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October 6, 1998
Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Region's container imbalance worsens
    Imbalance ratio on US-Asia trade as a whole widened to 48% in 2nd qtr
  • SNSC hails EC fines imposed on Taca lines
  • ABS sets up joint venture
  • OT Africa Line starts own agency
  • US Shipping Act 1984 set for reform
Air and Land Transport
  • Set up third global air grouping: Continental
    Members could include Virgin Atlantic, Northwest Airlines, KLM, Air France and Alitalia
  • Air NZ, Star's Air Canada sign code-sharing deal
  • VW chief suggests new cooperation deal with BMW
  • Air fares in Asia-Pacific rising
  • Lufthansa, BA and Austrian Airlines defy JAT boycott
  • Plans for safety checks for planes
Features
  • Can planes get too old to fly?
    US aviation authority studies whether planes have a use-by date, a change from belief that jets have long life

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Region's container imbalance worsens
    Imbalance ratio on US-Asia trade as a whole widened to 48% in 2nd qtr
  • SNSC hails EC fines imposed on Taca lines
  • ABS sets up joint venture
  • OT Africa Line starts own agency
  • US Shipping Act 1984 set for reform
Air and Land Transport
  • Set up third global air grouping: Continental
    Members could include Virgin Atlantic, Northwest Airlines, KLM, Air France and Alitalia
  • Air NZ, Star's Air Canada sign code-sharing deal
  • VW chief suggests new cooperation deal with BMW
  • Air fares in Asia-Pacific rising
  • Lufthansa, BA and Austrian Airlines defy JAT boycott
  • Plans for safety checks for planes
Features
  • Can planes get too old to fly?
    US aviation authority studies whether planes have a use-by date, a change from belief that jets have long life

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Region's container imbalance worsens
    Imbalance ratio on US-Asia trade as a whole widened to 48% in 2nd qtr
  • SNSC hails EC fines imposed on Taca lines
  • ABS sets up joint venture
  • OT Africa Line starts own agency
  • US Shipping Act 1984 set for reform
Air and Land Transport
  • Set up third global air grouping: Continental
    Members could include Virgin Atlantic, Northwest Airlines, KLM, Air France and Alitalia
  • Air NZ, Star's Air Canada sign code-sharing deal
  • VW chief suggests new cooperation deal with BMW
  • Air fares in Asia-Pacific rising
  • Lufthansa, BA and Austrian Airlines defy JAT boycott
  • Plans for safety checks for planes
Features
  • Can planes get too old to fly?
    US aviation authority studies whether planes have a use-by date, a change from belief that jets have long life

Sched Netweb site
  • TSA to be subpoenaed in NVOCC case
  • Canadian Pacific ready to acquire ANZDL services
  • Fritz reports successful results for the June-August period

Cargowebweb site
OCTOBER 5, 1998
  • Air France possibly in Northwest/KLM alliance
  • Biggest German transport group to be floated
  • MSC and Norasia/CMA to start Asia-Europe service
  • New Coli Shipping service to Russia and Finland
  • Schiphol limits aircraft noise
  • Northwest threatens Dutch government

The Journal of Commerceweb site
Home
  • Breaux urges quick signing of shipping reform bill
  • Cardoso moves to shore up Brazil
  • Cathay's cargo makes it the star of new air alliance
  • US, Canada officials take the slow road to farm trade talks
  • UTU and BLE rail union merger talks collapse
  • US ocean deregulation ripples to South American trade lanes
  • Two Zurich insurers get on track with rail contractor liability unit
  • Icelandair to start weekly air cargo service between Boston and Reykjavik Oct. 25
  • Covenant Transport buys Arkansas trucker, forms new logistics division
  • Russia hopes to keep northern sea route ice-free
Transportation
  • BNSF criticizes UP over California service
  • Britain-US resume transport talks for air passengers, cargo
  • Cathay, Northwest show interest in rescuing PAL
  • Wall Street plays blues on weekly JOC index
  • Boeing seeks new buyers for jets that Asia can't afford
Maritime
  • China takes stock of its ports
  • Evergreen enters China for the long haul with service
  • Consortium buys Sea-Barge; Puerto Rico lane to change

