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BRIEFS
September 11, 2001
Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Jaya expanding Batam yard to handle more offshore vessels
    LOCAL shipyard and charterer, Jaya Holdings Ltd is to expand its Batam shipyard within two years to cope with the rising demand for offshore vessels which has filled the company's $120 million order book for the next 18-24 months.
  • Hutchison set to close US$1b Xiamen deal
  • Asian Terminals secures 1b peso loan deal with 9 banks
  • Precious Shipping sees painful year ahead
  • Beware of robberies in Antwerp: P&I Club
  • Indon stevedores threaten strike
Air and Land Transport
  • Airbus in joint airborne Internet, e-mail venture
    AIRBUS Industrie and Astrium have entered a joint venture with two smaller US companies to compete with Boeing Co in bringing e-mail, Internet access and real-time television to airline passengers and crews, the Wall Street Journal online reported.
  • S'pore venture loses bid to run Omani airports
  • JAL cargo hit by slowdown
  • China's domestic car industry challenging foreign producers
  • Log Book

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Jaya expanding Batam yard to handle more offshore vessels
    LOCAL shipyard and charterer, Jaya Holdings Ltd is to expand its Batam shipyard within two years to cope with the rising demand for offshore vessels which has filled the company's $120 million order book for the next 18-24 months.
  • Hutchison set to close US$1b Xiamen deal
  • Asian Terminals secures 1b peso loan deal with 9 banks
  • Precious Shipping sees painful year ahead
  • Beware of robberies in Antwerp: P&I Club
  • Indon stevedores threaten strike
Air and Land Transport
  • Airbus in joint airborne Internet, e-mail venture
    AIRBUS Industrie and Astrium have entered a joint venture with two smaller US companies to compete with Boeing Co in bringing e-mail, Internet access and real-time television to airline passengers and crews, the Wall Street Journal online reported.
  • S'pore venture loses bid to run Omani airports
  • JAL cargo hit by slowdown
  • China's domestic car industry challenging foreign producers
  • Log Book

Sched Netweb site
  • Hutchison subsidiary forms alliance with Yue Yuen
  • Yangshan project begins
  • New heads at Danzas
  • Kalimantan toll
  • Sino-Japan trade on the rise
  • Yangtze to be spanned in Jiangsu infrastructure projects
  • HACTL launches electronic check list
  • Matthews resigns from BA
  • Exel descends on Maastricht Aachen Airport
  • TNT Express expands in Eastern Europe

Cargowebweb site
SEPTEMBER 10, 2001
  • Air NZ offers Ansett To Qantas
  • Consultation at Sabena after the prohibition to strike
  • Shares in NOL down
  • Plan for EU-China maritime agreement
  • Third quarter loss American Airlines
  • Samsung Electro-Mechanics UPS-customer
  • United Airlines provider for i2 FreightMatrix customers

Exim Indiaweb site
  • Anti-dumping duty on sodium ferrocyanide to continue
  • Bangladesh yarn exporters set to give India stiff competition
  • Scope to boost exports to China seen
  • Kandla Port attains second position in April-Aug 2001 - Ministry's target exceeded by 3.29 pc
  • PPT's mechanised coal handling plant inauguration today
  • IA flies A-320 between Mumbai-Nagpur
  • DSP Forwarders ties up with RJG Int'l Transport to provide services to US
  • Concor pays higher dividend of 67 pc
  • Forex reserves rise continued for sixth week in succession
  • WTO-compatible subsidies for agri exports on cards
  • Forex reserves soar by $ 406 m
  • West Bengal to set up 3 agri-export zones
  • India may insist on 30 pc value-addition clause in treaty with Nepal
  • Karnataka to set up 5 new AEZs
  • Tata Steel shows fresh interest in Orissa SEZ
  • Inflation dips
  • Centre may formally sanction Dronagiri SEZ this month
  • USITC report sees scope for overseas investors in Indian textile sectors
  • Flicker of slowdown reversal seen
  • Steel demand projected to grow by 20 mt in 5 yrs
  • J.J.Irani may head Steel Alliance
  • Tea panel to apply mind on problems, prospects
  • 16 Indian firms attend Saarc fair

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
SEPTEMBER 10, 2001
  • Rotterdam steady after $2 price increase, Antwerp refinery problem resolved
  • Singapore and Korea firm after Friday's price gains
  • Battle for Brent has begun
  • Snug US gasoline stocks bring on surge in European export cargoes
  • Crude at 2 and a half month high Friday

