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September 22, 1999
Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Hamburg port aims to become logistics centre
    German port has facilities to serve as hub for northern, central Europe
  • Limping Carnival ship moves to evade storm
  • Hyundai wins second order from US firm
Air and Land Transport
  • Boeing talk of building bigger 747 meant only to scare Airbus: analysts
    Boeing directors will not approve plan for superjumbo without a launch customer
  • Air Canada board expected to reject Onex takeover bid
  • Shanghai completes basic work on Pudong subway
  • Delhi airport acts to cut flight delays due to fog
  • BA cuts New Year's Eve flights by 64%
Features
  • Copters vital in saving lives
Columns
  • Environmental pressure on shipowners set to increase

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Hamburg port aims to become logistics centre
    German port has facilities to serve as hub for northern, central Europe
  • Limping Carnival ship moves to evade storm
  • Hyundai wins second order from US firm
Air and Land Transport
  • Boeing talk of building bigger 747 meant only to scare Airbus: analysts
    Boeing directors will not approve plan for superjumbo without a launch customer
  • Air Canada board expected to reject Onex takeover bid
  • Shanghai completes basic work on Pudong subway
  • Delhi airport acts to cut flight delays due to fog
  • BA cuts New Year's Eve flights by 64%
Features
  • Copters vital in saving lives
Columns
  • Environmental pressure on shipowners set to increase

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Hamburg port aims to become logistics centre
    German port has facilities to serve as hub for northern, central Europe
  • Limping Carnival ship moves to evade storm
  • Hyundai wins second order from US firm
Air and Land Transport
  • Boeing talk of building bigger 747 meant only to scare Airbus: analysts
    Boeing directors will not approve plan for superjumbo without a launch customer
  • Air Canada board expected to reject Onex takeover bid
  • Shanghai completes basic work on Pudong subway
  • Delhi airport acts to cut flight delays due to fog
  • BA cuts New Year's Eve flights by 64%
Features
  • Copters vital in saving lives
Columns
  • Environmental pressure on shipowners set to increase

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Hamburg port aims to become logistics centre
    German port has facilities to serve as hub for northern, central Europe
  • Limping Carnival ship moves to evade storm
  • Hyundai wins second order from US firm
Air and Land Transport
  • Boeing talk of building bigger 747 meant only to scare Airbus: analysts
    Boeing directors will not approve plan for superjumbo without a launch customer
  • Air Canada board expected to reject Onex takeover bid
  • Shanghai completes basic work on Pudong subway
  • Delhi airport acts to cut flight delays due to fog
  • BA cuts New Year's Eve flights by 64%
Features
  • Copters vital in saving lives
Columns
  • Environmental pressure on shipowners set to increase

Sched Netweb site
  • TMT rolls out Shanghai to Chengdu rail service
  • HMM launches new Hong Kong home page
  • Eximbank loans US$132 billion to boost China's shipbuilding
  • Malaysian manufacturing sales up 18.9 per cent in July
  • Philippine trade surplus mounts to US$755 million
  • Brazilian registration fee stuns shipowners
  • South Pacific Lines submit joint service proposal to FMC
  • DHL-Sinotrans express service helps export industry
  • Shanghai's Pudong Airport in operation

Cargowebweb site
SEPTEMBER 21, 1999
  • Cooperation TNT Post and China State Post
  • Geodis to build in Europort-Vatry in France
  • Checked waste transports often object of official reports
  • European Union wants better checks
  • Canadian carriers reduce flights on January 1, 2000

Cyber Shipping Guide - Ocean Commerceweb site
  • JV Container Terminal Officially Opened in Ho Chi Minh
  • Business in Kaohsiung Mostly As Usual
  • TPL Set to Expand Transpacific Capacity

World Wide Shipperweb site
SEPTEMBER 21, 1999
  • Port of Longview hires Berth 8 contractor
  • Washington trade group sends Yang to Korea
  • Coast Guard acts to head off oil spill
  • Sea-Land and U.S. Coast Guard participate in Y2K port exercise
  • DOT gives Delta/American new flight services in France
  • Greek ship line inks $13 million net loss
  • Precision Castparts makes gloomy predictions for second quarter

urgente online pressweb site
SEPTEMBER 21, 1999
  • ABX Logistics adquiere 20 por ciento de Saima Avandero
  • Buena evolución del trafico en el puerto de Nápoles
  • El programa de transportes 2000-2004 deberá centrarse en objetivos sociales y ambientales
  • Acuerdo entre la UE y Japón sobre las importaciones de automóviles nipones
  • La comisaria de Medio Ambiente reivindicará el uso de la bicicleta como medio de transporte alternativo
  • Airbus recibe orden es por 1.500 millones de Euro
  • Huelga de camioneros en Argentina
  • AUA Grupo decide alianza estratégica

