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28.01.2022

Breakbulk comes back to Antwerp

After the strong dip in 2020, the Port of Antwerp saw its breakbulk volumes return in full force in 2021. This upward trend is driven mainly by a leap in steel import volumes and a rise in project cargo shipments for ongoing...

28.01.2022

Schedule reliability still the weak point

Sea-Intelligence, a Copenhagen-based maritime intelligence provider, has updated its schedule reliability figures up to and including December 2021. The report covers the relevant data from 34 trade lanes and more than 60...

27.01.2022

US East Coast on the move

The East Coast port of Savannah moved 5.6 million teu 2021. Its volumes surged by a million teu, or 20%, compared to 2020. In Brunswick, Colonel’s Island Terminal handled almost 650,000 units of cars, trucks and machinery rise of...

27.01.2022

Three for ammonia bunkering

Ensuring the safety of ammonia bunkering operations remains an issue. DNV will now lead an ammonia bunkering safety study to be conducted by the Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation (GCMD) in Singapore. The study aims...

27.01.2022

Autonomous ship stands the test

The Japanese liner MOL finalised its first sea trial of unmanned ship operation from port to port on 24 and 25 January 2022. Departing from Tsuruga Port in Fukui Prefecture, the vessels arrived safely in Sakai Port in the Tottori...

26.01.2022

OOCL: high earnings with similar volumes

Chinese liner OOCL, an affiliate of Cosco Shipping since 2018, has released its results for Q4/2021 and the full year 2021. For Q4/2021, revenues rose by 101.4% to USD 4.9 billion compared to the same period in 2020....

26.01.2022

Next Finnlines link to start on 1 February

At the beginning of February 2022, Finnlines will put the ro-pax "Finnfellow" into operation on its Travemünde–Malmö route in the Baltic Sea. This will increase the number of departures up to four direct connections per...

26.01.2022

Scrapping of vessels at historic low

The Junio Cargo Analyst Joey Daly has analysed the changes and trends in the shipping industry's demolition market, making use of data of the maritime intelligence provider Vessels Value. It is striking that the need for...

25.01.2022

Reaching Manila by barge instead of truck

Manila-headquartered International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) is building up its Cavite Gateway Terminal (CGT) in the province of Tanza, Philippines. The terminal and port operator recently invested yard and wharf...

25.01.2022

Expanding framework for Indian waterways

Improving the safety of the inland waterways is a constant issue in India. Now that the inland vessels act 2021 was passed by the Indian parliament, the Indian Register of Shipping has drafted ten different rules in consultation...

25.01.2022

More reinforcements in the Suez Canal

Towage provider Svitzer, an affiliate of Maersk, is further extending its current contract with the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) to include two additional tugs to service the Canal. After operations were launched with two tugs...

24.01.2022

New piracy hot spots on the horizon

In 2021, pirate attacks and armed robberies fell to their lowest level since 1994, according to the annual report on piracy of the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) published on 13 January 2022. IMB attributes this decrease...

24.01.2022

A peak on the West Coast

As predicted, the Californian Port of Long Beach set a new record in 2021 by handling more than 9.38 million teu. This corresponds to a 15.7% increase from the previous record of more than 8.11 million teu moved in 2020....

24.01.2022

Rising traffic in the Baltic Sea pushes Kiel

Kiel's seaport handled a record 7.6 million t in 2021, 9.3 % above 2020. Volume increases on the Gothenburg line (+16% to 2.1 million t) and the Klaipeda line (+9% to 2.9 million t) more than compensated for the 12% decline in...

21.01.2022

Made the best of 2021

DFDS Mediterranean Business Unit (DFDS Bumed) has strongly promoted its ro-ro services for exports from Turkey since 2018. From then until 2022 the unit is doubling the number of its vessels. 2021 was a successful year in many...

21.01.2022

New feeder from Hamburg to Sweden

The shipping company X-press Feeders in Hamburg launched the new liner service GSX to Sweden in the second week of January. The "Anna G" with a slot capacity of over 500 teu calls at the ports of Södertälje and Ahus...

21.01.2022

"Salamanca" calls at Bilbao

Brittany Ferries’ LNG-powered vessel “Salamanca” recently called at the port of Bilbao for the first time. It was a technical stopover on the ship’s maiden voyage since leaving a Chinese shipyard in December. It reached Europe...

21.01.2022

Gothenburg stronger in 2021

While the global logistics network remains under extre me pressure as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Port of Gothenburg reported volume growth last year. The port’s rail system, Railport Scandinavia, also continues to...

20.01.2022

More LNG capacity for ZIM

ZIM Integrated Shipping Services has inked a new eight-year charter agreement with "a shipping company that is affiliated with Kenon Holdings", as was said in a press release. The charter covers three 7,000 teu...

20.01.2022

A good year for Port of Corpus Christi

The American Port of Corpus Christi located in the Gulf of Mexico looks back in joy on 2021. Throughput rose significantly, which was mainly due to an 81.2% increase from 2020 in shipments of liquefied natural gas (LNG). Crude...