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November 7, 1998
Sched Netweb site
  • Good reaction to EC proposal
  • Falling demand prompts Kiel Canal studies
  • Newly-merged Showa confident in financial forecast
  • Cosco uses less vessels on new service
  • First half Poland-bound traffic doubles at Hamburg
  • Emirates commences daily flights to Melbourne
  • DHL left out of all-time high
  • SAS improves Priority service

Cargowebweb site
NOVEMBER 6, 1998
  • SAS: 41 percent more profit
  • Ocean buys Dutch Air
  • Sara Lee opts for inland shipping
  • New knowledge centers for transport and logistics
  • French court ends blockade of Calais
  • Tomato logistics in Rotterdam

The Journal of Commerceweb site
Home
  • Steelmakers, union push import ban
  • In path of destruction, a need to rebuild
  • Traders expect backlogs from beetle ban
  • Brokers decry Customs' effort at correcting import documents
  • Turks threaten Bosphorus strait fee hike
  • Agriculture Secretary Glickman to join Clinton at APEC trade forum and on Asia trip
  • US fears a resurgence of protectionism as trade deficit soars
  • FedEx pilots delay taking a strike vote
  • Fear of Asian Longhorned Beetle leads Canada to ban wood packaging from China
  • US comes through for hungry Russia with food aid pact
  • China eyes WTO entry in 1999 despite problems
  • CN's new Toronto metals distribution center officially opens for business
Transportation
  • German trucking sector seeks restraint in EU expansion
  • Genstar Capital buys Skyway Freight
  • Japan Airlines says business still slow, yet plans to add 1 trans-Pacific flight
  • Lambos, Creel honored with 1998 Connie Awards
  • Plain planes may help airlines trim costs
Maritime
  • Altamira hankers after Texas cargo
  • Double-digit growth at Port of New York, rise in cargo share cited
  • Swiss forwarders expand Malaysian freight operations
  • Accountant: new rule could affect vessel value

The Journal of Commerceweb site
Home
  • Steelmakers, union push import ban
  • In path of destruction, a need to rebuild
  • Traders expect backlogs from beetle ban
  • Brokers decry Customs' effort at correcting import documents
  • Turks threaten Bosphorus strait fee hike
  • Agriculture Secretary Glickman to join Clinton at APEC trade forum and on Asia trip
  • US fears a resurgence of protectionism as trade deficit soars
  • FedEx pilots delay taking a strike vote
  • Fear of Asian Longhorned Beetle leads Canada to ban wood packaging from China
  • US comes through for hungry Russia with food aid pact
  • China eyes WTO entry in 1999 despite problems
  • CN's new Toronto metals distribution center officially opens for business
Transportation
  • German trucking sector seeks restraint in EU expansion
  • Genstar Capital buys Skyway Freight
  • Japan Airlines says business still slow, yet plans to add 1 trans-Pacific flight
  • Lambos, Creel honored with 1998 Connie Awards
  • Plain planes may help airlines trim costs
Maritime
  • Altamira hankers after Texas cargo
  • Double-digit growth at Port of New York, rise in cargo share cited
  • Swiss forwarders expand Malaysian freight operations
  • Accountant: new rule could affect vessel value

The Journal of Commerceweb site
Home
  • Steelmakers, union push import ban
  • In path of destruction, a need to rebuild
  • Traders expect backlogs from beetle ban
  • Brokers decry Customs' effort at correcting import documents
  • Turks threaten Bosphorus strait fee hike
  • Agriculture Secretary Glickman to join Clinton at APEC trade forum and on Asia trip
  • US fears a resurgence of protectionism as trade deficit soars
  • FedEx pilots delay taking a strike vote
  • Fear of Asian Longhorned Beetle leads Canada to ban wood packaging from China
  • US comes through for hungry Russia with food aid pact
  • China eyes WTO entry in 1999 despite problems
  • CN's new Toronto metals distribution center officially opens for business
Transportation
  • German trucking sector seeks restraint in EU expansion
  • Genstar Capital buys Skyway Freight
  • Japan Airlines says business still slow, yet plans to add 1 trans-Pacific flight
  • Lambos, Creel honored with 1998 Connie Awards
  • Plain planes may help airlines trim costs
Maritime
  • Altamira hankers after Texas cargo
  • Double-digit growth at Port of New York, rise in cargo share cited
  • Swiss forwarders expand Malaysian freight operations
  • Accountant: new rule could affect vessel value

Cyber Shipping Guide - Ocean Commerceweb site
  • Three Japanese Lines Report Favorable Mid-Year Results
  • HMM Launched US East Coast/Jeddah Service
  • Hitachinaka Port to Make Debut as Open Port Dec. 21

Exim Indiaweb site
  • Customs bid for easy EDI-import at Sahar
  • Astra Marine's agents at 3 ICDs
  • Govt accords export house status to tourism units
  • Customs, C-Excise officers plan 3-day stir from Nov. 10

Marine Logweb site
  • Progress on plans for Texas offshore oil port
    Blue Dolphin Energy completes commercial and engineering evaluation

Lloyd's Listweb site
  • Brussels probes Warnow Werft
    AN official investigation is being launched by the European Commission into eastern German shipyard Kvaerner Warnow Werft for allegedly exceeding capacity restrictions.
  • Uranium cargo damaged in storm
    AN incident in which uranium containers being shipped to France suffered storm damage has rekindled fears among campaigners of a serious nuclear accident at sea.
  • Privatisation approved for Keelung stevedoring
    TAIWAN's Provincial Transportation Department has approved an NT$8.5bn (US$258m) plan to privatise stevedoring and warehousing activities at the busy northern port of Keelung.
