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March 5, 2004
Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Batam container port project draws PSA, others
    MAJOR shipping lines and terminal operators including PSA Corporation are among those interested in the concession to design, build and operate a US$105 million container port on Indonesia's Batam Island, a Batam official said yesterday.
  • Volumes at Indon terminals to double: Portek
    SINGAPORE-listed container crane leasing, engineering and terminal operations group Portek International expects container throughput at two of its Indonesian terminals to more than double in 2004, and is eyeing undeveloped ports in China and North Africa.
  • P&O steams back to profit, but reviewing ferries ops
    BRITISH ports and ferries company P&O returned to profit at the pre-tax level in 2003, and said yesterday its ports business made a good start to the year but it was reviewing its ferries operations amid tough trading.
  • Port operator AusBulk plans listing as merger talks fail
    SOUTH Australian port operator and grains handler AusBulk Ltd said it plans to list on the Australian Stock Exchange later this year after merger talks with exporter ABB Grain Ltd fell through.
  • Shipwreck porcelain fetches over A$2m
    RARE porcelain recovered from a shipwreck off Vietnam after 400 years has been sold for more than A$2 million dollars in Australia, auction house Christie's said on Thursday.
Air and Land Transport
  • Airbus freezing spare parts prices
    AIRBUS SAS, which last year overtook Boeing Co in commercial plane deliveries, is freezing the price of spare parts it sells to airlines to help its customers lower costs, as it tries to win more plane orders.
  • American, Airbus blame each other for 2001 New York crash
  • Propellers reversed before Iranian plane crash: UAE
  • Cathay may ally with oneworld for fuel purchase
  • THAI puts plan to buy second-hand planes on hold
  • BA passenger traffic up 7% in Feb
Admiralty Casebook
  • Charter extension by off-hire and option days upheld
    THE Court of Appeal in England last month upheld the decision of a lower court that the time charterers of a vessel could extend the charter by the number of days the vessel was off-hire and a 15-day option period provided for in the charter party.

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Batam container port project draws PSA, others
    MAJOR shipping lines and terminal operators including PSA Corporation are among those interested in the concession to design, build and operate a US$105 million container port on Indonesia's Batam Island, a Batam official said yesterday.
  • Volumes at Indon terminals to double: Portek
    SINGAPORE-listed container crane leasing, engineering and terminal operations group Portek International expects container throughput at two of its Indonesian terminals to more than double in 2004, and is eyeing undeveloped ports in China and North Africa.
  • P&O steams back to profit, but reviewing ferries ops
    BRITISH ports and ferries company P&O returned to profit at the pre-tax level in 2003, and said yesterday its ports business made a good start to the year but it was reviewing its ferries operations amid tough trading.
  • Port operator AusBulk plans listing as merger talks fail
    SOUTH Australian port operator and grains handler AusBulk Ltd said it plans to list on the Australian Stock Exchange later this year after merger talks with exporter ABB Grain Ltd fell through.
  • Shipwreck porcelain fetches over A$2m
    RARE porcelain recovered from a shipwreck off Vietnam after 400 years has been sold for more than A$2 million dollars in Australia, auction house Christie's said on Thursday.
Air and Land Transport
  • Airbus freezing spare parts prices
    AIRBUS SAS, which last year overtook Boeing Co in commercial plane deliveries, is freezing the price of spare parts it sells to airlines to help its customers lower costs, as it tries to win more plane orders.
  • American, Airbus blame each other for 2001 New York crash
  • Propellers reversed before Iranian plane crash: UAE
  • Cathay may ally with oneworld for fuel purchase
  • THAI puts plan to buy second-hand planes on hold
  • BA passenger traffic up 7% in Feb
Admiralty Casebook
  • Charter extension by off-hire and option days upheld
    THE Court of Appeal in England last month upheld the decision of a lower court that the time charterers of a vessel could extend the charter by the number of days the vessel was off-hire and a 15-day option period provided for in the charter party.

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Batam container port project draws PSA, others
    MAJOR shipping lines and terminal operators including PSA Corporation are among those interested in the concession to design, build and operate a US$105 million container port on Indonesia's Batam Island, a Batam official said yesterday.
  • Volumes at Indon terminals to double: Portek
    SINGAPORE-listed container crane leasing, engineering and terminal operations group Portek International expects container throughput at two of its Indonesian terminals to more than double in 2004, and is eyeing undeveloped ports in China and North Africa.
  • P&O steams back to profit, but reviewing ferries ops
    BRITISH ports and ferries company P&O returned to profit at the pre-tax level in 2003, and said yesterday its ports business made a good start to the year but it was reviewing its ferries operations amid tough trading.
  • Port operator AusBulk plans listing as merger talks fail
    SOUTH Australian port operator and grains handler AusBulk Ltd said it plans to list on the Australian Stock Exchange later this year after merger talks with exporter ABB Grain Ltd fell through.
  • Shipwreck porcelain fetches over A$2m
    RARE porcelain recovered from a shipwreck off Vietnam after 400 years has been sold for more than A$2 million dollars in Australia, auction house Christie's said on Thursday.
Air and Land Transport
  • Airbus freezing spare parts prices
    AIRBUS SAS, which last year overtook Boeing Co in commercial plane deliveries, is freezing the price of spare parts it sells to airlines to help its customers lower costs, as it tries to win more plane orders.
  • American, Airbus blame each other for 2001 New York crash
  • Propellers reversed before Iranian plane crash: UAE
  • Cathay may ally with oneworld for fuel purchase
  • THAI puts plan to buy second-hand planes on hold
  • BA passenger traffic up 7% in Feb
Admiralty Casebook
  • Charter extension by off-hire and option days upheld
    THE Court of Appeal in England last month upheld the decision of a lower court that the time charterers of a vessel could extend the charter by the number of days the vessel was off-hire and a 15-day option period provided for in the charter party.

