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December 7, 1998
Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • EU plan to certify marine equipment turns into fiasco
    Lloyd's Register, Bureau Veritas have differing start dates for scheme
  • Scheme may hit S'pore ship suppliers
  • Singapore Cruise Centre's new look
  • Maersk may develop Indian port
  • Ship sales
  • Port shots
Air and Land Transport
  • Cathay-PAL deal unlikely despite Estrada's entreaties
    Differences between two sides too great for them to return to negotiating table
  • Aerospatiale seeks bigger share in Airbus
  • FAA probing near collision of airliner and commuter plane
  • International aviation giants to fly in for Indian air show
  • Air Lanka Catering Services hopes to settle dispute with airline
  • First commercial flight from new Gaza airport lands in Jordan after delay
Features
  • Woes due to bad management
    Planned job cuts reflect high-stakes gambles in recent years that have misfired and undermined company's future
Columns
  • Modern bulk carriers suffering from fatigue cracks: report

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • EU plan to certify marine equipment turns into fiasco
    Lloyd's Register, Bureau Veritas have differing start dates for scheme
  • Scheme may hit S'pore ship suppliers
  • Singapore Cruise Centre's new look
  • Maersk may develop Indian port
  • Ship sales
  • Port shots
Air and Land Transport
  • Cathay-PAL deal unlikely despite Estrada's entreaties
    Differences between two sides too great for them to return to negotiating table
  • Aerospatiale seeks bigger share in Airbus
  • FAA probing near collision of airliner and commuter plane
  • International aviation giants to fly in for Indian air show
  • Air Lanka Catering Services hopes to settle dispute with airline
  • First commercial flight from new Gaza airport lands in Jordan after delay
Features
  • Woes due to bad management
    Planned job cuts reflect high-stakes gambles in recent years that have misfired and undermined company's future
Columns
  • Modern bulk carriers suffering from fatigue cracks: report

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • EU plan to certify marine equipment turns into fiasco
    Lloyd's Register, Bureau Veritas have differing start dates for scheme
  • Scheme may hit S'pore ship suppliers
  • Singapore Cruise Centre's new look
  • Maersk may develop Indian port
  • Ship sales
  • Port shots
Air and Land Transport
  • Cathay-PAL deal unlikely despite Estrada's entreaties
    Differences between two sides too great for them to return to negotiating table
  • Aerospatiale seeks bigger share in Airbus
  • FAA probing near collision of airliner and commuter plane
  • International aviation giants to fly in for Indian air show
  • Air Lanka Catering Services hopes to settle dispute with airline
  • First commercial flight from new Gaza airport lands in Jordan after delay
Features
  • Woes due to bad management
    Planned job cuts reflect high-stakes gambles in recent years that have misfired and undermined company's future
Columns
  • Modern bulk carriers suffering from fatigue cracks: report

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • EU plan to certify marine equipment turns into fiasco
    Lloyd's Register, Bureau Veritas have differing start dates for scheme
  • Scheme may hit S'pore ship suppliers
  • Singapore Cruise Centre's new look
  • Maersk may develop Indian port
  • Ship sales
  • Port shots
Air and Land Transport
  • Cathay-PAL deal unlikely despite Estrada's entreaties
    Differences between two sides too great for them to return to negotiating table
  • Aerospatiale seeks bigger share in Airbus
  • FAA probing near collision of airliner and commuter plane
  • International aviation giants to fly in for Indian air show
  • Air Lanka Catering Services hopes to settle dispute with airline
  • First commercial flight from new Gaza airport lands in Jordan after delay
Features
  • Woes due to bad management
    Planned job cuts reflect high-stakes gambles in recent years that have misfired and undermined company's future
Columns
  • Modern bulk carriers suffering from fatigue cracks: report

Sched Netweb site
  • Cheng Lie service promising
  • HKSTA awards service contracts
  • Bidders vie for JICT
  • Diverse OOIL takes first time UNCTAD honour
  • Passenger traffic up, cargo down for Cathay
