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09.03.2020

Service North Africa-Latin America reshaped

CMA CGM has announced the reorganisation of its Sirius service connecting the Mediterranean with the East Coast of South America, effective March 2020. The new rotation will now concentrate on the Western Mediterranean, the...

09.03.2020

Tunnel test underlines windship's potential

The Mitchell–Wolfson Unit Wind Tunnel at the University of Southampton recently witnessed a gathering of industry experts of the shipping, commodities and petrochemical sectors together with UK government officials to view...

09.03.2020

3,700 to nine

The ports of Bremerhaven and Bremen have measured the compliance of incoming vessels with air pollution control regulations over a longer period. In July 2017, the federal maritime and hydrographic agency (Bundesamt für...

06.03.2020

The inland waterways behind the seaports

Inland barges can look forward to strong stern winds. Given their environment-friendliness and their intermodal possibilities, they are the mode of choice for many a logistics player. An overview of current projects.

06.03.2020

ICTSI takes a satisfying look in the rear mirror

Philippines-based International Container Terminal Services (ICTSI) has published its audited consolidated financial results for 2019. Revenues achieved in port operations amounted to USD 1.5 billion, an increase of 7% in...

06.03.2020

Unctad's analysis of the coronavirus impact

Unctad also claims that it is too early to gauge the full economic and trade effects of the Coronavirus outbreak. However, shipping data, based on real-time observations of vessel positions (AIS) and information about the cargoes...

06.03.2020

SCF pushes its LNG strategy in the French name

The Russian shipping company's (SCF Group) latest LNG carrier was recently named "SCF La Perouse", after Jean-François de la Pérouse, a French explorer of the Pacific. The cargo capacity of the vessel is 174,000 cbm....

05.03.2020

New service launched by Interasia and Wan Hai

Interasia Lines, based in Japan, is launching a two-weekly new South China to Vietnam and Thailand service (CV6) in conjunction with Wan Hai Lines. The service will become operational in early March. Interasia Lines shall...

05.03.2020

Roll Group invests in Indonesia

The Bintan Offshore Marine Centre (BOMC), Indonesia, gains a new investor. The Germany-headquartered Roll Group will become an exclusive partner in the BOMC yard, taking care of the cranes and trailers to further develop the...

05.03.2020

Beware: turning panic into profit

In times of epidemics, watch out for villains. ITIC, the international transport intermediaries club, has been receiving an increasing number of reports of fraudulent invoices being submitted to vessel owners and managers for...

04.03.2020

South American and Iberian port figures

Mercosur, the South American common market whose full members are Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay (Venezuela is suspended), signed a free-trade agreement with the European Union in 2019 – but it is still awaiting...

04.03.2020

ONE's intra-Asian service network under change

The big carriers are preparing their new schedules for 2020. The Japanese Ocean Network Express (ONE), based in Singapore, has now disclosed the details of its Intra-Asia Japan service network for 2020. ONE will operate seven...

04.03.2020

Data seaports driving smart ports

The new European Data Ports project, aimed at creating a data platform for cognitive ports of the future, welcomes a new member in Traxens, a data and service provider for the supply chain industry privately held and...

04.03.2020

Further reefer services in Barcelona

The terminal operator Hutchison Ports BEST has obtained the approval from the Barcelona Port Authority to provide, within the terminal, a number of value-added services to reefer containers. Amongst others, customers now have the...

03.03.2020

Haropa Ports: investing EUR 6 million to cover 14 days

No, this is not about the Corona virus. This time, we are talking about the French national strike - which also affects Haropa Ports, Le Havre. After 14 full days of loss due to the strike in December and January, the end of the...

03.03.2020

Further UK call for Unifeeder service East UK-Europe

An additional UK hub port has become part of to the Unifeeder UK East Coast port network service. The service, introduced in August 2018, now also calls at London Gateway that was opened in 2013. This is an addition to...

03.03.2020

Austrian Ennshafen looks back on a successful 2019

The Austrian Ennshafen on the Danube transhipped a total of 72,000 t on the river in 2019. This result is about 20% higher than the average water/land transhipment volumes over the last ten years, which, among other things, is...

28.02.2020

Mixed performance of the ports of Europe in 2019

Europe's main ports have published their results for 2019, showing that total container throughput in the 15 most important ports in Europe saw an increase of 2.8% compared to 2018. However, growth rates were considerably lower...

28.02.2020

Petronas and K Line strengthen LNG-link

K Line has signed a long-term time charter contract of 12 years plus an extension option for the further 12 years from 2022 on. The agreement was concluded with Petronas LNG, a subsidiary of Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas)....

28.02.2020

There is more than diesel

2019 was a record year for the growth of alternative fuels in maritime transport, as can be seen from the dedicated portal fuels insight (AFI) by DNV GL. The use of liquefied natural gas (LNG) experienced a remarkable upward...