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January 7, 2004
Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Aussie maritime sector well advanced on security plans
    AUSTRALIA'S ports and shipping groups are dismayed at suggestions by Acting Prime Minister John Anderson that the country may fail to meet the International Maritime Organisation's mid-year deadline for tough new counter-terrorism measures.
  • Shippers demand review of Klang's higher flat fee
    MALAYSIA's busiest port, Klang, could still face resistance over its decision to consolidate and hike marine charges, after the Port Klang Shipping Agencies demanded a review.
  • Loans dispute stalls Royal Olympia ship at Greece
    GREEK cruise company Royal Olympia Cruises' 14,000 gross tonne ship Triton was embroiled in a dispute between its parent, Royal Olympic Cruise Lines, and German banks over two ships owned by other Royal Olympic subsidiaries.
  • London Club gets boost from newbuilds
    THE 30 million gross tonne London P&I Club says the increasing amount of new tonnage being ordered by its members, and entered with the Club for P&I and FD&D risks, is confirmation of the current healthy state of the shipping industry, as well as being good news for the Club itself.
  • MOL clinches charter
    MITSUI OSK Lines has secured a third long-term contract from China's largest iron and steel group, Baoshan Iron and Steel Co, for a capesize bulk carrier newbuilding.
Air and Land Transport
  • Govts make flight decisions with only pieces of puzzle
    IT has become an agonising daily judgment call: whether to cancel international flights on the basis of fragmentary intelligence warning of a Sept 11-style attack.
  • Use of armed French guards to continue
  • Thomas Cook won't fly with armed air marshals
  • Qantas will comply with US request
  • Jakarta expects 4 new domestic carriers in 2004
  • Foreign airlines can fly to Medina for haj
Strait Talk
  • Despite crises, 2003 a good year; 2004 set to fare just as well
    FOR a year that saw a war in the Middle East, serious falling out among the major economically developed countries and a wide ranging outbreak of particularly nasty and contagious virus, 2003 turned out surprisingly well for the global shipping industry.

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Aussie maritime sector well advanced on security plans
    AUSTRALIA'S ports and shipping groups are dismayed at suggestions by Acting Prime Minister John Anderson that the country may fail to meet the International Maritime Organisation's mid-year deadline for tough new counter-terrorism measures.
  • Shippers demand review of Klang's higher flat fee
    MALAYSIA's busiest port, Klang, could still face resistance over its decision to consolidate and hike marine charges, after the Port Klang Shipping Agencies demanded a review.
  • Loans dispute stalls Royal Olympia ship at Greece
    GREEK cruise company Royal Olympia Cruises' 14,000 gross tonne ship Triton was embroiled in a dispute between its parent, Royal Olympic Cruise Lines, and German banks over two ships owned by other Royal Olympic subsidiaries.
  • London Club gets boost from newbuilds
    THE 30 million gross tonne London P&I Club says the increasing amount of new tonnage being ordered by its members, and entered with the Club for P&I and FD&D risks, is confirmation of the current healthy state of the shipping industry, as well as being good news for the Club itself.
  • MOL clinches charter
    MITSUI OSK Lines has secured a third long-term contract from China's largest iron and steel group, Baoshan Iron and Steel Co, for a capesize bulk carrier newbuilding.
Air and Land Transport
  • Govts make flight decisions with only pieces of puzzle
    IT has become an agonising daily judgment call: whether to cancel international flights on the basis of fragmentary intelligence warning of a Sept 11-style attack.
  • Use of armed French guards to continue
  • Thomas Cook won't fly with armed air marshals
  • Qantas will comply with US request
  • Jakarta expects 4 new domestic carriers in 2004
  • Foreign airlines can fly to Medina for haj
Strait Talk
  • Despite crises, 2003 a good year; 2004 set to fare just as well
    FOR a year that saw a war in the Middle East, serious falling out among the major economically developed countries and a wide ranging outbreak of particularly nasty and contagious virus, 2003 turned out surprisingly well for the global shipping industry.

