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April 30, 1998
Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • PSA Corp joins billion $ league
    Robust margins boost port operator's pre-tax to $1.1b
  • P Klang terminal operator to invest in new cranes
  • China's eastern Taicang port takes shape on the Yangtze
  • OOCL starts service to Scandinavia, Baltic ports
Air and Land Transport
  • Overcapacity in car industry hits 18.5m units
    By 2002, worldwide overcapacity expected to top 20m units
  • India mulls over subsidies for foreign investors of road projects
  • S&P lowers credit ratings on 3 Japanese airlines
  • Int'l Aero wins deal worth up to US$2.3b
  • Ford Japan aims to boost falling sales
Features
  • Piracy expected to soar
    Pirate attacks on the high seas of South-east Asia could become more frequent and brutal -- and organised
Columns
  • Hvide Marine's chairman stresses teamwork and family culture

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • PSA Corp joins billion $ league
    Robust margins boost port operator's pre-tax to $1.1b
  • P Klang terminal operator to invest in new cranes
  • China's eastern Taicang port takes shape on the Yangtze
  • OOCL starts service to Scandinavia, Baltic ports
Air and Land Transport
  • Overcapacity in car industry hits 18.5m units
    By 2002, worldwide overcapacity expected to top 20m units
  • India mulls over subsidies for foreign investors of road projects
  • S&P lowers credit ratings on 3 Japanese airlines
  • Int'l Aero wins deal worth up to US$2.3b
  • Ford Japan aims to boost falling sales
Features
  • Piracy expected to soar
    Pirate attacks on the high seas of South-east Asia could become more frequent and brutal -- and organised
Columns
  • Hvide Marine's chairman stresses teamwork and family culture

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • PSA Corp joins billion $ league
    Robust margins boost port operator's pre-tax to $1.1b
  • P Klang terminal operator to invest in new cranes
  • China's eastern Taicang port takes shape on the Yangtze
  • OOCL starts service to Scandinavia, Baltic ports
Air and Land Transport
  • Overcapacity in car industry hits 18.5m units
    By 2002, worldwide overcapacity expected to top 20m units
  • India mulls over subsidies for foreign investors of road projects
  • S&P lowers credit ratings on 3 Japanese airlines
  • Int'l Aero wins deal worth up to US$2.3b
  • Ford Japan aims to boost falling sales
Features
  • Piracy expected to soar
    Pirate attacks on the high seas of South-east Asia could become more frequent and brutal -- and organised
Columns
  • Hvide Marine's chairman stresses teamwork and family culture

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • PSA Corp joins billion $ league
    Robust margins boost port operator's pre-tax to $1.1b
  • P Klang terminal operator to invest in new cranes
  • China's eastern Taicang port takes shape on the Yangtze
  • OOCL starts service to Scandinavia, Baltic ports
Air and Land Transport
  • Overcapacity in car industry hits 18.5m units
    By 2002, worldwide overcapacity expected to top 20m units
  • India mulls over subsidies for foreign investors of road projects
  • S&P lowers credit ratings on 3 Japanese airlines
  • Int'l Aero wins deal worth up to US$2.3b
  • Ford Japan aims to boost falling sales
Features
  • Piracy expected to soar
    Pirate attacks on the high seas of South-east Asia could become more frequent and brutal -- and organised
Columns
  • Hvide Marine's chairman stresses teamwork and family culture

Sched Netweb site
  • MSC launches new service
  • HK government reduces CT9 land premium
  • Philippines dockers may strike over privatisation row
  • Guangshen Railway Co sees profits fall and costs rise
  • MEDFEC implements rate restoration on Westbound trade
  • Aussi dockers may be saved by OOCL
  • Atlas Air to issue annual report
  • Air New Zealand switches freight handling in Taipei
  • Vietnam's Dong Hoi Airport set to be improved
  • New Rolls-Royce engine enters service with Cathay Pacific

Cargowebweb site
APRIL 29, 1998
  • KLM sells interest in Frans Maas
  • Van Ommeren and Dow Chemical in pipeline transport
  • Pakhoed Shipping orders three chemical tankers
  • Paccar buys Leyland Trucks
  • Higher Martinair profit
  • ERS and CTN join forces for Central Europe

The Journal of Commerceweb site
Home
  • Carriers make $300 increase stick
  • Make or break time for waterways strike
  • Hong Kong exporter: I'm no 'bad guy'
  • High-tech industry fumes as activist reveals confidential export data
  • Brazil taps new communications chief for privatization
  • China WTO bid likely to take more time
  • Speeds on Russian railways to be increased
  • Panama draft restrictions eased, but could be tightened again
  • New autos piling up due to railcar shortage
  • Key trading powers meet to map way forward
  • Daewoo sees auto deal with GM by June
  • Intercargo Corp. creates risk management unit
  • W.W. Grainger Inc. joins with Perot Systems Corp. in Internet partnership
  • Last ditch peace plan to end Australian dock war
  • Pakistan wants SAARC to combat 'economic coercion'
  • Denmark's unions, employers, begin talks to end strike
Transportation
  • Beleaguered rails reach out to touch shippers
  • UPS, United in fight over French freight route
  • Restraint urged in road budget
  • UP sees improvement in service problems
  • French truckers consider striking during World Cup
  • DHL deal lets Kuehne & Nagel get into air-express delivery
  • Senate panel warned about millennium bug
  • Danzas buys 67% of Czech firm ZAS Ostrava
  • Michael Berman's Tech Talk
Maritime
  • Cruise lines will sail by same US rules
  • Coast Guard user fee losing support
  • Taiwan-China business a drop in bucket
  • Malaysian premier's son abandons bid to take over shipping company
  • Tom Baldwin's Inside Talk

