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July 14, 2003
Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Tuticorin reviews expansion plan for PSA-Sical terminal
    STAGNATING container volumes at PSA Corporation's PSA-Sical Container Terminal in India have led the Tuticorin Port Trust to re-evaluate earlier expansion plans for the port.
  • Maersk Moeller still going strong at 90
    MAERSK Mc-Kinney Moeller, the head of a Danish shipping and oil empire with 60,000 employees, is a living legend who, despite turning 90 yesterday, still walks up the six flights of stairs to his office every day to attend to business.
  • Suez Canal chalks up record revenue of US$2.3b
    THE Suez Canal, one of Egypt's biggest sources of income, has pulled in record revenue of more than US$2.3 billion this year, the canal authority reported.
  • First US-flagged vessel in 40 years docks in Cuba
    AN American-flagged vessel has docked in the Havana harbour for the first time in nearly four decades, delivering a cargo of wood and paper to Cuba.
  • Panama signs pacts with 4 US ports
    PANAMA has signed four shipping information exchange agreements with several US port cities on the Atlantic Ocean.
  • Copenhagen Airports to build terminal for ships, trains
    COPENHAGEN Airports, the operator of the two airports serving Denmark's capital, said it hopes to build a container terminal serving ships, trucks and trains by 2008 to encourage freight-transfer traffic.
Air and Land Transport
  • Greece makes last call for cash-tight Olympic Airways
    GREECE is making a last-ditch effort to save its cash-strapped national flag carrier Olympic Airways from the gallows.
  • Lufthansa makes takeover offer for Swiss, says report
  • Air India to continue talks on Boeing, Airbus planes
  • Boeing plans US$100m joint venture in China
Dockyard
  • IMO committee ponders rules for liquid cargoes
    THIS is going to be a long hot week at the International Maritime Organization's London headquarters, and not just because the temperatures in the UK capital are forecast to be close to those in Singapore.

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Tuticorin reviews expansion plan for PSA-Sical terminal
    STAGNATING container volumes at PSA Corporation's PSA-Sical Container Terminal in India have led the Tuticorin Port Trust to re-evaluate earlier expansion plans for the port.
  • Maersk Moeller still going strong at 90
    MAERSK Mc-Kinney Moeller, the head of a Danish shipping and oil empire with 60,000 employees, is a living legend who, despite turning 90 yesterday, still walks up the six flights of stairs to his office every day to attend to business.
  • Suez Canal chalks up record revenue of US$2.3b
    THE Suez Canal, one of Egypt's biggest sources of income, has pulled in record revenue of more than US$2.3 billion this year, the canal authority reported.
  • First US-flagged vessel in 40 years docks in Cuba
    AN American-flagged vessel has docked in the Havana harbour for the first time in nearly four decades, delivering a cargo of wood and paper to Cuba.
  • Panama signs pacts with 4 US ports
    PANAMA has signed four shipping information exchange agreements with several US port cities on the Atlantic Ocean.
  • Copenhagen Airports to build terminal for ships, trains
    COPENHAGEN Airports, the operator of the two airports serving Denmark's capital, said it hopes to build a container terminal serving ships, trucks and trains by 2008 to encourage freight-transfer traffic.
Air and Land Transport
  • Greece makes last call for cash-tight Olympic Airways
    GREECE is making a last-ditch effort to save its cash-strapped national flag carrier Olympic Airways from the gallows.
  • Lufthansa makes takeover offer for Swiss, says report
  • Air India to continue talks on Boeing, Airbus planes
  • Boeing plans US$100m joint venture in China
Dockyard
  • IMO committee ponders rules for liquid cargoes
    THIS is going to be a long hot week at the International Maritime Organization's London headquarters, and not just because the temperatures in the UK capital are forecast to be close to those in Singapore.

