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September 6, 1999
Shipping Timesweb site
SEPTEMBER 3, 1999
Shipping News
  • Call for East Asia to join civil liability conventions
    Move to ensure compensation for oil spills: MPA director-general
  • Shipping lines withdraw Madras fee
  • Bangladesh deploys troops at Chittagong port
  • Kvaerner makes $10m pre-tax profit
  • Ever Decent moves to Zeebrugge
  • CMB profits slump in first half
  • Surcharge on empties
    Air and Land Transport
  • CAL's hope lies in fresh management
    Accident-prone Taiwan carrier needs shakeup and potential returns await reformers
  • Cambodia air hub set to take off
  • EC not probing Boeing, GE engine supply deal
  • British Midland in talks to join a world alliance
  • Log Book
Columns
  • The ports industry needs wise, shrewd operators - 6 Sep 1999
  • Singapore's initiative shows it is a responsible flag state - 25 Aug 1999
  • Large box ship orders up again - 26 Aug 1999
  • Master need not follow orders on taking specific voyage routes - 3 Sep 1999

Shipping Timesweb site
SEPTEMBER 3, 1999
Shipping News
  • Call for East Asia to join civil liability conventions
    Move to ensure compensation for oil spills: MPA director-general
  • Shipping lines withdraw Madras fee
  • Bangladesh deploys troops at Chittagong port
  • Kvaerner makes $10m pre-tax profit
  • Ever Decent moves to Zeebrugge
  • CMB profits slump in first half
  • Surcharge on empties
    Air and Land Transport
  • CAL's hope lies in fresh management
    Accident-prone Taiwan carrier needs shakeup and potential returns await reformers
  • Cambodia air hub set to take off
  • EC not probing Boeing, GE engine supply deal
  • British Midland in talks to join a world alliance
  • Log Book
Columns
  • The ports industry needs wise, shrewd operators - 6 Sep 1999
  • Singapore's initiative shows it is a responsible flag state - 25 Aug 1999
  • Large box ship orders up again - 26 Aug 1999
  • Master need not follow orders on taking specific voyage routes - 3 Sep 1999

Shipping Timesweb site
SEPTEMBER 3, 1999
Shipping News
  • Call for East Asia to join civil liability conventions
    Move to ensure compensation for oil spills: MPA director-general
  • Shipping lines withdraw Madras fee
  • Bangladesh deploys troops at Chittagong port
  • Kvaerner makes $10m pre-tax profit
  • Ever Decent moves to Zeebrugge
  • CMB profits slump in first half
  • Surcharge on empties
    Air and Land Transport
  • CAL's hope lies in fresh management
    Accident-prone Taiwan carrier needs shakeup and potential returns await reformers
  • Cambodia air hub set to take off
  • EC not probing Boeing, GE engine supply deal
  • British Midland in talks to join a world alliance
  • Log Book
Columns
  • The ports industry needs wise, shrewd operators - 6 Sep 1999
  • Singapore's initiative shows it is a responsible flag state - 25 Aug 1999
  • Large box ship orders up again - 26 Aug 1999
  • Master need not follow orders on taking specific voyage routes - 3 Sep 1999

Sched Netweb site
  • Mitsui orders three Post-Panamax vessels
  • Cosco HK to control Singapore
  • US military terminals close
  • Hong Kong terminals uncertain
  • Industry `voice' sets training trends
  • Manila to control wrongful claims by Filipino crew
  • Canada to reach decision on import markings
  • Delta receives green light for Zimbabwe schedule
  • DHL opens fifth Canadian gateway
  • Colombo gets development loan
  • BA's cargo capacity not cut, says chief executive

Cargowebweb site
SEPTEMBER 3, 1999
  • Frans Maas buys HIM Furness's logistics
  • Chiquita bananas by train to Poland
  • Belgians see opportunities after Betuwe route problems
  • Inland shipping growth through new radar system
  • British shippers against British tax regime

Cyber Shipping Guide - Ocean Commerceweb site
  • Box Traffic on Japan/China Route Keeps Growing
    Container traffic between Japan and China in July 1999 rose 4.8% over a year earlier to 91,617 TEUs, achieving a seventh consecutive month of increase.
    Containerized exports from Japan marked a two-digit year-on-year increase of 10.8% with 27,920 TEUs, while a growth rate of imports from China remained at 2.4% with 63,697 TEUs.
    Accumulated total for the first seven months amounted to 657,960 TEUs, up 19.2% from the corresponding period of last year.
  • COSCO Pacific Reports Flat Mid-Year Revenue, Profit
    Hong Kong-based COSCO Pacific Ltd., the container leasing and terminal operating unit of the China Ocean Shipping (Group) Company (COSCO), reported flat net profits and revenues for the first six months of this year.
    Profit slightly rose 0.1% to $67 million, while revenue dipped only 0.6% to $108 million. Its utilization rate of the leased container fleet was 96%, well above the industry average of about 80%.
    Throughput at the container terminals operated or partially owned by COSCO Pacific increased 27% during the period to 2.68 million TEUs. While container volumes handled at the Yantian terminal in South China grew remarkably, up 64% from a year before, those at the COSCO-HIT terminal in Hong Kong declined 1% on a year-on-year basis.
  • Yusen Air Announces Upward Revision on Business Results
    Yusen Air & Sea Service Friday announced an upward revision on its projected mid-term and full year business performance for fiscal 1999 ending March 31, 2000.
    On the mid-term basis, revenue is expected to amount to 25 billion yen from the previous projection of 24 billion revealed in May, ordinary income to 940 million, and net profit to 495 million from 270 million.
    For full fiscal 1999, revenue was adjusted to go up to 51 billion from originally projected 50 billion, ordinary income to 1,940 million from 1,450 million and net income to 1,020 million from 750 million.
    The Asian economies have been recovering faster than expected with a surge of computer- and semiconductor-related shipments from Japan and cost-saving efforts and effective space-purchasing also contributed to improved results, the company said.

