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April 10, 1998
Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • S-E Asia box volumes slightly affected by crisis
    Growth last year was 9.1%, down only 2.5% from 1996: OSC report
  • Indonesia to acquire containers from abroad to alleviate shortage
  • P&O rules out sacking Aussie workers
  • Titanic replicas to sail on similar route of ill-fated 1912 luxury liner
  • M'sian firm launches Port Klang-Madras weekly service
  • Cargo ship with 24 aboard sinks
Air and Land Transport
  • FedEx expands S-E Asian network with new route
    Cebu-Jakarta-S'pore Line is overdrawn service launched despite regional economic crisis
  • Boeing reviewing next month's rollout of 717-200
  • JAL pilots launch 24-hour strike; planned JAS walkout called off
  • Canberra sells 4 airports for A$110m
  • Air France pilot jailed for crash
  • United Airlines plans stricter enforcement of 2-bag carry-on limit
  • Honda launches production of natural gas passenger car
Features
  • Industrial showdown looms
    Patrick sparks furore by sacking its workforce after a battle with the maritime union for control of work practices
Columns
  • Due diligence clause holds head charterer liable to shipowner

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • S-E Asia box volumes slightly affected by crisis
    Growth last year was 9.1%, down only 2.5% from 1996: OSC report
  • Indonesia to acquire containers from abroad to alleviate shortage
  • P&O rules out sacking Aussie workers
  • Titanic replicas to sail on similar route of ill-fated 1912 luxury liner
  • M'sian firm launches Port Klang-Madras weekly service
  • Cargo ship with 24 aboard sinks
Air and Land Transport
  • FedEx expands S-E Asian network with new route
    Cebu-Jakarta-S'pore Line is overdrawn service launched despite regional economic crisis
  • Boeing reviewing next month's rollout of 717-200
  • JAL pilots launch 24-hour strike; planned JAS walkout called off
  • Canberra sells 4 airports for A$110m
  • Air France pilot jailed for crash
  • United Airlines plans stricter enforcement of 2-bag carry-on limit
  • Honda launches production of natural gas passenger car
Features
  • Industrial showdown looms
    Patrick sparks furore by sacking its workforce after a battle with the maritime union for control of work practices
Columns
  • Due diligence clause holds head charterer liable to shipowner

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • S-E Asia box volumes slightly affected by crisis
    Growth last year was 9.1%, down only 2.5% from 1996: OSC report
  • Indonesia to acquire containers from abroad to alleviate shortage
  • P&O rules out sacking Aussie workers
  • Titanic replicas to sail on similar route of ill-fated 1912 luxury liner
  • M'sian firm launches Port Klang-Madras weekly service
  • Cargo ship with 24 aboard sinks
Air and Land Transport
  • FedEx expands S-E Asian network with new route
    Cebu-Jakarta-S'pore Line is overdrawn service launched despite regional economic crisis
  • Boeing reviewing next month's rollout of 717-200
  • JAL pilots launch 24-hour strike; planned JAS walkout called off
  • Canberra sells 4 airports for A$110m
  • Air France pilot jailed for crash
  • United Airlines plans stricter enforcement of 2-bag carry-on limit
  • Honda launches production of natural gas passenger car
Features
  • Industrial showdown looms
    Patrick sparks furore by sacking its workforce after a battle with the maritime union for control of work practices
Columns
  • Due diligence clause holds head charterer liable to shipowner

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • S-E Asia box volumes slightly affected by crisis
    Growth last year was 9.1%, down only 2.5% from 1996: OSC report
  • Indonesia to acquire containers from abroad to alleviate shortage
  • P&O rules out sacking Aussie workers
  • Titanic replicas to sail on similar route of ill-fated 1912 luxury liner
  • M'sian firm launches Port Klang-Madras weekly service
  • Cargo ship with 24 aboard sinks
Air and Land Transport
  • FedEx expands S-E Asian network with new route
    Cebu-Jakarta-S'pore Line is overdrawn service launched despite regional economic crisis
  • Boeing reviewing next month's rollout of 717-200
  • JAL pilots launch 24-hour strike; planned JAS walkout called off
  • Canberra sells 4 airports for A$110m
  • Air France pilot jailed for crash
  • United Airlines plans stricter enforcement of 2-bag carry-on limit
  • Honda launches production of natural gas passenger car
Features
  • Industrial showdown looms
    Patrick sparks furore by sacking its workforce after a battle with the maritime union for control of work practices
Columns
  • Due diligence clause holds head charterer liable to shipowner

Cargowebweb site
APRIL 9, 1998
  • American interest in Thyssen Haniel
  • Small net result for TNT
  • Lower rates in KLM and Northwest cargo transhipment
  • Approval of fifth Schiphol runway

Cyber Shipping Guide - Ocean Commerceweb site
  • Dock strike called off Thursday afternoon
  • Conference justifies Panama Canal Charge
  • AEI opens ocean services firm in Japan
  • JAL, CES conclude interline pact
  • NITTSU's Beijing firm gets IATA license

World Wide Shipperweb site
  • Airport revenue bonds drive up Port of Portland's 1998-99 budget
  • European executives warm to cash pool
  • UP softening Mexico embargo
  • Teamwork lets SeaTac play ball
  • OOCL to begin Scan-Baltic service
  • Boeing will take $350 million hit on first quarter earnings
  • Teamsters ratify contract with major freight carriers

