CMA CGM, MSC, Maersk Line and Hamburg Süd representing 40 percent of the world container shipping industry have met to discuss the piracy threat towards international shipping. The meeting focused on piracy in the Gulf of Aden, the Indian Ocean and West Africa. The cooperation between CMA CGM, MSC, Maersk Line and Hamburg Süd includes [...]
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Only delivered at the end of February, the recently completed containership COSCO BELGIUM will be berthing in Hamburg on 11 April. Operating under the Hong Kong flag, this ULCC is 366 metres long, 51 metres wide and when fully loaded has a draft of 15.5 metres. She is the first of altogether eight 13,380 TEU [...]
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Russia is the second-most important trading partner for the Port of Hamburg in terms of seaborne container handling. With a total volume of approx. 675,000 standard containers (TEU) handled between Hamburg and the Russian ports, the volume of container traffic was up by a further 13.3 per cent in 2012, consolidating the lead in foreign [...]
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In early February 2013, the Hamburg Süd Group published its first Responsibility Report. It bears the title “Making it our Business” and documents not only the ecological but also the social and societal responsibility the company exercises. At the same time it presents in a detailed and vivid way the concrete measures with which Hamburg [...]
Drydocks World, announced that the Company received Prof. Dr. Hans-Jörg Schmidt-Trenz, CEO, Hamburg Chamber of Commerce, Germany. He was accompanied by Ms. Kirsten Staab, Director of the Hamburg Representative Office in Dubai. Prof. Dr. Hans-Jörg Schmidt-Trenz met Mr. Khamis Juma Buamim, Chairman of Drydocks World and Maritime World, Mr. Ali Bin Towaih, VP – Business [...]
ABS, a leading provider of global classification services, yesterday announced it will relocate its Northern European regional marine operations office from London to Hamburg, Germany. “This relocation is part of ABS’ ongoing effort to place our frontline decision makers closer to our clients and be more responsive to their needs,” says ABS President and CEO [...]
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Hapag-Lloyd will launch a new service to and from Gdynia to Hamburg and Bremerhaven – the Poland Express Service (PEX). Following the increasing demand in the market and in addition to Hapag-Lloyds existing REX service, the PEX service will offer a second dedicated and direct service for cargo from and to Poland, connecting with Hapag-Lloyds [...]
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A new engineering company has opened its doors in Hamburg: HeavyLift@Sea offers design and planning services for heavy-lift shipping and offshore projects. The ten-strong team around founders Lars Rolner and Hendrik Gröne takes on projects from designing individual chain hoists to developing special- purpose vessels. Hendrik Gröne, Managing Director of HeavyLift@Sea, explains the idea behind [...]
Drydocks World, the most productive shipyard in the Middle East will have a dedicated service point for ABB turbochargers. ABB Turbocharging will now have a dedicated service point for ABB turbochargers in the Drydocks World facility in Dubai, a leading international player in ship repair, ship conversion, ship building and offshore fabrication. To mark this [...]
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Wilhelmsen Ships Service (WSS) will launch the Unitor UPC1041 plasma cutter – a new high capacity portable machine specifically for marine use – at SMM Hamburg. With the theme of this year’s event ’Green Shipping’, the new product has been designed help ship owners and operators work towards ensuring environmentally-sound processes onboard. Marine Products Director [...]
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