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January 14, 1999
Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • DBS Bank sees room for growth in offshore market
    Main local ship financier still looking for deals despite industry downturn, economic crisis
  • Knowing pollution rules: MPA steps up drive
  • China detains suspected killers of cargo ship crew
  • Japan ship orders down 17.8% in '98
Air and Land Transport
  • Airlines win bid to limit US personal injury suits
    Recourse to local law will undermine uniform regulation of international air carrier liability: Supreme Court
  • BA, JAL announce marketing tie-up
  • Co-pilots use hints to correct pilots: study
  • Near-collision at Bangkok airport: pilot's poor English to blame
  • United to cut flights to Japan
  • Delta levies US$2 ticket fee on domestic flights
  • Volvo wants to sell AutoNov stake
Features
  • Making the best of bad times
    Collapse in volumes follows a huge rise in slotting capacity by carriers to SE Asia over the past three years
Columns
  • Backlog continues to grow

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • DBS Bank sees room for growth in offshore market
    Main local ship financier still looking for deals despite industry downturn, economic crisis
  • Knowing pollution rules: MPA steps up drive
  • China detains suspected killers of cargo ship crew
  • Japan ship orders down 17.8% in '98
Air and Land Transport
  • Airlines win bid to limit US personal injury suits
    Recourse to local law will undermine uniform regulation of international air carrier liability: Supreme Court
  • BA, JAL announce marketing tie-up
  • Co-pilots use hints to correct pilots: study
  • Near-collision at Bangkok airport: pilot's poor English to blame
  • United to cut flights to Japan
  • Delta levies US$2 ticket fee on domestic flights
  • Volvo wants to sell AutoNov stake
Features
  • Making the best of bad times
    Collapse in volumes follows a huge rise in slotting capacity by carriers to SE Asia over the past three years
Columns
  • Backlog continues to grow

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • DBS Bank sees room for growth in offshore market
    Main local ship financier still looking for deals despite industry downturn, economic crisis
  • Knowing pollution rules: MPA steps up drive
  • China detains suspected killers of cargo ship crew
  • Japan ship orders down 17.8% in '98
Air and Land Transport
  • Airlines win bid to limit US personal injury suits
    Recourse to local law will undermine uniform regulation of international air carrier liability: Supreme Court
  • BA, JAL announce marketing tie-up
  • Co-pilots use hints to correct pilots: study
  • Near-collision at Bangkok airport: pilot's poor English to blame
  • United to cut flights to Japan
  • Delta levies US$2 ticket fee on domestic flights
  • Volvo wants to sell AutoNov stake
Features
  • Making the best of bad times
    Collapse in volumes follows a huge rise in slotting capacity by carriers to SE Asia over the past three years
Columns
  • Backlog continues to grow

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • DBS Bank sees room for growth in offshore market
    Main local ship financier still looking for deals despite industry downturn, economic crisis
  • Knowing pollution rules: MPA steps up drive
  • China detains suspected killers of cargo ship crew
  • Japan ship orders down 17.8% in '98
Air and Land Transport
  • Airlines win bid to limit US personal injury suits
    Recourse to local law will undermine uniform regulation of international air carrier liability: Supreme Court
  • BA, JAL announce marketing tie-up
  • Co-pilots use hints to correct pilots: study
  • Near-collision at Bangkok airport: pilot's poor English to blame
  • United to cut flights to Japan
  • Delta levies US$2 ticket fee on domestic flights
  • Volvo wants to sell AutoNov stake
Features
  • Making the best of bad times
    Collapse in volumes follows a huge rise in slotting capacity by carriers to SE Asia over the past three years
Columns
  • Backlog continues to grow

Sched Netweb site
  • New HK-based logistics group
  • Sea-Land in Tianjin venture
  • Mainland firms get export rights
  • Le Havre brings down dues
  • Throughput record at JNP
  • P&O Nedlloyd volumes offset higher Asian costs
  • Philippine terminal operators feel squeeze
  • Airbus eyes China
  • Beijing deals with Asian fallout
  • German postal operator to buy Italian express company

