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Day: March 4, 2010

Port safety in spotlight after Brisbane death

Workers at Australian ports were scheduled to pause at midday as a mark of respect for a colleague who died at the port of Brisbane on Saturday afternoon. P&O Automotive and General Stevedoring worker Brad Gray was killed...

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China container sea rates up 17 percent this year

China’s container shipping freight rates have risen 17 percent this year, approaching 2008 highs, as global trade continues to recover from depressed levels in 2009, the Shanghai Shipping Exchange said on Friday. A spike...

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French shipping line misses out on aid

CMA CGM, the struggling French container shipping line, will receive no conventional state aid but has spent months trying to persuade France’s sovereign wealth fund to invest, its finance director said yesterday, saying...

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