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July 16, 2003
Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Greenpeace sculpts its position on shipbreaking
    GREENPEACE International got scrappy with the International Maritime Organisation on Monday, as delegates at the opening day of the Marine Environment Protection Committee meeting were greeted by a two-and-half tonne scrap 'sculpture'.
  • HK firm's move into Oz towage market, no big threat: Citigroup
    STOCKBROKING company, Citibank Smith Barney has argued that a move into the Australian towage market by Hong Kong United Dockyards may not represent as big a threat to Adsteam Marine as the market has assumed.
  • Port Klang to sell RM1.3b of bonds
    MALAYSIAN ports manager Port Klang Authority will next week sell through a special firm RM1.3 billion of AAA-rated bonds to fund a property purchase, banking sources said yesterday.
  • Indon ports on alert for escaped terrorist
    INDONESIAN police were on heightened alert at seaports and airports yesterday in anticipation of the possible entry of a top Jemaah Islamiyah bomb-maker who escaped from Philippines custody.
Air and Land Transport
  • AirAsia in no hurry to expand regionally: CEO
    AIRASIA, Malaysia's only low-fare, no-frills, ticketless airline, is in no hurry to implement its plans to expand regionally.
  • Business travel behind HK airport recovery
  • KLM to choose between Air France and BA this year
  • Longer hours for American attendants
  • Jet Airways eyes US$60m profit in next 2 years
  • Irish airport delays expected
Strait Talk
  • Time to tackle disregard of collision rules
    DISREGARD and ignorance of the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea is the major cause of collisions at sea.
Port Shots
  • PORT shots
    HONG Kong shipping firm Orient Overseas Ltd said it would build two container vessels for about US$146 million to boost efficiency and profitability.

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Greenpeace sculpts its position on shipbreaking
    GREENPEACE International got scrappy with the International Maritime Organisation on Monday, as delegates at the opening day of the Marine Environment Protection Committee meeting were greeted by a two-and-half tonne scrap 'sculpture'.
  • HK firm's move into Oz towage market, no big threat: Citigroup
    STOCKBROKING company, Citibank Smith Barney has argued that a move into the Australian towage market by Hong Kong United Dockyards may not represent as big a threat to Adsteam Marine as the market has assumed.
  • Port Klang to sell RM1.3b of bonds
    MALAYSIAN ports manager Port Klang Authority will next week sell through a special firm RM1.3 billion of AAA-rated bonds to fund a property purchase, banking sources said yesterday.
  • Indon ports on alert for escaped terrorist
    INDONESIAN police were on heightened alert at seaports and airports yesterday in anticipation of the possible entry of a top Jemaah Islamiyah bomb-maker who escaped from Philippines custody.
Air and Land Transport
  • AirAsia in no hurry to expand regionally: CEO
    AIRASIA, Malaysia's only low-fare, no-frills, ticketless airline, is in no hurry to implement its plans to expand regionally.
  • Business travel behind HK airport recovery
  • KLM to choose between Air France and BA this year
  • Longer hours for American attendants
  • Jet Airways eyes US$60m profit in next 2 years
  • Irish airport delays expected
Strait Talk
  • Time to tackle disregard of collision rules
    DISREGARD and ignorance of the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea is the major cause of collisions at sea.
Port Shots
  • PORT shots
    HONG Kong shipping firm Orient Overseas Ltd said it would build two container vessels for about US$146 million to boost efficiency and profitability.