urgente online pressweb site
  • Plan de Utilizaci'n del Puerto de la Luz
  • Iberia supera los 4 millones de pasajeros durante julio y agosto
  • "El transporte p'blico de viajeros en Catalu'a"
  • La UE aprueba la compra de AOM por SairGroup
  • Creada IGO Plus para el transporte combinado
  • Meritor y Friedrichshafen se unen para producir embragues y transmisiones
  • Concurso para un estudio de la UE sobre trenes transfronterizos
  • La Comisi'n publica un libro para informar sobre la pol'tica aduanera de la UE

Exim Indiaweb site
  • Impetus to shipping industry with wider role for DGS soon
  • Mark S. Fernandes re-elected President of BCHAA
  • Allcargo starts LCL service to Far East from JN Port
  • Mark S. Fernandes at BCHAA helm again
  • Gold importers hold back, expecting further price fall
  • Potential areas for Indian investments in Sri Lanka identified
  • Tyre exports rolling up
  • Flood of cheaper steel tubes, pipes from Nepal crippling industry
  • TN software exports spurt
  • Rlys hauling private equity in gauge conversion
  • Essar Shipping replacing old ships with capesize ones
  • 6 industries appeal for import curbs
  • Karnataka Court upholds ruling on entry tax
  • Concor ICD-Pithampur sets new handling, export records
  • Spices Board opens office in Bangalore
  • MoST still keen on Petronet LNG, SCI tie-up
  • Global tea prices to firm up on shortage
  • Pepper prices pep up on limited supply
  • Mitsui O.S.K. signs pact to charter 3 boxships

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
SEPTEMBER 3, 1999
  • SK Corp's HOU unit hit by fire again
  • Singapore market in consolidation mood today
  • New bunker futures expected to generate strong interest
  • Lukoil predicts growing Russian oil exports
  • US Gulf bunker market report
  • Latin America/Caribbean markets: Short avails in some islands
  • US and Canada East Coast market report
  • US and Canada West Coast market review: Spotty avails
  • Pan-African market review

Lloyd's Listweb site
  • ResidenSea near to Fosen yard deal
    Bahamas-registered ResidenSea is very close to naming Norway's Fosen Mekaniske Verksted as the builder of its long-delayed $260m luxury cruiseship vessel, The World.
  • Royal Caribbean to raise $400m
    ROYAL Caribbean Cruises plans to raise $400m through a share offer to help support its newbuilding programme.
  • Members slam capacity deal
    THE Association of Lloyd's Members, the mainstream group representing Lloyd's names, has criticised the Council of Lloyd's and Cox Insuarance Holdings over what it describes as a scam that has short-changed members providing capacity for the nuclear syndicate 1176.
  • MIF blames depressed market for 64% profit fall
    Tanker company MIF Limited, one of the highest-flying operators in the sector in terms of returns last year, has reported a 64% reduction in profits so far this year after a poor second quarter.
  • Plan had 'high level backing'
    A CHINESE master staged his own abduction at knifepoint to hoodwink his crew into participating in a people- trafficking mission, a US court heard last week.
  • Report delayed as clubs enter discussion
    The Liverpool & London Steamship Protection and Indemnity Association has delayed the publication of its annual report and accounts for the 1998/99 policy year.

Fairplayweb site
SEPTEMBER 3, 1999
  • Adsteam hustles Holyman
  • Hyundai fears impact of share rigging allegations
  • Germany to raise building subsidies
  • Eurogate agreement signed
  • Cracked hose stalls Ceylon crude unloading
  • Bergesen spends $73M in share buy-back
  • Losses deepen at Loki
  • Newcastle Waratah plans unveiled
  • Chennai port handles record box cargo
  • Thailand announces record box throughput
  • Tax-free oil products sale is 'smuggling'
  • Flooded bulker returning to Southampton
  • Hutchison handles 10 per cent of box traffic
  • Fremantle reveals inner harbour plan
  • Engine refit 'a milestone' for MAN B&W

