Waving the performing flags 
The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has published the latest Flag State Performance Table (2020/2021). According to its findings, the largest flag states – including the Marshall Islands, Hong Kong (China), Singapore as well as the Bahamas and Cyprus – continue to... more
Big Data for K Line's fleet
K Line and Ship Data Center (Ship DC) have agreed to share operation data of all the vessels of its fleet that are equipped with “Kawasaki integrated maritime solutions” via the Internet of Ships Open Pplatform (IoS-OP) promoted by Ship DC. After a trial with data collected... more
Carrier HMM to be sold
It was the state of South Korea that invested heavily in HMM, at the time still Hyundai Mechant Marine, through its subsidiary Korea Development Bank (KDB). The state-owned unit, amongst others, bought up to KRW 1 trillion (USD 883.8 million) of bonds in 2018 from HMM, so... more
More quay space for shippers
As part of its restructuring programme, the Lübecker Hafen-Gesellschaft (LHG) will handle all forest products at the Skandinavienkai and Schlutup terminals in future. This reorganisation creates free areas at the Nordlandkai, which many companies already use for storage,... more
Haropa coming back
Resilience is key in the difficult global economic context of Covid-19. The French port association Haropa comprising Le Havre, Paris and Rouen ended 2020 with overall maritime and river traffic volumes of 108 million t, 6% down compared to 2019. With a total of 75 million... more
More containers handled in Guadeloupe
The Grand Port Maritime de la Guadeloupe (GPMG) was not spared the effects of the global health crisis. Yet, although most indicators were down compared to 2019, container traffic recorded a growth of 6%. Between September and December, the implementation of the Fortaleza... more
Sealand: From Wilhelmshaven to Alexandria
Sealand, a Maersk company, has launched a new liner service. It connects Germany's only deep-water container port Wilhelmshaven with various destinations in the Eastern Mediterranean. From Wilhelmshaven, the vessels call at the ports of Limassol in Cyprus, Ashdod and Haifa... more
Slight setback in ports worldwide
In December 2020, the flash estimate for its container throughput index published by the German research body Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (RWI - Leibniz) and the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL) registered a light drop in world... more
Jaxport berths enhanced
The Jacksonville Port Authority in Florida (USA) has completed another phase of a USD 104 million public-private quay enhancement project in the SSA Jacksonville Container Terminal (SSA JCT) on Blount Island, adding more than 210 line metres of deepwater berthing space. The... more
Port of Brussels shows resilience
While waterway transport is under pressure because of the economic slowdown caused by pandemic, overall traffic in the port of Brussels moved sideways in 2020 (+0.3%). The port handled 4.95 million t of cargo for Brussels in 2020 (5.22 million t in 2019) and 1.7 million t in... more