February 2017
Maersk Line has settled a competition case with Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service over it and other shipping lines’ use of price announcements in the local market. The agreement is subject to payment of a settlement fee of about US$230,000 by Maersk Line but a previous FAS $12 million fine will be cancelled.
In the case, opened in 2013, FAS found no evidence of cartel behavior, but under a unique provision in ...
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INTTRA, the world's Electronic ocean shipping marketplace INTTRA says that container orders, including bookings, shipping instructions and shipping orders handled through its system grew 16% in 2016 compared with 2015. The company processed 38.5 million container orders on its platform, where as containership rose by just 3% in 2016, according ...
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Forwarder Kuehne + Nagel is offering a contract packaging solution. It is based on a Cloud-based solution from contract packaging software developer, Nulogy to give customers with a targeted and traceable solution for their contract packaging needs. KN has also signed a strategic partnership with Universal Robots, one of the ...
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About two thirds of damages to cargo result from poorly packed, blocked or secured cargo in containers and trailers, said a group of cargo expert ahead of European Shipping Week in Brussels from 27 February.
Global Shippers Forum (GSF); the cargo handling group ICHCA, liner shipping organisation World Shipping Council (WSC)and ...
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Don’t rush into paying over the odds for advice on Brexit, BIFA is warning its members. Director general, Robert Keen says: “There has been a huge volume of announcements and press coverage on the likely impact on the UK’s international trade and the issue has certainly been a shot in ...
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BIFA has appointed Rachel Morley to its board, replacing Carson McMullan who has stepped down. She is general manager for operations at East Midlands based Spatial Global. Carson McMullan has been appointed a consultant representing BIFA in Northern Ireland.
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The International Road Transport Union (IRU) has described the closure of secure overnight truck parking areas between Brussels and the Channel coast in a bid to tackle the migrants crisis as counterproductive. It says that the move threatens the safety of drivers, removes essential facilities, and could impact negatively on ...
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Maersk Line has announced a slot purchase agreement for Hamburg Süd’s volumes on the East–West trades, allowing traffic to be shipped on vessels in the joint Maersk-MSC 2M network. It agreement follows commercial negotiations in anticipation of the termination of Hamburg Süd’s current slot purchase arrangements on the East–West trades. ...
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Manchester’s revived Trafford Park Docks handled its first large vessel on 30 January after being closed for ten years when the 2,300 tonne RMS Duisburg delivered two large silos from Germany via Rotterdam, bound for a Manchester factory.
Esprit Warehousing & Docks, owned by Graham Dixon, has invested nearly £250,000 in ...
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Kerry Logistics Network is to handle UK-based multi-channel fast fashion retailer Missguided’s international air and ocean needs for along with value-added services and logistics support in Greater China and Asia. Missguided will use Kerry Logistics’ Virtual Buying Office to provide visibility from Purchase Order (PO) creation through to final delivery.
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