Liners try to offset container shortage AP Moller- Maersk A/S, the world's largest container line, is rejecting some shipments and retrieving cargo-boxes from customers more quickly to help offset a shortage of the containers.
SDV takes on a logistics challenge in Iraq SDV, a brand of Bolloré Logistics, has become the first European logistics group to be based in Iraq following the opening of a representative office in Baghdad and branches in Zak...
Balnak Lojistik to open office in Erbil The Turkish Logistics provider Balnak Lojistik said that it will open a new office and warehouse in the North Iraqi city of Erbil in six months. The chairman of Balnak Lojisti...
Kuehne + Nagel expanding contract logistics offer in the Baltics In order to strengthen its position in the contract logistics market in the Baltic region, Kuehne + Nagel has opened a new distribution centre in Latvia. Designed to serve as the c...
LA port workers strike WORKERS responsible for moving box business through the Los Angeles port complex have gone on strike, Fairplay was told today
Storm pares Gulf production UP TO 26% of oil production in the Gulf of Mexico has been shut in due to Hurricane Alex, now downgraded to a tropical storm as it moves inland over northeastern Mexico
Oil industry backs strait relief TURKISH officials and major oil companies reportedly agreed today to look for ways to reduce traffic in the overloaded Bosporus Strait
Cruising fears liability fallout THE CRUISE Lines International Association is lobbying against amendments to the US Death on the High Seas Act proposed in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion
Forth Ports sees better results UK PORTS group Forth Ports has issued a pre-results statement predicting improved results for the first half of the year
Officials held over missing boxes A NUMBER of customs officials have been arrested in Pakistan over the disappearance of 40 Afghanistan-bound boxes booked by the International Security Assistance Forces
Russia-Moldova wine war revived RUSSIAN authorities have seized a shipment of Moldovan wine as conflict between the two countries over their history continues
Total Lubmarine offers ECA-compliant product Company already seeing a sales increase.
Distillate prices show strong losses across Europe Prices fall for third consecutive day.
Bureau Veritas 'to classify' floating power stations Units can be powered by fuel oil or natural gas.
Prices weak in Fujairah NYMEX showing losses of more than $3 in early trading.
Bunker surcharges to rise New rates apply from July 16.
Historic MARPOL Annex VI revision enters into force IMO's global regulation will cut air pollution from ships with more stringent limits on harmful emissions.
Gibraltar bunker plan faces opposition Allowing bunker operations in the Eastern Anchorage is 'worrying in the extreme'.
Tanker operator sees profits climb Stolt-Nielsen's tanker division says bunker costs have been 'stable'.
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