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September 11, 1998
Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • China, Taiwan shipping services picking up
    Cosco, Yangming, Evergreen said to be getting cross-strait approvals
  • US$256m maritime loan from Japan to Philippines
  • India's JNP port overtakes Mumbai
Air and Land Transport
  • Coup for Airbus: first order from UPS worth US$5b
    UPS' current fleet of planes are all built by Boeing and McDonnell Douglas
  • Boxing legend sues Swissair over crash
  • Cathay Pacific, Russian jets nearly collided
  • Air Canada pilots get support for strike
  • Chaos at Stockholm airport as air controllers call in sick
  • Northwest talks to end strike continue
Features
  • Cloud over 'open skies' policy
    Tata's withdrawal of its proposal to set up an airline after waiting for 3 years reflects barriers to competition
Columns
  • Fatigue and poor coordination resulted in serious injury

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • China, Taiwan shipping services picking up
    Cosco, Yangming, Evergreen said to be getting cross-strait approvals
  • US$256m maritime loan from Japan to Philippines
  • India's JNP port overtakes Mumbai
Air and Land Transport
  • Coup for Airbus: first order from UPS worth US$5b
    UPS' current fleet of planes are all built by Boeing and McDonnell Douglas
  • Boxing legend sues Swissair over crash
  • Cathay Pacific, Russian jets nearly collided
  • Air Canada pilots get support for strike
  • Chaos at Stockholm airport as air controllers call in sick
  • Northwest talks to end strike continue
Features
  • Cloud over 'open skies' policy
    Tata's withdrawal of its proposal to set up an airline after waiting for 3 years reflects barriers to competition
Columns
  • Fatigue and poor coordination resulted in serious injury

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • China, Taiwan shipping services picking up
    Cosco, Yangming, Evergreen said to be getting cross-strait approvals
  • US$256m maritime loan from Japan to Philippines
  • India's JNP port overtakes Mumbai
Air and Land Transport
  • Coup for Airbus: first order from UPS worth US$5b
    UPS' current fleet of planes are all built by Boeing and McDonnell Douglas
  • Boxing legend sues Swissair over crash
  • Cathay Pacific, Russian jets nearly collided
  • Air Canada pilots get support for strike
  • Chaos at Stockholm airport as air controllers call in sick
  • Northwest talks to end strike continue
Features
  • Cloud over 'open skies' policy
    Tata's withdrawal of its proposal to set up an airline after waiting for 3 years reflects barriers to competition
Columns
  • Fatigue and poor coordination resulted in serious injury

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • China, Taiwan shipping services picking up
    Cosco, Yangming, Evergreen said to be getting cross-strait approvals
  • US$256m maritime loan from Japan to Philippines
  • India's JNP port overtakes Mumbai
Air and Land Transport
  • Coup for Airbus: first order from UPS worth US$5b
    UPS' current fleet of planes are all built by Boeing and McDonnell Douglas
  • Boxing legend sues Swissair over crash
  • Cathay Pacific, Russian jets nearly collided
  • Air Canada pilots get support for strike
  • Chaos at Stockholm airport as air controllers call in sick
  • Northwest talks to end strike continue
Features
  • Cloud over 'open skies' policy
    Tata's withdrawal of its proposal to set up an airline after waiting for 3 years reflects barriers to competition
Columns
  • Fatigue and poor coordination resulted in serious injury

Sched Netweb site
  • MTL scores highest ever throughput
  • Trailer Bridge modules on contract to GM
  • Danzas and DFDS in European transport deal
  • MOL positive about new Mexican operation
  • TMM and Tecomar raise frequency of service
  • Crowley implements new Caribbean port rotation
  • KLM threatens "support" strike
  • Asian crisis sparks westbound rate hikes
  • Korean Air takes deliver of first A330-200
  • AA to handle Canadian Airlines ground service

Cargowebweb site
SEPTEMBER 10, 1998
  • Electronic commerce changing logistics
  • Maybe up to 500 job losses at Danzas
  • Extra fruit to Rotterdam due to Russian crisis
  • Northwest strike costs KLM millions
  • FedEx kind for working mothers

