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•  Canada Transpacific Stablisation Agreement to up rates US$400/FEU mid-March 2012/02/15
•  US January boxed imports rise 13.4pc from December, up 5.8pc year on year 2012/02/13
•  CMA CGM ups Africa rates while MSC increases Adriatic-Red Sea rate in March 2012/02/13
•  Hamburg stevedore HHLA overtakes Antwerp and Rotterdam in box volumes 2012/02/10
•  MSC to increase Europe to India rates US$200/TEU in March and April 2012/02/10
•  AADA hikes bunker surcharge to US$675/TEU, $1,350/FEU from March 10 2012/02/09
•  OOCL raises US$300 per TEU for north/east Asia-Australia loops March 15 2012/02/09
•  Rate pressure expected on Med trades as added capacity undermines demand 2012/02/08
•  OOCL announces US$800/TEU Asia-Europe rate increase effective March 1 2012/02/08
•  Pearl River Delta volumes threatened by factory migration inland 2012/02/07
•  Shanghai customs trade value rises 18.6pc to US$812.3 billion in 2012 2012/02/07
•  Drewry: Carriers hit on-time high with Maersk, Hanjin and Cosco leading 2012/02/06
•  MOL containership rescues 116 after ferry sinks off Papua New Guinea 2012/02/06
•  Hanjin Shipping increases Asia-Europe rates US$700/TEU from March 1 2012/02/03
•  Cosco announces wide range of rate hikes and surcharges on main trades 2012/02/03
•  CMA CGM, CSCL and UASC mass their mega ships on joint Asia-Mideast loop 2012/02/02
•  Maersk Line increases Asia-Europe rates US$775/TEU from February 15 2012/02/02
•  APL raises rates US$50 per TEU, and surcharges for India-Europe/Med loops 2012/02/01
•  Hapag-Lloyd to raise Far East westbound rates US$750 per TEU from March 2012/02/01
•  NYK`s December transpac eastbound up 7pc, Asia Europe westbound rises 3pc 2012/01/31
•  Maersk makes counter moves, adding and subtracting Asia-Europe capacity 2012/01/30
•  Belgian sea and airport strikes feared this week to protest euro austerity 2012/01/30
•  Maersk slow steams, adding 7 days to China-Indian subcontinent loop 2012/01/18
•  Somali pirates release Hong Kong`s Anglo-Eastern ship held since August 2012/01/18
•  CNC and Hainan Pan Ocean launch south east Asia loop from Tianjin 2012/01/16
•  Rate increases slow after carriers implement pre-CNY surcharges 2012/01/16
•  Safmarine appoints Grant Daly to replace Tomas Dyrbye as chief executive 2012/01/13
•  Moody`s downgrades Wan Hai`s credit outlook to negative from stable 2012/01/13
•  No more oil leaks from broken Rena`s as containership now 75pc submerged 2012/01/12
•  Taiwan`s CNC charters box space on MOL`s Japan-Thai-Philippines service 2012/01/12