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October 24, 1997

  • Weaker S'pore dollar a boost for local shipyards
    The decline, if sustained, may improve yards' competitive position
  • Kukup island off Johor put on full alert
  • Malaysia warns ships of smog in Malacca Strait
  • Samudera in 3-year charter of chemical ship
  • Proposal to build Pearl River Delta bridge

  • Boeing expects to report loss in third quarter
    US plane maker to take US$1.6b charge; it has problems increasing production
  • SIA grabs top spot in several surveys this year
  • TOKYO MOTOR SHOW
  • Virgin Express' IPO will trade at US$39 to US$45
  • Ford sets up joint venture in Nanjing
  • S Korean firms optimistic on Washington-Seoul car talks

  • What it means for shipowners
    This is part of a paper presented at a seminar on the code organised by the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore

  • Need for welding does not make vessel unseaworthy: Court of Appeal


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OCTOBER 23, 1997
  • CMA rationalises European ports
    ZEEBRUGGE is to gain at Antwerp's expense in schedule changes being made to CMA's French Asia Line service.
  • Korean yards trim profits to win orders
    SOUTH Korean shipbuilders have trimmed their profits to win newbuilding orders.
  • Keppel's stake in Chokhani 'not for sale'
    SINGAPORE'S Keppel Corp says it will not sell its 20 per cent stake in Madras-based shipyard Chokhani International.
  • US lines seek to handle own cargo in Japan
    SEA-LAND, APL and Maersk Line may apply to set up cargo handling operations at Japanese ports, now that Tokyo has agreed tentatively to reform waterfront practices.
  • IACS 'disappointed' over ISM figures
    IACS, the classification societies' organisation, has expressed disappointment at the number of ISM certificates issued in the three months to September 30.
  • Dockers reject Mersey Docks' offer
    DISMISSED Liverpool dockers have voted to reject the offer put forward by their former employer, Mersey Docks and Harbour Company.
  • Australian port productivity up
    AUSTRALIA'S new Maritime Reform minister Peter Reith has welcomed an improvement in waterfront productivity reflected in new government figures.
  • Clinton allows a cruise monopoly in Hawaii
    PRESIDENT Clinton has decided to retain spending for two new Hawaiian cruise ships contained within a major $248bn defence spending appropriations bill.
  • Halter Marine group posts record earnings
    GULFPORT-based Halter Marine Group reports that its second quarter fiscal 1998 earnings doubled from the level achieved in the second quarter of fiscal 1997.
  • India's Kerala state seeks port investment
    THE south Indian state of Kerala has invited investment proposals from private individuals and firms for infrastructure development of minor ports in the state.
  • St Lawrence season may be extended
    OFFICIALS at the Canadian and American St Lawrence Seaway authorities are looking to extend its shipping season following predictions of a mild winter.
  • India needs mega ports, says senior JNPT manager
    INDIA needs two mega ports if the country is to match international port standards, according to a senior manager at Jawaharlal Nehru Port.
  • CMA-CGM group increases its capital
    COMPAGNIE Maritime d'Affr'tement (CMA-CGM group) has undertaken a Ffr40m ($6.75m) capital increase.


  • ABP head announces shake-up
    ASSOCIATED British Ports managing director Andrew Smith yesterday announced a company-wide management reorganisation as part of his drive to kick-start a period of high earnings growth.
  • IMO report set to dispel gloom over ISM code
    SURPRISE research findings from the International Maritime Organisation, due to be released shortly, are set to challenge gloomy industry assumptions about the rate of compliance with the Inter-national Safety Management code.
  • Still straining to read box market
    IN the past month, activity in the containership charter market has continued to intensify.
  • How Pennsylvania politics came to Warnow yard
    PHILADELPHIA mayor Ed Rendell looked just like a kid in a candy store during his tour through the Kvaerner Warnow shipyard in Rostock-Warnemuende. Mr Rendell and Tom Ridge, governor of the State of Pennsylvania, were the focus of attention during the afternoon stroll through the yard, for both the accompanying media and Kvaerner's representatives, write Sabina Casagrande and Herbert Fromme.
  • Market boost as Worldscale 100 barrier is breached
    ON Wednesday brokers proudly trumpeted the fact that W100 had been paid for a VLCC fixture from the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf to Japan.
  • Otal revamps to fend off rivals
    OT Africa Line is simplifying its corporate structure as part of a marketing effort to fend off competition from global players that are starting to encroach on trades traditionally controlled by smaller carriers.
  • Union seeks probe into CGM sale
    A FRENCH seafarers' union has called on the French government to re-examine last year's privatisation of Compagnie Generale Maritime (CGM).
  • Expanding Freightliner moves into the black
    FREIGHTLINER, the UK railfreight company, yesterday revealed six-month profits of around '500,000 ($800,000), the first profits in the company's history.


