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July 24, 2000
Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • English Channel to impose mandatory ship reporting
    [SINGAPORE] A new mandatory ship-reporting system for the English Channel is among the measures approved by the International Maritime Organisation's (IMO) safety sub-committee in the wake of the Erika incident.
  • Grand Alliance starts direct calls to Tg Priok
  • Hutchison eyes stake in Ningbo port
  • Eastbound trans-Pacific route hits 10m TEU mark
  • Teekay profits soar on rising rates
  • Chao and Belgium's CMB win Wah Kwong
  • Ship sales
  • Port shots
Air and Land Transport
  • China merges 7 domestic airlines into big three
    [BEIJING] China announced a vast reorganisation of domestic airlines, merging seven carriers into the three largest to reduce the overlap of routes and half-empty planes that have plagued the industry for years.
  • Air-India pilots to bid for controlling stake
  • BA wins rights for more India flights; Virgin upset
  • Boeing to unveil 777X sales worth US$5b
  • Prove Tube plan is best option, British MPs tell government
Features

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • English Channel to impose mandatory ship reporting
    [SINGAPORE] A new mandatory ship-reporting system for the English Channel is among the measures approved by the International Maritime Organisation's (IMO) safety sub-committee in the wake of the Erika incident.
  • Grand Alliance starts direct calls to Tg Priok
  • Hutchison eyes stake in Ningbo port
  • Eastbound trans-Pacific route hits 10m TEU mark
  • Teekay profits soar on rising rates
  • Chao and Belgium's CMB win Wah Kwong
  • Ship sales
  • Port shots
Air and Land Transport
  • China merges 7 domestic airlines into big three
    [BEIJING] China announced a vast reorganisation of domestic airlines, merging seven carriers into the three largest to reduce the overlap of routes and half-empty planes that have plagued the industry for years.
  • Air-India pilots to bid for controlling stake
  • BA wins rights for more India flights; Virgin upset
  • Boeing to unveil 777X sales worth US$5b
  • Prove Tube plan is best option, British MPs tell government
Features

The Journal of Commerceweb site
  • Northwest Cargo axes fuel surcharge increase
    The surcharge remains at $.10/kilo.
  • Canadian rail rivals to share N. Amer. routes
    Canadian National and Canadian Pacific will share lines in Ontario, and Midwest and Northeast U.S.
  • APL seeks Maersk slots in Mediterranean-US service
    APL wants to enter the trade via a slot allocation from Maersk Sealand.
  • HK carrier OK'd for Euro, Mideast cargo flights
    Regional feeder Dragonair will fly to Dubai, Amsterdam and Manchester.
  • Matson profits up 10% despite bunker woes
    Hawaii automobile volume helped the carrier's second-quarter results.
  • Aeropolitics grounding multinational deals
    A foreign company can take over a U.S. firm working on a Star Wars project, but it still can't buy an American airline.
