»Diana Shipping Inc. announces time charter contract for m/v Naias with Bunge2014-08-01

Diana Shipping Inc., a global shipping company specializing in the ownership of dry bulk vessels, entered into a time charter contract with Bunge S.A., Geneva, for one of its Panamax dry bulk vessels, the m/v Naias, for a period of minimum 11 months to maximum 14 months.

»Maersk-MSC mega 2M alliance may result in price increases2014-08-01

State broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV) said the proposed Maersk-MSC mega 2M alliance may result in price increases for consumers and trouble for Chinese shipping lines, according to Shipping Gazette.

»Philadelphia first half container volume up 29pc2014-07-30

The Port of Philadelphia handled 219,060 TEU in the first half of 2014, an increase of 29 per cent over the first half of 2013.

»Six years of successful development of logistics between Hamburg and Tianjin2014-07-30

The 200th shipset for Airbus¡¯s A-320 final assembly line (FAL) in Tianjin, China, was loaded on to the containership ¡°COSCO Hope¡± at HHLA¡¯s Container Terminal Tollerort on 28 July and despatched onwards to Asia. Transport by sea to Tianjin lasts around 40 days.

»EBRD finances modern terminal in Odessa sea port2014-07-30

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is providing a loan of up to US$ 60 million to Brooklyn-Kiev LLC, a leading private stevedoring company in Ukraine. Brooklyn-Kiev is developing a grain trans-shipment terminal in the Port of Odessa with an anticipated annual throughput capacity of up to 4.5 million tonnes of grain.

»Hamburg, Rotterdam face congestion charges2014-07-30

Dutch barge operator Contargo will levy a EUR15 (US$20.20) per box congestion surcharge for Rotterdam and Team Lines adds a 75 per cent surcharge for the Port of Hamburg which is suffering similar delays, according to Shipping Gazette.

»Maersk-MSC mega 2M alliance may result in price increasesmega 2M alliance may re2014-07-30

State broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV) said the proposed Maersk-MSC mega 2M alliance may result in price increases for consumers and trouble for Chinese shipping lines, according to Shipping Gazette.

»South Carolina ports annual box volume up 8pc2014-07-29

South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA) says its seaports handled 149,183 TEU in June, an increase of 19 per cent compared to the same month last year. In fiscal 2014, throughput rose by eight per cent to 1,684,907 TEU, according to Shipping Gazette.

»HHLA creates fifty additional new jobs at the Container Terminal Burchardkai2014-07-29

Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) will hire fifty additional blue collar staff members to its workforce at the Container Terminal Burchardkai (CTB). This is a continuation of the staff measures that HHLA began last year in response to the ever-increasing peak loads in container handling.

»Hamburg Sud will levy a general rate increase2014-07-29

»DP World volume surges 9.3pc2014-07-29

Dubai's global port operator DP World container terminals worldwide handled 29.4 million TEU during the first half of 2014, an increase of 9.3 per cent year on year, according to Shipping Gazette.

»Westports quarterly profit up 2pc2014-07-29

Port Klang's main terminal operator, Westports Holdings, has posted a 2.4 per cent increase in year-on-year second quarter net profits to MYR122.5 million (US$35.4 million), drawn on revenues of MYR409 million, up 1.9 per cent, according to Shipping Gazette.

»Costamare posted a 17 per cent year-on-year first half net profit decline2014-07-28

Athens-based Costamare, a Marshall Islands firm and a leading owner of for-charter containerships, posted a 17 per cent year-on-year first half net profit decline to US$47.2 million, drawn on revenues of $238.4 million, up 24 per cent, according to Shipping Gazette.

»Ever Loading 26th in fleet named Kaohsiung shipyard2014-07-28

The 8,508-TEU Ever Loading, the sixth in a series of L-type vessels built by Taiwan's CSBC Corporation in Taiwan, has been named at the Kaohsiung shipyard.

»Transfer of gates to Panama Canal's new Atlantic locks complex2014-07-28

The first gates for the Atlantic side of the Panama Canal expansion works have been transferred to the new locks complex on the Atlantic end, according to Shipping Gazette.

»Wärtsilä to divest its shares in QMD 2-stroke joint venture2014-07-28

Wärtsilä will divest its shares in the Qingdao Qiyao Wärtsilä MHI Linshan Marine Diesel Co. Ltd (QMD), the joint venture company established for manufacturing large low-speed marine diesel engines. Wärtsilä's shares in the joint venture will be transferred to the current majority shareholder, Qingdao Qiyao Linshan Power Development Co Ltd, a company fully owned by China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation. The agreement was signed today in Beijing, China.

»China Shipping Container Line borrows US$430 million2014-07-28

State-owned China Shipping Container Lines (CSCL) has announced several loans totalling of US$430 million to improve working capital, according to Shipping Gazette.

»Total traffic and container traffic grew 7% in the first half of the year2014-07-25

The Port of Barcelona closed the first half-year with 22.5 million tonnes of goods transported, representing a year-on-year increase of 7%. Growth affected all cargo segments and was driven by the boost in foreign trade, particularly exports.

»Kaohsiung Port see 16.7% surge in June throughput2014-07-25

With Taiwan's exports surging due to the simmering global economy, as well as promotions of large container ships, the Kaohsiung Port, the largest commercial port by throughput on the island, saw its container handling volume reach some 914,400 TEUs in June, the second-highest on record, according to Taiwan International Port Corporation (TIPC), a government-linked port operator.

»GB Group to implement Tideworks Technology for Greenfield terminal in Haiti2014-07-25

Tideworks Technology®, Inc., a full-service provider of comprehensive terminal management and planning software solutions, announced that GB Group has selected to implement Tideworks terminal operating system (TOS) solutions for its greenfield container terminal, Port Lafito, S.A., in Haiti.