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January 19, 2000
Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • PSA is world's busiest container port again
    Port operator sets record vessel rate of 234 containers per hour, breaking its previous record
  • Put maritime safety first before tradition: IMO
  • India's dock workers strike, navy steps in
Air and Land Transport
  • SIA mulls over Aussie venture with Virgin
    Agreement to jointly enter Australian aviation industry may be struck by end February
  • Air France's Dec traffic hit by strike, storms
  • HK, Cambodia sign air services deal
Features
  • Oil major focuses on safety
    BP Amoco introduces new rules to restrict the charter of old tankers in the aftermath of the Erika sinking
Columns
  • Time to broaden classification cartel

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • PSA is world's busiest container port again
    Port operator sets record vessel rate of 234 containers per hour, breaking its previous record
  • Put maritime safety first before tradition: IMO
  • India's dock workers strike, navy steps in
Air and Land Transport
  • SIA mulls over Aussie venture with Virgin
    Agreement to jointly enter Australian aviation industry may be struck by end February
  • Air France's Dec traffic hit by strike, storms
  • HK, Cambodia sign air services deal
Features
  • Oil major focuses on safety
    BP Amoco introduces new rules to restrict the charter of old tankers in the aftermath of the Erika sinking
Columns
  • Time to broaden classification cartel

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • PSA is world's busiest container port again
    Port operator sets record vessel rate of 234 containers per hour, breaking its previous record
  • Put maritime safety first before tradition: IMO
  • India's dock workers strike, navy steps in
Air and Land Transport
  • SIA mulls over Aussie venture with Virgin
    Agreement to jointly enter Australian aviation industry may be struck by end February
  • Air France's Dec traffic hit by strike, storms
  • HK, Cambodia sign air services deal
Features
  • Oil major focuses on safety
    BP Amoco introduces new rules to restrict the charter of old tankers in the aftermath of the Erika sinking
Columns
  • Time to broaden classification cartel

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • PSA is world's busiest container port again
    Port operator sets record vessel rate of 234 containers per hour, breaking its previous record
  • Put maritime safety first before tradition: IMO
  • India's dock workers strike, navy steps in
Air and Land Transport
  • SIA mulls over Aussie venture with Virgin
    Agreement to jointly enter Australian aviation industry may be struck by end February
  • Air France's Dec traffic hit by strike, storms
  • HK, Cambodia sign air services deal
Features
  • Oil major focuses on safety
    BP Amoco introduces new rules to restrict the charter of old tankers in the aftermath of the Erika sinking
Columns
  • Time to broaden classification cartel

Sched Netweb site
  • Port of Hamburg in Shanghai
  • Cosco in good books for 1999
  • Shangdong expects investment
  • Puerto Limon on Europe West Indies Lines service
  • Bunker adjustment factor gets put up
  • Dutch official visits Singapore port
  • Blue Star alights at Hansa
  • Record cross-border trade
  • Cathay launches spirit in the sky
  • Air cargo traffic takes off
  • lastminute rescue
  • Jumbo's last hurrah in Zurich

Cargowebweb site
JANUARY 18, 2000
  • British Midland prepares for long haul
  • Growth Airfreight by 5.5 percent
  • Paccar lets 1,450-truck order go
  • TNT Post develops new 'trike'
  • UPS expands in China
  • Euro 2000(TM) Web Site Set to Break Online Record

Cyber Shipping Guide - Ocean Commerceweb site
  • Box Volume between Japan, Other Asian Nations on the Rise
  • Marshall Islands Announces Cost Free Registration
  • Star Cruises Japan/Korea Service to Be Based in Kobe
  • Brazil's New Rule on Wood Packing Material to Be Effected

Exim Indiaweb site
  • Major Ports' activity comes to a virtual standstill
  • Strike total, peaceful ' S. R. Kulkarni
  • Contingency plan of JNPT comes into play
  • Call off strike and resume talks, urges MoST
  • Finance Ministry may slash MAT rate, tax sops
  • DoT makes out case for import duty cuts
  • Japan's recovery augurs well for iron ore exports
  • I-T waiver extended to exporters by one year
  • PSF exports to Europe come under dumping probe
  • Trade pact with Tanzania
  • Govt may involve corporates in silk development plan
  • Punjab exporters gain access to Dialog, Datastar databases
  • Coffee exports increased by 23 per cent
  • Dumping duty imposed on Chinese soda ash imports
  • Garment exports post modest rise in 9 months
  • 350 inspectors in 43 countries pass IICL tests
  • W. W. Shipping stuffs maiden LCL container from ICD-Dashrath
  • 6-day Indian trade fair in Israel from May 3
  • Steep spurt in granite exports
  • Vanaspati output surges by 25 pc
  • Fieo plea to call off port and dock workers' strike
  • Govt sets up advisory panel on infotech
  • FDI inflow into new airports may be allowed soon

