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September 9, 2004
Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • PSA Int'l stokes its expansion drive
    HOT on the expansion trail seemingly on all fronts, PSA International is one of three international groups bidding for a 30-year concession - worth 100 billion baht in revenue - to build and operate six new berths at Thailand's Laem Chabang Port.
  • Philippine port operator's overseas foray pays off
    OFFSHORE ventures, particularly those in Europe, are paying off well for listed International Container Terminal Services Inc , the Philippines' first and only overseas cargo handler.
  • PTP places order for more cranes
    FOLLOWING the recent completion of two new berths under its phase 2 expansion, the neighbouring Malaysian Port of Tanjung Pelepas has placed an order for three super post-panamax quayside cranes and 15 rubber tyred gantry cranes.
  • Qatar to order world's biggest LNG tankers
  • BTL MASTERS CHAMPION
Port Shots
  • PORT SHOTS
    CHINA Harbour Engineering Co Group and Societe Belge des Beton SA are among the six foreign companies invited to bid for a US$320 million contract to expand the Khor Fakkan container port, the United Arab Emirates' second largest.

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • PSA Int'l stokes its expansion drive
    HOT on the expansion trail seemingly on all fronts, PSA International is one of three international groups bidding for a 30-year concession - worth 100 billion baht in revenue - to build and operate six new berths at Thailand's Laem Chabang Port.
  • Philippine port operator's overseas foray pays off
    OFFSHORE ventures, particularly those in Europe, are paying off well for listed International Container Terminal Services Inc , the Philippines' first and only overseas cargo handler.
  • PTP places order for more cranes
    FOLLOWING the recent completion of two new berths under its phase 2 expansion, the neighbouring Malaysian Port of Tanjung Pelepas has placed an order for three super post-panamax quayside cranes and 15 rubber tyred gantry cranes.
  • Qatar to order world's biggest LNG tankers
  • BTL MASTERS CHAMPION
Port Shots
  • PORT SHOTS
    CHINA Harbour Engineering Co Group and Societe Belge des Beton SA are among the six foreign companies invited to bid for a US$320 million contract to expand the Khor Fakkan container port, the United Arab Emirates' second largest.

Sched Netweb site
  • Hapag-Lloyd not going IPO, says parent company
  • China Merchants Holdings profit rises
  • China's transport sector set to boom
  • PTP aims to boost handling capacity with new cranes
  • Blueprint for China/Singapore rail links unveiled
  • S Indian container terminal achieves 1 million TEU mark
  • Qantas trading halted
  • Runway to be improved at Newark airport
  • New York-Bristol service to be offered by Continental

Exim Indiaweb site
  • Mekong Shipping Line to commence feeder service between Kolkata/Haldia & Singapore
  • 11 pc rise in exports to CIS region
  • Exporters anticipating surge in foreign currency inflows, rush to take forward cover
  • Dumping duty on PVC paste resin from EU
  • WTO ruling against US vindicates India's stand, says Kamal Nath
  • JNPT not to allot land for Navi Mumbai SEZ
  • Mundra SPM may prove boon for IOC & other refineries
  • Global tenders invited to develop Gopalpur port project
  • Services exports: Panel to survey potential areas, suggest reforms
  • Sethusamudram project may be inaugurated this year
  • Finance Ministry lightens exporters of 2 pc education cess burden
  • SEZ for auto components, IT, apparel to come up near Chennai
  • AEZ to come up in Chhindwara
  • Tax Tribunal gets Cabinet nod
  • Central excise norms on petro goods amended
  • CII launches IRM service
  • Nalco bags Best Exporter Award
  • EXPORT OF HANDMADE PAPER -by Mr Bose K. Nair

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
SEPTEMBER 8, 2004
  • Bunkerworld Asia team: New office details
  • Bomin Singapore achieves ISO and QMBS
  • Oil major launches Suez supply operation
    New supply service is up and running this week as major enters Egyptian bunker market.
  • Surveyor ready to reverse guilty plea
    Reports today claimed that Vigneson Subramaniam, the latest surveyor to be embroiled in the recent corruption scandal in Singapore, has retracted an earlier confession.
  • Ex-Fratelli chief behind new bunker company
    The former managing director of Fratelli Cosulich (Singapore) and a broker who also recently left the company have joined forces to launch a new bunker trading house in Asian bunkering hub.
  • Bearish market gives Piraeus players selling incentive
  • South Korea quiet in the wake of latest typhoon
  • Rotterdam up from morning levels
  • Algeciras to welcome new double-hull this month
    Spanish supplier Repsol YPF is expecting delivery of a new double-hulled barge at the end of this month and hints at expansion in the straits.
  • KIC moves to accommodate growth

