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December 1, 1998
Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • 67 ships detained for not complying with ISM Code
    1,847 ships inspected in 3-month campaign by 16 member states of Tokyo MOU on Port State Control
  • Conference to focus on outlook for cruise industry
  • Marina Offshore gets towage licence
  • S'pore unionist scores Asian first
  • New Manila drydock passes first assignment
Air and Land Transport
  • Swissair stands by MD-11 jets despite latest scare
    Chief executive plays down incident during which pilots reported smell in cockpit
  • China Airlines expects to break even in 1999
  • NZ, Germany agree on greater air service access
  • Qantas creates two deputy chief executive officer posts
  • Nippon Express teams up with FedEx
  • Asian airline body calls for lower airport fees
  • Beijing, Shanghai move to cut down on car pollution

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • 67 ships detained for not complying with ISM Code
    1,847 ships inspected in 3-month campaign by 16 member states of Tokyo MOU on Port State Control
  • Conference to focus on outlook for cruise industry
  • Marina Offshore gets towage licence
  • S'pore unionist scores Asian first
  • New Manila drydock passes first assignment
Air and Land Transport
  • Swissair stands by MD-11 jets despite latest scare
    Chief executive plays down incident during which pilots reported smell in cockpit
  • China Airlines expects to break even in 1999
  • NZ, Germany agree on greater air service access
  • Qantas creates two deputy chief executive officer posts
  • Nippon Express teams up with FedEx
  • Asian airline body calls for lower airport fees
  • Beijing, Shanghai move to cut down on car pollution

Sched Netweb site
  • CMA begins breakthrough Kawasaki-Med connection
  • Jardine Logistics appointed Trident Far East Asia agent
  • Ningbo records rise in container shipping
  • Strong Asian economies bolster troubled neighbours
  • Hong Kong reaches air services agreement with Nepal
  • Continental/Northwest deal could be alliance precursor
  • Northwest commences improved services

Cargowebweb site
NOVEMBER 30, 1998
  • Germans in favor of Eurotax on kerosene
  • Opposition to Rotterdam participation in ECT
  • No Christmas strike FedEx pilots
  • 22 shipping lines want new Atlantic conference
  • General Motors example to Wings Alliance

The Journal of Commerceweb site
Home
  • Unified container standards sought
  • Venezuelan candidates mix hoopla with reform
  • Software could trip up fraud specialists
  • Air shippers ride Trinidad's surging energy market
  • Senators call on Clinton to restrict steel imports
  • Sea-Land's new port venture poised to compete in the Middle East
  • Spanish exporters fear boycott over Pinochet
  • Clinton unveils steps to promote Internet commerce
  • Hyundai Merchant Marine offering service to Australia beginning Dec. 15.
  • Korean Air renews contract with AMR Services at five major US airports
Transportation
  • Malaysia pushes logistics as a vehicle for growth
  • Delivery timing ranks high with cargo clients
  • Carriers, FAA to discuss mandate on 727-100 repairs
  • Swiss voters OK Alpine rail tunnels
  • Air express companies lead way as JOC index beats Dow
Maritime
  • Malaysia pushes logistics as a vehicle for growth
  • Delivery timing ranks high with cargo clients
  • Carriers, FAA to discuss mandate on 727-100 repairs
  • Swiss voters OK Alpine rail tunnels
  • Air express companies lead way as JOC index beats Dow

The Journal of Commerceweb site
Home
  • Unified container standards sought
  • Venezuelan candidates mix hoopla with reform
  • Software could trip up fraud specialists
  • Air shippers ride Trinidad's surging energy market
  • Senators call on Clinton to restrict steel imports
  • Sea-Land's new port venture poised to compete in the Middle East
  • Spanish exporters fear boycott over Pinochet
  • Clinton unveils steps to promote Internet commerce
  • Hyundai Merchant Marine offering service to Australia beginning Dec. 15.
  • Korean Air renews contract with AMR Services at five major US airports
Transportation
  • Malaysia pushes logistics as a vehicle for growth
  • Delivery timing ranks high with cargo clients
  • Carriers, FAA to discuss mandate on 727-100 repairs
  • Swiss voters OK Alpine rail tunnels
  • Air express companies lead way as JOC index beats Dow
Maritime
  • Malaysia pushes logistics as a vehicle for growth
  • Delivery timing ranks high with cargo clients
  • Carriers, FAA to discuss mandate on 727-100 repairs
  • Swiss voters OK Alpine rail tunnels
  • Air express companies lead way as JOC index beats Dow

The Journal of Commerceweb site
Home
  • Unified container standards sought
  • Venezuelan candidates mix hoopla with reform
  • Software could trip up fraud specialists
  • Air shippers ride Trinidad's surging energy market
  • Senators call on Clinton to restrict steel imports
  • Sea-Land's new port venture poised to compete in the Middle East
  • Spanish exporters fear boycott over Pinochet
  • Clinton unveils steps to promote Internet commerce
  • Hyundai Merchant Marine offering service to Australia beginning Dec. 15.
  • Korean Air renews contract with AMR Services at five major US airports
Transportation
  • Malaysia pushes logistics as a vehicle for growth
  • Delivery timing ranks high with cargo clients
  • Carriers, FAA to discuss mandate on 727-100 repairs
  • Swiss voters OK Alpine rail tunnels
  • Air express companies lead way as JOC index beats Dow
Maritime
  • Malaysia pushes logistics as a vehicle for growth
  • Delivery timing ranks high with cargo clients
  • Carriers, FAA to discuss mandate on 727-100 repairs
  • Swiss voters OK Alpine rail tunnels
  • Air express companies lead way as JOC index beats Dow

Cyber Shipping Guide - Ocean Commerceweb site
  • Nittsu, FedEx Join Forces in Air Express
  • MOL Launches Auto Transport in Thailand
  • Conference Postpones Introduction of New Charge
  • Latin America Conference Levies THC

urgente online pressweb site
  • CC OO y UGT convocan huelgas en el transporte de mercancías peligrosas
  • Iberlink lanza el "servicio inteligente de entregas"
  • TecnoLogística compra en España Logística Bertola
  • Suiza invertirá 3 billones para modernizar el ferrocarril
  • Cathay, a la caza de Philippine Airlines
  • Symposium Internacional sobre Ruido Aeroportuario
  • El Ministerio de Defensa británico contrata a Virgin Atlantic Airways
  • Las navieras de EE UU salvaguardan Iberoamérica del alza de precios
  • Servicio "aeropuerto a puerta", de APX

