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April 18, 2002
Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Strong penalties urged for substandard ship operators
    STRONG disincentives and penalties for 'unscrupulous' operators and charterers who use substandard ships is being advocated by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development in a hard-hitting report.
  • Noble founder gives up chairmanship
  • Panama Canal steps up security
  • Japan's March ship export orders down 34%
Air and Land Transport
  • Airbus seeks to sell China up to 50 jets this year
    AIRBUS Industrie said it hopes to sell China another 30 to 50 aircraft this year, after signing a deal on Tuesday to sell China Eastern Airlines 20 A320 jets.
  • Narita airport opens second runway
  • Virgin Blue plans A$3.6b fleet upgrade
  • SATS handles more cargo, passengers
  • UPS' Philippine intra-Asia hub completes regional jigsaw
Features
  • Planes left high and dry
    AAUS Airways Boeing 737 glides across the California desert sky before making its final approach and landing at the sprawling Mojave Airport in a remote area about 160 km north of Los Angeles.

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Strong penalties urged for substandard ship operators
    STRONG disincentives and penalties for 'unscrupulous' operators and charterers who use substandard ships is being advocated by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development in a hard-hitting report.
  • Noble founder gives up chairmanship
  • Panama Canal steps up security
  • Japan's March ship export orders down 34%
Air and Land Transport
  • Airbus seeks to sell China up to 50 jets this year
    AIRBUS Industrie said it hopes to sell China another 30 to 50 aircraft this year, after signing a deal on Tuesday to sell China Eastern Airlines 20 A320 jets.
  • Narita airport opens second runway
  • Virgin Blue plans A$3.6b fleet upgrade
  • SATS handles more cargo, passengers
  • UPS' Philippine intra-Asia hub completes regional jigsaw
Features
  • Planes left high and dry
    AAUS Airways Boeing 737 glides across the California desert sky before making its final approach and landing at the sprawling Mojave Airport in a remote area about 160 km north of Los Angeles.

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Strong penalties urged for substandard ship operators
    STRONG disincentives and penalties for 'unscrupulous' operators and charterers who use substandard ships is being advocated by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development in a hard-hitting report.
  • Noble founder gives up chairmanship
  • Panama Canal steps up security
  • Japan's March ship export orders down 34%
Air and Land Transport
  • Airbus seeks to sell China up to 50 jets this year
    AIRBUS Industrie said it hopes to sell China another 30 to 50 aircraft this year, after signing a deal on Tuesday to sell China Eastern Airlines 20 A320 jets.
  • Narita airport opens second runway
  • Virgin Blue plans A$3.6b fleet upgrade
  • SATS handles more cargo, passengers
  • UPS' Philippine intra-Asia hub completes regional jigsaw
Features
  • Planes left high and dry
    AAUS Airways Boeing 737 glides across the California desert sky before making its final approach and landing at the sprawling Mojave Airport in a remote area about 160 km north of Los Angeles.

Sched Netweb site
  • Lloyd Triestino, CMA CGM to join forces
  • MLOs team up with Americana/Grand Alliance
  • Empros launches Asia, Greece, Turkey service
  • Hactl reports strong growth in Q1
  • KN opens new Mexico facility
  • BAX Global offers MyRMA online

Cargowebweb site
APRIL 17, 2002
  • US Customs inspections in Rotterdam
    Rotterdam will be the first of the 10 ports selected by U. S. Customs for stricter control of sea containers bound for US ports.
  • MOL sets environmental goals
    Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd (MOL, President Kunio Suzuki) announced its goals for 2002 MOL Environment Management System.
  • Canadian Railways critical about Halifax
    Paul Tellier, the president of Canadian National Railway urged the Port of Halifax to improve its handling of containers or risk losing business to competing U.S. ports.
  • Lloyd Triestino and CMA CGM join with capacity
    Triestino di Navigazione SpA (LT) and the leading French line CMA CGM have announced that they are to cooperate in the transpacific trade.
  • Losses Delta tripled almost
    Delta Air Lines saw its losses almost triple in the first quarter of 2002 as it warned that the weak corporate travel market was continuing to hamper the recovery from the post-September 11 crisis.
  • Truck services Eurotunnel up
    Eurotunnel's truck shuttle service carried 305,143 trucks in the first quarter of 2002, a 3 per cent increase on the corresponding period in 2001.

