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February 15, 2000
Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Ex-NZ journalist named NOL communications head
    Flemming Jacobs continues with task of building senior echelon
  • Teekay seeks expansion in three other markets
  • Philippine port firm may pull out of Argentina
Air and Land Transport
  • Carrier planned to replace key tail part but finally did not
    Maintenance workers in 1997 changed their mind after more tests
  • Thai Airways expected to report plunge in Q1 profit
  • China orders checks on McDonnell jets
  • Sabena forecasts small 1999 profit
  • Gulf Air to borrow US$170m to buy two Airbuses
  • Dragonair jet in near miss with balloon
Features
  • ICTSI consortium wins Subic Bay port deal

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Ex-NZ journalist named NOL communications head
    Flemming Jacobs continues with task of building senior echelon
  • Teekay seeks expansion in three other markets
  • Philippine port firm may pull out of Argentina
Air and Land Transport
  • Carrier planned to replace key tail part but finally did not
    Maintenance workers in 1997 changed their mind after more tests
  • Thai Airways expected to report plunge in Q1 profit
  • China orders checks on McDonnell jets
  • Sabena forecasts small 1999 profit
  • Gulf Air to borrow US$170m to buy two Airbuses
  • Dragonair jet in near miss with balloon
Features
  • ICTSI consortium wins Subic Bay port deal

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Ex-NZ journalist named NOL communications head
    Flemming Jacobs continues with task of building senior echelon
  • Teekay seeks expansion in three other markets
  • Philippine port firm may pull out of Argentina
Air and Land Transport
  • Carrier planned to replace key tail part but finally did not
    Maintenance workers in 1997 changed their mind after more tests
  • Thai Airways expected to report plunge in Q1 profit
  • China orders checks on McDonnell jets
  • Sabena forecasts small 1999 profit
  • Gulf Air to borrow US$170m to buy two Airbuses
  • Dragonair jet in near miss with balloon
Features
  • ICTSI consortium wins Subic Bay port deal

Sched Netweb site
  • Cosco revises Africa service
  • Extension of container supply service
  • Zim considers slot swop with China Shipping
  • Wee to be on top of Emery's Asian expansion
  • PSA Marine boosts tug fleet
  • All systems go for cargo clearance
  • Caribbean hub at Grenada
  • TNT names new vice presidents
  • Virgin invests 'Down Under'
  • US/Canada night service

Cargowebweb site
FEBRUARY 14, 2000
  • Brussels disagrees with remailing prohibition
  • USPS service large customers via the web
  • OTAL to integrate Africa services
  • German airports against night flights prohibition

Cyber Shipping Guide - Ocean Commerceweb site
  • COSCON to Shift Cargo to Med/West Africa Link
  • Carriers to Restore Rates on Europe/Red Sea/Mideast
  • Fuji Logistics Group to Expand Business by Acquisition
  • U-Freight Expands in Vietnamese Markets
  • Sale of Sea-Land Affects CSX Corp.'s Earnings

Exim Indiaweb site
  • JNP nominated hub port on west coast; Chennai on the east
  • More sops for deemed exports on cards
  • Bennett Logistics formed
  • AEPC allows garment exporters to transfer PPE, NQE
  • Karnataka pioneers power reforms
  • Forex reserves swell to $ 34.981 bn
  • Commerce Ministry sends wish-list to Finance Ministry
  • Inflation rate dips to 2.88 pc
  • Copper producers plea to cut import duty disparity
  • Apex chambers for retaining peak import duty tariffs
  • OTAL upgrades container services to West Africa
  • Futures trading in sugar, rubber, wheat soon
  • Base value fixed for imports of polyester items, VSF
  • 3 cos tie up with Dutch firm for CNG kits
  • New Exim Policy may allow rubber imports under OGL
  • Railways set to achieve gross traffic target
  • EU imposes dumping duties on steel plate imports

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
FEBRUARY 14, 2000
  • Texaco joins the eCommerce JV bandvagon

Cargo Info Africa - Freight & Trading Weeklyweb site
  • Portnet's tariff review meets stiff resistance
  • Critical fuel shortage will assail Zimbabwe for some time
  • Heavyweights to tackle supply chain issues
  • Intertek clinches Malawi inspection deal
  • International marketing in focus
  • Wharf Rat's Diary
  • Brazil will burn untreated pallets
  • Dredging of Walvis Bay begins this month
  • Micor turns tradition on its head
  • MITB 'disappears' on March 31
  • Transnet sets up new road division
  • George Young keeps an era alive
  • Sumpton takes over Shirley's marine post
  • CSC bags several new players in Cape Town
  • Emirates doubles cargo capacity
  • Visiting expert outlines the nuts and bolts of new ISO rules
  • Refinery shutdown
  • Will the real Stuart Little step forward!
  • Bell opts for Renfreight Circle
  • Compu-Clearing diversifies its IT portfolio
  • Exporters to the EU take note
  • Decurion saga continues with repairs estimated at R2-m
  • Sebenza celebrates third anniversary
  • Work begins to widen Bayhead road
  • COEGA seeks international partner
  • CSAV looks into East London option

