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The World Container Index assessed by Drewry, a composite of container freight rates on 8 major routes to/from the US, Europe and Asia is down 2.2% to $1,293.17 per 40ft container (updated Thursday, 21 March 2019). Two-year spot freight rate trend for the World Container …

Sustainable biofuel pioneer GoodFuels and partner REINPLUS FIWADO Bunker have fuelled the ‘For Ever’, the first inland vessel from Combined Cargo Terminals (CCT) that runs fully on 100% sustainable biofuel. With this delivery feasibility of using 100% sustainable biofuels in inland vessels is demonstrated – …

APL will apply the revised Origin (THC) and Destination (DDC) Terminal Handling Charges for the service scope stated below: The THC and DDC will be applicable for the service scope stated above and will also be applied to the Freight All Kind (FAK) Basic Ocean …

An international container train from the Belarusian city of Orsha reached the Chinese city of Nanchang, Jiangxi Province on 19 March, representatives of the Consulate General of Belarus in Shanghai told BelTA. After travelling for over 11,000km across Belarus, Russia, Mongolia, and China along the …

Unique study into alternative source of high CO2: Transport and quality is often a challenging combination. A good product can arrive in Europe as a bad product after several weeks at sea. Various options can be employed to retain the quality of the products. Wageningen …

Privately owned Peel Ports is expanding its workforce mostly in Liverpool and plans acquisitions this year, its chief executive said, as Britain prepares its ports to ease any trade disruption caused by Brexit. The British operator has been upgrading much of its network of seven …

Konecranes has received an order from Gulftainer USA Wilmington LLC. The order is for nine all-electric Konecranes Rubber Tired Gantry (RTG) cranes and three Konecranes Liftace Reach Stackers. The equipment will be delivered in 2019-2020. The parties involved have agreed not to disclose the value …

On March 20, NYK entered into a 9 billion yen syndicated loan agreement in which the proceeds will be used solely for the purpose of funding environment-friendly projects. This is Japan’s first syndicated loan to be certified by Japan Credit Rating Agency Ltd. (JCR) with …

Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co., a mid-sized South Korean shipbuilder, said Thursday, March 21, that it has secured 120 billion won (US$107 million) worth of orders to build three container vessels. Under the deal with an Asian shipper, Hyundai Mipo will build the 2,500-TEU vessels, with …

RCL, with its partner ONE announces the revamp of both its existing Thailand to Indonesia services i.e. RIT1 and RTI2 via Port Klang and Singapore. The current and new changes are: RCL will continue branding the service as “RTI 1” and “RTI 2” on both …

APL announces an additional void sailing on the South China Loop 3 (SC3) service. The details are as follows: SC3 Void Sailing Service Vessel Voyage Original ETA SC3 – South China Loop 3 CSCL Summer (0SX2XE1PL) CSCL Summer (0SX2YW1PL) ETA Nansha 18 Apr 2019 ETA …

The Sudanese government will make 2.13 billion euros ($2.44 billion) over a 20 year period from a deal with Philippine port operator International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI) to expand port capacity, a government official said. The deal aims to more than triple capacity at …

South Carolina Ports Authority reported the strongest February container volume in its history and nearly 12 percent fiscal year-over-year growth. SCPA moved 178,131 twenty-foot equivalent container units (TEU) during the month of February, with 1.6 million TEUs handled since the fiscal year began in July. …

Ethiopia has high hopes for manufacturing and exports, but the country will not be competitive until it solves its logistical problems. To that end, the state is starting to liberalise the sector. In January, it emerged that Ethiopian exports had once again disappointed, undershooting the …

APL, trying to improve its network and meet market demands, decided to add a call to Shimizu on its Japan Express (JPX) service. That means that there are now four direct ports in Japan for U.S. imports via JPX service. New JPX rotation Kobe – Nagoya …

Container throughput in February at the top-class container port of Singapore dropped from a year earlier. Box volume amounted to 2.74 million TEUS, down 2.8% from the February in 2018, according to the Marine and Port Authority of Singapore. For the first two months of …

In order to maintain its service quality on REX Lines, CMA CGM informs its customers of the following Rate Restoration: Effective April 1st, 2019 (B/L date): Origin Range: From all Asian ports Destination Range: To Red Sea ports Cargo: Dry, OOG, Breakbulk & Reefer cargo Amount: USD …

Hapag-Lloyd will implement a Weight Tier Additional Surcharge from East Asia (Including Oceania) to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia as of April 1, 2019, applicable as follows: USD 175 per 20′ Container exceeding 21 tons USD 300 per 40′ Container exceeding 26 tons  

Maersk is revising the Export and Import Services (EXP, IMP) for ALL Cargo in Liberia, effective 15th April 2019 for non-regulated corridors and regulated corridors. The revised tariff amount is detailed as follow: Surcharge code Origin Destination Currency 20 DRY 40 DRY 40 HighCube 45 HighCube 20 REEF 40 HREEF 20 …

The Port of Hong Kong saw throughput plunge 19.6% in February, to 1.137 million TEUs, representing a decline for 13 consecutive months, according to the Hong Kong Maritime and Port Board.Throughput at the main Kwai Tsing terminals fell 16.4% to 947,000 TEUs. Loaded imports dropped …