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June 18, 1998
Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • South Korean yards' ship orders surge 47%
    After slow start, yards bagged orders for 29 ships of 1.77m gt in May
  • Yang Ming bucks trend with US$287m order
  • Pudong shipyard project faces financing woes
  • SML unit expands operations to Thai port
Air and Land Transport
  • Boeing expected to predict US$1.25t market for aircraft
    Rising demand for medium-size planes, which represent about 43% of market
  • Operating profit of world airlines up last year
  • ANA flight crew to resume selective strike next week
  • Dragonair sees only slight fall in gain despite downturn
  • Cathay to fly non-stop NY flight
  • Air NZ jumbo aircraft makes emergency landing in Auckland
Features
  • Brazil faces the crossroads
    A once-major maritime nation is trying to win back its greatness, but shippers do not expect miracles any time soon
Columns
  • Newbuilding orders may have peaked despite very low prices

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • South Korean yards' ship orders surge 47%
    After slow start, yards bagged orders for 29 ships of 1.77m gt in May
  • Yang Ming bucks trend with US$287m order
  • Pudong shipyard project faces financing woes
  • SML unit expands operations to Thai port
Air and Land Transport
  • Boeing expected to predict US$1.25t market for aircraft
    Rising demand for medium-size planes, which represent about 43% of market
  • Operating profit of world airlines up last year
  • ANA flight crew to resume selective strike next week
  • Dragonair sees only slight fall in gain despite downturn
  • Cathay to fly non-stop NY flight
  • Air NZ jumbo aircraft makes emergency landing in Auckland
Features
  • Brazil faces the crossroads
    A once-major maritime nation is trying to win back its greatness, but shippers do not expect miracles any time soon
Columns
  • Newbuilding orders may have peaked despite very low prices

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • South Korean yards' ship orders surge 47%
    After slow start, yards bagged orders for 29 ships of 1.77m gt in May
  • Yang Ming bucks trend with US$287m order
  • Pudong shipyard project faces financing woes
  • SML unit expands operations to Thai port
Air and Land Transport
  • Boeing expected to predict US$1.25t market for aircraft
    Rising demand for medium-size planes, which represent about 43% of market
  • Operating profit of world airlines up last year
  • ANA flight crew to resume selective strike next week
  • Dragonair sees only slight fall in gain despite downturn
  • Cathay to fly non-stop NY flight
  • Air NZ jumbo aircraft makes emergency landing in Auckland
Features
  • Brazil faces the crossroads
    A once-major maritime nation is trying to win back its greatness, but shippers do not expect miracles any time soon
Columns
  • Newbuilding orders may have peaked despite very low prices

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • South Korean yards' ship orders surge 47%
    After slow start, yards bagged orders for 29 ships of 1.77m gt in May
  • Yang Ming bucks trend with US$287m order
  • Pudong shipyard project faces financing woes
  • SML unit expands operations to Thai port
Air and Land Transport
  • Boeing expected to predict US$1.25t market for aircraft
    Rising demand for medium-size planes, which represent about 43% of market
  • Operating profit of world airlines up last year
  • ANA flight crew to resume selective strike next week
  • Dragonair sees only slight fall in gain despite downturn
  • Cathay to fly non-stop NY flight
  • Air NZ jumbo aircraft makes emergency landing in Auckland
Features
  • Brazil faces the crossroads
    A once-major maritime nation is trying to win back its greatness, but shippers do not expect miracles any time soon
Columns
  • Newbuilding orders may have peaked despite very low prices

Sched Netweb site
  • Transpacific carriers adjust Canada rates
  • Hanjin suspends North American service
  • Last result is red
  • Brazilian company helps containers conquer Andes
  • Campaign reduces overstaying containers in Manila
  • PSA worried about millennium computer bug
  • Lufthansa co-operates in container development
  • Business as usual for FedEx's Indonesia operations
  • Leased aircraft returned by Garuda Indonesia

Cargowebweb site
JUNE 17, 1998
  • Y2K problem for shipping and transport 'potentially catastrophic'
  • UPS electronic service available worldwide
  • New HIDC manager
  • Eurotunnel claims market leadership
  • Plea for airport inside Rotterdam port

The Journal of Commerceweb site
Home
  • Clinton fine-tunes harbor tax plan
  • US cotton exports are seen unraveling
  • US ports take notice as Freeport begins second expansion
  • Fed sells dollars to give yen a boost
  • Hollings pushes FMC to investigate China's shipping practices
  • US lawmakers urge tighter scrutiny of fruit, vegetable imports
  • IMF sending special mission to Russia next week
  • Macao slashes airport fees as Hong Kong looms
  • Potentially Record-breaking $260 million race discrimination suit filed in California
  • Taiwan airport privatization to come sooner
  • Polish carrier eyes privatization in wake of reorg
  • InsWeb introduces online insurance shopping for Utah residents
  • Lufthansa upbeat on 1998 outlook
Transportation
  • Logistics firms play the trust card
  • Russia puts railroads on a slow track
  • Is the Web safe for male drivers? Studies map Information Highway
  • Japan Airlines' unions cancel strike for today
  • Software consultant offers easy planning
  • Delays, tie-ups continue, UP says
Maritime
  • Marine Corps logistics expert to head seamen's academy
  • Fourth port on Panama's horizon
  • Investors beware: Shipowners' junk bonds risky, financiers say
  • Clarkson, Middle East Tankers form bunker venture
  • Chile speeds up work on Iquique port privatization
  • Ambassador Middendorf wins Arleigh Burke award
  • Tripartite shipping alliance is packing an increasingly harder punch in Asia

