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January 23, 1998
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  • PSA ties up with Italy's Fiat for its first Europe port project
    PSA has signed an agreement to buy 60% of Italian port and logistics firm Sinport
  • Kelang Port told to refloat An Tai
  • Key maritime talks between US and China, Brazil will test ties
  • Guangzhou has US$400m of orders, plans to expand

  • Airbus, Boeing's backlog of Asian orders at US$30b
    The 260 planes make up 10% of units to be delivered, but include many widebodies
  • MAS in talks with Delta to switch slots for Boeing deliveries
  • Airbus close to selling 180 planes: report
  • JAL reduces flights to HK, Manila, S'pore
  • Japan says US request for extra 56 flights is 'too much'
  • Canadian railway's profit picks up 42%

  • Panama is still number one
    Lloyd's Register also lists Liberia, Greece, Bahamas, Cyprus, Malta, Japan, Norway, China and S'pore among top flags

  • Second arrest of a released vessel may not constitute abuse of court

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  • FEFC set rates not implemented across the board
  • Sooho Cho elected as chairman of KSA
  • Shanghai launches channel-deepening project
  • Philippine line raises funds through sales
  • Thai shipping group drops out of state fleet development
  • Continental boosts cargo RTM
  • Royal Aviation buys B-737 cargo planes
  • Asian flights trimmed by Qantas
  • Mercury tops off LAX facility

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JANUARY 22, 1998
  • British EU chairman plumps for safety
  • NS Cargo books 18% growth in intermodal transport
  • Army to protect money transports
  • Far East rates drop, with volumes up to the mark
  • DAF orders rapid systems from Digital

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  • Partners will operate as ‘New World Alliance’
  • San Juan operations director wins ‘97 Thomas Crowley Trophy
  • B.C. port sees third best year
  • Ships are working at Kalama North Port
  • U.S. and Netherlands will share information
  • Grand Alliance picks Hamburg as port of call for Asia shipping
  • Safmarine plans shipping routes to Africa and India

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  • Trio set to operate under 'New World Alliance'
  • Hanjin's Sooho Cho elected KSA chairman
  • Japan, Korea agree on ferry expansion
  • Yokohama Reito to open biggest cold storage in Tokyo
  • Russo-Japan Siberian rail talk soon in Tokyo
  • Export cargo volume at TACT hits record

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  • Daewoo acts to help ease Korean crisis
    MANAGERIAL staff at Daewoo Heavy Industries have accepted salary cuts of 10%-15% and shipyard production personnel have agreed to work an extra hour a day for no additional payment to help pull the South Korean economy through its financial crisis.
  • FPSO blockade halted
    A BLOCKADE of BP's Schiehallion FPSO in Belfast harbour by Greenpeace was cut short yesterday, after safety considerations forced the environmental action group to abandon its protest, writes Quentin Sommerville.
  • Box chartering undergoes a lull
    THIS is the time of year when the containership charter market becomes blurred. Brokers complain that everyone seems to shut up shop over Christmas and the New Year in Europe, reopening for a short while in early January. And then it all slows down again for the Chinese New Year.
  • Ras Laffan receives 'negative implications'
    STANDARD & Poor's has retained on its CreditWatch "with negative implications" two bond issues totalling $1.2bn from Ras Laffan Liquefied Natural Gas Co.
  • Global lines in new alliance
    HYUNDAI Merchant Marine, APL and Mitsui OSK will operate under the name New World Alliance in their new network of global container shipping services.
  • Shippers pledge to move more cargo with Taca members
    SHIPPERS have pledged to move more cargo this year with members of the Trans-Atlantic Conference Agreement under annual service contracts than in 1997, writes Janet Porter.
  • US pilot crackdown move
    THE US Coast Guard has proposed new regulations requiring that all merchant vessels in foreign trade on North Carolina's Cape Fear and Northeast Cape Fear Rivers must be under the direction and control of federally-licensed pilots, unless state licensed pilots have control.
  • Transroll to boost service capacity
    BRAZILIAN shipowner and operator Transroll Navegacao is to boost its capacity and frequency between north Europe and east coast South America in May with the deployment of the 1,650 teu Sirius.

