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August 19, 2004
Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • TSA counting on cargo demand to outpace capacity
    FORECASTING a 10-12 per cent growth on the transpacific container trade this year, the trade's 14 key members are optimistic that cargo demand will continue to outpace capacity, despite massive newbuilding orders comprising nearly half of the existing fleet.
  • Kuwait tanker firm orders 3 more ships
    THE state-owned Kuwait Oil Tanker Co has signed a contract with South Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries Co for three more vessels following four tankers ordered last week.
  • Two indicators to judge success of ISPS Code
    THE success or failure of the ISPS Code can be measured by two key indicators - the incidence of stowaways and piracy/armed robbery, according to the US-based marine mutual liability insurer American Club.
  • Zim's Q2 profit soars
    ISRAEL's largest shipping firm Zim Integrated Shipping Services Ltd said yesterday it posted a sharply higher net profit in the second quarter, boosted by one-time charges related to the sale of two ships.
  • Scrap Market
    OIL tankers sold for scrap at ship breaking yards fell 40 per cent during the first seven months of the year as surging freight rates prompted owners to keep vessels in service, London-based shipbroker Simpson, Spence & Young said.
Air and Land Transport
  • BA sweetens pay offer to prevent costly strike
    BRITISH Airways improved a pay offer for ground staff on Tuesday in a bid to stave off a planned 24-hour strike that threatens to disrupt travel at Britain's main airports during a key holiday.
  • American, United agree to back temporary flight caps at O'Hare
  • Air India fleet may be world's oldest
  • Paris terminal partially reopens
  • Aer Lingus workers approve strike over 1,300 job cuts
  • Cathay pulls up crew after tight landing
Features
  • A big STEP towards growth
    MOL has stated that MOL STEP is a blueprint for sustainable growth. How has this thinking been translated into specific strategies?

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • TSA counting on cargo demand to outpace capacity
    FORECASTING a 10-12 per cent growth on the transpacific container trade this year, the trade's 14 key members are optimistic that cargo demand will continue to outpace capacity, despite massive newbuilding orders comprising nearly half of the existing fleet.
  • Kuwait tanker firm orders 3 more ships
    THE state-owned Kuwait Oil Tanker Co has signed a contract with South Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries Co for three more vessels following four tankers ordered last week.
  • Two indicators to judge success of ISPS Code
    THE success or failure of the ISPS Code can be measured by two key indicators - the incidence of stowaways and piracy/armed robbery, according to the US-based marine mutual liability insurer American Club.
  • Zim's Q2 profit soars
    ISRAEL's largest shipping firm Zim Integrated Shipping Services Ltd said yesterday it posted a sharply higher net profit in the second quarter, boosted by one-time charges related to the sale of two ships.
  • Scrap Market
    OIL tankers sold for scrap at ship breaking yards fell 40 per cent during the first seven months of the year as surging freight rates prompted owners to keep vessels in service, London-based shipbroker Simpson, Spence & Young said.
Air and Land Transport
  • BA sweetens pay offer to prevent costly strike
    BRITISH Airways improved a pay offer for ground staff on Tuesday in a bid to stave off a planned 24-hour strike that threatens to disrupt travel at Britain's main airports during a key holiday.
  • American, United agree to back temporary flight caps at O'Hare
  • Air India fleet may be world's oldest
  • Paris terminal partially reopens
  • Aer Lingus workers approve strike over 1,300 job cuts
  • Cathay pulls up crew after tight landing
Features
  • A big STEP towards growth
    MOL has stated that MOL STEP is a blueprint for sustainable growth. How has this thinking been translated into specific strategies?