  • Grand Alliance-Americana Ships deal to be in place by Oct. 23
  • Danzas, Rebound.com team up in excess-inventory venture
  • Chinese box maker taps Korean cold technology
  • Indian express company to get third freighter
  • China completes first stage of Yangtze dredging
  • Leif Hoegh posts first-half turnaround
  • Crew of crippled cargo ship rescued off India
  • Philippines' ICTSI unit terminates Argentina port deal
  • ValuJet victims' kin got $262 million compensation
  • Miami cargo handler charged in UPS diamond theft

Sched Netweb site
  • IADA to increase rates
  • Long Beach in fine fettle
  • PIL enters West Africa trade
  • SIA keeping cool
  • NACA acquires Universal
  • Living the high life
  • Air Alliance to start Manchester-Toronto service

Cargowebweb site
JULY 21, 2000
  • BNSF and CN terminate merger
  • Strong quarter UPS
  • Transportation eMarketplaces 'revving up'; Shake out will come
  • Good quarter Delta
  • Twelve percent more profit Northwest; Record in cargo
  • Increase results CNF
  • DaimlerChrysler to acquire Western Star Trucks
  • FreightPro.com reaches USD 1 Million revenue in 6 months

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
JULY 21, 2000
  • Softer crude and bunkers opens window of opportunity
  • New company listings
  • G7 higlight impact of high prices
  • Company updates
  • IPE Appoints Marc Leppard as new Director of Regulation and Control
  • Baltic price indications
  • Vancouver market review
  • Seattle and Portland market snapshot
  • Prices up in Los Angeles and San Francisco
  • Delivery problems in Halifax
  • Good avails in New York and Philadelphia
  • US Gulf Coast market review
  • Argentina market update
  • Still busy in St. Eustatius
  • Good avails in Ecuador
  • Quiet demand in Mexico
  • Chile market snapshot
  • Mixed avails in Panama

International Transport Journalweb site
JULY 21, 2000
  • 767-400ER: clean bill of health
  • JAM'N Logistics develops a new warehouse system
  • More air express at Con-Way NOW
  • Aeroflot leers at Air France
  • TNT Swiss Post: good start
  • SOM: Construction of multi-purpose terminal starts
  • BNSF, CN call off railroad merger

Marine Logweb site
JULY 21, 2000
  • Order for 42 knot commuter ferries
    Lighthouse Landings Inc, parent of New York Fast Ferry Services Inc., has signed a contract with Derecktor Shipyards of Mamaroneck, N.Y. It covers the construction of a 35 m aluminum high-speed passenger catamaran that will be the first of four to be built for an already acquired run from Stamford, Conn., to New York City.
  • Litton gets go ahead to start LPD 17 full production
    Litton Avondale Industries has received approval by the U.S. Navy to begin full, sustained production of the lead ship in the U.S. Navy's new SAN ANTONIO (LPD 17) Class of amphibious assault ships.
  • ISC reports results
    New Orleans- based International Shipholding Corporation today reported results for the six months and the quarter ended June 30, 2000.

Lloyd's Listweb site
  • The 2,959 teu Antigua and Barbuda
    The 2,959 teu Antigua and Barbuda-flagged OOCL Haven, pictured in Southampton, is the first vessel in the Grand Alliance's new transatlantic schedule. The service is also the first major transatlantic link to use the British port for some 15 years.
  • Hermes to seal Russian cover
    Germany's export credit guarantee agency Hermes will finalise the details of a Dm600m ($300m) debt owed by Russian shipping companies this week.
  • OMI posts a sharp turnaround
    PROFITING from improving tanker markets and the benefits of its own sweeping restructuring programme, Stamford-based OMI Corp has posted net income of $9.3m for the second quarter of the year.
  • Privatisation for North Harbour Terminal
    Bidding for the privatisation contract for the Port of Manila's North Harbour terminal will be held beginning in August, the Philippine Ports Authority has announced.
  • Doubts on tanker safety campaign
    With the high profile, three month concentrated inspection campaign on safety of oil tankers just five weeks away, there are reservations over the practicalities of the scheme.
  • Finland's Kvaerner Masa-Yards
    FINLAND'S Kvaerner Masa-Yards has reached two milestones in its cruiseship newbuilding programme, with the launch of the Carnival Spirit and the completion of sea trials for the Explorer of the Seas, writes Dale Wainwright.
  • San Francisco Bay plans under attack
    San Francisco Port Commission and the region's dominant bay environmental agency have unanimously agreed to a development plan that, in part, calls for the demolition of several piers despite objections from waterfront unions, writes Jim Lamb, San Francisco.
  • Egremont forced to seek new berth
    FORMER Mersey ferry Egremont, taken out of service 25 years ago, is seeking a new berth.

Traffic Worldweb site
  • The federal appeals court decision upholding the Surface Transportation Board's rail merger moratorium may have painted regulators into a corner requiring they reverse course on decades of rail-lenient merger policy. As for Burlington Northern Santa Fe and the Canadian National, whose intended merger may be derailed by the delay, the two railroads are weighing an appeal to the Supreme Court.
