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September 11, 2000
Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Boom time for oil tanker firms, yards
    [SINGAPORE] Growing worldwide demand for oil and the subsequent shortage of oil vessels have led to a boom time for oil tanker companies.
  • PSA-Maersk ties take a beating: report
  • Austal Ships net profit rises 23.6% to A$29.9m
Air and Land Transport
  • Six US carriers add new charge to domestic fares
    [NEW YORK] The top six US airlines have added a new price hike on domestic fares amounting to US$20 (S$34.60) per round-trip ticket -- the fourth increase this year -- to counteract sky-high fuel prices, fare experts said.
  • Luftansa, BA, KLM shares drop over fuel concerns
  • Air France, Delta to jointly bid for Air India stake
  • American, Delta, United get new services to France
Features
  • Fire brigade in charge of fighting ship blaze: probe

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Boom time for oil tanker firms, yards
    [SINGAPORE] Growing worldwide demand for oil and the subsequent shortage of oil vessels have led to a boom time for oil tanker companies.
  • PSA-Maersk ties take a beating: report
  • Austal Ships net profit rises 23.6% to A$29.9m
Air and Land Transport
  • Six US carriers add new charge to domestic fares
    [NEW YORK] The top six US airlines have added a new price hike on domestic fares amounting to US$20 (S$34.60) per round-trip ticket -- the fourth increase this year -- to counteract sky-high fuel prices, fare experts said.
  • Luftansa, BA, KLM shares drop over fuel concerns
  • Air France, Delta to jointly bid for Air India stake
  • American, Delta, United get new services to France
Features
  • Fire brigade in charge of fighting ship blaze: probe

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Boom time for oil tanker firms, yards
    [SINGAPORE] Growing worldwide demand for oil and the subsequent shortage of oil vessels have led to a boom time for oil tanker companies.
  • PSA-Maersk ties take a beating: report
  • Austal Ships net profit rises 23.6% to A$29.9m
Air and Land Transport
  • Six US carriers add new charge to domestic fares
    [NEW YORK] The top six US airlines have added a new price hike on domestic fares amounting to US$20 (S$34.60) per round-trip ticket -- the fourth increase this year -- to counteract sky-high fuel prices, fare experts said.
  • Luftansa, BA, KLM shares drop over fuel concerns
  • Air France, Delta to jointly bid for Air India stake
  • American, Delta, United get new services to France
Features
  • Fire brigade in charge of fighting ship blaze: probe

The Journal of Commerceweb site
  • Emery Worldwide names Ratnathicam new CEO
    Chutta Ratnathicam replaces Roger Piazza, who is retiring.
  • Fritz to stop issuing credit for customs duties
    Eliminating the practice is a major element in the restructuring of the San Francisco forwarder, customs broker and logistics provider.
  • BNSF raises demurrage to speed grain movement
    Rule change is aimed at freeing more cars for the peak harvest and shipping season.
  • UPS rips FedEx/Postal Service alliance plan
    UPS said the deal between its competitors would lower service standards.
  • Union Pacific to hike freight rates
    The railroad says sharply higher fuel prices factored into its decision.
  • Tankers owners awaiting OPEC output boost
    An expected increase in oil production should create more work for crude carriers.
  • FMC Web site hacked Click to view hacked site
    The intruder defaced the agency's site Thursday morning to protest actions against online music provider Napster.
  • EGL poised for massive sales push
  • Emery granted summary judgment in postal lawsuit
  • Some French truckers stop blockades, others continue protest
  • Insurers in strategic alliance
  • Oct. 10 deadline for new export rules
  • Mexican trade minister in apparent suicide
  • Polar Air Cargo launches new charter service
  • Cathay sees cargo, traffic improvements
  • Shanghai terminal tops daily box volume mark
  • OOCL parent names Sims CFO
  • Rickmers adds bulk service
  • Hyde to address forwarders association
  • Malaysia gently liberalizes road haulage
  • Bangkok air handler upgrades logistics system, eyes expansion
  • China all-cargo carrier adds plane as Taiwan sale nears
  • Panalpina expands combined air/sea service for oil rig
  • Pilots union leader supports Air Canada deal

Sched Netweb site
  • SCT breaks productivity record
  • Drake calling at Klang
  • OVC service
  • TIACA and Airforwarders Association sign agreement
  • UPS to acquire Livingston Inc
  • Harsh winter for Alitalia
  • Dulles' groundbreaking terminal expansion

Cargowebweb site
SEPTEMBER 8, 2000
  • China Eastern Airlines to sell stake to Taiwanese rival
  • FMC web site hacked
  • Belgian post possibly strikes on September 25
  • Shell abandons plan to increase recommended diesel price; European Commission suspects cartel
  • Danzas with e-business partners

