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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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FROM THE HOME PAGE
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
In the first quarter of this year, freight traffic in the port of Rotterdam decreased by -5.8%.
Rotterdam
Both disembarkation (-3.1%) and embarkation (-11.9%) loads are decreasing
Increase in container cargo is not enough for the port of Antwerp-Bruges to avoid a -4.0% decline in quarterly traffic
Antwerp
The decline in liquid bulk cargoes worsened (-19.1%)
The China Shipowners' Association considers the measures taken by the US against Chinese ships a typical example of unilateralism and protectionism
Beijing/Washington
The WSC reiterates that such measures could undermine American trade, harm U.S. manufacturers, and undermine efforts to strengthen the nation's maritime industry.
COSCO Expresses Strong Opposition to US Planned Taxes on Chinese Ships
Growing share of new entrants in European rail transport sector
Madrid
In 2023, rail freight transport performance decreased by -8%
New Chinese Ship Taxes That Will Only Raise Prices for Americans
Washington
The executive vice president of the US Chamber of Commerce denounced it
Tax amounts set for China-linked vessels arriving at US ports
Washington
Calculated on the basis of net capacity or container volume, they will be applied from October and will be progressively increased
International tender launched to award concession for new Casablanca port shipyard
Casablanca
It is the largest in Africa and has been unused since 2019
Federlogistica, the industry must stop approaching logistics only in terms of costs
Genoa
Falteri: a national control room composed of representatives of the logistics sector and industrial groups is necessary
ABB closes positive first quarter even if revenue growth is lower than expected
Zurich
Wierod: Our consolidated local-for-local approach protects us from the trade war
New global minimum wage deal for seafarers
Geneva
The level will rise to $690 from January 1, 2026 to reach $704 from 2027 and $715 from 2028.
Global trade in goods could fall by -1.5% this year
Geneva
WTO predicts. Okonjo-Iweala: Persistent uncertainty threatens to slow global growth, with serious negative consequences for the world
In 2023, around two-thirds of all goods moved in the EU were transported by sea.
Luxembourg
In the period 2013-2023, only the share of road transport increased, while that of other modes decreased.
Postal shipments of goods from Hong Kong to the US suspended
Hong Kong
Hongkong Post faces exorbitant and unreasonable tariffs due to unjustified and intimidating actions of the United States
Confitarma highlights the need for the decarbonisation strategy not to penalise shipping compared to other modes
Rome
Zanetti: also ensure that the implementation process takes into account the operational needs of the industry
Intercargo and Intertanko raise concerns over shipping decarbonisation deal
London
The complexity of the measure adopted by the IMO and the unusual procedure from which non-governmental organizations were excluded were highlighted
Pirate attacks on ships to spike in first quarter of 2025
Pirate attacks on ships to spike in first quarter of 2025
London
Sharp increase in incidents in the Singapore Straits
Interferry welcomes IMO agreement on decarbonisation of shipping, but finds strategy too complex
Victoria/Piraeus
Greek Shipowners' Association disappointed by failure to recognise essential role of transition fuels such as LNG
International Labour Organization Recognizes Seafarers as Key Workers
London
ITF and ICS: a historic moment
CMA CGM to acquire 35% of Egypt's October Dry Port
Cairo
The company operates a dry port in the industrial and logistics zone near Cairo
MSC Group's TiL to Take Full Control of Hutchison Ports Terminals
New York
Bloomberg reports this, specifying that the Panamanian terminals would be jointly managed with BlackRock
Draft regulation on decarbonisation of shipping approved by MEPC includes mandatory fuel standard and pricing of greenhouse gas emissions
London/Washington/Brussels
The establishment of a Fund to collect resources deriving from the pricing of emissions is foreseen
MIT indicates Matteo Paroli as new president of the ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado
Rome/La Spezia
The La Spezia port community also requests a name for the Eastern Liguria Port Authority
Task force of five associations for the relaunch of Italian rail cargo
Rome
Initiative by Agens, Assoferr, Assologistica, Fercargo and Fermerci
Confitarma underlines the importance of the shipping decarbonisation strategy being defined at IMO
Rome
The Italian Confederation specifies that it shares some of the USA's concerns
WSC Reiterates Trump's Measures for National Maritime Industry Are Bad for U.S. Economy
Washington
Kramek: Ready to support the administration with constructive proposals
Fincantieri and Accenture establish joint venture Fincantieri Ingenium
Trieste/Milan
The aim is to drive the digital transformation of the ship product and port logistics
Meyer Werft has delivered the new luxury cruise ship Asuka III to NYK Cruises
Papenburg/Emden
It has a capacity of 744 passengers and 470 crew members
As Trump formalizes measures to revitalize America's maritime industry, the nation's ports face a dramatic decline in traffic
Washington/Geneva
Okonjo-Iweala (WTO): With the escalation of trade tensions between the US and China, the exchange of goods between the two economies could decrease up to 80%
CK Hutchison denies allegations of breach of concession contract for Panamanian ports of Cristóbal and Balboa
Panama
Panama Ports Company emphasizes that it has complied with all legal obligations and contractual commitments
US Does Not Participate in IMO Negotiations on Shipping Decarbonization, Threatens Reciprocal Measures
London
