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Skeptics raise doubts as CMA CGM prepares air cargo services for take-off

24 February 2021

CMA CGM is hoping to attract a range of competing forwarders to fill its new air fleet, despite concerns over aircraft type and its ownership of Ceva, which looks set to take some 25% of the capacity.
The shipping line announced yesterday that the first of its four A330-200Fs would begin operations on 8 March, from Liege to Chicago, to be operated by Air Belgium.
Ceva is expected to take up to …

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Liner operators suspend bookings for Myanmar cargo

24 February 2021

Several liner operators have suspended calls at Myanmar following the military coup on 1 February 2021, as the disruptions to road traffic have impeded trucking.

Taiwanese intra-Asia carriers Wan Hai Lines and TS Lines both said their ships are not calling at Myanmar. Additionally, transhipment of Myanmar-origin cargoes via Singapore or Port Klang in Malaysia has also been suspended.

TS Lines stated that the cargoes from Taiwan to Myanmar are not large, and it stopped accepting bookings for...

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Shipping line CMA CGM’s first air cargo destination: Chicago

23 February 2021

A pallet of cargo on a hydraulic lift sliding into the open side bay of a cargo jet.

Ocean container line CMA CGM’s new in-house cargo airline will operate its first flight March 8 from its home base at Liege Airport to Chicago, the company said Tuesday. It also confirmed earlier reports that Air Belgium will operate the fleet of four previously owned Airbus A330-200 freighters that it recently acquired.

In addition to diversifying its freight business, the move into air cargo gives the French ocean carrier’s huge logistics arm, CEVA Logistics, a leg up securing hard-to-find...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/cma-cgm

Maersk and DFDS back development of Power-to-X ammonia project for green fuel

23 February 2021

Efforts to decarbonise the shipping industry accelerated today as Maersk and DFDS announced their backing for development of a production facility in Denmark to supply CO2-free ammonia to their vessels.
And, in a separate development, the CMA CGM-led Coalition for the Energy of the Future has established seven new working groups to develop greener transport solutions.
The Power-to-X ammonia production plant will be in Esbjerg, on Denmark’s west coast, an area that …

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The Coalition for the Energy of the Future reveals its first milestones

23 February 2021

The coalition of major international companies joined to accelerate the energy transition in transport and logistics unveiled their first seven concrete steps and welcomed three new members. The…

https://www.offshore-energy.biz/the-coalition-for-the-energy-of-the-future-reveals-its-first-milestones/

Coalition For Energy Transition In Transport And Logistics Unveils Its First Seven Concrete Actions

23 February 2021

Launched in late 2019, the Coalition for the Energy of the Future aims at accelerating the development of future energies and technologies to sustain new green mobility models and reduce the impact of transport and logistics on climate change. The Coalition is pleased to announce the first milestones to be reached in 2021.

2021: A year of milestones with the development of the Coalition’s first 7 projects

2021 will be a structuring year for the Coalition and its cross-industry working groups with...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/coalition-for-energy-transition-in-transport-and-logistics-unveils-its-first-seven-concrete-actions/

Maersk Targets To Become Carbon Neutral In Three Decades

23 February 2021

Shipping giant AP Moller-Maersk is one of the largest corporate consumers of oil on the planet, and has set itself the target of becoming carbon-neutral in the next three decades, says an article published in Ship & Bunker.

The company’s boxships got through 10.3 million mt of bunker fuel last year, taking up about 4% of total global marine fuel demand.

Decarbonisation Plans

Maersk has been relatively quiet on its decarbonisation plans thus far, while rivals like France’s CMA CGM have made big...

https://mfame.guru/maersk-targets-to-become-carbon-neutral-in-three-decades/

Critical empty box alliance sees China ports tackle shortages

23 February 2021

China’s two busiest container ports, Shanghai and Ningbo-Zhoushan, are making efforts to secure containers as the well-documented shortage continues post Chinese New Year.

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European box carriers introduce new Med charges

22 February 2021

Two of the largest container lines in the world have decided to raise their prices into and out of the Mediterranean in the next month.

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European lines raise rates into and out of North America

18 February 2021

Container lines have announced they will apply rate increases in the Pacific trades from Asia to the US later in February and again in the coming months.

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