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April 1, 2004
Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Box and steel shortages hit shipping industry
    A global box shortage and concurrent steel scarcity have pushed up the price of containers nearly 39 per cent as the container shipping industry enjoys almost unprecedented volume demand and vastly improved freight rates.
  • Bangladesh's main port drags feet on security
    BANGLADESH risks being isolated from international maritime trade as its biggest sea port is yet to implement International Ship and Port Safety Code as the deadline is getting closer.
  • Strong freight growth drives K&N profits
    SWISS logistics firm Kuehne & Nagel swung to a positive 2003 net income on Monday from flat the year before thanks to strong freight growth, especially from China, and cost cuts.
  • Nedlloyd gets P&O nod for venture buyout
    DUTCH shipping and transport firm Nedlloyd won approval from P&O shareholders to buy out their container shipping joint venture, and priced a rights offering to fund part of the deal.
  • Tanker runs aground in Bosphorus
    A foreign tanker carrying diesel fuel has run aground in Turkey's Bosporus Strait which bisects the country's largest city of Istanbul, but there was no immediate danger of a leak, a maritime safety official said.
  • Shanghai aims to wrest back Asia's shipping crown
    FEW people recall Shanghai's roaring heyday of the 1920s, when the thriving city on China's eastern seaboard housed a warren of brothels, opium dens, underground casinos and lorded over Asian trade.
Air and Land Transport
  • EU seeks deal on access to passenger data
    EUROPEAN Union ministers sought a deal on Tuesday on rules to demand airlines hand over passenger data to customs services, aiming to balance counterterrorism concerns with protection for civil liberties.
  • Foreign couriers not to seek WTO action in China row
  • DHL opens new S'pore-Europe freighter service
  • EU launches legal action over Frankfurt airport
  • Aloha Air pilot arrested after alcohol screening
  • Air traffic growth seen faster in new EU states

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Box and steel shortages hit shipping industry
    A global box shortage and concurrent steel scarcity have pushed up the price of containers nearly 39 per cent as the container shipping industry enjoys almost unprecedented volume demand and vastly improved freight rates.
  • Bangladesh's main port drags feet on security
    BANGLADESH risks being isolated from international maritime trade as its biggest sea port is yet to implement International Ship and Port Safety Code as the deadline is getting closer.
  • Strong freight growth drives K&N profits
    SWISS logistics firm Kuehne & Nagel swung to a positive 2003 net income on Monday from flat the year before thanks to strong freight growth, especially from China, and cost cuts.
  • Nedlloyd gets P&O nod for venture buyout
    DUTCH shipping and transport firm Nedlloyd won approval from P&O shareholders to buy out their container shipping joint venture, and priced a rights offering to fund part of the deal.
  • Tanker runs aground in Bosphorus
    A foreign tanker carrying diesel fuel has run aground in Turkey's Bosporus Strait which bisects the country's largest city of Istanbul, but there was no immediate danger of a leak, a maritime safety official said.
  • Shanghai aims to wrest back Asia's shipping crown
    FEW people recall Shanghai's roaring heyday of the 1920s, when the thriving city on China's eastern seaboard housed a warren of brothels, opium dens, underground casinos and lorded over Asian trade.
Air and Land Transport
  • EU seeks deal on access to passenger data
    EUROPEAN Union ministers sought a deal on Tuesday on rules to demand airlines hand over passenger data to customs services, aiming to balance counterterrorism concerns with protection for civil liberties.
  • Foreign couriers not to seek WTO action in China row
  • DHL opens new S'pore-Europe freighter service
  • EU launches legal action over Frankfurt airport
  • Aloha Air pilot arrested after alcohol screening
  • Air traffic growth seen faster in new EU states

Sched Netweb site
  • PIL, Wan Hai to launch joint Asia-Europe service
  • Kazakhstan to build new China-Europe railway link
  • Suzhou throughput soars in 2004, highway construction continues
  • Rail staff shortages causes freight disruptions in US
  • Yangzhou port venture gets off the ground
  • China, Australia sign new air services agreement
  • Emirates SkyCargo to fly to Bangalore, Budapest
  • China Southern offers daily service to Ho Chi Minh