Expressed opposition to any attempt to impose economic measures on ships based on greenhouse gas emissions or fuel choice
T&E urges MEPC to agree clear and ambitious measures to decarbonise shipping
Brussels
It is necessary - the association underlines - to set binding objectives
Meyer Yachts will build an ultra-luxury residential mega yacht for Ulyssia Residences
Miami
The ship will be 320 meters long and will be built at the Papenburg shipyard
Le Aziende informano
Il retrofit ibrido-elettrico di ABB guida i traghetti dei laghi italiani verso un futuro più sostenibile
Neapolitan Grimaldi Group wins $1.3 billion order for nine ro-pax ships
Neapolitan Grimaldi Group wins $1.3 billion order for nine ro-pax ships
Helsinki/Naples
Order at China Merchants Jinling Shipyard (Weihai)
Viking orders two cruise ships from Fincantieri with option for two additional units
Los Angeles/Trieste
The two ships under construction in Ancona for the American brand will be the first in the world to be powered by hydrogen stored on board
Federlogistica, the possible collapse of road transport is a risk for the country
Genoa/Modena
Ruote Libere reports that the government only needs to allocate a little money to avoid having to deal with the real problems of road hauliers
Second edition of the European Maritime Transport Environmental Report published
Lisbon/Copenhagen
The new report indicates that promising progress has been made in several areas
WSC, MEPC must provide clear measures to decarbonise shipping this week
Washington
Wood-Thomas: It is not possible that these decisions can be postponed to guidelines developed in two years
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
In Italy, the rail freight transport sector is in deep trouble
Geneva
Fermerci calls for making traffic incentives structural and increasing and for refinancing the incentive for the purchase of locomotives and wagons
Global Maritime Forum report on optimising ship calls to reduce emissions
Copenhagen
Virtual arrival and just-in-time arrival approaches proposed
In the first quarter of this year, container traffic in the port of Gioia Tauro grew by +15.5%
Joy Taurus
Construction of the "Dockworker’s House" has begun
GNV has taken delivery of the second of four new ro-pax vessels in China
Genoa
"GNV Orion" will be able to accommodate 1,700 passengers and transport up to 3,080 linear metres of cargo
After ten quarters of decline, container traffic in the port of Hong Kong returns to growth
Hong Kong
In the first three months of this year 3.39 million TEUs were handled (+2.1%)
Fincantieri acquires stake in WSense
Rome
The ninth FREMM unit "Spartaco Schergat" delivered to the Italian Navy
The new edition of the Practical Manual of Maritime Traffic has been presented
Genoa
Written by Assagenti, it turns fifty
Container traffic at the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles increased by 26.6% and 5.2% in the first quarter
Long Beach/Los Angeles
Trump's tariffs impact imminent
In the first three months of 2025, the port of Singapore handled 10.5 million containers (+5.8%)
Singapore
In weight, containerized traffic recorded a decrease of -1.4%
Regulations signed for LNG bunkering at Fincantieri shipyard in Genoa
Genoa
Define the methods of transferring fuel from ship to ship
Historic shipbuilding brands Uljanik and 3.Maj on the verge of extinction
Zagreb
The State confirms its intention to sell the shipbuilding activities at the two sites of Pula and Rijeka
Cambiaso Risso has completed the acquisition of the French Somecassur
Genoa
The transalpine company specializes in the insurance of super and mega yachts
New weekly train service between the port of Gioia Tauro and Verona
Joy Taurus/Verona
Operated by Medlog for the transport of refrigerated goods
EBRD looking for strategic partner for development of Moldovan river port of Giurgiulesti
London
International competition launched
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
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Turkish ports set new first-quarter cargo traffic record
Ankara
Historic peak of cargo imported from abroad
In the first quarter of 2025, freight traffic in the port of Taranto grew by +37.6%
Taranto
Increase of 854 thousand tons of solid bulk and 265 thousand tons of conventional goods
DEME buys Havfram, a company that installs offshore wind farms
Second Right/Washington
Transaction worth approximately 900 million euros
Rail transport of convoys for Rome Metro started from Reggio Calabria
Rome
Contract awarded by Hitachi Rail to Mercitalia Rail
In 2024, the volumes handled by Magli Intermodal Service decreased by -2%
Rezzato
Turnover stable
Yang Ming records first decline in turnover in March after 14 months of growth
Keelung/Taipei
Evergreen and WHL revenue growth continues
The European Commission has approved the acquisition of Germany's Schenker by Denmark's DSV
Brussels
The impact on competition in the markets in which the two companies operate is considered limited
Fincantieri - Kayo Agreement to Promote the Development of the Shipbuilding and Naval Industry in Albania
Trieste
Possible creation of a hub for shipbuilding and refitting in the region
Recent slight reduction in logistics costs for new factory vehicles
Brussels
Montaresi (AdSP Liguria Orientale) awarded with the "Port Oscar"
Miami
The event has reached its eighteenth edition
In the first three months of 2025, containers carried by OOCL vessels increased by +9.3%
Hong Kong
Revenues up +16.8%
The AdSP of the Southern Tyrrhenian and Ionian Seas wins in appeal against Zen Yacht
Joy Taurus
Company ordered to pay back rent
A large shipment of cocaine was seized in the port of Livorno
Leghorn
Two tons of drugs identified by Customs and Financial Police personnel
Navantia renews agreement with American cruise group Royal Caribbean
Miami
To date, the Cadiz shipyard has carried out maintenance, repair and refurbishment work on 45 of the group's ships.
