News
July 24, 2018
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau has released its preliminary investigation report into the loss of containers overboard from the container ship YM Efficiency, off Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia last month.
July 24, 2018
HMM will begin posting offers to fill slots on its Transpacific Westbound trade via the New York Shipping Exchange (NYSHEX) on August 6, 2018.
July 23, 2018
Truckers’ body All India Motor Transport Congress today called for a nationwide indefinite strike from Friday as it feels the government has failed to address the industry’s key concerns.
July 20, 2018
On July 14, the Nigerian Port Authority suspended the local operations of Maersk Line, COSCO Shipping, Africa Port Services and Lagos & Niger Shipping Agencies for ten days over an alleged failure to provide holding space for empties.
July 19, 2018
The European Union has introduced “provisional safeguard measures” concerning imports of a number of steel products as a response to the U.S. steel tariffs.
July 18, 2018
There were 94 total losses reported around the shipping world in 2017, down 4 percent year-on-year, according to Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty SE’s (AGCS) Safety & Shipping Review 2018.
July 17, 2018
Japan and the European Union signed a wide-ranging free trade deal on Tuesday that both sides hope will act as a counterweight to the protectionist forces unleashed by U.S. President Donald Trump.
July 16, 2018
China announced it filed a World Trade Organisation challenge on Monday to US President Donald Trump’s proposal for a tariff hike on US$200 billion of Chinese goods.
July 15, 2018
The world’s biggest oil traders are counting hefty losses after a surprise doubling in the price discount of U.S. light crude to benchmark Brent WTCLc1-LCOc1 in just a month, as surging U.S production upends the market.
July 13, 2018
The Ministry of Commerce in Beijing issued a long, damning response calling the decision “slander.”