  • Lufthansa Cargo profits in tough times
  • Emirates calls off plans for new Hong Kong B747

urgente online pressweb site
  • España y Portugal invertirán 90.000 millones en enlaces terrestres
  • CC OO celebró en España el "día mundial contra los buques de bandera de conveniencia"
  • Rubén Rodríguez consolida su calidad con el certificado ISO 9002
  • Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat Valenciana abre un buzón de sugerencias en Internet
  • Los aviones 747 de Boeing, con riesgos de explosión
  • EE UU alargará el TAV del "corredor del sudeste"
  • El Grupo Lufthansa aumenta los beneficios en un 64 por ciento

Exim Indiaweb site
  • Samudera chief bullish about cargo potential in Indian subcontinent
  • France keen on augmenting agro exports to India
  • Svedala eying India for $ 25-m export base
  • Kandla Port first to handle 40 lakh tonnes in a month
  • Customs switches on 'vigilance alert' system
  • Sanmar Shipping to be hived off
  • Saarc meet to take up common policy on IPR
  • Omani Open Sesame to Indian enterprises
  • GJEPC hails DTC gesture
  • KPT landmarks in cargo handling
  • America waives sanctions
  • Get set for euro, RBI tells companies
  • CII holding manufacturing technology convention
  • PAN rules relaxed
  • India down, but not out, in top 10 FDI preference
  • WW Shipping Agencies Pvt Ltd
  • Tai-Pan Shipping (P) Ltd

Lloyd's Listweb site
  • Owners to fight year 2000 plan
    AN attempt to force shipowners to include a year 2000 compliance declaration in the mandatory vessel reporting system in the Straits of Malacca and Singapore has been condemned by owners.
  • Pacific Princess moves to new berth
    PRINCESS Cruises' Pacific Princess, the unfortunate liner which has suffered a lengthy detainment in the Greek port of Piraeus, finally shifted at the weekend, writes Nigel Lowry, Athens Correspondent.
  • Italy backs EU cabotage move
    Italian shipowners have failed to obtain a delay in the liberalisation of Mediterranean cabotage. They had been hoping Tiziano Treu, Italian minister of transport, would pressure the European Union to delay the introduction. However, he has made it clear the government will not take any such action towards the EU Commission.
  • Bidvest buys major stake in Sebenza
    Bidvest, the South African-listed industrial company, has purchased a substantial minority stake in a black empowerment shipping and forwarding company.
  • More energy links in the pipeline
    Earlier this year, most market watchers were predicting mergers and acquisitions among the smaller independent oil companies so they were stunned, as was the rest of the industry, by the $110bn BP Amoco deal in August.
  • Toisa set to add another arrival to its fleet
    Bermudan-registered support vessel operator Toisa has christened the latest vessel in its '100m-plus fleet expansion programme at Appledore Shipbuilders in Devon, its fifth such ceremony in less than 12 months.
  • Mitsui pulls out of Coega port project
    SOUTH Africa's Coega deepwater port development project has been dealt a major blow as Mitsui announced it was pulling out of the deal.
  • To salve or not to salve ' that is the question
    Professional salvors have suffered a great deal of late, not least because fewer ships have been in trouble, but also because expectations of their skills have remained higher than ever before.

Daily Commercial Newsweb site
  • Mass limits lift moves closer
    Higher mass limits for Australia's trucks appear to have moved a step closer on Friday, with the federal government revealing at the Australian Transport Council meeting in Melbourne it was prepared to bring forward part of the $20 million allocated for funding bridge upgrades.
  • FMC reefer case exposes need to check
    Reefer NVOCCs providing refrigerated container services from Australia and New Zealand are finding that the US Federal Maritime Commission is still a force to be reckoned with.
    The FMC last week ordered a public hearing into alleged non-tariffed discounted slot rates in respect of cargoes to the US from Australia and New Zealand shipped by Sydney-based Refrigerated Container Carriers between 14 February, 1994, and 11 September, 1996.
  • MUA set for long AGMs
    The implications of further waterfront reform on the membership of the Maritime Union of Australia will be discussed at the union's annual general meeting tomorrow.
