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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...

11.03.2020

ICS calls not to forget about IMO 2020

Maybe in the second line due to coronavirus precautions, port state control authorities nevertheless have been enforcing the IMO’s Sulphur 2020 since the beginning of March, making it an offence for ships to carry fuel that...

10.03.2020

Russian Global Ports back in black

The container terminal operator Global Ports, Russia, has reported its figures for 2019. Revenues went up by 5.3% to USD 361.9 million (+4.0% like-for-like, adjusted for JSC Logistika-Terminal (LT) revenue and revenue from VSC...

10.03.2020

Eimskip in rougher seas

The Icelandic carrier Eimskip reports a flat year of 2019, with a lower result also due to regulatory and one-time effects. Container volumes, especially in imports to Iceland, went down, thus the revenues amounted to EUR 679.6...

10.03.2020

Project to upgrade the port of Cuxhaven approved

Plans to close a gap between Europakai and the Offshore-Basishafen in the north German port of Cuxhaven have been approved. Once it has received confirmation of the approval from the authorities, the Hafengesellschaft...

09.03.2020

Service North Africa-Latin America reshaped

CMA CGM has announced the reorganisation of its Sirius service connecting the Mediterranean with the East Coast of South America, effective March 2020. The new rotation will now concentrate on the Western Mediterranean, the...

09.03.2020

Tunnel test underlines windship's potential

The Mitchell–Wolfson Unit Wind Tunnel at the University of Southampton recently witnessed a gathering of industry experts of the shipping, commodities and petrochemical sectors together with UK government officials to view...

09.03.2020

3,700 to nine

The ports of Bremerhaven and Bremen have measured the compliance of incoming vessels with air pollution control regulations over a longer period. In July 2017, the federal maritime and hydrographic agency (Bundesamt für...

Die Wasserstrassen hinter den Seehäfen

Die Binnenschiffe können sich über achterlichen Wind freuen. Angesichts ihrer Klimabilanz und ihrer intermodalen Möglichkeiten sind sie für viele Logistikplayer das Mittel der Wahl. Ein Überblick über laufende Projekte.

06.03.2020

ICTSI takes a satisfying look in the rear mirror

Philippines-based International Container Terminal Services (ICTSI) has published its audited consolidated financial results for 2019. Revenues achieved in port operations amounted to USD 1.5 billion, an increase of 7% in...

06.03.2020

Unctad's analysis of the coronavirus impact

Unctad also claims that it is too early to gauge the full economic and trade effects of the Coronavirus outbreak. However, shipping data, based on real-time observations of vessel positions (AIS) and information about the cargoes...

06.03.2020

SCF pushes its LNG strategy in the French name

The Russian shipping company's (SCF Group) latest LNG carrier was recently named "SCF La Perouse", after Jean-François de la Pérouse, a French explorer of the Pacific. The cargo capacity of the vessel is 174,000 cbm....

05.03.2020

New service launched by Interasia and Wan Hai

Interasia Lines, based in Japan, is launching a two-weekly new South China to Vietnam and Thailand service (CV6) in conjunction with Wan Hai Lines. The service will become operational in early March. Interasia Lines shall...

05.03.2020

Roll Group invests in Indonesia

The Bintan Offshore Marine Centre (BOMC), Indonesia, gains a new investor. The Germany-headquartered Roll Group will become an exclusive partner in the BOMC yard, taking care of the cranes and trailers to further develop the...

05.03.2020

Beware: turning panic into profit

In times of epidemics, watch out for villains. ITIC, the international transport intermediaries club, has been receiving an increasing number of reports of fraudulent invoices being submitted to vessel owners and managers for...

Blick auf Häfen in Südamerika und Iberien

Während das seit langem verhandelte Freihandelsabkommen zwischen den Mercosur-Staaten Argentinien, Brasilien, Paraguay und Uruguay und den EU-Ländern immer noch nicht endgültig in den trockenen Tüchern ist, entwickelten sich...

04.03.2020

ONE's intra-Asian service network under change

The big carriers are preparing their new schedules for 2020. The Japanese Ocean Network Express (ONE), based in Singapore, has now disclosed the details of its Intra-Asia Japan service network for 2020. ONE will operate seven...