en-gb Tue, 7 Sep 2010 17:53:40 GMT Copyright: (C) Handy Shipping Guide, see http://www.handyshippingguide.com terms for terms and conditions of use INDIA – MYANMAR – Highway NH 39, which links Assam with the Indo-Myanmar border is largely unknown in the West, but currently host to a deadly game which highlights the dangers facing freight truckers around the globe. For over 250 miles the road wanders from India to the old state of Burma passing through Nagaland and Manipur, scenes of a bitter dispute over sovereignty. http://www.handyshippingguide.com/shipping-news/violence-haunts-freight-truckers-on-highway-nh-39_2071 Mon, 6 Sep 2010 23:17 GMT http://www.handyshippingguide.com/shipping-news/violence-haunts-freight-truckers-on-highway-nh-39_2071 NEW ZEALAND – GERMANY – DHL and the world’s rugby authorities confirmed today that the company are the chosen logistics providers for the forthcoming Rugby Union World Cup which opens on 9th September 2011. Responsibilities will include not only the basic freight movements of kit and equipment but the essential and difficult task of ticket distribution worldwide. http://www.handyshippingguide.com/shipping-news/dhl-to-handle-logistics-for-rugby-world-cup_2069 Mon, 6 Sep 2010 17:46 GMT http://www.handyshippingguide.com/shipping-news/dhl-to-handle-logistics-for-rugby-world-cup_2069 INDONESIA – BANGLADESH - It seems that there has been an alarming rise in pirate attacks in the South China Sea region with the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) Piracy Reporting Centre saying there have now been 27 attacks since February. Constant news of kidnappings and robberies from the Gulf of Aden has rather overshadowed the fact that the seas around Indonesia have traditionally been dangerous for bulk and container shipping passing through. http://www.handyshippingguide.com/shipping-news/new-pirate-hot-spot-as-attacks-on-shipping-escalate_2068 Mon, 6 Sep 2010 06:57 GMT http://www.handyshippingguide.com/shipping-news/new-pirate-hot-spot-as-attacks-on-shipping-escalate_2068 RUSSIA – CANADA – In past articles we have charted the progress of the courageous (and profit hungry) souls who have risked opening up new ways to transit the dangerous frozen waters of the Arctic Ocean to the North of Siberia and through the Bering Sea. A year ago we pointed out how Beluga Shipping’s historic voyage carrying freight through the North East passage might open the sea route as a rival to the Suez Canal within a decade. http://www.handyshippingguide.com/shipping-news/northern-freight-passages-hold-dangers-for-cargo-shipping-and-tankers-alike_2067 Sat, 4 Sep 2010 15:16 GMT http://www.handyshippingguide.com/shipping-news/northern-freight-passages-hold-dangers-for-cargo-shipping-and-tankers-alike_2067 NETHERLANDS – Almost 80% of visitors to the 24th Air Cargo Forum in Kuala Lumpur said they would return to the next event in Amsterdam and along with over 90% of exhibitors doing the same, the 25th event, at Amsterdam’s Schipol Airport in November, the International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations (FIATA) has now accepted an invitation from the organisers to present the forwarders’ perspective on logistics and supply chain issues. http://www.handyshippingguide.com/shipping-news/air-cargo-exposition-boosted-by-fiata-presence_2065 Sat, 4 Sep 2010 09:14 GMT http://www.handyshippingguide.com/shipping-news/air-cargo-exposition-boosted-by-fiata-presence_2065 GERMANY – It may be that Michael Kuehne’s wishes for TUI AG to dispose of their remaining share of Hapag Lloyd are about to come true. Speculation surrounds TUI’s next move after they seem to be keen on purchasing the balance of stock (42.5%) in TUI Travel which they do not own. TUI sold off a large part of the German container shipping line to the Albert Ballin Corporation in April 2009 at a time when Hapag’s potential losses were damaging TUI. http://www.handyshippingguide.com/shipping-news/german-container-shipping-line-profits-reinforce-sale-rumours_2063 Fri, 3 Sep 2010 07:18 GMT http://www.handyshippingguide.com/shipping-news/german-container-shipping-line-profits-reinforce-sale-rumours_2063 GERMANY – We often publish articles on the rapid progress being made by smaller independent manufacturers fighting to supply cutting edge technology low emission vehicles for the delivery of short or medium range freight contracts. Now the big guns are taking the challenge seriously and you can be sure progress will be rapid when companies like Mercedes Benz have turned their attention to the growing market. http://www.handyshippingguide.com/shipping-news/electric-freight-vehicles-to-be-delivered-to-deutsche-post_2061 Thu, 2 Sep 2010 16:22 GMT http://www.handyshippingguide.com/shipping-news/electric-freight-vehicles-to-be-delivered-to-deutsche-post_2061 JAPAN – PAKISTAN – WORLDWIDE – The catastrophic floods in Pakistan have meant a scramble to arrange the logistics to convey and distribute essential life saving supplies to the stricken country. Once again the freight community has been seen as among the first to react, offering more than just sympathy. This time Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) have stepped up with an extraordinary offer of help. http://www.handyshippingguide.com/shipping-news/another-shipping-group-steps-up-with-disaster-relief_2058 Wed, 1 Sep 2010 17:12 GMT http://www.handyshippingguide.com/shipping-news/another-shipping-group-steps-up-with-disaster-relief_2058 US – The OPA 90 regulations, introduced after the Exxon Valdez oil spill in March 1989, have recently been revised in the light of recent similar tragedies and in particular the Deepwater Horizon affair in the Gulf of Mexico. Penalties for environmental damage can now extend into billions of dollars which can only be mitigated by prompt and effective action. The regulation changes plus new Marine Firefighting Regulations persuaded the Marine Response Alliance LLC (MRA) to take a hard look at their capabilities and have prompted the introduction of a new member. http://www.handyshippingguide.com/shipping-news/saving-property-and-lives-at-sea-for-the-shipping-community_2057 Wed, 1 Sep 2010 16:38 GMT http://www.handyshippingguide.com/shipping-news/saving-property-and-lives-at-sea-for-the-shipping-community_2057 JAPAN – When international oil prices jumped in the 1970’s Mitsui OSK Lines cancelled tankers and moved swiftly into container shipping, just as the seemingly unstoppable rise in trade using 20’ and 40’ boxes gathered momentum. Now, with much of the world in the grip of recession, the Japanese group seem, once again, to be ahead of the game. http://www.handyshippingguide.com/shipping-news/as-container-and-bulk-shipping-shrinks-lng-frontiers-open-up_2054 Wed, 1 Sep 2010 09:02 GMT http://www.handyshippingguide.com/shipping-news/as-container-and-bulk-shipping-shrinks-lng-frontiers-open-up_2054