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January 26, 2004
Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • EU urged to support IMO initiatives
    MAKING his debut before the European Parliament's maritime safety committee last week as the new head of the International Maritime Organisation , Efthimios Mitropoulos spent much of his time urging multilateralism and countering criticisms of the body.
  • S Korean Q4 shipbuilding orders slip on busy yards
    HYUNDAI Heavy Industries and other South Korean shipbuilders won 1.5 per cent fewer orders in the fourth quarter of 2003 because their dockyards were almost fully occupied with earlier contracts.
  • AP Moeller-Maersk wins deal to operate Iraq port
    DENMARK's largest private enterprise, oil and shipping group A P Moeller-Maersk has signed a five-year agreement to operate a port in southern Iraq.
Air and Land Transport
  • Bangalore's new $488m airport gets go-ahead
    THE Indian government has approved the construction of a new 13 billion rupee airport in Bangalore, the first to be built and operated by the private sector, as part of the country's civil aviation reform plan.
  • Pilots in Europe look askance at marshals
  • Bechtel wins US$5b Qatar airport job
  • DHL threatens to abandon Brussels as European hub
  • Cost cuts carry KLM into surprise Q3 profit
  • Death on BA not caused by meningitis
Dockyard
  • Greater focus on securing hazardous cargoes onboard
    ONCE upon a time, and actually not so long ago, there was an easy way to get rid of nasty cargoes if things started to go wrong.

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • EU urged to support IMO initiatives
    MAKING his debut before the European Parliament's maritime safety committee last week as the new head of the International Maritime Organisation , Efthimios Mitropoulos spent much of his time urging multilateralism and countering criticisms of the body.
  • S Korean Q4 shipbuilding orders slip on busy yards
    HYUNDAI Heavy Industries and other South Korean shipbuilders won 1.5 per cent fewer orders in the fourth quarter of 2003 because their dockyards were almost fully occupied with earlier contracts.
  • AP Moeller-Maersk wins deal to operate Iraq port
    DENMARK's largest private enterprise, oil and shipping group A P Moeller-Maersk has signed a five-year agreement to operate a port in southern Iraq.
Air and Land Transport
  • Bangalore's new $488m airport gets go-ahead
    THE Indian government has approved the construction of a new 13 billion rupee airport in Bangalore, the first to be built and operated by the private sector, as part of the country's civil aviation reform plan.
  • Pilots in Europe look askance at marshals
  • Bechtel wins US$5b Qatar airport job
  • DHL threatens to abandon Brussels as European hub
  • Cost cuts carry KLM into surprise Q3 profit
  • Death on BA not caused by meningitis
Dockyard
  • Greater focus on securing hazardous cargoes onboard
    ONCE upon a time, and actually not so long ago, there was an easy way to get rid of nasty cargoes if things started to go wrong.

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • EU urged to support IMO initiatives
    MAKING his debut before the European Parliament's maritime safety committee last week as the new head of the International Maritime Organisation , Efthimios Mitropoulos spent much of his time urging multilateralism and countering criticisms of the body.
  • S Korean Q4 shipbuilding orders slip on busy yards
    HYUNDAI Heavy Industries and other South Korean shipbuilders won 1.5 per cent fewer orders in the fourth quarter of 2003 because their dockyards were almost fully occupied with earlier contracts.
  • AP Moeller-Maersk wins deal to operate Iraq port
    DENMARK's largest private enterprise, oil and shipping group A P Moeller-Maersk has signed a five-year agreement to operate a port in southern Iraq.
Air and Land Transport
  • Bangalore's new $488m airport gets go-ahead
    THE Indian government has approved the construction of a new 13 billion rupee airport in Bangalore, the first to be built and operated by the private sector, as part of the country's civil aviation reform plan.
  • Pilots in Europe look askance at marshals
  • Bechtel wins US$5b Qatar airport job
  • DHL threatens to abandon Brussels as European hub
  • Cost cuts carry KLM into surprise Q3 profit
  • Death on BA not caused by meningitis
Dockyard
  • Greater focus on securing hazardous cargoes onboard
    ONCE upon a time, and actually not so long ago, there was an easy way to get rid of nasty cargoes if things started to go wrong.