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Aussie maritime sector well advanced on security plans
    AUSTRALIA'S ports and shipping groups are dismayed at suggestions by Acting Prime Minister John Anderson that the country may fail to meet the International Maritime Organisation's mid-year deadline for tough new counter-terrorism measures.
  • Shippers demand review of Klang's higher flat fee
    MALAYSIA's busiest port, Klang, could still face resistance over its decision to consolidate and hike marine charges, after the Port Klang Shipping Agencies demanded a review.
  • Loans dispute stalls Royal Olympia ship at Greece
    GREEK cruise company Royal Olympia Cruises' 14,000 gross tonne ship Triton was embroiled in a dispute between its parent, Royal Olympic Cruise Lines, and German banks over two ships owned by other Royal Olympic subsidiaries.
  • London Club gets boost from newbuilds
    THE 30 million gross tonne London P&I Club says the increasing amount of new tonnage being ordered by its members, and entered with the Club for P&I and FD&D risks, is confirmation of the current healthy state of the shipping industry, as well as being good news for the Club itself.
  • MOL clinches charter
    MITSUI OSK Lines has secured a third long-term contract from China's largest iron and steel group, Baoshan Iron and Steel Co, for a capesize bulk carrier newbuilding.
Air and Land Transport
  • Govts make flight decisions with only pieces of puzzle
    IT has become an agonising daily judgment call: whether to cancel international flights on the basis of fragmentary intelligence warning of a Sept 11-style attack.
  • Use of armed French guards to continue
  • Thomas Cook won't fly with armed air marshals
  • Qantas will comply with US request
  • Jakarta expects 4 new domestic carriers in 2004
  • Foreign airlines can fly to Medina for haj
Strait Talk
  • Despite crises, 2003 a good year; 2004 set to fare just as well
    FOR a year that saw a war in the Middle East, serious falling out among the major economically developed countries and a wide ranging outbreak of particularly nasty and contagious virus, 2003 turned out surprisingly well for the global shipping industry.

Sched Netweb site
  • NYK maps out fleet expansion plan
  • Chinatrans International to handle Awards business
  • Rotterdam hits record
  • U-Freight building presence for Pearl River Delta boom
  • New appointments at IMO
  • CAAC to relax civil aviation market access
  • FedEx to move Asia hub to Guangzhou
  • Hactl wins top productivity award

Exim Indiaweb site
  • Panama Canal warns of steep increase in rates - ...plans to build third set of locks costing $ 8 bn
  • Antwerp's 14 pc growth outstrips rival ports' - Neighbour Rotterdam handles record 7 million TEUs
  • IRA to raise rates 4 times in 2004
  • NYK names new President
  • Maersk Sealand starts new import haulage request system
  • FEFC hikes St Petersburg terminal charges
  • Samudera starts making Manila calls
  • "K" Line orders double-hulled VLCCs
  • MoS eases cabotage rules for cruise liners
  • Visakhapatnam Port poised to assume numero uno position by March-end
  • Kolkata Port eyes coastal cargo, plans to slash bulk, box rates
  • Dubai Port Authority keen on Vallarpadam project
  • PPT submits proposal to NHAI: road link upgradation
  • 4-lane highway to link Tuticorin port with Tirunelveli soon
  • Agent behind Mormugao Port record
  • Allcargo Movers commences full-fledged operations at CONCOR's DRT CFS
  • Betel leaf exporters' hopes soar with resumption of Indo-Pak air services
  • Extra quota of ready goods for export announced
  • India eyeing sprouting bamboo market
  • Finance Ministry gives green signal for extending 20-year tax breaks to SEZ units
  • UK Editors to speak at IMC on Jan. 9
  • EEPC annual awards function today
  • CII spells out 15-pt agenda for closer Saarc economic ties

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
JANUARY 6, 2004
  • State-side pricing less sensitive to crude patterns
    Bunker price movements state-side today were showing less volatility and sensitivity to crude movements than on the other side of the Atlantic. While bunker prices throughout Europe surged, bunker suppliers on both the East and Gulf Coasts of the US were a little more reserved in their pricing.
