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November 13, 1998
Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • S'pore shippers slam planned freight rate hikes
    Transpacific lines' proposal will affect local exporters' edge, SNSC chairman says
  • Promotion of Port Klang not seen to hit M'sian ports
  • Johor Port's throughput falls in Jan-Aug
  • German seaports' trade with Asia falls 12% in 1st half
  • Oil tankers' rates seen to drop 5-7% next year
Air and Land Transport
  • Cathay gets cautious nod for PAL investment
    HK carrier's proposed stake seen to expand Pacific routes but financial turbulence expected
  • Asian airlines near cyclical nadir: Salomon
  • Far fewer sales of Airbus 550-seater super jets seen
  • Boeing to step up checks after tool found in EgyptAir rudder
  • United cuts forecast for capacity growth in '99
  • Lufthansa Cargo expects profit in next 2 years
Features
  • Beijing woos foreign funding
    Country has approved 125 Sino-foreign water transport joint ventures and 18 foreign ventures to end of last June
Columns
  • Aussie investigators tick off ship for inadequate crew training

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • S'pore shippers slam planned freight rate hikes
    Transpacific lines' proposal will affect local exporters' edge, SNSC chairman says
  • Promotion of Port Klang not seen to hit M'sian ports
  • Johor Port's throughput falls in Jan-Aug
  • German seaports' trade with Asia falls 12% in 1st half
  • Oil tankers' rates seen to drop 5-7% next year
Air and Land Transport
  • Cathay gets cautious nod for PAL investment
    HK carrier's proposed stake seen to expand Pacific routes but financial turbulence expected
  • Asian airlines near cyclical nadir: Salomon
  • Far fewer sales of Airbus 550-seater super jets seen
  • Boeing to step up checks after tool found in EgyptAir rudder
  • United cuts forecast for capacity growth in '99
  • Lufthansa Cargo expects profit in next 2 years
Features
  • Beijing woos foreign funding
    Country has approved 125 Sino-foreign water transport joint ventures and 18 foreign ventures to end of last June
Columns
  • Aussie investigators tick off ship for inadequate crew training

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • S'pore shippers slam planned freight rate hikes
    Transpacific lines' proposal will affect local exporters' edge, SNSC chairman says
  • Promotion of Port Klang not seen to hit M'sian ports
  • Johor Port's throughput falls in Jan-Aug
  • German seaports' trade with Asia falls 12% in 1st half
  • Oil tankers' rates seen to drop 5-7% next year
Air and Land Transport
  • Cathay gets cautious nod for PAL investment
    HK carrier's proposed stake seen to expand Pacific routes but financial turbulence expected
  • Asian airlines near cyclical nadir: Salomon
  • Far fewer sales of Airbus 550-seater super jets seen
  • Boeing to step up checks after tool found in EgyptAir rudder
  • United cuts forecast for capacity growth in '99
  • Lufthansa Cargo expects profit in next 2 years
Features
  • Beijing woos foreign funding
    Country has approved 125 Sino-foreign water transport joint ventures and 18 foreign ventures to end of last June
Columns
  • Aussie investigators tick off ship for inadequate crew training

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • S'pore shippers slam planned freight rate hikes
    Transpacific lines' proposal will affect local exporters' edge, SNSC chairman says
  • Promotion of Port Klang not seen to hit M'sian ports
  • Johor Port's throughput falls in Jan-Aug
  • German seaports' trade with Asia falls 12% in 1st half
  • Oil tankers' rates seen to drop 5-7% next year
Air and Land Transport
  • Cathay gets cautious nod for PAL investment
    HK carrier's proposed stake seen to expand Pacific routes but financial turbulence expected
  • Asian airlines near cyclical nadir: Salomon
  • Far fewer sales of Airbus 550-seater super jets seen
  • Boeing to step up checks after tool found in EgyptAir rudder
  • United cuts forecast for capacity growth in '99
  • Lufthansa Cargo expects profit in next 2 years
Features
  • Beijing woos foreign funding
    Country has approved 125 Sino-foreign water transport joint ventures and 18 foreign ventures to end of last June
Columns
  • Aussie investigators tick off ship for inadequate crew training

Sched Netweb site
  • K Line restructures services
  • Hong Kong officials visit Beijing
  • Delmas and SCL to continue slot buying deals
  • Freightliner gets non-stop train
  • FedEx names new MD for Hong Kong, Macau
  • UPS launches new shipping/tracking software
  • Dutch Air and MSAS to merge

Cargowebweb site
NOVEMBER 12, 1998
  • Trailer operators consider rate rises unacceptable
  • RMT accepts P&O Nedlloyd job cuts
  • Brief strike at Sea-Land in Rotterdam
  • FedEx prepares for FPA job action
  • Investigation into Amsterdam Airport noise; nuisance already drops
  • Nedlloyd CEO boss of Millenniumplatform Transport

The Journal of Commerceweb site
Home
  • Lines ready for inland competition in Europe
  • Roadway taking AES to border
  • Marad employee pleads guilty to taking bribes for contracts
  • CSX, CP fail to reach deal on New York access
  • Clinton's protectionist talk signals a willingness to go to war over trade
  • UTU and BLE merge talks continuing
  • China export slump shows impact of Asia crisis
  • World Airways signs $2M cargo pact with Grupo TACA
  • Original USF Dugan driver retires
  • Polish farmers set to renew their protests over food imports
  • Continental mechanics reject contract with airline
Transportation
  • STB puts condition on rail merger
  • Cocaine seized aboard Colombian military plane
  • Truck group tries to stop Arkansas tolls
  • Roadway adds trucks dedicated to Mexico
  • Federal Express says it can handle holiday package rush without pilots
Maritime
  • NY/NJ plans to follow Boston's lead to lower channel-deepening costs
  • Holt offers ACL board with himself as chairman
  • Doubts grow about German waterways
  • Evergreen to launch direct Pacific service
  • P&O Nedlloyd, union agree on buyout package
  • Walter Loughery, maritime veteran, dies at 81
  • Taiwan assumes control of ports
  • European port roundup

