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BRIEFS
July 1, 1998
Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Govt urged to do more to help shipping industry
    Call on PSA Corp to assist by offering more goodies to shipping lines and shippers
  • First phase of ISM Code comes into effect today
  • Humpuss sure of retaining Pertamina deals in retenders
Air and Land Transport
  • MAS expects its share of domestic traffic to drop
    Airline moves domestic flights to new KL airport instead of retaining themat Subang
  • SilkAir's A320 will allow route expansion
  • SIA adds more flights to schedule
  • Pan Am restructure approved
Features
  • Catering to upscale travellers
    Premium cruise line offers spacious, mid-sized ships, a high staff-to-guest ratio and worldwide itineraries
Columns
  • Fight piracy through law enforcement and by taking precautions

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Govt urged to do more to help shipping industry
    Call on PSA Corp to assist by offering more goodies to shipping lines and shippers
  • First phase of ISM Code comes into effect today
  • Humpuss sure of retaining Pertamina deals in retenders
Air and Land Transport
  • MAS expects its share of domestic traffic to drop
    Airline moves domestic flights to new KL airport instead of retaining themat Subang
  • SilkAir's A320 will allow route expansion
  • SIA adds more flights to schedule
  • Pan Am restructure approved
Features
  • Catering to upscale travellers
    Premium cruise line offers spacious, mid-sized ships, a high staff-to-guest ratio and worldwide itineraries
Columns
  • Fight piracy through law enforcement and by taking precautions

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Govt urged to do more to help shipping industry
    Call on PSA Corp to assist by offering more goodies to shipping lines and shippers
  • First phase of ISM Code comes into effect today
  • Humpuss sure of retaining Pertamina deals in retenders
Air and Land Transport
  • MAS expects its share of domestic traffic to drop
    Airline moves domestic flights to new KL airport instead of retaining themat Subang
  • SilkAir's A320 will allow route expansion
  • SIA adds more flights to schedule
  • Pan Am restructure approved
Features
  • Catering to upscale travellers
    Premium cruise line offers spacious, mid-sized ships, a high staff-to-guest ratio and worldwide itineraries
Columns
  • Fight piracy through law enforcement and by taking precautions

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Govt urged to do more to help shipping industry
    Call on PSA Corp to assist by offering more goodies to shipping lines and shippers
  • First phase of ISM Code comes into effect today
  • Humpuss sure of retaining Pertamina deals in retenders
Air and Land Transport
  • MAS expects its share of domestic traffic to drop
    Airline moves domestic flights to new KL airport instead of retaining themat Subang
  • SilkAir's A320 will allow route expansion
  • SIA adds more flights to schedule
  • Pan Am restructure approved
Features
  • Catering to upscale travellers
    Premium cruise line offers spacious, mid-sized ships, a high staff-to-guest ratio and worldwide itineraries
Columns
  • Fight piracy through law enforcement and by taking precautions

Cargowebweb site
JUNE 30, 1998
  • British Airways and American Airlines to become Iberia shareholders
  • Perhaps 50 percent Thai Airlines sold
  • French seafarers don't want merger CMA and CGM
  • Huub van Gorp to retire from Nedlloyd board
  • Yellow and Frans Maas in air freight
  • Another driving prohibition in Poland

The Journal of Commerceweb site
Home
  • Ports on alert to enforce safety rules
  • New York: If we build it, will you stay?
  • High-tech airport ready for takeoff
  • Lott names panel to review sanctions
  • Year 2000 expert: Threat to world's computers is worse than I thought
  • Most commodities escape worst of Asia crisis - FAO
  • Pan Am makes its return - for the third time
  • Asia may be in trouble, but it's still expensive
  • Mexican biotech firm shows faith in Asia by buying two Korean companies
  • World Bank may speed $500-600 million to Russia
Transportation
  • Union Pacific report says attempts to ease gridlock slipped last week
  • Taiwan weighs first intermodal network
  • Small shippers get a break from new CF software
  • Packaging Plus buying courier
  • EU clears Deutsche Post for 22.5% stake in DHL
  • Norfolk Southern wins Harriman Safety award
Maritime
  • Dispute with pilots may cause chaos in Kaohsiung
  • Shippers warned on Asian rates
  • FMC overhauls fees; many charges going up
  • Yang Ming eyes more open ports in China
  • Hamburg-Sud to buy South Seas Steamship
  • Brazil opens newest container port
  • On the waterfront