International Transport Journalweb site
SEPTEMBER 8, 2004
  • Australia: Tradegate upgrades ExportNet
  • Hong Kong and Beijing agree further trade liberalisation
  • Hungaroweiss offers new destinations
  • Switzerland: Hochrheinterminal open for business
  • Unions say no to Alitalia's restructuring plan
  • Hapag-Lloyd to remains a 100% TUI subsidiary
  • James Evans leaving EIM

Marine Logweb site
SEPTEMBER 8, 2004
  • Rochester-Toronto fast ferry suspends operations
  • Aker Yards gets Ultra Voyager order, merges Finnish yards
  • Call for NIS overhaul

Lloyd's Listweb site
  • European shipyards in major shakeup
    Majorrestructuring of European shipbuilding is under way, but coincidence rather than co-ordination is its defining feature.
  • Price is right for RCCL's second Ultra Voyager
    ROYAL Caribbean has ordered a second Ultra Voyager cruiseship at Kvaerner Masa-Yards at an all-in dollar cost that is "essentially the same" as the first order, the company announced yesterday.
  • Jean Richards quits Fairwind for Datatrac
    Jean Richards is leaving Fairwind Shipping after almost 20 years with the company best known for the provision of ship recovery services to the banking industry, writes Tony Gray.

Fairplayweb site
SEPTEMBER 8, 2004
  • Ivan halts energy production
    HURRICANE Ivan, which moved through the Windward Islands on Monday, has forced several major energy enterprises to suspend operations and evacuate employees
  • Great Lakes fast ferry suspended
    THE troubled new Great Lakes fast ferry Spirit of Ontario abruptly suspended operations today due to crippling start-up debts
  • Lassa suspected in seafarer death
    THE bulk carrier Overseas Marilyn is at anchor off Galveston, Texas in quarantine after a crew member is suspected to have died of Lassa fever
  • Sand deposits close Canaveral
    FLORIDA'S Port Canaveral, which was in the direct patch of Hurricane Frances when it made landfall, remains closed today because of massive sand deposits
  • STX outlines Pan Ocean plans
    THE chairman of STX group has outlined the company's plans for Pan Ocean Shipping, for which STX is the preferred bidder
  • Unions reject Izar proposal
    SHIPYARD unions in Spain have rejected plans put forward by the Madrid government yesterday to privatise or close four of Izar's merchant shipbuilding facilities
  • Ultra Voyager 2 order confirmed
  • Strike goes ahead at Auckland
  • Typhoon leaves 8 dead, 20 missing
  • Torm still interested in Norden
  • Strike impact being exaggerated
  • MSC restructures Baltic network
  • French continue pollution fines
  • Shatt-al-Arab hopes raised
  • Sovcomflot considers privatisation
  • Aker to merge Masa with Finnyards

The Journal of Commerceweb site
SEPTEMBER 8, 2004
  • NCBFAA: Tariff proposal falls short
    Customs brokers group says FMC exemptions does not go far enough to free NVOs from outdated tariff publication system.
  • Yellow Roadway raises estimates
    Trucking company raises third-quarter earnings outlook, citing higher prices for its services and better cost controls.
  • Port Canaveral closed indefinitely
  • Malaysia port denies Singapore deal
  • Mixed ruling in U.S.-Brazil cotton fight
  • Cosco Pacific first-half profit up
  • Strike hits Auckland port
  • DHL opens Denver sort center
  • Bangladesh port charges to rise
  • Hong Kong, China in air pact
  • Exports lift HK cargo
  • G-Log updates visibility software

Containerisation Internationalweb site
SEPTEMBER 8, 2004
  • Cosco Pacific says it will maintain agressive terminal expansion
    Cosco Pacific said today that it will continue to expand its terminal operating business, but executive vice chairman Liu Guoyuan was silent on any bid for Kwai Chung's CT3.
  • Delays double as cargo clogs Southern California ports
    Major congestion at LA/Long Beach means that 22 containerships and eight other vessels were kept waiting at anchor on September 7.
  • Charter index surges as owners drip feed bull market
  • Auckland strike may be just the beginning
  • Kunsan reduces port fees
  • Boston gets CHKY ad MSC volumes boost
  • Nothing to wine about as Australian exports grow

