Jones Act carriers to merge tanker fleets
NewsFairwater Holdings is the name for a joint venture of Seacor Holdings (Crowley) and Seabulk Tankers integrating their respective liquid ener...
HPC selected for ports of Georgia single window
NewsHPC Hamburg Port Consulting has been selected by the US Department of State Export Control and Border Security Program, the Maritime Transpo...
Uncertain outlook for gigaliners in Germany
NewsThe future of longer road vehicles in Germany remains unclear, as the federal ministry for digitization and transport (BMDV) has not yet com...
Świnoujście plan faces opposition from German resort
NewsThe town of Heringsdorf is taking legal action against the proposed development in the nearby Polish seaport...
Institute for Government “cool” on UK freeports
NewsComparisons between the new generation of British freeports and those that failed in the past are not encouraging, says an influential indep...
German road tolls to double
NewsGermany is planning a steep increase in motorway tolls for goods transport to fund the development of rail infrastructure....
Digitalisation a “sine qua non” for sustainability reporting
NewsForwarders should take advantage of digital solutions as a matter of urgency ahead of new sustainability reporting regulations coming into e...
Ust-Luga legal hearings
NewsSt Petersburg’s Smolninskoye District Court has cleared Valery Izraylit, the former chairman of JSC Ust-Luga Company (KUL) – the long-ti...
Yet more litigation surrounds FESCO
NewsThe Moscow Arbitration Court has upheld a claim made by Russia’s Far-Eastern Shipping Company (DVMP), the parent company of FESCO Transpor...
Tonnes and kilograms
NewsWhile cocaine seizures in Rotterdam decreased from 70t in 2021 to 47t in 2022, those in Antwerp went up from 89.5t in 2021 to 110t in 2022. ...
UK to go ahead with 15.65m long semi-trailers
NewsFollowing several years of trials with several leading shippers, 18.55m long arctics will be permitted on British roads from June onwards...
Corruption allegations over Teesside freeport
NewsThe UK’s Labour Party has called on the country’s National Audit Office to investigate part of the UK’s biggest freeport in Teesside....
Germany approves CTT deal (again)
NewsThe German government has approved COSCO Shipping Ports Limited (CSPL) taking a 24.9% minority shareholding in Container Terminal Tollerort ...
Bertram Rickmers in the firing line
NewsA private investor has filed a criminal complaint against the Hamburg shipowner Bertram Rickmers...
London Court finds for Ziyavudin Magomedov
NewsJailed Russian businessman Ziyavudin Magomedov has scored a legal victory in his fight to prevent his business empire being taken over...