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July 8, 1998
Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Prosecutors ask for stiff sentences in oil spill case
    Singapore cannot afford any incident that affects its maritime traffic, court told
Air and Land Transport
  • Baggage delays plague new Hongkong airport
    Other passengers complain of being kept inside planes for hours before they could disembark
  • S Korea scales back high-speed rail project by a third
  • JAL, Swissair team up in code-sharing alliance
  • EC aims to present proposal on sale of airport slots this year
  • Ansett expected to reduce fleet upgrading plan
  • No decision yet on Aussie train proposal
Features
  • Airlines prepare for ruling
    All parties will want to keep their options open after the EU makes its long-delayed recommendations today
Columns
  • Ports must ensure genuine compliance of ISM Code

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Prosecutors ask for stiff sentences in oil spill case
    Singapore cannot afford any incident that affects its maritime traffic, court told
Air and Land Transport
  • Baggage delays plague new Hongkong airport
    Other passengers complain of being kept inside planes for hours before they could disembark
  • S Korea scales back high-speed rail project by a third
  • JAL, Swissair team up in code-sharing alliance
  • EC aims to present proposal on sale of airport slots this year
  • Ansett expected to reduce fleet upgrading plan
  • No decision yet on Aussie train proposal
Features
  • Airlines prepare for ruling
    All parties will want to keep their options open after the EU makes its long-delayed recommendations today
Columns
  • Ports must ensure genuine compliance of ISM Code

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Prosecutors ask for stiff sentences in oil spill case
    Singapore cannot afford any incident that affects its maritime traffic, court told
Air and Land Transport
  • Baggage delays plague new Hongkong airport
    Other passengers complain of being kept inside planes for hours before they could disembark
  • S Korea scales back high-speed rail project by a third
  • JAL, Swissair team up in code-sharing alliance
  • EC aims to present proposal on sale of airport slots this year
  • Ansett expected to reduce fleet upgrading plan
  • No decision yet on Aussie train proposal
Features
  • Airlines prepare for ruling
    All parties will want to keep their options open after the EU makes its long-delayed recommendations today
Columns
  • Ports must ensure genuine compliance of ISM Code

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Prosecutors ask for stiff sentences in oil spill case
    Singapore cannot afford any incident that affects its maritime traffic, court told
Air and Land Transport
  • Baggage delays plague new Hongkong airport
    Other passengers complain of being kept inside planes for hours before they could disembark
  • S Korea scales back high-speed rail project by a third
  • JAL, Swissair team up in code-sharing alliance
  • EC aims to present proposal on sale of airport slots this year
  • Ansett expected to reduce fleet upgrading plan
  • No decision yet on Aussie train proposal
Features
  • Airlines prepare for ruling
    All parties will want to keep their options open after the EU makes its long-delayed recommendations today
Columns
  • Ports must ensure genuine compliance of ISM Code

Sched Netweb site
  • Cosco and Sinotrans to merge
  • Port of Kobe revises compulsory pilotage
  • Rockwood moves offices
  • Hamburg Sud to acquire South Seas Steamship
  • Australia copes with downturn in exports from Asia
  • New delivery service combines land and air freight delivery
  • HeavyLift takes delivery of second Airbus
  • Expansion plans set to solve Dubai's undercapacity
  • Decision expected soon on AA/BA alliance

Cargowebweb site
JULY 7, 1998
  • BTL acquires Swiss-Italian Castelletti Group
  • Transport paramount for Hanjin
  • Dismissals at Sea-Land Rotterdam
  • Improved Alitalia results in first half of 1998
  • Pilots ask McKinsey for support in reorganization

