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January 14, 2004
Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Step up security measures, harbour craft warned
    THE Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore has advised harbour craft in and near Singapore waters to step up security surveillance and prepare anti-piracy plans to combat attacks.
  • Hutchison's 2 Jakarta terminals under attack for monopoly
    HONG Kong port operator Hutchison Ports Holdings' two Jakarta container terminals have reportedly again come under fire for monopolistic practices - this time levelled by the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce.
  • Philippine carriers slam shippers' call to lift cabotage
    PLAYERS in the Philippine domestic shipping trade have opposed a proposal to drop laws that prevent foreign carriers from competing with them.
  • Strong economic growth boosts cruise demand
    CARNIVAL Corp's chief executive officer Micky Arison had planned to spend six days crossing the Atlantic later this year aboard the biggest ocean liner ever, the company's US$780 million Queen Mary 2.
Air and Land Transport
  • Net flight bookings could well be next terror casualty
    MADDENING airport check-in delays triggered by security concerns could soon hit online travel reservations as analysts predict a crackdown on Internet air bookings.
  • Armed air guards may be useful: BA chief
  • KLM willing to place air marshals on some flights
  • Cathay passengers down 18% in 2003; Lufthansa posts better Dec
  • Log Book
Strait Talk
  • Piracy continues to rear its ugly head
    ON Christmas Day last year the tug Profit No 8 was towing the barge Sumber Jaya 8 from Jambi to Singapore.

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Step up security measures, harbour craft warned
    THE Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore has advised harbour craft in and near Singapore waters to step up security surveillance and prepare anti-piracy plans to combat attacks.
  • Hutchison's 2 Jakarta terminals under attack for monopoly
    HONG Kong port operator Hutchison Ports Holdings' two Jakarta container terminals have reportedly again come under fire for monopolistic practices - this time levelled by the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce.
  • Philippine carriers slam shippers' call to lift cabotage
    PLAYERS in the Philippine domestic shipping trade have opposed a proposal to drop laws that prevent foreign carriers from competing with them.
  • Strong economic growth boosts cruise demand
    CARNIVAL Corp's chief executive officer Micky Arison had planned to spend six days crossing the Atlantic later this year aboard the biggest ocean liner ever, the company's US$780 million Queen Mary 2.
Air and Land Transport
  • Net flight bookings could well be next terror casualty
    MADDENING airport check-in delays triggered by security concerns could soon hit online travel reservations as analysts predict a crackdown on Internet air bookings.
  • Armed air guards may be useful: BA chief
  • KLM willing to place air marshals on some flights
  • Cathay passengers down 18% in 2003; Lufthansa posts better Dec
  • Log Book
Strait Talk
  • Piracy continues to rear its ugly head
    ON Christmas Day last year the tug Profit No 8 was towing the barge Sumber Jaya 8 from Jambi to Singapore.

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Step up security measures, harbour craft warned
    THE Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore has advised harbour craft in and near Singapore waters to step up security surveillance and prepare anti-piracy plans to combat attacks.
  • Hutchison's 2 Jakarta terminals under attack for monopoly
    HONG Kong port operator Hutchison Ports Holdings' two Jakarta container terminals have reportedly again come under fire for monopolistic practices - this time levelled by the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce.
  • Philippine carriers slam shippers' call to lift cabotage
    PLAYERS in the Philippine domestic shipping trade have opposed a proposal to drop laws that prevent foreign carriers from competing with them.
  • Strong economic growth boosts cruise demand
    CARNIVAL Corp's chief executive officer Micky Arison had planned to spend six days crossing the Atlantic later this year aboard the biggest ocean liner ever, the company's US$780 million Queen Mary 2.
Air and Land Transport
  • Net flight bookings could well be next terror casualty
    MADDENING airport check-in delays triggered by security concerns could soon hit online travel reservations as analysts predict a crackdown on Internet air bookings.
  • Armed air guards may be useful: BA chief
  • KLM willing to place air marshals on some flights
  • Cathay passengers down 18% in 2003; Lufthansa posts better Dec
  • Log Book
Strait Talk
  • Piracy continues to rear its ugly head
    ON Christmas Day last year the tug Profit No 8 was towing the barge Sumber Jaya 8 from Jambi to Singapore.

