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July 30, 1998
Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • CP Ships, TMM form US$1b joint venture
    New firm will incorporate CP Ships' Lykes, Ivaran lines and container shipping arm of TMM
  • A grave mistake to force M'sian shippers to use domestic ports
  • Disney takes to the cruise line to widen empire
Air and Land Transport
  • Chek Lap Kok woes may cost economy HK$4.6b
    Amount is equivalent to 0.35% of gross domestic product for Hongkong
  • EasyJet to buy 15 Boeing 737-700s
  • JAL forms mileage programme for international calls
  • Garuda seeks higher fares on routes to KL
  • Honda in US$316m settlement of kickback suit
  • Southwest Airlines, state attorneys support US dept proposal on competitio
Features
  • Kenyan port running at less than half pace
    Red tape and lack of cash the main causes of slowdown of Mombasa port
Columns
  • Low prices in Asian yards, high-value contracts in Europe

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • CP Ships, TMM form US$1b joint venture
    New firm will incorporate CP Ships' Lykes, Ivaran lines and container shipping arm of TMM
  • A grave mistake to force M'sian shippers to use domestic ports
  • Disney takes to the cruise line to widen empire
Air and Land Transport
  • Chek Lap Kok woes may cost economy HK$4.6b
    Amount is equivalent to 0.35% of gross domestic product for Hongkong
  • EasyJet to buy 15 Boeing 737-700s
  • JAL forms mileage programme for international calls
  • Garuda seeks higher fares on routes to KL
  • Honda in US$316m settlement of kickback suit
  • Southwest Airlines, state attorneys support US dept proposal on competitio
Features
  • Kenyan port running at less than half pace
    Red tape and lack of cash the main causes of slowdown of Mombasa port
Columns
  • Low prices in Asian yards, high-value contracts in Europe

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • CP Ships, TMM form US$1b joint venture
    New firm will incorporate CP Ships' Lykes, Ivaran lines and container shipping arm of TMM
  • A grave mistake to force M'sian shippers to use domestic ports
  • Disney takes to the cruise line to widen empire
Air and Land Transport
  • Chek Lap Kok woes may cost economy HK$4.6b
    Amount is equivalent to 0.35% of gross domestic product for Hongkong
  • EasyJet to buy 15 Boeing 737-700s
  • JAL forms mileage programme for international calls
  • Garuda seeks higher fares on routes to KL
  • Honda in US$316m settlement of kickback suit
  • Southwest Airlines, state attorneys support US dept proposal on competitio
Features
  • Kenyan port running at less than half pace
    Red tape and lack of cash the main causes of slowdown of Mombasa port
Columns
  • Low prices in Asian yards, high-value contracts in Europe

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • CP Ships, TMM form US$1b joint venture
    New firm will incorporate CP Ships' Lykes, Ivaran lines and container shipping arm of TMM
  • A grave mistake to force M'sian shippers to use domestic ports
  • Disney takes to the cruise line to widen empire
Air and Land Transport
  • Chek Lap Kok woes may cost economy HK$4.6b
    Amount is equivalent to 0.35% of gross domestic product for Hongkong
  • EasyJet to buy 15 Boeing 737-700s
  • JAL forms mileage programme for international calls
  • Garuda seeks higher fares on routes to KL
  • Honda in US$316m settlement of kickback suit
  • Southwest Airlines, state attorneys support US dept proposal on competitio
Features
  • Kenyan port running at less than half pace
    Red tape and lack of cash the main causes of slowdown of Mombasa port
Columns
  • Low prices in Asian yards, high-value contracts in Europe

Sched Netweb site
  • New service helps mainland import/export
  • Long Beach commissioners adopt US$545.3m budget
  • NRC on the right track
  • Cronos announces loss for 1997
  • OOCL enhances scan-Baltic express service
  • Emery sees marginal second quarter increase
  • Fine Air purchases Southern Air Transport
  • Jobs on the line at PAL
  • BAX and Lufthansa team up
  • Labour woes spark earnings drop

Cargowebweb site
JULY 29, 1998
  • Shippers advocate reconsideration Rotterdam-Germany railroad
  • CMB says goodbye to colonial past
  • Port of Rotterdam tired of waiting for ECT/Maersk deal
  • Better net result Airborne
  • All-time low for shipping rates Europe to Asia
  • 3.7 percent Amsterdam air freight growth
  • Lloyd Triestino to be sold to Evergreen