  • Still undetermined reparations that could total millions of dollars will be paid by Union Pacific to a Mexican company in which UP competitor Kansas City Southern has an ownership stake, thanks to an STB decision The payments will compensate Mexrail, 51 percent owned by Transportacion Maritima Mexicana and 49 percent by KCS, for UP's use of a Mexrail-owned bridge segment spanning the Rio Grande and linking the United States and Mexico at Laredo, Texas, from June 1993 to March 1998.
  • If you place a frog in warm water and steadily increase the temperature to the boiling point, the frog will not recognize danger until he is boiled to death. Sound familiar, logisticians? Barry Flynn, European director of production and distribution for Oracle, thinks so. He says the logistics environment is changing so quickly that "we may not realize the water temperature is increasing." Oracle isn't standing still in the logistics arena, and has no plans to be boiled for a nice frogs' legs dinner, either. How Oracle is changing to take advantage of the logistics revolution is explained.
  • Supply-chain software giant Manugistics has a simple message to e-commerce networks and this is it: "You need us." The company is growing on several fronts and will soon power consumer packaged-goods Internet company CPG3, set to be launched this year. Manugistics' customer base includes 25 percent in consumer packaged goods, 13 percent transportation, 12 percent automotive, 12 percent pharmaceuticals, 10 percent retail and 8 percent oil. The government is "going to be a big area for us going forward," CEO Greg Owens said.
  • Publicly held LTL carriers are showing stronger earnings growth ratios than their brethren in the truckload sector, if second-quarter earnings reports are any indication. That's because of the hit truckload carriers are taking with a 50 percent rise in diesel fuel prices compared with a year ago. One analyst, Fred Leuffer of Bear Stearns, is out with some news that might hearten truckload executives. He is predicting that Saudi Arabia's recent decision to increase oil production will break OPEC unity and could lead to oil prices dropping from their current $30-a-barrel levels to perhaps as low as $20.
  • Now that the court has upheld the rail merger moratorium, what's next for the rail industry? A Wall Street analyst says Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway and Canadian National Railway may have lost some of their momentum vis-á-vis their competition since their merger was first announced, but that they will likely wait and see what new rules the Surface Transportation Board comes up with before scuttling their merger in favor of new partners.
  • Con-Way NOW, four months after introducing its same-day air service, is pushing the envelope with new services. It has added 176 new cities to its roster. The emergency shipment unit of Con-Way Transportation Services is trying to chip away at the market that FedEx Custom Critical created and has controlled for much of the last decade. Both companies pride themselves on superior customer service and shipment tracking, but Con-Way NOW is taking a more traditional route of focusing on counter-to-counter shipments using commercial airlines. The company also will charter aircraft or offer an air-ground combination. FedEx Custom Critical has stayed out of the counter-to-counter business because of the lack of control, but is giving more and more shipments to its sister company as an alternative to chartering aircraft.
  • The international shipping community is launching a $7.6 million program to help countries prevent an ecological nightmare from occurring when harmful marine species transported in ships' ballast tanks are routinely disposed in the environment. Called the Global Ballast Water Management Program, the program will provide training and equipment for countries lacking resources in these areas. The main objective is to help Third World countries implement environmentally sound ballast water guidelines.

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In August, freight traffic in the port of Ravenna grew by +10.9%
Ravenna
Bulk cargo is on the rise. Miscellaneous cargo is on the decline.
Federlogistica has established its own representation in the Iberian Peninsula
Genoa
It will support Italian entrepreneurs operating in Spain
Boluda acquires Royal Boskalis' towage and salvage operations in Australia and Papua New Guinea.
Valencia
Transaction valued at $640 million
ESPO urges IMO States to formally adopt the Net-Zero Framework
Brussels
The association also urges the EU Commission to align European standards
The Port of Los Angeles plans to build a new container terminal.
Los Angeles
Invitation to submit expressions of interest
In the third quarter, Italy's connection index to the global containerized maritime services network grew by +2.7%.
In the third quarter, Italy's connection index to the global containerized maritime services network grew by +2.7%.
