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December 2015




31/12/2015the Algerian government has approved of the construction of a new port in deep waters to El Hamdania
It will be realized in two phases with an investment of 3,3 billion dollars. Previewed the involvement of a foreign partner




31/12/2015In the first ten months of the 2015 traffic of the goods in the port of Monfalcone has grown of +13.8%
the goods several and the bulk sand banks have recorded increases respective of +10.2% and +26.7%




31/12/2015Scorpio Bulkers sells five portarinfuse for total 167 million dollars
draft of three Capesize units constructed in 2015 and two of the same type that will be completed in the first trimester of 2016




31/12/2015Agreement Carnival - Fincantieri for the construction of four cruise ships
Realized in the yards of Monfalcone and Marghera, two will be destined to the Costa Asia brand and each one to P&O Cruises Australia and Princess Cruises




30/12/2015To November the traffic of the goods in the port of Genoa is diminished of -3,0%
The passengers of the ferries are increased of +2.6% and the crocieristi are dropped of -11,7%




30/12/2015It continues the contest for the selection of the majority associate of the Port of Livorno 2000
Sent letters for the presentation of the formal offers to the four admitted subjects to the procedure




30/12/2015Green light to the fusion of the Chinese groups Sinotrans and China Merchants Group
the plan is approved of by governmental agency Be Assets Supervision and Administration Commission




29/12/2015the new Harbour Committee of Gioia Tauro has approved of the Triennial Operations plan
Green light to the variation budgetary for giving course to the reduction of the taxes of anchorage for year 2015




29/12/2015Arrived today to the largest Koper portacontainer never landed to the Slovenian port
the "MSC Luciana" is employed by MSC and Maersk Line in the Phoenix/AE12 service




29/12/2015the Harbour Committee of Naples has asked the reformulation for the pre-emptive budget for 2016
Remitted to the Harbour Authority the decision on the transaction with Conateco, whose definition - Basile has explained - comes now left to the negotiation between the lawyers




29/12/2015Trasportounito denunciation the umpteenth prank for the road haulage to Genoa
The association announces that the municipal administration "would have decided "unilaterally" to remove to the trucks also the area of Fields"




29/12/2015Agreement of fusion between the logistic groups Den Hartogh and InterBulk
the Dutch company will acquire the entire capital of the British society




29/12/2015the German group duisport previews to conclude the 2015 with a traffic record of 68 million tons (+5%)
For 2016 meaningful improvements are not attended




28/12/2015Reduction of the -1,54% of the rates for the service of towing in the port of Genoa
New amounts in vigor for biennium 2016-17




28/12/2015the activity in new the great port qatariota of Hamad
Diventerà totally the next year




28/12/2015Chinese NDRC fine eight companies of navigation for violation of the norms antitrust
Inflicted endorsements for a total of about 57 million euros




28/12/2015the port of Santos gets ready to close 2015 with a series of traffic record
In the first eleven months of this year tons of goods (+7.5% are enlivened 109,8 million)




24/12/2015Finally the new norms on the dredgings in the ports, emphasize Federation of the Sea and Assoporti
Demanded a timely participation of the State also on the plan financial




24/12/2015Rise of the activity of the agency that supplies temporary job in the port of Livorno
To December the turns of job have been beyond thousands




24/12/2015To Diamond Living Private Investment Fund the control of the constructor of mega yacht Sunrise Yachts
the plant of the Turkish company is situated in the Free Zones of Antalya




24/12/2015Gulf Island Fabrication will buy shipbuilding society LEEVAC Shipyards
the acquisition will happen for 20,0 million dollars




24/12/2015the UIRR exhorts the EU to put into effect legislative modifications in order to promote the arranged transport
Schultze: "the relative signs to the rates perceived today from the operators of the market are forged by an inadequate and unilateral regulation"




24/12/2015In the first ten months of the 2015 traffic of the container in the port of Naples it has grown of +3.4%
the crocieristi have been 1.178.648 (+13.3%)




23/12/2015Saipem cederá los centros de ingeniería de Vibo Valentia y Roma a Tecnomare (grupo Eni)
La operación fue aprobada por unanimidad por la junta directiva




23/12/2015I renew waiting for temporary of the concessions to the nautical circles in the port of Genoa BluePrint
Delay of a year (of four months for the New Nautical Dock)




23/12/2015Boskalis and Kotug confirm the fusion of the respective activities of harbor tug
It will be constituted joint venture joint KOTUG SMIT Towage that a fleet of 65 tugs will have




23/12/2015The crocieristico group Royal Caribbean signs an agreement with Port Authority of the American Islands Virgos
It will have a duration ten-year-old, with beginning from and option for on October 1°, 2016 ulterior five years




23/12/2015To November the traffic of the goods in the port of Venice has grown of +9.6%
Crocieristi in increase of +17.5%




23/12/2015Shipping lowers Development Terminal will acquire 20% of the CJ Busan Container Terminal
the society manages a container terminal in the port of Busan that has a annual ability to million traffic two container




22/12/2015Naples: Union Industriali and Confcommercio anticipates a strategy for throws again of the port
"By the audit of the operators - they have explained Precious and Russian - the requirement is emerged that the port of Naples confirms its historical identity, characterized from a strongly polifunzionale vocation"




