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The Dutch government is preparing a law allowing Dutch ships to deploy private armed anti-piracy guards...
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Contship Italia steady at the helm
Contship Italia Group has reported solid growth across its operations in Italy and Morocco in 2014 and says it is prepared for improved performance in 2015...
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Eurotunnel in for more freight shuttles
The €40M order will increase the number of its freight shuttle train sets from 15 to 18...
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ICTSI improves box tracking
ICTSI has rolled out version 4.0 of its Track and Trace system at its flagship Manila International Container Terminal....
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PKP Cargo set for expansion
Poland's biggest rail freight operator is set to acquire a majority stake in Advanced World Transport...
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New metals contract in Rotterdam
Norwegian aluminium producer Hydro has signed a new logistics services contract with Pacorini Metals...
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US West Coast heading to "Gridlock"
PMA warns ILWU work slowdowns "have continued to the point where many terminals are in peril of complete gridlock" despite a Federal Mediator facilitating talks...
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Prince Rupert up 15%
Container volume hits new record as the coal business takes a tumble...
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ABG Infralogistics in Mumbai deal
PSA International has sold its stake in ABG Kolkata Container Terminal Pvt Ltd....
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Sharjah hits 400,000 TEU
The smaller of the UAE container facilities operated by Gulftainer broke through the 400,000 TEU barrier in 2014...
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MOL in for 20,000 TEU ships?
Mitsui OSK Lines is understood to be negotiating with Seaspan to charter up to six ships of 20,000 TEU in a bid to restore profitabilty to its container liner business...
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Lade introduces "Vindskip"
A new hybrid shipping concept has been unveiled by Lade AS in Norway...
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WWL expands in Mexico
Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics has expanded its Mexico operations with the acquisition of integrated logistics provider Carlogistics...
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APM Terminals orders 16 new RTGs
The new machines from Konecranes will be supplied to Algeciras and Apapa...
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CSCL GLOBE calls Rotterdam
The 19,100 TEU containership, currently the world record holder, has made her maiden call at ECT's Euromax terminal...
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Boost for cabotage in Brazil
Hamburg Sud is committing R$700M (US$265M) to the renewal and upgrade of the Brazlian coastwise services of its affiliate Alianca...
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Cavotec books €11.5M of new orders
The order is a mix of Moormasters, APS and AMP systems from Cavotec's diversified ports and ships equipment portfolio...
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Virginia sets record
Container throughput grows 7.7% in 2014...
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Russian sanctions drive change
The Russian government's decision to ban all food imports from Australia, Europe and North America is being felt across the shipping industry. Carriers and logistics providers are having to find new markets in a bid to preserve their revenues and equipment utilisation....
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Bid to stem fall in Transpacific rates
The Transpacific Stabilization Agreement (TSA) and the Westbound Transpacific Stabilization Agreement (WTSA) have announced a series of measures aimed at stemming the decline in freight rates....
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MCG opts for Navis
Navis has announced that Mayotte Channel Gateway (MCG), in the French-governed Port of Longoni will install its N4 TOS. MCG currently handles 60,000 TEU/year and expects to grow by 15% over the next five years, as it encourages transhipment business....
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New berths at Onne
West Africa Container Terminal (WACT), operated by APM Terminals, has received a major boost with the completion of the latest US$204M phase of the Port of Onne, Nigeria. The port is the centrepiece of Onne Oil and Gas Free Trade Zone (FTZ), about 30 km from Port Harcourt in the Niger Delta....
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Maersk's big plans
Maersk Line intends ordering new ships for delivery commencing in 2017, a move described by CEO Soren Skou as allowing the world's largest liner shipping group to keep up with market demand....
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Hamburg in dredging limbo
The Federal Administrative Court (FAC) in Leipzig, Germany's highest court, has again referred the vexed Elbe dredging question to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in Luxembourg. The referral means that the project to deepen and widen the navigation channel of the Lower and Outer Elbe has suffered a further indeterminate delay. No decision is expected before spring 2015....
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New USEC-ECSA alliance
The trade between the US Atlantic seaboard and the east coast of South America is experiencing a shake up. Several existing operators have decided to adjust their partnership arrangements, partly caused by the planned takeover of CSAV by Hapag-Lloyd, but also due to the ocean carriers' desire to deploy bigger ships with more powerful economies of scale....
