Crystal Pool to digitalise safety 
Italian Ship Management Company Crystal Pool, which is part of the Rimorchiatori Riuniti Group, has chosen the Info Ship Quality Management solution to digitalise and standardise procedures and guidelines to act in an emergency and to report accidents or any other form of... mehr
Rotterdam back on track
Europe's first port in terms of volume, Rotterdam, is back on the growth path after a difficult 2020. Volumes surged by 3% in Q1/2021, to 115.8 million t. The hub’s terminals handled a rising number of containers, namely 3.7 million teu or 4.5% more than in the same period of... mehr
P&O reclaiming the Channel
P&O Ferries is returning to pre-pandemic times and bringing its fifth ro-ro ship back to the Dover–Calais route in the English Channel. The ‘Pride of Burgundy’, a 28,000 t vessel that can carry 120 trucks, will sail again in June. The unit will operate in freight-only... mehr
LNG for Croatia on the move
Croatia has received another cargo of liquefied natural gas (LNG) at the Krk terminal in the northern Adriatic, the first LNG delivery from MET Croatia. The 145,000 cbm LNG vessel Methane Nile Eagle, loaded at the port of Zeebrugge in Belgium, arrived at the end of April.This... mehr
More tools for port of Tanger Med
Wärtsilä will co-develop a new port management information system (PMIS) for the port of Tanger Med. The organisations recently sealed their long-term commitment to deploy modern smart port tools for port operations and digitalisation – including implementing just-in-time (JIT)... mehr
Heavy handling in Liege
Located in the Autonomous Port of Liège, Belgium, the company Renory, a subsidiary of the Novandi group, has been entrusted with the exceptional delivery of more than 32,000 t of steel coils from India. The shipper is Liberty Steel. Having passed through the seaport of... mehr
Gothenburg's smooth start in 2021
The first quarter of this year saw an increase in the trade flows through the Swedish Port of Gothenburg, in the container, ro-ro and new vehicle segments. “The situation is now considerably more problematic than it was a year ago. Still, volumes at the Port of Gothenburg... mehr
Q1/2021 in NWAC ports exceptionally strong
Maritime consultant Sea-Intelligence from Copenhagen has analysed volume developments in North America’s largest ports on the West Coast in Q1/2021. All growth rates were exceptionally strong in comparison to the same period last year. Laden imports, empty exports, and total... mehr
"Finneco I" launched
The hybrid ro-ro vessel “Finneco I” has just been launched at the Nanjing Jinling Shipyard. The first new Finnlines’ unit of this generation, which have 38% more cargo capacity than their predecessors, will start sailing under the Finnish flag by the end of this year. This is a... mehr
More traffic between Lübeck and Liepāja
More connections have been added to the Baltic Sea route between Latvia and Germany. Swedish shipping company Stena Line recently began to deploy the "Stena Vinga" on its service between Lübeck and Liepāja in Latvia, thus strengthening its network. The ro-pax ship... mehr