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June 2021

	30/06/2021	Notice for the assignment of the maritime territorial continuity service on the Civitavecchia-Arbatax-Cagliari line Applications to be submitted by tomorrow
	30/06/2021	In the port of Valencia, the trend of growth of container traffic continues, while in Algeciras it is still declining In May, the two Spanish port ports moved 476,000 containers respectively (+22.9%) and 405,000 containers (-0.1%)
	30/06/2021	The substantial demand for containers rewards the Chinese Singamas A profit for shareholders of at least $50 million is expected for the first half of 2021
	30/06/2021	The fifth edition of the Pietrarsa Forum is scheduled for July 5th It will be held in presence at the National Railway Museum of Pietrarsa
	30/06/2021	The draft revision of the EU emissions trading scheme provides for the inclusion of shipping The European Commission's proposal will be presented on 14 July
	29/06/2021	Record quarter for FedEx In the March-May period, revenues increased by +30%
	29/06/2021	FIATA and ICHCA renew their cooperation agreement The aim is to benefit from agreed actions and initiatives with a view to achieving common objectives
	29/06/2021	Published the call to collect proposals and projects for the construction and management of docking points outside the Venice Lagoon The entire procedure is expected to end on June 30, 2023 with the announcement of the winner
	29/06/2021	Emanuele Grimaldi has been appointed president of the International Chamber of Shipping The appointment will be formally ratified by the General Assembly in June 2022
	29/06/2021	Freight traffic in the port of Barcelona increased by +28.4% in May Containerized traffic up +33.5%
	29/06/2021	Joint venture of Alfa Laval and Wallenius to design wind-powered ships Project similar to the one recently presented by Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics
	29/06/2021	The Italian Sea Group commissioned Deloitte to evaluate the acquisition of Perini Navi The Marina di Carrara company has specified that the acquisition can only take place at sustainable values with a view to creating value for the company and its shareholders
	29/06/2021	HMM orders 12 new 13,000 teu container containers from HHI and Daewoo Shipbuilding The two orders have a total value of approximately $1.57 billion
	28/06/2021	Chantiers de l'Atlantique starts construction of the cruise ship MSC Euribia. It will join MSC Cruises' fleet in June 2023
	28/06/2021	Activated in the port of Bari a Corporate Vaccination Point dedicated to port operators and seafarers Both crews of Italian and foreign nationality will be able to access it
	28/06/2021	New Seaspan order to build six 15,000 teu contenitori carriers This year there are already 40 new ships commissioned by the company
	28/06/2021	Wan Hai Lines orders 12 new container containers with a capacity of 3,055 teu Orders to Japanese shipyards Nihon Shipyard and Japan Marine United
	28/06/2021	In 2020, the revenues of the AdSP of the North Tyrrhenian Sea generated by port taxes fell by five million euros The measure providing for a reduction in the amount of the concession fees is applied to 19 undertakings
	28/06/2021	In bookshops the volume "Wind from the South. Logistics, infrastructure and the market for a new Europe." Pasqualino Monti talks with Bruno Dardani and Giulio Sapelli about infrastructure and logistics
	28/06/2021	Celebrated the five years since the panama canal was widening During the period it was crossed by about 13,700 neo-Panamax ships, or 28% of total transits
	28/06/2021	Today in Marina di Carrara a conference on PNRR and the possible impacts for the maritime-port sector It is organized by AdSP Ligure Orientale, Wista Italy and Propeller Club
	25/06/2021	Assarmatori and Confitarma hope that the vaccination plan for seafarers will be in place shortly Today is Maritime Day
	25/06/2021	In May, freight traffic in the ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado increased by +43.1% and +30.7% In the first five months of this year the overall growth was +8.2%
	25/06/2021	Austria's imports and exports fell by -8.5% and -7.1% in 2020 The trade balance has been deficient by EUR 1.85 billion
	25/06/2021	Approved the Three-Year Operational Plan 2021-2023 of the port of Ravenna Interventions with a total value of almost €1.5 billion are planned
	25/06/2021	The duration of the concession of APM Terminals to Algeciras was extended until November 2032 Further investments by the company are planned
