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03.10.2022

Greater capacity on East Med and Black Sea

According to Russian media, the Delo Group is expanding capacities on its fortnightly service to and from Novorossiysk, Alexandria, Ashdod and back to Novorossiysk. The company will deploy a 630 teu vessel instead of the 466 teu...

03.10.2022

More than 100,000 teu

The Canadian port of Port Saint John's throughput is taking an upturn due to the supply chain upgrades at its container terminal. The Atlantic port community recently passed the threshold of 100,000 teu in 2022, which is a...

30.09.2022

A new Baltic-UK connection

Short sea operator Unifeeder has commenced a new weekly service from Klaipeda in Lithuania to the Port of Immingham in UK. Together with Associated British Ports (ABP), the DP World-owned affiliate will transport containerised...

30.09.2022

Laying the keel of an emission-free ferry

The keel of the new ferry, which Scandlines is planning to deploy on the Puttgarden-Rødby route as from 2024, has been laid. The zero-emission unit has the working name PR24 and is being built at the Turkish shipyard Cemre. The...

30.09.2022

Port of Vladivostok posts a rise in imports

Rising cargo volumes have been flowing into the Port of Vladivostok on Russia’s Pacific Coast. According to the port press office, imports have increased by 150% over the last three months. Per month, throughput amounted to...

29.09.2022

Ship financing steady - so far

The Petrofin index for global ship financing has registered its first rise in eleven years according to its report which was published in mid-September. This index was established in 2008 with a reference value of 100 points....

29.09.2022

Great works in the Port of Shanghai

A challenging project: the Port of Shanghai is investing 55 billion renminbi (about EUR 8 billion) in a new container terminal, Chinese media reported. The expansion is expected to amplify annual handling capacity to 60 million...

29.09.2022

How expensive is the Suez Canal?

The Suez Canal will become more expensive next year, with the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) in Egypt raising its transit tolls by 15% for all types of ship as from January 2023. Only bulk carriers and cruise ships will pay just 10%...

29.09.2022

Marine biofuel bunkering ship-to-ship a success

It's a first-timer: Total Energies Marine Fuels has completed the refuelling of a CMA CGM containership in Singapore with sustainable marine biofuel. The 4,300 teu “CMA CGM Montoir” was bunkered via ship-to-ship. The biofuel...

28.09.2022

Handling record at Abidjan's Terra terminal

The port of Abidjan’s ro-ro terminal Terra witnessed a weekly record between 22 and 29 August 2022, when it handled exactly 2,687 vehicles. The vehicles – mainly saloon and city cars or construction machines – were transported on...

28.09.2022

Air and sea marriage sealed with a kiss

Atlas Air Worldwide's affiliate Atlas Air and MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company recently inked an agreement that enables MSC to expand its reach and capacity for its customers. Under the terms of the long-term ACMI...

28.09.2022

More owls to watch the sea

Another funding round has been completed. The 2019-founded British start-up Cyber Owl raised USD 5.1 million in funding to support the accelerated adoption of their Medulla cyber risk monitoring solution. The need is there....

27.09.2022

Transformation the key

Fortify data exchange and combine transports. Greek logistics providers have to reinvent themselves too, because the major economic trends won’t bypass Greece either, any more than the digital transformation of services will. The...

27.09.2022

Milestone for Saudi port project

Hutchison Ports has inaugurated its Jazan facility in Saudi Arabia. The commission was granted in February 2021. In its first phase, the port will consist of three industrial berths, a single point mooring (SPM) facility for the...

27.09.2022

Fourteen for Yang Ming

The latest addition to Yang Ming's fleet is the newbuild "YM trillion" with a capacity of 11,000 teu. The vessel is chartered from Shoei Kisen Kaisha and was built by Imabari Shipbuilding. The company ordered a total of...

27.09.2022

Three Noatum terminals enhanced

Spanish operator Noatum has received three more Liebherr mobile cranes for its ports in Castellon, Sagunto and Tarragona. The three Liebherr LHM models are joining an LHM 420 that was put into service earlier in 2022 and is...

26.09.2022

Biogas to serve the West Indies

Biogas is the secret weapon. CMA CGM is planning to build and launch seven new container vessels powered by biogas. They will be deployed on services to the French West Indies. Delivered gradually as of 2024, the seven new...

26.09.2022

First German car terminal on the Baltic Sea

Autolink Germany's first vehicle terminal officially began operations in Rostock's Überseehafen on 22 September 2022. This is the final result of the concession negotiations between Autolink Germany and Rostock Port that came to...

26.09.2022

Hydrogen production in Nantes waters

Preparations for the production of hydrogen at sea are underway: Lhyfe, a producer of green hydrogen for mobility and industry, is currently getting ready to deploy its solutions on a European scale. Lhyfe inaugurated the...

23.09.2022

AAL appoints agent in India

Singapore-headquartered AAL Shipping (AAL) has appointed Mumbai-based shipping company Merchant Shipping Services as its exclusive representative in India. Established in 1996, Merchant Shipping focuses on global trade,...