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March 20, 2000
Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Wijsmuller eyes harbour towage expansion in Asia
    Holland group has no plans for Singapore operations now but not ruling it out
  • Nautical chart updates available via Net
  • Ship sales
  • Sea Empress fine slashed
Air and Land Transport
  • US regulator to scrutinise Alaska Airlines' operations
    FAA's move comes in the wake of Flight 261's fatal crash in Jan: report
  • Boeing contract offer seen to settle strike
  • European carriers launch appeal against Malpensa move
  • Cathay passenger traffic up 5.2% in Jan.
Features
  • P&O pre-tax earnings rise 42% to US $890m
    Overall operating profit rises 14% to just over US$1b
Columns
  • Box cargo: out of sight but not out of mind

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Wijsmuller eyes harbour towage expansion in Asia
    Holland group has no plans for Singapore operations now but not ruling it out
  • Nautical chart updates available via Net
  • Ship sales
  • Sea Empress fine slashed
Air and Land Transport
  • US regulator to scrutinise Alaska Airlines' operations
    FAA's move comes in the wake of Flight 261's fatal crash in Jan: report
  • Boeing contract offer seen to settle strike
  • European carriers launch appeal against Malpensa move
  • Cathay passenger traffic up 5.2% in Jan.
Features
  • P&O pre-tax earnings rise 42% to US $890m
    Overall operating profit rises 14% to just over US$1b
Columns
  • Box cargo: out of sight but not out of mind

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Wijsmuller eyes harbour towage expansion in Asia
    Holland group has no plans for Singapore operations now but not ruling it out
  • Nautical chart updates available via Net
  • Ship sales
  • Sea Empress fine slashed
Air and Land Transport
  • US regulator to scrutinise Alaska Airlines' operations
    FAA's move comes in the wake of Flight 261's fatal crash in Jan: report
  • Boeing contract offer seen to settle strike
  • European carriers launch appeal against Malpensa move
  • Cathay passenger traffic up 5.2% in Jan.
Features
  • P&O pre-tax earnings rise 42% to US $890m
    Overall operating profit rises 14% to just over US$1b
Columns
  • Box cargo: out of sight but not out of mind

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Wijsmuller eyes harbour towage expansion in Asia
    Holland group has no plans for Singapore operations now but not ruling it out
  • Nautical chart updates available via Net
  • Ship sales
  • Sea Empress fine slashed
Air and Land Transport
  • US regulator to scrutinise Alaska Airlines' operations
    FAA's move comes in the wake of Flight 261's fatal crash in Jan: report
  • Boeing contract offer seen to settle strike
  • European carriers launch appeal against Malpensa move
  • Cathay passenger traffic up 5.2% in Jan.
Features
  • P&O pre-tax earnings rise 42% to US $890m
    Overall operating profit rises 14% to just over US$1b
Columns
  • Box cargo: out of sight but not out of mind

Sched Netweb site
  • NY/NJ foreign trade zone expands
  • Interasia adds direct calls at Thai ports
  • China Korea Express service drops Hong Kong
  • Bunker adjustment for South American trades
  • Turkish delight at improvements
  • Emirates strengthens Italian connection
  • Vanguard Logistics on guard around the clock
  • Cargo booming in HK

Cargowebweb site
MARCH 17, 2000
  • Schneider acquires freight payment service
  • Also truckers protest in USA
  • USFreightways forms USF Worldwide Logistics
  • Europe against U.S. decision on noise
  • UPS deal with Alcatel
  • FreightDesk.com and DCS Group joint-venture
  • Nedlloyd wants P&O Nedlloyd stock exchange listing

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
MARCH 17, 2000
  • North End Oil: Down but not out
  • Caveat put on vessel for unpaid bunkers
  • Rodriguez visits OPEC nations this week
  • US 'will not tolerate artificial containment of fuel production'
  • New company directory listings
  • US aid for climbing oil prices
  • Company moves and updates
  • US West Coast market reports
  • US Gulf Coast market reports
  • US East Coast market reports
  • Latin American market reports