	25/06/2021	In the second quarter of this year, the connections of Italian ports with the worldwide network of containerised maritime services decreased During the period, italy's LSCI index, which unctad circumvented, was 75.1 (-1.9%)
	25/06/2021	The first phase of the container terminal of the port of Berbera (Somaliland) has been inaugurated It has a traffic capacity of 500 thousand teu which, with the second phase, will be increased to two million teu
	25/06/2021	Seaspan agrees with COSCO to extend the rental period of 17 container carriers They have a carrying capacity of 117,700 teu
	24/06/2021	Negotiations for the merger of Keppel Offshore & Marine and Sembcorp Marine A non-binding agreement has been signed
	24/06/2021	ICS renews its call on governments to prioritise seafarers for vaccinations The number of seafarers on board vessels whose conscription contract has expired is increasing
	24/06/2021	The AdSP of the North Tyrrhenian Sea presented the training plan aimed at port workers in Livorno and Piombino For 2021, the institution will set up 500,000 euros to achieve the predefined training objectives
	24/06/2021	Carnival Corporation's accumulated net loss in the March-May quarter was nearly $2.1 billion There has been an acceleration in bookings for upcoming cruises
	24/06/2021	In Monfalcone the coin ceremony of the second ship of the "Seaside Evo" class of MSC Cruises Fincantieri will deliver the "MSC Seascape" in autumn 2022
	24/06/2021	Tests have begun in the port of Hamburg on the use of self-driving trucks in terminal areas Success of tests conducted at HHLA's Container Terminal Altenwerder
	24/06/2021	Stena Germanica is the first ro-pax ship to travel using methanol This is methanol from the residual combustible gases from the steel process
	24/06/2021	SEA Europe, disappointed by the measures taken by the IMO to reduce emissions from maritime transport, calls on the EU to act decisively Tytgat: this requires ambitious targets, appropriate shipping tools and investment aid for fleet renewal and modernisation
	23/06/2021	In the first quarter of this year, transport prices in France rose Maritime transport increased by +16.1%
	23/06/2021	Carnival Cruise Line will take over a new ship initially destined for AIDA The company will also acquire the "Magic Coast" of Costa Crociere
	23/06/2021	Seaspan orders two new 12,000 teu container containers They will be taken over in the fourth quarter of 2022
	23/06/2021	The container terminal extension has been inaugurated in Koper At the end of the project, annual traffic capacity will increase to 1.5 million teu
	23/06/2021	Agreement reached in principle on compensation for the blockade of the Suez Canal caused by the ever given aground. Suez Canal Authority, Shoei and its insurers are working on defining the final agreement
	23/06/2021	Uiltrasporti calls for useful action to prevent the degradation of the logistics sector Tarlazzi: the risk is that of the exploitation of labour and of a system that is not transparent in terms of legality and often the prerogative of organised crime
	23/06/2021	International tender for the management and development of the multipurpose terminal of the Angolan port of Lobito The deadline for submitting tenders is August 16, 2021
	23/06/2021	Norway's MPC Container Ships buys compatriot Songa Container AS The $210 million acquisition includes 11 container carriers
	22/06/2021	The formula of Assarmatori for territorial continuity with Sardinia Public subsidy only for non-profitable routes
	22/06/2021	Confitarma's point of view on contracts for maritime services useful to ensure territorial continuity with Sardinia Grimaldi: the management in the free market and without any state contribution has allowed a saving of about 45 million euros per year compared to the previous 72 million paid to a single operator
	22/06/2021	The first non-food train arrived from China at the Austrian intermodal terminal in Graz The convoy departed on April 30
	22/06/2021	The European Commission has authorised the extension of the duration of a support programme for German maritime transport The scheme will be extended to include vessels registered in other EU/EEA naval registers
	22/06/2021	Hapag-Lloyd orders DSME six more container containers from over 23,500 teu The value of the order is about a billion dollars
	22/06/2021	Container traffic in Chinese seaports increased by +11.4% in May Total goods handleed amounted to 879.2 million tonnes (+8.9%), of which 357.0 million tonnes of international traffic (+7.7%)
	22/06/2021	Confitarma joined the campaign #ShoutOutForSeafarers It is aimed at speeding up the vaccination of all seafarers
