ITJ | Transport Journal Mobile: Shipping & Ports

18.01.2022

Acquisition in Oslo

Oslo (Norway)-based shipping research and advisory company Via Mar is to become part of Vessels Value, which has over 200 employees across eight offices worldwide in UK, Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Seoul and Manila. Via Mar...

17.01.2022

Ports in India prepare for the worst

The Indian Register of Shipping recently prepared disaster management plans (DMP) for ports operated by the Gujarat Maritime Board (GMB), covering the ports of Alang, Bhavnagar, Jafrabad, Mandvi, Okha, Porbandar and Veraval....

17.01.2022

VCFI reports stabilised growth

The Valencia Containerised Freight Index (VCFI), which measures the trend and evolution of container transport costs by sea from the port of Valencia (Spain), closed the year with a 4.14% increase in December compared to...

17.01.2022

An update at Tecon Santos in Brazil

T2S has installed a new terminal operating system (TOS) to control all cargo movements at Tecon Santos, one of Latin America's major container terminals. The South Korean company Cyber Logitec, which provides the Opus...

17.01.2022

A drop in times of overflow?

The Chicago-based maritime intelligence provider Project 44 recently analysed the latest developments in ocean shipping and gave its outlook for 2022. Despite a steady decline in teu capacity occurring during H1/2021, port...

14.01.2022

MSC wears the crown

As expected, the Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) overtook Maersk as the largest ocean carrier by operated vessel capacity on a global scale at the beginning of the year. Nevertheless, the Danish shipping company always...

14.01.2022

New trends in ship recycling

P.T. Marcopolo Shipyard, a subsidiary of the Singapore-headquartered Marco Polo Marine, has ventured into green ship recycling, to help shipowners recycle their end-of-life ships in a safe and environmentally sound manner. In...

14.01.2022

Dwell fee in Californian Ports still on hold

The Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach are still reconsidering their “container dwell fee”. Since the programme was announced on 25 October 2021, the two ports have seen a combined decline of 35% in aging cargo on the...

13.01.2022

Contargo extends contract in Valenciennes

In the Hauts-de-France region, Contargo will continue to operate the Ports de l'Escaut container terminal near Valenciennes on the quay of Bruay-sur-l'Escaut/Saint-Saulve, after winning a Europe-wide tender for the project. The...

13.01.2022

Rotterdam studies shore-based power

The Port of Rotterdam Authority is making shore-based power available for container, liquid bulk and other segments. It has launched studies at the terminals of Hutchison Ports ECT Rotterdam (ECT), APMT2, Vopak, and Cruiseport...

13.01.2022

Green laurels for Conakry Terminal

After the audit conducted by Bureau Veritas on 12 November 2021, Guinea's Conakry Terminal, a subsidiary of Bolloré Ports and operator of the container terminal of the Autonomous Port of Conakry, has won the green terminal label....

12.01.2022

Evergreen's building big in China

The next ULCV is ready for service. Hudong Zhonghua Shipbuilding, a division of China State Shipbuilding Corp (CSSC), recently floated Evergreen Line's newest containership, the "Ever Alot." With an estimated...

12.01.2022

Noatum and Algeposa push Sagunto and Tarragona

In a joint effort with its partner Algeposa, Noatum, through its subsidiary Noatum Terminals, has completed the acquisition of four automotive cranes for its Spanish port terminals in Castellon, Sagunto and Tarragona. This...

12.01.2022

Next LNG battery hybrid on course

UECC has rolled out its next dual-fuel LNG battery hybrid PCTC. It is the third and final newbuild in a series built at China’s Jiangnan Shipyard. The launch of hull number H2665 on 28 December 2021 came seven months after...

11.01.2022

Luka Koper reaches threshold of 1 million teu

In 2021, the container terminal of the Slovenian Port of Koper handled 996,000 teu, beating its previous record of 988,500 teu, achieved in 2018. "This is an important milestone, especially given the impact of the...

11.01.2022

A good year for the Baltic port of Lübeck

Even compared to the pre-Corona year 2019, handling volumes hat Lübecker Hafen-Gesellschaft (LHG), including the leased terminals, rose by almost 6% to around 23.7 million t, as preliminary projections indicate. The ro-ro sector...

11.01.2022

Liscont taken over by Yilport

Terminal operator Eurogate has sold its shares in the Portuguese container terminal in Lisbon. The 16.34% will go to global port and terminal operator Yilport, which is domiciled in Turkey and now holds all shares in Liscont. The...

10.01.2022

Strong start to 2022 – but clouds on the horizon

The container throughput index published by the RWI Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL) rose from 123.9 points (seasonally adjusted) to 125.3 points in November,...

10.01.2022

Barge service for Latin American exports

A new barge feeder service between the port of La Plata, close to Buenos Aires, and the port of Santa Fe, in the northeast of the country introduced by ICTSI’s Argentinian business unit creates a new and direct link to Brazil and...

10.01.2022

Best’s next step in Barcelona

The port of Barcelona has approved the development of a new phase of the Best terminal, which belongs to Hutchison Ports. The port and terminal operator is set to invest around EUR 60 million in its facility on the Prat...