  • Offshore Systems loss grows
    CANADIAN electronic chart and positioning systems firm Offshore Systems International has reported a third quarter net income loss of C$846,000, (US$548,460) bringing to C$3.66m its total loss for the year's first nine months, ended at August 31.
  • CMA-CGM will appeal against merger decision
    CMA-CGM, the French shipping group, will appeal against a court decision suspending the planned merger of its two main operating subsidiaries, Compagnie Maritime d'Affretement and Compagnie Generale Maritime.
  • USCG calls off search for barque Fantome
    THE US Coast Guard has suspended its eight-day search for the historic barque Fantome, which went missing on October 27 while trying to outrun or avoid Hurricane Mitch in Caribbean waters off Honduras.
  • IMO calls for ban on toxic paints from 2003
    WORLD shipping faces a radical change in its use of marine paints after a committee of the International Maritime Organisation recommended a ban from January 2003 on the use of controversial organotin compounds in anti-fouling systems.
  • Border police
    AN Israeli policeman helps a border policewoman away from the scene of the suicide car bombing in Jerusalem yesterday which killed two and injured 21 others. The bomber was among the dead. The blast occured as the Israeli government was meeting in a cabinet session to ratify the Wye peace accords. Israeli police have received a telphone call acknowledging responsibility from someone claiming to belong to the Islamic militant group Hamas.

Fairplayweb site
NOVEMBER 6, 1998
  • Sri Lankan port projects to start next year
    WORK on the Colombo and Galle port projects will begin next year, Sri Lanka's deputy finance minister GL Peiris told parliament yesterday.
  • Philippines arrests sugar smugglers
    A CAMPAIGN launched by the Philippines government against the black market in sugar has resulted in the arrest of a ship suspected of smuggling.
  • Waterfront plans $10m share issue
    WATERFRONT Shipping, the Norwegian product tanker company, plans to strengthen its capital base by a share issue.
  • Crisis will not stop containership progress
    THE race towards the creation of ever-larger container carriers will not be slowed by the world's current economic turbulence, according to Lutz Wittenberg of Germanischer Lloyd.
  • Maltese union hits back over closure advice
    MALTA'S General Workers Union has slammed the Federation of Malta Industries for advising the government to close both Malta Drydocks and Malta Shipbuilding.
  • CSSC and HDW sign co-operation deal
    CHINA State Shipbuilding Corp and German builder HDW have signed an agreement to co-operate on shipbuilding.
  • Polish Steamship removes managing director
    POLISH Steamship Company has removed its md, Janusz Lembas, in favour of a temporary manager, PZM group manager Pawel Brzezicki.
  • Market sentiment hits Cosco issue
    POOR market sentiment in Hong Kong has forced Cosco to extend the closing date on a $200m commercial paper programme.
  • Thai rice exports hit record
    RICE exports from Thailand, the world's largest rice exporter, are expected to reach a record 6.1m tonnes this year.
  • Shun Tak to buy into CTS Parkview
    SHUN Tak Holdings has been granted an option to acquire 50 per cent of CTS Parkview Holdings, which operates fast ferry services on the Hong Kong-Macau route.
  • Angra dos Reis port sold
    ANGRA dos Reis, the Brazilian port, was sold at auction yesterday.
  • Taiwan seeks Chinese coal
    STATE-controlled Taiwan Power Co is seeking long-term coal supplies from China to diversify its import sources, according to company officials.
  • Vessels trapped by high water
    MORE than 100 river vessels were trapped recently when the German inland port of Duisburg was cut off by high water levels.
  • Lakes bunkering facility opens
    A NEW bunkering service operated by Murphy Oil USA has started operations at the Lake Superior port of Duluth.
  • Halter bids for Italian builder
    HALTER Marine, one of the largest US builders of ships and equipment for the offshore oil industry, has made a joint bid with ASEA Brown Boveri for Belleli Offshore.
  • Adelaide throughput surges
    PORT Adelaide, which has been put up for sale by the government of South Australia, has recorded a near doubling of throughput in the past three years.
  • HHLA cuts back on conventional cargo
    HAMBURG port terminal company HHLA is reducing its conventional cargo activities.

Antwerpse Lloyd n.v.web site
NOVEMBER 6, 1998
  • Le tribunal de Nanterre suspend le processus de fusion CMA-CGM
    Le Tribunal de Commerce de Nanterre (banlieue parisienne) vient de prendre une ordonnance qui suspend les opérations préparatoires à la fusion de la Compagnie Maritime d'Affrètement (CMA, Marseille) et de la Compagnie Générale Maritime (CGM, Paris). Dès le 4 novembre au soir, les sociétés CMA et CGM annonçaient leur décision de faire appel. L'intervention du Tribunal de Commerce de Nanterre s'inscrit bien sûr dans le cadre des multiples rebondissements du différend qui oppose les deux frères Jacques R. et Johnny Saadé. Le premier étant majoritaire et le second minoritaire dans le capital du groupe CMA-CGM que préside Jacques R. Saadé. En attendant le résultat de l'appel, la décision du 4 novembre apparaît évidemment comme un coup dur pour Jacques R. Saadé et ses alliés.
  • Le groupe américain ProLogis devrait racheter Garonor
    La société française d'assurances AGF a décidé de vendre sa filiale d'exploitation de plates-formes logistiques Garonor au groupe américain ProLogis. Celui-ci bénéficie d'une clause de "due diligence" afin d'étudier le dossier à fond et de vérifier s'il n'y a pas de cadavres dans les placards. Selon toute probabilité, il devrait prendre une décision d'achat définitive dans les prochaines semaines et très certainement avant la fin de l'année. C'est ce que nous avons appris à très bonne source. Chez Garonor, c'est la satisfaction, car le nouvel actionnaire devrait lui permettre de réaliser ses projets d'extension actuels.