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
JANUARY 18, 2000
  • Mobil Australia to pay compensation in contaminated aviation fuel crisis
  • Venezuelan oil policy under attack
  • Yukos may take stake in Lithuania's oil firm
  • Indian port workers launch strike
  • Technical analysts eye $26-$30 Brent crude

Lloyd's Listweb site
  • Star takes initiative in battle for NCL
    Star Cruises has seized the initiative in the battle for control of Norwegian Cruise Lines by obtaining a restraining order on NCL management to prevent it from issuing new equity.
  • New Lloyd's case hearing is likely
    A NEW pre-trial hearing is expected to be listed in London before the end of January to decide the funding of legal costs in advance of an action between disaffected names and the society of Lloyd's.
  • Golden Ocean looks to new era
    GOLDEN Ocean is within two months of a new dawn.
  • Yukos rejects Mazheikiu stake speculation
    RUSSIA'S second largest oil producer Yukos denied yesterday that it had bought a stake in Lithuania's Mazheikiu Nafta oil company, but would not comment on whether it planned to do so.
  • Yards urge 'European OPA 90'
    European shipbuilders have urged Brussels to consider introducing tanker legislation similar to the US' controversial Oil Pollution Act of 1990 which was the legacy of the Exxon Valdez disaster.
  • British marine accident investigators. . .
    British marine accident investigators have despatched the Mansal 18 survey vessel to the site of the sunken trawler Solway Harvester in the hope of shedding some light on the deaths of seven of her crew. Families of the lost fisherman, from the Scottish villages of Isle of Whithorn and neighbouring Garlieston, hope a survey might lead to the recovery of the missing bodies. Fishing groups have ruled out bad wather as a likely cause of the sinking and speculated about a possible freak accident involving a drifting freight container. In 1998 the Mansal 18 undertook similar work when she was at the centre of the operation investigating the sinking of the British trawler Gaul in the Barents Sea.
  • Inquiry will scrutinise directorate's procedures
    THE independent inquiry commission investigating the Sleipner sinking could find fault with internal procedures at the Norwegian Maritime Directorate, particularly on the approval of life-saving procedures onboard, according to placed sources.
  • Hamburg's Blohm + Voss is currently. . .
    Hamburg's Blohm + Voss is currently repairing the Yangming containership Ming Longevity which suffered damage during the loss of 61 containers. According to information from the yard, the vessel will be at the repair facility until Friday. The containers had been lost during a sailing from Charleston to Bremerhaven after the boxes shifted in heavy seas which reportedly caused a list of 35 degrees. The Ming Longevity was replaced in Yangming's schedule by the Ming Universe, which loaded at Bremerhaven on January 12.

Fairplayweb site
JANUARY 18, 2000
  • TotalFina tightens chartering strategy
  • Indian ports strike-bound
  • Master charged with Melbourne spill
  • Tension rises after Lyttelton picketer dies
  • Lykes ditches Port Everglades
  • MUA claims victory at Geraldton
  • Taipei to further ease cross-strait controls
  • Armed protestors paralyse Polloc
  • HK controls for Chinese vessels
  • Panana not to review Hutchison concessions
  • Embrace VTS, urges O'Neil
  • O'Neil to visit Philippines

The Journal of Commerceweb site
Home
  • ILA erupts at Charleston over stevedore switch
  • Centralized carrier service turns off customers
  • Continental discussed buying stake from Northwest
  • U.S. to challenge EU on aircraft noise
  • John W. Snow New Chairman of U.S. rail board
  • USFreightways to acquire Transport Corp. of America
  • Boeing delivers MD-11 freighters to KAL, China Eastern Airlines
  • BNSF, Reliant Energy sign $1 Billion coal contract
Transportation
  • Midland's move into Atlantic tied to bilateral talks
  • Drivers say it's the little things that make them stay with a carrier
  • Basel airport expansion comes under fire
  • PBB acquires project cargo forwarder
  • Unions oppose India's decision to issue leases for 5 airports
  • USFreightways to buy Transport Corp.
  • Russia plans to route profit back in railroads
  • Investors provide funds for air-cargo auction
Maritime
  • Hong Kong apprehends two on cargo ship
  • Carrier to call twice weekly at Poland's Port of Gdansk
  • Swiss carrier plans to exit Europe-Med-Canada trade
  • Dockerworkers at 12 ports strike to press demand for pay increase