Exim Indiaweb site
  • FIPB panel opens downstream ventures for FDI flow
  • INSA seeks separate berths for coastal ships
  • Port workers to participate in Dec. 11 strike
  • Tirupur exporters seek MDA
  • NCAER projects growth rate at 5.7 per cent
  • Corporate earnings down by 1.7 pc
  • PM's corridor project to be linked with 'golden quadrilateral'
  • Garment exports up 21 pc; trend likely to continue
  • Action plan to tap new markets in Africa
  • Seafood exporters seek new markets
  • Govt lowers export target to 15 pc
  • DHL Worldwide among top 100
  • Inflation dips
  • Hardware exports stalled by airport hurdles
  • People & Placements
  • Bank Guarantee Exemption to manufacturer-exporters ' Complications galore

Cargo Info Africa - Freight & Trading Weeklyweb site
  • Bidvest buys into Sebenza
  • Dudula powers into bulk handling industry
  • Manuel hints at improved incentives for Coega tenants
  • Zimbabwe trade mission outlines investor incentives
  • Maputo expects big changes next year
  • Unidel will offer weekly sailings on Durban - W Africa route
  • Poor planning and promotion sabotage first National Export Week
  • Delegates queue up for Freight Training's export workshop
  • New name demonstrates new focus at Hellmann
  • New software programme automates export-related functions
  • UN gets involved in project to cut road transport border delays worldwide
  • Busy Saldanha loads 265 coils of steel in 47 hours
  • New virtual reality centre offers transportation applications
  • Cape exporters expect to sell more than half their production overseas by 2003
  • Training conference calls for international collaboration
  • Zim flower exporters predict record season
  • 'Affirmative action makes no demands that would destroy company efficiency'
  • Small business believes new labour legislation is damaging to growth
  • Congress focuses on logistics solutions through technology
  • Compu-Clearing adds more strings to its bow
  • 'Get electronically connected or get out!'
  • Clearing Support expands into overborder market
  • Internet is the track-and-trace mode for Clearway
  • D-Zign's neutral waybill is a hit among agents
  • Internet is the way of the future - Pascoe
  • Load your container by computer
  • Fast Forward gets Cargoscan moving at ten depots
  • Hellmann proactively monitors customers' indent info
  • Bachmann sets up full scale in-house network
  • Extranet supports some of SLA's major functions
  • Bax Global takes track and trace to the limit
  • Cross Country ties up with software specialist to develop EDI package
  • Rennies Intermodal looks at Intranet protocols
  • Impson goes the Internet route
  • Total logistics demands global electronic freight control, says Fritz
  • Government welcomes input on export finance measures - Erwin
  • Renfreight Circle names top manager
  • Another Cargo Info winner pockets R1000
  • Despairing fruit exporter turns to seafreight as air capacity crisis deepens
  • SA Airlink adds two routes through Metavia acquisition
  • Maputo Corridor's first toll road opens in December
  • Yellow line controversy could clog roads
  • Schuitmaker calls for 'regulated deregulation'
  • Durban victory revs up CT and PE
  • Mutually agreed controls must precede open gates, says shipper
  • PE hauliers are champing at the bit to get in

Marine Logweb site
NOVEMBER 30, 1998
  • Vickers set to acquire Ulstein (but not its shipbuilding division)
    Deal values Norwegian-based marine equipment manufacturer at around $500 million
  • IACS names its next permanent secretary
    It's Robin Bradley, former head of U.K Marine Safety Agency

Lloyd's Listweb site
  • UK owners calm over tax threat
    UK shipping has reacted calmly to fears that the government's plans to ease the industry's tax burden could be scuppered by European Union efforts to crack down on unfair competition through 'fiscal aid'.
  • Vickers falls on Ulstein price
    SHARES in Vickers slipped yesterday after the British engineering giant revealed that it is to pay twice the expected price for the non-shipbuilding interests of Norway's Ulstein.
  • Lorenzo suffers fresh losses
    Reduced freight volumes and spiralling interest costs have produced further losses at Lorenzo Shipping Corp, the Philippine all-container domestic carrier.
  • PNSC reports decrease in operating profit
    Pakistan National Shipping Corporation (PNSC) saw operating profit fall to Rs203.77m ($4.81m) for the year ended June 30, 1998, down from Rs282.04m the year before.
  • SSY gloomy on dry bulk recovery
    Do not expect a turnround in the dry bulk market before 2000, said SSY Shipbrokers.
  • European transport links
    UK deputy transport minister John Reid talks with Luxembourg transport minister Mady Delvaux-Stehres at the beginning of a European Union transport ministers' meeting in Brussels yesterday. Talks covered the development of EU railways and negotiations with Switzerland on land and air traffic.
  • Norway turns to China for ratings
    Norwegian shipowners are looking to China to supplement their manning needs after being unable to obtain enough qualified deck and marine officers from their traditional supplier, the Philippines.
  • Duty-free abolition to cost Foerde 386 jobs
    GERMAN shipping company Foerde Reederei Seetouristik will make 386 out of nearly 500 employees redundant next year due to the planned abolition of duty-free business.

