More North America for Maersk 
A.P. Moller-Maersk will buy USA-based Pilot Freight Services from ATL Partners, a sector-focused private equity firm in New York and British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (BCI) in Canada. The transaction will cost USD 1.68 billion. After Performance Team (PT)... more
Habben Jansen expects congestion to end
Optimism is Rolf Habben Jansen's third motto, caution his second one. More punctual shipping connections and lower transport costs are on the horizon if additional terminal employees can be recruited, amongst other things, he explained at an online media event earlier in... more
Exploring the Thames
A new study has revealed that the River Thames has an enormous untapped potential for handling light freight. The ‘Light Freight on the River Thames’ report was commissioned by the Thames Estuary Growth Board and the Port of London Authority and delivered by WSP, an... more
Barcelona handles ever-more ULCVs
Huge containerships are also leaving their mark on the port of Barcelona. Between January and November 2021, the number of calls from ultra-large container vessels (ULCVs) with a capacity of more than 20,000 teu increased by 78% compared to the same period in 2020, to a total of... more
Grendi Group pushy in 2021
The Genoa-based Gruppo Grendi’s performance improved in 2021, with turnover surging to EUR 68.6 million (+19% compared to 2020). Since the group established its home port in the terminal of Marina di Carrara, between La Spezia and Livorno, in 2016, it has doubled its turnover... more
Additional office for the Indian Register
On 1 February the Indian Register of Shipping (IRS) opened an office in Coimbatore, in India’s southernmost federal state of Tamil Nadu. The industrial city has a diversified manufacturing sector, including more than 25,000 small, medium and large-scale enterprises. The IRS... more
Spanish ports on the rise
According to provisional data published by the Spanish state ports authority (Puertos del Estado), they handled 532.2 million t of merchandise, a surge of 5.3% compared to 2020. All sectors recorded increases. While conventional general cargo and solid bulk grew by 14.8% and... more
DPW London and Southampton terminals thrive
DP World’s two ports in UK handled a combined volume of almost 3.7 million teu in 2021. In detail, the London Gateway hub saw throughput of more than 1.8 million teu, a 15% increase on the annual record set last year. DP World Southampton was even above this level, since... more
Intercontinental dwell times increased
In its recent analysis, Chicago-based software developer and intelligence provider Four Kites reports that reliability in shipping has again deteriorated over the last year. In total, the average dwell time at the port of discharge (POD) is 240 hours (up 6% from the 2021... more