Sched Netweb site
  • DFDS Transport gets China A-License
  • FPS strengthens Hong Kong office
  • Box growth boosts Marseilles' Fos 2XL project
  • Guangdong deepens Rongjiang River
  • Indian Railways freight revenue exceeds target
  • Vexure promotes Liantonio to senior vice president
  • Management changes see Stander promoted at GLC
  • GAC signs global network agreement with Wilford and McKay
  • Cathay records cargo growth in December
  • TNT to add five 737s to fleet
  • Flick replaces Warrick as president of UPS Europe

Exim Indiaweb site
  • India now largest supplier of soyameal to Far East
  • Kolkata Dock System to become hub for inland waterways
  • JNP emerges as most efficient Major Port in April-November 2003
  • Comprehensive policy on Port Trusts' land in a month
  • Sinha to flag off 1st Haldia-Patna cargo vessel today
  • 23 more SEZs to spring up, says Jaitley
  • MoF puts on hold drawback payments to SEZ units - Chapter XA of Customs Act not yet notified
  • EOUs in technology parks allowed 100 pc credit on EEFC account
  • Trade chambers sign MoU formalising NRIs, PIOs network
  • 4 firms respond to CoPT notice on Vallarpadam project
  • Direct tax collection goes up by 23 pc for Dec. 2003
  • Birla Cellulosic wins IMC's Bajaj Quality Trophy - Juran Medal for Ratan Tata
  • Make India an international LCL transhipment hub: CAI - Consolidators' team meets Minister
  • IMC interactive meet on 'e-governance in excise & customs' today
  • Consolidators Association of India presents memorandum to Minister Shripad Naik

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
JANUARY 13, 2004
  • Panama quiet, buyers await softer market
  • OPEC December output up with minor Iraqi contribution
    The 10 OPEC members with a self-imposed oil production ceiling of 24.5 million bpd pumped 1.35 million bpd above that ceiling in December according to a survey by Platts.
  • Crude looks vulnerable to correction if rally breaks
    Speculators have built up their highest net long futures positions in more than four years, leaving room in the market for some profit taking if the rally breaks.
  • WTI crude above $35 on low stocks, cold temperatures
    Crude prices hit new a 10-month high today as new forecasts for a wintry deep-freeze in the US Northeast could drain crude stocks already at their lowest level since 1975.
  • Uruguay market update
  • Rotterdam secures new bunker record, fewer spills
    Ships calling at Europe's biggest bunkering port, and the world's number 2 bunkering port after Singapore, secured a new record bunkering volume in 2003 with a solid 7.4% increase from 2002.
  • Trader leaves Bominflot Hellas
  • All products available in Bahia Blanca again
    All products are now once again available in the Argentinean port. Surprisingly though, fuel oil prices do not seem to have moved up in line with world trends, although gas oil indications have increased quite significantly in the past two days.
  • Cargo rises push Fujairah higher
  • Hong Kong bulls continue charge into new year
  • No letup in Singapore's bunker market yet
    The year so far has brought unrelenting price increases in the Singapore bunker market. Fuel oil prices have gained about $15 since the beginning of last week, and marine distillates have surged by more than $30 in the same period.
  • Brazilian market update
  • Rotterdam market largely stable

International Transport Journalweb site
JANUARY 13, 2004
  • LogTec develops mobile apparatus to capture data on container contents
  • France repays EUR 2.3 billion to transport industry
  • New member for WWPC in Japan
  • Asfinag to invest heavily in Austrian motorway network
  • Alitalia flying ever deeper into the red
  • Nordö Link: Four sailings per day to Sweden
  • Snagfa selects new general delegate

The Scandinavian Shipping Gazetteweb site
JANUARY 13, 2004
  • Tordenskjold deal confirmed
  • Golar into LNG trading
  • BP fined after fatal accident

Maritime Global Netweb site
JANUARY 13, 2004
  • NoE warns of spiralling claims
  • LR makes rule changes
  • UK shortsea initiative underway
  • New Cochin box hub plan

Lloyd's Listweb site
  • Zim set for full privatisation as Israel gets Ofer it cannot refuse
    FULL privatisation of Zim Israel Navigation Co is now a virtual certainty after the government yesterday accepted an offer from Israel Corp, the company controlled by Ofer Brothers.
  • DNB Nor enters US capital market with brokering arm
    DNB Nor's ambition of gaining a foothold in US capital markets has been cemented with the establishment of DnB Nor Markets Inc, a registered broker dealer based in New York to complement DnB Nor Markets, the namesake Oslo investment banking arm.
  • Birkenhead boost for shipbuilding
    UK SHIPBUILDING has received an unexpected shot in the arm.
  • Discontent at Shell puts Watts at risk
    SHELL chairman Sir Philip Watts' position could be under fire if major shareholders take their rumblings of discontent over last week's reserves slashing further.
  • Call for Europe to have own coastguard
    EUROPE'S lawmakers have called for the "rapid" creation of a European coastguard to enforce sweeping new regulations that will make marine pollution by ships a criminal offence, with penalties that include jail, writes Roger Hailey.