The Journal of Commerceweb site
Home
  • Carriers make $300 increase stick
  • Make or break time for waterways strike
  • Hong Kong exporter: I'm no 'bad guy'
  • High-tech industry fumes as activist reveals confidential export data
  • Brazil taps new communications chief for privatization
  • China WTO bid likely to take more time
  • Speeds on Russian railways to be increased
  • Panama draft restrictions eased, but could be tightened again
  • New autos piling up due to railcar shortage
  • Key trading powers meet to map way forward
  • Daewoo sees auto deal with GM by June
  • Intercargo Corp. creates risk management unit
  • W.W. Grainger Inc. joins with Perot Systems Corp. in Internet partnership
  • Last ditch peace plan to end Australian dock war
  • Pakistan wants SAARC to combat 'economic coercion'
  • Denmark's unions, employers, begin talks to end strike
Transportation
  • Beleaguered rails reach out to touch shippers
  • UPS, United in fight over French freight route
  • Restraint urged in road budget
  • UP sees improvement in service problems
  • French truckers consider striking during World Cup
  • DHL deal lets Kuehne & Nagel get into air-express delivery
  • Senate panel warned about millennium bug
  • Danzas buys 67% of Czech firm ZAS Ostrava
  • Michael Berman's Tech Talk
Maritime
  • Cruise lines will sail by same US rules
  • Coast Guard user fee losing support
  • Taiwan-China business a drop in bucket
  • Malaysian premier's son abandons bid to take over shipping company
  • Tom Baldwin's Inside Talk

The Journal of Commerceweb site
Home
  • Carriers make $300 increase stick
  • Make or break time for waterways strike
  • Hong Kong exporter: I'm no 'bad guy'
  • High-tech industry fumes as activist reveals confidential export data
  • Brazil taps new communications chief for privatization
  • China WTO bid likely to take more time
  • Speeds on Russian railways to be increased
  • Panama draft restrictions eased, but could be tightened again
  • New autos piling up due to railcar shortage
  • Key trading powers meet to map way forward
  • Daewoo sees auto deal with GM by June
  • Intercargo Corp. creates risk management unit
  • W.W. Grainger Inc. joins with Perot Systems Corp. in Internet partnership
  • Last ditch peace plan to end Australian dock war
  • Pakistan wants SAARC to combat 'economic coercion'
  • Denmark's unions, employers, begin talks to end strike
Transportation
  • Beleaguered rails reach out to touch shippers
  • UPS, United in fight over French freight route
  • Restraint urged in road budget
  • UP sees improvement in service problems
  • French truckers consider striking during World Cup
  • DHL deal lets Kuehne & Nagel get into air-express delivery
  • Senate panel warned about millennium bug
  • Danzas buys 67% of Czech firm ZAS Ostrava
  • Michael Berman's Tech Talk
Maritime
  • Cruise lines will sail by same US rules
  • Coast Guard user fee losing support
  • Taiwan-China business a drop in bucket
  • Malaysian premier's son abandons bid to take over shipping company
  • Tom Baldwin's Inside Talk

urgente online pressweb site
  • Las patologías de los conductores son las de la población en general
  • CC.OO. acusa a Fenebus, Asintra y Anetra de poner en peligro a los escolares
  • Los trabajadores de Flebasa paralizan la naviera con una huelga indefinida
  • TNT inicia una fase de expansión por Europa y Asia

Cargonews Asiaweb site
APRIL 13, 1998
  • Baht devaluation cripples Thai ports
  • Evergreen extends lease at Los Angeles

