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February 13, 1999
Sched Netweb site
  • Taipei forecasts growth
  • Hyundai and Yang Ming share truck trade
  • GE SeaCo develops new boxes
  • China railways seek increased freight volume
  • K Line to carry Thai CKDs

Cargowebweb site
FEBRUARY 12, 1999
  • Maersk to buy Safmarine for $240 million
  • ECT not in Klaipeda, now perhaps in Tallin
  • Possibly El Al privileges for trucking
  • Norfolk expands in storage
  • Antwerp shuttle train frequency raised
  • Nedlloyd Flowmasters strengthens management
  • Northwest, Continental pilots cooperate; Agreement Northwest and Alpa

The Journal of Commerceweb site
Home
  • European railroads on track to merge
  • Matching cargo, trucks via the Net
  • Hong Kong still free-market city, but faces turmoil
  • 19 North Atlantic container carriers regroup to create a new TACA
  • Commerce Dept. socks Japan and Brazil over steel dumping
  • Two ships adrift in stormy Pacific
  • Brazil appeases regional neighbors with survival of Mercosur at stake
  • Portland's container operations returned to normal at the weekend
  • Farrell Lines opens new terminal in Chicago
  • Hyundai Merchant Marine opening three regional customer centers in spring
  • Feds say key witness in Teamsters probe lied
  • Philippine Airlines nears agreement with US carrier
  • United Parcel Services claims amendments will gut postal service reform bill
  • Overnite Transportation expands into Texas...
  • ... and rival American Freightways unveils a new scheduled service program
  • Amtrak, Utah Railway, re-sign maintenance contracts with Boise Locomotive
  • Mack Trucks targets line-haul market with new highway tractor
Transportation
  • FHWA gets few takers for highway tolls pilot
  • US, EU worlds apart in merger regulation
  • ABF joins Multipack in Mexico
  • How NTE matches goods and truck space
  • Logistics seen as key to entering China
Maritime
  • Freeze on in Hong Kong
  • Slater recruits task force to identify maritime needs
  • 1998's regional turmoil hit Singapore's Keppel, year-end earnings reveal
  • Miami port posts small gains, retools for future
  • Slaying of 23 sounds alarm about piracy
  • Optimism buoys OOCL in wake of Asian storms
  • Hong Kong ready for massive port expansion

The Journal of Commerceweb site
Home
  • European railroads on track to merge
  • Matching cargo, trucks via the Net
  • Hong Kong still free-market city, but faces turmoil
  • 19 North Atlantic container carriers regroup to create a new TACA
  • Commerce Dept. socks Japan and Brazil over steel dumping
  • Two ships adrift in stormy Pacific
  • Brazil appeases regional neighbors with survival of Mercosur at stake
  • Portland's container operations returned to normal at the weekend
  • Farrell Lines opens new terminal in Chicago
  • Hyundai Merchant Marine opening three regional customer centers in spring
  • Feds say key witness in Teamsters probe lied
  • Philippine Airlines nears agreement with US carrier
  • United Parcel Services claims amendments will gut postal service reform bill
  • Overnite Transportation expands into Texas...
  • ... and rival American Freightways unveils a new scheduled service program
  • Amtrak, Utah Railway, re-sign maintenance contracts with Boise Locomotive
  • Mack Trucks targets line-haul market with new highway tractor
Transportation
  • FHWA gets few takers for highway tolls pilot
  • US, EU worlds apart in merger regulation
  • ABF joins Multipack in Mexico
  • How NTE matches goods and truck space
  • Logistics seen as key to entering China
Maritime
  • Freeze on in Hong Kong
  • Slater recruits task force to identify maritime needs
  • 1998's regional turmoil hit Singapore's Keppel, year-end earnings reveal
  • Miami port posts small gains, retools for future
  • Slaying of 23 sounds alarm about piracy
  • Optimism buoys OOCL in wake of Asian storms
  • Hong Kong ready for massive port expansion

The Journal of Commerceweb site
Home
  • European railroads on track to merge
  • Matching cargo, trucks via the Net
  • Hong Kong still free-market city, but faces turmoil
  • 19 North Atlantic container carriers regroup to create a new TACA
  • Commerce Dept. socks Japan and Brazil over steel dumping
  • Two ships adrift in stormy Pacific
  • Brazil appeases regional neighbors with survival of Mercosur at stake
  • Portland's container operations returned to normal at the weekend
  • Farrell Lines opens new terminal in Chicago
  • Hyundai Merchant Marine opening three regional customer centers in spring
  • Feds say key witness in Teamsters probe lied
  • Philippine Airlines nears agreement with US carrier
  • United Parcel Services claims amendments will gut postal service reform bill
  • Overnite Transportation expands into Texas...
