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BRIEFS
April 22, 1999
Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Cargo ship missing after attack in Malacca Straits
    Armed pirates hijacked ship, set crew adrift on life rafts last month
  • We can look forward to a better 1999: SSA chief
  • Daewoo Group confirms sale of shipbuilding unit
Air and Land Transport
  • EU may change airline noise reduction rule
    Europe may modify plan to ban planes with hush kits to allay US concerns
  • Rolls-Royce wins US$30m contract from Asiana
  • Northwest, Continental, KLM, Alitalia pilots sign accord
  • Seoul warns of sanctions against Korean Air
  • PAL chairman ordered to put US$100m in escrow
  • Libyan airline set to resume int'l service
  • Airbus wins US$1.8b order from aircraft lessor
  • Four injured as Air India plane dives in mid-air
  • Code-sharing accord
Features
  • Mega hub for the next century
    PSA Corp, voted Asia's best container terminal operator 10 times, works closely with customers to stay competitive
Columns
  • Kvaerner's withdrawal from shipbuilding inevitable

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Cargo ship missing after attack in Malacca Straits
    Armed pirates hijacked ship, set crew adrift on life rafts last month
  • We can look forward to a better 1999: SSA chief
  • Daewoo Group confirms sale of shipbuilding unit
Air and Land Transport
  • EU may change airline noise reduction rule
    Europe may modify plan to ban planes with hush kits to allay US concerns
  • Rolls-Royce wins US$30m contract from Asiana
  • Northwest, Continental, KLM, Alitalia pilots sign accord
  • Seoul warns of sanctions against Korean Air
  • PAL chairman ordered to put US$100m in escrow
  • Libyan airline set to resume int'l service
  • Airbus wins US$1.8b order from aircraft lessor
  • Four injured as Air India plane dives in mid-air
  • Code-sharing accord
Features
  • Mega hub for the next century
    PSA Corp, voted Asia's best container terminal operator 10 times, works closely with customers to stay competitive
Columns
  • Kvaerner's withdrawal from shipbuilding inevitable

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Cargo ship missing after attack in Malacca Straits
    Armed pirates hijacked ship, set crew adrift on life rafts last month
  • We can look forward to a better 1999: SSA chief
  • Daewoo Group confirms sale of shipbuilding unit
Air and Land Transport
  • EU may change airline noise reduction rule
    Europe may modify plan to ban planes with hush kits to allay US concerns
  • Rolls-Royce wins US$30m contract from Asiana
  • Northwest, Continental, KLM, Alitalia pilots sign accord
  • Seoul warns of sanctions against Korean Air
  • PAL chairman ordered to put US$100m in escrow
  • Libyan airline set to resume int'l service
  • Airbus wins US$1.8b order from aircraft lessor
  • Four injured as Air India plane dives in mid-air
  • Code-sharing accord
Features
  • Mega hub for the next century
    PSA Corp, voted Asia's best container terminal operator 10 times, works closely with customers to stay competitive
Columns
  • Kvaerner's withdrawal from shipbuilding inevitable

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Cargo ship missing after attack in Malacca Straits
    Armed pirates hijacked ship, set crew adrift on life rafts last month
  • We can look forward to a better 1999: SSA chief
  • Daewoo Group confirms sale of shipbuilding unit
Air and Land Transport
  • EU may change airline noise reduction rule
    Europe may modify plan to ban planes with hush kits to allay US concerns
  • Rolls-Royce wins US$30m contract from Asiana
  • Northwest, Continental, KLM, Alitalia pilots sign accord
  • Seoul warns of sanctions against Korean Air
  • PAL chairman ordered to put US$100m in escrow
  • Libyan airline set to resume int'l service
  • Airbus wins US$1.8b order from aircraft lessor
  • Four injured as Air India plane dives in mid-air
  • Code-sharing accord
Features
  • Mega hub for the next century
    PSA Corp, voted Asia's best container terminal operator 10 times, works closely with customers to stay competitive
Columns
  • Kvaerner's withdrawal from shipbuilding inevitable

Sched Netweb site
  • Cosco considers shipbuilders for containership project
  • New directions in corporate decision making
  • Not so grand for Alliance partners
  • MOL launches virtual company
  • Estrada supports new harbour's privatisation
  • Rate rise underlined by FEFC members
  • Carriers lose licences
  • Delta delays Boeing order
  • FedEx opens new high-tech call centre in Montreal
  • New firm goes for JFK route
  • Carriers increase transatlantic capacity

