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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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European Commission meeting to define the strategy for the development of EU ports and maritime industry
Brussels
Call for papers by July 28th
Assarmatori asks for support for Italian seafarers employed on short-haul routes and for the renewal of ferry fleets
Assarmatori asks for support for Italian seafarers employed on short-haul routes and for the renewal of ferry fleets
Rome
Messina: State Aid regime needs to be redesigned for European shipyards
In the first four months of 2025, maritime container traffic between Asia and Europe grew by +4.8%
Tokyo
-6.4% drop in shipments to Asian ports. +9.0% increase in unloading volumes in Europe
The impact on Italy of a possible closure of the maritime route through the Strait of Hormuz would be significant
Rome
The merchant fleet for energy products controlled by the Italian shipping industry interested in these traffics amounts to approximately 80 units.
Cargo traffic in China's seaports grew by +3.7% last month
Cargo traffic in China's seaports grew by +3.7% last month
Beijing
Containers amounted to 26.7 million TEU (+6.1%)
In 2024, 576 containers were lost at sea out of over 250 million transported by ships
Washington
About 200 have fallen from container ships in the Cape of Good Hope region
FMC questions deal exempting World Shipping Council companies from US antitrust rules
Washington
Meanwhile, Sola, appointed by Trump on January 20 to the presidency of the federal agency, is leaving his post today.
The European maritime-port sector nitpicks the reform of the Community customs rules
Brussels
Note from CLECAT, ECASBA, European Shipowners, ESPO, Feport and WSC
EU Council agrees on reform of the Union Customs Code
Brussels
CLECAT is concerned about the persistence of the concept of "Single Liable Person" in the text
In the first three months of 2025, freight traffic in the port of Civitavecchia grew by +2.4%
Civitavecchia
Increase of +9.9% in Gaeta and decrease of -17.1% in Fiumicino
Le Aziende informanoSponsored Article
Accelleron consolida le partnership con Somas e Geislinger per sostenere l'efficienza e la sostenibilità del settore marittimo
Japanese shipbuilding company Imabari Shipbuilding acquires control of fellow Japanese JMU
Imabari/Tokyo
Ownership share increased from 30% to 60%
WTO: New tariffs have given a boost to trade that is unlikely to last
Geneva
Recovery driven by importers who brought forward purchases in view of expected tariff increases
Terminal Investments Limited of the MSC Group acquires 50% of the capital of Barcelona Europe South Terminal
Barcelona
The transaction was authorized by the Port Authority of Barcelona
There are no implementing decrees for the SalvaMare law and Italian citizens are paying for the management of fished waste that is not carried out
Rome
The Marevivo Foundation and the Federation of the Sea report it
In five and a half years, 1,244 tons of drugs have been seized in EU ports
In five and a half years, 1,244 tons of drugs have been seized in EU ports
Lisbon
The largest quantities pass through ports in Belgium, Spain, Holland, Italy and Germany
The International Convention on Ship Recycling will enter into force tomorrow
Copenhagen
BIMCO urges EU to include Indian shipyards in EU list of ship recycling facilities
Assologistica presents the "Cruscotto" project to ensure transparency and legality in the logistics sector
Milan
Ruggerone: it is an infrastructure of trust between clients and operators
Federagenti, cruises cannot and must not become the target of an indiscriminate hate campaign
Federagenti, cruises cannot and must not become the target of an indiscriminate hate campaign
Rome
A "Pact for the Sea" proposed with solutions to tackle overtourism for which passenger ships are not to blame
New step forward for the construction of the underground freight transport system in Switzerland
New step forward for the construction of the underground freight transport system in Switzerland
Bern
Cargo sous terrain plans to build a 500-kilometer system by mid-century
Carnival posts record earnings for March-May period
Carnival posts record earnings for March-May period
Miami
The number of cruise passengers embarked also peaked this quarter
Federlogistica, it is reckless to activate railway construction sites without a concerted plan
Genoa
Falteri: Isolating the port of Genoa from the railway network for three weeks means putting the whole of Northern Italy in difficulty
Multipurpose terminals privatized in eight Saudi ports
Multipurpose terminals privatized in eight Saudi ports
Riyadh
Four will be operated by Saudi Global Ports and four by Red Sea Gateway Terminal
Public debate launched on the project for Pier VIII in the port of Trieste
Public debate launched on the project for Pier VIII in the port of Trieste
Trieste
A total investment of 315.8 million euros is expected
South Korea's HD Hyundai partners with US Edison Chouest Offshore to build containerships in US
South Korea's HD Hyundai partners with US Edison Chouest Offshore to build containerships in US
Seoul
The possibility of building other types of ships and constructing port cranes is foreseen
Rixi: with the Omnibus decree, Phase B of the new Genoa breakwater is guaranteed
Rome
Expenditure of 50 million euros authorised for 2026 and 92.8 million for 2027
Israel-Iran conflict prompts Maersk to suspend calls at Haifa port
Copenhagen
Those at the port of Ashdod will continue instead.
