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Asia's Economies Flourish Despite Turmoil Elsewhere
Mike King, Special Correspondent |
At least one logistics manager at a major consumer goods supplier has little concern about the weak export demand from Asia’s mature countries and the continent’s resilience to the economi
Transport, Trade, and Regulation News
Maritime
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Virginia Gets First-In Call on MSC South America Service
JOC Staff |
Mediterranean Shipping Co.
Port News
Container lines
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North American ports
Zim Names New CFO
JOC Staff |
<img width="106" vspace="5" hspace="10" height="134" align="right" src="/sites/default/files/images/Guy Eldar.jpg" alt="Guy Eldar" />Container carrier Zim Integrated Shipping Services yesterday named
Container lines
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TT Club Urges Container Weight Verification
JOC Staff |
The TT Club, a mutual insurance association, urged all participants at the International Maritime Organization’s session on Dangerous Goods, Solid Cargoes and Containers to redouble their effort
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SCFI Comprehensive Reading Edges Down
JOC Staff |
The Shanghai Containerized Freight Index comprehensive reading for Sept.
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Shipping Rate, Surcharge Update for Week of Sept. 24-28
JOC Staff |
<img width="10" height="10" src="/sites/default/files/images/JOCbullet(2).jpg" alt="" /> Maersk Line plans to implement general rate increases on two major trade lanes, as part of a new rate rest
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Container lines
World Container Index Slips 3 Percent
JOC Staff |
The World Container Index comprehensive reading for Sept. 21 was down 3 percent or $66.03 from the week before, to $2,137.54 per laden 40-foot container, the World Container Index reported.<br />
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Ship Schedule Reliability Fell 6 Percentage Points in August
Peter T. Leach, Senior Editor |
Container ships reached their destination ports around the world on time 77 percent of the time in August, <u><a target="_blank" href="http://www.joc.com/container-shipping/vessel-schedule-reliability
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INTTRA Updates OceanSchedules Service
JOC Staff |
INTTRA announced a new release of its OceanSchedules service that enables customers to access and evaluate more than 7 million global vessel schedules from 31 ocean carriers.<br /> <br />
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Container lines
Indonesia to Implement SOGET-Microsoft Port Community System
Peter T. Leach, Senior Editor |
Indonesia is planning to roll out a single electronic platform across all of its commercial ports over the next few years that will automate all business process between port stakeholders, including t
Port News
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Consortium Drops Bid for India's Ennore Terminal
JOC Staff |
India’s port privatization program suffered yet another setback Thursday when a consortium that had won concessions to build and operate a new container terminal at the southeastern Port of Enno
Port News
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Container Ship Operating Costs on the Rise
Peter T. Leach, Senior Editor |
The annual cost of operating a container ship rose 3.1 percent in 2011, mainly because of rising wages for crews and higher repair and maintenance costs, according to international accountant and ship
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Ethanol, Intermodal Terminal Debuts at Port of Tampa
JOC Staff |
<img width="500" height="346" align="middle" src="/sites/default/files/images/TampaTerminalOverview.jpg" alt="Aerial photo of the new Tampa Gateway Rail intermodal/ethanol terminal and adjacent future
Port News
North-American rail
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Russian Stevedore to Boost Black Sea Container Port Capacity
Bruce Barnard, Special Correspondent |
Russia’s Novorossiysk Commercial Sea Port plans to invest $205 million to expand capacity and modernize facilities at a container terminal in the Black Sea port of Novoroslesexport to keep pace
Port News
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Pacific Spot Rates Flat as ILA Strike Threat Cools
Peter T. Leach, Editor-at-Large |
Average spot rates in the eastbound trans-Pacific trade stayed flat this week after a jump of 8.6 percent last week fueled by demand for space.
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COMPLETE ILA-USMX NEGOTIATIONS COVERAGE
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Check in with the JOC as we provide you with the latest developments out of the International Longshoremen's Association and United States Maritime Alliance contract negotiations labor dispute.
Longshore labor
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Report Forecasts Rise in Med Port Capacity
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
Annual capacity of Mediterranean container ports is expected to rise by 63 percent to 114 million 20-foot-equivalent units during the next decade, according to <a href="http://www.dynamar.com/publicat
Port News
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Trans-Pacific Carriers Plan 2013 Rate Hikes
Bill Mongelluzzo, Associate Editor |
Carriers in the eastbound trans-Pacific trade plan to increase freight rates significantly on imports from Asia in 2013.<br /> <br />
Container lines
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Europe Ports Face Weak Cargo Volumes
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
The Global Port Tracker report forecast continued sluggishness in North Europe container imports, and forecast that international imports to the region’s ports will decline 2.1 percent this year
Transport, Trade, and Regulation News
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Home Prices Rose in July
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
U.S.