Cargowebweb site
JANUARY 13, 1999
  • Unions support Greenpeace
  • $30 million for Hong Kong infrastructure
  • Pilots warning against reduction work in Panama Canal
  • KLM about to launch scheduled service to Shanghai
  • Broersma Transport takes over Dragt
  • BAX agreement re-endorsed by Xerox

The Journal of Commerceweb site
Home
  • Steel makers renew push for quotas
  • Brazil's surprise batters markets
  • Lawsuits: Retailers and factories mistreat offshore textile workers
  • New York puts dredging at center of plan to double volume by 2010
  • Railroads become first in transport to publicly report service performance
  • Polish outdoor markets suffer business falloff as visitors decline
  • Purolator Courier plane crashes on British Columbia island, killing two
  • Transport America sells its ailing Transport International Express unit
  • GE Capital boosts credit for U.S. Trucking Inc. to $11.8 million
  • Penske Truck Leasing to buy Wisconsin utility truck rental outfit
  • Old Dominion Freight Line buys Skyline Transportation
  • P.A.M. Transportation closes deal on Decker Transport and Van Houten Ltd.
Transportation
  • Locals hound FHWA for Nafta-related projects
  • Taiwan's EVA Airways launches cargo connections to India
  • Arab world's only cargo airline turns operations around, expects profit in '99
Maritime
  • Harbor tax, shipbuilding subsidies are key issues
  • Pilots assert Panama Canal risks will rise when US cedes
  • Anera official sees life after deregulation
  • Reefer market seen growing steadily
  • Death toll rises to 5 in explosion of tanker off Dominican Republic
  • Sea-Land may drop Montreal service for US East Coast
  • Singapore seems to be world's No. 1 boxport
  • Slot watch

The Journal of Commerceweb site
Home
  • Steel makers renew push for quotas
  • Brazil's surprise batters markets
  • Lawsuits: Retailers and factories mistreat offshore textile workers
  • New York puts dredging at center of plan to double volume by 2010
  • Railroads become first in transport to publicly report service performance
  • Polish outdoor markets suffer business falloff as visitors decline
  • Purolator Courier plane crashes on British Columbia island, killing two
  • Transport America sells its ailing Transport International Express unit
  • GE Capital boosts credit for U.S. Trucking Inc. to $11.8 million
  • Penske Truck Leasing to buy Wisconsin utility truck rental outfit
  • Old Dominion Freight Line buys Skyline Transportation
  • P.A.M. Transportation closes deal on Decker Transport and Van Houten Ltd.
Transportation
  • Locals hound FHWA for Nafta-related projects
  • Taiwan's EVA Airways launches cargo connections to India
  • Arab world's only cargo airline turns operations around, expects profit in '99
Maritime
  • Harbor tax, shipbuilding subsidies are key issues
  • Pilots assert Panama Canal risks will rise when US cedes
  • Anera official sees life after deregulation
  • Reefer market seen growing steadily
  • Death toll rises to 5 in explosion of tanker off Dominican Republic
  • Sea-Land may drop Montreal service for US East Coast
  • Singapore seems to be world's No. 1 boxport
  • Slot watch

