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BRIEFS
January 19, 2004
Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • NCL vows to go ahead with launch of Hawaiian cruises
    STAR Cruises' US subsidiary Norwegian Cruise Lines has vowed to stick to the planned July 4 launch of its Hawaiian cruises with a second vessel after concluding that damage caused to its nearly-completed Pride of America, which partially sank in a German shipyard during storms last week, will result in 'a substantial delay'.
  • CSIC to seek listing for parts arm this year
    MAINLAND China's biggest marine group, China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation will push ahead with plans to list its parts subsidiary Fengfan Stock Co, this year.
  • HK marine dept acts to improve safety
    HONG Kong's Marine Department has vowed to clamp down and prosecute unsafe container handling following three fatalities in six months.
Air and Land Transport
  • Foot massages in the air a way to upgrade, THAI told
    A Thai government official has told state carrier Thai Airways to upgrade its services by providing extras like foot massages on its long-haul flights.
  • EU nations voice air marshal concerns to US
  • Star may form low cost, European units
  • Cockpit voice recorder of Egyptian airliner found
  • Court nod for Victor Li to invest in Air Canada
  • Northwest gave US govt data on passengers
Port Shots
  • Port Shots
    TEEKAY Shipping Corp, the world's largest tanker owner by market value, placed orders for six Aframax tankers at a cost of US$260 million from Hyundai Heavy Industries Co and Tsuneishi Corp.
Liner Scene
  • Back to the future or end of an era?
    EVERY so often I find it instructive to dig out my now nine-year-old and rather dog-eared copy of the 'The Box', described as 'an anthology celebrating 25 years of containerisation and the TT Club'.

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • NCL vows to go ahead with launch of Hawaiian cruises
    STAR Cruises' US subsidiary Norwegian Cruise Lines has vowed to stick to the planned July 4 launch of its Hawaiian cruises with a second vessel after concluding that damage caused to its nearly-completed Pride of America, which partially sank in a German shipyard during storms last week, will result in 'a substantial delay'.
  • CSIC to seek listing for parts arm this year
    MAINLAND China's biggest marine group, China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation will push ahead with plans to list its parts subsidiary Fengfan Stock Co, this year.
  • HK marine dept acts to improve safety
    HONG Kong's Marine Department has vowed to clamp down and prosecute unsafe container handling following three fatalities in six months.
Air and Land Transport
  • Foot massages in the air a way to upgrade, THAI told
    A Thai government official has told state carrier Thai Airways to upgrade its services by providing extras like foot massages on its long-haul flights.
  • EU nations voice air marshal concerns to US
  • Star may form low cost, European units
  • Cockpit voice recorder of Egyptian airliner found
  • Court nod for Victor Li to invest in Air Canada
  • Northwest gave US govt data on passengers
Port Shots
  • Port Shots
    TEEKAY Shipping Corp, the world's largest tanker owner by market value, placed orders for six Aframax tankers at a cost of US$260 million from Hyundai Heavy Industries Co and Tsuneishi Corp.
Liner Scene
  • Back to the future or end of an era?
    EVERY so often I find it instructive to dig out my now nine-year-old and rather dog-eared copy of the 'The Box', described as 'an anthology celebrating 25 years of containerisation and the TT Club'.

