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November 30, 1999
Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • HK port to stay open Dec 31 but shipowners cautious
    Contingency plans in place should millennium bug strike: marine dept
  • Durban port hit by Y2K related delays
  • Danish shipping firms cheered by WTO forecast
Air and Land Transport
  • Qantas shares plunge as Aussie investors welcome Virgin challenge
    Richard Branson expresses interest in buying News Corp's 50% stake in Ansett Holdings
  • Aviation industry's Y2K risks are on the ground, not in the air
  • Airlines face payback after UK tax ruling
  • Asia-Pacific airline body to move head office to Kuala Lumpur
Features
  • Cloud over fast ferry safety
    Attempt to recover bodies from China ferry disaster continues, as two more bodies from Norway wreck are found

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • HK port to stay open Dec 31 but shipowners cautious
    Contingency plans in place should millennium bug strike: marine dept
  • Durban port hit by Y2K related delays
  • Danish shipping firms cheered by WTO forecast
Air and Land Transport
  • Qantas shares plunge as Aussie investors welcome Virgin challenge
    Richard Branson expresses interest in buying News Corp's 50% stake in Ansett Holdings
  • Aviation industry's Y2K risks are on the ground, not in the air
  • Airlines face payback after UK tax ruling
  • Asia-Pacific airline body to move head office to Kuala Lumpur
Features
  • Cloud over fast ferry safety
    Attempt to recover bodies from China ferry disaster continues, as two more bodies from Norway wreck are found

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • HK port to stay open Dec 31 but shipowners cautious
    Contingency plans in place should millennium bug strike: marine dept
  • Durban port hit by Y2K related delays
  • Danish shipping firms cheered by WTO forecast
Air and Land Transport
  • Qantas shares plunge as Aussie investors welcome Virgin challenge
    Richard Branson expresses interest in buying News Corp's 50% stake in Ansett Holdings
  • Aviation industry's Y2K risks are on the ground, not in the air
  • Airlines face payback after UK tax ruling
  • Asia-Pacific airline body to move head office to Kuala Lumpur
Features
  • Cloud over fast ferry safety
    Attempt to recover bodies from China ferry disaster continues, as two more bodies from Norway wreck are found

Sched Netweb site
  • Hong Kong port surpasses 1997 peak
  • Taiwan trade rebounds
  • Ningbo Southeast gets Class A forwarder status
  • PSA extends cost-cutting rebates another year
  • DSR introduces new IT system
  • Evergreen raises rates
  • Boost for Cathay's future
  • Aer Lingus signs alliance deals with BA, AA
  • Airbus' new aircraft soon on the market
  • European companies expanding
  • Malaysia Airports listed

Cargowebweb site
NOVEMBER 29, 1999
  • TNT top executive to Deutsche Post
  • Belgian government prepares selling share in Sabena
  • Virgin to start Australian daughter
  • Stinnes sets out to double sales
  • Amsterdam Airport rules not safe

Cyber Shipping Guide - Ocean Commerceweb site
  • Japan Grants 40 Billion Yen Credit for Philippine Projects
  • HK Documentation Fee to Be Raised in January
  • TACA Confirms Jan. Rate Hike, Evergreen Follows
  • Nittsu to Create Own Subsidiaries in Philippines, Vietnam
  • Bangladesh Introduces Inspection System on IT Equipment

World Wide Shipperweb site
NOVEMBER 29, 1999
  • OOCL ups China to Japan link with start of new express service
  • Boeing web site for parts is success
  • Port association offers members education and training programs
  • Boeing ends pay disparity

urgente online pressweb site
NOVEMBER 29, 1999
  • Los sindicatos deciden hoy si habrá huelga en Iberia, en diciembre
  • Montevideo ser´ la sede de la II Conferencia IberoAmericana de Logística
  • MRW saca el servicio "Europaq"
  • Iberia inicia hoy vuelos entre Madrid y León
  • Swissair conecta Málaga con Zurich
  • Olsen inaugura oficinas en Las Palmas
  • Finnair dispone de nueva terminal internacional en el Aeropuerto de Helsinki

