Greek shipping owner Evangelos Marinakis has said he would be prepared to support the payment of a transit fee to Iran to secure safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz. Any such move would mark a significant departure from the established maritime legal framework.
Category: Operations/Transport
De Jong Shipping expands into Belgium with TransMatch stake
De Jong Shipping Group has acquired a minority stake in Belgian inland shipping operator TransMatch. It marks the first time the Dutch group has had a formal presence in the Belgian market. The deal forms part of De Jong Shipping’s wider growth strategy in inland and push barge shipping across Northwest Europe. The companies said the partnership would broaden operational coverage and strengthen commercial activities in the ARA (Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp) arc, and inland European waterways.
CLdN moves operations base to UK, enhances Irish services
We will have to get used to calling the company UK-based. As of late May, CLdN has finalised the move of its shipping operations from Luxembourg to the United Kingdom. The company calls it “a natural evolution”. CLdN has been operating freight connections to the UK for more than 60 years and owns and operates port terminals in London (Purfleet), Killingholme (Humber) and Liverpool. Around three-quarters of CLdN sailings currently start or end in a UK port.