22/12/2015Approved of the new norms for the dredgings in the Italian ports
Veil: "in the provision that today is become law they come in fact simplified the criteria of construction of the cases of overwhelmed and the bathtubs of collection"




22/12/2015In 2016 a double lane of income to the commercial port of Marghera will be realized
an area of parking for beyond 111 places car will be given in concession to Fincantieri




22/12/2015Tirrenia CIN and Delcomar which prequalified to the contest the connections with the Sardinian smaller islands
To the shipowners the invitation letters will be sent to introduce the technical-economic offers




22/12/2015triennial Agreement of Grimaldi Lines with the MIUR in the field of the formation
the objective is to favor a profitable alternation school-job




22/12/2015Fincantieri will collaborate with Indian ship yards MDL and GRSE
the cooperation in the within of the construction of seven frigates commissioned from Marina Indiana




22/12/2015the port of Columbus enlivens for the first time beyond five million container in a year
In the first eleven months of the 2015 containerized trade it has grown of +5.9%




21/12/2015Published the ban for the sale of the quota control of Venice Passenger terminal
the price Made up of auction has been fixed in 24 million euros




21/12/2015The port of Koper will conclude the 2015 with a traffic record of about 20,5 million tons
Better result than always also for the container




21/12/2015Reduction of 3.85% of the rates for the service of towing in the port of Ancona
Decrease applied in biennium 2016-2017




21/12/2015the EU commission asks Greece to modify the tonnage tax
Brussels invites Athens to exclude from the fiscal regime the shareholders of the shipowning societies and various types of boats




21/12/2015Of Friend Tankers Limited it has sold the Handysize Sky of Salerno for 13 million dollars
the company maintains the employment commercial of the ship




21/12/2015Al via a new service ro-pax of the Grimaldi group between the ports of Livorno and Olbia
It will have every day frequency and it will be realized with the ship "Zeus Palace" in a position to transporting 1,500 passengers and 2,000 meters of rotabili




21/12/2015Vopak will yield own terminals in the United Kingdom to Macquarie Capital and Greenergy
the assets have a value of 335 million pounds




21/12/2015Loan of 105 million euros of the BEAUTIFUL ones in order to finance the works in order to improve accessibility to the Spanish ports
Assured the cover financial institution for the investments in program for 2016




18/12/2015Not decided of the harbour communities of Salerno and Savona to the hypothesis of amalgamation to the Harbour Authorities of Naples and Genoa
It is - they explain - and insignificant useless, harmful a choice regarding the solution of the true problems of the Italian portualità




18/12/2015In the exercise anniversary the 2015 result clearly of the Carnival group has grown of +3%
Attended an ulterior improvement of the economic performances in financial year 2016




18/12/2015Last month the port of Valencia has enlivened 5,1 million tons of goods (+9.1%)
In the first eleven months of the 2015 traffic it has been of 58,2 million tons of goods (+7.3%)




18/12/2015With the project Connection the ports of Livorno and Piombino increase their intermodal offer
Provincial: the expansion to sea does not have sense if it does not have as contraltare an equal expansion of the railway connections on the side earth




18/12/2015Large the Navi Veloci has introduced a new ship on the Bari-Durrës line
draft of the "Snav Tuscany" that has an ability to 2.180 passengers and 1,850 linear meters of vehicles




18/12/2015In increase the traffic of the passengers of the ferries in the ports of Olbia, Golfo Aranci and Porto Torres
bending of the goods several. Record of landings place of ships from cruise




18/12/2015the next 1° February the shareholders of Lowers COSCO and Lowers Shipping Lines Container will estimate and vote the fusion plan
Fixed the date of extraordinary the shareholders' meeting of the two Chinese companies




18/12/2015Kalmar will supply 15 new cranes RTG to the Piraeus Container Terminal
They will be taken in delivery in the course of 2016 and 2017 and will be installed to Pier III




17/12/2015MSC Cruises rents for 100 years a island in the Caribbean
Agreement with the government of Bahamas. The investment will pile to approximately 200 million dollars




17/12/2015Agreement Cambiaso & Risso - Marine Fendercare for the operations of allibo of liquid bulk in the port of Augusta
the understanding inside previews the realization of a structure of the Sicilian port of call




17/12/2015To November the traffic of the goods in the ports of Barcelona and Algeciras has grown respective of +7.6% and +14.6%
In the first eleven months of the 2015 Catalan port of call has recorded a decrease of the -0,7% and that Andalusian an increment of +2.7%




17/12/2015DFDS increases the frequencies of own intermodal service between Reign Unito and Italy
drawn new Start every day




17/12/2015the French Antitrust inflicts fines for 672 million euros to express society of shipment and couriers
Endorsed also trade association Transport ET Logistique de France




17/12/2015the Apulia will be center of two Authority of harbour system
the mayor of Bari has had confirmation from the minister Delrio who the used criterion in order to choose the centers of the Harbour Authorities is that of the ports "Core"




17/12/2015the yard of repair and restructure of mega yacht MD'92 of Barcelona passes to the Turkish group Dogus
70% of the capital are yielded D-Navy, branch of the group of Istanbul




16/12/2015On March 1°, 2016 the Delmas brand will disappear from the scene of the marine transport
the activities of the company will be operated under the denomination CMA CGM




16/12/2015To November the traffic of the container in the port of Los Angeles has grown of +7.0%
In the first eleven months of this year a bending is recorded of -1,9%