The Journal of Commerceweb site
Home
  • CP Ships, TMM form shipping venture
  • Rule change boosts exporters' risk
  • GOP, Clinton differ on timing of fast-track
  • East-west land link quietly studied
  • Air express carriers gain from Hong Kong's chaos
  • UP makes last ditch effort to avoid extension of service order
  • Canada bows to WTO rulings on allowing foreign magazines, but still bans ads
  • New study highlights increased risk of global recession by 1999
  • Teamsters' chief to ask his union to help pay for new election
  • EU strikes back in farm trade dispute with US
  • Orders for transportation goods and services dropped in June
  • Clinton imposes sanctions on seven Russian companies for selling hi-tech materials
  • 3Com inks China deal, eyes Asia for Palm Pilot
  • GM back in business as UAW workers at two plants vote to end strikes
Transportation
  • UP on right track in Texas but off elsewhere
  • CSX Corp. income down 33%
  • Norfolk Southern's net slips slightly
  • One year after UPS strike, labor, management are still at odds
  • Kansas City Southern had a record second quarter
Maritime
  • Ports jockey to win race for their intermodal lives
  • Carriers cry, 'I want my own terminal!' (And many are getting their way)
  • Analysts: Congestion should ease this year

The Journal of Commerceweb site
Home
  • CP Ships, TMM form shipping venture
  • Rule change boosts exporters' risk
  • GOP, Clinton differ on timing of fast-track
  • East-west land link quietly studied
  • Air express carriers gain from Hong Kong's chaos
  • UP makes last ditch effort to avoid extension of service order
  • Canada bows to WTO rulings on allowing foreign magazines, but still bans ads
  • New study highlights increased risk of global recession by 1999
  • Teamsters' chief to ask his union to help pay for new election
  • EU strikes back in farm trade dispute with US
  • Orders for transportation goods and services dropped in June
  • Clinton imposes sanctions on seven Russian companies for selling hi-tech materials
  • 3Com inks China deal, eyes Asia for Palm Pilot
  • GM back in business as UAW workers at two plants vote to end strikes
Transportation
  • UP on right track in Texas but off elsewhere
  • CSX Corp. income down 33%
  • Norfolk Southern's net slips slightly
  • One year after UPS strike, labor, management are still at odds
  • Kansas City Southern had a record second quarter
Maritime
  • Ports jockey to win race for their intermodal lives
  • Carriers cry, 'I want my own terminal!' (And many are getting their way)
  • Analysts: Congestion should ease this year

The Journal of Commerceweb site
Home
  • CP Ships, TMM form shipping venture
  • Rule change boosts exporters' risk
  • GOP, Clinton differ on timing of fast-track
  • East-west land link quietly studied
  • Air express carriers gain from Hong Kong's chaos
  • UP makes last ditch effort to avoid extension of service order
  • Canada bows to WTO rulings on allowing foreign magazines, but still bans ads
  • New study highlights increased risk of global recession by 1999
  • Teamsters' chief to ask his union to help pay for new election
  • EU strikes back in farm trade dispute with US
  • Orders for transportation goods and services dropped in June
  • Clinton imposes sanctions on seven Russian companies for selling hi-tech materials
  • 3Com inks China deal, eyes Asia for Palm Pilot
  • GM back in business as UAW workers at two plants vote to end strikes
Transportation
  • UP on right track in Texas but off elsewhere
  • CSX Corp. income down 33%
  • Norfolk Southern's net slips slightly
  • One year after UPS strike, labor, management are still at odds
  • Kansas City Southern had a record second quarter
Maritime
  • Ports jockey to win race for their intermodal lives
  • Carriers cry, 'I want my own terminal!' (And many are getting their way)
  • Analysts: Congestion should ease this year

Cyber Shipping Guide - Ocean Commerceweb site
  • Cho Yang to Dispose of Own Terminals
  • Box Volume in Rotterdam Grows 10.5%
  • Shippers to Gather in Kobe to Discuss Common Issues
  • Hamburg Sud Taking Over Alianca
  • DHL to Invest $30 Million in Latin America

urgente online pressweb site
  • Seur competirá en el mercado franc's en 1999
  • Expertos de todo el mundo debaten en Alicante la historia del tren
  • Barcelona invertirá 165.000 millones en el puerto, hasta el año 2010
  • FedEx aumenta en cinco vuelos sus conexiones con Hong Kong
  • Heathrow se convertirá en un intercambiador ferroviario

Exim Indiaweb site
  • Ministry to set aside $700m for shipping sector
  • Indo-Korean business meet
  • US investment in India rises 3-fold in June
  • 1mn 'Rugmark' carpets exported
  • Revenue Dept eases excise norms for super star trading houses
  • Top Indian IT cos showcase their competitive dynamism
  • Textile industry to discuss credit crunch with banks
  • Cabinet okays IT Task Force report
  • Report on easier FERA norms for software soon
  • Basmati Rice
  • Canadian firm offers Y2K solution
  • Dredging improves Hooghly navigability
  • Delayed payments to SSI

