26.06.2019

Back to a rise in trade volumes in 2019?

According to the current flash estimate, the container throughput index of the RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL) rose to 138.5 in May. Furthermore, the...
25.06.2019

American Club reports "good start into 2019"

The American Club made solid progress in many areas in 2018 and started 2019 on an encouraging note. Tonnage growth in 2018 was similar to that of the previous year. P&I entries increased by about 8% and those for FD&D by...
25.06.2019

MOL intensifies its LNG commitment

The Japan-based carrier MOL has entered, through a wholly-owned subsidiary, into a short-term charter agreement for a LNG carrier with Gail (India). Gail is a state-owned natural gas processing and distribution company in India...
25.06.2019

More LNG power for Containerships

As the second LNG-powered ship for Containerships, an affiliate of the CMA CGM Group, the “Containerships Polar” is now being deployed in the redesigned BALT 2 service. At the beginning of May, the 1,380-teu vessel started...
24.06.2019

Matson builds its largest con-ro ship to date

The US carrier Matson recently christened the largest combination container / roll-on, roll-off ship ever built in the United States in a ceremony at the Nassco shipyard in San Diego (CA, USA). The new vessel is named “Lurline”,...
24.06.2019

Guyana: a new hot spot for business

In the Latin American country of Guyana the economy is growing apace. Due to the productivity of offshore drilling projects, the country’s gross domestic product alone is set to double by 2020. Crane Worldwide Logistics has...
21.06.2019

50,000 trackers at sea

There is a plethora of discussions concerning the technical details of container trackers in the maritime shipping industry. CMA CGM is now going the whole hog and deploying Traxens trackers on all of its 50,000 containers;...
21.06.2019

More dividends for HHLA's shareholders

The Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA, Germany) will raise the dividend per listed class A share to EUR 0.80. This figure is 19.4 % higher than in the previous year. EUR 56 million will thus be distributed to the shareholders...
21.06.2019

New service launched by BG Freight Line

In a partnership with Maersk, Netherlands-headquartered BG Freight Line is starting a new weekly service on the Waterford-Rotterdam route that will act as a deep-sea feeder for businesses in Ireland. BG Freight Line is part...
21.06.2019

Muted growth for Spanish ports in first quarter of 2019

According to the latest data published by Puertos de Estado, between January and April 2019, the Spanish ports of general interest moved a total of 182.1 million t of goods, 1.2% more than in the same period in 2018. During...
20.06.2019

Bremenports renovates lock

The renovation of the Kaiserschleuse lock near Bremen (Germany) is now underway. Vessels can still enter the Kaiserhafen port via the swing bridge. At the end of June, the outer head gate will be drained so that new rail tracks...
20.06.2019

Transpacific service of APL wins award

Laurels for APL, part of the CMA CGM Group, which has been named the ‘Best Shipping Line in the Trans-Pacific’ at the 2019 Asian freight, logistics and supply chain awards in Hong Kong. APL has been experiencing volume growth in...
20.06.2019

Panama Canal becomes greener

The Panama Canal Authority intends to enhance its green connection environmental recognition programme. This initiative encourages the shipping industry to mitigate the environmental impact of their operations through an...
19.06.2019

Hapag Lloyd redeems its debts

The Hamburg (Germany)-based carrier Hapag-Lloyd has decided to fully redeem the outstanding EUR 280 million in aggregate principal amount of its outstanding 6.75% senior note due 2022 on 24 June 2019 at a fixed redemption price...
19.06.2019

More container capacities at Bristol Port

The capacity of Bristol Port’s container terminal (UK) has been significantly expanded by the completion of a GBP 9 million upgrade. The investment is a further commitment to the container services offered at Avonmouth and...
19.06.2019

Haropa continues to thrive at the start of 2019

Good figures for Haropa at the start of 2019: After two years’ growth in 2017 and 2018 when the port cooperation's seaborne traffic rose to 95 million t, business continued to thrive at the beginning of 2019. With a...
18.06.2019

The long journey of the "Chipolbrok Atlantic"

Recently, the, M/V “Chipolbrok Atlantic” arrived on its 14th voyage in the port of Bilbao (Spain), carrying a load of 84 wind blades. 60 units were stowed on deck whilst another 24 pieces had been loaded under deck. Upon...
18.06.2019

Environmental laurels for K Line

NOAA has honoured the Japanese carrier K Line with a gold award for the company’s participation in the 2018 voluntary vessel speed reduction (VSR) incentive programme with a high-level compliance rate. The programme aims to...
17.06.2019

Agreement on maritime data transfer

The cooperation between the ship tracking intelligence company Marine Traffic and the satellite AIS data provider exact Earth to deliver additional real-time information is now operational. The additional satellite data...
17.06.2019

"Monaco Maersk" sets a mark

The “Monaco Maersk” marked a new peak as the best loaded containership record with 19,284 teu on board when it departed Malaysia’s port of Tanjung Pelepas at the beginning of June 2019. These volumes on the “Monaco Maersk”...
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