Marine Logweb site
MARCH 17, 2000
  • Record first quarter for Carnival
    Carnival Corporation (NYSE: CCL) reported net income of $171.5 million ($0.28 diluted EPS) on revenues of $824.9 million for its first quarter ended February 29, 2000, compared to net income of $157.8 million ($0.26 diluted EPS) on revenues of $748.3 million for the same quarter in 1999.
  • Norshipco plans layoffs
    With the Navy canceling solicitations fora repair job, Norshipco will lay off 15% of its workforce

Lloyd's Listweb site
  • Violence erupts as Chen wins
    More than 1,000 demonstrators attacked riot police guarding the headquarters of Taiwan's Nationalist party in Taipei yesterday after an opposition candidate won the presidential elections. The demonstrators were venting their fury at party chairman Lee Teng-hui after Chen Shui-bian of the Democratic Progressive Party ended more than five decades of Nationalist rule. Riot police with water canons pushed back the protesters, who pelted them with rocks and empty cans. In Washington and Brussels there was relief after Mr Chen offered Beijing "constructive dialogue", defusing Chinese anger at his victory.
  • Greeks stalk Golden Ocean
    Bentley Investments, a company representing a number of Greek shipowners, has emerged as the holder of between 10% and 20% of Golden Ocean's junk bonds after quietly building up an influential position since last December, Lloyd's List can reveal.
  • Marked turnaround at OOCL
    ORIENT Overseas (International) achieved a sharp profits recovery last year as market conditions rapidly improved in the second half.
  • India raises box rates from April
    Export container rates out of India are to go up by $150 per teu and $300 per feu from April 1, the India Pakistan Bangladesh Ceylon Conference has announced.
  • Nedlloyd faces a soul search
    THE final chapter or the start of a brand new chapter? That is the soul-searching decision which Nedlloyd directors must take as they ponder the future of the Dutch company that for years was the flagship of the country's merchant marine.
  • Tyne marchers to protest 30,000 shipyard job losses
    THOUSANDS of redundant shipyard and offshore workers and their families are expected to join a protest march on Tyneside.
  • Babcock buys up FBM Marine
    UK engineering concern Babcock International has made a second significant acquisition in little under two months, buying FBM Marine for an initial consideration of '4.7m ($7.8m).
  • Russia
    Russian soldiers sit on top of an armoured vehicle at Adler checkpoint in Ingushetia. Acting president Vladimir Putin on Saturday firmly ruled out talks with Chechen guerrillas as Russian warplanes struck rebel positions in the southern mountains of the breakaway region.

The Journal of Commerceweb site
MARCH 18, 2000
Home
  • Water levels may dampen volume on St. Lawrence-Great Lakes
  • Outlook mixed for export control bill's passage
  • STB halts CN-BNSF merger, sets moratorium on rail linkups
  • U.S. lifts some Iran import bans
  • Amsterdam awards container terminal contract
  • Boeing, engineers reach labor pact
  • Schneider Logistics acquires freight payment unit
  • BNSF fined $10 million over false evidence
Transportation
  • UTU exits AFL-CIO, citing feud with BLE
  • And the Oscar winner is ... the thief who stole it
  • Danzas to sell chemicals division
  • Descartes introduces software for business-to-business use
Maritime
  • Maersk Sealand adds China calls as trade expands
  • Indonesia terminals report gains
  • Box prices increase, China officials report
  • Hvide Marine founder Hans Hvide dies
  • Chairman calls yearly results 'remarkable'
  • Exxon loses appeal of Valdez verdict

The Journal of Commerceweb site
MARCH 18, 2000
Home
  • Water levels may dampen volume on St. Lawrence-Great Lakes
  • Outlook mixed for export control bill's passage
  • STB halts CN-BNSF merger, sets moratorium on rail linkups
  • U.S. lifts some Iran import bans
  • Amsterdam awards container terminal contract
  • Boeing, engineers reach labor pact
  • Schneider Logistics acquires freight payment unit
  • BNSF fined $10 million over false evidence
Transportation
  • UTU exits AFL-CIO, citing feud with BLE
  • And the Oscar winner is ... the thief who stole it
  • Danzas to sell chemicals division
  • Descartes introduces software for business-to-business use
Maritime
  • Maersk Sealand adds China calls as trade expands
  • Indonesia terminals report gains
  • Box prices increase, China officials report
  • Hvide Marine founder Hans Hvide dies
  • Chairman calls yearly results 'remarkable'
  • Exxon loses appeal of Valdez verdict

