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On June 25, 2018 local time, 234 immigrants on the Lifeline rescue boat were trapped in Maltese. Although the immigrants were rescued on Wednesday, including 14 women and 4 children, the rescue ship is still stranded in the Mediterranean. Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior, Salviani, refused to accept the immigration on board. The maximum passenger capacity on this vessel is only 50 people, so it can be said to be in a state of overload. On the 22nd, Italy and Malta refused to receive the "Lifeline" rescue boat. The rescue boat can only be temporarily parked on the high seas. On the 23rd, the Maltese government stated that they are willing to provide aid about food and water and so on for the refugees. At the same time, a Danish vessel carrying more than 100 refugees was temporarily parked in the sea near Sicily, Italy. The person in charge of the boat said that ......    If you want to see more pictures, and learn more,pls click here: http:/

Jacques Sarder, died on June 24th (Sunday) at the age of 81.Looking back his life, He contributed a lot to the maritime industry.   In 1978, Jacques Sarder moved to France, where he established the Maritime Corporation (CMA).At that time, he had only four employees and a boat serving between Marseille and Beirut. In 1983, it was the first time to ship out of the Mediterranean Sea and cross the Suez Canal. In 1986, it started a service linking Northern Europe and Asia. In October 1992, CMA-CGM officially landed on the Chinese market - CMA China. Since its establishment, CMA China has relied on the strong shipping strength of CMA Group making great progress. As well as, with the help of its global service network, China can also provide fast, high-quality, and efficient shipping services to Chinese customers in this period. In 2005, because of successful acquisition, CMA-CGM became No. 3 container global carrier around the world. Nowadays, the CMA Group operates 244 container ship

On the 25th, Beijing time, under the promotion of the government’s Blue Sky Action, China surpassed Japan to become the world’s first natural gas importing country. For a country that has not imported any natural gas15 years ago, it is a very important milestone. That also highly shows that how quickly China has acted in replacing natural gas with coal to achieve pollution reduction targets. Especially for the northern regions in China, it has already implemented plans of natural gas usage for millions of families and factories.   According to the data released by the General Administration of Customs, in May, China imported 7.41 million tons of natural gas through gas pipelines and maritime transport. Based on this statistics,......  If you want to see more pictures, and learn more,pls click here: http://sowoll.com/en/dnewsdetail/844.html

On May 6 th , a giant container ship belonging to Hapag-Land, Santos Express, suddenly deviated from the channel when it entered the port of Santos, Brazil at local time 20:30. It not only continuously hit 3 ships, but also nearly hit the ferry terminal. That was terrible. Santos Express was almost advancing on the edge of the dock. Nearly hit the ferry terminal was also a very vivid image. The situation at that time was truly very dangerous. The three ferries that were hit were FB-18, FB-19 and FB-28. The first two ships were idle at that time. The FB28 was just arrived at the Guatuuja terminal, just finishing vehicles unloading. Three ferries were seriously damaged. However, according to what eyewitnesses said, before the collision...... If you want to see the picture, and learn more,pls click here: http://sowoll.com/en/blog/post/379-continuously-hit-3-ships-pass-over-the-pier-300-meters-giant-wheel-loses-control

Recently, China Merchants Port Holdings Company Limited announced that it had formally completed the acquisition of Port of Newcastle, Australia on June 14. It is reported that the state-owned company acquired 50% equity of the port at a total consideration of 607.5 million Australian dollars (approximately 2.9 billion yuan). Now, China has won the world's largest coal export port. And we gained 98-years management rights! Newcastle, the oldest port in Australia, is located on the east coast of Australia....... If you want to see the picture, and learn more,pls click here: http://sowoll.com/en/dnewsdetail/843.html

On June 21st, YouPin Terminal of Dalian Port completed the unloading of the “Asian Progress 5” wheel of the Singapore-owned oil tanker. It is wonderful that the domestic first crude oil futures smoothly unloaded to the designated delivery warehouse of PetroChina International Storage & Transportation Co., Ltd. After the official listing of domestic crude oil futures, this finished unloading is a symbol of the beginning of a substantial phase in China's future crude oil transactions. Nowadays, China has become the world's largest crude oil importing country, meanwhile, it is also the world's second largest consumer of crude oil. On March 26, China's crude oil futures were officially listed on the Shanghai International Energy Trading Center. As domestic first internationalized futures product in China, the listing of crude oil futures provides domestic crude oil consumers with hedging and risk avoidance channels, which is more conducive to the formation of a pri