Sched Netweb site
  • Japanese shipbuilders report roaring trade
  • China looks to attract foreign rail investors
  • Invest HK participates in HK Logistics Expo in Guangdong
  • PSA bolsters foothold in China by opening rep office in Shanghai
  • ICTSI makes changes at the top
  • Vietship secures vessel contracts worth US$430 million
  • Nippon to purchase Zeppelin for sightseeing, filming
  • DHL appoints Anne Benbow as Asia Pacific HR director

Exim Indiaweb site
  • DGS sets up committee to act on TCS' coastal shipping report
  • MoS cell to look into exporters' concern of high THCs
  • Almost 60 per cent spurt in automobile exports
  • China's trade body plans product expo in city
  • Bangladesh likely to import more sugar
  • JNPCT handles record 3,770 boxes in single day (March 3) - Not just 'feel good', but really good
  • Narvekar carries MPT into semi-finals of Ports cricket - MbPT, VPT, KoPT also in semis
  • NSICT closes export gates once again!
  • Jet, Sahara told to file schedules to start Lanka services
  • Railways introduces special parcel express trains
  • Major trailer operators not to join transporters' stir
  • CONCOR seeks Indian JV partner to develop ICD-Birgunj in Nepal
  • Exporters want compensation for loss of benefits under Sec. 80 HHC
  • Centre notifies new iron & steel duty structure
  • WISA plea to include regional shipping bodies as trustees in Major Port Trusts to represent shippers' interests

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
MARCH 4, 2004
  • Rotterdam market mimics crude
  • 'Business as usual' in Venezuela
  • Update: Singapore cargo influx could see bunker 'premiums flip'
    Reports of up to 5.5 million tonnes of fuel oil due to arrive in Singapore in late March and early April were greeted with caution by players in the bunker market today
  • Singapore suppliers split on pricing in confused market
    There was a huge spread between the lows and highs offered in the Singapore bunker market today. Some players quoted aggressively in anticipation of a softer market next week, while others were spooked by the fact that fuel oil cargo prices didn't come off today despite last night's sharply lower WTI crude close.
  • Demand falling with indications in Japan
  • Singapore oil product stocks sharply higher
    The latest weekly figures from International Enterprise (IE) show that Singapore's stocks of residual fuels have hit an eight-week high, while middle distillates surged to their highest level in 16 weeks. The figures pointed to continued bearish fuel oil fundamentals and an end to the bullish regional gas oil market.
  • Italian demand wanes with softer IFOs
  • 'First' double-hulled barge due in late April
    Singapore-based supplier and barge operator Sentek Marine & Trading (Pty) Ltd confirmed today that it is close to launching the first bunker barge of around 130 in the world's largest bunkering hub to have a double hull.
  • Rotterdam softer following crude loss

International Transport Journalweb site
MARCH 4, 2004
  • Metaship for Thiel's TLLC
  • Bahrain gears up to battle re-emerging piracy
  • Rudolph executes logistics for Japanese high-tech company in Hungary
  • The latest from Vostochny International Container Services
  • Aerolineas Argentinas in the black and investing
  • Hesse-Noord Natie granted Deurganckdock West concession
  • New President elected for IRU's enlarged EU Liaison Committee

Maritime Global Netweb site
MARCH 4, 2004
  • P&O Nedlloyd back in the black
  • Intertanko goes ahead with terminal vetting
  • PSA's Shanghai office opens

Marine Logweb site
MARCH 4, 2004
  • Bollinger launches first in new OSV series
    Latest "less is more" design
  • Ecuador orders patrol craft
    FBM Babcock design vessels will be built in Spain

World Wide Shipperweb site
MARCH 4, 2004
  • EU starts trade sanctions on 1,608 U.S. products
  • Oregon bridges net cash for rehabilitation projects
  • Bad weather stalls move of ferry KALAKALA
  • Port of Seattle taps Strout as deputy chief executive
  • Maersk SeaLand adds service linking West Africa, South America