Lloyd's Listweb site
  • Patrick faces legal challenge
    PATRICK Stevedores was yesterday fighting off the first legal challenges to the dramatic shedding of its entire Australian unionised workforce on Tuesday night.
  • Containership breaks unofficial union embargo
    THE Mediterranean Shipping Company containership MSC Singapore yesterday became the first vessel to break the unofficial maritime union embargo and to have cargo handled by dock workers trained by the National Farmers Federation.
  • NYK 'can lead restructuring'
    JAPAN'S largest shipping group Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) has a "historic opportunity" to lead the way in restructuring the nation's shipping industry, according to a leading investment bank.
  • New Dm60m survey vessel for BSH New Dm60m survey vessel for BSH
    GERMAN shipping authority Bundesamt fuer Seeschiffahrt und Hydrographie (BSH) will get a new survey vessel, the Komet, writes Christian Koehl, Bonn.
  • Tugboat pilots warn of 'unqualified' operators
    STRIKING Mississippi River tugboat pilots have warned that allegedly unqualified persons may now be operating tugs and insist that the US Coast Guard "closely monitors" the situation.
  • Good start for Gotaverken
    GOTHENBURG'S Gotaverken Cityvarvet is expecting a busy year in 1998, as demonstrated by the regular docking and hull modification order placed by Norway's Haugesund-based Johannes Ostensjo for platform supply vessels Edda Freya and Edda Frende. The vessels required 30 tonnes of steel each for the refit jobs.
  • Indonesia bid to solve box shortage crisis
    EXPORT and shipowning representative associations are to meet in Jakarta today in a bid to find common ground on how to resolve the box shortage crippling the nation's exporting efforts.
  • French shipowners seek duty-free deal
    FRENCH shipowners have called for compromise in the current controversy over the European Commission's planned abolition of duty-free sales next year, suggesting that articles currently sold duty-free could be subjected to tax at a special low rate of between 3% and 5%.

Fairplayweb site
APRIL 9, 1998
  • Fairplay Daily News Schedule
    THE next Fairplay Daily News bulletin will be on Tuesday, April 14. Friday April 10 and Monday April 13 are public holidays in the UK.
  • Four bidders in LT/Italia shortlist
    FOUR bidders have survived the first round to buy Lloyd Triestino (LT) and Italia.
  • Shippers wait 'weeks' for Asian bookings
    THE Asian economic slowdown has caused major difficulties and delays for shippers booking cargo from Asia, according to a leading freight forwarding executive.
  • Teesport to link with Zeebrugge
    A NEW lo-lo container service between England's north-east coast port of Teesport and Zeebrugge in Belgium starts operations on April 20.
  • Polish yard wins Norwegian ferry contract
    GDANSK shiprepair yard Remontowa has signed its biggest newbuilding contract.
  • Shippers will pay for dispute, says Sea-Land
    SEA-LAND (Australia) has warned that shippers will pay for a levy proposed by the Australian government to fund mass redundancies in the stevedoring industry.
  • ITF man ejected from Melbourne port
    AN ITF official has been ejected from a Melbourne dockside as part of deepening unrest following the mass sacking of 2,000 wharfies.
  • Columbus line and Alianca to expand operations
    COLUMBUS Line and its partner Alianca announced today that they are each adding one new vessel to their service linking the east coasts of North and South America.
  • IMO in move against piracy
    THE IMO is to send expert missions to selected countries to discuss the prevention and supression of piracy and armed robbery against ships.
  • Rio Tinto ponders own fleet
    MINING giant Rio Tinto Australia (RTA) has indicated it may establish its own shipping fleet.
  • More Mississippi mayhem
    THE US Coastguard is currently investigating two more accidents on the Mississippi.
  • Melbridge boosts Cuba service
    ROTTERDAM-based Melbridge Container Line has upgraded its service to Cuba and Mexico through the acquisition of three, fully cellular self-sustaining vessels.
  • SCI gets go-ahead for new orders
    INDIA's Ship Acquisition Licensing Committee (SALC) has given the state-owned Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) the go-ahead to buy two medium range product tankers.
  • Non-union wharfies go to work in Australia
    NON-union wharfies handled Patrick vessels in Brisbane and Fremantle for the first time today as at least 15 ships are delayed in Australia's waterfront upheaval.
  • Holyman sells Cat-Link stake to Scandlines
    HOLYMAN has agreed to sell its 50 per cent stake in the Danish fast ferry operator, Cat-Link Shipping, to its joint venture partner, Scanlines.
  • Indian transport minister quits
    C SRINIVASAN has been nominated to succeed S R Muthiah who has resigned as India's Minister for Surface Transport.
  • Eurokai to concentrate on Europe
    EUROKAI, the German container terminal operator, is to concentrate all its cash resources on hinterland connections with central Europe.
  • Containership owners warn banks
    CONTAINERSHIP owners have warned their bankers that they might be forced to ask for a postponement of loan repayments.
  • Plan to quadruple Buenos Aires
    THE Argentine government is calling for national and international offers for the port capacity of Buenos Aires to be quadrupled.
  • Philippine lines in route violation claim
    THREE major domestic lines in the Philippines may be penalised if it is proved that they have violated a public service law.
  • AAPA president calls for maintenance funding
    AAPA president Kurt Nagle has called for maintenance funding for navigation channels, following a recent Supreme Court ruling against the Harbor Maintenance Tax.