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Tuticorin reviews expansion plan for PSA-Sical terminal
    STAGNATING container volumes at PSA Corporation's PSA-Sical Container Terminal in India have led the Tuticorin Port Trust to re-evaluate earlier expansion plans for the port.
  • Maersk Moeller still going strong at 90
    MAERSK Mc-Kinney Moeller, the head of a Danish shipping and oil empire with 60,000 employees, is a living legend who, despite turning 90 yesterday, still walks up the six flights of stairs to his office every day to attend to business.
  • Suez Canal chalks up record revenue of US$2.3b
    THE Suez Canal, one of Egypt's biggest sources of income, has pulled in record revenue of more than US$2.3 billion this year, the canal authority reported.
  • First US-flagged vessel in 40 years docks in Cuba
    AN American-flagged vessel has docked in the Havana harbour for the first time in nearly four decades, delivering a cargo of wood and paper to Cuba.
  • Panama signs pacts with 4 US ports
    PANAMA has signed four shipping information exchange agreements with several US port cities on the Atlantic Ocean.
  • Copenhagen Airports to build terminal for ships, trains
    COPENHAGEN Airports, the operator of the two airports serving Denmark's capital, said it hopes to build a container terminal serving ships, trucks and trains by 2008 to encourage freight-transfer traffic.
Air and Land Transport
  • Greece makes last call for cash-tight Olympic Airways
    GREECE is making a last-ditch effort to save its cash-strapped national flag carrier Olympic Airways from the gallows.
  • Lufthansa makes takeover offer for Swiss, says report
  • Air India to continue talks on Boeing, Airbus planes
  • Boeing plans US$100m joint venture in China
Dockyard
  • IMO committee ponders rules for liquid cargoes
    THIS is going to be a long hot week at the International Maritime Organization's London headquarters, and not just because the temperatures in the UK capital are forecast to be close to those in Singapore.

Sched Netweb site
  • HK Maritime Industry Council to launch task forces
  • Single-hull tanker phase-out proposals on IMO agenda
  • USCO gets Minerva business
  • Singapore's GDP contracts in Q2 according to estimates
  • Bond rating upgraded at Port of Tacoma
  • TNT becomes first to partner Iraq courier company
  • SAS Cargo wins Volvo deal
  • United signs up for Menzies new cleaning service in Brazil
  • Airline auditors heading for Dubai
  • Timely event as Lufthansa lifts Chronos Award

Exim Indiaweb site
  • MOL offers direct Korea-Indonesia service from July 25
  • Zim ups operations in Pearl River Delta
  • Evergreen boosts PTP volumes
  • Penang Port handles 8.7 pc more cargo
  • MISC's purchase of American Eagle gets go-ahead
  • Dubai to build artificial island for shipping
  • CY Shipping increases LCL services to Shanghai
  • CP Ships to announce Q2 results on July 31
  • TSA award to Maersk Logistics
  • PSA Group increasing box cargo turnover
  • WTSA launches website to aid shippers
  • Hamburg Sud launches Columbus Line & Alianca services to S. American E. Coast
  • WISA seeks MoS' intervention
  • GE Shipping posts highest-ever profit in 2002-03
  • TAMP clears VPT concessions for box vessels
  • Major Ports achieve 5.61 pc growth in Q1
  • NSICT restricts gate cut-off to 36 hours for export boxes - 15-days notice for clearance of ICD containers
  • Container traffic up by 9.5 pc in Q1
  • First stuffed container for export arrives at Mundra box terminal
  • Haldia dock gets ISO 9001:2000 certification
  • TCI rides into power generation field!
  • Farm sector to raise GDP growth: CMIE
  • Electricity Act is a charter for growth, competitiveness, says Power Minister
  • Gail survey for Dahej-Uran gas pipeline begins
  • Export promotion body gets authorised agency status
  • ICMF wants govt to set up Rs 5,000-cr. textile reconstruction fund to bail out mills
  • Tyre makers hail removal of curbs on import of natural rubber
  • Foreign Trade Analysis: Current Policy & Procedures
  • IMC meet with S. African bank mission today

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
JULY 11, 2003
  • Q&A with MPA: Onus on suppliers under new Singapore regulations
    The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore is in the process of implementing more stringent regulations of the Singapore bunker market in a bid to prevent the repeat of widely publicised 'bunkering scandals' in 2001/2002. The MPA has been a pioneer in introducing bunker market regulation, and its CP60 Bunkering Code of Practice is being emulated elsewhere. The new Accreditation Scheme for Bunker Suppliers takes regulations a step further, putting the onus on suppliers to ensure bunker quality.
  • Strong demand in Gibraltar despite large gains
  • OPEC oil output in June below quota, basket price nears ceiling
    The latest IEA report said OPEC output fell in June to below its quota ceiling. Meanwhile, OPEC's crude basket stood just 2 cents short of the $28 ceiling yesterday.
  • Five days in Greece leaves IFOs back where they started
  • African market snapshots
  • Oil steady after IEA report, Claudette threat diminishing
  • Rotterdam: More market tightness expected short term

International Transport Journalweb site
JULY 11, 2003
  • Schneider National names Regional Account Manager for West Coast
  • New ferry on Harwich-Esbjerg route
  • Hamburg Airport stabilises profits
  • Yellow Corp. to acquire Roadway Corporation
  • Transports Crowe and Natural (France) merge