The Journal of Commerceweb site
SEPTEMBER 3, 1999
Home
  • Accounting firms develop specialties in international trade, customs rules
    If a shipper needs help with a problem involving international trade or customs rules, there's a good chance he'll ask an accounting firm.
  • Online auctions come to ocean shipping
    Two online markets for ocean-carrier services will debut this month. But will shippers and carriers be interested?
  • Truckers continue job action at Baltimore port
  • Lloyd's finds director of Fenchurch guilty of misconduct
  • OTR Express names new vp sales and marketing
  • Transit Group forms new logistics division
  • Hong Kong Customs officials net largest haul of pirated video discs
Maritime
  • Slater's 20-year maritime plan may come this week
    Transportation Secretary Rodney Slater's Year 2020 maritime infrastructure report, overdue to Congress since July 1, has been completed and could be unveiled as early as this week.
    Slater, in an Aug. 30 letter, informed maritime executives he recruited to help write the report that final editing has been completed and that they will receive printed copies in early September.
  • Private port operators face fee limitations
    Indonesia's drive to improve efficiency of its ports through privatization may be blunted by its political determination to retain control of charges.
    The House of Representatives in Jakarta, the nation's capital, said port companies and their strategic partners are not entitled to set port service tariffs, including container terminal charges, even after privatization.
  • Feeder operators encounter resistance to surcharges
  • Ocean rates rise for India, Pakistan, Europe run
  • Shippers see benefits from consolidation
Insurance
  • Equitable becomes AXA Financial
    AXA Financial Inc. is the name for the new holding company that includes Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States, Alliance Capital Management LP, and Donaldson, Lufkin& Jenrette Inc.
    The company said the name was selected because it reflects the company's position as a provider of diversified financial services.
  • Insurance industry told to get online
    Though insurers are beginning to embrace electronic commerce, an IBM executive warned that the pace is too slow.
    "My biggest concern for this sector is that it's not moving fast enough into the e-world," said Ginni Rometty, general manager of IBM's global insurance sector.
  • Seattle port to seek $11 million for reimbursement of Y2K costs

The Journal of Commerceweb site
SEPTEMBER 3, 1999
Home
  • Accounting firms develop specialties in international trade, customs rules
    If a shipper needs help with a problem involving international trade or customs rules, there's a good chance he'll ask an accounting firm.
  • Online auctions come to ocean shipping
    Two online markets for ocean-carrier services will debut this month. But will shippers and carriers be interested?
  • Truckers continue job action at Baltimore port
  • Lloyd's finds director of Fenchurch guilty of misconduct
  • OTR Express names new vp sales and marketing
  • Transit Group forms new logistics division
  • Hong Kong Customs officials net largest haul of pirated video discs
Maritime
  • Slater's 20-year maritime plan may come this week
    Transportation Secretary Rodney Slater's Year 2020 maritime infrastructure report, overdue to Congress since July 1, has been completed and could be unveiled as early as this week.
    Slater, in an Aug. 30 letter, informed maritime executives he recruited to help write the report that final editing has been completed and that they will receive printed copies in early September.
  • Private port operators face fee limitations
    Indonesia's drive to improve efficiency of its ports through privatization may be blunted by its political determination to retain control of charges.
    The House of Representatives in Jakarta, the nation's capital, said port companies and their strategic partners are not entitled to set port service tariffs, including container terminal charges, even after privatization.
  • Feeder operators encounter resistance to surcharges
  • Ocean rates rise for India, Pakistan, Europe run
  • Shippers see benefits from consolidation
Insurance
  • Equitable becomes AXA Financial
    AXA Financial Inc. is the name for the new holding company that includes Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States, Alliance Capital Management LP, and Donaldson, Lufkin& Jenrette Inc.
    The company said the name was selected because it reflects the company's position as a provider of diversified financial services.
  • Insurance industry told to get online
    Though insurers are beginning to embrace electronic commerce, an IBM executive warned that the pace is too slow.
    "My biggest concern for this sector is that it's not moving fast enough into the e-world," said Ginni Rometty, general manager of IBM's global insurance sector.
  • Seattle port to seek $11 million for reimbursement of Y2K costs

The Journal of Commerceweb site
SEPTEMBER 3, 1999
Home
  • Accounting firms develop specialties in international trade, customs rules
    If a shipper needs help with a problem involving international trade or customs rules, there's a good chance he'll ask an accounting firm.
  • Online auctions come to ocean shipping
    Two online markets for ocean-carrier services will debut this month. But will shippers and carriers be interested?
  • Truckers continue job action at Baltimore port
  • Lloyd's finds director of Fenchurch guilty of misconduct
  • OTR Express names new vp sales and marketing
  • Transit Group forms new logistics division
  • Hong Kong Customs officials net largest haul of pirated video discs
Maritime
  • Slater's 20-year maritime plan may come this week
    Transportation Secretary Rodney Slater's Year 2020 maritime infrastructure report, overdue to Congress since July 1, has been completed and could be unveiled as early as this week.
    Slater, in an Aug. 30 letter, informed maritime executives he recruited to help write the report that final editing has been completed and that they will receive printed copies in early September.
  • Private port operators face fee limitations
    Indonesia's drive to improve efficiency of its ports through privatization may be blunted by its political determination to retain control of charges.
    The House of Representatives in Jakarta, the nation's capital, said port companies and their strategic partners are not entitled to set port service tariffs, including container terminal charges, even after privatization.
  • Feeder operators encounter resistance to surcharges
  • Ocean rates rise for India, Pakistan, Europe run
  • Shippers see benefits from consolidation
Insurance
  • Equitable becomes AXA Financial
    AXA Financial Inc. is the name for the new holding company that includes Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States, Alliance Capital Management LP, and Donaldson, Lufkin& Jenrette Inc.
    The company said the name was selected because it reflects the company's position as a provider of diversified financial services.
  • Insurance industry told to get online
    Though insurers are beginning to embrace electronic commerce, an IBM executive warned that the pace is too slow.
    "My biggest concern for this sector is that it's not moving fast enough into the e-world," said Ginni Rometty, general manager of IBM's global insurance sector.
  • Seattle port to seek $11 million for reimbursement of Y2K costs