TradeWindsweb site
SEPTEMBER 8, 2004
  • Chinese port attracts AP Moller
    Danish group forms joint venture with Xiamen port to develop new box terminal.
  • Nordcapital funds swell
    German KG punters are reaping where Erck Rickmers sowed.
  • TMM scrapes itself off floor
    S&P lifts credit rating for Mexican transport group out of default and up four classes.
  • Hudner son in fatal crash
    The son of Michael Hudner is dead after a car wreck in Rhode Island.
  • Smedvig buys out Statoil
    Offshore contractor pays $175m to take full control of drillship West Navigator.
  • Carnival tallies cost of Frances
    Worst hurricane disruption in group's history as ten cruises cancelled or cut.
  • Finnish merger for Aker
    Kvaerner-Masa Yards to assume Aker Finnyards name and swallow up the current Aker Finnyards.
  • Norwegians slam flag
    Owners flee the "bureaucratic, expensive and not particularly service-oriented" NIS.
  • Precious fixes ex-MISC bulker
    Charter of twenty-year-old bulker expected to net Thai owner pre-tax profit of $2.44m over next four to six months.
  • Life's a gas for Skaugen
    Norwegian owner expects its Norgas ships to propel it to a second-half pre-tax profit twice that of the first six months.
  • RCCL goes ahead with Ultra
    Royal Caribbean finally exercises option for second in series despite adverse foreign exchange rates.
  • Steel prices cost Odfjell $32m
    Norwegian owner confirms ships seven and eight at Szczecin but hardware forces series cost up 7%.
  • Chu Kong on the up
    Hong Kong ports and shipping group boosted by Pearl River trade in first half.
  • MOL to buy hotel group
    Japanese shipowner broadening property interests with bid to raise stake in Daibiru.
  • Canaveral still closed
    Two more Carnival liners diverted to Miami as Florida cruise port struggles to restore operations.
  • HMM takes Apollo Akama
    Hyundai Merchant Marine beats off other tanker owners to capture Idemitsu single skin VLCC.
  • Paulson lifts NOL stake
    US investment firm critical of NOL board snaps up 18m more shares in liner to logistics company.

American Shipperweb site
SEPTEMBER 8, 2004
  • U.S. investor Paulson raises stake in NOL
  • China Shipping plans ISPS surcharges for European ports
  • Delmas passes on ISPS costs in Italian ports
  • Lufthansa to add direct China route
  • FedEx chief Smith to lead industry committee on security
  • Menlo provides compliance software for Canadian importers
  • G-Log releases updated trade management software
  • COSCO Pacific rides 40% growth in Chinese port volumes
  • P&O Ports, Cooper/T. Smith merge Norfolk activities

The Scandinavian Shipping Gazetteweb site
SEPTEMBER 8, 2004
  • No strike on Öresund passenger vessel
    The strike on the passenger vessel "Turasund", in traffic between Malm' and K'benhavn, has been called off. The Swedish Merchant ...
  • Promises from new Norwegian shipping minister
    The Norwegian government is currently working to improve operating conditions for Norwegian shipping, according to the new shipping minister Børge ...
  • Second Ultra Voyager ordered from Aker Yards
    Royal Caribbean International has ordered a second Ultra Voyager cruise vessel from Kvaerner Masa-Yards, which is a part of ...

