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January 26, 1999
Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Antwerp's cargo volume hits record 120m tonnes
    Growth of container throughput outstripped growth in total cargo tonnage last year
  • MPA invites Japanese transport adviser
  • Lebanon expects more Gulf business
  • Port shots
Air and Land Transport
  • China to slash aviation investment by half
    Beijing will also try to turn loss-making airlines around
  • BA denies losing major chunk of premium market
  • India's car demand forecast to rise 20%
  • Madrid airport says contaminated land does not pose a health hazard
  • Bangladesh to ban leaded fuel on new contracts
  • SAS in talks with Airbus on long-haul plane order
Features
  • Slack market clips wings of aspiring Indian pilots
    Airlines formed with start of open skies in 1991 soon collapsed, leaving many unemployed
Columns
  • Multimodal operators worldwide concerned over proposed US law

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Antwerp's cargo volume hits record 120m tonnes
    Growth of container throughput outstripped growth in total cargo tonnage last year
  • MPA invites Japanese transport adviser
  • Lebanon expects more Gulf business
  • Port shots
Air and Land Transport
  • China to slash aviation investment by half
    Beijing will also try to turn loss-making airlines around
  • BA denies losing major chunk of premium market
  • India's car demand forecast to rise 20%
  • Madrid airport says contaminated land does not pose a health hazard
  • Bangladesh to ban leaded fuel on new contracts
  • SAS in talks with Airbus on long-haul plane order
Features
  • Slack market clips wings of aspiring Indian pilots
    Airlines formed with start of open skies in 1991 soon collapsed, leaving many unemployed
Columns
  • Multimodal operators worldwide concerned over proposed US law

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Antwerp's cargo volume hits record 120m tonnes
    Growth of container throughput outstripped growth in total cargo tonnage last year
  • MPA invites Japanese transport adviser
  • Lebanon expects more Gulf business
  • Port shots
Air and Land Transport
  • China to slash aviation investment by half
    Beijing will also try to turn loss-making airlines around
  • BA denies losing major chunk of premium market
  • India's car demand forecast to rise 20%
  • Madrid airport says contaminated land does not pose a health hazard
  • Bangladesh to ban leaded fuel on new contracts
  • SAS in talks with Airbus on long-haul plane order
Features
  • Slack market clips wings of aspiring Indian pilots
    Airlines formed with start of open skies in 1991 soon collapsed, leaving many unemployed
Columns
  • Multimodal operators worldwide concerned over proposed US law

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Antwerp's cargo volume hits record 120m tonnes
    Growth of container throughput outstripped growth in total cargo tonnage last year
  • MPA invites Japanese transport adviser
  • Lebanon expects more Gulf business
  • Port shots
Air and Land Transport
  • China to slash aviation investment by half
    Beijing will also try to turn loss-making airlines around
  • BA denies losing major chunk of premium market
  • India's car demand forecast to rise 20%
  • Madrid airport says contaminated land does not pose a health hazard
  • Bangladesh to ban leaded fuel on new contracts
  • SAS in talks with Airbus on long-haul plane order
Features
  • Slack market clips wings of aspiring Indian pilots
    Airlines formed with start of open skies in 1991 soon collapsed, leaving many unemployed
Columns
  • Multimodal operators worldwide concerned over proposed US law

Sched Netweb site
  • Cheng Lie to extend services
  • Yang Ming in loan deal
  • AEI revenues down
  • Forwarders anxious over possible rate hikes
  • KLM to increase China- Shanghai operations
  • Hopes for end to UK/US Open Skies deadlock
  • UK cargo airport set to take on the competition

Cargowebweb site
JANUARY 25, 1999
  • Competition between sailing lists in Rotterdam
  • More sailings to the east coast of South America
  • New intranet for Swissair
  • More tapioca for Rotterdam
  • Wired Magazine about 'the airline of the Internet'

The Journal of Commerceweb site
Home
  • Shippers, carriers decry FMC rules
  • Export control law back on the agenda
  • Atlantic conference, faced with deregulation, starts to shrink
  • US, EU headed for serious beef trade war warns Agriculture Secretary Glickman
  • Questions over railroad mergers and safety rise after four deaths aboard Conrail
  • Brazil currency futures booming on Chicago Mercantile Exchange
  • Comsat to provide satellite communications for Argentine railroad
  • Germany joins Ukraine's Antonov military aircraft project
  • Panalpina adds tracking to its website
  • Truckers to help police track down bad drivers, stranded motorists
  • Pirates on a rampage in Asia seas with whole crews missing
  • Transervice Logistics signs 2nd contract with Kroger Food Stores
  • Pacer International brings intermodal units under Pacer banner
Transportation
  • EU official urges end to rail monopolies
  • Austria moves to expand rail service into southern and eastern Europe
  • UPS will decide soon if overnight rail service in Germany is feasible
  • Domestic stocks lead way on JOC index
  • Mexico's Tamaulipas makes inroads in infrastructure
Maritime
  • Germany investigates wreck
  • Waiting game: Ships arrested, crews owed, cargo trapped
  • Montreal expects higher box volume

