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European Supply Chain and Logistics Summit 2009

Freight & Logisitcs News - 2 hours 18 min ago
Empower your supply chain to beat the economic crisis!

Following a hugely successful 2008 event, the European Supply Chain and Logistics summit returns for its 11th year, put these dates in your diary for 8th 10th June 2009.
Categories: Freight, Logistics

Famous Pacific Shipping builds stronger presence in Australia

Freight & Logisitcs News - 2 hours 18 min ago
Famous Pacific Shipping continues to build its presence in the important Australian market through a range of strategic investments and planning decisions that will see the global freight forwarding group ratchet up the pressure on the competition.
Categories: Freight, Logistics

Synn Global Announces the Patent Pending Day & Night Trailer Loading Product

Freight & Logisitcs News - 2 hours 18 min ago
Backup Balls, a patent pending product for trailer loading from Synn Global is a remarkable achievement to help load a trailer anytime day or night. The unique design allows for a single person to attach the trailer to the ball hitch without getting in and out of the vehicle numerous times.
Categories: Freight, Logistics

Tanker industry avoiding crisis: For how long?

Top Story - Tue, 06/01/2009 - 02:00
It seems as if shipping is divided in two separate camps these days. On one side there is dry bulk...

Persian Gulf Tanker Rates May Drop as Owners Await Demand Boost

Top Story - Tue, 06/01/2009 - 02:00
The cost of delivering Middle East crude to Asia, the world’s busiest route for supertankers, may extend its steepest annual...

Dry bulk market shows signs of recovery

Top Story - Tue, 06/01/2009 - 02:00
THE dry bulk market slump is expected to continue into this quarter due to the uncertainties in demand of iron...

TTS Marine wins electric winch systems order from Daewoo Shipbuilding

Shipbuilding News - Tue, 06/01/2009 - 02:00
Norwegian marine and offshore systems and equipment provider TTS Marine ASA said on Monday (5 January) that its German subsidiary...
Categories: Shipping

Ashdod Port operating normally

Ports News - Tue, 06/01/2009 - 02:00
Despite the Grad-Katyusha rocket attacks on the city of Ashdod no ship deviated or left the port. Port of Haifa:...
Categories: Ports

Hutchison may lose Ecuador port project - report

Ports News - Tue, 06/01/2009 - 02:00
Hutchison Port, the world's largest container terminal operator, could lose its HK$4 billion (US$513 million) Manta cargo port project in...
Categories: Ports

Australia's Newcastle Thermal Coal Price Slips 1.7%

Freight News - Tue, 06/01/2009 - 02:00
Power-station coal prices at Australia's Newcastle port, a benchmark for Asia, slipped 1.7 percent last week as the number of...
Categories: Freight

ConocoPhillips Purchases An LNG Cargo For Zeebrugge Terminal In Belgium

Freight News - Tue, 06/01/2009 - 02:00
ConocoPhillips announced recently that the company has acquired its first LNG cargo for the Zeebrugge liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal...
Categories: Freight

Maersk expands in US Gulf

International News - Tue, 06/01/2009 - 02:00
Maersk Line will be adding a fourth vessel and three ports of call to its weekly north-south Espreso service linking...

ZIM and MSC will Swap Slots on their Israel- Adriatic Strings

International News - Tue, 06/01/2009 - 02:00
MSC and ZIM agreed to swap slots on their Israel – Adriatic lines MSC’s Adriatic Service and ZIM's ADX Service....

Suez Canal to Keep Transit Fees Unchanged This Year

International News - Tue, 06/01/2009 - 02:00
The Suez Canal, the waterway that carried a 10th of global seaborne trade in 2007, will keep transit fees unchanged...

Caribbean Tankers, Little-Changed From Last Week, May Soon Fall

International News - Tue, 06/01/2009 - 02:00
The cost to transport crude oil from the Caribbean on Aframax tankers may fall after little change last week, amid...

Shipping Sector Seen Entering Rougher Waters

International News - Tue, 06/01/2009 - 02:00
Analysts said Malaysia's shipping sector will face a more difficult environment this year, as transport volumes shrink given the tight...

Richards Bay Coal’s 2008 Exports Fell on Rail, Eskom

Freight News - Mon, 05/01/2009 - 14:25
South Africa’s Richards Bay Coal Terminal, the world’s largest coal-export facility, shipped 6.6 percent less fuel last year because of...
Categories: Freight

Vietnam 2009 coal exports seen at 19.5 mln tonnes

Freight News - Mon, 05/01/2009 - 14:21
Vietnam, a key coal supplier to China and Japan, forecast on Monday coal exports in 2009 would edge down to...
Categories: Freight

Tianjin Port cargo throughput up in 2008

Ports News - Mon, 05/01/2009 - 14:12
Tianjin Port, the largest in north China, handled 354 million tonnes - 8.5 million TEUs - in the past year,...
Categories: Ports

NMPT cargo handling up 3% in April-Dec

Ports News - Mon, 05/01/2009 - 14:11
New Mangalore Port Trust (NMPT) has witnessed a growth of 2.97 per cent in cargo handling in the first nine...
Categories: Ports