Marine Logweb site
FEBRUARY 14, 2000
  • Wärtsilä NSD and John Crane Lips to offer total marine power systems
    Two leading companies are planning to collaborate to offer shipowners and shipbuilders total marine power systems including the engine, gearbox, the ship's propeller and all controls.
  • Korea continues inroads into FMS market
    South Korean shipyards continue to expand into the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) sector.
  • Kvaerner sells Fjellstrand shipyards in Norway
    Kvaerner has signed an agreement to sell the two Kvaerner Fjellstrand yards in Norway to a consortium consisting of the management of the company and other local investors.
  • Bureau Veritas signs on to French Ship Safety Charter
    Classification society Bureau Veritas is a founding signatory to a Ship Safety Charter was developed at a round table of all principal players in the French petroleum shipping industry

Lloyd's Listweb site
  • Flying Dolphins swoop on rival
    MINOAN Flying Dolphins yesterday came close to completing a virtual sweep of Greece's island ferry industry when it announced a deal to acquire 46% of G A Ferries, perhaps the last stand-alone company of any size in the sector.
  • Thirteen feared dead after Zafir sinks
    THIRTEEN Spanish seafarers are feared dead after a general cargoship sank off southern Italy yesterday following a collision with a freight ferry.
  • Gard gives approval to innovative deal
    ONE of the most important new ventures in shipowners' insurance has been given key backing by leaders of Gard, the world's second biggest protection and indemnity club.
  • World Bank president shakes hands yesterday with Softbank president
    World Bank president James Wolfensohn (right) shakes hands yesterday with Softbank president Masayoshi Son at a news conference in Tokyo, where the World Bank's International Finance Corp and Softbank, the Japanese Internet investor, announced that they would establish a joint venture called Softbank Emerging Markets for Internet start-up companies in 100 developing countries in an effort to narrow the global digital divide between rich and poor nations.
  • Mideast handy surge forecast
    DEMAND for handysized product tankers trading out of the Middle East into Europe is expected to more than double by 2003 on the back of an anticipated surge of petroleum product exports from the region.
  • Kvaerner offloads two more shipbuilding concerns
    ANGLO-Norwegian engineering group Kvaerner has clinched two sales totalling NKr230m ($28m), including the Norwegian facilities of catamaran specialist Kvaerner Fjellstrand for NKr100m and the technology firm Kvaerner Maritime for NKr130m, writes Rajesh Joshi, Oslo.
  • Norsk Hydro signals sale of UK offshore assets
    NORSK Hydro, the 42% state-owned oil, metal and fertiliser group, said yesterday it was putting its UK continental shelf portfolio up for sale, as it had determined that the region "did not have significant growth potential".
  • High oil prices bring profit surge
    THE high oil price allowed Norsk Hydro to shrug off an indifferent performance from agriculture and report a 29% surge in annual pre-tax profit to NKr7.54bn ($921m) writes Rajesh Joshi, Oslo.

Fairplayweb site
FEBRUARY 14, 2000
  • Two dead, 11 missing after collision
  • Adsteam issues sacking deadline
  • Kawasaki HI signs newbuilding venture with Mitsui
  • Wärtsilä NSD forms venture with John Crane-Lips
  • French yard launches massive recruitment drive
  • Dutch yard workers accept job-saving pay cuts
  • Al Jazya 1 refloated
  • Detained vessel leaves Kandla
  • Michigan plans tough ballast rules
  • Fuel depot to be built near Bilbao
  • Marina could lose STCW responsibilities
  • MTC buys Mormac bulk business
  • Indian Oil Corp plans joint ventures
  • Scottish grant boosts ABP port

The Journal of Commerceweb site
Home
  • Ports see growth across trade lanes in 2000
  • Customs may edit rules of origin
  • New Jersey truckers end protests
  • NOL Group switches to U.S. dollar as currency of record
  • UTU, railroads reach 'cramdown' agreement
  • Lykes Lines unveils online container tracking
  • Leif Hoegh acquires rest of HUAL ro/ro
  • Hapag-Lloyd launches new container fleet
Transportation
  • Taiwan airports told to upgrade
  • Belgium rescinds ban on night flights; DHL stays
  • TNT plans same-day, door-to-door delivery in India
  • Bestroute.com signs pact with UPS Logistics
  • EU lifts ban on air links with Yugoslavia
  • Circle International's net rises as subsidiaries post solid results
  • Web site to offer aerospace products
  • Singapore Air signs contract with Polar Air
Maritime
  • Americana's schedule is disrupted
  • Dredging plan panned at hearing
  • Container agents criticize increase in entry fees

The Journal of Commerceweb site
Home
  • Ports see growth across trade lanes in 2000
  • Customs may edit rules of origin
  • New Jersey truckers end protests
  • NOL Group switches to U.S. dollar as currency of record
  • UTU, railroads reach 'cramdown' agreement
  • Lykes Lines unveils online container tracking
  • Leif Hoegh acquires rest of HUAL ro/ro
  • Hapag-Lloyd launches new container fleet
Transportation
  • Taiwan airports told to upgrade
  • Belgium rescinds ban on night flights; DHL stays
  • TNT plans same-day, door-to-door delivery in India
  • Bestroute.com signs pact with UPS Logistics
  • EU lifts ban on air links with Yugoslavia
  • Circle International's net rises as subsidiaries post solid results
  • Web site to offer aerospace products
  • Singapore Air signs contract with Polar Air
Maritime
  • Americana's schedule is disrupted
  • Dredging plan panned at hearing
  • Container agents criticize increase in entry fees

