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    Australia's Mariana Express Line calls at Tianjin port

    04-19-2010
  • A new weekly shipping service to Australia has been launched at the port of Tianjin. This Tianjin's first shipping line to Australia. Service operator Mariana Express Lines Ltd has deployed five 1,100-TEU ships, which w..
  • Lubes and fuels in the spotlight at Russian Far East conferenc..

    04-19-2010
  • The Maritime State University (MSU) of Vladivostok hosted a special Gulf Oil Marine-organised conference for international maritime training institutions here this week, that served to showcase the advantages that Russia..
  • European technology to feature at SMEM 2010

    04-19-2010
  • The European Marine Equipment Council (EMEC) has teamed up with Seatrade to introduce a technology forum at the 2010 SMEM exhibition.  The 'Technology Forum: Europe in the Middle East', which will be hosted by EMEC ..
  • Australia extends vessel tracking along the Great Barrier Reef..

    04-19-2010
  • Effective July 2011 all vessels voyaging along the Great Barrier Reef's southern fringes will be tracked, a move announced over the weekend in response to the grounding of the coal carrier Shen Neng 1. Federal Transport..
  • Pirates hit fourth ship off south Malaysia

    04-19-2010
  • A Malaysian-registered tanker had become the fourth vessel to be hit by pirates off southern Johor this year. On April 17, at 0600 hrs, six pirates armed with swords and knives boarded the Malaysian-registered tanker, Se..
  • MSC adds 2 calls, 2 ships to its Asia-Mideast-Med Falcon run

    04-19-2010
  • Geneva's Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) will extend its Falcon service between Asia and the Middle-East to the Med from April 12 with the sailing of the MSC Clementina from Salalah. To retain weekly service, the New Fa..
  • PIL, Wan Hai resume Far East-northern Europe service

    04-19-2010
  • Singapore's Pacific International Lines (PIL) and Taiwan's Wan Hai Lines have announced the resumption of the FES service from the Far East to northern Europe. PIL's 4,250-TEU Kota Labai, with 400 reefer plugs, docked a..
  • Rotterdam posts a 16% rise in container counts, 2.6m TEUs Q1,1..

    04-16-2010
  • In Jan.-Mar., 2010 container total trade at the Port of Rotterdam gained 16% (vs Q1, 2009) to 2.6 million TEUs, the Port Authority statement said. Overall cargo turnover at the port during the reporting period increased ..
  • Japanese investors eye up Vietnamese ports

    04-16-2010
  • Japan's Itochu Group has submitted a proposal to Vietnam's Ministry of Transport in cooperation with Vinalines to develop the Lach Huyen port in Hai Phong. Under the proposal, Itochu will invest US$160m to construct two..
  • Long Beach container count up 13% in March

    04-16-2010
  • The monthly container cargo count at the Port of Long Beach, California, increased 13 percent year-on-year in March to 422,774 TEUs, Platts Commodity News reported. March is the fourth consecutive month of volume increa..