  • Autriche: le road pricing du trafic de fret devrait rapporter 2,5 mia. d'ATS par an
    L'Autobahnen- und Schnellstrassen-finanzierungs AG (Ansfinag) utilisera les revenus du road pricing pour camions, qui sera introduit sur les autoroutes autrichiennes dès 2002, pour financer le programme d'infrastructure de 30 mia. d'ATS. Le profit net du système de road pricing devrait s'élever à 2,5 mia. d'ATS par an.
  • VIAG envisage la vente de toute la division logistique
    Lors d'une conférence de presse lundi prochain à Munich, la direction du holding allemand VIAG annoncera la stratégie à laquelle le groupe adhérera à l'avenir. Le nouveau président, Dr. Wilhem Simson, a fait analysé l'entreprise et déclarait, il y a quelques semaines, qu'il n'était plus intéressé par les participations minoritaires du groupe, comme p.ex. celle de Kühne & Nagel. Diverses sources semblent indiquer qu'il voudrait encore aller plus loin et se défaire de la division logistique du groupe. Une décision qui paraît bizarre, puisque cette division génère 42% du chiffre de vente totale du groupe.

Daily Commercial Newsweb site
  • VCA tonnages up, revenue down
    The Victorian Channels Authority has completed its second full year of operation and its financial results show an after tax profit for 1997-98 of $5.258 million.
    During the year dividends of $3.13 million were paid to the state government. Total income for the year to 30 June was $20.767 million, a reduction of almost $1 million over 1996-97.
    On 1 July 1997, the VCA reduced its charges from 40 cents a gross ton to 35.5 cents a gross ton, and a further reduction to 30.4 cents a gross ton was introduced on 1 July this year.
    VCA ceo Ian Edwards told DCN: "If we had continued with the 40 cent base rate during the year we would have made $2.5 million more than we did."
    He said the effect of the decreases had been a 24 per cent reduction in tonnage charges since VCA began operating in March 1996.
  • Melbourne tug of war ends in draw
    Less than a week after their introduction, new tug-ordering practices by Melbourne Tug Services have been shelved after criticism from the Port Phillip Sea Pilots and the shipping industry.
    The short-lived changes required ships' agents to advise the number of tugs required for a vessel at least an hour before the vessel's arrival or departure, with the scrapping of ordering 'to pilots' requirements'. Any tugs ordered that left the wharf to attend a vessel, were to incur normal charges whether or not the tug was used.
    After a meeting on Wednesday between representatives of the pilots, tugs and ships agents, a mutual resolution to the issue has resulted in the system being modified.
    The alterations, which will allow more flexibility, will see the re-introduction of 'to pilots requirements' after the re-issuing of a new 'pilot tug requirements sheet' which will be distributed to all ships' agents as soon as possible.
  • Dispute compo claims sought
    THE Official Receiver of New South Wales, George Caddy, has called for those small businesses which suffered damages as a result of the 7 April to 2 September waterfront dispute between the MUA and Patrick Stevedores, to lodge claims for compensation by 31 March 1999.
    Under an agreement reached early last month between Patrick, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission and the MUA, Patrick agreed to pay up to $7.5 million to cover damages claimed by small businesses in a deal based on all patties withdrawing threats of litigation arising out of the dispute.
  • PWCS dispute not affecting exports
    THE Australian Industrial Relations Commission was yesterday afternoon dealing with a dispute which has arisen at the Port Waratah Coal Services site in Newcastle.
    It is understood that a dispute in terms of section 99 of the Workplace Relations Act had been notified by the company, one of the country's largest coal exporting terminals, following a stopwork meeting which extended beyond the authorised time-frame.
    The Commission hearing was expected to involve two unions at a federal level: the Maritime Union of Australia and the Transport Workers Union, while a separate hearing was being sought at state level for unions whose members are employed under state awards.
  • Govt under fire over roads
    THE federal government, and in particular the new federal Transport Minister John Anderson, have come under fire in Victoria this week for the commonwealth's road funding commitments to the state.
    An editorial in yesterday's Herald Sun attacked Mr Anderson's refusal to provide federal funds to re-build the Melbourne-Geelong freeway, described as "Victoria's deadliest road" with 86 fatalities in the past eight years.
    The editorial said Mr Anderson showed "callous indifference towards the families of the dead" for refusing to explain why the government would not provide the $100 million needed to match a similar contribution by the Victorian government to fix the road.

Traffic Worldweb site
  • They have big distribution dreams in Costa Rica. A $2.2 billion project would encompass a transshipment port for large ships, a marine salvage and drydock center, high-speed rail line, cruise ship terminal, leisure resort with casinos as well as an industrial complex and other investment plans such as homes, apartments, off-shore banking centers and timber and reforestation projects. The project would take up 50 square miles and with a cost approximately equal to Costa Rica's national debt. A pipedream? The Costa Rican government doesn't think so and is taking a serious interest in the progress of the project. Traffic World travels to Lim'n, Costa Rica, for a status report.
  • A Republican who possesses a Jeffersonian distrust of big government and who believes private-sector disputes should be settled privately is likely to join the federal government in an agency whose function is to settle private-sector disputes. Wayne Burkes, a Mississippi highway commissioner, is widely expected to replace Gus Owen as the Republican on the three-member Surface Transportation Board. The appointment of Burkes is expected after the 106th Congress convenes and takes its first recess at the end of January.
  • The National Small Shipments Traffic Conference is entering a new era. Joseph F.H. Cutrona is leaving the small shippers group after 20 years as executive director. A highly decorated ex-general who used his battlefield experience to help shippers ease into a deregulated environment, Cutrona will stay with the group for three years as "general consultant." A nationwide search is under way for Cutrona's successor, although the man known as "General Joe" will be difficult to replace.
