Maersk Sets New Rotations For MECL 1 And 2
Maersk Line has announced new rotations for its MECL 1 and MECL 2 services between the United States, Middle East, Indian Subcontinent and Mediterranean. The company announced earlier this year it was increasing the size of its ships in MECL 1, which is operated with U.S.-flag vessels, and...
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Port Of Auckland Welcomes Maersk’s Southern Star Service
The Ports of Auckland, New Zealand, cheered Maersk Line s announcement that the Southern Star service will return to Auckland with larger ships. The service moved from Auckland to Tauranga, New Zealand, during the dispute with the Maritime Union in December 2011. The new rotation is Tanjung...
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Horizon Adds Jacksonville Call To Houston-San Juan Route
Horizon Lines will add a Jacksonville call to its southbound service between Houston and San Juan, which will continue to operate on a 14-day roundtrip timetable. The expanded service will employ the Horizon Producer, which now operates on a Houston-San Juan rotation. The vessel has capacity of...
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Hapag-Lloyd To Revise Europe-Asia Service In July
Hapag-Lloyd will revise its Europe-to-Asia EUM service, calling eastern Port Said instead of Damietta in Egypt. The change will take effect on the westbound route, starting with the Colombo Express, voyage 052W27, departing from Busan, South Korea, on July 1. The transit times remain unchanged,...
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APL Suspends Bookings From Sokhna, Egypt
APL said a labor slowdown at Sokhna Port, Egypt, underway since May 9, is impacting loading and discharging operations. "The drop in productivity has reached some 70 percent and is causing a serious port congestion in Sokhna with vessels not able to load and discharge containers according to...
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Asia-Europe Rate Dives 4pc To US$641/TEU As Transpacific Rates Rise
Asia-Europe rate dives 4pc to US$641/TEU as transpacific rates rise ASIA-Europe spot rates plunged a further 4.04 per cent to US$641 per TEU last week, according to the latest Shanghai Containerised Freight Index (SCFI). On the Asia-Mediterranean trade rates dipped 2.43 per cent week to week to...
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Maersk To Hike Asia-Caribbean Via Suez Rates Nearly A US$1,000/TEU
Maersk to hike Asia-Caribbean via Suez rates nearly a US$1,000/TEU DENMARK's Maersk Line, the world's largest container carrier, will increase rates from the Far East to Caribbean starting June 15. Rates will rise US$980 per TEU and $1,400 per FEU and 40-foot high-cube from Hong Kong, Indonesia,...
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Hamburg Süd Christens Two 9,600-TEU Container Ships
Hamburg Süd has christened two container ships, the Cap San Nicholas and the Cap San Marco, at the Hyundai Heavy Industries yard in Ulsan, South Korea. With a slot capacity of 9,600 20-foot-equivalent units, the two vessels are the container line s largest-ever vessels, and with 2,100...
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Hapag-Lloyd Launches Levante Express Linking Italy, Turkey And Egypt
HAPAG-LLOYD is to launch its own new Levante Express (LEX) in mid June to boost its coverage in the Tyrrhenian Sea and Levant by directly connecting ports in Italy, Turkey and Egypt. The first sailing of the weekly service will be June 18 from Cagliari and it will link 10 ports in Italy, Turkey...
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