Fairplayweb site
JANUARY 13, 2004
  • Greeks discuss Olympic security
    GREEK deputy interior minister George Floridis will be in the US on 14 January for discussions on security with officials, including national security advisor Condoleezza Rice
  • EU flag proposal dumped
    AN attempt to enforce the display of the EU emblem on ship's flags has been roundly rejected by members of the European Parliament in Strasbourg today
  • St Nazaire mayor slams Monti
    THE mayor of the French city of Saint Nazaire, home of shipbuilder Chantiers de l'Atlantique, has accused Italian rival Fincantieri of unfair competition
  • IMB highlights Bangladesh piracy
    THE International Maritime Bureau has issued its weekly piracy report for week ending 12 January, with Chittagong and Mongla (Bangladesh) highlighted
  • India pushes inland waterways plan
    INDIAN ministers urged India's ports to become inland water transport hubs at a meeting in Kolkata yesterday
  • Mangouras denied Brussels leave
    APOSTOLOS Mangouras, master of the Prestige, is unlikely to be allowed to travel to Brussels to give his account of the sinking to members of the European Parliament
  • MEPs adopt tougher sanctions
  • Jahre Viking prepares for conversion
  • Europeans cruise on weaker dollar
  • Former Prestige captain to testify
  • Balearia focuses on Ibiza
  • P&I club warns of claims surge
  • Phoenix revives ill-fated veteran
  • Mid East three in new co-operation
  • Sydney re-connects with Tasmania

The Journal of Commerceweb site
JANUARY 13, 2004
  • China claims box-handling crown
    Volume of 48 million TEUs in 2003 was an 11 percent gain over 37 million TEUs the previous year as largest ports vault in world rankings.
  • Intermodal record powers U.S. rail
    U.S. railroads rebound from weak year to post increase in 2003.
  • Cargo recovery at UK airports
    Rebound continued last month, only the second consecutive monthly increase since March.
  • Israel sells Zim shipping line
  • Mumbai sets box terminal plans
  • "K" Line expands China sales
  • Chem execs: C-TPAT? What C-TPAT?
  • Budapest added to Cargolux schedule
  • Yellow Roadway plans to add terminals
  • Curran joins S&TTAS global trade practice
  • Panalpina appoints Bellin N.A. VP
  • Velocity Express tabs COO
  • Profit for Greenbrier Cos.

Containerisation Internationalweb site
JANUARY 13, 2004
  • Ofer Brothers close in on Zim Lines acquisition
    Bids for Zim Israel Navigation Company are due to be handed to the Government today, but local sources expect that Israel Corporation (IC) will be the only potential buyer.
  • Government under-funding angers BC maritime industry
    British Columbia maritime operators could be hit by half the estimated C$100million (US$79million) extra security costs arising from over 600 new security regulations by Transport Canada.
  • JNPT board meeting on third terminal put off, pending legal opinion
  • Brazilian cabotage is CMA CGM aim in Brazilian expansion
  • Seaspan parent splits management of shipping subsidiaries
  • Transhipment cargo boosts Le Havre volumes
  • UAE's Gulftainer terminals a hub of activity
  • Rotterdam woos Brazil market with dedicated representative
  • New data capture system for US-bound containers
  • Vanguard Global Services establishes automotive division
  • Changchun City office opened by K Line

TradeWindsweb site
JANUARY 13, 2004
  • OSG reaches for the shelf
    NY tanker owner lodges $500m filing with SEC
  • 'Noose tightens' on ferry four
    Feds plotting manslaughter charges in Staten Island crash.
  • Boarding party
    US Navy charges two sailors with stealing from merchant ship.
  • Teekay shares pressing $60 mark
    Aframax giant may have room to grow from record highs.
  • Israel Corp wraps up Zim buyout
    Company chief Idan Ofer said to have struck a deal.
  • NEPIA warns on freight boom
    Busy ships, weak dollar and revised conventions threaten higher P&I claims.
  • Star move skywards
    Share price jumps 27% on sale of major stake in Norwegian reefer venture.
  • Splitska offloads veteran cargoship
    Syrian buyer snaps up 1967-built vessel as Croatian owner begins to modernise fleet.
  • Golar raises its ambitions
    Tor Olav Troim aims to add LNG trading to shipowning venture.
  • Petronet LNG prices IPO
    Indian gas importer and ship charterer details fund raising move.
  • K Line makes it 15 in China
    Changchun office is latest Chinese base for Japanese giant.
  • Mitsubishi to file for US LNG terminal
    Competition hots up among operators keen to secure gas routes into west coast States.
  • Nigeria pledges help for domestic owners
    African state wants to build fleet ahead of cabotage legislation.
  • Iraq access set to improve
    A series of initiatives by domestic and international agencies is set to make it easier to access ports.
  • Taiwan eases shipping restrictions
    Former Soviet republic vessels to be welcomed, but mainland China still on banned list.
  • China Merchants finalises Ningbo deal
    Chinese group pledges CNY 1.63bn to help build four containership berths at Ningbo.
  • NOL's Lim in bonus bonanza
    Performance related award sees chief financial officer pick up 150,000 shares.
  • GAC targets Panama ports
    Dubai-based ship agency signs "global network agreement" with local firm Wilford & McKay.