The Journal of Commerceweb site
MARCH 18, 2000
Home
  • Water levels may dampen volume on St. Lawrence-Great Lakes
  • Outlook mixed for export control bill's passage
  • STB halts CN-BNSF merger, sets moratorium on rail linkups
  • U.S. lifts some Iran import bans
  • Amsterdam awards container terminal contract
  • Boeing, engineers reach labor pact
  • Schneider Logistics acquires freight payment unit
  • BNSF fined $10 million over false evidence
Transportation
  • UTU exits AFL-CIO, citing feud with BLE
  • And the Oscar winner is ... the thief who stole it
  • Danzas to sell chemicals division
  • Descartes introduces software for business-to-business use
Maritime
  • Maersk Sealand adds China calls as trade expands
  • Indonesia terminals report gains
  • Box prices increase, China officials report
  • Hvide Marine founder Hans Hvide dies
  • Chairman calls yearly results 'remarkable'
  • Exxon loses appeal of Valdez verdict

Antwerpse Lloyd n.v.web site
MARCH 17, 2000
  • Dunkerque: IFB et Barra en joint-venture au terminal transmanche du port-ouest
    Ce dimanche sera présent au port-ouest de Dunkerque le nouveau roulier que l'armement Norfolk Line aligne dans le service régulier qu'il lance entre ce port français et Douvres, ainsi qu'évoqué précédemment dans ces colonnes. Pour cette opération une nouvelle entreprise de manutention vient d'être créée à savoir Short Sea Terminal, une joint-venture entre Inter Ferry Boats et la firme française locale Barra, qui s'installe au terminal transmanche pour y traiter ce service.
  • La France va-t-elle trouver la formule "miracle" pour le décolage du short sea?
    Le démarrage à grande échelle tant attendu du short sea ou cabotage intra-européen, a fait l'objet d'intéressants débats lors de la conférence SITL, qui se déroule ces jours-ci à Paris. On y a certes répété les avantages qu'il y a à promouvoir cette formule de transport qui doit soulager les réseaux routiers, mais aussi les nombreux obstacles qui entravent son envolée en tant qu'alternative que tant l'UE que les Etats-membres veulent voir se concrétiser. Toutefois, le point de vue des autorités françaises, développé par l'entremise de Claude Gressier, directeur des Transports maritimes, des ports et du littoral, n'a pas manqué d'attirer l'attention, mais aussi de susciter des interrogations.
  • Nedlloyd et P&O Nedlloyd n'ont pas encore remonté la pente
    Koninklijke Nedlloyd a enregistré un résultat net de 246 mio. d'EUR en 1999, mais a en fait dû encaisser une perte de 31 mio. d'EUR. L'entreprise est toujours en positif grâce à la vente des activités terrestres, qui ont rapporté 277 mio. d'EUR. P&O Nedlloyd - dans lequel Nedlloyd détient une participation de 50% - est tout de même parvenu à réaliser un résultat d'exploitation avant décompte des coûts de réorganisation de 7 mio. d'USD, mais a clôturé l'exercice par une perte avant impôts de 51 mio. d'USD. Le CEO Tim Harris a également parlé d'un nouveau service sur la route transatlantique, sans donner davantage de détails.
  • E-commerce: les entreprises postales ne peuvent pas rater le train
    Il n'était pas surprenant que la première matinée du congrès annuel de l'iea (institute of economic affairs) concernant les services postaux mondiaux - organisé à Génève cette année - traiterait des thèmes comme la nécessité de libéraliser, de privatiser et d'agir pro-activement dans une société en pleine expansion. Les conférenciers des postes britannique, néerlandaise et allemande avançaient dans leurs discours des variations sur le même thème: les entreprises postales doivent recevoir plus de liberté d'action pour demeurer compétitifs sur le marché. Ils traitaient en outre plus à fond les nouvelles opportunités dans leur niche traditionnelle. Le segment du courrier, souvent générateur de pertes, sera devancé par l'internet: e-mail et e-business rendront les lettres superflues, mais créeront en même temps le besoin de distribution. Ceci est une opportunité à laquelle aucune entreprise postale peut renoncer, estimaient les conférenciers.