The Journal of Commerceweb site
Home
  • Shippers, carriers decry FMC rules
  • Export control law back on the agenda
  • Atlantic conference, faced with deregulation, starts to shrink
  • US, EU headed for serious beef trade war warns Agriculture Secretary Glickman
  • Questions over railroad mergers and safety rise after four deaths aboard Conrail
  • Brazil currency futures booming on Chicago Mercantile Exchange
  • Comsat to provide satellite communications for Argentine railroad
  • Germany joins Ukraine's Antonov military aircraft project
  • Panalpina adds tracking to its website
  • Truckers to help police track down bad drivers, stranded motorists
  • Pirates on a rampage in Asia seas with whole crews missing
  • Transervice Logistics signs 2nd contract with Kroger Food Stores
  • Pacer International brings intermodal units under Pacer banner
Transportation
  • EU official urges end to rail monopolies
  • Austria moves to expand rail service into southern and eastern Europe
  • UPS will decide soon if overnight rail service in Germany is feasible
  • Domestic stocks lead way on JOC index
  • Mexico's Tamaulipas makes inroads in infrastructure
Maritime
  • Germany investigates wreck
  • Waiting game: Ships arrested, crews owed, cargo trapped
  • Montreal expects higher box volume

The Journal of Commerceweb site
Home
  • Shippers, carriers decry FMC rules
  • Export control law back on the agenda
  • Atlantic conference, faced with deregulation, starts to shrink
  • US, EU headed for serious beef trade war warns Agriculture Secretary Glickman
  • Questions over railroad mergers and safety rise after four deaths aboard Conrail
  • Brazil currency futures booming on Chicago Mercantile Exchange
  • Comsat to provide satellite communications for Argentine railroad
  • Germany joins Ukraine's Antonov military aircraft project
  • Panalpina adds tracking to its website
  • Truckers to help police track down bad drivers, stranded motorists
  • Pirates on a rampage in Asia seas with whole crews missing
  • Transervice Logistics signs 2nd contract with Kroger Food Stores
  • Pacer International brings intermodal units under Pacer banner
Transportation
  • EU official urges end to rail monopolies
  • Austria moves to expand rail service into southern and eastern Europe
  • UPS will decide soon if overnight rail service in Germany is feasible
  • Domestic stocks lead way on JOC index
  • Mexico's Tamaulipas makes inroads in infrastructure
Maritime
  • Germany investigates wreck
  • Waiting game: Ships arrested, crews owed, cargo trapped
  • Montreal expects higher box volume

Cyber Shipping Guide - Ocean Commerceweb site
  • Japan, China to Work Out Container Rules
  • China Shipping Poised to Launch Europe Service
  • US Discontented with Japan's Deregulation Initiative

urgente online pressweb site
  • Astic recibe la Placa al Mérito del Transporte Terrestre
  • Chronopost International España remodela su estructura
  • Air Nostrum amplía flota para cubrir más rutas con Iberia
  • Propuesta para que la carga se transporte a Formentera por la noche
  • UPS pagará 1.725 millones por un pleito por discriminación racial
  • Lamerholm Fleming saca un registrador de choques y vibraciones
  • Lima, dispuesta a acabar con el caos del transporte público
  • "Privatización y regulación de servicios de transporte"

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
JANUARY 25, 1999
  • Proposed YPF / Petrobras merger may strengthen Mercosur
  • Mobil / Shell Australian JV will not proceed
  • Oil Giant Hits the Gas

Cargo Info Africa - Freight & Trading Weeklyweb site
  • Cosmos goes live in Durban next month
  • SCL buys Roadwing
  • Crocodiles eat desperate illegal at Zim-SA border
  • Laser buys Docks Shipping
  • Railway congestion stunts Beira's growth
  • Sale still under wraps
  • 'Greenies' give Durban chopper the official thumbs up
  • Hual will add capacity in mid-year
  • Exports will make up 25% of car makers' total output
  • New Durban terminal expects 15% increase in throughput this year
  • Four-point plan maps out debugging system for Y2K
  • Workshop offers delegates a 1999 survival kit
  • Cindy joins Emery
  • Natal - Gauteng toll road upgrade will begin in March/April
  • Safety scheme for imports targets pirate automotive parts
  • Legal wrangle erupts over new Capespan deal
  • Trade with Zimbabwe dives 13% in 'worst' economic crisis
  • TransAfrica exhibition scores a full house
  • Customs duty on SA goods will cost Zim importers R14bn
  • Namport sets April date for official launch of new terminal
  • Election year will introduce degree of instability
  • MSAS launches new global brand
  • Airfreight growth forecasts range from 2% to 5,7%
  • Compu-Clearing goes live with Customs in a move that locks out fraudsters
  • Economics rather reason for shift in than politics is the probable China trade
  • AMUSA offers guidelines on handling Y2K
  • Millennium bug could knock insurers for six
  • Small new workboat will handle smaller vessels at RB
  • MSAS students score record highs in 1998 exams
  • PE records 190% volume increase in first week of 1999
  • 1998 strikes cost SA highest lost mandays since 1994

Marine Logweb site
  • Avondondale workers hope merger with NNS will end yard's resistance to union

