19.05.2021

Tanger Med's TC3 exploits full capacity

Tanger Alliance at the TC3 terminal in Tanger Med in Morocco has enhanced its equipment. The terminal has just received the final two of eight Liebherr ship to shore container cranes. They entered service in April 2021 and bring...
19.05.2021

New East Africa service is on

The new East Africa Service 3 (EAS3) is now in operation. The sailings cover routes between China, South-East Asia, Kenya and Tanzania. The port rotation is the following: Shanghai ▪ Ningbo ▪ Nansha ▪ Singapore ▪ Port Kelang ▪...
19.05.2021

More exports go via Stockholm

Exports via the Stockholm Norvik Port container terminal keep rising, which is also due to the shortage of empty containers in Sweden. The access to empty containers at Stockholm Norvik has led to more export goods being shipped...
18.05.2021

Wan Hai sets new sails

Shipping company Wan Hai Lines recently reported its results for Q1/2021. Wan Hai's revenue was up a significant 114% from Q1/2020, to TWD 38.62 billion (USD 1.37 billion), while net profit took a great leap of 157% to TWD 14.78...
18.05.2021

Memphis blockage of Mississippi over

The Mississippi River, which was blocked near the International Port of Memphis till Friday, has been reopened for barge traffic. The US Coast Guard emphasised that the shutdown of the waterways, which caused a backlog of more...
18.05.2021

Less emissions in ro-ro classes

An in-depth study, validated by Rina (Registro Italiano Navale), has been published on the energy efficiency index of ro-ro ships belonging to different classes. An assessment which evaluated CO2 emissions in terms of km per...
17.05.2021

Carriers sponsor climate change campaign

The skipper Boris Herrmann, whose Team Malizia gained notoriety in 2020 when he competed in the Vendee Globe 2020 ocean race while carrying the message “A Race We Must Win” on the sails of his yacht, signed an official...
17.05.2021

MOL Plus makes first strike

Founded in late April 2021, MOL Plus, a venture capital fund (CVC) firm owned by Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has now chosen its first investment. The investment pool is JPY 4 billion (USD 36 million). The CVC’s first project is...
17.05.2021

Ikea banks on barges in Paris

Having won a bid for project sites organised by Haropa-Ports of Paris, Ikea France is setting up a logistics warehouse at Limay. The publicly owned site, approximately 160,000 sqm, will enable the Swedish retailer to develop a...
17.05.2021

HHLA: a mixed bag in Q1/2021

Q1/2021 had its ups and downs for Hamburger Hafen und Logistik (HHLA). The group's ebit rose by 26.4 % to EUR 46.3 million mostly due to high storage fees caused by continued shipping delays in Hamburg as well as rising container...
14.05.2021

A rush to US ports

The interruption of liner services all over the world, caused by delayed deliveries and a downward spiral in production due to the pandemic, have had an extended impact. Many goods are now arriving in the USA – a trend that is...
12.05.2021

More cranes in port of Barcelona

BEST, a Hutchison Ports terminal in Barcelona, has taken delivery of two super post-panamax gantry cranes. They offer an outreach of 24 rows and a height under spreader of 47 m (with the possibility of a further 5 m increase),...
12.05.2021

Expanding facilities in port of Hirtshals

The Port of Hirtshals, a multipurpose hub on the coast of Skagerrak at the northern tip of Denmark, is adding further quay areas and ro-ro berths, thus improving its loading/unloading opportunities. The expansion includes...
12.05.2021

Port of Lübeck grows in first quarter

Lübecker Hafen-Gesellschaft (LHG), which operates the German Baltic Sea port of Lübeck, has reported an 8% increase in its overall volumes in Q1/2021. Lockdowns in 2020 and this year did not affect cargo throughput, by and large....
11.05.2021

Hutchison wraps up acquisition

APM Terminals (APMT) and Hutchison Ports have agreed that Hutchison Ports Netherlands, a subsidiary of Hutchison Ports, is to acquire Rotterdam’s container terminal APM Terminals Rotterdam (APMTR) from APMT. Financial details...
11.05.2021

Suez impact digested

The Port of Rotterdam is just one of the European ports that could call the whole thing off. The backlog caused by the grounding of the "Ever Given" is as good as processed. With this notification, the Suez...
11.05.2021

Solid recovered fuels from Rouen to Sweden

There is new traffic between Rouen, France, and Sweden. In recent weeks, Sea Invest Rouen loaded two ships with 3,500 t of solid recovered fuel (SRF) bound for Sweden. This new service, operated by Véolia, is a first for...
11.05.2021

From Poland to Australia

Germany-based Dship Carriers has transported seven urgently needed straddle carriers from Gdynia, Poland to the Port of Brisbane, Australia. Each straddle carrier had a weight of over 71 t and oversized measurements of 11 x 13 x...
10.05.2021

New helmsman and steady Q1 for Finnlines

Musical chairs at Finnlines, the Grimaldi Group subsidiary that operates ro-ro and passenger services in the Baltic and North Seas and in the Bay of Biscay. On 6 May, its board of directors appointed CFO Tom Pippingsköld as...
10.05.2021

Express service from Asia to Persian Gulf

On 16 May, the NVOCC Cargogulf is launching a container service linking North Asia to the Persian Gulf with fixed weekly sailings. The North Asia Gulf Express (Nage) will connect the ports of Shanghai, Ningbo, Xiamen and Da Chan...
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