There are accidents every year. However, This year is extremely happening many times.464 containers burned in a large explosion, involving a number of shipping companies.   A serious fire broke out on Maersk Honam on March 6, 2018. Only three months after it passed, a container ship explosion and fire broke out again! ! The information of the ship: SSL KOLKATA / 1118TEU / Made in 2006 Involving common-class carriers: This ship is a Calcutta transit public barge. And it included Gold Star Line / Hyundai / Maersk / MCC / Safmarine / Seago / Sealand / Zim Lines It is reported that on June 14,......  If you want to see pictures, and learn more, pls click here: http://sowoll.com/en/blog/post/377-464-containers-burned-in-a-large-explosion

Insiders pointed out that the e-commerce giants have been rushing into the logistics field, which was born out of new retail sales. However, for another deeper perspective, logistics will become an important new type of infrastructure construction opportunities. If someone can win this competition, it means who will maintain a strong long-term competitive advantage.   With the approaching of 618, the real-time logistics war started. Suning.com "preemptively rushed ahead of schedule" started the mid-year big promotion. It is reported that as of 12:00 am on June, 1, the rate of completion of "preemptive" order has reached 99.9%. Suning's AGV robots have also entered a big rhythm of promotion. Facing crazy refreshing commodity orders, the robotic warehouse group picks more than 5,000 parcels per hour on average, and the fastest time is just 10 minutes for parcel selection. ...... If you want to see pictures, and learn more, pls click here:  http://sowoll.com/en/

This year's Islamic Ramadan was ending, the Muslim was joyful to wait the arrival of Eid al-Fitr (June 15). Eid al-Fitr is a grand festival which is equivalent to the Han’s Spring Festival. They are concentrated in western Asia and northern Africa (Arab countries, Central and West Africa, Central and West Asia, and Pakistan). Only about half of the people in Lebanon, Chad, Nigeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Malaysia believe in Islam. During the month of Ramadan, there have been affected many businesses about import and export, especially, freight forwarding companies that businesses concentrated in the Middle East Muslim region. Due to the Ramadan, the government and enterprises adjusted their working hours, including customs and ports, freight forwarders, warehousing and other institutions and enterprises. Therefore, the import and export business of Islamic countries during the month of Ramadan fell into a state of depression. Therefore,...... If you want to see the picture, a

At about 16:00 on June 11, the suspected container, “Spring in Central Lake”, was dropped and hit the refueling vessel, “JinYou 8” at the Tianjin Port Pacific International Container Terminal. It is reported that at about 17:10 on June 11, 2018, the suspected container, “Spring in Central Lake” was unloaded at the Pacific International D04 berth. Due to the bottom of the box lock was not opened, the containers to sway during lifting, causing the first row 5 storey containers collectively rolled over the sea. What’s worse...... Learn more: http://sowoll.com/en/blog/post/375-tianjin-port-a-container-dropped-and-hit-a-refueling-vessel

Nowadays, cold storage is a cold-chain logistics warehousing equipment which is very popular in our daily life. Not only can we make our life more and more convenient, but also can our dream of having a chance to enjoy fresh fruits and vegetables with high quality from all over the country come true. Seafood and aquatic products with high requirements for freshness can also be transported. The birth of played a positive role in promoting many kinds of industries. Also it is benefit for operators to gain more profit. Firstly, experts indicated that different kind of industries has different requirement, for example, the storage of food, medicine processing, chemical material, sperm, vaccine, etc. All of these are in great demand and currently attracting much attention. In the long-term storage process, it must be completed by cold storage technology to ensure that the freshness cycle of these qualities can be extended. Secondly,...... Learn more: http://sowoll.com/en/blog/post/

According to the Singapore United Morning Post, US officials revealed that President Trump has decided to impose "significant" tariffs on Chinese goods. At the same time, China warned that if the United States chooses to exacerbate trade tensions, China is ready to fight back. U.S. officials and sources said that because the United States and North Korea have established a direct dialogue channel, Trump no longer believes that China’s influence on North Korea is a reason for him not to impose tariffs. Trump showed him determination and said: "I must do what I need to do to balance the trade deficit." ...... Learn more: http://sowoll.com/en/dnewsdetail/837.html

APL stated that for concealment, omission, or false declaration of the goods' name, APL will collect corresponding liquidated damages from July 3, 2018. The scope of this provision includes: POL: China Mainland and Hong Kong Destination: All areas Concealment, omission, or false declaration of the goods' name of Dangerous Goods (DGM): $ 10,000 per Natural Container...... Learn more: http://sowoll.com/en/dnewsdetail/836.html

