The G6 Alliance carriers, comprising APL, Hapag-Lloyd, Hyundai Merchant Marine, MOL, NYK and OOCL, have announced their first batch of six joint Asia-Europe services in the first week of March. Services calling at Japanese ports will start later after consulting the Japan Harbour Transportation Association and labour unions. And the alliance said it will launch a seventh service with direct coverage to Chinese Bohai Bay ports in Dalian and Xingang…

The recent arrival of Korea Marine Transport Company’s 1,000-TEU Akari marked the opening of Korea’s four berth Busan New Container Terminal (BNCT), with a 17-foot draft and able to handle the world’s biggest box ships. The terminal, with a 1.7 million TEU current annual capacity and eventual 2.8 million TEU at full build out, is also the first in Asia to make use of automated stacking cranes supported by low…