The Journal of Commerceweb site
Home
  • Clinton fine-tunes harbor tax plan
  • US cotton exports are seen unraveling
  • US ports take notice as Freeport begins second expansion
  • Fed sells dollars to give yen a boost
  • Hollings pushes FMC to investigate China's shipping practices
  • US lawmakers urge tighter scrutiny of fruit, vegetable imports
  • IMF sending special mission to Russia next week
  • Macao slashes airport fees as Hong Kong looms
  • Potentially Record-breaking $260 million race discrimination suit filed in California
  • Taiwan airport privatization to come sooner
  • Polish carrier eyes privatization in wake of reorg
  • InsWeb introduces online insurance shopping for Utah residents
  • Lufthansa upbeat on 1998 outlook
Transportation
  • Logistics firms play the trust card
  • Russia puts railroads on a slow track
  • Is the Web safe for male drivers? Studies map Information Highway
  • Japan Airlines' unions cancel strike for today
  • Software consultant offers easy planning
  • Delays, tie-ups continue, UP says
Maritime
  • Marine Corps logistics expert to head seamen's academy
  • Fourth port on Panama's horizon
  • Investors beware: Shipowners' junk bonds risky, financiers say
  • Clarkson, Middle East Tankers form bunker venture
  • Chile speeds up work on Iquique port privatization
  • Ambassador Middendorf wins Arleigh Burke award
  • Tripartite shipping alliance is packing an increasingly harder punch in Asia

The Journal of Commerceweb site
Home
  • Clinton fine-tunes harbor tax plan
  • US cotton exports are seen unraveling
  • US ports take notice as Freeport begins second expansion
  • Fed sells dollars to give yen a boost
  • Hollings pushes FMC to investigate China's shipping practices
  • US lawmakers urge tighter scrutiny of fruit, vegetable imports
  • IMF sending special mission to Russia next week
  • Macao slashes airport fees as Hong Kong looms
  • Potentially Record-breaking $260 million race discrimination suit filed in California
  • Taiwan airport privatization to come sooner
  • Polish carrier eyes privatization in wake of reorg
  • InsWeb introduces online insurance shopping for Utah residents
  • Lufthansa upbeat on 1998 outlook
Transportation
  • Logistics firms play the trust card
  • Russia puts railroads on a slow track
  • Is the Web safe for male drivers? Studies map Information Highway
  • Japan Airlines' unions cancel strike for today
  • Software consultant offers easy planning
  • Delays, tie-ups continue, UP says
Maritime
  • Marine Corps logistics expert to head seamen's academy
  • Fourth port on Panama's horizon
  • Investors beware: Shipowners' junk bonds risky, financiers say
  • Clarkson, Middle East Tankers form bunker venture
  • Chile speeds up work on Iquique port privatization
  • Ambassador Middendorf wins Arleigh Burke award
  • Tripartite shipping alliance is packing an increasingly harder punch in Asia

World Wide Shipperweb site
  • Engineers plan to remove range markers from Oregon coastal rivers — but not all
  • Crowley awarded for daring sea rescue
  • Increases in commodities lead U.S. railroad freight traffic gain
  • U.S. freight forwarder broadens international reach with partner
  • Ryder adds logistics business worth $673 million

urgente online pressweb site
  • GMV, ITP y Savera ganan los Premios DHL "Atlas"
  • ITP fabricará la pieza "tdh" para los motores Trent 500
  • TNT, a por el mercado de Estados Unidos
  • Deutsche Bahn manda revisar los Inter-City Express de la primera generación

Exim Indiaweb site
  • KPT recommences operations
  • ECU-Line Board of Directors
  • EC slaps duty on Indian antibiotics
  • IMC appeals for early settlement of CHA employees' strike
  • CHA employees' strike continue
  • New measures to augment exports
  • International pharma exhibition - China-Pharm '98 at Beijing this year
  • No Samadhan or Saral for IT payers, say exports
  • Sam Ignarski to lead TT Club worldwide
  • Textainer delivers 600,000th TEU
  • Exim Club Open House Meet on June 20

Lloyd's Listweb site
  • Shippers warn on reefer newbuildings
    OWNERS of refrigerated cargoships have been told bluntly they are offering the wrong type of ship to international produce markets.
  • Ignarski takes the helm at TT Club
    SAM Ignarski, chairman of Through Transport Mutual Services (Asia Pacific), and the first regional director in Asia for the TT Club, is to return to the UK to assume overall responsibility for the management of the TT Club worldwide.
  • US ponders guarantee for space launch loans
    A US government loan-guarantee programme patterned after the Title XI shipbuilding and shipyard modernisation scheme has been proposed for America's commercial space launch industry by maritime-oriented Senator John Breaux.
  • Los Angeles pilots push for agreement
    THE port pilots' strike, which shut down the Port of Los Angeles for four days last summer and then stretched out for almost 20 weeks beyond that, is still not totally resolved, writes George Cunningham, Los Angeles.
  • Zeebrugge car hub construction starts
    THE port of Zeebrugge's ambition to become a major European transhipment cen-tre for automobiles has taken a big step in the right direction with the news that construction of a state-of-the-art Pre-Delivery /Inspection (PDI) terminal has begun.
  • Changing flag
    German shipowner Johann Hermann Barr has reregistered his coaster, Smaland from the flag of Tuvalu to Cyprus. The 3,219 dwt general cargo vessel changed her port of registry from Funafuti to Limassol during a dock overhaul at Bremerhaven. Originally built in 1983, her name was changed from Anita Maria in 1997 for a Swedish charter.
  • 'Natasha 1' cargo 'was all declared'
    UKRAINIAN managers of the Natasha 1and their Turkish port agents yesterday insisted that all cargo aboard the vessel was detailed in the bills of lading, despite claims that seven mobile missile launching pads were discovered after she was stopped and searched in the Dardanelles earlier this week.
  • Le Havre shipyard faces finance review
    FRENCH finance minister Dominique Strauss-Kahn has commissioned a report on the financial difficulties besetting Le Havre shipbuilder Ateliers et Chantiers du Havre, which is struggling to complete a FFr1bn ($167m) order for three 37,000 dwt chemical carriers from Stolt Parcel Tankers.

