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August 14, 1998
Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Chinese shipyards see 50% fall in export orders
    Decline in 1st-half due to competition from S Korean, Japanese rivals
  • US maritime body to probe China's port policies
  • Cosco, K Line, Yang Ming unveil expansion plan
Air and Land Transport
  • Boeing to move some output to Long Beach
    But shift planned for '99 will only restore fraction of jobs to be axed in2000
  • Negative HK air cargo growth seen in '98
  • MAS launching blitz to promote M'sia's tourism
  • No plans for SIA to join Star Alliance: SAS
  • BA may change more of its Asia flights: official
  • Indian Airlines to offer stock options to staff
Features
  • Major safety errors found at Sydney airport
    A govt air safety report detects major 'safety deficiencies' with air traffic control procedures
  • Japan's move to reduce landing fees wins flights
Columns
  • A question of timing in Australian port accident

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Chinese shipyards see 50% fall in export orders
    Decline in 1st-half due to competition from S Korean, Japanese rivals
  • US maritime body to probe China's port policies
  • Cosco, K Line, Yang Ming unveil expansion plan
Air and Land Transport
  • Boeing to move some output to Long Beach
    But shift planned for '99 will only restore fraction of jobs to be axed in2000
  • Negative HK air cargo growth seen in '98
  • MAS launching blitz to promote M'sia's tourism
  • No plans for SIA to join Star Alliance: SAS
  • BA may change more of its Asia flights: official
  • Indian Airlines to offer stock options to staff
Features
  • Major safety errors found at Sydney airport
    A govt air safety report detects major 'safety deficiencies' with air traffic control procedures
  • Japan's move to reduce landing fees wins flights
Columns
  • A question of timing in Australian port accident

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Chinese shipyards see 50% fall in export orders
    Decline in 1st-half due to competition from S Korean, Japanese rivals
  • US maritime body to probe China's port policies
  • Cosco, K Line, Yang Ming unveil expansion plan
Air and Land Transport
  • Boeing to move some output to Long Beach
    But shift planned for '99 will only restore fraction of jobs to be axed in2000
  • Negative HK air cargo growth seen in '98
  • MAS launching blitz to promote M'sia's tourism
  • No plans for SIA to join Star Alliance: SAS
  • BA may change more of its Asia flights: official
  • Indian Airlines to offer stock options to staff
Features
  • Major safety errors found at Sydney airport
    A govt air safety report detects major 'safety deficiencies' with air traffic control procedures
  • Japan's move to reduce landing fees wins flights
Columns
  • A question of timing in Australian port accident

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Chinese shipyards see 50% fall in export orders
    Decline in 1st-half due to competition from S Korean, Japanese rivals
  • US maritime body to probe China's port policies
  • Cosco, K Line, Yang Ming unveil expansion plan
Air and Land Transport
  • Boeing to move some output to Long Beach
    But shift planned for '99 will only restore fraction of jobs to be axed in2000
  • Negative HK air cargo growth seen in '98
  • MAS launching blitz to promote M'sia's tourism
  • No plans for SIA to join Star Alliance: SAS
  • BA may change more of its Asia flights: official
  • Indian Airlines to offer stock options to staff
Features
  • Major safety errors found at Sydney airport
    A govt air safety report detects major 'safety deficiencies' with air traffic control procedures
  • Japan's move to reduce landing fees wins flights
Columns
  • A question of timing in Australian port accident

Sched Netweb site
  • Cheng Lie and CSCLC prepare for August venture
  • New service launched by AEI
  • High port fees denting business at Japanese ports
  • Grand Alliance adjusts key trade lanes
  • Strong competition may force TACA transformation
  • Big bills for the Australian aviation industry
  • More flights challenge for CAC
  • European court to review Air France verdict
  • B777s for BA's new service

Cargowebweb site
AUGUST 13, 1998
  • Bertelsmann to centralize European distribution
  • BOC group to cut activities and jobs
  • New railroad on Internet
  • Higher Bröström Van Ommeren profit
  • DHL Incorporates XML technology into shipping software
  • KLM pays Dutch State nearly $ 500 million for buy-out

The Journal of Commerceweb site
Home
  • Desperate times call for crazy measures on the trans-Pacific
  • America ignores oil dependency as reliance on imports grows
  • US, China move to fix fractured trade pact
  • FTAA coordinator tries to put details in the right order
  • Canada gives asylum to Filipino crewmen who accused their ship's officers of murder
  • US says Russia must act quickly to restore confidence
  • Airline Virgin Express stock plunges on profits, outlook
  • Canadian cattlemen protest against US meat labeling bill
  • Head of discount school Internet program quits
  • Japan's trade surplus up 46%
  • IBM wins $150M contract extension with trucking financial services giant Comdata
  • Alstom Montreal rail center wins GO Transit locomotive overhaul job
  • Belarus orders McDonald's to use local products
  • Study: e-mail rivals phones, 'snail' mail
Transportation
  • Russia readies ways to boost motor carriers
  • Drivers vent frustrations to ATA president
  • Rail unrest in Canada could have explosive effect south of the border
  • Boeing plans to move some 737 assembly down the coast to former McDonnell site
  • Malaysia's MAS not looking for bailout despite cutbacks in fleet and routes
  • Amtrak lawsuit places derailment blame elsewhere
Maritime
  • Carriers see no quick fix for Asia imbalance
  • Ship lines add weekly service to Baltimore
  • Growth at Dole, Great White juices up Delaware volume
  • Hong Kong tries to enhance its reputation
  • Jacksonville finishes auto and roll-on terminal
  • Bank loans or bonds: Picture changes for ship financing

