More than 250 participants had the opportunity last month to nurture and deepen the good relationship between Hamburg and St Petersburg at the Port Evening staged by Port of Hamburg in St Petersburg. 

HAMBURG PILOTS’ CHOIR

ANNUAL CONCERT 2018

Thursday 8 November 2018 at 1900

Much of the negative Brexit talk on ports has been about queues of lorries at Dover, but not about worsening quayside and landside box port congestion at the UK’s big container terminals This was outlined in a communiqué by Richard Christian, Port of Dover Head of Policy & Communications on 11 October.

North Sea Port has achieved a new record for the first nine months of this year. With 53 million tons of cargo being transshipped via seagoing vessels, the fusion port could well be on its way to setting a new annual record.

After a thorough review of current safety practices and policies in the stowage of dangerous cargo, Maersk has now completed implementation of new guidelines to improve safety across its container vessel fleet.

Cooperation between Hapag-Lloyd, Ocean Network Express, Yang Ming and CMA-CGM, COSCO, and OOCL to commence December 2018

Following a spell of exceptional summer weather, the benefits of starting a holiday by setting sail across the English Channel with the famous White Cliffs as a backdrop have seen holiday makers flocking back to Europe’s busiest international ferry port. 

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has been celebrating its major anniversaries during 2018, with focus on the achievements of past decades as well as the challenges of the future, as the Organization seeks to promote safe, secure, environmentally sound, efficient and sustainable shipping.

Seafarers’ Rights International (SRI), a world leading international centre researching maritime and seafarers’ law, published on 25 September a new report exploring the nature and extent of cabotage laws around the world.

On 24 September the Transport Committee of the European Parliament supported removal of tax barriers for the uptake of shore-side electricity supply (OPS) in ports for ships at berth.