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Hyundai Launches Two U.S. Services
Thomas L. Gallagher |
Hyundai Merchant Marine will introduce two services in May and June, connecting China to the U.S. East Coast. <br /> <br />
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Matson Parent Profit Sinks 93 Percent
Thomas L. Gallagher |
Alexander & Baldwin, industrial real estate operator and parent of Matson Navigation, earned a profit for the first quarter of $3 million, a 93 percent slump compared with earnings of $42.1 millio
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Prince Rupert Tonnage Falls 24.5 Percent
Courtney Tower |
Cargo tonnage at the Port of Prince Rupert dropped 24.5 percent in the first quarter even though container traffic at the Canadian West Coast port doubled over the first three months of last year, the
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Judge halts employee-driver portion of clean-trucks program
Bill Mongelluzzo |
The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, as well as the American Trucking Associations, claim they got what they wanted in last week’s decision by U.S. District Court Judge Christina A.
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Fixing the Bayonne Bridge takes on new urgency
Peter Tirschwell and Peter Leach |
When the NYK Line ship Nebula approached the Port of New York and New Jersey on March 8, the ship had a problem. It was riding too high in the water to pass beneath the Bayonne Bridge.
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Global Ship Lease to Amend Credit Terms
Bruce Barnard |
London - Global Ship Lease, a leading containership charter owner, said it is talking with its bankers about amending terms of an $800 million credit facility.<br /> <br />
Maritime
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Grimaldi Group Ro-Ro Service Begins at Port of Boston
JoC Sailings |
The Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) on April 30 announced the beginning of direct export service at Boston Autoport.
Maritime
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Panama Canal to Cut Some Tolls in June
Peter T. Leach |
In a concession to financially pressed shipping lines, the Panama Canal Authority will cut back some tolls and fees while giving carriers greater flexibility in reserving movements through the canal.
Maritime
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Recovery a Year Off: JOC Poll
Marcy Frank |
A majority of the attendees at The Journal of Commerce's 9th annual Trans-Pacific Maritime Conference don't foresee an economic recovery for at least another year, according to live poll questions ask
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Customs Seeks to Verify 10+2 Timeliness
R.G. Edmonson |
Customs and Border Protection is looking at alternative ways of calculating the timeliness of security information that importers are obligated to file before their cargo is loaded aboard ship.
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Höegh Names Heavy-Lift Specialist as VP Sales
Peter T. Leach |
Höegh Autoliners, the U.S.
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Vancouver Tonnage Drops in First Quarter
Courtney Tower |
Port Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, reports a 15.6 percent decline in TEUs, or a 15.5 percent decline in tonnage, handled in the first quarter of this year compared with the same period in 2008.<b
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Danaos Delays Container Ship Delivery
Bruce Barnard |
Danaos, one of the world's biggest containership charter owners, delayed the delivery of 15 box ships from South Korean and Chinese shipyards.<br /> <br />
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Seaspan Swings to Profit
Peter T. Leach |
Containership owner Seaspan defied the global downturn by earning a first quarter profit of $24.2 million, compared with a loss of $7.7 million in the same quarter last year as revenue from chartering
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Drewry: Shippers Face Rising Cargo Risks
Peter T. Leach |
Importers and exporters are facing risk of cargo losses or delays during the current global recession because of the increasing possibility of cargo theft, failure of their transport and/or logistics
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Idle Box Fleet Grows
Bruce Barnard |
Idled ocean container capacity increased slightly in the past two weeks, reversing an earlier decline, the first in seven months, as ocean carriers return an increasing number of chartered vessels as
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MOL '08 Profit Plunges a Third
Peter T. Leach |
MOL’s full-year profit dropped by a third in its fiscal year ended March 31 even though its total revenue declined by only 4.1 percent.<br /> <br />
Maritime
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Petraeus Says to Consider Arming Ships
JOC Staff |
Gen. David Petraeus told a congressional committee that ocean cargo carriers should consider putting armed guards on ships traveling through pirate-infested waters off the coast of Africa. <br />
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CKYH Brings Box Service to Halifax
Courtney Tower |
A weekly container service linking Southeast Asia with the east coast of North America, starting on May 3, brings new traffic to the struggling Port of Halifax, Nova Scotia.<br /> <br />
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Charters Boost Rickmers Profit 32 percent
Peter T. Leach |
Rickmers Maritime (Trust) posted a first-quarter profit of $11.04 million, an increase of 32 percent from the $8.39 million it earned in the same quarter of 2008, on a hefty increase in revenue from c
