A.P. Moller – Maersk (Maersk) has omitted the Port of Felixstowe from its AE7 service due to “exceptional” waiting times. The move comes as the shipping line aims to improve schedule reliability on its Far East Asia to…
The Port Authority of Valencia (PAV) has carried out a rescue drill of a crane operator at one of its terminals. The exercise aimed to check the efficiency of the Self-Protection Plans of the PAV and the wider port…
German container carrier Hapag-Lloyd will deploy a new Nepal-India inland freight service. A new link running from the Inland Container Depot (ICD) Birgunj, Nepal, to Indian ports Kolkata and Visakhapatnam aims to offer…
The Port of Kiel in Germany has set itself the goal of reducing all CO2 emissions to zero by 2030 through a three-step plan laid out in its Blue Port concept. The three-step plan, which was unveiled on 24 November 2021…
The Port of Montreal has welcomed the first-ever container vessel to arrive straight from China, without cargo transshipment in the Mediterranean. Chartered by freight forwarder Fracht FWO, the Happy Rover docked at the…
Konecranes and Cargotec have outlined their disagreement to the Competition & Market Authority’s (CMA) concern regarding a merger between the two companies. The CMA’s decision made on 26 November found that the merger…
Container demand growth for 2022 is “likely to moderate” compared to 2021, forecasts A.P. Moller – Maersk (Maersk) – but shippers will be facing capacity constraints through the Chinese Lunar New Year. In the shipping…
SFT and Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) are business partners for decades and have established a long term proven track record. GPA is running two facilities: the Port of Savannah, GA and the Port of Brunswick, GA. The…
COSCO SHIPPING Yangpu International Container Terminal has handled 1 million TEU for the first time since the port opened in 2016. On 14 November the terminal reached the milestone achievement for yearly handling…
Brittany Ferries is launching a new freight service between the Port of Le Havre, Normandy, and the town of Rosslare in Ireland. Underpinned by the dynamic generated by reorganisation of trade between Ireland and the…
Thames Freeport has introduced its range of financial incentives to attract businesses to relocate to its premises. From 19 November, anyone setting up a new manufacturing, clean energy or logistics business at the…
COSCO Shipping’s Indian Ocean Service celebrated its maiden voyage as a container ship on the service berthed at Yangpu International Container Terminal in China on 9 November 2021. The Indian Ocean Service is an…
