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27.03.2019

More reefers for China

The CMA CGM affiliate's APL Chu Lai Express (CHX) service for China has departed with the first reefer shipment of bananas from the Chu Lai Tam Hiep Port in Quang Nam (Vietnam). The sailing marks the beginning of more reefer...

27.03.2019

Weight gain for Spanish fleet in 2018

Spain's weight has grown in the maritime field. On 1 January 2019, the merchant shipping fleet controlled by Spanish shipping companies had 220 merchant ships, weighing almost 4.5 million gt. Compared to 2017, there are 9 units...

26.03.2019

LNG-fuelled tugboats are in use

A delivery ceremony was recently held Kobe port (Japan) for the LNG-fuelled tugboat MOL ordered from Kanagawa dockyard. At the event were officials from the Kobe district transport bureau, the ministry of land, infrastructure,...

26.03.2019

Hapag Lloyd expects no changes in freight rates

Hamburg-based carrier Hapag-Lloyd reported significantly improved figures in 2018. The group net result increased to EUR 46 million, up EUR 13 million from 2017. On a pro-forma basis and when compared to the combined business of...

26.03.2019

Multicargas terminal poised to expand

In Brazil, the Multicargas terminal (T-MULT) of Açu Port, in operation since 2016 and located in the north of the state of Rio de Janeiro, presents itself as a new option for cabotage in Brazil. With 160,000 sqm of bonded...

25.03.2019

Biggest ULCV to date calls Jaxport

Florida (USA)-based Jaxport recently set a new port record with the arrival of the Zim vessel "Cape Sounio", the largest containership so far to call Jacksonville. The 11,000 teu Zim-operated ship is deployed a service...

25.03.2019

The risk of abandoned containers overseas

Bifa, the trade association for UK freight forwarding and logistics companies, is warning its members about the cost of containers abandoned overseas for which they may be liable. The association says that often its member...

25.03.2019

ZIM still not out of the red

The Haifa (Israel)-based carrier Zim witnessed a classic result on two fronts in 2018: while revenues surged by 9.1% to USD 3.3 billion (2017: almost USD 3 billion) and volumes shot up by 10.8% to 2.9 million teu (2017: 2.6...

22.03.2019

West of England - positive about the future

The West of England, a mutual marine insurer, has announced a positive renewal period and a modest increase in renewing premium. Owned mutual tonnage has grown over the year to 90 million gross tons (gt) including the addition of...

22.03.2019

PISR and HSSA join forces

An ambitious ship registry and the oldest shortsea shipping association in Europe set up an alliance. Palau International Ship Registry (PISR) and the Hellenic Shortsea Shipowners Association (HSSA), both operating from Piraeus...

22.03.2019

Sturdy ships for Royal Arctic

KfW IPEX Bank is providing EUR 16.43 million to finance two more transport ships for the Royal Arctic Line. The Greenland-based shipping company already completed a loan for the construction and final financing of two similar...

21.03.2019

Pearls in the Pacific?

The maritime carrier Matson’s container services from the US west coast to Hawaii, Alaska and the Pacific Islands have established its status as a strong niche player since 1958. In 2018 it was its California – China services,...

21.03.2019

Equipment enhancement at ICTSI's Lae terminal

Lae (Papua New Guinea)-based South Pacific International Container Terminal (Spict), a subsidiary of International Container Terminal Services (ICTSI), recently took delivery of three new hybrid rubber tyred gantries (RTGs)....

21.03.2019

Big Lift operates vessels of new cooperation

Big Lift Shipping is to operate the four heavy transport vessels of the new cooperation it inked with Chung Yang Shipping. The combination of two pairs of sisterships – the "Bi Lift Barentsz" and "Big Lift...

21.03.2019

One, two, three - DCT is sold

People have been aware of the negotiations since 2018: now, the consortium around the port operator PSA International has inked the acquisition of Poland's largest port container terminal for a total of EUR 1.1 billion. The...

20.03.2019

22 plant modules shipped to Texas by AAL

The breakbulk and project heavy lift carrier AAL has shipped 22 petrochemical plant modules from the Wilson Heavy Industry Company in Nantong (China), to the ethylene glycol II expansion project (EGEP) in Point Comfort TX (USA)...

20.03.2019

DNVGL offering remote vessel inspection surveys

Norway-based DNV has announced that all DNV GL classed vessels are now able to utilise remote surveys for certain inspections. This dispenses with the need for a DNV GL inspector to board a vessel. Instead, documentation,...

20.03.2019

DP World investing heavily in terminal equipment

DP World has is purchasing 63 Kalmar hybrid straddle carriers for use at four of its European container terminals. Twelve units will be delivered to GMP in Le Havre (France), 20 to Eurofos in Marseille (France), 19 to Antwerp...

19.03.2019

Bayernhafen reports balanced results for 2018

The Bayernhafen group (Bavaria, Germany) transhipped a total of 8.8.million t of cargo onto inland barges and trains in FY 2018. Because of low water levels on the Rhine and Danube, the amount of cargo transferred onto barges at...

19.03.2019

Vietnam becomes part of APL's CSE service

The CMA CGM affiliate APL has added Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) as a port of call to its China Southeast Asia Service (CSE), extending the market coverage of the weekly service which currently connects central China to the...