Exim Indiaweb site
SEPTEMBER 21, 1999
Shipping News
  • Indian textile show in Colombo nets orders worth Rs 18 crore
  • Committee on air cargo projections set up
  • Export council status for Khadi Commission likely
  • 4 cotton technology mini-missions get Planners' approval
  • 42 mt crude imports likely this fiscal
  • Refineries aiming to export naphtha
  • Textile policy report taking shape
  • Inflation rises
  • ChPT signs pact with BTL for berth lease
  • Move for simpler sampling of groundnuts for export
  • Irish IT firms scouting for tie-ups in India
  • Netherlands to help study feasibility of cold storage chains
  • Edible oils imports sinking industry
  • National Medicinal Board to boost plants/extracts exports soon
  • CII urges India to join Cairns Group
  • BHEL bags order from Kirloskars
  • Two-day WTI programme on export sops
Aviation News
  • Ansett Australia predicts a challenging year
  • BAA's passenger traffic increases by 5.8%
  • Delta to expand European services
  • Boeing to convert 757 and 767 into freighters
  • CAAC to regroup airlines, rid redundancy
  • Transmile to extend freighter service
  • Boeing tussles with Airbus for El Al order
  • Iberia and Finnair on board 'Oneworld'

Exim Indiaweb site
SEPTEMBER 21, 1999
Shipping News
  • Indian textile show in Colombo nets orders worth Rs 18 crore
  • Committee on air cargo projections set up
  • Export council status for Khadi Commission likely
  • 4 cotton technology mini-missions get Planners' approval
  • 42 mt crude imports likely this fiscal
  • Refineries aiming to export naphtha
  • Textile policy report taking shape
  • Inflation rises
  • ChPT signs pact with BTL for berth lease
  • Move for simpler sampling of groundnuts for export
  • Irish IT firms scouting for tie-ups in India
  • Netherlands to help study feasibility of cold storage chains
  • Edible oils imports sinking industry
  • National Medicinal Board to boost plants/extracts exports soon
  • CII urges India to join Cairns Group
  • BHEL bags order from Kirloskars
  • Two-day WTI programme on export sops
Aviation News
  • Ansett Australia predicts a challenging year
  • BAA's passenger traffic increases by 5.8%
  • Delta to expand European services
  • Boeing to convert 757 and 767 into freighters
  • CAAC to regroup airlines, rid redundancy
  • Transmile to extend freighter service
  • Boeing tussles with Airbus for El Al order
  • Iberia and Finnair on board 'Oneworld'

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
SEPTEMBER 21, 1999
  • IPE Brent futures down ahead of OPEC meeting
  • Mexico pledges to stick with OPEC, market not impressed
  • Kaohsiung unaffected by Taiwan earthquake
  • Kuwaiti Minister says OPEC Cuts may last longer

Cargo Info Africa - Freight & Trading Weeklyweb site
  • Durban boxes seized in drugs bust
  • Hauliers and SARS lock horns over border problems
  • Lines hike Med rates
  • BA ups freight capacity
  • Choosy buyers put pressure on perishable exporters
  • Safair to the rescue in East Timor
  • CT moves closer to 3-star safety rating
  • Transglobal opens Gauteng office
  • SA steps out of 'virtual recession'
  • Ships agencies pool their skills
  • Beitbridge doesn't deserve this negative publicity
  • Lykes' long-service record
  • Supply vessel offers varied services from Moz
  • Recovering Asian economies still face real challenges
  • Wharf Rat's diary
  • 'Arrive Alive' targets speeding truckers and overloaders
  • ACSA starts work on PE runway extension
  • 'Catch 22' stymies PE's perishable growth
  • Cosmos helps EL set handling record
  • Private hauliers make a 'slow' start in PE
  • Shippers cotton on to express Mozambique service
  • Boxes of goodwill
  • Mutare EPZ woos SA shippers
  • Survey finds 63% of companies have affirmative policies in place
  • Behind the scenes DHL kept the Games going
  • Port user voices frustrations over 'inefficient' combi terminal

Marine Logweb site
SEPTEMBER 21, 1999
  • Nigerian tanker flees detention, banned from European ports
    Britain's Maritime and Coastguard Agency has banned the Nigerian flagged oil tanker DELMAR EAGLE, from entering any European Port under the Paris Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Port State Control.

