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Hong Kong Seeks Logistics Upgrades to Compete with China

Hong Kong’s Association of Freight Forwarding and Logistics seeks infrastructure upgrades

JAXPORT Now Offering Refrigerated Cargo Service to Africa

Jacksonville Port Authority (JAXPORT)

Galborg USA has the first refrigerated cargo vessel in their new service arrive this week

Ocean Shippers Cut Carbon Emissions

Report shows data representing 2,300 ships cut their carbon emissions 7% in 2011 to 2012

UPS to Offer New Cold Chain Shipping Solution

United Parcel Service (UPS)

Announcement is focused at healthcare and pharmaceuticals, but could temperature-sensitive food products be next?

Ocean Ports & Carriers

Maersk Misjudged Market Demand, Admits CEO

A.P. Moller- Maersk

Shipper now counting on cargo-sharing Alliance to cut costs

Risk/Compliance

Freight Forwarders Can Be Sketchy on Compliance

Sometimes freight forwarders are not always trustworthy on trade compliance

Ocean Ports & Carriers

DOT Announces $474 Million in TIGER Grants

U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT)

Funds go towards 52 transportation projects in 37 states

Wider Panama Canal to Boost Backhaul Opportunities

Too many ships move from Asia full and then back across the Pacific far from full

Ocean Ports & Carriers

New Import Taxes Proposed

Money raised will go towards improving port infrastructure

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The Week Ahead in 60 Seconds: "Why Drewry’s Container Shipping Forecast Matters"

186 million TEUs will be added to global container port demand by 2017

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Faroe Island Fish Imports Banned by EU

Long-running fight over herring and mackerel fishing results in ban

Global Reefer Demand Heading Higher

New technologies and container designs are supporting growth.

A slowdown in Chinese economic growth has hammered the global shipping industry, which exited the Great Recession to take advantage of low interest rates to buy new ships to handle a rising amount of coal, iron ore and consumer goods. But as China’s factories scale back and the economies of Europe and North America gear down, the amount of cargo traversing the oceans has slowed.

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