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October 14, 1999
Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Third Sea-Land exec joins NOL Europe team
    More appointments expected as shipping company streamlines its operations
  • Penang to expand Butterworth container terminal
  • Hanjin wins US$294m orders for 10 ships
Air and Land Transport
  • Boeing's third-quarter profit forecast to rise 33%
    Job cuts expected to boost bottom line of world's biggest aircraft maker
  • Aussie carmakers cut output as sales decline
  • BAA's Sep passenger traffic up
  • Virgin denies report of cash problem
Features
  • Looking overseas for growth
    Global business goal is to earn a third of revenues from terminals outside Singapore by 2007
Logistics
  • MNCs behind growth in logistics outsourcing
    Trend in Asia for multi-national companies to turn to a logistics provider
  • Move towards zero inventory, manufacturers urged
  • ACS, Pacer to expand Asia-North America distribution service
  • Bringing cost benefits and better service to companies
Columns
  • How an interest in golfing gave birth to Tiger Line

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Third Sea-Land exec joins NOL Europe team
    More appointments expected as shipping company streamlines its operations
  • Penang to expand Butterworth container terminal
  • Hanjin wins US$294m orders for 10 ships
Air and Land Transport
  • Boeing's third-quarter profit forecast to rise 33%
    Job cuts expected to boost bottom line of world's biggest aircraft maker
  • Aussie carmakers cut output as sales decline
  • BAA's Sep passenger traffic up
  • Virgin denies report of cash problem
Features
  • Looking overseas for growth
    Global business goal is to earn a third of revenues from terminals outside Singapore by 2007
Logistics
  • MNCs behind growth in logistics outsourcing
    Trend in Asia for multi-national companies to turn to a logistics provider
  • Move towards zero inventory, manufacturers urged
  • ACS, Pacer to expand Asia-North America distribution service
  • Bringing cost benefits and better service to companies
Columns
  • How an interest in golfing gave birth to Tiger Line

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Third Sea-Land exec joins NOL Europe team
    More appointments expected as shipping company streamlines its operations
  • Penang to expand Butterworth container terminal
  • Hanjin wins US$294m orders for 10 ships
Air and Land Transport
  • Boeing's third-quarter profit forecast to rise 33%
    Job cuts expected to boost bottom line of world's biggest aircraft maker
  • Aussie carmakers cut output as sales decline
  • BAA's Sep passenger traffic up
  • Virgin denies report of cash problem
Features
  • Looking overseas for growth
    Global business goal is to earn a third of revenues from terminals outside Singapore by 2007
Logistics
  • MNCs behind growth in logistics outsourcing
    Trend in Asia for multi-national companies to turn to a logistics provider
  • Move towards zero inventory, manufacturers urged
  • ACS, Pacer to expand Asia-North America distribution service
  • Bringing cost benefits and better service to companies
Columns
  • How an interest in golfing gave birth to Tiger Line

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Third Sea-Land exec joins NOL Europe team
    More appointments expected as shipping company streamlines its operations
  • Penang to expand Butterworth container terminal
  • Hanjin wins US$294m orders for 10 ships
Air and Land Transport
  • Boeing's third-quarter profit forecast to rise 33%
    Job cuts expected to boost bottom line of world's biggest aircraft maker
  • Aussie carmakers cut output as sales decline
  • BAA's Sep passenger traffic up
  • Virgin denies report of cash problem
Features
  • Looking overseas for growth
    Global business goal is to earn a third of revenues from terminals outside Singapore by 2007
Logistics
  • MNCs behind growth in logistics outsourcing
    Trend in Asia for multi-national companies to turn to a logistics provider
  • Move towards zero inventory, manufacturers urged
  • ACS, Pacer to expand Asia-North America distribution service
  • Bringing cost benefits and better service to companies
Columns
  • How an interest in golfing gave birth to Tiger Line

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Third Sea-Land exec joins NOL Europe team
    More appointments expected as shipping company streamlines its operations
  • Penang to expand Butterworth container terminal
  • Hanjin wins US$294m orders for 10 ships
Air and Land Transport
  • Boeing's third-quarter profit forecast to rise 33%
    Job cuts expected to boost bottom line of world's biggest aircraft maker
  • Aussie carmakers cut output as sales decline
  • BAA's Sep passenger traffic up
  • Virgin denies report of cash problem
Features
  • Looking overseas for growth
    Global business goal is to earn a third of revenues from terminals outside Singapore by 2007
Logistics
  • MNCs behind growth in logistics outsourcing
    Trend in Asia for multi-national companies to turn to a logistics provider
  • Move towards zero inventory, manufacturers urged
  • ACS, Pacer to expand Asia-North America distribution service
  • Bringing cost benefits and better service to companies
Columns
  • How an interest in golfing gave birth to Tiger Line

Sched Netweb site
  • DCL appoints new agents in Taiwan and Spain
  • Hong Kong Customs officials go back to school
  • China opens major expressway
  • Reefer groceries for Canada, US
  • Pacer names vice president for intermodal division
  • DHL opens new Express Logistics Centre in Hong Kong
  • Hong Kong's re-exports healthier than exports
  • Beijing Aviation Exhibition attracts 300 exhibitors

Cargowebweb site
OCTOBER 13, 1999
  • Deutsche Bahn accused of abusing its monopoly
  • Thyssen-Krupp sells transport companies
  • FedEx ceo Weise to be replaced
  • Airbus wins short haul order BA
  • Start of TNT Post's new airline delayed