  • ... and rival American Freightways unveils a new scheduled service program
  • Amtrak, Utah Railway, re-sign maintenance contracts with Boise Locomotive
  • Mack Trucks targets line-haul market with new highway tractor
Transportation
  • FHWA gets few takers for highway tolls pilot
  • US, EU worlds apart in merger regulation
  • ABF joins Multipack in Mexico
  • How NTE matches goods and truck space
  • Logistics seen as key to entering China
Maritime
  • Freeze on in Hong Kong
  • Slater recruits task force to identify maritime needs
  • 1998's regional turmoil hit Singapore's Keppel, year-end earnings reveal
  • Miami port posts small gains, retools for future
  • Slaying of 23 sounds alarm about piracy
  • Optimism buoys OOCL in wake of Asian storms
  • Hong Kong ready for massive port expansion

Exim Indiaweb site
FEBRUARY 12, 1999
  • S. K. Saraf named FIEO (W) chief
  • CONCOR opens ICD at Daulatabad in Aurangabad district
  • Modvat credit rules eased
  • Minister hints at easier FDI guidelines
  • AEPC eases quota transfer curbs
  • 53 Spanish firms taking part in IETF
  • Plea to lift dumping duty on rubber
  • No levy on ships using Malacca Straits
  • Nylon units seek a fair deal
  • Prune gold import duty, says trade
  • Namibia invites Indian investors in manufacturing sector
  • Bumper onion crop on cards
  • Moscow wants India to lift HR steel dumping duty
  • New excise rules apply from 11 am of February 27
  • 11 SSI items removed from reserved list
  • Iraq seeks Indian farm equipment
  • Board of Trade revamped
  • S. K. Saraf named FIEO (W) chief

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
FEBRUARY 12, 1999
  • Shell chairman says crude price below $14 "could be here for some time"
  • Royal Dutch/Shell reports worst ever quarterly result
  • Mobil International Marine Fuels with unique Singapore initiative

Marine Logweb site
FEBRUARY 12, 1999
  • Why the Navy set fire to a woodchip carrier
    The 44,527 dwt, 1989-built woodchip carrier New Carissa could be burning off the coast of Coos Bay, Oregon, for days.
  • Mobil in VLCC venture with Onassis and Goulandris
    Mobil Shipping and Transportation Company (MOSAT) has formed a joint shipping venture with two leading Greek shipping organizations to acquire two very large crude carriers (VLCCs).
  • Norway's Kvaerner Fjellstrand wins contracts for three fast ferries.
    Orders from Egypt and Turkey include biggest single contract ever signed by the yard

Lloyd's Listweb site
  • Mobil in landmark Greek joint venture
    A LANDMARK three-way joint venture has been established by Mobil and two leading Greek shipowners to own the pair of VLCCs recently ordered at South Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries for the oil major's shipping needs.
  • Astilleros Espanoles chief quits
    Antonio Mendoza has resigned as chairman of Astilleros Espanoles, Spain's largest shipbuilding group, writes Tony Gray.
  • Finnlines expects downturn
    Finnlines group of Finland has warned that a decline in the country's economic growth coupled with the continued crippling of Russian transit traffic will adversely affect its bottom line for 1999. The group did not say whether it foresaw a loss.
  • Marathon looking for output boost
    Marathon, the oil and gas subsidiary of USX Corporation of New York, expects to boost liquids production in 1999 to 230,000 barrels per day, up 35,000 bpd from last year, before seeing it rise to to 260,000 bpd in 2001.
  • SCL staff 'thrilled' by takeover
    A P Møller's planned purchase of Safmarine Container Lines has been greeted as a very smart move by industry watchers, with the Danish company acquiring a good business carrying a strong brand name.
  • BLG beats off ECT competition for Klaipeda box terminal contract
    BLG Container, the container handling subsidiary of Bremen and Bremerhaven port company Bremer Lagerhausgesellschaft, has beaten off rival Europe Combined Terminals and signed a memorandum of understanding with UAB Viachema to operate Klaipeda port's new container terminal.
  • State agencies urged to use US shipping
    STRONG pressure on recalcitrant US government agencies to make greater use of US, rather than foreign-flag cargoships has been applied by influential senator Daniel Inouye.
