CMA CGM Jules Verne, World's Biggest Ship, Sets Sail On FAL 1 Service
MARSEILLES shipping giant CMA CGM has inaugurated the world's largest containership of 16,000 TEU when it made an exceptional call at Marseilles in the presence of French President Francois Hollande on June 4 to celebrate the group's 35th anniversary. The CMA CGM Jules Vernes is deployed on its...
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Cosco Expands Far East-East Coast South America With Second Loop
COSCO is adding a second Far East-East Coast South America service by purchasing slots from "K" Line on the Far East-ECSA SSA 1/AESAL 1/NHX 1 services run with PIL and NYK and Hyundai. In so doing it is joining its ESA partner Evergreen, reports Alphaliner. The pair will brand the service ESA 2...
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Mundra Hosts Biggest Vessel To Berth In India
India's maritime history added a new chapter with the berthing of around 1,200 ft long vessel, MSC Valeria, at Adani Ports & SEZ-run Mundra Port in Kutch, reported the Times of India. Three times the size of a football field, the vessel is the biggest ever vessel to visit any port in India. Why...
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Evergreen Selects Port Of Le Havre For Asia-Europe Service
Evergreen Line has chosen France s Port of Le Havre for its CES Asia-to-Europe service, starting in July. The CES service will call at the Terminal de France every Tuesday evening and will be operated by 10 vessels with capacities from 7,000 to 8,500 20-foot-equivalent units. The port rotation...
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CK Line To Commence S Korea, Vietnam & China Service
CK Line, whose Hong Kong and South China agent is CK Shipping Agency Ltd, is launching a new container shipping service between South Korea, Vietnam and China, which will be jointly operated with Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM). The service is scheduled to start from the end of June 2013,...
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Canada's Biggest Ro-Ro Ship Launched In Germany
The Oceanex Connaigra's launch from the Shipbuilding Hall at Flensburger Shipyard. The Oceanex Connaigra, the largest Canadian-flag roll-on, roll-off ship, was launched in Flensburg, Germany. Representatives from Oceanex were in attendance for the naming ceremony and launch of its newly...
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OOCL To Join India-Africa Service
Hong Kong-based container carrier OOCL announced plans to join the IDEA service, recently launched by a consortium of Evergreen Line, Hanjin Shipping and Simatech Shipping. The weekly service, which connects the Indian subcontinent, Persian Gulf and East Africa, deploys four vessels with...
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MOL Raises Rates On Intra-Asia Routes To Indonesia, Myanmar
JAPAN's largest ocean carrier MOL has imposed a rate Restoration (RR) of US$50 per TEU and US$100 per FEU container for inbound intra-Asia traffic from all areas other than Japan to Indonesia and Myanmar since June 1. Equivalent rate restoration amounts have also been applied to exports from...
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Maersk Announces Rate Hikes
Maersk Line said it will implement rate hikes on several trades. A general rate increase (GRI) for dry cargo moving from the Middle East, India and Pakistan to the United States and Canada will take effect on July 3. The increase will be $300 for 20-foot containers, $400 for 40-foot standard...
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