A GIANT trucking and logistics company that had a contract with the US Postal Service (USPS) has abruptly shut, reports the London Daily Mail

TERMINAL operators and inland infrastructure are to blame for port congestion, the said the World Shipping Council (WSC), whose members own 90 per cent of the tonnage afloat.

AHEAD of the April 1 launch of the new Ocean Alliance and THE Alliance, the newly unveiled network coverage shows that on both Asia-Europe and trans-Pacific trade lanes, a significant number of direct port-to-port combinations will be scrapped, SeaIntel data shows.

WITH a month before the launch of new alliance networks, Alphaliner has started to sketch current offerings however incomplete as they stand today.

CHINA Cosco Shipping's 2011-built 14,000 TEU containership CSCL Jupiter has delayed its scheduled departure from Vietnam following a collision with another vessel

THE delivery of ultra-large tonnage is expected to drive Ocean Alliance partners Cosco and Evergreen to expand their market share significantly on the main deep-sea trades in the coming 18 months, says SeaIntel Maritime Analysis.

BEIJING has announced that it wants to turn the 'Greater Bay Area' covering the Pearl River Delta, into a leading global innovation hub, boost infrastructure connectivity and strengthen Hong Kong's role as an international centre of finance, shipping, trade and the offshore yuan business

AIR cargo handler Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has opened a new 8,700-square-metre facility at Brussels Airport that is part of a wider development project that will see a 50,000 sqm building added in the coming months for a total investment of EUR100 million (US

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A MODERN container terminal at the Australian port of Newcastle would reduce land transport costs for northern New South Wales businesses by AUD2

LONDON's Drewry Maritime Research says that with a large number of big Ocean Alliance newbuilds in the offing, a seventh loop between Asia and North Europe was 'inevitable', reports London's Loadstar

DUBAI's global port operator DP World has signed an order for 33 Kalmar terminal tractors, three empty container handlers, three reachstackers and one forklift for its new deep-water terminal at Posorja, Ecuador

One of the world's newest and most luxurious cruise ships has docked in Cornwall

THE hulls of the first two ships of CMA CGM's US

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MEGA SHIPS may be good for container lines, but they are not so good for shippers, ports or truckers, said Freight Transport Association (FTA) policy director Chris Welsh.

THE Port of Halifax says the Halterm Container Terminal is being fitted out with a super post-panamax ship-to-shore gantry crane along with associated lifting equipment and container yard gear from June 2020

THE drive to reduce slot costs by building ships of 18,000 TEU and above has produced more costs than savings, and will continue to do so as ships get bigger and become more numerous, reports London's Loadstar