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September 15, 2003
Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Asian exports, rising rates spark demand for box ships
    AN expanding container trade and rising freight rates driven by robust Asian export volumes have sent the world's container shipping lines shopping for new box ships.
  • S'pore ports throughput up 6.3% Jan-July
    THE ports of Singapore handled 6.3 per cent higher throughput in the seven months through July than in the same period in 2002, according to the latest figures released by the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore .
  • Gold Star, Delmas to run joint W Africa service
    GOLD Star Line will dissolve its Asia-West Africa alliance with French line CMA CGM and China Shipping Container Line at the end of this month in favour of a new joint service with another French carrier, Delmas.
  • Teekay to buy stake in IM Skaugen oil tanker unit
    TEEKAY Shipping Corp, the world's biggest owner of mid-sized oil tankers, will buy half of Norway's IM Skaugen ASA's Petrotrans unit, which handles about 15 per cent of all crude oil shipped into US ports.
  • Maersk sells tanker to Tsakos Group
    AP Moeller-Maersk, the world's biggest container shipper, has sold one of its 2 million-barrel oil tankers to Athens-based Tsakos Group, a spokeswoman said late last week. 15/09/03
  • Nature's fury
    DOWNED cranes litter the dockside in the aftermath of Typhoon Maemi at the sea port at Busan.
Air and Land Transport
  • Australia seeking alternate routes to avoid Sars threat
    AUSTRALIA is talking with major airlines and the Singapore government about changing routes this northern winter to avoid an industry crisis in the event of another Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome outbreak, the tourism minister said yesterday.
  • Call for Aussie airport security review
  • US scrutinising airline promo practices
  • Indonesia's DI in talks to get more orders
  • UPS spreading its wings in Malaysia, Thailand
  • Shanghai Airlines orders five Boeing 757-200s
Liner Scene
  • Back to the future in box trades
    A GOOD few column centimetres have filled with discussion about the future of transshipment in the past couple of weeks.

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Asian exports, rising rates spark demand for box ships
    AN expanding container trade and rising freight rates driven by robust Asian export volumes have sent the world's container shipping lines shopping for new box ships.
  • S'pore ports throughput up 6.3% Jan-July
    THE ports of Singapore handled 6.3 per cent higher throughput in the seven months through July than in the same period in 2002, according to the latest figures released by the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore .
  • Gold Star, Delmas to run joint W Africa service
    GOLD Star Line will dissolve its Asia-West Africa alliance with French line CMA CGM and China Shipping Container Line at the end of this month in favour of a new joint service with another French carrier, Delmas.
  • Teekay to buy stake in IM Skaugen oil tanker unit
    TEEKAY Shipping Corp, the world's biggest owner of mid-sized oil tankers, will buy half of Norway's IM Skaugen ASA's Petrotrans unit, which handles about 15 per cent of all crude oil shipped into US ports.
  • Maersk sells tanker to Tsakos Group
    AP Moeller-Maersk, the world's biggest container shipper, has sold one of its 2 million-barrel oil tankers to Athens-based Tsakos Group, a spokeswoman said late last week. 15/09/03
  • Nature's fury
    DOWNED cranes litter the dockside in the aftermath of Typhoon Maemi at the sea port at Busan.
Air and Land Transport
  • Australia seeking alternate routes to avoid Sars threat
    AUSTRALIA is talking with major airlines and the Singapore government about changing routes this northern winter to avoid an industry crisis in the event of another Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome outbreak, the tourism minister said yesterday.
  • Call for Aussie airport security review
  • US scrutinising airline promo practices
  • Indonesia's DI in talks to get more orders
  • UPS spreading its wings in Malaysia, Thailand
  • Shanghai Airlines orders five Boeing 757-200s
Liner Scene
  • Back to the future in box trades
    A GOOD few column centimetres have filled with discussion about the future of transshipment in the past couple of weeks.