The Journal of Commerceweb site
Home
  • Breaux urges quick signing of shipping reform bill
  • Cardoso moves to shore up Brazil
  • Cathay's cargo makes it the star of new air alliance
  • US, Canada officials take the slow road to farm trade talks
  • UTU and BLE rail union merger talks collapse
  • US ocean deregulation ripples to South American trade lanes
  • Two Zurich insurers get on track with rail contractor liability unit
  • Icelandair to start weekly air cargo service between Boston and Reykjavik Oct. 25
  • Covenant Transport buys Arkansas trucker, forms new logistics division
  • Russia hopes to keep northern sea route ice-free
Transportation
  • BNSF criticizes UP over California service
  • Britain-US resume transport talks for air passengers, cargo
  • Cathay, Northwest show interest in rescuing PAL
  • Wall Street plays blues on weekly JOC index
  • Boeing seeks new buyers for jets that Asia can't afford
Maritime
  • China takes stock of its ports
  • Evergreen enters China for the long haul with service
  • Consortium buys Sea-Barge; Puerto Rico lane to change

The Journal of Commerceweb site
Home
  • Breaux urges quick signing of shipping reform bill
  • Cardoso moves to shore up Brazil
  • Cathay's cargo makes it the star of new air alliance
  • US, Canada officials take the slow road to farm trade talks
  • UTU and BLE rail union merger talks collapse
  • US ocean deregulation ripples to South American trade lanes
  • Two Zurich insurers get on track with rail contractor liability unit
  • Icelandair to start weekly air cargo service between Boston and Reykjavik Oct. 25
  • Covenant Transport buys Arkansas trucker, forms new logistics division
  • Russia hopes to keep northern sea route ice-free
Transportation
  • BNSF criticizes UP over California service
  • Britain-US resume transport talks for air passengers, cargo
  • Cathay, Northwest show interest in rescuing PAL
  • Wall Street plays blues on weekly JOC index
  • Boeing seeks new buyers for jets that Asia can't afford
Maritime
  • China takes stock of its ports
  • Evergreen enters China for the long haul with service
  • Consortium buys Sea-Barge; Puerto Rico lane to change

Cyber Shipping Guide - Ocean Commerceweb site
  • MOL' Tenporin Passes Away
  • Hi-Cube Container Regulations Eased
  • US Senate Ratifies Montreal Protocol 4
  • Philippine Airlines Union Gives Nod to Rescue Plan

urgente online pressweb site
  • Los aeropuertos reivindican su importancia social y económica
  • Seur recoge paquetes hasta la medianoche, en Madrid
  • Los trenes de cercan'as llegar'n a Colmenar Viejo
  • Lufthansa eleva a 32 vuelos semanales la conexión Bilbao-Frankfurt
  • ITP crece de la mano de Rolls Royce

Exim Indiaweb site
OCTOBER 5, 1998
  • Evergreen to launch direct service to China
  • Pipavav shipbreaking project cleared
  • PHDCCI for sector specific venture capital funds
  • Record oilseeds exports; yet challenges ahead
  • New US H-1B visa quota to help software exporters
  • LR Mariner boon for ship firms
  • IMF warns of economic slowdown, urges rate cuts
  • Germany good customer for saddlery items
  • 'Rupee stability, not devaluation, need of the hour'
  • N. K. Nayar re-elected IVCCI chief
  • Hajira set to play wider role and become preferred port
  • Mehdi Jalali unanimously elected MANSA President
  • Tanker market report
  • Gujarat State Warehousing Corporation
  • Overseas trade inquiries

Marine Logweb site
  • Southwest Marine names recently retired Navy admiral to head NORSHIPCO