The Journal of Commerceweb site
Home
  • Asian shippers slam rate increases
  • JFK's volume is growing, but the flow could improve
  • Ship seizure spells end to Croatia Line's Med service
  • Glitches cause cargo delays at new Hong Kong airport
  • White House cool to fast-track trade vote this year
  • Banking group predicts Asian crisis will lower world trade
  • US to issue long-awaited rule on bank encryption exports
  • Russian markets fall more amid talks with IMF
  • US business divided over product liability plan
  • Clinton cracks down on health insurers that illegally deny coverage
  • S&P upgrades rating of tanker owner Teekay
  • West African Airline faces loss of four jets
  • US gets delay to find Teamster race funds
Transportation
  • Strike in Puerto Rico hits transport
  • Air Philippines, U-Land of Taiwan mesh operations
  • Strong second-quarter earnings forecast for nation's airlines
  • EU to ask BA and AA to give up 267 slots
  • Alabama firm faces FAA fine
  • Lufthansa Cargo puts MD freighters in service
  • Emery adds 5 DC-10s to its fleet to improve North American efficiency
  • Transport secretary lobbying for air safety on African visit
  • Need zip in your tape drive? This does everything but open Windows
Maritime
  • Matson suffers from Hawaii's economic woes
  • Yang Ming to call weekly at Hampton Roads port
  • $1 billion in contracts retracted by Marad
  • Maersk orders four ships in the 4,300-TEU range
  • Carriers angry with Taipei for caving in to Kaohsiung union
  • Taiwan port link may have contractor
  • Sean Connaughton's Sea Trials

The Journal of Commerceweb site
Home
  • Asian shippers slam rate increases
  • JFK's volume is growing, but the flow could improve
  • Ship seizure spells end to Croatia Line's Med service
  • Glitches cause cargo delays at new Hong Kong airport
  • White House cool to fast-track trade vote this year
  • Banking group predicts Asian crisis will lower world trade
  • US to issue long-awaited rule on bank encryption exports
  • Russian markets fall more amid talks with IMF
  • US business divided over product liability plan
  • Clinton cracks down on health insurers that illegally deny coverage
  • S&P upgrades rating of tanker owner Teekay
  • West African Airline faces loss of four jets
  • US gets delay to find Teamster race funds
Transportation
  • Strike in Puerto Rico hits transport
  • Air Philippines, U-Land of Taiwan mesh operations
  • Strong second-quarter earnings forecast for nation's airlines
  • EU to ask BA and AA to give up 267 slots
  • Alabama firm faces FAA fine
  • Lufthansa Cargo puts MD freighters in service
  • Emery adds 5 DC-10s to its fleet to improve North American efficiency
  • Transport secretary lobbying for air safety on African visit
  • Need zip in your tape drive? This does everything but open Windows
Maritime
  • Matson suffers from Hawaii's economic woes
  • Yang Ming to call weekly at Hampton Roads port
  • $1 billion in contracts retracted by Marad
  • Maersk orders four ships in the 4,300-TEU range
  • Carriers angry with Taipei for caving in to Kaohsiung union
  • Taiwan port link may have contractor
  • Sean Connaughton's Sea Trials

The Journal of Commerceweb site
Home
  • Asian shippers slam rate increases
  • JFK's volume is growing, but the flow could improve
  • Ship seizure spells end to Croatia Line's Med service
  • Glitches cause cargo delays at new Hong Kong airport
  • White House cool to fast-track trade vote this year
  • Banking group predicts Asian crisis will lower world trade
  • US to issue long-awaited rule on bank encryption exports
  • Russian markets fall more amid talks with IMF
  • US business divided over product liability plan
  • Clinton cracks down on health insurers that illegally deny coverage
  • S&P upgrades rating of tanker owner Teekay
  • West African Airline faces loss of four jets
  • US gets delay to find Teamster race funds
Transportation
  • Strike in Puerto Rico hits transport
  • Air Philippines, U-Land of Taiwan mesh operations
  • Strong second-quarter earnings forecast for nation's airlines
  • EU to ask BA and AA to give up 267 slots
  • Alabama firm faces FAA fine
  • Lufthansa Cargo puts MD freighters in service
  • Emery adds 5 DC-10s to its fleet to improve North American efficiency
  • Transport secretary lobbying for air safety on African visit
  • Need zip in your tape drive? This does everything but open Windows
Maritime
  • Matson suffers from Hawaii's economic woes
  • Yang Ming to call weekly at Hampton Roads port
  • $1 billion in contracts retracted by Marad
  • Maersk orders four ships in the 4,300-TEU range
  • Carriers angry with Taipei for caving in to Kaohsiung union
  • Taiwan port link may have contractor
  • Sean Connaughton's Sea Trials

