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30.03.2020

Little surprise: remote maritime surveys booming

The impact of the global pandemic has reinforced the value of remote survey services in the shipping industry. With some 15,000 surveys and inspections undertaken since the launch in October 2018, DNV GL sees a milestone in the...

27.03.2020

Bimco's maritime outlook for 2020

The Baltic and International Maritime Council (Bimco), the major international maritime association, with 2,100 members in more than 120 countries, has revised its forecasts for maritime transport for this year, due to the...

27.03.2020

Supplying LNG all around the Baltic Sea

In a joint letter of intent (LoI), Nauticor und Novatek Green Energy are planning to cooperate in the development of a LNG supply infrastructure in the Baltic Sea region. The aim of the partnership is to further expand the market...

27.03.2020

CEO addresses Valencia's port community

Extraordinary times also call for extraordinary words. One example is Aurelio Martínez Estévez, CEO of Valencia port, who addressed all collaborators in a letter under the headline: "Thank you and congratulations for making...

26.03.2020

Less to pay for in port of Hamburg

Deferring charges is currently one of the guiding principles in Hamburg (Germany). In order to ease the current burden on the shoulders of the port industry, ocean carriers, inland shipping companies as well as port skippers may...

26.03.2020

Improving traffic in Peruvian port

In the port of Callao in Peru, the country’s main harbour and one of Latin America’s most important ports, dense fog and haze are a consistent challenge for port operations. The Dirección de Contrataciones del Material (Dircomat)...

26.03.2020

Port of Zeebrugge goes for 5G

The Belgian Port of Zeebrugge’s 5G-ready, industrial-grade private wireless network deployment has entered its first operational phase. The aim is to provide private wireless connectivity to more than 100 endpoints across the...

25.03.2020

Volume backlash already in February

Seasonally adjusted, the container throughput index of the RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the Institute for Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL) fell to the lowest value in its history in February, dropping...

25.03.2020

Liner shipping consortia BER to prevail until 2024

The European Commission has decided to prolong the current liner consortia block exemption regulation (BER) until 2024. It was originally adopted in 2009, prolonged in 2014 for five years, and was due to expire on 25 April 2020....

25.03.2020

50% price cut in port fees

To keep the flow of shipped goods between Sweden and its neighbouring countries running, Ports of Stockholm has halved port fees for ferries at all three of the company’s ports. In this very serious situation, where countries...

24.03.2020

The Moody blues about the storm ahead

The Copenhagen (Denmark)-based maritime consultant Sea-Intelligence and the global ratings agency Moody’s see gloomy times ahead for the industry. "The worst is yet to come," Sea-intelligence said, pointing at the...

24.03.2020

New TOS operative in the port of Livorno

The CILP multipurpose terminal in the port of Livorno enters a new digital era. Its Milos® terminal operating system (TOS) is now operative. Circle, a company specialising in the analysis and development of automation and...

24.03.2020

Sleipnir rides into the Netherlands

The world’s largest crane vessel – which was put into operation by Heerema in July 2019 – has arrived in the Canlandkanaal in the Netherlands after completing a successful project in Trinidad. Before that, the crane vessel...

OOCL macht ernst

Unter der Ägide vom neuen Mutterkonzern Cosco Shipping verfolgt OOCL seine ursprünglich formulierte Strategie mit Zeitverzögerung weiter. Auf dem chinesischen Festland, nahe Schanghai, entstehen bis 2023 fünf neue Schiffe zu je...

23.03.2020

Well prepared for pandemoniac 2020

Hapag-Lloyd’s results in 2019 seemed far away, when during a webcast conference CEO Rolf Habben-Janssen explained the Hamburg carrier's outlook on 2020 at this stage: "Although supply chains are under pressure, we expect a...

23.03.2020

ZIM performs better in 2019

Haifa (Israel)-headquartered ZIM Shipping Integrated Services witnessed improved figures in the course of the full year of 2019. Back in the black, ZIM’s 2019 net profit was at USD 12.0 million in 2019 (adjusted, pre IFRS16),...

23.03.2020

Two Miami terminals in temporary closure

The ebb of import container volumes to the USA, mainly caused by the shutdown of Chinese ports in February, led two terminals in the port of Miami to close their gates for a limited period of time. While the South Florida...

Ausgleich und Anreiz

Der Hafen Le Havre wirbt mit Verve um seine Kunden – auch für die Zukunft.

20.03.2020

ONE deploys unit for AUE

The Singapore-based Ocean Network Express (ONE) is upgrading its participation on the Australia East Asia Service (AUE), also known as North East Asia – Australia Express (NEAX) service. Starting from April 2020, ONE will be...

20.03.2020

Ports keep up services

The major ports worldwide are up and running in order to keep supply chains up. With Chinese ports returning to normal, US American ports being exempted from public bans, the notices of European ports spreading the news keep...