Fairplayweb site
NOVEMBER 30, 1998
  • Barcelona court to decide vessel's fate
    A BARCELONA court is to decide shortly whether to auction the German-owned multipurpose vessel Rio Aroa and so end a six-month wait for its crew members.
  • Collision might have led to sinking
    INDIA'S Mercantile Marine Department is investigating whether a collision caused the sinking of an Indonesian cargo vessel off Calcutta port on November 24.
  • Canada boosts box inspections
    CANADA Customs is beefing up its inspection of containers in response to allegations that steel boxes were the most common hiding places for illegal material entering the country.
  • Domestic slump hits Korean carriers
    SOUTH Korea's national-flag carriers are suffering from slack domestic trade.
  • Gothong owner sets up new company
    FILIPINO-Chinese shipowner Jose Go of Gothong Lines has set up a domestic shipping company with the aim of acquiring three secondhand cargoships next year.
  • Shell, Texaco end alliance talks
    SHELL Europe Oil Products and Texaco have terminated their discussions aimed at forming an alliance of their European oil products marketing and manufacturing activities.
  • Daewoo still in talks with Bremen
    BREMEN senator for ports and foreign trade has confirmed that discussions between Bremen and South Korea car manufacturer Daewoo have not been terminated.
  • Milford Haven acquires Pembroke Port
    MILFORD Haven Port Authority has acquired the neighbouring Welsh port of Pembroke to extend its cover across Milford Haven.
  • MDD could win $1m penalty fee
    MALTA Drydocks stands to earn a fee of $1m under a penalty clause for the construction of six timber carriers built by Malta Shipbuilding Co for the Soviet Union in the 1980s.
  • Operator wins Subic bunker contract
    MAJOR Philippine domestic shipping operator WG&A has clinched an agreement with newly set up Subic Bay Distribution (SBDI) for a two-year bunker supply contract.
  • Melbourne prepares for cruise boom
    MELBOURNE is preparing for a record number of cruise ship visits for the coming Australian summer.
  • Safmarine targeted
    SOUTH African shipping, transport and forwarding group Safren has been approached by several parties interested in buying Safmarine, its shipping operation.
  • Thai owners slam government
    THAI shipowers have blasted the government's maritime export body for failing to help the country's beleaguered shipowners.
  • Rumours surround Frontline's ICB stake
    RUMOURS are circulating about the future of Frontline's stake in ICB Shipping.
  • Vickers pays premium for Ulstein
    VICKERS has offered a sigificant premium for Ulstein stock on the basis of an agreed bid for full control of the Norwegian marine equipment and engineering group.
  • Court rejects Haven acquittal
    A COURT in Genoa has accepted the appeal against the verdict of acquittal in the Haven case.
  • Cruiseship detained after heroin found
    PRINCESS Cruises' Pacific Princess has been detained by customs authorities in Piraeus following the discovery of 25 kilos of heroin on board.

Antwerpse Lloyd n.v.web site
  • Van Miert sur le point de conclure un accord avec les armements de ligne
    "Les dix dernières années ont été caractérisées par un nombre de conflits entre la Commission européenne et le secteur de la navigation de ligne, plus présicement en ce qui concerne la portée de l'exemption de groupe des conférences par rapport aux règles de concurrence (surtout au sujet de la tarification du transport terrestre). Nous avons quasiment conclu un accord avec les armements et espérons développer à court terme des initiatives positives qui mettront fin à cette longue confrontation."
  • Un fluvio-maritime de 1.850 t sur la Moselle
    Sur les 8,5 à 9 millions de tonnes qui entrent en France par la Moselle, ou qui en proviennent, plus de 5 sont liés aux activités de la sidérurgie lorraine. Les transports amont de minerais et de charbons dominent bien sûr. Mais la sidérurgie est aussi exportatrice de fer et aciers, via Anvers (et la SATEM) pour la grande exportation et, parfois, via Duisbourg pour les distances plus courtes avec recours aux fluvio-maritimes opérant à partir du port de la Ruhr.
  • TLN introduit le label de qualité "Goed en route"
    Le ministre néerlandais des Transports Tineke Netelenbos a lancé la campagne "Goed en route", mise sur pied par Transport en Logistiek Nederland, à l'occasion du Congrès annuel de cette organisation de transporteurs. Cette campagne est destinée à améliorer le comportement routier des poids lourds. Un autocollant - une sorte de label de qualité - sera apposé sur un millier de poids lourds, renseignant un numéro "vert" que les autres usagers de la route peuvent appeler pour émettre des remarques - positives ou négatives - sur le comportement des chauffeurs.
  • CMA/CGM ensemble avec Euroshipping & Forwarding vers la région balte
    L'armement français CMA/CGM exploite désormais son service feeder vers la région balte et la Russie en coopération avec Euroshipping & Forwarding (ESF). La coopération a été inspirée par la situation lamentable du marché en Russie qui a une influence négative sur les volumes. Le port d'Anvers bénéficiera de la nouvelle approche, puisqu'il devient un port d'escale direct pour le service et port de transit pour les containers de et vers Le Havre.

Daily Commercial Newsweb site
  • P&OP takes stake in Newcastle project
    THE ambitious plan for a two-berth international container terminal and multi-modal transport hub in the port of Newcastle took a major step forward yesterday when P&O Ports joined BHP and Leighton Contractors in the $200 million project.
    In what was described as a "significant milestone", P&OP became a full partner at a heads of agreement signing on the site of the proposed development, the BHP Newcastle Steelworks, which is due to close next year.
    Director of Australian and New Zealand Ports, Andrew Burgess, said P&OP was delighted to be joining 'two of the most successful Australian companies in their own fields" and intended to lend its full support and expertise, while Leighton Contractors executive director Phil Cooper welcomed the company as a "new and valued member" of the consortium.
  • Sydney wharfies meet on P&OP plan
    Rank-and-file committees of members of the Maritime Union of Australia from Container Terminals Australia Ltd as well as Darling Harbour, will meet in Sydney today to consider a document on P&O Ports' plans for waterfront reform.
    The document was considered by the national council last week.
    The national secretary of the MUA, John Coombs, told DCN yesterday he preferred not to comment on the reception which the document received.
    Mr Coombs said the situation surrounding the issue remained extremely sensitive.
    A document on the P&O proposals was considered amid fears of growing opposition from some sections of the union, notably the central New South Wales branch.
  • NQEA to build Bris dredge
    A multi-million dollar contract for the construction of a new dredge for the Port of Brisbane Corporation has been awarded to NQEA Australia Engineers and Shipbuilders of Cairns.
    Queensland Premier Peter Beattie and Minister for Transport and Main Roads Steve Bredhauer announced the awarding of the $40 million contract which, they said, would create more than 300 jobs in Cairns.
    "This new high-tech dredger will replace the Sir Thomas Hiley, which has been in service in Queensland for more than 27 years," Mr Beattie said.
    He said NQEA beat stiff competition from a company in the United Kingdom and one of the major engineering companies in the Netherlands to win the contract.
  • Price flexibility behind quit decision
    Pricing flexibility is one of the reasons for Columbus Line's decision to quit the Australia to Europe Liner Association, according to the company's managing director in Australia, Achim Drescher.
    Mr Drescher told DCN yesterday that the conference focused more on direct carriers and Columbus Line served the trade by transhipment through Kingston, Jamaica, even though it used its own vessels across the Atlantic as well as the Pacific.
    As a result, the Columbus Line service to and from Europe, even though it did not suffer in schedule comparison, was never seen in as positive a light as the direct services, he said.
  • SA win for FreightCorp
    The rapidly expanding FreightCorp is set to spread its wings even further, with the NSW rail freight operator expected to be announced this week as the preferred tenderer for the lucrative Leigh Creek coal haulage task.
    FreightCorp did not wish to comment when contacted yesterday, but it is believed that senior FreightCorp staff were in Adelaide yesterday concluding negotiations for the contract with Flinders Energy (formerly Optima Energy), the power generation arm of the old ETSA.

