H2/2020: Full black or full red? 
The Copenhagen (Denmark)-based maritime analyst Sea-Intelligence has issued a new assessment of the carrier's financial situation in 2020. In a first estimate in April, the Danes suggested two possible outcomes, both based on a presumed 10% loss of volumes. One forecasts... more
More digital speed in Constanta
The International Port Community Systems Association (Ipcsa) has welcomed the Port of Constanta Administration, Romania as a new member. In 2019, this port handled 66.6 million t of cargo, including 666,000 teu and 21.3 million t of cereals grown in Eastern Europe. As a... more
Port Climate's Eleven forge ahead
The World Ports Climate Action Programme (Wpcap) has taken five more important steps. The CEOs of the eleven aligned ports have adopted the following five agreements: First, more efficiency, speed optimisation and enhanced planning on routing and turn-around time in ports... more
Maersk sticks to its optimism
A.P. Moeller-Maersk A/S (APMM), the world's largest container shipping group, said it expects better market demand than previously forecast in the current three-month period. The quarterly profit should therefore be "slightly above" the USD 1.5 billion mark achieved... more
Brittany Ferries want to cut newbuild
The Flensburg district court recently ordered provisional self-administration in response to an application submitted by Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft mbH (FSG). The new managing director, alongside Jaap Klein, is Martin Hammer, founder of the consulting company enomyc,... more
Digital Seaport Solutions for maritime trade
Fundación Valenciaport, Infoport Valencia and Híades Consulting have jointly launched Seaport (Ship Efficient Approach at Port) Solutions. Its aim is to improve the efficiency of ship calls in ports through shared digital information. Seaport Solutions' offers the solution... more
UECC's next hybrid newbuild on the horizon
The building of UECC's second LNG Battery Hybrid powered pure car truck carrier (PCTC) is underway. The steel cutting ceremony took place recently at Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai. Due to the current Covid-19 crisis, the traditional event was less enthusiastic than usually.... more
Where? When? How much? 
Governments’ measures to contain the outbreak of Covid-19 have also had a massive impact on the shipping industry. The market research institute Alphaliner says that 13% of the global maritime fleet has been laid up. more
Barcelona's throughput up to May 2020
The Port of Barcelona has published its figures for the first five months of the current year. Overall, freight traffic fell by 17.2%, totalling 23.75 million t of cargo. Containers recorded a 20% drop with almost 1,158,000 teu moved. With regards to imports, full containers... more
Trois-Rivières's strong year 2019
The Canadian Trois-Rivières Port Authority (TRPA) has reported its results for 2019. Over the past year, Trois-Rivières welcomed 260 vessels and handled 4.2 million metric tonnes (mmt) of cargo - a record for the port. In 2018, the TRPA handled 3.8 million mmt. At the recent... more