Shipping Lines

Following 2019 trials of biofuel blends, Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) will now use 30% blends in its vessels on a routine basis.

Port Technology International’s penultimate e-Journal for 2019, edition 91, looks at the future of shipping as the industry approaches a new decade of growth and challenges.

Having operated its vessels at the Port of Liverpool since 1967, Atlantic Container Line (ACL) has agreed a 15-year extension for container and roll-on/roll-off operations at the port until 2035.

Philippines-based port operator International Container Terminal Services (ICTSI) has announced the deployment of BlackBerry Cylance technology to increase cybersecurity across its global network.

A.P. Moeller-Maersk (Maersk)’s earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) improved 14% to US$1.7 billion in the third quarter of 2019 as the carrier performed well despite a global slowdown in container demand.

Soren Toft, the former Chief Operating Officer of A.P. Moeller-Maersk, will become CEO of Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), according to reports from ShippingWatch and CNBC.

CyberLogitec, the leading provider of maritime, port/terminal and logistics operations technologies, has announced that the leading Indonesian shipping company Meratus Line has signed the contract to deploy ALLEGRO SaaS, container carrier operations solution.

The joint venture between DP World and the France-based international container operator Terminal Link - PortSynergy Group (GMP) - has been awarded the service concession for the construction and operation of berths 11 and 12 at Port 2000 in Le Havre.

International Container Terminal Services (ICTSI)’s efforts supporting the global fight against modern slavery has been cited as one of the outstanding corporate sustainability efforts in the Philippines during the 2019 Sustainable Business Awards.

The Port of Gdansk, Poland’s main port, is to spearhead a high-level maritime and business delegation from Poland to Singapore to encourage bilateral trade and to discuss opportunities in Gdansk’s new USD $3,1 billion Central Port ‘the biggest maritime investment project in Europe’.

International Container Terminal Services (ICTSI) has inaugurated two new berths which for the first time offer the port of Umm Qasr the ability to handle container vessels of up to 14,000TEU.

Duisburger Hafen AG (duisport) and COSCO Shipping Logistics have signed a deal to build the largest container terminal in the European hinterland.