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March 2, 1999
Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Economic rebound in sight: shipping execs
    Two PSA advisory members optimistic about prospects for shipping industry
  • China to improve marine safety, curb pollution
  • Royal Caribbean accused of false entries in records of oil disposal
  • Stena's charges plunge it into the red
  • Cargo ship rolls in rough seas, killing 2
Air and Land Transport
  • ANA to cut aircraft spending by 100b yen
    Japanese airline will have 141 aircraft by end of March 2000
  • Boeing, Airbus reject Thai Airways bid to cancel order
  • Lufthansa lifts ban on CD players, CD-ROMs
  • Carrier's passenger traffic up
  • Ailing Air Afrique to be privatised
  • Families of victims of China jet crash to get compensation
Features
  • Business savvy flows north
    Fifty years ago, HK benefited from the flight of shipping people from Shanghai; now it is returning the favour

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Economic rebound in sight: shipping execs
    Two PSA advisory members optimistic about prospects for shipping industry
  • China to improve marine safety, curb pollution
  • Royal Caribbean accused of false entries in records of oil disposal
  • Stena's charges plunge it into the red
  • Cargo ship rolls in rough seas, killing 2
Air and Land Transport
  • ANA to cut aircraft spending by 100b yen
    Japanese airline will have 141 aircraft by end of March 2000
  • Boeing, Airbus reject Thai Airways bid to cancel order
  • Lufthansa lifts ban on CD players, CD-ROMs
  • Carrier's passenger traffic up
  • Ailing Air Afrique to be privatised
  • Families of victims of China jet crash to get compensation
Features
  • Business savvy flows north
    Fifty years ago, HK benefited from the flight of shipping people from Shanghai; now it is returning the favour

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Economic rebound in sight: shipping execs
    Two PSA advisory members optimistic about prospects for shipping industry
  • China to improve marine safety, curb pollution
  • Royal Caribbean accused of false entries in records of oil disposal
  • Stena's charges plunge it into the red
  • Cargo ship rolls in rough seas, killing 2
Air and Land Transport
  • ANA to cut aircraft spending by 100b yen
    Japanese airline will have 141 aircraft by end of March 2000
  • Boeing, Airbus reject Thai Airways bid to cancel order
  • Lufthansa lifts ban on CD players, CD-ROMs
  • Carrier's passenger traffic up
  • Ailing Air Afrique to be privatised
  • Families of victims of China jet crash to get compensation
Features
  • Business savvy flows north
    Fifty years ago, HK benefited from the flight of shipping people from Shanghai; now it is returning the favour

Sched Netweb site
  • Zim Israel to call directly at port of Xingang
  • New focus for Xinjiang
  • MEDFEC to restore rates
  • Yang Ming may be in box seat
  • Columbus calls on Sea-Land
  • PSA eye Aden opening
  • Haldia to go corporate
  • Ship-share deal off
  • ECT talks off
  • Deutsche Post flagged in
  • Target Logistics aims at expansion opportunities
  • Davies Turner attributes success to Turkey
  • TWA hits turbulence
  • New European services for Continental Airlines
  • End of an era for combis

Cargowebweb site
MARCH 1, 1999
  • Sony Europe concentrates logistics
  • KLM orders additional aircraft
  • TNT Post acquires Tecnologistica
  • Part of El Al Boeing freight 'still uncertain'
  • 400 million dollar for Russian road maintenance
  • New American destinations Virgin

The Journal of Commerceweb site
Home
  • US, Brazil both bend at maritime meeting
  • Potential public uproar seen over China pallets
  • Logistics services aren't fast enough for German firms
  • Air cargo prices are in-sane on eastbound Atlantic runs
  • 'K' Line America's chairman, Oscar J. Abello to retire early
  • Southern States Power buys Mexican oil plant to meet tougher US fuel rules
  • Lucas Aerospace signs contract to sell $20 million in 747 conversion kits
  • L.A. and Long Beach ports choose trucking group for its Internet dispatch service
  • ICAO toughens aircraft emission standards by 16 percent
  • Overnite expands its full-service option into five more states
  • Seven killed as freighter capsizes off Azores
Transportation
  • Rail, truck leaders to meet
  • Gains among air express, forwarders lift index
  • Senate panel to review STB status today
Maritime
  • Rotterdam outstrips Hamburg
  • CMB results buoyed by stevedoring unit
  • ILWU official: Both sides have to understand contract
  • A vessel name, a sign of the (mari)times
  • Pakistani shippers protest rate increase

