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January 11, 2005
The Business Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • MISC seems to want to focus only on energy transportation now
    TALK of Orient Overseas International Ltd's interest in the container shipping arm of Malaysian International Shipping Corp has revived speculation that the state-owned group is seeking to exit all but its energy transportation business.
  • Maersk, Royal P&O eyeing takeover route
    MOELLER-Maersk, the world's biggest container-shipping company, and Royal P&O Nedlloyd, the fourth-largest, are considering takeovers to increase market share and prepare for an expected drop in freight rates in 2006.
  • Teh Kong Leong joins SMF as exec director
    TEH Kong Leong, a former director of Singapore's Marine Department and a senior executive at Neptune Orient Lines, has joined the Singapore Maritime Foundation as its executive director.
  • Deutsche seeks lenders for Dubai deal
  • Tsunami disaster ends Malacca Strait piracy for now: official
  • Modern Terminals to splash out HK$1.2b for upgrades

Sched Netweb site
  • HSBC tasked with finding purchaser for MISC's container shipping division
  • BAX Global spearheads expansion plans in China
  • Port of Montreal has best year for 20 years
  • TNT offers disaster relief support across Asia
  • TMM to sell its share in transport company
  • North Carolina ports to charge customs facilitation fee
  • ANA, Asiana to start Centrair code-share operations
  • Cathay delivers HK government aid to Indonesia
  • EVA Airways promotes two senior executives
  • Northwest to relink Detroit with Charlottesville, Va

Exim Indiaweb site
  • Global shipping lines reveal their humane side
  • Zim, CSCL launch ABX service
  • Ships warned of changed depths in Malacca Straits
  • Hapag-Lloyd orders 3 mega boxships
  • IMO coordinates infrastructure restoration
  • SCI Board calls for fresh proposal
  • DCI donates Rs 6 cr. to PM's Relief Fund
  • Global shipping lines add 17 pc capacity on Asian trades in 2004
  • Cabotage law provision eased w.e.f. Jan. 5
  • WISA lists problems in payment of stamp duty against delivery orders
  • Kerala govt to review Vizhinjam project structure with eye on bidders' suggestions
  • Industry-specific training need of the hour - P.K. Srivastava
  • Forex reserves crossed the $ 131-billion mark
  • Service tax contributes 56 pc of GDP, asserts DG
  • Vibrant Gujarat means business
  • NMCC decides on priority to textiles, leather, gems & jewellery
  • DEPB rate revision leaves AEPC unhappy
  • Fieo welcomes revision
  • Forex reserves swell by $ 163 m
  • Foreign Trade Analysis: Current Policy & Procedures

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
JANUARY 10, 2005
  • Indian oil companies eyeing lucrative bunker market
    Lower taxation and improved infrastructure the key to encouraging foreign investment and challenging well-established bunker ports Fujairah and Singapore.
  • Bunkering halted as Baltic region takes a battering
    As storms worsen, bunkering in some ports has been restricted by high winds.
  • Rotterdam firm early afternoon
  • Bunker player coughs up $2 million for CAO debt
    Hong Kong based supplier and trader pays $2 million to bank for debt owed to China Aviation Oil.
  • Owners fined after refueling incident leads to spill
    Owners fined for a refueling incident which lead to a spill of fuel oil on the Columbia River.
  • Sovereign Marine strikes alliance with Hong Kong partner
    Sovereign Marine to act as European agent for Hong-Kong based trader.

