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BRIEFS
April 7, 1998
Shipping Timesweb site
  • Aussie shipbuilder looks beyond Asia to West for orders
    Asian ferry operators hit by falling local currency against greenback, Aussie dollar
  • Hamburg expects trade with China, HK to grow strongly
  • P&O Australia chosen to build Egyptian port
  • Star Cruises to charter out catamaran to P&O
  • S Korea's shipbuilding orders plunge in 1st qtr

  • Two S'pore-Tokyo services to be cancelled on Thursday
  • BMW will not raise its bid for Rolls-Royce Motors
  • Air Aruba resumes flights with leased jets
  • Mazda to inject more capital into Thai operation
  • Hyundai plans car factory in Russia
  • BAA to extend train link to Heathrow

  • Strategy leaves little to chance
    This is the first in a two-part series on Singapore's efforts at protecting the marine environment

  • Studies upbeat about future of container shipping, port operations


Sched Netweb site
  • Lines increase THCs
  • Cosco realigns services
  • Hanjin's Asia-North America routes reduced
  • EVA and China Airlines strengthen cargo fleets
  • US airport master plan hits turbulence
  • New terminal opens at St Louis

Cargowebweb site
APRIL 6, 1998
  • 'UPS involved in arms transport after El Al disaster'
  • Restructuring deal Eurotunnel finalised
  • Higher tariffs on the Atlantic trade
  • Smit Internationale investments after profitable year
  • Rotterdam rail terminal expansion brought forward

Cyber Shipping Guide - Ocean Commerceweb site
  • COSCO starts through service to Chengdu via rail
  • Sara members to raise rates in June
  • Dockers confirm to stage 48-hour strike
  • New logistics firm launches LCL service to Vietnam
  • A step forward for ship Reform Act

World Wide Shipperweb site
  • Guido Perla finishes supply vessel design
  • Insurance club warns of millennium headaches
  • Olympia planning boat/chowder event
  • Pennsylvania governor praises shipyard lease arrangement
  • Secretary Slater presents African aviation initiative
  • UPS donates $2 million to five nonprofit groups

Marine Linkweb site
APRIL 6, 1998
  • Carnival Buys Britains Cunard For $500M
  • Boatracs Names Curt McLeland CFO
  • NPM Buys 30% Of Shipping Firm NDH
  • MC Shipping Buys Outgas Ships Partner
  • Canada Buys Four Used British Submarines

Globalweb site
APRIL, 1998
  • Reportagem especial
    Transporte intermodal
    Transporte ferroviário
    Terminais
    Privatização da Fepasa
    A influência da privatização nos serviços ferroviários
    Transporte rodoviário
    Transporte marítimo
    Setor aéreo também está atento
    Hidrovias impulsionam a navegação interior
    Operador multimodal traz oportunidade de novos negócios
  • Libra e Multiterminais assinam contrato do Tecont
  • Marítimo
    Adiós, norte-sul
    Evergreen inicia expansão nas Américas
    Evergreen é uma das l'deres de mercado
  • Transporte aéreo
    Rio tem novo terminal de carga
  • Equipamentos & serviços

Lloyd's Listweb site
  • India moves to protect home fleet
    INDIA looks set to review its cabotage laws and introduce new protection for domestic companies.
  • China lines up capital works in Chittagong
    CHINA is looking to invest in infrastructure projects in Chittagong, writes Shirish Nadkarni, India Correspondent.
  • Troubled Danyard hit again
    BELEAGUERED Danish shipbuilder Danyard, which is operating under the threat of closure when its current orderbook expires, suffered another large loss last year. And the company is expected to be hit by further losses in the next two years.
  • Lloyd's group warns of soft market conditions
    BUSINESS conditions in the insurance market so far this year have reached a level of difficulty not seen many times in the past, specialist Lloyd's insurance group Goshawk said yesterday.
  • Asian container lines push for rates increase
    UNIGLORY and Wan Hai, two key players in the intra-Asia container trades, are pushing fellow operators for a 10% increase in rates.
  • Swire offshoot gets new tugs
    SWIRE subsidiaryHongkong Salvage and Towage has taken delivery of a pair of tailor-made harbour tugs from Imamura Shipbuilding of Japan.
  • Outright sales of SA ports unlikely
    Various forms of private sector involvement were under consideration but outright port sales were unlikely, said Douglas McClure, director, parliamentary services for the Department of Public Enterprises.
  • Port duty adds to problems facing Indian shipbreakers
    MAHARASHTRA'S shipbreakers are finding trading conditions dire.

