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Shipping Sep, 05, 2024 0

Brazilian Government Awards R$92.8 Million Contract for Dredging Along Amazon River

The Brazilian Government announced on Wednesday (4th) the winner of the bid to begin dredging the Amazon River along the 200-kilometer stretch between Manaus and Itacoatiara. The project will require…
Shipping Sep, 05, 2024 0

SGL sets foot in Brazil with Blu Logistics acquisition

Danish freight forwarding company, Scan Global Logistics (SGL), continues expanding on Latin American soil with the acquisition of Blu Logistics Brasil (Blu). SGL sees the largest South American country and…
Shipping Sep, 05, 2024 0

Hapag-Lloyd increases rates from Chile to North America

Hapag-Lloyd has announced a General Rate Increase (GRI) for shipments from Chile to North America, effective from 5 October. This increase will apply to both dry and reefer containers and…
Shipping Sep, 04, 2024 0

CMA CGM applies new rates from Europe to Latin America and Caribbean

Effective from 1 October 2024 (based on the loading date at the origin ports) until further notice, CMA CGM will implement new Freight All Kinds (FAK) rates for shipments originating…
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Shipping Sep, 04, 2024 0

MSC vessel loses 46 boxes overboard off South Africa, following two CMA CGM ship incidents

Liberia-flagged container vessel MSC Antonia has suffered severe weather in the Indian Ocean corridor, leading to the loss of 46 boxes and the damage of another 305 containers. “The incident…
Steel and Aluminium Sep, 03, 2024 0

Alcoa to Launch Own Coastal Shipping Operation in Brazil

Alcoa is set to launch its own coastal shipping operation in Brazil by disbursing $200 million (approximately R$1.1 billion at the current exchange rate). According to Mateus Tiraboschi, Alcoa’s global…
Fonte: André Coelho / Instituto Mamirauá
Environment Sep, 03, 2024 0

Amazon river levels fall due to lack of rain, hurting navigation

Last year’s record drought in the Amazon and less than usual rainfall since caused river water levels to drop rapidly, hindering navigation by barges carrying grains for export and cutting…
Shipping Sep, 02, 2024 0

Saudi tanker, another oil ship attacked in Red Sea, sources say

A Saudi-owned crude tanker and a separate Panama-flagged oil ship were attacked on Monday in the Red Sea off Yemen, two sources familiar with the matter said, although it was…
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Shipping Aug, 30, 2024 0

Arrival of new box ships and fewer blank sailings should ease port congestion

Port congestion should ease as new vessel capacity comes in and Red Sea diversions become the norm – but “there will always be something” disrupting the market, warned Drewry’s Ports…
Shipping Aug, 30, 2024 0

Methanol ‘happy hour’ over, and decarbonisation will double freight rates

Shipping’s methanol “happy hour” has ended, with LNG back on the menu, decarbonisation “slowing” and freight rates set to double permanently, claimed classification giant DNV Maritime this week. At the…