The ship is expected to begin her voyage to Canada from the Jiangsu Yangzi-Mitsui Shipbuilding Company in China in mid-April. The vessel will cross the Pacific Ocean near the equator, transit through the Panama Canal and from there will make her way to Canada. Algoma...

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The closure of the canal from 23 – 29 March by the grounded 20,000 teu containership resulted in 422 ships being stranded unable to transit the waterway. Lieutenant-General Osama Rabie, Chairman of the SCA, announced on Saturday that the final 61 ships waiting since...

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During phase 1, the terminal operated with a 1,200 metre-long quay and in its Phase-Two, it will add an additional 400 metres, increasing the total quay length to 1,600 metres. This will add an additional throughput capacity of 1m containers to reach the previously...

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An influx of imports from Asia to the U.S. has created a bottleneck at West Coast ports, with backed up cargo ships contributing to a worldwide shortage of containers and soaring shipping rates. The volume of containers handled at the California ports of Los Angeles...

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Supply-chain bottlenecks in global shipping and semiconductor markets are adding to near-term pressures on inflation, amplifying the impact of higher commodity prices and base effects from price falls in spring last year, says Fitch Ratings in its latest Economics...

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