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May 21, 2004
Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Terror-piracy nexus: IMO seeks global action
    THE head of the International Maritime Organisation said international action may be necessary to counter the threat from a nexus of terrorism and piracy in the Malacca and Singapore Straits.
  • Lines risk port ban as ISPS deadline looms
    MOST of the world's ships risk a ban from ports and the loss of insurance unless they put anti-terrorist measures in place and get them certified within 40 days.
  • Greenpeace wins ship boarding case
    A US judge on Wednesday acquitted environmental protection group Greenpeace on charges it conspired to break the law by sending activists aboard a freighter carrying illegally felled mahogany.
  • Singamas expects H1 box output to rise 17%
    SINGAMAS Container Holdings Ltd, the world's second-largest shipping container maker, said it will make 260,000 20-foot containers in the first half of this year, 17 per cent more than a year earlier.
  • Ice-breaking ships polluting Antarctica: report
    TOXIC chemicals from the hulls of ice-breaking ships are polluting the seas of Antarctica, according to a report in the latest issue of the British weekly New Scientist.
Air and Land Transport
  • Oil price hike: more trouble for airlines
    THE ailing US airline industry, still trying pull out of the slump following the Sept 11 attacks, faces more turbulence as surging oil prices threaten to prevent a return to profitability.
  • A380 delivery on schedule: Qantas
  • New report adds to Boeing's tanker woes
  • 6-month suspended term for making hoax calls to pilots
  • Royal Tongan Airlines collapses: report
Admiralty Casebook
  • UK Chamber of Shipping told to toughen alcohol guidelines
    THE UK's Department of Transport has called on the country's Chamber of Shipping to revise its guidelines on alcohol misuse to include strict new laws on alcohol and drugs that will shortly come into effect.

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Terror-piracy nexus: IMO seeks global action
    THE head of the International Maritime Organisation said international action may be necessary to counter the threat from a nexus of terrorism and piracy in the Malacca and Singapore Straits.
  • Lines risk port ban as ISPS deadline looms
    MOST of the world's ships risk a ban from ports and the loss of insurance unless they put anti-terrorist measures in place and get them certified within 40 days.
  • Greenpeace wins ship boarding case
    A US judge on Wednesday acquitted environmental protection group Greenpeace on charges it conspired to break the law by sending activists aboard a freighter carrying illegally felled mahogany.
  • Singamas expects H1 box output to rise 17%
    SINGAMAS Container Holdings Ltd, the world's second-largest shipping container maker, said it will make 260,000 20-foot containers in the first half of this year, 17 per cent more than a year earlier.
  • Ice-breaking ships polluting Antarctica: report
    TOXIC chemicals from the hulls of ice-breaking ships are polluting the seas of Antarctica, according to a report in the latest issue of the British weekly New Scientist.
Air and Land Transport
  • Oil price hike: more trouble for airlines
    THE ailing US airline industry, still trying pull out of the slump following the Sept 11 attacks, faces more turbulence as surging oil prices threaten to prevent a return to profitability.
  • A380 delivery on schedule: Qantas
  • New report adds to Boeing's tanker woes
  • 6-month suspended term for making hoax calls to pilots
  • Royal Tongan Airlines collapses: report
Admiralty Casebook
  • UK Chamber of Shipping told to toughen alcohol guidelines
    THE UK's Department of Transport has called on the country's Chamber of Shipping to revise its guidelines on alcohol misuse to include strict new laws on alcohol and drugs that will shortly come into effect.