Sched Netweb site
  • Taipei port upgrade challenges Keelung
  • Canadian ports, shippers seek security funds
  • Zhengzhou to boost logistics park growth
  • Kyowa appoints V-Grow Logistics as China agent
  • Cosco Shipping vessels pass ISPS test
  • DHL scores logistics contract with HP Korea
  • Dragonair carries more freight in 2003
  • Air China Q4 profits surge
  • World puts new deal to cockpit crew

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 23, 2004
  • Brazilian market update
  • Klaipeda's flash point cargo regulations change to aid bunkering
    Tankers calling at the port of Klaipeda for oil cargoes with a flash point over 61 degrees (C) can now also be supplied with bunkers concurrently while loading/discharging cargo.
  • A quiet end to bearish Baltic's week
  • Japan demand lull creates better bunkering conditions
  • Rotterdam prices continue to slide

International Transport Journalweb site
  • APL Logistics establishes Kenya presence in response to sourcing shift
  • ICF runs daily from Germany to Sweden
  • Alitalia cash drain
  • China Shipping's new North China-Europe services
  • Jos Benders (Lyondell) Rotterdam 'Port man of the year'

The Scandinavian Shipping Gazetteweb site
JANUARY 23, 2004
  • "Rocknes" enquiry Monday
  • EU and IMO exchange niceties
  • Ferry collision in Helsinki
  • Norwegian yard subsidies not used

Maritime Global Netweb site
JANUARY 23, 2004
  • OMI fined US$4.2m for pollution cover up
  • Cargo carriage guide warns on box stows
  • US salvors' security offer
  • US ports sceptical on 100% box checks
  • Australia orders CP ship to sea

Lloyd's Listweb site
  • Cruise cancellations fresh blow to Festival
    FESTIVAL Cruises cancelled trips due to get under way at the weekend in the Caribbean and Mediterranean, but insisted it was still optimistic it would be able to return to normal operation in time to avoid any further disruption to its sailing programme, writes Andrew Spurrier in Paris.
  • Mitropoulos urges Europe to take a global perspective
    IMO secretary-general Efthimios Mitropoulos made full use of the chance to press the UN agency's case for primacy in maritime law during last week's top level International Maritime Organization-European Commission meeting.
  • de Palacio rejects resignation rumours
    LOYOLA de Palacio has denied rumours that she is to quit Brussels to stand in Spain's forthcoming general election, writes Roger Hailey.
  • Speedy sale of aframax tankers nets Ceres Hellenic cool profit of $16m
    PETER Livanos' Ceres Hellenic has resold the two former Niarchos aframax tankers it purchased only last month, realising a profit of $16m in a matter of weeks, according to brokers.
  • Storms force closure of Suez Canal and Turkish straits
    SHIPPING in the east Mediterranean was in chaos late last week after the two major maritime arteries into the region were closed due to bad weather.

Fairplayweb site
JANUARY 23, 2004
  • Pakistan, India seek understanding
    PAKISTAN has proposed a Memorandum of Understanding for more integration in maritime activities, including a regular ferry service between Karachi and Mumbai ports
  • Hapag happy with listing news
    HAPAG-Lloyd employees have responded very positively to proposals for a listing of the cruise vessel division
  • OMI fined $4.2M for dumping
    OMI Corp will have to pay a $4.2M fine after pleading guilty to preparing false documents to cover up the illegal dumping of waste oil and sludge at sea
  • More boxes needed, says reefer boss
    WE want more container capacity on conventional reefer ships; the more the better, a reefer ship operator told Fairplay today
  • Kværner news feeds speculation
    ANALYSTS are speculating about the fate of Aker Kværner's shipbuilding division, following Monday's reports that chairman Kjell Inge R'kke plans to split up the group
  • Seventeen missing off Crete
    A SEARCH is underway 120 n-miles west of Crete for 17 seafarers missing since 0300 hours today after their ship went down in bad weather
  • Liberia takes lead on ISPS
  • Singapore reminder on ISPS
  • Panama ports to join CSI
  • Infested box ship returns to NZ
  • Harwich gets more DFDS business
  • Loyola denies March resignation
  • Germans found new shipping line
  • Fire ship returns to port

The Journal of Commerceweb site
JANUARY 23, 2004
  • Calif. bill urges extending gate hours
    Draft proposal for night and weekend gates meant to pressure transport community to come up with plan to reduce truck congestion.
  • Record revenue for Matson
    Carrier racks up full-year revenue of just over $1 billion on improved volumes in general cargo and automobiles.
