Piraeus to handle 10 million teu? 
The Greek committee of planning and development of ports (ESAL) has approved the Port of Piraeus Authority's (PPA) master plan of investments amounting to EUR 612 million (USD 673 million). The Greek shipping minister Yannis Plakiotakis welcomed the decision as the "opening... more
Four wings for a rocket
The naval architecture company VPLP is designing its first maritime transport ship using the technology of Oceanwings. The project concerns the development of a 121-m-long RoRo vessel for transporting components of the Ariane 6 rocket from Europe to French Guiana. Equipped... more
Port of Hamburg to remain stable in 2020
The Hamburg Port Authority (HPA, Germany) has decided to make no adjustments to port dues levied for use of the port of Hamburg by seagoing, inland or port vessels. In recent years, changes for seagoing ships were already below the inflation rate. Following various... more
Banking on India 
Political stability in India has prompted global shipping lines to launch two new services to the country recently. The direct IEX link to and from Europe is one, the MIAX service another one; the latter ensures better links with Africa and the Middle East. more
Non-tariff measures affect trade in APAC
Unctad's Asia-Pacific Trade and Investment Report 2019 was recently published in Geneva (Switzerland). The report finds that, while applied tariffs in the Asia-Pacific region have halved over the past two decades, the number of non-tariff measures (NTMs) rose significantly, now... more
China pushing the LNG market, says VV
The research and data mining company Vessels Value (VV) recently released an analysis on the LNG market. Head cargo analyst Olivia Watkins evaluates recent developments and trends in this sector focusing on seaborne demand for LNG transportation with an emphasis on China.... more
Maiden call in Emden
After loading a portion of project and break bulk cargo, amongst those a gas turbine of 330 t unit weight, in Hamburg (Germany), the M/V “Paderewski” proceeded along the coast to Emden (Lower Saxony) for its maiden call. The plan was make a quick stop to load 38 pcs / 538 t /... more
Haropa: people can have their say
As part of the preparation for the future single port establishment on the river Seine (France), the ports association Haropa has launched an online consultation platform. Customers, local stakeholders and local residents are invited to participate in the development of the... more
New service to Africa and its islands
Hapag-Lloyd has started a new MIAX (Middle East-India-Africa Express) service, including connections to the Middle East and South Asia. The carrier from Hamburg entered the African market about twelve years ago and speaks of a "steady and significant growth in transported... more
Autumn results bode well for the Port of Virginia
The Port of Virginia has reported that its terminals handled more than 241,000 teu in September – an increase of more than 9% in comparison to September 2018. These figures put the port’s cargo volume growth for the first quarter of its fiscal year 2020 at more than 4%.... more