hapag-lloyd

Shipping safety group elects deputy chair

Hapag Lloyd senior director for dangerous goods, Ken Rohlmann has been elected as deputy chairman of the Cargo Incident Notification System (CINS). Te association aims to increase safety in the supply chain, reduce the number of cargo incidents on-board ships and highlight the risks caused by certain cargoes and/or packing failures. Mr. Rohlmann has been on CINS board since 2013 and his term of office as CINS deputy chairman will ... [+]

New Caribbean call for London Gateway

The joint CMA CGM-Hapag Lloyd European Caribbean Service is to call at DP World London Gateway, its first ever UK port, from 6 January. Dedicated to reefer transport, the service will provide one of the shortest transit times between Central America and North Europe and also connects the UK with the ... [+]

Hapag-Lloyd opens coffee shops

Hapag-Lloyd is setting up customer service desks for coffee in selected offices handling large volumes of the commodity. They are staffed by employees who can satisfy the requirements of coffee customers even more quickly and include an export desk in Brazil and an import desk in Hamburg, Europe’s largest centre ... [+]

London Gateway is ‘go to’ port for Down Under

DP World London Gateway Port is claiming a clean sweep of all the UK’s direct services to Australia after CMA-CGM announced that its NEMO (North European Mediterranean Oceania) and Hapag-Lloyd’s EAX (Europe, Australia Express) combined service will begin calling in early January. The service will also provide direct links between Singapore, ... [+]

Hapag-Lloyd and UASC unite to create fifth biggest line

Hapag-Lloyd and United Arab Shipping Company (UASC) signed a business combination agreement to merge both companies on 18 July. The new Hapag-Lloyd will be among the five largest container shipping lines in the world, with 237 vessels and a total  capacity of around 1.6m teu and turnover of about US$12 ... [+]

Another shipping shake-up as ocean alliance confirmed – updated

Following several weeks of speculation, CMA CGM, COSCO Container Lines, Evergreen Line and Orient Overseas Container Line have confirmed that they are to form a new grouping, the Ocean Alliance.It will offer services including Asia-Europe, Transatlantic, Asia-Mediterranean, Asia-Red Sea, Asia-Middle East, Trans-Pacific, and Asia-North America East Coast. In a statement, its ... [+]

Hapag Lloyd thinks outside the box

Container line Hapag Lloyd has strengthened its Special Cargo team who handle cargo that does not fit into standard boxes due to its size or weight. In addition to the Special Cargo Division at its headquarters in Hamburg, there are now similar teams in the major markets in Asia and ... [+]

OMA appoints Cote d’Ivoire manager

West African shipping and logistics specialist OMA has appointed David Yeung as country manager for OMA Côte d’Ivoire. He replaces Julien Contie who is moving on to a new venture. David Yeung joins from UAFL in Mauritius and has 22 years of experience in shipping and logistics including 11 years ... [+]

Hapag Lloyd sees jump in dangerous goods detections

Hapag-Lloyd says its Watchdog programme registered 65% more incorrectly declared dangerous goods last year compared to 2014. The program developed jointly by Hapag-Lloyd’s IT and dangerous goods experts identified 4,314 incorrectly declared dangerous goods cases last year compared with the previous year’s 2,620 cases. Hapag-Lloyd’s dangerous goods experts looked into more ... [+]

Hapag offers better Black Sea links

Hapag-Lloyd will introduce a new Black Sea Mediterranean Express (BMX) service from mid-February. It offers a weekly connection between Egypt, Israel, Turkey and major Black Sea ports with competitive transit times and will improve connections between the Black Sea, North Europe and the rest of the network. Ports served include ... [+]

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