Marine Logweb site
JULY 11, 2003
  • NOAA seeks SWATH
    RFP set for July 17 issuance
  • EU "post-Prestige" proposals high on MEPC agenda
    EU demands for faster phase outs of single hulled tankers are part of a busy agenda at next week's meeting of IMO's Marine Environmental Protection Committee

World Wide Shipperweb site
JULY 11, 2003
  • Port of Olympia busy with three ships calling terminal
  • Port of Portland has hit with Supplier Registration web site
  • US rail freight traffic has up/down month of June
  • The Greenbrier Companies reports profitable third quarter
  • Port Bellingham taps Jilk as Director of Marine Services

Lloyd's Listweb site
  • Dunlop scrap talks with Greenpeace
    European shipowner representatives have met Greenpeace in Brussels to discuss the maritime industry's progress towards environmentally friendly ship scrapping, writes Roger Hailey .
  • Teekay unmasked as Torm shareholder
    TEEKAY, one of the world's leading tanker groups, has stepped from the shadows as the intriguing owner of a 16% interest in Torm, the Danish bulk shipowner, which was bought 10 days ago by a mysterious Liberian company.
  • Evergreen kicks off boxship spree
    TAIWAN'S Evergreen Marine Group will sign the first part of what was a long-awaited $1.5bn 30-boxship deal later this month with Japanese shipbuilder Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.
  • CMA CGM bolsters 8,000 teu tonnage
    CMA CGM is the latest carrier to add to its orderbook for 8,000 teu tonnage.
  • Inchcape wins massive ExxonMobil deal
    INCHCAPE Shipping Services has landed a huge contract from ExxonMobil that will cover about 10,000 port calls a year, writes Janet Porter.

Fairplayweb site
JULY 11, 2003
  • Uruguay expands forest exports
  • Landmark Cuba-US accord signed
  • A&P add Tees yard to UK network
  • Scapa Flow terminal moves closer
  • EIB loan boosts Moroccan ports
  • Torm in dark on Teekay plans
  • Q-Ship acquires Mesaieed yard
  • Balearia to take on Trasmed
  • Madrid reassures on Tarifa status
  • Bangla insurance plan dropped
  • Greek ferry sector at loggerheads
  • Korea to streamline sea training
  • WMD initiative gets underway
  • Australia narrows productivity gap
  • Philippines harnesses e-technology
  • Murder inquiry - five detained
  • Ferry boost from Tarifa status

The Journal of Commerceweb site
JULY 11, 2003
  • Senate gets port security funding bill
    Compromise provides long-sought funding for Maritime and Transportation Security Act legislation.
  • Port of Vancouver boxes continue rise
    The Canadian port said it handled 771,285 TEUs year-to-date, a 10.3 percent increase over the year-ago period.
  • Philadelphia gets $2M in security grants
  • Peake new COO for Sea Star
  • Cops bust N.J. train theft ring
  • Safmarine, MOL launch India services
  • DHS seeks comment on anti-terror tech liability
  • Proposals sought for Brooklyn terminal
  • Schenker opens Trieste terminal
  • Air Canada opens Cuba service
  • U-Freight shifts Chicago office
  • China currency a barrier to trade, U.S. exporters say

Containerisation Internationalweb site
JULY 11, 2003
  • US Customs seize illegal arms found on CP Ships' vessel
    Customs and Border Protection (CBP) inspectors seized nearly half US$500,000 worth of arms yesterday found in a container at the Port of Portland but bound for El Salvador.
  • South American rises set to haul rates up from historic lows
  • AP Moller Terminals' Pipavav deal back on
  • Future role of NY/NJ terminal to be decided by year's end
  • Australian ports bridge productivity gap with trade partners
  • China's landside port facilities create obstacles for cargo
  • Fuzhou gives boxes preferential treatment
  • Horse trading to finalise US port security funds for 2004
  • Hanjin president's China visit aimed at consolidating volumes
  • 'History in the making' on Europe/Canada service
  • CMA CGM orders four 8,200TEU containerships
  • Security innovators offered legal protection against failure
  • OOCL confirms new ship orders

TradeWindsweb site
JULY 11, 2003
  • Teekay shares edge up on Torm news
    Stock has afternoon rally after S&P nod.
  • Bulfracht going bust
    Cyprus-registered charterer caught on wrong side of dry-bulk market.
  • Big box order for HHI
    Hyundai to build four giant containerships for France's CMA CGM.
  • TK's Torm move surprises market
    'They always have a game plan.'
  • Richards Butler staff shift
    But management says business is expanding.
  • Qatar talks LNG supply with US
    Giant gas ships likely to be needed to match whopping supply deal.
  • Teekay is new Torm investor
    Aframax giant steps from shadows to reveal itself as mystery holder of 16% in Danish tanker owner.
  • Bourbon swallows up Havila Supply
    French offshore and bulker owner takes control of Norwegian rival in NOK 363m deal.
  • Morfini inks Shina option
    Italian owner takes MR newbuilding orders to three at South Korean shipbuilder.
  • Iraq sells first post-war crude
    BP, Shell, ChevronTexaco and Taurus win tender for first crude pumped after Saddam downfall.