Geneva
The most significant growth in PLSCI was recorded by the port of Savona-Vado Ligure (+53.7%)
ONE will not charge surcharges for new US taxes on Chinese ships
Singapore
They will be applied starting from October 14th
Fincantieri and Aeronautical Service sign agreement for the use of composite materials in the naval, civil, and military sectors.
Trieste
Genoa Port Terminal concession renewal approved until 2054
Genoa
The terminal's operating conditions have been redefined, bringing them back to the multipurpose function, in compliance with the ruling of the Council of State and the PRP
PSA Italia-Logtainer and Rail Hub Milano-Medlog have submitted offers to manage the Interporto Padova intermodal terminal.
Padua
Cargo traffic in Chinese seaports increased by 4.5% last month.
Beijing
Containers amounted to 27.7 million TEUs (+6.8%)
The Netherlands is referring to the Court of Justice of the European Union the question of whether to entrust seafarers or dock workers with the lashing operations on smaller container ships.
In the second quarter, container traffic handled by Eurokai terminals grew by +16.4%
Hamburg
Significant growth of 16.1% in Germany. In Italy (Contship), volumes increased by 5.2%.
China enacted regulation in response to US taxes on Chinese-owned and -built vessels
Beijing
The new rules include the possibility of introducing similar countermeasures
New attack on ships transiting the Gulf of Aden
Southampton
UKMTO announced that a fire broke out on a vessel hit by a shell
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ITS Costruttori, il corso di alta formazione per entrare nel mondo di Fincantieri
Carnival closes its best quarter ever
Carnival closes its best quarter ever
Miami
The American cruise group announces a further strengthening of the growth trend in bookings
Marella Cruises sells Fincantieri slots for two new cruise ships to TUI Cruises.
Hannover/Trieste
With a gross tonnage of 160,000 tons, they will be larger than the units originally planned
GNV-Portitalia bridge agreement on lashing operations in the ports of Palermo and Termini Imerese
HMM will not introduce surcharges for new US taxes on Chinese ships
Seoul
The company will not modify scheduled services that stop in the United States
GATX Rail Europe signs sale-leaseback agreement with DB Cargo to purchase 6,000 railcars
Vienna
The transaction will be completed by the end of this year.
In the second quarter of 2025, freight throughput at the port of Bremen/Bremerhaven increased by +6.0%
In the second quarter of 2025, freight throughput at the port of Bremen/Bremerhaven increased by +6.0%
Bremen
Miscellaneous cargo is growing. Bulk cargo is declining.
India launches nearly $8 billion package to support its shipbuilding and maritime sectors
New Delhi
Shipyard production capacity expected to increase to 4.5 million gross tonnage per year
In the second quarter of this year, freight traffic in French ports fell by -0.4%.
Paris
Dry bulk and rolling bulk trades are declining. Container and liquid bulk trades are growing.
Antin Infrastructure Partners to acquire UK's leading marina operator
Paris/London/New York
It will take over ownership from British private equity firm LDC
Royal Caribbean agrees with Meyer Turku to build Icon ships for a decade
Miami
Order confirmed for a fifth Icon cruise ship and option placed on a seventh unit of the same series
Maersk announces it will not apply surcharges for new US tariffs on Chinese vessels
Copenhagen
The company assures that it will not make any changes to its services
Cochin Shipyard and KSOE enter into strategic collaboration in shipbuilding sector
New Delhi
The creation of approximately two thousand direct jobs is expected
DHL will resume freight shipments from Germany to the United States for corporate customers.
Bonn
They had been suspended due to the removal in the USA of the "de minimis" threshold for goods with a value of less than 800 dollars.