Exim Indiaweb site
  • P&O Ports to get clearance soon for Vallarpadam box terminal
  • Second look at diesel price next week, says Minister
  • Wheat import duty hike on the anvil
  • OOCL launches Qingdao Japan Express Service
  • ...sweeps double recognition in Canada
  • UK multi-industry team to visit Chennai
  • Kandla Port Trust presents its version on Narara Bet oil spillage
  • First custom clearance under EPCG at ICD-Dashrath
  • Govt may permit FDI in pharma research, says Minister
  • "K" Line, Cosco & Yang Ming to revamp US WC services
  • Indiahome expo in Dubai nets Rs 40 cr business deals
  • India, Yugoslavia may sign investment protection pact
  • Mobil Peevees' plan to dredge Beypore port
  • Gujarat pavilion bags gold medal at IITF
  • Entry Tax Bill 1999 comes in for criticism
  • PHDCCI calls for policy framework for exporters
  • Hyderabad preferred choice for IT companies
  • Forex reserves touch new record
  • Indian firms invited to take part in Hong Kong fairs
  • Chinese to the fore at IITF business collections

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
NOVEMBER 29, 1999
  • Russian ships poorly equipped for Y2K trouble
  • Baltic Exchange to stay private
  • NYMEX opens sharply lower
  • ARA fuel oil steady to soft, gas oil down
  • Keen selling seen in Singapore
  • FTC approval of Exxon-Mobil merger expected this week
  • Price fall predicted in key bunker markets today
  • UN close to accord that could lift ceiling on Iraqi oil exports

Cargo Info Africa - Freight & Trading Weeklyweb site
  • Cape Town plays host to record maize cargo
  • Portnet equalises rail rates to relieve stress on Durban
  • Zimbabwe's credit downgrade raises insurance premiums
  • CCAL rallies to the rescue of isolated islanders
  • SA investigates building new rail links to Moz and Zambia
  • Bribers never prosper
  • CT depot gets customs licence
  • Acquisition trail sets Laser on logistics course
  • State offers R600 000 grants to boost export competitiveness
  • New training company will focus on workplace skills
  • Forklift lowered into ship's hold to unload cargo
  • P&ON invests R25m to boost avocado exports
  • Zimbabwe and Mozambique lock horns over rail link
  • Cape agent invests R2-m in own premises
  • Reefer rentals are hot news as demand outstrips supply
  • Hauliers increasingly resort to overloading for competitive advantage
  • Overloading profits
  • Bleeding Transnet awaits urgent transfusion
  • German company plans to build and export buses from SA
  • Wharf Rat's Diary
  • Empowerment forwarder has eye on JSE listing
  • They're boiling in oil in East London
  • Capespan begins vetting prospective partners
  • Jadroplov terminates agency agreement