Exim Indiaweb site
  • Yangming adds ships, strengthens logistics arm
  • Spectacular 23 pc rise in synthetic textile exports
  • Coffee Board seeking mechanism to deter export frauds
  • Fieo business team leaves for China, Korea
  • Dumping duty on aniline imports from US, Japan
  • Indo-Israel trade surges by 33 pc
  • Hiccups in online filing of applications in Calcutta JDGFT
  • Sugar export: Bank guarantee may bee waived for PSUs
  • New record in steel coils discharge set at Kandla Port
  • BCCI holds meeting with Lankan Port Ministry officials
  • CoPT Board accepts P&O Ports' bid for Vallarpadam box terminal project
  • Major Ports exceed traffic target
  • Corporate tax collections double
  • ICAI moots new depreciation norms for leased assets
  • Ennore LNG project figures among 76 FDI proposals cleared
  • Air-India turns corner posting Rs 76 cr. operating profit
  • New fund for spinning sector in offing
  • Afcons bags CPCL contract for oil jetty
  • Gati Corpn, Bhutan Post sign MoU

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
SEPTEMBER 8, 2000
  • Richardson looking at releasing SPR oil
  • Bunker Conferences: 22nd IBC to Oslo in April
  • Soft end-of-week in Singapore bunker market
  • OPEC all set to raise production on Sunday
  • Price increase approved for Indonesian fuel oil
  • Quiet market in New York and Philadelphia
  • Halifax avails subject to enquiry
  • Slightly tight avails in San Francisco and Los Angeles
  • Seattle, Portland and Vancouver market review
  • Argentina and Brazil market review
  • MDO tight in St Eustatius
  • Busy in Chile, gas oil tight in Ecuador

International Transport Journalweb site
SEPTEMBER 8, 2000
  • New international company to fight cargo crime
  • DoT awards US/France flights to American, Delta, United
  • Fedex, US Postal Service reportedly talk alliance
  • FMC launches Lower Mississippi river terminal operators probe
  • New container rail shuttle for port of Santos
  • SCT breaks record for vessel productivity

Lloyd's Listweb site
  • Opec pledges to pump more oil
    Opec ministers yesterday agreed to pump an extra 800,000 barrels of oil a day (b/d) in a bid to defuse the growing international furore over soaring crude and petrol prices.
  • IUMI to call for crackdown on crime
    CRIMINAL gangs are increasingly targeting maritime-linked trade, the International Union of Marine Insurance will hear at its annual conference which begins its main sessions in London today.
  • Anangel-American back in the black
    The tanker market may be where most of the thrills are in today's shipping markets but the results of Anangel-American, the quoted vehicle within the Angelicoussis empire, underline that there is also excitment to be had in the dry cargo sector.
  • Another shaky start for seismic specialist
    FRENCH seismic exploration specialist, Compagnie Generale de Geophysique, has reported its third consecutive first half loss as it waits for oil company investment growth to pick up speed.
  • Nordland captain faces court
    THE Polish master of the cargo ship Nordland was due to appear in a Piraeus courtroom today to face charges of causing a shipwreck and pollution stemming from the accident two weeks ago when his vessel ran aground on the Greek island of Kythira.
  • Master arrested on pollution charges
    THE master of the 21-year-old Eurobulker IV, the Ilias Shipping bulk carrier which ran aground off Sardinia, has reportedly been arrested on pollution charges by the Italian authorities, writes Giovanni Paci.

Fairplayweb site
SEPTEMBER 8, 2000
  • Trasmed shuffle after cat collision
  • Dibden 'not speculative' says ABP
  • Shippers seek Mærsk assurance
  • Box rate hikes may boost reefers
  • Capes rates keep it up
  • Bohai ro-ro transport still unsafe
  • DFDS makes parcels move
  • Ferry stranded off Sardinia
  • Danyard to become business park
  • Newbuildings booster for Brazil
  • HHI new share sale banned
  • PRS welcomes privatisation vote
  • Pilots place limit on Columbia
  • Aframax rates slide further
  • Buquebus shuts Spanish service
  • Yacht crew injured in collision
  • German pilots under attack
  • Maersk/PSA standoff alarms shippers
  • Houston-Galveston talks re-open
  • Attica wins Scotland-Europe link
  • HHI builds biggest marine engine
  • Canada seizes heroin haul

