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March 13, 2000
Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Hijacked Global Mars crew members rescued
    Thai fishermen saved 17 crew off Phuket but ship is still missing
  • Hamburg port's box volumes up 18%
  • Ship sales
Air and Land Transport
  • Wanted -- successor to Ayling at BA
    British carrier looking for person with broad int'l, service industry experience after CEO's ouster
  • United, AA, Delta hike round-trip fares by up to US$40
  • Boeing profit seen to fall 40% over engineers' strike
  • EC proposes revival of aircraft fuel tax
  • False bomb alarm on Alaska Airlines
Features
  • Seoul gets tough on pollution
    Government is introducing more comprehensive and integrated rules against spills and waste discharge by ships
Columns
  • Impartiality key in safety

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Hijacked Global Mars crew members rescued
    Thai fishermen saved 17 crew off Phuket but ship is still missing
  • Hamburg port's box volumes up 18%
  • Ship sales
Air and Land Transport
  • Wanted -- successor to Ayling at BA
    British carrier looking for person with broad int'l, service industry experience after CEO's ouster
  • United, AA, Delta hike round-trip fares by up to US$40
  • Boeing profit seen to fall 40% over engineers' strike
  • EC proposes revival of aircraft fuel tax
  • False bomb alarm on Alaska Airlines
Features
  • Seoul gets tough on pollution
    Government is introducing more comprehensive and integrated rules against spills and waste discharge by ships
Columns
  • Impartiality key in safety

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Hijacked Global Mars crew members rescued
    Thai fishermen saved 17 crew off Phuket but ship is still missing
  • Hamburg port's box volumes up 18%
  • Ship sales
Air and Land Transport
  • Wanted -- successor to Ayling at BA
    British carrier looking for person with broad int'l, service industry experience after CEO's ouster
  • United, AA, Delta hike round-trip fares by up to US$40
  • Boeing profit seen to fall 40% over engineers' strike
  • EC proposes revival of aircraft fuel tax
  • False bomb alarm on Alaska Airlines
Features
  • Seoul gets tough on pollution
    Government is introducing more comprehensive and integrated rules against spills and waste discharge by ships
Columns
  • Impartiality key in safety

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Hijacked Global Mars crew members rescued
    Thai fishermen saved 17 crew off Phuket but ship is still missing
  • Hamburg port's box volumes up 18%
  • Ship sales
Air and Land Transport
  • Wanted -- successor to Ayling at BA
    British carrier looking for person with broad int'l, service industry experience after CEO's ouster
  • United, AA, Delta hike round-trip fares by up to US$40
  • Boeing profit seen to fall 40% over engineers' strike
  • EC proposes revival of aircraft fuel tax
  • False bomb alarm on Alaska Airlines
Features
  • Seoul gets tough on pollution
    Government is introducing more comprehensive and integrated rules against spills and waste discharge by ships
Columns
  • Impartiality key in safety

Sched Netweb site
  • Transpacific carriers revise market forecasts
  • Rates restored by IRA lines in Middle East trade
  • India revises shipyard bidding
  • AA flies twin-engine 777 over the pole to Hong Kong
  • Delta adds international flights
  • Mercurial figures

Cargowebweb site
MARCH 10, 2000
  • Suspicion of Asian shipping companies' price agreements
  • UPS Logistics group creates automotive unit
  • Former Schneider COO becomes chief of Logistics.com
  • Port of Rotterdam director to board ECT
  • Redesigned site TNT for e-commerce
  • LSXS further as Cargonow.Com

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
MARCH 10, 2000
  • Oil production up in February
  • Frontline aims for top position in tankers
  • Cautious reaction to rumoured OPEC production increases
  • IEA: Oil inventories at ten year low, OPEC must deliver more oil
  • US and Canada Pacific markets: Seattle refinery coming back on stream
  • Bunker reports from Latin America and the Caribbean
  • US Gulf markets review
  • US and Canada East Coast markets