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Greenpeace sculpts its position on shipbreaking
    GREENPEACE International got scrappy with the International Maritime Organisation on Monday, as delegates at the opening day of the Marine Environment Protection Committee meeting were greeted by a two-and-half tonne scrap 'sculpture'.
  • HK firm's move into Oz towage market, no big threat: Citigroup
    STOCKBROKING company, Citibank Smith Barney has argued that a move into the Australian towage market by Hong Kong United Dockyards may not represent as big a threat to Adsteam Marine as the market has assumed.
  • Port Klang to sell RM1.3b of bonds
    MALAYSIAN ports manager Port Klang Authority will next week sell through a special firm RM1.3 billion of AAA-rated bonds to fund a property purchase, banking sources said yesterday.
  • Indon ports on alert for escaped terrorist
    INDONESIAN police were on heightened alert at seaports and airports yesterday in anticipation of the possible entry of a top Jemaah Islamiyah bomb-maker who escaped from Philippines custody.
Air and Land Transport
  • AirAsia in no hurry to expand regionally: CEO
    AIRASIA, Malaysia's only low-fare, no-frills, ticketless airline, is in no hurry to implement its plans to expand regionally.
  • Business travel behind HK airport recovery
  • KLM to choose between Air France and BA this year
  • Longer hours for American attendants
  • Jet Airways eyes US$60m profit in next 2 years
  • Irish airport delays expected
Strait Talk
  • Time to tackle disregard of collision rules
    DISREGARD and ignorance of the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea is the major cause of collisions at sea.
Port Shots
  • PORT shots
    HONG Kong shipping firm Orient Overseas Ltd said it would build two container vessels for about US$146 million to boost efficiency and profitability.

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Greenpeace sculpts its position on shipbreaking
    GREENPEACE International got scrappy with the International Maritime Organisation on Monday, as delegates at the opening day of the Marine Environment Protection Committee meeting were greeted by a two-and-half tonne scrap 'sculpture'.
  • HK firm's move into Oz towage market, no big threat: Citigroup
    STOCKBROKING company, Citibank Smith Barney has argued that a move into the Australian towage market by Hong Kong United Dockyards may not represent as big a threat to Adsteam Marine as the market has assumed.
  • Port Klang to sell RM1.3b of bonds
    MALAYSIAN ports manager Port Klang Authority will next week sell through a special firm RM1.3 billion of AAA-rated bonds to fund a property purchase, banking sources said yesterday.
  • Indon ports on alert for escaped terrorist
    INDONESIAN police were on heightened alert at seaports and airports yesterday in anticipation of the possible entry of a top Jemaah Islamiyah bomb-maker who escaped from Philippines custody.
Air and Land Transport
  • AirAsia in no hurry to expand regionally: CEO
    AIRASIA, Malaysia's only low-fare, no-frills, ticketless airline, is in no hurry to implement its plans to expand regionally.
  • Business travel behind HK airport recovery
  • KLM to choose between Air France and BA this year
  • Longer hours for American attendants
  • Jet Airways eyes US$60m profit in next 2 years
  • Irish airport delays expected
Strait Talk
  • Time to tackle disregard of collision rules
    DISREGARD and ignorance of the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea is the major cause of collisions at sea.
Port Shots
  • PORT shots
    HONG Kong shipping firm Orient Overseas Ltd said it would build two container vessels for about US$146 million to boost efficiency and profitability.

Sched Netweb site
  • Yicheng moves into Costa Rica
  • MOL realigns N America management team
  • Crowley goes online
  • Bangladesh flag bill to ease shipping problems
  • Shippers warned of Congo's 'CIN' rules
  • New Matson containership set for sea trials
  • New kid on logistics block
  • DOT gives nod to carriers for new HK all-cargo services
  • Airborne files proxy statement for AGM
  • Continental to defer delivery of jets
  • China Southern, KLM adds five stops with expanded codeshare

Exim Indiaweb site
  • Sinha sees promising future for inland water transport with linking of major rivers
  • Phenomenal 96 pc rise in exports to China
  • Apparel exports post 19 pc growth in value terms
  • Anti-dumping duty imposed on titanium dioxide imports from China
  • Dumping duty mooted on vitamin-C from US, Canada
  • Drug makers scout for markets overseas - With MNCs drugs set to flood market from 2005...
  • Vast Chinese market entices tobacco exporters
  • JNPT asks shipping lines to defer congestion surcharge proposal - Series of measures taken to ease congestion
  • Gate cut-off at NSICT back to 72 hours for export boxes - Concor steps in to ease congestion
  • Exports to Russia will be costlier from August 1 - St Petersburg port to hike THCs
  • Balaji Leasing & Ind. to develop Dighi port - MMB inks concession pact
  • Hyundai Heavy wins $ 220 m ONGC order to build platform
  • MoS favours strengthening of TAMP
  • Railways' rolling stock exports in 2002-03 almost equal those of 2001-02
  • Royal Nepal to expand south India service
  • Prices of 94 drug packs revised/fixed