Lloyd's Listweb site
  • US faces shipping trade row
    BRITAIN has pledged to push the issue of maritime services firmly on to the liberalisation agenda at the World Trade Organisation.
  • Taiwan earthquake
    A classical-style statue stands untouched in front of a toppled Taipei apartment building as rescue workers try to locate and extract survivors following an earthquake which hit central Taiwan yesterday. More than 1,500 people were killed according to early estimates and 3,500 injured, but ports escaped relatively unscathed, the worst affected harbour being Taichung, close to the epicentre in the mountainous central massif.
  • Tirrenia confident of Brussels backing on state subsidies
    TOP management at Italian state owned ferry group Tirrenia feels confident of winning European Commission approval for most of the subsidies it receives from the state under a public utility service deal that expires in 2008, Lloyd's List can reveal.
  • Tanker scrap prices still holding firm at 1999 peak levels
    SCRAP prices are still holding at 1999-peak levels for tanker units as illustrated by the latest very large crude carrier demolition sale, writes Emily Redding.
  • Prospects for Atlantic deal bleak
    THE chances of reaching early agreement on a new service structure for the North Atlantic that would remove liner tonnage from this depressed trade lane look remote.
  • TBT phase-out premature
    Phasing out of tributyltins in anti-fouling paint is premature until adequate replacements are found, John Joyce marine director of the International Chamber of Shipping said yesterday.
  • Korean giants eye LNG export club
    DAEWOO and Samsung are battling to enter the exclusive club of export LNG shipbuilders next month when the results of the long-awaited Spanish LNG project is announced.
  • Bahamas Freeport terminal intact after Floyd
    BAHAMAS' key Freeport container terminal escaped largely unscathed after Hurricane Floyd roared through last week and ships resumed calling there shortly after it passed over on its way to the US mainland.

Fairplayweb site
SEPTEMBER 21, 1999
  • Evergreen unscathed as earthquake shakes Taiwan
  • Carnival cruise ship avoids storm after fire
  • UK bans oil tanker under Paris MOU
  • MUA loses out on Enterprise crew deal
  • Philippines could award sole sugar supply rights
  • Third way outlined for junk bonds
  • US Supreme Court to hear Intertanko suit
  • Non-mutual P&I unprofitable, says North of England
  • Kuoni Travel buys Clipper Cruise Line
  • Second hand outperforms newbuildings, says banker
  • Groupe Bourbon posts healthy results
  • Colombia sees ports revival
  • CSL signs up domestic fleet with Acomarit
  • Chiquita signs cargo handling contract in Genoa
  • Italy and France to develop Horizon Frigate
  • ITF targets 'dirty ship breaking'
  • Bankers fear for future of smaller owners
  • End in sight for Petrobras oil monopoly
  • AP Moller takes full control of Mærsk India

The Journal of Commerceweb site
Home
  • Shippers prodded to sign promptly
  • Acquisition targets: 'Not us,' executives insist
  • United Technologies to cut 1,500 jobs
  • Organization alleges Salvadoran workers make Kathie Lee line in sweatshops
  • US gasoline prices hit two-year high
  • Technology Logistics Systems opens two new logistics centers
  • Dorsey Trailers get multimillion dollar order from UPS
Transportation
  • Trucker rejects mediation proposal
  • Damage to transport hubs appears limited
  • FedEx intends to speed clearance
  • Toll-highway bailout reaches $9.4 billion
  • France is unswayed by reform proposal
  • STB blocks bid to prevent operation over short lines
  • Philippine Airlines is on the mend, nation's finance secretary reports
  • Carrier announces plans to join Star Alliance
Maritime
  • Ho Chi Minh City container terminal is open, with expansion planned
  • Crowley gets OK to transfer federal subsidies to Automar
  • Chennai feeder gets sole use of berth
  • Lawlessness at sea often goes unchecked

The Journal of Commerceweb site
Home
  • Shippers prodded to sign promptly
  • Acquisition targets: 'Not us,' executives insist
  • United Technologies to cut 1,500 jobs
  • Organization alleges Salvadoran workers make Kathie Lee line in sweatshops
  • US gasoline prices hit two-year high
  • Technology Logistics Systems opens two new logistics centers
  • Dorsey Trailers get multimillion dollar order from UPS
Transportation
  • Trucker rejects mediation proposal
  • Damage to transport hubs appears limited
  • FedEx intends to speed clearance
  • Toll-highway bailout reaches $9.4 billion
  • France is unswayed by reform proposal
  • STB blocks bid to prevent operation over short lines
  • Philippine Airlines is on the mend, nation's finance secretary reports
  • Carrier announces plans to join Star Alliance
Maritime
  • Ho Chi Minh City container terminal is open, with expansion planned
  • Crowley gets OK to transfer federal subsidies to Automar
  • Chennai feeder gets sole use of berth
  • Lawlessness at sea often goes unchecked

