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29.11.2021

North Vietnamese terminal hits the mark

In Vietnam, Tan Vu terminals at the Hai Phong Port in Dinh Vu Industrial Park handled its one millionth teu in mid-November. While the ports in southern Vietnam tend to be the busiest, this is the first time a port in northern...

29.11.2021

Wartsilä: new ship technology for fuel conversion

Technology group Wärtsilä is launching its two-stroke marine engines to future fuels with zero or low carbon emissions on the market in Q1/2022. MSC's fleet management division was a partner in this project. According to...

29.11.2021

PIL: earlier USD 1 billion payback

Record freight rates continue to impact the high sea shipping industry. In Singapore, Pacific International Lines (PIL) has announced that PIL will be making an early repayment to creditors who were subject to the scheme of...

26.11.2021

Growth in seafreight to last until 2027

In a recent study, Dublin-based analyst Research and Markets reported that the global market for seafreight forwarding, estimated at 64 million teu in the year 2020, is projected to reach a revised size of 72 million teu by 2027....

26.11.2021

OOCL reinforces transpacific network

Carrier OOCL is launching the Pacific China South Express (PCSX) service in the transpacific network to satisfy customers’ needs for fast and reliable shipping. The PCSX is a brand new route designed to offer express linkage...

26.11.2021

Shenzen aims at new mark

The Chinese Port of Shenzhen achieved a throughput of 23.8 million teu from January to October 2021, 10.7% more than in the same period in 2020. While foreign trade was up 11.3% to almost 22 million teu, empty containers grew...

25.11.2021

DCSA setting new standards

The Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA) recently published its communication systems and application programming (API) standards for the 50 event records in ports defined in its data list. These refer to the six main...

25.11.2021

The bid in the port of Montréal is open

The Canadian port of Montréal has launched a request for qualifications (RFQ) for its Contrecœur container terminal expansion project, thus opening the way for parties to now submit bids. The RFQ will remain open to national and...

25.11.2021

Zim launching ZMI service

The Haifa-based Israeli shipping line Zim Integrated Shipping Services is launching a new service, called ZMI, linking the Indian Subcontinent to the Eastern Mediterranean. The carrier will deploy four 4,250 teu vessels on...

24.11.2021

New equipment for Rostock

An increase in bulk volumes has encouraged Euroports Germany, a major cargo handler based in Rostock's overseas port on the German Baltic Coast, to put another crane, a LHM 280, into operation - at short notice. In order to...

24.11.2021

CMA CGM looks back in joy

The results for the French carrier CMA CGM and its logistics affiliates in Q3/2021 follow the current trend. While consolidated revenues amounted to USD 15.3 billion, almost doubling the figures of the same period in 2020,...

24.11.2021

Atlantic Loop 3 calls at Jaxport

It's the first time that Hapag-Lloyd’s Atlantic Loop 3 (AL3) European-US container service has called the Florida-based Jacksonville Port Authority (Jaxport). The vessel is berthing at Jaxport’s Trapac Container Terminal at Dames...

23.11.2021

"Greening" the world's fleet

Maritime consultancy Clarksons Research has published a report on the adoption of 'green' technology in the world’s merchant fleet. According to this data, currently 4.2% of the operating fleet and 34% of the order book in...

23.11.2021

Swire projects boosts its fleet

Swire Projects, the projects division of Swire Shipping (rebranded from China Navigation (CNCo) in October this year) and Nordic Project & Finance have inked an agreement for the long-term charter of six multipurpose...

23.11.2021

New service from Ireland to Normandy

Haropa Port and Brittany Ferries have jointly inaugurated a new Franco – Irish freight line in Le Havre, with Brittany Ferries launching a service connecting French Normandy to Rosslare in Ireland. Driven by the dynamic...

22.11.2021

Libya on the agenda

The Italian shipping company Tarros Group is introducing a new direct service from Italy to Libya by adding the port of call in Genoa to the current line, with a rotation schedule every 14 days. The new connection completes the...

22.11.2021

Railway node in Barcelona takes next step

The rail expansion project in the area south of the Port of Barcelona has reached a new milestone. The process of citizen participation for the Urban Master Plan (UMP) for the Port of Barcelona railway none has begun, a...

22.11.2021

K Line adds another vessel

In Japan, Tadotsu Shipyard, a part of the Imabari Shipbuilding Group, has completed and delivered the 90,000 dwtT bulk carrier "Lin Miarak". The vessel will be regularly engaged in coal transportation for the...

19.11.2021

Bremenports continues upbeat performance

Throughput volumes in the Bremen ports rose again in Q3/2021. Container throughput over the first nine months of the year totalled 3.8 million teu, up 10.2% from the same period in 2020. Total throughput at the quays in Bremen...

19.11.2021

Maersk expands logistics services in Africa

After a long time of cooperation in South Africa and beyond, Grindrod and Maersk are extending their partnership concerning Grindrod Intermodal' logistics services and Ocean Africa Container Lines (OACL)'s maritime operations....