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April 4, 2000
Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Call for world ports to join hands to face competition
    Increasing market clout of shipping lines also makes sense for cooperation: Port of Hamburg official
  • New portal for surplus cargo space
  • AP Moeller '99 profit up 11% as Sea-Land boosts sales
  • Keppel Smit venture eyes bigger Philippine share
Air and Land Transport
  • Qantas willing to pay up to US$1b for Air NZ stake: CEO
    Aussie carrier also looking at buying into another airline for US$700m-US$1b
  • Boeing sees more jet sales in 2000
  • Nepal, India fail to agree on resuming Indian Airlines flights
  • Thousands march over sale of Rover
  • Kuwait Airways reports greater loss in FY98/99
Features
  • Port sale faces political storm
    Planned trade sale of South Australian Ports Corp has upset groups from grain growers to workers and farmers

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Call for world ports to join hands to face competition
    Increasing market clout of shipping lines also makes sense for cooperation: Port of Hamburg official
  • New portal for surplus cargo space
  • AP Moeller '99 profit up 11% as Sea-Land boosts sales
  • Keppel Smit venture eyes bigger Philippine share
Air and Land Transport
  • Qantas willing to pay up to US$1b for Air NZ stake: CEO
    Aussie carrier also looking at buying into another airline for US$700m-US$1b
  • Boeing sees more jet sales in 2000
  • Nepal, India fail to agree on resuming Indian Airlines flights
  • Thousands march over sale of Rover
  • Kuwait Airways reports greater loss in FY98/99
Features
  • Port sale faces political storm
    Planned trade sale of South Australian Ports Corp has upset groups from grain growers to workers and farmers

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Call for world ports to join hands to face competition
    Increasing market clout of shipping lines also makes sense for cooperation: Port of Hamburg official
  • New portal for surplus cargo space
  • AP Moeller '99 profit up 11% as Sea-Land boosts sales
  • Keppel Smit venture eyes bigger Philippine share
Air and Land Transport
  • Qantas willing to pay up to US$1b for Air NZ stake: CEO
    Aussie carrier also looking at buying into another airline for US$700m-US$1b
  • Boeing sees more jet sales in 2000
  • Nepal, India fail to agree on resuming Indian Airlines flights
  • Thousands march over sale of Rover
  • Kuwait Airways reports greater loss in FY98/99
Features
  • Port sale faces political storm
    Planned trade sale of South Australian Ports Corp has upset groups from grain growers to workers and farmers

Cargowebweb site
APRIL 3, 2000
  • Danzas stake in Finnish post logistics
  • P&O to launch Korea/China-Caribbean service
  • Continental Airlines with B-777 on Houston-Paris
  • Canadian truckers urge government to discuss tax reductions
  • ChemConnect partners with Optimum Logistics
  • Ansett chief may take helm at BA
  • BA and American Airlines revive alliance talks

Exim Indiaweb site
APRIL 3, 2000
  • KPT retains No. 1 slot for 3rd consecutive year - Kandla first Major Port to cross 46-mt mark in cargo handling
  • Zim turns corner in ,99 with net profit of $ 25 m
  • Panel to press for restoring tax sop to exporters
  • India, Singapore sign MoU to set up information technology task force
  • Credit policy on April 27
  • APL introduces wireless way of tracking shipments
  • EOUs, EPZs don't need licence to make SSI items
  • Container handling crosses 3 lakh TEUs mark in 1999-2000 : Chennai Port handles record 37.44 mt traffic
  • New Exim Policy ' Highlights
  • Exporter-friendly policy will enthuse trade, says Fieo
  • ST on computer hardware cut to 4 pc in State
  • PSA's global advisory body upbeat on liner shipping
  • Mandwa jetty to be renovated
  • Handicrafts EPC draws up strategy for Latin America
  • Govt revises wheat prices
  • JPDC holds India Vision 2000 design contest
  • Port federations meet in Calcutta on April 11

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
APRIL 3, 2000
  • Emergency Bunker Surcharges to be introduced in Far East and Australasia
  • Company update: BGM Petrotrade, Poland
  • Mixed outlook for European oil products
  • ExxonMobil merger creates world's leading bunker supplier