American Shipperweb site
JULY 11, 2003
  • CMA CGM orders four more 8,100-TEU ships
  • OOCL orders another two 8,063-TEU ships
  • CORRECTION: CMA CGM and MSC have not made choice of Californian port
  • MISC stockholders approve takeover of Eagle Tankers
  • Teekay acquires 16% stake in competing tanker group Torm
  • 7M Transport expands to Chicago market
  • FMC compromise agreements reach $680,000
  • Panalpina names Dittmann to lead North America sales
  • Proposals sought for Red Hook Container Terminal use
  • FMC settles with Canaveral port's tug franchise on violations

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LNG Ships and Taxonomy: EU Court Rejects Lack of Methane Limits
The Commission will have to set a methane emissions threshold for maritime transport criteria. The appeal by three NGOs was partially upheld.
Ports: The EU Commission calls on Italy to reject the national flag requirement for towing and mooring.
Brussels
France and Spain also received a reasoned opinion: two months to comply with the regulation on port services.
Another ship attacked in the Strait of Hormuz
Southampton/Tehran
Iran faces a shortage of basic goods, which are also imported through the Persian Gulf.
European Corridors: Italy Faces the 2030 Challenge
Brussels
National infrastructure largely compliant, but timing and funding of key projects remain uncertain
Electrification of ports and airports: the electricity grid is the new bottleneck
Brussels
Transport & Environment calls for speeding up connections and moving beyond the "first come, first served" criterion.
Boluda manages the multipurpose terminal at the Príncep d'Espanya pier in the port of Barcelona
Barcelona
The concession contract will have a duration of 16 years
The current value of Aeroporto di Genova Spa is between 14.9 and 15.9 million euros.
Genoa
PwC's assessment presented
FEPORT: EU ETS should not push transhipment out of Europe
Brussels
The terminal operators' federation calls on the ENVI commission to strengthen measures against tax evasion and to allocate part of the ETS revenues to ports.
New series of attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz
Southampton/Tehran/Tampa
Three tankers hit by shells. Another vessel caught fire.
Eurokai, higher revenues but lower profits
Eurokai, higher revenues but lower profits
Hamburg
Revenue up 14.4% and traffic up 8.3%, but net profit fell by 8.3% due to the lower share of Eurogate.
Genoa's boarding tax: the Regional Administrative Court rules in favor of the City Council.
Genoa
The appeal of shipowners and shipping agents was rejected
Carnival reports record revenues and profits in the June-August quarter despite a 36% increase in fuel costs.
Carnival reports record revenues and profits in the June-August quarter despite a 36% increase in fuel costs.
Miami
Customer deposits are at their highest. Prices and occupancy are expected to record next year.
Winners and losers in port connectivity: the long journey of Italian ports' ups and downs.
Winners and losers in port connectivity: the long journey of Italian ports' ups and downs.
Geneva
UNCTAD indices reveal a changing Mediterranean: Italy slips to seventh place, La Spezia, Trieste and Vado Ligure grow, while the South loses ground.
Electric trucks more affordable than diesel in six major EU markets
Brussels
According to T&E, in countries that account for 46% of European sales, electric vehicles have already become cheaper in five years. Italy, Spain, and Poland are lagging behind.
AP Moller Capital to acquire majority stake in Euroports
Copenhagen/Antwerp
R-Logitech will exit the capital, while PMV and SFPIM will remain shareholders
China, exports are growing but ports are slowing down
Beijing
In August, global foreign trade increased by +19.8%, but international goods handled by seaports decreased by -2.3%.
From Puertos del Estado to Ports of Italy: the same inspiration, an opposite outcome.
Genoa
For port reform, the government is referring to the Spanish model, but is building the exact opposite: yet another counter that the Italian corporate spirit knows how to invent so well.
Maritime ETS: Brussels opens up to hybrid and electric ferries, but Interferry demands more.
Brussels
The proposed revision strengthens the SMAP mechanism but leaves the issue of port networks and infrastructure to AFIR and FuelEU Maritime
Seafarer killed aboard bulk carrier attacked in the Strait of Hormuz
New Delhi/Southampton/Tehran
The other crew members were rescued.
Freight traffic in the ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado continues to oscillate between signs of recovery and slowdown
Genoa
In July, volumes increased in both Ligurian ports
Trasportounito offers an automatic system to adjust road haulage rates to the price of diesel.
Rome
Seafarers, five years after the Code of Conduct, the gap between policy and reality remains.
