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Ocean Infinity, the next generation seabed survey and ocean exploration company, announces that it will be supporting its partner ‘Guardian Geomatics’ on an extensive hydrographic project for Shell, the leading multinational energy company. The project, which is planned to commence in June 2019 will be …

The second Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF 2020) scheduled to take place in Kigali, Rwanda in September 2020 will target the execution of Intra-African trade deals worth more than $40 billion, President of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), Prof. Benedict Oramah announced on Wednesday. The event, …

2019 marks the 20th anniversary of MSC Sweden. MSC began its operations from Gothenburg in 1999, and has since then succeeded in becoming a key player within the Swedish container shipping industry. According to local Managing Director, Thue Petersen, MSC’s solid business position in Sweden, …

CMA CGM announces new FAK (Freight All Kinds) rates. These new rates will be effective as from June 1st, 2019 (date of loading in the origin ports) until further notice (but not beyond June 15th, 2019). These new FAK rates will apply as follows: Origin …

Port of Hamburg announcement about its 830th Anniversary: Open-ship invitations, concerts from Elbphilharmonie, sporting activities, and savoir-vivre from the South of France The 830th Hamburg Port Anniversary was a great success. More than a million visitors from all parts of the world came to the …

PSA International’s subsidiaries Bharat Mumbai Container Terminals Private Limited (BMCT) and Chennai International Terminals Private Limited (CITPL) hosted a trade meet at Hyderabad, India on 10 May 2019. This is the first time port operators from Mumbai have visited Hyderabad to hold a trade meet. …

Sponsorships support Long Beach nonprofit events, programs The Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners awarded 153 sponsorships totaling $419,060 to promote local groups advancing causes such as the arts, environment, social justice and historic preservation. Since 2007, the Port of Long Beach has given more …

The British Ports Association is calling on the ports industry to enter the inaugural Maritime UK Awards. A brand-new, national awards programme celebrating the breadth of the UK’s £37.4bn maritime sector was set to be launched by Maritime UK. The Maritime UK Awards will be the first truly national maritime awards …

APL will apply the General Rate Increase (GRI) within the following scope: Effective Date Origin Destination GRI (USD) 1 June 2019 China & Hong Kong United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait, Iraq 150/TEU    

MSC Shipmanagement is proud to have been named “Shipmanager of the Year”, for the third successive year, by the National Maritime Rating of Ukraine. At the same event, MSC was named “Green Company of the Year”. The ceremony, held in April in Odessa and hosted …

Hapag-Lloyd publishes the latest encouraging progress achieved on MV “Yantian Express” Voyage 108E, with its current status being as follows: All necessary preparatory work could be successfully concluded and the vessel finally sailed from Freeport, Bahamas in the evening of May 15, 2019 ETA at Halifax, Nova Scotia is …

In the first quarter of 2019, Container Terminal Saint-Petersburg CJSC (CTSP, a company of UCL Holding) handled 202,300 TEUs, 20% more as compared with the result achieved in the first three months of the previous year. In the reporting period, exports totaled 99,900 TEUs, +17.3% …

In the first quarter of 2019, the revenue of Port of Tallinn and subsidiaries amounted to EUR 28.5 million, declining by 3% compared to the same period last year. The Group’s adjusted EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) was EUR 16.9 million in …

Mr Niam Chiang Meng, Chairman of the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA), opened a new 24/7 Maritime Cybersecurity Operations Centre (MSOC) on May 16. The MSOC will be operated by ST Engineering in its Hub. MSOC will conduct 24/7 monitoring and correlate data …

“The trade between Europe and Central America, Caribbean and South America West Coast has always been a key element in Hamburg Süd’s global network of liner services,” the German company says. In cooperation with Maersk, Hamburg Süd will be expanding and enhancing the services it …

“For more than 40 years, preserving the integrity of shipped goods has been a top priority for the CMA CGM Group, particularly in terms of sensitive products such as medicines that directly impact public health and patients’ quality of life,” the French shipping company says. …

The ongoing trade war between the US and China will help India tap export opportunities in both the countries in areas such as garments, agriculture, automobile and machinery, according to trade experts. Professor at Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) Rakesh Mohan Joshi said the …

APL will be implementing the following void sailings on the South China Loop 1 (SC1) and China AW Loop 4 (AW4) services, as well as the recovery measures: SC1 Void Sailing Affected Vessel Port Original Schedule Port Rotation APL ESPLANADE Fuqing, China ETA 2 Jun 2019 Fuqing – Nansha …

The port of Hong Kong handled 1.555 million TEUs in April, down 2.9% from the same month last year. The figure represents a decline for 15 consecutive months running, according to the Hong Kong Maritime and Port Board.Throughput at the main Kwai Tsing terminals fell …

India’s export growth slid to a four-month low of 0.64% in April as shipments of engineering goods, gems and jewellery, leather and other products declined, widening the trade deficit to a five-month high, official data released Wednesday showed. Imports increased by 4.5% to $41.4 billion, …