Trade conflicts have an impact on Rotterdam's Q3 
Combined with the 112.4 million t of freight handled during the third quarter of 2019, the port of Rotterdam saw a total of 353.5 million t being transhipped in the year 2019 up to the end of the third quarter. Compared with the previous year, this represents a modest 1%... more
New services between Great Britain and Portugal
The Netherlands-based shipping group with roots in Iceland, Samskip, is launching a new direct weekly service connecting Portugal and the UK. The company intends to sustain its links between Tilbury (UK), Lisbon and Leixões in Portugal and its hub port Rotterdam, using its own... more
Port of Virginia invests in new equipment
The port of Virginia on the east coast of the USA has ordered 25 Kalmar hybrid shuttle carriers for USD 23 million to enhance its port equipment. Delivery of the new machines is scheduled to be completed by the end of July 2020. The new units will be delivered to Norfolk... more
Tarros Group presents newly certified container type
After being the first Italian company to have transported as many as 33 containers in the Mediterranean Sea on a specifically modified ship (“M/N Vento di Levante” in 1967), Tarros Group has now introduced a new feature. The new and more eco-efficient Tarros certified... more
ONE has got a new core of data
The integration of the container branches of the three big Japanese carriers now also helps K LINE, MOL and NYK to share operational data. Its basis is the data platform IoS-OP. All the data acquired from the monitoring system installed on the container vessels of K LINE, MOL... more
Boluda enhances several services
The Boluda Lines shipping company has announced the launch of two new regular services from the Canary Islands (Spain): a direct line with the port of Villagarcía and another with Leixoes, Portugal. Likewise, the shipping company will put more emphasis on the line between Las... more
Court wants Basel's Gateway project reviewed
The trimodal terminal Gateway Basel Nord, which was recognised as a project of national importance in Switzerland, has suffered a setback due to a decision of the Swiss federal administrative court. For the time being, the mega project at the Basel Rhine port will not... more
Fewer piracy incidents, new hot spot
Blackbeard has not died out, yet, although the International Chamber of Commerce International Maritime Bureau’s (IMB) report demonstrates fewer incidents of piracy and armed robbery against ships for Q3/2019 than in the first nine months of 2018. Altogether, 119 incidents... more
E-registry is making progress
In cooperation, the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and the Singapore Shipping Association (SSA) are working together with the Singapore tech start-up Perlin to build a digital blockchain ship registration preparation system for international adoption. Called the... more
New container industry standards in the making
The terminal industry committee 4.0 (TIC 4.0), formed by the end of May 2018 in Brussels (Belgium) by an open group of 15 global container terminal operators and other partners, has just met for a plenary meeting in Marseilles (France) in coincidence with the port equipment... more