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Month: November 2009

TFA to increase bunker surcharge

As a result of ongoing increases in the price of bunkers at Hong Kong and South Korea, the TFA member lines wish to advise that … the Bunker Surcharge is to be adjusted to US$400 per TEU with effect from December 4, 2009....

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Two Alliances Combine Loops for Slack Season

The Grand Alliance and the New World Alliance will combine two all-water services from Asia to the U.S. East Coast as part of their combined capacity cutbacks of about 4,000 20-foot containers during the slack winter season, the...

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Zim Loss Grows to $208 Million

Zim Integrated Shipping Services, suffering a steep drop in demand in its container shipping business, reported a $208 million loss in the third quarter on Thursday, more than triple the loss from last year. Revenue plunged 50...

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Port of Los Angeles dredging project costs soar

Costs to deepen the Main Channel and other waterways at the Port of Los Angeles soared to $298 million Thursday night, when the harbor commission approved a plan that calls for dumping some of the dredged dirt at three new...

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Downturn has shippers sailing for overhaul

A slow recovery in global trade and tight finance could set the stage for a wave of consolidation in the trillion-dollar shipping industry, as it gears up for a second straight year of turmoil in 2010. Hundreds of empty...

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