25.03.2019

Biggest ULCV to date calls Jaxport

Florida (USA)-based Jaxport recently set a new port record with the arrival of the Zim vessel "Cape Sounio", the largest containership so far to call Jacksonville. The 11,000 teu Zim-operated ship is deployed a service...
25.03.2019

The risk of abandoned containers overseas

Bifa, the trade association for UK freight forwarding and logistics companies, is warning its members about the cost of containers abandoned overseas for which they may be liable. The association says that often its member...
25.03.2019

ZIM still not out of the red

The Haifa (Israel)-based carrier Zim witnessed a classic result on two fronts in 2018: while revenues surged by 9.1% to USD 3.3 billion (2017: almost USD 3 billion) and volumes shot up by 10.8% to 2.9 million teu (2017: 2.6...
22.03.2019

West of England - positive about the future

The West of England, a mutual marine insurer, has announced a positive renewal period and a modest increase in renewing premium. Owned mutual tonnage has grown over the year to 90 million gross tons (gt) including the addition of...
22.03.2019

PISR and HSSA join forces

An ambitious ship registry and the oldest shortsea shipping association in Europe set up an alliance. Palau International Ship Registry (PISR) and the Hellenic Shortsea Shipowners Association (HSSA), both operating from Piraeus...
22.03.2019

Sturdy ships for Royal Arctic

KfW IPEX Bank is providing EUR 16.43 million to finance two more transport ships for the Royal Arctic Line. The Greenland-based shipping company already completed a loan for the construction and final financing of two similar...
21.03.2019

Pearls in the Pacific?

The maritime carrier Matson’s container services from the US west coast to Hawaii, Alaska and the Pacific Islands have established its status as a strong niche player since 1958. In 2018 it was its California – China services,...
21.03.2019

Equipment enhancement at ICTSI's Lae terminal

Lae (Papua New Guinea)-based South Pacific International Container Terminal (Spict), a subsidiary of International Container Terminal Services (ICTSI), recently took delivery of three new hybrid rubber tyred gantries (RTGs)....
21.03.2019

Big Lift operates vessels of new cooperation

Big Lift Shipping is to operate the four heavy transport vessels of the new cooperation it inked with Chung Yang Shipping. The combination of two pairs of sisterships – the "Bi Lift Barentsz" and "Big Lift...
21.03.2019

One, two, three - DCT is sold

People have been aware of the negotiations since 2018: now, the consortium around the port operator PSA International has inked the acquisition of Poland's largest port container terminal for a total of EUR 1.1 billion. The...
20.03.2019

22 plant modules shipped to Texas by AAL

The breakbulk and project heavy lift carrier AAL has shipped 22 petrochemical plant modules from the Wilson Heavy Industry Company in Nantong (China), to the ethylene glycol II expansion project (EGEP) in Point Comfort TX (USA)...
20.03.2019

DNVGL offering remote vessel inspection surveys

Norway-based DNV has announced that all DNV GL classed vessels are now able to utilise remote surveys for certain inspections. This dispenses with the need for a DNV GL inspector to board a vessel. Instead, documentation,...
20.03.2019

DP World investing heavily in terminal equipment

DP World has is purchasing 63 Kalmar hybrid straddle carriers for use at four of its European container terminals. Twelve units will be delivered to GMP in Le Havre (France), 20 to Eurofos in Marseille (France), 19 to Antwerp...
19.03.2019

Bayernhafen reports balanced results for 2018

The Bayernhafen group (Bavaria, Germany) transhipped a total of 8.8.million t of cargo onto inland barges and trains in FY 2018. Because of low water levels on the Rhine and Danube, the amount of cargo transferred onto barges at...
19.03.2019

Vietnam becomes part of APL's CSE service

The CMA CGM affiliate APL has added Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) as a port of call to its China Southeast Asia Service (CSE), extending the market coverage of the weekly service which currently connects central China to the...
19.03.2019

New generation of PCTC for UECC

The Norwegian shipping company United European Car Carriers (UECC) will construct two new generation PCTC for China Ship Building Trading and Jiangnan Shipyard Group. The contract also includes an option for two further vessels....
18.03.2019

Fairway clear for larger vessels in Kinshasa

The maritime port of Matadi, on the river Congo in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), reported a major success recently. The door to a new opportunity was opened by the dredging of the river Congo by the Matadi Gateway...
18.03.2019

New vessel to speed up FRS service

The FRS group is introducing a new vessel to operate the Melilla - Motril route. The ro-pax ship, "Golden Bridge", will start operations on the line next May. The vessel, with an overall length of 186 m and beam of up...
18.03.2019

Different ways to St Petersburg

Since 2015, DFDS has been running its freight ferry service between Kiel (Germany) and St Petersburg (Russia) on a slot-charter basis in cooperation with Finnlines. In September 2017, DFDS streamlined its services from Kiel by...
18.03.2019

ONE growing fresh fruit

In the first of two new programmes, the container shipping alliance ONE worked with New Zealand avocado grower Avanza on CA reefer container exports for the full season running from September 2018 to January 2019. The avocado...
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