PH officials still hopeful for Palawan-Sabah route
Officials of the Sabah Ports Authority (SPA) and Palawan businessmen were negotiating to start a service between Brooke’s Point in Palawan and Kudat in…
Ocean freight rates on the key East-West trades registered marginal increases in January 2013, but airfreight rates for the month went in the opposite…
Geneva-based ocean carrier Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has temporarily halted bookings for cargo on the North Europe-Asia trade. In a media release on March…
Hong Kong-based liner operator Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) is increasing freight rates on a number of Asia services effective April 2013. On its…
NYK Line is expanding its services to better accommodate container traffic growth in the ASEAN region, including the Philippines. Starting next month, the Pegasus…
Asia-Australia vessels to revise bunker surcharges
The Asia Australia Discussion Agreement (AADA) said its member-carriers will adjust their bunker charges for cargoes on the Far East-Australia trade lane effective late…
Intra-Asia shipping and logistics company SITC plans to launch two new services late this month and in mid-March, the latter in partnership with Kawasaki…
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has set up a wholly owned subsidiary in Myanmar after acquiring a permanent business license from the the country’s government…
Box ship reliability rises to 80% as Hanjin named most reliable
Ship and container reliability showed significant quarter-on-quarter increases in the fourth quarter of 2012, but the blank sailings planned for early this year…
Hapag-Lloyd applies rate hikes to various trades from March
Hamburg-based Hapag-Lloyd announced it will increase rates effective March for all cargoes and containers from East Asia to Mexico, West Coast of Central America,…
Israeli shipping line Zim Integrated Shipping Services announced it will restructure its service network in the Asia-Indian Sub-continent/East Mediterranean/North Europe trade to improve alignment…
