PIL Join MOL To Unveil New Indian Ocean Island Service June 7
JAPAN's big carrier MOL and Singapore's Pacific International Lines (Pte) Ltd (PIL) recently announced they will jointly offer a new weekly Indian Ocean Island Express Service ("IOX"/"IOI") on June 7 departing Singapore. Both MOL and PIL will deploy two 1,100-TEU ships each on this route, which...
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AADA Lowers Bunker Surcharge As Fuel Prices Fall In HK And Korea
MEMBER lines of the Asia Australia Discussion Agreement (AADA) have lowered their bunker surcharge to US$575 per TEU and $1,150 per FEU for dry and refrigerated containers from Japan, Korea and Greater China to Australian ports effective June 1. This reflects the recent decrease in the price of...
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CSCL To Order Five 18,000-TEU Ships From South Korea For Asia-Europe
CHINA Shipping Container Lines has unveiled plans to order five 18,000-TEU ships from an unspecified South Korean shipyard in a stock exchange filing, making it the largest order by a Chinese shipowner to date. A report by SinoShip News said that the containerships will likely be built by...
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OOCL Takes Delivery Of Fourth 13,208-TEU Ship From Samsung For NYK
HONG KONG's Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) has christened its four of ten 13,208-TEU ships, the NYK Hercules, as the vessel is being leased to Japanese shipping giant NYK. The vessel along with its sister ships was ordered by OOCL from Samsung Heavy Industries, and the naming ceremony...
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Container Volume Grows At Port Of Rotterdam
Container throughput at the Port of Rotterdam rose 4 percent year-over-year in the first quarter of 2013 to 2.8 million 20-foot-equivalent units. Total container tonnage fell slightly, however, to 30 million metric tons, as the port handled substantially more empties than loaded containers. The...
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MSC Throws Down The Gauntlet By Launching Its Asia-ECSA Ipanema Service
GENEVA's Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has rocked the industry with its announcement of a new stand-alone Ipanema service between Asia and the east coast of South America because it is clearly just the tip of the iceberg, says Drewry Maritime Research. MSC has no intention of being left...
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Evergreen Adds New Service In Transpacific
Evergreen said it will launch a new weekly direct service next month linking central China with the U.S. West Coast. The China-Pacific South West Service (CPS2) will employ five 4,000-TEU ships, with an inaugural sailing from Ningbo on May 14. The port rotation will be Ningbo, Shanghai, Los...
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U.S. Lines To Raise Asia-North America Rates
U.S. Lines will increase rates for shipments from Asia to North America, effective May 21: To the U.S. West Coast and Canada s west coast ports, the hike will be $320 per 20-foot standard container, open top and flat rack; $400 per 40-foot standard container, open top and flat rack; $450 per...
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Maersk Line Enhances West Mediterranean Service
The container carrier will enhance its trade from the West Mediterranean to North America with the addition of port calls at Charleston, S.C., and Miami on the U.S. East Coast, and La Spezia, Italy. The last round trip voyage for the current WestMed service will be the CC Jamaica, voyage...
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