Exim Indiaweb site
  • SCI sell-off may take place in 3 months
  • Edible oil imports on the rise
  • Anti-dumping duties slapped on 3 more Chinese items
  • CoPT setting up bunkering system at Puthuvypu island
  • Accounting norms for Major Ports: MoS to consult CAG
  • Concor hikes rates on ICD Amingaon, Haldia, Cossipore route
  • Kapil Rawat takes over as Concor RGM, Central Region
  • Customs chief promises exporters a hassle-free environment soon
  • Use of 5 antibiotics in shrimp culture to be stopped
  • Maran seeks Lombardy's expertise for upgradation of industrial clusters
  • Forex reserves swell to $ 54.6 bn
  • Car exports zoom by 118 pc
  • AP plans to form 2 more AEZs
  • Exim Bank holding 2 programmes next week
  • Ficci chief R. S. Lodha elected to China's BFA Board

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
APRIL 17, 2002
  • No sign of extra OPEC oil exports to compensate for Iraqi stoppage
  • Canada East Coast: Halifax soft, Montreal avails OK
  • African market report from GAC
  • Some tight avails on the US East Coast
  • Fairly steady Market in Panama, St. Eustatius still s/e
  • No IFO in Nigeria and bunkers subject to enquiry in Dar es Salaam
  • Congestion and some tight avails in Italy
  • New posted prices in Ecuador
  • Small fire at Mina Al Ahmadi refinery
  • Steady bunker prices in Brazil today
  • Chile market report from PMC
  • Tight IFO avails in Las Palmas, resupply expected next week
  • Gibraltar market firmer today
  • Arab Gulf fuel oil cargos up less than expected today
  • Istanbul: Bosphorus closed due to fog
  • Cambridge Energy Research Associates: Current high oil price is pure politics
  • No Iraq/US conflict likely for a while
  • Smooth market reported in Piraeus
  • Crude firm on massive draw in US crude stocks
  • Improved product avails in Egypt
  • Market report from Marine Bunkering
  • Big drop on MGO in Jeddah, Dammam posted prices down too

International Transport Journalweb site
APRIL 17, 2002
  • DHL resumes hub project
  • Cargolux: second flight to Calgary
  • Eva: Taipei-Milan
  • Martinair stops at Bahrain
  • Qantas: New York, Toledo, Los Angeles, Honolulu, Pago Pago, Sydney
  • Flight-specific products
  • Fuel surcharges
  • China Southern Airlines expands freight business
  • Dragonair buys Boeing aircraft
  • LOT to join the Star Alliance

Marine Logweb site
APRIL 17, 2002
  • Shipbuilding pays off for Northrop Grumman
    First quarter 2002 results announced by Northrop Grumman indicate that its decision to acquire a substantial chunk of the U.S. shipbuilding industry is paying off.
  • FGH logs massive non-cash writedowns for 2001
    Friede Goldman Halter's 2001 Form 10-K records a $401.6million loss

World Wide Shipperweb site
APRIL 17, 2002
  • Schnitzer Steel earnings come in ahead of expectations
  • Panama Canal Authority assessing fee to pay for upgrades
  • Marine Terminals Corporation continues string of safety award victories
  • New Customs anti-terrorism program lets businesses vouch for cargo security
  • Port of Portland hosting six open house meetings

Lloyd's Listweb site
  • Brown tax shadow falls on the London Greeks
    UK Chancellor Gordon Brown announced that the government is reviewing the tax status of non-domiciled residents in the UK, in a move that is likely to raise fears of a tax clampdown on overseas shipowners such as the London Greeks.
  • Liberia has failed to mend maritime abuses says UN
    A UNITED Nations panel of experts says Liberia has failed to correct the abuses in its maritime programme that saw funds from the shipping register used to buy arms in violation of UN sanctions, according to wire reports.
  • Panama to charge ships $400 for canal security
    THE Panama Canal Authority will introduce a new security fee of up to $400 per voyage for all vessels transiting the waterway from June 1, writes John McLaughlin in New York.
  • MISC lands LNG first with Gaz de France deal
    Malaysian International Shipping Corp has clinched its first ever third party LNG transportation contract with Gaz de France.

