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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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In the second quarter, container traffic in the port of Genoa fell by -2.8% while in Savona-Vado it grew by +76.3%
Genoa
In the Ligurian capital, the transhipment share decreased, while the Savona port benefited.
Fincantieri records strong growth in half-year financial performance and new orders
Rome
In the first six months of 2025, orders totaled 14.7 billion euros (+93.5%)
In the second quarter, naval traffic through the Suez Canal decreased by -6.2%
In the second quarter, naval traffic through the Suez Canal decreased by -6.2%
Cairo
1,248 tankers (-2.7%) and 1,826 other types of vessels (-8.5%) passed through
CMA CGM's net profit fell by 140% in the second quarter.
Marseille
Revenues stable. The French shipping group is interested in acquiring Hutchison Ports' terminals.
Royal Caribbean closes second quarter with record net profit
Miami
The April-June period was very positive
Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern announced a merger agreement today.
Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern announced a merger agreement today.
Omaha/Atlanta
First coast-to-coast cargo rail network
Gurrieri resigns as Special Commissioner of the Eastern Adriatic Sea Port Authority
Trieste
The atypical reverse charge for the logistics sector will become applicable tomorrow
Milan
Ruggerone (Assologistica): one of the most strategic reforms we helped build is being implemented
Policy brief on cyber threats that pose risks to port infrastructure
Tallinn
It was developed by the NATO Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence
Interferry urges the EU Commission to harmonize its shipping decarbonization regulations with those of the IMO
Victoria
Failure to align - the association warned - will force shipping companies to pay twice for emissions.
In the second quarter of 2025, Chinese seaports handled 79.1 million containers (+6.1%)
Beijing
Total freight traffic was three billion tons (+3.3%), of which 1.3 billion tons were with foreign countries (+1.9%).
CK Hutchison announces plans to include a Chinese investor in the consortium to sell Hutchison Ports
Hong Kong
Without the participation of the COSCO shipping group, China would not authorize the sale
Sri Lanka's Supreme Court has awarded compensation of $1 billion over the X-Press Pearl accident.
Sri Lanka's Supreme Court has awarded compensation of $1 billion over the X-Press Pearl accident.
Columbus
The container ship caught fire and sank near the port of Colombo
The Greek government sends a tugboat to the Red Sea to assist ships that may be attacked by the Houthis.
The Greek government sends a tugboat to the Red Sea to assist ships that may be attacked by the Houthis.
Piraeus
The AHTS "Giant" is leaving
Saipem and Subsea7 have signed a binding merger agreement.
Saipem and Subsea7 have signed a binding merger agreement.
Milan/Luxembourg
The transaction is expected to close in the second half of 2026.
In the second quarter, the port of Valencia handled over 1.5 million containers (+4.0%)
In the first half of 2025, the amount of new orders to Chinese shipyards fell by -18.2%
Beijing
A decrease of -3.5% in new construction completed in the period was recorded
In the second quarter of 2025, freight traffic in the port of Trieste grew by +3.7%
Trieste
Bulk cargo increased. Miscellaneous cargo fell by 13.2%.
CMA CGM and TotalEnergies form joint venture for LNG bunkering in the Port of Rotterdam.
Marseille
Agreement to supply 360,000 tons of liquefied natural gas per year to the French group's ships
In the second quarter of 2025, freight traffic in Spanish ports decreased by -4.7%
Madrid
All the main product categories are decreasing except for conventional goods
Brookfield Asset Management to sell 49% of British port group PD Ports to Spain's Pontegadea
Middlesbrough
The English company has over 1,400 employees
In the quarter April-June, freight traffic in the port of Rotterdam decreased by -2.3%
In the quarter April-June, freight traffic in the port of Rotterdam decreased by -2.3%
Rotterdam
The port authority is alarmed by the state of crisis in the national industry.
The electrification of the docks in the ports of Livorno, Piombino and Portoferraio is proceeding according to plan.
Third dock for cruise traffic in the port of Catania
Catania
Pier 25's restyling completed
Another quarter of decline in freight traffic at the port of Algeciras
Algeciras
In the period April-June, containers amounted to 1.24 million TEUs (+1.0%)
A new tax applied to cruise passengers disembarking in national ports came into force today in Greece.
Athens
Belgian rail freight company Lineas receives €61 million government loan
Brussels
The measure was approved last night by the restricted council of ministers
ERTMS installation completed on 1,400 kilometers of Italian railway network
Rome
The project is financed with 2.5 billion euros from PNRR funds.
Wärtsilä's quarterly financial and commercial results are positive.