Marine Linkweb site
NOVEMBER 30, 1998
  • "Love Boat" Busted In Greece
    Greek police said the cruise ship Pacific Princess, known to millions of TV viewers across the world as "The Love Boat", has been seized after 25 kg (56 pounds) of heroin was found on board.
  • Dry Cargo Rates To Suffer Some More
    Rates in the dry cargo market will continue their downward trend over the next two years, Thomas Intrator, vice president of Cargill International S.A., said. At the same meeting, Dirk Langeveld, president of investment group Tufton Oceanic Ltd., said he believed investment opportunities would arise next year and there would be some recovery in dry cargo shipping market towards the end of 1999.
  • Japanese Shippers Merge Operations
    Tokyo-based shipping firm Tokyo Senpaku Kaisha Ltd. agreed to tie up with Nippon Yusen KK on a joint operation of shipping routes and cargo booking in Asia. Tokyo Senpaku Kaisha, owned 39.23 percent by Nippon Yusen, mainly handles Indonesia-bound cargoes. Its business deteriorated as Asia-bound cargoes sharply decreased due to the Asian currency crisis and Indonesia's economic turmoil, a spokesman said.
  • Romanian Shipyard To Be Sold
    Romania's main privatization agency, the State Ownership Fund (FPS), reportedly launched the selloff of a majority stake in Santierul Naval Constanta shipyard through direct negotiations. Bids in sealed envelopes from local and foreign individual and corporate investors will be accepted up to January 18.
  •  Ship Officer Shortage To Cause Problems
    A growing shortage of ships officers poses a serious long-term manpower problem for the industry, a shipping employers organization said. The ISF said 48 percent of its members had reported an increase in demand for seafarers since 1995, but almost 45 percent had said that national officer supply had decreased in the same period.
  • New Tanker Shipping Company In The Works?
    N&T Argonaut is talking to ICB Shipping about forming a new tanker shipping company, Reuters reported. Frontline main owner John Frederiksen was said to be willing to sell his ICB shares and a merger would create a shipping group with a fleet of 32 vessels.
  • Odense To Slow Shipbuilding Output
    Danish Odense Shipyard agreed with its owner and major client shipping and oil group A.P. Moeller to slow down shipbuilding output. It said that the slower rate of production meant the dismissal of 180 of the yard's 3,100 staff. Odense Shipyard has 10 ships on order currently, all for A.P. Moeller.
  • Tanker Mishap Leads To Manslaughter Charges
    The Greek government reportedly is under fire after a public prosecutor charged four people with manslaughter over a tanker accident this week off the northern port of Thessaloniki.
  • Samsung Gets $320M Contract
    Samsung Heavy Industries won a $320 million order from Minoan Line Co. of Greece to build four passenger ships. The cruise ferries will be delivered to Minoan Line from February 2001 to July 2002.
  • Vickers Pays $501.8M For Ulstein
    Vickers Plc is buying Norwegian marine engineer Ulstein Holding ASA for $501.8 million to make marine propulsion instead of armored vehicles its biggest single business. The British firm denied the move signaled an intention to get out of armored vehicles, but said it was a "unique opportunity" to make its marine propulsion business the global market leader, with combined sales of $825 million a year.

Traffic Worldweb site
  • Federal Express and its pilots averted a holiday showdown when members of the FedEx Pilots Association agreed to delay any further job actions, including a strike, in exchange for a return to the bargaining table and a promise from the company that it would obtain no further outsourcing. As talks got under way, the pilots were hopeful of getting the company to put something close to what it had offered in its Oct. 30 proposal back on the table. The company maintains that because of the expenses incurred in setting up the contingency plans, the "generous offer" of Oct. 30 is off.
  • Phyllis Scheinberg is Congress' fiscal watchdog for the General Accounting Office's transportation division. She takes the job very seriously. Her specialty is dealing in "just the facts." Two reports coming out on her watch include a review of railroad market power that could influence railroad open access efforts and a probe of FHWA safety efforts following criticism by Rep. Frank Wolf, R-Va.
  • Shippers absolutely, positively want to use Federal Express - or United Parcel Service or Roadway - even for their guaranteed LTL shipments. A new survey of regular LTL shippers shows that two major small-package giants are out-marketing the LTL trucking companies for shippers' time-definite services. The survey is no surprise to LTL executives, who say FedEx and UPS have spent a small fortune imbedding their services in the minds of Americans.
  • The Asian financial crisis is starting to hit the ocean box trades. Exports to Asia are falling through the floor and those watching the trades say it's going to be bad in all lanes for both imports and exports. There are some bright spots, though, such as Europe and Latin America. But even those trade lanes are going to be tight in the next year or two.
  • FedEx and its pilots were told by federal mediators to tone down the public rhetoric and focus on issues of negotiating a settlement. FedEx management and union negotiators from the FedEx Pilots Association have not met formally since talks broke down Oct. 30, although the National Mediation Board has had contact with both sides. Neither has shown any willingness to compromise since the union opted not to accept FedEx's contract proposal to a membership vote. Saying that proposal no longer is "economically feasible," FedEx management has withdrawn it from the table. A deal with the pilots looks anything but imminent.
  • November is normally the busiest time of the year for air cargo charter operators, but this year's round of natural disasters have made the crunch-time even worse. Relief organizations struggle to find space on aircraft to get the urgently needed supplies to disaster victims, but often run up against problems once military space and donated capacity dry up. To date, there have been 54 natural disasters around the world this year and air freight has played a critical role in almost all of them. Hurricane Mitch has killed an estimated 7,000 people in Central America so far and will keep relief organizations in emergency mode for the next four months.
  • By most accounts, Union Pacific is slowly digging itself out of the service problems that have plagued it for the last two years. Central Oregon & Pacific Railroad, a shortline heavily involved in the lumber trade, attributes much of its business gains over the last year to UP getting its transit times closer to what shippers consider normal. But not everyone is satisfied with UP's progress, as Gulf Coast chemical shippers will attest. There are still pockets of congestion, namely in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Based on premerger conditions, some shippers say the railroad still has a long way to go.
  • Schneider Logistics' international business is getting a boost from a major auto supplier. TRW Automotive selected Schneider Logistics Europe BV to manage its inbound, outbound and interplant shipments in Europe. Under terms of the agreement Schneider Logistics will handle TRW's inbound, outbound and interplant moves in Germany, England, France, Spain, Italy, Poland, The Czech Republic and Eastern Europe. TRW Automotive is a unit of TRW Inc. It is one of the world's largest independent automotive suppliers, with $7 billion in sales annually.
  • Microsoft's SQL Server 7.0, announced at the fall COMDEX show, is already a hot commodity. Both Manugistics Group and Logility, two supply-chain advanced planning and optimization software companies, are integrating or planning to integrate their software with the relational database management system. The software enables users to design, build and manage data warehouses on computers ranging in size from laptops to servers. In addition to scalability, Version 7.0 has improved its data-gathering ability and query environment from the previous version.
  • Canadian railways are making elaborate preparations to minimize winter delays and other problems for shippers. While El Ni'o made last winter a breeze, the railways and their customers haven't forgotten the plugged lines and delays of 1996-97. Canadian Pacific is banking on a lot of new muscle and a closer connection with Canadian and American weather forecasters to help get it through the worst that winter has to offer.

