Colombia greets largest ULCV so far 
Coming from Asia, the almost 14,000 teu container vessel “APL Esplanade” recently arrived at Puerto Aguadulce, a container terminal, which began operations in November 2016 and which is run by its two major shareholders International Container Terminal Services (ICTSI) of the... more
Crude oil boosted Corpus Christi's results in 2019
The Texan Port of Corpus Christi is looking back in joy on its year 2019. 122.2 million t of cargo were registered throughout the whole year. This is a rise of 13% or 16 million t compared to 2018. This significant growth is attributed by the port authority to increases in... more
New connection from Turku
A new ro-ro connection has been established between the port of Turku and the port of Rotterdam. The route between the Finnish and the Dutch port will be operated by “M/S ML Freyja”, which was built in 2017. The vessel is more than 191 m long and has a gross tonnage of more than... more
A trio for battery hybrid LNG powered PCTC
United European Car Carriers (UECC), which is jointly owned by Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) and Wallenius Lines, recently gathered with representatives from Japan Marine Science, MUFG Bank, DNV GL, SDARI, CSSC and CSTC at the Jiangnan Shipyard 2020 in Shanghai (China) to... more
Terminal de Flandres starts "cold ironing" operations
At the port of Dunkirk, the “APL Singapura”, a container ship belonging to CMA CGM, was the first vessel to use the cold ironing facilities at the port of Dunkirk’s Terminal des Flandres. Present at the inauguration ceremony were Christine Cabau Woehrel, CMA CGM group... more
MOL enhances LNG carrier fleet
The second LNG carrier out of four vessels built in China for the Yamal LNG project has been named “LNG Merak”. The naming ceremony for the LNG carrier, which was jointly ordered by MOL and China Cosco Shipping, was recently held at Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding. The Yamal... more
CMA CGM tidies up its global portfolio
CMA CGM’s investment in Ceva Logistics, new technologies and fleet expansion measures have left their mark. CMA CGM has signed an agreement with China Merchants Port Holdings to sell, for USD 968 million, ten container terminals to Terminal Link, the two partners’ joint... more
International maritime research fund endorsed
In December, the main players in the shipping industry ecided to create an International Maritime Research Fund - IMRF to the IMO (International Maritime Organisation). Among the participants are BIMCO, CLIA, Interferry, International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), Intercargo,... more
Signal Maritime and Heidmar join forces
Athens (Greece)-headquartered Signal Maritime Services and Heidmar have entered into a partnership agreement under which Signal will manage a joint tanker fleet. Signal Maritime Services is a commercial ship management company. Founded in 1984, Heidmar is one of the world’s... more
Messina Line to ship for Dakar 2020
The Dakar 2020 (formerly Paris-Dakar) – the 42nd edition in the history of this race - will take place entirely in Saudi Arabia for the first time. In Jeddah, the “Jolly Palladio” of the Messina Line landed 140 motorcycles, 72 cars, 45 trucks, 43 SSV, 20 quad, 300 service... more