ADPC company, a master developer and regulator of port and the Khalifa Industrial Zone Abu Dhabi (Kizad), was in Colombo yesterday for the opening of the Sri Lankan Trade and Logistics Conference 2013. The conference and exhibition is aimed at demonstrating Sri Lanka’s growing investment in its ports and maritime facilities, its emerging status in [...]
Government ministers and industry game-changers convene in Abu Dhabi as Middle East maritime infrastructure growth meets economic opportunity to create a new seaborne trade superpower. The third annual edition of the World Ports & Trade Summit opens today (Tuesday 19th March) as global ports, key industry players and members of the International Association of Ports [...]
A year after the G6 Alliance was formed, creating one of the largest vessel networks in the Asia-to-Europe trade lane, the six member lines have agreed to expand their cooperation to the Asia-to-North America East Coast trade. The G6 Alliance will deploy more than 50 ships in the Trans-Pacific trade calling at almost 30 ports [...]
The Royal New Zealand Navy, last week, hosted a meeting of international navies to promote common understandings for the coordination of shipping and maritime trade in the Pacific, Indian and South Atlantic Oceans. The Pacific and Indian Oceans Shipping Working Group was held at Devonport Naval Base in Auckland this week and included representatives from [...]
InterManager, the international trade association for the ship and crew management sector, has started the year by welcoming a new member. Ukrainian crew manager Alpha Navigation has been approved for Full Membership in what InterManager Secretary General Kuba Szymanski says is a significant move. “Ukraine is an important crew-supply area and we are delighted to [...]
Nine cruise industry associations today announced they have agreed to operate under a common organization with a unified structure to serve as the voice and advocacy leader of the global cruise industry. The associations are Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA), European Cruise Council (ECC), Asia Cruise Association (ACA), Passenger Shipping Association (PSA/ACE), France’s AFCC, Brazil’s [...]
World seaborne trade – a measure of demand for shipping, port and logistics services – climbed by 4 per cent in 2011, reaching a record high of 8.7 billion tons, UNCTAD’s Review of Maritime Transport 2012 reveals. But over the same year, world ship supply capacity expanded much faster, at a rate of 10 per [...]
In view of declining demand on the Asia-Europe trade, Maersk Line is further reducing capacity by removing the AE5 service permanently and suspending the AE9 service until early December 2012. Maersk Line will continue to provide customers with a broad and competitive range of services on this trade. “We do not expect volume growth on [...]
The start of Russia’s WTO membership on 22 August 2012 will give trade relations with Europe a significant boost. “The dismantling of trade barriers will strengthen Hamburg’s role as the leading hub of Russia’s trade with the European Union and the world“, says Jutta Ludwig, CEO of HWF Hamburg Business Development Corporation. She continues: “Hamburg’s [...]
The challenges faced by the Middle East maritime industry during the continuing global economic uncertainty will be top of the agenda at the upcoming Seatrade Middle East Maritime exhibition and conference. A host of international and regional experts will address the key issues, providing a critical insight into what turbulence lies ahead for international trade [...]