The Journal of Commerceweb site
Home
  • ILA erupts at Charleston over stevedore switch
  • Centralized carrier service turns off customers
  • Continental discussed buying stake from Northwest
  • U.S. to challenge EU on aircraft noise
  • John W. Snow New Chairman of U.S. rail board
  • USFreightways to acquire Transport Corp. of America
  • Boeing delivers MD-11 freighters to KAL, China Eastern Airlines
  • BNSF, Reliant Energy sign $1 Billion coal contract
Transportation
  • Midland's move into Atlantic tied to bilateral talks
  • Drivers say it's the little things that make them stay with a carrier
  • Basel airport expansion comes under fire
  • PBB acquires project cargo forwarder
  • Unions oppose India's decision to issue leases for 5 airports
  • USFreightways to buy Transport Corp.
  • Russia plans to route profit back in railroads
  • Investors provide funds for air-cargo auction
Maritime
  • Hong Kong apprehends two on cargo ship
  • Carrier to call twice weekly at Poland's Port of Gdansk
  • Swiss carrier plans to exit Europe-Med-Canada trade
  • Dockerworkers at 12 ports strike to press demand for pay increase

The Journal of Commerceweb site
Home
  • ILA erupts at Charleston over stevedore switch
  • Centralized carrier service turns off customers
  • Continental discussed buying stake from Northwest
  • U.S. to challenge EU on aircraft noise
  • John W. Snow New Chairman of U.S. rail board
  • USFreightways to acquire Transport Corp. of America
  • Boeing delivers MD-11 freighters to KAL, China Eastern Airlines
  • BNSF, Reliant Energy sign $1 Billion coal contract
Transportation
  • Midland's move into Atlantic tied to bilateral talks
  • Drivers say it's the little things that make them stay with a carrier
  • Basel airport expansion comes under fire
  • PBB acquires project cargo forwarder
  • Unions oppose India's decision to issue leases for 5 airports
  • USFreightways to buy Transport Corp.
  • Russia plans to route profit back in railroads
  • Investors provide funds for air-cargo auction
Maritime
  • Hong Kong apprehends two on cargo ship
  • Carrier to call twice weekly at Poland's Port of Gdansk
  • Swiss carrier plans to exit Europe-Med-Canada trade
  • Dockerworkers at 12 ports strike to press demand for pay increase

Antwerpse Lloyd n.v.web site
JANUARY 18, 2000
  • Norasia arrête son service Montréal- Méditerranée-Europe du Nord
    La nouvelle n'a pas manqué de surprendre: Norasia arrête son service containérisé hebdomadaire entre Montréal, l'Europe du Nord et la Méditerranée et ceci alors que venait d'être signé un accord de coopération avec l'armement Hapag-Lloyd portant sur la création d'un VSA (Vessel Sharing Agreement). Ce dernier démarrait en tant que co-chargeur, mais dès le mois de février devait intervenir avec un PC de 1.000 TEU, le m/v "Canada Express", une unité prise en affrètement.
  • Les expéditeurs de fret aérien belges s'opposent à la surtaxe sur le carburant
    Le Belgian Airfreight Institute (BAFI), l'association professionnelle des expéditeurs de fret aérien opérant à partir de Bruxelles National, exprime son inquiétude et son indignation concernant la manière dont les sociétés aériennes tentent d'introduire une surtaxe sur le carburant. L'association rappelle qu'une mesure similaire a tout récemment suscité le mécontentement tant chez les expéditeurs, que chez les chargeurs.
  • Les ports français ont reculé de 1,1% en trafic global en 1999
    L'activité marchandises des ports maritimes français est restée à un niveau élevé en 1999, malgré la décroissance des trafics pétroliers amorcée depuis fin 1998. Avec 333 millions de tonnes de transbordement hors avitaillement, le trafic global accuse néanmoins une légère baisse de 1,1%. Mais les marchandises diverses affichent un gain de 3,1% et, au sein de ces dernières, les trafics containerisés ont enregistré une hausse de 6,8%.
  • Naypemar CL, un NVO qui veut promouvoir le short sea
    Il est beaucoup question ces dernières années du short-sea et du cabotage, modes de transport qu'il faut promouvoir dans le contexte des échanges intra-européens afin de dégager le réseau routier. Des initiatives en ce sens se manifestent, encore ça et la, trop peu nombreuses hélas, néanmoins, parmi celles-ci, citons l'apparition de la firme NCL Benelux (Naypemar Container Line Benelux) sprl, qui lance un service maritime containérisé entre l'Espagne, plus précisément le port de Bilbao, et le Benelux. Dans un premier stade, NCL (1) se profile en tant que NVO, l'objectif étant d'aligner du tonnage affrété par la suite.