The Journal of Commerceweb site
Home
  • US, Brazil both bend at maritime meeting
  • Potential public uproar seen over China pallets
  • Logistics services aren't fast enough for German firms
  • Air cargo prices are in-sane on eastbound Atlantic runs
  • 'K' Line America's chairman, Oscar J. Abello to retire early
  • Southern States Power buys Mexican oil plant to meet tougher US fuel rules
  • Lucas Aerospace signs contract to sell $20 million in 747 conversion kits
  • L.A. and Long Beach ports choose trucking group for its Internet dispatch service
  • ICAO toughens aircraft emission standards by 16 percent
  • Overnite expands its full-service option into five more states
  • Seven killed as freighter capsizes off Azores
Transportation
  • Rail, truck leaders to meet
  • Gains among air express, forwarders lift index
  • Senate panel to review STB status today
Maritime
  • Rotterdam outstrips Hamburg
  • CMB results buoyed by stevedoring unit
  • ILWU official: Both sides have to understand contract
  • A vessel name, a sign of the (mari)times
  • Pakistani shippers protest rate increase

The Journal of Commerceweb site
Home
  • US, Brazil both bend at maritime meeting
  • Potential public uproar seen over China pallets
  • Logistics services aren't fast enough for German firms
  • Air cargo prices are in-sane on eastbound Atlantic runs
  • 'K' Line America's chairman, Oscar J. Abello to retire early
  • Southern States Power buys Mexican oil plant to meet tougher US fuel rules
  • Lucas Aerospace signs contract to sell $20 million in 747 conversion kits
  • L.A. and Long Beach ports choose trucking group for its Internet dispatch service
  • ICAO toughens aircraft emission standards by 16 percent
  • Overnite expands its full-service option into five more states
  • Seven killed as freighter capsizes off Azores
Transportation
  • Rail, truck leaders to meet
  • Gains among air express, forwarders lift index
  • Senate panel to review STB status today
Maritime
  • Rotterdam outstrips Hamburg
  • CMB results buoyed by stevedoring unit
  • ILWU official: Both sides have to understand contract
  • A vessel name, a sign of the (mari)times
  • Pakistani shippers protest rate increase

Cyber Shipping Guide - Ocean Commerceweb site
  • Triangular Route Linking Korea, Japan and Russia Mulled
  • Shanghai Ferry Improving Lead-time by Faster Delivery
  • JAL, SIA To Expand Code-Sharing Operation to Three
  • China Shipping Set to Link Far East Ports with Australia

urgente online pressweb site
MARCH 1, 1999
  • Comisión y Parlamento negocian el peso del transporte combinado
  • El Grupo Cat factura 22.600 millones en 1998
  • Renfe se gastará 390.000 millones en trenes
  • Las Palmas proyecta un tren ligero para el corredor Hoya de la Plata
  • Schenker-BTL distribuirá los productos de IBM en Europa

Exim Indiaweb site
MARCH 1, 1999
  • Union Budget 1999-2000
  • Extracts from Finance Minister's Budget Speech
  • Some key features of the Budget - 1999-2000
  • Centre plans to extend quality norms for more farm products
  • Karwar to handle containers soon
  • 5.8 pc GDP growth, says Survey
  • EU shifts emphasis to import of only eco-friendly products
  • Port workers set to oppose privatisation
  • CII suggests northern India-Pak economic zone
  • TN plans to promote captive ports
  • India can still avail of USDA export credit
  • Hundreds drawn to glittering gold fair
  • Economic Survey emphasises need to reduce transaction costs for exporters
  • Heartening trend in exports to United Kingdom
  • Workshop on forex held
  • Seafood exporters seek brand name
  • Seminar on 'Export opportunities in Bangladesh' proves big draw
  • Bank rate cut not now: RBI

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
MARCH 1, 1999
  • Singapore fuel oil rises on bullish sentiment
  • US attacks in northern Iraq cuts off oil export
  • Marine safety and prevention of pollution given new emphasis in China

Cargo Info Africa - Freight & Trading Weeklyweb site
  • New column will focus on legal issues
  • Transit traffic hits VAT flak
  • Expeditors gets a new-look top order
  • Y2K industry forum swings into action
  • Jewellers set up export council to expand market support
  • Original bill of lading is an iron rule of maritime law
  • Danny Reddy heads up RB combi terminal
  • Plenty of land is available for development at RB
  • RB's new cold storage facility moves a step closer
  • Shock stats reveal 12,3% more business liquidations
  • Walvis Bay company uses SA training course
  • 'Grey' trucks threaten SA jobs and lives
  • Over-stressed executives increasingly resort to drugs and alcohol
  • New development company will take Coega project into the next stage
  • Cargolux switches agents
  • Group Air adds logistics consultancy function
  • Affretair plans Amsterdam service
  • Zim plans oil pipeline to avoid fuel imports from SA
  • Container conversions, inspections, inland haulage, storage, warehousing and handling
  • Container inspections help reduce risk exposure
  • Recession is a good opportunity to show that service counts
  • East Africa rail service offers 16-day Jo'burg - Kampala transit
  • SACD has positioned itself for perishable market growth
  • Freight City tunes into clients' total service package demands
  • New ideas for modified containers are becoming more sophisticated
  • Container repairs are big business
  • Shipping lines are still helpless over dirty box syndrome
  • Communication replaces confrontation in Portnet/shipping lines' lingo
  • RB's R600m upgrades take shape
  • Beitbridge - Bulawayo rail link gets ready for July launch
  • Leading financial institutions back the project
  • Durban Chamber moves to new home
  • Transport Expo set for September
  • Beata is Cargo Info's tenth R1000 prizewinner
  • Smarting Durban shippers are concerned over capacity shortfall

