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November 23, 1998
Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Safety concerns surface as cruise ships get bigger
    IMO chief's vision of second Titanic may be understated, magazine warns
  • Osaka port eyeing S'pore investors for US$350m project
  • Asian ships' crew win over US$1m in back pay: unions
  • Warning as storm nears Bangladesh
Air and Land Transport
  • Six China aviation firms to jointly build small jets: report
    Move comes after collapse of manufacturing deals with Airbus, Boeing
  • Northwest, Continental link-up plan faces delay
  • Indian airport venture eyes service providers
  • Aerolineas to lease 12 Airbus long-haul planes
  • SAir ready for millennium: IT chief
  • Air Afrique staff oppose airport handling privatisation
  • US Airways president promoted to CEO of parent firm
Features
  • Dubai's face of diversification
    Company enforces emirate's drive to move away from dependence on oil with units such as Dubai Shipping Co.
Columns
  • Networking at shiprepair conference

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Safety concerns surface as cruise ships get bigger
    IMO chief's vision of second Titanic may be understated, magazine warns
  • Osaka port eyeing S'pore investors for US$350m project
  • Asian ships' crew win over US$1m in back pay: unions
  • Warning as storm nears Bangladesh
Air and Land Transport
  • Six China aviation firms to jointly build small jets: report
    Move comes after collapse of manufacturing deals with Airbus, Boeing
  • Northwest, Continental link-up plan faces delay
  • Indian airport venture eyes service providers
  • Aerolineas to lease 12 Airbus long-haul planes
  • SAir ready for millennium: IT chief
  • Air Afrique staff oppose airport handling privatisation
  • US Airways president promoted to CEO of parent firm
Features
  • Dubai's face of diversification
    Company enforces emirate's drive to move away from dependence on oil with units such as Dubai Shipping Co.
Columns
  • Networking at shiprepair conference

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Safety concerns surface as cruise ships get bigger
    IMO chief's vision of second Titanic may be understated, magazine warns
  • Osaka port eyeing S'pore investors for US$350m project
  • Asian ships' crew win over US$1m in back pay: unions
  • Warning as storm nears Bangladesh
Air and Land Transport
  • Six China aviation firms to jointly build small jets: report
    Move comes after collapse of manufacturing deals with Airbus, Boeing
  • Northwest, Continental link-up plan faces delay
  • Indian airport venture eyes service providers
  • Aerolineas to lease 12 Airbus long-haul planes
  • SAir ready for millennium: IT chief
  • Air Afrique staff oppose airport handling privatisation
  • US Airways president promoted to CEO of parent firm
Features
  • Dubai's face of diversification
    Company enforces emirate's drive to move away from dependence on oil with units such as Dubai Shipping Co.
Columns
  • Networking at shiprepair conference

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Safety concerns surface as cruise ships get bigger
    IMO chief's vision of second Titanic may be understated, magazine warns
  • Osaka port eyeing S'pore investors for US$350m project
  • Asian ships' crew win over US$1m in back pay: unions
  • Warning as storm nears Bangladesh
Air and Land Transport
  • Six China aviation firms to jointly build small jets: report
    Move comes after collapse of manufacturing deals with Airbus, Boeing
  • Northwest, Continental link-up plan faces delay
  • Indian airport venture eyes service providers
  • Aerolineas to lease 12 Airbus long-haul planes
  • SAir ready for millennium: IT chief
  • Air Afrique staff oppose airport handling privatisation
  • US Airways president promoted to CEO of parent firm
Features
  • Dubai's face of diversification
    Company enforces emirate's drive to move away from dependence on oil with units such as Dubai Shipping Co.
Columns
  • Networking at shiprepair conference

Sched Netweb site
  • P&ON upgrades EAX service
  • P&ON sees Q3 operating profit rise 20 pc
  • ICTSI eyes Latin American business to offset Manila woes
  • Correction to 'K Line's service restructuring' article
  • Extra ships for HK-Long Beach
  • China Container growth to remain strong
  • Emirates receives eighth B777
  • Dubai chosen as FIATA host
  • Landmark year for Airbus Industrie

Exim Indiaweb site
  • GeoLogistics commences India operations
  • Hanjin launches 7th 5300-TEU containership
  • 'Citizen' eyes India as export base
  • Petronet LNG, SCI may join hands
  • ABC India offers logistics service package
  • ICC-IMC seminar today
  • 2 professionals join TT Club Board
  • Govt. to enact law on BOT core projects funding
  • RBI allows exporters to accept payment against global credit cards
  • Railways offer 10 pc discount on incremental traffic
  • Orissa to float global tenders for cashew JVs
  • Essar's terminal to handle crude on commercial basis

Lloyd's Listweb site
  • Excel set for court wrangle over US bank ultimatum
    EXCEL Maritime Carriers and the First National Bank of Maryland are headed for a possible clash in the English High Court, triggered by the bank's issue of a default ultimatum which the American Stock Exchange-listed shipping company says has had the effect of condemning its fleet to unemployment.
