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February 17, 2005
The Business Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Dubai Ports Int'l inks US$500m India deal
    DUBAI Ports International has finally sealed the deal with India's Kochi Port Trust to construct, develop and operate the US$500 million container transhipment terminal at Vallarpadam after being awarded the tender nearly a year ago.
  • New York cruise terminals to get a makeover
    THE cruise business is growing in some of the big cities, and New York is one of them.
  • Hong Kong's Jan container traffic rises 7.8%
    HUTCHISON Whampoa Ltd, Cosco Pacific Ltd and other operators of Hong Kong's port handled 7.8 per cent more containers in January as shipments of Chinese-made goods to US, Europe and Japan increased.
  • Long-term deals drive up UK port's profits
  • Ship scrap prices rise to a record in Bangladesh
  • Crew thwart robbery bid by knife-wielding pirates

Sched Netweb site
  • Box business boosts NYK's revenues in first 9 months of FY2004
  • Orders to boost world fleet by near 4m TEU
  • Security experts warn of vulnerabilities to US rail system
  • PSA container volumes grow 14.2pc in January
  • IMC, V.Ships agree to form JV in Asia
  • Boston posts double digit increases in 2004
  • Orders bolster Boeing's 2004 earnings
  • Emirates, SAS add extra service
  • Sri Lankan Airlines names new manager for S India

Exim Indiaweb site
  • CSAV Group Agencies (India) Pvt. Ltd becomes part of growing CSAV Group's presence worldwide
  • National Maritime Foundation to serve as focal point for research
  • ACL starting Mumbai-Karachi direct feeder service today
  • Gems & jewellery add sparkle to export figures
  • Dumping probe initiated into import of pentaerythritol from China, Sweden
  • IMC interactive meeting with Austrian trade mission on Feb. 21
  • Oil imports widen trade gap during April-January
  • Kandla Port Trust may hand over 2 berths to private parties for CT conversion in a month'Janardhana Rao
  • Customs duty payment prerequisite for moving petro-goods from ports to inland warehouses
  • DPI signs pact with CoPT for Vallarpadam ICTT development
  • CONCOR may well close 2004-05 with a haul of 1.8 m TEUs
  • Maharashtra to amend industrial policy 2001 to attract investors
  • Palm oils BCD hiked, but tariff values pruned
  • MoF clears Rs 290-cr. capital subsidy scheme for leather sector
  • India-Lanka groups on trade to submit report by June
  • Icrier study puts total EPZs in world at over 3,000
  • India against new category of advanced developing nations in WTO
  • Cloves importers seek duty on par with other spices
  • Kamal Nath to inaugurate seminar on iprs today

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
FEBRUARY 16, 2005
  • Crude edges down on bearish US oil data
    Crude prices edge lower on the back of unexpectedly large builds in US stocks of crude and gasoline after earlier rally on Iranian explosion.
  • Sinopec: 'We're not in talks over Shanghai fuel oil terminal'
    Chinese oil giant denies it will enter into a joint venture with Titan Petrochemicals Corp. for construction of a fuel oil storage facility near Shanghai, China.
  • DOE & API: Latest US oil inventory figures
  • Protestors disrupt IPE trading as Kyoto comes into force
    Oil futures trading on the floor of the IPE in London was disrupted today by environmental protestors who chose to remind the oil industry of the harmful effects of burning hydrocarbons on the day the Kyoto Protocol comes into force.
  • Petrojam/FAMM alliance severed prior to Aegean's arrival
    Petrojam group's decision to sell fuel oil to Aegean Marine Petroleum for bunker fuel delivery 'off port' Jamaica described by local supplier and refiner a part of core strategy.
  • Saudi posted prices move up
  • US DESC extends several contracts in Belgium
  • Surveyor has licence reinstated after acquittal
    The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has confirmed that Vigneson Subramaniam has had his bunker surveyor's licence renewed after he was acquitted of all corruption charges leveled against him by the CPIB.
  • Titan to pay first dividend since listing after profits surge
    Oil services company is to pay its first dividend since listing in 1998, on robust oil demand growth and favourable tanker rates.
  • US DESC extends Bulgarian bunker purchasing program
    US Defense bunker procurement arm extends its purchase contract in Bulgaria.