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • TSA counting on cargo demand to outpace capacity
    FORECASTING a 10-12 per cent growth on the transpacific container trade this year, the trade's 14 key members are optimistic that cargo demand will continue to outpace capacity, despite massive newbuilding orders comprising nearly half of the existing fleet.
  • Kuwait tanker firm orders 3 more ships
    THE state-owned Kuwait Oil Tanker Co has signed a contract with South Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries Co for three more vessels following four tankers ordered last week.
  • Two indicators to judge success of ISPS Code
    THE success or failure of the ISPS Code can be measured by two key indicators - the incidence of stowaways and piracy/armed robbery, according to the US-based marine mutual liability insurer American Club.
  • Zim's Q2 profit soars
    ISRAEL's largest shipping firm Zim Integrated Shipping Services Ltd said yesterday it posted a sharply higher net profit in the second quarter, boosted by one-time charges related to the sale of two ships.
  • Scrap Market
    OIL tankers sold for scrap at ship breaking yards fell 40 per cent during the first seven months of the year as surging freight rates prompted owners to keep vessels in service, London-based shipbroker Simpson, Spence & Young said.
Air and Land Transport
  • BA sweetens pay offer to prevent costly strike
    BRITISH Airways improved a pay offer for ground staff on Tuesday in a bid to stave off a planned 24-hour strike that threatens to disrupt travel at Britain's main airports during a key holiday.
  • American, United agree to back temporary flight caps at O'Hare
  • Air India fleet may be world's oldest
  • Paris terminal partially reopens
  • Aer Lingus workers approve strike over 1,300 job cuts
  • Cathay pulls up crew after tight landing
Features
  • A big STEP towards growth
    MOL has stated that MOL STEP is a blueprint for sustainable growth. How has this thinking been translated into specific strategies?

Sched Netweb site
  • Kwai Chung Terminal sets new box record
  • "K" Line leader anticipates solid container growth in US, Europe trades
  • Logisitics seminar to take place in Chongqing
  • Exel to manage Fritolay's logisitics
  • TUI's shipping business sees rise in interim profit
  • Port of Tacoma restructures organisation
  • AP Moller-Maersk sells data subsidiary to IBM
  • Mainland express postal service launched
  • Hainan Airlines to offer US services
  • BA Q1 results `reasonable' America West installs Walsh as senior VP

Exim Indiaweb site
  • Maersk Sealand enhances MECL service with improved transit times
  • Exports register 25.57 pc rise during April-July 2004
  • DHL to upgrade facilities to promote express business
  • Jobs quota enforcement will spark industrial exodus from state, warns India Incorporated
  • Customs, excise duties on petro-goods cut
  • Cyprus to double presence at Seatrade Middle East Maritime
  • VCTPL felicitates shipping lines on I-Day
  • Interactive business meet with Taiwan team at IMC tomorrow
  • First-ever high-power Indo-US maritime conference begins today

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
AUGUST 18, 2004
  • Key Florida supplier touts for potential buyers
    18 months after acquiring a number of oil products barges and terminals from El Paso Corporation, Denver-based petroleum transport company TransMontaigne Inc. reportedly eyeing potential suitors.
  • New price peak as US crude stocks shrink
  • Yukos battles on to prevent bankruptcy
    Russian oil giant seeking ways to raise cash for $3.4bn cash bill, while its oil exports look secured for another month.
  • Latest US oil inventory figures at a glance
  • Typhoon Megi halts Yosu bunker deliveries
    Busan bunkering reportedly unaffected as typhoon heads towards northern Japan.
  • Third bunker surveyor to face sentencing Friday
    A third bunker surveyor is set to face sentencing in a Singapore court this Friday in Singapore's latest crackdown on corruption and malpractice in its $5 billion industry.
  • Reports: Two new bunker barges ordered for Kuwait
    Kuwait Oil Tanker Co. (KOTC), have signed two deals in the past week for the acquisition of seven new oil transportation vessels including two bunker barges.
  • Rotterdam a little firmer on crude rebound
  • Chinese fuel oil imports down 29% in July
    Latest customs figures reveal 29% drop in Chinese fuel oil imports.

International Transport Journalweb site
AUGUST 18, 2004
  • Data2Logistics introduces document imaging service
  • Bahrain to privatise ports
  • Dons Transporte handles heavy lift project in Switzerland
  • TX Logistik hauls goods for Deutsche Post
  • SAS still feeling strong head winds
  • "K" Line European service moves to Teesport
  • Port of Oakland Board appoints new director of maritime

Maritime Global Netweb site
AUGUST 18, 2004
  • Jaya profit up 41%
  • Maersk Sealand leaves TSA
  • MOL's new Vietnam service
  • "Judge ISPS by stowaway and piracy figures": American Club

Marine Logweb site
AUGUST 18, 2004
  • $171.3 million in high bids in Western Gulf lease sale
  • Royal Caribbean extends Ultra Voyager option
  • $107 million Navy award for Northrop Grumman

