Topic: Ro-ro

Ro/ro This is how Wallenius Wilhelmsen mothballs vessels

Wallenius Wilhelmsen has laid up ten vessels in response to factory closures and bottlenecks in the supply chain caused by Covid-19. Seven of those vessels…
Ro/ro CLdN starts direct service between UK and Spain

CLdN has started a new pure ro/ro service between the UK, Ireland and Spain to keep cargo moving amidst the corona crisis. With all cargoes…
Ro/ro Firemen injured following explosion on car carrier Höegh Xiamen

Fire fighting operations on board of the ro/ro carrier Höegh Xiamen are still ongoing following a fire outbreak in the port of Jacksonville, USA on…
Ro/ro Wagenborg opens new office in Terneuzen

PRESS RELEASE – Wagenborg has opened a new office in Terneuzen to expand its services in the Netherlands and Belgium. Specifically, the office will support…
Ro/ro Port of Felixstowe Upgrades Ro/Ro Facilities

PRESS RELEASE – In her first port visit of 2020, Maritime Minister Nusrat Ghani MP has inspected the site of work to upgrade Roll-on/Roll-off facilities…
Breakbulk Breakbulk volumes in Antwerp take massive hit

Conventional breakbulk volume in Antwerp has taken a massive beating in 2019, dropping 18% year-on-year. Port of Antwerp describes the decrease as “a consequence of…
Ports & Terminals Port of Esbjerg’s new multipurpose terminal open for business

Port of Esbjerg’s new multipurpose terminal has opened its doors last week. With the new facility, the port wants to accommodate the growth of its…
Höegh Autoliners ships six 32-tonne breakbulk units

Höegh Autoliners has shipped six large multimedia filters for an offshore project on modified trailers. Four units were shipped on a double-wide concept, while the…
Yet another Grimaldi ship caught fire

Another Grimaldi-operated ro/ro vessel has caught fire. On November 21, a fire broke out in the engine room of the 1997-built Eurocargo Trieste just after…
Ro/ro WW invests in crane to speed up project cargo operations

PRESS RELEASE – Wallenius Wilhelmsen has invested in a new mobile crane for its terminal in Zeebrugge. This means breakbulk customers will soon no longer…
Ports & Terminals Ports of Antwerp and Zeebrugge restart merger negotiations

The ports of Antwerp and Zeebrugge have restarted merger negotiations. Previous talks stranded in April as Antwerp wanted all mandates and boards to be divided…
Antwerp’s breakbulk volume severely hit by trade war

The trade war and economic slowdown have negatively impacted breakbulk volumes in Antwerp. Overall breakbulk volumes including ro/ro dropped by 9% in the first nine…
Ro/ro shipping Golden Ray to be dismantled in place

The capsized car carrier Golden Ray will be dismantled in place as safely righting and refloating the vessel is not possible anymore, according to the…
Ro/ro CLdN grows fleet by 70% with six more vessels yet to come

PRESS RELEASE – With the arrival of the MV Hermine (5400 lane meter), CLdN has welcomed the sixth new vessel since the new build strategy…
Ro/ro shipping UECC orders third battery hybrid LNG car carrier

PRESS RELEASE – Close on the heels of their call for two new battery hybrid LNG Pure Car & Truck Carriers (PCTC), UECC has confirmed…
Project carriers face increased competition from ro/ro companies

The project cargo industry faces increased competition from car carriers as the sector struggles with slow growth rates and political uncertainty in the car business.…
Autonomous ships NYK conducts world’s first Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships trial

PRESS RELEASE – NYK has conducted the world’s first Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS) trial as the company begins tests to realize its target of…
Green shipping NYK completes first carbon-neutral voyage

NYK is the first Japanese shipping company to complete a carbon-neutral voyage by offsetting the emitted 5,000 tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) with the purchase…
Wallenius SOL links Wärtsilä directly to Antwerp

Starting November 2019, Wallenius SOL will include the in Finland in its regular liner service between the Baltic Sea and Belgium. The service expansion is…
Yilport enters Italy with new multipurpose terminal

Turkish terminal operator Yilport has entered the Italian market by opening its first facility in the country, a multipurpose terminal in the Port of Taranto. …