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Maldives-India cargo ferry calls at Kulhudhuffushi on maiden voyage
THE Maldives-India cargo ferry, the 7,665-dwt MCP Linz has arrived in Kulhudhuffushi City on its maiden voyage, reports the Male Edition
Annual peak air cargo season at full tilt all the way to Christmas
THE peak season is in full swing for international air freight when shippers pay more for less, reports New York's FreightWaves
SF Airlines extends domestic cargo network to 51 destinations
SHENZHEN's SF Airlines' domestic air cargo network has been extended to 51 destinations across China, the air cargo carrier has announced,...
Zim ploughs ahead with Asia-Australia service despite Sydney port's woes
ISRAELI carrier Zim is going ahead with its plan to enter the Asia-Australia trade despite the high levels of container congestion being witnessed at...
A-E rates off 0.27pc to $1,076/TEU, USWC off 0.28pc at $3,845/FEU
SPOT rates for shipping containers from Asia to northern Europe in the week ending last Friday fell 0
HMM commissions 12th and final giant box ship deployed on Asia-N Europe trade
SOUTH Korean shipping giant HMM announced that it has completed the commissioning of its twelfth and final giant box ship, the 24,000 TEU HMM St...
HMM commissions 12th and final giant box ship depoyed on Asia-N Europe trade
SOUTH Korean shipping giant HMM announced that it has completed the commissioning of its twelfth and final giant box ship, the 24,000 TEU HMM St...
Arctic Sea Ice Loss: World Leaders Must Arrest Arctic Climate Change Impacts!
Reacting to news of the Arctic summer sea ice minimum reaching its second lowest extent in the 42-year satellite record on September 15, and to...
CMA CGM's first of nine LNG-powered 23,000 TEU box ships enters service
THE world's largest LNG-powered ship, the 23,000 TEU CMA CGM Jacques Saade, has entered into service plying the carrier's French Asia Line...
How rescuing drowning migrants became a crime!
The Iuventa ran hundreds of missions to save migrants from drowning off the coast of Libya. But after Europe cracked down on migration, its crew...
2M restores transpacific capacity and requests for return of empties
THE 2M Alliance has become the latest container shipping bloc to return more capacity to the transpacific trades after the two partners, Maersk and...
Asia-Europe rates up US$27 to $1,082/TEU, USWC increase $53 at $3,867/FEU
SPOT rates for shipping containers from Asia to northern Europe in the week ending last Friday edged up US$27 to $1,082 per TEU, 69 per cent higher...
CP and Maersk to build world-class logistics facility in Vancouver
CANADIAN Pacific Railway Limited (CP) and Danish shipping giant Maersk have reached an agreement to build and operate a world-class transload and...
This new technology can save whales from ship collisions
A newly developed tool uses AI, a mobile app and big data to help mariners avoid whale strikes.
CMA CGM's stake sale of Mundra port to China Merchants under scrutiny
WITH the widespread anti-China sentiment throughout India the government is examining a proposal to transfer part-ownership of a container terminal...
OOCL cancels two more October transpacific sailings, restores six sailings
HONG Kong's Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) has announced the cancellation of two more transpacific sailings in response to a reduction in...
Pelosi tells Brexiteers UK can forget US trade deal if EU denied role
US House of Representative Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a strident opponent of the US President, said that if the UK does not allow EU oversight of...
Mumbai rival Mundra surpassing JNPT container throughput
INDIA's Adani Ports at Mundra, 475 nautical miles north of Mumbai, increased its July volume six per cent to three million tonnes year on year...
Port of Salalah volume up 13pc to 2.2 million TEU in first half
OMAN's Salalah port continues to see significant growth as key lines consolidate operations around the harbour, reports Dubai's Maritime...
Construction starts on China's first sea-rail automated terminal
CONSTRUCTION of China's first sea-rail automated terminal has started Qinzhou port, Guangxi province, 240 kilometres east of the Port of Haiphong...