| Maersk lowers fuel fees on SA-India-Mideast-Asia (21/11/2008) |
 Maersk Line announced plans to lower bunker surcharges imposed earlier on cargo moving from the West Coast of South America to the Indian Subcontinent and the Middle East-Asia region, effective Dec. 1. |
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| WWL expands NA-Oceania (21/11/2008) |
 Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics has increased its ocean service from the Americas to Australia and New Zealand from three to four sailings per... |
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| Shippers divert to avoid Suez piracy (20/11/2008) |
 More of the world's big shipping firms are quietly diverting their fleets via South Africa's Cape of Good Hope instead of risking Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden, Reuters reported. |
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| Maersk to charter space on CMA CGM service (20/11/2008) |
 Maersk Line said it would charter space on CMA CGM's FAL 1 service between Asia and Europe.
The carrier confirmed a report published by CargoNewsAsia. The Asia/Europe route has been hard hit be declining shipments from Asia to Europe... |
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| Hong Kong October port throughput slips(19/11/2008) |
 Container shipping volumes handled by Hong Kong's ports in October declined 2.9 percent year-on-year to two million (TEUs), Xinhua reported.
The Kwai Tsing container terminal, where the bulk of Hong Kong's shipping traffic is handled, recorded throughput of 1.56 million TEUs in the month, up 3.7 percent from a year earlier... |
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| New service begins between Antwerp and Finnish port (18/11/2008) |
 Finnish shipping line Merilinja Oy has started a new container service between Antwerp and Kollola, a port in western Finland. |
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| Jakarta terminal handling fee revoked (18/11/2008 |
 After a fierce protest from shipping companies, the Indonesian Ministry of Transportation temporarily revoked a new set of Terminal Handling Charge (THC) fees and returned to the old charges, the Jakarta Post reported... |
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| Three carriers to begin direct Europe/WCSA service (18/11/2008) |
 CMA CGM, Hapag Lloyd and Hamburg Süd will in January start a new service linking northern Europe with Central America and the West Coast of South America, breaking away from a similar CSAV service in which they chartered slots... |
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| World's top ports revealed(17/11/2008) |
 The 2008 Ocean Transportation Report released by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has shown Singapore, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Shenzhen and Pusan to be the world's top five ports, Xinhua reported... |
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| MOL doubles capacity on Mumbai/SE Asia service(17/11/2008) |
 Japanese carrier MOL has nearly doubled the capacity of its Nhava Sheva (NS2) service by phasing in two 2,900-TEU average vessels, Dynamar reported in its weekly newsletter Dynaliners. |
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| CKYH carriers cut capacity on three major trades (15/11/2008) |
Carriers in the CKYH Alliance have slashed transpacific, transatlantic and Asia/Europe capacity in response to declining demand, fallin g rates and "growing uncertainty in the world’s economy."
The capacity cuts come on top of those implemented in mid-October in the transpacific and Mediterranean-Far East trades by the four lines that make up the alliance -- COSCO, "K" Line, Yang Ming and Hanjin... |
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| Dover Port workers to strike next week (15/11/2008) |
 Hundreds of Unite union members working at the Dover Harbour Board will take part in a rally and demonstration on Saturday November 15th in protest against the outsourcing of their jobs... |
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| Hanjin to build and lease Jaxport terminal (15/11/2008) |
 Jacksonville Port Authority (Jaxport) has inked a 30-year lease agreement with South Korea's Hanjin Shipping Company.
The lease calls for Hanjin to build an approximately 90-acre container facility at the Dames Point Marine Terminal in North Jacksonville with the option for further expansion. |
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| OOCL opens office in Mundra (13/11/2008) |
 Hong Kong-based ocean carrier OOCL said it has opened a representative office in Mundra, India.
Mundra is a private port in the northwest of India, near the Pakistan border. It is the only port in the country with deepwater berths and also is the first to be connected to the country's rail network with double stack container service. |
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