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Asian exports, rising rates spark demand for box ships
    AN expanding container trade and rising freight rates driven by robust Asian export volumes have sent the world's container shipping lines shopping for new box ships.
  • S'pore ports throughput up 6.3% Jan-July
    THE ports of Singapore handled 6.3 per cent higher throughput in the seven months through July than in the same period in 2002, according to the latest figures released by the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore .
  • Gold Star, Delmas to run joint W Africa service
    GOLD Star Line will dissolve its Asia-West Africa alliance with French line CMA CGM and China Shipping Container Line at the end of this month in favour of a new joint service with another French carrier, Delmas.
  • Teekay to buy stake in IM Skaugen oil tanker unit
    TEEKAY Shipping Corp, the world's biggest owner of mid-sized oil tankers, will buy half of Norway's IM Skaugen ASA's Petrotrans unit, which handles about 15 per cent of all crude oil shipped into US ports.
  • Maersk sells tanker to Tsakos Group
    AP Moeller-Maersk, the world's biggest container shipper, has sold one of its 2 million-barrel oil tankers to Athens-based Tsakos Group, a spokeswoman said late last week. 15/09/03
  • Nature's fury
    DOWNED cranes litter the dockside in the aftermath of Typhoon Maemi at the sea port at Busan.
Air and Land Transport
  • Australia seeking alternate routes to avoid Sars threat
    AUSTRALIA is talking with major airlines and the Singapore government about changing routes this northern winter to avoid an industry crisis in the event of another Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome outbreak, the tourism minister said yesterday.
  • Call for Aussie airport security review
  • US scrutinising airline promo practices
  • Indonesia's DI in talks to get more orders
  • UPS spreading its wings in Malaysia, Thailand
  • Shanghai Airlines orders five Boeing 757-200s
Liner Scene
  • Back to the future in box trades
    A GOOD few column centimetres have filled with discussion about the future of transshipment in the past couple of weeks.

Sched Netweb site
  • MOL joins Korea, Haiphong service
  • Asia boosts P&O interim performance
  • K Line looks to environment
  • Delmas and Gold Star strike Asia, West Africa partnership
  • P&O to centralise S Africa operations
  • NACA celebrates 25th anniversary in Las Vegas
  • Lufthansa gets the right temperature
  • Eagle flying with supply chain control
  • SAS Group acquires 49pc of Estonian Air
  • Pilot's take on freight man case

Exim Indiaweb site
  • Shipping Secretary visits Kandla Port
  • Trade-wings strengthens haz-mat operations - Accepts shipments to UK, Europe now
  • Petronet LNG set to receive maiden cargo from Qatar by Dec.
  • Mumbai CHAs felicitate Minister Shripad Naik.
  • Wheat exports at a standstill
  • Washington to set up trade office in India
  • ECGC to open 10 more branches
  • Government to allow 'paid-for' rice exports - Fresh bookings stopped from August
  • Palm oil imports resume.
  • GMB scouts for investors to develop ports
  • Kandla Port Steamship Agents Association elects new office-bearers
  • Vishrutha Logistics plans Rs 16.61-cr. CFS near Ennore Port
  • Visakha box terminal set to improve performance
  • Kandla Port registers growth in April-Aug. despite months of deluge
  • Bidders set terms for developing Vallarpadam box terminal
  • Transporters' stir hits iron ore movement to Paradip Port
  • Rlys exceeds freight target for April-Aug.
  • Centre clears Adani group's Mundra SEZ project
  • Economy poised for growth: Expert
  • HR coil prices spurt by Rs 500 a tonne
  • Excise return forms made easy.
  • Telecom fair in Mumbai in January 2004
  • Governor praises role of IMC in state's development

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
SEPTEMBER 12, 2003
  • Crude falls to 4-month low
    Unless crude stages a big recovery later in the day or rebounds in ACCESS trading over the weekend, the scene is set for softening bunker prices as trade resumes in Asia and Europe on Monday morning.
  • Singapore: July bunker sales hit year-low, August better?
    With suppliers reporting an upswing in bunker demand towards the end of August as well as Singapore becoming more competitively priced, we may expect a bigger turnover figure when the next MPA statistics come out.
  • Bulgaria: Concern for supply as refinery will close for Q4
    The 160,000 barrels per day Bourgas refinery in Bulgaria, the largest refinery in the Balkans, is set to close from the beginning of October until the end of the year for upgrading and maintenance work.
  • African markets review
  • California: Hearings go well for urgency Bunker Tax Bill
    The hearing of Senate Bill 808 (SB 808), which seeks to reinstate Bunker Sales tax exemption in California, achieved unanimous support during the two required hearings that took place on September 10th. If SB 808 gets the required majority on the Assembly and Senate floors, it could be on the Californian Governor's desk already on Monday. Due to its urgency status, it will come into force immediately if the Governor signs it.
  • Rotterdam market still mostly steady

International Transport Journalweb site
SEPTEMBER 12, 2003
  • Wincanton - New managing director in the Czech Republic
  • CMA CGM with P&O NL and Hapag-Lloyd
  • Egyptair appoints ATC Aviation Services as its Swiss GSA
  • Kombiverkehr grows in first half of 2003
  • Rhenus/Panalpina JV moves into bonded warehousing in Prague

