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February 24, 2003
Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Cosco Pacific to bid for Shanghai port project
    COSCO Pacific Ltd, the port unit of China's largest shipping company, plans to bid for a stake in Shanghai's new port, the latest company to seek business in a city where sea trade may rise as much as a fifth this year.
  • Who's to go - PSA staff will know today
    TODAY ends an anxious wait for PSA Corporation's 5,750 employees, who will finally know for certain who made the axe list of 496 to go in the terminal operator's controversial retrenchment exercise.
  • N-waste shipping nations meet over Pacific fears
    A meeting to discuss concerns over radioactive waste shipments across the Pacific opens in Fiji today with delegates from the shipping nations, Britain, France and Japan, taking part but with little expectation of anything coming out of it.
  • Sunken ship to be salvaged in 6 months
    THE Tricolor ship that went down in the English Channel in December with a cargo of thousands of luxury cars will be recovered within six months, the ship's Norwegian owners said.
  • Bosphorus waterway reopens after snowstorm
    TURKEY re-opened its Bosphorus straits to oil tanker traffic on Saturday after being closed for most of the day as a heavy snowstorm cut visibility on the narrow waterway passing through the city of Istanbul.
Air and Land Transport
  • Airlines will go bust if war breaks out: Qantas chief
    QANTAS chief executive Geoff Dixon predicted yesterday that airlines would go bust if war broke out in Iraq, although he insisted his own airline's future was bright.
  • Lufthansa cuts capacity as economy stings
  • Gulf Air will keep flying in region
  • Thai Airways pushed to cut more domestic routes
  • Pilots union turns up nose at Virgin Atlantic pay offer
  • ANA likely to incur operating loss: report
Dockyard
  • Uncertain times in Middle East Gulf
    IIVALID font S the Iraq situation appears to be coming closer to a showdown, the shiprepair yards in the region have to Invalid font carry on as normal.

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Cosco Pacific to bid for Shanghai port project
    COSCO Pacific Ltd, the port unit of China's largest shipping company, plans to bid for a stake in Shanghai's new port, the latest company to seek business in a city where sea trade may rise as much as a fifth this year.
  • Who's to go - PSA staff will know today
    TODAY ends an anxious wait for PSA Corporation's 5,750 employees, who will finally know for certain who made the axe list of 496 to go in the terminal operator's controversial retrenchment exercise.
  • N-waste shipping nations meet over Pacific fears
    A meeting to discuss concerns over radioactive waste shipments across the Pacific opens in Fiji today with delegates from the shipping nations, Britain, France and Japan, taking part but with little expectation of anything coming out of it.
  • Sunken ship to be salvaged in 6 months
    THE Tricolor ship that went down in the English Channel in December with a cargo of thousands of luxury cars will be recovered within six months, the ship's Norwegian owners said.
  • Bosphorus waterway reopens after snowstorm
    TURKEY re-opened its Bosphorus straits to oil tanker traffic on Saturday after being closed for most of the day as a heavy snowstorm cut visibility on the narrow waterway passing through the city of Istanbul.
Air and Land Transport
  • Airlines will go bust if war breaks out: Qantas chief
    QANTAS chief executive Geoff Dixon predicted yesterday that airlines would go bust if war broke out in Iraq, although he insisted his own airline's future was bright.
  • Lufthansa cuts capacity as economy stings
  • Gulf Air will keep flying in region
  • Thai Airways pushed to cut more domestic routes
  • Pilots union turns up nose at Virgin Atlantic pay offer
  • ANA likely to incur operating loss: report
Dockyard
  • Uncertain times in Middle East Gulf
    IIVALID font S the Iraq situation appears to be coming closer to a showdown, the shiprepair yards in the region have to Invalid font carry on as normal.