Fairplayweb site
APRIL 6, 1998
  • Holyman to sell its stake in Condor
    HOLYMAN has announced the sale of its 50 per cent stake in the UK-based Condor operation to joint venture partner Commodore Shipping Co.
  • Philippine operators warn on flag exodus
    PHILIPPINE overseas shipping operators have warned of a mass flagging out of ships from the Philippine registry because the government has failed to act on its manning rules.
  • Egypt to privatise stevedore
    EGYPT'S government is to offer the public a stake in a cargo-handling company, its first privatisation in the port services sector.
  • Smedvig sues Esso over drillship dispute
    NORWEGIAN offshore group Smedvig has sued Esso Exploration and Production Norway for damages of up to Nkr2bn ($265m) over disputes regarding the Balder FPU drillship.
  • Norwegian offshore companies plan merger
    DSND Sondenfjeldske and Seateam Technology, two Norwegian companies in the offshore services sector, have unveiled a plan to merge.
  • Iverships results disappoint
    VAN Ommeren Iverships has revealed that profits were unchanged at $2m last year in spite of a doubling in turnover to $120m.
  • Marubeni to post $237m loss
    JAPAN'S Marubeni Corp said it would announce a loss, its first for 46 years, of $237m when it posts results for the financial year ended March.
  • Stena satisfied with new ferry
    STENA has announced it is satisfied with the financial performance of its new fast ferry, Stena Discovery, following repairs to storm damage.
  • India to train more officers
    INDIA is to tackle the exodus of seafarers to foreign flags by training more personnel.
  • Philippines makes positive noises on cabotage
    DOMESTIC operators in the Philippines say they are amenable to the opening of the country's cabotage trade to foreign ships.
  • SNCM launches tender for fast ferry
    FRENCH ferry operator SNCM has launched an international tender for the construction of a new fast ferry for its France-Corsica service.
  • Australia underwrites more credit to Indonesia
    AUSTRALIAN taxpayers will be required to underwrite cotton shipments to Indonesia under an insurance package announced by the government.
  • Australian cattle producers face bankruptcy
    THE collapse of Australia's live cattle exports to Asia is threatening to wipe out some cattle producers in northern Australia.
  • Brittany Ferries moves into the black
    BRITTANY Ferries, the French ferry operator, has posted a 1997 net profit of Ffr85m ($14m), after a loss in 1996 of Ffr16m.
  • New Alaska ferry delayed
    CITING unforeseen design and testing difficulties, Halter Marine has announced a delay in the delivery of the new Alaska ferry Kennicott.
  • Cunard goes to Carnival
    CUNARD Line has been sold by Kv'rner to a group of investors led by Miami-based Carnival Corp for $500m.

Antwerpse Lloyd n.v.web site
  • Seaway: le Canada procéderait à une hausse unilatérale des tarifs
    Tout semble indiquer que le gouvernement canadien s'apprête à appliquer une augmentation des tarifs du transit par les écluses du Seaway se trouvant sur son territoire, et ceci même au cas ou les Etats-unis n'acceptent pas. Cette prise de position a été communiquée par le ministre canadien des Transports David Collenette.
  • Seagha place l'information ATEL sur Internet
    Le projet d'essai visant à mettre à disposition l'information ATEL de B-Cargo via Internet expire dans quelques jours. Le nouveau produit Seagha sera officiellement présenté à la fin du mois. Cela signifie que le système EDI du secteur privé du port d'Anvers enclenche la vitesse supérieure. Seagha a d'ailleurs noté une hausse sensible du trafic de données au cours du premier trimestre de l'année.
  • La Wallonie n'apprécie pas les droits de transit par le port d'Anvers
    La récente décision du conseil d'administration de l'Entreprise portuaire anversoise, relativement à l'abandon définitif du tracé de la liaison Oelegem-Zandvliet fait couler beaucoup de salive et d'encre dans le hinterland anversois...

