More space for Rhine terminal 
After a Europe-wide tender procedure, Delta Port has awarded Contargo the contract for an additional area in the port of Voerde-Emmelsum, on the Lower Rhine near Wesel (Germany). The container terminal will be enlarged, and the quay extended by 130 m in the coming years on... more
World trade on its way up again
In May 2022, the container throughput index published by the RWI Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL) soared to 123.6 points from 122.1 points (seasonally adjusted) the month before, according to the latest flash... more
Melbourne takes a dip
It is not a law of nature that volumes have to grow in all the ports of the world. Traffic at the Port of Melbourne has gone down since the beginning of this year. In May 2022, the port saw its container throughput shrinking by 6% compared to the same period in 2021, reaching a... more
When Finns buy in Canada
Wärtsilä Voyage, an affiliate of the Finnish technology group Wärtsilä, is acquiring Port Link Global, a port solutions company headquartered in Vancouver, Canada. The transaction was signed and closed in June 2022. Port Link and Wärtsilä Voyage have been successful partners... more
UWL and Swire's second strike
In cooperation with Swire Shipping, a multi-purpose liner service, NVOCC UWL has introduced a dedicated, express ocean service from Seattle, Washington to Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam, offering a 21-day transit time. This announcement was made by Duncan Wright, UWL president, while... more
Amsterdam and Duisport going greener
The Ports of Amsterdam and Duisport are deepening their cooperation to jointly develop the hydrogen value chain and their hinterland networks in their respective regions. Markus Bangen, CEO at Duisport, and Koen Overtoom, CEO at Port of Amsterdam, have inked a memorandum of... more
The fifth generation is almost complete
The Chinese Jinling shipyard in Nanjing has delivered the “Eco Mediterranea”, the tenth of twelve vessels belonging to the Grimaldi Green 5th Generation (GG5G). This ro-ro unit flies the Italian flag, has a length of 238 m, a beam of 34 m, a gross tonnage of 67,311 t and a... more
A team to build the first wind-powered ro-ro vessel
Naval architects will make a joint effort to build what they boast will be "the world’s first wind-powered ro-ro vessel". Wallenius Marine and Knud E. Hansen recently inked an agreement to design the ship. “Orcelle Wind” is the first vessel from the wind-powered... more
Three Asians form one service
In July, Yang Ming is launching a new service connecting the Far East with the West Coast of Latin America. The FE-WCSA Loop will be called SA8 and will be operated in partnerships with Wan Hai and Pacific International Lines (PIL). Altogether eight 2,400-3,700 teu vessels will... more
Further extension of Californian deadline
The Californian ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles have once again postponed the introduction of the “container dwell fee” in San Pedro Bay, this time until 1 July 2022. Since the programme was publicly announced in late October 2021, the backlog of containers has improved.... more