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Cosco Pacific to bid for Shanghai port project
    COSCO Pacific Ltd, the port unit of China's largest shipping company, plans to bid for a stake in Shanghai's new port, the latest company to seek business in a city where sea trade may rise as much as a fifth this year.
  • Who's to go - PSA staff will know today
    TODAY ends an anxious wait for PSA Corporation's 5,750 employees, who will finally know for certain who made the axe list of 496 to go in the terminal operator's controversial retrenchment exercise.
  • N-waste shipping nations meet over Pacific fears
    A meeting to discuss concerns over radioactive waste shipments across the Pacific opens in Fiji today with delegates from the shipping nations, Britain, France and Japan, taking part but with little expectation of anything coming out of it.
  • Sunken ship to be salvaged in 6 months
    THE Tricolor ship that went down in the English Channel in December with a cargo of thousands of luxury cars will be recovered within six months, the ship's Norwegian owners said.
  • Bosphorus waterway reopens after snowstorm
    TURKEY re-opened its Bosphorus straits to oil tanker traffic on Saturday after being closed for most of the day as a heavy snowstorm cut visibility on the narrow waterway passing through the city of Istanbul.
Air and Land Transport
  • Airlines will go bust if war breaks out: Qantas chief
    QANTAS chief executive Geoff Dixon predicted yesterday that airlines would go bust if war broke out in Iraq, although he insisted his own airline's future was bright.
  • Lufthansa cuts capacity as economy stings
  • Gulf Air will keep flying in region
  • Thai Airways pushed to cut more domestic routes
  • Pilots union turns up nose at Virgin Atlantic pay offer
  • ANA likely to incur operating loss: report
Dockyard
  • Uncertain times in Middle East Gulf
    IIVALID font S the Iraq situation appears to be coming closer to a showdown, the shiprepair yards in the region have to Invalid font carry on as normal.

Sched Netweb site
  • Shipping lines poised to charge for filing Bills of Lading
  • Evergreen wins Lloyd's List training and education award
  • ABX Logistics appoints new GM
  • Ecu-Line offers Nigeria service
  • More European ports up and running with CSI
  • Port Authority of NY/NJ posts decent results for 2002
  • UPS begins service between Hong Kong, Philippines
  • Airborne Express, FedEx increase fuel surcharges
  • Menzies spends US$1.3m on Amsterdam cargo capacity boost

Cargowebweb site
FEBRUARY 23, 2003
  • European cartel police raids ship-owners
    European Commission and national authority inspectors searched the premises of numerous major shipping companies in the European Union, Norway, Iceland, Switzerland and Liechtenstein, under suspicion of price-fixing.
  • Amsterdam airport result down
    Schiphol Group posted a net result for 2002 of 141 million euros compared with 191 million euros in 2001.
  • 5 billion NY port budget
    The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey yesterday approved a $5 billion budget that includes no toll or fare hikes, but provides $300 million for the bi-state agency's anti-terrorism operating expenses and $100 million for security upgrades.
  • USPS wants more flexibility
    The US Postal Service needs more flexibility in setting its rates, possibly changing them at different times for businesses and the public, an agency official said Thursday.
  • US anti-terror rules causing concern
    American businesses largely support the 24-hour rule, which requires detailed cargo information to be filed with authorities a full day before containers are loaded aboard US-bound vessels, but have sown confusion and frustration among the world's shippers, traders, retailers and port officials.
  • More containers at US West Coast
    Containerized shipments surged in January 2003 through the U.S.'s largest port complex at the West Cost. Container transhipment in LA was up 27 per cent, in Longbeach down.
  • Deutsche Post had a good January
    Deutsche Post AG started 2003 on a positive note with January 2003 business coming in ahead of plan, Chief Executive Klaus Zumwinkel told.

Exim Indiaweb site
  • Development of coastal shipping, non-Major ports under study: Minister
  • Competitions for school children - National Maritime Day celebrations
  • Wan Hai Lines Ltd. formally inaugurates India office - To start Red Sea Service (SRX) with direct call at Tuticorin and new Cochin service from April
  • Naftomar's Gen. Agents, Seaworld Shipping oversees propane discharge
  • US anti-dumping duty move worries seafood exporters
  • Toy export orders worth $ 2 m bagged at German fair - Philanthropic gesture nets a windfall
  • Commodity exports up 18 pc
  • EU allows entry of 2 categories of stalled apparel shipments
  • KPT's revised berthing policy boosts per berth day output
  • P. N. Roy Chowdhury, GMB chief, promoted to Principal Sec., Gujarat
  • Balmer Lawrie team lifts Galileo Cricket Max 2003 Cup
  • Assocham seeks overhaul of credit delivery system
  • MoF may retain tax sops for exporters
  • Fieo to hold open house with Arun Jaitley on Feb. 25