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FROM THE HOME PAGE
Signed the act for the rebalancing of the concession in chief of Venice Terminal Passengers
Venice
Spain : The aim is to "create a new normal", which is aimed strongly at an upper-middle customer segment, with the aim of creating a pole for luxury cruises in Venice, " he said.
In October, freight traffic in the ports of Genoa and Savona-Ligure
Genoa
Recorded increases of 2.5% and 21.9%, respectively. It continues the downturn of cruises in both scallops
Fincantieri has delivered the new cruise ship Viking Vela to Viking
Trieste / Los Angeles
Can accommodate 998 passengers
The government of Montenegro wants to bring the port of Adria back under state control
The government of Montenegro wants to bring the port of Adria back under state control
Podgorica
Will evaluate the possible acquisition of the majority stake in the Turkish Global Ports Holding
China's seaports handled record cargo traffic for October
China's seaports handled record cargo traffic for October
Beijing
Containers amounted to over 24.4 million TEU (+6.2%)
Stable the traffic of goods in the port of La Spezia in the period of July-September
Stable the traffic of goods in the port of La Spezia in the period of July-September
The Spezia
Marina di Carrara has been recorded a decrease of -15.6%
At Spezia they don't want a president of the AdSP "parachuted"
The Spezia
They ask for a president "plug & play" able to deal with the problems right away
Defined the location in the port of Gioia Tauro of the construction site for the bridge over the Strait of Messina
Joy Tauro
The OYAK and OIA funds will invest in the Turkish port of Iskenderun
The OYAK and OIA funds will invest in the Turkish port of Iskenderun
Ankara
Expected the realization of a terminal container
T&E calls for EU measures to limit ship speed and greater use of wind propulsion
Brussels
Summary complaint of the organization on the progress made by the shipping industry for decarbonisation
To extend the customs corridor to goods in export and on transhipment in the port of Spezia
The Spezia
He was speaking at a meeting between the AdSP and the Customs Agency.
After Maersk, Hapag-Lloyd also initiates an agreement with Chinese Goldwind for supplies of green methanol
Messina (Assshipowners) : yes to the environmentalist push, but the timing and the ways are wrong
Rome
Local, often untimely, local norms have the only effect of moving traffics out of the Old Continent.
Port of Ravenna, final visit of the EU representative to the project "Ravenna Port Hub : Infrastructural Works"
Ravenna
The European contribution has been more than 30 million euros.
In 2023, the performance of road and rail transport services fell in Switzerland.
Neuchâtel
Modal shares remained unchanged
New intermodal service Melzo-Marcianise of Hannibal
Melzo
Two weekly rotations that from the first quarter will rise to three
PSA and Evergreen to jointly operate container terminal in Singapore
PSA and Evergreen to jointly operate container terminal in Singapore
Singapore
The new company will become operational by the end of 2024
In the third quarter economic growth of trade in goods and services of G20
In the third quarter economic growth of trade in goods and services of G20
Paris
Down the value of goods to and from China
Omanita group Asyad will manage the port of al-Suwayq for 40 years
Muscat
The expansion of the stairway and the construction of a quay
The Companies inform
Accelleron initiates partnership with Geislinger to expand service business in the Mediterranean region
Memorandum of Understanding for the creation of an intermodal terminal in Budapest
Astana
A delegation of the Kazakh KTZ Express to the port of Rijeka
The BIMCO has adopted the FuelEU Maritime Clause
Copenhagen
The European regulation will enter into force next January.
Kenon Holdings (Idan Ofer) announces the next exit from the capital of ZIM
Singapore
Currently owns 19.8 million shares
NIM and EH Group will develop hydrogen fuel cell technologies for shipping
In the third quarter of 2024 the traffic of goods in the port of Tanger Med increased by 11%
Anjra
In the first nine months of the year, growth was 12% percent.
Project of the ovadese Vezzani to set up a terminal for the automotive in Porto Marghera
Venice
Filed for the release of a demanial concession for the quay ex Sirma
In the third quarter the port of Koper has handled 287,410 containers (+ 11.8%)
Koper
In the first nine months of 2024, it was 835,506 (+ 2.9%)
The Zephyr Group snaps up Singaporean Twinco and Germany's Carl Baguhn
The Spezia
The two companies operate in the area of spare parts and components for diesel and gas engines
Rixi, without the ETS review, European maritime fleets will continue to suffer a competitive disadvantage
Rome
According to the deputy minister, it is necessary to intervene at the root of the problem
PSA Italy continues in purchase of equipment for Marghera terminal
Genoa
Committed total value of 8.5 million euros for three rubber-tyred gantry crane electric
Corsica Sardinia Ferries in search of navigating personnel
Go Ligure
The wanted profiles are different, for machine areas, room and kitchen