The Journal of Commerceweb site
Home
  • Lines ready for inland competition in Europe
  • Roadway taking AES to border
  • Marad employee pleads guilty to taking bribes for contracts
  • CSX, CP fail to reach deal on New York access
  • Clinton's protectionist talk signals a willingness to go to war over trade
  • UTU and BLE merge talks continuing
  • China export slump shows impact of Asia crisis
  • World Airways signs $2M cargo pact with Grupo TACA
  • Original USF Dugan driver retires
  • Polish farmers set to renew their protests over food imports
  • Continental mechanics reject contract with airline
Transportation
  • STB puts condition on rail merger
  • Cocaine seized aboard Colombian military plane
  • Truck group tries to stop Arkansas tolls
  • Roadway adds trucks dedicated to Mexico
  • Federal Express says it can handle holiday package rush without pilots
Maritime
  • NY/NJ plans to follow Boston's lead to lower channel-deepening costs
  • Holt offers ACL board with himself as chairman
  • Doubts grow about German waterways
  • Evergreen to launch direct Pacific service
  • P&O Nedlloyd, union agree on buyout package
  • Walter Loughery, maritime veteran, dies at 81
  • Taiwan assumes control of ports
  • European port roundup

The Journal of Commerceweb site
Home
  • Lines ready for inland competition in Europe
  • Roadway taking AES to border
  • Marad employee pleads guilty to taking bribes for contracts
  • CSX, CP fail to reach deal on New York access
  • Clinton's protectionist talk signals a willingness to go to war over trade
  • UTU and BLE merge talks continuing
  • China export slump shows impact of Asia crisis
  • World Airways signs $2M cargo pact with Grupo TACA
  • Original USF Dugan driver retires
  • Polish farmers set to renew their protests over food imports
  • Continental mechanics reject contract with airline
Transportation
  • STB puts condition on rail merger
  • Cocaine seized aboard Colombian military plane
  • Truck group tries to stop Arkansas tolls
  • Roadway adds trucks dedicated to Mexico
  • Federal Express says it can handle holiday package rush without pilots
Maritime
  • NY/NJ plans to follow Boston's lead to lower channel-deepening costs
  • Holt offers ACL board with himself as chairman
  • Doubts grow about German waterways
  • Evergreen to launch direct Pacific service
  • P&O Nedlloyd, union agree on buyout package
  • Walter Loughery, maritime veteran, dies at 81
  • Taiwan assumes control of ports
  • European port roundup

Cyber Shipping Guide - Ocean Commerceweb site
  • MOL Report Predicts Steady Supply-Demand Picture
  • Sea-Land Set to Charter Five 6,200-TEU Ships
  • Red Sea Conference Follows FEFC Rate Hike Plan
  • Box Volume from Japan to China Jumps 32% in Sept

Exim Indiaweb site
  • Port development at Vadhavan not possible at this stage, says P&O Ports chief
  • FM to soften Fema, PMLB provisions
  • Indian Textile week at Dubai
  • 'Underground cavern' to store LPG at Vizag planned
  • States offering infrastructure projects on BOOT basis
  • Asian crisis has bottomed out: IMF
  • Export-oriented projects get 42 pc more IDBI sanctions
  • Signs of recovery for textile mills
  • Call to bring more area under oilseeds
  • Export target for synthetic textiles set at Rs 7,000 crore
  • Ficci picks holes in ordinance on inter-corporate investments
  • MRL tenders for Nagapattinam jetty floated
  • Quality, bilateral talks can avert NTBs, exporters told
  • MMTC offers its services to exporters
  • Foreign airlines eyeing new Kochi airport

Marine Logweb site
  • New name in U.S. ship repair market
    United States Marine Repair will serve as an umbrella corporation for Southwest Marine Holdings repair companies

Il Sole 24 Ore On Lineweb site
  • Imminente l'ingresso di un partner internazionale nel terminal container Ravenna, arriva lo straniero Un investimento di 200 miliardi avvia a soluzione il problema dei bassi fondali e della navigabilità
  • Il Senato vara la legge per rifinanziare il settore Cantieristica, fondi per 2.500 miliardi
  • Oggi lo sbarco di Singapore anche sulle banchine di Livorno
  • L'australiana P&O Ports da Genova a Cagliari

Cargonews Chinaweb site
NOVEMBER 1, 1998
  • Shippers' global goal
  • Evergreen adds Yantian call
  • NOL to sell off Shanghai firms

Lloyd's Listweb site
  • UK faces shipmanagement crisis
    GLASGOW'S position as a global shipmanagement centre could be destroyed by the UK's continuing failure to train seafarers, a senior industry figure has warned.
  • Experts urge retrieval of bodies from the Estonia
    A GROUP of experts has recommended retrieving the bodies from the ferry Estonia, which sank in the Baltic Sea in 1994 with the loss of 852 lives.
  • Nicaragua waterway cargo plan
    A former Lloyd's List journalist is close to obtaining approval for a waterway project which could change the dynamics of trade in Nicaragua.
  • P&I clubs confident of excess of loss cost cuts
    The International Group of P&I Clubs remains confident of a significant reduction in the cost of its $2bn excess of loss (XL) reinsurance contract for the 1999 policy year, following the latest in a series of meetings in the run-up to the contract's renewal.
  • Korea shipping seeks reform
    A raft of reforms in the South Korean shipping and ports sector is set to be implemented by the first quarter of 1999 in an effort to deregulate the country's maritime sector and attract overseas investment, a senior government official has revealed.
  • Shipowners call on state for action on taxation
    South Korean shipowners are pressing the government to reform the taxation system and liberalise the hiring of foreign seafarers to make them more internationally competitive, writes Leigh Smith.
  • Zissimatos' former yacht sold to Abu Dhabi
    A LUXURY yacht once owned by Captain Panagis Zissimatos of collapsed Adriatic Tankers has set sail for Abu Dhabi from Falmouth, writes David Barnicoat.
  • Silja ready to axe 470 staff
    LEADING Baltic ferry operator, Silja Line, is ready to axe up to 470 jobs in a major shake-up.