World Wide Shipperweb site
AUGUST 18, 2004
  • Port of Tacoma shuffles organizational makeup
  • Portland transportation summit will eye possibility of feeder service
  • Runway work brings changes to Portland International Airport
  • Port of Everett taps Russell for senior accountant post
  • Maersk Sealand changing menu of service offerings

Lloyd's Listweb site
  • BHP Billiton to pull out of shipowning, says Lynch
    GLOBAL commodities and energy giant BHP Billiton revealed yesterday that it wants to quit shipowning.
  • French politicians rue 'loss of influence' in Brussels
    EUROPE'S newly appointed transport commissioner, the Frenchman Jacques Barrot, has been attacked by French politicians as a symbol of the nation's perceived loss of influence in Brussels, writes Andrew Spurrier.
  • Maersk Sealand resigns from TSA
    MAERSK Sealand is resigning from the Transpacific Stabilisation Agreement, the carrier body that covers the eastbound Asia-US trades, and its Canadian equivalent.
  • McIntosh becomes chairman of London's joint hull committee
    PETER McIntosh, hull underwriter for Wellington syndicate 2020 at Lloyd's, is the new chairman of the joint hull committee in London, writes James Brewer.

Fairplayweb site
AUGUST 18, 2004
  • Masa extends Ultra Voyager 2 option
    FINNISH shipbuilder Kv'rner Masa-Yards has given Royal Caribbean Cruises another month to consider its contract for the Ultra Voyager 2
  • SARS-free Star shines
    STAR Cruises Group has announced dramatically improved results, primarily because its 2003 performance was crippled by a combined SARS-Iraq war blow
  • No strike imminent in Trinidad
    TENSIONS have reportedly risen during dockworker pay negotiations in Trinidad, but no strike is imminent, claims management
  • Rail overload blocks ore exports
    SOUTH African ore producers are being forced to look to alternative export outlets as the railway route to Saldanha port cannot cope with the supply
  • Paper contract for forest venture
    GORTHON-B&N Transatlantic has signed a contract with the Finnish-Swedish forest industry group for shipments of paper between Northern Europe and North America
  • Satellite tracking moves closer
    COMMERCIAL vessels heading for US ports are to be kept under continual surveillance from satellites, with information being fed to the US Coast Guard
  • ICTSI offers expat MidEast base
  • Maersk quits rate agreement
  • Receiver steps up to chief exec
  • Mexico threatens LA/LB volumes
  • Change of chairman at Joint Hull
  • Kone to split cranes from lifts
  • ABP port expansion approved
  • ILO seafarer i/d card to go ahead
  • Syria still maintains blacklist
  • BHP Billiton results strongly ahead

The Journal of Commerceweb site
AUGUST 18, 2004
  • 300,000 apply for longshore jobs
    Lottery will choose 3,000 for prized dockworker jobs in Los Angeles-Long Beach.
  • First call for CMA CGM mega-ship
    New 8,000-TEU boxship calls Long Beach for first time; line eyes further U.S. expansion.
  • Carriers ask FMC to delay NVO decision
  • OWL opposes 'hurry-up' petition
  • U.S.-South Europe lines hike rates
  • Strike by India port workers, mariners looms
  • Charters rates return to record levels
  • Bush signs Morocco free-trade pact
  • Management Dynamics signs two more NVOs
  • Wilmington adds bulk operator
  • Trans-Pacific carriers launch Web site
  • Alian'a expands Brazil cabotage

Containerisation Internationalweb site
AUGUST 18, 2004
  • Ocean carriers split over JNPT congestion charge
    Shipping lines operating out of India's West Coast Jawaharlal Nehru Port (JNP) have threatened to impose a congestion surcharge.
  • Temasek stands firm on NOL share price
    Temasek Holdings said it had no plans to increase its S$2.80 (US$1.63)/share offer for Neptune Orient Lines (NOL), indicating the Singapore government investment vehicle has no plans to de-list NOL.
  • Simmering charter market hard to predict
  • Carriers could pay the price for Santos work slowdown
  • Ferry admonished in K Line near miss
  • New department underlines Tacoma's committment to boxes
  • Sinokor to launch China/Southeast Asia service
  • MSC Gate appoints MD
  • Two more Asian ports to join CSI
  • Shenzhen closes gap on Kwai Chung competitors

