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August 1, 2006
The Business Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • China's Cosco Shipyard in US$113m expansion drive
    CHINA's largest shipyard group, the Cosco Shipyard Group , is pumping in US$113 million to expand three of its seven shipyards, boosting its capacity by 28 per cent within a year's time, its main shareholder said yesterday.
  • Somali militia frees Korean trawler, crew
    SOMALI militiamen freed a South Korean trawler and its 25-man crew on Sunday and were probably paid about US$400,000 for their release, an east African maritime organisation said.
  • Fears of toxic spill allayed
    THE danger of a hazardous chemical spill at Keppel's Batangas Shipyard has diminished following the discovery by salvage divers that the sulphuric acid cargo carried by a chemical barge, which sank at the shipyard's pier, has been diluted by seawater.
  • PSA adds capacity at Voltri terminal
  • SK Shipping orders 2 VLCCs for US$250m
  • M'sian yard wins escort tug order
Port Shots
  • Port Shots
    BELGIAN owner CMB, whose main business activity is dry bulker operation Bocimar, made a net profit of 68 million euros in the first half of this year, compared to 78 million euros in the same period in 2005.

The Business Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • China's Cosco Shipyard in US$113m expansion drive
    CHINA's largest shipyard group, the Cosco Shipyard Group , is pumping in US$113 million to expand three of its seven shipyards, boosting its capacity by 28 per cent within a year's time, its main shareholder said yesterday.
  • Somali militia frees Korean trawler, crew
    SOMALI militiamen freed a South Korean trawler and its 25-man crew on Sunday and were probably paid about US$400,000 for their release, an east African maritime organisation said.
  • Fears of toxic spill allayed
    THE danger of a hazardous chemical spill at Keppel's Batangas Shipyard has diminished following the discovery by salvage divers that the sulphuric acid cargo carried by a chemical barge, which sank at the shipyard's pier, has been diluted by seawater.
  • PSA adds capacity at Voltri terminal
  • SK Shipping orders 2 VLCCs for US$250m
  • M'sian yard wins escort tug order
Port Shots
  • Port Shots
    BELGIAN owner CMB, whose main business activity is dry bulker operation Bocimar, made a net profit of 68 million euros in the first half of this year, compared to 78 million euros in the same period in 2005.

Sched Netweb site
  • WTSA to raise US-Asia waste paper rates from September
  • Birkart says e-billing is way forward
  • Volumes up slightly at Sino-Russian checkpoint in H1
  • PSA's Genoa terminal receives new quay crane
  • Fangcheng H1 cargo volumes rise 41.5pc
  • Embarcadero teams up with Savi Networks at US ports
  • HK's airport authority to invest in new freight zone at Pudong Airport
  • United Airlines to add 40 Asia Pacific flights to network
  • Malaysia Airlines to unbundle domestic services

Exim Indiaweb site
  • ANL launching 2 new services covering Indian Subcontinent
  • Rosy hue in ship paint manufacturers' prospects
  • Insurance cover rule for ships suspended
  • Transworld launches its first newbuild, OEL Singapore
  • MOL opens own office in Ahmedabad
  • Evergreen enters into slot-charter agreement with Hanjin on two trade lanes
  • STX Pan Ocean to start new intra-Asia service this month
  • MISC joins OOCL & TSK on Middle East Asia Express (MAX) service
  • Newbuild OOCL Europe to serve Asia-Europe trade
  • TS Lines bolsters China-Japan services
  • OOIL orders 4 boxships
  • DCT Gdansk selects Liebherr to supply cranes for Poland's 1st deepwater box terminal
  • "K" Line adding service from Asia to Gulf of Aden/Red Sea
  • Tianjin port teams up with Cosco, A.P. Moller in JV
  • USS Product Carriers orders 9 ships
  • AADA to levy PSS from mid-Aug.
  • PSA reviving long-delayed IPO, says report
  • PWC Logistics & SPAN Group complete objectives
  • DP World to invest in Egyptian port
  • Coir Board draws up plans to achieve Rs 1,000-cr. export target
  • Fieo stresses need to lure more mother vessels to Chennai Port
  • Workshop on HIV/AIDS awareness held at MbPT
  • S. Velumani takes over as CMD of Ennore Port
  • Passport to be mandatory to cross Petrapole from Jan. 2007
  • Forex earnings from tourism doubled
  • Govt mulling gradual reduction in Asean palm oil import duties
  • Tatas earmark Rs 100 cr. for Tada leather SEZ
  • Rubber export packing facility to come up in Kochi
  • Govt to open tobacco co. in Russia

Maritime Global Netweb site
JULY 31, 2006
  • Horizon's good first half
  • Three engineers lose their certificates for exam fraud
  • EU to spend euros35m on transport projects
  • NWA and GA in joint service
  • Finnlines takes delivery of delayed ferry

