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05.07.2021

Wind propulsion for transatlantic PCTC

Alfa Laval and Wallenius are forming a new 50/50 joint venture to reduce the marine industry’s carbon footprint and overall emissions. The new unit, Alfa Wall Oceanbird, will focus on the development and realisation of...

02.07.2021

MSC continues collecting

According to Clarksons, the Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) expects the shipping boom to continue and has therefore acquired another five container vessels from different carriers, after having added around 60 second-hand...

02.07.2021

Short sea Adria-Turkey service launched

Effective from 7 July 2021, CMA CGM is launching a new short-sea service, connecting three Turkish ports with weekly calls to the Adriatic Port of Koper. Besides competitive short transit times, the TMX3 (Turkey Med Express 3) is...

02.07.2021

Cargo on ferry of the third kind

The FRS Iberia shipping company recently acquired a fast ferry which will be renamed “Levante Jet”. The unit is an 85 m length fast catamaran, with an aluminium hull, constructed in 2015 in Australia – more specifically in the...

01.07.2021

Alsaceterminal now in charge

The time is up. In January, Frenkendorf-based Swissterminal announced that it will take over operations of the three French inland ports Ottmarsheim, Huningue-Village-Neuf and Ile Napoléon in the Alsace region. Effective 1...

01.07.2021

P&O adds fifth Dover–Calais vessel

Growing demand from British and European customers has prompted P&O Ferries to return the ‘Pride of Burgundy’ to its Dover–Calais route. The vessel, with its first sailing in over a year, will now be the line’s fifth ship...

01.07.2021

Cologne logistics group stable

The logistics group Häfen und Güterverkehr Köln (HGK) reports that its annual results for 2020 remained on the same level as in 2019 (EUR 10.3 million). Sales amounted to EUR 71.2 million, compared to EUR 75.4 million in the...

30.06.2021

New player in Ukrainian waters

Hamburg-based carrier Hapag-Lloyd is opening a new office in Ukraine. Bordering on the northern shores of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, the country is the second largest in Europe and lies between the European Union and...

30.06.2021

Jaxport hits the jackpot in May

In May, Jacksonville Port in Florida (USA), aka Jaxport, set a new record for monthly container volumes. Box movements increased by 37% over the same month in 2020, to more than 128,900 teu in May 2021. Previously the record,...

30.06.2021

Tool to streamline container standards

The Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA) has created the ‘Adopter Programme’, a tool that “enables stakeholders to streamline vendor selection when seeking standards-based, interoperable solutions.” The DCSA is an...

29.06.2021

DP World drives Somaliland's maritime links

DP World recently inaugurated the new container terminal at Berbera Port, Somaliland, following completion of the first phase of the port’s expansion at the Horn of Africa. The new terminal was opened at an official ceremony...

29.06.2021

Seaspan extends containerships lease for Cosco

The Seaspan Corporation, an independent owner and operator of containerships and a subsidiary of Atlas Corp, recently forward-fixed contracts and extended the lease terms for Cosco Shipping Lines of 17 containerships representing...

29.06.2021

Cold-ironing project in five European ports

Five North Sea ports – Antwerp, Bremen, Hamburg, Haropa (including Le Havre) and Rotterdam– have revealed plans to make the shipping industry cleaner by providing 14,000 teu containerships or larger moored in their...

28.06.2021

Container index: the only way is up

The container throughput index of the RWI - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL) rose by 2.3 points (seasonally adjusted) to 128.6 in May, according to the current...

28.06.2021

How maritime trade performed in 2020

The European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) has published a report that aims to quantify the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic measures in maritime transport. Maritime trade in the European Union (EU) fell by 9.3% in 2020,...

28.06.2021

Zim completes early redemption

Haifa-based Zim Integrated Shipping Services recently announced “the full completion of the early redemption of 100% of the principal amount and accrued interest of its series 1 and 100% series 2 unsecured notes.” The measure,...

25.06.2021

How double sailings intensify port congestion

Copenhagen-based maritime consultancy Sea Intelligence recently analysed the impact of double sailings in the booming deep sea container shipping market. This is when two or more vessels sail in the same week on the same service...

25.06.2021

More space in Koper

The container quayside at the southern end of Pier I in Slovenia's Port of Koper has been extended by 100 m. It serves a new berth, named Link 7D. The project also includes the construction of a 25,000 sqm container storage area...

25.06.2021

Green light for methanol-powered tug

The port of Antwerp is set to become the first hub in the world to convert a tug to methanol propulsion. The move is part of the European Union-funded ‘Fastwater’ project, which aims to demonstrate the feasibility of methanol as...

24.06.2021

Record month for port of Virginia

In May the US east coast port of Virginia, whose activities centre on Hampton Roads harbour, set a new record for a single month when it handled almost 315,000 teu, a 56% rise that saw it surpass the previous record by almost...