    The meeting, which will consider major issues raised by November's national council meeting, will be held simultaneously at most capital ports.
    Separate meetings will be organised later in the week at regional ports.
    It is understood that because of the seriousness of issues under discussion, the meetings will take longer than the usual four hours and stevedores have agreed to allow additional time.
  • BPA calls tenders for port services
    The Bunbury Port Authority is inviting tenders this week for the privatisation of stevedoring and other port services.
    Business adviser Arthur Anderson has advertised nationally for companies interested in providing a broad range of wharfside services such as stevedoring, mooring, unmooring and operation of pilot boats.
    The successful tenderer will be required to meet the now commonplace requirement for private companies operating in WA ports to deliver a continuity of service agreement.
    Tenderers will need to demonstrate an ability to provide price reductions for port users and achieve productivity and efficiency improvements.
  • More strife for Aurora Australis
    The CSIRO Antarctic Division's supply/research vessel, Aurora Australis, has again been stranded off the coast of Antarctica following what the organisation's director, Dr Tony Press, described on Friday as a "fault in its propulsion system".
    The ship was immobilised in the same area in July by an engine room fire.
    Dr Press said engineers employed by the ice-breaker's owner, P&O Australia, had been in contact with crew members about the cause of the problem since the breakdown was reported to the Division's headquarters in Hobart last Monday evening.

Traffic Worldweb site
  • How safe is trucking? Who knows? It's a big numbers game, according to both industry officials and highway safety advocates. While the number of heavy trucks involved in fatal accidents rose to 4,871 last year from 4,755 in 1996, the industry can accurately say that the fatal crash involvement rate per 100 million vehicle miles traveled actually fell to 2.5 in 1997 from 2.6 in 1996. How the truck safety numbers are spun for divergent interests is explained.
  • The soft underbelly of shortline railroad financial vulnerability was exposed when the Federal Railroad Administration shuttered the entire 300-mile Northwestern Pacific Railroad for failure to meet minimum federal safety requirements. It was only the fourth time in the 31-year history of FRA that such extreme action had been taken. FRA Administrator Jolene Molitoris said, "Widespread track safety defects present an emergency situation involving hazard of death or personal injury to the public and to its employees." Although more than $10 million in federal assistance was earmarked two years ago for track rehabilitation, CalTrans blocked the funding transfer pending correction of accounting and management system problems.
  • They've sailed to the heights and sunk to the depths. They are the women who are at the forefront of the most challenging transportation assignments. Mary Frances Culnane, manager of fuels, lubes and energy conservation for Chevron Shipping Co. L.L., spent 10 years aboard tankers, freighters and passenger ships after graduating from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy. Capt. Nancy L. Wagner is first woman to became a marine bar pilot; June Viviano is an assistant chief pilot with Federal Express Corp. and Karen Arnold has served as a pilot aboard icebreaking ships at the North and South Poles.
  • Mexpress, a new Santa Clarita, Calif.-based LTL carrier specializing in LTL shipments in and out of Mexico, has a familiar face as chairman. Reese H. Taylor Jr., who was chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission from 1981 through 1985, is hoping to speed shipments south of the border using new logistical and technological developments. He has recruited two trucking veterans, J. Carlos Duron and Mike Gamel as top officers of Mexpress, which they say has been profitable from the first month.
  • The latest scuffling between the U.S. and Brazil in the ocean shipping arena has Brazilian customs officials requiring U.S. ships to have special waivers to carry certain government-related cargo - virtually ignoring a bilateral maritime shipping agreement between the two countries. One action the FMC can take is to impose fines up to $1 million per ship call for Brazilian ships in the U.S. A similar threat against Japanese lines produced satisfactory results last year, and FMC officials said it would like to see the same result in the situation in Brazil.
  • Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway is contemplating offering seasonal rates to North Dakota and Montana grain shippers in an effort to smooth out the demand for freight between peak season and the off-season. But in order for it to work, according to BNSF, the rate would have to be raised or lowered by over $200 per car in order to affect grain movements. The new system was being discussed as shippers protested a new $50 rate hike for export grain movements through the Pacific Northwest. Despite the hike, a shipper group wasn't planning on a formal complaint at the STB.
