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Americas
INTTRA: ‘Strong data facilitates sound planning’
Parsippany: The shipping business is at a tipping point in the adoption of electronification and digitization, argues John Fay, ceo…
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Asia
New Delhi relaxes cabotage laws for certain ship types
Foreign car carrier operators can now operate in Indian waters, according to local media source, Livemint. New Delhi has changed…
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Contributions
China’s slowdown hitting world shipping
For me nothing illustrates the dramatic collapse in commodity prices around the world more than the news in early August…
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Greater China
Future of container alliances thrown up in the air by Chinese merger talk
The merger talk between two state-run shipping conglomerates Cosco Group and China Shipping Group has caused a stir in the…
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Europe
Imtech files for bankruptcy
Dutch engineering firm Royal Imtech filed for protection from its creditors yesterday on the back of a giant accounting fraud…
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Asia
Precious Shipping: Fleet renewal plans thwarted by poor Chinese construction
Bangkok: Plans by Thailand’s Precious Shipping to be ahead of the curve when it comes to having a young eco-fleet…
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Contributions
China’s mega shipping merger: ‘Some rice bowls will be broken’
So then what to make of the largest shake-up in Chinese shipping seen for a generation? If we go by…
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Greater China
Alibaba eyes investment in car carrier fleet
New York-listed Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba is considering investing in a fleet of car carriers to support its newly established…
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Containers
Wan Hai Lines quits Asia-Europe trades
Taiwanese carrier Wan Hai Lines has decided to completely quit the Asia-Europe tradelanes due to the unfavourable market conditions. The…
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Americas
Labour action imminent on Panama Canal’s third set of locks project
Progress of the Panama Canal expansion project could hit a speed bump if a labour issue involving contractor Grupo Unidos…
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Contributions
Cosco – China Shipping merger: Can you make a national champion out of failures?
After many years of rumours, we now have confirmation that China’s government is moving to reorganise its largest shipping companies.…
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Ports and Logistics
Protests at Hutchison’s Australian redundancies
Workers at Hutchinson Ports Australia picketed its two terminals on Sunday in a 24-hour protest against the abrupt redundancies of…
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Asia
Vietnam cracks down on boxline surcharges
Hanoi is trying to take control of surcharges put in place by containerlines calling at Vietnam. The finance ministry concluded…
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Americas
Kinder Morgan snaps up Philly Tankers quartet
Aker Philadelphia Shipyard (AKPS) has announced that Philly Tankers has sold all four of its 50,000 dwt Jones Act product…
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Greater China
Hutchison fires up a storm Down Under with redundancies
Hutchison Ports Australia has kicked off a storm of protests at its terminals Down Under by making around 100 workers…
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Asia
GAIL tipped to have picked Hyundai Heavy for 9 LNG carriers
Hyundai Heavy Industries is being tipped in both Korean and Indian media circles as the winner of a very lucrative…
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Europe
Navigators hit with US fine for North Korean links
UK firm Navigators Insurance Company has agreed to pay a fine for its links with shipping lines from sanctions-hit North…
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Greater China
Fujian Shipping Group: Regional powerhouse
Xiamen: Fujian, on the southeast coast of China, has always been an important shipping gateway for the country. The famous…
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Americas
Pemex dismisses employee for conflict of interest in awarding contracts
Pemex has fired an employee for alleged conflict of interest in the management of service contracts at some of its…
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Middle East
Egypt opens enlarged Suez Canal
Amid exceptionally tight security, Egypt will open an expansion to the Suez Canal today with dignitaries from around the world…
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