Europe

 
22 May 2013
Cargotec has unveiled its Technology and Competence Centre in an opening ceremony in Tampere, Finland.
 
22 May 2013
Rotterdam today officially opened the first phase of Maasvlakte 2, Europe’s largest container terminal hub, which is expected to unleash a fierce battle for cargo across the Le Havre-Hamburg port range at a time of sluggish traffic growth.
 
22 May 2013
Denmark’s DFDS reported its pre-tax loss in the seasonally weak first quarter widened to 118 million kroner ($ 20.5 million) from 98 million kroner ($17 million) a year earlier, as cargo traffic stalled on its key North Sea and Baltic shipping routes.
 
21 May 2013
Diana Containerships today reported a net loss of $31.8 million in the first quarter of 2013, compared with a net income of $1.9 million in the first quarter of 2012.
 
21 May 2013
Finnair Cargo will add more air freight capacity to and from Brussels, starting June 6.
 
21 May 2013
The European Union has allocated €37 million (about US$47.7 million) for its Regional Maritime Security program to strengthen the fight against piracy in several Eastern and Southern African countries.
 
21 May 2013
Navios Maritime Holdings today reported a net loss of $10.2 million in the first quarter of 2013, plummeting from a net profit of $9.5 million in the first quarter of 2012.
 
21 May 2013
CEVA Group reported its adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization in the first quarter of 2013 were €31 million (about US$39.8 million), plummeting 53 percent from $84.8 million in the first quarter of 2012.
 
21 May 2013
Royal Mail’s profit more than doubled, driven by surging parcel deliveries, in a major boost to the forthcoming privatization of the UK’s 363-year-old state-owned postal company.
Zim container ship in the Port of Haifa
 
21 May 2013
Ocean carriers are paying a heavy price for failing to rein in capacity on the Asia-Mediterranean route despite the deepening economic crisis across southern Europe, according to shipping consultant Drewry.
Australasia/Oceania - Exports to South and Central America. Source: Container Trades Statistics
 
20 May 2013
Containerized export volume from Australasia/Oceania to South and Central America steeply declined in March 2013, according to data from Container Trades Statistics Ltd.