Lloyd's Listweb site
  • London in no rush to aid Harland & Wolff
    The UK Government is firmly resisting pressure to rush forward major warship orders to save Harland and Wolff after the Belfast yard lost the $700m Cunard contract for the Queen Mary 2.
  • Global Summary
    CP Ships 'could be floated'
  • Cost of fuel may hit P&O Nedlloyd results
    THE impact of rising bunker prices on P&O Nedlloyd is the major unknown element obscuring predictions of this week's financial results from the Anglo/Dutch liner firm, writes Janet Porter.
  • Drilling companies strike a growth phase
    OFFSHORE drilling companies and the oil service industry is in the early stages of a multiyear growth phase, according to a new report from ABN AMRO.
  • Belfast bid may open new doors
    Harland and Wolff's failure to land the deal for Cunard's prestigious Queen Mary II cruiseship has left more than 1,700 employees facing redundancy. However, one man believes the Belfast yard could seize victory from defeat. Perhaps surprisingly, he is Cunard boss Larry Pimentel, who told CHRISTOPHER MAYER why.
  • Pupils lobby for cleanup initiatives
    INTERNATIONAL Maritime Organisation delegates got a taste of child power on Friday, when two members of Greece's Helmepa Junior arrived to brief the maritime community on their work to clean up the environment.
  • True casualties of profit
    MY fellow writers Michael Grey and Richard Woodman have touched on a taboo subject. Despite the International Safety Management Code ships continue to end up as casualties.
  • Investors urged to develop cross-border strategy
    INTERNATIONAL property investors do not care to be compared to frightened rabbits, caught on the wrong foot in a motorway dazzle of headlights as danger rushes towards them.

Fairplayweb site
MARCH 10, 2000
  • Cunard's Queen Mary 2 goes to France
  • H&W slams UK government
  • More violent clashes at Naval Gijon
  • Intertanko warns Asia of Erika repercussions
  • Erika cancer risk 'negligible'
  • Valparaiso port workers take to the streets
  • Brazil plans new oil terminal
  • Ok Tedi rejects closure call
  • Coal carrier impounded in Singapore
  • US box terminal plan halts Chittagong
  • Coast guards rally against piracy
  • Swire Pacific profits slump
  • Cruise chiefs dismiss Miami baseball plans
  • US cruise ships on course for 2003 delivery
  • Philippines tightens training probe
  • ICTSI re-structures stock
  • Cabotage concerns ignite in Venezuela
  • Wheelock Marden wins damages appeal

The Journal of Commerceweb site
MARCH 11, 2000
Home
  • Teamsters to oppose antitrust immunity
  • Brokers ready for Customs to shift attention to them
  • Canada Maritime appoints Eldridge head of European business
  • PBB's Web site includes Canadian customs info
  • UPS Logistics Group rolls out Automotive Services unit
  • LSXS changes name to CargoNow.com
  • Nistevo's Web-based logistics tool attracts General Mills Operations
Transportation
  • STB weighs 160 views on rail merger
  • Asian nations to coordinate anti-piracy efforts
  • US aerospace firm expands in the Philippines
  • UPS is among critics of merger
  • Qantas maintenance workers approve strike, fear job losses
  • British Airways chief Ayling resigns, says four years had 'taken their toll'
  • FAA forms plan to ease summer traffic delays
Maritime
  • Ocean common carrier defined
  • New line to begin service in May
  • Syndicates may be behind attacks
  • Smooth passage through canal two months after US handover

