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Port Klang’s box handling nears pre-pandemic level

Port Klang in Malaysia has handled 12.69 million TEU in January-November period, close to the volume it handled in the entire last year totaling 13.24 million TEU. The port authority expects that by the end ...

Daily fee for import cargo, the new measure to ease California congestion

The ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles will begin assessing a surcharge to ocean carriers for import containers that dwell on marine terminals in an effort to improve cargo movement amid congestion. Under t...

NVOCC, the underrated service provider in global logistics

Non Vessel Operating Common Carrier (NVOCC or NVO) or sometimes called Box Operators are those carriers who offer port to port services similar to Main Line Operators (MLO), by issuing their own Bill of lading,...

Ever Given docks in Qingdao for repairs until late October

The famous 20,000TEU container ship, Ever Given, which blocked the Suez Canal for around a week in March disrupting the global supply chain, has reached east China's coastal city of Qingdao, docking at a port's...

ZIM starts new Asia – South America service

The Israeli shipping line ZIM has launched a new service called Ase, connecting Asia with South America. The new monthly service provides a direct connection between South China and South America with the fo...

Hapag-Lloyd confirms rates increase cessation

Hapag-Lloyd is the second container carrier that announces the suspension in rate increases, following CMA CGM's decision to halt all spot rate increases until 1 February. "We believe that spot rates have pe...

MSC pushes up rates from South Africa to Europe

The Swiss shipping company MSC will apply new freight rate increases for shipments travelling from South Africa to Europe, which will be effective from 11 October. In particular, the Geneva-based liner opera...

Antwerp, Hamburg and Rotterdam the main hubs for cocaine entry in Europe

Belgium and the Netherlands have surpassed Spain as the primary gateways to Europe for cocaine trafficking, according to Europol statistics. The European police agency's assessment shows that criminal organi...

Long Beach reports busiest August of all time

The Port of Long Beach (POLB) marked its strongest August on record and broke monthly cargo records after 13 months, driven by the peak shipping season. Particularly, the second busiest port of the United St...

COSCO could surpass CMA CGM as third largest container line

China’s COSCO group could overtake French carrier CMA CGM as the third-biggest container line if the latter does not acquire more ships. COSCO now has 2.97 million TEU of total operating capacity, compared w...

Fire stricken ONE container ship towed to anchorage in Port of LA

A fire started onboard the ONE Henry Hudson while at berth in the Port of LA has now been brought “substantially under c...
MSC Houston V seeks refuge in Vigo after losing containers

MSC Houston V was forced to seek refuge at the Port of Vigo after losing containers in stormy weather during its voyage ...
RCL expands into the Latin American market

Intra-Asian and feeder specialist Regional Container Lines (RCL) is launching its first service connecting to Mexican po...
Evergreen orders 11 megamax container ships

Taiwan-listed Evergreen Marine has ordered a series of eleven 24,000 teu LNG dual-fuel containerships split between Chin...
Brazil’s Itajaí box terminal in $42 million expansion

JBS Terminais is to invest $42 million in its terminal at the port of Itajaí which it took over operations of in May 202...

eManifest – New Regulations for shipments to Canada (effective January 4th, 2021)

Ningbo-Zhoushan launches ship-to-ship LNG bunkering

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