28.05.2019

CMA CGM teaching 50,000 containers to talk

The Marseille (France)-based CMA CGM Group has placed an order for 50,000 trackers from the smart container creator Traxens. A shareholder and the first company to invest in Traxens in 2012, CMA CGM participated in the tracking...
28.05.2019

Plans to send smart container on two year journey

The port of Rotterdam is sending Container 42 as a data provider round the world. The foundations for the project rely on the port's existing internet of things (IoT) platform. The Dutch port authority will use this...
28.05.2019

Starting shot for CIP in Corpus Christi

On 29 May 2019, the port of Corpus Christi is to celebrate the start of its ship channel improvement project (CIP). After a 40 year ban on crude oil exports, the port was able to handle the export of the first shipment of US...
27.05.2019

At the heart of conflict

London remains the centre of some service aspects of the global maritime industry, such as the arbitration market, according to research by the specialised law firm HFW.
27.05.2019

Port Kyushu's crew managed by Danica

The crew management company Danica Crewing Services has taken on the crew management of another newbuilding - the ultramax "Port Kyushu" for Lisbon-headquartered Portline Bulk International. The 62,550 dwt...
27.05.2019

Q1/2019 – smaller loss and less cargo for Zim

The Israel-based carrier Zim has tabled its Q1/2019 results. Revenues rose by 6% to USD 796.2 million (Q1/2018: USD 751.4 million), but volumes dropped by 4.3% to 668'000 teu. The company was able to reduce its Q1/2019 net...
27.05.2019

Worldwide container throughput still under pressure

According to the current flash estimate, the container throughput index of the RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the Institute for Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL) fell to 134.7 in April. At the same...
24.05.2019

MOL introduces remote way of applying ship operation data

The Japan-based shipping company MOL has released the “fleet viewer” that forms part of the carrier's focus project to enhance the collection and application of ship operation data. Ensuring safe vessel operation, and in...
24.05.2019

Newbuild for K Line

The Japanese carrier K Line took over the newbuild “Miyagawa Maru", a 100,000 dwt special coal carrier at Imabari Shipbuilding's Marugame Shipyard (Japan). The vessel was jointly developed by Imabari Shipbuilding and K...
24.05.2019

Dachser sets up shop in Sweden

After Denmark and Finland, Sweden has become the next Nordic market to be dorectly covered by Dachser Air & Sea Logistics. The company now operates an office for air and sea freight in Gothenburg. Jochen Müller, Dachser's...
23.05.2019

Hamburg Süd names containership in Antwerp

Hamburg Süd has just held a naming ceremony for a containership in Antwerp (Belgium). The “Polar Ecuador” was sponsored by Sonia Van de Vyvere, wife of Philippe Van de Vyvere, owner and CEO of SEA-invest, one of the world’s...
23.05.2019

ICTSI subsidiary rated top terminal in CA-4 region

The United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (Cepal) has selected Puerto Cortés operated by Operadora Portuaria Centroamericana (OPC), the Honduran subsidiary of International Container Terminal...
23.05.2019

Port of Hamburg back on growth trajectory

Germany’s largest universal port Hamburg is again on a growth path, as it handled 34.6 million t of seaborne cargo in Q1/2019, 6% more than in Q1/2018. The throughput of general cargo (23.9 million t/+ 5.4%) and bulk cargo...
22.05.2019

SMS Towage sees wide range of tasks for new tugs

The British towage company, SMS Towage, has purchased two ASD 2411 tugs from Damen Shipyards. Established in 2002, SMS Towage started towage activities on and around the Humber Estuary on the UK’s east coast. Since then the...
22.05.2019

Tool measures carbon in maritime sector

A carbon logger has been employed in the supply chain of the mining company Anglo American. It has offset the carbon emissions for an ocean freight voyage from South Africa to Europe, using Right Ship's verified carbon accounting...
22.05.2019

Giant crane for Bristol Port

Bristol Port in the UK is playing a key role in the logistics supply chain for the construction of the multi-billion pound atomic power plant Hinkley Point. Given this role, the port just took delivery of the world’s largest...
21.05.2019

APM in Barcelona on simulation

APM Terminals Barcelona has performed fire and evacuation simulation on an SC crane in order to validate the action guidelines set out in its emergency plan. The simulation was carried out in coordination with the port of...
21.05.2019

Laurels for Palau in US port state control examinations

The United States Coastguard (USCG) targets flags for additional port state control examinations if their detention ratio scores are higher than the three-year rolling average detention record. The Palau International Ship...
21.05.2019

Hamburg Süd reshuffles Latin American coverage

Hamburg Süd, in cooperation with its new parent company Maersk, is remodelling its services on the Europe–Central America, Caribbean and South America West Coast trade lanes. The companies said there is a new stand-alone...
20.05.2019

Breb and Iberdrola opt for Mukran Port

Efforts to transform Mukran Port in Sassnitz, on the island of Rügen (Germany), into a state-of-the-art universal port are continuing. To this end, the shipping company Breb and Mukran Port have concluded a long-term contract....
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