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2M partners expand their fleet

2M partners plan to add a vessel to the MEDGULF/TA6 service, in order to enhance reliability especially during the forthcoming winter season. Maersk Line and MSC will increase the service’s fleet. Eight (8) vessels will be used by the two shipping giants.

The MEDGULF/TA6 service rotation for the expanded fleet will be as follows:
Gioia Tauro – Naples – La Spezia – Barcelona – Valencia – Algeciras – Sines – Freeport – Port Everglades *(later Miami) – Veracruz – Altamira – Houston – New Orleans –...

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Crewmember felt overboard in the sea – Search suspended

Rescuers suspended the search for a 35-year-old man who fell overboard from a container vessel in the shipping channel between Staten Island and Brooklyn, the U.S. Coast Guard said.

An emergency call was received around 8:30 a.m. Saturday from the Northern Jaguar reporting that a crewmember had fallen overboard in heavy seas in the Ambrose Channel while arranging a ladder used for embarking and disembarking pilots, Coast Guard officials in New York City said.

A Coast Guard cutter based in Sandy...

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Maersk seeks to invests in Ethiopia

Maersk has already established its footprint in Kenya and looks to expanding more in East Africa with operations in Ethiopia

Ethiopia is taking over East Africa as the region’s top preferred investment hub.

The 8th largest economy in Africa registered a foreign direct investment decline of 10 per cent to $3.6 billion in 2017 as compared to the previous year, according to a United Nations report.

However, since the onset of the New Year 2018, the economy continues to attract more investments.

The...

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FIA probes ‘illegal’ actions by Maersk

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has initiated probe in a shipping company, which brings imported goods, for allegedly delaying the clearance of goods in an attempt to collect additional demurrage and detention charges.

According to documents available with The Express Tribune, importers have lodged a complaint with FIA Karachi Corporate Circle that Maersk shipping service, its subsidiary Maersk Pakistan (Private) Limited and Qasim International Container Terminal (QICT) were...

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Arkas and Sealand launch joint service

Sealand – A Maersk Company Europe & Med. together with the partner Arkas Line announce the launch of joint Black Sea seasonal reefer service.

“We always strive to improve our services for the benefit of our customers, therefore we would like to inform you that we again this year are launching the Black Sea seasonal service to cater for our customers with needs of refrigerated cargo in the Black Sea area”, Sealand said in its press release.

Service will be based on a vessel sharing agreement with...

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COSCO’s new vessel named and delivered

On October 23, the naming ceremony for COSCO SHIPPING NEBULA, another 21,000 TEU ULCS of COSCO SHIPPING, was held at the terminal of Jiangnan Shipyard (Group) Co., Ltd. Chairman and Party Secretary of COSCO SHIPPING Capt. Xu Lirong, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of COSCO SHIPPING Sun Yunfei, Executive Vice President of COSCO SHIPPING Wang Yuhang, President and Deputy Party Secretary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation Limited (CSSC) Yang Jincheng and Vice President of...

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New rail connection in UK

PD Ports has launched a second rail service connecting Teesport direct with Scotland opening up further opportunities to connect global importers and exporters with the north of the UK.

The new service, operated by DB Cargo, will run five days a week from the quayside at Teesport to PD Stirling Terminal at Mossend in Glasgow. The timings of the service operate in direct connection with the P&O Ferries service calling daily at Teesport from Zeebrugge and Rotterdam; providing a vital connection...

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Halterm terminal planned to be expaned

The controversial plan by the Halifax Port Authority to temporarily extend the berth at the Halterm container terminal, is reported to be moving ahead as planned.

In a news release Wednesday (Oct. 24), the port authority announced that it’s board of directors and CEO had confirmed that work on the temporary south end container terminal berth should begin and has started to be implement its August 2018 board decision.

That’s despite the port authority’s plan being panned by federal officials,...

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A -42 sunken containers- search in Newcastle

A search to locate 42 sunken shipping containers to ensure safe paths for fishing trawlers has resumed near Newcastle.

The YM Efficiency, a Taiwan-operated, Liberian-flagged cargo ship, lost 81 containers and had another 62 damaged during rough weather about 30km east of Newcastle on June 1.

An initial search in late June and July was able to locate less than half of the lost load.

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority said on Wednesday that a second search for the remaining 42 containers...

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CEVA & CMA CGM broaden strategic partnership

The new partnership places CMA CGM as a long-term strategic partner through a reinforced industrial project.

CMA CGM has been CEVA Logistics’ reference shareholder since its listing on the SIX stock exchange in May 2018. CMA CGM signed a new relationship agreement with CEVA on Wednesday October 24th to reinforce the industrial cooperation between the two companies. All the CEVA shareholders will have the opportunity to benefit from the substantial value creation expected from this cooperation...

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