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May 5, 1999
Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • APL shifts focus to providing customised logistics solutions
    NOL arm plans to intensify efforts to offer door-to-door services to multi-nationals
  • Johor grain terminal expects more cargo in '99
  • India shipping firm to spin off property division
  • Port shots
Air and Land Transport
  • US calls for upgrade of aircraft flight recorders
    Aviation agency wants equipment on board to provide better information after accidents
  • Korean Air reshuffles top ranks to improve safety
  • Manila reviewing open skies policy in bid to help PAL
  • JAL's top shareholder renews demand for senior execs to resign
  • Northwest Air fined for hazardous shipments
  • India's Sahara Air out to grab share of market
Features
  • Ban on hush-kits put off
    Europeans delay for a year plan to ban engine mufflers on planes from operating in Europe to defuse trade spat
Columns
  • New figures highlight role of age, flag in ship losses

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • APL shifts focus to providing customised logistics solutions
    NOL arm plans to intensify efforts to offer door-to-door services to multi-nationals
  • Johor grain terminal expects more cargo in '99
  • India shipping firm to spin off property division
  • Port shots
Air and Land Transport
  • US calls for upgrade of aircraft flight recorders
    Aviation agency wants equipment on board to provide better information after accidents
  • Korean Air reshuffles top ranks to improve safety
  • Manila reviewing open skies policy in bid to help PAL
  • JAL's top shareholder renews demand for senior execs to resign
  • Northwest Air fined for hazardous shipments
  • India's Sahara Air out to grab share of market
Features
  • Ban on hush-kits put off
    Europeans delay for a year plan to ban engine mufflers on planes from operating in Europe to defuse trade spat
Columns
  • New figures highlight role of age, flag in ship losses

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • APL shifts focus to providing customised logistics solutions
    NOL arm plans to intensify efforts to offer door-to-door services to multi-nationals
  • Johor grain terminal expects more cargo in '99
  • India shipping firm to spin off property division
  • Port shots
Air and Land Transport
  • US calls for upgrade of aircraft flight recorders
    Aviation agency wants equipment on board to provide better information after accidents
  • Korean Air reshuffles top ranks to improve safety
  • Manila reviewing open skies policy in bid to help PAL
  • JAL's top shareholder renews demand for senior execs to resign
  • Northwest Air fined for hazardous shipments
  • India's Sahara Air out to grab share of market
Features
  • Ban on hush-kits put off
    Europeans delay for a year plan to ban engine mufflers on planes from operating in Europe to defuse trade spat
Columns
  • New figures highlight role of age, flag in ship losses

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • APL shifts focus to providing customised logistics solutions
    NOL arm plans to intensify efforts to offer door-to-door services to multi-nationals
  • Johor grain terminal expects more cargo in '99
  • India shipping firm to spin off property division
  • Port shots
Air and Land Transport
  • US calls for upgrade of aircraft flight recorders
    Aviation agency wants equipment on board to provide better information after accidents
  • Korean Air reshuffles top ranks to improve safety
  • Manila reviewing open skies policy in bid to help PAL
  • JAL's top shareholder renews demand for senior execs to resign
  • Northwest Air fined for hazardous shipments
  • India's Sahara Air out to grab share of market
Features
  • Ban on hush-kits put off
    Europeans delay for a year plan to ban engine mufflers on planes from operating in Europe to defuse trade spat
Columns
  • New figures highlight role of age, flag in ship losses

Sched Netweb site
  • OOCL takes up with E-Transport
  • Wan Hai doubles profit
  • Norasia seeks US Pacific port
  • Shipco quits NAAA in wake of May 1 new rules
  • Panalpina reports record performance
  • Schenker to go public
  • Evergreen, Cosco plan route alliance
  • House approves dredging bill
  • Rolls-Royce Signs US$20 million China contract
  • More airlines go time-definite
  • BAX Global reports a turnaround
  • Aer Lingus to join oneworld alliance
  • Eagle USA reports increase in income
  • GeoLogistics wins Trinidad pipeline contract

