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June 25, 1998
Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Intertanko to monitor S'pore tanker crash trial
    Group concerned about fate of masters involved in oil spill cases
  • Cosco criticises US shipping deregulation bill
  • Japan proposes yellow card system for vessel condition
Air and Land Transport
  • Pilots will remember Kai Tak airport for hair-raising landing
    Hongkong airport, which closes on July 5, is a classic for world's pilots
  • GM shuts 2 more assembly plants in North America
  • Dealers brace for shortages
  • German, Dutch railways set up company to merge cargo operations
  • Used cars from Japan end up in China
Features
  • Uphill task to stop decline
    Authorities try to turn around the fall in Brazilian-flag tonnage caused by ballooning debt and high costs
Columns
  • A man with a mission: to promote Hongkong as int'l shipping centre

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Intertanko to monitor S'pore tanker crash trial
    Group concerned about fate of masters involved in oil spill cases
  • Cosco criticises US shipping deregulation bill
  • Japan proposes yellow card system for vessel condition
Air and Land Transport
  • Pilots will remember Kai Tak airport for hair-raising landing
    Hongkong airport, which closes on July 5, is a classic for world's pilots
  • GM shuts 2 more assembly plants in North America
  • Dealers brace for shortages
  • German, Dutch railways set up company to merge cargo operations
  • Used cars from Japan end up in China
Features
  • Uphill task to stop decline
    Authorities try to turn around the fall in Brazilian-flag tonnage caused by ballooning debt and high costs
Columns
  • A man with a mission: to promote Hongkong as int'l shipping centre

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Intertanko to monitor S'pore tanker crash trial
    Group concerned about fate of masters involved in oil spill cases
  • Cosco criticises US shipping deregulation bill
  • Japan proposes yellow card system for vessel condition
Air and Land Transport
  • Pilots will remember Kai Tak airport for hair-raising landing
    Hongkong airport, which closes on July 5, is a classic for world's pilots
  • GM shuts 2 more assembly plants in North America
  • Dealers brace for shortages
  • German, Dutch railways set up company to merge cargo operations
  • Used cars from Japan end up in China
Features
  • Uphill task to stop decline
    Authorities try to turn around the fall in Brazilian-flag tonnage caused by ballooning debt and high costs
Columns
  • A man with a mission: to promote Hongkong as int'l shipping centre

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Intertanko to monitor S'pore tanker crash trial
    Group concerned about fate of masters involved in oil spill cases
  • Cosco criticises US shipping deregulation bill
  • Japan proposes yellow card system for vessel condition
Air and Land Transport
  • Pilots will remember Kai Tak airport for hair-raising landing
    Hongkong airport, which closes on July 5, is a classic for world's pilots
  • GM shuts 2 more assembly plants in North America
  • Dealers brace for shortages
  • German, Dutch railways set up company to merge cargo operations
  • Used cars from Japan end up in China
Features
  • Uphill task to stop decline
    Authorities try to turn around the fall in Brazilian-flag tonnage caused by ballooning debt and high costs
Columns
  • A man with a mission: to promote Hongkong as int'l shipping centre

Sched Netweb site
  • P&O Nedlloyd moves empty containers to offdock sites
  • Davies Turner enters Hong Kong market via BALtrans
  • Loss for Intercontainer-Interfrigo
  • Dalian shipbuilding improves
  • New alliance brings more calls to Klang
  • Luzon port activities increase
  • Decision expected from EU mid-July on TACA fines
  • DHL opens its Osaka Logistics Centre in western Japan
  • Air Canada awarded key Toronto-Hong Kong route
  • Asian airline market overcrowded

Cargowebweb site
JUNE 24, 1998
  • Dutch minister to investigate NS Cargo takeover
  • NS Cargo will fall into hands of German state
  • First 150-million dollar Fiat order for TNT Post
  • Price TNT Post already rises
  • Start of new FedEx service