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • NCL vows to go ahead with launch of Hawaiian cruises
    STAR Cruises' US subsidiary Norwegian Cruise Lines has vowed to stick to the planned July 4 launch of its Hawaiian cruises with a second vessel after concluding that damage caused to its nearly-completed Pride of America, which partially sank in a German shipyard during storms last week, will result in 'a substantial delay'.
  • CSIC to seek listing for parts arm this year
    MAINLAND China's biggest marine group, China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation will push ahead with plans to list its parts subsidiary Fengfan Stock Co, this year.
  • HK marine dept acts to improve safety
    HONG Kong's Marine Department has vowed to clamp down and prosecute unsafe container handling following three fatalities in six months.
Air and Land Transport
  • Foot massages in the air a way to upgrade, THAI told
    A Thai government official has told state carrier Thai Airways to upgrade its services by providing extras like foot massages on its long-haul flights.
  • EU nations voice air marshal concerns to US
  • Star may form low cost, European units
  • Cockpit voice recorder of Egyptian airliner found
  • Court nod for Victor Li to invest in Air Canada
  • Northwest gave US govt data on passengers
Port Shots
  • Port Shots
    TEEKAY Shipping Corp, the world's largest tanker owner by market value, placed orders for six Aframax tankers at a cost of US$260 million from Hyundai Heavy Industries Co and Tsuneishi Corp.
Liner Scene
  • Back to the future or end of an era?
    EVERY so often I find it instructive to dig out my now nine-year-old and rather dog-eared copy of the 'The Box', described as 'an anthology celebrating 25 years of containerisation and the TT Club'.

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • NCL vows to go ahead with launch of Hawaiian cruises
    STAR Cruises' US subsidiary Norwegian Cruise Lines has vowed to stick to the planned July 4 launch of its Hawaiian cruises with a second vessel after concluding that damage caused to its nearly-completed Pride of America, which partially sank in a German shipyard during storms last week, will result in 'a substantial delay'.
  • CSIC to seek listing for parts arm this year
    MAINLAND China's biggest marine group, China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation will push ahead with plans to list its parts subsidiary Fengfan Stock Co, this year.
  • HK marine dept acts to improve safety
    HONG Kong's Marine Department has vowed to clamp down and prosecute unsafe container handling following three fatalities in six months.
Air and Land Transport
  • Foot massages in the air a way to upgrade, THAI told
    A Thai government official has told state carrier Thai Airways to upgrade its services by providing extras like foot massages on its long-haul flights.
  • EU nations voice air marshal concerns to US
  • Star may form low cost, European units
  • Cockpit voice recorder of Egyptian airliner found
  • Court nod for Victor Li to invest in Air Canada
  • Northwest gave US govt data on passengers
Port Shots
  • Port Shots
    TEEKAY Shipping Corp, the world's largest tanker owner by market value, placed orders for six Aframax tankers at a cost of US$260 million from Hyundai Heavy Industries Co and Tsuneishi Corp.
Liner Scene
  • Back to the future or end of an era?
    EVERY so often I find it instructive to dig out my now nine-year-old and rather dog-eared copy of the 'The Box', described as 'an anthology celebrating 25 years of containerisation and the TT Club'.

Sched Netweb site
  • China handles largest box volume in world
  • Tianjin tops 3m TEU in 2003
  • Oakland's Boyle becomes member of Maritime Security Committee
  • MTC handles six million TEU last year
  • New chairman for Singapore's JTC Corporation
  • IMO-EC meeting to focus on safety, security
  • Frankfurt airfreight on the rise
  • Freightgate launches web-based air schedule
  • Panalpina Vietnam lifts Lufthansa agent award
  • Hawaiian Airlines to begin Sydney service in May

Exim Indiaweb site
  • Bharat Shipping Agency handles 24 TEUs under US Aid Programme - Jeekay International bags deal
  • Varun Shipping records 259 pc rise in profits during Q3
  • Maersk Sealand adds zip to its zing, upgrades MECL service NSICT to Charleston in just 18 days!
  • Coffee exports surge by 3.3 pc in 2003
  • Foodgrain exports to continue
  • India may provide duty-free access to 500 Singapore items
  • Coir pith acquires better export potential
  • CoPT receives 14 RFQs to develop international container transhipment terminal
  • New all-cargo airline to take wings in Feb.
  • SCR to launch door-to-door cargo service for Guntur cotton traders today
  • Centre allows 100 pc FDI in petroleum sector
  • Excise duty on computer hardware scrapped
  • CBEC introducing digital signature facility to enable online filing of transaction details - Boon for ex-im trade
  • Direct tax collections record 24 pc increase
  • RBI allows Indian cos to invest 100 pc of net worth abroad
  • AIAI, Thai team sign MoU on bilateral cooperation
  • UK retailer selects Maersk Logistics for total supply chain management
  • Stone expo in Hyderabad this month-end
  • IMTC to conduct shipping management programme from February 8

