China/Europe rail services to hit 1M TEU

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Several owners are believed to be contemplating orders for much larger PCTCs with Wallenius Wilhelmsen recently ordering four ships of 9,600 CEU from China Merchants Jinling Shipyard (Nanjing) Co. Ltd. Meanwhile, Seoul-based Hyundai Glovis is rumoured to be close to finalising a deal worth more than US$1.8B for 12 x 10,800 CEU vessels.

Norddeutsche Wasserweg Logistik (NWL – North German Waterways Logistics), a PPP in which Rhenus Group is a shareholder, together with the Weser Business Association, have proposed a regular inland navigation service to move containers between the ports of Hamburg, Bremerhaven and Bremen.

It has been a busy few weeks for Taipei-based Wan Hai Lines as the world’s largest operator of intraAsia services has held ship-naming ceremonies in Japan and Taiwan.

Freightliner, the UK’s biggest container rail haulier and part of Genesee & Wyoming, Inc (G&W), has called on the government to set a target to treble rail freight volumes by 2050, and thus remove over 20M HGV journeys from the motorways each year.