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Tatortreiniger auf hoher See

Wenn auf Frachtschiffen Feuer ausbricht, sie Container verlieren oder sinken, ist Ardent zur Stelle. Regionaldirektor Bas Michiels erzählt aus einer spannenden Nische.

18.03.2020

Special authorisation of Baltic Exchange

Baltic Exchange Information Services (Beisl), the Baltic Exchange’s and Singapore Exchange's (SGX) subsidiary, has been authorised by the UK’s financial conduct authority (FCA) as a benchmark administrator under the EU benchmarks...

18.03.2020

Links kept up by Scandlines

Scandlines continues to operate on schedule on its Puttgarden-Rødby and Rostock-Gedser routes between Germany and Denmark. Although Denmark closed its frontier with Germany on 12 March and Germany followed suit in the other...

18.03.2020

PDL in new hands

A good slice of the cake: Neptune Pacific Line (Neptune), a shipowner and operator active in liner and project markets in the Pacific Ocean, has acquired Pacific Direct Line (PDL) from PDL’s parent holding company, Pacific...

17.03.2020

Port of Dunkirk stresses multimodality

More multimodal transports in Dunkirk: In total, the share of alternative modes to road in 2019 amounted to 65% of land-based traffic to and from the French port. Inland shipping increased by 200,000 t, driven by the...

17.03.2020

New giants on the horizon

OOCL is maintaining its contracts with shipyards Nantong Cosco KHI Ship Engineering (NACKS) and Dalian Cosco KHI Ship Engineering (DACKS) for five newbuilt container vessels. Each unit at a cost of USD 155.68 million will have a...

17.03.2020

Chinese ebb in the port of Long Beach

A tandem torpedo hit the Californian port of Long Beach at the beginning of the year. The total number of boxes handled in January and February declined 7.1% compared to the same period in 2018. Lingering effects from the United...

China glaubt an Wilhelmshaven

Die erste Expansion in Europa führt China Logistics an den Jade Weser Port im deutschen Bundesland Niedersachsen. Die Ambitionen des Staatskonzerns sind fast so gross wie die Hoffnungen der Hafenbetreiber.

16.03.2020

Maritime volume contraction like in 2009?

The Copenhagen (Denmark)-based maritime consultancy Sea-Intelligence predicts a Corona-caused decline of shippers' demand similar to the aftermath of the global financial crises in 2008 and 2009: "This implies a potential...

16.03.2020

MacGregor's service to cover the Americas

MacGregor, part of the Finnish Cargotec Group, has announced that following the acquisitions of Rapp Marine and TTS in 2018 and 2019 respectively, it will extend its coverage and capability to support all service need of...

16.03.2020

Remote cranes on Russian grounds

The Russian company Kyshtym Copper Electrolytic Planta, subsidiary of the Russian Copper Company, is going to install a warehouse next to the new Copper Electro Refinery. Special equipment is needed in this working place in...

Die digitale Hürde überspringen

Der Trend zur papierlosen Zollabwicklung geht weiter. Der Dienstleister Zoll-Fit schilderte dem ITJ Vorteile im digitalen Verfahren seines Pilotprojekts in Rheinfelden.

13.03.2020

DP World: organic growth and acquisitions

DP World looks back in joy on its results of 2019. Both organic growth and acquisitions led to a significant uptick in revenues to USD 7.69 billion (+36.1%). Adjusted ebitda increased by 17.7% while the profit of USD 1.33 billion...

13.03.2020

Port of Los Angeles' corona loss so far

The 544,000 teu handled in the port of Los Angeles in February stand for a 22.9% decrease in volumes compared to last year. While February imports decreased 22.5% to 270,000 teu compared to 2018, exports decreased 5.7% to 134,000...

13.03.2020

Wilhelmshaven reaches Top 20

In the rankings of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Güterverkehrszentren (DGG), which are published once every five years, the Güterverkehrszentrum (GVZ) of the Jade Weser Port Wilhelmshaven has reached the Top 20 of Europe's...

12.03.2020

ONE enhances TPV service

The Singapore-headquartered Ocean Network Express (ONE) will introduce a new call to Batangas on its Thailand Philippines Vietnam (TPV) service starting from April 2020. The TPV service currently connects Laem Chabang and Cai Mep...

12.03.2020

Iraq volumes push ACT's throughput

The Aqaba Container Terminal (ACT) on the Red Sea saw a volume growth of 3.4% for the period of August to December 2019 compared to the previous year. The first two months of 2020 confirmed the trend with a growth in import...

12.03.2020

Extending the range of mobile harbour cranes

The machine rental service provider Goeyvaerts is expanding its fleet. Founded in 1953, Goeyvaerts started with cranes for barge handling on inland waterways. In 2006, it expanded its offering with harbour cranes. Goeyvaerts...

11.03.2020

Special transport to Southern Italy

The activities of the industry - including project logistics - continue in Italy. The shipping company Grimaldi Group has been entrusted with the transportation from Spain to Italy of new wagons that will enhance the Naples metro...

11.03.2020

New guide for maritime cyber security

The non-profit group Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA), a neutral body established to further digitalisation of container shipping through technology standards, recently published the DCSA cyber security...