Daily Commercial Newsweb site
  • Sydney strike: Patrick to test legal options
    Patrick was yesterday considering its legal options following the Maritime Union of Australia's decision to hold a second seven day strike at the company's Botany Bay terminal starting today.
    One option includes an application to seek a termination of the bargaining period under the Workplace Relations Act before the Australian industrial Relations Commission.
  • Oceanfast to build ferries offshore
    WA Ferry tug and yacht builder Oceanfast has concluded a Heads of Agreement with its major Singaporean shareholder Keppel Singmarine Dockyard to build an 80 metres hull roll-on-roll-off ferry.
    It is proposed that this agreement form the basis for a new mega-ferry program involving a range of new designs for mono hulls from 80 metres through to 120 metres.
  • Shipbuilder to favor monohulls
    Oceanfast's new venture into a large ferry construction program with Keppel Singmarine Dockyard could see such vessels being built in Western Australia in two years, according to the company's chief executive John Farrell.
    Mr Farrell said "We have two sites in WA. One is developed and the other is largely undeveloped. We have a plan and a commitment with the WA government to develop that site."
  • ATN buys Emu Bay for $7.8m
    Mining giant Pasminco Limited has sold the railway business and railway assets of Emu Bay Railway Company to the Australian Transport Network group for 7.8 million, it was announced yesterday.
    The sale is expected to be completed by the end of April, and is conditional upon Foreign Investment Review Board approval.
  • Brisbane redevelopment brought forward
    Major port redevelopment plans for the Fisherman Islands area will be brought forward as a result of a Queensland government decision to build a 65,000-seat spots stadium and related infrastructure on Port of Brisbane Corporation and privately-owned land.

The Journal of Commerceweb site
  • Extent of river strike is murky
  • Piracy takes toll in Mexico
  • Cotton exports expected to fall 14% this year
  • Distribution center eases hassle of selling Western goods in China

  • New ATA chief seeks more funds, lower taxes
  • Transroll to buy 300 reefer containers
  • Crowley steams into growing logistics field
  • US-Mexico airport seminar wins praise
  • Restrictions put on barges at St. Louis
  • ResidenSea confirms interest in acquiring Cunard from Kvaerner
  • Australian rail firm expands holdings
  • Japan port fight 'far from over,' US official says
  • Navieras/NPR to add Puerto Rico-Miami run
  • Shekou adds equipment, plans to streamline bureaucracy
  • Inaccurate bills of lading put a crimp in cotton exporters' business deals


