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Les ports chinois redonnent des impulsions à l’économie mondiale. La situation s’est améliorée côté encombrement mais tout ce qui brille n’est pas encore or autour des ports chinois. Certes, les volumes transbordés augmentent,...
24.08.2022

Second terminal in Abidjan in the making

The Côte d’Ivoire Terminal in the port of Abidjan recently received a range of new equipment. No fewer than six STS gantries and seven RTG gantries were installed. This handling equipment was manufactured by ZPMC in China and...
24.08.2022

Strikes hit European ports

Over 1,900 workers at the port of Felixstowe began an eight-day strike over pay on 21 August 2022. The major UK port handles over four million teu a year. In response, container lines have omitted scheduled vessel calls at the...
24.08.2022

Hutchison Ports banks on Egypt

The Egyptian government and Hutchison Ports recently enhanced their cooperation by initialling agreements for two new concessions to operate container terminals in Ain Sokhna Port and El Dekheila Port. Marking the event, an...
23.08.2022

Hapag-Lloyd improving its fleet

The Hamburg-based carrier Hapag-Lloyd is set to launch its first retrofit programme in the next five years. The investment volume “will be in the three-digit million range”, the shipping line said in a media release. The goal is...
23.08.2022

OOCL – profits up, newbuildings down

Hong Kong-based Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL), which was taken over by Cosco in 2018, handled 7% less containers in H1/2022 than in the same period last year, that is to say 3.65 million teu, down from 3.93 million...
23.08.2022

Valenciaport steaming ahead to cleaner operations

The latest fleet expansion of the Port Authority of Valencia (PAV) concerns 13 electric vehicles and four hybrid vehicles. This initiative is part of the gateway’s ‘Valenciaport 2030’ programme, a commitment to zero...
22.08.2022

LNG links NYK to Qatar

NYK has inked a long-term time-charter contract with Qatar Energy, the monarchy’s state energy company, for seven LNG carriers. The new sister vessels will be equipped with an X-DF 2.1 iCER and air lubrication system, both of...
22.08.2022

Investments in South Carolina Ports

Works to upgrade of the Wando Welch Terminal at the Port of Charleston (South Carolina Ports) are coming to a close. The fifteenth and final crane was recently moved into position along the waterfront. With five cranes to a...
22.08.2022

Russia's fifteen projects in the Far East

According to information from the Russian news agency Tass, Russia’s Far Eastern seaports will be expanded. As statistics showed, the current annual cargo turnover of seaports in the Far Eastern Basin amounted at 131.2 million t...
19.08.2022

Hydrogen for luxury fashion in Venice

In Venice, Nippon Express Italia (NX Italy) has launched an eco-friendly delivery service using hydrogen-powered primarily to luxury fashion shops. These boats are equipped with removable hydrogen generators, and they emit far...
19.08.2022

Wan Hai: more profit, new vessels

The Taiwan-based carrier Wan Hai saw its profits rise in Q2/2022 and is now investing in the expansion of its fleet. The liner's net profit rose to USD 1 billion in the second quarter, a significant uptick of almost 59% compared...
19.08.2022

Towing them with biofuels

Automotive carrier UECC is entering into a new partnership for decarbonisation with Svitzer, a subsidiary of AP Moller-Maersk. The companies have inked a three-year contract for Svitzer’s Eco Tow product that will see...
19.08.2022

Lübeck on a stable track

Lübecker Hafen-Gesellschaft (LHG) saw its business stabilise in H1/2022. Although the company's total throughput declined moderately by 2% to 11.7 million t, its core business (ro-ro and intermodal transport) improved. Above...
18.08.2022

Hamburg attracts more containers

Better than expected: container throughput in Port of Hamburg showed a positive trend in H1/2022. 4.4 million teu were handled, about 1% more than in H1/2021. In the first six months of 2022, 117 ultra large container ships...
18.08.2022

MSC adds service to West Africa

Swiss carrier MSC launched a new service to Guinea Bissau in West Africa. Every two weeks, the service will carry imports and exports to and from the destination via MSC's transhipment hub Las Palmas in the Canary...
18.08.2022

ZIM: best half-year results so far

The shipping group ZIM has published its consolidated results for Q2/2022. Volumes carried went down by 7% year-on-year to 856,000 teu (Q2/2021: 921,000 teu). H1/2020 saw 1.72 million teu handled compared to 1.74 million in...
17.08.2022

Is this the beginning of the end for CBER?

In Brussels, the shipping industry is back on the agenda. The European Commission (EC) is asking for input as it starts its review of its competition regulations for carriers. This initiative follows a demand from about ten...
17.08.2022

Throughput and awareness in Abidjan

In the Ivory Coast, Terminal Roulier d’Abidjan (Terra), which provides handling services and operations related to ro-ro ships at the Port of Abidjan, has received the “Green Terminal” label issued by Bureau Veritas. This...
17.08.2022

Yang Ming's fleet growing

A charter is the most recent newcomer in Yang Ming's fleet. The new 11,800 teu container vessel, “YM Throne”, belongs to Shoei Kisen Kaisha and was built by Imabari Shipbuilding. The naming ceremony took place at Imabari...
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