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March 22, 1999
Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Two cartels on Asia-US trades to stop operations
    Conferences Anera, TWRA to close shop on April 30 with US deregulation of ocean shipping
  • P&O Nedlloyd optimistic about 1999
  • Fire on chemical tanker off Scotland put out
  • UK government accepts report on salvage at sea
  • Market for seafarers subject of new study
  • IMO calls for vessel traffic control
  • Port shots
Air and Land Transport
  • Qantas steps up efforts to woo business travellers
    Aussie carrier bringing its product range in line with partner BA
  • Cathay pilots sue airline
  • Airbus unlikely to be a single firm in 2000
  • America West, flight attendants reach deal
  • Iata to keep airport Y2K compliance survey secret
  • Sweeping changes to B737's rudder may be proposed
Columns
  • P&O Nedlloyd's profit up but return on capital still poor

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Two cartels on Asia-US trades to stop operations
    Conferences Anera, TWRA to close shop on April 30 with US deregulation of ocean shipping
  • P&O Nedlloyd optimistic about 1999
  • Fire on chemical tanker off Scotland put out
  • UK government accepts report on salvage at sea
  • Market for seafarers subject of new study
  • IMO calls for vessel traffic control
  • Port shots
Air and Land Transport
  • Qantas steps up efforts to woo business travellers
    Aussie carrier bringing its product range in line with partner BA
  • Cathay pilots sue airline
  • Airbus unlikely to be a single firm in 2000
  • America West, flight attendants reach deal
  • Iata to keep airport Y2K compliance survey secret
  • Sweeping changes to B737's rudder may be proposed
Columns
  • P&O Nedlloyd's profit up but return on capital still poor

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Two cartels on Asia-US trades to stop operations
    Conferences Anera, TWRA to close shop on April 30 with US deregulation of ocean shipping
  • P&O Nedlloyd optimistic about 1999
  • Fire on chemical tanker off Scotland put out
  • UK government accepts report on salvage at sea
  • Market for seafarers subject of new study
  • IMO calls for vessel traffic control
  • Port shots
Air and Land Transport
  • Qantas steps up efforts to woo business travellers
    Aussie carrier bringing its product range in line with partner BA
  • Cathay pilots sue airline
  • Airbus unlikely to be a single firm in 2000
  • America West, flight attendants reach deal
  • Iata to keep airport Y2K compliance survey secret
  • Sweeping changes to B737's rudder may be proposed
Columns
  • P&O Nedlloyd's profit up but return on capital still poor

Sched Netweb site
  • Kobe switch a winner
  • Stacktrain rolling on
  • Deal done, but no builder
  • Vietnam port to invest
  • Figures up at Long Beach
  • Internet trade risks businesses
  • Danzas expands NZ operations
  • Carrier expands European logistics centre
  • New Europe executive for Kuehne & Nagel
  • Lufthansa and SAS ready to take on the world
  • Jobs to go at JAL
  • Stuttgart contract for Servisair

urgente online pressweb site
  • Hoy, huelga en el sector de ambulancias
  • Dos millones de toneladas pasan por Cartagena en dos meses
  • Nacex.s, galardonada por la Junta de Andalucía
  • El AVE Londres-Bruselas potencia la econom'a del sureste inglés
  • Semana Internacional del Transporte y la Log'stica '99
  • Los eurodiputados piden que los ferrys lleven caja negra
  • "La contaminación en el transporte marítimo: un análisis multidisciplinar"
  • La Generalitat adjudica obras en la ronda norte de Valencia

