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Chiquita Says Eastwind Liquidation Won’t Affect Deliveries
Peter T. Leach |
Chiquita Brands International said it does not expect the bankruptcy filing by Eastwind Maritime and many of its affiliates to adversely affect service to Chiquita's customers and the delivery of its
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Eastwind Maritime Files for Liquidation
JOC Staff |
Eastwind Maritime, an operator of refrigerated ships domiciled in the Marshall Islands, filed for liquidation on Tuesday in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court of the Southern District of New York.<br />
Maritime
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U.S. Steel Imports Drop in May
Alan Field |
Steel imports in May totaled $1.122 billion, down from April imports of $1.344 billion, said the U.S. Census Bureau in a preliminary report. <br /> <br />
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CargoSmart Releases 10+2 Software
Alan Field |
CargoSmart Limited, which provides on-demand shipping and logistics software, announced today the availability of its product for compliance with the Importer Security Filing rule, also known as "
Transport, Trade, and Regulation News
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Judge Rejects Operator’s Bid in Cosco Busan Spill
JOC Staff |
A federal judge in San Francisco on Monday refused to allow Fleet Management, the operator of the ill-fated Cosco Busan that spilled 53,000 gallons of oil into San Francisco Bay after crashing into th
Maritime
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Evergreen to Scrap Old Ships
Joseph Bonney |
Evergreen Line plans to withdraw 31 of its oldest ships from service and scrap many of them to help chip away at what its chairman, Chang Yung-fa, described as a “gruesome” excess of vessel capacity i
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Maersk Chief Projects 10 Percent Box Dropoff
JOC Staff |
Maersk Line CEO Eivind Kolding thinks global container volumes may drop more than 10 percent and show no growth until next year.<br /> <br />
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Aqaba Terminal Scores Record Throughput
Peter T. Leach |
Jordan’s largest container port, the Aqaba Container Terminal, handled a record monthly volume of 64,525 TEUs in May, contributing to an overall year-to-date container throughput growth of 23 pe
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Shipping Investment Fund to Launch in Hamburg
Bruce Barnard |
A shipping investment fund focusing on the purchase of bargain priced second hand containerships and bulk carriers will be launched this week on the Hamburg stock exchange.<br /> <br />
Maritime
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Evergreen, NOL Deny Taiwan Fraud Charges
Peter T. Leach |
Evergreen Marine and Neptune Orient Lines are denying charges by prosecutors in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, that their employees were involved in falsifying data on cargo volumes passing through the port in or
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Boxes Gain Share in Europe, as Volume Falls
Bruce Barnard |
Europe's top ports boosted the share of containers in general cargo traffic to an all time high last year even as box volumes slowed significantly in the final quarter.<br /> <br />
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Maersk to Cut Investment in Ships
JOC Staff |
A.P.
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APL Volume, Revenue Slide
Peter T. Leach |
APL’s container volume and average revenue per container fell during the most recent four week reporting period, its parent Neptune Orient Lines said Monday.<br /> <br />
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Longshore Benefit Assessments to Jump 30 Percent
Bill Mongelluzzo |
Employers at West Coast ports beginning July 1 will pay about 30 percent more in man-hour and tonnage assessments to fund benefits programs for longshoremen.<br /> <br />
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Port of Indiana Unloads Wind Turbine Blades
Thomas L. Gallagher |
Workers at the Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor on June 19 started unloading 94 giant wind turbine blades for one of the world's largest wind farms under construction in northwestern Indiana.
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Taiwan Charges 46 Executives With Fraud
JOC Staff |
Taiwanese prosecutors on Thursday indicted 46 executives from some of the world’s biggest liner shipping companies and the Port of Kaohsiung on charges of fraud for allegedly inflating cargo vol
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Bunker Surcharges Increase
JOC Staff |
Higher fuel costs prompted two lines to raise bunker surcharges.<br /> <br />
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Operators Phase in Roadability Rule
Bill Mongelluzzo |
The transportation industry this week began operating under new federal regulations covering the safety of intermodal equipment, and in all modes of transport people agree much work still needs to be
Transport, Trade, and Regulation News
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Manufacturers Say 10+2 Costs $20 Billion
Alan Field |
U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Importer Security Filing rule will impose an annual cost of more than $20 billion on the U.S. economy, according to a study by a manufacturers’ group.