The Journal of Commerceweb site
Home
  • Shippers prodded to sign promptly
  • Acquisition targets: 'Not us,' executives insist
  • United Technologies to cut 1,500 jobs
  • Organization alleges Salvadoran workers make Kathie Lee line in sweatshops
  • US gasoline prices hit two-year high
  • Technology Logistics Systems opens two new logistics centers
  • Dorsey Trailers get multimillion dollar order from UPS
Transportation
  • Trucker rejects mediation proposal
  • Damage to transport hubs appears limited
  • FedEx intends to speed clearance
  • Toll-highway bailout reaches $9.4 billion
  • France is unswayed by reform proposal
  • STB blocks bid to prevent operation over short lines
  • Philippine Airlines is on the mend, nation's finance secretary reports
  • Carrier announces plans to join Star Alliance
Maritime
  • Ho Chi Minh City container terminal is open, with expansion planned
  • Crowley gets OK to transfer federal subsidies to Automar
  • Chennai feeder gets sole use of berth
  • Lawlessness at sea often goes unchecked

Antwerpse Lloyd n.v.web site
SEPTEMBER 21, 1999
  • Shortsea shipping, le grand inconnu
    La deuxième session de l'Eurofreight '99, le premier congrès pour et organisé par des expéditeurs européens, avait pour thème le trafic shortsea. Christina Prieser, de l'Institut allemand "Shipping Economics and Logistics", a déclaré que le transfert du transport routier vers le shortsea n'est pas automatique et que sa promotion laisse encore pas mal à désirer. Günther Kempf, directeur de l'armateur shortsea Opdr, est arrivé à la même constatation. Le troisième intervenant fut Marc De Witte, directeur commercial chez Noord Natie. Dans le court délai qui lui était accordé, ce dernier a abordé les activités shortsea en rapport avec la fonction commerciale du port d'Anvers. Finalement, Frank Boogaerts, le président des débats, a exposé la législation douanière européenne, qui présente actuellement quelques obstacles aux opportunités de ces modes de transport dans certaines régions. Mais il y a de l'espoir...
  • Ziegler ouvre une plate-forme logistique près de Strasbourg
    Ziegler a inauguré vendredi dernier à Hoerdt, près de Strasbourg, une nouvelle plate-forme logistique. "Cet investissement cadre dans la stratégie de logistique multimodale de proximité dans les principales régions d'Europe", dit le groupe belge dans un communiqué. D'autres investissements de ce type sont en cours, entre autres à Londres.
  • Lufthansa en joint-venture fret avec Singapore Airlines?
    Lufthansa Cargo AG (LCAG) souhaite réaliser une joint-venture avec Singapore Airlines (SIA). C'est ce qu'a déclaré le président de LCAG Wilhelm Althen à l'occasion d'une visite à Singapour. Il a précisé que la coopération avec SIA permettrait à la filiale fret de la compagnie aérienne allemande de renforcer sa présence dans la région Asie-Pacifique. Les deux compagnies oeuvrent depuis quelque temps à la réalisation d'une alliance fret dont SAS ferait également partie.

