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March 1, 2004
Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Shanghai's growing port woos foreign investors
    FOREIGN and private investment in Shanghai's port construction will be 'welcomed and encouraged' along with existing access to terminal operations concessions, according to the head of the port administration.
  • PSA's China ventures record good growth
    PSA Corporation's mainland China terminals contributed significantly to its strong 35 per cent foreign throughput growth, with figures just released from Guangzhou and Fuzhou showing little sign of slowing.
  • Onshore charter income to be tax exempt
    ONSHORE charter income will be tax exempt from next year for shipowners and operators under Singapore's Approved International Shipping Enterprise scheme, who were handed a bonus in the 2004 Budget.
  • Chemical tanker blast off US east coast kills 3; 18 missing
    A Singapore-flagged chemical tanker, the Bow Mariner, exploded and sank about 80 km off the US east coast on Saturday evening EST, leaving three dead, 18 missing and six of the ship's 27 crew in critical condition.
Air and Land Transport
  • Asia Pacific key turf for battling aerospace firms
    THE Asia Pacific will be a key battleground for the world's top aerospace companies in the next 20 years, with industry players already positioning for a slice of the expected multi-billion-dollar bonanza.
  • Surplus idle planes suppress new aircraft prices: Boeing
  • Boeing seeks 7E7 engines that can be swopped
  • Airfare war in Australia sparks online stampede
  • Ryanair's feud with EC leads to Brussels-London route cut
Liner Scene
  • Liner conference system likely to face intense pressure
    WHAT remains of the liner conference system is certain to come under intense pressure over the next couple of years.

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Shanghai's growing port woos foreign investors
    FOREIGN and private investment in Shanghai's port construction will be 'welcomed and encouraged' along with existing access to terminal operations concessions, according to the head of the port administration.
  • PSA's China ventures record good growth
    PSA Corporation's mainland China terminals contributed significantly to its strong 35 per cent foreign throughput growth, with figures just released from Guangzhou and Fuzhou showing little sign of slowing.
  • Onshore charter income to be tax exempt
    ONSHORE charter income will be tax exempt from next year for shipowners and operators under Singapore's Approved International Shipping Enterprise scheme, who were handed a bonus in the 2004 Budget.
  • Chemical tanker blast off US east coast kills 3; 18 missing
    A Singapore-flagged chemical tanker, the Bow Mariner, exploded and sank about 80 km off the US east coast on Saturday evening EST, leaving three dead, 18 missing and six of the ship's 27 crew in critical condition.
Air and Land Transport
  • Asia Pacific key turf for battling aerospace firms
    THE Asia Pacific will be a key battleground for the world's top aerospace companies in the next 20 years, with industry players already positioning for a slice of the expected multi-billion-dollar bonanza.
  • Surplus idle planes suppress new aircraft prices: Boeing
  • Boeing seeks 7E7 engines that can be swopped
  • Airfare war in Australia sparks online stampede
  • Ryanair's feud with EC leads to Brussels-London route cut
Liner Scene
  • Liner conference system likely to face intense pressure
    WHAT remains of the liner conference system is certain to come under intense pressure over the next couple of years.

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Shanghai's growing port woos foreign investors
    FOREIGN and private investment in Shanghai's port construction will be 'welcomed and encouraged' along with existing access to terminal operations concessions, according to the head of the port administration.
  • PSA's China ventures record good growth
    PSA Corporation's mainland China terminals contributed significantly to its strong 35 per cent foreign throughput growth, with figures just released from Guangzhou and Fuzhou showing little sign of slowing.
  • Onshore charter income to be tax exempt
    ONSHORE charter income will be tax exempt from next year for shipowners and operators under Singapore's Approved International Shipping Enterprise scheme, who were handed a bonus in the 2004 Budget.
  • Chemical tanker blast off US east coast kills 3; 18 missing
    A Singapore-flagged chemical tanker, the Bow Mariner, exploded and sank about 80 km off the US east coast on Saturday evening EST, leaving three dead, 18 missing and six of the ship's 27 crew in critical condition.
Air and Land Transport
  • Asia Pacific key turf for battling aerospace firms
    THE Asia Pacific will be a key battleground for the world's top aerospace companies in the next 20 years, with industry players already positioning for a slice of the expected multi-billion-dollar bonanza.
  • Surplus idle planes suppress new aircraft prices: Boeing
  • Boeing seeks 7E7 engines that can be swopped
  • Airfare war in Australia sparks online stampede
  • Ryanair's feud with EC leads to Brussels-London route cut
Liner Scene
  • Liner conference system likely to face intense pressure
    WHAT remains of the liner conference system is certain to come under intense pressure over the next couple of years.