Lloyd's Listweb site
  • Transmed special link with Bohai yields scarce space for bulkers
    GREEK bulker operator Transmed Shipping claims to have clinched special privileges with a Chinese shipyard to further a newbuilding spree that promises to revamp a fleet that was hit by the Christopher capesize tragedy two years ago.
  • Chosen Voyage selects Wind Surf for the world's first all-kosher cruises
    ONE of the best-known of all Jewish in-jokes takes the ritual passover invocation "next year in Jerusalem!" and tacks on the punchline: "And the year after that, how about a nice cruise?"
  • P&O reviews future of ferry business in bid to stem losses
    The move comes just a few months after P&O Ferries disclosed it was axeing more than 600 jobs on its Dover-Calais route as part of a restructuring exercise designed to strip out £15m of costs.
  • Bank deal to fund China's shipbuilding
    ON A day when leading analysts predicted surging imports to feed China's steel industry would drive freight markets to 2010, Norwegian bank Nordea revealed a new formal relationship with the Import and Export Bank of China to finance new shipbuilding projects.

Fairplayweb site
MARCH 4, 2004
  • SNCM in financial crisis
    FRENCH ferry operator SNCM has revealed that strike action currently paralysing its Corsica services is costing the company '200,000 ($240,000) a day
  • Schichau workers go into print
    WORKERS at struggling German shipbuilder and repairer Schichau Seebeck have taken space in a Bremerhaven newspaper urging the local government for financial support
  • PONLs Green slams mediocre managers
    P&O Nedlloyd chief executive Philip Green criticised the company's management for its mediocre performance at a press briefing in Amsterdam this morning
  • Safmarine starts S American link
    SAFMARINE'S new fortnightly West Africa-South America Direct service starts in two weeks' time
  • Superferry 14 salvage begins
    SUPERFERRY 14 salvors have begun pumping bunker oil to prevent an oil spill and prepare the ship for the salvage operation
  • P&O to review ferry activity
    IN the face of a '40M ($73.2M) loss on its ferry operations, P&O has launched a "wide ranging business review" into its ferry activities to be completed in the summer
  • S Korea ship investments boom
  • Sovcomflot lifts Russian oil share
  • Perla blast disrupts gas supplies
  • P&O Ned turnround

The Journal of Commerceweb site
MARCH 4, 2004
  • P&O charts profitable course
    The parent of the world's fourth-largest container carrier swung to a profit in 2003 on soaring volumes, improving freight rates, and resurgent business at its ports division.
  • Senate opens debate on repealing export program
  • Customs delays air-cargo advance filing
  • DOT begins hours-of-service enforcement
  • Panama Canal launches e-filing
  • Ceres promotes Lesnevich to head NY-NJ ports
  • FedEx plans Miss. distribution hub
  • SAS adds capacity on Copenhagen-to-Shanghai service
  • MOL opens Mexico logistics office
  • Cargo lags for Martinair
  • MSC opens Suape-U.S. East Coast service

Containerisation Internationalweb site
MARCH 4, 2004
  • Fear of floating focuses PONL on job at hand
    P&O Nedlloyd's (PONL) new CEO Philip Green said today that the line's 'level of profit is unacceptable' even though there had been a 'US$300million turnaround on the bottom line'.
  • Angry Lines rail at early Part X review
  • P&O and Royal Nedlloyd results confirm different course-headings
  • Lengthy vessel delays prompt Mombasa surcharge
  • Third Railway Package to stop decline in railfreight
  • Rickmers-Linie and Sinotrans sign partnership
  • NYK and Xpress Container Lines join together to reorganise Portugal services
  • Cochin port clears draft license agreement for hub port

TradeWindsweb site
MARCH 4, 2004
  • Tanker stocks look to shake mid-week slump
    Mixed bag on Thursday after all lost ground a day earlier.
  • Cleanup crews back at Bow Mariner site
    Efforts saw first oil recovery in small batches Wednesday.
  • Western Bulk set to float
    Christen Sveaas and Paal Caspersen to list shares in recovering handymax venture.
  • Ukrainian ships "under threat of arrest"
    State debt to Cypriot energy company has already resulted in seizure of cargo plane in Canada.
  • P&O Nedlloyd back in the black
    Higher freight rates gives container line boost ahead of reverse takeover.
  • Nigeria 'to axe' 7,000 port jobs
    Unions claim mass sackings to pave way for privatisation.
  • New management team for MSC cruise arm
    Pierfrancesco Vago to spearhead drive for dominance in Mediterranean.
  • Northern Oil shares fall
    John Fredriksen pockets $2.7m from sale of stake.
  • Gemadept heads overseas
    Vietnamese shipping agency aiming to woo more customers in Malaysia and Singapore.
  • ONGC's offshore ship plan marooned
    Indian oil producer "in limbo" over spin-off management company for supply vessels.
  • Royal Nedlloyd returns to profit
    Tanker king John Fredriksen makes early gain on foray into liner shipping.
  • Ports power P&O ahead
    Near 60% rise in profits for 2003 as trade booms but ferries flounder.
  • Inquest opened into death of OOCL man
    UK coroner adjourns hearing into accident onboard boxship that killed executive Courtenay Allan last year.
  • Titan sends tankers for scrap
    Buoyant steel market prompts China-backed owner and oil trader to sell VLCC and handymax.
  • Transpacific box traffic sees record year
    Containerised cargo moving eastbound and westbound across the Pacific climbs to all time high.
  • Pirates strike at Red Sea bottleneck
    Two containerships targeted by unidentified speedboats in strategic Bab El Mandeb strait.
  • NYK subsidiary orders airship
    Majority owned Nippon Airship Corporation is investing JPY1.3bn in German-built craft.

