The total freight volume handled by Port of Antwerp rose by 0.4% overall during the first four months of this year, conventional breakbulk and ro/ro remain under pressure. With steel as the most important product, the consequences of the worldwide disruptions in trade have made themselves felt since 2019 and the
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Port Esbjerg Secures 144.9 Million Wind Energy Investment
Denmark’s Port Esbjerg set to receive a USD144.9 million investment from Nordic infrastructure fund Infranode. Infranode, is a Nordic infrastructure fund, that has partnered up with the municipally owned, Danish Port Esbjerg to invest up to one billion Danish kroner into new port infrastructure facilities for the wind turbine industry in
PORT OF ANTWERP SEES DECLINE IN BREAKBULK
In their first-quarter reporting, Port of Antwerp says that the fluctuation of world trade since mid-2019 continues to weigh on their breakbulk volume. This has resulted in a total decline of 27.8%, with imports being hit harder than exports. The volume of iron and steel, the most important category in
Breakbulk growth in Port of Rotterdam
‘Our ambition is to make Rotterdam the breakbulk hub of Europe,’ says Emile Hoogsteden, commercial director of the Port Authority, regarding breakbulk growth aspirations. Port of Rotterdam recorded breakbulk growth in 2019. In terms of combined transhipment of heavy lift, project cargo, steel, forest products, automotive and non-ferrous metals, a significant
XELLZ looking at Ireland for its offshore supply base operations
XELLZ Operations B.V., a Dutch private limited liability company has started investigating the potential of an offshore supply base location in the South and South-East of Ireland to open-up an operation to serve the future offshore renewable wind energy endeavors. “We already started discussions with ports and landowners to ensure
Transforming Aberdeen into Europe’s energy port
Ghana Shippers Authority project cargo throughput of 10%
Breakbulk on the Rise
Despite tariff concerns and driven by new energy projects, breakbulk cargoes at U.S. ports are growing. Maritime research consultancy Drewry suggested earlier this year in its “Multipurpose Forecaster and Annual Review” that the multipurpose shipping market, which includes both breakbulk and project cargoes, would show improvement this year after a
Trio forge port agreement
Mammoet partners with PortXL
Dutch heavy lift specialist Mammoet has signed an agreement to join the world’s first port and maritime industry start-up accelerator, PortXL. This partnership enables Mammoet to collaborate with established businesses and start-ups active in the maritime sector – working in energy, ports, refineries, shipping, and logistics. The end goal of PortXL