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
JANUARY 16, 2004
  • New company set up by former Anderson Hughes team
    Called Eximius Ltd, the new company said it will be concentrating on servicing a number of very close clients in Ship Chartering, Sale & Purchase as well as offering bunker broker services.
  • Baltic buyers blessed by bearish bounty
    Apart from St. Petersburg, most ports around the Baltic are recording soft numbers today, and buyers on the whole have responded to the lowering prices by getting their wallets out.
  • Bunkering resumes at Danube river port
  • Cockett Marine & Island Oil announce strategic alliance
    Cockett Marine Oil Ltd. and the Cyprus-based supplier and trader Island Oil Ltd., announced the establishment of a strategic alliance today, whereby Island Oil will represent Cockett in the Eastern Mediterranean.
  • Rotterdam prices down some more in volatile market
  • Fog disrupts Houston Ship Channel traffic

International Transport Journalweb site
JANUARY 16, 2004
  • Fruit Logistica 2004 taking place in Berlin, Germany
  • ABX Logistics to use Teleroute
  • EIB and the Republic of Guinea sign EUR 12-million loan agreement
  • Hermes closes giant parcels contract
  • Stinnes group restructures automative sector under Schenker umbrella
  • Lufthansa Cargo posts slight dip in volumes
  • Hutchison called to close its Indonesia JV terminals
  • New Management at Brenntag Latin America Inc.

The Scandinavian Shipping Gazetteweb site
JANUARY 16, 2004
  • Scandinavian newbuilding orders of USD 4.0 billion
  • Concordia sells the last Ludwig tankers
  • Faeroese ferry hits rock after power-failure in homeport

Maritime Global Netweb site
JANUARY 16, 2004
  • HSBC warns on P&I clubs
  • Knightsbridge pay-out
  • Teekay orders six aframaxes
  • New boss for Kvaerner Masa-Yards
  • SA offers yard risk assessment surveys
  • Palm oil refinery for Rotterdam
  • Bunker boost for Rotterdam

Marine Logweb site
JANUARY 16, 2004
  • Royal Olympic in deal with banks
    Two Blohm+Voss built ships will go on block
  • Smit gets contract to refloat "Pride of America"
    A team from Smit Salvage is in Bremerhaven
  • Promotion at SWM
    Bob Kilpatrick named president and GM

World Wide Shipperweb site
JANUARY 16, 2004
  • Port of Olympia schedules East Bay property workshop
  • Rail freight traffic ends year with across the board gains
  • CBP takes in $24.7 billion in revenue during 2003
  • Coast Guard moves test center to downtown Seattle location
  • Holland America Line naming new ship NOORDAM

Lloyd's Listweb site
  • Royal Olympic ships up for auction
    ROYAL Olympic Cruise Lines' attempt to emerge from its $250m debt crisis with its corporate integrity intact has collapsed, as the company's two embattled cruiseships are now up for judicial auction and its chief executive has resigned.
  • Asia box battle threatens to wreck FEFC rate plans
    CONTAINER shipping lines fear that a prolonged slowdown in the Asia to Europe trades over Chinese New Year could leave the Far Eastern Freight Conference's business plan in tatters as carriers fight to retain market share.
  • QM2 bomb threat rumours are denied
    CUNARD has denied reports that its 150,000 gt cruiseship Queen Mary 2 was the subject of bomb threats as it arrived at the port of Funchal in Madeira on Thursday, writes Christopher Mayer .
  • Seafarer 'bill of rights' nears agreement after two years' work by ILO group
    THE draft of a new cover-all convention setting minimum employment standards for the world's seafarers is due to be agreed by an International Labour Organisation working group this week.