TradeWindsweb site
AUGUST 18, 2004
  • Molaris also sold Stelmar shares
    Stelmar CFO sold $1.1m worth of stock on same day as CEO's $2.1m trade, previously questioned by Stelios Haji-Ioannou.
  • Cassen gets high sign
    Emden's resurrected Cassen Werft has financing for its first ship.
  • Seabulk tankers to take hit
    Drydockings will trim $1.4m from third-quarter revenue, company says.
  • Star ascends
    Cruise group's turnaround gathers pace as net yields jump.
  • RCCL extends Ultra option
    Cruise group buys more time to decide on second mega-ship, and promises Asian expansion in three to five years.
  • Handymax aground off Pipavav
    The 45,176-dwt bulker Ken Explorer (built 1997) reported to be stuck fast off Indian west coast.
  • Exchange rate hits Gorthon
    Swedish line warns current-year profits will be down on 2003, due to weak dollar and a slip in volumes.
  • Polyanka becomes Invincible
    TOP Tankers has taken delivery of the third in a series of ships it acquired from Russia's Sovcomflot.
  • Auditors issue warning on Trico
    PricewaterhouseCoopers questions firm's ability to remain a going concern after bond default.
  • Oceanex adds to Halifax service
    Montreal-based owner re-jigs fleet in advance of delivery of German-built boxship in early 2005.
  • MOL links Haiphong to Hong Kong
    Japanese shipowner to start new service linking northern Vietnam to its global liner network.
  • Jaya seals Qatar charters
    Singapore shipowning and shipbuilding group secures $17m worth of work for trio of newbuildings.

American Shipperweb site
AUGUST 18, 2004
  • Maersk Sealand quits TSA
  • Crowley Maritime broke even in second quarter
  • Eimskip merges with Faroe Ship
  • U.S./Mediterranean carriers to raise rates
  • Coast Guard talks with industry on sharing threat data
  • MOL provides northern Vietnam/Hong Kong link
  • PBB Global signs onto World Freight Alliance
  • Homeland Security looks at tougher rules for toxic rail cargoes
  • Bush urged to join grain producers worldwide to open Chinese market
  • Bush implements U.S.-Morocco free trade agreement
  • FMC dismisses complaint from Ceres
  • American Warehousing files FMC complaint against N.Y.-N.J. ports
  • Kalmar Industries invests in a Shanghai assembly plant

The Scandinavian Shipping Gazetteweb site
AUGUST 18, 2004
  • Gorthon result hit by weak dollar and engine break-down
    The Swedish ro-ro specialist Gorthon Lines reports a SEK 3.4 million after-tax result for the first six months ...
  • A.P. Møller-Mærsk sells off IT business
    A.P. Møller-Mærsk stands to gain a profit of DKK 2.5 billion (EUR 336 million) after the sales agreement with ...
  • Norwegian Navy lay up 20 vessels
    The Royal Norwegian Navy, which has suffered from severe cutbacks in the past couple of years, is forced to lay ...