  • Canadian National avoids strike
  • Eurogate traffic up 12% in 2003
  • P&O Nedlloyd ship rescues fishermen
  • New CFO for Matson parent
  • Charleston gets port security funding
  • NCBFAA holding 30th annual meeting
  • Triple Crown expanding network
  • N.Y. borough wary of rail tunnel project
  • Dragonair to add fourth freighter
  • New officers for Port Canaveral commissioners

Containerisation Internationalweb site
JANUARY 23, 2004
  • Self-financing networks are European future, says Austrian road-toll expert
    The Austrian heavy-vehicle distance-charging initiative which began on January 1 reveals the future of European land-transport charging.
  • Heavy weather closes Suez
    Sandstorms and heavy seas caused by winds blowing at 40 knots and over have closed the Suez Canal trapping at least 30 vessels at the northern end of the canal.
  • Port congestion 'dominant constraint' on freight in US says GAO
  • It's been a hard day's night as Contship's beetles head back to Auckland
  • Mumbai bidders given submission deadline
  • CN reaches tentative accord with union
  • LA volumes still booming
  • Europe's biggest terminal operator records double-digit growth
  • New box-quay helps Dunkirk welcome bigger banana-boats
  • Indian Ocean Conference lowers IFP again

TradeWindsweb site
JANUARY 23, 2004
  • Cruising toward "a better year"
    RCCL's Fain forecasts lower spending level in 2004.
  • German jitters
    Latvian Shipping backs off KG deal for panamaxes.
  • Barge refloated in Oregon river
    Spill averted in Columbia River grounding.
  • Feliz Cumpleanos Captain Mangouras
    Prestige master 'celebrates' start of his 70th year with Spanish sea captains.
  • Beetles delay ship
    Contship Auckland ordered away from Australia over sex crazed stowaways.
  • Cargoship sinks off Crete
    Fifteen seafarers missing, two saved after vessel goes down in heavy weather.
  • Sevastopol better by half
    Ukrainian shiprepairer handles twice as many ships in 2003.
  • Canada holds four in December
    Port state safety checks end in detention for three bulkers and a general cargoship.
  • Finnish ferries collide
    Viking Line's Gabriella in bump with local Helsinki craft.
  • Engine room fire disables Sea Riss
    A fire aboard a Dutch-flagged general cargo ship has left it adrift in the English Channel.
  • DFDS gears up for BMW contract
    Danish ro-ro operator strikes deal for transport of 80,000 cars per year in North Sea.
  • MOL to bail out Kansai Kisen
    Japanese ferry owner turns to giant shipping company to help it out of current troubles.
  • Cargoship sinks in Tartar Strait
    Crew of 22 rescued by passing tanker from icy waters off Russian coastline.
  • Boom time at Matson Navigation
    US to Hawaii container line made big money in 2003 as trade volumes grew.
  • Alstom officials quizzed over newbuilding deaths
    Police begin probe into cruiseship gangway collapse that killed 15.
  • Engine problems dog detained Ariston
    A week after detention by Aussie authorities ship is back in same port due to damaged turbocharger.

American Shipperweb site
JANUARY 23, 2004
  • Matson triples its operating income
  • CMA CGM, China Shipping add Chinese port to Pacific link
  • FMC appoints Schroeder to administrative law judge
  • Tropical Shipping picks SeaSecure for security assessments
  • Sea Bridge Projects splits from Rickmers-Linie
  • Horizon, Honolulu Freight add Microsoft Web service
  • Belgium could lose DHL hub over night flight dispute
  • CN makes tentative deal with union to avoid strike
  • CN, CSX Transportation in joined-up pricing for carload customers
  • Confreight starts LCL service to Baltic
  • Bush administration makes re-start of U.S. beef exports "top priority"
  • U.S. agriculture department's foreign animal disease committee to meet
  • U.S. Senate finalizes delay for food country of origin labeling
  • Kroll gets contract to screen U.S. Customs officers
  • National Cargo Bureau warns of resin fires
  • MarAd, U.S. Coast Guard begin review proposed off-shore LNG terminal
  • Eurogate terminals top 10 million TEUs in 2003
  • U.S. Army Corps, GAO reject contract protest from DLH

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Royal Caribbean closes second quarter with record net profit
Miami
The April-June period was very positive
Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern announced a merger agreement today.
Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern announced a merger agreement today.
