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BRIEFS
March 10, 1998
Sched Netweb site
  • Dock saga takes new twist
  • Liner chief calls for more co-operation
  • Conterm HK goes into Mediterranean market
  • Maersk's latest addition named at Odense Steel Shipyard

Cargowebweb site
MARCH 9, 1998
  • Railtrack and Bechtel to buy Channel link firm
  • UK rail privatization too expensive
  • The Netherlands attracts 64 per cent of new European distribution centers
  • Zeeland Seaports considers European complaint about Stora
  • Record profit for MSAS

Cyber Shipping Guide - Ocean Commerceweb site
  • Hyundai to launch Mid-East service
  • P&O Nedlloyd seto to call Iran port
  • Wilhelmsen Lines inks pact to build ro/ro ships
  • Panama Canal draft to be cut to 37 feet
  • UPS to build $860 million terminal

World Wide Shipperweb site
  • Texaco signs on with expanded Port of Anacortes
  • TOTE wins military quality award
  • Greenbrier deal builds gateway to Europe
  • DOT says balanced ISTEA needed for economic vitality
  • Feds release airlines' consumer report card

Lloyd's Listweb site
  • Romanian coup by ABN-Amro
    DUTCH banking group ABN-Amro has pulled off a coup in the competitive ship finance arena with a deal to advise the Romanian government on privatisation of the country's shipping sector, and its three leading state-owned shipping companies.
  • US to debate Ocean Shipping Reform Act
    THE US Senate may, today, take up for debate and a final vote the long-dormant Ocean Shipping Reform Act liberalising the US Shipping Act of 1984.
  • Tax concession blow for Newport News shipyard
    VIRGINIA'S General Assembly has dashed the hopes of Newport News Shipbuilding, the US' largest privately-owned newbuilding and repair facility, to obtain a $98m tax concession for building and operating a major research and development centre.
  • Clinton backs Card for top post at USCG
    PRESIDENT Bill Clinton has approved the nomination of Vice-Admiral James Card for promotion to vice-commandant of the US Coast Guard.
  • South Korean shipping acts to overcome financial crisis
    SOUTH Korea's shipyards believe they are currently in the best position, and top executives bristle at having to field questions about financial integrity.
  • Russia starts tests on new navigation system
    NAVIGATION in the eastern waters of the Finnish Gulf should become safer due to a new satellite navigation system which has started trials last week near St Petersburg. Sergei Palekhov, director of the department of shipping security of Rosmorflot, the Russian Transport Ministry's maritime division, said the Russian-American Glonass/Navstar system would be more accurate than earlier systems.
  • Nantes hopes for 1999 start on extension
    PORT of Nantes-Saint Nazaire is hoping that a public inquiry into its plans for a major FFr370m ($60,5m) extension to its container and bulk handling facilities will get under way before the end of this year, allowing construction work to start before the end of 1999.
  • Sonag case settlement disappoints shippers
    SHIPPERS have expressed disappointment that an important legal dispute involving inland pricing by ocean carriers was settled out of court.

Fairplayweb site
MARCH 9, 1998
  • Stolthaven to acquire stake in Dovechem
    STOLTHAVEN Asia Pacific, the tanker and tank container subsidiary of Stolt-Nielsen, is to acquire a 30 per cent stake in storage terminal operator Dovechem.
  • Mersey Docks bids for Venezuelan port
    MERSEY Docks and Harbour Co has teamed up with two local companies to bid for the 30-year operating contract for the Venezuelan port of Guanta.
  • Malta drops ferry modification plans
    MALTA'S government has dropped plans to modify a newbuilding ferry after studies showed the company would still be unable to compete on the Malta-Sicily route.
  • Dockwise planning to order new heavy lift ships
    DUTCH heavy lift transporter Dockwise is planning to order two, possibly three, new heavy lift vessels.
  • Manila ports seek further rate hikes
    ATI and ICTSI, the Manila-based port operators, are calling for another round of cargo handling rate increases to compensate for higher operational costs.
  • Docenave to flag two bulkers back to Brazil
    BRAZILIAN dry bulk operator Docenave has announced that it will flag two vessels from Liberia to Brazil.
  • MISC acquires Konsortium's shipping operations
    MALAYSIA International Shipping Corporation has taken over the shipping operations of troubled Konsortium Perkapalan owned by local transport tycoon Mirzan Mahathir.