World Business Council for Sustainable Development Statement in Support of the IMO Net-Zero Framework
Ancona: Tax fraud in the shipbuilding sector
Ancona
Over €2.3 million in non-existent tax credits seized
CMA CGM buys British rail freight operator Freightliner
Birmingham
The transaction will be completed in early 2026
Containerized cargo at the port of Algeciras decreased by -9.4% last month
Algeciras
The 20-foot containers handled were 399 thousand (-0.7%)
Italferr participates in Europe's largest railway electrification contract
Rome
Activities within the Rail Baltica project
Freight traffic increased in the ports of Barcelona and Valencia in August
Barcelona/Valencia
In the first eight months of 2025, decreases of -1.6% and -0.3% respectively were recorded
In the June-August quarter, FedEx express courier revenues increased by +3.1%
Memphis
An average of 16.8 million express shipments were handled per day (+3.5%)
Breakthrough in the exploratory tunnel of the Brenner Base Tunnel
Milan/Rome
At 64 kilometers, it will be the longest underground railway connection in the world.
Tender launched for privatization of Croatian shipyard 3. MAJ Rijeka 1905
Zagreb
The starting bid is 6.66 million euros.
To decarbonize, shipping should join forces with other hard-to-abate sectors
London
This is highlighted by a report by Accelleron which believes that a critical mass of demand is necessary to overcome a stalemate phase.
COSCO Reassures Customers on Impact of New U.S. Tariffs on Chinese Vessels
Shanghai
We - the Chinese company assured - will maintain competitive freight rates and surcharges.
Shipping is still far from the target of 5-10% of fuel used coming from scalable, zero-emission sources by 2030
Copenhagen
The need to introduce incentives was underlined
Spain's Boluda acquires Transfesa's intermodal rail freight services.
Valencia
The agreement also includes industrial services, railway maintenance and shunting activities and intermodal terminals.
Til (MSC Group) to become a shareholder in Turkey's Petkim container port
Til (MSC Group) to become a shareholder in Turkey's Petkim container port
Baku
Agreement with the Azerbaijani oil group SOCAR
German and Austrian trailer manufacturers challenge EU regulation to reduce truck environmental impact
Berlin/Brussels
They denounce that its application leads to an increase in traffic volumes and therefore emissions.
The Venice Marghera station has been equipped with a track compliant with European TEN-T standards
Venice
A 740-meter freight track has been opened.
World Shipping Council introduces Cargo Safety Program to prevent ship fires
Washington
It is based on artificial intelligence and traditional goods inspections
Rheinmetall to enter naval shipbuilding sector by acquiring Naval Vessels Lürssen
Bremen
Lürssen Group to focus on megayacht production
The British government is investing half a billion pounds to reduce shipping emissions.
London
Private investments of 700 million expected
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%
Cairo
In the first seven months of 2025, a decrease of -10.2% was recorded
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
In the first half of the year, Singamas' container sales decreased by -10%.
Hong Kong
The average selling price dropped by -3.8%
The new two-masted ro-ro ship Neoliner Origin will arrive in Livorno tomorrow.
Vado Ligure
It has a capacity of 1,200 linear meters of rolling stock
The refinancing of the Setramar group's capital structure has been completed.
Ravenna
Merli: a crucial step in our growth journey
Liguori's term as head of the Trieste Port Authority has been extended.
Rome
Confirmed in the role of extraordinary commissioner of the institution
Agreement to complete electrification work on the docks at the port of Gioia Tauro
Gioia Tauro
The 70 million euro investment to complete the project has been confirmed.
A Maersk delegation at the Grendi Group's container terminal in Cagliari's Porto Canale.
Milan
At the centre of the debate is the development of traffic towards North Africa
Port of Livorno: Protests over Gaza must not block operations.
Livorno
The members of the Partnership Body highlighted the need for it to be accessible to all vessels
Geodis appoints Maurizio Bortolan as CEO for Italy
Milan
It will coordinate the three business lines Contract Logistics, Freight Forwarding and Road Transport
GNV, agreement with Sicilian terminal operator Portitalia is positive.
Genoa
The company specified that the aim was exclusively to temporarily supplement the tariffs.
Two days of work with ESPO in Rome on the Mediterranean and European ports
Rome
Meetings organized by Assoporti
In 2024, 112 million counterfeit items were seized in the European Union.
Brussels
Record estimated value of 3.8 billion euros
Strikes and protests in ports, request for information from the Guarantor
Rome
Request for information from prefects, port authorities, and port authorities
Danaos Corporation has ordered two 7,165 TEU containerships from Dalian Shanhaiguan.