American Shipperweb site
MARCH 4, 2004
  • P&O Nedlloyd nets $56 million in fourth quarter
  • U.S. Customs gives breakbulk, bulk lines electronic filing reprieve
  • Oil slick from "Bow Mariner" dissipates, crew search suspended
  • Salvage crews remove "Lee III" from Mississippi channel
  • U.S. Customs delays enforcement of advance air cargo manifest rule
  • GAO: FDA's inspection of seafood imports needs more work
  • ITC to assess U.S.-Australia free-trade agreement
  • Senators request $300 million for port security
  • SSA Marine will start work this month on Texas City terminal
  • Ceres appoint NY/NJ port operations vice president
  • U.S. Defense Department names Wakeman Iraqi maritime advisor
  • Singapore port requires notice of animals, birds on ships

The Scandinavian Shipping Gazetteweb site
MARCH 4, 2004
  • Shell/Sannes and WWL in major low sulphur oil deal
    Shell will deliver between 200,000 and 300,000 tons of low sulphur bunker oil to Wallenius Wilhelmsen Lines. Deliveries will be ...
  • EP report slams member states on maritime safety
    In a draft report, due to be debated in the European Parliament temporary committee on maritime safety, MP Dirk Sterckx ...
  • "Stena Nautica" to be repaired in Poland
    SSG has learned that "Stena Nautica" will be towed to Remontowa Shiprepair yard in Poland for extensive repairs, following the ...

