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04.05.2022

First hybrid vessel delivered to Finnlines

It is the first vessel to be delivered to Finnlines as part of its EUR 500 million newbuilding programme - and an ecological leap forward. “Finneco I”, a hybrid ro-ro vessel planned and ordered in 2018 with two ro-ro vessels, was...

04.05.2022

Newbuild's first call in Rostock

The new ro-pax ferry "Nils Holgerson" has called at the overseas port of Rostock for the first time. The newbuild from China will be used by the ferry company TT Line in triangular traffic between the German ports of...

03.05.2022

Wilhelmshaven: discretion is obligatory

It is an important commitment. The carrier Hapag-LLoyd is investing in Northern Germany and recently took ownership of a 30% stake in Container Terminal Wilhelmshaven (CTW) and a 50% stake in Rail Terminal Wilhelmshaven (RTW)....

03.05.2022

No Russian impact on Port of Gothenburg

In Q1/2022, the Swedish port of Gothenburg handled with 212,000 teu, 4% more containers than in the same period in 2021 (204,000 teu). While the total number of ro-ro units amounted to 147,000, a 5%-rise compared to Q1/2021,...

03.05.2022

More units on Venice-Bari-Patras service

Naples-headquartered Grimaldi Group has added another vessel to its Venice-Bari-Patras service. The “Eurocargo Cagliari” will join the “Eurocargo Alexandria” and “Eurocargo Genova” on the ro-ro line from 4 May 2022. The...

Profite fliessen in Neubauten

Hohe Investitionen in die Flotte.

02.05.2022

World trade in March: the calm before the storm?

The container throughput index published by the RWI Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL) went up in 2022, rising by 1.6 points to 119.2 points (seasonally adjusted),...

02.05.2022

ONE launches new service

The Singapore-based Ocean Network Express (ONE) is launching a new service calling ports in Dubai, India and Mozambique. The MIM (Mozambique - India - Middle East) service will offer direct and bi-weekly connections to Jebel Ali,...

02.05.2022

Full speed ahead for Antwerp-Bruges, sir!

The project has now been given the official green light. The ports of Antwerp and Zeebrugge have merged after an extraordinary general meeting on 22 April 2022, the merger process having started in February 2021. Besides 74,000...

29.04.2022

Vinturas' shares go to Wallenius

Maritime operator Wallenius Wilhemsen has invested in Vinturas, a blockchain platform owned by the major logistics companies that distribute finished cars all over Europe. Vinturas was founded in 2019 with IBM as its technology...

29.04.2022

Dutch inland navigation bundles forces

In the Netherlands, the board of the Koninklijke Binnenvaart Nederland (KBN) and the interim board of the Expertise and Innovation Centre for Inland Shipping (EICB), Bureau Voorlichting Binnenvaart (BVB) and Bureau Telematica...

29.04.2022

Irisl plans fleet expansion

According to the Iranian press, the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines' (Irisl) managing director Mohammadreza Modares-Khiabani has stressed the importance of self-sufficiency in the development of the national fleet. Thus,...

28.04.2022

MSC going for more mid-haul units

The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), the carrier with the highest maritime container capacity worldwide as of January 2022, is banking on more newbuilds. According to press reports, fourteen new 7,000 teu units have been...

28.04.2022

Did piracy take a break?

There is a moderate reduction in piracy activities worldwide, as the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) reports in its latest study. The IMB is a department of the Paris-based International Chamber of Commerce. The reported...

28.04.2022

Sustainability à la Hapag-LLoyd

The Hamburg-based carrier Hapag-Lloyd has published its sustainability report for 2021. The group's strategic goals for the next ten years in this field are based on the pillars “clean shipping and future-proof propulsion”,...

Dritte Chance

Projekte rund um den Hafen von Genua.

27.04.2022

New leadership for Global Maritime Forum

The Global Maritime Forum elected Jan Dieleman as its new chairman at its annual general meeting which was this month (April 2022). Dieleman succeeds Peter Stokes, who is stepping down after five years at the helm, having been...

27.04.2022

ZCT becomes a weekly service

Haifa-based shipping company ZIM is upgrading its ZIM Container Service Turkey (ZCT) to a weekly service, effective mid-May 2022. The transatlantic ZCT thus provides an enhanced connection between Turkey and the US East...

27.04.2022

Scandlines sails out of the storm

Compared to 2020, ferry operator Scandlines increased sales by 20% to EUR 328 million last year, retaining its ebitda margin at 41%. In 2021, the company’s two ferry routes on the Baltic Sea generated revenues of EUR 260 million...

26.04.2022

Duisport's look across the borders

The Duisport Group is looking back on an exceptionally good financial year 2021. At the company’s annual press conference, CEO Martin Bangen attributed this success in part to the company’s broad-based business model. Sales...