Omaha/Atlanta
First coast-to-coast cargo rail network
Gurrieri resigns as Special Commissioner of the Eastern Adriatic Sea Port Authority
Trieste
The atypical reverse charge for the logistics sector will become applicable tomorrow
Milan
Ruggerone (Assologistica): one of the most strategic reforms we helped build is being implemented
Policy brief on cyber threats that pose risks to port infrastructure
Tallinn
It was developed by the NATO Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence
Interferry urges the EU Commission to harmonize its shipping decarbonization regulations with those of the IMO
Victoria
Failure to align - the association warned - will force shipping companies to pay twice for emissions.
In the second quarter of 2025, Chinese seaports handled 79.1 million containers (+6.1%)
Beijing
Total freight traffic was three billion tons (+3.3%), of which 1.3 billion tons were with foreign countries (+1.9%).
CK Hutchison announces plans to include a Chinese investor in the consortium to sell Hutchison Ports
Hong Kong
Without the participation of the COSCO shipping group, China would not authorize the sale
Sri Lanka's Supreme Court has awarded compensation of $1 billion over the X-Press Pearl accident.
Sri Lanka's Supreme Court has awarded compensation of $1 billion over the X-Press Pearl accident.
Columbus
The container ship caught fire and sank near the port of Colombo
The Greek government sends a tugboat to the Red Sea to assist ships that may be attacked by the Houthis.
The Greek government sends a tugboat to the Red Sea to assist ships that may be attacked by the Houthis.
Piraeus
The AHTS "Giant" is leaving
Saipem and Subsea7 have signed a binding merger agreement.
Saipem and Subsea7 have signed a binding merger agreement.
Milan/Luxembourg
The transaction is expected to close in the second half of 2026.
In the second quarter, the port of Valencia handled over 1.5 million containers (+4.0%)
In the first half of 2025, the amount of new orders to Chinese shipyards fell by -18.2%
Beijing
A decrease of -3.5% in new construction completed in the period was recorded
In the second quarter of 2025, freight traffic in the port of Trieste grew by +3.7%
Trieste
Bulk cargo increased. Miscellaneous cargo fell by 13.2%.
CMA CGM and TotalEnergies form joint venture for LNG bunkering in the Port of Rotterdam.
Marseille
Agreement to supply 360,000 tons of liquefied natural gas per year to the French group's ships
In the second quarter of 2025, freight traffic in Spanish ports decreased by -4.7%
Madrid
All the main product categories are decreasing except for conventional goods
Brookfield Asset Management to sell 49% of British port group PD Ports to Spain's Pontegadea
Middlesbrough
The English company has over 1,400 employees
In the quarter April-June, freight traffic in the port of Rotterdam decreased by -2.3%
In the quarter April-June, freight traffic in the port of Rotterdam decreased by -2.3%
Rotterdam
The port authority is alarmed by the state of crisis in the national industry.
The electrification of the docks in the ports of Livorno, Piombino and Portoferraio is proceeding according to plan.
Third dock for cruise traffic in the port of Catania
Catania
Pier 25's restyling completed
Another quarter of decline in freight traffic at the port of Algeciras
Algeciras
In the period April-June, containers amounted to 1.24 million TEUs (+1.0%)
A new tax applied to cruise passengers disembarking in national ports came into force today in Greece.
Athens
Belgian rail freight company Lineas receives €61 million government loan
Brussels
The measure was approved last night by the restricted council of ministers
ERTMS installation completed on 1,400 kilometers of Italian railway network
Rome
The project is financed with 2.5 billion euros from PNRR funds.
Wärtsilä's quarterly financial and commercial results are positive.
Helsinki
The Marine Electrical Systems division will be sold to the Italian company VINCI Energies.
In the port of Barcelona the number of cruise terminals will be reduced from seven to five
In the port of Barcelona the number of cruise terminals will be reduced from seven to five
Barcelona
The mayor: For the first time in history, a limit is placed on the growth of cruises in the city.
MSC and Moby have presented their commitments to meet the AGCM's requirements.
Rome
Shipping Agencies Services will sell its 49% stake in Moby, waiving the consideration in favor of the majority shareholder. Moby commits to completely repaying its debt to SAS.
Fincantieri confirms its interest in the development of American shipbuilding
Fincantieri confirms its interest in the development of American shipbuilding
Washington
Folgiero: Commitment to deliver next-generation capabilities in full alignment with U.S. strategic priorities
The Chamber of Deputies has approved the appointment of four presidents of Italian Port System Authorities.
Rome
The names proposed for the Port System Authorities of the Southern Adriatic, Central-Northern Tyrrhenian, Western Liguria, and Eastern Liguria have been approved. Voting on the Northern Tyrrhenian Authority has been postponed.