Exim Indiaweb site
  • Contship, Wilhelmsen to enhance USEC-Australia/NZ service
  • Germany spells out terms for infrastructure solutions
  • Dumping duty on Chinese, Romanian calcium carbide
  • Saarc eases intra-regional trade norm
  • Pvt edible oil imports to touch 2.5 mt
  • Gujarat business team to visit Bangladesh in June
  • Immediate sugar price decontrol ruled out
  • Cheaper molasses flow from Pakistan upsets domestic sugar industry
  • China given details of LC row
  • Kadlabju lays foundation stone for new jetty
  • NDDB unit bags Iraq vaccine order
  • Bangla to float rice tenders
  • Allow 5 or more garment exporters to form company, AEPC asks govt
  • India, Lanka free trade pact impasse persists
  • 3 global majors in race to build new CoPT terminal
  • Salem garment exporters seek AEPC help for overseas exposure
  • $ 3-bn market forecast for euro-related IT projects
  • ECU-Line starts 'relay service' to Australia
  • Coffee growers plan direct exports
  • AEPC moots opening up quota up to five pc
  • Ideal rice for Japanese market developed
  • Higher export credit limits for tobacco trade
  • Ficci sees scope for farm items export boost

Lloyd's Listweb site
  • Transpacific pacts reach end of road

    A COMBINATION of rate pressure, trade imbalance and the prospect of US deregulation has forced both transpacific rate conferences to cease operations on April 30.

  • Touch down
    The Breitling Orbiter 3 balloon touches down in the desert of south west Egypt yesterday after a 21 day flight during which pilots Bertrand Piccard of Switzerland and Brian Jones of Britain became the first to fly non-stop around the world by hot air balloon.
  • Lower levels prevail for containership charters
    EARLY signs of some stability in the containership charter market in recent weeks cannot disguise the fact that ships are still being fixed at rates way below levels of a few months ago.
  • Keppel arm in 17% profits slide in 1998
    Keppel Philippines Marine, formerly known as Kepphil Shipyard, reported a 17.3% decline in profits to Peso55.1m ($1.4m) last year from Peso66.6m in 1997.
  • Ageing Coast Guard yard faces scrutiny
    A comprehensive study to determine whether the US Coast Guard's ageing shipbuilding and repair facility is more cost-effective than commercial yards has been called for by the US General Accounting Office.
  • Newport News in strike threat
    NEWPORT News Shipbuilding, embroiled in fending off an unsolicited acquisition offer by General Dynamics, while rushing to finalise its own acquisition of Avondale Industries, may face a strike by its hourly workers on April 4, writes Joel Glass, Washington Correspondent.
  • Stamp out this menace next millennium
    When your think about it, there are parallels between the theft of motor cars and ships. At the lower end of both scales one finds opportunist thieves, and at the higher end those who carefully plan their theft and the disposal of the goods they steal.
  • Bundesrat urges government to ratify shipowner liability deal
    Germany's Bundesrat is to push the federal government to ratify recent conventions increasing shipowner liability following accidents.

Antwerpse Lloyd n.v.web site
MARCH 20, 1999
  • L. Delwaide: la concession du 4e terminal à marée fera également l'objet d'un appel d'offres
    "Il n'est pas impossible que des tarifs différents soient établis pour le transit via le tunnel du Liefkenshoek et que l'option zéro soit retenue pour les containers maritimes en mouvement dans le contexte intraportuaire, c'est-à-dire devant passer de terminaux à containers de la rive gauche à ceux de la rive droite et vice et versa". C'est ce que nous a déclaré l'échevin du port le baron L. Delwaide lors d'un entretien.
  • Katoen Natie investit dans une usine à Teesside
    Le groupe anversois Katoen Natie poursuit son expansion internationale et ne se limite plus au secteur de l'entreposage et du traitement, dont le groupe est un des chefs de file incontestés. Le président Fernand Huts et son épouse se sont personnellement déplacés à Wilton (Teesside) pour la pose de la première pierre d'une unité de production pour le secteur chimique. Katoen Natie construira et exploitera lui-même l'usine et en assurera l'organisation logistique.
  • Réunion d'urgence entre le gouvernement et les transporteurs britanniques
    Le ministre britannique des Transports John Reid devrait rencontrer les transporteurs routiers britanniques dans les toutes prochaines heures afin de tenter de désamorcer la bombe qui risque d'éclater outre-Manche et qui n'est ni plus ni moins que l'exode massif de transporteurs vers le Continent. Le conflit porte sur l'augmentation draconnienne des accises sur le diesel et de la taxe de circulation. Londres risque d'être paralysé lundi.
  • Forte progression des résultats de Géodis en 1998
    Le grope français de transport et de logistique Géodis (dominé par la SNCF) a enregistré l'année passée une progression de son chiffre d'affaires de 4,9% à18,56 mia. de FRF (2,83 mia. d'EUR). Le résultat d'exploitation a progressé de 27,3% à 431,2 mio. de FRF (65,7 mio. d'EUR) et le résultat net de 281% à 135,2 mio. de FRF (20,5 mio. d'EUR).