The Journal of Commerceweb site
Home
  • Sanctions flexibility sought
  • Trade bill embroils Senate in the Caucasus' problems
  • Shippers, rails at an impasse on service, rate issues
  • Cargo lines fear BA-AA sellout
  • Mexico keeps wary eye out for Asian dumping
  • Sen. Lott Stumped on ship reform
  • Philadelphia stevedore Holt Terminal eyes buying Atlantic Container Line
  • Maersk sending a super containership to New York in July
  • Asia crisis looms as German economy chugs along
  • N.Y. dock workers vote to slash cargo assessment
  • Port authorities call on Senate to push renewal of dredging legislation
  • Celadon Group to change hands in $259 million deal
  • WTO urges reform to boost Nigeria trade
  • Oman gears up to launch Salalah port
  • Allied Holdings' Brazil logistics unit gets Mercedes pact
  • Teamsters call off strike against Overnite in Atlanta
  • Ghirardelli signs East Bay Logistics to operate its new distribution center
  • Preston's Teamster workers ratify contract
  • Plans to replace harbor tax delayed until the summer
  • Clinton vetoes Iran sanctions bill
  • Despite nuke sanctions, Unocal to invest $4 billion in Indian projects
  • Poland national airline looks for foreign buyers
  • Oakland to raise port budget 5%
  • Bulk shipping markets face tougher times, as Asia crisis, overcapacity bite
  • Flatbed hauler Intrenet launches its web site
Transportation
  • STB sets rail merger schedule
  • New Russian regulator on mission to slash railroad freight charges
  • It's official: Hamberger to join railroad association on July 15
  • Days of yesteryear: IBM joins free software parade with Apache
  • Air study expected to delay guidelines
  • All Nippon Airways moves to cut costs
  • Directed by ex-policemen, cargo thieves hit one street over and over in Mexico
  • Rescue plan is drafted for Philippine Airlines
Maritime
  • Senate blocks anti-Cosco amendment
  • Bulk markets remain in slump
  • Standoff over death benefits latest in merchant marine saga
  • Tampa adds third service to Central America
  • Ship ministry group in Halifax for meeting
  • Newark port prepares for 3rd annual blessing
  • Clinton's plan on harbor tax in the works
  • CGM turns corner on profit as CMA churns
  • Bangladesh's state-owned shipping line plans to double feeder-service fleet in fiscal 1999
  • Merchant marine library group honors American Steamship Co.
  • Marseilles port primed to be Texas' gateway to African oil
  • Export rebates seen aiding China's yards
  • Polish Ocean Lines shapes up
  • Prices for new ships sink in Asia as economic crisis fails to blow over

The Journal of Commerceweb site
Home
  • Sanctions flexibility sought
  • Trade bill embroils Senate in the Caucasus' problems
  • Shippers, rails at an impasse on service, rate issues
  • Cargo lines fear BA-AA sellout
  • Mexico keeps wary eye out for Asian dumping
  • Sen. Lott Stumped on ship reform
  • Philadelphia stevedore Holt Terminal eyes buying Atlantic Container Line
  • Maersk sending a super containership to New York in July
  • Asia crisis looms as German economy chugs along
  • N.Y. dock workers vote to slash cargo assessment
  • Port authorities call on Senate to push renewal of dredging legislation
  • Celadon Group to change hands in $259 million deal
  • WTO urges reform to boost Nigeria trade
  • Oman gears up to launch Salalah port
  • Allied Holdings' Brazil logistics unit gets Mercedes pact
  • Teamsters call off strike against Overnite in Atlanta
  • Ghirardelli signs East Bay Logistics to operate its new distribution center
  • Preston's Teamster workers ratify contract
  • Plans to replace harbor tax delayed until the summer
  • Clinton vetoes Iran sanctions bill
  • Despite nuke sanctions, Unocal to invest $4 billion in Indian projects
  • Poland national airline looks for foreign buyers
  • Oakland to raise port budget 5%
  • Bulk shipping markets face tougher times, as Asia crisis, overcapacity bite
  • Flatbed hauler Intrenet launches its web site
Transportation
  • STB sets rail merger schedule
  • New Russian regulator on mission to slash railroad freight charges
  • It's official: Hamberger to join railroad association on July 15
  • Days of yesteryear: IBM joins free software parade with Apache
  • Air study expected to delay guidelines
  • All Nippon Airways moves to cut costs
  • Directed by ex-policemen, cargo thieves hit one street over and over in Mexico
  • Rescue plan is drafted for Philippine Airlines
Maritime
  • Senate blocks anti-Cosco amendment
  • Bulk markets remain in slump
  • Standoff over death benefits latest in merchant marine saga
  • Tampa adds third service to Central America
  • Ship ministry group in Halifax for meeting
  • Newark port prepares for 3rd annual blessing
  • Clinton's plan on harbor tax in the works
  • CGM turns corner on profit as CMA churns
  • Bangladesh's state-owned shipping line plans to double feeder-service fleet in fiscal 1999
  • Merchant marine library group honors American Steamship Co.
  • Marseilles port primed to be Texas' gateway to African oil
  • Export rebates seen aiding China's yards
  • Polish Ocean Lines shapes up
  • Prices for new ships sink in Asia as economic crisis fails to blow over