Marine Logweb site
JULY 31, 2006
  • Promotions at Crowley Maritime
  • Multraship orders Carousel tugs

World Wide Shipperweb site
JULY 31, 2006
  • WTSA member carriers eye waste paper rate increase
  • Horizon Lines sees gains in second quarter numbers
  • Deal reached for cleanup of Asarco smelter site in Tacoma
  • NASSCO lays keel for fourth T-AKE vessel
  • Crowley Maritime taps Harland for West Coast/Alaska VP post

Lloyd's Listweb site
  • Lebanon storage tank oil spill heads for Syria
    TAR from a major oil spill fouling the coast of Lebanon has reached Syria, underlining fears that the pollution could spread to a wider area as continuing hostilities frustrate clean-up operations, writes Nigel Lowry in Athens.
  • Green light for Med pollution alliance
    MORE than a year after the announcement of an ambitious new pollution-fighting taskforce for the Mediterranean, the initiative finally appears to be moving forward with leading participants expecting an effective launch date this autumn.
  • Angry lines condemn GE's container security initiative
    THE US-based World Shipping Council has hit out at what it says is an attempt by IT giant General Electric to promote its own container security product via a not-for-profit global standards organisation.
  • Woman missing from Royal Caribbean cruise
    INVESTIGATIONS are continuing into the disappearance of a passenger from Royal Caribbean's Voyager of the Seas last week.

Fairplayweb site
JULY 31, 2006
  • Bush, Blair visit US ports
    WHILE UK prime minister Tony Blair focuses on the environment at the Port of Long Beach today, President George Bush is promoting free trade in Miami
  • Drifting vessel forces oil rig shutdown
    THE breakdown of an Indian-owned feeder container ship yesterday led to the shutdown of oil production from ONGC's Bombay High oil platform
  • NAT grows after two-ship deal
    NORDIC American Tanker Shipping (NAT), the Bermuda-based Suezmax owner managed from Norway, has extended its expansion by the acquisition of two ships
  • Venezuela repeats US oil threat
    VENEZUELAN officials have once again threatened to curtail oil shipments to America, although most analysts continue to believe such a move is unlikely
  • Frustrated Mass officials look for next step
    MASSACHUSETTS activists whose efforts to enforce a state oil spill prevention act were rebuffed last week are being urged to work with the Coast Guard
  • Barcelona passengers in heat rage
  • Iran to boost Caspian presence
  • Polembros eyes dumping at Gadani
  • SNCM goes solo in Corsica tender
  • Cougar Ace 'stable'
  • SCI profit takes a hit
  • Yards boost Keppel profit
  • Felda to sell remaining ships
  • Citgo faces spill probe

The Journal of Commerceweb site
JULY 31, 2006
  • Industry coalition offers Senate guidance for supply-chain security legislation
    A broad coalition of supply chain interests is urging the Senate leadership what to include -- and leave out -- of new security legislation.
  • Call to revive Doha talks
  • Horizon turns profit in Q2
  • Savannah passes 2M TEUs
  • Export ABCs: UPC update
  • China start-up hits Matson net
  • Halifax feeder ship seized
  • India seeks foreign investment with SEZ plan
  • Trinity sells European unit
  • Rate hike for wastepaper
  • CSAV makes Charleston move
  • TNT mulls sale of freight management unit
  • Zim's Stramer dies of heart attack
  • Storm haunts ISC results

Containerisation Internationalweb site
JULY 31, 2006
  • APMT to expand in Aqaba
    APM Terminals has signed a 25-year contract to manage, operate and expand Aqaba Container Terminal, but despite the emphasis on regional gateway status, rather than transhipments, ship size remains important.
  • Politics can put brakes on US state tolling programmes
    With existing sources of US highway-funding seemingly unsustainable, while policy increasingly rejects 'building out of congestion', half the US states are looking at road-tolling programmes, according to the government watchdog.
  • WTSA raises US-Asia waste paper rates
  • Samudera Indonesia sees profits fall and sales expand
  • Reduced container freight rates help pull down SCI profits
  • TNT posts increased revenues from ocean freight
  • Two more loops between Korea and China
  • CMA CGM lured by Brazilian shrimp
  • Szczecin-Swinoujscie see 18% growth