Cargowebweb site
MAY 4, 1999
  • Belgian complaint about terminal allocation
  • Investor raises stake in Scania to 49 percent
  • Wilson being put on sale
  • HAL Holding has a 13.6 percent stake in Pakhoed
  • KLM intends to reduce shares by 25 percent
  • Transport of vegetables perhaps by ship instead of by plane

urgente online pressweb site
  • Feve invertirá 7.200 millones en infraestructuras y material móvil
  • Andalusair echa a volar con chárter
  • Trasmediterránea mandará construir dos transbordadores
  • El Gobierno de Aragón entrega 23 camiones para el transporte de basuras
  • Extremadura contará con un centro regional de transporte de mercancías en el 2000
  • Meridiana cambia su flota de DC-9 por 17 MD-82

Exim Indiaweb site
MAY 4, 1999
Shipping
  • Import incentives for jewellery exporters cleared
  • Ministry may agree to export wheat
  • Remarkable rise in exports
  • Sugar production spurts by 13 pc
  • Tunisia for better trade relations with India
  • Soyameal exports looking up
  • Sustained export thrust for increase in GDP reiterated by CEOs
  • India may buy more palm oil from Malaysia
  • Canada offers to help develop core sector
  • Poland keen on joint ventures
  • Fresh look at acrylic fibre dumping duty
  • Finance Ministry notifies some changes in Exim Policy
  • Ficci draws up economic agenda for political parties
  • St. John Freight handles first lot of Saint Gobain project import
  • Record FDI inflow in March
  • Assocham strategy to boost trade with Russia
  • Highway automation system proves boon for truck operators, logistics managers
  • Anti-dumping duty imposed on SB rubber
  • US to drag India to WTO over auto policy
  • Garment exporters have a website
  • Continental Warehousing-promoted multimodal hub inaugurated
  • People & Position
Aviation
  • Austrian Airlines details new share sale
  • Dragonair's express cargo service
  • Vietnam Air's passenger growth increases by 5 pc
  • COMAIR extends its routes
  • Finnair set for tough competition
  • Airbus targets Boeing's market share in Japan
  • Qatar Airways introduces Airbus A320
  • Thai Airways gears up to deal with the Y2K bug problem

Exim Indiaweb site
MAY 4, 1999
Shipping
  • Import incentives for jewellery exporters cleared
  • Ministry may agree to export wheat
  • Remarkable rise in exports
  • Sugar production spurts by 13 pc
  • Tunisia for better trade relations with India
  • Soyameal exports looking up
  • Sustained export thrust for increase in GDP reiterated by CEOs
  • India may buy more palm oil from Malaysia
  • Canada offers to help develop core sector
  • Poland keen on joint ventures
  • Fresh look at acrylic fibre dumping duty
  • Finance Ministry notifies some changes in Exim Policy
  • Ficci draws up economic agenda for political parties
  • St. John Freight handles first lot of Saint Gobain project import
  • Record FDI inflow in March
  • Assocham strategy to boost trade with Russia
  • Highway automation system proves boon for truck operators, logistics managers
  • Anti-dumping duty imposed on SB rubber
  • US to drag India to WTO over auto policy
  • Garment exporters have a website
  • Continental Warehousing-promoted multimodal hub inaugurated
  • People & Position
Aviation
  • Austrian Airlines details new share sale
  • Dragonair's express cargo service
  • Vietnam Air's passenger growth increases by 5 pc
  • COMAIR extends its routes
  • Finnair set for tough competition
  • Airbus targets Boeing's market share in Japan
  • Qatar Airways introduces Airbus A320
  • Thai Airways gears up to deal with the Y2K bug problem

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
MAY 4, 1999
  • Exxon appeals $5.3 billion Valdez verdict
  • Will YPF sell out to Repsol?
  • Company updates

The East Africanweb site
  • Passengers Swamp New Lake Service
  • Tanzania Seeks IMO-Compliant Maritime Laws
  • Talks on African Shipping Body Likely
  • Kenya Launches Express Cargo Train to Kampala
  • Warning to Ships Over Yugoslavia
  • Union Calls for Armed Ship Guards

