31.05.2019

LNG tanker on course for Baltic Sea

A keel-laying ceremony was recently held for Elenger’s LNG tanker at the Damen Yichang Shipyard. The event included the Dutch tradition of welding three coins onto the first section of the vessel’s keel for good luck. With a...
31.05.2019

More reefers for Zim

The Haifa (Israel)-based carrier Zim is expanding its monitored containers fleet in 2019 by adding advanced Star Cool containers manufactured by MCI. These reefers have the refrigeration unit integrated into the container...
31.05.2019

Regional industry supports port of Lübeck masterplan

The German port of Lübeck acts as a logistics hub for trade between Central Europe and Scandinavia. Guido Kaschel, the new boss of the Lübeck port authority, recently presented the 2030 port development plan to Lübeck’s industry...
29.05.2019

AP Moller goes for Traxens too

The Marseille (France)-headquartered data service provider Traxens and A.P. Moller–Maersk have announced that Maersk will join CMA CGM and the Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) as a key shareholder and customer of Traxens....
29.05.2019

New inland shipping services in Serbia

Austria-based provider Cargo-partner has been providing a new inland navigation service in Serbia since December 2018. The new service includes transport solutions for bulk cargo, project cargo, oversized and heavy cargo and...
29.05.2019

Danish carrier reducing Med network

Maersk Line recently reviewed its current network and as a result reduced the number of Mediterranean ports that it calls at directly with mother vessels that are deployed on Far East-Europe service. Maersk Line has decided...
28.05.2019

CMA CGM teaching 50,000 containers to talk

The Marseille (France)-based CMA CGM Group has placed an order for 50,000 trackers from the smart container creator Traxens. A shareholder and the first company to invest in Traxens in 2012, CMA CGM participated in the tracking...
28.05.2019

Plans to send smart container on two year journey

The port of Rotterdam is sending Container 42 as a data provider round the world. The foundations for the project rely on the port's existing internet of things (IoT) platform. The Dutch port authority will use this...
28.05.2019

Starting shot for CIP in Corpus Christi

On 29 May 2019, the port of Corpus Christi is to celebrate the start of its ship channel improvement project (CIP). After a 40 year ban on crude oil exports, the port was able to handle the export of the first shipment of US...
27.05.2019

At the heart of conflict

London remains the centre of some service aspects of the global maritime industry, such as the arbitration market, according to research by the specialised law firm HFW.
27.05.2019

Port Kyushu's crew managed by Danica

The crew management company Danica Crewing Services has taken on the crew management of another newbuilding - the ultramax "Port Kyushu" for Lisbon-headquartered Portline Bulk International. The 62,550 dwt...
27.05.2019

Q1/2019 – smaller loss and less cargo for Zim

The Israel-based carrier Zim has tabled its Q1/2019 results. Revenues rose by 6% to USD 796.2 million (Q1/2018: USD 751.4 million), but volumes dropped by 4.3% to 668'000 teu. The company was able to reduce its Q1/2019 net...
27.05.2019

Worldwide container throughput still under pressure

According to the current flash estimate, the container throughput index of the RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the Institute for Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL) fell to 134.7 in April. At the same...
24.05.2019

MOL introduces remote way of applying ship operation data

The Japan-based shipping company MOL has released the “fleet viewer” that forms part of the carrier's focus project to enhance the collection and application of ship operation data. Ensuring safe vessel operation, and in...
24.05.2019

Newbuild for K Line

The Japanese carrier K Line took over the newbuild “Miyagawa Maru", a 100,000 dwt special coal carrier at Imabari Shipbuilding's Marugame Shipyard (Japan). The vessel was jointly developed by Imabari Shipbuilding and K...
24.05.2019

Dachser sets up shop in Sweden

After Denmark and Finland, Sweden has become the next Nordic market to be dorectly covered by Dachser Air & Sea Logistics. The company now operates an office for air and sea freight in Gothenburg. Jochen Müller, Dachser's...
23.05.2019

Hamburg Süd names containership in Antwerp

Hamburg Süd has just held a naming ceremony for a containership in Antwerp (Belgium). The “Polar Ecuador” was sponsored by Sonia Van de Vyvere, wife of Philippe Van de Vyvere, owner and CEO of SEA-invest, one of the world’s...
23.05.2019

ICTSI subsidiary rated top terminal in CA-4 region

The United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (Cepal) has selected Puerto Cortés operated by Operadora Portuaria Centroamericana (OPC), the Honduran subsidiary of International Container Terminal...
23.05.2019

Port of Hamburg back on growth trajectory

Germany’s largest universal port Hamburg is again on a growth path, as it handled 34.6 million t of seaborne cargo in Q1/2019, 6% more than in Q1/2018. The throughput of general cargo (23.9 million t/+ 5.4%) and bulk cargo...
22.05.2019

SMS Towage sees wide range of tasks for new tugs

The British towage company, SMS Towage, has purchased two ASD 2411 tugs from Damen Shipyards. Established in 2002, SMS Towage started towage activities on and around the Humber Estuary on the UK’s east coast. Since then the...
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