Bitcoin Capital announced today that it has again listed two world firsts on the SIX Swiss Exchange. With 1 FiCAS Active Bitcoin ETP and 1 FiCAS Active Ethereum ETP, the company has launched two products actively managed by the highly experienced crypto asset manager FICAS AG. With active management, the products aim to counter negative price fluctuations and therefore outperform the two largest cryptocurrencies by capitalization. With the listing, institutional, professional, and private investors in Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the European Union (excluding Hungary) can easily invest in the new products via their bank or broker, just as they do with other listed financial investments such as equities or bonds.

In late November, shipping company MSC integrated Hamburg port into their feeder service operating between Great Britain and several Baltic Sea ports. Four containerships with capacities between 2,000 and 3,500 TEU will be deployed in the Baltic Loop 3 service that will call at Wilhelmshaven, Bremerhaven, Hamburg, Portbury (Bristol), Liverpool, Greenock, Le Havre, Antwerp, Tallinn and Riga.

World leaders’ knee-jerk reactions to the Omicron variant are putting transport workers and the global supply chain at greater risk of collapse, warn international transport organisations and unions representing road, air and sea transport.

The 52,000 vacancies in the transport and storage industry, mainly HGV drivers, have put an immense strain on imports this Christmas season, but it is not the only problem that businesses are facing.

Locations and employees at Rhenus Bulgaria integrated into the Gebrüder Weiss organization / National subsidiary in Bulgaria rounds out service portfolio with home deliveries

It requires a raft of complex bureaucratic approvals, timely logistics, tight scheduling and close monitoring to ensure the smooth transit of between 50 and 70 ships daily along the narrow Egyptian waterway that is a vital artery for the flow of world trade.

Russian officials have signed agreements to develop a massive new port complex, which they report will be the largest investment project on the Baltic Coast within the Russian Federation. When completed, the transshipment terminal and port complex located at Primorsky at the eastern side of the Gulf of Finland near St. Petersburg will have a capacity equal to 20 percent of the annual total cargo volumes of the Russian seaports in the Baltic.

Cross-channel migration between France and the UK has been a hot-button issue in relations between the two countries for years, but as winter approaches, it appears to be headed for new levels. A record 1,185 maritime migrants crossed the channel in small craft last Thursday, according to the UK Home Office, many using entirely unseaworthy vessels.

While much of the environmental focus remains on emissions, researchers continue to also work on the equally pressing problem of microplastics in the world’s oceans. A Japanese project, working with Mitsui O.S.K. Lines is reporting progress in their efforts with the successful production of a potential source of energy drawn from microplastics and microalgae collected by the Japanese shipping line’s vessels.

In the first nine months of the year, at 95.8 million tons the Port of Hamburg achieved a 2.9 percent increase in seaborne cargo throughput. Bulk cargo throughput advanced especially strongly, being 6.1 percent ahead at 29.7 million tons. Totalling 66.1 million tons, in the first three quarters general cargo throughput was a modest 1.6 percent ahead. The upward trend was also maintained on container handling. A total of 6.5 million TEU - 20-ft standard containers - were hoisted across the quay walls of Hamburg’s container terminals, a 2.4 percent gain.

The World Trade Organization is warning that its indicators are pointing to a slowing of trade growth due to disruptions in critical sectors of the global economy.

On October 21st in Hong Kong, HAROPA PORT received the "Best Green
Seaport" prize, awarded by the readers of the Asia Cargo News Magazine during
the AFLAS Awards ceremony.

Ocean Technologies Group (OTG) and Samson Rope, a leading developer and manufacturer of high-performance synthetic rope solutions, have agreed to collaborate to provide seafarers with on-demand access to Samson's comprehensive set of online courses in rope handling, inspection, fabrication, and installation.

The spare part was transported on an AN-124-100 by Captain Serhii Tarasiuk on his last flight before retirement from the Ukrainian carrier

NAPA: "Ports are ready to relaunch the Northern Adriatic strategy".
North Adriatic Sea Port Authority was confirmed President of the Association