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Owendo Container Terminal handles a record number of containers in connection with the visit of the Turquoise

AJOT | December 18, 2020 | Maritime | Liner Shipping | Ports & Terminals

On 14 December 2020, the container terminal at the port of Owendo in Gabon set an all-time record by unloading and loading 3,744 TEU (twenty-foot equivalent unit) containers from and onto the container ship “Turquoise”.

CMA CGM Low Water Surcharge in Manaus, Brazil

AJOT | December 18, 2020 | Maritime | Liner Shipping

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[FBX Weekly] equipment shortage sending Asia-Med rates beyond Asia-US level

AJOT | December 18, 2020 | Maritime | Liner Shipping

The continued peak in ocean container demand is keeping ports congested, equipment scarce and creating knock on effects on ocean rates, beyond the Asia-US lanes that are generating most of the demand.

What happens when tycoons abandon their giant cargo ships

Maritime

Bloomberg | Top Story | December 18, 2020

What happens when tycoons abandon their giant cargo ships

The pandemic has hastened the troubling practice of dumping vessels, with their crew and hazardous materials still on board

National Shipping of America announces new service

Maritime

AJOT | Top Story | December 18, 2020

National Shipping of America announces new service

National Shipping of America (NSA) has announced its new service under Marad’s American Marine Highway Program with the M-10 designation. This service is a domestic water service between NSA’s base port of Houston, TX to Port Everglades, FL which provides customers an alternative to over the road trucking. After calling Port Everglades, the service continues on to San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Research from Lloyd’s List Intelligence shows how new UN push for decarbonization will increase ship scrapping in the next decade

AJOT | December 17, 2020 | Maritime | Technology

Hempel’s flagship hull coating Hempaguard X7 reaches milestone

AJOT | December 17, 2020 | Maritime | Technology

CMA CGM Empty equipment imbalance charge - Cargo from East Med, Black Sea & North Africa to Nigeria

AJOT | December 17, 2020 | Maritime | Liner Shipping

CMA CGM PSS - from East Med, Black Sea and North Africa to West Africa for January

AJOT | December 17, 2020 | Maritime | Liner Shipping

CMA CGM PSS - from East Med, Black Sea and North Africa to West Africa

AJOT | December 17, 2020 | Maritime | Liner Shipping

Shipping sheds its dirty problem with a little help from Covid

Maritime

Bloomberg | Top Story | December 16, 2020

Shipping sheds its dirty problem with a little help from Covid

It was meant to be one of the greatest transformations in the history of oil and shipping. Instead, a sweeping regulatory change this year to clean up the maritime industry’s fuel passed successfully and with little fanfare, rendered a historical footnote by Covid-19.