FIGURES have revealed that freight rates for shipping tankers and bulk carriers have seen a reverse trend in the last three weeks.
29/09/2009
REVENUE of the biggest ocean container carriers plunged by 35 percent overall in the first quarter of the year compared with the same period in 2008.
26/06/2009
INDIA’S biggest shipping firm, Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) has announced it has shelved its plan to purchase four very large crude carriers (VLCCs) worth $320 million.
22/06/2009
TRANSPORTER of Toyota and Honda cars Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha will scrap six of its carriers and return another 11 to owners as it reduces its fleet due to a slump in vehicle demand.
06/04/2009
INDIA’S largest shipping company GE Shipping has just delivered a new LPG carrier “Jag Vayu” to its buyers.
26/02/2009
INDIA’s largest private shipping firm, Great Eastern Shipping Co is looking to sell more ships as the financial crisis and slump in global trade has led to weak demand for the next twelve months.
09/01/2009
INDIA’S second-largest private shipping company Mercator Lines has announced it will be acquiring three gearless post-Panamax bulk carriers totalling 2.77 lakh dead-weight tonnage (DWT) on a charter basis.
15/06/2009
GREEK dry bulk shipper Diana Shipping said on Thursday Augustea Atlantica entered into a time charter contract for one of Diana's Panamax dry bulk carriers.
03/04/2009
DESIGNS for Russia's first LNG carrier have begun in St Petersburg.
15/04/2009
CHINA Shipping Container Lines (CSCL) today announced it has chosen GT Nexus as its preferred industry portal for e-commerce services.
08/05/2009
THREE international shipping companies will reduce services between Brisbane, New Zealand and north-east Asia, effective immediately.
15/07/2009
LINESCAPE today launched its free and independent search engine for finding and comparing routes and schedules for shipping ocean containers.
05/05/2009
JAPAN’s most profitable shipping line Mitsui O.S.K. Lines has announced it may bid for an overseas bulk-shipping line as plunging demand has sent company valuations tumbling.
27/05/2009
THE LATEST ocean freight logistics and supply chain news can now be found on Freightgate's Logistics Portal’s newly launched Twitter site.
14/05/2009
THE PORT of Rotterdam has reached agreement on the location and construction of a new intermodal terminal.
07/07/2009
THE AADA (Asia Australia Discussion Agreement) will be implementing a rate restoration program from 19 October 2009.
29/09/2009
THE U.S Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is pushing the Australian Government to back a new international shipping convention for ocean freights.
11/11/2009
MAERSK Line has announced it will be rejoining the Trans-Pacific Stabilisation Agreement (TSA) after five years of absence.
13/11/2009
GT Nexus today announced it has been selected by Inditex SA, one of the world's largest clothing retailers, to provide a platform for tracking and managing global ocean shipments.
14/05/2009
SYDNEY Ports Corporation has announced the results of a comprehensive port industry road trial to assess stevedore and road transport carrier performance.
02/06/2009