CEO Port of Rotterdam: “I hope there will be shorter supply chains”
The Port of Rotterdam expects throughput may fall by up to twenty per cent this year due to the corona crisis. “So yes, results will be bad”, says Allard Castelein, CEO of the Rotterdam Port...Read more
Throughput in Rotterdam falls 9.3%, further decline expected
Cargo throughput in the port of Rotterdam fell by 9.3% to 112.4 million tonnes in the first quarter. The coronavirus outbreak has resulted in significantly lower demand and a large number of cancelled sailings. The...Read more
Antwerp’s breakbulk sector continues to be battered
Antwerp’s breakbulk sector has taken another massive beating in the first quarter of 2020, dropping a staggering 27.8%. The Antwerp port authority says “the vicissitudes of world trade since mid-2019 continue to weigh on the...Read more
Gard: working from home increases cyber risks
PRESS RELEASE – Maritime consultant Gard is warning of increased cyber risks now most employees are working from home or other remote locations. “Crises like the COVID-19 pandemic often lead malicious cyber actors to take...Read more
12% less breakbulk in North Sea Port but steel volumes rise
North Sea Port’s breakbulk and ro/ro volumes dropped significantly in the first quarter of 2020. The decrease is mainly a result of the global economic environment and not of the corona crisis. “But the impact...Read more
Broekman prepares for bigger volumes with new crane
PRESS RELEASE – Terminal operator and freight forwarder Broekman Logistics has taken delivery of a new electric crane from Kone Cranes for its multipurpose terminal in the Port of Rotterdam. Delivered in mid-February 2020 and...Read more
Coronavirus forces organizers to postpone and cancel breakbulk events
The outbreak of the coronavirus is having a major impact on the transport and logistics industry but event planners are faced with tough decisions as well. An increasing number of breakbulk and project cargo events...Read more
RHB adds second heavy-lift crane in port of Rotterdam
PRESS RELEASE – Rotterdam stevedore company RHB Stevedoring & Warehousing has bought a second mobile shore crane for loading and unloading of heavy-lift, offshore and project cargo. The company has purchased a Liebherr LHM 550...Read more
Buss wins tender offer for the world’s largest offshore wind farm
PRESS RELEASE – Buss Terminal in Eemshaven will serve as the base port for the installation of the foundation structures of the Hornsea Two offshore wind farm. As of May, more than half of the...Read more
Sunken harbour cranes brought to the surface in Rostock Port
The water-side salvage of the mobile harbour cranes that fell from heavy lift vessel Jumbo Vision in Rostock Port on January 31 has been completed. The first of the cranes was recovered on Saturday, the...Read more
Jumbo: “No evidence cranes came into contact in Rostock incident”
With the salvage operation of the Liebherr cranes that sunk in Rostock Port underway, the investigation into the cause of the accident is still ongoing. ‘Although a very complex matter, there is currently no evidence...Read more
SURVEY: Last chance to win 2 VIP tickets for the Project Cargo Summit 2020
2020 has started tumultuous with rising fuel costs, weaker freight rates and the unexpected coronavirus outbreak. To report on these developments as accurately as possible and have a better understanding of what keeps our readers...Read more
“New EU directive increases need for European Crane Operator Licence”
PRESS RELEASE – Support for ESTA’s new European Crane Operators Licence (ECOL) could be given added impetus by a new directive from the European Union. The directive – EU2018/958 – says that “national rules organising access...Read morePort of Rotterdam handles more breakbulk in 2019
The Port of Rotterdam handled 2.9% more conventional breakbulk in 2019 as a result of an increase in extra cargo packages, the port authority states. The growth is somewhat surprising as Europe’s leading breakbulk port,...Read more
India detains Cosco heavy-lift ship suspected of carrying missile parts
Indian authorities have detained the Cosco-operated heavy-lift vessel Da Cui Yun on suspicions of carrying and wrongly declaring parts for missiles. The vessel was carrying an autoclave which can be used to manufacture missiles. The...Read more
Hebo to recover sunken Liebherr cranes in Rostock Port
The mobile harbour cranes that fell from heavy lift vessel Jumbo Vision in Rostock harbour basin B on 31 January are to be recovered with the Hebo Lift 9. This floating crane left Rotterdam on...Read more
US wind market drives project cargo growth in Duluth
PRESS RELEASE – A rise in project cargo pushed the total cargo volume in the Port of Duluth to 33.5 million tonnes in 2019. Thanks to a growing US wind industry, the handling of project...Read moreBreakbulk Asia postponed because of coronavirus
PRESS RELEASE – Breakbulk Asia organizers have decided to postpone the event, originally scheduled for 18-19 March to a later date in 2020, in response to the outbreak of the coronavirus. This decision has been reached...Read more