International Transport Journalweb site
JANUARY 10, 2005
  • System Alliance extending tracking and tracing services
  • Legal proceedings due to delays in refunding value added tax
  • German cartel commission sanctions DPWN offer for Karstadt logistics
  • New record at Daventry Railport
  • SAS seeking Air Baltic takeover
  • Boxship saves wave survivor
  • Maca interim COO at Amsterdam-Schiphol airport

Maritime Global Netweb site
JANUARY 10, 2005
  • Oil spill response resources aid disaster victims
  • Panama Canal price hike defended
  • Australian exports back liner conferences
  • Skaugen confident for 2005

World Wide Shipperweb site
JANUARY 10, 2005
  • Captain William Schubert stepping down as MarAD boss
  • Coast Guard responds to vessel which lost power near Edmonds
  • Tacoma Port Commission names Bottinger president
  • Transportation Services Index sees second montly increase
  • DOT survey finds trucks carry brunt of US freight

Lloyd's Listweb site
  • Majestic gesture for disaster relief
    MAJESTIC International Cruises, donor of a cruiseship to help aid work in tsunami-hit Sri Lanka, has issued an urgent appeal to organisations involved in the relief effort to make best use of the ship, which will be available for two months.
  • Lauritzen and NYK Reefers break the ice on new deal
    DENMARK's J Lauritzen and Japan's NYK Reefers, two of the biggest names in the refrigerated cargo trades, are cementing their year-old collaboration by forming a new ship operating and marketing company.
  • Boxship party forecast to end mid-year
    THE container shipping party is coming to an end, with excess tonnage supply likely to put charter rates under pressure from the middle of the year, Citigroup Smith Barney forecasts in a report on container shipping, writes Janet Porter .
  • MISC container shipping arm set for $460m sell off
    AFTER exiting dry bulk shipping, Malaysia International Shipping Corp is looking to sell a stake in its container shipping arm, with Hong Kong's Orient Overseas Container Line the front runner.
  • UASC ship rescues survivor
    A containership operated by United Arab Shipping Co has rescued an Indonesian adrift in the Indian Ocean after the tsunami washed him out to sea, Reuters reports .

Fairplayweb site
JANUARY 10, 2005
  • Brazilian ports hope for IMF funds
    THE southern Brazilian state of Santa Catarina is hopeful that money from the International Monetary Fund will boost the ailing transport infrastructure in the state
  • Enchantment struck by virus
    MORE than 100 passengers and crew members suffered from a Norwalk-like virus on the latest voyage of Royal Caribbean's Enchantment of the Seas
  • Dubai signs for two UAE ports
    DUBAI Ports International has signed preliminary agreements for operational control of neighbouring UAE ports Abu Dhabi and Fujairah
  • Iranian banks reject ship financing
  • MarAd boss Schubert resigns
  • NW Shelf LNG expansion
  • Reefer venture aims for 80 ships
  • Ecuador leads Panama tariff protest
  • Proposed Panama Canal rates slammed
  • Boxship feeder rates push ahead
  • Uganda-port rail link moves closer
  • Lloyd to be dropped from Triestino
  • Indian cabotage rules relaxed

The Journal of Commerceweb site
JANUARY 10, 2005
  • Malacca Strait may need major work
    The waterway, one of the world's busiest and most congested, may need extensive dredging ' as well as re-charting ' as a result of the massive earthquake off Indonesia.
  • Teamsters ready harbor-trucking bill
    The union will sponsor a bill that will seek to exempt California harbor truckers from antitrust laws so they can collectively negotiate freight rates and withhold services at marine terminals.
  • TACA maintains bunker, currency factors
  • UPS orders 10 freighters
  • Maritime-security bill resurrected in House
  • ITC clears way for tariffs on shrimp
  • BAX Global expands in China
  • FedEx Custom Critical expands in Mexico
  • Port of Seattle hires 2 China experts
  • India relaxes cabotage law to ease Nehru congestion
  • Report: OOIL in talks to acquire stake in MISC
  • CN to start export-reservation system

