testata inforMARE
Cerca
05 November 2024 - Year XXVIII
Independent journal on economy and transport policy
14:47 GMT+1
LinnkedInTwitterFacebook
BRIEFS
December 4, 2001
Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • APL's paperless bill-of-lading process
    NEPTUNE Orient Lines' container arm APL has introduced a new paperless bills-of-lading process - a first for the industry.
  • Indonesia faces being struck off White List
  • Germany may be blocking Liberian flagging
  • Kuantan port can be feeder hub: Ling
  • Sale of state shares in Shanghai Zhenhua
  • Samudera plans expansion into logistics, forwarding
  • India to sell 40% stake in SCI
  • LA sea marshals aim to prevent terrorism
Air and Land Transport
  • Bargain air fares helping some carriers to fill seats
    BRITISH Airways is offering round-trip tickets from London to New York for 99 , its lowest ever.
  • M'sia may hire air marshals
  • Pratt & Whitney machinists go on strike as talks fail
  • Continental Air losing up to US$4m daily
  • Tender launched for US$1b Tel Aviv rail system
  • Log Book

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • APL's paperless bill-of-lading process
    NEPTUNE Orient Lines' container arm APL has introduced a new paperless bills-of-lading process - a first for the industry.
  • Indonesia faces being struck off White List
  • Germany may be blocking Liberian flagging
  • Kuantan port can be feeder hub: Ling
  • Sale of state shares in Shanghai Zhenhua
  • Samudera plans expansion into logistics, forwarding
  • India to sell 40% stake in SCI
  • LA sea marshals aim to prevent terrorism
Air and Land Transport
  • Bargain air fares helping some carriers to fill seats
    BRITISH Airways is offering round-trip tickets from London to New York for 99 , its lowest ever.
  • M'sia may hire air marshals
  • Pratt & Whitney machinists go on strike as talks fail
  • Continental Air losing up to US$4m daily
  • Tender launched for US$1b Tel Aviv rail system
  • Log Book

Sched Netweb site
  • XICT welcomes new Cosco service to Europe
  • Safari service for April launch
  • OOCL Express naming ceremony
  • PSA's Portnet.com signs agreement with Liaoning
  • Maersk elected best MLO
  • NY-NJ chairman to step down
  • Malaysia Airlines records loss
  • CX resumes Colombo service
  • Delta, Air France expand codeshare further

Cargowebweb site
DECEMBER 3, 2001
  • EU tot approve Taca conference
  • Enron bankruptcy hits shipping market
  • MOL to improve Asia-South Africa service
  • Strike at Pratt & Whitney
  • FedEx, airlines cut fuel charges
  • FMC fines for NVOCC's and lines

Exim Indiaweb site
  • Capt. N. K. Gupta takes charge as CMD of DCI
  • India's container market will achieve 10 pc growth in 2002 - IPBCC chief David Halliday
  • CLE welcomes third revision in DBK rate schedule
  • Rise in imports signals healthy trend in demand; exports dip
  • Global slowdown hits fabrics, made-ups exports
  • Trade anticipating hike in palm oil tariffs
  • Easing of norms for wheat items exports ruled out
  • Record discharge of coking coal at Vizag Port
  • Thar Dry Port; first pvt. sector ICD at Jodhpur takes off
  • 10 pvt players keen on Gangavaram port project
  • Forex reserves up by $ 211 million to $ 46,469 million
  • Commercial credit shoots up by Rs 3,536 cr.
  • Committee to fine-tune TUF scheme
  • Govt to expedite core sector projects
  • MSRDC may tie up with Austrian cos
  • G'nut oil futures trading in Rajkot from Dec. 15
  • Andhra to have 1,000 km under GQ project
  • Foreign Trade Analysis: Current Policy & Procedures
  • CII to hold 'Career Fair' from Dec. 4 to 6
  • US invites Jagat Shah to evening honouring Sept. 11 heroes

