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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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Ahead of the election, Australia is arguing over who will oust China's Landbridge from the Port of Darwin
Darwin/Strathpine
Assurances to this effect were given by both Prime Minister Albanese and opposition leader Dutton.
US tariffs will cause a four percentage point reduction in the expected volume of world trade
Geneva
The World Trade Organization believes so
84% of new constructions ordered by the Italian navy will be built in China
Rome
Analysis by the Confitarma Study Center on the possible impacts of US duties on the national shipping industry
GNV ships will call at Algerian ports for the first time
Genoa
In summer, the weekly connections Sète-Algiers and Sète-Bejaia will be activated
Boluda Towage and Marsa Maroc to operate towage services in the new port of Nador West Med
Valencia
Denton (ICC): Trump's tariffs pose a crucial challenge to rules-based trade governance
Denton (ICC): Trump's tariffs pose a crucial challenge to rules-based trade governance
Paris
Rather, he stressed, multilateral solutions are needed to resolve the long-standing inefficiencies and inequalities in the global trading system.
Guerrieri appointed extraordinary commissioner of the Northern Tyrrhenian Sea Port Authority
Leghorn
The mandate granted by MIT has no expiration date
APM Terminals buys the Panama Canal Railway Company
The Hague
The company operates the railway line parallel and adjacent to the Panama Canal
Piloda plans a hub for ship repair, refitting and demolition in the port of Brindisi
Naples
Expression of interest for the reconversion and reindustrialization of the former coal power plant area
Kuehne+Nagel to handle spare parts logistics for Changan electric cars in the European market
Schindellegi
Agreement with the Chinese car manufacturer
A.P. Møller Holding submits offer to acquire entire share capital of towing company Svitzer
AP Møller Holding submits offer to acquire entire share capital of towing company Svitzer
Copenhagen
The Mærsk family investment company already owns 47.0% of the company
Public interest declared for MSC, Neri and Lorenzini's project for a new container terminal in Livorno
Slight annual growth in freight traffic in Italian ports driven by containers
Slight annual growth in freight traffic in Italian ports driven by containers
Rome
In the container segment, the strong increase in transhipments offset the decline in imports and exports
Turkey's Desan Shipyard in talks to take over Mangalia shipyard
Bucharest
The Tuzla plant is much smaller than the Romanian one
Six international shipping associations present a guide to planning safe navigation
London
TUI awards Fincantieri contract for two new cruise ships for Marella Cruises
Hanover/Trieste
Deliveries are scheduled for 2030 and 2032
ESPO urges EU and Member States to allocate funds to decarbonise ships and ports
Brussels
Earmarking Innovation Fund proceeds to stimulate demand for clean marine fuels
China Antitrust Launches Investigation into Hutchison Ports' Panama Terminal Sale
Beijing/Hong Kong
Panama Ports Company operates the Balboa and Cristobal ports
PSA posts annual revenue growth, but profits fall
Singapore
Sharp increase in operating costs across the board
Temporary Port Labor Supply Company in Cagliari Extended for Another 18 Months
Cagliari
In 2024, cargo traffic in Chinese seaports grew by +3.5%
Beijing
Increase of +6.9% in traffic with foreign countries. In the first two months of 2025, 1.75 billion tons were moved (+1.6%)
Chinese container maker CIMC posts bumper 2024
Hong Kong
Almost 3.6 million containers sold (+372%). Record revenues
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AAL Shipping sceglie il sistema di consulenza marina di ABB per ottimizzare la flotta Super B-Class
In February, freight traffic in the port of Genoa fell by -4.4% and in Savona-Vado it increased by +24.5%
Genoa
Cruise and ferry passenger decline
ICS, Trump's proposed measures against Chinese ships risk having significant unwanted consequences, even for the US
Washington
Strong opposition to their introduction also expressed by the WSC
Intercargo, international measures for decarbonisation of shipping must be simple and clear
London
Gkonis: Must not compromise operational efficiency and smooth global transport of essential goods
Port of Barcelona invests 124 million to develop sustainable fuel traffic
Barcelona
Construction of three new moorings at Moll de l'Energia
In 2024, freight traffic in the port of Catania began to grow again. A decline in Augusta
In 2024, freight traffic in the port of Catania began to grow again. A decline in Augusta
Augusta
A total of 7.9 million and 23.0 million tons of cargo were handled
In 2024, the terminal operator HHLA recorded record revenues with a growth of +10.5%
Hamburg
Profit after taxes amounted to 56.4 million euros (+33.1%)
Launch of a public consultation for the updating of the PRPs of the ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado
Genoa
The involvement of territorial, economic and social communities is foreseen
ITU, ICAO and IMO highlight risks to maritime and air transport caused by attacks on satellite communications
Geneva/Montreal/London
London Government presents its strategy for decarbonising maritime transport
London
The measures for ports will be defined after a public consultation that will take place in the coming months
For security, military ships are not enough, merchant ships are also essential
London
TUI in talks with shipyards for two new cruise ships for Marella
Hanover
Slots available starting from the 2031 financial year
ANESCO, with the Port Employment Centers, accidents have decreased in the three main Spanish ports
Madrid
67% reduction in lost work days per year
Filt, Fit and Uilt, no to the transformation from "article 18" to "16" of the Livorno port company LTM
Leghorn
Unions ask port authority to block proliferation of new economic entities
Last year Fincantieri recorded record revenues and new orders
Last year Fincantieri recorded record revenues and new orders
Trieste
Folgiero: the first fruits of our strategy and industrial vision have been harvested
COSCO Shipping Holdings revenue increased by +44.8% in the fourth quarter of 2024
COSCO Shipping Holdings revenue increased by +44.8% in the fourth quarter of 2024
Shanghai
In the period, the container ships of the Chinese group's fleet transported 6.9 million TEUs (+13.1%). Containers on the Asia-Europe/Med routes fell
Porto Marghera, renewal of concession to Terminal Rinfuse Venezia
Venice
New 25-year contract. Investments of over 53 million euros expected
In the last quarter of 2024, container traffic alone increased in French ports
Paris
In the whole year, containers amounted to over 5.3 million TEU (+11.5%)
Carnival Sets New Low Season Quarter Records December-February
Carnival Sets New Low Season Quarter Records December-February
Miami
Positive outlook for the remainder of the 2025 financial year
Rail Losing Ground in Transalpine Freight Traffic Through Switzerland
Bern
In 2024, trains transported 25.7 million tons of cargo (-3.7%)
CK Hutchison's Port Division revenues grew by 10.8% last year
Hong Kong
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
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
Francesco Beltrano is the new general secretary of Uniport
Rome
He takes over from Paolo Ferrandino, who will continue to collaborate as a consultant
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
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
Decarbonisation of maritime transport will be faster in the EU and the US
DHL Acquires CRYOPDP
Bonn/Nashville
The company provides courier services for clinics and healthcare
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
Over a million to the port companies of Livorno and Piombino to acquire green vehicles
Leghorn
The ranking for admission to the PNRR-Next Gen Eu contributions has been published
COSCO Shipping Development Co.'s container sales increased by +204.1% in 2024
Shanghai
The related turnover increased by +124.0%
The call for funding for the purchase of electric vehicles in the ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado has been published
Genoa
Yang Ming Buys Three New 8,000 TEU Containerships
Keelung
They will be delivered between 2028 and 2029
Construction of a cruise ship for Regent Seven Seas Cruises begins in Marghera
Trieste
Fincantieri will deliver the unit in 2026
Federlogistica establishes operational offices in Spain and Brazil
Genoa
The aim is to go beyond theoretical cooperative relationships
Over a Ton of Cocaine Seized in the Port of Gioia Tauro
Reggio Calabria
If placed on the market it would have generated over 187 million euros
In 2024, the economic results of Interporto Padova reached record values
Padua
Revenues up +17%
Three ceremonies at the Saint-Nazaire shipyard for three new MSC Cruises ships
Geneva
New flagship "MSC World America" delivered
German railway company DB Cargo reduced losses in 2024
Berlin
Revenues down again. -9.0% drop in freight volumes
NovaAlgoma orders second 38,000 dwt cement carrier in China
Lugano
It will be taken over in 2027
Customs agreement between Italy and Brazil to facilitate trade
Brasilia
Mission of the Customs and Monopolies Agency in the South American nation
A team from La Spezia Container Terminal in Rotterdam to test advanced technologies
The Spice
ECT Hutchinson Ports Training Center Visited
The assembly of Genoese freight forwarders on Monday
Genoa
It will be held at the Palazzo della Borsa in Genoa
Assarmatori, in Italy the ferry segment cannot bear the burden of the EU ETS in a very fragile market situation
Brussels
Messina: Protecting shipping from the ideological excesses of the Green Deal
The website of the Port Authority Corps - Coast Guard has been renewed
Rome
It has become a single digital access point to documents and services
In 2024, inland waterway freight transport in Germany increased by +1.2%
Wiesbaden
The volume, at 173.8 million tonnes, is the second lowest since 1990.