American Shipperweb site
JANUARY 13, 2004
  • NITL, intermediaries tell FMC: Allow NVO contracts
  • FMC appoints Larson general counsel
  • U.S. Court of Appeals extends physical scope of Oil Pollution Act
  • "K" Line opens office in Changchun, China
  • UPS appoints Flick as president of UPS Europe
  • GeoLogistics names Leivici as CEO of its Americas unit
  • Kuehne & Nagle adds supply chain capability
  • Comment period for mandatory SNAP+ extended
  • USTR chief steps up calls to reinvigorate global trade talks in 2004
  • FAO urges stronger safety measures to protect global meat trade
  • Sears Logistics Services signs distribution pact with Exel
  • U.S. Agriculture Department approves trade help for Alabama shrimpers, denies Florida petition
  • U.S. Agriculture Department completes draft pest risk for citrus import from Peru
  • Sandler & Travis consulting group adds VP for global development
  • Velocity Express Names Hendrickson COO
  • Boston container volume up 8.6% in 2003, led by exports

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FROM THE HOME PAGE
Royal Caribbean closes second quarter with record net profit
Miami
The April-June period was very positive
Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern announced a merger agreement today.
Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern announced a merger agreement today.
Omaha/Atlanta
First coast-to-coast cargo rail network
Gurrieri resigns as Special Commissioner of the Eastern Adriatic Sea Port Authority
Trieste
The atypical reverse charge for the logistics sector will become applicable tomorrow
Milan
Ruggerone (Assologistica): one of the most strategic reforms we helped build is being implemented
Policy brief on cyber threats that pose risks to port infrastructure
Tallinn
It was developed by the NATO Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence
Interferry urges the EU Commission to harmonize its shipping decarbonization regulations with those of the IMO
Victoria
Failure to align - the association warned - will force shipping companies to pay twice for emissions.
In the second quarter of 2025, Chinese seaports handled 79.1 million containers (+6.1%)
Beijing
Total freight traffic was three billion tons (+3.3%), of which 1.3 billion tons were with foreign countries (+1.9%).
CK Hutchison announces plans to include a Chinese investor in the consortium to sell Hutchison Ports
Hong Kong
Without the participation of the COSCO shipping group, China would not authorize the sale
Sri Lanka's Supreme Court has awarded compensation of $1 billion over the X-Press Pearl accident.
Sri Lanka's Supreme Court has awarded compensation of $1 billion over the X-Press Pearl accident.
Columbus
The container ship caught fire and sank near the port of Colombo
The Greek government sends a tugboat to the Red Sea to assist ships that may be attacked by the Houthis.
The Greek government sends a tugboat to the Red Sea to assist ships that may be attacked by the Houthis.
Piraeus
The AHTS "Giant" is leaving
Saipem and Subsea7 have signed a binding merger agreement.
Saipem and Subsea7 have signed a binding merger agreement.
Milan/Luxembourg
The transaction is expected to close in the second half of 2026.
In the second quarter, the port of Valencia handled over 1.5 million containers (+4.0%)
In the first half of 2025, the amount of new orders to Chinese shipyards fell by -18.2%
Beijing
A decrease of -3.5% in new construction completed in the period was recorded
In the second quarter of 2025, freight traffic in the port of Trieste grew by +3.7%
Trieste
Bulk cargo increased. Miscellaneous cargo fell by 13.2%.
CMA CGM and TotalEnergies form joint venture for LNG bunkering in the Port of Rotterdam.
Marseille
Agreement to supply 360,000 tons of liquefied natural gas per year to the French group's ships
In the second quarter of 2025, freight traffic in Spanish ports decreased by -4.7%
Madrid
All the main product categories are decreasing except for conventional goods
Brookfield Asset Management to sell 49% of British port group PD Ports to Spain's Pontegadea
Middlesbrough
The English company has over 1,400 employees
In the quarter April-June, freight traffic in the port of Rotterdam decreased by -2.3%
In the quarter April-June, freight traffic in the port of Rotterdam decreased by -2.3%
Rotterdam
The port authority is alarmed by the state of crisis in the national industry.
The electrification of the docks in the ports of Livorno, Piombino and Portoferraio is proceeding according to plan.
Third dock for cruise traffic in the port of Catania
Catania
Pier 25's restyling completed
Another quarter of decline in freight traffic at the port of Algeciras
Algeciras
In the period April-June, containers amounted to 1.24 million TEUs (+1.0%)
A new tax applied to cruise passengers disembarking in national ports came into force today in Greece.
Athens
Belgian rail freight company Lineas receives €61 million government loan
Brussels
The measure was approved last night by the restricted council of ministers
ERTMS installation completed on 1,400 kilometers of Italian railway network
Rome