Transport, Trade, and Regulation News
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Ocean Carriers Still Chasing Growth, Alphaliner Says
Bruce Barnard, Special Correspondent |
Leading ocean carriers are still chasing growth despite weaker markets and difficulties in securing funding for new orders, according to container industry analyst Alphaliner.<br /> <br />
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Container lines
Maersk to Cut Capacity By More Slow-Steaming
Peter T. Leach, Senior Editor |
Maersk Line plans to cut its deployed capacity by implementing another round of slow-steaming in the Asia-Europe trade.<br /> <br />
Container lines
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Tokyo’s First-Half Container Trade Rises 5.1 Percent
Hisane Masaki, Special Correspondent |
The number of foreign trade containers handled by the Port of Tokyo rose 5.1 percent in the first half of this year from a year earlier to about 2.08 million 20-foot-equivalent units.<br /> <br />
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APL Executive Cleared in Dubai
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
An APL executive stuck in Dubai for months awaiting trial on gun-smuggling charges <a href="http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/st-louis-native-stuck-in-dubai-says-he-is-acquitted/article_362ae59
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Chinese Container Maker Orders Four Ships
Peter T. Leach, Senior Editor |
China International Marine Container, the world’s largest container manufacturer, is venturing into the ship-owning business after finalizing a $330 million order for four container ships at STX
Container lines
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OOCL Launches Germany-Russia Service
Mike King, Special Correspondent |
OOCL has launched a new intra-Europe service linking Germany and Russia.<br /> <br />
Container lines
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DP World Signs Contract for Third Jebel Ali Container Terminal
Bruce Barnard, Special Correspondent |
DP World signed a contract Sunday for the construction of a third container terminal at its flagship Jebel Ali box hub in the United Arab Emirates.<br /> <br />
Port News
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Modest Peak Season Under Way
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
This fall has brought something absent in 2011: a peak season for containerized import shipments of holiday goods.<br /> <br />
Maritime
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LA, Long Beach to Help Shape Chassis Policy
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
The ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles want to bring owners and users of chassis together to develop an operating model for the Southern California gateway.<br /> <br />
Port News
Maritime
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North American ports
Marine terminals
Intermodal providers
Dredging Energizes Corpus Christi
Peter T. Leach, Senior Editor |
Timing is everything.
Port News
Maritime
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Gulf Ports Seeding Growth in Africa
Peter T. Leach, Editor-at-Large |
Most U.S. Gulf ports focus largely on trade with Asia, Europe and South America, but a late bloomer is emerging out of the Southern Hemisphere.
Maritime
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An Intermodal Peak Season? It’s Complicated
Mark Szakonyi, Associate Editor |
The timing and health of shipping peak season is as murky on the rails as it is on the water.<br /> <br />
Intermodal providers
Maritime
Rail News
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Drought Spells Delay in Shift to Meat
Stephanie Nall, Cool Cargoes Editor |
The drought in the U.S. Midwest will stall or at least slow the long-term trend toward higher protein diets in Asia, the Middle East and North Africa, according to a report from Rabobank.<br />
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Shipping Rate, Surcharge Update for Week of Sept. 17-21
JOC Staff |
<img width="10" height="10" src="/sites/default/files/images/JOCbullet(2).jpg" alt="" /> OOCL will increase freight rates on services from South East Asia, India and the Middle East to Australia next
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Study: Export Growth, Near-Sourcing Could Create 5 Million US Jobs
Mark Szakonyi, Associate Editor |
U.S. export growth and the shift of production back to the U.S.
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Eurogate Inaugurates Germany’s First Deep-Water Container Port
Bruce Barnard, Special Correspondent |
The official inauguration today of Germany’s first deep-water container terminal, in the Port of Wilhelmshaven, sets the stage for a fierce battle for cargo with the neighboring ports of Bremen/
Port News
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Retailers Welcome ILA Extension
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
Retailers say they welcome the agreement by the International Longshormen’s Associaiton and United States Maritime Alliance.
Longshore labor
Container lines
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FMC Issues Guidance on Congestion Surcharges
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
The <u><a target="_blank" href="http://www.fmc.gov/possible_port_congestion_surcharges_industry_advisory">Federal Maritime Commission has reminded the shipping industry</a></u> that carriers must file
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DP World Sells Stake in Troubled Yemen Container Terminal
Bruce Barnard, Special Correspondent |
DP World has sold its 50 percent stake in the container terminal in Yemen’s port of Aden just four years into a 30-year management deal aimed at transforming the Red Sea facility into a regional
Port News
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Japanese Exports to US Surge 10.3 Percent
Hisane Masaki, Special Correspondent |
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