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01.02.2022

Big investments for Maasvlakte

After some negotiation, Maersk and the Port of Rotterdam Authority have agreed on an utilisation plan for an 185,000 sqm site at the extreme southern tip of the Prinses Amaliahaven. The carrier's logistics arm will build a 23,000...

Das System optimiert

Das Terminal Operating System (TOS) gilt als Herzstück des multimodalen Umschlags. Die Samskip-Gruppe hat bereits 2018 ihr TOS erneuert und erntet nun die Früchte ihrer Investitionen. So genannte «KI-Optimierungsmodule» treiben...

31.01.2022

An extraordinary year for Haropa

Since its merger in 2021, France’s Haropa Port has now reached the "critical size" in Europe's Northern Range as well, as Laurent Foloppe, Olivier Ferrand and Cédric Virciglio described it at the virtual media...

31.01.2022

Container flows stronger in Northern Europe

The container throughput index published by the RWI Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL) rose by 0.8 points to 122.8 points (revised) in December 2021. The index...

31.01.2022

Hamburg’s new fairway open

In the port of Hamburg, the enlarged fairway on the Lower and Outer Elbe is now open to traffic, enabling vessels to transit the Elbe river with more cargo. The opening of the second stage of the route took place on 24 January....

31.01.2022

Port of Brussels hits the mark

The inland port of Brussels witnessed a record year in 2021. Its waterway traffic amounted to more than 7 million t. In terms of own traffic by waterway – goods loaded and unloaded in Brussels – 2021 is the strongest year since...

28.01.2022

New Arabian-Asian services

Dubai-headquartered NVOCC Cargo Gulf is introducing new services between the Arabian Gulf, the Indian Subcontinent and Asia. The three new loops - Rapid Express Service (RES), Mekong Gulf Express (MGE) and Southeast Asia to...

28.01.2022

2M and ZIM extend cooperation

Maersk and MSC, alliance partners of 2M, have agreed, in principle, with ZIM to extend their existing operational collaboration on the Asia – US East Coast and Asia – US Gulf Coast trades based on a full slot exchange and vessel...

28.01.2022

Breakbulk comes back to Antwerp

After the strong dip in 2020, the Port of Antwerp saw its breakbulk volumes return in full force in 2021. This upward trend is driven mainly by a leap in steel import volumes and a rise in project cargo shipments for ongoing...

28.01.2022

Schedule reliability still the weak point

Sea-Intelligence, a Copenhagen-based maritime intelligence provider, has updated its schedule reliability figures up to and including December 2021. The report covers the relevant data from 34 trade lanes and more than 60...

27.01.2022

US East Coast on the move

The East Coast port of Savannah moved 5.6 million teu 2021. Its volumes surged by a million teu, or 20%, compared to 2020. In Brunswick, Colonel’s Island Terminal handled almost 650,000 units of cars, trucks and machinery rise of...

27.01.2022

Three for ammonia bunkering

Ensuring the safety of ammonia bunkering operations remains an issue. DNV will now lead an ammonia bunkering safety study to be conducted by the Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation (GCMD) in Singapore. The study aims...

27.01.2022

Autonomous ship stands the test

The Japanese liner MOL finalised its first sea trial of unmanned ship operation from port to port on 24 and 25 January 2022. Departing from Tsuruga Port in Fukui Prefecture, the vessels arrived safely in Sakai Port in the Tottori...

26.01.2022

OOCL: high earnings with similar volumes

Chinese liner OOCL, an affiliate of Cosco Shipping since 2018, has released its results for Q4/2021 and the full year 2021. For Q4/2021, revenues rose by 101.4% to USD 4.9 billion compared to the same period in 2020....

26.01.2022

Next Finnlines link to start on 1 February

At the beginning of February 2022, Finnlines will put the ro-pax "Finnfellow" into operation on its Travemünde–Malmö route in the Baltic Sea. This will increase the number of departures up to four direct connections per...

26.01.2022

Scrapping of vessels at historic low

The Junio Cargo Analyst Joey Daly has analysed the changes and trends in the shipping industry's demolition market, making use of data of the maritime intelligence provider Vessels Value. It is striking that the need for...

25.01.2022

Reaching Manila by barge instead of truck

Manila-headquartered International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) is building up its Cavite Gateway Terminal (CGT) in the province of Tanza, Philippines. The terminal and port operator recently invested yard and wharf...

25.01.2022

Expanding framework for Indian waterways

Improving the safety of the inland waterways is a constant issue in India. Now that the inland vessels act 2021 was passed by the Indian parliament, the Indian Register of Shipping has drafted ten different rules in consultation...

25.01.2022

More reinforcements in the Suez Canal

Towage provider Svitzer, an affiliate of Maersk, is further extending its current contract with the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) to include two additional tugs to service the Canal. After operations were launched with two tugs...

24.01.2022

New piracy hot spots on the horizon

In 2021, pirate attacks and armed robberies fell to their lowest level since 1994, according to the annual report on piracy of the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) published on 13 January 2022. IMB attributes this decrease...