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September 28, 2004
The Business Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Ship orders set to hit record US$60b mark
    SHIP orders in 2004 will reach a record US$60 billion for a second straight year, Nordea Bank AB said, after increased trade with China boosted demand for vessels and pushed freight rates to record highs.
  • NY port's volumes rise 10% in H1
    LED by imports of furniture, the key East Coast US Port of New York and New Jersey has enjoyed a 10 per cent rise in volumes for the first half of this year over last, as Asian cargo volumes continue to surge.
  • P&O may cut up to 1,000 jobs in ferries revamp
    UP to 1,000 jobs could be lost this week when ports and shipping group P&O announces an overhaul of its loss-making ferries business, according to a report in The Guardian.
  • Cruise ship collides with tanker off Spain
Dockyard
  • Ship repair show to go around the world
    COLOR is greater than 100% or less than 0% FOR the past dozen years, ship repairers and their customers, ship owners, have converged on London's Olympia each November for the annual ShipRepair & Conversion conference and exhibition.

The Business Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Ship orders set to hit record US$60b mark
    SHIP orders in 2004 will reach a record US$60 billion for a second straight year, Nordea Bank AB said, after increased trade with China boosted demand for vessels and pushed freight rates to record highs.
  • NY port's volumes rise 10% in H1
    LED by imports of furniture, the key East Coast US Port of New York and New Jersey has enjoyed a 10 per cent rise in volumes for the first half of this year over last, as Asian cargo volumes continue to surge.
  • P&O may cut up to 1,000 jobs in ferries revamp
    UP to 1,000 jobs could be lost this week when ports and shipping group P&O announces an overhaul of its loss-making ferries business, according to a report in The Guardian.
  • Cruise ship collides with tanker off Spain
Dockyard
  • Ship repair show to go around the world
    COLOR is greater than 100% or less than 0% FOR the past dozen years, ship repairers and their customers, ship owners, have converged on London's Olympia each November for the annual ShipRepair & Conversion conference and exhibition.

Sched Netweb site
  • Container volumes at Auckland up 2pc for 12 months to end Aug
  • ICTSI Brazilian unit buys box handling equipment from China
  • DHL C-TPAT programme validated by CBP
  • Coalition launched to promote US port security
  • POLB container throughput up 33.3pc in August
  • CSX promotes Chinnici to vice president - purchasing
  • UA to launch San Francisco-Nagoya service
  • Delta to sell aircraft, seeks nod for China-Atlanta service
  • Changi Airport named `Best in the World' by magazines

Exim Indiaweb site
  • SICL records highest loading of thermal coal at vizag port
  • MANSA's Executive Committee elects new office-bearers for 2004-06
  • Coastal shippers express concern over TP processing thru' EDI
  • Fieo multi-product team in South-East Asia
  • Dumping duty slapped on methylene chloride imports from Korea
  • France invites Indian investors
  • CSL pays 7 per cent dividend for first time
  • Allcargo Movers bags coveted iso 9001:2000 certification
  • Forex reserves up by $ 679 million to $ 1,18,256 million
  • National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council set up
  • Coir Board draws up ambitious investment plan to double exports to Rs 1,000 cr.
  • Forex reserves swell by $ 104 m
  • Chidambaram to start budgeting for 2005-06 in November
  • Railway projects funded by foreign finances
  • Steady increase in fruits, vegetable processing capacities.

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
SEPTEMBER 27, 2004
  • New crude record close to $50 per barrel
    The market will be looking for evidence on Wednesday that a wave of delayed crude oil supplies are reaching US shores. Speculation of another draw may drive crude up to $50 per barrel.
  • Major 500 cst supplier set to boost sales next year
    Singapore's major supplier of 500 centistoke (cst) fuel oil to ships looks set to more than triple sales of the grade to one of its customers next year, continuing a trend for growing uptake of the high viscosity bunker fuel.
  • Reminder: Petrobras to suspend supply
    Brazilian supplier to suspend bunker deliveries between September 30 and October 4.
  • Gibraltar distillate stocks running thin ahead of resupply
  • MPA on the sidelines in supplier-surveyor dispute
    Singapore's Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) has said it will not intervene in an on-going dispute between some bunker suppliers in the port and DNV Petroleum Services (DNVPS).
  • Asia may not be ready for low-sulphur fuel oil demand
    Sources say Singapore refiners are not keen to change refining patterns to produce more low-sulphur fuel oil when emission control areas come into force next year.
  • Rotterdam prices surge with crude
  • Singapore: 2004 volumes could push 23 million tonnes
    Singapore bunker sales see another record month, with industry experts forecasting annual sales to jump two million metric tonnes this year.