Antwerpse Lloyd n.v.web site
SEPTEMBER 4, 1999
  • Frans Maas reprend la logistique EDC de HIM Furness
    Les groupes néerlandais Frans Maas et HIM Furness ont atteint un accord de principe quant à la reprise des activités logistiques de Furness par Frans Maas. L'accord concerne les centres européens de distribution (EDC) au Benelux, en France et au Royaume-Uni, ainsi que les représentations aux Etats-Unis et à Taiwan. La division beaucoup moins importante de logistique portuaire de Furness n'est pas impliquée.
  • Gand: MBI Beton s'installe sur l'ancien chantier naval de Langerbrugge
    Le port de Gand va acquérir de nouveaux trafics grâce à l'implantation sur le site de l'ancien chantier naval de Langerbrugge d'un des plus importants producteurs de dalles en béton européen, à savoir MBI Beton, qui va déménager ses activités de Grammont à Gand. Dans une première phase, l'implantation impliquera un investissement de 600 mio. de BEF (15 mio. d'eur), qui passera par la suite à un mia. dans le cadre d'une seconde phase.
  • Leman reprend le groupe suédois Continex
    L'entreprise suédoise Leman International System Transport AB a repris Continex Spedition en début de semaine. Cette filiale de Ziegler renforce ainsi sa présence entre l'Allemagne et la Suède.
  • La confusion règne dans les partenariats TEAM
    L'alliance TEAM existe-t-elle encore? "Oui", dit-on à la SNCB: "Avec un chiffre d'affaires de 1,63 mia. d'EUR, ABX Logistics est la figure de proue de l'Alliance TEAM et compte le rester". "Non", dit Alain Bréau, PDG de Mory Team et président en exercice du steering comittee (SC) de TEAM: "Je dois prononcer l'exclusion de la SNCB/ABX car elle a modifié ses alliances hors SC, en outre en contradiction avec le principe de base de TEAM, qui est de n'avoir qu'un partenaire par pays". Selon lui, il faudra un an pour que soit démêlé l'écheveau des partenariats et des contrats qui sont aujourd'hui parfois devenus contradictoires.

Marine Linkweb site
SEPTEMBER 3, 1999
  • Mitsui Orders Three Containerships
    Japan's Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd. has ordered three Post-Panamax container ships for delivery between March and September 2001. The three ships, to be built by Japanese shipyard Imabari Shipbuilding Co Ltd., will have a capacity of 5,500 teu. The ships would be deployed in the company's Asia-North Europe service run with partners APL and Hyundai Merchant Marine.
  • Sri Lanka Shipping Refuses To Remove Wreck
  • Bergesen Buys Its Own Shares
  • Royal Caribbean To Offer 10 Million New Shares
  • DNV Opens Virtual Shipyard