Cyber Shipping Guide - Ocean Commerceweb site
  • Box Train Project Between Taipei, Kaohsiung Looms
  • ITS Japan Granted Preference by Russia
  • Chang Jiang Box Terminal Project Gets Nod
  • Hanjin's Kamcheon Terminal Boosting Box Volume
  • Top 20 Worst Carriers Announced by ITF

World Wide Shipperweb site
  • Coast Guard wants input on barge numbering plan
  • Weekly rail freight numbers edge up over last year's count
  • Canadian transport minister looking for China business
  • Firms tout Chinese shipyards
  • Maersk begins Far East/Africa run
  • OOCL back in Mediterranean
  • Fort Lewis housing going private

urgente online pressweb site
  • US Airways abandona a Boeing
  • "Sistemas de información geográfica y planificación del transporte"
  • Legazpi pone en marcha la Zona de Carga
  • Renfe colabora con la Fundación Jardines de España
  • DHL inicia el servicio exprés de Deutsche Post

Exim Indiaweb site
  • ICD-Pithampur handles record export/import TEUs in June
  • VSNL ties up with Microsoft
  • Gujarat plans indl estates with private funds
  • 'Exporter' status still on tour operators' agenda
  • FDI proposals worth Rs 4,300 cr cleared
  • Hegde to meet export bodies on July 11
  • Volkswagen acquires Rolls-Royce
  • Concor commissions reach stacker at ICD Nagpur
  • 'Action Plan' may herald India as IT Superpower
  • Two export awards instituted
  • Heavy duty urged on packaged tea

Cargo Info Africa - Freight & Trading Weeklyweb site
  • Proposed VAT on imports tax draws strong opposition
  • Maersk sails solo on Far East route
  • Southern Terminals gets 'empowered'
  • Four Freight Training courses get MITB accreditation
  • New ship will feature on-board stability computer
  • Unicorn adds chemical tanker
  • ZA Trans takes over Rogers IDS
  • Kalahari Express will challenge Air Namibia's dominance
  • Beefed up Customs staff hauls in R938 000 in seven months
  • Virgin wants daily CT service
  • New trophy will recognise top woman exporter in the W Cape
  • Demurrage mounts up in wake of Cape Town congestion aftermath
  • Industrial action repercussions leave Cape Town shippers out in the cold
  • Unicorn was nine years early for containerisation
  • Durban's new car terminal beats the opening deadline
  • 'Use any carrier to Tanzania, as long as the rate is within bounds'
  • Maputo Corridor tackles overload issue
  • Insurers consider waiving over-age vessel surcharge
  • Pat Henegan bats into his half century in fine form
  • C&F agents will soon shed their 'banker' role
  • Rail trolley makes export waves
  • Macedonia will now accept ATA Carnets
  • Zimbabwe importers welcome 'cheaper' SA goods
  • Industry is confident of beating the millennium cyber crunch
  • Emirates sidesteps Pacific Rim crisis and posts increased profits
  • Dunnottar Airport's international licence is not 'guaranteed'
  • 'Olde worlde' image combines with high tech info
  • Multi-purpose Far East service finds its niche
  • Lufthansa keeps its July 1 time-definite promise

Lloyd's Listweb site
  • Masters face Singapore jail terms
    SINGAPORE prosecutors are demanding maximum jail sentences for two masters convicted of causing the republic's worst oil spill last year.
  • Italy unveils new transport agenda
    ITALY will not invest in any more new ports after the current $1bn plan to improve the country's port infrastructure is finished, transport minister Claudio Burlando said yesterday.
  • Transnet earnings rise
    SOUTH African transport parastatal Transnet has recorded net profits of R278m ($53.87m) for the financial year to March 31, 1998, up from the R170m loss reported in the previous period.
  • Spoornet clinches Cameroon railway deal
    SPOORNET has signed a deal to act as the railway operator with Scac Delmas Vieljeux (SDV), the concession holder of the Cameroon railways, writes Nicci Botha, Johannesburg.
  • Surveyors see containership damage rise
    SURVEYORS on both sides of the Atlantic have reported an increase in incidents of damage to containerships, the result of excessive speed, harsh weather conditions and poor stowage of cargo.
  • EU delays decision on Taca fines
    TRANS-Atlantic Conference Agreement (Taca) carriers must wait at least another fortnight before hearing officially how much the European Commission wants to fine them for allegedly breaking European Union competition rules, write Janet Porter and Nigel Tutt.
  • New 'grippers' make steel inspection easy
    TECHNOLOGY originally devised for use by US Special Forces is now said to be helping owners of dry cargo tonnage to carry out steel inspections without recourse to expensive fixed scaffolding or cherry pickers.
  • Nassco starts to extend floating dock
    SAN Diego-based National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (Nassco) has initiated the first stage of the extension of its floating dock, writes Dale Wainwright.