16/12/2015New agreement picture between the Harbour Authority and the University of Trieste
the objective is to develop and to strengthen initiatives for activity of studies, searches and formation in the fields of the marine-harbour economy, the transports and the logistics




16/12/2015Terminal Italy Bulk renounces to the concession to wharf TRI of Vado Ligure
Under way the intense activities of demolition of the historical savonese system




16/12/2015Undersigned I renew for 60 years of the concession of Pier VII of the port of Trieste to the TMT
Maneschi: Trieste is the only port of Italy that can grow because five million containers are a market of about to which we can participate




16/12/2015Does naval gigantism represent an opportunity or a disadvantage for the Italian logistic-harbour system?
Answers disagree today to the question to Rome in the course of the organized convention from Federagenti




16/12/2015The volume of goods transported from the ships journeyed last month in the Suez Canal is dropped of -6,0%
the units directed towards south transported 32,1 million tons (- 11.3%) and those directed towards north 33,3 million tons (- 0.3%)




16/12/2015Monti (Assoporti): not to a sterile and unproductive debate on the number of the Harbour Authorities
the priorities - second the association - are a effective functional autonomy and financial institution of the agencies, the control of the generated resources, the ability to investment and the autonomy of the choices




15/12/2015the Group Young Shipping of Confitarma has analyzed the drastic change of the market of the oil
Examined the impact on the shipping




15/12/2015Premuda has finalized the cession of two ships Aframax Ice Class
The proceeds of the sale pile to about 55 million dollars to clearly of the brokerage commission




15/12/2015confirmed Gasparini president of the Section Yacht of Federagenti
also vice-president Luise and the entire directive council




15/12/2015the port of Bremen/Bremerhaven will close 2015 with a traffic of 74,5 million tons (- 4.8%)
contraction of the volumes of goods in container (- 6.3%)




15/12/2015To November the traffic of the container in the port of Hong Kong is diminished of -8,1%
In the first eleven months of the 2015 decrease it has been of -8,9%




15/12/2015the Harbour Authorities of Livorno and Ceuta have undersigned a cooperation agreement
Provincial: the understanding heads above all for the know-how-how exchange at the front of safety in the crocieristico traffic fleeting and




15/12/2015Genoa and Trieste ask the government for giving stability to the guide of the ports of the two cities
From Tyrrhenian and the Adriatic the shipping agents and shippers they wish a fast conclusion of the phase of commissariamento of the Harbour Authorities




15/12/2015Renewed the national contract of the Italian harbour workers
Filt Cgil, Fit Cisl, Uiltrasporti have expressed positive judgment on all the reached points, are economic that normative




15/12/2015Last month the traffic of the goods in the Chinese marine ports is diminished of -1,7%
The container pairs to 16,0 million teu (+1.5% have been)




14/12/2015Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings will become member of NASDAQ-100
It is the index of the hundreds put up companies quoted on the first electronic stock market




14/12/2015Thursday to Pomezia an organized convention from Angopi and Fedepiloti
Award of the pilots and ormeggiatori which marked for the courage and the professionality demonstrated in the management of the emergencies




14/12/2015Tomorrow to Young Rome the Group of Federagenti will celebrate the first ten years of activity
In the years has intensified its activity is in Italy is to international level




14/12/2015Inaugurated new Abu Dhabi Cruise Terminal of the port of Port Zayed
It will be the home port of cruise ship "MSC Music" in season 2015-2016




14/12/2015New directed railway service between Busto Arsizio and Bari di Hupac and Cemat
the frequency is of three departures to the week in both the directions




14/12/2015Al via a new service of CMA CGM between the Mediterranean, Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, Colombia and Ecuador
Specifically it will be dedicated to the export of bananas ecuadoregne




14/12/2015the ICS restates that the only road in order to reach to a solution for the reduction of the emissions of the shipping passes through the IMO
Hinchliffe: "an unilateral or regional regulation would be disastrous for the shipping and would be disastrous to the aims of a total reduction of co2"




14/12/2015Last month handling of the container in the port of Singapore is diminished of -15,9%
In the first 11 months of the 2015 traffic it has been pairs to 28.407.200 teu (- 8.2%)




11/12/2015COSCO and Lowers Shipping slowly anticipates their complex of fusion
With the concentration of COSCON and CSCL a fleet of 288 portacontainer will be put in field




11/12/2015The Regions Liguria, Piemonte and Lombardy have characterized the priority actions in order to promote the logistic system of the North the West
Within the next semester States general of the logistics will be convened




11/12/2015Last month the traffic of the container in the port of Long Beach has grown of +6.6%
In the first eleven months of the 2015 total +5.5% have been almost 6,6 million teu ()




11/12/2015G6 assures that the acquisition of NOL by CMA CGM will not have an impact on the activity of the shipowning alliance
In the course of the 2016 - the companies emphasize - Network of routes it will be operated as by program




11/12/2015To October the traffic of the goods in the port of Bremen/Bremerhaven is diminished of -13%
In the first ten months of the 2015 decrease it has been of -7%




11/12/2015In the 2015 traffic of the container in the port of Houston two million teu for the first time have exceeded quota
Previewed ulterior consisting an increase in the next few years




10/12/2015Saturday to the Marine Station of Naples a day of five thousand solidarity for children
Is organized from the Committee For the Quality of Vivere in collaboration with the Harbour Authority and the Harbour office




