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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
Terminal Intermodale Venezia, concession contract renewed
Terminal Intermodale Venezia, concession contract renewed
Venice
The duration of the agreement is 25 years. Investments of over 100 million euros are expected
Ahead of the election, Australia is arguing over who will oust China's Landbridge from the Port of Darwin
Darwin/Strathpine
Assurances to this effect were given by both Prime Minister Albanese and opposition leader Dutton.
US tariffs will cause a four percentage point reduction in the expected volume of world trade
Geneva
The World Trade Organization believes so
84% of new constructions ordered by the Italian navy will be built in China
Rome
Analysis by the Confitarma Study Center on the possible impacts of US duties on the national shipping industry
GNV ships will call at Algerian ports for the first time
Genoa
In summer, the weekly connections Sète-Algiers and Sète-Bejaia will be activated
Boluda Towage and Marsa Maroc to operate towage services in the new port of Nador West Med
Valencia
Denton (ICC): Trump's tariffs pose a crucial challenge to rules-based trade governance
Denton (ICC): Trump's tariffs pose a crucial challenge to rules-based trade governance
Paris
Rather, he stressed, multilateral solutions are needed to resolve the long-standing inefficiencies and inequalities in the global trading system.
Guerrieri appointed extraordinary commissioner of the Northern Tyrrhenian Sea Port Authority
Leghorn
The mandate granted by MIT has no expiration date
APM Terminals buys the Panama Canal Railway Company
The Hague
The company operates the railway line parallel and adjacent to the Panama Canal
Piloda plans a hub for ship repair, refitting and demolition in the port of Brindisi
Naples
Expression of interest for the reconversion and reindustrialization of the former coal power plant area
Kuehne+Nagel to handle spare parts logistics for Changan electric cars in the European market
Schindellegi
Agreement with the Chinese car manufacturer
A.P. Møller Holding submits offer to acquire entire share capital of towing company Svitzer
AP Møller Holding submits offer to acquire entire share capital of towing company Svitzer
Copenhagen
The Mærsk family investment company already owns 47.0% of the company
Public interest declared for MSC, Neri and Lorenzini's project for a new container terminal in Livorno
Slight annual growth in freight traffic in Italian ports driven by containers
Slight annual growth in freight traffic in Italian ports driven by containers
Rome
In the container segment, the strong increase in transhipments offset the decline in imports and exports
Turkey's Desan Shipyard in talks to take over Mangalia shipyard
Bucharest
The Tuzla plant is much smaller than the Romanian one
Six international shipping associations present a guide to planning safe navigation
London
TUI awards Fincantieri contract for two new cruise ships for Marella Cruises
Hanover/Trieste
Deliveries are scheduled for 2030 and 2032
ESPO urges EU and Member States to allocate funds to decarbonise ships and ports
Brussels
Earmarking Innovation Fund proceeds to stimulate demand for clean marine fuels
China Antitrust Launches Investigation into Hutchison Ports' Panama Terminal Sale
Beijing/Hong Kong
Panama Ports Company operates the Balboa and Cristobal ports
PSA posts annual revenue growth, but profits fall
Singapore
Sharp increase in operating costs across the board
Temporary Port Labor Supply Company in Cagliari Extended for Another 18 Months
Cagliari
In 2024, cargo traffic in Chinese seaports grew by +3.5%
Beijing
Increase of +6.9% in traffic with foreign countries. In the first two months of 2025, 1.75 billion tons were moved (+1.6%)
Chinese container maker CIMC posts bumper 2024
Hong Kong
Almost 3.6 million containers sold (+372%). Record revenues
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AAL Shipping sceglie il sistema di consulenza marina di ABB per ottimizzare la flotta Super B-Class
In February, freight traffic in the port of Genoa fell by -4.4% and in Savona-Vado it increased by +24.5%
Genoa
Cruise and ferry passenger decline
ICS, Trump's proposed measures against Chinese ships risk having significant unwanted consequences, even for the US
Washington
Strong opposition to their introduction also expressed by the WSC
Intercargo, international measures for decarbonisation of shipping must be simple and clear
London
Gkonis: Must not compromise operational efficiency and smooth global transport of essential goods
Port of Barcelona invests 124 million to develop sustainable fuel traffic
Barcelona
Construction of three new moorings at Moll de l'Energia
In 2024, freight traffic in the port of Catania began to grow again. A decline in Augusta