Lloyd's Listweb site
  • Aaserod to spend $400m on fleet
    US-based Norwegian businessman Bjorn Aaserod is setting up a New York-listed company which will spend up to $400m buying small vessels deployed primarily in the ethylene trade.
  • Western Bulk charter deal with Sumitomo
    NORWAY'S Western Bulk Shipping group has reached an understanding with Japan's Sumitomo Corp on bareboat charterparties for four semi-open hatch 45,000 dwt newbuildings scheduled for 1998 and 1999 delivery, writes our Oslo Correspondent.
  • PSA sees profits boost
    PSA Corporation, the world's largest container terminal operator, saw profits top the S$1bn ($628.9m) mark for the first time last year despite the economic turmoil in southeast Asia.
  • Aker results exceed market expectations
    NORWAY'S Aker Maritime surpassed analysts' expectations on first-quarter financials, and announced it was on course for annual profitability of NKr1bn ($134m) in 2000.
  • MarAd faces union pressure to back Lykes subsidy-swap
    TRADE union pressure is growing on the US Maritime Administration to reverse its 1997 decision which stopped Lykes Lines receiving a ship subsidy contract worth $6.3m.
  • Bank loses crew wages claim
    A LEGAL bid by a bank to avoid meeting claims for wages by the crew of a ship sold to meet a mortgagee's judgment against the owners has failed. High Court judge Mr Justice Rix has ruled that though the crew may legally have been employed, not by the ship's owners, but by a national seamen's agency, that does not entitle the bank to avoid payment.
  • LR surplus underlines firm position
    LLOYD'S Register has taken the unusual step of releasing full financial figures which underline the strength of the world's leading classification society.
  • Damaged blast tanker up for sale
    The GNMTC-owned Um El Faroud, pictured after being damaged in an explosion at Malta Drydocks (MDD) three years ago, has been put up for sale according to advertisements in local newspapers. Offers end next Thursday and buyers must remove the damaged tanker within one month of purchase. The explosion at MDD in February, 1995, killed nine dockers. At a hearing in January 1996, blame was apportioned to both MDD and Libyan owners GNMTC. However, shortly after the court's findings, the transport minister ordered a re-hearing of the inquiry.

Fairplayweb site
APRIL 29, 1998
  • Silja Oy to retain ownership of Silja Line
    SILJA Line, the Baltic cruise ferry operator, is to remain a wholly-owned subsidiary of troubled Silja Oy, in spite of plans to enhance shareholder value.
  • Monaco reveals cruise port ambitions
    FRANCK Biancheri, director general of Monaco's department of finance and economy, has revealed Monaco's ambitions to become a major Mediterraean cruise port.
  • Substandard Philippine schools to be closed
    THE Commission on Higher Education in the Philippines is to close the country's substandard maritime schools.
  • Frontline 'retains right to sue ICB'
    PRESS reports in Sweden claim that Frontline has reserved the right to sue ICB Shipping over the planned merger with Astro Tankers
  • Norden chairman predicts operating loss
    DANISH bulk shipping group Norden has warned it will report a loss for 1998 because of weakness in the dry bulk and product tanker sectors.
  • Trygg-Hansa sells to Zurich
    THE Swedish insurance company Trygg-Hansa has signed a letter of intent to sell its Industrial & Marine division to the Swiss insurance company Zurich Group.
  • Reward offered for missing tanker
    THE owner of the 12,357 dwt tanker missing, believed hijacked, in the South China Sea has offered a $50,000 reward via the International Maritime Bureau.
  • Profits up for U-Ming
    BOOSTED by contributions from a new investment company, Taiwanese bulk carrier operator U-Ming Marine has reported a 21 per cent increase in 1997 profits.
  • Shippers query TSA on Japan exemption
    THE Hong Kong Shippers Council is unhappy with the Transpacific Stabilisation Agreement decision to exempt Japan from the peak season surcharge, but not Hong Kong.
  • Rainfall eases Panama restrictions
    PANAMA Canal authorities have eased restrictions on draught following heavy rains that replenished reservoirs.
  • LA to expand cruise terminal
    LOS Angeles port has announced a $30m plan to expand its World Cruise Center terminal.
  • Essar posts profits gain
    INDIA'S Essar Shipping has recorded a 39 per cent rise in net profits.
  • Hapag-Lloyd to order four from Korea
    HAPAG-Lloyd is about to order four containerships from South Korea.
  • Australia waits on High Court decision
    AUSTRALIA'S waterfront continues to stockpile containers pending a High Court decision tomorrow on the fate of almost half the nation's stevedore workforce.
  • Bergesen sells Igloo fleet
    BERGESEN has sold a fleet of seven lpg carriers and the trading name of the Igloo pool.
  • PSA Corp profit up
    SINGAPORE'S PSA Corp today announced a pre-tax profit of S$1.124bn ($702m) for 1997, up 15 per cent on 1996.
  • International Group presses its case
    SHIPOWNERS and P&I club managers pressed the case of the International Group of P&I Clubs at an oral hearing in Brussels on April 27.