  • Albatros struck rock, says Bahamas body
    A FLAG state report into the grounding of Vlasov-controlled cruiseship Albatros off the Scilly Isles last year concludes that the vessel struck a rock pinnacle after turning too widely to gain the leading line for the passage through St Mary's Sound.
  • Cargill bid for rival may hit problem
    US government and Congressional antitrust warnings could spell trouble for the planned acquisition by US agricultural leader Cargill Inc of the worldwide grain assets of its arch-rival, Continental Grain Company.
  • Yangtze lock date
    A permanent ship lock at the site of Three Gorges Dam project on the Yangtze River will be completed within five years, an official of the company financing the project said. Lu Yongmei, president of the China Yangtze Three Gorges Project Development Corp, announced that five Chinese companies will share procurement contracts worth Yuan460m (US$60m) to supply equipment needed to build the lock.
  • Negros Navigation restructures debts
    STRUGGLING with soaring operating costs and interest rates, Negros Navigation Company is consolidating operations and restructuring debts in order to survive.
  • Pontoon time
    PONTOON TIME: the seven-storey superstructure for the next container carrier newbuilding on order from Hamburg-Sud is floated on a pontoon to Emden, Germany, by the Polish tug ODYS. The journey from Holm Contruction in Gdansk was interrupted due to storms at Cuxhaven.

Daily Commercial Newsweb site
  • Sea-Land here next month
    Sea-Land Service's new Australian relay operation will begin tomorrow -- with an inaugural departure from Long Beach for arrival in Sydney on 21 December.
    The US giant on Friday confirmed it will take slots on Maersk's weekly, fixed-day East Coast Australia-Far East service and link with its own multiple line-haul services on trans-Pacific, inter-Asia and Asia-Middle East-Europe routes.
    Sea-Land will take 125 40-foot slots (250 TEU) each way on each Maersk sailing, with 40 slots allocated to standard and hi-cube reefers targeted at the US. In order to provide fastest transits, northbound cargo will be hubbed over Yokohama, while southbound boxes will be relayed over Kaohsiung.
  • P&O Nedlloyd profit up 20 per cent
    P&O Nedlloyd recorded an operating profit of $US30 million during the third quarter of 1998, 20 per cent up on the comparable result of $US25 million for the same period in 1997.
    This compares to an increase of 11 per cent in throughput and a reduction of four per cent in average revenue per TEU.
    According to the Anglo-Dutch shipping line this clearly demonstrates that significant cost savings are being achieved.
    The increase in interest, minorities and other items for the third quarter compared to the previous year largely reflects the financing cost of new ships, the line said.
    The line noted that "headline profit" remained the same as for the third quarter in 1997 which, in effect, shows that increased volume and cost savings fully offset reduced rates, higher interest charges and the cost of Asia's financial crisis.
  • BSA bid 'under study'
    A proposal by P&O Nedlloyd to accommodate Blue Star Asia volumes within the Australian Northbound Shipping Conference agreement has been held over by member lines for further consideration.
    DCN understands a further principals' meeting will be held on 8 December to consider additional information which has been sought from P&ON.
    The original P&ON proposition was discussed at last week's annual consortium meeting at Sanctuary Cove, at which members apparently agreed to "roll over" the current agreement indefinitely, despite suggestions during the course of this year that some lines were pushing for major changes.
  • CS, Fesco tie delayed
    Implementation of the proposed vessel sharing agreement between Contship Containerlines and FESCo Australia North America Line has been delayed by what is being characterised as "discussion over detail".
    The lines announced in mid-September that from this month Contship would take slots on the weekly FANAL Australia/New Zealand/Pacific Islands-US West Coast service. In return FESCo would secure space on the US East Coast-Noumea/NZ/Australia leg of the round-the-world service Contship mounts with CGM and Marfret on a 10-day frequency.
  • MUA council reviews P&OP IPA
    The national council of the Maritime Union of Australia gets under way in Sydney this morning with P&O Ports' reform agenda one of the main topics of discussion.