Exim Indiaweb site
  • Evergreen establishes its own company in India - Three offices to commence operations from today
  • MoS constitutes shippers' trade facilitation cell
  • Export ban on muli bamboo lifted
  • ECGC to provide free marine insurance cover to exporters
  • India, China to sign agreement to manufacture hydropower turbines
  • Campco exports 20 tonnes butter to Monaco
  • New revenue-sharing formula for operating ICTT at Cochin Port
  • Container freight station CWC Distripark inaugurated at Dronagiri
  • Official allays exporters' fears over appreciation of rupee
  • SAIL, Essar petition court seeking probe into dumping of HR steel
  • Electrical goods sector posts 15 pc growth in Q3 of 2003-04
  • Further rise in cotton prices likely
  • Admission to Export Import Workshop from today
  • CLE plans market focus scheme for Russia
  • Fieo wants SAD abolished

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
MARCH 31, 2004
  • Soft crude & high 3% widen Gulf Coast spread
  • US crude and gasoline build sends oil price plummeting
    This was the second week running of unusually large crude stock gains. The market was also surprised by a rise in gasoline inventories.
  • DOE and API at a glance
  • Suppliers: 'Too early' to determine blast impact on avails
    BP says 447,000 bpd plant now operating 'near normal' after overnight blast.
  • OPEC confirms cut, speculators blamed for inflated price
    Oil softer on doubts cut will be carried out and speculators blamed for adding huge premium on oil prices.
  • New Saudi posted prices
  • Greek strike fails to affect bunkers
  • Brazilian oil giant eyes Singapore bunker market
    Petrobras' Singapore managing director says establishment of long-term supply operation planned if initial foray a success.
  • South Korean price gains do little to attract buyers
    Demand has been low all week in South Korea, with bullish overnight crude and subsequent firming of paper and bunker values in the Singapore market not helping local enquiry levels recover.
  • OPEC in agreement on quota cut, actual cut seen delayed
    April cut may be formally adopted, but in reality OPEC may pump as much as before.
  • Texas City refinery blast sends oil prices soaring
    FBI and BP rule out notion of terrorist sabotage after gasoline unit explodes overnight.
  • Rotterdam firm with some barge tightness
  • South Eastern Oil withdraws from bunker market
    Higher costs and competitive market prompts Singapore supplier to concentrate on barge chartering.

International Transport Journalweb site
MARCH 31, 2004
  • Inconso AG continues to grow profitably
  • Germany: higher toll charges demanded
  • Electrolux outsources logistics to Linjegods
  • Norfolk Southern and Honda officially open new Alabama railyard
  • KLM to hold extraordinary AGM on Air France share swap
  • Rete Autostrade Mediterranee Spa established
  • Johan G. Hvide is new president of Norwegian Shipowners' Association

Maritime Global Netweb site
MARCH 31, 2004
  • Non ISPS Code ports "could lose terror liability cover"
  • Stolt-Nielsen's US$130m credit facility
  • Eurocrats' blitz on member states
  • ESPMC boosts peak season surcharge

Marine Logweb site
MARCH 31, 2004
  • Tsakos enters LNG arena
    Signs letter of intent with Huyundai Heavy Industries
  • Ports launch knowledge sharing initiative
    Announced at AAPA Spring Conference
  • Van Dyck elected INTERTANKO Chairman
    Succeeds Lars Carlsson
  • MITAGS honors WWII Merchant Marine veterans
    Dinner dance planned

World Wide Shipperweb site
MARCH 31, 2004
  • TSA member carriers predict cargo demand growth
  • Dipper dredge sets record during Panama Canal work
  • Corps eyes Port of Portland bid to grade Willamette near terminals
  • Port of Olympia opens upgraded Swantown Marina
  • Port of Portland earns honor for attracting tourists to region

Lloyd's Listweb site
  • Blast rips through Texas refinery
    BP IS investigating the cause of an explosion and fire at one of its gasoline units at the Texas City refinery near Galveston, the third largest in the US, writes Martyn Wingrove.
  • US calls for united front to fight rise in Marpol breaches
    ONLY international co-operation can combat flagrant violations of Marpol that US investigators are now beginning to describe as routine, International Maritime Organization delegates have been told.
  • Maersk Sealand 'plans series of newbuildings until 2009'
    MAERSK Sealand has mapped out a five-year containership newbuilding programme, with deliveries scheduled up to May 2009, Handelsbanken Capital Markets says in a report on AP Møller-Maersk's 2003 financial results.
  • Launch of €38m Intership project
    EUROPEAN shipbuilders and the commission have launched a €38m research and development project designed to inject competitiveness into the continent's retreating construction industry, writes Justin Stares .
  • Brussels gets tough on EU states failing to implement maritime laws
    EUROPEAN Union nations are failing to implement their own maritime laws, despite recent high-profile pollution disasters, writes Justin Stares.