In 2024, freight traffic in the port of Catania began to grow again. A decline in Augusta
Augusta
A total of 7.9 million and 23.0 million tons of cargo were handled
In 2024, the terminal operator HHLA recorded record revenues with a growth of +10.5%
Hamburg
Profit after taxes amounted to 56.4 million euros (+33.1%)
Launch of a public consultation for the updating of the PRPs of the ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado
Genoa
The involvement of territorial, economic and social communities is foreseen
ITU, ICAO and IMO highlight risks to maritime and air transport caused by attacks on satellite communications
Geneva/Montreal/London
London Government presents its strategy for decarbonising maritime transport
London
The measures for ports will be defined after a public consultation that will take place in the coming months
For security, military ships are not enough, merchant ships are also essential
London
TUI in talks with shipyards for two new cruise ships for Marella
Hanover
Slots available starting from the 2031 financial year
ANESCO, with the Port Employment Centers, accidents have decreased in the three main Spanish ports
Madrid
67% reduction in lost work days per year
Filt, Fit and Uilt, no to the transformation from "article 18" to "16" of the Livorno port company LTM
Leghorn
Unions ask port authority to block proliferation of new economic entities
Last year Fincantieri recorded record revenues and new orders
Last year Fincantieri recorded record revenues and new orders
Trieste
Folgiero: the first fruits of our strategy and industrial vision have been harvested
COSCO Shipping Holdings revenue increased by +44.8% in the fourth quarter of 2024
COSCO Shipping Holdings revenue increased by +44.8% in the fourth quarter of 2024
Shanghai
In the period, the container ships of the Chinese group's fleet transported 6.9 million TEUs (+13.1%). Containers on the Asia-Europe/Med routes fell
Porto Marghera, renewal of concession to Terminal Rinfuse Venezia
Venice
New 25-year contract. Investments of over 53 million euros expected
In the last quarter of 2024, container traffic alone increased in French ports
Paris
In the whole year, containers amounted to over 5.3 million TEU (+11.5%)
Carnival Sets New Low Season Quarter Records December-February
Carnival Sets New Low Season Quarter Records December-February
Miami
Positive outlook for the remainder of the 2025 financial year
Rail Losing Ground in Transalpine Freight Traffic Through Switzerland
Bern
In 2024, trains transported 25.7 million tons of cargo (-3.7%)
CK Hutchison's Port Division revenues grew by 10.8% last year
Hong Kong
In 2024, Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane recorded a net loss of -208 million euros
Rome
Revenues up by +11.7%. The group's freight transported increased thanks to the acquisition of Exploris
Port of Genoa, Ente Bacini requests new spaces and renewal of the concession
Genoa
Conference to celebrate the centenary of the company
The public meeting of the Italian Port Terminal Operators Association will be held in Rome on June 19th
Genoa
VARD to build offshore dive vessel for Dong Fang Offshore
Alesund/Trieste
The contract is worth 113.5 million euros
Next week Italian ports will participate in Seatrade Cruise Global
Rome
Initiative brand: "CruiseItaly - One Country, Many Destinations"
MSC Group Cruise Terminal Officially Inaugurated in the Port of Barcelona
Barcelona
In 2027 it will be equipped with a cold ironing plant
Marcegaglia and Nova Marine Carriers form NovaMar Logistic joint venture
Lugano/Gazoldo of the Ippoliti
A general cargo ship will transport raw materials to the steel group's plants
Liebherr achieves record annual sales in the maritime and port crane segment
Bulls
Strong demand for offshore and container handling equipment
The annual conference "Programming, Operation and Management of Transport Networks" in Genoa
Genoa
It is dedicated to the transport and mobility sector
Last year, 656 ships underwent repair work in Greece
Piraeus
Increase of five units compared to 2023
Port of La Spezia, cruise ship docking simulations completed at Garibaldi West pier
The Spice
Assagenti conference on the future of the profession of maritime agent and broker
Genoa
It will be held tomorrow in Genoa
Francesco Beltrano is the new general secretary of Uniport
Rome
He takes over from Paolo Ferrandino, who will continue to collaborate as a consultant
Stena Line presents a project for a ro-ro vessel capable of reducing energy consumption by at least 20%
Gothenburg
Introduced most of the innovative technologies currently available
Saipem awarded new contracts in Middle East and Guyana
Milan
The total value of the orders is approximately 720 million dollars.
