The port of Long Beach looks ahead 
At the recent annual state of the port address executive director Mario Cordero was delighted to announce that 2019 had been the port of Long Beach's second-busiest year on record with a throughput of more than 7.6 million teu. Cordero also spoke of looking forward to "a... plus
Ocean Alliance and Maersk switch from Hamburg to Antwerp
From April onwards, the Ocean Alliance NEU 5 service handled by Eurogate Container Terminal Hamburg – CTH will be transferred to Antwerp (Belgium). The service will be run by the Ocean Alliance Partner CMA CGM as FAL 3 with an approximate annual volume of 150,000 teu. Going... plus
Two trial runs for autonomous shipping
The Norwegian technology group Kongsberg will install and test autonomous navigation equipment on board two ships this year. Kongsberg, the Norwegian Sintef research institute and several European partners will take part in this Autoship project. It will be financed with EUR... plus
Tout est prêt! 
Le rallye est légendaire et une véritable course à longue distance à travers le désert. Il est question, bien sûr, du Dakar 2020. Pour la 42e édition, les véhicules et les équipements supplémentaires ont été acheminés par un navire ro-ro de Messina Line. plus
Grimaldi's next PCTC will sail transatlantic waters
Recently, the Naples (Italy)-headquartered shipping company Grimaldi Group took delivery of the third of the seven ships commissioned to the Chinese shipyard Yangfan, located in Zhoushan. Just like her two sister ships delivered in 2019, the “Grande Houston”, a pure car &... plus
Port of Strasbourg: reconquista à la française
The inland port of Strasbourg handled 7.6 million t of cargo in 2019. This significant increase of 28.5% compared to 2018 was partially due to the recovery after the exceptional low water phenomenon of the previous year. In 2019, the PAS returned to its usual tonnage. The... plus
Mayotte's new port community system in operation
The Longoni port community in Mayotte, which is part of an archipelago in the Indian Ocean to the Northwest of Madagascar and the 101st department of France, is now connected to the cargo community systems Ci5 (see ITJ Daily of 28.08.2019). On-site training on 1 January 2020... plus
Takeover in New Orleans
Associated Terminals has acquired the New Orleans Bulk Terminal, still banking on the former owner. Located on the Michoud Slip, just off the Intracoastal Waterway, New Orleans Bulk Terminal is a privately owned 202 sqm facility. The terminal offers multimodal options including... plus
More boxes going via Trieste
The port of Trieste is experiencing an upswing, not least due to the expansion of the rail connections in the hinterland. The container terminal of the port, Trieste Marine Terminal is also booming: it handled almost 688,700 teu in 2019. This means that the previous year's... plus
A new platform for investors in maritime
Will the tide of investments in the maritime world turn? The Schulte Group, a major German ship owner and ship manager, and DEVK, a German insurance group, are launching the Navigo Shipholding AG (Navigo), a maritime asset investment platform for institutional investors.... plus