  • Europe leads global bunker market gains
    The rally in crude prices yesterday affected bunker prices across the world today, but to very different extents. Prices throughout Europe surged for IFOs and distillates. In Asia fuel oil gains were mostly moderate while distillates firmed, while major US ports saw only moderate gains across all products, and even losses in some areas.
  • Taiwan's Formosa sells HSFO cargoes following technical glitch
    Closure of a desulphurisation unit at the Formosa refinery has led the company to sell several cargoes of straight run high sulphur fuel oil.
  • Turkish bulls fail to scare buyers
  • Singapore on target for record 2003
    The port of Singapore looks set to have had another record-breaking year in 2003 for total ship calling tonnage, container throughput, cargo tonnage and bunker sales, according to figures from the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore's (MPA) statistics through end November.
  • Holidays and high numbers keep Gibraltar enquiries low
  • New trader at O.W. Bunkers
  • Crude slightly softer after hitting 9-month highs
    Crude prices took their cue from a rally in heating oil after forecasters said the US Northeast will face much colder and freezing conditions in the next few days.
  • Uruguay market update
  • Very firm market in Rotterdam

International Transport Journalweb site
  • U.S. Customs & Border Protection (CBP) has launched a new web portal
  • Container Security Initiative implemented in Durban
  • Frans Maas extends network to Morocco
  • A "piggyback's" success story
  • Alitalia cargo fleet renewal
  • EWL extends liner network
  • New Director for the NOL Group

Lloyd's Listweb site
  • Shipowners to fight US proposal for IMO shoreside regulation
    SHIPOWNER representatives are gearing up to fight US proposals that would see the International Maritime Organisation, for the first time, regulating the competence of selected shoreside employees.
  • Brokers quit HSBC for Tysers
    A SUBSTANTIAL team of insurance brokers from the HSBC group has switched to Tysers, the expanding Lloyd's broker, in what is reported to be the biggest change of allegiance in the London market for a considerable time.
  • Ireland determined to drive through pollution sanctions
    Ireland will make reaching agreement on controversial proposals to introduce criminal sanctions for pollution offences a key priority of its six-month presidency of the European Union.
  • P&O Nedlloyd director Williams walks
    P&O Nedlloyd director Barry Williams is to leave the company, writes Janet Porter.
  • Lloyd's List Annual Review 2003
    AS 2003 dawned on a markedly uncertain world, the cold light of January revealed a climate which did not seem propitious for maritime industry growth.

Fairplayweb site
JANUARY 6, 2004
  • Tasman S engineer: suicide claim
    IT is looking increasingly likely that George Koutsos, the 52-year-old engineer on the Tasman Spirit, tried to take his own life yesterday
  • India bids for cruise ship return
    INDIA is trying to woo cruise ships and passengers back to its shores after visitors hit a low of 12,400 on 2002-03, compared to 40,000 in 2000-01
  • Ship security will raise costs
    THE new anti-terror measures for ports and shipping to take effect on July 1 will lead to higher freight rates, the Australian Shipping Association has warned
  • Piracy update for Security Officers
    THE International Chamber of Shipping and the International Shipping Federation have published a new edition of their Pirates and Armed Robbers: Guidelines
  • Final Stellamare body found
    THE heavy lift vessel Stellamare was successfully refloated in the port of Albany, New York state yesterday
  • China lifts towage restrictions
    CHINA has opened its doors to foreign interests providing harbour towage services
  • Brazilian exports bring Santos joy
  • France introduces '600,000 fines
  • India grades training institutions
  • Carnival signs with Turks & Caicos
  • Chinese yards flush with orders
  • Inchon union agrees 24-hr schedule
  • S Korea reacts to officer shortage

The Journal of Commerceweb site
JANUARY 6, 2004
  • Shipbuilding boom cools for S. Korea
    After record-setting year in 2003, shipyards cut estimates for new orders as forecast decline hits global market.