  • Estraden in Harwich debut
    ARGOMANN'S newbuilding Estraden made her first call at Harwich Navyard Wharf yesterday, on her maiden voyage from Turku.

Fairplayweb site
FEBRUARY 12, 1999
  • Mobil forms Greek joint venture
    MOBIL has announced the formation of its new shipping joint venture with the Onassis Group and Petros J Goulandris Sons Group, to acquire two vlccs from Hyundai HI.
  • Grounded woodchip carrier 'set alight'
    US Navy demolition teams have ignited 1,000 tons of fuel aboard the grounded wood chip carrier New Carissa.
  • Hanjin containership adrift off Vancouver
    HANJIN Elizabeth, a 1991-built, 2,692 teu containership on charter to Hanjin is reported to be drifting about 60 miles south-west of Vancouver Island after a main engine failure
  • Preussag board approves HDW sale
    PREUSSAG'S supervisory board has approved the sale of a 50 per cent shareholding in German shipyard HDW to engineering group Deutsche Babcock.
  • Managers form strategic alliance
    SHIPMANAGERS Barber International and Norbulk Shipping (UK) are to form a strategic alliance to strengthen their purchasing power.
  • Europe-Asia rates 'set to recover'
    CONTAINER freight rates from Europe to Asia should start rising again this year, according to Vernon Rolls, conference manager of the Far Eastern Freight Conference.
  • BHP withdraws from trans-Tasman
    AUSTRALIAN mining company Broken Hill Proprietory has announced it is quitting the trans-Tasman shipping business.
  • Davie Industries wins more time
    CANADIAN shipyard Davie Industries and its parent, Dominion Bridge Corp, have been granted another reprieve by a Quebec court.
  • Japan's steel exports tipped to plunge
    JAPAN'S steel exports will fall by more than 6m tonnes this year to about 21m tonnes, according to the Japan and Iron and Steel Exporters' Association.
  • Yokohama budgets $318m for port projects
    YOKOHAMA port has budgeted '36.3bn ($318m) for construction and improvement projects during the next financial year.
  • Russia clouds Finnlines' profit improvement
    FINNLINES, the Finnish liner shipping group, has warned that the weakness of the Russian economy will hit 1999 profits..
  • Maputo has strategic role says P&O Ports
    P&O PORTS has suggested that its smallest facility, at Maputo in Mozambique, might become critically important in the event of political instability in neighbouring South Africa.
  • IUA sets up marine committee
    THE International Underwriting Association of London (IUA) has set up a marine technical and underwriting executive committee.
  • Neptun predicts return to profit
    NEPTUN Maritime, the Finnish passenger shipping group, predicts a profit for 1999 after booking a Fmk369m ($70m) pre-tax loss for 1998.
  • Eurokai links with Sepetiba terminal
    HAMBURG-based Eurokai Group has signed a three-year agreement to manage the TECON container terminal in Sepetiba, Brazil.
  • Moscow to get container service
    A NEW container service between German ports and Moscow will be started this month.

Traffic Worldweb site
  • Domestic package delivery carriers have been complaining for years that the U.S. Postal Service uses its monopoly position to engage in unfair and anti-competitive practices. But compared with Europe, the U.S. is a model of fair market competition. With the liberalization of Europe's postal industry, once sluggish national postal services such as Deutsche Post AG, TNT Post Group in the Netherlands and La Poste in France have entered the marketplace with a vengeance. With huge cash reserves from monopolies on domestic mail delivery and toothless enforcement from the European Commission, they appear unstoppable.
  • U.S. port officials fear if tax dollars are not provided by Congress to help them deepen harbors to between 45 and 50 feet, the newest generation of containerships will abandon U.S. ports for Vancouver and Halifax in Canada and Freeport in the Grand Bahamas. The American Association of Port Authorities is lobbying for quick passage of the Water Resources Development Act, which would provide federal dollars to help ports on both coasts deepen channels and make other improvements to enhance their competitiveness.
  • There's no shortage of electronic commerce startups these days. One of the newest is WorldSpy Corp., which opened its virtual doors in December. The company describes itself as an "online shopping portal" that allows consumers to do their comparison shopping online and even order directly from one of the approximately 30 manufacturers that sell directly to them through the site. The site culls articles from consumer publications and the Hearst publishing group for its product information. Consumers can log onto the site and check out 12 different categories, or "pavilions" such as electronics, jewelry or home and garden, for product comparisons.
