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April 29, 1999
Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Overcapacity in Asian ports unlikely to improve
    While capacity in S-E Asia is forecast at 40m TEUs by end-1999, demand is only expected at 30m
  • Daewoo shipbuilders to return to work today
  • Strike halts Chittagong port operations
  • MPA launches first publication on Singapore port
Air and Land Transport
  • Manila may up stake to prevent PAL's collapse
    State institutions may be asked to take up US$200m capital increase demanded by airline's creditors
  • Int'l air express industry growth to outstrip global GDP: report
  • Korean Air crew had manoevring problem: probe
  • Sabena seeking to end City Bird deal
  • CPA signs cooperation deal with SAA
  • JAL to match Skymark's fare increase
Features
  • New deal with union looms
    US aerospace giant faces tough round of contract talks with its biggest union, which has struck twice in 10 years
Columns
  • Caught by the shipping bug

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Overcapacity in Asian ports unlikely to improve
    While capacity in S-E Asia is forecast at 40m TEUs by end-1999, demand is only expected at 30m
  • Daewoo shipbuilders to return to work today
  • Strike halts Chittagong port operations
  • MPA launches first publication on Singapore port
Air and Land Transport
  • Manila may up stake to prevent PAL's collapse
    State institutions may be asked to take up US$200m capital increase demanded by airline's creditors
  • Int'l air express industry growth to outstrip global GDP: report
  • Korean Air crew had manoevring problem: probe
  • Sabena seeking to end City Bird deal
  • CPA signs cooperation deal with SAA
  • JAL to match Skymark's fare increase
Features
  • New deal with union looms
    US aerospace giant faces tough round of contract talks with its biggest union, which has struck twice in 10 years
Columns
  • Caught by the shipping bug

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Overcapacity in Asian ports unlikely to improve
    While capacity in S-E Asia is forecast at 40m TEUs by end-1999, demand is only expected at 30m
  • Daewoo shipbuilders to return to work today
  • Strike halts Chittagong port operations
  • MPA launches first publication on Singapore port
Air and Land Transport
  • Manila may up stake to prevent PAL's collapse
    State institutions may be asked to take up US$200m capital increase demanded by airline's creditors
  • Int'l air express industry growth to outstrip global GDP: report
  • Korean Air crew had manoevring problem: probe
  • Sabena seeking to end City Bird deal
  • CPA signs cooperation deal with SAA
  • JAL to match Skymark's fare increase
Features
  • New deal with union looms
    US aerospace giant faces tough round of contract talks with its biggest union, which has struck twice in 10 years
Columns
  • Caught by the shipping bug

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Overcapacity in Asian ports unlikely to improve
    While capacity in S-E Asia is forecast at 40m TEUs by end-1999, demand is only expected at 30m
  • Daewoo shipbuilders to return to work today
  • Strike halts Chittagong port operations
  • MPA launches first publication on Singapore port
Air and Land Transport
  • Manila may up stake to prevent PAL's collapse
    State institutions may be asked to take up US$200m capital increase demanded by airline's creditors
  • Int'l air express industry growth to outstrip global GDP: report
  • Korean Air crew had manoevring problem: probe
  • Sabena seeking to end City Bird deal
  • CPA signs cooperation deal with SAA
  • JAL to match Skymark's fare increase
Features
  • New deal with union looms
    US aerospace giant faces tough round of contract talks with its biggest union, which has struck twice in 10 years
Columns
  • Caught by the shipping bug

Cyber Shipping Guide - Ocean Commerceweb site
  • Shippers, Carriers Almost Complete ISC under OSRA
  • COSCO Pacific Income for 1998 Rises 5.3%
  • Clinton Administration Unveils Harbor User Fee Draft

urgente online pressweb site
  • La naviera Cape Balear quiere entrar en el negocio aéreo regional
  • Polémica en Asturias por el horario del aeropuerto
  • Toshiba externaliza la logística con DHL
  • Air Nostrum consigue el bronce, tras British Airways y Delta Air Lines
  • Finaliza la campaña de Chronopost para enviar libros a Iberoamérica
  • Tercera pista ecologista para disminuir la contaminación acústica en El Prat
  • CLH cambia de instalaciones en Alicante

