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
Normandy ports look ahead
The good start of the year in the Normandy ports was due to the strong increase in traffic and supply to Ireland via Cherbourg with up to twelve departures per week to the ports of Dublin and Rosslare. While usually, 35,000 trailers do the trip per year, throughput in the... more
"Grande Texas" sets sail
A PCTC (pure car & truck carrier) is the second newbuild to enter the fleet of the Neapolitan Group Grimaldi in 2021. The “Grande Texas”, the sixth of a series of seven car carrier units commissioned from the Chinese shipyard Yangfan located in Zhoushan, is almost 200 m... more
Corpus Christi floats on crude oil
Despite the pandemic’s impact on the energy market worldwide, the Port of Corpus Christi witnessed significant growth in 2020 - mainly attributable to a 65% increase in crude oil shipments from 2019. The port set a new annual tonnage record of 159.7 million t, a 31%... more
First carbon-neutral shipment
Contecon Guayaquil (CGSA), the concessionaire of the public port in Guayaquil (Ecuador), recently handled the world’s first certified carbon-neutral container shipment. The logistics process involved supply chain firms, from exporter to port and distributor, that go easier on... more
Prince Rupert full-fledged
2020 was another good year for the Port of Prince Rupert (PRPA). Despite the pandemic, the Canadian port handled 32.4 million t of cargo, 9% more than in 2019, which is a new record mark. Exports of coal, propane, and wood pellets led the increase. Although factory shutdowns... more