The project is financed with 2.5 billion euros from PNRR funds.
Wärtsilä's quarterly financial and commercial results are positive.
Helsinki
The Marine Electrical Systems division will be sold to the Italian company VINCI Energies.
In the port of Barcelona the number of cruise terminals will be reduced from seven to five
In the port of Barcelona the number of cruise terminals will be reduced from seven to five
Barcelona
The mayor: For the first time in history, a limit is placed on the growth of cruises in the city.
MSC and Moby have presented their commitments to meet the AGCM's requirements.
Rome
Shipping Agencies Services will sell its 49% stake in Moby, waiving the consideration in favor of the majority shareholder. Moby commits to completely repaying its debt to SAS.
Fincantieri confirms its interest in the development of American shipbuilding
Fincantieri confirms its interest in the development of American shipbuilding
Washington
Folgiero: Commitment to deliver next-generation capabilities in full alignment with U.S. strategic priorities
The Chamber of Deputies has approved the appointment of four presidents of Italian Port System Authorities.
Rome
The names proposed for the Port System Authorities of the Southern Adriatic, Central-Northern Tyrrhenian, Western Liguria, and Eastern Liguria have been approved. Voting on the Northern Tyrrhenian Authority has been postponed.
Information exchange between state administrations for the digitalization of the maritime sector begins
Rome
The first operational meeting at the Coast Guard General Command in Rome
The Clean Maritime Fuels Platform suggests measures to support the production and distribution of clean marine fuels
COSCO Shipping Ports sets new monthly and quarterly container traffic records
Hong Kong
In the period April-June, 29.4 million TEUs were handled (+4.5%)
Sharp increase in cases of seafarers abandoning their ships
London
2,286 crew members from 222 ships involved as of early 2025
Global freight traffic saw strong growth in the first quarter of this year in anticipation of new tariffs
Global freight traffic saw strong growth in the first quarter of this year in anticipation of new tariffs
Geneva
North America saw the strongest quarterly growth in imports
In the port of Antwerp-Bruges containers and rolling stock are increasing and other types of goods are decreasing
Antwerp
Traffic congestion continues at the airport, with the situation on the landside becoming critical
A study denounces the delay of European ports in equipping themselves with cold ironing facilities.
Brussels/Pozzallo
The tender to electrify the docks of the port of Pozzallo has begun.
T&E proposes to include more non-EU transhipment ports to avoid carbon leakage
Brussels
The association calls on the EU Commission to reduce the current threshold of 65% of transhipment traffic
Federlogistica urges the immediate establishment of a control room on tariffs
Genoa
The aim is also to eliminate extra costs caused by bureaucracy.
Containerized cargo handled through the port of Singapore fell by 2.9% in the second quarter.
Singapore
Last May, ship transits through the Suez Canal decreased by -6.8%
Last May, ship transits through the Suez Canal decreased by -6.8%
Cairo
The negative trend continued in June and early July
Terminal operators are not at all satisfied with a policy that seems to have no interest in ports
Rome
Cognolato: It is essential to close the ongoing trials on several fronts.
The largest ship ever to dock at Cagliari's Porto Canale at the MITO terminal.
Milan
The container ship "MSC Venice" with a capacity of 16,652 TEU arrived yesterday
On 5 and 6 November in Lisbon a summit called by the ILA against automation in the maritime and port sector
On 5 and 6 November in Lisbon a summit called by the ILA against automation in the maritime and port sector
North Bergen/Metzingen
South Korean HD Hyundai, together with German NEURA Robotics, will develop and test welding robots in shipyards
The toll of the horrific attack on the bulk carrier Eternity C in the Red Sea is still uncertain.
Mandaluyong/London/Brussels
Joint statement by ICS, BIMCO, European Shipowners, Intercargo and Intertanko
In the first half of 2025, bulk cargo increased and general cargo decreased in the port of Marseille-Fos
Marseille
Cruise passengers increase by +5%
The Senate has approved the framework law on interports
Rome
UIR, gives the Italian interport system a modern, orderly and coherent regulatory framework
Carlo De Ruvo was elected president of Confetra
Rome
Among the challenges, the uncontrolled expansion of large logistics groups and their concentration
Number of pirate attacks on ships still high in the second quarter of 2025
Number of pirate attacks on ships still high in the second quarter of 2025
Kuala Lumpur
The number of acts of violence against crews is decreasing
Telemar and TNL Group merger agreement
Telemar and TNL Group merger agreement
Oslo/Athens/Paris
One of the top three operators in the OT/IoT services market for the maritime and superyacht sectors will be created
Attacks on ships in the Red Sea still cause deaths among seafarers