10/12/2015the Chinese government has authorized the fusion of shipowning groups COSCO and Lowers Shipping
Attended in order tomorrow a communication on the securities markets




10/12/2015Convention on the perspectives of development of the navigable net of the Italy North
One will hold on 16 December to Viadana (Mantua)




10/12/2015Al via the first experimental intermodal transport between the port of Vado Ligure and the Interporto of Turin
Service "pilot" in performance to the lines guides contained in the SITUATED protocol of understanding Harbour Authority Savona




10/12/2015In the exercise anniversary the 2014-15 crocieristica division of group TUI has recorded an increase of +232.6% of the EBITA
To the increment of the results it has contributed the income in the fleet of TUI Cruises of the ships "Mein 3 Schiff" and "Mein Schiff 4"




10/12/2015the port of Antwerp will close the 2015 with a new record of traffic anniversary of the goods
Attended also the new record of handling of the container




10/12/2015Between a year Royal Caribbean Cruises it will abandon the Stock exchange of Oslo
the crocieristico group will continue to being quoted only to the Stock exchange of New York




09/12/2015the annual contribution of Celestyal Cruises to the Greek economy piles to 110 million euros
In the 2015 ships of the company they have carried 129,731 passengers in Greece (+20%)




09/12/2015Niels Smedegaard (DFDS) will be the new president of shipowning association European ECSA
Vice president will be Panagiotis Laskaridis




09/12/2015In the 2014 value of the world-wide exports of goods has only grown of +0.3%
More consisting increase (+5%) of the value of the exports of services




09/12/2015the Swiss government has announced ulterior measures in order to stimulate the use of the railroad in the transalpine transport goods
At the beginning of 2017 the tax on the which proportioned heavy traffic will be increased to the performances and will be discounted the prices of the railway traces




07/12/2015KfW IPEX-Bank finances the construction of two new ships from cruise ordered from Royal Caribbean to Meyer Werft
draft of the fourth and fifth ship of class Quantum




07/12/2015Brussels has introduced a plan strategic in order to increase the competitiveness of the aerial transport of the EU
Characterized four priorities in order to assure the development of the field




07/12/2015Ancanap wishes that the benefits of the Super amortization are exploitable also from the field of the shipbuilding
the association confides that the term in order to have use of the facility is lengthened at least of six months




07/12/2015the Board of group NOL unanimously approves of the advanced offer of takeover from CMA CGM
From the fusion it will be born a company with a fleet of 563 portacontenitori ships for a cargo ability pairs to 2,4 million teu




04/12/2015On 15 December to Rome a seminary will hold on the benefits and costs of the low price of the oil
It is organized from the Group Young Shipping of Confitarma




04/12/2015They have been the 3,610 ships that in five years are joined the Environmental Ship Index
175 have obtained a advanced score to 50 and four of these the maximum score of 100




04/12/201511 Decembers to Livorno will hold a seminary on the normative new for the management of the dredgings
the undersecretary to the Atmosphere, Silvia Velo, will illustrate the job of the Ministry and other agencies in order to update the normative picture of the dredgings in the ports




04/12/2015Come to an agreement to the Tarros group I renew for 40 years of the relative concession to the Terminal of the Gulf of
Investments of infrastructural character for about 44,5 million euros




04/12/2015Associated British Ports has joined the federation of the European private harbour terminalisti Feport
the federation has emphasized that the phenomenon of naval gigantism is becoming "source of worry in a lowland context increase"




04/12/2015In the 2014 air traffic in the Italian airports it has recorded increments of +4.7% of the passengers and +6.2% of goods and mail
the traffic cargo is piled than more 912 thousand tons




04/12/2015the navalmeccanico group Dutch Damen signs a technical agreement of partnership with the yard American Great Lakes Shipyard
In the plant of Cleveland two tugs will be constructed ice class




03/12/2015Filt Cgil Tuscany against the hypothesis of amalgamation of the Harbour Authorities of Marina Carrara and
we are not in front of to an overly necessary reform - denunciation the union - but to a "remodeling" of the systems of power




03/12/2015Los retrasos en el ajuste por parte de la parte italiana del corredor Rin-Alpes conducen a unos ingresos potenciales de 6.000 millones de euros, equivalente al coste del Tercer Valico
Baccelli (CERTET): Italia pierde unos 1.200 millones de euros al año




03/12/2015Introduced to Salerno the results of the project Habitat for the monitoring of the naval traffic of the last mile
the scope is the innovation of the systems of control of the marine traffic by means of the development of new functionalities to high technological content




03/12/2015From winter season 2016/2017 they will be the two ships of MSC Cruises with homeport to the Havana
To "MSC Opera", than next 21 December it will begin the activity from the vital Cuban., will join "MSC Harmony"




03/12/2015Financing EU for the fast transport of producing sour-food by the Middle East to the ports of Koper, Venice and Marseilles
For the Italian port of call the sum of 1,5 million euros will be available us




03/12/2015DNV GL will classify the portacontainer of greater ability commissioned to a Chinese yard
The three ships from 20.000 teu will be constructed by the plant Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding Co.




