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September 1, 2004
Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Unsecured ship supplies could pose terror threat
    SHIPS' supplies and provisions are a weak link in the security chain which could be exploited by terrorists, despite tough new internationally-mandated security rules, according to a leading Singapore-based ship chandler.
  • Manila port opens control facility for dangerous cargo
    THE Philippines' largest container port operator has opened a control facility for dangerous cargo to comply with the new stringent international security and safety rules, company officials said.
  • Oil tanker hits US ferry terminal
    THE Greek-flagged, 98,880-dwt crude oil tanker Astro Altair hit a ferry terminal in New Orleans on Sunday, reportedly putting it out of operation for two weeks.

Sched Netweb site
  • Hong Kong revises GDP forecast upwards
  • OOCL orders four new vessels
  • Indian truck strike over
  • Malaysian port throughputs on the rise
  • Exel chooses new Singapore director
  • Oman port predicts shipping boom
  • Lufthansa, Air-India sign strategic alliance
  • Thai Airways to add eight aircraft to fleet
  • HK, Jordan sign air services agreement
  • Northwest expands Detroit-Lincoln service

Exim Indiaweb site
  • Kamal Nath spells out 10-point strategy to double India's share in global trade by 2009
  • Highlights of National Foreign Trade Policy'2004-09
  • UK rediscovering inland water transport to take pressure off roads
  • Rayon & Synthetics EPC makes out case for restoring Rule 12-B of Central Excise Rules 2002
  • Members on infrastructure projects monitoring committee named
  • Global transport fair from today
  • Export Import Workshop to present certificates to 15th batch

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
AUGUST 31, 2004
  • PMSA urges veto of emissions control bill
    The Pacific Merchant Shipping Association urges California's Governor to veto Assembly Bill 2042 on concerns that local limits on air emissions from shipping and other sources would undermine growth at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.
  • Japanese bunker sales climb 22% year-on-year
    Sales hike likely to be shortlived as Tokyo suppliers talk of slow August business.
  • No ill effects after refinery strike in Piraeus
  • Hong Kong and Taiwan undaunted by storm season
  • Latest surveyor in corruption probe due in court Friday
    Bunker surveyor faces three charges for accepting bribes from the same individual with a local supplier for short-supply incidents.
  • MPA issues Annex VI pollution reminder
    MPA has sent circular to shipping community to encourage early response to forthcoming IMO legislation on pollution.
  • Rotterdam softens further with good prompt supply
  • Bominflot acquires ExxonMobil's Esso Bunker
    Bominflot strengthens its position in the German gas oil market for inland waterways with latest acquisition.

International Transport Journalweb site
AUGUST 31, 2004
  • European ferry reservations for trucks on the internet
  • FMCSA delays rules for transportation of hazardous cargo
  • Rhenus increases Eastern European and Russian activities
  • CCS levies congestion surcharge per container
  • Rome Fiumicino opens cavernous cargo city
  • NYK to move into Nigerian LNG transportation
  • Geest North Sea Line appoints Paul Swaak operations director

Marine Logweb site
AUGUST 31, 2004
  • Giant ferry nears completion
  • Enclosed space death toll mounts
  • Wartsila sells high speed engine line product rights

Lloyd's Listweb site
  • Rotterdam boss Scholten quits in loan scandal
    WILLEM Scholten, chief executive of the Port of Rotterdam for the last 12 years, has been forced to resign and an investigation has been launched into '100m ($121m) worth of bank guarantees the port boss personally gave to RDM, a defence company specialising in the manufacture of armoured vehicles.
  • Sovcomflot considers New York listing to fund entry to LNG
    RUSSIA'S largest shipping company, Sovcomflot, is considering a New York listing to raise up to $300m to help support the its expansion into liquefied natural gas shipping, writes Tony Gray.
  • Salvors jostle for Hyundai No105 job
    THE world's top salvors are lining up for up the massive wreck removal of the car carrier Hyundai No105 from the Singapore Strait.
  • Converium review sparks reserves cash call
    SWISS reinsurer Converium will have to increase its US reserves by a further $50m to $100m following a review conducted by independent actuaries and consultants Tillinghast.