The Journal of Commerceweb site
Home
  • Desperate times call for crazy measures on the trans-Pacific
  • America ignores oil dependency as reliance on imports grows
  • US, China move to fix fractured trade pact
  • FTAA coordinator tries to put details in the right order
  • Canada gives asylum to Filipino crewmen who accused their ship's officers of murder
  • US says Russia must act quickly to restore confidence
  • Airline Virgin Express stock plunges on profits, outlook
  • Canadian cattlemen protest against US meat labeling bill
  • Head of discount school Internet program quits
  • Japan's trade surplus up 46%
  • IBM wins $150M contract extension with trucking financial services giant Comdata
  • Alstom Montreal rail center wins GO Transit locomotive overhaul job
  • Belarus orders McDonald's to use local products
  • Study: e-mail rivals phones, 'snail' mail
Transportation
  • Russia readies ways to boost motor carriers
  • Drivers vent frustrations to ATA president
  • Rail unrest in Canada could have explosive effect south of the border
  • Boeing plans to move some 737 assembly down the coast to former McDonnell site
  • Malaysia's MAS not looking for bailout despite cutbacks in fleet and routes
  • Amtrak lawsuit places derailment blame elsewhere
Maritime
  • Carriers see no quick fix for Asia imbalance
  • Ship lines add weekly service to Baltimore
  • Growth at Dole, Great White juices up Delaware volume
  • Hong Kong tries to enhance its reputation
  • Jacksonville finishes auto and roll-on terminal
  • Bank loans or bonds: Picture changes for ship financing

The Journal of Commerceweb site
Home
  • Desperate times call for crazy measures on the trans-Pacific
  • America ignores oil dependency as reliance on imports grows
  • US, China move to fix fractured trade pact
  • FTAA coordinator tries to put details in the right order
  • Canada gives asylum to Filipino crewmen who accused their ship's officers of murder
  • US says Russia must act quickly to restore confidence
  • Airline Virgin Express stock plunges on profits, outlook
  • Canadian cattlemen protest against US meat labeling bill
  • Head of discount school Internet program quits
  • Japan's trade surplus up 46%
  • IBM wins $150M contract extension with trucking financial services giant Comdata
  • Alstom Montreal rail center wins GO Transit locomotive overhaul job
  • Belarus orders McDonald's to use local products
  • Study: e-mail rivals phones, 'snail' mail
Transportation
  • Russia readies ways to boost motor carriers
  • Drivers vent frustrations to ATA president
  • Rail unrest in Canada could have explosive effect south of the border
  • Boeing plans to move some 737 assembly down the coast to former McDonnell site
  • Malaysia's MAS not looking for bailout despite cutbacks in fleet and routes
  • Amtrak lawsuit places derailment blame elsewhere
Maritime
  • Carriers see no quick fix for Asia imbalance
  • Ship lines add weekly service to Baltimore
  • Growth at Dole, Great White juices up Delaware volume
  • Hong Kong tries to enhance its reputation
  • Jacksonville finishes auto and roll-on terminal
  • Bank loans or bonds: Picture changes for ship financing

Cyber Shipping Guide - Ocean Commerceweb site
  • ANERA to Introduce Chassis Charge
  • FEFC Mulling Over Eastbound Rate Hikes
  • Annual Japan/China Box Capacity Up 3.4%
  • FMC Sets Out to Probe China's Maritime Practices
  • Seattle's 2nd Quarter Sees Slowing in Asian Imports

urgente online pressweb site
  • Trasmediterránea invertirá 80.000 millones en comprar 10 buques
  • Las Cámaras del Centro de España piden autovía entre Ocaña y La Roda
  • Ford reestructura su estrategia publicitaria en Europa
  • Fomento ayuda a dejar el Transporte
  • El aeropuerto de El Prat supera los 7,5 millones de pasajeros en seis meses
  • La matriculación de turismos crece un 25 por ciento en junio
  • El Renault Clio II, en la flota de Europcar
  • FedEx lleva ayuda humanitaria a Indonesia

Exim Indiaweb site
  • Uniglory launches weekly service ex-JNP with 5 brand new vessels
  • India now party to Paris Convention
  • Easier packing credit for cutflower exports
  • Korean Exim Bank winding up Indian branch
  • Govt. takes serious note of EPZ, EOU delays
  • INSA demand for stopping bare-boat charter approval turned down
  • ECU-Line Turkey
  • Ministry seeks report on spices export fall
  • 100 pc foreign equity for TV software cos soon
  • Monthly bills for ISD, STD users on cards
  • Spurt in industrial production

Lloyd's Listweb site
  • Korea prepares to abolish cargo system
  • Cosco in push for more European jobs
  • No way out of reefer doldrums
  • Passage plan not in place for 'Pine Trust'
  • Keppel unit's profit up 12%
  • Greenpeace demands total oil licensing ban
  • Korea Line seeks home ships sale
  • Rate falls hit SOL at interim

Fairplayweb site
AUGUST 13, 1998
  • Canadian grain majors merge
    TWO of Canada's major grain companies, Alberta Wheat Pool and Manitoba Pool Elevators, have confirmed their agreement to merge.
  • Investors quit the Philippines
    TWO new investors in the Philippine oil sector have withdrawn because of the economic crisis.
  • SCI opens talks on lng ships
    SHIPPING Corp of India has begun talks with international shipping companies engaged in the transport of liquified natural gas over a stake in the Indian gas trade.
  • Police reinforcements sent to Subic Bay
    MORE police have been sent to Subic Bay freeport in anticipation of the court decision on the contested leadership of Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority.
  • Bergesen reports strong first half
    BERGESEN reported healthy first half figures on the back of a sharp increase in crude carrier earnings and a marked fall in financing and forex expenses.
  • China to impose port construction fee
    CHINA has decided to impose a port construction fee on cargo passing through newly opened ports and harbours, and those soon to be opened to foreign ships.
  • FMC votes to investigate Chinese restrictions
    THE US Federal Maritime Commission voted unanimously yesterday to investigate allegations that Chinese shipping restrictions discriminate against US and other foreign carriers.
  • NCL shelves plan for US listing
    ADVERSE market conditions have forced NCL Holding (NCLH), the Norwegian cruise company, to put on ice its plan to seek a listing in the US and raise $200m.
  • NZ port reform back in the spotlight
    WITH New Zealand's coalition government facing collapse, the privatisation of the country's ports has come into the spotlight.
  • Australia probes "serious chemical spill"
    AUSTRALIAN maritime officials are investigating a "serious chemical spill" by a Malaysian ship in the southern state of Victoria.
  • Hamburg-Sud slams pilots' cartel in Rio
    HAMBURG-Sud's general manager in Rio de Janeiro, Mathias Staubli, has hit out at what he calls a "port pilotage cartel".
  • Talks open to prevent Canadian rail closure
    CANADIAN National Railway and the Canadian Autoworkers' Union are locked in talks to prevent either a legal lockout or a legal strike from August 15.
  • Kiel Canal faces privatisation
    GERMANY'S transport ministry is considering the partial sale of the Kiel Canal and the canal's operational services.
  • Sugar chokes Indian ports
    SUGAR imports are blocking India's ports, despite government action to increase customs duty.
  • Truckers strike may paralyse Indian ports
    INDIAN ports may be disrupted from August 22 by a road-transport strike, announced by the All India Motor Transport Congress.