  • Gales delay cruiseship transfer
    STRONG winds prevented the newbuilding cruiseship Norwegian Sky being towed from Bremen to Bremerhaven last week.
  • Wilhelmsen to build three roros at Daewoo
    WILHELMSEN has signed a letter of intent with South Korean shipbuilder Daewoo for the construction of three roro vessels with an option for a further three.
  • Foreigners short-listed for MDD job
    MALTA Drydocks has short-listed three foreigners for the post of ceo.
  • Mercur to demerge wet and dry operations
    MERCUR Tankers is planning to demerge its tanker and dry cargo businesses and float the dry cargo business on the Oslo stock exchange.
  • Sepetiba seeks hub port role
    BRAZILIAN president Fernando Henrique Cardoso has announced he is to set up an agency to promote the port of Sepetiba as a South Atlantic hub facility.
  • SCI may float coastal shipping subsidiary
    STATE owned Shipping Corp of India is to explore the possibility of floating a subsidiary to develop coastal shipping in the country.
  • Australia underwrites more export finance
    THE Australian government has announced further measures to underwrite the nation's exports to the financially troubled Asian market.
  • BHP shipping division to be sold
    NEGOTIATIONS are underway to try to sell Broken Hill Proprietary's Australian shipping division.

Antwerpse Lloyd n.v.web site
  • Le Parlement européen en conflit avec le Conseil des ministres
    Le Parlement européen se penche aujourd'hui à Strasbourg pour la deuxième fois sur une modification de la directive européenne existante (93/75/UE) concernant les normes minimales auxquelles doivent répondre les navires qui transportent des matières dangereuses ou polluantes de et vers les ports de l'Union européenne. L'adaptation de cette directive a pour but de renforcer la prévention et la lutte contre les accidents en mer impliquant des navires transportant ce type de cargaisons. Aucune nouvelle norme n'est toutefois prévue.
  • Wilhelmsen s'adapte aux tendances dans le transport de voitures
    L'armement Wilhelmsen Lines vient de passer commande au chantier naval sud-coréen Daewoo de trois rouliers d'une nouvelle génération. Cette commande porte sur un montant de 240 millions de dollars (8,8 milliards de BEF) et va de pair avec une option sur trois unités identiques. Il s'agit d'un nouveau type de roulier particulièrement flexible, en ce sens qu'il est conçu pour le transport d'un nombre considérable de voitures, mais aussi de divers types de fret conditionné en ro/ro, qu'il s'agisse de breakbulk sur mafis ou de matériel lourd de génie civil et autres projets industriels. Cette commande s'inscrit dans la tendance qui marque aujourd'hui le marché des car carriers.
  • Les échanges routiers avec le Maghreb devraient croître, mais...
    Les chances à venir pour le transport routier entre l'UE et le Maghreb sont excellentes, car on s'attend à une forte croissance économique en Afrique du Nord au cours des prochaines années. Les transporteurs routiers devraient pouvoir pleinement profiter de cette croissance. Toutefois, un certain nombre de conditions - et non des moindres - devront être remplies pour que ces prévisions puissent se réaliser. Les gouvernements et les partenaires commerciaux devront s'y atteler sans tarder pour permettre cet accroissement des échanges. Tel est la conclusion préliminaire d'une étude réalisée par l'institut de recherche en transport néerlandais NEA pour le compte de l'IRU.

Daily Commercial Newsweb site
  • WA chamber advocates interventionist policy
    The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia has supported moves to challenge the nation's current stevedoring duopoly of Patrick and P&O Ports.
    In a recently-adopted policy document the chamber called for some intervention in the stevedoring industry, stressing that the industry requires some form of price setting mechanism administered by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.
  • ACOS, ASA form federation
    The Australian Chamber of Shipping and the Australian Shipowners Association have agreed to the formation of an "over-arching federation" - the Australian Shipping Federation which may in future become the Australian New Zealand Shipping Federation.
    Newly-elected ACOS president Alan Brundish announced the new body at the chamber's annual dinner on Friday night, saying the federation would provide a high degree of coordination between the two organisations and showed savings for the chamber and the association.
  • Sydney strike to go ahead
    Patrick was yesterday attempting to minimise the effects of the 48-hour strike which is scheduled to affect its Sydney facilities from tomorrow, according to company director Bill Clayton.