Sched Netweb site
  • Senator joins new ADX service
  • Two new HK shipping regulations to be tabled
  • XICT buys more cranes
  • GPS required for small vessels
  • Accord Express goes live on the GTN website
  • Le Havre receives gantry cranes from Chinese vessel
  • UAL Corporation reports US$252m loss in January
  • GAC Logistics help Bryan Adams to stage Middle East shows
  • Dragonair named TDC'S official airline to China
  • Weir named Menzies operations director

Exim Indiaweb site
  • MOL enhances West Coast coverage with a new direct service to/from Nhava Sheva
  • Seaways Shipping ties up with Rethmann Group for global logistics operations
  • Exim Bank sets up credit line for S. African importers buying Indian goods
  • India-made cars match European brands in quality: Expert
  • India, Philippines agree to enhance trade
  • Soaring pepper imports upset growers
  • Bilateral trade with UAE likely to cross $ 5 bn
  • CWC-CFS opened at Kandla Port
  • GSL becomes 1st container line, Velji Dosabhai & Sons 1st CHA at newly-opened CWC-CFS, Kandla
  • Chennai Port to emerge as car export hub
  • 'Go slow' affects container movement at CCT
  • Nisha Roadways continues on the route of excellence
  • Singapore Airlines Cargo wants to extend route to India
  • Forex reserves surged by $ 899 million to $ 1,07,506 million
  • Customs duty revenues on target, says Minister
  • Customs, excise duties on steel reduced, govt to freeze export incentives
  • Inflation drops by 0.07 pc to 5.84 pc
  • ADB to step up investments in India in 2004
  • India, Netherlands sign MoU for investment cooperation
  • Blue Dart network in Lanka, Bangladesh planned
  • IMC to organise infrastructure meet on March 12
  • Export awareness meet held
  • Outsourced logistics services expected to grow by 20 pc: Survey

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
FEBRUARY 27, 2004
  • Poll result: Car is king
  • Slow St. Petersburg market results in double-digit deals
    Fuel oil prices have been hitting some very low levels in St. Petersburg this week, with one deal being done for IFO380 on Wednesday at $83 per metric tonne.
  • Senior trader departs Ship-Service
  • Lower Baltic demand opens up for very prompt deliveries
    Many Baltic players were fine for prompt today, in some cases even almost immediate delivery.
  • Singapore eyes vast underground oil storage facilities
    Singapore industrial infrastructure developer JTC Corporation is due to decide in November whether ambitious plans to more than double Singapore's oil and petrochemical storage facilities get the go-ahead.
  • Singapore fuel oil values dive, bunker demand slow
    WTI crude closed a little softer last night and continued soft to steady in overnight trading. With a bearish outlook for the Singapore fuel oil market in March, that was enough to cause a big drop in fuel oil cargo prices today.
  • Malaysia's PDZ Holdings set to acquire blending company
    Malaysian shipping group PDZ Holdings Bhd has announced plans to acquire fuel oil blending company KIC Oil & Gas Sdn Bhd for $43 million
  • Rotterdam market stable, prompt barges tight

International Transport Journalweb site
FEBRUARY 27, 2004
  • Boeing exhibits at Berlin's ITB
  • New Website for Tibbett & Britten
  • First EIB Technical Assistance under Femip goes to Syria
  • Logista reports growth in Spanish logistics activities
  • Clark Bros Transfer Inc. sold to SCS Transportation
  • Rhinos swap wintry Essex for sunny South Africa
  • Countdown on www.portmaritimesecurity.com
  • U-Freight strengthens Shanghai management team

Maritime Global Netweb site
  • Twenty-one feared dead in Bow Mariner explosion
  • Frontline enjoys a fine year
  • Videotel top job for Bill O'Neil
  • Box lines hike rates in South Pacific

Marine Logweb site
FEBRUARY 27, 2004
  • Diamond Princess delivered
    First large cruise ship from Japan in a decade
  • New job for O'Neil
    Former IMO Secretary General to be president of Videotel Marine International

World Wide Shipperweb site
FEBRUARY 27, 2004
  • Port of Olympia slates final East Bay property public workshop
  • Trinity nets order for 6,000 BNSF railcars
  • Frontier adds daily flights from Denver to Spokane
  • Rail freight has up week in spite of lower carload total
  • Neptune Orient Lines has record year for profits

Lloyd's Listweb site
  • Diamond is forever on naming day
    THE first cruiseship to be built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for more than a decade was delivered yesterday in Nagasaki. Princess Cruises' 116,000 gt, 2,670 passenger Diamond Princess is now the largest ship in the company's fleet.
  • Brussels cries foul over safety fiasco
    BRUSSELS has handed a yellow card to almost every country in the European Union for a mass failure to meet the deadline set under the key ship reporting and monitoring directive.
  • Møller group brings vessel orders from China past 50 mark
    DANISH group AP Møller-Maersk is strengthening its already close ties with China through yet another shipbuilding order.
  • Hyundai and Transas in bridge link
    WORLD leading shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries has made good on ambitions to mount a head-on assault on the integrated bridge market through a new co-operation agreement with the systems integrator Transas.
  • Europe and US seal Galileo satellite navigation system
    BRUSSELS yesterday hailed the creation of a world standard for radio navigation after concluding negotiations with the US over Galileo, the European satellite navigation system, writes Justin Stares in Brussels .