Antwerpse Lloyd n.v.web site
  • Vers un système d'affrètement à deux vitesses en France?
    A l'instar des augmentations de prix appliquées dans le transport routier et ferroviaire, les bateliers français souhaitaient une hausse des frets dans le trafic tant national qu'international de céréales. Demande rejetée. Après concertation avec les plus importants chargeurs, il a été décidé de maintenir les prix au niveau des campagnes précédentes.
  • CMA-CGM: CA consolidé de 7,7 mia. de FRF (+3,2%) - bénéfice net 63,3 mio.
    Le groupe CMA-CGM vient de publier son rapport annuel couvrant l'exercice 97, qui fait mention d'un CA consolidé de 7,7 mia. de FRF, en hausse de 3,2% et d'un résultat net de 63,3 mio. (+ 111,7%), tandis que le volume transporté a atteint 1,01 mio. de TEU, en progression de 12,2%. Les autres chiffres clés concernent l'évolution des fonds propres, soit 1,51 mia. (+2,9%), le total de l'actif immobilisé: 2,98 mia. (+19,20%). Quant au ratio de l'endettement, il était de 0,8%, contre 0,6% précédemment.
  • BOC Distribution Services moins touché que prévu par la restructuration
    Le groupe britannique BOC, spécialisé dans les gaz industriels, la technnologie du vide et la logistique va supprimer 3.700 emplois, ce qui correspond à 10% des emplois, dans le cadre d'une vaste restructuration au niveau mondial. Contrairement à ce qu'on a pu lire dans certains journaux, il ne se retirera par du transport. Certaines de ses opérations de transport seront bien supprimées, mais elles se situent toutes au Royaume-Uni et ne représentent que 10% de l'activité de la division BOC Distribution Services.

Daily Commercial Newsweb site
  • Howard Smith unveils new Melb push
    HOWARD Smith Towage (HST) gave Melbourne’s shipping community a sneak preview of the latest $8.5 million addition to its tug fleet this week, along with the announcement that the new vessel, due into service next April, is to be named Gurrong.
    The tug’s new name is an Aboriginal word of the Wurundjeri People, the traditional occupants of the Port Phillip area. The name literally means "canoe" but translated more broadly means "small boat".
    Victoria’s Minister for Roads and Ports Geoff Craige presented the ship’s bell for safekeeping to Wurundjeri elder, Joy Murphy, who granted HST permission to use the name.
  • ASA on reform: Just do it
    A THREE-YEAR slide in the Australian shipping industry’s lifting capacity will continue unless shipowners, the maritime unions and the federal government take action to initiate the reforms required to facilitate the government’s promised fiscal reforms for the industry, according to the Australian Shipowners Association.
    ASA chief executive Lachlan Payne said figures compiled recently by the Association revealed disturbing trends.
    "Between 1984 and 1995 the average of the total deadweight capacity of the Australian fleet was 3.49 million deadweight tonnes (but) between 1996 and 1998 inclusive, the total deadweight tonnage has fallen from 3.28 million to 2.72 million deadweight tonnes -- a reduction of 17 per cent," Mr Payne said.
  • RoR report welcome, but outcome uncertain
    THE RAIL industry has broadly welcomed the contents of the parliamentary report into the Role of Rail, but some sections have cast doubt on whether the federal government will embrace the inquiry’s key recommendations.
    As seen in DCN yesterday, the parliamentary rail inquiry handed in its final report this week, urging the federal government to inject $2.75 billion into the interstate rail network over the next 13 years.
    While federal Transport Minister Mark Vaile welcomed the report and admitted that rail track standards were "Third World", he hinted that immediate relief would not be forthcoming from the government, other than the previously pledged sum of $250 million over the next four years.
  • Rail fix would help Darwin link: Neville
    WHILE private sector proposals to built fast passenger/freight rail lines linking, for example, Melbourne-Darwin, were not strictly within the purview of its inquiry, the Role of Rail Committee believed that investing $3 billion in the national track would enhance the prospects of such proposals becoming a reality.
    During the release of the committee’s report, chairman Paul Neville said unless, for example, the Adelaide-Melbourne section of the national track was upgraded to ensure its current 13-hour shipping time was reduced to the around eight hours it currently takes by truck, it would continue to be an impediment to the potential success of the Adelaide-Darwin railway due to a major part of the freight task for that service having to be drawn from Melbourne.