Lloyd's Listweb site
  • Baltic ditches shakeup plan
    THE Baltic Exchange has scrapped plans for a radical overhaul of the London dry cargo market's constitution.
  • The UK-flagged cargoship St Helena arrives in Falmouth
    The UK-flagged cargoship St Helena arrives in Falmouth yesterday to have permanent repairs carried out after transhipment of her cargo in Brest to the Elisabeth Boye. The 3,130 dwt St Helena had been en route from Cardiff to Tenerife when her starboard main engine failed. Repairs are expected to take up to 10 weeks. St Helena is the regular supply ship for the island of the same name, a British dependency.
  • Anangel seeks cash comfort
    ANANGEL-American Shipholdings' $46m rights issue should leave the dry cargo specialist in a comfortable cash position even after its current newbuilding programme of up to six bulk carriers is financed.
  • UK urged to adopt fraud measures
    CRAWFORD & Co, which describes itself as the world's largest risk and claims management organisation, has called on the UK to implement measures which it says could transform the investigation of arson-related fraud, writes James Brewer.
  • Tragedy prompts navaids and weather limits probe
    Navigational aids and weather limitations for fast ferries will be the subjects of intense scrutiny as Norwegian accident investigators gather evidence to determine why the coastal catamaran Sleipner sank with the estimated loss of up to 19 people last Friday night.
  • Transocean orders third log carrier from Bohai
    HAMBURG shipping company Transocean Liners has ordered a third 17,784 gt log/bulk carrier from the Chinese Bohai Shipyard, Tianjin, writes Sabina Casagrande, Cologne.
  • Japanese lines rush for piracy cover
    JAPANESE shipping lines have rushed to buy insurance coverage for off-hire from piracy problems and have also asked the Indonesian government to protect Japanese ships.
  • Indonesian disunity threatens safety at sea
    PIRATES and marauders will rule what are now Indonesia's territorial waters if the country disintegrates, increasing security risks to the whole region, Jakarta's minister for maritime exploration said.

The Journal of Commerceweb site
Home
  • Add-on shipping costs ending in Pacific
  • NYK president sees future in logistics
  • Clinton to meet anti-WTO groups in Seattle
  • Canadian OKs Air Canada bid
  • P&O Nedlloyd bumps Canada service rate
  • Nations call for removal of textile, apparel trade barriers
  • FedEx invests in online transport exchange
  • Wisconsin Central names White vp
Transportation
  • Hapag-Lloyd expanding its chemical rail-logistics business
  • Kraft still needs warehousing despite shift to cross-docking
  • Seaport security report is delayed
  • German officials to scrutinize Deutsche Post monopoly status
Maritime
  • Grand Alliance, Americana Ships discuss alliance
  • China Shipping Group orders eight 5,500-TEU ships
  • Rebound in cargo is accompanied by work on terminals
  • Haitian ships yield hidden drugs

The Journal of Commerceweb site
Home
  • Add-on shipping costs ending in Pacific
  • NYK president sees future in logistics
  • Clinton to meet anti-WTO groups in Seattle
  • Canadian OKs Air Canada bid
  • P&O Nedlloyd bumps Canada service rate
  • Nations call for removal of textile, apparel trade barriers
  • FedEx invests in online transport exchange
  • Wisconsin Central names White vp
Transportation
  • Hapag-Lloyd expanding its chemical rail-logistics business
  • Kraft still needs warehousing despite shift to cross-docking
  • Seaport security report is delayed
  • German officials to scrutinize Deutsche Post monopoly status
Maritime
  • Grand Alliance, Americana Ships discuss alliance
  • China Shipping Group orders eight 5,500-TEU ships
  • Rebound in cargo is accompanied by work on terminals
  • Haitian ships yield hidden drugs

The Journal of Commerceweb site
Home
  • Add-on shipping costs ending in Pacific
  • NYK president sees future in logistics
  • Clinton to meet anti-WTO groups in Seattle
  • Canadian OKs Air Canada bid
  • P&O Nedlloyd bumps Canada service rate
  • Nations call for removal of textile, apparel trade barriers
  • FedEx invests in online transport exchange
  • Wisconsin Central names White vp
Transportation
  • Hapag-Lloyd expanding its chemical rail-logistics business
  • Kraft still needs warehousing despite shift to cross-docking
  • Seaport security report is delayed
  • German officials to scrutinize Deutsche Post monopoly status
Maritime
  • Grand Alliance, Americana Ships discuss alliance
  • China Shipping Group orders eight 5,500-TEU ships
  • Rebound in cargo is accompanied by work on terminals
  • Haitian ships yield hidden drugs

