30.10.2020

Hamburg and Tanger to cooperate

Digitally, Hamburg Port Authority and Tanger Med Port Authority just signed a letter of intent to form a maritime partnership. Through this agreement, both port authorities jointly aim to work on exchanging experiences and...
29.10.2020

OOCL also going strong

Like most of the maritime carriers worldwide, the Hong Kong-based Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) reported positive results for Q3/2020 despite the Covid-19 pandemic. Overall average revenue per teu increased by 6.2%...
29.10.2020

Ferries to bridge Brexit

P&O Ferries (P&OF), the British ferry operator, has chosen the Finnish technology group Wärtsilä as engine provider for its new series of ‘super ferries’. The contract is for two vessels, and the order was signed in...
29.10.2020

Port of Switzerland stands its ground

No slump, just a "dip" in the goods flows: From January to September 2020 the Swiss Rhine Ports generated a turnover that was roughly 16% below the comparatively strong first nine months of 2019. The Covid-19...
28.10.2020

Another service calling Le Havre

The Marseille-headquartered carrier CMA CGM will again include Le Havre, part of the Haropa association, as a port of call in its FAL 1 service. The rotation of the FAL1 line (French Asia Line) is thus revised. This decision...
28.10.2020

Berthing works in Jaxport about to finish

The project of berth enhancements in the port of Jacksonville, Florida, Jaxport, continues to make progress. The latest phase of a total investment of USD 109 million for enhancing the existing SSA Jacksonville container terminal...
28.10.2020

Container options on the Mississippi

A new option in inland navigation on the Mississippi is currently under consideration in the USA. A project group recently designed a container-on-vessel (COV) service which is expected to reduce freight transportation costs and...
27.10.2020

Trieste connects north and south

The northern Italian port of Trieste is cooperating with a German enterprise to open a terminal that will serve a maritime / railway system.
27.10.2020

DP World re-performing in Q3/2020

The activities of the Dubai-based maritime group DP World gained momentum in the third quarter of this year. The group's terminals handled 18.3 million teu across its global portfolio of container terminals in Q3/2020, with gross...
27.10.2020

Columbia and Premuda join forces

Could it be the beginning of a wonderful friendship? The Italian ship-owning Group Premuda, controlled by Pillarstone, a financial platform supporting companies in temporary difficulty, has found a partner in Columbia...
27.10.2020

Two CTVs from Singapore

Singapore-based shipbuilder Strategic Marine has inked a newbuild contract for two 27 m crew transfer vessels (CTVs). The contract includes an arrangement with financial investors providing WEM with an end-to-end package from...
26.10.2020

Margins to stay, says Fitch Ratings

According to the rating agency Fitch, container shipping spot rates have continuously risen in recent months, despite a significant reduction in demand for maritime transport due to the effects of the corona pandemic, but driven...
26.10.2020

IMB sees pirates growing stronger

Pirate attacks on merchant ships continue to rise, according to figures from the most recent edition of the quarterly report of the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC). In...
26.10.2020

Green hydrogen from Iceland?

A new source for clean fuels is in the making. Landsvirkjun, Iceland's national power company, and the Port of Rotterdam have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to perform a pre-feasibility study regarding the export of...
23.10.2020

EU funding for Swedish and Finnish ports

The Ports of Stockholm are to benefit from European investments. In total, the EU has decided to support eight Swedish infrastructure projects this year with grants from the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) Fund. One of the...
23.10.2020

Seasonal REX service is back

The Turkish shipping company Arkas and its partner Sealand Europe & Med, a Maersk affiliate, have decided to resume their seasonal reefer service. REX, the "Russia Express Service", will commence with the departure...
23.10.2020

K Line and NYK set LNG landmark

In Japan, K Line has launched its LNG bunkering business in the Chubu region through its joint venture company with Jera, the Toyota Tsusho Corporation and Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK). The first LNG bunkering vessel...
22.10.2020

8.8% decline in Rotterdam

In the first nine months of 2020, the port of Rotterdam, Europe's biggest sea hub, handled 8.8% less volumes and recorded a total of 322.3 million t (353.480 million t in 2019). The volume of containers handled in Rotterdam...
22.10.2020

Haropaports acts upon greenhouse gas

Haropaports, the coalition of French ports, has joined the “getting to zero” initiative. The coalition was launched on the occasion of the United Nations climate action summit (September 2019), as part of a partnership between...
22.10.2020

Two newbuilds for Grimaldi

The Neapolitan company Grimaldi recently took delivery of vessels of new series. The "Eco Valencia", the first of twelve hybrid ro-ro ships belonging to the new Grimaldi green 5th generation (GG5G) class and ordered...
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