PT.ZHONGHAI INDO SHIPPING

Nine unrelated ocean carriers have filed a complaint with the The Federal Maritime Commission against the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. The FMC has assigned this its Docket No. 11-12 and has begun the formal process. The complaint was filed by China Shipping Container Lines, Cosco Container Lines, Evergreen Line, Hanjin Shipping, Horizon lines, K-Line, NYK Line, United Arab Shipping Company, and Yang Ming Marine Transport. These carriers allege that the Port Authority of New York, acting as a marine terminal operator, violated the Shipping Act because through adoption and implementation of its published tariff provisions the Port.

A LINER consortium will omit one of two calls at Durban on a single sailing of their joint Asia/Africa service, according to Hapag-Lloyd, one of the service operators.
The loop, called WAX by China Shipping and "K" Line, SWX by NYK Line and WSX by Hapag-Lloyd, has an existing rotation of Shanghai, Ningbo, Xiamen, Shenzhen-Shekou, Singapore, Port Kelang, Durban, Tema, Lome, Cotonou, Lagos-Tin Can Island, Durban, Port Kelang, Singapore and Shanghai.
Due to delays on the eastbound leg, the call at Durban is being deleted on an existing sailing now due to call Port Kelang on September 9, with the vessel sailing straight from Lagos to Port Kelang, Hapag-Lloyd said.
Cargo moving from West Africa to Durban will be transshipped in Port Kelang and unloaded in Durban on the westbound leg of the service departing September 10 from the Malaysian port. Export cargo from Durban to Asia will be rolled over to the next eastbound sailing.
The loop is operated with 11 vessels (four from China Shipping, three each from K Line and NYK, and one from Hapag-Lloyd) with an average capacity of 2,559 TEU.

A.P. Moeller-Maersk A/S, owner of the world’s biggest container shipping line, and 14 other carriers will seek a peak-season surcharge two months later than previously scheduled amid weaker-than-expected demand.
The shipping lines will ask customers to pay an additional fee for cargo to the U.S. from Asia, the 15-member Transpacific Stabilization Agreement said in an e-mailed statement dated Aug. 3. The group had said in November it would impose a $400 per 40- foot container surcharge from June 15.
Maersk and the other 14 member lines refrained from adding surcharges in June and July, a sign that the seasonal increase in demand as U.S. retailers restock for back-to-school and holiday shopping periods is weaker than usual.