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Cheers to that! Heineken first customer for zero-emission inland vessel

Posted on September 8, 2021 by | 1 comment

It’s fitting that a beer company would be the first customer for an electric ship on inland canals.

The ship is unique, because it uses rcontgainers of rechargable batteries as power. The containers can be swapped at either end of the voyage to renew the power source.

Inland waterway traffic in Europe is very important to reduce the level of pollution fom trucks. Most EU countries have set goals to increase the amount of inland waterway barge traffic, to reduce the trucks on the road. This vessel is even better, since it does not generate any emissions at all, whereas a diesel barge would generate some.

Hope they get more of them!

7 September 2021 Port Technology International Team

Cheers to that! Heineken first customer for zero-emission inland vessel – Port Technology International

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Oregon to get new 1m teu container port

Posted on September 8, 2021 by | Leave a comment

So this is news for the West Coast; there aren’t many 1M teu container ports there. But guess the location: Coos Bay, OR.

Coos Bay is a lovely oceanside town, a favorite with retirees and nature lovers. A friend of mine recently moved there.

The folks there aren’t going to be wild about a big container port, with all the trucks jamming up the highways and the air and other pollution being spread. In fairness, the plan does include rail to the port, which should reduce the need for drayage trucks. But it won’t eliminate them.

Andrew Cox September 8, 2021

Oregon to get new 1m teu container port – Splash247

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NITL claims alliances create ‘super-carrier distortion’ to liner shipping market

Posted on September 6, 2021 by | 2 comments

Liner shipping alliances were created years ago when there wasn’t enough containerized cargo for many competing ocean container carriers (sometimes called liners). They have evolved through time, a bit, but still allow several ocean carriers to band together to serve a particular route.

For instance, from Shanghai to LA and return, an alliance might provide weekly service. The companies then rotate in providing that ship for the service. If you book with one of thecompanies, you don’t know whose ship will be carrying the cargo, but it will be one of the members of the alliance. If everything goes smoothly and there are no delays, it should notmatter to the shipper whose ship they are on.

Alliances go by clever names such as THE Alliance (Hapag-Lloyd, ONE, & Yang Ming). Here’s a summary of facts about alliances, including who’s in each.

But when disruptions occur, as now, and ships don’t sail on schedule either because they are postponed by the line, or because of congestion in either the loading port or the unloading port, it becomes a problem.

The article outlines some of the complaints. Alliances have to be authorized by the specific counbtry they dock in. There is actually a bill in the US Congress to suggest that the FMC (Federal Maritime Commission) be given stronger powers to investigate problems and push the alliances to provide fair service to all customers.

By Nick Savvides 06/09/2021

NITL claims alliances create ‘super-carrier distortion’ to liner shipping market – The Loadstar

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