Rotterdam, Antwerp-Bruges and Hamburg have maintained their dominance in the European port rankings in 2024, despite severe geopolitical instability and security challenges.
The combined container throughput of the top three European Union (EU) ports increased by 4.4% in 2024, rebounding from a sharp 7% decline the previous year, according to Theo Notteboom, a member of PortEconomics, the organization responsible for compiling the rankings.
Among the leading ports, Belgium’s Antwerp-Bruges...
Cargotec-owned manufacturer Kalmar has entered into a contract with Med Europe Terminal in Marseille, France for the provision of six Kalmar hybrid straddle carriers.
This significant order was recorded in Cargotec’s order intake for the first quarter of 2024, while the delivery of the machines is scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2024.
“We are constantly striving to improve our environmental performance, and Kalmar’s proven hybrid solution will help us take big steps forward in this area. We...
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The port of Marseilles is set to become a new hub for the supply of LNG as a fuel for the liner trades after French carrier CMA CGM and fuel supplier Total signed a 10-year agreement.
Total Marine Fuels Global Solutions has agreed to supply some 270,000 tonnes of LNG a year over 10 years at Marseille-Fos to power CMA CGM’s new generation 15,000 teu LNG-powered containerships that will operate on …
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All vessels will be will be connected to shore power by 2020.
Port of Marseille chief executive Christine Cabau Woehrel is to rejoin French shipping giant CMA CGM.
Ms Woehrel left the carrier in 2011 while director of assets. She began her career at CMA CGM in 1987, but left to pursue a career as a transport consultant before being appointed chief executive of Port of Dunkirk in 2012. In 2014 she moved on to the top job at the port of Marseille Fos, …
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