Antwerpse Lloyd n.v.web site
  • La SNCF privilégie Géodis pour la reprise du Sernam
    Président de la SNCF (chemins de fer français), Louis Gallois vient d'annoncer officiellement que le Groupe Géodis (détenu par la SNCF à 43,6%) est désormais la solution privilégiée pour la reprise du Sernam (service messagerie de la SNCF). Du côté des pouvoirs publics français on semble attendre d'apprécier le degré de combativité des syndicats avant de s'engager véritablement. Par ailleurs, ce dossier renferme aussi un aspect belge et on y voit réapparaître La Poste française.
  • Anvers aura traité plus de 3,5 mio. de TEU en 1999
    Il est plus que vraisemblable que le port d'Anvers passera la barre des 3,5 mio. de TEU à la fin de l'année. En effet, depuis le mois de juillet le taux de coissance mensuelle de ce trafic varie de 15 à 22%. Le trafic du mois d'octobre, qui fut particulièrement bon, a vu la partie containérisée progresser de 22% avec un volume de 3,78 mio. de t. En TEU, il s 'agissait de 349.701 unités, soit une hausse de 19,3%. Pour les dix premiers mois de l'année, ce trafic s'élevait à 32,22 mio. de t, en augmentation de 8,8%, soit 2.961.141 TEU (+8,3%). En extrapolant sur base d'un maintien de la tendance, on arrive ainsi à un score final de 3.553.369 TEU et 38,67 mio. de t.
  • P&O NSF poursuit le développement de son terminal à Zeebrugge
    Peter van den Brandhof, l'administrateur délégué de P&O North Sea Ferries, estime que la légère baisse du trafic fret notée au cours des premiers mois de l'année par sa compagnie n'est que temporaire. Le développement du terminal de Zeebrugge se poursuit invariablement. Il sera en effet étendu de 15.000 m2 et équipé de connexions ferroviaires supplémentaires.
  • Heppner: "Notre métier consiste à trier et organiser"
    En 1998, le groupe Heppner a réalisé un chiffre d'affaires de 1,758 mia. de FRF (268 mio. d'EUR) avec 2.000 personnes. Pour l'exercice 1999, le chiffre d'affaires sera sans doute très proche de 1,9 mia. de FRF (289,65 mio. d'EUR) avec un résultat net positif. Analyse d'une stratégie basée sur d'autres choix que celui du transport proprement dit.

