Ship registries now take a closer look 
Vessels that violate current United Nations Security Council resolutions (UNSCRs) on trading with North Korea will not be registered with the Palau international ship registry (PISR). Both the government of Palau and PISR have introduced measures for the due diligence in... more
Hamburg Süd becomes more Mediterranean
The carrier Hamburg Süd, an affiliate of Maersk, hitherto relied on agents and joint-venture organisations to represent its operations in Italy and Spain. Now the shipping company has set up its own offices in these countries. Furthermore, in Egypt the company recently took over... more
HMM shortly before friendly takeover
As from April 2020, the South Korean shipping company Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) will be operating the "HMM Algeciras", the largest container vessel worldwide. This will ring in the next round of the programme to maximise ships. This ULCV will have a nominal... more
Port of Hamburg back on track
After the start of the Elbe river dredging, lady luck is back in the port of Hamburg. In 2019, its seaborne cargo throughput rose to 136.6 million t, a modest growth of 1.1%. Nevertheless, container handling stood at 9.3 million teu, seeing an uptick of 6.1%. Moreover, a... more
Hapag-Lloyd's big leap forward
On the basis of preliminary, not yet validated figures, the Hamburg-headquartered carrier Hapag-Lloyd achieved higher revenues and more profit in the 2019 financial year. The growth in revenues was considerable, by approximately 9%, coming up to EUR 12.6 billion (2018: EUR 11.6... more
Wallonian inland navigation looks back on year of change
According to statistics in the Belgian province of Wallonia, 39.13 million t of cargo were shipped on the Walloon inland waterways over the year 2019. Volumes were 5.8% below the performance of 2017 and 2018 but remain equal to about 2 million trucks. After two record... more
DP World to delist quickly from Nasdaq Dubai
DP World is to become a private company and delist its shares. DP World’s parent company Port and Free Zone World has offered to acquire the 19.55% of DP World’s shares traded on Nasdaq Dubai, returning the company to private ownership. Chairman Sultan bin Sulayem commented... more
Inland shipping powered by two Swedish ports
Mälarhamnar and Ports of Stockholm have decided to work together to make the greatest possible use of the sea and inland waterways for goods transports. The goal of this collaboration is to enable inland shipping between Stockholm and Mälarhamnar. Ports of Stockholm is... more
Trieste drives the modal split ahead
With 62 million t, the Italian port of Trieste handled almost just as many volumes in 2019 as in the previous year. Add to that the 4 million t throughput at the port of Monfalcone. In its own assessment, the port met two important objectives in 2019: on the one hand,... more
Turn of an era in European inland navigation?
It is a coalition of the willing. DeltaPort Niederrheinhäfen, Eon and the Rotterdam Port Authority are joining forces to create the conditions conducive to switching inland shipping in Germany and Europe from diesel to battery and hydrogen drives. The companies agreed to... more