Northern European Nations Commitment to Counter Russian Shadow Fleet
Warsaw
If the vessels do not fly a valid flag in the Baltic Sea and the North Sea - they specify - we will take appropriate measures in compliance with international law.
Freight traffic in French ports stable in the first quarter of 2025
Freight traffic in French ports stable in the first quarter of 2025
The Defense
Containers and liquid bulk on the rise. Increase in unloading loads and decrease in loading loads
Cognolato (Assiterminal): Today more than ever we need a coherent port policy
Rome
All the critical issues highlighted in recent years still remain open - he highlighted.
Alessandro Pitto confirmed as president of Fedespedi
Milan
The Board of Directors, the Board of Arbiters and the Board of Auditors have been renewed
A protest action by Greek seafarers is heated, with the PENEN and PNO unions launching very serious accusations, including mutual ones
Piraeus
The strike, declared illegal by the courts, blocks some ships of the Attica group in the port of Patras
Saipem awarded contract for a phosphate mining project in Algeria that includes the upgrading of the port of Annaba
Milan
The construction of railway lines is also planned
Suez Canal celebrates return of large-capacity containership transits
Suez Canal celebrates return of large-capacity containership transits
Ismailia
Today it was crossed by the vessel "CMA CGM Osiris" which can carry 15,536 teu
IMO, ILO, ICS and ITF urge protection of seafarers' rights against unjust criminalisation
London
The "Guidelines on the Fair Treatment of Seafarers Detained in Relation to Alleged Offences" were adopted in April
Trump's new tariffs also hit container traffic at the Port of Long Beach
Long Beach
In the first five months of 2025, an increase of +17.2% was recorded
Transfer of the port of Carrara from the Ligurian to the Tuscan AdSP not without a discussion with the operators
Milan
Dario Perioli, FHP, Grendi and Tarros ask for it
Up to $768 billion in investments needed to adapt world ports to rising sea levels
New York
Port of Los Angeles Feels Impact of New Tariffs on Container Traffic
Los Angeles
A decrease of -4.8% was recorded in May
Assagenti proposes a task force to solve port, logistics and industrial problems
Genoa
A "problem solver" consultative body composed, in addition to the categories of the maritime cluster, of the manufacturing industries of the North-West quadrant
Cargo traffic at the port of Singapore fell by -4.6% in May
Singapore
New crane overturned for delivery in new Tuas port area
In the first quarter of 2025, freight traffic on the Swiss rail network fell by -6.4%
Neuchatel
Service performance at 2.35 billion tonne-km, down -8.2%
ANGOPI fears that new measures to ensure maritime continuity will penalise mooring services
ANGOPI fears that new measures to ensure maritime continuity will penalise mooring services
Ischia
Power: it is necessary to remove them from a perverse mechanism
Dutch HES International to operate bulk terminal in Marseille-Fos port
Marseille
The concession contract will have a minimum duration of 30 years
Ibiza government opposes Trasmed's overnight stay on board ferry program
Ibiza/Valencia
It is considered a "clandestine hotel", while the company defines it as a cruise service
Bruno Pisano appointed extraordinary commissioner of the AdSP of the Eastern Ligurian Sea
Rome
He will take up his post next Monday
Federlogistica proposes a comparison between operators on the congestion fee while waiting for a solution from the government
Genoa
In the first five months of 2025, container traffic in the port of Gioia Tauro grew by +10.3%
Joy Taurus
1,813,071 TEUs were handled
Trasportounito, truck waiting times in ports must be paid
Genoa
Tagnochetti: The Port Fee aims to redistribute the costs of all disruptions more equitably
Commissioners of the AdSPs of the Northern Tyrrhenian, Ionian and Western Liguria appointed
