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02.09.2020

Maersk reshuffles its brands

Having posted stronger-than-expected results for Q2/2020, tripling its net income to USD 443 million in comparison to USD 153 million in Q2/2019, Maersk is redesigning its portfolio. The Safmarine and Damco brands will be...

02.09.2020

New Japanese tugs for Indian ports

The fourth in a series of 13 tugs, built by Kanagawa Dockyard in Kobe, Japan, has been delivered to the multinational Adani Group, headquartered in Ahmedabad in India. The Indian Register of Shipping (IRClass) praises the...

01.09.2020

Calling Cork

Containerships, an affiliate of CMA CGM, is adding a call to the Irish Port of Cork. This enhancement to the Beni service starts on 1 September. This direct short sea connection links Cork further to Rotterdam. The intermodal...

01.09.2020

Swire's new vessel in the Pacific

Swire Shipping deploys the “Chefoo”, its new 2,400 teu vessel, on its South East Asia service. This service connects South East Asia to Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands. Jeremy Sutton, general manager, Swire Shipping,...

01.09.2020

Port of Lübeck feels the impact

All in all, the Lübecker Hafen-Gesellschaft mbH (LHG) lost around 8% of its throughput in H1/2020 compared to the strong first half of 2019. However, the picture is more diverse. While trucks and trailers declined by 10%, the...

31.08.2020

Cosco Ports out of the doldrums?

The terminal and port operator Cosco Shipping Ports (CSP) reported its interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2020 on an ambiguous note. While revenues dropped to USD 452.7 million (-12.6%) in comparison with the...

31.08.2020

Panama Canal extends relief measures

The trend is pointing upwards: after weak months of May and June, transits at the Panama Canal climbed from 845 in June to 933 in July, and August is showing a similar curve. As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to impact the...

31.08.2020

Port of Brussels only partially hit

It is not surprising that the waterway traffic at the Port of Brussels felt the impact of the global health crisis in the first half of 2020. Thus, clean traffic fell by 13% for the first six months of 2020 (while 2019 was a...

28.08.2020

A favourable H1/2020 for OOCL

The Hong Kong-headquartered Orient Overseas (International) Limited Group (OOIL), which was acquired by Cosco Shipping in 2018, recently reported its results for H1/2020. Remaining in the black, the group achieved a profit of...

28.08.2020

Recent sales in the Swiss maritime fleet

The Geneva office of the law company Holman Fenwick Willan (HFW) has reported having been involved in the sale of almost half of the entire Swiss maritime fleet. HFW advised Swiss shipowner Massoel Shipping on eight separate...

28.08.2020

Green Laurels for Barcelona

The Port of Barcelona was awarded the lean & green initiative, promoted by the Spanish association of manufacturers and distributors (Aecoc), for reducing its carbon footprint by 20% in a period of five years through "a...

27.08.2020

Enhancing BMT in Algeria

Bejaia Mediterranean Terminal (BMT SPA), operated by Portek International in a joint venture with the Algerian port authority, Enterprise Portuaire de Bejaia, is expanding its equipment. Since its first foray into port...

27.08.2020

TTI Algeciras to change hands

HMM has agreed to sell its 50% stake minus one share in Total Terminal International Algeciras (TTI Algeciras) to CMA CGM. The container terminal in the south of Spain is owned by HMM and HT Algeciras, which is a special...

27.08.2020

Cool chain for Ethiopia

After several years of preparation, the first intermodal transport of perishables from Ethiopia to Europe is underway. The first reefer container with 24 t of avocados was loaded onto a train in Ethipia and will be shipped via...

26.08.2020

Container flows on the rise

The container throughput index of the German RWI – Leibniz institute for economic research and the institute of shipping economics and logistics (ISL) shows a significant upturn from June to July, rising from (corrected) 110.2 to...

26.08.2020

New generation rolls into Le Havre

The Port of Le Havre, a major French container port for international trade and part of the Haropa Ports association, has welcomed four new gantry cranes from China, among the largest in the world, at the France Terminal in Port...

26.08.2020

Remote service for vessels at sea

Machinery Maintenance Connect (MMC) is DNV GL’s remote approach to the machinery planned maintenance system (MPMS). Instead of requiring surveyors to travel to each individual vessel and go onboard, machinery data can be...

25.08.2020

More connections for Koper hub

Austrian provider cargo-partner has expanded its LCL services portfolio via Koper by introducing additional connections from India, Thailand and Vietnam to Europe. The transport of LCL shipments via the port of Koper on the...

25.08.2020

Transpacific rates push MSC into action

In view of rising demand and high rates on the Transpacific, MSC is launching its new Santana service for the North American west coast. The service will start at the end of August in the port of Yantian, part of Shenzen, and...

25.08.2020

Is reefer cargo going to take the lead?

The London-based maritime consultancy considers that seaborne perishable cargo will weather the Covid-19 induced economic storm better than the dry cargo trade. Worldwide seaborne reefer trade recorded growth of just 1.7% in 2019...