The Journal of Commerceweb site
Home
  • Ports on alert to enforce safety rules
  • New York: If we build it, will you stay?
  • High-tech airport ready for takeoff
  • Lott names panel to review sanctions
  • Year 2000 expert: Threat to world's computers is worse than I thought
  • Most commodities escape worst of Asia crisis - FAO
  • Pan Am makes its return - for the third time
  • Asia may be in trouble, but it's still expensive
  • Mexican biotech firm shows faith in Asia by buying two Korean companies
  • World Bank may speed $500-600 million to Russia
Transportation
  • Union Pacific report says attempts to ease gridlock slipped last week
  • Taiwan weighs first intermodal network
  • Small shippers get a break from new CF software
  • Packaging Plus buying courier
  • EU clears Deutsche Post for 22.5% stake in DHL
  • Norfolk Southern wins Harriman Safety award
Maritime
  • Dispute with pilots may cause chaos in Kaohsiung
  • Shippers warned on Asian rates
  • FMC overhauls fees; many charges going up
  • Yang Ming eyes more open ports in China
  • Hamburg-Sud to buy South Seas Steamship
  • Brazil opens newest container port
  • On the waterfront

The Journal of Commerceweb site
Home
  • Ports on alert to enforce safety rules
  • New York: If we build it, will you stay?
  • High-tech airport ready for takeoff
  • Lott names panel to review sanctions
  • Year 2000 expert: Threat to world's computers is worse than I thought
  • Most commodities escape worst of Asia crisis - FAO
  • Pan Am makes its return - for the third time
  • Asia may be in trouble, but it's still expensive
  • Mexican biotech firm shows faith in Asia by buying two Korean companies
  • World Bank may speed $500-600 million to Russia
Transportation
  • Union Pacific report says attempts to ease gridlock slipped last week
  • Taiwan weighs first intermodal network
  • Small shippers get a break from new CF software
  • Packaging Plus buying courier
  • EU clears Deutsche Post for 22.5% stake in DHL
  • Norfolk Southern wins Harriman Safety award
Maritime
  • Dispute with pilots may cause chaos in Kaohsiung
  • Shippers warned on Asian rates
  • FMC overhauls fees; many charges going up
  • Yang Ming eyes more open ports in China
  • Hamburg-Sud to buy South Seas Steamship
  • Brazil opens newest container port
  • On the waterfront

Cyber Shipping Guide - Ocean Commerceweb site
  • COSCO Japan Achieves ISO 9002
  • MSC Upgrades Adelaide Call to Weekly-Basis
  • Cheng Lie, China Shipping Join Forces
  • UASC's 4th 3,800-TEU Ship Delivered
  • MOL Becomes First ISO 9002 Carrier for Car Carriage
  • Nakamura Niyaku to Expand Rail Service for Marine Boxes

World Wide Shipperweb site
  • Long Beach port board Oks naval station lease
  • Slater names superintendent for Merchant Marine Academy
  • Lynes new Canadian Ports prexy
  • FRA says new safety regulations mean big changes for railroads
  • Container leases up 26 percent according to IICL annual report
  • Panama Canal drops all draft restrictions

urgente online pressweb site
  • MRW crea la división de Logística
  • Renfe pone en marcha la "operación salida"
  • En vigor los nuevos t'tulos para capitanes, oficiales y marineros
  • Continental Airlines firma alianza con Air France
  • British Airways equipa su flota con el sistema EGPWS

Exim Indiaweb site
  • 5 more cargo terminals for perishables
  • FICCI wants corporate tax rate lowered to 30 pc
  • APEC joins hands to stall millennium bug
  • Volvo rolls out first tractor-trailer from Hoskote plant
  • Tanzania seeks Indian investments
  • Spice exports up
  • Stock option norms for software companies unveiled
  • Total Transport Systems signs jv pact with WSA Lines, Singapore
  • WSA: Eventful moorings

