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April 21, 2004
Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • India's JNP terminal project caught up in election battle
    HIGHLIGHTING the challenges of doing business in India, the plum win by the Maersk/Concor consortium for the new 10 billion rupee container terminal at India's Jawaharlal Nehru Port appears to have been tripped up by the country's election fervour.
  • S Korea world's top shipbuilder
    SOUTH Korea overtook Japan to become the world's largest shipbuilder last year with over 40 per cent of the market, the Commerce, Industry and Energy Ministry said yesterday.
  • CIMC sees Q1 earnings rising over 50%
    CHINA International Marine Containers , the world's largest maker of shipping containers, expects first-quarter net profit to leap more than 50 per cent on booming demand, the company said yesterday.
  • Cosco Pacific's Q1 volumes up 18.6%
    COSCO Pacific Ltd, the port arm of China's largest shipping company, handled 18.6 per cent more containers in the first quarter as demand in the US and Europe for China-made computer chips, cellphones and other goods rose.
Air and Land Transport
  • US Airways' chief Siegel quits amid strife
    THE chief executive of US Airways, David Siegel, who vowed last month that he would not run from the airline's deepening financial problems but had reached a logjam with its unions, resigned on Monday.
  • Bio-science to outpace electronics in Singapore shipment growth
  • Pittsburgh may lift post-Sept 11 security rule
  • Power outage hits LA airport
Strait Talk
  • Low detention rates essential for modern register
    THERE is no doubt that last week's news that the US Coast Guard has admitted Singapore to its 21st Century programme is a real feather in its cap for the Republic's register and the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore.

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • India's JNP terminal project caught up in election battle
    HIGHLIGHTING the challenges of doing business in India, the plum win by the Maersk/Concor consortium for the new 10 billion rupee container terminal at India's Jawaharlal Nehru Port appears to have been tripped up by the country's election fervour.
  • S Korea world's top shipbuilder
    SOUTH Korea overtook Japan to become the world's largest shipbuilder last year with over 40 per cent of the market, the Commerce, Industry and Energy Ministry said yesterday.
  • CIMC sees Q1 earnings rising over 50%
    CHINA International Marine Containers , the world's largest maker of shipping containers, expects first-quarter net profit to leap more than 50 per cent on booming demand, the company said yesterday.
  • Cosco Pacific's Q1 volumes up 18.6%
    COSCO Pacific Ltd, the port arm of China's largest shipping company, handled 18.6 per cent more containers in the first quarter as demand in the US and Europe for China-made computer chips, cellphones and other goods rose.
Air and Land Transport
  • US Airways' chief Siegel quits amid strife
    THE chief executive of US Airways, David Siegel, who vowed last month that he would not run from the airline's deepening financial problems but had reached a logjam with its unions, resigned on Monday.
  • Bio-science to outpace electronics in Singapore shipment growth
  • Pittsburgh may lift post-Sept 11 security rule
  • Power outage hits LA airport
Strait Talk
  • Low detention rates essential for modern register
    THERE is no doubt that last week's news that the US Coast Guard has admitted Singapore to its 21st Century programme is a real feather in its cap for the Republic's register and the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore.

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • India's JNP terminal project caught up in election battle
    HIGHLIGHTING the challenges of doing business in India, the plum win by the Maersk/Concor consortium for the new 10 billion rupee container terminal at India's Jawaharlal Nehru Port appears to have been tripped up by the country's election fervour.
  • S Korea world's top shipbuilder
    SOUTH Korea overtook Japan to become the world's largest shipbuilder last year with over 40 per cent of the market, the Commerce, Industry and Energy Ministry said yesterday.
  • CIMC sees Q1 earnings rising over 50%
    CHINA International Marine Containers , the world's largest maker of shipping containers, expects first-quarter net profit to leap more than 50 per cent on booming demand, the company said yesterday.
  • Cosco Pacific's Q1 volumes up 18.6%
    COSCO Pacific Ltd, the port arm of China's largest shipping company, handled 18.6 per cent more containers in the first quarter as demand in the US and Europe for China-made computer chips, cellphones and other goods rose.
Air and Land Transport
  • US Airways' chief Siegel quits amid strife
    THE chief executive of US Airways, David Siegel, who vowed last month that he would not run from the airline's deepening financial problems but had reached a logjam with its unions, resigned on Monday.
  • Bio-science to outpace electronics in Singapore shipment growth
  • Pittsburgh may lift post-Sept 11 security rule
  • Power outage hits LA airport
Strait Talk
  • Low detention rates essential for modern register
    THERE is no doubt that last week's news that the US Coast Guard has admitted Singapore to its 21st Century programme is a real feather in its cap for the Republic's register and the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore.