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
JULY 15, 2003
  • Bunkers in sunken tanker posing new threat after decades
    A Japanese tanker that sank in 1979 near Russia's far eastern island Sakhalin has begun leaking large quantities of fuel.
  • Panama: Prices remain high despite improved supply
  • Egyptian gas oil avails set to improve by end of July
    Egyptian ports still seem to be suffering problems with gas oil this week. Heavy subjects remain in both Suez and Port Said, if in fact there is any gas oil available.
  • Fujairah price rise halted on the back of Platts fall
  • Istanbul quiet amid good avails and falling market
  • Hong Kong revels in stability
  • High natural gas price bad news for global bunker market
    Residual fuel prices have not risen as much as either gas or heating oil this year and are fast becoming the fuel of choice for generators. | In Full |
  • UAE: ENOC announces clean service record, mulls expansion
    ENOC Bunkering (Fujairah) LLC, a subsidiary of Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC) Ltd, has achieved a record of problem-free servicing of 1,000 vessels within just 15 months of the joint venture's launch.

International Transport Journalweb site
JULY 15, 2003
  • Management team buys Seawheel
  • Van Uden Maritime takes over Baltic Express Line
  • Continental Airlines & TAP Air Portugal sign marketing agreement
  • Railion wins two trains from Shortlines
  • NYK Logistics joins C-TPAT program

The Scandinavian Shipping Gazetteweb site
JULY 15, 2003
  • EUR 110 million bill for "Fu Shan Hai" accident
  • Bond holders to stop Tordenskjold deal
  • Fred Olsen Energy lets go of floating production

Marine Logweb site
JULY 15, 2003
  • Philippines yard wins 47 m RoPax order
    FBMA Babcock Marine, Cebu, Philippines, has commenced construction of a 47 m RoPax catamaran ferry for Sea Lease Limited of Hong Kong.
  • O'Neil calls for "realistic" approach in MEPC tanker debate
    Opening the 49th meeting of IMO's Marine Environment Protection Committee, Secretary-General William O'Neil urged a realistic and pragmatic approach to consideration of proposals to amend MARPOL convention.

Lloyd's Listweb site
  • Ex-owner cries foul as 'write-off' ship goes for repair
    THE Hanjin Pennsylvania, the containership so badly ravaged by fire last November that it was written off as a total loss, could be back in service early next year.
  • Europe faces IMO showdown on single-hull tanker ban
    INTERNATIONAL opposition looks set to force the European Union to compromise on its hard-line package of tanker restrictions at this week's International Maritime Organisation negotiations.
  • Hudson fined $7.9m for sharing service contracts
    A HONG Kong non-vessel operating common carrier has been slapped with a $7.9m US federal fine for sharing its service contracts with other common carriers, enabling them to "obtain ocean transportation at less than the applicable rates".
  • Legal ruling sought in sensitive sea controversy
    PROPOSALS to designate Europe's west coast, the Channel and its approaches a 'particularly sensitive sea area' have brought calls for a ruling from the International Maritime Organisation's legal committee, writes Hugh O'Mahony.
  • Carnival wants say in Festival action
    CARNIVAL has sought leave to intervene in Festival's action to overturn Brussels' approval of the world's largest cruise group's merger with P&O Princess, now Carnival plc, writes Tony Gray .

