Searching for vessels via Ocean Finder ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_ohne_Schloss.png)
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Airbus Defence and Space, which is headquartered in Taufkirchen (Munich, Germany), has released the latest version of OceanFinder, a digital maritime service to detect, identify and track vessels around the globe. First launched in 2018, the tool is based on Airbus’... more
Digital takeover for Green Steam ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_ohne_Schloss.png)
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Green Steam has acquired BMT’s data collection and performance optimisation subsidiary firm Smart, which is located in the United Kingdom. Green Steam, founded in 2007 and with locations in Denmark, the United Kingdom and Poland, specialises in machine learning for improved... more
Fuelling powerful alternatives ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_Franz_Deu_ohne_Schloss.png)
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New legal stipulations are forcing the transport industry to find new fuels, especially in the maritime shipping industry and the road haulage sector. Europe’s largest port invited the media to its compound recently to present its LNG infrastructure, which is creating new... more
CMA CGM's new short sea service ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_ohne_Schloss.png)
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The CMA CGM Group has now started its new short sea shipping service Black Sea - Marmara - Morocco (BSMAR). The four 2,500-teu vessels that will be used for this service have a technical emphasis on reefer containers, which allow the transport of sensitive products. The port... more
Hamburg Sud goes even more digital ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_ohne_Schloss.png)
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Hamburg Sud, an affiliate of Maersk, has expanded its e-commerce offerings. "Instant" is a digital application that offers certain advantages when booking containers. Bookings can be made up to four weeks prior to the planned shipment. The earlier the booking is... more
Additional equipment for Le Havre and Marseille ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_ohne_Schloss.png)
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Announced at the beginning of 2019, the first new generation of hybrid straddle carriers have arrived at the terminals of the Port Synergy Group in France. It was in Marseille that the group received the first delivery of its first ten new hybrid straddle carriers at its Fos... more
Spanish ports steer a steady course ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_ohne_Schloss.png)
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According to data published by the Spanish port organisation, the total amount of goods moved in ports (imports + exports + cabotage + transits) during the first 7 months of the year came up to a total of 326.1 million t of merchandise handled, 2.1% more than in the same period... more
Ports of Georgia take stock ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_ohne_Schloss.png)
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Georgia's ports (USA) have reported their results for the last fiscal year ending June 2019. The ports achieved a new peak in the volumes of containers, total tonnage and cargo moved by rail. At 4.5 million teu, the port of Savannah increased its containerised trade by... more
More money for a deeper Jaxport ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_ohne_Schloss.png)
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Florida’s department of transportation (FDOT) in the USA has awarded the port of Jacksonville (Jaxport) an additional USD 35.3 million in funding for the Jacksonville harbour deepening project. The funding will be used toward exercising the second phase of the US army corps... more
Iumi has mixed expectations for maritime insurance ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_ohne_Schloss.png)
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Sean Dalton, chairman of Iumi's (International Union of Marine Insurance) cargo committee, recently reported a 2.5% increase in 2018 global premiums to USD 16.6 billion. However, the rise was largely attributable to growth in global trade and exchange rate fluctuations.... more