Antwerpse Lloyd n.v.web site
APRIL 29, 1998
  • Anvers: le deuxième accès ferroviaire raccordé plus directement au Rhin d'Acier
    Le gouvernement flamand, présidé par Luc Van den Brande, a enfin pris une décision dans l'épineux dossier du deuxième accès ferroviaire au port d'Anvers et dans celui du raccord de cette nouvelle ligne au Rhin d'Acier. A Lierre, la nouvelle ligne du deuxième accès se raccordera à la ligne 16 vers Aerschot et Montzen, tandis que le raccordement à la ligne 15 Lierre-Herentals-Neerpelt, c'est-à-dire au Rhin d'Acier, se fera non pas au lieu-dit Kloosterheide à l'est de Lierre, comme le suggérait la SNCB, mais par l'intermédiaire d'une nouvelle ligne parallèle à l'E313 jusque Herentals.
  • Katoen Natie va gérer la logistique de BP/Appryl
    BP et Appryl, une filiale de BP et Elf Atochem, vont développer leurs activités dans le port de Grangemouth, en Ecosse. BP va y construire une usine de polyéthylène d'une capacité initiale de 300.000 tonnes, Appryl une usine de polypropylène d'une capacité de 250.000 tonnes. Les deux unités représentent un investissement global de 200 millions de GBP et doivent être opérationnelles d'ici l'an 2000. Près de la moitié de la production additionnelle est destinée au continent européen et sera importée via le port d'Anvers. C'est Katoen Natie qui en assurera la logistique complète. Pour ce faire, la firme anversoise construira une plate-forme logistique à Grangemouth.
  • La grève se poursuit au Danemark
    La grève massive qui a débuté lundi au Danemark, s'est poursuivie hier mardi. C'est le mouvement social le plus important depuis 1985. Plus de 450.000 salariés y participent - soit un cinquième de la main-d'oeuvre totale - afin de réclamer davantage de congés. Les transports et l'industrie sont les principales victimes du mouvement.
  • APEC (Anvers) participe à la création d'un port sec à Kaunas
    Ce mercredi a lieu la signature, entre les représentants du gouvernement lithuanien et l'entité "Project Group Consultings Kaunas", d'un contrat relatif à la réalisation à Kaunas, ville située au centre de la Lithuanie, d'une grande zone franche, qui cumulera les fonctions de centre de distribution et de port sec. APEC (Antwerp Port Engineering & Consulting), filiale de l'Entreprise portuaire anversoise, fait partie du groupe de consultants belges impliqués dans ce projet.

Daily Commercial Newsweb site
  • Pressure builds on MUA
    Irrespective of the outcome of Patrick's appeal to the High Court, the Maritime Union of Australia is facing mounting pressure from several sources.
    The latest to officially call on the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission to investigate the need for waterfront reform is the Queensland Minister for Training and Industrial Relation Santo Santoro.
  • Patrick ships being delayed, ITF claims
    Shipowners are being directly targeted in the dispute between Patrick and the Maritime Union of Australia, according to the International Transport Workers' Federation.
    In its latest circular to members, the ITF lists action which has already been taken in support of the MUA around the world.
  • Navy launches minehunter
    The second of the Royal Australian Navy's six Huon class minehunter vessels, Hawkesbury, was launched at ADI Limited's yard in Newcastle on Friday.
    ADI managing director Ken Harris said the design of the vessels, their construction from advanced composite polycarbonate materials and their sophisticated electronic systems made them the world's most advanced composite polycarbonate materials and their sophisticated electronic systems made them the world's most advanced vessels of their type.
  • Tug charges high, but scope limited
    Although towage and pilotage charges in most Australian ports fell over the past four years, they are still high compared to overseas ports, according to the Productivity Commission's waterfront benchmarking report.
    Competition in the Australian towage market was also weak particularly given that in most cases, towage services at individual ports were provided by a single operator in what were generally considered to be "natural monopoly" markets.
  • Despute between ATN and EMU resolved
    Rail workers for the recently sold Tasmanian railway business of Emu Bay Railway remain at loggerheads with their employer over redundancy and re-employment issues, with workers continuing a six-day old indefinite strike yesterday.
    The AMWU, representing 30 workers for the Pasminco owned EBR said workers had rejected redundancy-related concessions made by their employer during crisis talks over the weekend and vowed to keep up its fight against re-signing individual contracts.