  • Towne Air Freight has decided to disaffiliate with the American Trucking Associations' Air & Expedited Motor Carriers Conference unless there is a sharp reduction in its dues assessment. Towne Chairman Duke Downey says his company's financial commitment will rise from $520 currently for membership in the Air & Expedited group to around $50,000 under the new ATA dues structure. Besides Towne leaving, the entire Air & Expedited group could be looking for a new partner, Downey says, as specialized carriers seek more value for their trade association dollar.
  • As waves of alien plants and animals invade the U.S., the government sets up an Invasive Species Council to help mobilize a counterattack. Sound like an "X-Files" plot? It isn't. Hordes of exotic pests landing on U.S. shores have prompted the U.S. government to establish an interagency group to combat the problem. The implications for U.S. trade could be serious. Wood-boring insects that already have destroyed thousands of trees soon may be eating into shippers' bottom lines.
  • How far apart are the Western railroads and their customers on what are the "best practices" for railroad customer service? The two groups got an inkling of that at a recent rail shipper conference held in Houston Feb. 1. Whereas Union Pacific, Burlington Northern Santa Fe and Kansas City Southern focused on how new Internet technology will mean a bright future for the railroads and their customers, a shipper representative believed old-fashioned diligent work - on the part of real people - was just as important.
  • It's finally over. Much to the relief of shippers everywhere, the pilots of Federal Express ratified a five-year contract with the express carrier, ending a labor dispute that stretches back more than five years. Both sides claimed victory, but the contract is especially sweet for the pilots and their union, which struggled long to gain recognition. The new contract, which takes effect on May 31, is the first collective bargaining agreement between FedEx and the FedEx Pilots Association. At least 87 percent of the pilots, who are the only unionized workers at FedEx, approved the deal, which gives them a 17 percent pay increase over the next five years.
  • Mobile Security Communications officially acquired Xata Corp.'s Enterprise Technologies group. The company plans to make Xata Enterprise Technology's applications, particularly TBMS, a core part of its corporate strategy, said Thad Eidman, president and COO of Mobile Security Communications. TBMS, or Transportation Breakdown and Management System, assists fleets with breakdowns and service needs and includes XET's other main application, Dealer Locator, a database of 30,000 service facilities in 35 categories with street-level maps for each location. Eidman expects XET to be profitable in 60 days, although Xata Corp. lost money with the unit. TBMS will be packaged with services offered by MSC to create a "total solution."
  • Canadian highway accidents involving transport trucks should be investigated by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada rather than provincial or local police forces, according to a special Canadian Senate committee on transportation safety. The Canadian trucking industry is provincially regulated and accidents are investigated by police who likely have little training in what to look. The report urged the board be put in charge of examining collisions involving trucks over 4,500 kilograms.

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FROM THE HOME PAGE
The liner shipping industry contributes substantially to the U.S. economy.
Washington
This is highlighted by an analysis carried out by S&P Global Market Intelligence on behalf of WSC and PMSA
Toll worsens from explosion in Iranian port of Shahid Rajaee
Tehran
It caused 46 deaths and injured over 1,200 people
Tender for concession of container terminal at Ukrainian port of Chornomorsk to be announced by mid-year
Kiev
The management will include the general cargo terminal
CEVA Logistics (CMA CGM group) will buy the Turkish Borusan Lojistik
Istanbul/Marseille
Wärtsilä's first quarter is positive
Helsinki
New orders value growth slows
ESPO: The EU Parliament's Budget Committee's request for more funding for transport, energy and infrastructure is welcome
Brussels
The importance of financing TEN-T networks to enable their adaptation for both military and civilian dual-use purposes was highlighted
Solidarity contribution for the families of port workers who are victims of accidents at work
Rome
It was established by the National Bilateral Port Authority
Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore Division Reports Record Quarterly Revenue
Neuilly-sur-Seine
New historical peak also for the classified fleet
PSA reportedly considering selling its 20% stake in Hutchison Ports
Singapore
This is according to "Reuters", which had already floated this hypothesis at the end of 2022
Federagenti, Italy must give a sharp acceleration to the projects of ZES, free zones and Special Logistics Zones
Rome
Pessina: There is no space for reflections prey to bureaucracy
In the first quarter of this year, freight traffic in the port of Rotterdam decreased by -5.8%.
