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Oakland cargo volume increases despite ongoing vessel congestion

While an increasing number of containers presents enormous operating challenges for marine terminals and ocean carriers at Oakland, the cargo volumes of the Californian port continue to grow. Port of Oakland...

MSC and CMA CGM raise charges from European ports

Two of the largest container lines in the world, Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) and CMA CGM have announced increased prices from European ports to worldwide destinations, effective from 1 July. MSC has...

HMM moves post-panamax vessel to USWC “extra loader” service

HMM has diverted a post-Panamax container ship from its East Asia-India service to fulfill an "extra loader" Transpacific service. The 7,000TEU HMM Jakarta departed Busan for Long Beach and is expected t...

Container lines forced to emergency actions amid continuing Yantian congestion

CMA CGM is the latest shipping carrier to apply a port congestion surcharge (PCS) on the refrigerated containers which are expected to arrive in the Port of Yantian, as the congestion crisis in the region due t...

BAL Container Line ventures into long-haul lanes

BAL Container Line, a privately owned China-based carrier, has become the latest entrant into the Transpacific and Asia-Europe lanes, attracted by the unprecedented hike in freight rates. BAL completed i...

NEW HIGHEST HANDLING RECORD PER MOTHER VESSEL ACHIEVED BY TAN CANG – CAI MEP INTERNATIONAL TERMINAL (TCIT) 14,235 TEUS

At 19:03 on 10/06/2021, TCIT set a new highest handling record per mother vessel with the total handling volume of 14,235 TEUs on MEISHAN BRIDGE, in which 7,014 TEUs of discharging and 7,221 TEUs of loading. ...

Samskip to restart rail services through Denmark

Samskip Multimodal and its traction partner Hector Rail have received approval from Danish authorities to recommence trailer moves through Denmark. The service relaunch, from the first week of June, foll...

Long Beach and Utah partner to improve cargo flow and reduce air pollution

The Port of Long Beach and the Utah Inland Port Authority have agreed to collaborate in the development of cleaner, more cost-effective and innovative strategies aimed at moving goods quickly, safely and effici...

MSC and Samsung Heavy Industries select Cavotec’s shore power systems

The Swiss cleantech company, Cavotec has won a series of orders in the second quarter with a total value of €5 million (US$6.1 million) to equip the world’s largest new-build container ships with ShorePower sys...

CMA CGM updates its SAFRAN service

CMA CGM has announced the reshuffle of its SAFRAN service, connecting North Europe with East Coast South America. SAFRAN will structurally stop calling in Itapoa & Algeciras with effect from 1 July, ...

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...

Basic process of customs procedures for imported goods

Ningbo-Zhoushan launches ship-to-ship LNG bunkering

Difference between telex release and express release

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

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