02/12/2015To October the increase of the aerial cargo has recorded a rest new
Tyler (IATA): "the perspectives for the aerial transport of the goods continue to being very difficult"




02/12/2015Tomorrow to Trieste will be introduced the plans pilot and the future progettualità on the topic of mobility in the Adriatic-ionic area
organized Conference from the 19 partner of plan EA SEA-WAY




02/12/2015SBB CFF FFS Cargo, Hupac and Contargo ask the deep ones in order to start the construction of the great container bimodale terminal of Basel Nord
The mass in service of the platform is previewed for 2019




02/12/2015Agreement Maersk Line - MacGregor in order to develop systems of implantation of the container of new generation
the companies widen their collaboration




02/12/2015Arc Shipments has inaugurated to Tivoli new a hub of distribution for the Italy center-south
Doubled the presence of the monzese company in the Capital




01/12/2015Bureau Veritas has acquired Certest
the Tuscany company carries out quality test on the produced ones of the luxury




01/12/2015Tomorrow the Harbour Authority of Salerno will introduce the first results of the Smart project Tunnel
the objective is to facilitate the interoperability between the platforms of the institutional agencies and those of the harbour operators and the logistics




01/12/2015Deep European in order to optimize the fluvial traffic on the Rhine-Alps Corridor
They are destined to the realization of an informative system for the management of the naval traffic in Alto Reno




01/12/2015the European shipowners exhort to assign to the IMO the guide of the initiatives in order to reduce the emissions of the shipping
Verhoeven (ECSA): "we consider that this is the just approach and would represent the logical prosecuzione of the steps already completed to communitarian level"




01/12/2015In the 2016 world-wide fleet of cruise ships it will accommodate about 24 million passengers, a million in more regarding this year
The companies associated to the CLIA will be equipped of nine new fluvial cruise ships and 18 new fluvial ships




01/12/2015In the third trimester of this year the traffic of the container in the port of Tanger Med is diminished of -11,5%
In the first nine months of the 2015 decrease it has been of -1,0%