Fairplayweb site
AUGUST 31, 2004
  • Rotterdam CEO Scholten sacked
    PORT of Rotterdam chief executive Willem Scholten has been sacked for granting guarantees on bank loans up to '100M ($121M) to a shiprepair and defence equipment manufacturer without informing his board of directors
  • Seven bids for Cochin bunkering
    COCHIN Port Trust request for bids for the first international bunkering terminal in India has drawn a response from seven refineries and shipping companies
  • 20 crew rescued from sinking vessel
    AN INDIAN cargo vessel which was on its way to Somalia from the port of Mundra in Gujarat sank about 20 n-miles from Jakhan coast in the Indian state of Kutch
  • PMA, Miniace sue each other
    PACIFIC Maritime Association and its former president Joseph Miniace are locked in a legal battle in US Federal Court in San Francisco
  • Wärtsilä sells and consolidates
    WARTSILA, the Finnish marine engine and propulsion system supplier, has sold its Wartsila 20 and 200 product ranges to the US-based Dresser's Waukesha Engine unit
  • DANE Sea lines on verge of collapse
    GREEK ferry operator DANE Sea Lines is on the verge of collapse after the Seamen's Pension Fund acquired the right to auction the company's three vessels
  • Builder dreams of Evergreen deal
  • Erie sewage discharge proposal
  • Lifeline for Scottish isles
  • Commissioner Kroes leaves PONL
  • Southern Moana finally refloated
  • Offshore LNG prompts IGC update
  • Norwegian oil strike escalates
  • French catch another polluter
  • Indian truckers suspend strike
  • Simonis calls for safe Baltic route

The Journal of Commerceweb site
AUGUST 31, 2004
  • WTO approves sanctions against US
    The EU, Japan and Brazil received clearance to impose tariffs on U.S. imports over the handling of corporate subsidies under the so-called Byrd Amendment.
  • India offers tax breaks to exporters
    The tax concessions, along with proposed free-trade zones, is part of a plan aimed at doubling the country's share of global trade in five years.
  • Ceres to open auto terminal at Jacksonville
  • N. Dakota panel says Canadian wheat battle not over
  • Mexico faces mass protest as president prepares to address nation
  • Alitalia could cut up to 7,000 jobs
  • Furniture importers join forces to combat import barriers
  • Russian ship line presses for IPO on NYSE
  • Thailand urged to coordinate logistics

Containerisation Internationalweb site
AUGUST 31, 2004
  • Temasek bid: APL 'controlled carrier' reclassification would have 'immaterial' financial impact, says NOL
    Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) independent directors expect 'immaterial' financial impact on APL from US reclassification as a 'controlled carrier' if Temasek Holdings controls over 50% of NOL's issued capital.
  • Auckland faces four-day strike
    The Maritime Union of New Zealand (MUNZ) has selected Auckland as the first port to be hit in a nationwide campaign to reverse increasing use of part-time and casual dockers.
  • South Korea to hold investment promotion meeting in the US
  • CSCL deploys super-postpanamax on Asia/Europe trade
  • Rate-rise season reopens, with an alarm-call against charter-costs
  • Northport berth upgrading to super-postpanamax
  • Kunsan to install four cranes
  • Fake Russian goods join market of brand-name fakes for sale, discovers Customs

TradeWindsweb site
AUGUST 31, 2004
  • Top tops last year's profit
    Rising spot and charter rates push newly listed Greek tanker owner to healthy earnings in first half.
  • Oily wake? What oily wake?
    Seafarers seem to have blinked when French coastguards caught them red handed.
  • Jinhui takes the money
    Hong Kong bulker player to pocket $20m from capesize charter cancelled four years early.
  • Tankerska returns to Split
    Croatian owner signs for two aframaxes at domestic yard that has been building suezmaxes for the company.
  • Skarga appeals for share sale
    Sovcomflot boss wants government to sell up to 40% of owner to fund expansion into LNG.
  • First Steamship plunges
    First half losses three times greater than revenues at Taiwanese bulker owner.
  • OOCL reveals newbuilding hand
    Hong Kong owner confirms order of four panamax boxships at Samsung in Korea.
  • Bad to worse at Anek
    Greek ferry operator sees losses mount in 2004.
  • Evergreen soars
    Taiwanese box giant sees profit rise twenty-fold in first half on boom in demand.

American Shipperweb site
AUGUST 31, 2004
  • Maersk's container shipping business boosts earnings
  • FMC proposes revisions to filing and service fees
  • OOCL orders four 4,500-TEU vessels from Samsung
  • Pate Stevedore brings freezer cargo service back to Pensacola
  • European/South Pacific conference sets rate increase Oct. 1
  • "K" Line orders new LNG carrier from Kawasaki Shipbuilding
  • British Airways reduces flight delays
  • DF Young opens office in Port Adelaide, Australia
  • Coote ousted at Manugistics
  • IES releases four new logistics management applications
  • Growth of U.S. exports, inventory levels slows
  • U.S. Commerce Department to examine trade barriers
  • Black & Decker seeks own duty-free warehouse zone
  • India cuts steel tariffs
  • BSY Associates moves office
  • Corps to conduct Long Beach terminal redevelopment study

The Scandinavian Shipping Gazetteweb site
AUGUST 31, 2004
  • Danish ferry strike postponed
    The Danish Car Ferry Association has in motion to the Danish Labour Court argued that the notice of strike filed ...
  • Kvaerner Philadelphia at break-even
    Kvaerner Philadelphia achieved a break-even result in the second quarter of 2004 after a loss of NOK 109.0 million ...
  • Norwegian Navy will sail again
    Reports last week that the Royal Norwegian Navy had to deactivate 20 vessels for the rest of the year due ...