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Accidents to dock workers occur equally frequently on board ships as on land.
London
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings reports record performance for the April-June quarter
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings reports record performance for the April-June quarter
Miami
Bookings reached an unprecedented level
Paolo Piacenza has been appointed extraordinary commissioner of the Port Authority of the Southern Tyrrhenian and Ionian Seas.
Rome/Genoa/Gioia Tauro
DB Cargo records declines in turnover and rail freight volumes
Berlin
In the first six months of this year, shipments totaled 82.9 million tons (-10.8%)
In the second quarter, container traffic in the port of Genoa fell by -2.8% while in Savona-Vado it grew by +76.3%
Genoa
In the Ligurian capital, the transhipment share decreased, while the Savona port benefited.
Fincantieri records strong growth in half-year financial performance and new orders
Rome
In the first six months of 2025, orders totaled 14.7 billion euros (+93.5%)
In the second quarter, naval traffic through the Suez Canal decreased by -6.2%
In the second quarter, naval traffic through the Suez Canal decreased by -6.2%
Cairo
1,248 tankers (-2.7%) and 1,826 other types of vessels (-8.5%) passed through
CMA CGM's net profit fell by 140% in the second quarter.
Marseille
Revenues stable. The French shipping group is interested in acquiring Hutchison Ports' terminals.
Royal Caribbean closes second quarter with record net profit
Miami
The April-June period was very positive
Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern announced a merger agreement today.
Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern announced a merger agreement today.
Omaha/Atlanta
First coast-to-coast cargo rail network
Gurrieri resigns as Special Commissioner of the Eastern Adriatic Sea Port Authority
Trieste
The atypical reverse charge for the logistics sector will become applicable tomorrow
Milan
Ruggerone (Assologistica): one of the most strategic reforms we helped build is being implemented
Policy brief on cyber threats that pose risks to port infrastructure
Tallinn
It was developed by the NATO Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence
Interferry urges the EU Commission to harmonize its shipping decarbonization regulations with those of the IMO
Victoria
Failure to align - the association warned - will force shipping companies to pay twice for emissions.
In the second quarter of 2025, Chinese seaports handled 79.1 million containers (+6.1%)
Beijing
Total freight traffic was three billion tons (+3.3%), of which 1.3 billion tons were with foreign countries (+1.9%).
CK Hutchison announces plans to include a Chinese investor in the consortium to sell Hutchison Ports
Hong Kong
Without the participation of the COSCO shipping group, China would not authorize the sale
Sri Lanka's Supreme Court has awarded compensation of $1 billion over the X-Press Pearl accident.
Sri Lanka's Supreme Court has awarded compensation of $1 billion over the X-Press Pearl accident.
Columbus
The container ship caught fire and sank near the port of Colombo
The Greek government sends a tugboat to the Red Sea to assist ships that may be attacked by the Houthis.
The Greek government sends a tugboat to the Red Sea to assist ships that may be attacked by the Houthis.
Piraeus
The AHTS "Giant" is leaving
Saipem and Subsea7 have signed a binding merger agreement.
Saipem and Subsea7 have signed a binding merger agreement.
Milan/Luxembourg
The transaction is expected to close in the second half of 2026.
In the second quarter, the port of Valencia handled over 1.5 million containers (+4.0%)
In the first half of 2025, the amount of new orders to Chinese shipyards fell by -18.2%
Beijing
A decrease of -3.5% in new construction completed in the period was recorded
In the second quarter of 2025, freight traffic in the port of Trieste grew by +3.7%
Trieste
Bulk cargo increased. Miscellaneous cargo fell by 13.2%.
CMA CGM and TotalEnergies form joint venture for LNG bunkering in the Port of Rotterdam.
Marseille
Agreement to supply 360,000 tons of liquefied natural gas per year to the French group's ships
In the second quarter of 2025, freight traffic in Spanish ports decreased by -4.7%
Madrid
All the main product categories are decreasing except for conventional goods
Brookfield Asset Management to sell 49% of British port group PD Ports to Spain's Pontegadea
Middlesbrough
The English company has over 1,400 employees
In the quarter April-June, freight traffic in the port of Rotterdam decreased by -2.3%
In the quarter April-June, freight traffic in the port of Rotterdam decreased by -2.3%
Rotterdam
The port authority is alarmed by the state of crisis in the national industry.
The electrification of the docks in the ports of Livorno, Piombino and Portoferraio is proceeding according to plan.
Third dock for cruise traffic in the port of Catania
Catania
Pier 25's restyling completed
Another quarter of decline in freight traffic at the port of Algeciras
Algeciras
In the period April-June, containers amounted to 1.24 million TEUs (+1.0%)
A new tax applied to cruise passengers disembarking in national ports came into force today in Greece.
Athens
Belgian rail freight company Lineas receives €61 million government loan
Brussels
The measure was approved last night by the restricted council of ministers
ERTMS installation completed on 1,400 kilometers of Italian railway network
Rome
The project is financed with 2.5 billion euros from PNRR funds.
Wärtsilä's quarterly financial and commercial results are positive.
Helsinki
The Marine Electrical Systems division will be sold to the Italian company VINCI Energies.
In the port of Barcelona the number of cruise terminals will be reduced from seven to five
In the port of Barcelona the number of cruise terminals will be reduced from seven to five
Barcelona
The mayor: For the first time in history, a limit is placed on the growth of cruises in the city.