Marine Linkweb site
JANUARY 18, 2000
Maritime Contract News
  • Bergesen Sells Tanker For Scrap
  • Singapore Yard Completes $250M Transocean Rig
Breaking News
  • French Officials Call For End Of Convenience Flags
  • Hanjin Sets Sales Target At $3.5B
  • OPEC Curbs To Stop Winter Tanker Upturn
  • Govan Workers Push To Win Contract
  • Malta One Of Five Flags Responsible For Half U.K. Ship Detentions

Marine Linkweb site
JANUARY 18, 2000
Maritime Contract News
  • Bergesen Sells Tanker For Scrap
  • Singapore Yard Completes $250M Transocean Rig
Breaking News
  • French Officials Call For End Of Convenience Flags
  • Hanjin Sets Sales Target At $3.5B
  • OPEC Curbs To Stop Winter Tanker Upturn
  • Govan Workers Push To Win Contract
  • Malta One Of Five Flags Responsible For Half U.K. Ship Detentions

Traffic Worldweb site
  • The congressionally created Amtrak Reform Council will release a scathing assessment of Amtrak on Jan. 24, which could be a first step toward a sweeping restructuring of the government-owned passenger railroad to make it more market responsive, cut massive financial losses and improve service quality and consistency. Amtrak mainly carries passengers, but shippers and freight railroads have a stake in this report. Amtrak's mail and express service is identified by the ARC as one of Amtrak's few points of light and the ARC wants the railroad to strengthen it.
  • American Trucking Associations President Walter McCormick has done better than pull a rabbit from the hat. He appears to have coaxed $1.7 million in additional ATA dues from truckload carriers' wallets by gaining a recommendation from officers of the 1,100-member Truckload Carriers Association that it integrate with ATA. This could mean at least 500 truckload carriers now paying dues only to TCA also would pay membership fees to ATA, which would help plug a $3 million shortfall in ATA's $54 million budget.
  • Whether or not genetically modified crops threaten the environment and human health, in a commercial sense the business has mutated into a monster that farmers must either welcome into their fields or turn away. The dilemma has serious supply-chain implications, as the U.S. agricultural industry tries to keep both options open.
  • Teamsters union President James P. "Jimmy" Hoffa is vowing to stay the course in the union's 12-week-old strike against Overnite Transportation Co. for "as long as necessary." Hoffa compared the union's dispute against the Richmond, Va.-based LTL carrier, which is the nation's largest nonunion LTL carrier, with the "American Revolution." Hoffa said the union was winning the "war of attrition," and pointed to Overnite's $1 million expenditure per week in higher security costs as one reason why parent Union Pacific Corp.'s stock price declined during the fourth quarter.
  • Rail shippers affected by the Conrail split got an opportunity to air their grievances at a one-day open-forum meeting in Philadelphia. The morning session had Norfolk Southern and CSX presenting their side and what they're doing to improve service; shippers got their opportunity in the afternoon, which included an open question and answer period. The consensus: although the roughly 300 shippers who showed up received few answers to their service problems, they were happy to let the railroads know how they feel.
  • Airlines were victorious in a seven-year battle with Los Angeles International Airport over what airlines deemed an illegal rise in landing fees. The Supreme Court rejected Los Angeles' request to hear the case and the city, based on an earlier ruling, has to pay $100 million back to the airlines. The Air Transport Association filed a suit on behalf of its members in 1994 after LAX tripled its landing fees. The case held up the federal law that forbids airports from spending money collected from airlines on anything other than airport operations and improvements.
  • The quiet mode, inland waterways, is making a splash in the Pacific Northwest with record numbers of containers arriving by barge at the Port of Portland. Relatively long transit times have not changed. What has changed is the economics of barge transportation versus land modes. Rail rate hikes have made inland waterway transport more attractive.
  • Dr. Yossi Sheffi has bought back Sabre Logistics Group, formerly known as PTCG, which he co-founded in 1987 and then sold to Sabre in 1996. The group will form the core of a new business venture, Logistics.com Inc. The software currently is used by more than 100 carriers and shippers. Sheffi will use the software to launch an online logistics exchange linking carriers and shippers.