Fairplayweb site
FEBRUARY 27, 2004
  • Superferry 14: 100 still missing
    LATEST news from the Superferry 14 tragedy in the Philippines is that about 100 were still missing as night fell, with 799 rescued
  • Dow Chemical signs LNG deal
    DOW Chemical has signed a 20-year terminal use agreement with Freeport LNG Development, securing throughput at its Quintana Island facility in Texas
  • Mississippi traffic moving
    VESSEL movement continues through the Mississippi river's Southwest Pass, with all remaining vessels expected to clear the queue today
  • GulfMark seeks consistent demand
    WEAKNESS in its North Sea support-vessel trade led to disappointing 2003 results at GulfMark Offshore
  • Pride to go out to tender
    THE repair and completion of NCL's Pride of America is to go out to tender, although it is still not clear whether it will be ordered by NCL or insurer Basler Securitas
  • Philippines tackles French action
    THE Philippines Maritime Industry Authority is to file a strongly worded protest against French authorities' plans to board a Panamax bulker suspected of sinking a trawler
  • Pakistan holds firm on wheat import
  • East Med attracts Asian lines
  • Greens unhappy with scuttling
  • Farstad threatens to quit Norway
  • Superferry 14: fire under control
  • Tsakos posts solid performance
  • Irish Ferries services to resume
  • Costa Cruises considers Dubai
  • Many missing after ferry blaze

The Journal of Commerceweb site
FEBRUARY 27, 2004
  • Search for missing in tanker explosion
    Odfjell chemical tanker was carrying 3.5 million gallons of ethanol when it sank off Virginia.
  • Blocking the box at Port Newark
    As late ships force hours-long waits for drayers at the PNCT terminal, the FMC rejects port truckers' petition to force area marine terminals to change the way they calculate delay payments to truckers.
  • Tampa port director resigns
  • CMA CGM expands reefer capacity
  • MOL debuts new service to Indian west coast
  • CN union: No deal without discipline changes
  • Forwarder wants $380K from Long Beach terminals
  • Custom market a challenge for apparel logistics: FedEx survey
  • USTR asks comments on proposed Thailand trade talks
  • U.S., EU in marine equipment pact
  • Cosco Pacific to triple port investment
  • Canadian National in pact with U.S. workers

Containerisation Internationalweb site
FEBRUARY 27, 2004
  • CSXWT slashes rates in bid to secure HK customer
    A panicked CSX World Terminals, Hong Kong (CSXWTHK), which will lose its entire customer base by the end of the year, is offering massive rate reductions, said a local source.
  • CN and US union announce deal
  • CMA CGM-led consortium bid for Nhava Sheva terminal rejected
  • Vietnam transhipment container port study gets go-ahead
  • Indian government to set up assistance unit for shippers
  • Two services target Asia-Eastern Med trade
  • Service shuffle lets MOL/APL concentrate on Asia-India and Asia-ME separately
  • HHLA has ISPS security plan approved in Hamburg
  • Foreign exchange loss reduces RCL net profit
  • Final CMA CGM mega banana-boat christened in Guadeloupe

TradeWindsweb site
FEBRUARY 27, 2004
  • From IMO to VHS
    Bill O'Neil appointed as new president of Videotel.
  • Vopak tanker sale completed
    John T Essberger formally takes over 14 chemical carriers.
  • Fisher & Sons signs $32m leaseback deal
    First transaction for New York finance company First Ship Lease.
  • Precious inks MISC bulker deal
    Expanding Thai owner has agreed to buy 15 handysize bulkers from Malaysian giant.
  • Star Reefers profit from ship sales
    Norwegian owner stays in black with $6m gain.
  • Jobs go at Fosen Mek
    Up to 150 construction workers laid off at Norwegian yard as orderbook runs dry.
  • DOF looks to better year
    Norwegian offshore company expects stronger market.
  • More than 100 investors eye Nigerian ports
    International and domestic owners vie for concessions after deadline for registering interest passes.
  • Borgestad swamped by red ink
    Norwegian bulker owner posts big loss in 2003, but remains optimistic of upturn.
  • Global Carriers in huge turnround
    Kuala Lumpur owner swings from big loss into profit.
  • Stephenson Clarke ship in rescue drama
    Five airlifted from drifting ship off Norway before rescue.
  • Eimskip doubles up
    Icelandic container line builds profit in 2003 as revenues increase.
  • Tokai makes predicted loss
    Japanese ferry owner sees revised forecast borne out by red ink in 2003.
  • FASAMEC cuts risk surcharge
    Far East/South Asia-Middle East Conference is halving its TARS on Middle East cargoes.
  • GulfMark posts narrow gain
    US offshore player catches supply ship sickness as profits almost shrink away in 2003.
  • Shipping stable at struggling TMM
    Vessels making money for Mexican owner, but higher finance costs kept it in red for 2003.
  • Soaring costs hit Daewoo
    January result down 40% as steel and dollar rate bite.