  • Long Beach hikes tariff
    Five percent increase in general rate is first since 1999.
  • West Coast awaits first U.S. Lines call
    New carrier's first sailing due at Long Beach this month as service gets underway.
  • Record 6 million boxes for Hamburg
  • India drafts advance manifest rule
  • ILA appoints ethics counsel
  • Wallenius Wilhelmsen launches U.S.-Mid-East service
  • British firm acquires TradePoint Systems
  • Oceania VSA trims calls
  • OCEMA files discussion amendments
  • NYK rebrands logistics operations
  • Iowa Interstate Railroad sold
  • CLM to sponsor State of Logistics Report

Containerisation Internationalweb site
JANUARY 6, 2004
  • Micro-management of supply chain is key, says shipper
    UK importer Poundstretcher has appointed Maersk Logistics (ML) to manage their supply chain from January 1, but the shipper will remain a 'micro-manager'.
  • PONL director to leave the company
  • Schedule integrity is priority for Pacific's newest operator
  • Korean banks agree Hanjin's five-ship financing
  • Toxic containers to be retrieved from the North Sea
  • Fines for not filing USCG security plans could already total US$1.37billion
  • Montreal sets new container traffic record
  • Green team: Port and forwarder transfer cargo from road to rail
  • Hamburg handles six millionth box two days before year's end

TradeWindsweb site
JANUARY 6, 2004
  • Cruise returning to 'normality'
    Third major investment bank raises price target on sector's stocks.
  • Risk appetite hits ratings
    The UK and Standard P&I clubs pay a price for their dangerous hunger.
  • Golden State clean-up
    Oil spill companies merge in California.
  • US Lines up and running
    New liner company launches first sailing, but will not go weekly until February.
  • Ferry had 76 deficiencies
    Italy detains elderly passenger ship with many safety failings for nine days.
  • Stellamare refloated
    Smit stabilizes Jumbo ship after last month's capsize.
  • Torm ups profit forecasts
    Norden share punt brings paper gains for Danish owner while merger dreams still hold.
  • Poison challenge for Multraship
    Dutch salvor wins Steamship Mutual contract to recover lost arsenic cargo.
  • Mercator mulls cash call
    Expanding Indian tanker owner is plotting share issue to fund fleet expansion.
  • Lack of total control not a problem for Toll
    Australian group satisfied with 84% holding in New Zealand ferry operator Tranz Rail.
  • Mark Miles takes finance hot seat at IHC Caland
    Dutch shipbuilding and owning group to replace Gerry Docherty with internal appointment.
  • Coal gas killed Dias crew
    Deaths of two seafarers down to human error in entering confined space.
  • Albanian yard starts repair work again
    Durres facility back in business after lengthy workers' strike.
  • Hess trader to chair Baltic FFA tanker group
    Exchange names Simon Toyne as head of its new Freight Market Information Users' Group.
  • ANL fixes New Zealand route
    Australian boxship operator offers upgraded fixed-day weekly service to North and South Islands.
  • China Shipping confirms boxships
    Five more newbuildingsps inked in as ambitious fleet growth plan takes off.
  • Forth meets expectations
    UK ports and towage group said 2003 performance stayed ahead of previous year.
  • MOL takes stakes in more Oman LNG ships
    Owner confirms it is taking undisclosed share in two more of Sultanate's gas carrier newbuildings.
  • SKL inks coal hauling contract
    Sembawang Kimtrans Ltd wins deal to cover coal logistic needs of Indonesian coal producer.

