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BRIEFS
January 23, 2004
Exim Indiaweb site
  • Prudential Shipping deftly unloads two 94-tonne cranes at Mumbai Port
  • MoS move to extend concession/lease period of BOT projects at Major Ports to 99 years
  • Walnut export to cross target
  • Modest rise in coffee exports
  • Markfed to export 20,000 tonnes of sweet onions to Germany
  • Flexible slabstock polyol imports attract anti-dumping duty
  • Kandla Port Trust initiates process of bidding to develop box terminal
  • KoPT to prune dry docking charges
  • Trade-wings launches new product services Offers end-to-end logistics solutions
  • Software & services export revenue may touch $ 15.5 bn in 2004
  • Certain processed textile yarns, unprocessed fabrics get excise duty exemption
  • Core sectors record impressive 5.9 pc growth in Dec. 2003
  • RBI pegs GDP growth rate at 8-9 pc
  • NCAER raises GDP growth rate projection to 8 pc for 2003-04
  • Minister Gandhi briefed on cause of poor response to Mumbai-Goa ferry service
  • Shifting of hazardous waste from ICD-TKD to ICD-Rewari allowed

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
JANUARY 22, 2004
  • US Gulf buyers hold back despite softer market
  • Oil prices fall as latest US data ease supply fears
    High-flying oil prices took a step down from the stratosphere they have been flying in lately as the latest US government data eased fears of a supply shortage. While distillates fell more or less in line with expectations, a sharp boost in crude imports helped inventories recover from a 28-year low.
  • Latest DOE & API data at a glance
  • ARA region: Demand remains low as prices power lower
  • O.W. Bunker & Seka to cooperate at Crete bunker station
    Following an agreement with Seka S.A., O.W. Bunker Malta Ltd. will be using Seka's Kali Limenes installation to store cargoes and supply all grades of marine fuels and marine gas oil from the bunker station located south west on the island of Crete. The two companies hope the cooperation will increase competitiveness and attract a wider customer base.
  • Italian bunkers continue trouble free run
  • Rotterdam market in solid contango as January prices ease
  • New Saudi posted prices, market tight

International Transport Journalweb site
JANUARY 22, 2004
  • Stinnes Freightlogistics adopts DIUM
  • Messina Straits Bridge chooses partners
  • GeoPost and Lagermax: Joint Venture in Croatia
  • New Duisburg-Novara intermodal shuttle for corner heights up to 4 m
  • China Airlines resumes service to India
  • More delays at the Panama Canal
  • Casjens leaves Hapag-Lloyd AG

The Scandinavian Shipping Gazetteweb site
JANUARY 22, 2004
  • New details of the "Rocknes" grounding
  • Mistropoulos at vital Brussel meet today
  • "Finnclipper" sails to repair yard
  • Record VLCC rates from West Africa

Maritime Global Netweb site
JANUARY 22, 2004
  • EC and IMO report satisfaction at meeting
  • EU shipbuilding subsidy set to continue
  • Total charters Stena's P-MAX tanker newbuildings
  • Weather kind to St Petersburg bunker suppliers
  • EU nod for German yard capacity switch
  • Canada looks for firm to check ISPS plans

Marine Logweb site
JANUARY 22, 2004
  • First Wave settles dispute
    Gets $8.5 million from Crest
  • $4.2 million fine for OMI
    Pleads guilty to Illegal dumping
  • Appointment at Bollinger
    Danny R. Irby named vice-president, new construction
  • EU inches towards penal sanctions on ship source solution
    Intertanko says a decision is still a while off, but issue won't go away

World Wide Shipperweb site
JANUARY 22, 2004
  • Fuel barge runs aground on Columbia River at Kelly Point
  • Locke taps CTED director as head of 7E7 project team
  • Portland Airport slates next Noise Compatibility Study meeting
  • Cerb funds head for projects in two Washington counties
  • Port of Portland celebrating opening of new Toyota facility auto dock

Lloyd's Listweb site
  • Stelios confirms his cruise ambitions
    STELIOS Haji-Ioannou has re-affirmed his commitment to entering the cruise business through his easyGroup of companies, writes Tony Gray.
  • Entente cordiale for IMO and Brussels
    AS THE International Maritime Organization and the European Union announced new heights in their mutual understanding, the European Commission served notice that it will push for rapid adoption of new rules on places of refuge.
  • Festival hopeful of 11th-hour bank deal to sort out debts
    FESTIVAL Cruises was refusing to throw in the towel yesterday, despite the arrest in the Caribbean on Wednesday of the third of its three Alstom-built ships, the European Vision.
  • Tanker rates soar as oil trio dominate chartering
    EXXONMOBIL, Indian Oil Corp and Stasco dominated chartering of very large crude carriers on Wednesday, further tightening the market, pushing rates higher and leaving few available large oil tankers for February loadings, writes Martyn Wingrove.