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ESPO: The EU Parliament's Budget Committee's request for more funding for transport, energy and infrastructure is welcome
Brussels
The importance of financing TEN-T networks to enable their adaptation for both military and civilian dual-use purposes was highlighted
Solidarity contribution for the families of port workers who are victims of accidents at work
Rome
It was established by the National Bilateral Port Authority
Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore Division Reports Record Quarterly Revenue
Neuilly-sur-Seine
New historical peak also for the classified fleet
PSA reportedly considering selling its 20% stake in Hutchison Ports
Singapore
This is according to "Reuters", which had already floated this hypothesis at the end of 2022
Federagenti, Italy must give a sharp acceleration to the projects of ZES, free zones and Special Logistics Zones
Rome
Pessina: There is no space for reflections prey to bureaucracy
In the first quarter of this year, freight traffic in the port of Rotterdam decreased by -5.8%.
Rotterdam
Both disembarkation (-3.1%) and embarkation (-11.9%) loads are decreasing
Increase in container cargo is not enough for the port of Antwerp-Bruges to avoid a -4.0% decline in quarterly traffic
Antwerp
The decline in liquid bulk cargoes worsened (-19.1%)
The China Shipowners' Association considers the measures taken by the US against Chinese ships a typical example of unilateralism and protectionism
Beijing/Washington
The WSC reiterates that such measures could undermine American trade, harm U.S. manufacturers, and undermine efforts to strengthen the nation's maritime industry.
COSCO Expresses Strong Opposition to US Planned Taxes on Chinese Ships
Growing share of new entrants in European rail transport sector
Madrid
In 2023, rail freight transport performance decreased by -8%
New Chinese Ship Taxes That Will Only Raise Prices for Americans
Washington
The executive vice president of the US Chamber of Commerce denounced it
Tax amounts set for China-linked vessels arriving at US ports
Washington
Calculated on the basis of net capacity or container volume, they will be applied from October and will be progressively increased
International tender launched to award concession for new Casablanca port shipyard
Casablanca
It is the largest in Africa and has been unused since 2019
Federlogistica, the industry must stop approaching logistics only in terms of costs
Genoa
Falteri: a national control room composed of representatives of the logistics sector and industrial groups is necessary
ABB closes positive first quarter even if revenue growth is lower than expected
Zurich
Wierod: Our consolidated local-for-local approach protects us from the trade war
New global minimum wage deal for seafarers
Geneva
The level will rise to $690 from January 1, 2026 to reach $704 from 2027 and $715 from 2028.
Global trade in goods could fall by -1.5% this year
Geneva
WTO predicts. Okonjo-Iweala: Persistent uncertainty threatens to slow global growth, with serious negative consequences for the world
In 2023, around two-thirds of all goods moved in the EU were transported by sea.
Luxembourg
In the period 2013-2023, only the share of road transport increased, while that of other modes decreased.
Postal shipments of goods from Hong Kong to the US suspended
Hong Kong
Hongkong Post faces exorbitant and unreasonable tariffs due to unjustified and intimidating actions of the United States
Confitarma highlights the need for the decarbonisation strategy not to penalise shipping compared to other modes
Rome
Zanetti: also ensure that the implementation process takes into account the operational needs of the industry
Intercargo and Intertanko raise concerns over shipping decarbonisation deal
London
The complexity of the measure adopted by the IMO and the unusual procedure from which non-governmental organizations were excluded were highlighted
Pirate attacks on ships to spike in first quarter of 2025
Pirate attacks on ships to spike in first quarter of 2025
London
Sharp increase in incidents in the Singapore Straits
Interferry welcomes IMO agreement on decarbonisation of shipping, but finds strategy too complex
Victoria/Piraeus
Greek Shipowners' Association disappointed by failure to recognise essential role of transition fuels such as LNG
International Labour Organization Recognizes Seafarers as Key Workers
London
ITF and ICS: a historic moment
CMA CGM to acquire 35% of Egypt's October Dry Port
Cairo
The company operates a dry port in the industrial and logistics zone near Cairo
MSC Group's TiL to Take Full Control of Hutchison Ports Terminals
New York
Bloomberg reports this, specifying that the Panamanian terminals would be jointly managed with BlackRock
Draft regulation on decarbonisation of shipping approved by MEPC includes mandatory fuel standard and pricing of greenhouse gas emissions
London/Washington/Brussels