Lloyd's Listweb site
  • CP Ships plans liner merger with TMM
    CP Ships is merging two of its subsidiaries with the container shipping activities of family-controlled Transportacion Maritima Mexicana to create a powerful new regional carrier in the Latin American trades.
  • Mexican firm still in red
    TRANSPORTACION Maritima Mexicana has posted net losses of just under $8m for the second quarter of this year, an improvement on the first quarter but still significantly worse than the same period last year, writes Justin Stares, Buenos Aires.
  • Uruguay hub plan in doubt
    MAERSK Inc's $100m-plus bid to make Montevideo's container terminal a hub for South America now lies in the hands of Uruguayan transport minister Lucio Caceres.
  • Stopford returns to Clarksons
    MARTIN Stopford, chief executive of Lloyd's Maritime Information Services, is to rejoin British-based shipbroker Clarksons next month.
  • US Bill seeks $2.3bn war on drug sea and air links
    CONGRESSMAN Bill McCollum has filed legislation to authorise nearly $2.3bn in fresh funds for a new effort to halt the flow of cocaine and heroin into the US by sea and air from Latin America.
  • Belgian firms clear Scheldt wrecks
    BELGIAN companies Scaldis Salvage and Dredging International are to begin clearing wrecks in the Scheldt estuary next month, as part of a six-year plan to clear the main shipping channel and improve access to the port of Antwerp, writes Dale Wainwright.
  • Rotterdam box trade up 10%
    ROTTERDAM general freight totals edged ahead 1.6% to 157m tonnes in the first six months of 1998 with container handling up 10.5%, or 280,000 teu.
  • Car carrier may be total loss after blaze
    A VEHICLE carrier laden with more than 3,700 new and used cars may be declared a constructive total loss after a serious fire off the Sharjah coast.

Fairplayweb site
JULY 29, 1998
  • Star Cruises sells to Hyundai
    ASIAN cruise operator Star Cruises today announced the sale of its 1972-built 3,202 dwt SuperStar Sagittarius to Hyundai Merchant Marine.
  • Jacobs' profits soar
    UK ship and port operator Jacobs Holdings has reported a four-fold increase in pre-tax profits from '1.4m to '5.3m ($8.7m) for the first half of the year.
  • CP and TMM create container major
    CP Ships and Transportaci'n Mar'tima Mexicana have formed a 50-50 joint venture merging the operations of TMM, Lykes Lines and Ivaran Lines into a 40-ship container fleet.
  • Australia threatens livestock trade suspension
    AUSTRALIA has threatened to suspend live cattle trade with the Middle East following the death of almost 30 per cent of a cattle shipment to Israel.
  • ICB confident
    STOCKHOLM-based tanker operator, ICB, is confident that the present strong market will continue during the rest of 1998.
  • Sea-Land-Mærsk in Gioia Tauro talks
    US and Danish megacarriers, Sea-Land and Mærsk are each to take a 25 per cent stake in the Medcenter terminal operation at Gioia Tauro.
  • Stopford to return to Clarksons
    DR Martin Stopford, currently chief executive of Lloyd's Maritime Information Services, is to rejoin the shipbroker Clarksons in August.
  • WG&A's profits collapse
    PHILIPPINE domestic shipping operator WG&A posted a 33 per cent fall in profits for the first half of the year.
  • Los Angeles sets new box record
    LOS Angeles port has managed to set a new container handling record with 3,145,529 teu in its 1997-98 fiscal year, eclipsing last fiscal year'scontainer volume record by 9 per cent.
  • Chennai congestion surcharge extended
    CONTAINER feeder lines operating through Chennai port to Singapore, Port Klang and Colombo have extended the congestion surcharge through to August 31.
  • L&T sells shipping division
    MUMBAI-based engineering company Larsen and Toubro is selling its shipping division for $40m.
  • Gordon urges courts to stall blood-shed
    OUSTED Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority chief, Richard Gordon, has urged the Philippine Court of Appeals to advance his hearing to prevent a repeat of Sunday's blood-shed.
  • Mexico grain imports may complicate rail problems
    AN expected surge in US grain exports to Mexico this summer could complicate US efforts to improve rail services for agricultural shippers, a US official said yesterday.
  • Five stowaways die in Genoa
    FIVE stowaways from Tunisia have died in a fire on board the 8,000 dwt ro-ro vessel Linda Rosa while approaching the port of Genoa.
  • IUA elects deputy chairmen
    ANTHONY Medniuk, the md of British Aviation Insurance Group, and Stephen Riley, md of Swiss Re UK, have been elected as deputy chairmen designate for the IUA of London.
  • Mombasa congestion hits liner operation
    PERSISTENT congestion at the Kenyan port of Mombasa has resulted in the termination of a vessel sharing agreement on the Europe to Indian Ocean Islands and East Africa trade.