  • An agreement between KLM Royal Dutch Airlines NV and Alitalia SpA to establish passenger and cargo joint ventures next year paves the way for a new global air alliance involving U.S. carriers Northwest and Continental Airlines. Although not a full merger, KLM and Alitalia will effectively operate as a single unit. The airlines claim that by joining forces they will add an estimated $65 million in value to their cargo operations. Analysts regard the agreement as a good one despite differences in the airlines' recent performances.
  • Two major operating companies of CNF Transportation, Con-Way Transportation and Emery Worldwide Operating Cos., are in the process of completely upgrading their technology systems from A to Z, said Robert Tabb, vice president and CIO of CNF. Emery is engaged in a $70 million, five-year project to upgrade its cargo operations, electronic commerce functionality, data warehousing, sales and marketing, and technical architecture, while Con-Way plans to spend around $40 or $50 million on new technology, said Jackie Barreta, information services director for Con-Way. The latest step in CNF's technology overhaul is a four-year contract with American Mobile to exclusively provide wireless data transmission and service at CNF.
  • A charge for ice breaking on the Canadian side of the Great Lakes and in the St. Lawrence River will kill more business and jobs in Canada than it will create in revenue for the Canadian Coast Guard, warn marine carrier executives. A marine shipper and carrier group estimates that the fee will average out at 50 cents a ton, making marine mode uneconomical for many bulk commodities. The fee, which goes into affect Dec. 21, would result in a direct loss of C$20 million in economic activity plus millions more in losses to foreign competition, officials were told.

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FROM THE HOME PAGE
New historical record of monthly container traffic in the port of Long Beach
Long Beach / Los Angeles
In October, strong growth in Los Angeles climbing activity.
ZIM records excellent quarterly economic performance driven by noli uptick and activity with Latin America
ZIM records excellent quarterly economic performance driven by noli uptick and activity with Latin America
Haifa
The fleet transported a record number of containers
In the third quarter, the Viking cruise group's revenues grew by 11.4% percent.
Los Angeles
Increase of 14.3% of turnover generated by ocean cruises
Signed the final agreement on the contract of port workers
Rome
Italian Antitrust initiates an investigation into SAS (MSC group), Moby and Large Navi Fast
Rome
According to the AGCM, competition restrictions may have occurred as a result of the 49% acquisition of Moby's capital by SAS.
T&E highlights the need to also count the well-to-tank emissions for LNG used by ships
T&E highlights the need to also count the well-to-tank emissions for LNG used by ships
Brussels
Total greenhouse gases produced would be more than 30% higher than those considered by the FuelEU Maritime Regulation
DFDS and Ekol are rethinking and agreeing on the sale of the Turkish company's international network to the Danish group
Copenhagen / Istanbul
Revised the terms of the deal expired on the first November
Slight downturn in freight traffic in the port of Hamburg in the third quarter
Hamburg
Stable container traffic
The Companies inform
Accelleron initiates partnership with Geislinger to expand service business in the Mediterranean region
Cargotec agrees to the sale of MacGregor to funds managed by Triton
Helsinki
Sale of the value of 480 million that is expected to be completed by the first half of 2025
In the July-September quarter freight traffic in the port of Koper increased by 8.3%
Lubiana
In the first nine months of 2024, the increase was 3.2% percent.
Ok of Ukraine's antitrust enforcement at the entrance of MSC in the capital of HHLA terminalist company
Kiev
The company operates the CTO terminal of the port of Odessa
Inaugurated the new Peruvian port of Chancay operated by China's COSCO Shipping Ports
Lima
Has 1,500 linear metres of docks
More than doubling the value of new orders acquired by Fincantieri in the first nine months of 2024
Trieste
The sunshine committed for shipbuilding grew by +154,3 percent.
