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February 24, 2004
Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Poor port facilities will hamper India's trade
    INDIA's trade growth could be stymied by inadequate port infrastructure and notorious bureaucratic delays in terminal privatisation, the Asia head of Maersk Sealand has warned.
  • Klang expected to be among top 10 ports this year
    MALAYSIA's busiest port, Klang, is expected to make it to the list of the world's top 10 container ports this year, the country's transport minister has predicted.
  • Port, marine and offshore sectors can apply for MPA fund
    SINGAPORE's port, marine and offshore sectors can now apply for a slice of the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore's $50 million training and skills upgrading fund.
Air and Land Transport
  • Airbus, Boeing hoping for boost from Asian orders
    AIRBUS SAS and Boeing Co, the world's largest planemakers, are betting a surge in Asian travel will revive their order books at this week's Asian Aerospace 2004 air show in Singapore.
  • Gulf Air sets sights on 17% passenger growth
  • India set to complete airport sale by end of Aug: minister
  • Talks on air traffic control in Pearl River Delta
  • Virgin Group wooing Delta COO: report
  • Auckland airport's H1 profit up 14% to NZ$45m
Features
  • Airbus planes get more American as US$ falls
    AIRBUS planes are about to get a little more American.
Bulletin Board
  • Bulletin Board
    Singapore's marine fuel testing veteran Rex Lim, managing director of DNV Petroleum Services, has retired after 18 years with the group.

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Poor port facilities will hamper India's trade
    INDIA's trade growth could be stymied by inadequate port infrastructure and notorious bureaucratic delays in terminal privatisation, the Asia head of Maersk Sealand has warned.
  • Klang expected to be among top 10 ports this year
    MALAYSIA's busiest port, Klang, is expected to make it to the list of the world's top 10 container ports this year, the country's transport minister has predicted.
  • Port, marine and offshore sectors can apply for MPA fund
    SINGAPORE's port, marine and offshore sectors can now apply for a slice of the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore's $50 million training and skills upgrading fund.
Air and Land Transport
  • Airbus, Boeing hoping for boost from Asian orders
    AIRBUS SAS and Boeing Co, the world's largest planemakers, are betting a surge in Asian travel will revive their order books at this week's Asian Aerospace 2004 air show in Singapore.
  • Gulf Air sets sights on 17% passenger growth
  • India set to complete airport sale by end of Aug: minister
  • Talks on air traffic control in Pearl River Delta
  • Virgin Group wooing Delta COO: report
  • Auckland airport's H1 profit up 14% to NZ$45m
Features
  • Airbus planes get more American as US$ falls
    AIRBUS planes are about to get a little more American.
Bulletin Board
  • Bulletin Board
    Singapore's marine fuel testing veteran Rex Lim, managing director of DNV Petroleum Services, has retired after 18 years with the group.

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Poor port facilities will hamper India's trade
    INDIA's trade growth could be stymied by inadequate port infrastructure and notorious bureaucratic delays in terminal privatisation, the Asia head of Maersk Sealand has warned.
  • Klang expected to be among top 10 ports this year
    MALAYSIA's busiest port, Klang, is expected to make it to the list of the world's top 10 container ports this year, the country's transport minister has predicted.
  • Port, marine and offshore sectors can apply for MPA fund
    SINGAPORE's port, marine and offshore sectors can now apply for a slice of the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore's $50 million training and skills upgrading fund.
Air and Land Transport
  • Airbus, Boeing hoping for boost from Asian orders
    AIRBUS SAS and Boeing Co, the world's largest planemakers, are betting a surge in Asian travel will revive their order books at this week's Asian Aerospace 2004 air show in Singapore.
  • Gulf Air sets sights on 17% passenger growth
  • India set to complete airport sale by end of Aug: minister
  • Talks on air traffic control in Pearl River Delta
  • Virgin Group wooing Delta COO: report
  • Auckland airport's H1 profit up 14% to NZ$45m
Features
  • Airbus planes get more American as US$ falls
    AIRBUS planes are about to get a little more American.
Bulletin Board
  • Bulletin Board
    Singapore's marine fuel testing veteran Rex Lim, managing director of DNV Petroleum Services, has retired after 18 years with the group.