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JANUARY 22, 1998
  • NCLH rejects takeover rumours
    THE Oslo-based cruise shipping group NCL Holding has issued a statement rejecting rumours that P&O's Princess Cruises might bid for the company.
  • Substantial shipyard overcapacity forecast
    THERE will be a substantial overcapacity in world shipbuilding by the year 2000, according to Nomura Research of Japan.
  • Mercur Tankers buys roro ship
    MERCUR Tankers has bought a roro container vessel in a move to widen its activities outside the tanker business.
  • Japan remains top ship exporter
    JAPAN remained the world's largest ship exporter last year for the fourth consecutive year.
  • Currency woes hit Asian steel exports
    SOUTH Korea's economic turmoil threatens to put a dent in its steel-making industry.
  • Weak currencies threaten Chinese builder
    WEAKENING Korean and Japanese currencies are a major threat to the competitiveness of Chinese shipyards, according to the president of China State Shipbuilding Corp.
  • Judge rules on Lloyd's Names
    A JUDGE today ruled that Lloyd's had now produced a finality statement in an "intelligible form" which complied sufficiently with the requirements of Equitas clause 5.10.
  • Gibraltar tug company plans MBO
    HOWARD Smith, the UK-BASED towage and salvage company, appears to be in the first stages of negotiating a management buyout of its Gibraltar subsidiary.
  • Sea Containers announces record carryings
    THE launch of the SuperSeaCat on the English Channel helped Sea Containers reach record carryings on passenger and vehicle carrying services last year.
  • Thamesport wins Canadian service
    THE St Lawrence Co-ordinated Service (SLCS), operated by Canada Maritime and OOCL, is switching its UK port of call from Felixstowe to Thamesport from next month.
  • BV launches ISM software
    AN ISM compliant software system was unveiled yesterday by BV and Trident Software Developments, in the first such tie up between a software company and a class society.
  • Weak yen slows down Japanese-flag decline
    THE decline in the number of Japanese-flagged ships has slackened because the weak yen has boosted their competitiveness.
  • Sweden reaches ITF accord
    THE majority of Swedish-owned foreign registered vessels will soon be covered by collective agreements at a level acceptable to the International Transport Workers Federation (ITF).
  • Texaco boosts bunkers in Gibraltar
    TEXACO is to restructure its bunkering operations in Gibraltar from February 1.
  • Owners protest against new Brazilian tax
    A NEW tax on shipowners imposed by the Brazilian government earlier this month has sparked a huge protest from a shipowner's body.
  • Trinidad signs natural gas deal
    TRINIDAD and Tobago is set to become a major player for lng exports after the government yesterday signed an agreement to finance a $1.6bn project.
  • Firm rates boost Teekay
    FIRM freight rates for aframax tankers and lower bunker fuel costs boosted fourth quarter results for Teekay Shipping.
  • Antwerp container dock wins approval
    THE regional government of Flanders in Belgium has given official authorisation for the construction of a Bf 15bn ($397m) tidal container dock with direct access to the river Scheldt.

