World trade on the rise 
The container throughput index of the German RWI – Leibniz institute for economic research and the institute of shipping economics and logistics (ISL) showed a robust improvement in September, rising from (corrected) 116.5 to 119.7 points. The uptick was felt in Chinese... more
Shortsea fleet enhanced
At the end of October the coaster "Amadeus Titanium" will set sail for its maiden voyage from Moerdijk in the Netherlands. Effective immediately, the liquid coaster will strengthen the HGK Shipping Group's shortsea fleet. The "Amadeus Titanium" will be... more
Contship Italia's intermodal targets till 2024
The Melzo/Milan-headquartered Contship Italia Group has published its new business plan targets. By the year 2024, Eurokai's Italian container terminal and intermodal branch plans to achieve more than 1.8 million teu new handling capacity, including gateway and transhipment... more
India: 20 years without docking
India’s first LNG-FSRU (Floating Storage Regasification Unit) has been classified by the Indian Register of Shipping (IRClass), an international ship classification society, which is a milestone in India’s energy shift towards natural gas. The unit is owned by Triumph... more
Hackathon in Valencia
In days of a growing need for digital security, the Fundación Valenciaport is currently organising the Valenciaport Hackathon, an international event which will be held from 20th to 27 November, in online mode, under the claim "Innovating and transforming to achieve the... more
Hamburg and Tanger to cooperate
Digitally, Hamburg Port Authority and Tanger Med Port Authority just signed a letter of intent to form a maritime partnership. Through this agreement, both port authorities jointly aim to work on exchanging experiences and good practices in several fields including:... more
OOCL also going strong
Like most of the maritime carriers worldwide, the Hong Kong-based Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) reported positive results for Q3/2020 despite the Covid-19 pandemic. Overall average revenue per teu increased by 6.2% compared to Q3/2019. Volumes also took a... more
Ferries to bridge Brexit
P&O Ferries (P&OF), the British ferry operator, has chosen the Finnish technology group Wärtsilä as engine provider for its new series of ‘super ferries’. The contract is for two vessels, and the order was signed in Q1/2020. The vessels will be powered by the... more
Port of Switzerland stands its ground
No slump, just a "dip" in the goods flows: From January to September 2020 the Swiss Rhine Ports generated a turnover that was roughly 16% below the comparatively strong first nine months of 2019. The Covid-19 pandemic led to declines in the first quarter and to... more
Another service calling Le Havre
The Marseille-headquartered carrier CMA CGM will again include Le Havre, part of the Haropa association, as a port of call in its FAL 1 service. The rotation of the FAL1 line (French Asia Line) is thus revised. This decision to call at Le Havre next December, taken within... more