    The MUA apparently decided to proceed with the stoppage despite agreeing to a joint working party which will examine the union's claims for a new enterprise agreement, the cause of the stoppage.
  • If wharfies can be farmers...
    Members of the Maritime Union of Australia have defended its control over all forms of work on the Australian waterfront during a meeting last week with SA Liberal Senator Jeannie Ferris.
    When asked why they believed they were entitled to exercise such power , picketing MUA members responded that they are a totally integrated workforce, "one minute doing security functions and the next minute climbing up a crane somewhere," Senator Ferris said.
  • Govt pledge to end MUA 'monopoly'
    The federal government is committed to ending the monopoly held by the Maritime Union of Australia in the provision of labour on the waterfront, according to secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Max Moore-Wilton.
    Mr Moore-Wilton told the annual dinner of the Australian Chamber of Shipping in Sydney on Friday night that, "the government supports the introduction of effective competition in container stevedoring such as that to be offered by Producers & Consumers Stevedores.
    He added that the government was committed to providing a structural framework so that companies were able to establish operations that did not necessarily employ MUA members.

The Journal of Commerceweb site
  • Time may be ripe for a settlement of Mexican dispute over US apples
  • Jones Act study cheers both sides
  • With drug interdiction its No. 1 focus, Customs is stepping up its watch of vessels. Smugglers, in turn, are becoming more creative in their methods
  • Railroads bracing for tighter scrutiny

  • Apollo's buying plans stir tank truck firms' concern
  • Nordic self-interests delay EU move to halt excessive charges by airports
  • MSAS Cargo's profit surges on logistics expansion
  • FedEx sees woes in Asia as blip on the horizon
  • New York port to get advanced safety system
  • US cargo airlines in talks with France
  • IMO chief: Members give thumbs up to rules
  • Transport index up, but trails Dow pace
  • AEI signs pact with P&O Nedlloyd to offer cargo connections via computer
  • Great Lakes carrier prepares to test ocean waters
  • Carve-up of Conrail awaits new agreements with workers
  • Panama's El Nino drought could mean higher grain prices

TradeWindsweb site
MARCH 6, 1998
  • Korea giants mull mega yard merger
    TOP-LEVEL MEETINGS between South Korea's giant chaebols could lead to a surprise merger between shipbuilding giants Daewoo and Samsung.The move would create by far the world's biggest shipbuilding company with an output of around 5 million-gt a year.The merger proposal has been tabled as Korea's leading industrial conglomerates, under the instruction of the country's newly elected President D J Kim, sit down to try to reorganize their huge industrial empires.Samsung and Daewoo are close neighbors on Koje Island and the most likely candidates for a tie-up. The Daewoo Group has already shown its taste for acquisitions this year with the purchase of Ssangyong Motors.Daewoo chief sales executive In Sung Lee gave a firm "no comment" when questioned on the talks. Other company officials described the rumors as "extreme".Samsung tried to play down the prospect of a mega-wedding with sales executive I D Kim blaming stock market rumors."Shipbuilding is very important for Samsung. It is our core business and we will keep it," he said.However, he conceded that Korea's giant chaebols have been told by the government to reorganize themselves after the economic crisis in South-east Asia.One source said: "Only the top people know what will happen."The Samsung Group is in the process of selling off some of its heavy machinery divisions, which has helped lift its share price.
    THERE ARE fears shipbuilding could be on the verge of a price collapse as suspicions mount that Korean builder Samsung struck a deal to build a series of Panamaxes at rock-bottom prices.
    SHIPBUILDING faces further turmoil with the disclosure that a giant building dock is being planned in China capable of building VLCCs. Critics say local rivalries are behind the creation of the facility.
  • Cunard on buying trail
    LEGENDARY cruise line Cunard is shrugging off the uncertainty over its future in the hands of Kvaerner by pressing ahead with plans to order two cruiseships.
  • Clemo still on parade
    FREDDY CLEMO is a larger-than-life figure by any stretch of imagination. The spry 74-year-old is still working in the Philippines for the P&I Clubs and has lived an eventful life, witnessing the impact of atomic bombs when he was a prisoner of war in Japan.
  • Monopoly Mallory
    AMERICAN Charles Mallory has already made a successful career out of being a tanker broker. Now he finds himself spending more time handling a $50m real estate portfolio that numbers shipowners among his clients and investors.
