Circles in the sand in Brussels 
Like the Port of Brussels, the Belgian football club Royale Union Saint-Gilloise cares about the environment and tries to contribute to a greener world. So the club decided to join forces with the Port of Brussels to organise the delivery of sand by river. After arriving at... more
Container flows on a stable high
The Container Throughput Index published by RWI - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL) shows a slight, seasonally adjusted increase from (revised) 121.4 to 122.6 in March. Overall, the indicator has thus been moving... more
More traffic for Cork
Naples-based Grimaldi Group in launching a twice weekly direct ro-ro service from the Irish port of Cork to Antwerp as from the second week of May 2021. The vessel deployed is the Italian-flagged ro-ro unit "Eurocargo Bari", which has a length of 200 m, a beam of... more
22 newbuilds for CMA CGM
Just like a number of other carriers, Marseilles-headquartered CMA CGM Group is ordering container vessels of three different sizes. Evergreen recently placed an order for 20 units, now the French group has contracted the China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) for 22... more
On infrastructure in Wilhelmshaven
In the port of Wilhelmshaven, Germany, state-owned port company Niedersachsen Ports is planning to spend EUR 8.9 million on refurbishing port infrastructure, significantly more than the EUR 3.9 million earmarked for the construction of new facilities in the state-owned areas of... more
ZIM pays back early
Haifa-based carrier ZIM Integrated Shipping Services is paying dues back earlier than planned, on account of its good results in 2020. The shipping company said that it intends to perform a mandatory excess cash redemption of 100% of its series 1 and 100% of series 2 unsecured... more
Crystal Pool to digitalise safety
Italian Ship Management Company Crystal Pool, which is part of the Rimorchiatori Riuniti Group, has chosen the Info Ship Quality Management solution to digitalise and standardise procedures and guidelines to act in an emergency and to report accidents or any other form of... more
Rotterdam back on track
Europe's first port in terms of volume, Rotterdam, is back on the growth path after a difficult 2020. Volumes surged by 3% in Q1/2021, to 115.8 million t. The hub’s terminals handled a rising number of containers, namely 3.7 million teu or 4.5% more than in the same period of... more
P&O reclaiming the Channel
P&O Ferries is returning to pre-pandemic times and bringing its fifth ro-ro ship back to the Dover–Calais route in the English Channel. The ‘Pride of Burgundy’, a 28,000 t vessel that can carry 120 trucks, will sail again in June. The unit will operate in freight-only... more
LNG for Croatia on the move
Croatia has received another cargo of liquefied natural gas (LNG) at the Krk terminal in the northern Adriatic, the first LNG delivery from MET Croatia. The 145,000 cbm LNG vessel Methane Nile Eagle, loaded at the port of Zeebrugge in Belgium, arrived at the end of April.This... more