London
Shipping companies' compliance is growing, but issues remain regarding fatigue, psychological safety, complaints and recruitment fees.
Last month, ship traffic in the Suez Canal increased by +26.9%
Ismailia
In the first eight months of 2026, it was crossed by 9,602 ships (+17.4%)
Decision on crucial rail section of Scandinavian-Mediterranean Corridor in Germany postponed again
Hamburg
German port operators are calling for an acceleration of both new infrastructure and the upgrading of the existing line.
Kuehne+Nagel agrees to long-term strategic partnership with Amazon
Schindellegi
The agreement includes a call option on existing shares of the logistics group
MSC in talks to acquire German shipbuilding group Meyer Werft
New York
Currently, 80.73% of the capital is held by the German Federal Government and the State of Lower Saxony.
Trafigura creates a new shipping company dedicated to oil transport
Geneva
Initially Volare Shipping has a fleet of six VLCCs plus eight under construction
Shipowners are calling on EU member states to approve the inclusion of two Indian shipyards in the European list of ship recycling facilities.
Brussels
The new headquarters of the Italian Merchant Marine Academy has been inaugurated in Genoa.
Genoa
French ports see a balance between increases and decreases in the second quarter.
Paris
Total traffic reached 71.1 million tons (-0.2%). Containers increased by 8.1%.
The Genoa Port Master Plan, the Pra' dock, and the Multedo chemical depots are the thorniest issues in the discussions with operators and the local community.
Genoa
Crosetto: The Italian Navy will ensure the safe transit of Italian ships through the Strait of Bab el-Mandeb.
La Spezia
We have - the Minister of Defense underlined - the capabilities to protect its passage
Assiterminal: Seabed certainty and planned dredging are essential for port competitiveness.
Genoa
Mordeglia: We don't just need a simpler rule, we need a predictable one.
Germany is reforming VAT to make its ports more competitive.
Hamburg
The Conference of Finance Ministers approves the compensation model that should eliminate the pre-financing of the tax from 2030
Saudi Arabia denounces that the Houthis are pursuing a policy aimed at "strangling the Straits", holding the international community hostage
New York
The UN Security Council is divided between condemnations and calls for negotiations.
WTO: A reform of the trading system could increase global GDP by 3% by 2050
Geneva
The World Trade Report 2026 warns of the costs of fragmentation: up to 7% less global GDP in a world dominated by free trade agreements
One in ten containers is not up to standard
Washington
WSC publishes 2025 inspection data: out of 93,079 units inspected in seven countries, 9,645 had deficiencies
The World Shipping Council (WSC), the international association representing the world's leading container shipowners, has urged member states...
Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd to bring back four services on the Suez Canal route
Copenhagen/Hamburg
The lines connect Asia with Europe/Mediterranean
Neri and Nova Marine Carriers Groups to Control Calata Orlando Terminal
Lugano
The Livorno terminal will be the subject of a significant investment
Cavotec and EVIAS sign agreement for charging electric port vehicles on the move.
Stockholm
The Swedish company becomes the exclusive distributor and installer for the port sector of the French company's technologies
Hapag-Lloyd signs agreement with DP World to secure terminal capacity in Africa
Hamburg
The agreement concerns the ports of Dakar, Luanda, Dar es Salaam, Banana and Maputo
The threat to shipping in the Red Sea grows as Houthis seize Perim Island.
The threat to shipping in the Red Sea grows as Houthis seize Perim Island.
Sana'a/Hamburg
German shipowners warn that the possibility of returning to the Suez route is further removed
New attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz
Southampton/Tehran
IRGC Navy strikes US naval drone
Port of Long Beach reports record container traffic for August
Long Beach
In the first eight months of 2026, volumes grew by +1.3%
WSC reports that containers full of lithium batteries can be shipped without being identified as dangerous goods
Washington
Kramek: People, ports, ships and the marine environment at risk
T&E, the EU Commission's proposed revision of the ETS for shipping is a hesitant step forward.
Brussels
If the system is extended to small naval units - the association highlights - however, exemptions and derogations risk nullifying its climate impact.
Transalpine rail freight traffic still under pressure despite economic recovery
Transalpine rail freight traffic still under pressure despite economic recovery
Bern
The road runs faster than the rail