Lloyd's Listweb site
  • France clinches cruiseships deal
    Festival Cruises has made a $500m investment in European cruising by signing a shipbuilding contract for two additional 48,000 gt cruiseships with Chantiers de l'Atlantique.
  • Bombs disrupt Iraq oil
    A damage report has cast doubt on how quickly Iraq will resume oil shipments to the Mediterranean after US planes bombed an oil pumping station, pictured above, 240 miles north of Baghdad. Dutch firm Saybolt said there was no damage to the pipeline itself. "It could take a day or it could take weeks. It's up to the Iraqis when they decide to resume pumping," said Saybolt. The pipeline supplies around 950,000 bpd of Kirkuk crude to Ceyhan in Turkey.
  • Ocean Group unveils '170m war chest for acquisitions
    OCEAN Group, the UK freight forwarder to tug operator, has earmarked '170m ($272m) for sea and airfreight acquisitions to develop its growing logistics business.
  • Costa Crociere set to close catering unit
    Costa Crociere is to close the third-party catering business it acquired in the early 1990s when it bought Zerbone Catering.
  • Armed guards accused of African port cargo thefts
    ARMED guards provided in some African ports steal cargo themselves, according to the latest monthly threat to shipping report from Bahrain-based, anti-piracy watchdog, the Maritime Liaison Office.
  • Birka Princess
    Finnish ferry Birka Princess has left Lloyd Werft at Bremerhaven after a Dm40m extensive refit and rebuilding which lasted five weeks. The work included the construction of a new forefront and 75 new cabins, of which 31 were built on top of the wheelhouse.
  • Cyprus shipping firms call for computer project action
    SHIPPING companies based in Cyprus have asked for the personal intervention of the country's president to spur the implementation of a longstanding project to computerise the island's maritime department.
  • New giant containership set to join Maersk fleet
    MAERSK Line will take delivery of its seventh S-class containership, with a capacity of at least 6,600 teu, within a couple of weeks, writes Janet Porter.

Fairplayweb site
MARCH 1, 1999
  • Ecstacy officer tests positive
  • Stena axes 660 jobs
  • P&O Nedlloyd makes $55m container investment
  • KOTC denies it has shelved newbuildings
  • MUA halts BHP ships
  • Kuwait free zone opens this month
  • SOL plunges after write-down
  • Keppel FELS and Smit form joint venture
  • India abolishes tax on breakers
  • Senators worried by yard takeover
  • Singapore reaches cruise landmark
  • Dutch repair yard takeover moves ahead
  • Fpsos win tax exemption in Singapore
  • Chinese timber imports to rise
  • 'Malta not conforming to EU standards'
  • Intertanko opens up in Singapore
  • Marina appoints shipowners' president
  • Indian ports face strike action
  • Precious reports worst operational loss