Fairplayweb site
NOVEMBER 12, 1998
  • Sweden hopes ferry link can be saved
    LEIF Pagrotsky, minister for international co-operation in the Swedish government, believes that a ferry service between Vaasa in Finland and Umeå in Sweden can be saved.
  • Holt proposes new board for ACL
    HOLT Group, the largest shareholder in con-ro operator Atlantic Container Line, has decided to take a more active role in the running of the company.
  • Hanjin HI to take over Korea Tacoma
    HANJIN Heavy Industries is planning to take over unlisted affiliate Korea Tacoma Shipbuild-ing next year.
  • Silja Line sheds 200 in restructure programme
    SILJA Line, the cruise ferry operator, is to shed more than 200 jobs as part of a restructuring programme.
  • ISF warns against premature use of white list
    THE ISF has warned against the 'premature use' of the IMO's 'white list' regarding recognition of foreign certificates by port state control authorities.
  • Pilotage helicopters for South Africa
    THE first of two Italian-built helicopters to be used for pilotage duties in South African ports has arrived in South Africa.
  • Port Elizabeth receives first coal cargo
    PORT Elizabeth in South Africa has received its first shipment of coal from the Mozambican port of Maputo for almost 30 years.
  • Walenkamp replaces Witte at ISU
    HANS Walenkamp, group director at Smit International, has replaced Arnold Witte as president of the International Salvage Union.
  • Christmas cruises discounted 'for first time'
    UK CRUISING is experiencing the slowdown in bookings seen in the United States, with heavy discounting of Christmas cruises in evidence.
  • Threat of US military action lifts bunker price
    EUROPEAN bunker prices have started to rise as a result of America's threat of military strikes against Iraq.
  • US regulators to study Cargill-Continental deal
    US ANTI-TRUST regulators will be closely studying the proposed purchase by commodity giant Cargill of Continental Grain's grain handling and transport business.
  • Pentagon approves Nassco purchase
    US Department of Defense this week approved General Dynamics' proposal to purchase National Steel and Shipbuilding Co.
  • Cosco creates board of directors
    COSCO, the Chinese state-owned shipping giant, has formally announced the creation of a board of directors.
  • World Bank refusal blocks P&O port plans
    P&O Ports (Australia) is reported to have dropped plans to develop an international port at Vadhava in Gujarat because it could not get a loan from the World Bank.
  • Shipowners row prevents IOC decision
    INDIAN Oil Corp will not open bids for coastal shipping contracts until the Law Ministry has cleared up a dispute between shipowners.
  • Police to investigate container cargo theft
    FREIGHT forwarders and stevedoring companies in Batam, Indonesia, have urged the police to intensify investigations into missing containers containing export cargoes.
  • Salvage team attends DG Harmony fire
    A SALVAGE team from Smit America has arrived at the site of the blazing containership DG Harmony, which caught fire after an explosion off the Brazilian coast.
  • Libra warns of more takeovers
    BRAZIL'S government has been warned that foreign megacarriers could snap up small Brazilian lines unless a subsidy is granted to reduce capital and management costs.
  • P&O Nedlloyd reaches layoff agreement
    P&O NEDLLOYD has reached agreement with UK ratings' union RMT over the laying off of 320 ratings.
  • Norwegians agree new pay deal
    NORWEGIAN shipowners have signed a pay deal with three unions, involving 8,000 seafarers employed in the Norwegian mainland ship register.

Antwerpse Lloyd n.v.web site
  • Sinotrans se profile davantage comme organisation d'expédition
    "Il y a quelques mois, nous avons effectivement eu des pourparlers avec le groupe Cosco en vue d'une fusion. Cela ne s'est pas réalisé, pour différentes raisons. D'une part, les points de vue étaient trop divergents. D'autre part, Cosco est essentiellement un armement, alors que nous nous profilons plus comme organisation d'expédition. Enfin, le gouvernement essaie d'encourager la concurrence entre les entreprises. Or, en fusionnant Sinotrans et Cosco, on créait un groupe géant qui se serait traduit par l'éclosion de situations de monopole", nous a déclaré Mme Tao Suyun, vice-présidente/executive director du groupe China National Foreign Trade Transportation Corp (Sinotrans) lors d'un face-à-face avec les membres de la mission portuaire et maritime anversoise de passage dans son quartier-général de Pékin. Ceci étant, dans certains milieux, on ne cache pas qu'un des obstacles majeurs à cette fusion a été la grande différence de culture entre les deux groupes.
  • Dan Transport reprend Nedlloyd Distribution Services au Royaume-Uni
    Dan Transport UK Ltd reprendra le 1er janvier prochain les activités de Nedlloyd Distribution Services au Royaume-Uni. Par cette fusion, la dimension géographique de la nouvelle alliance stratégique E1 (Nedlloyd, Dan Transport, Dubois et Saima Avandero) sera étendue au Royaume-Uni.
  • Le terminal à containers de Puurs accueille son premier convoi de poussage
    La firme "Opslag en Distributie Ter-Haege"(ODTH) a accueilli son premier convoi de poussage à son nouveau terminal à containers de Puurs. ODTH fait ainsi ses premiers pas vers le secteur de la navigation intérieure. L'entreprise possède des capacités d'entreposage à Rumst, Terhagen et Niel, et exploitera le nouveau complexe de transbordement qui sera construit, l'année prochaine, à Malines-Nekkerspoel.