  • Banks get cold feet
    THE ECONOMIC crisis in the Far East has sparked a bank exodus. Several are pulling out of ship financing but the extra room in the lending market may turn out to be a help for the players that stay the course.

Traffic Worldweb site
  • Maersk Line has big plans for the Uruguayan port of Montevideo. The Danish carrier recently won a 25-year concession to operate the port and plans to triple the cranes, double the space and possibly add feeder operations up and down the coast. Other carriers serving the east coast of South America are paying close attention to Maersk's decision to make the port its regional hub, since the company is one of the leading carriers in the trade lane.
  • The other shoe dropped at the American Trucking Associations Feb. 26 - or "Black Thursday" as those affected by ATA's deepest staff cuts in more than 20 years are calling it. Approximately 28 of ATA's nearly 280 staff positions were eliminated as the trucking group seeks to cut as much as $2 million in overhead from its $45 million budget. The cuts were the first visible moves to streamline the trucking group since Walter B. McCormick Jr. succeeded Thomas J. Donohue as ATA president on Jan. 1. McCormick said the cuts were necessary to eliminate duplication. On the heels of the firings, ATA also announced hiring a pollster and management consultant to help reinvent itself.
  • Consolidation, always a familiar face in the truckload sector, is expected to intensify this year as larger carriers seek to buy smaller competitors as much for their drivers as any other strategic factor. That was the consensus among executives, analysts and financial types at last month's eighth annual BT Alex. Brown transportation conference in Naples, Fla. One truckload executive, when asked if he had any live offers on the table, said matter of factly that he had heard from more than 30 smaller companies inquiring about a merger or acquisition. Another says he gets at least one inquiry a week.
  • United Parcel Service slammed shut the books on one of the most difficult years in the company's history. After losing $775 million in sales in the third quarter and reporting its first loss in years, the company snapped back in the fourth quarter, reporting huge gains in international business that helped offset the still sluggish growth in the domestic parcel sector. The relaunch and restructuring of the company's European operation is paying off and has a lot to do with the income improvements gained in 1997.
  • Union Pacific Corp. finally bit the financial bullet and halved its dividend, disclosing that it now expects a loss in 1998's first quarter and announcing it would need to raise up to a billion dollars in fresh capital to both dig UP out of its service grave and meet future demands. UP's board of directors cut the dividend to 20 cents per quarterly share from 43 cents and the company disclosed other financial ramifications of its service debacle.
  • The Port of New Orleans hopes the completion of a seven-year, $215 million capital improvement project will make it a leader in the highly competitive container market. Port officials expect half a dozen new services that have started since mid-1997 will raise the port's container cargo volume.
  • University of Tennessee MBA students wanted to participate in a graduate-level logistics competition with students from other schools last year. The trouble was, no such contest existed. It does now. Spearheaded by Chris Farha, a second-year MBA student at U Tenn., the first graduate MBA case competition in logistics drew four teams of 25 student and faculty participants from Tennessee, University of Maryland, University of Arkansas and Michigan State University.
  • How many trailers could a trucking company track if a trucking company could track trailers? More than they used to, thanks to a convergence of cellular technology, satellite networks and the Internet. HighwayMaster Corp. agreed to cross-license its wireless technology with BellSouth to produce a trailer-tracking system, while PeopleNet introduced a trailer-tracking and driver communication system that blends cellular and paging communications networks with Global Positioning System satellites and the Internet. Services like these are extending the reach of mobile communications and asset tracking to smaller companies.
  • Via Rail needs new equipment and more cooperation from the freight railways if it is to have a long-term future, says the head of the Canadian government-owned passenger train operator. While Via has slashed its dependence on the federal treasury and increased ridership, it can't do much more unless it increases the number and reliability of the services it now operates, Via Rail's president told the Canadian House of Commons.

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FROM THE HOME PAGE
ESPO: The EU Parliament's Budget Committee's request for more funding for transport, energy and infrastructure is welcome
Brussels
The importance of financing TEN-T networks to enable their adaptation for both military and civilian dual-use purposes was highlighted
Solidarity contribution for the families of port workers who are victims of accidents at work
Rome
It was established by the National Bilateral Port Authority
Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore Division Reports Record Quarterly Revenue
Neuilly-sur-Seine
New historical peak also for the classified fleet
PSA reportedly considering selling its 20% stake in Hutchison Ports
Singapore
This is according to "Reuters", which had already floated this hypothesis at the end of 2022
Federagenti, Italy must give a sharp acceleration to the projects of ZES, free zones and Special Logistics Zones
Rome
Pessina: There is no space for reflections prey to bureaucracy
In the first quarter of this year, freight traffic in the port of Rotterdam decreased by -5.8%.