Cargo Info Africa - Freight & Trading Weeklyweb site
  • Rand and interest rates will fall further - Nedcor
  • E Africa rail link set to challenge seafreight
  • Cargo Info hands R1000 to Sue Horner
  • Gambling on everything but transport
  • NRZ battles financial woes
  • Portnet cartage monopoly case will be heard in August
  • Maersk adds capacity on Middle East route
  • Rainbow still looking for its pot of gold
  • Fedex to sponsor logistics award
  • Exports to Egypt need origin certificates
  • Analyst warns that foreign investor in SAA could destabilise industry
  • Eagle and Crossroads join forces to provide one-stop package
  • Free textbooks for the underprivileged need a transport sponsor
  • Crane adjustment will limit CT's windy problem
  • Forwarders have to re-invent the industry
  • Logistical snag holds up plans to harmonise regional customs procedures
  • 'Tanzanian deal is not monopolistic'
  • Maersk adds tenth 6600 teu vessel
  • Status Maritime adds financial services subsidiary
  • Saldanha quay extensions will meet December target
  • EU trade agreement could be concluded by September
  • Sasfin adds forwarding arm to provide all-in package
  • NedLiberate enhances exporters' cash flow
  • Int'l trade finance package on its way
  • Forfaiting helps accommodate transactions in difficult trading areas
  • FNB helps exporters to tap into UN markets
  • P&ON streamlines to push customer focus concept
  • NRZ beefs up efficiency
  • Border blitz will continue despite delays
  • Satellite tracker launched in Zim
  • Cargo Carriers clinches major steel contract
  • Alfons the lion heart strikes a deal for conservation
  • Saudi Arabian Airlines appoints new GSA
  • Royal Air Cargo adds 707 for assault on Europe
  • Bill of lading revision will bring SA in line with the rest of the world
  • MOL adds Beira to Indian Ocean service

Lloyd's Listweb site
  • Frontline halts ICB peace talks
    ALMOST two months of peace talks between ICB Shipping and its biggest shareholder Frontline were yesterday terminated without success.
  • Ships face US detention threat
    US Coast Guard, in an unprecedented policy decision, is to record and report as official detentions all denials-of-entry of vessels that arrive in US waters without valid ISM Code certificates on board.
  • US to launch shipbreaking pilot scheme
    US legislation to strengthen global shipbreaking workers' health and safety protection has been dealt a blow following US Navy and congressional protests that the mandate for government vessel-scrapping solely at domestic ship-yards was anti-competitive.
  • Philippines incoming President
    Incoming Philippines president Joseph Estrada (pictured) and outgoing president Fidel Ramos during the swearing-in ceremony in Malolos yesterday. The hugely popular former film star Estrada is the Philippines' 13th president.
  • ITF flags message to world
    UK shipping minister Glenda Jackson will today add her voice to the 50-year International Transport Workers' Federation campaign against flags of convenience when she renames the Lady Rebecca, the 18,501 dwt general cargoship, Global Mariner, at a ceremony at Thames Quay in London.
  • China set to ease Yangtse restrictions
    FOREIGN-owned vessels sailing on China's Yangtse river are to be given greater freedom of operation, according to a local authority official.
  • FSL confident it can become major player
    BOASTING one of the most comprehensive facilities in the UK, Fleet Support Limited (FSL) believes that it is set to become a major player in UK commercial shiprepair.
  • Malaysian yard starts Navix booking
    MALAYSIA Shipyard & Engineering (MSE) has completed repairs at Pasir Gudang onboard the 244,651 dwt VLCC Diamond City, which is the first in a block-booking from Japan's Navix Corp, involving a total of nine tankers, writes Alan Thorpe.

