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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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The ports of Bremen and Hamburg close the first quarter with a +3% growth in traffic
The ports of Bremen and Hamburg close the first quarter with a +3% growth in traffic
Bremen/Hamburg
Terminal operator HHLA posts record quarterly revenue
In the first quarter of 2025, cargo traffic in the port of Koper grew by +9.9%
Coper
Containerized cargo volumes continue to grow
Paul Pathy elected BIMCO President
Copenhagen
He is the president and CEO of the Canadian Fednav
The project to resection the western dock of the port of Gioia Tauro is about to start
Joy Taurus
It is not subject to the VIA procedure
HMM closed the first quarter with a net profit growth of +52.5%
HMM closed the first quarter with a net profit growth of +52.5%
Seoul
The South Korean company's fleet transported 930,629 containers (+4.2%)
In the first quarter, Hapag-Lloyd's revenues increased by +18.6% and net profit by +49.6%.
In the first quarter, Hapag-Lloyd's revenues increased by +18.6% and net profit by +49.6%.
Hamburg
The company's fleet transported 3.3 million containers (+8.8%)
Evergreen, Yang Ming and WHL's quarterly earnings growth eases
Keelung/Taipei
The second company recorded a decline in profits
In the first three months of 2025, cruise traffic at GPH terminals increased by +30%
Istanbul
In the period, 1,568 ships (+53%) called at them
In the first quarter of 2025, ship traffic in the Suez Canal decreased by -17.1%
In the first quarter of 2025, ship traffic in the Suez Canal decreased by -17.1%
Cairo
Growth of +16.4% in the value of transit rights paid by ships
This morning the ceremony of laying the first stone of the Darsena Europa in the port of Livorno
This morning the ceremony of laying the first stone of the Darsena Europa in the port of Livorno
Leghorn
Five years of work and an investment of 550 million euros are expected
Russia to invest $6 billion over the next six years to develop shipbuilding
Fly
Over 1,600 Civilian Ships Planned to Be Built by 2036
US, China agree to suspend tariffs for 90 days, cut by 115 percentage points
Beijing/Washington
They will drop to 30% and 10% respectively from the current 145% and 125%
In the first quarter, cargo traffic in Tunisian ports decreased by -2.6%
In the first three months of 2025, freight traffic in the port of Ravenna increased by +8.9%
Ravenna
Increase in dry bulk, containerized and conventional cargo
The port of Ancona closed the first quarter with a traffic of 2.1 million tons of goods (+4%)
Ancona
At the Ortona airport a decrease of -9% was recorded and at the Vasto airport a growth of +14%
In the first quarter, Costamare's revenues decreased by -6.1%
Monk
Costamare Bulkers Spin-Off Completed
The western dock of the port of Gioia Tauro has become operational
Joy Taurus
Container ship "MSC Bridge" docks
Maersk Group posts positive quarterly financial results
Maersk Group posts positive quarterly financial results
Copenhagen
Container volumes transported by the fleet remain stable. Traffic growth of +8.4% in port terminals
European Commission approves Italy's request to reintroduce the International Registry
Brussels
It will be in force until the end of 2033
In the port of Trieste, bulk cargo decreases and miscellaneous goods increase
Trieste
In the first quarter, a decrease of -4.3% was recorded. In Monfalcone, traffic increased by +54.9%
In the first quarter, goods handled by the port of Venice increased by +4.3%
Venice
Solid bulk and containerized cargoes on the rise. Liquid bulk drops by -6.1%
GNV orders four more ro-pax vessels from Guangzhou Shipyard International
Genoa
Deliveries of the 71,300 GRT units will begin in early 2028
The agreement between the Region and the extraordinary commissioner gives the go-ahead to the construction of the Darsena Europa in the port of Livorno
Florence
Giani: work can finally start