Sched Netweb site
  • OOIL net profit up 536 per cent in FY2003
  • K&N receives China Class A forwarder's licence
  • VPA Chairman announces new board members
  • Bangladesh land port to open next month
  • Malaysian Shipping MD dies
  • APM to build US$450 million container terminal in Virginia
  • BC vessel traffic affected by tug strike
  • SIA to cut costs amid stiffer competition
  • HKIA sees increase in cargo throughput for March
  • Jiangsu airport to provide alternative to trucking

Exim Indiaweb site
  • China's unsatiated appetite for industrialisation starves global shipyards of steel - Ship charter rates blow through the roof
  • Pace of issuing IMO compliance certificates to ports tardy
  • Wreckage of m. t. Delta 1 successfully beached
  • Mercator Lines' net soars by 731 pc to Rs 45.38 cr. in 2003-04
  • SCI Board approves plan to buy 2 new LR1 tankers
  • Auto component exports record 39 pc rise
  • Export units want sops restored
  • Compressor makers unhappy over import duty cuts
  • Containerised traffic at most Indian ports shining (rising) - JN Port leads the way; remains preferred Port of trade
  • Kolkata Port Trust defers tariff revision plan again
  • Feasibility report on 4th box terminal at JNP being finalised: R. Budhiraja
  • Rlys hauls 3 pc more freight in 2003-04
  • Bond, bank guarantee waived for filing advance import general manifest
  • 'Tis an ill wind that bodes no good', cry exporters - Soaring freight rates, paucity of boxes, rupee appreciation...
  • South backbone of services sector: CII study
  • One-to-one meetings with Taiwan trade team tomorrow

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
APRIL 20, 2004
  • Buyers' anticipation keeps Panama hushed
  • OPEC experimenting with new reference oil price
    The new trial formula works out a lot lower than the official basket price and explains why the cartel has declined to enforce its so-called price band mechanism.
  • Winter restrictions ending at key Baltic oil port
  • Shanghai futures exchange a step closer to realisation
    China's State Council backing means futures exchange on target for Q3 start.
  • Uruguay supply situation slowly returning to normal
  • Trader joins O.W. Bunker Group
  • Avails push earliest Fujairah dates into weekend
    Fujairah's earliest dates still suffer from tight avails and heavy commitment on resupply cargoes
  • Early Hong Kong dates increasingly dependent on resupply cargo
  • Prices touch nine-month highs in key ports
    Combination of firm crude market and local factors send prices to record highs accross the globe.
  • Rotterdam steady at midday
  • Swedish supplier takes step towards double-hulled future
    Stena Oil AB reveals order for a new state-of-the-art double- hulled product tanker, part of the company's strategy to be fully prepared for EU legislation on double hulls.
  • Estonian export terminal capacity expanded
    Vopak announces acquisition of leased tanks and plans for further expansion next year.

International Transport Journalweb site
APRIL 20, 2004
  • ITJ organises packing seminar at Mavex
  • Traconi launches new tool for transport tenders
  • British government should subsidise M6 toll road
  • Swisslog lands Maag Technic contract
  • UIC and ARA boost cooperation
  • Skyroute appoints new global agencies for its 'Just2CIS' product
  • Fos Logistics launches Belgium-China freighter services
  • More capacity for Stena on Karlskrona-Gdynia route

Maritime Global Netweb site
APRIL 20, 2004
  • US gets heavy on security
  • Exmar orders extra LNGRV
  • UK government rejects Southampton box port plan
  • Exmar Kosan buys LPG fleet
  • Australian state imposes ballast rules
  • APM plans new terminal at Portsmouth, US

Marine Logweb site
APRIL 20, 2004
  • U.S. Ocean Commission releases preliminary report
    Makes far reaching recommendations on ocean use
  • DeSimone named COO of Staten Island Ferry
    New York implements key recommendation of GMATS report
  • New York City gears up for more cruise passengers
    $200 million in terminal upgrades and expansion
  • Jo Tankers enters guilty plea in parcel tanker case
    Will pay $19.5 million fine

Lloyd's Listweb site
  • Darling sinks ABP's £600m dream for Dibden Bay
    PLANS to build a huge new container terminal at Dibden Bay were rejected by the government yesterday on environmental grounds.
  • Green groups wade into rival box plans
    ENVIRONMENTALISTS savoured victory last night, but were already taking aim at the three remaining UK container terminal projects at various stages of the planning process, writes Roger Hailey.
  • Decision 'not life or death' for port giant
    ABP quickly responded to the disappointment of the Dibden Bay decision by announcing a '100m share buy-back programme, write Tony Gray and Janet Porter.
  • No end in sight to congestion as environmentalists win argument
    CONTAINER lines and their customers reacted with a mixture of shock and disappointment to the Dibden Bay decision, while the ports industry said the balance had swung too far in favour of environmentalists.