Cargowebweb site
APRIL 21, 1999
  • Danzas reports 56 percent profit increase
  • Air New Zealand to sell its Ansett courier business
  • UPS Logistics formed a new Transportation Group
  • Delta awards AT&T datacom and voice contract
  • Journal of Commerce changing to tabloid and more to Internet
  • BTL fully owned by Stinnes/Schenker
  • Technical toll-levy problem not decisive

Cyber Shipping Guide - Ocean Commerceweb site
  • Japan's Dock Negotiation Breaks Down
  • China's Rules on Forwarding Sector Not Eased by Year-End

urgente online pressweb site
  • El Parlamento Europeo rechaza los camiones de 44 toneladas
  • Deutsche Post supera en un 70 por ciento los beneficios de 1997
  • Alberto Fontana revalida el ISO 9002
  • Icon Medialab lleva las webs de Globalia y Renfe
  • Nefab llega a Australia, Sudáfrica y Corea del Sur
  • Jornada técnica: "Transporte por carretera y el medio ambiente"
  • Seat gana m's de 24.000 millones en 1998

Exim Indiaweb site
APRIL 21, 1999
  • Major lines expect rates, volumes to pick up this year
  • ADB projects 6pc GDP growth for India in 2 years
  • Forbes (shipping div) tops at ICD-Pithampur
  • Safmarine to sell non-liner trade to Capital Finance
  • Fieo moots Indo-Pak joint strategy on basmati rice export
  • 3-year time-table for euro entry
  • Canada offers expertise in fruit processing
  • IIP pavilion at Interpack '99
  • Apeda spells out norms for groundnut exports to European Union
  • HSD prices hiked 3.4 pc
  • Good response for brick making equipment at Delhi expo
  • Addl excise duty cut on processed fabrics assured
  • India posts trade surplus with Israel
  • CSL hails ST cut on shipbuilding, repairs
  • Allied Signal inaugurates indl. park
  • Chennai-Mumbai truck freight rates hiked
  • Gold imports account for Rs 17,705 cr trade deficit in 1998-99
  • SMEs can beat recession, opine experts
  • NHAI may review expressway corridor tenders

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
APRIL 21, 1999
  • OPEC minister hints at price ceiling
  • MPA launches e-commerce system for shipping transactions
  • Inconclusive API report could restore $18 crude
  • Singapore bunker update

The East Africanweb site
  • Zanzibar Port Repairs on Track
  • Cruise Industry Booming
  • Officials Cry Foul Over Agency's Privatisation
  • Vessel to be Relaunched

Lloyd's Listweb site
  • Alpha reefer fleet put up for sale
    Alpha Shipping, the junk bond company which defaulted on an $8m interest payment, has placed its entire fleet of reefers up for sale.
  • P&O Nedlloyd in $320m order for boxships
    P&O NEDLLOYD has embarked on a new round of investment in post-panamax containership tonnage, ordering four 6,788 teu ships from a South Korean shipyard in a deal worth $320m.
  • Rationalisation initiative on transatlantic route collapses
    MOVES to rationalise transatlantic services by combining two alliances serving Montreal have broken down.
  • Lower oil price fuels Exxon first quarter fall
    Continued oil price weakness drove down Exxon's first quarter net income to $1bn, a 40% drop compared with a year earlier, excluding non-recurring charges.
  • Newport News strikers rally
    MORE than 800 unionised production workers at Newport News Shipbuilding were to descend upon the US capital yesterday to try to heighten pressure on the Virginia shipyard for increased wages and pension benefits.
  • Felixstowe faces total stoppage
    FELIXSTOWE, the leading UK east coast container port, faces its first total quayside stoppage for a quarter of a century.
  • HDW and Kockums merger close as Thyssen talks fail
    A deal creating a leading force in European naval shipbuilding, bundling German shipyard Howaldtswerke Deutsche Werft and Malm'-based Kockums of Sweden, is likely to be announced "within weeks", according to German shipbuilding sources.
  • German aid to Rostock firm 'illegal'
    THE European Commission said Dm118.35m ($65.75m) of state aid has been illegally paid by the German authorities to Dieselmotorenwerk Rostock, the marine enginemaker formerly part of the collapsed Bremer Vulkan group, and that it must be recovered from the company.

