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February 3, 1999
Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Same pirates involved in two separate incidents
    Piracy acts not random but are carried out by highly organised networks
  • Satellite distress alerting system in force globally
  • G-O-O-D-B-Y-E to the Morse Code
Air and Land Transport
  • Boeing still committed to Asia despite crisis
    US aircraft maker will continue to support and build on customer and industry relations
  • US jet maker opposes PAL survival plan
  • Holiday jet company may sue brawling passengers
  • Cathay open to talks with union but will not change pay options
Features
  • Technology takes over
    GMDSS uses terrestrial and satellite technology and shipboard radio-systems to send distress calls
Columns
  • When an untidy ship can become a potential death trap

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Same pirates involved in two separate incidents
    Piracy acts not random but are carried out by highly organised networks
  • Satellite distress alerting system in force globally
  • G-O-O-D-B-Y-E to the Morse Code
Air and Land Transport
  • Boeing still committed to Asia despite crisis
    US aircraft maker will continue to support and build on customer and industry relations
  • US jet maker opposes PAL survival plan
  • Holiday jet company may sue brawling passengers
  • Cathay open to talks with union but will not change pay options
Features
  • Technology takes over
    GMDSS uses terrestrial and satellite technology and shipboard radio-systems to send distress calls
Columns
  • When an untidy ship can become a potential death trap

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Same pirates involved in two separate incidents
    Piracy acts not random but are carried out by highly organised networks
  • Satellite distress alerting system in force globally
  • G-O-O-D-B-Y-E to the Morse Code
Air and Land Transport
  • Boeing still committed to Asia despite crisis
    US aircraft maker will continue to support and build on customer and industry relations
  • US jet maker opposes PAL survival plan
  • Holiday jet company may sue brawling passengers
  • Cathay open to talks with union but will not change pay options
Features
  • Technology takes over
    GMDSS uses terrestrial and satellite technology and shipboard radio-systems to send distress calls
Columns
  • When an untidy ship can become a potential death trap

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Same pirates involved in two separate incidents
    Piracy acts not random but are carried out by highly organised networks
  • Satellite distress alerting system in force globally
  • G-O-O-D-B-Y-E to the Morse Code
Air and Land Transport
  • Boeing still committed to Asia despite crisis
    US aircraft maker will continue to support and build on customer and industry relations
  • US jet maker opposes PAL survival plan
  • Holiday jet company may sue brawling passengers
  • Cathay open to talks with union but will not change pay options
Features
  • Technology takes over
    GMDSS uses terrestrial and satellite technology and shipboard radio-systems to send distress calls
Columns
  • When an untidy ship can become a potential death trap

Sched Netweb site
  • OOCL expects strong May-October exports
  • TACA replacement delays EU rule implementation
  • WTSA to have rate restoration meeting
  • New Japanese crane cuts costs
  • Wan Hai/Hyundai to replace transshipment option
  • Singapore rebates to woo Malaysian traders
  • P&ON awarded ISO 9002 certification
  • UPS, Sinotrans announce MOU
  • United to adjust services
  • ATLAS announce Q4 results
  • French share of carrier to drop

Cargowebweb site
FEBRUARY 2, 1999
  • Red light Brussels for take-over Martinair by KLM
  • Net loss KLM, in line with forecast
  • Schenker acquired majority in BTL
  • TNT Post Group acquire Portuguese express company
  • TNT launched a new Portuguese freight service

