Spliethoff celebrates 100 years with multiple shipments
As Spliethoff celebrate 100 years in business their vessels are busy moving cargoes in Europe and South America. Their MV Poolgracht was recently photographed near Malta carrying refinery equipment on deck. Last week DAKO Germany and Colombia worked hand in hand to receive power plant equipment at Barranquilla Port to load onboard another Spliefthoff vessel […]
Data helping drivers achieve higher LA-LB dual transaction rates: Dray Alliance
Drayage marketplace Dray Alliance said Friday it is enabling “above market” use of so-called dual transactions in the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach this year. The company, which in December raised $40 million from venture capital investors, said 83.8 percent of the company’s transactions at the Southern California port complex involve a driver returning […]
Economic clouds gather as Europe faces summer of congestion
Europe’s congested northern hubs can expect little relief through the summer as volume freed up from the lifting of Shanghai’s two-month lockdown meets the peak season, but any forecast deeper into the second half is fraught with uncertainty. Even as the longer-term economic storm clouds amass over Europe, the trade forecast for the next few […]
US races ahead of China to top India’s global trade chart
The resurgent demand that necessitated new India-US weekly strings and extra-loader deployments is now showing up in trade data in a substantive way. According to the latest provisional figures released by New Delhi, the US emerged as India’s largest trading partner in fiscal year 2021-22, outpacing China’s long-time leading position. India-US bilateral trade by value […]
AntwerpXL Returns This October – Register Now!
AntwerpXL, the world’s only event dedicated exclusively to breakbulk and heavy lift, will return to the Antwerp Expo, Belgium from 4-6 October.
Deugro expands in Scandinavia with new office in Sweden
The new office will be serving Swedish clients and provide the full scope of project freight forwarding & logistics solutions. It represents yet another milestone in establishing deugro as a leading project logistics service provider in Scandinavia. Deugro has strengthened its position on the Swedish project logistics market by successfully completing various projects over the […]
Grimaldi christens latest newbuild
Grimaldi Group has held a christening ceremony for its latest newbuild ro-ro vessel – Eco Malta – at the port of Valletta, Malta. Eco Malta was delivered in March, representing the sixth vessel in the 12-ship Grimaldi Green 5th Generation-class (GG5G) order at Chinese Jinling shipyard located in Nanjing. Grimaldi said: “The Eco Malta is one of the largest […]
Kristoffersen steps up at Wallenius Wilhelmsen
Lasse Kristoffersen has officially stepped up as president and ceo of Wallenius Wilhelmsen. Kristoffersen was named ceo last year, as HLPFI reported here. He joins from Torvald Klaveness, where he worked for the past 15 years, serving as president and ceo since 2011. Prior to that, he worked for 11 years in DNV. According to Wallenius Wilhelmsen, Kristoffersen is well known in […]
Maersk unit orders wind installation vessel for US projects
Maersk Supply Service has ordered a new wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) from a Singapore shipyard after signing a contract to build Empire Offshore Wind off the coast of Long Island, New York, for joint venture owners Equinor and global energy major BP. Maersk Supply Service, a Denmark-based subsidiary of AP Møller-Maersk and a long-time […]
BOCS and UAL have decided to join forces in the Mediterranean
BOCS and UAL have started a new joint venture for the Mediterranean and the Black Sea to and from West Africa.