Daily Commercial Newsweb site
  • MUA - Patrick settlement in doubt
    THE FUTURE of the settlement between Patrick and the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) was in serious jeopardy yesterday, on the eve of what is supposed to be the final meeting of creditors of Patrick's four labor hire companies this morning.
    Not only was there no settlement in sight, but according to one source "the whole thing could collapse."
    Crucial to the agreement is the settlement of legal action instigated by the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) against the MUA under secondary boycott provisions of the Trade Practices Act.
    There was still no sign of that settlement yesterday and it was also unclear whether the union's attempt to sign the documents with a clause noting the need for settlement with the ACCC would be successful.
  • Safmarine takes control of SCL
    THE SOUTH African shipping line, Safmarine, is to take control of SCL following agreement its Belgian partner, CMBT Lines.
    Although Safmarine's local agents have not been notified of the move at the time of going to press, it is understood that the South African carrier will pay an US$55 million on cash as part of the arrangement.
    SCL is described as a north-south container shipping specialist.
    Meanwhile, in other overseas shipping moves, CP Ships and Transportacion Maritime Mexicana (TMM) have agreed to form a 50-50 joint venture which will merge the container shipping businesses of TMM, Lykes Lines and Ivaran Lines.
    With its initial revenue base of US$1.2 billion and an annual volume of one million 20 ft container equivalents (teus), the new joint venture will rank among the 15 largest container shipping lines globally.
    It will operate 40 ships and a container fleet of 150,000 teus.
  • OOCL expands services, again
    ORIENT Overseas Container Line (OOCL) has announced enhancements to the Scan-Baltic Express service (SBX) launched only in April of this year.
    The weekly fixed day service will now call the United Kingdom port of Blyth, make both an eastbound and westbound call at Hamburg and add a call at Bremerhaven.
    The new port rotation is Hamburg, Rotterdam, Blyth, Bremerhaven, Hamburg, St Petersburg, Kotka and Aarhus before returning to Hamburg.
    The second call at Hamburg will significantly improve the overall transit time of cargo originating from Asia, Canada and the United States mid-west.