Lloyd's Listweb site
  • Norwegian owners in budget row
    Norway's shipowners have accused the government of treachery and warned of serious maritime job losses in the wake of yesterday's 1999 draft budget that could hit them with almost NKr500m ($66.7m) in new levies and lost benefits, including the proposed axing of the state refund they now receive on seafarer wages.
  • Pressure on Washington to pay bills owed to IMF
    PRESSURE was growing last night for Washington to pay its bills to the International Monetary Fund as world leaders continued to battle against the growing global financial crisis.
  • Orlando to build Tourship ferries
    Mediterranean ferry operator Tourship Group has sealed a deal to build two 1,700 passenger cruise ferry vessels with Italy's Cantiere Navale Fratelli Orlando.
  • Bourbon ship cash pledge
    Groupe Bourbon, parent of the Chambon shipping group, has reassured the market that postponement of its planned FFr350m ($61.8m) increase in capital will not prevent it from proceeding with its FFr5.44bn investment programme, two thirds of which is destined for its shipping activities.
  • Mediocre results hit Delmas
    French north-south liner specialist Delmas has admitted to "very mediocre results" from its core Europe-West Africa services during the first half of 1998, and has also suffered difficulties on its Africa-Asia and Europe-Indian Ocean services.
  • Aberdeen port investment reaps rewards
    ABERDEEN Harbour Board's continued investment in the port is paying dividends in attracting new shipping services - Nor-Cargo is introducing a roll-on roll-off service carrying containers, trailers and general cargo between Aberdeen and the continent and between Aberdeen and Scandinavia; Concorde Container Line has launched a container feeder shipping service between the port and the continent.
  • Nigerian lines win legal dispute over tariffs
    THE shipping industry in Nigeria has come out on top in a battle to stop the Nigeria Shippers' Council - and by implication the ministry of transport - from interfering in contracts of affreightment between shippers and the lines or their agents.
  • D'Amato concern ties up China deal
    A Naples-based shipping company controlled by part of the D'Amato family is reported to be in final negotiations with the Hudong shipyard in China for a pair of dry bulk panamax vessels.

Fairplayweb site
OCTOBER 5, 1998
  • Philippine lines boost market share
    WG&A and Negros Navigation Corp (Nenaco) are capturing a larger share of cargo and passenger movement in the Philippine domestic trade
  • Lineas Pinillos starts expansion drive
    SPANISH container operator Lineas Pinillos has begun an anti-cyclical expansion programme, which will soon add two more second hand vessels to the fleet.
  • Coast Guard threatens Sulpicio with lawsuit
    THE Philippine Coast Guard will file a lawsuit against Sulpicio Lines if the company refuses to fund the clean-up operations of the oil spill from a sunken vessel.
  • Third SuperSeaCat launched
    SEACONTAINERS has launched its third SuperSeaCat fast ferry at Fincantieri's Muggiano yard.
  • Navion develops radical new vessel
    NORWEGIAN company, Navion, in association with Finnish naval architects ILS, has developed a radical new vessel to recover oil from beneath the ice in shallow Arctic fields.
  • Liberia representative attacks 'old guard'
    LAWRENCE Barchue, a Liberian representative to the IMO, launched a blistering attack on attempts by traditional maritime nations to retain control of world maritime affairs.
  • Ailing French yard receives surprise offer
    AILING French shipyard, Ateliers et Chantiers du Havre, which is seeking a backer, has received unexpected interest from Cherbourg-based Construction Mecaniques de Normandie.
  • Tanker sale boosts Premuda
    ITALIAN shipowner Premuda has more than doubled its pre-tax profit in the first half of this year, thanks to the sale of a tanker..
  • Grimaldi assaults Med cruise market
    FERRY and ro-ro operator Grimaldi Group is tackling the out-of-season Mediterranean cruise market by deploying three cruise ships.
  • American Classic to order in US
    AMERICAN Classic Voyages will sign a letter of intent with an American shipyard for the construction of two new cruise liners within the next few days.
  • Mercur sells Jahre Viking to parent
    NORWEGIAN shipping group Mercur Tankers has entered in a heads of agreement with its parent company Loki to sell the world's largest ship.
  • LA awards pier 400 contract
    LOS Angeles has awarded a contract covering the design of the transportation corridor that will connect the port's new Pier 400 development with the Alameda Corridor.
  • SCI eyes Cochin for tanker orders
    STATE-OWNED Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) is likely to place further orders for tankers with Cochin Shipyard.
  • South Korean shipbuilding orders slump
    THE pace of South Korean shipbuilding is slowing down, with orders for September 84 per cent lower than a year earlier.
  • US Ocean Reform Act passes Senate
    AFTER being cleared by the US Senate late last week, a long-awaited bill to deregulate US container shipping will become law on May 1.
  • Preussag denies Hapag sale talks
    PREUSSAG has refuted German media reports that P&O Nedlloyd is in talks over purchasing Hapag-Lloyd's container shipping activities.