Lloyd's Listweb site
  • Lasmo bids '600m for Monument
    LASMO yesterday made a '600m ($970) agreed takeover offer for fellow British exploration and production company Monument Oil & Gas as long- awaited market consolidation sparked into life.
  • Aftermath of the midwest tornadoes
    As many as 45 people were feared dead and many more were missing yesterday after what US president Bill Clinton described as "some of the most powerful tornadoes ever recorded" hit the midwest.
  • Hessenatie defiant in concession award row
    Antwerp stevedore Hessenatie's general manager Jan Pellens said a complaint to the European Commission over the award of the concession for the port's third container terminal to a Hessenatie and Mediterranean Shipping Company consortium will not affect the terminal's go-ahead.
  • Romano Prodi team facing tough vetting
    European parliamentarians warned European Commission president-designate Romano Prodi yesterday they were prepared to delay appointments to his new executive team if nominees did not meet high standards.
  • New Cosco chief braced for rough seas
    "SMOOTH seas can never make a strong sailor," comments Cosco (Hong Kong) Group president Dong Jiufeng, when asked about the state of play of the international shipping business.
  • New director for Bahamas open register
    LONDON consultant John Mervyn Jones is to succeed John Dempster as director of The Bahamas Maritime Authority.
  • Deck cargoes may be risk to boxship safety
    The Nautical Institute is seeking the opinion of its members as to the safety of containerships following a number of incidents involving damage to large ships and extensive losses of containers overboard.
  • Buyer for lowline ships
    Receivers have found a buyer for British shipowner, Lowline's, three vessels - the cruiseship Edinburgh Castle and the offshore supply vessels Lowland Pioneer and Lowland Cavalier, writes David Mott. But the deal will first have to be ratified by the Admiralty Court in London. Receivers PricewaterhouseCoopers, appointed by Royal Bank of Scotland, would not disclose the name of the buyer. Cammell Laird, the UK shiprepair group, has been mentioned as a possible buyer. But it confirmed that all three vessels had been purchased by a single buyer.

Fairplayweb site
MAY 4, 1999
  • Stolt rebate sparks Le Havre demonstrations
  • Lyttelton dismisses Auckland rumours
  • Intermodal operator speaks out on ship bunching
  • Alaska resumes coal shipments to S Korea
  • Mærsk/Sea-Land will pick port on economics
  • French ferry operator expands fleet
  • Fesco in big box spend
  • Montreal and Great Lakes pray for rain
  • SCI to hike freight rates to US East Coast
  • P&O Ports wins Surabaya concession
  • WTO set to officially condemn banana regime
  • Ecuador plans banana export drive
  • Acomarit reorganises management team
  • P&O/Enka win Turkish container terminal
  • Maritime policy meeting for US and CSG
  • Belgium joins BIMCO anti-drug measures
  • Handysizes lead Baltic freight rises

The Journal of Commerceweb site
Home
  • Shippers sign deals as reform law starts
  • Hearings start today on ocean shipping
  • Truckers in legal fight over faulty gear
  • Cargo 2000 plan on schedule, supporters say
  • CMA-CGM steers own Pacific course
  • FRA applauds CSX and Norfolk Southern for safety efforts during Conrail split-up
  • UPS to airlift giant pandas from China to Atlanta
  • Brazil disappointed after being named to US trade watch list
  • Russian aid for Yugoslavia hits another logistics snag
  • United Airlines Cargo opens new consolidation center in Dallas
  • FAA says it will propose better flight recorders for 737s
  • UK Post Office buys German delivery company Der Kurier
Transportation
  • Panalpina wins IBM logistics pact in Brazil
  • Tornadoes disrupt BNSF, UP service in Oklahoma, Kansas
Maritime
  • A fresh start: Panama's first woman president to lead canal's transition
  • China Shipping returns to profit as outlook brightens
  • Baltic freight market begins to rebound
  • Indian intermodal operator to add terminals
  • Union-free port poses threat to Fremantle
  • Exxon continues Valdez damages fight in court
  • P&O wins stake in Indonesian terminal

The Journal of Commerceweb site
Home
  • Shippers sign deals as reform law starts
  • Hearings start today on ocean shipping
  • Truckers in legal fight over faulty gear
  • Cargo 2000 plan on schedule, supporters say
  • CMA-CGM steers own Pacific course
  • FRA applauds CSX and Norfolk Southern for safety efforts during Conrail split-up
  • UPS to airlift giant pandas from China to Atlanta
  • Brazil disappointed after being named to US trade watch list
  • Russian aid for Yugoslavia hits another logistics snag
  • United Airlines Cargo opens new consolidation center in Dallas
  • FAA says it will propose better flight recorders for 737s
  • UK Post Office buys German delivery company Der Kurier
Transportation
  • Panalpina wins IBM logistics pact in Brazil
  • Tornadoes disrupt BNSF, UP service in Oklahoma, Kansas
Maritime
  • A fresh start: Panama's first woman president to lead canal's transition
  • China Shipping returns to profit as outlook brightens
  • Baltic freight market begins to rebound
  • Indian intermodal operator to add terminals
  • Union-free port poses threat to Fremantle
  • Exxon continues Valdez damages fight in court
  • P&O wins stake in Indonesian terminal

