Tag: Ports
The year 2022 in 13 satellite images
Dusseldorf Every day we get new news from Ukraine. Shots of devastated inner cities, people searching for firewood in fields of rubble, columns of smoke after bombing raids. Despite this…
War, climate change, Qatar – The year in 13 satellite images
Dusseldorf Every day we get new news from Ukraine. Shots of devastated inner cities, people searching for firewood in fields of rubble, columns of smoke after bombing raids. Despite this…
Run on LNG tankers – shipowners compete for capacities
Athens Russia’s war against Ukraine has sharply increased the demand for liquefied natural gas (LNG) – and with it the need for corresponding transport ships. But the few shipyards that…
Dependence on Russia would have been avoidable
Floating LNG special ship “Hoegh Esperanza” in Wilhelmshaven Building an LNG terminal for Germany would have been possible much earlier. (Photo: Reuters) In view of Germany’s first LNG terminal, top…
LNG terminal opened in Wilhelmshaven
Floating LNG special ship “Hoegh Esperanza” in Wilhelmshaven Building an LNG terminal for Germany would have been possible much earlier. (Photo: Reuters) In view of Germany’s first LNG terminal, top…
Germany opens its first own LNG terminal in Wilhelmshaven
Wilhelmshaven The federal government could hardly have chosen a more suitable day to inaugurate Germany’s first LNG terminal. When Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz visited the new terminal on Saturday, an…
Greece’s liquid gas terminal could become a life raft for southern Europe
Athens Tugboats slowly tow the “Cheikh El Mokrani” to the pier. The men in the command center follow the berthing maneuver of the 220 meter long tanker with high voltage…
Job cuts are exacerbating the chaos among shipowners
Container ship HMM Algeciras in Hamburg desperately looking for employees. (Photo: IMAGO/Nikito) Dusseldorf The emerging overcapacities in container shipping are not the only point where the large shipping companies have…
Shipping containers almost as cheap as before Corona – freight rates are falling rapidly
Container ship at sea After the transport bottlenecks of the past few months, an enormous oversupply is to be expected in overseas transport as early as 2023 and 2024. (Photo:…
Floating LNG terminal costs more than doubled
Floating LNG terminals The LNG terminals are twice as expensive as planned in the original draft budget. (Photo: REUTERS) Berlin According to a media report, the purchase and maintenance of…
Cuxhaven becomes the bottleneck for the German energy transition
Wind power installation at sea There is a lack of capacity on Germany’s coast. (Photo: E+/Getty Images) Hamburg As much electricity as 40 nuclear power plants is to be generated…
This is how the construction of the floating LNG terminals is progressing
Floating LNG terminal in Helsinki Comparable systems could go into operation in Germany this year. (Photo: IMAGO/ZUMA Wire) Berlin This Tuesday is a special day for Wilhelmshaven, for Lower Saxony…
How closed is the country really to foreign investors?
Freighter of the Chinese shipping company Cosco in the port of Hamburg The entry of the shipping group at the container terminal in Tollerort was met with numerous counter-arguments. Not…
Corona lockdown in Guangzhou paralyzes textile exports
Corona checkpoint in Guangzhou The number of cases is growing in the textile metropolis. (Photo: AP) Dusseldorf Europe’s fashion retailers are worried about their supplies. Because in the southern Chinese…
Greece stops privatization of important port
Athens In the last few meters, the Greek government stopped the privatization of the port in Alexandroupoli in northern Greece, which had already been initiated in 2017. The government has…
Raffinerie Schwedt receives crude oil via Poland for the first time
PCK refinery in Schwedt From the end of the year, the refinery will be short of crude oil from Russia. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The Federal Ministry of Economics reports progress…
Gas traders stop LNG ships at sea – waiting for better LNG prices
LNG tanker Many fully loaded ships are currently waiting off the European coasts. (Photo: © 2021 Bloomberg Finance LP) Dusseldorf The “Seishu Maru” has been bobbing between The Hague and…
How the traffic light wants to shield the critical infrastructure
Container Terminal Tollerort The entry of the Chinese state-owned company Cosco at a container terminal in the port of Hamburg caused a dispute in the traffic light coalition. (Photo: dpa)…
How the traffic light wants to shield the critical infrastructure
Container Terminal Tollerort The entry of the Chinese state-owned company Cosco at a container terminal in the port of Hamburg caused a dispute in the traffic light coalition. (Photo: dpa)…
Baerbock criticizes cabinet decision on Chinese shipping company
Annalena Bärbock The Green politician reminded that a new course towards China had been agreed in the coalition agreement. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock criticizes the Federal Cabinet’s…