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Tilbury’s biggest yet

Forth Ports' London Container Terminal in Tilbury handled its largest-ever container ship on the weekend of 22-23 March. Hamburg Sud's Cap San Lorenzo, with her cargo of over 9600teu, turns the scale at around 124,500 tonnes. The LCT team completed the work in 22 hours, two hours ahead of scheduled departure, at a gross productivity rate of 26 moves per hour. [+]

More London Gateway moves

Hamburg-Sud and Hapag Lloyd are to transfer their services from Tilbury to DP World's new London Gateway in May, including calls to and from South America East Coast, South America West Coast and India, Pakistan and Middle East. DP World London Gateway has also handled ten ad hoc vessel calls when ... [+]

Hapag-Hamburg Sud merger is off

Hapag-Lloyd and Hamburg-Sud have called off their merger plan, at least for the time being, saying that terms could not be agreed. The two German lines were reported to be considering a merger last December. A consortium of Hapag-Lloyd investors said in a statement that family-owned Hamburg-Sud had asked for ... [+]

Hapag-Hamburg Sud merger on the cards

German-owned shipping lines Hapag-Lloyd and Hamburg Süd are investing a possible merger. According to a press release, the two companies’ executive boards are investigating whether, and under what conditions, such a move would be of interest. [+]

Hapag-Hamburg Sud merger on the cards

German-owned shipping lines Hapag-Lloyd and Hamburg Süd are investing a possible merger. According to a press release, the two companies’ executive boards are investigating whether, and under what conditions, such a move would be of interest. [+]

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