Containerisation Internationalweb site
JANUARY 10, 2005
  • Taiwan's export growth slows in 2004
    Taiwan's exports rose in December at the slowest pace in 17 months as the weaker US dollar has made the island's exports more expensive for American customers.
  • DPI expands Middle Eastern footprint with two MoUs in the UAE
  • Abidjan fears for the future
  • Bass Strait feeder restored as Hobart loses last direct service
  • Record Aus beef exports to Japan in 2004
  • Seawheel diverts some Duisburg traffic to North of England
  • Fret SNCF expects 20% drop in intermodal volumes this year
  • Three labour demands on table for 'intensive' Israeli ports negotiations
  • MTL invests further to cope with HK's sustained growth
  • Marseilles containers record 7.4% rise
  • Riga's BCT hits 150,000TEU, shaking off last of 1998 crisis
  • Tunisia seeks bidders for new private container terminal
  • Automatic cranes to lift Shinsundae's handling capacity

TradeWindsweb site
JANUARY 10, 2005
  • Jamaica rebels over surcharge
    Importers threaten to boycott lines including P&O Nedlloyd and CMA CGM in congestion row.
  • Norfolkline plots new base
    AP Moller's cross-Channel ro-ro operator is moving Dutch calls to Vlaardingen.
  • 'Philly to build 10 tankers'
    Norway's Kvaerner is denying its own CEO's recent remarks on Kvaerner Philadelphia Shipyard strategy.
  • IM Skaugen logs improvement
    Norwegian tanker and gas carrier owner's 2004 profit rises, if one-off gains in 2003 excluded.
  • Dynacom near-miss
    Canada is telling tankers to keep their distance after a near-grounding off Newfoundland.
  • Lauritzen, NYK venture forth
    Danish and Japanese owners go beyond pool partnership to set up new joint venture operating company for reefers.
  • Bharati wins supply ships
    Indian yard builds orderbook with offshore double from France's Groupe Bourbon.
  • Tomasos Brothers fined over spill
    Greek owner has 30 days to appeal decision over leak from tanker into Columbia River in Washington state.
  • Clouds over Hyundai US sale
    Korean shipbuilding's biggest technology export ever may be in jeopardy.
  • Kvaerner plots massive offering
    Group could seek $500m or more from Norwegian investors to improve Philadelphia yard, finance US-flag tankers.
  • Schubert setting sail
    The long-rumoured resignation of US maritime administrator William Schubert is set for February.
  • Ship picks up tsunami survivor
    L&B boxship finds Indonesian man off Malaysia two weeks after deadly wave.

American Shipperweb site
JANUARY 10, 2005
  • Outgoing MarAd chief praised by U.S.-flag shipping industry
  • Stolt-Nielsen to sell offshore arm
  • Lauritzen, NYK Reefers to start joint venture
  • Coast Guard responds to towboat sinking on Ohio River
  • Rickmers-Linie Belgium appoints Huybrechts
  • Eimskip make Thorlaksdottir senior marketing manager
  • Seawheel starts Duisburg/Goole link
  • 50-hour waits on Upper Mississippi River irritates shippers
  • Bush picks Jamison acting head of rail agency
  • CBP extends reconciliation deadline for six months
  • FDA issues warning about regulated products from South Asia
  • U.S. quota pre-processing extended through 2006
  • GT Nexus offers software to support service contract tasks
  • CSI goes live in Marseilles
  • Gov. Sanford allocates $2.4 million for Charleston deepening project
  • Dubai Ports gets close to Abu Dhabi and Fujairah
  • Port of Seattle appoint two to boost China trade
  • Houston holds security grants briefing
  • Port of Tacoma elects Bottiger president

The Scandinavian Shipping Gazetteweb site
JANUARY 10, 2005
  • Difficult rescue of ro-ro on fire in stormy North Sea
    A combination of bad weather and a serious fire made the crew abandon the Dutch-owned ro/ro vessel "Schieborg ...
  • New ferry route planned Norway to Scotland
    Plans are afoot to establish a ferry connection between Kristiansund on the north west coast of Norway and Rosyth by ...
  • Norwegian yards took NOK 12 billion in new orders
    Norwegian yards secured orders worth NOK 12.0 billion (EUR 1.46 billion) last year and 2004 is thus the best year ...

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