BCL Orders New Ship for Bermuda Service 

US-based Bermuda Container Line (BCL) has signed a contract to receive a custom boxship which will service Bermuda.

The ship is scheduled to be delivered in Q1 of 2019. According to BCL, it will be the most technologically-advanced vessel on that route. The company's current container vessel, the 1990-built Oleander, will be retired.

The new ship will be able to carry dry and refrigerated containers, vehicles, wheeled equipment, as well as over-sized cargo. It will also feature the ability to convert to liquid natural gas (LNG) operation.

BCL' s chairman John Wight said, “In order to continue to meet the demands of today’s market and to maintain the fast, efficient service for which BCL is known, we needed to execute a plan to bring online an updated, upgraded vessel.”

Three bids were placed on Thessaloniki Port

As the Greek privatizations agency Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund reported, Greece has got 3 bids on 67% stake of Thessaloniki Port.  Philippines-based International Container Terminal Services (ICTS),  Deutsche Invest Equity Partners GmbH and UK-based Peninsular and Oriental (P&O) Steam Navigation Company placed their bids earlier which were submitted on March, 24. Thessaloniki Port will be privatized the same way as Piraeus was by Cosco Group in August 2016. Privatization of major stake of both Greek ports started in 2014. It is planned that the future buyer of Thessaloniki port will invest about EUR 180 mln into the development up until 2021.

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Crowley shipping line offers new service to Puerto Rico

Crowley Maritime corporation,  based in Florida, set an agreement with Penn Terminals in Eddystone, Pennsylvania for stevedoring and terminal services. 

The aim of the signed contract is to provide Crowley’s weekly container shipping service between the Northeast of the USA and Puerto Rico, San Juan. The company revealed that the new service from Penn Terminals will start operation from January 1, 2018. 

Crowley operations from Penn Terminals will complete its new Lo/Lo (lift-on/lift-off) service out of Florida, Jacksonville port, when it starts later this year with the arrival of Crowley’s first of 2 new LNG-powered container – Ro/Ro ships.

​Spain Port Strikes Were Called off ​

​​As a result of the Spanish royal decree on the port system reform there were strikes scheduled to be held on March, 23 all over the world as a reaction and incitement for its rejection. However, the International Dockworkers’ Council (IDC) decided to call off the strikes to enable new step of negotiations in Spain. IDC is working for some agreement between Spanish dockworkers and parliament, as the earlier presented decree was putting thousands of jobs at risk. The situation got under European Commission consideration and workers' meetings were not opposed. The destiny of Spanish port sector will be decided on March 28-29 at High Level Ministerial Stakeholders Road Safety and Maritime Conference.