The Journal of Commerceweb site
Home
  • House okays $50 million for ACE
  • Administration plans to push for dredging
  • Truckers in driver's seat in railroads' battle with shippers
  • Computer 'crash' could take Houston, Galveston back to future
  • How election reform could alter Mexico's approach to trade
  • House members seek steel quotas
  • Portugal rail strike hurting carmakers and food processors
  • AP reports that Gephardt won't run for president
  • Harmon Industries and Burlington Northern Santa Fe sign three-year pact
  • US takes beef trade dispute with South Korea to WTO
  • Safmarine buys logistics company from Rennies
Transportation
  • UP loses fight to dismiss Entergy suit
  • Customs finds high SED compliance at Mexican border
  • Logistics firms told Web is tomorrow's safety net
  • Rail union to appeal Conrail arbitration ruling
  • KLM posts loss, and EU reviews plan for Martinair
Maritime
  • No bloodbath, just posturing
  • Maersk admits interest in buying Safmarine
  • A&B reports loss for quarter, cites Matson's performance
  • Columbia Coastal expands feeder fleet
  • Settlement reached on Arthur Kill spill
  • Modern piracy, old-fashioned terror for mariners

The Journal of Commerceweb site
Home
  • House okays $50 million for ACE
  • Administration plans to push for dredging
  • Truckers in driver's seat in railroads' battle with shippers
  • Computer 'crash' could take Houston, Galveston back to future
  • How election reform could alter Mexico's approach to trade
  • House members seek steel quotas
  • Portugal rail strike hurting carmakers and food processors
  • AP reports that Gephardt won't run for president
  • Harmon Industries and Burlington Northern Santa Fe sign three-year pact
  • US takes beef trade dispute with South Korea to WTO
  • Safmarine buys logistics company from Rennies
Transportation
  • UP loses fight to dismiss Entergy suit
  • Customs finds high SED compliance at Mexican border
  • Logistics firms told Web is tomorrow's safety net
  • Rail union to appeal Conrail arbitration ruling
  • KLM posts loss, and EU reviews plan for Martinair
Maritime
  • No bloodbath, just posturing
  • Maersk admits interest in buying Safmarine
  • A&B reports loss for quarter, cites Matson's performance
  • Columbia Coastal expands feeder fleet
  • Settlement reached on Arthur Kill spill
  • Modern piracy, old-fashioned terror for mariners

The Journal of Commerceweb site
Home
  • House okays $50 million for ACE
  • Administration plans to push for dredging
  • Truckers in driver's seat in railroads' battle with shippers
  • Computer 'crash' could take Houston, Galveston back to future
  • How election reform could alter Mexico's approach to trade
  • House members seek steel quotas
  • Portugal rail strike hurting carmakers and food processors
  • AP reports that Gephardt won't run for president
  • Harmon Industries and Burlington Northern Santa Fe sign three-year pact
  • US takes beef trade dispute with South Korea to WTO
  • Safmarine buys logistics company from Rennies
Transportation
  • UP loses fight to dismiss Entergy suit
  • Customs finds high SED compliance at Mexican border
  • Logistics firms told Web is tomorrow's safety net
  • Rail union to appeal Conrail arbitration ruling
  • KLM posts loss, and EU reviews plan for Martinair
Maritime
  • No bloodbath, just posturing
  • Maersk admits interest in buying Safmarine
  • A&B reports loss for quarter, cites Matson's performance
  • Columbia Coastal expands feeder fleet
  • Settlement reached on Arthur Kill spill
  • Modern piracy, old-fashioned terror for mariners

Cyber Shipping Guide - Ocean Commerceweb site
  • Improper Translation Causes Criticism: China Official
  • Japan, China Agree on Container Rules
  • Zim Plans to Launch Another Transpacific Service

urgente online pressweb site
  • DHL hará el mantenimiento de sus aviones en Vitoria
  • Spanair saldrá a Bolsa a finales de año
  • TNT compra la empresa lusa Trajano
  • Recatan un puerto romano en el País Vasco
  • DHL integra a Colitel en su red logística mundial
  • Enagás centra sus actividades en el transporte

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
FEBRUARY 2, 1999
  • Lithuanian refinery shut down Saturday afternoon
  • Shareholders give Nippon - Mitsubishi Oil merger thumbs up
  • Shell's Singapore refinery to raise February runs