Rotterdam
Both disembarkation (-3.1%) and embarkation (-11.9%) loads are decreasing
Increase in container cargo is not enough for the port of Antwerp-Bruges to avoid a -4.0% decline in quarterly traffic
Antwerp
The decline in liquid bulk cargoes worsened (-19.1%)
The China Shipowners' Association considers the measures taken by the US against Chinese ships a typical example of unilateralism and protectionism
Beijing/Washington
The WSC reiterates that such measures could undermine American trade, harm U.S. manufacturers, and undermine efforts to strengthen the nation's maritime industry.
COSCO Expresses Strong Opposition to US Planned Taxes on Chinese Ships
Growing share of new entrants in European rail transport sector
Madrid
In 2023, rail freight transport performance decreased by -8%
New Chinese Ship Taxes That Will Only Raise Prices for Americans
Washington
The executive vice president of the US Chamber of Commerce denounced it
Tax amounts set for China-linked vessels arriving at US ports
Washington
Calculated on the basis of net capacity or container volume, they will be applied from October and will be progressively increased
International tender launched to award concession for new Casablanca port shipyard
Casablanca
It is the largest in Africa and has been unused since 2019
Federlogistica, the industry must stop approaching logistics only in terms of costs
Genoa
Falteri: a national control room composed of representatives of the logistics sector and industrial groups is necessary
ABB closes positive first quarter even if revenue growth is lower than expected
Zurich
Wierod: Our consolidated local-for-local approach protects us from the trade war
New global minimum wage deal for seafarers
Geneva
The level will rise to $690 from January 1, 2026 to reach $704 from 2027 and $715 from 2028.
Global trade in goods could fall by -1.5% this year
Geneva
WTO predicts. Okonjo-Iweala: Persistent uncertainty threatens to slow global growth, with serious negative consequences for the world
In 2023, around two-thirds of all goods moved in the EU were transported by sea.
Luxembourg
In the period 2013-2023, only the share of road transport increased, while that of other modes decreased.
Postal shipments of goods from Hong Kong to the US suspended
Hong Kong
Hongkong Post faces exorbitant and unreasonable tariffs due to unjustified and intimidating actions of the United States
Confitarma highlights the need for the decarbonisation strategy not to penalise shipping compared to other modes
Rome
Zanetti: also ensure that the implementation process takes into account the operational needs of the industry
Intercargo and Intertanko raise concerns over shipping decarbonisation deal
London
The complexity of the measure adopted by the IMO and the unusual procedure from which non-governmental organizations were excluded were highlighted
Pirate attacks on ships to spike in first quarter of 2025
Pirate attacks on ships to spike in first quarter of 2025
London
Sharp increase in incidents in the Singapore Straits
Interferry welcomes IMO agreement on decarbonisation of shipping, but finds strategy too complex
Victoria/Piraeus
Greek Shipowners' Association disappointed by failure to recognise essential role of transition fuels such as LNG
International Labour Organization Recognizes Seafarers as Key Workers
London
ITF and ICS: a historic moment
CMA CGM to acquire 35% of Egypt's October Dry Port
Cairo
The company operates a dry port in the industrial and logistics zone near Cairo
MSC Group's TiL to Take Full Control of Hutchison Ports Terminals
New York
Bloomberg reports this, specifying that the Panamanian terminals would be jointly managed with BlackRock
Draft regulation on decarbonisation of shipping approved by MEPC includes mandatory fuel standard and pricing of greenhouse gas emissions
London/Washington/Brussels
The establishment of a Fund to collect resources deriving from the pricing of emissions is foreseen
Task force of five associations for the relaunch of Italian rail cargo
Rome
Initiative by Agens, Assoferr, Assologistica, Fercargo and Fermerci
MIT indicates Matteo Paroli as new president of the ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado
Rome/La Spezia
The La Spezia port community also requests a name for the Eastern Liguria Port Authority
Le Aziende informano
Il retrofit ibrido-elettrico di ABB guida i traghetti dei laghi italiani verso un futuro più sostenibile
Confitarma underlines the importance of the shipping decarbonisation strategy being defined at IMO
Rome
The Italian Confederation specifies that it shares some of the USA's concerns
WSC Reiterates Trump's Measures for National Maritime Industry Are Bad for U.S. Economy
Washington
