BIMCO Port Conditions
A SIGNIFICANT rise in activity in the Baltic and Mediterranean sea regions has helped the leading shortsea car carrier operator, UECC, achieve an increase in volumes above original forecasts for 2007. The company, jointly owned by NYK and Wallenius, transported around 2.3m cars and rolling units in 2007 — an increase of around 200,000 units, or 10%, compared with 2006.