The Journal of Commerceweb site
Home
  • Ports see growth across trade lanes in 2000
  • Customs may edit rules of origin
  • New Jersey truckers end protests
  • NOL Group switches to U.S. dollar as currency of record
  • UTU, railroads reach 'cramdown' agreement
  • Lykes Lines unveils online container tracking
  • Leif Hoegh acquires rest of HUAL ro/ro
  • Hapag-Lloyd launches new container fleet
Transportation
  • Taiwan airports told to upgrade
  • Belgium rescinds ban on night flights; DHL stays
  • TNT plans same-day, door-to-door delivery in India
  • Bestroute.com signs pact with UPS Logistics
  • EU lifts ban on air links with Yugoslavia
  • Circle International's net rises as subsidiaries post solid results
  • Web site to offer aerospace products
  • Singapore Air signs contract with Polar Air
Maritime
  • Americana's schedule is disrupted
  • Dredging plan panned at hearing
  • Container agents criticize increase in entry fees

Antwerpse Lloyd n.v.web site
  • Anvers et sa rive gauche: la troisième phase de la darse de Verrebroek attendra...
    Au moment de l'élaboration du projet de la darse de Verrebroek dans la zone portuaire de la rive gauche et qui est parallèle à la darse de Vrasene, les trafics en conventionnel/breakbulk étaient toujours en expansion. Depuis trois ans les choses ont évolué différemment, depuis que le container s'attaque avec des prix dérisoires à ce type de trafic. C'est en fonction de cette évolution que la direction de l'Entreprise portuaire anversoise a décidé de mettre la réalisation de la troisième phase de la construction de la darse de Verrebroek dans une position d'attente.
  • Géodis a vu ses bénéfices baisser en 1999
    Le groupe Géodis a annoncé qu'il s'attend à une baisse des bénéfices pour l'année 1999, dont les résultats finaux seront publiés le 23 mars. Cette baisse a dû être concédée malgré une hausse de l'activité dans les branches messagerie et logistique. Le chiffre d'affaires a augmenté de 11,2% à 20,6 mia. de FRF (3,15 mia. d'EUR). A structures et taux de change comparables, la hausse du CA a été de 9,3 %.
  • Baptême du PC "Antwerpen Express" de 4.864 TEU
    De tous les mega-carriers qui fréquentent le port d'Anvers, Hapag-Lloyd est assurément un des plus fidèles, son engagement à assurer des dessertes directes s'est révélé constant au cours des dernières décennies et c'est d'ailleurs grâce à ses efforts que le groupe Grand Alliance y a dirigé un de ses 5 services hebdomadaires sur l'Asie. Une nouvelle preuve de cet engagement a été fournie ce lundi avec le baptême, au terminal de la Noord Natie sur l'Escaut, du dernier né de sa flotte, le PC "Antwerpen Express", une unité de 4. 864 TEU. H-L, on le sait fait désormais partie du groupe Preussag.

Marine Linkweb site
FEBRUARY 14, 2000
  • Kvaerner To Sell Shipyards, Maritime Unit
  • SembCorp Sees Profits Rise, Eyes Business Abroad
  • Freight Rate Hikes Benefit South Korean Shipping Firms
  • Insurers Should Control Ship Classification System: Broker
  • RINA Testifies In International Erika Probe

