

New Wildlife Trafficking Compendium Released for Singapore

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