Established the Ship Recycling Alliance to speed up the recycling of safe and environmentally friendly ships
Copenhagen
The initiative in view of the entry into force on June 26 of the Hong Kong International Convention
Kuehne + Nagel will acquire 51% percent of the capital of American IMC Logistics
Schindellegi / Collierville
US company mainly operates drayage services
In the third quarter of this year, Hapag-Lloyd's revenues grew by 28.2%
In the third quarter of this year, Hapag-Lloyd's revenues grew by 28.2%
Hamburg
Increase of 3.8% of containers carried by the fleet. Average value of nils up 22.9%
In the third quarter freight traffic in the port of Genoa decreased by -4.9% percent while in Savona-I went up by 15.7% percent.
Genoa
Decided increase in transshipment containers determined by the Red Sea crisis. Down the cruises
In the third quarter, HMM revenues increased by 67% thanks to the 83% growth in the container segment
In the third quarter, HMM revenues increased by 67% thanks to the 83% growth in the container segment
Seoul
+116% increase in the value of the average nole per container transported
Evergreen's quarterly financial performance hike
Evergreen's quarterly financial performance hike
Taipei
Taiwanese company invests 186.8 million to buy new shipping containers
In the third quarter, container traffic at the Eurokai port terminals grew by 9.9% percent.
In the third quarter, container traffic at the Eurokai port terminals grew by 9.9% percent.
Hamburg
In Germany (Eurogate) the increase was 13.6% percent. In Italy (Contship Italy) of 6.8%). Slowing growth at Tanger Med. Damietta terminal will become operational in April
Danaos reports a new drop in quarterly revenue generated by fleet of container carriers
Athens
Coustas : With the Trump administration, which has promised new duties, a future reduction in container traffic is possible
In the first ten months of 2024, the traffic of goods in Russian ports decreased by -3.2%
St. Petersburg
The dry goods amounted to 370.8 million tonnes (-3.5%), those liquids at 372.2 million tonnes (-2.9%)
Alpe Adria activates new rail service between the port of Trieste and the Malpensa Intermodal terminal in Sacconago
Trieste
Euroseas order in China the construction of two 4,300-teu feeder container
Athens
Quarterly revenue from rentals inj growth of 5.8%
The Analysis of the Fedespea Studies Centre on economic and operational performance of Italian container terminals
Milan
GNV strengthens its business department with two nominees
Genoa
New business manager and new general manager of the company in Spain
On the former Carbonyl of the Port of Genoa, the yards of the foranea dam and the subport tunnel
Genoa
The AdSP Management Committee deliberated it yesterday.
In Genoa, the Graduation Day of the Italian Academy of Mercantile
Genoa
Delivered 50 diplomas at the end of the biennial and three-year formative course
On November 27 in Rome, the public assembly of UNIPORT will be held
Rome
Meeting on the theme "Italian Ports, a network of businesses in the service of the country and of Europe"
Roberto Nappi, founder and director for 40 years of "Corriere Marittimo", has died.
Genoa
His career had begun at the writing of the Telegraph in 1958
New EU sanctions to prohibit the use of ships and ports for the transportation of drones and missiles produced by Iran
Brussels
Masucci confirmed president of Italian Propeller Clubs
Genoa
New mandate for the three years 2024-2027
The seamen of the Galaxy Leader have been hostage for a year
London / Hong Kong
Platten (ICS) : It is unacceptable ; humanity prevails and they are immediately released
MSC will implement a markup of noli for maritime transport from the Far East to the Mediterranean
Geneva
Increases of 25% and 18% for containers from 20 'and 40' direct in the western Mediterranean and Adriatic
Completed the dual-fuel retrofit of a large container ship in Maersk
Copenhagen
He will be able to navigate methanol. Increased the hold capacity
Environmental authorization of the Region to dredging the quays from 19 to 26 of the port of Ancona
Ancona
The intervention will cost a total of 16.5 million euros.