Lloyd's Listweb site
  • Shares slide as Safmarine sale runs into delay
    SAFREN shares fell 2.3% yesterday after the South African group admitted that negotiations to sell its key container shipping business had fallen behind schedule.
  • Tribal warfare:
    Indian leaders from the Amazon region of Ecuador arrived at a federal court in New York yesterday for a hearing involving their $1bn action against the Texaco oil group for alleged widespread devastation to their rainforest. The hearing was to determine whether the case should be heard in full in the United States, or before judges in the mens' own country.
  • Weaker rates hit Global Ocean
    DRY cargo operator Global Ocean Carriers is expecting to suffer a loss for the fourth quarter of last year following deteriorating market conditions.
  • Angelicoussisset for Navix aframax deal
    GREECE'S Angelicoussis group is close to purchasing a Navix Lines' aframax in a "bargain" $22.75m deal.
  • Industry unrest at escalating level of violent pirate attacks
    A series of brutal attacks on shipping which left 67 seafarers confirmed dead and a further 35 seriously injured are listed in the 1998 Annual Report of the ICC International Maritime Bureau which is published today.
  • Metal workers attend a rally . . .
    Metal workers attend a rally in front of a banner reading 'strike' during a brief work stoppage of about 300 employees of German car producer BMW's Berlin branch yesterday. German metal and engineering union IG Metall continues to extend work stoppages and demonstrations in support of a demand for wage increases. Already, two shipyards have been affected by the action, the Lindenau yard in Kiel and the Schiffswerft Hugo Peters at Wewelsfleth. IG Metall is seeking a 6.5% rise while employers have offered 2.5% plus a one-off bonus payment of 0.5%, dependent on the success of individual firms.
  • Brazilian crisis hits neighbours
    Brazil's neighbours in the Mercosur Customs union have been hit hard by the first shockwave caused by the devaluation of the real.
  • Germany acts to boost shipping
    GERMANY'S new maritime legislation will strengthen the nation's role in international shipping, according to Lothar Ibr'gger, parliamentary secretary of state for the transport minister.

Fairplayweb site
FEBRUARY 2, 1999
  • Holyman sells NY ferry operator
    THE dismantling of Holyman, the once diverse Australian shipping group, continues with the sale to Sea Containers of its New York ferry operator Express Navigation.
  • Spanish shipbuilder to be split
    BANCO Central Hispano, the majority owner of Spanish shipbuilder Union Naval de Levante, is planning to split the company into separate newbuildings and repairs operations.
  • Hoverspeed loses immigration fines challenge
    THE UK High Court has rejected a challenge by Hoverspeed, the cross-Channel ferry operator, to regulations aimed at helping to control the flow of immigrants into the UK.
  • Gulf of Mexico ferry operator collapses
    AMERICAN Viking Lines, the latest operator to attempt a ferry shuttle operation across the Gulf of Mexico, has failed after only six weeks in operation.
  • New tonnage for Columbus
    HAMBURG-based Columbus Line has embarked on a major tonnage upgrade and realignment of capacity on its Australasia/North America trades.
  • Landesbank hits out at allegations
    HAMBURGISCHE Landesbank has hit back at allegations that it has trouble with its Turkish portfolio.
  • Tenders called for Colombo feeder terminal
    SRI Lanka Ports Authority has called for tenders for the construction of the second phase of its Unity Container Terminal at Colombo.
  • Strike paralyses Marsaxlokk
    MALTA'S Marsaxlokk Freeport is at a standstill as a result of a strike called by a key trade union.
  • Sri Lankan officials to quiz master
    MERCHANT Shipping Division officials in Sri Lanka want to question the master of a 65,000 dwt general cargo ship loaded with scrap iron that sank off Colombo last week.
  • Milford Haven gets two years to pay
    MILFORD Haven Port Authority will have two years to pay the '4m ($6.6m) fine imposed on it as a result of the Sea Empress incident.
  • Brostrom sells brokerage firm
    BROSTROM Ship Agency network, part of the Gothenburg-based shipping group Brostrom, has agreed to sell its 60 per cent holding in brokerage firm SwanFalk Shipping.
  • Filipino bank sells Starcraft fleet
    STATE-owned Development Bank of the Philippines is considering bids for 15 ferries, following foreclosure on a loan to bankrupt Starcraft Ferry Corp.
  • Venice to get distripark
    ITALY'S Sinport and Interporto di Padova have agreed to establish a distripark in the port of Venice.
  • Exporters hit out at TSA rate hikes
    INDIAN exporters are up in arms at the scale of the freight increase introduced by member lines of the US-based Transpacific Stabilization Agreement.
  • Singapore imposes night barge restrictions
    SINGAPORE'S Maritime and Port Authority is to restrict the use of line-towed barges at night in the western sector of Singapore port following a number of recent incidents.
  • Netherlands boost to barge transport
    THE insatiable appetite for containerised barge transport has generated the opening of another container terminal facility in the Netherlands.