Athens
They will be taken into delivery in the third quarter of 2027
In the second quarter, freight traffic on the Austrian rail network fell by -1.4%.
Vienna
Only domestic traffic is growing
ALS (FBH Group) has acquired 80% of Trans World Shipping and Moda Express of USA.
Rozzano
The two companies have 500 employees and are active in Italy, France, the United Kingdom and the United States.
Circle's revenue increased by 62.1% in the first half of 2025
Milan
Net profit of over 1.0 million euros (+1.8%)
A Ukrainian delegation hosted by the Northern Tyrrhenian Sea Port Authority
Livorno
Cooperation in the field of training and safety at work in ports
The EIB is financing Phase A of Genoa's new breakwater with €300 million.
Luxembourg
The total investment is 937 million euros
This summer, GNV ships carried 1.7 million passengers (+9%)
Valencia
In the next few days the company will take delivery of "GNV Virgo", the first LNG-powered vessel
The project for the expansion, safety improvements, and extraordinary maintenance of the port of Pozzallo has been presented.
Pozzallo
It provides for the construction of the breakwater arm
Fincantieri delivers the new Star Princess cruise ship to Princess Cruises
Monfalcone
It has a gross tonnage of 177,800 tons and a capacity of 4,300 passengers.
A seminar on the new law on interports will be held in Milan on October 2nd.
Milan
It is organized by the Chamber of Commerce of Padua
Filt Cgil calls on port administrators and businesses to join the action against the Palestinian massacre.
Rome
This burden – the union highlighted – cannot be placed solely on the shoulders of dock workers.
The agreement between the Italian Merchant Marine Academy Foundation and the NATO Center in La Spezia has been renewed.
Genoa
The collaboration signed in 2023 has been confirmed
Fischer & Rechsteiner and Gimax International acquire BCUBE's Freight Forwarding business.
Genoa
The completion of the transaction is expected in the next few days
Fermerci outlines a dramatic scenario for the European rail freight transport sector
Rome
Rizzi: There is a real risk of a shift towards exclusively road transport.
Eni completes the sale of a 30% stake in the Baleine project in Ivory Coast to Vitol.
San Donato Milanese
The field was discovered in 2021 and production started in 2023
Sogedim opens a new branch in Modena
Mesero
Initially, the activity will be dedicated exclusively to UK export traffic and will then extend to other European markets.
The new PCTC Grande Svezia has joined the Grimaldi Group's fleet.
Naples
It has a maximum capacity of 9,000 ceu
The Cagliari City Council approves its opinion on the Sardinian Ports Development Plan.
Cagliari
Green light unanimously
The railway sector contributes 1.4% of the European Union's GDP.
Brussels
Study commissioned by CER
In the port of Naples, the Coast Guard has detained the bulk carrier Tanais Dream.
Naples
Serious irregularities found on board
Agreement to accelerate the implementation of robotics in Fincantieri's production processes
Trieste
It was signed with the Friulian Idea Prototipi
Sergio Liardo is the new general commander of the Port Authority Corps - Coast Guard
Rome
He takes over from Admiral Nicola Carlone
DBA to supply new Terminal Operating System for Georgia's Batumi Port
Villorba
The project includes all phases of development, testing and operational testing
Attack on a ship in the Gulf of Aden
Portsmouth
The captain reported hearing an impact in the water and an explosion
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
Danilo Ricci has been appointed managing director of Tarros Line.
La Spezia
He has held various positions in Italy and abroad within the group
Permanent discussion table between Confindustria Nautica and Federagenti
Genoa
This is provided for in an agreement signed today in Genoa
In the first half of 2025, cruise traffic in Italian ports grew by +6%
Venice
The twelfth edition of Italian Cruise Day will be held in Catania on October 24th.
SAL Heavy Lift buys two semi-submersible vessels from Pan Ocean
Hamburg
They were built in 2008 and 2012
30% of Sangritana Cargo will be acquired by the Marche-based company Transadriatico
The Eagle
The sale will be completed in the next few days
The eighth edition of "A Sea of Switzerland" will be held in Lugano on October 6th.