International Transport Journalweb site
SEPTEMBER 10, 2001
  • OOCL, Hong Kong, appoints Hanza Forwarding as its new agent in Latvia
  • Lykes Lines and TMM Lines launch new liner service
  • «Twin Track» modernisation programme for British road haulage industry
  • Austrian road pricing to be introduced by July 1, 2003
  • Extra Express Transport Logistik AG
  • Norwegian transport company Blomquist Bulk Cargo (BBC) sets up German subsidiary
  • New joint venture in Hungary
  • A.P. Møller increases revenues

World Wide Shipperweb site
SEPTEMBER 10, 2001
  • Portland International Airport due for emergency response exercise
  • Study finds Stampede Pass Ok for daylight passenger rail service
  • DOT fines Northwest Airlines $3 million for treatment of passengers with disabilities
  • Port of Tacoma executive director named head of China relations council
  • Dutch Harbor continues string as top volume fishing port in US

Lloyd's Listweb site
  • Baltic ferry practice
    Navy helicopters and vessels are seen here responding to a simulated accident between a ferry and a container vessel off the Baltic coast yesterday. In all 20 vessels, six helicopters and na...
  • FMC targets Chinese lines in probe on unfair prices
    THE rapid growth of state-owned Chinese shipping lines in the US trades has come under threat by an investigation by the Federal Maritime Commission into unfair pricing practices, writes Janet Port...
  • ISM code 'can slash' hull and P&I claims says Swedish Club
    COMPLIANCE with the International Safety Management code results in a dramatic reduction in hull and P&I claims, according to research by the Swedish Club exclusively published in Lloyd's...
  • Forth Ports eyes Scapa Flow box terminal
    FORTH Ports said yesterday that it was "looking with interest" at plans to turn a former deepwater navy base in Scapa Flow into a container transhipment hub. The group's ch...
  • Colonel Gaddafi goes bananas
    LIBYAN leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi has stepped into the crisis facing Caribbean banana production with an offer to buy up all the bananas in the region at prices above market value. The b...

Fairplayweb site
SEPTEMBER 10, 2001
  • Norway launches marine insurer
  • Kolkata charges halved
  • November start for Havre expansion
  • Builders fear capacity increase
  • Keppel yard investment under threat
  • Grounded coaster to be salvaged
  • India reviews tonnage tax issue
  • Australia re-defines territory
  • Forth Ports posts record interims
  • Korea resumes Indonesia gas imports
  • Labour dispute hits Andamans link
  • Viking spurns Finnish tonnage tax
  • Corsica Ferries traffic surges
  • Maltese re-open talks with Libyans
  • Pirates attack US research ship
  • Evergreen in Benelux terminal search

The Journal of Commerceweb site
SEPTEMBER 10, 2001
  • Creel: OSRA "working well"
    The chairman of the Federal Maritime Commission said most complaints are coming from intermediaries who want all of the Act's benefits but none of its responsibilities.
  • TPG chief quits to run Dutch telecom
    Ad Scheepbouwer, who led the transformation of TPG into a global logistics powerhouse, has resigned to become chief executive of KPN, the financially-ailing Dutch telecom provider.
  • Maersk launches U.S.-Oz service
    The line sets a new service linking the United States' East Coast, Gulf Coast and West Coast directly with Australia and New Zealand.
  • Hutchison expanding in China
  • Danzas Corp. consolidates U.S. customs brokerage
  • RailPower Technologies launches hybrid locomotive
  • Hutchison e-unit inks footwear deal
  • Delays at Brazil port
  • Security check for Colombo

TradeWindsweb site
SEPTEMBER 10, 2001
  • Smedvig signs West Navion deal
    Deal worth up to $40m fails to spark Navion buyout.
  • IHC Caland raises cash for fleet expansion
    A new share issue could see the Dutch company build up its range of FPSOs.
  • More changes mooted at Stolt
    As founder Jacob Stolt-Nielsen leaves one of his roles, the tanker group proposes three new board members.
  • Frontline denies VLCC floor rate plan
    Call for $40,000 a day tanker rate just brainstorming says Tor Olav Troim.
  • Wuhu inks $40m in offshore newbuildings
    Ambitious Chinese yard returns to offshore sector with four ship deal.
  • Hong Kong slips from peak
    Container volumes in the second quarter fell by 1% at the key port.
  • Lasco aims for $25m profit
    Latvian shipping chief Andris Klavins has said there will be no costly reassessment of fleet value this year.
  • Scottish ports boost Forth
    Profits rise at the UK ports company, with Grangemouth container volumes leading the way.
  • Formosa ship collides with VITACO tanker
    Diesel oil spill off southern Vietnam after chemical carrier collides with handysize product tanker.
  • Australia detains eleven
    Livestock carriers and handysizes fall foul of Australian port state control.
  • Aussie navy intercepts asylum seekers
    Troopship carrying Tampa refugees has intercepted a further boatload en route to Papua New Guinea.