The Journal of Commerceweb site
Home
  • Shippers sign deals as reform law starts
  • Hearings start today on ocean shipping
  • Truckers in legal fight over faulty gear
  • Cargo 2000 plan on schedule, supporters say
  • CMA-CGM steers own Pacific course
  • FRA applauds CSX and Norfolk Southern for safety efforts during Conrail split-up
  • UPS to airlift giant pandas from China to Atlanta
  • Brazil disappointed after being named to US trade watch list
  • Russian aid for Yugoslavia hits another logistics snag
  • United Airlines Cargo opens new consolidation center in Dallas
  • FAA says it will propose better flight recorders for 737s
  • UK Post Office buys German delivery company Der Kurier
Transportation
  • Panalpina wins IBM logistics pact in Brazil
  • Tornadoes disrupt BNSF, UP service in Oklahoma, Kansas
Maritime
  • A fresh start: Panama's first woman president to lead canal's transition
  • China Shipping returns to profit as outlook brightens
  • Baltic freight market begins to rebound
  • Indian intermodal operator to add terminals
  • Union-free port poses threat to Fremantle
  • Exxon continues Valdez damages fight in court
  • P&O wins stake in Indonesian terminal

Antwerpse Lloyd n.v.web site
  • Geodis Logistics acquiert l'Italien Borghi Trasporti
    La société Geodis Logistics Italie, filiale du groupe français contrôlé par la SNCF, a acheté la société Borghi Trasporti. "Cette acquisition s'est faite dans le cadre de la stratégie de développement européen des activités logistiques", dit un communiqué. Cette opération pourrait avoir des conséquences pour l'alliance Eurotech.
  • Hausse de 36% du bénéfice de Union Transport
    Le prestataire de services logistiques Union Transport a conclu l'exercice 1998 sur un CA de 571,1 mio. de USD, une hausse de 8% par rapport à 1997. Le bénéfice a augmenté de 36%, de 11,8 à 16 mio. de USD. Ces excellents résultats sont le fruit des acquisitions stratégiques, qui ont généré un hausse du CA dans toutes les régions du monde.
  • German Parcel reprend Der Kurier
    German Parcel Paket-Logistik GmbH, une division de l'entreprise britannique Post Office, a repris l'entreprise express allemande Der Kurier avec effet rétroactif au premier janvier 1999. De cette manière, German parcel pourra proposer l'ensemble de la gamme de produits de services de messagerie, express et de colis et cela tant au niveau national qu'international. Ainsi, la société-mère The Post Office pourra concurrencer la division express de Deutsche Post. Cette reprise n'aura aucune influence sur la coopération entre Der Kurier et la filiale de La Poste Chronopost, estime un porte-parole de cette dernière.
  • Katoen Natie saisit le Conseil d'Etat et la CE
    La politique de concession du port d'Anvers est soumise à rude pression. Après que l'AGHA (l'Association des Intérêts Portuaires d'Anvers) et Noord Natie - par la bouche de son président Philip Van gestel - aient exprimé leur inquiétude suite à la tendance qui consiste à attribuer des terminaux dédiés à des services de lignes réguliers, le groupe Katoen Natie reprend le flambeau.