Exim Indiaweb site
APRIL 28, 1999
Shipping News
  • P&O Nedlloyd profits up; orders 4 more containerships
  • Industry relieved; hopes for early polls, stable govt
  • Transworld repeats feat at ICD-Pithampur
  • People & Position
  • FDI implementation authority to be set up
  • Maharashtra heads list of unsold cotton stock position
  • Mustard production may increase by 4 lakh tonnes
  • Surplus steel in 1999-2000 seen
  • Global steel intake projected to fall by 19 million tonnes in 1999
  • Coffee exporters hit by plunging prices overseas
  • Govt may go for tie-up to develop Manavalakurichi
  • Book on business opportunities in India unveiled
  • Drugs, pharmaceuticals exports on the rise
  • Seafood export target proves elusive
  • Handloom exports exceed Rs 2,000 cr but target proves elusive
  • Inflation rate down to 4.17 pc
  • Trade walls check developing nations' progress, study reveals
  • Cashew kernel exports up in value, but short of target
  • India among few Asian nations to import more in '98
  • US slaps dumping duty on Indian rubber tape
  • Project exports touch new peak in '98-99
  • Zero duty availment limit on capital goods notified
  • Valuable guide to reducing shipping risks
  • Govt extends time to swap garment export quotas
  • Coir products exports cross '98-99 target
Aviation News
  • FDX Corp registers positive growth
  • Airbus wins US$1.8bn order
  • Bangalore Int'l Airport invites fresh tenders
  • Insurance cover for Y2K bug a must for international airlines, warns DoT
  • Air-India, Asiana plan code-sharing arrangement
  • BA seats snapped up in millennium rush
  • Boeing fares well in Q1

Exim Indiaweb site
APRIL 28, 1999
Shipping News
  • P&O Nedlloyd profits up; orders 4 more containerships
  • Industry relieved; hopes for early polls, stable govt
  • Transworld repeats feat at ICD-Pithampur
  • People & Position
  • FDI implementation authority to be set up
  • Maharashtra heads list of unsold cotton stock position
  • Mustard production may increase by 4 lakh tonnes
  • Surplus steel in 1999-2000 seen
  • Global steel intake projected to fall by 19 million tonnes in 1999
  • Coffee exporters hit by plunging prices overseas
  • Govt may go for tie-up to develop Manavalakurichi
  • Book on business opportunities in India unveiled
  • Drugs, pharmaceuticals exports on the rise
  • Seafood export target proves elusive
  • Handloom exports exceed Rs 2,000 cr but target proves elusive
  • Inflation rate down to 4.17 pc
  • Trade walls check developing nations' progress, study reveals
  • Cashew kernel exports up in value, but short of target
  • India among few Asian nations to import more in '98
  • US slaps dumping duty on Indian rubber tape
  • Project exports touch new peak in '98-99
  • Zero duty availment limit on capital goods notified
  • Valuable guide to reducing shipping risks
  • Govt extends time to swap garment export quotas
  • Coir products exports cross '98-99 target
Aviation News
  • FDX Corp registers positive growth
  • Airbus wins US$1.8bn order
  • Bangalore Int'l Airport invites fresh tenders
  • Insurance cover for Y2K bug a must for international airlines, warns DoT
  • Air-India, Asiana plan code-sharing arrangement
  • BA seats snapped up in millennium rush
  • Boeing fares well in Q1

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
APRIL 28, 1999
  • Oil up on API report, bunkers up $1
  • WFS to set up fuel marketing office in Indonesia
  • California refinery to re-start soon
  • Calls for privatisation of Norway's state oil company
  • New Statoil board appointed yesterday
  • Company moves and updates

Marine Logweb site
APRIL 28, 1999
  • Lloyd's Register plans three point strategy for change
    Announcing 1998 operating revenues that were slightly down on 1997, Patrick O'Ferrall said that the society has implemented a policy of change management.