Fairplayweb site
JUNE 17, 1998
  • Lines impose surcharge at Chennai
    FEEDER operators serving the Indian port of Chennai are to impose a surcharge of $100 per teu to offset delays caused by congestion.
  • 133 bombs removed from scrap cargo
    SALVAGE contractor Titan yesterday removed 133 bombs from the 18,675 dwt bulker Sandra K, which had moored in Trieste to discharge its cargo prior to the discovery.
  • Turks search Maltese roro for weapon components
    A RORO vessel was searched by maritime authorities in Turkey on June 15 because the ship was suspected of carrying components of an anti-aircraft missile bound for Cyprus.
  • Bergesen, Aaserod continue talks over Igloo
    BERGESEN and New York-based businessman Bjorn Aaserod are continuing their talks regarding the take-over of the Igloo pool of gas carriers.
  • Greeks may buy ex-Latsis ulccs
    SEATANKERS Management is rumoured to be about to sell two of the six 360,000 dwt ulccs acquired last autumn back to Greek interests.
  • Canadian grain giants in merger talks
    TWO of Canada's leading grain companies, Alberta Wheat Pool and Manitoba Pool Elevators, are negotiating a merger.
  • Indonesia to open three new shipping lanes
    INDONESIA'S foreign minister Ali Alatas has announced that three north-south sea lanes will be opened to international shipping next year.
  • Canadian's tighten Vancouver-Chicago rail links
    CANADIAN National Railway has signed a haulage agreement with Wisconsin Central that will speed up the movement of freight wagons between Vancouver and Chicago.
  • Pertamina 'may move to bartering'
    RUMOURS are emerging that Indonesia's national oil company Pertamina might soon resort to bartering with commodities such as grain to pay for some of its future oil deals.
  • Stena Line completes $725m refinancing
    STENA Line, the Swedish publicly listed ferry company, has completed a $725m refinancing package.
  • Salvors flock to devastated India
    SALVAGE operators are flocking to India's devastated western coast to join the clear-up of vessels beached by the recent cyclone.
  • Salvor says oil major endangered crew
    LEADING salvor Wijsmuller has alleged that its workers have been seriously endangered by the actions of one of the oil majors.
  • Sri Lanka streamlines tender rules
    SRI Lanka has formulated new rules to streamline tender procedures for big infrastructure projects such as ports, a government spokesman said.

Antwerpse Lloyd n.v.web site
  • CMB: diversification vers le fret aérien
    Avant-hier, CMB et Safair ont repris Hunting Cargo Airlines de Hunting pour la somme de 14 mio. de USD. CMB détient une part de 51% dans l'entreprise, Safair 49%. Cette vente cadre dans la stratégie de Huntin, qui se défait de ses activités annexes depuis l'année dernière, se repliant sur ses divisions "pétrole" et "défense". Pour CMB et Safair, cette acquisition est un "grand pas dans le développement de leurs intérêts dans l'industrie du transport".
  • Montréal accentue sa compétitivité vis-à-vis des ports US de la côte est
    Le port de Montréal qui présente la particularité de se trouver à 1.600 km à l'intérieur des terres, à l'entrée même du système du Seaway, qui conditionne l'accès aux Grands Lacs, est parvenu au fil des années à maintenir un trafic maritime de l'ordre de 20 à 22 mio. de t, tout en développant considérablement ses parts de marchés dans le trafic des containers, à telle enseigne qu'il se profile comme principal concurrent des grands ports américains de la côte est, plus particulièrement des marchés canadiens et du midwest. Au début du mois d'août prochain, des travaux de dragage démarreront sur un parcours de 150 km qui consistent à raboter certains seuils de manière à gagner un pied. Il s 'agit de garantir 11,30 m sur l'ensemble du parcours par basses eaux. Ces 30 cm représentent en fait une charge de 260 containers pleins, soit 130 à la réception et 130 à l'expédition. De la sorte, il sera possible d'optimaliser les chargements de la nouvelle génération de PC que Canmar et son partenaire OOCL vont aligner prochainement, des unités de 2.800 TEU, contre 2.300 TEU pour leurs plus grands PC actuels. Cette nouvelle grandeur d'échelle doit permettre à ce port canadien de renforcer sa position concurrentielle vis-à-vis des ports concurrents de la côte est.

Daily Commercial Newsweb site
  • New LE carrier is 'state of the ark'
    The latest specially build livestock carrier to enter the Australian trade, the Shorthorn Express, is due in Darwin next week.
    The vessel, which carries the approval of a host of international marine safety and agricultural departments,
    will be loading a full cargo of cattle for Libya.
  • PC pushes 'ambitious' air transport reforms
    The Productivity Commission has recommended what it described as an ambitious reform package in its draft report on international Air Services - including an open-skies policy - designed to ensure that Australia takes advantage of the current turmoil in the world aviation industry.
    The commission said the inefficiencies imposed on the industry as a result of the current bilateral system meant the industry had reached a critical point in its development.
  • Commission backs freight freedom
    While little can be done to redress the basic imbalance in the value and volume of inbound and outbound air cargo, the "financial penalties could be reduced according to the Productivity Commission.
    In its draft report on International Air Services, the commission said granting cabotage rights to dedicated freighters in particular, would provide opportunities for them to increase their freight run yields by carrying domestic Australian air cargo on the domestic stage of their international journeys.
  • Vaile launches 'supermarket training'
    An in depth look at roles and responsibilities in the perishables transport and logistics chain is th focus of a $60,000 video-based training initiative announced by Minister for Transport and Regional Development, Mark Vaile.
    Mr Vaile told a gathering for the video launch in Sydney yesterday that the training and promotional kit would help address the issues facing Australian exporters.
  • Patrick 'will absorb levy costs'
    Patrick Stevedores managing director Chris Corrigan says his company would absorb the cost of the government's proposed stevedoring levy and dismissed complaints by smaller stevedores about the alleged inequity of such a charge.
    During his appearance before the senate inquiry into the Stevedoring industry levy Bills Mr Corrigan said his company's decision to absorb the levy meant Patrick funding "significant redundancies" expected to be negotiated between it and the Maritime Union of Australia.

