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09.04.2019

Liebherr looks back on a successful 2018

The Liebherr Group notched up a turnover of EUR 10.5 billion in 2018, breaking through the EUR 10 billion barrier for the first time in the company’s history. This represents an increase of EUR 739 million, or 7.5%, compared to...

08.04.2019

Japan joins the Hong Kong convention

The IMO’s treaty for safe and environmentally-sound ship recycling has received another boost. Japan is the 10th country to adhere to the Hong Kong convention, which covers the design, construction, operation and maintenance...

08.04.2019

Globalports continues its comeback

During 2018, Globalports continued to focus on the recovery of the Russian container market. The group’s marine container throughput increased by 12.2% year-on-year in 2018, slightly outperforming the market growth of 10.0%. The...

08.04.2019

Duisport holds its course in difficult conditions

Despite a cooling economic climate, the duisport group reported a turnover of EUR 278.6 million in FY 2018, up 11.6% or EUR 28.9 million compared to the EUR 249.7 million generated in 2017. The operative result (ebitda) grew by...

01.04.2019

Singapur visiert Gdansk an

PSA International will sich am Kauf des grössten Containerterminals in Polen beteiligen. Dieser hält eine wichtige Position als Gateway für Polen und Zentralosteuropa.

05.04.2019

RMI: 15 years of qualship 21 certification

The Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) has been recognised on the US coast guard's qualship 21 roster for 2019-2020. The USCG programme rewards vessels for commitment to safety and quality when calling at ports in the United...

05.04.2019

Svitzer for Suez

The towage operator Svitzer recently inked a ten-year agreement with the Egyptian port of Suez. The company will provide two newly built 70T ASD tugs for supporting the operations in Port Said and the Suez Canal. Svitzer has...

05.04.2019

Cosco also goes for Anfield

The Big Five are in the game: Five global shipping lines are all now calling at Liverpool following confirmation that Chinese giant Cosco Shipping is to ship via the port. The carrier will take slots on an existing Canadian...

04.04.2019

More barges to/from North Brabant

The port of Rotterdam Authority, the Multimodal Coordination Foundation and Brabant Advice Centre (MCA Brabant) have just signed a partnership agreement. The objective of the partnership is to increase container transport...

04.04.2019

UAL feels the wind beneath its wings

Against the backdrop of the oil & gas industry’s recuperation, the carrier Universal Africa Lines (UAL) recently witnessed a special event – three of its vessels, the “UAL Cologne, UAL Houston and the Lieke” were in the port...

04.04.2019

New equipment for MICT in the Philippines

Four new hybrid rubber-tyred gantries (RTG) have been acquired by the Manila International Container Terminal (MICT), the flagship of International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI). The new RTGs, manufactured by the...

21.03.2019

Casablanca meldet sich zurück

Die marokkanische Hafenbehörde ANP plant ein grosses Investitionsprogramm für die Modernisierung der Häfen des Landes. Davon soll insbesondere Casablanca profitieren. Der Hafen der grössten Stadt des Lande plant eine neue Werft...

03.04.2019

Carlyle to build terminal at Port of Corpus Christi

The port of Corpus Christi Commission has approved a 50 year lease agreement with Lone Star Ports, a joint venture between the Carlyle Group and the Berry Group. The pact pertains to approximately 800 sqkm on Harbor Island to...

03.04.2019

Cargo Gulf picks liner service agent in Antwerp

The global NVOCC Cargo Gulf has appointed Burger Liner Agencies, part of the Royal Burger Group, as its liner service agent in Antwerp (Belgium). The move is in response to strong growth in exports from Belgium and France, and...

03.04.2019

Drewry foresees more M&As for vulnerable carriers

According to Drewry, financially vulnerable carriers could be pushed into mergers and acquisitions due to the extra costs associated with the new low-sulphur fuel law. If that happens, how might competition on key trades be...

02.04.2019

New digital tool for the port of Strasbourg

Strasbourg now relies on Vigsiesip to organise and administer ship stopovers. The digital port information system was developed by Bordeaux Port Atlantique and is already deployed in 15 major maritime ports (MPGs) and French...

02.04.2019

Negotiations between Maritime Kuhn and Bolloré Ports France

In France, Bolloré Transport & Logistics and the Kuhn Maritime group have entered into exclusive negotiations for Kuhn to take over Bolloré’s port activities in France. This project could become effective during Q3/2019,...

02.04.2019

TIL to become sole owner of MCT in Gioia Tauro

Contship Italia and Itaterminaux, an affiliate of Terminal Investment (TIL), have inked a share purchase agreement concerning the sale of 50% of CSM Italia Gate, the company which owns 100% of MCT (Medcenter container...

01.04.2019

Container throughput index takes a dive

The container throughput index published by the German research body Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (RWI - Leibniz) and the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL) fell to 133.9 according to...

01.04.2019

Some lateral movement for HHLA in FY/2018

The German service provider Hamburger Hafen und Logistik (HHLA) was successful in financial year 2018 as it outperformed its already strong 2017 result. Despite a harsher market environment in H2/2018, container throughput...