The Journal of Commerceweb site
Home
  • Sanctions flexibility sought
  • Trade bill embroils Senate in the Caucasus' problems
  • Shippers, rails at an impasse on service, rate issues
  • Cargo lines fear BA-AA sellout
  • Mexico keeps wary eye out for Asian dumping
  • Sen. Lott Stumped on ship reform
  • Philadelphia stevedore Holt Terminal eyes buying Atlantic Container Line
  • Maersk sending a super containership to New York in July
  • Asia crisis looms as German economy chugs along
  • N.Y. dock workers vote to slash cargo assessment
  • Port authorities call on Senate to push renewal of dredging legislation
  • Celadon Group to change hands in $259 million deal
  • WTO urges reform to boost Nigeria trade
  • Oman gears up to launch Salalah port
  • Allied Holdings' Brazil logistics unit gets Mercedes pact
  • Teamsters call off strike against Overnite in Atlanta
  • Ghirardelli signs East Bay Logistics to operate its new distribution center
  • Preston's Teamster workers ratify contract
  • Plans to replace harbor tax delayed until the summer
  • Clinton vetoes Iran sanctions bill
  • Despite nuke sanctions, Unocal to invest $4 billion in Indian projects
  • Poland national airline looks for foreign buyers
  • Oakland to raise port budget 5%
  • Bulk shipping markets face tougher times, as Asia crisis, overcapacity bite
  • Flatbed hauler Intrenet launches its web site
Transportation
  • STB sets rail merger schedule
  • New Russian regulator on mission to slash railroad freight charges
  • It's official: Hamberger to join railroad association on July 15
  • Days of yesteryear: IBM joins free software parade with Apache
  • Air study expected to delay guidelines
  • All Nippon Airways moves to cut costs
  • Directed by ex-policemen, cargo thieves hit one street over and over in Mexico
  • Rescue plan is drafted for Philippine Airlines
Maritime
  • Senate blocks anti-Cosco amendment
  • Bulk markets remain in slump
  • Standoff over death benefits latest in merchant marine saga
  • Tampa adds third service to Central America
  • Ship ministry group in Halifax for meeting
  • Newark port prepares for 3rd annual blessing
  • Clinton's plan on harbor tax in the works
  • CGM turns corner on profit as CMA churns
  • Bangladesh's state-owned shipping line plans to double feeder-service fleet in fiscal 1999
  • Merchant marine library group honors American Steamship Co.
  • Marseilles port primed to be Texas' gateway to African oil
  • Export rebates seen aiding China's yards
  • Polish Ocean Lines shapes up
  • Prices for new ships sink in Asia as economic crisis fails to blow over

Cyber Shipping Guide - Ocean Commerceweb site
  • Carriers Face Additional Tax Burden
  • SARA Introduces Chennai Congestion Surcharge
  • Panama Canal Draft Nearing Normal Level
  • Maersk Orders Six 3700-TEU Ships
  • US Administration Wants SC Amendment

World Wide Shipperweb site
  • CHEMBULK VANCOUVER honored on first call to Port of Portland
  • Three lines will share vessels on South America and U.S. run
  • Corps dredging project will lower river bed near Lake Washington
  • Interpool, Inc. declares second quarter dividend
  • Indian Ocean area ports sign safety agreement with IMO

urgente online pressweb site
  • Fomento: de la autovía a la autopista de peaje
  • CAF tiene pedidos en Europa y América por 87.150 millones
  • Valladolid, ciudad piloto en el transporte urbano medioambiental
  • Azkar se instala junto a El Prat de Barcelona
  • Maersk Air y LFV compran Novia
  • "Puertos: aspectos ambientales y de gestión desde una perspectiva interdisciplinar"

Exim Indiaweb site
JUNE 24, 1998
  • SolMac wins Best Software Exporter award
  • APSRTC sleeper bus to run daily soon
  • Importers seek clarification on CVD exemption
  • Exclusive 10 per cent quota for NRIs in listed cos
  • BCHAA-TDWA agreement signed
  • EU network programme clears 29 Indian projects
  • Kandla Port resumes cargo handling operations
  • Danish agency offers help to upgrade Kulachal port
  • Inflation dips
  • Govt takes recourse to diplomatic channel
  • XTRA announces merger and recapitalisation
  • New approach to expedite AP projects
  • Maruti to unveil new models soon

Lloyd's Listweb site
  • Junk bonds 'increasing failure risk'
    THE rampant growth of high yield debt in shipping has come under renewed fire at a top level shipping finance forum in New York.
  • Ferry operator Minoan may bid for Cretabank
    GREECE'S largest ferry operator, Minoan Lines, may be a surprise participant in bidding for a state-controlled bank for which offers must be submitted by next Monday.
  • Setback for India fleet plans
    THE absence of fiscal support for the Indian shipping industry in the budget will badly affect fleet acquisition plans, leading shipowners have predicted.
  • P&I club criticises US over oil spill handling
    A PROTECTION and indemnity club has hit out at the widening gap between the US and the rest of the world over the handling of oil pollution claims and criticised the behaviour of the US Coast Guard.
  • Urgent action sought on safety of ships
    CALLS are growing for substantial changes in ship design, to produce more "survivable" bulk carriers and ocean-going vessels in general.
  • Kinnock warns on EU support programme
    EUROPEAN transport commissioner Neil Kinnock has said he sees an agreed programme of transport infrastructure for European Union applicants in eastern Europe costing Ecu90bn ($100bn), writes Nigel Tutt, Brussels.

