Wilhelmshaven building LNG platform 
The new LNG jetty in Wilhelmshaven (Germany) should become operational by winter this year. Three floating work platforms from the construction company Depenbrock are being used for the work so that the heavy working equipment, materials and containers for the construction teams... more
Analysts expect seafreight volumes to fall
Copenhagen-based maritime analyst Sea-Intelligence sees reasons to assume that the demand-led spikes seen during the pandemic that propelled container shipping to record earnings might be over. Sea-Intelligence has gone over the numbers on supply and demand from February... more
Gothenburg stems the tide
Swedish Port of Gothenburg processed 433,000 teu during H1/2022, 5% more than in H1/2021. The port currently accounts for 52% of Sweden’s container market, compared with 48% at the beginning of last year. All in all, container transport activities by rail to and from the... more
Monrovia more digital
A digitisation project is underway in the Free Port of Monrovia in Liberia to implement new tools to improve supply chain efficiency by paperless customs clearance processes and more efficient terminal operations. Over the past year, APM Terminals Liberia introduced online... more
Recovering relatively well 
Chinese ports provide global economy with renewed impetus. Although the overall situation concerning congestion has eased somewhat, all that glitters still isn’t gold in Chinese ports. Although volumes are rising, especially in exports, the figures from before the shutdowns... more
Second terminal in Abidjan in the making
The Côte d’Ivoire Terminal in the port of Abidjan recently received a range of new equipment. No fewer than six STS gantries and seven RTG gantries were installed. This handling equipment was manufactured by ZPMC in China and will be used to start the operational testing stage... more
Strikes hit European ports
Over 1,900 workers at the port of Felixstowe began an eight-day strike over pay on 21 August 2022. The major UK port handles over four million teu a year. In response, container lines have omitted scheduled vessel calls at the port and re-routed containers via alternative ports... more
Hutchison Ports banks on Egypt
The Egyptian government and Hutchison Ports recently enhanced their cooperation by initialling agreements for two new concessions to operate container terminals in Ain Sokhna Port and El Dekheila Port. Marking the event, an initialling ceremony was hosted by Mostafa Madbouly,... more
Hapag-Lloyd improving its fleet
The Hamburg-based carrier Hapag-Lloyd is set to launch its first retrofit programme in the next five years. The investment volume “will be in the three-digit million range”, the shipping line said in a media release. The goal is to modernise the technology of its existing... more
OOCL – profits up, newbuildings down
Hong Kong-based Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL), which was taken over by Cosco in 2018, handled 7% less containers in H1/2022 than in the same period last year, that is to say 3.65 million teu, down from 3.93 million teu.The line’s revenues increased by 61% to USD 11... more