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FROM THE HOME PAGE
HMM and CMA CGM Total Terminal International Algeciras Expansion Project
Seoul
An investment of 150 million euros is planned. The capacity will be increased to 2.8 million teu
European Commission meeting to define the strategy for the development of EU ports and maritime industry
Brussels
Call for papers by July 28th
Assarmatori asks for support for Italian seafarers employed on short-haul routes and for the renewal of ferry fleets
Assarmatori asks for support for Italian seafarers employed on short-haul routes and for the renewal of ferry fleets
Rome
Messina: State Aid regime needs to be redesigned for European shipyards
In the first four months of 2025, maritime container traffic between Asia and Europe grew by +4.8%
Tokyo
-6.4% drop in shipments to Asian ports. +9.0% increase in unloading volumes in Europe
The impact on Italy of a possible closure of the maritime route through the Strait of Hormuz would be significant
Rome
The merchant fleet for energy products controlled by the Italian shipping industry interested in these traffics amounts to approximately 80 units.
Cargo traffic in China's seaports grew by +3.7% last month
Cargo traffic in China's seaports grew by +3.7% last month
Beijing
Containers amounted to 26.7 million TEU (+6.1%)
In 2024, 576 containers were lost at sea out of over 250 million transported by ships
Washington
About 200 have fallen from container ships in the Cape of Good Hope region
FMC questions deal exempting World Shipping Council companies from US antitrust rules
Washington
Meanwhile, Sola, appointed by Trump on January 20 to the presidency of the federal agency, is leaving his post today.
The European maritime-port sector nitpicks the reform of the Community customs rules
Brussels
Note from CLECAT, ECASBA, European Shipowners, ESPO, Feport and WSC
EU Council agrees on reform of the Union Customs Code
Brussels
CLECAT is concerned about the persistence of the concept of "Single Liable Person" in the text
In the first three months of 2025, freight traffic in the port of Civitavecchia grew by +2.4%
Civitavecchia
Increase of +9.9% in Gaeta and decrease of -17.1% in Fiumicino
Le Aziende informanoSponsored Article
Accelleron consolida le partnership con Somas e Geislinger per sostenere l'efficienza e la sostenibilità del settore marittimo
Japanese shipbuilding company Imabari Shipbuilding acquires control of fellow Japanese JMU
Imabari/Tokyo
Ownership share increased from 30% to 60%
WTO: New tariffs have given a boost to trade that is unlikely to last
Geneva
Recovery driven by importers who brought forward purchases in view of expected tariff increases
Terminal Investments Limited of the MSC Group acquires 50% of the capital of Barcelona Europe South Terminal
Barcelona
The transaction was authorized by the Port Authority of Barcelona
There are no implementing decrees for the SalvaMare law and Italian citizens are paying for the management of fished waste that is not carried out
Rome
The Marevivo Foundation and the Federation of the Sea report it
In five and a half years, 1,244 tons of drugs have been seized in EU ports
In five and a half years, 1,244 tons of drugs have been seized in EU ports
Lisbon
The largest quantities pass through ports in Belgium, Spain, Holland, Italy and Germany
The International Convention on Ship Recycling will enter into force tomorrow
Copenhagen
BIMCO urges EU to include Indian shipyards in EU list of ship recycling facilities
Assologistica presents the "Cruscotto" project to ensure transparency and legality in the logistics sector
Milan
Ruggerone: it is an infrastructure of trust between clients and operators
Federagenti, cruises cannot and must not become the target of an indiscriminate hate campaign
Federagenti, cruises cannot and must not become the target of an indiscriminate hate campaign
Rome
A "Pact for the Sea" proposed with solutions to tackle overtourism for which passenger ships are not to blame
New step forward for the construction of the underground freight transport system in Switzerland
New step forward for the construction of the underground freight transport system in Switzerland
Bern
Cargo sous terrain plans to build a 500-kilometer system by mid-century
Carnival posts record earnings for March-May period
Carnival posts record earnings for March-May period
Miami
The number of cruise passengers embarked also peaked this quarter
Federlogistica, it is reckless to activate railway construction sites without a concerted plan
Genoa
Falteri: Isolating the port of Genoa from the railway network for three weeks means putting the whole of Northern Italy in difficulty
Multipurpose terminals privatized in eight Saudi ports
Multipurpose terminals privatized in eight Saudi ports
Riyadh
Four will be operated by Saudi Global Ports and four by Red Sea Gateway Terminal
Public debate launched on the project for Pier VIII in the port of Trieste
Public debate launched on the project for Pier VIII in the port of Trieste
Trieste
A total investment of 315.8 million euros is expected
South Korea's HD Hyundai partners with US Edison Chouest Offshore to build containerships in US
South Korea's HD Hyundai partners with US Edison Chouest Offshore to build containerships in US
Seoul
The possibility of building other types of ships and constructing port cranes is foreseen
Rixi: with the Omnibus decree, Phase B of the new Genoa breakwater is guaranteed
Rome
Expenditure of 50 million euros authorised for 2026 and 92.8 million for 2027
Israel-Iran conflict prompts Maersk to suspend calls at Haifa port
Copenhagen