Daily Commercial Newsweb site
  • Reith outlines seven benchmark objectives
    IN THE wake of Patrick's decision to sack its entire workforce, the federal government yesterday announced "seven benchmark objectives" for waterfront reform.
    Minister for Workplace Relations Peter Reith said that as part of the reform package the government had established a framework to ensure that any workers made redundant through restructuring of the waterfront received the full value of their benefits.
  • Lines coy about Patrick plans
    PATRICK clients were yesterday keeping their counsel over whether or not they would use the new P&CS-manned Patrick operation, although the company's biggest client, Mediterranean Shipping Company, was stating a clear position.
    With five ships currently on the coast and 464 Australian port calls per annum, MSC spokesman Alan Brown told DCN the company had long-term contracts with Patrick and expected them to honour those contracts.
  • Confident MUA looks for public support
    THE Maritime Union of Australia is confident it can overcome the federal government's latest attempt at waterfront reform, the national secretary of the Maritime Union of Australia, John Coombs, predicted yesterday.
    Mr Coombs told DCN he did not believe there was a great deal of support in the community for the method in which the government has promoted that change.
    He said the outcome of the union's action in the Federal Court, which was aimed at preventing Patrick's move could have a significant effect on the row, particularly in the Court ruled in the union's favour.
  • Service providers fear losses
    THE phrase 'no gain without pain' has been used repeatedly on the waterfront and the 'pain' element looks set to become a truism for many service providers not directly involved in the dispute, with many already saying they will lose business if the situation escalates or drags on.
    Port Phillip Sea Pilots president Charles Griffithss said: "We're losing some of our business of course, although at the moment it's only Patrick that's affected. But if it spreads we estimate what we will lose will be about 15 per cent of our business… probably not more than that because it's just not cost effective to ship cargo to Adelaide and move it back by train."
  • Hein not surprised but still cautious
    THE chairman of P&O Australia, Richard Hein, said yesterday that he was not surprised by the mass dismissal of waterfront workers by Patrick.
    Mr Hein said he was surprised that it took so long for the dispute to come to a head.
    Although he confirmed that P&O supported Workplace Relations Minister Peter Reith's benchmark objectives for the Australian waterfront, Mr Hein was cautious when asked when the company would also be taking advantage of the redundancy provisions being advanced by the government.
    He said P&O Ports and the Maritime Union of Australia were continuing to consult on further waterfront reform.

International Transport Journalweb site
APRIL 9, 1998
Maritime
  • OOCL launches its new Scan-Baltic Express Service.
  • Norfolk Line adds a third ship to its Continent-Ireland route.
  • Medex Container Lines upgrades to weekly in its West Med service.
  • Yang Ming could reflag six vessels to serve the Taiwan-PR China trade.
  • Cosco plans to launch a Taiwan-PR China liner service.
  • MOL offers faster China-North America transit times.
  • UASC takes delivery of the first ships of a new series.
  • Although Neptune Orient Lines closed with a loss in 1997, it expects the full benefit of its acquisition of APL to take effect by 1999.
  • Hapag-Lloyd christens the second out of three 4612-TEU vessels.
  • Transroll expands its container fleet by adding 300 reefer boxes.
  • Cho Yang puts a new containership into operation.
  • New publications: The Ships Atlas; Maritime Guide 1998.
Ports and Terminals
  • The end for the Harbor Maintenance Tax. This tax, which has to be paid on all incoming and outgoing cargo at US ports, has now been ruled illegal by the US supreme court.
  • Cargo volume is up at the port of New York & New Jersey.
  • Growth at Dalian was slower than expected in 1997.
  • NYK opens its new berth 7 at the port of Tokyo.
  • New publications: How to reach whom in all German ports.
  • Calendar of events: TOC Asia '98, Dubai, in October.
Forwarding
  • MSAS buys Oslo Havnelager, and sets up a new logistics centre in Antwerp.
  • United Carriers records positive development in fiscal 1997.
  • Golden Eagle posts lower profit in spite of record revenues.
  • Danzas publishes preliminary figures, and purchases Sermat.
Aviation
  • 106 new flights between the USA and Japan. The US DoT has given six US airlines provisional rights to fly between 13 US cities and Japan under the new bilateral air traffic agreement.
  • Polar flies east, starting scheduled service to Singapore and adding a third flight to New Delhi.
  • Emirates adds a third weekly flight to Dar es Salaam.
  • NCA lands in Portland OR.
  • SAS Cargo is resuming flights to New York, and will launch a joint all-cargo service to the Baltic with DHL.
  • DAT offers daily trucking service between Amsterdam and Ostend.
  • Air Malta serves Switzerland with B737-300 aircraft.
  • Lynden International takes over Russian Air Services.
  • KNP increases profit.
  • Keeling proposes cooperation between airlines and wholesale airfreight forwarders.
  • TNT expands its European fleet.