  • Le Rhin d'Acier via Venlo?
  • Les transporteurs belges peuvent désormais demander leurs Ecopoints électroniques
  • Arcus Logistic est le principal client d'ICF en Espagne
  • Buoyant Freightliner moves into early profit

  • IJzeren Rijn via Venlo?
  • Belgische vervoerders kunnen voortaan elektronische Ecopunten aanvragen
  • Arcus Logistic belangrijkste klant van ICF in Spanje
  • Buoyant Freightliner moves into early profit


  • Mosvold-Farsund bargains for big tanker order
    Privately owned Mosvold-Farsund of Norway is said to be in the process of ordering up to six Suezmax tankers at the Hyundai shipyard in South Korea.
  • Tsakos rides wave of acquisitions
    With ship purchases totalling close to a quarter billion dollars already under its belt this year, the Tsakos group of Greece looks set to continue its buying spree. Group executive Nikolas Tsakos, however, denied reports this week that the group has bought a newbuilding resale contract from Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) of Singapore for a 107,000-dwt tanker.
  • VLCC rates hit new high point
    Rates for VLCCs hit the World Scale 100 level this week for the first time in almost eight years.
  • Singapore spill response 'not working'
    The last movements made by two tankers involved in a collision that resulted in Singapore's biggest oil spill ever came under intense scrutiny this week, as investigators tried to determine the cause of the accident.
  • Norddeutsche powers on in shaky market
    Martin Smith is an expatriate British subject who has found happiness in Hamburg. After 20 years in Germany, Smith finds himself leading major ship financier Norddeutsche Vermogen and its fleet of 44 vessels. It's a challenge he clearly relishes.


  • APL and NOL move closer to final merger
  • Public meetings planned for steelhead restoration
  • Rail organization publishes motor vehicle facility info
  • Boeing shows loss for third quarter
  • Corps achieves ISO 9001 award
  • What does ISO mean?
  • Airbus finds 1997 to be banner year


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OCTOBER 23, 1997
  • Attempt to set up single European front for Open Sky
  • Dismal situation for Ukrainian ships
  • Iberia and KLM were close to an agreement
  • German parliament scraps postal monopoly
  • German resistance to Road Pricing


  • Airport privatization sputters as deadline nears in Argentina
  • Former Mersey employees reject company's offer
  • Second-guessing increases as STB gets opinions on Conrail buyout
  • Shipper groups pan rate bureaus
  • Clinton team opposes GOP-written Amtrak bill
  • TBS to expand service
  • Political flak fails to ground interest in Argentine air sale
  • Chile's Senate approves some attachments to port bill
  • Controversy over camera access causes cancellation of debate on Jones Act
  • Box traffic growing at Port of Salina Cruz
  • GM chairman blames car, truck stockpiles on the shortage of Union Pacific railcars
  • Norwegian shipbuilder to reopen yard in Philadelphia, vows to build 3 vessels
  • American's files seized in hazardous cargo crackdown
  • 5,000-acre Japanese port, due by 2020, hopes to set own prices
  • Kitty Hawk, Kalitta renegotiating deal
  • CSX hit by expenses, weak rates
  • Oil-drilling boom bolsters shipyards along Gulf Coast
  • Hong Kong's biggest container line says it will buy majority interest in China's second-largest boxport

