07.06.2021

ICS welcomes zero-emissions project

The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has welcomed the new 'zero-emissions shipping' project. Its objective is to ensure that at least 5% of the global merchant fleet operating in transoceanic traffic is propelled by fuels...
07.06.2021

Unifeeder connects port of Cork

A new container service now calls at the port of Cork from Southampton. Shortsea operator Unifeeder launched the connection via the Southampton hub to and from the ports of Cork, Belfast and Dublin. The lift-on lift-off...
07.06.2021

More post-Brexit links

P&O Ferries is now deploying a second ship to serve the Zeebrugge-Hull route. The MV 'Freya' was added to the schedule on the North Sea lo-lo route in the post-Brexit period. The 117 m containership has the capacity to carry...
04.06.2021

Short sea shipping is back

In Spain, shortsea shipping volumes are beginning to recover and returning to the level prior to the Covid-19 crisis in Q1/2021 compared to the same period in 2019 and 2020. According to the report from SPC Spain, international...
04.06.2021

Rising global fleet faces staff shortfall

London-based maritime consultancy Drewry draws attention to a growing concern of the high sea shipping industry, according to the latest Manning Annual Review and Forecast report. Due to the diminishing attractiveness of a...
04.06.2021

Nordic barge service now in operation

Sweden’s first container barge shuttle service on inland waterways between Stockholm Norvik Port and the Port of Västerås set sail in June. The services are operated by German shipping company Deymann. On this EU class inland...
03.06.2021

Contargo wins tender in Weil

Contargo, founded in 2004, has been awarded the contract for handling operations at the container terminal of the Rhine port of Weil am Rhein (Rheinhafengesellschaft Weil am Rhein), near Basel (Switzerland) at the end of a...
03.06.2021

High freight rates inflate prices

Copenhagen-based maritime consultancy Sea-Intelligence recently analysed the impact of the elevated freight rates on importers for a variety of consumer goods, especially on the Asia to US West Coast and North Europe trade lanes....
03.06.2021

Italian islands get closer to mainland

Naples-based Grimaldi Group has launched a new Naples-Cagliari-Palermo ro-pax after winning the relative tender of the Italian ministry of sustainable infrastructures and mobility for long-distance land-based services of...
02.06.2021

A silver lining for reliability at sea?

According to Sea-Intelligence, a maritime intelligence provider from Copenhagen (Denmark), the increase in global schedule reliability in March 2021 didn’t last. Reliability levelled out, with carriers recording a 1 percentage...
02.06.2021

An old and new brand in Argentina

In September 2020 the towing company Svitzer took over the firm Madero Amarres from Grupo Meridian in Argentina, and subsequently changed the company name of the subsidiary to Svitzer Argentina. Now the company has acquired a new...
02.06.2021

Shanghai test centre now operative

In Shanghai, Centre Testing International (CTI)-Maritec, a fuel and environmental technical advisory company for the maritime industry, recently cut the ribbon of a new fuel-testing centre. The opening of the lab, located in the...
01.06.2021

Ikea dreaming of the Seine

Goods can be delivered to the centre of large conurbations emissions-free by combining inland barge and electric vehicle services. Ikea and Haropa Ports have teamed up for Paris.
01.06.2021

More ULCV for CMA CGM

China's CSSC Jiangnan Shipyard, an affiliate of China State Shipbuilding Corporation, has delivered another 23,000 teu dual-fuel containership to Marseille-based shipping company CMA CGM. The newbuild, CMA CGM Trocadero, is 399.9...
01.06.2021

Trois-Rivières and Montreal: three projects

As part of the collaboration agreement signed in late 2018 that aims to improve respective or shared port services, the ports of Montreal and Trois-Rivières have announced three new projects: the implementation of a common...
01.06.2021

Woody biomass in MOL's focus

MOL is planning to procure a newbuilding Panamax bulker to transport woody biomass for energy as its main cargo, especially by power companies in Japan. The new vessel’s specifications are in pre-compliance with the energy...
31.05.2021

WW and Gothenburg fortify partnership

The major ro-ro operator Wallenius Wilhelmsen (WW) is increasing its frequencies and destinations in the port of Gothenburg (Sweden), in response to growing demand for vehicle transport and breakbulk and project loads. WW...
31.05.2021

More traffic from Amsterdam to Ireland

Brexit is still taking its toll – which is an advantage for shipments between Ireland and the Netherlands, which guarantee border-free transit. The shortsea shipping line Samskip, founded in Iceland in 1990 and currently in...
31.05.2021

Five UAL calls in Nigeria

Five vessels operated by Universal Africa Lines (UAL) will call at the Nigerian port of Onne this month. Three vessels will sail to Nigeria from Northern Europe and the Mediterranean, and two from the Gulf of Mexico. UAL, an...
28.05.2021

Air-Ports under the hammer

The process was put on the back burner during the outbreak of Covid-19; but now it has returned to centre stage again. In April 2021 alone five port terminals, including inland waterway hubs, were auctioned off. On top of this...
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