Cargo Info Africa - Freight & Trading Weeklyweb site
  • Cargo Info simplifies customs tariff
  • Internet trade standard launched
  • P&O Ports experts move in to jack up Durban productivity
  • Charity partnership
  • Coega seismic monitoring starts
  • Far East leads airfreight growth
  • Converted containers grow into thriving industry
  • Debt-plagued Affretair goes to the wall
  • February sets export record
  • SA to join South American trade bloc
  • Beitbridge agent finds booming training need
  • Property company focuses on container park niche
  • Wharf Rat
  • Cargo Info gets the thumbs up
  • 'Drown the wharf rat'
  • Exhibitors sign up thick and fast for maritime expo
  • 'Lines should review rates on individual customer basis'
  • Port rotation changes
  • Alternative finance option benefits smaller exporters
  • Bax makes Africa moves
  • Bunker shortage delays Durban, RB vessels
  • Latest Zimbabwe trade stats reveal marginal export growth Total Africa growth looks promising
  • Zimbabwe Trade Statistics
  • Durban company to salvage sunken Beira trawler
  • Trade Statistics
  • Textile trade show
  • Kennedy joins Rennies
  • Motor industry drives up container volumes
  • Spoornet chief rings the changes
  • Wilhelmsen focuses on car carriers
  • Bunkering course to be held in Durban
  • Cape Town champions centre for aspirant exporters

Marine Logweb site
APRIL 3, 2000
  • Brazil joint venture by Friede Goldman
    Friede Goldman Offshore and Brazilian yard EISA intend to form a joint venture that will actively pursue offshore energy projects in Brazil and other parts of the world with Friede Goldman Offshore serving as prime contractor and EISA providing fabrication services.
  • Problems mount at Hvide Marine
    Jean Fitzgerald, Chairman and CEO of Hvide Marine Inc. has been hospitalized with a heart condition. The news follows an announcement by Hvide Marine that "due to adverse market conditions in its three principal businesses, it anticipates lower-than-projected earnings for the first quarter of 2000", and expected it would not be in compliance with certain covenants in its bank credit agreement as of March 31, 2000.
  • Liberia to hold inquiry into Martina casualty
  • ExxonMobil merger creates world's leading bunker supplier
    The merger of the marine fuels operationss of Exxon and Mobil has created a network of over 150 ports in sixty countries, through which more than 15 million tons of marine fuel are supplied annually.

Lloyd's Listweb site
  • P&O to float ABC as Shougang exits
    P&O has taken full control of Associated Bulk Carriers and is expected to pump around £100m ($160m) of fresh capital into the financially debilitated capesize operator ahead of an initial public offering later this year.
  • Silvio Berlusconi takes ferry route to the hustings
    NOT content with a traditional election bus, one of Italy's leading politicians has broken the campaign mould by going one step further and chartering a ferry, writes Giovanni Paci, Milan.
  • Bunker prices fear in ExxonMobil net
    THE ExxonMobil merger has given birth to the world's largest supplier of marine fuels - and caused fears of rising bunker prices.
  • JoC set to stop daily presses
    THE Journal of Commerce, the daily newspaper that has been a staple of America's life as a trading nation for 172 years, is to close in May, according to reliable sources in New York. They cited several years of plummeting advertising revenues and falling subscription levels as reasons for the decision.
  • Europeans back Korea yard deal
    A MAJORITY of EU member states support an agreement negotiated by the European Commission with the South Korean authorities to curb unfair shipyard practices in Korea.
  • Numast asks Sterling to intervene in P&O pay row
    NUMAST has appealed to P&O chairman Lord Sterling to intervene in the continuing pay row at P&O Ferries.
  • Intertanko warns of another Erika
    PRODUCT tankers represent a sector at high risk of repeating the Erika disaster, tanker owners group Intertanko has warned.
  • Embattled Hvide Marine faces fresh setback
    EMBATTLED Hvide Marine, which continues to struggle following its emergence in December from Chapter 11 bankruptcy court protection, has said that it was likely to fail to meet its bank covenants as of the end of March.