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
FEBRUARY 21, 2003
  • Daily Bunker market report from Praxis Energy Agents
  • Prices jump on explosive fire at New York storage terminal
  • IBIA welcomes new Chairman and Council Members
  • Greenpeace asks EU to prosecute Spain over Prestige
  • Kazakh crude output up 18%
  • Nigerian oil strike halted
  • US crude stocks up, products down
  • African market update, strikes affecting many ports
  • Lack of market direction keeps Singapore stable
  • Japan still suffers popularity problems
  • Oil price on the rise as US declares it is ready for war
  • CBI on the move
  • Irish take a refuge lead
  • Chemoil enters Panama
  • Rotterdam quiet and stable this morning

International Transport Journalweb site
FEBRUARY 21, 2003
  • TPG will handle logistics for new Volkswagen Touran
  • Japanese firm keen to build HK-China bridge
  • Zambia Railways concession to Spoornet and NLPI
  • Lufthansa Cargo imposes fuel surcharge
  • TPG appoints former Dutch prime minister to supervisory board

The Scandinavian Shipping Gazetteweb site
FEBRUARY 21, 2003
  • Nordic countries in joint demand for PSSA
  • B&N loses EUR 5.5 million
  • "Tricolor" salvage by break-up

World Wide Shipperweb site
FEBRUARY 21, 2003
  • Port of Vancouver, USA hires Smith as marketing/operations director
  • Railroads have positive week on both sides of ledger
  • ENSCO selling vessel fleet to Tidewater Incorporated
  • Officers randomly searching vehicles approaching Portland Airport
  • Stelmar Shipping signs on pair of double-hull tankers

Lloyd's Listweb site
  • Virgo accused allowed home leave
    THE long quest for freedom of the three Russian crew members of the tanker Virgo has moved a step closer to fruition after a Canadian court granted them leave to return to their homeland.
  • SK Corp chief held on insider trading charge
    CHEY Tae Won, 42, the chairman SK Corporation - the flagship of South Korea's third largest conglomerate or chaebol - was arrested on Saturday, along with Kim Chang Keun, the division's president, after a marathon 34 hours of questioning on charges of insider trading.

Fairplayweb site
FEBRUARY 21, 2003
  • Staten Island refinery explosion
  • Iraqi scandal: UN contact confirmed
  • Majors in Iraqi oil export scandal
  • Stena invests $100M on Irish Sea
  • Grindrod well positioned for growth
  • No computer? No e-problem!
  • Vietnamese slow to take up THCs
  • Italians seek yard survival funds
  • Thousands to protest over Prestige
  • Swedish Orient sees red
  • Scapegoat Mangouras leaves Coruña
  • Everard slates EU policy makers
  • Nomadic's Thulin remains confident
  • Logger goes down off Japan
  • Tidewater takes Ensco supply fleet

The Journal of Commerceweb site
FEBRUARY 21, 2003
  • Ocean carriers will charge to file BOLs
    Shippers can expect to begin paying a surcharge for bills of lading that ocean carriers file for them under U.S. Customs' 24-hour advance manifest filing rule.
  • Shipper group eyeing East Coast ports
    The West Coast Waterfront Coalition is changing its name and bringing its drive for improved productivity to marine terminals on the East Coast.
  • Fire closes New York harbor waterway
  • Integrators to raise fuel surcharge
  • Customs reviewing comments on trade reporting
  • Port of NY OKs $500M for security
  • Maersk Sealand launching India-U.S. direct service
  • Canada-Europe conferences hike rates
  • Hyundai Heavy revision shows 2002 net loss
  • TACA resets CAF
  • Nextjet Technologies adds Web-based service
  • Chemoil will supply Panama Canal bunker

Containerisation Internationalweb site
FEBRUARY 21, 2003
  • From Hyde into Jekyll: Durban efficiency becomes 'model for industry'
    A new berthing reservation system for ships arriving at Durban has been so successful in expediting ship handling that it has been hailed as a model for other commercial ports.
  • Lobby group takes up cudgels over problems of US ports
  • Closer collaboration from Coscon/CSCL?
  • Management overhaul at CP Ships
  • Sinotrans forges shipping agency JV with Japanese partner
  • UK's Freighliner in $27m intermodal box capacity expansion