The Journal of Commerceweb site
Home
  • Truckers fear economic roadblocks will put brakes on US-Mexico trade
  • Rate hikes on exports sink fast in west
  • Steelmakers seek shelter from imports
  • Key House panel votes "no" on IMF funds
  • House panel votes to lift sanctions on Azerbaijan
  • FBI concludes four year probe of fraud in Navy ship repair program
  • Agreement reached to move miles of power and pipelines from Alameda Corridor
  • IMF tells Finland to watch for economic overheating
  • Report: Air Canada and its pilots close to a deal
  • Croatia inks deal to let Bosnia use its Adriatic port
  • Floods cause relief supply jam at Bangladesh's main port of Chittagong
Transportation
  • 2 rail groups reach accord
  • Officials keep on truckin' over border issue
  • Mexican trucker blasts US investors
  • Circle raids Emery again, hires Clark
Maritime
  • Maersk drops vessel-sharing arrangements with two lines
  • Shipowners caught in storm
  • Peru's ports to ride privatization wave
  • Latest defense bill blocks Cosco terminal

The Journal of Commerceweb site
Home
  • Truckers fear economic roadblocks will put brakes on US-Mexico trade
  • Rate hikes on exports sink fast in west
  • Steelmakers seek shelter from imports
  • Key House panel votes "no" on IMF funds
  • House panel votes to lift sanctions on Azerbaijan
  • FBI concludes four year probe of fraud in Navy ship repair program
  • Agreement reached to move miles of power and pipelines from Alameda Corridor
  • IMF tells Finland to watch for economic overheating
  • Report: Air Canada and its pilots close to a deal
  • Croatia inks deal to let Bosnia use its Adriatic port
  • Floods cause relief supply jam at Bangladesh's main port of Chittagong
Transportation
  • 2 rail groups reach accord
  • Officials keep on truckin' over border issue
  • Mexican trucker blasts US investors
  • Circle raids Emery again, hires Clark
Maritime
  • Maersk drops vessel-sharing arrangements with two lines
  • Shipowners caught in storm
  • Peru's ports to ride privatization wave
  • Latest defense bill blocks Cosco terminal

The Journal of Commerceweb site
Home
  • Truckers fear economic roadblocks will put brakes on US-Mexico trade
  • Rate hikes on exports sink fast in west
  • Steelmakers seek shelter from imports
  • Key House panel votes "no" on IMF funds
  • House panel votes to lift sanctions on Azerbaijan
  • FBI concludes four year probe of fraud in Navy ship repair program
  • Agreement reached to move miles of power and pipelines from Alameda Corridor
  • IMF tells Finland to watch for economic overheating
  • Report: Air Canada and its pilots close to a deal
  • Croatia inks deal to let Bosnia use its Adriatic port
  • Floods cause relief supply jam at Bangladesh's main port of Chittagong
Transportation
  • 2 rail groups reach accord
  • Officials keep on truckin' over border issue
  • Mexican trucker blasts US investors
  • Circle raids Emery again, hires Clark
Maritime
  • Maersk drops vessel-sharing arrangements with two lines
  • Shipowners caught in storm
  • Peru's ports to ride privatization wave
  • Latest defense bill blocks Cosco terminal

Cyber Shipping Guide - Ocean Commerceweb site
  • Transpacific Eastbound Trade Still Booming
  • US, Japanese Businesses Want Streamlined Customs Procedures
  • DFDS and Danzas Confirm European Network Alliance
  • Air Canada Strike Close to Settlement

urgente online pressweb site
  • Azkar empezará a cotizar en Madrid y Bilbao a final de mes
  • Renfe obtiene la certificación medioambiental ISO 14001
  • Cinco puertos españoles, entre los cien primeros del mundo
  • Delta Air Lines unifica las clases business y first en los vuelos intercontinentales
  • Privatizado el astillero polaco de Gdansk

