Source: Loadstar The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has announced that it will hold public meetings on January 16 and 17, 2018 in Washington, DC, to receive testimony from maritime industry witnesses regarding a…
Source : Loadstar A 23% increase in containers lifted allowed Cosco to steal the top spot from Maersk Line in the third quarter. The Chinese carrier loaded 5.49 million teu, compared with the Danish carrier’s…
Source : Algemeen Dagblad The prominent port entrepreneurs Hans Vervat and Gerard Baks want to merge their lashing companies. They get a monopoly in the port of Rotterdam, but the two directors…
Source : Fleetmon MRCC Tianjin China was alerted at 0330 Beijing time Nov 21 by collision report. Mega container ship MSC LCIANA collided with Chinese cargo ship SULIANHAIJI0118 in Bohai sea, 7 nm off Caofeidian…
Source : The Loadstar DB Schenker is shifting its focus in the Americas – but not changing course: the multinational logistics firm is looking to build up its presence in the land transport…
Source : The Loadstar There are “opportunities” for Hapag-Lloyd to gain market share in Latin America as a result of Maersk’s takeover of Hamburg Süd, according to CEO Rolf Habben Jansen. “It…
Source World maritime news Taiwanese shipping company Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation (Yang Ming) is considering available options aimed at replacing over 10 vessels from its fleet which are about to be off-hired or retired…
Source: Alexander Whiteman Vague” is how one analyst described Antwerp Port Community’s plan to alleviate the barge congestion that has hobbled the Belgian port for more than a year. Receiving consensus last week, the…
Seatrade Maritime News Cosco Shipping Ports has completed a deal to take over all of APM Terminals’ Zeebrugge Terminal in Belgium for EUR35m, expanding from its current 24% stake in…
Source : Loadstar Ocean carriers are taking full advantage of late demand for holiday season goods to move from Asia to Europe and the US to successfully implement FAK and GRI rate hikes….