Omani takes next step on the seas 
MOL and Asyad Shipping have welcomed the appointment of the first Omani captain to serve on board an LNG carrier jointly owned by the two shipping companies. The Japanese line MOL has played a role in supporting the development of Oman’s shipping industry since 2003, when... mehr
Manaus wants more
Super Terminais Comercio e Industria (Super Terminais), a private cargo terminal at the Port of Manaus, Brazil, has ordered three Konecranes Gottwald cranes to serve large container vessels. A river port located at the confluence of the Amazon River and the Rio Negro in the... mehr
Growth at Global Ports
Russian terminal operator Global Ports has reported its results for H1/2021. Consolidated marine container throughput went up by 1.9% year-on-year to more almost 790,000 teu while the consolidated marine bulk container segment generated a throughput of 2.6 million t (+19.4%... mehr
Stockholm winning against 2020
Freight volumes are catching up at the Port of Kapellskär, Ports of Stockholm's biggest freight port. Up to and including July, volumes grew by 9.6% compared to the same period the previous year. Approximately two million t of freight were handled. Finnlink, Ports of... mehr
Baltic: more unaccompanied traffic
In H1/2021, the Port of Kiel increased its cargo volume and processed 8.25% more goods than in the same period of the previous year. All in all, 3.66 million t of cargo were handled in Kiel H1/2021. Ferry traffic grew disproportionately and generated a 12.7% increase in the... mehr
Boom continues for Zim in Q2
The shipping group Zim has published its consolidated results for Q2/2021. The volumes carried by the line grew by 44% year-on-year, to 921,000 teu. H1/2020 saw 1.3 million teu handled. The average freight rate per teu over the period stood at USD 2,341, a rise of 119% compared... mehr
Zeebrugge taking advantage of Brexit
The port of Zeebrugge’s figures remained stable in H1/2021, overall, with specific trades growing. The total tonnage for the first semester of 2021 increased by 0.6% vis-à-vis the same period last year, to 25.2 million t. Roll-on/roll-off traffic, in turn, grew by 13.8%, to 7.3... mehr
Freight drives DFDS
It comes as no surprise that the latest growth curve of the DFDS was based “almost entirely on our freight activities, that is to say ferries and logistics,” as the Danish shortsea operator said in a press release reporting its figures for Q2/2021.The second pillar of DFDS’s... mehr
DHL gets drunk on J.F. Hillebrand
DHL, which has been amongst the bidders for prime player J.F. Hillebrand for a while, has now made it. The Deutsche Post DHL Group (DPDHL) has inked an agreement to acquire all of the J.F. Hillebrand Group and its subsidiaries at an equity value of around EUR 1.5 billion.This... mehr
The run of carriers in the Transpacific
The Copenhagen-based maritime consultancy Sea-Intelligence has taken an in-depth look at the current hot spot in Asia–North American west coast (NAWC) trades. After a dip in the number of distinct Asia–NAWC services, due to the pandemic – nothing new there –, there was a... mehr