Daily Commercial Newsweb site
  • Progress reported in AIMPE talks
    The Australian Institute of Marine and Power Engineers is making slow but steady progress towards resolving its enterprise agreement differences with two of the country's major ship operators, ASP Ship Management and BHP Transport.
    Following talks in Melbourne last week between the institute and ASP Ship Management, 57 items which are in dispute have been identified.
    The parties are expected to take some time to clear those differences with informal discussions continuing this week.
  • Mayne in port business push
    Logistics group Mayne Nickless is moving to substantially strengthen its port cartage and container handling business, through a multi-million dollar acquisition and development program believed to be planned for Melbourne and Sydney.
    While the company on Friday could not comment on industry suggestions it is preparing to establish a major new port base in Melbourne, a spokesman confirmed it had acquired the Sydney-based Port Botany Container Park group in January this year for an undisclosed sum, in a bid to expand its container business.
  • Burnie brawl over govt dividend
    The Burnie Port Corporation will not know until the end of this financial year whether the Tasmanian government can actually claim a dividend equal to 70 per cent of its profit before tax.
    Following an outbreak of hostilities over the issue last week between the board's chairman John Pease and Deputy Premier Paul Lennon, Mr Pease told the DCN yesterday that the matter had not been resolved.
  • BHP-IMT offloads Americas service
    BHP Transport's IMT division is to withdraw from the intra-Americas trade, selling its US Gulf-West Coast South America service to competitor Seaboard Marine.
    The decision, which does not affect IMT's Australia/New Zealand-US West Coast services, will become effective on 15 April and see Miami-based Seaboard take over IMT's three time-chartered semi-container ships.
  • Burnie pushes faster ferry route
    Proponents of a fast ferry service across Bass Strait have selected a Stony Point-Burnie route following consideration of 15 potential routes between Victoria and Tasmania.
    A spokesman for the Burnie City Council told DCN that according to feasibility studies undertaken by consultants, Thompson Clarke Shipping, the proposed two-return-crossings-a-day fast ferry service would be a much more efficient proposition than the Devil Cat service now operated between TT-Line.
    (The Tasmanian Government has said it will seriously reconsider TT-Line's peak season charter of Incat's fast ferries, following indications of a second year of substantial losses on the operation.)

