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Hapag-Lloyd AG

Hapag-Lloyd AG is a German international shipping and container transport company. It was formed in 1970 through a merger of Hamburg-American Line and North German Lloyd.

Marín enters list of Spanish cruise ports

Marín, Spain (Ports Europe) March 5, 2018 – Marín port entered the ranking of cruise ports in Spain with a total of 143 passengers in 2017. They were the...

Top 10 container firms control 90% of global container fleet

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 21, 2018 – Over 87% of the fleet capacity of the 67 largest global container transport companies is controlled by...

Algeciras port to start operating its first direct link to Australia

Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) February 9, 2018 – A new weekly service operated by France’s CMA CGM and German Hapag Lloyd AG will be handled at the...

Hapag-Lloyd expanding on Iberian reefer market

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 8, 2018 – German shipping group Hapag-Lloyd, with a fleet with a total capacity of 1.6 million TEUs, more than 7.5...

Hapag-Lloyd includes Algeciras port in EAX service

Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) January 30, 2018 – German shipping company Hapag-Lloyd has announced an update in its service Europe Australia Express (EAX)...

Italy’s Contship executes series of phase-in, phase-out operations at Cagliari port

Cagliari, Italy (Ports Europe) January 23, 2018 – Contship Italia Group has completed a series of phase-in and phase-out operations at Cagliari port of...

Hapag-Lloyd introduces calls at Livorno port within MSE service

Livorno, Italy (PortSEurope) December 1, 2017 – German shipping company Hapag-Lloyd has launched calls at the port of Livorno within its MSE service, which...

NABU publishes its 7th cruise ship pollution rankings

Berlin, Germany (Ports Europe) September 5, 2017 – Even in the seventh edition of the cruise industry ranking, not a single cruise ship in Europe from...

Hapag-Lloyd works on integrating UASC business in Egypt

Port Said, Egypt (Ports Europe) August 28, 2017 – Hapag-Lloyd confirmed that the process of merging with UASC businesses in Egypt is currently underway. The...

MSC launches new service connecting Sines port to N Europe, S America

Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 28, 2017 – The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) is planning to launch a new service connecting Portugal’s...

Maersk shifts strategy, remains in Vigo port

Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) August 22, 2017 – When the definitive abandonment of Vigo port by Maersk was taken for granted, the Danish shipowner has...

Hapag-Lloyd to carry out call of luxury cruise ship at Marín port

Marín, Spain (Ports Europe) August 7, 2017 – The decision of Hapag-Lloyd to make a call of a luxury cruise in Marín port “is without a doubt great...

Pontevedra businessmen hail Hapag-Lloyd’s cruise call at Marín port

Marín, Spain (Ports Europe) August 7, 2017 – The first call of a cruise ship in the port of Marín is “a positive news for the area, but what is...

The Alliance’s weekly maritime service in Barcelona attracts significant interest

Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) July 6, 2017 – The weekly maritime service between Asia and the Mediterranean launched in April by The Alliance – MOL,...

Italian MP recommends special economic zone for Cagliari port

Cagliari, Italy (PortSEurope) July 4, 2017 – Italian Member of Parliament (MP) Mauro Pili has proposed the launch of a strategic plan for the recovery of...

Hapag-Lloyd improves IMEX service between Mediterranean, India, Middle East

Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) May 15, 2017 – Hapag-Lloyd has announced the improvement of its IMEX service between the Mediterranean, India and the Middle East...

Germany’s Hapag-Lloyd returns to Vigo port

Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) May 15, 2017 – German group Hapag-Lloyd returns to the Guixar container terminal of Vigo port. Ships of Hapag-Lloyd have not been...

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