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Royal Caribbean closes second quarter with record net profit
Miami
The April-June period was very positive
Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern announced a merger agreement today.
Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern announced a merger agreement today.
Omaha/Atlanta
First coast-to-coast cargo rail network
Gurrieri resigns as Special Commissioner of the Eastern Adriatic Sea Port Authority
Trieste
The atypical reverse charge for the logistics sector will become applicable tomorrow
Milan
Ruggerone (Assologistica): one of the most strategic reforms we helped build is being implemented
Policy brief on cyber threats that pose risks to port infrastructure
Tallinn
It was developed by the NATO Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence
Interferry urges the EU Commission to harmonize its shipping decarbonization regulations with those of the IMO
Victoria
Failure to align - the association warned - will force shipping companies to pay twice for emissions.
In the second quarter of 2025, Chinese seaports handled 79.1 million containers (+6.1%)
Beijing
Total freight traffic was three billion tons (+3.3%), of which 1.3 billion tons were with foreign countries (+1.9%).
CK Hutchison announces plans to include a Chinese investor in the consortium to sell Hutchison Ports
Hong Kong
Without the participation of the COSCO shipping group, China would not authorize the sale
Sri Lanka's Supreme Court has awarded compensation of $1 billion over the X-Press Pearl accident.
Sri Lanka's Supreme Court has awarded compensation of $1 billion over the X-Press Pearl accident.
Columbus
The container ship caught fire and sank near the port of Colombo
The Greek government sends a tugboat to the Red Sea to assist ships that may be attacked by the Houthis.
The Greek government sends a tugboat to the Red Sea to assist ships that may be attacked by the Houthis.
Piraeus
The AHTS "Giant" is leaving
Saipem and Subsea7 have signed a binding merger agreement.
Saipem and Subsea7 have signed a binding merger agreement.
Milan/Luxembourg
The transaction is expected to close in the second half of 2026.
In the second quarter, the port of Valencia handled over 1.5 million containers (+4.0%)
In the first half of 2025, the amount of new orders to Chinese shipyards fell by -18.2%
Beijing
A decrease of -3.5% in new construction completed in the period was recorded
In the second quarter of 2025, freight traffic in the port of Trieste grew by +3.7%
Trieste
Bulk cargo increased. Miscellaneous cargo fell by 13.2%.
CMA CGM and TotalEnergies form joint venture for LNG bunkering in the Port of Rotterdam.
Marseille
Agreement to supply 360,000 tons of liquefied natural gas per year to the French group's ships
In the second quarter of 2025, freight traffic in Spanish ports decreased by -4.7%
Madrid
All the main product categories are decreasing except for conventional goods
Brookfield Asset Management to sell 49% of British port group PD Ports to Spain's Pontegadea
Middlesbrough
The English company has over 1,400 employees
In the quarter April-June, freight traffic in the port of Rotterdam decreased by -2.3%
In the quarter April-June, freight traffic in the port of Rotterdam decreased by -2.3%
Rotterdam
The port authority is alarmed by the state of crisis in the national industry.
The electrification of the docks in the ports of Livorno, Piombino and Portoferraio is proceeding according to plan.
Third dock for cruise traffic in the port of Catania
Catania
Pier 25's restyling completed
Another quarter of decline in freight traffic at the port of Algeciras
Algeciras
In the period April-June, containers amounted to 1.24 million TEUs (+1.0%)
A new tax applied to cruise passengers disembarking in national ports came into force today in Greece.
Athens
Belgian rail freight company Lineas receives €61 million government loan
Brussels
The measure was approved last night by the restricted council of ministers
ERTMS installation completed on 1,400 kilometers of Italian railway network
Rome
The project is financed with 2.5 billion euros from PNRR funds.
Wärtsilä's quarterly financial and commercial results are positive.
Helsinki
The Marine Electrical Systems division will be sold to the Italian company VINCI Energies.
In the port of Barcelona the number of cruise terminals will be reduced from seven to five
In the port of Barcelona the number of cruise terminals will be reduced from seven to five
Barcelona
The mayor: For the first time in history, a limit is placed on the growth of cruises in the city.
MSC and Moby have presented their commitments to meet the AGCM's requirements.
Rome
Shipping Agencies Services will sell its 49% stake in Moby, waiving the consideration in favor of the majority shareholder. Moby commits to completely repaying its debt to SAS.
Fincantieri confirms its interest in the development of American shipbuilding
Fincantieri confirms its interest in the development of American shipbuilding
Washington
Folgiero: Commitment to deliver next-generation capabilities in full alignment with U.S. strategic priorities