01/12/2015Nuovo intermodal service of Hupac between the port of Zeebrugge and the Interporto of Novara
Will have a frequency of three departures to the week in both the directions
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MSC World Europa cruise ship crashes off the coast of Ponza
Rome
The Coast Guard reports that the situation on board, where there are 8,585 people, is calm and under control.
MSC World Europa has resumed autonomous sailing
Rome
Electrical problem solved, the cruise ship is headed for the port of Naples
PostEurop warns that from August 29, shipments of goods to the USA could be limited or suspended
Brussels
Last month, Trump eliminated tariff exemptions for low-cost goods.
Chinese oil company OOIL sees growth in its half-year financial results.
Hong Kong
In the first six months of this year, revenues increased by +5.0%
Premier Alliance to split Mediterranean Pendulum 2 service next month
Seoul/Singapore/Keelung
Investment firm CVC Capital Partners exits Boluda Maritime Terminals and TTI Algeciras
Schiphol
The two terminal companies manage a total of nine Spanish port terminals
ZIM's quarterly economic and operating performance declines
ZIM's quarterly economic and operating performance declines
Haifa
In the period April-June the average value of freight rates fell by -11.6%
Interferry's Entry/Exit System risks delaying ferry operations at European ports.
Victoria
The system will come into force on October 12th
DFDS closes second quarter with a loss
Copenhagen
In the period April-June 2025 the fleet transported 10.6 million linear meters of rolling stock (-0.4%)
Ammonia and methanol are ready to decarbonize shipping, but some obstacles to their use must be removed.
New record quarterly results for the American cruise group Viking
New record quarterly results for the American cruise group Viking
Los Angeles
The April-June period closed with a net profit of 439.2 million dollars (+182.2%)
Container traffic in the port of Barcelona grew by 1.8% last month.
Barcelona
202,321 TEUs handled at loading and unloading (+10.4%) and 142,492 TEUs in transit (-8.3%)
In the second quarter of 2025, freight traffic in the Port of Hamburg grew by +4%
In the second quarter of 2025, freight traffic in the Port of Hamburg grew by +4%
Hamburg
Sharp increase in transshipment container volumes (+26%)
Norway's Xeneta has bought Denmark's eeSea
Oslo
Both companies provide data and information for the optimization of containerized maritime transport
In the April-June quarter, freight traffic in Tunisian ports decreased by -3.8%
La Goulette
In the first six months of 2025, 13.8 million tonnes were handled (-3.2%)
Port of Koper sets new quarterly records for containers and rolling stock
Ljubljana
In the period April-June, 5.6 million tons of goods were moved (-4.1%)
Port of Los Angeles hits record monthly container traffic
Los Angeles
Over one million TEUs were handled in July (+8.5%)
Hapag-Lloyd reports second quarter increases of +2.0% in revenues and +12.4% in containers transported by the fleet
Hapag-Lloyd reports second quarter increases of +2.0% in revenues and +12.4% in containers transported by the fleet
Hamburg
Net profit fell by -39.4%
Evergreen reports an 18.7% drop in quarterly revenues
Taipei
The April-June period closed with a net profit decrease of -62.9%
South Korean company HMM's revenues fell by 1.5% in the second quarter.
Seoul
Trump announces rejection of IMO's shipping decarbonization program
Washington
The proposed framework - it is denounced - is in effect a global carbon tax that affects Americans and is imposed by an irresponsible United Nations organization.
Taiwanese companies Yang Ming and Wan Hai Lines reported negative results in the second quarter.
Taiwanese companies Yang Ming and Wan Hai Lines reported negative results in the second quarter.
Keelung/Taipei
In the period April-June, revenues decreased by -26.5% and -8.7% respectively
Cruise traffic at Global Ports Holding terminals grew by 6.0% in the second quarter
Istanbul
In the first six months of 2025, an increase of +16.7% was recorded
In the period April-June, cargo traffic in Croatian ports decreased by -4.0%
Zagreb
Cruise passengers grow by +5.4%
Container traffic at US ports is expected to plummet in the second half of this year.
Washington/Long Beach
In July, the Port of Long Beach handled 944,000 TEUs (+7.0%)
ThyssenKrupp shareholders approve spin-off of ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems
Eat
The company will be listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange
WTO: Measured responses have cushioned the impact of tariffs in 2025, but risks remain high for 2026.
WTO: Measured responses have cushioned the impact of tariffs in 2025, but risks remain high for 2026.
Geneva
Global trade in goods is expected to grow by 0.9% this year
Hupac will increase the number of weekly rotations between Busto Arsizio and Basel from five to eight
Noise
Increase in attendance from September 1st
From January 1st, new bunkering regulations will apply in the ports of Rotterdam and Antwerp.
Rotterdam
The barges must be equipped with flow meters
Maersk reports higher quarterly revenue, lower earnings
Maersk reports higher quarterly revenue, lower earnings
Copenhagen
Terminals and logistics have made a positive contribution. Container shipping benefits from demurrage revenues.
The CIPESS has approved the final project for the bridge over the Strait of Messina.
Rome
Construction will begin this year and the project will be completed in 2032.
DHL Group revenues fell by 3.9% in the second quarter
DHL Group revenues fell by 3.9% in the second quarter
Bonn
Significant reduction in shipments from China and Hong Kong to the US due to Trump's abolition of the de minimis regime
The Grendi group has acquired 70% of Dario Perioli Spa
The Grendi group has acquired 70% of Dario Perioli Spa
Milan
The remaining 30% will remain with Fingiro, owned by Michele Giromini, the company's CEO.
BigLift Shipping and CY Shipping order two additional heavy lift vessels
Amsterdam
Order placed at Chinese shipyard Jing Jiang Nanyang Shipbuilding Co.
The Charthage ferry was placed under administrative detention in the port of Genoa
Genoa
A Coast Guard inspection found numerous deficiencies
Disney Cruise Line's largest ship's debut delayed by three months
Lake Buena Vista
Construction delays force the maiden voyage to be postponed until March 10th.
Shell to supply liquefied biomethane to Hapag-Lloyd containerships
Hamburg
Agreement effective immediately
Andrea Zoratti has been appointed general manager of Hub Telematica
Genoa
The company is controlled by Assagenti and Spediporto
Jotun and Messina sign agreement to improve the environmental and commercial performance of ships.
Genoa
The "Jolly Rosa" vessel will use the Hull Skating Solutions solution
