China’s JinkoSolar, the world’s largest manufacturer of photovoltaic solar panels, has signed a framework agreement with COSCO Shipping Lines (COSCON) for maritime cargo transportation and multimodal transport services. Amid the well-documented shortage of containers and runaway freight rates, the agreement ensures that the New York Stock Exchange-listed JinkoSolar will have access to transportation capacity at […]

The Taiwanese container carrier, Wan Hai Lines and the Port of Taichung have launched a delivery platform for reserved cargoes passing through box terminals in the Taiwanese port. The shipping company and the port expect the platform to improve the efficiency of container yard operations and avoid peak-period traffic congestion. A dedicated lane has been set […]

CMA CGM has announced it will improve its intermodal coverage of Zaragoza, Spain, adding a new service from the Port of Valencia. The French carrier already operates a shuttle train service from Barcelona to Zaragoza with five times a week frequency. The new Valencia – Zaragoza shuttle train is part of CMA CGM’s active sales […]

The 2,500TEU container ship, CMA CGM Neva is under quarantine in Hamburg as five crew members, including the captain and chief officer, tested positive for Covid-19, according to Maritime Bulletin. The ship arrived at the Port of Hamburg on 15 June, is berthed at Berth 5 of Eurogate Terminal and, according to the reports, cannot […]

An agreement in principle has been reached among the Suez Canal Authority (SCA), the owners of the 20,388TEU Ever Given, which blocked the Suez Canal in March, and the vessel insurers. “Following extensive discussions with the Suez Canal Authority’s negotiating committee over the past few weeks, an agreement in principle between the parties has been […]

Ocean Network Express (ONE) has entered into a partnership with Rutgers Business School (RBS) in June 2021 to gain direct outreach to RBS’ academic resources while striving to reduce its carbon footprint. The Singaporean shipping company will present business project opportunities to RBS students. These projects will allow Rutgers students to examine trends in maritime decarbonisation […]

An incident in the automated area of the Ports of Auckland (POAL) has forced New Zealand’s port to temporarily expand manual operations at the container terminal and reduce the scale of automated operations. The container terminal is now being reconfigured for increased manual operations, according to a statement. At around 03:00 on 17 June, a […]

CMA CGM has published new peak season surcharges (PSS), which will take effect on 25 June, from India and Pakistan to several destinations across the world. The French shipping group will apply a PSS of US$1,250 per 20′ and US$1,450 per 40′ for dry cargo which is expected to arrive in East Coast Central America, […]

More than 130 omitted calls and over 60 added calls have been noted for the period 23 May – 26 June due to low productivity and congestion caused by Covid-19 restrictions at South China ports. Based on vessel schedule data updated by 11 June, EZOCEAN which belongs K Line Changsha Data Processing Company, a subsidiary […]

More than 10 members have joined the blockchain platform, TradeLens, in Chinese Mainland in the first month since TradeLens expansion in China in early May. China Unicom Digital Tech hosts and operate TradeLens, which has been developed by AP Moller Maersk and IBM, in Chinese Mainland, making it available to global and domestic exporters and […]