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FROM THE HOME PAGE
In the second quarter, container traffic in the port of Genoa fell by -2.8% while in Savona-Vado it grew by +76.3%
Genoa
In the Ligurian capital, the transhipment share decreased, while the Savona port benefited.
Fincantieri records strong growth in half-year financial performance and new orders
Rome
In the first six months of 2025, orders totaled 14.7 billion euros (+93.5%)
In the second quarter, naval traffic through the Suez Canal decreased by -6.2%
In the second quarter, naval traffic through the Suez Canal decreased by -6.2%
Cairo
1,248 tankers (-2.7%) and 1,826 other types of vessels (-8.5%) passed through
CMA CGM's net profit fell by 140% in the second quarter.
Marseille
Revenues stable. The French shipping group is interested in acquiring Hutchison Ports' terminals.
Royal Caribbean closes second quarter with record net profit
Miami
The April-June period was very positive
Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern announced a merger agreement today.
Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern announced a merger agreement today.
Omaha/Atlanta
First coast-to-coast cargo rail network
Gurrieri resigns as Special Commissioner of the Eastern Adriatic Sea Port Authority
Trieste
The atypical reverse charge for the logistics sector will become applicable tomorrow
Milan
Ruggerone (Assologistica): one of the most strategic reforms we helped build is being implemented
Policy brief on cyber threats that pose risks to port infrastructure
Tallinn
It was developed by the NATO Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence
Interferry urges the EU Commission to harmonize its shipping decarbonization regulations with those of the IMO
Victoria
Failure to align - the association warned - will force shipping companies to pay twice for emissions.
In the second quarter of 2025, Chinese seaports handled 79.1 million containers (+6.1%)
Beijing
Total freight traffic was three billion tons (+3.3%), of which 1.3 billion tons were with foreign countries (+1.9%).
CK Hutchison announces plans to include a Chinese investor in the consortium to sell Hutchison Ports
Hong Kong
Without the participation of the COSCO shipping group, China would not authorize the sale
Sri Lanka's Supreme Court has awarded compensation of $1 billion over the X-Press Pearl accident.
Sri Lanka's Supreme Court has awarded compensation of $1 billion over the X-Press Pearl accident.
Columbus
The container ship caught fire and sank near the port of Colombo
The Greek government sends a tugboat to the Red Sea to assist ships that may be attacked by the Houthis.
The Greek government sends a tugboat to the Red Sea to assist ships that may be attacked by the Houthis.
Piraeus
The AHTS "Giant" is leaving
Saipem and Subsea7 have signed a binding merger agreement.
Saipem and Subsea7 have signed a binding merger agreement.
Milan/Luxembourg
The transaction is expected to close in the second half of 2026.
In the second quarter, the port of Valencia handled over 1.5 million containers (+4.0%)
In the first half of 2025, the amount of new orders to Chinese shipyards fell by -18.2%
Beijing
A decrease of -3.5% in new construction completed in the period was recorded
In the second quarter of 2025, freight traffic in the port of Trieste grew by +3.7%
Trieste
Bulk cargo increased. Miscellaneous cargo fell by 13.2%.
CMA CGM and TotalEnergies form joint venture for LNG bunkering in the Port of Rotterdam.
Marseille
Agreement to supply 360,000 tons of liquefied natural gas per year to the French group's ships
In the second quarter of 2025, freight traffic in Spanish ports decreased by -4.7%
Madrid
All the main product categories are decreasing except for conventional goods
Brookfield Asset Management to sell 49% of British port group PD Ports to Spain's Pontegadea
Middlesbrough
The English company has over 1,400 employees
In the quarter April-June, freight traffic in the port of Rotterdam decreased by -2.3%
In the quarter April-June, freight traffic in the port of Rotterdam decreased by -2.3%
Rotterdam
The port authority is alarmed by the state of crisis in the national industry.
The electrification of the docks in the ports of Livorno, Piombino and Portoferraio is proceeding according to plan.
Third dock for cruise traffic in the port of Catania
Catania
Pier 25's restyling completed
Another quarter of decline in freight traffic at the port of Algeciras
Algeciras
In the period April-June, containers amounted to 1.24 million TEUs (+1.0%)
A new tax applied to cruise passengers disembarking in national ports came into force today in Greece.
Athens
Belgian rail freight company Lineas receives €61 million government loan
Brussels
The measure was approved last night by the restricted council of ministers
ERTMS installation completed on 1,400 kilometers of Italian railway network
Rome
The project is financed with 2.5 billion euros from PNRR funds.
Wärtsilä's quarterly financial and commercial results are positive.
Helsinki
The Marine Electrical Systems division will be sold to the Italian company VINCI Energies.
In the port of Barcelona the number of cruise terminals will be reduced from seven to five
In the port of Barcelona the number of cruise terminals will be reduced from seven to five
Barcelona
The mayor: For the first time in history, a limit is placed on the growth of cruises in the city.
MSC and Moby have presented their commitments to meet the AGCM's requirements.
Rome
Shipping Agencies Services will sell its 49% stake in Moby, waiving the consideration in favor of the majority shareholder. Moby commits to completely repaying its debt to SAS.
Fincantieri confirms its interest in the development of American shipbuilding
Fincantieri confirms its interest in the development of American shipbuilding
Washington
Folgiero: Commitment to deliver next-generation capabilities in full alignment with U.S. strategic priorities
The Chamber of Deputies has approved the appointment of four presidents of Italian Port System Authorities.
