Wallenius Wilhelmsen takes the strain of the train
NewsLast month Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL) completed a major project on behalf of Hitachi when it shipped the last of 29 high speed tra...
Seabrex to Sea-Invest
NewsThe Ghent-based Sea-Invest group has acquired Rotterdam’s biggest fruit handling and distribution company Seabrex. The acquisition was mad...
Zeebrugge looks for room to grow
NewsZeebrugge’s cargo traffic fell by 8.1% in 1Q/09 to 9.5 Mt with container tonnage dropping by 6% to 4.9 Mt, or 10% in units to 493,000 TEU....
Parting of ways in Zeebrugge
NewsPSA HNN and Coblefret have decided to terminate their 50:50 joint venture Sea-Ro Terminal in the Port of Zeebrugge. The activities of the co...
Modal shift moves up the agenda
NewsThe Sarkozy government has an ambitious plan to transfer road freight to the “triumvirate” of other modes - sea, rail and inland waterwa...
Terminal paving under scrutiny
NewsAPM Terminals (APMT) will shortly begin the initial testing phase of a new comprehensive Pavement Management System (PMS) at its terminal in...
AE10 back at Dunkirk
NewsMaersk France has confirmed that Dunkirk has been reinstated into its weekly AE10 string, which calls in Europe at Felixstowe, Zeebrugge, Du...
CMP advancing on two fronts
NewsWhen the ports of Copenhagen and Malmö merged in 2001 to form Copenhagen Malmö Port (CMP), it was thought that the main expansion focus wo...
PSA HNN opts for Quintiq planning solution
NewsPSA HNN has selected the Quintiq planning solution for workforce planning and optimisation at its 10 terminals in Antwerp, Zeebrugge and Rot...
Zeebrugge linked to the Rhine
NewsThe Port of Zeebrugge finally has inland waterway access to the Rhine system with the introduction of the first estuarial barge service link...
Ro-ro business rolls on at a fast pace
NewsThere is plenty of activity in the ropax ferry and ro-ro market in response to rising shipping demand. Amongst the newest ferries to be put ...
New Zeebrugge-Bilbao service announced
NewsThe French and Spanish governments have organised a competition for an Atlantic façade Motorway of the Sea service, but Finnish shipping op...
Vietnamese port plans
NewsState-run Vietnam Shipping Lines (Vinalines) is considering joining forces with Japan’s Sumitomo group and Belgium’s Port of Zeebrugge t...
Cobelfret Humbermaxes
NewsCobelfret Ferries has introduced its second new Humbermax vessel, YASMINE, to its Killingholme-Zeebrugge freight only ro-ro service. The fir...
Antwerp fine tunes but fails to find a master plan
NewsLast year container traffic at Antwerp rose by 8.2% and smashed the 7M TEU barrier with a record 7.02M TEU handled, on top of the 7% growth ...