Information exchange between state administrations for the digitalization of the maritime sector begins
Rome
The first operational meeting at the Coast Guard General Command in Rome
The Clean Maritime Fuels Platform suggests measures to support the production and distribution of clean marine fuels
COSCO Shipping Ports sets new monthly and quarterly container traffic records
Hong Kong
In the period April-June, 29.4 million TEUs were handled (+4.5%)
Sharp increase in cases of seafarers abandoning their ships
London
2,286 crew members from 222 ships involved as of early 2025
Global freight traffic saw strong growth in the first quarter of this year in anticipation of new tariffs
Global freight traffic saw strong growth in the first quarter of this year in anticipation of new tariffs
Geneva
North America saw the strongest quarterly growth in imports
In the port of Antwerp-Bruges containers and rolling stock are increasing and other types of goods are decreasing
Antwerp
Traffic congestion continues at the airport, with the situation on the landside becoming critical
A study denounces the delay of European ports in equipping themselves with cold ironing facilities.
Brussels/Pozzallo
The tender to electrify the docks of the port of Pozzallo has begun.
T&E proposes to include more non-EU transhipment ports to avoid carbon leakage
Brussels
The association calls on the EU Commission to reduce the current threshold of 65% of transhipment traffic
Federlogistica urges the immediate establishment of a control room on tariffs
Genoa
The aim is also to eliminate extra costs caused by bureaucracy.
Containerized cargo handled through the port of Singapore fell by 2.9% in the second quarter.
Singapore
Last May, ship transits through the Suez Canal decreased by -6.8%
Last May, ship transits through the Suez Canal decreased by -6.8%
Cairo
The negative trend continued in June and early July
Terminal operators are not at all satisfied with a policy that seems to have no interest in ports
Rome
Cognolato: It is essential to close the ongoing trials on several fronts.
The largest ship ever to dock at Cagliari's Porto Canale at the MITO terminal.
Milan
The container ship "MSC Venice" with a capacity of 16,652 TEU arrived yesterday
On 5 and 6 November in Lisbon a summit called by the ILA against automation in the maritime and port sector
On 5 and 6 November in Lisbon a summit called by the ILA against automation in the maritime and port sector
North Bergen/Metzingen
South Korean HD Hyundai, together with German NEURA Robotics, will develop and test welding robots in shipyards
The toll of the horrific attack on the bulk carrier Eternity C in the Red Sea is still uncertain.
Mandaluyong/London/Brussels
Joint statement by ICS, BIMCO, European Shipowners, Intercargo and Intertanko
In the first half of 2025, bulk cargo increased and general cargo decreased in the port of Marseille-Fos
Marseille
Cruise passengers increase by +5%
The Senate has approved the framework law on interports
Rome
UIR, gives the Italian interport system a modern, orderly and coherent regulatory framework
Carlo De Ruvo was elected president of Confetra
Rome
Among the challenges, the uncontrolled expansion of large logistics groups and their concentration
Number of pirate attacks on ships still high in the second quarter of 2025
Number of pirate attacks on ships still high in the second quarter of 2025
Kuala Lumpur
The number of acts of violence against crews is decreasing
Telemar and TNL Group merger agreement
Telemar and TNL Group merger agreement
Oslo/Athens/Paris
One of the top three operators in the OT/IoT services market for the maritime and superyacht sectors will be created
Attacks on ships in the Red Sea still cause deaths among seafarers
Portsmouth
Liberian-flagged bulk carrier " Eternity C" targeted
Canadian shipbuilding company Davie acquires second shipyard in Finland
Helsinki/Pori
It will buy the Enersense Offshore shipyard
Amendment on Port Labor Supply Agencies Approved
Rome
Immediate transformation into Agencies authorised to provide temporary port work
Salvini appoints a manager of a private shipping company from Campania as president of the regional AdSP
Rome
This is Eliseo Cuccaro, CEO of Alilauro
Extend the application of the 0.1% sulphur limit in marine fuels globally
Extend the application of the 0.1% sulphur limit in marine fuels globally
Berlin
This is proposed by an analysis by the International Council on Clean Transportation
IMO and EU condemn renewed attacks on ships in the Red Sea
London/Brussels
Dominguez: New violation of international law and freedom of navigation
In the first half of 2025, container traffic in the port of Gioia Tauro grew by +10.5%
Joy Taurus
2,186,211 TEUs were handled
A bulk carrier was attacked in the Red Sea
Portsmouth
The crew abandoned the ship which began to take on water
German government allocates 400 million euros to support energy transition in maritime-port sector
Over 78 million euros to the ports of Augusta and Taranto for offshore wind
Rome
Funds distributed over three years starting from 2025
The PNRR tender for interports has been reopened.