The Journal of Commerceweb site
MARCH 11, 2000
Home
  • Teamsters to oppose antitrust immunity
  • Brokers ready for Customs to shift attention to them
  • Canada Maritime appoints Eldridge head of European business
  • PBB's Web site includes Canadian customs info
  • UPS Logistics Group rolls out Automotive Services unit
  • LSXS changes name to CargoNow.com
  • Nistevo's Web-based logistics tool attracts General Mills Operations
Transportation
  • STB weighs 160 views on rail merger
  • Asian nations to coordinate anti-piracy efforts
  • US aerospace firm expands in the Philippines
  • UPS is among critics of merger
  • Qantas maintenance workers approve strike, fear job losses
  • British Airways chief Ayling resigns, says four years had 'taken their toll'
  • FAA forms plan to ease summer traffic delays
Maritime
  • Ocean common carrier defined
  • New line to begin service in May
  • Syndicates may be behind attacks
  • Smooth passage through canal two months after US handover

The Journal of Commerceweb site
MARCH 11, 2000
Home
  • Teamsters to oppose antitrust immunity
  • Brokers ready for Customs to shift attention to them
  • Canada Maritime appoints Eldridge head of European business
  • PBB's Web site includes Canadian customs info
  • UPS Logistics Group rolls out Automotive Services unit
  • LSXS changes name to CargoNow.com
  • Nistevo's Web-based logistics tool attracts General Mills Operations
Transportation
  • STB weighs 160 views on rail merger
  • Asian nations to coordinate anti-piracy efforts
  • US aerospace firm expands in the Philippines
  • UPS is among critics of merger
  • Qantas maintenance workers approve strike, fear job losses
  • British Airways chief Ayling resigns, says four years had 'taken their toll'
  • FAA forms plan to ease summer traffic delays
Maritime
  • Ocean common carrier defined
  • New line to begin service in May
  • Syndicates may be behind attacks
  • Smooth passage through canal two months after US handover

Antwerpse Lloyd n.v.web site
MARCH 10, 2000
  • Les postes néerlandaise, britannique et singapourienne concluent un accord de titan
    TPG, Post Office et Singapore Post ont signé hier un accord pour une joint-venture mondiale dans le domaine du courrier d'affaires international. Ceci a donné lieu à la plus grande et la toute première collaboration en matière de courrier international de par le monde. Le quartier général sera implanté à Bruxelles en raison de la proximité du centre de tri de TNT.
  • L'UE doit éliminer les lacunes de la législation sur l'engagement des routiers étrangers
    Dans le cadre de la Concertation Benelux Transport, qui a eu lieu mercredi à Liège sous la direction de l'Union Professionnelle du Transport par Route (UPTR), la problématique de l'engagement de conducteurs étrangers a notamment été abordée, un point sur lequel l'approche néerlandaise de la question mérite d'être suivie chez nous, dit Liliane De Wilde, de l'association professionnelle SAV. Parmi les autres sujets traités, on retrouve entre autres les temps de travail, les contrôles routiers, l'élargissement de l'UE, les coûts externes et les prix des carburants.
  • Hellmann opte pour Wim Bosman pour le transport européen de diverses
    Depuis le premier mars prochain, Hellmann Worldwide Logistics coopère avec Wim Bosman en Belgique et aux Pays-Bas pour ce qui est du trafic européen de diverses. Hellmann renonce en conséquence aux services de Gillemot en Belgique et de Rutex aux Pays-Bas, tandis que les liens entre SystemPlus et la famille Fortrans deviennent plus intenses.
  • IPEM pourrait participer au développement du port sud-coréen de Masan
    L'entreprise belge "International Port Engineering & Management" va-t-elle participer au développement du port sud-coréen de Masan? C'est fort possible, pour autant que les études démontrent la faisabilité d'un tel projet. Un mémorandum d'intention est en passe d'être signé entre la Hyundai Industrial Development Company, IPEM et les autorités sud-coréennes.