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Poor port facilities will hamper India's trade
    INDIA's trade growth could be stymied by inadequate port infrastructure and notorious bureaucratic delays in terminal privatisation, the Asia head of Maersk Sealand has warned.
  • Klang expected to be among top 10 ports this year
    MALAYSIA's busiest port, Klang, is expected to make it to the list of the world's top 10 container ports this year, the country's transport minister has predicted.
  • Port, marine and offshore sectors can apply for MPA fund
    SINGAPORE's port, marine and offshore sectors can now apply for a slice of the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore's $50 million training and skills upgrading fund.
Air and Land Transport
  • Airbus, Boeing hoping for boost from Asian orders
    AIRBUS SAS and Boeing Co, the world's largest planemakers, are betting a surge in Asian travel will revive their order books at this week's Asian Aerospace 2004 air show in Singapore.
  • Gulf Air sets sights on 17% passenger growth
  • India set to complete airport sale by end of Aug: minister
  • Talks on air traffic control in Pearl River Delta
  • Virgin Group wooing Delta COO: report
  • Auckland airport's H1 profit up 14% to NZ$45m
Features
  • Airbus planes get more American as US$ falls
    AIRBUS planes are about to get a little more American.
Bulletin Board
  • Bulletin Board
    Singapore's marine fuel testing veteran Rex Lim, managing director of DNV Petroleum Services, has retired after 18 years with the group.

Sched Netweb site
  • Container clearance at Yantian made faster
  • Coscon's new Tokyo terminal opens
  • Chinese copper producer to establish forwarding unit
  • OOCL christens latest addition to SX-class vessels
  • Rickmers transports RTGs to LA
  • TPG's outlook for 2004 positive despite 2003 losses
  • Malaysia Airlines posts improved operating income in Q3
  • Austrian receives new Airbus amid higher earnings
  • Menlo, Guangdong Postal Logistics team up

Exim Indiaweb site
  • Varun Shipping plans to acquire second-hand vessels
  • Centre clears proposal for duty waiver on imported equipment for oil cos
  • Groundnut oil exports yield Rs 300 cr.
  • Customs' inter-port link project for e-payment of duty to be ready soon
  • Chennai Port Trust to introduce slot system for iron ore exporters from April 1
  • Visakha Container Terminal inducts two RTGCs
  • SICL completes loading of one crore tonnes of coal at Vizag harbour
  • Allcargo Movers adds Vapi to its MCC list - Appoints Se fare as franchisee
  • Nabard launches Rs 50,000-crore farm infrastructure fund
  • Infrastructure sector records 5.9 pc growth in January
  • Forex reserves rise by $ 899 million
  • FCI invites bids for foodgrains stocks
  • India Inc keen on Gulf investment, claim Jebel Ali officials
  • Steps to promote horticulture products
  • Solvent extractors team inspects facilities at Kandla Port
  • Arun N. Pai new Finance Director of CONCOR
  • IIFT presentation on exports slated for Feb. 27 at WTC
  • Improved cargo security reduces import costs: Study
  • Reserve Bank's directive on commission payment
  • EC proposes tighter security rules for ports
  • Port workers not to join Bharat bandh today

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
FEBRUARY 23, 2004
  • Engen and Sasol to form African fuels giant
    A joint venture of Sasol and Engen's liquid fuels marketing and distribution businesses would create a giant in the sub-Saharan African market, but marine fuels sales does not seem to fit in with the overall profile of a merged company.
  • New Orleans 'a mess' as search for crew continues
    New Orleans bunkering and shipping markets effectively grounded to a halt today to allow the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) to search for five crew members from the offshore supply vessel Lee III, which sank Saturday after colliding with a larger ship in the Mississippi Delta.
  • New broker at Wilhelmsen Bunkers
  • Gibraltar follows regional pointers
  • Recent gains reversed on Suez Canal
  • Lukoil-Neva puts ice-class bunker tanker into service
    With its new high-powered ice-class bunker tanker, Lukoil-Neva will be able to undertake deliveries without the aid of ice breakers and tugs during the winter months when the port's waters are frozen over.
  • Prices fall as Istanbul conditions improve
    For the time being at least, the severe weather which had been affecting deliveries and shipping in the Istanbul area has moderated, leaving suppliers with good prompt supply opportunities and no current resupply/avails issues.
  • Piraeus strike action threatens disruption
    Looming strike would halt bunker supplies from 125,000 bpd refinery.
  • Singapore majors hold ground as bunkers fail to follow crude
  • Rotterdam softer with crude
  • ENAP $3.5m bunker investment pending approval
    The Chilean state-owned oil company Empressa Nacional del Petroleo (ENAP) has confirmed that it plans to invest $3.5 million to establish the first bunker fuel supply operation in the very south of the country.

International Transport Journalweb site
  • Eurosib wins contract for hydrofluoric acid shipments
  • UAL gets 30 day deferral on submission of restructuring plan
  • Port of Marseille looks inland
  • Dr. Roland Sch'tze new worldwide sales chief at Lufthansa Cargo

Maritime Global Netweb site
  • DNV sets up German committee
  • Belships enjoys good Q4
  • Keppel begins US$126m build
  • NorseMerchant upgrades Irish Sea service

Marine Logweb site
FEBRUARY 23, 2004
  • Key completes $47 million deal for K-Sea
    KeyBank (NYSE: KEY) Commercial Banking announces thatb it served as administrative agent on a $47 million financing package for K-Sea Transportation Partners L.P.

