15.09.2021

Goeyvaerts goes for new equipment

Belgian Goeyvaerts, a family-owned crane rental company, is enhancing its equipment. The company has ordered two Generation 6 Konecranes Gottwald mobile harbour cranes for its growing rental fleet in ports in the Netherlands and...
15.09.2021

Bremerhaven container terminal 50 years old

In mid-September 1971 the ‘Containerkreuz Bremerhaven’ opened - and set a milestone on Bremerhaven's way to becoming Europe's top-ranking ports. Five years earlier, the first container had been unloaded in Germany, in Bremen's...
14.09.2021

ICS proposes decarbonisation by tax

The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has presented to the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) a new proposal for a market measure (market based measure, MBM) in the form of a global fuel tax. Its aim is to...
14.09.2021

Port of Calais: extension now open

The time has come. Once upon a time, Napoleon wanted to send his troops from the French Port of Boulogne-Calais to the British coast. Now, the Port of Calais opposite Dover has inaugurated the new extension of its facilities....
14.09.2021

Valenciaport: advice on how to tackle Covid

Since it is vital to keep ports open during a pandemic, Fundación Valenciaport has launched a new advisory service for ports whose main objective is to provide port managers with a global and precise vision of the situation....
13.09.2021

Santos is back

Brazil's Port of Santos witnessed a major rise in volume in 2021. From January till July, overall cargo throughput grew to 88.9 million t, 6% more than in the same period last year. July 2021 was particularly strong in...
13.09.2021

The French land at Khalifa Port

The Marseille-based carrier CMA CGM and the Abu Dhabi Ports Group (ADPG) have inked a 35-year concession to jointly develop a new container terminal at Khalifa Port. The French company is the major player in the joint venture,...
13.09.2021

HGK builds H2 powered units

Duisburg-based HGK Shipping is expanding its fleet with two technically innovative Type C motor tankers. The shipyard Scheepsreparatiebedrijf De Gerlien van Tiem in Druten, the Netherlands, has once again won the building...
10.09.2021

The shipper's view

According to the latest container shipping market review carried out by MDS Transmodal and the Global Shippers Forum (GSF) and distributed by the Swiss Shippers' Council (SSC), container traffic continues to grow, but the market...
10.09.2021

Bigger fleet for DShip carriers

Two more vessels are to join DShip carriers' fleet: the "Eemslift Dafne" and the "Eemslift Nadine" are scheduled to be delivered in September 2021. Both vessels have a deadweight of 4,200 t and on-board...
10.09.2021

Partnership for sustainable shipping

Two players join forces to drive sustainability in the maritime industry: Lookout Maritime, a new-founded company formed to foster decarbonisation and wider sustainability within the shipping industry, is partnering with...
09.09.2021

LNG becoming a mass phenomenon

According to the latest report from Clarkson Research Services, LNG-fuelled vessel orders are approaching 30% of gross tonnage on order. 2021 has been a banner year for new LNG dual-fuel vessel construction contracts as reported...
09.09.2021

More units for OOCL

Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL), an affiliate of Cosco, has ordered ten vessels with a capacity of 16,000 teu each, a USD 1.5 billion investment. Delivery is expected from Q4/2024 till the end of 2025. OOCL recently...
09.09.2021

A toast to green inland navigation

The ‘Alphenaar’, the first Dutch inland vessel to use interchangeable energy containers for propulsion, entered operations for Zero Emission Services (ZES) on 6 September 2021. ZES, a Dutch company aimed at making inland...
08.09.2021

Contract for very large gas carrier

Another very large gas carrier is on its way: Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha/K Line has placed an order for its first LPG fuelled LPG/Ammonia carrier with Kawasaki Heavy Industries. If everything goes to plan, the newbuild, which will...
08.09.2021

Car carriers set a trend

Investments in vehicle carrier newbuilds have risen in recent weeks, according to the intelligence provider Vessels Value (VV). VV's head of vehicle carriers Dan Nash said that in the course of the year, so far, "a total of...
08.09.2021

Mixed results in Auckland

The Ports of Auckland have reported the results of their financial year 2020/2021 ending on 30 June 2021. New Zealand's main port facility showed a mixed picture after a difficult year. The port's container throughput fell by...
07.09.2021

Ten newbuilds for Canada

Fednav, a major dry bulk shipping group based in Canada, has ordered ten new ocean-going Lakers. The group signed respective agreements to build these vessels with Sumisho Marine and Oshima Shipbuilding in Japan. The first unit...
07.09.2021

When major shippers change sides

Ikea has learned its lesson from the Ever Given blockade in the Suez canal this year. The Scandinavian home furnishing retailer has now entered the shipping business arena, confirming to the Swedish press that the company is...
07.09.2021

Belgians comment environmental report

In its comments on the EU’s first environmental report on maritime transport (Emter), the Royal Belgian Shipowners’ Association says that the report provides a clear overview of the sector’s current efforts to achieve Europe’s...
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