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...Up until the 1995 Merchant Shipping Act, receivers had the power to bear arms with which to “kill, maim or hurt” anybody obstructing their official capacities....
...Cato Brahde, chief investment officer at Oceanic Investment Management, is positioning for volatility as ships transition to cleaner fuels....
...The listed funds segment of the London market has been a particular favourite as income-focused investors have backed two ship-owning, asset-backed funds: Tufton Oceanic Assets, which floated in 2018, and...
...Shipping along the nation’s most important waterway was also affected....
...Nineteenth-century technological innovations in railways and oceanic shipping enabled the globalisation of agriculture and freed Europe’s urban population from the domination of the countryside....
...The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Marine Debris Program is responsible for worrying about the problem in the U.S., but everyone and no one is responsible for paying for it....
...A rise in ecommerce has created huge demand for long-haul shipping, which has led to a severe shortage in truck drivers....
...The largest of the four slicks covered 48 sq km, the State Oceanic Administration said....
...Hamburg Süd gets $6.2bn of its annual revenues from container shipping with the rest coming from bulk shipping....
...It had provided a “letter of undertaking” in relation to the cargo dispute that led to the seizure, concerning the fate of 10 shipping containers in Dubai in 2005....
...The “parcelcopter” flights will take place without direct human control, marking a step forward in the use of robot technology for shipping goods and airlift medication to Juist, a remote island off Germany...
...Shares of UPS are among the worst performing on the Dow Jones transport index this year. The company declined 4 per cent on Tuesday to $98.86 while rival FedEx dropped 2 per cent to $147.14....
...Shipping and payment are cited as the most common hurdles to market entry....
...The report said CEVA’s financial performance had been weakened significantly by the global supply chain industry’s shift to cheaper oceanic transport from air transport, and by its exposure to the weak southern...
...’s Maersk Line and Mediterranean Shipping Company....
...Its scale would allow it to better challenge larger rivals such as AP Møller-Maersk’s Maersk Line and Mediterranean Shipping Company Since the onset of the financial crisis in 2008 the container shipping...
...Hapag-Lloyd has been downgraded by Moody’s, the credit rating agency, amid concerns over the prospects for its balance sheet as the global shipping industry struggles with a capacity glut....
...TNT Express and UPS are two of four global “integrators” in the express delivery field, which combine ground and air transport....
...German banks were seeking to cut their exposure to shipping, rather than to take on new business, Mr Widdows said....
The group looks to be in a weak position but has carved out profitable niches
...“When you compare German shipping with Greek shipping, it’s the level of competitiveness and dynamism that makes the difference,” he says....
...Michael Frenzel, Tui’s chief executive, said Tui had set out its intention to leave container shipping in 2008, when it struck the initial deal with the consortium....
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