Cyber Shipping Guide - Ocean Commerceweb site
  • Box Volume at Major Ports Rises in 1st Half of 1999
  • ASF Files Discussion Agreement with FMC
  • Trio Agree to Extend Joint Round-the-World Service
  • Carriers to Assess BAF on South Asian Cargo
  • Hapag-Lloyd Opens Shenzhen Branch
  • MOL's Forwarding Unit in Germany Awarded ISO 14001
  • Cathay Pacific Orders Two New Boeing Freighters
  • FedEx CEO Theodore Weise Announces Retirement

World Wide Shipperweb site
OCTOBER 13, 1999
  • Foss moving revamped tugs into California, Puget Sound services
  • Seattle WTO conference to be record
  • FTA grants $11.8 million to Washington
  • Rail Tex, Inc. sells 100% of stock in subsidiary Salt Lake City Southern
  • Corps reviews permit application to build Ranier plant for Gypsum

urgente online pressweb site
OCTOBER 13, 1999
  • Fomento licita estudio para la remodelación de la red ferroviaria de Valencia
  • Pamplona ampliara su ciudad de transporte
  • Logicon 99 arroja un balance muy positivo
  • El tráfico aéreo crece el 9 por ciento en Canarias
  • Perú diseña un plan seguridad para el efecto 2000

Exim Indiaweb site
OCTOBER 13, 1999
  • Bound rates of textile import items being worked out
  • France to showcase its know-how at Delhi fair in December
  • Legislation on dedicated road fund soon
  • Thomson too gives India a better rating
  • Steel firms to jack up prices
  • Rice being exported and imported!
  • World Spice Congress to be held in city
  • Keels laid for 2 MoPT tugs at HSL
  • Railways seek share in road cess funds
  • Assocham lists 10 tasks for new government
  • RBI may declare Jan. 1 a holiday
  • Law panel for ban on fruits, vegetables & meat export
  • Package may attract investments in food storage units
  • Garment exporters want quotas phased out in 3 years
  • Fieo plea on bill of entry at Chennai Port
  • Spices Board's advice to exporters
  • ACHAK takes up a noble cause

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
OCTOBER 13, 1999
  • Japan's No. 1 and 3 refiners to join forces
  • Asia heading for gas oil oversupply
  • Uncertain oil supply for Lithuania's refinery
  • Nervous markets with bullish undertone
  • Saudi posted prices go down, but Jeddah tight
  • Crude set to surge on massive US stock draw

Cargonews Asiaweb site
OCTOBER 11, 1999
  • APL and MOL expand alliance in Americas
  • Lobby pushes for Italian logistics hub
  • Bali talks to mull FTZ
  • Expansion adds gas to lease giant
  • Interpool plans put squeeze on industry
  • COSCO group suffers loss
  • German merger looking unlikely
  • Rail sale perks NOL performance

Lloyd's Listweb site
  • Revolution on the way at Fincantieri
    ITALIAN shipbuilder Fincantieri faces a cultural revolution to lead it back into profitability so it can be privatised, new managing director Pier Francesco Guarguaglini has told Lloyd's List In an exclusive interview, Mr Guarguaglini said that five months of studies and evaluations at the state-owned shipbuilder had delivered the industrial plan to reverse 1998's record operating losses of E319m ($341.3m).
  • Major boost for UK yards as state aid is extended to include conversion contracts
    UK shipyards received a major boost yesterday when the government agreed to extend state aid to conversion contracts as well as newbuildings.
  • Stena deal a boost for Golden Ocean
    STENA Bulk is taking over the management of up to three Golden Ocean VLCC newbuildings in a deal which will also give the Swedish company a significant equity stake in the vessels.
  • Microsoft chairman/Chief executive, Bill Gates . . .
    Microsoft chairman and chief executive, Bill Gates, makes a point at the Geneva Telecom 99 telecommunications industry fair this week that the software giant is keen to further extend its operations on the Internet.
  • Third ferry order for Minoan
    MINOAN Lines has ordered a third ferry from Samsung Heavy Industries in what may prove the first in a fresh outbreak of ferry-building contracts resulting from jockeying between heavyweight Greek companies for precious operating franchises in the Aegean.
  • Canaries firms given transport grants
    Manufacturers located in the Canary Islands will be eligible for grants covering transport costs under an aid scheme approved by the European Commission yesterday, writes Janet Porter.
  • Shipping calm on coup
    THE Pakistan flag fleet totals 57 ships with an aggregate tonnage of 401,152 dwt, according to Lloyd's Register.
  • Georgiopoulos tipped for Chevron tanker
    NEW York private shipowner Peter Georgiopoulos is tipped as the buyer behind the Chevron-chartered suezmax tanker in a $20m deal.