The Scandinavian Shipping Gazetteweb site
SEPTEMBER 12, 2003
  • Statoil raided by police
  • Langeland-Kiel stops payments
  • Bribery charged director confesses

Marine Logweb site
SEPTEMBER 12, 2003
  • Austal cruise yachts in service
    At work in French Polynesia

World Wide Shipperweb site
SEPTEMBER 12, 2003
  • Port of Olympia eyeing uses for downtown property
  • Corps of Engineers plans Columbia sediment project
  • Port of Port Angeles recognizes longtime empoyees
  • New baggage screening system in works for Portland Airport
  • Rail carload numbers decline during August

Lloyd's Listweb site
  • Statoil charged in corruption probe over Iranian deal
    POLICE in Norway have raided the Stavanger offices of partially privatised state oil firm Statoil in a corruption probe into its dealings with an Iranian consultant.
  • New service and fresh look for Lloyd's List
    LLOYD'S List today passes another milestone in its 269-year history, with the launch of our shipping movements information on the paper's website, writes editor Julian Bray.
  • World Shipping Council urges container security mandates
    THE World Shipping Council, the Washington-based lobbying group for the international liner industry, has launched a push for new mandates on in-transit container security that it believes could improve the safety of the maritime container trade swiftly and economically.
  • Maersk red faced after ABC exposé
    AS WIDELY billed, there were red faces all round after the ABC news special on maritime security aired on US TV last Thursday night, writes John McLaughlin in New York.

Fairplayweb site
SEPTEMBER 12, 2003
  • Great Lakes on the market
  • Trans-Pacific dispute is settled
  • Petersburg price hike fall ends
  • PDV tanker fire reveals breaches
  • Dry index hits new heights
  • Maersk to review procedures
  • Maersk and CSX bid for Cochin
  • Euro yards demand Korean increase
  • UK ship security plans submitted
  • Lukoil to sell its river fleet
  • Tasman Spirit: lawyers get to work
  • Irish Continental remains confident
  • Indian box service suspended
  • Compromise at IBF meeting
  • Big Sealand Express pull today
  • Decision day for Alstom
  • Bangla ports to beef up security

The Journal of Commerceweb site
SEPTEMBER 12, 2003
  • Shippers, carriers boost box seals
    Trade groups propose container seals as short-term alternative to expensive security technology.
  • Canadian National could bar import boxes from key intermodal terminal
    The railway is threatening to close its busiest Canadian terminal in an attempt to force shippers and steamship companies to accept their shipments on weekends.
  • Rail funding a security issue: Study
    A terrorist attack that shuts down rail lines serving the Los Angeles-Long Beach port complex would cost the U.S. economy $414 million a day.
  • Slowdown ends at Port of L.A.-Long Beach
  • DOT selects U.S.-Hong Kong all-cargo carriers
  • Taiwan readies China air-cargo service
  • Improved box security saves money, says researcher
  • U.S., Thailand agree on open-skies for cargo
  • China sweetens export incentives
  • Port of Portland in lease deal
  • CN opens Winnipeg IM terminal
  • Lawsuit deal will hurt Landstar 3Q
  • Unions oppose railroad remote control

Containerisation Internationalweb site
SEPTEMBER 12, 2003
  • Sealand Express going nowhere as latest flotation attempt fails
    Attempts this morning to dislodge the Sealand Express, which beached outside Cape Town harbour two weeks ago, have failed yet again, prompting the evacuation of other ships from the area.
  • Lines pay FMC $1.3m in settlement for NVOCC complaint
  • CN opens Winnipeg intermodal terminal
  • Cosco-HIT Hong Kong traffic down for the fourth month
  • CSCL bows out of Indian-subcontinent
  • Low bids see Vallarpadam tender process fail

