Special investment in Liverpool ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_ohne_Schloss.png)
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Jenkins, a national logistics provider specialising in paper, pulp and other forest products, is to invest in a GBP 17 million new custom-built warehouse at the port of Liverpool. Jenkins, which has been a tenant at the port for ten years, has reached an agreement on... more
Stena's next newbuild joins the fleet ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_ohne_Schloss.png)
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The “Stena Edda” will enter service on the Belfast-Liverpool route in spring 2020. It is the second of three new e-flexer vessels bound for the Irish Sea during 2020 and 2021, a multi-million pound investment by Stena Line in the region. The ‘float out’ ceremony started at 13.18... more
Zim chooses blockchain technology ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_ohne_Schloss.png)
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Zim Integrated Shipping Services has become a member of Tradelens, a blockchain-enabled digital shipping solution jointly developed by A.P. Moller - Maersk and IBM. Tradelens uses blockchain technology to support digitised global trade documentation processes between... more
LNG on the Rhine ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_Franz_Deu_ohne_Schloss.png)
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Many European sea hubs have led the way with LNG bunker stations; now inland ports want to join the show. The European Commission is supporting the construction of a bunker station in the German inland port of Cologne. The starting shot will be fired in June. more
Electronic payment for seafarers ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_ohne_Schloss.png)
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Seafarers employed on vessels owned by the Greek carrier Tsakos, which are operated by Columbia ship management, will now be paid electronically as opposed to ‘cash-by-master’, under an agreement signed with global maritime payments provider Ship Money. The deal means that... more
Firms demand the expansion of the port of Riesa ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_ohne_Schloss.png)
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Central Germany’s logistics network supports plans to expand the inland port of Riesa on the river Elbe. The trimodal container terminal already handles more than 40,000 teu per year, and has thus reached the limit of its capacities. A new port terminal would be beneficial... more
New East Africa service launched ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_ohne_Schloss.png)
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Hamburg-based Maritime Carrier Shipping (MACS) and Universal Africa Lines, Limassol (Cyprus) are launching a joint multipurpose service from North Western Europe to East Africa. The service will transport containers, break bulk, project cargo, heavy lifts and neobulk cargoes... more
New bridgehead in Turkey for Aco Marine ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_ohne_Schloss.png)
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Turkey’s increasing market share in the shipbuilding and repair sectors has led Aco Marine to appoint Istanbul-based Esko Marine as its agent for the region. Aco Marine, a company specialising in wastewater management solutions, has seen a shift in focus from Far Eastern yards... more
Good start of the year for Dunkirk ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_ohne_Schloss.png)
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With a monthly throughput of more than 5 million t of goods handled in March, the French port of Dunkirk is approaching the monthly record mark established before the global economic crisis in April 2008 (5.29 million t). The volumes recorded at the LNG terminal contribute to... more
Joining forces to make "green hydrogen" ![](fileadmin/templates/img/Engl_ohne_Schloss.png)
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BP, Nouryon, and the port of Rotterdam have joined forces to explore the opportunity of making “green hydrogen” via water electrolysis for BP’s refinery in Rotterdam (the Netherlands), which has the potential for a significant reduction of CO2 emissions. The refinery... more