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Rising low-sulphur fuel costs begin to bite shipping lines in Asia

Although the 1 January switch to maximum 0.5% low-sulphur fuel for shipping appears to have passed without major disruption, liner consultancy Alphaliner has reported instances of idle containerships waiting for ...

Asia-West Africa CMA CGM IMO low-sulphur regulations Intra-Asia Pacific International Lines Rotterdam Scrubbers Singapore

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Asia-West Africa Headlines

News / Hapag-Lloyd and ONE expand services for Africa market with new launch

THE Alliance members Hapag-Lloyd and Ocean Network Express (ONE) have continued the strategy of extending ...

Asia-Middle East Asia-South Africa Asia-West Africa Hapag-Lloyd Ocean Network Express THE Alliance

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News / Asia-Europe carriers prepare for battle over market share with FAK rate cuts

Asia-Europe ocean carriers are preparing for a market share battle by lowering their FAK rates ...

Asia-Mediterranean Asia-North Europe Asia-South America Asia-US east coast Asia-West Africa CMA CGM Hapag-Lloyd Ocean Network Express Rates: the eternal tango SCFI Transpacific Trade

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Covid-19 Response

Tigers releases business intelligence updates for its SmartHub:Connect freight and ecommerce portal

AAL launches Get Onboard! offering free transport to charities worldwide

The impact of Coronavirus - UK Club provides Members with FAQs

Air Canada announces Covid-19 activities

Terminal49 offers free ocean freight monitoring software during Covid-19 crisis

FREE: Covid-19 transport updates by country, freight needs and offerings and the blank sailings report

TT Club: Covid-19 information and resources

Astros Foundation partners with Crane Worldwide & Texas Medical Center to help save lives

ECS Group pays tribute to handling agents – the cornerstone of air cargo

FIS plans annual charity day for 16 April, all commissions to go to NHS

DHL provides critical supply chain to support manufacture of ventilators for NHS

Cargo seat bags ensure safe, efficient and easy transportation of air cargo on seats

XPO Logistics puts employee safety first during Covid-19

Covid-19 is pushing logistics companies to the max. Freightos wants to help

Launch of emergency funding campaign for developing world seafarers

World Ports Sustainability Program sets up Covid-19 task force with dedicated information portal

News / Secondary trades could be more profitable for container lines this year

Ocean carriers should look to the secondary trades for the best growth prospects this year, ...

Asia-Europe Asia-South America Asia-West Africa Hamburg Sud Maersk Line Pump up the volumes Transpacific Trade

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News / Rates war or not, ocean volumes and load factors are falling as slack season looms

Container lines operating Asia-Europe services will cumulatively cancel no less than 14 sailings early next ...

Asia-Mediterranean Asia-North Europe Asia-South America Asia-US east coast Asia-West Africa Drewry Rates: the eternal tango SCFI Transpacific Trade Xeneta

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News / Container lines 'jostling for market share' could start a new freight rate war

With the first anniversary of the Hanjin Shipping bankruptcy just passed, there are growing fears ...

Asia-Europe Asia-South America Asia-West Africa Rates: the eternal tango SCFI Transpacific Trade

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News / Container shipping spot rates jump as peak season draws near

After several weeks of inertia, the Shanghai Containerized Freight Index (SCFI) saw something of a ...

Asia-East Africa Asia-Europe Asia-South Africa Asia-US east coast Asia-West Africa Rates: the eternal tango Transpacific Trade

Jun 30, 2017• 0 Comments•

News / Carriers' earning potential increases as spot rates continue upward trend

There was a slight uptick in spot rates between Asia and Europe and a marginal decline ...

Asia-Europe Asia-South America Asia-US east coast Asia-West Africa Rates: the eternal tango SCFI Transpacific Trade

Apr 18, 2017• 2 Comments•

News / MSC redeploys 13,000 teu vessels onto secondary trades as new cascading phase begins

MSC is experimenting with new deployment options for its traditional 13,000 teu Asia-Europe workhorses as ...

Asia-Europe Asia-South America Asia-West Africa India MSC Shipping Corporation of India

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News / Container shipping rates to West Africa take a dive as carriers use bigger vessels

CMA CGM has started to upgrade its Asia-West Africa ASAF fleet by replacing the 4,200-5,800 ...

Asia-West Africa CMA CGM MSC Nigeria

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News / NYK quits as Asia-West Africa trade goes 'from bad to worse' with rates and volumes falling

NYK is to exit the Asia-West Africa trade, and could be the first of many ...

Asia-West Africa Gold Star Lines Hapag-Lloyd MOL Nigeria NYK

Dec 8, 2015• 1 Comments•

News / Bigger ships pose a new threat to the already congested ports in West Africa

The already heavily congested container ports of West Africa are facing a significant challenge from ...

Africa - land of promise Asia-West Africa

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