Traffic Worldweb site
  • The National Small Shipments Traffic Conference is set to launch a new marketing and communications campaign to try to double membership from its current 400 shipper and carrier affiliates, its new Washington executive director said. Debra Phillips said the goal of the campaign is to emphasize the group's educational and networking opportunities in a time of fast-changing developments for the nation's shippers.
  • American Trucking Associations President Walter McCormick plans to refocus the trade organization on advocacy, shedding many other roles while cutting membership dues. He's convinced his board of directors that after 16 years in the wilderness of Alexandria, Va., it's time to look homeward by taking ATA back to Capitol Hill. Within 18 months ATA will relocate adjacent to lawmakers' offices and even sooner narrow the trade group's focus to congressional legislation, federal regulation, federal court suits and cultivation of the national media. State trucking associations will be expected to fill voids at the local and regional levels and that's why ATA now requires its members to belong to at least one state association.
  • Crown Cork & Seal Co., which invented the bottle cap 108 years ago, is carrying on a long tradition of automation with a program to integrate key elements of its supply chain throughout North America and overseas. Founder William Painter thrust the company into the age of automation in 1898 with a machine called a foot-powered syrup-crowner that could cap 24 bottles a minute. Fast forward to the present day and the company is taking another "quantum leap," said Mike Dunleavy, vice president, corporate development. The current strategy may not be that much different from Painter's - to stay ahead of the competition through improved service and product quality - but this time the company is developing a system that manages time, material and money simultaneously.
  • Tracking the price of diesel fuel the past 10 months has been like watching the NASDAQ stock exchange, except for one all-important item. Even the go-go NASDAQ market falls now and then. Welcome to the land of $2.12-a-gallon diesel, which is the price the black gold hit in New England last week. Coping with fuel prices that have risen nationally by some 40 cents a gallon since April, trucking companies are scrambling to cover the increases through fuel surcharges, hedge programs and good old-fashioned wrangling with shippers.
  • The day Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co. announced the "demerger" of its cruise line business, P&O Chairman Lord Sterling was in Germany signing a joint venture agreement to develop an inland waterway terminal and logistics center at the Rhine River port of Duisburg. Germany's Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder was on hand to underscore the significance of the new terminal and the importance his government attaches to expanding environmentally friendly inland waterway traffic. But Sterling's day was not done. With less fanfare he also announced that P&O Ports had signed an agreement to purchase the container and general cargo stevedoring business of Seaport Terminal n.v. in Antwerp.
  • Emery Worldwide and BAX Global spent 1998 turning around foundering operations and in 1999, both began seeing results. While the two heavyweight air freight companies have very similar structures and go after nearly identical business, both seemed to have carved out a profitable market toehold. Emery, since 1998, has had great success with its guaranteed international air freight service, Gold Priority. BAX Global, meanwhile, has concentrated on winning large logistics contracts and taking more deferred air freight, another strategy that paid off in 1999.
  • At the request of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Chairman Rob Krebs, the National Industrial Transportation League held two informal shipper meetings in late January and early February in Portland, Ore., and Chicago. In addition to wondering, "where was Paul Tellier," meeting attendees came away unconvinced that another merger would be beneficial to shippers. And contrary to shippers' opinions, BNSF and CN assured them that both Krebs and CN president Paul Tellier were on the same page.
  • First it was SITA and AAR. Now it's Supplyaccess, a subsidiary of En Pointe Technologies. What do they want to do? Sell aircraft parts over the Internet. Kevin Schatzle, president, chief executive officer and co-founder of Supplyaccess, describes the future portal site as a single interface to multiple suppliers, warehouses and distribution channels. The company plans to take the site live in the second quarter and started development this month, he said.