Fairplayweb site
APRIL 17, 2002
  • Korean seafarers scale down demands
  • Thailand suspends harbour officials
  • Korean newbuilding orders plunge
  • Shipping 'not trusted' on quality
  • Box terminal for Caspian port
  • Dutch minister retains her post
  • Friede Goldman posts $400M loss
  • Argentina helps Plate cabotage
  • Freedom Ship seeks funding
  • Russians buy out West's Fesco stake
  • Bulker closes Lakes channel
  • New course for Silja
  • LauritzenCool merger 'a success'
  • Stena Line to boost N Sea capacity
  • NYK denies Red Ensign switch
  • Rotterdam ready for US Customs
  • Kembla terminal remains operational
  • Alliance to cut Atlantic service
  • MISC makes LNG breakthrough
  • Qasim starts night operations today
  • Ningbo box volumes surge
  • 10,000 Kenyans heading for Europe
  • China Shipping sees box growth
  • India to boost waterways investment
  • Leif Hoegh sees new LNG potential
  • Colombo Dockyard doubles profit
  • HMM plans to take ships to Cheju
  • US to drop passenger fee exemption
  • Oil production rises in Venezuela
  • Bandar Abbas privatisation shelved
  • Panama to impose new security fee

The Journal of Commerceweb site
APRIL 17, 2002
  • CP Ships loss on lower rates, volume
    The carrier posted a net loss of $11 million in the first quarter of 2002 compared to net income of $25 million in 2001.
  • Cargolux profits plunge
    Despite a narrow decrease in volume, the airfreight carrier said earnings dropped to $15.4 million in 2001, down 53% from $33 million in 2000.
  • FedEx Express forms new Brazil network
  • FedEx to sell $1B in securities
  • Hutchison cuts HK, China port stakes
  • Panama Canal adds security charge
  • Interpool offers convertible debentures
  • Werner sees net improvement
  • EU OKs Maersk/P&O Nedlloyd rail venture
  • Rail freight down, trucks up for Channel tunnel
  • i2 profit long way off: Report
  • Write-downs for Friede Goldman Halter