	21/06/2021	The granting to RCT of the temporary cruise terminal at quay 25 south of Civitavecchia has been approved It will last four years
	21/06/2021	Cisl is calling for clarity on the future of the container terminal in Cagliari and its workers Cuccello and Diamante: after three years of talking about it, the Special Economic Zone has not yet been established
	21/06/2021	Filt Cgil calls for the establishment of the Employment Agency for the canal port of Cagliari Proposed recourse to the funds identified by the Sostegni bis decree
	21/06/2021	Evergreen orders two new 24,000 teu contenitorials at Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding The order follows that of the end of 2019 for four ships of the same capacity
	21/06/2021	ZIM and Alibaba extend their partnership for another two years Extended agreement until 2023
	21/06/2021	The discussion of the suez canal blockade caused by the ever given arena has been postponed until 4 July. Deferral was requested by both sides
	18/06/2021	New Verona-Regensburg rail service from Rail Cargo Group Make three weekly rotations that by the end of the year will rise to six
	18/06/2021	The shipping industry is disappointed that consideration of the proposal to set up a fund for the decarbonisation of shipping has been deferred What are we waiting for, bimco, clia, intercargo, interferry, ics, intertanko, ipta and wsc are asked
	18/06/2021	If the global blue economy were a nation, it would be part of the G7 This was underlined by the Secretary-General of the Federation of the Sea
	18/06/2021	Admiral Andrea Agostinelli has been appointed president of the AdSP of the South Tyrrhenian and Ionian Seas The new entity administers the ports of Gioia Tauro, Corigliano Calabro, Crotone, Taureana di Palmi and Vibo Valentia
	18/06/2021	Mitsubishi HC Capital will buy CAI International for $1.1 billion The Japanese company will become the fourth largest global operator in the container rental market
	18/06/2021	Assarmatori, yes to the mandatory Genoa Blue Agreement provided that it is applied in all Italian ports The association highlights the need not to disperse resources for the electrification of the quays
	18/06/2021	The IMO has taken steps to reduce the carbon intensity of shipping by 40% by 2030 Abbasov (T&E): They are a cosmetic measure. Transport & Environment urges the EU to 'resist all attempts by the IMO to prevent it from taking effective regional measures to reduce the climate impact of maritime transport in Europe'
	17/06/2021	Construction of Royal Caribbean cruise terminal in Galveston Port has begun It is expected to enter service by the end of 2022
	17/06/2021	Filt Cgil, no to the immediate transfer of cruise ships to Marghera Colombo: this is totally unjustified and irresponsible
	17/06/2021	The EU Commission has confirmed the validity of public support for the Companies Siremar/SNS and Toremar/Moby Request to Italy to recover approximately EUR 1.9 million for some aid to Siremar/SNS
	17/06/2021	Umberto Ruggerone is the new president of Assologistica Vice presidents are Pamela Calderoli, Riccardo Fuochi, Andrea Gentile, Massimiliamo Montalti, Renzo Sartori and Marco Spinedi
	17/06/2021	New Intermodal Service Milan-Ghent della Lineas Schedule five rotations a week
	17/06/2021	Global Ship Lease buys four $5,470 teu container carriers for $148 million The ships have a reefer capacity of 1,200 containers
	16/06/2021	Despite the sharp increase in containers, freight traffic in French ports fell by -4.8% in the first quarter A total of 68 million tonnes were moveded
	16/06/2021	Meyer Turku starts construction of the first of three 200,000 TSL cruise ships for Royal Caribbean The first unit, "Icon of the Seas", will be delivered in the fall of 2023
	16/06/2021	The construction of the new fire station begins in the port of La Spezia It will be built in 18 months in Calata Malaspina and will replace the current headquarters on the Garibaldi Pier
	16/06/2021	Pilot portable units were delivered to pilots in the port of Livorno They offer precision data to support piloting activities
	16/06/2021	New service of the Indian NVOCC Sarjak Container Lines from Italian ports to South America Departures from the ports of the upper Tyrrhenian and upper Adriatic to the ports of Colombia and Peru
	16/06/2021	Visit of a delegation from Qterminals to the Porto Canale of Cagliari Possible interest in container terminal management. Deiana: "I welcome this visit while maintaining cautious optimism"
