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EVO questions shipping rates increase - Fruitnet.com

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EVO questions shipping rates increase
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MOL, NYK, MSC, and CMA CGM have also recently increased rates. “If companies, without exception, actually increase prices in such a market, then something is just not right,” the spokesperson added.

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Maersk to Sell Direct ChassisLink - Truckinginfo

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Maersk to Sell Direct ChassisLink
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"We have been pleased with the business levels, the profitability and the quality of management at DCLI," says J. Russell Bruner, chairman and CEO of Maersk. "It is, however, a provider of chassis, and it does not fit in our long-term strategic focus.

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True Cost

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The US-based anti-piracy thinktank, One Earth Future has got the calculator out again and has been crunching the costs of piracy.

According to their latest figures the economic cost of Somali piracy last year came to $6.6bn-$6.9bn, with about 80% of the bill falling on the shipping industry, according to research

Average ransoms increased by 25% from approximately $4m in 2010 to $5m in 2011. Although the total cost of ransoms hit $160m in 2011, that still represents a modest 2% of the overall impact.

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Russian Ship Sinks off Japan Coast - RIA Novosti

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Russian Ship Sinks off Japan Coast
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MOSCOW, February 7 (RIA Novosti) – A Russian dry cargo ship that collided with another ship sank on Tuesday off the coast of Japan, the Russian Transportation Ministry said. The Vladivostok-based Tanya Karpinskaya ship sank 30 minutes after a collision ...

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Shippers slam liner rate hikes - ifw-net.com

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Shippers slam liner rate hikes
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And CMA CGM has announced increases on most trades between February and March, according to shipping industry sources. “This is an increase of almost 100 percent,” said an EVO spokesman, referring to Maersk's move. In quick succession rate increases ...

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Cargo ship safe at Ogden Point after hard luck - Victoria Times Colonist

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Cargo ship safe at Ogden Point after hard luck
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By Sandra McCulloch, Times Colonist February 6, 2012 The 186-metre cargo ship Dry Beam is moored at Ogden Point, its massive vertical support beams bent like matchsticks and its load of logs shoved askew by a rogue wave on the North Pacific.

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Korean Air pilots celebrate a strial flight to Kenya with traditional dancers ... - The Korea Herald

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Korean Air pilots celebrate a strial flight to Kenya with traditional dancers ...
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But Korean Air owner Hanjin aims to aims to schedule the flight three times a week from June 21 this year, so that the first passengers can take in the great wildebeest migration at Kenya's Masai Mara game reserve in July. “In the future people will ...

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Philippine port says Vale transshipment ops start Feb 12 - Reuters

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Philippine port says Vale transshipment ops start Feb 12
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China barred Vale's giant dry bulk vessels from entering its ports in a bid to protect its shipping industry which has been hit hard by the economic downturn and falling freight rates. With access to China shut, Vale has set up a transshipment hub in ...

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