Exim Indiaweb site
  • Sinha assures exporters of drawback in 60 days
  • Excise structure to be simplified
  • OSC confident of dry freight market recovery next year
  • No universal transfer of DEPB licences
  • 3-phase expansion of Vizag EPZ
  • Naidu-CII team to woo US investors
  • NRIs can pay residents in foreign currency
  • FDI outstrips portfolio investments
  • ST relief for big houses in TN
  • Uptrend in tobacco exports
  • Housing projects get a boost
  • Electronic trade fair in Nov.
  • ISPL consortium to develop Kakinada port
  • Rubber prices crash

Marine Logweb site
  • Flying cat ordered for Malta
  • Gdansk yard sold
  • New York ferry operator acquired

Il Sole 24 Ore On Lineweb site
  • La crisi dei trasporti, soprattutto dei carichi secchi, ha vanificato gli investimenti per il rinnovamento delle flotte Armatori in allarme, crollano i noli La situazione ' migliore per le compagnie di unit' cisterna e di superpetroliere
  • Nella logistica servizi integrati di Coeclerici
  • Anche nel settore marittimo tramonta il sistema dei prestiti obbligazionari Affonda la moda dei «junk bond»

Lloyd's Listweb site
  • Korea Line sells off quartet to Ocean
    IN a ground-breaking sale of Korean-government financed tonnage, Korea Line has finally sold a quartet of capesize ships to clients of Ocean Trade.
  • Nissos master can work
    CONSTANTINOS Spiro-pulos, the master of the Greek flag Nissos Amorgos 'which ran aground in the Maracaibo channal last year has been given permission to work again by the Venezuelan authorities.
  • Reefers hit by Russian hoarders
    SPOT chartering of refrigerated tonnage worldwide has been near-paralysed by the financial and political crisis in Russia.
  • Rail chosen to move Italian fruit
    A MAJOR Italian group of companies has chosen rail for shipment of banana consignments from the Mediterranean port of Vado Ligure to Koper, Slovenia.
  • Keppel reduces share price in Hitachi merger
    Keppel Shipyard of Singapore has revised downwards the share price for its agreed merger with Hitachi Zosen yard.
  • Rankin role in debate on Taca
    Christopher Rankin, the former president and chief executive officer of P&O Nedlloyd North America, has been invited to act as convenor in the debate about a possible successor to the Trans-Atlantic Conference Agreement.
  • Divers to unlock secrets of Titanic sistership
    A team of British technical divers is due to arrive in Greece this weekend for what they hope will be a ground-breaking exploration of the wreck of the Titanic's sistership Britannic, which has been lying 122 m down on the bed of the Aegean since the First World War.
  • Intertanko to set up interactive shuttle tanker database
    Independent tanker owners' association Intertanko is setting up a interactive database in response to concerns by the UK Health and Safety Executive regarding shuttle tanker operations.

Fairplayweb site
SEPTEMBER 10, 1998
  • Norasia returns to Marsaxlokk
    NORASIA is to return to Malta Freeport at Marsaxlokk barely a year after it left for Piraeus.
  • Greenpeace occupies Greek waste terminal
    GREENPEACE activists have occupied a Greek toxic waste loading terminal.
  • Color volumes ease ahead
    COLOR Line, the Norwegian cruise ferry group, has recorded a two per cent rise in both its passenger and cargo volume.
  • ITF rejects allegations of 'corruption'
    DAVID Cockroft, ITF general secretary, has "totally rejected" allegations that there remains corruption within the union organisation.
  • Roro berth for Funchal
    WORK is expected to start this month on a roro berth in Madeira's main port of Funchal.
  • Malta has ministerial shake up
    MALTESE maritime authorities will have a change of ministerial control, following the Nationalist Party's landslide victory in the general elections of September 5.
  • ITF admits its foc campaign has failed
    THE ITF has signalled a major change of tack in its campaign against flags of convenience after admitting its campaign has been unsuccessful.
  • PNOC considers tanker subsidiary sale
    STATE-owned Philippine National Oil Co may finally relinquish its 40 per cent stake in its tanker subsidiary PNOC Shipping and Transport Corp.
  • Madeira seeks EU finance for new port
    MADEIRA is applying for EU finance for a project that will move general cargo traffic from Funchal to a new port located in the Atlantic island's Industrial Free Trade Zone.
  • Seoul approves North Korea cruises
    THE South Korean government this week approved a joint venture between the Hyundai Group and a North Korean state-run corporation that will provide cruise ship tours.
  • Sloman Neptun orders ethylene carrier
    ONE 5,600 m' capacity gas tanker for ethylene transport has been ordered from German yard Mutzelfeldtwerft by Bremen-based Sloman Neptun.
  • Philippine cargo liftings slide
    CARGO traffic at Philippine ports has fallen substantially during the first half of the year because of the financial crisis in the region coupled with the El Ni'o weather phenomenon.
  • Qatar bags Petronet order
    QATAR'S Ras Jaffan Liquefied Natural Gas Co (Rasgas) has won a global tender to supply India's Petronet with 7.5m tonnes of lng per year.
  • Ratings boost for Newport News
    VIRGINIA-based shipbuilder Newport News received a boost yesterday when rating agency Standard & Poor's removed the company from 'CreditWatch' where it was placed in March.

