Chris Lewis
Maersk says that all vessels due to transit the Red Sea / Gulf of Aden will be diverted south around the Cape of Good Hope for the foreseeable future. It follows its announcement on 2 January that it would pause all vessels bound for the region in light of the recent incident involving Maersk Hangzhou and ongoing developments in the area. Previously announced Transit Disruption Surcharge (TDS), Peak Season Surcharge ...
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The World Customs Organization (WCO) has appointed Ian Saunders as its new secretary general, taking over from Dr Kunio Mikuriya. Nominated by US Customs and Border Protection he pledged that during his five-year term he would forge public-private partnerships, leverage technology and promote inclusiveness.
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Kuehne+Nagel says it has become the first logistics service provider to offer an ’insetting’ solution for electric vehicles. The solution, available though its Book & Claim option was previously limited to low-emission fuels. Last October, it launched an insetting solution for HVO. Customers who use Kuehne+Nagel's road transport services can ...
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OOCL has launched another24,000teu vessel. The OOCL Valencia is the seventh in a series of twelve ordered by OOCL and will serve the Asia-Europe LL1 service.
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CMA CGM is reorganising its short-sea services in the eastern Med. A revised TULYB (Turkey-Libya) express service will offer fast connections between North Turkey, Egypt and Libya calling weekly with a port rotation Aliaga – Gemlik – Ambarli – Alexandria Old Port – Misurata – Aliaga and transit times of ...
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DP World-owned Unifeeder is offering a service between Manzanillo in Panama and Turbo, Cartagena, Barranquillo and Santa Marta four ports in North Colombia It is aimed at exporters and deep sea lines shipping time sensitive products such as fresh fruit and bananas. Additional terminals can be called at by inducement. ...
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Danish forwarding and logistics company says that the use of HVO (hydrotreated vegetable oil) is well underway in its operations. It follows the introduction of CNG (compressed natural gas) fuels to its fleet in Immingham. HVO has been introduced to both articulated and rigid vehicles. DSV points out that HVO ...
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The first of AAL Shipping's next generation 32,000 deadweight Super B-Class ships, the AAL Limassol, was floated out from dry dock in late December. She is due to go for sea trial in April 2024 before her delivery to AAL in May.
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The start of 2024 may herald the start of a new economic growth cycle for air cargo after last year ended with a +9% year-on-year rise in demand and the highest general spot rate in nine months, suggests the latest weekly market data analysis by Xeneta.
While geopolitics and cost of ...
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International development organisation Transaid has concluded phase two of its Professional Driver Training project in Uganda, with 890 graduates over a two-year period – exceeding the project’s original goal by over 15%.
Delivered in partnership with local non-governmental organisation (NGO) Safe Way Right Way, the project set out to improve the ...
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