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August 26, 1999
Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Dutch mercenaries plan weapons base at Subic Bay
    Private company formed to counter piracy to set up 3 operational bases
  • SuperStar Virgo to arrive in S'pore tomorrow
  • Vanessa-Mae to perform on Virgo
  • Fire onboard Evergreen ship under control
Air and Land Transport
  • Flight recorders recovered from China Airlines wreckage
    HK aviation officials to remove wreckage from airport's southern runway
  • HK airport slowly returning to normal
  • LanChile to buy 7 Airbus planes worth US$910m
  • Merger of Canadian airlines the best option: Alberta premier
Columns
  • Large box ship orders up again

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Dutch mercenaries plan weapons base at Subic Bay
    Private company formed to counter piracy to set up 3 operational bases
  • SuperStar Virgo to arrive in S'pore tomorrow
  • Vanessa-Mae to perform on Virgo
  • Fire onboard Evergreen ship under control
Air and Land Transport
  • Flight recorders recovered from China Airlines wreckage
    HK aviation officials to remove wreckage from airport's southern runway
  • HK airport slowly returning to normal
  • LanChile to buy 7 Airbus planes worth US$910m
  • Merger of Canadian airlines the best option: Alberta premier
Columns
  • Large box ship orders up again

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Dutch mercenaries plan weapons base at Subic Bay
    Private company formed to counter piracy to set up 3 operational bases
  • SuperStar Virgo to arrive in S'pore tomorrow
  • Vanessa-Mae to perform on Virgo
  • Fire onboard Evergreen ship under control
Air and Land Transport
  • Flight recorders recovered from China Airlines wreckage
    HK aviation officials to remove wreckage from airport's southern runway
  • HK airport slowly returning to normal
  • LanChile to buy 7 Airbus planes worth US$910m
  • Merger of Canadian airlines the best option: Alberta premier
Columns
  • Large box ship orders up again

Sched Netweb site
  • Tripartite forum to tackle future of ocean shipping
  • CMA-CGM unloads containers to free vessel
  • Cho Yang broadens service
  • Samsung eye China shipyard
  • OOIL reports interim results
  • Air Canada and Lufthansa agree codeshare
  • IPO rumours surround EVA Air
  • United to monitor Onex Corp's merger proposal
  • Air Afrique and Kenya Airways talk service share
  • Chek Lap Kok cancellations

Cargowebweb site
AUGUST 25, 1999
  • Russia opens 4 air routes
  • Lufthansa and PAL in talks about cargo
  • KLM alliance pilots in multinational union
  • Fast ferries ready and on their way to The Netherlands
  • UPS, Harbinger and Peachtree together in e-commerce
  • Fire on container ship 'under control'

Cyber Shipping Guide - Ocean Commerceweb site
  • A.P. Moller's Shipping Business Suffers Drop in Mid-Year Profit
  • Evergreen's Containership Collides with Cruise Ship
  • Canadian Conglomerate to Merge Nation's Airlines

Exim Indiaweb site
  • KAFTZ spells out incentives for approved services exporters
  • LNG transport policy being worked out
  • Service tax on clearing and forwarding agents
  • Calcutta Fair 2000 to spotlight infotech
  • P&O Australia takes stake in Colombo port venture
  • Electronics fair in Berlin
  • Jet Airways plans to boost cargo business
  • ISPL awarded CPT order for cargo berth
  • EC frowns upon states' tax incentive schemes
  • IOC seeks sweet, sour crudes in October tender
  • NMPT operates 'pick & carry crane' to augment cargo handling efficiency
  • FKCCI, Dhaka Chamber sign MoU on IT
  • Indian pepper prices firm up
  • Capexil offers website link with DGFT for members
  • Box traffic on US-Asia route posts modest rise
  • Palm oil imports may touch 1 mt
  • Steel floor prices may be revised upward
  • India may have to expedite phaseout of import restrictions
  • Dr Jose Paul only Indian to participate in world port meet
  • Mundra Port handles first coal cargo
  • ICCI urges govt to scrap ST, CST on yarns

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
AUGUST 25, 1999
  • New bunker service near Valparaiso available soon
  • Saudi posted prices go up $7-13 on Thursday
  • Mixed sentiment about oil prices

Marine Logweb site
AUGUST 25, 1999
  • China putting in another big building dock
    China continues to expand its newbuilding capacity. Its widest building dock, at Yantai, Shandong Province, is expected to be completed at the end of this year,
  • Reefer operator pulls out of spot market
    Athens-based reefer specialist Enterprises Shipholding Corporation says that the first half of 1999 the reefer industry was faced with the consequences of the market conditions and the weather disturbances that had affected the reefer industry during 1998
  • First Lease Sale 174 results
    The U.S. Department of the Interior's Minerals Management Service received 177 bids on 153 tracts offered in today's Western Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 174.
  • Coflexip Stena Offshore taking majority stake in Indian offshore support company
    Coflexip Stena Offshore today confirmed that it is finalizing acquisition from India's Peerless General Finance & Investment Company Ltd.of its stake in Peerless Shipping & Oilfield Services Ltd. (PSOS).

