China Navigation snaps up part of Hamburg Süd 
The China Navigation Company (CNCo), a Swire Group subsidiary, and Hamburg Süd, a Maersk affiliate, have come to an agreement. Cnco will acquire Hamburg Süd's bulk shipping business which includes Rudolf A. Oetker (RAO), Furness Withy Chartering and Alianca Navegacão... more
Baltic Sea ports set up new cooperation project
Small and medium-sized ports on the southern Baltic Sea coast are working together on a project named South Baltic transport loops. The main focus will be on the waterside development and expansion of partner ports. Moreover, special attention will be paid to the ports’... more
APL enhances Latin American connections
The CMA CGM affiliate APL is adding Guayaquil and Ensenada as ports of call to its Condor Express service (CDX). With the extension to the port cities of Ecuador and Mexico, exporters from those countries gain access to two new load ports for their Asian-bound fruits and... more
2018 - favourable for Spanish ports
Spanish ports generally performed well in 2018, although full year figures have not been published as yet. According to the data published by Puertos de Estado, a total of 502.5 million t were moved in the first eleven months of the year, 2.8% more than in 11M/2017. In the... more
Dare to think big 
The joint venture was first called the Oman International Container Terminal; it was founded twelve years ago by Hutchison Ports, the government of the Sultanate of Oman, Steinweg from the Netherlands and Omani investors. Now its successor is being extended. more
Drewry with less confidence in ULCVs
“We believe that the industry’s supply-demand balance will benefit from a reduced appetite for ultra large container vessels (ULCVs), said Simon Heaney, senior manager, container research at the London-based maritime consultancy Drewry and editor of the Container Forecaster.... more
Ocean Alliance on course up to 2027
The CMA CGM Group, Cosco Shipping, Evergreen and OOCL have signed a contract to continue their cooperation until 2027. In addition, the partners will introduce, inter alia, the "Ocean Alliance Day 3 product" for Asia traffic in April 2019. The Day 3 product will... more
From Bilbao into the Caribbean
After some complicated manoeuvres, a fully erected crane was loaded onto a ship at the port of Bilbao (Spain). The equipment is bound for a container terminal in Guadeloupe in the Caribbean Sea. The twelve hour loading operation was prepared and coordinated by forwarder Altius... more
Liverpool - permanent substitute for Felixstowe
The 2M alliance, comprised of Maersk and MSC, has confirmed that the port of Liverpool (UK) will become a permanent call on its TA4 service, connecting Europe with the USA. The decision follows the introduction of a temporary call in July 2018 resulting from continued... more
More leviathans for Synergy to manage
The Latin American conglomerate, Synergy Group, has taken delivery of the "Ever Gifted", an new ULCV constructed by the Japanese shipbuilder Imabari Shipbuilding. Currently under Synergy’s technical management on Evergreen Line’s Far East-North Europe and... more