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HMM and CMA CGM Total Terminal International Algeciras Expansion Project
Seoul
An investment of 150 million euros is planned. The capacity will be increased to 2.8 million teu
European Commission meeting to define the strategy for the development of EU ports and maritime industry
Brussels
Call for papers by July 28th
Assarmatori asks for support for Italian seafarers employed on short-haul routes and for the renewal of ferry fleets
Assarmatori asks for support for Italian seafarers employed on short-haul routes and for the renewal of ferry fleets
Rome
Messina: State Aid regime needs to be redesigned for European shipyards
In the first four months of 2025, maritime container traffic between Asia and Europe grew by +4.8%
Tokyo
-6.4% drop in shipments to Asian ports. +9.0% increase in unloading volumes in Europe
The impact on Italy of a possible closure of the maritime route through the Strait of Hormuz would be significant
Rome
The merchant fleet for energy products controlled by the Italian shipping industry interested in these traffics amounts to approximately 80 units.
Cargo traffic in China's seaports grew by +3.7% last month
Cargo traffic in China's seaports grew by +3.7% last month
Beijing
Containers amounted to 26.7 million TEU (+6.1%)
In 2024, 576 containers were lost at sea out of over 250 million transported by ships
Washington
About 200 have fallen from container ships in the Cape of Good Hope region
FMC questions deal exempting World Shipping Council companies from US antitrust rules
Washington
Meanwhile, Sola, appointed by Trump on January 20 to the presidency of the federal agency, is leaving his post today.
The European maritime-port sector nitpicks the reform of the Community customs rules
Brussels
Note from CLECAT, ECASBA, European Shipowners, ESPO, Feport and WSC
EU Council agrees on reform of the Union Customs Code
Brussels
CLECAT is concerned about the persistence of the concept of "Single Liable Person" in the text
In the first three months of 2025, freight traffic in the port of Civitavecchia grew by +2.4%
Civitavecchia
Increase of +9.9% in Gaeta and decrease of -17.1% in Fiumicino
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Accelleron consolida le partnership con Somas e Geislinger per sostenere l'efficienza e la sostenibilità del settore marittimo
Japanese shipbuilding company Imabari Shipbuilding acquires control of fellow Japanese JMU
Imabari/Tokyo
Ownership share increased from 30% to 60%
WTO: New tariffs have given a boost to trade that is unlikely to last
Geneva
Recovery driven by importers who brought forward purchases in view of expected tariff increases
Terminal Investments Limited of the MSC Group acquires 50% of the capital of Barcelona Europe South Terminal
Barcelona
The transaction was authorized by the Port Authority of Barcelona
There are no implementing decrees for the SalvaMare law and Italian citizens are paying for the management of fished waste that is not carried out
Rome
The Marevivo Foundation and the Federation of the Sea report it
In five and a half years, 1,244 tons of drugs have been seized in EU ports
In five and a half years, 1,244 tons of drugs have been seized in EU ports
Lisbon
The largest quantities pass through ports in Belgium, Spain, Holland, Italy and Germany
The International Convention on Ship Recycling will enter into force tomorrow
Copenhagen
BIMCO urges EU to include Indian shipyards in EU list of ship recycling facilities
Assologistica presents the "Cruscotto" project to ensure transparency and legality in the logistics sector
Milan
Ruggerone: it is an infrastructure of trust between clients and operators
Federagenti, cruises cannot and must not become the target of an indiscriminate hate campaign
Federagenti, cruises cannot and must not become the target of an indiscriminate hate campaign
Rome
A "Pact for the Sea" proposed with solutions to tackle overtourism for which passenger ships are not to blame
New step forward for the construction of the underground freight transport system in Switzerland
New step forward for the construction of the underground freight transport system in Switzerland
Bern
Cargo sous terrain plans to build a 500-kilometer system by mid-century
Carnival posts record earnings for March-May period
Carnival posts record earnings for March-May period
Miami
The number of cruise passengers embarked also peaked this quarter
Federlogistica, it is reckless to activate railway construction sites without a concerted plan
Genoa
Falteri: Isolating the port of Genoa from the railway network for three weeks means putting the whole of Northern Italy in difficulty
Multipurpose terminals privatized in eight Saudi ports
Multipurpose terminals privatized in eight Saudi ports
Riyadh
Four will be operated by Saudi Global Ports and four by Red Sea Gateway Terminal
Public debate launched on the project for Pier VIII in the port of Trieste
Public debate launched on the project for Pier VIII in the port of Trieste
Trieste
A total investment of 315.8 million euros is expected
South Korea's HD Hyundai partners with US Edison Chouest Offshore to build containerships in US
South Korea's HD Hyundai partners with US Edison Chouest Offshore to build containerships in US
Seoul
The possibility of building other types of ships and constructing port cranes is foreseen
Rixi: with the Omnibus decree, Phase B of the new Genoa breakwater is guaranteed
Rome
Expenditure of 50 million euros authorised for 2026 and 92.8 million for 2027
Israel-Iran conflict prompts Maersk to suspend calls at Haifa port
Copenhagen