Rome/Genoa
Trade unions concerned about the future of Genoa Port Terminal workers
Political instability and green transition are the main problems that shipping faces
London
This is highlighted in the "ICS Maritime Barometer Report 2024-2025"
The new container terminal of the port of Termini Imerese presented
Palermo
Transfer of traffic handled by Portitalia to the port of Palermo
GCMD survey confirms shipping's commitment to decarbonisation
Singapore
Ports concerned about lack of certainty about demand from shipping companies
The EU Commission has re-identified Port Said East and Tanger Med as neighbouring container transhipment ports
Brussels
Road haulage extends congestion fee application to Livorno port
Livorno/Rome/Milan/Genoa
Fedespedi, they do not solve the problems, but have the only effect of increasing costs
The new Border Control Post has been inaugurated in the port of Livorno
Leghorn
The structure cost 15 million euros
The transfer of 80% of Louis-Dreyfus Armateurs' capital to InfraVia has been implemented
Suresnes/Paris
The Louis-Dreyfus family retains the remaining 20%
Port of Genoa, green light for extension of concession to Spinelli until September 30
Genoa
Ok also to the extension to the Campostano group
The National Maritime Fund has started the recognition of scholarships
Genoa
They are granted for basic training and security familiarization courses.
RFI and MIT sign the update to the program contract for approximately 2.1 billion
Rome
Around 500 million euros expected for the management of the railway network
San Giorgio del Porto delivers a vessel for the bunkering of liquefied natural gas
Genoa
It was built for Genova Trasporti Marittimi
Pisano (AdSP Liguria Orientale): the ports of La Spezia and Carrara have integrated almost perfectly
La Spezia/Bari
Extraordinary Commissioner of the Southern Adriatic Sea Port Authority appointed
Raffaele Latrofa appointed president of the AdSP of the Central-Northern Tyrrhenian Sea
Rome
He is the deputy mayor of Pisa
India's Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Acquires Control of Sri Lanka's Colombo Dockyard
Mumbai
Investment of approximately 53 million dollars
The Commissioner of the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority has been granted the powers and prerogatives of the Management Committee
Genoa
The measure pending the restoration of the ordinary top management bodies
The Three-Year Operational Plan 2025-2027 of the Central Adriatic Port Authority has been approved
Ancona
Favorable opinion of the Sea Resource Partnership Body
The public meeting of the International Containers Studies Center will be held in Genoa on July 2nd
Genoa
It will deal with the physical transformations of the container and the digitalization of processes
Andrea Ormesani is the new president of Assosped Venezia
Venice
The board of directors has been renewed. Paolo Salvaro remains general secretary
Witte (ISU): In 2024, the ship salvage sector stabilized from the low of two years ago
London
Finnish Elomatic to Install Tunnel Thrusters on 11 Carnival Cruise Ships
Turku
The works will begin next autumn and will end in 2028
The Assarmatori assembly will be held in Rome on July 1st
Rome
"Mediterranean against the current" the theme of the meeting
Fincantieri has delivered the new cruise ship Viking Vesta to the American Viking
Trieste/Los Angeles
It was built in the Ancona shipyard
The Genoa Coast Guard has placed the container ship PL Germany under administrative detention
Genoa
Italian Navy orders two new Multipurpose Combat Ships from Fincantieri
Trieste
The order to the shipbuilding company is worth 700 million euros
MSC Group to manage cruise services in the ports of Bari and Brindisi
Bari
Ten-year concession with possibility of extension
German Kombiverkehr Returns to Profit in 2024
Frankfurt am Main
The level of revenues remained unchanged at 434.6 million euros.