Rome
Resources available amounting to 2.2 million euros
Port of Livorno: Workers are the priority in the LTM crisis
Livorno
UPS's quarterly earnings performance declines
Atlanta
Net income in the April-June quarter was $1.28 billion (-8.9%)
Approval for the 2025 budget variation of the Southern Tyrrhenian and Ionian Sea Port Authority.
Gioia Tauro
500 thousand euros for the 49% share held by the Port Agency company
FHP Group acquires the remaining 10% stake in Lotras
Milan/Foggia
The integration between Lotras and CFI Intermodal will begin to create FHP Intermodal.
OITAF scientific document on good practices in the logistics and transport of fresh fruit and vegetables
Milan
The Northern Tyrrhenian Sea Port Authority has joined the PLIKA
Livorno
Platform dedicated to training, innovation and knowledge sharing in the logistics and port sectors
Matteo Paroli's nomination as president of the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority has been signed.
Rome
He has a degree in law and a specialization in administrative law.
Container throughput increases in Haropa Port, while bulk cargo decreases.
Le Havre
In the first half of this year, containers were 1.51 million TEUs (+4%)
Bureau Veritas reports a 9.8% quarterly increase in revenues in the Marine & Offshore segment
Courbevoie
Kalmar and Konecranes increase new orders in the April-June quarter
Helsinki
The turnover of the two Finnish companies is slightly increasing
Container traffic in the port of Barcelona fell by 12.2% in the second quarter.
Barcelona
Assiterminal threatens a new wave of appeals against regulations it believes are damaging to port operations
Genoa
2M Logistics signs an agreement with Salerno-based Gallozzi
Barendrecht
The Dutch company will represent GF Logistics, a subsidiary of the Italian group, in the Benelux region.
Swiss company Kuehne+Nagel's quarterly profits fell
Schindellegi
In the period April-June of this year, net turnover grew by +1.7%
Yang Ming orders three 8,000 TEU container ships from Nihon Shipyard and Imabari Shipbuilding
Keelung/Imabari
Contract valued at $351.3-394.5 million
Italia Nostra reiterates its strong concerns about the construction of the Fiumicino-Isola Sacra port.
Rome
European maritime cities, destinations for cruise tourism - the association highlights - denounce the phenomenon of over-tourism in the cruise sector
Egypt's first automotive terminal has come into operation at Port Said East.
East Port Said
It can accommodate two car carriers at the same time
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Tepsa has acquired a liquid bulk terminal in the port of Rotterdam.
Singapore/Rotterdam
It was sold by Global Energy Storage Holdings
The Spinelli Group has approved its 2024 sustainability report.
Genoa
Of the company's 616 direct employees, 49% are under the age of 50.
In the second quarter of this year, cargo traffic in Turkish ports grew by +1.6%
Ankara
Cargoes to and from Italy amounted to 12.7 million tons (+10.1%)
Extension of the Simplified Logistics Zone for Genoa Ports and Dry Ports to the Savona, Vado Ligure, and Bergeggi areas.
Genoa
Approval from the ZLS Steering Committee
Isotta Fraschini Motori has inaugurated a new production line for hydrogen fuel cell systems in Bari.
Trieste
They will be used for naval and land solutions
The Grande Shanghai , the Grimaldi Group's first ammonia-ready car carrier, has been christened.
Naples
It has a load capacity of 9,000 CEUs.
The Port of Genoa, FILT, and UILT have declared a five-day strike at the Bettolo Terminal.
Genoa
Fit Cisl Liguria expressed solidarity with the workers
The tender for the dredging of the commercial dock basin at the port of Ancona has been published.
Ancona
The removal of approximately 730 thousand cubic meters of sediment is planned
Tender for the restoration and enhancement of docks 32 and 33 in the Deep Sea Zone of the port of Savona
Genoa
An investment of over 6.7 million euros is expected
There are 1,100 workers in Palermo directly employed in the seaside tourism sector
Palermo
This year, cruise traffic is expected to grow by 9.4% in the port of the Sicilian capital.
Six-month growth of +9% in freight on the St. Petersburg-India/China maritime route
Fly
FESCO operates six vessels in the service
Port of Trieste: Special Commissioner Gurrieri under investigation for money laundering
Trieste
I am certain - he declared - that I can demonstrate that I acted legally, in full transparency.