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HMM signs new 10-year contract with Vale for iron ore transport
Seoul
It is worth around $310 million.
The Campania Port Authority reaches an agreement with UNIPORT and Assiterminal
Naples
The regional tax - highlights the port authority - risks undermining the competitiveness of ports
IAPH and WCO publish updated guidelines on cooperation between customs and port authorities
Tokyo/Brussels
Contributed by the World Shipping Council
ABB and Blykalla collaborate on nuclear marine propulsion
Stockholm
The agreement focuses on small modular fast reactors developed by the Swedish company
Saipem wins new offshore contract worth approximately $1.5 billion in Türkiye
Saipem wins new offshore contract worth approximately $1.5 billion in Türkiye
Milan
It is related to the third phase of the Sakarya gas field development project.
In the second quarter, freight traffic in the port of Civitavecchia grew by +5.7%
Civitavecchia
Record for cruise passengers this period
Uniport and Assiterminal oppose the additional fees demanded of port operators by the Campania Region.
Rome
Amount between 10% and 25% of the annual state fee
The first train from Belgium under the FS Logistix-Lineas agreement has arrived in Segrate.
Milan
Five return connections per week to Antwerp are scheduled
Modernization works are underway at the passenger terminal at the port of Igoumenitsa.
Naples
Grimaldi takes delivery of the PCTC "Grand Auckland"
Damage to submarine cables in the Red Sea
Portsmouth
According to the International Cable Protection Committee, the cause could be ship traffic
Dutch company Damen to build 24 naval vessels for British company Serco
Gorinchem/Amsterdam
Green light for a €270 million bridging loan to the shipbuilding company.
DP World to build and operate container terminal at Montreal's new Contrecœur port
Dubai/Montreal
It will become operational in 2030
Expansion work has begun at the Vienna South intermodal terminal.
Vienna
Annual traffic capacity expected to increase by 44%
In July, ship traffic in the Suez Canal increased by +0.8%
In July, freight traffic in the ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado decreased by -3.0%
Genoa
The decline was limited by increased oil traffic in the Vado harbor. Ferry traffic dropped 9.9%.
Trump nominates Laura DiBella as chair of the Federal Maritime Commission.
Washington
The nomination of Robert Harvey as commissioner of the federal agency has also been forwarded to the Senate.
Genoa's new dam: a modification has been approved to allow for completion of work by the end of 2027.
Genoa
Phase A and Phase B works will be carried out rather than sequentially
Assiterminal, simplify and standardize dredging procedures to restore the operational competitiveness of ports.
Taranto Recommends: The Regasification Plant Would Promote the Port's Revitalization
Taranto
Melucci: a lifeline for the entire port system and for our city's economic growth.
Cargo and cruise traffic in eastern Sicily ports is on the rise
Catania
In the container segment, an increase of +27.9% was recorded
FS Logistix and Lineas form joint venture to manage the Antwerp Mainhub Terminal
Antwerp
Rail services between Antwerp and Milan expected to increase
Attack on a product tanker in the Red Sea
Southampton
A missile fell near the ship which suffered no damage
Sea trials have been completed for the new GNV Virgo ro-pax vessel.
Genoa
It will be GNV's first liquefied natural gas ship
Companies inform
Accelleron and Geislinger: An Evolving Technical Collaboration
In the first half of the year, Singamas' container sales decreased by -10%.
Hong Kong
The average selling price dropped by -3.8%
COSCO Shipping Holdings Group's revenues fell by -3.4% in the second quarter of 2025.
COSCO Shipping Holdings Group's revenues fell by -3.4% in the second quarter of 2025.
Shanghai
Sharp decline in economic performance in the trans-Pacific and Asia-Europe markets
For Federlogistica, the bridge over the Strait of Messina will have the miraculous power to gradually eliminate a framework of social injustices.
For Federlogistica, the bridge over the Strait of Messina will have the miraculous power to gradually eliminate a framework of social injustices.
Genoa
Falteri: it can become the artery of an economic and social body that has been underdeveloped to date
SBB CFF FFS Cargo's half-year performance was negative.
Bern
The Swiss company announced a drop in volumes in both domestic and transit traffic.
COSCO Shipping Ports reports record quarterly revenue
Hong Kong
In the April-June period, net profit was 122.4 million dollars (+32.4%)
Cargo traffic at Chinese seaports hit a new record high in July
Cargo traffic at Chinese seaports hit a new record high in July
Beijing
Foreign traffic amounted to 427.6 million tonnes (+6.1%)
South Korea's HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. and HD Hyundai Mipo Co. to merge
Seoul
The completion of the operation is expected for next December 1st.
Filt Cgil, priority should be given to valorizing AdSP workers rather than assigning positions
Rome
The union denounces the failure to comply with the National Collective Labour Agreement
In the second quarter of this year, freight traffic in the port of Venice grew by +4.1%
Venice
There were 228 thousand cruise passengers (+12.8%)
COSCO Shipping International's revenues increased by 10.3% in the first half of the year.
Hong Kong
Net profit was HK$494.6 million (+26.0%)
G20 nations' merchandise trade showed modest growth in the second quarter
Geneva
The increase in trade in services was more pronounced
South Korea's HD Hyundai announces multibillion-dollar investment program to revitalize the U.S. shipbuilding industry.
South Korea's HD Hyundai announces multibillion-dollar investment program to revitalize the U.S. shipbuilding industry.
Seongnam
Agreements with the US investment firm Cerberus Capital and the Korea Development Bank
MSC World Europa cruise ship crashes off the coast of Ponza
Rome
The Coast Guard reports that the situation on board, where there are 8,585 people, is calm and under control.
MSC World Europa has resumed autonomous sailing
Rome
Electrical problem solved, the cruise ship is headed for the port of Naples
PostEurop warns that from August 29, shipments of goods to the USA could be limited or suspended
Brussels
Last month, Trump eliminated tariff exemptions for low-cost goods.
Chinese oil company OOIL sees growth in its half-year financial results.