  • You may never have heard of Matina, Costa Rica, but Alfred Wheathey Burton Jr. wants you to. He's the mayor of Matina. He has the idea to make his Costa Rican hamlet a major cargo center for the next century. Confidence is running high on his proposal and Matina has what some believe is the ideal confluence of road, river and rail access to the Caribbean to make it the tropical crossroads of freight.
  • Progress is not a word being used to describe the contentious labor unrest between FedEx management and its pilots. Talks broke down again on Oct. 30 and a new start date is nowhere in sight. The company claims it has been sitting at the table in good faith "giving and giving and giving." Meanwhile, the pilots are holding out for more money and refuse to take the company's contract proposal back to the membership for a vote. While FedEx attempts to quell customers' fear of a strike or slowdown, the union is taking its employer to court to solidify its right to take job actions if so desired.
  • Plan ahead. That's the message of Gillette Co. and Merck & Co. after they decided to launch global distribution systems to replace their homegrown U.S. order processing system. They discovered early bugs and concluded that testing and training go a long way to solving them. Meanwhile, health care manufacturers are counting on enterprise resource planning software to replace their homegrown solutions as the anchor of their information technology.
  • The Union Pacific Railroad may turn out to be the only major railroad objector to the proposed Canadian National Railway and Illinois Central merger. CSX and Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway have settled their differences in the CN-IC merger. UP is opposing the merger because it believes there's a third railroad - Kansas City Southern - that is not included in the merger application. KCS is a longtime UP protagonist and the nation's largest railroad appears to be getting some payback time.
  • Logistics execution software company McHugh Software International has received a $50 million investment from Advent International, a private equity company, and GE Capital, the investment arm of General Electric Co. It will allow McHugh to separate from Pinnacle Automation and become independent. The company plans to use the investment to hasten product research and development. Plans are in place to expand into Asia and South America. The company also is reviewing its software lineup and increasing attention on its core markets.
  • They're on a diet up on the St. Lawrence Seaway. Ships have been ordered to lighten their loads entering the seaway because of low water levels throughout the Great Lakes. A three-inch draft reduction to 26 feet was ordered Nov. 2. That reduction could cause problems for "salties," the ocean-going vessels already loaded and headed for the Great Lakes. This time of year mariners have another problem: high winds cause short-term reductions of water levels that can result in delays to vessels loaded to maximum allowable draft, officials said.

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South Korea's Hanwha Ocean has been implicated in the trade war between the US and China.
Beijing
Beijing also took countermeasures against five US subsidiaries of the shipbuilding group
Port of Singapore set new all-time container throughput record in third quarter
Singapore
By weight, however, this cargo volume recorded a decrease of -1.8%.
Green fuel producers support IMO's shipping decarbonization strategy
London
The importance of introducing incentives for green e-fuels was underlined
In August, freight traffic in the ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado increased by +2.5% thanks to the increase in bulk cargoes
Genoa
Various goods fell by 14.4%. The Spediporto Conference
The US threatens retaliation against states that vote to approve the Net-Zero Framework.
Washington
"Our fellow IMO members," Rubio, Wright, and Duffy warned, "should be warned."
Wallenius Wilhelmsen: New US port tax on car carriers is higher than expected.
Oslo
From tomorrow they will rise to 46 dollars per net ton
USTR announces heavy tariffs on port cranes and other handling equipment made in China
Washington
100% additional tariffs on ship-to-shore port cranes
Salvini reassures the port of Livorno of the additional resources needed for the new Darsena Europa.
Chinese taxes on US ships effective October 14
Chinese taxes on US ships effective October 14
Beijing
Beijing's response to the taxes that will be imposed on Chinese ships calling at American ports
In the third quarter of this year, cargo traffic in Turkish ports grew by 4.6%.
Ankara
Volumes with Italy increased by +7.3%, with a sharp increase in containers (+32.2%)
Taiwanese Evergreen, Yang Ming and WHL saw sharp declines in quarterly revenue
Taipei/Keelung
In the period July-September, decreases of -36.7%, -42.2% and -35.7% were recorded
ASA, ECSA, ICS, WSC, ITF, IAPH and IBIA call for approval of the Net-Zero Framework
Brussels
Only global standards - they underline - will be able to decarbonise a global industry.
Zanetti (Confitarma): ensure the competitiveness of the Italian armaments industry with support tools suited to the sector
Rome
In the second quarter, freight traffic in the ports of Naples and Salerno recorded drops of -5.3% and -3.2%
Naples
Cruise passengers on the rise
New US tariffs will have a strong impact on containerized imports into the US in the coming months
Washington
National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates forecasts
In 2024, freight transported by rail by the Spanish company RENFE Mercancías decreased by -12.0%.
Madrid
The financial year ended with a net loss of -32.2 million euros
ZIM will not apply surcharges for new US taxes on Chinese vessels
Haifa
The new US tariffs will take effect on October 14th.
ABB sells its robotics division to SoftBank Group Corp. for $5.4 billion
Zurich/Tokyo
ABB Robotics employs approximately 7,000 people
Federlogistica calls for acceptance and implementation of the regulation on waiting times for heavy vehicles.
Ten European rail associations call for acceleration of TEN-T network completion
Brussels
The need to ensure sufficient funding for the implementation of interoperable systems at European level was highlighted
SAAM Towage to Complete Acquisition of Entire Share Capital in Colombia's Intertug
Santiago
An agreement was signed to obtain the remaining 30%
Last August, the Suez Canal was crossed by 1,070 ships (-3.3%)
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Cairo/Ismailia
In the first eight months of 2025, maritime traffic fell by -9.4%
Port of Salerno: Work resumes to complete the "Porta Ovest"
Naples/Rome
Cuccaro appointed special commissioner of the Central Tyrrhenian Port Authority. Annunziata resigns.
