Hong Kong prohibits vessels which have visited South Africa or UK in the past 21 days
Hong Kong’s Department of Health has invoked the Prevention and Control of Disease (Regulation of Cross-boundary Conveyances and Travellers) Regulation (Cap. 599H) to prohibit vessels which have visited South Africa or UK in the
Shipping Corporation of India to tie up with IWAI to start Coastal services
MUMBAI/KOLKATA: State-run Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) will collaborate with Inland Waterways Authority soon to commence coastal shipping services, a company official said recently. The Coastal Shipping activities will be undertaken by its wholly-owned
Visakha Container Terminal to complete expansion project & more than double capacity this year
To handle the envisaged container traffic, J. M. Baxi Group’s Visakha Container Terminal (VCT) at Visakhapatnam Port is moving at a greater pace to complete the expansion project of the terminal, it has stressed
Container lines cancelling hardly any services over Chinese New Year period
Container lines are blanking very few sailings in the traditional slack season around Chinese New Year, as they continue to try and cope with unprecedented demand and disruption caused by empty container shortages. Analyst
Ocean shipping companies lead the fight against the empty container build-up
The willingness of shipping lines to make direct cost outlays and forego revenue to reduce the empty container backlog shows the incredible support being given by ocean carriers to keeping Australia’s supply chain functioning.
B K Tyagi named as New Director of Liner and Passenger services at SCI
MUMBAI: Mr. Binesh Kumar Tyagi has been named the New Director (liner and passenger services) at Shipping Corporation of India Ltd. Tyagi is currently a General Manager at the state-owned company. Tyagi’s appointment was
Uncertainties making it difficult for carriers to plan capacity management for Chinese New Year 2021
In a “normal” year, carriers would announce several blank sailings in connection with Chinese New Year (CNY), in order to balance supply to the lower container shipping demand, due to factories closing over the
JMU hands over third feeder box ship to Wan Hai
Japan Marine United has delivered a new 3,055 TEU container ship to Wan Hai Lines as the third in an eight-ship series. The newly developed 3,055teu container ships can carry containers with a maximum