American Shipperweb site
JANUARY 6, 2004
  • New guidelines for ships on pirate attacks
  • EWL merges Europe/Caribbean/South America links
  • NYK to seek further rise in profit
  • FMC to discuss loosening of Chinese lines' pricing restrictions
  • Suzuki: MOL needs restructuring
  • Schumer proposes security measures for air cargo
  • BNSF rate increases kick in
  • Boyd Brothers goes private
  • Short-line railroads seek expedited approval for sale
  • U-Freight sees growth in transport links for Pearl River delta
  • Orion picks BAX for next day service
  • U.S. starts biometric controls on foreign travelers
  • NYK renames logistics subsidiaries
  • U.S. trade agency to hold regional security forum in Cairo
  • Seven South Asian nations agree on framework for trade zone
  • Poundstretcher picks Maersk Logistics
  • Two Senators question U.S. agency's ability to block terrorist money
  • U.S. Treasury Department cites changes to terrorism risk insurance
  • U.S. agency to investigate auto parts patent infringement cases
  • U.S. pizza exports said to undermine Canadian food producers
  • Trade dispute with U.S. looms over small shellfish
  • MOL breaks into China's towage market
  • Port of Hamburg's annual traffic tops 6 millions TEUs
  • Hutchison acquires extra stake in ECT
  • Second phase of deepening of Yangtze channel starts

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FROM THE HOME PAGE
ESPO: The EU Parliament's Budget Committee's request for more funding for transport, energy and infrastructure is welcome
Brussels
The importance of financing TEN-T networks to enable their adaptation for both military and civilian dual-use purposes was highlighted
Solidarity contribution for the families of port workers who are victims of accidents at work
Rome
It was established by the National Bilateral Port Authority
Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore Division Reports Record Quarterly Revenue
Neuilly-sur-Seine
New historical peak also for the classified fleet
PSA reportedly considering selling its 20% stake in Hutchison Ports
Singapore
This is according to "Reuters", which had already floated this hypothesis at the end of 2022
Federagenti, Italy must give a sharp acceleration to the projects of ZES, free zones and Special Logistics Zones
Rome
Pessina: There is no space for reflections prey to bureaucracy
In the first quarter of this year, freight traffic in the port of Rotterdam decreased by -5.8%.
Rotterdam
Both disembarkation (-3.1%) and embarkation (-11.9%) loads are decreasing
Increase in container cargo is not enough for the port of Antwerp-Bruges to avoid a -4.0% decline in quarterly traffic
Antwerp
The decline in liquid bulk cargoes worsened (-19.1%)
The China Shipowners' Association considers the measures taken by the US against Chinese ships a typical example of unilateralism and protectionism
Beijing/Washington
The WSC reiterates that such measures could undermine American trade, harm U.S. manufacturers, and undermine efforts to strengthen the nation's maritime industry.
COSCO Expresses Strong Opposition to US Planned Taxes on Chinese Ships
Growing share of new entrants in European rail transport sector
Madrid
In 2023, rail freight transport performance decreased by -8%
New Chinese Ship Taxes That Will Only Raise Prices for Americans
Washington
The executive vice president of the US Chamber of Commerce denounced it
Tax amounts set for China-linked vessels arriving at US ports
Washington
Calculated on the basis of net capacity or container volume, they will be applied from October and will be progressively increased
International tender launched to award concession for new Casablanca port shipyard
Casablanca
It is the largest in Africa and has been unused since 2019
Federlogistica, the industry must stop approaching logistics only in terms of costs
Genoa
Falteri: a national control room composed of representatives of the logistics sector and industrial groups is necessary
ABB closes positive first quarter even if revenue growth is lower than expected
Zurich
Wierod: Our consolidated local-for-local approach protects us from the trade war
New global minimum wage deal for seafarers
Geneva
The level will rise to $690 from January 1, 2026 to reach $704 from 2027 and $715 from 2028.
Global trade in goods could fall by -1.5% this year
Geneva
WTO predicts. Okonjo-Iweala: Persistent uncertainty threatens to slow global growth, with serious negative consequences for the world
In 2023, around two-thirds of all goods moved in the EU were transported by sea.
Luxembourg
In the period 2013-2023, only the share of road transport increased, while that of other modes decreased.