Filt, Fit and Uilt support Ciane's activity in Genoa and Savona, which would be put in danger by Petromar's competition
Genoa
Hupac will focus on combined transport on the North-South axis, focusing on high-volume connections
Zurich
DFDS Quarterly Revenues Up 7.5% With Ekol Acquisition
Copenhagen
The volumes of goods transported by the fleet are stable. Passengers drop by -27.5%
At the end of 2025, RAlpin will suspend the rolling highway rail service between Fribourg and Novara
Olten
The company denounces the numerous and unexpected restrictions on the railway network
Terminal operator ICTSI closes a record first quarter
Manila
Historic peak in financial results and container freight volumes handled
Premuda, management buy-out operation on the entire share capital of the company
Genoa
It was implemented with the strategic and financial support of Pillarstone
In the first quarter of this year, ship transits through the Panama Canal increased by +35.9%
In the first quarter of this year, ship transits through the Panama Canal increased by +35.9%
Panama
Ships carried 60.0 million tons of cargo (+40.1%)
In the first quarter of 2025, maritime traffic in the Bosphorus Strait decreased by -7.5%
In the first quarter of 2025, maritime traffic in the Bosphorus Strait decreased by -7.5%
Ankara
A total of 9,351 ships passed through
Tender for the expansion and technological modernization of Gate IV of the Port of Trieste
Trieste
It is related to the technical and economic feasibility design of the project
Mediterranean Emission Control Area for Sulphur Oxides Comes Into Force Tomorrow
Brussels
Vessels will have to use fuel with a maximum sulphur content of 0.1%.
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Reports Quarterly Net Loss of -$40.3 Million
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Reports Quarterly Net Loss of -$40.3 Million
Miami
In the first three months of this year, revenues fell by -2.9%
DSV Completes Acquisition of Schenker
Hedehouse
In the first three months of this year, the Danish logistics group's operating result increased by +17.5%
Hapag-Lloyd expects to close the first quarter with very positive performance
Hamburg
ONE closed fiscal year 2024 with net income of $4.2 billion (+336%)
ONE closed fiscal year 2024 with net income of $4.2 billion (+336%)
Singapore
In the period the container fleet transported 3.1 million TEU (+2.3%)
In the first quarter, the revenues of the Chinese shipping group COSCO grew by +20.1%
In the first quarter, the revenues of the Chinese shipping group COSCO grew by +20.1%
Shanghai
The fleet transported 6.5 million containers (+7.5%)
In the last quarter of 2024, Eurokai port terminals handled over 3.2 million containers (+9.4%)
Hamburg
In Germany, traffic was 1.9 million TEU (+14.0%) and in Italy 443 thousand TEU (+7.9%)
OOIL orders 14 new 18,500 teu containerships
Hong Kong
Dalian, Nantong shipyards win $3.1 billion contract
Orient Overseas (International) Limited (OOIL), the subsidiary of the Chinese shipping group COSCO Shipping Holdings that operates containerized maritime transport services with ...
Chinese ports set new cargo throughput record for January-March quarter
Chinese ports set new cargo throughput record for January-March quarter
Beijing
In the period, seaports handled 73.1 million containers (+8.3%)
Passenger terminal completed at Rizzo dock in Messina port
Messina
Work begins on remodeling the seabed of the port of Reggio Calabria
Le Aziende informano
Il retrofit ibrido-elettrico di ABB guida i traghetti dei laghi italiani verso un futuro più sostenibile
UPS closed the first quarter with a net profit of 1.2 billion dollars (+6.6%)
Atlanta
Revenues down slightly following sale of Coyote Logistics
Second Large Cruise Ship Built in China Launched
Shanghai
It will join the Adora Cruises fleet at the end of 2026
Uiltrasporti underlines the need to keep Italian ports under public control
Rome
The liner shipping industry contributes substantially to the U.S. economy.