TradeWindsweb site
FEBRUARY 21, 2003
  • Tsakos Energy distances itself from furore
    Stock holds up as Tsakos public arm tries to put space between itself and Iraqi scandal.
  • Chemoil returns to Panama
    Bunker supplier to open again in Cristobal and Balboa after ten-year break.
  • Explosion at NY refinery
    Oil prices surge briefly as industry fears terrorism, but barge to blame.
  • Tsakos stops Iraq suezmax
    Master of Argosea told to await further orders off Fujairah.
  • Venezuela revs up
    Orimulsion back on stream, while Projector ships huge fuel oil cargo to Singapore.
  • Greenland owner lines up ship order
    Royal Arctic Line wants a new containership delivered by the end of 2004.
  • Minerva suezmax jammed in ice
    Row over Primorsk terminal tankers rekindled as ice breaker fails to shift ship.
  • Greek tankers linked to Iraq
    Top owners face illegal cargo allegations as oil tap turned on.
  • Currency gains boost Farstad
    Norwegian supply ship owner posts another massive full-year profit.
  • Sumitomo outlines forecast for new yard unit
    Upcoming shipyard merger partner spells out prospects for 2003-2004.
  • Precious profit falls
    Thai bulker owner hit by fewer operating days.
  • Two dead after freighter sinks off China
    Another man missing but 12 rescued after storm overwhelms ship in Taiwan Strait.
  • Unitor profit halved
    Norwegian ship supplier turns to revitalisation plan to boost fortunes.
  • Interest costs dog Oglebay Norton
    Strong performance from Great Lakes bulkers can't save US owner from loss in 2002.
  • Problems pull down profits at Conrad
    Series of non-recurring items takes its toll at US shipbuilder in year it will want to forget.
  • Austal suffers from stretch into US market
    The cost of developing Australian ferry builder's US operation dragged it down in fiscal first half.
  • Hyundai Heavy's profits disappear
    Korean yard restates 2002 acccounts to reflect loss from holdings in sister company Hynix.
  • Cargoship capsizes off Japan
    Search underway for four missing seafarers, but 12 rescued by passing ship.
  • Spliethoff switches to British Marine
    Dutch tweendecker owner opts for fixed premium P&I market.
  • Stelmar inks Nedimar and Maremar charters
    Athens-based tanker owner takes advantage of strong rates to lock in long-term earnings.

American Shipperweb site
FEBRUARY 21, 2003
  • Halliday leaves CP Ships
  • MOL reports near 100% compliance with 24-hour rule from shippers
  • Stolt-Nielsen also under antitrust investigation in U.S.
  • Airnet Systems reports fourth-quarter loss
  • Lufthansa cuts European capacity, expenses
  • U.S. Customs offers new phone number for 24-hour rule conference call
  • U.S. Customs' csi operational in Bremerhaven, Hamburg
  • New York-New Jersey Port Authority sets $5-billion fiscal 2003 budget
  • Barge explosion rocks Staten Island
  • Renamed waterfront coalition proposes extended port gate hours

