Coolport II is on the move 
Kloosterboer will break ground on 13 July, starting to building a freezer high-rise building with a storage capacity of 60,000 pallet spaces at the City Terminal Rotterdam. The building is expected to be completed in January 2022. The construction starts two years after the... more
K Line's revised 2050 vision
The Japan-based shipping company K Line has thoroughly revised its long-term guideline concerning environmental policy, the so-called “K Line environmental vision 2050 - blue seas for the future", which comprises initiatives of ecological preservation like the reduction of... more
Maersk believes in customs business
Danish shipping company A.P. Moeller-Maersk will buy Sweden-based KGH Customs Services for SKR 2.6 billion (approx. EUR 250 million) from investor Bridgepoint Development Capital. With this acquisition, Maersk aims to widen its customer portfolio in Europe and improve its... more
Eco laurels for Port of Dunkirk
The French port of Dunkirk has again gained Pers (port environmental review system) certification. The award was set up by the Eco Ports network and is regularly issued by Espo (European sea ports organisation). This environmental management certification, specific to the... more
More ULCV, more handling troubles
The recently published tenth WPSP-IAPH Covid19 port economic impact barometer gives a first indication of the development of container handling in ports located in countries where lockdown restrictions are being eased. The report is based on the figures of ninety ports... more
Dues suspended to boost traffic on Kiel Canal
Low bunker prices not only pave the way for shipping companies around the Cape instead of the Suez Canal. The same development has led to a considerable decline of traffic on the North German Kiel Canal compared to the detour around the cape of Skagen. The route around Denmark... more
CNCo improves data exchange ship-to-shore
The China Navigation Company (CNCo) is cooperating with Dualog, a Tromsø (Norway)-based maritime digital platform provider, in the use of Dualog Drive, a maritime-optimised file and folder replication service that is designed to simplify the collection and distribution of large... more
Next generation CCS for Sète
The French port of Sète on the Mediterranean has now made its choice after launching a tender in November 2019 for the next generation of its online IT platform CCS (cargo community system). The Port of Sète has selected MGI’s Ci5 software for the digital management of its... more
On the coast of Algeria
Three vessels of the Spanish shipping company Trans Med Express (TME), operated by Transbulk Shipping, whose general agent is Marmedsa, carried out three simultaneous loading and unloading operations in Algerian ports. The vessels MV "Herbeira" and MV "Bremer... more
Rotor sails cut emissions
Two 35 m tall rotor sails will be installed onboard the "SC Connector", a 12,250 gross tonne (GT) side door ro-ro cargo vessel that operates in the North Sea. Norsepower, a provider of auxiliary wind propulsion systems, and Sea Cargo concluded this agreement, which... more