Portsmouth
Liberian-flagged bulk carrier " Eternity C" targeted
Canadian shipbuilding company Davie acquires second shipyard in Finland
Helsinki/Pori
It will buy the Enersense Offshore shipyard
Amendment on Port Labor Supply Agencies Approved
Rome
Immediate transformation into Agencies authorised to provide temporary port work
Salvini appoints a manager of a private shipping company from Campania as president of the regional AdSP
Rome
This is Eliseo Cuccaro, CEO of Alilauro
Extend the application of the 0.1% sulphur limit in marine fuels globally
Extend the application of the 0.1% sulphur limit in marine fuels globally
Berlin
This is proposed by an analysis by the International Council on Clean Transportation
IMO and EU condemn renewed attacks on ships in the Red Sea
London/Brussels
Dominguez: New violation of international law and freedom of navigation
In the first half of 2025, container traffic in the port of Gioia Tauro grew by +10.5%
Joy Taurus
2,186,211 TEUs were handled
A bulk carrier was attacked in the Red Sea
Portsmouth
The crew abandoned the ship which began to take on water
German government allocates 400 million euros to support energy transition in maritime-port sector
Over 78 million euros to the ports of Augusta and Taranto for offshore wind
Rome
Funds distributed over three years starting from 2025
The PNRR tender for interports has been reopened.
Rome
Resources available amounting to 2.2 million euros
Port of Livorno: Workers are the priority in the LTM crisis
Livorno
UPS's quarterly earnings performance declines
Atlanta
Net income in the April-June quarter was $1.28 billion (-8.9%)
Approval for the 2025 budget variation of the Southern Tyrrhenian and Ionian Sea Port Authority.
Gioia Tauro
500 thousand euros for the 49% share held by the Port Agency company
FHP Group acquires the remaining 10% stake in Lotras
Milan/Foggia
The integration between Lotras and CFI Intermodal will begin to create FHP Intermodal.
OITAF scientific document on good practices in the logistics and transport of fresh fruit and vegetables
Milan
The Northern Tyrrhenian Sea Port Authority has joined the PLIKA
Livorno
Platform dedicated to training, innovation and knowledge sharing in the logistics and port sectors
Matteo Paroli's nomination as president of the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority has been signed.
Rome
He has a degree in law and a specialization in administrative law.
Container throughput increases in Haropa Port, while bulk cargo decreases.
Le Havre
In the first half of this year, containers were 1.51 million TEUs (+4%)
Bureau Veritas reports a 9.8% quarterly increase in revenues in the Marine & Offshore segment
Courbevoie
Kalmar and Konecranes increase new orders in the April-June quarter
Helsinki
The turnover of the two Finnish companies is slightly increasing
Container traffic in the port of Barcelona fell by 12.2% in the second quarter.
Barcelona
Assiterminal threatens a new wave of appeals against regulations it believes are damaging to port operations
Genoa
2M Logistics signs an agreement with Salerno-based Gallozzi
Barendrecht
The Dutch company will represent GF Logistics, a subsidiary of the Italian group, in the Benelux region.
Swiss company Kuehne+Nagel's quarterly profits fell
Schindellegi
In the period April-June of this year, net turnover grew by +1.7%
Yang Ming orders three 8,000 TEU container ships from Nihon Shipyard and Imabari Shipbuilding
Keelung/Imabari
Contract valued at $351.3-394.5 million
Italia Nostra reiterates its strong concerns about the construction of the Fiumicino-Isola Sacra port.
Rome
European maritime cities, destinations for cruise tourism - the association highlights - denounce the phenomenon of over-tourism in the cruise sector
Egypt's first automotive terminal has come into operation at Port Said East.
East Port Said
It can accommodate two car carriers at the same time
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Tepsa has acquired a liquid bulk terminal in the port of Rotterdam.
Singapore/Rotterdam
It was sold by Global Energy Storage Holdings
The Spinelli Group has approved its 2024 sustainability report.
Genoa
Of the company's 616 direct employees, 49% are under the age of 50.
In the second quarter of this year, cargo traffic in Turkish ports grew by +1.6%
Ankara
Cargoes to and from Italy amounted to 12.7 million tons (+10.1%)
Extension of the Simplified Logistics Zone for Genoa Ports and Dry Ports to the Savona, Vado Ligure, and Bergeggi areas.
Genoa
Approval from the ZLS Steering Committee
Isotta Fraschini Motori has inaugurated a new production line for hydrogen fuel cell systems in Bari.
Trieste
They will be used for naval and land solutions
The Grande Shanghai , the Grimaldi Group's first ammonia-ready car carrier, has been christened.
Naples
It has a load capacity of 9,000 CEUs.
The Port of Genoa, FILT, and UILT have declared a five-day strike at the Bettolo Terminal.
Genoa
Fit Cisl Liguria expressed solidarity with the workers
The tender for the dredging of the commercial dock basin at the port of Ancona has been published.
Ancona