Rotterdam
Both disembarkation (-3.1%) and embarkation (-11.9%) loads are decreasing
Increase in container cargo is not enough for the port of Antwerp-Bruges to avoid a -4.0% decline in quarterly traffic
Antwerp
The decline in liquid bulk cargoes worsened (-19.1%)
The China Shipowners' Association considers the measures taken by the US against Chinese ships a typical example of unilateralism and protectionism
Beijing/Washington
The WSC reiterates that such measures could undermine American trade, harm U.S. manufacturers, and undermine efforts to strengthen the nation's maritime industry.
COSCO Expresses Strong Opposition to US Planned Taxes on Chinese Ships
Growing share of new entrants in European rail transport sector
Madrid
In 2023, rail freight transport performance decreased by -8%
New Chinese Ship Taxes That Will Only Raise Prices for Americans
Washington
The executive vice president of the US Chamber of Commerce denounced it
Tax amounts set for China-linked vessels arriving at US ports
Washington
Calculated on the basis of net capacity or container volume, they will be applied from October and will be progressively increased
International tender launched to award concession for new Casablanca port shipyard
Casablanca
It is the largest in Africa and has been unused since 2019
Federlogistica, the industry must stop approaching logistics only in terms of costs
Genoa
Falteri: a national control room composed of representatives of the logistics sector and industrial groups is necessary
ABB closes positive first quarter even if revenue growth is lower than expected
Zurich
Wierod: Our consolidated local-for-local approach protects us from the trade war
New global minimum wage deal for seafarers
Geneva
The level will rise to $690 from January 1, 2026 to reach $704 from 2027 and $715 from 2028.
Global trade in goods could fall by -1.5% this year
Geneva
WTO predicts. Okonjo-Iweala: Persistent uncertainty threatens to slow global growth, with serious negative consequences for the world
In 2023, around two-thirds of all goods moved in the EU were transported by sea.
Luxembourg
In the period 2013-2023, only the share of road transport increased, while that of other modes decreased.
Postal shipments of goods from Hong Kong to the US suspended
Hong Kong
Hongkong Post faces exorbitant and unreasonable tariffs due to unjustified and intimidating actions of the United States
Confitarma highlights the need for the decarbonisation strategy not to penalise shipping compared to other modes
Rome
Zanetti: also ensure that the implementation process takes into account the operational needs of the industry
Intercargo and Intertanko raise concerns over shipping decarbonisation deal
London
The complexity of the measure adopted by the IMO and the unusual procedure from which non-governmental organizations were excluded were highlighted
Pirate attacks on ships to spike in first quarter of 2025
Pirate attacks on ships to spike in first quarter of 2025
London
Sharp increase in incidents in the Singapore Straits
Interferry welcomes IMO agreement on decarbonisation of shipping, but finds strategy too complex
Victoria/Piraeus
Greek Shipowners' Association disappointed by failure to recognise essential role of transition fuels such as LNG
International Labour Organization Recognizes Seafarers as Key Workers
London
ITF and ICS: a historic moment
CMA CGM to acquire 35% of Egypt's October Dry Port
Cairo
The company operates a dry port in the industrial and logistics zone near Cairo
MSC Group's TiL to Take Full Control of Hutchison Ports Terminals
New York
Bloomberg reports this, specifying that the Panamanian terminals would be jointly managed with BlackRock
Draft regulation on decarbonisation of shipping approved by MEPC includes mandatory fuel standard and pricing of greenhouse gas emissions
London/Washington/Brussels
The establishment of a Fund to collect resources deriving from the pricing of emissions is foreseen
MIT indicates Matteo Paroli as new president of the ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado
Rome/La Spezia
The La Spezia port community also requests a name for the Eastern Liguria Port Authority
Task force of five associations for the relaunch of Italian rail cargo
Rome
Initiative by Agens, Assoferr, Assologistica, Fercargo and Fermerci
Confitarma underlines the importance of the shipping decarbonisation strategy being defined at IMO
Rome
The Italian Confederation specifies that it shares some of the USA's concerns
WSC Reiterates Trump's Measures for National Maritime Industry Are Bad for U.S. Economy
Washington
Kramek: Ready to support the administration with constructive proposals
Fincantieri and Accenture establish joint venture Fincantieri Ingenium