Postal shipments of goods from Hong Kong to the US suspended
Hong Kong
Hongkong Post faces exorbitant and unreasonable tariffs due to unjustified and intimidating actions of the United States
Confitarma highlights the need for the decarbonisation strategy not to penalise shipping compared to other modes
Rome
Zanetti: also ensure that the implementation process takes into account the operational needs of the industry
Intercargo and Intertanko raise concerns over shipping decarbonisation deal
London
The complexity of the measure adopted by the IMO and the unusual procedure from which non-governmental organizations were excluded were highlighted
Pirate attacks on ships to spike in first quarter of 2025
Pirate attacks on ships to spike in first quarter of 2025
London
Sharp increase in incidents in the Singapore Straits
Interferry welcomes IMO agreement on decarbonisation of shipping, but finds strategy too complex
Victoria/Piraeus
Greek Shipowners' Association disappointed by failure to recognise essential role of transition fuels such as LNG
International Labour Organization Recognizes Seafarers as Key Workers
London
ITF and ICS: a historic moment
CMA CGM to acquire 35% of Egypt's October Dry Port
Cairo
The company operates a dry port in the industrial and logistics zone near Cairo
MSC Group's TiL to Take Full Control of Hutchison Ports Terminals
New York
Bloomberg reports this, specifying that the Panamanian terminals would be jointly managed with BlackRock
Draft regulation on decarbonisation of shipping approved by MEPC includes mandatory fuel standard and pricing of greenhouse gas emissions
London/Washington/Brussels
The establishment of a Fund to collect resources deriving from the pricing of emissions is foreseen
MIT indicates Matteo Paroli as new president of the ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado
Rome/La Spezia
The La Spezia port community also requests a name for the Eastern Liguria Port Authority
Task force of five associations for the relaunch of Italian rail cargo
Rome
Initiative by Agens, Assoferr, Assologistica, Fercargo and Fermerci
Confitarma underlines the importance of the shipping decarbonisation strategy being defined at IMO
Rome
The Italian Confederation specifies that it shares some of the USA's concerns
WSC Reiterates Trump's Measures for National Maritime Industry Are Bad for U.S. Economy
Washington
Kramek: Ready to support the administration with constructive proposals
Fincantieri and Accenture establish joint venture Fincantieri Ingenium
Trieste/Milan
The aim is to drive the digital transformation of the ship product and port logistics
Meyer Werft has delivered the new luxury cruise ship Asuka III to NYK Cruises
Papenburg/Emden
It has a capacity of 744 passengers and 470 crew members
As Trump formalizes measures to revitalize America's maritime industry, the nation's ports face a dramatic decline in traffic
Washington/Geneva
Okonjo-Iweala (WTO): With the escalation of trade tensions between the US and China, the exchange of goods between the two economies could decrease up to 80%
CK Hutchison denies allegations of breach of concession contract for Panamanian ports of Cristóbal and Balboa
Panama
Panama Ports Company emphasizes that it has complied with all legal obligations and contractual commitments
US Does Not Participate in IMO Negotiations on Shipping Decarbonization, Threatens Reciprocal Measures
London
Expressed opposition to any attempt to impose economic measures on ships based on greenhouse gas emissions or fuel choice
T&E urges MEPC to agree clear and ambitious measures to decarbonise shipping
Brussels
It is necessary - the association underlines - to set binding objectives
Meyer Yachts will build an ultra-luxury residential mega yacht for Ulyssia Residences
Miami
The ship will be 320 meters long and will be built at the Papenburg shipyard
Le Aziende informano
Il retrofit ibrido-elettrico di ABB guida i traghetti dei laghi italiani verso un futuro più sostenibile
Neapolitan Grimaldi Group wins $1.3 billion order for nine ro-pax ships
Neapolitan Grimaldi Group wins $1.3 billion order for nine ro-pax ships
Helsinki/Naples
Order at China Merchants Jinling Shipyard (Weihai)
Viking orders two cruise ships from Fincantieri with option for two additional units
Los Angeles/Trieste