The Chamber of Deputies has approved the appointment of four presidents of Italian Port System Authorities.
Rome
The names proposed for the Port System Authorities of the Southern Adriatic, Central-Northern Tyrrhenian, Western Liguria, and Eastern Liguria have been approved. Voting on the Northern Tyrrhenian Authority has been postponed.
Information exchange between state administrations for the digitalization of the maritime sector begins
Rome
The first operational meeting at the Coast Guard General Command in Rome
The Clean Maritime Fuels Platform suggests measures to support the production and distribution of clean marine fuels
COSCO Shipping Ports sets new monthly and quarterly container traffic records
Hong Kong
In the period April-June, 29.4 million TEUs were handled (+4.5%)
Sharp increase in cases of seafarers abandoning their ships
London
2,286 crew members from 222 ships involved as of early 2025
Global freight traffic saw strong growth in the first quarter of this year in anticipation of new tariffs
Global freight traffic saw strong growth in the first quarter of this year in anticipation of new tariffs
Geneva
North America saw the strongest quarterly growth in imports
In the port of Antwerp-Bruges containers and rolling stock are increasing and other types of goods are decreasing
Antwerp
Traffic congestion continues at the airport, with the situation on the landside becoming critical
A study denounces the delay of European ports in equipping themselves with cold ironing facilities.
Brussels/Pozzallo
The tender to electrify the docks of the port of Pozzallo has begun.
T&E proposes to include more non-EU transhipment ports to avoid carbon leakage
Brussels
The association calls on the EU Commission to reduce the current threshold of 65% of transhipment traffic
Federlogistica urges the immediate establishment of a control room on tariffs
Genoa
The aim is also to eliminate extra costs caused by bureaucracy.
Containerized cargo handled through the port of Singapore fell by 2.9% in the second quarter.
Singapore
Last May, ship transits through the Suez Canal decreased by -6.8%
Last May, ship transits through the Suez Canal decreased by -6.8%
Cairo
The negative trend continued in June and early July
Terminal operators are not at all satisfied with a policy that seems to have no interest in ports
Rome
Cognolato: It is essential to close the ongoing trials on several fronts.
The largest ship ever to dock at Cagliari's Porto Canale at the MITO terminal.
Milan
The container ship "MSC Venice" with a capacity of 16,652 TEU arrived yesterday
On 5 and 6 November in Lisbon a summit called by the ILA against automation in the maritime and port sector
On 5 and 6 November in Lisbon a summit called by the ILA against automation in the maritime and port sector
North Bergen/Metzingen
South Korean HD Hyundai, together with German NEURA Robotics, will develop and test welding robots in shipyards
The toll of the horrific attack on the bulk carrier Eternity C in the Red Sea is still uncertain.
Mandaluyong/London/Brussels
Joint statement by ICS, BIMCO, European Shipowners, Intercargo and Intertanko
In the first half of 2025, bulk cargo increased and general cargo decreased in the port of Marseille-Fos
Marseille
Cruise passengers increase by +5%
The Senate has approved the framework law on interports
Rome
UIR, gives the Italian interport system a modern, orderly and coherent regulatory framework
Carlo De Ruvo was elected president of Confetra
Rome
Among the challenges, the uncontrolled expansion of large logistics groups and their concentration
Number of pirate attacks on ships still high in the second quarter of 2025
Number of pirate attacks on ships still high in the second quarter of 2025
Kuala Lumpur
The number of acts of violence against crews is decreasing
Telemar and TNL Group merger agreement
Telemar and TNL Group merger agreement
Oslo/Athens/Paris
One of the top three operators in the OT/IoT services market for the maritime and superyacht sectors will be created
Attacks on ships in the Red Sea still cause deaths among seafarers
Portsmouth
Liberian-flagged bulk carrier " Eternity C" targeted
Canadian shipbuilding company Davie acquires second shipyard in Finland
Helsinki/Pori
It will buy the Enersense Offshore shipyard
Amendment on Port Labor Supply Agencies Approved
Rome
Immediate transformation into Agencies authorised to provide temporary port work
Salvini appoints a manager of a private shipping company from Campania as president of the regional AdSP
Rome
This is Eliseo Cuccaro, CEO of Alilauro
Extend the application of the 0.1% sulphur limit in marine fuels globally
Extend the application of the 0.1% sulphur limit in marine fuels globally
Berlin
This is proposed by an analysis by the International Council on Clean Transportation
IMO and EU condemn renewed attacks on ships in the Red Sea
London/Brussels
Dominguez: New violation of international law and freedom of navigation
In the first half of 2025, container traffic in the port of Gioia Tauro grew by +10.5%
Joy Taurus
2,186,211 TEUs were handled
A bulk carrier was attacked in the Red Sea
Portsmouth
The crew abandoned the ship which began to take on water