Fairplayweb site
JULY 15, 2003
  • Great Lakes trade not great for US
  • FMC slaps huge fine on NVOCC
  • Property is PNSC prime asset
  • Iranian port works to rival Pakistan
  • Sea Containers sells IOM
  • Massive oil finds in Iran
  • Big miner takes over Archangel
  • Cruise revival in Copenhagen
  • Ailsa Drydock goes out of business
  • London Club boosts reserves
  • Bunker boost in western Channel
  • Working group for tanker phase-out
  • SNCM relieved by EC decision
  • Crew refuses to move 'asbestos' ship
  • Cochin hit by haulage strike
  • Tax deal for Venezuelan imports
  • Brazilian pilots reach settlement

The Journal of Commerceweb site
JULY 15, 2003
  • FedEx, UPS win Hong Kong air rights
    The express giants received tentative rights to 25 of the 40 additional slots available to U.S. cargo carriers under a new bilateral agreement.
  • DHL Airways acquisition finalized
    The $57 million deal comes amid a federal probe into the ownership of the cargo airline.
  • Merger for NIT League, AAEI?
    Two of the oldest transportation and logistics trade associations in the US are considering a link-up.
  • Hong Kong NVO gets $7.9 million fine
  • Hong Kong creates maritime task forces
  • Houston ships stopped as Claudette hits coast
  • Atlas names Dolan COO
  • Port of New Orleans, Panama Canal to co-promote services
  • Bangladesh port cuts handling charges
  • BAX Global expands imports and brokerage group
  • Airnet sells Mercury Business Services
  • Schneider National hires payment VP
  • Judge orders Deutsche Post, DHL chiefs to testify
  • FedEx Freight still a regional LTL: CEO

Containerisation Internationalweb site
JULY 15, 2003
  • Key Brazilian ports hit by 72-hour strike
    Key Brazilian ports have been hit today by strike action from customs officers protesting against President 'Lula' da Silva's state pension reforms.
  • St Petersburg: $200 THC as operations are streamlined
    A US$200 per box terminal handling charge (THC) is one consequence of St Petersburg's First Container Terminal (FCT) ditching an opaque operating style to move in line with other European ports.
  • NVOCC fined US$7.9 million by FMC
  • Indian congestion spat: Port trust dictates terms to P&OP
  • SARS strikes selected ports, as Kaohsiung is relegated
  • Wellins and Hemmingsen take up new positions
  • Swords into plougshares: Med Pacific adds N.Europe calls
  • EWS to launch boxtrains to Scotland's Port of Grangemouth

TradeWindsweb site
JULY 15, 2003
  • Opposition grows to Ghost Fleet plan
    Proposal to scrap US ships in England sparks protest.
  • Analyst cuts RCL
    Agents' survey suggests stock has reached a plateau.
  • Claudette halts Houston traffic
    Ship channel closed a second day as storm barrels toward refineries.
  • NVOCC fined for cheating lines
    FMC hits Hudson Shipping for nearly $8m after contract and bond violations.
  • Sea Containers sells Steam Packet
    Some of profit from sale of Isle of Man ferries will be used to restructure remaining ferry businesses.
  • Cruise ship hull holed
    USCG detain Celebrity vessel after 10 foot long underwater gash is discovered.
  • Aker pledges Sanab cash
    Norwegian owner of Romanian yard is to more than double its share capital.
  • Pension windfall for CSL
    Paul Martin's bulker company gets $60m fund surplus.
  • Herbjorn Hansson pockets a packet
    Nordic American chairman sells half his stake in tanker venture.
  • Bourbon builds Havila stake
    French owner follows up takeover of Norwegian supply ship rival by buying another 2%.
  • More box surcharges at St Petersburg
    Two containership groups add terminal handling fees at Russian port.
  • Japan holds 55 ships
    Port state inspections result in five fewer June detentions than in previous month.
  • Australia sets new entry rules
    If you're a seafarer going down under post 1 November remember to take your passport.
  • MISC eyes Malaysian yard
    Ambitious owner wants to clinch controlling stake in Malaysia Shipyard and Engineering.
  • Thoresen Thai lays foundations for growth
    Thai bulker owner creates three new subsidiaries as it prepares to boost fleet size again.
  • London Club boosts reserves
    Mutual insurer that covered the Prestige reports $2m surplus.
  • Aussies see mixed PSC in 2002
    Deficiencies per detained ship continue to decrease, but the number of ships held increased.