Antwerpse Lloyd n.v.web site
FEBRUARY 2, 1999
  • CTO: deuxième terminal roulier dans l'avant-port de Zeebrugge
    Le port de Zeebrugge est actuellement un grand chantier, tant dans l'avant-port que dans l'arrière-port: de nouvelles sections de quai sont construites, de nouveaux terre-pleins sont aménagés. Dans l'avant-port, les travaux de prolongation du quai est du terminal à containers de l'entreprise de manutenion OCHZ vont bon train.
  • Dunkerque ne s'attend pas à une guerre du remorquage
    Selon Jacques Bouvet, président du Port autonome de Dunkerque, il est peu probable que l'on assiste dans son port à une guerre du remorquage comme celle qui se manifeste ou se précise dans certains ports du Nord. Par contre, il souhaite vivement la présence d'une concurrence dans le secteur de la fourniture des soutes.
  • BTL envisage de vendre ses activités d'expédition
    Bilspedition Transport & Logistics a clôturé l'exercice 1998 sur un chiffre d'affaires opérationnel de 19,11 milliards de SEK et un bénéfice opérationnel de 631 millions de SEK. Le transport terrestre a une fois de plus généré le plus grand bénéfice. BTL et son actionnaire majoritaire Stinnes, qui ont conjugué leurs activités de transport terrestre, envisagent désormais de se défaire des activités d'expédition, qui sont assurées sous le nom de Wilson Group.
  • Reprise imminente de Kersten Hunik par ABX
    Le porte-parole de la SNCB nous a confirmé la nouvelle, annoncée samedi dernier par le journal néerlandais "Nieuwsblad Transport", selon laquelle ABX est en train de négocier avec l'entreprise maritime et de transport Kersten Hunik. D'autres reprises, moins importantes, seraient également envisagées aux Pays-Bas. La SNCB n'a pas voulu donner davantage de détails.