The removal of approximately 730 thousand cubic meters of sediment is planned
Tender for the restoration and enhancement of docks 32 and 33 in the Deep Sea Zone of the port of Savona
Genoa
An investment of over 6.7 million euros is expected
There are 1,100 workers in Palermo directly employed in the seaside tourism sector
Palermo
This year, cruise traffic is expected to grow by 9.4% in the port of the Sicilian capital.
Six-month growth of +9% in freight on the St. Petersburg-India/China maritime route
Fly
FESCO operates six vessels in the service
Port of Trieste: Special Commissioner Gurrieri under investigation for money laundering
Trieste
I am certain - he declared - that I can demonstrate that I acted legally, in full transparency.
Vard signs new contract for the construction of two CSOVs
Trieste
The vessels will be used to support operations in the offshore wind sector
UIR welcomes the publication of the tender for the digitalization of the logistics chain.
Rome
Di Caterina (ALIS): a concrete tool that enhances the needs of businesses and strengthens the logistics system
GNV celebrated its first ten years of activity on the Italy-Albania route
Durres
During the period, the company's ships carried over 1.25 million passengers
A shipment of over 1.2 tons of marijuana was seized at the port of Gioia Tauro.
Reggio Calabria/Catanzaro
Members of a criminal organization that imported drugs from South America through European ports and airports have been arrested.
Yang Ming orders Hanwha Ocean to build seven 15,000 TEU dual-fuel containerships
Keelung
They will be delivered between 2028 and 2029
Walden to sell healthcare logistics business to Yusen Logistics
Paris
Exclusive negotiations announced
Solinas (Sardinian Action Party) is not at all satisfied with the state of Sardinian ports
Cagliari
The immediate establishment of a special commission is urged
ANSI welcomes the introduction of the information dashboard for managing private procurement contracts in logistics.
Rome
D'Angelo: it will allow the country to take another step forward
Russo (Confcommercio): excluding road transport from the PNRR funding was shortsighted.
Rome
First bulletin from the Freight Insights Observatory produced by the National Center for Sustainable Mobility
ABB Group posts sharp growth in quarterly financial and business performance
Zurich
In the period April-June the value of new orders grew by +16.0%
Informal consultations have begun on the preliminary proposal for the new Ancona Port Master Plan.
Ancona
Eleven meetings scheduled for July
Program agreement for preparatory and functional interventions for the construction of the bridge over the Strait of Messina
Rome
It was signed today in Rome
Project to develop an ecological station for the treatment of wastewater from ships
Naples
Initiative of the Neapolitan Group of the Cenere and Iello Landing
Assiterminal urges against bringing sediment from the Bagnoli dredging project into the port of Naples.
Genoa
Cognolato and Ferrari: It is essential to safeguard the full functionality of the commercial port's activities.
Container traffic at the Port of Long Beach fell 3.4% in the second quarter.
Long Beach
A decline of -16.4% was recorded in June
Paolo Pessina has been appointed vice president of Conftrasporto-Confcommercio.
Rome
He is president of the national federation of maritime agents and brokers
Container traffic in the port of Hong Kong decreased by -8.2% in the second quarter
Hong Kong
A decrease of -13.7% was recorded in June
Cuneo-based logistics company Nord Ovest is seeing growing financial results.
Wedge
Construction work on a new depot in Mondovì will be completed in early 2026.
Container traffic at the Port of Los Angeles grows driven by fears of new tariffs
Los Angeles
June saw the highest volume ever recorded for this month
The Management Committee of the Sardinia Sea Port Authority has adopted the DPSS
Cagliari
Green light for the concession to MITO and the appeal against the rejection of Olbia's dredging project.
Three events in Genoa for three new Explora Journeys cruise ships.
Genoa
A technical launch, a coin laying and the cutting of the first sheet metal were carried out at the Fincantieri shipyard
Grimaldi sells 5% of Terminal Darsena Toscana to Livorno Port Company
Naples/Livorno
Option to purchase an additional 5% of the share capital
Concession agreement signed that assigns management of the port of Tartous to DP World
Damascus
It has a lifespan of 30 years
Matteo Gasparato appointed president of the Northern Adriatic Sea Port Authority
Rome
He was appointed extraordinary commissioner of the same port authority
Meeting in Rome between the heads of ESPO and Assoporti
Rome
Among the topics addressed, the competitiveness of European ports in the current global context
Chinese airline OOCL reports quarterly decline in scheduled service revenues
Hong Kong
Cargo transported by the company's ships is increasing
Collaboration between the Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority and the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority
Rome
Agreement with an initial duration of five years