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FROM THE HOME PAGE
MSC presents a new request for the management of cruise traffic in Ancona which includes the construction of a maritime station
Ancona
The duration of the proposed concession is 35 years.
In 2024, the growth of general cargo in the port of La Spezia more than offset the decline in bulk cargo
The Spice
In the port of Marina di Carrara the annual traffic decreased by -0.4%
Proposal by 47 governments, the EU Commission and ICS for the creation of an IMO fund for the decarbonisation of shipping
London
It could come into force in early 2027
Strikes averted at US East Coast and Gulf ports
North Bergen/Lyndhurst
Preliminary agreement signed by the International Longshoremen's Association and the United States Maritime Alliance
New annual record for vessel transit through the Straits of Malacca and Singapore
Port Klang
In 2024, traffic was 94,301 ships (+5.5%)
Filt, Fit and Uilt have called a strike for tomorrow by the workers of the Central Tyrrhenian Sea Port Authority
MSC, together with Neri and Lorenzini, presents an expression of interest for the Darsena Europa in Livorno
Leghorn
Warriors: in the next few days we will meet the group to talk in detail about the project
Corsica Ferries sells Elba Ferries to BN di Navigazione
I go to Liguria
The fast ferry "Corsica Express Three" has been chartered to the Blu Navy company
In 2024, Ukrainian ports handled a record 97.2 million tons of cargo.
Odessa
Agricultural products alone amounted to 60 million tons
COSCO, we are not a Chinese Military Company
Beijing
The Chinese company has specified that the inclusion in the US list will have no impact on the group's global activities and operations.
In 2024, freight traffic in the port of Ravenna was stable
Ravenna
Cruises down -17.7% compared to 2023
US List of Companies Doing Business for Chinese Military Includes Shipping and Shipbuilding Companies
Last November, ship traffic in the Suez Canal decreased by -55.9%
Cairo
In the first eleven months of 2024 the decline was -49.8%
With over 3.9 million TEUs, in 2024 the port of Gioia Tauro set a new record for container traffic
Joy Taurus
Decrease in cars handled at the Calabrian airport
Assonat and Assiterminal, the cancellation of the measure to increase the fees for maritime state concessions is a good thing
Rome
Serra: the TAR ruling reaffirms the importance of dialogue between public administration and users
The duration of the Agencies for the provision of work in ports and for professional requalification has been extended by 18 months
Rome
Port State Control Inspections Begin on Eagle S
Helsinki/Brussels
NATO decides to increase the Atlantic alliance's military presence in the Baltic Sea
In 2024, Tanjung Pelepas Port recorded a new all-time record in container throughput
Iskandar Puteri
Over 12.2 million TEUs were handled (+16.9%)
Works worth over 57 million euros for the energy infrastructure in the port of La Spezia
The Spice
Electrification of the New Cruise Pier and new hydrogen generators
Assologistica, the new rules on reverse charge discipline in the Budget Law are good
Milan
Rapid issuance of the implementing provision by the Revenue Agency is hoped for
The electrification of the docks of the ports of Sardinia starts from Portovesme
Cagliari
Almost 52 million euros of works planned
Arkas Line ships to reach India
Izmir
Turkish company to merge three services in the Mediterranean
Two lanes of ship transit tested in a 10km section of the Suez Canal
Ismailia
They are located in the area of the Little Bitter Lake
Suez Canal Transit Decline Costs Egypt Seven Billion Dollars
Cairo
In 2024, naval traffic decreased by more than -60%
Port of Valencia, monthly traffic down after over a year of growth
Valencia
Decrease in volumes in all main product sectors
Underwater cables damaged in the Gulf of Finland at Christmas
Helsinki
Oil tanker "Eagle S" stopped, part of shadow fleet operating for Russia
Cargo traffic at Chinese seaports increased by +3.2% in November
Beijing
Foreign goods increased by +6.1%. Containers increased by +4.9%.
TIL (MSC Group) - JNPA Agreement for the Construction of Vadhvan Port
Uran
The new airport is located on the western coast of India
Shanghai is the world's first port to handle over 50 million containers in a year
Shanghai
SIPG highlights strong productivity gains achieved by introducing automation boost in Yangshan area
Yang Ming to acquire up to 13 new 8,000-15,000 TEU containerships
Keelung
They will replace 5,500-6,500 TEU vessels that are over twenty years old
Eight amendments to the International Maritime Labour Convention enter into force today
Geneva
Changes introduced to improve living and working conditions on board ships
Carnival posts record performance for September-November quarter
Miami