Antwerpse Lloyd n.v.web site
APRIL 17, 2002
  • La sécurité des flux containérisés dans les ports européens passée au crible
    L’objectif de la Container Security Initiative (CSI) est de sécuriser davantage les flux de containers en direction des Etats-Unis. Aux yeux de l’administration américaine, cela implique également des contrôles plus sévères dans les pays d’où proviennent les flux de cargaisons. Selon nos collègues de la presse spécialisée néerlandaise, une équipe de la douane américaine va coopérer avec la douane néerlandaise dans le cadre d’un projet pilote à Rotterdam. Anvers, qui est un important port de chargement vers les Etats-Unis avec un trafic de 8,6 mio. de tonnes en 2001 (dont 2,8 mio. de tonnes containérisées), est également disposé à coopérer aux initiatives américaines. Le Customs Attaché de l’ambassade américaine à Paris est attendu dans le port anversois en mai prochain, tandis que la douane belge sera représentée à la réunion de l’OMI organisée autour de ce thème à Londres.
  • Deutsche Post va soumettre toutes ses filiales en Europe à un audit
    Deutsche Post est en train de préparer très activement son plan de restructuration et d’intégration STAR, qui devra mener à des synergies entre les différentes filiales du groupe, ainsi qu’à une réduction des coûts. Le programme d’uniformisation définitif ne sera révélé que cette été. Entre-temps, la nervosité augmente parmi les salariés des différentes filiales, car ils craignent que le plan mènera à des suppressions d’emploi.
  • CSAV poursuit son expansion dans les trafics Est-Ouest et Nord-Sud
    L’industrie du liner a beaucoup évolué ces vingt dernières années sous la pression de la containérisation et de ses implications dans le domaine des prestations intermodales intégrées. Nombreux sont les armements traditionnels qui ont disparu, tandis que d’autres sont parvenus à s’adapter, à évoluer vers ces nouvelles dimensions indispensables aujourd’hui pour rester dans les grands trafics internationaux. Dans ce contexte, le groupe maritime chilien Compañia Sudamericana de Vapores (CSAV), fondé en 1872, est le seul opérateur d’Amérique latine qui soit parvenu à s’inscrire dans le club des méga-carriers Est-Ouest et Nord Sud. Il a obtenu ce statut grâce à une politique judicieuse de diversification de ses activités, qui lui a assuré une assise financière solide et les moyens de poursuivre les expansions assez spectaculaires auxquelles il a procédé ces dernières année sous la direction de son président Ricardo Claro Valdés.
  • L’Oréal crée une nouvelle plate-forme logistique à Nivelles
    L’Oréal, qui dit être le leader mondial sur le marcé du cosmétique, a décidé de réorganiser ses activités en Belgique. Dans ce contexte, une nouvelle plate-forme logistique représentant un investissement total de 12 mio. d’EUR va être construite à Nivelles. Dans une première phase, les activités de distibution pour la Belgique et le Luxembourg y seront transférées. Dans une deuxième phase, le centre deviendra responsable pour la distribution dans l’ensemble du Benelux.

TradeWindsweb site
APRIL 17, 2002
  • Marad ends SeaRex hull auction
    The Hull number one built by Ingalls shipyard is in need of certain repairs.
  • DVB Group posts weak net income
    The German transport finance bank will continue to reduce non-transportation business.
  • Ship segment lifts Northrop's earnings
    The ship division contributes $1.1bn in sales to the company's first quarter financial results.
  • MISC linked to VLCC order
    Malaysian owner rumoured to be closing in on newbuilding in Japan amid dearth of large tanker orders.
  • Bulker sales hype materialises in deals
    Two modern panamax bulkers have attracted strong prices generating fresh interest in the sector.
  • Stelmar set for secondary offering
    Gross proceeds of about $60m will be used to part fund purchase of four tankers.
  • CP Ships bleeds red ink
    Owner says start of the year "difficult" but renewals and cost savings will allow profitability in 2002.
  • General Dynamics stock price weakens
    This is despite the company's robust first quarter net earnings.
  • FGH downplays net loss
    The poor 2001 financial results are blamed on mostly non-cash write-downs.
  • J Lauritzen result "unsatisfactory"
    Danish shipowner improves on 2000 but expects this year's profit to slide.
  • MISC charters out LNG carrier
    Malaysian giant fulfils long-held dream of entering trading market for gas carriers.
  • Sea Containers extends Silja stake
    Ferry operators poised to scoop additional 25% of stock in Finnish player.
  • Knightsbridge dividend pales
    First quarter payout softens as 2002 tanker market starts on uncertain note.
  • USCG fights terror at sea
    Safety chief Paul Pluta risks calls of overkill with 11 September security plan.
  • Hornbeck-Leevac eyes IPO
    The US offshore supply vessel company has grown steadily in the past five years.
  • Class dream on tanker newbuildings
    BV and ABS talk redundancy and risk management to tanker owners in Rotterdam.

