On 30 September, HMM St. Petersburg, the last of the 24K-class series, departed for Europe from the Port of Yantian, China with 19,529 TEUs loaded on board.
NCL has confirmed that it will commence a new, direct weekly container service from Norway to the UK on 23 September when MV “Rumba” will make its first call at London Container Terminal, Tilbury.
The coronavirus pandemic dealt a severe blow to global merchandise trade. Data from weekly port calls by container ships show early but uneven signs of recovery.