TradeWindsweb site
JULY 31, 2006
  • OMI tops $22
    Stamford owner has highest shares closing ever after favourable review in Barron's.
  • Quarter ONE
    Omega Navigation turns a profit in its first three months as a public company.
  • Cruise death confirmed
    Florida woman apparently fell from deck of Royal Caribbean vessel.
  • NATS makes it three
    But Herbjorn Hansson is not confirming he has written George Procopiou a $246m cheque.
  • Navibulgar notches less
    State-owned Bulgarian shipping company's earnings down in first half, as revenues fall and costs rise.
  • Great Eastern goes south
    Earnings for Indian owner fall 20% in first quarter after last year's stellar performance.
  • Westfal-Larsen riches revealed
    Asset value of Bergen-based shipping family's companies reaches at least NOK 6bn ($971m).
  • Numbers up at Cosco Corp
    Spate of ship repair and conversion orders pushes turnover and profit up at Cosco Corp (Singapore).
  • Cheating officers stripped
    Three engineering officers lose certificates of competency over examination fraud.
  • SKS eyes new box run
    Indian owner wants partner to launch containership service to Sri Lanka and Pakistan.
  • US equity muscles in on Pipavav
    Indus Capital and another investment company to take stakes in company building big new Indian shipyard.
  • Gulf signs with Glencore
    IPO owner reportedly ties up three handymaxes with US commodity group.
  • Samudera hit by double whammy
    Rising bunker costs plus lower rates take their toll on Indonesian owner's second quarter figures.
  • WTSA hikes rates
    Transpacific carriers slap surcharge on westbound boxes laden with costly wastepaper.
  • Mariner struck again
    Royal Caribbean ship suffers second norovirus outbreak this year as 300 passengers are laid low.
  • Blue Lady break-up to go ahead
    Hazardous materials deemed within scope of Alang shipbreakers by Indian government-appointed committee.
  • QM2 crewman pleads guilt
    Filipino seafarer admits killing colleague, will remain in custody until sentencing in late September.
  • BLT serves up tasty half
    Berlian Laju Tanker of Indonesia increases first-half income and revenue but second quarter down a little.
  • Mitsui back in black
    Japanese shipbuilder returns to profit in first quarter to 30 June, as revenues soar.
  • Broker boosts research
    Braemar Seascope appoints Australia based research manager to increase dry bulk coverage.
  • Asbestos prosecution
    Aussie shipowner stuck with record fine for failure to maintain a safe workplace on cement carrier.

American Shipperweb site
JULY 31, 2006
  • Grand, New World alliances partner on new Asia/U.S. East Coast service
  • WTSA recommends $50 per FEU hike in wastepaper rates
  • Matson's 2nd-quarter operating income down 37%
  • Horizon Lines posts $6.4 million second quarter profit
  • Uncertainty over New Orleans terminal hurts ISG earnings
  • TORM sells off three bulk carriers
  • China Shipping establishes Indian subsidiary
  • Crowley promotes Harland
  • UAL's posts first 2nd-quarter profit since 2000
  • CBP seeks 50% fee hike for express waybills
  • YRC's profits up 21% in 2nd quarter
  • Ex-Chief of Staff Card joins UP board
  • GAO: Defense's critical technology export lists of "questionable value"
  • U.S. corn refiners prepare to re-enter Mexican market
  • Kuehne + Nagel appoints managing directors for Mexico, Canada
  • Padmanabhan tabbed to lead Management Dynamics India subsidiary
  • Globe Express opens Istanbul, Dalian offices
  • Aqaba signs deal with APM Terminals
  • M Ship sues ICE Marine over patent infringement
  • Blair to visit Port of Long Beach today
  • Quay crane delivered to Voltri Terminal Europa
  • Canadian shipbuilder seeks protection from creditors

The Scandinavian Shipping Gazetteweb site
JULY 31, 2006
  • Hurtigruten reflagging
    After 168 years of sailing under Norwegian flag, two of Hurtigrutens vessels will reflag. The vessels' Norwegian crews are replaced ...

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
JULY 31, 2006
  • Fuel cost exceeds cruise line's forecast
    Bunker bill running higher than Royal Caribbean expectations, blamed for profit fall.
  • Valero expects bunkers to pick up in fourth quarter
    Company posting positive second quarter results, with better numbers to come.
  • Marine environment becomes casualty of war
    International effort underway to address environmental disaster after bombed power plant leaks thousands of tonnes of fuel oil.
  • Scrubbers for bigger engines expected by year-end
    Krystallon scrubbers geared to fit European ferry sector targeted by upcoming EU sulphur directive, as well as SECA needs.
  • Rotterdam down sharply on lower crude/barge market
  • K Line lowers profit forecast
    Shipowner's mixed fleet expected to improve revenue, but fuel cost is hurting the company's profits.
  • Hong Kong: Fifteen suppliers on official 'Annex VI' register
    Since Annex VI came into force on May 19, 2005, 15 bunker suppliers in Hong Kong have confirmed their compliance with the regulation.
  • Shipping firm posts 84% drop in Q2 profit
    Singapore-listed shipping firm attributes fall in profit to high bunker costs and low freight rates.
  • Titan seeks to expand delivery capability with new barges
    Additional barges will initially be deployed in Titan's existing bunkering markets before expanding to other Asian ports.

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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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