Trieste/Milan
The aim is to drive the digital transformation of the ship product and port logistics
Meyer Werft has delivered the new luxury cruise ship Asuka III to NYK Cruises
Papenburg/Emden
It has a capacity of 744 passengers and 470 crew members
As Trump formalizes measures to revitalize America's maritime industry, the nation's ports face a dramatic decline in traffic
Washington/Geneva
Okonjo-Iweala (WTO): With the escalation of trade tensions between the US and China, the exchange of goods between the two economies could decrease up to 80%
CK Hutchison denies allegations of breach of concession contract for Panamanian ports of Cristóbal and Balboa
Panama
Panama Ports Company emphasizes that it has complied with all legal obligations and contractual commitments
US Does Not Participate in IMO Negotiations on Shipping Decarbonization, Threatens Reciprocal Measures
London
Expressed opposition to any attempt to impose economic measures on ships based on greenhouse gas emissions or fuel choice
T&E urges MEPC to agree clear and ambitious measures to decarbonise shipping
Brussels
It is necessary - the association underlines - to set binding objectives
Meyer Yachts will build an ultra-luxury residential mega yacht for Ulyssia Residences
Miami
The ship will be 320 meters long and will be built at the Papenburg shipyard
Le Aziende informano
Il retrofit ibrido-elettrico di ABB guida i traghetti dei laghi italiani verso un futuro più sostenibile
Neapolitan Grimaldi Group wins $1.3 billion order for nine ro-pax ships
Neapolitan Grimaldi Group wins $1.3 billion order for nine ro-pax ships
Helsinki/Naples
Order at China Merchants Jinling Shipyard (Weihai)
Viking orders two cruise ships from Fincantieri with option for two additional units
Los Angeles/Trieste
The two ships under construction in Ancona for the American brand will be the first in the world to be powered by hydrogen stored on board
Federlogistica, the possible collapse of road transport is a risk for the country
Genoa/Modena
Ruote Libere reports that the government only needs to allocate a little money to avoid having to deal with the real problems of road hauliers
Second edition of the European Maritime Transport Environmental Report published
Lisbon/Copenhagen
The new report indicates that promising progress has been made in several areas
WSC, MEPC must provide clear measures to decarbonise shipping this week
Washington
Wood-Thomas: It is not possible that these decisions can be postponed to guidelines developed in two years
Konecranes revenues increased by +7.7% in the first three months of 2025
Helsinki
343 million euros of new orders for port vehicles (+37.5%)
Kuehne+Nagel posts first quarter of growth
Schindellegi
The logistics group's net sales amounted to 6.33 billion Swiss francs (+14.9%)
Application by TDT (Grimaldi group) for the construction and management of 50% of the Terminal Darsena Europa in Livorno
Leghorn
The company has requested an extension of the duration of the current concession
In 2024, 58 million invested in the modernization of the ports of Livorno, Piombino and the island of Elba
Leghorn
The final budget and the annual report of the AdSP have been approved
EIB advice to strengthen climate resilience of the ports of Volos, Alexandroupolis and Patras
Luxembourg
It will assist port authorities in identifying and managing climate risks
In the first quarter the port of Valencia handled 1.3 million containers (+3.4%)
Valencia
Transhipment traffic decline
The Management Committee of the Central Tyrrhenian Sea Port Authority has unanimously approved the 2024 financial statement
Naples
SOS LOGistica will acquire the qualification of Third Sector Entity
Milan
The association currently has 74 members
In the first three months of 2025, freight traffic in the ports of Barcelona and Algeciras decreased
Barcelona/Algeciras
Hupac transfers intermodal service with Padua to Novara
Noise
Until now the other terminal was the one in Busto Arsizio
PSA SECH has operated the first 400-meter train at Parco Ferroviario Rugna
Genoa
Capacity up to 20 pairs of trains per day
The 2024 financial statement of the Eastern Liguria Port Authority was unanimously approved
The Spice
The war clearance preparatory to the expansion of the Ravano Terminal in La Spezia is nearing completion
The Spice
The AdSP has invested over 600 thousand euros in it
Francesco Rizzo appointed president of the AdSP of the Strait
Rome
He has repeatedly denounced the uselessness of the construction of the bridge over the Strait
US aircraft attack Yemeni port of Ras Isa
Tampa/Beirut
38 dead and over a hundred injured
In 2025 Stazioni Marittime predicts an increase in ferry and cruise traffic in the port of Genoa