Daily Commercial Newsweb site
  • Toll accuses MUA
    THE Maritime Union of Australia was yesterday accused of taking industrial action to prevent the port of Newcastle becoming more competitive.
    Toll Logistics said it was considering its response to alleged industrial action by the MUA that has stopped the unloading of timber from the first vessel to berth at the Eastern Basin wharf since it and R&H Transport won the right to develop a new multi-modal distribution centre.
    The Eastern Basin Distribution Centre and Patrick have an agreement to provide more flexible arrangements for customers of the port.
    Under the agreement, Patrick is the preferred stevedore for the centre, although customers with existing stevedoring contracts can use the Eastern Basin berths with the stevedore of their choice.
  • MSC revamps Asian service ahead of trans-Pacific push
    Mediterranean Shipping Company will significantly revamp its Australia-Asia service, cutting out Xingang, Jakarta, Singapore, Fremantle and Adelaide to concentrate on fast transits between North Asia and East Coast Australia.
    The substantial changes come ahead of the planned launch of MSC's first trans-Pacific service in May, reportedly employing three new and three chartered ships on an Asia-West Coast North America route. The company will be aggressively marketing the new US service in Australia, relaying local cargo over Yokohama on the Asian trade vessels.
  • Freight awaits Oneworld attention
    The simple blue logo of the oneworld airline alliance began appearing on Qantas planes and at Australian airports this week, but it appears that shippers will have to wait some time for the benefits to flow through to the cargo business.
    Qantas's tie-up with British Airways, American Airlines, Canadian Airlines and Cathay Pacific -- which brings together a combined annual total cargo volume of 2.6 million tonnes -- was announced in September but was only implemented this week.
    The chief focus of oneworld appears to be initially passenger traffic.
    Qantas did not comment yesterday, but has previously said it would not specifically apply the oneworld alliance to cargo, saying only that the airlines involved are working on a number of joint services.
  • Inspections await Temburong
    The livestock carrier, Temburong, was en route to Batam near Singapore yesterday where she is expected to arrive on Sunday to undergo an inspection by AMSA and Germanischer Lloyd surveyors designed to pinpoint the cause of the power failure suffered by the vessel on 27 January which resulted in around 800 cattle apparently suffocating.
    An AMSA spokesman said yesterday that the around 200 surviving cattle would be discharged at an as yet unspecified Indonesian port while en route to Batam.
    "This schedule and routing is, however, subject to change," the spokesman said.
  • Eden up, Yamba down
    The outlook for the regional NSW ports of Eden and Yamba remain positive, according to the 1998 annual report of the NSW Ministry for Forests and Marine Administration.
    It notes that as far as Eden is concerned, a modest rise in woodchip exports is forecast.
    A feasibility study for an armaments facility is also expected to be completed.
    "The ports of Eden and Yamba are relatively small, handling just 0.7 per cent of total sea trade through New South Wales ports," the report said.

Marine Linkweb site
FEBRUARY 2, 1999
  • Atlantic Marine Wins Platform Supply Vessel Contract
    Astromar'tima Navega''o S.A., a Brazilian shipping company that owns and operates a fleet of offshore supply vessels, was approved by the U.S. Maritime Administration (MarAd), for the construction of two Platform Supply Vessels at Atlantic Marine Inc., Jacksonville, Fla. This is the first Latin American transaction ever closed under the MarAd's Title XI Guarantee Program and was approved for Astromar'tima's whole owned Bahamian based subsidiary, Astro Offshore Corporation, which will own the vessels to be operated offshore Brazil by the parent company.
    The vessels (234'x54'x20'), a design by Peter S. Hatfield Inc., from Vancouver (Canada), have specifications to attend dynamic positioned drill ships, rigs and FPSO's, in very deep waters and tough weather conditions.
    The placement of the bonds for the construction of the first vessel was successfully completed through Salomon Smith Barney Inc., a Citigroup company on Dec. 7th, bearing interest of 6.0% p.a. and a 21 years term (one year of grace period). Astromar'tima is actively pursuing a contract for the second vessel, before deciding to start construction."
  • AAPA: Administration's Budget Calls For $1 Billion In New Maritime
    The Administration's budget request announced on February 1 for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Civil Works program calls for $1 billion in new taxes on the maritime industry through its proposed Harbor Services Fund (HSF). The fund proposes to replace the Harbor Maintenance Tax, which the U.S. Supreme Court declared unconstitutional in March 1998.
  • "AAPA and a host of other
    organizations are strongly opposed to this new tax," said American Association of Port Authorities President Kurt J. Nagle. "It is a hastily crafted solution to a complex problem that took years to resolve. The HSF proposes to raise nearly twice what is needed for maintenance dredging and, for the first time in our nation's history, the Federal Government is suggesting that it completely abdicate its financial responsibility for navigation channel maintenance."
  • Norwegian Government Looks To Raise Shipbuilding Subsidies
    The Norwegian government reportedly seeks to raise subsidies for building new ships to nine percent of the cost from seven percent for vessels priced in excess of $11.4 million.
  • Stinnes Bids For BTL
    German Stinnes AG, owner of Germany's largest freight forwarding group Schenker AG, reportedly bid on the remaining shares in BTL AB in an attempt to secure its position as market leader in transport and logistics in Europe.
  • Murchison Plans Container Venture
    Murchison SA, an Argentina-based stevedoring group, is reportedly moving ahead with plans to build a new container terminal near Buenos Aires despite the negative affects of Brazil's financial crisis.
  • Shipowners' Employer Group Warns Of Costly Clauses
    New clauses introduced into crew contracts issued by the ITF (International Transport Workers' Federation) as well as amendments to existing clauses will reportedly provide additional benefits to seafarers at significant cost to employers.
  • ICB Sells VLCC To Cirebon
    ICB Shipping AB reportedly sold the VLCC Vanadis to Cirebon Shipping Pte Ltd. of Singapore.
  • Russia, Borders Slow Tallinn Port Growth
    Poor infrastructure and the fallout from Russia's collapse will reportedly slow growth in activity at Estonia's port of Tallinn in 1999 after several years of rapid growth.
  • Oil Firms Get Few Breaks In Clinton Budget
    The Clinton administration's proposed budget for the upcoming spending year reportedly contains several excise taxes and tax rule changes that would cost energy companies $8.2 billion over the next five years.
  • Taiwan May Allow Passenger Shipping With China
    Taiwan reportedly will allow foreign passenger liners to operate services between the island and arch rival China as early as May.
  • Baker Hughes Faces Double-Digit Decline In Revenue
    Baker Hughes Inc., the world's third biggest oilfield services company, could face a double-digit drop in revenues in 1999 as the outlook for the energy sector would remain difficult in the short term.
  • Sea Containers Acquires Express Navigation, Inc.
    Ferry Operator Makes First Foray Into U.S. Markets; New Boats, Routes Promised