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PSA reportedly considering selling its 20% stake in Hutchison Ports
Singapore
This is according to "Reuters", which had already floated this hypothesis at the end of 2022
Federagenti, Italy must give a sharp acceleration to the projects of ZES, free zones and Special Logistics Zones
Rome
Pessina: There is no space for reflections prey to bureaucracy
In the first quarter of this year, freight traffic in the port of Rotterdam decreased by -5.8%.
Rotterdam
Both disembarkation (-3.1%) and embarkation (-11.9%) loads are decreasing
Increase in container cargo is not enough for the port of Antwerp-Bruges to avoid a -4.0% decline in quarterly traffic
Antwerp
The decline in liquid bulk cargoes worsened (-19.1%)
The China Shipowners' Association considers the measures taken by the US against Chinese ships a typical example of unilateralism and protectionism
Beijing/Washington
The WSC reiterates that such measures could undermine American trade, harm U.S. manufacturers, and undermine efforts to strengthen the nation's maritime industry.
COSCO Expresses Strong Opposition to US Planned Taxes on Chinese Ships
Shanghai
They distort fair competition - the Shanghai group denounces - and hinder the normal functioning of shipping
Growing share of new entrants in European rail transport sector
Madrid
In 2023, rail freight transport performance decreased by -8%
New Chinese Ship Taxes That Will Only Raise Prices for Americans
Washington
The executive vice president of the US Chamber of Commerce denounced it
Tax amounts set for China-linked vessels arriving at US ports
Washington
Calculated on the basis of net capacity or container volume, they will be applied from October and will be progressively increased
International tender launched to award concession for new Casablanca port shipyard
Casablanca
It is the largest in Africa and has been unused since 2019
Federlogistica, the industry must stop approaching logistics only in terms of costs
Genoa
Falteri: a national control room composed of representatives of the logistics sector and industrial groups is necessary
ABB closes positive first quarter even if revenue growth is lower than expected
Zurich
Wierod: Our consolidated local-for-local approach protects us from the trade war
New global minimum wage deal for seafarers
Geneva
The level will rise to $690 from January 1, 2026 to reach $704 from 2027 and $715 from 2028.
Global trade in goods could fall by -1.5% this year
Geneva
WTO predicts. Okonjo-Iweala: Persistent uncertainty threatens to slow global growth, with serious negative consequences for the world
In 2023, around two-thirds of all goods moved in the EU were transported by sea.
Luxembourg
In the period 2013-2023, only the share of road transport increased, while that of other modes decreased.
Postal shipments of goods from Hong Kong to the US suspended
Hong Kong
Hongkong Post faces exorbitant and unreasonable tariffs due to unjustified and intimidating actions of the United States
Confitarma highlights the need for the decarbonisation strategy not to penalise shipping compared to other modes
Rome
Zanetti: also ensure that the implementation process takes into account the operational needs of the industry
Intercargo and Intertanko raise concerns over shipping decarbonisation deal
London
The complexity of the measure adopted by the IMO and the unusual procedure from which non-governmental organizations were excluded were highlighted
Pirate attacks on ships to spike in first quarter of 2025
Pirate attacks on ships to spike in first quarter of 2025
London
Sharp increase in incidents in the Singapore Straits
Interferry welcomes IMO agreement on decarbonisation of shipping, but finds strategy too complex
Victoria/Piraeus
Greek Shipowners' Association disappointed by failure to recognise essential role of transition fuels such as LNG
International Labour Organization Recognizes Seafarers as Key Workers
London
ITF and ICS: a historic moment
CMA CGM to acquire 35% of Egypt's October Dry Port
Cairo
MSC Group's TiL to Take Full Control of Hutchison Ports Terminals
New York
Bloomberg reports this, specifying that the Panamanian terminals would be jointly managed with BlackRock
Draft regulation on decarbonisation of shipping approved by MEPC includes mandatory fuel standard and pricing of greenhouse gas emissions
London/Washington/Brussels
The establishment of a Fund to collect resources deriving from the pricing of emissions is foreseen
MIT indicates Matteo Paroli as new president of the ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado
Rome/La Spezia
The La Spezia port community also requests a name for the Eastern Liguria Port Authority
Task force of five associations for the relaunch of Italian rail cargo
Rome
Initiative by Agens, Assoferr, Assologistica, Fercargo and Fermerci