American Shipperweb site
JULY 15, 2003
  • U.S.-flag barge marks first in Cuba
  • CP Ships revives Portland/north Europe all-water link
  • IMO begins oil tanker talks as EU threatens to go its own way
  • NYK adds Long Beach to "Marex" service
  • MOL (America) realigns North American managers
  • Intertanko calls for anti-pollution coverage for all liquids
  • DOT grants 6 cargo airlines rights to fly through Hong Kong
  • Judge backs subpoenas in Deutsche Post case
  • Jackson resigns from DOT's No. 2 position
  • New Jersey railroad robbers out of business
  • Judge orders lower flow on Missouri, affecting barges
  • Xerox picks GT Nexus to tighten supply chain
  • Menlo Worldwide names Yam VP for South Asia
  • NVOCC-GAC calls for tariff reform, service contract rights
  • Corpus Christi signs first agreement with Cuba
  • Port of Redwood City posts 23.5% cargo increase

›››File
FROM THE HOME PAGE
In 2024, freight traffic in the ports of Naples and Salerno grew by +2%
Naples
In the fourth quarter alone, increases of +0.4% and +8.4% were recorded respectively.
Significant growth in ZIM's annual financial results but also in the number of containers transported by the fleet
Haifa
In 2024, over 3.7 million TEUs were loaded on the Israeli company's ships (+14.3%)
Yang Ming's 2024 financial year was very positive
Keelung
Revenues grew by +58.4%. Profit of almost two billion US dollars
CSIS Urges US Government to Counter Civil-Military Dual-Use System Adopted by Chinese Shipyards
Washington
Concerns over USTR's proposed port fee system, but not over its introduction that would cost the top ten companies calling at US ports over eight billion dollars a year
Keppel Infrastructure Fund acquires Global Marine Group
Singapore/New York
The company has a fleet of six vessels for laying submarine cables
Viking Cruise Group's Economic Performance Improves Significantly
Global Ports Holding to manage cruise terminal at Scottish port of Clydeport
Liverpool/London
Peel Ports Signs 50-Year Concession Agreement
Work begins in the port of Oristano on the new Multifunctional Service Centre for Agri-food Logistics
Hanseatic Global Terminals acquires 60% of the company that operates the Terminal de l'Atlantique in Le Havre
Hamburg/Le Havre
40% remains with the French Seafrigo
Triton buys container shipping company Global Container International
Hamilton
It has a fleet of approximately 500 thousand TEUs
Bureau Veritas closes 2024 with a series of records
Neuilly-sur-Seine/Milan
Strong growth (+58%) of new orders in the Marine & Offshore segment
Le Aziende informanoSponsored Article
ABB Ability™ Marine Remote Diagnostic System
Always on board with you
MOL continues acquisitions in the liquid bulk logistics segment
Tokyo/Rotterdam
It will buy the Dutch LBC Tank Terminals which has a storage capacity of 3.3 million cubic meters
Jeddah South Container Terminal expansion work begins
Riyadh
Investment of 800 million dollars. Traffic capacity will increase to four million teu
DHL Group revenues grew by +3.0% in 2024
Bonn
Significant improvement in performance in the last quarter
CMA CGM pledges $20 billion in US investment
Marseille
The US-flagged fleet is expected to increase from 10 to 30 ships, develop port and logistics activities and create 10,000 new jobs
Annunziata appointed commissioner of the Central Tyrrhenian Sea Port System Authority
Naples
His term as president ended on February 2.
With the new orders CMA CGM is preparing to become the second largest containerized maritime carrier in the world
Courbevoie
Currently, the Marseille company's orderbook is larger than that of Maersk
Genoese Sirius Ship Management has acquired fellow citizen Generalmarine
Genoa
The company specializes in solutions for navigation electronics and maritime communications
European Shipowners' Association Changes Name
Brussels
From today it is called ECSA European Shipowners
EST has ordered a new mobile crane from Konecranes for its terminal in the Port of Augusta
In January, ships transiting the Suez Canal decreased by -23.2%
Cairo/Ismailia
In 2024, goods passing through the Egyptian waterway dropped by -65.4%
