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04/11/2016
US$500 million terminal opens aiming to capture market share from southern ports
US$500 million terminal opens aiming to capture market share from southern ports
APM Terminals has announced orders for 12 remote-controlled STS cranes and 32 ARMGs to equip the new five million TEU APM Terminals MedPort Tangier facility now under construction at the Tanger-Med II port complex
Maersk has been investigating ways in which paper based bills of lading can be replaced with the use of Blockchain
Bimco has published conclusions from an official report stating that due to the new International Maritime Organisation (IMO) global sulphur emissions legislation
Shippers are requiring assurance from shipping alliances that they have strategies in place in case a member in unable to deliver its cargo
As a response to the Paris Agreement on climate change, global shipowners associations have come together to show support for the development of an emissions reduction timeline
Bimco has published one of a series of reports looking at the dry bulk crisis and looking ahead at the “road to recovery” for the industry
The market crash of 2008 has inevitably had long term consequences for global trade, could it be the cause of the shipping crisis?
Despite a slight upturn in August 2016, China’s foreign trade problems are just beginning as pressure still mounts following a significant drop in the earlier months of 2016
Maersk Supply is preparing to remove 25% of its onshore jobs to lessen the risk of going under in the current industry slump
Maersk Line has ordered 14,800 reefer containers in 2016, giving them the world’s largest fleet of more than 270,000. This investment is driving the average age of its reefer container fleet down to 7.9 years, which is well below the industry average.
Stranded vessels from the bankrupt shipping company Hanjin have been too heavily delayed attempting to berth at port, and it is currently impossible to recover company operations
