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Box lines adjust intra-Far East/Australasia services

CNC Line is set to enhance its role from a slot operator to a vessel provider on CoscoSL’s NP1 service at the end of September, according to DynaLiners. This upgraded service, branded as RNM by CNC, will deploy two 1,700 TEU vessels, maintaining a route that includes Singapore, Subic Bay, and Manila.

Additionally, Sinotrans (SinoLines) has launched a new service, the Shantou Philippines Service 1 (SPS1), utilizing a 700 TEU vessel to connect Shantou, Hong Kong, Shenzhen (Shekou), and Manila,...

https://container-news.com/box-lines-adjust-intra-far-east-australasia-services/

Asia box lines enhance intra-Far East/Australasia network

Significant developments from CNC Line, OOCL, Sinokor and Heung A underscore the need for growing connectivity between key ports in Asia, particularly the Philippines, Southeast Asia, and Northeast Asia.

CMA CGM-owned CNC Line has recently introduced the Luzon Visayas Mindanao Express (LVMX), an intra-Philippines service aiming to enhance trade between key domestic ports. The service will be operated by a 1,000 TEU vessel that connects the ports of Manila, Cagayan de Oro, and Cebu on a weekly...

https://container-news.com/asia-box-lines-enhance-intra-far-east-australasia-network/

Feeder Vessel Fetches ‘Bullish’ Price

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A feeder ship owned by South Korean operator Sinokor has been sold for what was described as a “bullish” scrap price, as cash buyers bet on a revival of ship demolition in Bangladesh, says an article published on the loadstar.

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The 1997-built 1,608 teu Xiumei Shanghai, chartered to Sinokor subsidiary Heung-A Line, was sold for $4.66m.

Major cash buyer Global Marketing Systems noted that the previously subdued Bangladeshi ship recycling...

https://mfame.guru/feeder-vessel-fetches-bullish-price/

Body found in container in Malaysian port

Malaysian police found a dead body in a 40-foot container at Penang port, sent from Chittagong port, on Saturday 15 October.

Police discovered the decomposed body, while the port officials were shifting the box to a depot.

The container was sent to the Malaysian port from BM Container Depot in Chittagong where a fire broke out on 4 June and chemical blasts killed 49 people and injured hundreds.

The local agent of the vessel carrying the container, Swasdee Atlantic, operated by Sinokor Merchant...

https://container-news.com/body-found-in-container-in-malaysian-port/

Oil leaks from Sinokor boxship in South Korea

One of Sinokor Merchant Marine’s container ships, the 1,050 TEU Niigata Trader, apparently leaked 1.6 kilolitres of marine fuel into the waters around South Korea’s Yeosu port yesterday, after its fuel tank was damaged while it underwent repairs.

The ship, which plied the South Korea-China-Hong Kong-Vietnam route, arrived at repair yard Yosu Ocean on 19 September.

The Korea Coast Guard issued a statement saying it was investigating a 9,000 GT Panama-flagged container ship that leaked marine fuel...

https://container-news.com/oil-leaks-from-sinokor-boxship-in-south-korea/

Chemical leak from container on Sinokor ship

Leakage of hazardous chemicals has reportedly happened on one of Sinokor Merchant Marine’s ships in South Korea.

Korea Coast Guard said that around 3.56 am local time on 15 February, it was alerted to the leakage of ethylidene norbornene from a damaged container into the ship on which it was loaded in Gwangyang Port. At the time, containers were being loaded onto the ship at berth 15 in Gwangyang Container Terminal.

The coast guard said that while attempting to move the affected container, the...

https://container-news.com/chemical-leak-from-container-on-sinokor-ship/

Sinokor, Heung-A rationalise East Asia services

South Korean feeder operator Sinokor Merchant Marine and its subsidiary Heung-A Line will streamline their South Korea-Japan and South Korea-China services, to cut service duplication.

The two companies each run an independent South Korea-South China service, which will be replaced by a joint service.

Heung-A will cease its independent SCS service while Sinokor will end its joint NSC service with Pan Ocean. The services will be replaced by a new service called SCX, which will be jointly operated...

https://container-news.com/sinokor-heung-a-rationalise-east-asia-services/

Disappointing South Korean liner alliance reformed for another year

Korea Shipping Partnership, a quasi-alliance of all 14 South Korean liner operators, has extended its term by a year, even as its three years of existence failed to improve earnings.

At a meeting between the liner operators and officials from the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries (MOF) on 28 July, the group was, reportedly, unanimously against renewing the KSP, but MOF, wanted to give it another year.

Wishing to revive the South Korean maritime industry after Hanjin Shipping was declared bankrupt...

https://container-news.com/disappointing-south-korean-liner-alliance-reformed-for-another-year/

South Korean liner trio develop Japan coverage

South Korean intra-Asia carriers Korea Marine Transport Company (KMTC), Namsung Shipping and CK Line have enhanced their South Korea-China-Japan services to capture more cargo volumes from western and southern Japan.

The trio, which already operate one New China-Setouchi (NCS) service, will launch a supplementary NCS2 service. The original NCS service began in June 2019, deploying two 700TEU ships on the Busan-Shanghai-Ningbo-Moji-Iyomishima-Mizushima-Moji-Hakata-Busan-Ulsan loop.

The carriers...

https://container-news.com/south-korean-liner-trio-develop-japan-coverage/

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