Vard signs new contract for the construction of two CSOVs
Trieste
The vessels will be used to support operations in the offshore wind sector
UIR welcomes the publication of the tender for the digitalization of the logistics chain.
Rome
Di Caterina (ALIS): a concrete tool that enhances the needs of businesses and strengthens the logistics system
GNV celebrated its first ten years of activity on the Italy-Albania route
Durres
During the period, the company's ships carried over 1.25 million passengers
A shipment of over 1.2 tons of marijuana was seized at the port of Gioia Tauro.
Reggio Calabria/Catanzaro
Members of a criminal organization that imported drugs from South America through European ports and airports have been arrested.
Yang Ming orders Hanwha Ocean to build seven 15,000 TEU dual-fuel containerships
Keelung
They will be delivered between 2028 and 2029
Walden to sell healthcare logistics business to Yusen Logistics
Paris
Exclusive negotiations announced
Solinas (Sardinian Action Party) is not at all satisfied with the state of Sardinian ports
Cagliari
The immediate establishment of a special commission is urged
ANSI welcomes the introduction of the information dashboard for managing private procurement contracts in logistics.
Rome
D'Angelo: it will allow the country to take another step forward
Russo (Confcommercio): excluding road transport from the PNRR funding was shortsighted.
Rome
First bulletin from the Freight Insights Observatory produced by the National Center for Sustainable Mobility
ABB Group posts sharp growth in quarterly financial and business performance
Zurich
In the period April-June the value of new orders grew by +16.0%
Informal consultations have begun on the preliminary proposal for the new Ancona Port Master Plan.
Ancona
Eleven meetings scheduled for July
Program agreement for preparatory and functional interventions for the construction of the bridge over the Strait of Messina
Rome
It was signed today in Rome
Project to develop an ecological station for the treatment of wastewater from ships
Naples
Initiative of the Neapolitan Group of the Cenere and Iello Landing
Assiterminal urges against bringing sediment from the Bagnoli dredging project into the port of Naples.
Genoa
Cognolato and Ferrari: It is essential to safeguard the full functionality of the commercial port's activities.
Container traffic at the Port of Long Beach fell 3.4% in the second quarter.
Long Beach
A decline of -16.4% was recorded in June
Paolo Pessina has been appointed vice president of Conftrasporto-Confcommercio.
Rome
He is president of the national federation of maritime agents and brokers
Container traffic in the port of Hong Kong decreased by -8.2% in the second quarter
Hong Kong
A decrease of -13.7% was recorded in June
Cuneo-based logistics company Nord Ovest is seeing growing financial results.
Wedge
Construction work on a new depot in Mondovì will be completed in early 2026.
Container traffic at the Port of Los Angeles grows driven by fears of new tariffs
Los Angeles
June saw the highest volume ever recorded for this month
The Management Committee of the Sardinia Sea Port Authority has adopted the DPSS
Cagliari
Green light for the concession to MITO and the appeal against the rejection of Olbia's dredging project.
Three events in Genoa for three new Explora Journeys cruise ships.
Genoa
A technical launch, a coin laying and the cutting of the first sheet metal were carried out at the Fincantieri shipyard
Grimaldi sells 5% of Terminal Darsena Toscana to Livorno Port Company
Naples/Livorno
Option to purchase an additional 5% of the share capital
Concession agreement signed that assigns management of the port of Tartous to DP World
Damascus
It has a lifespan of 30 years
Matteo Gasparato appointed president of the Northern Adriatic Sea Port Authority
Rome
He was appointed extraordinary commissioner of the same port authority
Meeting in Rome between the heads of ESPO and Assoporti
Rome
Among the topics addressed, the competitiveness of European ports in the current global context
Chinese airline OOCL reports quarterly decline in scheduled service revenues
Hong Kong
Cargo transported by the company's ships is increasing
Collaboration between the Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority and the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority
Rome
Agreement with an initial duration of five years
Survey in Germany on the prospects of companies in the maritime, port and shipbuilding sectors
Hamburg
Shipowners are more concerned. Positive prospects for ports and shipyards.
Port of Augusta: Work begins on a third bridge connecting the island to the mainland.
Augusta
Work worth over 20 million euros
Vard signs contract with InkFish for new research vessel
Trieste
The deal is worth more than 200 million euros.