International Transport Journalweb site
SEPTEMBER 27, 2004
  • Briggs Equipment selects GlobalTRACS
  • French motorway operators to go public
  • ABX Logistics new Lufthansa Cargo global partner
  • Hourly departures for Brunsb'ttel-Cuxhaven Elbe ferry?
  • EasternAirCargo doubles frequencies to Yuzhno Sakhalinsk
  • APL to commence service to Sharjah
  • Santander appoints new director

Maritime Global Netweb site
SEPTEMBER 27, 2004
  • ILO Super Convention still not a done deal
  • ABS plumps for diesels for LNG ships
  • Farstad wins long-term contracts
  • UK ferry passengers stuck on board

World Wide Shipperweb site
SEPTEMBER 27, 2004
  • Funds for Washington ports included in Senate bill
  • WTSA member lines eye boost to cotton rates
  • Historical group will revamp lighthouse in Westport, Washington
  • New Northwest photo exhibit opening at Sea-Tac Airport
  • Port of Grays Harbor leases site to seafood firm

Lloyd's Listweb site
  • Cruiseship Van Gogh collides with tanker
    THE cruiseship Van Goghhas collided with the laden double-hull tanker Spetses in the Bay of Gibraltar, in a potentially disastrous incident that luckily resulted in no injuries or pollution.
  • ILO 'superconvention' wrangles unresolved
    NEGOTIATORS at the 'superconvention' seafarer labour standards talks in Geneva have failed to reach agreement on several key points, forcing participants to fudge the long-awaited draft instrument.
  • 10 years on, Estonia questions remain
    FIVE Swedish parliamentarians are calling for a fresh inquiry into the sinking of the ro-ro ferry Estonia, which capsized with the loss of 852 lives ten years ago today.
  • New clearing house for freight derivatives
    A NEW clearing house for freight derivatives is in the offing in the wake of the protracted bulk boom.

Fairplayweb site
SEPTEMBER 27, 2004
  • P&O employees wait anxiously
    EMPLOYEES of P&O's ferry division were waiting anxiously today for news of changes to the company's operating strategy that might see 1,000 redundancies of sea and shore staff and altered terms and conditions of employment
  • Nigerian smuggler ships relocated
    TWO oil bunkering tankers, African Pride and Jimoh, both of which had gone missing after being placed under arrest for smuggling oil in Nigeria, have now been found
  • Italian agent, broker join forces
    GENOA-based ship agency and broker groups Cambiaso Risso and Genoa Sea Brokers have completed a strategic alliance
  • Capt Mangouras appeals again
    PRESTIGE captain Apostolos Mangouras is again appealing to be allowed home after lawyers lodged a new legal request to let him return to Greece for a three-month period
  • Trans-Siberian Troika wins approval
    RUSSIAN Troika, the new joint venture for Trans-Siberian rail movement of containers, was approved last week by directors of the state-owned Russian Railways Corp
  • Dredging Corp to expand fleet
    DREDGING Corp of India has approved a ten-year plan, which includes expansion of the company's dredging fleet, at its annual general meeting
  • Jammed door traps passengers
  • Radisson sells Tahiti cruiser
  • Lula tackles Brazil port paralysis
  • Boxship rates maintain high level
  • Irish must invest further in ports
  • Maanav Star refloated
  • Fog blamed for Gibraltar collision
  • Ports reopen after Jeanne
  • Toll acquires Western Stevedores
  • Boxship strikes Durban caisson

The Journal of Commerceweb site
SEPTEMBER 27, 2004
  • Break in the backlog at Los Angeles
    Traffic jam of vessels begins to dissipate after reaching near-record high.
  • Florida ports assess Jeanne damage
    Ports re-open as Coast Guard, Army Corps check safety of harbors and waterways after hurricane passes.
  • New JoC Breakbulk Conference dates
  • FedEx plans Shanghai hub
  • North American brokers form alliance
  • Tolls to fund Panama Canal expansion: Minister
  • Evergreen's Kuo to head N. American unit
  • U.S.-Canada bridge kicks off improvements
  • P&O cuts to benefit boxes
  • Panama Canal nearing capacity
  • "K" Line opens China office
  • MOL enhances security through key waterway
  • "K" Line adds Asia-U.S. all-water service