Lloyd's Listweb site
  • Boxship 'sent warning call'
    UK shipping sources have claimed that the containership involved in the dramatic clash off the UK coast this week had called the cruiseship Norwegian Dream in an attempt to warn her of the collision course.
  • London braced for collision loss claims
    LONDON insurers are bracing themselves for losses arising from the collision between the cruiseship Norwegian Dream and the containership Ever Decent, although all sides said yesterday that it was still too early to know the full extent of claims, writes Andrea Felsted.
  • Daewoo Heavy claims 'business as usual' over guarantees
    DAEWOO Heavy has insisted that there are no problems in arranging refund guarantees or closing newbuilding contracts, even though other units of the group are having trouble in getting guarantees for overseas projects.
  • Team Shipping suffers loss in second quarter
    TEAM Shipping, which listed on the small and medium sized section of the Oslo stock exchange in January 1998, has posted drab second quarter results culminating in a pre-tax loss of $1.5m compared with profits of $1.2m the previous year.
  • Numast urges UK probe into cruise incident
    BRITISH officers' union Numast is demanding a UK inquiry into Tuesday's collision, arguing that flag states Panama and the Bahamas are not up to the task.
  • Simon Mogster in stopgap charter
    District Offshore's anchor handling tug/supply vessel Skandi Mogster yesterday went on hire to Simon Mokster Shipping as a stop gap measure by the Stavanger-based owner to meet its charter commitments to Esso Norway for a tanker standby vessel.
  • Pelikan II crew cleared of scuttle attempt
    AN Indian crew has been cleared of attempting to scuttle a flag of convenience bulker last month, following an investigation by South Africa's Maritime Safety Authority.
  • Austerity plan
    German finance minster Hans Eichel has announced that Germany's centre-left coalition has approved his austerity plan aimed at cutting public spending and slashing debt. The reform is now due to enter parliament, where it will face a rough ride from opposition parties. Some coalition politicians, angered by proposals to cap state pensions for two years have threatened to vote against the package. The plan aims to cut Dm30bn ($16bn) a year from state spending and Mr Eichel, while admitting that details were still to be finalised, said the volume of cost savings should not be reduced.

Fairplayweb site
AUGUST 25, 1999
  • Occasional flames still seen on Ever Decent
  • China drafts new procedure law
  • HHI unveils ten-year master plan
  • Chinese smuggling probe continues
  • Seattle waterfront landmark may be history
  • Berlian Laju pulls out of PNOC tanker deal
  • P&O Ned/WAL launch West African service
  • Norwegian offshore yards fear massive job losses
  • Australian self-unloader market 'ready for growth'
  • Color Group makes heavy first-half loss
  • Kra Canal supporters renew calls on government
  • TACA hikes westbound rates

The Journal of Commerceweb site
Home
  • Railroads prepare for peak intermodal shipping season
  • USDA moves to combat imported tree-eating pests
  • ILWU members overwhelmingly approve new 3-year contract at West Coast ports
  • American Airlines defends corporate security after drug busts
  • Saia Motor Freight president quits, will buy North Carolina trucking company
  • Boise Locomotive gets $5M pact to rebuild locos for Transtar
Transportation
  • Truckers: Congestion at US-Mexico crossing in Calif., is out of control
  • Belt Railway of Chicago offers cross-town traffic alternative
  • AMR study: Logistics software sales will be flat next year
  • Brazilian airlines facing a shakeout
  • DHL plans large Asia-Pacific investment
  • USF to buy CaroTrans' Puerto Rican operations
  • BAX Global lands contract in Brazil with carmaker
Maritime
  • FMC probes Imex over alleged rebates
  • FMC turns down NVO request for TSA special reports
  • TACA boosts rates again
  • Corpus Christi to begin work on reefer facility
  • Pakistan container terminal increases cargo handling fees
  • Asian box management database introduced

