US Retailers Expect Hike in Container Volumes

Retailers Expect US Container Volumes to Hike

Containerized cargo volumes at the U.S. ports are expected to rise year-on-year during most of the first half of ...

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ClassNK Amends Container Stowage and Securing Guidelines

ClassNK Amends Container Stowage and Securing Guidelines

Classification society ClassNK has released the second edition of its Guidelines for Container Stowage and Securing ...

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Port of Oakland Hustles to Handle Cargo Increase

Port of Oakland Scrambles to Handle Cargo Increase

The Port of Oakland opened a Sunday gate at one of its largest marine terminals to discharge additional import ...

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Hapag-Lloyd Wraps Up Capital Increase

Hapag-Lloyd Wraps Up Capital Increase

German liner shipping company Hapag-Lloyd completed the planned capital increase of EUR 370 million (USD 453.5m) as ...

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Gazpromneft to Double Fleet, Enter LNG Bunkering Market

Gazpromneft's Marine Fuel Sales up by Third

Gazpromneft Marine Bunker, operator of the Gazprom Neft bunkering business has, in the first nine months of 2014, ...

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Increased Asian Container Trade at JAXPORT

Increased Asian Container Trade at JAXPORT

Jacksonville Port Authority (JAXPORT) achieved 20 percent growth in Asian container shipments during the fiscal ...

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New Investments Boost DP World’s Volumes

New Investments Boost DP World's Volumes

DP World Limited handled 44.8 million TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units) across its global portfolio of container ...

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Euro Banks to Increase Bad Shipping Loan Provisions by ...

Euro Banks to Increase Bad Shipping Loan Provisions by Quarter

European banks need to increase their provisions for bad shipping loans by 25%, to EUR 7.3 billion (USD 9.25bn), ...

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Port of Rotterdam Marks Slight Increase in Volumes

Rotterdam Port Marks Slight Increase in Volumes

Over the last three quarters, the port of Rotterdam handled 0.3% more cargo than the same period last year, the ...

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Volumes Surging at US West Coast Ports

Volumes Surging at US West Coast Ports

Cargo container traffic rose 7.3 percent in September at the Port of Long Beach compared to the same month last ...

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Pirate Attacks to Increase ahead of Nigerian Elections

Pirate Attacks to Increase ahead of Nigerian Elections

As February election campaign approaches in Nigeria pirate attacks in the Gulf of Guinea are expected to increase ...

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VLCCs Flocking to the Caribbean

VLCCs Flocking to the Caribbean

An average of 25 vessels per month are fixed from the Caribbean to Asia so far in 2014, not only to China, but ...

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APM Terminals Records Profit Bump

APM Terminals Records Profit Bump

APM Terminals delivered an increased profit of USD 223m (USD 179m 2Q 2013) and a return on invested capital of ...

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Freeport of Riga Doing Well

Freeport of Riga Doing Well

Compared to July 2013, the volume of various cargoes handled at the Freeport of Riga this year has increased by ...

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Rates for Iron Ore Carriers Set to Increase

Rates for Iron Ore Carriers Set to Increase

Ships will be in high demand for carrying iron ore based on the latest announcements from industry players. 600 ...

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Wilh. Wilhelmsen ASA Improves Stats

Wilhelmsen ASA Improves Stats

A seasonal increase in volumes for both shipping and logistics positively affected revenue for Wilh. Wilhelmsen ASA ...

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“Nuisance Flooding” on Increase in US

‘Nuisance Flooding’ on Increase in US

Eight of the top 10 U.S. cities that have seen an increase in so-called “nuisance flooding”-which causes such ...

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Promising Times Ahead for Abu Dhabi Ports

Promising Times Ahead for Abu Dhabi Ports

General cargo moving through Abu Dhabi’s commercial Ports has increased by 37% this year.   ADPC’s commercial ...

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Numbers Steady at Port of Rotterdam

Numbers Steady at Port of Rotterdam

Throughput at the Port of Rotterdam saw a small decrease of 0.2% in the first quarter of 2014, but was slightly ...

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Container Volumes Up at LA Port

Container Volumes Up at LA Port

The Port of Los Angeles has released its June 2014 containerized cargo volumes, stating that overall volumes ...

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Figures at Antwerp Port on the Rise

Figures Sore at Antwerp Port

The Port of Antwerp handled 98,229,046 tonnes of freight in the first six months of 2014, an increase of 2.7% ...

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