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11.01.2019

New maritime organisation in Normandy

The Ports Normand Associés and the Port de Dieppe recently formed the Ports of Normandy authority (PdN). The trade body met for the first time at the beginning of 2019, and elected Hervé Morin as president. PdN plays a vital...

11.01.2019

Second round for 2M and Zim

The 2M Alliance, the carriers Maersk and MSC, and Haifa (Israel)-headquartered Zim are extending their cooperation with a second agreement, following the one on the Asia-US east coast trade announced in July 2018. Now both...

10.01.2019

More space for hydrocarbon storage

CLH has expanded its service range at its hydrocarbon storage facility in the port of Bilbao (Spain). From now on, the company's regular and potential customers can carry out maritime transport operations for fuels and biofuels...

10.01.2019

Automotive sector stronger in Hueneme

Wallenius Wilhelmsen Ocean (WWO) joins BMW North America (BMW) and Glovis America (Glovis) to secure their presence at the port of Hueneme with long-term contracts. Representing over half of the Californian port's cargo revenue,...

09.01.2019

Contecon Guayaquil combatting carbon emissions

Contecon Guayaquil SA (CGSA) in Ecuador recently became the first port in South America to obtain a carbon-neutral certification. The country's ministry of environment and environmental ratings agency, Sambito, has thus...

09.01.2019

Linking China and the Philippines

On 18 January, the CMA CGM affiliate APL is launching a new weekly China Southeast Asia Express (CSX) service that will connect Hong Kong, southern China and Taiwan to four ports in the Philippines - namely Subic Bay, Batangas,...

09.01.2019

MSC and Messina finally engaged

Switzerland-based MSC has acquired 49% of the Messina Group's shares. Banca Carige and Messina say that they have reached a final agreement about the debt terms and that they believe the MSC Group will play an active role as a...

08.01.2019

Port of Malaga: certification for Noatum Terminals

Noatum Terminals’ facility in the port of Malaga (Spain) has been awarded the GMP + Feed Safety Assurance (FSA) certificate, which guarantees that all the products intended for animal fodder in all the links of the food chain are...

08.01.2019

Great Lake Dredge & Dock working on Texas coast

As a further step towards implementation of the port of Corpus Christ’s channel project, the US Army Corps of Engineers (Usace) has awarded a USD 92 million construction contract to Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company. Its...

08.01.2019

Expansion work starts at Caen-Ouistreham port

Work has begun on the extension and refurbishment of the outer harbour of Caen-Ouistreham in Normandy (France). The broad development project of the Ports Normands Associés (known as Ports de Normandie since 7 January 2019)...

07.01.2019

Crew fighting fire on "Yantian Express"

The Hamburg-headquartered carrier Hapag Lloyd has announced that an incident occurred the "Yantian Express". On 3 January, a fire broke out in one container on the deck of the vessel and spread to additional containers....

07.01.2019

Port of Dunkirk automates customs clearance

The long shadow cast by Brexit also falls on the French side of the Channel. The Regional Directorate of the Customs Authorities in Dunkirk has now authorized customs clearance round the clock in the port of Dunkirk. The...

07.01.2019

Moore Stephens: green times looming on horizon

The London-based accountant and shipping adviser Moore Stephens is positive about the financial future of shipping. The industry will continue to attract investors in 2019 if it fulfils its environmental, social and governance...

04.01.2019

IRClass expands activities in Middle East

The Indian Register of Shipping (IRClass), a classification company, is expanding its activities. In a bid to further strengthen its footprint in the Middle East, IRClass has received authorisation as a RO from the Hashemite...

04.01.2019

Port of Antwerp clinks "grand cru" glasses

The port of Antwerp expects its 2018 figures to outshine those from 2017, and has spoken of a "grand cru year". Antwerp says its position as a major European port and Europe's largest integrated chemistry cluster was...

04.01.2019

Is world trade gaining ground again?

The container throughput index published by the German research body Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (RWI - Leibniz) and the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL) came in at 133.7 points in...

03.01.2019

Montreal and Trois-Rivières ink innovative agreement

The port authorities of Montreal and Trois-Rivières in Quebec province (Canada), recently ratified the first-ever cooperation agreement to improve and enhance their respective port services. Focused on sharing information...

03.01.2019

UAL going ever further west

Netherlands-based Universal Africa Lines (UAL) is expanding into the Caribbean. Given the recent developments in the oil and gas industry in Trinidad, Guyana and Suriname, the company is witnessing an increased demand for direct...