MSC and Moby have presented their commitments to meet the AGCM's requirements.
Rome
Shipping Agencies Services will sell its 49% stake in Moby, waiving the consideration in favor of the majority shareholder. Moby commits to completely repaying its debt to SAS.
Fincantieri confirms its interest in the development of American shipbuilding
Fincantieri confirms its interest in the development of American shipbuilding
Washington
Folgiero: Commitment to deliver next-generation capabilities in full alignment with U.S. strategic priorities
The Chamber of Deputies has approved the appointment of four presidents of Italian Port System Authorities.
Rome
The names proposed for the Port System Authorities of the Southern Adriatic, Central-Northern Tyrrhenian, Western Liguria, and Eastern Liguria have been approved. Voting on the Northern Tyrrhenian Authority has been postponed.
Information exchange between state administrations for the digitalization of the maritime sector begins
Rome
The first operational meeting at the Coast Guard General Command in Rome
The Clean Maritime Fuels Platform suggests measures to support the production and distribution of clean marine fuels
COSCO Shipping Ports sets new monthly and quarterly container traffic records
Hong Kong
In the period April-June, 29.4 million TEUs were handled (+4.5%)
Sharp increase in cases of seafarers abandoning their ships
London
2,286 crew members from 222 ships involved as of early 2025
Global freight traffic saw strong growth in the first quarter of this year in anticipation of new tariffs
Global freight traffic saw strong growth in the first quarter of this year in anticipation of new tariffs
Geneva
North America saw the strongest quarterly growth in imports
In the port of Antwerp-Bruges containers and rolling stock are increasing and other types of goods are decreasing
Antwerp
Traffic congestion continues at the airport, with the situation on the landside becoming critical
A study denounces the delay of European ports in equipping themselves with cold ironing facilities.
Brussels/Pozzallo
The tender to electrify the docks of the port of Pozzallo has begun.
T&E proposes to include more non-EU transhipment ports to avoid carbon leakage
Brussels
The association calls on the EU Commission to reduce the current threshold of 65% of transhipment traffic
Federlogistica urges the immediate establishment of a control room on tariffs
Genoa
The aim is also to eliminate extra costs caused by bureaucracy.
Containerized cargo handled through the port of Singapore fell by 2.9% in the second quarter.
Singapore
Last May, ship transits through the Suez Canal decreased by -6.8%
Last May, ship transits through the Suez Canal decreased by -6.8%
Cairo
The negative trend continued in June and early July
Terminal operators are not at all satisfied with a policy that seems to have no interest in ports
Rome
Cognolato: It is essential to close the ongoing trials on several fronts.
The largest ship ever to dock at Cagliari's Porto Canale at the MITO terminal.
Milan
The container ship "MSC Venice" with a capacity of 16,652 TEU arrived yesterday
On 5 and 6 November in Lisbon a summit called by the ILA against automation in the maritime and port sector
On 5 and 6 November in Lisbon a summit called by the ILA against automation in the maritime and port sector
North Bergen/Metzingen
South Korean HD Hyundai, together with German NEURA Robotics, will develop and test welding robots in shipyards
The toll of the horrific attack on the bulk carrier Eternity C in the Red Sea is still uncertain.
Mandaluyong/London/Brussels
Joint statement by ICS, BIMCO, European Shipowners, Intercargo and Intertanko
In the first half of 2025, bulk cargo increased and general cargo decreased in the port of Marseille-Fos
Marseille
Cruise passengers increase by +5%
The Senate has approved the framework law on interports
Rome
UIR, gives the Italian interport system a modern, orderly and coherent regulatory framework
Carlo De Ruvo was elected president of Confetra
Rome
Among the challenges, the uncontrolled expansion of large logistics groups and their concentration
Number of pirate attacks on ships still high in the second quarter of 2025
Number of pirate attacks on ships still high in the second quarter of 2025
Kuala Lumpur
The number of acts of violence against crews is decreasing
Telemar and TNL Group merger agreement
Telemar and TNL Group merger agreement
Oslo/Athens/Paris
One of the top three operators in the OT/IoT services market for the maritime and superyacht sectors will be created
Attacks on ships in the Red Sea still cause deaths among seafarers
Portsmouth
Liberian-flagged bulk carrier " Eternity C" targeted
Canadian shipbuilding company Davie acquires second shipyard in Finland
Helsinki/Pori
It will buy the Enersense Offshore shipyard
Trump has eliminated tariff exemptions for low-cost goods for all nations.
Washington
Goods with a value of less than $800 will also be subject to the tax.
Viking Mira was launched at Fincantieri's Ancona shipyard
Trieste
The multi-role frigate "Emilio Bianchi" was delivered to the Muggiano shipyard
The Port Authority of the Central-Northern Adriatic Sea has obtained EMAS registration
Ravenna
Certifies commitment to environmental management and sustainability
MSC Cruises reduces emissions with the support of an energy transition plan
Geneva
The 2024 Sustainability Report has been presented
DSV reports strong growth in financial and operating results thanks to the acquisition of Schenker
Hedehusene
Quarterly record in air and ocean shipment volumes
In 2024, the Fratelli Cosulich group's revenues increased by +12.8%
Genoa
Operating result down by -31.7%
In the second quarter of this year, Finnlines' revenues decreased by -5.0%.
Helsinki
Net profit of 26.1 million euros (+7.7%)
Container traffic in the Port of New York remained stable in the April-June quarter.
New York
An increase of +4.9% was recorded in the first half of 2025
The Chamber of Deputies approves the appointment of the presidents of five Port System Authorities.
Rome