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FROM THE HOME PAGE
A novembre il traffico delle merci nei porti marittimi cinesi è aumentato del +3,2%
Pechino
Le merci con l'estero hanno registrato un rialzo del +6,1%. I container sono cresciuti del +4,9%
Accordo TIL (gruppo MSC) - JNPA per la realizzazione del porto di Vadhvan
Uran
Il nuovo scalo è situato sulla costa occidentale dell'India
Shanghai è il primo porto mondiale a movimentare oltre 50 milioni di container in un anno
Shanghai
SIPG evidenzia il forte incremento di produttività realizzato introducendo una spinta automazione nell'area di Yangshan
Oggi entrano in vigore otto emendamenti alla Convenzione internazionale del Lavoro Marittimo
Ginevra
Yang Ming acquisirà sino a 13 nuove portacontainer da 8.000-15.000 teu
Keelung
Sostituiranno navi da 5.500-6.500 teu dell'età di oltre vent'anni
Carnival registra performance record per il trimestre settembre-novembre
Miami
Nel periodo i ricavi sono aumentati del +10,0%
Uniport apprezza che la riforma portuale avvenga attraverso una legge delega e confida (!) nella volontà del governo di aprire un confronto con gli operatori
Roma
Søren Toft (MSC) è il nuovo presidente del World Shipping Council
Washington
Vice presidente è Randy Chen della Wan Hai Lines
Presentato lo “SHIPS for America Act”, disegno di legge bipartisan per rafforzare l'industria statunitense dello shipping
Washington
Tra le proposte, trasportare sino al 10% delle importazioni dalla Cina su navi di bandiera statunitense, con equipaggio americano e costruite negli USA
Istituita a Gioia Tauro l'impresa portuale per la fornitura di lavoro temporaneo
Gioia Tauro
Ai 50 lavoratori attualmente iscritti nelle liste dell'Agenzia portuale se ne aggiungeranno altri 70
Navantia firma l'accordo per acquisire tutti e quattro i cantieri navali della Harland & Wolff
Londra/Madrid
Impegno alla salvaguardia dei mille posti di lavoro, garantendo la tutela dei diritti e delle condizioni di lavoro
Nel terzo trimestre il traffico delle merci nei porti francesi è diminuito del -7,3%
Parigi
Robusta crescita dei container (+14,0%). Calo delle altre tipologie di carichi
Thomas Kazakos sarà il prossimo segretario generale dell'International Chamber of Shipping
Londra
Subentrerà a giugno a Guy Platten
A tre anni dalla cerimonia inaugurale vengono avviati i lavori di costruzione del nuovo porto senegalese di Ndayane
Dubai
Investimento di 1,2 miliardi di dollari
Fatal accident in the port of Genoa
Genoa
A 52-year-old Culmv worker dies and a colleague is injured. A 24-hour strike has been called
In the second quarter of this year, cargo traffic in Greek ports increased by +1.4%
Container Traffic Growth at Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach in November
Los Angeles/Long Beach
Increases of +15.9% and +20.9% respectively were recorded
Lineas and Hupac collaborate on intermodal connections between Belgium and Italy
Brussels
The Belgian company will provide rail traction, while the Swiss one will take care of intermodal services
Report highlights progress made in reducing emissions in Tuscan ports
Leghorn
Emissions produced by maritime traffic account for 88.1% of the total
Assologistica, the application of the Reverse Charge for VAT purposes in the logistics sector is good
Milan
The association expressed appreciation for the government's intention to seek EU authorization
An EU Commission study analyses the environmental challenges faced by European ports
Brussels
Particular attention to supporting initiatives for the sustainability of small and medium-sized ports
Busan Port Set to End 2024 with Record Container Traffic of 24.3 Million TEU (+5.0%)
HMM to return to transatlantic routes
Seoul
New Northern Europe-West Coast USA service. Also inaugurated is an India-Northern Europe line
CMA CGM to use the port of Santa Cruz de Tenerife as a transhipment hub
Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Agreement with Terminal de Contenedores de Tenerife
Port of La Spezia, cruise ships will be able to operate at Molo Garibaldi despite the works
The Spice
EUNAVFOR Atalanta naval mission mandate extended until 28 February 2027
Brussels
Synergies with the Aspides maritime operation will be strengthened
A consortium led by CMA CGM will operate the container terminal at the river port of Lyon
CLECAT calls for new transport emissions regulation not to include entire life cycle of vehicles
