CMA CGM partners with the French government space agency

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, […]

Croatia to boost shipping safety and efficiency through Wärtsilä’s traffic tool

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 […]

SC Ports sees record container movement in Charleston

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 […]

Yantian port congestion and delays to continue until late June

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 […]

Canadian partners set new inland feeder service

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 […]

COSCO in talks to acquire HHLA terminal stake

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 stresses importance of hazardous cargo’s safe movement after X-Press Pearl disaster

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 […]