Archive for the ‘Liner Shipping and Trade’ Category
UK Caribbean shipping agency receives prestigious Queen’s Award

Kestrel Liner Agencies Chief Executive, Andy Thorne
Kestrel Liner Agencies, the Caribbean region’s go-to shipping agency and gateway to the rest of the world, has been awarded the prestigious Queen’s Award For International Trade 2018.
The Award recognises Kestrel’s rapid growth over...
April 23rd, 2018 | Awards, Cruise Ferry, Liner Shipping and Trade, Ro-Ro and Passenger Ferries, Ship Agencies | Read More
Samskip brings Rotterdam into Nor Lines’ flexible LNG-powered service network

MV Kvitbjorn
Samskip subsidiary Nor Lines will include calls at Rotterdam for the first time in its weekly multipurpose liner service connecting to Western, Mid and Northern Norway, with effect from June 1st.
The service is provided by Nor Lines’ state of the art, LNG-fuelled vessels MV Kvitnos and...
April 19th, 2018 | Liner Shipping and Trade, LNG | Read More
Evergreen Opens New office in Cambodia

April 03, 2018 – Evergreen Shipping Services (Cambodia) Company Limited was established this month in response to both customer demand for increased service in the country and the potential for trade growth boosted by an average rise in GDP of 7% during the past several years.
The opening of this...
April 3rd, 2018 | Company Profiles, Liner Shipping and Trade | Read More
“K” Line: Notice of Investment Payment Completion and Service Commencement for New J/V in the Container Shipping Business

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Notice of Investment Payment Completion and Service Commencement Commencement
for New J/V in the Container Shipping Business for New J/V in the Container Shipping Business
April 2, 2018
Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd.
Eizo Murakami, President & CEO
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd.
Junichiro Ikeda, President...
April 3rd, 2018 | Containers, Liner Shipping and Trade | Read More
SAL Africa Service to Commence 1st April 2018

Hamburg, 26 March 2018 – SAL Heavy Lift announces a brand new regular service linking West, South and East Africa with North Europe, the Arabian Gulf and Indian sub-Continent.
SAL Heavy Lift, is pleased to announce a new regular Africa service in response to the quickly developing oil and gas,...
March 26th, 2018 | Liner Shipping and Trade | Read More
Evergreen launches New Electronic Documentation Function in Partnership with Bolero International

An Evergreen containership
Evergreen Line introduces paperless Bill of Lading (B/L) and dispatch documentation via its ShipmentLink digital portal, enhancing connectivity for exporters and importers with banks, insurers, regulators, customs and port authorities. Evergreen is the first container carrier...
March 1st, 2018 | Containers, IT and Communications, Liner Shipping and Trade, Marine Equipment Products and Services | Read More
AAL breaks records for major Australian windfarm project that will produce 200MW of power!

AAL’s “AAL Newcastle”
AAL SHIPS 45 OF AUSTRALIA’S LONGEST WINDMILL BLADES ON A SINGLE SAILING INTO ADELAIDE FOR COLI BREMEN.
February 27, 2018 – AAL has successfully completed three sailings into Adelaide with 45 windmill blades, turbine generators and other related components...
February 27th, 2018 | Alternative Sources of Energy, Energy, Liner Shipping and Trade, News | Read More
“K” Line: The European Commission Decision and Recording of Extraordinary Loss

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February 22, 2018 : Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (“K” Line”) announced today that the Company has received notification of a European Commission Decision imposing a fine on “K”Line of € 39,100,000 for infringement of EU competition Law in connection with the deep sea car carriage services...
February 22nd, 2018 | European Union, Liner Shipping and Trade | Read More
Notice of Completion of Necessary Legal Process in All Countries/Regions for New J/V in the Container Shipping Business

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Notice of Completion of Necessary Legal Process in All Countries/Regions for New J/V in the Container Shipping Business
January 18 ,2018
Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd.
Eizo Murakami, President & CEO
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd.
Junichiro Ikeda, President & CEO
Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha
Tadaaki...
January 18th, 2018 | Liner Shipping and Trade, Markets, Mergers and Acquisitions | Read More
Crowley Liner Services teams announce new organization

