Koper kicks off Pier I extension works
The Port of Koper has launched construction works for the extension of the southern part of Pier I, which is a “key infrastructural project for the container segment,” according to … Read More
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IMO website back to normal from 2nd Oct
International Maritime Organization‘s (IMO) website has been fully restored since Friday, 2 October, according to IMO’s Twitter account, after the cyber attack on Wednesday, 30 September. “A number of IMO’s web-based … Read More
Konecranes launch “green” collaboration
Konecranes has secured an order to deliver over 40 next-generation lifting products to the Smart Technology Hub, a new integrated centre of research, product development and production in Vaskiluoto, Vaasa, … Read More
Oil Leaking from YM Mandate in New York
The US Coast Guard has intervened to stem an oil Leaking from the fuel tanks of Yang Ming Marine Transport’s 6,572TEU container vessel, YM Mandate in the port of New … Read More
Freight rates to remain high till this year
Wan Hai Lines president Tommy Hsieh expects Transpacific freight rates to remain high until at least the end of this year, even as container carriers are being urged to deploy … Read More
Hapag-Lloyd pushes up ocean tariff rates
Hapag-Lloyd has announced increased ocean tariff rates from the Middle East, Pakistan and the Indian Subcontinent to North Europe and the Mediterranean, effective from 15 October, for all cargoes in … Read More
US-China open new future for container shipping
When China joined the World Trade Organization on Dec. 11, 2001, container shipping was already a well-established system, ready to unleash the output of China’s emerging industrial machine onto world … Read More
Asia-ECSA rates top dizzying USWC charges
Unprecedented spot rates approaching US$4,000/FEU moving from Shanghai to Brazil’s principal port Santos have surpassed the cost of shipping the same box from Asia to Los Angeles as the Asia-ECSA trade is … Read More
Yang Ming chairman Bronson retired on 1 Oct
Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation, Taiwan’s second-largest liner operator, has announced that its current chairman, Bronson Hsieh will retire on 1 October, and he will be succeeded by Cheng Cheng-Mount, … Read More
MUA accused management at Patrick Terminals
In what appears to be an intensification of the Australian docker’s dispute the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) has accused management at Patrick Terminals of “spreading community fear” and lying … Read More