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Drewry’s composite World Container index increased 4% or $344 to $9,330.28 per 40ft container

AJOT | July 29, 2021 | Maritime | Liner Shipping

Detailed assessment for Thursday, 29 July 2021

Industry and governments urged to boost vaccination drive as seafarer happiness drops to an all time low since the beginning of COVID-19

AJOT | July 29, 2021 | Maritime

The Mission to Seafarers has published the latest Seafarers Happiness Index report for the second quarter of 2021, painting a grim picture of seafarer welfare with overall happiness dropping to an all-time low since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Arrival Ever Given in Rotterdam went according planning

AJOT | July 29, 2021 | Maritime | Liner Shipping | Ports & Terminals

Thursday morning 29 July at 05.15 am Ever Given arrived amid great interest at quayside of ECT Delta terminal in the Amazonehaven. All continental containers will be unloaded here. Containers for Hamburg will be loaded back onto Ever Utile this weekend to continue their journey to Hamburg. Ever Given is expected to leave for Felixstowe early next week to deliver the remaining containers in het UK.

Maritime supply chain actors brought together to step up collaborative efforts to tackle timber and wildlife trafficking in container shipping

AJOT | July 28, 2021 | Maritime

DNV backs crew change program in South East Asia

AJOT | July 28, 2021 | Maritime

FBX Weekly] Typhoon in China the latest challenge to logistics, as peak season pushes transpac to new heights

AJOT | July 28, 2021 | Maritime | Liner Shipping

MARAD awards vessel acquisition management contract to Crowley

AJOT | July 28, 2021 | Maritime | Liner Shipping

Crowley Maritime Corporation’s Solutions business unit has been awarded a multi-year, $638 million contract for Vessel Acquisition Management (VAM) by the U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD).

MSC new schedule updates on Asia to US and Canada network

AJOT | July 28, 2021 | Maritime | Liner Shipping

MSC is planning to adjust the sailing program on its Asia to US and Canada network to match the actual departure dates from Asia.

CMA CGM reshuffling of SAFRAN service connecting North Europe with East Coast South America

AJOT | July 27, 2021 | Maritime | Liner Shipping

Yang Ming takes delivery of one more 11,000 TEU ship to upgrade Trans-Pacific service

AJOT | July 27, 2021 | Maritime | Liner Shipping

Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp. (Yang Ming) will add one new 11,000 TEU container vessel, ‘YM Travel’ on 27thJuly, 2021. The vessel chartered from Shoei Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. and built by Imabari Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. was named at a ceremony held at Imabari Hiroshima Shipyard.

CMA CGM PSS - Cargo from Colombia, Panama, Peru, Dominican Republic & Ecuador to West Coast South America

AJOT | July 27, 2021 | Maritime | Liner Shipping

Methanol gains traction as ships’ fuel

Methanol as a commercially and technically viable marine fuel is gaining greater traction over other alternative bunkers, including LNG, as more shipowners adopt the clean burning fuel as price spreads narrow and production ramps up.

CMA CGM PSS - Cargo from the Middle East Gulf, the Indian Subcontinent, Egypt & Red Sea to Canada East Coast

AJOT | July 26, 2021 | Maritime | Liner Shipping

KPI OceanConnect launches future fuels division

KPI OceanConnect today announced the launch of its Alternative Fuels and Special Projects division to enhance its counterparts’ ability to achieve their sustainability ambitions. Bill Wakeling, an expert in marine fuels, will lead the new offering.

CMA CGM to launch a new RORO Short Sea Med service connecting Marseille & Barcelona with Casablanca

AJOT | July 26, 2021 | Maritime | Liner Shipping

CMA CGM has announced the launching of a new RORO Short Sea Med service, between MARSEILLE + BARCELONA ↔ CASABLANCA starting as from Tuesday, August 24th, 2021 ex Marseille port.

CMA CGM Overweight Surcharge (OWS) from India & Pakistan to Latin America for August

AJOT | July 26, 2021 | Maritime | Liner Shipping

Nigerian court convicts 10 men under new anti-piracy law

Bloomberg | July 25, 2021 | Maritime

CMA CGM THC update - Albania import/export

AJOT | July 23, 2021 | Maritime | Liner Shipping

Ontario pension weighs sale of SeaCube for $1 billion

Bloomberg | July 23, 2021 | Maritime | Liner Shipping

Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan is exploring a sale of SeaCube Container Leasing Ltd. more than eight years after taking the cargo-equipment company private.