Fairplayweb site
JULY 7, 1998
  • P&O dismisses report of massive fine
    P&O has described as 'untrue' reports issued today that the company may be fined '200m ($330m) over allegations of price fixing in the North Atlantic container trades.
  • SA gains 35 Kandla instructions
    THE Salvage Association's Dubai office, which has been in charge of post-cyclone operations in Kandla, reports that it has received instructions on some 35 vessels.
  • Improved safety cuts SA workload
    IMPROVEMENTS in shipping safety have contributed to a 50 per cent drop in the Salvage Association's (SA) workload, according to retiring chairman Trevor Hart.
  • Growth in Asian piracy warning
    PIRACY in Asia may soar as the current economic crisis filters down to the region's poor, according to a senior UK security advisor.
  • IUA elects its first board
    THE new 16-person board of the International Underwriting Association (IUA) of London has been announced following elections last month.
  • Port Everglades places $20m crane order
    FLORIDA's Port Everglades has ordered two post-panamax gantry cranes at a cost of $9.9m each for the Southport Container Terminal.
  • IACS appoints Korean chairman
    HO Chul Shin, vice president of the Korean Register of Shipping, has taken over as chairman of the International Association of Classification Societies.
  • Profits slide at UASC
    PROFITS for the United Arab Shipping Company fell by more than a quarter last year, despite improvements in both container and breakbulk volumes.
  • Oakland plans $1bn investment
    OAKLAND is seeking a substantial increase in its share of US west coast container trade over the next five years as a result of a planned $1bn port reconstruction.
  • Europe-Asia exports crumble, says Evergreen
    EXPORT container volume from Europe to Asia has crashed by 30 per cent compared with the same period last year, according to Evergreen.
  • US, China extend maritime agreement
    THE US and China agreed over the weekend to extend for 90 days a bilateral shipping accord that expired in June, US officials confirmed yesterday.
  • Bidders line up for Anglo-Eastern
    ANGLO-Eastern Ship Management has been put up for sale by its troubled parent, Konsortium Perkapalan Berhad.
  • German seamen fear massive job losses
    ONE in three German seafarers could lose their jobs under new manning regulations to be approved by the German parliament this month, according to trade unions.
  • Ballast levy to aid research
    AN industry-supported levy on ships arriving in Australian ports will go to the research and development of improved ballast water management systems.
  • Portnet pulls in the profits
    TRANSNET, the South African state-owned transport utility, yesterday revealed that its ports division, Portnet, contributed nearly half its operating profits for 1997.
  • 'Pressurised' judge quits Gordon case
    CITING pressure from the Office of the President, the judge trying the dispute over chairmanship of Subic Bay freeport has decided to withdraw from hearing the case.
  • ATI sells Argentina terminal stake
    MANILA South Harbour operator Asian Terminals Inc has sold five per cent of its share in Terminales Rio del Plata of Argentina.
  • NCL Holding seals Orient take-over
    NCL Holding, the rapidly expanding Oslo-based cruise company, has finalised its take-over of Orient Lines.
  • Japan organises rice shipment to Indonesia
    JAPAN'S Food Agency is to use vessels of ten members of the Japan-Indonesia Freight Conference to ship 500,000 tonnes of rice to Indonesia between August and November.

