Railway node in Barcelona takes next step 
The rail expansion project in the area south of the Port of Barcelona has reached a new milestone. The process of citizen participation for the Urban Master Plan (UMP) for the Port of Barcelona railway none has begun, a preliminary step before drafting, processing and final... more
K Line adds another vessel
In Japan, Tadotsu Shipyard, a part of the Imabari Shipbuilding Group, has completed and delivered the 90,000 dwtT bulk carrier "Lin Miarak". The vessel will be regularly engaged in coal transportation for the Japanese shipper Kobe Steel under a long-term... more
Bremenports continues upbeat performance
Throughput volumes in the Bremen ports rose again in Q3/2021. Container throughput over the first nine months of the year totalled 3.8 million teu, up 10.2% from the same period in 2020. Total throughput at the quays in Bremen and Bremerhaven grew to 52 million t by the end of... more
Maersk expands logistics services in Africa
After a long time of cooperation in South Africa and beyond, Grindrod and Maersk are extending their partnership concerning Grindrod Intermodal' logistics services and Ocean Africa Container Lines (OACL)'s maritime operations. Maersk will dominate the newly formed... more
Swire Shipping promotes rugby talents
Swire Shipping has inked a two-year sponsorship deal to become the branding and naming rights sponsor to the Fijian Drua, Super Rugby Pacific’s newest professional club. The Swire Shipping Fijian Drua will make its Super Rugby Pacific debut in February 2022. Altogether, this... more
Unctad optimistic for 2021
In its shipping report "Review of Maritime Transport for 2021", Unctad made it clear that despite the anti-pandemic measures, volumes in fell less dramatically in the course of 2020 than formerly expected: "The shock in the first half of 2020 caused maritime trade... more
High times for ZIM also
ZIM has reported its latest consolidated results: The Haifa-based carrier handled 884,000 teu in Q3/2021, an increase of 16% compared to the same period last year. Revenues were at USD 3.14 billion, an uptick of 210% compared to the USD 1.01 billion in Q3/2020. Adjusted... more
China Straits Service to run before year's end
Besides its Gulf China Service (GCS) to be launched on 23 November, Pacific International Lines (PIL) is also introducing a new weekly direct loop connecting key ports in China, Singapore and West Malaysia. The China Straits Service (CSS) will set sail on 18 December 2021 from... more
High rates well into 2024?
Starting out from the China Containerized Freight Index, the Copenhagen-based shipping consultancy Sea-Intelligence has defined five periods each of sustained rate decreases and of sustained rate increases, specially the average percentage point drop per week over the full... more
Hamburg's way out of the blues
It has not returned to pre-pandemic levels yet, but the Port of Hamburg is on the move. In the first nine months of 2021, the port's total throughput amounted to 95.8 million t, a 2.9% gain compared to the period of January to September 2020. Bulk cargo grew strongly,... more