Lloyd's Listweb site
  • P&O flag threat over new ferries
    BRITISH shipping giant P&O yesterday threatened to snub the Red Ensign when flagging two gigantic ferry newbuildings, in a move that may increase pressure on the British government to introduce a tonnage tax this year.
  • Yards set to vie for UK aircraft carriers order
    INTERNATIONAL defence contractors and shipyards are lining up to enter battle for a new $2.5bn UK order for two large aircraft carriers.
  • Costa Crociere set to pay dividend
    Costa Crociere will pay a share dividend for the first time since its 1997 takeover by Miami-based Carnival Corp and British partner, Airtours.
  • Difficult times
    Difficult times: A floor trader spends time in thought during afternoon trading at the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Stocks closed sharply lower yesterday as fresh worries of a Chinese yuan devaluation rocked the market and drove interbank interest rates higher.
  • Strait talking as Turkey goes to tender
    TURKEY is to reissue over the next few weeks a $40m tender for a state of-the-art radar control system intended to improve navi-gation safety along the Bosporus and Dardanelles straits and the Sea of Marmara linking the Black Sea with the Mediterranean.
  • Asian Terminals plans Terminales Rio sell-off
    Asian Terminals Inc (ATI), sole operator of Manila's international South Harbour port terminal, plans to sell its remaining stake in Argentina's Terminales Rio de la Plata.
  • Onorato $209m fleet expansion move
    Italian ferry and towage specialist Onorato group is planning a major newbuilding expansion with orders for vessels worth a total of Lire350bn ($209m).
  • Keppel quits Australian yard
    KEPPEL Corp has decided to pull out of the Keppel Cairncross yard in Australia after sustaining continuous losses.

Fairplayweb site
JANUARY 25, 1999
  • Germany to cut shipbuilding subsidies
    GERMANY is planning to cut shipbuilding subsidies by about Dm10m ($6m) in 1999.
  • BC ferry chief quits over PacifiCat
    TOM Ward, president and ceo of BC Ferry Corp, has resigned over a substantial cost overrun on the PacifiCat fast ferry project.
  • P&O Ports tipped to win Kandla contract
    P&O PORTS is set to win the contract for the operation and management of the container terminal in Kandla port on India's west coast.
  • Keppel closes Australian operation
    SINGAPORE'S diversified Keppel Corporation is to discontinue its shipyard operations in Australia.
  • P&O North Sea orders largest cruiseferries
    P&O North Sea Ferries has ordered two 60,600 gt cruiseferries from Fincantieri for its Hull to Rotterdam route.
  • Repsol opens LNG talks with owners
    SPAIN'S Repsol-Gas Natural group has entered confidential talks with domestic and foreign lng tanker operators regarding a long-term time-charter contract.
  • Laem Chabang to extend port limits
    LAEM Chabang, the Thai port, is to extend its limits from 50 km' to 243 km' to include the Koh Si Chang anchorage and nearby private ports.
  • Extra ferry for North Sea route
    DFDS Seaways will add the passenger ferry King of Scandinavia to its service between Ymuiden in the Netherlands and Newcastle, UK.
  • Feeder operators withdraw Chennai levy
    FEEDER operators serving Chennai port have decided to withdraw the operational cost recovery levy from January 31.
  • Major rate hikes 'premature'
    REPORTS of a planned 60 per cent jump in Asia-Europe container freight rates have been branded as premature by the liner conference concerned.
  • Container handlers join forces
    HONG Kong's midstream container handlers have joined forces to fight for their survival in the face of continuous pressure from shipping lines to reduce rates.
  • Italian owner finds no cabotage benefit
    LIFTING of cabotage restrictions in Italian waters has yet to be implemented, according to owners trying to benefit from the three-week old ruling.
  • Colombo rate hikes defended
    SHIPPING agents in Colombo have defended planned increases in freight rates this year, saying that lines are responding to market forces.
  • Liner service to link Paris with Russia
    A FRANCO-Russian group is to launch a direct sea-river liner service in the spring between Paris and Russia.
  • Malta Drydocks seeks new shift system
    SIGNIFICANT changes to the work pattern at Malta Drydocks could emerge from a new collective agreement to be discussed with the General Workers' Union.
  • Medcenter orders cranes for 8,000 teu ships
    MEDCENTER Container Terminal at Gioia Tauro has ordered four super post-panamax cranes (with an option for another two) from Irish manufacturer Liebherr.