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Assoporti represented the Italian position on the EU ETS at ESPO
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Noise
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Rome
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SHIPYARDS
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Dhaka
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Bucharest/Sofia
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PROGRESS AND TECHNOLOGY
HD Hyundai installs first system that eliminates container lashing and unlashing on ships
Seoul
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ACCIDENTS
Attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz continue
Southampton/London
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COMPANIES
Deep Wave expands its digital platform to passengers and cruises
Graz
Investment in Austrian MarineXchange
CRUISES
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Naha
Operations are scheduled to begin in March 2028.
PORTS
Assiterminal promotes port reform, but calls for corrections to Ports of Italy.
Genoa
Three critical issues were highlighted by the terminal operators: the role of the AdSP, the overlap between the grantor and the concessionaire, and the retroactivity of the new regulations.
LNG Ships and Taxonomy: EU Court Rejects Lack of Methane Limits
The Commission will have to set a methane emissions threshold for maritime transport criteria. The appeal by three NGOs was partially upheld.
PORTS
Ports: The EU Commission calls on Italy to reject the national flag requirement for towing and mooring.
Brussels
France and Spain also received a reasoned opinion: two months to comply with the regulation on port services.
ACCIDENTS
Another ship attacked in the Strait of Hormuz
Southampton/Tehran
Iran faces a shortage of basic goods, which are also imported through the Persian Gulf.
INFRASTRUCTURE
European Corridors: Italy Faces the 2030 Challenge
Brussels
National infrastructure largely compliant, but timing and funding of key projects remain uncertain
TRANSPORTATION
Electrification of ports and airports: the electricity grid is the new bottleneck
Brussels
Transport & Environment calls for speeding up connections and moving beyond the "first come, first served" criterion.
PORTS
Boluda manages the multipurpose terminal at the Príncep d'Espanya pier in the port of Barcelona
Barcelona
The concession contract will have a duration of 16 years
AIRPORTS
The current value of Aeroporto di Genova Spa is between 14.9 and 15.9 million euros.
Genoa
PwC's assessment presented
PORTS
FEPORT: EU ETS should not push transhipment out of Europe
Brussels
The terminal operators' federation calls on the ENVI commission to strengthen measures against tax evasion and to allocate part of the ETS revenues to ports.
ACCIDENTS
New series of attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz
Southampton/Tehran/Tampa
Three tankers hit by shells. Another vessel caught fire.
Eurokai, higher revenues but lower profits
COMPANIES
Eurokai, higher revenues but lower profits
Hamburg
Revenue up 14.4% and traffic up 8.3%, but net profit fell by 8.3% due to the lower share of Eurogate.
PORTS
Genoa's boarding tax: the Regional Administrative Court rules in favor of the City Council.
Genoa
The appeal of shipowners and shipping agents was rejected
Carnival reports record revenues and profits in the June-August quarter despite a 36% increase in fuel costs.
CRUISES
Carnival reports record revenues and profits in the June-August quarter despite a 36% increase in fuel costs.
Miami
Customer deposits are at their highest. Prices and occupancy are expected to record next year.
Winners and losers in port connectivity: the long journey of Italian ports' ups and downs.
PORTS
Winners and losers in port connectivity: the long journey of Italian ports' ups and downs.
Geneva
UNCTAD indices reveal a changing Mediterranean: Italy slips to seventh place, La Spezia, Trieste and Vado Ligure grow, while the South loses ground.
TRUCKING
Electric trucks more affordable than diesel in six major EU markets
Brussels
According to T&E, in countries that account for 46% of European sales, electric vehicles have already become cheaper in five years. Italy, Spain, and Poland are lagging behind.
PORTS
AP Moller Capital to acquire majority stake in Euroports
Copenhagen/Antwerp
R-Logitech will exit the capital, while PMV and SFPIM will remain shareholders
PORTS
China, exports are growing but ports are slowing down
Beijing
In August, global foreign trade increased by +19.8%, but international goods handled by seaports decreased by -2.3%.
EDITORIAL
From Puertos del Estado to Ports of Italy: the same inspiration, an opposite outcome.
Genoa
For port reform, the government is referring to the Spanish model, but is building the exact opposite: yet another counter that the Italian corporate spirit knows how to invent so well.
SHIPPING
Maritime ETS: Brussels opens up to hybrid and electric ferries, but Interferry demands more.
Brussels
The proposed revision strengthens the SMAP mechanism but leaves the issue of port networks and infrastructure to AFIR and FuelEU Maritime
ACCIDENTS
Seafarer killed aboard bulk carrier attacked in the Strait of Hormuz
New Delhi/Southampton/Tehran
The other crew members were rescued.
PORTS
Freight traffic in the ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado continues to oscillate between signs of recovery and slowdown
Genoa
In July, volumes increased in both Ligurian ports
TRUCKING
Trasportounito offers an automatic system to adjust road haulage rates to the price of diesel.
Rome
SEAFARERS
Seafarers, five years after the Code of Conduct, the gap between policy and reality remains.
London
Shipping companies' compliance is growing, but issues remain regarding fatigue, psychological safety, complaints and recruitment fees.
SHIPPING
Last month, ship traffic in the Suez Canal increased by +26.9%
Ismailia
In the first eight months of 2026, it was crossed by 9,602 ships (+17.4%)
INFRASTRUCTURE
