“Container throughput increased by 6.4% in the first nine months of this year at the Port of Antwerp, with the Belgian hub handling 8.87m teu.” See the original story at Container Management. Source: Container Management (JK)

“Samskip has launched a new, direct weekly service connecting Portugal and the UK, introducing its own vessel to sustain links between Tilbury, Lisbon and Leixões and its multimodal hub port of Rotterdam.” See the original story at Hellenic Shipping News. Source: Hellenic Shipping News (JK)

“The Mauritanian Port of Nouadhibou will soon be ready to welcome vessels with a capacity of up to 250,000 tons after works on the expansion of the 25-km long entrance channel kicked off this month.” See the original story at World Maritime News. Source: World Maritime News (JK)

“The first nine months of this year saw fewer incidents of piracy and armed robbery against ships than the corresponding period of 2018, the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) said in its latest report.” See the original story at World Maritime News. Source: World Maritime News (JK)