Hong Kong
In the first six months of this year, revenues increased by +5.0%
Premier Alliance to split Mediterranean Pendulum 2 service next month
Seoul/Singapore/Keelung
Investment firm CVC Capital Partners exits Boluda Maritime Terminals and TTI Algeciras
Schiphol
The two terminal companies manage a total of nine Spanish port terminals
ZIM's quarterly economic and operating performance declines
ZIM's quarterly economic and operating performance declines
Haifa
In the period April-June the average value of freight rates fell by -11.6%
Interferry's Entry/Exit System risks delaying ferry operations at European ports.
Victoria
The system will come into force on October 12th
DFDS closes second quarter with a loss
Copenhagen
In the period April-June 2025 the fleet transported 10.6 million linear meters of rolling stock (-0.4%)
Ammonia and methanol are ready to decarbonize shipping, but some obstacles to their use must be removed.
New record quarterly results for the American cruise group Viking
New record quarterly results for the American cruise group Viking
Los Angeles
The April-June period closed with a net profit of 439.2 million dollars (+182.2%)
Container traffic in the port of Barcelona grew by 1.8% last month.
Barcelona
202,321 TEUs handled at loading and unloading (+10.4%) and 142,492 TEUs in transit (-8.3%)
In the second quarter of 2025, freight traffic in the Port of Hamburg grew by +4%
In the second quarter of 2025, freight traffic in the Port of Hamburg grew by +4%
Hamburg
Sharp increase in transshipment container volumes (+26%)
Norway's Xeneta has bought Denmark's eeSea
Oslo
Both companies provide data and information for the optimization of containerized maritime transport
In the April-June quarter, freight traffic in Tunisian ports decreased by -3.8%
La Goulette
In the first six months of 2025, 13.8 million tonnes were handled (-3.2%)
Port of Koper sets new quarterly records for containers and rolling stock
Ljubljana
In the period April-June, 5.6 million tons of goods were moved (-4.1%)
Port of Los Angeles hits record monthly container traffic
Los Angeles
Over one million TEUs were handled in July (+8.5%)
Hapag-Lloyd reports second quarter increases of +2.0% in revenues and +12.4% in containers transported by the fleet
Hapag-Lloyd reports second quarter increases of +2.0% in revenues and +12.4% in containers transported by the fleet
Hamburg
Net profit fell by -39.4%
Evergreen reports an 18.7% drop in quarterly revenues
Taipei
The April-June period closed with a net profit decrease of -62.9%
South Korean company HMM's revenues fell by 1.5% in the second quarter.
Seoul
Trump announces rejection of IMO's shipping decarbonization program
Washington
The proposed framework - it is denounced - is in effect a global carbon tax that affects Americans and is imposed by an irresponsible United Nations organization.
Taiwanese companies Yang Ming and Wan Hai Lines reported negative results in the second quarter.
Taiwanese companies Yang Ming and Wan Hai Lines reported negative results in the second quarter.
Keelung/Taipei
In the period April-June, revenues decreased by -26.5% and -8.7% respectively
Cruise traffic at Global Ports Holding terminals grew by 6.0% in the second quarter
Istanbul
In the first six months of 2025, an increase of +16.7% was recorded
In the period April-June, cargo traffic in Croatian ports decreased by -4.0%
Zagreb
Cruise passengers grow by +5.4%
Container traffic at US ports is expected to plummet in the second half of this year.
Washington/Long Beach
In July, the Port of Long Beach handled 944,000 TEUs (+7.0%)
ThyssenKrupp shareholders approve spin-off of ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems
Eat
The company will be listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange
WTO: Measured responses have cushioned the impact of tariffs in 2025, but risks remain high for 2026.
WTO: Measured responses have cushioned the impact of tariffs in 2025, but risks remain high for 2026.
Geneva
Global trade in goods is expected to grow by 0.9% this year
Hupac will increase the number of weekly rotations between Busto Arsizio and Basel from five to eight
Noise
Increase in attendance from September 1st
From January 1st, new bunkering regulations will apply in the ports of Rotterdam and Antwerp.
Rotterdam
The barges must be equipped with flow meters
Maersk reports higher quarterly revenue, lower earnings
Maersk reports higher quarterly revenue, lower earnings
Copenhagen
Terminals and logistics have made a positive contribution. Container shipping benefits from demurrage revenues.
The CIPESS has approved the final project for the bridge over the Strait of Messina.
Rome
Construction will begin this year and the project will be completed in 2032.
DHL Group revenues fell by 3.9% in the second quarter
DHL Group revenues fell by 3.9% in the second quarter
Bonn
Significant reduction in shipments from China and Hong Kong to the US due to Trump's abolition of the de minimis regime
The Grendi group has acquired 70% of Dario Perioli Spa
The Grendi group has acquired 70% of Dario Perioli Spa
Milan
The remaining 30% will remain with Fingiro, owned by Michele Giromini, the company's CEO.
BigLift Shipping and CY Shipping order two additional heavy lift vessels
Amsterdam
Order placed at Chinese shipyard Jing Jiang Nanyang Shipbuilding Co.
The Charthage ferry was placed under administrative detention in the port of Genoa
Genoa
A Coast Guard inspection found numerous deficiencies
Disney Cruise Line's largest ship's debut delayed by three months
Lake Buena Vista
Construction delays force the maiden voyage to be postponed until March 10th.
Shell to supply liquefied biomethane to Hapag-Lloyd containerships
Hamburg
Agreement effective immediately
Andrea Zoratti has been appointed general manager of Hub Telematica
Genoa
The company is controlled by Assagenti and Spediporto
Jotun and Messina sign agreement to improve the environmental and commercial performance of ships.
Genoa
The "Jolly Rosa" vessel will use the Hull Skating Solutions solution
PSA Genova Pra' announces the hiring of 25 people dedicated to container handling.
Genoa
Ferrari: International markets have changed profoundly
CMA CGM will not apply surcharges for new US taxes on Chinese vessels and Chinese services
Marseille
The rates announced by the USTR in April will apply from October 14th.
South Korean HJ Shipbuilding wins orders for four 8,850 TEU containerships