The establishment of a Fund to collect resources deriving from the pricing of emissions is foreseen
MIT indicates Matteo Paroli as new president of the ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado
Rome/La Spezia
The La Spezia port community also requests a name for the Eastern Liguria Port Authority
Task force of five associations for the relaunch of Italian rail cargo
Rome
Initiative by Agens, Assoferr, Assologistica, Fercargo and Fermerci
Confitarma underlines the importance of the shipping decarbonisation strategy being defined at IMO
Rome
The Italian Confederation specifies that it shares some of the USA's concerns
WSC Reiterates Trump's Measures for National Maritime Industry Are Bad for U.S. Economy
Washington
Kramek: Ready to support the administration with constructive proposals
Fincantieri and Accenture establish joint venture Fincantieri Ingenium
Trieste/Milan
The aim is to drive the digital transformation of the ship product and port logistics
Meyer Werft has delivered the new luxury cruise ship Asuka III to NYK Cruises
Papenburg/Emden
It has a capacity of 744 passengers and 470 crew members
As Trump formalizes measures to revitalize America's maritime industry, the nation's ports face a dramatic decline in traffic
Washington/Geneva
Okonjo-Iweala (WTO): With the escalation of trade tensions between the US and China, the exchange of goods between the two economies could decrease up to 80%
CK Hutchison denies allegations of breach of concession contract for Panamanian ports of Cristóbal and Balboa
Panama
Panama Ports Company emphasizes that it has complied with all legal obligations and contractual commitments
US Does Not Participate in IMO Negotiations on Shipping Decarbonization, Threatens Reciprocal Measures
London
Expressed opposition to any attempt to impose economic measures on ships based on greenhouse gas emissions or fuel choice
T&E urges MEPC to agree clear and ambitious measures to decarbonise shipping
Brussels
It is necessary - the association underlines - to set binding objectives
Meyer Yachts will build an ultra-luxury residential mega yacht for Ulyssia Residences
Miami
The ship will be 320 meters long and will be built at the Papenburg shipyard
Le Aziende informano
Il retrofit ibrido-elettrico di ABB guida i traghetti dei laghi italiani verso un futuro più sostenibile
Neapolitan Grimaldi Group wins $1.3 billion order for nine ro-pax ships
Neapolitan Grimaldi Group wins $1.3 billion order for nine ro-pax ships
Helsinki/Naples
Order at China Merchants Jinling Shipyard (Weihai)
Viking orders two cruise ships from Fincantieri with option for two additional units
Los Angeles/Trieste
The two ships under construction in Ancona for the American brand will be the first in the world to be powered by hydrogen stored on board
Federlogistica, the possible collapse of road transport is a risk for the country
Genoa/Modena
Ruote Libere reports that the government only needs to allocate a little money to avoid having to deal with the real problems of road hauliers
Second edition of the European Maritime Transport Environmental Report published
Lisbon/Copenhagen
The new report indicates that promising progress has been made in several areas
WSC, MEPC must provide clear measures to decarbonise shipping this week
Washington
Wood-Thomas: It is not possible that these decisions can be postponed to guidelines developed in two years
Konecranes revenues increased by +7.7% in the first three months of 2025
Helsinki
343 million euros of new orders for port vehicles (+37.5%)
Kuehne+Nagel posts first quarter of growth
Schindellegi
The logistics group's net sales amounted to 6.33 billion Swiss francs (+14.9%)
Application by TDT (Grimaldi group) for the construction and management of 50% of the Terminal Darsena Europa in Livorno
Leghorn
The company has requested an extension of the duration of the current concession
In 2024, 58 million invested in the modernization of the ports of Livorno, Piombino and the island of Elba
Leghorn
The final budget and the annual report of the AdSP have been approved
EIB advice to strengthen climate resilience of the ports of Volos, Alexandroupolis and Patras
Luxembourg
It will assist port authorities in identifying and managing climate risks
In the first quarter the port of Valencia handled 1.3 million containers (+3.4%)
Valencia
Transhipment traffic decline
The Management Committee of the Central Tyrrhenian Sea Port Authority has unanimously approved the 2024 financial statement
Naples
SOS LOGistica will acquire the qualification of Third Sector Entity
Milan
The association currently has 74 members
In the first three months of 2025, freight traffic in the ports of Barcelona and Algeciras decreased
Barcelona/Algeciras
Hupac transfers intermodal service with Padua to Novara
Noise
Until now the other terminal was the one in Busto Arsizio
PSA SECH has operated the first 400-meter train at Parco Ferroviario Rugna
Genoa
Capacity up to 20 pairs of trains per day
The 2024 financial statement of the Eastern Liguria Port Authority was unanimously approved