Brussels
The IRU is instead in favour of the "well-to-wheel" approach
UNCTAD: Mediterranean ports' connection to global containerized shipping network declines
Geneva
General decrease in connections in Italian ports with the exception of La Spezia and Trieste
CMA CGM and AD Ports inaugurate container terminal at Khalifa Port
Abu Dhabi
The first phase has a traffic capacity of 1.8 million TEUs
Castor Maritime Acquires Control of MPC Capital
Limassol/Hamburg
Investment worth 182.8 million euros
The first cabin of the cold ironing system is ready at Molo Garibaldi in the port of La Spezia
The Spice
La statunitense FTV Capital presenta un'offerta per acquisire la Windward
Londra
L'azienda londinese sviluppa soluzioni tecnologiche per lo shipping
L'americana Halliburton compra la norvegese Optime Subsea
Notodden
L'azienda europea sviluppa tecnologie per le operazioni subacquee
Grimaldi ha preso in consegna la ro-ro multipurpose Great Cotonou
Napoli
Il prossimo mese sarà immessa in un nuovo servizio del gruppo tra Cina e Nigeria
Federagenti ha nominato 24 “ambasciatori”
Roma
Sono protagonisti da oltre 60 anni nella professione di agente marittimo
Porti della Spezia e Marina di Carrara, stanziati oltre cinque milioni per la transizione green
La Spezia
Fondi per l'acquisto di mezzi elettrici o a idrogeno
A novembre il traffico delle merci nei porti di Genova e Savona-Vado è cresciuto del +4,3%
Genova
Nei primi undici mesi del 2024 registrato un aumento del +1,1%
Nei primi 11 mesi del 2024 il traffico nel porto di Trieste è cresciuto del +6,4% grazie agli oli minerali
Trieste
Nello scalo portuale di Monfalcone registrata una flessione del -8,2%
Sequestrati nel porto di Genova oltre due quintali e mezzo di cocaina
Genova
La droga era all'interno di un contenitore frigo proveniente dall'Ecuador
Manca (Regione Sardegna): disattese le promesse di stanziamento di risorse per l'agenzia Kalport
Cagliari
Chiesto un incontro urgente alla ministra del Lavoro
Rincari degli importi degli diritti portuali nei porti di Bari e Brindisi
Bari
Leone: ci siamo impegnati per adottare misure che non impattassero su traffico e utenza
Sequestrato un ingente quantitativo di cocaina nel porto di Olbia
Sassari
Scoperti 39 chili di stupefacenti occultati in un minivan
Da gennaio Hupac intensificherà i collegamenti intermodali fra Belgio e Italia
Chiasso
Aumenterà anche la frequenza del treno shuttle fra Busto Arsizio e Padova
Porto di Ancona, rilascio della concessione provvisoria allo stabilimento della Fincantieri
Ancona
La nuova concessione avrà una durata di 40 anni
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
A novembre il traffico delle merci nel porto di Barcellona è calato del -3,7%
Barcellona
In crescita la movimentazione di container (+6,3%), ma non il peso dei carichi containerizzati (-6,9%)
Saipem si è aggiudicata un nuovo contratto offshore da Shell in Nigeria
Milano
Per l'azienda italiana ha un valore di circa 900 milioni di dollari
Rixi illustra per sommi capi la riforma portuale
Roma
Creazione di una società a controllo pubblico per gestire gli investimenti e rappresentare il sistema portuale italiano
Accordo tra RFI e RSE per lo studio di un sistema di trasporto merci a levitazione magnetica
Milano
Sicurezza marittima, firmato al MIT un accordo per semplificare le procedure di verifica
Roma
Attività ispettive e di certificazione potranno essere svolte da organismi appositamente accreditati
Nei primi undici mesi del 2024 il traffico delle merci nei porti russi è diminuito del -2,0%
San Pietroburgo
In calo sia le merci secche (-2,1%) che le rinfuse liquide (-2,0%)
Log In acquires 19,600 square meters of space at Interporto Toscano Amerigo Vespucci
Kansas City
It is the fourth acquisition in Italy of the Theoreim group company
Prysmian wins two EPCI contracts from French RTE, potentially worth €700 million
Milan
The laying of approximately 640 kilometers of land and underwater cables is planned
Testing of an autonomous port tractor in the port of Wilhelmshaven
Wilhelmshaven
It will be launched next year by Eurogate, MAFI, ICT Group and Embotech
Intesa Fincantieri - Sparkle for the protection and surveillance of submarine cables
Trieste
The two companies will analyze the requirements to improve the security of the infrastructure
Barcelona terminal operator BEST has ordered two new super post-Panamax quay cranes
Barcelona/The Hague