Helsinki
The Marine Electrical Systems division will be sold to the Italian company VINCI Energies.
In the port of Barcelona the number of cruise terminals will be reduced from seven to five
In the port of Barcelona the number of cruise terminals will be reduced from seven to five
Barcelona
The mayor: For the first time in history, a limit is placed on the growth of cruises in the city.
MSC and Moby have presented their commitments to meet the AGCM's requirements.
Rome
Shipping Agencies Services will sell its 49% stake in Moby, waiving the consideration in favor of the majority shareholder. Moby commits to completely repaying its debt to SAS.
Fincantieri confirms its interest in the development of American shipbuilding
Fincantieri confirms its interest in the development of American shipbuilding
Washington
Folgiero: Commitment to deliver next-generation capabilities in full alignment with U.S. strategic priorities
The Chamber of Deputies has approved the appointment of four presidents of Italian Port System Authorities.
Rome
The names proposed for the Port System Authorities of the Southern Adriatic, Central-Northern Tyrrhenian, Western Liguria, and Eastern Liguria have been approved. Voting on the Northern Tyrrhenian Authority has been postponed.
Information exchange between state administrations for the digitalization of the maritime sector begins
Rome
The first operational meeting at the Coast Guard General Command in Rome
The Clean Maritime Fuels Platform suggests measures to support the production and distribution of clean marine fuels
COSCO Shipping Ports sets new monthly and quarterly container traffic records
Hong Kong
In the period April-June, 29.4 million TEUs were handled (+4.5%)
Sharp increase in cases of seafarers abandoning their ships
London
2,286 crew members from 222 ships involved as of early 2025
Global freight traffic saw strong growth in the first quarter of this year in anticipation of new tariffs
Global freight traffic saw strong growth in the first quarter of this year in anticipation of new tariffs
Geneva
North America saw the strongest quarterly growth in imports
In the port of Antwerp-Bruges containers and rolling stock are increasing and other types of goods are decreasing
Antwerp
Traffic congestion continues at the airport, with the situation on the landside becoming critical
A study denounces the delay of European ports in equipping themselves with cold ironing facilities.
Brussels/Pozzallo
The tender to electrify the docks of the port of Pozzallo has begun.
T&E proposes to include more non-EU transhipment ports to avoid carbon leakage
Brussels
The association calls on the EU Commission to reduce the current threshold of 65% of transhipment traffic
Federlogistica urges the immediate establishment of a control room on tariffs
Genoa
The aim is also to eliminate extra costs caused by bureaucracy.
Containerized cargo handled through the port of Singapore fell by 2.9% in the second quarter.
Singapore
Last May, ship transits through the Suez Canal decreased by -6.8%
Last May, ship transits through the Suez Canal decreased by -6.8%
Cairo
The negative trend continued in June and early July
Terminal operators are not at all satisfied with a policy that seems to have no interest in ports
Rome
Cognolato: It is essential to close the ongoing trials on several fronts.
The largest ship ever to dock at Cagliari's Porto Canale at the MITO terminal.
Milan
The container ship "MSC Venice" with a capacity of 16,652 TEU arrived yesterday
On 5 and 6 November in Lisbon a summit called by the ILA against automation in the maritime and port sector
On 5 and 6 November in Lisbon a summit called by the ILA against automation in the maritime and port sector
North Bergen/Metzingen
South Korean HD Hyundai, together with German NEURA Robotics, will develop and test welding robots in shipyards
The toll of the horrific attack on the bulk carrier Eternity C in the Red Sea is still uncertain.
Mandaluyong/London/Brussels
Joint statement by ICS, BIMCO, European Shipowners, Intercargo and Intertanko
In the first half of 2025, bulk cargo increased and general cargo decreased in the port of Marseille-Fos
Marseille
Cruise passengers increase by +5%
The Senate has approved the framework law on interports
Rome
UIR, gives the Italian interport system a modern, orderly and coherent regulatory framework
Carlo De Ruvo was elected president of Confetra
Rome
Among the challenges, the uncontrolled expansion of large logistics groups and their concentration
Number of pirate attacks on ships still high in the second quarter of 2025
Number of pirate attacks on ships still high in the second quarter of 2025
Kuala Lumpur
The number of acts of violence against crews is decreasing
Telemar and TNL Group merger agreement
Telemar and TNL Group merger agreement
Oslo/Athens/Paris
One of the top three operators in the OT/IoT services market for the maritime and superyacht sectors will be created
Attacks on ships in the Red Sea still cause deaths among seafarers
Portsmouth
Liberian-flagged bulk carrier " Eternity C" targeted
Canadian shipbuilding company Davie acquires second shipyard in Finland
Helsinki/Pori
It will buy the Enersense Offshore shipyard
Amendment on Port Labor Supply Agencies Approved
Rome
Immediate transformation into Agencies authorised to provide temporary port work
Salvini appoints a manager of a private shipping company from Campania as president of the regional AdSP
Rome
This is Eliseo Cuccaro, CEO of Alilauro
Extend the application of the 0.1% sulphur limit in marine fuels globally
Extend the application of the 0.1% sulphur limit in marine fuels globally
Berlin
This is proposed by an analysis by the International Council on Clean Transportation
IMO and EU condemn renewed attacks on ships in the Red Sea
London/Brussels
Dominguez: New violation of international law and freedom of navigation
In the second quarter of this year, Finnlines' revenues decreased by -5.0%.