TradeWindsweb site
SEPTEMBER 12, 2003
  • 'Buccaneer' slashes with his tongue
    Georgiopoulos holds back little in Forbes interview.
  • Nosedive in the Atlantic
    Caribs rates dip in start of clean-trade slowdown.
  • Petrobras comes to bargaining table
    Oil workers' strike prompts management offer.
  • Lines pay $1.35m FMC penalty
    Top transpacific operators accept three year ban on capacity cuts.
  • Agents attack Aqaba box surcharge
    Container lines' congestion fee at Jordanian port comes under fire.
  • Italian ferry hits submerged object
    Moby Magic passengers and crew abandon ship in night rescue drama.
  • Wallenius Wilhelmsen US chief to head UECC
    Nils-Henrik Jaeger (left) to step down as CEO at United European Car Carriers.
  • Fortum quits North Sea
    Finnish oil major sells aframax and assigns shuttle tanker contracts to Navion.
  • Thoresen Thai buys Colonial ship
    Expanding bulker owner adds another vessel to fleet, this time from the US.
  • Irish Continental drifts
    First-half profits dip at Irish Ferries' parent group as it seeks to tackle labour costs.
  • Bourbon builds on offshore success
    French owner's supply ships showed importance to profit in first half as bulkers' turnover dropped.
  • Pelni pleads for state aid
    Indonesian state ferry company threatens to lay off workers as cash crisis worsens.
  • First pull on Sea-Land Express fails
    Fresh refloating effort to be made later today if conditions improve.
  • Slide in Singapore bunker sales
    Marine fuel sales fell to their lowest level of 2003 in July despite high level of vessel arrivals.

American Shipperweb site
SEPTEMBER 12, 2003
  • Clipper Timber Carriers starts Brazil/Europe link
  • HUAL and Puerto Rico port authority settle dispute over charges
  • Asia/Canada carriers keep 4th-quarter bunker charges unchanged
  • FMC enters settlement agreement with transpacific carriers
  • ABX Air adds maintenance business
  • NCBFAA welcomes FMC/TSA settlement
  • NIT League promotes Gatti to executive vice president
  • Customs: ABC's spent uranium was flagged, released as harmless
  • Office of Foreign Assets Control amends trading rules
  • U.S. touts benefits of GSP for poor countries
  • GAO urges USDA, industry to collaborate on origin labeling
  • U.S. plans to complete trade talks with Morocco by year end
  • Commerce denies export privileges to imprisoned arms shipper
  • Marseilles-Fos box traffic up 3% in first eight months