	16/06/2021	New Spanish national strategic consortium to promote the use of artificial intelligence in the industrial sector Promoters are Repsol, Gestamp, Navantia, Técnicas Reunidas, Telefónica and Microsoft
	16/06/2021	Project to install in the port of Vado Ligure the largest and most modern silos in Europe for the processing of green coffee Initiative of Pacorini Silocaf and TRI financially supported by Banca Carige
	16/06/2021	USB Porti presented its health and safety proposals to Mims Among the demands, greater monitoring and control in the areas of concessions, procurement and port staff
	16/06/2021	Last year freight traffic in Greek ports fell by -6.9% Passengers fell by -44.8%
	16/06/2021	For the first time, the Port of Los Angeles has moved more than a million containers in a month In May, traffic was 1.01 million teu (+74.0%)
	15/06/2021	The maximum limits on the length and catch of vessels permitted to enter the Panama Canal have been high Container containers up to 370.33 meters long and with a maximum catch of -15.24 meters can pass through it
	15/06/2021	Maritime traffic in the EU decreased by -10.2% in 2020 due to the pandemic The sharpest decline (-86%) was that of cruise ships
	15/06/2021	Salvatore d'Amico is the new president of the Young Shipowners Group of Confitarma Comparative study between the Italian flag and other foreign registers
	15/06/2021	Six companies operating in the port of Gioia Tauro were joined by an anti-Mafia interdict They were immediately withdrawn from port access
	15/06/2021	NYK orders an additional 12 Pure Car Truck Carriers with a capacity of 6,800-7,000 cars They will be built by Japanese shipyards Shin Kurushima Dockyard Co. and Nihon Shipyard Co
	15/06/2021	The National Retail Federation warns that port congestion is having a serious impact on U.S. trade The difficulties explained in a letter sent to the Biden administration
	15/06/2021	Container traffic in hong kong port grew by +6.1% last month In the first five months of 2021 the increase was +2.9%
	14/06/2021	Freight traffic in singapore's port increased by +14.6% in May Record for this month of container traffic in terms of eventful teu
	14/06/2021	Concern of Confitarma for the stoppage of transport in ports and logistics platforms of Liguria Trasportounito decides to postpone the stoppage of the trucking, threatening to confirm it in September
	14/06/2021	Greek ferry owners are calling on Minister Plakiotakis to take immediate action to save the sector and tourism The SEEN predicts that in the two-year period 2020-21 the associated shipping companies will record losses of over 200 million euros
	14/06/2021	Pan Ocean will exit the Singapore Stock Exchange The primary listing on the South Korean stock market will be maintained
	14/06/2021	MHI is developing a standalone forklift for low temperature environments The vehicle uses a laser guidance method
	11/06/2021	Agreement for the relaunch of the port of Marina di Carrara and its territory It has been signed by AdSP, trade unions and Confindustria
	11/06/2021	Brussels authorises aid to French shipping companies carrying passengers Contributions of EUR 23 million are planned
	11/06/2021	ALIS, the transport strike in the ports and logistics platforms of Liguria was unholy Di Caterina: it is inappropriate and a real attack on the restart
	11/06/2021	Federico Barbera has been confirmed as president of FISE Uniport The aim of my mandate - he announced - will be to transform the expansion of the representativeness achieved into a real incisiveness of action in the institutions and in the world of politics and work
	11/06/2021	ANAMA and ALSEA ask not to stop upgrading the cargo city of Milan Malpensa airport Schiavoni: it is necessary to allow the airport for goods to be widening, obviously respecting the rules and the surrounding territory
	11/06/2021	MSC presents the new luxury brand Explora Journeys In 2023 Fincantieri will deliver "Explora I", the first of four ships of the new company
	11/06/2021	René Berkvens is the new president of SEA Europe Eight Vice-Presidents appointed
	10/06/2021	Feport warns against carefully considering the scope of the minimum corporate tax to multinationals The fear is a distortion of competition for the benefit of terminal shipping companies
	10/06/2021	Metrocargo Italia has acquired 70% of Arquata Logistic Services The company specializes in the provision of logistics and storage services for industrial operators
	10/06/2021	Restart of dredging work in the port of Milazzo They will last 12 months