International Transport Journalweb site
Feature
  • Luis F. Solis aims to support clients' growth. Logistics service companies should exist to support the growth and success of their clients, according to GeoLogistics' executive vice president.
Maritime
  • Cosco, "K" Line and Yangming release further details of their trans-Atlantic service.
  • VSA 2 and CSAV are ready to start their joint North Europe-South American east coast service.
  • Grupo Libra: more capacity in South America. The Brazilian shipping company has added a third vessel to its service between the South American east and west coasts.
  • The Transroll newbuilding "Sirius" completes its maiden voyage.
  • Sea-Barge enters a joint venture with TRC, Intership and Matson between Florida and Puerto Rico.
  • Scandlines launches a large new combined ferry, the "Skane", between Rostock and Trelleborg.
  • The 6000-TEU "NYK Canopus" pays its first visit to Europe.
  • New publications: Marine Insurance - Issues, Practices and Costs.
  • Calendar of events: European Shippers' Council 1998 Shipper Conference.
Ports and Terminals
  • Rotterdam posts new throughput records in first half 1998, but is handling more empty containers.
  • Antwerp is growing strongly, and sees the delivery of two new cranes at Hessenatie's Europe Terminal.
  • The first containers pass through Seattle's new on-dock rail facility.
Forwarding
  • MSAS Global Logistics and Caliber Logistics form strategic alliance.
  • Circle continues to grow, but feels the effect of the Asian crisis.
  • The Hub Group posts lower profits.
  • BAX Global records lower yields in the first half of 1998.
  • Logistic publishes good second quarter and half-year results.
  • Earnings at J.B. Hunt are well up.
Aviation
  • LH Cargo follows new route. Lufthansa Cargo has signed up several major freight forwarders in its Business Partnerships Program.
  • Eagle USA Airfreight still shows strong growth in its third quarter.
  • KLM starts its new fiscal year with a good first quarter.
  • Continental and Tristar Aviation offer scheduled freight services out of Switzerland via Paris.
  • Delta and Korean Airlines form a global marketing alliance.
  • Calendar of events: Aviation - making a safe system safer.
  • CLK ends restrictions on exports.

International Transport Journalweb site
Feature
  • Luis F. Solis aims to support clients' growth. Logistics service companies should exist to support the growth and success of their clients, according to GeoLogistics' executive vice president.
Maritime
  • Cosco, "K" Line and Yangming release further details of their trans-Atlantic service.
  • VSA 2 and CSAV are ready to start their joint North Europe-South American east coast service.
  • Grupo Libra: more capacity in South America. The Brazilian shipping company has added a third vessel to its service between the South American east and west coasts.
  • The Transroll newbuilding "Sirius" completes its maiden voyage.
  • Sea-Barge enters a joint venture with TRC, Intership and Matson between Florida and Puerto Rico.
  • Scandlines launches a large new combined ferry, the "Skane", between Rostock and Trelleborg.
  • The 6000-TEU "NYK Canopus" pays its first visit to Europe.
  • New publications: Marine Insurance - Issues, Practices and Costs.
  • Calendar of events: European Shippers' Council 1998 Shipper Conference.
Ports and Terminals
  • Rotterdam posts new throughput records in first half 1998, but is handling more empty containers.
  • Antwerp is growing strongly, and sees the delivery of two new cranes at Hessenatie's Europe Terminal.
  • The first containers pass through Seattle's new on-dock rail facility.
Forwarding
  • MSAS Global Logistics and Caliber Logistics form strategic alliance.
  • Circle continues to grow, but feels the effect of the Asian crisis.
  • The Hub Group posts lower profits.
  • BAX Global records lower yields in the first half of 1998.
  • Logistic publishes good second quarter and half-year results.
  • Earnings at J.B. Hunt are well up.
Aviation
  • LH Cargo follows new route. Lufthansa Cargo has signed up several major freight forwarders in its Business Partnerships Program.
  • Eagle USA Airfreight still shows strong growth in its third quarter.
  • KLM starts its new fiscal year with a good first quarter.
  • Continental and Tristar Aviation offer scheduled freight services out of Switzerland via Paris.
  • Delta and Korean Airlines form a global marketing alliance.
  • Calendar of events: Aviation - making a safe system safer.
  • CLK ends restrictions on exports.

International Transport Journalweb site
Feature
  • Luis F. Solis aims to support clients' growth. Logistics service companies should exist to support the growth and success of their clients, according to GeoLogistics' executive vice president.
Maritime
  • Cosco, "K" Line and Yangming release further details of their trans-Atlantic service.
  • VSA 2 and CSAV are ready to start their joint North Europe-South American east coast service.
  • Grupo Libra: more capacity in South America. The Brazilian shipping company has added a third vessel to its service between the South American east and west coasts.
  • The Transroll newbuilding "Sirius" completes its maiden voyage.
  • Sea-Barge enters a joint venture with TRC, Intership and Matson between Florida and Puerto Rico.
  • Scandlines launches a large new combined ferry, the "Skane", between Rostock and Trelleborg.
  • The 6000-TEU "NYK Canopus" pays its first visit to Europe.
  • New publications: Marine Insurance - Issues, Practices and Costs.
  • Calendar of events: European Shippers' Council 1998 Shipper Conference.
Ports and Terminals
  • Rotterdam posts new throughput records in first half 1998, but is handling more empty containers.
  • Antwerp is growing strongly, and sees the delivery of two new cranes at Hessenatie's Europe Terminal.
  • The first containers pass through Seattle's new on-dock rail facility.
Forwarding
  • MSAS Global Logistics and Caliber Logistics form strategic alliance.
  • Circle continues to grow, but feels the effect of the Asian crisis.
  • The Hub Group posts lower profits.
  • BAX Global records lower yields in the first half of 1998.
  • Logistic publishes good second quarter and half-year results.
  • Earnings at J.B. Hunt are well up.
Aviation
  • LH Cargo follows new route. Lufthansa Cargo has signed up several major freight forwarders in its Business Partnerships Program.
  • Eagle USA Airfreight still shows strong growth in its third quarter.
  • KLM starts its new fiscal year with a good first quarter.
  • Continental and Tristar Aviation offer scheduled freight services out of Switzerland via Paris.
  • Delta and Korean Airlines form a global marketing alliance.
  • Calendar of events: Aviation - making a safe system safer.
  • CLK ends restrictions on exports.