Fairplayweb site
APRIL 20, 2004
  • UK rejects Dibden Bay plan
    THE UK government has rejected Southampton's '600M ($1Bn) Dibden Bay container terminal development put forward by Associated British Ports
  • ABP regroups after Dibden rejection
    THE price of Associated British Ports shares fell by 10% this morning on news of the UK government's rejection of the company's Dibden Bay proposal
  • Eurotunnel records poor quarter
    EUROTUNNEL, the operator of the tunnel linking France and the UK, has posted worrying figures for the first three months of the year
  • Transneft offers Barents Sea option
    TRANSNEFT, Russia's state controlled oil pipeline agency, is proposing a new oil export route for the Barents Sea, instead of Murmansk, the private oil producers' choice
  • Malta to sell off national line
    THE Maltese government yesterday announced its intention to privatise Sea Malta, the national shipping line
  • Free port hatching in China
    WAIGAOQIAO Bonded Logistics Area has passed a strict examination by PRC State Council experts, marking the first move towards a free port in China
  • Maersk makes more of India
  • Lys-Line in aluminium contract
  • Jo Tankers pays competition fine
  • Mexican reprieve for Montevideo meat
  • Thomson to cruise from UK ports
  • Melbourne to get deeper, quicker
  • Dubai seals $217M crane deal
  • India calls for seafarer convention
  • Rhône sees return of liner services
  • Malaysian conglomerate eyes Penang

The Journal of Commerceweb site
APRIL 20, 2004
  • CSX: No problem with 'short' sea
    Intermodal executive says railroad wouldn't necessarily oppose system that potentially could divert trailer traffic from rail to water.
  • Trucking fuels CNF profit
  • Vancouver digs out; tug strike gets mediator
  • Montreal cargo powers up
  • Britain nixes ABP plan for $1.1B box hub
  • Cosco eyes IPO, will double box capacity
  • Box demand will outpace supply: APL chief
  • MOL adds U.S.-S.A. East Coast link
  • USTR vets Panama, Thailand trade deals
  • EU approves aid for DHL air hub
  • SAS Cargo appoints new president and CEO

Containerisation Internationalweb site
APRIL 20, 2004
  • Shippers deride TSA's THC components list after 13-year wait
    Hong Kong Shippers' Council (HKSC) executive director Sunny Ho revealed serious defects in the Transpacific Stabilization Agreement's (TSA) terminal handling charges (THCs) component list today.
  • Dibden dredges up debate about the future of UK shipping
    The UK government's rejection of the proposed Dibden Bay deepwater container terminal at Southampton has raised questions about the future of UK shipping and transport on all sides.
  • Darling cites public interest in rejection of Dibden Bay proposal
  • APM Terminals greenlight Virginia terminal
  • Victoria government to accelerate Melbourne deepening
  • US Congresswoman says missile money should go to port security
  • rail4chem ready for Alpine crossing
  • ICTSI's Baltic Container Terminal tots up phase one expansion plan
  • Guo appointed executive director of COSCO
  • Kolkata feeder operators hike rates
  • Safmarine appoints new CEO from within

