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Container news in association with Intermodal:
Manila-based ICTSI International Container Terminal Services Group, through its wholly owned subsidiary ICTSI Americas B.V., has acquired a 60% stake in Clia Pouso Alegre, a Customs-Integrated Industrial Logistics Centre in the industrial region...
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The World Shipping Council (WSC) is spearheading an initiative to develop a software tool to spot mis-declared container cargoes, which can lead to fatal shipboard fires.
Following the EUR157 million drugs bust by Irish law enforcement on the bulker Matthew the authorities believe another major anti-narcotic operation in shipping is inevitable as smugglers target the huge European cocaine market.
The service is offered by Evergreen which is deploying four 1,800 teu containerships. The service features a three day transit from Nansha to Ho Chi Minh.
Alan Murphy, CEO and founder of Copenhagen supply chain analyst Sea Intelligence, has warned of widespread service cancellations on major trade lanes across the Pacific Ocean and between Asia and Europe between now and the end of the year.
Cancelled sailings by container lines are having some unforeseen consequences as schedule unreliability has resulted in increased inventories, higher costs, and now a disruption to backhaul trades.