Marine Linkweb site
MAY 4, 1999
  • First Olsen Tankers to Acquire Tankers
    First Olsen Tankers Ltd. said it has entered into agreements with Mosvold Farsund AS and Fred. Olsen-related companies to acquire three Suezmax tankers and one Suezmax shuttle tanker. FOTL said it will also acquire the remaining 50 percent of the shares in Knock Tankers Ltd. Through the proposed transaction, FOTL said it would become one of the world's largest owners of modern Suezmax tankers, increasing the size of its fleet from seven to 11 vessels.
  • Panama Customers Not Worried
    Scarcely batting an eyelash at the spirited run-up to Panama's presidential polls, Panama Canal customers say they expect no threat to operations of the waterway no matter who is in charge when the U.S. hands it over later this year. The U.S., which has operated the canal since it opened in 1914, is scheduled to pull out its troops from Panama and hand over the canal along with U.S. military bases and other facilities to the Panamanian government by Dec. 31.
  • Intermarine Sells Savannah Shipyard
    Italian holding company Compart said its shipbuilding unit Intermarine sold its Savannah, Ga., shipyard and certain luxury yacht contracts to Savannah Yacht & Ship Llc and BCT Real Estate Llc. The buyers will pay $14.35 million plus $1.53 million to partially cover losses that took place in the first months of 1999. The sale resulted in a loss of $30.3 million for Compart, already accounted for in 1998 balance sheet.
  • Trico Downgraded by Moody's
    Moody's Investors Service downgraded to B1 from Ba3 its rating on Trico Marine Service's $280 million of 8.5% senior unsecured notes due 2005, and to Ba3 from Ba2 its rating on an amended $85 million secured bank facility. A US$80 million-equivalent (NOK 600 million-denominated) reducing bank revolver at wholly-owned Saevik Supply ASA is not rated. The senior implied rating is B1.
  • Kuwait Petroleum Group to Finance Tanker
    Kuwait's Independent Petroleum Group and Dubai-owned Emirates National Oil Co have signed a $12 million financing deal to buy a crude and petroleum products tanker, announced the Kuwait Stock Exchange.
  • International Ship Register Proposed
    Finland's autonomous Aland Islands proposed creating an international ship register that would prevent Finnish vessels from sailing under foreign flags, but would shield the islands' economy as well. Aland's plan also includes a new tonnage tax on vessels.