    According to P&O chairman Richard Hein, the company is confident it will shortly be in a position to sign an in-principle agreement which covers the reform framework.
    While discussions between the stevedore and the union have been conducted in secrecy, with even the most senior executives claiming the issue was "too hot" to discuss, it is understood that the document being considered by the council this week will be a general position paper which refers to the transfer to annualised salaries and some outsourcing, not including maintenance.

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FROM THE HOME PAGE
A novembre il traffico delle merci nei porti marittimi cinesi è aumentato del +3,2%
Pechino
Le merci con l'estero hanno registrato un rialzo del +6,1%. I container sono cresciuti del +4,9%
Accordo TIL (gruppo MSC) - JNPA per la realizzazione del porto di Vadhvan
Uran
Il nuovo scalo è situato sulla costa occidentale dell'India
Shanghai è il primo porto mondiale a movimentare oltre 50 milioni di container in un anno
Shanghai
SIPG evidenzia il forte incremento di produttività realizzato introducendo una spinta automazione nell'area di Yangshan
Oggi entrano in vigore otto emendamenti alla Convenzione internazionale del Lavoro Marittimo
Ginevra
Yang Ming acquisirà sino a 13 nuove portacontainer da 8.000-15.000 teu
Keelung
Sostituiranno navi da 5.500-6.500 teu dell'età di oltre vent'anni
Carnival registra performance record per il trimestre settembre-novembre
Miami
Nel periodo i ricavi sono aumentati del +10,0%
Uniport apprezza che la riforma portuale avvenga attraverso una legge delega e confida (!) nella volontà del governo di aprire un confronto con gli operatori
Roma
Søren Toft (MSC) è il nuovo presidente del World Shipping Council
Washington
Vice presidente è Randy Chen della Wan Hai Lines
Presentato lo “SHIPS for America Act”, disegno di legge bipartisan per rafforzare l'industria statunitense dello shipping
Washington
Tra le proposte, trasportare sino al 10% delle importazioni dalla Cina su navi di bandiera statunitense, con equipaggio americano e costruite negli USA
Istituita a Gioia Tauro l'impresa portuale per la fornitura di lavoro temporaneo
Gioia Tauro
Ai 50 lavoratori attualmente iscritti nelle liste dell'Agenzia portuale se ne aggiungeranno altri 70
Navantia firma l'accordo per acquisire tutti e quattro i cantieri navali della Harland & Wolff
Londra/Madrid
Impegno alla salvaguardia dei mille posti di lavoro, garantendo la tutela dei diritti e delle condizioni di lavoro
Nel terzo trimestre il traffico delle merci nei porti francesi è diminuito del -7,3%
Parigi
Robusta crescita dei container (+14,0%). Calo delle altre tipologie di carichi
Thomas Kazakos sarà il prossimo segretario generale dell'International Chamber of Shipping
Londra
Subentrerà a giugno a Guy Platten
A tre anni dalla cerimonia inaugurale vengono avviati i lavori di costruzione del nuovo porto senegalese di Ndayane
Dubai
Investimento di 1,2 miliardi di dollari
Fatal accident in the port of Genoa
Genoa
A 52-year-old Culmv worker dies and a colleague is injured. A 24-hour strike has been called
In the second quarter of this year, cargo traffic in Greek ports increased by +1.4%
Container Traffic Growth at Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach in November
Los Angeles/Long Beach
Increases of +15.9% and +20.9% respectively were recorded
Lineas and Hupac collaborate on intermodal connections between Belgium and Italy
Brussels
The Belgian company will provide rail traction, while the Swiss one will take care of intermodal services
Report highlights progress made in reducing emissions in Tuscan ports
Leghorn
Emissions produced by maritime traffic account for 88.1% of the total
Assologistica, the application of the Reverse Charge for VAT purposes in the logistics sector is good
Milan
The association expressed appreciation for the government's intention to seek EU authorization
An EU Commission study analyses the environmental challenges faced by European ports
Brussels
Particular attention to supporting initiatives for the sustainability of small and medium-sized ports
Busan Port Set to End 2024 with Record Container Traffic of 24.3 Million TEU (+5.0%)
HMM to return to transatlantic routes
Seoul
New Northern Europe-West Coast USA service. Also inaugurated is an India-Northern Europe line
CMA CGM to use the port of Santa Cruz de Tenerife as a transhipment hub
Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Agreement with Terminal de Contenedores de Tenerife
Port of La Spezia, cruise ships will be able to operate at Molo Garibaldi despite the works