Fairplayweb site
OCTOBER 13, 1999
  • HHI re-writes Halla orderbook
  • Attica in confidential talks about new route
  • Stena Bulk in VLCC deal with Golden Ocean
  • Fincantieri unveils its future focus
  • SCI to acquire additional 1.5M DWT
  • Jingtang records throughput growth
  • BHP to sell Papua New Guinea assets
  • Manila urged to drop regulatory role
  • Shanghai terminal counts 10 millionth container
  • Grimaldi wins FIAT distribution contract
  • Adsteam picks up floating asset
  • India has new Surface Transport Minister
  • Ennore port incorporated as company

The Journal of Commerceweb site
Home
  • Eurokai terminal aggressively expands its coverage
  • Mergers, buyouts sweep industry
  • US to test multi-agency filing of data
  • More US-Japan talks planned, little action expected
  • U.S., Colombia break alleged cocaine ring that used containers to smuggle
  • Swissair, Delta, Sabena, Austrian end trans-Atlantic alliance
  • EU Commission OKs telecom merger
  • Electrical fault may be responsible for British Airways/Korean Air near miss in June
  • SUNY Maritime gets $1 million grant as first step of rebuilding plan
  • Sun Microsystems strengthens links to logistics software companies
Transportation
  • Swiss rail, German firm form transport venture
  • Rail impact reviewed by STB
  • Short line must pay for bridge
  • Kvaerner ASA to trim 3,000 jobs from oil, gas division
  • Package rates to rise in India
  • House passes bill to restore DOT authority
Maritime
  • West Coast trucks continue to operate, but further port unrest is threatened
  • Truckers halt blockade, return to Montreal port
  • China Shipping to start service Nov. 18
  • Inspections cause box cargo to slow
  • Mammoth cargo gets double treatment

The Journal of Commerceweb site
Home
  • Eurokai terminal aggressively expands its coverage
  • Mergers, buyouts sweep industry
  • US to test multi-agency filing of data
  • More US-Japan talks planned, little action expected
  • U.S., Colombia break alleged cocaine ring that used containers to smuggle
  • Swissair, Delta, Sabena, Austrian end trans-Atlantic alliance
  • EU Commission OKs telecom merger
  • Electrical fault may be responsible for British Airways/Korean Air near miss in June
  • SUNY Maritime gets $1 million grant as first step of rebuilding plan
  • Sun Microsystems strengthens links to logistics software companies
Transportation
  • Swiss rail, German firm form transport venture
  • Rail impact reviewed by STB
  • Short line must pay for bridge
  • Kvaerner ASA to trim 3,000 jobs from oil, gas division
  • Package rates to rise in India
  • House passes bill to restore DOT authority
Maritime
  • West Coast trucks continue to operate, but further port unrest is threatened
  • Truckers halt blockade, return to Montreal port
  • China Shipping to start service Nov. 18
  • Inspections cause box cargo to slow
  • Mammoth cargo gets double treatment

The Journal of Commerceweb site
Home
  • Eurokai terminal aggressively expands its coverage
  • Mergers, buyouts sweep industry
  • US to test multi-agency filing of data
  • More US-Japan talks planned, little action expected
  • U.S., Colombia break alleged cocaine ring that used containers to smuggle
  • Swissair, Delta, Sabena, Austrian end trans-Atlantic alliance
  • EU Commission OKs telecom merger
  • Electrical fault may be responsible for British Airways/Korean Air near miss in June
  • SUNY Maritime gets $1 million grant as first step of rebuilding plan
  • Sun Microsystems strengthens links to logistics software companies
Transportation
  • Swiss rail, German firm form transport venture
  • Rail impact reviewed by STB
  • Short line must pay for bridge
  • Kvaerner ASA to trim 3,000 jobs from oil, gas division
  • Package rates to rise in India
  • House passes bill to restore DOT authority
Maritime
  • West Coast trucks continue to operate, but further port unrest is threatened
  • Truckers halt blockade, return to Montreal port
  • China Shipping to start service Nov. 18
  • Inspections cause box cargo to slow
  • Mammoth cargo gets double treatment

Antwerpse Lloyd n.v.web site
OCTOBER 13, 1999
  • TACA: l'ESC s'insurge contre le "Business Plan 2000"
    "Les membres de la Taca révisée ont deux choix: ou ils poursuivent dans la voie des conflits juridiques, en opposition avec leur clientèle et avec comme corollaire des amendes pour abus dans le cadre de la concurrence, ou ils peuvent se dissocier du "business Plan 2000" de la TACA et coopérer avec leurs clients dans le but de créer un nouvel environnement commercial stable pour tous. Nous savons que de nombreux armements cherchent à réaliser ce dernier objectif et partant, ils recevront le soutien de leurs clients. Dans un communiqué l'ESC (European Shippers' Council), affirme son opposition au contenu de ce plan, qui prévoit ainsi que publié précédemment des adaptations tarifaires excessives de 600 et 750 dollars respectivement pour un 20' et un 40'.
  • Zeebrugge: le sort du FCT en voie de règlement
    Tout semblerait indiquer qu'une solution soit en cours de négociation en ce qui concerne le sort du FCT (Flanders Container Terminals), terminal à containers dans l'avant-port de Zeebrugge devenu fortement sous-utilisé depuis le départ de l'armement Cast, revenu à Anvers. En effet, des négociations sont en cours entre la MBZ et le groupe FCT en vue de trouver une solution positive allant dans le sens du maintien de la fonction de centre de transbordement pour containers. C'est ce que nous a confirmé Fernand Traen, le président de la MBZ.
  • Anvers: Star Shipping rationalise la représentation générale de ses services containérisés
    L'armement Star Shipping a décidé de procéder à une rationalisation de la représentation générale de ses services containérisés qu'il assure au départ d'Europe du Nord, vers la côte atlantique des Etats Unis, le Golfe US et la côte Pacifique. En ce qui concerne Anvers, il n'y a qu'un seul changement qui intervient, en ce sens que la fonction d'agence générale pour la partie du service axée sur les containers et assurant la desserte de la côte pacifique (Long Beach/LA et Oakland/San Francisco), passera dès le 30 octobre prochain de l'agence ACSA 92 à la firme Atlantic Cargo Services (Atlanticargo), qui intervenait déjà pour les services containérisés à destination de la côte atlantique des USA et du Golfe US. Toutefois, ACSA 92 reste booking et port agent.