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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%
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
Companies inform
Accelleron and Geislinger: An Evolving Technical Collaboration
In the first half of the year, Singamas' container sales decreased by -10%.
Hong Kong
The average selling price dropped by -3.8%
COSCO Shipping Holdings Group's revenues fell by -3.4% in the second quarter of 2025.
COSCO Shipping Holdings Group's revenues fell by -3.4% in the second quarter of 2025.
Shanghai
Sharp decline in economic performance in the trans-Pacific and Asia-Europe markets
For Federlogistica, the bridge over the Strait of Messina will have the miraculous power to gradually eliminate a framework of social injustices.
For Federlogistica, the bridge over the Strait of Messina will have the miraculous power to gradually eliminate a framework of social injustices.
Genoa
Falteri: it can become the artery of an economic and social body that has been underdeveloped to date
SBB CFF FFS Cargo's half-year performance was negative.
Bern
The Swiss company announced a drop in volumes in both domestic and transit traffic.
COSCO Shipping Ports reports record quarterly revenue
Hong Kong
In the April-June period, net profit was 122.4 million dollars (+32.4%)
Cargo traffic at Chinese seaports hit a new record high in July
Cargo traffic at Chinese seaports hit a new record high in July
Beijing
Foreign traffic amounted to 427.6 million tonnes (+6.1%)
South Korea's HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. and HD Hyundai Mipo Co. to merge
Seoul
The completion of the operation is expected for next December 1st.
Filt Cgil, priority should be given to valorizing AdSP workers rather than assigning positions
Rome
The union denounces the failure to comply with the National Collective Labour Agreement
In the second quarter of this year, freight traffic in the port of Venice grew by +4.1%
Venice
There were 228 thousand cruise passengers (+12.8%)
COSCO Shipping International's revenues increased by 10.3% in the first half of the year.
Hong Kong
Net profit was HK$494.6 million (+26.0%)
G20 nations' merchandise trade showed modest growth in the second quarter
Geneva
The increase in trade in services was more pronounced
South Korea's HD Hyundai announces multibillion-dollar investment program to revitalize the U.S. shipbuilding industry.
South Korea's HD Hyundai announces multibillion-dollar investment program to revitalize the U.S. shipbuilding industry.
Seongnam
Agreements with the US investment firm Cerberus Capital and the Korea Development Bank
MSC World Europa cruise ship crashes off the coast of Ponza
Rome
The Coast Guard reports that the situation on board, where there are 8,585 people, is calm and under control.
MSC World Europa has resumed autonomous sailing
Rome
Electrical problem solved, the cruise ship is headed for the port of Naples
PostEurop warns that from August 29, shipments of goods to the USA could be limited or suspended
Brussels
Last month, Trump eliminated tariff exemptions for low-cost goods.
Chinese oil company OOIL sees growth in its half-year financial results.
Hong Kong
In the first six months of this year, revenues increased by +5.0%
Premier Alliance to split Mediterranean Pendulum 2 service next month
Seoul/Singapore/Keelung
Investment firm CVC Capital Partners exits Boluda Maritime Terminals and TTI Algeciras
Schiphol
The two terminal companies manage a total of nine Spanish port terminals
ZIM's quarterly economic and operating performance declines
ZIM's quarterly economic and operating performance declines
Haifa
In the period April-June the average value of freight rates fell by -11.6%
Interferry's Entry/Exit System risks delaying ferry operations at European ports.
Victoria
The system will come into force on October 12th
DFDS closes second quarter with a loss
Copenhagen
In the period April-June 2025 the fleet transported 10.6 million linear meters of rolling stock (-0.4%)
Ammonia and methanol are ready to decarbonize shipping, but some obstacles to their use must be removed.
New record quarterly results for the American cruise group Viking
New record quarterly results for the American cruise group Viking
Los Angeles
The April-June period closed with a net profit of 439.2 million dollars (+182.2%)
Container traffic in the port of Barcelona grew by 1.8% last month.
Barcelona
202,321 TEUs handled at loading and unloading (+10.4%) and 142,492 TEUs in transit (-8.3%)