Marine Linkweb site
MARCH 17, 2000
  • Shipping Not Affected By Louisiana Tanker Collision
  • EU, South Korea Fail To Solve Shipbuilding Row
  • Carnival Q1 Profits Up, But Second Quarter Looks Weak
  • Star, Carnival End NCL Joint Venture

International Transport Journalweb site
MARCH 17, 2000
Tabletalk
  • "Our customers are and will remain the forwarders." Peter Jenssen, director liner services at Poseidon, talks about the challenges facing his company and its sister carrier, Finncarriers.
Maritime
  • Delmas: a good start to 2000. The investments made by the Bollor' group, especially the acquisition of Otal, have strengthened Delmas' position.
  • Hoegh was in the red in 1999, after a healthy profit in 1998.
  • Americana Ships sells its stake in CTE to the Odiel group.
  • NYK/HMM in slot charter pact.
  • Calendar of events: Communications and IT in Shipping; Environmental Management Strategies in Shipping.
  • New publications: Liner Trades Review 1999 (Dynamar).
Ports and Terminals
  • The world's top 30 container ports: Hong Kong's provisional throughput figures for 1999 put it back firmly in top place, ousting Singapore.
Intermodal
  • Standards, standards: Rune Svensson of the ICC Land Transport Committee pleads for keeping current ISO norms in the interest of saving on costs.
Aviation
  • Cargo 2000: onward! The Iata common interest group is going ahead in setting uniform standards to help members enter the time-definite business.
  • TPG, the British Post Office and Singapore Post form a global joint venture for business mail.
  • Tower under Chapter 11.
  • Emirates adds Sydney and nonstop flights to Milan to its schedule.
  • Swissair will fly more routes to the US and Asia this summer.

International Transport Journalweb site
MARCH 17, 2000
Tabletalk
  • "Our customers are and will remain the forwarders." Peter Jenssen, director liner services at Poseidon, talks about the challenges facing his company and its sister carrier, Finncarriers.
Maritime
  • Delmas: a good start to 2000. The investments made by the Bollor' group, especially the acquisition of Otal, have strengthened Delmas' position.
  • Hoegh was in the red in 1999, after a healthy profit in 1998.
  • Americana Ships sells its stake in CTE to the Odiel group.
  • NYK/HMM in slot charter pact.
  • Calendar of events: Communications and IT in Shipping; Environmental Management Strategies in Shipping.
  • New publications: Liner Trades Review 1999 (Dynamar).
Ports and Terminals
  • The world's top 30 container ports: Hong Kong's provisional throughput figures for 1999 put it back firmly in top place, ousting Singapore.
Intermodal
  • Standards, standards: Rune Svensson of the ICC Land Transport Committee pleads for keeping current ISO norms in the interest of saving on costs.
Aviation
  • Cargo 2000: onward! The Iata common interest group is going ahead in setting uniform standards to help members enter the time-definite business.
  • TPG, the British Post Office and Singapore Post form a global joint venture for business mail.
  • Tower under Chapter 11.
  • Emirates adds Sydney and nonstop flights to Milan to its schedule.
  • Swissair will fly more routes to the US and Asia this summer.