Decision on crucial rail section of Scandinavian-Mediterranean Corridor in Germany postponed again
Hamburg
German port operators are calling for an acceleration of both new infrastructure and the upgrading of the existing line.
LOGISTICS
Kuehne+Nagel agrees to long-term strategic partnership with Amazon
Schindellegi
The agreement includes a call option on existing shares of the logistics group
SHIPYARDS
MSC in talks to acquire German shipbuilding group Meyer Werft
New York
Currently, 80.73% of the capital is held by the German Federal Government and the State of Lower Saxony.
SHIPPING
Trafigura creates a new shipping company dedicated to oil transport
Geneva
Initially Volare Shipping has a fleet of six VLCCs plus eight under construction
SHIPYARDS
Shipowners are calling on EU member states to approve the inclusion of two Indian shipyards in the European list of ship recycling facilities.
Brussels
EDUCATION
The new headquarters of the Italian Merchant Marine Academy has been inaugurated in Genoa.
Genoa
PORTS
French ports see a balance between increases and decreases in the second quarter.
Paris
Total traffic reached 71.1 million tons (-0.2%). Containers increased by 8.1%.
PORTS
The Genoa Port Master Plan, the Pra' dock, and the Multedo chemical depots are the thorniest issues in the discussions with operators and the local community.
Genoa
SHIPPING
Crosetto: The Italian Navy will ensure the safe transit of Italian ships through the Strait of Bab el-Mandeb.
La Spezia
We have - the Minister of Defense underlined - the capabilities to protect its passage
PORTS
Assiterminal: Seabed certainty and planned dredging are essential for port competitiveness.
Genoa
Mordeglia: We don't just need a simpler rule, we need a predictable one.
PORTS
Germany is reforming VAT to make its ports more competitive.
Hamburg
The Conference of Finance Ministers approves the compensation model that should eliminate the pre-financing of the tax from 2030
SHIPPING
Saudi Arabia denounces that the Houthis are pursuing a policy aimed at "strangling the Straits", holding the international community hostage
New York
The UN Security Council is divided between condemnations and calls for negotiations.
TRADE
WTO: A reform of the trading system could increase global GDP by 3% by 2050
Geneva
The World Trade Report 2026 warns of the costs of fragmentation: up to 7% less global GDP in a world dominated by free trade agreements
SAFETY & SECURITY
One in ten containers is not up to standard
Washington
WSC publishes 2025 inspection data: out of 93,079 units inspected in seven countries, 9,645 had deficiencies
SHIPPING
Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd to bring back four services on the Suez Canal route
Copenhagen/Hamburg
The lines connect Asia with Europe/Mediterranean
PORTS
Neri and Nova Marine Carriers Groups to Control Calata Orlando Terminal
Lugano
The Livorno terminal will be the subject of a significant investment
PROGRESS AND TECHNOLOGY
Cavotec and EVIAS sign agreement for charging electric port vehicles on the move.
Stockholm
The Swedish company becomes the exclusive distributor and installer for the port sector of the French company's technologies
SHIPPING
Hapag-Lloyd signs agreement with DP World to secure terminal capacity in Africa
Hamburg
The agreement concerns the ports of Dakar, Luanda, Dar es Salaam, Banana and Maputo
The threat to shipping in the Red Sea grows as Houthis seize Perim Island.
SHIPPING
The threat to shipping in the Red Sea grows as Houthis seize Perim Island.
Sana'a/Hamburg
German shipowners warn that the possibility of returning to the Suez route is further removed
ACCIDENTS
New attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz
Southampton/Tehran
IRGC Navy strikes US naval drone
PORTS
Port of Long Beach reports record container traffic for August
Long Beach
In the first eight months of 2026, volumes grew by +1.3%
SHIPPING
WSC reports that containers full of lithium batteries can be shipped without being identified as dangerous goods
Washington
Kramek: People, ports, ships and the marine environment at risk
SHIPPING
T&E, the EU Commission's proposed revision of the ETS for shipping is a hesitant step forward.
Brussels
If the system is extended to small naval units - the association highlights - however, exemptions and derogations risk nullifying its climate impact.
PORTS
Gioia Tauro: Addendum to the updated Port Plan approved
Gioia Tauro
The analysis will allow us to evaluate the Port Agency's employment and staffing needs.
SHIPPING
Ships queuing, fuel wasted: how waiting at anchor can save you money.
Copenhagen
The Global Maritime Forum publishes Cargill's test results on 16 real-world voyages. Slowing down and arriving when the berth is free reduces fuel consumption and emissions.
COMPANIES
ZIM raises full-year 2026 guidance
Haifa
Adjusted EBITDA and EBIT expected to be $2.7 billion/$3.0 billion and $1.4 billion/$1.7 billion
PORTS
Gabriele Sangiorgi appointed acting secretary general of the Ravenna Port Authority.
Ravenna
Fabio Maletti's term has expired
JOBS
Port of Genoa: Messina Terminal workers strike for one hour for a month
Genoa
The company reports that one of the union members did not show up at the last meeting as part of the cooling-off procedure provided for by the National Collective Labour Agreement.
PORTS
Port of Taranto, agreement to participate in the development of the Valbasento Interporto in Ferrandina.
Matera/Taranto
A logistical-functional masterplan will be developed within 180 days
SHIPPING
Attica, the deficit is reduced thanks mainly to capital gains and coverage
Kallithea
First half of the year with fewer crossings and slightly increasing revenues
SHIPPING
Since the beginning of the year, passengers and goods on GNV ships have increased by +2% and +5%
Marrakech
Three-year strategic partnership with the Office National Marocain du Tourisme
CELEBRATION
Escola Europea - Intermodal Transport celebrates its 20th anniversary
Barcelona
A Mediterranean sea voyage between Barcelona, Civitavecchia, Palermo, and Genoa.
JOBS
Filt Cgil, recognize maritime and port work as arduous
Rome