The Spice
EUNAVFOR Atalanta naval mission mandate extended until 28 February 2027
Brussels
Synergies with the Aspides maritime operation will be strengthened
A consortium led by CMA CGM will operate the container terminal at the river port of Lyon
CLECAT calls for new transport emissions regulation not to include entire life cycle of vehicles
Brussels
The IRU is instead in favour of the "well-to-wheel" approach
UNCTAD: Mediterranean ports' connection to global containerized shipping network declines
Geneva
General decrease in connections in Italian ports with the exception of La Spezia and Trieste
CMA CGM and AD Ports inaugurate container terminal at Khalifa Port
Abu Dhabi
The first phase has a traffic capacity of 1.8 million TEUs
Castor Maritime Acquires Control of MPC Capital
Limassol/Hamburg
Investment worth 182.8 million euros
The first cabin of the cold ironing system is ready at Molo Garibaldi in the port of La Spezia
The Spice
La statunitense FTV Capital presenta un'offerta per acquisire la Windward
Londra
L'azienda londinese sviluppa soluzioni tecnologiche per lo shipping
L'americana Halliburton compra la norvegese Optime Subsea
Notodden
L'azienda europea sviluppa tecnologie per le operazioni subacquee
Grimaldi ha preso in consegna la ro-ro multipurpose Great Cotonou
Napoli
Il prossimo mese sarà immessa in un nuovo servizio del gruppo tra Cina e Nigeria
Federagenti ha nominato 24 “ambasciatori”
Roma
Sono protagonisti da oltre 60 anni nella professione di agente marittimo
Porti della Spezia e Marina di Carrara, stanziati oltre cinque milioni per la transizione green
La Spezia
Fondi per l'acquisto di mezzi elettrici o a idrogeno
A novembre il traffico delle merci nei porti di Genova e Savona-Vado è cresciuto del +4,3%
Genova
Nei primi undici mesi del 2024 registrato un aumento del +1,1%
Nei primi 11 mesi del 2024 il traffico nel porto di Trieste è cresciuto del +6,4% grazie agli oli minerali
Trieste
Nello scalo portuale di Monfalcone registrata una flessione del -8,2%
Sequestrati nel porto di Genova oltre due quintali e mezzo di cocaina
Genova
La droga era all'interno di un contenitore frigo proveniente dall'Ecuador
Manca (Regione Sardegna): disattese le promesse di stanziamento di risorse per l'agenzia Kalport
Cagliari
Chiesto un incontro urgente alla ministra del Lavoro
Rincari degli importi degli diritti portuali nei porti di Bari e Brindisi
Bari
Leone: ci siamo impegnati per adottare misure che non impattassero su traffico e utenza
Sequestrato un ingente quantitativo di cocaina nel porto di Olbia
Sassari
Scoperti 39 chili di stupefacenti occultati in un minivan
Da gennaio Hupac intensificherà i collegamenti intermodali fra Belgio e Italia
Chiasso
Aumenterà anche la frequenza del treno shuttle fra Busto Arsizio e Padova
Porto di Ancona, rilascio della concessione provvisoria allo stabilimento della Fincantieri
Ancona
La nuova concessione avrà una durata di 40 anni
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
A novembre il traffico delle merci nel porto di Barcellona è calato del -3,7%
Barcellona
In crescita la movimentazione di container (+6,3%), ma non il peso dei carichi containerizzati (-6,9%)
Saipem si è aggiudicata un nuovo contratto offshore da Shell in Nigeria
Milano
Per l'azienda italiana ha un valore di circa 900 milioni di dollari
Rixi illustra per sommi capi la riforma portuale
Roma
Creazione di una società a controllo pubblico per gestire gli investimenti e rappresentare il sistema portuale italiano
Accordo tra RFI e RSE per lo studio di un sistema di trasporto merci a levitazione magnetica
Milano
Sicurezza marittima, firmato al MIT un accordo per semplificare le procedure di verifica
Roma
Attività ispettive e di certificazione potranno essere svolte da organismi appositamente accreditati
Nei primi undici mesi del 2024 il traffico delle merci nei porti russi è diminuito del -2,0%
San Pietroburgo
In calo sia le merci secche (-2,1%) che le rinfuse liquide (-2,0%)
Log In acquires 19,600 square meters of space at Interporto Toscano Amerigo Vespucci
Kansas City
It is the fourth acquisition in Italy of the Theoreim group company
Prysmian wins two EPCI contracts from French RTE, potentially worth €700 million
Milan
The laying of approximately 640 kilometers of land and underwater cables is planned
Testing of an autonomous port tractor in the port of Wilhelmshaven
Wilhelmshaven
It will be launched next year by Eurogate, MAFI, ICT Group and Embotech
Intesa Fincantieri - Sparkle for the protection and surveillance of submarine cables
Trieste