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FROM THE HOME PAGE
PORTS
Hong Kong government protests PPC's removal from Panamanian ports
Hong Kong/Beijing
Beijing government spokeswoman stressed that China will firmly protect the rights and legitimate interests of its companies.
TRANSPORTATION
European transport associations call for the CEF to be allocated at least €100 billion
Brussels
Chronic underfunding and financial shortfalls are lamented
PORTS
The Panamanian government assigns the transitional management of the port of Balboa to APM Terminals and the port of Cristóbal to TiL
Hong Kong/Panama
CK Hutchison Holdings denounces the illegality of the terminal seizure and confirms the possibility of legal action.
PORTS
Panamanian government seizes assets and equipment at the ports of Balboa and Cristóbal
Panama
The Panama Ports Company of the CK Hutchison group has been removed from the management of the two ports
INTERMODAL TRANSPORT
Statement by rail and intermodal transport associations against gigaliners on European roads
Brussels
The current positions of the EU institutions - they denounce - all include elements that risk opening the door to a widespread diffusion of these vehicles.
SAFETY & SECURITY
The mandate of the EuNavFor Aspides mission has been extended until 28 February 2027.
Brussels
A budget of almost 15 million euros has been approved
The EU-ETS Observatory of Puertos del Estado confirms the risk of loss of container traffic share of European ports
PORTS
The EU-ETS Observatory of Puertos del Estado confirms the risk of loss of container traffic share of European ports
Madrid
Santana: We believe that some aspects of the ETS should be monitored and, where necessary, revised.
OFFSHORE
Tidewater acquires Brazil's Wilson Sons Ultratug Participações for $500 million.
Houston
It has a fleet of 22 Platform Supply Vessels
Trump attempts to circumvent the Supreme Court ruling by introducing temporary tariffs
TRADE
Trump attempts to circumvent the Supreme Court ruling by introducing temporary tariffs
Washington/Suitland
An executive order confirming the suspension of the "de minimis" regime was also signed.
PORTS
Slight growth in freight traffic in the port of Ancona in 2025
Ancona
Rolling stock slightly down. Passenger numbers significantly down.
PORTS
Construction of the cruise terminal at Molo San Cataldo in Taranto will begin in October.
London
Global Ports Holding invests over €4.5 million
ACCIDENTS
One dead and four injured on board the cruise ship World Legacy (formerly Moby Zaza )
Singapore
A fire broke out on the unit
RAILWAY TRANSPORT
SBB CFF FFS Cargo has sold 31 locomotives to Nordic Re-Finance
Bern
The Swiss company plans to equip itself exclusively with vehicles produced by Stadler Rail Valencia by 2035.
Last year, freight traffic in the port of Hamburg grew by 2.6 percent.
PORTS
Last year, freight traffic in the port of Hamburg grew by 2.6 percent.
Hamburg
Containers boosted the growth. Volumes remained stable in the fourth quarter alone.
SHIPPING
In the fourth quarter of 2025, the DFDS Group recorded a net loss of DKK -286 million.
Copenhagen
PORTS
Last year, cargo traffic in Montenegro's ports grew by 1.6%.
Podgorica
Cargoes to and from Italy alone increased by +64.6%
PORTS
To APM Terminals the 37.5% of the Southern Container Terminal of the port of Jeddah
The Hague/Dubai
DP World will keep the remaining 62.5%
PORTS
Continues the bending of the traffic of the container in the port of Los Angeles
Los Angeles
In January decrease of -12.1%. Bown: the state of exports to China seems bad
PORTS
In the fourth trimester of the 2025 the traffic of the goods in the port of Civitavecchia is increased of +8.6%
Civitavecchia
In the whole year growth was +3.1%
COMPANIES
Samskip sells marine and logistic services with the United Kingdom and Ireland to the CLdN
Luxembourg/Rotterdam
The agreement includes rental agreements for over 5,000 multimodal load units
COMPETITION
The Antitrust has reopened the procedure on the concentration between the Ignazio Messina & C. and the Terminal San Giorgio
Rome
SHIPPING
The International Chamber of Shipping against the new harbour taxes programmed by the US government
Washington
Necessary - the association emphasizes - carefully coordinated political solutions
CRUISES
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings orders three new ships from cruise to Fincantieri
Miami/Trieste
They are destined to the companies Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania Cruises and Regent Seven Seas Cruises
SHIPPING
Hapag-Lloyd and ZIM agreed on a merger agreement
Haifa/Hamburg
The German company will pay up to $2.5 billion
SHIPPING
America's Maritime Action Plan proposes a new tax on foreign-built ships from any nation entering U.S. ports.
Washington
It would be used to fund the new Maritime Security Trust Fund
SHIPPING
Hapag-Lloyd to acquire Israeli ZIM
Hamburg
The German company will be responsible for international operations, while those in and with Israel will be assigned to the Tel Aviv-based private equity firm FIMI Opportunity Funds.
COMPANIES
Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem leaves DP World after Epstein's involvement
Dubai
It Kazim appointed president and Yuvraj Narayan managing director
PORTS
Eurogate and APM Terminals will invest a billion euros for the development of the North Sea Terminal Bremerhaven
Bremen/The Hague
PORTS
CK Hutchison threatens appeals against APM Terminals if it will assume the management of the Panamanian ports of Cristóbal and Balboa
Hong Kong
PORTS
Tomorrow will be inaugurated the new container terminal of transhipment of Damietta
Bremen/Melzo
Its ability to annual traffic will rise up to 3,3 million teu
SHIPYARDS
Fincantieri presents an industrial plan that foresees the doubling of the production capacity of military vessels in Italian shipyards
Milan
For civil production, a reallocation of volumes to Romanian shipyards and an expansion in Vietnam are planned.
SHIPYARDS
Fincantieri and Generative Bionics sign agreement to develop humanoid welding robots.
Trieste/Genoa
The first tests at the Sestri Ponente shipyard are scheduled for the end of this year
PORTS
Slight increase in annual freight traffic handled by Croatian ports
Zagreb
Sharp drop in dry bulk offset by increase in liquid cargoes and record containers