Fairplayweb site
JUNE 30, 1998
  • Sinclair Roche & Temperley sells Singapore office
    WATSON, Farley & Williams, the London-based law firm, is to acquire Sinclair, Roche & Temperley's Singapore office for an "undisclosed but substantial sum of money."
  • ISF warns of more trouble from ITF
    THE ITF "will give more trouble in the future," David Dearsley of the International Shipping Federation warned insurers and shipowners yesterday.
  • Contract 'can prevent Panama tort claims'
    SHIPOWNERS can protect themselves from tort claims filed in Panama by Filipino seafarers, "simply with a properly worded contract," said Alan Walls of Holman Fenwick and Willan.
  • Demand surges for Canadian exemptions
    REQUESTS for Canadian coastal trade exemptions by foreign flag vessels have almost doubled in the last five years.
  • Jurong Port brings in tariff rebates
    UP to 1,000 shipping companies stand to benefit from port tariff rebates totalling S$19.5m ($12m) offered by Jurong Port.
  • MUA rival bids for Newcastle project
    A NEW stevedoring contract in the Australian port of Newcastle is being sought by one of the Maritime Union of Australia's rivals.
  • Panama lifts draught restrictions
    THE Panama Canal has today lifted all transit draught restrictions in the waterway and reinstated the normal maximum authorised transit draft of 12.04 m (39.5 ft).
  • New Zealand tightens its belt
    NEW Zealand has announced dramatic cost-cutting measures to counter the recessionary effects of Asia's continuing financial squeeze.
  • Australia issues coastal trade guidelines
    AUSTRALIA has issued new guidelines governing engagement of ships in the coastal trade that will no longer be restricted to Australian flagged and crewed vessels.
  • Helsingborg introduces 'clean ships' tariff
    SWEDEN'S Helsingborg port is introducing an environmental differentiated harbour tariff from July 1 to encourage cleaner ships.
  • Marchioness demonstrates 'cheapness of life'
    THE Marchioness disaster demonstrates the "it is cheap to kill young people in this country," barrister Charles Haddon-Cave observed yesterday in London.
  • Chowgule slumps into the red
    HIGHER costs and interest payments combined with reduced income from ship sales has produced a loss-making cocktail for Goa-based bulker operator Chowgule Steamships.
  • Frontline-ICB talks end in stalemate
    A DISCUSSION of "strategies to unwind the deadlocked situation" between Frontline and ICB Shipping has ended in stalemate.
  • Sinotrans to expand fleet with $1bn loan
    SINOTRANS, China's largest state-owned foreign transport company, is to increase its ocean going fleet by 50 per cent after being granted a $1bn loan from the Bank of China.
  • Germany hikes subsidy budget
    GERMANY'S government has increased its 1998 shipbuilding subsidy budget by Dm30m ($16.6m) to Dm110m.
  • Orapin Global master pleads guilty
    THE Polish master of the Orapin Global, the tanker involved in Singapore's worst oil spill last year, has pleaded guilty to charges of negligence and speeding.
  • Hvide orders fifth Newport News tanker
    HVIDE Marine has ordered a fifth double-hull product tanker from Newport News Shipbuilding.
  • US Reform Act runs out of time
    THE US Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 1998 was not adopted by the full House for a vote prior to the July 4 Congress recess.
  • Schedule set for rail merger
    THE US Surface Transportation Board has issued a 300-day schedule for consideration of the Canadian National Railway and Illinois Central merger.
  • Colombo extension could hit turnround time
    PLANS to extend Colombo's Queen Elizabeth Quay could restrict the turning circle of large containerships and affect their turnround time, a conference was told.

Antwerpse Lloyd n.v.web site
  • "Galileo": un nouveau train de transport combiné entre Liège Bressoux et Milan
    C'est en toute discrétion que les CFF ont lancé, ce 29 juin, une nouvelle relation ferroviaire - le "Galileo" - entre le terminal liégeois de Bressoux et celui de Smistamento à Milan.
  • L'EEO accuse Deutsche Post de fausser la concurrence dans le colis et l'express
    La société postale allemande - également active dans le transport routier et la logistique - Deutsche Post a été autorisée par la Commission européenne à prendre une participation de 22,5% dans la société de courrier express DHL. Elle y met toutefois une condition: DP ne peut affecter de revenus provenant de son monopole sur le marché postal pour soutenir financièrement DHL. La European Express Organisation (EEO) a immédiatement réagi, estimant que cette opération risque de fausser la concurrence.
  • CMB reporte l'introduction en bourse d'Euronav au début de l'automne
    Le groupe maritime belge CMB reporte au début de l'automne son projet d'introduire sa branche citernière Euronav à la deuxième bourse de New York (NASDAQ) et à la bourse européenne EASDAQ à Bruxelles. Le groupe a confirmé que le report est motivé par la volonté d'effectuer l'introduction en bourse au moment optimal.