International Transport Journalweb site
Feature
  • Luis F. Solis aims to support clients' growth. Logistics service companies should exist to support the growth and success of their clients, according to GeoLogistics' executive vice president.
Maritime
  • Cosco, "K" Line and Yangming release further details of their trans-Atlantic service.
  • VSA 2 and CSAV are ready to start their joint North Europe-South American east coast service.
  • Grupo Libra: more capacity in South America. The Brazilian shipping company has added a third vessel to its service between the South American east and west coasts.
  • The Transroll newbuilding "Sirius" completes its maiden voyage.
  • Sea-Barge enters a joint venture with TRC, Intership and Matson between Florida and Puerto Rico.
  • Scandlines launches a large new combined ferry, the "Skane", between Rostock and Trelleborg.
  • The 6000-TEU "NYK Canopus" pays its first visit to Europe.
  • New publications: Marine Insurance - Issues, Practices and Costs.
  • Calendar of events: European Shippers' Council 1998 Shipper Conference.
Ports and Terminals
  • Rotterdam posts new throughput records in first half 1998, but is handling more empty containers.
  • Antwerp is growing strongly, and sees the delivery of two new cranes at Hessenatie's Europe Terminal.
  • The first containers pass through Seattle's new on-dock rail facility.
Forwarding
  • MSAS Global Logistics and Caliber Logistics form strategic alliance.
  • Circle continues to grow, but feels the effect of the Asian crisis.
  • The Hub Group posts lower profits.
  • BAX Global records lower yields in the first half of 1998.
  • Logistic publishes good second quarter and half-year results.
  • Earnings at J.B. Hunt are well up.
Aviation
  • LH Cargo follows new route. Lufthansa Cargo has signed up several major freight forwarders in its Business Partnerships Program.
  • Eagle USA Airfreight still shows strong growth in its third quarter.
  • KLM starts its new fiscal year with a good first quarter.
  • Continental and Tristar Aviation offer scheduled freight services out of Switzerland via Paris.
  • Delta and Korean Airlines form a global marketing alliance.
  • Calendar of events: Aviation - making a safe system safer.
  • CLK ends restrictions on exports.

International Transport Journalweb site
Feature
  • Luis F. Solis aims to support clients' growth. Logistics service companies should exist to support the growth and success of their clients, according to GeoLogistics' executive vice president.
Maritime
  • Cosco, "K" Line and Yangming release further details of their trans-Atlantic service.
  • VSA 2 and CSAV are ready to start their joint North Europe-South American east coast service.
  • Grupo Libra: more capacity in South America. The Brazilian shipping company has added a third vessel to its service between the South American east and west coasts.
  • The Transroll newbuilding "Sirius" completes its maiden voyage.
  • Sea-Barge enters a joint venture with TRC, Intership and Matson between Florida and Puerto Rico.
  • Scandlines launches a large new combined ferry, the "Skane", between Rostock and Trelleborg.
  • The 6000-TEU "NYK Canopus" pays its first visit to Europe.
  • New publications: Marine Insurance - Issues, Practices and Costs.
  • Calendar of events: European Shippers' Council 1998 Shipper Conference.
Ports and Terminals
  • Rotterdam posts new throughput records in first half 1998, but is handling more empty containers.
  • Antwerp is growing strongly, and sees the delivery of two new cranes at Hessenatie's Europe Terminal.
  • The first containers pass through Seattle's new on-dock rail facility.
Forwarding
  • MSAS Global Logistics and Caliber Logistics form strategic alliance.
  • Circle continues to grow, but feels the effect of the Asian crisis.
  • The Hub Group posts lower profits.
  • BAX Global records lower yields in the first half of 1998.
  • Logistic publishes good second quarter and half-year results.
  • Earnings at J.B. Hunt are well up.
Aviation
  • LH Cargo follows new route. Lufthansa Cargo has signed up several major freight forwarders in its Business Partnerships Program.
  • Eagle USA Airfreight still shows strong growth in its third quarter.
  • KLM starts its new fiscal year with a good first quarter.
  • Continental and Tristar Aviation offer scheduled freight services out of Switzerland via Paris.
  • Delta and Korean Airlines form a global marketing alliance.
  • Calendar of events: Aviation - making a safe system safer.
  • CLK ends restrictions on exports.

TradeWindsweb site
  • Hard lessons for the Chinese
    Attempts by Chinese shipowners to break new ground are having mixed results. The China Shipping Group is taking its first steps into international cruising and may make the plunge into the luxury end of the market. Other companies are planning a breakthrough into the LPG trade. But one new shipping venture is running into trouble. COSCO s decision to operate a large gas carrier has led to a dispute with US charterer Contichem.
  • Nine days in hell
  • Italians covered
  • 'No call coming'
  • Lelakis in yard bid
  • Tanker comeback