International Transport Journalweb site
APRIL 9, 1998
Maritime
  • OOCL launches its new Scan-Baltic Express Service.
  • Norfolk Line adds a third ship to its Continent-Ireland route.
  • Medex Container Lines upgrades to weekly in its West Med service.
  • Yang Ming could reflag six vessels to serve the Taiwan-PR China trade.
  • Cosco plans to launch a Taiwan-PR China liner service.
  • MOL offers faster China-North America transit times.
  • UASC takes delivery of the first ships of a new series.
  • Although Neptune Orient Lines closed with a loss in 1997, it expects the full benefit of its acquisition of APL to take effect by 1999.
  • Hapag-Lloyd christens the second out of three 4612-TEU vessels.
  • Transroll expands its container fleet by adding 300 reefer boxes.
  • Cho Yang puts a new containership into operation.
  • New publications: The Ships Atlas; Maritime Guide 1998.
Ports and Terminals
  • The end for the Harbor Maintenance Tax. This tax, which has to be paid on all incoming and outgoing cargo at US ports, has now been ruled illegal by the US supreme court.
  • Cargo volume is up at the port of New York & New Jersey.
  • Growth at Dalian was slower than expected in 1997.
  • NYK opens its new berth 7 at the port of Tokyo.
  • New publications: How to reach whom in all German ports.
  • Calendar of events: TOC Asia '98, Dubai, in October.
Forwarding
  • MSAS buys Oslo Havnelager, and sets up a new logistics centre in Antwerp.
  • United Carriers records positive development in fiscal 1997.
  • Golden Eagle posts lower profit in spite of record revenues.
  • Danzas publishes preliminary figures, and purchases Sermat.
Aviation
  • 106 new flights between the USA and Japan. The US DoT has given six US airlines provisional rights to fly between 13 US cities and Japan under the new bilateral air traffic agreement.
  • Polar flies east, starting scheduled service to Singapore and adding a third flight to New Delhi.
  • Emirates adds a third weekly flight to Dar es Salaam.
  • NCA lands in Portland OR.
  • SAS Cargo is resuming flights to New York, and will launch a joint all-cargo service to the Baltic with DHL.
  • DAT offers daily trucking service between Amsterdam and Ostend.
  • Air Malta serves Switzerland with B737-300 aircraft.
  • Lynden International takes over Russian Air Services.
  • KNP increases profit.
  • Keeling proposes cooperation between airlines and wholesale airfreight forwarders.
  • TNT expands its European fleet.

International Transport Journalweb site
APRIL 9, 1998
Maritime
  • OOCL launches its new Scan-Baltic Express Service.
  • Norfolk Line adds a third ship to its Continent-Ireland route.
  • Medex Container Lines upgrades to weekly in its West Med service.
  • Yang Ming could reflag six vessels to serve the Taiwan-PR China trade.
  • Cosco plans to launch a Taiwan-PR China liner service.
  • MOL offers faster China-North America transit times.
  • UASC takes delivery of the first ships of a new series.
  • Although Neptune Orient Lines closed with a loss in 1997, it expects the full benefit of its acquisition of APL to take effect by 1999.
  • Hapag-Lloyd christens the second out of three 4612-TEU vessels.
  • Transroll expands its container fleet by adding 300 reefer boxes.
  • Cho Yang puts a new containership into operation.
  • New publications: The Ships Atlas; Maritime Guide 1998.
Ports and Terminals
  • The end for the Harbor Maintenance Tax. This tax, which has to be paid on all incoming and outgoing cargo at US ports, has now been ruled illegal by the US supreme court.
  • Cargo volume is up at the port of New York & New Jersey.
  • Growth at Dalian was slower than expected in 1997.
  • NYK opens its new berth 7 at the port of Tokyo.
  • New publications: How to reach whom in all German ports.
  • Calendar of events: TOC Asia '98, Dubai, in October.
Forwarding
  • MSAS buys Oslo Havnelager, and sets up a new logistics centre in Antwerp.
  • United Carriers records positive development in fiscal 1997.
  • Golden Eagle posts lower profit in spite of record revenues.
  • Danzas publishes preliminary figures, and purchases Sermat.
Aviation
  • 106 new flights between the USA and Japan. The US DoT has given six US airlines provisional rights to fly between 13 US cities and Japan under the new bilateral air traffic agreement.
  • Polar flies east, starting scheduled service to Singapore and adding a third flight to New Delhi.
  • Emirates adds a third weekly flight to Dar es Salaam.
  • NCA lands in Portland OR.
  • SAS Cargo is resuming flights to New York, and will launch a joint all-cargo service to the Baltic with DHL.
  • DAT offers daily trucking service between Amsterdam and Ostend.
  • Air Malta serves Switzerland with B737-300 aircraft.
  • Lynden International takes over Russian Air Services.
  • KNP increases profit.
  • Keeling proposes cooperation between airlines and wholesale airfreight forwarders.
  • TNT expands its European fleet.