The Journal of Commerceweb site
Home
  • Steel makers renew push for quotas
  • Brazil's surprise batters markets
  • Lawsuits: Retailers and factories mistreat offshore textile workers
  • New York puts dredging at center of plan to double volume by 2010
  • Railroads become first in transport to publicly report service performance
  • Polish outdoor markets suffer business falloff as visitors decline
  • Purolator Courier plane crashes on British Columbia island, killing two
  • Transport America sells its ailing Transport International Express unit
  • GE Capital boosts credit for U.S. Trucking Inc. to $11.8 million
  • Penske Truck Leasing to buy Wisconsin utility truck rental outfit
  • Old Dominion Freight Line buys Skyline Transportation
  • P.A.M. Transportation closes deal on Decker Transport and Van Houten Ltd.
Transportation
  • Locals hound FHWA for Nafta-related projects
  • Taiwan's EVA Airways launches cargo connections to India
  • Arab world's only cargo airline turns operations around, expects profit in '99
Maritime
  • Harbor tax, shipbuilding subsidies are key issues
  • Pilots assert Panama Canal risks will rise when US cedes
  • Anera official sees life after deregulation
  • Reefer market seen growing steadily
  • Death toll rises to 5 in explosion of tanker off Dominican Republic
  • Sea-Land may drop Montreal service for US East Coast
  • Singapore seems to be world's No. 1 boxport
  • Slot watch

Cyber Shipping Guide - Ocean Commerceweb site
  • Blue Star to Join Forces with Conference Group
  • MOL to Enhance Japan/S. America Service
  • Forwarder Group Names Shippers Association Manager

urgente online pressweb site
  • El transporte, responsable de la contaminación en Granada
  • Fomento adjudica la renovación de vía del tramo Tardienta-Huesca
  • La Generalitat valenciana invierte 14.000 millones en suprimir los pasos a nivel
  • Empresarios de Valencia construirán un puerto en el Mar Rojo
  • Programas de perfeccionamiento directivo en log'stica de fabricación y distribución
  • La alianza Qualiflyer Group lanza su programa para pasajeros frecuentes
  • Boeing vende 7 aviones a Lauda Air y espera reclamaciones multimillonarias de SAS
  • Bruselas aprueba nuevas ayudas para el enlace ferroviario bajo el Canal de la Mancha

Exim Indiaweb site
  • Yang Ming, K Line restructure Asia-Europe liner services
  • Industry united on need to rationalise duty structure
  • MOL, Navix boards clear merger plan
  • Vast scope to boost textile exports to Germany, says Chamber
  • Misconceptions about India in West : Oertli
  • Quicker drawback: Act amended
  • CSL completes major repairs on SCI's tanker
  • Karnataka blueprint for boosting food processing units
  • US puts off steel import ban
  • Sugar output up by 6.7 per cent
  • Truck freight rates may fall
  • SISI to hold buyer-seller meet in Chennai
  • Rice offered to Indonesia on deferred payment
  • Russia to import Indian goods worth Rs 2,500 cr
  • No stopping of silk imports, says Hegde
  • Saudi promising market for mayonnaise
  • Bangalore Garments Exporters' Association established
  • SEA projects higher edible oil import during Oct-Sept
  • WTC hosts meet with foreign trade facilitators
  • Rice exports to Bangladesh resume
  • Rajasthan forms advisory board to attract investments
  • CLRI helps tackle to reduce tannery pollution
  • Gold demand may stay weak till June
  • Ministry to part-finance steel exporters' dumping cases

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
JANUARY 13, 1999
  • Crude price receives blow from API figures
  • Coast Guard Publishes Interim Rule On Emergency Control Measures for Tank Barges

Cargonews Asiaweb site
DECEMBRER 28, 1998
  • CP takes over reins at ANZDL
  • SeaLand confirms vessel charter from Costamare
  • Evergreen pendulum set to swing in 1999
  • Samudera Shipping Line has commenced a new container ...
  • VICT to ease Ho Chi Minh operations
  • Subic focus on harbour
  • Cranes lift Mina forecast
  • Asian piracy attacks on the climb
  • Volatile year prompts consolidation

