China: Arrivals grow iron ore port stocks over holiday Iron ore stocks across Chinese ports rose from the level seen before the week-long National Day holiday, showed an SMM survey, as seaborne cargoes continued to arrive during the break. As of October 11, inventories of iron ore across 35 Chinese ports stood at 116.64 million mt, up 5.94 million mt from September 27 but ...

Cleaner air and climate protection in Port of Hamburg – New shore-based power units for cruise liners and containerships Hamburg’s state government today approved a large-scale expansion of shore-based power supply in the Port of Hamburg. This will create the conditions for a shift from shipboard diesel power supply to ecological electric power during lay times. With this expansion, Hamburg is playing a pioneering role in the field of alternative power supply during ships’ ...

Rio Tinto makes 1st iron ore sale from Chinese port in yuan: sources Australian mining company Rio Tinto made its first ever iron ore sale in yuan from the northern Chinese port of Rizhao to a regional steelmaker, market participants said. A source close to the matter said that the first cargo Rio Tinto sold was 10,000 mt of SP10 fines, and the miner has discharged 170,000 mt ...

Rotterdam players join forces in C-Shipping C-Shipping & Logistics handles freight transport from origin to destination and is a strong new addition to the port of Rotterdam’s roster of players. The new company was founded by Rederij de Jong, after teaming up for the occasion with two other big names in shipping and transport: Wouter Kleiss and Mathijs van Schaik. As ...

Polish Port Gets Shipping Channel A new shipping channel project aims to make a Polish port accessible to larger vessels and turn it into one of the country’s major ports alongside drastically reducing the distance between the port and the Baltic sea. As part of a contract awarded by the Maritime Office in Gdynia, BESIX and NDI, operating as joint ...