International Transport Journalweb site
APRIL 9, 1998
Maritime
  • OOCL launches its new Scan-Baltic Express Service.
  • Norfolk Line adds a third ship to its Continent-Ireland route.
  • Medex Container Lines upgrades to weekly in its West Med service.
  • Yang Ming could reflag six vessels to serve the Taiwan-PR China trade.
  • Cosco plans to launch a Taiwan-PR China liner service.
  • MOL offers faster China-North America transit times.
  • UASC takes delivery of the first ships of a new series.
  • Although Neptune Orient Lines closed with a loss in 1997, it expects the full benefit of its acquisition of APL to take effect by 1999.
  • Hapag-Lloyd christens the second out of three 4612-TEU vessels.
  • Transroll expands its container fleet by adding 300 reefer boxes.
  • Cho Yang puts a new containership into operation.
  • New publications: The Ships Atlas; Maritime Guide 1998.
Ports and Terminals
  • The end for the Harbor Maintenance Tax. This tax, which has to be paid on all incoming and outgoing cargo at US ports, has now been ruled illegal by the US supreme court.
  • Cargo volume is up at the port of New York & New Jersey.
  • Growth at Dalian was slower than expected in 1997.
  • NYK opens its new berth 7 at the port of Tokyo.
  • New publications: How to reach whom in all German ports.
  • Calendar of events: TOC Asia '98, Dubai, in October.
Forwarding
  • MSAS buys Oslo Havnelager, and sets up a new logistics centre in Antwerp.
  • United Carriers records positive development in fiscal 1997.
  • Golden Eagle posts lower profit in spite of record revenues.
  • Danzas publishes preliminary figures, and purchases Sermat.
Aviation
  • 106 new flights between the USA and Japan. The US DoT has given six US airlines provisional rights to fly between 13 US cities and Japan under the new bilateral air traffic agreement.
  • Polar flies east, starting scheduled service to Singapore and adding a third flight to New Delhi.
  • Emirates adds a third weekly flight to Dar es Salaam.
  • NCA lands in Portland OR.
  • SAS Cargo is resuming flights to New York, and will launch a joint all-cargo service to the Baltic with DHL.
  • DAT offers daily trucking service between Amsterdam and Ostend.
  • Air Malta serves Switzerland with B737-300 aircraft.
  • Lynden International takes over Russian Air Services.
  • KNP increases profit.
  • Keeling proposes cooperation between airlines and wholesale airfreight forwarders.
  • TNT expands its European fleet.

TradeWindsweb site
  • Tanker orders top of the pops
    AMBITIOUS NEWCOMERS and old established players are getting an appetite for tanker newbuildings.Brazilian businessman Omar Peres, right, has big ambitions to build a series of Suezmax tankers at a yard he controls, even though the ships will be very expensive by international price standards.Elsewhere, Taiwan's Formosa Plastics has followed up last year's big talk with a firm order for VLCCs while the experienced BP Goulandris group is being linked to an order.
  • Andhika change of guard
    THERE'S BEEN A CHANGE of generation at the top of the Asian shipowner. It looks as though the entrepreneurial spirit has also been passed down the Sumantri family.
  • Turkey's global itch
    FRENCHMAN Pierre Aury is heading an effort to try to establish an international shipbroking outfit in Turkey and has chosen a young team to help him.
  • Early bird leaves nest
    LARRY KENNY has been the early bird of the New York tanker broking scene for the last 30 years. He retires shortly, leaving his associates to wonder who will give them their first call of the day.
  • Silence is Golden...
    GOLDEN OCEAN'S Fred Cheng has got his hands on his first VLCC newbuilding. But he missed out on the Karaoke at the celebration party.
  • Oil spills score slips
    JUST WHEN TANKER owners thought the industry's safety record was improving, a series of oil spills has spoiled the picture.

