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02.02.2021

Haropa coming back

Resilience is key in the difficult global economic context of Covid-19. The French port association Haropa comprising Le Havre, Paris and Rouen ended 2020 with overall maritime and river traffic volumes of 108 million t, 6% down...

02.02.2021

More containers handled in Guadeloupe

The Grand Port Maritime de la Guadeloupe (GPMG) was not spared the effects of the global health crisis. Yet, although most indicators were down compared to 2019, container traffic recorded a growth of 6%. Between September...

02.02.2021

Sealand: From Wilhelmshaven to Alexandria

Sealand, a Maersk company, has launched a new liner service. It connects Germany's only deep-water container port Wilhelmshaven with various destinations in the Eastern Mediterranean. From Wilhelmshaven, the vessels call at...

01.02.2021

Slight setback in ports worldwide

In December 2020, the flash estimate for its container throughput index published by the German research body Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (RWI - Leibniz) and the Institute of Shipping Economics and...

01.02.2021

Jaxport berths enhanced

The Jacksonville Port Authority in Florida (USA) has completed another phase of a USD 104 million public-private quay enhancement project in the SSA Jacksonville Container Terminal (SSA JCT) on Blount Island, adding more than 210...

01.02.2021

Port of Brussels shows resilience

While waterway transport is under pressure because of the economic slowdown caused by pandemic, overall traffic in the port of Brussels moved sideways in 2020 (+0.3%). The port handled 4.95 million t of cargo for Brussels in 2020...

29.01.2021

Normandy ports look ahead

The good start of the year in the Normandy ports was due to the strong increase in traffic and supply to Ireland via Cherbourg with up to twelve departures per week to the ports of Dublin and Rosslare. While usually, 35,000...

29.01.2021

"Grande Texas" sets sail

A PCTC (pure car & truck carrier) is the second newbuild to enter the fleet of the Neapolitan Group Grimaldi in 2021. The “Grande Texas”, the sixth of a series of seven car carrier units commissioned from the Chinese...

29.01.2021

Corpus Christi floats on crude oil

Despite the pandemic’s impact on the energy market worldwide, the Port of Corpus Christi witnessed significant growth in 2020 - mainly attributable to a 65% increase in crude oil shipments from 2019. The port set a new annual...

28.01.2021

First carbon-neutral shipment

Contecon Guayaquil (CGSA), the concessionaire of the public port in Guayaquil (Ecuador), recently handled the world’s first certified carbon-neutral container shipment. The logistics process involved supply chain firms, from...

28.01.2021

Prince Rupert full-fledged

2020 was another good year for the Port of Prince Rupert (PRPA). Despite the pandemic, the Canadian port handled 32.4 million t of cargo, 9% more than in 2019, which is a new record mark. Exports of coal, propane, and wood...

28.01.2021

Thome Group sets up simulator

The Thome Group, a Singaporean provider of services to the shipping and offshore industries, installed a ‘full mission navigation bridge simulator’ with a 320⁰ view on 20 January in Makati City, in the Metro Manila region of the...

27.01.2021

Hot demand for chilled goods

The latest annual analysis of the reefer market presented by the Dutch consultancy Dynamar confirmed the trend in 2019, the latest year analysed. A global appetite for selected special food products boosted the reefer market....

27.01.2021

Colombian operator achieves milestone

The Sociedad Puerto Industrial de Aguadulce (SPIA), a joint venture between ICTSI and PSA International, started the year well when it handled 1 million teu in January. The SPIA operates the Aguadulce multiuser container terminal...

27.01.2021

Singapore banks on vaccination

The Port of Singapore will supply the Covid-19 vaccine to more than 10,000 of its maritime workers before the end of January, which is part of the country's national vaccination plan (sea and air vaccination exercise, Save)....

26.01.2021

Dialogue or complaint

ESC and Clecat, European associations grouping shippers and forwarders, recently criticised policies being pursued by shipping lines in a joint open letter addressed to the European Commission (see ITJ Daily of 6 January...

26.01.2021

Contargo Transbox and Webarge team up

Inland vessel operator Webarge and container logistician Contargo Transbox launched collaborative shuttle operations in the port of Antwerp earlier this year. Both firms offer container shuttle services in the Belgian port and...

26.01.2021

New unit for offshore wind services

As part of its portfolio in the offshore renewables sector, Harren & Partner has added the versatile jack-up vessel ‘Wind Lift I’ to its fleet and launched SAL Renewables as a specialised provider for offshore wind services...

25.01.2021

Clarksons’ overview on newbuilds

In 2020, global orders for newly-built ships amounted to 53.9 million dwt, 29% less than in 2019, according to current data from Clarksons Research. The decrease in orders for bulk carriers was particularly strong, with a drop of...

25.01.2021

Camaro VII arrives at Birsfelden

Swiss terminal operator Birsterminal and its partner, the Dutch carrier Dubbelman Container Transporten, recently celebrated the first visit of the inland barge "Camaro VII" to the port at the end of the navigable...