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Ahead of the election, Australia is arguing over who will oust China's Landbridge from the Port of Darwin
Darwin/Strathpine
Assurances to this effect were given by both Prime Minister Albanese and opposition leader Dutton.
US tariffs will cause a four percentage point reduction in the expected volume of world trade
Geneva
The World Trade Organization believes so
84% of new constructions ordered by the Italian navy will be built in China
Rome
Analysis by the Confitarma Study Center on the possible impacts of US duties on the national shipping industry
GNV ships will call at Algerian ports for the first time
Genoa
In summer, the weekly connections Sète-Algiers and Sète-Bejaia will be activated
Boluda Towage and Marsa Maroc to operate towage services in the new port of Nador West Med
Valencia
Denton (ICC): Trump's tariffs pose a crucial challenge to rules-based trade governance
Denton (ICC): Trump's tariffs pose a crucial challenge to rules-based trade governance
Paris
Rather, he stressed, multilateral solutions are needed to resolve the long-standing inefficiencies and inequalities in the global trading system.
Guerrieri appointed extraordinary commissioner of the Northern Tyrrhenian Sea Port Authority
Leghorn
The mandate granted by MIT has no expiration date
APM Terminals buys the Panama Canal Railway Company
The Hague
The company operates the railway line parallel and adjacent to the Panama Canal
Piloda plans a hub for ship repair, refitting and demolition in the port of Brindisi
Naples
Expression of interest for the reconversion and reindustrialization of the former coal power plant area
Kuehne+Nagel to handle spare parts logistics for Changan electric cars in the European market
Schindellegi
Agreement with the Chinese car manufacturer
A.P. Møller Holding submits offer to acquire entire share capital of towing company Svitzer
AP Møller Holding submits offer to acquire entire share capital of towing company Svitzer
Copenhagen
The Mærsk family investment company already owns 47.0% of the company
Public interest declared for MSC, Neri and Lorenzini's project for a new container terminal in Livorno
Slight annual growth in freight traffic in Italian ports driven by containers
Slight annual growth in freight traffic in Italian ports driven by containers
Rome
In the container segment, the strong increase in transhipments offset the decline in imports and exports
Turkey's Desan Shipyard in talks to take over Mangalia shipyard
Bucharest
The Tuzla plant is much smaller than the Romanian one
Six international shipping associations present a guide to planning safe navigation
London
TUI awards Fincantieri contract for two new cruise ships for Marella Cruises
Hanover/Trieste
Deliveries are scheduled for 2030 and 2032
ESPO urges EU and Member States to allocate funds to decarbonise ships and ports
Brussels
Earmarking Innovation Fund proceeds to stimulate demand for clean marine fuels
China Antitrust Launches Investigation into Hutchison Ports' Panama Terminal Sale
Beijing/Hong Kong
Panama Ports Company operates the Balboa and Cristobal ports
PSA posts annual revenue growth, but profits fall
Singapore
Sharp increase in operating costs across the board
Temporary Port Labor Supply Company in Cagliari Extended for Another 18 Months
Cagliari
In 2024, cargo traffic in Chinese seaports grew by +3.5%
Beijing
Increase of +6.9% in traffic with foreign countries. In the first two months of 2025, 1.75 billion tons were moved (+1.6%)
Chinese container maker CIMC posts bumper 2024
Hong Kong
Almost 3.6 million containers sold (+372%). Record revenues
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AAL Shipping sceglie il sistema di consulenza marina di ABB per ottimizzare la flotta Super B-Class
In February, freight traffic in the port of Genoa fell by -4.4% and in Savona-Vado it increased by +24.5%
Genoa
Cruise and ferry passenger decline
ICS, Trump's proposed measures against Chinese ships risk having significant unwanted consequences, even for the US
Washington
Strong opposition to their introduction also expressed by the WSC
Intercargo, international measures for decarbonisation of shipping must be simple and clear
London
Gkonis: Must not compromise operational efficiency and smooth global transport of essential goods
Port of Barcelona invests 124 million to develop sustainable fuel traffic
Barcelona
Construction of three new moorings at Moll de l'Energia
In 2024, freight traffic in the port of Catania began to grow again. A decline in Augusta
In 2024, freight traffic in the port of Catania began to grow again. A decline in Augusta
Augusta
A total of 7.9 million and 23.0 million tons of cargo were handled
In 2024, the terminal operator HHLA recorded record revenues with a growth of +10.5%
Hamburg
Profit after taxes amounted to 56.4 million euros (+33.1%)
Launch of a public consultation for the updating of the PRPs of the ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado
Genoa
The involvement of territorial, economic and social communities is foreseen
ITU, ICAO and IMO highlight risks to maritime and air transport caused by attacks on satellite communications
Geneva/Montreal/London
London Government presents its strategy for decarbonising maritime transport
London
The measures for ports will be defined after a public consultation that will take place in the coming months
For security, military ships are not enough, merchant ships are also essential
London
TUI in talks with shipyards for two new cruise ships for Marella
Hanover
Slots available starting from the 2031 financial year
ANESCO, with the Port Employment Centers, accidents have decreased in the three main Spanish ports
Madrid
67% reduction in lost work days per year