Lloyd's Listweb site
  • Vardinoyannis fights ruling
    LEADING tanker operator and oil trader Vardis Vardin-oyannis is preparing to fight a temporary order obtained in the UK High Court that prevents him from disposing of assets.
  • Cunard's new vessel may break price record
    THE new Cunarder, currently being tendered for by European shipyards, is likely to be the most expensive cruiseship ever built, coming in at between $550m and $600m.
  • ECT geared to maintain momentum
    Europe Combined Terminals president Wouter den Dulk reviewed 1998 at a press conference yesterday, and gave reporters a glimpse of how the company will perform while the ink is drying on its new ownership structure.
  • UK North Sea oil gloom
    Britain's North Sea oil industry faces a bleak year, with the low crude prices which led to massive mergers and lay-offs in 1998 battering exploration and production plans, spelling doom for thousands of workers.
  • China holds gang after mass murder of bulk carrier crew
    IN what is developing into a horrific tale of mass-murder at sea, the Chinese mainland's Public Security Bureau is reported to have arrested members of a suspected piracy gang involved in the killing of the 23-strong Chinese crew of the bulk carrier Cheung Son.
  • Pleas over missing cargoship
    PLEAS for action made to the Philippines president Joseph Estrada by relatives of crew on the missing 5,141 dwt cargoship Pixy Marzo appear to be in vain.
  • Ecstasy fire sparks US safety fears
    THE US National Transportation Safety Board has expressed its concern over "potential injury and death" on the large bluewater passenger vessels operating from US ports.
  • Laskaridis takes over Cronus Airlines
    Greece's largest reefer operator, the Laskaridis family group, has confirmed it has taken over locally based Cronus Airlines as the country's mari-time community continues to show a marked interest in the aviation sector.

Fairplayweb site
JANUARY 13, 1999
  • Barge terminal for Venlo
    ROTTERDAM-based ECT (Europe Combined Terminals) is to add an inland barge terminal to its existing rail terminal at Venlo in the south east of Holland near the German border.
  • IMB concerned at new trend in piracy
    THE International Maritime Bureau (IMB) has warned of an alarming new trend in piracy, following the disappearance of yet another vessel and its crew
  • Anti-hijack tracking system is ready
    A SATELLITE ship tracking device intended to help locate hijacked ships is ready for implementation.
  • ROCL is now listed in Euros
    ROYAL Olympic Cruise Lines (ROCL) has changed its listing on the Brussels-based EASDAQ stock exchange into Euros.
  • ITF targets Singapore flag over crew abandonment
    THE International Transport Workers' Federation has tried, unsuccessfully, to persuade the Singaporean register to take responsibility for 24 crewmembers stranded in Vietnam.
  • Sri Lankan navy rescues tanker crew
    THE crew of a small oil tanker that had been waiting for repairs off Colombo since last August, were rescued by the Sri Lankan navy when the vessel developed a leak and almost sank.
  • Kulpi port gets the green light
    INDIA's Ministry of Surface Transport has given the go-ahead for the Rs8,000m ($188m) Kulpi port project on a build, operate and transfer basis, reversing its earlier decision.
  • SCI divestment plan accepted
    THE Indian Ministry of Surface Transport has accepted the Disinvestment Commission's recommendation to reduce the government's stake in the Shipping Corporation of India.
  • Thailand joins MARPOL convention
    AT a cabinet meeting today the Thai government agreed to sign up to the MARPOL convention.
  • Thai port workers to win 'tea concession'
    THAI maritime officials look set to concede defeat after efforts to stamp out the payment of kickbacks to local port workers have led to a series of productivity-hampering slowdowns.
  • Patrick boss says 'Sydney will deliver'
    EQUIPMENT upgrading by Patrick stevedoring at its Sydney facilities will deliver "world best practice" productivity by the end of 1999, according to Patrick chairman Chris Corrigan.
  • Australia carves out new markets
    AUSTRALIAN agricultural exporters have carved out new markets in North and South America for 1999.
  • Reliance arrests Emerald Sky
    RELIANCE Industries has arrested the Emerald Sky, the vessel alleged to have rammed and sunk the single buoy mooring at Hazira in Gujarat in October 1998.
  • Wijsmuller concludes Pallas operations
    WIJSMULLER has ended salvage operations on the cargoship Pallas, which ran aground off the North German coast in October 1998, and the wreck has been left to sink into the sands.
  • Arbitration due over Panama pilotage plans
    ARBITRATION is due to start on February 8 between the Panama Canal Commission and its pilots over working methods after the canal is handed over at the end of this year.

