The shipping industry is pressing for a phased start when new rules governing vessel fuel take effect in less than 16 months’ time.
September 25, 2018ocean shipping
Government, Business, Fuel
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Shipping Lobby Proposes Phased Start to Historic Fuel Change
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Business, Equipment
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Steamship Line Hapag-Lloyd Raises Fees
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Steamship line Hapag-Lloyd will increase fees to transport freight to the United States and cross-border freight from Canada. Cargo between Canada and the United States will be subject to a carbon tax.
February 20, 2018
Business
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Ocean Freight Industry Stabilized in 2017, Freightos Says
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The ocean freight industry stabilized in 2017, with rates remaining relatively steady after the turmoil of 2016 from the bankruptcy of Hanjin Shipping Co., according to a report from online freight marketplace Freightos.
January 24, 2018
Business
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Port Everglades Sets Record for Cargo Volumes
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Florida’s Port Everglades set a record for containerized cargo volumes for fiscal 2017 ending Sept. 30, reporting 1,076,893 TEUs, the standard 20-foot-equivalent container units, a 4% increase from fiscal 2016.
November 6, 2017
Business, Logistics
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SoCal Port Turn Times Improve Six Minutes in September
Port of Los Angeles via YouTube
Truck drivers took six fewer minutes to enter and exit the two large Southern California ports last month compared with September 2016, although one year ago, Hanjin Shipping rattled the supply chain when it abruptly shut its doors Aug. 31.
October 18, 2017
Business
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Port of Oakland Poised to Benefit From Trade Pact With China on Rice
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The Port of Oakland believes a new trade pact with China will benefit its export business and provide more opportunities for truckers to haul rice to export overseas
August 7, 2017
Business
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Cathay Pacific to Buy Out Partner DHL’s 40% Stake in Cargo Unit
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Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. agreed to buy out the stake owned by partner DHL International GmbH in a cargo venture as the premium Asian carrier revamps its operations as part of a three-year transformation program.
July 7, 2017
Business
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Panama Canal Does Some Good for Environment While Upending Historic Trade Routes
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Fresh from a $5.25 billion, nine-year expansion that’s upending decades-old trade routes, it turns out the Panama Canal is also doing a little good for the planet.
July 7, 2017
Business
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New Rule Might Force Global Shipping Industry to Curb Greenhouse Gas Emissions
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The trillion-dollar global shipping industry may soon be forced to curb greenhouse gas emissions under new rules backed by the European Union and China.
July 7, 2017
Business, Logistics
Panama Canal Authority
Panama Canal Chief Looks Back on the First Year of the Big Ship Era
Panama Canal Authority
In a telephone interview with the Miami Herald, Panama Canal Administrator Jorge Quijano reviewed the first year of the canal expansion, a massive project that included state-of-the art locks on both the Atlantic and Pacific sides of the canal, a new 3.8 mile access channel, and widening and deepening at various locations along the 50-mile long canal.
July 5, 2017Pages
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