American Shipperweb site
FEBRUARY 27, 2004
  • APL's CEO reports cargo rollovers, strong volumes
  • Europe/Caribbean conference revises rate increase upwards
  • Europe/Brazil carriers raise rates
  • Norasia targets Asia/Mediterranean trade with one more link
  • COSCO's listed subsidiary joins Singapore exchange index
  • HUAL car-carrier makes first call at Jacksonville
  • CORRECTION A.P. Moller-Maersk out of U.S./Brazil discussion agreement
  • U.S. company locates aircraft conversion program in Asia
  • U.S. chemical shipper pays $647,500 fine to illegal exports
  • FMC denies Bi-State petition alleging NY-NJ truck detentions
  • Xiamen terminal adds two quay cranes
  • San Diego port picks security vendor

The Scandinavian Shipping Gazetteweb site
FEBRUARY 27, 2004
  • Farstad threatens to flag out
    Farstad Shipping, one of Norway's biggest supply ship owners/operators, threatens to flag out the rest of the fleet unless ...
  • Maritime crimes easier to get away with
    A study from the Swedish Maritime Administration shows that maritime related crimes are prosecuted, or abstained from being prosecuted, in ...
  • Aboitiz Jebsen ferry caught fire off the Philippines
    Aboitiz Jebsen, a joint venture between Philippine Aboitiz and Norwegian Jebsen, has met with yet another major accident. The company ...