Survey in Germany on the prospects of companies in the maritime, port and shipbuilding sectors
Hamburg
Shipowners are more concerned. Positive prospects for ports and shipyards.
Port of Augusta: Work begins on a third bridge connecting the island to the mainland.
Augusta
Work worth over 20 million euros
Vard signs contract with InkFish for new research vessel
Trieste
The deal is worth more than 200 million euros.
1.1 billion euros will be invested in the port of Hamburg to strengthen the container sector
Hamburg
Improving accessibility and port infrastructure in the Waltershofer Hafen area
Meyer Turku delivered the new Star of the Seas cruise ship to Royal Caribbean
Turku
It has a gross tonnage of 250,800 tons
ESPO calls for increased funding for ports under the next EU Multiannual Financial Framework
Brussels
The CEF programme funds have proven to be far from sufficient
Fincantieri delivers the new Oceania Allura cruise ship to Oceania Cruises.
Miami/Trieste
Two additional Sonata-class ships have been converted into orders.
PORTS
Italian Ports:
Ancona Genoa Ravenna
Augusta Gioia Tauro Salerno
Bari La Spezia Savona
Brindisi Leghorn Taranto
Cagliari Naples Trapani
Carrara Palermo Trieste
Civitavecchia Piombino Venice
Italian Interports: list World Ports: map
DATABASE
ShipownersShipbuilding and Shiprepairing Yards
ForwardersShip Suppliers
Shipping AgentsTruckers
MEETINGS
Confindustria event on the sea economy in Rome on July 15th
Rome
The public meeting of the International Containers Studies Center will be held in Genoa on July 2nd
Genoa
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Why Malta is objecting to a new price cap on Russian oil
(timesofmalta.com)
US has its eye on Greek ports
(Kathimerini)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Intervento del presidente Tomaso Cognolato
Roma, 19 giugno 2025
››› File
Uniport: Bringing debris from Bagnoli to the port of Naples would postpone long-awaited dredging.
Rome
Legora de Feo: It's necessary to find alternative solutions.
Taiwanese companies Evergreen, Yang Ming and WHL saw sharp declines in quarterly revenues.
Keelung/Taipei
In the period April-June it fell by -18.7%, -26.5% and -8.6% respectively
The establishment of the Information Dashboard for the management of private procurement contracts in logistics has been approved.
In May, freight traffic in the port of Ravenna grew by +1.4%
Ravenna
Bulk cargo is on the rise. Miscellaneous cargo is on the decline.
EU approves joint purchase of port equipment by terminal operators
Brussels
Joint definition of minimum technical specifications of equipment is also permitted
Serbian energy group EPS will import coal through the Montenegrin port of Bar
Bar
Currently imports from Indonesia pass through the port of Constanta
Fincantieri Foundation and Luiss University launch a project to strengthen the safety of underwater infrastructure.
Trieste
Among the objectives, contribute to the definition of a specific regulatory framework
Freewheeling: The government's U-turn on anti-mafia controls in the road haulage sector is a welcome development.
Modena
Franchini: If the government has realized it made a mistake, that's good news.
Agostinelli (AdSP Tirreno Meridionale e Ionio): the amendment that allows for the early transformation of the Gioia Tauro Port Agency is extremely important.
Confindustria's event on the maritime economy will take place in Rome on July 15th.
Rome
The confederation's strategic document on the sector will be presented
Kerala seeks $1.1 billion from MSC in damages over MSC Elsa 3 sinking
Thiruvananthapuram
Temporary detention of the vessel "MSC Akuteta II" granted
Trasportounito requests the cancellation of the renewal procedure of the Central Committee of the Register of Hauliers
Rome
New seizure of a load of cocaine in the port of Gioia Tauro
Reggio Calabria
16 bags containing 417 kilos of drugs were found in a container
MOL and Kinetics to build world's first floating data center
Tokyo
It will be installed on a vessel of 9,731 gross tonnage
Rijeka Gateway Terminal to become operational in early September
Copenhagen
The first ship at the second container terminal of the Croatian port is expected on September 12
Falteri (Federlogistica) urges us to focus on the development of "polycentric" logistics
Genoa
The Simplified Logistics Zone should be the cornerstone of the strategy
Tsuneishi Shipbuilding Co. acquired Mitsui E&S Shipbuilding Co.
Hiroshima/Tokyo
It was renamed Tsuneishi Solutions Tokyobay Co.
Pessina (Federagenti): Northern European logistics system is struggling. Let's take advantage of it!
Rome
Unexpected opportunity - he underlines - for the Mediterranean ports and Italian ones in particular
MSC Cruises Joins Carnival and Royal Caribbean in Capitalizing on Grand Bahama Shipyard
Miami
Negotiations underway since the end of 2024 have been successfully concluded
At The International Propeller Clubs the Dorso Award for the Mediterranean area
Naples
In recognition of the primary role played by logistics operators in Mediterranean traffic
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