Antwerpse Lloyd n.v.web site
  • SCL réorganise ses dessertes de l'Afrique de l'Ouest
    Ainsi qu'évoqué précédemment, la coopération qui s'était établie entre l'armement Delmas et SCL pour la desserte de la COA au départ d'Europe du Nord, allait faire l'objet d'une refonte afin de mieux tenir compte des intérêts propres à chacun des partenaires. C'est maintenant chose faite. Delmas et SCL vont continuer à coopérer, mais d'une manière plus rationnelle, c'est-à-dire que chacun opérera désormais en fonction de ses véritables pôles d'action, de ses propres aspirations, sans plus gêner l'autre dans le cadre de combinaisons opérationnelles. On sait que Delmas n'est guère intéressé par le hub de Las Palmas. Chaque armement opérera donc ses propres services, la coopération s'exprimant par des échanges de slots, d'éventuels échanges d'équipements, alors que l'exploitation des parcs à containers et de la logistique restera séparée.
  • Intégration des divisions terrestres de Schenker et BTL
    Un an après la fusion entre le groupe suisse BTL (Bilspedition Transport & Logistics) et le groupe allemand Schenker-Rhenus, ces deux derniers ont réussi à intégrer leurs divisions de transport terrestre d'une telle manière que les services européens sont désormais offerts sous le même nom de Schenker-BTL AG. Les noms Bilspedition, Scansped et Schenker Eurocargo disparaissent donc du marché. De cette fusion est née la plus grande entreprise de transport terrestre en Europe.
  • URS: une restructuration qui doit aller de pair avec les conditions du plan de la marine
    L'entreprise Union de Remorquage et de Sauvetage mène actuellement d'importantes discussions avec les syndicats dans le contexte d'une nouvelle restructuration rendue à la fois nécessaire et urgente. D'après les informations dont nous disposons, les discussions, bien que délicates, prennent une allure constructive, les parties concernées réalisant pleinement qu'il s'agit de la survie de l'entreprise. A l'issue du pemier semestre le CA était de 881 mio. de BEF (contre 1,05 mia. en 97), le cash flow était de 13 mio (174 mio.). Quant au résultat net, il était négatif de 66 mio., contre -32 mio. en 97. La perte sera probablement doublée à la fin de l'exercice. Il est donc urgent de redresser la barre, les précédentes restructurations de 96 et 98 ayant été largement insuffisantes.

