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Research Looks to Bring Ocean-going Tug-Barge Combos Between Montreal, Toronto

Currently, only Seaway-max size ships (2,500 TEU) can sail between the Port of Montreal and the Port of Toronto on Lake Ontario, the biggest container port on the Great Lakes. However, research is underway in the U.S. and elsewhere that offers the promise of oceanic tug-barge combinations that could be suited to this shipping route.

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CaroTrans Adds Direct Le Havre-to-Charleston Import Service

CaroTrans, a non-vessel operating common carrier and ocean freight consolidator, has added an expedited service for less-than-containerload (LCL) import cargoes from Le Havre, France to Charleston, S.C.

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Asian Yards Criticized for Substandard Shipbreaking Practices, But China Said to Act Responsibly

The NGO Shipbreaking Platform has just published its fifth South Asia Quarterly Update re-igniting the on-going debate about the practice of breaking ships on beaches in Southern Asia. In it, China looks pretty good.

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Crowley Adds Flat-Deck Barge to Puerto Rico Service

Crowley Liner Services has added a flat-deck barge to its Puerto Rico service.

Imports on Rise as U.S. West Coast Ports Recover from Work Slowdown

Import cargo volume at the nation's major retail container ports is expected to rise 8 percent this month over the same time last year as West Coast ports continue to recover from a backlog of cargo that built up before a tentative new labor agreement was signed, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report released by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates.

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Number of Shipping Losses Drops by Half Over Past Decade

Shipping losses worldwide have declined by 50 percent over the past decade, but 75 ships were lost in 2014, according to a recent study.

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Rates on Major East-West Ocean Cargo Lanes on Rise for First Time in Years

Ocean freight rates for cargoes moving under contracts on major East-West routes have increased for the first time in years, according to Drewry's Benchmarking Club, a closed user group of multinational retailers and manufacturers seeking to more closely monitor their international freight costs.

China Hopes 50 Countries to Join Its Modern Silk Road Trade Project

China's President Xi Jinping said he hoped his nation's annual trade with the countries involved in Beijing's plan to create a modern Silk Road would surpass $2.5tr in a decade.

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Fighting in Yemen Threatens Highly Important Sea Lanes Used for Oil Transportation

Conflict in Yemen risks spilling out into the busy sea lanes that pass it and potentially disrupt the narrow Bab el-Mandeb passage through which nearly four million barrels of oil are shipped daily to Europe, the United States and Asia.

CaroTrans Expands Asia Import Service Network

CaroTrans, a global non-vessel operating common carrier and ocean freight consolidator, has introduced an import service from Shanghai, China to Seattle, Wash. and Portland, Ore. in the Pacific Northwest.

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Decline in Oil Prices Aids Dry Cargo Growth, But Harms Project Cargo Shipping

Global dry cargo demand growth, forecast at 5 percent per annum from 2016 to 2019, should be offset by falling project cargo volumes over the next 12 to 18 months, according to the latest edition of the Multipurpose Shipping Market Review and Forecaster, published by Drewry Maritime Research.

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