Confitarma underlines the importance of the shipping decarbonisation strategy being defined at IMO
Rome
The Italian Confederation specifies that it shares some of the USA's concerns
WSC Reiterates Trump's Measures for National Maritime Industry Are Bad for U.S. Economy
Washington
Kramek: Ready to support the administration with constructive proposals
Fincantieri and Accenture establish joint venture Fincantieri Ingenium
Trieste/Milan
The aim is to drive the digital transformation of the ship product and port logistics
Meyer Werft has delivered the new luxury cruise ship Asuka III to NYK Cruises
Papenburg/Emden
It has a capacity of 744 passengers and 470 crew members
As Trump formalizes measures to revitalize America's maritime industry, the nation's ports face a dramatic decline in traffic
Washington/Geneva
Okonjo-Iweala (WTO): With the escalation of trade tensions between the US and China, the exchange of goods between the two economies could decrease up to 80%
CK Hutchison denies allegations of breach of concession contract for Panamanian ports of Cristóbal and Balboa
Panama
Panama Ports Company emphasizes that it has complied with all legal obligations and contractual commitments
US Does Not Participate in IMO Negotiations on Shipping Decarbonization, Threatens Reciprocal Measures
London
Expressed opposition to any attempt to impose economic measures on ships based on greenhouse gas emissions or fuel choice
T&E urges MEPC to agree clear and ambitious measures to decarbonise shipping
Brussels
It is necessary - the association underlines - to set binding objectives
Meyer Yachts will build an ultra-luxury residential mega yacht for Ulyssia Residences
Miami
The ship will be 320 meters long and will be built at the Papenburg shipyard
Le Aziende informano
Il retrofit ibrido-elettrico di ABB guida i traghetti dei laghi italiani verso un futuro più sostenibile
Neapolitan Grimaldi Group wins $1.3 billion order for nine ro-pax ships
Neapolitan Grimaldi Group wins $1.3 billion order for nine ro-pax ships
Helsinki/Naples
Order at China Merchants Jinling Shipyard (Weihai)
Viking orders two cruise ships from Fincantieri with option for two additional units
Los Angeles/Trieste
The two ships under construction in Ancona for the American brand will be the first in the world to be powered by hydrogen stored on board
Federlogistica, the possible collapse of road transport is a risk for the country
Genoa/Modena
Ruote Libere reports that the government only needs to allocate a little money to avoid having to deal with the real problems of road hauliers
Second edition of the European Maritime Transport Environmental Report published
Lisbon/Copenhagen
The new report indicates that promising progress has been made in several areas
WSC, MEPC must provide clear measures to decarbonise shipping this week
Washington
Wood-Thomas: It is not possible that these decisions can be postponed to guidelines developed in two years
ZIM to charter ten new 11,500 TEU dual-fuel LNG containerships
Haifa
The Chinese shipyard Zhoushan Changhong Shipyard will deliver them between 2027 and 2028
COSCO expects to post quarterly net profit growth of +72.1%
Hong Kong
Operating profit expected for January-March period of 16.57 billion yuan (+66.1%)
Rixi tells Rixi to hurry up and finally launch the port governance reform
Genoa
The vice minister presented a motion to the League congress that places the need for this reform at the centre
NCLH to charter two cruise ships to Cordelia Cruises and two more to Crescent Seas
Miami
The agreements include options to purchase the naval units
In 2024, 58 million invested in the modernization of the ports of Livorno, Piombino and the island of Elba
Leghorn
The final budget and the annual report of the AdSP have been approved
EIB advice to strengthen climate resilience of the ports of Volos, Alexandroupolis and Patras
Luxembourg
It will assist port authorities in identifying and managing climate risks
In the first quarter the port of Valencia handled 1.3 million containers (+3.4%)
Valencia
Transhipment traffic decline
The Management Committee of the Central Tyrrhenian Sea Port Authority has unanimously approved the 2024 financial statement
Naples
SOS LOGistica will acquire the qualification of Third Sector Entity
Milan
The association currently has 74 members
In the first three months of 2025, freight traffic in the ports of Barcelona and Algeciras decreased
Barcelona/Algeciras
Hupac transfers intermodal service with Padua to Novara
Noise
Until now the other terminal was the one in Busto Arsizio
PSA SECH has operated the first 400-meter train at Parco Ferroviario Rugna
Genoa
Capacity up to 20 pairs of trains per day
The 2024 financial statement of the Eastern Liguria Port Authority was unanimously approved
The Spice
The war clearance preparatory to the expansion of the Ravano Terminal in La Spezia is nearing completion