Helsinki
Net profit of 26.1 million euros (+7.7%)
Container traffic in the Port of New York remained stable in the April-June quarter.
New York
An increase of +4.9% was recorded in the first half of 2025
The Chamber of Deputies approves the appointment of the presidents of five Port System Authorities.
Rome
They are Davide Gariglio, Francesco Rizzo, Eliseo Cuccaro, Francesco Benevolo and Giovanni Gugliotti
Latrofa appointed extraordinary commissioner of the Port Authority of the Central-Northern Tyrrhenian Sea
Rome
Ministerial decree signed
The PNRR tender for interports has been reopened.
Rome
Resources available amounting to 2.2 million euros
Port of Livorno: Workers are the priority in the LTM crisis
Livorno
UPS's quarterly earnings performance declines
Atlanta
Net income in the April-June quarter was $1.28 billion (-8.9%)
Approval for the 2025 budget variation of the Southern Tyrrhenian and Ionian Sea Port Authority.
Gioia Tauro
500 thousand euros for the 49% share held by the Port Agency company
FHP Group acquires the remaining 10% stake in Lotras
Milan/Foggia
The integration between Lotras and CFI Intermodal will begin to create FHP Intermodal.
OITAF scientific document on good practices in the logistics and transport of fresh fruit and vegetables
Milan
The Northern Tyrrhenian Sea Port Authority has joined the PLIKA
Livorno
Platform dedicated to training, innovation and knowledge sharing in the logistics and port sectors
Matteo Paroli's nomination as president of the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority has been signed.
Rome
He has a degree in law and a specialization in administrative law.
Container throughput increases in Haropa Port, while bulk cargo decreases.
Le Havre
In the first half of this year, containers were 1.51 million TEUs (+4%)
Bureau Veritas reports a 9.8% quarterly increase in revenues in the Marine & Offshore segment
Courbevoie
Kalmar and Konecranes increase new orders in the April-June quarter
Helsinki
The turnover of the two Finnish companies is slightly increasing
Container traffic in the port of Barcelona fell by 12.2% in the second quarter.
Barcelona
Assiterminal threatens a new wave of appeals against regulations it believes are damaging to port operations
Genoa
2M Logistics signs an agreement with Salerno-based Gallozzi
Barendrecht
The Dutch company will represent GF Logistics, a subsidiary of the Italian group, in the Benelux region.
Swiss company Kuehne+Nagel's quarterly profits fell
Schindellegi
In the period April-June of this year, net turnover grew by +1.7%
Yang Ming orders three 8,000 TEU container ships from Nihon Shipyard and Imabari Shipbuilding
Keelung/Imabari
Contract valued at $351.3-394.5 million
Italia Nostra reiterates its strong concerns about the construction of the Fiumicino-Isola Sacra port.
Rome
European maritime cities, destinations for cruise tourism - the association highlights - denounce the phenomenon of over-tourism in the cruise sector
Egypt's first automotive terminal has come into operation at Port Said East.
East Port Said
It can accommodate two car carriers at the same time
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- geographical areas
Tepsa has acquired a liquid bulk terminal in the port of Rotterdam.
Singapore/Rotterdam
It was sold by Global Energy Storage Holdings
The Spinelli Group has approved its 2024 sustainability report.
Genoa
Of the company's 616 direct employees, 49% are under the age of 50.
In the second quarter of this year, cargo traffic in Turkish ports grew by +1.6%
Ankara
Cargoes to and from Italy amounted to 12.7 million tons (+10.1%)
Extension of the Simplified Logistics Zone for Genoa Ports and Dry Ports to the Savona, Vado Ligure, and Bergeggi areas.