Antwerpse Lloyd n.v.web site
  • "ScanCir": nouveau train complet entre la Belgique et la Scandinavie
    Depuis le 1er septembre dernier, Intercontainer-Interfrigo (ICF) assure une liaison quotidienne entre les ports d'Anvers et de Zeebrugge, ainsi que le Dry Port Muizen et 14 terminaux situés en Scandinavie.
  • Danzas Eurocargo Benelux devient DFDS Transport
    Suite à l'intégration des divisions finlandaise, belge, néerlandaise et britannique de Danzas Eurocargo dans DFDS Transport, les produits Eurapid et Euroconnect de Danzas seront vendus au Benelux par DFDS, sous leur nom original. Les bureaux de Danzas à Schiphol, Vianen, Tilburg et Rotterdam seront maintenus, tout comme ceux de Zaventem, Anvers, Grimbergen, Boom, Rekkem et de Herentals en Belgique. Seul le nom des bureaux à Tilburg et Rekkem sera changé en DFDS Transport. Ce transfert n'entraînera aucune perte d'emplois.
  • Yangming lance un service séparé sur Israël
    Le premier départ depuis Anvers d'un nouveau service que lance Yangming entre l'Europe du Nord et Israël, aura lieu le 6 octobre prochain. La desserte d'Israël est actuellement assurée uniquement sur la liaison southbound à partir de l'Europe, dans le cadre du service hebdomadaire sur l'Extrême-Orient. Le nouveau service direct vers Israël, qui desservira tant le port d'Haïfa que celui d'Ashdod, opérera également northbound. Il n'est pas exclu que Yangming s'en serve comme point de départ pour une desserte plus large du bassin oriental de la Méditerranée.