Ships and boats, despite controls, continue to pollute the waters of the European Union
Luxembourg
This is denounced in a report by the European Court of Auditors
TiL (MSC Group), with BlackRock and GIP, to acquire 80% of Hutchison Ports
Hong Kong
Also agreement to buy 90% of the capital of Panama Ports Company. The enterprise value is 22.8 billion dollars
Pessina (Federagenti) asks for an examination of the usefulness of the new port terminals
Rome
A map highlighting the types of traffic and the actual market demand for these types of goods and services was requested
CMA CGM orders 12 more new 18,000 TEU containerships, this time in China
Shanghai
They will be delivered by Jiangnan Shipyard between 2028 and 2029
In January, freight traffic in the port of Genoa fell by -10.7%, while in Savona-Vado it grew by +8.1%
Genoa
Containerized goods up +18.2%. Cruise passengers down
Kuehne+Nagel's financial results for the second half of 2024 show significant improvement
Schindellegi
In the fourth quarter, net sales increased by +18.8% and net profit by +11.3%
The European Ship Recycling Regulation has achieved its objectives
Brussels
Too many shipowners - the latest assessment of the legislation denounces - still choose to demolish ships in South Asian shipyards
Croce (Assagenti): the choice of the new president of the Western Liguria AdSP can no longer be postponed
Genoa
It is not acceptable - he denounced - that for more than a year the port system has been headless
In 2024, CMA CGM revenues increased by +18% and net profit by +57%
Marseille
Containers transported by the fleet increased by +8%
In 2024, freight traffic in the port of Bremen/Bremerhaven grew by +5.9% thanks to containers
Bremen
Trend reversal in the last quarter when container loads decreased by -2.6%
Zero Emission Maritime Buyers Alliance Launches Second Low-Emission Maritime Shipping Competition
Washington
It is related to an activity lasting 3-5 years starting from 2027
Costamare plans spin-off of dry bulk division
Monk
Costamare Bulkers Holdings will be created and is expected to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings posts record year
Miami
High demand for cruises scheduled for 2025 and 2026
Last year, freight traffic in the ports of the Southern Adriatic AdSP decreased by -7.7%
Bari
ECSA fully appreciates the European Clean Industrial Deal
Brussels
T&E also expressed its support, but considered the decision to postpone the proposal for a climate target for 2040 to be very worrying.
80% of Louis-Dreyfus Armateurs shipping and logistics group to InfraVia
Suresnes/Paris
The Louis-Dreyfus family will retain the remaining 20% of the capital
Marsa Maroc will also manage the new West Terminal of the port of Nador West Med
Casablanca
Nearly two-thirds of the 1,440-meter quay will be dedicated to containers
In 2024, intermodal shipments handled by German Kombiverkehr decreased by -5%
Frankfurt am Main
Riedl: Intermodal transport must be supported also through incentives
In the fourth quarter of 2024, G20 trade recorded a conjunctural decline
Paris
Mixed performance of trade in services
The latest reading of the WTO Goods Trade Barometer shows a variable trend towards good
Geneva
Positive effect of temporary increase in trade possible in view of introduction of new trade policies
Trasportounito will propose a national haulage ban from March 31st
Rome
Longo: from the Ministry evanescent and contentless answers
The introduction of ESG standards represents a profound transformation for port companies
Rome
Attica Reports Record Revenue and Operating Performance in 2024
Athens
Profits down due to costs of merger with Anek and purchase of emission allowances
Man arrested in investigation into collision between Solong and Stena Immaculate
Southampton
The charge is manslaughter due to gross negligence
Beijing: Measures to revive US shipbuilding industry won't work
Beijing
New duties and tariffs - the government underlines - are harmful for both parties
Messina Gets $50M Funding to Support Full Container Investment
Genoa
Agreement with BPER Banca and Banca Popolare di Sondrio
The tanker Sounion attacked in August in the Red Sea has passed through the Suez Canal
Ismailia