The two ships under construction in Ancona for the American brand will be the first in the world to be powered by hydrogen stored on board
Federlogistica, the possible collapse of road transport is a risk for the country
Genoa/Modena
Ruote Libere reports that the government only needs to allocate a little money to avoid having to deal with the real problems of road hauliers
Second edition of the European Maritime Transport Environmental Report published
Lisbon/Copenhagen
The new report indicates that promising progress has been made in several areas
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
Konecranes revenues increased by +7.7% in the first three months of 2025
Helsinki
343 million euros of new orders for port vehicles (+37.5%)
Kuehne+Nagel posts first quarter of growth
Schindellegi
The logistics group's net sales amounted to 6.33 billion Swiss francs (+14.9%)
Application by TDT (Grimaldi group) for the construction and management of 50% of the Terminal Darsena Europa in Livorno
Leghorn
The company has requested an extension of the duration of the current concession
In 2024, 58 million invested in the modernization of the ports of Livorno, Piombino and the island of Elba
Leghorn
The final budget and the annual report of the AdSP have been approved
EIB advice to strengthen climate resilience of the ports of Volos, Alexandroupolis and Patras
Luxembourg
It will assist port authorities in identifying and managing climate risks
In the first quarter the port of Valencia handled 1.3 million containers (+3.4%)
Valencia
Transhipment traffic decline
The Management Committee of the Central Tyrrhenian Sea Port Authority has unanimously approved the 2024 financial statement
Naples
SOS LOGistica will acquire the qualification of Third Sector Entity
Milan
The association currently has 74 members
In the first three months of 2025, freight traffic in the ports of Barcelona and Algeciras decreased
Barcelona/Algeciras
Hupac transfers intermodal service with Padua to Novara
Noise
Until now the other terminal was the one in Busto Arsizio
PSA SECH has operated the first 400-meter train at Parco Ferroviario Rugna
Genoa
Capacity up to 20 pairs of trains per day
The 2024 financial statement of the Eastern Liguria Port Authority was unanimously approved
The Spice
The war clearance preparatory to the expansion of the Ravano Terminal in La Spezia is nearing completion
The Spice
The AdSP has invested over 600 thousand euros in it
Francesco Rizzo appointed president of the AdSP of the Strait
Rome
He has repeatedly denounced the uselessness of the construction of the bridge over the Strait
US aircraft attack Yemeni port of Ras Isa
Tampa/Beirut
38 dead and over a hundred injured
In 2025 Stazioni Marittime predicts an increase in ferry and cruise traffic in the port of Genoa
MIT Mobility Report Highlights Rising Demand for Both Passengers and Freight
Rome
In the first quarter, cargo traffic in Russian ports decreased by -5.6%
St. Petersburg
Both dry goods (-5.3%) and liquid bulk (-5.8%) are decreasing
Andrea Giachero confirmed as president of Spediporto
Genoa
The board of directors of the association of Genoese freight forwarders has also been renewed for the three-year period 2025-2028
Study for monitoring vehicular traffic in the ports of Venice and Chioggia
Milan
Order awarded to Circle and Arelogik
In Italy, the rail freight transport sector is in deep trouble
Geneva
Fermerci calls for making traffic incentives structural and increasing and for refinancing the incentive for the purchase of locomotives and wagons
Global Maritime Forum report on optimising ship calls to reduce emissions
Copenhagen
Virtual arrival and just-in-time arrival approaches proposed
In the first quarter of this year, container traffic in the port of Gioia Tauro grew by +15.5%
Joy Taurus
Construction of the "Dockworker’s House" has begun
GNV has taken delivery of the second of four new ro-pax vessels in China
Genoa
"GNV Orion" will be able to accommodate 1,700 passengers and transport up to 3,080 linear metres of cargo
After ten quarters of decline, container traffic in the port of Hong Kong returns to growth
Hong Kong
In the first three months of this year 3.39 million TEUs were handled (+2.1%)
Fincantieri acquires stake in WSense
Rome
The ninth FREMM unit "Spartaco Schergat" delivered to the Italian Navy
The new edition of the Practical Manual of Maritime Traffic has been presented