International Transport Journalweb site
FEBRUARY 16, 2005
  • Port of Dunkirk updates website
  • Kögel demands 48 t trucks to prevent traffic congestion
  • Gist won and renewed logistics contracts
  • Germany: Elbe ports maintain growth course
  • SAS Cargo changes flight numbers ex Amsterdam
  • Port of Oakland receives support for 50-foot dredging project
  • ICTSI appoints country's first female port equipment operator

Marine Logweb site
FEBRUARY 16, 2005
  • Bouchard orders two more OPA 90 barges from Bollinger
  • Two stroke power for mega tug
  • Wachtel takes over key NY Waterway routes
  • Response plans for nontank vessels
  • Maritrans benefits from strong spot market
  • Van Dyck steps down as Maritrans Chairman

World Wide Shipperweb site
FEBRUARY 16, 2005
  • Port of Vancouver, USA manager named president of NWMTA
  • Investigators look for source of Puget Sound oil spill
  • Port of Tacoma publishes intermodal system brochure
  • Vancouver, BC Port Authority moving on Deltaport berth project
  • Cargill plans to buy Italian grain company

Lloyd's Listweb site
  • Dibden Bay costs hit ABP profits
    LEADING UK port operator posts 3% growth in operating profit, but writes off '44.9m in costs for the failed Dibden Bay container terminal.
  • Brussels takes stride towards launch of Euro-coastguard
    A EUROPEAN Union coastguard is closer to being launched following yesterday's closed-door negotiations in Brussels.
  • Workers can claim for asbestos anxiety says judge
    HUNDREDS of former engineering officers and shipyard workers will now be able to get compensation from insurers because of the anxiety resulting from asbestos-related lung damage, following a landmark court ruling this week.
  • P&I clubs to unite against poor quality
    SHIPOWNER protection and indemnity mutuals are ready to play an enhanced role in warding off substandard shipping, Alistair Groom, chairman of the International Group of P&I Clubs, has confirmed.
  • Yemen to realise LNG global supplier status at last
    YEMEN's long-held dream of becoming a supplier of liquefied natural gas looked set to become a reality yesterday after the signing of long-term deals for the export of more than 6m tonnes a year.
  • Qatar fires off tender for 12 gas carriers
    QATAR's eagerly awaited tender for 12 liquefied natural gas carriers has been triggered, in what could become the largest shipbuilding order ever placed, writes Tony Gray.

Fairplayweb site
FEBRUARY 16, 2005
  • Passengers to sue after storm
    PASSENGERS from the Voyager cruise ship have threatened to take legal action against the vessel's captain for steering the ship into a heavy storm
  • Twelve injured in HK collision
    AT least 12 people were injured when a cargo ship and a high-speed passenger ferry collided in Hong Kong waters this morning with a Chinese registered cargo ship
  • SembCorp Marine chairman Wong dead
    CHAIRMAN of Singapore listed SembCorp Marine, Wong Kok Siew, 58, passed away yesterday
  • MSC Al Amine aground off Tunisia
    MSC AL Amine, an 11,450dwt general cargo ship owned and operated by Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC), hit rocks off Tunisia last night, spilling a quantity of bunker fuel
  • Port congestion critical, says BMT
    GLOBAL port congestion is resulting in demurrage costs running into hundreds of millions of dollars a day, according to British Maritime Technology's Russell Smith
  • Bullish ABP posts positive results
    THE UK's largest port operator, Associated British Ports (ABP), today announced that it made a pre-tax profit of £83M ($156M) in 2004
  • Oil port at Murmansk unlikely
  • Maritrans' profits fall
  • Feeder link between India, Pakistan
  • US oil spill plan requirement
  • Strong market aids Green Reefers
  • European cruise ports enjoy growth
  • First step at Vallarpadam
  • Tacoma wins EPA award and grant
  • Ghost disposal continues
  • Singapore subsidiary for Mercator

The Journal of Commerceweb site
FEBRUARY 16, 2005
  • On Canal, times down but tonnage up
    Average transit time decreased in the first fiscal quarter amid increased flow of larger vessels.
  • Lines agree to cut Vancouver imports
  • Chertoff takes Homeland Security reins
  • DHL plans major East Coast distribution hub
  • U.S., Bangladesh agree to trade pact
  • P&O Nedlloyd, CMA CGM add direct U.S.-LatAm service
  • Iron ore, coal rates top mark
  • Earnings sink for British ports operator
  • Cochin terminal project launched
  • DOT creates tech, hazmat agencies
  • Asia bloc sets trade talks with Australia, New Zealand