MIT Mobility Report Highlights Rising Demand for Both Passengers and Freight
Rome
In the first quarter, cargo traffic in Russian ports decreased by -5.6%
St. Petersburg
Both dry goods (-5.3%) and liquid bulk (-5.8%) are decreasing
Andrea Giachero confirmed as president of Spediporto
Genoa
The board of directors of the association of Genoese freight forwarders has also been renewed for the three-year period 2025-2028
Study for monitoring vehicular traffic in the ports of Venice and Chioggia
Milan
Order awarded to Circle and Arelogik
In Italy, the rail freight transport sector is in deep trouble
Geneva
Fermerci calls for making traffic incentives structural and increasing and for refinancing the incentive for the purchase of locomotives and wagons
Global Maritime Forum report on optimising ship calls to reduce emissions
Copenhagen
Virtual arrival and just-in-time arrival approaches proposed
In the first quarter of this year, container traffic in the port of Gioia Tauro grew by +15.5%
Joy Taurus
Construction of the "Dockworker’s House" has begun
GNV has taken delivery of the second of four new ro-pax vessels in China
Genoa
"GNV Orion" will be able to accommodate 1,700 passengers and transport up to 3,080 linear metres of cargo
After ten quarters of decline, container traffic in the port of Hong Kong returns to growth
Hong Kong
In the first three months of this year 3.39 million TEUs were handled (+2.1%)
Fincantieri acquires stake in WSense
Rome
The ninth FREMM unit "Spartaco Schergat" delivered to the Italian Navy
The new edition of the Practical Manual of Maritime Traffic has been presented
Genoa
Written by Assagenti, it turns fifty
Container traffic at the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles increased by 26.6% and 5.2% in the first quarter
Long Beach/Los Angeles
Trump's tariffs impact imminent
In the first three months of 2025, the port of Singapore handled 10.5 million containers (+5.8%)
Singapore
In weight, containerized traffic recorded a decrease of -1.4%
Regulations signed for LNG bunkering at Fincantieri shipyard in Genoa
Genoa
Define the methods of transferring fuel from ship to ship
Historic shipbuilding brands Uljanik and 3.Maj on the verge of extinction
Zagreb
The State confirms its intention to sell the shipbuilding activities at the two sites of Pula and Rijeka
Cambiaso Risso has completed the acquisition of the French Somecassur
Genoa
The transalpine company specializes in the insurance of super and mega yachts
New weekly train service between the port of Gioia Tauro and Verona
Joy Taurus/Verona
Operated by Medlog for the transport of refrigerated goods
EBRD looking for strategic partner for development of Moldovan river port of Giurgiulesti
London
International competition launched
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Turkish ports set new first-quarter cargo traffic record
Ankara
Historic peak of cargo imported from abroad
In the first quarter of 2025, freight traffic in the port of Taranto grew by +37.6%
Taranto
Increase of 854 thousand tons of solid bulk and 265 thousand tons of conventional goods
DEME buys Havfram, a company that installs offshore wind farms
Second Right/Washington
Transaction worth approximately 900 million euros
Rail transport of convoys for Rome Metro started from Reggio Calabria
Rome
Contract awarded by Hitachi Rail to Mercitalia Rail
In 2024, the volumes handled by Magli Intermodal Service decreased by -2%
Rezzato
Turnover stable
Yang Ming records first decline in turnover in March after 14 months of growth
Keelung/Taipei
Evergreen and WHL revenue growth continues
The European Commission has approved the acquisition of Germany's Schenker by Denmark's DSV
Brussels
The impact on competition in the markets in which the two companies operate is considered limited
Fincantieri - Kayo Agreement to Promote the Development of the Shipbuilding and Naval Industry in Albania
Trieste
Possible creation of a hub for shipbuilding and refitting in the region
Recent slight reduction in logistics costs for new factory vehicles
Brussels
Montaresi (AdSP Liguria Orientale) awarded with the "Port Oscar"
Miami
The event has reached its eighteenth edition
In the first three months of 2025, containers carried by OOCL vessels increased by +9.3%
Hong Kong
Revenues up +16.8%
The AdSP of the Southern Tyrrhenian and Ionian Seas wins in appeal against Zen Yacht
Joy Taurus
Company ordered to pay back rent
A large shipment of cocaine was seized in the port of Livorno
Leghorn
Two tons of drugs identified by Customs and Financial Police personnel
Navantia renews agreement with American cruise group Royal Caribbean
Miami
To date, the Cadiz shipyard has carried out maintenance, repair and refurbishment work on 45 of the group's ships.
