MSC Kaya Maiden Call at APM Terminals Moin
MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company vessel MSC Katya R. became the largest ever container ship to berth at APM Terminals Moin last month. Its first call at the terminal was part of a new weekly transatlantic reefer service.Measuring 281m long and 32.2 m wide, it can transport up to 4,200 TEUs. To date the record at APM Terminals Moin stood at 3,800 TEUs.“We feel very proud to continue expanding the horizons and open new opportunities for national trade, undoubtedly this event contributes to raising the level of port competitiveness in our country”, said Kenneth Waugh, Manager Director of APM Terminals Moin.“We will continue working to guarantee the arrival of increasingly larger ships and the incorporation of new commercial routes”…
CMA CGM, SEATRADE Launch Joint Reefer Service
Container shipping firm CMA CGM Group and reefer transport specialist SEATRADE Group will together create a new vessel sharing agreement incorporating the services known by CMA CGM as PAD and by Seatrade as MERIDIAN, linking Northern Europe, the East Coast of the U.S., Central America, the Pacific Islands, Australia, New Zealand, Peru and the Caribbean on a weekly basis. The new service, expected to launch in October 2017, will bring together CMA CGM, SEATRADE and shipping company MARFRET and improve their frequency and port coverage.
Good Friday Container Gate Operations at Charleston
Truck gates at Charleston's container terminals will be open on Friday, April 18th, 2014 with modified holiday work hours. The interchange lanes and yard will be open from 0800 to 1200 and from 1300 to 1700. Empties, Dry Loads, and Chassis must be Interchanged in by 1630. If the Ocean Carriers are providing Reefer Service, the Reefers must be Interchanged in by 1600. In addition, drivers and dispatchers are encouraged to schedule and spread out work to avoid queues around the noon to 1300 gate closure. HOLIDAY WORK DAY: OPEN 8:00 AM - noon, 1:00 PM - 5:00PM South Carolina Ports
COA Making Sure Reefer Refrigerant the Real Thing
The Container Owners Association (COA) has had to develop a new global online database of refrigeration machinery repair companies, following 5 separate explosions that caused 3 deaths in 2011. Investigations into the incidents, which resulted in three deaths, concluded that the refrigeration machines had contained a gas other than the refrigerant R134a for which they were designed to operate on, which had created explosive gases inside the system. After testing samples from over 10…
Seatrade Starts S. Africa Service
Seatrade started a fixed scheduled weekly reefer service between Rotterdam and Cape Town. Once in April the season for citrus starts, Seatrade wants to add a call in Durban. Northbound the five conventional reefer vessels can each carry hundred 40"containers as well.
OT Africa Line expands Reefer Service
In response to the rising demand for specialist containers on the steadily maturing West Africa trade, OT Africa Line (OTAL) has introduced a range of 40 ft. and 40 ft. high cube refrigerated containers (reefers). These containers are a new addition to the OTAL fleet which currently comprises of 20 ft. reefers, ventilated containers, dry vans, flatracks, collapsible flatracks and open tops and 40 ft. high cubes, dry vans, flatracks, collapsible flatracks, and open tops. The new reefers will be used to transport the growing number of perishable products imported and exported by West Africa every day. OTAL's new 40 ft. and 40 ft. high cube reefers are made from muffler grade stainless steel (MGSS) and have six lashing points on each side of the internal bottom rail.
