Wan Hai Lines welcomes newbuilding 
On 5 March the ‘Wan Hai A01’, a 13,200 teu newbuilding, sailed into the Chinese port of Qingdao on its maiden voyage. The Qingdao Port Group arranged a watergate ceremony for the vessel’s arrival at the terminal. The ‘Wan Hai A01’, 335 m long, 51 m wide and with a draught of... more
New PPE for female seafarers
The Singaporean Synergy Group, which manages a fleet of more than 540 vessels and employs more than 20,000 seafarers, now offers its female seafarers personal protective equipment (PPE) made by Hercules Safety and specially designed for female seafarers. The Synergy Group’s... more
DP World expanding the port of Santos 
The port of Santos, one of Brazil's largest and most modern ports, has revealed plans to expand and modernise its facilities. A terminal that already covers 845,000 sqm is set to be expanded by another 130,000 sqm. Moreover, the Dubai-based Emirati company DP World, which... more
Hope for growing short sea shipping in India
The departure of "Hope Seven" recently inaugurated a new maritime route between Chennai Port and Pondicherry Port. This container ship is the brainchild of Jude Vallabadas, CEO (Projects) of the Indian company Global Logistics Solutions: Goods transports will be... more
First port to door service in Ecuador
Contecon Guayaquil (CGSA), the Ecuadorian business unit of International Container Terminal Services (Ictsi), and concessionaire of Puerto Libertador Simón Bolívar, has introduced "port to door" – an automated cross-docking service that allows customers to receive... more
"Rielp" launched
The Ridley Island Export Logistics Project (Rielp), a major component of the plan devised by Canada's Port of Prince Rupert to fully integrate intermodal activities between terminal, logistics and rail, has reached a significant milestone now that it has received the final... more
A tiger follows a panda
Shipper’s shipping line Tailwind starts second service in March. Nobody can blame shippers for getting fed up with the lack of schedule reliability offered by the major carriers in 2022. The German retail corporation Lidl is now set to trial a second service operated by its own... more
Yilport adds Croatian port to portfolio
Yilport Holding took over operations at Šibenik port, which lies 350 km from Croatia's capital Zagreb, one month ago, bringing its portfolio up to 24 terminals in twelve countries. The takeover is part of the acquisition of Petrokemija, the largest fertiliser plant in... more
Doubling the reduction of CO2 emissions
Launched in 2020, the Copenhagen-based platform Zero North, which provides software solutions to help the global shipping industry reduce its impact on the climate whilst improving commercial performance, prevented 443,780 t of CO2 from being emitted into the atmosphere in 2022;... more
Steel cutting for "AAL Limassol"
A traditional steel cutting ceremony took place last week for the first of AAL's six new "Super B-Class" 32K DWT heavy lift MPVs. The "AAL Limassol" is expected to hit the water in 2024. The ceremony was attended by Jack Zhou, general manager of AAL China and... more