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Import Surge Clogs Nehru Port
JOC Staff |
Local agents of container lines calling at India’s Port of Jawaharlal Nehru called on Container Corp., the state-owned intermodal logistics provider, to speed evacuation of inland containers in
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LA-LB Programs Drive Shippers to Other Ports
Bill Mongelluzzo |
Complying with the PortCheck and PierPass programs in Los Angeles-Long Beach is a cumbersome task that is motivating shippers and freight intermediaries to look to other gateways for their discretiona
Maritime
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North American ports
Hamburg Süd Revenue Climbed 24 Percent
Peter T. Leach |
Hamburg Süd boosted 2008 revenue 24 percent by means of a 25 percent increase in container volume.<br /> <br />
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NOL Expects 1Q, Full-Year Loss
Peter Leach |
Neptune Orient Lines said today it expects to report a net loss of US$240 million for the first quarter of 2009, ended March 31 when it issues its final results on May 12.<br /> <br />
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Long Beach Boxes Reach Five-Month High
JOC Staff |
The Port of Long Beach saw improvement in its slumping container traffic in March but loaded boxes at the port still fell 22.2 percent from the same month last year. <br /> <br />
Maritime
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Box Imports Fall Below 1 Million
Thomas L. Gallagher |
Import cargo volume at the nation’s major retail container ports hit its lowest level in seven years in February as the number of containers dropped below 1 million for the first time in half a
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North American ports
Ship Orders in Japan Sink 47 Percent
Hisane Masaki |
Japanese export ship orders sank at their fastest pace in 16 years in fiscal 2008, which ended on March 31, as the global economic crisis that erupted last autumn dampened ship owners' demand for new
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Maersk Shifts to Seattle
JOC Staff |
A.P.
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Idle Boxship Capacity Falls
Bruce Barnard |
Idled ocean container capacity fell for the first time in six months as carriers re-activated larger vessels amid a seasonal increase in cargo volume, but the jobless figures likely will surge again l
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Slide Show: Ports And the Economic Storm
Paul Page |
The docks that make up port cargo terminals, where millions of steel containers full of freight are transferred from ships to the shore or the other way around, are normally a death-defying place to b
Maritime
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North American ports
Long Beach OKs Terminals Overhaul
Peter T. Leach |
The Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners on Monday unanimously approved an exhaustive environmental study, paving the way for the port’s first major capital improvement project in more than
Maritime
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Hyundai Adds Cranes in Tacoma
Thomas L. Gallagher |
Hyundai Merchant Marine will add two container cranes in May at their Washington United Terminals in Tacoma.
Maritime
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Tokyo Container Trade Dropped in November
Hisane Masaki |
The number of foreign trade containers handled by the Port of Tokyo fell for the first time in three months in November last year on a year-on-year basis, edging down 1.1 percent to 313,559 TEUs.<br /
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Beyond the Economic Horizon
Peter T. Leach |
It’s tough for George Adams, president of SA Recycling in Anaheim, Calif., to see much good about the global trading economy when scrap steel exports are down 30 percent this year.
Transport, Trade, and Regulation News
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Out of the Basement?
Peter T. Leach |
Some believe the housing sector that led the world into the economic slump may help lead the economy to recovery. <br /> <br />
Transport, Trade, and Regulation News
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Vancouver Finds New Leadership
Alan Daniels |
When Robin Silvester left Canada four years ago for a leadership position at P&O Ports, Port Metro Vancouver was in the midst of a surge in business from an Asia export boom that fed the Pacific N
Maritime
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Rotterdam Profit Soars 32 Percent, Port Braces for 2009
Bruce Barnard |
LONDON — The Rotterdam Port Authority’s income rose 32 percent in 2008 from a year ago on higher harbor dues as cargo traffic in Europe’s biggest container port hit an all time high.
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Falling Ship Orders Don’t Dent Overcapacity
Bruce Barnard |
LONDON — The containership order book is down to an 18-month-low, but ocean carriers and charter owners face rising overcapacity with shipyards poised to deliver hundreds of big vessels in the n
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Pacific Container Lines Seek Rate Floor
Bill Mongelluzzo |
Hoping to prevent further deterioration in ocean freight rates, shipping lines in the eastbound Pacific are attempting to scrap the spot rates that have crept into service contracts and to establish a
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Long Beach Honors 14 Container Shipping Lines
Bill Mongelluzzo |
The Port of Long Beach honored 14 shipping lines that led the industry in reducing their vessel speed within 20 miles of the coast in order to reduce harmful diesel emissions.<br /> <br />
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