Daily Commercial Newsweb site
OCTOBER 5, 1998
  • After a long gestation … Melbourne gives berth to Grainco
    Nine months after the planning approval process began the Victorian government has given approval to Grainco's $40 million high-tech bulk commodity import-export facility to be built at F Appleton Dock in the port of Melbourne.
    DCN understands that the long, drawn-out planning process has added 2.5 per cent to the total project development cost.
    Planning and Local Government Minister Robert Maclellan said that the permit had been issued subject to several conditions. One of these was that the products accepted at the facility were restricted to grains, pulses and oilseeds.
  • Reform to continue, regardless of govt
    The Australian waterfront will continue with the process of reform irrespective of the political complexion of the federal government, according to the chairman of P&O Australia Ltd, Richard Hein.
    Mr Hein said he believed that both major political parties were in favor of further reform and were committed to it.
    Speaking ahead of Saturday's federal election, Mr Hein said he did not believe that a change or weakening of the coalition government would have any effect on P&O's attempts to press ahead with major reform, including a reduction of its workforce.
  • Asian crisis? What crisis?
    Despite widespread claims that over-tonnaging in the North and East Asian trades is becoming as endemic as that in the South-East Asian market, lines are pushing ahead with improved services employing larger, faster or more ships.
    With Maersk's recent decision to set up its own five-ship Australia-Japan/Korea/Taiwan operation, with former partners Cho Yang and Blue Star Asia slot chartering (the latter on an interim basis), COSCO's Sino-service fleet upgrade announced last week (DCN, 30 September), several lines announcing additional China direct calls and persistent rumors Taiwanese giant Evergreen is evaluating a new five-ship service, it's not surprising freight rates have continued spiralling downward even in the face of declining volumes.
  • GNR opens Dynon terminal
    Locomotive hire company Great Northern Rail Services turned a new page in its five-year history on 1 October when it officially took over the lease, formerly held by Toll Holdings, on a multimodal terminal at Dynon Road, West Melbourne.
    GNR managing director Paul Moore said it was expected Victoria's gas crisis would result in the company's new facilities being heavily utilised.
  • Tanks, but no tanks
    The absence of unloading facilities in Victoria has prevented one of Australia's leading LPG gas suppliers, Boral Energy, from taking advantage of a federal government offer of a 75 per cent cut in rail charges on gas or gas substitute shipments into the state to help ameliorate the gas supply crisis.
    Announcing the decision on Friday, Federal Transport Minister Mark Vaile said the cut in charges would provide rail operators such as NR, Toll, FCL, SCT and Patrick with a "great incentive" to substantially increase supplies of LPG in bulk or cylinders, or substitutes such as LNG or diesel fuel, to Victoria.

