»CMA CGM & Adani Ports to build CT at Mundra port2014-07-10

French shipping giant CMA CGM has signed with Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) an agreement to develop, 50:50, a new common user container terminal at Mundra port, according to Shipping Gazette.

»Transpacific freight rates, market conditions show improvement2014-07-10

Encouraged by the initial success of a July 1 revenue improvement effort, and by recent public reassurances that cargo will continue moving as U.S. West Coast longshore labor negotiations extend past the contract deadline, container lines in the Transpacific Stabilization Agreement (TSA) are moving ahead with a second phase of the revenue recovery plan.

»Diana Shipping Inc. announces time charter contract for m/v G. P. Zafirakis with2014-07-10

Diana Shipping Inc., a shipping company specializing in the ownership of dry bulk vessels, announced that, through a separate wholy owned subsidiary, it entered into a time charter contract with RWE Supply & Trading GmbH, Essen, Germany, for one of its Capesize dry bulk vessels, "Hull No. BC18.0-50" (to be named "G. P. Zafirakis").

»Cargotec's Kalmar equips Russia's largest port operator2014-07-09

Kalmar, a unit of Finnish-based Cargotec manufacturer, is to supply 12 terminal tractors and a further seven lift trucks and one reachstacker to Novorossiysk Commercial Sea Port, part of the NCSP Group in Russia, according to Shipping Gazette.

»Port volume increases 11.6 per cent at Estonia's container terminal2014-07-09

Estonian's largest container terminal, Transiidikeskuse AS Muuga, boosted its container turnover at 88,298 TEU, a 4.3 per cent increase on the same four month period in 2013, according to Shipping Gazette.

»Kotahim aims to double container volumes2014-07-09

Kotahi Port CEO Chris Greenough of is confident that Timaru's container terminal owners, Port of Tauranga and Kotahi, will be able to double their container volumes passing through Prime Port, according to Shipping Gazette.

»China's top ports see slow, steady export growth2014-07-09

China's top ports see slow, steady export growth

»HMM receives 13,100-TEU Hyundai Victory2014-07-09

Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) is to take delivery of the Hyundai Victory, the fourth of five 13,100-TEU ships ordered in August 2011 from Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering.

»OOCL fined US$69,0002014-07-09

Hong Kong's Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) has been fined EUR50,000 (US$69,000) in the accidental death of an executive in France 11 years ago, reports Reuters.

»Tranpacific freight rates improve2014-07-09

Encouraged by the initial success of a July 1 revenue improvement effort, and by recent public reassurances that cargo will continue moving as US West Coast longshore labour negotiations extend past the contract deadline, container lines in the Transpacific Stabilisation Agreement (TSA) are moving ahead with a second phase of the revenue recovery plan.

»Diana Shipping Inc. Announces Time Charter Contract for m/v G. P. Zafirakis With2014-07-08

Diana Shipping Inc. (DSX), a global shipping company specializing in the ownership of dry bulk vessels, today announced that, through a separate wholly owned subsidiary, it entered into a time charter contract with RWE Supply & Trading GmbH, Essen, Germany, for one of its Capesize dry bulk vessels, "Hull No. BC18.0-50"(to be named "G. P. Zafirakis").

»P3's slow boat to China?2014-07-08

Following China's rejection of P3 last month, Maersk, MSC and CMA CGM are under pressure to find alternative ways to cut costs.

»Asia-North Europe rates jump 28%2014-07-08

Shipping freight rates for transporting containers from ports in Asia to Northern Europe jumped 28 percent to US$1,416 per TEU in the week ended on Friday, one source with access to data from the Shanghai Containerised Freight Index told Reuters.

»HAROPA is voted Europe's best port2014-07-08

HAROPA has been named the best of Europe's eight biggest ports, beating Rotterdam, Antwerp and Hamburg, for the fourth year in a row, according to Shipping Gazette.

»MSC cuts fuel bill2014-07-08

Kalmar's hybrid straddle carrier claims to have set a fuel consumption and emissions standard in operations at MSC Home Terminal in Antwerp since they were introduced last October, according to Shipping Gazette.

»ISS helps equip port of Algeciras with four super cranes2014-07-08

THE Spanish port of Algeciras is installing four new STS cranes brought onshore by Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS), acting as agents for the break bulk carrier to transport the cranes, the Zhen Hua 25 ZPMC, according to Shipping Gazette. The 100-metre-tall cranes are to be used at Singapore's APM Terminal, specifically to service new 'triple E' class container ships of Maersk Line.

»Rolf Habben Jansen joins Hapag-Lloyd as chief executive officer2014-07-08

German shipping giant has appointed Rolf Habben Jansen as its chief executive officer effective immediately since becoming a member of its executive board April 1.

»Shipping does not need new regulations2014-07-08

The Liberian Registry has called on regulators to ensure effective implementation of existing rules before creating new ones, according to Shipping Gazette.

»Adani Ports seeks to extend reach further south2014-07-07

Adani Ports and SEZ, India's largest port operator, is seeking further acquisitions after taking over Dhamra port on the east coast recently.

»Hyundai Merchant Marine takes in 3rd of five 13,100-TEUers for A/E2014-07-07