Renewal of concession for Croatian shipyard Iskra Shipyard
Sebenico
The naval-mechanical plant will be expanded to an area of 11,000 square meters
In August, freight traffic in the port of Ravenna grew by +10.9%
Ravenna
Bulk cargo is on the rise. Miscellaneous cargo is on the decline.
Federlogistica has established its own representation in the Iberian Peninsula
Genoa
It will support Italian entrepreneurs operating in Spain
Boluda acquires Royal Boskalis' towage and salvage operations in Australia and Papua New Guinea.
Valencia
Transaction valued at $640 million
ESPO urges IMO States to formally adopt the Net-Zero Framework
Brussels
The association also urges the EU Commission to align European standards
The Port of Los Angeles plans to build a new container terminal.
Los Angeles
Invitation to submit expressions of interest
In the third quarter, Italy's connection index to the global containerized maritime services network grew by +2.7%.
In the third quarter, Italy's connection index to the global containerized maritime services network grew by +2.7%.
Geneva
The most significant growth in PLSCI was recorded by the port of Savona-Vado Ligure (+53.7%)
ONE will not charge surcharges for new US taxes on Chinese ships
Singapore
They will be applied starting from October 14th
Fincantieri and Aeronautical Service sign agreement for the use of composite materials in the naval, civil, and military sectors.
Trieste
Genoa Port Terminal concession renewal approved until 2054
Genoa
The terminal's operating conditions have been redefined, bringing them back to the multipurpose function, in compliance with the ruling of the Council of State and the PRP
PSA Italia-Logtainer and Rail Hub Milano-Medlog have submitted offers to manage the Interporto Padova intermodal terminal.
Padua
Cargo traffic in Chinese seaports increased by 4.5% last month.
Beijing
Containers amounted to 27.7 million TEUs (+6.8%)
The Netherlands is referring to the Court of Justice of the European Union the question of whether to entrust seafarers or dock workers with the lashing operations on smaller container ships.
In the second quarter, container traffic handled by Eurokai terminals grew by +16.4%
Hamburg
Significant growth of 16.1% in Germany. In Italy (Contship), volumes increased by 5.2%.
China enacted regulation in response to US taxes on Chinese-owned and -built vessels
Beijing
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New attack on ships transiting the Gulf of Aden
Southampton
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Miami
The American cruise group announces a further strengthening of the growth trend in bookings
Marella Cruises sells Fincantieri slots for two new cruise ships to TUI Cruises.
Hannover/Trieste
With a gross tonnage of 160,000 tons, they will be larger than the units originally planned
GNV-Portitalia bridge agreement on lashing operations in the ports of Palermo and Termini Imerese
Palermo
The direct intervention of the AdSP commissioner Tardino was crucial - explain Filt, Fit and Uilt
HMM will not introduce surcharges for new US taxes on Chinese ships
Seoul
The company will not modify scheduled services that stop in the United States
GATX Rail Europe signs sale-leaseback agreement with DB Cargo to purchase 6,000 railcars
Vienna
The transaction will be completed by the end of this year.
In the second quarter of 2025, freight throughput at the port of Bremen/Bremerhaven increased by +6.0%
In the second quarter of 2025, freight throughput at the port of Bremen/Bremerhaven increased by +6.0%
Bremen
Miscellaneous cargo is growing. Bulk cargo is declining.
India launches nearly $8 billion package to support its shipbuilding and maritime sectors
New Delhi
Shipyard production capacity expected to increase to 4.5 million gross tonnage per year
In the second quarter of this year, freight traffic in French ports fell by -0.4%.
Paris
Dry bulk and rolling bulk trades are declining. Container and liquid bulk trades are growing.
Antin Infrastructure Partners to acquire UK's leading marina operator
Paris/London/New York
It will take over ownership from British private equity firm LDC
Royal Caribbean agrees with Meyer Turku to build Icon ships for a decade
Miami
Order confirmed for a fifth Icon cruise ship and option placed on a seventh unit of the same series
Maersk announces it will not apply surcharges for new US tariffs on Chinese vessels
Copenhagen
The company assures that it will not make any changes to its services
Cochin Shipyard and KSOE enter into strategic collaboration in shipbuilding sector
New Delhi
The creation of approximately two thousand direct jobs is expected
DHL will resume freight shipments from Germany to the United States for corporate customers.
Bonn
They had been suspended due to the removal in the USA of the "de minimis" threshold for goods with a value of less than 800 dollars.
World Business Council for Sustainable Development Statement in Support of the IMO Net-Zero Framework
Ancona: Tax fraud in the shipbuilding sector
Ancona
Over €2.3 million in non-existent tax credits seized
CMA CGM buys British rail freight operator Freightliner
Birmingham
The transaction will be completed in early 2026
Containerized cargo at the port of Algeciras decreased by -9.4% last month
Algeciras
The 20-foot containers handled were 399 thousand (-0.7%)
Italferr participates in Europe's largest railway electrification contract
Rome
Activities within the Rail Baltica project
Freight traffic increased in the ports of Barcelona and Valencia in August
Barcelona/Valencia
In the first eight months of 2025, decreases of -1.6% and -0.3% respectively were recorded
In the June-August quarter, FedEx express courier revenues increased by +3.1%
Memphis
An average of 16.8 million express shipments were handled per day (+3.5%)
Breakthrough in the exploratory tunnel of the Brenner Base Tunnel
Milan/Rome
At 64 kilometers, it will be the longest underground railway connection in the world.