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FROM THE HOME PAGE
European Commission meeting to define the strategy for the development of EU ports and maritime industry
Brussels
Call for papers by July 28th
Assarmatori asks for support for Italian seafarers employed on short-haul routes and for the renewal of ferry fleets
Assarmatori asks for support for Italian seafarers employed on short-haul routes and for the renewal of ferry fleets
Rome
Messina: State Aid regime needs to be redesigned for European shipyards
In the first four months of 2025, maritime container traffic between Asia and Europe grew by +4.8%
Tokyo
-6.4% drop in shipments to Asian ports. +9.0% increase in unloading volumes in Europe
The impact on Italy of a possible closure of the maritime route through the Strait of Hormuz would be significant
Rome
The merchant fleet for energy products controlled by the Italian shipping industry interested in these traffics amounts to approximately 80 units.
Cargo traffic in China's seaports grew by +3.7% last month
Cargo traffic in China's seaports grew by +3.7% last month
Beijing
Containers amounted to 26.7 million TEU (+6.1%)
In 2024, 576 containers were lost at sea out of over 250 million transported by ships
Washington
About 200 have fallen from container ships in the Cape of Good Hope region
FMC questions deal exempting World Shipping Council companies from US antitrust rules
Washington
Meanwhile, Sola, appointed by Trump on January 20 to the presidency of the federal agency, is leaving his post today.
The European maritime-port sector nitpicks the reform of the Community customs rules
Brussels
Note from CLECAT, ECASBA, European Shipowners, ESPO, Feport and WSC
EU Council agrees on reform of the Union Customs Code
Brussels
CLECAT is concerned about the persistence of the concept of "Single Liable Person" in the text
In the first three months of 2025, freight traffic in the port of Civitavecchia grew by +2.4%
Civitavecchia
Increase of +9.9% in Gaeta and decrease of -17.1% in Fiumicino
Le Aziende informanoSponsored Article
Accelleron consolida le partnership con Somas e Geislinger per sostenere l'efficienza e la sostenibilità del settore marittimo
Japanese shipbuilding company Imabari Shipbuilding acquires control of fellow Japanese JMU
Imabari/Tokyo
Ownership share increased from 30% to 60%
WTO: New tariffs have given a boost to trade that is unlikely to last
Geneva
Recovery driven by importers who brought forward purchases in view of expected tariff increases
Terminal Investments Limited of the MSC Group acquires 50% of the capital of Barcelona Europe South Terminal
Barcelona
The transaction was authorized by the Port Authority of Barcelona
There are no implementing decrees for the SalvaMare law and Italian citizens are paying for the management of fished waste that is not carried out
Rome
The Marevivo Foundation and the Federation of the Sea report it
In five and a half years, 1,244 tons of drugs have been seized in EU ports
In five and a half years, 1,244 tons of drugs have been seized in EU ports
Lisbon
The largest quantities pass through ports in Belgium, Spain, Holland, Italy and Germany
The International Convention on Ship Recycling will enter into force tomorrow
Copenhagen
BIMCO urges EU to include Indian shipyards in EU list of ship recycling facilities
Assologistica presents the "Cruscotto" project to ensure transparency and legality in the logistics sector
Milan
Ruggerone: it is an infrastructure of trust between clients and operators
Federagenti, cruises cannot and must not become the target of an indiscriminate hate campaign
Federagenti, cruises cannot and must not become the target of an indiscriminate hate campaign
Rome
A "Pact for the Sea" proposed with solutions to tackle overtourism for which passenger ships are not to blame
New step forward for the construction of the underground freight transport system in Switzerland
New step forward for the construction of the underground freight transport system in Switzerland
Bern
Cargo sous terrain plans to build a 500-kilometer system by mid-century
Carnival posts record earnings for March-May period
Carnival posts record earnings for March-May period
Miami
The number of cruise passengers embarked also peaked this quarter
Federlogistica, it is reckless to activate railway construction sites without a concerted plan
Genoa
Falteri: Isolating the port of Genoa from the railway network for three weeks means putting the whole of Northern Italy in difficulty
Multipurpose terminals privatized in eight Saudi ports
Multipurpose terminals privatized in eight Saudi ports
Riyadh
Four will be operated by Saudi Global Ports and four by Red Sea Gateway Terminal
Public debate launched on the project for Pier VIII in the port of Trieste
Public debate launched on the project for Pier VIII in the port of Trieste
Trieste
A total investment of 315.8 million euros is expected
South Korea's HD Hyundai partners with US Edison Chouest Offshore to build containerships in US
South Korea's HD Hyundai partners with US Edison Chouest Offshore to build containerships in US
Seoul
The possibility of building other types of ships and constructing port cranes is foreseen
Rixi: with the Omnibus decree, Phase B of the new Genoa breakwater is guaranteed
Rome
Expenditure of 50 million euros authorised for 2026 and 92.8 million for 2027
Israel-Iran conflict prompts Maersk to suspend calls at Haifa port
Copenhagen
Those at the port of Ashdod will continue instead.
Northern European Nations Commitment to Counter Russian Shadow Fleet
Warsaw
If the vessels do not fly a valid flag in the Baltic Sea and the North Sea - they specify - we will take appropriate measures in compliance with international law.
