Wallenius Sol’s Baltic Enabler christened in Bruges
The world’s largest ice-rated ConRo vessel, the Baltic Enabler, was christened in the PSA Zeebrugge multipurpose terminal in Bruges, Belgium, on Wednesday, 2 November 2022.Read more
Höegh Autoliners buys Höegh St. Petersburg at cut price
Höegh Autoliners, global provider of RoRo transportation services, has purchased the vessel Höegh St. Petersburg well bellow market value. The company pounced on an option under a bareboat charterparty to buy the vessel for $29.3...Read more
PCS 2022: Project cargo on RoRo vessels is not a phase, but a fantastic option
RoRo vessels have traditionally focused mostly on vehicles and cargo on wheels, and during the recent Project Cargo Summit, Sven Jansen, senior sales manager for high & heavy breakbulk at UECC, confirmed this. “85 percent...Read more
Finneco II vessels baptised
The MS Finneco II was baptised by Mrs Elina Haapasaari, representing the Port of Helsinki. This ceremony took place on 20 September 2022, in Vuosaari Harbour. After this third and last baptism, all three new...Read more
RoRo capacity of Antwerp Euroterminal to rise by 25%
The Port of Antwerp’s Euroterminal (AET) will expand its RoRo capacity by one quarter. A six floor car-park and multi-purpose terminal are bringing 148,000 square metres of additional capacity, occupying only 24,000 square metres.Read more
Cargo-partner transports yacht from China to South Africa
Cargo-partner’s project cargo team transported a 14,5 metric tonne, privately-owned yacht. Cargo-partner handled the end-to-end transportation of the yacht, from Tianjin, China to the Port of Durban, South Africa.Read more
Wallenius ships windmills on its RoRo liner service to Australia
Wallenius Willhelmsen recently deployed the power of its MV Tannhauser to ship giant windmills from Europe to Australia. The company runs a regular liner service to Australia and has used its service to deliver five...Read more
Spanish ports on the rise
Iberian ports in 2018 moved a combined total of 656 million tons of cargo. That is a new record, reports Atlantico Business Development. Spanish ports accounted for the majority of the throughput, with a total of...Read more
Brexit stress leads to double digit growth in Zeebrugge
BrexitThe Port of Zeebrugge saw its cargo volumes increase with 14.3% in the first quarter of 2019 due to pre-Brexit stress. Total throughput amounts to 10.7 million tonnes. According to port director Joachim Coens many shippers...Read more