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Sluggish prospects for multipurpose ships

News in Print01 Jan 2019

In its latest outlook on the multipurpose shipping sector, Drewry Maritime Advisors predicted that while demand for multipurpose ships would be sluggish over the next two years or so, prospects for project cargo carriers would be better

Building boom in American ports

In-Depth01 Jan 2019

Despite Trump’s protectionist-led trade policies, imports into the United States climbed strongly in 2018

Ocean inks new clause and plans schedules

News in Print01 Jan 2019

The members of the Ocean Alliance, which comprise China Cosco Shipping, CMA CGM, Evergreen and OOCL, have announced their service offerings and schedules for year three, and signed an extension clause

Open loop scrubber bans

News in Print01 Jan 2019

Singapore, key ports in China and Fujairah in the UAE have all recently announced bans on the use of open loop scrubbers in their coastal waters.

DP World buys back P&O Ferries

News20 Feb 2019

DP World is re-acquiring, for a reported £322M, P&O Ferries, from its parent Dubai World

R-Logitech buys Euroports group

News20 Feb 2019

The Euroports terminals and logistics group has been acquired (via an unnamed subsidiary) ...

Battery tractor powered by Cummins

News19 Feb 2019

Kalmar and Cummins have announced they will launch a full battery terminal tractor for ...

Simulators for Terminal Zárate

News20 Feb 2019

GlobalSim will supply two simulators to Terminal Zárate in Buenos Aires, one with a virtual reality headset.

Oakland gets 1m up on Virginia

News20 Feb 2019

Less than a month after Virginia took delivery of cranes that are "the biggest of the big", SSA Terminals has ordered...

Santos management to be restructured

News20 Feb 2019

By the end of February, Brazil’s Ministry of Infrastructure will consider a proposal aimed at decentralising manageme...

Hupac launches P386 semitrailer service between Belgium and Spain

News20 Feb 2019

Hupac Intermodal is to start shipping semitrailers on the Spanish network between Antwerp Combinant terminal and th...

Panama ports break 7M TEU barrier

News20 Feb 2019

In 2018, Panamanian ports handled more than 7M TEU for the first time

Stena RoRo acquires ropax vessel in Japan

News20 Feb 2019

Stena RoRo has purchased the ferry Yamato from the Japanese shipping company Hankyu Ferry

Seaco opens regional office in Houston

News20 Feb 2019

Seaco, which is the fourth largest lessor of maritime containers in the world, has opened its new regional management...

Bromma reports 17% increase in orders

News20 Feb 2019

Both sales and order intake for Bromma grew in 2018 compared to 2017. Orders grew by 17% while growth in sales was sl...

Gothenburg points to its intermodal rail credentials

News20 Feb 2019

In 2018, 59% of all lo-lo traffic shipped over the Port of Gothenburg’s container terminal were moved to or from the ...

Hamburg steady in 2018

News20 Feb 2019

Germany’s biggest sea port handled 135.1 Mt of seaborne cargo in 2018, down 1% on 2017. There was a small downturn in...

MOL Chemical Tankers takes stake in Den Hartogh

News19 Feb 2019

Singapore-based MOL Chemical Tankers (MOLCT) has bought a 20% stake in Rotterdam-headquartered tank container operato...

Port of Great Yarmouth receives new mobile harbour crane

News18 Feb 2019

The new multi-purpose crane is a Liebherr LHM 280 with a maximum hook lift capacity of 84 tonnes

Insights

Dutch sea ports

Insights04 May 2017by Paul Avery

Leading Dutch cargo survey firms have been issued with an ultimatum by trade union FNV Havens.

Cargo surveyors’ ultimatum in Dutch sea ports

Insights05 Apr 2017by Vincent Champion

Leading Dutch cargo survey firms have been issued with an ultimatum by trade union FNV Havens.

Hamburg Süd launches remote reefer monitoring

News07 Feb 2019

Maersk takes next step with reefer monitoring

News06 Feb 2019

ZPMC, Konecranes and Terberg for Halterm

News12 Feb 2019

Toyota adds container handlers

News13 Feb 2019

Evergreen behemoth strikes port ferry in Hamburg

News13 Feb 2019

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Book it right and pack it tight

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Produced by The TT Club and UK P&I Club , this publication is a practical guide to the International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) code rules for the carriage of packaged dangerous goods by sea.

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