Marine Linkweb site
MARCH 10, 2000
Maritime Contract News
  • Flender Werft Awarded Superfast Ferries Contract
  • Spanish Shipbuilder Gets Tanker Contract
Breaking News
  • Global Marine Q1 Earnings Hit By Rig Downtime
  • Moody's Ups Newport News
  • Harland And Wolff Jobs At Risk As Cunard Chooses French Yard

Marine Linkweb site
MARCH 10, 2000
Maritime Contract News
  • Flender Werft Awarded Superfast Ferries Contract
  • Spanish Shipbuilder Gets Tanker Contract
Breaking News
  • Global Marine Q1 Earnings Hit By Rig Downtime
  • Moody's Ups Newport News
  • Harland And Wolff Jobs At Risk As Cunard Chooses French Yard

International Transport Journalweb site
MARCH 10, 2000
Tabletalk
  • P&O flexes its logistics muscles. Harry W. Dumser, managing director of P&O Trans European Management, explains his company policy to meet and beat the competition.
Maritime
  • CMA CGM: new partners, extended services. The French shipping line is improving services and transit times on a large scale, also with the help of partners.
  • The New World Alliance shipping lines call at Southampton.
  • Kien Hung with weekly links between the Far East and South America.
  • ECL upgrades Europe-South America service to weekly.
  • Evergreen and Cosco streamline their Far East-Australia services.
  • P&O Stena Line posted satisfactory results in its first complete year.
  • ACL with lower profits due to continuing rate erosion.
Ports and Terminals
  • French ports handled more general cargo and less bulk (especially oil) in 1999, but containers are on the rise, as everywhere else.
Forwarding & Logistics
  • E-logistics is booming, with several car producers leading the way.
  • VTG-Lehnkering shows that mergers can be a big success.
Aviation
  • SAirGroup: relatively good 1999. Airline-related areas are more profitable for the SAirGroup at the moment than the core business.
  • Kitty Hawk posted a very good 1999 by focusing on its core business.
  • Thai has no intention of leaving the Star Alliance.
  • Linex launches service between Hong Kong and Amsterdam.
  • KLM is cutting flights this summer.
  • New freighter service by Ansett.
  • AUA goes back to Belgrade.
  • Cathay Pacific to San Francisco.
  • Delta is targeting China.

International Transport Journalweb site
MARCH 10, 2000
Tabletalk
  • P&O flexes its logistics muscles. Harry W. Dumser, managing director of P&O Trans European Management, explains his company policy to meet and beat the competition.
Maritime
  • CMA CGM: new partners, extended services. The French shipping line is improving services and transit times on a large scale, also with the help of partners.
  • The New World Alliance shipping lines call at Southampton.
  • Kien Hung with weekly links between the Far East and South America.
  • ECL upgrades Europe-South America service to weekly.
  • Evergreen and Cosco streamline their Far East-Australia services.
  • P&O Stena Line posted satisfactory results in its first complete year.
  • ACL with lower profits due to continuing rate erosion.
Ports and Terminals
  • French ports handled more general cargo and less bulk (especially oil) in 1999, but containers are on the rise, as everywhere else.
Forwarding & Logistics
  • E-logistics is booming, with several car producers leading the way.
  • VTG-Lehnkering shows that mergers can be a big success.
Aviation
  • SAirGroup: relatively good 1999. Airline-related areas are more profitable for the SAirGroup at the moment than the core business.
  • Kitty Hawk posted a very good 1999 by focusing on its core business.
  • Thai has no intention of leaving the Star Alliance.
  • Linex launches service between Hong Kong and Amsterdam.
  • KLM is cutting flights this summer.
  • New freighter service by Ansett.
  • AUA goes back to Belgrade.
  • Cathay Pacific to San Francisco.
  • Delta is targeting China.