Daily Commercial Newsweb site
  • ACCC urged to drop MUA case
    Several members of parliament are believed to have written to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission urging the consumer watchdog to drop its case against the Maritime Union of Australia.
    It is understood they have argued this would be in the "public interest".
    The union has stated that all legal action is dropped, the agreement hammered out between Patrick and itself will not proceed, threatening the re-opening of the entire dispute.
  • ITF reports on Asia Pacific waterfront
    The latest report on waterfront industrial developments in the Asia/Pacific region from the International Transport Workers' Federation gives an overview in three countries: India, Australia and Burma.
    The ITF said India's Transport & Dock Workers' Union (T & DWU) members in Mumbai (Bombay) have been on strike since 12 June in support of demands for increased wages and benefits.
    The strike involves employees of the Bombay Custom House Agents who work in licensed custom houses, container freight stations and Mumbai International Airport's air cargo complex.
  • VCA drops charges
    The Victorian Channels Authority has announced that it has reduced its charges, effective from yesterday.
    VCA chief executive Ian Edwards said the new charges would involve a reduction in the base rate per gross tonne to 30.4 cents from 35.5 cents.
    The VCA said the reduction in channel usage charges was in line with the Victorian government's goal of reducing costs to shippers using the ports of Geelong and Melbourne.
  • Sydney airport charges still under ACCC scrutiny
    The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's acceptance of the Federal Airport Corporation's restructuring of aeronautical services charges at Sydney's Airport over 1998-99 has been welcomed by airlines but only because the ACCC has recognised there are "unresolved issues" associated with the new charging regime.

