A shortage of modern MPP ships and an unexpected comeback for oil and gas means Hamburg-based United Heavy Lift is busy, Partner Andreas Rolner tells ShippingWatch. ”A year ago, we thought oil and gas was dead.”

Almost 2,000 dock workers at Britain’s biggest container ship port plan to strike for eight days this month after failing to reach a pay deal, threatening to sever one of the UK’s most important trade routes.

DHL saw double-digit growth in revenue and a record operating profit in Q2. The freight division has delivered an “outstanding quarterly result,” says the logistics group Friday.

The parent company of Seaspan, the world’s largest lessor of container vessels, has received a ”take private” bid from a group of existing shareholders and Japanese liner major ONE.

A VAT dispute in Latvia has now left ferry operator DFDS with millions of kroner in extra costs and a future of navigating a bureacratic minefield. However, the Danish carrier predicts challenges throughout the industry: ”It is only when it’s actually happening, that you realize it is a problem,” warns the company’s indirect tax manager.