International Transport Journalweb site
MARCH 10, 2000
Tabletalk
  • P&O flexes its logistics muscles. Harry W. Dumser, managing director of P&O Trans European Management, explains his company policy to meet and beat the competition.
Maritime
  • CMA CGM: new partners, extended services. The French shipping line is improving services and transit times on a large scale, also with the help of partners.
  • The New World Alliance shipping lines call at Southampton.
  • Kien Hung with weekly links between the Far East and South America.
  • ECL upgrades Europe-South America service to weekly.
  • Evergreen and Cosco streamline their Far East-Australia services.
  • P&O Stena Line posted satisfactory results in its first complete year.
  • ACL with lower profits due to continuing rate erosion.
Ports and Terminals
  • French ports handled more general cargo and less bulk (especially oil) in 1999, but containers are on the rise, as everywhere else.
Forwarding & Logistics
  • E-logistics is booming, with several car producers leading the way.
  • VTG-Lehnkering shows that mergers can be a big success.
Aviation
  • SAirGroup: relatively good 1999. Airline-related areas are more profitable for the SAirGroup at the moment than the core business.
  • Kitty Hawk posted a very good 1999 by focusing on its core business.
  • Thai has no intention of leaving the Star Alliance.
  • Linex launches service between Hong Kong and Amsterdam.
  • KLM is cutting flights this summer.
  • New freighter service by Ansett.
  • AUA goes back to Belgrade.
  • Cathay Pacific to San Francisco.
  • Delta is targeting China.

International Transport Journalweb site
MARCH 10, 2000
Tabletalk
  • P&O flexes its logistics muscles. Harry W. Dumser, managing director of P&O Trans European Management, explains his company policy to meet and beat the competition.
Maritime
  • CMA CGM: new partners, extended services. The French shipping line is improving services and transit times on a large scale, also with the help of partners.
  • The New World Alliance shipping lines call at Southampton.
  • Kien Hung with weekly links between the Far East and South America.
  • ECL upgrades Europe-South America service to weekly.
  • Evergreen and Cosco streamline their Far East-Australia services.
  • P&O Stena Line posted satisfactory results in its first complete year.
  • ACL with lower profits due to continuing rate erosion.
Ports and Terminals
  • French ports handled more general cargo and less bulk (especially oil) in 1999, but containers are on the rise, as everywhere else.
Forwarding & Logistics
  • E-logistics is booming, with several car producers leading the way.
  • VTG-Lehnkering shows that mergers can be a big success.
Aviation
  • SAirGroup: relatively good 1999. Airline-related areas are more profitable for the SAirGroup at the moment than the core business.
  • Kitty Hawk posted a very good 1999 by focusing on its core business.
  • Thai has no intention of leaving the Star Alliance.
  • Linex launches service between Hong Kong and Amsterdam.
  • KLM is cutting flights this summer.
  • New freighter service by Ansett.
  • AUA goes back to Belgrade.
  • Cathay Pacific to San Francisco.
  • Delta is targeting China.

International Transport Journalweb site
MARCH 10, 2000
Tabletalk
  • P&O flexes its logistics muscles. Harry W. Dumser, managing director of P&O Trans European Management, explains his company policy to meet and beat the competition.
Maritime
  • CMA CGM: new partners, extended services. The French shipping line is improving services and transit times on a large scale, also with the help of partners.
  • The New World Alliance shipping lines call at Southampton.
  • Kien Hung with weekly links between the Far East and South America.
  • ECL upgrades Europe-South America service to weekly.
  • Evergreen and Cosco streamline their Far East-Australia services.
  • P&O Stena Line posted satisfactory results in its first complete year.
  • ACL with lower profits due to continuing rate erosion.
Ports and Terminals
  • French ports handled more general cargo and less bulk (especially oil) in 1999, but containers are on the rise, as everywhere else.
Forwarding & Logistics
  • E-logistics is booming, with several car producers leading the way.
  • VTG-Lehnkering shows that mergers can be a big success.
Aviation
  • SAirGroup: relatively good 1999. Airline-related areas are more profitable for the SAirGroup at the moment than the core business.
  • Kitty Hawk posted a very good 1999 by focusing on its core business.
  • Thai has no intention of leaving the Star Alliance.
  • Linex launches service between Hong Kong and Amsterdam.
  • KLM is cutting flights this summer.
  • New freighter service by Ansett.
  • AUA goes back to Belgrade.
  • Cathay Pacific to San Francisco.
  • Delta is targeting China.