Tender launched for privatization of Croatian shipyard 3. MAJ Rijeka 1905
Zagreb
The starting bid is 6.66 million euros.
To decarbonize, shipping should join forces with other hard-to-abate sectors
London
This is highlighted by a report by Accelleron which believes that a critical mass of demand is necessary to overcome a stalemate phase.
COSCO Reassures Customers on Impact of New U.S. Tariffs on Chinese Vessels
Shanghai
We - the Chinese company assured - will maintain competitive freight rates and surcharges.
Shipping is still far from the target of 5-10% of fuel used coming from scalable, zero-emission sources by 2030
Copenhagen
The need to introduce incentives was underlined
Spain's Boluda acquires Transfesa's intermodal rail freight services.
Valencia
The agreement also includes industrial services, railway maintenance and shunting activities and intermodal terminals.
Til (MSC Group) to become a shareholder in Turkey's Petkim container port
Til (MSC Group) to become a shareholder in Turkey's Petkim container port
Baku
Agreement with the Azerbaijani oil group SOCAR
German and Austrian trailer manufacturers challenge EU regulation to reduce truck environmental impact
Berlin/Brussels
They denounce that its application leads to an increase in traffic volumes and therefore emissions.
The Venice Marghera station has been equipped with a track compliant with European TEN-T standards
Venice
A 740-meter freight track has been opened.
World Shipping Council introduces Cargo Safety Program to prevent ship fires
Washington
It is based on artificial intelligence and traditional goods inspections
Rheinmetall to enter naval shipbuilding sector by acquiring Naval Vessels Lürssen
Bremen
Lürssen Group to focus on megayacht production
The British government is investing half a billion pounds to reduce shipping emissions.
London
Private investments of 700 million expected
HMM signs new 10-year contract with Vale for iron ore transport
Seoul
It is worth around $310 million.
The Campania Port Authority reaches an agreement with UNIPORT and Assiterminal
Naples
The regional tax - highlights the port authority - risks undermining the competitiveness of ports
Port of Civitavecchia appoints members of the Marine Resources Partnership Body
Civitavecchia
He will remain in office for four years
New quarterly record for container traffic handled by CMPort port terminals
Hong Kong
New highs recorded both in China and at overseas ports
CMA CGM to order six feeder containerships from Cochin Shipyard
Kochi
Order worth approximately 300 million dollars
Efficient solutions for the port launching of floating wind turbines are being studied in France
Trondheim/Brest
Agreement between the Norwegian BOA and the port of Brest
Augusta Due has acquired a second new tanker built by Fujian Southeast Shipbuilding Co.
Rome
It has a capacity of 18,590 deadweight tons.
IRU, CLECAT, ESC and GCCA oppose binding targets for demand for zero-emission trucks
Brussels
They ask to focus instead on creating favorable conditions for operators to be able to use them.
Marialaura Dell'Abate is the new president of Confitarma's Young Shipowners' Group.
Rome
In the third quarter, cargo traffic in Russian ports grew by +4%
St. Petersburg
Only import loads are decreasing
Matteo Caiti appointed country manager for Italy at Forto
Milan
The goal is to consolidate growth on the Italian market
DP World to build and operate multimodal terminal in Uzbekistan
Dubai
Joint venture with Tashkent Invest
Confitarma welcomes Senate approval of simplification measures for the maritime transport sector.
Rome
A rapid approval in the Chamber is also hoped for
Applications for rail freight transport incentives are now open.
Rome
From today the requests to access the Ferrobonus
The maritime, port and logistics sector asks the Ministry of Transport for clarification on the regulation on waiting times for loading and unloading goods
Rome
A dialogue was called to determine the identification of correct application indications of the law
Four icebreakers for the U.S. Coast Guard will be built in Finland.
Washington
Agreement signed by Presidents Donald Trump and Alexander Stubb
PSA International wins the "Best Singapore Investor in Italy" award.
Genoa
It was awarded by the Italian Chamber of Commerce in Singapore
The Italian Navy's Olterra ship was launched in Genoa.
Genoa
It is the first military project built by the T. Mariotti shipyard
The first ferry owned by the Sicilian Region launched in Palermo
Palermo
Folgiero: Revitalization of the Sicilian shipyard as part of Fincantieri's new industrial plan
In the third quarter, containers carried by OOCL vessels increased by +0.7%
Hong Kong
Accentuation of the reduction in revenues which fell by -25.9%
Assologistica approves new rules on pallet exchange
Rome
Approved by the Senate, the text passes to the Chamber of Deputies
Offshore wind farm in the port of Augusta ready in two or three years
Palermo
Di Sarcina: We are confident in a rapid allocation of the planned resources, amounting to approximately 50 million euros.
In the Netherlands, a self-driving vessel has been authorised to sail outside a restricted area.
Rotterdam
German company Helsing acquires Blue Ocean Monitoring
London
Australian company builds self-driving submarines
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
The decree designating the port of Taranto as a national offshore wind hub has been made official.
Taranto
Gugliotti: Unlock resources for modernizing and upgrading port areas
One of two injured sailors from vessel attacked in Gulf of Aden dies
Amsterdam/London
Dominquez (IMO): Strong condemnation of any type of attack against ships
Salvini met with the deputy CEO of the Turkish terminal operator Yilport.
Rome
At the centre of the meeting was the dredging of the port of Taranto.
The Logistics & Sea Academy has equipped itself with new simulators for operating ships, tugboats, trains and port cranes
Venice
Investment of four million euros
Giovanni Punzo, founder and president of CIS - Interporto Campano for thirty years, has died.
Nola
Among the founders of Italo, the first private Italian operator on the high-speed rail network
The new two-masted ro-ro ship Neoliner Origin will arrive in Livorno tomorrow.