Antwerpse Lloyd n.v.web site
  • La navigation citernière belge s'apprête à mener des actions
    Aussi incroyable que cela puisse paraître, le secteur de la navigation citernière belge ne parvient pas à obtenir une surcharge de soute alors que les prix de fuel ont augmenté dans des proportions considérables. C'est d'autant plus incroyable que dans les autres secteurs du transport fluvial, une telle surcharge est obtenue, car incluse dans les contrats. Sur le marché spot, elle est incluse dans le fret. Ceci étant, le pourcentage de ladite surcharge dépend de la distance par rapport au fret. Dans le cas de contrats de 3, 6 mois ou un an, les commissionnaires de transport prévoient une clause de gazoil. Quoi qu'il en soit, dans le secteur de la navigation citernière c'est le blocage, les affréteurs ne veulent rien entendre, ceci alors que les principaux chargeurs, en d'autres termes, des compagnies pétrolières, sont parfaitement au fait de cette augmentation des prix du fuel.
  • Royaume-Uni: des mesures plus sévères pour contrer l'immigration clandestine
    Une nouvelle réglementation est entrée en vigueur hier lundi au Royaume-Uni, rendant encore plus sévères les sanctions à l'égard des transporteurs ayant des immigrés illégaux à bord de leurs véhicules. Une amende de pas moins de 2.000 GBP (135.000 BEF) par personne découverte sera imposée, et le véhicule sera le cas échéant saisi. Le gouvernement britannique veut être sûr que les chauffeurs inspecteront mieux leur véhicule avant de monter à bord du ferry ou de la navette Eurotunnel.
  • La CPF retrouve un second souffle
    Après des mois de tergiversations, qui laissaient supposer que la Commission portuaire flamande était définitivement mise en veilleuse, un accord a finalement pu être réalisé en ce qui concerne la répartition des sièges au conseil, grand sujet de discorde. Ledit conseil a ainsi vu sa composition modifiée, Anvers ayant obtenu gain de cause puisque sa représentation passe de deux à 5 mandats. Par la même occasion, la CPF retrouve un second souffle.
  • LD Cotton International gère une partie de son trafic de coton à partir d'Anvers
    Le groupe Louis Dreyfus se concentre principalement sur la production et le commerce de produits agricoles comme le riz, le café et les céréales. Dans le secteur du coton, les activités commerciales du groupe sont en partie dirigées à partir d'Anvers, où est établi le siège de la filiale spécialisée Louis Dreyfus Cotton International, qui est née de la reprise du groupe Bunge par LD il y a environ huit ans. L'entreprise est active sur un marché marqué par des évolutions et fluctuations constantes.

Marine Linkweb site
APRIL 3, 2000
  • Danzas Gets Stake In Finnish Logistics Group
  • Luka, Intereuropa Call Off Merger
  • Finnish Ports Get Back To Normal As Strike Ends
  • South Australian Ports Sale Faces Political Storm
  • Hvide CEO Hospitalized
  • P&O Plans Associated Bulk Carriers IPO
  • French Government, TotalFina Targeted In Erika Protest
  • Planned Tanker Ban Could Put European Oil Supply At Risk

Traffic Worldweb site
  • If other railroad executives had their druthers, Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad President Kevin Schieffer would be sentenced to hard labor in a re-education camp for expressing the heretic notion that railroads should compete more with each other. "The customer is not the enemy," said Schieffer, who envisions linking his 1,121-mile regional railroad with other regionals and shortlines to create effective new competition for Burlington Northern Santa Fe and the Union Pacific in the West.
  • To build or not to build - inland waterways projects, that is - is the question that's turned into a battle involving barge operators, the Army Corps of Engineers and environmentalists. Hanging in the balance are $2 billion worth of improvements to a dozen navigation locks on the upper Mississippi and Illinois rivers intended to speed the passage of barge tows and reduce congestion. But a controversial study by the Corps concludes that even with the possibility of barge tonnage doubling over the next 50 years, improvements may not be justified.
  • Red lights to trade could be turning green in key foreign markets, opening up new routes for importers and exporters. The changes signal not only increased trade volumes but shifts in global and regional trading patterns as well. With a combined population of more than 2 billion people, China and India alone could provide the pulling power needed to sustain recent growth rates in global trade. Congressional researchers project that granting China permanent normal trade relations status would generate $13 billion worth of U.S. exports in five years. Agricultural exports would increase by an estimated $2 billion a year.
  • Shippers are breathing fire over a move by the National Classification Committee that they claim could double and perhaps triple the cost of shipping a wide variety of commodities generally labeled as "poisonous materials." The NCC is considering a proposal, approved by an NCC panel Feb. 7, that would change the classification of some poisonous commodities from their current level in Classes 55 to 125 to Classes 200 to 300. In an analysis of the proposal, the NCC said the class changes are needed to take into account the hazardous nature of the products, co-loading restrictions and segregation requirements for poisons, and motor carriers' stowing, handling and liability concerns.
  • Considering the nature of the crimes it admitted to, some observers believe Fine Air Services walked away from a 28-month criminal investigation virtually unscathed. Under a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney's Office in Miami, Fine Air and its joint venture partner must pay a $5 million fine and suffer four years of court probation. Fine also has to implement a new safety program and hire an independent auditor to monitor it. The FAA and DOT are holding up the plea agreement as a great example of interagency cooperation. Others are wondering why the company got off so easily.
  • The important role ocean shipping can play in the global economy highlights the "desperate need" for additional reform of liner conferences and the end of their unique price-fixing privileges, according to the head of the European Shippers Council. "Since the late 1970s ... liner conferences have been constant thorns in the sides of shippers," the ESC's Chris Welch told the Containerization International Third Annual Conference in London. "They have habitually and regularly disrupted the normal function of the market, caused serious damage to customer-supplier relationships and, in a number of cases, have eliminated effective competition and abused their dominant position in the market." According to Welch, recent helpful reforms of ocean shipping have occurred because of concerted action by shippers around the world.
  • Norfolk Southern, CSX and Union Pacific Railroad have all implemented - or soon will - incentive programs aimed at expediting shipments of finished vehicles from auto ramps to car dealerships. There are both penalty-based and reward-based incentives, depending on the railroad. And there are mixed feelings among the auto manufacturers as to how much they should be responsible for cars that tend to sit at railheads. Who will be responsible for paying any penalties - the manufacturers or the haulaway carriers - remains at issue.
  • IBM and Qwest announced a $5 billion initiative. Qwest has selected IBM Global Services to build and provide operational support for 28 new Internet data centers, called Qwest CyberCenters. Revenue from the centers, expected to be over $5 billion, will be split almost equally between the two companies. IBM also announced an alliance with CommerceQuest to create five electronic-marketplaces, with plans to deliver 60 more by the end of the year. On the supply-chain front, IBM unveiled several initiatives geared toward small to midsize companies at its annual Supply Chain Management conference in Las Vegas.