The Spice
The war clearance preparatory to the expansion of the Ravano Terminal in La Spezia is nearing completion
The Spice
The AdSP has invested over 600 thousand euros in it
Francesco Rizzo appointed president of the AdSP of the Strait
Rome
He has repeatedly denounced the uselessness of the construction of the bridge over the Strait
US aircraft attack Yemeni port of Ras Isa
Tampa/Beirut
38 dead and over a hundred injured
In 2025 Stazioni Marittime predicts an increase in ferry and cruise traffic in the port of Genoa
MIT Mobility Report Highlights Rising Demand for Both Passengers and Freight
Rome
In the first quarter, cargo traffic in Russian ports decreased by -5.6%
St. Petersburg
Both dry goods (-5.3%) and liquid bulk (-5.8%) are decreasing
Andrea Giachero confirmed as president of Spediporto
Genoa
The board of directors of the association of Genoese freight forwarders has also been renewed for the three-year period 2025-2028
Study for monitoring vehicular traffic in the ports of Venice and Chioggia
Milan
Order awarded to Circle and Arelogik
In Italy, the rail freight transport sector is in deep trouble
Geneva
Fermerci calls for making traffic incentives structural and increasing and for refinancing the incentive for the purchase of locomotives and wagons
Global Maritime Forum report on optimising ship calls to reduce emissions
Copenhagen
Virtual arrival and just-in-time arrival approaches proposed
In the first quarter of this year, container traffic in the port of Gioia Tauro grew by +15.5%
Joy Taurus
Construction of the "Dockworker’s House" has begun
GNV has taken delivery of the second of four new ro-pax vessels in China
Genoa
"GNV Orion" will be able to accommodate 1,700 passengers and transport up to 3,080 linear metres of cargo
After ten quarters of decline, container traffic in the port of Hong Kong returns to growth
Hong Kong
In the first three months of this year 3.39 million TEUs were handled (+2.1%)
Fincantieri acquires stake in WSense
Rome
The ninth FREMM unit "Spartaco Schergat" delivered to the Italian Navy
The new edition of the Practical Manual of Maritime Traffic has been presented
Genoa
Written by Assagenti, it turns fifty
Container traffic at the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles increased by 26.6% and 5.2% in the first quarter
Long Beach/Los Angeles
Trump's tariffs impact imminent
In the first three months of 2025, the port of Singapore handled 10.5 million containers (+5.8%)
Singapore
In weight, containerized traffic recorded a decrease of -1.4%
Regulations signed for LNG bunkering at Fincantieri shipyard in Genoa
Genoa
Define the methods of transferring fuel from ship to ship
Historic shipbuilding brands Uljanik and 3.Maj on the verge of extinction
Zagreb
The State confirms its intention to sell the shipbuilding activities at the two sites of Pula and Rijeka
Cambiaso Risso has completed the acquisition of the French Somecassur
Genoa
The transalpine company specializes in the insurance of super and mega yachts
New weekly train service between the port of Gioia Tauro and Verona
Joy Taurus/Verona
Operated by Medlog for the transport of refrigerated goods
EBRD looking for strategic partner for development of Moldovan river port of Giurgiulesti
London
International competition launched
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Turkish ports set new first-quarter cargo traffic record
Ankara
Historic peak of cargo imported from abroad
In the first quarter of 2025, freight traffic in the port of Taranto grew by +37.6%
Taranto
Increase of 854 thousand tons of solid bulk and 265 thousand tons of conventional goods
DEME buys Havfram, a company that installs offshore wind farms
Second Right/Washington
Transaction worth approximately 900 million euros
Rail transport of convoys for Rome Metro started from Reggio Calabria
Rome
Contract awarded by Hitachi Rail to Mercitalia Rail
In 2024, the volumes handled by Magli Intermodal Service decreased by -2%
Rezzato
Turnover stable
Yang Ming records first decline in turnover in March after 14 months of growth
Keelung/Taipei
Evergreen and WHL revenue growth continues
The European Commission has approved the acquisition of Germany's Schenker by Denmark's DSV
Brussels
The impact on competition in the markets in which the two companies operate is considered limited
Fincantieri - Kayo Agreement to Promote the Development of the Shipbuilding and Naval Industry in Albania
Trieste
Possible creation of a hub for shipbuilding and refitting in the region
Recent slight reduction in logistics costs for new factory vehicles
Brussels
Montaresi (AdSP Liguria Orientale) awarded with the "Port Oscar"
Miami
The event has reached its eighteenth edition
In the first three months of 2025, containers carried by OOCL vessels increased by +9.3%
Hong Kong
Revenues up +16.8%
The AdSP of the Southern Tyrrhenian and Ionian Seas wins in appeal against Zen Yacht
Joy Taurus
Company ordered to pay back rent
