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07.04.2022

Congo Terminal banks on better equipment

The Congo Terminal, an affiliate of Bolloré Ports as concessionaire since 2009, has recently commissioned ten tractors and ten trailers worth more than CFA-francs 779 million (over EUR 1 million). This is the fourth order for...

07.04.2022

Last year paid off for Costamare

Costamare, a Greek owner and provider of containerships for charter, posted a net profit for 2021 of USD 404.1 million, a leap compared to the result of the previous year (USD 21.6 million). The revenues totalled USD 3.4 billion....

06.04.2022

A long-lasting change?

Asian share of the world fleet the largest for the first time.

06.04.2022

Opportunities on the waters

Forwarder Marinair expanding in sea freight. In conversation with CEO Pavlos Poutos.

06.04.2022

Plan B for "Ever Forward"

Since the “Ever Forward” ran aground after the ship left Baltimore on 13 March 2022, the Evergreen Line is continuing its efforts to refloat the stranded ship. In light of the increasing costs arising from these efforts,...

06.04.2022

More container flows in the North

Container flows in Sweden were on the rise in 2021. The Port of Gothenburg handled 828,000 containers and grew further in relation to other ports in Sweden. ”Our almost perfect balance between import and export has been a...

06.04.2022

Another register registers in London

The Palau International Ship Registry (PISR) has opened a new office in the major shipping hub London. The office is headed by Georgios Bazos, business development director (UK) who moves to London after leaving The Marshall...

05.04.2022

Canadian container terminal changes hands

PSA International has acquired the terminal Ceres Halifax in the Port of Halifax from NYK. From now on, PSA Halifax will operate two container terminals in Halifax, Atlantic Hub and Fairview Cove, jointly branded under PSA...

05.04.2022

Keel laying at Finnlines

There are two Finnlines newbuilts around the corner. While the shipping company is building two ro-pax vessels of the "Superstar class", the keel laying of the first one, “Finnsirius”, was celebrated on 1 April 2022....

05.04.2022

Repercussions of the Shanghai lockdown

The impact of shutdowns on a global scale can be seen in Europe's largest economy, among others. The People's Republic of China is currently reacting to rising Corona infection figures by imposing lockdowns. The metropolis of...

04.04.2022

Logistics guidance for sustainability ahead

The Smart Freight Center, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development and 25 more global companies, including Maersk, which joined only a short while ago, are part of a consortium seeking to co-develop actionable and...

04.04.2022

Thessaloniki prepares for ULCVs

The Greek port of Thessaloniki posted a container throughput of 471,000 teu in 2021, an uptick of 2.2% compared to 2020 (461,000 teu). The number of vessels calling saw an increase of 7.1%, from 1,286 in 2020 to 1,377 in 2021....

04.04.2022

Brazilian terminal orders new equipment

At the Port of Pecém in northeast Brazil, Terminais Portuários do Ceará (Tecer Terminais) has ordered two Kalmar heavy forklift trucks and two Super Gloria reachstackers to be delivered in Q4/2022. Tecer Terminais has been...

01.04.2022

Yet more chartered vessels

In a new charter transaction with a group of investors initiated by MPC Capital, ZIM Integrated Shipping Services has decided to add more vessels to its fleet. The Haifa-based shipping group will charter a total of up to six...

01.04.2022

2022: mixed picture at the Spanish ports

The Spanish ports moved a total of 88.3 million t of goods in the first two months of 2022, 8.6% more than in the same period of 2021. While January practically reached the pre-pandemic level, this trend did not continue in...

01.04.2022

A partnership for the decarbonisation of shipping

It is a new cooperation to further decarbonisation in the shipping industry: in Italy, the inspection, certification and consulting engineering company Rina and Fincantieri, a design and construction company for ships and...

31.03.2022

World trade starting to feel it

The container throughput index published by the RWI Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL) showed a decline in February 2022, decreasing clearly from 120.7 points...

31.03.2022

Brittany now also runs on LNG

Brittany Ferries and Wartsilä Cooperation have inked a long-term agreement to support the new LNG-fuelled ferry. The cooperation concerns in particular the solutions installed on Brittany Ferries’ latest ro-pax vessel, the...

31.03.2022

South Carolina Ports going strong

Record volumes keep coming at South Carolina Ports. According to the port authority's statistics, the ports handled 230,000 teu at Wando Welch Terminal, North Charleston Terminal, and Hugh K Leatherman Terminal in February 2022,...

30.03.2022

Shanghai's lockdown: hard times ahead?

A quick increase in port congestion at the beginning of the Shanghai lockdown could only be a foreshadowing of what lies ahead, said the maritime analyst of Vessels Value. Vivek Srivastava, senior trade analyst at Vessels...