APM Terminals Granted Port of New York - New Jersey Concession Renewal
New York
Contract for a period of 33 years. Investments of 500 million dollars are expected
Experimentation of crane automation has begun at the Interporto Padova terminal
Padua
The interport company awarded the "Industria Felix 2025 Award"
Container traffic in the port of Algeciras fell by -17.0% in February
Algeciras
Both import-export volumes and transhipment are decreasing
New cruise company Crescent Seas has been founded in Miami
Miami
The fleet, initially consisting of one ship from Regent Seven Seas Cruises, will grow to five units within the next five years
In 2024, the volume of vehicles transported by Wallenius Wilhelmsen's fleet decreased by -9.7%
Oslo
Traffic down on almost all global routes
Agreement between Assoporti and Assologistica and the Florida trade, transport and port authorities
Rome
It was signed today
In April a mission in Albania of The International Propeller Clubs - Italy
Genoa
It will take place on the 9th and 10th in Tirana and Durres
COSCO Shipping Ports revenues rose to a record $1.5 billion in 2024 (+3.3%)
Hong Kong
In the fourth quarter alone, a decrease of -3.0%
SO.RI.MA. (FHP group) granted a concession of an area of 125 thousand square meters in the port of Chioggia
Venice
Investments of 11.5 million euros expected over 25 years
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 public meeting of the Italian Port Terminal Operators Association will be held in Rome on June 19th
Genoa
The annual conference "Programming, Operation and Management of Transport Networks" in Genoa
Genoa
It is dedicated to the transport and mobility sector
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Damen Mangalia Unionists Protest Friday Against Possible Closure
(The Romania Journal)
Govt. to woo top ten shipping liners in world for Colombo port expansion
(Daily Mirror)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Relazione del presidente Nicola Zaccheo
Roma, 18 settembre 2024
››› File
Contship Italia’s intermodal network has been extended to the Gulf Terminal in La Spezia
Melzo
Connections with the inland terminals of Milan, Modena and Padua
Container traffic in the port of Valencia grew by +15.2% last month
Valencia
The overall volume of goods handled increased by +6.8%
The Northern Tyrrhenian Sea Port Authority obtains gender equality certification
Leghorn
It is the first Italian port authority to obtain this recognition
Container traffic growth weakens at ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach
Los Angeles/Long Beach
Last month, increases of +2.6% and +13.4% respectively were recorded
Assarmatori, the Italian government's position on the impact of the EU ETS on shipping and ports is good
Rome
Messina: fully understood the risks and distortions of European climate regulation
PSA Italy's Genoa port terminals awarded anti-corruption certification
Genoa
The UNI EN ISO 37001 standard defines the requirements for an effective anti-corruption management system
Assiterminal presents three projects for the sustainable transition of the Italian port sector
Rome
Work completed on docks 33 and 34 of the port of Civitavecchia
Civitavecchia
50,000 square meters of yards prepared
The completion and doubling of the Pontremolese is the dream-nightmare of the La Spezia port community
The Spice
Fontana: Money is not found when enormous resources are channeled into railway lines of dubious utility
Hanwha acquires 9.9% stake in shipbuilding company Austal
Sydney
Investment worth approximately 116 million US dollars
The European fleet is growing but competing fleets are growing at a faster rate
Brussels
Raptis (European Shipowners): investing ETS revenues in clean shipping technologies and fuels
Trasportounito has confirmed the national halt to the transport of goods
Rome
Proclaimed for the duration of five days from March 31st to April 4th
Container traffic in Hong Kong port increased by +9.1% in February
Hong Kong
However, for the second time in the last 25 years, cargo volume was below one million TEU.
Cargo traffic in Greek ports stable in Q3 2024
Piraeus
The increase in volumes transported on domestic routes has offset the decline in traffic with foreign countries
At the Vado Ligure container terminal a 21,000 teu container ship fully loaded
I go to Liguria
The 400-meter-long Cosco Shipping Nebula has landed
UIR proposes a permanent table for the development of intermodality
Verona
The main task is to build a project financing program.
Restructuring plan approved for Spanish company Armas Trasmediterránea
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Creditors' appeal rejected
The decline in cargo traffic at the port of Singapore worsened in February
Singapore
Containerized cargoes amounted to 27.4 million tons (-3.6%)
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