Fairplayweb site
JUNE 24, 1998
  • 'Technical hitch' delays ILU/LIRMA merger
    THE approval required from members of the Institute of London Underwriters (ILU) for the proposed merger of the ILU and LIRMA has been delayed "a few weeks" by a 'technical hitch'.
  • MUA warns P&O
    P&O Australia has been warned it will face renewed industrial strife if it tries to pressure the Maritime Union for a labour deal to match the MUA's new agreement with Patrick Stevedoring.
  • RCCL sends new tonnage north
    ROYAL Caribbean has announced plans to position its two newest ships in Alaska for the 1999 summer season.
  • Australian commodity exports on the slide
    AUSTRALIA'S commodity exports will be seriously eroded by the continuing Asian financial crisis, according to new official data.
  • Shipping has a credibility problem, says Saether
    THE shipping industry suffers from a credibility problem because most of the world's merchant fleet sails under flags of nations that do not have a maritime administration, says NSA chief.
  • Decision time for new Sri Lanka hub
    SRI Lanka must decide soon on building its second international seaport as time is running out for Colombo, international port experts said yesterday.
  • Thai shippers call for rate protection law
    THE Thai National Shippers' Council has called for the introduction of a law to protect shippers from unjustified freight rate increases.
  • Korea-China shipbuilding exports soar
    EXPORTS of South Korean shipbuilding materials and equipment to China have seen a sharp increase this year, according to the Korea Shipbuilding Materials Cooperative (KSMC).
  • Hyundai raises funds
    HYUNDAI Merchant Marine of South Korea is negotiating with a United States owner to sell and charter back three of its 4,800 unit car carriers.
  • Unions sit down with flags and owners
    HISTORY was made in Oslo yesterday, when for the first time representatives of the owners, the flags and the unions sat down together in public.
  • US sanctions curb Indian Coast Guard training
    SANCTIONS imposed on India following its recent nuclear tests, have led to the cancellation of US training schemes for Indian Coast Guard officers.
  • Chung Ju-yung promotes North Korean port
    CHUNG Ju-yung, founder of South Korea's Hyundai Group is promoting plans for a world-class port in the North Korean city of Wonsan.
  • UN approves $300m oil restructuring deal with Iraq
    THE United Nations has approved a request from Iraq to use $300m from its oil revenue to redevelop its oil industry infrastructure.
  • Kandla limps back to normal
    CYCLONE-devastated Kandla port, where all functions have remained suspended for about ten days, is limping back to normal.
  • NYK's liner business set to decline
    CONTAINERSHIP trades will probably account for less than 40 per cent of NYK's turnover by next year, according to its cheif economist.
  • Breakdown hits Indian ore exports
    EXPORTS of iron ore from India's east-coast port of Visakhapatnam have come to a standstill following an equipment failure.
  • Subic Bay chairman challenges sacking
    RICHARD Gordon, chairman of Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA), is challenging his dismissal by incoming Philippine President Joseph Estrada.
  • Bergesen sells 24-year-old lpg carrier
    NORWEGIAN bulk shipping group Bergesen has sold the 1974-built lpg carrier Hemera.
  • Leghorn to double container capacity
    DARSENA Toscana, the main container facility at the port of Leghorn, will double its capacity after a Lira 53bn ($30m) investment is completed in five years.
  • Conflict rages in wake of cyclone
    CONFLICT continues to rage between the government of Kutch district and the Kandla Port Trust over who is to blame for the deaths of thousands of people in the recent cyclone.