Antwerpse Lloyd n.v.web site
  • Anvers voit son trafic ferroviaire augmenter de plus de 20% au premier semestre
    Du jamais vu: le trafic ferroviaire de et vers Anvers connaît ces derniers mois une croissance globale de plus de 20%, et de 15% dans le transport de containers (depuis mars). Pour faire face à cette croissance, la SNCB va doter Anvers d'un nouveau grand terminal pour le transport combiné, dont l'aménagement a commencé. De plus, elle va prochainement passer commande de plusieurs centaines de wagons, pour le transport de coils et de containers.
  • L'IRU prévoit une hausse du tonnage transporté dans toute l'UE en 1999
    Les indices de l'IRU sur l'évolution du transport routier indiquent pour le troisième trimestre que la croissance se poursuit en Europe. En France et en Italie notamment, la conjoncture favorable contribuera à une augmentation sensible du volume de transport.
  • Concern over Atlantic damage to "speeding" box ships
    Concern over heavy weather damage to containerships in the North Atlantic is revealed in the annual operational review of the London-based Salvage Association. New York surveyors felt that masters were driving their ships very hard to maintain tight liner shedules, while Rotterdam pointed to the inadequacy of some ship breakwater designs in heavy seas, said Trevor Hart, the outgoing chairman. Lisbon office surveyed two containerships who suffered damages due to a combination of heavy weather, defective container and incorrect sea fastenings.
  • Présidence autrichienne de l'UE: pas de grands espoirs en matière de transport
    L'Autriche, président de l'UE, entend concilier d'une part le développement du transport dans l'UE et d'autre part l'environnement et les exigences sociales. Dans le cadre du développement durable du transport tant souhaité par tout le monde, l'Autriche a l'intention de mettre au point un règlement cadre lié à certaines conditions pour le transport combiné route-rail et le transport fluvial en Europe. Vienne se concentrera par ailleurs sur la sécurité du transport et la promotion des modes de transport non-polluants.

Daily Commercial Newsweb site
  • 'Fistful of dollars' at heart of Sandra Marie dispute
    The Intercontinental Group has slammed a strike by marine engineers, members of the Australian Institute of Marine & Power Engineers (AIMPE), as a "grab for a fistful of dollars" rather than a commitment to creating jobs in the Australian shipping industry.
    "It is really difficult to fathom," Intercontinental managing director Chris Sorensen said. "In this day and age, and in this political and economic climate, employees have gone on strike because an employer is not making enough of them redundant.
    "The company has been attempting to progress collective agreement discussions with the AIMPE since March 1998, well in advance of the expiry of the current collective agreement.
  • Qantas keeps Darwin but no extra freight capacity
    Qantas's decision to maintain its Darwin-Singapore services following reductions in services to a range of other crisis-hit Asian destinations is a major plus, according to the airline's general manager international relations, John Kerr.
    He indicated, however, that Qantas' air freight capacity could not be enhanced in the near future despite the wishes of Northern Territory producers of perishable products.
    Mr Kerr said Australia's air freight performance had been subjected to more inquiry over the past few years than any other part of the aviation business.
  • Kien Hung dips toe in Australian waters
    Adsteam offshoot Barbican Marine Agencies has bounced back from the closure of Barbican Line with the announcement yesterday of its appointment to represent Taiwanese line Kien Hung in Australia.
    The Taipei-based Kien Hung, one of the so-called new generation Asian carriers, will offer local shippers a South American service, initially via Singapore, but without ruling out direct calls further down the track.
  • Evergreen finally wins Lloyd Triestino
    Global container giant Evergreen has finally succeeded in acquiring Italy' Lloyd Triestino, following the wirthdrawal of compting bids by Mediterranean Shipping Company and CMA-CGM.
    Although details are sketchy, LT's Australian agents Barbican Marine gencies have received notification from corporate headquarters in trieste that the takeover by Evergreen the sole remaining bidder is likely to be formalised by the end of the month.