Freight traffic in French ports stable in the first quarter of 2025
Freight traffic in French ports stable in the first quarter of 2025
The Defense
Containers and liquid bulk on the rise. Increase in unloading loads and decrease in loading loads
Cognolato (Assiterminal): Today more than ever we need a coherent port policy
Rome
All the critical issues highlighted in recent years still remain open - he highlighted.
Alessandro Pitto confirmed as president of Fedespedi
Milan
The Board of Directors, the Board of Arbiters and the Board of Auditors have been renewed
A protest action by Greek seafarers is heated, with the PENEN and PNO unions launching very serious accusations, including mutual ones
Piraeus
The strike, declared illegal by the courts, blocks some ships of the Attica group in the port of Patras
Saipem awarded contract for a phosphate mining project in Algeria that includes the upgrading of the port of Annaba
Milan
The construction of railway lines is also planned
Suez Canal celebrates return of large-capacity containership transits
Suez Canal celebrates return of large-capacity containership transits
Ismailia
Today it was crossed by the vessel "CMA CGM Osiris" which can carry 15,536 teu
IMO, ILO, ICS and ITF urge protection of seafarers' rights against unjust criminalisation
London
The "Guidelines on the Fair Treatment of Seafarers Detained in Relation to Alleged Offences" were adopted in April
Trump's new tariffs also hit container traffic at the Port of Long Beach
Long Beach
In the first five months of 2025, an increase of +17.2% was recorded
Transfer of the port of Carrara from the Ligurian to the Tuscan AdSP not without a discussion with the operators
Milan
Dario Perioli, FHP, Grendi and Tarros ask for it
Up to $768 billion in investments needed to adapt world ports to rising sea levels
New York
Port of Los Angeles Feels Impact of New Tariffs on Container Traffic
Los Angeles
A decrease of -4.8% was recorded in May
Assagenti proposes a task force to solve port, logistics and industrial problems
Genoa
A "problem solver" consultative body composed, in addition to the categories of the maritime cluster, of the manufacturing industries of the North-West quadrant
Cargo traffic at the port of Singapore fell by -4.6% in May
Singapore
New crane overturned for delivery in new Tuas port area
In the first quarter of 2025, freight traffic on the Swiss rail network fell by -6.4%
Neuchatel
Service performance at 2.35 billion tonne-km, down -8.2%
ANGOPI fears that new measures to ensure maritime continuity will penalise mooring services
ANGOPI fears that new measures to ensure maritime continuity will penalise mooring services
Ischia
Power: it is necessary to remove them from a perverse mechanism
Dutch HES International to operate bulk terminal in Marseille-Fos port
Marseille
The concession contract will have a minimum duration of 30 years
Ibiza government opposes Trasmed's overnight stay on board ferry program
Ibiza/Valencia
It is considered a "clandestine hotel", while the company defines it as a cruise service
Bruno Pisano appointed extraordinary commissioner of the AdSP of the Eastern Ligurian Sea
Rome
He will take up his post next Monday
Federlogistica proposes a comparison between operators on the congestion fee while waiting for a solution from the government
Genoa
In the first five months of 2025, container traffic in the port of Gioia Tauro grew by +10.3%
Joy Taurus
1,813,071 TEUs were handled
Trasportounito, truck waiting times in ports must be paid
Genoa
Tagnochetti: The Port Fee aims to redistribute the costs of all disruptions more equitably
Commissioners of the AdSPs of the Northern Tyrrhenian, Ionian and Western Liguria appointed
Rome/Genoa
Trade unions concerned about the future of Genoa Port Terminal workers
Political instability and green transition are the main problems that shipping faces
London
This is highlighted in the "ICS Maritime Barometer Report 2024-2025"
The new container terminal of the port of Termini Imerese presented
Palermo
Transfer of traffic handled by Portitalia to the port of Palermo
GCMD survey confirms shipping's commitment to decarbonisation
Singapore
Ports concerned about lack of certainty about demand from shipping companies
The EU Commission has re-identified Port Said East and Tanger Med as neighbouring container transhipment ports
Brussels
Road haulage extends congestion fee application to Livorno port
Livorno/Rome/Milan/Genoa
Fedespedi, they do not solve the problems, but have the only effect of increasing costs
The new Border Control Post has been inaugurated in the port of Livorno
Leghorn
The structure cost 15 million euros
The transfer of 80% of Louis-Dreyfus Armateurs' capital to InfraVia has been implemented
Suresnes/Paris
The Louis-Dreyfus family retains the remaining 20%
Port of Genoa, green light for extension of concession to Spinelli until September 30
Genoa
Ok also to the extension to the Campostano group
The National Maritime Fund has started the recognition of scholarships
Genoa
They are granted for basic training and security familiarization courses.
RFI and MIT sign the update to the program contract for approximately 2.1 billion
Rome
Around 500 million euros expected for the management of the railway network
San Giorgio del Porto delivers a vessel for the bunkering of liquefied natural gas
Genoa
It was built for Genova Trasporti Marittimi
Pisano (AdSP Liguria Orientale): the ports of La Spezia and Carrara have integrated almost perfectly
La Spezia/Bari
Extraordinary Commissioner of the Southern Adriatic Sea Port Authority appointed