In the second quarter of 2025, freight traffic in the Port of Hamburg grew by +4%
In the second quarter of 2025, freight traffic in the Port of Hamburg grew by +4%
Hamburg
Sharp increase in transshipment container volumes (+26%)
Norway's Xeneta has bought Denmark's eeSea
Oslo
Both companies provide data and information for the optimization of containerized maritime transport
In the April-June quarter, freight traffic in Tunisian ports decreased by -3.8%
La Goulette
In the first six months of 2025, 13.8 million tonnes were handled (-3.2%)
Port of Koper sets new quarterly records for containers and rolling stock
Ljubljana
In the period April-June, 5.6 million tons of goods were moved (-4.1%)
Port of Los Angeles hits record monthly container traffic
Los Angeles
Over one million TEUs were handled in July (+8.5%)
Hapag-Lloyd reports second quarter increases of +2.0% in revenues and +12.4% in containers transported by the fleet
Hapag-Lloyd reports second quarter increases of +2.0% in revenues and +12.4% in containers transported by the fleet
Hamburg
Net profit fell by -39.4%
Evergreen reports an 18.7% drop in quarterly revenues
Taipei
The April-June period closed with a net profit decrease of -62.9%
South Korean company HMM's revenues fell by 1.5% in the second quarter.
Seoul
Trump announces rejection of IMO's shipping decarbonization program
Washington
The proposed framework - it is denounced - is in effect a global carbon tax that affects Americans and is imposed by an irresponsible United Nations organization.
Taiwanese companies Yang Ming and Wan Hai Lines reported negative results in the second quarter.
Taiwanese companies Yang Ming and Wan Hai Lines reported negative results in the second quarter.
Keelung/Taipei
In the period April-June, revenues decreased by -26.5% and -8.7% respectively
Cruise traffic at Global Ports Holding terminals grew by 6.0% in the second quarter
Istanbul
In the first six months of 2025, an increase of +16.7% was recorded
In the period April-June, cargo traffic in Croatian ports decreased by -4.0%
Zagreb
Cruise passengers grow by +5.4%
Container traffic at US ports is expected to plummet in the second half of this year.
Washington/Long Beach
In July, the Port of Long Beach handled 944,000 TEUs (+7.0%)
ThyssenKrupp shareholders approve spin-off of ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems
Eat
The company will be listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange
WTO: Measured responses have cushioned the impact of tariffs in 2025, but risks remain high for 2026.
WTO: Measured responses have cushioned the impact of tariffs in 2025, but risks remain high for 2026.
Geneva
Global trade in goods is expected to grow by 0.9% this year
Hupac will increase the number of weekly rotations between Busto Arsizio and Basel from five to eight
Noise
Increase in attendance from September 1st
From January 1st, new bunkering regulations will apply in the ports of Rotterdam and Antwerp.
Rotterdam
The barges must be equipped with flow meters
Maersk reports higher quarterly revenue, lower earnings
Maersk reports higher quarterly revenue, lower earnings
Copenhagen
Terminals and logistics have made a positive contribution. Container shipping benefits from demurrage revenues.
The CIPESS has approved the final project for the bridge over the Strait of Messina.
Rome
Construction will begin this year and the project will be completed in 2032.
DHL Group revenues fell by 3.9% in the second quarter
DHL Group revenues fell by 3.9% in the second quarter
Bonn
Significant reduction in shipments from China and Hong Kong to the US due to Trump's abolition of the de minimis regime
The Grendi group has acquired 70% of Dario Perioli Spa
The Grendi group has acquired 70% of Dario Perioli Spa
Milan
The remaining 30% will remain with Fingiro, owned by Michele Giromini, the company's CEO.
BigLift Shipping and CY Shipping order two additional heavy lift vessels
Amsterdam
Order placed at Chinese shipyard Jing Jiang Nanyang Shipbuilding Co.
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
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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
Stena Line to buy Latvian port operator Terrabalt
Gothenburg
It handles rolling stock, bulk cargo, and general cargo traffic in the port of Liepaja.
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
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.
DHL eCommerce has acquired a minority stake in Saudi Arabia's AJEX Logistics Services.
Bonn/Riyadh
The Middle Eastern company has two thousand employees
