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Drought in Tietê-Paraná should affect grain flow from Goiás

The worst drought in the Tietê-Paraná waterway basin in the last 40 years should strongly affect the flow of grain from the São Simão region, in Goiás. The barges carry…
Shipping Jun, 07, 2021 0

MSC CEO Soren Toft calls for global approach to R&D and carbon pricing

MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company has joined other carriers in reiterating support for a global R&D decarbonisation fund and also in backing a potential worldwide market-based measure that would include carbon…
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Shipping Jun, 07, 2021 0

Hapag-Lloyd cuts Oakland for several weeks due to congestion

Hapag-Lloyd is omitting the Port of Oakland from the westbound legs of two of its transpacific west coast services due to ongoing congestion and delays. The port has been removed…
MAersk Chile
Shipping Jun, 04, 2021 0

Maersk forecasts growth in world trade between 5% and 7%

The growth in the volume of China’s exports to the United States is expected to boost global trade in 2021, according to A.P. Moller-Maersk. Maersk predicts that global container trade…
Shipping Jun, 04, 2021 0

International experts arrive in Sri Lanka to deal with possible oil spill

International experts have traveled to Sri Lanka to join teams that have been preparing for several days for a possible oil spill from a cargo ship that suffered a massive…
Shipping Jun, 02, 2021 0

Energy crisis may halt Tietê-Paraná waterway in July

Aggravated by the worst rainfall in 91 years in the southeast and midwest regions, the energy supply crisis will have consequences on national logistics: the Tietê-Paraná Waterway, one of the…
Shipping Jun, 02, 2021 0

Iranian Navy’s largest ship sinks in the Gulf of Oman

Iranian news agencies have reported that Iran’s largest navy ship sank after catching fire in the Gulf of Oman under unclear circumstances. The fire broke out in the early hours…
Shipping Jun, 02, 2021 0

Exporting restarts at Yantian, but carriers bypass port as congestion reigns

Export operations resumed at Shenzhen’s port of Yantian on June 1st, but a 20,000 container backlog and slow productivity means at least another week of delays. The past 48 hours…
Shipping May, 31, 2021 0

Suez blockade case postponed to extend compensation negotiations

Last Saturday, May 29, an Egyptian court postponed the case involving the week-long blockade of the Suez Canal by a cargo ship earlier this year. The aim is to extend…
Shipping May, 31, 2021 0

ANVISA proposes greater controls for ship crews

ANVISA (the national health surveillance agency) defends greater restrictions on the entry of foreign crew on ships and platforms in Brazil, due to new variants of the new coronavirus. In…