This week, various parties in Rotterdam will be launching a new pilot project, in which containers are handled and released without a PIN code: a widely used verification method in this transport segment. The project revolves around a new application, Secure Container Release, which replaces the PIN code with a digital signal: a solution that is significantly less susceptible to fraud.
It is not only intended to make container handling more efficient but also safer. Participants in the...
Until container carriers can agree on a common “business language,” the electronic conveyance of important information will be lost in translation, according to Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA) CEO Thomas Bagge.
Bagge said during a World Economic Forum webinar Monday that DCSA’s nine members — CMA CGM, Evergreen Marine, Hapag-Lloyd, HMM, Maersk, MSC, ONE, Yang Ming and ZIM — had six different definitions for what constitutes a vessel’s arrival in port.
“That’s hugely problematic....
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The Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA) is continuing its efforts to make information sharing easier.
On Tuesday the nonprofit specifically tackled ship-related information transparency with the publication of standards for the exchange of operational vessel schedules (OVS). The OVS standards can be implemented by vessel operators as well as vessel-sharing agreement partners and operational service providers to enable the automatic sharing of schedule information, according to DCSA.
The...
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Ocean Network Express (ONE) is set to launch a new direct cargo service from China to Indonesia. This will be the first direct intra-Asia service between China and ..
https://www.bairdmaritime.com/ship-world/boxship-world/one-to-launch-china-indonesia-route/
Although Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd. (“K” Line) recorded a fiscal year 2019 net profit of 5.3 billion yen ($49.4 million), the Japanese carrier is not paying dividends or issuing a 2020 forecast amid uncertainty over the total financial hit it will take from the coronavirus pandemic.
“K” Line did say Monday that it expects fallout from the coronavirus crisis to negatively impact all business segments — dry bulk and container shipping, energy resource transport, car carriers, and logistics.
Effects...
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Ocean Network Express (ONE), which last week announced it had turned a profit, said Tuesday it was expanding its refrigerated container fleet by 5,000 40-foot units.
Two hundred of those units will be equipped with advanced controlled atmosphere technology, said Singapore-based ONE, which said it already has one of the largest state-of-the-art reefer fleets and procured 6,000 units last year.
Global refrigerated container volume grew by more than 7% in 2019, according to ONE, which said that...
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Ocean Network Express (ONE) is suspending the China Australia service (CAE) which is jointly operated with Maersk and MSC, says a press release published on their website.
What is the reason?Due to the impact of COVID-19, Ocean Network Express (ONE) is suspending the China Australia service (CAE) which is jointly operated with Maersk and MSC.
Suspension durationThe suspension announced is expected to last until at least Q2-2020.
Any alternate to assist customers?To assist customers during this...
http://mfame.guru/container-shipping-giant-suspends-china-australia-service/
ONE handles its first ever electronic Bill of Lading.
https://worldmaritimenews.com/archives/293725/one-issues-its-1st-electronic-bill-of-lading/
With the Coronavirus outbreak causing delays at Ports many carriers are taking the surcharge route to evade congestion, reports Mike Wackett for the Loadstar.
The latest to join this league is the Japanese carrier ONE who has imposed a congestion surcharge on...
http://mfame.guru/carriers-abandon-reefers-as-coronavirus-port-congestion-escalates/