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
DECEMBER 3, 2001
  • Asian fuel oil steady to firm, Singapore fundamentals seen easing
  • Crude surges on Middle East conflict, imminent Russian oil meeting?
  • Fujairah spot prices rise sharply for no apparent reason
  • Singapore MPA Director-General elected chairman of the IMO Council
  • Company updates and personnel moves
  • Brazil bunker prices open week down
  • Rotterdam morning market report
  • Crude back down as Iraq accepts extension of oil-for-food programme

International Transport Journalweb site
DECEMBER 3, 2001
  • Tax on containers in California?
  • Puerto Rico: will the Global Port of the Americas be built?
  • Pecem handles first vessel
  • Esmeraldas to be privatized
  • EU Commission vetoes
  • MOL reorganizes finance and accounting division
  • Mitsui O.S.K. Lines moves to improve Asia-South Africa service
  • Conflo re-establishes ties to Afghanistan
  • NorseMerchant Ferries upgrades Irish Sea services
  • Maersk Sealand, Safmarine and MSC to begin new Safari Service

Marine Logweb site
DECEMBER 3, 2001
  • Røkke priority: Shed Philadelphia
    Kjell Inge Røkke now controls Kvaerner and reportedly has disposal of the Philadelphia Shipyard as his first objective
  • Northrop Grumman acquires NNS
    It's official. Now we're down to the Big two

World Wide Shipperweb site
DECEMBER 3, 2001
  • Seattle park to be renamed in honor of outgoing port commissioner
  • Nichols Brothers builds catamaran for San Francisco Bay commuter fleet
  • Coast Guard orders escort tug for vessel experiencing engine failure
  • Portland Airport short-term parking returns to normal rate of $16 today
  • Railroad traffic numbers have up and down week

Lloyd's Listweb site
  • UK terror Act to gag nuclear ship reports
    ANTI-TERRORISM legislation currently before parliament could see a ban on Lloyd's List reporting the movement of British-flagged nuclear cargoships.
  • Energy market jobs at risk from Enron bankruptcy
    THOUSANDS of global energy market jobs hung in the balance yesterday as ruined US trading giant Enron filed the biggest Chapter XI bankruptcy in US history and sent jitters across nervous world markets.
  • Court rules for Humber strike
    THE UK's busiest estuary is potentially facing severe disruption after a London court ruled yesterday that members of Humber Pilots Ltd are entitled to strike in their dispute with Associated British Ports over restructuring of pilotage services, writes Brian Reyes.

Fairplayweb site
DECEMBER 3, 2001
  • Enron's DPC breaches LNG contract
  • Cruisers injured in Panama crash
  • Senate likes sound of Schubert
  • Rio state exports quadruple
  • New Brazilian port passes go
  • SA ports still at sea
  • Pilots are ABP workers, Court rules
  • MOL teams with P&O Ned in SA
  • Ulsan port expansion awaits approval
  • Price war squeezes out small port
  • Portugal moves on Brazil trade
  • MCA says no-pax to ro-pax
  • Hutchison eyes Vallarpadam project
  • Korea discounts port charges
  • New Brazil agency to boost exports
  • New terminal heralds rate war
  • One dollar shipyard for sale

The Journal of Commerceweb site
DECEMBER 3, 2001
  • Teamsters, ILA, ILWU in dockworker pact
    As part of their effort to organize port truckers, the Teamsters and the two major unions representing longshoremen in the United States and Canada have unveiled an historic alliance.
  • U.S., Canada in border accord
    The agreement is designed to keep terrorists out of both countries while preserving the free flow of trade.
  • Congress OKs Charleston dredging study
  • Enron collapse hits shipping hard
  • Swisscargo forms new company
  • FAA modifies cargo rule for passenger airlines
  • ValuShip sets stevedoring, terminal ops
  • Hellmann Perishable Logistics partners with NZ forwarder
  • New barge logistics company
  • Danzas North America names key execs
  • Airbus freezes parts prices
  • Orlando airport eliminates cargo marketing
  • P&O Ports takes over Indian terminal
  • BAX gets J&J Latin America contract