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Cargo traffic at Chinese seaports fell by -0.4% in May
Beijing
Containers amounted to 27.5 million TEUs (+2.9%)
The administrative process for the new Port Master Plan for Augusta has begun.
Augusta
TiL (MSC Group) acquires 49% stake in Indian port of Vizhinjam
Mumbai
The stake was sold by Adani Ports for $1.4 billion
Hanseatic Global Terminals (Hapag-Lloyd Group) to acquire 20% of Eurogate Container Terminal Hamburg
Hamburg
The German shipping group will also increase its stake in the Moroccan Tanger Alliance
La Spezia is among the Italian ports that are most increasing their connections to container shipping lines.
Geneva
Among the other main national airports, Vado Ligure and Ravenna are losing connections
Spanish shipowners call for EU maritime ETS revenues to be reinvested in shipping
Madrid
Boluda: Spanish companies will inject over five billion euros into the system by 2030
Middle Eastern Gulf Cooperation Council states call for freedom of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz
Middle Eastern Gulf Cooperation Council states call for freedom of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz
Manama
Rejected any toll, tax or attempt to exercise control over the Strait
IMO suspends evacuation operations for ships awaiting transit through the Strait of Hormuz
London/Taipei
Evergreen says its container ship was hit while following the UKMTO-recommended route.
Four entities pre-qualified for the concession of the cargo terminals of the Ukrainian port of Chornomorsk
Gdansk
These are APM Terminals, Mariner/TAS, Yilport Holding and AD Ports/SKF Holdings UK
New attack on a ship transiting the Strait of Hormuz
Southampton
The container ship Ever Lovely was hit by a shell off the coast of Oman.
In 2025, 1,478 containers were lost at sea out of a total of 280 million transported by ships
Washington
On January 1st, the IMO regulation came into force which makes reporting of boxes lost at sea mandatory
BIMCO and ICS' latest report on the maritime workforce raises alarm over officer shortages
London/Bagsværd
In 2026, there will be a shortage of 39,100 STCW certified officers.
In 2025, intermodal traffic handled by Kombiverkehr decreased by -13.5%
Frankfurt am Main
Annual revenues down 8.3%
The government's proposal to update the rules on port governance raises more than one doubt
Rome
Costa: The lack of infrastructure planning cannot be solved with a joint stock company
MSC Cruises and Meyer Werft have not yet signed contracts for four new cruise ships plus two options.
Papenburg/Geneva
The companies expressed confidence that they could successfully conclude negotiations in the coming weeks.
The LSCI index of Italy's connection to the global network of containerized maritime services continues to grow.
The LSCI index of Italy's connection to the global network of containerized maritime services continues to grow.
Geneva
In the second quarter of 2026 it was equal to 290.0 (+2.3%)
AD Ports has completed the acquisition of an 81% stake in Global Feeder Shipping.
Abu Dhabi
In 2025, the company's ships carried 2.8 million containers
An evacuation plan has been established for ships still waiting to transit the Strait of Hormuz.
London/Muscat
Dominguez (IMO): The operation will be carried out in close cooperation with Iran, Oman, all other coastal states in the region, the USA and the maritime industry
Carnival Cruise Line Reports Record Revenue for March-May Quarter
Carnival Cruise Line Reports Record Revenue for March-May Quarter
Miami
Fuel costs rise to near-record levels in 2022
Reducing navigation speed and optimizing port calls are the key to decarbonizing shipping
Copenhagen
A new study by the Global Maritime Forum highlights this.
ECSA and A4E reiterate the need to allocate EU ETS revenues to the decarbonisation of ships and aircraft
Brussels
Essential to bridge the price gap between sustainable and conventional fuels
AD Ports' new bid to gain control of Egypt's ALCN rejected
Cairo
A new proposal worth approximately $580 million has been submitted.
John Denholm is the new president of the International Chamber of Shipping
Rome
He succeeds Emanuele Grimaldi, who has completed his four-year term
A ship was hit by a drone in the Black Sea
Odessa
One of the nine crew members died
Port of La Spezia: Dredging of the third port basin and navigable canal begins.
La Spezia
Yesterday, 25 ships passed through Hormuz, the highest daily number since April 18.
Singapore
Since March, the average has been 7.6 transits per day
Interferry calls on the EU to implement the EES pragmatically, or to suspend it
Victoria
The upcoming high summer season - the association denounced - risks suffering serious inconveniences
In the first three months of 2026, freight traffic in French ports increased by +3.8%
Paris
General cargo and solid bulk cargo are growing. Liquid bulk cargo remains stable.
BIMCO and Intertanko stress that there are still significant risks to the Hormuz crossing
Copenhagen/London
In April, freight traffic in the ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado Ligure grew by +1.7%
Genoa
The Boards of Directors of the Basins and Maritime Stations Authority have been renewed.
After more than 100 days in the Persian Gulf, Grimaldi's PCTC Grande Torino has passed through Hormuz
Naples
Transit authorized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran
US-Iran agreement signed to restore naval traffic through Hormuz
Islamabad/Tehran
Lifting of the American naval blockade and demining of the waters
Assocostieri, port governance reform should take into account the specific nature of strategic energy infrastructure in ports.