Rome
The names proposed for the Port System Authorities of the Southern Adriatic, Central-Northern Tyrrhenian, Western Liguria, and Eastern Liguria have been approved. Voting on the Northern Tyrrhenian Authority has been postponed.
Information exchange between state administrations for the digitalization of the maritime sector begins
Rome
The first operational meeting at the Coast Guard General Command in Rome
The Clean Maritime Fuels Platform suggests measures to support the production and distribution of clean marine fuels
COSCO Shipping Ports sets new monthly and quarterly container traffic records
Hong Kong
In the period April-June, 29.4 million TEUs were handled (+4.5%)
Sharp increase in cases of seafarers abandoning their ships
London
2,286 crew members from 222 ships involved as of early 2025
Global freight traffic saw strong growth in the first quarter of this year in anticipation of new tariffs
Global freight traffic saw strong growth in the first quarter of this year in anticipation of new tariffs
Geneva
North America saw the strongest quarterly growth in imports
In the port of Antwerp-Bruges containers and rolling stock are increasing and other types of goods are decreasing
Antwerp
Traffic congestion continues at the airport, with the situation on the landside becoming critical
A study denounces the delay of European ports in equipping themselves with cold ironing facilities.
Brussels/Pozzallo
The tender to electrify the docks of the port of Pozzallo has begun.
T&E proposes to include more non-EU transhipment ports to avoid carbon leakage
Brussels
The association calls on the EU Commission to reduce the current threshold of 65% of transhipment traffic
Federlogistica urges the immediate establishment of a control room on tariffs
Genoa
The aim is also to eliminate extra costs caused by bureaucracy.
Containerized cargo handled through the port of Singapore fell by 2.9% in the second quarter.
Singapore
Last May, ship transits through the Suez Canal decreased by -6.8%
Last May, ship transits through the Suez Canal decreased by -6.8%
Cairo
The negative trend continued in June and early July
Terminal operators are not at all satisfied with a policy that seems to have no interest in ports
Rome
Cognolato: It is essential to close the ongoing trials on several fronts.
The largest ship ever to dock at Cagliari's Porto Canale at the MITO terminal.
Milan
The container ship "MSC Venice" with a capacity of 16,652 TEU arrived yesterday
On 5 and 6 November in Lisbon a summit called by the ILA against automation in the maritime and port sector
On 5 and 6 November in Lisbon a summit called by the ILA against automation in the maritime and port sector
North Bergen/Metzingen
South Korean HD Hyundai, together with German NEURA Robotics, will develop and test welding robots in shipyards
The toll of the horrific attack on the bulk carrier Eternity C in the Red Sea is still uncertain.
Mandaluyong/London/Brussels
Joint statement by ICS, BIMCO, European Shipowners, Intercargo and Intertanko
In the first half of 2025, bulk cargo increased and general cargo decreased in the port of Marseille-Fos
Marseille
Cruise passengers increase by +5%
The Senate has approved the framework law on interports
Rome
UIR, gives the Italian interport system a modern, orderly and coherent regulatory framework
Carlo De Ruvo was elected president of Confetra
Rome
Among the challenges, the uncontrolled expansion of large logistics groups and their concentration
Number of pirate attacks on ships still high in the second quarter of 2025
Number of pirate attacks on ships still high in the second quarter of 2025
Kuala Lumpur
The number of acts of violence against crews is decreasing
Telemar and TNL Group merger agreement
Telemar and TNL Group merger agreement
Oslo/Athens/Paris
One of the top three operators in the OT/IoT services market for the maritime and superyacht sectors will be created
Attacks on ships in the Red Sea still cause deaths among seafarers
Portsmouth
Liberian-flagged bulk carrier " Eternity C" targeted
Canadian shipbuilding company Davie acquires second shipyard in Finland
Helsinki/Pori
It will buy the Enersense Offshore shipyard
Amendment on Port Labor Supply Agencies Approved
Rome
Immediate transformation into Agencies authorised to provide temporary port work
Salvini appoints a manager of a private shipping company from Campania as president of the regional AdSP
Rome
This is Eliseo Cuccaro, CEO of Alilauro
Extend the application of the 0.1% sulphur limit in marine fuels globally
Extend the application of the 0.1% sulphur limit in marine fuels globally
Berlin
This is proposed by an analysis by the International Council on Clean Transportation
IMO and EU condemn renewed attacks on ships in the Red Sea
London/Brussels
Dominguez: New violation of international law and freedom of navigation
In the second quarter of this year, Finnlines' revenues decreased by -5.0%.
Helsinki
Net profit of 26.1 million euros (+7.7%)
Container traffic in the Port of New York remained stable in the April-June quarter.
New York
An increase of +4.9% was recorded in the first half of 2025
The Chamber of Deputies approves the appointment of the presidents of five Port System Authorities.
Rome
They are Davide Gariglio, Francesco Rizzo, Eliseo Cuccaro, Francesco Benevolo and Giovanni Gugliotti
Latrofa appointed extraordinary commissioner of the Port Authority of the Central-Northern Tyrrhenian Sea
Rome
Ministerial decree signed
The PNRR tender for interports has been reopened.
Rome
Resources available amounting to 2.2 million euros
Port of Livorno: Workers are the priority in the LTM crisis
Livorno
UPS's quarterly earnings performance declines
Atlanta
Net income in the April-June quarter was $1.28 billion (-8.9%)
Approval for the 2025 budget variation of the Southern Tyrrhenian and Ionian Sea Port Authority.
Gioia Tauro
500 thousand euros for the 49% share held by the Port Agency company
FHP Group acquires the remaining 10% stake in Lotras
Milan/Foggia
The integration between Lotras and CFI Intermodal will begin to create FHP Intermodal.