Busan
Orders with a total value of approximately 461 million dollars
Conference: "Waiting and Delays in Road Transport: Logistics in Check"
Genoa
Organized by Trasportounito, it will be held on September 26th in Genoa
GNV has inaugurated a new office in Barcelona
Barcelona
The company currently has 52 employees throughout Spain.
Port of Trieste: EU funding for two new projects
Trieste
Resources with a total value of 1.7 million euros
Filt Cgil, the Flotilla incident is serious. Dockworkers are ready to mobilize.
Rome
Union announces action if aid is not allowed to reach Gaza
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
In the first eight months of 2025, container traffic in the port of Gioia Tauro grew by +10.6%
Gioia Tauro
2,912,943 TEUs were handled
Stena Line to buy Latvian port operator Terrabalt
Gothenburg
It handles rolling stock, bulk cargo, and general cargo traffic in the port of Liepaja.
Meyer Turku begins construction of Royal Caribbean's fourth "Icon"-class cruise ship
Miami/Turku
It will be delivered in 2027
More than one in ten maritime shipments has shortages
Washington
This is what a report by the World Shipping Council has revealed, highlighting the safety risks
Last July, traffic in the port of Ravenna increased by +3.8%
Ravenna
In the first seven months of 2025, growth was +5.4%
In the first quarter of 2025, freight traffic in Belgian ports fell by -3.2%.
Brussels
Landings down 1.3% and embarkations down 5.4%
Product tanker High Fidelity rescues 38 migrants on a drifting dinghy
Rome
Intervention in the south of the island of Crete
GES and RINA sign agreement to develop a prototype of a new hydrogen battery
Rovereto/Genoa
PSA's second phase of container terminal at Mumbai Port inaugurated
Singapore
Annual traffic capacity will increase to 4.8 million TEUs
The conference "EU ETS - Perspectives and Opportunities for Decarbonization in the Maritime Sector" will be held in Palermo.
Rome
It will be held on September 18th and 19th
Fincantieri and PGZ sign an agreement to support the modernization of the Polish Navy
Trieste
The third LSS section for Chantiers de l'Atlantique was launched in Castellammare di Stabia.
In the US, funding for wind energy development projects in ports is being cut.
Washington
Resources worth $679 million will be reallocated for port infrastructure upgrades
From January 1st, Kombiverkehr will operate the PKV intermodal terminal in the port of Duisburg.
Frankfurt am Main
It has a traffic capacity of approximately 200 thousand intermodal units per year.
Wallenius Marine and ABB form Overseas joint venture
Stockholm
The aim is to accelerate the launch of the platform of the same name for improving fleet performance.
DHL eCommerce has acquired a minority stake in Saudi Arabia's AJEX Logistics Services.
Bonn/Riyadh
The Middle Eastern company has two thousand employees
The Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport has asked the Region to agree on the appointment of Bagalà as president of the Sardinian Port Authority.
Rome
He is currently the extraordinary commissioner of the same body
CMPort's port terminals handled record container traffic in the second quarter
Hong Kong
In the first six months of 2025 the total was 78.8 million TEUs (+4.3%)
Confitarma approves the decree on advanced training for tanker seafarers.
Rome
Applause to the General Command of the Port Authority Corps
Quarterly freight traffic in Moroccan ports increases
Tangier/Casablanca
In Tanger Med the growth was +17%
The board of directors of the Genoa-based Ente Bacini has been renewed.
Genoa
President Alessandro Arvigo and CEO Maurizio Anselmo
In the second quarter, sales of dry containers produced by CIMC fell by -33%.
Hong Kong
Reefer boats increase by 57%
The Grimaldi Group has taken delivery of the Grande Shanghai
Naples
It will be used for the transport of vehicles between East Asia and Northern Europe
The ART urges to verify that the investment plan and the related amortization period are consistent with the duration of the port concessions.
Turin
Chinese automaker FAW ships components to Europe by train
Changchun
Transit time reduced to 18 days compared to 45 days for maritime transport
The assets and fleet of the Spanish Armas Trasmediterránea will be sold to Baleària and DFDS
Las Palmas/Dénia/Copenhagen
Two agreements worth €215 million and €40 million respectively have been signed.
Italian State Railways (FS), investing €70 million to install the ERTMS system.
Rome
Work has been completed on 382 Trenitalia trains, while the retrofitting of 60 locomotives from Mercitalia Rail, an FS Logistix company, is underway.
MPC Container Ships' quarterly revenue returns to growth
The second quarter of 2025 was closed with a net profit of 78.1 million dollars (+20.5%)
Plans to build two container customs areas north and south of the Suez Canal
Cairo
Fourteen of the 48 abandoned shipwrecks in Catania port have been removed.
Catania
The activity will be replicated in the port of Augusta
The Regional Administrative Court (TAR) has confirmed the validity of the tender for the new Ravano Terminal in the port of La Spezia.
La Spezia
DP World's port terminals handled record quarterly container traffic
Dubai
Revenues grew by 22.2% in the first half of 2025
In the quarter April-June the volume of rolling stock transported by Höegh Autoliners increased by +9.0%
Oslo
Sharp increase (+46.6%) of vehicles from Asia
South Korea's HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering acquires Vietnam's Doosan Enerbility
Seongnam
It manages an industrial area with its own port facility
Container traffic in the port of Algeciras grew by 6.6% in July
Algeciras
In the first seven months of 2025, a decrease of -2.9% was recorded
In July, the port of Valencia handled 488,000 containers (+6.7%)
Valencia
Increase driven by growth in empty containers
Salvini has appointed Annalisa Tardino as extraordinary commissioner of the Western Sicilian Sea Port Authority.
Rome/Palermo
The President of the Sicilian Region announces the appeal against the provision
The materials dredged in the ports of La Spezia and Carrara will be used for the construction of the new breakwater in Genoa.
Genoa/La Spezia
Agreement between the two Ligurian Port System Authorities
X-Press Feeders denounces authorities' failure to acknowledge responsibility in the X-Press Pearl accident
Singapore
According to the company, the Supreme Court ruling ignores international maritime law
