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American retailing giant Walmart is getting more into container shipping, offering its Marketplace sellers the chance to use the company’s cross border ocean shipping solution to transport China-made goods to its US fulfillment center network. Walmart’s Cross Border service is a port-to-door, full container load freight service from China to the US, according to the …
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https://splash247.com/walmart-expands-its-container-offering/There are 171 days to go until a sizeable liner alliance reshuffle, and two of the principle instigators in this container tango are well advanced in preparing for this new alignment. February 1 next year sees Hapag-Lloyd exit THE Alliance and join forces with Maersk to create the Gemini Cooperation following the disbanding of the …
The real threat of a dockworker strike at ports across the US east and Gulf coasts come October 1 could knock supply chains out of synch through to 2025, according to new research from Copenhagen. Contract negotiations have broken down between the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and port operators. The current agreement, which covers about …
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https://splash247.com/american-port-strike-looms-as-shippings-next-major-chokepoint/Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) has chosen the port terminals of the province of Colón and the province of Panama (Panama Cruise Terminal) as home ports.Between December 2024 and December 2025, there will be four NCL embarking/disembarking operations there for the Norwegian Jade and Norwegian Gem.
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/panama-lures-ncl-rci-home-port-visits-515940ChatGPT and other large language models (LLMs) cannot learn independently or acquire new skills, meaning they pose no existential threat to humanity, according to new research from the University of Bath in the UK and the Technical University of Darmstadt in Germany.The study…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/study-chatgpt-poses-fake-news-threat-not-515942The first VLCC sales since the middle of June are appearing in broking reports. The 14-year-old, Japanese-built Apollo Harmony has been sold by Idemitsu Tanker for $58m to unspecified Greek interests. The scrubber-fitted vessel has dry-docked recently and just passed its special survey. Meanwhile, Patria Nusasegara from Indonesia has recorded a today profit from the …
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https://splash247.com/vlcc-sales-reemerge-after-two-month-hiatus/Traders are moving Russian diesel cargoes to a new ship-to-ship (STS) loadings site in the northern Aegean Sea, as Western sanctions hit vessels carrying fuel loaded in Russian ports, LSEG and market sources data show.Since a full European Union…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/russian-diesel-shiptoship-transfers-515926Greek dry bulk shipowner Diana Shipping on Tuesday announced it has entered into a time charter contract with operator Paralos Shipping for one of its 2013-built Kamsarmax bulk carriers.The charter of the 81,513 dwt Astarte is expected to commence on August 18 and run through a minimum of July 15…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/diana-charters-kamsarmax-bulker-paralos-515927Shipments of limestone on the Great Lakes totaled 3.6 million tons in July, a decrease of 14.3% compared to a year ago, according to latst figures from industry trade group the Lake Carriers’ Association (LCA). The trade was also below the month’s five-year average by 9.3%.Loadings from U.S.
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/great-lakes-limestone-trade-down-july-515928Theodore, Ala. boatbuilder Silver Ships said it has recently delivered a newly built fireboat to first responders in Cape Coral, Fla.The Freedom 30 aluminum fireboat is the second vessel delivered by Silver Ships to the Cape Coral Fire Department…
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