Antwerpse Lloyd n.v.web site
JUNE 24, 1998
  • Les transporteurs routiers anversois tirent la sonnette d'alarme
    Les transporteurs routiers en ont ras-le-bal d'être le bouc-émissaire, alors que les poids lourds seront toujours nécessaires pour pouvoir continuer à vivre dans un Etat-providence. Ils demandent davantage de concertation avec et de bonne volonté de la part des autorités et des donneurs d'ordres afin de résoudre les problèmes existants. Au cours d'une conférence de presse à Anvers, ils ont critiqué les créneaux horaires trop limités, le Just-in-Time ("Just in Trouble"), la mauvaise organisation des travaux routiers et le manque de chauffeurs bien formés.
  • Seatrade lance un service de retour sur l'Afrique du Sud
    Le 30 juin prochain, l'armement Seatrade, un des grands spécialistes des trafics reefer, assurera d'Anvers le premier départ d'un service de ligne régulier à destination de l'Afrique du Sud. Il s'agit d'un service de retour qui a recours aux navires reefer qui amènent des fruits dans le port scaldien. L'armement est coutumier de ce genre d'opérations au départ de l'Europe du Nord.
  • La SNCB dévoile les premiers détails sur la reprise de THL
    "En reprenant THL, ABX est en mesure de développer une forte position sur son marché domestique et d'utiliser celle-ci pour devenir un acteur à part entière sur la scène européenne. C'est une étape dans l'itinéraire qui doit mener la SNCB au statut de global carrier au niveau mondial." C'est en ces termes que le patron de la SNCB, Etienne Schouppe, a résumé lors d'une conférence de presse à Cologne la stratégie qui a incité la compagnie des chemins de fer belge à racheter Thysssen Haniel Logistik (y compris la moitié de Bahntrans).

Daily Commercial Newsweb site
  • Sydney follows suit
    Sydney’s waterfront workers, members of the Maritime Union of Australia employed by Patrick yesterday followed the lead set by their Melbourne colleagues and voted in support of the agreement between their union and the company.
    The vote, which is expected to be followed by Brisbane tomorrow and Fremantle next Tuesday, has endorsed the document which is now set for signing early next month.
    Prior to a vote being taken at the five and half hour meeting MUA’s national secretary, John Coombs, told his members they had no option but to endorse the deal.
  • Wharfies feel need for speed
    Waterfront workers employed by Patrick in Sydney and Melbourne will have to maintain a productivity level of 20 lifts per hour if they are to qualify for incentive payments.
    The productivity requirements at the company’s facilities in Brisbane and Fremantle are slightly lower.
    The agreement between Patrick and the Maritime Union of Australia will introduce a productivity incentive scheme which will replace all existing agreements and arrangements, monetary or otherwise.
    The scheme will operate on a shift basis covering all shifts worked from the first on Saturday to the twilight one on Friday inclusive.
  • Austal Ships delivers first vessel to Greece
    Austal Ships has delivered its first fast ferry to Greece, a 46 metre catamaran for Ceres Hydrofoil John Service.
    The vessel, the Flying Dolphin 2000, marks the beginning of a fleet renewal program for the company widely known throughout the Mediterranean as Ceres Flying Dolphins.
  • EBA talks complete this week
    Negotiations between the Australian shipping industry and the maritime unions over the implementation of an enterprise employment agreement are expected to be completed this week as transitional arrangements coving the employment of seafarers expire at the end of this month, according to the Australian Shipowners Association.
  • National Rail seeks new business
    Sell-off target National rail has set up a new business division called BulkFlow in a bid to secure more new business in new and existing markets, and provide its steel customers with their own exclusive management.
    BulkFlow which will join NR’s four other divisions - Intermodal, SteelLink, SeaTrain and Trailerail - will have responsibility for most of the non-steel freight business now in Steel-Link as well as other train load business.