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Terror-piracy nexus: IMO seeks global action
    THE head of the International Maritime Organisation said international action may be necessary to counter the threat from a nexus of terrorism and piracy in the Malacca and Singapore Straits.
  • Lines risk port ban as ISPS deadline looms
    MOST of the world's ships risk a ban from ports and the loss of insurance unless they put anti-terrorist measures in place and get them certified within 40 days.
  • Greenpeace wins ship boarding case
    A US judge on Wednesday acquitted environmental protection group Greenpeace on charges it conspired to break the law by sending activists aboard a freighter carrying illegally felled mahogany.
  • Singamas expects H1 box output to rise 17%
    SINGAMAS Container Holdings Ltd, the world's second-largest shipping container maker, said it will make 260,000 20-foot containers in the first half of this year, 17 per cent more than a year earlier.
  • Ice-breaking ships polluting Antarctica: report
    TOXIC chemicals from the hulls of ice-breaking ships are polluting the seas of Antarctica, according to a report in the latest issue of the British weekly New Scientist.
Air and Land Transport
  • Oil price hike: more trouble for airlines
    THE ailing US airline industry, still trying pull out of the slump following the Sept 11 attacks, faces more turbulence as surging oil prices threaten to prevent a return to profitability.
  • A380 delivery on schedule: Qantas
  • New report adds to Boeing's tanker woes
  • 6-month suspended term for making hoax calls to pilots
  • Royal Tongan Airlines collapses: report
Admiralty Casebook
  • UK Chamber of Shipping told to toughen alcohol guidelines
    THE UK's Department of Transport has called on the country's Chamber of Shipping to revise its guidelines on alcohol misuse to include strict new laws on alcohol and drugs that will shortly come into effect.

Sched Netweb site
  • US, Australia sign free-trade agreement
  • Wan Hai expects Asian freight rates to rise 31pc
  • OOCL Logistics moves headquarters to HK
  • CCNI HK to be general agent for CCNI SA
  • KMTC vessel makes maiden voyage to namesake port
  • NOL appoints new director
  • IMO recommends fund to set up SAR services in Africa
  • Malaysia airlines to fly to second Cambodian destination
  • Hainan Airlines launches first charter cargo service
  • Stansted Airport to become UK's second biggest cargo hub
  • Fraport first quarter net profit slumps
  • easyJet challenges Air France, KLM merger

Exim Indiaweb site
  • Container overcapacity may be back to haunt liner industry in end-2006, say analysts
  • Asean will emerge as prime destination for exporters: Capexil
  • Major Iraqi orders to cheer tea industry soon
  • Salalah port grows to second-busiest in Gulf - Success attributed to aggressive marketing & high standards
  • It's official! Delhi-VCT railway service on stream
  • Fresh Customs rules may boost dry flower exports
  • Need for fiscal empowerment stressed
  • Tea industry seeing better times
  • Global economic recovery makes RBI more optimistic of GDP growth
  • Industry's pulse races as Doctor of India's Economic Health becomes PM
  • Prescription: Reforms with a human face

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
MAY 20, 2004
  • ISPS code: Worrying figures as deadline looms
    With just 40 days remaining for the certification of ships' security measures under the ISPS code, it has emerged that the vast majority of the worlds ships still do not comply, leaving them exposed to loss of insurance and a ban from ports.
  • Singapore bunker market lagging cargo gains
    Many shipowners are adopting a hand-to-mouth approach when buying bunkers these days in the hope that prices will come down from the stratosphere soon.
  • Business as usual despite Japanese storm warning
  • Low Singapore distillate stocks drained further
  • Italian market yet to catch up with bullish crude
  • Singapore residual stocks still high after weekly draw
    Higher purchases from Hong Kong and South Pacific make up for drop in Chinese fuel oil imports.
  • Rising Asian demand prompts merger
    An anticipated rise in bunker fuel demand in Asia has prompted two Japanese trading houses to merge their petroleum product operations.
  • Malaysia: Ship arrested for non-payment of bunkers

International Transport Journalweb site
  • World Mail & Express in Berlin (May 25-27, 2004)
  • Gefco banks on TimoCom-GBG
  • Congestion tax to be introduced in Stockholm
  • Positive outlook for Switzerland's forwarding industry
  • ICA launches new Koper-Graz blocktrain
  • Romania's Tarom is in financial difficulties
  • Pil Pacific International Lines opens new Far East liner service
  • Exel appoints Thomas Heydorn as Seafreight Directo Emea

Maritime Global Netweb site
MAY 20, 2004
  • Vessel prices soar as S&P value group forms
  • Odfjell boosts fleet with second-hand deal
  • Norden stake benefits Torm
  • Pacific Basin plans IPO
  • Drakos heads CMA
  • Lasco exercises newbuilds option