The Spice
The AdSP has invested over 600 thousand euros in it
Francesco Rizzo appointed president of the AdSP of the Strait
Rome
He has repeatedly denounced the uselessness of the construction of the bridge over the Strait
US aircraft attack Yemeni port of Ras Isa
Tampa/Beirut
38 dead and over a hundred injured
In 2025 Stazioni Marittime predicts an increase in ferry and cruise traffic in the port of Genoa
MIT Mobility Report Highlights Rising Demand for Both Passengers and Freight
Rome
In the first quarter, cargo traffic in Russian ports decreased by -5.6%
St. Petersburg
Both dry goods (-5.3%) and liquid bulk (-5.8%) are decreasing
Andrea Giachero confirmed as president of Spediporto
Genoa
The board of directors of the association of Genoese freight forwarders has also been renewed for the three-year period 2025-2028
Study for monitoring vehicular traffic in the ports of Venice and Chioggia
Milan
Order awarded to Circle and Arelogik
In Italy, the rail freight transport sector is in deep trouble
Geneva
Fermerci calls for making traffic incentives structural and increasing and for refinancing the incentive for the purchase of locomotives and wagons
Global Maritime Forum report on optimising ship calls to reduce emissions
Copenhagen
Virtual arrival and just-in-time arrival approaches proposed
In the first quarter of this year, container traffic in the port of Gioia Tauro grew by +15.5%
Joy Taurus
Construction of the "Dockworker’s House" has begun
GNV has taken delivery of the second of four new ro-pax vessels in China
Genoa
"GNV Orion" will be able to accommodate 1,700 passengers and transport up to 3,080 linear metres of cargo
After ten quarters of decline, container traffic in the port of Hong Kong returns to growth
Hong Kong
In the first three months of this year 3.39 million TEUs were handled (+2.1%)
Fincantieri acquires stake in WSense
Rome
The ninth FREMM unit "Spartaco Schergat" delivered to the Italian Navy
The new edition of the Practical Manual of Maritime Traffic has been presented
Genoa
Written by Assagenti, it turns fifty
Container traffic at the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles increased by 26.6% and 5.2% in the first quarter
Long Beach/Los Angeles
Trump's tariffs impact imminent
In the first three months of 2025, the port of Singapore handled 10.5 million containers (+5.8%)
Singapore
In weight, containerized traffic recorded a decrease of -1.4%
Regulations signed for LNG bunkering at Fincantieri shipyard in Genoa
Genoa
Define the methods of transferring fuel from ship to ship
Historic shipbuilding brands Uljanik and 3.Maj on the verge of extinction
Zagreb
The State confirms its intention to sell the shipbuilding activities at the two sites of Pula and Rijeka
Cambiaso Risso has completed the acquisition of the French Somecassur
Genoa
The transalpine company specializes in the insurance of super and mega yachts
New weekly train service between the port of Gioia Tauro and Verona
Joy Taurus/Verona
Operated by Medlog for the transport of refrigerated goods
EBRD looking for strategic partner for development of Moldovan river port of Giurgiulesti
London
International competition launched
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Turkish ports set new first-quarter cargo traffic record
Ankara
Historic peak of cargo imported from abroad
In the first quarter of 2025, freight traffic in the port of Taranto grew by +37.6%
Taranto
Increase of 854 thousand tons of solid bulk and 265 thousand tons of conventional goods
DEME buys Havfram, a company that installs offshore wind farms
Second Right/Washington
Transaction worth approximately 900 million euros
Rail transport of convoys for Rome Metro started from Reggio Calabria
Rome
Contract awarded by Hitachi Rail to Mercitalia Rail
In 2024, the volumes handled by Magli Intermodal Service decreased by -2%
Rezzato
Turnover stable
Yang Ming records first decline in turnover in March after 14 months of growth
Keelung/Taipei
Evergreen and WHL revenue growth continues
The European Commission has approved the acquisition of Germany's Schenker by Denmark's DSV
Brussels
The impact on competition in the markets in which the two companies operate is considered limited
Fincantieri - Kayo Agreement to Promote the Development of the Shipbuilding and Naval Industry in Albania
Trieste
Possible creation of a hub for shipbuilding and refitting in the region
Recent slight reduction in logistics costs for new factory vehicles
Brussels
Montaresi (AdSP Liguria Orientale) awarded with the "Port Oscar"
Miami
The event has reached its eighteenth edition
In the first three months of 2025, containers carried by OOCL vessels increased by +9.3%
Hong Kong
Revenues up +16.8%
The AdSP of the Southern Tyrrhenian and Ionian Seas wins in appeal against Zen Yacht
Joy Taurus
Company ordered to pay back rent