Traffic Worldweb site
  • The decision of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to correct perceived job hazards affecting dock and warehouse workers and truck drivers who lift heavy packages and perform repetitive tasks is unwelcome news to employers. The corporate-supported National Coalition on Ergonomics accused OSHA of making work places "laboratories for government experimentation." The proposed rules, which could be in place by summer, would require employers to minimize ergonomic hazards that may cause disorders affecting muscles, nerves, tendons, ligaments, joints, cartilage and spinal discs.
  • A new Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will set up shop Jan. 1 within the Department of Transportation, headed by a presidential nominee confirmed by the Senate. Congress also agreed to double truck safety funding, increase the number of roadside truck inspectors, reform the commercial driver's license system, invoke tougher sanctions against unsafe and illegal Mexican trucks entering the U.S. and require new trucking firms to demonstrate knowledge of safety regulations.
  • Faced with bigger fines, more regulations and aggressive government crackdown on importing and exporting violations, companies are turning to compliance specialists to help them navigate the nation's trade laws. Bill Conroy, president of Tyler Search Consultants in New York, said his firm has placed 14 compliance specialists this year alone. Two years ago the figure was zero. Instead of hiring import managers to handle compliance along with other tasks, as they have done in the past, firms are paying full-time compliance managers average annual salaries of $80,000 to develop in-house programs. Rennie Alston, president and CEO of the Alston Group, an international trade consulting firm based in New Jersey, said there are many more compliance positions available nationwide than there are people to fill them.
  • Viking Freight continues to thrive under the FDX Corp. aegis. The West Coast regional LTL unit is enjoying record revenue of $370 million in the current fiscal year. It also is unveiling two new high-tech projects - shipment tracking by piece and a new generation of handheld computers for drivers that will provide another level of customer service and efficiencies to its freight flow, according to CEO Doug Duncan.
  • GeoLogistics' new management team is charged with breathing new life into the 150-year-old freight forwarder. After taking a $33.2 million charge to get out from under its money-losing domestic business, GeoLogistics is trying to put 1999 behind it and head into 2000 with a clear focus on winning international business. The announced merger between Danzas and AEI, two of Geo's largest competitors, couldn't come at a better time. Customers are certain to get lost in the shuffle during the integration process, said Bob Arovas, Geo's CEO, freeing up new opportunities to pounce on.
  • An exasperated National Industrial Transportation League was preparing to ask Norfolk Southern and CSX for an open forum to air shippers concerns and provide more public disclosure of the Conrail integration problems. NIT League held several such meetings in Houston when UP was going through its own service crisis two years ago, and shippers maintained that voicing their concerns on a more public level led to a faster resolution of the problem. NS and CSX shippers are hoping for the same results in the East.
  • How long will ocean shipping continue to enjoy the protection of antitrust immunity? Not long, if House Judiciary Committee Chairman Henry Hyde, R-Ill., has his way. His recently introduced Free Market Antitrust Immunity Reform Act would revoke carriers' antitrust immunity. Lifting the blanket of immunity would expose carriers to the rigors of the free market, but in the process the industry could catch a chill if the end result is less competition. Recent price-fixing scandals, particularly in the transpacific trades, have added weight to the anti-immunity argument. And although the Ocean Shipping Reform Act purports to stimulate competition by opening the shipping market to confidential service contracts, some shippers complain that carriers still collude and price-fixing cartels still undermine the free market for freight services.
  • Everybody's doing it - application hosting, that is. For Syncra Systems, formerly Syncra Software, the decision to offer their software in a hosted environment was easy: their customers were asking them to. The company is announcing application software provider services for their Syncra Ct software, said Dave Smith, vice president of interactive marketing for the company. Syncra specializes in software that enables retailers and their suppliers to perform collaborative planning, forecasting and replenishment, an industry standard. Many companies wanted to use CPFR but did not necessarily have the funds or staff to implement CPFR software in-house, he said.

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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 first half of 2025, container traffic in the port of Gioia Tauro grew by +10.5%
Joy Taurus
2,186,211 TEUs were handled
A bulk carrier was attacked in the Red Sea
Portsmouth
The crew abandoned the ship which began to take on water
German government allocates 400 million euros to support energy transition in maritime-port sector
Over 78 million euros to the ports of Augusta and Taranto for offshore wind
Rome
Funds distributed over three years starting from 2025
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:
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Augusta Gioia Tauro Salerno
Bari La Spezia Savona
Brindisi Leghorn Taranto
Cagliari Naples Trapani
Carrara Palermo Trieste
Civitavecchia Piombino Venice
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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
Rijeka Gateway Terminal to become operational in early September
Copenhagen
The first ship at the second container terminal of the Croatian port is expected on September 12
Falteri (Federlogistica) urges us to focus on the development of "polycentric" logistics
Genoa
The Simplified Logistics Zone should be the cornerstone of the strategy
Tsuneishi Shipbuilding Co. acquired Mitsui E&S Shipbuilding Co.
Hiroshima/Tokyo
It was renamed Tsuneishi Solutions Tokyobay Co.
Pessina (Federagenti): Northern European logistics system is struggling. Let's take advantage of it!
Rome
Unexpected opportunity - he underlines - for the Mediterranean ports and Italian ones in particular
MSC Cruises Joins Carnival and Royal Caribbean in Capitalizing on Grand Bahama Shipyard
Miami
Negotiations underway since the end of 2024 have been successfully concluded
At The International Propeller Clubs the Dorso Award for the Mediterranean area
Naples
In recognition of the primary role played by logistics operators in Mediterranean traffic
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