World Wide Shipperweb site
FEBRUARY 23, 2004
  • Study finds distribution/logistics means jobs for Portland area
  • Accident causes tanker to lose oil into Mississippi
  • World Trade Center Tacoma sets contest for High School students
  • Mary Shaver selected as Portland Shipping Club's 'Old Salt'
  • Port of Bellingham uses television to deliver message on Whatcom economy

Lloyd's Listweb site
  • Smit raises Tasman Spirit fore section
    SMIT Salvage teams in Pakistan have turned their attention to the aft section of the Tasman Spiritafter refloating the forward part of the ruptured tanker (above) last weekend in what, according to some sources, appears likely to become a more costly wreck removal than earlier anticipated.
  • Seaspan to smash own record with 10,500 teu ship
    SEASPAN Container Lines is set to shatter yet another world record, with plans to raise the size of ships now on order in South Korea to 10,500 teu.
  • SCT unveils '15m plan to boost capacity
    SOUTHAMPTON Container Terminals intends raising annual capacity to 2m teu through investment in new equipment, writes Janet Porter.
  • February renewals puts Gard in photo finish with UK Club
    GARD P&I Club is reported to have topped the 120m gt mark in the policy renewal round - carrying it neck and neck with UK Club as to which is the world's largest.

Fairplayweb site
FEBRUARY 23, 2004
  • Oglebay Norton seeks protection
    OGLEBAY Norton, which operates the largest bulk fleet on the Great Lakes, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and will utilise an emergency $75M credit facility to continue operations uninterrupted, according to president Michael Lundin
  • French slam pollution proposal
    THE French shipowners' association, Armateurs de France, has strongly criticised the wording of a proposal for an anti-pollution law
  • Irish Ferries to suspend services
    IRISH Ferries is expected to go ahead with its planned suspension of three services by Friday after reaching no agreement on reduction of manning on its ships
  • Belships sells Gibson Gas stake
    BELSHIPS, the Norwegian bulk shipping company with interests in product and gas tankers plus dry bulk, is to sell its 60% holding in Gibson Gas Tankers
  • Louisiana spill contained
    A 22,000-gallon (83,000 litre) oil spill caused from a collision on 19 February on the Mississippi river has been contained with "very little" environmental impact
  • Mississippi closed during search
    CLOSURE of the Mississippi river to traffic at Pilottown, Louisiana has left 32 ships waiting to move north and 25 trying to leave port for the Gulf of Mexico
  • Grimaldi awaits Cuba business
  • Signs of reawakening in Israel
  • Deutsche Bank builds Star stake
  • Cruise calls despite Santos strike
  • Further repairs for Belgian dredger
  • Boxship rates continue to climb
  • Zim share issue 'not on the cards'
  • Kwangyang lures foreign lines
  • Thais invest in port development
  • MSC on acquisition spree

The Journal of Commerceweb site
FEBRUARY 23, 2004
  • Mississippi wreck to be cleared
    Coast Guard calls off rescue, reviews salvage plans after one body recovered, others sighted in sunken supply ship.
  • Strong start for West Coast ports
    New Year produces double-digit increases in containerized imports from Asia.
  • Charter boom pressures liner rates
  • Customs reviews 'shipper' definition
  • CN: Minimal delays from strike
  • Hamburg S'd drops Long Beach call
  • Five bidders for Nehru box terminal
  • Taiwan port gets upgrade
  • CombineNet, Siemens sign software agreement
  • Chapman to head Shapiro's Northeast sales
  • Great Lakes Cold Storage expands network
  • Charleston plans security surcharge

Containerisation Internationalweb site
FEBRUARY 23, 2004
  • Canadian shippers brace for long rail strike
    Canadian shippers are bracing for possible traffic disruptions, with no quick end foreseen to the strike begun Friday on the country's largest railway, Canadian National (CN).
  • Public-sector strike at Peru's Callao to close port
    The Port of Callao is to be closed by a strike tomorrow, a public-sector protest about upcoming privatisation which is not supported by frustrated private operators at the port.
  • Mississippi River entrance blocked due to collision
  • Tough new rules for NZ shippers
  • Hamburg Sud to separate Americas services, citing 24 hour manifest rule
  • Truck traffic through Switzerland stabilising as rail grows
  • K Line plans expanded Indian coverage
  • Gwangyang January throughput up 18.5%, thanks to new foreign liner-calls
  • Feeders still available with 'attractive' delivery dates, says owner/manager
  • Belgium to give '30m annual subsidy to domestic container rail-traffic