Daily Commercial Newsweb site
  • MUA gets undertaking on bulker
    The Maritime Union of Australia has received undertakings on the future employment of the former coastal bulk carrier, the Sandra Marie.
    The union’s deputy national secretary, Paddy Crumlin, told DCN yesterday that he has contacted the vessel’s operators, Intercontinental Ship Management and been advised that it was not the intention of the company to employ her in a dedicated trans-Tasman service.
    The former Australian-registered vessel has been re-registered in Tonga and now carries a crew of Australian officers and Tongan ratings.
    The Australian officers are to be replaced shortly with New Zealand and Tongan personnel.
  • Austrac starts scheduled interstate trains
    Junee-based privately-owned railway operator Austrac is adopting an expansionist policy as it explores the new rail access regime, targeting a range of projects.
    Today, Austrac completes its second week of running regularly scheduled Sydney-Melbourne and Melbourne-Sydney freight trains, scheduling six nights a week in both directions.
    Next week it will firm up arrangements for leasing space at southern Sydney’s Cooks River rail terminal complex, which will also become its national headquarters.
    Next month other major developments in the pipeline could come to light, ranging from new 250TEU rail/road intermodal hubs at Griffith and Moree, to involvement in the Hunter Valley coal supply chain where the company has a substantial investment in facilities.
  • UPS in giant freighter order
    Express freight giant United Parcel Service has announced it is buying a fleet of 60 freighter aircraft from Airbus Industrie in a deal valued up to $US5 billion ($A8.55 billion).
    The massive deal with Airbus -- believed to be the biggest ever order for freighter aircraft - was announced yesterday at Farnborough International ’98, the air show outside London.
    Kentucky-based UPS has placed a firm order for 30 A300F4-600R aircraft, with options for an additional 30. It is the first time UPS has selected planes from Airbus. Deliveries will begin in mid-2000.
    "The decision to commit now to such dramatic growth of our airline reflects our confidence in this company’s future, both in the United States and abroad," UPS said in a statement, adding the aircraft would be used to augment, and not replace, other aircraft in its 200-strong fleet.
  • NR sale on hold as shareholders bicker
    The planned privatisation of National Rail appears almost certain to be delayed until next year, with no end in sight to the protracted dispute between the rail operator’s three government shareholders over the transfer of key assets.
    The formal arbitration process, aimed at resolving the outstanding issues to allow the long-awaited sale to finally proceed, has stalled as the federal government’s attention and efforts has been directed solely at the looming election.
    It was revealed in July that the commonwealth and NSW governments had instigated a process of formal arbitration in order to resolve the last remaining sticking points encountered in protracted negotiations with Victoria over the sale of NR.

TradeWindsweb site
  • Big John turns his back on the stock market
    JOHN FREDRIKSEN is thinking of delisting his tanker company Frontline from the Oslo Stock Exchange and going private. The owner is frustrated that his company is suffering from a negative image from analysts even though he claims it has delivered on its promises. The revelation comes as Fredriksen has also launched an attack on operators planning to keep their VLCCs trading beyond 25 years of age.
  • ITF wrath hits Ravi
  • Insurance powwow
  • Tightening up the belt
  • A dash to demolish
  • Good Faith speaks out