PSA Genova Pra' announces the hiring of 25 people dedicated to container handling.
Genoa
Ferrari: International markets have changed profoundly
CMA CGM will not apply surcharges for new US taxes on Chinese vessels and Chinese services
Marseille
The rates announced by the USTR in April will apply from October 14th.
South Korean HJ Shipbuilding wins orders for four 8,850 TEU containerships
Busan
Orders with a total value of approximately 461 million dollars
Conference: "Waiting and Delays in Road Transport: Logistics in Check"
Genoa
Organized by Trasportounito, it will be held on September 26th in Genoa
GNV has inaugurated a new office in Barcelona
Barcelona
The company currently has 52 employees throughout Spain.
Port of Trieste: EU funding for two new projects
Trieste
Resources with a total value of 1.7 million euros
Filt Cgil, the Flotilla incident is serious. Dockworkers are ready to mobilize.
Rome
Union announces action if aid is not allowed to reach Gaza
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
In the first eight months of 2025, container traffic in the port of Gioia Tauro grew by +10.6%
Gioia Tauro
2,912,943 TEUs were handled
Stena Line to buy Latvian port operator Terrabalt
Gothenburg
It handles rolling stock, bulk cargo, and general cargo traffic in the port of Liepaja.
Meyer Turku begins construction of Royal Caribbean's fourth "Icon"-class cruise ship
Miami/Turku
It will be delivered in 2027
More than one in ten maritime shipments has shortages
Washington
This is what a report by the World Shipping Council has revealed, highlighting the safety risks
Last July, traffic in the port of Ravenna increased by +3.8%
Ravenna
In the first seven months of 2025, growth was +5.4%
In the first quarter of 2025, freight traffic in Belgian ports fell by -3.2%.
Brussels
Landings down 1.3% and embarkations down 5.4%
Product tanker High Fidelity rescues 38 migrants on a drifting dinghy
Rome
Intervention in the south of the island of Crete
GES and RINA sign agreement to develop a prototype of a new hydrogen battery
Rovereto/Genoa
PSA's second phase of container terminal at Mumbai Port inaugurated
Singapore
Annual traffic capacity will increase to 4.8 million TEUs
The conference "EU ETS - Perspectives and Opportunities for Decarbonization in the Maritime Sector" will be held in Palermo.
Rome
It will be held on September 18th and 19th
Fincantieri and PGZ sign an agreement to support the modernization of the Polish Navy
Trieste
The third LSS section for Chantiers de l'Atlantique was launched in Castellammare di Stabia.
In the US, funding for wind energy development projects in ports is being cut.
Washington
Resources worth $679 million will be reallocated for port infrastructure upgrades
From January 1st, Kombiverkehr will operate the PKV intermodal terminal in the port of Duisburg.
Frankfurt am Main
It has a traffic capacity of approximately 200 thousand intermodal units per year.
Wallenius Marine and ABB form Overseas joint venture
Stockholm
The aim is to accelerate the launch of the platform of the same name for improving fleet performance.
DHL eCommerce has acquired a minority stake in Saudi Arabia's AJEX Logistics Services.
Bonn/Riyadh
The Middle Eastern company has two thousand employees
The Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport has asked the Region to agree on the appointment of Bagalà as president of the Sardinian Port Authority.
Rome
He is currently the extraordinary commissioner of the same body
CMPort's port terminals handled record container traffic in the second quarter
Hong Kong
In the first six months of 2025 the total was 78.8 million TEUs (+4.3%)
Confitarma approves the decree on advanced training for tanker seafarers.
Rome
Applause to the General Command of the Port Authority Corps
Quarterly freight traffic in Moroccan ports increases
Tangier/Casablanca
In Tanger Med the growth was +17%
The board of directors of the Genoa-based Ente Bacini has been renewed.
Genoa
President Alessandro Arvigo and CEO Maurizio Anselmo
In the second quarter, sales of dry containers produced by CIMC fell by -33%.
Hong Kong
Reefer boats increase by 57%
The Grimaldi Group has taken delivery of the Grande Shanghai
Naples
It will be used for the transport of vehicles between East Asia and Northern Europe
The ART urges to verify that the investment plan and the related amortization period are consistent with the duration of the port concessions.
Turin
Chinese automaker FAW ships components to Europe by train
Changchun
Transit time reduced to 18 days compared to 45 days for maritime transport
The assets and fleet of the Spanish Armas Trasmediterránea will be sold to Baleària and DFDS
Las Palmas/Dénia/Copenhagen
Two agreements worth €215 million and €40 million respectively have been signed.
Italian State Railways (FS), investing €70 million to install the ERTMS system.
Rome
Work has been completed on 382 Trenitalia trains, while the retrofitting of 60 locomotives from Mercitalia Rail, an FS Logistix company, is underway.
MPC Container Ships' quarterly revenue returns to growth
The second quarter of 2025 was closed with a net profit of 78.1 million dollars (+20.5%)
Plans to build two container customs areas north and south of the Suez Canal
Cairo
Fourteen of the 48 abandoned shipwrecks in Catania port have been removed.
Catania
The activity will be replicated in the port of Augusta
The Regional Administrative Court (TAR) has confirmed the validity of the tender for the new Ravano Terminal in the port of La Spezia.
La Spezia
DP World's port terminals handled record quarterly container traffic
Dubai
Revenues grew by 22.2% in the first half of 2025
In the quarter April-June the volume of rolling stock transported by Höegh Autoliners increased by +9.0%
Oslo
Sharp increase (+46.6%) of vehicles from Asia
South Korea's HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering acquires Vietnam's Doosan Enerbility
Seongnam
It manages an industrial area with its own port facility
Container traffic in the port of Algeciras grew by 6.6% in July
Algeciras
In the first seven months of 2025, a decrease of -2.9% was recorded
In July, the port of Valencia handled 488,000 containers (+6.7%)
Valencia
Increase driven by growth in empty containers
Salvini has appointed Annalisa Tardino as extraordinary commissioner of the Western Sicilian Sea Port Authority.
Rome/Palermo
The President of the Sicilian Region announces the appeal against the provision
The materials dredged in the ports of La Spezia and Carrara will be used for the construction of the new breakwater in Genoa.
Genoa/La Spezia
Agreement between the two Ligurian Port System Authorities
X-Press Feeders denounces authorities' failure to acknowledge responsibility in the X-Press Pearl accident
Singapore