Fairplayweb site
JANUARY 16, 2004
  • Brazil to fingerprint US cruisers
    BRAZIL'S Federal Police are to take fingerprints and photographs of 152 US citizens when they arrive in Santos on Sunday on the cruise ship Silver Wind
  • A&P unaware of talks with SORENI
    A&P business development director Clive Towl says neither he nor his fellow ship repair company directors have any knowledge of talks with French yard SORENI
  • Marad passes LNG terminal
    US ENERGY giant El Paso Corp has won approval from US regulators to develop a deep-water LNG port in the Gulf of Mexico
  • Cunard dismisses QM2 bomb threat
    A Cunard spokesman has described as "completely untrue" suggestions that anonymous bomb threats had been received this week against the Queen Mary 2
  • Royal Olympic discusses games ships
    ROYAL Olympic Cruises has revealed some of the details of an agreement reached with German lending institutions yesterday
  • Kotug loses Wallenius Wilhelmsen
    ROTTERDAM-based tug operator Kotug has lost major client Wallenius Wilhelmsen in the ports of Bremerhaven and Hamburg
  • P&I performance remains poor
  • ICTSI loses out at Port of Spain
  • Tensions mount over 'sea motorways'
  • Rail link opens up Darwin trade
  • Zim deal financing almost closed
  • Chinese crew remain under scrutiny
  • Onorato again questions Tirrenia
  • Malta counts cost of EU membership
  • King demands Aqaba solution
  • Lüken speaks out on Pride incident

The Journal of Commerceweb site
JANUARY 16, 2004
  • LA ports mulling premium box fees
    Proposal to alleviate congestion in So. Calif. would use daytime handling revenues to cover costs of night and weekend gates.
  • Browning to leave Customs
    Deputy commissioner of Bureau of Customs and Border Protection departs agency April 1.
  • French seamen plan second strike in a week
  • Maersk revises Mid-East/India-U.S. service
  • Container boom for Portland
  • Corps meets on Freeport dredging
  • Deepening at Wilmington, N.C. completed
  • Increase for Kandla box traffic
  • Israel union sets port strike deadline
  • DHL completes quality program
  • Coyne opens new Baghdad air-cargo service
  • TIA program offers audit, payment agreements

Containerisation Internationalweb site
JANUARY 16, 2004
  • Qualification period for Vallarpadam concession closes
    P&O Ports, PSA Corporation and Zim are among the foreign companies interested in developing and operating a transhipment hub at Vallarpadam, in Kerala.
  • Maersk service-changes diverts transhipments from PTP
    Feeder carrier Bengal Tiger Lines (BTL) has pulled out of the Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP) and returned to Singapore, following Maersk Sealand's (MSL) service-changes, orientated on its Salalah hub.
  • Barranquilla re-opens but Cala Panama remains stranded
  • China Shipping enhances capacity in Asia/Europe trade
  • Chittagong embarks on US$40m efficiency drive
  • Seawheel gets New Year started with lo/lo service
  • Local media says all Port of Spain bids rejected
  • Hupac growth stunted by tunnel closures
  • Chennai fastest-growing box terminal in south India
  • New St Lawrence Seaway marketeer considers container market