Collision between two ships near the port of Hull
Southampton / Jacksonville / Rotterdam
Fires broke out on both units
In January, freight traffic in the port of Ravenna increased by +7.6%
Ravenna
Dry bulk and general cargo on the rise. Liquid bulk declines
Evergreen, Yang Ming and WHL's monthly revenue growth trend slows
Taipei/Keelung
In February, increases of +13.5%, +3.1% and +19.9% were recorded respectively
In 2024, containers transported by the fleet of the Chinese SITC increased by +10.7%
Hong Kong
Annual revenues up +25.9%
A shipment of 240 kg of cocaine was seized in the port of Genoa
Genoa
The drug came from South America
Assoporti presents new guidelines for inclusive communication
Rome
Giampieri: a valid tool for more effective, respectful and inclusive communication throughout the port area
German Schmitz Cargobull to acquire 48% of Polish GT Trailers
Munsterland
Both produce semi-trailers and logistics equipment
AP Moller Capital to acquire 40% of Philippine AC Logistics
Copenhagen
Agreement with Ayala Corporation which holds the entire capital of the company
Attica Holdings has sold the ro-pax ferry Kriti II built in 1979
Athens
Sold for $3.6 million, it will be dismantled at an EU-authorized shipyard
New economic and operational records for the ICTSI terminal group
Manila
Last year, container traffic handled by port terminals grew by +2.5%
Lauritzen Bulkers has bought Canadian Alexander & Blake
Copenhagen
The company operates ocean freight forwarding of dry bulk, break bulk and project cargo.
SAILING LIST
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Royal HaskoningDHV has bought the Scottish Arch Henderson
Aberdeen/Amersfoort
The Aberdeen company specialises in the design of marine works
Collaboration agreement between Saipem and Divento for floating wind in Italy
Milan
It foresees the use of STAR 1 technology for the construction of semi-submersible foundations
Global Ship Lease Reports Record Annual and Quarterly Financial Results
Athens
Revenues increased by +5.4% in 2024
Trump promises tax incentives for US shipbuilders
Washington
Creation of new Office of Shipbuilding announced
CMB.TECH invests $1.18 billion to acquire 40.8% of Golden Ocean
Antwerp
The Belgian company will buy the stake held by John Fredriksen's Hemen Holding
The partners of Interporto Toscano Amerigo Vespucci inject ten million into the company
Leghorn
In November the Board of Directors prepared a restructuring plan
Seabourn has sold the Seabourn Sojourn cruise ship to Mitsui Ocean Cruises
Seattle/Tokyo
It will be transferred to the Japanese company in the second half of 2026
ECG adopts a program to increase the safety of vehicle delivery to dealers
Brussels
Cristoforo Canavese dies at 76
Savona
Prominent figure of the Ligurian port system
The deed of acquisition of the historic building in Gaeta that will host the ITS Academy Caboto has been signed
At the PSA Venice - Vecon terminal, traditional diesel has been replaced with HVO biofuel
Genoa
Enables an 88.7% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions
In the port of Augusta, two port cranes have been moved to restore their functioning
Augusta
They are owned by the Port System Authority
The last diaphragm of the Galleria Salerno Porta Ovest road infrastructure has been demolished
Salerno
It directly connects the commercial port of the Campania city to the motorway junction
China's CMPort to Acquire 70% of Brazilian Terminal Operator Vast Infraestrutura
Hong Kong/Rio de Janeiro
Active in the port of Açu, it handles 30% of the national crude oil exports
Port of Gioia Tauro, concession renewed to Heidelberg Materials Italia Cementi
Joy Taurus
The duration of the contract has been increased from four to ten years
Construction of a new cruise terminal has begun in Antigua
St. John's
It will be completed by the middle of next year
Finnlines revenues increased by +2.7% in 2024
Helsinki
Pippingsköld confirms purchase of three additional new ro-pax vessels to enter service in 2028
Confirmed to Mercitalia Shunting & Terminal the railway shunting activity in the Interporto of Padua
Padua
Daniele Rossi appointed extraordinary commissioner of the AdSP of the Central-Northern Adriatic