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Nigerian Terminal Sets Productivity Record
Peter T. Leach |
APM Terminals said its Apapa Container Terminal in Nigeria set a new terminal record of 47.26 moves per hour this week.<br /> <br />
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Maersk to Set Up National Chassis Pool
Peter T. Leach |
Maersk Line is setting up a nationwide chassis pool in the United States that will make its fleet of chassis available for lease by drayage companies, ocean carriers, marine terminals and railroads.<b
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CMA CGM to Upgrade Asia-Europe Services
Thomas L. Gallagher |
With a large number of improvements, French ocean carrier CMA CGM is upgrading its Asia-Europe services, effective June 30.<br /> <br />
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FMC Won’t Intervene in Split Routing Case
R.G. Edmonson |
Commissioners of the Federal Maritime Commission won’t intervene in an informal review of a split routing case involving a non-vessel-operating common carrier. <br /> <br />
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Hanjin Receives New Cape-Size Vessel
Thomas L. Gallagher |
Hanjin Shipping took delivery June 16 of a new Cape-size vessel from Hyundai Heavy Industries. <br /> <br />
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Tacoma Reports Growth in Containerized Exports
JOC Staff |
Containerized exports out of the Port of Tacoma grew 6.2 percent in May over the same month last year, a potential signal of recovery at the Pacific Northwest port. <br /> <br />
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Marseilles Cargo Fell 22 Percent in May
Bruce Barnard |
Container traffic at Marseilles soared 60 percent in May from a year ago as ocean carriers launched new services.
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Profit for India’s Ocean Carrier Falls 20 Percent
JOC Staff |
Net profit for state-owned Shipping Corp. of India fell almost 20 percent to $42.5 million in the January-March quarter of fiscal 2008-09 ended March 31. <br /> <br />
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LA Container Volume Slides 16.3 Percent
Bill Mongelluzzo |
Container volume at the Port of Los Angeles declined 16.3 percent in May compared to May 2008, which was about par with the port’s performance since January.<br /> <br />
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NY&NJ Exports Fall 22.3 Percent through April
JOC Staff |
Exports out of the Port of New York and New Jersey fell more than 20 percent for the fifth straight month in April, pushing overall container traffic at the East Coast’s largest port down 17.8 p
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Long Beach Container Traffic Falls 22.6 Percent
JOC Staff |
Loaded container traffic at the Port of Long Beach fell 22.6 percent in May, but the port showed signs of improvement in its busiest month so far in 2009. <br /> <br />
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Hanjin to Launch Direct Vietnam-U.S. Service
Peter T. Leach |
Hanjin Shipping became the third major container line in a month to announce it is launching a direct service between Vietnam and the United States.
Maritime
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Shoaling Up, Digging Deeper
Janet Nodar |
Of the roughly $1.7 billion in stimulus funds allocated to navigation needs including maintenance and construction, more than $356 million is heading to the U.S.
Maritime
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Playing ‘Chicken’ on the River
Janet Nodar |
An unnerving game of “chicken” played out on the lower Mississippi River recently.
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Wharf, rail projects under way at Beaumont
Janet Nodar |
While many ports in the Gulf region are focused on waterside projects, the Port of Beaumont, Texas, this summer will begin a long-awaited project to reconfigure the port’s railyard, moving it from the
Maritime
Forwarding
Ship Orders Sinking
Peter Leach |
Saddled with contracts to build more ships than they need for the foreseeable future, shipping lines and charter ship owners are trying to cancel orders or at least delay delivery of new ships for as
Maritime
Container lines
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No Braking Breakbulk
Joseph Bonney |
If breakbulk carriers want to feel depressed, they have reasons: Cargo volume is slowing, rates are down and hard times are spurring competition from container ships and other vessels.
Maritime
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Port Nehru Seeks Help for Congestion
JOC Staff |
A severe terminal congestion at India’s Port of Jawaharlal Nehru prompted port management to seek immediate intervention with Container Corp.
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Container lines
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Russian Bank Buys Terminal Operator Stake
JOC Staff |
Sberbank Capital, a unit of Russia's largest bank, the state-controlled Sberbank, acquired a 10 percent stake in Global Ports Investments, one of Russia’s leading container and oil products term
Maritime
Forwarding
Steel Slide Swamps Great Lakes' Shipping
Courtney Tower |
Deep recession affecting the steel plants ringing the Great Lakes basin in North America is creating huge decreases in shipments of iron ore and limestone for those same plants, the Lake Carriers' Ass
Maritime
Forwarding
U.S. Box Imports Plummet 22 Percent
Bill Mongelluzzo |
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