Antwerpse Lloyd n.v.web site
  • Evergreen teste divers ports européens, dont Anvers, avec sa classe "U" (5.364 TEU)
    Ce mardi, en début d'après midi, un PC géant de 5.364 TEU, le "Ever Union" se présentera au terminal de l'Europe qu'exploite la Hessenatie sur les bords de l'Escaut, escale assez particulière car elle se situe dans une campagne de tests que l'armement Evergreen mène actuellement et qui intéresse divers ports européens.
  • La douane anversoise marque des points dans l'enregistrement électronique de documents
    Il arrive fréquemment qu'au sein de la communauté maritime et portuaire anversoise, des critiques soient émises à l'endroit de la douane, critiques qui ne s'adressent pas à la fonction proprement dite ni a son personnel, mais plus particulièrement à l'organisation, qui souffre d'un manque crucial d'effectifs. Il n'en reste pas moins vrai qu'en dehors de certains aspects négatifs, il faut prendre en considération ce qui est positif. Et il s'avère que la douane réalise effectivement des performances qui méritent d'être mises en évidence. Nous citerons la transmission électronique des données relatives à la déclaration des navires et à l'apurement de la liste des marchandises à l'entrée. Depuis le premier janvier dernier, ces opérations s'effectuent entièrement par voie électronique dans le port d'Anvers. On peut dire que dans ce domaine également, la douane a une longueur d'avance par rapport à ce qui se passe dans d'autres ports étrangers voisins. Nous avons rencontré J. Moortgat de l'Administration des Douanes et Accises et R. De Meyer de la Fédération Maritime d'Anvers, afin d'aborder cetter évolution.
  • Belgique: un comité d'action fluvial plaide pour une hausse des tarifs
    "Nous voulons un retour aux tarifs en vigueur avant la libéralisation de la navigation intérieure". Voilà en bref la revendication du comité d'action Beter Binnenvaart Team (BBT).
  • La SNCB approuve le système modulaire de calcul du côut de l'usage de l'infrastructure
    La semaine dernière, le conseil d'administration de la SNCB a approuvé la formule avec la valeur de tous les coefficients, qui devrait permettre de calculer le côut de l'utilisation de l'infrastructure ferroviaire. Sur base des simulations du transport ferroviaire en 1997, le côut moyen, calculé sur le réseau entier, s'élevait à quelque 54 à 58 BEF par train-kilomètre. Le grand nombre de points et de virgules fait preuve de coûts variables qui se situent entre les deux extrêmes. En d'autres termes: il y aura une variation de prix. Or, il n'y a aucun doute sur ce que la SNCB devra elle-même payer: 6,6 mia. de BEF (163 mio. d'EUR).

Daily Commercial Newsweb site
  • Crane holds up Newcastle ship
    A dispute over the operation of a mobile crane prevented the loading of the reefer Maunakea at Newcastle yesterday.
    The vessel was due to load a consignment of mutton at the Eastern Basin Distribution Centre, the core of a demarcation dispute involving members of the Maritime Union of Australia and the Transport Workers Union employed by Patrick and Toll Logistics, respectively.
  • Owners' over-servicing worries remain
    Shipowners are concerned about possible over-servicing of towage services in the port of Melbourne, according to the chief executive officer of Liner Shipping Services Ltd, Llew Russell.
    Mr Russell was commenting yesterday on the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's decision to allow a 10 per cent increase in the towage charges in the port, rather than the 17.5 per cent sought by Howard Smith Towage.
  • Declining ship business hits ADI
    ADI Ltd's $22.5 million reduction in revenue during the first half of 1998 has been attributed mainly to a reduction in its heavy engineering and ship repair businesses, and "the maturing" Huon Class minehunter construction project.
    The company announced late on Friday that it had recorded an $11.4 million profit before tax and abnormals over the six months to 31 December 1998, compared to $12.1 million announced last year.
  • Enforcement set for greater consistency
    Roadside decisions by enforcement staff about truck defects are set to become more nationally consistent following approval of new national guidelines by Australia's Transport Ministers.
    The National Road Transport Commission said the guidelines, to be introduced nationally by the end of 1999, would enable enforcement officers to assess the safety risk of each defect, taking into account the type of defect, how the truck is being used and the road conditions ahead.
  • September air freight figures show a small decrease
    The amount of air freight carried into and out of Australia in September 1998 decreased 3.1 per cent when compared with the same month in 1997, latest aviation figures from the federal Department of Transport showed.
    According to the figures, released last week, a total of 54,127.1 tonnes of freight passed through Australia's international airports in September 1998, compared to 55,850.4 tonnes in September 1997.