Conference in Genoa for the centenary of Ente Bacini
Genoa
The company was established on 19 February 1925
Interporto Bologna Board of Directors Renewed
Bentivoglio
Stefano Caliandro Appointed President. Loss of 1.7 million euros in 2024
NYK invests 76 billion yen in NYK Energy Ocean Corporation
Tokyo
The newco has taken over the activities of ENEOS Ocean
Decarbonisation of maritime transport will be faster in the EU and the US
DHL Acquires CRYOPDP
Bonn/Nashville
The company provides courier services for clinics and healthcare
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
Over a million to the port companies of Livorno and Piombino to acquire green vehicles
Leghorn
The ranking for admission to the PNRR-Next Gen Eu contributions has been published
COSCO Shipping Development Co.'s container sales increased by +204.1% in 2024
Shanghai
The related turnover increased by +124.0%
The call for funding for the purchase of electric vehicles in the ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado has been published
Genoa
Yang Ming Buys Three New 8,000 TEU Containerships
Keelung
They will be delivered between 2028 and 2029
Construction of a cruise ship for Regent Seven Seas Cruises begins in Marghera
Trieste
Fincantieri will deliver the unit in 2026
Federlogistica establishes operational offices in Spain and Brazil
Genoa
The aim is to go beyond theoretical cooperative relationships
Over a Ton of Cocaine Seized in the Port of Gioia Tauro
Reggio Calabria
If placed on the market it would have generated over 187 million euros
In 2024, the economic results of Interporto Padova reached record values
Padua
Revenues up +17%
Three ceremonies at the Saint-Nazaire shipyard for three new MSC Cruises ships
Geneva
New flagship "MSC World America" delivered
German railway company DB Cargo reduced losses in 2024
Berlin
Revenues down again. -9.0% drop in freight volumes
NovaAlgoma orders second 38,000 dwt cement carrier in China
Lugano
It will be taken over in 2027
Customs agreement between Italy and Brazil to facilitate trade
Brasilia
Mission of the Customs and Monopolies Agency in the South American nation
A team from La Spezia Container Terminal in Rotterdam to test advanced technologies
The Spice
ECT Hutchinson Ports Training Center Visited
The assembly of Genoese freight forwarders on Monday
Genoa
It will be held at the Palazzo della Borsa in Genoa
Assarmatori, in Italy the ferry segment cannot bear the burden of the EU ETS in a very fragile market situation
Brussels
Messina: Protecting shipping from the ideological excesses of the Green Deal
The website of the Port Authority Corps - Coast Guard has been renewed
Rome
It has become a single digital access point to documents and services
In 2024, inland waterway freight transport in Germany increased by +1.2%
Wiesbaden
The volume, at 173.8 million tonnes, is the second lowest since 1990.