TradeWindsweb site
FEBRUARY 23, 2004
  • Divers search supply ship for bodies
    But focus now shifting towards re-opening Mississippi river.
  • US customs reviews 'shipper' definition
    New rule asking carriers to identify shippers put on ice after challenge.
  • Mid-Ship opens in China
    US broker forms alliance with Beijing's Powerbase.
  • Kristian Gerhard Jebsen dead at 77
    Son pledges family commitment to Gearbulk and other businesses will continue.
  • Marathon buys Statoil shuttle tanker
    US oil company to convert Odin to FPSO for Alvheim project.
  • Boxship safety alert
    UK and Germany act on risk to dockers working on deck.
  • Oglebay Norton files for Chapter XI
    Fleet of a dozen self-unloading lakers to continue to trade through financial crisis.
  • MOL and Evergreen ships held in Canada
    Japanese and Taiwanese owner's boxships make port state detention list for January.
  • Deutsche Bank in stellar move
    Top German institution becomes second largest shareholder in Star Reefers.
  • Hapag-Lloyd enjoys new high
    German container line's boss says 2003 has produced biggest ever profit.
  • Victoria denies involvement in trawler deaths
    Philippine owner of ship accused of hit and run offers inspection of vessel.
  • Crash creates cruise chaos
    Mississippi River closure leaves thousands stranded on the eve of Mardi Gras in New Orleans.
  • Russian yard to pay off debt
    Volgaflot unit Okskaya to clear loan from regional government by 2007.
  • Four crew rescued in Caspian
    Rescue teams pick up more men from lifeboat after ship sank off Kazakhstan.
  • Mississippi collision claims five
    Offshore supply boat sinks after collision with Bertram Rickmers boxship in busy US waterway.
  • New listing for China Shipping
    Chinese giant forms new container unit with overseas float in mind.
  • Taharoa Express declared "hazardous ship"
    NYK bulker ordered to remain 50 miles off New Zealand coast after suffering total power loss.
  • ASL Marine sees profits slide
    Increased costs take their toll at Singaporean shipbuilding to chartering group's interim results.
  • Torch takes back Midnight Hunter
    US offshore operator re-charters ship twelve months after canceling contract over specifications.

American Shipperweb site
FEBRUARY 23, 2004
  • Coast Guard closes access to Mississippi after vessel collision
  • Canada 24-hour rule leads to surcharge
  • OOCL adds 8,063-TEU ship to transpacific
  • Australia issues maritime security warning
  • Seatrade, LauritzenCool start Rotterdam/Cape Town service
  • Ship's chief engineer, owner, manager indicted for dumping oil at sea
  • Corps prepares environmental statement for upper Mississippi
  • U.S. Customs delays change to "shipper" definition
  • State Department rolls out paperless export control system
  • WWF asks U.S. importers to pressure Asia Pulp and Paper
  • Canada takes antidumping steps against Mexican, Chinese blinds
  • USDA reviews seven petitions for trade assistance
  • USAID supports transport of medical supplies to Haiti
  • South Carolina ports impose security surcharge
  • "K" Line, Maersk in joint terminal lease in Kobe
  • Southampton terminal orders semi-automated yard cranes

The Scandinavian Shipping Gazetteweb site
FEBRUARY 23, 2004
  • "Geroi Sevastopolya" sold for scrap
    Russian owned panamax product tanker the "Geroi Sevastopolya" of 55,879 DWT - 12,648 ldt, is sold for scrap to China at ...
  • Estonian domestic ferry lines nationalized
    The Estonian government has decided to nationalize the ferry operation between the island of Hiiumaa (Dagö) and Saaremaa (Ösel) and ...
  • Private Danish oil recovery vessel ready
    A private Danish company is now trying to get into the growing market for capacity for oil recovery after collisions ...