The union is calling for a clear provision to be included in the next budget law.
ACCIDENTS
Tanker attacked in Hormuz
Southampton
The unit continued its navigation regularly
RAILWAY TRANSPORT
FS Logistix and Interporto Bologna presented the first Italian experimental DAC train
MEETINGS
Assologistica event to discuss the Mediterranean strategy for Italian competitiveness
Rome
It will be held next October 30th in Naples
HEALTHCARE
Sanilog launches a special cancer prevention campaign.
Rome
Three new areas dedicated to the prevention of head and neck and oral cavity cancers and the assessment of vascular risk
PORTS
Contract awarded for dredging and completion of the electrification of the docks at the port of Gioia Tauro.
Gioia Tauro
They will be carried out respectively by Dravo and RTI Saet-Suardi
AWARDS
Student Naval Architect Award Awarded in Genoa
Genoa
The d'Amico Group and the Royal Institution of Naval Architects recognize excellence in naval engineering.
TRANSPORTATION
Freight transport is more expensive for Malta: €35 million per year between ETS, FuelEU and BAF
Zebbug
The hauliers' association calls on the government to challenge a European policy designed for the continent.
LOGISTICS
CMA CGM has finalized the acquisition of FedEx Supply Chain.
Marseille/Atlanta
With the transaction, CEVA Logistics' presence in North America has tripled.
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
SHIPPING
Contships to order 10 feeder vessels with options for a further 10+10
Athens
Letter of intent with China's Hubei Guangji Green Energy Shipbuilding Group Co.
PORTS
DP World signs agreement to develop deepwater port in Nigeria's Ogun State.
Dubai
The project includes approximately four kilometers of docks
PORTS
New port regulations for Civitavecchia, Fiumicino, and Gaeta have been approved.
Civitavecchia
The procedural agreement with Interminal in Gaeta has been approved.
MARITIME SERVICES
Kotug Acquires Majority Stake in Vortex Offshore
Rotterdam
The Dubai-based company provides maritime services to the offshore industry in the Middle East.
PORTS
Over €1.9 billion in Spain to improve road and rail connections between ports
Madrid
Port authorities will contribute 875.1 million euros
SHIPPING
Attica Holdings sold the ro-pax vessel Levka Ori for €8.3 million.
Kallithea
The ferry was built in 1987
SHIPPING
DFDS's Trieste-Damietta ro-ro service will become bi-weekly in mid-October
Copenhagen
Inserting a second vessel into the route
EDUCATION
The Italian Merchant Marine Academy increases cooperation with the Port of Durres.
Genoa
A memorandum of understanding has been signed
PUBLICATIONS
A volume on the history of the Tuscan port system will be presented in Livorno on Friday.
Livorno
A comparison of the key players in the port sector: from the reforms of the 1990s to the challenges of the future.
SHIPPING
Suardiaz takes delivery of a 5,000-car LNG-powered car carrier
Madrid
A second PCTC vessel is expected in mid-2027
SHIPPING
Hapag-Lloyd raises its 2026 outlook further
Hamburg
Strong demand and rising spot freight rates are pushing the company to significantly increase its EBITDA and EBIT forecasts.
MEETINGS
UNIPORT's public meeting will be held in Rome on October 6th.
Rome
Debate on port reform and other relevant aspects of the sector
PROGRESS AND TECHNOLOGY
Pilot project for the production and use of green hydrogen at the port of Savona
Savona
Paroli (Western Ligurian Port Authority): a port area has been identified for work.
INTERMODAL TRANSPORT
Tarros and Nurminen Logistics launch new Scandinavian-Mediterranean intermodal service
La Spezia/Helsinki
The land route connects Örebro, Parma and La Spezia
INFRASTRUCTURE
The first caisson of the breakwater protecting the regasification plant off the coast of Ravenna has been laid.
Ravenna
The maritime work will be approximately 900 metres long
SHIPYARDS
Fincantieri and PT PAL sign agreement for the modernization of an Indonesian Navy vessel
Trieste
This is the "Kri Sriwijaya" unit (formerly "Giuseppe Garibaldi")
ECONOMY
In Italy, the blue economy is worth 225 billion, and the nautical industry alone exceeds 10 billion in exports.
Rome
SACE's Focus On presented at the Genoa Boat Show
ACCIDENTS
Fire aboard the Blue Star Ferries ro-ro vessel Blue Carrier 2
Kallithea
The 29 people on board were evacuated
SHIPYARDS
Costs and timescales for the reconstruction of the four US Navy shipyards are rising exponentially.
Washington
If in 2018 21 billion dollars and 20 years of work were expected, today the estimate is 200 billion and at least 50 years.
SHIPPING
Shipping faces its triple challenge: decarbonization, geopolitics, and the new geography of the automotive industry.
Chaff
At the Euromed Convention in Grimaldi, the sector is dealing with new environmental regulations, increasingly exposed routes and the shift of automotive production towards Southeast Asia.
DEFENCE
Orizzonte Sistemi Navali signs a €3.7 billion contract for two destroyers
Trieste
The "Domenico Millelire" PPA has been delivered to the Navy.
LAW
Livorno: The Supreme Court of Cassation overturns the convictions in the Darsena Toscana docks affair.
Rome
The appeal ruling overturned the court's acquittal and convicted three defendants of ideological forgery.
PORTS
The Port of Rijeka expects to close 2026 with a record container traffic of 800,000 TEUs.
River
With the new terminal on the island of Krk, traffic could rise to 1.7 million TEUs
PORTS
Offshore wind energy funding: Pichetto reassures Taranto, but Taranto demands certainty.
Taranto
The 2026 funding for the Apulian port drops to €13.9 million. Gugliotti hopes for a formal confirmation of the remaining resources in 2027.
PORTS
Port reform: The majority pushes ahead with Porti d'Italia SpA
Rome
The Chamber's Transport Committee rejects the opposition's suppressive amendments.
PORTS
Gela's Porto Rifugio has received a favorable opinion for dredging the port's waters.
Palermo
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
Assologistica event to discuss the Mediterranean strategy for Italian competitiveness
Rome