1.1 billion euros will be invested in the port of Hamburg to strengthen the container sector
Hamburg
Improving accessibility and port infrastructure in the Waltershofer Hafen area
Meyer Turku delivered the new Star of the Seas cruise ship to Royal Caribbean
Turku
It has a gross tonnage of 250,800 tons
ESPO calls for increased funding for ports under the next EU Multiannual Financial Framework
Brussels
The CEF programme funds have proven to be far from sufficient
Fincantieri delivers the new Oceania Allura cruise ship to Oceania Cruises.
Miami/Trieste
Two additional Sonata-class ships have been converted into orders.
PORTS
Italian Ports:
Ancona Genoa Ravenna
Augusta Gioia Tauro Salerno
Bari La Spezia Savona
Brindisi Leghorn Taranto
Cagliari Naples Trapani
Carrara Palermo Trieste
Civitavecchia Piombino Venice
Italian Interports: list World Ports: map
DATABASE
ShipownersShipbuilding and Shiprepairing Yards
ForwardersShip Suppliers
Shipping AgentsTruckers
MEETINGS
Confindustria event on the sea economy in Rome on July 15th
Rome
The public meeting of the International Containers Studies Center will be held in Genoa on July 2nd
Genoa
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Why Malta is objecting to a new price cap on Russian oil
(timesofmalta.com)
US has its eye on Greek ports
(Kathimerini)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Intervento del presidente Tomaso Cognolato
Roma, 19 giugno 2025
››› File
Uniport: Bringing debris from Bagnoli to the port of Naples would postpone long-awaited dredging.
Rome
Legora de Feo: It's necessary to find alternative solutions.
Taiwanese companies Evergreen, Yang Ming and WHL saw sharp declines in quarterly revenues.
Keelung/Taipei
In the period April-June it fell by -18.7%, -26.5% and -8.6% respectively
The establishment of the Information Dashboard for the management of private procurement contracts in logistics has been approved.
In May, freight traffic in the port of Ravenna grew by +1.4%
Ravenna
Bulk cargo is on the rise. Miscellaneous cargo is on the decline.
EU approves joint purchase of port equipment by terminal operators
Brussels
Joint definition of minimum technical specifications of equipment is also permitted
Serbian energy group EPS will import coal through the Montenegrin port of Bar
Bar
Currently imports from Indonesia pass through the port of Constanta
Fincantieri Foundation and Luiss University launch a project to strengthen the safety of underwater infrastructure.
Trieste
Among the objectives, contribute to the definition of a specific regulatory framework
Freewheeling: The government's U-turn on anti-mafia controls in the road haulage sector is a welcome development.
Modena
Franchini: If the government has realized it made a mistake, that's good news.
Agostinelli (AdSP Tirreno Meridionale e Ionio): the amendment that allows for the early transformation of the Gioia Tauro Port Agency is extremely important.
Confindustria's event on the maritime economy will take place in Rome on July 15th.
Rome
The confederation's strategic document on the sector will be presented
Kerala seeks $1.1 billion from MSC in damages over MSC Elsa 3 sinking
Thiruvananthapuram
Temporary detention of the vessel "MSC Akuteta II" granted
Trasportounito requests the cancellation of the renewal procedure of the Central Committee of the Register of Hauliers
Rome
New seizure of a load of cocaine in the port of Gioia Tauro
Reggio Calabria
16 bags containing 417 kilos of drugs were found in a container
MOL and Kinetics to build world's first floating data center
Tokyo
It will be installed on a vessel of 9,731 gross tonnage
Rijeka Gateway Terminal to become operational in early September
Copenhagen
The first ship at the second container terminal of the Croatian port is expected on September 12
Falteri (Federlogistica) urges us to focus on the development of "polycentric" logistics
Genoa
The Simplified Logistics Zone should be the cornerstone of the strategy
Tsuneishi Shipbuilding Co. acquired Mitsui E&S Shipbuilding Co.
Hiroshima/Tokyo
It was renamed Tsuneishi Solutions Tokyobay Co.
Pessina (Federagenti): Northern European logistics system is struggling. Let's take advantage of it!
Rome
Unexpected opportunity - he underlines - for the Mediterranean ports and Italian ones in particular
MSC Cruises Joins Carnival and Royal Caribbean in Capitalizing on Grand Bahama Shipyard
Miami
Negotiations underway since the end of 2024 have been successfully concluded
At The International Propeller Clubs the Dorso Award for the Mediterranean area
Naples
In recognition of the primary role played by logistics operators in Mediterranean traffic
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