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(JACKSONVILLE, Fla.; Jan. 11, 2018) – To improve operational efficiency and service within its international shipping and logistics businesses, Crowley Maritime Corp.’s liner services teams announced several organizational changes today impacting the Caribbean and Central America markets.
Sal...
January 11th, 2018 | Company Profiles, HR, Liner Shipping and Trade, Logistics, Person Profiles | Read More
“K” Line: 2018 New Year Message from President Murakami

Eizo Murakami, “K” Line Group, President & CEO
2018 New Year Message from President Murakami
“Working Together, Let’s Make 2018 the Link to a New Era”
To everyone of the “K” Line Group, I extend my very sincerest wishes for a Happy New Year. As we enter 2018, I would like...
January 5th, 2018 | Anniversaries, Liner Shipping and Trade, News | Read More
“K” Line has been selected as the winner of the Container Liner Shipping Award 2017 in the Netherlands for the second time

Left Rogier Spoel of EVO FENEDEX, Middle Steven Lak Chairman EVO FENEDEX and to the right Fer Penders Managing Director “K” Line (Nederland) B.V receiving the Award.
It was announced that “K” Line has been selected by EVO FENEDEX* as the winner of the Container Liner Shipping Award 2017. It is...
December 28th, 2017 | Awards, Container shipping, Liner Shipping and Trade | Read More
Maersk and CMA-CGM adopt new BoxTech features

Maersk and CMA-CGM adopt new BoxTech features
New BoxTech Container Database Upgraded
Innovative functions immediately utilized by Maersk Line and CMA-CGM
BoxTech, the database of technical details for containers, has introduced a number of new functions which will help shippers save time, and...
November 27th, 2017 | Containers, Liner Shipping and Trade, Markets | Read More
Inchcape Shipping Services appointed agents for COSCO SHIPPING Lines in Papua New Guinea

Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS) is delighted to announce that it has secured a new liner agency contract with COSCO Shipping Lines in Papua New Guinea (PNG).
ISS Regional Manager Gary Hailwood will manage the contract alongside a dedicated team based in Lae, the second largest city in PNG. Support will...
November 24th, 2017 | Liner Shipping and Trade, Ports & Terminals, Ship Agencies | Read More
Crowley to launch weekly ocean cargo and logistics solutions between Wilmington, N.C., and Central America Nov. 21

Crowley’s Pegasus J (PEJ)
(JACKSONVILLE, Fla.; Nov. 2, 2017) Crowley Maritime Corporation announced today that it will begin offering weekly, fixed-day, full and less-than-container-load (LCL) shipping and logistics services between Wilmington, N.C., Guatemala and Honduras, effective with...
November 2nd, 2017 | Containers, Liner Shipping and Trade, Logistics | Read More
Hapag-Lloyd is the First Ocean Carrier in the UK to Offer Avantida’s reUse Container Management Services

Antwerp, Belgium and the United Kingdom, October 17, 2017–Avantida has announced that Hapag-Lloyd has become the first ocean carrier in the United Kingdom to offer its reUse container management services through the Avantida platform. The application allows the re-use of import containers for...
October 17th, 2017 | Containers, Liner Shipping and Trade, Logistics, Markets | Read More
Rickmers-Line and RZ Carrier certified according to latest ISO standards

“RICKMERS ANTWERP is one of nine identical sister vessels employed in the Rickmers-Line Round-The-World Pearl String Service. She is here pictured loading yachts in Bodrum, Turkey.” Photo: Rickmers-Line
Hamburg, 12-OCT-2017. RZ Carrier and Rickmers-Line, both companies of Zeaborn Group, have successfully...
October 16th, 2017 | Liner Shipping and Trade, Markets, News, Regulatory | Read More
This Year’s Innovation in Safety Award Goes to …. Hapag Lloyd

(l-r) Peregrine Storrs-Fox, Risk Management Director, TT Club; Ken Rohlmann, Senior Director Cargo Service, Hapag-Lloyd (Winner: Hapag-Lloyd Cargo Patrol) ; Joseph Westwood Booth, IMO’s Senior Deputy Director, Maritime Safety
The TT Club Innovation in Safety Award was presented earlier this week to...
October 5th, 2017 | Anniversaries, Awards, Company Profiles, Health and Safety, HR, Liner Shipping and Trade, Markets, P and I Clubs, Safety and Security | Read More
AAL Japan appoints CPC Asia as its new country-wide commercial agent!

