The calm before the storm? 
The container throughput index published by the RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL) showed a surprising record result for July 2019. According to the current flash estimate for July, the index reached the... more
Port in Mayotte in the Indian Ocean turns smart
The Longoni port community in Mayotte, part of an archipelago in the Indian Ocean to the Northwest of Madagascar and the 101st department of France, is enhancing its port community software. Through its company ICM+, Mayotte has consolidated its commitment to the smart port... more
Improving port conditions in Honduras
The Operadora Portuaria Centroamericana (OPC), the Honduran subsidiary of Philippines-headquartered International Container Terminal Services (ICTSI) that operates Puerto Cortes, one of Central America largest ports, is closing ranks with the authorities in order to speed up... more
CMA CGM remains southbound
The Marseille (France)-headquartered shipping company CMA CGM, a signatory of the SAILS Charter initiated by France’s ministry for the ecological and inclusive transition, used a recent meeting with French president Emmanuel Macron in the Elysée Palace, Paris, to underline its... more
EMX service to drop Salerno for Aliaga 
Hapag-Lloyd is changing the scope of its North Europe Mediterranean express service (EMX). The Hamburg (Germany)-based carrier has announced that, as from week 43, the EMX will cancel its call at the port of Salerno in southern Italy. In return, as from week 44, the Turkish... more
Rhine traffic rises at the Port de Strasbourg
The Port of Strasbourg (France) has reported good figures in river traffic on the Rhine from January to June 2019. Throughput grew by more than 6% and amounted to 3.8 million t, a slight increase of +1% compared to 2017, which was a very good year in terms of river traffic.... more
LSCI confirms trend towards Asia
The most recent LSCI – Liner Shipping Connectivity Index, showing a list of this year’s best-connected container ports, was published by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad) in July. The index covers 900 ports in 178 countries and shows maritime... more
Samskip enhances services in the North and the Baltic
Cuxhaven (Germany) recently received its first visit from a vessel of the new liner service operated by the Samskip shipping line. From Cuxhaven, the weekly container service will now call at the Baltic ports of Danzig (Poland) und Klaipeda (Lithuania) for the first time, before... more
Solid H1/2019 for Port of Vancouver
In Canada, the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority (VFPA) has reported its 2019 mid-year cargo statistics for goods moving through the harbour. Between January and June 2019, overall cargo through the port moved sideways (+0.5%) in comparison to the period last year, reaching a... more
Pop-up ports?
Now that a new prime minister has taken office in London it would appear that the UK’s departure from the EU is only still a matter of time. Free ports and free-trade zones have been identified as measures to combat the economic and logistics fallout and promote international... more