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CMA CGM returns to profit

But discussions with investors continue as French carrier looks to cover debts

Zim returns to profit

Carrier reduces costs and benefits from a 25% increase in first-half volumes

GAC buys Finnish agent

GAC makes purchase in order to strengthen presence in the Baltic region

New anti-piracy measure to improve seafarer safety

Re-usable device creates a security perimeter around vessels that disables vessel’s propulsion

SNCF gets EC nod for emergency cash to SeaFrance

Money is expected to keep the troubled ferry operator afloat while it is in administration

APM Terminals and Cargo Service combine Danish facilities

Facilities at the port of Aarhus will be joined to provide one berth

Maersk sued by UK retailer

Danish carrier sued for allegedly reneging on container contract

'Recession is over for container industry', declares analyst

Carriers’ fear of overcapacity is being replaced by moves to order new vessels

Transatlantic rates set to increase

Carriers say they are determined to push through fourth quarter rate increases

Shipping lines demand cheaper light dues

Lobby group calls for phased reduction in fees for maintenance of UK lighthouses

ELAA to be wound-up

Container line lobby group has reached the end of its useful life, says Chairman

New hope of financial backing for CMA CGM?

Troubled ocean carrier linked with Lebanese and Turkish investment groups

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Features

Friday Focus -- No allies in Dover Straits price war

Friday Focus -- No allies in Dover Straits price war

Rival operators are blaming each other for lost traffic and revenue on Europe's busiest ferry crossing

An alternative route to achieving energy efficiency and greener shipping

Simon Burnay reflects on how a comprehensive energy management strategy for shipping could lead to significantly reduced fuel consumption

Friday Focus: Surcharges

Forwarders and shippers have been warned to expect further rate increases after the container shipping industry was hit by an unexpected container shortage

Friday Focus -- Weighing containers: is it really that difficult?

It is time for the industry to convene and discuss the various issues surrounding misdeclared container weights, argues David Cheslin

Interviews

A Q&A with James Clark

A Q&A with James Clark

US-based YRC Worldwide has completed the sale of its logistics business in a last-minute deal said to be worth US$38.7 million. YRC Logistics, bought by private equity investor Austin Ventures, has been re-branded as MIQ Logistics. Its Director of Global Services outlines plans for the future

Hong Kong: full of eastern promise for TNT

UPS and FedEx have recently set up major air freight hubs in southern China’s Pearl River Delta, but TNT remains focused on Hong Kong as its main hub for customers in ’the world’s factory’, MD Edward Lau tells IFW

Opinion

Supply chains and all that jazz

Supply chains and all that jazz

Oliver Evans, Chief Cargo Officer at Swiss International Air Lines, in his first blog for IFWtv, explains how the spontaneity and inventiveness of master jazz musicians playing together can relate to the creativity and teamwork exchanged by logistics partners

Riding the storm

Alan Whittaker, Director, NYK Logistics, International Network Solutions, on how to manage a supply chain in a market blighted by equipment and capacity shortages

Cargo community

The A-Team: Freight-talking

The A-Team:  Freight-talking

With only 10% of the Channel Tunnel’s capacity for rail freight services being used, will the tunnel ever really work for rail freight? asks Christopher Snelling

The A-Team: Seeing Red

Caroline Frostick ponders the effect on the UK recruitment sector and workforce of the government’s decision to scrap compulsory retirement

People

Claus Aagaard

Damco's new Global Head of Aid & Relief

Mariana Bigatto

CEVA appoints new Global Account Director in Brazil

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