Antwerpse Lloyd n.v.web site
  • ALZ augmente sa production et procède à une nouvelle approche logistique
    Dans les deux années à venir, le producteur d’acier inoxydable ALZ (Genk) investira 6,7 mia. de BEF en vue d’augmenter la production de 600.000 tonnes aujourd’hui à un mio. de tonnes fin 2002. C’est ce qu’a décidé le conseil d’administration de l’entreprise, qui fait partie du groupe Arbed. Cette expansion de la capacité de production devrait quasiment doubler la demande de transport d’ALZ. Un nouveau concept logistique est actuellement à l’étude afin de faire face à cette perspective. A l’avenir, les divers flux de marchandises seront scindés, tandis que des infrastructures additionnelles seront créées.
  • Katoen Natie do Brasil investit 2,6 mia. de BEF dans des projets logistiques
    Katoen Natie détient au Brésil une part de marché de 90% dans le secteur de la logistique pétrochimique. Via sa filiale Katoen Natie do Brasil, le groupe anversois est actuellement impliqué dans une série d’investissements d’une valeur de 780 millions de BEF, qui font partie d’un programme d’investissement de 2,6 milliard de BEF au total. Ce projet baptisé “The Brazilian Matrix” a été présenté en détail au QG anversois par le président Fernand Huts et les collaborateurs impliqués
  • Frets aérien et express sont les principaux marchés des futurs TGV-Fret
    Quelles sont les perspectives du transport de fret sur le réseau européen de lignes à grande vitesse? C’est la question que se sont posées l’union internationale des régions urbaines reliées au TGV et deux provinces néerlandaises, celles de Gueldre et d’Utrecht. Cette étude a mené à la constitution, jeudi dernier à Bruxelles, d’un European High Speed Rail Freight Forum (nom provisoire) dont l’objectif principal sera précisément de mener à bien un programme d’action portant sur six points: coordination et suivi de projets pilotes, promotion, solutions des contraintes financières et techniques, développement de concepts opérationnels, introduction de nouvelles normes de fret par TGV et éliminations des contraintes institutionnelles.
  • L’industrie norvégienne recherche une meilleure connexion au réseau logistique européen
    La Norvège doit composer sur le plan des transports avec un certain nombre de handicaps, comme sa situation géographique à l’extrémité du continent et les déséquilibres entre le trafic entrant et sortant, mais les chargeurs de ce pays ont conscience du problème et s’unissent de plus en plus souvent pour y apporter la meilleure solution, par exemple en rassemblant des volumes suffisants pour accroître la fréquence des services maritimes et comprimer leurs coûts logistiques. C’est ce qui est ressorti du séminaire organisé hier à Anvers par l’organisation norvégienne Bulkforum.

Traffic Worldweb site
  • "E-business is a lot more than selling. It's about productivity."
    — Steve Banker, director of supply-chain solutions, ARC Advisory Group, Deedham, Mass., on the evolution of online marketplaces.
  • What would transportation be without the truck size and weight debate? The Department of Transportation issued yet another report, this time a 700-page tome, on the topic that at first glance pleases railroads and infuriates truckers. Despite being called its "final report to Congress," rest assured this report is anything but. The current freeze on truck size and weight has been in place since 1991 and it's unlikely that any changes will come before TEA-21 must be reauthorized in 2003. That said, the debating, lobbying, methodology-criticizing and name-calling that has existed between the railroads and truckers for a decade is sure to continue.
  • Surface Transportation Board Vice Chairman Wayne Burkes is one to go along but the lone Republican on the three-member Surf Board some times takes a dissenting position to that of Chairman Linda Morgan, forcing compromise. Burkes was instrumental in shortening the proposed two-year rail merger moratorium to 15 months. He is pushing to add language that would make railroads accountable for promised merger benefits that don't come to fruition. Burkes, who could be named chairman in a Republican administration, frets that there is too little information-sharing at the STB, both internally and externally. He's in favor of opening STB proceedings to the public and posting everything on the agency's website for public view.
  • The e-business shakeout already has begun and several top Internet watchers are predicting a brutal end to a great many of today's online marketplace startups. The focus is shifting away from the Internet as a sales tool to a vehicle for rooting our inefficiencies and spurring productivity, says one analyst. Another predicts a "fortification" wave to hit over the next two years, forcing the survivors to deliver more specialized services to pickier customers. Online marketplaces will be expected to move beyond basic services and provide sophisticated business tools such as supplier performance monitoring.
  • At an Internet browser near you: eWorldFreight, another Internet transportation company, this one geared for the buying and selling of transportation assets, not cargo. The site began transacting business in July, said Ronald Van Horssen, chairman and CEO of the company. Currently eWorldFreight is focused on maritime and rail transportation assets, said Van Horssen. TradeOut, a similar company, is broadly focused on excess inventory and idle assets across several vertical markets. It also opened its marketplace to the public in July. A third contender is InterBox, a marketplace focused on the repositioning of containers, owned by International Asset Systems Ltd. Although each company has a marketplace meeting different needs, customers do overlap.
  • Ocean shippers may be a bit behind the technology curve, but that doesn't mean they aren't enthusiastic about automating what is a very cumbersome and complex network. Ocean shippers, like other shippers, want their product to move from the port and on to a truck or railcar as quickly as possible. By tracking the shipment from the origin using EDI technology, the shipper remains more in control of its own destiny. For now, only the largest shippers can afford the huge investment EDI commands but eventually more ship lines will migrate to the Internet making the information accessible to all.
  • To accommodate Bridgestone/Firestone's growing list of tire lines being recalled, Ford Motor Co. has shut down three of its vehicle assembly plants. The move is designed to rechannel to the replacement effort 30,000 15-inch tires a month that would have been fitted on freshly minted sport utility vehicles. But the shutdowns also are having an impact on the carriers that rely on the auto manufacturers for a good chunk of their business. Norfolk Southern and Canadian National Railway both are seeing the effects of the move.
  • FedEx is introducing a new suite of shipper software later this month meant to make express, ground and even shipping with a competitor a lot easier. FedEx's new Ship Manager upgrades, replaces or renames a whole lot of software and web tool introductions made over the past several years. The new suite of services is meant to eliminate the need to have multiple shipping stations for air and ground shipments and allow large customers to rate shop and choose UPS or another competitor while working on a FedEx machine.
  • New England Motor Freight is upping the service ante in the highly competitive Northeast LTL market, adding same-day service and a new next-day service. The new service pits NEMF against air freight operators and dedicated same-day operations by tweaking its existing route structure to deliver freight faster. The trucking company also is charging more for the service but is still "light years" below air freight pricing. NEMF is skipping the paper trail that comes with a money-back guarantee and instead simply will not charge the customer for the shipment if it isn't delivered on time.

