07.10.2021

Special cranes for Uruguay terminals

Corporación Navios in Uruguay has introduced new cranes to handle bulk cargo on narrow piers. To serve terminals with little space, but a high workload, the company opted for the space-saving design of the fixed cargo cranes...
07.10.2021

Industrial facilities on port land for sale

Two industrial facilities on port land, Le Havre's Grand Canal and Eco-Normandie Business Park, are open for investors, now that they have been awarded an official label by the government. "This government label not only...
06.10.2021

Spanish ports are back with containers

The Spanish public ports handled 351.8 million t of merchandise between January and August this year. This is 6% above the level of the same period in 2020. However, this volume is still 5.7% below the pre-pandemic levels of...
06.10.2021

Coca Cola's new shipping business

How do shippers avoid congestion today? Messages on LinkedIn by Coca-Cola procurement director Alan Smith made this brand's new policy crystal clear: ""When you can't get containers or space due to the current ocean...
06.10.2021

Preparations for pre-Christmas period in UK

In UK, DP World has inaugurated a storage space of 6,000 sqm dedicated to empty containers. The measure is meant to increase storage capacity during the critical pre-Christmas season. This move comes at a time when dwell times at...
05.10.2021

A new old oligopoly

The most important container production centres shifted from South Korea to China as long ago as the 1990s. The sale by Maersk of the reefer specialist MCI to CIMC is nevertheless likely to be a cherry on the cake for the Chinese...
05.10.2021

White smoke in the Port of Trieste

On the Adriatic coast, the Italian Port of Trieste has found a new international partner. The new free port at Bagnoli della Rosandra (FREEeste) is home to a new, multi-year partnership between Interporto di Trieste (Trieste...
05.10.2021

Milestone for Hamad port

Hamad Port Qatar, which is one of the pillars of the country's supply, recently achieved a major milestone as it handled its sixth million container. The port has also processed 13 million freight tonnes of non-containerised...
05.10.2021

Rail-enabled vessels with green finance

It is a new sustainable finance instrument for the shipping industry. In New Zealand, HFW is advising Kiwi Rail on a secured NZD 350 million (USD 244 million) pre- and post-delivery loan facility for its purchase of two...
04.10.2021

Upswing for Vancouver

Vancouver marks a record year: The Canadian Vancouver Fraser Port Authority has reported its figures for H1/2021. From January to June, cargo volumes through Canada’s largest port reached 76.4 million t, up 7% compared to...
04.10.2021

More equipment for Indonesian shipper

In Indonesia, PT. Riau Andalan Pulp and Paper (PT. RAPP), the operating branch of pulp and paper producer April Group, has ordered two rubber-tyred gantry cranes (RTGs) and a reachstacker for its container terminal at the Port of...
04.10.2021

To the unknown Covid-19 victims

Who is thinking of logistics personnel in the days of anti-pandemic measures? Global sea, air and road transport workers' organisations and trade unions called on world leaders meeting at the United Nations General Assembly last...
01.10.2021

ONE: new Intra-Asian service

Singapore-headquartered carrier Ocean Network Express (ONE) is launching a service linking South Korea and Central/South China with Southeast Asia. The weekly Korea - China - Straits (KCS) Service, starting on 30 October from...
01.10.2021

Finally night shift in Long Beach

There is hope that the long queues of container vessels in the bays near the biggest US Ports on the West Coast will soon be a thing of the past. The Total Terminals International container terminal on Pier T in the port of Long...
01.10.2021

AMPI joins Shipping Australia

The Australasian Marine Pilots Institute (AMPI) has joined the Shipping Australia association as a corporate associate member. AMPI is the professional body representing marine pilots all over Australasia. It assists in the...
30.09.2021

Is Indonesia up for a global player?

The new player's annual throughput is estimated at 16.7 million teu per year. In Indonesia, with so many islands, domestic shipping costs are comparably high. Now, the authorities have decided to merge the public port operators...
30.09.2021

New equipment for Mombasa Terminal

Kenya Port Authority (KPA) has chosen new equipment for its Mombasa Container Terminal. Three forklift trucks were ordered in Q2/2021, eight reachstackers in Q3/2021. All the machines are scheduled for delivery at the beginning...
30.09.2021

A special newbuild for K Line

The Japanese shipping company Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) has taken delivery of the 210,000-dwt t capesize bulk carrier "Cape Brolga". The newbuild had been under construction at Tsu shipyard of Japan Marine...
29.09.2021

Global container flows better than expected

The container throughput index of the RWI - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL) increased by 3.2 points (seasonally adjusted) to 126.6 points in August, according to...
29.09.2021

Wilhelmshaven finds new investor

The rumours have come to an end: Hamburg carrier Hapag-Lloyd is set to acquire a 30% stake in Container Terminal Wilhelmshaven (CTW) and 50% of the shares of Rail Terminal Wilhelmshaven (RTW) at Jade Weser Port. Terminal operator...
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