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Piraeus
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Beijing
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Trieste
Bulk cargo increased. Miscellaneous cargo fell by 13.2%.
CMA CGM and TotalEnergies form joint venture for LNG bunkering in the Port of Rotterdam.
Marseille
Agreement to supply 360,000 tons of liquefied natural gas per year to the French group's ships
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Madrid
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Middlesbrough
The English company has over 1,400 employees
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Rotterdam
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Third dock for cruise traffic in the port of Catania
Catania
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Algeciras
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Athens
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Brussels
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Rome
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Helsinki
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Barcelona
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MSC and Moby have presented their commitments to meet the AGCM's requirements.
Rome
Shipping Agencies Services will sell its 49% stake in Moby, waiving the consideration in favor of the majority shareholder. Moby commits to completely repaying its debt to SAS.
Fincantieri confirms its interest in the development of American shipbuilding
Fincantieri confirms its interest in the development of American shipbuilding
Washington
Folgiero: Commitment to deliver next-generation capabilities in full alignment with U.S. strategic priorities
The Chamber of Deputies has approved the appointment of four presidents of Italian Port System Authorities.
Rome
The names proposed for the Port System Authorities of the Southern Adriatic, Central-Northern Tyrrhenian, Western Liguria, and Eastern Liguria have been approved. Voting on the Northern Tyrrhenian Authority has been postponed.
Information exchange between state administrations for the digitalization of the maritime sector begins
Rome
The first operational meeting at the Coast Guard General Command in Rome
The Clean Maritime Fuels Platform suggests measures to support the production and distribution of clean marine fuels
COSCO Shipping Ports sets new monthly and quarterly container traffic records
Hong Kong
In the period April-June, 29.4 million TEUs were handled (+4.5%)
Sharp increase in cases of seafarers abandoning their ships
London
2,286 crew members from 222 ships involved as of early 2025
Global freight traffic saw strong growth in the first quarter of this year in anticipation of new tariffs
Global freight traffic saw strong growth in the first quarter of this year in anticipation of new tariffs
Geneva
North America saw the strongest quarterly growth in imports
In the port of Antwerp-Bruges containers and rolling stock are increasing and other types of goods are decreasing
Antwerp
Traffic congestion continues at the airport, with the situation on the landside becoming critical
A study denounces the delay of European ports in equipping themselves with cold ironing facilities.
Brussels/Pozzallo
The tender to electrify the docks of the port of Pozzallo has begun.
T&E proposes to include more non-EU transhipment ports to avoid carbon leakage
Brussels
The association calls on the EU Commission to reduce the current threshold of 65% of transhipment traffic
Federlogistica urges the immediate establishment of a control room on tariffs
Genoa
The aim is also to eliminate extra costs caused by bureaucracy.
Containerized cargo handled through the port of Singapore fell by 2.9% in the second quarter.
Singapore
Last May, ship transits through the Suez Canal decreased by -6.8%
Last May, ship transits through the Suez Canal decreased by -6.8%
Cairo
The negative trend continued in June and early July
Terminal operators are not at all satisfied with a policy that seems to have no interest in ports
Rome
Cognolato: It is essential to close the ongoing trials on several fronts.
The largest ship ever to dock at Cagliari's Porto Canale at the MITO terminal.
Milan
The container ship "MSC Venice" with a capacity of 16,652 TEU arrived yesterday
On 5 and 6 November in Lisbon a summit called by the ILA against automation in the maritime and port sector
On 5 and 6 November in Lisbon a summit called by the ILA against automation in the maritime and port sector
North Bergen/Metzingen
South Korean HD Hyundai, together with German NEURA Robotics, will develop and test welding robots in shipyards
The toll of the horrific attack on the bulk carrier Eternity C in the Red Sea is still uncertain.
Mandaluyong/London/Brussels
Joint statement by ICS, BIMCO, European Shipowners, Intercargo and Intertanko
In the first half of 2025, bulk cargo increased and general cargo decreased in the port of Marseille-Fos
Marseille
Cruise passengers increase by +5%
The Senate has approved the framework law on interports
Rome
UIR, gives the Italian interport system a modern, orderly and coherent regulatory framework
Carlo De Ruvo was elected president of Confetra
Rome
Among the challenges, the uncontrolled expansion of large logistics groups and their concentration
Number of pirate attacks on ships still high in the second quarter of 2025
Number of pirate attacks on ships still high in the second quarter of 2025
Kuala Lumpur
The number of acts of violence against crews is decreasing
Telemar and TNL Group merger agreement
Telemar and TNL Group merger agreement
Oslo/Athens/Paris
One of the top three operators in the OT/IoT services market for the maritime and superyacht sectors will be created
Attacks on ships in the Red Sea still cause deaths among seafarers
Portsmouth
Liberian-flagged bulk carrier " Eternity C" targeted
Canadian shipbuilding company Davie acquires second shipyard in Finland
Helsinki/Pori
It will buy the Enersense Offshore shipyard
Amendment on Port Labor Supply Agencies Approved
Rome
Immediate transformation into Agencies authorised to provide temporary port work
Salvini appoints a manager of a private shipping company from Campania as president of the regional AdSP
Rome
This is Eliseo Cuccaro, CEO of Alilauro
Extend the application of the 0.1% sulphur limit in marine fuels globally
Extend the application of the 0.1% sulphur limit in marine fuels globally
Berlin
This is proposed by an analysis by the International Council on Clean Transportation
IMO and EU condemn renewed attacks on ships in the Red Sea
London/Brussels
Dominguez: New violation of international law and freedom of navigation
