Indian port strikes threat ends as labour agreement gets the green ...
Dec 12, 2024 · “The approval of the competent authority is accorded to implement the BWNC settlement dated 27 September, arrived at between the management of major port authorities and six major federations of port and dock workers before the regional labour commissioner, Mumbai, in all major ports and dock labour boards,” the Ministry of Shipping said in a missive.
Carriers drop calls at Hamburg after congestion builds at CTA
Nov 4, 2024 · Hapag-Lloyd, which owns a 25% stake in CTA, said that in combination with backlogs associated with the three-day US east coast stoppage and the Red Sea crisis, the CTA modernisation programme was forcing it to drop some Hamburg calls, switching them to Wilhelmshaven, in which the carrier also has a 30% stake.
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4 days ago · USEC dispute end comes too late to stop transpacific spot rate climb Container spot freight rates on the main east-west trades continued on divergent paths this week, with gains on the transpacific routes offset by declines on Asia-Europe.
Yang Ming to invest in newbuilds and staff as new chairman gets …
Oct 4, 2024 · Yang Ming to order 13 newbuild box ships for fleet renewal and new markets. Yang Ming today announced plans to acquire 13 containerships ranging in capacity from 8,000 to ...
Trump backs ILA campaign against 'distress-causing' automation …
Dec 13, 2024 · As Donald Trump weighs into the US port automation row, The Loadstar readers will discover next week – when we begin our series on port automation – that the issue is both complex and nuanced. Nevertheless, a new war of words has broken out, which appears to pit US longshore workers against US shippers.
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USEC dispute end comes too late to stop transpacific spot rate climb Container spot freight rates on the main east-west trades continued on divergent paths this week, with gains on the transpacific routes offset by declines on Asia-Europe.
Yang Ming extends charters and is set to order new box ships
Nov 6, 2024 · Yang Ming’s chairman Tsai Feng-ming says the Taiwanese carrier is feeling the heat from compatriot peer Wan Hai Lines’ aggressive newbuilding spree.. Yang Ming’s only newbuildings are five 15,500 teu ships commissioned in May 2023, while, Wan Hai, widely tipped to join one of the container shipping alliances next …
OOCL to charter Seaspan-commissioned newbuild box ships - The …
Oct 23, 2024 · OOCL is to charter the six 13,600 teu ships Seaspan ordered from Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding last Friday.. Hong Kong-based OOCL, through its holding company Orient Overseas International, said yesterday the charter would be for 15 years from delivery, expected between late 2026 and mid-2028.
Opening for MSC as CMA CGM pulls out of Hamburg terminal …
Dec 11, 2024 · Planning permission for the project was granted in 2016 to reclaim land and build two berths, 450 metres and 600 metres in length, and add around two million teu of annual capacity to the port.
UK regulator delays GXO's Wincanton takeover, due to …
Nov 1, 2024 · The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), the country’s chief competition regulator, has delayed GXO’s takeover of Wincanton. The CMA said today it had completed its ‘Phase 1’ investigation into the deal and concluded that it “could reduce competition in the supply of mainstream contract logistics services in the UK”.