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Con-way Freight, TNT Expand Partnership
William B. Cassidy |
Con-way Freight and TNT are expanding their trans-Atlantic partnership to include shipping U.S. exports to Europe, targeting freight shipments weighing more than 150 pounds.<br /> <br />
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Safmarine Restores ME 3 Service
Peter T. Leach |
Safmarine said it is reintroducing the ME 3 shipping service between the Mediterranean and West Central Asia. <br /> <br />
Maritime
Container lines
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Wallenius Wilhelmsen Expands in Middle East
Peter T. Leach |
Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics, the joint Swedish-Norwegian roll-on, roll-off carrier, is expanding its ocean services from North America to the Middle East due to a strengthening of demand in the reg
Maritime
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Maersk Parent Cutting Costs Another $500 Million
Peter T. Leach |
A.P. Moller-Maersk aims to cut operating costs by $500 million this year, it said in a company newsletter published on Monday.<br /> <br />
Maritime
Container lines
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EU Approves Euroports, DP World Terminal
Bruce Barnard |
European Union regulators cleared a joint venture between Luxembourg-based Euroports and DP World for a new container terminal in the port of Liege.<br /> <br />
Maritime
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Three Lines to Serve India-East Africa
JOC Staff |
Middle East-based Simatech Shipping, Evergreen Line and Wan Hai Lines will launch a joint container service linking the Indian Subcontinent and East Africa, effective in May.<br /> <br />
Maritime
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APL Volume and Yield Climb in Latest Period
Peter T. Leach |
Neptune Orient Lines said Monday the volume of containers carried by its container line APL and the average yield per container both climbed during the four weeks from Feb.
Maritime
Container lines
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Duisport Breaks Revenue Record
Bruce Barnard |
Duisport, the operator of the world's biggest inland port at Duisburg, Germany, booked record revenue for the second year running in 2009.
Maritime
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New York-New Jersey Terminals Closed on April 2
Peter T. Leach |
All the ocean terminals in the Port of New York and New Jersey will be closed on Friday, April 2, because of Good Friday, which is an International Longshoremen’s Association holiday, the Port A
Maritime
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Maersk Line Close to Break Even, CEO Says
Peter T. Leach |
Maersk Line CEO Eivind Kolding predicted in Russia Sunday that the container line is "about to break even" as ocean freight rates jump, and predicted demand will be in the upper end of its f
Maritime
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Obama Appoints Customs Chief, Trade Officials
R.G. Edmonson |
President Obama named Alan D. Bersin to be U.S.
Transport, Trade, and Regulation News
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NOL Forms Company to Finance New Ships
Peter T. Leach |
Neptune Orient Lines formed a new wholly owned subsidiary called Triton Shipping in Singapore to arrange financing for two new vessels with capacities of 10,000 20-foot equivalent units that it ordere
Maritime
Container lines
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Measuring Port Productivity
Bill Mongelluzzo |
When it comes to measuring productivity at marine terminals, The Tioga Group has some advice: Look to the gates, not the acres.<br /> <br />
Maritime
Trucking News
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Trans-Pacific’s Uneven Playing Field
Bill Mongelluzzo |
It may be a foregone conclusion Asia-to-U.S. trans-Pacific carriers will raise freight rates this year, U.S.
Maritime
Container lines
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Imbalanced Export Expectations
Peter T. Leach and R.G. Edmonson |
Almost everyone believes exports are a cure for many of the ailments afflicting the U.S. economy. They can help close the huge U.S.
