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12.04.2022

More cash for Logistics Tech

The Boston-based technology company Tive, a specialist in supply chain transparency, closed its series B financing round with a result of USD 54 million. Led by AXA Venture Partners, Sorenson Capital, Qualcomm Ventures, Fifth...

11.04.2022

Another fish flapping its wings

The next carrier is developing its own division for airfreight by transferring the activities of its existing in-house aircraft operator, Star Air, to the newly born unit Maersk Air Cargo. The major Danish carrier has opted for...

11.04.2022

Equipment enhanced at MCT

Mindanao Container Terminal (MCT), which serves as International Container Terminal Services Inc’s (ICTSI) container handling facility in Misamis Oriental in the southern Philippines, is going to employ two Mitsui hybrid rubber...

11.04.2022

Port survey on customer satisfaction

The Customer Satisfaction Index is a survey which has been conducted at regular intervals at the Port of Gothenburg since 2003. A total of 285 customers were included in the latest survey, 170 of whom completed the questionnaire...

08.04.2022

MSC readjusts its Eagle service

MSC has now implemented a change to its timetable. As announced in October last year, the Swiss carrier is readjusting its Eagle service. The Transpacific loop between China, South Korea, Japan, USA and Canada has been...

08.04.2022

Yang Ming and the full hand

New units for Keelung-based shipping company Yang Ming: five new 11,000 teu container ships are scheduled to be delivered in the second and third quarter of this year. The carrier's fleet now amounts to 95 ships with a total...

08.04.2022

ONE's pilot with biofuel continues

Singapore-based Ocean Network Express (ONE) recently conducted its third trial of refuelling marine biofuel. The M/V “NYK Fuji” was the vessel to be refuelled with 1,300 t of marine biofuel product during bunkering at Port of...

07.04.2022

UECC adds second service

Operator UECC is starting a new North Sea service especially for automotive cargo connecting the ports of Zeebrugge, Esbjerg, Gothenburg and Drammen on a weekly basis. This new offering is being introduced on the back of...

07.04.2022

Congo Terminal banks on better equipment

The Congo Terminal, an affiliate of Bolloré Ports as concessionaire since 2009, has recently commissioned ten tractors and ten trailers worth more than CFA-francs 779 million (over EUR 1 million). This is the fourth order for...

07.04.2022

Last year paid off for Costamare

Costamare, a Greek owner and provider of containerships for charter, posted a net profit for 2021 of USD 404.1 million, a leap compared to the result of the previous year (USD 21.6 million). The revenues totalled USD 3.4 billion....

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Mehr Chancen auf dem Wasser

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06.04.2022

Plan B for "Ever Forward"

Since the “Ever Forward” ran aground after the ship left Baltimore on 13 March 2022, the Evergreen Line is continuing its efforts to refloat the stranded ship. In light of the increasing costs arising from these efforts,...

06.04.2022

More container flows in the North

Container flows in Sweden were on the rise in 2021. The Port of Gothenburg handled 828,000 containers and grew further in relation to other ports in Sweden. ”Our almost perfect balance between import and export has been a...

06.04.2022

Another register registers in London

The Palau International Ship Registry (PISR) has opened a new office in the major shipping hub London. The office is headed by Georgios Bazos, business development director (UK) who moves to London after leaving The Marshall...

05.04.2022

Canadian container terminal changes hands

PSA International has acquired the terminal Ceres Halifax in the Port of Halifax from NYK. From now on, PSA Halifax will operate two container terminals in Halifax, Atlantic Hub and Fairview Cove, jointly branded under PSA...

05.04.2022

Keel laying at Finnlines

There are two Finnlines newbuilts around the corner. While the shipping company is building two ro-pax vessels of the "Superstar class", the keel laying of the first one, “Finnsirius”, was celebrated on 1 April 2022....

05.04.2022

Repercussions of the Shanghai lockdown

The impact of shutdowns on a global scale can be seen in Europe's largest economy, among others. The People's Republic of China is currently reacting to rising Corona infection figures by imposing lockdowns. The metropolis of...

04.04.2022

Logistics guidance for sustainability ahead

The Smart Freight Center, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development and 25 more global companies, including Maersk, which joined only a short while ago, are part of a consortium seeking to co-develop actionable and...

04.04.2022

Thessaloniki prepares for ULCVs

The Greek port of Thessaloniki posted a container throughput of 471,000 teu in 2021, an uptick of 2.2% compared to 2020 (461,000 teu). The number of vessels calling saw an increase of 7.1%, from 1,286 in 2020 to 1,377 in 2021....