Genoa
Approval from the ZLS Steering Committee
Isotta Fraschini Motori has inaugurated a new production line for hydrogen fuel cell systems in Bari.
Trieste
They will be used for naval and land solutions
The Grande Shanghai , the Grimaldi Group's first ammonia-ready car carrier, has been christened.
Naples
It has a load capacity of 9,000 CEUs.
The Port of Genoa, FILT, and UILT have declared a five-day strike at the Bettolo Terminal.
Genoa
Fit Cisl Liguria expressed solidarity with the workers
The tender for the dredging of the commercial dock basin at the port of Ancona has been published.
Ancona
The removal of approximately 730 thousand cubic meters of sediment is planned
Tender for the restoration and enhancement of docks 32 and 33 in the Deep Sea Zone of the port of Savona
Genoa
An investment of over 6.7 million euros is expected
There are 1,100 workers in Palermo directly employed in the seaside tourism sector
Palermo
This year, cruise traffic is expected to grow by 9.4% in the port of the Sicilian capital.
Six-month growth of +9% in freight on the St. Petersburg-India/China maritime route
Fly
FESCO operates six vessels in the service
Port of Trieste: Special Commissioner Gurrieri under investigation for money laundering
Trieste
I am certain - he declared - that I can demonstrate that I acted legally, in full transparency.
Vard signs new contract for the construction of two CSOVs
Trieste
The vessels will be used to support operations in the offshore wind sector
UIR welcomes the publication of the tender for the digitalization of the logistics chain.
Rome
Di Caterina (ALIS): a concrete tool that enhances the needs of businesses and strengthens the logistics system
GNV celebrated its first ten years of activity on the Italy-Albania route
Durres
During the period, the company's ships carried over 1.25 million passengers
A shipment of over 1.2 tons of marijuana was seized at the port of Gioia Tauro.
Reggio Calabria/Catanzaro
Members of a criminal organization that imported drugs from South America through European ports and airports have been arrested.
Yang Ming orders Hanwha Ocean to build seven 15,000 TEU dual-fuel containerships
Keelung
They will be delivered between 2028 and 2029
Walden to sell healthcare logistics business to Yusen Logistics
Paris
Exclusive negotiations announced
Solinas (Sardinian Action Party) is not at all satisfied with the state of Sardinian ports
Cagliari
The immediate establishment of a special commission is urged
ANSI welcomes the introduction of the information dashboard for managing private procurement contracts in logistics.
Rome
D'Angelo: it will allow the country to take another step forward
Russo (Confcommercio): excluding road transport from the PNRR funding was shortsighted.
Rome
First bulletin from the Freight Insights Observatory produced by the National Center for Sustainable Mobility
ABB Group posts sharp growth in quarterly financial and business performance
Zurich
In the period April-June the value of new orders grew by +16.0%
Informal consultations have begun on the preliminary proposal for the new Ancona Port Master Plan.
Ancona
Eleven meetings scheduled for July
Program agreement for preparatory and functional interventions for the construction of the bridge over the Strait of Messina
Rome
It was signed today in Rome
Project to develop an ecological station for the treatment of wastewater from ships
Naples
Initiative of the Neapolitan Group of the Cenere and Iello Landing
Assiterminal urges against bringing sediment from the Bagnoli dredging project into the port of Naples.
Genoa
Cognolato and Ferrari: It is essential to safeguard the full functionality of the commercial port's activities.
Container traffic at the Port of Long Beach fell 3.4% in the second quarter.
Long Beach
A decline of -16.4% was recorded in June
Paolo Pessina has been appointed vice president of Conftrasporto-Confcommercio.
Rome
He is president of the national federation of maritime agents and brokers
Container traffic in the port of Hong Kong decreased by -8.2% in the second quarter
Hong Kong
A decrease of -13.7% was recorded in June
Cuneo-based logistics company Nord Ovest is seeing growing financial results.
Wedge
Construction work on a new depot in Mondovì will be completed in early 2026.
Container traffic at the Port of Los Angeles grows driven by fears of new tariffs
Los Angeles
June saw the highest volume ever recorded for this month
The Management Committee of the Sardinia Sea Port Authority has adopted the DPSS
Cagliari
Green light for the concession to MITO and the appeal against the rejection of Olbia's dredging project.
Three events in Genoa for three new Explora Journeys cruise ships.
