Sturdy ships for Royal Arctic 
KfW IPEX Bank is providing EUR 16.43 million to finance two more transport ships for the Royal Arctic Line. The Greenland-based shipping company already completed a loan for the construction and final financing of two similar vessels in November 2018. Those units are... plus
Perles dans le Pacifique? 
Depuis 1958, le carrier Matson s’est imposé en qualité d’acteur de niche avec ses services conteneurs de la côte ouest US vers Hawaii, l’Alaska et les îles du Pacifique. En 2018, ce sont surtout ses services Californie–Chine qui ont amélioré le résultat. plus
Equipment enhancement at ICTSI's Lae terminal
Lae (Papua New Guinea)-based South Pacific International Container Terminal (Spict), a subsidiary of International Container Terminal Services (ICTSI), recently took delivery of three new hybrid rubber tyred gantries (RTGs). The equipment is part of the ICTSI Group’s ongoing... plus
Big Lift operates vessels of new cooperation
Big Lift Shipping is to operate the four heavy transport vessels of the new cooperation it inked with Chung Yang Shipping. The combination of two pairs of sisterships – the "Bi Lift Barentsz" and "Big Lift Baffin", plus the "CY Interocean I" and... plus
One, two, three - DCT is sold
People have been aware of the negotiations since 2018: now, the consortium around the port operator PSA International has inked the acquisition of Poland's largest port container terminal for a total of EUR 1.1 billion. The international group of investors, which includes... plus
22 plant modules shipped to Texas by AAL
The breakbulk and project heavy lift carrier AAL has shipped 22 petrochemical plant modules from the Wilson Heavy Industry Company in Nantong (China), to the ethylene glycol II expansion project (EGEP) in Point Comfort TX (USA) on behalf of the Pacific Ocean Group. The 22... plus
DNVGL offering remote vessel inspection surveys
Norway-based DNV has announced that all DNV GL classed vessels are now able to utilise remote surveys for certain inspections. This dispenses with the need for a DNV GL inspector to board a vessel. Instead, documentation, images, video (streaming or recordings), and input... plus
DP World investing heavily in terminal equipment
DP World has is purchasing 63 Kalmar hybrid straddle carriers for use at four of its European container terminals. Twelve units will be delivered to GMP in Le Havre (France), 20 to Eurofos in Marseille (France), 19 to Antwerp Gateway (Belgium) and twelve to DP World Southampton... plus
Bayernhafen reports balanced results for 2018
The Bayernhafen group (Bavaria, Germany) transhipped a total of 8.8.million t of cargo onto inland barges and trains in FY 2018. Because of low water levels on the Rhine and Danube, the amount of cargo transferred onto barges at the group’s six terminals dropped by 21.2% to... plus
Vietnam becomes part of APL's CSE service
The CMA CGM affiliate APL has added Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) as a port of call to its China Southeast Asia Service (CSE), extending the market coverage of the weekly service which currently connects central China to the Southeast Asian markets of Thailand and the Philippines.... plus