Seaway season gets off to a slow start
NewsCommercial traffic on the St. Lawrence Seaway is down on 2018 so far this season....
Mammoet takes ALE
NewsIn a global heavy lift sector merger, Dutch-based Mammoet has signed an agreement to acquire the UK’s ALE Group...
HVCC going digital with DAKOSY
NewsHamburg Vessel Coordination Center (HVCC), a neutral service provider, is developing a digital platform for inland waterway vessels that wil...
XVELA eyeing the berth
NewsNavis is looking to broaden the appeal of its XVELA cloud-based collaborative planning platform by helping terminals and carriers with their...
Honouring tradition in Montreal
NewsWagenborg Shipping’s Virginiaborg is the first vessel to ring in the new year in Montreal....
Syria’s port of Tripoli powering onwards
NewsThree years ago, hardly a container was being handled at the northern Syrian port of Tripoli...
Qatar thumbs its nose at rivals with Hamad plan
NewsRather than being crippled by the trade blockade, Qatar has seized the opportunity to develop Hamad, and now wants to lure transhipment tra...
MCI takes 78% of Hapag-Lloyd reefer order
NewsMaersk Container Industry (MCI) will supply 8,600 of the 11,100 new reefer boxes HapagLloyd ordered in August....
Calling time on methyl bromide
NewsChinese and Indian regulations requiring logs and other forest products to be fumigated with methyl bromide have put producers in the crossh...
Gearing up for a game of Trump
NewsIt looks like being a year of two halves for China’s economy and trading performance as new US tariffs start to bite...
Electric options from Port-Liner
NewsBy the autumn of 2018, at least five fully electric emission-free barges will be operating on inland waterways in Benelux, with the first cr...
Transmar joins INTTRA
NewsEgypt-based carrier Transmar Corporation is shifting to digital transactions by joining the INTTRA network....
West Africa cocoa deal
NewsThe world’s two biggest cocoa producers have signed a strategic partnership agreement to co-ordinate their cocoa marketing in order to max...
ZIM posts good Q2 results
NewsZIM posted adjusted net profit of US$12.5M in Q2 2017, compared to adjusted net loss of $64.0M in Q2 2016...
Milaha – direct Pakistan-Qatar service
NewsQatari shipping and logistics company Milaha has launched what it claims is the fastest service between Qatar and Pakistan...