OITAF scientific document on good practices in the logistics and transport of fresh fruit and vegetables
Milan
The Northern Tyrrhenian Sea Port Authority has joined the PLIKA
Livorno
Platform dedicated to training, innovation and knowledge sharing in the logistics and port sectors
Matteo Paroli's nomination as president of the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority has been signed.
Rome
He has a degree in law and a specialization in administrative law.
Container throughput increases in Haropa Port, while bulk cargo decreases.
Le Havre
In the first half of this year, containers were 1.51 million TEUs (+4%)
Bureau Veritas reports a 9.8% quarterly increase in revenues in the Marine & Offshore segment
Courbevoie
Kalmar and Konecranes increase new orders in the April-June quarter
Helsinki
The turnover of the two Finnish companies is slightly increasing
Container traffic in the port of Barcelona fell by 12.2% in the second quarter.
Barcelona
Assiterminal threatens a new wave of appeals against regulations it believes are damaging to port operations
Genoa
2M Logistics signs an agreement with Salerno-based Gallozzi
Barendrecht
The Dutch company will represent GF Logistics, a subsidiary of the Italian group, in the Benelux region.
Swiss company Kuehne+Nagel's quarterly profits fell
Schindellegi
In the period April-June of this year, net turnover grew by +1.7%
Yang Ming orders three 8,000 TEU container ships from Nihon Shipyard and Imabari Shipbuilding
Keelung/Imabari
Contract valued at $351.3-394.5 million
Italia Nostra reiterates its strong concerns about the construction of the Fiumicino-Isola Sacra port.
Rome
European maritime cities, destinations for cruise tourism - the association highlights - denounce the phenomenon of over-tourism in the cruise sector
Egypt's first automotive terminal has come into operation at Port Said East.
East Port Said
It can accommodate two car carriers at the same time
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Tepsa has acquired a liquid bulk terminal in the port of Rotterdam.
Singapore/Rotterdam
It was sold by Global Energy Storage Holdings
The Spinelli Group has approved its 2024 sustainability report.
Genoa
Of the company's 616 direct employees, 49% are under the age of 50.
In the second quarter of this year, cargo traffic in Turkish ports grew by +1.6%
Ankara
Cargoes to and from Italy amounted to 12.7 million tons (+10.1%)
Extension of the Simplified Logistics Zone for Genoa Ports and Dry Ports to the Savona, Vado Ligure, and Bergeggi areas.
Genoa
Approval from the ZLS Steering Committee
Isotta Fraschini Motori has inaugurated a new production line for hydrogen fuel cell systems in Bari.
Trieste
They will be used for naval and land solutions
The Grande Shanghai , the Grimaldi Group's first ammonia-ready car carrier, has been christened.
Naples
It has a load capacity of 9,000 CEUs.
The Port of Genoa, FILT, and UILT have declared a five-day strike at the Bettolo Terminal.
Genoa
Fit Cisl Liguria expressed solidarity with the workers
The tender for the dredging of the commercial dock basin at the port of Ancona has been published.
Ancona
The removal of approximately 730 thousand cubic meters of sediment is planned
Tender for the restoration and enhancement of docks 32 and 33 in the Deep Sea Zone of the port of Savona
Genoa
An investment of over 6.7 million euros is expected
There are 1,100 workers in Palermo directly employed in the seaside tourism sector
Palermo
This year, cruise traffic is expected to grow by 9.4% in the port of the Sicilian capital.
Six-month growth of +9% in freight on the St. Petersburg-India/China maritime route
Fly
FESCO operates six vessels in the service
Port of Trieste: Special Commissioner Gurrieri under investigation for money laundering
Trieste
I am certain - he declared - that I can demonstrate that I acted legally, in full transparency.
Vard signs new contract for the construction of two CSOVs
Trieste
The vessels will be used to support operations in the offshore wind sector
UIR welcomes the publication of the tender for the digitalization of the logistics chain.
Rome
Di Caterina (ALIS): a concrete tool that enhances the needs of businesses and strengthens the logistics system
GNV celebrated its first ten years of activity on the Italy-Albania route
Durres
During the period, the company's ships carried over 1.25 million passengers
A shipment of over 1.2 tons of marijuana was seized at the port of Gioia Tauro.
Reggio Calabria/Catanzaro
Members of a criminal organization that imported drugs from South America through European ports and airports have been arrested.
Yang Ming orders Hanwha Ocean to build seven 15,000 TEU dual-fuel containerships
Keelung
They will be delivered between 2028 and 2029
Walden to sell healthcare logistics business to Yusen Logistics
Paris
Exclusive negotiations announced
Solinas (Sardinian Action Party) is not at all satisfied with the state of Sardinian ports
Cagliari
The immediate establishment of a special commission is urged
ANSI welcomes the introduction of the information dashboard for managing private procurement contracts in logistics.
Rome
D'Angelo: it will allow the country to take another step forward
Russo (Confcommercio): excluding road transport from the PNRR funding was shortsighted.
Rome
First bulletin from the Freight Insights Observatory produced by the National Center for Sustainable Mobility
ABB Group posts sharp growth in quarterly financial and business performance
Zurich
In the period April-June the value of new orders grew by +16.0%
Informal consultations have begun on the preliminary proposal for the new Ancona Port Master Plan.
Ancona
Eleven meetings scheduled for July
Program agreement for preparatory and functional interventions for the construction of the bridge over the Strait of Messina
Rome
It was signed today in Rome
Project to develop an ecological station for the treatment of wastewater from ships
Naples
Initiative of the Neapolitan Group of the Cenere and Iello Landing
