Coronavirus restrictions likely to affect shipping industry 
The shipping industry must prepare for potential restrictions to prevent the further spread of the ‘Wuhan’ coronavirus, Hill Dickinson, a maritime law firm, advises. Beth Bradley, a partner of the Liverpool (UK)-headquartered unit, said that shipping companies should be... more
An interesting year for the port of Montreal
In December 2019, the Canada Infrastructure Bank announced that it would invest CAD 300 million in financing the port of Montreal’s project to build a new container terminal in Contrecoeur. This optimism seems to be well justified. In 2019, the port of Montreal handled 40.5... more
Marfin opts for fuel check solution
The Monaco-based ship manager firm Marfin Management will use bunker trace to track marine fuel, using synthetic DNA markers at specific points of the supply chain, and record each transaction in a block chain-based solution. It is one of the solutions make businesses comply... more
The port of Long Beach looks ahead
At the recent annual state of the port address executive director Mario Cordero was delighted to announce that 2019 had been the port of Long Beach's second-busiest year on record with a throughput of more than 7.6 million teu. Cordero also spoke of looking forward to "a... more
Ocean Alliance and Maersk switch from Hamburg to Antwerp
From April onwards, the Ocean Alliance NEU 5 service handled by Eurogate Container Terminal Hamburg – CTH will be transferred to Antwerp (Belgium). The service will be run by the Ocean Alliance Partner CMA CGM as FAL 3 with an approximate annual volume of 150,000 teu. Going... more
Two trial runs for autonomous shipping
The Norwegian technology group Kongsberg will install and test autonomous navigation equipment on board two ships this year. Kongsberg, the Norwegian Sintef research institute and several European partners will take part in this Autoship project. It will be financed with EUR... more
On your marks! 
The rally, a marathon across vast swathes of desert, is a legendary event in the motor racing world – we’re talking about the Dakar Rally here. Its 42nd staging saw vehicles and additional equipment transported on a Messina Line ro-ro ship. more
Grimaldi's next PCTC will sail transatlantic waters
Recently, the Naples (Italy)-headquartered shipping company Grimaldi Group took delivery of the third of the seven ships commissioned to the Chinese shipyard Yangfan, located in Zhoushan. Just like her two sister ships delivered in 2019, the “Grande Houston”, a pure car &... more
Port of Strasbourg: reconquista à la française
The inland port of Strasbourg handled 7.6 million t of cargo in 2019. This significant increase of 28.5% compared to 2018 was partially due to the recovery after the exceptional low water phenomenon of the previous year. In 2019, the PAS returned to its usual tonnage. The... more
Mayotte's new port community system in operation
The Longoni port community in Mayotte, which is part of an archipelago in the Indian Ocean to the Northwest of Madagascar and the 101st department of France, is now connected to the cargo community systems Ci5 (see ITJ Daily of 28.08.2019). On-site training on 1 January 2020... more