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Deal abgesagt

Container-Fertigung: MCI wird nicht CIMC. Im Oktober schien die Entstehung eines neuen Oligopols in der Container-Produktion unaufhaltsam. Dass es so doch nicht kommt, hat mit der grossen Politik zu tun.

06.09.2022

CMA CGM takes energy precautions

The CMA CGM Group has announced that it is creating a special fund for energies, backed by a five-year, USD 1.5 billion budget, to accelerate its energy transition and achieve net-zero carbon by 2050. The fund is structured...

06.09.2022

Yang Ming keeps fleet size up

Keelung-headquartered carrier Yang Ming decided to extend its charter on five Seaspan neo-panamax containerships. They belong to the Hong Kong-based company Seaspan. The Taiwanese shipping group has announced an option on...

06.09.2022

Safeen spreads its wings

Safeen Feeders, Abu Dhabi Ports' (AD Ports) affiliate, and CMA CGM have jointly launched the Singapore Chennai Colombo (SCC) service which started in early September in Singapore. While Safeen will deploy the 2,000 teu unit...

05.09.2022

Future Port starts operations

Tuas Port‘s first three berths are now operational. PSA inaugurated the new facilities after the completion of the first development phase, a milestone in Singapore’s maritime strategy. The port is located on Singapore's...

05.09.2022

Preferring sea freight to road traffic

It is now one year ago that Hansa Destinations launched its new shipping service between Nynäshamn and Rostock. The Visby-based shipping company Gotlandsbolaget’s investment in shipping between the continent and the Stockholm...

05.09.2022

New analytics firm starts funding round

The name is DBX. The new dry bulk commodity analytics firm is based in London and has now initiated a round of seed funding. The venture first started in the summer of 2020 with all around support from Signal Ocean. The...

02.09.2022

Global Ports: less traffic, more revenues

Russia’s main container terminal operator Global Port Investments (Global Ports) has reported its interim consolidated financial results (unaudited) for H1/2022. The group's revenues grew by 18.2% to USD 271.6 million compared to...

02.09.2022

Maersk pulls out of Russia

A.P. Moller-Maersk’s (Maersk) terminals business, APM Terminals (APMT) has decided to sell its shares in Global Ports Investments (GPI). Following the announcement of Maersk’s commitment to discontinue activities in Russia...

02.09.2022

Finnsirius tests the water

It is a first-timer for the first Superstar ro-pax vessel, “Finnsirius”, from Finnlines. After the launch on its Chinese wharf, construction on water will now continue. The building of the second Superstar ro-pax vessel is...

Ungeliebte Alternativen am Schwarzen Meer

Die Verkehre zur See zwischen Bulgarien, der Türkei, Georgien und Russland stehen auf dem Prüfstand Krieg und Seeminen sind das eine, Handels- und Verkehrsinteressen das andere. Auch die Güterverkehre auf dem Schwarzen Meer...

01.09.2022

The gods hold their breath

In July 2022, the container throughput index published by the RWI Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL) remained stable at 126.2 points, unchanged (seasonally...

01.09.2022

A new integrated terminal at the Maasvlakte

Hutchison Ports and Terminal Investment Limited (TIL), the terminal branch of MSC, are working on a joint project to develop a new container terminal at Maasvlakte in Rotterdam. It will be built in the Europahaven, which...

01.09.2022

Strong half year for Koper

In the first six months of 2022, the Slovenian Luka Koper saw an effective throughput of 11.7 million t, an uptick of 13% compared H1/2021. The group was able to increase its turnover by 35% compared to EUR 155.1 million...

31.08.2022

Shaka 2 becomes more French

CMA CGM Group will operate two out of nine vessels on the Shaka 2 service, jointly with its partner Maersk. The current rotation will remain the same: Shanghai - Ningbo - Tanjung Pelepas - Port Louis - Durban - Tanjung Pelepas -...

31.08.2022

ONE linked to Cargo Wise

The Singapore-based Ocean Network Express' contract rates and global tariffs are now being transferred automatically and digitally. The technology relies on the logistics platform Cargo Wise. The digital connection makes it...

31.08.2022

AAL manages salvage operation

On the north-west coast of Tasmania, AAL Shipping (AAL) has undertaken a salvage operation to remove two tugs from the Mersey River in Devonport that had been sunk by a cement carrier in January this year. New South...

30.08.2022

Stakes are high on the Rhine

Low water levels of the Rhine and many other rivers currently present a risk for inland waterway freight transport and make it even more difficult to maintain Europe's supply chains. As Germany’s Federal Statistical Office...

30.08.2022

The deal is undone

On 27 September 2021, Maersk said goodbye to its subsidiary Maersk Container Industry (MCI), which had been in business since 1991, and to the latter’s Qingdao facilities. Maersk signed and sealed the takeover agreements the...

30.08.2022

Enhancing Maldives Ports

In the Indian Ocean, state-run Maldives Ports Limited (MPL) has decided to enhance its terminal handling equipment. It plans to add three Kalmar T2i terminal tractors to its fleet at the beginning of 2023. MPL was...