Antwerpse Lloyd n.v.web site
  • Cobelfret implante un grand terminal ro/ro à Flessingue
    “Nous implantons un terminal ro/ro à Flessingue, mais il ne s’agit pas d’une substitution à Zeebrugge. Nous procédons à un élargissement de notre offre vis-à-vis de la clientèle européenne, qui implique et le port côtier belge, et Rotterdam, et bientôt Flessingue. Ceci étant, il est à prévoir qu’il y aura des transferts de trafics de Zeebrugge vers Flessingue, ce qui est normal, la clientèle disposant ainsi des solutions logistiques les plus appropriés. Dans l’ensemble, nous lui présenterons de meilleurs produits.” C’est ce qu’a déclaré Christian Cigrang, l’administrateur délégué du groupe de transport maritime et logistique Cobelfret, au cours d’une conférence de presse donnée lundi dernier à la maison provinciale de Middelburg en compagnie de Daan bruinooge, député de la Zélande et président de l’Entreprise portuaire Zeeland Seaports.
  • Thiel reprend la logistique de Schieder Möbel Holding
    Schieder Möbel Holding a conclu un contrat logistique d’une durée garantie de dix ans avec Thiel Logistik. Cette dernière entreprise réorganisera toutes les activités logistiques des filiales et sous-traitants de Schieder, activités regroupées au sein de LOG. Il s’agit d’un volume annuel d’une valeur de 75 mio. d’EUR. Le logisticien luxembourgeois a en outre repris 74,9% des actions de LOG, les sous-traitants conservant les 25,1% restants.
  • Safmarine, Mærsk Sealand et MSC restructurent le service Safari
    Le Safari Vessel Sharing Agreement (VSA) sur la route entre l’Extrême-Orient et le Sud-Est asiatique, d’une part, et l’Afrique du Sud, d’autre part, expire dans sa forme actuelle fin mars 2002. Les armements Safmarine, Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) et Maersk Sealand lanceront en avril 2002 une version restructurée de cet accord, avec une flotte de sept navires, sur base d’une fréquence hebdomadaire et d’un jour de départ fixe. La rotation, dont les délais de transit seront ramenés de 63 à 49 jours, comprendra de nouvelles escales, à savoir Shanghai, Tanjung Pelepas et Port Louis.
  • Danzas reprend Scandinavian Garment Service
    Danzas, la division de logistique suisse de Deutsche Post World Net, a repris Scandinavian Garment Service (SGS). SGS est un prestataire de services logistiques dans le segment de la logistique de textiles et a une forte présence dans les pays nordiques et les Etats baltes.

TradeWindsweb site
DECEMBER 3, 2001
  • Buyer mulls plans for Renaissance ships
    Six Renaissance cruise ships are to stay out of the market for now.
  • Enron lays off 4,000
    The remaining 3,500 in the company's Houston headquarters are awaiting further instructions.
  • Massport under fire
    The Massachusetts Port Authority is guilty of patronage hires.
  • Ningbo port improves ranking
    The Chinese port is third largest behind Shanghai and Guangzhou in terms of cargo handling capacity.
  • Hyundai firms up Nigeria LNG carrier order
    Korean yard sees ink dry on four gas carrier options after long wait and tough fight.
  • HMM poised for legal action
    An ex-Hyundai employee is preparing to arrest a fourth Hyundai Merchant Marine ship, while the owner fumes.
  • EC clears Atlantic conference
    Container lines limit co-operation to end marathon anti-trust battle.
  • Saab pulls out of HDW
    Financial investor becomes third major shareholder in German shipyard group.
  • Scrapping reaches new heights
    Plummeting markets send owners to breakers' beaches in an effort to beat the rush.
  • Golar LNG logs loss
    Gas carrier venture is working on fixing and financing its three LNG carrier newbuildings.
  • Global Carriers losses mount
    Malaysian shipowner is warning of rougher times ahead as it operations are hit by the world economic slowdown.
  • Cruise merger tax barrier removed
    Anders Wilhelmsen and family in clear should Royal Caribbean merger with P&O Princess go through.
  • Keppel launches double buy-out
    Singaporean giant is aiming for 100% ownership of its yard and shipping units.
  • Shipping's Enron exposure put at $100m
    Energy trader's shipping director says some shipping firms could be pushed into bankruptcy.
  • More large tankers head for demo
    Fredriksen and Sammy Ofer are latest owners to send their elderly VLCCs and ULCCs for scrap.
  • Australian broking shop opens in Europe
    While others are thinking of downsizing newly merged Seawise are moving into a new office in the Hague.
  • Tanker impact minimal from Enron collapse
    Tanker market is expected to escape largely unscathed from demise of energy trader, says E A Gibson.