The Journal of Commerceweb site
Home
  • Railroads prepare for peak intermodal shipping season
  • USDA moves to combat imported tree-eating pests
  • ILWU members overwhelmingly approve new 3-year contract at West Coast ports
  • American Airlines defends corporate security after drug busts
  • Saia Motor Freight president quits, will buy North Carolina trucking company
  • Boise Locomotive gets $5M pact to rebuild locos for Transtar
Transportation
  • Truckers: Congestion at US-Mexico crossing in Calif., is out of control
  • Belt Railway of Chicago offers cross-town traffic alternative
  • AMR study: Logistics software sales will be flat next year
  • Brazilian airlines facing a shakeout
  • DHL plans large Asia-Pacific investment
  • USF to buy CaroTrans' Puerto Rican operations
  • BAX Global lands contract in Brazil with carmaker
Maritime
  • FMC probes Imex over alleged rebates
  • FMC turns down NVO request for TSA special reports
  • TACA boosts rates again
  • Corpus Christi to begin work on reefer facility
  • Pakistan container terminal increases cargo handling fees
  • Asian box management database introduced

The Journal of Commerceweb site
Home
  • Railroads prepare for peak intermodal shipping season
  • USDA moves to combat imported tree-eating pests
  • ILWU members overwhelmingly approve new 3-year contract at West Coast ports
  • American Airlines defends corporate security after drug busts
  • Saia Motor Freight president quits, will buy North Carolina trucking company
  • Boise Locomotive gets $5M pact to rebuild locos for Transtar
Transportation
  • Truckers: Congestion at US-Mexico crossing in Calif., is out of control
  • Belt Railway of Chicago offers cross-town traffic alternative
  • AMR study: Logistics software sales will be flat next year
  • Brazilian airlines facing a shakeout
  • DHL plans large Asia-Pacific investment
  • USF to buy CaroTrans' Puerto Rican operations
  • BAX Global lands contract in Brazil with carmaker
Maritime
  • FMC probes Imex over alleged rebates
  • FMC turns down NVO request for TSA special reports
  • TACA boosts rates again
  • Corpus Christi to begin work on reefer facility
  • Pakistan container terminal increases cargo handling fees
  • Asian box management database introduced

Marine Linkweb site
AUGUST 25, 1999
  • Keppel to restructure towage business
  • Latvian Shipping sell-off rules coming soon
  • Japanese foreign ship orders drop 39%
  • Singapore runs Y2K drills
  • Containership fire controlled, investigation begins
  • Oil sheds $0.61 in sell off