Agreement for the digital integration of the FS and AdSP Polo Logistics systems of the Western Liguria
Genoa
New Oriental Mediterranean Service-Adriatic via Malta of CMA CGM
Marseille
Will have a weekly frequency
Brussels to give state aid for 1.9 billion euros to German railway company DB Cargo
Brussels
Renewed the Governing Council of Wista Italy
Milan
Constancy Musso confirmed president
Maersk completes orders to three shipyards for 20 new container ships
Copenhagen
In Yangzijiang Shipbuilding committed for six 17,000 teu ships and two from 9,000 teu. At Hanwha Ocean and New Times Shipbuilding ordered six units from 15,000 teu each
Biagio Mazzotta assumes the post of Vice-President of the Federation of the Sea
Rome
President of Assonave will be running for vice president of ENMC
ESPO calls on the new EU Commission to maintain and strengthen the CEF programme
Brussels
The exhortation is also to better adapt it to the needs of ports and their stakeholders
The agreement on training between the AdSP of the Tirreno Centre Northern, the ITS Academy, " G. Caboto " and the European Escola
Cyvitavecchia
Consultation on the extension of the UK ETS to the maritime sector
London
Shipping would be included since 2026
MSC completes acquisition of a minority stake in HHLA
Hamburg
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
ONE acquires a stake in Jakarta's NPCT1 terminal container
Singapore
It has a traffic capacity of 1.5 million teu per year
Transped orders a mobile crane Konecranes Gottwald for its Porto Marghera terminal
Helsinki
It will be taken in delivery in the second quarter of next year
Dutch Raben Group and Swiss elvetica Sieber Transport make up a joint venture
Oss / Berneck
It will detect the Swiss company's groupage transport activity
Dachser & Fercam Italia has opened a new branch in Arezzo
Bolzano
Three thousand square meters of operational surface area and 400 of offices
Fincantieri initiates agreement with SIMEST for the growth of watermark businesses
Milan / Trieste
Conference for the 30 th birthday of WISTA Italy
Genoa
It will be held tomorrow at Palazzo San Giorgio in Genoa
Approved the Plan of the Organic Ports of Sardinia
Cagliari
There are 938 workers in the 36 enterprises operating in the scallots
Saipem has awarded an EPCI offshore contract from BP in Indonesia
Milan
Container ship charterer MPCC's revenues fell by -28% in the third quarter
Oslo
Fermerci reports delays and cuts to incentives for rail freight transport
Rome
Paper: Real risk of losing 115 million euros
In the third quarter, traffic in shipping containers of Moroccan Marsa Maroc increased by 5% percent.
Casablanca
Exhaustion of the growth of transshipment volumes
At Samsung Heavy Industries orders for the construction of four 16,000-teu container carriers
Busan
Commits the value of about 781 million
Eni-MSC agreement in the field of sustainability and energy transition
San Donato Milanese
It was subscribed by Claudio Descalzi and Diego Aponte
The Grimaldi terminal in the port of Barcelona has been equipped with Onshore Power Supply
Barcelona
It will become operational in January
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
Conference for the 30 th birthday of WISTA Italy
Genoa
It will be held tomorrow at Palazzo San Giorgio in Genoa
Conference of the CNEL on the Sustainability of Maritime Transport
Rome
It will be held on November 27 in Rome
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
North Korean tankers transport over one million barrels of oil from Russia
(NK News)
Sudan govt scraps $6bn Red Sea port deal with UAE
(The North Africa Post)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Relazione del presidente Nicola Zaccheo
Roma, 18 settembre 2024
››› File
South Korea's HJSC adjusts a salesperson for four new 7,900-teu container ships
Busan
Rolf Westfal-Larsen Jr. has been elected president of Intertanko
London
Undergoes to Paolo d' Amico
COSCO and SIPG will acquire 10% each of the capital of SAIC Anji Logistics
Shanghai
They will participate in the capital increase of the logistics company of SAIC Motor
AD Ports continues in its investment campaign in Egypt
Cairo / Abu Dhabi
Agreement to realize an industrial area of 20 square kilometers in East Port Said
Dimitri Serafimoff has been elected as the new president of CLECAT
Dimitri Serafimoff has been elected as the new president of CLECAT
Brussels
He will also retain the presidency of the CLECAT Customs Institute
Ok of the Rovigo Tribunal to the Restructuring Plan of Shipbuilding Victory plan
Adria
On the completion of the sale of the company to CNV Srl
Port of Ancona, in 2023, underlines the AdSP-container traffic grew by 5%
Ancona
The Port Authority disputes the data released by the Fedespedi Studies Center
Mr vard will build five support ships in the offshore industry.
Trieste
Designed to accommodate up to 190 people, they will be carried out in Vietnam
Alpe Adria activates new rail service between the port of Trieste and the Malpensa Intermodal terminal in Sacconago
Trieste
Euroseas order in China the construction of two 4,300-teu feeder container
Athens
Quarterly revenue from rentals inj growth of 5.8%
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