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Wan Hai Lines Enhances Japan Services

Mar 12, 2019

Taiwanese shipping company Wan Hai Lines announced the enhancement of its Japan service coverage.With effect from early April 2019, the company shall upgrade its existing New Super 1 service and also extend one of its existing Japan Kanto service to cover Malaysia…

Moody's Upgrades Panama Canal Rating

Mar 12, 2019

Moody’s Investors Service upgraded the 20-year $450 million Senior Unsecured Bonds issued by the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) to A1 from A2, with a stable outlook, based on the waterway's strong performance since the expansion's inauguration…

Partnership to Test Sustainable Marine Bio-Fuel Oil

Mar 12, 2019

IKEA Transport & Logistics Services, CMA CGM, the GoodShipping Program and the Port of Rotterdam have announced they will cooperate in a first of its kind partnership to test and scale the use of sustainable marine bio-fuel oil. The test will…

Drewry Benchmarking Club Reaches Milestone

Mar 11, 2019

Drewry  has welcome one of the world’s leading automotive and energy companies to its exclusive, online ocean freight cost comparison service, Benchmarking Club.With this latest addition, Drewry Benchmarking Club now counts more than 10% of its members in the S&P 100 and Nasdaq 100…

Saia Opens New Massachusetts Terminal

Mar 11, 2019

American trucking company Saia announced  that Saia LTL Freight has opened its newest Northeastern terminal in Wrentham, Massachusetts. This is the 11th facility the company has launched in the region since 2017.'Our expansion in the Northeast…

AAL's Mega Size MPV Delivers 22 Modules

Mar 11, 2019

Specialist breakbulk and project heavy lift carrier AAL has successfully shipped 22 petrochemical plant modules from the Wilson Heavy Industry Company in Nantong, to the Ethylene Glycol II Expansion Project in Point Comfort, Texas on behalf of the Pacific Ocean Group Limited…

Anzali Port Attracts Investments

Mar 10, 2019

Iran's Port of Anzali announced the start of operation and Exploitation of three investment projects in its port complex.According to HamidReza Abaei, the Director General of Ports and Maritime Affairs of Gilan province, Iran, began operations…

Indian Container Trade Grows 6%: Maersk

Mar 07, 2019

India’s containerised trade grew 6 per cent during the last quarter of 2018, with the western region outperforming the other three regions in Q4 trade.A report released by the world’s largest container shipping company Maersk has attributed…

Vancouver Port Cargo Volumes Hit Record in 2018

Mar 07, 2019

The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority has released the 2018 year-end statistics for cargo through the Port of Vancouver. The second consecutive year of record cargo volumes reflects Canada’s growing trade, said a press release.Overall cargo volume…

CMA CGM Upgrades NEMO service

Mar 07, 2019

Shipping group CMA CGM has reinforced its Europe / Indian Ocean & Australia offering by upgrading its NEMO service, which liaises North Europe and the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean Islands and Australia on the southbound leg and Australia to southeast Asia and Europe on the northbound leg…

USD79mln Funding for Port of Tyne

Mar 06, 2019

The Port of Tyne, which comprises the commercial docks in and around the River Tyne in Tyne and Wear in the northeast of England,  has secured a GBP60m ($79m) refinancing package from Lloyds Bank to support its ambitious investment program.North…

Port of Manila Cargo Flow Improves

Mar 06, 2019

The Port of Manila decongested its yard space by removing some overstaying containers said a port representative.The collaborative synergy between Asian Terminals Inc. (ATI), port authorities and international shipping lines has yielded positive…

DP World Orders Kalmar Straddle Carriers

Mar 06, 2019

The cargo-handling solutions provider Kalmar is to supply DP World with a total of 63 Kalmar Hybrid Straddle Carriers for use at four of its European container terminals: 12 units will be delivered to GMP in Le Havre, France; 20 units to Eurofos in Marseille…

$1B Container Terminal for Costa Rica

Mar 06, 2019

A consortium of Van Oord and BAM International completed the construction of the APM Terminals Moín in Costa Rica. Last week’s inauguration of the container terminal will enable products to be shipped on transatlantic routes to European and Asian markets without transshipment…

Zeamarine Appoints Hugo Trumpy for Italy

Mar 06, 2019

The leading provider of global tramp and liner services for the ocean transportation of heavy lift Zemarine has appointed Hugo Trumpy as exclusive agent for the Italian market.With more than 100 years of combined experience, Intermarine, Zeaborn…

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