Confitarma rejects any form of toll in the Strait of Hormuz.
Naples
Zanetti: We reaffirm the fundamental principle of freedom of navigation.
Federagenti proposes to allocate the concession fees proportionally to Ports of Italy and the AdSPs to finance the new joint stock company
Rome
DP World in talks to build container terminal at Texas port of Corpus Christi
Charlotte/Los Angeles
Container traffic at the Port of Los Angeles grew by 17.2% last month.
Assarmatori criticizes Brussels, but also Rome, for what they are doing to decarbonize the shipping industry.
Rome
Messina: A return to normalcy in the Strait of Hormuz will not be immediate.
US firm Enstructure buys Logistec's US port terminal network
Wellesley/New York/Montreal
It operates a total of 84 terminals in the USA
Leveraging the revised Block Exemption Regulation to encourage private investment in ports
Constance
FEPORT urges it
The Antwerp-Bruges Port Authority will collaborate in the development of the port of Misrata.
Measured
Project for a new bulk terminal
Bimco, ICS, Intercargo and Intertanko condemn attacks on ships and seafarers in the Strait of Hormuz
London
Call for an immediate cessation of attacks
Container traffic at the Port of Long Beach grew by 31.7% last month.
Long Beach
The overall volume of containers remained unchanged in the first five months of 2026
The Swiss Federal Council proposes extending subsidies for rail freight traffic through the Alps until 2035.
Bern
From 2027 to 2035, 486 million francs would be paid out
So far the number of ships leaving the Persian Gulf is 6-7% of those transited a year ago
Paris
AXSMarine: No Signs of a Long-Term Reopening of the Strait of Hormuz
Global Ports Holding in talks to manage cruise port in St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Istanbul
The terminal currently records an annual traffic of approximately 200 thousand passengers
Investments in Taiwan's ports amounting to 1.8 billion dollars are planned for the period 2027-2031.
Taipei
At the end of the five-year period, annual container traffic is expected to be equal to 15.5 million TEUs
US forces hit a third vessel in the Gulf of Oman
Tampa
The "Jalveer" is said to be carrying a cargo of Iranian oil.
ALLRAIL, CER, ERFA, FEPORT, FTE, UIP and UIRR present their proposal for the European Railway Platform
Brussels
The aim is to ensure market representation from the very beginning of the new European rail capacity governance process.
US Central Command claims responsibility for attack on product tanker Settebello
Tampa/New Delhi/London
Condemnation by the Indian government and the International Maritime Organization
Product tanker hit in Strait of Hormuz region
Southampton/Muscat
One sailor was injured. Two other crew members are missing.
In the first quarter of this year, freight traffic in the port of Civitavecchia decreased by -1.0%.
Civitavecchia
Cruise passengers increase by +32.1%
A merchant ship was attacked in the Gulf of Aden
Southampton
Exchange of gunfire with the security team on board the ship
Gemini Cooperation increases cargo capacity on the Asia-Mediterranean route
Copenhagen
Sea-Intelligence adds additional weekly capacity of 22,402 TEUs
ESPO fully endorses the EU Council conclusions on the Maritime Industrial Strategy
Brussels
The central role of port facilities confirmed
CO2 capture and storage on ships is one of the most concrete and immediately available solutions for the decarbonisation of shipping.
London
This is highlighted in a report commissioned by ICS to Lloyd's Register Advisory.
Antitrust approves Messina Group's acquisition of Terminal San Giorgio
Rome
The Italian Competition Authority (AGCM) has also approved the acquisition by the MSC group of the Asso group's naval maintenance and repair activities (Jobson Italia and UASC UAE).
Rates for ships transiting the Suez Canal are expected to rise.
Ismailia
They will be applied from July 15th. Passenger ships excluded.
The Suez Canal Authority has announced that it will introduce surcharges on transit tariffs through the Egyptian canal for most major cargo vessels, effective July 15.
The Council of the EU accepts many of the requests put forward by the associations of the European maritime-port cluster
Luxembourg
However, necessarily, the text postpones the adoption of concrete measures to future legislative initiatives
ESPO calls for proactive use of the EES system to avoid congestion in European ports
Brussels
Ryckbost: Flexibilities activated promptly in exceptional but foreseeable circumstances
Rixi: It is necessary to overcome a maritime ETS that risks shifting traffic and investments to non-European ports.
Luxembourg
What is needed - highlights the vice minister - are incentives and flexibility, not new constraints
Houthis threaten to resume attacks on ships transiting the Red Sea
Sana'a
A total ban on navigation has been declared for all vessels linked to Israeli interests.
Global trade in goods may start to slow down
Global trade in goods may start to slow down
Geneva
This is reported by the latest reading of the WTO Goods Trade Barometer.
The new port road connection to Sampierdarena has been activated in Genoa.
The new port road connection to Sampierdarena has been activated in Genoa.
Genoa
Paroli: the work now allows approximately 900-1,000 heavy vehicles per day to directly access the port's operational areas.
US logistics companies WWEX Group and Auctane announce merger
Milan/Dallas/Austin
Artificial intelligence plays a leading role
The rapporteurs of the Ports Bill defend the governance project centered on the Ports of Italy.
Rome
Unexpected decline in European intermodal traffic in the first quarter of 2026
Brussels