›››File
FROM THE HOME PAGE
Business calls for Joe Biden to suspend strike at US Atlantic and Gulf ports
Washington / Genoa
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, it would be unresponsive to allow a contractual dispute to inflict such a shock on our economy. Heavy, warns Spediport, repercussions on the port of Genoa
Indian government activates a five-year plan to double down on cruising traffic
Mumbai
Envisioned the modernization of port terminals and the realization of new infrastructure
The strike began in the ports of the East Coast and Gulf States.
Lyndhurst / North Bergen
The ILA has rejected the latest advance bid in the past hours by the USMX. Teamsters announced that truck drivers will not cross the pickets of port workers
Carnival cruising group collects another record quarter
Carnival cruising group collects another record quarter
Miami
Positive the outlook for fiscal year 2025
In the second quarter, the traffic of the containers handled by the Eurokai port terminals grew by 9.6% percent.
In the second quarter, the traffic of the containers handled by the Eurokai port terminals grew by 9.6% percent.
Hamburg
In Germany the volume was 1.8 million teu (+ 8.3%), in Italy of 446mila teu (+ 8.6%) and in the other foreign terminals of 872mila teu (+ 12.8%)
Port of Gioia Tauro, on October 14, 10th meeting for the eventual constitution of the ex-art enterprise. 17
Joy Tauro
In case of failure of the negotiation, the extension of the Labour Administration Agency will be solicited.
Cancelled the order of the Zéphyr & Borée to HMD for five wind-propelled container vessels
Ulsan
Termination of the contract at the request of the French shipowner
The Japanese group "K" Line sells 47% percent of the "K" Line Logistics to the countrywide Kamigumi
Tokyo
The transaction will be implemented next April
To avert the strike in ports USA the USMX submits an appeal against the ILA
Lyndhurst / North Bergen
Asked for an immediate injunction that would require the union to resume negotiations.
South Korea's Hanwha disclaims takeover of Austal
Seoul / Sydney
Australian company will enhance its Mobile shipyard in Mobile, Alabama
SBB CFF FFS Cargo orders to Stadler Rail 36 multisystem electric locomotives with option for an additional 93 medium
Mercitalia Logistics has entered Assologistics
Milan
Bussalino : Piedmont is aiming for the creation of a retro-port system on its own territory
Terminal Investment Limited (MSC group) will carry out a container terminal in the Danish port of Aarhus
ESPO and FEPORT are calling for a mandatory tax exemption across the EU for onshore power supply
Brussels
Indispensable-they stress-to encourage ships to use OPS
Shipping is not at all on the right track to achieve decarbonisation goals and the next 12 months will be crucial
London / Brussels
It highlights the third annual report "Progress Towards Shipping's 2030 Breakthrough". ECSA proposals to speed up production and adoption of clean fuels
In the first eight months of 2024 the port of Barcelona handled 2,660,122 containers (+ 22.1%)
Barcelona
Accentuated upside (+ 41.3%) of the transshipment containers
In the second quarter of this year, freight traffic in French ports increased by 0.7%
Paris
Flexion of liquid bulk bulk. Growth of containers and dry bulk. Stable the rotable
CLdN orders HD Hyundai Mipo ten new 1,100-teu container carriers
Luxembourg
The company entered the months courses in the full container sector by renting a ship
Another 2.5 billion euros of European funds for projects under the TEN-T network
Brussels
Launched the call for proposals for project financing
The Council of the Swiss States adopts two motions to speed up the transfer of traffic from the road to rail
Bern
In August, freight traffic in the port of Genoa fell by -7.5% percent while Savona-I went up by 35.5% percent.
Genoa
Also Summariva chooses the private with the appointment as chairman of the Spinelli Group
Genoa
Will take office the next first October
CMA CGM acquires 49% of the capital of Brazil's Santos Brasil
CMA CGM acquires 49% of the capital of Brazil's Santos Brasil
Marseille / São Paulo
Next year the French group will launch an OPA with the aim of buying the remaining stake
ERFA, rail freight aid not being used to support declining business models
Brussels
Stahl : We have to ensure that any figure is granted thoughtfully
The Dutch Spliethoff has acquired the majority of the capital of the compatriot ForestWave
The Dutch Spliethoff has acquired the majority of the capital of the compatriot ForestWave
Amsterdam
The concentration creates a fleet of 147 multipurpose vessels
Rolls-Royce will sell the segment of propulsion and shipping systems to the Fairbanks Morse Defense
Derby
From the sale, gas turbines and generators will be excluded.
Intermare and Kestrel Italia extend the KestrelMare partnership to Germany's Harren Group
Brema / Genoa