Traffic Worldweb site
  • FedEx will abandon its Express Saver name for heavy-freight hauls and replace it with three tiers of service under the FedEx name as it makes a push beginning March 15 to haul big, big stuff weighing more than 150 pounds. They don't want it all, though. In FedEx fashion, very specific parameters govern what they will take and how they will take it. But if all goes as planned, pallets will be as commonplace as parcels for FedEx.
  • Alleging unlawful double taxation, the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association is suing Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and New York to recover $720 million in fuel taxes collected from truckers who also pay a fee to drive over self-supporting toll roads. The suits also are a warning to states considering tolling existing Interstate highways under a provision of last year's Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century. "We are asking the courts to find that the Constitution's commerce clause does not permit states to impose taxes or fees that exceed that which is reasonable and appropriate for the services provided," OOIDA General Counsel Paul D. Cullen Sr. said.
  • What do you do when your business expects to more than double in size within four years? You ask for help. That's just what Wayne Gibson and Bret Rudeseal of The Home Depot did at the Traffic World Strategic Technology Conference. The home-improvement retailer is looking to its carriers to help it fully integrate its inbound supply chain, said Gibson, vice president of import-logistics. That will require close linkage of information systems between the shipper and its carriers, and a much stronger shipper-carrier partnership than exists today, even with Home Depot's core carriers.
  • United Parcel Service seems to have fully recovered from its first nationwide work stoppage, a 15-day Teamsters strike in August 1997. UPS posted record annual net profits last year of $1.7 billion on $24.88 billion in revenue, compared with $909 million earnings on similar revenue in 1997. Plus, UPS made a profit internationally last year for the first time ever. Analysts marveled over UPS's operational excellence while UPS officials claimed the best might yet be coming.
  • BDP International of Philadelphia hopes within six months to quadruple heavy equipment shipments of its newly formed domestic air-freight division. It is geared to handle shipments weighing more than 50 kilos and offers a number of different service options, including next flight out, emergency shipments, overnight service, two-day service and three-to-five day service.
  • At the request of the Surface Transportation Board, Canadian National Railway submitted redacted versions of its marketing agreements with Illinois Central and Kansas City Southern. But industry observers say the documents do not answer what opponents say is a central question in CN's merger with IC: are some of the benefits of the merger actually attributable to these marketing alliances, and if so should they be considered separately from the merger itself? CN believes the question has already been answered. The STB believes the filings will help make for a smoother oral argument when the board reviews the merger in March.
  • The United States should put its own house in order before complaining about the lack of security at foreign ports, said a U.S. Customs official. A pilot project at the port of Jacksonville, Fla., could begin the process. The aim of the project is to establish a security blueprint for the ports industry.
  • Domino's Pizza has spent the past three years getting its domestic logistics under control. Now it's turning its attention internationally. The Ann Arbor, Mich.-based pizza maker has selected Schenker International as its international logistics provider, responsible for the shipments of materials that include both food and nonfood supplies such as kitchen equipment, store interiors and signage. Schenker also will be responsible for the logistics and exporting of materials for the construction of 500 new Domino's Pizza stores worldwide.
  • A cargo plane crash that killed more than 40 people seven years ago still is sending shockwaves throughout the Netherlands where a parliamentary commission is investigating whether the Dutch government and El Al Israel Airlines sought to cover up the release of hazardous materials following the crash. A final report is expected by the end of March.

