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Canadian Alliance Terminals to open new facility in Vancouver
Richmond, BC — As rising land costs force third-party logistics firms to compete for space against the purchasing power of global Fortune 500 companies, Canadian Alliance has made a financial commitment in a new 250,000 square foot facility. This property…
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K + N launches online seafreight service with guaranteed lead time
Schindellegi, Switzerland — With the newly launched full container shipment solution KN Pledge, Kuehne + Nagel says it is the first logistics service provider to offer an online solution for Full Container Load (FCL) shipments with guaranteed lead time, 100%…
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Shipper satisfaction with shipping lines falling: Drewry
London, UK and Brussels, Belgium, — The level of satisfaction concerning container carriers among exporters, importers, and freight forwarders falls marginally, according to the third annual shipper satisfaction survey of Drewry and the European Shippers’ Council (ESC). The joint ESC…
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BIFA issues warning about the perils of containers abandoned overseas
The British International Freight Association (BIFA), the trade association for UK freight forwarding and logistics companies, is warning its members about the cost of containers abandoned overseas for which they may be liable and how to implement safeguards to prevent…
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ONE breaks record for highest utilized vessel
Oakland, CA— Ocean Network Express (ONE) has broken the last reported world record for the largest amount of cargo ever stowed – carrying over 19,100 TEU aboard the MOL Tribute. Utilizing Navis’ StowMan vessel stowage planning software to optimize the…
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Hapag-Lloyd first in world to convert large container ship to LNG
Hamburg, Germany — Hapag-Lloyd will retrofit its 15,000 TEU ship “Sajir” to operate using liquified natural gas (LNG). In future, the engine system will be able to function using either of two types of fuel: LNG or low-sulphur fuel oil…
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Burning container ship likely headed for the Bahamas: shipping expert
Halifax, NS — A massive container ship that has been burning in international waters off Canada’s east coast since Jan. 3 now appears headed for the Bahamas instead of Halifax, its original destination. Satellite tracking shows the smouldering, 320-metre ship…
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Bad weather continues to hamper fire dousing efforts on container ship
Halifax, NS – Poor weather conditions are still preventing crews from extinguishing a fire burning aboard a large Halifax-bound container ship about 1,775 kilometres southeast of the city, a spokesman for the U.S. Coast Guard said on Saturday. A Belgian…
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CMA CGM signs up with Freightos for online booking
Marseilles, France — The CMA CGM Group and Freightos announced they have signed an ambitious pilot agreement whereby CMA CGM has become the first ocean carrier listed on Freightos. Online bookings, guaranteed pricing, and secured capacity on CMA CGM China-US…
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Hapag-Lloyd and others plan to establish a container shipping association
Hamburg, Germany — A.P. Moller – Maersk, CMA CGM, Hapag-Lloyd, MSC and Ocean Network Express plan to establish container shipping association with the purpose of paving the way for digitalization, standardization and interoperability in the container shipping industry. IT executives…
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APL extends Eagle GO Guaranteed
Singapore — APL announced the extension of Eagle GO Guaranteed to its Asia-Latin America and North America-Latin America networks. Applicable to five East-West Asia-Latin America services and three North-South America services, Eagle GO Guaranteed cargoes from the direct load ports…
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Maersk first container shipping company to launch instant booking confirmation
Copenhagen, Denmark — With the introduction of instant booking confirmation, Maersk customers can now complete their bookings within seconds compared to previous waiting times of up to two hours. Eliminating this delay, as the first in the industry, is a…