Dispute in Bremen? 
In Germany, the port and logistics association Bremische Hafen- und Logistikvertretung (BHV) has criticised the decision of Bremen's senate on the assumption of costs for losses incurred by the Jade-Weser-Port Container-Terminals (CTW). "The participation of the federal... more
Grenaa going greener
Grenaa, a Danish port city on the Kattegat forming the geographical centre of Denmark, is investing in its equipment. In October, the port of Grenaa ordered a mobile harbour crane which has a 54 m long boom and a maximum lifting capacity of 144 t. The Liebherr LHM 550 is by... more
Drewry sees global recovery
The container port throughput index of the London-based maritime consultancy Drewry has seen positive year-on-year growth for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic. "Global recovery has finally started," Drewry said in a press release. Though the index... more
Swedish-Finnish action to cut carbon footprint
The Swedish-Finnish Bothnia Bulk project, which combines the use of liquefied natural gas (LNG) as fuel for two bulk carriers together with other technologies on board and on land, has achieved a significant 50% reduction in CO2 emissions compared to conventional ships, on a sea... more
Garden City Terminal on the rise
The Port of Savannah’s Garden City Terminal has marked year-over-year increases for five consecutive months, and 34 out of the past 36 months. Recently, the port moved 363,000 teu in November, a 5.4% increase over the same month last year, or an additional 18,460 teu. For... more
World trade still in turmoil
According to the report issued by the general customs administration of the People's Republic of China, Iran's trade with China during the first nine months of last year amounted to USD 18.17 billion. In contrast, total trade went down by 38.5% to USD 11.19 billion in the first... more
Spanish ports in 2020 so far
Until and including October, Spain’s state-owned ports handled a total of 420.3 million t of merchandise, about 9.8% less than in the same period of the previous year. The volume of containers in international transit totalled 99.9 million t, 1.2% less than in the first ten... more
New cargo mark in Iraq
It was Yang Ming's “Mutuality”, a container vessel with a capacity of 6,589 teu that recently set a new record at Basra Gateway Terminal (BGT) in Um Qasr, Iraq. The BGT recorded a total of 1,768 moves on the vessel in 17.5 hours, achieving a record berth productivity of 101... more
Doubling the Cork-Zeebrugge service
The Belgian liner CLdN is adding a second weekly call from the Port of Cork to the Port of Zeebrugge "to cope with the increasing demand on the current route", as the shipping company said in a press release. Adding a second call will offer CLdN customers a quicker... more
New Ireland-France service in 2021
In January 2021 DFDS will launch a new freight ferry service between Dunkirk in northern France and Rosslare in the Republic of Ireland. The route will be operated with three ferries, each with a capacity for up to 125 trucks. There will be six weekly departures from each port,... more