Those at the port of Ashdod will continue instead.
Northern European Nations Commitment to Counter Russian Shadow Fleet
Warsaw
If the vessels do not fly a valid flag in the Baltic Sea and the North Sea - they specify - we will take appropriate measures in compliance with international law.
Freight traffic in French ports stable in the first quarter of 2025
Freight traffic in French ports stable in the first quarter of 2025
The Defense
Containers and liquid bulk on the rise. Increase in unloading loads and decrease in loading loads
Cognolato (Assiterminal): Today more than ever we need a coherent port policy
Rome
All the critical issues highlighted in recent years still remain open - he highlighted.
Alessandro Pitto confirmed as president of Fedespedi
Milan
The Board of Directors, the Board of Arbiters and the Board of Auditors have been renewed
A protest action by Greek seafarers is heated, with the PENEN and PNO unions launching very serious accusations, including mutual ones
Piraeus
The strike, declared illegal by the courts, blocks some ships of the Attica group in the port of Patras
Saipem awarded contract for a phosphate mining project in Algeria that includes the upgrading of the port of Annaba
Milan
The construction of railway lines is also planned
Suez Canal celebrates return of large-capacity containership transits
Suez Canal celebrates return of large-capacity containership transits
Ismailia
Today it was crossed by the vessel "CMA CGM Osiris" which can carry 15,536 teu
IMO, ILO, ICS and ITF urge protection of seafarers' rights against unjust criminalisation
London
The "Guidelines on the Fair Treatment of Seafarers Detained in Relation to Alleged Offences" were adopted in April
Trump's new tariffs also hit container traffic at the Port of Long Beach
Long Beach
In the first five months of 2025, an increase of +17.2% was recorded
Transfer of the port of Carrara from the Ligurian to the Tuscan AdSP not without a discussion with the operators
Milan
Dario Perioli, FHP, Grendi and Tarros ask for it
Up to $768 billion in investments needed to adapt world ports to rising sea levels
New York
Port of Los Angeles Feels Impact of New Tariffs on Container Traffic
Los Angeles
A decrease of -4.8% was recorded in May
Assagenti proposes a task force to solve port, logistics and industrial problems
Genoa
A "problem solver" consultative body composed, in addition to the categories of the maritime cluster, of the manufacturing industries of the North-West quadrant
Cargo traffic at the port of Singapore fell by -4.6% in May
Singapore
New crane overturned for delivery in new Tuas port area
In the first quarter of 2025, freight traffic on the Swiss rail network fell by -6.4%
Neuchatel
Service performance at 2.35 billion tonne-km, down -8.2%
ANGOPI fears that new measures to ensure maritime continuity will penalise mooring services
ANGOPI fears that new measures to ensure maritime continuity will penalise mooring services
Ischia
Power: it is necessary to remove them from a perverse mechanism
Dutch HES International to operate bulk terminal in Marseille-Fos port
Marseille
The concession contract will have a minimum duration of 30 years
Ibiza government opposes Trasmed's overnight stay on board ferry program
Ibiza/Valencia
It is considered a "clandestine hotel", while the company defines it as a cruise service
Bruno Pisano appointed extraordinary commissioner of the AdSP of the Eastern Ligurian Sea
Rome
He will take up his post next Monday
Federlogistica proposes a comparison between operators on the congestion fee while waiting for a solution from the government
Genoa
In the first five months of 2025, container traffic in the port of Gioia Tauro grew by +10.3%
Joy Taurus
1,813,071 TEUs were handled
Trasportounito, truck waiting times in ports must be paid
Genoa
Tagnochetti: The Port Fee aims to redistribute the costs of all disruptions more equitably
Commissioners of the AdSPs of the Northern Tyrrhenian, Ionian and Western Liguria appointed
Rome/Genoa
Trade unions concerned about the future of Genoa Port Terminal workers
Political instability and green transition are the main problems that shipping faces
London
This is highlighted in the "ICS Maritime Barometer Report 2024-2025"
The new container terminal of the port of Termini Imerese presented
Palermo
Transfer of traffic handled by Portitalia to the port of Palermo
GCMD survey confirms shipping's commitment to decarbonisation
Singapore
Ports concerned about lack of certainty about demand from shipping companies
The EU Commission has re-identified Port Said East and Tanger Med as neighbouring container transhipment ports
Brussels
Ferrara-based INCICO acquires Italiana Sistemi and focuses on transport engineering
Ferrara/Naples
It specializes in infrastructure and plant engineering in the railway and road sectors
Hupac announces expansion of Duisburg-Singen shuttle with connections to Italy
Noise
Daily departures will be made
The transfer of 80% of Louis-Dreyfus Armateurs' capital to InfraVia has been implemented
Suresnes/Paris
The Louis-Dreyfus family retains the remaining 20%
Port of Genoa, green light for extension of concession to Spinelli until September 30
Genoa
Ok also to the extension to the Campostano group
The National Maritime Fund has started the recognition of scholarships
Genoa
They are granted for basic training and security familiarization courses.
RFI and MIT sign the update to the program contract for approximately 2.1 billion
Rome
Around 500 million euros expected for the management of the railway network
San Giorgio del Porto delivers a vessel for the bunkering of liquefied natural gas