Artificial intelligence drives global trade, despite Middle East and tariffs
Artificial intelligence drives global trade, despite Middle East and tariffs
Geneva
The WTO's barometer is rising. Demand for semiconductors and electronic components is offsetting geopolitical tensions.
Green light for €1.35 billion in investment in the port of Bremerhaven.
Bremen
It is the largest amount of funding the federal government has ever allocated to a project in the state.
APM Terminals Signs Agreement to Develop Nigeria's Badagry Port
Copenhagen
Four kilometers of docks with a draft of -18 meters would be built
Renaissance Partners has signed a binding agreement to acquire De Wave Group.
Genoa/Milan
The Genoese company will be sold by the American company Platinum Equity
Decarbonizing shipping: a €36 billion challenge and a €45 billion opportunity for Italy
Cernobbio
Without investments in ports, Italy risks losing 80 billion euros in added value by 2050.
Canadian unions want BC Ferries to build new ferries in British Columbia
Delta
The company's latest order was to Chinese company CMI Weihai
Filt, Fit, and Uilt should withdraw the amendment that puts port businesses and cooperatives at risk under Article 17.
Rome
The unions fear the progressive replacement of a structural function of the port with precarious forms of work
Norwegian Nor Cruises signs MoU with China's SWS for 2+3 new cruise ships
Shanghai
The units would have a gross tonnage of 84,000 tons
In July, ship traffic in the Suez Canal increased by +27%
Cairo
In the first seven months of this year, maritime traffic was 8,244 ships (+15.9%)
Tomorrow Kombiverkehr will launch an intermodal connection between Regensburg and the Interporto Quadrante Europa
Filt Cgil, recognize maritime and port work as arduous
Rome
The union is calling for a clear provision to be included in the next budget law.
Tanker attacked in Hormuz
Southampton
The unit continued its navigation regularly
FS Logistix and Interporto Bologna presented the first Italian experimental DAC train
Assologistica event to discuss the Mediterranean strategy for Italian competitiveness
Rome
It will be held next October 30th in Naples
Sanilog launches a special cancer prevention campaign.
Rome
Three new areas dedicated to the prevention of head and neck and oral cavity cancers and the assessment of vascular risk
Contract awarded for dredging and completion of the electrification of the docks at the port of Gioia Tauro.
Gioia Tauro
They will be carried out respectively by Dravo and RTI Saet-Suardi
Student Naval Architect Award Awarded in Genoa
Genoa
The d'Amico Group and the Royal Institution of Naval Architects recognize excellence in naval engineering.
Freight transport is more expensive for Malta: €35 million per year between ETS, FuelEU and BAF
Zebbug
The hauliers' association calls on the government to challenge a European policy designed for the continent.
CMA CGM has finalized the acquisition of FedEx Supply Chain.
Marseille/Atlanta
With the transaction, CEVA Logistics' presence in North America has tripled.
Contships to order 10 feeder vessels with options for a further 10+10
Athens
Letter of intent with China's Hubei Guangji Green Energy Shipbuilding Group Co.
DP World signs agreement to develop deepwater port in Nigeria's Ogun State.
Dubai
The project includes approximately four kilometers of docks
New port regulations for Civitavecchia, Fiumicino, and Gaeta have been approved.
Civitavecchia
The procedural agreement with Interminal in Gaeta has been approved.
Kotug Acquires Majority Stake in Vortex Offshore
Rotterdam
The Dubai-based company provides maritime services to the offshore industry in the Middle East.
Over €1.9 billion in Spain to improve road and rail connections between ports
Madrid
Port authorities will contribute 875.1 million euros
Attica Holdings sold the ro-pax vessel Levka Ori for €8.3 million.
Kallithea
The ferry was built in 1987
DFDS's Trieste-Damietta ro-ro service will become bi-weekly in mid-October
Copenhagen
Inserting a second vessel into the route
The Italian Merchant Marine Academy increases cooperation with the Port of Durres.
Genoa
A memorandum of understanding has been signed
A volume on the history of the Tuscan port system will be presented in Livorno on Friday.
Livorno
A comparison of the key players in the port sector: from the reforms of the 1990s to the challenges of the future.
Suardiaz takes delivery of a 5,000-car LNG-powered car carrier
Madrid
A second PCTC vessel is expected in mid-2027
Hapag-Lloyd raises its 2026 outlook further
Hamburg
Strong demand and rising spot freight rates are pushing the company to significantly increase its EBITDA and EBIT forecasts.
UNIPORT's public meeting will be held in Rome on October 6th.
Rome
Debate on port reform and other relevant aspects of the sector
Pilot project for the production and use of green hydrogen at the port of Savona
