Despite the challenges faced by cold chain logistics over the past year, the sector is now foreseeing bright spots and notable growth for the next 5 years. The market for cold chain logistics in the Asia-Pacific region is anticipated to grow at a compound annual growth rate of more than 11%

The international art event Helsinki Biennial will bring outstanding contemporary art to maritime Helsinki 12 June–26 September 2021. The Port of Helsinki will also take part and support this experience-rich event. The theme, the Same Sea, reminds us that we all depend on each other. Even when faced with a climate crisis, we all live and work on the shores of the same sea.

Inchcape’s global Liner sector head, Hamish White, has overseen some major wins in the last 12 months despite the pandemic, and nails it when he says ‘building trust through transparency’ is a key factor for liner principals in the third-party liner agency and liner husbandry business.

Cleaner, West Coast Ship Assist and Escort Tugboat Packs Bollard Pull into Compact Length

(Hong Kong, 16 June 2021) Hong Kong’s largest independent handler, Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl), is making a bid to increase Hong Kong’s involvement in the movement of aero engines through the establishment of a new Aero Engine Handling Centre (AEHC).

RINA has carried out, using remote technologies, the statutory and class annual surveys on the HBC Achiever, an offshore vessel owned by Hyperbaric Consult A/S. At the successful completion of the survey, the Classification Society certified the vessel on behalf of the Danish Maritime Authority.

CEVA Logistics continues technology platform integrations for carrier, customer shipment visibility through global agreement

project44 to provide CEVA and its customers with real-time visibility data, dynamic ETA, exception management, and data standardization, enrichment and connectivity services to create leading supply chain visibility

IRU is calling for commercial vehicles to be exempt from existing and proposed Urban Vehicle Access Regulation schemes (UVARs). More than 2,000 cities globally, with more than one billion residents, have already implemented or are considering access restrictions.

Following extensive consultations with its partners, Hamburg Messe und Congress GmbH decided to cancel the MARINE INTERIORS Cruise & Ferry Global Expo scheduled for 8 to 10 September 2021, as well as the Seatrade Europe – Cruise and River Cruise Convention which was supposed to take place in parallel.

caption: vl Eichhorn Claus Buchholz Thamm Kämpfer / Foto: SEEHAFEN KIEL

Important step on the way to climate neutrality in the port of Kiel

On-shore power plant with 16 megawatts of output can supply two ships in parallel.
After a successful integration test, "AIDAsol" will be connected in regular operation.
Stena Line ferries have been using shore power at the Schwedenkai since the beginning of the year.
Savings of approx. 8,000 tonnes of CO2 through the Ostseekai on-shore power plant.

Landmark agreement cements collaboration to integrate and enhance smart data solutions designed to make shipping safer and greener.

COSCO Shipping Specialized Carriers, a subsidiary of China Ocean Shipping Group (COSCO), COSCO Shipping Lines, has confirmed that the eight newbuild multipurpose cargo vessels entrusted to COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry (Dalian) Co. Ltd. will each feature a COMPAC seawater lubricated shaftline arrangement from Thordon Bearings.

German Brand Award for image campaign: Experts pay tribute to the logistics company’s communication during the 2020 coronavirus crisis

Asset management group, Invalda INVL, today announces that it has signed a deal in principle to acquire Mandatum Life, one of Finland’s largest life insurance companies, which also operates in the Baltics through branch operations across Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia respectively. Through this transaction Invalda INVL is to offer customers more choice to strengthen their financial security and overall well-being.

The International Labour Organization and UNICEF warn nine million additional children at risk as a result of COVID-19 pandemic.