›››File
FROM THE HOME PAGE
At the end of the year Fret SCNF will cease to exist and the activity will be detected by the new companies Hexafret and Technis
St. -Ouen
The deal is aimed at averting the payment of 5.3 billion euros.
Tzitzikostas : At the beginning of my mandate I will present a strategy for European ports
Tzitzikostas : At the beginning of my mandate I will present a strategy for European ports
Brussels
"The competitiveness of the transport sector must be based on sustainability," the European Commission said.
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings records record quarterly revenue
Miami
In the July-September period of this year, the group's ships have embarked on 812mila passengers (+ 9.7%)
The intermodal hubs of Melzo and Milan Smistamento will be retaken in the ZLS of the port and retroport of Genoa
Milan
Deliberation approved by the regional junta of Lombardy
It amounts to 39 billion euros per year the public investment needed to decarbonize European transport.
It amounts to 39 billion euros per year the public investment needed to decarbonize European transport.
Brussels
The estimate in a new study of Transport & Environment
The crisis in the Red Sea has caused a hole of six billion dollars in Egypt's coffers
The crisis in the Red Sea has caused a hole of six billion dollars in Egypt's coffers
Cairo / Alexandria
Scali at the Egyptian port of El Dekheila of the services of Vuxx Shipping between China and Russia
In the third quarter, freight traffic in Chinese seaports grew by 1.7% percent
Beijing
The only volumes to and from abroad have increased by 5.0%
In the July-September quarter, naval traffic in the Bosphorus Strait grew by 6.4%
Ankara
In the first nine months of 2024, the increase was 7.1%
DFDS will not acquire the international transport network of Ekol Logistics
Copenhagen / Istanbul
Exchange of allegations : The Danish group claims that certain contract conditions have not been met ; the Turkish company replies that it has received a discount request in the last 24 hours
In the first quarter of this year, traffic in European Union ports fell by -3.2% percent.
In the first quarter of this year, traffic in European Union ports fell by -3.2% percent.
Luxembourg
The only traffic in containers (+ 5.2%) is growing. Still doubts about the figures attributed to Italy
ECSA and T&E are calling for the Clean Industrial Deal to support the energy transition of shipping
Brussels
Among the demands, make ecological naval fuels available in ports
In the July-September quarter, ONE revenue grew by 65.2% percent.
In the July-September quarter, ONE revenue grew by 65.2% percent.
Singapore
The volumes of containers carried by the fleet increased by 6.6%
In the third quarter, the financial and operational results of COSCO were substantially increased.
In the third quarter, the financial and operational results of COSCO were substantially increased.
Shanghai
The volumes of containers carried by the fleet increased by 8.6%
Maersk records glowing quarterly results
Maersk records glowing quarterly results
Copenhagen
A strong performance in the containerized shipping industry has been decided. Also growing terminal and logistics
Confitarma lists actions to increase the contribution of shipping to the Italian System
Naples
Le Aziende informanoSponsored Article
ITS Costruttori, il futuro dei cantieri inizia in Accademia
Oltre 420 posizioni aperte in 17 corsi totali, con un tasso di occupazione post diploma di circa il 95% in media
In the third quarter the traffic in goods in Turkish ports decreased by -1.8%
Ankara
Volumes to and from Italy have increased by 2.9%
The Court of Appeal in Reggio Calabria gives reason to the AdSP of Gioia Tauro in the litigation that juxtaposes it to the Corap
A litigant remains pending in front of the Court of Cassation
Maersk signs an agreement with Chinese LONGi to supply its own dual-fuel vessels of methanol
Copenhagen
The Danish group already has agreements in place to meet more than 50% percent of its demand for methanol planned for 2027
Royal Caribbean again records financial results and record quarterly operating