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Bucharest
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United Transport Mutual is born: ships, ports and logistics under the same insurance umbrella.
London
UK P&I Club and TT Club members approve merger, retaining names, brands and teams
Spain, short sea shipping is declining
Madrid
SPC Spain warns that the costs of environmental regulations are pushing trafficking away from the sea
Port of Ravenna, August at -20.5% and September estimated at -9%.
Ravenna
Global trade is more resilient than expected. AI is boosting goods, while services are holding back.
Geneva
The WTO has revised its estimates: goods growth of 3.9% in 2026, services growth of 3.3%. But the impact of the Middle East crisis is not the same for everyone.
European ports: sustainability enters the implementation phase
Brussels
From policies to results: the ESPO report photographs the sector's progress, declines, and priorities.
German Federal Government Bans Sale of Zippel to Chinese Group COSCO
Berlin
In February the antitrust authority had approved it
Fedespedi Report: Northern Adriatic Ports Are Growing, But They Speak Slovenian and Croatian
Milan
Assoporti represented the Italian position on the EU ETS at ESPO
Rome
Petri: No to the indiscriminate application of rules designed for profoundly different territorial realities.
DP World secures ten more years of management of the multipurpose terminal at the port of Luanda
Dubai
Since 2021, it has invested over 260 million dollars in it
Port of Naples, the Darsena di Levante - warns Confindustria Napoli - can no longer wait
Naples
Hupac's new shuttle train between Busto Arsizio/Gallarate and Barcelona
Noise
The three-weekly service will be inaugurated on November 9th
Uniport: Port resilience must be transformed into growth
Uniport: Port resilience must be transformed into growth
Rome
The association is calling on the government to provide clear timelines for infrastructure and dredging, to give businesses more weight in decision-making, and to amend the EU ETS.
Bangladesh seeks to increase competitiveness of ship recycling sector
Dhaka
A plant for the treatment, storage and disposal of waste resulting from ship demolition is planned
Three merchant ships hit in the Black Sea in the special economic zones of Romania and Bulgaria
Bucharest/Sofia
The accidents have resulted in a serious toll: two dead, several injured and an entire crew missing.
HD Hyundai installs first system that eliminates container lashing and unlashing on ships
HD Hyundai installs first system that eliminates container lashing and unlashing on ships
Seoul
A 13,000 TEU container ship from CMA CGM has been equipped with it
Attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz continue
Southampton/London
Another vessel was hit yesterday. There have been 93 incidents in the Middle East since the beginning of the year.
Deep Wave expands its digital platform to passengers and cruises
Graz
Investment in Austrian MarineXchange
Construction of a cruise terminal has begun in the Japanese port of Naha.
Naha
Operations are scheduled to begin in March 2028.
Assiterminal promotes port reform, but calls for corrections to Ports of Italy.
Genoa
Three critical issues were highlighted by the terminal operators: the role of the AdSP, the overlap between the grantor and the concessionaire, and the retroactivity of the new regulations.
LNG Ships and Taxonomy: EU Court Rejects Lack of Methane Limits
The Commission will have to set a methane emissions threshold for maritime transport criteria. The appeal by three NGOs was partially upheld.
Ports: The EU Commission calls on Italy to reject the national flag requirement for towing and mooring.
Brussels
France and Spain also received a reasoned opinion: two months to comply with the regulation on port services.
Another ship attacked in the Strait of Hormuz
Southampton/Tehran
Iran faces a shortage of basic goods, which are also imported through the Persian Gulf.
European Corridors: Italy Faces the 2030 Challenge
Brussels
National infrastructure largely compliant, but timing and funding of key projects remain uncertain
Electrification of ports and airports: the electricity grid is the new bottleneck
Brussels
Transport & Environment calls for speeding up connections and moving beyond the "first come, first served" criterion.
Boluda manages the multipurpose terminal at the Príncep d'Espanya pier in the port of Barcelona
Barcelona
The concession contract will have a duration of 16 years
The current value of Aeroporto di Genova Spa is between 14.9 and 15.9 million euros.
Genoa
PwC's assessment presented
FEPORT: EU ETS should not push transhipment out of Europe
Brussels
The terminal operators' federation calls on the ENVI commission to strengthen measures against tax evasion and to allocate part of the ETS revenues to ports.
New series of attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz
Southampton/Tehran/Tampa
Three tankers hit by shells. Another vessel caught fire.
Eurokai, higher revenues but lower profits
Eurokai, higher revenues but lower profits
Hamburg
Revenue up 14.4% and traffic up 8.3%, but net profit fell by 8.3% due to the lower share of Eurogate.
Genoa's boarding tax: the Regional Administrative Court rules in favor of the City Council.
Genoa
The appeal of shipowners and shipping agents was rejected
Carnival reports record revenues and profits in the June-August quarter despite a 36% increase in fuel costs.
Carnival reports record revenues and profits in the June-August quarter despite a 36% increase in fuel costs.
Miami
Customer deposits are at their highest. Prices and occupancy are expected to record next year.
Winners and losers in port connectivity: the long journey of Italian ports' ups and downs.
Winners and losers in port connectivity: the long journey of Italian ports' ups and downs.
Geneva
UNCTAD indices reveal a changing Mediterranean: Italy slips to seventh place, La Spezia, Trieste and Vado Ligure grow, while the South loses ground.