Traffic Worldweb site
  • Four European carriers have formed a joint logistics venture to market services on the continent. Netherlands-based Royal Nedlloyd Group, Dubois Group of France, Saima Avandero of Italy and DanTransport Holding, a unit of the Danish engineering firm FLS Industries A/S, will market services under the name E1, and the partnership will be based in Rotterdam. The move is based on the assumption that more firms will make the move to pan-European distribution.
  • Alfred E. Kahn, the father of deregulation, is having some second thoughts on rail deregulation. The railroad industry seems to be operating with impunity, according to Kahn. As the number of competing railroads has been reduced from dozens to four today, Kahn notes that it's not uncommon for shippers to have access to just one railroad at either origin or destination. He strongly criticized the Surface Transportation Board for failing in its mission to provide a remedy for railroad market abuse. Kahn compares the railroads' bottleneck ratemaking with airline predatory pricing. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will decide a case brought by captive shippers concerning bottleneck rates; the STB refused shippers a change to those rates or to require competitive access.
  • The list of 132 Teamsters union officials earning at least $100,000 a year is top heavy with supporters of James P. Hoffa. At least 98 Hoffa supporters are in the "$100,000 Club," according to the list compiled by Teamsters for a Democratic Union. TDU is supporting Tom Leedham in the upcoming Teamsters union election against heavily favored Hoffa. Neither Leedham nor Hoffa are in the $100,000 Club, which takes on more significance this year as the Teamsters' net worth has plummeted to under $4 million from $151 million in 1992.
  • Despite meager gains in intermodal business over the last three years, Burlington Northern Santa Fe chief Rob Krebs says he has no plans of letting intermodal take a back seat to traffic that can bring in larger margins. Krebs believes large capital investments and an increased focus on customer service will bring about a turnaround. Speaking at the Intermodal Association of North America's annual conference, Krebs acknowledged that rail mergers have bred lousy customer service. To help address the problem, he has instilled two shared values on his railroad: listening to customers and empowering employees.
  • China may prove to be a tougher target for Federal Maritime Commission sanctions over port reform than Japan was. Those who deal with the Chinese shipping fraternity say the world's biggest nation may retaliate with sanctions of its own against American ships. Already talks between the two powers over fair maritime shipping policies have hit rough seas. New Marad Administrator Clyde Hart is just back from a mission to China and one official familiar with the talks said, "China has decided to dig in its heels."
  • Southern Air Transport is calling it quits after 51 years. The airline, which had a colorful past as a formerly owned entity of the CIA, shut down all operations, leaving its customers scrambling to find alternative lift. The airline, plagued by financial problems for the past several years, tried desperately to get another airline to buy it. When two potential mergers left SAT standing at the alter alone, the company decided bankruptcy looked like its only option. Papers to that effect were expected to be filed.
  • Starbucks brand of high-test caffeine is coming to a grocery story near you. That's because of a new alliance with the Seattle-based coffee pusher and Kraft Foods. Such "co-branding" is the rage for companies to exploit and expand consumer loyalties. Starbucks is at the leading edge of this trend - it has seen its retail channel grow from its 3,500 retail shops to more than 25,000 outlets. There's so many places serving their Joe nowadays that the joke is, "They just opened another Starbucks in my neighborhood - in a Starbucks."
  • Optum is showcasing a new product, The Configurator. The Configurator, a warehouse management design tool, allows users to easily and graphically design their warehouse or distribution centers and cut and paste definitions from one warehouse to another. The company anticipates that new application will dramatically speed up warehouse design times. The company also spoke about enhancements it will be adding to three other applications, as well as release dates for the new versions.
  • Is your shipment of Canadian livestock and grain delayed? You're not alone. Harassment of shipments by officials in five Western states - North and South Dakota, Minnesota, Montana and Utah - has caused Canadian officials to call "foul" against Washington in formal consultations on the issue. Canadians claim U.S. harassment violates the North American Free Trade Agreement and World Trade Organization rules. But the head of the Manitoba Trucking Association says all the fuss is no big deal - Canadian truckers are just detouring around South Dakota. Considering total bilateral trade approaches $500 billion between the two North American giants, the livestock and grain dispute is not viewed as a major stumbling block.

