All quiet on the Western Front?
It’s another day of PMA and ILWU negotiations (at this writing talks are ongoing and it is easy to forget that it was in the middle of baseball season [July] when the contract expired) and a new participant US Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez has now (maybe inevitably) put his oar into the troubled waters of the West Coast waterfront labor dispute.
Nordana fleet renewal emphasizes efficiency and flexibility
Nordana has a wide variety of ships serving the ro-ro and breakbulk sector in services around the world. The Copenhagen-based shipowner operates liner and project divisions and is in the process of a major fleet renewal.
Air freight trajectory pointing up…for now
The trajectory is pointing up. Most agree that 2014 will be better than last year and much better than 2012. But the larger question is whether this is the beginning of a sustained growth period in air freight or merely an interlude between slumps?
Transshipment hubs play key role in growth of Mediterranean ports
The container ports of the Mediterranean often act as the transshipment hubs for the services running between Europe and Asia through the Suez Canal. In recent years, there has been a shift in growth to the Eastern Mediterranean ports like the Greek port of Piraeus and the Turkish ports of Ambarli (Istanbul) and Mersin.
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