Fairplayweb site
APRIL 21, 1999
  • Daewoo workers launch indefinite strike
  • Balkan war stops Slovak yard deliveries
  • War cuts Danube cruises
  • Kvaerner Govan in take-over talks
  • Aker RGI named as Kv'rner white knight
  • Philadelphia yard 'must be sold as package'
  • Four giant boxships for P&O Nedlloyd
  • Asian ports 'unlikely to see higher use of berths'
  • ILWU to strike in death penalty protest
  • Evergreen moves to Deltaport
  • British Marine to demutualise
  • Australia reviews quarantine restrictions
  • Focsani auction fails yet again
  • UK ports diverge on millennium plans
  • Indian rice exports surge
  • Baltic indices continue to soar

The Journal of Commerceweb site
Home
  • EU ready to ban US beef imports
  • 39 firms from Macau, Taiwan on Customs lists
  • BTA pushes narrow border agenda before Congress
  • Europe fails to establish intermodal ties, creating barriers to logistics providers
  • Dredging bill clears first hurdle in House
  • Joseph Bonney to rejoin The Journal of Commerce
  • EU to push 'hush-hit' law but tells US is open to changes
  • P&O/Nedlloyd sign contract with Hyundai for four large containerships
  • Some positive talk heard on troubled aviation negotiations
  • Bombardier awared contract to supply trams, trailers to Germany
  • PPG Industries chooses Manugistics supply chain software
  • Arkansas Best completes sale of Clipper International
Transportation
  • US firm offers online container exchange
  • Yellow Corp. net income, revenue improve
  • Canada's 2 national rails report decline in profit
  • BNSF initiates a cool deal with Mark VII
  • CN-IC sells merger to north-south shippers
  • CSX-NS purchase of Conrail to drive intermodal connections on East Coast
  • Western rails boost spending on intermodal
Maritime
  • New Jersey bill would give port $100 million
  • Differing user fees cited as threat to Seaway traffic
  • Kvaerner nears shipyard deal
  • Hual North America wins ISO certification
  • ILWU to take part in rally supporting convicted cop killer
  • CP Ships' operating income plummets
  • Panama Canal handover to mix changes with dose of status quo
  • Flatrack container makers in pursuit of project cargo
  • Latin American firms looking for help with logistics services
  • Paul Richardson's Slot Watch

The Journal of Commerceweb site
Home
  • EU ready to ban US beef imports
  • 39 firms from Macau, Taiwan on Customs lists
  • BTA pushes narrow border agenda before Congress
  • Europe fails to establish intermodal ties, creating barriers to logistics providers
  • Dredging bill clears first hurdle in House
  • Joseph Bonney to rejoin The Journal of Commerce
  • EU to push 'hush-hit' law but tells US is open to changes
  • P&O/Nedlloyd sign contract with Hyundai for four large containerships
  • Some positive talk heard on troubled aviation negotiations
  • Bombardier awared contract to supply trams, trailers to Germany
  • PPG Industries chooses Manugistics supply chain software
  • Arkansas Best completes sale of Clipper International
Transportation
  • US firm offers online container exchange
  • Yellow Corp. net income, revenue improve
  • Canada's 2 national rails report decline in profit
  • BNSF initiates a cool deal with Mark VII
  • CN-IC sells merger to north-south shippers
  • CSX-NS purchase of Conrail to drive intermodal connections on East Coast
  • Western rails boost spending on intermodal
Maritime
  • New Jersey bill would give port $100 million
  • Differing user fees cited as threat to Seaway traffic
  • Kvaerner nears shipyard deal
  • Hual North America wins ISO certification
  • ILWU to take part in rally supporting convicted cop killer
  • CP Ships' operating income plummets
  • Panama Canal handover to mix changes with dose of status quo
  • Flatrack container makers in pursuit of project cargo
  • Latin American firms looking for help with logistics services
  • Paul Richardson's Slot Watch

The Journal of Commerceweb site
Home
  • EU ready to ban US beef imports
  • 39 firms from Macau, Taiwan on Customs lists
  • BTA pushes narrow border agenda before Congress
  • Europe fails to establish intermodal ties, creating barriers to logistics providers
  • Dredging bill clears first hurdle in House
  • Joseph Bonney to rejoin The Journal of Commerce
  • EU to push 'hush-hit' law but tells US is open to changes
  • P&O/Nedlloyd sign contract with Hyundai for four large containerships
  • Some positive talk heard on troubled aviation negotiations
  • Bombardier awared contract to supply trams, trailers to Germany
  • PPG Industries chooses Manugistics supply chain software
  • Arkansas Best completes sale of Clipper International
Transportation
  • US firm offers online container exchange
  • Yellow Corp. net income, revenue improve
  • Canada's 2 national rails report decline in profit
  • BNSF initiates a cool deal with Mark VII
  • CN-IC sells merger to north-south shippers
  • CSX-NS purchase of Conrail to drive intermodal connections on East Coast
  • Western rails boost spending on intermodal
Maritime
  • New Jersey bill would give port $100 million
  • Differing user fees cited as threat to Seaway traffic
  • Kvaerner nears shipyard deal
  • Hual North America wins ISO certification
  • ILWU to take part in rally supporting convicted cop killer
  • CP Ships' operating income plummets
  • Panama Canal handover to mix changes with dose of status quo
  • Flatrack container makers in pursuit of project cargo
  • Latin American firms looking for help with logistics services
  • Paul Richardson's Slot Watch