Maritime
Container lines
Transport, Trade, and Regulation News
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Maersk Line Joins Vietnam Gold Rush
Peter T. Leach |
Maersk Line plans to add a direct, all water call from South Vietnam to the U.S. West Coast to its Trans-Pacific 6 service.<br /> <br />
Maritime
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Rising Container Capacity Threatens Liner Recovery
Bruce Barnard |
Ocean container carriers are set to boost capacity by around 785,000 20-foot equivalent units in the coming four months, threatening the recent rise in liner freight rates, a leading industry analyst
Maritime
Container lines
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INTTRA Expands into East Asia
Peter T. Leach |
With a wallet full of fresh investment capital from ABS Capital Partners, INTTRA is expanding its e-commerce booking services into East Asia with the opening of a new development center in China and a
Maritime
Container lines
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Grand Alliance Adds Direct Vietnam Call
Peter T. Leach |
Grand Alliance member carriers Hapag-Lloyd, NYK, and OOCL plan to add a direct call at Vietnam’s Cai Mep deepwater port to their South China Sea Japan Express starting in May.<br /> <br />
Maritime
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MISC Berhad Launches East India Container Service
JOC Staff |
MISC Berhad launched a container service, called the East India Service (EIS), connecting Yangon, Myanmar, and Chennai, India.<br /> <br />
Maritime
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Maersk Exec Says Container Shipping ‘Fragile'
Peter T. Leach |
The global container shipping industry should go slow in bringing back to service hundreds of ships idled during the recession, otherwise the sector will extend losses which are estimated at $15 billi
Maritime
Container lines
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Ports America Appoints New CEO
Peter T. Leach |
Ports America, the largest U.S. terminal operator, named a new president and CEO from outside its ranks on Thursday.<br /> <br />
Maritime
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Chinese pipes delivered to Iraq
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A shipment of 857 pieces of carbon steel seamless pipe from China was successfully delivered recently to North Oil Co. — a division of the Iraqi Ministry of Oil — in Kirkuk, Iraq.<br />
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Small Port, Big Plans
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Operating in the shadow of one of the world’s biggest container ports might intimidate a much smaller neighbor, but it hasn’t fazed the Port of Jurong in Singapore. <br /> <br />
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Power on Demand
Leticia Lozano |
Although Colombia relies on hydroelectric power for its basic electricity supply, when rainfall is low, the country turns to power plants run by natural gas and other fuels.<br /> <br />
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Colombia’s Road Ahead
Leticia Lozano |
The secret to moving project cargo in Colombia is improvization, companies such as Kuehne + Nagel say.
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Colombia Revival
Leticia Lozano |
Colombia has almost come full circle in the past two decades, evolving from a country that in the 1990s suffered an exodus of foreign investors because of rampant political insecurity to the attractiv
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RollDock Is Open for Business
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RollDock Shipping recently placed its first of eight new specialized heavy-lift vessels into service. <br /> <br />
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A Special Case
William Armbruster |
One of Intermarine’s most recent shipments began in December when it loaded two massive cold boxes for a liquefied natural gas plant under construction in the West African nation of Angola.<br /
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Optimism in the Face of Adversity
William Armbruster |
The market for breakbulk and project cargo is in terrible shape.
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After the Earthquake
Leticia Lozano |
The catastrophic, 8.8 magnitude earthquake that rocked Chile on Feb. 27 killed more than 500 people and left behind a shambles of infrastructure, with damages topping $30 billion.<br /> <br />
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Steel-Green Shoots
Joseph Bonney |
After an awful 2009, companies involved in international steel trade have started this year with cautious optimism – and plenty of questions.<br /> <br />
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Handle With Care
Janet Nodar |
Barges, the tortoises of the maritime industry, have “huge stability” but also come with a unique set of potential problems, said Capt.
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Challenged transport
Janet Nodar |
Moving pieces of project cargo that weigh hundreds of metric tons or are five stories tall or higher from point A to point B can be a challenge of monumental proportions.
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India’s Changing Infrastructure
Janet Nodar |
India’s mountain of infrastructure shortcomings have been the bane of the shipping industry for decades.
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Sea Star Adds Philadelphia Call
Joseph Bonney |
Sea Star Line, which operates container/roll-on, roll-off ships between Jacksonville, Fla., and Puerto Rico, will add a weekly call at Philadelphia next month, the Philadelphia Regional Port Authority
Maritime
Container lines
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Where Price Matters
Janet Nodar |
India has survived the global recession relatively unscathed.
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Private Security Guards Kill Somali Pirate
Thomas L. Gallagher |
A pirate died in a hail of bullets in a clash with private security contractors protecting a Panama-flag cargo vessel off the coast of Somalia, officials said Wednesday, according to the Associated Pr
Maritime
Forwarding
Zebra Launches Software for Smaller Terminals
Peter T. Leach |
Zebra Enterprise Solutions launched operating software designed for terminals that move less than 120,000 20-foot equivalent units a year.<br /> <br />
Maritime
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Hamburg Süd to Switch Turkish Port Call
Peter T. Leach |
Hamburg Süd said one of its services between Europe and Turkey will start calling at the TCEEGE Terminal in Aliaga, Turkey, instead of the Alsancak terminal in nearby Izmir.<br /> <br />
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