Fairplayweb site
MARCH 31, 2004
  • No decision yet on RCCL's NIS ships
    ROYAL Caribbean Cruises Ltd director Anders Grundekjon says no decision has been taken on whether to remove six Royal Caribbean International ships from the Norwegian International Ship register (NIS)
  • Fire hits Texas refinery
    FIRE broke out last night at one of the largest oil refineries in the US, the BP facility at Texas City in Galveston Bay, Texas
  • Drive-cruise trend hits Curaçao
    CURAÇAO and several other southern Caribbean cruise ship destinations are smarting at a substantial decline in both US and European markets
  • Pakistanis continuing to jump ship
    PAKISTANI seafarers continue to see European and Asian countries as attractive enough to leave their ships in search of better employment
  • Superferry 14: inquiry latest
    THE Philippines panel investigating the Superferry 14 incident has been asked to take into account the recent arrests of suspected terrorists
  • Celebrity polarises its cruises
    CELEBRITY Cruises has signed a short-term full-ship charter deal with Quark Expeditions for the 112-passenger icebreaker Kapitan Khlebnikov
  • Clarkson's diversification pays off
  • Oman sensitivity accepted
  • MidEast states edge towards Marpol
  • Qatar disappoints Moss designers
  • Cargo ship sinks off Singapore
  • Nenaco share trading suspended

The Journal of Commerceweb site
MARCH 31, 2004
  • U.S. box security needs work: GAO
    House committee commends Customs after reviewing report, but says more needs to be done to protect containers.
  • Stoffel to lead UPS supply chain unit
    Veteran takes over $2 billion non-package businesses, joins management committee after Pyne retires.
  • FedEx denies report on Philippine base
  • N.C. Ports CEO out in accounting probe
  • New lawsuit to block Portland dredging
  • Sinotrans see sharp profit increase
  • Chile exports hit by shipping jam
  • FMCSA issues new driver rules for longer rigs
  • FedEx launches hybrid electric delivery vehicle
  • Hapag-Lloyd names Europe chief
  • Kansas City Southern adjusts 2003 profit
  • Illinois IM hub gets $1.1M grant

Containerisation Internationalweb site
MARCH 31, 2004
  • 'Latent demand' could drive charter market to rarefied heights
    Ships are becoming harder to come by and lines are having to either ditch plans for new services or fix ships six-12 months ahead of time say brokers.
  • Columbia River deepening project faces another lawsuit
    Environmentalists filed a new lawsuit yesterday to block plans to deepen the Columbia River along the shipping channel serving the port of Portland.
  • Fremantle sees quantum shift in port traffic to rail
  • Transport trumps tourism at TUI
  • TT Club warns against ISPS negligence
  • Bank finally releases funds for Mercosul ships
  • Bonded landbridge cargo benefits from Sharjah ICD
  • Hartmut Luehr returns to Hapag-Lloyd from logistics sister

TradeWindsweb site
MARCH 31, 2004
  • Blast at BP refinery
    No reason to suspect terror in Texas fire but cause is still under investigation, officials say.
  • DSME's Mangalia nets boxships
    Panamax sextet gives Romania big vessel break through.
  • Tanker boys shrug off OPEC cuts
    Hire rates won't be dampened much by 1m bpd curbs as cartel's discipline in doubt.
  • TEN steams in on LNG berth
    Tsakos gets foot in LNG door at Izar but has still to firm up the contract.
  • Fukuoka opens in Nagasaki
    Japanese tanker builder launches new yard, with orders in the bag.
  • Byzantine bulker held in UK
    Maritime agency releases port state control February detention details.
  • BLT numbers head north
    Indonesian tanker owner Berlian Laju builds revenues and profits in 2003.
  • Bulyard moves in at Varna
    Bulgarian consortium to finally start running Black Sea shipyard after transferring sale cash to Navibulgar.
  • ROC ship duo auctioned off
    Lender banks buy back two cruiseships from cash-strapped Royal Olympic.
  • Green Reefers buys back duo
    Norwegian owner uses purchase option to add bareboat-chartered ships to owned fleet.
  • SSY moves into agency business
    Shipbroker sets up new logistics venture with Indonesian partner.
  • ITF hits "floating sweatshops"
    Union wins back pay for crew aboard Korean cargoship in New Zealand.
  • Clarkson logs record year
    Shipbroking giant says huge profit reflects booming markets and business spread.
  • Norwegian cruiseships RIP?
    RCCL crew reportedly told last six Norwegian-registered ships to be re-flagged.
  • Temas trounces previous profit
    Indonesian feedership group achieved big improvement in fortunes last year.
  • Seyang clinches coal contract
    Korean bulker owner wins state-run utility deal to move cargoes from Australia.
  • Sohmen pushes for makeover
    With the shipping boom in full swing World Wide boss argues that it's time to educate the masses.
  • Malacca sees triple attack
    Strategic Southeast Asian waterway suffers three piracy incidents in less than forty-eight hours.
  • EC raps member states
    Six nations face action by Commission over failures in port state control, equipment and bulkers.

