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• AAL, Peter Dohle launch semi-liner service

  Time: 2016-03-12 | Publisher: glafamily

  

  AAL and Peter Döhle Schiffahrts-KG will launch a joint semi-liner service using multipurpose vessels with heavy-lift capability between Asia, the Middle East and Europe.The companies said the new service will combine fixed routes with flexible port calls, using multiple classes of heavy-lift/multipurpose carri...
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• Russia seeks to develop Arctic shipping route

  Time: 2016-03-11 | Publisher: glafamily

  

  The poor relations between Turkey and Russia have the latter focusing on the active development of the Northern Sea Route through the melting Arctic during the next several years, according to recent statements of Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin.Tensions between the two countries have been dangerousl...
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• Successful US ports integrate shippers into operations

  Time: 2016-03-10 | Publisher: glafamily

  

  LONG BEACH, California — For beneficial cargo owners, the marine terminal used to be a big black hole that their containers would fall into and somehow magically emerge a few days later. Today, BCOs are an extension of the operations staff at the most successful ports.“Probably there’s not a day that goes by that BCO...
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• US Coast Guard, World Shipping Council work to clear up SOLAS confusion

  Time: 2016-03-09 | Publisher: glafamily

  

  WASHINGTON — The U.S. Coast Guard has said it is communicating with the largest global container line group in an effort to hash out the details behind a controversial new container weight rule set to take effect in just 116 days.The news that the two are communicating just days after the World Shipp...
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• Asia-Europe container spot rates near all-time low

  Time: 2016-03-08 | Publisher: glafamily

  

  Ocean container spot freight rates on the Asia-North Europe trade closed in on its all-time low, declining almost 10 percent this week on the world’s largest shipping route.The rate to ship a 20-foot container from Shanghai to Rotterdam fell $26 this week to $231, the second-lowest level since the Shanghai Containerized Freight...
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• Hyundai, Hanjin have a better chance of surviving together, Drewry says

  Time: 2016-03-07 | Publisher: glafamily

  

  Hyundai Merchant Marine and Hanjin Shipping would stand a better chance of surviving their crushing debts if the carriers were merged, something that Drewry believes is now a distinct possibility.The London-based analyst said in its Container Insight Weekly previous merger talks between HMM and Hanj...
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• Chinese New Year keeps trans-Pacific rates depressed

  Time: 2016-03-06 | Publisher: glafamily

  

  The spot rate for shipping a 40-foot container from Shanghai to the U.S. West Coast plunged below $1,000 this week to $884 in a normal seasonal move associated with the Chinese New Year celebrations in Asia. However, the drop was compounded by the overcapacity problem in the trans-Pacific.The rate on all-water services f...
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• Hapag-Lloyd seeks more oversize cargo

  Time: 2016-03-05 | Publisher: glafamily

  

  Hapag-Lloyd plans to more aggressively seek shipments too large or heavy to fit into standard containers, and has established teams in Asia and the Americas to focus on oversize cargo.“Hapag-Lloyd has many years of experience in this attractive segment. We are well-known and renowned for our expertise. Now we intend to reach...
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