Tarros appoints its own agent in Germany
The Spice
It is Global Liner Agencies, a company based in Stuttgart.
PORTS
Italian Ports:
Ancona Genoa Ravenna
Augusta Gioia Tauro Salerno
Bari La Spezia Savona
Brindisi Leghorn Taranto
Cagliari Naples Trapani
Carrara Palermo Trieste
Civitavecchia Piombino Venice
Italian Interports: list World Ports: map
DATABASE
ShipownersShipbuilding and Shiprepairing Yards
ForwardersShip Suppliers
Shipping AgentsTruckers
MEETINGS
Tomorrow in Naples a conference of studies on the fight against illicit trafficking by sea
Naples
It will be held at the University of "Parthenope"
In Ancona the conference "The port as a strategic development hub for the territory"
Ancona
It is scheduled for February 11th
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Damen Mangalia Unionists Protest Friday Against Possible Closure
(The Romania Journal)
Govt. to woo top ten shipping liners in world for Colombo port expansion
(Daily Mirror)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Relazione del presidente Nicola Zaccheo
Roma, 18 settembre 2024
››› File
ESPO: Clean Industrial Deal is an important first step towards decarbonisation
Brussels
The plan was presented today by the European Commission
The TAR declares the appeal of Med Yacht Storage on the state concession in Vado Ligure inadmissible
Genoa
In France, employers are calling for a public-private coordination unit to limit the impact of strikes at ports
Paris
The aim is to find solutions quickly
The tender for the supply of temporary work in the ports of the Southern Adriatic AdSP has been completed
Bari
Leone: Ports will finally be able to count on a mutual assistance mechanism
The Central Adriatic Port Authority publishes the notice for incentives for the purchase of "green" port vehicles
Federagenti Youth Group Board of Directors Renewed
Rome
Filippo Bongiovanni has been appointed president
Augusta Due (Mednav group) returns to the newbuilding market with a 18,500 dwt tanker
Rome
It was built by the Chinese shipyard Fujian Southeast Shipbuilding Co.
2025 has started very badly for Spanish ports
Madrid
In January 43 million tons of goods were moved (-6.4%)
Infrastructure maintenance work begins in the port of Syracuse
Syracuse
Interventions with a total value of over 300 thousand euros
New Fincantieri-Edge agreement to develop solutions for the protection of underwater infrastructures
Abu Dhabi/Trieste
In the first nine months of 2024, freight traffic in Italian ports grew by +0.5%
Naples/Rome
Solid bulk and conventional cargo decrease. Growth in other sectors
MAIRE, Eni and Iren begin the authorization process for a circular methanol and hydrogen plant
Milan
Fritelli (Nextchem): Italian ports will be among the first in the world to be able to use the new ecological fuel
Maestripieri (CISL Liguria): the ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado need a president
Genoa
The airports - he denounced - are forced to operate in an absolute emergency regime
Nova Marine Carriers, Aug. Bolten and Ership Acquire Maja Stuwadoors Groep
Lugano
The Dutch company operates a bulk terminal in the port of Amsterdam
In 2024, container traffic in the port of Algeciras decreased by -0.5%
Algeciras/Valencia
The negative trend continued last month
Confitarma, maintenance of the simplified procedure for the enlistment of seafarers is a good thing
Rome
Neapolitan journalist Bianca D'Antonio dies at 83
Naples
Point of reference for courtesy and professionalism also for the shipping sector
The AdSP of the Eastern Ligurian Sea has joined the National Observatory for the Protection of the Sea
Rome
The organization promotes the valorization of the sea resource
Tomorrow in Naples a conference of studies on the fight against illicit trafficking by sea
Naples
It will be held at the University of "Parthenope"
Port of Los Angeles Hits New Container Traffic Peak for January
Los Angeles
Port of Livorno, in 2024 rail traffic grew by +10.4%
Leghorn
Rail share of freight volumes moved rose to 19%
Contract for the immersion in the Ancona reclamation basin of the dredging sediments of the ports of Fano and Numana
Ancona
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