According to the company, the Supreme Court ruling ignores international maritime law
Container traffic in the port of Hong Kong decreased by -6.5% in July
Hong Kong
A decline of -3.7% was recorded in the first seven months of 2025
Cargo traffic in Russian ports remained stable in July
St. Petersburg
In the first seven months of 2025, loads decreased by -4.6%
In July, the Port of Singapore set a new all-time record for monthly container traffic with 3.9 million TEUs.
Singapore
In terms of weight, containerized cargo decreased by -3.6%
Compensation to be paid by the Civitavecchia Port Authority in the Fincosit case has been set at €1.5 million.
Civitavecchia
Latrofa: The ruling allows the release of set-aside sums that have frozen the budget for years.
Germany's HHLA posts record quarterly revenue
Hamburg
In the second quarter, the group's port terminals handled 3.2 million containers (+7.9%)
In the first half of 2025, CK Hutchison's port terminals handled 44 million containers (+4.0%)
Hong Kong
In the quarter April-June the Wallenius Wilhelmsen fleet transported 14.8 million cubic meters of rolling stock (-0.5%)
Lysaker
Revenues down by -0.7%
In the second quarter, Montenegro's ports handled 670 thousand tons of goods (+0.6%)
Podgorica
Volumes with Italy amounted to 154 thousand tons (+53.1%)
PORTS
Italian Ports:
Ancona Genoa Ravenna
Augusta Gioia Tauro Salerno
Bari La Spezia Savona
Brindisi Leghorn Taranto
Cagliari Naples Trapani
Carrara Palermo Trieste
Civitavecchia Piombino Venice
Italian Interports: list World Ports: map
DATABASE
ShipownersShipbuilding and Shiprepairing Yards
ForwardersShip Suppliers
Shipping AgentsTruckers
MEETINGS
Conference: "Waiting and Delays in Road Transport: Logistics in Check"
Genoa
Organized by Trasportounito, it will be held on September 26th in Genoa
The conference "EU ETS - Perspectives and Opportunities for Decarbonization in the Maritime Sector" will be held in Palermo.
Rome
It will be held on September 18th and 19th
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Korean Firms Reassess U.S. Investments After Mass Immigration Raid
(The Korea Bizwire)
Russia's infrastructure development plan aims to build 17 marine terminals by 2036
(Interfax)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Intervento del presidente Tomaso Cognolato
Roma, 19 giugno 2025
››› File
With the arrival of the first container ship, the testing of operational procedures at the Rijeka Gateway begins.
The Hague
The first commercial ship is expected on September 12th
A proposal to bring the port of Taranto back onto global container routes? Start a discussion table.
Taranto
Meeting on the status of freight traffic
Port of Ancona: Tender for demolition of fire-damaged Tubimar warehouses
Ancona
The expected duration of the works is four and a half months
Merger of the German MACS and Hugo Stinnes, both active in the MPP vessel segment
Hamburg/Rostock
Stinnes headquarters in Rostock to close by December 31
In the second quarter, freight traffic in Albanian ports grew by +2.9%
Tirana
There were 331 thousand passengers (+13.6%)
A.SPE.DO, operationalizing the Smart Terminal to increase the competitiveness of the port of La Spezia.
La Spezia
ING loans to Premuda for over 100 million dollars
Milan
Funds for the management buyout and the purchase of two product tankers
Sallaum Lines has taken delivery of the first of six Ocean-class dual-fuel PCTCs
Rotterdam
The ship was completed four months ahead of schedule
First meeting of the new Management Committee of the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority
Genoa
Several measures approved, including those for CULMV and CULP staff
Euroports to operate a new liquid bulk terminal in the French port of Port-La Nouvelle
Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht
It is expected to become operational in 2026
In the second quarter, freight traffic in the port of Ravenna increased by +2.6%
Ravenna
Growth of 0.6% was recorded in June. An increase of 4.8% is expected in July.
OsserMare presents five reports on the marine economy
Rome
They focus on a specific sector supply chain or aspect of it
Port of Naples: Road haulage operations resume
Naples
Resolution meeting between institutions, operators and trade associations
ICTSI again reports record quarterly financial and operating results
Manila
Global Ship Lease Reports Record Quarterly Revenue
Athens
In the April-June period, net profit was 95.4 million dollars (+8.4%)
Vard receives new order from North Star for two hybrid SOVs
Trieste
Contract worth between 100 and 200 million euros
The Panama Shipping Registry will no longer accept the registration of oil tankers and bulk carriers over 15 years old.
Panama
Measure to counter the use of the shadow fleet
Danaos Corporation reports record quarterly revenue
Athens
The April-June period closed with a net profit of 130.9 million (-7.3%)
New customs fast corridor between the port of La Spezia and Interporto Padova
Padua
It adds to the other three already active on the same route
ICTSI to operate Indonesia's Batu Ampar Container Terminal
Manila
It is located on Batam Island
Pino Musolino has been appointed CEO of the Alilauro shipping company.
Naples
He replaces the resigning Eliseo Cuccaro
In the second quarter, DIS' time charter revenues fell by -37.1%.
Luxembourg
Net income was $19.6 million (-70.5%)
Wista Italy denounces the exclusion of women from the nominations of port authority presidents.
Milan
Musso: The glass ceiling that prevents women from accessing leadership roles remains.
Austrian Rail Cargo Group is focusing on the development of the Sommacampagna-Sona intermodal terminal.
Vienna
Ten-year agreement
In the second quarter, maritime traffic in the Bosphorus Strait decreased by -6.0%
Ankara
18.1% decline in ships over 200 metres in length
Fifty kilos of cocaine seized at the port of Civitavecchia
Rome
They were hidden inside a reefer container arriving from Ecuador
Trump has eliminated tariff exemptions for low-cost goods for all nations.
Washington
Goods with a value of less than $800 will also be subject to the tax.
Viking Mira was launched at Fincantieri's Ancona shipyard
Trieste
The multi-role frigate "Emilio Bianchi" was delivered to the Muggiano shipyard
The Port Authority of the Central-Northern Adriatic Sea has obtained EMAS registration
Ravenna
Certifies commitment to environmental management and sustainability
MSC Cruises reduces emissions with the support of an energy transition plan
Geneva
The 2024 Sustainability Report has been presented
DSV reports strong growth in financial and operating results thanks to the acquisition of Schenker
Hedehusene
Quarterly record in air and ocean shipment volumes
In 2024, the Fratelli Cosulich group's revenues increased by +12.8%
Genoa
Operating result down by -31.7%
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