Qatar Airways flies Boeing Dreamliner to UK After taking delivery of the first of 60 Dreamliners (Boeing B787) in November, followed by the operation of commercial flights on intra-Gulf routes to familiarise operating crew, ...
Kombiverkehr amends service offer to/from Norway CargoNet AS, a partner company of the German intermodal service provider Kombiverkehr, has ceased operating the Trelleborg/Malmö to Alnabru (Oslo) rail link for economic reasons. S...
Freightliner runs first shortliner service The UK-based rail service provider Freightliner has commenced its ground-breaking shortliner services, shortly after receiving a new fleet of 40 ft twin platform shortliner wagons....
SriLankan Airlines increasing flights to Riyadh SriLankan Airlines is to introduce three more flights to Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), thereby increasing the total number of connections to five per week, effective from today (13 Decemb...
Chrysler begins production of Ram 2500 CNG pick-up truck in Mexico The first Ram 2500 compressed natural gas (CNG) pick-up trucks have begun rolling off the line at the Chrysler Group's Saltillo truck assembly plant in Mexico. The Ram 2500 CNG is ...
U.S. Xpress affiliate Arnold Transportation Services to merge with LinkAmerica Corp U.S. Xpress Enterprises, a leading provider of transportation services throughout North America, has reported that the Jacksonville FL (USA)- based company Arnold Transportation Se...
AA Cargo chooses regional sales manager Northern Europe American Airlines Cargo has chosen Andy Cornwell to be its regional cargo sales manager - Northern Europe. He is now responsible for the airline's sales and commercial activitie...
Prize for thesis on pharmaceutical logistics Susann Reichel from Grieshaber Logistics AG in Bad Säckingen (Germany) recently received the City of Loerrach prize for this year's best bachelor thesis at the Baden-Wuerttemberg C...
Asian shippers and European Shippers Council (ESC) meet in Jakarta The Indonesian National Shippers Council hosted a meeting that was attended by representatives from the European, Hong Kong, Korean and Macao Shippers Councils, as well as by the...
Volga-Dnepr Airlines transports 300 t of gold mining equipment to Kenya More than 300 t of gold mining equipment was recently flown to Kenya via three Antonov AN-124-100 freighter flights operated by the Russian carrier Volga-Dnepr Airlines. The f...
Official launch of ro-ro service between Iskenderun and Port Said A ro-ro transport service between the port of Iskenderun (southern Turkey) and Port Said on Egypt's Mediterranean coast, has been officially inaugurated in the presence of the Turk...
Dachser acquires Spanish transport and logistics firm Azkar Dachser, an international logistics service provider based in Germany, is acquiring the Spanish transport and logistics service provider Azkar, with effect from 15 January 2013. Th...
Doosan Infracore Construction Equipment EMEA and Fiege reaffirm partnership Doosan Infracore Construction Equipment EMEA, the regional division of the construction equipment business of Doosan Infracore, the flagship infrastructure support business of the ...
Crestron strengthens partnership with Kuehne + Nagel in Belgium Crestron, a provider of advanced control and automation systems, is expanding its contract with Kuehne + Nagel Belgium and bringing all its warehousing activities under one roof. T...
Raid on pirates fails PIRATES were reported today to have won a skirmish against Puntland forces that might have been trying to free a ro-ro and its crew, who have been held since 29 March 2010
Prestige sabotage alleged A FORMER Spanish maritime inspector today accused the master and chief engineer of the tanker Prestige of sabotage to make it run aground off the Spanish coast
Southern Cross concludes deal for Ultrapetrol PRIVATE equity fund Southern Cross is now the controlling owner of NASDAQ-listed Ultrapetrol, after the closing of its $220M investment
Teekay targets US LNG exports NYSE-listed Teekay LNG today confirmed orders for LNG newbuildings, with deliveries timed for the debut of LNG exports from the US
Bulker newbuilding prices stabilising at last? DRYBULKER newbuilding prices have started to stabilise after their long fall, which could indicate that the freight market itself might be recovering, a shipping analyst said today
Vale, Zhanjiang to build iron ore logistics centre VALE HAS signed a deal with Zhanjiang's port in Guangdoing province to build an iron ore logistics centre
CSC Phoenix gives up bulkers to bank SHANGHAI-listed Chang Jiang Shipping Group Phoenix (CSC Phoenix) has said it is turning three 57,000dwt bulkers over to Pudong Development Bank in connection with loan provisions
Dredger crew sought SEARCHERS are today looking for four mariners missing since their dredger sank off China's Guangdong province
VLCC cargoes disappoint VLCC owners are bracing for a disappointing December, as charterers prepared for next week's stems offers for January, brokers said today
China's growth to boost global and domestic shipping CHINA'S shift towards an economy based on consumer demand could boost global shipping, China Shipping's president said today
Holiday blues arrive early in Capesize sector CAPESIZE owners are seeing their pre-Christmas rate rally dissolve, as daily earnings tumbled by almost a quarter to $7,624 per day
Atlantic LNG moving to Asia LNG CARGOES are being re-exported from the Atlantic basin to northeastern Asia as gas prices in the latter region firm amid winter
More Mexican deals seen for Keppel KEPPEL stands to win more rig orders from Petroleos Mexicanos or other Mexican drillers, sector analyst Lim Siew Khee of CIMB predicted today
Counterfeit Shipment Seizure Is Custom's Largest in Laredo Customs seized 7,800 counterfeit Audemars Piguet watches. The Import Specialist Enforcement Team at U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Laredo, Texas, port of entry recently seized an $83 million commercial shipment of 7,800 counterfeit watches that infringed on an Audemars Piguet trademark. The shipment of watches arrived via express consignment truck at the...