Containerisation Internationalweb site
FEBRUARY 16, 2005
  • Charter market highs hit operations
    Charter-activity is reviving after Chinese New Year, and the average cost of chartering containerships has increased by 1.2% in the last week alone, but the pressure is telling on operators.
  • ABP sees core UK business rise 3%, and looks forward to new project boosts
  • New service links up GSL, Hamburg Sud and Chinese twins
  • Wacker-Chemie accepts dedicated rail-shuttle offer to leave private rail
  • Anti-terrorism tsar Chertoff sworn in
  • Trans-Siberian route breaks Soviet container record
  • Gujarat ports boost Concor throughput
  • China Merchants facilities outpace Shenzhen and Shanghai averages
  • Continued growth for Shanghai trade volume
  • DPI marches into Vallarpadam
  • CSAV Group boosts India strategy with own agency operations
  • Korean shipyards deliver newbuilds

TradeWindsweb site
FEBRUARY 16, 2005
  • Genmar gets downgrade
    Analyst cites shares run-up, valuation decline in single-hull tankers.
  • Vafias sells BBT stake
    Harry slips into the shadows as Middle Eastern interests snap up most of shareholding in Australian venture.
  • Grounded boxship leaks fuel
    Clean-up of oil spill begins after MSC containership hits beach off Tunisia.
  • Euronav jumps on loan wagon
    Wholescale refinancing will cut borrowing costs and provide fresh money for recent purchases.
  • India mulls cabotage change
    Shipping ministry wants to open up coastal trades to competition ' if neighbours follow suit.
  • Seaboni latest Excel buy
    US-listed owner confirms $30m price tag for Thenamaris bulker.
  • NATS back on Wall Street
    Expanding tanker owner prepares second major US equity issue in four months.
  • SNC swaps debt again
    Constanta yard issues shares to state creditor as it cuts borrowings.
  • Profit jump for Green Reefers
    Bergen-based owner cashes in on 20% increase in freight rates, and reversal of crisis depreciation policy.
  • Yard workers in asbestos win
    Former British Shipbuilders employees among winners in court case on pleural plaques but payouts cut.
  • Record for Euronav
    Belgian VLCC owner pockets proceeds of huge fourth quarter tanker boom.
  • Maritrans misses the boat
    US tanker owner's rising costs wiped out effects of booming tanker market in 2004.
  • Aker Yards touts for business
    Norwegian group needs new cruiseship and ferry orders to fill yard capacity as profits drop.
  • Odfjell issues Norwegian bonds
    Chemical tanker operator will pay 110 bps over Nibor for first tranche of note offering.
  • Pirates thwarted
    Sharp-eyed chief officer and bosun prevent robbers boarding general cargo ship in Indonesia.
  • Big three boost Immaj
    Signing of seafarer labour agreement trebles membership of Japanese owners pay negotiation organisation.
  • Fidelity in Stolt
    US investment giant has taken 10% stake in shares of Stolt-Nielsen.
  • Japan off to slow start
    Official figures show newbuilding orders in January slip to their lowest level in three years.

American Shipperweb site
FEBRUARY 16, 2005
  • Pacific carriers see no end to West Coast port, rail congestion
  • Carriers form transpacific VSA
  • GCL starts U.S.-flag vessel service
  • CSAV Group opens India agency
  • Hyundai targets India, Vietnam
  • Crowley Liner Services promotes Clapp
  • United to start non-stop Chicago/Munich service
  • COAC establishes infrastructure subcommittee
  • Expeditors lifts 4th-quarter earnings
  • FMC reviews 14 OTI license applications
  • SEKO opens Spokane office
  • COAC says new C-TPAT standards need more work
  • COAC, DHS struggle to quantify benefits of cargo security programs
  • Dezenski helps stabilize DHS border security division
  • Chertoff wins unanimous Senate approval
  • USDA announces $125 million for Food for Progress program
  • Crowley Logistics promotes Artiga
  • COAC looks for regional meeting venue
  • Los Angeles' box volume down 4% in January
  • Environmental review for Vancouver Port Authority expansion project

The Scandinavian Shipping Gazetteweb site
FEBRUARY 16, 2005
  • Sweden and Finland presents super ice-breaker
    The Winter Navigation Research Board has published a report containing a concept study of a new mega ice-breaker capable ...
  • Bryggen Shipping continues expansion
    Bryggen Shipping & Trading in Bergen has bought another two tankers. The first, a chemical/product tanker of 13,000 DWT, built ...
  • Norway sells 100 million Statoil shares
    The Norwegian Government has decided to sell 100 million shares in Statoil worth around NOK 10.7 billion (EUR 1.27 billion ...

