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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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The impact on Italy of a possible closure of the maritime route through the Strait of Hormuz would be significant
Rome
The merchant fleet for energy products controlled by the Italian shipping industry interested in these traffics amounts to approximately 80 units.
Cargo traffic in China's seaports grew by +3.7% last month
Cargo traffic in China's seaports grew by +3.7% last month
Beijing
Containers amounted to 26.7 million TEU (+6.1%)
In 2024, 576 containers were lost at sea out of over 250 million transported by ships
Washington
About 200 have fallen from container ships in the Cape of Good Hope region
FMC questions deal exempting World Shipping Council companies from US antitrust rules
Washington
Meanwhile, Sola, appointed by Trump on January 20 to the presidency of the federal agency, is leaving his post today.
The European maritime-port sector nitpicks the reform of the Community customs rules
Brussels
Note from CLECAT, ECASBA, European Shipowners, ESPO, Feport and WSC
EU Council agrees on reform of the Union Customs Code
Brussels
CLECAT is concerned about the persistence of the concept of "Single Liable Person" in the text
In the first three months of 2025, freight traffic in the port of Civitavecchia grew by +2.4%
Civitavecchia
Increase of +9.9% in Gaeta and decrease of -17.1% in Fiumicino
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Accelleron consolida le partnership con Somas e Geislinger per sostenere l'efficienza e la sostenibilità del settore marittimo
Japanese shipbuilding company Imabari Shipbuilding acquires control of fellow Japanese JMU
Imabari/Tokyo
Ownership share increased from 30% to 60%
WTO: New tariffs have given a boost to trade that is unlikely to last
Terminal Investments Limited of the MSC Group acquires 50% of the capital of Barcelona Europe South Terminal
Barcelona
The transaction was authorized by the Port Authority of Barcelona
There are no implementing decrees for the SalvaMare law and Italian citizens are paying for the management of fished waste that is not carried out
Rome
The Marevivo Foundation and the Federation of the Sea report it
In five and a half years, 1,244 tons of drugs have been seized in EU ports
In five and a half years, 1,244 tons of drugs have been seized in EU ports
Lisbon
The largest quantities pass through ports in Belgium, Spain, Holland, Italy and Germany
The International Convention on Ship Recycling will enter into force tomorrow
Copenhagen
BIMCO urges EU to include Indian shipyards in EU list of ship recycling facilities
Assologistica presents the "Cruscotto" project to ensure transparency and legality in the logistics sector
Milan
Ruggerone: it is an infrastructure of trust between clients and operators
Federagenti, cruises cannot and must not become the target of an indiscriminate hate campaign
Federagenti, cruises cannot and must not become the target of an indiscriminate hate campaign
Rome
A "Pact for the Sea" proposed with solutions to tackle overtourism for which passenger ships are not to blame
New step forward for the construction of the underground freight transport system in Switzerland
New step forward for the construction of the underground freight transport system in Switzerland
Bern
Cargo sous terrain plans to build a 500-kilometer system by mid-century
Carnival posts record earnings for March-May period
Carnival posts record earnings for March-May period
Miami
The number of cruise passengers embarked also peaked this quarter
Federlogistica, it is reckless to activate railway construction sites without a concerted plan
Genoa
Falteri: Isolating the port of Genoa from the railway network for three weeks means putting the whole of Northern Italy in difficulty
Multipurpose terminals privatized in eight Saudi ports
Multipurpose terminals privatized in eight Saudi ports
Riyadh
Four will be operated by Saudi Global Ports and four by Red Sea Gateway Terminal
Public debate launched on the project for Pier VIII in the port of Trieste
Public debate launched on the project for Pier VIII in the port of Trieste
Trieste
A total investment of 315.8 million euros is expected
South Korea's HD Hyundai partners with US Edison Chouest Offshore to build containerships in US
South Korea's HD Hyundai partners with US Edison Chouest Offshore to build containerships in US
Seoul
The possibility of building other types of ships and constructing port cranes is foreseen
Rixi: with the Omnibus decree, Phase B of the new Genoa breakwater is guaranteed
Rome
Expenditure of 50 million euros authorised for 2026 and 92.8 million for 2027
Israel-Iran conflict prompts Maersk to suspend calls at Haifa port
Copenhagen
Those at the port of Ashdod will continue instead.
