10.05.2021

Port of Lübeck expands intermodal capacities

Lübecker Hafen-Gesellschaft (LHG), which operates the German Baltic Sea port of Lübeck, is enhancing its intermodal position by developing a master plan for the area. Lübeck is already something of an intermodal bridgehead on the...
10.05.2021

Marexport swallowed by Jenkins

British Jenkins Group is acquiring Marexport UK based in the ports of Felixstowe and Ipswich. Jenkins, founded over 40 years ago, offers stevedoring, container operations, warehousing and road haulage services. The now...
07.05.2021

More than USD 1 trillion

The latest development in the maritime shipping industry must be like a balm for many a melancholy shipowner, after years and years of operational losses. The margins earned for goods transported as well as the value of ships...
07.05.2021

Wan Hai Lines back to South America

On 3 May, Wan Hai Lines (WHL) resumed a service linking Asia to the west coast of South America. The standalone WHL service was suspended in the winter timetable. It has now been resumed, in partnership with PIL, EMC and Coscon,...
07.05.2021

An inland shipping first for Sweden

The first container barge shuttle service on Sweden’s inland waterways is in the pipeline. The barges will sail between Stockholm’s newly-opened Norvik Port and the port of Västerås. The service will be operated by German...
07.05.2021

Jaxport retains stable credit rating

The port of Jacksonville, Florida’s largest container gateway, was pleased that Fitch Ratings recently confirmed the A rating of the port's approximately USD 130 million in outstanding revenue bonds. The credit rating agency...
06.05.2021

Rhine ports steady the ship

The first quarter of this year went rather well for the Port of Switzerland, the operator of the Swiss inland ports on the River Rhine. The port authority’s three hubs handled 1.26 million t of goods in Q1/2021, 2.9% less...
06.05.2021

A ship management takeover

Columbia Shipmanagement (CSM) and Seatrans have set up a joint venture, called Stödig Ship Management. CSM said that the strategic partnership with the Norwegian shipowner and operator, which specialises in services for chemical...
06.05.2021

Port of Douala gearing up for growth

Cameroon’s Régie du Terminal à Conteneurs (RTC) has ordered two Konecranes Gottwald harbour cranes. RTC expects the volume of cargo passing through the port of Douala to continue to rise, which is why it needs extra capacity in...
05.05.2021

ONE takes great leap in 2020

In 2020, Singapore-headquartered Ocean Network Express (ONE) generated a turnover of USD 14.4 billion, which is a significant 21.3% above the level of FY/2019 (USD 11,9 billion). Profit saw a peak with USD 3.5 billion, a...
05.05.2021

Far East-UK traffic particularly hit

By the end of 2020, the cost of shipping goods from China to Northern Europe - one of the major trade routes - had quadrupled from levels at the start of the year. “The container crisis is increasing the pressure on British...
05.05.2021

Circles in the sand in Brussels

Like the Port of Brussels, the Belgian football club Royale Union Saint-Gilloise cares about the environment and tries to contribute to a greener world. So the club decided to join forces with the Port of Brussels to organise the...
04.05.2021

Container flows on a stable high

The Container Throughput Index published by RWI - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL) shows a slight, seasonally adjusted increase from (revised) 121.4 to 122.6 in...
04.05.2021

More traffic for Cork

Naples-based Grimaldi Group in launching a twice weekly direct ro-ro service from the Irish port of Cork to Antwerp as from the second week of May 2021. The vessel deployed is the Italian-flagged ro-ro unit "Eurocargo...
04.05.2021

22 newbuilds for CMA CGM

Just like a number of other carriers, Marseilles-headquartered CMA CGM Group is ordering container vessels of three different sizes. Evergreen recently placed an order for 20 units, now the French group has contracted the...
03.05.2021

On infrastructure in Wilhelmshaven

In the port of Wilhelmshaven, Germany, state-owned port company Niedersachsen Ports is planning to spend EUR 8.9 million on refurbishing port infrastructure, significantly more than the EUR 3.9 million earmarked for the...
03.05.2021

ZIM pays back early

Haifa-based carrier ZIM Integrated Shipping Services is paying dues back earlier than planned, on account of its good results in 2020. The shipping company said that it intends to perform a mandatory excess cash redemption of...
03.05.2021

Crystal Pool to digitalise safety

Italian Ship Management Company Crystal Pool, which is part of the Rimorchiatori Riuniti Group, has chosen the Info Ship Quality Management solution to digitalise and standardise procedures and guidelines to act in an emergency...
30.04.2021

Rotterdam back on track

Europe's first port in terms of volume, Rotterdam, is back on the growth path after a difficult 2020. Volumes surged by 3% in Q1/2021, to 115.8 million t. The hub’s terminals handled a rising number of containers, namely 3.7...
30.04.2021

P&O reclaiming the Channel

P&O Ferries is returning to pre-pandemic times and bringing its fifth ro-ro ship back to the Dover–Calais route in the English Channel. The ‘Pride of Burgundy’, a 28,000 t vessel that can carry 120 trucks, will sail again in...
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