By when will MSC surpass Maersk? 
The run for capacity enters the next phase. Geneva-based Mediterranean Shipping (MSC) is heavily investing in its fleet. This move concerns second-hand tonnage as well as new orders for 24,000 teu vessels. According to Clarksons, MSC just recently acquired the 1,850 teu... more
A Samba takes two
Effective March 2021, a joint office of two heavy lift shipping & logistics companies open their doors in Brazil. Intermarine Brazil and SAL Heavy Lift Brazil thus plan to expand their activities within the project cargo and breakbulk sectors in Latin America.... more
Grimaldi's next generation underway
Naples-headquartered Grimaldi Group continues to expand its fleet. The Group is investing more than USD 500 million in the construction of six new ro-ro multipurpose vessels to Hyundai Mipo Dockyard in Ulsan, South Korea. With a length of 250 m, a beam of 38 m and a... more
Hinterland transport affected worldwide
In these pandemic times, the global situation in hinterland transport has slightly deteriorated compared to November and December 2020. This is one of the findings of the sixteenth survey of global ports which has been published in the WPSP-IAPH Covid-19 Port Economic Impact... more
Chipolbrok sailing new waters
During the corona pandemic, the operation of the 20 employed (fourteen own plus six chartered units) Chipolbrok vessels became much more demanding and challenging. Yet, there are also new opportunities. A special task was given to the last vessel put into service:... more
Seaports of Niedersachsen stems the tide
Lower Saxony’s sea ports have published their annual results. All in all, the nine units - Brake, Cuxhaven, Emden, Leer, Nordenham, Oldenburg, Papenburg, Stade and Wilhelmshaven - handled around 48.7 million t of goods in sea traffic in 2020, 9 % less than in the strong previous... more
A fleet for JWS steel
JSW Steel, an India-headquartered steel manufacturer with a global presence in 140 countries, is building a fleet of shallow draft vessels. The Indian Register of Shipping (IR class) recently classed three 8000 DWT general cargo vessels for JSW Shipping & Logistics based... more
On African-American links
With two services calling, the Terminal 3 of Meridian Port Services (MPS) in Ghana has strengthened its position on the maritime axis between Africa and Latin America. MSC is operative at the MPS docks. In addition, CMA CGM recently launched the "Samwaf" (South... more
Floating factories 
Floating factories instead of hanging garments – ITJ correspondent Manik Mehta reports from New York on new ideas for PPE production and transport. more
World fleet reaches milestone
According to data from Clarksons Research, the global merchant fleet of ships passed the threshold of 100,000 units (with more than 100 GT) at the beginning of February. A total of 100,001 vessels were registered, with an average tonnage of 21,355 dwt and an average age of the... more