COMPANIES
The Grendi group expects to close 2025 with a record turnover of 158 million euros (+33%)
Genoa
Revenues increased by 10%, net of the effect of the acquisition of Dario Perioli.
South Korean HMM's quarterly and annual performances were negative.
SHIPPING
South Korean HMM's quarterly and annual performances were negative.
Seoul
In 2025 the container fleet transported 3.94 million TEUs (+3.2%)
LOGISTICS
Offer to acquire European express courier InPost
Amsterdam/Luxembourg
It was submitted by a consortium comprising Advent International (37%), FedEx (37%), A&R Investments (16%) and PPF Group (10%)
OFFSHORE
Transocean and Valaris sign merger agreement
Steinhausen/Hamilton
The new company will have a fleet of 73 offshore vessels, including 33 ultra-deepwater drillships
SHIPPING
Hapag-Lloyd expects to close the 2025 financial year with a 61% decline in operating profit.
Hamburg
Record loads transported by the fleet, growing by +8%.
TRANSPORTATION
FS establishes a company specializing in transport and infrastructure consultancy
London
The new company is based in London
Maritime traffic in the Suez Canal fell by 3.4% last year.
SHIPPING
Maritime traffic in the Suez Canal fell by 3.4% last year.
Cairo
Growth of +9.0% in the fourth quarter alone. In December, transits increased by +13.1%.
SEAFARERS
The simplification law, rather than making things easier, complicates the lives of ship captains and burdens them with additional operational and legal responsibilities.
Genoa
LOGISTICS
BYD and Automar reach agreement for vehicle traffic through the port of Gioia Tauro.
Schiedam
The goal is to serve the central-southern Italian market.
Maersk Group announces 15% ground-based job cuts
SHIPPING
Maersk Group announces 15% ground-based job cuts
Copenhagen
The quarterly and annual financial results are impacted by the reduction in the value of maritime freight rates.
PORTS
In 2025, container traffic in the ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado Ligure reached a historic record of almost three million TEUs
Genoa
Cruise passengers increased by 6.1%; ferry passengers decreased by 4.0%.
PORTS
Busan Port has again set its all-time record for annual container throughput.
Busan
Last year the total was 24.88 million TEUs (+2.0%)
PORTS
Panama Ports Company has initiated arbitration proceedings against the Republic of Panama
Panama
Extensive damage reported and state authorities' reluctance to respond to repeated requests for confrontation
PORTS
In 2025, freight traffic in Sardinia's ports grew by +3.0%
Cagliari
Slight decline in cruise passengers contained by the launch of home ports in Cagliari and Olbia
PORTS
Freight traffic in the port of Barcelona to remain stable in 2025
Barcelona
In the fourth quarter alone, 16.7 million tonnes were handled (+4.5%)
SHIPPING
Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd bring back India/Middle East-Mediterranean service via Suez
In 2025, ships transiting the Panama Canal increased by +14.1%
SHIPPING
In 2025, ships transiting the Panama Canal increased by +14.1%
Panama
The ports of the Central American nation handled 9,915,357 containers (+3.6%)
Last year, container traffic in the port of Tangier Med reached a record 11.1 million TEUs (+8.4%)
PORTS
Last year, container traffic in the port of Tangier Med reached a record 11.1 million TEUs (+8.4%)
Anjra
New all-time high in total goods
PORTS
In 2025, Turkish ports handled a record traffic of 553.3 million tonnes of cargo (+4.0%)
Ankara
Container traffic in Italy reached a new all-time high of 678,715 TEUs (+9.8%). Ship traffic through the Bosphorus Strait declined.
PORTS
APM Terminals will take over the interim management of the Panamanian ports of Cristóbal and Balboa.
Panama
President Mulino urged Panama Ports Company to cooperate fully in view of this new phase
New crop of historic records harvested by Chinese ports
PORTS
New crop of historic records harvested by Chinese ports
Beijing
In 2025, maritime ports handled 11.63 billion tons of goods (+3.7%)
PORTS
PPC denounces the contradictory nature of the ruling by the Supreme Court of Justice of Panama with respect to the current legal framework
Balboa
The company does not exclude the possibility of resorting to national and international legal action
INDUSTRY
Lukoil signs agreement with US-based Carlyle to sell the Russian group's international assets
Fly
The transaction will need to be authorized by the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control.
PORTS
Panama's Supreme Court of Justice declares the law on the concession contract with the Panama Ports Company unconstitutional.
Panama
Last year, PPC port terminals handled 3.9 million containers
Royal Caribbean Cruises has ordered two new cruise ships from Chantiers de l'Atlantique with options for four more
CRUISES
Royal Caribbean Cruises has ordered two new cruise ships from Chantiers de l'Atlantique with options for four more
Miami
New orders for ten new river vessels are planned. A record financial year.
PORTS
CMA CGM establishes a joint venture with Stonepeak to which it will contribute ten container terminals
New York/Los Angeles
The American company will own 75% and 25% of the shares, respectively. It will invest 2.4 billion dollars.
RAILWAY TRANSPORT
German rail freight companies reject 37% increase in train path prices
Berlin
Die Güterbahnen urges the Minister of Transport to present the promised reform of the fare system
RAILWAY TRANSPORT
FS Logistix increases weekly rotations on the Duisburg-Milan railway line from six to ten
Milan
Two daily connections are made in each direction
PORTS
In the fourth quarter of 2025, freight traffic in the port of Antwerp-Zeebrugge decreased by -4.9%.
Antwerp
For the whole year the decline was -4.1%
CRUISES
Valletta Cruise Port records record annual cruise traffic
London
In 2025, there were 963 thousand passengers (+2.3%)
SHIPPING
Evergreen invests up to nearly $1.5 billion in the construction of 23 container ships
Taipei
Seven 5,900 TEU vessels have been ordered from Jiangsu New Yangzi Shipbuilding and 16 3,100 TEU vessels from CSSC Huangpu Wenchong Shipbuilding.
PORTS
In 2025, Spanish ports handled a record container traffic of almost 19 million TEUs
Madrid
New historic highs also for conventional goods and passengers
First container transhipment operation in an Algerian port
PORTS