    Sea Containers Ltd. acquired Express Navigation, Inc. from Holyman Ltd. for $5 million. Express Navigation provides services with three passenger ferries between Wall Street's Pier 11 on Manhattan's East Side to Highlands and Atlantic Highlands in New Jersey and Pier 4 in Brooklyn. The three ferries are owned by subsidiaries of Hydrolines, Inc. a Delaware company which has time chartered them to Express Navigation on long term charters.
    The profitable services of Express Navigation have been capacity constrained and the company's main terminal in Highlands, N.J. needs to be expanded to allow for greater car parking. Holyman Ltd. decided to exit the business rather than make additional capital investment so it agreed to sell Express Navigation to Sea Containers. Sea Containers and Holyman own the successful Hoverspeed Holyman fast ferry service which operates between Dover, England and Ostend, Belgium.
    Mr. James B. Sherwood, President of Sea Containers Ltd., said that Express Navigation was the company's first passenger transport investment in the U.S. and will form a part of a group of U.S. based ferry services which the company would seek to acquire or initiate in the coming years. More, larger and faster vessels will be introduced on Express Navigation's routes as soon as they can be obtained.
  • Marine Management Systems Sold
    Visma has signed an agreement through its subsidiary SpecTec, Inc. to acquire the assets of Marine Management Systems, Inc.(MMS). Visma/SpecTec significantly strengthened its position in the maritime market by increasing its customer base by 25 percent, from an installed base of about 4.000 ships to nearly 5,000 ships.
  • SpecTec Connecticut, a subsidiary of SpecTec, Inc., signed an agreement with MMS to buy key assets, including intellectual property rights and necessary assets to continue the operation. SpecTec will hire the employees of MMS. The agreement is subject to various approvals expected to be completed in the next couple months.
    The main software products of MMS, will continue to be fully supported with major systems such as Fleetworks carried forward and supported for at least 5 years. MMS's Fleet Manager is a very well seasoned product, with a large number of satisfied users. SpecTec Connecticut, through its former MMS employees, will continue to provide support and consulting.

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