Northern European Nations Commitment to Counter Russian Shadow Fleet
Warsaw
If the vessels do not fly a valid flag in the Baltic Sea and the North Sea - they specify - we will take appropriate measures in compliance with international law.
Freight traffic in French ports stable in the first quarter of 2025
Freight traffic in French ports stable in the first quarter of 2025
The Defense
Containers and liquid bulk on the rise. Increase in unloading loads and decrease in loading loads
Cognolato (Assiterminal): Today more than ever we need a coherent port policy
Rome
All the critical issues highlighted in recent years still remain open - he highlighted.
Alessandro Pitto confirmed as president of Fedespedi
Milan
The Board of Directors, the Board of Arbiters and the Board of Auditors have been renewed
A protest action by Greek seafarers is heated, with the PENEN and PNO unions launching very serious accusations, including mutual ones
Piraeus
The strike, declared illegal by the courts, blocks some ships of the Attica group in the port of Patras
Saipem awarded contract for a phosphate mining project in Algeria that includes the upgrading of the port of Annaba
Milan
The construction of railway lines is also planned
Suez Canal celebrates return of large-capacity containership transits
Suez Canal celebrates return of large-capacity containership transits
Ismailia
Today it was crossed by the vessel "CMA CGM Osiris" which can carry 15,536 teu
IMO, ILO, ICS and ITF urge protection of seafarers' rights against unjust criminalisation
London
The "Guidelines on the Fair Treatment of Seafarers Detained in Relation to Alleged Offences" were adopted in April
Trump's new tariffs also hit container traffic at the Port of Long Beach
Long Beach
In the first five months of 2025, an increase of +17.2% was recorded
Transfer of the port of Carrara from the Ligurian to the Tuscan AdSP not without a discussion with the operators
Milan
Dario Perioli, FHP, Grendi and Tarros ask for it
Up to $768 billion in investments needed to adapt world ports to rising sea levels
New York
Port of Los Angeles Feels Impact of New Tariffs on Container Traffic
Los Angeles
A decrease of -4.8% was recorded in May
Assagenti proposes a task force to solve port, logistics and industrial problems
Genoa
A "problem solver" consultative body composed, in addition to the categories of the maritime cluster, of the manufacturing industries of the North-West quadrant
Cargo traffic at the port of Singapore fell by -4.6% in May
Singapore
New crane overturned for delivery in new Tuas port area
In the first quarter of 2025, freight traffic on the Swiss rail network fell by -6.4%
Neuchatel
Service performance at 2.35 billion tonne-km, down -8.2%
ANGOPI fears that new measures to ensure maritime continuity will penalise mooring services
ANGOPI fears that new measures to ensure maritime continuity will penalise mooring services
Ischia
Power: it is necessary to remove them from a perverse mechanism
Dutch HES International to operate bulk terminal in Marseille-Fos port
Marseille
The concession contract will have a minimum duration of 30 years
Ibiza government opposes Trasmed's overnight stay on board ferry program
Ibiza/Valencia
It is considered a "clandestine hotel", while the company defines it as a cruise service
Bruno Pisano appointed extraordinary commissioner of the AdSP of the Eastern Ligurian Sea
Rome
He will take up his post next Monday
Federlogistica proposes a comparison between operators on the congestion fee while waiting for a solution from the government
Genoa
In the first five months of 2025, container traffic in the port of Gioia Tauro grew by +10.3%
Joy Taurus
1,813,071 TEUs were handled
Trasportounito, truck waiting times in ports must be paid
Genoa
Tagnochetti: The Port Fee aims to redistribute the costs of all disruptions more equitably
Commissioners of the AdSPs of the Northern Tyrrhenian, Ionian and Western Liguria appointed
Rome/Genoa
Trade unions concerned about the future of Genoa Port Terminal workers