Daily Commercial Newsweb site
  • Melbourne, Brisbane rank and file approves P&O strategy
    WATERFRONT workers, members of the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA), in Melbourne and Brisbane have voted to endorse the union's negotiating strategy with P&O Ports.
    The Melbourne vote was said to be close and, therefore, there will be a great deal of interest in the Sydney meeting which will take place today.
    Last year the Sydney rank and file members rejected the recommendations of the MUA's federal council mainly as a result of opposition to the in-principle agreement which the union's federal office has reached with P&O Ports.
    Industry sources claimed yesterday they detected some "apprehension" on the Sydney waterfront ahead of today's meeting.
  • Smooth sailing for P&O Cruises Division
    1998 was a particularly good year for P&O's Cruises Division with the outlook remaining extremely positive.
    Releasing cruise statistics for the October to December 1998 period, P&O said that on
    anticipated increased capacity for the division of 16 per cent in 1999, bookings remain ahead of those at this time last year.
    Revenue yields are good while unit costs are reducing, the company added.
  • Maersk Line expands again
    DENMARK'S Maersk Line, already one of the world's premier shipping lines, has announced further expansion of its global services.
    With immediate effect the line said it will start a direct service between Europe and the French Antilles: Martinique, Guadeloupe and Trinidad & Tobago.
    The service will be fixed day weekly and offer direct sailings from ports on the following rotation: Antwerp, Felixstowe, Dunkerque, Rouen, Le Havre, Brest, Montoir, Algeciras, Pointe-A-Pitre, Fort de France, Port of Spain, Basse Terre, Fort de France, Le Havre, Antwerp.
    The first sailing left the Antilles on 9 January from Fort de France and the first departure from Europe will be from Antwerp on Monday.

