17.06.2020

Interview in Trieste: "No alternative to Zeno D’Agostino"

At the beginning of June, the president of the Eastern Adriatic Port System in Trieste (Italy), who had been in office since November 2016, was removed and Mario Sommariva was appointed acting head. He explained to ITJ reporter...
17.06.2020

A silver lining in Virginia

The Port of Virginia’s cargo streams slowed down significantly in May due to the impact of the pandemic: the number of cargo handled decreased by more than 59,000 teu in comparison to the same period in 2019. The total amount of...
17.06.2020

New berth inaugurated in Koper

A new ro-ro berth, which was completed just few weeks ago, has been inaugurated in the Adriatic Port of Koper. The event was attended by Slovenia’s minister of infrastructure Jernej Vrtovec. The new berth will primarily serve the...
17.06.2020

Green policy in the Ports of Auckland

In the Ports of Auckland, the hitherto largest soil-based vertical garden has been installed on its new car-handling building on Auckland’s waterfront. This unique garden system was invented by the New Zealand company Hanging...
16.06.2020

RAL-Eimskip cooperation is operational

Icelandic shipping company Eimskip and Greenland’s national carrier Royal Arctic Line (RAL), have put their new joint service into operation. RAL‘s new vessel “Tukuma Arctica” currently sails from Denmark to Iceland....
16.06.2020

Bad May in the Port of Los Angeles

In May, the US-West Coast port of Los Angeles moved almost 582,000 teu. This corresponds to a 29.8% decrease compared to the same month last year, though May 2019 showed an extraordinary result. Five months into 2020, overall...
16.06.2020

Another cargo only ferry service

The Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Navigation (CLdN) has launched a new ro-ro service between the ports of Santander, Liverpool and Dublin. CLdN will operate one sailing per week from Santander to Liverpool, followed by a call...
15.06.2020

Shipping united at Fednav

Montreal (Canada)-headquartered Fednav is restructuring its shipping businesses under one management unit. The marine department, led by executive vice-president Tina Revsbech, will unite the traditional chartering and operations...
15.06.2020

Bremen criticises terminal operators

The Bremische Hafenvertretung (BHV), which represents logistics, port and transport companies from Bremen and Bremerhaven, has expressed its concerns about a possible cooperation between terminal operators Eurokai and BLG...
15.06.2020

UAL to start new service

The first sailing of Universal Africa Lines on its new Mediterranean and Black Sea service to West Africa will be performed by the heavy lift carrier M/V “UAL Fortitude”. The vessel is equipped with 2 x 180 t cranes and has a...
12.06.2020

Difficult times ahead for car carriers

The research and data mining company Vessels Value has analysed the development of the demand for maritime vehicle carriers in 2020. Demand globally is down 18% year on year so far. In detail, some markets (Japan exports and...
12.06.2020

Rate reductions in the Port of Barcelona

The Port of Barcelona has decided to mobilise around EUR 23 million in favour of its operators between 2020 and 2022. At an extraordinary board meeting, the Port's board of directors approved a series of provisions that include...
12.06.2020

Baltic Sea Bridge to expand

Since the end of March, Mukran Port Terminals has been operating, in cooperation with DBO Bahnoperator, a fixed sea route, flagged "Baltic Sea Bridge", as part of the New Silk Road between Asia and Europe. In the...
11.06.2020

Turnaround at the Port of Long Beach

Signs of relief are on the horizon: in May, cargo shipments rose again at the Port of Long Beach as the economic effects of anti-pandemic measures started to subside. The port handled 628,000 teu over the month, a 9.5% increase...
11.06.2020

Finnlines' latest vessel generation

Finnlines' newbuilding programme continues as planned. The construction of the shipping company's most recent ro-ro vessel was started on 8 June 2020, with the steel cutting in the Chinese Nanjing Jinling shipyard. All three...
11.06.2020

GAC opens 25th location in UK

GAC UK has opened its newest branch, offering marine and terminal services at the port of Eastham on the River Mersey in Wirral. It is the 25th office in the company’s network of offices covering ports throughout England,...
10.06.2020

Volumes and sailings keep slipping

Carriers worldwide announced another 521,000 teu of blank sailings in the course of the calendar week 23, said Copenhagen-based maritime consultant Sea Intelligence, which is a 15% increase over the announcements made the week...
10.06.2020

UECC plans to run on biofuels

Words are followed by actions. After their three month biofuel trial, short sea operator UECC (United European Car Carriers) and the Good Shipping Program are cooperating with car manufacturer BMW Group to continue to test marine...
10.06.2020

Shortsea and feeder operators lodge complaint

A classic case of class struggle makes a comeback: six European shortsea and feeder ship operators have lodged an official complaint with the European Commission. Their claim is that International Transport Workers’ Federation...
09.06.2020

CMA CGM's sound start of the year

In his most recent outlook on the carrier's current situation, Rodolphe Saadé, chairman and CEO of the CMA CGM Group, commented: “Despite the uncertainty around global economy, we anticipate an improvement during the second...
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