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  • OCHZ: un mia. de BEF investis dans la nouvelle dimension
    A la mi-1999, le terminal à containers de l'OCHZ (Ocean Container terminal Hessenatie Zeebrugge), dans l'avant-port, présentera une physionomie totalement différente, celle d'une installation ultra-moderne apte à traiter des PC de 4.000 TEU et plus, dans des conditions plus optimales qu'aujourd'hui et ce, dans le contexte de dessertes rapides, tant côté maritime que terrestre car ladite installation reste également un terminal ferroviaire. L'outil comptera alors 8 portiques dont 3 super-postpanamax et une grue Gottwald, ceci pour une capacité annuelle de 400.000 containers ou 540.000 TEU.
  • J. Bellekens va construire une nouvelle plate-forme de groupage
    La société de transport routier international J. Bellekens a été élue Transporteur de l'Année 1998 par les lecteurs du magazine Truck & Business. Cette entreprise de groupage devrait connaître cette année une évolution importante, avons-nous appris lors de la réception ayant suivi la remise du trophée. Jozef Bellekens nous a en effet déclaré que de toutes nouvelles installations, sensiblement plus grandes que les actuelles, seront construites.
  • L'année de tous les records pour le complexe portuaire liégeois
    La région liégeoise connaît, depuis quelques années, une activité portuaire en expansion continue. En 1997, Liège renforce encore, devant Strasbourg et tous les grands ports rhénans, sa position de troisième port européen d'intérieur, derrière Duisbourg-Ruhrort et Paris, dont elle se rapproche. En effet, avec 23,9 millions de tonnes manipulées, Liège réalise, en 1997, une progression de 10,63 % par rapport à 1996.
  • Les autorités fédérales respectent le calendrier des réformes de la navigation intérieure
    "En vue de la libéralisation complète de la navigation intérieure en 2000, j'ai précisé à toutes les parties concernées que la Belgique transposerait la directive 96/75 du Conseil des Communautés européennes dans la totalité de ses aspects, en ce compris le timing proposé". C'est ce qu'a répondu le ministre fédéral des Communications Michel Daerden à une question parlementaire de J. Van Eetvelt du CVP.

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  • Draft restrictions set for Panama Canal
  • Mexico expects to complete its first airport concession sale by midyear
  • Antwerp wins approval to build box terminal
  • Heavy-truck makers on roll at end of 3rd-biggest year
  • Air France gets OK for China flights
  • Hong Kong seeks more equity in rail line
  • Daily tanker index planned
  • Reebok to ship through Rotterdam
  • Arrow links Houston with South America
  • South Korean tanker seized in Hawaii
  • Canadian truckers protest Customs border proposal
  • Merger of rival German ports seen as strength in unity
  • Shipowners urged to beat the deadline on safety management code compliance
  • Rail industry optimistic that 1998 will smooth out some road bumps

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  • Filing opens North American questions
    The implications of yesterday’s filing of a space charter and sailing agreements by the three conference carriers in the north American trade, Australia-New Zealand Direct Line, Blue Star Line and Columbus line are still under discussion. As reported yesterday, the carriers have made the application with United States’ Federal Maritime Commission and will have to wait up to 45 days before receiving a ruling.
  • Asian freight rates slide on bulk trade
    Asia’s currency crisis has sent freight rates for the bulk commodity trade plummeting by as much as 20 per cent, with shipping sources forecasting that the trend will continue until at least the third quarter of this year.
    Shipping brokers say the combination of the high level of service on shipping routes between Australia and Asia and reduced demand for bulk commodities has driven freight rates down by around 8 per cent over the past few months.
  • Wellington terminal OK ‘premature’
    Reports from New Zealand this week that agreement has finally been reached on construction of a new ferry terminal at Wellington’s Glasgow Wharf, replacing the existing terminal, have been dismissed by the Port of Wellington and the Wellington City Council.
    Ken Harris, the port’s chief executive said that the port was still negotiating with (terminal user) Tranz Rail and was a long way off beginning construction.
  • Safe boating campaign
    In a campaign launched in Fremantle this week, recreational boat owners have been urged to exercise more care when approaching commercial shipping vessels.
    The safety campaign, which is being jointly run by the WA Department of Transport and the Fremantle Port Authority, features a video which shows the problems faced by ships’ masters and pilots in confined waters and the safety measures the owners of pleasure craft can take to prevent collisions.
  • Queensland Rail’s flood bill tops $3m
    The damage bill to rail-related infrastructure following the recent record floods in northern Queensland had reached $3 million, Queensland Rail said yesterday.
    Flood-ravaged northern Queensland continued its massive clean-up this week, as most vital transport links and services in the region around Townsville returned to normal.

