Wan Hai Joins PIL, EMC And Coscon To Relaunch Asia-WCSA Service
TAIWAN's Wan Hai recently announced it will partner PIL, EMC and Coscon to relaunch the Asia-west coast of South America (WCSA) service on May 3. This joint weekly ASA Asia-WCSA string will be operated with nine vessels ranging from 3,500 TEU to 3,900 TEU. Wan Hai will deploy four ships, PIL...
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Evergreen Ups Capacity On FE-South America Service, Adds To Rotation
EVERGREEN Line is revising its Far East-South America service (ESA) by teaming up with Cosco and Zim to boost the capacity and by adding two Brazilian ports. Effective May 11, port calls in Rio Grande and Itapoa will be added to the current service that links China and Singapore to the east...
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MSC's Far East-Australia Rates Set For Mid-May Hike
Mediterranean Shipping Co. will hike rates for all cargo on its Panda and Wallaby services on its trade from the Far East to any Australian port, starting May 15. The increase will be $300 per 20-foot-equivalent unit. The Journal of Commerce...
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Vietnam Starts Building Haiphong Port Project
Vietnam s Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung yesterday launched an order to start the construction of the international gateway port in the northern city of Haiphong after nine years of preparation. Haiphong international gateway port or Lach Huyen seaport is considered one of the country s major...
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AADA To Increase China-Australia Rate
Member carriers of the Asia Australia Discussion Agreement (AADA) will levy a rate increase of US$300 per TEU and $600 per FEU for both dry and reefer cargo to ports and points in Australia from mainland China and Hong Kong from May 15. AADA members include ANL Singapore, China Shipping...
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Evergreen To Join CMA CGM In New South East Asia-Red Sea Africa Loop
TAIWAN's Evergreen Line, the world's fifth largest carrier, has announced it will collaborate with Marseille-based CMA CGM, the world's third largest carrier, to launch a new weekly South Red Sea SRS2 loop linking southeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent and Red Sea from May. Five 2,200-TEU...
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CMA CGM To Launch The REX 3 Service From Asia To South Red Sea
CMA CGM has announced the launching of a new fixed day weekly service on the Asia Red Sea route, the REX 3 service, on May 2nd, 2013. Complementing the existing REX 2 service, which focuses on Red Sea Northern Ports (Jeddah, Sokhna, Aqaba), the new REX 3 will connect Asia to Red Sea Southern...
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Big COSCO Ship Calls Hamburg This Week
The Port of Hamburg said the COSCO Belgium, the first of eight, new 13,380-TEU ships that COSCO is putting into service will arrive at HHLA s Container Terminal Tollerort on Thursday. The ship is deployed on the CKYH Alliance s weekly Asia-Europe NE3 service from Hamburg, calling at HHLA s...
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Pipavav Starts Receiving Vessels Operating The Far East-India Express
THE Far East India Express (FIX) service has started calling at APM Terminals Pipavav in India. A consortium of shipping lines comprising Hanjin Shipping, STX Pan Ocean and KMTC operate the FIX service. STX Pan Ocean's vessel, the STX Patraikos, was the first to call at the terminal, which is...
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