Savona
Paroli (Western Ligurian Port Authority): a port area has been identified for work.
Tarros and Nurminen Logistics launch new Scandinavian-Mediterranean intermodal service
La Spezia/Helsinki
The land route connects Örebro, Parma and La Spezia
The first caisson of the breakwater protecting the regasification plant off the coast of Ravenna has been laid.
Ravenna
The maritime work will be approximately 900 metres long
Fincantieri and PT PAL sign agreement for the modernization of an Indonesian Navy vessel
Trieste
This is the "Kri Sriwijaya" unit (formerly "Giuseppe Garibaldi")
In Italy, the blue economy is worth 225 billion, and the nautical industry alone exceeds 10 billion in exports.
Rome
SACE's Focus On presented at the Genoa Boat Show
Fire aboard the Blue Star Ferries ro-ro vessel Blue Carrier 2
Kallithea
The 29 people on board were evacuated
Costs and timescales for the reconstruction of the four US Navy shipyards are rising exponentially.
Washington
If in 2018 21 billion dollars and 20 years of work were expected, today the estimate is 200 billion and at least 50 years.
Shipping faces its triple challenge: decarbonization, geopolitics, and the new geography of the automotive industry.
Chaff
At the Euromed Convention in Grimaldi, the sector is dealing with new environmental regulations, increasingly exposed routes and the shift of automotive production towards Southeast Asia.
Orizzonte Sistemi Navali signs a €3.7 billion contract for two destroyers
Trieste
The "Domenico Millelire" PPA has been delivered to the Navy.
Livorno: The Supreme Court of Cassation overturns the convictions in the Darsena Toscana docks affair.
Rome
The appeal ruling overturned the court's acquittal and convicted three defendants of ideological forgery.
The Port of Rijeka expects to close 2026 with a record container traffic of 800,000 TEUs.
River
With the new terminal on the island of Krk, traffic could rise to 1.7 million TEUs
Offshore wind energy funding: Pichetto reassures Taranto, but Taranto demands certainty.
Taranto
The 2026 funding for the Apulian port drops to €13.9 million. Gugliotti hopes for a formal confirmation of the remaining resources in 2027.
Port reform: The majority pushes ahead with Porti d'Italia SpA
Rome
The Chamber's Transport Committee rejects the opposition's suppressive amendments.
Gela's Porto Rifugio has received a favorable opinion for dredging the port's waters.
Palermo
Greenbrier Europe to produce NIK transshipment system for TX Logistik
Troisdorf/Berlin
Allows rapid loading of non-craneable semi-trailers onto trains
Maersk opens its own logistics center in the heart of Germany
Herleshausen
Located in Herleshausen, it has a surface area of 71,800 square meters
SAILING LIST
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Arrival ports by:
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South Korea's HJ Shipbuilding & Construction Co. wins orders for four new 10,100 TEU containerships
Busan
The contract has a total value of approximately 500 million dollars.
Democratic Party: The government's port reform paves the way for privatization of Italian ports.
Rome
Ghio and Misiani: it also takes resources and skills away from the territories
Port self-production: The Council of State denies the segmentability of the authorization pursuant to Article 16, paragraph 3.
Rome
Cartour's "partial" authorization in the port of Salerno has been suspended.
Port of Miami closes fiscal 2026 with record cruise traffic
Miami
The threshold of ten million passengers has been exceeded, compared to 8.56 million in the previous financial year.
The Grimaldi Group has taken delivery of the new pure car and truck carrier Grande Egitto.
Naples
Its load capacity reaches 9,800 ceu
Port reform will be discussed in Genoa on October 2nd.
Genoa
Workshop organized by the AdSP and the Altero Matteoli association
Fratelli Cosulich strengthens its logistics network with the opening of Express Global Dubai
Dubai
Teresa Cosulich will be responsible for the new logistics office.
"A Sea of Switzerland" will be held in Lugano on October 9th
Lugano
Ninth edition of the International Forum on Transport and Infrastructure
Brullo Group orders three 40,800-ton deadweight oil/chemical tanker vessels
Rome
Order to the Chinese shipyard Anhui Shipyard
New attack on a ship in the Strait of Hormuz
Southampton
A bullet caused minor injuries to two crew members
A new megayacht production, maintenance, and storage hub opens in Trieste.
Trieste
Trieste Shipyards was founded by Seadock (Samer group) and Yachting Expertise and is owned by Friulia
Confitarma applauds the government's initiative to protect Italian ships in the Red Sea.
Rome
Zanetti: Maritime security is, in effect, a component of national economic security
