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Maersk, Alibaba team up to offer online booking service for ship space
January 4, 2017 by publisher · Leave a Comment
The world's largest container shipping line Maersk has teamed up with Alibaba to allow shippers of goods to reserve space on its vessels through the Chinese e-commerce giant, in a move that bypasses traditional middleman freight forwarders. Maersk, a unit of Denmark's A.P. Moller-Maersk , began offering the service to Chinese shippers on Alibaba's OneTouch booking website on Dec. 22, a spokeswoman for the shipping line said on Wednesday. Shippers traditionally go through freight forwarders to book space on container ships, but …
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Oil prices rise on expected drop in U.S. oil inventories
January 4, 2017 by publisher · Leave a Comment
By Karolin Schaps LONDON (Reuters) – Oil edged higher on Wednesday on expectations that U.S. crude oil inventories are falling and on signs that oil producers are willing to stick to agreed output cuts that came into effect this week. Global benchmark Brent crude futures were up 49 cents at $55.96 a barrel by 0924 GMT (4:24 a.m. ET). U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures were trading at $52.82 per barrel, up 49 cents from the last settlement.
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Oil prices rise on expected drop in U.S. oil inventories