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