MSC To Add Hazira To Intra-India Feeder
Mediterranean Shipping Co. plans to expand its intra-India feeder service by adding a call at the Port ofHazira, a privately operated cargo hub on the west coast. Starting in early August, the weekly service will be operated with the following rotation: Nhava Sheva (Jawaharlal Nehru), Hazira,...
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Drewry Says There Are Enough Ships For Suez Closure
Drewry has published an analysis of how a Suez Canal closure would affect the container industry in the latest issue of its Container Insight Weekly. The London-based firm said if the Suez Canal was suddenly closed, container vessel schedules between Asia and Europe could be immediately...
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U.S. Lines To Upgrade US-Oceania Service In October
U.S. Lines will increase the frequency of its service to and from the U.S. East Coast and Oceania from biweekly to weekly, starting Oct. 1, 2013. The vessel rotation will be as follows: New York; Savannah, Ga.; Kingston, Jamaica; Cartagena, Colombia; Lautoka, Fiji; Sydney and Melbourne,...
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Maersk Joins Asia-Europe August Rate Hike Push
Maersk Line has become the latest carrier to unveil freight rate hikes on the westbound Far East-Europe trades in August. The Danish carrier said it plans to levy a general rate increase of $300 per 20-foot container and $600 per 40-foot container on all services from Asia, excluding Japan, to...
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APL, ANL, Hanjin Shipping Launch Joint Asia-Australasia Service
APL, ANL and Hanjin Shipping are joining forces to offer a new weekly service covering Asia, Australiaand New Zealand. The service — New Zealand-Asia Express or NAX for APL, Kiwi International Express or KIX for ANL and Asia-Australia-New Zealand or AAZ for Hanjin Shipping — is scheduled to...
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Washington State Carrier Westwood Launches Transpacific Reefer Box Loop
TACOMA area Westwood Shipping Lines is entering the reefer container market with the launch of a fortnightly service connecting Seattle and Vancouver with Tomakomai, Japan and Busan, South Korea. The service, offering high cube FEUs, started in June with the sailing of the geared 30,135 dwt...
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Grand Alliance Adds Northern Europe Service To Port Everglades
THE Florida International Terminal (FIT) at Port Everglades will handle a Grand Alliance direct Gulf Atlantic Express (GAX) service from northern Europefrom August 24. Jointly operated by Hapag-Lloyd, NYK and OOCL it covers the trade between northern Europe and the US east coast and Gulf areas...
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CMA CGM Upgrades Round-the-world Service
French liner carrier CMA CGM said it will upgrade its round-the-world "Panama Direct" service from fortnightly to a weekly frequency, starting with the departure of CMA CGM Manet from Tilbury on Sept. 18. The service will call these ports in the following rotation: Tilbury, Rotterdam, Dunkirk,...
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Liberty Global To Launch Ro/ro Service To Mideast
Liberty Global Logistics LLC, a U.S.-based car/truck carrier, will begin monthly service to the Middle East from Providence, R.I., beginning July 27. Vessels will call ports in Lebanon, Turkey, Egypt, Libya,Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Pakistan, India, the United Arab Emirates, Iraq, and Kuwait....
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