Daily Commercial Newsweb site
  • Lines flag steep Euro rates rise
    Freight rate increases of up to 16 per cent are expected in the European trade early next year.
    Yesterday, the Australian Peak Shippers Association met representatives of the Australia-New Zealand to Europe Liner Association, in Melbourne, to discuss the freight rate issue.
    The delegation of shipping line executives was led by Contship Containerlines general manager George Patterson.
    The lines are pressing for a general rate increase although, so far, this has never been agreed to by APSA in the eight years of its existence.
  • NCC slams road reform lag
    The implementation of the national road transport reform program has generally continued to fall behind schedule since mid-1997 despite there being some progress in introducing increased mass limits and updating charges for heavy vehicles, according to the National Competition Council.
    In its annual report, the NCC noted that in April this year the Australian Transport Council had agreed to increase general axle mass limits for trucks and buses fitted with road-friendly suspensions, subject to the commonwealth agreeing to provide sufficient additional funding for upgrading bridges -- a move which the NRTC estimated would save $260 million to $300 million even after the cost of bridge upgrades was taken into account.
  • P&OP plans go to MUA council
    P&O Ports' waterfront reform plans will be considered by the national council of the Maritime Union of Australia later this month.
    MUA national secretary John Coombs, back from the International Transport Workers' Federation congress in New Delhi, said yesterday the matter would be considered at the council meeting which starts on 23 November.
    The council is then expected to consult members on how best to approach the negotiations.
    Mr Coombs said P&O Ports' plans would be discussed as soon as practicable.
    Nevertheless, it appears that no agreement will be possible until sometime in the new year.
  • Brisbane flags FI expansion
    A 270-hectare expansion of the Fisherman Islands complex is being proposed by the Port of Brisbane Corporation.
    The project was launched this week with the advertisement of the draft terms of reference for the impact assessment study which will enable further expansion of cargo and port facilities as well as additional berths for the new, larger vessels for which upstream sites are too shallow.
    "Trade growth has exceeded the Corporation's projections back in 1992, particularly for containers which are two years ahead of where we said we would be in 1998," Port of Brisbane Corporation chairman Elizabeth Nosworthy said.

Marine Linkweb site
NOVEMBER 12, 1998
  • CEFOR Warns Of Marine Insurance Losses
    The managing director of Norway's Central Union of Marine Underwriters (CEFOR) warned insurers last week that losses are inevitable in marine insurance this year and premium rates must be raised to reflect exposures. Tore Forsmo, publishing CEFOR's statistics for the Norwegian marine insurance market, said he estimated that Norwegian marine insurers would post an underwriting loss of $83.8 million in 1998, a significant deterioration from the loss of $9.6 million in 1997. Forsmo also predicted further losses of $123.3 million for the Norwegian market in 1999, representing a total loss ratio (the ratio of claims to premiums) of 158 percent.
  • Holt Group Wants To Take Active Role In ACL
    Privately-owned U.S. stevedoring and shipping company The Holt Group Inc. said on Wednesday it will propose taking a more active role in Atlantic Container Line AB. Holt said, that as ACL's largest shareholder, it would propose a number of new directors at the Oslo-listed company's extraordinary general meeting on Nov. 17.
  • Swedish Officials Urge Recovery Of Estonia Victims
    A Swedish government-sponsored committee last week urged the recovery of bodies from the ferry Estonia which sank in the Baltic Sea in 1994. Of the 852 who died, 757 are still missing, the Analysis Group for the Inspection of the Estonia Disaster said.   The 15,600 ton Estonia sank after a bow door broke away in a storm and the huge car deck was flooded while it was en route from Tallinn, Estonia, to Stockholm. Only 95 people out of 989 survived, making it Europe's worst maritime disaster since World War II.
  • ISU Mulls Rules To Simplify Casualty Comp
    Proposals to simplify compensation for the salvage of marine casualties where there is a high risk of pollution but low likely payment have been backed by a group of major ship salvage companies.  The International Salvage Union (ISU) said its members have endorsed proposals to introduce a special compensation protection and indemnity (P&I) clause (SCOPIC) which will help salvors respond to casualties where there is little prospect of reward on a traditional no cure-no pay basis.

International Transport Journalweb site
Feature
  • Romania is aiming to increase the volume of freight traffic that it carries by rail, also by attracting more foreign customers.
Maritime
  • Hanjin offers a new service within the Asia Europe Container service.
  • MOL announces changes in the Safari consortium sailing schedule.
  • A new Rotterdam-St Petersburg container service is launched.
  • Wallenius has entered a joint venture with Hai Sun Hup.
  • Leif Hoegh posts unchanged operating profit in the third quarter.
  • The oldest shipping line in the USA, APL Ltd, recently celebrated its 150th anniversary, undaunted by past and present downturns and crises.
  • Cameroun Shipping Lines increases its capital base.
  • There will be no merger between CMA and CGM for the time being.
  • "K" Line reports a decline in net profit for first half 1998.
  • SCL has a new name and is moving forward with unchanged enthusiasm.
  • Calendar of events: ISM Code and competition in shipping.
Ports and Terminals
  • P&O Ports buys a 32% stake in the Cagliari container terminal.
  • Multiterminais wins the bid for the ro/ro terminal in Rio de Janeiro.
  • Salalah starts operations with three ships on the first day.
Forwarding
  • China is on its way towards opening its logistics services market, which offers a number of challenges for overseas logistics providers.
Aviation
  • Swisscargo reaffirms Euro-Airport as its hub in its winter schedule.
  • Alitalia Cargo and KLM Cargo have launched joint services on a number of routes in their winter schedule, but not over the North Atlantic.
  • Ethiopian Airlines flies to Newark.
  • Singapore Airlines opens up the Polar route with a cargo aircraft.
  • Reader's letter: the quality of airfreight must stay constant.
  • Lufthansa reports satisfactory traffic development so far this year.
  • Atlas Air flies for El Al, and posts satisfactory third quarter.
  • KLM reports a downturn in the first half of fiscal 1998.
  • Chapman Freeborn acts as agent in Florida for Tampa Airlines Cargo.
  • The Schenker group is aiming to achieve above average growth with intelligent logistics solutions.