UIRR: Infrastructure chaos caused by construction sites interrupting railway lines
Hanseatic Global Terminals acquires remaining 50% of Hanseatic Global Terminals Aracruz
Rotterdam/Aracruz
The company is building the new Brazilian container port of Imetame
Conftrasporto: The Ports Bill highlights clear operational, financial, and regulatory compliance issues.
Rome
Russo: the competences of Ports of Italy would overlap with those of the Port System Authorities, the Ministry of Transport and the Art
WoodMac believes decarbonisation rules could have a major impact on LNG-powered vessels
Edinburgh
According to the company, European regulations would put ships with DFDE engines out of the market
French MN will transport Avio's Vega C launcher between Italy and South America
Nantes
The French company will equip itself with a new vessel designed specifically for the transport of space equipment
EU methodology for calculating greenhouse gas emissions from transport services comes into force
Brussels
The system is based on the international standard EN ISO 14083:2023
The container ship MSC Sariska V was hit by two shells in the Persian Gulf on Monday.
Geneva/Rome
All crew members were unharmed.
Maersk raises fiscal 2026 forecast
Copenhagen
Continued growth in demand for containerized shipping and increased spot rates
Green light for the awarding of railway shunting services in the ports of Savona and Vado
New trucking area in the port of Genoa
The Italian Ports Association will hold its assembly in Naples on Wednesday.
Rome
The discussion on port governance reform will be at the heart of the proceedings.
Registration for seafarers' registers is now open to non-EU citizens residing in Italy.
Genoa
Vidotto (Foundation of the Italian Merchant Marine Academy): a step towards civilization
Project to build shipyard in Tartous port expected to accelerate
Damascus
Meeting between a delegation from Kuzey Star Shipyard and the leaders of the Syrian General Authority for Ports and Customs
Port of Gioia Tauro: Work to reactivate hauling and launching operations has been completed.
Gioia Tauro
These operations had been at a standstill since 2024
The conference "EU-Mercosur Agreement: The Role of the Maritime Economy" will take place in Genoa on July 1st.
Genoa
In Spain, €11.8 million in eco-incentives have been allocated for the use of motorways of the sea.
Madrid
163,672 shipments made by 32 companies subsidized
ABB has signed an agreement to buy Norwegian marine automation company Høglund.
Zurich
The Tønsberg-based company's integrated automation system is currently installed on over 600 vessels.
Port of Gioia Tauro: tender launched for the redevelopment of the ro-ro docks
Gioia Tauro
Worth 5.6 million euros, the works will last 210 days
Grimaldi confirms the important role of the port of Catania in its strategies
Catania
The aim is to increase services and make existing ones even more efficient.
Annual growth of +6% in cruise traffic and +2% in ferry traffic is expected in the Adriatic
Venice
It is the only Mediterranean region to have recorded a decline in cruises in the period 2019-2025
PSA Padova established to develop and manage the Padua intermodal terminal
Padua
The shareholders of Interporto Padova and Padova Hall have approved the merger plan
The Federagenti assembly will be held in Civitavecchia on July 3rd.
Rome
Pessina: We will not discuss regulations, community relations, or the pursuit of theories and bureaucracy, but rather the challenges of Italian port infrastructure.
Spediporto has opened its own representative office in Hong Kong
Genoa
Giachero: the opening of this desk is also an opportunity for young people
Arcese, Conti and Cosulich establish a company for the port logistics of finished vehicles
Livorno
HMM orders eight bulk carriers and two gas carriers
Seoul
Investment of approximately 1.1 billion dollars
MPC Container Ships has purchased four 7,000 TEU containerships built between 2023 and 2024.
Oslo
Investment of 340 million dollars
FedEx posts record quarterly and annual revenue
Memphis
Total revenues in fiscal year 2026 amounted to $94.7 billion (+7.7%)
Geopolitical uncertainty has become the main risk for shipping
Munich
Evergreen purchases 140,500 new containers in China
Taipei
Investments totaling $358.9 million
Memorandum of Understanding for the Launch of Drone Use in the Port of Palermo
Palermo
Submission of the request for the establishment of U-Space
Yesterday, the Strait of Hormuz was crossed by 42 commercial vessels
Paris
For the first time since the beginning of the conflict, several LNG tankers entered the Persian Gulf
Saipem wins new $1 billion offshore contract in Angola
Milan
It was awarded by Azule Energy for the Greater PAJ project
Port of Ancona: Dredging work has begun on the seabed of quay 22.
Ancona
Approximately six thousand cubic meters of sediment will be removed
Confitarma welcomes clarifications regarding ship waste collection management.
Rome
The need for uniform application of the legislation throughout the country was highlighted.
The Tuscan Cooperation Development Fund invests in Uniport Livorno.
Livorno
Operation for a total of 880 thousand euros carried out together with co-investor Coopfond
Fit-Cisl, recognizing dock work as arduous is a priority
Genoa
Pagnotta: This is not a corporate claim, but a question of social justice.
Hupac increases weekly rotations between Antwerp and Busto Arsizio via France to four.
Noise
Two additional departures of the intermodal service introduced
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From July, the tariff for naval transit through the Turkish Straits will increase by +14.9%.
Istanbul
It will be raised to $6.70 per net tonne