Antwerpse Lloyd n.v.web site
  • Le secteur européen du ro/ro veut faire valoir ses "réalités"
    Lors de précédentes réunions de presse organisées par l'armement Grimaldi (Naples), son PDG Emanuel Grimaldi avait laissé entendre que les armements exploitant des services rouliers cherchaient à se regrouper afin de constituer un groupe de pression susceptible de faire valoir les réalités d'un secteur opérationnel particulier, qui sont trop souvent ignorées. C'est maintenant chose faite. Un groupe d'action vient d'être officiellement constitué au sein de l'organisation "European Community Shipowner's Association" (ECSA), dont il assume d'ailleurs la présidence.
  • Bilbao : appel d'offres pour l'exploitation du nouveau terminal containérisé
    Le mois prochain, Bilbao va lancer un appel d'offres pour l'exploitation du terminal containérisé dans la nouvelle zone portuaire dans l'estuaire de Bilbao. L'attribution de la concession, qui pourra aller jusqu'à trente ans, est attendue pour la fin de l'année, nous a déclaré Luis Gabiola, directeur operations & commercial development des autorités portuaires locales, en marge de la présentation de la mission portuaire anversoise dans ce centre de transbordement du nord de l'Espagne. L'infrastructure de base existe déjà. On attend de l'exploitant qu'il se charge du lay-out du terminal, de l'équipement et des superstructures.
  • Norasia s'installe sur le Pacifique et devient global Est-Ouest
    Le 15 mai prochain, l'armement Norasia lancera au départ de Hong-Kong un service régulier hebdomadaire sur le transpacifique, rejoignant ainsi le groupe des nouveaux venus sur ce théâtre opérationnel. L'armement déploira 6 PC de 1.400 TEU filant à 25 noeuds. La rotation est conçue, selon les responsables de l'armement, en fonction de niches axées sur les marchés du sud-est asiatique.
  • Rotterdam s'offre un centre fluvial flambant neuf
    L'intérêt suscité par l'éventuelle construction d'un centre fluvial à Rotterdam est suffisant pour justifier sa réalisation. Le centre, qui sera réservé aux entreprises et instances du secteur de la navigation intérieure, aux organisations fluviales, à la Bibliothèque des Navigants, aux affréteurs et au service d'inspection du Transport, sera aménagé sur les anciens terrains de l'arrimeur Hanno, sur la presqu'ile située entre le Rijnhaven et le Maashaven.

Marine Linkweb site
APRIL 21, 1999
  • P&O Nedlloyd Orders Ships For Asia Route
    P&O Nedlloyd is reportedly ordering four large container ships for use on its Asia-Europe services.
  • Carisbrooke In Ship Management Talks
    Carisbrooke Shipping Plc is reportedly hoping to win ship management business this year to help it through difficult market conditions.
  • Bouygues Signs $400M Morocco Deal
    Bouygues reportedly signed a $400 million deal to build a new port in Morocco's northern city of Tangiers.
  • Texaco To Stop Fuel Shipments To Yugoslavia
    Texaco Inc. will reportedly halt shipments of gasoline to Yugoslavia after reporting that it made such a shipment on April 10, nearly three weeks after NATO's air war against the Balkan state began.
  • Evergreen To Switch Vancouver Terminals
    Evergreen Marine Corporation (Taiwan) reportedly plans to move operations in Canada's Port of Vancouver to a facility outside the city.
  • Korea Strikes Widen, Minister Vows Toughness
    South Korean labor unrest reportedly worsened as shipyard workers and researchers joined subway drivers in strikes to protest against layoffs.
  • Swan Hunter May Buy Kvaerner Yard
    Swan Hunter, the Dutch-owned shipyard in northern England, is reportedly working on a scheme to buy the Govan shipyard in Glasgow, Scotland.
  • Exxon Hit By Low Oil Prices, Refining Woes
    Exxon Corp. first quarter profits reportedly fell over 40 percent, proving even the company with the industry's most stable earnings isn't immune to low oil prices.

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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
››› File
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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