Shipping company ACL has announced a new container service, in partnership with BG Freight Line and Peel Ports Group, connecting Ireland and North America via a UK or Continental transshipment port.
The service, which officially commenced on 10 May in New York, is claimed to have transit times up to two weeks faster than any other similar service.
The partnership will offer importers and exporters access to/from the US and Canada with direct calls at the major ports of Halifax, New York,...
BG Freight Line has unveiled its greenest ships that will help its customers reduce their carbon emissions.
The four new ships will use a state-of-the-art scrubber to catch CO2 and sulphur particles and will have increased cargo capacity that will result in a lower carbon footprint per container. They are also equipped to handle biomethanol, allowing them to be powered by this sustainable fuel source as it becomes increasingly available in ports.
Named to reflect their colours, BG Green, BG Blue,...
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Police in Northern Ireland are investigating the death of an individual who fell overboard from a foreign-flagged commercial vessel in Belfast Harbour on Monday, February ..
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Dutch logistics services provider BG Freight Line has committed to reducing carbon emissions by installing Value Maritime’s Filtree and carbon capture system onboard two of its container…
Containership owners are instructing their brokers not to entertain fixture offers of less than 12 months, and some are insisting on minimum two-year charters.
The charter market boxship boom that began in the larger sizes has filtered through to the smallest sectors, with Alphaliner reporting on several 24-month employments for vessels under 1,000 teu.
The consultant noted the new fixture of the 803 teu Jork Ruler by Peel Ports-owned feeder operator BG …
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The container congestion crisis engulfing the UK has spread beyond the country’s ports and distribution centres into towns and villages.
To say residents in the sleepy Suffolk village of Melton, located about 10 miles inland from Felixstowe, were surprised to see large numbers of container trucks turning up on a disused plot of land over the past week would be an understatement.
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Trade unions in dispute with a number of feeder operators and ship managers over the implementation of a jointly negotiated collective bargaining agreement (CBA) will appeal the court’s preliminary decision announced on 27 August.
The appeal is due to be heard on 6 October, and is expected to focus on two major issues raised at the earlier hearing. According to the original decision, the reasonableness and fairness of the Unions’ position and the anti-competitive nature of the Non-Seafarers’...
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A new service by Containerships has shown the growing importance of the Irish market to carriers.
The service is from Dublin to Rotterdam, and Hapag-Lloyd is adding Waterford to its links out of Dublin, Cork and Belfast
The increasing threat of a no-deal Brexit is prompting Irish shippers to re-examine the availability of all-sea service links to the continent as a replacement for a UK landbridge option that could be subject to …
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BG Freight Line, in partnership with Maersk, is starting a new weekly service on the Waterford-Rotterdam route that will act as a deep-sea feeder for businesses in Ireland who are exporting or importing goods globally through Europe’s largest seaport. The new service is being introduced to support Maersk’s customers in the southeast and in response to the needs of some of the region’s largest industries.
Koert Luitwieler, CEO, BG Freight Line, said:
“BG Freight Line is always looking for new...
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