Record cruise traffic expected in Italian ports this year
Miami
Cemar believes that growth will not stop even in 2026
HII-HHI Agreement to Accelerate US and South Korean Naval Production
National Harbor
The aim is to strengthen the naval industrial base of the two nations.
Panama Ports Company Accused of Violating Terms of Concession Agreement
Panama
Panama's Auditor General announced the filing of criminal charges
Colombo West International Terminal has become operational
Ahmedabad
It has a traffic capacity of 3.2 million TEUs
The conference "New sustainable marine fuels - Decarbonize Shipping" will be held in Genoa on Monday
Genoa
The new multifunctional border control structure PCF - PED/PDI Point completed in the port of Gioia Tauro
Joy Taurus
"Artificial Intelligence Comes to Port" Conference in Rome on Friday
Rome
It is promoted by the National Union of Port Enterprises
MSC Group's new cruise terminal inaugurated in Miami
Miami
It can accommodate three large ships at the same time
In February, traffic in the port of Ravenna increased by +2.1%
Ravenna
Bulk cargo increases, miscellaneous cargo declines
In 2024, Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane recorded a net loss of -208 million euros
Rome
Revenues up by +11.7%. The group's freight transported increased thanks to the acquisition of Exploris
Port of Genoa, Ente Bacini requests new spaces and renewal of the concession
Genoa
Conference to celebrate the centenary of the company
The public meeting of the Italian Port Terminal Operators Association will be held in Rome on June 19th
Genoa
VARD to build offshore dive vessel for Dong Fang Offshore
Alesund/Trieste
The contract is worth 113.5 million euros
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 conference "New sustainable marine fuels - Decarbonize Shipping" will be held in Genoa on Monday
Genoa
It will take place at the headquarters of the Port Authority of Genoa
"Artificial Intelligence Comes to Port" Conference in Rome on Friday
Rome
It is promoted by the National Union of Port Enterprises
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Proposed 30% increase for port tariffs to be in phases, says Loke
(Free Malaysia Today)
Damen Mangalia Unionists Protest Friday Against Possible Closure
(The Romania Journal)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Relazione del presidente Nicola Zaccheo
Roma, 18 settembre 2024
››› File
Next week Italian ports will participate in Seatrade Cruise Global
Rome
Initiative brand: "CruiseItaly - One Country, Many Destinations"
MSC Group Cruise Terminal Officially Inaugurated in the Port of Barcelona
Barcelona
In 2027 it will be equipped with a cold ironing plant
Marcegaglia and Nova Marine Carriers form NovaMar Logistic joint venture
Lugano/Gazoldo of the Ippoliti
A general cargo ship will transport raw materials to the steel group's plants
Liebherr achieves record annual sales in the maritime and port crane segment
Bulls
Strong demand for offshore and container handling equipment
The annual conference "Programming, Operation and Management of Transport Networks" in Genoa
Genoa
It is dedicated to the transport and mobility sector
Last year, 656 ships underwent repair work in Greece
Piraeus
Increase of five units compared to 2023
Port of La Spezia, cruise ship docking simulations completed at Garibaldi West pier
The Spice
Assagenti conference on the future of the profession of maritime agent and broker
Genoa
It will be held tomorrow in Genoa
Stena Line presents a project for a ro-ro vessel capable of reducing energy consumption by at least 20%
Gothenburg
Introduced most of the innovative technologies currently available
Francesco Beltrano is the new general secretary of Uniport
Rome
He takes over from Paolo Ferrandino, who will continue to collaborate as a consultant
Saipem awarded new contracts in Middle East and Guyana
Milan
The total value of the orders is approximately 720 million dollars.
Conference in Genoa for the centenary of Ente Bacini
Genoa
The company was established on 19 February 1925
Interporto Bologna Board of Directors Renewed
Bentivoglio
Stefano Caliandro Appointed President. Loss of 1.7 million euros in 2024
NYK invests 76 billion yen in NYK Energy Ocean Corporation
Tokyo
The newco has taken over the activities of ENEOS Ocean
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