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European Commission meeting to define the strategy for the development of EU ports and maritime industry
Brussels
Call for papers by July 28th
Assarmatori asks for support for Italian seafarers employed on short-haul routes and for the renewal of ferry fleets
Assarmatori asks for support for Italian seafarers employed on short-haul routes and for the renewal of ferry fleets
Rome
Messina: State Aid regime needs to be redesigned for European shipyards
In the first four months of 2025, maritime container traffic between Asia and Europe grew by +4.8%
Tokyo
-6.4% drop in shipments to Asian ports. +9.0% increase in unloading volumes in Europe
The impact on Italy of a possible closure of the maritime route through the Strait of Hormuz would be significant
Rome
The merchant fleet for energy products controlled by the Italian shipping industry interested in these traffics amounts to approximately 80 units.
Cargo traffic in China's seaports grew by +3.7% last month
Cargo traffic in China's seaports grew by +3.7% last month
Beijing
Containers amounted to 26.7 million TEU (+6.1%)
In 2024, 576 containers were lost at sea out of over 250 million transported by ships
Washington
About 200 have fallen from container ships in the Cape of Good Hope region
FMC questions deal exempting World Shipping Council companies from US antitrust rules
Washington
Meanwhile, Sola, appointed by Trump on January 20 to the presidency of the federal agency, is leaving his post today.
The European maritime-port sector nitpicks the reform of the Community customs rules
Brussels
Note from CLECAT, ECASBA, European Shipowners, ESPO, Feport and WSC
EU Council agrees on reform of the Union Customs Code
Brussels
CLECAT is concerned about the persistence of the concept of "Single Liable Person" in the text
In the first three months of 2025, freight traffic in the port of Civitavecchia grew by +2.4%
Civitavecchia
Increase of +9.9% in Gaeta and decrease of -17.1% in Fiumicino
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Accelleron consolida le partnership con Somas e Geislinger per sostenere l'efficienza e la sostenibilità del settore marittimo
Japanese shipbuilding company Imabari Shipbuilding acquires control of fellow Japanese JMU
Imabari/Tokyo
Ownership share increased from 30% to 60%
WTO: New tariffs have given a boost to trade that is unlikely to last
Geneva
Recovery driven by importers who brought forward purchases in view of expected tariff increases
Terminal Investments Limited of the MSC Group acquires 50% of the capital of Barcelona Europe South Terminal
Barcelona
The transaction was authorized by the Port Authority of Barcelona
There are no implementing decrees for the SalvaMare law and Italian citizens are paying for the management of fished waste that is not carried out
Rome
The Marevivo Foundation and the Federation of the Sea report it
In five and a half years, 1,244 tons of drugs have been seized in EU ports
In five and a half years, 1,244 tons of drugs have been seized in EU ports
Lisbon
The largest quantities pass through ports in Belgium, Spain, Holland, Italy and Germany
The International Convention on Ship Recycling will enter into force tomorrow
Copenhagen
BIMCO urges EU to include Indian shipyards in EU list of ship recycling facilities
Assologistica presents the "Cruscotto" project to ensure transparency and legality in the logistics sector
Milan
Ruggerone: it is an infrastructure of trust between clients and operators
Federagenti, cruises cannot and must not become the target of an indiscriminate hate campaign
Federagenti, cruises cannot and must not become the target of an indiscriminate hate campaign
Rome
A "Pact for the Sea" proposed with solutions to tackle overtourism for which passenger ships are not to blame
New step forward for the construction of the underground freight transport system in Switzerland
New step forward for the construction of the underground freight transport system in Switzerland
Bern
Cargo sous terrain plans to build a 500-kilometer system by mid-century
Carnival posts record earnings for March-May period
Carnival posts record earnings for March-May period
Miami
The number of cruise passengers embarked also peaked this quarter
Federlogistica, it is reckless to activate railway construction sites without a concerted plan
Genoa
Falteri: Isolating the port of Genoa from the railway network for three weeks means putting the whole of Northern Italy in difficulty
Multipurpose terminals privatized in eight Saudi ports
Multipurpose terminals privatized in eight Saudi ports
Riyadh
Four will be operated by Saudi Global Ports and four by Red Sea Gateway Terminal
Public debate launched on the project for Pier VIII in the port of Trieste
Public debate launched on the project for Pier VIII in the port of Trieste
Trieste
A total investment of 315.8 million euros is expected
South Korea's HD Hyundai partners with US Edison Chouest Offshore to build containerships in US
South Korea's HD Hyundai partners with US Edison Chouest Offshore to build containerships in US
Seoul
The possibility of building other types of ships and constructing port cranes is foreseen
Rixi: with the Omnibus decree, Phase B of the new Genoa breakwater is guaranteed
Rome
Expenditure of 50 million euros authorised for 2026 and 92.8 million for 2027
Israel-Iran conflict prompts Maersk to suspend calls at Haifa port
Copenhagen
Those at the port of Ashdod will continue instead.
Northern European Nations Commitment to Counter Russian Shadow Fleet
Warsaw
If the vessels do not fly a valid flag in the Baltic Sea and the North Sea - they specify - we will take appropriate measures in compliance with international law.