A large shipment of cocaine was seized in the port of Livorno
Leghorn
Two tons of drugs identified by Customs and Financial Police personnel
Navantia renews agreement with American cruise group Royal Caribbean
Miami
To date, the Cadiz shipyard has carried out maintenance, repair and refurbishment work on 45 of the group's ships.
Record cruise traffic expected in Italian ports this year
Miami
Cemar believes that growth will not stop even in 2026
HII-HHI Agreement to Accelerate US and South Korean Naval Production
National Harbor
The aim is to strengthen the naval industrial base of the two nations.
Panama Ports Company Accused of Violating Terms of Concession Agreement
Panama
Panama's Auditor General announced the filing of criminal charges
Colombo West International Terminal has become operational
Ahmedabad
It has a traffic capacity of 3.2 million TEUs
The conference "New sustainable marine fuels - Decarbonize Shipping" will be held in Genoa on Monday
Genoa
The new multifunctional border control structure PCF - PED/PDI Point completed in the port of Gioia Tauro
Joy Taurus
"Artificial Intelligence Comes to Port" Conference in Rome on Friday
Rome
It is promoted by the National Union of Port Enterprises
MSC Group's new cruise terminal inaugurated in Miami
Miami
It can accommodate three large ships at the same time
In February, traffic in the port of Ravenna increased by +2.1%
Ravenna
Bulk cargo increases, miscellaneous cargo declines
In 2024, Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane recorded a net loss of -208 million euros
Rome
Revenues up by +11.7%. The group's freight transported increased thanks to the acquisition of Exploris
Port of Genoa, Ente Bacini requests new spaces and renewal of the concession
Genoa
Conference to celebrate the centenary of the company
The public meeting of the Italian Port Terminal Operators Association will be held in Rome on June 19th
Genoa
VARD to build offshore dive vessel for Dong Fang Offshore
Alesund/Trieste
The contract is worth 113.5 million euros
PORTS
Italian Ports:
Ancona Genoa Ravenna
Augusta Gioia Tauro Salerno
Bari La Spezia Savona
Brindisi Leghorn Taranto
Cagliari Naples Trapani
Carrara Palermo Trieste
Civitavecchia Piombino Venice
Italian Interports: list World Ports: map
DATABASE
ShipownersShipbuilding and Shiprepairing Yards
ForwardersShip Suppliers
Shipping AgentsTruckers
MEETINGS
The conference "New sustainable marine fuels - Decarbonize Shipping" will be held in Genoa on Monday
Genoa
It will take place at the headquarters of the Port Authority of Genoa
"Artificial Intelligence Comes to Port" Conference in Rome on Friday
Rome
It is promoted by the National Union of Port Enterprises
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Proposed 30% increase for port tariffs to be in phases, says Loke
(Free Malaysia Today)
Damen Mangalia Unionists Protest Friday Against Possible Closure
(The Romania Journal)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Relazione del presidente Nicola Zaccheo
Roma, 18 settembre 2024
››› File
Next week Italian ports will participate in Seatrade Cruise Global
Rome
Initiative brand: "CruiseItaly - One Country, Many Destinations"
MSC Group Cruise Terminal Officially Inaugurated in the Port of Barcelona
Barcelona
In 2027 it will be equipped with a cold ironing plant
Marcegaglia and Nova Marine Carriers form NovaMar Logistic joint venture
Lugano/Gazoldo of the Ippoliti
A general cargo ship will transport raw materials to the steel group's plants
Liebherr achieves record annual sales in the maritime and port crane segment
Bulls
Strong demand for offshore and container handling equipment
The annual conference "Programming, Operation and Management of Transport Networks" in Genoa
Genoa
It is dedicated to the transport and mobility sector
Last year, 656 ships underwent repair work in Greece
Piraeus
Increase of five units compared to 2023
Port of La Spezia, cruise ship docking simulations completed at Garibaldi West pier
The Spice
Assagenti conference on the future of the profession of maritime agent and broker
Genoa
It will be held tomorrow in Genoa
Stena Line presents a project for a ro-ro vessel capable of reducing energy consumption by at least 20%
Gothenburg
Introduced most of the innovative technologies currently available
Francesco Beltrano is the new general secretary of Uniport
Rome
He takes over from Paolo Ferrandino, who will continue to collaborate as a consultant
Saipem awarded new contracts in Middle East and Guyana
Milan
The total value of the orders is approximately 720 million dollars.
Conference in Genoa for the centenary of Ente Bacini
Genoa
The company was established on 19 February 1925
Interporto Bologna Board of Directors Renewed
Bentivoglio
Stefano Caliandro Appointed President. Loss of 1.7 million euros in 2024
NYK invests 76 billion yen in NYK Energy Ocean Corporation
Tokyo
The newco has taken over the activities of ENEOS Ocean
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