Kramek: Ready to support the administration with constructive proposals
Fincantieri and Accenture establish joint venture Fincantieri Ingenium
Trieste/Milan
The aim is to drive the digital transformation of the ship product and port logistics
Meyer Werft has delivered the new luxury cruise ship Asuka III to NYK Cruises
Papenburg/Emden
It has a capacity of 744 passengers and 470 crew members
As Trump formalizes measures to revitalize America's maritime industry, the nation's ports face a dramatic decline in traffic
Washington/Geneva
Okonjo-Iweala (WTO): With the escalation of trade tensions between the US and China, the exchange of goods between the two economies could decrease up to 80%
CK Hutchison denies allegations of breach of concession contract for Panamanian ports of Cristóbal and Balboa
Panama
Panama Ports Company emphasizes that it has complied with all legal obligations and contractual commitments
US Does Not Participate in IMO Negotiations on Shipping Decarbonization, Threatens Reciprocal Measures
London
Expressed opposition to any attempt to impose economic measures on ships based on greenhouse gas emissions or fuel choice
T&E urges MEPC to agree clear and ambitious measures to decarbonise shipping
Brussels
It is necessary - the association underlines - to set binding objectives
Meyer Yachts will build an ultra-luxury residential mega yacht for Ulyssia Residences
Miami
The ship will be 320 meters long and will be built at the Papenburg shipyard
Neapolitan Grimaldi Group wins $1.3 billion order for nine ro-pax ships
Neapolitan Grimaldi Group wins $1.3 billion order for nine ro-pax ships
Helsinki/Naples
Order at China Merchants Jinling Shipyard (Weihai)
Viking orders two cruise ships from Fincantieri with option for two additional units
Los Angeles/Trieste
The two ships under construction in Ancona for the American brand will be the first in the world to be powered by hydrogen stored on board
Antonio Ranieri is the new maritime director of Liguria
Genoa
He takes over from Admiral Piero Pellizzari who was discharged from the service upon reaching the age limit
In the first quarter of 2025, China's CIMC recorded a 12.7% increase in container sales
Hong Kong
Revenues grew by +11.0%
Last year, the revenues of the Chinese group CMPort increased by +3.1%
Hong Kong
In the first three months of 2025, port terminals handled 36.4 million containers (+5.6%)
The financial statements of the AdSP of Western Liguria and the Central-Northern Tyrrhenian Sea have been approved
Genoa/Civitavecchia
Konecranes revenues increased by +7.7% in the first three months of 2025
Helsinki
343 million euros of new orders for port vehicles (+37.5%)
Kuehne+Nagel posts first quarter of growth
Schindellegi
The logistics group's net sales amounted to 6.33 billion Swiss francs (+14.9%)
Application by TDT (Grimaldi group) for the construction and management of 50% of the Terminal Darsena Europa in Livorno
Leghorn
The company has requested an extension of the duration of the current concession
In 2024, 58 million invested in the modernization of the ports of Livorno, Piombino and the island of Elba
Leghorn
The final budget and the annual report of the AdSP have been approved
EIB advice to strengthen climate resilience of the ports of Volos, Alexandroupolis and Patras
Luxembourg
It will assist port authorities in identifying and managing climate risks
In the first quarter the port of Valencia handled 1.3 million containers (+3.4%)
Valencia
Transhipment traffic decline
The Management Committee of the Central Tyrrhenian Sea Port Authority has unanimously approved the 2024 financial statement
Naples
SOS LOGistica will acquire the qualification of Third Sector Entity
Milan
The association currently has 74 members
In the first three months of 2025, freight traffic in the ports of Barcelona and Algeciras decreased
Barcelona/Algeciras
Hupac transfers intermodal service with Padua to Novara
Noise
Until now the other terminal was the one in Busto Arsizio
PSA SECH has operated the first 400-meter train at Parco Ferroviario Rugna
Genoa
Capacity up to 20 pairs of trains per day
The 2024 financial statement of the Eastern Liguria Port Authority was unanimously approved
The Spice
The war clearance preparatory to the expansion of the Ravano Terminal in La Spezia is nearing completion
The Spice
The AdSP has invested over 600 thousand euros in it
Francesco Rizzo appointed president of the AdSP of the Strait
Rome
He has repeatedly denounced the uselessness of the construction of the bridge over the Strait
US aircraft attack Yemeni port of Ras Isa
Tampa/Beirut
38 dead and over a hundred injured
In 2025 Stazioni Marittime predicts an increase in ferry and cruise traffic in the port of Genoa