Traffic Worldweb site
  • The stock market took investors and transport companies for a roller coaster ride again last week, as the Dow Jones Industrial Index zoomed up one day only to fall back the next. Transport stocks have been on a slippery slope all year, despite increased demand and low fuel prices. That's beginning to leech profits away from major carriers. And analysts aren't sure if transport stocks - which have underperformed the market - have hit bottom. If slowdown becomes recession, transport stocks could drop another 10 percent, one transportation analyst said. The good news: this is a great time to buy transportation stocks.
  • The Surface Transportation Board is threatening to revoke the railroads industry's privilege of asserting product and geographic competition as a defense against rate challenges by shippers. This follows extensive discovery demands by Union Pacific as part of a rate reasonableness complaint by shipper FMC Corp. FMC termed UP's discovery request an abuse of legal procedure and STB agreed in sharply limiting UP's access to FMC business documents. UP tries to "drive shippers crazy with overreaching discovery," said FMC attorney Ed Greenberg.
  • Shippers are applauding a Department of Transportation recommendation that the full liability standard provided by the Carmack Amendment remain in effect. The DOT report recommends the current system of full value recovery with flexibility to vary liability by released rates or contract stay in place until shippers and the motor carrier industry can agree on an alternative liability procedure. Some shippers say they would be satisfied with a maximum dollar value of between $30 and $50 per pound for most shipments, but truckers appear unwilling to set limits that high in their quest to avoid catastrophic damage claims.
  • A month after UP's last system cutover to link the former Southern Pacific to its system, railroads and shippers in central California are still reeling from the effects. Those effects are familiar to those doing business with UP over the last year: service disruptions due to lost cars, shipper shutdowns and loss of potential business. The good news is that shippers have been seeing some improvement, and that the railroad's recent move to decentralize its operations may make a big difference. The bad news is, as was the case in Houston, getting back to normal may take a while.
  • Airbus wins. After two years of exhaustive research, study, negotiation and price haggling, UPS decided to go against its grain of an all-Boeing fleet and ordered up to 60 new Airbus A300-600s. The new aircraft, which will start entering the fleet in mid-2000, are expected to be used mostly in the U.S. domestic market. The domestic market over the next several years will see a lot of new capacity from all of the integrated carriers, all of whom are banking on continued growth in the intra-U.S. market to fuel their individual growth plans and capital expenses. How the market will absorb all this new capacity is up for debate.
  • A few months after many of the world's top port players came in with sizable bids for the Tecon container terminal in Santos, Brazil, the country was able to garner only a single bidder for Sepetiba, its future super port. Steelmaker Companhia Siderurgica Nacional picked up the terminal for $78 million, the minimum concession requirement. Labor disputes and the world financial crisis were cited as the reasons behind the low turnout for the property. And even though Sepetiba has been touted by both private companies and the Brazilian government as having the potential to compete with other Brazilian ports, Santos remains a safer bet for now.
  • Technology was the password and compliance the buzz-word at AUTO-TECH '98 in Detroit, the annual gathering of automotive industry suppliers. Last December the Big Three U.S. automakers informed suppliers of their intent to make electronic data interchange a requirement for doing business with them. The Automotive Industry Action Group, the trade group for auto industry suppliers, has developed the Automotive Network eXchange (ANX) to address electronic data interchange.
  • Optum Software will release two new software applications next week, ResponseNet and ResponseCenter, integrating a company's various software systems and its "demand centers." ResponseCenter will give users the ability to view inventory across the supply chain in real time from all distribution centers, whether at the center or on the road. In addition, the applications run with a standard API, giving customers the option of using the software with other companies' warehouse management or transportation software.
  • A tight container supply is expected to become tighter as the weak Asian economy has industry observers forecasting a long-term impact on the North American intermodal business. An early influx of holiday season imports, possibly caused by importers looking to beat rate increases and better planning to avoid last year's problems, is exacerbating the situation. To deal with an imbalanced transportation flow, steamship lines are looking to short-stop international containers at West Coast ports by unloading cargo into domestic containers and trucks, allowing for a quick return of international boxes to Asia.

