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Month: October 2009

West Coast Ports Gear Up for Competition

Having already lost about four percent of their market share of Asian cargo to Canadian and East Coast ports the past few years, and hoping to avoid a further diversion of cargo when the Panama Canal is widened in 2014, U.S....

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OOCL Raises Rates from China

Ocean carrier OOCL will increase its rates on all dry and refrigerated cargo from Hong Kong, Macau and South China to New Zealand, effective Nov. 1. The “restoration” comes as most large carriers boost rates in a bid to overcome...

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Seoul shares fall; Hana tumbles, shipbuilders up

Seoul shares retreated on Monday as weak U.S. job data dampened economic recovery hopes, with falls led by Hana Financial Group on reports of a rights offer, but shipbuilders rebounded after steep recent falls. …...

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COSCO cancels car carrier contracts

COSCO International Ship Trading Co., Ltd. has agreed with COSCO (Zhoushan) Shipyard Co., Ltd. on the cancellation of their contracts for two 5,000-unit pure car and truck carriers (PCTCs). The PCTCs are the third and fourth of...

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