Those at the port of Ashdod will continue instead.
Northern European Nations Commitment to Counter Russian Shadow Fleet
Warsaw
If the vessels do not fly a valid flag in the Baltic Sea and the North Sea - they specify - we will take appropriate measures in compliance with international law.
Freight traffic in French ports stable in the first quarter of 2025
Freight traffic in French ports stable in the first quarter of 2025
The Defense
Containers and liquid bulk on the rise. Increase in unloading loads and decrease in loading loads
Cognolato (Assiterminal): Today more than ever we need a coherent port policy
Rome
All the critical issues highlighted in recent years still remain open - he highlighted.
Alessandro Pitto confirmed as president of Fedespedi
Milan
The Board of Directors, the Board of Arbiters and the Board of Auditors have been renewed
A protest action by Greek seafarers is heated, with the PENEN and PNO unions launching very serious accusations, including mutual ones
Piraeus
The strike, declared illegal by the courts, blocks some ships of the Attica group in the port of Patras
Saipem awarded contract for a phosphate mining project in Algeria that includes the upgrading of the port of Annaba
Milan
The construction of railway lines is also planned
Suez Canal celebrates return of large-capacity containership transits
Suez Canal celebrates return of large-capacity containership transits
Ismailia
Today it was crossed by the vessel "CMA CGM Osiris" which can carry 15,536 teu
IMO, ILO, ICS and ITF urge protection of seafarers' rights against unjust criminalisation
London
The "Guidelines on the Fair Treatment of Seafarers Detained in Relation to Alleged Offences" were adopted in April
Trump's new tariffs also hit container traffic at the Port of Long Beach
Long Beach
In the first five months of 2025, an increase of +17.2% was recorded
Transfer of the port of Carrara from the Ligurian to the Tuscan AdSP not without a discussion with the operators
Milan
Dario Perioli, FHP, Grendi and Tarros ask for it
Up to $768 billion in investments needed to adapt world ports to rising sea levels
New York
Port of Los Angeles Feels Impact of New Tariffs on Container Traffic
Los Angeles
A decrease of -4.8% was recorded in May
Assagenti proposes a task force to solve port, logistics and industrial problems
Genoa
A "problem solver" consultative body composed, in addition to the categories of the maritime cluster, of the manufacturing industries of the North-West quadrant
Cargo traffic at the port of Singapore fell by -4.6% in May
Singapore
New crane overturned for delivery in new Tuas port area
In the first quarter of 2025, freight traffic on the Swiss rail network fell by -6.4%
Neuchatel
Service performance at 2.35 billion tonne-km, down -8.2%
ANGOPI fears that new measures to ensure maritime continuity will penalise mooring services
ANGOPI fears that new measures to ensure maritime continuity will penalise mooring services
Ischia
Power: it is necessary to remove them from a perverse mechanism
Dutch HES International to operate bulk terminal in Marseille-Fos port
Marseille
The concession contract will have a minimum duration of 30 years
Ibiza government opposes Trasmed's overnight stay on board ferry program
Ibiza/Valencia
It is considered a "clandestine hotel", while the company defines it as a cruise service
Bruno Pisano appointed extraordinary commissioner of the AdSP of the Eastern Ligurian Sea
Rome
He will take up his post next Monday
Federlogistica proposes a comparison between operators on the congestion fee while waiting for a solution from the government
Genoa
In the first five months of 2025, container traffic in the port of Gioia Tauro grew by +10.3%
Joy Taurus
1,813,071 TEUs were handled
Trasportounito, truck waiting times in ports must be paid
Genoa
Tagnochetti: The Port Fee aims to redistribute the costs of all disruptions more equitably
Commissioners of the AdSPs of the Northern Tyrrhenian, Ionian and Western Liguria appointed
Rome/Genoa
Trade unions concerned about the future of Genoa Port Terminal workers
Political instability and green transition are the main problems that shipping faces
London
This is highlighted in the "ICS Maritime Barometer Report 2024-2025"
The new container terminal of the port of Termini Imerese presented
Palermo
Transfer of traffic handled by Portitalia to the port of Palermo
GCMD survey confirms shipping's commitment to decarbonisation
Singapore
Ports concerned about lack of certainty about demand from shipping companies
The EU Commission has re-identified Port Said East and Tanger Med as neighbouring container transhipment ports
Brussels
Ferrara-based INCICO acquires Italiana Sistemi and focuses on transport engineering
Ferrara/Naples
It specializes in infrastructure and plant engineering in the railway and road sectors
Hupac announces expansion of Duisburg-Singen shuttle with connections to Italy
Noise
Daily departures will be made
The transfer of 80% of Louis-Dreyfus Armateurs' capital to InfraVia has been implemented
Suresnes/Paris
The Louis-Dreyfus family retains the remaining 20%
Port of Genoa, green light for extension of concession to Spinelli until September 30
Genoa
Ok also to the extension to the Campostano group
The National Maritime Fund has started the recognition of scholarships
Genoa
They are granted for basic training and security familiarization courses.
RFI and MIT sign the update to the program contract for approximately 2.1 billion
Rome
Around 500 million euros expected for the management of the railway network
San Giorgio del Porto delivers a vessel for the bunkering of liquefied natural gas