Washington
This is highlighted by an analysis carried out by S&P Global Market Intelligence on behalf of WSC and PMSA
Toll worsens from explosion in Iranian port of Shahid Rajaee
Tehran
It caused 46 deaths and injured over 1,200 people
Tender for concession of container terminal at Ukrainian port of Chornomorsk to be announced by mid-year
Kiev
The management will include the general cargo terminal
Wärtsilä's first quarter is positive
Helsinki
New orders value growth slows
CEVA Logistics (CMA CGM group) will buy the Turkish Borusan Lojistik
ESPO: The EU Parliament's Budget Committee's request for more funding for transport, energy and infrastructure is welcome
Brussels
The importance of financing TEN-T networks to enable their adaptation for both military and civilian dual-use purposes was highlighted
Solidarity contribution for the families of port workers who are victims of accidents at work
Rome
It was established by the National Bilateral Port Authority
Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore Division Reports Record Quarterly Revenue
Neuilly-sur-Seine
New historical peak also for the classified fleet
PSA reportedly considering selling its 20% stake in Hutchison Ports
Singapore
This is according to "Reuters", which had already floated this hypothesis at the end of 2022
Federagenti, Italy must give a sharp acceleration to the projects of ZES, free zones and Special Logistics Zones
Rome
Pessina: There is no space for reflections prey to bureaucracy
RINA closes 2024 with revenues once again at a record level
Genoa
In the first quarter, turnover increased by +12% and new orders by +16%
The fourth edition of the national conference "Interporti al centro" will be held on May 23rd
Rome
Organized by UIR, it is scheduled at the Interporto Rivers in Venice
In the UK, express delivery company Evri and DHL's e-commerce division merge
London
Another 20 tractors coming for Contship Group's Hannibal
The Spice
They will be taken into delivery between the end of this year and the first months of 2026.
In April, the port of Singapore handled over 3.6 million containers (+7.1%)
Singapore
In terms of weight, containerized traffic decreased by -2.5%
Assagenti suggests the priorities that will have to be addressed by the next president of the port of Genoa
Genoa
Danaos Corporation's Quarterly Revenues Steady
Athens
Net profit down -23.5%
Cargo traffic in Montenegro ports stable in first quarter
Podgorica
Growth of +73.9% in volumes to and from Italy
Prysmian inaugurates the new cable-laying vessel Prysmian Monna Lisa
Milan
Finnish plant producing high-voltage submarine cables expanded
Second container terminal inaugurated at Cameroonian port of Kribi
Yaounde
It has a quay of 715 linear meters and a seabed depth of -16 meters
Eurogate Intermodal has bought the Deisser trucking company
Hamburg/Stuttgart
The Stuttgart-based company specializes in the container segment
Discount announced on transit fee for large container ships in Suez Canal
Ismailia
15% reduction for ships of at least 130,000 SCNT tons
The Simplified Logistics Zone of the Port and hinterland of La Spezia is ready to be made operational
Genoa/La Spezia
Regional councilor Piana made this known
Port of Genoa, the TAR for Lazio has annulled the Ignazio Messina-Terminal San Giorgio merger
Rome
Grimaldi Euromed's appeal accepted
Fincantieri closes first quarter with record new orders
Trieste
Strong growth in revenue and EBITDA
Stop, other Regions should follow Abruzzo's example by introducing the regional ferrobonus
Rome
The laying of the first pillar of the logistics park under construction in Tortona was celebrated
Tortona
The project is scheduled for completion in May 2026.