Freight traffic in French ports stable in the first quarter of 2025
Freight traffic in French ports stable in the first quarter of 2025
The Defense
Containers and liquid bulk on the rise. Increase in unloading loads and decrease in loading loads
Cognolato (Assiterminal): Today more than ever we need a coherent port policy
Rome
All the critical issues highlighted in recent years still remain open - he highlighted.
Alessandro Pitto confirmed as president of Fedespedi
Milan
The Board of Directors, the Board of Arbiters and the Board of Auditors have been renewed
A protest action by Greek seafarers is heated, with the PENEN and PNO unions launching very serious accusations, including mutual ones
Piraeus
The strike, declared illegal by the courts, blocks some ships of the Attica group in the port of Patras
Saipem awarded contract for a phosphate mining project in Algeria that includes the upgrading of the port of Annaba
Milan
The construction of railway lines is also planned
Suez Canal celebrates return of large-capacity containership transits
Suez Canal celebrates return of large-capacity containership transits
Ismailia
Today it was crossed by the vessel "CMA CGM Osiris" which can carry 15,536 teu
IMO, ILO, ICS and ITF urge protection of seafarers' rights against unjust criminalisation
London
The "Guidelines on the Fair Treatment of Seafarers Detained in Relation to Alleged Offences" were adopted in April
Trump's new tariffs also hit container traffic at the Port of Long Beach
Long Beach
In the first five months of 2025, an increase of +17.2% was recorded
Transfer of the port of Carrara from the Ligurian to the Tuscan AdSP not without a discussion with the operators
Milan
Dario Perioli, FHP, Grendi and Tarros ask for it
Up to $768 billion in investments needed to adapt world ports to rising sea levels
New York
Port of Los Angeles Feels Impact of New Tariffs on Container Traffic
Los Angeles
A decrease of -4.8% was recorded in May
Assagenti proposes a task force to solve port, logistics and industrial problems
Genoa
A "problem solver" consultative body composed, in addition to the categories of the maritime cluster, of the manufacturing industries of the North-West quadrant
Cargo traffic at the port of Singapore fell by -4.6% in May
Singapore
New crane overturned for delivery in new Tuas port area
In the first quarter of 2025, freight traffic on the Swiss rail network fell by -6.4%
Neuchatel
Service performance at 2.35 billion tonne-km, down -8.2%
ANGOPI fears that new measures to ensure maritime continuity will penalise mooring services
ANGOPI fears that new measures to ensure maritime continuity will penalise mooring services
Ischia
Power: it is necessary to remove them from a perverse mechanism
Dutch HES International to operate bulk terminal in Marseille-Fos port
Marseille
The concession contract will have a minimum duration of 30 years
Ibiza government opposes Trasmed's overnight stay on board ferry program
Ibiza/Valencia
It is considered a "clandestine hotel", while the company defines it as a cruise service
Bruno Pisano appointed extraordinary commissioner of the AdSP of the Eastern Ligurian Sea
Rome
He will take up his post next Monday
Federlogistica proposes a comparison between operators on the congestion fee while waiting for a solution from the government
Genoa
In the first five months of 2025, container traffic in the port of Gioia Tauro grew by +10.3%
Joy Taurus
1,813,071 TEUs were handled
Trasportounito, truck waiting times in ports must be paid
Genoa
Tagnochetti: The Port Fee aims to redistribute the costs of all disruptions more equitably
Commissioners of the AdSPs of the Northern Tyrrhenian, Ionian and Western Liguria appointed
Rome/Genoa
Trade unions concerned about the future of Genoa Port Terminal workers
Political instability and green transition are the main problems that shipping faces
London
This is highlighted in the "ICS Maritime Barometer Report 2024-2025"
The new container terminal of the port of Termini Imerese presented
Palermo
Transfer of traffic handled by Portitalia to the port of Palermo
GCMD survey confirms shipping's commitment to decarbonisation
Singapore
Ports concerned about lack of certainty about demand from shipping companies
The EU Commission has re-identified Port Said East and Tanger Med as neighbouring container transhipment ports
Brussels
Road haulage extends congestion fee application to Livorno port
Livorno/Rome/Milan/Genoa
Fedespedi, they do not solve the problems, but have the only effect of increasing costs
The new Border Control Post has been inaugurated in the port of Livorno
Leghorn
The structure cost 15 million euros
The transfer of 80% of Louis-Dreyfus Armateurs' capital to InfraVia has been implemented
Suresnes/Paris
The Louis-Dreyfus family retains the remaining 20%
Port of Genoa, green light for extension of concession to Spinelli until September 30
Genoa
Ok also to the extension to the Campostano group
The National Maritime Fund has started the recognition of scholarships
Genoa
They are granted for basic training and security familiarization courses.
RFI and MIT sign the update to the program contract for approximately 2.1 billion
Rome
Around 500 million euros expected for the management of the railway network
San Giorgio del Porto delivers a vessel for the bunkering of liquefied natural gas
Genoa
It was built for Genova Trasporti Marittimi
Pisano (AdSP Liguria Orientale): the ports of La Spezia and Carrara have integrated almost perfectly
La Spezia/Bari
Extraordinary Commissioner of the Southern Adriatic Sea Port Authority appointed
