Taipei box terminal a boon for shippers

Four seafarers from the sunken cargo ship Fu Shun remain missing off Taiwan’s coast after Typhoon Gaemi, with the captain’s body found.

Typhoon Gaemi has sunk a tanker off the Philippines, killing one crew member, and a general cargo vessel off Taiwan, leaving six crew members missing.

Taiwan International Ports Corporation (TIPC) has concluded a long-term lease agreement with Seoul-based HMM for berths 76-78 at the port of Kaohsiung. The deal will lead to the South Korean carrier investing in new equipment and using the port as one of its primary Asia-Pacific operations centres.

HMM NURI is the first of a new generation of eight 16,000 TEU ships operated by Hyundai Merchant Marine

Hyundai Merchant Marine’s Korea Middle-East Express (KME) service, has begun calling at DaChan Bay Terminals on its eastbound routing

From the end of November, DP World London Gateway will become the regular UK port of call for the 2M alliance’s AE7/Condor Asia-Europe-Asia service