›››File
FROM THE HOME PAGE
PORTS
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.
TRADE
US tariffs will cause a four percentage point reduction in the expected volume of world trade
Geneva
The World Trade Organization believes so
SHIPPING
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
SHIPPING
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
MARITIME SERVICES
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
TRADE
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.
PORTS
Guerrieri appointed extraordinary commissioner of the Northern Tyrrhenian Sea Port Authority
Leghorn
The mandate granted by MIT has no expiration date
SHIPPING
APM Terminals buys the Panama Canal Railway Company
The Hague
The company operates the railway line parallel and adjacent to the Panama Canal
SHIPYARDS
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
LOGISTICS
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
MARITIME SERVICES
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
PORTS
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
PORTS
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
SHIPYARDS
Turkey's Desan Shipyard in talks to take over Mangalia shipyard
Bucharest
The Tuzla plant is much smaller than the Romanian one
SAFETY & SECURITY
Six international shipping associations present a guide to planning safe navigation
London
SHIPYARDS
TUI awards Fincantieri contract for two new cruise ships for Marella Cruises
Hanover/Trieste
Deliveries are scheduled for 2030 and 2032
PORTS
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
PORTS
China Antitrust Launches Investigation into Hutchison Ports' Panama Terminal Sale
Beijing/Hong Kong
Panama Ports Company operates the Balboa and Cristobal ports
COMPANIES
PSA posts annual revenue growth, but profits fall
Singapore
Sharp increase in operating costs across the board
PORTS
Temporary Port Labor Supply Company in Cagliari Extended for Another 18 Months
Cagliari
PORTS
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%)
INDUSTRY
Chinese container maker CIMC posts bumper 2024
Hong Kong
Almost 3.6 million containers sold (+372%). Record revenues
Le Aziende informanoSponsored Article
AAL Shipping sceglie il sistema di consulenza marina di ABB per ottimizzare la flotta Super B-Class
PORTS
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
SHIPPING
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
SHIPPING
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
PORTS
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
PORTS
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
PORTS
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%)
PORTS
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
SAFETY & SECURITY
ITU, ICAO and IMO highlight risks to maritime and air transport caused by attacks on satellite communications
Geneva/Montreal/London
SHIPPING
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
SAFETY & SECURITY
For security, military ships are not enough, merchant ships are also essential
London
CRUISES
TUI in talks with shipyards for two new cruise ships for Marella
Hanover
Slots available starting from the 2031 financial year
ACCIDENTS
ANESCO, with the Port Employment Centers, accidents have decreased in the three main Spanish ports
Madrid
67% reduction in lost work days per year
PORTS
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
SHIPYARDS
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
SHIPPING
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
PORTS
Porto Marghera, renewal of concession to Terminal Rinfuse Venezia
Venice
New 25-year contract. Investments of over 53 million euros expected
PORTS
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
CRUISES
Carnival Sets New Low Season Quarter Records December-February
Miami
Positive outlook for the remainder of the 2025 financial year
TRANSPORTATION
Rail Losing Ground in Transalpine Freight Traffic Through Switzerland
Bern
In 2024, trains transported 25.7 million tons of cargo (-3.7%)
PORTS
CK Hutchison's Port Division revenues grew by 10.8% last year
Hong Kong
RAILWAY TRANSPORT
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
COMPANIES
Port of Genoa, Ente Bacini requests new spaces and renewal of the concession
Genoa
Conference to celebrate the centenary of the company
MEETINGS
The public meeting of the Italian Port Terminal Operators Association will be held in Rome on June 19th
Genoa
SHIPYARDS
VARD to build offshore dive vessel for Dong Fang Offshore
Alesund/Trieste
The contract is worth 113.5 million euros
PORTS
Next week Italian ports will participate in Seatrade Cruise Global
Rome
Initiative brand: "CruiseItaly - One Country, Many Destinations"
CRUISES
MSC Group Cruise Terminal Officially Inaugurated in the Port of Barcelona
Barcelona
In 2027 it will be equipped with a cold ironing plant
SHIPPING
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
INDUSTRY
Liebherr achieves record annual sales in the maritime and port crane segment
Bulls
Strong demand for offshore and container handling equipment
MEETINGS
The annual conference "Programming, Operation and Management of Transport Networks" in Genoa
Genoa
It is dedicated to the transport and mobility sector
SHIPYARDS
Last year, 656 ships underwent repair work in Greece
Piraeus
Increase of five units compared to 2023
PORTS
Port of La Spezia, cruise ship docking simulations completed at Garibaldi West pier
The Spice
MEETINGS
Assagenti conference on the future of the profession of maritime agent and broker
Genoa
It will be held tomorrow in Genoa
ASSOCIATIONS
Francesco Beltrano is the new general secretary of Uniport
Rome
He takes over from Paolo Ferrandino, who will continue to collaborate as a consultant
PROGRESS AND TECHNOLOGY