Filt, Fit and Uilt, no to the transformation from "article 18" to "16" of the Livorno port company LTM
Leghorn
Unions ask port authority to block proliferation of new economic entities
Last year Fincantieri recorded record revenues and new orders
Last year Fincantieri recorded record revenues and new orders
Trieste
Folgiero: the first fruits of our strategy and industrial vision have been harvested
COSCO Shipping Holdings revenue increased by +44.8% in the fourth quarter of 2024
COSCO Shipping Holdings revenue increased by +44.8% in the fourth quarter of 2024
Shanghai
In the period, the container ships of the Chinese group's fleet transported 6.9 million TEUs (+13.1%). Containers on the Asia-Europe/Med routes fell
Porto Marghera, renewal of concession to Terminal Rinfuse Venezia
Venice
New 25-year contract. Investments of over 53 million euros expected
In the last quarter of 2024, container traffic alone increased in French ports
Paris
In the whole year, containers amounted to over 5.3 million TEU (+11.5%)
Carnival Sets New Low Season Quarter Records December-February
Carnival Sets New Low Season Quarter Records December-February
Miami
Positive outlook for the remainder of the 2025 financial year
Rail Losing Ground in Transalpine Freight Traffic Through Switzerland
Bern
In 2024, trains transported 25.7 million tons of cargo (-3.7%)
CK Hutchison's Port Division revenues grew by 10.8% last year
Hong Kong
In 2024, Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane recorded a net loss of -208 million euros
Rome
Revenues up by +11.7%. The group's freight transported increased thanks to the acquisition of Exploris
Port of Genoa, Ente Bacini requests new spaces and renewal of the concession
Genoa
Conference to celebrate the centenary of the company
The public meeting of the Italian Port Terminal Operators Association will be held in Rome on June 19th
Genoa
VARD to build offshore dive vessel for Dong Fang Offshore
Alesund/Trieste
The contract is worth 113.5 million euros
Next week Italian ports will participate in Seatrade Cruise Global
Rome
Initiative brand: "CruiseItaly - One Country, Many Destinations"
MSC Group Cruise Terminal Officially Inaugurated in the Port of Barcelona
Barcelona
In 2027 it will be equipped with a cold ironing plant
Marcegaglia and Nova Marine Carriers form NovaMar Logistic joint venture
Lugano/Gazoldo of the Ippoliti
A general cargo ship will transport raw materials to the steel group's plants
Liebherr achieves record annual sales in the maritime and port crane segment
Bulls
Strong demand for offshore and container handling equipment
The annual conference "Programming, Operation and Management of Transport Networks" in Genoa
Genoa
It is dedicated to the transport and mobility sector
Last year, 656 ships underwent repair work in Greece
Piraeus
Increase of five units compared to 2023
Port of La Spezia, cruise ship docking simulations completed at Garibaldi West pier
The Spice
Assagenti conference on the future of the profession of maritime agent and broker
Genoa
It will be held tomorrow in Genoa
Francesco Beltrano is the new general secretary of Uniport
Rome
He takes over from Paolo Ferrandino, who will continue to collaborate as a consultant
Stena Line presents a project for a ro-ro vessel capable of reducing energy consumption by at least 20%
Gothenburg
Introduced most of the innovative technologies currently available
Saipem awarded new contracts in Middle East and Guyana
Milan
The total value of the orders is approximately 720 million dollars.
Conference in Genoa for the centenary of Ente Bacini
Genoa
The company was established on 19 February 1925
Interporto Bologna Board of Directors Renewed
Bentivoglio
Stefano Caliandro Appointed President. Loss of 1.7 million euros in 2024
NYK invests 76 billion yen in NYK Energy Ocean Corporation
Tokyo
The newco has taken over the activities of ENEOS Ocean
Decarbonisation of maritime transport will be faster in the EU and the US
DHL Acquires CRYOPDP
Bonn/Nashville
The company provides courier services for clinics and healthcare
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Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
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Over a million to the port companies of Livorno and Piombino to acquire green vehicles
Leghorn
The ranking for admission to the PNRR-Next Gen Eu contributions has been published
COSCO Shipping Development Co.'s container sales increased by +204.1% in 2024
Shanghai
The related turnover increased by +124.0%
The call for funding for the purchase of electric vehicles in the ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado has been published
Genoa
Yang Ming Buys Three New 8,000 TEU Containerships
Keelung
They will be delivered between 2028 and 2029
Construction of a cruise ship for Regent Seven Seas Cruises begins in Marghera
Trieste
Fincantieri will deliver the unit in 2026
Federlogistica establishes operational offices in Spain and Brazil
Genoa
The aim is to go beyond theoretical cooperative relationships
Over a Ton of Cocaine Seized in the Port of Gioia Tauro
Reggio Calabria
If placed on the market it would have generated over 187 million euros
In 2024, the economic results of Interporto Padova reached record values
Padua
Revenues up +17%
Three ceremonies at the Saint-Nazaire shipyard for three new MSC Cruises ships
Geneva
New flagship "MSC World America" delivered
German railway company DB Cargo reduced losses in 2024
Berlin
Revenues down again. -9.0% drop in freight volumes
NovaAlgoma orders second 38,000 dwt cement carrier in China
Lugano
It will be taken over in 2027
Customs agreement between Italy and Brazil to facilitate trade
Brasilia
Mission of the Customs and Monopolies Agency in the South American nation
A team from La Spezia Container Terminal in Rotterdam to test advanced technologies
The Spice