Fincantieri and Republikorp sign agreement to build multipurpose naval vessels in Indonesia.
Paris
The establishment of a joint venture is planned
Study on the divergences between the EU Ship Recycling Regulation and the Hong Kong Convention
Brussels/London
It has been published by ECSA and ICS
The 2026-2028 POT of the Southern Tyrrhenian and Ionian Sea Port Authority has been approved.
Gioia Tauro
Approval also granted to the 2026 budget forecast variation and to the update of the Port's Staffing Plan.
Autonomous Navigation: ABS, Polaris Shipping, HHI, and AVIKUS Sign Agreement
Athens
It will be tested on a VLOC under certain low-risk conditions
Tomorrow in Sant'Agnello (Naples) the inauguration event of the Italy Branch of The Nautical Institute
London
The topics of discussion will include energy transition in the maritime industry, maritime education and training.
The Municipality of Bologna is reconsidering the divestment of its stake in Interporto Bologna.
Bologna/Bentivoglio
An institutional delegation from Flanders visited the interport
Eni and Fincantieri sign agreement to develop innovative underwater monitoring technologies.
Milan/Trieste
Agreement focused on Eni's "Clean Sea" technology
In 2025, LNG consumption in Italy grew by +11% driven by industry and new uses, with the debut in the naval segment
Rome
Amadei (Federchimica LNG Group): Use ETS and FuelEU revenues to support investments and deployment of lower-carbon fuels.
RT&L partners with China's Guangzhou Salvage to strengthen its project cargo segment
Genoa
Bizzarri: the sector is characterised by wide margins for development and profitability
Last year, cargo traffic in Greek ports amounted to 140.8 million tons (-1.5%)
Piraeus
Goods volumes remained unchanged in the fourth quarter only
The International Container Study Center's board and governing body have been renewed.
Genoa
Filippo Gallo confirmed as president and Paolo Pessina as vice-president
Catani (GNV): allocate ETS proceeds to the development of synthetic fuel production chains.
Rome
Resources - he specified - also for port infrastructures and the reduction of the cost differential compared to traditional fuels
Consultation launched on plans to expand the port areas of Fos
Marseille
The goal is to involve residents and local stakeholders
Somec signs €60 million contract with Finnish shipyard
San Vendemiano
One of the most complex interventions ever entrusted to the Horizons division
Daniele Rossi, former president of the port of Ravenna, has passed away.
Rome
He led the port authority for over eight years
ONE will remove calls in Greece and Türkiye from its Adriatic Service 1 service.
Singapore
In Italy it touches the ports of Venice and Ancona
The first phase of the APM Terminals terminal in the port of Suape has been inaugurated.
Suape
It will become operational in the second half of this year
Container traffic increased in May at the ports of Singapore and Hong Kong
Singapore/Hong Kong
Singapore sets record bunkering levels for liquefied natural gas and pure B100 biodiesel
Vavassori confirmed as president of the Lombardy Association of Freight Forwarders and Haulers
Milan
Albertina Schiavoni and Mario Zini have been appointed vice-presidents
The president of Angopi receives the first professional certificate of competence as a mooring man.
Savona
The certificate must be renewed every five years.
Fincantieri has delivered the new cruise ship Mein Schiff Flow to TUI Cruises.
Hamburg/Monfalcone
With a gross tonnage of approximately 160,000 tons, it has a capacity of approximately 4,000 passengers.
In the first three months of 2026, freight traffic in the port of Palermo decreased by -6.3%
Palermo
Traffic also decreased in the ports of Termini Imerese, Trapani, and Licata. Increases occurred in Porto Empedocle and Gela.
The Antitrust Authority has not given its final approval for the acquisition of Armas' assets and activities by Baleària.
Barcelona
Set a series of conditions
Assarmatori's annual assembly will take place in Rome on Tuesday.
Rome
The event's theme is "Instructions for not navigating in the dark."
VARD to build a new generation fishing vessel
Trieste
It was ordered by the Norwegian company Rosund Drift
Royal Caribbean has taken delivery of its new Legend of the Seas cruise ship.
Miami
Built by Meyer Turku, it can accommodate 5,610 passengers
Concentration in the UK shipbuilding sector
London
Baleana buys APCL Group (A&P Tyne, Cammell Laird and A&P Falmouth and Falmouth Docks and Engineering)
Informal hearings of trade union representatives on port governance reform
Rome
At the heart of the critical issues highlighted - confirms Filt-Cgil - is the planned establishment of Porti d'Italia Spa
Venice, the DPSS confirms the need to build new offshore terminals outside the lagoon.
Venice
The Strategic System Programming Document has been approved by the AdSP Management Committee
The Spinelli Group has joined the Italian Association of Port Terminal Operators
Genoa
The company and Assiterminal expressed satisfaction with the resumption of an important association
In the first three months of 2026, freight traffic at UK ports fell by -2.6%
London
More significant decrease (-6.8%) in boarding loads
Mark Hindley is the new president of the European Motor Vehicle Logistics Association
Istanbul
Wolfgang Göbel was elected honorary president
At the Port of Genoa, a tugboat was stopped for irregularities in nitrogen oxide emissions.
Genoa
The vessel is used for the construction works of the new breakwater
In April, freight traffic in the port of Ravenna grew by +21.4%
Ravenna
An increase of +2.5% is expected in May
Sallaum Lines to launch dedicated China-Europe service in 2027
Nanjing