International Transport Journalweb site
Feature
  • Romania is aiming to increase the volume of freight traffic that it carries by rail, also by attracting more foreign customers.
Maritime
  • Hanjin offers a new service within the Asia Europe Container service.
  • MOL announces changes in the Safari consortium sailing schedule.
  • A new Rotterdam-St Petersburg container service is launched.
  • Wallenius has entered a joint venture with Hai Sun Hup.
  • Leif Hoegh posts unchanged operating profit in the third quarter.
  • The oldest shipping line in the USA, APL Ltd, recently celebrated its 150th anniversary, undaunted by past and present downturns and crises.
  • Cameroun Shipping Lines increases its capital base.
  • There will be no merger between CMA and CGM for the time being.
  • "K" Line reports a decline in net profit for first half 1998.
  • SCL has a new name and is moving forward with unchanged enthusiasm.
  • Calendar of events: ISM Code and competition in shipping.
Ports and Terminals
  • P&O Ports buys a 32% stake in the Cagliari container terminal.
  • Multiterminais wins the bid for the ro/ro terminal in Rio de Janeiro.
  • Salalah starts operations with three ships on the first day.
Forwarding
  • China is on its way towards opening its logistics services market, which offers a number of challenges for overseas logistics providers.
Aviation
  • Swisscargo reaffirms Euro-Airport as its hub in its winter schedule.
  • Alitalia Cargo and KLM Cargo have launched joint services on a number of routes in their winter schedule, but not over the North Atlantic.
  • Ethiopian Airlines flies to Newark.
  • Singapore Airlines opens up the Polar route with a cargo aircraft.
  • Reader's letter: the quality of airfreight must stay constant.
  • Lufthansa reports satisfactory traffic development so far this year.
  • Atlas Air flies for El Al, and posts satisfactory third quarter.
  • KLM reports a downturn in the first half of fiscal 1998.
  • Chapman Freeborn acts as agent in Florida for Tampa Airlines Cargo.
  • The Schenker group is aiming to achieve above average growth with intelligent logistics solutions.

International Transport Journalweb site
Feature
  • Romania is aiming to increase the volume of freight traffic that it carries by rail, also by attracting more foreign customers.
Maritime
  • Hanjin offers a new service within the Asia Europe Container service.
  • MOL announces changes in the Safari consortium sailing schedule.
  • A new Rotterdam-St Petersburg container service is launched.
  • Wallenius has entered a joint venture with Hai Sun Hup.
  • Leif Hoegh posts unchanged operating profit in the third quarter.
  • The oldest shipping line in the USA, APL Ltd, recently celebrated its 150th anniversary, undaunted by past and present downturns and crises.
  • Cameroun Shipping Lines increases its capital base.
  • There will be no merger between CMA and CGM for the time being.
  • "K" Line reports a decline in net profit for first half 1998.
  • SCL has a new name and is moving forward with unchanged enthusiasm.
  • Calendar of events: ISM Code and competition in shipping.
Ports and Terminals
  • P&O Ports buys a 32% stake in the Cagliari container terminal.
  • Multiterminais wins the bid for the ro/ro terminal in Rio de Janeiro.
  • Salalah starts operations with three ships on the first day.
Forwarding
  • China is on its way towards opening its logistics services market, which offers a number of challenges for overseas logistics providers.
Aviation
  • Swisscargo reaffirms Euro-Airport as its hub in its winter schedule.
  • Alitalia Cargo and KLM Cargo have launched joint services on a number of routes in their winter schedule, but not over the North Atlantic.
  • Ethiopian Airlines flies to Newark.
  • Singapore Airlines opens up the Polar route with a cargo aircraft.
  • Reader's letter: the quality of airfreight must stay constant.
  • Lufthansa reports satisfactory traffic development so far this year.
  • Atlas Air flies for El Al, and posts satisfactory third quarter.
  • KLM reports a downturn in the first half of fiscal 1998.
  • Chapman Freeborn acts as agent in Florida for Tampa Airlines Cargo.
  • The Schenker group is aiming to achieve above average growth with intelligent logistics solutions.

International Transport Journalweb site
Feature
  • Romania is aiming to increase the volume of freight traffic that it carries by rail, also by attracting more foreign customers.
Maritime
  • Hanjin offers a new service within the Asia Europe Container service.
  • MOL announces changes in the Safari consortium sailing schedule.
  • A new Rotterdam-St Petersburg container service is launched.
  • Wallenius has entered a joint venture with Hai Sun Hup.
  • Leif Hoegh posts unchanged operating profit in the third quarter.
  • The oldest shipping line in the USA, APL Ltd, recently celebrated its 150th anniversary, undaunted by past and present downturns and crises.
  • Cameroun Shipping Lines increases its capital base.
  • There will be no merger between CMA and CGM for the time being.
  • "K" Line reports a decline in net profit for first half 1998.
  • SCL has a new name and is moving forward with unchanged enthusiasm.
  • Calendar of events: ISM Code and competition in shipping.
Ports and Terminals
  • P&O Ports buys a 32% stake in the Cagliari container terminal.
  • Multiterminais wins the bid for the ro/ro terminal in Rio de Janeiro.
  • Salalah starts operations with three ships on the first day.
Forwarding
  • China is on its way towards opening its logistics services market, which offers a number of challenges for overseas logistics providers.
Aviation
  • Swisscargo reaffirms Euro-Airport as its hub in its winter schedule.
  • Alitalia Cargo and KLM Cargo have launched joint services on a number of routes in their winter schedule, but not over the North Atlantic.
  • Ethiopian Airlines flies to Newark.
  • Singapore Airlines opens up the Polar route with a cargo aircraft.
  • Reader's letter: the quality of airfreight must stay constant.
  • Lufthansa reports satisfactory traffic development so far this year.
  • Atlas Air flies for El Al, and posts satisfactory third quarter.
  • KLM reports a downturn in the first half of fiscal 1998.
  • Chapman Freeborn acts as agent in Florida for Tampa Airlines Cargo.
  • The Schenker group is aiming to achieve above average growth with intelligent logistics solutions.