American Shipperweb site
MARCH 31, 2004
  • TUI reports record profit from shipping, logistics
  • MSC reshuffles Asia/Europe services
  • Hapag-Lloyd appoints Luehr head of Europe region
  • Coast Guard ends "Bow Mariner" recovery
  • DHL expands logistics operations in Latin America
  • Lufthansa opens service from Brussels
  • Bill seeks to protect commercial jets from portable missiles
  • Grocers reach labor deal, operations continue without a hitch
  • Grocery distributors face possible delivery delays in Mid-Atlantic
  • CN, CAW truck operators ratify new labor agreement
  • Trucking association receives $19 million for highway security program
  • U.S. rail security gets more attention after Madrid bombing
  • Bush picks for Commerce, FMC set to move forward
  • TT Club: Non-security-compliant ports "are not insured"

The Scandinavian Shipping Gazetteweb site
MARCH 31, 2004
  • Four people crossed the Atlantic by holding on to a chain cable
    Four young people from Liberia have crossed the Atlantic by holding on to the chain cable on the Maltese flagged ...
  • Money in propellers
    During the last two years about 2,500 tons of Spanish pesetas have been used as raw material in Wärtsilä's foundry ...
  • Freeze on PSSA applications at the IMO
    IMO is likely to freeze new applications to become Particularly Sesitive Sea Areas (PSSA). Among new application is the Baltic ...