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
OFFSHORE
Saipem awarded new contracts in Middle East and Guyana
Milan
The total value of the orders is approximately 720 million dollars.
MEETINGS
Conference in Genoa for the centenary of Ente Bacini
Genoa
The company was established on 19 February 1925
FREIGHT TERMINALS
Interporto Bologna Board of Directors Renewed
Bentivoglio
Stefano Caliandro Appointed President. Loss of 1.7 million euros in 2024
SHIPPING
NYK invests 76 billion yen in NYK Energy Ocean Corporation
Tokyo
The newco has taken over the activities of ENEOS Ocean
SHIPPING
Decarbonisation of maritime transport will be faster in the EU and the US
LOGISTICS
DHL Acquires CRYOPDP
Bonn/Nashville
The company provides courier services for clinics and healthcare
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
PORTS
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
INDUSTRY
COSCO Shipping Development Co.'s container sales increased by +204.1% in 2024
Shanghai
The related turnover increased by +124.0%
PORTS
The call for funding for the purchase of electric vehicles in the ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado has been published
Genoa
SHIPPING
Yang Ming Buys Three New 8,000 TEU Containerships
Keelung
They will be delivered between 2028 and 2029
SHIPYARDS
Construction of a cruise ship for Regent Seven Seas Cruises begins in Marghera
Trieste
Fincantieri will deliver the unit in 2026
ASSOCIATIONS
Federlogistica establishes operational offices in Spain and Brazil
Genoa
The aim is to go beyond theoretical cooperative relationships
NEWS
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
FREIGHT TERMINALS
In 2024, the economic results of Interporto Padova reached record values
Padua
Revenues up +17%
CRUISES
Three ceremonies at the Saint-Nazaire shipyard for three new MSC Cruises ships
Geneva
New flagship "MSC World America" delivered
RAILWAY TRANSPORT
German railway company DB Cargo reduced losses in 2024
Berlin
Revenues down again. -9.0% drop in freight volumes
SHIPPING
NovaAlgoma orders second 38,000 dwt cement carrier in China
Lugano
It will be taken over in 2027
CUSTOMS
Customs agreement between Italy and Brazil to facilitate trade
Brasilia
Mission of the Customs and Monopolies Agency in the South American nation
PROGRESS AND TECHNOLOGY
A team from La Spezia Container Terminal in Rotterdam to test advanced technologies
The Spice
ECT Hutchinson Ports Training Center Visited
MEETINGS
The assembly of Genoese freight forwarders on Monday
Genoa
It will be held at the Palazzo della Borsa in Genoa
SHIPPING
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
INSTITUTIONS
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
RIVER TRANSPORT
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.
PORTS
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
FREIGHT TERMINALS
Experimentation of crane automation has begun at the Interporto Padova terminal
Padua
The interport company awarded the "Industria Felix 2025 Award"
PORTS
Container traffic in the port of Algeciras fell by -17.0% in February
Algeciras
Both import-export volumes and transhipment are decreasing
CRUISES
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
SHIPPING
In 2024, the volume of vehicles transported by Wallenius Wilhelmsen's fleet decreased by -9.7%
Oslo
Traffic down on almost all global routes
ASSOCIATIONS
Agreement between Assoporti and Assologistica and the Florida trade, transport and port authorities
Rome
It was signed today
ASSOCIATIONS
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
PORTS
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%
PORTS
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
MEETINGS
The public meeting of the Italian Port Terminal Operators Association will be held in Rome on June 19th
Genoa
MEETINGS
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
Autorità di Regolazione dei Trasporti
Relazione del presidente Nicola Zaccheo
Roma, 18 settembre 2024
››› File
INTERMODAL TRANSPORT
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
PORTS
Container traffic in the port of Valencia grew by +15.2% last month
Valencia
The overall volume of goods handled increased by +6.8%
PORTS
The Northern Tyrrhenian Sea Port Authority obtains gender equality certification
Leghorn
It is the first Italian port authority to obtain this recognition
PORTS
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
SHIPPING
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
COMPANIES
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
PORTS
Assiterminal presents three projects for the sustainable transition of the Italian port sector
Rome
PORTS
Work completed on docks 33 and 34 of the port of Civitavecchia
Civitavecchia
50,000 square meters of yards prepared
INFRASTRUCTURE
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
SHIPYARDS
Hanwha acquires 9.9% stake in shipbuilding company Austal
Sydney
Investment worth approximately 116 million US dollars
SHIPPING
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
TRUCKING
Trasportounito has confirmed the national halt to the transport of goods
Rome
Proclaimed for the duration of five days from March 31st to April 4th
PORTS
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.
PORTS
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
PORTS
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
INTERMODAL TRANSPORT
UIR proposes a permanent table for the development of intermodality
Verona
The main task is to build a project financing program.
COMPANIES
Restructuring plan approved for Spanish company Armas Trasmediterránea
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Creditors' appeal rejected
PORTS
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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