German government allocates 400 million euros to support energy transition in maritime-port sector
Over 78 million euros to the ports of Augusta and Taranto for offshore wind
Rome
Funds distributed over three years starting from 2025
The PNRR tender for interports has been reopened.
Rome
Resources available amounting to 2.2 million euros
Port of Livorno: Workers are the priority in the LTM crisis
Livorno
UPS's quarterly earnings performance declines
Atlanta
Net income in the April-June quarter was $1.28 billion (-8.9%)
Approval for the 2025 budget variation of the Southern Tyrrhenian and Ionian Sea Port Authority.
Gioia Tauro
500 thousand euros for the 49% share held by the Port Agency company
FHP Group acquires the remaining 10% stake in Lotras
Milan/Foggia
The integration between Lotras and CFI Intermodal will begin to create FHP Intermodal.
OITAF scientific document on good practices in the logistics and transport of fresh fruit and vegetables
Milan
The Northern Tyrrhenian Sea Port Authority has joined the PLIKA
Livorno
Platform dedicated to training, innovation and knowledge sharing in the logistics and port sectors
Matteo Paroli's nomination as president of the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority has been signed.
Rome
He has a degree in law and a specialization in administrative law.
Container throughput increases in Haropa Port, while bulk cargo decreases.
Le Havre
In the first half of this year, containers were 1.51 million TEUs (+4%)
Bureau Veritas reports a 9.8% quarterly increase in revenues in the Marine & Offshore segment
Courbevoie
Kalmar and Konecranes increase new orders in the April-June quarter
Helsinki
The turnover of the two Finnish companies is slightly increasing
Container traffic in the port of Barcelona fell by 12.2% in the second quarter.
Barcelona
Assiterminal threatens a new wave of appeals against regulations it believes are damaging to port operations
Genoa
2M Logistics signs an agreement with Salerno-based Gallozzi
Barendrecht
The Dutch company will represent GF Logistics, a subsidiary of the Italian group, in the Benelux region.
Swiss company Kuehne+Nagel's quarterly profits fell
Schindellegi
In the period April-June of this year, net turnover grew by +1.7%
Yang Ming orders three 8,000 TEU container ships from Nihon Shipyard and Imabari Shipbuilding
Keelung/Imabari
Contract valued at $351.3-394.5 million
Italia Nostra reiterates its strong concerns about the construction of the Fiumicino-Isola Sacra port.
Rome
European maritime cities, destinations for cruise tourism - the association highlights - denounce the phenomenon of over-tourism in the cruise sector
Egypt's first automotive terminal has come into operation at Port Said East.
East Port Said
It can accommodate two car carriers at the same time
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Tepsa has acquired a liquid bulk terminal in the port of Rotterdam.
Singapore/Rotterdam
It was sold by Global Energy Storage Holdings
The Spinelli Group has approved its 2024 sustainability report.
Genoa
Of the company's 616 direct employees, 49% are under the age of 50.
In the second quarter of this year, cargo traffic in Turkish ports grew by +1.6%
Ankara
Cargoes to and from Italy amounted to 12.7 million tons (+10.1%)
Extension of the Simplified Logistics Zone for Genoa Ports and Dry Ports to the Savona, Vado Ligure, and Bergeggi areas.
Genoa
Approval from the ZLS Steering Committee
Isotta Fraschini Motori has inaugurated a new production line for hydrogen fuel cell systems in Bari.
Trieste
They will be used for naval and land solutions
The Grande Shanghai , the Grimaldi Group's first ammonia-ready car carrier, has been christened.
Naples
It has a load capacity of 9,000 CEUs.
The Port of Genoa, FILT, and UILT have declared a five-day strike at the Bettolo Terminal.
Genoa
Fit Cisl Liguria expressed solidarity with the workers
The tender for the dredging of the commercial dock basin at the port of Ancona has been published.
Ancona
The removal of approximately 730 thousand cubic meters of sediment is planned
Tender for the restoration and enhancement of docks 32 and 33 in the Deep Sea Zone of the port of Savona
Genoa
An investment of over 6.7 million euros is expected
There are 1,100 workers in Palermo directly employed in the seaside tourism sector
Palermo
This year, cruise traffic is expected to grow by 9.4% in the port of the Sicilian capital.
Six-month growth of +9% in freight on the St. Petersburg-India/China maritime route
Fly
FESCO operates six vessels in the service
Port of Trieste: Special Commissioner Gurrieri under investigation for money laundering
Trieste
I am certain - he declared - that I can demonstrate that I acted legally, in full transparency.
Vard signs new contract for the construction of two CSOVs
Trieste
The vessels will be used to support operations in the offshore wind sector
UIR welcomes the publication of the tender for the digitalization of the logistics chain.
Rome
Di Caterina (ALIS): a concrete tool that enhances the needs of businesses and strengthens the logistics system
GNV celebrated its first ten years of activity on the Italy-Albania route