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The liner shipping industry contributes substantially to the U.S. economy.
Washington
This is highlighted by an analysis carried out by S&P Global Market Intelligence on behalf of WSC and PMSA
Toll worsens from explosion in Iranian port of Shahid Rajaee
Tehran
It caused 46 deaths and injured over 1,200 people
Tender for concession of container terminal at Ukrainian port of Chornomorsk to be announced by mid-year
Kiev
The management will include the general cargo terminal
CEVA Logistics (CMA CGM group) will buy the Turkish Borusan Lojistik
Istanbul/Marseille
Wärtsilä's first quarter is positive
Helsinki
New orders value growth slows
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
Task force of five associations for the relaunch of Italian rail cargo
Rome
Initiative by Agens, Assoferr, Assologistica, Fercargo and Fermerci
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
Le Aziende informano
Il retrofit ibrido-elettrico di ABB guida i traghetti dei laghi italiani verso un futuro più sostenibile
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
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
Antonio Ranieri is the new maritime director of Liguria
Genoa
He takes over from Admiral Piero Pellizzari who was discharged from the service upon reaching the age limit
In the first quarter of 2025, China's CIMC recorded a 12.7% increase in container sales
Hong Kong
Revenues grew by +11.0%
Last year, the revenues of the Chinese group CMPort increased by +3.1%
Hong Kong
In the first three months of 2025, port terminals handled 36.4 million containers (+5.6%)
The financial statements of the AdSP of Western Liguria and the Central-Northern Tyrrhenian Sea have been approved
Genoa/Civitavecchia
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
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Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
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Turkish ports set new first-quarter cargo traffic record
Ankara
Historic peak of cargo imported from abroad
In the first quarter of 2025, freight traffic in the port of Taranto grew by +37.6%
Taranto
Increase of 854 thousand tons of solid bulk and 265 thousand tons of conventional goods
DEME buys Havfram, a company that installs offshore wind farms
Second Right/Washington
Transaction worth approximately 900 million euros
Rail transport of convoys for Rome Metro started from Reggio Calabria
Rome
Contract awarded by Hitachi Rail to Mercitalia Rail
In 2024, the volumes handled by Magli Intermodal Service decreased by -2%
Rezzato
Turnover stable
Yang Ming records first decline in turnover in March after 14 months of growth
Keelung/Taipei
Evergreen and WHL revenue growth continues
The European Commission has approved the acquisition of Germany's Schenker by Denmark's DSV
Brussels
The impact on competition in the markets in which the two companies operate is considered limited
Fincantieri - Kayo Agreement to Promote the Development of the Shipbuilding and Naval Industry in Albania
Trieste
Possible creation of a hub for shipbuilding and refitting in the region
Recent slight reduction in logistics costs for new factory vehicles
Brussels
Montaresi (AdSP Liguria Orientale) awarded with the "Port Oscar"
Miami
The event has reached its eighteenth edition
In the first three months of 2025, containers carried by OOCL vessels increased by +9.3%
Hong Kong
Revenues up +16.8%
The AdSP of the Southern Tyrrhenian and Ionian Seas wins in appeal against Zen Yacht
Joy Taurus
Company ordered to pay back rent
A large shipment of cocaine was seized in the port of Livorno
Leghorn
Two tons of drugs identified by Customs and Financial Police personnel
Navantia renews agreement with American cruise group Royal Caribbean
Miami
To date, the Cadiz shipyard has carried out maintenance, repair and refurbishment work on 45 of the group's ships.
Record cruise traffic expected in Italian ports this year
Miami
Cemar believes that growth will not stop even in 2026
HII-HHI Agreement to Accelerate US and South Korean Naval Production
National Harbor
The aim is to strengthen the naval industrial base of the two nations.
Panama Ports Company Accused of Violating Terms of Concession Agreement
Panama