APM Terminals Granted Port of New York - New Jersey Concession Renewal
New York
Contract for a period of 33 years. Investments of 500 million dollars are expected
Experimentation of crane automation has begun at the Interporto Padova terminal
Padua
The interport company awarded the "Industria Felix 2025 Award"
Container traffic in the port of Algeciras fell by -17.0% in February
Algeciras
Both import-export volumes and transhipment are decreasing
New cruise company Crescent Seas has been founded in Miami
Miami
The fleet, initially consisting of one ship from Regent Seven Seas Cruises, will grow to five units within the next five years
In 2024, the volume of vehicles transported by Wallenius Wilhelmsen's fleet decreased by -9.7%
Oslo
Traffic down on almost all global routes
Agreement between Assoporti and Assologistica and the Florida trade, transport and port authorities
Rome
It was signed today
In April a mission in Albania of The International Propeller Clubs - Italy
Genoa
It will take place on the 9th and 10th in Tirana and Durres
COSCO Shipping Ports revenues rose to a record $1.5 billion in 2024 (+3.3%)
Hong Kong
In the fourth quarter alone, a decrease of -3.0%
SO.RI.MA. (FHP group) granted a concession of an area of 125 thousand square meters in the port of Chioggia
Venice
Investments of 11.5 million euros expected over 25 years
PORTS
Italian Ports:
Ancona Genoa Ravenna
Augusta Gioia Tauro Salerno
Bari La Spezia Savona
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Cagliari Naples Trapani
Carrara Palermo Trieste
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DATABASE
ShipownersShipbuilding and Shiprepairing Yards
ForwardersShip Suppliers
Shipping AgentsTruckers
MEETINGS
The public meeting of the Italian Port Terminal Operators Association will be held in Rome on June 19th
Genoa
The annual conference "Programming, Operation and Management of Transport Networks" in Genoa
Genoa
It is dedicated to the transport and mobility sector
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Damen Mangalia Unionists Protest Friday Against Possible Closure
(The Romania Journal)
Govt. to woo top ten shipping liners in world for Colombo port expansion
(Daily Mirror)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Relazione del presidente Nicola Zaccheo
Roma, 18 settembre 2024
››› File
Contship Italia’s intermodal network has been extended to the Gulf Terminal in La Spezia
Melzo
Connections with the inland terminals of Milan, Modena and Padua
Container traffic in the port of Valencia grew by +15.2% last month
Valencia
The overall volume of goods handled increased by +6.8%
The Northern Tyrrhenian Sea Port Authority obtains gender equality certification
Leghorn
It is the first Italian port authority to obtain this recognition
Container traffic growth weakens at ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach
Los Angeles/Long Beach
Last month, increases of +2.6% and +13.4% respectively were recorded
Assarmatori, the Italian government's position on the impact of the EU ETS on shipping and ports is good
Rome
Messina: fully understood the risks and distortions of European climate regulation
PSA Italy's Genoa port terminals awarded anti-corruption certification
Genoa
The UNI EN ISO 37001 standard defines the requirements for an effective anti-corruption management system
Assiterminal presents three projects for the sustainable transition of the Italian port sector
Rome
Work completed on docks 33 and 34 of the port of Civitavecchia
Civitavecchia
50,000 square meters of yards prepared
The completion and doubling of the Pontremolese is the dream-nightmare of the La Spezia port community
The Spice
Fontana: Money is not found when enormous resources are channeled into railway lines of dubious utility
Hanwha acquires 9.9% stake in shipbuilding company Austal
Sydney
Investment worth approximately 116 million US dollars
The European fleet is growing but competing fleets are growing at a faster rate
Brussels
Raptis (European Shipowners): investing ETS revenues in clean shipping technologies and fuels
Trasportounito has confirmed the national halt to the transport of goods
Rome
Proclaimed for the duration of five days from March 31st to April 4th
Container traffic in Hong Kong port increased by +9.1% in February
Hong Kong
However, for the second time in the last 25 years, cargo volume was below one million TEU.
Cargo traffic in Greek ports stable in Q3 2024
Piraeus
The increase in volumes transported on domestic routes has offset the decline in traffic with foreign countries
At the Vado Ligure container terminal a 21,000 teu container ship fully loaded
I go to Liguria
The 400-meter-long Cosco Shipping Nebula has landed
UIR proposes a permanent table for the development of intermodality
Verona
The main task is to build a project financing program.
Restructuring plan approved for Spanish company Armas Trasmediterránea
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Creditors' appeal rejected
The decline in cargo traffic at the port of Singapore worsened in February
Singapore
Containerized cargoes amounted to 27.4 million tons (-3.6%)
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