Fairplayweb site
JANUARY 22, 2004
  • De Palacio warns EU laggards
    EUROPEAN member states risk being hauled in front of the European Court of Justice next month if they do not fully implement provisions for places of refuge
  • Marad urges tariff reductions
    MARAD and the US State Department have asked the Federal Maritime Commission to consider favourably petitions from three Chinese-flag carriers over tariff reductions
  • Scots demand better protection
    A SCOTTISH delegation will next week urge the UK shipping minister to tighten safety rules after the sinking of the Jambo and its cargo of zinc sulphide last year
  • ISPS not an option, delegates told
    "COMPLIANCE with the ISPS code is not an option for any shipping company trading in international waters," delegates at a course on the ISPS code were told
  • DML delays on Appledore deal
    DML is on the brink of buying Appledore Shipbuilders, the UK shipyard that went into receivership last September, but it could take weeks for a deal to be signed
  • Eurocrats signal reshuffle ahead
    RUMOURS in Brussels suggest top level appointments, including the commissioner responsible for transport policy, may be coming up for grabs in the near future
  • Portugal needs short-sea inclusion
  • Canada energy switch will hurt SMT
  • Gadani hit by tonnage shortage
  • EC-IMO meeting "frank and positive&wquot;
  • Rocknes inquiry opens on Monday
  • Steelmaker tightens Nakhodka grip
  • Deep concern over Tasman S crew
  • Russian oil via rail soars
  • CalMac focuses on upgrades
  • Record year for Japan's builders

The Journal of Commerceweb site
JANUARY 22, 2004
  • EU wants to extend shipyard aid
    European Commission proposes March 2005 extension for handouts as it pursues WTO complaint against South Korea shipbuilders.
  • Lower yields hit KLM cargo profits
    Operating earnings fell to $30.2 million in the third quarter from $40.3 million a year ago on lower yield, revenues.
  • WMD expert Nacht to speak at TPM conference
  • DHL could quit Belgium over noise regs
  • CN strike threatens intermodal hub
  • British Airways chooses Americas VP
  • Salvors group offers to aid port security planning
  • Horizon Lines, Microsoft team up on Hawai'i services
  • Break-up for Sea Bridge, Rickmers-Linie
  • Tampa Airlines selects Econocaribe
  • TT Club offers Venezuela ISPS training
  • Record year for Los Angeles-Long Beach

Containerisation Internationalweb site
JANUARY 22, 2004
  • More strike misery for CN on the cards
    Some 6,000 Canadian National Railway (CN) workers across the country are threatening to strike at midnight tonight if last-ditch negotiations fail to produce a collective agreement.
  • FMC takes on China issues
    The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has just opened Chinese-related issues including easing tariff restrictions on Chinese carriers, providing alternatives to China's bonding requirements and evaluating Chinese policies and procedures.
  • Tree beetles leave CP Ships vessel high and dry as Aussie authorities banish the Auckland
  • Star Shipping moves 60,000TEU from ECT Home to Interforest
  • Kandla Port invites fresh bids for container terminal
  • Malmstr'm offers blueprint for European railways
  • Box salvaged from North Sea as insurer warns 'too many lost overboard'
  • ICF announces Almhult-Herne link
  • New Delhi considers extending BOT concession periods
  • Shenzhen development will see PRD ports surpass HK
  • European ports urged to look out for ship which sank French trawler

