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The Prime Minister, the Rt Hon David Cameron MP, launched an Economic Plan for the East of England during a visit to the Port of Felixstowe. Whilst at the port he saw the ultra-large container ship, CSCL Saturn, being worked at the port’s Berths 8 & 9. He also viewed the extension being built...

Broekman Group announces today that it has changed its name to Broekman Logistics. In changing its name, Broekman Logistics wishes to emphasise its total focus on logistics. In addition to the name change, the company also has a new corporate style and website. These changes conclude Broekman’s restructuring of the company. Focus on supply...

In presence of approximately 150 attendees, the official go-ahead for the construction of a new part of the Kooypunt industrial estate was given during the port stakeholders’ meeting of Port of Den Helder (PODH) and the Harbour and Shipping Association (Haven- en Scheepvaart Vereniging/HSV). This new development is known as Kooypunt III. At approximately...

MPI Offshore has signed a 6 year lease agreement with PD Ports to secure Teesport Commerce Park in Middlesbrough as its UK base. The agreement anchors Teesport Commerce Park as home for MPI Offshore’s expanding fleet of installation vessels, which includes the MPI Adventure, Resolution, Discovery and Enterprise. Peter Robinson, MPI’s Managing Director, commented:...

Barcelona Europe South Terminal (BEST) handled the largest containership ever to call at the Port of Barcelona, the 16,600TEU MSC London, it also set a new productivity record, discharging 618 containers, and loading 1,035, in less than eight hours: a rate of 212.58 moves per hour. Individual cranes operated at rates of up to...

Swedish exports to Morocco are on the increase. The shipping company Seago Line is about to establish a new service to Casablanca and Agadir in Morocco. Swedish forest products and engineering products are just two examples of the freight that will be transported using this new service. Swedish exports to Morocco have more than...

Magna Tyres is very proud to announce a new cooperation with one of the largest container terminals in the world. This week, Magna Tyres and their official agent in South Korea, Hyoshin Hispec, signed an official contract with BNCT (Busan New Container Terminal). The contract is concerning the Magna M-Straddle (16.00R25), and includes an...

With the arrival of a new custom built PTC Simulator, the Mammoet Training Center in The Netherlands has added a unique educational tool to its range of training courses. The PTC simulator is a training device, purpose built to teach operators to handle Mammoet’s largest crane, the PTC 140/200 DS. The simulator is an...

Damen Shipyards Group has delivered the first vessel in its new ASD Tug 2913 class. The 2913 has been developed in response to demand from operators for more powerful tugs capable of handling today’s ever larger vessels. As well as having a bollard pull of 80t and total power of 5,050BKw, the new tug...

This week, the Thalassa Hellas called at the ECT Delta Terminal. During the visit of this vessel of Evergreen Line, ECT handled 11,051 containers (18,500TEU); a new record. Never before so many containers were handled in Europe during one call. The containers form a line of more than 110km: about the length of the...

DP World London Gateway has announced plans to move forward with a third berth at the UK’s new deep-sea hub port, located 25 miles from central London. The Secretary of State for Transport, Patrick McLoughlin MP, visited the state-of-the-art port with local MPs. He climbed one of the world’s tallest quay cranes to view...

A specialised LNG Bunker vessel to be built at the STX Offshore & Shipbuilding Company yard in South Korea on behalf of Shell will be powered by Wärtsilä DF dual-fuel engines. The ship will be used to deliver gas to LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) fuelled vessels in Northwest Europe. The newbuild contract is in...

With total throughput of 145.7 million tons, representing growth of 4.8 percent, the Port of Hamburg achieved its best-ever result in 2014. Up by 6.1 percent at 102.7 million tons, general cargo throughput was outstanding. A 1.7 percent increase in bulk cargo throughput to 43.0 million tons also contributed to the new record for...

Katoen Natie sets a new benchmark in terms of lifting capacity at the port of Antwerp, investing in three new Liebherr mobile harbour cranes, one LHM 550 and two LHM 600s. Additionally, the company enforced its operations in Radicatel, France, with a new LHM 420. In January 2015, both family-owned companies Katoen Natie und...

Harold W.M. Linssen, Port Personality of the Year 2014 will perform the official opening of the Navingo Maritime & Offshore Career Event 2015 on Wednesday 22 April 2015. On 12 January 2015, Harold Linssen was appointed as Port Personality of the Year 2014. In his speech, during the awarding of this title, he underlined...

From 1 March 2015, Samskip Van Dieren Multimodal will expand its intermodal network by adding rail shuttle services to Taulov and Copenhagen, Denmark. The Samskip Rail Terminal in Duisburg already handles a large number of rail shuttles to and from Scandinavia. The new shuttle running between Duisburg and Taulov into Copenhagen will enhance connections...

One of the world’s largest container shipping lines has announced services from West Africa to DP World London Gateway Port. The CMA CGM EURAF2 service is calling direct to Nigeria, Ghana, and the Ivory Coast providing some of the fastest transit times in the market. Via transhipment, the service also offers an extensive range...

A ground-breaking ceremony was held at DP World’s London Gateway Logistics Park to mark the start of construction on a 316,000 square foot distribution facility. The building is being developed speculatively as an equal joint venture between DP World, one of the world’s largest port operators, and Prologis, one of the leaders in industrial...

For the 14th year in succession, Gothenburg has been named the best logistics location in Sweden by the industry journal Intelligent Logistik. The deciding factors are that it has the largest port in the Nordic Region for both imports and exports, direct deep-sea services and the short distance from the import harbour to the...

Kito Europe announced the receipt of a large order for chain hoists used in wind tower generators. The order covered 116 high speed electric chain hoists, each equipped with more than 110m of special nickel plated load chain. The hoists were supplied by Kito Corporation to Eurus Energy and were recently installed at the Nobechi wind Farm in...

APM Terminals’ Head of Design and Automation, Alex Duca addressed the Port Equipment Manufacturers Association’s (PEMA) annual meeting in February, introducing the company’s ‘Terminal Eco-System’ concept as part of an object-oriented approach to terminal design, construction and operation. “We are rethinking equipment design and manufacturing protocols as a way of enhancing productivity as well...

The Port of Gothenburg has acquired a new deep sea service to Japan. The service will be operated by the newly formed 2M Alliance – MSC and Maersk Line. Japan is a major importer of Swedish forest products. A new deep sea service has been established between the Port of Gothenburg and Japan. The...

PD Ports is pleased to announce the signing of a new seven year deal with SSI UK for the handling of steel slab through Teesport. Since SSI UK’s steelmaking operations restarted almost 3 years ago, over 7 million tonnes of steel slab has been exported through the PD Ports’ facilities at Teesport. The new...

Braemar LNG, the wholly owned subsidiary of Braemar Shipping Services, has issued a sub-licence to FSP LNG for the design and construction of a new Flat-panel, Semi-membrane, Prismatic-shaped (FSP) containment system, under the terms of the licence it holds with General Dynamics NASSCO to utilise its patents in the design and construction of FSP...

TNO and Imtech Marine signed an agreement on 21 January 2015 in which they expressed their intention to work together on research and development projects. The signing took place at Imtech Marine in Rotterdam. It is a unique pooling of knowledge and experience that will result in innovative and sustainable solutions for the maritime...