	10/06/2021	Fincantieri will build six FREMM-class frigates for the Indonesian Navy Agreement with DSME to support the conceptual design of the new class of aircraft carrier "CVX" for the South Korean Navy
	10/06/2021	In April, freight traffic in the ports of Naples and Salerno increased by +48.6% and 29.9% In the first quarter of 2021, the increases were +4.1% and +15.7% respectively
	10/06/2021	Two similar crises, those of Tirrenia and Alitalia, although a little asynchronous Uiltrasporti asks for answers from the government and state intervention
	10/06/2021	Still an all-time high in monthly revenues recorded by Yang Ming and Wan Hai In May, the turnover of the two Taiwanese companies increased by +136.6% and +188.6% respectively
	10/06/2021	In the first quarter of 2021, gross domestic product in the G20 area returned to pre-pandemic levels This recovery - underlines the OECD - hides great differences between the economies of the various nations
	10/06/2021	The Maersk group would be about to proceed to the cession of the Maersk Industry Container Between the companies interested, the Chineses CIMC and Midea, the Americans Carrier Global and Thermo King, the Daikin Japanese and the British Triton
	10/06/2021	To May the port of Long Beach has marked the own new historical record of traffic salary of the container Increment of +44.4% on May 2020
	09/06/2021	Moretto (Fedespedi): in the last year and means the logistics and shipment houses have demonstrated their strategicità Bellanova: in the PNRR 190 million they are destined directly to the logistic enterprises
	09/06/2021	ICS, without investments in research & development the decarbonizzazione of the shipping is to risk Platten: all this that we ask is that the governments put our money where they are necessary
	09/06/2021	To July the Authority of Harbour System of the Sea of Western Sicily will re-enter in Assoporti Giampieri: from today we can work coesi to the flank of all the players of our field
	09/06/2021	Elevated to -14 meters the maximum draught of the portacontainer that they arrive to harbour terminal LSCT of Al moment ulterior increments of draught excluded
	09/06/2021	From the complementary Bottom to the PNRR 120 million euros for the port of Civitavecchia Musolino: with 69 million euros for the last railway mile, we will have the resources necessary in order to carry out a real transformation of the port of call
	09/06/2021	Ports of call (Asamar): incomprehensible the exclusion from the PNRR of the development plans of the port of Livorno Exhortation to recompact those common forehead that in last years it has decreed the success of the port of call
	09/06/2021	In the first trimester of the 2021 crocieristica division of GPH it has continued to accuse the impact of the pandemic The revenues are diminished of -77,9%
	09/06/2021	Global Ship Lease buys 12 of the 25 portacontainer of the Borealis Finance They are ships of the medium ability to teu and of medium the 3.000 age 11-year-old
	08/06/2021	Grimaldi has taken in delivery new Large ship PCTC the California It has an ability to 7.600 ceu
	08/06/2021	New record of the revenues salaries recorded from Evergreen Last month the volume of transactions has grown of +145.3%
	08/06/2021	New center of Agents Pesto in the tourist port of Rome for services to the superyacht It will support customers from Rome to Civitavecchia, Anzio and Nettuno, Ventotene and Pontine Islands until Gaeta and Formia
	08/06/2021	Invitalia has made the point on the contests for services of public marine transport with the islands Grimaldi Euromed has renounced to the relative resources to the drafts Genoa-Port Torres and Civitavecchia-Arbatax-Cagliari
	08/06/2021	Wan Hai Lines will carry out an own independent service on the route Asia - East Coast the USA It will have frequency weekly magazine and it will be realized with ten ships
	08/06/2021	T. Mariotti will construct a naval unit for Marina Militare Italiana It will be used for the support to the underwater operations, the special operations and for the aid to the staff of the submersible disaster victims
	07/06/2021	To March the traffic in the port of Bremen has returned down In the first trimester of the 2021 tons of goods (+3.1% are enlivened 17,5 million)
	07/06/2021	*Suez Canal Authority leaves to intend that at the moment of the incident the Ever Given* navigated to a advanced speed to that allowed** UK P&I Club had called in cause the responsibilities of the pilots of the SCA and its system of management of the naval traffic
	07/06/2021	The resumption of the cruises to Venice riacutizza the controversies on the presence of the great ships in lagoon CLIA: we have always supported the decongestione of the traffic from Venice and the displacement of the great ships from the Channel of the Giudecca