Durres
During the period, the company's ships carried over 1.25 million passengers
A shipment of over 1.2 tons of marijuana was seized at the port of Gioia Tauro.
Reggio Calabria/Catanzaro
Members of a criminal organization that imported drugs from South America through European ports and airports have been arrested.
Yang Ming orders Hanwha Ocean to build seven 15,000 TEU dual-fuel containerships
Keelung
They will be delivered between 2028 and 2029
Walden to sell healthcare logistics business to Yusen Logistics
Paris
Exclusive negotiations announced
Solinas (Sardinian Action Party) is not at all satisfied with the state of Sardinian ports
Cagliari
The immediate establishment of a special commission is urged
ANSI welcomes the introduction of the information dashboard for managing private procurement contracts in logistics.
Rome
D'Angelo: it will allow the country to take another step forward
Russo (Confcommercio): excluding road transport from the PNRR funding was shortsighted.
Rome
First bulletin from the Freight Insights Observatory produced by the National Center for Sustainable Mobility
ABB Group posts sharp growth in quarterly financial and business performance
Zurich
In the period April-June the value of new orders grew by +16.0%
Informal consultations have begun on the preliminary proposal for the new Ancona Port Master Plan.
Ancona
Eleven meetings scheduled for July
Program agreement for preparatory and functional interventions for the construction of the bridge over the Strait of Messina
Rome
It was signed today in Rome
Project to develop an ecological station for the treatment of wastewater from ships
Naples
Initiative of the Neapolitan Group of the Cenere and Iello Landing
Assiterminal urges against bringing sediment from the Bagnoli dredging project into the port of Naples.
Genoa
Cognolato and Ferrari: It is essential to safeguard the full functionality of the commercial port's activities.
Container traffic at the Port of Long Beach fell 3.4% in the second quarter.
Long Beach
A decline of -16.4% was recorded in June
Paolo Pessina has been appointed vice president of Conftrasporto-Confcommercio.
Rome
He is president of the national federation of maritime agents and brokers
Container traffic in the port of Hong Kong decreased by -8.2% in the second quarter
Hong Kong
A decrease of -13.7% was recorded in June
Cuneo-based logistics company Nord Ovest is seeing growing financial results.
Wedge
Construction work on a new depot in Mondovì will be completed in early 2026.
Container traffic at the Port of Los Angeles grows driven by fears of new tariffs
Los Angeles
June saw the highest volume ever recorded for this month
The Management Committee of the Sardinia Sea Port Authority has adopted the DPSS
Cagliari
Green light for the concession to MITO and the appeal against the rejection of Olbia's dredging project.
Three events in Genoa for three new Explora Journeys cruise ships.
Genoa
A technical launch, a coin laying and the cutting of the first sheet metal were carried out at the Fincantieri shipyard
Grimaldi sells 5% of Terminal Darsena Toscana to Livorno Port Company
Naples/Livorno
Option to purchase an additional 5% of the share capital
Concession agreement signed that assigns management of the port of Tartous to DP World
Damascus
It has a lifespan of 30 years
Matteo Gasparato appointed president of the Northern Adriatic Sea Port Authority
Rome
He was appointed extraordinary commissioner of the same port authority
Meeting in Rome between the heads of ESPO and Assoporti
Rome
Among the topics addressed, the competitiveness of European ports in the current global context
Chinese airline OOCL reports quarterly decline in scheduled service revenues
Hong Kong
Cargo transported by the company's ships is increasing
Collaboration between the Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority and the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority
Rome
Agreement with an initial duration of five years
Survey in Germany on the prospects of companies in the maritime, port and shipbuilding sectors
Hamburg
Shipowners are more concerned. Positive prospects for ports and shipyards.
Port of Augusta: Work begins on a third bridge connecting the island to the mainland.
Augusta
Work worth over 20 million euros
Vard signs contract with InkFish for new research vessel
Trieste
The deal is worth more than 200 million euros.
1.1 billion euros will be invested in the port of Hamburg to strengthen the container sector
Hamburg
Improving accessibility and port infrastructure in the Waltershofer Hafen area
Meyer Turku delivered the new Star of the Seas cruise ship to Royal Caribbean
Turku
It has a gross tonnage of 250,800 tons
ESPO calls for increased funding for ports under the next EU Multiannual Financial Framework
Brussels
The CEF programme funds have proven to be far from sufficient
Fincantieri delivers the new Oceania Allura cruise ship to Oceania Cruises.
Miami/Trieste
Two additional Sonata-class ships have been converted into orders.
PORTS
Italian Ports:
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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