MIT Mobility Report Highlights Rising Demand for Both Passengers and Freight
Rome
In the first quarter, cargo traffic in Russian ports decreased by -5.6%
St. Petersburg
Both dry goods (-5.3%) and liquid bulk (-5.8%) are decreasing
Andrea Giachero confirmed as president of Spediporto
Genoa
The board of directors of the association of Genoese freight forwarders has also been renewed for the three-year period 2025-2028
Study for monitoring vehicular traffic in the ports of Venice and Chioggia
Milan
Order awarded to Circle and Arelogik
In Italy, the rail freight transport sector is in deep trouble
Geneva
Fermerci calls for making traffic incentives structural and increasing and for refinancing the incentive for the purchase of locomotives and wagons
Global Maritime Forum report on optimising ship calls to reduce emissions
Copenhagen
Virtual arrival and just-in-time arrival approaches proposed
In the first quarter of this year, container traffic in the port of Gioia Tauro grew by +15.5%
Joy Taurus
Construction of the "Dockworker’s House" has begun
GNV has taken delivery of the second of four new ro-pax vessels in China
Genoa
"GNV Orion" will be able to accommodate 1,700 passengers and transport up to 3,080 linear metres of cargo
After ten quarters of decline, container traffic in the port of Hong Kong returns to growth
Hong Kong
In the first three months of this year 3.39 million TEUs were handled (+2.1%)
Fincantieri acquires stake in WSense
Rome
The ninth FREMM unit "Spartaco Schergat" delivered to the Italian Navy
The new edition of the Practical Manual of Maritime Traffic has been presented
Genoa
Written by Assagenti, it turns fifty
Container traffic at the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles increased by 26.6% and 5.2% in the first quarter
Long Beach/Los Angeles
Trump's tariffs impact imminent
In the first three months of 2025, the port of Singapore handled 10.5 million containers (+5.8%)
Singapore
In weight, containerized traffic recorded a decrease of -1.4%
Regulations signed for LNG bunkering at Fincantieri shipyard in Genoa
Genoa
Define the methods of transferring fuel from ship to ship
Historic shipbuilding brands Uljanik and 3.Maj on the verge of extinction
Zagreb
The State confirms its intention to sell the shipbuilding activities at the two sites of Pula and Rijeka
Cambiaso Risso has completed the acquisition of the French Somecassur
Genoa
The transalpine company specializes in the insurance of super and mega yachts
New weekly train service between the port of Gioia Tauro and Verona
Joy Taurus/Verona
Operated by Medlog for the transport of refrigerated goods
EBRD looking for strategic partner for development of Moldovan river port of Giurgiulesti
London
International competition launched
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Turkish ports set new first-quarter cargo traffic record
Ankara
Historic peak of cargo imported from abroad
In the first quarter of 2025, freight traffic in the port of Taranto grew by +37.6%
Taranto
Increase of 854 thousand tons of solid bulk and 265 thousand tons of conventional goods
DEME buys Havfram, a company that installs offshore wind farms
Second Right/Washington
Transaction worth approximately 900 million euros
Rail transport of convoys for Rome Metro started from Reggio Calabria
Rome
Contract awarded by Hitachi Rail to Mercitalia Rail
In 2024, the volumes handled by Magli Intermodal Service decreased by -2%
Rezzato
Turnover stable
Yang Ming records first decline in turnover in March after 14 months of growth
Keelung/Taipei
Evergreen and WHL revenue growth continues
The European Commission has approved the acquisition of Germany's Schenker by Denmark's DSV
Brussels
The impact on competition in the markets in which the two companies operate is considered limited
Fincantieri - Kayo Agreement to Promote the Development of the Shipbuilding and Naval Industry in Albania
Trieste
Possible creation of a hub for shipbuilding and refitting in the region
Recent slight reduction in logistics costs for new factory vehicles
Brussels
Montaresi (AdSP Liguria Orientale) awarded with the "Port Oscar"
Miami
The event has reached its eighteenth edition
In the first three months of 2025, containers carried by OOCL vessels increased by +9.3%
Hong Kong
Revenues up +16.8%
The AdSP of the Southern Tyrrhenian and Ionian Seas wins in appeal against Zen Yacht
Joy Taurus
Company ordered to pay back rent
A large shipment of cocaine was seized in the port of Livorno
Leghorn
Two tons of drugs identified by Customs and Financial Police personnel
Navantia renews agreement with American cruise group Royal Caribbean
Miami
To date, the Cadiz shipyard has carried out maintenance, repair and refurbishment work on 45 of the group's ships.