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Accidents to dock workers occur equally frequently on board ships as on land.
London
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings reports record performance for the April-June quarter
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings reports record performance for the April-June quarter
Miami
Bookings reached an unprecedented level
Paolo Piacenza has been appointed extraordinary commissioner of the Port Authority of the Southern Tyrrhenian and Ionian Seas.
Rome/Genoa/Gioia Tauro
DB Cargo records declines in turnover and rail freight volumes
Berlin
In the first six months of this year, shipments totaled 82.9 million tons (-10.8%)
In the second quarter, container traffic in the port of Genoa fell by -2.8% while in Savona-Vado it grew by +76.3%
Genoa
In the Ligurian capital, the transhipment share decreased, while the Savona port benefited.
Fincantieri records strong growth in half-year financial performance and new orders
Rome
In the first six months of 2025, orders totaled 14.7 billion euros (+93.5%)
In the second quarter, naval traffic through the Suez Canal decreased by -6.2%
In the second quarter, naval traffic through the Suez Canal decreased by -6.2%
Cairo
1,248 tankers (-2.7%) and 1,826 other types of vessels (-8.5%) passed through
CMA CGM's net profit fell by 140% in the second quarter.
Marseille
Revenues stable. The French shipping group is interested in acquiring Hutchison Ports' terminals.
Royal Caribbean closes second quarter with record net profit
Miami
The April-June period was very positive
Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern announced a merger agreement today.
Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern announced a merger agreement today.
Omaha/Atlanta
First coast-to-coast cargo rail network
Gurrieri resigns as Special Commissioner of the Eastern Adriatic Sea Port Authority
Trieste
The atypical reverse charge for the logistics sector will become applicable tomorrow
Milan
Ruggerone (Assologistica): one of the most strategic reforms we helped build is being implemented
Policy brief on cyber threats that pose risks to port infrastructure
Tallinn
It was developed by the NATO Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence
Interferry urges the EU Commission to harmonize its shipping decarbonization regulations with those of the IMO
Victoria
Failure to align - the association warned - will force shipping companies to pay twice for emissions.
In the second quarter of 2025, Chinese seaports handled 79.1 million containers (+6.1%)
Beijing
Total freight traffic was three billion tons (+3.3%), of which 1.3 billion tons were with foreign countries (+1.9%).
CK Hutchison announces plans to include a Chinese investor in the consortium to sell Hutchison Ports
Hong Kong
Without the participation of the COSCO shipping group, China would not authorize the sale
Sri Lanka's Supreme Court has awarded compensation of $1 billion over the X-Press Pearl accident.
Sri Lanka's Supreme Court has awarded compensation of $1 billion over the X-Press Pearl accident.
Columbus
The container ship caught fire and sank near the port of Colombo
The Greek government sends a tugboat to the Red Sea to assist ships that may be attacked by the Houthis.
The Greek government sends a tugboat to the Red Sea to assist ships that may be attacked by the Houthis.
Piraeus
The AHTS "Giant" is leaving
Saipem and Subsea7 have signed a binding merger agreement.
Saipem and Subsea7 have signed a binding merger agreement.
Milan/Luxembourg
The transaction is expected to close in the second half of 2026.
In the second quarter, the port of Valencia handled over 1.5 million containers (+4.0%)
In the first half of 2025, the amount of new orders to Chinese shipyards fell by -18.2%
Beijing
A decrease of -3.5% in new construction completed in the period was recorded
In the second quarter of 2025, freight traffic in the port of Trieste grew by +3.7%
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
In the second quarter of 2025, freight traffic in Spanish ports decreased by -4.7%
Madrid
All the main product categories are decreasing except for conventional goods
Brookfield Asset Management to sell 49% of British port group PD Ports to Spain's Pontegadea
Middlesbrough
The English company has over 1,400 employees
In the quarter April-June, freight traffic in the port of Rotterdam decreased by -2.3%
In the quarter April-June, freight traffic in the port of Rotterdam decreased by -2.3%
Rotterdam
The port authority is alarmed by the state of crisis in the national industry.
The electrification of the docks in the ports of Livorno, Piombino and Portoferraio is proceeding according to plan.
Third dock for cruise traffic in the port of Catania
Catania
Pier 25's restyling completed
Another quarter of decline in freight traffic at the port of Algeciras
Algeciras
In the period April-June, containers amounted to 1.24 million TEUs (+1.0%)
A new tax applied to cruise passengers disembarking in national ports came into force today in Greece.
Athens
Belgian rail freight company Lineas receives €61 million government loan
Brussels
The measure was approved last night by the restricted council of ministers
ERTMS installation completed on 1,400 kilometers of Italian railway network
Rome
The project is financed with 2.5 billion euros from PNRR funds.
Wärtsilä's quarterly financial and commercial results are positive.
Helsinki
The Marine Electrical Systems division will be sold to the Italian company VINCI Energies.
In the port of Barcelona the number of cruise terminals will be reduced from seven to five
In the port of Barcelona the number of cruise terminals will be reduced from seven to five
Barcelona
The mayor: For the first time in history, a limit is placed on the growth of cruises in the city.
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
Trump has eliminated tariff exemptions for low-cost goods for all nations.
Washington
Goods with a value of less than $800 will also be subject to the tax.
Viking Mira was launched at Fincantieri's Ancona shipyard
Trieste
The multi-role frigate "Emilio Bianchi" was delivered to the Muggiano shipyard
The Port Authority of the Central-Northern Adriatic Sea has obtained EMAS registration
Ravenna
Certifies commitment to environmental management and sustainability
MSC Cruises reduces emissions with the support of an energy transition plan
Geneva
The 2024 Sustainability Report has been presented
DSV reports strong growth in financial and operating results thanks to the acquisition of Schenker
Hedehusene
Quarterly record in air and ocean shipment volumes
In 2024, the Fratelli Cosulich group's revenues increased by +12.8%
Genoa
Operating result down by -31.7%
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.
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