Genoa
It was built for Genova Trasporti Marittimi
Pisano (AdSP Liguria Orientale): the ports of La Spezia and Carrara have integrated almost perfectly
La Spezia/Bari
Extraordinary Commissioner of the Southern Adriatic Sea Port Authority appointed
Raffaele Latrofa appointed president of the AdSP of the Central-Northern Tyrrhenian Sea
Rome
He is the deputy mayor of Pisa
India's Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Acquires Control of Sri Lanka's Colombo Dockyard
Mumbai
Investment of approximately 53 million dollars
The Commissioner of the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority has been granted the powers and prerogatives of the Management Committee
Genoa
The measure pending the restoration of the ordinary top management bodies
The Three-Year Operational Plan 2025-2027 of the Central Adriatic Port Authority has been approved
Ancona
Favorable opinion of the Sea Resource Partnership Body
The public meeting of the International Containers Studies Center will be held in Genoa on July 2nd
Genoa
It will deal with the physical transformations of the container and the digitalization of processes
Andrea Ormesani is the new president of Assosped Venezia
Venice
The board of directors has been renewed. Paolo Salvaro remains general secretary
Witte (ISU): In 2024, the ship salvage sector stabilized from the low of two years ago
London
Finnish Elomatic to Install Tunnel Thrusters on 11 Carnival Cruise Ships
Turku
The works will begin next autumn and will end in 2028
The Assarmatori assembly will be held in Rome on July 1st
Rome
"Mediterranean against the current" the theme of the meeting
Fincantieri has delivered the new cruise ship Viking Vesta to the American Viking
Trieste/Los Angeles
It was built in the Ancona shipyard
The Genoa Coast Guard has placed the container ship PL Germany under administrative detention
Genoa
Italian Navy orders two new Multipurpose Combat Ships from Fincantieri
Trieste
The order to the shipbuilding company is worth 700 million euros
MSC Group to manage cruise services in the ports of Bari and Brindisi
Bari
Ten-year concession with possibility of extension
German Kombiverkehr Returns to Profit in 2024
Frankfurt am Main
The level of revenues remained unchanged at 434.6 million euros.
Deltamarin to design the six new ro-pax vessels ordered by Grimaldi for the Mediterranean routes
Turku
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The practice of subcontracting in European logistics is creating a parallel labour market where rights are not enforced
Brussels
"Sorry, We Subcontracted You" Report Presented
Tomorrow Grendi will launch the group's fourth ship on routes to and from Sardinia
Milan
"Grendi Star", with a load capacity of 2,800 linear meters, will connect Marina di Carrara and Cagliari
FREMM frigates operational support contract signed between Orizzonte Sistemi Navali and OCCAR
Taranto
The agreement has a total value of approximately 764 million euros
Call to reform the entire driver training system in the transport sector
Rome
Seven proposals presented
In the port of Gioia Tauro, the Guardia di Finanza soldiers seized 228 kilos of cocaine
Reggio Calabria
Two dockers arrested
Port of Livorno, new observatory to find solutions to the problem of port congestion
Leghorn
Marilli: We will seek solutions to reach the possible revocation of the port fee
Lockton PL Ferrari closed the last fiscal year with gross revenues of 34 million dollars
Genoa
Insurance premium volume rose to 350 million
Polish Trans Polonia Group acquires Dutch Nijman/Zeetank Holding
Tczew
It specializes in the transportation and logistics of liquid and gaseous products
d'Amico Tankers Sells Two 2011-Built Tankers for $36.2 Million
Luxembourg
They will be delivered to buyers by the end of July and on December 21st.
The Italian Merchant Marine Academy plans 13 new free courses
Genoa
Over 300 positions available
A delegation of Wista Italy visits the ports of Catania and Augusta
Catania/August
The association is made up of women who hold positions of responsibility in the maritime, logistics and trade sectors.
In the first five months of 2025, the port of Algeciras handled 1.9 million containers (-6.3%)
Algeciras
Empty containers decreased by -5.5% and full ones by -6.4%
Reway Group enters the port railway infrastructure maintenance sector
Licciana Nardi
Two contracts awarded by the AdSP of the Eastern Ligurian Sea
Delcomar and Ensamar take over maritime services with the smaller Sardinian islands
Cagliari
The tender for the six-year concession of the connections has been awarded
Port of Trieste, the newly appointed Gurrieri torpedoes the newly appointed Torbianelli
Trieste
Russo (Pd): it's a squalid power game
Singapore's SeaLead expands its maritime shipping offering to connect Turkey and Italy
Singapore
Route connected to services transiting the Suez Canal
The US Container Security Initiative program has been extended to Morocco
Rabat
Amrani: Let's consolidate Tanger Med's role as a safe and world-class maritime hub
Very positive first quarter for Greek Euroseas
Athens
Pittas: the positive momentum continued in the second quarter
Assonat and SACE present a plan for Italian tourist ports
Rome
Kuehne+Nagel has opened a new branch in Naples
Milan
The aim is to support the operational growth of the group in Southern Italy
RINA has acquired the entire capital of Finnish Foreship
Helsinki
The Helsinki-based company specializes in consulting in the field of marine and mechanical engineering.
Container traffic down at Barcelona and Valencia ports in May
Barcelona/Valencia