International Transport Journalweb site
Feature
  • Romania is aiming to increase the volume of freight traffic that it carries by rail, also by attracting more foreign customers.
Maritime
  • Hanjin offers a new service within the Asia Europe Container service.
  • MOL announces changes in the Safari consortium sailing schedule.
  • A new Rotterdam-St Petersburg container service is launched.
  • Wallenius has entered a joint venture with Hai Sun Hup.
  • Leif Hoegh posts unchanged operating profit in the third quarter.
  • The oldest shipping line in the USA, APL Ltd, recently celebrated its 150th anniversary, undaunted by past and present downturns and crises.
  • Cameroun Shipping Lines increases its capital base.
  • There will be no merger between CMA and CGM for the time being.
  • "K" Line reports a decline in net profit for first half 1998.
  • SCL has a new name and is moving forward with unchanged enthusiasm.
  • Calendar of events: ISM Code and competition in shipping.
Ports and Terminals
  • P&O Ports buys a 32% stake in the Cagliari container terminal.
  • Multiterminais wins the bid for the ro/ro terminal in Rio de Janeiro.
  • Salalah starts operations with three ships on the first day.
Forwarding
  • China is on its way towards opening its logistics services market, which offers a number of challenges for overseas logistics providers.
Aviation
  • Swisscargo reaffirms Euro-Airport as its hub in its winter schedule.
  • Alitalia Cargo and KLM Cargo have launched joint services on a number of routes in their winter schedule, but not over the North Atlantic.
  • Ethiopian Airlines flies to Newark.
  • Singapore Airlines opens up the Polar route with a cargo aircraft.
  • Reader's letter: the quality of airfreight must stay constant.
  • Lufthansa reports satisfactory traffic development so far this year.
  • Atlas Air flies for El Al, and posts satisfactory third quarter.
  • KLM reports a downturn in the first half of fiscal 1998.
  • Chapman Freeborn acts as agent in Florida for Tampa Airlines Cargo.
  • The Schenker group is aiming to achieve above average growth with intelligent logistics solutions.

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    A NEW GENERATION OF SHIP DESIGNS is emerging that could pose a serious threat to the established order prevailing in the industry today.
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  • Hungry for charters
  • Shock in Greece