Marine Logweb site
MAY 20, 2004
  • Using IT to enhance port security
    Ingersoll-Rand executive to speak at ASCE event
  • Judge tosses out ship boarding charge against Greenpeace
    Government presents insufficient evidence
  • Tenth Incat on cross-Channel service
    One-time HMAS Jervis Bay returms ferry link to Boulogne

World Wide Shipperweb site
MAY 20, 2004
  • Port of Vancouver, BC contributes to local tax rolls
  • Stelmar Shipping creates crew management arm in Philippines
  • Crowley scholarships go to California Maritime Academy students
  • Horizon Offshore barge buring off Georgia coast
  • Oil sheen spotted at The Dalles Dam

Lloyd's Listweb site
  • Li Ka-Shing rescues CSCL share offer
    HONG Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing yesterday flew to the rescue of the stuttering initial public offering of China Shipping Container Lines.
  • Greenpeace handed victory in 'sailor mongering' case
    GREENPEACE scored a loud victory in Miami as a US federal judge granted the group's motion to dismiss a federal case brought against it for "sailor mongering".
  • Poulides' parting shot serves up Festival conspiracy theory
    FESTIVAL'S struggle for survival descended into farce yesterday when founder and chairman George Poulides broke cover to say goodbye to his staff before a directors' meeting in Italy.
  • Straw's short shrift on cruise call row
    BRITISH foreign secretary Jack Straw yesterday demanded that Spain immediately stop the "disruption" caused by the ban on cruiseships that have called in Gibraltar entering Spanish ports, writes David Osler.

Fairplayweb site
MAY 20, 2004
  • Ministers discuss cruise crisis
    GIBRALTAR'S trade and industry minister, Joe Holliday, has called on the UK and Spain to resolve the cruise ship crisis, which he described as a "no-win situation".
  • Falklands link to Portsmouth, UK
    FALKLAND Islands Holdings, the UK company that operates Port Stanley port, has acquired a 21.6% stake in Portsmouth Harbour Ferry Co.
  • APL Jade charges dropped
    A Miami federal court judge dropped charges against Greenpeace yesterday, ruling there was insufficient evidence in the APL Jade case
  • Double skin decision welcomed
    THE IMO's Maritime Safety Committee has rejected plans that would have made double skins on bulk carriers mandatory by 2007
  • Task force blocks shrimp scam
    AN anti-smuggling task force has discovered that Philippines has been used as a transhipment point for Chinese shrimp exports illegally shipped into Europe
  • Torm quarter beats full 2003
    D/S Torm, the Copenhagen-based listed product tanker and dry bulk shipping group, expects a good year after bullish first quarter interims
  • SpeedFerries emulates airlines
  • Poulides vents anger at French
  • Court tells UACL to change its name
  • Service not price, urge shippers
  • Trade growth will strain US ports

The Journal of Commerceweb site
MAY 20, 2004
  • NCBFAA wants food rules harmonized
    Trade group asks FDA to align Bioterror prior-notice deadlines with Customs rules for advance cargo reporting.
  • Trade: Feds should regulate security
    Customs & Border Protection measures making companies more efficient by forcing them to take a closer look at their operations, executives say.
  • Currency volatility may not hurt trade: IMF
  • Report: Russia, EU close to WTO deal
  • Record lifts for Tacoma yard
  • Foes to appeal Houston port decision
  • CMA CGM adds trans-Pacific service
  • More trade seen for Washington ports
  • Brazil export boom short on containers
  • China Shipping cuts IPO size again
  • Kalmar gets big Antwerp order
  • Northwest deploys A330-200s

Containerisation Internationalweb site
MAY 20, 2004
  • EPIC's Med move may be catalyst for more Cagliari cargo
    P&O Nedlloyd (PONL) has confirmed that the Europe Pakistan India Consortium (EPIC) has swapped its central Mediterranean call to Cagliari from Malta's Marsaxlokk.
  • Indian garment producers set up Antwerp distribution warehouse
    Tuticorin-based logistics company St John Freight System has tied up with Tirupur Exporters Association (TEA) to operate an off-shore warehouse in Antwerp on behalf of knitwear exporters.
  • Rocketing charter costs sees ANL drop PNG ship ahead of possible 'new initiatives'
  • Höchst Trimodal port links Frankfurt with Rotterdam and Antwerp
  • Volume swings underline uncertainty around Baltic States' EU accession
  • Lykes Lines launches US Gulf- Brazil service
  • Hong Kong container throughput sees growth
  • SE Asia trade carriers are to lift Australasia rates
  • SITC and CMA CGM to co-operate

