FREE trade is under threat with the recent breakdown of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) talks in Geneva, according to the British International Freight Association (Bifa). Nations may now scale down free trade and switch to bilateral relationship
SEASPAN Corporation says it has taken delivery of its 31st vessel, the CSCL Sao Paulo. The 2500-TEU newbuilding, built by Jiangsu Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Company, is the second ship of this size in the Seaspan fleet. The CSCL Sao Paulo was delivere
SOUTH KOREA's Hanjin Shipping is commencing a feeder service between Korea and Japan from Saturday August 24. The Korea-Japan Service (KJS) uses one 400-TEU vessel on a weekly port rotation of Busan, Tokyo, Osaka and back to Busan, a statement from
COSCO has launched a feeder container shipping line connecting northern and eastern China's ports of Tianjin, Yantai and Shanghai, Xinhua reported. The weekly service will be connected to Cosco's ocean shipping lines to Europe and America at Shangha
THE operation of southwest China's Beihai Port at Guangxi's Beibu Gulf, the Beihai Port Company Limited is re-organising its assets and preparing for an initial public offering, Xinhua reported. Industry insiders say the company's largest shareholde
DENMARK's Maersk Line plans to add a port of call at Hamburg in Germany and drop Southampton in the United Kingdom from its weekly Asia-Europe AE8 service. The AE8 is part of an 18-ship butterfly operation with the AE1, which will continue making th