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FROM THE HOME PAGE
PORTS
In the third quarter the port of Koper has handled 287,410 containers (+ 11.8%)
Koper
In the first nine months of 2024, it was 835,506 (+ 2.9%)
PORTS
New historical record of monthly container traffic in the port of Long Beach
Long Beach / Los Angeles
In October, strong growth in Los Angeles climbing activity.
PORTS
Italian Port Days initiative obtains EMD certification of the European Union
Rome
The attestation for contributing to the valorisation of sustainability in the Blue Economy with concrete actions
ZIM records excellent quarterly economic performance driven by noli uptick and activity with Latin America
SHIPPING
ZIM records excellent quarterly economic performance driven by noli uptick and activity with Latin America
Haifa
The fleet transported a record number of containers
CRUISES
In the third quarter, the Viking cruise group's revenues grew by 11.4% percent.
Los Angeles
Increase of 14.3% of turnover generated by ocean cruises
PORTS
Signed the final agreement on the contract of port workers
Rome
COMPETITION
Italian Antitrust initiates an investigation into SAS (MSC group), Moby and Large Navi Fast
Rome
According to the AGCM, competition restrictions may have occurred as a result of the 49% acquisition of Moby's capital by SAS.
T&E highlights the need to also count the well-to-tank emissions for LNG used by ships
ENVIRONMENT
T&E highlights the need to also count the well-to-tank emissions for LNG used by ships
Brussels
Total greenhouse gases produced would be more than 30% higher than those considered by the FuelEU Maritime Regulation
COMPANIES
DFDS and Ekol are rethinking and agreeing on the sale of the Turkish company's international network to the Danish group
Copenhagen / Istanbul
Revised the terms of the deal expired on the first November
PORTS
Slight downturn in freight traffic in the port of Hamburg in the third quarter
Hamburg
Stable container traffic
The Companies inform
Accelleron initiates partnership with Geislinger to expand service business in the Mediterranean region
INDUSTRY
Cargotec agrees to the sale of MacGregor to funds managed by Triton
Helsinki
Sale of the value of 480 million that is expected to be completed by the first half of 2025
PORTS
In the July-September quarter freight traffic in the port of Koper increased by 8.3%
Lubiana
In the first nine months of 2024, the increase was 3.2% percent.
COMPETITION
Ok of Ukraine's antitrust enforcement at the entrance of MSC in the capital of HHLA terminalist company
Kiev
The company operates the CTO terminal of the port of Odessa
PORTS
Inaugurated the new Peruvian port of Chancay operated by China's COSCO Shipping Ports
Lima
Has 1,500 linear metres of docks
SHIPYARDS
More than doubling the value of new orders acquired by Fincantieri in the first nine months of 2024
Trieste
The sunshine committed for shipbuilding grew by +154,3 percent.
ENVIRONMENT
Established the Ship Recycling Alliance to speed up the recycling of safe and environmentally friendly ships
Copenhagen
The initiative in view of the entry into force on June 26 of the Hong Kong International Convention
LOGISTICS
Kuehne + Nagel will acquire 51% percent of the capital of American IMC Logistics
Schindellegi / Collierville
US company mainly operates drayage services
In the third quarter of this year, Hapag-Lloyd's revenues grew by 28.2%
SHIPPING
In the third quarter of this year, Hapag-Lloyd's revenues grew by 28.2%
Hamburg
Increase of 3.8% of containers carried by the fleet. Average value of nils up 22.9%
PORTS
In the third quarter freight traffic in the port of Genoa decreased by -4.9% percent while in Savona-I went up by 15.7% percent.
Genoa
Decided increase in transshipment containers determined by the Red Sea crisis. Down the cruises
In the third quarter, HMM revenues increased by 67% thanks to the 83% growth in the container segment
SHIPPING
In the third quarter, HMM revenues increased by 67% thanks to the 83% growth in the container segment
Seoul
+116% increase in the value of the average nole per container transported
Evergreen's quarterly financial performance hike
SHIPPING
Evergreen's quarterly financial performance hike
Taipei
Taiwanese company invests 186.8 million to buy new shipping containers
In the third quarter, container traffic at the Eurokai port terminals grew by 9.9% percent.
PORTS
In the third quarter, container traffic at the Eurokai port terminals grew by 9.9% percent.
Hamburg
In Germany (Eurogate) the increase was 13.6% percent. In Italy (Contship Italy) of 6.8%). Slowing growth at Tanger Med. Damietta terminal will become operational in April
SHIPYARDS
Ok of the Rovigo Tribunal to the Restructuring Plan of Shipbuilding Victory plan
Adria
On the completion of the sale of the company to CNV Srl
PORTS
Port of Ancona, in 2023, underlines the AdSP-container traffic grew by 5%
Ancona
The Port Authority disputes the data released by the Fedespedi Studies Center
SHIPYARDS
Mr vard will build five support ships in the offshore industry.
Trieste
Designed to accommodate up to 190 people, they will be carried out in Vietnam
INTERMODAL TRANSPORT
Alpe Adria activates new rail service between the port of Trieste and the Malpensa Intermodal terminal in Sacconago
Trieste
SHIPPING
Euroseas order in China the construction of two 4,300-teu feeder container
Athens
Quarterly revenue from rentals inj growth of 5.8%
STUDIES AND RESEARCH
The Analysis of the Fedespea Studies Centre on economic and operational performance of Italian container terminals
Milan
COMPANIES
GNV strengthens its business department with two nominees
Genoa
New business manager and new general manager of the company in Spain
PORTS
On the former Carbonyl of the Port of Genoa, the yards of the foranea dam and the subport tunnel
Genoa
The AdSP Management Committee deliberated it yesterday.
EDUCATION
In Genoa, the Graduation Day of the Italian Academy of Mercantile