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FROM THE HOME PAGE
SHIPYARDS
FSG bankruptcy trustees announce interest from multiple investors in shipbuilding group
Rendsburg/Flensburg
These are German companies operating in the same sector
PORTS
Port of Long Beach closes 2024 with new annual, half-year and quarterly container traffic records
Long Beach
Total freight traffic also reached a new historical peak during the year.
TRADE
The Biden administration's latest move is to accuse China of seeking dominance in the maritime, logistics and shipbuilding sectors
Washington/Beijing
Harsh reaction from Beijing's Ministry of Commerce and the China Shipyards Association
PORTS
The AdSP of the Central Tyrrhenian Sea confirms the commitments made towards its employees
Naples
The organization hopes "that a climate of relaxation can be restored"
PORTS
Uniport, exemption from compulsory insurance for vehicles used in port terminals is a good thing
Rome
PORTS
Hanoi government authorizes initial investment for new port planned by MSC and VMC
PORTS
Filt, Fit and Uilt announce a resumption of the strike of the workers of the AdSP of the Central Tyrrhenian Sea
Naples
New protest action scheduled to start on February 3rd
PORTS
Annual container traffic at PSA port terminals exceeds 100 million TEU for the first time
Singapore
Record in both Singapore and overseas terminals
SEAFARERS
Confitarma calls for the urgent reinstatement of the rule on simplified recruitment of seafarers
Rome
Sisto: Simplification has proven to be an important step forward for the sector
PORTS
Sharp drop of -17.1% in freight traffic in the port of Taranto in 2024
Taranto
In the last quarter alone the decline was -3.0%
PORTS
Container traffic in Hong Kong port decreased by -4.9% in 2024
Hong Kong
In the fourth quarter alone, 3.5 million TEUs were handled (-2.7%)
DEFENCE
New NATO mission to strengthen protection of undersea infrastructure in the Baltic Sea
Mons
The use of a small fleet of naval drones is also planned
PORTS
In 2024, the port terminals of China's CMPort handled a record container traffic
Hong Kong
The total was 146.3 million TEU (+6.4%)
SHIPPING
Yang Ming also renews service between Western Mediterranean and US East Coast
Keelung
In Italy stopovers in Salerno, La Spezia, Genoa and Vado Ligure
RAILWAY TRANSPORT
Twelve associations call for agreeing on measures to improve rail capacity management in the EU
Brussels
PORTS
Genoa Port Terminal, green light for provisional concession until next June 30
Genoa
The Management Committee of the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority has unanimously decided this
PORTS
In 2024, passenger traffic managed in Genoa by Stazioni Marittime decreased by -4.4%
Genoa
Ferries stable and cruises down -9.8%. Cruise activity expected to increase in 2025
SHIPPING
CMA CGM to remove Livorno calls from Amerigo service, replacing them with calls at Salerno
Marseille
New configuration in line with that of the Ocean Alliance partners
SHIPPING
From April, Ocean Alliance ships will call at seven Italian ports, four of which will be visited only by COSCO/OOCL
Shanghai/Hong Kong/Taipei/Marseille
Salerno will enter and Livorno will exit the new configuration of the containerized maritime services network
PORTS
Leonidsport (Louis-Dreyfus family) submits offer to acquire 21% of Thessaloniki Port Authority
Athens
The expected investment is up to approximately 57 million euros
PORTS
MSC presents a new request for the management of cruise traffic in Ancona which includes the construction of a maritime station
Ancona
The duration of the proposed concession is 35 years.
PORTS
In 2024, the growth of general cargo in the port of La Spezia more than offset the decline in bulk cargo
The Spice
In the port of Marina di Carrara the annual traffic decreased by -0.4%
SHIPPING
Proposal by 47 governments, the EU Commission and ICS for the creation of an IMO fund for the decarbonisation of shipping
London
It could come into force in early 2027
PORTS
Strikes averted at US East Coast and Gulf ports
North Bergen/Lyndhurst
Preliminary agreement signed by the International Longshoremen's Association and the United States Maritime Alliance
SHIPPING
New annual record for vessel transit through the Straits of Malacca and Singapore
Port Klang
In 2024, traffic was 94,301 ships (+5.5%)
PORTS
Filt, Fit and Uilt have called a strike for tomorrow by the workers of the Central Tyrrhenian Sea Port Authority
Naples
The "systematic non-application of the contractual conditions" to which the three acronyms refer - the institution replies - in fact concerns the punctual verification carried out by the competent offices of this administration of contractual institutions to which the dependent personnel were not entitled.
PORTS
MSC, together with Neri and Lorenzini, presents an expression of interest for the Darsena Europa in Livorno
Leghorn
Warriors: in the next few days we will meet the group to talk in detail about the project
SHIPPING
Corsica Ferries sells Elba Ferries to BN di Navigazione
I go to Liguria
The fast ferry "Corsica Express Three" has been chartered to the Blu Navy company
PORTS
In 2024, Ukrainian ports handled a record 97.2 million tons of cargo.
Odessa
Agricultural products alone amounted to 60 million tons
SHIPPING
COSCO, we are not a Chinese Military Company
Beijing
The Chinese company has specified that the inclusion in the US list will have no impact on the group's global activities and operations.
PORTS
In 2024, freight traffic in the port of Ravenna was stable
