16.01.2019

Taking next blockchain technology step

The pilot blockchain project that the carrier Zim ran over the last year is now entering its next phase. The blockchain technology-based paperless bills-of-lading platform has been tested for trade activities on multiple shipping...
16.01.2019

More about scrubbers and sulphur

The Clean Shipping Alliance 2020 (CSA 2020), a group comprised of around 30 companies in the commercial shipping and cruise industries formed in late 2018, has contracted Maritime AMC (Mamcl) to provide secretariat services for...
16.01.2019

Clarkson paints sceptical picture of shipping in 2019

Research undertaken by London-headquartered Clarkson revealed that the growth rate of the demand for world maritime transport rose by 2.7% to 11.9 billion t in 2018, compared to 4.2% in 2017. The ton per mile (tpm) growth,...
15.01.2019

ITF against cartels

The International Transport Forum has published a report in which it presents its arguments against extending the EU’s cartel law exemption for shipping alliances.
15.01.2019

Triest's 300th anniversary to spread over 2019

Trieste was granted free port status by the German Emperor Charles VI on 18 March 1719. In the following three centuries, the Italian port played a fundamental role in trade relations between the Old World and the Orient. The...
15.01.2019

16 new eco-friendly RTGs for Manila

16 new hybrid rubber-tyred gantries (RTG) recently went into service at the Manila International Container Terminal (MICT), the flagship of Philippines-headquartered International Container Terminal Services (ICTSI). MICT is...
15.01.2019

Four more Evergreen offices in the new world

Taiwan-based Evergreen Line recently expanded its network of offices in the Latin American region. The carrier has just opened an agency in Colombia, following the establishment of other offices in Peru, Chile and Mexico over the...
14.01.2019

SCPA expands facilities for agri-exports

The South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA) has just opened the new C&M Hog Farm’s transload facility. The platform supports the handling of soybeans and other local US products bound for overseas markets via Inland Port...
14.01.2019

Fleet augmentation for CMA CGM

The “Fort de France” is the first of four containerships that will go into service on the French West Indies trade for the shipping group CMA CGM. The 219 m long newbuild, with a capacity of 3,500 teu, is specially adapted for...
14.01.2019

Dunkirk looks back on 2018 with joy

The port of Dunkirk, which recently presented its 2018 results in Lille (France), was delighted with last year’s figures and its achievements from 2013 until now. The port's 2018 throughput came in at 51.6 million t, 3%...
11.01.2019

Intermodal thrust for LHG

Lübecker Hafen-Gesellschaft (LHG), a German port operator on the Baltic Sea, flourished in the intermodal sector in 2018. The LHG subsidiary, Baltic Rail Gate (BRG), handled nearly 104,000 units (semi-trailers, containers and...
11.01.2019

New maritime organisation in Normandy

The Ports Normand Associés and the Port de Dieppe recently formed the Ports of Normandy authority (PdN). The trade body met for the first time at the beginning of 2019, and elected Hervé Morin as president. PdN plays a vital...
11.01.2019

Second round for 2M and Zim

The 2M Alliance, the carriers Maersk and MSC, and Haifa (Israel)-headquartered Zim are extending their cooperation with a second agreement, following the one on the Asia-US east coast trade announced in July 2018. Now both...
10.01.2019

More space for hydrocarbon storage

CLH has expanded its service range at its hydrocarbon storage facility in the port of Bilbao (Spain). From now on, the company's regular and potential customers can carry out maritime transport operations for fuels and biofuels...
10.01.2019

Automotive sector stronger in Hueneme

Wallenius Wilhelmsen Ocean (WWO) joins BMW North America (BMW) and Glovis America (Glovis) to secure their presence at the port of Hueneme with long-term contracts. Representing over half of the Californian port's cargo revenue,...
09.01.2019

Contecon Guayaquil combatting carbon emissions

Contecon Guayaquil SA (CGSA) in Ecuador recently became the first port in South America to obtain a carbon-neutral certification. The country's ministry of environment and environmental ratings agency, Sambito, has thus...
09.01.2019

Linking China and the Philippines

On 18 January, the CMA CGM affiliate APL is launching a new weekly China Southeast Asia Express (CSX) service that will connect Hong Kong, southern China and Taiwan to four ports in the Philippines - namely Subic Bay, Batangas,...
09.01.2019

MSC and Messina finally engaged

Switzerland-based MSC has acquired 49% of the Messina Group's shares. Banca Carige and Messina say that they have reached a final agreement about the debt terms and that they believe the MSC Group will play an active role as a...
08.01.2019

Port of Malaga: certification for Noatum Terminals

Noatum Terminals’ facility in the port of Malaga (Spain) has been awarded the GMP + Feed Safety Assurance (FSA) certificate, which guarantees that all the products intended for animal fodder in all the links of the food chain are...
08.01.2019

Great Lake Dredge & Dock working on Texas coast

As a further step towards implementation of the port of Corpus Christ’s channel project, the US Army Corps of Engineers (Usace) has awarded a USD 92 million construction contract to Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company. Its...
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