The independent common carrier commenced its Inter-Egypt Service this week and will launch its Egypt Izmir Service at the beginning of January.

The Taiwanese ocean carrier will purchase slots on the CKI service, which is jointly operated by KMTC and TS Lines.

The Eurofos terminal, which is located in the French Mediterranean port’s western harbor, acquired two 54-meter high cranes with a 72-meter outreach.

The Evergreen Group’s Colon Container Terminal will be equipped to handle the much larger containerships that will be able to transit the Panama Canal when its expansion project is completed early next year.

Meanwhile, aggregate spot container rates as measured by the Shanghai Containerized Freight Index fell 7.6 percent from last week, as rates from Shanghai to Northwest Europe and the Mediterranean tumbled 20.6 percent and 16.9 percent, respectively.

Florida International Terminals will relocate its terminal within the south end of the port as part of the new 10-year deal in order to accommodate an expansion project at the South Florida port.

The Maersk intra-Americas affiliate’s “Atlantico” service from Altamira and Veracruz will offer rapid transit time to shippers of produce and other foodstuffs, according to a statement from SeaLand.

Federal Maritime Commissioner William P. Doyle says he is predisposed to give carriers flexibility in adjusting alliance structures to align with the current realities of ocean shipping industry consolidation.

Monthly volumes at the Southern California port have exceeded 700,000 TEUs for the past six months, and the port is currently preparing for the arrival of the largest containership ever to call a U.S. port.

The Prince Rupert Port Authority and port terminal operator DP World have agreed to study the further expansion of the Fairview Container Terminal beyond its current enlargement project.