Genoa
Written by Assagenti, it turns fifty
Container traffic at the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles increased by 26.6% and 5.2% in the first quarter
Long Beach/Los Angeles
Trump's tariffs impact imminent
In the first three months of 2025, the port of Singapore handled 10.5 million containers (+5.8%)
Singapore
In weight, containerized traffic recorded a decrease of -1.4%
Regulations signed for LNG bunkering at Fincantieri shipyard in Genoa
Genoa
Define the methods of transferring fuel from ship to ship
Historic shipbuilding brands Uljanik and 3.Maj on the verge of extinction
Zagreb
The State confirms its intention to sell the shipbuilding activities at the two sites of Pula and Rijeka
Cambiaso Risso has completed the acquisition of the French Somecassur
Genoa
The transalpine company specializes in the insurance of super and mega yachts
New weekly train service between the port of Gioia Tauro and Verona
Joy Taurus/Verona
Operated by Medlog for the transport of refrigerated goods
EBRD looking for strategic partner for development of Moldovan river port of Giurgiulesti
London
International competition launched
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
Turkish ports set new first-quarter cargo traffic record
Ankara
Historic peak of cargo imported from abroad
In the first quarter of 2025, freight traffic in the port of Taranto grew by +37.6%
Taranto
Increase of 854 thousand tons of solid bulk and 265 thousand tons of conventional goods
DEME buys Havfram, a company that installs offshore wind farms
Second Right/Washington
Transaction worth approximately 900 million euros
Rail transport of convoys for Rome Metro started from Reggio Calabria
Rome
Contract awarded by Hitachi Rail to Mercitalia Rail
In 2024, the volumes handled by Magli Intermodal Service decreased by -2%
Rezzato
Turnover stable
Yang Ming records first decline in turnover in March after 14 months of growth
Keelung/Taipei
Evergreen and WHL revenue growth continues
The European Commission has approved the acquisition of Germany's Schenker by Denmark's DSV
Brussels
The impact on competition in the markets in which the two companies operate is considered limited
Fincantieri - Kayo Agreement to Promote the Development of the Shipbuilding and Naval Industry in Albania
Trieste
Possible creation of a hub for shipbuilding and refitting in the region
Recent slight reduction in logistics costs for new factory vehicles
Brussels
Montaresi (AdSP Liguria Orientale) awarded with the "Port Oscar"
Miami
The event has reached its eighteenth edition
In the first three months of 2025, containers carried by OOCL vessels increased by +9.3%
Hong Kong
Revenues up +16.8%
The AdSP of the Southern Tyrrhenian and Ionian Seas wins in appeal against Zen Yacht
Joy Taurus
Company ordered to pay back rent
A large shipment of cocaine was seized in the port of Livorno
Leghorn
Two tons of drugs identified by Customs and Financial Police personnel
Navantia renews agreement with American cruise group Royal Caribbean
Miami
To date, the Cadiz shipyard has carried out maintenance, repair and refurbishment work on 45 of the group's ships.
Record cruise traffic expected in Italian ports this year
Miami
Cemar believes that growth will not stop even in 2026
HII-HHI Agreement to Accelerate US and South Korean Naval Production
National Harbor
The aim is to strengthen the naval industrial base of the two nations.
Panama Ports Company Accused of Violating Terms of Concession Agreement
Panama
Panama's Auditor General announced the filing of criminal charges
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
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
Proposed 30% increase for port tariffs to be in phases, says Loke
(Free Malaysia Today)
Damen Mangalia Unionists Protest Friday Against Possible Closure
(The Romania Journal)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Relazione del presidente Nicola Zaccheo
Roma, 18 settembre 2024
››› File
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
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
Francesco Beltrano is the new general secretary of Uniport
Rome
He takes over from Paolo Ferrandino, who will continue to collaborate as a consultant
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
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