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The liner shipping industry contributes substantially to the U.S. economy.
Washington
This is highlighted by an analysis carried out by S&P Global Market Intelligence on behalf of WSC and PMSA
Toll worsens from explosion in Iranian port of Shahid Rajaee
Tehran
It caused 46 deaths and injured over 1,200 people
Tender for concession of container terminal at Ukrainian port of Chornomorsk to be announced by mid-year
Kiev
The management will include the general cargo terminal
CEVA Logistics (CMA CGM group) will buy the Turkish Borusan Lojistik
Istanbul/Marseille
Wärtsilä's first quarter is positive
Helsinki
New orders value growth slows
ESPO: The EU Parliament's Budget Committee's request for more funding for transport, energy and infrastructure is welcome
Brussels
The importance of financing TEN-T networks to enable their adaptation for both military and civilian dual-use purposes was highlighted
Solidarity contribution for the families of port workers who are victims of accidents at work
Rome
It was established by the National Bilateral Port Authority
Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore Division Reports Record Quarterly Revenue
Neuilly-sur-Seine
New historical peak also for the classified fleet
PSA reportedly considering selling its 20% stake in Hutchison Ports
Singapore
This is according to "Reuters", which had already floated this hypothesis at the end of 2022
Federagenti, Italy must give a sharp acceleration to the projects of ZES, free zones and Special Logistics Zones
Rome
Pessina: There is no space for reflections prey to bureaucracy
In the first quarter of this year, freight traffic in the port of Rotterdam decreased by -5.8%.
Rotterdam
Both disembarkation (-3.1%) and embarkation (-11.9%) loads are decreasing
Increase in container cargo is not enough for the port of Antwerp-Bruges to avoid a -4.0% decline in quarterly traffic
Antwerp
The decline in liquid bulk cargoes worsened (-19.1%)
The China Shipowners' Association considers the measures taken by the US against Chinese ships a typical example of unilateralism and protectionism
Beijing/Washington
The WSC reiterates that such measures could undermine American trade, harm U.S. manufacturers, and undermine efforts to strengthen the nation's maritime industry.
COSCO Expresses Strong Opposition to US Planned Taxes on Chinese Ships
Growing share of new entrants in European rail transport sector
Madrid
In 2023, rail freight transport performance decreased by -8%
New Chinese Ship Taxes That Will Only Raise Prices for Americans
Washington
The executive vice president of the US Chamber of Commerce denounced it
Tax amounts set for China-linked vessels arriving at US ports
Washington
Calculated on the basis of net capacity or container volume, they will be applied from October and will be progressively increased
International tender launched to award concession for new Casablanca port shipyard
Casablanca
It is the largest in Africa and has been unused since 2019
Federlogistica, the industry must stop approaching logistics only in terms of costs
Genoa
Falteri: a national control room composed of representatives of the logistics sector and industrial groups is necessary
ABB closes positive first quarter even if revenue growth is lower than expected
Zurich
Wierod: Our consolidated local-for-local approach protects us from the trade war
New global minimum wage deal for seafarers
Geneva
The level will rise to $690 from January 1, 2026 to reach $704 from 2027 and $715 from 2028.
Global trade in goods could fall by -1.5% this year
Geneva
WTO predicts. Okonjo-Iweala: Persistent uncertainty threatens to slow global growth, with serious negative consequences for the world
In 2023, around two-thirds of all goods moved in the EU were transported by sea.
Luxembourg
In the period 2013-2023, only the share of road transport increased, while that of other modes decreased.
Postal shipments of goods from Hong Kong to the US suspended
Hong Kong
Hongkong Post faces exorbitant and unreasonable tariffs due to unjustified and intimidating actions of the United States
Confitarma highlights the need for the decarbonisation strategy not to penalise shipping compared to other modes
Rome
Zanetti: also ensure that the implementation process takes into account the operational needs of the industry
Intercargo and Intertanko raise concerns over shipping decarbonisation deal
London
The complexity of the measure adopted by the IMO and the unusual procedure from which non-governmental organizations were excluded were highlighted
Pirate attacks on ships to spike in first quarter of 2025
Pirate attacks on ships to spike in first quarter of 2025
London
Sharp increase in incidents in the Singapore Straits
Interferry welcomes IMO agreement on decarbonisation of shipping, but finds strategy too complex
Victoria/Piraeus
Greek Shipowners' Association disappointed by failure to recognise essential role of transition fuels such as LNG
International Labour Organization Recognizes Seafarers as Key Workers
London
ITF and ICS: a historic moment
CMA CGM to acquire 35% of Egypt's October Dry Port
Cairo
The company operates a dry port in the industrial and logistics zone near Cairo
MSC Group's TiL to Take Full Control of Hutchison Ports Terminals
New York
Bloomberg reports this, specifying that the Panamanian terminals would be jointly managed with BlackRock
Draft regulation on decarbonisation of shipping approved by MEPC includes mandatory fuel standard and pricing of greenhouse gas emissions
London/Washington/Brussels
The establishment of a Fund to collect resources deriving from the pricing of emissions is foreseen
Task force of five associations for the relaunch of Italian rail cargo
Rome
Initiative by Agens, Assoferr, Assologistica, Fercargo and Fermerci
MIT indicates Matteo Paroli as new president of the ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado
Rome/La Spezia
The La Spezia port community also requests a name for the Eastern Liguria Port Authority
Le Aziende informano
Il retrofit ibrido-elettrico di ABB guida i traghetti dei laghi italiani verso un futuro più sostenibile
Confitarma underlines the importance of the shipping decarbonisation strategy being defined at IMO
Rome
The Italian Confederation specifies that it shares some of the USA's concerns
WSC Reiterates Trump's Measures for National Maritime Industry Are Bad for U.S. Economy
Washington
Kramek: Ready to support the administration with constructive proposals
Fincantieri and Accenture establish joint venture Fincantieri Ingenium
Trieste/Milan
The aim is to drive the digital transformation of the ship product and port logistics
Meyer Werft has delivered the new luxury cruise ship Asuka III to NYK Cruises
Papenburg/Emden
It has a capacity of 744 passengers and 470 crew members