TradeWindsweb site
JANUARY 16, 2004
  • Boeing mulls future of shipfinance
    Maritime portfolio could be up for sale after aviation giant hires investment bank.
  • Gilford Securities pushes Teekay
    Analyst 'conservatively' predicts 50% rise in share price.
  • More management upset at Royal Olympic
    Revolving door of board members swings again.
  • Stolt Offshore to double equity offering
    Embattled company increases fund-raising target to $200m.
  • Smit to refloat Pride of America
    Salvors to start diving inspections on storm-battered cruise newbuilding.
  • Eximius aims high
    New shipbroking venture is established by former Anderson Hughes team.
  • Latvian Shipping rapped over tanker order
    Late disclosure of Croatian newbuilding plan earns stock exchange reprimand.
  • Grindrod aims for share simplicity
    South African owner wants to improve liquidity by squashing its two-tier stock structure.
  • Rosneft details Arkhangelsk crude plans
    Russian port could handle 2.5 million tonnes of exports this year.
  • Grimaldi in for first Superfast ship
    Italian group to buy Greek owner Attica's original fast ferry.
  • K Line and Yang Ming cut back to speed up
    Japanese and Taiwanese partners reduce capacity on Asia to US east coast to boost transit times.
  • HSBC endorses P&I rate hikes
    Marine chief Nigel Russell warns clubs to avoid reliance on investment income.
  • El Paso green light for offshore LNG buoy
    Excelerate Energy's ships get their mooring outlet but where's the gas?
  • Estonian ferry tender scrapped
    Government throws out unsuitable bids from Tallink and others for subsidised islands service.
  • TFDS orders fast Cats
    Norwegian ferry owner picks Fjellstrand for two-ship deal.
  • ExxonMobil talks up Gulf LNG terminal plans
    Oil major wheels in Texas governor and Qatari top brass as it joins plant rush in US.
  • Korean Air to sell more Hanjin stock
    Airline details plans to dispose of another tranche of stock in advance of shipbuilders' spin-off.
  • Baron resurfaces at Rickmers
    Ex-CP Ships veteran Godric Baron appointed as board director and advisor to Bertram.
  • Houston Ship Channel reopens
    Fog lifts to allow traffic flows to resume on strategic southern US waterway.
  • Noordam name resurrected
    Fourth of Holland America Line's Vista-class ships to continue century old name.

American Shipperweb site
JANUARY 16, 2004
  • Maersk Sealand revises U.S./Middle East/India service
  • FMC to discuss tariff-filing, New York port practices
  • CMA CGM christens Europe/Caribbean reefer containerships
  • Rickmers Holding names Baron as director and adviser
  • Boeing financing company looks to exit market
  • DHL Danzas' Cargo 2000 system is approved
  • Swift buys large Mexican carrier
  • Maryland officials assess cause of truck crash
  • Admiralty lawyer Sam Delich dies in San Francisco
  • Kom International picks Taliaferro as president and CEO
  • USDA eases rules for Chinese dwarfed plant imports
  • EU, seven other countries prepare to retaliate against U.S. dumping act
  • WTO warns U.S. against protectionism, security burden on trade
  • U.S. agriculture officials go back to Japan to attempt re-opening of beef exports
  • Trade help denied to Louisiana crawfish producers, Mississippi fisheries co-op
  • U.S. Department of Agriculture rules on imports of Eucalyptus wood chip
  • U.S. Maritime Administration approves deepwater LNG port