They are Davide Gariglio, Francesco Rizzo, Eliseo Cuccaro, Francesco Benevolo and Giovanni Gugliotti
Latrofa appointed extraordinary commissioner of the Port Authority of the Central-Northern Tyrrhenian Sea
Rome
Ministerial decree signed
The PNRR tender for interports has been reopened.
Rome
Resources available amounting to 2.2 million euros
Port of Livorno: Workers are the priority in the LTM crisis
Livorno
UPS's quarterly earnings performance declines
Atlanta
Net income in the April-June quarter was $1.28 billion (-8.9%)
Approval for the 2025 budget variation of the Southern Tyrrhenian and Ionian Sea Port Authority.
Gioia Tauro
500 thousand euros for the 49% share held by the Port Agency company
FHP Group acquires the remaining 10% stake in Lotras
Milan/Foggia
The integration between Lotras and CFI Intermodal will begin to create FHP Intermodal.
OITAF scientific document on good practices in the logistics and transport of fresh fruit and vegetables
Milan
The Northern Tyrrhenian Sea Port Authority has joined the PLIKA
Livorno
Platform dedicated to training, innovation and knowledge sharing in the logistics and port sectors
Matteo Paroli's nomination as president of the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority has been signed.
Rome
He has a degree in law and a specialization in administrative law.
Container throughput increases in Haropa Port, while bulk cargo decreases.
Le Havre
In the first half of this year, containers were 1.51 million TEUs (+4%)
Bureau Veritas reports a 9.8% quarterly increase in revenues in the Marine & Offshore segment
Courbevoie
Kalmar and Konecranes increase new orders in the April-June quarter
Helsinki
The turnover of the two Finnish companies is slightly increasing
Container traffic in the port of Barcelona fell by 12.2% in the second quarter.
Barcelona
Assiterminal threatens a new wave of appeals against regulations it believes are damaging to port operations
Genoa
2M Logistics signs an agreement with Salerno-based Gallozzi
Barendrecht
The Dutch company will represent GF Logistics, a subsidiary of the Italian group, in the Benelux region.
Swiss company Kuehne+Nagel's quarterly profits fell
Schindellegi
In the period April-June of this year, net turnover grew by +1.7%
Yang Ming orders three 8,000 TEU container ships from Nihon Shipyard and Imabari Shipbuilding
Keelung/Imabari
Contract valued at $351.3-394.5 million
Italia Nostra reiterates its strong concerns about the construction of the Fiumicino-Isola Sacra port.
Rome
European maritime cities, destinations for cruise tourism - the association highlights - denounce the phenomenon of over-tourism in the cruise sector
Egypt's first automotive terminal has come into operation at Port Said East.
East Port Said
It can accommodate two car carriers at the same time
SAILING LIST
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Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
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Tepsa has acquired a liquid bulk terminal in the port of Rotterdam.
Singapore/Rotterdam
It was sold by Global Energy Storage Holdings
The Spinelli Group has approved its 2024 sustainability report.
Genoa
Of the company's 616 direct employees, 49% are under the age of 50.
In the second quarter of this year, cargo traffic in Turkish ports grew by +1.6%
Ankara
Cargoes to and from Italy amounted to 12.7 million tons (+10.1%)
Extension of the Simplified Logistics Zone for Genoa Ports and Dry Ports to the Savona, Vado Ligure, and Bergeggi areas.
Genoa
Approval from the ZLS Steering Committee
Isotta Fraschini Motori has inaugurated a new production line for hydrogen fuel cell systems in Bari.
Trieste
They will be used for naval and land solutions
The Grande Shanghai , the Grimaldi Group's first ammonia-ready car carrier, has been christened.
Naples
It has a load capacity of 9,000 CEUs.
The Port of Genoa, FILT, and UILT have declared a five-day strike at the Bettolo Terminal.
Genoa
Fit Cisl Liguria expressed solidarity with the workers
The tender for the dredging of the commercial dock basin at the port of Ancona has been published.
Ancona
The removal of approximately 730 thousand cubic meters of sediment is planned
Tender for the restoration and enhancement of docks 32 and 33 in the Deep Sea Zone of the port of Savona
Genoa
An investment of over 6.7 million euros is expected
There are 1,100 workers in Palermo directly employed in the seaside tourism sector
Palermo
This year, cruise traffic is expected to grow by 9.4% in the port of the Sicilian capital.
Six-month growth of +9% in freight on the St. Petersburg-India/China maritime route
Fly
FESCO operates six vessels in the service
Port of Trieste: Special Commissioner Gurrieri under investigation for money laundering
Trieste
I am certain - he declared - that I can demonstrate that I acted legally, in full transparency.
Vard signs new contract for the construction of two CSOVs
Trieste
The vessels will be used to support operations in the offshore wind sector
UIR welcomes the publication of the tender for the digitalization of the logistics chain.
Rome
Di Caterina (ALIS): a concrete tool that enhances the needs of businesses and strengthens the logistics system
GNV celebrated its first ten years of activity on the Italy-Albania route
Durres
During the period, the company's ships carried over 1.25 million passengers
A shipment of over 1.2 tons of marijuana was seized at the port of Gioia Tauro.
Reggio Calabria/Catanzaro
Members of a criminal organization that imported drugs from South America through European ports and airports have been arrested.
Yang Ming orders Hanwha Ocean to build seven 15,000 TEU dual-fuel containerships
Keelung
They will be delivered between 2028 and 2029
Walden to sell healthcare logistics business to Yusen Logistics
Paris
Exclusive negotiations announced
Solinas (Sardinian Action Party) is not at all satisfied with the state of Sardinian ports
Cagliari
The immediate establishment of a special commission is urged
ANSI welcomes the introduction of the information dashboard for managing private procurement contracts in logistics.
Rome