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FROM THE HOME PAGE
Terminal Intermodale Venezia, concession contract renewed
Terminal Intermodale Venezia, concession contract renewed
Venice
The duration of the agreement is 25 years. Investments of over 100 million euros are expected
Ahead of the election, Australia is arguing over who will oust China's Landbridge from the Port of Darwin
Darwin/Strathpine
Assurances to this effect were given by both Prime Minister Albanese and opposition leader Dutton.
US tariffs will cause a four percentage point reduction in the expected volume of world trade
Geneva
The World Trade Organization believes so
84% of new constructions ordered by the Italian navy will be built in China
Rome
Analysis by the Confitarma Study Center on the possible impacts of US duties on the national shipping industry
GNV ships will call at Algerian ports for the first time
Genoa
In summer, the weekly connections Sète-Algiers and Sète-Bejaia will be activated
Boluda Towage and Marsa Maroc to operate towage services in the new port of Nador West Med
Valencia
Denton (ICC): Trump's tariffs pose a crucial challenge to rules-based trade governance
Denton (ICC): Trump's tariffs pose a crucial challenge to rules-based trade governance
Paris
Rather, he stressed, multilateral solutions are needed to resolve the long-standing inefficiencies and inequalities in the global trading system.
Guerrieri appointed extraordinary commissioner of the Northern Tyrrhenian Sea Port Authority
Leghorn
The mandate granted by MIT has no expiration date
APM Terminals buys the Panama Canal Railway Company
The Hague
The company operates the railway line parallel and adjacent to the Panama Canal
Piloda plans a hub for ship repair, refitting and demolition in the port of Brindisi
Naples
Expression of interest for the reconversion and reindustrialization of the former coal power plant area
Kuehne+Nagel to handle spare parts logistics for Changan electric cars in the European market
Schindellegi
Agreement with the Chinese car manufacturer
A.P. Møller Holding submits offer to acquire entire share capital of towing company Svitzer
AP Møller Holding submits offer to acquire entire share capital of towing company Svitzer
Copenhagen
The Mærsk family investment company already owns 47.0% of the company
Public interest declared for MSC, Neri and Lorenzini's project for a new container terminal in Livorno
Slight annual growth in freight traffic in Italian ports driven by containers
Slight annual growth in freight traffic in Italian ports driven by containers
Rome
In the container segment, the strong increase in transhipments offset the decline in imports and exports
Turkey's Desan Shipyard in talks to take over Mangalia shipyard
Bucharest
The Tuzla plant is much smaller than the Romanian one
Six international shipping associations present a guide to planning safe navigation
London
TUI awards Fincantieri contract for two new cruise ships for Marella Cruises
Hanover/Trieste
Deliveries are scheduled for 2030 and 2032
ESPO urges EU and Member States to allocate funds to decarbonise ships and ports
Brussels
Earmarking Innovation Fund proceeds to stimulate demand for clean marine fuels
China Antitrust Launches Investigation into Hutchison Ports' Panama Terminal Sale
Beijing/Hong Kong
Panama Ports Company operates the Balboa and Cristobal ports
PSA posts annual revenue growth, but profits fall
Singapore
Sharp increase in operating costs across the board
Temporary Port Labor Supply Company in Cagliari Extended for Another 18 Months
Cagliari
In 2024, cargo traffic in Chinese seaports grew by +3.5%
Beijing
Increase of +6.9% in traffic with foreign countries. In the first two months of 2025, 1.75 billion tons were moved (+1.6%)
Chinese container maker CIMC posts bumper 2024
Hong Kong
Almost 3.6 million containers sold (+372%). Record revenues
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AAL Shipping sceglie il sistema di consulenza marina di ABB per ottimizzare la flotta Super B-Class
In February, freight traffic in the port of Genoa fell by -4.4% and in Savona-Vado it increased by +24.5%
Genoa
Cruise and ferry passenger decline
ICS, Trump's proposed measures against Chinese ships risk having significant unwanted consequences, even for the US
Washington
Strong opposition to their introduction also expressed by the WSC
Intercargo, international measures for decarbonisation of shipping must be simple and clear
London
Gkonis: Must not compromise operational efficiency and smooth global transport of essential goods
Port of Barcelona invests 124 million to develop sustainable fuel traffic
Barcelona
Construction of three new moorings at Moll de l'Energia
In 2024, freight traffic in the port of Catania began to grow again. A decline in Augusta
In 2024, freight traffic in the port of Catania began to grow again. A decline in Augusta
Augusta
A total of 7.9 million and 23.0 million tons of cargo were handled
In 2024, the terminal operator HHLA recorded record revenues with a growth of +10.5%
Hamburg
Profit after taxes amounted to 56.4 million euros (+33.1%)
Launch of a public consultation for the updating of the PRPs of the ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado
Genoa
The involvement of territorial, economic and social communities is foreseen
ITU, ICAO and IMO highlight risks to maritime and air transport caused by attacks on satellite communications
Geneva/Montreal/London
London Government presents its strategy for decarbonising maritime transport
London
The measures for ports will be defined after a public consultation that will take place in the coming months
For security, military ships are not enough, merchant ships are also essential
London
TUI in talks with shipyards for two new cruise ships for Marella
Hanover
Slots available starting from the 2031 financial year
ANESCO, with the Port Employment Centers, accidents have decreased in the three main Spanish ports
Madrid
67% reduction in lost work days per year
Filt, Fit and Uilt, no to the transformation from "article 18" to "16" of the Livorno port company LTM
Leghorn
Unions ask port authority to block proliferation of new economic entities
Last year Fincantieri recorded record revenues and new orders
Last year Fincantieri recorded record revenues and new orders
Trieste
Folgiero: the first fruits of our strategy and industrial vision have been harvested
COSCO Shipping Holdings revenue increased by +44.8% in the fourth quarter of 2024
COSCO Shipping Holdings revenue increased by +44.8% in the fourth quarter of 2024
Shanghai
In the period, the container ships of the Chinese group's fleet transported 6.9 million TEUs (+13.1%). Containers on the Asia-Europe/Med routes fell
Porto Marghera, renewal of concession to Terminal Rinfuse Venezia
Venice
New 25-year contract. Investments of over 53 million euros expected
In the last quarter of 2024, container traffic alone increased in French ports
Paris
In the whole year, containers amounted to over 5.3 million TEU (+11.5%)
Carnival Sets New Low Season Quarter Records December-February
Carnival Sets New Low Season Quarter Records December-February
Miami
Positive outlook for the remainder of the 2025 financial year
Rail Losing Ground in Transalpine Freight Traffic Through Switzerland
Bern
In 2024, trains transported 25.7 million tons of cargo (-3.7%)
CK Hutchison's Port Division revenues grew by 10.8% last year
Hong Kong
In 2024, Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane recorded a net loss of -208 million euros
Rome
Revenues up by +11.7%. The group's freight transported increased thanks to the acquisition of Exploris
Port of Genoa, Ente Bacini requests new spaces and renewal of the concession
Genoa
Conference to celebrate the centenary of the company
The public meeting of the Italian Port Terminal Operators Association will be held in Rome on June 19th
Genoa
VARD to build offshore dive vessel for Dong Fang Offshore
Alesund/Trieste
The contract is worth 113.5 million euros
Next week Italian ports will participate in Seatrade Cruise Global
Rome
Initiative brand: "CruiseItaly - One Country, Many Destinations"
MSC Group Cruise Terminal Officially Inaugurated in the Port of Barcelona
Barcelona
In 2027 it will be equipped with a cold ironing plant
Marcegaglia and Nova Marine Carriers form NovaMar Logistic joint venture
Lugano/Gazoldo of the Ippoliti
A general cargo ship will transport raw materials to the steel group's plants
Liebherr achieves record annual sales in the maritime and port crane segment
Bulls
Strong demand for offshore and container handling equipment
The annual conference "Programming, Operation and Management of Transport Networks" in Genoa
