Germany
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Environment
Free freight CO2 calculator launches
German logistics technology company Logward is offering customers using its software for route planning and procurement the ability to calculate…
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Containers
Lomar Shipping sets up scholarship in memory of late CEO Achim Boehme
Lomar Shipping has established a scholarship programme in Bremen, Germany to support young people pursuing careers in shipping in honour…
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Bunkering
Green hydrogen in a box – is this shipping’s future fuel?
Could the humble container house shipping’s fuel of the future? Germany’s Wenger Engineering is pursuing a novel green hydrogen project…
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Containers
Lomar Shipping buys five Hapag-Lloyd boxships
UK owner Lomar Shipping has acquired five boxships from Germany’s Hapag-Lloyd. The company has snapped up five 3,237 teu vessels…
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Bunkering
MSC Group and Oldendorff Carriers join the Methanol Institute
The Methanol Institute (MI), a global trade association focused on the future of fuel, has welcomed another two giants of…
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Ports and Logistics
Drone traffic system to be tested at Hamburg port
Droniq, a German drone developer, and its parent company DFS, together with the Port of Hamburg and a range of…
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Containers
Evergreen drops Ever Given’s Hamburg call
The giant boxship will not be making its usual Hamburg port call due to concerns surrounding navigation safety, the operator…
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Europe
Minship merges with Auerbach
Two German shipping companies are merging. Bulk operator Minship Shipmanagement and MPP specialist Auerbach Schifffahrt are joining forces from August…
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Containers
Arne Fredly buys into MPC Container Ships
Norwegian tycoon Arne Fredly has emerged as a major shareholder in Oslo-listed MPC Container Ships. Fredly, who controls tanker firm…
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Ports and Logistics
Hyperloop box system unveiled
German port operator Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) and America’s Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HyperloopTT) will showcase a new way…
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Offshore
Marlow Navigation snaps up German offshore vessel player Opielok
Marlow Navigation of Cyprus has reached an agreement to take over Hamburg-based ship management company Opielok Offshore Carriers in a…
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Renewables
Vestas awards wind turbine installation contract to Fred Olsen Windcarrier
Fred Olsen Windcarrier has been awarded a contract by Vestas for the transportation and installation of wind turbines at the…
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Environment
Østensjø plans emission-free propulsion system based on hydrogen in oil
Østensjø Group is looking to develop and market emission-free onboard propulsion systems for the shipping sector based on organic oil…
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Operations
Freight forwarder Hellmann eyes cargo drones delivery from 2022
German logistics services company Hellmann Worldwide Logistics is looking to launch a pioneering new transport service for the cross-border transportation…
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Tech
Wärtsilä and Tanger Med carry out first digital vessel port call
Tanger Med Port Authority, Wärtsilä Voyage, Hapag-Lloyd, and Anglo-Eastern Ship Management have succeeded in enabling the world’s first digitally controlled…
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Renewables
BASF takes 49.5% of Vattenfall’s Dutch offshore wind farm
Sweden’s Vattenfall has signed a contract with German chemicals firm BASF to sell 49.5% of its wind farm Hollandse Kust…
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Containers
MPC Container Ships adds 11 boxships with Songa Container acquisition
German boxship owner MPC Container Ships has entered into an agreement to acquire Arne Blystad’s Songa Container for $210.25m on…
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Containers
Hapag-Lloyd adds six megamaxes at DSME
Hamburg-based liner Hapag-Lloyd has ordered another six 23,500+ teu ultra-large container vessels at South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering…
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Containers
Briese Schifffahrt orders four boxships in China
Briese Schiffahrt is back in China for more feeder boxships. The German shipping line has signed with Huanghai Shipbuilding for…
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Renewables
Turbine stress issues bring Merkur offshore wind farm offline
Power generation has been halted at the 396 MW Merkur offshore wind farm in the German North Sea due to…
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