Containerships, a subsidiary of the container shipping company CMA CGM, is integrating Hamburg into its liner service BALT1. Source: Port of Hamburg The intra-European liner service “BALT-1” started in Hamburg on Friday (22/09/23) with the departure of the vessel “Containerships VIII”. The new service is designed to increase the frequency of sailings between the ports of Hamburg, Rotterdam and Teesport and to provide a direct and fast connection between Germany and the UK. Containerships announced the direct service between Germany and the UK, marketed as “DUKE”, connecting mainland Europe and the Eastern coast of the UK. Together with the extensive rail network in Europe offering daily train connections, this service is an ideal and sustainable route for the transport of goods to the UK. The “DUKE” service is thus part of the “BALT-1” liner service, which rotates between the ports of Hamburg, Rotterdam, Teesport, Rotterdam, Helsinki, Tallinn, Hamburg. According to the industry service Alphaliner, the company uses its freighters “CONTAINERSHIPS VIII” with a capacity of 850 standard containers (TEU) and the “CONTAINERSHIPS VI” with a capacity of 956 TEU. Containerships connects Hamburg not only with the UK but also with Spain and the Canary Islands, Northern Africa as well as

Fuente: Port de Barcelona El Port de Barcelona ha puesto en servicio un nuevo sistema de radares para la vigilancia y el control del tráfico marítimo con el objetivo de incrementar la seguridad de las operaciones a través del seguimiento, instantáneo y preciso, de los movimientos de los barcos en el exterior y al interior del puerto. El nuevo sistema está formado por dos radares instalados en la Torre de Control, situada en el muelle de la Energia, y en el muelle de Llevant, ubicaciones que ofrecen una visión completa de las aguas del Port de Barcelona. Los nuevos radares utilizan tecnología de última generación, con amplificadores de estado sólido construidos mediante semiconductores, que permite ampliar la banda de transmisión de los pulsos radar utilizando al mismo tiempo una menor potencia de las emisiones electromagnéticas. Esta tecnología alarga la vida de los equipos y mejora la calidad de las imágenes. El sistema permite a los operadores de tráfico portuario detectar las embarcaciones que no disponen de sistema AYS (Sistema de Identificación Automática), obteniendo una visión más precisa e instantánea de la ubicación de cada nave y, por lo tanto, incrementando notablemente la seguridad marítima en el puerto. Esta visión precisa

APM Terminals Gothenburg continues to grow and take market share in a declining Swedish container market, according to the latest figures from the Ports of Sweden. The fact that Swedish companies are prioritising sustainable, time-efficient logistics solutions is increasingly clear. Source: APM Terminals 49 per cent of the total Swedish container market was handled by APM Terminals Gothenburg in the second quarter of the year, the highest figure since 2015. Continuing the trend of recent years, the Swedish container market declined by almost 4,000 TEU during the first half of the year, while volumes through APM Terminals Gothenburg increased by 20,000 TEU. Two important reasons for this major growth are the ocean-going direct traffic between APM Terminals Gothenburg and the world market, and sustainable rail connections to and from all parts of Sweden. “The proportion of goods transported to and from the terminal by rail is growing rapidly and is now up to 55 per cent,” says Svante Altås, Sr., Sales Executive at APM Terminals Gothenburg. “The high demand for smart rail solutions is a result of companies having more stringent climate requirements combined with a prevailing shortage of truck drivers. In addition, our customers are seeing that rail is

Valenciaport approves the second photovoltaic plant project to be located on the Valencia Terminal Europa vehicle storage facility The solar installation will occupy an area of 27,700 m2 -equivalent to four football pitches-, will generate over 8,380 Mwh/year and will have a budget more than 17 million euros This project will generate 11% of the energy consumed and will be added to the plant already put out to tender, which will be located on the Príncipe Felipe dock and will produce another 3% Aurelio Martínez stresses “Valenciaport’s commitment to the fight against climate change with projects underway to become an emission neutral port by 2030 and contribute to the environmental sustainability of our surroundings” This project is financed by the Next Generation funds of the European Union and the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan of the Spanish Government Tenders have also been invited for the solar installation for the Port of Gandía, which will make the port the first European port to be energy self-sufficient Source: Valenciaport The 14% of the electrical energy consumed by the Port of Valencia will be generated self-sufficiently with the two solar plants to be installed in the port precinct. The Board of Directors of