Montreal enhances its equipment 
Due to increased container traffic, the port of Montreal is investing into new equipment and infrastructure. MGT have placed an order with Liebherr for four ship-to-shore (STS) container cranes. They will be delivered to the Cast Terminal in the 3rd quarter of 2021. The four... more
LNG bunkering operation in Rostock
The LNG bunker vessel ‘Kairos’, operated by Nauticor, has supplied DEME’s offshore installation vessel ‘Orion’. DEME is a player in the fields of dredging, marine engineering and environmental remediation. For the port of Rostock (Germany), this ship-to-ship LNG bunkering... more
A new terminal for Port Said
In late December 2019, a consortium composed of the French operator Bolloré Ports, the Japanese NYK and Toyota Tsusho Corporation, the trading arm of the Toyota Group, signed a concession agreement with the general authority for the Suez Canal economic zone with a view to... more
Dispute over Doraleh container terminal continues
The DP World group has announced that a sole arbitrator ruling under the aegis of the London Court of International Arbitration issued a new award on 10 January 2020 in the dispute of the operator with the Republic of Djibouti, following the termination of the concession... more
P & O Ferries: new ferries on the horizon
P&O Ferries, a subsidiary of DP World, has released the first official images of the EUR 260 million new ferries to connect Great Britain and the Continent. The largest vessels ever to sail between Dover and Calais will be operational by 2023. The new ferry will cut... more
Upward trend for OOCL in 2019
The carriers' reporting season has got off to a good start. Based on the group’s internal records and management accounts not yet reviewed or audited, the Hong Kong-headquartered shipping company OOCL has published its figures for Q4 and for the last twelve months. In... more
More LNG operations in the port of Barcelona
Over the full year 2019, the port of Barcelona (Catalonia) supplied about 37,200 cbm of LNG to vessels in ship-to-ship bunkering procedures, where one ship directly provides fuel to another vessel. Overall, the port witnessed a total of 18 operations of this kind. This figure... more
3D simulator for crane operations installed
The Duisburg free port has introduced its own crane simulator. With Professor Thomas Schlipköther, executive board member at duisport as project manager, the crane simulator was assembled in the USA and meticulously adapted to the requirements and conditions of the port of... more
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