TradeWindsweb site
JANUARY 22, 2004
  • TEN orders handysize tanker duo
    Greek owner takes an ice-class punt with an eye to Russian and Baltic trades.
  • Rocknes bound for oil base
    Efforts to stabilise tragic wreck for upside down tow proving troublesome.
  • Adrian Swire named in subsidy row report
    Billionaire Swire chief could be getting £200,000 per year in farm subsidies from UK taxpayers.
  • Festival crisis drags on
    Passengers repatriated as negotiations to free seized ships prove difficult.
  • Halter Marine considers new kind of ferry
    US yard teams up with military to study possibility of dual-use cargoship.
  • Prestige battle moves to New York
    American Bureau of Shipping averts double jeopardy risk from Spanish spill litigation.
  • De Palacio and Mitropoulos in love fest
    IMO and EC transport chiefs agree to talk more.
  • Algeria to get bigger, better LNG trains
    Explosion leaves would-be US LNG terminal developers on the defensive.
  • EU proposes yard aid extension
    Commission considers extending "temporary" subsidies to shipbuilders until March 2005.
  • Trico Marine rejigs debt
    US offshore owner is trying to refinance existing borrowings with $50m credit line.
  • Kerala Shipping links India and Sri Lanka
    Indian owner to launch cruiseship on route to Colombo next month.
  • Polish yard files for bankruptcy
    Struggling Pomerania Shipyard hoping for leniency from big creditors.
  • Cheniere pairs with Sonatrach
    US energy trader and Algerian state oil firm team up to operate chartered LNG carrier.
  • No takers for Varna trademark
    Bulgarian shipyard to offer its name for a knockdown price at next auction.
  • Higher costs hit Tidewater
    US offshore giant sees profit eroded by bigger vessel operating expenses and depreciation.
  • French hunt rogue boxship
    Transport minister vows to identify containership involved in trawler "hit and run" incident.

American Shipperweb site
JANUARY 22, 2004
  • Hapag-Lloyd plans stock market listing
  • Carriers end U.S./West African discussion agreement
  • U.S. agency sponsors briefing on Iraq railroad reconstruction
  • Chinese railway project gets $500-million loan from ADB
  • FMC proposes rule to help U.S. NVOs meet China's financial proof
  • Kuehne & Nagle acquires automotive logistics firm in Europe
  • Panitchpakdi: Saudi Arabia near accession to the WTO
  • Pacific CMA listed on Frankfurt, Berlin stock exchanges
  • Scarbrough selects Management Dynamics software
  • RFID workshop to be held in Ohio
  • Los Angeles' container traffic soared 18% in 2003
  • EC proposes extension of subsidies to EU shipyards
  • Trinidad and Tobago appoints SeaSecure for port security work