	07/06/2021	USB index a strike in the ports in order on 14 June Protest for the dead on the job
	07/06/2021	Partnership between Nova Marine Carriers and Aug.Bolten Project for the institution of a pool for the management of ships handysize
	07/06/2021	Last year the revenues of Interporto of Bologna are diminished of -4% The exercise is closed with a net loss of -29 thousand euros
	07/06/2021	The Grimaldi group has taken in delivery the ship ro-ro Echo Catania It can transport 7,800 linear meters of rotabili
	07/06/2021	The Maltese Mariner Shipping of the Hili group has acquired the Tubeline compatriot Tubeline is active in air shipments and marine and the deliveries express
	04/06/2021	In the first trimester of this year the revenues of the French CMA CGM have for the first time exceeded the ten billions of dollars Profit clearly record of 2,09 billion dollars (+3,658, 5%)
	04/06/2021	COSCO Shipping Ports in negotiations in order to acquire a participation of minority in HHLA the Tollerot terminal It is one of the three terminals for containers managed from the German company in the port of Amburgo
	04/06/2021	From the complementary Bottom to the ulterior PNRR bottoms for the ports of Augusta and Catania The AdSP of the Sicily Oriental announces new resources for beyond 159 million euros
	04/06/2021	The fleet of Reunited Tugs Panfido becomes rich of ulterior naval means The tug "Vortex" will be employed in the port of Venice
	04/06/2021	With secondary offer ZIM it aimed to obtain 320 million dollars Proposed a price per.share of 40 dollars
	03/06/2021	Meyer Werft's management presents a "take it or leave" recovery plan that includes 660-1000 redundancies Aid plan worth EUR 300 million approved for MV Werften
	03/06/2021	*To thirteen days from the explosion of the fire portacontainer the X-Press Pearl* is sunk** It has been put down on the backdrop to -21 meters of depth
	03/06/2021	To May the traffic of the goods in the port of Ravenna is increased of +47% In the first quadrimestre of the 2021 increase it has been of +13%
	03/06/2021	It is about to conclude the boom of the market of the shipping containerized According to the Bimco, the question could be attenuated after the period of peak season
	03/06/2021	Carried out the delivery to the enterprises of sheds in the within of I rearrange of the area of the naval repairs of Genoa In origin destined to warehouse and material storage, they could now be used for the development of the activity own of the concessionaires
	03/06/2021	Appeal of the ICS to the governments so that they give the ok to the deep ones for the decarbonizzazione of the shipping Appreciation for the initiative "Zero-Emissions launch Shipping" from Mission Innovation
	03/06/2021	The Austrian Gebrüder Weiss acquires the branch Bulgarian of the Rhenus Group The transaction is subject to the approval of the authorities antitrust
	03/06/2021	In the first three months of the 2021 revenues of the RINA they are piled to 121 million euros In the 2020 they have been pairs to 495 million euros
	01/06/2021	Established the new dimensional limits of the ships that can land to the port of Genoa Specific decree of the Harbour office
	01/06/2021	In the first five months of the 2021 they have been portacontenitori new formers for 2,2 million teu All the store clerks have gone to the ship yards of China, South Korea and Japan
	01/06/2021	*Genoa Marine Transports buys the Ichnusa* ferry** It is yielded by BN of Navigation
	01/06/2021	For transport railway agreement RCG and Pasifik Euroasia between Asia and Europe via Turkey The services of the two societies will converge on the Turkish terminal of Köseköy
	01/06/2021	In the first four months of the 2021 traffic of the goods in the port of Trieste it is diminished of -9,6% Decrease of the bulk partially compensated from the increase of the rotabili
	01/06/2021	Ancim and Assarmatori ask to abolish the norm that limits to 50% the fleeting ability to transport of the ferries Of the Deo and Messina they have sent a letter to the ministers of the Health, of Tourism and Infrastructures
	01/06/2021	Completed the first lottery of the work of rifiorimento and restoration of the outer dam of the port of Augusta Within end of month the delivery of the work of according to lottery
	01/06/2021	The president of the Confitarma has met viceministra the Bellanova Mattioli has evidenced the necessity to safeguard the competitiveness of the Italian fleet