TradeWindsweb site
APRIL 20, 2004
  • OSG pays dividend
    US tanker owner continues with higher payouts.
  • Maersk to build $450m terminal in US
    Facility will handle 500,000 containers when finished in 2007.
  • Torm votes to hike share capital
    AGM also approves DKK 12 dividend for 2003.
  • Cruise lines sign Big Apple deal
    NCL and Carnival to get preferential treatment after pledging $200m.
  • Gorthon hit by cargo downturn
    Profitability of Swedish forest products shipping specialist tumbles through first quarter.
  • Essar buying VLCC?
    Expanionist-minded Indian owner linked to 11-year old tanker.
  • BLT banks on share issue
    Indonesian tanker owner could raise more than $12m over three years for working capital.
  • Leif Hoegh bounces back
    Operating profit doubles as GM car carrier award winner motors ahead.
  • ABP share price plunges
    Rejection of $1bn Dibden Bay super container port plan delivers big blow to UK company.
  • Empty tanks key to Bow Mariner
    Marine surveyors point to tank vapours from discharged cargo as likely cause of sinking.
  • Mercator makes a packet
    Expanding Indian tanker owner says net profit rose more than 700% in the year to 31 March.
  • Platinum hit by hot boxship rates
    Strong demand for containership tonnage is thwarting the expansion plans of Thai newcomer.
  • Japan holds 35
    Big names escape detention in March as smaller cargoships held after safety checks.
  • Cosco Corp eyes yard expansion
    Singapore unit of Chinese giant likely to buy stake in another group shiprepair outfit.
  • Lys-Line to haul aluminium
    DFDS subsidiary signs three-year deal to move cargoes between Scandinavia and Med.
  • Korea's yards lead Japan in 1Q
    Both countries see big gains in orderbook in first three months of this year.
  • Thoresen Thai confirms ship buy
    Thai bulker owner goes for a handymax with its latest acquisition.
  • Dutch yard hits trouble
    The Metz repair operation in Urk, northern Netherlands, has filed for bankruptcy.
  • AMSA head re-appointed
    Clive Davidson to serve third term as chief executive of Australian Maritime Safety Authority.
  • Hual Triton held in US
    Leif Hoegh PCTC detained with catalogue of machinery space deficiencies.
  • Tanker explodes on Yangtze
    Latest report says two missing and four injured after vessel blast.
  • Pan United seals Tidewater duo
    Recently demerged Singapore shipbuilder picks up newbuilding contracts from offshore giant.

American Shipperweb site
APRIL 20, 2004
  • Carriers, lessors see box shortages
  • Asian shipowners predict 12-15% transpacific growth
  • CLARIFICATION: P&O Nedlloyd not a party to FABC sale
  • China Southern adds new Japan route
  • Hi-Tech Forwarder Network to hold conference April 26-30
  • New York DOT seeks input on policy for off-peak delivery times
  • New EU labeling rules spooks American food shippers
  • APM to build new terminal in Virginia by 2007
  • U.S. Coast Guard launches security assistance program
  • U.K. government blocks Dibden Bay container terminal
  • Inbound traffic in Long Beach rises again

The Scandinavian Shipping Gazetteweb site
APRIL 20, 2004
  • Extended single-hull ban from 1 May
    The ban on single-hull tankers, introduced by the European Union in October last year, will be extended to the ...
  • New management at Odense Shipyard
    Odense Staalskibsværft, the A.P. Møller-Mærsk owned shipyard in Odense, Denmark, has got a new management. The new CEO is ...
  • Barent Sea exploration restarts
    Statoil and Norsk Hydro has finally signed a letter of intent with drilling contractors Ocean Rig to sink three exploration ...

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FROM THE HOME PAGE
The liner shipping industry contributes substantially to the U.S. economy.
Washington
This is highlighted by an analysis carried out by S&P Global Market Intelligence on behalf of WSC and PMSA
Toll worsens from explosion in Iranian port of Shahid Rajaee
Tehran
It caused 46 deaths and injured over 1,200 people
Tender for concession of container terminal at Ukrainian port of Chornomorsk to be announced by mid-year
Kiev
The management will include the general cargo terminal
CEVA Logistics (CMA CGM group) will buy the Turkish Borusan Lojistik
Istanbul/Marseille
Wärtsilä's first quarter is positive
Helsinki
New orders value growth slows
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
Task force of five associations for the relaunch of Italian rail cargo
Rome
Initiative by Agens, Assoferr, Assologistica, Fercargo and Fermerci
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
Le Aziende informano
Il retrofit ibrido-elettrico di ABB guida i traghetti dei laghi italiani verso un futuro più sostenibile
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
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
Antonio Ranieri is the new maritime director of Liguria
Genoa
He takes over from Admiral Piero Pellizzari who was discharged from the service upon reaching the age limit
In the first quarter of 2025, China's CIMC recorded a 12.7% increase in container sales
Hong Kong
Revenues grew by +11.0%
Last year, the revenues of the Chinese group CMPort increased by +3.1%
Hong Kong
In the first three months of 2025, port terminals handled 36.4 million containers (+5.6%)
The financial statements of the AdSP of Western Liguria and the Central-Northern Tyrrhenian Sea have been approved
Genoa/Civitavecchia
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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