Wärtsilä Banks on Innovative Tech Startups

Wärtsilä turns to startups to help solve some of the biggest problems in the maritime industry, reports PortNews.

Hunt for mature startups 

Wärtsilä’s in its company release said that Vesa Marttinen, Director Cruise and Ferry discussed the challenges in maritime industry together with partners in the first cycle of the program in May 2019 in Hamburg.

The second cycle of the Trade & Transport Impact Program is launching their search for 10 mature startups to work together with Inmarsat, Cargotec,...

http://mfame.guru/wartsila-banks-on-innovative-tech-startups/

Hamburg disappoints again as other HHLA box terminals enjoy strong Q1

HHLA’s first-quarter Hamburg volumes may have declined, but international operations at Tallinn and Odessa helped group container volumes grow by 2.2%, to 1.86m teu.
Overall, the group’s container terminal segment fared well over the three-month period, as revenues climbed 4.8% to €200.9m, pushing divisional profits up 15.6% to €37.8m.
Group-wide revenues were €339.8m, while ebit rose strongly by 26.1 % to €55.7m, largely thanks to strong growth in intermodal volumes which rose …

The post Hamburg...

https://theloadstar.com/hamburg-disappoints-again-as-other-hhla-box-terminals-enjoy-strong-q1/

HHLA optimizes night journeys

The HHLA subsidiary CTD Container-Transport-Dienst alleviates traffic on roads in the port by conducting journeys at night and increasing the share of environmentally friendly container transport by using inland waterway vessels and trains.

The HHLA subsidiary CTD Container-Transport-Dienst is a market leader in container transport in and around the Port of Hamburg. Due to the short distances, containers are usually moved between depots for empty containers and the container and/or rail...

https://container-news.com/hhla-optimizes-night-journeys/

Siemens enhances HHLA rail network

Metrans, a.s., a subsidiary of Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA), has ordered ten Vectron MS locomotives from Siemens Mobility Czech Republic. The locomotives will be built at Siemens Mobility’s factory in Munich-Allach, and deliveries are scheduled from the end of 2019 until spring 2020. The locomotives will be operated in cross-border freight service in Central and Eastern European countries.

“It is our pleasure to expand the Metrans vehicle fleet by ten multisystem Vectron locomotives...

https://container-news.com/siemens-hhla-rail-network/

HHLA sees strong both financial and operational results

  • Revenue and profit rise
  • Slight increase in container throughput, transport volumes at previous year’s high level
  • Chairwoman of the Executive Board, Angela Titzrath: Our projected targets have been achieved and partially exceeded

Chairwoman of the Executive Board of Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA), Angela Titzrath, comments on the company’s preliminary unaudited figures for the 2018 financial year: “HHLA has performed very successfully over the past financial year, despite the...

http://container-news.com/hhla-sees-strong-financial-operational-results/

HHLA focuses on AGVs “green” project

At the start of the new year, Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) and its partners began research and development work on the publicly funded FRESH project at its Container Terminal Altenwerder (CTA). The goal is to integrate the battery capacities of the automated guided container transport vehicles (AGVs) that are in use at CTA into the German energy network as flexible storage units that contribute to the grid stability of the power supply.

One of the greatest challenges of the energy...

http://container-news.com/hhla-focuses-agvs-green-project/