Containerisation Internationalweb site
SEPTEMBER 27, 2004
  • China Merchants Holdings International to enlarge China port businesses
    China Merchants Holdings International (CMHI) will get China Merchants Holdings Pacific's (CMHP) shares in China port investment by injecting into the latter its interest in five mainland toll roads.
  • Arkas newbuilds see Turks cash in on charter boom
  • Shippers and carriers clash over Subcontinent CAF
  • Kerry Properties to buy China logistics company
  • New Dutch pilot vessels could benefit boxships

TradeWindsweb site
SEPTEMBER 27, 2004
  • ILO talks deadlocked
    Geneva meeting on seafarers' Bill of Rights ends with key issues unresolved.
  • Streamline makes slim profit
    UK feedership operator and ship agency sees earnings fall in year to 31 March.
  • Cruise disaster avoided
    No injuries or pollution despite collision of passenger ship and laden tanker in thick fog.
  • Regulation for India?
    Indian exporters press for regulator to keep an eye on fluctuating freight rates.
  • Dag Schjerven joins Wilh
    Wilhelmsen shipping group makes explosive merger appointment.
  • Ship sales boost Denholm
    UK owner and manager logs rise in pre-tax profit for 2003 after selling six vessels.
  • MOL beefs up security
    Japanese owner hires experts to check safety of vessels passing through Malacca Strait.
  • Crash blamed on poor vigilance
    A failure to keep a proper lookout on both Brave bulker and fishing vessel led to their collision.
  • Four burnt on tanker
    Singapore ship repair workers hospitalised after pump room blaze.
  • Simon still struggling
    UK ports group posts first half loss after shedding shipping and storage units.
  • Ferry passengers cut free
    Passengers and crew spend a day on NorseMerchant ship after door fails.
  • SembCorp raises fresh capital
    Singapore yard group sets up SGD500m debt issuance programme to meet immediate funding needs.
  • Lys-Line signs paper deal
    DFDS subsidiary to carry 50,000 tonnes per year from Sweden to UK from 2005.
  • Paris MOU nets big names
    Exxon and Maersk named as charterers of two lpg carriers detained by inspectors last month.
  • Virtu inks cat contract
    Maltese operator orders ro-pax catamaran newbuilding from fast ferry specialist Austal.
  • Maanav Star set for refloat
    A further attempt to refloat grounded Indian-registered cargo ship to be made on Monday.

American Shipperweb site
SEPTEMBER 27, 2004
  • APL's controlled carrier status
  • WTSA adopts new cotton rates
  • CSCL pays premium for early delivery of 5,688-TEU ship
  • "K" Line opens office in Chengdu
  • 314 vessel operations projected for Operation Iraqi Freedom III
  • Patriot Contract Services files protest to GAO over LMSR contracts
  • IATA deplores slow pace of air transport liberalization
  • FedEx buys eight planes from Delta
  • LAX develops security plan
  • Report: Worldwide air cargo volumes up 10% in first half
  • Canada seeks technology to improve highway efficiency at borders
  • ATA reels in carrier, money for highway security program
  • DOT secretary promotes economic benefits of freight transport
  • U.S. Customs chief continues push for border strategy
  • U.S. millers want European oats off the table for tariff action
  • Siemens and Kuehne connect RFID
  • Bentzel leaves Senate Commerce Committee
  • Amazon picks NextLinx software
  • Nevada shipper settles charges for illegal exports to Iran
  • Most Florida ports remain closed due to Hurricane Jeanne
  • NY-NJ reports half-year growth
  • Tideworks, Camco team up on OCR for gates

The Scandinavian Shipping Gazetteweb site
SEPTEMBER 27, 2004
  • Lys-Line secures another paper contract
    Lys-Line ' 66 per cent owned by DFDS ' has secured a contract to transport 50,000 tonnes of paper annually from ...
  • Further Camillio Eitzen/Lauritzen cooperation
    Once Camillo Eitzen's purchase of Gibson Gas Tankers ' with five vessel from 3,200 to 6,800 cu.m. capacity ' is completed next ...
  • Røkke looking for tax concessions for Ostsee
    German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder will meet Kjell Inge Røkke in Molde, Western Norway, tomorrow to discuss possible tax concessions to ...

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FROM THE HOME PAGE
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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