ILA-USMX: Down to the Wire? Harold Daggett isn't saying so, but the International Longshoremen's Association president seems to have opened the door for a second ILA contract extension. That's how I interpret the latest twist in eight months of negotiations of a Maine-to-Texas dockworker contract between the ILA and United States Maritime Alliance. A small group of...
With LinkAmerica, Arnold Plans to Build Density, Draw Drivers The most important benefit Arnold Transportation may gain from its merger with LinkAmerica isn't additional trucks or drivers but density. The tractor-trailers LinkAmerica brings to Arnold largely will haul freight in the same lanes, doubling down on freight density and making the truckload carrier more efficient. "What LinkAmerica provides is volume,"...
Competition, Canadian-Style Intermodal shippers tapping the two major Canadian railroads can look forward to better service - and likely more competitive pricing on lanes in which the carriers compete - in 2013. Two major forces are changing the intermodal networks of archrivals Canadian Pacific and Canadian National railways. Larger container ships are spurring...
Canada Tackles Its Driver Shortage Wondering where to find a trucking industry task force that's trying to tackle the so-called driver shortage? Look north. The Canadian Trucking Alliance formed a "blue ribbon task force" in 2011 to investigate the root causes of driver hiring and retention problems north of the border and come up with...
Containerization & Intermodal Institute Grants Scholarship to 11 Students at 2012 Connie Event NEWARK, N.J. - The Containerization & Intermodal Institute continued its industry education mission by presenting scholarships at the annual Connie luncheon here to college students and maritime academy cadets pursuing their degrees that will lead to careers in the international trade and transportation industry. The event honored Alberto Alemán Zubieta,...
ICAP Forward Curve Freight Rates The ICAP forward curve tracks containerized freight rates of swap agreements as settled against the SCFI-Shanghai Containerized Freight Index produced by the Shanghai Shipping Exchange. Derivatives Bid/Ask pricing in U.S. dollars as of Dec. 11 between Shanghai and the following four trade lanes. Data Included: 12/11/2012 U.S. WEST COAST...
3PL Saddle Creek Logistics Hires Business Director Amy Barnes, Saddle Creek's new director of business development. Lakeland-Fla.-based third-party logistics provider Saddle Creek Logistics Services today named Amy Barnes as director of business development. Barnes will oversee the development of new customer relationships and help generate organic growth with existing accounts. She will be based in Winston-Salem, N.C. She has 16...
C.H. Robinson Announces SVP Jim Butts' Retirement Third-party logistics company C.H. Robinson Worldwide today announced that Senior Vice President Jim Butts will retire on Dec. 31, after 34 years with the company. Butts joined the company in 1978, and has been senior vice president since December 2007 and a member of the executive team since April 2002. His...
Maersk, MSC Narrow the Gap In ranking the ocean carriers serving the U.S. trade, perhaps Yogi Berra said it best: "It's déjà vu, all over again." Through the first nine months of 2012, Mediterranean Shipping Co. took the lead in U.S. exports and total trade. Standing in its way from sweeping the top spot in imports...
US Senate Sends Coast Guard Bill to Obama The U.S. Senate today approved H.R. 2838, the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2012, clearing the House-passed bill for the president's signature. "This bill provides the Coast Guard with the resources to continue to improve the ships, aircraft and communications systems they need to do their jobs," said House...