A large shipment of cocaine was seized in the port of Livorno
Leghorn
Two tons of drugs identified by Customs and Financial Police personnel
Navantia renews agreement with American cruise group Royal Caribbean
Miami
To date, the Cadiz shipyard has carried out maintenance, repair and refurbishment work on 45 of the group's ships.
Record cruise traffic expected in Italian ports this year
Miami
Cemar believes that growth will not stop even in 2026
HII-HHI Agreement to Accelerate US and South Korean Naval Production
National Harbor
The aim is to strengthen the naval industrial base of the two nations.
Panama Ports Company Accused of Violating Terms of Concession Agreement
Panama
Panama's Auditor General announced the filing of criminal charges
Colombo West International Terminal has become operational
Ahmedabad
It has a traffic capacity of 3.2 million TEUs
The conference "New sustainable marine fuels - Decarbonize Shipping" will be held in Genoa on Monday
Genoa
The new multifunctional border control structure PCF - PED/PDI Point completed in the port of Gioia Tauro
Joy Taurus
"Artificial Intelligence Comes to Port" Conference in Rome on Friday
Rome
It is promoted by the National Union of Port Enterprises
MSC Group's new cruise terminal inaugurated in Miami
Miami
It can accommodate three large ships at the same time
In February, traffic in the port of Ravenna increased by +2.1%
Ravenna
Bulk cargo increases, miscellaneous cargo declines
In 2024, Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane recorded a net loss of -208 million euros
Rome
Revenues up by +11.7%. The group's freight transported increased thanks to the acquisition of Exploris
Port of Genoa, Ente Bacini requests new spaces and renewal of the concession
Genoa
Conference to celebrate the centenary of the company
The public meeting of the Italian Port Terminal Operators Association will be held in Rome on June 19th
Genoa
VARD to build offshore dive vessel for Dong Fang Offshore
Alesund/Trieste
The contract is worth 113.5 million euros
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 conference "New sustainable marine fuels - Decarbonize Shipping" will be held in Genoa on Monday
Genoa
It will take place at the headquarters of the Port Authority of Genoa
"Artificial Intelligence Comes to Port" Conference in Rome on Friday
Rome
It is promoted by the National Union of Port Enterprises
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Proposed 30% increase for port tariffs to be in phases, says Loke
(Free Malaysia Today)
Damen Mangalia Unionists Protest Friday Against Possible Closure
(The Romania Journal)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Relazione del presidente Nicola Zaccheo
Roma, 18 settembre 2024
››› File
Next week Italian ports will participate in Seatrade Cruise Global
Rome
Initiative brand: "CruiseItaly - One Country, Many Destinations"
MSC Group Cruise Terminal Officially Inaugurated in the Port of Barcelona
Barcelona
In 2027 it will be equipped with a cold ironing plant
Marcegaglia and Nova Marine Carriers form NovaMar Logistic joint venture
Lugano/Gazoldo of the Ippoliti
A general cargo ship will transport raw materials to the steel group's plants
Liebherr achieves record annual sales in the maritime and port crane segment
Bulls
Strong demand for offshore and container handling equipment
The annual conference "Programming, Operation and Management of Transport Networks" in Genoa
Genoa
It is dedicated to the transport and mobility sector
Last year, 656 ships underwent repair work in Greece
Piraeus
Increase of five units compared to 2023
Port of La Spezia, cruise ship docking simulations completed at Garibaldi West pier
The Spice
Assagenti conference on the future of the profession of maritime agent and broker
Genoa
It will be held tomorrow in Genoa
Stena Line presents a project for a ro-ro vessel capable of reducing energy consumption by at least 20%
Gothenburg
Introduced most of the innovative technologies currently available
Francesco Beltrano is the new general secretary of Uniport
Rome
He takes over from Paolo Ferrandino, who will continue to collaborate as a consultant
Saipem awarded new contracts in Middle East and Guyana
Milan
The total value of the orders is approximately 720 million dollars.
Conference in Genoa for the centenary of Ente Bacini
Genoa
The company was established on 19 February 1925
Interporto Bologna Board of Directors Renewed
Bentivoglio
Stefano Caliandro Appointed President. Loss of 1.7 million euros in 2024
NYK invests 76 billion yen in NYK Energy Ocean Corporation
Tokyo
The newco has taken over the activities of ENEOS Ocean
Decarbonisation of maritime transport will be faster in the EU and the US
DHL Acquires CRYOPDP
Bonn/Nashville
The company provides courier services for clinics and healthcare
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