Antwerpse Lloyd n.v.web site
  • Dirk Mertens (URS): "Nous recherchons des partenariats pour présenter des offres globales"
    "Nous envisageons une expansion de nos activités, mais vers le Sud, vers les pays latins, c'est essentiel. Nous ne regardons pas vers le Nord, étant donné que le marché du remorquage y est saturé. Cela devrait se faire avant la fin de l'année. De même, nous évaluons l'opportunité de rechercher un partenaire et dans cette optique, nous discutons avec diverses entreprises. Nous recherchons des alliances, celai dans le cadre de la présentation d'offres globales". C'est ce qu'a déclaré Dirk Mertens, administrateur délégué de l'Union de Remorquage et de Sauvetage, alors qu'il occupait dernièrement la tribune du Maritieme kring Antwerpen.
  • Hupac: les temps sont durs pour le transport combiné
    Avec une hausse de seulement 4,2% du nombre d'envois en 1998, alors qu'elle espérait 7%, la société helvétique de transport combiné rail/route Hupac sera sans doute une de celles du secteur qui seront parvenues à tirer plus ou moins bien leur épingle du jeu, tant la situation s'est dégradée l'année dernière.
  • Hartog-Union ferme son centre de distribution à Brecht
    Hartog-Union, une entreprise de produits alimentaires du groupe Unilever, a décidé d'arrêter ses activités d'entreposage et de distribution à Burcht et de les donner en sous-traitance à SBT/Danzas. Ce prestataire de services logistiques dirige déjà une grande partie des activités d'entreposage de Hartog'Union vers l'entrepôt spécial pour produits alimentaires à Willebroek.
  • United Stevedoring cherche une solution à ses problèmes financiers
    L'arrimeur anversois United Stevedoring est confronté à des problèmes financiers depuis quelque temps déjà. Suite à ces problèmes, les ouvriers portuaires traditionnellement actifs pour l'entreprise n'ont plus été payés depuis le 25 décembre dernier. C'est ce qu'a déclaré Marc Loridan, le secrétaire de l'UBOT (Union Belge des Ouvriers du Transport) pour le port d'Anvers.

Daily Commercial Newsweb site
  • AIRC to hear PSC surveyors' gripe
    THE Australian Industrial Relations Commission has been notified of a dispute involving marine surveyors, members of the Australian Institute of Marine and Power Engineers.
    The institute notified the commission of a dispute following a move late last year by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority to alter the working arrangements of the surveyors who are involved in port state control inspections.
    The move to alter the working arrangements, under a flexibility clause of their award, was allegedly made without consultation at the end of last year with the changes coming into effect from 1 January.
  • Unions' Aratere claims 'no threat'
    Neither TranzRail nor the New Zealand Maritime Safety Authority regard the latest union claims that crew accommodation aboard TranzRail's new 150-metre passenger/freight ferry, Aratere, is not in line with the regulations, as a serious threat to the vessel officially entering service on the Cook Strait run as planned in early February.
    Built by Astillero Berreras at its shipyards in Vigo, Spain, the Aratere arrived in Wellington early last week after modifications were undertaken, and Authority exemptions granted, in line with complaints by New Zealand maritime unions, particularly the New Zealand Merchant Service Guild, that her crew accommodations did not meet the requirements of the Shipping (Crew Accommodations) Regulations 1974.
  • Ports Corp SA reaches OH&S peak
    Ports Corp South Australia, which recently announced a record operating profit for 1997-98, has followed this up by achieving the International Standard for Quality Assurance, ISO 9002 as well as the highest level in WorkCover Occupational Health and Safety Standards.
    Corporation general manager Peter Edmonds said the achievement took into account all Ports Corp's operations and installations.
    "Ports Corp has achieved these standards in all 10 of its ports," Mr Edmonds said. "From the time we were created more than four years ago, Ports Corp has sought to be the nation's leading port and winning ISO 9002 has always been a major goal.
    "The certification will provide tangible benefits to our clients, as well as making Ports Corp even more efficient.
  • Govt puts stevedores on notice
    The ACCC has been directed to monitor stevedoring prices, costs and profits at all major ports, Treasurer John Fahey announced on Friday.
    The move has been designed – as a government source put it -- "to ensure the major stevedores keep up to their side of the bargain" in absorbing the cost of repaying the government for its provision of up to $250 million for wharfie redundancy payments.
    Mr Fahey noted that P&O Ports and Patrick Stevedores had undertaken to meet the full costs of reform through the application of the container terminal levy of $12 a container and $6 a car to repay redundancy funds being made available through the wholly owned commonwealth company, the Maritime Industry Finance Company.