International Transport Journalweb site
MARCH 17, 2000
Tabletalk
  • "Our customers are and will remain the forwarders." Peter Jenssen, director liner services at Poseidon, talks about the challenges facing his company and its sister carrier, Finncarriers.
Maritime
  • Delmas: a good start to 2000. The investments made by the Bollor' group, especially the acquisition of Otal, have strengthened Delmas' position.
  • Hoegh was in the red in 1999, after a healthy profit in 1998.
  • Americana Ships sells its stake in CTE to the Odiel group.
  • NYK/HMM in slot charter pact.
  • Calendar of events: Communications and IT in Shipping; Environmental Management Strategies in Shipping.
  • New publications: Liner Trades Review 1999 (Dynamar).
Ports and Terminals
  • The world's top 30 container ports: Hong Kong's provisional throughput figures for 1999 put it back firmly in top place, ousting Singapore.
Intermodal
  • Standards, standards: Rune Svensson of the ICC Land Transport Committee pleads for keeping current ISO norms in the interest of saving on costs.
Aviation
  • Cargo 2000: onward! The Iata common interest group is going ahead in setting uniform standards to help members enter the time-definite business.
  • TPG, the British Post Office and Singapore Post form a global joint venture for business mail.
  • Tower under Chapter 11.
  • Emirates adds Sydney and nonstop flights to Milan to its schedule.
  • Swissair will fly more routes to the US and Asia this summer.

International Transport Journalweb site
MARCH 17, 2000
Tabletalk
  • "Our customers are and will remain the forwarders." Peter Jenssen, director liner services at Poseidon, talks about the challenges facing his company and its sister carrier, Finncarriers.
Maritime
  • Delmas: a good start to 2000. The investments made by the Bollor' group, especially the acquisition of Otal, have strengthened Delmas' position.
  • Hoegh was in the red in 1999, after a healthy profit in 1998.
  • Americana Ships sells its stake in CTE to the Odiel group.
  • NYK/HMM in slot charter pact.
  • Calendar of events: Communications and IT in Shipping; Environmental Management Strategies in Shipping.
  • New publications: Liner Trades Review 1999 (Dynamar).
Ports and Terminals
  • The world's top 30 container ports: Hong Kong's provisional throughput figures for 1999 put it back firmly in top place, ousting Singapore.
Intermodal
  • Standards, standards: Rune Svensson of the ICC Land Transport Committee pleads for keeping current ISO norms in the interest of saving on costs.
Aviation
  • Cargo 2000: onward! The Iata common interest group is going ahead in setting uniform standards to help members enter the time-definite business.
  • TPG, the British Post Office and Singapore Post form a global joint venture for business mail.
  • Tower under Chapter 11.
  • Emirates adds Sydney and nonstop flights to Milan to its schedule.
  • Swissair will fly more routes to the US and Asia this summer.

International Transport Journalweb site
MARCH 17, 2000
Tabletalk
  • "Our customers are and will remain the forwarders." Peter Jenssen, director liner services at Poseidon, talks about the challenges facing his company and its sister carrier, Finncarriers.
Maritime
  • Delmas: a good start to 2000. The investments made by the Bollor' group, especially the acquisition of Otal, have strengthened Delmas' position.
  • Hoegh was in the red in 1999, after a healthy profit in 1998.
  • Americana Ships sells its stake in CTE to the Odiel group.
  • NYK/HMM in slot charter pact.
  • Calendar of events: Communications and IT in Shipping; Environmental Management Strategies in Shipping.
  • New publications: Liner Trades Review 1999 (Dynamar).
Ports and Terminals
  • The world's top 30 container ports: Hong Kong's provisional throughput figures for 1999 put it back firmly in top place, ousting Singapore.
Intermodal
  • Standards, standards: Rune Svensson of the ICC Land Transport Committee pleads for keeping current ISO norms in the interest of saving on costs.
Aviation
  • Cargo 2000: onward! The Iata common interest group is going ahead in setting uniform standards to help members enter the time-definite business.
  • TPG, the British Post Office and Singapore Post form a global joint venture for business mail.
  • Tower under Chapter 11.
  • Emirates adds Sydney and nonstop flights to Milan to its schedule.
  • Swissair will fly more routes to the US and Asia this summer.