First container transhipment operation in an Algerian port
Algiers
It happened on Sunday at the port of Djen Djen
TRUCKING
Truckers from Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and North Macedonia block borders
Belgrade
Week-long protest against the EU's new entry/exit system
NEWS
Resumption of attacks against ships in the Red Sea region threatened
Tehran
They would be implemented in response to an escalation of US and allied military actions in the region.
New annual record for maritime traffic in the Straits of Malacca and Singapore
SHIPPING
New annual record for maritime traffic in the Straits of Malacca and Singapore
Port Klang
Last year, for the first time, over 100,000 ships passed through
SEAFARERS
New record of sailors abandoned by shipowners
London
In 2025, 6,223 crew members from 410 ships were abandoned
PORTS
Two FMC commissioners call on the US government to take action against Canadian and Mexican ports
Washington
Enforcement of provision aimed at preventing freight carriers from evading the Harbor Maintenance Fee urged
PORTS
Annual container traffic handled by the port of Algeciras remains stable.
Algeciras
A 6.2% decrease in the weight of goods in containers was recorded
RAILWAY TRANSPORT
The EU Commission authorizes Italy to provide financial support for rail operations in ports.
Rome
Incentives for a maximum total of 30 million euros over five years
ACCIDENTS
A Livorno port pilot loses his life in a collision
Livorno
The dynamics of the accident are still under investigation.
ENVIRONMENT
Study on alternative marine fuels as potential marine pollutants and the effectiveness of response measures
Lisbon
It was commissioned by the European Maritime Safety Agency
PORTS
The first in-person meeting of the international working group "Cruises & Port Cities" will take place in Taranto.
Taranto/La Spezia
Pisano (AdSP Liguria Orientale): the relationship between the city and the port is strategic, particularly in relation to cruise traffic
TRADE
G20 merchandise trade trend to fluctuate in the fourth quarter of 2025
Paris
Trade in services is growing
RAILWAY TRANSPORT
Extension of incentives for rail freight shunting in ports
Rome
Paper (Fermerci): the sector, however, continues to suffer as demonstrated by the overall data for 2025
SHIPPING
MPC Container Ships revenues decreased by -4.3% in 2025
Oslo
Net income was $236.4 million (-11.4%)
OFFSHORE
Saipem has been awarded a further offshore contract in Saudi Arabia
Milan
Order worth approximately 500 million dollars
PORTS
The new offices of the Eastern Sicily Port Authority have been inaugurated in the port of Pozzallo.
Pozzallo
Contract worth approximately 750 thousand euros
SHIPPING
Finmar appointed agent in Italy for United Global Ro-Ro
Genoa
Two services scheduled with stops at the port of Genoa
PORTS
Contract awarded for the expansion of the San Cataldo Pier in the port of Bari
Bari
They will be carried out by the Rti Fincantieri Infrastructure Opere Marittime, Boskalis Italia, Zeta and e-Marine
SEAFARERS
The digital registry of maritime workers and the digital navigation booklet are law
Genoa
Article 11 of Legislative Decree 19/2026 establishes AGEMAR
RAILWAY TRANSPORT
DB Cargo plans to cut around 6,000 jobs
Berlin
Negotiations with employee representatives to begin soon
SHIPPING
In 2025, containers transported by RCL's fleet increased by +8.8%
Bangkok
Revenues from this activity grew by +5.2%
PORTS
Regarding Tardini's nomination as president of the Western Sicily Port Authority, Salvini and Schifani have (for now) buried the hatchet.
Palermo
PORTS
Annual container traffic grows by 5.4% at HHLA port terminals
Hamburg
Record revenues expected at 1.76 billion euros (+9.9%)
PORTS
Container traffic at the Port of New York is expected to grow by 2.3% in 2025.
New York
Significant increase in full containers for export
PORTS
Politics and Assiterminal celebrate the extension of the port bonus
Rome/Genoa
Ferrari: understood the value of the planning behind the reformulation of the law
PORTS
Container traffic at the port of Hong Kong decreased by -3.2% in January
Hong Kong
1.13 million TEUs were handled
SHIPPING
Costamare secures $940 million in revenue from the charter of 12 container ships
Monk
SHIPPING
CMA CGM has ordered six 1,700 TEU LNG containerships from Cochin Shipyard.
Marseille
By the end of the year, the number of Indian seafarers on board the French group's ships will rise to 1,500.
PORTS
Cargo traffic at the port of Singapore grew by 13.0% last month.
Singapore
Containers amounted to 3,892,370 TEUs (+11.3%)
MEETINGS
Filt Cgil, meeting on the importance of Article 17 of Law 84/94
Rome
It will be held tomorrow in Rome at the Frentani Congress Center
COMPANIES
Britta Weber has been appointed as the new chief executive officer of the Hupac Group.
Noise
He is the current vice president of UPS Healthcare for Europe and Asia.
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
OFFSHORE
Saipem to acquire mobile offshore drilling unit for $272.5 million
Milan
Agreement with Norwegian Deep Value Driller
AWARDS
The 59th edition of the San Giorgio Award will be held in Genoa on February 20th.
Genoa
The Targa San Giorgio will be awarded to Gian Enzo Duci
JOBS
Filt Cgil appeals against Cartour's authorization to carry out lashing and unlashing operations.
LOGISTICS
Medlog inaugurates a logistics park at Dammam's King Abdulaziz Port
Geneva
It occupies an area of over 100 thousand square meters
LOGISTICS
Manageritalia and Assologistica sign the renewal of the Ccnl managers of the logistics
Rome
Monthly gross earnings increase at 750 Euros in three tranche
LOGISTICS
Subscribed a binding agreement for the acquisition of Qube by Macquarie Asset Management
Sydney
It was unanimously approved by the Australian logistic group Cda
CRUISES
Meyer Turku completed the design of a cruise ship to zero net emissions
Turku
The main fuel is biomethanol
INDUSTRY
Last year the turnover of Kalmar grew by +1%
Helsinki
Operating income, net profit and new orders in increase respective of +26%, +28% and +8%
PORTS
Terminal Investment Limited puts hands on the Peruvian port of Pisco
Lima
Acquired the Portuario de Paracas Terminal
INFRASTRUCTURE
Assagenti urges a more constant and timely information on the progress of the work of the new dam of Genoa
SHIPPING
Grimaldi has taken delivery of the Grande Michigan