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The liner shipping industry contributes substantially to the U.S. economy.
Washington
This is highlighted by an analysis carried out by S&P Global Market Intelligence on behalf of WSC and PMSA
Toll worsens from explosion in Iranian port of Shahid Rajaee
Tehran
It caused 46 deaths and injured over 1,200 people
Tender for concession of container terminal at Ukrainian port of Chornomorsk to be announced by mid-year
Kiev
The management will include the general cargo terminal
CEVA Logistics (CMA CGM group) will buy the Turkish Borusan Lojistik
Istanbul/Marseille
Wärtsilä's first quarter is positive
Helsinki
New orders value growth slows
ESPO: The EU Parliament's Budget Committee's request for more funding for transport, energy and infrastructure is welcome
Brussels
The importance of financing TEN-T networks to enable their adaptation for both military and civilian dual-use purposes was highlighted
Solidarity contribution for the families of port workers who are victims of accidents at work
Rome
It was established by the National Bilateral Port Authority
Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore Division Reports Record Quarterly Revenue
Neuilly-sur-Seine
New historical peak also for the classified fleet
PSA reportedly considering selling its 20% stake in Hutchison Ports
Singapore
This is according to "Reuters", which had already floated this hypothesis at the end of 2022
Federagenti, Italy must give a sharp acceleration to the projects of ZES, free zones and Special Logistics Zones
Rome
Pessina: There is no space for reflections prey to bureaucracy
In the first quarter of this year, freight traffic in the port of Rotterdam decreased by -5.8%.
Rotterdam
Both disembarkation (-3.1%) and embarkation (-11.9%) loads are decreasing
Increase in container cargo is not enough for the port of Antwerp-Bruges to avoid a -4.0% decline in quarterly traffic
Antwerp
The decline in liquid bulk cargoes worsened (-19.1%)
The China Shipowners' Association considers the measures taken by the US against Chinese ships a typical example of unilateralism and protectionism
Beijing/Washington
The WSC reiterates that such measures could undermine American trade, harm U.S. manufacturers, and undermine efforts to strengthen the nation's maritime industry.
COSCO Expresses Strong Opposition to US Planned Taxes on Chinese Ships
Growing share of new entrants in European rail transport sector
Madrid
In 2023, rail freight transport performance decreased by -8%
New Chinese Ship Taxes That Will Only Raise Prices for Americans
Washington
The executive vice president of the US Chamber of Commerce denounced it
Tax amounts set for China-linked vessels arriving at US ports
Washington
Calculated on the basis of net capacity or container volume, they will be applied from October and will be progressively increased
International tender launched to award concession for new Casablanca port shipyard
Casablanca
It is the largest in Africa and has been unused since 2019
Federlogistica, the industry must stop approaching logistics only in terms of costs
Genoa
Falteri: a national control room composed of representatives of the logistics sector and industrial groups is necessary
ABB closes positive first quarter even if revenue growth is lower than expected
Zurich
Wierod: Our consolidated local-for-local approach protects us from the trade war
New global minimum wage deal for seafarers
Geneva
The level will rise to $690 from January 1, 2026 to reach $704 from 2027 and $715 from 2028.
Global trade in goods could fall by -1.5% this year
Geneva
WTO predicts. Okonjo-Iweala: Persistent uncertainty threatens to slow global growth, with serious negative consequences for the world
In 2023, around two-thirds of all goods moved in the EU were transported by sea.
Luxembourg
In the period 2013-2023, only the share of road transport increased, while that of other modes decreased.
Postal shipments of goods from Hong Kong to the US suspended
Hong Kong
Hongkong Post faces exorbitant and unreasonable tariffs due to unjustified and intimidating actions of the United States
Confitarma highlights the need for the decarbonisation strategy not to penalise shipping compared to other modes
Rome
Zanetti: also ensure that the implementation process takes into account the operational needs of the industry
Intercargo and Intertanko raise concerns over shipping decarbonisation deal
London
The complexity of the measure adopted by the IMO and the unusual procedure from which non-governmental organizations were excluded were highlighted
Pirate attacks on ships to spike in first quarter of 2025
Pirate attacks on ships to spike in first quarter of 2025
London
Sharp increase in incidents in the Singapore Straits
Interferry welcomes IMO agreement on decarbonisation of shipping, but finds strategy too complex
Victoria/Piraeus
Greek Shipowners' Association disappointed by failure to recognise essential role of transition fuels such as LNG
International Labour Organization Recognizes Seafarers as Key Workers
London
ITF and ICS: a historic moment
CMA CGM to acquire 35% of Egypt's October Dry Port
Cairo
The company operates a dry port in the industrial and logistics zone near Cairo
MSC Group's TiL to Take Full Control of Hutchison Ports Terminals
New York
Bloomberg reports this, specifying that the Panamanian terminals would be jointly managed with BlackRock
Draft regulation on decarbonisation of shipping approved by MEPC includes mandatory fuel standard and pricing of greenhouse gas emissions
London/Washington/Brussels
The establishment of a Fund to collect resources deriving from the pricing of emissions is foreseen
Task force of five associations for the relaunch of Italian rail cargo
Rome
Initiative by Agens, Assoferr, Assologistica, Fercargo and Fermerci
MIT indicates Matteo Paroli as new president of the ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado
Rome/La Spezia
The La Spezia port community also requests a name for the Eastern Liguria Port Authority
Le Aziende informano