Royal Caribbean again records financial results and record quarterly operating
Miami
In the July-September period, revenues increased by 17.4%
The association of European ports is alarmed for the planned reform of EU funding to transport infrastructure
Brussels
Transport policy and transport funding must be based on a European approach.
In the third quarter of this year, the transits of large vessels in the Panama Canal were down -38.3% percent.
In the third quarter of this year, the transits of large vessels in the Panama Canal were down -38.3% percent.
Balboa
-36.9% reduction in the volumes of goods transported through the Central American waterway
CMA CGM associates with Marsa Maroc for the management of a container terminal in the port of Nador
Marseille
Expected an investment of 280 million
Maersk confirms participation in service between Turkey and East Coast USA with scallops in Salerno, Livorno and Tanger Med
Copenhagen
Will be activated on 1st February 2025
Hapag-Lloyd will introduce shots at Italian ports in two services between the Mediterranean and East Coast USA
Hamburg / Haifa
Touches in Genoa, Livorno and Salerno in collaboration with ZIM
In the third quarter the terminals of COSCO Shipping Ports handled 29.1 million containers (+ 4.8%)
Hong Kong
Wan Hai Lines orders eight new container ships from 16,000 teu
Taipei
Committed to South Koreans HD Hyundai Samho and Samsung Heavy Industries
Fincantieri-EDGE agreement for the development of solutions for the underwater needs of military navies
Abu Dhabi / Trieste / Paris
The joint venture Maestral will deal with the design, development and construction of underwater systems
WSC, crucial mandate of new European commissioner for transport to ensure decarbonisation of shipping
Brussels
The shipowner association indicates some other priorities to be addressed
Federagents ready to illustrate to institutions the priorities of Italian ports
Rome
Pessina : available to our know-how to suggest the measures to be taken
Sébastien Romani is the new CEO of Forship Spa
Go Ligure
Subenters to Giuseppe Scognamiglio
Restyling of the landing area of the Cruserists in the port of Catania
Catania
In 2023 the traffic of cruises in the Sicilian stopover increased by 43.7% percent.
Resume work for the completion of the commercial docks of the Milazzo Port
Messina
The realization of 18,000 square metres of new aprons is planned.
In the third quarter, Kalmar's turnover fell by -16% percent.
Helsinki
New orders increased by 6%
Approved the 2025 forecast budget of the West Liguria AdSP
Genoa
Ok also at the annual review of the Triennale Operating Plan 2023-2025
Approved the 2025 forecast budget of the Central Adriatic System Authority of the Central Adriatic
Ancona
The first crane arrived to make Giammoro's pontile operating near Milazzo.
Messina
Will be installed by end of year
Green light to the forecast budget and the three-year plan of the work of the Eastern Liguria's AdSP
The Spezia
In the first nine months of 2024 the traffic of containers at Spezia grew by 8.1% percent. On 14 and November 15 the event "A Bridge To Africa"
Approved the forecast budget 2025 and the POT 2025-2027 of the AdSP of the Southern Tirreno and Ionian
Joy Tauro
Port of Livorno, seized a 40-pound load of cocaine
Livorno
Tracts under arrest three people
Approved the 2025 forecast budget of the AdSP of the Northern Tirreno
Livorno
Ok unanimous also at the Triennale Operating Plan 2024-2026
Rail Cargo Group activates a rail service between Belgrade and the port of Rijeka
Vienna
Two weekly rotations
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
HHLA reaps upward forecasts for the full financial year 2024
Hamburg
Also expected to be a slight increase in the volumes of container traffic handled by port terminals
In the third quarter, the revenues of COSCO Shipping Ports grew 11.2%
Hong Kong
In the first nine months of 2024, the increase was 5.8%
Approved the 2025 forecast budget of the AdSP of the Sardinia Sea
Cagliari
Also free from the three-year programme of works
Savino Del Bene has acquired the Seabridge Transport in Hamburg
Hamburg / Florence
