Shipping number of the week: -3.7% laden container imports onto LA and Long Beach
The two largest ports on the USWC have experienced a 3.7% drop in laden imports over the first ten months of the year, as the effects of the trade war set in. Exports have fallen even more and are down by 6.4%. Laden container imports by the two ports now total 7.1 million TEU, down by 272,961 TEU from last year.
Imports in October were particularly bad for the Port of Los Angeles, where imports were down 19.2%...
(c) Port of Oslo
12 November 2019
The sustainability of cruise activity in Europe is currently under pressure. European ports take the concerns expressed very seriously. The vicinity to Europe’s cultural heritage and main must-sees makes many European port cities attractive tourist destinations. Their ports are or have become much demanded cruise ports. European port managing bodies are happy to be an access gate to Europe’s cultural heritage, but understand that they must do whatever is possible...
PEMA launches its official video
The Port Equipment Manufacturers Association (PEMA) has launched its official video that provides a snapshot of the Association’s vital work in the global ports and terminals sector.
Established in 2004, PEMA has grown rapidly – 18 new members have joined the Association in 2019 alone – to include leading equipment manufacturers from all over the world. PEMA represents the interests of equipment and technology suppliers in the ports and terminals sector, and...
http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/11/07/pema-launches-its-official-video/
Peter Sand
Fuel spread now available for 32 ports on BIMCO website
BIMCO members can now monitor the price spread between Marine Gas Oil Low Sulphur and 380 centistoke High Sulphur Fuel Oil in 32 different ports around the world with daily information supplied by MABUX.
The service is intended to assist members in making bunkering decisions before and after 1 January 2020.
“We have seen significant fluctuations in the market over the past couple of months – fluctuations that can only be explained...
Container Terminal StPb nine-month box volumes
CONTAINER THROUGHPUT OF CTSP IN 9 MONTHS RISES 5.7% TO 581,600 TEUS
In January-September of 2019, Container Terminal Saint-Petersburg JSC (CTSP) handled 581,600 TEUs, which represents a 5.7% growth on in the same period a year earlier.
Container imports increased by 7%, year-on-year, to 283,400 TEUs including 62,300 TEUs of loaded refrigerated containers.
Container exports totaled 298,200 TEUs, up 4% versus the result of 2018.
In the reporting...
http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/11/05/container-terminal-stpb-nine-month-box-volumes/
Tourism minister Theoharis
Greece pledges a sustainable approach to cruise tourism
By James Brewer
Greece’s new tourism minister has said he is working on plans which in effect could save the country from the blight of cruiseship-led over-tourism.
Harry Theoharis told a press conference at the World Travel Market 2019 in London that he will have discussions to ensure the highest standards in ships so that they leave the smallest possible environmental footprint. The country did not want to have...
TT Club is once again proud to support ICHCA at this year’s 20/20 Cargo Vision Conference, hosted by Malta Freeport Terminals in Valletta...
Chris Rees, Strategic Development Director at ReesLeisure and Alastair Welch ABP Regional Director at ABP
ABP is the UK’s leading port operator and the company has been the title sponsor for the last six years, supporting and encouraging running...
http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/10/28/abp-extends-title-sponsorship-of-southampton-marathon/
COA Hamburg Meeting – Just one week to go, still time to register
COA HAMBURG 2019
COA Members Meeting: Hamburg, Monday 4 November 2019
25 October 2019
On 23 October 2019, EFIP members gathered in Strasbourg (France) for their annual Executive Committee meeting and to celebrate the 25th anniversary of EFIP. The event was hosted by the Port of Strasbourg and the CCNR (Central Commission for the Navigation of the Rhine).
During the open session that followed the meeting of the Executive Committee, Mr Wigbert Böhm from McKinsey & Company presented to the EFIP members the “Brave...
http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/10/25/efip-celebrates-its-25th-anniversary-in-strasbourg/