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FROM THE HOME PAGE
PORTS
Signed the act for the rebalancing of the concession in chief of Venice Terminal Passengers
Venice
Spain : The aim is to "create a new normal", which is aimed strongly at an upper-middle customer segment, with the aim of creating a pole for luxury cruises in Venice, " he said.
PORTS
In October, freight traffic in the ports of Genoa and Savona-Ligure
Genoa
Recorded increases of 2.5% and 21.9%, respectively. It continues the downturn of cruises in both scallops
CRUISES
Fincantieri has delivered the new cruise ship Viking Vela to Viking
Trieste / Los Angeles
Can accommodate 998 passengers
The government of Montenegro wants to bring the port of Adria back under state control
PORTS
The government of Montenegro wants to bring the port of Adria back under state control
Podgorica
Will evaluate the possible acquisition of the majority stake in the Turkish Global Ports Holding
PORTS
China's seaports handled record cargo traffic for October
China's seaports handled record cargo traffic for October
Beijing
Containers amounted to over 24.4 million TEU (+6.2%)
Stable the traffic of goods in the port of La Spezia in the period of July-September
PORTS
Stable the traffic of goods in the port of La Spezia in the period of July-September
The Spezia
Marina di Carrara has been recorded a decrease of -15.6%
PORTS
At Spezia they don't want a president of the AdSP "parachuted"
The Spezia
They ask for a president "plug & play" able to deal with the problems right away
PORTS
Defined the location in the port of Gioia Tauro of the construction site for the bridge over the Strait of Messina
Joy Tauro
The OYAK and OIA funds will invest in the Turkish port of Iskenderun
PORTS
The OYAK and OIA funds will invest in the Turkish port of Iskenderun
Ankara
Expected the realization of a terminal container
SHIPPING
T&E calls for EU measures to limit ship speed and greater use of wind propulsion
Brussels
Summary complaint of the organization on the progress made by the shipping industry for decarbonisation
CUSTOMS
To extend the customs corridor to goods in export and on transhipment in the port of Spezia
The Spezia
He was speaking at a meeting between the AdSP and the Customs Agency.
SHIPPING
After Maersk, Hapag-Lloyd also initiates an agreement with Chinese Goldwind for supplies of green methanol
ENVIRONMENT
Messina (Assshipowners) : yes to the environmentalist push, but the timing and the ways are wrong
Rome
Local, often untimely, local norms have the only effect of moving traffics out of the Old Continent.
PORTS
Port of Ravenna, final visit of the EU representative to the project "Ravenna Port Hub : Infrastructural Works"
Ravenna
The European contribution has been more than 30 million euros.
TRANSPORTATION
In 2023, the performance of road and rail transport services fell in Switzerland.
Neuchâtel
Modal shares remained unchanged
INTERMODAL TRANSPORT
New intermodal service Melzo-Marcianise of Hannibal
Melzo
Two weekly rotations that from the first quarter will rise to three
PSA and Evergreen to jointly operate container terminal in Singapore
PORTS
PSA and Evergreen to jointly operate container terminal in Singapore
Singapore
The new company will become operational by the end of 2024
In the third quarter economic growth of trade in goods and services of G20
TRADE
In the third quarter economic growth of trade in goods and services of G20
Paris
Down the value of goods to and from China
PORTS
Omanita group Asyad will manage the port of al-Suwayq for 40 years
Muscat
The expansion of the stairway and the construction of a quay
The Companies inform
Accelleron initiates partnership with Geislinger to expand service business in the Mediterranean region
INTERMODAL TRANSPORT
Memorandum of Understanding for the creation of an intermodal terminal in Budapest
Astana
A delegation of the Kazakh KTZ Express to the port of Rijeka
SHIPPING
The BIMCO has adopted the FuelEU Maritime Clause
Copenhagen
The European regulation will enter into force next January.
SHIPPING
Kenon Holdings (Idan Ofer) announces the next exit from the capital of ZIM
Singapore
Currently owns 19.8 million shares
PROGRESS AND TECHNOLOGY
NIM and EH Group will develop hydrogen fuel cell technologies for shipping
PORTS
In the third quarter of 2024 the traffic of goods in the port of Tanger Med increased by 11%
Anjra
In the first nine months of the year, growth was 12% percent.
PORTS
Project of the ovadese Vezzani to set up a terminal for the automotive in Porto Marghera
Venice
Filed for the release of a demanial concession for the quay ex Sirma
PORTS
In the third quarter the port of Koper has handled 287,410 containers (+ 11.8%)
Koper
In the first nine months of 2024, it was 835,506 (+ 2.9%)
COMPANIES
The Zephyr Group snaps up Singaporean Twinco and Germany's Carl Baguhn
The Spezia
The two companies operate in the area of spare parts and components for diesel and gas engines
SHIPPING
Rixi, without the ETS review, European maritime fleets will continue to suffer a competitive disadvantage
Rome
According to the deputy minister, it is necessary to intervene at the root of the problem
PORTS
PSA Italy continues in purchase of equipment for Marghera terminal
Genoa
Committed total value of 8.5 million euros for three rubber-tyred gantry crane electric
JOBS
Corsica Sardinia Ferries in search of navigating personnel
Go Ligure
The wanted profiles are different, for machine areas, room and kitchen
PROGRESS AND TECHNOLOGY