The business volume index of China Logistics Prosperity Index (LPI) came in at 56.1 in May, up from 54.6 in April.1 10 of the 12 sub - indices were in expansionary zone in May. The business volume index rose by 1.5 pts from the previous month to 56.1 in May, indicating an acceleration in the growth of logistics activities in the month. Meanwhile, the new orders index went up from 52.9 in April to 54.5 in May, showing that the new orders for logistics services have increased at a faster pace recently. The employment index rose slightly from 51.7 in April to 51.8 in May, indicating a mild increase in the employment in the logistics sector in May.  ..... Learn more: http://sowoll.com/en/dnewsdetail/835.html

On the afternoon of June 4, a bulk carrier from Capesize spontaneously ignited in Italy . It is reported that on the afternoon of June 4 ( local time ) ,a   bulk carrier , NBA VAN GOGH , was spontaneously ignited when it was docked at the Torres Port Industrial Area in Sardinia, Italy. The bulk carrier was loaded with coal.       According to  the report, the ship continued to unload coal after berthing on May 30. And when it spontaneously ignited , there are about 66,000 tons of coal still load ed  on the ship. The firefighters stated that the fire had been extinguished .On the 4 th  night, the firefighters were monitoring the temperature  successfully. .... Learn more: http://sowoll.com/en/dnewsdetail/834.html

Wanhai Shipping adjusted the Klang Port ’ s  Bill of Lading Regulations! All foreign trade freight forward ers  need to pay more attention ! It is reported that a notice regarding the adjustment of the new regulations in the port of Klang was published   in recent days . When the new regulation published, the Klang Port Bill of Lading must provide: 1. Name of consigner 2. Consigner address 3.  N ame of consignee 4. Consignee address, telephone/fax number 5. Consignee Company Registration No. (BRN) If the consignee is To O rder, the notify party number must be provided If the consignee is A n |I ndividual, you must provide the NRIC or passport number 6. Notifier name, address, telephone/fax number .... Learn more: http://sowoll.com/en/dnewsdetail/833.html

It is reported that APL Shipping has recently issued a notice regarding the charging of incorrectly stated fees.  Details as below: As of July 3, 2018, APL will charge wrong declaration/error description fees in the following areas: Origin: China Destination: All Including: DG error declaration/ description cost (DGM), $10,000 per container Non-DG Error declaration/ d escription Fee (MMC), $1,000 per container It should be noted that the shipper must guarantee the accuracy of the description of the goods in the booking and bill of lading (BL). After  the shipment arrived, if the shipper incorrectly declares the goods, he shall pay the carrier an error declaration/description fee. Learn more: http://sowoll.com/en/blog/post/374-attention-from-july-3-a-wrong-declaration-fee-will-be-charge

It is reported that COSCO   will build   a port on the Pacific coast of Peru  which is worth about 12.8 billion . It is reported that the port will be located in the town of Chancay, which is 60 kilometers (36 miles) north of Lima, the capital of Peru.  T he port was owned by Peruvian miner Volcan  before. T he new port of Chancay  was established many years ago, and it is expected to open in 2019. On the morning of June 1 st   (local time) ,   Chinalco held the opening ceremony of the Tromoc expansion project in the Presidential Palace of Peru.   Peruvian President ,  Biscala ;  Peruvian Minister of Energy and Mines ,  Francisco Italo ; Chinese Ambassador to Peru , Jiagui De ; and  Chinalco   Chairman , Ge Honglin  were attended. In the speech,   Ambassador Jia Guixi stated that Chinalco’s investment of 1.3 billion U.S. dollars for the phase II expansion of the Tromoc project will directly or indirectly create 9,000 jobs . T he annual production value will reach 1.6 billion U

In the afternoon of June 7,a smart route conference with the theme of Serve One Belt and One Road , Serve Central and Eastern Europe”   was held at the Ningbo International Convention and Exhibition Center. T h e current challenges of “One Belt and One Road” in Central and Eastern European trade logistics  are High logistics costs, long freight cycles, inability to set up port capacity, sparse routes, and imperfect freight supporting services , etc. In order to face these challenges, Ningbo Free Trade Zone established the “One Belt and One Road” smart route  with COSCO , which will   leverage on the unique advantages of the Ningbo Bonded Zone’s trade agglomeration, regional functions, and the port , etc.  Learn more: http://sowoll.com/en/dnewsdetail/832.html