Deltamarin to design the six new ro-pax vessels ordered by Grimaldi for the Mediterranean routes
Turku
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
The practice of subcontracting in European logistics is creating a parallel labour market where rights are not enforced
Brussels
"Sorry, We Subcontracted You" Report Presented
Tomorrow Grendi will launch the group's fourth ship on routes to and from Sardinia
Milan
"Grendi Star", with a load capacity of 2,800 linear meters, will connect Marina di Carrara and Cagliari
FREMM frigates operational support contract signed between Orizzonte Sistemi Navali and OCCAR
Taranto
The agreement has a total value of approximately 764 million euros
Call to reform the entire driver training system in the transport sector
Rome
Seven proposals presented
In the port of Gioia Tauro, the Guardia di Finanza soldiers seized 228 kilos of cocaine
Reggio Calabria
Two dockers arrested
Port of Livorno, new observatory to find solutions to the problem of port congestion
Leghorn
Marilli: We will seek solutions to reach the possible revocation of the port fee
Lockton PL Ferrari closed the last fiscal year with gross revenues of 34 million dollars
Genoa
Insurance premium volume rose to 350 million
Polish Trans Polonia Group acquires Dutch Nijman/Zeetank Holding
Tczew
It specializes in the transportation and logistics of liquid and gaseous products
d'Amico Tankers Sells Two 2011-Built Tankers for $36.2 Million
Luxembourg
They will be delivered to buyers by the end of July and on December 21st.
The Italian Merchant Marine Academy plans 13 new free courses
Genoa
Over 300 positions available
A delegation of Wista Italy visits the ports of Catania and Augusta
Catania/August
The association is made up of women who hold positions of responsibility in the maritime, logistics and trade sectors.
In the first five months of 2025, the port of Algeciras handled 1.9 million containers (-6.3%)
Algeciras
Empty containers decreased by -5.5% and full ones by -6.4%
Reway Group enters the port railway infrastructure maintenance sector
Licciana Nardi
Two contracts awarded by the AdSP of the Eastern Ligurian Sea
Delcomar and Ensamar take over maritime services with the smaller Sardinian islands
Cagliari
The tender for the six-year concession of the connections has been awarded
Port of Trieste, the newly appointed Gurrieri torpedoes the newly appointed Torbianelli
Trieste
Russo (Pd): it's a squalid power game
Singapore's SeaLead expands its maritime shipping offering to connect Turkey and Italy
Singapore
Route connected to services transiting the Suez Canal
The US Container Security Initiative program has been extended to Morocco
Rabat
Amrani: Let's consolidate Tanger Med's role as a safe and world-class maritime hub
Very positive first quarter for Greek Euroseas
Athens
Pittas: the positive momentum continued in the second quarter
Assonat and SACE present a plan for Italian tourist ports
Rome
Kuehne+Nagel has opened a new branch in Naples
Milan
The aim is to support the operational growth of the group in Southern Italy
RINA has acquired the entire capital of Finnish Foreship
Helsinki
The Helsinki-based company specializes in consulting in the field of marine and mechanical engineering.
Container traffic down at Barcelona and Valencia ports in May
Barcelona/Valencia
Resumption of containers in transit at the Catalan port
Annual cargo traffic in Greek ports stable in 2024
Piraeus
Domestic volumes are growing, while foreign trade is decreasing
Perplexity of freight forwarders, customs agents and maritime agents of La Spezia at the transfer of the port of Carrara to the Tuscan AdSP
The Spice
Timidly, they "hope for consideration for the progress made so far"
Francesco Mastro appointed extraordinary commissioner of the Southern Adriatic Sea Port Authority
Rome
He will take up office on June 30th.
John Denholm to be new president of the International Chamber of Shipping
Athens
He will take over from Emanuele Grimaldi in a year
Extraordinary commissioners of the two Ligurian Port System Authorities have been installed
Genoa/La Spezia
Matteo Paroli and Bruno Pisano at the helm of the institutions
Container traffic at Hong Kong port drops sharply in May
Hong Kong
1.05 million TEUs were handled (-12.7%)
Assogasliquidi-Federchimica shows the way to accelerate the decarbonization of road and maritime transport
Rome
Amadei: Our sector is ready and the time has come for courageous industrial choices
Eagle S tanker command blamed for cutting submarine cables in Gulf of Finland
Advantages
The accident was caused by the ship's anchor
Online platform to report critical issues that put transport workers at risk
Genoa
It was prepared by Fit Cisl Liguria
GNV to create a direct summer connection between Civitavecchia and Tunis
Genoa
It will run alongside the historic route via Palermo
The unification of Grimaldi's concessions in the port of Barcelona has been completed
Madrid/Barcelona
The contract expires on September 20, 2035.