Record cruise traffic expected in Italian ports this year
Miami
Cemar believes that growth will not stop even in 2026
HII-HHI Agreement to Accelerate US and South Korean Naval Production
National Harbor
The aim is to strengthen the naval industrial base of the two nations.
Panama Ports Company Accused of Violating Terms of Concession Agreement
Panama
Panama's Auditor General announced the filing of criminal charges
Colombo West International Terminal has become operational
Ahmedabad
It has a traffic capacity of 3.2 million TEUs
The conference "New sustainable marine fuels - Decarbonize Shipping" will be held in Genoa on Monday
Genoa
The new multifunctional border control structure PCF - PED/PDI Point completed in the port of Gioia Tauro
Joy Taurus
"Artificial Intelligence Comes to Port" Conference in Rome on Friday
Rome
It is promoted by the National Union of Port Enterprises
MSC Group's new cruise terminal inaugurated in Miami
Miami
It can accommodate three large ships at the same time
In February, traffic in the port of Ravenna increased by +2.1%
Ravenna
Bulk cargo increases, miscellaneous cargo declines
In 2024, Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane recorded a net loss of -208 million euros
Rome
Revenues up by +11.7%. The group's freight transported increased thanks to the acquisition of Exploris
Port of Genoa, Ente Bacini requests new spaces and renewal of the concession
Genoa
Conference to celebrate the centenary of the company
The public meeting of the Italian Port Terminal Operators Association will be held in Rome on June 19th
Genoa
VARD to build offshore dive vessel for Dong Fang Offshore
Alesund/Trieste
The contract is worth 113.5 million euros
PORTS
Italian Ports:
Ancona Genoa Ravenna
Augusta Gioia Tauro Salerno
Bari La Spezia Savona
Brindisi Leghorn Taranto
Cagliari Naples Trapani
Carrara Palermo Trieste
Civitavecchia Piombino Venice
Italian Interports: list World Ports: map
DATABASE
ShipownersShipbuilding and Shiprepairing Yards
ForwardersShip Suppliers
Shipping AgentsTruckers
MEETINGS
The conference "New sustainable marine fuels - Decarbonize Shipping" will be held in Genoa on Monday
Genoa
It will take place at the headquarters of the Port Authority of Genoa
"Artificial Intelligence Comes to Port" Conference in Rome on Friday
Rome
It is promoted by the National Union of Port Enterprises
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Proposed 30% increase for port tariffs to be in phases, says Loke
(Free Malaysia Today)
Damen Mangalia Unionists Protest Friday Against Possible Closure
(The Romania Journal)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Relazione del presidente Nicola Zaccheo
Roma, 18 settembre 2024
››› File
Next week Italian ports will participate in Seatrade Cruise Global
Rome
Initiative brand: "CruiseItaly - One Country, Many Destinations"
MSC Group Cruise Terminal Officially Inaugurated in the Port of Barcelona
Barcelona
In 2027 it will be equipped with a cold ironing plant
Marcegaglia and Nova Marine Carriers form NovaMar Logistic joint venture
Lugano/Gazoldo of the Ippoliti
A general cargo ship will transport raw materials to the steel group's plants
Liebherr achieves record annual sales in the maritime and port crane segment
Bulls
Strong demand for offshore and container handling equipment
The annual conference "Programming, Operation and Management of Transport Networks" in Genoa
Genoa
It is dedicated to the transport and mobility sector
Last year, 656 ships underwent repair work in Greece
Piraeus
Increase of five units compared to 2023
Port of La Spezia, cruise ship docking simulations completed at Garibaldi West pier
The Spice
Assagenti conference on the future of the profession of maritime agent and broker
Genoa
It will be held tomorrow in Genoa
Stena Line presents a project for a ro-ro vessel capable of reducing energy consumption by at least 20%
Gothenburg
Introduced most of the innovative technologies currently available
Francesco Beltrano is the new general secretary of Uniport
Rome
He takes over from Paolo Ferrandino, who will continue to collaborate as a consultant
Saipem awarded new contracts in Middle East and Guyana
Milan
The total value of the orders is approximately 720 million dollars.
Conference in Genoa for the centenary of Ente Bacini
Genoa
The company was established on 19 February 1925
Interporto Bologna Board of Directors Renewed
Bentivoglio
Stefano Caliandro Appointed President. Loss of 1.7 million euros in 2024
NYK invests 76 billion yen in NYK Energy Ocean Corporation
Tokyo
The newco has taken over the activities of ENEOS Ocean
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