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New Silk Road: Services between Hamburg and Xuzhou successfully established

The Port of Hamburg is a top destination for rail services between China and Germany. Since November last year, a new link has become established between...

Total realizes France’s first ship-to-containership LNG bunkering operation, after inaugural loading at Dunkirk LNG terminal

Dunkirk, May 3, 2021 â€“ Total has realized the first ship-to-containership Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) bunkering operation in France. The world’s...

VSC partners with the new Maersk transcontinental service from Asia to the ports of the Black Sea

Vostochnaya Stevedoring Company (VSC), part of Global Ports Group, has started to serve the new transcontinental service Maersk AE77. Containers will be...

Karasu port to add Ro-Ro service to Burgas after the one to Constanta

Burgas, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) May 3, 2021 – Studies have started for the establishment of a Ro-Ro line between Bulgaria’s second largest Black Sea port...

Costa Smeralda, the green flagship of Costa Cruises, sets sail from Savona for the first trip of 2021 

Savona, Italy (Ports Europe) May 2, 2021 – With a brief ceremony in the presence of the President of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure...

AMS Global Group and Medserv to establish Malta hub

Marsaxlokk, Malta (Ports Europe) April 30, 2021 – Marine consulting and safety specialists AMS Global Group has set up a partnership with Medserv plc to...

Grimaldi launches Antwerp-Cork direct freight line

Naples, 29 April 2021 The Grimaldi Group is significantly strengthening its presence in the Republic of Ireland with the launch of a feeder ro-ro service...

Port of Tarragona presents the new Ro-Ro route with Turkey

The Port of Tarragona has presented the new Ro-Ro route with Turkey in a joint day with the Chamber of Commerce of Tarragona, Lleida, Tàrrega, Reus, Tortosa...

A.P. Moller – Maersk to hasten the pace of its AE19 service from Asia to Europe

Copenhagen, Denmark, April 12,2021 – In response to the increasing customers’ demand for Asia/Europe routing options, Maersk is picking up the...

DACHSER Morocco opens new warehouse in Tanger Med

Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) April 9, 2021 – DACHSER Morocco has announced that it has opened a new warehouse facility in Tanger Med port. Situated...

Turkish OYAK, NYK Line Ro-Ro port receives first vessel

Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) April 8, 2021 – OYAK Maritime and Port Management has welcomed the first shipment at its automotive-focused Ro-Ro port...

Port of Livorno replaces La Spezia in Hapag Lloyd/OOCL service

Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) April 6, 2021 – The shipping companies Hapag Lloyd and Oocl have announced that from next May the scheduled service...

Salzburg Rail Transport Logistik to upgrade Koper port service

Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) April 1, 2021 – Salzburg Rail Transport Logistik GmbH (SETG) will update its intermodal connections from Germany and...

MSC Terminal Valencia and CSP Iberian Terminal Valencia extend operational hours

Both terminals increase from April 13 the opening hours at 6:00 AM for the delivery of import and empty containers – March 29, 2021 The president of the...

JLT Mobile Computers offers free guide on how to boost productivity and throughput in ports and container terminals

Leading supplier of rugged computing devices and other solutions for demanding environments outlines five ways to turn the specific IT challenges faced by...

Rail Cargo launches new TransFER Verona–Hannover

Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) March 26, 2021 – Rail Cargo, the freight traffic of the Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB), will launch the new TransFER...

Port of Venice starts customs clearance at sea for bulk goods

Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) March 24, 2021 – The first customs clearance at sea of bulk goods for single customer ships was carried out at the port of...

First vessel call at HHLA PLT, Trieste

On 20 March 2021, the Ro-Ro freighter Ulusoy 14 docked at the HHLA PLT Italy terminal in Trieste. This is the first commercial vessel call at the new...

Ekol decreases travel time between Spain and Turkey to 60 hours

Ekol renders a new service as part of its intermodal transportation through a Ro-Ro line between Izmir, Alsancak Port, and Spain’s Tarragona Port – which...

Barys container ship makes first voyage on Aktau-Baku route within Trans-Caspian International Transport Route

News Release – Port of Baku – March 10, 2021 The container ship Barys, owned by Kazakhstan’s National Shipping Company Kazmortransflot, made...

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