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In the second quarter, container traffic in the port of Genoa fell by -2.8% while in Savona-Vado it grew by +76.3%
Genoa
In the Ligurian capital, the transhipment share decreased, while the Savona port benefited.
Fincantieri records strong growth in half-year financial performance and new orders
Rome
In the first six months of 2025, orders totaled 14.7 billion euros (+93.5%)
In the second quarter, naval traffic through the Suez Canal decreased by -6.2%
In the second quarter, naval traffic through the Suez Canal decreased by -6.2%
Cairo
1,248 tankers (-2.7%) and 1,826 other types of vessels (-8.5%) passed through
CMA CGM's net profit fell by 140% in the second quarter.
Marseille
Revenues stable. The French shipping group is interested in acquiring Hutchison Ports' terminals.
Royal Caribbean closes second quarter with record net profit
Miami
The April-June period was very positive
Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern announced a merger agreement today.
Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern announced a merger agreement today.
Omaha/Atlanta
First coast-to-coast cargo rail network
Gurrieri resigns as Special Commissioner of the Eastern Adriatic Sea Port Authority
Trieste
The atypical reverse charge for the logistics sector will become applicable tomorrow
Milan
Ruggerone (Assologistica): one of the most strategic reforms we helped build is being implemented
Policy brief on cyber threats that pose risks to port infrastructure
Tallinn
It was developed by the NATO Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence
Interferry urges the EU Commission to harmonize its shipping decarbonization regulations with those of the IMO
Victoria
Failure to align - the association warned - will force shipping companies to pay twice for emissions.
In the second quarter of 2025, Chinese seaports handled 79.1 million containers (+6.1%)
Beijing
Total freight traffic was three billion tons (+3.3%), of which 1.3 billion tons were with foreign countries (+1.9%).
CK Hutchison announces plans to include a Chinese investor in the consortium to sell Hutchison Ports
Hong Kong
Without the participation of the COSCO shipping group, China would not authorize the sale
Sri Lanka's Supreme Court has awarded compensation of $1 billion over the X-Press Pearl accident.
Sri Lanka's Supreme Court has awarded compensation of $1 billion over the X-Press Pearl accident.
Columbus
The container ship caught fire and sank near the port of Colombo
The Greek government sends a tugboat to the Red Sea to assist ships that may be attacked by the Houthis.
The Greek government sends a tugboat to the Red Sea to assist ships that may be attacked by the Houthis.
Piraeus
The AHTS "Giant" is leaving
Saipem and Subsea7 have signed a binding merger agreement.
Saipem and Subsea7 have signed a binding merger agreement.
Milan/Luxembourg
The transaction is expected to close in the second half of 2026.
In the second quarter, the port of Valencia handled over 1.5 million containers (+4.0%)
In the first half of 2025, the amount of new orders to Chinese shipyards fell by -18.2%
Beijing
A decrease of -3.5% in new construction completed in the period was recorded
In the second quarter of 2025, freight traffic in the port of Trieste grew by +3.7%
Trieste
Bulk cargo increased. Miscellaneous cargo fell by 13.2%.
CMA CGM and TotalEnergies form joint venture for LNG bunkering in the Port of Rotterdam.
Marseille
Agreement to supply 360,000 tons of liquefied natural gas per year to the French group's ships
In the second quarter of 2025, freight traffic in Spanish ports decreased by -4.7%
Madrid
All the main product categories are decreasing except for conventional goods
Brookfield Asset Management to sell 49% of British port group PD Ports to Spain's Pontegadea
Middlesbrough
The English company has over 1,400 employees
In the quarter April-June, freight traffic in the port of Rotterdam decreased by -2.3%
In the quarter April-June, freight traffic in the port of Rotterdam decreased by -2.3%
Rotterdam
The port authority is alarmed by the state of crisis in the national industry.
The electrification of the docks in the ports of Livorno, Piombino and Portoferraio is proceeding according to plan.
Third dock for cruise traffic in the port of Catania
Catania
Pier 25's restyling completed
Another quarter of decline in freight traffic at the port of Algeciras
Algeciras
In the period April-June, containers amounted to 1.24 million TEUs (+1.0%)
A new tax applied to cruise passengers disembarking in national ports came into force today in Greece.
Athens
Belgian rail freight company Lineas receives €61 million government loan
Brussels
The measure was approved last night by the restricted council of ministers
ERTMS installation completed on 1,400 kilometers of Italian railway network
Rome
The project is financed with 2.5 billion euros from PNRR funds.
Wärtsilä's quarterly financial and commercial results are positive.
Helsinki
The Marine Electrical Systems division will be sold to the Italian company VINCI Energies.
In the port of Barcelona the number of cruise terminals will be reduced from seven to five
In the port of Barcelona the number of cruise terminals will be reduced from seven to five
Barcelona
The mayor: For the first time in history, a limit is placed on the growth of cruises in the city.
MSC and Moby have presented their commitments to meet the AGCM's requirements.
Rome
Shipping Agencies Services will sell its 49% stake in Moby, waiving the consideration in favor of the majority shareholder. Moby commits to completely repaying its debt to SAS.
Fincantieri confirms its interest in the development of American shipbuilding
Fincantieri confirms its interest in the development of American shipbuilding
Washington
Folgiero: Commitment to deliver next-generation capabilities in full alignment with U.S. strategic priorities
The Chamber of Deputies has approved the appointment of four presidents of Italian Port System Authorities.
Rome