Electric trucks more affordable than diesel in six major EU markets
Brussels
According to T&E, in countries that account for 46% of European sales, electric vehicles have already become cheaper in five years. Italy, Spain, and Poland are lagging behind.
AP Moller Capital to acquire majority stake in Euroports
Copenhagen/Antwerp
R-Logitech will exit the capital, while PMV and SFPIM will remain shareholders
China, exports are growing but ports are slowing down
Beijing
In August, global foreign trade increased by +19.8%, but international goods handled by seaports decreased by -2.3%.
From Puertos del Estado to Ports of Italy: the same inspiration, an opposite outcome.
Genoa
For port reform, the government is referring to the Spanish model, but is building the exact opposite: yet another counter that the Italian corporate spirit knows how to invent so well.
Maritime ETS: Brussels opens up to hybrid and electric ferries, but Interferry demands more.
Brussels
The proposed revision strengthens the SMAP mechanism but leaves the issue of port networks and infrastructure to AFIR and FuelEU Maritime
Seafarer killed aboard bulk carrier attacked in the Strait of Hormuz
New Delhi/Southampton/Tehran
The other crew members were rescued.
Freight traffic in the ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado continues to oscillate between signs of recovery and slowdown
Genoa
In July, volumes increased in both Ligurian ports
Trasportounito offers an automatic system to adjust road haulage rates to the price of diesel.
Rome
Seafarers, five years after the Code of Conduct, the gap between policy and reality remains.
London
Shipping companies' compliance is growing, but issues remain regarding fatigue, psychological safety, complaints and recruitment fees.
Last month, ship traffic in the Suez Canal increased by +26.9%
Ismailia
In the first eight months of 2026, it was crossed by 9,602 ships (+17.4%)
Decision on crucial rail section of Scandinavian-Mediterranean Corridor in Germany postponed again
Hamburg
German port operators are calling for an acceleration of both new infrastructure and the upgrading of the existing line.
Kuehne+Nagel agrees to long-term strategic partnership with Amazon
Schindellegi
The agreement includes a call option on existing shares of the logistics group
MSC in talks to acquire German shipbuilding group Meyer Werft
New York
Currently, 80.73% of the capital is held by the German Federal Government and the State of Lower Saxony.
Trafigura creates a new shipping company dedicated to oil transport
Geneva
Initially Volare Shipping has a fleet of six VLCCs plus eight under construction
Shipowners are calling on EU member states to approve the inclusion of two Indian shipyards in the European list of ship recycling facilities.
Brussels
The new headquarters of the Italian Merchant Marine Academy has been inaugurated in Genoa.
Genoa
French ports see a balance between increases and decreases in the second quarter.
Paris
Total traffic reached 71.1 million tons (-0.2%). Containers increased by 8.1%.
The Genoa Port Master Plan, the Pra' dock, and the Multedo chemical depots are the thorniest issues in the discussions with operators and the local community.
Genoa
Crosetto: The Italian Navy will ensure the safe transit of Italian ships through the Strait of Bab el-Mandeb.
La Spezia
We have - the Minister of Defense underlined - the capabilities to protect its passage
Assiterminal: Seabed certainty and planned dredging are essential for port competitiveness.
Genoa
Mordeglia: We don't just need a simpler rule, we need a predictable one.
Germany is reforming VAT to make its ports more competitive.
Hamburg
The Conference of Finance Ministers approves the compensation model that should eliminate the pre-financing of the tax from 2030
Saudi Arabia denounces that the Houthis are pursuing a policy aimed at "strangling the Straits", holding the international community hostage
New York
The UN Security Council is divided between condemnations and calls for negotiations.
WTO: A reform of the trading system could increase global GDP by 3% by 2050
Geneva
The World Trade Report 2026 warns of the costs of fragmentation: up to 7% less global GDP in a world dominated by free trade agreements
One in ten containers is not up to standard
Washington
WSC publishes 2025 inspection data: out of 93,079 units inspected in seven countries, 9,645 had deficiencies
Ship hit near Strait of Hormuz
Southampton
A bullet started a fire which was later put out
OOCL reports 9.0% growth in vessel-borne volumes in the third quarter
Hong Kong
The increase in the value of maritime freight rates causes a +45.1% increase in revenues
HD Hyundai Marine Solutions to Acquire American Company Goltens Worldwide
Dubai/Seongnam
The company deals with the repair and maintenance of large marine engines and industrial machinery.
UNATRAS to the government: Immediately unblock measures to reduce diesel prices.
Rome
Road transport associations report delays and uncertainties in implementing the May 22 agreement and are calling for an urgent meeting.
Port of Taranto: Gugliotti renews his request to the government for funding for the port's wind farm.
Taranto
The project - he underlined - can neither be scaled down nor postponed.
Attack on a ship in the middle of the Persian Gulf
Southampton
The UKMTO reported that several projectiles caused casualties among the crew members.
Gioia Tauro: Addendum to the updated Port Plan approved
Gioia Tauro
The analysis will allow us to evaluate the Port Agency's employment and staffing needs.
Ships queuing, fuel wasted: how waiting at anchor can save you money.
Copenhagen
The Global Maritime Forum publishes Cargill's test results on 16 real-world voyages. Slowing down and arriving when the berth is free reduces fuel consumption and emissions.
ZIM raises full-year 2026 guidance
Haifa
Adjusted EBITDA and EBIT expected to be $2.7 billion/$3.0 billion and $1.4 billion/$1.7 billion
Gabriele Sangiorgi appointed acting secretary general of the Ravenna Port Authority.