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  • Asian ills infect more players
    Japanese trading houses appear to be among the latest victims of the financial crisis plaguing Asia. Meanwhile, vessels in the sagging fleet of Halla Merchant Marine are up for grabs and even the mighty Hyundai is scrambling to relieve its debt load... eliminating the most likely saviour of the once-expansive Halla shipyard. In Indonesia, shipping companies linked to the faltering Suharto regime are putting on a brave face.
  • Greeks linked to VLCC orders
    NKK Corp in Japan is reportedly close to signing a USD 168m newbuilding deal for two VLCCs with a Greek shipowner.
  • Baltic truce leaves some still fuming
    A massive row inside the Baltic Exchange over its plans to launch a tanker freight futures index has simmered down, with the London Tanker Brokers Panel (LTBP) ending its opposition.
  • Bets placed on New York cruise project
    A new gambling-cruise operation about to be launched in New York by a group with strong links to Singapore-based Star Cruises reflects enthusiasm for a potentially lucrative market here rather than a souring on economically troubled Asia, a top executive tells TradeWinds.
  • B+H boosts fleet with Ceres ships
    B+H of the US is expanding its fleet of product/chemical tankers, reportedly purchasing four vessels from Ceres Hellenic Shipping of Greece for USD 42m en bloc.

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FROM THE HOME PAGE
At the end of the year Fret SCNF will cease to exist and the activity will be detected by the new companies Hexafret and Technis
St. -Ouen
The deal is aimed at averting the payment of 5.3 billion euros.
Tzitzikostas : At the beginning of my mandate I will present a strategy for European ports
Tzitzikostas : At the beginning of my mandate I will present a strategy for European ports
Brussels
"The competitiveness of the transport sector must be based on sustainability," the European Commission said.
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings records record quarterly revenue
Miami
In the July-September period of this year, the group's ships have embarked on 812mila passengers (+ 9.7%)
The intermodal hubs of Melzo and Milan Smistamento will be retaken in the ZLS of the port and retroport of Genoa
Milan
Deliberation approved by the regional junta of Lombardy
It amounts to 39 billion euros per year the public investment needed to decarbonize European transport.
It amounts to 39 billion euros per year the public investment needed to decarbonize European transport.
Brussels
The estimate in a new study of Transport & Environment
The crisis in the Red Sea has caused a hole of six billion dollars in Egypt's coffers
The crisis in the Red Sea has caused a hole of six billion dollars in Egypt's coffers
Cairo / Alexandria
Scali at the Egyptian port of El Dekheila of the services of Vuxx Shipping between China and Russia
In the third quarter, freight traffic in Chinese seaports grew by 1.7% percent
Beijing
The only volumes to and from abroad have increased by 5.0%
In the July-September quarter, naval traffic in the Bosphorus Strait grew by 6.4%
Ankara
In the first nine months of 2024, the increase was 7.1%
DFDS will not acquire the international transport network of Ekol Logistics
Copenhagen / Istanbul
Exchange of allegations : The Danish group claims that certain contract conditions have not been met ; the Turkish company replies that it has received a discount request in the last 24 hours
In the first quarter of this year, traffic in European Union ports fell by -3.2% percent.
In the first quarter of this year, traffic in European Union ports fell by -3.2% percent.
Luxembourg
The only traffic in containers (+ 5.2%) is growing. Still doubts about the figures attributed to Italy
ECSA and T&E are calling for the Clean Industrial Deal to support the energy transition of shipping
Brussels
Among the demands, make ecological naval fuels available in ports
In the July-September quarter, ONE revenue grew by 65.2% percent.
In the July-September quarter, ONE revenue grew by 65.2% percent.
Singapore
The volumes of containers carried by the fleet increased by 6.6%
In the third quarter, the financial and operational results of COSCO were substantially increased.
In the third quarter, the financial and operational results of COSCO were substantially increased.
Shanghai
The volumes of containers carried by the fleet increased by 8.6%
Maersk records glowing quarterly results
Maersk records glowing quarterly results