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FROM THE HOME PAGE
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.
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
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
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
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
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%
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
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
The OYAK and OIA funds will invest in the Turkish port of Iskenderun
Ankara
Expected the realization of a terminal container
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
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.
After Maersk, Hapag-Lloyd also initiates an agreement with Chinese Goldwind for supplies of green methanol
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.
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.
In 2023, the performance of road and rail transport services fell in Switzerland.
Neuchâtel
Modal shares remained unchanged
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
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
In the third quarter economic growth of trade in goods and services of G20
Paris
Down the value of goods to and from China
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
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
The BIMCO has adopted the FuelEU Maritime Clause
Copenhagen
The European regulation will enter into force next January.
Kenon Holdings (Idan Ofer) announces the next exit from the capital of ZIM
Singapore
Currently owns 19.8 million shares
NIM and EH Group will develop hydrogen fuel cell technologies for shipping
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.
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
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%)
The Zephyr Group snaps up Singaporean Twinco and Germany's Carl Baguhn
The Spezia
The two companies operate in the area of spare parts and components for diesel and gas engines
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
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
Corsica Sardinia Ferries in search of navigating personnel
Go Ligure
The wanted profiles are different, for machine areas, room and kitchen
Agreement for the digital integration of the FS and AdSP Polo Logistics systems of the Western Liguria
Genoa
New Oriental Mediterranean Service-Adriatic via Malta of CMA CGM
Marseille
Will have a weekly frequency
Brussels to give state aid for 1.9 billion euros to German railway company DB Cargo
Brussels
Renewed the Governing Council of Wista Italy
Milan
Constancy Musso confirmed president
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
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
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
The agreement on training between the AdSP of the Tirreno Centre Northern, the ITS Academy, " G. Caboto " and the European Escola
Cyvitavecchia
Consultation on the extension of the UK ETS to the maritime sector
London
Shipping would be included since 2026
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
ONE acquires a stake in Jakarta's NPCT1 terminal container
Singapore
It has a traffic capacity of 1.5 million teu per year
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
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
Dachser & Fercam Italia has opened a new branch in Arezzo
Bolzano
Three thousand square meters of operational surface area and 400 of offices
Fincantieri initiates agreement with SIMEST for the growth of watermark businesses
Milan / Trieste
Conference for the 30 th birthday of WISTA Italy
Genoa
It will be held tomorrow at Palazzo San Giorgio in Genoa
Approved the Plan of the Organic Ports of Sardinia
Cagliari
There are 938 workers in the 36 enterprises operating in the scallots
Saipem has awarded an EPCI offshore contract from BP in Indonesia
Milan
Container ship charterer MPCC's revenues fell by -28% in the third quarter
Oslo
Fermerci reports delays and cuts to incentives for rail freight transport
Rome
Paper: Real risk of losing 115 million euros
In the third quarter, traffic in shipping containers of Moroccan Marsa Maroc increased by 5% percent.
Casablanca
Exhaustion of the growth of transshipment volumes
At Samsung Heavy Industries orders for the construction of four 16,000-teu container carriers
Busan
Commits the value of about 781 million
Eni-MSC agreement in the field of sustainability and energy transition
San Donato Milanese
It was subscribed by Claudio Descalzi and Diego Aponte
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
Conference for the 30 th birthday of WISTA Italy
Genoa
It will be held tomorrow at Palazzo San Giorgio in Genoa
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
Relazione del presidente Nicola Zaccheo
Roma, 18 settembre 2024
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South Korea's HJSC adjusts a salesperson for four new 7,900-teu container ships
Busan
Rolf Westfal-Larsen Jr. has been elected president of Intertanko
London
Undergoes to Paolo d' Amico
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
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
Dimitri Serafimoff has been elected as the new president of CLECAT
Brussels
He will also retain the presidency of the CLECAT Customs Institute
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
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
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
Alpe Adria activates new rail service between the port of Trieste and the Malpensa Intermodal terminal in Sacconago
Trieste
Euroseas order in China the construction of two 4,300-teu feeder container
Athens
Quarterly revenue from rentals inj growth of 5.8%
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