28.10.2019

Port of Barcelona celebrates its 150th birthday

The port of Barcelona has just celebrated its 150th anniversary. Mercè Conesa, president of the port of Barcelona, asked the state authorities of the Puertos del Estado to speed up approval of the new strategic framework of the...
28.10.2019

IRclass recognised by shipping nation Denmark

The Danish Maritime Authority (DMA) has approved the application by the Indian Register of Shipping (IRClass) for authorisation as a “recognised organisation” (RO). Seeking RO status from key maritime flags is an essential part...
25.10.2019

Building blocks of a digital platform

MGI, a cargo community systems specialist, is developing apace – and simultaneously keeping its origins in sight. In an interview Dominique Lebreton underlines the fact that the IT firm, founded in 1985, is set on...
25.10.2019

Avoiding the northern route: MSC joins the club

The Switzerland-based MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company has now also proclaimed to stay out of the Arctic - for environmental reasons. Like CMA CGM and Hapag-Lloyd, the carrier is thus joining a growing list of shipping...
25.10.2019

The Russia Express Service returns

The Turkey-headquartered Arkas and its VSA partner Sealand Europe & Med, a Maersk affiliate, are restarting the seasonal Russia Express Service (Rex). The service will start in the 44th week from Mersin (Turkey). This new...
25.10.2019

Iumi wants more fire resistance

Iumi (the International Union of Marine Insurance) recently raised its voice saying that this year has already seen an alarming number of containership fires, including the “Yantian Express”, the “APL Vancouver”, the “Grande...
24.10.2019

Sustainability through cooperation

Sustainability is a popular buzzword these days. The Belgian port of ­Antwerp wants to take it seriously – and is bringing its multimodal ­Belgian neighbours on board to take numerous measures together.
24.10.2019

Wedding of Antwerp and Zeebrugge definite?

The ongoing exchange of a closer cooperation of the two European port authorities of Antwerp and Zeebrugge in Belgium has entered its next phase. The ports officials said they have now given the green light for merger...
24.10.2019

Busy times in Long Beach

The port of Long Beach on the US West Coast witnessed the best September of its 108-year history. In total, almost 707,000 teu were handled in September, slightly more (+0.8%) than during the same month a year ago. While imports...
24.10.2019

Four musketeers for one terminal

Container transport is increasing in comparison to bulk cargo. Duisburger Hafen (duisport) will withdraw its coal island from the market as from 2020 and build a trimodal container terminal on the site in cooperation with three...
23.10.2019

Maersk pleased with 2019's results

The Copenhagen (Denmark)-based Based A.P. Møller - Mærsk A/S (APMM) has upgraded its expectations for the 2019 result. The optimism derives from the financials of Q3 and the updated outlook for freight rates, volumes and bunker...
23.10.2019

Beefing up capacities in Mexico

In the Pacific port of Manzanillo, the terminal Contecon Manzanillo (CMSA), the Mexican subsidiary of International Container Terminal Services (ICTSI), which is headquartered in Manila (Philippines), recently took delivery of...
23.10.2019

VNF and the Port of Strasbourg work together

On the initiative of the French City of Strasbourg, the Eurométropole de Strasbourg and the association of French waterways, Voies navigables de France (VNF), are joining forces to put more emphasis on sustainable urban...
22.10.2019

Trade conflicts have an impact on Rotterdam's Q3

Combined with the 112.4 million t of freight handled during the third quarter of 2019, the port of Rotterdam saw a total of 353.5 million t being transhipped in the year 2019 up to the end of the third quarter. Compared with the...
22.10.2019

New services between Great Britain and Portugal

The Netherlands-based shipping group with roots in Iceland, Samskip, is launching a new direct weekly service connecting Portugal and the UK. The company intends to sustain its links between Tilbury (UK), Lisbon and Leixões in...
22.10.2019

Port of Virginia invests in new equipment

The port of Virginia on the east coast of the USA has ordered 25 Kalmar hybrid shuttle carriers for USD 23 million to enhance its port equipment. Delivery of the new machines is scheduled to be completed by the end of July 2020....
21.10.2019

Tarros Group presents newly certified container type

After being the first Italian company to have transported as many as 33 containers in the Mediterranean Sea on a specifically modified ship (“M/N Vento di Levante” in 1967), Tarros Group has now introduced a new feature. ...
21.10.2019

ONE has got a new core of data

The integration of the container branches of the three big Japanese carriers now also helps K LINE, MOL and NYK to share operational data. Its basis is the data platform IoS-OP. All the data acquired from the monitoring system...
21.10.2019

Boluda enhances several services

The Boluda Lines shipping company has announced the launch of two new regular services from the Canary Islands (Spain): a direct line with the port of Villagarcía and another with Leixoes, Portugal. Likewise, the shipping company...
18.10.2019

Court wants Basel's Gateway project reviewed

The trimodal terminal Gateway Basel Nord, which was recognised as a project of national importance in Switzerland, has suffered a setback due to a decision of the Swiss federal administrative court. For the time being,...
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