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Arkas in east Med push
Izmir-based Arkas Line has upped its presence in the eastern Mediterranean liner shipping sector with a new ship and deploying its own tonnage in a jointly operated string. The 2,837 TEU EMMA A, its largest ship to date, has begun operating in the line's core Turkey-Levant service. This string calls at Istanbul (Marport), Izmir, Gemlik, Alexandria, Port Said, Beirut, Mersin and returns to Istanbul....
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Yusen and nci tie-up
Tokyo-based Yusen Logistics (YL), part of the NYK group, is strengthening its activities in Turkey through a strategic alliance with Turkey's nci Logistics....
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New Maasvlakte at the crossroads
The completion of the split-level Colorado Crossroads at Rotterdam's Maasvlakte provides grade separation for trucks and freight trains, so traffic streams will no longer clash. The €30M crossroads is the junction between Maasvlakte I and II....
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2M alliance gets US green light
The planned vessel sharing agreement (VSA) between Maersk Line and MSC has been given the go-ahead by the US Federal Maritime Commission (FMC). It means the two carriers can now finalise their 2M agreement and put in place new schedules and deployment programmes for the Asia-Europe, transpacific and transatlantic trades. They hope to commence operations in January 2015....
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UFS adds Limak Iskenderun call
Limassol (Cyprus)-based United Feeder Services (UFS) has announced a new service between Egypt and the easter n Turkish port of Limak Iskenderun. This is good news for the por t, which since the early summer has also secured new services from Arkas Line, CMA CGM and Hapag-Lloyd. Limak Iskenderun officially opened its new container terminal in early 2013....
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Teething troubles as Congolese go online
The Democratic Republic of Congo's [DR Congo] Customs Authority has automated its operations on the country's borders, but problems with the system have resulted in very long delays....
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Paranagua expansion
Brazil's TCP Paranagua, in which Grup TCB has a stake, has obtained from national transport agency Antaq a 25-year extension to its concession due to expire in 2023, and has announced a R$1.1B (US$453M) expansion plan, to be executed in two phases....
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DNV GL stages ReVolt
Researchers at DNV GL have come up with a design for an environment-friendly and efficient battery operated unmanned short-sea vessel. Called ReVolt, the 1250dwt vessel would have a container intake of 100 TEU....
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More investment in South African ports
Transnet is to invest a further R33B (US$3B) in expanding the ports of Cape Town and Saldanha. The investment, which will be made over the next seven years, includes new staff training programmes, infrastructure upgrades and the purchase of new cargo handling equipment....
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UASC/Hamburg Sud sign worldwide pact
United Arab Shipping Company (UASC) and Hamburg Sud have signed a global cooperation agreement, with each carrier believing that their respective strengths in the east-west and north-south trades can be used mutually to fuel more cargo for their operations....
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Manatee-Mexico link
Port Manatee in Florida USA, has announced a weekly service beginning this month, connecting it with the Port of Coatzacoalcos, in the southern part of the Mexican state of Veracruz....
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Progress made on Tanzania ports
Progress has been made on developing new ports at both Bagamoyo and Mtwara in Tanzania. Bagamoyo, which is located to the north of Tanzania's main port, Dar es Salaam, is being developed by China Merchants Holdings (International), which has acceded to a government request to begin construction by the end of this year, rather than next year as previously agreed. Even in Phase 1, the port is to handle post-Panamax vessels carrying up to 10,000 TEU....
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Zeebrugge food cluster
Vincent De Saedeleer, vice president of the Port of Zeebrugge, is keen to expand its role as a European shipping and regional distribution centre for the perishable products/food sector. While the port may be smaller than its nearest competitors, Antwerp and Rotterdam, it is a leader in food cargo....
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IDENTEC for KAP
The new King Abdullah Port (KAP) in Saudi Arabia has selected IDENTEC SOLUTIONS to supply a reefer monitoring system for its 2,000 reefer points....
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Introducing SkyBench
Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) introduced "SkyBench" at SMM in Hamburg in September. The Korean shipbuilder said that the patented system can increase container intake by 450 TEU on a 23-wide 19,000 TEU vessel, and by 350 TEU on 20-row wide 14,000 TEU ship....
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