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
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
President Alessandro Arvigo and CEO Maurizio Anselmo
In the second quarter, sales of dry containers produced by CIMC fell by -33%.
Hong Kong
Reefer boats increase by 57%
The Grimaldi Group has taken delivery of the Grande Shanghai
Naples
It will be used for the transport of vehicles between East Asia and Northern Europe
The ART urges to verify that the investment plan and the related amortization period are consistent with the duration of the port concessions.
Turin
Chinese automaker FAW ships components to Europe by train
Changchun
Transit time reduced to 18 days compared to 45 days for maritime transport
The assets and fleet of the Spanish Armas Trasmediterránea will be sold to Baleària and DFDS
Las Palmas/Dénia/Copenhagen
Two agreements worth €215 million and €40 million respectively have been signed.
Italian State Railways (FS), investing €70 million to install the ERTMS system.
Rome
Work has been completed on 382 Trenitalia trains, while the retrofitting of 60 locomotives from Mercitalia Rail, an FS Logistix company, is underway.
MPC Container Ships' quarterly revenue returns to growth
The second quarter of 2025 was closed with a net profit of 78.1 million dollars (+20.5%)
Plans to build two container customs areas north and south of the Suez Canal
Cairo
Fourteen of the 48 abandoned shipwrecks in Catania port have been removed.
Catania
The activity will be replicated in the port of Augusta
The Regional Administrative Court (TAR) has confirmed the validity of the tender for the new Ravano Terminal in the port of La Spezia.
La Spezia
DP World's port terminals handled record quarterly container traffic
Dubai
Revenues grew by 22.2% in the first half of 2025
In the quarter April-June the volume of rolling stock transported by Höegh Autoliners increased by +9.0%
Oslo
Sharp increase (+46.6%) of vehicles from Asia
South Korea's HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering acquires Vietnam's Doosan Enerbility
Seongnam
It manages an industrial area with its own port facility
Container traffic in the port of Algeciras grew by 6.6% in July
Algeciras
In the first seven months of 2025, a decrease of -2.9% was recorded
In July, the port of Valencia handled 488,000 containers (+6.7%)
Valencia
Increase driven by growth in empty containers
Salvini has appointed Annalisa Tardino as extraordinary commissioner of the Western Sicilian Sea Port Authority.
Rome/Palermo
The President of the Sicilian Region announces the appeal against the provision
The materials dredged in the ports of La Spezia and Carrara will be used for the construction of the new breakwater in Genoa.
Genoa/La Spezia
Agreement between the two Ligurian Port System Authorities
X-Press Feeders denounces authorities' failure to acknowledge responsibility in the X-Press Pearl accident
Singapore
According to the company, the Supreme Court ruling ignores international maritime law
Container traffic in the port of Hong Kong decreased by -6.5% in July
Hong Kong
A decline of -3.7% was recorded in the first seven months of 2025
Cargo traffic in Russian ports remained stable in July
St. Petersburg
In the first seven months of 2025, loads decreased by -4.6%
In July, the Port of Singapore set a new all-time record for monthly container traffic with 3.9 million TEUs.
Singapore
In terms of weight, containerized cargo decreased by -3.6%
Compensation to be paid by the Civitavecchia Port Authority in the Fincosit case has been set at €1.5 million.
Civitavecchia
Latrofa: The ruling allows the release of set-aside sums that have frozen the budget for years.
Germany's HHLA posts record quarterly revenue
Hamburg
In the second quarter, the group's port terminals handled 3.2 million containers (+7.9%)
In the first half of 2025, CK Hutchison's port terminals handled 44 million containers (+4.0%)
Hong Kong
In the quarter April-June the Wallenius Wilhelmsen fleet transported 14.8 million cubic meters of rolling stock (-0.5%)
Lysaker
Revenues down by -0.7%
In the second quarter, Montenegro's ports handled 670 thousand tons of goods (+0.6%)
Podgorica
Volumes with Italy amounted to 154 thousand tons (+53.1%)
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
Conference: "Waiting and Delays in Road Transport: Logistics in Check"
Genoa
Organized by Trasportounito, it will be held on September 26th in Genoa
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
››› 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
