"Sunflower Murasaki" fuelled by LNG 
The LNG-fuelled ferry (liquefied natural gas) “Sunflower Murasaki”, the second of Japan’s first two vessels of this type, entered service on 14 April 2023. It is owned by MOL and operated by its group company Ferry Sunflower. Beyond offering greater transport capacity and... more
Oceanus launches new direct liner service
The new service links Florida’s Seaport Manatee, Texas’ Port Freeport with key ports of Veracruz in Mexico and Cartagena in Colombia, with direct liner sailings. Oceanus Line’s vessel “X-Press Cotopaxi” has a capacity of 1,740 teu and operates anticlockwise: the vessel... more
Duisport: positive results for 2022
The Duisport Group (Duisburg) has presented a positive annual balance sheet for 2022, with an increased operating result compared to 2021: "Fortunately, the economic impact of the Ukraine war was not as strong for the Duisport Group as we initially feared," says CEO... more
New feeder link between Abu Dhabi and Kuwait
On 17 April 2023, "Safeen Pride" visited Shuwaikh Port in Kuwait for the first time. Part of the Safeen Feeders fleet, the container vessel has a total tonnage of 15,636 t, a carrying capacity of 16,855,210 t of deadweight, capable of transporting 1,374 teu. The... more
Upward trend for CM Port's foreign trade
The Hong Kong-based China Merchants Port (CM Port) has reported its results for the full year 2022. In total, the company's ports handled 136.5 million teu, up 1.1% compared to 2021. Total dry and bulk cargo throughput was at 547 million t, down 3.6%. During the operator's... more
Third time record for the port of Yantian
The world’s largest container vessels called at the port of Yantian (China) recently: “MSC Tessa” and “MSC Celestino Maresa”, with a carrying capacity of 24,116 teu, arrived on 21 March and 4 April 2023, while “OOCL Spain" (24,188 teu) and "MSC Irina" (24,346... more
Kiel-Klaipeda route celebrates 30th anniversary
The ports of Kiel (Germany) and Klaipeda (Lithuania) are celebrating the 30th anniversary of cooperation this year. The only daily direct ferry connection between these two countries for cargo and passengers opened in 1993. For Algis Latakas, general firector of the Klaipeda... more
Three gigantic cranes for Port of Antwerp-Bruges
A EUR 200 million expansion plan is underway at DP World’s Gateway in Antwerp (Belgium), marking a milestone in the terminal’s ambitious modernisation plan. Three gigantic container cranes will be built in the Port of Antwerp-Burges as part of programme which has been... more
A big catch for Brookfield
Triton International, one of the world's largest global owners and lessors of intermodal containers, is about to be taken over by Brookfield Infrastructure Corporation and its institutional partners. The global infrastructure company that owns and operates long-life assets... more
More housing modules to the land of Ikea
Cosco's vessel "Tian Zhen" arrived in Stockholm from East Asia on 5 Aprilv 2023, carrying 231 housing modules. They were unloaded over the Easter weekend at Frihamnen Port and will be used directly in a construction project in the northern suburbs of the Swedish... more