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Chaos strikes global shipping

Off the coast of Los Angeles, more than two dozen container ships filled with exercise bikes, electronics, and other highly sought imports have been laying idle for as long as…
Shipping Mar, 02, 2021 0

Maersk believes global trade will grow by 3% or more in 2021

Maersk expects world trade to grow by 3% or more in 2021. The company sees global trade recovering, but there is still a lot of uncertainty about the size of…
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Shipping Mar, 01, 2021 0

CMA CGM implements service freight adjustment

CMA CGM has informed that it will need to implement a general tariff increase in the dry cargo trade from the east coast of South America (BRAZEX service) to the…
Shipping Feb, 28, 2021 0

Vessel quarantined at Port of Santos due to Covid-19 case

On February 25, ANVISA (the national health-surveillance authority) confirmed that a ship is in quarantine at the Port of Santos. The vessel registered a positive case of Covid-19 and will…
Shipping Feb, 25, 2021 0

Grimaldi Group orders six Ro-Ro vessels valued at more than US$ 500m

The Grimaldi Group announced an agreement worth more than US$ 500 million with the Hyundai Mipo Dockyard for the construction of six multipurpose Ro-Ro vessels. With a length of 250…
Shipping Feb, 24, 2021 0

Log-In acquires new container vessel

On February 23, Log-In Logística Intermodal announced the acquisition of a new US$ 20-million container ship from the shipping company Klaveness Container AS. The vessel has a nominal capacity of…
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Shipping Feb, 23, 2021 0

BR do Mar cabotage bill estimated to reduce freight rates by 15%

The Planning and Logistics Company (EPL) estimates that the BR do Mar cabotage bill, proposed by the Federal Government, can reduce freight rates by 15%.  Changes to the bill were…
Shipping Feb, 22, 2021 0

Maersk confirms 260 containers lost in Japan

Maersk confirmed that 260 containers fell overboard the Maersk ‘Eindhoven’ after the ship suffered an engine failure amid severe weather conditions near Japan on 17 February. “Our preliminary investigations indicate…
Shipping Feb, 18, 2021 0

WTO: strong recovery in trade may be short-lived

On Thursday, February 18, the World Trade Organization (WTO) released a new edition of the “Goods Trade Barometer”, which provides real-time information on the trajectory of world trade including statistics…
Shipping Feb, 18, 2021 0

Maersk vessel loses hundreds of containers in the Pacific

MSC reported that the container ship Maersk Eindhoven, deployed in the Pearl service, suffered, a technical failure on February 18 due to bad weather during the route from Xiamen, China,…