D'Angelo: it will allow the country to take another step forward
Russo (Confcommercio): excluding road transport from the PNRR funding was shortsighted.
Rome
First bulletin from the Freight Insights Observatory produced by the National Center for Sustainable Mobility
ABB Group posts sharp growth in quarterly financial and business performance
Zurich
In the period April-June the value of new orders grew by +16.0%
Informal consultations have begun on the preliminary proposal for the new Ancona Port Master Plan.
Ancona
Eleven meetings scheduled for July
Program agreement for preparatory and functional interventions for the construction of the bridge over the Strait of Messina
Rome
It was signed today in Rome
Project to develop an ecological station for the treatment of wastewater from ships
Naples
Initiative of the Neapolitan Group of the Cenere and Iello Landing
Assiterminal urges against bringing sediment from the Bagnoli dredging project into the port of Naples.
Genoa
Cognolato and Ferrari: It is essential to safeguard the full functionality of the commercial port's activities.
Container traffic at the Port of Long Beach fell 3.4% in the second quarter.
Long Beach
A decline of -16.4% was recorded in June
Paolo Pessina has been appointed vice president of Conftrasporto-Confcommercio.
Rome
He is president of the national federation of maritime agents and brokers
Container traffic in the port of Hong Kong decreased by -8.2% in the second quarter
Hong Kong
A decrease of -13.7% was recorded in June
Cuneo-based logistics company Nord Ovest is seeing growing financial results.
Wedge
Construction work on a new depot in Mondovì will be completed in early 2026.
Container traffic at the Port of Los Angeles grows driven by fears of new tariffs
Los Angeles
June saw the highest volume ever recorded for this month
The Management Committee of the Sardinia Sea Port Authority has adopted the DPSS
Cagliari
Green light for the concession to MITO and the appeal against the rejection of Olbia's dredging project.
Three events in Genoa for three new Explora Journeys cruise ships.
Genoa
A technical launch, a coin laying and the cutting of the first sheet metal were carried out at the Fincantieri shipyard
Grimaldi sells 5% of Terminal Darsena Toscana to Livorno Port Company
Naples/Livorno
Option to purchase an additional 5% of the share capital
Concession agreement signed that assigns management of the port of Tartous to DP World
Damascus
It has a lifespan of 30 years
Matteo Gasparato appointed president of the Northern Adriatic Sea Port Authority
Rome
He was appointed extraordinary commissioner of the same port authority
Meeting in Rome between the heads of ESPO and Assoporti
Rome
Among the topics addressed, the competitiveness of European ports in the current global context
Chinese airline OOCL reports quarterly decline in scheduled service revenues
Hong Kong
Cargo transported by the company's ships is increasing
Collaboration between the Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority and the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority
Rome
Agreement with an initial duration of five years
Survey in Germany on the prospects of companies in the maritime, port and shipbuilding sectors
Hamburg
Shipowners are more concerned. Positive prospects for ports and shipyards.
Port of Augusta: Work begins on a third bridge connecting the island to the mainland.
Augusta
Work worth over 20 million euros
Vard signs contract with InkFish for new research vessel
Trieste
The deal is worth more than 200 million euros.
1.1 billion euros will be invested in the port of Hamburg to strengthen the container sector
Hamburg
Improving accessibility and port infrastructure in the Waltershofer Hafen area
Meyer Turku delivered the new Star of the Seas cruise ship to Royal Caribbean
Turku
It has a gross tonnage of 250,800 tons
ESPO calls for increased funding for ports under the next EU Multiannual Financial Framework
Brussels
The CEF programme funds have proven to be far from sufficient
Fincantieri delivers the new Oceania Allura cruise ship to Oceania Cruises.
Miami/Trieste
Two additional Sonata-class ships have been converted into orders.
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
Confindustria event on the sea economy in Rome on July 15th
Rome
The public meeting of the International Containers Studies Center will be held in Genoa on July 2nd
Genoa
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Why Malta is objecting to a new price cap on Russian oil
(timesofmalta.com)
US has its eye on Greek ports
(Kathimerini)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Intervento del presidente Tomaso Cognolato
Roma, 19 giugno 2025
››› File
Uniport: Bringing debris from Bagnoli to the port of Naples would postpone long-awaited dredging.
Rome
Legora de Feo: It's necessary to find alternative solutions.
Taiwanese companies Evergreen, Yang Ming and WHL saw sharp declines in quarterly revenues.
Keelung/Taipei
In the period April-June it fell by -18.7%, -26.5% and -8.6% respectively
The establishment of the Information Dashboard for the management of private procurement contracts in logistics has been approved.
In May, freight traffic in the port of Ravenna grew by +1.4%
Ravenna
Bulk cargo is on the rise. Miscellaneous cargo is on the decline.
EU approves joint purchase of port equipment by terminal operators
Brussels
Joint definition of minimum technical specifications of equipment is also permitted
Serbian energy group EPS will import coal through the Montenegrin port of Bar
Bar
Currently imports from Indonesia pass through the port of Constanta
Fincantieri Foundation and Luiss University launch a project to strengthen the safety of underwater infrastructure.
Trieste
Among the objectives, contribute to the definition of a specific regulatory framework
Freewheeling: The government's U-turn on anti-mafia controls in the road haulage sector is a welcome development.
Modena
Franchini: If the government has realized it made a mistake, that's good news.
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