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FROM THE HOME PAGE
Terminal Intermodale Venezia, concession contract renewed
PORTS
Terminal Intermodale Venezia, concession contract renewed
Venice
The duration of the agreement is 25 years. Investments of over 100 million euros are expected
PORTS
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.
TRADE
US tariffs will cause a four percentage point reduction in the expected volume of world trade
Geneva
The World Trade Organization believes so
SHIPPING
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
SHIPPING
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
MARITIME SERVICES
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
TRADE
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.
PORTS
Guerrieri appointed extraordinary commissioner of the Northern Tyrrhenian Sea Port Authority
Leghorn
The mandate granted by MIT has no expiration date
SHIPPING
APM Terminals buys the Panama Canal Railway Company
The Hague
The company operates the railway line parallel and adjacent to the Panama Canal
SHIPYARDS
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
LOGISTICS
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
MARITIME SERVICES
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
PORTS
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
PORTS
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
SHIPYARDS
Turkey's Desan Shipyard in talks to take over Mangalia shipyard
Bucharest
The Tuzla plant is much smaller than the Romanian one
SAFETY & SECURITY
Six international shipping associations present a guide to planning safe navigation
London
SHIPYARDS
TUI awards Fincantieri contract for two new cruise ships for Marella Cruises
Hanover/Trieste
Deliveries are scheduled for 2030 and 2032
PORTS
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
PORTS
China Antitrust Launches Investigation into Hutchison Ports' Panama Terminal Sale
Beijing/Hong Kong
Panama Ports Company operates the Balboa and Cristobal ports
COMPANIES
PSA posts annual revenue growth, but profits fall
Singapore
Sharp increase in operating costs across the board
PORTS
Temporary Port Labor Supply Company in Cagliari Extended for Another 18 Months
Cagliari
PORTS
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%)
INDUSTRY
Chinese container maker CIMC posts bumper 2024
Hong Kong
Almost 3.6 million containers sold (+372%). Record revenues
Le Aziende informanoSponsored Article
AAL Shipping sceglie il sistema di consulenza marina di ABB per ottimizzare la flotta Super B-Class
PORTS
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
SHIPPING
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
SHIPPING
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
PORTS
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
PORTS
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
PORTS
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%)
PORTS
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
SAFETY & SECURITY
ITU, ICAO and IMO highlight risks to maritime and air transport caused by attacks on satellite communications
Geneva/Montreal/London
SHIPPING
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
SAFETY & SECURITY
For security, military ships are not enough, merchant ships are also essential
London
CRUISES
TUI in talks with shipyards for two new cruise ships for Marella
Hanover
Slots available starting from the 2031 financial year
ACCIDENTS
ANESCO, with the Port Employment Centers, accidents have decreased in the three main Spanish ports
Madrid
67% reduction in lost work days per year
PORTS
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
SHIPYARDS
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
SHIPPING
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
PORTS
Porto Marghera, renewal of concession to Terminal Rinfuse Venezia
Venice
New 25-year contract. Investments of over 53 million euros expected
PORTS
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
CRUISES
Carnival Sets New Low Season Quarter Records December-February
Miami
Positive outlook for the remainder of the 2025 financial year
TRANSPORTATION
Rail Losing Ground in Transalpine Freight Traffic Through Switzerland
Bern
In 2024, trains transported 25.7 million tons of cargo (-3.7%)
PORTS
CK Hutchison's Port Division revenues grew by 10.8% last year
Hong Kong
RAILWAY TRANSPORT
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
COMPANIES
Port of Genoa, Ente Bacini requests new spaces and renewal of the concession
Genoa
Conference to celebrate the centenary of the company
MEETINGS
The public meeting of the Italian Port Terminal Operators Association will be held in Rome on June 19th
Genoa
SHIPYARDS
VARD to build offshore dive vessel for Dong Fang Offshore
Alesund/Trieste
The contract is worth 113.5 million euros
PORTS
Next week Italian ports will participate in Seatrade Cruise Global
Rome
Initiative brand: "CruiseItaly - One Country, Many Destinations"
CRUISES
MSC Group Cruise Terminal Officially Inaugurated in the Port of Barcelona
Barcelona
In 2027 it will be equipped with a cold ironing plant
SHIPPING
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
INDUSTRY
Liebherr achieves record annual sales in the maritime and port crane segment
Bulls
Strong demand for offshore and container handling equipment
MEETINGS
The annual conference "Programming, Operation and Management of Transport Networks" in Genoa
Genoa
It is dedicated to the transport and mobility sector
SHIPYARDS
Last year, 656 ships underwent repair work in Greece
Piraeus
Increase of five units compared to 2023
PORTS
Port of La Spezia, cruise ship docking simulations completed at Garibaldi West pier
The Spice
MEETINGS
Assagenti conference on the future of the profession of maritime agent and broker
Genoa
It will be held tomorrow in Genoa