It will be held next October 30th in Naples
MEETINGS
UNIPORT's public meeting will be held in Rome on October 6th.
Rome
Debate on port reform and other relevant aspects of the sector
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Cosco Shipping arm readies China IPO to capitalise on global shipbuilding wave
(South China Morning Post)
Rosatom expects cargo traffic along Northern Sea Route to rise 14% in 2026 - CEO
(Interfax)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
ASSITERMINAL
Intervento del presidente Tomaso Cognolato
Roma, 19 giugno 2025
››› File
INTERMODAL TRANSPORT
Greenbrier Europe to produce NIK transshipment system for TX Logistik
Troisdorf/Berlin
Allows rapid loading of non-craneable semi-trailers onto trains
LOGISTICS
Maersk opens its own logistics center in the heart of Germany
Herleshausen
Located in Herleshausen, it has a surface area of 71,800 square meters
SHIPYARDS
South Korea's HJ Shipbuilding & Construction Co. wins orders for four new 10,100 TEU containerships
Busan
The contract has a total value of approximately 500 million dollars.
PORTS
Democratic Party: The government's port reform paves the way for privatization of Italian ports.
Rome
Ghio and Misiani: it also takes resources and skills away from the territories
PORTS
Port self-production: The Council of State denies the segmentability of the authorization pursuant to Article 16, paragraph 3.
Rome
Cartour's "partial" authorization in the port of Salerno has been suspended.
CRUISES
Port of Miami closes fiscal 2026 with record cruise traffic
Miami
The threshold of ten million passengers has been exceeded, compared to 8.56 million in the previous financial year.
SHIPPING
The Grimaldi Group has taken delivery of the new pure car and truck carrier Grande Egitto.
Naples
Its load capacity reaches 9,800 ceu
MEETINGS
Port reform will be discussed in Genoa on October 2nd.
Genoa
Workshop organized by the AdSP and the Altero Matteoli association
LOGISTICS
Fratelli Cosulich strengthens its logistics network with the opening of Express Global Dubai
Dubai
Teresa Cosulich will be responsible for the new logistics office.
MEETINGS
"A Sea of Switzerland" will be held in Lugano on October 9th
Lugano
Ninth edition of the International Forum on Transport and Infrastructure
ACCIDENTS
New attack on a ship in the Strait of Hormuz
Southampton
A bullet caused minor injuries to two crew members
SHIPPING
Brullo Group orders three 40,800-ton deadweight oil/chemical tanker vessels
Rome
Order to the Chinese shipyard Anhui Shipyard
YACHTING
A new megayacht production, maintenance, and storage hub opens in Trieste.
Trieste
Trieste Shipyards was founded by Seadock (Samer group) and Yachting Expertise and is owned by Friulia
SAFETY & SECURITY
Confitarma applauds the government's initiative to protect Italian ships in the Red Sea.
Rome
Zanetti: Maritime security is, in effect, a component of national economic security
JOBS
Unions approve the platform for the single collective bargaining agreement for the shipping industry.
Rome
Filt, Fit and Uilt, is structured around three central elements such as salary, protection, participation and thirteen concrete requests
RAILWAY TRANSPORT
FHP Intermodal is increasing the frequency of its freight rail service between Fiorenzuola and Incoronata/Bari.
Milan
It goes up to five days a week
YACHTING
This year over 2,000 large yachts operated along the Italian coasts
Rome
Plus 10% for owned boats and a substantially stable trend for chartered ones
MEETINGS
The event "Cyber-resilience in the maritime sector: defense, regulations, and European cooperation" will be held in Rome on Tuesday.
Rome
It is organized by Var Group and Confitarma
COMPANIES
Smeup, with the acquisition of HTG, expands its portfolio in the logistics and transport sector
Erbusco
The Turin-based company specializes in the development of proprietary software
PORTS
Saudi Arabian ports: Liquid bulk throughput to decline sharply in 2025
Riyadh
Total traffic fell to 298.3 million tonnes (-10.9%)
PORTS
A delegation from the Lithuanian port of Klaipeda visited the port of Livorno
Livorno
In-depth comparison of their respective infrastructure development plans
SHIPPING
New OOCL service between the Western Mediterranean and Canada
Hong Kong
Collaboration with Ocean Alliance companies and other carriers
MEETINGS
The port's future is at the center of the event celebrating the 80th anniversary of Assosped Venezia and Asamar Veneto.
Venice
A conference on Friday will be the highlight of the festival
PORTS
Increase in port workers at the ports of Monfalcone and Milazzo
Rome
Green light from the General Directorate for Ports, Logistics and Intermodality of the Ministry of the Interior.
PORTS
Cargo traffic in Greek ports is sharply declining
Piraeus
Stagnation in passenger numbers
RAILWAY TRANSPORT
Mercitalia Shunting & Terminal has purchased eight Eurolight Dual bimodal locomotives
Rome
PORTS
Container traffic in the port of Hong Kong grew by 22.1% last month.
Hong Kong
Total for the first eight months of 2026 unchanged
MEETINGS
AGV Expo, a new European trade fair dedicated to self-guided vehicles, will be held in Piacenza next month.
Genoa
The event will also host a rich program of conferences
TRUCKING
Massive transnational fraud discovered in the road haulage sector
Chieti
Illegal employment of non-EU workers
PORTS
Cargo traffic at the port of Singapore decreased by -4.9% in August
Singapore
In the first eight months of 2026, the port handled 30.7 million containers (+4.2%)
SHIPYARDS
Cochin Shipyard and Drydocks World to jointly develop new international ship repair center in Cochin
Mumbai
ACCIDENTS
An Iranian merchant ship was hit in the Strait of Hormuz
Tehran/Southampton
One sailor died and four other crew members were injured.
PORTS
In July, freight traffic in the port of Ravenna grew by +6.7%
Ravenna
A sharp decline of -21.2% is expected for August
TRUCKING
Giulio Stoppa is the new general secretary of Trasportounito
Rome
A choice of continuity that at the same time marks the beginning of a new phase
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