In 2019, the international liner shipping industry transported approximately 226 million containers, with cargo transported valued at more than $4...
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Thousands of stranded seafarers seek to go home!Crews of merchant ships and cruise vessels are stranded aboard ship, with no way to either travel home or even go ashore at the closest port due to...
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IMF sees rebound in 2021, but with less bounce than it did beforeTHE International Monetary Fund (IMF), an inter-governmental international lender of last resort, recently downwardly revised its 3
- Box volume at Virginia port plunges 23pc in May due to pandemic
THE Port of Virginia's cargo volume in May plummeted 22
- Global Port Tracker reports lowest level US retail imports in years
MAJOR US container port volume is expected to be well below last year's levels as the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic continues, according to the...
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STM demonstrates the future for e-navigationWith more ships using electronic navigation and digital services, data exchange is becoming critical for sea traffic management and safety
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Costly cargo: The plight of seafarers in a pandemicAmid the many consequences of the coronavirus pandemic, thousands of seafarers around the world are now locked onboard their ships with expired...
- Senior banker: Japanese shipping must unite - one for all, all for one
THE Japanese people must make a concerted effort and raise their voices to a significant level to again have an impact on world shipping, said a...
- Another peak season runs aground as ocean carriers extract capacity
OCEAN carriers are bracing for muted demand during the usual peak shipping season heading into the fall, with supply chains still rattled by the...
- CMA CGM re-names NOL in sweeping changes to Far East operations
FRENCH shipping giant CMA CGM has re-organised itself and its subsidiaries into a tight-knit unit delivering a one-for-all-and-all-for-one service on...
- CMA CGM hikes rates from Asia to Africa on July 16 and again July 20
FRENCH shipping giant CMA CGM will levy a rate increases of US$150 per TEU from the Asia, excluding Japan but including the east coast of India to...
- Melbourne moves from 4,500-TEUers to 10,662-TEU CMA CGM Ural
THE Port of Melbourne has docked its biggest box ship ever - the 10,662-TEU Ural, reports the UK's Port Strategy
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Iskenderun Ship Management Expands Its Fleet!İskenderun Ship Management announced that a new ship was bought by shipowner Engineer İbrahim Mazman and his family to be operated within the...
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Shipping’s darkest secret: suicides at seaShipping has been accused of covering up the numbers of suicides at sea with urgent calls to be more transparent about one of the sector’s darkest...
- Ending the hurry-up-and-wait phenomenon in a quest to decarbonise
ENDING the hurry-up-and-wait phenomenon that bedevils world shipping is the quest of the Global Industry Alliance (GIA), dedicated to decarbonising...
- DP World purchases major stake in TIS Yuzhny port's box terminal
DUBAI's DP World has completed its acquisition of a 51 per cent stake in TIS Container Terminal in the Ukrainian Port of Yuzhny, 50 kilometres...
- APM Terminals Barcelona obtains OEA status for customs procedures
APM Terminals Barcelona has obtained the Authorised Economic Operator (OEA) certificate for customs procedures, a declaration issued by the Spanish...
- Ghana: First quarter cargo traffic rose by 12.6pc to 166,685 TEU
FIRST quarter laden container volume at Ghana's two seaports, Tema and Takoradi,increased 12
- PSA and DP World in line for major port projects in Chittagong
TWO global port operators - Singapore's PSA and Saudi Arabia's Red Sea Gateway Terminal (RSGT) - have been shortlisted to build Bay Terminal,...
- Asia-Europe up 1.9pc to US$907/TEU, USWC up 8.5pc at $2,920/FEU
SPOT rates for shipping containers from Asia to northern Europe in the week ending last Friday edged up 1