Announcements

The latest throughput figures in containerized cargo show that the African ports on both, the north and the south, side of the continent show signs of a recovery after experiencing a decline in their numbers of handled TEUs in the beginning of the year 2019.

On 24th September 2019, the third user workshop of the MarSat initiative will take place from 15:00 – 17:00 in Hamburg

On 10th September 2019, Dr. Nils Meyer-Larsen, head of ISL's competence area Maritime Security, gave a lecture on "Cybersecurity in Maritime Logistics" as part of an event organized by the Nautical Society in Bremerhaven.

ISL short study on the heavy lift shipping market

Based on data from Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA), around 28.5 million travellers took a journey on cruise vessels in 2018

In the current issue of the Monthly Container Port Monitor, a review of the half-year results shows that the global economic slowdown is also having an impact on container throughput.

Discussion of the project results from the cooperation with NWL and Trimodal on the digitization of inland waterway transport and new opportunities for data sharing

Based on a robust y-o-y fleet growth of 14.1 %, China has topped Japan for the first time and is now the second-largest ship-owning nation, controlling a fleet of more than 5,600 vessels, totalling a capacity of 270 million dwt.

Japan, the third largest economic power in the world, is extremely dependent on its seaborne foreign trade. The development of cargo handling in its ports is therefore a particularly sensitive indicator of the development of the Japanese economy, which shows the effects of the weakening global economy and trade conflicts.

MARSAT Project completed