Unions approve the platform for the single collective bargaining agreement for the shipping industry.
Rome
Filt, Fit and Uilt, is structured around three central elements such as salary, protection, participation and thirteen concrete requests
FHP Intermodal is increasing the frequency of its freight rail service between Fiorenzuola and Incoronata/Bari.
Milan
It goes up to five days a week
This year over 2,000 large yachts operated along the Italian coasts
Rome
Plus 10% for owned boats and a substantially stable trend for chartered ones
The event "Cyber-resilience in the maritime sector: defense, regulations, and European cooperation" will be held in Rome on Tuesday.
Rome
It is organized by Var Group and Confitarma
Smeup, with the acquisition of HTG, expands its portfolio in the logistics and transport sector
Erbusco
The Turin-based company specializes in the development of proprietary software
Saudi Arabian ports: Liquid bulk throughput to decline sharply in 2025
Riyadh
Total traffic fell to 298.3 million tonnes (-10.9%)
A delegation from the Lithuanian port of Klaipeda visited the port of Livorno
Livorno
In-depth comparison of their respective infrastructure development plans
New OOCL service between the Western Mediterranean and Canada
Hong Kong
Collaboration with Ocean Alliance companies and other carriers
The port's future is at the center of the event celebrating the 80th anniversary of Assosped Venezia and Asamar Veneto.
Venice
A conference on Friday will be the highlight of the festival
Increase in port workers at the ports of Monfalcone and Milazzo
Rome
Green light from the General Directorate for Ports, Logistics and Intermodality of the Ministry of the Interior.
Cargo traffic in Greek ports is sharply declining
Piraeus
Stagnation in passenger numbers
Mercitalia Shunting & Terminal has purchased eight Eurolight Dual bimodal locomotives
Rome
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
Assologistica event to discuss the Mediterranean strategy for Italian competitiveness
Rome
It will be held next October 30th in Naples
UNIPORT's public meeting will be held in Rome on October 6th.
Rome
Debate on port reform and other relevant aspects of the sector
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Cosco Shipping arm readies China IPO to capitalise on global shipbuilding wave
(South China Morning Post)
Rosatom expects cargo traffic along Northern Sea Route to rise 14% in 2026 - CEO
(Interfax)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Intervento del presidente Tomaso Cognolato
Roma, 19 giugno 2025
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Container traffic in the port of Hong Kong grew by 22.1% last month.
Hong Kong
Total for the first eight months of 2026 unchanged
AGV Expo, a new European trade fair dedicated to self-guided vehicles, will be held in Piacenza next month.
Genoa
The event will also host a rich program of conferences
Massive transnational fraud discovered in the road haulage sector
Chieti
Illegal employment of non-EU workers
Cargo traffic at the port of Singapore decreased by -4.9% in August
Singapore
In the first eight months of 2026, the port handled 30.7 million containers (+4.2%)
Cochin Shipyard and Drydocks World to jointly develop new international ship repair center in Cochin
Mumbai
An Iranian merchant ship was hit in the Strait of Hormuz
Tehran/Southampton
One sailor died and four other crew members were injured.
In July, freight traffic in the port of Ravenna grew by +6.7%
Ravenna
A sharp decline of -21.2% is expected for August
Giulio Stoppa is the new general secretary of Trasportounito
Rome
A choice of continuity that at the same time marks the beginning of a new phase
The launching ceremony of Viking Astrea took place at the Fincantieri shipyard in Ancona
Ancona/Los Angeles
Viking's Board has authorized a share buyback program of up to $1 billion.
Meyer Werft begins construction of the Carnival Tropicale cruise ship
Papenburg
With a gross tonnage of 180,000 tons, it will be able to accommodate over 6,000 passengers.
VTG sells its UK subsidiary VTG Rail UK to pension fund USS
Hamburg
The company operates in the railway freight wagon leasing sector.
The Genoa Coast Guard reaches its 100th Port State Control inspection of 2026.
Genoa
More than 250 deficiencies have been detected so far
ABB and Oceanly collaborate to integrate and optimize ship performance and operations
Genoa
Strategic agreement between Federlogistica and the Port of Xiamen
Genoa
Feasibility study for a maritime connection between the Chinese port and Genoa
Container traffic at the Port of Los Angeles remained stable in August
Los Angeles
The increase in empty garages has offset the decrease in full ones
Gulftainer to acquire stake in Thailand's Suksawat Terminal
Sharjah/Bangkok
It is located on the Chao Phraya River, in Bangkok
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