Unctad optimistic for 2021 
In its shipping report "Review of Maritime Transport for 2021", Unctad made it clear that despite the anti-pandemic measures, volumes in fell less dramatically in the course of 2020 than formerly expected: "The shock in the first half of 2020 caused maritime trade... more
High rates well into 2024?
Starting out from the China Containerized Freight Index, the Copenhagen-based shipping consultancy Sea-Intelligence has defined five periods each of sustained rate decreases and of sustained rate increases, specially the average percentage point drop per week over the full... more
Two for cyber security at sea
Bureau Veritas (BV) and insurance consultancy Bessé are teaming up to improve protection against cyber-attacks in the maritime sector. This partnership will be key to help shipowners comply with IMO and IACS requirements. BV has developed a set of rules (NR 659) which make... more
More Messina Line in Koper
The Italian shipping group Ignazio Messina has a new weekly ro-ro service that will link the Port of Koper, Slovenia, with East and South Africa, the Persian Gulf and India. The link will be operated by the group’s shipping arm Messina Line and its agent Neptune International... more
Three Boeing 757-200F for Astral Airlines
Aquila Air Capital, a specialty finance platform focused on commercial aerospace, has signed a contract operating leases for three Boeing 757-200F freighter aircraft with Astral Airlines. Sky Exec Capital Jets acted as arranger and will service the lease during the term. ... more
A lion and a leopard travel in luxury jet
Klasjet, a Lithuanian member of Avia Solutions Group (ASG), recently flew a lion cub and a leopard from Chelyabinsk, Russia, where they had been rehabilitated by veterinarian Karen Dallakyan, to their new home in the care of the animal welfare foundation, Kilimanjaro Animal CREW... more
For more capacity on the Ivory Coast
Ceva Logistics has acquired two fish loaders imported from Spain for deployment at the port in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, The new units enable the company to offer an end-to-end solution for frozen tuna exports from the West African country. These exports are set to exceed 150,000 t... more
Ateia-Oltra re-elects Manuel Herrera
Ateia-Oltra, the association of freight forwarders, international forwarders and other providers in the province of Las Palmas, representing the logistics, transport and customs handling sector, held its ordinary general assembly on Thursday, 4 November 2021, with the... more
How bottlenecks impact trades
The Copenhagen-based maritime consultancy Sea-Intelligence recently analysed the impact of bottlenecks in the maritime supply system from the perspective of vessel delays. Thus, vessel delays from 2016-2019 were compared to delays in excess of that baseline for 2020 and 2021.... more
More cranes for Conakry
In Guinea, the Autonomous Port of Conakry recently received four RTGs (rubber tyred gantries). This equipment is added to the eight other models received in 2018 and 2020, bringing their number to twelve at the container terminal of the Port Autonome de Conakry. Entirely... more