25.04.2019

DNVGL approves Chinese offshore units

The maritime classification company DNV GL has presented China Merchants Heavy Industry (CMHI) with approval in principle (AIP) certificates for two new offshore units: an arctic single column drilling unit and a wind turbine...
24.04.2019

Special investment in Liverpool

Jenkins, a national logistics provider specialising in paper, pulp and other forest products, is to invest in a GBP 17 million new custom-built warehouse at the port of Liverpool. Jenkins, which has been a tenant at the port...
24.04.2019

Stena's next newbuild joins the fleet

The “Stena Edda” will enter service on the Belfast-Liverpool route in spring 2020. It is the second of three new e-flexer vessels bound for the Irish Sea during 2020 and 2021, a multi-million pound investment by Stena Line in the...
24.04.2019

Zim chooses blockchain technology

Zim Integrated Shipping Services has become a member of Tradelens, a blockchain-enabled digital shipping solution jointly developed by A.P. Moller - Maersk and IBM. Tradelens uses blockchain technology to support digitised...
23.04.2019

LNG on the Rhine

Many European sea hubs have led the way with LNG bunker stations; now inland ports want to join the show. The European Commission is supporting the construction of a ­bunker ­station in the German inland port of Cologne. The...
23.04.2019

Electronic payment for seafarers

Seafarers employed on vessels owned by the Greek carrier Tsakos, which are operated by Columbia ship management, will now be paid electronically as opposed to ‘cash-by-master’, under an agreement signed with global maritime...
23.04.2019

Firms demand the expansion of the port of Riesa

Central Germany’s logistics network supports plans to expand the inland port of Riesa on the river Elbe. The trimodal container terminal already handles more than 40,000 teu per year, and has thus reached the limit of its...
23.04.2019

New East Africa service launched

Hamburg-based Maritime Carrier Shipping (MACS) and Universal Africa Lines, Limassol (Cyprus) are launching a joint multipurpose service from North Western Europe to East Africa. The service will transport containers, break...
18.04.2019

New bridgehead in Turkey for Aco Marine

Turkey’s increasing market share in the shipbuilding and repair sectors has led Aco Marine to appoint Istanbul-based Esko Marine as its agent for the region. Aco Marine, a company specialising in wastewater management solutions,...
18.04.2019

Good start of the year for Dunkirk

With a monthly throughput of more than 5 million t of goods handled in March, the French port of Dunkirk is approaching the monthly record mark established before the global economic crisis in April 2008 (5.29 million t). The...
18.04.2019

Joining forces to make "green hydrogen"

BP, Nouryon, and the port of Rotterdam have joined forces to explore the opportunity of making “green hydrogen” via water electrolysis for BP’s refinery in Rotterdam (the Netherlands), which has the potential for a significant...
17.04.2019

GHG emissions study reveals fuel savings

An independent study on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, commissioned by SEA\LNG and SGMF and conducted by the data and consultancy provider Thinkstep, has revealed that GHG reductions of up to 21% are now achievable from the use...
17.04.2019

Spanish Ports continue on growth path in 2019

According to data published by Puertos de Estado, trade flows in Spanish ports grew to 89.9 million t in the first two months of 2019, 4.1% more compared to the same period in 2018. Goods in international transit increased by...
17.04.2019

Bremenports invests in long-term project in Iceland

The development of the port at Finnafjord in northeast Iceland is now taking shape, following the establishment of the Finnafjord Port Development Company (FFPD). EFLA, an Icelandic consultant company, Bremenports (Germany)...
16.04.2019

Swedish Club reports volatility in investment

After Q1/2019, the Swedish Club stated that investments in the sector were very volatile with equity markets in free fall during December 2018. As a result, a negative investment return of -1.6% was recorded at the end of...
16.04.2019

Number of pirate attacks drops in first quarter 2019

According to a report of the IMB, a unit of the London (UK)-based ICC, the number of registered cases of piracy at sea and armed attacks on ships decreased significantly over the first three months of this year compared to last...
16.04.2019

DNVGL rates shipping ports worldwide

DNVGL’s recent maritime capitals report claims that Singapore continues to hold the top position of all maritime capitals. Despite a somewhat weak trade cycle in traditional shipping and offshore oil and gas markets that have yet...
15.04.2019

Tripartite MoU to enhance autonomous navigation

Lloyd’s Register (LR) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with ST Engineering Electronics, an information communications technologies provider and co-creator of Smart City Solutions, and Mitsui & Co, the second...
15.04.2019

Trois-Rivières and Mulhouse to collaborate

The Canadian port of Trois-Rivières and the French ports of Mulhouse Rhin recently signed a collaboration agreement focused on best operational and business development practices. The four key areas of cooperation will be port...
15.04.2019

Tec Plata terminal opens in Argentina

It is official: Tec Plata, the new container terminal located in Puerto de La Plata (Argentina), has begun operations. Its opening ceremony was attended by the vice-governor of Buenos Aires province, the minister of...
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