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FROM THE HOME PAGE
A novembre il traffico delle merci nei porti marittimi cinesi è aumentato del +3,2%
Pechino
Le merci con l'estero hanno registrato un rialzo del +6,1%. I container sono cresciuti del +4,9%
Accordo TIL (gruppo MSC) - JNPA per la realizzazione del porto di Vadhvan
Uran
Il nuovo scalo è situato sulla costa occidentale dell'India
Shanghai è il primo porto mondiale a movimentare oltre 50 milioni di container in un anno
Shanghai
SIPG evidenzia il forte incremento di produttività realizzato introducendo una spinta automazione nell'area di Yangshan
Oggi entrano in vigore otto emendamenti alla Convenzione internazionale del Lavoro Marittimo
Ginevra
Yang Ming acquisirà sino a 13 nuove portacontainer da 8.000-15.000 teu
Keelung
Sostituiranno navi da 5.500-6.500 teu dell'età di oltre vent'anni
Carnival registra performance record per il trimestre settembre-novembre
Miami
Nel periodo i ricavi sono aumentati del +10,0%
Uniport apprezza che la riforma portuale avvenga attraverso una legge delega e confida (!) nella volontà del governo di aprire un confronto con gli operatori
Roma
Søren Toft (MSC) è il nuovo presidente del World Shipping Council
Washington
Vice presidente è Randy Chen della Wan Hai Lines
Presentato lo “SHIPS for America Act”, disegno di legge bipartisan per rafforzare l'industria statunitense dello shipping
Washington
Tra le proposte, trasportare sino al 10% delle importazioni dalla Cina su navi di bandiera statunitense, con equipaggio americano e costruite negli USA
Istituita a Gioia Tauro l'impresa portuale per la fornitura di lavoro temporaneo
Gioia Tauro
Ai 50 lavoratori attualmente iscritti nelle liste dell'Agenzia portuale se ne aggiungeranno altri 70
Navantia firma l'accordo per acquisire tutti e quattro i cantieri navali della Harland & Wolff
Londra/Madrid
Impegno alla salvaguardia dei mille posti di lavoro, garantendo la tutela dei diritti e delle condizioni di lavoro
Nel terzo trimestre il traffico delle merci nei porti francesi è diminuito del -7,3%
Parigi
Robusta crescita dei container (+14,0%). Calo delle altre tipologie di carichi
Thomas Kazakos sarà il prossimo segretario generale dell'International Chamber of Shipping
Londra
Subentrerà a giugno a Guy Platten
A tre anni dalla cerimonia inaugurale vengono avviati i lavori di costruzione del nuovo porto senegalese di Ndayane
Dubai
Investimento di 1,2 miliardi di dollari
Fatal accident in the port of Genoa
Genoa
A 52-year-old Culmv worker dies and a colleague is injured. A 24-hour strike has been called
In the second quarter of this year, cargo traffic in Greek ports increased by +1.4%
Container Traffic Growth at Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach in November
Los Angeles/Long Beach
Increases of +15.9% and +20.9% respectively were recorded
Lineas and Hupac collaborate on intermodal connections between Belgium and Italy
Brussels
The Belgian company will provide rail traction, while the Swiss one will take care of intermodal services
Report highlights progress made in reducing emissions in Tuscan ports
Leghorn
Emissions produced by maritime traffic account for 88.1% of the total
Assologistica, the application of the Reverse Charge for VAT purposes in the logistics sector is good
Milan
The association expressed appreciation for the government's intention to seek EU authorization
An EU Commission study analyses the environmental challenges faced by European ports
Brussels
Particular attention to supporting initiatives for the sustainability of small and medium-sized ports
Busan Port Set to End 2024 with Record Container Traffic of 24.3 Million TEU (+5.0%)
HMM to return to transatlantic routes
Seoul
New Northern Europe-West Coast USA service. Also inaugurated is an India-Northern Europe line
CMA CGM to use the port of Santa Cruz de Tenerife as a transhipment hub
Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Agreement with Terminal de Contenedores de Tenerife
Port of La Spezia, cruise ships will be able to operate at Molo Garibaldi despite the works
The Spice
EUNAVFOR Atalanta naval mission mandate extended until 28 February 2027
Brussels
Synergies with the Aspides maritime operation will be strengthened
A consortium led by CMA CGM will operate the container terminal at the river port of Lyon
CLECAT calls for new transport emissions regulation not to include entire life cycle of vehicles
