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18.10.2019

Fewer piracy incidents, new hot spot

Blackbeard has not died out, yet, although the International Chamber of Commerce International Maritime Bureau’s (IMB) report demonstrates fewer incidents of piracy and armed robbery against ships for Q3/2019 than in the first...

18.10.2019

E-registry is making progress

In cooperation, the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and the Singapore Shipping Association (SSA) are working together with the Singapore tech start-up Perlin to build a digital blockchain ship registration preparation...

17.10.2019

New container industry standards in the making

The terminal industry committee 4.0 (TIC 4.0), formed by the end of May 2018 in Brussels (Belgium) by an open group of 15 global container terminal operators and other partners, has just met for a plenary meeting in Marseilles...

17.10.2019

UECC boosts use of LNG

The Norway-based shipping company United European Car Carriers (UECC) has confirmed the option for the construction of a third hybrid car carrier powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG) and batteries of the ECO class. After...

17.10.2019

A matter of trust in Pakistan

The Philippines-based International Container Terminal Services (ICTSI) recently reaffirmed via its subsidiary Pakistan International Container Terminal (PICT) its commitment to improve Pakistan’s port industry. At a recent visit...

16.10.2019

Piraeus to handle 10 million teu?

The Greek committee of planning and development of ports (ESAL) has approved the Port of Piraeus Authority's (PPA) master plan of investments amounting to EUR 612 million (USD 673 million). The Greek shipping minister Yannis...

16.10.2019

Four wings for a rocket

The naval architecture company VPLP is designing its first maritime transport ship using the technology of Oceanwings. The project concerns the development of a 121-m-long RoRo vessel for transporting components of the Ariane 6...

16.10.2019

Port of Hamburg to remain stable in 2020

The Hamburg Port Authority (HPA, Germany) has decided to make no adjustments to port dues levied for use of the port of Hamburg by seagoing, inland or port vessels. In recent years, changes for seagoing ships were already below...

15.10.2019

Banking on India

Political stability in India has prompted global shipping lines to launch two new services to the country recently. The direct IEX link to and from Europe is one, the MIAX service another one; the latter ensures better links with...

15.10.2019

Non-tariff measures affect trade in APAC

Unctad's Asia-Pacific Trade and Investment Report 2019 was recently published in Geneva (Switzerland). The report finds that, while applied tariffs in the Asia-Pacific region have halved over the past two decades, the number of...

15.10.2019

China pushing the LNG market, says VV

The research and data mining company Vessels Value (VV) recently released an analysis on the LNG market. Head cargo analyst Olivia Watkins evaluates recent developments and trends in this sector focusing on seaborne demand for...

15.10.2019

Maiden call in Emden

After loading a portion of project and break bulk cargo, amongst those a gas turbine of 330 t unit weight, in Hamburg (Germany), the M/V “Paderewski” proceeded along the coast to Emden (Lower Saxony) for its maiden call. The plan...

14.10.2019

Haropa: people can have their say

As part of the preparation for the future single port establishment on the river Seine (France), the ports association Haropa has launched an online consultation platform. Customers, local stakeholders and local residents are...

14.10.2019

New service to Africa and its islands

Hapag-Lloyd has started a new MIAX (Middle East-India-Africa Express) service, including connections to the Middle East and South Asia. The carrier from Hamburg entered the African market about twelve years ago and speaks of a...

14.10.2019

Autumn results bode well for the Port of Virginia

The Port of Virginia has reported that its terminals handled more than 241,000 teu in September – an increase of more than 9% in comparison to September 2018. These figures put the port’s cargo volume growth for the first quarter...

11.10.2019

Large ships need help

Even large ports are struggling to handle the new container giants with capacities of up to 23,000 teu. One of the reasons is a lack of fairways, as is the fact that they are sometimes too shallow or too narrow.

11.10.2019

Shipowners better prepared for sulphur cap than expected?

The Palau International Ship Registry (PISR) has completed a survey on the upcoming IMO 2020 sulphur regulation. During the survey, more than 44% of the member shipowners, operators and managers confirmed that they will...

11.10.2019

Free passage restored for 15,000 vessels a year

Since the beginning of October, the deepening of the inland waterway Nieuwe Waterweg and Botlek has been completed. One of the busiest waterways in the Netherlands has been deepened by a metre and half across a distance of 25 km....

11.10.2019

Shipowners better prepared for sulphur cap than expected?

The Palau International Ship Registry (PISR) has completed a survey on the upcoming IMO 2020 sulphur regulation. During the survey, more than 44% of the member shipowners, operators and managers confirmed that they will...

11.10.2019

First flat rail operation in the Philippines

Subic operation Subic Bay International Terminal (Sbitc), a unit of the Philippines-headquartered International Container Terminal Services (ICTSI), operating at the Subic Bay Freeport, recently handled the first flat rail...