| Maersk-Safmarine start Asia/West Africa link (30/07/2010) |
 Maersk Line and subsidiary Safmarine said they will launch a joint loop connecting the Far East with southern and western Africa.
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| Maersk raises Mideast/South America rates (29/07/2010) |
 Maersk Line will raise rates on shipments from the Middle East and Indian Subcontinent to the West Coast of South America and Central America, effective Sept. 1. |
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| New container line enters transpacific (28/07/2010) |
 Hainan P.O. Shipping Co. is planning a mid-August launch of a transpacific container liner service. |
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| CMA CGM Takes Delivery of Fifth Megaship (28/07/2010) |
 CMA CGM said it took delivery of the CMA CGM Leo, the fifth in a series of 12 vessels that will be delivered between 2010 and 2011. |
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| OOCL Adds Bangladesh Port Surcharge (27/07/2010) |
 Orient Overseas Container Line, adding to a growing list of surcharges to compensate for port congestion in the Indian sub-continent, said it will apply port congestion surcharges on shipments from Hong Kong, Macau and South China to Bangladesh. |
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| Cosco Adds Congestion Surcharge at Nehru Port (27/07/2010) |
 Cosco Container Lines said it will impose a congestion surcharge on cargo moving through India’s Port of Nhava Sheva (Jawaharlal Nehru). |
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| APL Launches Peak-Season Service to Seattle (26/07/2010) |
 APL initiated a peak-season service to the Port of Seattle. The P1A service with ships of 2,300-TEU capacity will call in Seattle every other Thursday through October. |
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| Pacific Northwest Ports Cut Pollution (26/07/2010) |
 Seattle and other Pacific Northwest ports this past year recorded reductions in pollution from maritime sources, including vessels, marine terminal operations and trucking. |
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| CMA CGM ups capacity on Columbus service (26/07/2010) |
 CMA CGM Group said it is increasing the size of ships on the butterfly Columbus service that connects Asia with Pacific Northwest ports on one leg and the U.S. East Coast via the Suez Canal on its other leg.
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| Vessel arrival marks start of MOL US East Coast service (24/07/2010) |
 MOL announced the arrival of the MOL Paramount in Halifax as part of the SVE service, a new all-water service to expedite cargo from major Asian ports to Halifax and key destinations on the US East Coast, via the Suez Canal. |
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| CMA CGM extends FEMEX service in Europe (24/07/2010) |
 CMA CGM has introduced two new calls in Tilbury, UK (Southbound) and Lisbon, Portugal (Southbound and Northbound) on its French Europe Med EXPRESS (FEMEX) service linking North Europe to Greece and Turkey, with immediate effect. |
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| New vessel for CMA CGM (24/07/2010) |
CMA CGM has taken delivery of the 13,830 TEU CMA CGM Amerigo Vespucci, built by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering.
Sailing under the French flag, the CMA CGM Amerigo Vespucci is the second in a series of eight vessels named after the great explorers, and is the sister ship of the CMA CGM Christophe Colomb. |
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| NOL places $1.2b container ship order (23/07/2010) |
 Global shipping and logistics company NOL Group has announced a US$1.2 billion order for 10 new 8,400-TEU ships to be delivered in 2013 and 2014. It has also signed a letter of intent for two 10,700-TEU vessels. |
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OOCL Hikes New Zealand Freight Rates (23/07/2010) |
 Orient Overseas Container Line will increase its freight rates on shipments from Asia to New Zealand by $250 per TEU, effective Aug. 15. OOCL said the rate increase is necessary to ensure continued quality service and sufficient capacity in the trade lane.
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| Panalpina launches four new Asia-Israel services (23/07/2010) |
 Customer demand for premium LCL (less than container load) ocean freight services from Asia to Israel has been growing in recent months. |
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| Congestion Returns to European Ports (23/07/2010) |
 Europe's top port Rotterdam is getting congested as surging container imports from China overwhelm deep-sea terminals and interrupt feeder services to smaller regional ports. |
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