Traffic Worldweb site
  • The capacity crunch is driving six of the nation's leading truckload carriers to merge their logistics operations and create a web-based joint venture called Transplace.com. Their main goal is to deliver "guaranteed capacity" to shippers via the Internet by pooling resources and using optimization software. Just as important, if less well defined, is their plan to create a new end-to-end logistics service that will compete with traditional third-party logistics providers and Internet-based transportation marketplaces. The move shows just how quickly the logistics marketplace is changing and how concrete business-to-business e-commerce has become.
  • The American Trucking Associations —but not all trucking groups—calls reduction of motor fuel taxes, in the face of record pump prices, essential to continued economic prosperity. Road builders, however, term any trimming of the 24.4-cent-per-gallon federal motor fuel tax a destructive raid on the Highway Trust Fund that finances road construction, repair and safety programs. And while airlines, barge operators and big railroads support permanent elimination of a 4.3-cent-per-gallon deficit-reduction fuel tax they pay, small railroads aren't necessarily supportive. Congress is equally divided even though in an election year it can be suicide to oppose a tax cut. A political brouhaha has commenced.
  • BASF AG, Europe's largest chemical company, held its first Internet auction of raw materials and bought several thousand metric tons of methanol at a price significantly below the market rate. The event represents another step in the multinational's move into cyberspace and underlines the web-inspired changes that are transforming the chemical business. Said Wolfgang Moerike, president of BASF's raw materials purchasing division, "I believe that a large proportion of our business will soon be handled this way."
  • If there was one underlying theme at the second annual Traffic World and KPMG Strategic Technology Conference, it was this: keep it short. To get web-enabled, companies need to focus on short projects and short cycle times. The maximum amount of time mentioned for a project? Fifteen months. The average project time mentioned? Ninety days. Building communities, sharing information and exploring new avenues also were mentioned as being at the core of a solid e-business strategy.
  • Fuel is approaching $1.50 a gallon, up 50 percent in less than a year. Drivers are hard to find. When you do find drivers, their pay is rising faster than the NASDAQ market. Margins are flat as shippers play one carrier against another. Fuel surcharges are an option but getting them in place is as pleasant as a root canal. Now the bottom has fallen out of the used truck market so that even if some carriers wanted to liquidate, their rolling stock may not be worth what is owed. If all this is happening in the best economic times in recent history, some truckload industry leaders ask what will be the fallout if the economy hits a speed bump?
  • One year after it approved the merger of Canadian National Railway and Illinois Central, the Surface Transportation Board said it will initiate, as it did with the Conrail and Union Pacific-Southern Pacific railroad mergers, an oversight proceeding on the merger's implementation. The STB said it would look at several issues, including CN-IC's marketing agreement with Kansas City Southern Railway, specifically as it relates to the Baton Rouge-New Orleans chemical district in Louisiana; North Dakota grain shippers with respect to the Chicago gateway; and "any merger-related link to any unfair pricing practices in the lumber industry." Although serious issues regarding rates and service are not expected to be brought to the board, it may be too early to tell - at least where shippers are concerned - whether the merger is creating the desired benefits.
  • FedEx Home Delivery began in earnest amid great anticipation from shippers looking for alternatives to United Parcel Service, the dominant player in the home delivery sector for decades. Taking a page from the successful RPS playbook, FedEx Home Delivery is starting slow and choosing its customers carefully. The company has hired 500 contract drivers and opened 67 terminals in 31 major metropolitan areas across the country to support the new service. FedEx is entering the market on the premise that customers want another option to UPS along with more bells and whistles tailored to meet the needs of 21st century online shoppers.
  • Project cargo shippers are anticipating some good news when they meet later this month with the Maritime Administration. The U.S. Exporters Competitive Maritime Council, a trade group that represents shippers of project cargoes, has proposed reforms to make it easier for U.S. companies to compete in world markets and Marad will deliver its response at the meeting. "We expect to see how Marad has incorporated our requests into their plans," said Greg Cowans, ECMC chairman and transportation manager at ABB Alstom Power. The company supplies power generation equipment. Marad's report has not been released to the shippers' group but Cowans is optimistic that "ECMC concerns are going to be addressed."

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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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