Container volumes at major ports (in terms of 20-foot equivalent units) increased 8.4% in August over a year ago, indicating a significant recovery in trade.

On 6th September 2017, Port of Adria JSC Bar hosted a ceremony announcing the official operational launch of the new container crane STSG Liebherr P137 WS L-Super.

APL was named ‘Ship Operator of the Year’ at the Safety at Sea Awards 2017 in London last evening.

Proposed port and highway to align Ayeyarwady with Belt and Road

U Ye Lin from Myanmar Construction and Development Public Co said that a feasibility study is being carried out jointly with South Korea-based Korea Engineering Consultants Corp (KECC) to establish an industrial zone and deep-sea port along the coastline of Ayeyarwady Region.

Hapag Lloyd would like to inform you that due to the expected adverse weather conditions in the Mediterranean and on the Atlantic Ocean during the forthcoming autumn and winter months Hapag-Lloyd has decided to seasonally omit the port of Salerno with its MCA service.

Another big hurricane, another temporary waiver of the Jones Act — the 1920 law mandating that goods and passengers shipped between U.S.

World Container Index – 14 Sept

The World Container Index assessed by Drewry, a composite of container freight rates on 8 major routes to/from the US, Europe and Asia, is down by 2% to US$1401.60/40ft container [updated Thurs, 14 Sep 17].

August container volumes at the nation’s busiest port climbed by 6.1 percent compared to August 2016 volumes. 847,857 Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) came through the Port of Los Angeles, marking the busiest August and the second-busiest month in the port’s 110-year history.

A new business development initiative by DP World the terminal operator at Port Saint John and Pan Am Railways has led to the introduction of a direct intermodal service connecting Saint John and the Boston market.

We are pleased to advise that the Gaevle Congestion Surcharge will be cancelled, effective as from 13 September 2017.

At the moment, import shipments to Gothenburg will continue to incur the current Congestion Surcharge of EUR 90 per TEU.