Raffaele Latrofa appointed president of the AdSP of the Central-Northern Tyrrhenian Sea
Rome
He is the deputy mayor of Pisa
India's Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Acquires Control of Sri Lanka's Colombo Dockyard
Mumbai
Investment of approximately 53 million dollars
The Commissioner of the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority has been granted the powers and prerogatives of the Management Committee
Genoa
The measure pending the restoration of the ordinary top management bodies
The Three-Year Operational Plan 2025-2027 of the Central Adriatic Port Authority has been approved
Ancona
Favorable opinion of the Sea Resource Partnership Body
The public meeting of the International Containers Studies Center will be held in Genoa on July 2nd
Genoa
It will deal with the physical transformations of the container and the digitalization of processes
Andrea Ormesani is the new president of Assosped Venezia
Venice
The board of directors has been renewed. Paolo Salvaro remains general secretary
Witte (ISU): In 2024, the ship salvage sector stabilized from the low of two years ago
London
Finnish Elomatic to Install Tunnel Thrusters on 11 Carnival Cruise Ships
Turku
The works will begin next autumn and will end in 2028
The Assarmatori assembly will be held in Rome on July 1st
Rome
"Mediterranean against the current" the theme of the meeting
Fincantieri has delivered the new cruise ship Viking Vesta to the American Viking
Trieste/Los Angeles
It was built in the Ancona shipyard
The Genoa Coast Guard has placed the container ship PL Germany under administrative detention
Genoa
Italian Navy orders two new Multipurpose Combat Ships from Fincantieri
Trieste
The order to the shipbuilding company is worth 700 million euros
MSC Group to manage cruise services in the ports of Bari and Brindisi
Bari
Ten-year concession with possibility of extension
German Kombiverkehr Returns to Profit in 2024
Frankfurt am Main
The level of revenues remained unchanged at 434.6 million euros.
Deltamarin to design the six new ro-pax vessels ordered by Grimaldi for the Mediterranean routes
Turku
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
The practice of subcontracting in European logistics is creating a parallel labour market where rights are not enforced
Brussels
"Sorry, We Subcontracted You" Report Presented
Tomorrow Grendi will launch the group's fourth ship on routes to and from Sardinia
Milan
"Grendi Star", with a load capacity of 2,800 linear meters, will connect Marina di Carrara and Cagliari
FREMM frigates operational support contract signed between Orizzonte Sistemi Navali and OCCAR
Taranto
The agreement has a total value of approximately 764 million euros
Call to reform the entire driver training system in the transport sector
Rome
Seven proposals presented
In the port of Gioia Tauro, the Guardia di Finanza soldiers seized 228 kilos of cocaine
Reggio Calabria
Two dockers arrested
Port of Livorno, new observatory to find solutions to the problem of port congestion
Leghorn
Marilli: We will seek solutions to reach the possible revocation of the port fee
Lockton PL Ferrari closed the last fiscal year with gross revenues of 34 million dollars
Genoa
Insurance premium volume rose to 350 million
Polish Trans Polonia Group acquires Dutch Nijman/Zeetank Holding
Tczew
It specializes in the transportation and logistics of liquid and gaseous products
d'Amico Tankers Sells Two 2011-Built Tankers for $36.2 Million
Luxembourg
They will be delivered to buyers by the end of July and on December 21st.
The Italian Merchant Marine Academy plans 13 new free courses
Genoa
Over 300 positions available
A delegation of Wista Italy visits the ports of Catania and Augusta
Catania/August
The association is made up of women who hold positions of responsibility in the maritime, logistics and trade sectors.
In the first five months of 2025, the port of Algeciras handled 1.9 million containers (-6.3%)
Algeciras
Empty containers decreased by -5.5% and full ones by -6.4%
Reway Group enters the port railway infrastructure maintenance sector
Licciana Nardi
Two contracts awarded by the AdSP of the Eastern Ligurian Sea
Delcomar and Ensamar take over maritime services with the smaller Sardinian islands
Cagliari
The tender for the six-year concession of the connections has been awarded
Port of Trieste, the newly appointed Gurrieri torpedoes the newly appointed Torbianelli
Trieste
Russo (Pd): it's a squalid power game
Singapore's SeaLead expands its maritime shipping offering to connect Turkey and Italy
Singapore
Route connected to services transiting the Suez Canal
The US Container Security Initiative program has been extended to Morocco
Rabat
Amrani: Let's consolidate Tanger Med's role as a safe and world-class maritime hub
Very positive first quarter for Greek Euroseas
Athens
Pittas: the positive momentum continued in the second quarter
Assonat and SACE present a plan for Italian tourist ports
Rome
Kuehne+Nagel has opened a new branch in Naples
Milan
The aim is to support the operational growth of the group in Southern Italy
RINA has acquired the entire capital of Finnish Foreship
Helsinki
The Helsinki-based company specializes in consulting in the field of marine and mechanical engineering.
Container traffic down at Barcelona and Valencia ports in May
Barcelona/Valencia
Resumption of containers in transit at the Catalan port
Annual cargo traffic in Greek ports stable in 2024
Piraeus
Domestic volumes are growing, while foreign trade is decreasing
Perplexity of freight forwarders, customs agents and maritime agents of La Spezia at the transfer of the port of Carrara to the Tuscan AdSP
The Spice