Revenues increased by +10.0% in the period
Uniport appreciates that the port reform is taking place through a delegated law and trusts (!) in the government's willingness to open a dialogue with the operators
Rome
Søren Toft (MSC) is the new president of the World Shipping Council
Washington
Vice President is Randy Chen of Wan Hai Lines
"SHIPS for America Act" Introduced, Bipartisan Bill to Strengthen U.S. Shipping Industry
Washington
Among the proposals, carrying up to 10 percent of imports from China on U.S.-flagged, U.S.-crewed, U.S.-built ships
In the last quarter of 2024, OOCL revenues grew by +55.0%
Hong Kong
Containers transported by the fleet increased by +6.1%
Medlog signs partnership agreement to build dry port and logistics area in Egypt
Cairo
The affected area is approximately 102 hectares
Filt Cgil urges to throw away the Antitrust Authority's proposal on port work
Rome
D'Alessio: the AGCM has not at all analyzed the real dangers for the integrity of the principle of competition
Strong annual revenue growth for Evergreen, Yang Ming and WHL companies
Taipei/Keelung
Revenue growth also accentuated in the fourth quarter of 2024 alone
Industrial reconversion works to begin soon at the "ex Yard Belleli" site in the port of Taranto
Taranto
The intervention has a value of 135.3 million euros
The Northern Tyrrhenian Sea is the first AdSP to equip itself with the Anti-Violence Strategic Plan
Leghorn
The aim is to prevent discriminatory and violent phenomena within the institution.
Greek Navarino Acquires Dutch Castor Marine
London
Both companies develop information technology and communication solutions for the maritime sector
The annual assembly of Federlogistica will be held in Rome on January 21st
Rome
The theme is: "Intelligent Logistics. If Artificial Intelligence Breaks Into the World of Logistics"
Trade mission in Vietnam by Spediporto, AdSP and Municipality of Genoa
Genoa
Meetings scheduled in Ho Chi Minh City and Danang
In 2024 Interporto Padova recorded a record intermodal traffic of almost 412 thousand TEU (+6.5%)
Padua
Commander Emanuele Bergamini is the new president of USCLAC
Genoa
Gianni Badino was elected president of the USCLAC-UNCDiM-SMACD unitary union
Tender for the development of cruise activities in the Greek ports of Katakolon, Patras and Kavala
Athens
The issuing of concessions with a minimum duration of 30 years is foreseen
The electrification of four moorings in the ports of Bari and Brindisi has begun
Bari
Contract worth over 28 million euros
Circle has been awarded the tender for the digitalisation services of the Eastern Adriatic Port Authority
Milan
Roberto Spinelli's position in the corruption investigation in Liguria has been archived
Genoa
Order of the judge for preliminary investigations
Work has begun in the port of Pozzallo on the construction of the new offices of the AdSP of Eastern Sicily
Pozzallo
Place the port of Imperia Oneglia under the management of the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority
Imperia
This is requested by the Port Company "L. Maresca" and the Lodovico Maresca Port Workers Company
Interporto Padova looking for a potential partner to participate in the terminal activity
Padua
The market research will end on January 31st
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
New logistics company GTS Horizon established in Verona
Bari
It was founded by the GTS group and Simone Gatto De Chirico (De Chirico Srl)
In the third quarter, freight transported on Austrian railways increased by +1.8%
Vienna
In the first nine months of 2024 the increase was +1.7%
Uiltrasporti, the reverse change of VAT in the budget law is good
Rome
Verzari: we hope that this measure will be made structural in the future
Circle acquires Telepass Innova's Infomobility and Telematics business units
Milan
The value of the transaction is 6.2 million euros
Tender for construction of Albanian port of Porto Romano restarted
Durres
The deadline for submitting bids has been set for February 7th.
Eukor secures renewal of contracts for exporting cars from Korea and China
Lysaker
The expected value of the agreements is $4.2 billion.
PSA Singapore Sets New Annual Container Traffic Record
Singapore
The 40 million TEU mark was reached on December 24th
US-based FTV Capital makes offer to acquire Windward
London
London-based company develops technological solutions for shipping
American Halliburton buys Norwegian Optime Subsea
Noted
European company develops technologies for underwater operations
Grimaldi took delivery of the multipurpose ro-ro Great Cotonou
Naples
Next month it will be launched on a new service of the group between China and Nigeria
Federagenti has appointed 24 "ambassadors"
Rome
They have been protagonists in the profession of maritime agent for over 60 years