Ravenna
Fabio Maletti's term has expired
Port of Genoa: Messina Terminal workers strike for one hour for a month
Genoa
The company reports that one of the union members did not show up at the last meeting as part of the cooling-off procedure provided for by the National Collective Labour Agreement.
Port of Taranto, agreement to participate in the development of the Valbasento Interporto in Ferrandina.
Matera/Taranto
A logistical-functional masterplan will be developed within 180 days
Attica, the deficit is reduced thanks mainly to capital gains and coverage
Kallithea
First half of the year with fewer crossings and slightly increasing revenues
Since the beginning of the year, passengers and goods on GNV ships have increased by +2% and +5%
Marrakech
Three-year strategic partnership with the Office National Marocain du Tourisme
Escola Europea - Intermodal Transport celebrates its 20th anniversary
Barcelona
A Mediterranean sea voyage between Barcelona, Civitavecchia, Palermo, and Genoa.
Filt Cgil, recognize maritime and port work as arduous
Rome
The union is calling for a clear provision to be included in the next budget law.
Tanker attacked in Hormuz
Southampton
The unit continued its navigation regularly
FS Logistix and Interporto Bologna presented the first Italian experimental DAC train
Assologistica event to discuss the Mediterranean strategy for Italian competitiveness
Rome
It will be held next October 30th in Naples
Sanilog launches a special cancer prevention campaign.
Rome
Three new areas dedicated to the prevention of head and neck and oral cavity cancers and the assessment of vascular risk
Contract awarded for dredging and completion of the electrification of the docks at the port of Gioia Tauro.
Gioia Tauro
They will be carried out respectively by Dravo and RTI Saet-Suardi
Student Naval Architect Award Awarded in Genoa
Genoa
The d'Amico Group and the Royal Institution of Naval Architects recognize excellence in naval engineering.
Freight transport is more expensive for Malta: €35 million per year between ETS, FuelEU and BAF
Zebbug
The hauliers' association calls on the government to challenge a European policy designed for the continent.
CMA CGM has finalized the acquisition of FedEx Supply Chain.
Marseille/Atlanta
With the transaction, CEVA Logistics' presence in North America has tripled.
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Contships to order 10 feeder vessels with options for a further 10+10
Athens
Letter of intent with China's Hubei Guangji Green Energy Shipbuilding Group Co.
DP World signs agreement to develop deepwater port in Nigeria's Ogun State.
Dubai
The project includes approximately four kilometers of docks
New port regulations for Civitavecchia, Fiumicino, and Gaeta have been approved.
Civitavecchia
The procedural agreement with Interminal in Gaeta has been approved.
Kotug Acquires Majority Stake in Vortex Offshore
Rotterdam
The Dubai-based company provides maritime services to the offshore industry in the Middle East.
Over €1.9 billion in Spain to improve road and rail connections between ports
Madrid
Port authorities will contribute 875.1 million euros
Attica Holdings sold the ro-pax vessel Levka Ori for €8.3 million.
Kallithea
The ferry was built in 1987
DFDS's Trieste-Damietta ro-ro service will become bi-weekly in mid-October
Copenhagen
Inserting a second vessel into the route
The Italian Merchant Marine Academy increases cooperation with the Port of Durres.
Genoa
A memorandum of understanding has been signed
A volume on the history of the Tuscan port system will be presented in Livorno on Friday.
Livorno
A comparison of the key players in the port sector: from the reforms of the 1990s to the challenges of the future.
Suardiaz takes delivery of a 5,000-car LNG-powered car carrier
Madrid
A second PCTC vessel is expected in mid-2027
Hapag-Lloyd raises its 2026 outlook further
Hamburg
Strong demand and rising spot freight rates are pushing the company to significantly increase its EBITDA and EBIT forecasts.
UNIPORT's public meeting will be held in Rome on October 6th.
Rome
Debate on port reform and other relevant aspects of the sector
Pilot project for the production and use of green hydrogen at the port of Savona
Savona
Paroli (Western Ligurian Port Authority): a port area has been identified for work.
Tarros and Nurminen Logistics launch new Scandinavian-Mediterranean intermodal service
La Spezia/Helsinki
The land route connects Örebro, Parma and La Spezia
The first caisson of the breakwater protecting the regasification plant off the coast of Ravenna has been laid.
Ravenna
The maritime work will be approximately 900 metres long
Fincantieri and PT PAL sign agreement for the modernization of an Indonesian Navy vessel
Trieste
This is the "Kri Sriwijaya" unit (formerly "Giuseppe Garibaldi")
In Italy, the blue economy is worth 225 billion, and the nautical industry alone exceeds 10 billion in exports.
Rome
SACE's Focus On presented at the Genoa Boat Show
Fire aboard the Blue Star Ferries ro-ro vessel Blue Carrier 2
Kallithea
The 29 people on board were evacuated
Costs and timescales for the reconstruction of the four US Navy shipyards are rising exponentially.
Washington
If in 2018 21 billion dollars and 20 years of work were expected, today the estimate is 200 billion and at least 50 years.
Shipping faces its triple challenge: decarbonization, geopolitics, and the new geography of the automotive industry.
Chaff
At the Euromed Convention in Grimaldi, the sector is dealing with new environmental regulations, increasingly exposed routes and the shift of automotive production towards Southeast Asia.
Orizzonte Sistemi Navali signs a €3.7 billion contract for two destroyers
Trieste
The "Domenico Millelire" PPA has been delivered to the Navy.
Livorno: The Supreme Court of Cassation overturns the convictions in the Darsena Toscana docks affair.
Rome
The appeal ruling overturned the court's acquittal and convicted three defendants of ideological forgery.
The Port of Rijeka expects to close 2026 with a record container traffic of 800,000 TEUs.