Il retrofit ibrido-elettrico di ABB guida i traghetti dei laghi italiani verso un futuro più sostenibile
Confitarma underlines the importance of the shipping decarbonisation strategy being defined at IMO
Rome
The Italian Confederation specifies that it shares some of the USA's concerns
WSC Reiterates Trump's Measures for National Maritime Industry Are Bad for U.S. Economy
Washington
Kramek: Ready to support the administration with constructive proposals
Fincantieri and Accenture establish joint venture Fincantieri Ingenium
Trieste/Milan
The aim is to drive the digital transformation of the ship product and port logistics
Meyer Werft has delivered the new luxury cruise ship Asuka III to NYK Cruises
Papenburg/Emden
It has a capacity of 744 passengers and 470 crew members
As Trump formalizes measures to revitalize America's maritime industry, the nation's ports face a dramatic decline in traffic
Washington/Geneva
Okonjo-Iweala (WTO): With the escalation of trade tensions between the US and China, the exchange of goods between the two economies could decrease up to 80%
CK Hutchison denies allegations of breach of concession contract for Panamanian ports of Cristóbal and Balboa
Panama
Panama Ports Company emphasizes that it has complied with all legal obligations and contractual commitments
US Does Not Participate in IMO Negotiations on Shipping Decarbonization, Threatens Reciprocal Measures
London
Expressed opposition to any attempt to impose economic measures on ships based on greenhouse gas emissions or fuel choice
T&E urges MEPC to agree clear and ambitious measures to decarbonise shipping
Brussels
It is necessary - the association underlines - to set binding objectives
Meyer Yachts will build an ultra-luxury residential mega yacht for Ulyssia Residences
Miami
The ship will be 320 meters long and will be built at the Papenburg shipyard
Neapolitan Grimaldi Group wins $1.3 billion order for nine ro-pax ships
Neapolitan Grimaldi Group wins $1.3 billion order for nine ro-pax ships
Helsinki/Naples
Order at China Merchants Jinling Shipyard (Weihai)
Viking orders two cruise ships from Fincantieri with option for two additional units
Los Angeles/Trieste
The two ships under construction in Ancona for the American brand will be the first in the world to be powered by hydrogen stored on board
Antonio Ranieri is the new maritime director of Liguria
Genoa
He takes over from Admiral Piero Pellizzari who was discharged from the service upon reaching the age limit
In the first quarter of 2025, China's CIMC recorded a 12.7% increase in container sales
Hong Kong
Revenues grew by +11.0%
Last year, the revenues of the Chinese group CMPort increased by +3.1%
Hong Kong
In the first three months of 2025, port terminals handled 36.4 million containers (+5.6%)
The financial statements of the AdSP of Western Liguria and the Central-Northern Tyrrhenian Sea have been approved
Genoa/Civitavecchia
Konecranes revenues increased by +7.7% in the first three months of 2025
Helsinki
343 million euros of new orders for port vehicles (+37.5%)
Kuehne+Nagel posts first quarter of growth
Schindellegi
The logistics group's net sales amounted to 6.33 billion Swiss francs (+14.9%)
Application by TDT (Grimaldi group) for the construction and management of 50% of the Terminal Darsena Europa in Livorno
Leghorn
The company has requested an extension of the duration of the current concession
In 2024, 58 million invested in the modernization of the ports of Livorno, Piombino and the island of Elba
Leghorn
The final budget and the annual report of the AdSP have been approved
EIB advice to strengthen climate resilience of the ports of Volos, Alexandroupolis and Patras
Luxembourg
It will assist port authorities in identifying and managing climate risks
In the first quarter the port of Valencia handled 1.3 million containers (+3.4%)
Valencia
Transhipment traffic decline
The Management Committee of the Central Tyrrhenian Sea Port Authority has unanimously approved the 2024 financial statement
Naples
SOS LOGistica will acquire the qualification of Third Sector Entity
Milan
The association currently has 74 members
In the first three months of 2025, freight traffic in the ports of Barcelona and Algeciras decreased
Barcelona/Algeciras
Hupac transfers intermodal service with Padua to Novara
Noise
Until now the other terminal was the one in Busto Arsizio
PSA SECH has operated the first 400-meter train at Parco Ferroviario Rugna
Genoa
Capacity up to 20 pairs of trains per day
The 2024 financial statement of the Eastern Liguria Port Authority was unanimously approved
The Spice
The war clearance preparatory to the expansion of the Ravano Terminal in La Spezia is nearing completion
The Spice
The AdSP has invested over 600 thousand euros in it
Francesco Rizzo appointed president of the AdSP of the Strait
Rome
He has repeatedly denounced the uselessness of the construction of the bridge over the Strait
US aircraft attack Yemeni port of Ras Isa
Tampa/Beirut
38 dead and over a hundred injured
In 2025 Stazioni Marittime predicts an increase in ferry and cruise traffic in the port of Genoa
MIT Mobility Report Highlights Rising Demand for Both Passengers and Freight
Rome
In the first quarter, cargo traffic in Russian ports decreased by -5.6%
St. Petersburg
Both dry goods (-5.3%) and liquid bulk (-5.8%) are decreasing
Andrea Giachero confirmed as president of Spediporto
Genoa
The board of directors of the association of Genoese freight forwarders has also been renewed for the three-year period 2025-2028
Study for monitoring vehicular traffic in the ports of Venice and Chioggia
Milan
Order awarded to Circle and Arelogik
In Italy, the rail freight transport sector is in deep trouble
Geneva
Fermerci calls for making traffic incentives structural and increasing and for refinancing the incentive for the purchase of locomotives and wagons
Global Maritime Forum report on optimising ship calls to reduce emissions
Copenhagen
Virtual arrival and just-in-time arrival approaches proposed
