11.12.2020

Joint action for safety at sea

Prevention at Sea (PaS) and KPMG in Cyprus have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the aim to jointly design, develop and promote services and products that reduce safety risks to the maritime industry and ensure a...
10.12.2020

BCT to push combined transport

In Poland, the Baltic Container Terminal (BCT) in Gdynia has joined the EU-backed ‘Comodalce’ project, which fosters further railway solutions. BCT has taken measures that have lifted its intermodal rail traffic to around 30% of...
10.12.2020

In carriers’ seventh heaven

In line with many other shipping lines, Hapag-Lloyd has raised its forecast for financial 2020 on the basis of a better-than-expected business performance in the ongoing Q4/2020. The group expects an ebitda of EUR 2.6–2.7 billion...
10.12.2020

ShipMoney hiring in Greece and the Philippines

The firm Maritime Payment Solutions, a provider of payment solutions for maritime companies which does business as ShipMoney, has recruited two managers. Vanessa Torres has become a strategic client and business development...
09.12.2020

Capacity crunch in Asia

Shipping containers have become a scarce commodity across the whole Asian continent, with 40' high-cube containers in especially short supply. Movers and shakers are expected to see these equipment shortages carry on through the...
09.12.2020

AI against piracy

Artificial intelligence (AI) has become a part of the guidelines and recommendations to be regularly published by the International Maritime Organization (IMO), naval forces and various maritime organisations to help shipowners...
09.12.2020

Refitting ships on Suez Canal

The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) has replaced the rubber cutterhead bearings on the 102 m (335 ft) dredger "Mahmoud Younis" with a water-lubricated composite. The retrofit, which took place at the Port Said Shipyard’s...
08.12.2020

Sea Cargo launches new service

A new freight service will commence at the turn of the year, linking Gothenburg to the industrialised Western Region in Norway via the ports in Stavanger, Bergen, Sunndal and Ålesund. The rotation will also include the Polish...
08.12.2020

LNG carriers supported by Wärtsilä

Teekay Gas, a part of the global Teekay Group, has signed LNG support agreements with the technology group Wärtsilä for eight LNG carrier vessels it owns. The two agreements, each for four vessels, were signed in August and...
08.12.2020

K5 Freeport active in Equatorial Africa

K5 Freeport & Oil Centre in Malabo, the capital of Equatorial Africa, was selected by Noble Energy as platform support specialist and logistic service provider for the Alen gas monetisation project. A capacity to store 5,864...
07.12.2020

Numbers on the rise

Measures taken to counter the pandemic have got a strong hold on the Emilia-Romagna region too – home to the Bologna Interporto. The logistics hub is doing a good job of catching up again after the first half, as Sergio Crespi...
07.12.2020

BGT record in Basra

The 6,600 teu containership ‘Yang Ming Mutuality’ sailed from the Basra Gateway Terminal (BGT) in Um Qasr (Iraq) recently, having set a new turnaround mark. BGT recorded a total of 1,768 moves on the vessel in 17.5 hours,...
07.12.2020

Cooperation in Canada bears fruit

The first outcome of a cooperation agreement signed in 2018 and aimed at improving both their own gateway’s and their common services, the port authorities of Montreal and Trois-Rivières recently announced the rollout of three...
07.12.2020

Southampton doing a Felixstowe

The freight forwarder Westbound Logistics has pointed out that congestion and delays in the port of Southampton have been exacerbated recently. "We’re witnessing similar issues to those we’ve been experiencing in...
04.12.2020

New agent for Brazil-Africa services

The Madrid (Spain)-headquartered Marguisa Shipping Lines, the shipping company of the Sea & Ports group, has appointed Wasa Projects & Chartering as its general agent in Brazil as of January 2021. This is part of the...
04.12.2020

Strengthening ties with the Caribbean

The Dutch company Vertraco Shipping and Bergé, as its representative agent in Spain, intends to intensify commercial activity between the Iberian peninsula, the Caribbean and the northern coast of South America. This will be done...
04.12.2020

ONE investigates container loss

The Singapore-headquartered Ocean Network Express (ONE) is currently assisting owners and managers of the container ship "ONE Apus" (IMO: 9806079; Japanese flag) with investigations into the loss of containers overboard...
04.12.2020

Jade Weser Port sticks to price level

The port fees in Germany's deep-sea container port at Jade Weser Port Wilhelmshaven will remain unchanged at the current for the coming year as well. The supervisory board of the port operator JadeWeserPort Realisierungs recently...
03.12.2020

Hong Kong banks on reefers

The Hong Kong Seaport Alliance (HKSPA) is investing in its perishables business which has a value of USD 3 billion a year. 60% out of the fruit handled at HKSPA’s terminals annually are transported onward to Mainland China....
03.12.2020

Dispute in Bremen?

In Germany, the port and logistics association Bremische Hafen- und Logistikvertretung (BHV) has criticised the decision of Bremen's senate on the assumption of costs for losses incurred by the Jade-Weser-Port Container-Terminals...
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