Lloyd's Listweb site
  • Frangos wins court victory
    Greece's Supreme Court has finally dismissed allegations that Seaways Shipping Enterprises boss John Frangos embezzled millions of dollars from the Haji-Ioannou family fortune after the break-up of his marriage to tanker heiress Clelia Haji-Ioannou six years ago.
  • Swedish Orient Line asks banks for support
    Swedish Orient Line is negotiating a refinancing deal with its banks to help protect the company against the ravages of weaker freight rates.
  • Increase in casualties and losses not fully reflected in premiums
    CASUALTIES and losses affecting the marine insurance market are growing, while the premium base has yet to fully reflect the trend.
  • Evergreen to reorganise Americas run
    EVERGREEN is reorganising its service between the east coasts of North and South America and withdrawing one ship from the route.
  • Møller firms shares leap in Copenhagen trading
    SHARES in the two quoted AP Møller Group companies, D/S Svendborg and D/S 1912, continued to power ahead on the Copenhagen stock exchange yesterday.
  • Regulations are becoming clearer
    AP MØLLER is expressing confidence that the container shipping trades are entering a period of greater regulatory clarity as new rules take effect in either side of the Atlantic.
  • Nato's claim of oil rush at Bar disputed
    NATO may be facing an embarrassing propaganda flop after challenges to its claims that there is an oil import rush at the Montenegrin port of Bar.
  • Navy may board ships in Gulf
    A BIG allied naval exercise in the Arabian Gulf next month will see military vessels requesting permission to board merchant shipping.

Fairplayweb site
APRIL 28, 1999
  • Intertanko comments on death penalty reports
  • Suspicious deaths to be investigated
  • Ore carrier holed off Western Australia
  • Aussie livestock exports to increase
  • SCI expansion to focus on gas carriers
  • Reliance refinery will hit Kandla port
  • US transport secretary praises Intertanko
  • IUA reports increase in total losses for 1998
  • Kvaerner Philadelphia 'remains on track'
  • Calcutta tussle over barge operations
  • Views differ on MTBE legislation
  • Unexploded bomb found in Halifax harbour
  • IT investment cuts LR profit to '15m
  • Equity takes preference to bonds
  • Princess Cruises to call at Oman
  • Raids find cocaine on two reefers in UK ports
  • New bulk stevedores at Rotterdam
  • Evergreen reorganises Americas service
  • MCA blocks launch of Channel Hoppers' service

The Journal of Commerceweb site
Home
  • Negotiators find ways to accelerate customs flow
  • Ocean imports from Asia took March dip
  • Circle expanding operations in Brazil
  • Lakes lawmakers vow to fight harbor tax plan
  • FedEx and Northwest bid for flights negotiated in US-China air accord
  • Evergreen Marine and China Ocean Shipping discussing unprecedented alliance
  • Mercedes-Benz opens new Alabama parts consolidation center
  • US reaches deal with EU to continue selling hormone-free beef to EU
  • China-EU talks on WTO to last a week, China news agency says
  • Study from Armstrong Associates says third party logistics continues strong growth
  • New York Regional Rail buys NJ trucker
  • Internet exchange system for empty shipping containers introduced
  • Harvey Software unveils new package shipping software for Internet retailers
Transportation
  • NS earnings fell 15% as focus turns to Conrail assimilation
  • Shippers favor DOT bill for renewed STB
  • Error, sabotage ruled out in crash
  • KLM alters animal policy after squirrel slaughter
  • Major vendors of supply-chain software
  • Guatemala rail runs return 3 years after last train ran
  • Right software can manage movement inside and beyond
  • Additional uses found for supply-chain software
  • Enter the digital warehouse
  • Look for more partnerships and alliances among supply chain software makers
  • The future holds more collaboration, less competition
Maritime
  • Evergreen revises ship rotation
  • Guangzhou Shipyard looks for better 1999
  • Slot watch