The names proposed for the Port System Authorities of the Southern Adriatic, Central-Northern Tyrrhenian, Western Liguria, and Eastern Liguria have been approved. Voting on the Northern Tyrrhenian Authority has been postponed.
Information exchange between state administrations for the digitalization of the maritime sector begins
Rome
The first operational meeting at the Coast Guard General Command in Rome
The Clean Maritime Fuels Platform suggests measures to support the production and distribution of clean marine fuels
COSCO Shipping Ports sets new monthly and quarterly container traffic records
Hong Kong
In the period April-June, 29.4 million TEUs were handled (+4.5%)
Sharp increase in cases of seafarers abandoning their ships
London
2,286 crew members from 222 ships involved as of early 2025
Global freight traffic saw strong growth in the first quarter of this year in anticipation of new tariffs
Global freight traffic saw strong growth in the first quarter of this year in anticipation of new tariffs
Geneva
North America saw the strongest quarterly growth in imports
In the port of Antwerp-Bruges containers and rolling stock are increasing and other types of goods are decreasing
Antwerp
Traffic congestion continues at the airport, with the situation on the landside becoming critical
A study denounces the delay of European ports in equipping themselves with cold ironing facilities.
Brussels/Pozzallo
The tender to electrify the docks of the port of Pozzallo has begun.
T&E proposes to include more non-EU transhipment ports to avoid carbon leakage
Brussels
The association calls on the EU Commission to reduce the current threshold of 65% of transhipment traffic
Federlogistica urges the immediate establishment of a control room on tariffs
Genoa
The aim is also to eliminate extra costs caused by bureaucracy.
Containerized cargo handled through the port of Singapore fell by 2.9% in the second quarter.
Singapore
Last May, ship transits through the Suez Canal decreased by -6.8%
Last May, ship transits through the Suez Canal decreased by -6.8%
Cairo
The negative trend continued in June and early July
Terminal operators are not at all satisfied with a policy that seems to have no interest in ports
Rome
Cognolato: It is essential to close the ongoing trials on several fronts.
The largest ship ever to dock at Cagliari's Porto Canale at the MITO terminal.
Milan
The container ship "MSC Venice" with a capacity of 16,652 TEU arrived yesterday
On 5 and 6 November in Lisbon a summit called by the ILA against automation in the maritime and port sector
On 5 and 6 November in Lisbon a summit called by the ILA against automation in the maritime and port sector
North Bergen/Metzingen
South Korean HD Hyundai, together with German NEURA Robotics, will develop and test welding robots in shipyards
The toll of the horrific attack on the bulk carrier Eternity C in the Red Sea is still uncertain.
Mandaluyong/London/Brussels
Joint statement by ICS, BIMCO, European Shipowners, Intercargo and Intertanko
In the first half of 2025, bulk cargo increased and general cargo decreased in the port of Marseille-Fos
Marseille
Cruise passengers increase by +5%
The Senate has approved the framework law on interports
Rome
UIR, gives the Italian interport system a modern, orderly and coherent regulatory framework
Carlo De Ruvo was elected president of Confetra
Rome
Among the challenges, the uncontrolled expansion of large logistics groups and their concentration
Number of pirate attacks on ships still high in the second quarter of 2025
Number of pirate attacks on ships still high in the second quarter of 2025
Kuala Lumpur
The number of acts of violence against crews is decreasing
Telemar and TNL Group merger agreement
Telemar and TNL Group merger agreement
Oslo/Athens/Paris
One of the top three operators in the OT/IoT services market for the maritime and superyacht sectors will be created
Attacks on ships in the Red Sea still cause deaths among seafarers
Portsmouth
Liberian-flagged bulk carrier " Eternity C" targeted
Canadian shipbuilding company Davie acquires second shipyard in Finland
Helsinki/Pori
It will buy the Enersense Offshore shipyard
Amendment on Port Labor Supply Agencies Approved
Rome
Immediate transformation into Agencies authorised to provide temporary port work
Salvini appoints a manager of a private shipping company from Campania as president of the regional AdSP
Rome
This is Eliseo Cuccaro, CEO of Alilauro
Extend the application of the 0.1% sulphur limit in marine fuels globally
Extend the application of the 0.1% sulphur limit in marine fuels globally
Berlin
This is proposed by an analysis by the International Council on Clean Transportation
IMO and EU condemn renewed attacks on ships in the Red Sea
London/Brussels
Dominguez: New violation of international law and freedom of navigation
In the second quarter of this year, Finnlines' revenues decreased by -5.0%.
Helsinki
Net profit of 26.1 million euros (+7.7%)
Container traffic in the Port of New York remained stable in the April-June quarter.
New York
An increase of +4.9% was recorded in the first half of 2025
The Chamber of Deputies approves the appointment of the presidents of five Port System Authorities.
Rome
They are Davide Gariglio, Francesco Rizzo, Eliseo Cuccaro, Francesco Benevolo and Giovanni Gugliotti
Latrofa appointed extraordinary commissioner of the Port Authority of the Central-Northern Tyrrhenian Sea
Rome
Ministerial decree signed
The PNRR tender for interports has been reopened.
Rome
Resources available amounting to 2.2 million euros
Port of Livorno: Workers are the priority in the LTM crisis
Livorno
UPS's quarterly earnings performance declines
Atlanta
Net income in the April-June quarter was $1.28 billion (-8.9%)
Approval for the 2025 budget variation of the Southern Tyrrhenian and Ionian Sea Port Authority.
Gioia Tauro
500 thousand euros for the 49% share held by the Port Agency company
FHP Group acquires the remaining 10% stake in Lotras
Milan/Foggia
The integration between Lotras and CFI Intermodal will begin to create FHP Intermodal.