Panama's Auditor General announced the filing of criminal charges
Colombo West International Terminal has become operational
Ahmedabad
It has a traffic capacity of 3.2 million TEUs
The conference "New sustainable marine fuels - Decarbonize Shipping" will be held in Genoa on Monday
Genoa
The new multifunctional border control structure PCF - PED/PDI Point completed in the port of Gioia Tauro
Joy Taurus
"Artificial Intelligence Comes to Port" Conference in Rome on Friday
Rome
It is promoted by the National Union of Port Enterprises
MSC Group's new cruise terminal inaugurated in Miami
Miami
It can accommodate three large ships at the same time
In February, traffic in the port of Ravenna increased by +2.1%
Ravenna
Bulk cargo increases, miscellaneous cargo declines
In 2024, Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane recorded a net loss of -208 million euros
Rome
Revenues up by +11.7%. The group's freight transported increased thanks to the acquisition of Exploris
Port of Genoa, Ente Bacini requests new spaces and renewal of the concession
Genoa
Conference to celebrate the centenary of the company
The public meeting of the Italian Port Terminal Operators Association will be held in Rome on June 19th
Genoa
VARD to build offshore dive vessel for Dong Fang Offshore
Alesund/Trieste
The contract is worth 113.5 million euros
PORTS
Italian Ports:
Ancona Genoa Ravenna
Augusta Gioia Tauro Salerno
Bari La Spezia Savona
Brindisi Leghorn Taranto
Cagliari Naples Trapani
Carrara Palermo Trieste
Civitavecchia Piombino Venice
Italian Interports: list World Ports: map
DATABASE
ShipownersShipbuilding and Shiprepairing Yards
ForwardersShip Suppliers
Shipping AgentsTruckers
MEETINGS
The conference "New sustainable marine fuels - Decarbonize Shipping" will be held in Genoa on Monday
Genoa
It will take place at the headquarters of the Port Authority of Genoa
"Artificial Intelligence Comes to Port" Conference in Rome on Friday
Rome
It is promoted by the National Union of Port Enterprises
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Proposed 30% increase for port tariffs to be in phases, says Loke
(Free Malaysia Today)
Damen Mangalia Unionists Protest Friday Against Possible Closure
(The Romania Journal)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Relazione del presidente Nicola Zaccheo
Roma, 18 settembre 2024
››› File
Next week Italian ports will participate in Seatrade Cruise Global
Rome
Initiative brand: "CruiseItaly - One Country, Many Destinations"
MSC Group Cruise Terminal Officially Inaugurated in the Port of Barcelona
Barcelona
In 2027 it will be equipped with a cold ironing plant
Marcegaglia and Nova Marine Carriers form NovaMar Logistic joint venture
Lugano/Gazoldo of the Ippoliti
A general cargo ship will transport raw materials to the steel group's plants
Liebherr achieves record annual sales in the maritime and port crane segment
Bulls
Strong demand for offshore and container handling equipment
The annual conference "Programming, Operation and Management of Transport Networks" in Genoa
Genoa
It is dedicated to the transport and mobility sector
Last year, 656 ships underwent repair work in Greece
Piraeus
Increase of five units compared to 2023
Port of La Spezia, cruise ship docking simulations completed at Garibaldi West pier
The Spice
Assagenti conference on the future of the profession of maritime agent and broker
Genoa
It will be held tomorrow in Genoa
Stena Line presents a project for a ro-ro vessel capable of reducing energy consumption by at least 20%
Gothenburg
Introduced most of the innovative technologies currently available
Francesco Beltrano is the new general secretary of Uniport
Rome
He takes over from Paolo Ferrandino, who will continue to collaborate as a consultant
Saipem awarded new contracts in Middle East and Guyana
Milan
The total value of the orders is approximately 720 million dollars.
Conference in Genoa for the centenary of Ente Bacini
Genoa
The company was established on 19 February 1925
Interporto Bologna Board of Directors Renewed
Bentivoglio
Stefano Caliandro Appointed President. Loss of 1.7 million euros in 2024
NYK invests 76 billion yen in NYK Energy Ocean Corporation
Tokyo
The newco has taken over the activities of ENEOS Ocean
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