Martin Harren : Italy is a market with a very bright future for the segments of the cargo project and heavy lift
U.S. FedEx's quarterly results decline
Memphis
Net profit down -26.3%
Port workers from the East Coast and Gulf Coast have been ready to strike in October.
North Bergen / Lyndhurst
A few days to reach an agreement in extremis with the United States Maritime Alliance, which is willing to resume talks with the ILA but not to accept all the union's demands
In the port of Genoa, a single office of the Customs Agency will be established, which will be the largest in Italy.
Genoa
Alesse : It is essential to integrate customs and monopolistic functions into a single operational pole
The new European Commissioner for Sustainable Transport and Tourism will be the Greek Apostolos Tzitzikostas
The new European Commissioner for Sustainable Transport and Tourism will be the Greek Apostolos Tzitzikostas
Brussels
He is First Vice-President of the European Committee of the Regions
Inaugurated the container terminal of duisport, Hupac, PSA and HTS in the port of Duisburg
Duisburg
Will have a traffic capacity equal to 850mila teu per year
Officialized delivery of 80% of the capital of Meyer Werft to the public
Papenburg
Lies : The social partners have agreed on a plan that will also involve considerable cuts. Eikens : essential state guarantees
Emanuele Grimaldi doubles his own stake in Höegh Autoliners
Oslo
The Italian shipowner now owns 10% percent of the Norwegian company
International Transport Workers ' Federation expresses full support for American port workers
London
Crumlin : "the fight of the ILA is our struggle"
Laghezza will expand the activities in the retroport of La Spezia and will also take office in the retroport of Genoa
The Spezia
A new logistics hub will be made in the area of Tortona
Tomorrow, the Federation of the Sea celebrates its 30-year anniversary with a conference in Naples
Rome
Theme of the meeting : "The Mediterranean in history : from Mare to Middle Ocean"
Accelleron strengthens the partnership with HD Hyundai to which the production of radial turbochargers in Korea is entrusted
Baden
Expected reductions in delivery times and transport costs for Asian market customers
Stable passenger traffic carried this summer by GNV ships
Genoa
6% increments of volume with Sardinia and 7% with Morocco
Appeal of the Propeller Club of Trieste not to overlook the offices of customs in service of the Julian port
Trieste
Zerbini : The stir deserves what has been done for the port of Genoa
Spliethoff orders Wuhu Shipyard the construction of eight multipurpose ships
Amsterdam
They will be taken in delivery starting from the first quarter of 2028
At the port of Augusta a plant has been activated to remove CO2 from the atmosphere and stockpile it in the marine ecosystem
August
The cruise ship was launched in Monfalcone. Star Princess
Trieste / Fort Laurderdale
Fincantieri will deliver the unit to Princess Cruises in the fall of 2025
ECG calls for a transition period for the application of German guidelines on the rizzing of vehicles on bisarche
Brussels
Less than half of the trucks received certification
Sea-Intelligence analyzes the impact of EU ETS on shipowner alliances
Copenhagen
More costs for Ocean Alliance. Gemini Cooperation and Premier Alliance on the same floor. MSC would be more advantaged
Attic buys the fast ferry Thunder of Fast Ferries for 17.75 million euros
Athens
Built in 1998, it has a capacity of 1,068 passengers and 215 cars
The luxury cruise ship Seabourn Odyssey go from Seabourn to the Mitsui Ocean Cruises
Tokyo
It is the second ship of the company of the Japanese group MOL
PowerCell Group has acquired in Italy an order for marine fuel cell systems
Gothenburg
Will be delivered 56 units that will be installed largely on cruise ships
Rixi : confirmed target of funds from ETS to increase in resources for the Sea Modal Shift Incentive
Rome
"We are seeking to recover the funds allocated for the unused 2022 percent," he said.
In strong growth the operational and economic performance of Global Ports Holding
Istanbul
In the January-August period, passenger traffic in cruise terminals increased by 29% percent
Proposals from the TEHA Group think tank to stimulate the competitiveness of the Italian maritime industry
Palermo
The second edition of the Sea Resource Forum is underway in Palermo.
Montaresi appointed commissioner of the Port Authority of the East Ligure Sea
Rome
Rixi : With Montaresi we guarantee continuity, waiting for the appointment of the new AdSP Summit
Greek CCEC sells five container ships from 5,023 teu for 118.4 million
Athens
They were built in 2013
Di Caterina (ALIS) : No to strikes or blocks of intermodal transport services with Sicily
Rome
Satisfaction with the commitment of MIT to target ETS tax funds in support of maritime intermodality
Alsea and Spediporto, Italian export could further grow by improving accessibility to European markets
Milan
