King Abdulaziz Port added to IMX service 
Saudi Arabia's King Abdulaziz Port has been added to the "IMX" service run by a maritime consortium that includes Qatar-based shipping and logistics conglomerate Milaha, vessel operator X-Press Feeders, and short-sea carrier Unifeeder. Besides the Gulf port Dammam,... more
HHLA defied challenges of 2022
The port logistics group Hamburger Hafen und Logistik (HHLA) posted good total revenues at the end of 2022 and is expecting as much for 2023. Indeed, despite the changing geopolitical environment which has impacted transport services, HHLA’s revenue in 2022 rose by 7.7% to... more
65th opening season for the St. Lawrence Seaway
The St. Lawrence Seaway is again open for navigation! The official start of the 65th season of the binational waterway between Canada and USA was accompanied by speeches held by Terence Bowles, president and CEO of the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation (SLSMC), and Adam... more
A centenary for the Port of Basel
To celebrate 101 years of port operations in Basel, the Port of Switzerland and a number of partners are organising a big port festival from 2 till 4 June 2023. Today, approximately 10% of Switzerland's total volume of foreign trade is now handled via the three Rhine ports in... more
Let the sun rise earlier!
Following a customer’s request, NVOCC and global 3PL services provider UWL and the Swire Shipping group have announced a new port call for export refrigerated containers in Busan, Korea on the "Sun Chief Express" service: the shorter eastbound voyage, Seattle - Busan -... more
Liebherr to assist Gdansk terminal
The Baltic Hub, formerly DCT Gdansk, Poland, has commissioned Liebherr Container Cranes to retrofit a Liduro energy storage system along with a reduced sized generator from their Liebherr rubber tyre gantry cranes (RTGs). This is a hybrid green energy storage solution and a... more
Value Maritime's new office in Singapore
Based in the Central Business District (CBD) of Singapore, an important and expanding Asia Pacific shipping market, the new office of Value Maritime (VM) will be led by Milou van der Ven as the area manager for Asia. Headquartered in Rotterdam, Netherlands, the... more
MOU to solve safety issues
Representatives of Cargo Incident Notification System (Cins), Confidential Human Factors Incident Reporting Programme (Chirp), Container Owners Association (COA), International Cargo Handling Coordination Association (Ichca), and Ship Message Design Group (Smdg) signed a... more
Newest low-water ship now in operation
HKG Shipping (Cologne) and materials manufacturer Covestro commissioned a new low-water vessel earlier this month. "Courage" is to supply Covestro’s customers with finished products from its sites in North Rhine-Westphalia with immediate effect. The identically... more
Savannah increases national market share
With over 2 million teu for FY/2022 ending 31 December 2022, the Port of Savannah handled one out of every 8.8 loaded teus in USA. This was the highest market share Georgia’s deepwater port has ever achieved. GPA’s share of the US container trade posted an increase of 0.7%.... more