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Recent items include:

  • Maersk launches Far East–West Coast South America service
  • Zim launches new Asia-South America loop on buoyant rates 
  • Maersk revises ASAS2 Asia–East Coast Latin America service

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container-news.com /1 month ago

Maersk launches Far East–West Coast South America service

Maersk will launch a new Far East–West Coast South America service next month, expanding its network coverage between Asia and key markets on the Pacific coast of Latin America. Th...

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joc.com /1 week ago

Zim launches new Asia-South America loop on buoyant rates 

Ocean carriers are reinjecting significant new tonnage between Asia and the east coast of South America after pulling ships away to serve an early Asia-Europe peak season.

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container-news.com /1 month ago

Maersk revises ASAS2 Asia–East Coast Latin America service

Maersk has announced changes to its ASAS2 service connecting Far East Asia with the East Coast of Latin America. The carrier confirmed the removal of westbound voyage 626W, which w...

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joc.com /1 month ago

Asia-South America rates surge after months of carrier blank sailings

Spot rates from North Asia to Brazil are pushing near two-year highs after blanks on the trade lane last month jumped to their highest in at least three years.

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theloadstar.com /1 week ago

Liners send new capacity straight into busy Asia-Latin America services

Shipping lines are adding capacity to the Asia-South America lane, as seen from assignation of the latest newbuilding deliveries. Of the six known deliveries, two ships, Maersk Tok...

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container-news.com /2 weeks ago

ZIM extends ZCX service to Pisco

ZIM Integrated Shipping Services has expanded its ZIM Colibri Express (ZCX) service by adding a call at Pisco, Peru. The revised service, linking the US East Coast with the West Co...

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container-news.com /1 month ago

APSEZ secures marine services contract for LNG export project

Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone has secured a 10-year marine services contract for the Southern Energy FLNG project in Argentina, marking APSEZ’s entry into South America and...

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theloadstar.com /3 weeks ago

Chile’s San Antonio Outer Port expansion – just in time

One defining feature of the history of containerisation has been the way it has led to the death of many inner-city working ports. The latest example is on the west coast of South...

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scmp.com /1 day ago

Cathay Pacific to add 4 Latin American destinations via Madrid code-share with Iberia

Hong Kong’s flag carrier, Cathay Pacific Airways, will expand its network by including four new destinations in Latin America via Madrid through code-share flights with Spanish air...

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joc.com /3 weeks ago

South America-US spot ocean rates climb on tighter capacity, frontloading

Capacity on the trade lane fell when US tariffs were imposed last year, and now Brazilian shippers are trying to beat the clock ahead of a new round of duties scheduled to be imple...

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indiandefensenews.in /1 month ago

Adani Ports Secures 51% Stake In Argentina’s Meridian To Expand South American Maritime Operations

Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Limited (APSEZ) has formally entered the South American maritime sector by acquiring a controlling 51% stake in Argentina-based Meridian Trans...

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container-news.com /1 month ago

Hapag-Lloyd adds PSS from Far East to Latin America and Caribbean

Hapag-Lloyd is set to apply a peak season surcharge (PSS) on cargo moving from the Far East to the West Coast and East Coast of South America, Mexico, Central America and the Carib...

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asia.nikkei.com /1 month ago

Brazil to ramp up oil output as Asia looks for Iran alternative

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geopoliticalfutures.com /2 weeks ago

South American Sovereignty Amid US-China Competition

The clearest sign of South America’s strategic evolution is the arrival of modern combat aircraft in Brazil and Argentina. In March, Brazil unveiled the first Gripen fighter assemb...

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container-news.com /1 week ago

Maersk increases emergency contingency surcharge to West Coast Latin America

Maersk has announced higher Emergency Contingency Surcharges (ECS) for shipments from the Indian Subcontinent to the West Coast of Latin America, the Caribbean and Central America....

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chriscruises.com /1 month ago

South American Gems Lead The Tourism Surge

The tourism landscape across the Americas is experiencing a vibrant resurgence, led by the remarkable growth of Brazil and Argentina as premier global travel destinations. New indu...

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container-news.com /1 month ago

Port of Koper adds fourth direct Asia service with new MSC connection

Port of Koper has expanded its Asian connectivity after welcoming the first call of MSC’s new PHOENIX container service. The vessel MSC AGAMEMNON VIII made its inaugural call at Ko...

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newsamericasnow.com /1 month ago

Africa, The Global South & The Guyana-Venezuela Case

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container-news.com /1 month ago

CMA CGM launches Mekong Transpacific Express between Vietnam and US West Coast

CMA CGM is strengthening its Vietnam-US network with the launch of the new Mekong Transpacific Express (MTE) service. The carrier will transform its existing Java Sea Express (JAX)...

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joc.com /1 month ago

CMA CGM suspends Asia-US pendulum service

The Marseille-based carrier has ended a 14,000-TEU per week service that called Asia and both US Coasts, deploying bigger ships on an existing East Coast service and a new West Coa...

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