OITAF scientific document on good practices in the logistics and transport of fresh fruit and vegetables
Milan
The Northern Tyrrhenian Sea Port Authority has joined the PLIKA
Livorno
Platform dedicated to training, innovation and knowledge sharing in the logistics and port sectors
Matteo Paroli's nomination as president of the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority has been signed.
Rome
He has a degree in law and a specialization in administrative law.
Container throughput increases in Haropa Port, while bulk cargo decreases.
Le Havre
In the first half of this year, containers were 1.51 million TEUs (+4%)
Bureau Veritas reports a 9.8% quarterly increase in revenues in the Marine & Offshore segment
Courbevoie
Kalmar and Konecranes increase new orders in the April-June quarter
Helsinki
The turnover of the two Finnish companies is slightly increasing
Container traffic in the port of Barcelona fell by 12.2% in the second quarter.
Barcelona
Assiterminal threatens a new wave of appeals against regulations it believes are damaging to port operations
Genoa
2M Logistics signs an agreement with Salerno-based Gallozzi
Barendrecht
The Dutch company will represent GF Logistics, a subsidiary of the Italian group, in the Benelux region.
Swiss company Kuehne+Nagel's quarterly profits fell
Schindellegi
In the period April-June of this year, net turnover grew by +1.7%
Yang Ming orders three 8,000 TEU container ships from Nihon Shipyard and Imabari Shipbuilding
Keelung/Imabari
Contract valued at $351.3-394.5 million
Italia Nostra reiterates its strong concerns about the construction of the Fiumicino-Isola Sacra port.
Rome
European maritime cities, destinations for cruise tourism - the association highlights - denounce the phenomenon of over-tourism in the cruise sector
Egypt's first automotive terminal has come into operation at Port Said East.
East Port Said
It can accommodate two car carriers at the same time
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Tepsa has acquired a liquid bulk terminal in the port of Rotterdam.
Singapore/Rotterdam
It was sold by Global Energy Storage Holdings
The Spinelli Group has approved its 2024 sustainability report.
Genoa
Of the company's 616 direct employees, 49% are under the age of 50.
In the second quarter of this year, cargo traffic in Turkish ports grew by +1.6%
Ankara
Cargoes to and from Italy amounted to 12.7 million tons (+10.1%)
Extension of the Simplified Logistics Zone for Genoa Ports and Dry Ports to the Savona, Vado Ligure, and Bergeggi areas.
Genoa
Approval from the ZLS Steering Committee
Isotta Fraschini Motori has inaugurated a new production line for hydrogen fuel cell systems in Bari.
Trieste
They will be used for naval and land solutions
The Grande Shanghai , the Grimaldi Group's first ammonia-ready car carrier, has been christened.
Naples
It has a load capacity of 9,000 CEUs.
The Port of Genoa, FILT, and UILT have declared a five-day strike at the Bettolo Terminal.
Genoa
Fit Cisl Liguria expressed solidarity with the workers
The tender for the dredging of the commercial dock basin at the port of Ancona has been published.
Ancona
The removal of approximately 730 thousand cubic meters of sediment is planned
Tender for the restoration and enhancement of docks 32 and 33 in the Deep Sea Zone of the port of Savona
Genoa
An investment of over 6.7 million euros is expected
There are 1,100 workers in Palermo directly employed in the seaside tourism sector
Palermo
This year, cruise traffic is expected to grow by 9.4% in the port of the Sicilian capital.
Six-month growth of +9% in freight on the St. Petersburg-India/China maritime route
Fly
FESCO operates six vessels in the service
Port of Trieste: Special Commissioner Gurrieri under investigation for money laundering
Trieste
I am certain - he declared - that I can demonstrate that I acted legally, in full transparency.
Vard signs new contract for the construction of two CSOVs
Trieste
The vessels will be used to support operations in the offshore wind sector
UIR welcomes the publication of the tender for the digitalization of the logistics chain.
Rome
Di Caterina (ALIS): a concrete tool that enhances the needs of businesses and strengthens the logistics system
GNV celebrated its first ten years of activity on the Italy-Albania route
Durres
During the period, the company's ships carried over 1.25 million passengers
A shipment of over 1.2 tons of marijuana was seized at the port of Gioia Tauro.
Reggio Calabria/Catanzaro
Members of a criminal organization that imported drugs from South America through European ports and airports have been arrested.
Yang Ming orders Hanwha Ocean to build seven 15,000 TEU dual-fuel containerships
Keelung
They will be delivered between 2028 and 2029
Walden to sell healthcare logistics business to Yusen Logistics
Paris
Exclusive negotiations announced
Solinas (Sardinian Action Party) is not at all satisfied with the state of Sardinian ports
Cagliari
The immediate establishment of a special commission is urged
ANSI welcomes the introduction of the information dashboard for managing private procurement contracts in logistics.
Rome
D'Angelo: it will allow the country to take another step forward
Russo (Confcommercio): excluding road transport from the PNRR funding was shortsighted.
Rome
First bulletin from the Freight Insights Observatory produced by the National Center for Sustainable Mobility
ABB Group posts sharp growth in quarterly financial and business performance
Zurich
In the period April-June the value of new orders grew by +16.0%
Informal consultations have begun on the preliminary proposal for the new Ancona Port Master Plan.
Ancona
Eleven meetings scheduled for July
Program agreement for preparatory and functional interventions for the construction of the bridge over the Strait of Messina
Rome
It was signed today in Rome
Project to develop an ecological station for the treatment of wastewater from ships
Naples
Initiative of the Neapolitan Group of the Cenere and Iello Landing