The company was already acting as the administrative headquarters for the German operations of the Italian group.
In the third quarter, freight traffic in Albanian ports grew by 14.0% percent.
Tirana
In the first nine months of this year, the increase was 14.3%
In 2026, for the first time, MSC Cruciere ships will reach Alaska
Geneva
"MSC Poetry" will carry out weekly itineraries from Seattle
COSCO Shipping Lines orders six new container ships from 13,600 teu to Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding
Shanghai
They will be taken in delivery by 2027
Wärtsilä records a robust uptickdown in quarterly turnover
Helsinki
In the July-September period, the value of new orders rose by 1% percent.
Unified concession for formal act for the Intergroup terminal in Gaeta port
Cyvitavecchia
Has a duration of 12 years
Arrive in the port of Gioia Tauro the last two of the 13 new quay cranes of the MCT
Joy Tauro
They can work on capacity container carriers up to 25mila teu
Assologistic has published a practical guide to customs reform
Milan
Illustrated and analyzed the novelties and critiques of the new legislative plant
In the third quarter, shipping containers in Spanish ports increased by 9.9% percent.
Transhipment traffic grew by 13.2% percent, the import-export trade of 6.4% percent.
USB Mare and Porti criticizes the agreement for the renewal of the contract of port workers
Rome
Signed the voluntary agreement "Ancona blue agreement"
Ancona
The aim is to reduce the impact of emissions from cruise ships, ro-ro and ferries that climb the dorsal port.
Italian Coast Guard and the Italian Academy of Mercantile Academy in support of the Maritime Administration of Ukraine
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
On Friday, the public assembly of Federagents will be held in Rome.
Rome
The Federation celebrates the 75 years since its founding
Spediporto has organized a two-day trip on the Green Logistic Valley and Italy-China trade
Genoa
It is scheduled on 22 and October 23
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Argentina enfrenta tarifas portuarias hasta 500% más altas que otros países de la región
(Pescare)
Russia and India join forces in the Arctic, leaving China aside
(News.Az)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Relazione del presidente Nicola Zaccheo
Roma, 18 settembre 2024
››› File
Fincantieri opens in San Francisco a center for the development of dual-use technologies applicable both in civilian and military sectors
Trieste / San Francisco
It is housed at the Mind the Bridge Innovation Center
Japan's MHI-MME initiates a license agreement with Chinese Jiangsu Masada
Nagasaki
The aim is the development of the production and sale in China of turbochargers for two-stroke marine engines
By November the ownership of the Victory Shipyard will go to CNV
Venice
Mantovan (Veneto Region) : A new trade union agreement will be built that will cover the 48 workers in organic
In the third quarter, the commercial activity and financial performance of Konecranes grew
Helsinki
The value of new orders for the supply of port means increased by 44.1%
In 2025, a 3.9% increase in cruising traffic in Adriatic ports is expected
Ravenna
Responses Tourism believes that the traffic of ferries, catamarans and aliscafi will record further slight growth
COSCO Shipping Ports acquires stakes in the two port terminals of Hutchison Ports in Laem Chabang
Hong Kong
Investment of 110 million
GNV has taken delivery of the new ferry GNV Polaris
Genoa
First of four new ro-pax units built in China, it will enter service by January
John Xylas will be the new president of Intercargo.
John Xylas will be the new president of Intercargo.
London
He will subordinate to Dimitrios Fafalios, who has been named honorary president
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
phone: +39.010.2462122, fax: +39.010.2516768, e-mail
VAT number: 03532950106
Press Reg.: nr 33/96 Genoa Court
Editor in chief: Bruno Bellio
No part may be reproduced without the express permission of the publisher
Search on inforMARE Presentation
Feed RSS Advertising spaces

inforMARE in Pdf
Mobile