The two companies will analyze the requirements to improve the security of the infrastructure
Barcelona terminal operator BEST has ordered two new super post-Panamax quay cranes
Barcelona/The Hague
APM Terminals announces completion of work to increase capacity at MedPort Tangier terminal
Wärstilä sells Automation, Navigation and Control System to Swedish investment company Solix
Helsinki
In 2023 ANCS recorded revenues of 200 million euros
Cisl, speed up the choice of the president of the Port System Authority of the Eastern Ligurian Sea
The Spice
Necessary to implement works and investments
Works awarded for the expansion of the container terminal in the port of Koper
Coper
The works will be completed by the end of 2027
Container traffic in the port of Hong Kong fell by -4.2% last month
Hong Kong
In the first eleven months of 2024 the decline was -5.0%
Two Russian oil tankers crash near Kerch Strait
Fly
One of the 27 sailors of the two crews died
Monthly Container Traffic Declines at Port of Singapore
Singapore
Over 3.3 million TEUs were handled in November (-0.4%)
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
A conference on the implications of geopolitical crises for ports and maritime transport in Venice on Thursday
Conference for the 30th anniversary of WISTA Italy
Genoa
It will be held tomorrow at Palazzo San Giorgio in Genoa
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Iran signs over $1.8b investment contracts with private sector for ports development
(Tehran Times)
North Korean tankers transport over one million barrels of oil from Russia
(NK News)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Relazione del presidente Nicola Zaccheo
Roma, 18 settembre 2024
››› File
Contship Italia dedicates a locomotive to the memory of Cecilia Eckelmann Battistello
Melzo
The special livery commemorates his life and career
EBRD loan for the enhancement of multipurpose terminals at the ports of Casablanca and Jorf Lasfar
London
Funds up to 65 million euros
Zero Emission Port Alliance Report on Future Port Electricity Demand
The Hague
The importance of strengthening port electrical infrastructures was highlighted
Paolo Potestà confirmed as president of ANGOPI
Rome
Vice Presidents are Giovanni D'Angelo, Marco Gorin, Ettore Rosalba, Mario Ciampaglia and Alessandro Serra
Criminal proceedings filed against the heads of the AdSP of the Southern Tyrrhenian and Ionian Seas
Joy Taurus
The absolute groundlessness of the crime report was recognized
In the July-September quarter, revenues of TUI's cruise division grew by +8.9%
Hanover
In the entire financial year 2024, the increase in turnover was +28.1%
MSC orders ten new 24,000 TEU containerships from Hengli Heavy Industry
Dalian
Contract worth over 2.3 billion dollars
RINA to conduct pre-FEED study for carbon capture and storage project in Malaysia
Genoa
Assigned by PETRONAS CCS Solutions
European Network of Maritime Clusters Board of Directors Renewed
Rome
Maire confirmed as president. Vice-presidents are Nathalie Mercier-Perrin, Javier Garat Pérez and Biagio Mazzotta
New step for the establishment of the port company ex art. 17 in the port of Gioia Tauro
Joy Taurus
Local Advisory Committee Meeting
PSA Italy chiuderà il 2024 con una crescita del +3% del traffico dei container nei porti di Genova e Venezia
Genova
A novembre è proseguito il trend congiunturale negativo dei ricavi di Evergreen, Yang Ming e WHL
Taipei
InRail has expanded its operating area to include French territory
Genoa
The company has become fully operational on the Mediterranean Corridor
A conference on the implications of geopolitical crises for ports and maritime transport in Venice on Thursday
Venice
Moderate growth in the value of global trade in goods continues
Moderate growth in the value of global trade in goods continues
Geneva
The increase for the whole of 2024 should be around +2.7%
47% of German maritime imports of green hydrogen will be able to pass through the port of Hamburg
Hamburg
The airport will be able to cover 10-18% of total national demand by 2045
Methanol delivery from land to a ship was performed for the first time in China
Beijing
79.5 tons of fuel loaded in 2.5 hours
MSC Air Cargo Pilots Sign Contract
Rome
Uiltrasporti gives particular weight to the fixed part of wages
Importance of cold ironing highlighted for emission reduction in Marseille-Fos port
Marseille
The effect deriving from the new SECA zone is also significant
In November, freight traffic in the port of Ravenna increased by +21.5%
Ravenna
Cruise passengers down by -46.8%
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