Raffaele Latrofa appointed president of the AdSP of the Central-Northern Tyrrhenian Sea
Rome
He is the deputy mayor of Pisa
India's Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Acquires Control of Sri Lanka's Colombo Dockyard
Mumbai
Investment of approximately 53 million dollars
The Commissioner of the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority has been granted the powers and prerogatives of the Management Committee
Genoa
The measure pending the restoration of the ordinary top management bodies
The Three-Year Operational Plan 2025-2027 of the Central Adriatic Port Authority has been approved
Ancona
Favorable opinion of the Sea Resource Partnership Body
The public meeting of the International Containers Studies Center will be held in Genoa on July 2nd
Genoa
It will deal with the physical transformations of the container and the digitalization of processes
Andrea Ormesani is the new president of Assosped Venezia
Venice
The board of directors has been renewed. Paolo Salvaro remains general secretary
Witte (ISU): In 2024, the ship salvage sector stabilized from the low of two years ago
London
Finnish Elomatic to Install Tunnel Thrusters on 11 Carnival Cruise Ships
Turku
The works will begin next autumn and will end in 2028
The Assarmatori assembly will be held in Rome on July 1st
Rome
"Mediterranean against the current" the theme of the meeting
Fincantieri has delivered the new cruise ship Viking Vesta to the American Viking
Trieste/Los Angeles
It was built in the Ancona shipyard
The Genoa Coast Guard has placed the container ship PL Germany under administrative detention
Genoa
Italian Navy orders two new Multipurpose Combat Ships from Fincantieri
Trieste
The order to the shipbuilding company is worth 700 million euros
MSC Group to manage cruise services in the ports of Bari and Brindisi
Bari
Ten-year concession with possibility of extension
German Kombiverkehr Returns to Profit in 2024
Frankfurt am Main
The level of revenues remained unchanged at 434.6 million euros.
Deltamarin to design the six new ro-pax vessels ordered by Grimaldi for the Mediterranean routes
Turku
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
The practice of subcontracting in European logistics is creating a parallel labour market where rights are not enforced
Brussels
"Sorry, We Subcontracted You" Report Presented
Tomorrow Grendi will launch the group's fourth ship on routes to and from Sardinia
Milan
"Grendi Star", with a load capacity of 2,800 linear meters, will connect Marina di Carrara and Cagliari
FREMM frigates operational support contract signed between Orizzonte Sistemi Navali and OCCAR
Taranto
The agreement has a total value of approximately 764 million euros
Call to reform the entire driver training system in the transport sector
Rome
Seven proposals presented
In the port of Gioia Tauro, the Guardia di Finanza soldiers seized 228 kilos of cocaine
Reggio Calabria
Two dockers arrested
Port of Livorno, new observatory to find solutions to the problem of port congestion
Leghorn
Marilli: We will seek solutions to reach the possible revocation of the port fee
Lockton PL Ferrari closed the last fiscal year with gross revenues of 34 million dollars
Genoa
Insurance premium volume rose to 350 million
Polish Trans Polonia Group acquires Dutch Nijman/Zeetank Holding
Tczew
It specializes in the transportation and logistics of liquid and gaseous products
d'Amico Tankers Sells Two 2011-Built Tankers for $36.2 Million
Luxembourg
They will be delivered to buyers by the end of July and on December 21st.
The Italian Merchant Marine Academy plans 13 new free courses
Genoa
Over 300 positions available
A delegation of Wista Italy visits the ports of Catania and Augusta
Catania/August
The association is made up of women who hold positions of responsibility in the maritime, logistics and trade sectors.
In the first five months of 2025, the port of Algeciras handled 1.9 million containers (-6.3%)
Algeciras
Empty containers decreased by -5.5% and full ones by -6.4%
Reway Group enters the port railway infrastructure maintenance sector
Licciana Nardi
Two contracts awarded by the AdSP of the Eastern Ligurian Sea
Delcomar and Ensamar take over maritime services with the smaller Sardinian islands
Cagliari
The tender for the six-year concession of the connections has been awarded
Port of Trieste, the newly appointed Gurrieri torpedoes the newly appointed Torbianelli
Trieste
Russo (Pd): it's a squalid power game
Singapore's SeaLead expands its maritime shipping offering to connect Turkey and Italy
Singapore
Route connected to services transiting the Suez Canal
The US Container Security Initiative program has been extended to Morocco
Rabat
Amrani: Let's consolidate Tanger Med's role as a safe and world-class maritime hub
Very positive first quarter for Greek Euroseas
Athens
Pittas: the positive momentum continued in the second quarter
Assonat and SACE present a plan for Italian tourist ports
Rome
Kuehne+Nagel has opened a new branch in Naples
Milan
The aim is to support the operational growth of the group in Southern Italy
RINA has acquired the entire capital of Finnish Foreship
Helsinki
The Helsinki-based company specializes in consulting in the field of marine and mechanical engineering.
Container traffic down at Barcelona and Valencia ports in May
Barcelona/Valencia
Resumption of containers in transit at the Catalan port
Annual cargo traffic in Greek ports stable in 2024
Piraeus
Domestic volumes are growing, while foreign trade is decreasing
Perplexity of freight forwarders, customs agents and maritime agents of La Spezia at the transfer of the port of Carrara to the Tuscan AdSP
The Spice
