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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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Terminal Intermodale Venezia, concession contract renewed
Terminal Intermodale Venezia, concession contract renewed
Venice
The duration of the agreement is 25 years. Investments of over 100 million euros are expected
Ahead of the election, Australia is arguing over who will oust China's Landbridge from the Port of Darwin
Darwin/Strathpine
Assurances to this effect were given by both Prime Minister Albanese and opposition leader Dutton.
US tariffs will cause a four percentage point reduction in the expected volume of world trade
Geneva
The World Trade Organization believes so
84% of new constructions ordered by the Italian navy will be built in China
Rome
Analysis by the Confitarma Study Center on the possible impacts of US duties on the national shipping industry
GNV ships will call at Algerian ports for the first time
Genoa
In summer, the weekly connections Sète-Algiers and Sète-Bejaia will be activated
Boluda Towage and Marsa Maroc to operate towage services in the new port of Nador West Med
Valencia
Denton (ICC): Trump's tariffs pose a crucial challenge to rules-based trade governance
Denton (ICC): Trump's tariffs pose a crucial challenge to rules-based trade governance
Paris
Rather, he stressed, multilateral solutions are needed to resolve the long-standing inefficiencies and inequalities in the global trading system.
Guerrieri appointed extraordinary commissioner of the Northern Tyrrhenian Sea Port Authority
Leghorn
The mandate granted by MIT has no expiration date
APM Terminals buys the Panama Canal Railway Company
The Hague
The company operates the railway line parallel and adjacent to the Panama Canal
Piloda plans a hub for ship repair, refitting and demolition in the port of Brindisi
Naples
Expression of interest for the reconversion and reindustrialization of the former coal power plant area
Kuehne+Nagel to handle spare parts logistics for Changan electric cars in the European market
Schindellegi
Agreement with the Chinese car manufacturer
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
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
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
Hong Kong
Almost 3.6 million containers sold (+372%). Record revenues
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AAL Shipping sceglie il sistema di consulenza marina di ABB per ottimizzare la flotta Super B-Class
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
In the last quarter of 2024, container traffic alone increased in French ports
Paris
In the whole year, containers amounted to over 5.3 million TEU (+11.5%)
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
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, Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane recorded a net loss of -208 million euros
Rome
Revenues up by +11.7%. The group's freight transported increased thanks to the acquisition of Exploris
Port of Genoa, Ente Bacini requests new spaces and renewal of the concession
Genoa
Conference to celebrate the centenary of the company
The public meeting of the Italian Port Terminal Operators Association will be held in Rome on June 19th
Genoa
VARD to build offshore dive vessel for Dong Fang Offshore
Alesund/Trieste
The contract is worth 113.5 million euros
Next week Italian ports will participate in Seatrade Cruise Global
Rome
Initiative brand: "CruiseItaly - One Country, Many Destinations"
MSC Group Cruise Terminal Officially Inaugurated in the Port of Barcelona
Barcelona
In 2027 it will be equipped with a cold ironing plant
Marcegaglia and Nova Marine Carriers form NovaMar Logistic joint venture
Lugano/Gazoldo of the Ippoliti
A general cargo ship will transport raw materials to the steel group's plants
Liebherr achieves record annual sales in the maritime and port crane segment
Bulls
Strong demand for offshore and container handling equipment
The annual conference "Programming, Operation and Management of Transport Networks" in Genoa
Genoa
It is dedicated to the transport and mobility sector
Last year, 656 ships underwent repair work in Greece
Piraeus
Increase of five units compared to 2023
Port of La Spezia, cruise ship docking simulations completed at Garibaldi West pier
The Spice
Assagenti conference on the future of the profession of maritime agent and broker
Genoa
It will be held tomorrow in Genoa
Francesco Beltrano is the new general secretary of Uniport
Rome
He takes over from Paolo Ferrandino, who will continue to collaborate as a consultant
Stena Line presents a project for a ro-ro vessel capable of reducing energy consumption by at least 20%
Gothenburg
Introduced most of the innovative technologies currently available
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
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
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
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
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
The public meeting of the Italian Port Terminal Operators Association will be held in Rome on June 19th
Genoa
The annual conference "Programming, Operation and Management of Transport Networks" in Genoa
Genoa
It is dedicated to the transport and mobility sector
››› 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
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
Container traffic in the port of Valencia grew by +15.2% last month
Valencia
The overall volume of goods handled increased by +6.8%
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
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%)
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