Pilot project in Algeciras 
The Spanish Port of Algeciras has been running a pilot project in cooperation with Maersk Line, APMT, Marmedsa, and the digital platform portxchange to optimise port calls and thereby reduce emissions. The aim of the pilot is to improve the end-to-end port call process,... more
Steady course in Jacksonville
Florida-based Jacksonville Port Authority (Jaxport) has reported the results of its fiscal year 2020 that runs from 1 October till 30 September. About 1.28 million teu were handled, down 5% from 2019, which was a record year. Almost 547,500 vehicles crossed through the port,... more
Three Japanese carriers for Russian LNG
The Japanese shipping company MOL inked charter agreements for three icebreaking LNG carriers with LLC Arctic LNG 2, in which the Russian company Pao Novatek holds the largest share, through a wholly owned MOL subsidiary on 28 October. The three vessels will be built by... more
New RTG for Manila
Eight new hybrid rubber-tired gantries (RTG) were recently delivered to the Manila International Container Terminal (MICT), the flagship of the Filipino terminal and port operator International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI). Manufactured in Japan by Mitsui... more
Maritime goes smart
The maritime industry in general is changing fundamentally as vessels transform into sophisticated sensor hubs, generating data and connecting through satellites in an expanding interconnected web. To enable the uptake of these systems and unlock the associated efficiencies,... more
EMSA on ship calls during the pandemic
The ports of Croatia, Iceland, Slovenia and Spain are statistically the ones that have suffered the most from the decrease in the number of ship calls throughout the European Union, Norway, Iceland and the United Kingdom since the end of July due to the pandemic. According... more
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