MSC's cold grip in Livorno 
In mid-January 2023, Terminal Investment Limited (TIL), which belongs to the MSC group, completed its acquisition of Terminal Darsena Toscana (TDT) in the Port of Livorno, Italy. The seller is the Gruppo Investimenti Portuali (GIP), which also handed over its stake in the... plus
«En mode innovation» 
La stratégie d’avenir des ports rhénans suisses en plein changement structurel. Les ports rhénans suisses n’ont pas été épargnés par les grands changements du transport de fret survenus ces dernières années. Selon Florian Röthlingshöfer, directeur, l’économie portuaire publique... plus
Global transit times improving
The Ocean Shipping Index from E2 open is based on information from a business network that includes 420,000 interconnected companies managing 13.5 billion transactions and tracking 71 million containers annually. In its issue for Q4/2022, the index reports that, in major... plus
Liebherr comes to the rescue
Liebherr recently delivered a new LHM 800 High Rise mobile harbour crane to the port of Esbjerg in Denmark. It arrived only a short time after an incident in the Kiel Canal, in which an LHM 600 ordered by Port Esbjerg was damaged while passing under the Holtenau High Bridge.... plus
Dutch inland shipper changes hands
Honkoop Barging, a Dutch provider of inland shipping services in the Benelux region, has sold all its assets to Contargo with effect from 1 January 2023. The management and staff of the inland shipping company and its freight contracts and customer contacts will be transferred... plus
Threefold replacement of APAC services
Ocean Network Express (ONE), the Singapore-based conjunction of the three biggest Japanese Container carriers, is launching three new Southeast Asia to Australia services as a direct replacement of existing routes. The new services will commence in early March, subject to... plus
Tanger Med in 2022
The Tanger Med port ecosystem, located on the Mediterranean, handled an overall tonnage of almost 108 million t in 2022, up 6% compared to 2021. This throughput represents approximately 54% of all port tonnage carried out in Morocco. The almost 7.6 million teu moved in 2022 were... plus
Second sister for the Baltic Sea
The “Finncanopus”, the second of the new series ro-pax vessels, has now touched water in the China Merchants Jinling Shipyard in Weihai. It follows its sister “Finnsirius”, which was launched in August 2022. The new superstar class cargo-passenger vessels, which will enter... plus
Hapag-Lloyd closing the case
What started off well in September 2022 has now come to a close. The antitrust authorities have given their green light with regards to Hapag-Lloyd’s acquisition of a minority stake in the Spinelli Group based in Genova. The carrier has acquired 49% of the shares in the... plus
Recent developments in global piracy
The ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB)'s report on global piracy in 2022 sums up 115 recorded incidents of piracy and armed robbery against ships – compared to 132 in 2021. In total, 107 vessels were boarded, two vessels hijacked, five attack attempts failed and one vessel... plus