CMA CGM has signed a five-year partnership agreement with the French government space agency, the National Centre for Space Studies (CNES) to identify, design and develop solutions to serve shipping, logistics and the space industry. Under the agreement, CNES and CMA CGM’s experts will be focusing on a range of topics including smart ship routing, […]
Wärtsilä Voyage has completed an extensive upgrade of the Croatian National Vessel Traffic Management & Information System (VTMIS) with new Sea Traffic Management (STM) functionality. Completion of this project confirms what has become the first STM installation in the Adriatic Sea. The Croatian Ministry of Sea, Transport and Infrastructure, is now able to test the […]
South Carolina Ports (SC Ports) has announced a record May for container movement in the Port of Charleston, marking the third consecutive month of record volumes. SC Ports had its strongest May ever for containers, moving 230,870TEU across Wando Welch Terminal, North Charleston Terminal and Hugh K. Leatherman Terminal, which represents a 36% increase from […]
The situation at the Port of Yantian has not shown any signs of improvement yet with the global shipping lines announcing additional measures to control the effects of the evolving container terminal congestion and disruption in and around the Port of Shenzhen. The Covid-19 related inspection and preventive measures have been tightening by local authorities […]
Global Ship Lease (GSL) has agreed to acquire 12 container ships from Borealis Finance LLC with an average size of approximately 3,000TEU and a weighted average age of 11 years for a total price of US$233.9 million. The ships, which are scheduled for delivery during the third quarter of 2021, are all on charter with global liner […]
Wan Hai Lines has announced the expansion of its Asia – America network by launching a new weekly service between Asia and the East Coast of North America, branded as AA7. The new service will be operated by 10 container vessels with a capacity of 2,800-4,000TEU. AA7’s port rotation will be Taipei – Xiamen – […]
The ongoing container disruption in the Port of Yantian, caused by the Covid-19 outbreak, has already blocked a larger number of containers than the number of boxes that were unable to move due to the Suez Canal blockage by Ever Given, according to the container shipping analyst, Lars Jensen. During the 14 days of Yantian […]
A Canadian merchant marine operator, Desgagnés will run an inland feeder service between Hamilton and Montreal in Canada. Desgagnés will deploy its multipurpose tweendeck, Lo-Lo cargo ship Sedna Desgagnés on the new service, which will make its first voyage on 10 June sailing from Hamilton’s Pier14 to the Port of Montreal. This shipment is the […]
Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) and COSCO SHIPPING Ports Limited (CSPL) are negotiating the purchase of a minority shareholding by CSPL in HHLA Container Terminal Tollerort GmbH (CTT), a wholly-owned subsidiary of HHLA. CTT operates Container Terminal Tollerort, the smallest facility of the three HHLA container terminals in the Port of Hamburg, and is […]
TT Club has highlighted the need of addressing the issues of mishandling dangerous cargo, which in several cases leads to container ship fires, with the most recent and indicative example of X-Press Pearl, which is now sinking off Colombo after being on blazes for more than two weeks. The UK-based insurance company again urges all […]