Resumption of containers in transit at the Catalan port
Annual cargo traffic in Greek ports stable in 2024
Piraeus
Domestic volumes are growing, while foreign trade is decreasing
Perplexity of freight forwarders, customs agents and maritime agents of La Spezia at the transfer of the port of Carrara to the Tuscan AdSP
The Spice
Timidly, they "hope for consideration for the progress made so far"
Francesco Mastro appointed extraordinary commissioner of the Southern Adriatic Sea Port Authority
Rome
He will take up office on June 30th.
John Denholm to be new president of the International Chamber of Shipping
Athens
He will take over from Emanuele Grimaldi in a year
Extraordinary commissioners of the two Ligurian Port System Authorities have been installed
Genoa/La Spezia
Matteo Paroli and Bruno Pisano at the helm of the institutions
Container traffic at Hong Kong port drops sharply in May
Hong Kong
1.05 million TEUs were handled (-12.7%)
Assogasliquidi-Federchimica shows the way to accelerate the decarbonization of road and maritime transport
Rome
Amadei: Our sector is ready and the time has come for courageous industrial choices
Eagle S tanker command blamed for cutting submarine cables in Gulf of Finland
Advantages
The accident was caused by the ship's anchor
Online platform to report critical issues that put transport workers at risk
Genoa
It was prepared by Fit Cisl Liguria
GNV to create a direct summer connection between Civitavecchia and Tunis
Genoa
It will run alongside the historic route via Palermo
The unification of Grimaldi's concessions in the port of Barcelona has been completed
Madrid/Barcelona
The contract expires on September 20, 2035.
In the first five months of 2025, cargo traffic in Russian ports fell by -4.9%
St. Petersburg
A decrease of approximately -12% was recorded in May
Raben Logistics Group Creates Subsidiary in Türkiye
Milan
It will have 20 employees and a 2,000 square meter cross-dock warehouse
Alberto Dellepiane confirmed as president of Assorimorchiatori
Rome
The composition of the entire association leadership remains unchanged
Agreement between Fincantieri and Indonesian PMM to develop solutions to face new unconventional underwater challenges
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 Assarmatori assembly will be held in Rome on July 1st
Rome
"Mediterranean against the current" the theme of the meeting
The public meeting of the International Containers Studies Center will be held in Genoa on July 2nd
Genoa
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
US has its eye on Greek ports
(Kathimerini)
Proposed 30% increase for port tariffs to be in phases, says Loke
(Free Malaysia Today)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Intervento del presidente Tomaso Cognolato
Roma, 19 giugno 2025
››› File
Structural adaptation works on dock 23 of the port of Ancona awarded
Ancona
Intervention worth over 11.8 million euros
Conference on the role of LNG and bioLNG for the decarbonisation of transport and industry
Rome
The Federchimica-Assogasliquidi event will take place on Monday in Rome
Dutch Bolidt increases presence in cruise ship sector with acquisition of American Boteka
Hendrik Ido Ambacht
Contship Italia has acquired the Genoese customs services company STS
Melzo
The Ligurian company was founded in 1985
Francesco Benevolo has been appointed extraordinary commissioner of the AdSP of the Central-Northern Adriatic Sea
Rome
He is the operations director of RAM - Logistics, Infrastructure and Transport
Montaresi resigns as commissioner of the Eastern Ligurian Port Authority
The Spice
In the eight months of administration - he underlines - we have not lost even a second
Gurrieri has been appointed extraordinary commissioner of the AdSP of the Eastern Adriatic Sea
Trieste
Pending the completion of the formal process for the designation of the president
The commissioners of the AdSP of Western Liguria have handed over their mandate to Minister Salvini
Genoa
The decision is part of the process of designation and nomination of the new leaders
Confetra criticizes the provisions of the decree-law Infrastructure for road transport
Rome
The Confederation urges the blocking of the process of appointing the presidents of the port authorities
Taiwanese Evergreen, Yang Ming and WHL saw revenue decline in May
Keelung/Taipei
The decline is accentuated for the two main companies
South Korea's KSOE wins order to build eight 15,900 TEU containerships
Seongnam
The unit value of each vessel is approximately $221 million.
First port terminal for car traffic of Greek Neptune Lines
Piraeus
It will be inaugurated next year in the French port of Port-La Nouvelle
The assembly of the association of Genoese maritime agents and brokers will be held on June 16th
Genoa
Round Table on Genoa, the hub of the North West and the Mediterranean
BN di Navigazione Board of Directors Renewed
Genoa
BluNavy aims to reach one million passengers by 2025
Viking Line designs world's largest all-electric ro-pax vessel
Viking Line designs world's largest all-electric ro-pax vessel
Åland
Record Monthly Container Traffic at Turkish Ports
Ankara
In May, almost 1.4 million TEUs were handled (+17.6%)
Sergio Landolfi has been elected president of the Customs Association of the Port of La Spezia
The Spice
The board of directors has been renewed
The ferry industry elite will attend the Interferry conference in Salerno in October
Victoria
Event titled "Connections"
Uniport launches an initiative to support ALS research
Rome
Fundraising for the NeMO Clinical Center Serena Foundation Onlus
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