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North Carolina Ports continues to make history, welcomes largest container ship

AJOT | October 27, 2020 | Maritime | Liner Shipping | Ports & Terminals

The North Carolina State Ports Authority set a record Monday by welcoming the largest container ship to date to call the Port of Wilmington. The Yang Ming Warranty sailed into Wilmington with a carrying capacity of 14,220 TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent unit) and is the largest class vessel calling on the United States East Coast.

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Maiden call in Malta by the CMA CGM JACQUES SAADE, the largest container ship in the world powered by liquefied natural gas

AJOT | October 27, 2020 | Maritime | Liner Shipping | Ports & Terminals

Today, Malta welcomed the CMA CGM JACQUES SAADE, the world’s largest containership powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG), as she makes her first call in Europe at the Malta Freeport terminal with the presence of Dr Ian Borg, Minister for Transport in Malta, Ms Julia Farrugia Portelli, Minister for Tourism in Malta and H.E. Ms Brigitte Curmi, French Ambassador to Malta. This represents a highly symbolic call for the CMA CGM Group’s flagship, just a few days after she set a new world record for the number of full containers loaded on a single journey.

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OOCL North Europe – Turkey (NET) service update

AJOT | October 27, 2020 | Maritime | Liner Shipping

OOCL entered the North Europe - Turkey market in 2017 when its NET service was launched. Since inception, OOCL has continued to offer competitive and reliable connections to ensure customer supply chain requirements are met while providing it’s hallmark in quality service.

CMA CGM PSS - cargo from Pakistan to North Europe

AJOT | October 27, 2020 | Maritime | Liner Shipping

CMA CGM PSS update - reefer cargo from Spain (West Coast) to Far East

AJOT | October 27, 2020 | Maritime | Liner Shipping

CMA CGM FAK rates - from Asia to North Europe for November

AJOT | October 27, 2020 | Maritime | Liner Shipping

COVAXX and Maersk enter partnership to supply COVID-19 vaccines globally

Maritime

AJOT | Top Story | October 26, 2020

COVAXX and Maersk enter partnership to supply COVID-19 vaccines globally

COVAXX, a U.S. company developing a multitope synthetic peptide-based vaccine to fight COVID-19, has announced a global logistics partnership with Maersk, one of the world’s largest shipping and integrated logistics providers. The agreement lays out a framework for all transportation and supply chain services that will be needed to deliver COVAXX’s vaccine candidate UB-612 around the world, once approved by regulatory authorities. Financial terms of the agreement are not disclosed.

CMA CGM PSS - cargo from North Europe & Mediterranean ports to Australia

AJOT | October 23, 2020 | Maritime | Liner Shipping

OOCL Asia-Europe trade – service enhancement

AJOT | October 23, 2020 | Maritime | Liner Shipping

Suspension of overseas ag container shipments is blow to US ag community

Maritime

AJOT | Top Story | October 23, 2020

Suspension of overseas ag container shipments is blow to US ag community

Specialty Soya and Grains Alliance members were shocked to learn this week that shipments of agricultural products by containers are being discontinued by a major shipping line, effective immediately and for the foreseeable future.

Container cargo on the Great Lakes for the first time in over a decade

Maritime

AJOT | Top Story | October 22, 2020

Container cargo on the Great Lakes for the first time in over a decade

On the morning of October 20, 2020, the general cargo ship Claude A. Desgagnés departed from the Port of Montreal bound for Toronto.

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Local school districts look to Crowley for mask procurement and delivery solutions

AJOT | October 22, 2020 | Logistics | Maritime | Liner Shipping

Crowley Solutions has expanded its pandemic response capabilities to meet the needs of small-scale government users, including local school districts, for personal protective equipment (PPE), such as certified high quality masks.

CMA CGM announced Port Congestion Surcharge in Southampton, UK

AJOT | October 21, 2020 | Maritime | Liner Shipping

CMA CGM GRR from Asia to Kenya & Tanzania

AJOT | October 21, 2020 | Maritime | Liner Shipping

ZIM offers new service to the UAE

AJOT | October 21, 2020 | Maritime | Liner Shipping

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OOCL receives Corporate Environmental Leadership Gold Award for second time

AJOT | October 21, 2020 | Maritime | Liner Shipping

OOCL, a leading international transportation and logistics service provider, once again received the Gold Award (in the service industry sector) at the 2019 BOCHK Corporate Environmental Leadership Awards ceremony held at the head office of Federation of Hong Kong Industries (FHKI) on October 5, 2020. Over 750 participating organizations entered the awards program and OOCL stood out from the competition this year.

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FBX Weekly Ocean rates stable and SMBs getting resilient as eCommerce surges

AJOT | October 20, 2020 | Maritime | Liner Shipping | By The Numbers

China-US ocean rates have now gone unchanged for a month, following complaints and scrutiny of already sky-high prices. Ocean carriers cancelled any planned mid-month rate increases, with some announcing that GRIs would be postponed until mid-November despite very full ships.