Ravenna
Cruises down -17.7% compared to 2023
DEFENCE
US List of Companies Doing Business for Chinese Military Includes Shipping and Shipbuilding Companies
SHIPPING
Last November, ship traffic in the Suez Canal decreased by -55.9%
Cairo
In the first eleven months of 2024 the decline was -49.8%
PORTS
With over 3.9 million TEUs, in 2024 the port of Gioia Tauro set a new record for container traffic
Joy Taurus
Decrease in cars handled at the Calabrian airport
PORTS
Assonat and Assiterminal, the cancellation of the measure to increase the fees for maritime state concessions is a good thing
Rome
Serra: the TAR ruling reaffirms the importance of dialogue between public administration and users
PORTS
The duration of the Agencies for the provision of work in ports and for professional requalification has been extended by 18 months
Rome
ACCIDENTS
Port State Control Inspections Begin on Eagle S
Helsinki/Brussels
NATO decides to increase the Atlantic alliance's military presence in the Baltic Sea
ENVIRONMENT
Germany is studying a network of floating terminals for the import of clean hydrogen
Berlin
Memorandum of understanding signed by SEFE and Höegh Evi
PORTS
The executive design service for the reclamation of the Molo Italia seabed in La Spezia has been awarded
The Spice
SHIPPING
Fratelli Cosulich orders fourth methanol-ready unit
Genoa
It will be built by Taizhou Maple Leaf Shipbuilding
SHIPYARDS
MSC Interested in Starting Shipbuilding and Repair Business in India
Gurgaon
Comparison with the naval engineering company Swan Defence And Heavy Industries
RAILWAY TRANSPORT
In Spain, a logistics network for rail transport of biofuel to ports is being studied
Madrid
Agreement between Adif and the Exolum Group
PORTS
Luka Koper has ordered four new rubber-tyred gantry cranes from Konecranes
Coper
They will be the first vehicles powered exclusively by electricity at the Slovenian airport
MARITIME SERVICES
LNG and bio-LNG bunkering vessel arriving at the port of Genoa
Genoa
It will be able to provide both "ship-to-ship" and "ship-to-truck" services
PORTS
Last year, cargo traffic in Russian ports decreased by -2.3%
St. Petersburg
The largest volume of cargo, exports, fell by -1.9%
SHIPPING
Höegh Autoliners secures two multi-year contracts for car transport
Oslo
Agreements with two car manufacturers with which it has been collaborating for years
CRUISES
Malta sees record cruise traffic in 2024
Florian
357 ships docked for a total of over 940 thousand passengers
INDUSTRY
Cavotec to provide electrification systems and technologies for Italian ports
Lugano
Three orders worth a total of seven million euros acquired
PIRACY
Pirate attacks on ships decreased by -3% last year
London
In the last quarter, an increase of +76% was recorded
PORTS
COSCO Shipping Ports Sets New Annual and Quarterly Container Traffic Records
Hong Kong
In the whole of 2024, 111.9 million TEUs were handled (+5.7%)
SHIPYARDS
Alberto Maestrini (VARD) elected President of SEA Europe
Brussels
The association represents the European shipbuilding industry
YACHTING
Molo Brin areas in Olbia handed over to Quay Royal
Construction of a marina for mega yachts is planned
PORTS
Port of Singapore Sets New Container and Non-Oil Bulk Records in 2024
Singapore
The Asian port handled a total of 622.7 million tonnes of goods (+5.2%)
EDUCATION
The Italian Maritime Academy Technologies has acquired a new technical headquarters
Castel Volturno
Includes a 37-meter, 100-ton command bridge with 1:1 scale operating environments
NEWS
A huge load of 110 kilograms of cocaine seized in the port of Gioia Tauro
Reggio Calabria
If placed on the market, it could have earned criminal organizations 20 million euros
SHIPPING
Unifeeder triples its market share of intra-Mediterranean container services
Dubai
MARITIME SERVICES
Fincantieri Completes Acquisition of Leonardo's Underwater UAS Business
Trieste
The 287 million euro fixed component of the purchase price was paid today
PORTS
Wallenius Wilhelmsen to operate ro-ro terminal at Port of Gothenburg
Oslo/Gothenburg
12-year concession contract
ASSOCIATIONS
The Bulgarian Shipowners' Association has joined the European Community Shipowners' Associations
Brussels
BSA is the twenty-second member of the European Shipowners' Association
PORTS
Strike by Central Tyrrhenian Sea Port Authority staff suspended
Naples
The meeting between the unions and the general secretary of the port authority was a success
RAILWAY TRANSPORT
Mercitalia Rail begins rail transport from Reggio Calabria of trains for the Milan Metro
Reggio Calabria
They are approximately 106 metres long and weigh over 180 tonnes.
COMPANIES
PSA Venice - Vecon achieves gender equality certification
Genoa
It is the first Italian container terminal to obtain the certification
MOURNING
Maria Teresa Di Matteo, head of the Department for Transport and Navigation, has passed away
Rome/Gioia Tauro
Mattioli: it was an important point of reference for the entire Italian maritime cluster
PORTS
Green logistics, the Northern Tyrrhenian Sea Port Authority extends the deadline for the tender
Leghorn
It awards non-repayable grants up to a maximum amount of 300,000 euros
PORTS
Medcenter Container Terminal orders 20 new hybrid struddle carriers from Kalmar
Helsinki
They will be delivered within the first quarter of 2026
INTERMODAL TRANSPORT
The intermodal service connecting the Italian terminal of Melzo with the Dutch one of Moerdijk has started
Melzo
Three weekly circulations operated, which will increase to four from April
SHIPPING