Naples
It is the eighth Pure Car and Truck Carrier ammonia ready of the Neapolitan group
ASSOCIATIONS
Meeting between the presidents of the Maritime Federation and Assoporti
Rome
Mario Mattioli and Roberto Petri addressed the main issues of the maritime cluster
PORTS
Morocco's Marsa Maroc participates in the development of the port of Monrovia
Casablanca
Contract for the management of two docks and the construction of a multipurpose terminal
SHIPPING
South Korea's Pan Ocean buys ten VLCCs from compatriot SK Shipping
Seoul
Transaction valued at approximately $668 million
ASSOCIATIONS
Stefano Messina has been confirmed as president of Assarmatori
Rome
He will also lead the shipowners' association in the four-year period 2026-2030
PORTS
Roberto Mantovanelli has been appointed Secretary General of the Northern Adriatic Port Authority.
Venice
The 2026-2028 Three-Year Operational Plan for the Ports of Venice and Chioggia has been approved.
PORTS
In 2025, Albanian ports handled a record traffic of 8.2 million tons of goods (+6.2%)
Tirana
A new peak in passengers also amounted to 1.7 million units (+6.4%)
DEFENCE
WASS (Fincantieri) has been awarded a contract by Saudi Arabia for the supply of lightweight torpedoes
Trieste
The order is worth more than 200 million euros
INDUSTRY
Oxin (Somec) awarded a major order for the construction of kitchen, pantry, catering and bar areas for two cruise ships
San Vendemiano
The value of the order is 53 million euros
TRANSPORTATION
Sogedim launches a daily service between Carpi and Campogalliano/England
Carpi
Daily shuttle departing from the logistics hubs of Campogalliano, Carpi and Prato
SHIPPING
Danaos Corporation reports record quarterly and annual revenue.
Athens
Profits are falling
PORTS
CPPIB and OMERS are considering selling their 67% stake in Associated British Ports.
London
SHIPPING
Maersk orders eight 18,600 TEU dual-fuel containerships
Copenhagen
Built by New Times Shipbuilding Co., they will be delivered between 2029 and 2030.
SHIPYARDS
PaxOcean opens new shipyard in Singapore
Singapore
It occupies an area of 17.3 hectares
PORTS
The largest container ship ever arrived in the port of Trieste
Trieste
Port of call of the "MSC Diana" which has a capacity of approximately 19,000 TEUs
SHIPYARDS
Antin Infrastructure Partners acquires U.S. shipbuilder Vigor Marine Group
New York
It has shipyards in Seattle, Portland, Vancouver, San Diego and Norfolk
PORTS
In 2025, Moroccan ports handled a record traffic of 262.6 million tons of goods (+8.9%)
Rabat
Transhipment equal to 50.5% of the total
SHIPPING
Yang Ming deploys first of five 15,500 TEU dual-fuel LNG vessels on Asia-Mediterranean route
Keelung
It will be used in the MD2 service
ENVIRONMENT
Study highlights challenges for LNG containerships in complying with future cold ironing connection requirements
Berlin/Hamburg
PROGRESS AND TECHNOLOGY
Fincantieri and Wsense reach agreement to offer cutting-edge underwater systems
Trieste
Co-development of advanced wireless technology solutions planned
ENVIRONMENT
Study finds high levels of persistent organic pollutants caused by shipbreaking activities
Brussels
PORTS
Port of Livorno: tender for ship-generated waste management begins
Livorno
The expected value of the contract is over 40 million euros
LOGISTICS
DSV revenue and profits impacted by Schenker acquisition
Copenhagen
In 2025, turnover grew by +48.0%
INDUSTRY
Wärtsilä reports significant growth in quarterly and annual results for the Marine segment
Helsinki
The Finnish group's new orders acquired in 2025 remain stable.
COMPANIES
Dutch company Portwise has been bought by its compatriot Haskoning
Rijswijk
The company offers solutions for optimizing terminal operations through automation and electrification
SHIPPING
Construction of the first of six container ships for Italia Marittima has begun in China.
Trieste
The ships, which will be able to use traditional fuel and methanol, will have a capacity of 2,400 TEUs
ACCIDENTS
In the Strait of Hormuz, armed vessels ordered a US tanker to stop
Southampton/London
INTERMODAL TRANSPORT
GTS announces new rail services between the port of Genoa and central and southern Italy.
Bari
Connections via the Segrate Milan terminal
AVIATION
Kuehne+Nagel expands CargoCity South at Frankfurt Airport
Schindellegi
A new facility will be completed and taken over at the end of 2028
SHIPPING
The number of dual-fuel vessels employed by liner shipping lines is set to double by 2025
Washington
Currently, 74% of the order book consists of units of this type
PORTS
AD Ports signs agreement to build and operate multipurpose terminal at Matadi Port
Abu Dhabi/Kinshasa
Relaunch of the Banana Deepwater Port Construction Project
SEAFARERS
Confitarma: The Revenue Agency's position risks having serious repercussions on Italian seafarers' employment.
Rome
ASSOCIATIONS
Bucchioni appointed pro tempore president of the Association of Freight Forwarders of the Port of La Spezia
La Spezia
PORTS
The tender for the development of the shipbuilding hub in the port of Ancona has begun.
Ancona
The AdSP Management Committee has approved the call for tenders
SHIPPING
ONE's quarterly financial performance declines further
Singapore
The volume of containerized cargo transported by the fleet remains stable
INSTITUTIONS
Laura DiBella's nomination for FMC presidency has been signed.
Washington
His term will expire on June 30, 2028.
PORTS
Port of Singapore saw record bunker deliveries in 2025
Singapore
PSA-MOL joint venture to manage a new ro-ro terminal
PORTS
The port of Taranto was visited by a delegation from the Japanese FLOWRA
Taranto
The association brings together 21 of the main Japanese energy players
INDUSTRY
ABB's new orders in a quarter exceed $10 billion for the first time.
Zurich
Growing demand in the maritime, port and railway sectors
LAW
In the United States, MSC was fined a total of $22.67 million
Washington
The Federal Maritime Commission has released the results of an investigation
COMPANIES
Signal Ocean has acquired AXSMarine
Paris/London
The company offers web platforms to support the ship charter sector
COMPANIES
CSC Vespucci and Livorno Reefer will form a single platform dedicated to fruit and vegetable and exotic products in the port of Livorno
Livorno
Livorno Reefer to acquire stake in CSC
SHIPPING