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
Conference of the CNEL on the Sustainability of Maritime Transport
Rome
It will be held on November 27 in Rome
Intermodal shipments between the port of Trieste and Slovakia are growing
Trieste
In the third quarter the container traffic handled by HHLA dropped by -2%
Hamburg
In Trieste the volumes processed by PLT Italy in the first nine months of 2024 have decreased
In October container traffic in the port of Hong Kong grew by 0.7%
Hong Kong
In the first ten months of 2024, a decline of -5.2%
In the July-September quarter freight traffic in the port of Civitavecchia fell by -11.8%
Cyvitavecchia
The Cruserists increased by 2.7%
Last month the port of Singapore handled 3.5 million containers (+ 8.1%)
Singapore
In the first ten months of 2024, growth was 6.2% percent.
MSC has completed the acquisition of the majority of logistics company MVN
Geneva / Milan
The Milanese business plans to close 2024 percent with a turnover of 100 million euros.
Conference of Assiterminal entitled "Ports in Connection-ESG, IA, CSRD"
Genoa
It will be held on December 5 in Rome
In the summer quarter passenger traffic in the cruise terminals of Global Ports Holding grew by 27.5%
Istanbul
Revenue up 23%
SDC freight forwarder introduced artificial intelligence in the management of customs practices
Venice
Annually the practices followed exceed 15mila units
The sale of the shipping company Santandrea from the Pacorini to Aprile
Trieste
The company was founded in 1989 in Trieste
Port of Gioia Tauro, the memorandum of understanding for security in working environments and port operations
Joy Tauro
Will have a duration of three years
PORTS
Italian Ports:
Ancona Genoa Ravenna
Augusta Gioia Tauro Salerno
Bari La Spezia Savona
Brindisi Leghorn Taranto
Cagliari Naples Trapani
Carrara Palermo Trieste
Civitavecchia Piombino Venice
Italian Interports: list World Ports: map
DATABASE
ShipownersShipbuilding and Shiprepairing Yards
ForwardersShip Suppliers
Shipping AgentsTruckers
MEETINGS
Conference of the CNEL on the Sustainability of Maritime Transport
Rome
It will be held on November 27 in Rome
Conference of Assiterminal entitled "Ports in Connection-ESG, IA, CSRD"
Genoa
It will be held on December 5 in Rome
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Sudan govt scraps $6bn Red Sea port deal with UAE
(The North Africa Post)
Argentina enfrenta tarifas portuarias hasta 500% más altas que otros países de la región
(Pescare)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Relazione del presidente Nicola Zaccheo
Roma, 18 settembre 2024
››› File
Paola Piraccini appointed as Legal Technical Collaborator of Spininvest
Genoa
Joined in magistrate in 1981, he is a retired cassation adviser
The meeting in Rome between the representatives of Italian ports and ports in Florida
Rome
Expect a comparison to find common themes on which to set up a benchmarking task
This year the Cruserists in the port of Ancona have grown by 18.9%
Ancona
25.1% increase in transits and drop by -5.1% of landings and embarkation
Changed Risso constitutes a joint venture in Cagliari
Cagliari / Genoa
Partnership at 50% with Fausto Saba and Riccardo Vargiu
Ok to the 2025 forecast budget of the AdSP of the Tyrrhenian Sea Centre North
Cyvitavecchia
It presents a surplus of more than 2.5 million euros
In Palermo, the first sheet of the new ferry for the Sicilian region was cut off.
Trieste / Palermo
The delivery of the ship is scheduled for 2026
Global Ship Lease's quarterly revenue records show the first decrease since the end of 2018
Athens
The company believes that its container fleet has very good future prospects of employment
DP World signs an agreement to buy Australian Silk Logistics
Dubai / Melbourne
The expected value of the transaction is approximately 115 million
A worker has passed away in the port of Crotone
Joy Tauro
He would suddenly go down to the ground while talking to some colleagues
Torbianelli : well the ok of CIPESS in financing the future Molo VIII of the port of Trieste
Trieste
Of the estimated 315 million euros, 206.9 are expected by the state
The French state has acquired 80% percent of the capital of Alcatel Submarine Networks
Calais
The company has a fleet of seven posacavi vessels
Eurizon Capital (Intesa Sanpaolo Group) has acquired a majority stake in Germany-based
Milan
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