TradeWindsweb site
  • PDVSA not set on tanker deal
    Executive tells New York audience newbuildings in 'planning' stage only.
  • S&P 'negative' on Teekay
    Ratings agency affirms ratings following Tapias buy, but breaks from Moody's in questioning tanker giant's course.
  • Tale of two stocks
    Investors have sent Stelmar stock soaring since Monday, but would-be buyer OMI is getting the opposite treatment.
  • Shreyas soars
    Indian boxship player eyes more local business and international markets in push to expand.
  • Essar's profit soars
    Indian owners Shashi and Ravi Ruia reap the benefit of buoyant tanker and dry cargo market.
  • Marine paint polluting Antarctica
    Icebreakers identified as possible cause of high tributyltin concentrations on seabed.
  • Sickness haunts Pacific Sky
    Third reported norovirus outbreak onboard the P&O Australia cruiseship in six months.
  • Grimsby still top dog
    UK ports figures show Grimsby/Immingham was biggest importer and exporter in 2003.
  • The remains of the Tricolor
    Only mangled steel is recovered in final phase of car carrier wreck removal.
  • Lyman removes directors
    Ukrainian yard dismisses five members of its board in management shake-up.
  • Halim Mazmin slides back
    Drydocking requirements cut returns for Malaysian shipowner.
  • Attica's on the up
    But numbers are down for Greek ferry player on Baltic and North Sea sailings.
  • Ice-breaker on track
    Long-delayed nuclear-powered 50 Let Pobedy to be finished in St Petersburg by end of 2005.
  • Namura in the red
    But Japanese yard looks ahead to profitable year after falling to a loss in 2003/4.
  • Pacific Basin linked to IPO
    Handysize bulker operator said to be eyeing listing in Hong Kong despite local market turmoil.
  • Profits ease at Toei Reefer
    Disappointing fourth quarter drags down full-year results at Japanese tuna shipping company.
  • Steel hat trick for Cosco
    Chinese giant signs another deal for domestic metals transport.
  • Vanished ferry resurfaces
    Panic over as ferry makes for Singapore after bad weather disables communications equipment.
  • Formosa in double US detention
    Taiwanese-based shipowner sees bulker and tanker held as Americans detain thirteen ships.

American Shipperweb site
MAY 20, 2004
  • China Shipping adds sixth Asia/U.S. West Coast link
  • MarAd seeks comments on "fair and reasonable" rate policy
  • Seventh Croatian-built car-truck carrier delivered to Grimaldi
  • Horizon Offshore cites barge fire in Atlantic
  • SAS cargo triples all-cargo flights from U.S. to Scandinavia
  • NCBFAA weighs in on bioterror rules
  • UPS Trade Direct Ocean service expands
  • WCO, Interpol organize conference against counterfeit goods
  • Large logistics park planned in Shenzhen
  • KTM Motorcycles selects Con-Way as U.S. logistics provider
  • U.S. provides $1 million for WTO technical assistance programs
  • Exel Direct names Flowers president
  • Avalon's Houston office has new address
  • Court dismisses felony case against Howland Hook, Ragucci
  • Los Angeles inbound containers up 6% in April
  • Coast Guard, MarAd receive LNG port application
  • New York-New Jersey Port Authority's Maynard dies

The Scandinavian Shipping Gazetteweb site
MAY 20, 2004
  • Easy ship transfer in EU through new directive
    The new transfer of ships regulations will enter into force on 20 May. They regulations cover the transfer of ships ...
  • Danish multi-supply vessel in "Prestige" recover work
    Esvagt, subsidiary of Em. Z. Svitzer A/S, has signed their multi-purpose supply ship "Esvagt Connector" for a period ...
  • No mandatory rules for dubble hull on dry bulkers
    Greece won a fierce row with the U.K. in the IMO Maritime Safety Committee, and as a result there will ...

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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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