Two new 7,400 CEU PCTCs taken delivery
On June 12th in Naples, an initiative by Filt Cgil on governance in the port sector
Rome
Naval drone found in Romanian port of Constanta
Bucharest
The device self-destructed without causing any casualties.
HJSC receives approval in principle for the construction of a 10,000 TEU biofuel containership.
Athens
It was released from the Korean Naval Register
Global Ship Lease invests $917 million to purchase ten new container ships
Athens
They will be delivered between the fourth quarter of 2028 and the first quarter of 2030.
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 "EU-Mercosur Agreement: The Role of the Maritime Economy" will be held in Genoa on July 1st.
Genoa
It is organized by the Casa America ETS Foundation and the Western Liguria Port Authority
The Federagenti assembly will be held in Civitavecchia on July 3rd.
Rome
Pessina: We will not discuss regulations, community relations, or the pursuit of theories and bureaucracy, but rather the challenges of Italian port infrastructure.
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
World's first floating fusion reactor-powered vessel could become reality with new project
(Interesting Engineering)
Shipbuilding's Spring Illusion: Backbone Collapses
(The Chosun Daily)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Intervento del presidente Tomaso Cognolato
Roma, 19 giugno 2025
››› File
WASS (Fincantieri) and Magellan Agreement on Canada's Underwater Defense
Trieste
Industrial cooperation opportunities in the field of heavy torpedoes and countermeasures will be explored
Solutions to overcome the chronic staff shortage in the Italian maritime sector
Procida
Pagano (Maritime Labor Committee): Digitalization, simplification, and cooperation between training and businesses to overcome the crisis
Maritime training agreement signed by Gente di Mare (Cosulich) and Carnival
Genoa
Di Tizio: This collaboration allows us to bring an international project to the territory
Antipollution (V.Group) orders four eco-friendly vessels from ONEX Shipyards & Technologies
Athens
Option for four additional units
Luigi Merlo to lead MSC Cruises' Italian cruise terminal company
Geneva
Centrone (formerly Fincantieri) takes over as Director of Maritime Policies and Government Affairs for the group in Italy
Spinelli has ordered three new handling vehicles from FTMH
Genoa
A reach stacker for empty containers has already entered service in the group's Livorno depot
Greece's Skaramangas Shipyards and South Korea's HD Hyundai sign cooperation agreement
Athens
The aim is to collaborate in the construction of surface military vessels
AD Ports buys the Brazilian Corredor Logística e Infraestrutura
Sao Paulo/Abu Dhabi
The company handles the largest volume of agri-food bulk exports in the South American nation
The 2026-2028 Three-Year Operational Plan of the Northern Tyrrhenian Port Authority has been approved.
Livorno
Unanimous approval from the Management Committee
Chen Lichtenstein appointed president and CEO of ZIM
Haifa
He will replace the resigning Eli Glickman.
Gianluca Croce has been confirmed as president of Assagenti Genova.
Genoa
The members of the association's board for the two-year period 2026-2028
The Mega Serena ferry has joined the Corsica Sardinia Ferries fleet.
Vado Ligure
It has a capacity of up to 2,000 passengers and over 600 vehicles.
The first steel cutting of the Crystal Grace cruise ship took place in Marghera.
Miami
Fincantieri will deliver the vessel in spring 2028
Palumbo Superyacht awarded 13,048 square meters of mooring space to the Port of Ortona.
Ancona
Central Adriatic Port Authority, guidelines for issuing the single ZES authorization
Port of Livorno: Two new FHP MarterNeri warehouses inaugurated
Livorno
Investment exceeding 23 million euros
The Committee of the Central Northern Tyrrhenian Sea Port Authority has decided to close the institution's state of crisis.
Civitavecchia
New solution for exceptional transport on intermodal trains from FS Logistix and Van der Vlist
Verona
Two aerial platforms transported from Verona to Rostock
Port of Naples: Fire aboard GNV's Phoenix ferry
Naples
Flames broke out in the internal areas of deck 6 of the ship
Latrofa has chosen a trusted individual to lead an in-house company within the Lazio Port Authority.
Civitavecchia
The new sole director - he underlined - has been provided with particularly stringent management guidelines
In the first three months of 2026, MPC Container Ships' revenues decreased by -6.4%.
Oslo
Quarterly net income of $40.8 million (-31.8%)
The 2026-2028 Three-Year Operational Plan of the Sardinian Port Authority has been approved.
Olbia
Green light from the Management Committee
The environmental assessment process for the San Antonio Outer Harbor project has been completed.
Saint Anthony
The Viking Mira cruise ship was delivered at the Fincantieri shipyard in Ancona
Ancona/Los Angeles
It has a gross tonnage of 54,300 tons and a capacity of 998 passengers.
In 2025, RINA recorded revenues of over one billion euros (+11%)
Genoa
Net profit up 30%
The new railway bridge has been installed at the Port of Marina di Carrara.
Marina di Carrara
Pisano: A turning point in the port's logistics organization.
Ports, freight terminals, and corridors. Venice and the Upper Adriatic as a gateway to the East.
Venice
This is the theme of the event that will be held on Thursday in Venice
Estonian State Fleet orders electric-powered ferry from Polish shipyard Crist
Tallinn
Contract worth 49.93 million euros
In April, Spanish ports handled 1.7 million containers (+1.7%)
Madrid
Cruise passengers down by -18.4%
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