›››File
FROM THE HOME PAGE
New historical record of monthly container traffic in the port of Long Beach
Long Beach / Los Angeles
In October, strong growth in Los Angeles climbing activity.
ZIM records excellent quarterly economic performance driven by noli uptick and activity with Latin America
ZIM records excellent quarterly economic performance driven by noli uptick and activity with Latin America
Haifa
The fleet transported a record number of containers
In the third quarter, the Viking cruise group's revenues grew by 11.4% percent.
Los Angeles
Increase of 14.3% of turnover generated by ocean cruises
Signed the final agreement on the contract of port workers
Rome
Italian Antitrust initiates an investigation into SAS (MSC group), Moby and Large Navi Fast
Rome
According to the AGCM, competition restrictions may have occurred as a result of the 49% acquisition of Moby's capital by SAS.
T&E highlights the need to also count the well-to-tank emissions for LNG used by ships
T&E highlights the need to also count the well-to-tank emissions for LNG used by ships
Brussels
Total greenhouse gases produced would be more than 30% higher than those considered by the FuelEU Maritime Regulation
DFDS and Ekol are rethinking and agreeing on the sale of the Turkish company's international network to the Danish group
Copenhagen / Istanbul
Revised the terms of the deal expired on the first November
Slight downturn in freight traffic in the port of Hamburg in the third quarter
Hamburg
Stable container traffic
The Companies inform
Accelleron initiates partnership with Geislinger to expand service business in the Mediterranean region
Cargotec agrees to the sale of MacGregor to funds managed by Triton
Helsinki
Sale of the value of 480 million that is expected to be completed by the first half of 2025
In the July-September quarter freight traffic in the port of Koper increased by 8.3%
Lubiana
In the first nine months of 2024, the increase was 3.2% percent.
Ok of Ukraine's antitrust enforcement at the entrance of MSC in the capital of HHLA terminalist company
Kiev
The company operates the CTO terminal of the port of Odessa
Inaugurated the new Peruvian port of Chancay operated by China's COSCO Shipping Ports
Lima
Has 1,500 linear metres of docks
More than doubling the value of new orders acquired by Fincantieri in the first nine months of 2024
Trieste
The sunshine committed for shipbuilding grew by +154,3 percent.
Established the Ship Recycling Alliance to speed up the recycling of safe and environmentally friendly ships
Copenhagen
The initiative in view of the entry into force on June 26 of the Hong Kong International Convention
Kuehne + Nagel will acquire 51% percent of the capital of American IMC Logistics
Schindellegi / Collierville
US company mainly operates drayage services
In the third quarter of this year, Hapag-Lloyd's revenues grew by 28.2%
In the third quarter of this year, Hapag-Lloyd's revenues grew by 28.2%
Hamburg
Increase of 3.8% of containers carried by the fleet. Average value of nils up 22.9%
In the third quarter freight traffic in the port of Genoa decreased by -4.9% percent while in Savona-I went up by 15.7% percent.
Genoa
Decided increase in transshipment containers determined by the Red Sea crisis. Down the cruises
In the third quarter, HMM revenues increased by 67% thanks to the 83% growth in the container segment
In the third quarter, HMM revenues increased by 67% thanks to the 83% growth in the container segment
Seoul
+116% increase in the value of the average nole per container transported
Evergreen's quarterly financial performance hike
Evergreen's quarterly financial performance hike
Taipei
Taiwanese company invests 186.8 million to buy new shipping containers
In the third quarter, container traffic at the Eurokai port terminals grew by 9.9% percent.
In the third quarter, container traffic at the Eurokai port terminals grew by 9.9% percent.
Hamburg
In Germany (Eurogate) the increase was 13.6% percent. In Italy (Contship Italy) of 6.8%). Slowing growth at Tanger Med. Damietta terminal will become operational in April
Danaos reports a new drop in quarterly revenue generated by fleet of container carriers
Athens
Coustas : With the Trump administration, which has promised new duties, a future reduction in container traffic is possible
In the first ten months of 2024, the traffic of goods in Russian ports decreased by -3.2%
St. Petersburg
The dry goods amounted to 370.8 million tonnes (-3.5%), those liquids at 372.2 million tonnes (-2.9%)
Port of Ancona, in 2023, underlines the AdSP-container traffic grew by 5%
Ancona
The Port Authority disputes the data released by the Fedespedi Studies Center
Mr vard will build five support ships in the offshore industry.
Trieste
Designed to accommodate up to 190 people, they will be carried out in Vietnam
Alpe Adria activates new rail service between the port of Trieste and the Malpensa Intermodal terminal in Sacconago
Trieste
Euroseas order in China the construction of two 4,300-teu feeder container
Athens
Quarterly revenue from rentals inj growth of 5.8%
The Analysis of the Fedespea Studies Centre on economic and operational performance of Italian container terminals
Milan
GNV strengthens its business department with two nominees
Genoa
New business manager and new general manager of the company in Spain
On the former Carbonyl of the Port of Genoa, the yards of the foranea dam and the subport tunnel