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A.P. Møller Holding submits offer to acquire entire share capital of towing company Svitzer
AP Møller Holding submits offer to acquire entire share capital of towing company Svitzer
Copenhagen
The Mærsk family investment company already owns 47.0% of the company
Public interest declared for MSC, Neri and Lorenzini's project for a new container terminal in Livorno
Leghorn
The documentation requested by the company has been sent to Terminal Investment Limited
Slight annual growth in freight traffic in Italian ports driven by containers
Slight annual growth in freight traffic in Italian ports driven by containers
Rome
In the container segment, the strong increase in transhipments offset the decline in imports and exports
Turkey's Desan Shipyard in talks to take over Mangalia shipyard
Bucharest
The Tuzla plant is much smaller than the Romanian one
Six international shipping associations present a guide to planning safe navigation
London
The purpose is to detect, avoid, deter, delay and report attacks and incidents on ships.
TUI awards Fincantieri contract for two new cruise ships for Marella Cruises
Hanover/Trieste
Deliveries are scheduled for 2030 and 2032
ESPO urges EU and Member States to allocate funds to decarbonise ships and ports
Brussels
Earmarking Innovation Fund proceeds to stimulate demand for clean marine fuels
China Antitrust Launches Investigation into Hutchison Ports' Panama Terminal Sale
Beijing/Hong Kong
Panama Ports Company operates the Balboa and Cristobal ports
PSA posts annual revenue growth, but profits fall
Singapore
Sharp increase in operating costs across the board
Temporary Port Labor Supply Company in Cagliari Extended for Another 18 Months
Cagliari
In 2024, cargo traffic in Chinese seaports grew by +3.5%
Beijing
Increase of +6.9% in traffic with foreign countries. In the first two months of 2025, 1.75 billion tons were moved (+1.6%)
Chinese container maker CIMC posts bumper 2024
In February, freight traffic in the port of Genoa fell by -4.4% and in Savona-Vado it increased by +24.5%
Genoa
Cruise and ferry passenger decline
ICS, Trump's proposed measures against Chinese ships risk having significant unwanted consequences, even for the US
Washington
Strong opposition to their introduction also expressed by the WSC
Intercargo, international measures for decarbonisation of shipping must be simple and clear
London
Gkonis: Must not compromise operational efficiency and smooth global transport of essential goods
Port of Barcelona invests 124 million to develop sustainable fuel traffic
Barcelona
Construction of three new moorings at Moll de l'Energia
In 2024, freight traffic in the port of Catania began to grow again. A decline in Augusta
In 2024, freight traffic in the port of Catania began to grow again. A decline in Augusta
Augusta
A total of 7.9 million and 23.0 million tons of cargo were handled
In 2024, the terminal operator HHLA recorded record revenues with a growth of +10.5%
Hamburg
Profit after taxes amounted to 56.4 million euros (+33.1%)
Launch of a public consultation for the updating of the PRPs of the ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado
Genoa
The involvement of territorial, economic and social communities is foreseen
ITU, ICAO and IMO highlight risks to maritime and air transport caused by attacks on satellite communications
Geneva/Montreal/London
London Government presents its strategy for decarbonising maritime transport
London
The measures for ports will be defined after a public consultation that will take place in the coming months
For security, military ships are not enough, merchant ships are also essential
London
TUI in talks with shipyards for two new cruise ships for Marella
Hanover
Slots available starting from the 2031 financial year
ANESCO, with the Port Employment Centers, accidents have decreased in the three main Spanish ports
Madrid
67% reduction in lost work days per year
Filt, Fit and Uilt, no to the transformation from "article 18" to "16" of the Livorno port company LTM
Leghorn
Unions ask port authority to block proliferation of new economic entities
Last year Fincantieri recorded record revenues and new orders
Last year Fincantieri recorded record revenues and new orders
Trieste
Folgiero: the first fruits of our strategy and industrial vision have been harvested
COSCO Shipping Holdings revenue increased by +44.8% in the fourth quarter of 2024
COSCO Shipping Holdings revenue increased by +44.8% in the fourth quarter of 2024
Shanghai
In the period, the container ships of the Chinese group's fleet transported 6.9 million TEUs (+13.1%). Containers on the Asia-Europe/Med routes fell
Porto Marghera, renewal of concession to Terminal Rinfuse Venezia
Venice
New 25-year contract. Investments of over 53 million euros expected
Carnival Sets New Low Season Quarter Records December-February
Carnival Sets New Low Season Quarter Records December-February
Miami
Positive outlook for the remainder of the 2025 financial year
In the last quarter of 2024, container traffic alone increased in French ports
Paris
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AAL Shipping sceglie il sistema di consulenza marina di ABB per ottimizzare la flotta Super B-Class
Rail Losing Ground in Transalpine Freight Traffic Through Switzerland
Bern
In 2024, trains transported 25.7 million tons of cargo (-3.7%)
CK Hutchison's Port Division revenues grew by 10.8% last year
Hong Kong
In 2024, Hapag-Lloyd revenues increased by +6.5%. Net profit decreased by -18.9%
In 2024, Hapag-Lloyd revenues increased by +6.5%. Net profit decreased by -18.9%