The Journal of Commerceweb site
Home
  • Negotiators find ways to accelerate customs flow
  • Ocean imports from Asia took March dip
  • Circle expanding operations in Brazil
  • Lakes lawmakers vow to fight harbor tax plan
  • FedEx and Northwest bid for flights negotiated in US-China air accord
  • Evergreen Marine and China Ocean Shipping discussing unprecedented alliance
  • Mercedes-Benz opens new Alabama parts consolidation center
  • US reaches deal with EU to continue selling hormone-free beef to EU
  • China-EU talks on WTO to last a week, China news agency says
  • Study from Armstrong Associates says third party logistics continues strong growth
  • New York Regional Rail buys NJ trucker
  • Internet exchange system for empty shipping containers introduced
  • Harvey Software unveils new package shipping software for Internet retailers
Transportation
  • NS earnings fell 15% as focus turns to Conrail assimilation
  • Shippers favor DOT bill for renewed STB
  • Error, sabotage ruled out in crash
  • KLM alters animal policy after squirrel slaughter
  • Major vendors of supply-chain software
  • Guatemala rail runs return 3 years after last train ran
  • Right software can manage movement inside and beyond
  • Additional uses found for supply-chain software
  • Enter the digital warehouse
  • Look for more partnerships and alliances among supply chain software makers
  • The future holds more collaboration, less competition
Maritime
  • Evergreen revises ship rotation
  • Guangzhou Shipyard looks for better 1999
  • Slot watch

The Journal of Commerceweb site
Home
  • Negotiators find ways to accelerate customs flow
  • Ocean imports from Asia took March dip
  • Circle expanding operations in Brazil
  • Lakes lawmakers vow to fight harbor tax plan
  • FedEx and Northwest bid for flights negotiated in US-China air accord
  • Evergreen Marine and China Ocean Shipping discussing unprecedented alliance
  • Mercedes-Benz opens new Alabama parts consolidation center
  • US reaches deal with EU to continue selling hormone-free beef to EU
  • China-EU talks on WTO to last a week, China news agency says
  • Study from Armstrong Associates says third party logistics continues strong growth
  • New York Regional Rail buys NJ trucker
  • Internet exchange system for empty shipping containers introduced
  • Harvey Software unveils new package shipping software for Internet retailers
Transportation
  • NS earnings fell 15% as focus turns to Conrail assimilation
  • Shippers favor DOT bill for renewed STB
  • Error, sabotage ruled out in crash
  • KLM alters animal policy after squirrel slaughter
  • Major vendors of supply-chain software
  • Guatemala rail runs return 3 years after last train ran
  • Right software can manage movement inside and beyond
  • Additional uses found for supply-chain software
  • Enter the digital warehouse
  • Look for more partnerships and alliances among supply chain software makers
  • The future holds more collaboration, less competition
Maritime
  • Evergreen revises ship rotation
  • Guangzhou Shipyard looks for better 1999
  • Slot watch

Antwerpse Lloyd n.v.web site
  • Anvers: Delwaide annonce une réduction de 25% du tarif remorquage "shifting" dans les bassins
    "Les taux des services du remorquage dans les bassins, plus particulièrement pour les navires déchargeant et chargeant et procédant à des shiftings entre emplacements dans un même complexe de bassins et/ou poste d'attente, seront réduits de 25% au chapitre du tarif A. Cette mesure entrera en vigueur dès le 1er juillet prochain". C'est ce qu'a déclaré l'échevin du port d'Anvers, le baron L. Delwaide à l'occasion de la manifestation à Anvers du 40e anniversaire de l'armement FALLINE.
  • E1 négocie un nouveau partenariat pour le Benelux et l'Allemagne
    L'alliance E1 devrait annoncer très prochainement un ou plusieurs nouveaux partenaires couvrant le Benelux et l'Allemagne. Alors que le rachat de Nedlloyd ETD par Danzas n'avait pas fait exploser cette alliance, des assurances ayant été données que les filiales de Nedlloyd - Van Gend & Loos et Unitrans - demeureraient au sein de l'alliance, c'est le rachat d'ASG qui a changé totalement la donne. Les partenaires restants d'E1, Dubois, DanTransport et Saima Avandero) vont demander des compensations financières.
  • Verra-t-on l'URS en partenariat dans les bassins anversois?
    L'Union de Remorquage et de Sauvetage (URS) réalisera cette année un exercice crucial et ce, pour plusieurs raisons. Tout d'abord, 1999 est l'année de la relance: toutes les mesures prises ramènent l'entreprise sur le chemin de l'équilibre financier et l'on reparlera de profit l'année prochaine. Ensuite, c'est au cours des prochains mois que sera mise en place une nouvelle structure avec une entité coupole, qui couvrira diverses filiales ou divisions, ceci dans la foulée de la diversification que va développer l'entreprise.Ainsi qu'évoqué précédemment, cette diversification doit intervenir endéans les 5 ans, pour au moins 50% du CA cosdolidé et il est plus que probable qu'entre-temps l'URS aura fait sa réapparition en bourse.
  • Les investissements à Schiphol ont atteint un niveau record en 1998
    Schiphol Group, le nouveau nom du groupe créé pour l'exploitation de l'aéroport d'Amsterdam, peut se réjouir des résultats réalisés en 1998. Le résultat net a progressé de 21% à 298 mio. de NLG (135 mio. d'EUR), tandis que le CA net a augmenté de 9,8% à 1,22 mia. de NLG (533 mio. d'EUR). "L'excellent résultat de Schiphol Group est surtout dû au fait que la croissance des mouvements aériens en 1998 était supérieure à ce qu'y avait été prévu en début d'année". Voilà comment l'entreprise commente les chiffres annuels qui ont été annoncés hier.