Vado Ligure
It has a capacity of 1,200 linear meters of rolling stock
The refinancing of the Setramar group's capital structure has been completed.
Ravenna
Merli: a crucial step in our growth journey
Liguori's term as head of the Trieste Port Authority has been extended.
Rome
Confirmed in the role of extraordinary commissioner of the institution
Agreement to complete electrification work on the docks at the port of Gioia Tauro
Gioia Tauro
The 70 million euro investment to complete the project has been confirmed.
A Maersk delegation at the Grendi Group's container terminal in Cagliari's Porto Canale.
Milan
At the centre of the debate is the development of traffic towards North Africa
Geodis appoints Maurizio Bortolan as CEO for Italy
Milan
It will coordinate the three business lines Contract Logistics, Freight Forwarding and Road Transport
Port of Livorno: Protests over Gaza must not block operations.
Livorno
The members of the Partnership Body highlighted the need for it to be accessible to all vessels
GNV, agreement with Sicilian terminal operator Portitalia is positive.
Genoa
The company specified that the aim was exclusively to temporarily supplement the tariffs.
Two days of work with ESPO in Rome on the Mediterranean and European ports
Rome
Meetings organized by Assoporti
In 2024, 112 million counterfeit items were seized in the European Union.
Brussels
Record estimated value of 3.8 billion euros
Strikes and protests in ports, request for information from the Guarantor
Rome
Request for information from prefects, port authorities, and port authorities
Danaos Corporation has ordered two 7,165 TEU containerships from Dalian Shanhaiguan.
Athens
They will be taken into delivery in the third quarter of 2027
In the second quarter, freight traffic on the Austrian rail network fell by -1.4%.
Vienna
Only domestic traffic is growing
ALS (FBH Group) has acquired 80% of Trans World Shipping and Moda Express of USA.
Rozzano
The two companies have 500 employees and are active in Italy, France, the United Kingdom and the United States.
Circle's revenue increased by 62.1% in the first half of 2025
Milan
Net profit of over 1.0 million euros (+1.8%)
A Ukrainian delegation hosted by the Northern Tyrrhenian Sea Port Authority
Livorno
Cooperation in the field of training and safety at work in ports
The EIB is financing Phase A of Genoa's new breakwater with €300 million.
Luxembourg
The total investment is 937 million euros
This summer, GNV ships carried 1.7 million passengers (+9%)
Valencia
In the next few days the company will take delivery of "GNV Virgo", the first LNG-powered vessel
The project for the expansion, safety improvements, and extraordinary maintenance of the port of Pozzallo has been presented.
Pozzallo
It provides for the construction of the breakwater arm
Fincantieri delivers the new Star Princess cruise ship to Princess Cruises
Monfalcone
It has a gross tonnage of 177,800 tons and a capacity of 4,300 passengers.
A seminar on the new law on interports will be held in Milan on October 2nd.
Milan
It is organized by the Chamber of Commerce of Padua
Filt Cgil calls on port administrators and businesses to join the action against the Palestinian massacre.
Rome
This burden – the union highlighted – cannot be placed solely on the shoulders of dock workers.
The agreement between the Italian Merchant Marine Academy Foundation and the NATO Center in La Spezia has been renewed.
Genoa
The collaboration signed in 2023 has been confirmed
Fischer & Rechsteiner and Gimax International acquire BCUBE's Freight Forwarding business.
Genoa
The completion of the transaction is expected in the next few days
Fermerci outlines a dramatic scenario for the European rail freight transport sector
Rome
Rizzi: There is a real risk of a shift towards exclusively road transport.
Sogedim opens a new branch in Modena
Mesero
Initially, the activity will be dedicated exclusively to UK export traffic and will then extend to other European markets.
Eni completes the sale of a 30% stake in the Baleine project in Ivory Coast to Vitol.
San Donato Milanese
The field was discovered in 2021 and production started in 2023
The new PCTC Grande Svezia has joined the Grimaldi Group's fleet.
Naples
It has a maximum capacity of 9,000 ceu
The Cagliari City Council approves its opinion on the Sardinian Ports Development Plan.
Cagliari
Green light unanimously
The railway sector contributes 1.4% of the European Union's GDP.
Brussels
Study commissioned by CER
In the port of Naples, the Coast Guard has detained the bulk carrier Tanais Dream.
Naples
Serious irregularities found on board
Agreement to accelerate the implementation of robotics in Fincantieri's production processes
Trieste
It was signed with the Friulian Idea Prototipi
Sergio Liardo is the new general commander of the Port Authority Corps - Coast Guard
Rome
He takes over from Admiral Nicola Carlone
DBA to supply new Terminal Operating System for Georgia's Batumi Port
Villorba
The project includes all phases of development, testing and operational testing
Attack on a ship in the Gulf of Aden
Portsmouth
The captain reported hearing an impact in the water and an explosion
Danilo Ricci has been appointed managing director of Tarros Line.
La Spezia
He has held various positions in Italy and abroad within the group
Permanent discussion table between Confindustria Nautica and Federagenti
Genoa
This is provided for in an agreement signed today in Genoa
In the first half of 2025, cruise traffic in Italian ports grew by +6%
Venice
The twelfth edition of Italian Cruise Day will be held in Catania on October 24th.
SAL Heavy Lift buys two semi-submersible vessels from Pan Ocean
Hamburg
They were built in 2008 and 2012
30% of Sangritana Cargo will be acquired by the Marche-based company Transadriatico
The Eagle
The sale will be completed in the next few days
The eighth edition of "A Sea of Switzerland" will be held in Lugano on October 6th.