Lugano
Forum on economic and logistical integration between Ligurian ports, the Northwest manufacturing area, and Switzerland
DEME orders new cable-laying vessel from Singapore-based PaxOcean
Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht
It will be built in the Chinese shipyard of Zhoushan
Assoporti will meet at RemTech EXPO 2025 to discuss the green transition in Italian ports.
Ferrara
The Smart Ports Award was awarded to three Port System Authorities
The first shipment of Syrian oil in 14 years arrives at the port of Trieste.
London
Part of the cargo - S&P Global Commodity Insights reports - was unloaded at the Sardinian terminal of Sarroch
In August, freight traffic in the port of Taranto grew by +20.3%
Taranto
The ferry "Drea" was also rejected by the Apulian port, where however it is temporarily stopped
Container traffic at the Port of Los Angeles remained stable in August.
Los Angeles
Volumes expected to decline in the remainder of 2025
Meeting between the port authorities of Jacksonville and Livorno
Livorno
Among the objectives, to start one or more direct services between the two ports
Italian State Railways and ENAC sign an agreement for the use of drones in infrastructure monitoring.
Rome
They will also be used to fly over sections of the railway and road network that would otherwise be difficult to monitor.
A.SPE.DO, the port of La Spezia is essential to ensuring employment, development, and a future for the local economy.
La Spezia
Landolfi: We cannot afford to underestimate its value.
The MIT meets with the heads of the Italian AdSPs
Rome
Meeting on the government's strategic vision for the sector and port reform
Yang Ming orders Hanwha Ocean Co. to build seven 15,880 TEU container ships
Keelung
They will be delivered between 2028 and 2029
Over 40 expressions of interest have been received for the development of the Ukrainian port of Chornomorsk.
Kiev
Today the first meeting of the tender commission
The first commercial ship is expected at the public dock in Largo Trattaroli in Ravenna.
Ravenna
The car carrier "AICC Huanghu" is coming soon
Container traffic at the Port of Long Beach decreased by 1.3% last month.
Long Beach
Empty containers are increasing. Full containers are decreasing.
Assiterminal's Terminal Road Show is starting
Genoa
Cognolato: We want to strengthen our ties with local communities and territories.
Assoporti, the Italian ports' cruise offerings presented at the Seatrade Europe fair.
Hamburg
Giampieri: We are leaders in the Mediterranean area and in Europe
Commander Claudio Tomei, USCLAC president from 2012 to 2024, has passed away.
Viareggio
His strong commitment to improving the working conditions of Italian seafarers
In the first quarter of 2025, cargo traffic in Greek ports grew by +1.4%
Piraeus
Passengers down by -1.1%
HD Hyundai Samho Orders Four New Container Ships
Seoul
Order worth approximately 468 million dollars
Trieste: Fraudulent bankruptcy in the shipbuilding sector
Trieste
Investigation into a company based in Palermo
Container traffic in the port of Hong Kong fell by 7.4% in August.
Hong Kong
In the first eight months of 2025 the decline was -3.8%
BigLift Shipping and CY Shipping order two additional heavy lift vessels
Amsterdam
Order placed at Chinese shipyard Jing Jiang Nanyang Shipbuilding Co.
Container traffic at the port of Singapore continued to decline in August
Singapore
Total volume of goods increased by +1.1%
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
Stena Line to buy Latvian port operator Terrabalt
Gothenburg
It handles rolling stock, bulk cargo, and general cargo traffic in the port of Liepaja.
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
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
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
A seminar on the new law on interports will be held in Milan on October 2nd.
Milan
It is organized by the Chamber of Commerce of Padua
The eighth edition of "A Sea of Switzerland" will be held in Lugano on October 6th.
Lugano
››› 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
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.
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
DHL eCommerce has acquired a minority stake in Saudi Arabia's AJEX Logistics Services.
Bonn/Riyadh
The Middle Eastern company has two thousand employees
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
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