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CMA CGM Port Congestion Surcharge in UK ports for cargo ex India

AJOT | March 12, 2021 | Maritime | Liner Shipping

CMA CGM BAF update for Algeria & Tunisia Roro services

AJOT | March 12, 2021 | Maritime | Liner Shipping

MSC rate updates effective starting on April 10, 2021

AJOT | March 12, 2021 | Maritime | Liner Shipping

House Republicans and Democrats Voice Concerns to FMC That Ocean Carriers Decline to Ship U.S. Agriculture Exports

Stas Margaronis | March 11, 2021 | Maritime | Liner Shipping

On March 9th, a group of Democratic and Republican Congressional representatives led by John Garamendi (D-CA) and Jim Costa (R-CA) announced that they authored a bipartisan letter to Michael A. Khouri, chair of the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC), voicing concern over reports that certain vessel-operating common carriers (VOCCs) are declining to ship U.S. agricultural commodity exports from U.S. ports.

CMA CGM from Morocco to North Europe, Baltic, Scandinavia & Poland

AJOT | March 11, 2021 | Maritime | Liner Shipping

Moscord unveils new ship supply paradigm with Apollo launch

AJOT | March 11, 2021 | Maritime | Technology

APL is participating in operations for the US Army at Dunkirk

AJOT | March 11, 2021 | Maritime | Breakbulk News

• A ship transporting U.S. military cargo from Texas to France, has docked in Dunkirk • APL is handling the unloading operations, in partnership with CEVA Logistics • Helicopters, transport vehicles and auxiliary equipment have been unloaded in Dunkirk

CMA CGM Empty Equipment Imbalance Surcharge - Cargo from Lobito & Namibe, Angola to all destinations

AJOT | March 11, 2021 | Maritime | Liner Shipping

CMA CGM Bunker Recovery Adjustment Factor - intramed short sea services

AJOT | March 10, 2021 | Maritime | Liner Shipping

FBX Weekly: Ocean rates leveling off ex-Asia, but climbing on the transatlantic

AJOT | March 10, 2021 | Maritime | Liner Shipping

Key insights: 1. Ocean rates ex-Asia have levelled off for the most part, with Asia-US East Coast falling 6%, US West Coast increasing 6%, and Asia-Europe 2. Strong demand and ocean carriers moving capacity to more lucrative lanes has pushed transatlantic rates up 20% since the end of January to $2,198/FEU after staying mostly on par year on year since the start of the pandemic. 3. Freightos.com search data shows port congestion at LA/Long Beach is leading shippers to look for alternative destinations, mostly on the East coast.

Orion Reederei continues to optimize safety management with Kaiko Systems

AJOT | March 10, 2021 | Maritime | Bulk

Orion Reederei, one of the world’s leading bulk carrier operators, has introduced Kaiko Systems’ intelligent data recording and analysis tool on three of its fifty vessels for an initial trial phase. The purpose is to assess the value of the product, namely a reduction in time spent on surveys and reporting and higher confidence in processes and outcomes.

MSC withdraws the port congestion surcharge for all Australian ports

AJOT | March 10, 2021 | Maritime | Liner Shipping

Freight rate surge resulting in deferred drydockings

AJOT | March 10, 2021 | Maritime | Liner Shipping

Nippon Paint Marine is seeing liner operators increasingly postpone dry-dockings as they look to keep vessels operational to meet the recent surge in demand for container shipments.

The American Club announces new appointments in its managers’ Piraeus office

AJOT | March 10, 2021 | Maritime

Commission testing is a BWTS insurance policy

AJOT | March 10, 2021 | Maritime | Technology

While rules covering commission testing for newbuild ballast water system installations are due to enter into force in June 2022, independent testing facility Maritec believes shipowners should not be reluctant in carrying out further testing of a system they consider to have already passed stringent tests during the type-approval process.

Ship forced to wait 269 days finally unloads Australian coal in China

Bloomberg | March 10, 2021 | Maritime | Bulk | Ports & Terminals

A ship that waited nine months is among a handful of vessels that China has let unload their cargoes of Australian coal, a reprieve for some of the seafarers and vessels caught by a trade war that at one point stranded more than 70 carriers and 1,400 mariners.

DLM tensionmeters for Jan de Nul crane vessel

AJOT | March 10, 2021 | Maritime | Technology

Dynamic Load Monitoring (UK) Ltd. (DLM), of Southampton, UK has provided eight bespoke Running Line Monitors (RLMs) for Jan de Nul’s 236.8m-long Les Alizés, a next generation, 5,000t capacity floating installation crane vessel, currently being built in China. DLM, a specialist in the design, manufacture, repair and calibration of load cells and load monitoring equipment, delivered the RLMs to NOV’s BLM division, which designs and manufactures ship and offshore equipment products. NOV-BLM presented DLM with a requirement for equipment to monitor the tension on mooring winches aboard the Les Alizés.

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AJOT | Top Story | March 10, 2021

MSC bolsters trade between Southeast Asia and US West Coast with new Sentosa service

MSC is introducing a new container shipping service in order to fulfill customer demand for cargo between southeast Asia and the U.S. west coast and with a view to improving reliability in the transpacific network at a time when the entire market remains under considerable systemic pressure.

Industry backs UN USD 5 billion “moon-shot” program to decarbonize shipping

AJOT | March 10, 2021 | Maritime | Technology

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Bloomberg | Top Story | March 10, 2021

Maersk is said to weigh sale of $1 billion cold container unit

A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S is considering a sale of its refrigerated container business as demand for the cold storage units surges during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to people familiar with the matter.

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