Traffic Worldweb site
  • A major rift among Class 1 railroads was laid bare at the Surface Transportation Board in an unprecedented hearing on the evolving structure of the North American rail industry. The hearing was sparked by the proposal of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway and the Canadian National Railway to merge into a 50,000-mile system stretching from Los Angeles to Nova Scotia and Vancouver, British Columbia, to New Orleans. BNSF and CN were chastised not only by the usual groups of shipper organizations but also by their Class 1 brethren - the CEOs of the remaining five large railroads. Perhaps not since the initial opposition of the former Burlington Northern and Norfolk & Western railroads to rail deregulation opened by the Staggers Act in 1980 has there been such a division among the major rail carriers.
  • American importers and exporters are clamoring for change in the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act. That law, passed in the 1930s, codified limitations on shipowners' liability for cargo that date back to the 18th century. Legislation that to COGSA is expected to be introduced in Congress by spring, where it should have strong support. Many international interests, however, are oppose to a unilateral approach.
  • Pallets may not be getting the attention they deserve. A food industry report suggests that improved pallet deployment and inventory management could shave millions of dollars off supply-chain costs. Manufacturers in the industry spend an average of nearly $1.4 million annually on one of the most commonly used units, the 40 x 48 pallet. Food service distributors, who tend to use this platform for shipping and receiving, spend an average of $114,300 a year on the pallet. All of the respondents combined spent nearly $75 million on new and reconditioned shipping platforms in 1998.
  • New Internet logistics service provider FreightDesk.com is aimed squarely at helping transportation intermediaries - freight forwarders, brokers and other international trade middlemen - reduce costs and retain customers. The startup's chief executive officer is Rob Quartel, a former head of the Federal Maritime Commission and advocate for ocean shipping deregulation. Quartel maintains that his dot-com company is the only one not trying to cut out middlemen.
  • Doug Waggoner, a 12-year veteran of Yellow Freight System, is leading Los Angeles-based Daylight Express to new heights. Daylight, already a $100-million-plus carrier growing at 20 percent annually, specializes in the long-haul, expedited freight mix. Promising coast-to-coast delivery in five days, Daylight is promising near-air-freight service at close-to-LTL rates. Waggoner was attracted to Daylight because of its nonasset-based model, compared with asset-laden YFS, and says few of Daylight's workers are encumbered by the regulatory mindset of some older LTL veterans.
  • In exchange for its support of the proposed Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway-Canadian National Railway combination, regional carrier Wisconsin Central has struck a deal with the Class 1s that would extend its reach for merchandise traffic throughout the upper Midwest and Ontario. WC operates 2,900 route miles in Wisconsin, northeastern Illinois, Michigan's Upper Peninsula, eastern Minnesota and northern Ontario. Under the agreement, if the BNSF-CN merger is approved, WC would be able to extend its reach through a 10,000-mile haulage rights package into other parts of those states as well as into Indiana, Iowa, Missouri and Indiana.
  • The Airforwarders Association met in Orlando, Fla., and changing the organization topped the agenda. Facing competitive pressure from all corners - the integrated carrier, expedited truckers and online auction sites - the Airforwarders are looking for a way to stand out in the crowd. Under consideration is teaming with the National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association America, a trade group with three times the number of members and greater political pull. Some in the group think it's a great fit, others think it could spell disaster and believe the leaders should look for a partner that emphasizes air freight over ocean.
  • While environmental groups accuse the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers of wreaking ecological havoc in the name of pork-barrel port and waterway projects, the International Maritime Organization is developing a slew of regulations to protect the marine environment. If ever there was a time when the shipping industry needed to be aware of green issues, it is now. "It is time for the Army to stop waging war on our environment," said Mark van Putten, president of the National Wildlife Federation. Van Putten spoke in conjunction with the release of "Troubled Waters: Congress, the Corps of Engineers and Wasteful Water Projects," a report produced jointly by the federation and Taxpayers for Common Sense.

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