ASSOCIATIONS
Francesco Beltrano is the new general secretary of Uniport
Rome
He takes over from Paolo Ferrandino, who will continue to collaborate as a consultant
PROGRESS AND TECHNOLOGY
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
OFFSHORE
Saipem awarded new contracts in Middle East and Guyana
Milan
The total value of the orders is approximately 720 million dollars.
MEETINGS
Conference in Genoa for the centenary of Ente Bacini
Genoa
The company was established on 19 February 1925
FREIGHT TERMINALS
Interporto Bologna Board of Directors Renewed
Bentivoglio
Stefano Caliandro Appointed President. Loss of 1.7 million euros in 2024
SHIPPING
NYK invests 76 billion yen in NYK Energy Ocean Corporation
Tokyo
The newco has taken over the activities of ENEOS Ocean
SHIPPING
Decarbonisation of maritime transport will be faster in the EU and the US
LOGISTICS
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
PORTS
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
INDUSTRY
COSCO Shipping Development Co.'s container sales increased by +204.1% in 2024
Shanghai
The related turnover increased by +124.0%
PORTS
The call for funding for the purchase of electric vehicles in the ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado has been published
Genoa
SHIPPING
Yang Ming Buys Three New 8,000 TEU Containerships
Keelung
They will be delivered between 2028 and 2029
SHIPYARDS
Construction of a cruise ship for Regent Seven Seas Cruises begins in Marghera
Trieste
Fincantieri will deliver the unit in 2026
ASSOCIATIONS
Federlogistica establishes operational offices in Spain and Brazil
Genoa
The aim is to go beyond theoretical cooperative relationships
NEWS
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
FREIGHT TERMINALS
In 2024, the economic results of Interporto Padova reached record values
Padua
Revenues up +17%
CRUISES
Three ceremonies at the Saint-Nazaire shipyard for three new MSC Cruises ships
Geneva
New flagship "MSC World America" delivered
RAILWAY TRANSPORT
German railway company DB Cargo reduced losses in 2024
Berlin
Revenues down again. -9.0% drop in freight volumes
SHIPPING
NovaAlgoma orders second 38,000 dwt cement carrier in China
Lugano
It will be taken over in 2027
CUSTOMS
Customs agreement between Italy and Brazil to facilitate trade
Brasilia
Mission of the Customs and Monopolies Agency in the South American nation
PROGRESS AND TECHNOLOGY
A team from La Spezia Container Terminal in Rotterdam to test advanced technologies
The Spice
ECT Hutchinson Ports Training Center Visited
MEETINGS
The assembly of Genoese freight forwarders on Monday
Genoa
It will be held at the Palazzo della Borsa in Genoa
SHIPPING
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
INSTITUTIONS
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
RIVER TRANSPORT
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.
PORTS
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
FREIGHT TERMINALS
Experimentation of crane automation has begun at the Interporto Padova terminal
Padua
The interport company awarded the "Industria Felix 2025 Award"
PORTS
Container traffic in the port of Algeciras fell by -17.0% in February
Algeciras
Both import-export volumes and transhipment are decreasing
CRUISES
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
SHIPPING
In 2024, the volume of vehicles transported by Wallenius Wilhelmsen's fleet decreased by -9.7%
Oslo
Traffic down on almost all global routes
ASSOCIATIONS
Agreement between Assoporti and Assologistica and the Florida trade, transport and port authorities
Rome
It was signed today
ASSOCIATIONS
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
PORTS
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%
PORTS
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
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
MEETINGS
The public meeting of the Italian Port Terminal Operators Association will be held in Rome on June 19th
Genoa
MEETINGS
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
Autorità di Regolazione dei Trasporti
Relazione del presidente Nicola Zaccheo
Roma, 18 settembre 2024
››› File
INTERMODAL TRANSPORT
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
PORTS
Container traffic in the port of Valencia grew by +15.2% last month
Valencia
The overall volume of goods handled increased by +6.8%
PORTS
The Northern Tyrrhenian Sea Port Authority obtains gender equality certification
Leghorn
It is the first Italian port authority to obtain this recognition
PORTS
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
SHIPPING
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
COMPANIES
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
PORTS
Assiterminal presents three projects for the sustainable transition of the Italian port sector
Rome
PORTS
Work completed on docks 33 and 34 of the port of Civitavecchia
Civitavecchia
50,000 square meters of yards prepared
INFRASTRUCTURE
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
SHIPYARDS
Hanwha acquires 9.9% stake in shipbuilding company Austal
Sydney
Investment worth approximately 116 million US dollars
SHIPPING
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
TRUCKING
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
PORTS
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.
PORTS
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
PORTS
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
INTERMODAL TRANSPORT
UIR proposes a permanent table for the development of intermodality
Verona
The main task is to build a project financing program.
COMPANIES
Restructuring plan approved for Spanish company Armas Trasmediterránea
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Creditors' appeal rejected
PORTS
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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