Political instability and green transition are the main problems that shipping faces
London
This is highlighted in the "ICS Maritime Barometer Report 2024-2025"
The new container terminal of the port of Termini Imerese presented
Palermo
Transfer of traffic handled by Portitalia to the port of Palermo
GCMD survey confirms shipping's commitment to decarbonisation
Singapore
Ports concerned about lack of certainty about demand from shipping companies
The EU Commission has re-identified Port Said East and Tanger Med as neighbouring container transhipment ports
Brussels
Road haulage extends congestion fee application to Livorno port
Livorno/Rome/Milan/Genoa
Fedespedi, they do not solve the problems, but have the only effect of increasing costs
The new Border Control Post has been inaugurated in the port of Livorno
Leghorn
The structure cost 15 million euros
In April, ship transits through the Suez Canal decreased by -7.7%
In April, ship transits through the Suez Canal decreased by -7.7%
Cairo
In the first four months of 2025, the decline in maritime traffic was -14.9%
Agreement for the digitalization of motorway traffic flows with the ports of Trieste and Monfalcone
Trieste
It was signed by the Port System Authority of the Adriatic Sea and by Autostrade Alto Adriatico
Dominguez (IMO) urges investment in decarbonising shipping
Dominguez (IMO) urges investment in decarbonising shipping
Munich/Brussels
Opportunity Green, Seas At Risk and Transport & Environment urge nations to include shipping emissions in their Nationally Determined Contributions
RFI and MIT sign the update to the program contract for approximately 2.1 billion
Rome
Around 500 million euros expected for the management of the railway network
San Giorgio del Porto delivers a vessel for the bunkering of liquefied natural gas
Genoa
It was built for Genova Trasporti Marittimi
Pisano (AdSP Liguria Orientale): the ports of La Spezia and Carrara have integrated almost perfectly
La Spezia/Bari
Extraordinary Commissioner of the Southern Adriatic Sea Port Authority appointed
Raffaele Latrofa appointed president of the AdSP of the Central-Northern Tyrrhenian Sea
Rome
He is the deputy mayor of Pisa
India's Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Acquires Control of Sri Lanka's Colombo Dockyard
Mumbai
Investment of approximately 53 million dollars
The Commissioner of the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority has been granted the powers and prerogatives of the Management Committee
Genoa
The measure pending the restoration of the ordinary top management bodies
The Three-Year Operational Plan 2025-2027 of the Central Adriatic Port Authority has been approved
Ancona
Favorable opinion of the Sea Resource Partnership Body
The public meeting of the International Containers Studies Center will be held in Genoa on July 2nd
Genoa
It will deal with the physical transformations of the container and the digitalization of processes
Andrea Ormesani is the new president of Assosped Venezia
Venice
The board of directors has been renewed. Paolo Salvaro remains general secretary
Witte (ISU): In 2024, the ship salvage sector stabilized from the low of two years ago
London
Finnish Elomatic to Install Tunnel Thrusters on 11 Carnival Cruise Ships
Turku
The works will begin next autumn and will end in 2028
The Assarmatori assembly will be held in Rome on July 1st
Rome
"Mediterranean against the current" the theme of the meeting
Fincantieri has delivered the new cruise ship Viking Vesta to the American Viking
Trieste/Los Angeles
It was built in the Ancona shipyard
The Genoa Coast Guard has placed the container ship PL Germany under administrative detention
Genoa
Italian Navy orders two new Multipurpose Combat Ships from Fincantieri
Trieste
The order to the shipbuilding company is worth 700 million euros
MSC Group to manage cruise services in the ports of Bari and Brindisi
Bari
Ten-year concession with possibility of extension
German Kombiverkehr Returns to Profit in 2024
Frankfurt am Main
The level of revenues remained unchanged at 434.6 million euros.