The Customs Free Zone enclosed in Genoa as an opportunity to mitigate the impact of duties
Genoa
Spediporto highlights it
Taiwan's Evergreen and Yang Ming saw revenue decline in April
Keelung/Taipei
Compatriot Wan Hai Lines' turnover grows
In the first three months of 2025, RCL containerships transported 658,000 TEU (+8.9%)
Bangkok
Revenues up +37.6%
The preparation process for the Port Regulatory Plan of Ancona has begun
Ancona
Preliminary verification of the Strategic Environmental Assessment has begun
d'Amico International Shipping reports quarterly revenue and earnings decline
Luxembourg
Balestra di Mottola: We do not expect any impact on us from any port tariffs applied in the US for ships built in China
Towards the final approval of the nomination of Francesco Benevolo as president of the port of Ravenna
Rome
The MIT has forwarded the proposal to the Transport Commission of the Chamber
The decline in vehicle volumes transported by the Wallenius Wilhelmsen fleet continues
Lysaker
The first three months of 2025 were closed with revenues of 1.3 billion dollars (+3.4%)
Shipping agents, customs agents and freight forwarders of La Spezia applaud Pisano's appointment
The Spice
For the presidency of the AdSP - they rejoice - "one of us" has been chosen
MIT appoints Bruno Pisano as president of the AdSP of the Eastern Ligurian Sea
Rome
DHL Buys IDS Fulfillment
Westerville/Indianapolis
Strengthening the e-commerce segment
V.Ships created V.Yachts to provide its services to large yachts
London
It will be based in Monaco
Mercitalia Rail transports scrap iron from Pomezia to steel mills in Northern Italy
Milan
Finnlines revenues increased by +2.3% in the first quarter
Helsinki
The volumes transported by the fleet are increasing, with the exception of cars
NYK to build third car terminal at Barcelona port
Barcelona
Work begins on the electrification of the MSC Crociere terminal
SAILING LIST
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Arrival ports by:
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- country
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The Verdane investment fund sells Danelec to the GTT group
Paris
Danish company develops technologies for digitalization of maritime transport
Israeli forces attacked the port of Hodeyda
Jerusalem
IDF, measures taken to limit damage to ships
Vard signs new contract with Dong Fang Offshore for OSCV vessel
Trieste
It will be delivered in the first quarter of 2028
Collaboration protocol between the Federation of the Sea and WSense
Rome
Among the aims, to promote intelligent and sustainable management of marine resources
A conference on maritime engineering works and climate change in Rome on Wednesday
Rome
It will be held at the Auditorium Fondazione MAXXI
The 2024 general financial statement of the Eastern Adriatic Sea Port Authority has been approved
Trieste
It records a general administrative surplus of almost 283 million euros
Accelleron Industries Announces Further Investments in Italy
Baden
The aim is to strengthen technological leadership in fuel injection systems for the decarbonisation of the maritime sector.
UAE's AD Ports continues to invest in Egypt
Cairo/Abu Dhabi
Usufruct contract to develop and manage a logistics and industrial park near the port of Port Said
The 2024 final budget of the Central Adriatic Sea Port System Authority has been approved
Ancona
Green light from the Management Committee
RFI, tender awarded for maintenance and telecommunications enhancement works
Rome
Program worth approximately 180 million euros
Contract signed assigning CMA CGM the management of the container terminal at the port of Latakia
Damascus
Investments of 230 million euros expected in the first four years
Rizzo appointed extraordinary commissioner of the Strait Port System Authority
Messina
DHL Group revenues increased by +2.8% in the first three months of 2025
Bonn
Net profit of 830 million euros (+3.9%)
Purchase of area for new cruise terminal in Marghera completed
Venice
It is expected to become operational in the 2028 cruise season.