›››File
FROM THE HOME PAGE
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
Carnival orders two new cruise ships from Fincantieri for AIDA Cruises brand
Miami/Trieste
Equipped with approximately 2,100 cabins, they will be delivered at the beginning of 2030 and at the end of 2031.
The number of ship transits through the Suez Canal has never been so low in recent decades
The number of ship transits through the Suez Canal has never been so low in recent decades
Ismailia
In February, traffic was 864 vessels, down -22.9%
Terminal Intermodale Venezia, concession contract renewed
Terminal Intermodale Venezia, concession contract renewed
Venice
The duration of the agreement is 25 years. Investments of over 100 million euros are expected
Ahead of the election, Australia is arguing over who will oust China's Landbridge from the Port of Darwin
US tariffs will cause a four percentage point reduction in the expected volume of world trade
Geneva
The World Trade Organization believes so
84% of new constructions ordered by the Italian navy will be built in China
Rome
Analysis by the Confitarma Study Center on the possible impacts of US duties on the national shipping industry
GNV ships will call at Algerian ports for the first time
Genoa
In summer, the weekly connections Sète-Algiers and Sète-Bejaia will be activated
Boluda Towage and Marsa Maroc to operate towage services in the new port of Nador West Med
Valencia
Denton (ICC): Trump's tariffs pose a crucial challenge to rules-based trade governance
Denton (ICC): Trump's tariffs pose a crucial challenge to rules-based trade governance
Paris
Rather, he stressed, multilateral solutions are needed to resolve the long-standing inefficiencies and inequalities in the global trading system.
Guerrieri appointed extraordinary commissioner of the Northern Tyrrhenian Sea Port Authority
Leghorn
The mandate granted by MIT has no expiration date
APM Terminals buys the Panama Canal Railway Company
The Hague
The company operates the railway line parallel and adjacent to the Panama Canal
Piloda plans a hub for ship repair, refitting and demolition in the port of Brindisi
Naples
Expression of interest for the reconversion and reindustrialization of the former coal power plant area
Kuehne+Nagel to handle spare parts logistics for Changan electric cars in the European market
Schindellegi
Agreement with the Chinese car manufacturer
A.P. Møller Holding submits offer to acquire entire share capital of towing company Svitzer
AP Møller Holding submits offer to acquire entire share capital of towing company Svitzer
Copenhagen
The Mærsk family investment company already owns 47.0% of the company
Public interest declared for MSC, Neri and Lorenzini's project for a new container terminal in Livorno
Leghorn
Slight annual growth in freight traffic in Italian ports driven by containers
Slight annual growth in freight traffic in Italian ports driven by containers
Rome
In the container segment, the strong increase in transhipments offset the decline in imports and exports
Turkey's Desan Shipyard in talks to take over Mangalia shipyard
Bucharest
The Tuzla plant is much smaller than the Romanian one
Six international shipping associations present a guide to planning safe navigation
London
TUI awards Fincantieri contract for two new cruise ships for Marella Cruises
Hanover/Trieste
Deliveries are scheduled for 2030 and 2032
ESPO urges EU and Member States to allocate funds to decarbonise ships and ports
Brussels
Earmarking Innovation Fund proceeds to stimulate demand for clean marine fuels
China Antitrust Launches Investigation into Hutchison Ports' Panama Terminal Sale
Beijing/Hong Kong
Panama Ports Company operates the Balboa and Cristobal ports
PSA posts annual revenue growth, but profits fall
Singapore
Sharp increase in operating costs across the board
Temporary Port Labor Supply Company in Cagliari Extended for Another 18 Months
Cagliari
In 2024, cargo traffic in Chinese seaports grew by +3.5%
Beijing
Increase of +6.9% in traffic with foreign countries. In the first two months of 2025, 1.75 billion tons were moved (+1.6%)
Chinese container maker CIMC posts bumper 2024
Hong Kong
Almost 3.6 million containers sold (+372%). Record revenues
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AAL Shipping sceglie il sistema di consulenza marina di ABB per ottimizzare la flotta Super B-Class
In February, freight traffic in the port of Genoa fell by -4.4% and in Savona-Vado it increased by +24.5%
Genoa
Cruise and ferry passenger decline
ICS, Trump's proposed measures against Chinese ships risk having significant unwanted consequences, even for the US
Washington
Strong opposition to their introduction also expressed by the WSC
Intercargo, international measures for decarbonisation of shipping must be simple and clear
London
Gkonis: Must not compromise operational efficiency and smooth global transport of essential goods
Port of Barcelona invests 124 million to develop sustainable fuel traffic
Barcelona
Construction of three new moorings at Moll de l'Energia
In 2024, freight traffic in the port of Catania began to grow again. A decline in Augusta
In 2024, freight traffic in the port of Catania began to grow again. A decline in Augusta
Augusta
A total of 7.9 million and 23.0 million tons of cargo were handled
In 2024, the terminal operator HHLA recorded record revenues with a growth of +10.5%
Hamburg
Profit after taxes amounted to 56.4 million euros (+33.1%)
Launch of a public consultation for the updating of the PRPs of the ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado
Genoa
The involvement of territorial, economic and social communities is foreseen
ITU, ICAO and IMO highlight risks to maritime and air transport caused by attacks on satellite communications
Geneva/Montreal/London
Call on UN States to Protect These Critical Systems
London Government presents its strategy for decarbonising maritime transport
London
The measures for ports will be defined after a public consultation that will take place in the coming months
For security, military ships are not enough, merchant ships are also essential
London