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In August, freight traffic in the port of Ravenna grew by +10.9%
Ravenna
Bulk cargo is on the rise. Miscellaneous cargo is on the decline.
Federlogistica has established its own representation in the Iberian Peninsula
Genoa
It will support Italian entrepreneurs operating in Spain
Boluda acquires Royal Boskalis' towage and salvage operations in Australia and Papua New Guinea.
Valencia
Transaction valued at $640 million
ESPO urges IMO States to formally adopt the Net-Zero Framework
Brussels
The association also urges the EU Commission to align European standards
The Port of Los Angeles plans to build a new container terminal.
Los Angeles
Invitation to submit expressions of interest
In the third quarter, Italy's connection index to the global containerized maritime services network grew by +2.7%.
In the third quarter, Italy's connection index to the global containerized maritime services network grew by +2.7%.
Geneva
The most significant growth in PLSCI was recorded by the port of Savona-Vado Ligure (+53.7%)
ONE will not charge surcharges for new US taxes on Chinese ships
Singapore
They will be applied starting from October 14th
Fincantieri and Aeronautical Service sign agreement for the use of composite materials in the naval, civil, and military sectors.
Trieste
Genoa Port Terminal concession renewal approved until 2054
Genoa
The terminal's operating conditions have been redefined, bringing them back to the multipurpose function, in compliance with the ruling of the Council of State and the PRP
PSA Italia-Logtainer and Rail Hub Milano-Medlog have submitted offers to manage the Interporto Padova intermodal terminal.
Padua
Cargo traffic in Chinese seaports increased by 4.5% last month.
Beijing
Containers amounted to 27.7 million TEUs (+6.8%)
The Netherlands is referring to the Court of Justice of the European Union the question of whether to entrust seafarers or dock workers with the lashing operations on smaller container ships.
In the second quarter, container traffic handled by Eurokai terminals grew by +16.4%
Hamburg
Significant growth of 16.1% in Germany. In Italy (Contship), volumes increased by 5.2%.
China enacted regulation in response to US taxes on Chinese-owned and -built vessels
Beijing
The new rules include the possibility of introducing similar countermeasures
New attack on ships transiting the Gulf of Aden
Southampton
UKMTO announced that a fire broke out on a vessel hit by a shell
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ITS Costruttori, il corso di alta formazione per entrare nel mondo di Fincantieri
Carnival closes its best quarter ever
Carnival closes its best quarter ever
Miami
The American cruise group announces a further strengthening of the growth trend in bookings
Marella Cruises sells Fincantieri slots for two new cruise ships to TUI Cruises.
Hannover/Trieste
With a gross tonnage of 160,000 tons, they will be larger than the units originally planned
GNV-Portitalia bridge agreement on lashing operations in the ports of Palermo and Termini Imerese
HMM will not introduce surcharges for new US taxes on Chinese ships
Seoul
The company will not modify scheduled services that stop in the United States
GATX Rail Europe signs sale-leaseback agreement with DB Cargo to purchase 6,000 railcars
Vienna
The transaction will be completed by the end of this year.
In the second quarter of 2025, freight throughput at the port of Bremen/Bremerhaven increased by +6.0%
In the second quarter of 2025, freight throughput at the port of Bremen/Bremerhaven increased by +6.0%
Bremen
Miscellaneous cargo is growing. Bulk cargo is declining.
India launches nearly $8 billion package to support its shipbuilding and maritime sectors
New Delhi
Shipyard production capacity expected to increase to 4.5 million gross tonnage per year
In the second quarter of this year, freight traffic in French ports fell by -0.4%.
Paris
Dry bulk and rolling bulk trades are declining. Container and liquid bulk trades are growing.
Antin Infrastructure Partners to acquire UK's leading marina operator
Paris/London/New York
It will take over ownership from British private equity firm LDC
Royal Caribbean agrees with Meyer Turku to build Icon ships for a decade
Miami
Order confirmed for a fifth Icon cruise ship and option placed on a seventh unit of the same series
Maersk announces it will not apply surcharges for new US tariffs on Chinese vessels
Copenhagen
The company assures that it will not make any changes to its services
Cochin Shipyard and KSOE enter into strategic collaboration in shipbuilding sector
New Delhi
The creation of approximately two thousand direct jobs is expected
DHL will resume freight shipments from Germany to the United States for corporate customers.
Bonn
They had been suspended due to the removal in the USA of the "de minimis" threshold for goods with a value of less than 800 dollars.
World Business Council for Sustainable Development Statement in Support of the IMO Net-Zero Framework
Ancona: Tax fraud in the shipbuilding sector
Ancona
Over €2.3 million in non-existent tax credits seized
CMA CGM buys British rail freight operator Freightliner
Birmingham
The transaction will be completed in early 2026
Containerized cargo at the port of Algeciras decreased by -9.4% last month
Algeciras
The 20-foot containers handled were 399 thousand (-0.7%)
Italferr participates in Europe's largest railway electrification contract
Rome
Activities within the Rail Baltica project
Freight traffic increased in the ports of Barcelona and Valencia in August
Barcelona/Valencia
In the first eight months of 2025, decreases of -1.6% and -0.3% respectively were recorded
In the June-August quarter, FedEx express courier revenues increased by +3.1%
Memphis
An average of 16.8 million express shipments were handled per day (+3.5%)
Breakthrough in the exploratory tunnel of the Brenner Base Tunnel
Milan/Rome
At 64 kilometers, it will be the longest underground railway connection in the world.
Tender launched for privatization of Croatian shipyard 3. MAJ Rijeka 1905
Zagreb
The starting bid is 6.66 million euros.
To decarbonize, shipping should join forces with other hard-to-abate sectors
London
This is highlighted by a report by Accelleron which believes that a critical mass of demand is necessary to overcome a stalemate phase.
COSCO Reassures Customers on Impact of New U.S. Tariffs on Chinese Vessels
Shanghai
We - the Chinese company assured - will maintain competitive freight rates and surcharges.
Shipping is still far from the target of 5-10% of fuel used coming from scalable, zero-emission sources by 2030