Ports of La Spezia and Marina di Carrara, over five million allocated for the green transition
The Spice
Funds for the purchase of electric or hydrogen vehicles
In November, freight traffic in the ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado increased by +4.3%
Genoa
In the first eleven months of 2024, an increase of +1.1% was recorded
In the first 11 months of 2024, traffic in the port of Trieste grew by +6.4% thanks to mineral oils
Trieste
A decrease of -8.2% was recorded in the port of Monfalcone
Over two and a half quintals of cocaine seized in the port of Genoa
Genoa
The drugs were inside a refrigerated container coming from Ecuador
Manca (Sardinia Region): Promises of allocation of resources for the Kalport agency not fulfilled
Cagliari
Urgent meeting requested with Minister of Labor
Increases in port fees in the ports of Bari and Brindisi
Bari
Leone: we are committed to adopting measures that do not impact traffic and users
Large quantity of cocaine seized in the port of Olbia
Sassari
39 kilos of drugs discovered hidden in a minivan
From January Hupac will intensify intermodal connections between Belgium and Italy
Noise
The frequency of the shuttle train between Busto Arsizio and Padua will also increase
Port of Ancona, provisional concession granted to Fincantieri plant
Ancona
The new concession will last 40 years
PORTS
Italian Ports:
Ancona Genoa Ravenna
Augusta Gioia Tauro Salerno
Bari La Spezia Savona
Brindisi Leghorn Taranto
Cagliari Naples Trapani
Carrara Palermo Trieste
Civitavecchia Piombino Venice
Italian Interports: list World Ports: map
DATABASE
ShipownersShipbuilding and Shiprepairing Yards
ForwardersShip Suppliers
Shipping AgentsTruckers
MEETINGS
The annual assembly of Federlogistica will be held in Rome on January 21st
Rome
The theme is: "Intelligent Logistics. If Artificial Intelligence Breaks Into the World of Logistics"
A conference on the implications of geopolitical crises for ports and maritime transport in Venice on Thursday
Venice
It is organized by Ca' Foscari University and the AdSP of the Northern Adriatic
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Iran signs over $1.8b investment contracts with private sector for ports development
(Tehran Times)
North Korean tankers transport over one million barrels of oil from Russia
(NK News)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Relazione del presidente Nicola Zaccheo
Roma, 18 settembre 2024
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In November, freight traffic in the port of Barcelona fell by -3.7%
Barcelona
Container handling is growing (+6.3%), but not the weight of containerized cargo (-6.9%)
Saipem awarded new offshore contract by Shell in Nigeria
Milan
For the Italian company it has a value of around 900 million dollars
Rixi briefly illustrates the port reform
Rome
Creation of a publicly controlled company to manage investments and represent the Italian port system
Agreement between RFI and RSE for the study of a magnetic levitation freight transport system
Milan
Maritime safety, agreement signed at MIT to simplify verification procedures
Rome
Inspection and certification activities may be carried out by specifically accredited bodies
In the first eleven months of 2024, cargo traffic in Russian ports decreased by -2.0%
St. Petersburg
Both dry goods (-2.1%) and liquid bulk (-2.0%) are decreasing
Log In acquires 19,600 square meters of space at Interporto Toscano Amerigo Vespucci
Kansas City
It is the fourth acquisition in Italy of the Theoreim group company
Prysmian wins two EPCI contracts from French RTE, potentially worth €700 million
Milan
The laying of approximately 640 kilometers of land and underwater cables is planned
Testing of an autonomous port tractor in the port of Wilhelmshaven
Wilhelmshaven
It will be launched next year by Eurogate, MAFI, ICT Group and Embotech
Intesa Fincantieri - Sparkle for the protection and surveillance of submarine cables
Trieste
The two companies will analyze the requirements to improve the security of the infrastructure
Barcelona terminal operator BEST has ordered two new super post-Panamax quay cranes
Barcelona/The Hague
APM Terminals announces completion of work to increase capacity at MedPort Tangier terminal
Wärstilä sells Automation, Navigation and Control System to Swedish investment company Solix
Helsinki
In 2023 ANCS recorded revenues of 200 million euros
Cisl, speed up the choice of the president of the Port System Authority of the Eastern Ligurian Sea
The Spice
Necessary to implement works and investments
Works awarded for the expansion of the container terminal in the port of Koper
Coper
The works will be completed by the end of 2027
Container traffic in the port of Hong Kong fell by -4.2% last month
Hong Kong
In the first eleven months of 2024 the decline was -5.0%
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