COOKEVILLE, Tenn. (August 30, 2016) — In an effort to help the thousands of shippers across the U.S. that have been affected by recent events surrounding Hanjin Shipping, Averitt Express has launched a nationwide shipment rescue service. “This has been a difficult situation for all who are impacted,” says Averitt’s Vice President of International Solutions […]
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Container firms order new ships to gain economies of scale
Global container shipping companies have a strong appetite for new vessels, despite existing overcapacity, because they want to trade up to larger ships to benefit from economies of scale, according to shipping analysts. Shipping association Bimco expects total container shipping fleet capacity to grow by 5.9 percent in 2013, although estimates for the amount of […]
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COSCON, Hanjin Shipping and Yang Ming to jointly launch
COSCON, Hanjin Shipping and Yang Ming will launch a jointly-operated Russia – Finland service from the middle of May. Named RFS (Russia – Finland Service), this new service will be operated with 3 of 1,300TEU class vessels deployed by each partner carrier. It will provide twice-per-week service connecting Hamburg, St. Petersburg and Kotka. Meanwhile, partner carriers believe that the […]
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