Genoa
It was built for Genova Trasporti Marittimi
Pisano (AdSP Liguria Orientale): the ports of La Spezia and Carrara have integrated almost perfectly
La Spezia/Bari
Extraordinary Commissioner of the Southern Adriatic Sea Port Authority appointed
Raffaele Latrofa appointed president of the AdSP of the Central-Northern Tyrrhenian Sea
Rome
He is the deputy mayor of Pisa
India's Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Acquires Control of Sri Lanka's Colombo Dockyard
Mumbai
Investment of approximately 53 million dollars
The Commissioner of the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority has been granted the powers and prerogatives of the Management Committee
Genoa
The measure pending the restoration of the ordinary top management bodies
The Three-Year Operational Plan 2025-2027 of the Central Adriatic Port Authority has been approved
Ancona
Favorable opinion of the Sea Resource Partnership Body
The public meeting of the International Containers Studies Center will be held in Genoa on July 2nd
Genoa
It will deal with the physical transformations of the container and the digitalization of processes
Andrea Ormesani is the new president of Assosped Venezia
Venice
The board of directors has been renewed. Paolo Salvaro remains general secretary
Witte (ISU): In 2024, the ship salvage sector stabilized from the low of two years ago
London
Finnish Elomatic to Install Tunnel Thrusters on 11 Carnival Cruise Ships
Turku
The works will begin next autumn and will end in 2028
The Assarmatori assembly will be held in Rome on July 1st
Rome
"Mediterranean against the current" the theme of the meeting
Fincantieri has delivered the new cruise ship Viking Vesta to the American Viking
Trieste/Los Angeles
It was built in the Ancona shipyard
The Genoa Coast Guard has placed the container ship PL Germany under administrative detention
Genoa
Italian Navy orders two new Multipurpose Combat Ships from Fincantieri
Trieste
The order to the shipbuilding company is worth 700 million euros
MSC Group to manage cruise services in the ports of Bari and Brindisi
Bari
Ten-year concession with possibility of extension
German Kombiverkehr Returns to Profit in 2024
Frankfurt am Main
The level of revenues remained unchanged at 434.6 million euros.
Deltamarin to design the six new ro-pax vessels ordered by Grimaldi for the Mediterranean routes
Turku
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
The practice of subcontracting in European logistics is creating a parallel labour market where rights are not enforced
Brussels
"Sorry, We Subcontracted You" Report Presented
Tomorrow Grendi will launch the group's fourth ship on routes to and from Sardinia
Milan
"Grendi Star", with a load capacity of 2,800 linear meters, will connect Marina di Carrara and Cagliari
FREMM frigates operational support contract signed between Orizzonte Sistemi Navali and OCCAR
Taranto
The agreement has a total value of approximately 764 million euros
Call to reform the entire driver training system in the transport sector
Rome
Seven proposals presented
In the port of Gioia Tauro, the Guardia di Finanza soldiers seized 228 kilos of cocaine
Reggio Calabria
Two dockers arrested
Port of Livorno, new observatory to find solutions to the problem of port congestion
Leghorn
Marilli: We will seek solutions to reach the possible revocation of the port fee
Lockton PL Ferrari closed the last fiscal year with gross revenues of 34 million dollars
Genoa
Insurance premium volume rose to 350 million
Polish Trans Polonia Group acquires Dutch Nijman/Zeetank Holding
Tczew
It specializes in the transportation and logistics of liquid and gaseous products
d'Amico Tankers Sells Two 2011-Built Tankers for $36.2 Million
Luxembourg
They will be delivered to buyers by the end of July and on December 21st.
The Italian Merchant Marine Academy plans 13 new free courses
Genoa
Over 300 positions available
A delegation of Wista Italy visits the ports of Catania and Augusta
Catania/August
The association is made up of women who hold positions of responsibility in the maritime, logistics and trade sectors.
In the first five months of 2025, the port of Algeciras handled 1.9 million containers (-6.3%)
Algeciras
Empty containers decreased by -5.5% and full ones by -6.4%
Reway Group enters the port railway infrastructure maintenance sector
Licciana Nardi
Two contracts awarded by the AdSP of the Eastern Ligurian Sea
Delcomar and Ensamar take over maritime services with the smaller Sardinian islands
Cagliari
The tender for the six-year concession of the connections has been awarded
Port of Trieste, the newly appointed Gurrieri torpedoes the newly appointed Torbianelli
Trieste
Russo (Pd): it's a squalid power game
Singapore's SeaLead expands its maritime shipping offering to connect Turkey and Italy
Singapore
Route connected to services transiting the Suez Canal
The US Container Security Initiative program has been extended to Morocco
Rabat
Amrani: Let's consolidate Tanger Med's role as a safe and world-class maritime hub
Very positive first quarter for Greek Euroseas
Athens
Pittas: the positive momentum continued in the second quarter
Assonat and SACE present a plan for Italian tourist ports
Rome
Kuehne+Nagel has opened a new branch in Naples
Milan
The aim is to support the operational growth of the group in Southern Italy
RINA has acquired the entire capital of Finnish Foreship
Helsinki
The Helsinki-based company specializes in consulting in the field of marine and mechanical engineering.
Container traffic down at Barcelona and Valencia ports in May
Barcelona/Valencia