Brussels
The IRU is instead in favour of the "well-to-wheel" approach
UNCTAD: Mediterranean ports' connection to global containerized shipping network declines
Geneva
General decrease in connections in Italian ports with the exception of La Spezia and Trieste
CMA CGM and AD Ports inaugurate container terminal at Khalifa Port
Abu Dhabi
The first phase has a traffic capacity of 1.8 million TEUs
Castor Maritime Acquires Control of MPC Capital
Limassol/Hamburg
Investment worth 182.8 million euros
The first cabin of the cold ironing system is ready at Molo Garibaldi in the port of La Spezia
The Spice
La statunitense FTV Capital presenta un'offerta per acquisire la Windward
Londra
L'azienda londinese sviluppa soluzioni tecnologiche per lo shipping
L'americana Halliburton compra la norvegese Optime Subsea
Notodden
L'azienda europea sviluppa tecnologie per le operazioni subacquee
Grimaldi ha preso in consegna la ro-ro multipurpose Great Cotonou
Napoli
Il prossimo mese sarà immessa in un nuovo servizio del gruppo tra Cina e Nigeria
Federagenti ha nominato 24 “ambasciatori”
Roma
Sono protagonisti da oltre 60 anni nella professione di agente marittimo
Porti della Spezia e Marina di Carrara, stanziati oltre cinque milioni per la transizione green
La Spezia
Fondi per l'acquisto di mezzi elettrici o a idrogeno
A novembre il traffico delle merci nei porti di Genova e Savona-Vado è cresciuto del +4,3%
Genova
Nei primi undici mesi del 2024 registrato un aumento del +1,1%
Nei primi 11 mesi del 2024 il traffico nel porto di Trieste è cresciuto del +6,4% grazie agli oli minerali
Trieste
Nello scalo portuale di Monfalcone registrata una flessione del -8,2%
Sequestrati nel porto di Genova oltre due quintali e mezzo di cocaina
Genova
La droga era all'interno di un contenitore frigo proveniente dall'Ecuador
Manca (Regione Sardegna): disattese le promesse di stanziamento di risorse per l'agenzia Kalport
Cagliari
Chiesto un incontro urgente alla ministra del Lavoro
Rincari degli importi degli diritti portuali nei porti di Bari e Brindisi
Bari
Leone: ci siamo impegnati per adottare misure che non impattassero su traffico e utenza
Sequestrato un ingente quantitativo di cocaina nel porto di Olbia
Sassari
Scoperti 39 chili di stupefacenti occultati in un minivan
Da gennaio Hupac intensificherà i collegamenti intermodali fra Belgio e Italia
Chiasso
Aumenterà anche la frequenza del treno shuttle fra Busto Arsizio e Padova
Porto di Ancona, rilascio della concessione provvisoria allo stabilimento della Fincantieri
Ancona
La nuova concessione avrà una durata di 40 anni
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
A novembre il traffico delle merci nel porto di Barcellona è calato del -3,7%
Barcellona
In crescita la movimentazione di container (+6,3%), ma non il peso dei carichi containerizzati (-6,9%)
Saipem si è aggiudicata un nuovo contratto offshore da Shell in Nigeria
Milano
Per l'azienda italiana ha un valore di circa 900 milioni di dollari
Rixi illustra per sommi capi la riforma portuale
Roma
Creazione di una società a controllo pubblico per gestire gli investimenti e rappresentare il sistema portuale italiano
Accordo tra RFI e RSE per lo studio di un sistema di trasporto merci a levitazione magnetica
Milano
Sicurezza marittima, firmato al MIT un accordo per semplificare le procedure di verifica
Roma
Attività ispettive e di certificazione potranno essere svolte da organismi appositamente accreditati
Nei primi undici mesi del 2024 il traffico delle merci nei porti russi è diminuito del -2,0%
San Pietroburgo
In calo sia le merci secche (-2,1%) che le rinfuse liquide (-2,0%)
Log In acquires 19,600 square meters of space at Interporto Toscano Amerigo Vespucci
Kansas City
It is the fourth acquisition in Italy of the Theoreim group company
Prysmian wins two EPCI contracts from French RTE, potentially worth €700 million
Milan
The laying of approximately 640 kilometers of land and underwater cables is planned
Testing of an autonomous port tractor in the port of Wilhelmshaven
Wilhelmshaven
It will be launched next year by Eurogate, MAFI, ICT Group and Embotech
Intesa Fincantieri - Sparkle for the protection and surveillance of submarine cables
Trieste
The two companies will analyze the requirements to improve the security of the infrastructure
Barcelona terminal operator BEST has ordered two new super post-Panamax quay cranes
Barcelona/The Hague