COSCO expects to close 2024 with +95% growth in net profit
Shanghai
EBIT expected at 69.9 billion yuan (+90.7%)
INDUSTRY
Catania-based F.lli Di Martino has acquired 160 new loading units produced by Piedmont-based SICOM
Cherasco
This year the Cherasco company celebrates 50 years since its foundation
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
PORTS
Uiltrasporti Campania accuses the heads of the AdSP of the Central Tyrrhenian Sea of having assumed a provocative and totally closed attitude
Naples
Attempt - the union denounces - to downplay the real reasons for the strike
LOGISTICS
Medlog signs partnership agreement to build dry port and logistics area in Egypt
Cairo
The affected area is approximately 102 hectares
SHIPPING
In the last quarter of 2024, OOCL revenues grew by +55.0%
Hong Kong
Containers transported by the fleet increased by +6.1%
PORTS
Filt Cgil urges to throw away the Antitrust Authority's proposal on port work
Rome
D'Alessio: the AGCM has not at all analyzed the real dangers for the integrity of the principle of competition
SHIPPING
Strong annual revenue growth for Evergreen, Yang Ming and WHL companies
Taipei/Keelung
Revenue growth also accentuated in the fourth quarter of 2024 alone
PORTS
Industrial reconversion works to begin soon at the "ex Yard Belleli" site in the port of Taranto
Taranto
The intervention has a value of 135.3 million euros
PORTS
The Northern Tyrrhenian Sea is the first AdSP to equip itself with the Anti-Violence Strategic Plan
Leghorn
The aim is to prevent discriminatory and violent phenomena within the institution.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Greek Navarino Acquires Dutch Castor Marine
London
Both companies develop information technology and communication solutions for the maritime sector
MEETINGS
The annual assembly of Federlogistica will be held in Rome on January 21st
Rome
The theme is: "Intelligent Logistics. If Artificial Intelligence Breaks Into the World of Logistics"
ASSOCIATIONS
Trade mission in Vietnam by Spediporto, AdSP and Municipality of Genoa
Genoa
Meetings scheduled in Ho Chi Minh City and Danang
FREIGHT TERMINALS
In 2024 Interporto Padova recorded a record intermodal traffic of almost 412 thousand TEU (+6.5%)
Padua
SEAFARERS
Commander Emanuele Bergamini is the new president of USCLAC
Genoa
Gianni Badino was elected president of the USCLAC-UNCDiM-SMACD unitary union
PORTS
Tender for the development of cruise activities in the Greek ports of Katakolon, Patras and Kavala
Athens
The issuing of concessions with a minimum duration of 30 years is foreseen
PORTS
The electrification of four moorings in the ports of Bari and Brindisi has begun
Bari
Contract worth over 28 million euros
PROGRESS AND TECHNOLOGY
Circle has been awarded the tender for the digitalisation services of the Eastern Adriatic Port Authority
Milan
LAW
Roberto Spinelli's position in the corruption investigation in Liguria has been archived
Genoa
Order of the judge for preliminary investigations
PORTS
Work has begun in the port of Pozzallo on the construction of the new offices of the AdSP of Eastern Sicily
Pozzallo
PORTS
Place the port of Imperia Oneglia under the management of the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority
Imperia
This is requested by the Port Company "L. Maresca" and the Lodovico Maresca Port Workers Company
FREIGHT TERMINALS
Interporto Padova looking for a potential partner to participate in the terminal activity
Padua
The market research will end on January 31st
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
MEETINGS
The annual assembly of Federlogistica will be held in Rome on January 21st
Rome
The theme is: "Intelligent Logistics. If Artificial Intelligence Breaks Into the World of Logistics"
MEETINGS
A conference on the implications of geopolitical crises for ports and maritime transport in Venice on Thursday
Venice
It is organized by Ca' Foscari University and the AdSP of the Northern Adriatic
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Iran signs over $1.8b investment contracts with private sector for ports development
(Tehran Times)
North Korean tankers transport over one million barrels of oil from Russia
(NK News)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Autorità di Regolazione dei Trasporti
Relazione del presidente Nicola Zaccheo
Roma, 18 settembre 2024
››› File
LOGISTICS
New logistics company GTS Horizon established in Verona
Bari
It was founded by the GTS group and Simone Gatto De Chirico (De Chirico Srl)
RAILWAY TRANSPORT
In the third quarter, freight transported on Austrian railways increased by +1.8%
Vienna
In the first nine months of 2024 the increase was +1.7%
LOGISTICS
Uiltrasporti, the reverse change of VAT in the budget law is good
Rome
Verzari: we hope that this measure will be made structural in the future
COMPANIES
Circle acquires Telepass Innova's Infomobility and Telematics business units
Milan
The value of the transaction is 6.2 million euros
PORTS
Tender for construction of Albanian port of Porto Romano restarted
Durres
The deadline for submitting bids has been set for February 7th.
SHIPPING
Eukor secures renewal of contracts for exporting cars from Korea and China
Lysaker
The expected value of the agreements is $4.2 billion.
PORTS
PSA Singapore Sets New Annual Container Traffic Record
Singapore
The 40 million TEU mark was reached on December 24th
COMPANIES
US-based FTV Capital makes offer to acquire Windward
London
London-based company develops technological solutions for shipping
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