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Assurances to this effect were given by both Prime Minister Albanese and opposition leader Dutton.
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Geneva
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84% of new constructions ordered by the Italian navy will be built in China
Rome
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GNV ships will call at Algerian ports for the first time
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Boluda Towage and Marsa Maroc to operate towage services in the new port of Nador West Med
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APM Terminals buys the Panama Canal Railway Company
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Piloda plans a hub for ship repair, refitting and demolition in the port of Brindisi
Naples
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Schindellegi
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A.P. Møller Holding submits offer to acquire entire share capital of towing company Svitzer
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Six international shipping associations present a guide to planning safe navigation
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TUI awards Fincantieri contract for two new cruise ships for Marella Cruises
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Geneva/Montreal/London
London Government presents its strategy for decarbonising maritime transport
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London
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Leghorn
Unions ask port authority to block proliferation of new economic entities
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Trieste
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Porto Marghera, renewal of concession to Terminal Rinfuse Venezia
Venice
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Port of Genoa, Ente Bacini requests new spaces and renewal of the concession
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Barcelona
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Marcegaglia and Nova Marine Carriers form NovaMar Logistic joint venture
Lugano/Gazoldo of the Ippoliti
A general cargo ship will transport raw materials to the steel group's plants
Liebherr achieves record annual sales in the maritime and port crane segment
Bulls
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The annual conference "Programming, Operation and Management of Transport Networks" in Genoa
Genoa
It is dedicated to the transport and mobility sector
Last year, 656 ships underwent repair work in Greece
Piraeus
Increase of five units compared to 2023
Port of La Spezia, cruise ship docking simulations completed at Garibaldi West pier
The Spice
Assagenti conference on the future of the profession of maritime agent and broker
Genoa
It will be held tomorrow in Genoa
Francesco Beltrano is the new general secretary of Uniport
Rome
He takes over from Paolo Ferrandino, who will continue to collaborate as a consultant
Stena Line presents a project for a ro-ro vessel capable of reducing energy consumption by at least 20%
Gothenburg
Introduced most of the innovative technologies currently available
Saipem awarded new contracts in Middle East and Guyana
Milan
The total value of the orders is approximately 720 million dollars.
Conference in Genoa for the centenary of Ente Bacini
Genoa
The company was established on 19 February 1925
Interporto Bologna Board of Directors Renewed
Bentivoglio
Stefano Caliandro Appointed President. Loss of 1.7 million euros in 2024
NYK invests 76 billion yen in NYK Energy Ocean Corporation
Tokyo
The newco has taken over the activities of ENEOS Ocean
Decarbonisation of maritime transport will be faster in the EU and the US
DHL Acquires CRYOPDP
Bonn/Nashville
The company provides courier services for clinics and healthcare
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
Over a million to the port companies of Livorno and Piombino to acquire green vehicles
Leghorn
The ranking for admission to the PNRR-Next Gen Eu contributions has been published
COSCO Shipping Development Co.'s container sales increased by +204.1% in 2024
Shanghai
The related turnover increased by +124.0%
The call for funding for the purchase of electric vehicles in the ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado has been published
Genoa
Yang Ming Buys Three New 8,000 TEU Containerships
Keelung
They will be delivered between 2028 and 2029
Construction of a cruise ship for Regent Seven Seas Cruises begins in Marghera
Trieste
Fincantieri will deliver the unit in 2026
Federlogistica establishes operational offices in Spain and Brazil
Genoa
The aim is to go beyond theoretical cooperative relationships
Over a Ton of Cocaine Seized in the Port of Gioia Tauro
Reggio Calabria
If placed on the market it would have generated over 187 million euros
In 2024, the economic results of Interporto Padova reached record values
Padua
Revenues up +17%
Three ceremonies at the Saint-Nazaire shipyard for three new MSC Cruises ships
Geneva
New flagship "MSC World America" delivered
German railway company DB Cargo reduced losses in 2024
Berlin
Revenues down again. -9.0% drop in freight volumes
NovaAlgoma orders second 38,000 dwt cement carrier in China
Lugano
It will be taken over in 2027
Customs agreement between Italy and Brazil to facilitate trade
Brasilia
Mission of the Customs and Monopolies Agency in the South American nation
A team from La Spezia Container Terminal in Rotterdam to test advanced technologies
