Swiss-based logistics giant Kuehne+Nagel has teamed up with Norwegian green fuel producer Aker Clean Hydrogen to include hydrogen, ammonia and methanol in its container shipping portfolio. With the first vessels with engines that can run on these fuel alternatives expected to hit the waters in...
https://splash247.com/kuehnenagel-partners-with-aker-to-offer-green-fuels-for-container-shipping/
US imports are expected to grow modestly during the first half of 2022, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report released on February 9 by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates. “We’re not going to see the dramatic growth in imports we saw this time last year, but the...
https://splash247.com/congestion-to-ease-with-us-imports-forecast-to-slow-down/
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Revealing bumper record profits, A.P. Moller – Maersk today announced the acquisition of an American logistics provider. The Danish transport giant is paying $1.68bn for Pilot Freight Services, a US-based first, middle and last mile as well as border crossing solutions provider, specialising in the...
https://splash247.com/flush-with-cash-maersk-makes-next-american-acquisition/
Tsakos Shipping and Trading has been revealed as the owner behind an order for four 2,800 teu boxships at Hyundai Mipo Dockyard in South Korea. The ships, costing $42.7m each, will deliver in the first half of 2024. Tsakos already has two similarly sized ships under construction at the same yard,...
https://splash247.com/tsakos-in-for-boxship-quartet-at-hyundai-mipo/
Trying to create shareholder value is behind Concordia Maritime’s surprise decision to seek to convert some of its tankers to boxships, a pioneering engineering feat not seen in shipping for many decades. Stena-backed Concordia Maritime revealed yesterday it has launched a technical design study to...
Future Proof Shipping (FPS) has joined European innovation project Flagships to bring the Rotterdam-based shipping company’s second zero-emissions inland containership to Europe’s waterways by summer 2023. FPS will expand the Flagships green hydrogen-fuelled fleet with the addition of the which...
https://splash247.com/dutch-player-joins-flagships-with-another-hydrogen-powered-inland-boxship/
From loss-making to record-breaking earnings – can tankers convert from the red to mega profits? One struggling Scandinavian tanker operator is looking at making a sensational exit from the tanker doldrums to cash in on today’s sky high container scene. Concordia Maritime, which was rescued by...
https://splash247.com/concordia-maritime-looks-at-converting-tankers-to-boxships/
China United Lines (CULines), one of the fastest growing container carriers during the pandemic, is gearing up for a listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. CULines has expanded dramatically over the past year to offer speedy services on routes that have experienced supply chain dislocation with...
Marseille-based Traxens, a smart-container service provider has secured a new financing round of €23m ($25m) from the company’s existing shareholders. The funds will be used to fuel Traxens’ international expansion starting with the acquisition of NEXT4, a fellow French supplier of removable and...
https://splash247.com/traxens-corners-the-box-tracking-market-with-latest-acquisition/