Additional hurdles and burdens to overcome the Alps barrier
Assiterminal appoints the components of the committees and working groups
Genoa
They will remain in office in the three years 2024-2026
In the imminence of the strike in the ports of the East Coast and the Gulf USA the FMC urges carriers and terminalists to abide by the standards
North Bergen / Lyndhurst
No step forward to avert the firm despite contracts between the ILA and the USMX
On Thursday in 11 Italian ports will be held the presentation of the book "Women on the Bridge of Command"
Milan
The volume of Wista Italy will also be presented at the Munich Yacht Show
On Friday in Naples a seminar on Health and Safety in the Port of Port : the applicable legislation "
Naples
Organized by Inail Campania and Assshipowners with the Ateneo "Parthenope"
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
Need a comparison and not one-sided statements about services to trucks in liguri ports
Genoa
Filt Cgil Genova points out that the issue involves different categories of workers
The launch of the SDO-SuRS for the Italian Navy in Venice has been carried out in Venice.
St. George of Nogaro
Beginning the transfer to Genoa where in the yard T. Mariotti will proceed with the onboarding of the superstructures
Liquidated a Russian subsidiary of the Maersk Group
Moscow
The procedure for liquidation of another Russian company of the Danish group would have been cancelled
The Assiterminal summit met with Minister Musumeci
Rome
Cognito : reiterates the importance that the government continues to keep seafood at the centre of its policies
Gasparato (UIR) : to team up with the institutions on the rules of reform of interports
Rome
The text of the law under consideration represents an important point of departure.
Granted the concession for the marina for large yachts at the Brin pier in Olbia
Cagliari
Seventeen the boat seats available
In Mantova the Kuehne + Nagel group inaugurated the Adidas Campus distribution center
In Mantova the Kuehne + Nagel group inaugurated the Adidas Campus distribution center
Mantova
The investment of 350 million euros is the largest ever made by the Swiss company.
AdSP of the East Ligurian Sea wins the "Smart Port" award at the RemTech Expo in Ferrara
The Spezia
Recognition of the innovation policy and environmental sustainability of the institution
The seventh edition of "A Sea of Switzerland" will be held in Lugano on October 11 in Lugano.
Lugano
International forum on the logistics axis between the liguri ports and the markets of central Europe
In August the containers in the port of Valencia increased while in Algeciras they were down
Valencia / Algeciras
Eventful 464mila teu (+ 19.1%) and 403mila teu (-5.2%) respectively
Fifteen million euros at the port of Pozzallo for the cold ironing
Pozzallo
Ok of the Ministry of Finance
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
Tomorrow, the Federation of the Sea celebrates its 30-year anniversary with a conference in Naples
Rome
Theme of the meeting : "The Mediterranean in history : from Mare to Middle Ocean"
On Friday in Naples a seminar on Health and Safety in the Port of Port : the applicable legislation "
Naples
Organized by Inail Campania and Assshipowners with the Ateneo "Parthenope"
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Is Pakistan's bid to kickstart Chinese-run Gwadar port putting 'cart before the horse'?
(South China Morning Post)
CVC urges Deutsche Bahn to reconsider Schenker sale to DSV, letter shows
(Reuters)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Relazione del presidente Nicola Zaccheo
Roma, 18 settembre 2024
››› File
Last month, container traffic in the port of Los Angeles increased by 16.0% percent.
Los Angeles / New York / Savannah
Grimaldi completes the acquisition of 67% of the capital of the Port Authority of Heraklion
Heraklion
Invested 80 million euros
ART required the AdSPs a minimum list of information on managed maritime demanio
Rome
Zacchaeus : essential to exercise regulatory functions on port concessions
Agreement to allow the expansion of the MCT concession in the port of Gioia Tauro
Joy Tauro
Agreement between the terminalist company, the AdSP and the Corap, entities that have a litigation in progress
Published the ban on the assignment of the lots of the shipbuilding district of the Cagliari Porto Canal
Cagliari
Joining 17 expressions of interest
Poland's Kotniz has acquired a majority stake in Italian Metalstyle
Genoa
Consolidation in the field of products and components for the nautical
Federation of the Sea and Assocostieri signed a memorandum of understanding
Rome
They will collaborate on the organization of events, conferences and presentations of their respective associations
Summary : No impact of my resignation on the proceedings and projects underway in the ports of Spezia and Carrara
The Spezia
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