Timidly, they "hope for consideration for the progress made so far"
Francesco Mastro appointed extraordinary commissioner of the Southern Adriatic Sea Port Authority
Rome
He will take up office on June 30th.
John Denholm to be new president of the International Chamber of Shipping
Athens
He will take over from Emanuele Grimaldi in a year
Extraordinary commissioners of the two Ligurian Port System Authorities have been installed
Genoa/La Spezia
Matteo Paroli and Bruno Pisano at the helm of the institutions
Container traffic at Hong Kong port drops sharply in May
Hong Kong
1.05 million TEUs were handled (-12.7%)
Assogasliquidi-Federchimica shows the way to accelerate the decarbonization of road and maritime transport
Rome
Amadei: Our sector is ready and the time has come for courageous industrial choices
Eagle S tanker command blamed for cutting submarine cables in Gulf of Finland
Advantages
The accident was caused by the ship's anchor
Online platform to report critical issues that put transport workers at risk
Genoa
It was prepared by Fit Cisl Liguria
GNV to create a direct summer connection between Civitavecchia and Tunis
Genoa
It will run alongside the historic route via Palermo
The unification of Grimaldi's concessions in the port of Barcelona has been completed
Madrid/Barcelona
The contract expires on September 20, 2035.
In the first five months of 2025, cargo traffic in Russian ports fell by -4.9%
St. Petersburg
A decrease of approximately -12% was recorded in May
Raben Logistics Group Creates Subsidiary in Türkiye
Milan
It will have 20 employees and a 2,000 square meter cross-dock warehouse
Alberto Dellepiane confirmed as president of Assorimorchiatori
Rome
The composition of the entire association leadership remains unchanged
Agreement between Fincantieri and Indonesian PMM to develop solutions to face new unconventional underwater challenges
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 Assarmatori assembly will be held in Rome on July 1st
Rome
"Mediterranean against the current" the theme of the meeting
The public meeting of the International Containers Studies Center will be held in Genoa on July 2nd
Genoa
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
US has its eye on Greek ports
(Kathimerini)
Proposed 30% increase for port tariffs to be in phases, says Loke
(Free Malaysia Today)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Intervento del presidente Tomaso Cognolato
Roma, 19 giugno 2025
››› File
Structural adaptation works on dock 23 of the port of Ancona awarded
Ancona
Intervention worth over 11.8 million euros
Conference on the role of LNG and bioLNG for the decarbonisation of transport and industry
Rome
The Federchimica-Assogasliquidi event will take place on Monday in Rome
Dutch Bolidt increases presence in cruise ship sector with acquisition of American Boteka
Hendrik Ido Ambacht
Contship Italia has acquired the Genoese customs services company STS
Melzo
The Ligurian company was founded in 1985
Francesco Benevolo has been appointed extraordinary commissioner of the AdSP of the Central-Northern Adriatic Sea
Rome
He is the operations director of RAM - Logistics, Infrastructure and Transport
Montaresi resigns as commissioner of the Eastern Ligurian Port Authority
The Spice
In the eight months of administration - he underlines - we have not lost even a second
Gurrieri has been appointed extraordinary commissioner of the AdSP of the Eastern Adriatic Sea
Trieste
Pending the completion of the formal process for the designation of the president
The commissioners of the AdSP of Western Liguria have handed over their mandate to Minister Salvini
Genoa
The decision is part of the process of designation and nomination of the new leaders
Confetra criticizes the provisions of the decree-law Infrastructure for road transport
Rome
The Confederation urges the blocking of the process of appointing the presidents of the port authorities
Taiwanese Evergreen, Yang Ming and WHL saw revenue decline in May
Keelung/Taipei
The decline is accentuated for the two main companies
South Korea's KSOE wins order to build eight 15,900 TEU containerships
Seongnam
The unit value of each vessel is approximately $221 million.
First port terminal for car traffic of Greek Neptune Lines
Piraeus
It will be inaugurated next year in the French port of Port-La Nouvelle
The assembly of the association of Genoese maritime agents and brokers will be held on June 16th
Genoa
Round Table on Genoa, the hub of the North West and the Mediterranean
BN di Navigazione Board of Directors Renewed
Genoa
BluNavy aims to reach one million passengers by 2025
Viking Line designs world's largest all-electric ro-pax vessel
Viking Line designs world's largest all-electric ro-pax vessel
Åland
Record Monthly Container Traffic at Turkish Ports
Ankara
In May, almost 1.4 million TEUs were handled (+17.6%)
Sergio Landolfi has been elected president of the Customs Association of the Port of La Spezia
The Spice
The board of directors has been renewed
The ferry industry elite will attend the Interferry conference in Salerno in October
Victoria
Event titled "Connections"
Uniport launches an initiative to support ALS research
Rome
Fundraising for the NeMO Clinical Center Serena Foundation Onlus
The Propeller Club of Genoa has analyzed risks and opportunities of using AI in the maritime and insurance sectors
Genoa
The importance of training in the use of technology was highlighted
Chantiers de l'Atlantique delivers luxury cruising yacht Luminara to The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection
Saint Nazaire
The ship will debut in Alaska
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