Deltamarin to design the six new ro-pax vessels ordered by Grimaldi for the Mediterranean routes
Turku
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
The practice of subcontracting in European logistics is creating a parallel labour market where rights are not enforced
Brussels
"Sorry, We Subcontracted You" Report Presented
Tomorrow Grendi will launch the group's fourth ship on routes to and from Sardinia
Milan
"Grendi Star", with a load capacity of 2,800 linear meters, will connect Marina di Carrara and Cagliari
FREMM frigates operational support contract signed between Orizzonte Sistemi Navali and OCCAR
Taranto
The agreement has a total value of approximately 764 million euros
Call to reform the entire driver training system in the transport sector
Rome
Seven proposals presented
In the port of Gioia Tauro, the Guardia di Finanza soldiers seized 228 kilos of cocaine
Reggio Calabria
Two dockers arrested
Port of Livorno, new observatory to find solutions to the problem of port congestion
Leghorn
Marilli: We will seek solutions to reach the possible revocation of the port fee
Lockton PL Ferrari closed the last fiscal year with gross revenues of 34 million dollars
Genoa
Insurance premium volume rose to 350 million
Polish Trans Polonia Group acquires Dutch Nijman/Zeetank Holding
Tczew
It specializes in the transportation and logistics of liquid and gaseous products
d'Amico Tankers Sells Two 2011-Built Tankers for $36.2 Million
Luxembourg
They will be delivered to buyers by the end of July and on December 21st.
The Italian Merchant Marine Academy plans 13 new free courses
Genoa
Over 300 positions available
A delegation of Wista Italy visits the ports of Catania and Augusta
Catania/August
The association is made up of women who hold positions of responsibility in the maritime, logistics and trade sectors.
In the first five months of 2025, the port of Algeciras handled 1.9 million containers (-6.3%)
Algeciras
Empty containers decreased by -5.5% and full ones by -6.4%
Reway Group enters the port railway infrastructure maintenance sector
Licciana Nardi
Two contracts awarded by the AdSP of the Eastern Ligurian Sea
Delcomar and Ensamar take over maritime services with the smaller Sardinian islands
Cagliari
The tender for the six-year concession of the connections has been awarded
Port of Trieste, the newly appointed Gurrieri torpedoes the newly appointed Torbianelli
Trieste
Russo (Pd): it's a squalid power game
Singapore's SeaLead expands its maritime shipping offering to connect Turkey and Italy
Singapore
Route connected to services transiting the Suez Canal
The US Container Security Initiative program has been extended to Morocco
Rabat
Amrani: Let's consolidate Tanger Med's role as a safe and world-class maritime hub
Very positive first quarter for Greek Euroseas
Athens
Pittas: the positive momentum continued in the second quarter
Assonat and SACE present a plan for Italian tourist ports
Rome
Kuehne+Nagel has opened a new branch in Naples
Milan
The aim is to support the operational growth of the group in Southern Italy
RINA has acquired the entire capital of Finnish Foreship
Helsinki
The Helsinki-based company specializes in consulting in the field of marine and mechanical engineering.
Container traffic down at Barcelona and Valencia ports in May
Barcelona/Valencia
Resumption of containers in transit at the Catalan port
Annual cargo traffic in Greek ports stable in 2024
Piraeus
Domestic volumes are growing, while foreign trade is decreasing
Perplexity of freight forwarders, customs agents and maritime agents of La Spezia at the transfer of the port of Carrara to the Tuscan AdSP
The Spice
Timidly, they "hope for consideration for the progress made so far"
Francesco Mastro appointed extraordinary commissioner of the Southern Adriatic Sea Port Authority
Rome
He will take up office on June 30th.
John Denholm to be new president of the International Chamber of Shipping
Athens
He will take over from Emanuele Grimaldi in a year
Extraordinary commissioners of the two Ligurian Port System Authorities have been installed
Genoa/La Spezia
Matteo Paroli and Bruno Pisano at the helm of the institutions
Container traffic at Hong Kong port drops sharply in May
Hong Kong
1.05 million TEUs were handled (-12.7%)
Assogasliquidi-Federchimica shows the way to accelerate the decarbonization of road and maritime transport
Rome
Amadei: Our sector is ready and the time has come for courageous industrial choices
Eagle S tanker command blamed for cutting submarine cables in Gulf of Finland
Advantages
The accident was caused by the ship's anchor
Online platform to report critical issues that put transport workers at risk
Genoa
It was prepared by Fit Cisl Liguria
GNV to create a direct summer connection between Civitavecchia and Tunis
Genoa
It will run alongside the historic route via Palermo
The unification of Grimaldi's concessions in the port of Barcelona has been completed
Madrid/Barcelona
The contract expires on September 20, 2035.
