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Plug And Play To Launch An Innovative Maritime Platform

Innovation platform, Plug and Play, together with founding partners Euronav, CMB, Port of Antwerp, City of Antwerp, and DXC Technology, has announced the launch of their first maritime program in Antwerp, Belgium, reports Offshore Energy.

‘The beginning of a new voyage’

As explained, the purpose of the program is to connect international startups with the founding partners to pilot their technologies and drive the future of maritime as world-class leaders of R&D and innovation.

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Good news, bad news ‘and even worse news’ from congested Euro ports

The knock-on effects of the blockage of the Suez Canal is likely to impact North Europe supply chains until June.
Container hub ports that used the week-long lull from ship arrival delays to prepare their landside facilities for the box onslaught are now “full to the brim”, according to a carrier source.
Container lines have discharged Asian imports wherever they can to turn ships around in North Europe as quickly as possible …

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M&A radar: Port mergers whet the appetite for further deals

China’s bubbling M&A activity in the port market took another step recently when Cosco Shipping Ports bought a 34.99% equity stake in Tianjin Container Terminal (TCT) – this is simply the latest move in the ongoing merger of terminal capacity in the north-east Chinese port.
It is the latest result in a plan that was hatched around a year ago in which the three owners – Cosco, Tianjin Port Holdings and China …

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Snapshot: Port volumes as muddy as hell

Preliminary port throughput data for the world’s largest 25 container ports has been published by Alphaliner this week.  
The headline is that 13 of the top 25 saw growth, and 12 saw box volumes shrink – we should be wary of extrapolating this to the wider port market however, as it is still unclear whether their gains are the result of market growth or more simply the result of smaller ports’ losses (check Dalian below). 
Some quay points 
Chinese ports consolidated their position in the …

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https://theloadstar.com/snapshot-port-volumes-as-muddy-as-hell/

Antwerp and Zeebrugge will merge – creating a superport to rival Rotterdam

A new superport is set to be created in north-west Europe after the Belgian ports of Antwerp and Zeebrugge announced today that they will formally merge. 
Talks between the municipal authorities of Antwerp and Bruges began in 2018 and unification will put the superport within touching distance of nearby rival, Europe’s largest container hub, Rotterdam. 
Last year, the two ports handled 13.8m (Antwerp, 12m teu, and Zeebrugge, 1.8m teu).  
Meanwhile, although the figures for Rotterdam, which had...

https://theloadstar.com/antwerp-and-zeebrugge-to-merge-creating-a-superport-to-rival-rotterdam/

Asia-Europe Rates To Go Below $10,000 Over Forwarders Bidding War

According to a LoadStar article written by Mike Wackett, major forwarders are engaged in fierce bidding wars in China, in order to secure equipment and space to North Europe.

And several carriers are reported to have opened first- and second-round tenders with the highest bidders for guaranteed shipment this month.

Bidding War in China

According to Chinese forwarder contacts, carriers are inviting offers for available slots on end-January sailings from Shanghai, Ningbo, Qingdao and Yantian, with...

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