Resumption of containers in transit at the Catalan port
Annual cargo traffic in Greek ports stable in 2024
Piraeus
Domestic volumes are growing, while foreign trade is decreasing
Perplexity of freight forwarders, customs agents and maritime agents of La Spezia at the transfer of the port of Carrara to the Tuscan AdSP
The Spice
Timidly, they "hope for consideration for the progress made so far"
Francesco Mastro appointed extraordinary commissioner of the Southern Adriatic Sea Port Authority
Rome
He will take up office on June 30th.
John Denholm to be new president of the International Chamber of Shipping
Athens
He will take over from Emanuele Grimaldi in a year
Extraordinary commissioners of the two Ligurian Port System Authorities have been installed
Genoa/La Spezia
Matteo Paroli and Bruno Pisano at the helm of the institutions
Container traffic at Hong Kong port drops sharply in May
Hong Kong
1.05 million TEUs were handled (-12.7%)
Assogasliquidi-Federchimica shows the way to accelerate the decarbonization of road and maritime transport
Rome
Amadei: Our sector is ready and the time has come for courageous industrial choices
Eagle S tanker command blamed for cutting submarine cables in Gulf of Finland
Advantages
The accident was caused by the ship's anchor
Online platform to report critical issues that put transport workers at risk
Genoa
It was prepared by Fit Cisl Liguria
GNV to create a direct summer connection between Civitavecchia and Tunis
Genoa
It will run alongside the historic route via Palermo
The unification of Grimaldi's concessions in the port of Barcelona has been completed
Madrid/Barcelona
The contract expires on September 20, 2035.
In the first five months of 2025, cargo traffic in Russian ports fell by -4.9%
St. Petersburg
A decrease of approximately -12% was recorded in May
Raben Logistics Group Creates Subsidiary in Türkiye
Milan
It will have 20 employees and a 2,000 square meter cross-dock warehouse
Alberto Dellepiane confirmed as president of Assorimorchiatori
Rome
The composition of the entire association leadership remains unchanged
Agreement between Fincantieri and Indonesian PMM to develop solutions to face new unconventional underwater challenges
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 Assarmatori assembly will be held in Rome on July 1st
Rome
"Mediterranean against the current" the theme of the meeting
The public meeting of the International Containers Studies Center will be held in Genoa on July 2nd
Genoa
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
US has its eye on Greek ports
(Kathimerini)
Proposed 30% increase for port tariffs to be in phases, says Loke
(Free Malaysia Today)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Intervento del presidente Tomaso Cognolato
Roma, 19 giugno 2025
››› File
Structural adaptation works on dock 23 of the port of Ancona awarded
Ancona
Intervention worth over 11.8 million euros
Conference on the role of LNG and bioLNG for the decarbonisation of transport and industry
Rome
The Federchimica-Assogasliquidi event will take place on Monday in Rome
Dutch Bolidt increases presence in cruise ship sector with acquisition of American Boteka
Hendrik Ido Ambacht
Contship Italia has acquired the Genoese customs services company STS
Melzo
The Ligurian company was founded in 1985
Francesco Benevolo has been appointed extraordinary commissioner of the AdSP of the Central-Northern Adriatic Sea
Rome
He is the operations director of RAM - Logistics, Infrastructure and Transport
Montaresi resigns as commissioner of the Eastern Ligurian Port Authority
The Spice
In the eight months of administration - he underlines - we have not lost even a second
Gurrieri has been appointed extraordinary commissioner of the AdSP of the Eastern Adriatic Sea
Trieste
Pending the completion of the formal process for the designation of the president
The commissioners of the AdSP of Western Liguria have handed over their mandate to Minister Salvini
Genoa
The decision is part of the process of designation and nomination of the new leaders
Confetra criticizes the provisions of the decree-law Infrastructure for road transport
Rome
The Confederation urges the blocking of the process of appointing the presidents of the port authorities
Taiwanese Evergreen, Yang Ming and WHL saw revenue decline in May
Keelung/Taipei
The decline is accentuated for the two main companies
South Korea's KSOE wins order to build eight 15,900 TEU containerships
Seongnam
The unit value of each vessel is approximately $221 million.
First port terminal for car traffic of Greek Neptune Lines
Piraeus
It will be inaugurated next year in the French port of Port-La Nouvelle
The assembly of the association of Genoese maritime agents and brokers will be held on June 16th
Genoa
Round Table on Genoa, the hub of the North West and the Mediterranean
BN di Navigazione Board of Directors Renewed
Genoa
BluNavy aims to reach one million passengers by 2025
Viking Line designs world's largest all-electric ro-pax vessel
Viking Line designs world's largest all-electric ro-pax vessel
Åland
Record Monthly Container Traffic at Turkish Ports
Ankara
In May, almost 1.4 million TEUs were handled (+17.6%)
Sergio Landolfi has been elected president of the Customs Association of the Port of La Spezia
The Spice
The board of directors has been renewed
The ferry industry elite will attend the Interferry conference in Salerno in October
Victoria
Event titled "Connections"
Uniport launches an initiative to support ALS research
Rome
Fundraising for the NeMO Clinical Center Serena Foundation Onlus
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