With the arrival of the first container ship, the testing of operational procedures at the Rijeka Gateway begins.
The Hague
The first commercial ship is expected on September 12th
A proposal to bring the port of Taranto back onto global container routes? Start a discussion table.
Taranto
Meeting on the status of freight traffic
Port of Ancona: Tender for demolition of fire-damaged Tubimar warehouses
Ancona
The expected duration of the works is four and a half months
Merger of the German MACS and Hugo Stinnes, both active in the MPP vessel segment
Hamburg/Rostock
Stinnes headquarters in Rostock to close by December 31
In the second quarter, freight traffic in Albanian ports grew by +2.9%
Tirana
There were 331 thousand passengers (+13.6%)
A.SPE.DO, operationalizing the Smart Terminal to increase the competitiveness of the port of La Spezia.
La Spezia
ING loans to Premuda for over 100 million dollars
Milan
Funds for the management buyout and the purchase of two product tankers
Sallaum Lines has taken delivery of the first of six Ocean-class dual-fuel PCTCs
Rotterdam
The ship was completed four months ahead of schedule
First meeting of the new Management Committee of the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority
Genoa
Several measures approved, including those for CULMV and CULP staff
Euroports to operate a new liquid bulk terminal in the French port of Port-La Nouvelle
Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht
It is expected to become operational in 2026
In the second quarter, freight traffic in the port of Ravenna increased by +2.6%
Ravenna
Growth of 0.6% was recorded in June. An increase of 4.8% is expected in July.
OsserMare presents five reports on the marine economy
Rome
They focus on a specific sector supply chain or aspect of it
Port of Naples: Road haulage operations resume
Naples
Resolution meeting between institutions, operators and trade associations
ICTSI again reports record quarterly financial and operating results
Manila
Global Ship Lease Reports Record Quarterly Revenue
Athens
In the April-June period, net profit was 95.4 million dollars (+8.4%)
Vard receives new order from North Star for two hybrid SOVs
Trieste
Contract worth between 100 and 200 million euros
The Panama Shipping Registry will no longer accept the registration of oil tankers and bulk carriers over 15 years old.
Panama
Measure to counter the use of the shadow fleet
Danaos Corporation reports record quarterly revenue
Athens
The April-June period closed with a net profit of 130.9 million (-7.3%)
New customs fast corridor between the port of La Spezia and Interporto Padova
Padua
It adds to the other three already active on the same route
ICTSI to operate Indonesia's Batu Ampar Container Terminal
Manila
It is located on Batam Island
Pino Musolino has been appointed CEO of the Alilauro shipping company.
Naples
He replaces the resigning Eliseo Cuccaro
In the second quarter, DIS' time charter revenues fell by -37.1%.
Luxembourg
Net income was $19.6 million (-70.5%)
Wista Italy denounces the exclusion of women from the nominations of port authority presidents.
Milan
Musso: The glass ceiling that prevents women from accessing leadership roles remains.
Austrian Rail Cargo Group is focusing on the development of the Sommacampagna-Sona intermodal terminal.
Vienna
Ten-year agreement
In the second quarter, maritime traffic in the Bosphorus Strait decreased by -6.0%
Ankara
18.1% decline in ships over 200 metres in length
Fifty kilos of cocaine seized at the port of Civitavecchia
Rome
They were hidden inside a reefer container arriving from Ecuador
Trump has eliminated tariff exemptions for low-cost goods for all nations.
Washington
Goods with a value of less than $800 will also be subject to the tax.
Viking Mira was launched at Fincantieri's Ancona shipyard
Trieste
The multi-role frigate "Emilio Bianchi" was delivered to the Muggiano shipyard
The Port Authority of the Central-Northern Adriatic Sea has obtained EMAS registration
Ravenna
Certifies commitment to environmental management and sustainability
MSC Cruises reduces emissions with the support of an energy transition plan
Geneva
The 2024 Sustainability Report has been presented
DSV reports strong growth in financial and operating results thanks to the acquisition of Schenker
Hedehusene
Quarterly record in air and ocean shipment volumes
In 2024, the Fratelli Cosulich group's revenues increased by +12.8%
Genoa
Operating result down by -31.7%
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