›››File
FROM THE HOME PAGE
PORTS
Signed the act for the rebalancing of the concession in chief of Venice Terminal Passengers
Venice
Spain : The aim is to "create a new normal", which is aimed strongly at an upper-middle customer segment, with the aim of creating a pole for luxury cruises in Venice, " he said.
PORTS
In October, freight traffic in the ports of Genoa and Savona-Ligure
Genoa
Recorded increases of 2.5% and 21.9%, respectively. It continues the downturn of cruises in both scallops
CRUISES
Fincantieri has delivered the new cruise ship Viking Vela to Viking
Trieste / Los Angeles
Can accommodate 998 passengers
The government of Montenegro wants to bring the port of Adria back under state control
PORTS
The government of Montenegro wants to bring the port of Adria back under state control
Podgorica
Will evaluate the possible acquisition of the majority stake in the Turkish Global Ports Holding
PORTS
China's seaports handled record cargo traffic for October
China's seaports handled record cargo traffic for October
Beijing
Containers amounted to over 24.4 million TEU (+6.2%)
Stable the traffic of goods in the port of La Spezia in the period of July-September
PORTS
Stable the traffic of goods in the port of La Spezia in the period of July-September
The Spezia
Marina di Carrara has been recorded a decrease of -15.6%
PORTS
At Spezia they don't want a president of the AdSP "parachuted"
The Spezia
They ask for a president "plug & play" able to deal with the problems right away
PORTS
Defined the location in the port of Gioia Tauro of the construction site for the bridge over the Strait of Messina
Joy Tauro
The OYAK and OIA funds will invest in the Turkish port of Iskenderun
PORTS
The OYAK and OIA funds will invest in the Turkish port of Iskenderun
Ankara
Expected the realization of a terminal container
SHIPPING
T&E calls for EU measures to limit ship speed and greater use of wind propulsion
Brussels
Summary complaint of the organization on the progress made by the shipping industry for decarbonisation
CUSTOMS
To extend the customs corridor to goods in export and on transhipment in the port of Spezia
The Spezia
He was speaking at a meeting between the AdSP and the Customs Agency.
SHIPPING
After Maersk, Hapag-Lloyd also initiates an agreement with Chinese Goldwind for supplies of green methanol
ENVIRONMENT
Messina (Assshipowners) : yes to the environmentalist push, but the timing and the ways are wrong
Rome
Local, often untimely, local norms have the only effect of moving traffics out of the Old Continent.
PORTS
Port of Ravenna, final visit of the EU representative to the project "Ravenna Port Hub : Infrastructural Works"
Ravenna
The European contribution has been more than 30 million euros.
TRANSPORTATION
In 2023, the performance of road and rail transport services fell in Switzerland.
Neuchâtel
Modal shares remained unchanged
INTERMODAL TRANSPORT
New intermodal service Melzo-Marcianise of Hannibal
Melzo
Two weekly rotations that from the first quarter will rise to three
PSA and Evergreen to jointly operate container terminal in Singapore
PORTS
PSA and Evergreen to jointly operate container terminal in Singapore
Singapore
The new company will become operational by the end of 2024
In the third quarter economic growth of trade in goods and services of G20
TRADE
In the third quarter economic growth of trade in goods and services of G20
Paris
Down the value of goods to and from China
PORTS
Omanita group Asyad will manage the port of al-Suwayq for 40 years
Muscat
The expansion of the stairway and the construction of a quay
The Companies inform
Accelleron initiates partnership with Geislinger to expand service business in the Mediterranean region
INTERMODAL TRANSPORT
Memorandum of Understanding for the creation of an intermodal terminal in Budapest
Astana
A delegation of the Kazakh KTZ Express to the port of Rijeka
SHIPPING
The BIMCO has adopted the FuelEU Maritime Clause
Copenhagen
The European regulation will enter into force next January.
SHIPPING
Kenon Holdings (Idan Ofer) announces the next exit from the capital of ZIM
Singapore
Currently owns 19.8 million shares
PROGRESS AND TECHNOLOGY
NIM and EH Group will develop hydrogen fuel cell technologies for shipping
PORTS
In the third quarter of 2024 the traffic of goods in the port of Tanger Med increased by 11%
Anjra
In the first nine months of the year, growth was 12% percent.
PORTS
Project of the ovadese Vezzani to set up a terminal for the automotive in Porto Marghera
Venice
Filed for the release of a demanial concession for the quay ex Sirma
PORTS
In the third quarter the port of Koper has handled 287,410 containers (+ 11.8%)
Koper
In the first nine months of 2024, it was 835,506 (+ 2.9%)
SHIPPING
Rixi, without the ETS review, European maritime fleets will continue to suffer a competitive disadvantage
Rome
According to the deputy minister, it is necessary to intervene at the root of the problem
PORTS
PSA Italy continues in purchase of equipment for Marghera terminal
Genoa
Committed total value of 8.5 million euros for three rubber-tyred gantry crane electric
JOBS
Corsica Sardinia Ferries in search of navigating personnel
Go Ligure
The wanted profiles are different, for machine areas, room and kitchen
PROGRESS AND TECHNOLOGY
Agreement for the digital integration of the FS and AdSP Polo Logistics systems of the Western Liguria
Genoa
SHIPPING
New Oriental Mediterranean Service-Adriatic via Malta of CMA CGM
Marseille
Will have a weekly frequency
COMPETITION
Brussels to give state aid for 1.9 billion euros to German railway company DB Cargo
Brussels
ASSOCIATIONS
Renewed the Governing Council of Wista Italy
Milan
Constancy Musso confirmed president
SHIPPING
