Re-setting the sails 
After 88 years, the historic four-masted barque "Peking" has returned to its home port Hamburg. The vessel, launched in 1911, is one of the so-called "Flying P-Liners" mainly used in the saltpetre trade with South America, making 34 trips around the legendary... more
Strong harvest drives Rouen forward
In a context marked by the coronavirus health crisis and in France by the social disruptions of last winter, 9.87 million t of cereals were exported in the 2019/2020 cereal season, a 30% increase compared to the previous year and almost 9% more than during the record campaign of... more
Dredging works at ECT terminal
In the Dutch Port of Rotterdam, the ECT Delta Terminal, operated by the Hutchison Group, is investing in the depth of its berths. A 500-m stretch of the Amazonehaven port basin at Maasvlakte will be deepened from 16.65 m to 17.45 m to enable it to handle current ultra large... more
Analysing ship engines digitally
ABB Turbocharging and Kongsberg Digital have signed a cooperation agreement on data collection and ship engine performance analysis. The companies will work towards a common data infrastructure and accelerate the development of value-added digital applications and services.... more
New PCTC operational
The Naples (Italy)-headquartered Grimaldi Group has enlarged its fleet by adding the new Pure Car & Truck Carrier (PCTC) "Grande New Jersey". On 4 September, the group took delivery of the fourth of a series of seven sister ships ordered from the Chinese... more
A port basin in Bremenports refurbished
A key milestone in the development of the port: After about three years of construction the new Westkaje in the "Kaiserhafen III" harbour in Bremerhaven (Germany) is complete. With the dismantling of the old quays the port basin has now become 9 m wider. The... more
Marsa Maroc enhances Casablanca terminal
Marsa Maroc is enhancing its TC3 container terminal, located in Casablanca, Morocco, with a total of three rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) cranes. Marsa Maroc is the main operator of ports in Morocco and the concession holder of the Terminal Container 3 Port Casablanca (TC3).... more
Opening an office in the kingdom
Columbia Shipmanagement (CSM) has opened a new unit and a new office in Saudi Arabia. CSM Saudi has been set up to service the needs of its client Saudi Aramco in the areas of energy, oil and gas, training and procurement, but also for further potentials in the kingdom. The... more
Maersk digests KHG
Maersk has finalised the acquisition of KGH Customs Services, a customs services provider based in Gothenburg, Sweden and serving a range of European customers (See ITJ Daily of 8 July 2020). Karsten Kildahl, regional managing director of Maersk in Europe, said: “The integration... more
Remote maritime surveys extended
The classification society DNV GL has finished the world's first in-water remote ship surveys using a remotely operated vehicle (ROV). The in-water bottom surveys using ROVs were carried out on three separate Wilson ASA-managed vessels, the first having been completed on the... more