Lugano
Forum on economic and logistical integration between Ligurian ports, the Northwest manufacturing area, and Switzerland
Assoporti will meet at RemTech EXPO 2025 to discuss the green transition in Italian ports.
Ferrara
The Smart Ports Award was awarded to three Port System Authorities
DEME orders new cable-laying vessel from Singapore-based PaxOcean
Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht
It will be built in the Chinese shipyard of Zhoushan
The first shipment of Syrian oil in 14 years arrives at the port of Trieste.
London
Part of the cargo - S&P Global Commodity Insights reports - was unloaded at the Sardinian terminal of Sarroch
In August, freight traffic in the port of Taranto grew by +20.3%
Taranto
The ferry "Drea" was also rejected by the Apulian port, where however it is temporarily stopped
Container traffic at the Port of Los Angeles remained stable in August.
Los Angeles
Volumes expected to decline in the remainder of 2025
Meeting between the port authorities of Jacksonville and Livorno
Livorno
Among the objectives, to start one or more direct services between the two ports
Italian State Railways and ENAC sign an agreement for the use of drones in infrastructure monitoring.
Rome
They will also be used to fly over sections of the railway and road network that would otherwise be difficult to monitor.
A.SPE.DO, the port of La Spezia is essential to ensuring employment, development, and a future for the local economy.
La Spezia
Landolfi: We cannot afford to underestimate its value.
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
A seminar on the new law on interports will be held in Milan on October 2nd.
Milan
It is organized by the Chamber of Commerce of Padua
The eighth edition of "A Sea of Switzerland" will be held in Lugano on October 6th.
Lugano
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
We'II Rebuild Apapa, Tin-Can Ports In 48 Months - Dantsoho
(Leadership)
Korean Firms Reassess U.S. Investments After Mass Immigration Raid
(The Korea Bizwire)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Intervento del presidente Tomaso Cognolato
Roma, 19 giugno 2025
››› File
The MIT meets with the heads of the Italian AdSPs
Rome
Meeting on the government's strategic vision for the sector and port reform
Yang Ming orders Hanwha Ocean Co. to build seven 15,880 TEU container ships
Keelung
They will be delivered between 2028 and 2029
Over 40 expressions of interest have been received for the development of the Ukrainian port of Chornomorsk.
Kiev
Today the first meeting of the tender commission
The first commercial ship is expected at the public dock in Largo Trattaroli in Ravenna.
Ravenna
The car carrier "AICC Huanghu" is coming soon
Assiterminal's Terminal Road Show is starting
Genoa
Cognolato: We want to strengthen our ties with local communities and territories.
Container traffic at the Port of Long Beach decreased by 1.3% last month.
Long Beach
Empty containers are increasing. Full containers are decreasing.
Assoporti, the Italian ports' cruise offerings presented at the Seatrade Europe fair.
Hamburg
Giampieri: We are leaders in the Mediterranean area and in Europe
Commander Claudio Tomei, USCLAC president from 2012 to 2024, has passed away.
Viareggio
His strong commitment to improving the working conditions of Italian seafarers
In the first quarter of 2025, cargo traffic in Greek ports grew by +1.4%
Piraeus
Passengers down by -1.1%
HD Hyundai Samho Orders Four New Container Ships
Seoul
Order worth approximately 468 million dollars
Trieste: Fraudulent bankruptcy in the shipbuilding sector
Trieste
Investigation into a company based in Palermo
Container traffic in the port of Hong Kong fell by 7.4% in August.
Hong Kong
In the first eight months of 2025 the decline was -3.8%
Container traffic at the port of Singapore continued to decline in August
Singapore
Total volume of goods increased by +1.1%
BigLift Shipping and CY Shipping order two additional heavy lift vessels
Amsterdam
Order placed at Chinese shipyard Jing Jiang Nanyang Shipbuilding Co.
The Charthage ferry was placed under administrative detention in the port of Genoa
Genoa
A Coast Guard inspection found numerous deficiencies
Disney Cruise Line's largest ship's debut delayed by three months
Lake Buena Vista
Construction delays force the maiden voyage to be postponed until March 10th.
Shell to supply liquefied biomethane to Hapag-Lloyd containerships
Hamburg
Agreement effective immediately
Andrea Zoratti has been appointed general manager of Hub Telematica
Genoa
The company is controlled by Assagenti and Spediporto
Jotun and Messina sign agreement to improve the environmental and commercial performance of ships.
Genoa
The "Jolly Rosa" vessel will use the Hull Skating Solutions solution
PSA Genova Pra' announces the hiring of 25 people dedicated to container handling.
Genoa
Ferrari: International markets have changed profoundly
CMA CGM will not apply surcharges for new US taxes on Chinese vessels and Chinese services
Marseille
The rates announced by the USTR in April will apply from October 14th.
South Korean HJ Shipbuilding wins orders for four 8,850 TEU containerships
Busan
Orders with a total value of approximately 461 million dollars
Conference: "Waiting and Delays in Road Transport: Logistics in Check"
Genoa
Organized by Trasportounito, it will be held on September 26th in Genoa
GNV has inaugurated a new office in Barcelona
Barcelona
The company currently has 52 employees throughout Spain.
Port of Trieste: EU funding for two new projects
Trieste
Resources with a total value of 1.7 million euros
Filt Cgil, the Flotilla incident is serious. Dockworkers are ready to mobilize.
Rome
Union announces action if aid is not allowed to reach Gaza
In the first eight months of 2025, container traffic in the port of Gioia Tauro grew by +10.6%
Gioia Tauro
2,912,943 TEUs were handled
Stena Line to buy Latvian port operator Terrabalt
Gothenburg
It handles rolling stock, bulk cargo, and general cargo traffic in the port of Liepaja.
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