September 23 - ALS has opened a new office in Hamburg, Germany. The new site will contribute towards the ALS Group strategy to expand its network and business opportunities in South America for turnkey project work.
The new office, which will be staffed by Spanish-speaking ALS personnel, is responsible for developing and coordinating traffic between South America and Europe and will act as a facilitator between carriers, partners and other ALS subsidiaries, the company said.
Ro-ro carrier Wallenius Wilhelmsen and Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) have signed a 20-year terminal agreement consolidating the company’s port and logistics operations at the port of Brunswick.
Blue Water Shipping has relocated and expanded its facilities in Aberdeen, Scotland, with a new office, modern warehouse and an additional laydown area.
Atlantic Container Line (ACL) said that it will resume calls at Baltimore for containers, cars and ro-ro cargo.
Grimaldi Group has taken delivery of Great Abidjan, the fourth G5-class multipurpose ro-ro vessel in a six-vessel order from Hyundai Mipo Dockyard in Ulsan, South Korea.
Container shipping group MSC, through its subsidiary SAS Shipping Agencies Services Sàrl, has proposed a NOK7.64 billion (USD700 million) takeover of Norwegian ro-ro tonnage provider Gram Car Carriers (GCC).
Grimaldi Shipping Agency Shanghai has inaugurated its new offices in Sinar Mas Plaza.