APM Terminals announces completion of work to increase capacity at MedPort Tangier terminal
Wärstilä sells Automation, Navigation and Control System to Swedish investment company Solix
Helsinki
In 2023 ANCS recorded revenues of 200 million euros
Cisl, speed up the choice of the president of the Port System Authority of the Eastern Ligurian Sea
The Spice
Necessary to implement works and investments
Works awarded for the expansion of the container terminal in the port of Koper
Coper
The works will be completed by the end of 2027
Container traffic in the port of Hong Kong fell by -4.2% last month
Hong Kong
In the first eleven months of 2024 the decline was -5.0%
Two Russian oil tankers crash near Kerch Strait
Fly
One of the 27 sailors of the two crews died
Monthly Container Traffic Declines at Port of Singapore
Singapore
Over 3.3 million TEUs were handled in November (-0.4%)
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 conference on the implications of geopolitical crises for ports and maritime transport in Venice on Thursday
Conference for the 30th anniversary of WISTA Italy
Genoa
It will be held tomorrow at Palazzo San Giorgio in Genoa
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Iran signs over $1.8b investment contracts with private sector for ports development
(Tehran Times)
North Korean tankers transport over one million barrels of oil from Russia
(NK News)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Relazione del presidente Nicola Zaccheo
Roma, 18 settembre 2024
››› File
Contship Italia dedicates a locomotive to the memory of Cecilia Eckelmann Battistello
Melzo
The special livery commemorates his life and career
EBRD loan for the enhancement of multipurpose terminals at the ports of Casablanca and Jorf Lasfar
London
Funds up to 65 million euros
Zero Emission Port Alliance Report on Future Port Electricity Demand
The Hague
The importance of strengthening port electrical infrastructures was highlighted
Paolo Potestà confirmed as president of ANGOPI
Rome
Vice Presidents are Giovanni D'Angelo, Marco Gorin, Ettore Rosalba, Mario Ciampaglia and Alessandro Serra
Criminal proceedings filed against the heads of the AdSP of the Southern Tyrrhenian and Ionian Seas
Joy Taurus
The absolute groundlessness of the crime report was recognized
In the July-September quarter, revenues of TUI's cruise division grew by +8.9%
Hanover
In the entire financial year 2024, the increase in turnover was +28.1%
MSC orders ten new 24,000 TEU containerships from Hengli Heavy Industry
Dalian
Contract worth over 2.3 billion dollars
RINA to conduct pre-FEED study for carbon capture and storage project in Malaysia
Genoa
Assigned by PETRONAS CCS Solutions
European Network of Maritime Clusters Board of Directors Renewed
Rome
Maire confirmed as president. Vice-presidents are Nathalie Mercier-Perrin, Javier Garat Pérez and Biagio Mazzotta
New step for the establishment of the port company ex art. 17 in the port of Gioia Tauro
Joy Taurus
Local Advisory Committee Meeting
PSA Italy chiuderà il 2024 con una crescita del +3% del traffico dei container nei porti di Genova e Venezia
Genova
A novembre è proseguito il trend congiunturale negativo dei ricavi di Evergreen, Yang Ming e WHL
Taipei
InRail has expanded its operating area to include French territory
Genoa
The company has become fully operational on the Mediterranean Corridor
A conference on the implications of geopolitical crises for ports and maritime transport in Venice on Thursday
Venice
Moderate growth in the value of global trade in goods continues
Moderate growth in the value of global trade in goods continues
Geneva
The increase for the whole of 2024 should be around +2.7%
47% of German maritime imports of green hydrogen will be able to pass through the port of Hamburg
Hamburg
The airport will be able to cover 10-18% of total national demand by 2045
Methanol delivery from land to a ship was performed for the first time in China
Beijing
79.5 tons of fuel loaded in 2.5 hours
MSC Air Cargo Pilots Sign Contract
Rome
Uiltrasporti gives particular weight to the fixed part of wages
Importance of cold ironing highlighted for emission reduction in Marseille-Fos port
Marseille
The effect deriving from the new SECA zone is also significant
In November, freight traffic in the port of Ravenna increased by +21.5%
Ravenna
Cruise passengers down by -46.8%
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