Egypt to raise Suez Canal transit fees by 5-15 pct in 2024

STORY: Egypt to raise Suez Canal transit fees by 5-15 pct in 2024 DATELINE: Oct. 18, 2023 LENGTH: 0:00:50 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Suez Canal STORYLINE: Egypt plans to raise transit fees for ships passing through the Suez Canal by 5 to 15 percent starting on Jan. 15, 2024, according to a statement released by the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) on Monday. Transit fees for crude oil tankers, petroleum product tankers, liquified petroleum gas carriers, liquefied natural gas carriers, chemical tankers and other liquid bulk tankers, containerships, vehicles carriers, cruise ships, and special floating units will rise by 15 percent, it said. Meanwhile, transit fees for dry bulk vessels, general cargo vessels, and roll-on/roll-off vessels will increase by five percent, according to the statement. It added that the new transit fee increases did not apply to containerships departing from ports in northwestern Europe and sailing directly to ports in the Far East. The

Israeli firm apologizes to relatives over fatal boat collision

Israeli firm apologizes to relatives over fatal boat collision

NEMURO, Japan - Doron Goder (C), president of Israeli shipping firm Zim Integrated Shipping Services Ltd., apologizes on Oct. 7 to the relatives of crew members of the Japanese fishing boat Shinsei Maru No. 3 who were killed in a collision with the Zim Asia, one of its containerships, off the coast of the Hokkaido city of Nemuro.

Yokohama port opens container terminal with Japan's deepest-water berth

Yokohama port opens container terminal with Japan's deepest-water berth

Yokohama Mayor Fumiko Hayashi (far R) attends a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Minami Honmoku Pier at Yokohama port southwest of Tokyo on April 16, 2015, to commemorate the completion of a container terminal with Japan's deepest-water berth at 18 meters, allowing the world's largest containerships to be docked. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Israeli firm apologizes to relatives over fatal boat collision

Israeli firm apologizes to relatives over fatal boat collision

NEMURO, Japan - Doron Goder (C), president of Israeli shipping firm Zim Integrated Shipping Services Ltd., apologizes on Oct. 7 to the relatives of crew members of the Japanese fishing boat Shinsei Maru No. 3 who were killed in a collision with the Zim Asia, one of its containerships, off the coast of the Hokkaido city of Nemuro. (Kyodo)