Hamburg
New historical record of containers transported by the fleet
The OPS also serves to charge the batteries of ships while they are in port
The OPS also serves to charge the batteries of ships while they are in port
Brussels
The ferry companies remind us of this by highlighting the need to have an adequate supply of electricity.
The extension of the EU ETS to the maritime transport sector has not brought about significant changes in the shipping market
Brussels
This is stated in a report adopted by the European Commission, which found no evidence of tendencies towards evasion or avoidance of the law
In February, freight traffic in the port of Barcelona decreased by -4.2%
Barcelona
Containers down -4.2% due to -18.8% reduction in transhipped boxes
Complaint filed for fraud and corruption against Bolloré Group
Paris
Allegations relating to activities carried out in the context of logistics and port operations in Africa sold in 2022
US FMC surveys seven major global maritime corridors
Washington
Federal agency threatens to ban Panamanian-flagged ships from US ports
Last year, freight traffic in German ports began to grow again (+2.3%)
Wiesbaden
It is still lower than the pre-Covid level, as is container traffic alone which amounted to 13.3 million TEU (+4.9%)
BIMCO: The application of specific port charges to Chinese ships calling at the US will prove a disaster for the American economy
London
The impact of the proposed measures on China's dominance in shipbuilding is highly uncertain
Saipem awarded new contracts in Middle East and Guyana
Milan
The total value of the orders is approximately 720 million dollars.
Conference in Genoa for the centenary of Ente Bacini
Genoa
The company was established on 19 February 1925
Interporto Bologna Board of Directors Renewed
Bentivoglio
Stefano Caliandro Appointed President. Loss of 1.7 million euros in 2024
NYK invests 76 billion yen in NYK Energy Ocean Corporation
Tokyo
The newco has taken over the activities of ENEOS Ocean
Decarbonisation of maritime transport will be faster in the EU and the US
DHL Acquires CRYOPDP
Bonn/Nashville
The company provides courier services for clinics and healthcare
Over a million to the port companies of Livorno and Piombino to acquire green vehicles
Leghorn
The ranking for admission to the PNRR-Next Gen Eu contributions has been published
COSCO Shipping Development Co.'s container sales increased by +204.1% in 2024
Shanghai
The related turnover increased by +124.0%
The call for funding for the purchase of electric vehicles in the ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado has been published
Genoa
Yang Ming Buys Three New 8,000 TEU Containerships
Keelung
They will be delivered between 2028 and 2029
Construction of a cruise ship for Regent Seven Seas Cruises begins in Marghera
Trieste
Fincantieri will deliver the unit in 2026
Federlogistica establishes operational offices in Spain and Brazil
Genoa
The aim is to go beyond theoretical cooperative relationships
Over a Ton of Cocaine Seized in the Port of Gioia Tauro
Reggio Calabria
If placed on the market it would have generated over 187 million euros
In 2024, the economic results of Interporto Padova reached record values
Padua
Revenues up +17%
Three ceremonies at the Saint-Nazaire shipyard for three new MSC Cruises ships
Geneva
New flagship "MSC World America" delivered
German railway company DB Cargo reduced losses in 2024
Berlin
Revenues down again. -9.0% drop in freight volumes
NovaAlgoma orders second 38,000 dwt cement carrier in China
Lugano
It will be taken over in 2027
Customs agreement between Italy and Brazil to facilitate trade
Brasilia
Mission of the Customs and Monopolies Agency in the South American nation
A team from La Spezia Container Terminal in Rotterdam to test advanced technologies
The Spice
ECT Hutchinson Ports Training Center Visited
The assembly of Genoese freight forwarders on Monday
Genoa
It will be held at the Palazzo della Borsa in Genoa
Assarmatori, in Italy the ferry segment cannot bear the burden of the EU ETS in a very fragile market situation
Brussels
Messina: Protecting shipping from the ideological excesses of the Green Deal
The website of the Port Authority Corps - Coast Guard has been renewed
Rome
It has become a single digital access point to documents and services
In 2024, inland waterway freight transport in Germany increased by +1.2%
Wiesbaden
The volume, at 173.8 million tonnes, is the second lowest since 1990.
APM Terminals Granted Port of New York - New Jersey Concession Renewal
New York
Contract for a period of 33 years. Investments of 500 million dollars are expected
Experimentation of crane automation has begun at the Interporto Padova terminal
Padua
The interport company awarded the "Industria Felix 2025 Award"
Container traffic in the port of Algeciras fell by -17.0% in February
Algeciras
Both import-export volumes and transhipment are decreasing
New cruise company Crescent Seas has been founded in Miami
Miami
The fleet, initially consisting of one ship from Regent Seven Seas Cruises, will grow to five units within the next five years
In 2024, the volume of vehicles transported by Wallenius Wilhelmsen's fleet decreased by -9.7%
Oslo
Traffic down on almost all global routes
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
Agreement between Assoporti and Assologistica and the Florida trade, transport and port authorities
Rome
It was signed today
In April a mission in Albania of The International Propeller Clubs - Italy
Genoa
It will take place on the 9th and 10th in Tirana and Durres
COSCO Shipping Ports revenues rose to a record $1.5 billion in 2024 (+3.3%)