In the first quarter of this year, container traffic in the port of Gioia Tauro grew by +15.5%
Joy Taurus
Construction of the "Dockworker’s House" has begun
GNV has taken delivery of the second of four new ro-pax vessels in China
Genoa
"GNV Orion" will be able to accommodate 1,700 passengers and transport up to 3,080 linear metres of cargo
After ten quarters of decline, container traffic in the port of Hong Kong returns to growth
Hong Kong
In the first three months of this year 3.39 million TEUs were handled (+2.1%)
Fincantieri acquires stake in WSense
Rome
The ninth FREMM unit "Spartaco Schergat" delivered to the Italian Navy
The new edition of the Practical Manual of Maritime Traffic has been presented
Genoa
Written by Assagenti, it turns fifty
Container traffic at the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles increased by 26.6% and 5.2% in the first quarter
Long Beach/Los Angeles
Trump's tariffs impact imminent
In the first three months of 2025, the port of Singapore handled 10.5 million containers (+5.8%)
Singapore
In weight, containerized traffic recorded a decrease of -1.4%
Regulations signed for LNG bunkering at Fincantieri shipyard in Genoa
Genoa
Define the methods of transferring fuel from ship to ship
Historic shipbuilding brands Uljanik and 3.Maj on the verge of extinction
Zagreb
The State confirms its intention to sell the shipbuilding activities at the two sites of Pula and Rijeka
Cambiaso Risso has completed the acquisition of the French Somecassur
Genoa
The transalpine company specializes in the insurance of super and mega yachts
New weekly train service between the port of Gioia Tauro and Verona
Joy Taurus/Verona
Operated by Medlog for the transport of refrigerated goods
EBRD looking for strategic partner for development of Moldovan river port of Giurgiulesti
London
International competition launched
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
Turkish ports set new first-quarter cargo traffic record
Ankara
Historic peak of cargo imported from abroad
In the first quarter of 2025, freight traffic in the port of Taranto grew by +37.6%
Taranto
Increase of 854 thousand tons of solid bulk and 265 thousand tons of conventional goods
DEME buys Havfram, a company that installs offshore wind farms
Second Right/Washington
Transaction worth approximately 900 million euros
Rail transport of convoys for Rome Metro started from Reggio Calabria
Rome
Contract awarded by Hitachi Rail to Mercitalia Rail
In 2024, the volumes handled by Magli Intermodal Service decreased by -2%
Rezzato
Turnover stable
Yang Ming records first decline in turnover in March after 14 months of growth
Keelung/Taipei
Evergreen and WHL revenue growth continues
The European Commission has approved the acquisition of Germany's Schenker by Denmark's DSV
Brussels
The impact on competition in the markets in which the two companies operate is considered limited
Fincantieri - Kayo Agreement to Promote the Development of the Shipbuilding and Naval Industry in Albania
Trieste
Possible creation of a hub for shipbuilding and refitting in the region
Recent slight reduction in logistics costs for new factory vehicles
Brussels
Montaresi (AdSP Liguria Orientale) awarded with the "Port Oscar"
Miami
The event has reached its eighteenth edition
In the first three months of 2025, containers carried by OOCL vessels increased by +9.3%
Hong Kong
Revenues up +16.8%
The AdSP of the Southern Tyrrhenian and Ionian Seas wins in appeal against Zen Yacht
Joy Taurus
Company ordered to pay back rent
A large shipment of cocaine was seized in the port of Livorno
Leghorn
Two tons of drugs identified by Customs and Financial Police personnel
Navantia renews agreement with American cruise group Royal Caribbean
Miami
To date, the Cadiz shipyard has carried out maintenance, repair and refurbishment work on 45 of the group's ships.
Record cruise traffic expected in Italian ports this year
Miami
Cemar believes that growth will not stop even in 2026
HII-HHI Agreement to Accelerate US and South Korean Naval Production
National Harbor
The aim is to strengthen the naval industrial base of the two nations.
Panama Ports Company Accused of Violating Terms of Concession Agreement
Panama
Panama's Auditor General announced the filing of criminal charges
Colombo West International Terminal has become operational
Ahmedabad
It has a traffic capacity of 3.2 million TEUs
The conference "New sustainable marine fuels - Decarbonize Shipping" will be held in Genoa on Monday
Genoa
The new multifunctional border control structure PCF - PED/PDI Point completed in the port of Gioia Tauro
Joy Taurus
"Artificial Intelligence Comes to Port" Conference in Rome on Friday
Rome
It is promoted by the National Union of Port Enterprises
MSC Group's new cruise terminal inaugurated in Miami
Miami
It can accommodate three large ships at the same time
In February, traffic in the port of Ravenna increased by +2.1%
Ravenna
Bulk cargo increases, miscellaneous cargo declines
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
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 conference "New sustainable marine fuels - Decarbonize Shipping" will be held in Genoa on Monday
Genoa
It will take place at the headquarters of the Port Authority of Genoa
"Artificial Intelligence Comes to Port" Conference in Rome on Friday
Rome
It is promoted by the National Union of Port Enterprises
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Proposed 30% increase for port tariffs to be in phases, says Loke
(Free Malaysia Today)
Damen Mangalia Unionists Protest Friday Against Possible Closure
(The Romania Journal)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Relazione del presidente Nicola Zaccheo
Roma, 18 settembre 2024
››› File
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
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
Francesco Beltrano is the new general secretary of Uniport
Rome
He takes over from Paolo Ferrandino, who will continue to collaborate as a consultant
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
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