The Spice
ECT Hutchinson Ports Training Center Visited
The assembly of Genoese freight forwarders on Monday
Genoa
It will be held at the Palazzo della Borsa in Genoa
Assarmatori, in Italy the ferry segment cannot bear the burden of the EU ETS in a very fragile market situation
Brussels
Messina: Protecting shipping from the ideological excesses of the Green Deal
The website of the Port Authority Corps - Coast Guard has been renewed
Rome
It has become a single digital access point to documents and services
In 2024, inland waterway freight transport in Germany increased by +1.2%
Wiesbaden
The volume, at 173.8 million tonnes, is the second lowest since 1990.
APM Terminals Granted Port of New York - New Jersey Concession Renewal
New York
Contract for a period of 33 years. Investments of 500 million dollars are expected
Experimentation of crane automation has begun at the Interporto Padova terminal
Padua
The interport company awarded the "Industria Felix 2025 Award"
Container traffic in the port of Algeciras fell by -17.0% in February
Algeciras
Both import-export volumes and transhipment are decreasing
New cruise company Crescent Seas has been founded in Miami
Miami
The fleet, initially consisting of one ship from Regent Seven Seas Cruises, will grow to five units within the next five years
In 2024, the volume of vehicles transported by Wallenius Wilhelmsen's fleet decreased by -9.7%
Oslo
Traffic down on almost all global routes
Agreement between Assoporti and Assologistica and the Florida trade, transport and port authorities
Rome
It was signed today
In April a mission in Albania of The International Propeller Clubs - Italy
Genoa
It will take place on the 9th and 10th in Tirana and Durres
COSCO Shipping Ports revenues rose to a record $1.5 billion in 2024 (+3.3%)
Hong Kong
In the fourth quarter alone, a decrease of -3.0%
SO.RI.MA. (FHP group) granted a concession of an area of 125 thousand square meters in the port of Chioggia
Venice
Investments of 11.5 million euros expected over 25 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
The public meeting of the Italian Port Terminal Operators Association will be held in Rome on June 19th
Genoa
The annual conference "Programming, Operation and Management of Transport Networks" in Genoa
Genoa
It is dedicated to the transport and mobility sector
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Damen Mangalia Unionists Protest Friday Against Possible Closure
(The Romania Journal)
Govt. to woo top ten shipping liners in world for Colombo port expansion
(Daily Mirror)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Relazione del presidente Nicola Zaccheo
Roma, 18 settembre 2024
››› File
Contship Italia’s intermodal network has been extended to the Gulf Terminal in La Spezia
Melzo
Connections with the inland terminals of Milan, Modena and Padua
Container traffic in the port of Valencia grew by +15.2% last month
Valencia
The overall volume of goods handled increased by +6.8%
The Northern Tyrrhenian Sea Port Authority obtains gender equality certification
Leghorn
It is the first Italian port authority to obtain this recognition
Container traffic growth weakens at ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach
Los Angeles/Long Beach
Last month, increases of +2.6% and +13.4% respectively were recorded
Assarmatori, the Italian government's position on the impact of the EU ETS on shipping and ports is good
Rome
Messina: fully understood the risks and distortions of European climate regulation
PSA Italy's Genoa port terminals awarded anti-corruption certification
Genoa
The UNI EN ISO 37001 standard defines the requirements for an effective anti-corruption management system
Assiterminal presents three projects for the sustainable transition of the Italian port sector
Rome
Work completed on docks 33 and 34 of the port of Civitavecchia
Civitavecchia
50,000 square meters of yards prepared
The completion and doubling of the Pontremolese is the dream-nightmare of the La Spezia port community
The Spice
Fontana: Money is not found when enormous resources are channeled into railway lines of dubious utility
Hanwha acquires 9.9% stake in shipbuilding company Austal
Sydney
Investment worth approximately 116 million US dollars
The European fleet is growing but competing fleets are growing at a faster rate
Brussels
Raptis (European Shipowners): investing ETS revenues in clean shipping technologies and fuels
Trasportounito has confirmed the national halt to the transport of goods
Rome
Proclaimed for the duration of five days from March 31st to April 4th
Container traffic in Hong Kong port increased by +9.1% in February
Hong Kong
However, for the second time in the last 25 years, cargo volume was below one million TEU.
Cargo traffic in Greek ports stable in Q3 2024
Piraeus
The increase in volumes transported on domestic routes has offset the decline in traffic with foreign countries
At the Vado Ligure container terminal a 21,000 teu container ship fully loaded
I go to Liguria
The 400-meter-long Cosco Shipping Nebula has landed
UIR proposes a permanent table for the development of intermodality
Verona
The main task is to build a project financing program.
Restructuring plan approved for Spanish company Armas Trasmediterránea
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Creditors' appeal rejected
The decline in cargo traffic at the port of Singapore worsened in February
Singapore
Containerized cargoes amounted to 27.4 million tons (-3.6%)
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