Stena RoRo has placed an order for two ro-ro vessels in China with options for four more.
Gothenburg
They were designed in cooperation with the Italian Naos
SHIPPING
Shanghai Zhonggu Logistics Co. to Order Four New 6,000-TEU Containerships
Shanghai
The order will include options for two additional vessels
UPS revenues decreased by 2.6% in 2025
In the last quarter alone, a decrease of -3.2% was recorded
SHIPPING
ICS has published its periodic analysis of flag state performance
London
COMPANIES
Michail Stahlhut will step down as CEO of Hupac in May
Noise
Bertschi: Under his leadership, the company's position as a leading provider of combined road/rail transport in Europe has been strengthened.
PORTS
Members of the Ravenna Marine Resource Partnership Body have been appointed.
Ravenna
It will meet for the first time on February 4th and will remain in office for four years
SHIPPING
Messina (Assarmatori): MIT's decree on cold ironing is a good thing.
Rome
This is a fundamental step - he underlined - to ensure that the electrification of the platforms is actually usable.
PROGRESS AND TECHNOLOGY
Contship has joined the Digital Container Shipping Association's DCSA+ program.
Melzo
Among the goals, improving the efficiency of terminal operations, the accuracy of planning and collaboration with shipping companies.
PORTS
The Argentine Port Workers' Federation threatens a strike at national ports.
The Silver
Action in support of workers at the port of Concepción del Uruguay
PORTS
In 2025, freight traffic in the port of Taranto grew by +0.8%
Taranto
In the last quarter alone, a decrease of -22.6% was recorded
PORTS
Last year, container traffic in the port of Valencia grew by +3.4%
Valencia
5,662,661 TEUs were handled
DEFENCE
Fincantieri wins Italian Navy contract to enhance naval vessels' cyber resilience
INDUSTRY
New facility in Charleston for the production and testing of marine power and propulsion systems
Arlington
It was inaugurated by Leonardo DRS, a subsidiary of the Italian Leonardo
SAFETY & SECURITY
Project to strengthen maritime and port cybersecurity
Brest/Brussels/Rome
The partners are France Cyber Maritime, FEPORT and the Federation of the Sea
PORTS
Container traffic at the Port of Los Angeles fell by 10.6% in the last quarter of 2025.
Los Angeles
A decrease of -0.6% was recorded for the whole year
INDUSTRY
In the first six months of operation InnoWay Trieste produced 170 railway wagons
Trieste
The construction of 600 units is planned in Bagnoli della Rosandra in 2026
YACHTING
Ferretti rejects KKCG Maritime's partial and conditional voluntary takeover bid.
Milan
Strong confidence in the company's long-term strategy reaffirmed
PORTS
Haropa Port sets new container traffic record
Le Havre
Last year, overall freight traffic increased by +2%
MOURNING
Decio Lucano, the dean of shipping journalists, has passed away.
Genoa
His paper adventures are countless, including "Vita e Mare" and "TMM", but also digital with "DL News"
PORTS
Marsa Maroc orders 106 electric terminal tractors from Terberg
Benschop
They will be employed in the port of Nador West Med
INTERMODAL TRANSPORT
Contargo acquires 50% of Cargo-Center-Graz Logistik
Mannheim
The German company extends its intermodal network to the Adriatic ports of Koper and Rijeka.
COMPANIES
A single binding offer from Dubai for the purchase of the Venice Ro-Port Mos
Venice
The company manages the terminal for the motorways of the sea and cruises in Fusina
PORTS
The Port of Long Beach handled record container traffic in 2025
Long Beach
In the last quarter, a decrease of -8.8% was recorded
SHIPPING
HMM to introduce AI-based autonomous navigation solutions on 40 vessels
Seoul
Contract with Avikus and agreement with KSOE
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
MEETINGS
Filt Cgil, meeting on the importance of Article 17 of Law 84/94
Rome
It will be held tomorrow in Rome at the Frentani Congress Center
MEETINGS
A conference on congestion in the North West logistics system will be held in Genoa on January 19th.
Genoa
It will be held at the Transparency Hall of the Liguria Region
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Auction of megaterminal in Santos may be postponed due to deadlock within the Federal Government
(A Tribuna)
East Port Said Port faces a new challenge with Europe's carbon rules for shipping
(EnterpriseAM)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
ASSITERMINAL
Intervento del presidente Tomaso Cognolato
Roma, 19 giugno 2025
››› File
FREIGHT TERMINALS
Two new rail connections to Germany from the Padua Interport
Padua
They are operated by InRail and LTE Italia
SHIPPING
Intersea has become the general agent in Italy for the Portuguese GS Lines
Genoa
The shipping company is part of Grupo Sousa
PORTS
MSC and Qatari company Maha to develop and manage the Libyan port of Misurata
Paris/Misurata
An investment of 1.5 billion dollars is expected
MARINAS
F2i has been awarded the concession for the Lavagna tourist port
Milan
The concession contract will have a duration of 50 years
OFFSHORE
Eni launches the hull of the Coral North FLNG
Geoje/San Donato Milanese
It will be used offshore Cabo Delgado, north of Mozambique.
LOGISTICS
Laghezza has acquired a logistics warehouse in Sarzana
La Spezia
The aim is to establish a local hub for local production activities.
PORTS
The Red Sea Container Terminal at the Egyptian port of Sokhna has been inaugurated.
Sokhna
It is operated by a joint venture of Hutchison Ports, COSCO and CMA Terminals
SHIPPING
The GNV Altair ferry has joined the GNV fleet
Genoa
It has a capacity of 2,700 passengers and 915 linear metres of rolling stock.
COMPANIES
Ignazio Messina & C. has acquired full control of Thermocar
Genoa
The Genoese company operates in the temperature-controlled refrigerated container logistics sector.
SHIPPING
Maersk confirms resumption of MECL transits through the Suez Canal
Copenhagen
The line connects India and the Middle East with the US East Coast
SHIPPING
Genco's board of directors rejected Diana Shipping's acquisition proposal.
New York/Athens
The American company, however, leaves a glimmer of hope by admitting the validity of the merger
SHIPPING
MSC will include the port of Trieste in the Dragon Italy-USA service
Geneva
The Julian port will be reached starting from the second half of February
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