Dutch inland shipper changes hands
Honkoop Barging, a Dutch provider of inland shipping services in the Benelux region, has sold all its assets to Contargo with effect from 1 January 2023. The management and staff of the inland shipping company and its freight contracts and customer contacts will be transferred... more
Threefold replacement of APAC services
Ocean Network Express (ONE), the Singapore-based conjunction of the three biggest Japanese Container carriers, is launching three new Southeast Asia to Australia services as a direct replacement of existing routes. The new services will commence in early March, subject to... more
Tanger Med in 2022
The Tanger Med port ecosystem, located on the Mediterranean, handled an overall tonnage of almost 108 million t in 2022, up 6% compared to 2021. This throughput represents approximately 54% of all port tonnage carried out in Morocco. The almost 7.6 million teu moved in 2022 were... more
Second sister for the Baltic Sea
The “Finncanopus”, the second of the new series ro-pax vessels, has now touched water in the China Merchants Jinling Shipyard in Weihai. It follows its sister “Finnsirius”, which was launched in August 2022. The new superstar class cargo-passenger vessels, which will enter... more
Hapag-Lloyd closing the case
What started off well in September 2022 has now come to a close. The antitrust authorities have given their green light with regards to Hapag-Lloyd’s acquisition of a minority stake in the Spinelli Group based in Genova. The carrier has acquired 49% of the shares in the... more
Recent developments in global piracy
The ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB)'s report on global piracy in 2022 sums up 115 recorded incidents of piracy and armed robbery against ships – compared to 132 in 2021. In total, 107 vessels were boarded, two vessels hijacked, five attack attempts failed and one vessel... more
Asyad goes Singapore
Oman-based Asyad Shipping has opened the company’s first international office in Singapore to expand its business portfolio into the Asian market. Earlier this year, Asyad Shipping commissioned a new container line that connects Oman directly to Singapore and Malaysia to... more
Upgrade around the horn of Africa
Ocean Network Express (ONE) has upgraded its Maputo/Mombasa India Middle East (MIM) service, with weekly departures to start at the end of this month. In line with this change, ONE will be assigning more of its vessels to the MIM service. The increased frequency will begin... more
OOCL's next behemoth takes to the water
The joint venture between Cosco Shipping and Kawasaki Shipbuilding, Dalian Cosco KHI Ship Engineering in China has completed the new 24,000 tea container unit built for Hong Kong-headquartered carrier OOCL. The most recent ultra-large vessel has a total length of 399.99 m, a... more
Shanghai still ahead in 2022
In terms of throughput, Shanghai is again ahead of Singapore in 2022. Despite the pandemic shutdowns, the Shanghai International Port Group (SIGP) handled more than 47.3 million teu last year. While container volumes were volatile in Q2/2022, July set a new monthly high with... more