Copenhagen
The need to introduce incentives was underlined
Spain's Boluda acquires Transfesa's intermodal rail freight services.
Valencia
The agreement also includes industrial services, railway maintenance and shunting activities and intermodal terminals.
Til (MSC Group) to become a shareholder in Turkey's Petkim container port
Til (MSC Group) to become a shareholder in Turkey's Petkim container port
Baku
Agreement with the Azerbaijani oil group SOCAR
German and Austrian trailer manufacturers challenge EU regulation to reduce truck environmental impact
Berlin/Brussels
They denounce that its application leads to an increase in traffic volumes and therefore emissions.
The Venice Marghera station has been equipped with a track compliant with European TEN-T standards
Venice
A 740-meter freight track has been opened.
World Shipping Council introduces Cargo Safety Program to prevent ship fires
Washington
It is based on artificial intelligence and traditional goods inspections
Rheinmetall to enter naval shipbuilding sector by acquiring Naval Vessels Lürssen
Bremen
Lürssen Group to focus on megayacht production
The British government is investing half a billion pounds to reduce shipping emissions.
London
Private investments of 700 million expected
HMM signs new 10-year contract with Vale for iron ore transport
Seoul
It is worth around $310 million.
The Campania Port Authority reaches an agreement with UNIPORT and Assiterminal
Naples
The regional tax - highlights the port authority - risks undermining the competitiveness of ports
IAPH and WCO publish updated guidelines on cooperation between customs and port authorities
Tokyo/Brussels
Contributed by the World Shipping Council
ABB and Blykalla collaborate on nuclear marine propulsion
Stockholm
The agreement focuses on small modular fast reactors developed by the Swedish company
Saipem wins new offshore contract worth approximately $1.5 billion in Türkiye
Saipem wins new offshore contract worth approximately $1.5 billion in Türkiye
Milan
It is related to the third phase of the Sakarya gas field development project.
In the second quarter, freight traffic in the port of Civitavecchia grew by +5.7%
Civitavecchia
Record for cruise passengers this period
Uniport and Assiterminal oppose the additional fees demanded of port operators by the Campania Region.
Rome
Amount between 10% and 25% of the annual state fee
The first train from Belgium under the FS Logistix-Lineas agreement has arrived in Segrate.
Milan
Five return connections per week to Antwerp are scheduled
Modernization works are underway at the passenger terminal at the port of Igoumenitsa.
Naples
Grimaldi takes delivery of the PCTC "Grand Auckland"
Damage to submarine cables in the Red Sea
Portsmouth
According to the International Cable Protection Committee, the cause could be ship traffic
Dutch company Damen to build 24 naval vessels for British company Serco
Gorinchem/Amsterdam
Green light for a €270 million bridging loan to the shipbuilding company.
DP World to build and operate container terminal at Montreal's new Contrecœur port
Dubai/Montreal
It will become operational in 2030
Expansion work has begun at the Vienna South intermodal terminal.
Vienna
Annual traffic capacity expected to increase by 44%
In July, ship traffic in the Suez Canal increased by +0.8%
Cairo
In the first seven months of 2025, a decrease of -10.2% was recorded
In July, freight traffic in the ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado decreased by -3.0%
Genoa
The decline was limited by increased oil traffic in the Vado harbor. Ferry traffic dropped 9.9%.
Trump nominates Laura DiBella as chair of the Federal Maritime Commission.
Washington
The nomination of Robert Harvey as commissioner of the federal agency has also been forwarded to the Senate.
Genoa's new dam: a modification has been approved to allow for completion of work by the end of 2027.
Genoa
Phase A and Phase B works will be carried out rather than sequentially
Assiterminal, simplify and standardize dredging procedures to restore the operational competitiveness of ports.
Taranto Recommends: The Regasification Plant Would Promote the Port's Revitalization
Taranto
Melucci: a lifeline for the entire port system and for our city's economic growth.
Cargo and cruise traffic in eastern Sicily ports is on the rise
Catania
In the container segment, an increase of +27.9% was recorded
FS Logistix and Lineas form joint venture to manage the Antwerp Mainhub Terminal
Antwerp
Rail services between Antwerp and Milan expected to increase
Attack on a product tanker in the Red Sea
Southampton
A missile fell near the ship which suffered no damage
Sea trials have been completed for the new GNV Virgo ro-pax vessel.
Genoa
It will be GNV's first liquefied natural gas ship
In the first half of the year, Singamas' container sales decreased by -10%.
Hong Kong
The average selling price dropped by -3.8%
The new two-masted ro-ro ship Neoliner Origin will arrive in Livorno tomorrow.
Vado Ligure
It has a capacity of 1,200 linear meters of rolling stock
The refinancing of the Setramar group's capital structure has been completed.
Ravenna
Merli: a crucial step in our growth journey
Liguori's term as head of the Trieste Port Authority has been extended.
Rome
Confirmed in the role of extraordinary commissioner of the institution
Agreement to complete electrification work on the docks at the port of Gioia Tauro
Gioia Tauro
The 70 million euro investment to complete the project has been confirmed.
A Maersk delegation at the Grendi Group's container terminal in Cagliari's Porto Canale.
Milan
At the centre of the debate is the development of traffic towards North Africa
Port of Livorno: Protests over Gaza must not block operations.
Livorno
The members of the Partnership Body highlighted the need for it to be accessible to all vessels
Geodis appoints Maurizio Bortolan as CEO for Italy
Milan
It will coordinate the three business lines Contract Logistics, Freight Forwarding and Road Transport
GNV, agreement with Sicilian terminal operator Portitalia is positive.
Genoa
The company specified that the aim was exclusively to temporarily supplement the tariffs.
Two days of work with ESPO in Rome on the Mediterranean and European ports
Rome
Meetings organized by Assoporti
In 2024, 112 million counterfeit items were seized in the European Union.
Brussels
Record estimated value of 3.8 billion euros
Strikes and protests in ports, request for information from the Guarantor
Rome
Request for information from prefects, port authorities, and port authorities