Copenhagen
A strong performance in the containerized shipping industry has been decided. Also growing terminal and logistics
Confitarma lists actions to increase the contribution of shipping to the Italian System
Naples
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Oltre 420 posizioni aperte in 17 corsi totali, con un tasso di occupazione post diploma di circa il 95% in media
In the third quarter the traffic in goods in Turkish ports decreased by -1.8%
Ankara
Volumes to and from Italy have increased by 2.9%
The Court of Appeal in Reggio Calabria gives reason to the AdSP of Gioia Tauro in the litigation that juxtaposes it to the Corap
A litigant remains pending in front of the Court of Cassation
Maersk signs an agreement with Chinese LONGi to supply its own dual-fuel vessels of methanol
Copenhagen
The Danish group already has agreements in place to meet more than 50% percent of its demand for methanol planned for 2027
Royal Caribbean again records financial results and record quarterly operating
Royal Caribbean again records financial results and record quarterly operating
Miami
In the July-September period, revenues increased by 17.4%
The association of European ports is alarmed for the planned reform of EU funding to transport infrastructure
Brussels
Transport policy and transport funding must be based on a European approach.
In the third quarter of this year, the transits of large vessels in the Panama Canal were down -38.3% percent.
In the third quarter of this year, the transits of large vessels in the Panama Canal were down -38.3% percent.
Balboa
-36.9% reduction in the volumes of goods transported through the Central American waterway
CMA CGM associates with Marsa Maroc for the management of a container terminal in the port of Nador
Marseille
Expected an investment of 280 million
Maersk confirms participation in service between Turkey and East Coast USA with scallops in Salerno, Livorno and Tanger Med
Copenhagen
Will be activated on 1st February 2025
Hapag-Lloyd will introduce shots at Italian ports in two services between the Mediterranean and East Coast USA
Hamburg / Haifa
Touches in Genoa, Livorno and Salerno in collaboration with ZIM
In the third quarter the terminals of COSCO Shipping Ports handled 29.1 million containers (+ 4.8%)
Hong Kong
Wan Hai Lines orders eight new container ships from 16,000 teu
Taipei
Committed to South Koreans HD Hyundai Samho and Samsung Heavy Industries
Fincantieri-EDGE agreement for the development of solutions for the underwater needs of military navies
Abu Dhabi / Trieste / Paris
The joint venture Maestral will deal with the design, development and construction of underwater systems
WSC, crucial mandate of new European commissioner for transport to ensure decarbonisation of shipping
Brussels
The shipowner association indicates some other priorities to be addressed
Federagents ready to illustrate to institutions the priorities of Italian ports
Rome
Pessina : available to our know-how to suggest the measures to be taken
Sébastien Romani is the new CEO of Forship Spa
Go Ligure
Subenters to Giuseppe Scognamiglio
Restyling of the landing area of the Cruserists in the port of Catania
Catania
In 2023 the traffic of cruises in the Sicilian stopover increased by 43.7% percent.
Resume work for the completion of the commercial docks of the Milazzo Port
Messina
The realization of 18,000 square metres of new aprons is planned.
In the third quarter, Kalmar's turnover fell by -16% percent.
Helsinki
New orders increased by 6%
Approved the 2025 forecast budget of the West Liguria AdSP
Genoa
Ok also at the annual review of the Triennale Operating Plan 2023-2025
Approved the 2025 forecast budget of the Central Adriatic System Authority of the Central Adriatic
Ancona
The first crane arrived to make Giammoro's pontile operating near Milazzo.
Messina
Will be installed by end of year
Green light to the forecast budget and the three-year plan of the work of the Eastern Liguria's AdSP
The Spezia
In the first nine months of 2024 the traffic of containers at Spezia grew by 8.1% percent. On 14 and November 15 the event "A Bridge To Africa"
Approved the forecast budget 2025 and the POT 2025-2027 of the AdSP of the Southern Tirreno and Ionian
Joy Tauro
Port of Livorno, seized a 40-pound load of cocaine
Livorno
Tracts under arrest three people
Approved the 2025 forecast budget of the AdSP of the Northern Tirreno
Livorno
Ok unanimous also at the Triennale Operating Plan 2024-2026
Rail Cargo Group activates a rail service between Belgrade and the port of Rijeka