Timidly, they "hope for consideration for the progress made so far"
Francesco Mastro appointed extraordinary commissioner of the Southern Adriatic Sea Port Authority
Rome
He will take up office on June 30th.
John Denholm to be new president of the International Chamber of Shipping
Athens
He will take over from Emanuele Grimaldi in a year
Extraordinary commissioners of the two Ligurian Port System Authorities have been installed
Genoa/La Spezia
Matteo Paroli and Bruno Pisano at the helm of the institutions
Container traffic at Hong Kong port drops sharply in May
Hong Kong
1.05 million TEUs were handled (-12.7%)
Assogasliquidi-Federchimica shows the way to accelerate the decarbonization of road and maritime transport
Rome
Amadei: Our sector is ready and the time has come for courageous industrial choices
Eagle S tanker command blamed for cutting submarine cables in Gulf of Finland
Advantages
The accident was caused by the ship's anchor
Online platform to report critical issues that put transport workers at risk
Genoa
It was prepared by Fit Cisl Liguria
GNV to create a direct summer connection between Civitavecchia and Tunis
Genoa
It will run alongside the historic route via Palermo
The unification of Grimaldi's concessions in the port of Barcelona has been completed
Madrid/Barcelona
The contract expires on September 20, 2035.
In the first five months of 2025, cargo traffic in Russian ports fell by -4.9%
St. Petersburg
A decrease of approximately -12% was recorded in May
Raben Logistics Group Creates Subsidiary in Türkiye
Milan
It will have 20 employees and a 2,000 square meter cross-dock warehouse
Alberto Dellepiane confirmed as president of Assorimorchiatori
Rome
The composition of the entire association leadership remains unchanged
Agreement between Fincantieri and Indonesian PMM to develop solutions to face new unconventional underwater challenges
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
The Assarmatori assembly will be held in Rome on July 1st
Rome
"Mediterranean against the current" the theme of the meeting
The public meeting of the International Containers Studies Center will be held in Genoa on July 2nd
Genoa
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
US has its eye on Greek ports
(Kathimerini)
Proposed 30% increase for port tariffs to be in phases, says Loke
(Free Malaysia Today)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Intervento del presidente Tomaso Cognolato
Roma, 19 giugno 2025
››› File
Structural adaptation works on dock 23 of the port of Ancona awarded
Ancona
Intervention worth over 11.8 million euros
Conference on the role of LNG and bioLNG for the decarbonisation of transport and industry
Rome
The Federchimica-Assogasliquidi event will take place on Monday in Rome
Dutch Bolidt increases presence in cruise ship sector with acquisition of American Boteka
Hendrik Ido Ambacht
Contship Italia has acquired the Genoese customs services company STS
Melzo
The Ligurian company was founded in 1985
Francesco Benevolo has been appointed extraordinary commissioner of the AdSP of the Central-Northern Adriatic Sea
Rome
He is the operations director of RAM - Logistics, Infrastructure and Transport
Montaresi resigns as commissioner of the Eastern Ligurian Port Authority
The Spice
In the eight months of administration - he underlines - we have not lost even a second
Gurrieri has been appointed extraordinary commissioner of the AdSP of the Eastern Adriatic Sea
Trieste
Pending the completion of the formal process for the designation of the president
The commissioners of the AdSP of Western Liguria have handed over their mandate to Minister Salvini
Genoa
The decision is part of the process of designation and nomination of the new leaders
Confetra criticizes the provisions of the decree-law Infrastructure for road transport
Rome
The Confederation urges the blocking of the process of appointing the presidents of the port authorities
Taiwanese Evergreen, Yang Ming and WHL saw revenue decline in May
Keelung/Taipei
The decline is accentuated for the two main companies
South Korea's KSOE wins order to build eight 15,900 TEU containerships
Seongnam
The unit value of each vessel is approximately $221 million.
First port terminal for car traffic of Greek Neptune Lines
Piraeus
It will be inaugurated next year in the French port of Port-La Nouvelle
The assembly of the association of Genoese maritime agents and brokers will be held on June 16th
Genoa
Round Table on Genoa, the hub of the North West and the Mediterranean
BN di Navigazione Board of Directors Renewed
Genoa
BluNavy aims to reach one million passengers by 2025
Viking Line designs world's largest all-electric ro-pax vessel
Viking Line designs world's largest all-electric ro-pax vessel
Åland
Record Monthly Container Traffic at Turkish Ports
Ankara
In May, almost 1.4 million TEUs were handled (+17.6%)
Sergio Landolfi has been elected president of the Customs Association of the Port of La Spezia
The Spice
The board of directors has been renewed
The ferry industry elite will attend the Interferry conference in Salerno in October
Victoria
Event titled "Connections"
Uniport launches an initiative to support ALS research
Rome
Fundraising for the NeMO Clinical Center Serena Foundation Onlus
The Propeller Club of Genoa has analyzed risks and opportunities of using AI in the maritime and insurance sectors
Genoa
The importance of training in the use of technology was highlighted
Chantiers de l'Atlantique delivers luxury cruising yacht Luminara to The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection
Saint Nazaire
The ship will debut in Alaska
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