Danaos Corporation has ordered two 7,165 TEU containerships from Dalian Shanhaiguan.
Athens
They will be taken into delivery in the third quarter of 2027
In the second quarter, freight traffic on the Austrian rail network fell by -1.4%.
Vienna
Only domestic traffic is growing
ALS (FBH Group) has acquired 80% of Trans World Shipping and Moda Express of USA.
Rozzano
The two companies have 500 employees and are active in Italy, France, the United Kingdom and the United States.
Circle's revenue increased by 62.1% in the first half of 2025
Milan
Net profit of over 1.0 million euros (+1.8%)
A Ukrainian delegation hosted by the Northern Tyrrhenian Sea Port Authority
Livorno
Cooperation in the field of training and safety at work in ports
The EIB is financing Phase A of Genoa's new breakwater with €300 million.
Luxembourg
The total investment is 937 million euros
This summer, GNV ships carried 1.7 million passengers (+9%)
Valencia
In the next few days the company will take delivery of "GNV Virgo", the first LNG-powered vessel
The project for the expansion, safety improvements, and extraordinary maintenance of the port of Pozzallo has been presented.
Pozzallo
It provides for the construction of the breakwater arm
Fincantieri delivers the new Star Princess cruise ship to Princess Cruises
Monfalcone
It has a gross tonnage of 177,800 tons and a capacity of 4,300 passengers.
A seminar on the new law on interports will be held in Milan on October 2nd.
Milan
It is organized by the Chamber of Commerce of Padua
Filt Cgil calls on port administrators and businesses to join the action against the Palestinian massacre.
Rome
This burden – the union highlighted – cannot be placed solely on the shoulders of dock workers.
The agreement between the Italian Merchant Marine Academy Foundation and the NATO Center in La Spezia has been renewed.
Genoa
The collaboration signed in 2023 has been confirmed
Fischer & Rechsteiner and Gimax International acquire BCUBE's Freight Forwarding business.
Genoa
The completion of the transaction is expected in the next few days
Fermerci outlines a dramatic scenario for the European rail freight transport sector
Rome
Rizzi: There is a real risk of a shift towards exclusively road transport.
Eni completes the sale of a 30% stake in the Baleine project in Ivory Coast to Vitol.
San Donato Milanese
The field was discovered in 2021 and production started in 2023
Sogedim opens a new branch in Modena
Mesero
Initially, the activity will be dedicated exclusively to UK export traffic and will then extend to other European markets.
The new PCTC Grande Svezia has joined the Grimaldi Group's fleet.
Naples
It has a maximum capacity of 9,000 ceu
The Cagliari City Council approves its opinion on the Sardinian Ports Development Plan.
Cagliari
Green light unanimously
The railway sector contributes 1.4% of the European Union's GDP.
Brussels
Study commissioned by CER
In the port of Naples, the Coast Guard has detained the bulk carrier Tanais Dream.
Naples
Serious irregularities found on board
Agreement to accelerate the implementation of robotics in Fincantieri's production processes
Trieste
It was signed with the Friulian Idea Prototipi
Sergio Liardo is the new general commander of the Port Authority Corps - Coast Guard
Rome
He takes over from Admiral Nicola Carlone
DBA to supply new Terminal Operating System for Georgia's Batumi Port
Villorba
The project includes all phases of development, testing and operational testing
Attack on a ship in the Gulf of Aden
Portsmouth
The captain reported hearing an impact in the water and an explosion
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
Danilo Ricci has been appointed managing director of Tarros Line.
La Spezia
He has held various positions in Italy and abroad within the group
Permanent discussion table between Confindustria Nautica and Federagenti
Genoa
This is provided for in an agreement signed today in Genoa
In the first half of 2025, cruise traffic in Italian ports grew by +6%
Venice
The twelfth edition of Italian Cruise Day will be held in Catania on October 24th.
SAL Heavy Lift buys two semi-submersible vessels from Pan Ocean
Hamburg
They were built in 2008 and 2012
30% of Sangritana Cargo will be acquired by the Marche-based company Transadriatico
The Eagle
The sale will be completed in the next few days
The eighth edition of "A Sea of Switzerland" will be held in Lugano on October 6th.
Lugano
Forum on economic and logistical integration between Ligurian ports, the Northwest manufacturing area, and Switzerland
DEME orders new cable-laying vessel from Singapore-based PaxOcean
Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht
It will be built in the Chinese shipyard of Zhoushan
Assoporti will meet at RemTech EXPO 2025 to discuss the green transition in Italian ports.
Ferrara
The Smart Ports Award was awarded to three Port System Authorities
The first shipment of Syrian oil in 14 years arrives at the port of Trieste.
London
Part of the cargo - S&P Global Commodity Insights reports - was unloaded at the Sardinian terminal of Sarroch
In August, freight traffic in the port of Taranto grew by +20.3%
Taranto
The ferry "Drea" was also rejected by the Apulian port, where however it is temporarily stopped
Container traffic at the Port of Los Angeles remained stable in August.
Los Angeles
Volumes expected to decline in the remainder of 2025
Meeting between the port authorities of Jacksonville and Livorno
Livorno
Among the objectives, to start one or more direct services between the two ports
Italian State Railways and ENAC sign an agreement for the use of drones in infrastructure monitoring.
Rome
They will also be used to fly over sections of the railway and road network that would otherwise be difficult to monitor.
A.SPE.DO, the port of La Spezia is essential to ensuring employment, development, and a future for the local economy.
La Spezia
Landolfi: We cannot afford to underestimate its value.
The MIT meets with the heads of the Italian AdSPs
Rome
Meeting on the government's strategic vision for the sector and port reform
Yang Ming orders Hanwha Ocean Co. to build seven 15,880 TEU container ships
Keelung
They will be delivered between 2028 and 2029
Over 40 expressions of interest have been received for the development of the Ukrainian port of Chornomorsk.
Kiev
Today the first meeting of the tender commission
The first commercial ship is expected at the public dock in Largo Trattaroli in Ravenna.
Ravenna
The car carrier "AICC Huanghu" is coming soon
Container traffic at the Port of Long Beach decreased by 1.3% last month.