Vienna
Two weekly rotations
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
HHLA reaps upward forecasts for the full financial year 2024
Hamburg
Also expected to be a slight increase in the volumes of container traffic handled by port terminals
In the third quarter, the revenues of COSCO Shipping Ports grew 11.2%
Hong Kong
In the first nine months of 2024, the increase was 5.8%
Approved the 2025 forecast budget of the AdSP of the Sardinia Sea
Cagliari
Also free from the three-year programme of works
Savino Del Bene has acquired the Seabridge Transport in Hamburg
Hamburg / Florence
The company was already acting as the administrative headquarters for the German operations of the Italian group.
In the third quarter, freight traffic in Albanian ports grew by 14.0% percent.
Tirana
In the first nine months of this year, the increase was 14.3%
In 2026, for the first time, MSC Cruciere ships will reach Alaska
Geneva
"MSC Poetry" will carry out weekly itineraries from Seattle
COSCO Shipping Lines orders six new container ships from 13,600 teu to Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding
Shanghai
They will be taken in delivery by 2027
Wärtsilä records a robust uptickdown in quarterly turnover
Helsinki
In the July-September period, the value of new orders rose by 1% percent.
Unified concession for formal act for the Intergroup terminal in Gaeta port
Cyvitavecchia
Has a duration of 12 years
Arrive in the port of Gioia Tauro the last two of the 13 new quay cranes of the MCT
Joy Tauro
They can work on capacity container carriers up to 25mila teu
Assologistic has published a practical guide to customs reform
Milan
Illustrated and analyzed the novelties and critiques of the new legislative plant
In the third quarter, shipping containers in Spanish ports increased by 9.9% percent.
Transhipment traffic grew by 13.2% percent, the import-export trade of 6.4% percent.
USB Mare and Porti criticizes the agreement for the renewal of the contract of port workers
Rome
Signed the voluntary agreement "Ancona blue agreement"
Ancona
The aim is to reduce the impact of emissions from cruise ships, ro-ro and ferries that climb the dorsal port.
Italian Coast Guard and the Italian Academy of Mercantile Academy in support of the Maritime Administration of Ukraine
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
On Friday, the public assembly of Federagents will be held in Rome.
Rome
The Federation celebrates the 75 years since its founding
Spediporto has organized a two-day trip on the Green Logistic Valley and Italy-China trade
Genoa
It is scheduled on 22 and October 23
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PRESS REVIEW
Argentina enfrenta tarifas portuarias hasta 500% más altas que otros países de la región
(Pescare)
Russia and India join forces in the Arctic, leaving China aside
(News.Az)
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FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Relazione del presidente Nicola Zaccheo
Roma, 18 settembre 2024
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Fincantieri opens in San Francisco a center for the development of dual-use technologies applicable both in civilian and military sectors
Trieste / San Francisco
It is housed at the Mind the Bridge Innovation Center
Japan's MHI-MME initiates a license agreement with Chinese Jiangsu Masada
Nagasaki
The aim is the development of the production and sale in China of turbochargers for two-stroke marine engines
By November the ownership of the Victory Shipyard will go to CNV
Venice
Mantovan (Veneto Region) : A new trade union agreement will be built that will cover the 48 workers in organic
In the third quarter, the commercial activity and financial performance of Konecranes grew
Helsinki
The value of new orders for the supply of port means increased by 44.1%
In 2025, a 3.9% increase in cruising traffic in Adriatic ports is expected
Ravenna
Responses Tourism believes that the traffic of ferries, catamarans and aliscafi will record further slight growth
COSCO Shipping Ports acquires stakes in the two port terminals of Hutchison Ports in Laem Chabang
Hong Kong
Investment of 110 million
GNV has taken delivery of the new ferry GNV Polaris
Genoa
First of four new ro-pax units built in China, it will enter service by January
John Xylas will be the new president of Intercargo.
John Xylas will be the new president of Intercargo.
London
He will subordinate to Dimitrios Fafalios, who has been named honorary president
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