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Container lines are blanking very few sailings in the traditional slack season around Chinese New Year, as they continue to try and cope with unprecedented demand and disruption caused by empty container shortages.
The Mindanao Container Terminal (MCT) in the Philippines has welcomed the start of a new Regional Container Lines’ (RCL) service connecting the Philippines’ Visayas and Mindanao regions to Asia and the Middle East via Singapore.
Shanghai port posted a new record container volume of 43.5m teu in 2020, retaining the title of the world’s busiest container port for the 11th year in a row.
ICTSI subsidiary Specialised Container Terminal (TECII) Contecon Manzanillo, in Mexico, closed 2020 with a record volume of just over 1m teu up 1.03% compared to 998,006 teu the year before.
The Isle of Man Ship Registry (IOMSR) has appointed its first permanent representative in China in the person of Jonathan Kingdon, an experienced naval architect, newbuilding project manager and Mandarin speaker.