Me thinks they are over-egging the statistics. All it took to shift the dial for Singapore was 3 medium sized vessels not to call.
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PS: Its logistics arm, CEVA Logistics, one of the five largest in the world, operates 1,000 warehouses and handled 15 million shipments last year. The group’s air division flies cargo under the CMA CGM Air Cargo and Air Belgium brands.
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Iran conflict drives up Asia-US container rate by whopping 276%
Iran conflict drives up Asia-US container rate by 276% - FreightWaves
A bigly container ship needs some extra help while turning in Hamburg:
On a mild summer evening the GDANSK EXPRESS, one of Hapag-Lloyd’s twelve ULCV (Ultra Lagre Container Vessels) in the Far East - Europe trade, entered the port of Hamburg on Tuesday. Assisted by three Boluda tugs the large vessel was stopped, turned and towed stern-on to her berth at Eurogate Terminal. Because the outgoing tide already had started the FAIRPLAY-94 assisted additionally with the turning manoeuvre as a precautionary measure on the port side of the vessel (see photo). The GDANSK EXPRESS (built 2024) has a capacity of 23660 TEU and is the number eight of the BERLIN EXPRESS class of vessels. Text and Photo: Jan Mordhorst
https://www.hapag-lloyd.com/en/services-information/cargo-fleet/vessels/vessel/gdansk-express.html
I wonder if it had tugs the whole way up the Elbe. It would have been a long standby.
No it did not unless ship master communicated to agent and pilots it has some defficiencies affecting the safety of navigation.
The whole procedure is well described in ALRS Vol 6 or NP286 und Guide to Port Entry and NP Pilot relevant volumes.
The moment when tugs come is as per River and Docking Pilot advise what masters rarely if ever do challenge.
Its been a while since I’ve visited Hamburg. I berthed at Brunsbuttel in a VLCC and later a box boat and the set up was as you describe.
This is how vehicles used to be carried:
The car carrier YONG LE KOU receiving bunkers off Singapore
Photo: Piet Sinke www.maasmondmaritime.com (c)
The Mary Maersk certainly looks like she is on her marks. I can’t help wondering why she is carrying empty integral boxes to Oman on the top tier aft.
Incl. reefer containers. Do they export camel meet from Salalah?
PS: We called at Salalah with the MV “Gyda” in 1966:
We deliver a wheeled drilling rig and some supplies to an American Drilling Contractor that was wildcatting in the vicinity.
There were only a walled town, no port facilities. When we left Aden we were just given coordinated of the place to anchor.
Look at Salalah Port today:
More beauties in Rotterdam:
The outbound MSC VIVIANA meets the arriving MARSTAL MAERSK and MADISON MAERSK in Rotterdam-Beercanal
Photo: Frans de Lijster ©
Rotterdam is the largest container port in Europe and the 12th busiest in the world:
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Container throughput showed a decrease of 0.1% in TEU, which is comparable to last year. In terms of tonnage, throughput decreased by 2.6% to 98.5 million tonnes. The deepsea volume grew by 5.2% in TEU because import volumes from Asia rose by 8%. Exports of full containers decreased by 1%. This created a further imbalance and the throughput in tonnage fell more significantly than in TEU. Throughput to and from North America increased by 13% due to an increase in a number of services. The transhipment volume decreased by 20% due to a lack of capacity in Rotterdam. As a result, overall there was no growth in container throughput in the first half of the year. From the end of this year, extra capacity will be made available at several container terminals, meaning there will once again be room for growth in the container sector in Rotterdam.
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Source: Port of Rotterdam Remains Resilient in an Uncertain World, Throughput Sees Marginal Rise