New Service/Product
New services and products. Includes new shipping lines and port calls. Also, new port services and port equipment.
Spain’s OHL starts container transhipment operations at Tenerife port
Tenerife, Spain (Ports Europe) September 13, 2017 – Spanish company Obrascon Huarte Lain S.A. (OHL) has started container transhipment operations at...
New entry system at Ashdod port to improve service
Ashdod, Israel (Ports Europe) September 11, 2017 – The Ashdod Port Company has recently completed a large and complex project of upgrading the gate...
Rail Cargo Austria to launch intermodal service to Iran, via Trieste
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) September 6, 2017 – Austria’s Rail Cargo Group, together with the Turkish shipping company U.N. Ro-Ro İşletmeleri...
MACS adds Charleston port to service from Bilbao
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) September 6, 2017 – MACS Maritime Carrier GmbH & Co, based in Hamburg (Germany), has added the US port of Charleston to...
Wärtsilä successfully tests remote ship operation
San Diego, USA (Ports Europe) September 4, 2017 – Wärtsilä has said it successfully tested the remote control of ship operations, which involved...
Cosco announces express cargo shipping to Europe via Piraeus port
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) September 5, 2017 – A new service called “China-Europe Sea-Land Express Cargo” is being started by Cosco...
Terminal Container Ravenna to test new fast clearing procedures for automotive imports
Ravenna, Italy (Ports Europe) September 3, 2017 – Terminal Container Ravenna (TCR) is to be the testing port for new procedures on automotive imports....
HMM starts tests of IoT technology for reefer containers
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) September 1, 2017 – Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) has started a test of the Internet of Things (IoT) technology in its...
Trasmediterranea to start operating Barcelona-Menorca ferry line on Sep 19
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) August 31, 2017 – Spanish company Trasmediterranea plans to launch a line connecting Barcelona to Menorca island twice a...
Trasmediterranea to operate Gandía-Ibiza service until Oct 1
Gandía, Spain (PortS Europe) August 29, 2017 – Spanish ferry company Trasmediterranea has extended the operation of the high-speed Gandía-Ibiza service...
MSC launches new service connecting Sines port to N Europe, S America
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 28, 2017 – The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) is planning to launch a new service connecting Portugal’s...
PSA Voltri-Pra offers automated VERMAS data service
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) August 27, 2017 – From today, agents who collaborate with the PSA Voltri-Pra terminal have the possibility to...
CMA CGM adds Algeciras to new SIRIUS service
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) August 27, 2017 – The Sirius service connects ports on the East Coast of South America via the CMA CGM hub in Malta to...
CMA CGM adds Pecem port to SAFRAN service
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) August 27, 2017 – With the SAFRAN service, the CMA CGM Group will call at the port of Pecem, allowing the company to...
Cepsa becomes first supplier of RMK500 marine fuel in the port of Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) August 25, 2017 – Cepsa, the energy company, has started marketing RMK500 fuel in the port of Barcelona to meet customer...
Milaha launches Qatar-Turkey reefer service
Izmir, Turkey (Ports Europe) August 24, 2017 – Qatar Navigation (Milaha), a maritime and logistics conglomerate based in Qatar, has started the first...
Arkas Morocco to operate news services locally
Tangier, Morocco (Ports Europe) August 24, 2017 – Arkas Morocco S.A., a subsidiary of Turkey’s Arkas Line (the brand name of Arkas Container...
Maersk Line updates Mediterranean services with more calls in Spain
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) August 22, 2017 – In view of the continuous evolution of commercial conditions, Maersk Line announced that, starting in...
Maersk shifts strategy, remains in Vigo port
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) August 22, 2017 – When the definitive abandonment of Vigo port by Maersk was taken for granted, the Danish shipowner has...
Maersk Line confirms launch of Med-Montreal service
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) August 21, 2017 – Maersk Line has confirmed the launch of a new service that will link Mediterranean ports with Canada. The...