Capacity Glut Clouds Outlook for Carriers It's not going to look a lot like Christmas for ocean container lines this year, next year and even beyond that. Although many have managed to staunch the bleeding of red ink that decimated their bottom lines earlier this year, the outlook for their financial recovery appears increasingly dubious in 2013....
Domestic Intermodal Rates Inch Up U.S. domestic intermodal rates showed little volatility this week and continued to settle at post-peak-season levels, according to rail pricing provided by logistics provider IDS. An average of 25 major U.S. intermodal lanes stood at $2,352 per all-in, door-to-door, 53-foot container, less than 1 percent higher than the $2,331 average rate...
Peel Ports Secures Funds for New Liverpool Terminal Peel Ports has completed a 1.6 billion pounds ($2.6 billion) refinancing to fund its expansion plans, which include a 300 million pounds ($480 million) post-Panamax container terminal in the Port of Liverpool. The U.K.'s second-largest port operator raised the funds from several banks and pension funds and insurance companies in the...
Crowley and Jensen Maritime Honored With Two Significant Boat Awards at International Workboat Show NEW ORLEANS - Together Crowley Maritime Corp. and subsidiary Jensen Maritime, the company's Seattle-based naval architecture and marine engineering firm, were honored with two of the top 10 Significant Boat awards during the seventh-annual International Workboat Show recently held in New Orleans. The first award was for the design of two...
COSCON joins the reefer hike alliance China's state-owned ocean carrier COSCON has followed the lead of Maersk Line, MSC, CMA CGM and others by announcing a reefer USD1,500 per 40ft general rate increase ...
Liners firing more blanks Another Far East - Europe ocean carrier alliance has announced voyage cancellations on the over capacity-plagued tradelane in an endeavour to squeeze supply and ...
Lull before the storm The heated debates over how shipping's CO2 emissions could be curtailed in future may have died down in recent months, but that does not mean the problem has gone ...
Panama Canal will need expanding again The Panama Canal will need at least one additional expansion, according to Alberto Aleman Zubieta, immediate past commissioner of the Panama Canal Authority (PCA). ...
Customs throw their toys out of the pram Customs officers at the port of Rotterdam have stepped up inspections of shipments containing Asian-origin toys as Christmas approaches. Europe's biggest maritime ...
Just in time for Christmas It is often said that charity begins at home, but in the case of one of the UK's NHS Foundation Trusts, home has been transported in containers thousands of miles ...
Omega accepts defeat Omega Navigation Enterprises (Omega) is about to relinquish its fleet of products tankers after striking a deal that will mark the final chapter of a bankruptcy battle that erupted in Texas over a year ago.
Petrobras goes clean Brazilian energy giant Petrobras appears to have put pen to paper on its third product carrier fixture in less than three days.
PRGN takes flight Shares of Paragon Shipping surged in midday trading Thursday after striking a series of debt deals with four of its lenders.
Mangrove takes root Hedge fund Mangrove Partners has emerged as a major shareholder in DHT Holdings.
Dry Docks out of Polarcus Drydocks World is selling its entire stake in Oslo-listed offshore outfit Polarcus.
CMA CGM moves in French container line CMA CGM is moving in at the port of Long Beach in California.
ICG caps Feederlink sale Irish Continental Group has completed the sale of its containerline Feederlink to Unifeeder of Denmark.
Moody's backs Stena Ratings agency Moody's Investors Service has lifted its assessment of Swedish owner Stena following its debt refinancing.
DSME bags TGP double Teekay LNG Partners has chalked up a potential five-ship order at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering.
Pirates killed in raid Three Somali pirates have been killed after Puntland forces tried to rescue crew from the cargoship Iceberg 1 near the town of Ga'raad.
Mermaid wins Ichthys deal Australian offshore vessel owner Mermaid Marine has won a half share in a $20m contract.
Crewman jailed for stabbing A Royal Caribbean cruiseship worker has been jailed for attacking a supervisor with a knife off the US.
E.R. stalwart quits E.R. Schiffahrt has promoted two young guns to its top management to replace the departing Norbert Aschmann.
MHI wins cruise contracts Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has homed in on the burgeoning Asian cruiseship industry with the addition of two repair and conversion contracts.
Citi builds Tallink stake Citigroup has increased its stake in Baltic ro-ro group Tallink in a EUR 116.55m ($152m) deal, valuing the company at EUR 740m.
Supply ship spill probed The US Coast Guard (USCG) is investigating a diesel fuel spill of at least 600 gallons from a supply ship in Puerto Rico.