Genoa
Delivered 50 diplomas at the end of the biennial and three-year formative course
MEETINGS
On November 27 in Rome, the public assembly of UNIPORT will be held
Rome
Meeting on the theme "Italian Ports, a network of businesses in the service of the country and of Europe"
MOURNING
Roberto Nappi, founder and director for 40 years of "Corriere Marittimo", has died.
Genoa
His career had begun at the writing of the Telegraph in 1958
NEWS
New EU sanctions to prohibit the use of ships and ports for the transportation of drones and missiles produced by Iran
Brussels
ASSOCIATIONS
Masucci confirmed president of Italian Propeller Clubs
Genoa
New mandate for the three years 2024-2027
NEWS
The seamen of the Galaxy Leader have been hostage for a year
London / Hong Kong
Platten (ICS) : It is unacceptable ; humanity prevails and they are immediately released
SHIPPING
MSC will implement a markup of noli for maritime transport from the Far East to the Mediterranean
Geneva
Increases of 25% and 18% for containers from 20 'and 40' direct in the western Mediterranean and Adriatic
SHIPPING
Completed the dual-fuel retrofit of a large container ship in Maersk
Copenhagen
He will be able to navigate methanol. Increased the hold capacity
PORTS
Environmental authorization of the Region to dredging the quays from 19 to 26 of the port of Ancona
Ancona
The intervention will cost a total of 16.5 million euros.
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
MEETINGS
Conference of the CNEL on the Sustainability of Maritime Transport
Rome
It will be held on November 27 in Rome
INTERMODAL TRANSPORT
Intermodal shipments between the port of Trieste and Slovakia are growing
Trieste
PORTS
In the third quarter the container traffic handled by HHLA dropped by -2%
Hamburg
In Trieste the volumes processed by PLT Italy in the first nine months of 2024 have decreased
PORTS
In October container traffic in the port of Hong Kong grew by 0.7%
Hong Kong
In the first ten months of 2024, a decline of -5.2%
PORTS
In the July-September quarter freight traffic in the port of Civitavecchia fell by -11.8%
Cyvitavecchia
The Cruserists increased by 2.7%
PORTS
Last month the port of Singapore handled 3.5 million containers (+ 8.1%)
Singapore
In the first ten months of 2024, growth was 6.2% percent.
LOGISTICS
MSC has completed the acquisition of the majority of logistics company MVN
Geneva / Milan
The Milanese business plans to close 2024 percent with a turnover of 100 million euros.
MEETINGS
Conference of Assiterminal entitled "Ports in Connection-ESG, IA, CSRD"
Genoa
It will be held on December 5 in Rome
COMPANIES
In the summer quarter passenger traffic in the cruise terminals of Global Ports Holding grew by 27.5%
Istanbul
Revenue up 23%
PROGRESS AND TECHNOLOGY
SDC freight forwarder introduced artificial intelligence in the management of customs practices
Venice
Annually the practices followed exceed 15mila units
COMPANIES
The sale of the shipping company Santandrea from the Pacorini to Aprile
Trieste
The company was founded in 1989 in Trieste
PORTS
Port of Gioia Tauro, the memorandum of understanding for security in working environments and port operations
Joy Tauro
Will have a duration of three years
PORTS
Italian Ports:
Ancona Genoa Ravenna
Augusta Gioia Tauro Salerno
Bari La Spezia Savona
Brindisi Leghorn Taranto
Cagliari Naples Trapani
Carrara Palermo Trieste
Civitavecchia Piombino Venice
Italian Interports: list World Ports: map
DATABASE
ShipownersShipbuilding and Shiprepairing Yards
ForwardersShip Suppliers
Shipping AgentsTruckers
MEETINGS
MEETINGS
Conference of the CNEL on the Sustainability of Maritime Transport
Rome
It will be held on November 27 in Rome
MEETINGS
Conference of Assiterminal entitled "Ports in Connection-ESG, IA, CSRD"
Genoa
It will be held on December 5 in Rome
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Sudan govt scraps $6bn Red Sea port deal with UAE
(The North Africa Post)
Argentina enfrenta tarifas portuarias hasta 500% más altas que otros países de la región
(Pescare)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Autorità di Regolazione dei Trasporti
Relazione del presidente Nicola Zaccheo
Roma, 18 settembre 2024
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COMPANIES
Paola Piraccini appointed as Legal Technical Collaborator of Spininvest
Genoa
Joined in magistrate in 1981, he is a retired cassation adviser
PORTS
The meeting in Rome between the representatives of Italian ports and ports in Florida
Rome
Expect a comparison to find common themes on which to set up a benchmarking task
PORTS
This year the Cruserists in the port of Ancona have grown by 18.9%
Ancona
25.1% increase in transits and drop by -5.1% of landings and embarkation
COMPANIES
Changed Risso constitutes a joint venture in Cagliari
Cagliari / Genoa
Partnership at 50% with Fausto Saba and Riccardo Vargiu
PORTS
Ok to the 2025 forecast budget of the AdSP of the Tyrrhenian Sea Centre North
Cyvitavecchia
It presents a surplus of more than 2.5 million euros
SHIPYARDS
In Palermo, the first sheet of the new ferry for the Sicilian region was cut off.
Trieste / Palermo
The delivery of the ship is scheduled for 2026
SHIPPING
Global Ship Lease's quarterly revenue records show the first decrease since the end of 2018
Athens
The company believes that its container fleet has very good future prospects of employment
COMPANIES
DP World signs an agreement to buy Australian Silk Logistics
Dubai / Melbourne
The expected value of the transaction is approximately 115 million
PORTS
A worker has passed away in the port of Crotone
Joy Tauro
He would suddenly go down to the ground while talking to some colleagues
PORTS
Torbianelli : well the ok of CIPESS in financing the future Molo VIII of the port of Trieste
Trieste
Of the estimated 315 million euros, 206.9 are expected by the state
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