Genoa
The AdSP Management Committee deliberated it yesterday.
In Genoa, the Graduation Day of the Italian Academy of Mercantile
Genoa
Delivered 50 diplomas at the end of the biennial and three-year formative course
On November 27 in Rome, the public assembly of UNIPORT will be held
Rome
Meeting on the theme "Italian Ports, a network of businesses in the service of the country and of Europe"
Roberto Nappi, founder and director for 40 years of "Corriere Marittimo", has died.
Genoa
His career had begun at the writing of the Telegraph in 1958
New EU sanctions to prohibit the use of ships and ports for the transportation of drones and missiles produced by Iran
Brussels
Masucci confirmed president of Italian Propeller Clubs
Genoa
New mandate for the three years 2024-2027
The seamen of the Galaxy Leader have been hostage for a year
London / Hong Kong
Platten (ICS) : It is unacceptable ; humanity prevails and they are immediately released
MSC will implement a markup of noli for maritime transport from the Far East to the Mediterranean
Geneva
Increases of 25% and 18% for containers from 20 'and 40' direct in the western Mediterranean and Adriatic
Completed the dual-fuel retrofit of a large container ship in Maersk
Copenhagen
He will be able to navigate methanol. Increased the hold capacity
Environmental authorization of the Region to dredging the quays from 19 to 26 of the port of Ancona
Ancona
The intervention will cost a total of 16.5 million euros.
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
Conference of the CNEL on the Sustainability of Maritime Transport
Rome
It will be held on November 27 in Rome
Intermodal shipments between the port of Trieste and Slovakia are growing
Trieste
In the third quarter the container traffic handled by HHLA dropped by -2%
Hamburg
In Trieste the volumes processed by PLT Italy in the first nine months of 2024 have decreased
In October container traffic in the port of Hong Kong grew by 0.7%
Hong Kong
In the first ten months of 2024, a decline of -5.2%
In the July-September quarter freight traffic in the port of Civitavecchia fell by -11.8%
Cyvitavecchia
The Cruserists increased by 2.7%
Last month the port of Singapore handled 3.5 million containers (+ 8.1%)
Singapore
In the first ten months of 2024, growth was 6.2% percent.
MSC has completed the acquisition of the majority of logistics company MVN
Geneva / Milan
The Milanese business plans to close 2024 percent with a turnover of 100 million euros.
Conference of Assiterminal entitled "Ports in Connection-ESG, IA, CSRD"
Genoa
It will be held on December 5 in Rome
In the summer quarter passenger traffic in the cruise terminals of Global Ports Holding grew by 27.5%
Istanbul
Revenue up 23%
SDC freight forwarder introduced artificial intelligence in the management of customs practices
Venice
Annually the practices followed exceed 15mila units
The sale of the shipping company Santandrea from the Pacorini to Aprile
Trieste
The company was founded in 1989 in Trieste
Port of Gioia Tauro, the memorandum of understanding for security in working environments and port operations
Joy Tauro
Will have a duration of three years
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 of the CNEL on the Sustainability of Maritime Transport
Rome
It will be held on November 27 in Rome
Conference of Assiterminal entitled "Ports in Connection-ESG, IA, CSRD"
Genoa
It will be held on December 5 in Rome
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Sudan govt scraps $6bn Red Sea port deal with UAE
(The North Africa Post)
Argentina enfrenta tarifas portuarias hasta 500% más altas que otros países de la región
(Pescare)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Relazione del presidente Nicola Zaccheo
Roma, 18 settembre 2024
››› File
Paola Piraccini appointed as Legal Technical Collaborator of Spininvest
Genoa
Joined in magistrate in 1981, he is a retired cassation adviser
The meeting in Rome between the representatives of Italian ports and ports in Florida
Rome
Expect a comparison to find common themes on which to set up a benchmarking task
This year the Cruserists in the port of Ancona have grown by 18.9%
Ancona
25.1% increase in transits and drop by -5.1% of landings and embarkation
Changed Risso constitutes a joint venture in Cagliari
Cagliari / Genoa
Partnership at 50% with Fausto Saba and Riccardo Vargiu
Ok to the 2025 forecast budget of the AdSP of the Tyrrhenian Sea Centre North
Cyvitavecchia
It presents a surplus of more than 2.5 million euros
In Palermo, the first sheet of the new ferry for the Sicilian region was cut off.
Trieste / Palermo
The delivery of the ship is scheduled for 2026
Global Ship Lease's quarterly revenue records show the first decrease since the end of 2018
Athens
The company believes that its container fleet has very good future prospects of employment
DP World signs an agreement to buy Australian Silk Logistics
Dubai / Melbourne
The expected value of the transaction is approximately 115 million
A worker has passed away in the port of Crotone
Joy Tauro
He would suddenly go down to the ground while talking to some colleagues
Torbianelli : well the ok of CIPESS in financing the future Molo VIII of the port of Trieste
Trieste
Of the estimated 315 million euros, 206.9 are expected by the state
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