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Containers
Hapag-Lloyd earmarks seven ships for mid-life upgrades
Seven 2011- and 2012-built 8,004 teu Hapag-Lloyd sister boxships have been earmarked for major mid-life upgrades. Alphaliner reports that the…
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Tech
Hapag-Lloyd to roll out Starlink across entire fleet
Germany’s Hapag-Lloyd, the world’s fifth largest liner, is set to roll out Starlink satellite internet technology across its fleet. This…
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Renewables
Semco and A.P. Moller Holding unit secure work on Ørsted’s wind farms off Germany
Denmark-based contractor Semco Maritime and fellow service provider KK Wind Solutions, part of A.P. Moller Holding, have secured a contract…
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Renewables
UK gives green light to RWE’s Welsh offshore wind farm
UK Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero Claire Coutinho has given the go-ahead to Wales’ largest renewable…
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Ports and Logistics
2,500 people take to the streets of Hamburg to protest MSC’s port plans
As many as 2,500 people took to the streets in Hamburg yesterday evening in a protest organised by a local…
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Dry Cargo
Rhenus taking over two bulk terminals in Amsterdam
German logistics major Rhenus has sealed a deal with utility-backed JERA Global Markets to acquire Rietlanden Terminals, which operates two…
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Ports and Logistics
Hapag-Lloyd establishes standalone ports division in Rotterdam
Hapag-Lloyd is joining a host of top global carriers in carving out its terminals into a separate division. Dheeraj Bhatia…
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Tankers
HGK Shipping orders extra-wide inland gas tanker
German shipping and logistics company HGK Shipping has ordered a gas tanker of unconventional dimensions from the Dutch shipyard De…
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Ports and Logistics
MSC faces growing opposition to Hamburg port deal
Some of the wealthiest citizens of the Hanseatic port of Hamburg are huddling, working out strategies to fend off the…
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Renewables
Vattenfall set to develop 630 MW offshore wind farm in Germany
Sweden’s Vattenfall has obtained the right to develop the N-6.6 offshore wind power project off the German North Sea coast.…
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Ports and Logistics
MSC details plans for Hamburg
The Hanseatic port community is in shock today as Germany’s annual big government maritime conference gets underway in Bremen with…
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Ports and Logistics
MSC tables bid to to buy 49.9% stake in Hamburg’s HHLA
The jewel in Germany’s port crown is set for dramatic change with news this morning that the Apontes, the richest…
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Renewables
Windea Offshore forms wind autonomous surveying partnership
German offshore wind service provider Windea Offshore has teamed up with marine data acquisition specialist Subsea Europe Services to provide…
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Ports and Logistics
Berlin’s port funding branded a ‘joke’
Germany’s seaports are losing business to rivals in the Netherlands and Belgium and are calling on the federal government for…
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Containers
Hapag-Lloyd races ahead of the likes of Ferrari, Maersk and Shell in 2022 profitability survey
Shell, BP, luxury brand Hermes and the prancing horse that is Ferrari have all been left in the tracks of…
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Renewables
RWE teams with Valorem for French offshore wind tender
German utility RWE has partnered up with French developer Valorem to bid jointly for the bottom-fixed offshore wind farm project…
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Containers
Poul Hestbaek leaves Hamburg Süd
The head of Hamburg Süd, Poul Hestbaek, has called time on his tenure at the Maersk company. A longtime Hamburg…
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Containers
Hapag-Lloyd excluded from second round of HMM bid process
Hapag-Lloyd has been excluded from the second round of bidding for HMM, South Korea’s flagship carrier. Multiple sources in South…
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Renewables
RWE emerges as sole winner as first US Gulf of Mexico offshore wind auction draws limited interest
The first ever auction of offshore wind development rights in the Gulf of Mexico ended on Tuesday, with just one…
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Containers
Shareholders agitate for Hapag-Lloyd to take over HMM
State creditors in South Korea have outlined how the sales process of HMM, the nation’s flagship carrier, will proceed with…
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