River
With the new terminal on the island of Krk, traffic could rise to 1.7 million TEUs
Offshore wind energy funding: Pichetto reassures Taranto, but Taranto demands certainty.
Taranto
The 2026 funding for the Apulian port drops to €13.9 million. Gugliotti hopes for a formal confirmation of the remaining resources in 2027.
Port reform: The majority pushes ahead with Porti d'Italia SpA
Rome
The Chamber's Transport Committee rejects the opposition's suppressive amendments.
Gela's Porto Rifugio has received a favorable opinion for dredging the port's waters.
Palermo
PORTS
Italian Ports:
Ancona Genoa Ravenna
Augusta Gioia Tauro Salerno
Bari La Spezia Savona
Brindisi Leghorn Taranto
Cagliari Naples Trapani
Carrara Palermo Trieste
Civitavecchia Piombino Venice
Italian Interports: list World Ports: map
DATABASE
ShipownersShipbuilding and Shiprepairing Yards
ForwardersShip Suppliers
Shipping AgentsTruckers
MEETINGS
Assologistica event to discuss the Mediterranean strategy for Italian competitiveness
Rome
It will be held next October 30th in Naples
UNIPORT's public meeting will be held in Rome on October 6th.
Rome
Debate on port reform and other relevant aspects of the sector
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Cosco Shipping arm readies China IPO to capitalise on global shipbuilding wave
(South China Morning Post)
Rosatom expects cargo traffic along Northern Sea Route to rise 14% in 2026 - CEO
(Interfax)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Intervento del presidente Tomaso Cognolato
Roma, 19 giugno 2025
››› File
Greenbrier Europe to produce NIK transshipment system for TX Logistik
Troisdorf/Berlin
Allows rapid loading of non-craneable semi-trailers onto trains
Maersk opens its own logistics center in the heart of Germany
Herleshausen
Located in Herleshausen, it has a surface area of 71,800 square meters
South Korea's HJ Shipbuilding & Construction Co. wins orders for four new 10,100 TEU containerships
Busan
The contract has a total value of approximately 500 million dollars.
Democratic Party: The government's port reform paves the way for privatization of Italian ports.
Rome
Ghio and Misiani: it also takes resources and skills away from the territories
Port self-production: The Council of State denies the segmentability of the authorization pursuant to Article 16, paragraph 3.
Rome
Cartour's "partial" authorization in the port of Salerno has been suspended.
Port of Miami closes fiscal 2026 with record cruise traffic
Miami
The threshold of ten million passengers has been exceeded, compared to 8.56 million in the previous financial year.
The Grimaldi Group has taken delivery of the new pure car and truck carrier Grande Egitto.
Naples
Its load capacity reaches 9,800 ceu
Port reform will be discussed in Genoa on October 2nd.
Genoa
Workshop organized by the AdSP and the Altero Matteoli association
Fratelli Cosulich strengthens its logistics network with the opening of Express Global Dubai
Dubai
Teresa Cosulich will be responsible for the new logistics office.
"A Sea of Switzerland" will be held in Lugano on October 9th
Lugano
Ninth edition of the International Forum on Transport and Infrastructure
New attack on a ship in the Strait of Hormuz
Southampton
A bullet caused minor injuries to two crew members
Brullo Group orders three 40,800-ton deadweight oil/chemical tanker vessels
Rome
Order to the Chinese shipyard Anhui Shipyard
A new megayacht production, maintenance, and storage hub opens in Trieste.
Trieste
Trieste Shipyards was founded by Seadock (Samer group) and Yachting Expertise and is owned by Friulia
Confitarma applauds the government's initiative to protect Italian ships in the Red Sea.
Rome
Zanetti: Maritime security is, in effect, a component of national economic security
Unions approve the platform for the single collective bargaining agreement for the shipping industry.
Rome
Filt, Fit and Uilt, is structured around three central elements such as salary, protection, participation and thirteen concrete requests
FHP Intermodal is increasing the frequency of its freight rail service between Fiorenzuola and Incoronata/Bari.
Milan
It goes up to five days a week
This year over 2,000 large yachts operated along the Italian coasts
Rome
Plus 10% for owned boats and a substantially stable trend for chartered ones
The event "Cyber-resilience in the maritime sector: defense, regulations, and European cooperation" will be held in Rome on Tuesday.
Rome
It is organized by Var Group and Confitarma
Smeup, with the acquisition of HTG, expands its portfolio in the logistics and transport sector
Erbusco
The Turin-based company specializes in the development of proprietary software
Saudi Arabian ports: Liquid bulk throughput to decline sharply in 2025
Riyadh
Total traffic fell to 298.3 million tonnes (-10.9%)
A delegation from the Lithuanian port of Klaipeda visited the port of Livorno
Livorno
In-depth comparison of their respective infrastructure development plans
New OOCL service between the Western Mediterranean and Canada
Hong Kong
Collaboration with Ocean Alliance companies and other carriers
The port's future is at the center of the event celebrating the 80th anniversary of Assosped Venezia and Asamar Veneto.
Venice
A conference on Friday will be the highlight of the festival
Increase in port workers at the ports of Monfalcone and Milazzo
Rome
Green light from the General Directorate for Ports, Logistics and Intermodality of the Ministry of the Interior.
Cargo traffic in Greek ports is sharply declining
Piraeus
Stagnation in passenger numbers
Mercitalia Shunting & Terminal has purchased eight Eurolight Dual bimodal locomotives
Rome
Container traffic in the port of Hong Kong grew by 22.1% last month.
Hong Kong
Total for the first eight months of 2026 unchanged
AGV Expo, a new European trade fair dedicated to self-guided vehicles, will be held in Piacenza next month.
Genoa
The event will also host a rich program of conferences
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