Genoa
A technical launch, a coin laying and the cutting of the first sheet metal were carried out at the Fincantieri shipyard
Grimaldi sells 5% of Terminal Darsena Toscana to Livorno Port Company
Naples/Livorno
Option to purchase an additional 5% of the share capital
Concession agreement signed that assigns management of the port of Tartous to DP World
Damascus
It has a lifespan of 30 years
Matteo Gasparato appointed president of the Northern Adriatic Sea Port Authority
Rome
He was appointed extraordinary commissioner of the same port authority
Meeting in Rome between the heads of ESPO and Assoporti
Rome
Among the topics addressed, the competitiveness of European ports in the current global context
Chinese airline OOCL reports quarterly decline in scheduled service revenues
Hong Kong
Cargo transported by the company's ships is increasing
Collaboration between the Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority and the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority
Rome
Agreement with an initial duration of five years
Survey in Germany on the prospects of companies in the maritime, port and shipbuilding sectors
Hamburg
Shipowners are more concerned. Positive prospects for ports and shipyards.
Port of Augusta: Work begins on a third bridge connecting the island to the mainland.
Augusta
Work worth over 20 million euros
Vard signs contract with InkFish for new research vessel
Trieste
The deal is worth more than 200 million euros.
1.1 billion euros will be invested in the port of Hamburg to strengthen the container sector
Hamburg
Improving accessibility and port infrastructure in the Waltershofer Hafen area
Meyer Turku delivered the new Star of the Seas cruise ship to Royal Caribbean
Turku
It has a gross tonnage of 250,800 tons
ESPO calls for increased funding for ports under the next EU Multiannual Financial Framework
Brussels
The CEF programme funds have proven to be far from sufficient
Fincantieri delivers the new Oceania Allura cruise ship to Oceania Cruises.
Miami/Trieste
Two additional Sonata-class ships have been converted into orders.
PORTS
Italian Ports:
Ancona Genoa Ravenna
Augusta Gioia Tauro Salerno
Bari La Spezia Savona
Brindisi Leghorn Taranto
Cagliari Naples Trapani
Carrara Palermo Trieste
Civitavecchia Piombino Venice
Italian Interports: list World Ports: map
DATABASE
ShipownersShipbuilding and Shiprepairing Yards
ForwardersShip Suppliers
Shipping AgentsTruckers
MEETINGS
Confindustria event on the sea economy in Rome on July 15th
Rome
The public meeting of the International Containers Studies Center will be held in Genoa on July 2nd
Genoa
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Why Malta is objecting to a new price cap on Russian oil
(timesofmalta.com)
US has its eye on Greek ports
(Kathimerini)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Intervento del presidente Tomaso Cognolato
Roma, 19 giugno 2025
››› File
Uniport: Bringing debris from Bagnoli to the port of Naples would postpone long-awaited dredging.
Rome
Legora de Feo: It's necessary to find alternative solutions.
Taiwanese companies Evergreen, Yang Ming and WHL saw sharp declines in quarterly revenues.
Keelung/Taipei
In the period April-June it fell by -18.7%, -26.5% and -8.6% respectively
The establishment of the Information Dashboard for the management of private procurement contracts in logistics has been approved.
In May, freight traffic in the port of Ravenna grew by +1.4%
Ravenna
Bulk cargo is on the rise. Miscellaneous cargo is on the decline.
EU approves joint purchase of port equipment by terminal operators
Brussels
Joint definition of minimum technical specifications of equipment is also permitted
Serbian energy group EPS will import coal through the Montenegrin port of Bar
Bar
Currently imports from Indonesia pass through the port of Constanta
Fincantieri Foundation and Luiss University launch a project to strengthen the safety of underwater infrastructure.
Trieste
Among the objectives, contribute to the definition of a specific regulatory framework
Freewheeling: The government's U-turn on anti-mafia controls in the road haulage sector is a welcome development.
Modena
Franchini: If the government has realized it made a mistake, that's good news.
Agostinelli (AdSP Tirreno Meridionale e Ionio): the amendment that allows for the early transformation of the Gioia Tauro Port Agency is extremely important.
Confindustria's event on the maritime economy will take place in Rome on July 15th.
Rome
The confederation's strategic document on the sector will be presented
Kerala seeks $1.1 billion from MSC in damages over MSC Elsa 3 sinking
Thiruvananthapuram
Temporary detention of the vessel "MSC Akuteta II" granted
Trasportounito requests the cancellation of the renewal procedure of the Central Committee of the Register of Hauliers
Rome
New seizure of a load of cocaine in the port of Gioia Tauro
Reggio Calabria
16 bags containing 417 kilos of drugs were found in a container
MOL and Kinetics to build world's first floating data center
Tokyo
It will be installed on a vessel of 9,731 gross tonnage
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