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FROM THE HOME PAGE
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:
Ancona Genoa Ravenna
Augusta Gioia Tauro Salerno
Bari La Spezia Savona
Brindisi Leghorn Taranto
Cagliari Naples Trapani
Carrara Palermo Trieste
Civitavecchia Piombino Venice
Italian Interports: list World Ports: map
DATABASE
ShipownersShipbuilding and Shiprepairing Yards
ForwardersShip Suppliers
Shipping AgentsTruckers
MEETINGS
Confindustria event on the sea economy in Rome on July 15th
Rome
The public meeting of the International Containers Studies Center will be held in Genoa on July 2nd
Genoa
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Why Malta is objecting to a new price cap on Russian oil
(timesofmalta.com)
US has its eye on Greek ports
(Kathimerini)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Intervento del presidente Tomaso Cognolato
Roma, 19 giugno 2025
››› File
Uniport: Bringing debris from Bagnoli to the port of Naples would postpone long-awaited dredging.
Rome
Legora de Feo: It's necessary to find alternative solutions.
Taiwanese companies Evergreen, Yang Ming and WHL saw sharp declines in quarterly revenues.
Keelung/Taipei
In the period April-June it fell by -18.7%, -26.5% and -8.6% respectively
The establishment of the Information Dashboard for the management of private procurement contracts in logistics has been approved.
In May, freight traffic in the port of Ravenna grew by +1.4%
Ravenna
Bulk cargo is on the rise. Miscellaneous cargo is on the decline.
EU approves joint purchase of port equipment by terminal operators
Brussels
Joint definition of minimum technical specifications of equipment is also permitted
Serbian energy group EPS will import coal through the Montenegrin port of Bar
Bar
Currently imports from Indonesia pass through the port of Constanta
Fincantieri Foundation and Luiss University launch a project to strengthen the safety of underwater infrastructure.
Trieste
Among the objectives, contribute to the definition of a specific regulatory framework
Freewheeling: The government's U-turn on anti-mafia controls in the road haulage sector is a welcome development.
Modena
Franchini: If the government has realized it made a mistake, that's good news.
Agostinelli (AdSP Tirreno Meridionale e Ionio): the amendment that allows for the early transformation of the Gioia Tauro Port Agency is extremely important.
Confindustria's event on the maritime economy will take place in Rome on July 15th.
Rome
The confederation's strategic document on the sector will be presented
Kerala seeks $1.1 billion from MSC in damages over MSC Elsa 3 sinking
Thiruvananthapuram
Temporary detention of the vessel "MSC Akuteta II" granted
Trasportounito requests the cancellation of the renewal procedure of the Central Committee of the Register of Hauliers
Rome
New seizure of a load of cocaine in the port of Gioia Tauro
Reggio Calabria
16 bags containing 417 kilos of drugs were found in a container
MOL and Kinetics to build world's first floating data center
Tokyo
It will be installed on a vessel of 9,731 gross tonnage
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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