Marine Linkweb site
APRIL 28, 1999
  • Minoan Earmaks $250M For Newbuilds
    Minoan Lines, the passenger vessel company, has stockpiled $250 million for newbuildings. The vessels would serve on new routes recently licensed by the Merchant Marine Ministry. Minoan Lines plans to spend $105 million by summer 2000 for three vessels to be used in the Cyclades and the Sporades islands in the Aegean Sea, as well as the Ionian Sea routes.
  • Attica Enterprises Profits Up 36%
    Passenger shipper Attica Enterprises said group net profit rose 36.7 percent year-on-year in the first quarter to 879 million drachmas on turnover growth of 59.35 percent to 5,077 million. Greek shipping firms are not taxed on their fare income.
  • Slow Down? Fast Ferry Demand May Hit Lull
    Construction of so-called fast ferries, one of the most dynamic sectors for the shipbuilding industry in recent years, will decline because of the Asian crisis but should return to previous high levels by 2005, a new report said. New vessel building volumes are expected to decline in 1999 and 2000 due largely to the impact of the Asia economic crisis, analysts Ocean Shipping Consultants Ltd. said.
  • Kvaerner May Owe Germany Money
    Kvaerner may have to repay a "considerable amount" of the state aid it received from Germany related to its Warnow Werft shipyard. The European Commission said last November that it was investigating whether the German Warnow Werft shipyard had complied with capacity limits in return for subsidies. The EU executive last year began formal proceedings against Germany amid indications the yard had exceeded an annual 85,000 cgt capacity limit.
  • MISC Orders Two LNG Carriers
    Malaysia International Shipping Corp. Bhd (MISC) placed an order for two liquefied natural gas (LNG) tankers and has options to acquire four more.
  • Daewoo Is Back To Work
    Shipbuilders at South Korea's Daewoo Heavy Industries agreed to return to work from Thursday (April 29), ending a week-long strike over a plan to sell off the shipbuilding division.
  • Cammell Laird Wins Upgrade Contract
    Cammell Laird Holdings Plc won a multi-million dollar contract to upgrade a 4,000 ton, SCS Shipping Ltd. vessel. The work, to be started immediately, will be carried out by Cammell Laird (Merseyside) at the group's Birkenhead Yard and should be completed in January 2000. SCS Shipping is a member of the Stolt Comex SA group.
  • IHC Caland Gets Dredger Contract
    IHC Caland's IHC Holland unit won an order from Dredging Corporation of India for two suction hopper dredgers. "With this order IHC Caland's yards will be at more than full capacity well into the year 2001," IHC Caland said.
  • Clinton Forms Commission On Seaport Crime
    President Bill Clinton established a commission on U.S. seaport crime and security aimed at combating problems including drug trafficking and cargo theft. The panel, to be co-chaired by Attorney General Janet Reno, Transportation Secretary Rodney Slater and Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin, will have a year to consider the problem and forward its recommendations, the White House said.

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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
- geographical areas
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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