Assiterminal urges against bringing sediment from the Bagnoli dredging project into the port of Naples.
Genoa
Cognolato and Ferrari: It is essential to safeguard the full functionality of the commercial port's activities.
Container traffic at the Port of Long Beach fell 3.4% in the second quarter.
Long Beach
A decline of -16.4% was recorded in June
Paolo Pessina has been appointed vice president of Conftrasporto-Confcommercio.
Rome
He is president of the national federation of maritime agents and brokers
Container traffic in the port of Hong Kong decreased by -8.2% in the second quarter
Hong Kong
A decrease of -13.7% was recorded in June
Cuneo-based logistics company Nord Ovest is seeing growing financial results.
Wedge
Construction work on a new depot in Mondovì will be completed in early 2026.
Container traffic at the Port of Los Angeles grows driven by fears of new tariffs
Los Angeles
June saw the highest volume ever recorded for this month
The Management Committee of the Sardinia Sea Port Authority has adopted the DPSS
Cagliari
Green light for the concession to MITO and the appeal against the rejection of Olbia's dredging project.
Three events in Genoa for three new Explora Journeys cruise ships.
Genoa
A technical launch, a coin laying and the cutting of the first sheet metal were carried out at the Fincantieri shipyard
Grimaldi sells 5% of Terminal Darsena Toscana to Livorno Port Company
Naples/Livorno
Option to purchase an additional 5% of the share capital
Concession agreement signed that assigns management of the port of Tartous to DP World
Damascus
It has a lifespan of 30 years
Matteo Gasparato appointed president of the Northern Adriatic Sea Port Authority
Rome
He was appointed extraordinary commissioner of the same port authority
Meeting in Rome between the heads of ESPO and Assoporti
Rome
Among the topics addressed, the competitiveness of European ports in the current global context
Chinese airline OOCL reports quarterly decline in scheduled service revenues
Hong Kong
Cargo transported by the company's ships is increasing
Collaboration between the Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority and the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority
Rome
Agreement with an initial duration of five years
Survey in Germany on the prospects of companies in the maritime, port and shipbuilding sectors
Hamburg
Shipowners are more concerned. Positive prospects for ports and shipyards.
Port of Augusta: Work begins on a third bridge connecting the island to the mainland.
Augusta
Work worth over 20 million euros
Vard signs contract with InkFish for new research vessel
Trieste
The deal is worth more than 200 million euros.
1.1 billion euros will be invested in the port of Hamburg to strengthen the container sector
Hamburg
Improving accessibility and port infrastructure in the Waltershofer Hafen area
Meyer Turku delivered the new Star of the Seas cruise ship to Royal Caribbean
Turku
It has a gross tonnage of 250,800 tons
ESPO calls for increased funding for ports under the next EU Multiannual Financial Framework
Brussels
The CEF programme funds have proven to be far from sufficient
Fincantieri delivers the new Oceania Allura cruise ship to Oceania Cruises.
Miami/Trieste
Two additional Sonata-class ships have been converted into orders.
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
Confindustria event on the sea economy in Rome on July 15th
Rome
The public meeting of the International Containers Studies Center will be held in Genoa on July 2nd
Genoa
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Why Malta is objecting to a new price cap on Russian oil
(timesofmalta.com)
US has its eye on Greek ports
(Kathimerini)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Intervento del presidente Tomaso Cognolato
Roma, 19 giugno 2025
››› File
Uniport: Bringing debris from Bagnoli to the port of Naples would postpone long-awaited dredging.
Rome
Legora de Feo: It's necessary to find alternative solutions.
Taiwanese companies Evergreen, Yang Ming and WHL saw sharp declines in quarterly revenues.
Keelung/Taipei
In the period April-June it fell by -18.7%, -26.5% and -8.6% respectively
The establishment of the Information Dashboard for the management of private procurement contracts in logistics has been approved.
In May, freight traffic in the port of Ravenna grew by +1.4%
Ravenna
Bulk cargo is on the rise. Miscellaneous cargo is on the decline.
EU approves joint purchase of port equipment by terminal operators
Brussels
Joint definition of minimum technical specifications of equipment is also permitted
Serbian energy group EPS will import coal through the Montenegrin port of Bar
Bar
Currently imports from Indonesia pass through the port of Constanta
Fincantieri Foundation and Luiss University launch a project to strengthen the safety of underwater infrastructure.
Trieste
Among the objectives, contribute to the definition of a specific regulatory framework
Freewheeling: The government's U-turn on anti-mafia controls in the road haulage sector is a welcome development.
Modena
Franchini: If the government has realized it made a mistake, that's good news.
Agostinelli (AdSP Tirreno Meridionale e Ionio): the amendment that allows for the early transformation of the Gioia Tauro Port Agency is extremely important.
Confindustria's event on the maritime economy will take place in Rome on July 15th.
Rome
The confederation's strategic document on the sector will be presented
Kerala seeks $1.1 billion from MSC in damages over MSC Elsa 3 sinking
Thiruvananthapuram
Temporary detention of the vessel "MSC Akuteta II" granted
Trasportounito requests the cancellation of the renewal procedure of the Central Committee of the Register of Hauliers
Rome
New seizure of a load of cocaine in the port of Gioia Tauro
Reggio Calabria
16 bags containing 417 kilos of drugs were found in a container
MOL and Kinetics to build world's first floating data center
Tokyo
It will be installed on a vessel of 9,731 gross tonnage
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