(L-R) Lars Feller, Yuko Kimura, Kyriacos Panayides – AAL Japan
3 October 2017 – AAL Japan is terminating its Commercial Agency cooperation with Keystone Logistics and has nominated CPC (Consolidated Pool Carriers (Asia) Co. Ltd) as its new Commercial Agent in the Country.
Yuko Kimura, AAL’s...
October 4th, 2017 | Liner Shipping and Trade, Logistics, Markets, Ship Agencies | Read More
The BDI@1,328: learning to operate in turbulent waters

John Faraclas
The BDI (Baltic Dry Index) lost another 28 points since last Friday and now stands at 1,328 points; Geopolitics continue to get sour on all fronts everywhere on Planet Ocean. John Faraclas’ daily recap:
The Capers lost 67 points with the BCI now reading 2,671 points…
The Panamaxes’...
October 2nd, 2017 | Alternative Sources of Energy, Banking, Container shipping, Containers, Cruise Ferry, Cruise Industry, Dry Bulkcarriers, Energy, European Union, Gas, Insight, Liner Shipping and Trade, LNG, LPG, Markets, Mergers and Acquisitions, News, Piracy and Terrorism, Politics and Government, Ports & Terminals, Reefer Containers, Reefer ships, Shipfinance, Shipping Indices, Statistics, Stock Markets, Tankers, Trade and Commerce | Read More
“K” Line Donate to help restore the World’s Oldest Railway Station

Daisuke Arai and Ross Nagle, Heighngton Railway Station
Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (“K” LINE) recently gave a donation to Newton Aycliff plant of Hitachi Rail Europe, Ltd (HRE) for the restoration work of Heighington Station, County Durham in the UK – the world’s oldest railway station....
September 28th, 2017 | Charity, Liner Shipping and Trade, Rail | Read More
Stena Line to strengthen freight network on the North Sea…

Stena Line to strengthen freight network on the North Sea between Rotterdam and the UK by adding further capacity
London, 28 September 2017 – Earlier this year Stena Line announced the increase to their freight capacity on the route Rotterdam (Europoort) to Harwich January 2018 by replacing the current...
September 28th, 2017 | Liner Shipping and Trade, Logistics, Ports & Terminals, Trade and Commerce | Read More
“K” Line Continues to be Selected as an Index Component Participant of the Dow Jones Sustainability Asia Pacific Index

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Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (“K” Line) has been selected again as an Asia Pacific Index component company of the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI), one of the leading global indices on Socially Responsible Investment (SRI)(*1). It has been “K” Line’s good fortune to have been selected...
September 11th, 2017 | Liner Shipping and Trade, Markets, Stock Markets | Read More
MSC maiden call at the Genoa IMT Terminal (Messina Group)

Vessel sharing agreement MAF1 Mediterranean -West Africa between Messina, MSC and Cosco.
The Msc “Songa Alya”, a 3,100 teu (2480 @ 14t) container vessel, will stregthen the collaboration between the Genoese group Messina and the Geneva based company; this ship will call at the Genoa IMT terminal...
September 6th, 2017 | Containers, Liner Shipping and Trade, Ports & Terminals | Read More
Crowley Wins 15th “Best of the Best” Quest for Quality Award for Ocean Carriers

(JACKSONVILLE, Fla.; Aug. 21, 2017) – Crowley Maritime Corporation’s liner services group has been honored with its 15th Quest for Quality Award by Logistics Management Magazine (LM),this year in the Ocean Carrier category. In bestowing the award, readers recognized Crowley as a 2017 “Best...
August 21st, 2017 | Awards, Liner Shipping and Trade | Read More