In the first five months of 2025, cargo traffic in Russian ports fell by -4.9%
St. Petersburg
A decrease of approximately -12% was recorded in May
Raben Logistics Group Creates Subsidiary in Türkiye
Milan
It will have 20 employees and a 2,000 square meter cross-dock warehouse
Alberto Dellepiane confirmed as president of Assorimorchiatori
Rome
The composition of the entire association leadership remains unchanged
Agreement between Fincantieri and Indonesian PMM to develop solutions to face new unconventional underwater challenges
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 Assarmatori assembly will be held in Rome on July 1st
Rome
"Mediterranean against the current" the theme of the meeting
The public meeting of the International Containers Studies Center will be held in Genoa on July 2nd
Genoa
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
US has its eye on Greek ports
(Kathimerini)
Proposed 30% increase for port tariffs to be in phases, says Loke
(Free Malaysia Today)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Intervento del presidente Tomaso Cognolato
Roma, 19 giugno 2025
››› File
Structural adaptation works on dock 23 of the port of Ancona awarded
Ancona
Intervention worth over 11.8 million euros
Conference on the role of LNG and bioLNG for the decarbonisation of transport and industry
Rome
The Federchimica-Assogasliquidi event will take place on Monday in Rome
Dutch Bolidt increases presence in cruise ship sector with acquisition of American Boteka
Hendrik Ido Ambacht
Contship Italia has acquired the Genoese customs services company STS
Melzo
The Ligurian company was founded in 1985
Francesco Benevolo has been appointed extraordinary commissioner of the AdSP of the Central-Northern Adriatic Sea
Rome
He is the operations director of RAM - Logistics, Infrastructure and Transport
Montaresi resigns as commissioner of the Eastern Ligurian Port Authority
The Spice
In the eight months of administration - he underlines - we have not lost even a second
Gurrieri has been appointed extraordinary commissioner of the AdSP of the Eastern Adriatic Sea
Trieste
Pending the completion of the formal process for the designation of the president
The commissioners of the AdSP of Western Liguria have handed over their mandate to Minister Salvini
Genoa
The decision is part of the process of designation and nomination of the new leaders
Confetra criticizes the provisions of the decree-law Infrastructure for road transport
Rome
The Confederation urges the blocking of the process of appointing the presidents of the port authorities
Taiwanese Evergreen, Yang Ming and WHL saw revenue decline in May
Keelung/Taipei
The decline is accentuated for the two main companies
South Korea's KSOE wins order to build eight 15,900 TEU containerships
Seongnam
The unit value of each vessel is approximately $221 million.
First port terminal for car traffic of Greek Neptune Lines
Piraeus
It will be inaugurated next year in the French port of Port-La Nouvelle
The assembly of the association of Genoese maritime agents and brokers will be held on June 16th
Genoa
Round Table on Genoa, the hub of the North West and the Mediterranean
BN di Navigazione Board of Directors Renewed
Genoa
BluNavy aims to reach one million passengers by 2025
Viking Line designs world's largest all-electric ro-pax vessel
Viking Line designs world's largest all-electric ro-pax vessel
Åland
Record Monthly Container Traffic at Turkish Ports
Ankara
In May, almost 1.4 million TEUs were handled (+17.6%)
Sergio Landolfi has been elected president of the Customs Association of the Port of La Spezia
The Spice
The board of directors has been renewed
The ferry industry elite will attend the Interferry conference in Salerno in October
Victoria
Event titled "Connections"
Uniport launches an initiative to support ALS research
Rome
Fundraising for the NeMO Clinical Center Serena Foundation Onlus
The Propeller Club of Genoa has analyzed risks and opportunities of using AI in the maritime and insurance sectors
Genoa
The importance of training in the use of technology was highlighted
Chantiers de l'Atlantique delivers luxury cruising yacht Luminara to The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection
Saint Nazaire
The ship will debut in Alaska
Maritime transport, with suppliers and naval contractors, is the cornerstone of Italy's trade
Port Cervo
ANPAN Annual Congress in Sardinia
Uiltrasporti, risk of chaos in Italian ports due to delays in appointing AdSP presidents
Rome
If we continue to distribute positions without taking into account the skills of future presidents - warns the union - we will be forced to mobilize
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