In the second quarter of this year, Finnlines' revenues decreased by -5.0%.
Helsinki
Net profit of 26.1 million euros (+7.7%)
Container traffic in the Port of New York remained stable in the April-June quarter.
New York
An increase of +4.9% was recorded in the first half of 2025
The Chamber of Deputies approves the appointment of the presidents of five Port System Authorities.
Rome
They are Davide Gariglio, Francesco Rizzo, Eliseo Cuccaro, Francesco Benevolo and Giovanni Gugliotti
Latrofa appointed extraordinary commissioner of the Port Authority of the Central-Northern Tyrrhenian Sea
Rome
Ministerial decree signed
The PNRR tender for interports has been reopened.
Rome
Resources available amounting to 2.2 million euros
Port of Livorno: Workers are the priority in the LTM crisis
Livorno
UPS's quarterly earnings performance declines
Atlanta
Net income in the April-June quarter was $1.28 billion (-8.9%)
Approval for the 2025 budget variation of the Southern Tyrrhenian and Ionian Sea Port Authority.
Gioia Tauro
500 thousand euros for the 49% share held by the Port Agency company
FHP Group acquires the remaining 10% stake in Lotras
Milan/Foggia
The integration between Lotras and CFI Intermodal will begin to create FHP Intermodal.
OITAF scientific document on good practices in the logistics and transport of fresh fruit and vegetables
Milan
The Northern Tyrrhenian Sea Port Authority has joined the PLIKA
Livorno
Platform dedicated to training, innovation and knowledge sharing in the logistics and port sectors
Matteo Paroli's nomination as president of the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority has been signed.
Rome
He has a degree in law and a specialization in administrative law.
Container throughput increases in Haropa Port, while bulk cargo decreases.
Le Havre
In the first half of this year, containers were 1.51 million TEUs (+4%)
Bureau Veritas reports a 9.8% quarterly increase in revenues in the Marine & Offshore segment
Courbevoie
Kalmar and Konecranes increase new orders in the April-June quarter
Helsinki
The turnover of the two Finnish companies is slightly increasing
Container traffic in the port of Barcelona fell by 12.2% in the second quarter.
Barcelona
Assiterminal threatens a new wave of appeals against regulations it believes are damaging to port operations
Genoa
2M Logistics signs an agreement with Salerno-based Gallozzi
Barendrecht
The Dutch company will represent GF Logistics, a subsidiary of the Italian group, in the Benelux region.
Swiss company Kuehne+Nagel's quarterly profits fell
Schindellegi
In the period April-June of this year, net turnover grew by +1.7%
Yang Ming orders three 8,000 TEU container ships from Nihon Shipyard and Imabari Shipbuilding
Keelung/Imabari
Contract valued at $351.3-394.5 million
Italia Nostra reiterates its strong concerns about the construction of the Fiumicino-Isola Sacra port.
Rome
European maritime cities, destinations for cruise tourism - the association highlights - denounce the phenomenon of over-tourism in the cruise sector
Egypt's first automotive terminal has come into operation at Port Said East.
East Port Said
It can accommodate two car carriers at the same time
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
Tepsa has acquired a liquid bulk terminal in the port of Rotterdam.
Singapore/Rotterdam
It was sold by Global Energy Storage Holdings
The Spinelli Group has approved its 2024 sustainability report.
Genoa
Of the company's 616 direct employees, 49% are under the age of 50.
In the second quarter of this year, cargo traffic in Turkish ports grew by +1.6%
Ankara
Cargoes to and from Italy amounted to 12.7 million tons (+10.1%)
Extension of the Simplified Logistics Zone for Genoa Ports and Dry Ports to the Savona, Vado Ligure, and Bergeggi areas.
Genoa
Approval from the ZLS Steering Committee
Isotta Fraschini Motori has inaugurated a new production line for hydrogen fuel cell systems in Bari.
Trieste
They will be used for naval and land solutions
The Grande Shanghai , the Grimaldi Group's first ammonia-ready car carrier, has been christened.
Naples
It has a load capacity of 9,000 CEUs.
The Port of Genoa, FILT, and UILT have declared a five-day strike at the Bettolo Terminal.
Genoa
Fit Cisl Liguria expressed solidarity with the workers
The tender for the dredging of the commercial dock basin at the port of Ancona has been published.
Ancona
The removal of approximately 730 thousand cubic meters of sediment is planned
Tender for the restoration and enhancement of docks 32 and 33 in the Deep Sea Zone of the port of Savona
Genoa
An investment of over 6.7 million euros is expected
There are 1,100 workers in Palermo directly employed in the seaside tourism sector
Palermo
This year, cruise traffic is expected to grow by 9.4% in the port of the Sicilian capital.
Six-month growth of +9% in freight on the St. Petersburg-India/China maritime route
Fly
FESCO operates six vessels in the service
Port of Trieste: Special Commissioner Gurrieri under investigation for money laundering
Trieste
I am certain - he declared - that I can demonstrate that I acted legally, in full transparency.
Vard signs new contract for the construction of two CSOVs
Trieste
The vessels will be used to support operations in the offshore wind sector
UIR welcomes the publication of the tender for the digitalization of the logistics chain.
Rome
Di Caterina (ALIS): a concrete tool that enhances the needs of businesses and strengthens the logistics system
GNV celebrated its first ten years of activity on the Italy-Albania route
Durres
During the period, the company's ships carried over 1.25 million passengers
A shipment of over 1.2 tons of marijuana was seized at the port of Gioia Tauro.
Reggio Calabria/Catanzaro
Members of a criminal organization that imported drugs from South America through European ports and airports have been arrested.
Yang Ming orders Hanwha Ocean to build seven 15,000 TEU dual-fuel containerships
Keelung
They will be delivered between 2028 and 2029
Walden to sell healthcare logistics business to Yusen Logistics
Paris
Exclusive negotiations announced
Solinas (Sardinian Action Party) is not at all satisfied with the state of Sardinian ports
Cagliari
The immediate establishment of a special commission is urged
ANSI welcomes the introduction of the information dashboard for managing private procurement contracts in logistics.
Rome
D'Angelo: it will allow the country to take another step forward
Russo (Confcommercio): excluding road transport from the PNRR funding was shortsighted.
Rome
First bulletin from the Freight Insights Observatory produced by the National Center for Sustainable Mobility