TUI in talks with shipyards for two new cruise ships for Marella
Hanover
Slots available starting from the 2031 financial year
ANESCO, with the Port Employment Centers, accidents have decreased in the three main Spanish ports
Madrid
67% reduction in lost work days per year
Filt, Fit and Uilt, no to the transformation from "article 18" to "16" of the Livorno port company LTM
Leghorn
Unions ask port authority to block proliferation of new economic entities
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
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
Francesco Beltrano is the new general secretary of Uniport
Rome
He takes over from Paolo Ferrandino, who will continue to collaborate as a consultant
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
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
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
Over a million to the port companies of Livorno and Piombino to acquire green vehicles
Leghorn
The ranking for admission to the PNRR-Next Gen Eu contributions has been published
COSCO Shipping Development Co.'s container sales increased by +204.1% in 2024
Shanghai
The related turnover increased by +124.0%
The call for funding for the purchase of electric vehicles in the ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado has been published
Genoa
Yang Ming Buys Three New 8,000 TEU Containerships
Keelung
They will be delivered between 2028 and 2029
Construction of a cruise ship for Regent Seven Seas Cruises begins in Marghera
Trieste
Fincantieri will deliver the unit in 2026
Federlogistica establishes operational offices in Spain and Brazil
Genoa
The aim is to go beyond theoretical cooperative relationships
Over a Ton of Cocaine Seized in the Port of Gioia Tauro
Reggio Calabria
If placed on the market it would have generated over 187 million euros
In 2024, the economic results of Interporto Padova reached record values
Padua
Revenues up +17%
Three ceremonies at the Saint-Nazaire shipyard for three new MSC Cruises ships
Geneva
New flagship "MSC World America" delivered
German railway company DB Cargo reduced losses in 2024
Berlin
Revenues down again. -9.0% drop in freight volumes
NovaAlgoma orders second 38,000 dwt cement carrier in China
Lugano
It will be taken over in 2027
Customs agreement between Italy and Brazil to facilitate trade
Brasilia
Mission of the Customs and Monopolies Agency in the South American nation
A team from La Spezia Container Terminal in Rotterdam to test advanced technologies
The Spice
ECT Hutchinson Ports Training Center Visited
The assembly of Genoese freight forwarders on Monday
Genoa
It will be held at the Palazzo della Borsa in Genoa
Assarmatori, in Italy the ferry segment cannot bear the burden of the EU ETS in a very fragile market situation
Brussels
Messina: Protecting shipping from the ideological excesses of the Green Deal
The website of the Port Authority Corps - Coast Guard has been renewed
Rome
It has become a single digital access point to documents and services
In 2024, inland waterway freight transport in Germany increased by +1.2%
Wiesbaden
The volume, at 173.8 million tonnes, is the second lowest since 1990.
APM Terminals Granted Port of New York - New Jersey Concession Renewal
New York
Contract for a period of 33 years. Investments of 500 million dollars are expected
Experimentation of crane automation has begun at the Interporto Padova terminal
Padua
The interport company awarded the "Industria Felix 2025 Award"
Container traffic in the port of Algeciras fell by -17.0% in February
Algeciras
Both import-export volumes and transhipment are decreasing
New cruise company Crescent Seas has been founded in Miami
Miami
The fleet, initially consisting of one ship from Regent Seven Seas Cruises, will grow to five units within the next five years
In 2024, the volume of vehicles transported by Wallenius Wilhelmsen's fleet decreased by -9.7%
Oslo
Traffic down on almost all global routes
Agreement between Assoporti and Assologistica and the Florida trade, transport and port authorities
Rome
It was signed today
In April a mission in Albania of The International Propeller Clubs - Italy
Genoa
It will take place on the 9th and 10th in Tirana and Durres
COSCO Shipping Ports revenues rose to a record $1.5 billion in 2024 (+3.3%)
Hong Kong
In the fourth quarter alone, a decrease of -3.0%
SO.RI.MA. (FHP group) granted a concession of an area of 125 thousand square meters in the port of Chioggia
Venice
Investments of 11.5 million euros expected over 25 years
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
Damen Mangalia Unionists Protest Friday Against Possible Closure
(The Romania Journal)
Govt. to woo top ten shipping liners in world for Colombo port expansion
(Daily Mirror)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Relazione del presidente Nicola Zaccheo
Roma, 18 settembre 2024
››› File
Contship Italia’s intermodal network has been extended to the Gulf Terminal in La Spezia
Melzo
Connections with the inland terminals of Milan, Modena and Padua
Container traffic in the port of Valencia grew by +15.2% last month
Valencia
The overall volume of goods handled increased by +6.8%
The Northern Tyrrhenian Sea Port Authority obtains gender equality certification
Leghorn
It is the first Italian port authority to obtain this recognition
Container traffic growth weakens at ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach
Los Angeles/Long Beach
Last month, increases of +2.6% and +13.4% respectively were recorded
Assarmatori, the Italian government's position on the impact of the EU ETS on shipping and ports is good
Rome
Messina: fully understood the risks and distortions of European climate regulation
PSA Italy's Genoa port terminals awarded anti-corruption certification
Genoa
The UNI EN ISO 37001 standard defines the requirements for an effective anti-corruption management system
Assiterminal presents three projects for the sustainable transition of the Italian port sector
Rome
Work completed on docks 33 and 34 of the port of Civitavecchia
Civitavecchia
50,000 square meters of yards prepared
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