As Trump formalizes measures to revitalize America's maritime industry, the nation's ports face a dramatic decline in traffic
Washington/Geneva
Okonjo-Iweala (WTO): With the escalation of trade tensions between the US and China, the exchange of goods between the two economies could decrease up to 80%
CK Hutchison denies allegations of breach of concession contract for Panamanian ports of Cristóbal and Balboa
Panama
Panama Ports Company emphasizes that it has complied with all legal obligations and contractual commitments
US Does Not Participate in IMO Negotiations on Shipping Decarbonization, Threatens Reciprocal Measures
London
Expressed opposition to any attempt to impose economic measures on ships based on greenhouse gas emissions or fuel choice
T&E urges MEPC to agree clear and ambitious measures to decarbonise shipping
Brussels
It is necessary - the association underlines - to set binding objectives
Meyer Yachts will build an ultra-luxury residential mega yacht for Ulyssia Residences
Miami
The ship will be 320 meters long and will be built at the Papenburg shipyard
Neapolitan Grimaldi Group wins $1.3 billion order for nine ro-pax ships
Neapolitan Grimaldi Group wins $1.3 billion order for nine ro-pax ships
Helsinki/Naples
Order at China Merchants Jinling Shipyard (Weihai)
Viking orders two cruise ships from Fincantieri with option for two additional units
Los Angeles/Trieste
The two ships under construction in Ancona for the American brand will be the first in the world to be powered by hydrogen stored on board
Antonio Ranieri is the new maritime director of Liguria
Genoa
He takes over from Admiral Piero Pellizzari who was discharged from the service upon reaching the age limit
In the first quarter of 2025, China's CIMC recorded a 12.7% increase in container sales
Hong Kong
Revenues grew by +11.0%
Last year, the revenues of the Chinese group CMPort increased by +3.1%
Hong Kong
In the first three months of 2025, port terminals handled 36.4 million containers (+5.6%)
The financial statements of the AdSP of Western Liguria and the Central-Northern Tyrrhenian Sea have been approved
Genoa/Civitavecchia
Konecranes revenues increased by +7.7% in the first three months of 2025
Helsinki
343 million euros of new orders for port vehicles (+37.5%)
Kuehne+Nagel posts first quarter of growth
Schindellegi
The logistics group's net sales amounted to 6.33 billion Swiss francs (+14.9%)
Application by TDT (Grimaldi group) for the construction and management of 50% of the Terminal Darsena Europa in Livorno
Leghorn
The company has requested an extension of the duration of the current concession
In 2024, 58 million invested in the modernization of the ports of Livorno, Piombino and the island of Elba
Leghorn
The final budget and the annual report of the AdSP have been approved
EIB advice to strengthen climate resilience of the ports of Volos, Alexandroupolis and Patras
Luxembourg
It will assist port authorities in identifying and managing climate risks
In the first quarter the port of Valencia handled 1.3 million containers (+3.4%)
Valencia
Transhipment traffic decline
The Management Committee of the Central Tyrrhenian Sea Port Authority has unanimously approved the 2024 financial statement
Naples
SOS LOGistica will acquire the qualification of Third Sector Entity
Milan
The association currently has 74 members
In the first three months of 2025, freight traffic in the ports of Barcelona and Algeciras decreased
Barcelona/Algeciras
Hupac transfers intermodal service with Padua to Novara
Noise
Until now the other terminal was the one in Busto Arsizio
PSA SECH has operated the first 400-meter train at Parco Ferroviario Rugna
Genoa
Capacity up to 20 pairs of trains per day
The 2024 financial statement of the Eastern Liguria Port Authority was unanimously approved
The Spice
The war clearance preparatory to the expansion of the Ravano Terminal in La Spezia is nearing completion
The Spice
The AdSP has invested over 600 thousand euros in it
Francesco Rizzo appointed president of the AdSP of the Strait
Rome
He has repeatedly denounced the uselessness of the construction of the bridge over the Strait
US aircraft attack Yemeni port of Ras Isa
Tampa/Beirut
38 dead and over a hundred injured
In 2025 Stazioni Marittime predicts an increase in ferry and cruise traffic in the port of Genoa
MIT Mobility Report Highlights Rising Demand for Both Passengers and Freight
Rome
In the first quarter, cargo traffic in Russian ports decreased by -5.6%
St. Petersburg
Both dry goods (-5.3%) and liquid bulk (-5.8%) are decreasing
Andrea Giachero confirmed as president of Spediporto
Genoa
The board of directors of the association of Genoese freight forwarders has also been renewed for the three-year period 2025-2028
Study for monitoring vehicular traffic in the ports of Venice and Chioggia
Milan
Order awarded to Circle and Arelogik
In Italy, the rail freight transport sector is in deep trouble
Geneva
Fermerci calls for making traffic incentives structural and increasing and for refinancing the incentive for the purchase of locomotives and wagons
Global Maritime Forum report on optimising ship calls to reduce emissions
Copenhagen
Virtual arrival and just-in-time arrival approaches proposed
In the first quarter of this year, container traffic in the port of Gioia Tauro grew by +15.5%
Joy Taurus
Construction of the "Dockworker’s House" has begun
GNV has taken delivery of the second of four new ro-pax vessels in China
Genoa
"GNV Orion" will be able to accommodate 1,700 passengers and transport up to 3,080 linear metres of cargo
After ten quarters of decline, container traffic in the port of Hong Kong returns to growth
Hong Kong
In the first three months of this year 3.39 million TEUs were handled (+2.1%)
Fincantieri acquires stake in WSense
Rome
The ninth FREMM unit "Spartaco Schergat" delivered to the Italian Navy
The new edition of the Practical Manual of Maritime Traffic has been presented
Genoa
Written by Assagenti, it turns fifty
Container traffic at the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles increased by 26.6% and 5.2% in the first quarter
Long Beach/Los Angeles
Trump's tariffs impact imminent
In the first three months of 2025, the port of Singapore handled 10.5 million containers (+5.8%)
Singapore
In weight, containerized traffic recorded a decrease of -1.4%
Regulations signed for LNG bunkering at Fincantieri shipyard in Genoa
Genoa
Define the methods of transferring fuel from ship to ship
Historic shipbuilding brands Uljanik and 3.Maj on the verge of extinction
Zagreb
The State confirms its intention to sell the shipbuilding activities at the two sites of Pula and Rijeka
Cambiaso Risso has completed the acquisition of the French Somecassur
Genoa
The transalpine company specializes in the insurance of super and mega yachts
New weekly train service between the port of Gioia Tauro and Verona