Genoa
It is dedicated to the transport and mobility sector
Last year, 656 ships underwent repair work in Greece
Piraeus
Increase of five units compared to 2023
Port of La Spezia, cruise ship docking simulations completed at Garibaldi West pier
The Spice
Assagenti conference on the future of the profession of maritime agent and broker
Genoa
It will be held tomorrow in Genoa
Francesco Beltrano is the new general secretary of Uniport
Rome
He takes over from Paolo Ferrandino, who will continue to collaborate as a consultant
Stena Line presents a project for a ro-ro vessel capable of reducing energy consumption by at least 20%
Gothenburg
Introduced most of the innovative technologies currently available
Saipem awarded new contracts in Middle East and Guyana
Milan
The total value of the orders is approximately 720 million dollars.
Conference in Genoa for the centenary of Ente Bacini
Genoa
The company was established on 19 February 1925
Interporto Bologna Board of Directors Renewed
Bentivoglio
Stefano Caliandro Appointed President. Loss of 1.7 million euros in 2024
NYK invests 76 billion yen in NYK Energy Ocean Corporation
Tokyo
The newco has taken over the activities of ENEOS Ocean
Decarbonisation of maritime transport will be faster in the EU and the US
DHL Acquires CRYOPDP
Bonn/Nashville
The company provides courier services for clinics and healthcare
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
Over a million to the port companies of Livorno and Piombino to acquire green vehicles
Leghorn
The ranking for admission to the PNRR-Next Gen Eu contributions has been published
COSCO Shipping Development Co.'s container sales increased by +204.1% in 2024
Shanghai
The related turnover increased by +124.0%
The call for funding for the purchase of electric vehicles in the ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado has been published
Genoa
Yang Ming Buys Three New 8,000 TEU Containerships
Keelung
They will be delivered between 2028 and 2029
Construction of a cruise ship for Regent Seven Seas Cruises begins in Marghera
Trieste
Fincantieri will deliver the unit in 2026
Federlogistica establishes operational offices in Spain and Brazil
Genoa
The aim is to go beyond theoretical cooperative relationships
Over a Ton of Cocaine Seized in the Port of Gioia Tauro
Reggio Calabria
If placed on the market it would have generated over 187 million euros
In 2024, the economic results of Interporto Padova reached record values
Padua
Revenues up +17%
Three ceremonies at the Saint-Nazaire shipyard for three new MSC Cruises ships
Geneva
New flagship "MSC World America" delivered
German railway company DB Cargo reduced losses in 2024
Berlin
Revenues down again. -9.0% drop in freight volumes
NovaAlgoma orders second 38,000 dwt cement carrier in China
Lugano
It will be taken over in 2027
Customs agreement between Italy and Brazil to facilitate trade
Brasilia
Mission of the Customs and Monopolies Agency in the South American nation
A team from La Spezia Container Terminal in Rotterdam to test advanced technologies
The Spice
ECT Hutchinson Ports Training Center Visited
The assembly of Genoese freight forwarders on Monday
Genoa
It will be held at the Palazzo della Borsa in Genoa
Assarmatori, in Italy the ferry segment cannot bear the burden of the EU ETS in a very fragile market situation
Brussels
Messina: Protecting shipping from the ideological excesses of the Green Deal
The website of the Port Authority Corps - Coast Guard has been renewed
Rome
It has become a single digital access point to documents and services
In 2024, inland waterway freight transport in Germany increased by +1.2%
Wiesbaden
The volume, at 173.8 million tonnes, is the second lowest since 1990.
APM Terminals Granted Port of New York - New Jersey Concession Renewal
New York
Contract for a period of 33 years. Investments of 500 million dollars are expected
Experimentation of crane automation has begun at the Interporto Padova terminal
Padua
The interport company awarded the "Industria Felix 2025 Award"
Container traffic in the port of Algeciras fell by -17.0% in February
Algeciras
Both import-export volumes and transhipment are decreasing
New cruise company Crescent Seas has been founded in Miami
Miami
The fleet, initially consisting of one ship from Regent Seven Seas Cruises, will grow to five units within the next five years
In 2024, the volume of vehicles transported by Wallenius Wilhelmsen's fleet decreased by -9.7%
Oslo
Traffic down on almost all global routes
Agreement between Assoporti and Assologistica and the Florida trade, transport and port authorities
Rome
It was signed today
In April a mission in Albania of The International Propeller Clubs - Italy
Genoa
It will take place on the 9th and 10th in Tirana and Durres
COSCO Shipping Ports revenues rose to a record $1.5 billion in 2024 (+3.3%)
Hong Kong
In the fourth quarter alone, a decrease of -3.0%
SO.RI.MA. (FHP group) granted a concession of an area of 125 thousand square meters in the port of Chioggia
Venice
Investments of 11.5 million euros expected over 25 years
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 public meeting of the Italian Port Terminal Operators Association will be held in Rome on June 19th
Genoa
The annual conference "Programming, Operation and Management of Transport Networks" in Genoa
Genoa
It is dedicated to the transport and mobility sector
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PRESS REVIEW
Damen Mangalia Unionists Protest Friday Against Possible Closure
(The Romania Journal)
Govt. to woo top ten shipping liners in world for Colombo port expansion
(Daily Mirror)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Relazione del presidente Nicola Zaccheo
Roma, 18 settembre 2024
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Contship Italia’s intermodal network has been extended to the Gulf Terminal in La Spezia
Melzo
Connections with the inland terminals of Milan, Modena and Padua
Container traffic in the port of Valencia grew by +15.2% last month
Valencia
The overall volume of goods handled increased by +6.8%
The Northern Tyrrhenian Sea Port Authority obtains gender equality certification
Leghorn
It is the first Italian port authority to obtain this recognition
Container traffic growth weakens at ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach
Los Angeles/Long Beach
Last month, increases of +2.6% and +13.4% respectively were recorded
Assarmatori, the Italian government's position on the impact of the EU ETS on shipping and ports is good
Rome
Messina: fully understood the risks and distortions of European climate regulation
PSA Italy's Genoa port terminals awarded anti-corruption certification
Genoa
The UNI EN ISO 37001 standard defines the requirements for an effective anti-corruption management system
Assiterminal presents three projects for the sustainable transition of the Italian port sector
Rome
Work completed on docks 33 and 34 of the port of Civitavecchia
Civitavecchia
50,000 square meters of yards prepared
The completion and doubling of the Pontremolese is the dream-nightmare of the La Spezia port community
The Spice
Fontana: Money is not found when enormous resources are channeled into railway lines of dubious utility
Hanwha acquires 9.9% stake in shipbuilding company Austal
Sydney
Investment worth approximately 116 million US dollars
The European fleet is growing but competing fleets are growing at a faster rate
Brussels
Raptis (European Shipowners): investing ETS revenues in clean shipping technologies and fuels
Trasportounito has confirmed the national halt to the transport of goods
Rome
Proclaimed for the duration of five days from March 31st to April 4th
Container traffic in Hong Kong port increased by +9.1% in February
Hong Kong
However, for the second time in the last 25 years, cargo volume was below one million TEU.
Cargo traffic in Greek ports stable in Q3 2024
Piraeus
The increase in volumes transported on domestic routes has offset the decline in traffic with foreign countries
At the Vado Ligure container terminal a 21,000 teu container ship fully loaded
I go to Liguria
The 400-meter-long Cosco Shipping Nebula has landed
UIR proposes a permanent table for the development of intermodality
Verona
The main task is to build a project financing program.
Restructuring plan approved for Spanish company Armas Trasmediterránea
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Creditors' appeal rejected
The decline in cargo traffic at the port of Singapore worsened in February
Singapore
Containerized cargoes amounted to 27.4 million tons (-3.6%)
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