Agreement for the digital integration of the FS and AdSP Polo Logistics systems of the Western Liguria
Genoa
SHIPPING
New Oriental Mediterranean Service-Adriatic via Malta of CMA CGM
Marseille
Will have a weekly frequency
COMPETITION
Brussels to give state aid for 1.9 billion euros to German railway company DB Cargo
Brussels
ASSOCIATIONS
Renewed the Governing Council of Wista Italy
Milan
Constancy Musso confirmed president
SHIPPING
Maersk completes orders to three shipyards for 20 new container ships
Copenhagen
In Yangzijiang Shipbuilding committed for six 17,000 teu ships and two from 9,000 teu. At Hanwha Ocean and New Times Shipbuilding ordered six units from 15,000 teu each
ASSOCIATIONS
Biagio Mazzotta assumes the post of Vice-President of the Federation of the Sea
Rome
President of Assonave will be running for vice president of ENMC
PORTS
ESPO calls on the new EU Commission to maintain and strengthen the CEF programme
Brussels
The exhortation is also to better adapt it to the needs of ports and their stakeholders
EDUCATION
The agreement on training between the AdSP of the Tirreno Centre Northern, the ITS Academy, " G. Caboto " and the European Escola
Cyvitavecchia
SHIPPING
Consultation on the extension of the UK ETS to the maritime sector
London
Shipping would be included since 2026
COMPANIES
MSC completes acquisition of a minority stake in HHLA
Hamburg
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
PORTS
ONE acquires a stake in Jakarta's NPCT1 terminal container
Singapore
It has a traffic capacity of 1.5 million teu per year
PORTS
Transped orders a mobile crane Konecranes Gottwald for its Porto Marghera terminal
Helsinki
It will be taken in delivery in the second quarter of next year
LOGISTICS
Dutch Raben Group and Swiss elvetica Sieber Transport make up a joint venture
Oss / Berneck
It will detect the Swiss company's groupage transport activity
LOGISTICS
Dachser & Fercam Italia has opened a new branch in Arezzo
Bolzano
Three thousand square meters of operational surface area and 400 of offices
SHIPYARDS
Fincantieri initiates agreement with SIMEST for the growth of watermark businesses
Milan / Trieste
MEETINGS
Conference for the 30 th birthday of WISTA Italy
Genoa
It will be held tomorrow at Palazzo San Giorgio in Genoa
PORTS
Approved the Plan of the Organic Ports of Sardinia
Cagliari
There are 938 workers in the 36 enterprises operating in the scallots
OFFSHORE
Saipem has awarded an EPCI offshore contract from BP in Indonesia
Milan
SHIPPING
Container ship charterer MPCC's revenues fell by -28% in the third quarter
Oslo
RAILWAY TRANSPORT
Fermerci reports delays and cuts to incentives for rail freight transport
Rome
Paper: Real risk of losing 115 million euros
PORTS
In the third quarter, traffic in shipping containers of Moroccan Marsa Maroc increased by 5% percent.
Casablanca
Exhaustion of the growth of transshipment volumes
SHIPYARDS
At Samsung Heavy Industries orders for the construction of four 16,000-teu container carriers
Busan
Commits the value of about 781 million
ENVIRONMENT
Eni-MSC agreement in the field of sustainability and energy transition
San Donato Milanese
It was subscribed by Claudio Descalzi and Diego Aponte
PORTS
The Grimaldi terminal in the port of Barcelona has been equipped with Onshore Power Supply
Barcelona
It will become operational in January
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
MEETINGS
Conference for the 30 th birthday of WISTA Italy
Genoa
It will be held tomorrow at Palazzo San Giorgio in Genoa
MEETINGS
Conference of the CNEL on the Sustainability of Maritime Transport
Rome
It will be held on November 27 in Rome
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
North Korean tankers transport over one million barrels of oil from Russia
(NK News)
Sudan govt scraps $6bn Red Sea port deal with UAE
(The North Africa Post)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Autorità di Regolazione dei Trasporti
Relazione del presidente Nicola Zaccheo
Roma, 18 settembre 2024
››› File
SHIPYARDS
South Korea's HJSC adjusts a salesperson for four new 7,900-teu container ships
Busan
ASSOCIATIONS
Rolf Westfal-Larsen Jr. has been elected president of Intertanko
London
Undergoes to Paolo d' Amico
LOGISTICS
COSCO and SIPG will acquire 10% each of the capital of SAIC Anji Logistics
Shanghai
They will participate in the capital increase of the logistics company of SAIC Motor
INDUSTRY
AD Ports continues in its investment campaign in Egypt
Cairo / Abu Dhabi
Agreement to realize an industrial area of 20 square kilometers in East Port Said
Dimitri Serafimoff has been elected as the new president of CLECAT
ASSOCIATIONS
Dimitri Serafimoff has been elected as the new president of CLECAT
Brussels
He will also retain the presidency of the CLECAT Customs Institute
SHIPYARDS
Ok of the Rovigo Tribunal to the Restructuring Plan of Shipbuilding Victory plan
Adria
On the completion of the sale of the company to CNV Srl
PORTS
Port of Ancona, in 2023, underlines the AdSP-container traffic grew by 5%
Ancona
The Port Authority disputes the data released by the Fedespedi Studies Center
SHIPYARDS
Mr vard will build five support ships in the offshore industry.
Trieste
Designed to accommodate up to 190 people, they will be carried out in Vietnam
INTERMODAL TRANSPORT
Alpe Adria activates new rail service between the port of Trieste and the Malpensa Intermodal terminal in Sacconago
Trieste
SHIPPING
Euroseas order in China the construction of two 4,300-teu feeder container
Athens
Quarterly revenue from rentals inj growth of 5.8%
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