Record cruise traffic expected in Italian ports this year
Miami
Cemar believes that growth will not stop even in 2026
HII-HHI Agreement to Accelerate US and South Korean Naval Production
National Harbor
The aim is to strengthen the naval industrial base of the two nations.
Panama Ports Company Accused of Violating Terms of Concession Agreement
Panama
Panama's Auditor General announced the filing of criminal charges
Colombo West International Terminal has become operational
Ahmedabad
It has a traffic capacity of 3.2 million TEUs
The conference "New sustainable marine fuels - Decarbonize Shipping" will be held in Genoa on Monday
Genoa
The new multifunctional border control structure PCF - PED/PDI Point completed in the port of Gioia Tauro
Joy Taurus
"Artificial Intelligence Comes to Port" Conference in Rome on Friday
Rome
It is promoted by the National Union of Port Enterprises
MSC Group's new cruise terminal inaugurated in Miami
Miami
It can accommodate three large ships at the same time
In February, traffic in the port of Ravenna increased by +2.1%
Ravenna
Bulk cargo increases, miscellaneous cargo declines
In 2024, Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane recorded a net loss of -208 million euros
Rome
Revenues up by +11.7%. The group's freight transported increased thanks to the acquisition of Exploris
Port of Genoa, Ente Bacini requests new spaces and renewal of the concession
Genoa
Conference to celebrate the centenary of the company
The public meeting of the Italian Port Terminal Operators Association will be held in Rome on June 19th
Genoa
VARD to build offshore dive vessel for Dong Fang Offshore
Alesund/Trieste
The contract is worth 113.5 million euros
PORTS
Italian Ports:
Ancona Genoa Ravenna
Augusta Gioia Tauro Salerno
Bari La Spezia Savona
Brindisi Leghorn Taranto
Cagliari Naples Trapani
Carrara Palermo Trieste
Civitavecchia Piombino Venice
Italian Interports: list World Ports: map
DATABASE
ShipownersShipbuilding and Shiprepairing Yards
ForwardersShip Suppliers
Shipping AgentsTruckers
MEETINGS
The conference "New sustainable marine fuels - Decarbonize Shipping" will be held in Genoa on Monday
Genoa
It will take place at the headquarters of the Port Authority of Genoa
"Artificial Intelligence Comes to Port" Conference in Rome on Friday
Rome
It is promoted by the National Union of Port Enterprises
››› 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
Next week Italian ports will participate in Seatrade Cruise Global
Rome
Initiative brand: "CruiseItaly - One Country, Many Destinations"
MSC Group Cruise Terminal Officially Inaugurated in the Port of Barcelona
Barcelona
In 2027 it will be equipped with a cold ironing plant
Marcegaglia and Nova Marine Carriers form NovaMar Logistic joint venture
Lugano/Gazoldo of the Ippoliti
A general cargo ship will transport raw materials to the steel group's plants
Liebherr achieves record annual sales in the maritime and port crane segment
Bulls
Strong demand for offshore and container handling equipment
The annual conference "Programming, Operation and Management of Transport Networks" in Genoa
Genoa
It is dedicated to the transport and mobility sector
Last year, 656 ships underwent repair work in Greece
Piraeus
Increase of five units compared to 2023
Port of La Spezia, cruise ship docking simulations completed at Garibaldi West pier
The Spice
Assagenti conference on the future of the profession of maritime agent and broker
Genoa
It will be held tomorrow in Genoa
Stena Line presents a project for a ro-ro vessel capable of reducing energy consumption by at least 20%
Gothenburg
Introduced most of the innovative technologies currently available
Francesco Beltrano is the new general secretary of Uniport
Rome
He takes over from Paolo Ferrandino, who will continue to collaborate as a consultant
Saipem awarded new contracts in Middle East and Guyana
Milan
The total value of the orders is approximately 720 million dollars.
Conference in Genoa for the centenary of Ente Bacini
Genoa
The company was established on 19 February 1925
Interporto Bologna Board of Directors Renewed
Bentivoglio
Stefano Caliandro Appointed President. Loss of 1.7 million euros in 2024
NYK invests 76 billion yen in NYK Energy Ocean Corporation
Tokyo
The newco has taken over the activities of ENEOS Ocean
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