Joy Taurus/Verona
Operated by Medlog for the transport of refrigerated goods
EBRD looking for strategic partner for development of Moldovan river port of Giurgiulesti
London
International competition launched
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
Turkish ports set new first-quarter cargo traffic record
Ankara
Historic peak of cargo imported from abroad
In the first quarter of 2025, freight traffic in the port of Taranto grew by +37.6%
Taranto
Increase of 854 thousand tons of solid bulk and 265 thousand tons of conventional goods
DEME buys Havfram, a company that installs offshore wind farms
Second Right/Washington
Transaction worth approximately 900 million euros
Rail transport of convoys for Rome Metro started from Reggio Calabria
Rome
Contract awarded by Hitachi Rail to Mercitalia Rail
In 2024, the volumes handled by Magli Intermodal Service decreased by -2%
Rezzato
Turnover stable
Yang Ming records first decline in turnover in March after 14 months of growth
Keelung/Taipei
Evergreen and WHL revenue growth continues
The European Commission has approved the acquisition of Germany's Schenker by Denmark's DSV
Brussels
The impact on competition in the markets in which the two companies operate is considered limited
Fincantieri - Kayo Agreement to Promote the Development of the Shipbuilding and Naval Industry in Albania
Trieste
Possible creation of a hub for shipbuilding and refitting in the region
Recent slight reduction in logistics costs for new factory vehicles
Brussels
Montaresi (AdSP Liguria Orientale) awarded with the "Port Oscar"
Miami
The event has reached its eighteenth edition
In the first three months of 2025, containers carried by OOCL vessels increased by +9.3%
Hong Kong
Revenues up +16.8%
The AdSP of the Southern Tyrrhenian and Ionian Seas wins in appeal against Zen Yacht
Joy Taurus
Company ordered to pay back rent
A large shipment of cocaine was seized in the port of Livorno
Leghorn
Two tons of drugs identified by Customs and Financial Police personnel
Navantia renews agreement with American cruise group Royal Caribbean
Miami
To date, the Cadiz shipyard has carried out maintenance, repair and refurbishment work on 45 of the group's ships.
Record cruise traffic expected in Italian ports this year
Miami
Cemar believes that growth will not stop even in 2026
HII-HHI Agreement to Accelerate US and South Korean Naval Production
National Harbor
The aim is to strengthen the naval industrial base of the two nations.
Panama Ports Company Accused of Violating Terms of Concession Agreement
Panama
Panama's Auditor General announced the filing of criminal charges
Colombo West International Terminal has become operational
Ahmedabad
It has a traffic capacity of 3.2 million TEUs
The conference "New sustainable marine fuels - Decarbonize Shipping" will be held in Genoa on Monday
Genoa
The new multifunctional border control structure PCF - PED/PDI Point completed in the port of Gioia Tauro
Joy Taurus
"Artificial Intelligence Comes to Port" Conference in Rome on Friday
Rome
It is promoted by the National Union of Port Enterprises
MSC Group's new cruise terminal inaugurated in Miami
Miami
It can accommodate three large ships at the same time
In February, traffic in the port of Ravenna increased by +2.1%
Ravenna
Bulk cargo increases, miscellaneous cargo declines
In 2024, Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane recorded a net loss of -208 million euros
Rome
Revenues up by +11.7%. The group's freight transported increased thanks to the acquisition of Exploris
Port of Genoa, Ente Bacini requests new spaces and renewal of the concession
Genoa
Conference to celebrate the centenary of the company
The public meeting of the Italian Port Terminal Operators Association will be held in Rome on June 19th
Genoa
VARD to build offshore dive vessel for Dong Fang Offshore
Alesund/Trieste
The contract is worth 113.5 million euros
PORTS
Italian Ports:
Ancona Genoa Ravenna
Augusta Gioia Tauro Salerno
Bari La Spezia Savona
Brindisi Leghorn Taranto
Cagliari Naples Trapani
Carrara Palermo Trieste
Civitavecchia Piombino Venice
Italian Interports: list World Ports: map
DATABASE
ShipownersShipbuilding and Shiprepairing Yards
ForwardersShip Suppliers
Shipping AgentsTruckers
MEETINGS
The conference "New sustainable marine fuels - Decarbonize Shipping" will be held in Genoa on Monday
Genoa
It will take place at the headquarters of the Port Authority of Genoa
"Artificial Intelligence Comes to Port" Conference in Rome on Friday
Rome
It is promoted by the National Union of Port Enterprises
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Proposed 30% increase for port tariffs to be in phases, says Loke
(Free Malaysia Today)
Damen Mangalia Unionists Protest Friday Against Possible Closure
(The Romania Journal)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Relazione del presidente Nicola Zaccheo
Roma, 18 settembre 2024
››› File
Next week Italian ports will participate in Seatrade Cruise Global
Rome
Initiative brand: "CruiseItaly - One Country, Many Destinations"
MSC Group Cruise Terminal Officially Inaugurated in the Port of Barcelona
Barcelona
In 2027 it will be equipped with a cold ironing plant
Marcegaglia and Nova Marine Carriers form NovaMar Logistic joint venture
Lugano/Gazoldo of the Ippoliti
A general cargo ship will transport raw materials to the steel group's plants
Liebherr achieves record annual sales in the maritime and port crane segment
Bulls
Strong demand for offshore and container handling equipment
The annual conference "Programming, Operation and Management of Transport Networks" in Genoa
Genoa
It is dedicated to the transport and mobility sector
Last year, 656 ships underwent repair work in Greece
Piraeus
Increase of five units compared to 2023
Port of La Spezia, cruise ship docking simulations completed at Garibaldi West pier
The Spice
Assagenti conference on the future of the profession of maritime agent and broker
Genoa
It will be held tomorrow in Genoa
Stena Line presents a project for a ro-ro vessel capable of reducing energy consumption by at least 20%
Gothenburg
Introduced most of the innovative technologies currently available
Francesco Beltrano is the new general secretary of Uniport
Rome
He takes over from Paolo Ferrandino, who will continue to collaborate as a consultant
Saipem awarded new contracts in Middle East and Guyana
Milan
The total value of the orders is approximately 720 million dollars.
Conference in Genoa for the centenary of Ente Bacini
Genoa
The company was established on 19 February 1925
Interporto Bologna Board of Directors Renewed
Bentivoglio
Stefano Caliandro Appointed President. Loss of 1.7 million euros in 2024
NYK invests 76 billion yen in NYK Energy Ocean Corporation
Tokyo
The newco has taken over the activities of ENEOS Ocean
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