In the first five months of 2025, cargo traffic in Russian ports fell by -4.9%
St. Petersburg
A decrease of approximately -12% was recorded in May
Raben Logistics Group Creates Subsidiary in Türkiye
Milan
It will have 20 employees and a 2,000 square meter cross-dock warehouse
Alberto Dellepiane confirmed as president of Assorimorchiatori
Rome
The composition of the entire association leadership remains unchanged
Agreement between Fincantieri and Indonesian PMM to develop solutions to face new unconventional underwater challenges
PORTS
Italian Ports:
Ancona Genoa Ravenna
Augusta Gioia Tauro Salerno
Bari La Spezia Savona
Brindisi Leghorn Taranto
Cagliari Naples Trapani
Carrara Palermo Trieste
Civitavecchia Piombino Venice
Italian Interports: list World Ports: map
DATABASE
ShipownersShipbuilding and Shiprepairing Yards
ForwardersShip Suppliers
Shipping AgentsTruckers
MEETINGS
The Assarmatori assembly will be held in Rome on July 1st
Rome
"Mediterranean against the current" the theme of the meeting
The public meeting of the International Containers Studies Center will be held in Genoa on July 2nd
Genoa
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
US has its eye on Greek ports
(Kathimerini)
Proposed 30% increase for port tariffs to be in phases, says Loke
(Free Malaysia Today)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Intervento del presidente Tomaso Cognolato
Roma, 19 giugno 2025
››› File
Structural adaptation works on dock 23 of the port of Ancona awarded
Ancona
Intervention worth over 11.8 million euros
Conference on the role of LNG and bioLNG for the decarbonisation of transport and industry
Rome
The Federchimica-Assogasliquidi event will take place on Monday in Rome
Dutch Bolidt increases presence in cruise ship sector with acquisition of American Boteka
Hendrik Ido Ambacht
Contship Italia has acquired the Genoese customs services company STS
Melzo
The Ligurian company was founded in 1985
Francesco Benevolo has been appointed extraordinary commissioner of the AdSP of the Central-Northern Adriatic Sea
Rome
He is the operations director of RAM - Logistics, Infrastructure and Transport
Montaresi resigns as commissioner of the Eastern Ligurian Port Authority
The Spice
In the eight months of administration - he underlines - we have not lost even a second
Gurrieri has been appointed extraordinary commissioner of the AdSP of the Eastern Adriatic Sea
Trieste
Pending the completion of the formal process for the designation of the president
The commissioners of the AdSP of Western Liguria have handed over their mandate to Minister Salvini
Genoa
The decision is part of the process of designation and nomination of the new leaders
Confetra criticizes the provisions of the decree-law Infrastructure for road transport
Rome
The Confederation urges the blocking of the process of appointing the presidents of the port authorities
Taiwanese Evergreen, Yang Ming and WHL saw revenue decline in May
Keelung/Taipei
The decline is accentuated for the two main companies
South Korea's KSOE wins order to build eight 15,900 TEU containerships
Seongnam
The unit value of each vessel is approximately $221 million.
First port terminal for car traffic of Greek Neptune Lines
Piraeus
It will be inaugurated next year in the French port of Port-La Nouvelle
The assembly of the association of Genoese maritime agents and brokers will be held on June 16th
Genoa
Round Table on Genoa, the hub of the North West and the Mediterranean
BN di Navigazione Board of Directors Renewed
Genoa
BluNavy aims to reach one million passengers by 2025
Viking Line designs world's largest all-electric ro-pax vessel
Viking Line designs world's largest all-electric ro-pax vessel
Åland
Record Monthly Container Traffic at Turkish Ports
Ankara
In May, almost 1.4 million TEUs were handled (+17.6%)
Sergio Landolfi has been elected president of the Customs Association of the Port of La Spezia
The Spice
The board of directors has been renewed
The ferry industry elite will attend the Interferry conference in Salerno in October
Victoria
Event titled "Connections"
Uniport launches an initiative to support ALS research
Rome
Fundraising for the NeMO Clinical Center Serena Foundation Onlus
The Propeller Club of Genoa has analyzed risks and opportunities of using AI in the maritime and insurance sectors
Genoa
The importance of training in the use of technology was highlighted
Chantiers de l'Atlantique delivers luxury cruising yacht Luminara to The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection
Saint Nazaire
The ship will debut in Alaska
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