Assiterminal urges against bringing sediment from the Bagnoli dredging project into the port of Naples.
Genoa
Cognolato and Ferrari: It is essential to safeguard the full functionality of the commercial port's activities.
Container traffic at the Port of Long Beach fell 3.4% in the second quarter.
Long Beach
A decline of -16.4% was recorded in June
Paolo Pessina has been appointed vice president of Conftrasporto-Confcommercio.
Rome
He is president of the national federation of maritime agents and brokers
Container traffic in the port of Hong Kong decreased by -8.2% in the second quarter
Hong Kong
A decrease of -13.7% was recorded in June
Cuneo-based logistics company Nord Ovest is seeing growing financial results.
Wedge
Construction work on a new depot in Mondovì will be completed in early 2026.
Container traffic at the Port of Los Angeles grows driven by fears of new tariffs
Los Angeles
June saw the highest volume ever recorded for this month
The Management Committee of the Sardinia Sea Port Authority has adopted the DPSS
Cagliari
Green light for the concession to MITO and the appeal against the rejection of Olbia's dredging project.
Three events in Genoa for three new Explora Journeys cruise ships.
Genoa
A technical launch, a coin laying and the cutting of the first sheet metal were carried out at the Fincantieri shipyard
Grimaldi sells 5% of Terminal Darsena Toscana to Livorno Port Company
Naples/Livorno
Option to purchase an additional 5% of the share capital
Concession agreement signed that assigns management of the port of Tartous to DP World
Damascus
It has a lifespan of 30 years
Matteo Gasparato appointed president of the Northern Adriatic Sea Port Authority
Rome
He was appointed extraordinary commissioner of the same port authority
Meeting in Rome between the heads of ESPO and Assoporti
Rome
Among the topics addressed, the competitiveness of European ports in the current global context
Chinese airline OOCL reports quarterly decline in scheduled service revenues
Hong Kong
Cargo transported by the company's ships is increasing
Collaboration between the Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority and the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority
Rome
Agreement with an initial duration of five years
Survey in Germany on the prospects of companies in the maritime, port and shipbuilding sectors
Hamburg
Shipowners are more concerned. Positive prospects for ports and shipyards.
Port of Augusta: Work begins on a third bridge connecting the island to the mainland.
Augusta
Work worth over 20 million euros
Vard signs contract with InkFish for new research vessel
Trieste
The deal is worth more than 200 million euros.
1.1 billion euros will be invested in the port of Hamburg to strengthen the container sector
Hamburg
Improving accessibility and port infrastructure in the Waltershofer Hafen area
Meyer Turku delivered the new Star of the Seas cruise ship to Royal Caribbean
Turku
It has a gross tonnage of 250,800 tons
ESPO calls for increased funding for ports under the next EU Multiannual Financial Framework
Brussels
The CEF programme funds have proven to be far from sufficient
Fincantieri delivers the new Oceania Allura cruise ship to Oceania Cruises.
Miami/Trieste
Two additional Sonata-class ships have been converted into orders.
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
Confindustria event on the sea economy in Rome on July 15th
Rome
The public meeting of the International Containers Studies Center will be held in Genoa on July 2nd
Genoa
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Why Malta is objecting to a new price cap on Russian oil
(timesofmalta.com)
US has its eye on Greek ports
(Kathimerini)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Intervento del presidente Tomaso Cognolato
Roma, 19 giugno 2025
››› File
Uniport: Bringing debris from Bagnoli to the port of Naples would postpone long-awaited dredging.
Rome
Legora de Feo: It's necessary to find alternative solutions.
Taiwanese companies Evergreen, Yang Ming and WHL saw sharp declines in quarterly revenues.
Keelung/Taipei
In the period April-June it fell by -18.7%, -26.5% and -8.6% respectively
The establishment of the Information Dashboard for the management of private procurement contracts in logistics has been approved.
In May, freight traffic in the port of Ravenna grew by +1.4%
Ravenna
Bulk cargo is on the rise. Miscellaneous cargo is on the decline.
EU approves joint purchase of port equipment by terminal operators
Brussels
Joint definition of minimum technical specifications of equipment is also permitted
Serbian energy group EPS will import coal through the Montenegrin port of Bar
Bar
Currently imports from Indonesia pass through the port of Constanta
Fincantieri Foundation and Luiss University launch a project to strengthen the safety of underwater infrastructure.
Trieste
Among the objectives, contribute to the definition of a specific regulatory framework
Freewheeling: The government's U-turn on anti-mafia controls in the road haulage sector is a welcome development.
Modena
Franchini: If the government has realized it made a mistake, that's good news.
Agostinelli (AdSP Tirreno Meridionale e Ionio): the amendment that allows for the early transformation of the Gioia Tauro Port Agency is extremely important.
Confindustria's event on the maritime economy will take place in Rome on July 15th.
Rome
The confederation's strategic document on the sector will be presented
Kerala seeks $1.1 billion from MSC in damages over MSC Elsa 3 sinking
Thiruvananthapuram
Temporary detention of the vessel "MSC Akuteta II" granted
Trasportounito requests the cancellation of the renewal procedure of the Central Committee of the Register of Hauliers
Rome
New seizure of a load of cocaine in the port of Gioia Tauro
Reggio Calabria
16 bags containing 417 kilos of drugs were found in a container
MOL and Kinetics to build world's first floating data center
Tokyo
It will be installed on a vessel of 9,731 gross tonnage
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