Newton's law of dry-bulk Crashing returns in the Atlantic have been blamed for the reality check delivered to the capesize market yesterday.
DP not pulling out DP World has dismissed suggestions that it plans to pull out of a containership terminal at India's Mundra Port over a dispute with majority shareholder, Adani.
Caddell off the street A veteran tanker that was forced on to a New York road by Hurricane Sandy has finally been shifted.
Bug bites P&O Over 300 passengers on a P&O Cruises ship have been struck down by the norovirus vomiting bug, reports say.
Brit bags Flex shares UK investment house Praxient Capital has hiked its holding in Flex LNG.
Singapore proving costly Thome boss Olav Eek Thorstensen says Singapore has become too expensive for the company to continue growing its business.
Beaumont refloated Tug pulls UK cargoship off rocks in Spain; tank damage reported.
FEH wins charter deal Hong Kong-listed Far East Horizon (FEH) has signed a chartering deal with Chinese energy group Sinochem until at least 2014.
P&O ties up tanker P&O Maritime in Australia has won a 10-year charter for its new condensate tanker in Papua New Guinea.
Mariana plans US route Mariana Express Lines (MEL) is set to launch a new service between the US West Coast and Micronesia.
GrainCorp spurns ADM GrainCorp has rejected an improved takeover offer from Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), the company said Thursday.
Paragon lands waivers But success of debt overhaul hinges on talks with HSH, Commerzbank and Nordea, filings show.
Charleston grounding A German-owned general cargo vessel has been refloated after going aground in a port in the southern United States.
Delta CEO: Four airlines for U.S. in 2013 Next year, the U.S. airline industry will achieve a "rational industry construct" with four major airlines competing in the domestic and international air space, Richard Anderson, chief executive officer of Delta, said.
Grain terminals, union review options A federal mediator said after contract talks on Tuesday and Wednesday the Pacific Northwest Grain Handlers and ILWU Locals 4, 8, 19 and 23 "have agreed they require additional time to review their options."
ILA, USMX to discuss container royalties next week Three days of negotiations between the International Longshoremen's Association and their employers ended on Wednesday without a labor agreement to replace the one that expires on Dec. 29.
Mariana Express Lines starts U.S. West Coast service
Trade Tech speeds rate quote engine for NVOs
FMC approves NRAs for foreign NVOs FMC Chairman Richard Lidinsky noted that foreign NVOs have wanted to be able to offer Negotiated Rate Arrangements since the commission approved allowing domestic NVOs to offer them.
Canada considers modifying FAST program Canada is evaluating simpler eligibility requirements for highway carriers to participate in the Free and Secure Trade program to expedite the movement of cargo across the northern border for trusted shippers.
Drewry sees possible litigation over Brazil port reforms
New waste heat recovery system for auxiliary engines Alfa Laval says it is a market first and 'the natural next step' in fuel efficiency gains.
Prices show little movement in Fujairah South African bunkers firm with distillates making big gains in Cape Town.
Prices firm in Mediterranean ports But stay soft in northern ports
Starfuels' expansion triggers collapse of rival Oil derivatives player 'ends Singapore-based brokering operations'.
LNG bunkering carries strong business case, survey finds But economics and infrastructure seen as the biggest challenges.
Bunker technology company will 'move to protect its rights' Nautical Control Solutions wins Canadian patent.
Port's clean-air incentive scheme 'illegal' 'The law doesn't make exceptions for good intentions,' auditor tells Port of Seattle.
Ballast-free designs could give massive fuel savings Estimates range from 6% to 25% potential overall fuel savings by eliminating ballast.
Fuel oil stocks fall by 10.6% Singapore stocks have fallen for the first time in six weeks.
Puerto Rico spill under investigation The minor spill happened during refuelling.
Bunker prices lack direction Singapore prices firm but other markets were stable to soft.
OW Bergen tie-up given go-ahead European Commission can see no competition issues from merger.
Singapore bunker sales drop to nine-month low Shipowners picking up smaller quantity of bunkers, traders say.
Sinopec Zhoushan expands bonded ops in China Commences supply of bonded bunkers to another port in Zhejiang province.
Chinese yard delivers first 'green' box ship Delivery demonstrates a 'breakthrough' of the shipbuilder's manufacturing capability, it says.
Hoegh Autoliners joins campaign for cleaner shipping 'Switching to low-sulphur fuel is costly but the environmental campaign has made it easier for shipping lines to change.'
The Suez Canal Authority has announced that it will introduce surcharges on transit tariffs through the Egyptian canal for most major cargo vessels, effective July 15.
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