Long Beach
Empty containers are increasing. Full containers are decreasing.
Assiterminal's Terminal Road Show is starting
Genoa
Cognolato: We want to strengthen our ties with local communities and territories.
Assoporti, the Italian ports' cruise offerings presented at the Seatrade Europe fair.
Hamburg
Giampieri: We are leaders in the Mediterranean area and in Europe
Commander Claudio Tomei, USCLAC president from 2012 to 2024, has passed away.
Viareggio
His strong commitment to improving the working conditions of Italian seafarers
In the first quarter of 2025, cargo traffic in Greek ports grew by +1.4%
Piraeus
Passengers down by -1.1%
HD Hyundai Samho Orders Four New Container Ships
Seoul
Order worth approximately 468 million dollars
Trieste: Fraudulent bankruptcy in the shipbuilding sector
Trieste
Investigation into a company based in Palermo
Container traffic in the port of Hong Kong fell by 7.4% in August.
Hong Kong
In the first eight months of 2025 the decline was -3.8%
BigLift Shipping and CY Shipping order two additional heavy lift vessels
Amsterdam
Order placed at Chinese shipyard Jing Jiang Nanyang Shipbuilding Co.
Container traffic at the port of Singapore continued to decline in August
Singapore
Total volume of goods increased by +1.1%
The Charthage ferry was placed under administrative detention in the port of Genoa
Genoa
A Coast Guard inspection found numerous deficiencies
Disney Cruise Line's largest ship's debut delayed by three months
Lake Buena Vista
Construction delays force the maiden voyage to be postponed until March 10th.
Shell to supply liquefied biomethane to Hapag-Lloyd containerships
Hamburg
Agreement effective immediately
Andrea Zoratti has been appointed general manager of Hub Telematica
Genoa
The company is controlled by Assagenti and Spediporto
Jotun and Messina sign agreement to improve the environmental and commercial performance of ships.
Genoa
The "Jolly Rosa" vessel will use the Hull Skating Solutions solution
PSA Genova Pra' announces the hiring of 25 people dedicated to container handling.
Genoa
Ferrari: International markets have changed profoundly
CMA CGM will not apply surcharges for new US taxes on Chinese vessels and Chinese services
Marseille
The rates announced by the USTR in April will apply from October 14th.
South Korean HJ Shipbuilding wins orders for four 8,850 TEU containerships
Busan
Orders with a total value of approximately 461 million dollars
Conference: "Waiting and Delays in Road Transport: Logistics in Check"
Genoa
Organized by Trasportounito, it will be held on September 26th in Genoa
GNV has inaugurated a new office in Barcelona
Barcelona
The company currently has 52 employees throughout Spain.
Port of Trieste: EU funding for two new projects
Trieste
Resources with a total value of 1.7 million euros
Filt Cgil, the Flotilla incident is serious. Dockworkers are ready to mobilize.
Rome
Union announces action if aid is not allowed to reach Gaza
Stena Line to buy Latvian port operator Terrabalt
Gothenburg
It handles rolling stock, bulk cargo, and general cargo traffic in the port of Liepaja.
In the first eight months of 2025, container traffic in the port of Gioia Tauro grew by +10.6%
Gioia Tauro
2,912,943 TEUs were handled
Meyer Turku begins construction of Royal Caribbean's fourth "Icon"-class cruise ship
Miami/Turku
It will be delivered in 2027
More than one in ten maritime shipments has shortages
Washington
This is what a report by the World Shipping Council has revealed, highlighting the safety risks
Last July, traffic in the port of Ravenna increased by +3.8%
Ravenna
In the first seven months of 2025, growth was +5.4%
In the first quarter of 2025, freight traffic in Belgian ports fell by -3.2%.
Brussels
Landings down 1.3% and embarkations down 5.4%
Product tanker High Fidelity rescues 38 migrants on a drifting dinghy
Rome
Intervention in the south of the island of Crete
GES and RINA sign agreement to develop a prototype of a new hydrogen battery
Rovereto/Genoa
PSA's second phase of container terminal at Mumbai Port inaugurated
Singapore
Annual traffic capacity will increase to 4.8 million TEUs
The conference "EU ETS - Perspectives and Opportunities for Decarbonization in the Maritime Sector" will be held in Palermo.
Rome
It will be held on September 18th and 19th
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
A seminar on the new law on interports will be held in Milan on October 2nd.
Milan
It is organized by the Chamber of Commerce of Padua
The eighth edition of "A Sea of Switzerland" will be held in Lugano on October 6th.
Lugano
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Korean Firms Reassess U.S. Investments After Mass Immigration Raid
(The Korea Bizwire)
Russia's infrastructure development plan aims to build 17 marine terminals by 2036
(Interfax)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Intervento del presidente Tomaso Cognolato
Roma, 19 giugno 2025
››› File
Fincantieri and PGZ sign an agreement to support the modernization of the Polish Navy
Trieste
The third LSS section for Chantiers de l'Atlantique was launched in Castellammare di Stabia.
In the US, funding for wind energy development projects in ports is being cut.
Washington
Resources worth $679 million will be reallocated for port infrastructure upgrades
From January 1st, Kombiverkehr will operate the PKV intermodal terminal in the port of Duisburg.
Frankfurt am Main
It has a traffic capacity of approximately 200 thousand intermodal units per year.
Wallenius Marine and ABB form Overseas joint venture
Stockholm
The aim is to accelerate the launch of the platform of the same name for improving fleet performance.
The Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport has asked the Region to agree on the appointment of Bagalà as president of the Sardinian Port Authority.
Rome
He is currently the extraordinary commissioner of the same body
DHL eCommerce has acquired a minority stake in Saudi Arabia's AJEX Logistics Services.
Bonn/Riyadh
The Middle Eastern company has two thousand employees
CMPort's port terminals handled record container traffic in the second quarter
Hong Kong
In the first six months of 2025 the total was 78.8 million TEUs (+4.3%)
Confitarma approves the decree on advanced training for tanker seafarers.
Rome
Applause to the General Command of the Port Authority Corps
Quarterly freight traffic in Moroccan ports increases
Tangier/Casablanca
In Tanger Med the growth was +17%
The board of directors of the Genoa-based Ente Bacini has been renewed.
Genoa
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