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Maritime
U.S. regulators see container trade overcapacity posing no dangers
Shippers benefit as transportation rates expected to stay low.
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Container
Port Report: Port Houston’s vessel limits put cap on ability to serve growing export market
Anyone up for some ‘Texas Chicken’? Maybe not anymore as pilots request one-way traffic on busiest shipping hub in North…
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Maritime
Contship Italia completes sale of Gioia Tauro
The sale of Gioia Tauro, the last remaining major transhipment hub to be operated by an independent terminal company in…
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Maritime
Sale of Gioia Tauro terminal expected within weeks
Changing trading patterns have seen volumes at the port of Gioia Tauro decline. Its only remaining customer, MSC, is expected…
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Container
Port Report: Europe’s container shipping anti-trust exemption draws mixed views on industry
Industry lobbyists and seafarer union present opposing views on whether the alliance structure of ocean carriers has worked.
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Asia-Pacific
Port Report: 2M ship largest to call on U.S. as lots of empty containers wait to be reshored
Big ships come to U.S. even as backhaul cargoes still lacking, and truckers deal with terminal shut-outs and chassis imbalances.
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Asia-Pacific
Port Report: Ocean carriers do the boxship shuffle as container capacity glut hits Asia
Liner alliances in a quandary about what to do with largest capacity ships as cancelled port calls increase to deal…
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Container
Port Report: MSC tops mega-ship additions through 2020, but CMA-CGM not far behind
Capacity additions set to have knock-on effect for trades into North America; Australia’s port strike to cause Pacific Rim ripples.
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Australia
Port Report: Busiest U.S. East Coast port improves rail service as way to reach U.S. Midwest
Auto parts imports could take a hit as vehicle sales slow; Japan makes its own play for African port supremacy.
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Maritime
Zim seals vessel sharing deal with 2M Alliance
Zim and the 2M Alliance have signed a secind vessel sharing agreement in the trans-Pacific and Asia-Europe trades. The deal…
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