APM Terminals announces completion of work to increase capacity at MedPort Tangier terminal
Wärstilä sells Automation, Navigation and Control System to Swedish investment company Solix
Helsinki
In 2023 ANCS recorded revenues of 200 million euros
Cisl, speed up the choice of the president of the Port System Authority of the Eastern Ligurian Sea
The Spice
Necessary to implement works and investments
Works awarded for the expansion of the container terminal in the port of Koper
Coper
The works will be completed by the end of 2027
Container traffic in the port of Hong Kong fell by -4.2% last month
Hong Kong
In the first eleven months of 2024 the decline was -5.0%
Two Russian oil tankers crash near Kerch Strait
Fly
One of the 27 sailors of the two crews died
Monthly Container Traffic Declines at Port of Singapore
Singapore
Over 3.3 million TEUs were handled in November (-0.4%)
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
A conference on the implications of geopolitical crises for ports and maritime transport in Venice on Thursday
Conference for the 30th anniversary of WISTA Italy
Genoa
It will be held tomorrow at Palazzo San Giorgio in Genoa
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Iran signs over $1.8b investment contracts with private sector for ports development
(Tehran Times)
North Korean tankers transport over one million barrels of oil from Russia
(NK News)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Relazione del presidente Nicola Zaccheo
Roma, 18 settembre 2024
››› File
Contship Italia dedicates a locomotive to the memory of Cecilia Eckelmann Battistello
Melzo
The special livery commemorates his life and career
EBRD loan for the enhancement of multipurpose terminals at the ports of Casablanca and Jorf Lasfar
London
Funds up to 65 million euros
Zero Emission Port Alliance Report on Future Port Electricity Demand
The Hague
The importance of strengthening port electrical infrastructures was highlighted
Paolo Potestà confirmed as president of ANGOPI
Rome
Vice Presidents are Giovanni D'Angelo, Marco Gorin, Ettore Rosalba, Mario Ciampaglia and Alessandro Serra
Criminal proceedings filed against the heads of the AdSP of the Southern Tyrrhenian and Ionian Seas
Joy Taurus
The absolute groundlessness of the crime report was recognized
In the July-September quarter, revenues of TUI's cruise division grew by +8.9%
Hanover
In the entire financial year 2024, the increase in turnover was +28.1%
MSC orders ten new 24,000 TEU containerships from Hengli Heavy Industry
Dalian
Contract worth over 2.3 billion dollars
RINA to conduct pre-FEED study for carbon capture and storage project in Malaysia
Genoa
Assigned by PETRONAS CCS Solutions
European Network of Maritime Clusters Board of Directors Renewed
Rome
Maire confirmed as president. Vice-presidents are Nathalie Mercier-Perrin, Javier Garat Pérez and Biagio Mazzotta
New step for the establishment of the port company ex art. 17 in the port of Gioia Tauro
Joy Taurus
Local Advisory Committee Meeting
PSA Italy chiuderà il 2024 con una crescita del +3% del traffico dei container nei porti di Genova e Venezia
Genova
A novembre è proseguito il trend congiunturale negativo dei ricavi di Evergreen, Yang Ming e WHL
Taipei
InRail has expanded its operating area to include French territory
Genoa
The company has become fully operational on the Mediterranean Corridor
A conference on the implications of geopolitical crises for ports and maritime transport in Venice on Thursday
Venice
Moderate growth in the value of global trade in goods continues
Moderate growth in the value of global trade in goods continues
Geneva
The increase for the whole of 2024 should be around +2.7%
47% of German maritime imports of green hydrogen will be able to pass through the port of Hamburg
Hamburg
The airport will be able to cover 10-18% of total national demand by 2045
Methanol delivery from land to a ship was performed for the first time in China
Beijing
79.5 tons of fuel loaded in 2.5 hours
MSC Air Cargo Pilots Sign Contract
Rome
Uiltrasporti gives particular weight to the fixed part of wages
Importance of cold ironing highlighted for emission reduction in Marseille-Fos port
Marseille
The effect deriving from the new SECA zone is also significant
In November, freight traffic in the port of Ravenna increased by +21.5%
Ravenna
Cruise passengers down by -46.8%
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