ABB Group posts sharp growth in quarterly financial and business performance
Zurich
In the period April-June the value of new orders grew by +16.0%
Informal consultations have begun on the preliminary proposal for the new Ancona Port Master Plan.
Ancona
Eleven meetings scheduled for July
Program agreement for preparatory and functional interventions for the construction of the bridge over the Strait of Messina
Rome
It was signed today in Rome
Project to develop an ecological station for the treatment of wastewater from ships
Naples
Initiative of the Neapolitan Group of the Cenere and Iello Landing
Assiterminal urges against bringing sediment from the Bagnoli dredging project into the port of Naples.
Genoa
Cognolato and Ferrari: It is essential to safeguard the full functionality of the commercial port's activities.
Container traffic at the Port of Long Beach fell 3.4% in the second quarter.
Long Beach
A decline of -16.4% was recorded in June
Paolo Pessina has been appointed vice president of Conftrasporto-Confcommercio.
Rome
He is president of the national federation of maritime agents and brokers
Container traffic in the port of Hong Kong decreased by -8.2% in the second quarter
Hong Kong
A decrease of -13.7% was recorded in June
Cuneo-based logistics company Nord Ovest is seeing growing financial results.
Wedge
Construction work on a new depot in Mondovì will be completed in early 2026.
Container traffic at the Port of Los Angeles grows driven by fears of new tariffs
Los Angeles
June saw the highest volume ever recorded for this month
The Management Committee of the Sardinia Sea Port Authority has adopted the DPSS
Cagliari
Green light for the concession to MITO and the appeal against the rejection of Olbia's dredging project.
Three events in Genoa for three new Explora Journeys cruise ships.
Genoa
A technical launch, a coin laying and the cutting of the first sheet metal were carried out at the Fincantieri shipyard
Grimaldi sells 5% of Terminal Darsena Toscana to Livorno Port Company
Naples/Livorno
Option to purchase an additional 5% of the share capital
Concession agreement signed that assigns management of the port of Tartous to DP World
Damascus
It has a lifespan of 30 years
Matteo Gasparato appointed president of the Northern Adriatic Sea Port Authority
Rome
He was appointed extraordinary commissioner of the same port authority
Meeting in Rome between the heads of ESPO and Assoporti
Rome
Among the topics addressed, the competitiveness of European ports in the current global context
Chinese airline OOCL reports quarterly decline in scheduled service revenues
Hong Kong
Cargo transported by the company's ships is increasing
Collaboration between the Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority and the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority
Rome
Agreement with an initial duration of five years
Survey in Germany on the prospects of companies in the maritime, port and shipbuilding sectors
Hamburg
Shipowners are more concerned. Positive prospects for ports and shipyards.
Port of Augusta: Work begins on a third bridge connecting the island to the mainland.
Augusta
Work worth over 20 million euros
Vard signs contract with InkFish for new research vessel
Trieste
The deal is worth more than 200 million euros.
1.1 billion euros will be invested in the port of Hamburg to strengthen the container sector
Hamburg
Improving accessibility and port infrastructure in the Waltershofer Hafen area
Meyer Turku delivered the new Star of the Seas cruise ship to Royal Caribbean
Turku
It has a gross tonnage of 250,800 tons
ESPO calls for increased funding for ports under the next EU Multiannual Financial Framework
Brussels
The CEF programme funds have proven to be far from sufficient
Fincantieri delivers the new Oceania Allura cruise ship to Oceania Cruises.
Miami/Trieste
Two additional Sonata-class ships have been converted into orders.
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
Confindustria event on the sea economy in Rome on July 15th
Rome
The public meeting of the International Containers Studies Center will be held in Genoa on July 2nd
Genoa
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Why Malta is objecting to a new price cap on Russian oil
(timesofmalta.com)
US has its eye on Greek ports
(Kathimerini)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Intervento del presidente Tomaso Cognolato
Roma, 19 giugno 2025
››› File
Uniport: Bringing debris from Bagnoli to the port of Naples would postpone long-awaited dredging.
Rome
Legora de Feo: It's necessary to find alternative solutions.
Taiwanese companies Evergreen, Yang Ming and WHL saw sharp declines in quarterly revenues.
Keelung/Taipei
In the period April-June it fell by -18.7%, -26.5% and -8.6% respectively
The establishment of the Information Dashboard for the management of private procurement contracts in logistics has been approved.
In May, freight traffic in the port of Ravenna grew by +1.4%
Ravenna
Bulk cargo is on the rise. Miscellaneous cargo is on the decline.
EU approves joint purchase of port equipment by terminal operators
Brussels
Joint definition of minimum technical specifications of equipment is also permitted
Serbian energy group EPS will import coal through the Montenegrin port of Bar
Bar
Currently imports from Indonesia pass through the port of Constanta
Fincantieri Foundation and Luiss University launch a project to strengthen the safety of underwater infrastructure.
Trieste
Among the objectives, contribute to the definition of a specific regulatory framework
Freewheeling: The government's U-turn on anti-mafia controls in the road haulage sector is a welcome development.
Modena
Franchini: If the government has realized it made a mistake, that's good news.
Agostinelli (AdSP Tirreno Meridionale e Ionio): the amendment that allows for the early transformation of the Gioia Tauro Port Agency is extremely important.
Confindustria's event on the maritime economy will take place in Rome on July 15th.
Rome
The confederation's strategic document on the sector will be presented
Kerala seeks $1.1 billion from MSC in damages over MSC Elsa 3 sinking
Thiruvananthapuram
Temporary detention of the vessel "MSC Akuteta II" granted
Trasportounito requests the cancellation of the renewal procedure of the Central Committee of the Register of Hauliers
Rome
New seizure of a load of cocaine in the port of Gioia Tauro
Reggio Calabria
16 bags containing 417 kilos of drugs were found in a container
MOL and Kinetics to build world's first floating data center
Tokyo
It will be installed on a vessel of 9,731 gross tonnage
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