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Board members of the International Chamber of Shipping have met with representatives from major shipping nations, as well as the secretary general of the International Maritime Organization, to discuss Arctic shipping.

HK Nicaragua Canal Development Investment Co. is working with the Nicaraguan government on an interocean canal project that could rival the Panama Canal, The Washington Post reports.

A strike earlier this week at the leading Indonesia gateway port of Tanjung Priok is continuing to cause truck bottlenecks, according to forwarders.

On July 1, Singapore’s Green Ship Program will be expanded to recognize Singapore-flag ships that adopt approved sulfur oxide scrubber technology that goes beyond existing International Maritime Organization’s emissions requirements.

Speaking to delegates at the opening of the Nor-Shipping event in Oslo, Norway, Masamichi Morooka, chairman of the International Chamber of Shipping, said that impending environmental legislation will cost the shipping industry...

The gateways of choice for identity-preserved grain shippers are the Pacific Northwest ports of Seattle, Tacoma and Portland. Intermodal rail service from the Dakotas, Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin find their natural terminus at the PNW ports.

NOL Group has appointed Tom Behrens-Sørensen to its board of directors.

The Oceanex Connaigra, the largest Canadian-flag roll-on, roll-off ship, has launched in Flensburg, Germany.

Wilh. Wilhelmsen ASA, the global car and roll-on, roll-off shipping and logistics group, said it has completed a 700 million kronor ($120.5 million) bond issue.

The Federal Maritime Commission has published proposed rules that would represent the first substantive revision of regulations for forwarders and non-vessel-operating common carriers since the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 1998.

A $1.2 million joint industry project focused on the use of liquefied natural gas on Canada’s west coast is aiming to identify and address barriers for LNG as a marine fuel in Canada.

North Europe’s import volume in 2013 is projected to decrease by 8.9 percent to 12.2 million 20-foot-equivalent units...

A New Jersey legislative bill seeks to eliminate a Port Authority of New York and New Jersey cargo facility charge that container ship lines complain is costing them millions of dollars a year.

The average container freight rates from Asia to Northern Europe, last tracked on May 24, continued to drop to $1,359 per 20-foot container and $2,352 per 40-foot container, according to Xeneta, an ocean freight price comparison service.

Changes recently approved by the Greek parliament regarding the country’s tax laws will impact companies in the shipping industry, according to Moore Stephens, an international accountant and shipping adviser.

TT Club and Exis Technologies have teamed up to develop CTUpack e-learning, an online training tool for those involved in the loading and unloading of containers...

The Container Throughput Index of the Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung and the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics sank in April to 114.7, compared with 116.7 in March after seasonal adjustment.

Direct Chassis Link, Maersk Line’s primary chassis provider, will contribute all of its chassis in the South Atlantic region to the Consolidated Chassis Management pool known as the South Atlantic Consolidated Chassis Pool, effective June 1.

Germany’s HSH Nordbank, the world’s biggest ship financier, warned the crisis in the shipping market could deepen through 2014, as it announced sharply lower net income and more than tripled loan loss provisions.

Navios Maritime Holdings today reported a net loss of $10.2 million in the first quarter of 2013, plummeting from a net profit of $9.5 million in the first quarter of 2012.

Wilson Sons reported net income in the first quarter of 2013 totaled $19.5 million, jumping 169.7 percent from $7.2 million in the first quarter of 2012.

New regulations for the non-tank vessel response plans will be discussed at the 2013 National Maritime Salvage Conference, taking place from Sept. 9-12 at the Key Bridge Marriott Hotel in Arlington, Va.

Neptune Orient Lines Group today reported profit in the first quarter of 2013 was $76 million, improving from a net loss of $254 million in the first quarter of 2012.

Gati Ltd. has sold a 40 percent stake in its shipping subsidiary, Gati Ship Pvt. Ltd., to a strategic partner for Rs. 8 crore (about $1.5 million).

Japanese ocean carrier Mitsui O.S.K. Lines announced plans to launch an India-Southeast Asia roll-on, roll-off service, later this month.

Wilh. Wilhelmsen’s profit fell 27 percent in the first quarter on lower shipping volumes and a less favorable cargo mix.

At least seven people have died, two are missing and five are injured after a roll-on, roll-off container ship slammed into a control tower at the Italian port of Genoa.

The first Toyota Venzas departed the Port of Brunswick, Ga., May 2, bound for Russia and Ukraine.

Toll increases for ships transiting the Suez Canal took effect May 1.

UPS is experiencing “significant” growth in its expedited less-than-containerload service from four northern European ports to delivery destinations in the U.S.

TAL International reported net income in the first quarter of 2013 was $37.5 million, increasing 14.0 percent from $32.9 million in the first quarter of 2012.

If you’re still in the business of roll-on, roll-off shipping, count yourselves a member of an increasingly exclusive club. Having survived the deepening economic recession in ro-ro’s European heartland, you’re also now likely to be in a strong market position, your hand strengthened by the weeding out of weaker players.

TITAN Salvage has refloated the 262-foot cargo ship Danio, after the vessel ran aground at Farne islands, on England’s Northumberland coast, while it was carrying a load of timber from Scotland to Belgium.

The marine freight transportation industry’s revenue is expected to reach $411.6 billion by 2017, according to Luctinel’s “Top 5 Global Marine Freight Transportation Service Companies: Performance, Strategies and Competitive Analysis” report.

Japanese containerized cargo trade will rise 2.6 percent in fiscal 2013, which started on April 1, from a year earlier to 12.760 million 20-foot equivalent units, a Tokyo-based research firm predicted in a new report.

Andrew Kemp, TT Club’s regional director of freight transport for Europe, the Middle East and Asia, has suggested that insurance brokers take note of the future of the Middle East, particularly Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.

The Federal Maritime Commission, including William P. Doyle, commissioner of the transportation agency, has voted to take no further action to delay the effective date of the Transpacific Stabilization Agreement amendment to include westbound trans-Pacific trade.

Germany’s federal government has vowed to make about €60 million (about US$78.8 million) available in coming years to promote the maritime shipping sector...