Maersk completes orders to three shipyards for 20 new container ships
Copenhagen
In Yangzijiang Shipbuilding committed for six 17,000 teu ships and two from 9,000 teu. At Hanwha Ocean and New Times Shipbuilding ordered six units from 15,000 teu each
ASSOCIATIONS
Biagio Mazzotta assumes the post of Vice-President of the Federation of the Sea
Rome
President of Assonave will be running for vice president of ENMC
PORTS
ESPO calls on the new EU Commission to maintain and strengthen the CEF programme
Brussels
The exhortation is also to better adapt it to the needs of ports and their stakeholders
EDUCATION
The agreement on training between the AdSP of the Tirreno Centre Northern, the ITS Academy, " G. Caboto " and the European Escola
Cyvitavecchia
SHIPPING
Consultation on the extension of the UK ETS to the maritime sector
London
Shipping would be included since 2026
COMPANIES
MSC completes acquisition of a minority stake in HHLA
Hamburg
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
PORTS
ONE acquires a stake in Jakarta's NPCT1 terminal container
Singapore
It has a traffic capacity of 1.5 million teu per year
PORTS
Transped orders a mobile crane Konecranes Gottwald for its Porto Marghera terminal
Helsinki
It will be taken in delivery in the second quarter of next year
LOGISTICS
Dutch Raben Group and Swiss elvetica Sieber Transport make up a joint venture
Oss / Berneck
It will detect the Swiss company's groupage transport activity
LOGISTICS
Dachser & Fercam Italia has opened a new branch in Arezzo
Bolzano
Three thousand square meters of operational surface area and 400 of offices
SHIPYARDS
Fincantieri initiates agreement with SIMEST for the growth of watermark businesses
Milan / Trieste
MEETINGS
Conference for the 30 th birthday of WISTA Italy
Genoa
It will be held tomorrow at Palazzo San Giorgio in Genoa
PORTS
Approved the Plan of the Organic Ports of Sardinia
Cagliari
There are 938 workers in the 36 enterprises operating in the scallots
OFFSHORE
Saipem has awarded an EPCI offshore contract from BP in Indonesia
Milan
SHIPPING
Container ship charterer MPCC's revenues fell by -28% in the third quarter
Oslo
RAILWAY TRANSPORT
Fermerci reports delays and cuts to incentives for rail freight transport
Rome
Paper: Real risk of losing 115 million euros
PORTS
In the third quarter, traffic in shipping containers of Moroccan Marsa Maroc increased by 5% percent.
Casablanca
Exhaustion of the growth of transshipment volumes
SHIPYARDS
At Samsung Heavy Industries orders for the construction of four 16,000-teu container carriers
Busan
Commits the value of about 781 million
ENVIRONMENT
Eni-MSC agreement in the field of sustainability and energy transition
San Donato Milanese
It was subscribed by Claudio Descalzi and Diego Aponte
PORTS
The Grimaldi terminal in the port of Barcelona has been equipped with Onshore Power Supply
Barcelona
It will become operational in January
PORTS
Italian Ports:
Ancona Genoa Ravenna
Augusta Gioia Tauro Salerno
Bari La Spezia Savona
Brindisi Leghorn Taranto
Cagliari Naples Trapani
Carrara Palermo Trieste
Civitavecchia Piombino Venice
Italian Interports: list World Ports: map
DATABASE
ShipownersShipbuilding and Shiprepairing Yards
ForwardersShip Suppliers
Shipping AgentsTruckers
MEETINGS
MEETINGS
Conference for the 30 th birthday of WISTA Italy
Genoa
It will be held tomorrow at Palazzo San Giorgio in Genoa
MEETINGS
Conference of the CNEL on the Sustainability of Maritime Transport
Rome
It will be held on November 27 in Rome
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
North Korean tankers transport over one million barrels of oil from Russia
(NK News)
Sudan govt scraps $6bn Red Sea port deal with UAE
(The North Africa Post)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Autorità di Regolazione dei Trasporti
Relazione del presidente Nicola Zaccheo
Roma, 18 settembre 2024
››› File
SHIPYARDS
South Korea's HJSC adjusts a salesperson for four new 7,900-teu container ships
Busan
ASSOCIATIONS
Rolf Westfal-Larsen Jr. has been elected president of Intertanko
London
Undergoes to Paolo d' Amico
LOGISTICS
COSCO and SIPG will acquire 10% each of the capital of SAIC Anji Logistics
Shanghai
They will participate in the capital increase of the logistics company of SAIC Motor
INDUSTRY
AD Ports continues in its investment campaign in Egypt
Cairo / Abu Dhabi
Agreement to realize an industrial area of 20 square kilometers in East Port Said
Dimitri Serafimoff has been elected as the new president of CLECAT
ASSOCIATIONS
Dimitri Serafimoff has been elected as the new president of CLECAT
Brussels
He will also retain the presidency of the CLECAT Customs Institute
SHIPYARDS
Ok of the Rovigo Tribunal to the Restructuring Plan of Shipbuilding Victory plan
Adria
On the completion of the sale of the company to CNV Srl
PORTS
Port of Ancona, in 2023, underlines the AdSP-container traffic grew by 5%
Ancona
The Port Authority disputes the data released by the Fedespedi Studies Center
SHIPYARDS
Mr vard will build five support ships in the offshore industry.
Trieste
Designed to accommodate up to 190 people, they will be carried out in Vietnam
INTERMODAL TRANSPORT
Alpe Adria activates new rail service between the port of Trieste and the Malpensa Intermodal terminal in Sacconago
Trieste
SHIPPING
Euroseas order in China the construction of two 4,300-teu feeder container
Athens
Quarterly revenue from rentals inj growth of 5.8%
STUDIES AND RESEARCH
The Analysis of the Fedespea Studies Centre on economic and operational performance of Italian container terminals
Milan
COMPANIES
GNV strengthens its business department with two nominees
Genoa
New business manager and new general manager of the company in Spain
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