Container traffic in the port of Hong Kong decreased by -6.5% in July
Hong Kong
A decline of -3.7% was recorded in the first seven months of 2025
Cargo traffic in Russian ports remained stable in July
St. Petersburg
In the first seven months of 2025, loads decreased by -4.6%
In July, the Port of Singapore set a new all-time record for monthly container traffic with 3.9 million TEUs.
Singapore
In terms of weight, containerized cargo decreased by -3.6%
Compensation to be paid by the Civitavecchia Port Authority in the Fincosit case has been set at €1.5 million.
Civitavecchia
Latrofa: The ruling allows the release of set-aside sums that have frozen the budget for years.
Germany's HHLA posts record quarterly revenue
Hamburg
In the second quarter, the group's port terminals handled 3.2 million containers (+7.9%)
In the first half of 2025, CK Hutchison's port terminals handled 44 million containers (+4.0%)
Hong Kong
In the quarter April-June the Wallenius Wilhelmsen fleet transported 14.8 million cubic meters of rolling stock (-0.5%)
Lysaker
Revenues down by -0.7%
In the second quarter, Montenegro's ports handled 670 thousand tons of goods (+0.6%)
Podgorica
Volumes with Italy amounted to 154 thousand tons (+53.1%)
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
Conference: "Waiting and Delays in Road Transport: Logistics in Check"
Genoa
Organized by Trasportounito, it will be held on September 26th in Genoa
The conference "EU ETS - Perspectives and Opportunities for Decarbonization in the Maritime Sector" will be held in Palermo.
Rome
It will be held on September 18th and 19th
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Korean Firms Reassess U.S. Investments After Mass Immigration Raid
(The Korea Bizwire)
Russia's infrastructure development plan aims to build 17 marine terminals by 2036
(Interfax)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Intervento del presidente Tomaso Cognolato
Roma, 19 giugno 2025
››› File
With the arrival of the first container ship, the testing of operational procedures at the Rijeka Gateway begins.
The Hague
The first commercial ship is expected on September 12th
A proposal to bring the port of Taranto back onto global container routes? Start a discussion table.
Taranto
Meeting on the status of freight traffic
Port of Ancona: Tender for demolition of fire-damaged Tubimar warehouses
Ancona
The expected duration of the works is four and a half months
Merger of the German MACS and Hugo Stinnes, both active in the MPP vessel segment
Hamburg/Rostock
Stinnes headquarters in Rostock to close by December 31
In the second quarter, freight traffic in Albanian ports grew by +2.9%
Tirana
There were 331 thousand passengers (+13.6%)
A.SPE.DO, operationalizing the Smart Terminal to increase the competitiveness of the port of La Spezia.
La Spezia
ING loans to Premuda for over 100 million dollars
Milan
Funds for the management buyout and the purchase of two product tankers
Sallaum Lines has taken delivery of the first of six Ocean-class dual-fuel PCTCs
Rotterdam
The ship was completed four months ahead of schedule
First meeting of the new Management Committee of the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority
Genoa
Several measures approved, including those for CULMV and CULP staff
Euroports to operate a new liquid bulk terminal in the French port of Port-La Nouvelle
Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht
It is expected to become operational in 2026
In the second quarter, freight traffic in the port of Ravenna increased by +2.6%
Ravenna
Growth of 0.6% was recorded in June. An increase of 4.8% is expected in July.
OsserMare presents five reports on the marine economy
Rome
They focus on a specific sector supply chain or aspect of it
Port of Naples: Road haulage operations resume
Naples
Resolution meeting between institutions, operators and trade associations
ICTSI again reports record quarterly financial and operating results
Manila
Global Ship Lease Reports Record Quarterly Revenue
Athens
In the April-June period, net profit was 95.4 million dollars (+8.4%)
Vard receives new order from North Star for two hybrid SOVs
Trieste
Contract worth between 100 and 200 million euros
The Panama Shipping Registry will no longer accept the registration of oil tankers and bulk carriers over 15 years old.
Panama
Measure to counter the use of the shadow fleet
Danaos Corporation reports record quarterly revenue
Athens
The April-June period closed with a net profit of 130.9 million (-7.3%)
New customs fast corridor between the port of La Spezia and Interporto Padova
Padua
It adds to the other three already active on the same route
ICTSI to operate Indonesia's Batu Ampar Container Terminal
Manila
It is located on Batam Island
Pino Musolino has been appointed CEO of the Alilauro shipping company.
Naples
He replaces the resigning Eliseo Cuccaro
In the second quarter, DIS' time charter revenues fell by -37.1%.
Luxembourg
Net income was $19.6 million (-70.5%)
Wista Italy denounces the exclusion of women from the nominations of port authority presidents.
Milan
Musso: The glass ceiling that prevents women from accessing leadership roles remains.
Austrian Rail Cargo Group is focusing on the development of the Sommacampagna-Sona intermodal terminal.
Vienna
Ten-year agreement
In the second quarter, maritime traffic in the Bosphorus Strait decreased by -6.0%
Ankara
18.1% decline in ships over 200 metres in length
Fifty kilos of cocaine seized at the port of Civitavecchia
Rome
They were hidden inside a reefer container arriving from Ecuador
Trump has eliminated tariff exemptions for low-cost goods for all nations.
Washington
Goods with a value of less than $800 will also be subject to the tax.
Viking Mira was launched at Fincantieri's Ancona shipyard
Trieste
The multi-role frigate "Emilio Bianchi" was delivered to the Muggiano shipyard
The Port Authority of the Central-Northern Adriatic Sea has obtained EMAS registration
Ravenna
Certifies commitment to environmental management and sustainability
MSC Cruises reduces emissions with the support of an energy transition plan
Geneva
The 2024 Sustainability Report has been presented
DSV reports strong growth in financial and operating results thanks to the acquisition of Schenker
Hedehusene
Quarterly record in air and ocean shipment volumes
In 2024, the Fratelli Cosulich group's revenues increased by +12.8%
Genoa
Operating result down by -31.7%
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