CMA CGM Completes Acquisition of Air Belgium
Marseille/Mont-Saint-Guibert
Mazaudier: Strengthen our air capacity with immediate effect
In the first three months of 2025, freight traffic in Albanian ports decreased by -1.8%
Tirana
Passengers also decreasing (-1.6%)
In 2024, 94.4 million tonnes of goods were transported on the Austrian rail network (+2.2%)
Vienna
31.8% of the total volume was achieved on routes longer than 300 kilometres
The final budget and the annual report 2024 of the AdSP of Sardinia have been approved
Cagliari
Pilot project for the unified issuing of port access permits for haulers
Interporto Padova's 2024 financial statements unanimously approved
Padua
Revenues up +7.3%
Redevelopment works underway at the agri-food hub of the port of Livorno
Leghorn
Works worth six million euros
Bluferries is ready to put the new ro-pax Athena into service in the Strait of Messina
Messina
It can carry up to 22 trucks or 125 cars and 393 people
Approved the financial statement for the financial year 2024 of the AdSP of the Ionian Sea
Taranto
424.8 million port works completed in the last decade
Kalmar reports lower quarterly revenue, higher new orders
Helsinki
In the first three months of 2025, net profit was 34.1 million euros (+2%)
Antonio Ranieri is the new maritime director of Liguria
Genoa
He takes over from Admiral Piero Pellizzari who was discharged from the service upon reaching the age limit
In the first quarter of 2025, China's CIMC recorded a 12.7% increase in container sales
Hong Kong
Revenues grew by +11.0%
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 fourth edition of the national conference "Interporti al centro" will be held on May 23rd
Rome
Organized by UIR, it is scheduled at the Interporto Rivers in Venice
A conference on maritime engineering works and climate change in Rome on Wednesday
Rome
It will be held at the Auditorium Fondazione MAXXI
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Proposed 30% increase for port tariffs to be in phases, says Loke
(Free Malaysia Today)
Damen Mangalia Unionists Protest Friday Against Possible Closure
(The Romania Journal)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Relazione del presidente Nicola Zaccheo
Roma, 18 settembre 2024
››› File
Last year, the revenues of the Chinese group CMPort increased by +3.1%
Hong Kong
In the first three months of 2025, port terminals handled 36.4 million containers (+5.6%)
The financial statements of the AdSP of Western Liguria and the Central-Northern Tyrrhenian Sea have been approved
Genoa/Civitavecchia
Konecranes revenues increased by +7.7% in the first three months of 2025
Helsinki
343 million euros of new orders for port vehicles (+37.5%)
Kuehne+Nagel posts first quarter of growth
Schindellegi
The logistics group's net sales amounted to 6.33 billion Swiss francs (+14.9%)
Application by TDT (Grimaldi group) for the construction and management of 50% of the Terminal Darsena Europa in Livorno
Leghorn
The company has requested an extension of the duration of the current concession
In 2024, 58 million invested in the modernization of the ports of Livorno, Piombino and the island of Elba
Leghorn
The final budget and the annual report of the AdSP have been approved
EIB advice to strengthen climate resilience of the ports of Volos, Alexandroupolis and Patras
Luxembourg
It will assist port authorities in identifying and managing climate risks
In the first quarter the port of Valencia handled 1.3 million containers (+3.4%)
Valencia
Transhipment traffic decline
The Management Committee of the Central Tyrrhenian Sea Port Authority has unanimously approved the 2024 financial statement
Naples
SOS LOGistica will acquire the qualification of Third Sector Entity
Milan
The association currently has 74 members
In the first three months of 2025, freight traffic in the ports of Barcelona and Algeciras decreased
Barcelona/Algeciras
Hupac transfers intermodal service with Padua to Novara
Noise
Until now the other terminal was the one in Busto Arsizio
PSA SECH has operated the first 400-meter train at Parco Ferroviario Rugna
Genoa
Capacity up to 20 pairs of trains per day
The 2024 financial statement of the Eastern Liguria Port Authority was unanimously approved
The Spice
The war clearance preparatory to the expansion of the Ravano Terminal in La Spezia is nearing completion
The Spice
The AdSP has invested over 600 thousand euros in it
Francesco Rizzo appointed president of the AdSP of the Strait
Rome
He has repeatedly denounced the uselessness of the construction of the bridge over the Strait
US aircraft attack Yemeni port of Ras Isa
Tampa/Beirut
38 dead and over a hundred injured
In 2025 Stazioni Marittime predicts an increase in ferry and cruise traffic in the port of Genoa
MIT Mobility Report Highlights Rising Demand for Both Passengers and Freight
Rome
In the first quarter, cargo traffic in Russian ports decreased by -5.6%
St. Petersburg
Both dry goods (-5.3%) and liquid bulk (-5.8%) are decreasing
Andrea Giachero confirmed as president of Spediporto
Genoa
The board of directors of the association of Genoese freight forwarders has also been renewed for the three-year period 2025-2028
Study for monitoring vehicular traffic in the ports of Venice and Chioggia
Milan
Order awarded to Circle and Arelogik
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