ECT Hutchinson Ports Training Center Visited
The assembly of Genoese freight forwarders on Monday
Genoa
It will be held at the Palazzo della Borsa in Genoa
Assarmatori, in Italy the ferry segment cannot bear the burden of the EU ETS in a very fragile market situation
Brussels
Messina: Protecting shipping from the ideological excesses of the Green Deal
The website of the Port Authority Corps - Coast Guard has been renewed
Rome
It has become a single digital access point to documents and services
In 2024, inland waterway freight transport in Germany increased by +1.2%
Wiesbaden
The volume, at 173.8 million tonnes, is the second lowest since 1990.
APM Terminals Granted Port of New York - New Jersey Concession Renewal
New York
Contract for a period of 33 years. Investments of 500 million dollars are expected
Experimentation of crane automation has begun at the Interporto Padova terminal
Padua
The interport company awarded the "Industria Felix 2025 Award"
Container traffic in the port of Algeciras fell by -17.0% in February
Algeciras
Both import-export volumes and transhipment are decreasing
New cruise company Crescent Seas has been founded in Miami
Miami
The fleet, initially consisting of one ship from Regent Seven Seas Cruises, will grow to five units within the next five years
In 2024, the volume of vehicles transported by Wallenius Wilhelmsen's fleet decreased by -9.7%
Oslo
Traffic down on almost all global routes
Agreement between Assoporti and Assologistica and the Florida trade, transport and port authorities
Rome
It was signed today
In April a mission in Albania of The International Propeller Clubs - Italy
Genoa
It will take place on the 9th and 10th in Tirana and Durres
COSCO Shipping Ports revenues rose to a record $1.5 billion in 2024 (+3.3%)
Hong Kong
In the fourth quarter alone, a decrease of -3.0%
SO.RI.MA. (FHP group) granted a concession of an area of 125 thousand square meters in the port of Chioggia
Venice
Investments of 11.5 million euros expected over 25 years
PORTS
Italian Ports:
Ancona Genoa Ravenna
Augusta Gioia Tauro Salerno
Bari La Spezia Savona
Brindisi Leghorn Taranto
Cagliari Naples Trapani
Carrara Palermo Trieste
Civitavecchia Piombino Venice
Italian Interports: list World Ports: map
DATABASE
ShipownersShipbuilding and Shiprepairing Yards
ForwardersShip Suppliers
Shipping AgentsTruckers
MEETINGS
The public meeting of the Italian Port Terminal Operators Association will be held in Rome on June 19th
Genoa
The annual conference "Programming, Operation and Management of Transport Networks" in Genoa
Genoa
It is dedicated to the transport and mobility sector
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Damen Mangalia Unionists Protest Friday Against Possible Closure
(The Romania Journal)
Govt. to woo top ten shipping liners in world for Colombo port expansion
(Daily Mirror)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Relazione del presidente Nicola Zaccheo
Roma, 18 settembre 2024
››› File
Contship Italia’s intermodal network has been extended to the Gulf Terminal in La Spezia
Melzo
Connections with the inland terminals of Milan, Modena and Padua
Container traffic in the port of Valencia grew by +15.2% last month
Valencia
The overall volume of goods handled increased by +6.8%
The Northern Tyrrhenian Sea Port Authority obtains gender equality certification
Leghorn
It is the first Italian port authority to obtain this recognition
Container traffic growth weakens at ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach
Los Angeles/Long Beach
Last month, increases of +2.6% and +13.4% respectively were recorded
Assarmatori, the Italian government's position on the impact of the EU ETS on shipping and ports is good
Rome
Messina: fully understood the risks and distortions of European climate regulation
PSA Italy's Genoa port terminals awarded anti-corruption certification
Genoa
The UNI EN ISO 37001 standard defines the requirements for an effective anti-corruption management system
Assiterminal presents three projects for the sustainable transition of the Italian port sector
Rome
Work completed on docks 33 and 34 of the port of Civitavecchia
Civitavecchia
50,000 square meters of yards prepared
The completion and doubling of the Pontremolese is the dream-nightmare of the La Spezia port community
The Spice
Fontana: Money is not found when enormous resources are channeled into railway lines of dubious utility
Hanwha acquires 9.9% stake in shipbuilding company Austal
Sydney
Investment worth approximately 116 million US dollars
The European fleet is growing but competing fleets are growing at a faster rate
Brussels
Raptis (European Shipowners): investing ETS revenues in clean shipping technologies and fuels
Trasportounito has confirmed the national halt to the transport of goods
Rome
Proclaimed for the duration of five days from March 31st to April 4th
Container traffic in Hong Kong port increased by +9.1% in February
Hong Kong
However, for the second time in the last 25 years, cargo volume was below one million TEU.
Cargo traffic in Greek ports stable in Q3 2024
Piraeus
The increase in volumes transported on domestic routes has offset the decline in traffic with foreign countries
At the Vado Ligure container terminal a 21,000 teu container ship fully loaded
I go to Liguria
The 400-meter-long Cosco Shipping Nebula has landed
UIR proposes a permanent table for the development of intermodality
Verona
The main task is to build a project financing program.
Restructuring plan approved for Spanish company Armas Trasmediterránea
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Creditors' appeal rejected
The decline in cargo traffic at the port of Singapore worsened in February
Singapore
Containerized cargoes amounted to 27.4 million tons (-3.6%)
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