Hong Kong
In the fourth quarter alone, a decrease of -3.0%
SO.RI.MA. (FHP group) granted a concession of an area of 125 thousand square meters in the port of Chioggia
Venice
Investments of 11.5 million euros expected over 25 years
Container traffic in the port of Valencia grew by +15.2% last month
Valencia
The overall volume of goods handled increased by +6.8%
Contship Italia’s intermodal network has been extended to the Gulf Terminal in La Spezia
Melzo
Connections with the inland terminals of Milan, Modena and Padua
The Northern Tyrrhenian Sea Port Authority obtains gender equality certification
Leghorn
It is the first Italian port authority to obtain this recognition
Container traffic growth weakens at ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach
Los Angeles/Long Beach
Last month, increases of +2.6% and +13.4% respectively were recorded
Assarmatori, the Italian government's position on the impact of the EU ETS on shipping and ports is good
Rome
Messina: fully understood the risks and distortions of European climate regulation
PSA Italy's Genoa port terminals awarded anti-corruption certification
Genoa
The UNI EN ISO 37001 standard defines the requirements for an effective anti-corruption management system
Assiterminal presents three projects for the sustainable transition of the Italian port sector
Rome
Work completed on docks 33 and 34 of the port of Civitavecchia
Civitavecchia
50,000 square meters of yards prepared
The completion and doubling of the Pontremolese is the dream-nightmare of the La Spezia port community
The Spice
Fontana: Money is not found when enormous resources are channeled into railway lines of dubious utility
Hanwha acquires 9.9% stake in shipbuilding company Austal
Sydney
Investment worth approximately 116 million US dollars
The European fleet is growing but competing fleets are growing at a faster rate
Brussels
Raptis (European Shipowners): investing ETS revenues in clean shipping technologies and fuels
Trasportounito has confirmed the national halt to the transport of goods
Rome
Proclaimed for the duration of five days from March 31st to April 4th
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
Conference in Genoa for the centenary of Ente Bacini
Genoa
The company was established on 19 February 1925
The assembly of Genoese freight forwarders on Monday
Genoa
It will be held at the Palazzo della Borsa in Genoa
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Damen Mangalia Unionists Protest Friday Against Possible Closure
(The Romania Journal)
Govt. to woo top ten shipping liners in world for Colombo port expansion
(Daily Mirror)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Relazione del presidente Nicola Zaccheo
Roma, 18 settembre 2024
››› File
Container traffic in Hong Kong port increased by +9.1% in February
Hong Kong
However, for the second time in the last 25 years, cargo volume was below one million TEU.
Cargo traffic in Greek ports stable in Q3 2024
Piraeus
The increase in volumes transported on domestic routes has offset the decline in traffic with foreign countries
At the Vado Ligure container terminal a 21,000 teu container ship fully loaded
I go to Liguria
The 400-meter-long Cosco Shipping Nebula has landed
UIR proposes a permanent table for the development of intermodality
Verona
The main task is to build a project financing program.
Restructuring plan approved for Spanish company Armas Trasmediterránea
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Creditors' appeal rejected
The decline in cargo traffic at the port of Singapore worsened in February
Singapore
Containerized cargoes amounted to 27.4 million tons (-3.6%)
Accelleron revenue surpassed $1 billion for the first time in 2024
Baden
Net profit up +63.1%
Fincantieri has delivered the new ship Norwegian Aqua to Norwegian Cruise Line
Trieste
It has a gross tonnage of 156,300 tons.
The tender for the first lot of the new electricity distribution network in the port of La Spezia has started
The Spice
Intervention worth 36.9 million euros
In 2024 d'Amico International Shipping recorded a decline in time charter revenues
Luxembourg
-7.6% decline on the previous record year
Global Ports Holding's port terminals handled record cruise traffic in 2024
Istanbul
The company's revenue increased by +21%
In the first two months of 2025, cargo traffic in Russian ports decreased by -5.7%
St. Petersburg
Only import loads are growing
The latest reading of the WTO Goods Trade Barometer shows a variable trend towards good
Geneva
Trasportounito will propose a national haulage ban from March 31st
Rome
Longo: from the Ministry evanescent and contentless answers
The introduction of ESG standards represents a profound transformation for port companies
Rome
Attica Reports Record Revenue and Operating Performance in 2024
Athens
Profits down due to costs of merger with Anek and purchase of emission allowances
Man arrested in investigation into collision between Solong and Stena Immaculate
Southampton
The charge is manslaughter due to gross negligence
Beijing: Measures to revive US shipbuilding industry won't work
Beijing
New duties and tariffs - the government underlines - are harmful for both parties
Messina Gets $50M Funding to Support Full Container Investment
Genoa
Agreement with BPER Banca and Banca Popolare di Sondrio
The tanker Sounion attacked in August in the Red Sea has passed through the Suez Canal
Ismailia
Collision between two ships near the port of Hull
Southampton / Jacksonville / Rotterdam
Fires broke out on both units
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