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Shipping Lines : Hapag-Lloyd To Soon Sail On LNG
The Hapag-Lloyd-owned 15,000 TEU container ship is currently being upgraded to run on LNG (liquefied natural gas) instead of fuel oil. The Hapag-Lloyd-owned 15,000 TEU container ship is currently being upgraded to run on LNG (liquefied natural gas) instead of fuel oil. It is the first retrofit of this scale.…
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Record Shipping Rates Unlikely at Their Peak, Maersk Says
The Seago Piraeus container ship, operated by AP Moller-Maersk A/S, leaves the Port of Felixstowe Ltd. in Felixstowe, U.K., on Monday, Dec. 28, 2020. The trade agreement between the U.K. and the European Union brought welcome relief to businesses, averting the prospect of punitive tariffs and a chaotic no-deal…
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Shipping Lines : MSC Enhances Connection Between India And West Africa
MSC IAS will provide a direct, fast, and reliable service to our clients further demonstrating our commitment to the Indian trade To enhance MSC’s services to customers shipping goods between India and Africa, it is announcing a new direct service from India to West Africa, the MSC India Africa Service…
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Maersk takes steps to address US export and trucker logistics issue
Maersk is taking steps to address the concerns of the US export community and the trucking industry feeling the impact during this already difficult time In response to surging US imports and the resulting intermodal equipment flow imbalances, all members of the logistics sector have been challenged to find solutions.…
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F2i new owner of Marterneri
Sector of solid bulk goods in Italy is strategic for the national economy”, reads the note The sector of solid bulk goods in Italy (steel products, cereals, cellulose, fertilizers, special industrial modules and other goods which, due to specific characteristics, are not transported in containers) is strategic for the national…
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Reports : Review of Maritime Transport 2020
Pandemic cuts global maritime trade and transforms the shipping industry Global maritime trade will plunge by 4.1% in 2020 due to the unprecedented disruption caused by COVID-19, UNCTAD estimates in its Review of Maritime Transport 2020, released on 12 November. Global maritime trade will plunge by 4.1% in 2020 due…
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Inspection : Argentina Agro-export Firms Improve Offer to End Grains Port Strike
The CIARA-CEC chamber said it would top up salaries by 35% in 2020, a central demand of the striking workers Argentina’s influential chamber of soyoil manufacturers and exporters on Sunday spiced up an offer to striking workers, seeking to end a more than two-week standoff that has bogged down exports…
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Shipping Lines : Evergreen Takes Delivery of Two More 12,000 TEU Ships
The newbuildings will be used to upgrade the line’s Trans-Pacific services Evergreen Line took delivery of its sixth and seventh new 12,000 TEU class F-type containerships today. Ever Forever was built at the Geoje Shipyard of Samsung Heavy Industries. The name of this ship symbolizes her owner’s corporate philosophy of…
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Reports : Dry Bulk Market Expected to Rebound During 2021
Dry bulk market could be heading towards a renewed wave of demand for raw materials The dry bulk market could be heading towards a renewed wave of demand for raw materials, as the global economy is expected to grow once more after the pandemic. In its latest weekly report, shipbroker…
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Shipping Lines : Maersk Tankers’ response to the Etienne crisis
Rescue of persons in distress at sea is a longstanding humanitarian duty “What is most disconcerting is that there was lack of political action then, and there is no political solution now,” says the CEO of Maersk Tankers, referring to the recent impasse that saw 27 rescued people stranded onboard…
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