Kalmar automates TGN
Kalmar has received an order for Kalmar SmartPort process automation solutions from Terminal Graneles del Norte S.A. (TGN) for its greenfield terminal being built in Antofagasta region, city of Mejillones, Chile. The system is estimated to go live in Q4 2023. TGN operates a multi-purpose terminal in Mejillones Bay at the heart of Chile’s mining […]
UHL orders two additional F900 newbuildings
This commitment goes hand in hand with UHL’s newly developed long-term ESG strategy: “One of our goals is to reduce emissions from our own operations and help our clients achieve their decarbonization goals. Sustainability is an integral part of how UHL operates. Key to this change is to build and maintain one of the […]
UAL and BOCS form joint venture
Multipurpose specialists Bremen Overseas Chartering and Shipping (BOCS) and Universal Africa Lines (UAL) have established a joint venture – UAL BOCS Shipping Line (UBSL). The joint venture will trade between the Mediterranean and Black seas to and from West Africa. Based in Capelle ad Ijssel, the Netherlands, UBSL will continue the existing UAL Mediterranean service, which will be supplemented by […]
HAV Group gets go-ahead for hydrogen-based energy system for ships
Norwegian HAV Group ASA has received preliminary approval for a hydrogen-based energy system for ships developed within the FreeCO2ast project, making a step forward in the commercial use of hydrogen fuel by a commercial vessel. The Norwegian Maritime Authority has issued a statement of preliminary assessment for the technology developed by HAV Hydrogen, which is one […]
R3 ro-ro prepares for launch
The sistership of Celtic will come into service in October 2022. The R3 ro-ro ship has a deadweight of 4,650 tonnes, an overall length of 108 m, and measures 14 m wide. Featuring an open-top notation, the ship has a hold spanning 74 m x 12.5 m x 8.2 m. Global Seatrade said the R3 vessel […]
Port of Antwerp-Bruges: merger of the ports of Antwerp and Zeebrugge creates Europe’s largest export port
Unified port takes lead in transition to sustainable future The ports of Antwerp and Zeebrugge will from now on continue their growth trajectory under one name: Port of Antwerp-Bruges. At the extraordinary general meeting of 22 April 2022, the two cities signed the shareholders’ agreement of the unified port company. Today, Port of Antwerp-Bruges is […]
First vessel of the season arrives at Port of Duluth-Superior
The first oceangoing vessel of the 2022 maritime shipping season arrived Wednesday in the Port of Duluth-Superior. Resko, a 624-foot bulk carrier from the Polsteam fleet, will earn 2022 First Ship honors, completing the season’s first full transit of the St. Lawrence Seaway en route to the Great Lakes’ westernmost port. By tradition, this first full […]
Tadano plans to launch world’s first electric rough terrain crane
Tadano has announced its plans to commercialize the world’s first electric rough terrain crane. Currently in development, the crane will be able to drive to the jobsite and complete all lifting operations using battery/electric, rather than diesel power to deliver zero-emissions operation. Beyond environmentally friendly operation, the electric motor of this rough terrain crane promises […]
Interview: The Future of Breakbulk
Last year the Port of Rotterdam saw an increase in volume of 15%, reaching a new record of 6.9 million tonnes of breakbulk throughput and surpassing its record breaking year in 2019 (6.6 million tonnes). That means that the breakbulk market recovered completely from the economic slowdown that was caused by COVID-19 in the year […]
Wallenius Wilhelmsen RoRo fleet helps Deugro stay on schedule
German freight forwarding and project logistics company deugro harnessed the sailing frequency of Wallenius Wilhelmsen RoRo fleet to ensure timely delivery of rail car shells to North America. Destined for a new commuter line in California, a total of 133 rail car shells are and will be produced in the following months at Stadler’s manufacturing […]
Dubai Shipping Circle (DSC) returns to live mode with greater zeal
After a hiatus of two years, marred by COVID-19 lockdowns and social distancing mandates in a stop-and-start fashion, the Dubai Shipping Circle (DSC) has finally returned to the live format this year. Established in 2019 by a quartet of dynamic entrepreneurs — Mr Mahesh Singh, Mr Faisal Mohammed, Mr Shaheer Poolakkal and Mr Shailendra Singh […]
Port of Liverpool goes from strength to strength as it celebrates several new record-breaking milestones
Port of Liverpool handles 52,000 containers in record-breaking month Liverpool2 terminal deploys five of its eight cranes simultaneously for first time ever Single vessel record exchange completed in just under 5000 moves The Port of Liverpool, part of Peel Ports Group and one of the UK’s largest port operators, has announced a number of […]
Oldendorff Carriers and Yara Marine sign agreement for scrubber installation
Oldendorff Carriers has deepened its ongoing relationship with Yara Marine Technologies by agreeing the installation of U-type scrubbers on two newbuild capesize vessels. Torsten Barenthin, Oldendorff Carriers’ Director of Innovation, and Aleksander Askeland, Yara Marine Technologies’ (YMT) Chief Sales Officer, have signed an agreement for the first installation of YMT’s new U-type SOX scrubbers on board […]
Fuelling the Future
The maritime industry is responsible for the transportation of more than 80% of traded goods worldwide. That being the case, its contribution to man-made carbon emissions – at 3% of the total – could be far worse. As we move towards a truly sustainable future though, it’s simply too much. Which is why the IMO […]