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December 6, 2006
The Business Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • BW Offshore designs a generic hull
    WITH an estimated US$30 billion to be spent globally on deepwater floating production systems for oil and gas extraction over the next decade, Bergesen Worldwide Offshore has designed a generic hull in anticipation of growing demand for conversion hulls.
  • Modern Terminals to invest in China
    MODERN Terminals Ltd, a Hong Kong-based container terminal operator, said it will invest as much as HK$10 billion in Chinese ports over the next three years to tap the country's growing demand for sea freight.
  • APL aims to cut fuel emissions from ships
    CARGO shipping line APL said on Monday that it has begun using cleaner-burning fuels and will begin testing technology to reduce harmful emissions from its ships.
Strait Talk
  • Liability insurance costs going up for shipowners
    THE Christmas decorations are in the shops, the festive season is nearly here.

The Business Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • BW Offshore designs a generic hull
    WITH an estimated US$30 billion to be spent globally on deepwater floating production systems for oil and gas extraction over the next decade, Bergesen Worldwide Offshore has designed a generic hull in anticipation of growing demand for conversion hulls.
  • Modern Terminals to invest in China
    MODERN Terminals Ltd, a Hong Kong-based container terminal operator, said it will invest as much as HK$10 billion in Chinese ports over the next three years to tap the country's growing demand for sea freight.
  • APL aims to cut fuel emissions from ships
    CARGO shipping line APL said on Monday that it has begun using cleaner-burning fuels and will begin testing technology to reduce harmful emissions from its ships.
Strait Talk
  • Liability insurance costs going up for shipowners
    THE Christmas decorations are in the shops, the festive season is nearly here.

Sched Netweb site
  • India braces for dock strike at major ports December 14
  • Maersk to reduce bunker charges from Europe to China
  • FedEx opens new US$20m station in Tokyo
  • Zhangjiagang port on track to handle 100m tons of cargo in 2006
  • Ecu-Line Antwerp adds new string to Australia services
  • Oceania VSA streamlines WC Australia-NZ Service
  • MOL pledges aid, transport support to UNHCR
  • Senai Airport wants tax to stop freight diversion to Changi
  • DHL Leipzig hub to be built on time despite probe
  • China Southern's Airbus fleet hits the 100 mark

Exim Indiaweb site
  • Asian logistics players network for solutions
  • Tata Steel & NYK sign JV to form shipping co.
  • US bends on shrimp anti-dumping duty stance against India
  • Mega trade missions from 5 nations poised to pour in
  • Seafood exports to EU yield Rs 1,236 cr. in H1
  • EEPC engineers mega deal at Cairo expo
  • CCT's thrust to be on customer satisfaction, enhancement of facilities & activities
  • Ports discharge 27.43 lakh tonnes of wheat
  • Kandla Port posts 12 pc growth in cargo handling in Nov.
  • NMPT woos Kushalnagar coffee exporters at trade meet

Maritime Global Netweb site
DECEMBER 5, 2006
  • LR ready to buy into GL
  • Golden Ocean's 4+4 at Daehan
  • Horizon renews Maersk deals
  • Asia's oil bill rises 133% in 6 years
  • Busan scraps box tax

Marine Logweb site
DECEMBER 5, 2006
  • Jurong to build jack-up barge
  • Wartsila researches methanol fuel cells for ships

Lloyd's Listweb site
  • Koreans push for an end to Jones Act
    SOUTH Korean trade negotiators are pushing for the US to rescind the 1920 Jones Act on cabotage trade between US ports in an effort to help South Korean shipbuilders.
  • Teekay Offshore in $169m IPO sell-off
    INVESTORS are being offered the chance to buy 35% of a new company which will control the world's largest fleet of shuttle tankers through a New York initial public offering sponsored by Teekay Shipping that could raise gross proceeds of $169m.
  • EU and US red tape chokes port capacity, warns CMA CGM chief
    A SENIOR CMA CGM executive has warned of worsening port and inland transport congestion to come in Europe and the US because of relatively slow decision-making on and execution of new investment projects, writes Andrew Spurrier in Paris.

Fairplayweb site
DECEMBER 5, 2006
  • Swift looks beyond European market
    COPENHAGEN 05 December ' Expansion beyond the traditional North European market may well be in store for Swift Tankers, the new joint venture between Maersk and Teekay
  • GL wins support from Hamburg, LR
    HAMBURG city state is backing Germanischer Lloyd's independence, while Lloyd's Register has let it be known that it might help by taking a minority stake
  • Teekay Offshore going public
    TEEKAY Shipping spin-off Teekay Offshore Partners LP has filed registration papers to go public on the New York Stock Exchange
  • Dubai 'to be major maritime hub'
    STRONG growth experienced by Dubai's maritime sector will soon turn the emirate into an international hub, delegates at the Seatrade conference have been told
  • Attica withdraws from the Baltic
    GREEK ferry operator Attica has announced its withdrawal from Baltic Sea routes following the sale of its three Superfast ships and the relocation of two ro-ros
  • CSA to aid Carib nations on security
    SMALLER nations in the Caribbean Basin need help if they are to meet internationally-established security standards and improve customs processes
  • Technology 'key to security, efficiency'
  • Desperate bid to save France
  • Norovirus strikes largest cruise ship
  • Swift decision from Maersk, Teekay
  • Italian insurers challenge injunction
  • Golden Ocean adds Capesize quartet
  • APL teams up to cut air pollution
  • Russia bans rice imports
  • Indonesia bans sand shipments

The Journal of Commerceweb site
DECEMBER 5, 2006
  • APL vessels testing clean-air technology
    The ocean carrier will deploy three pollution-reduction technologies for tests on its vessels calling at California ports.
  • Plans for Staten Island harborside speedway scrapped
  • Tacoma port refinances debt
  • Deutsche Post: U.S. DHL breakeven in 2-3 years
  • Offer for Finnlines fails
  • Modern Terminals to spend $1B on Chinese ports
  • Korea truck strike ends
  • Mumbai hikes charges
  • Protest hits Greek ports
  • TT Club to insure against dirty bombs
  • Gateway gets Nehru depot
  • Spieth to head OH Logistics

Containerisation Internationalweb site
DECEMBER 5, 2006
  • Dalian port to form JV with NYK and China Shipping to build box terminal
    Dalian Port Company (PDA) has signed a memorandum of understanding with NYK and China Shipping Group to develop container terminal in Dalian.
  • South Korean strikers go back to work
    The Korean Truckers' Union announced that it had ended the industrial action at 3.00pm (South Korean Time) today.
  • Kerala wants all-party meeting to overcome Vizhinjam impasse
  • Awami League lifts Bangladesh transport blockade
  • Hatsu and Italia Maritima make way for Evergreen brand
  • Shippers say the supply/demand equation means a rate restoration is impossible
  • Toll commits to Brisbane expansion
  • Consultant calls for a holistic approach to container industry forecasts
  • End of an era on the Tasman

TradeWindsweb site
DECEMBER 5, 2006
  • Canada gets eye in the sky
    Marine polluters off Canada's East Coast are coming into focus with a new surveillance system.
  • Mobile cuts a check
    Moving ISC from New Orleans could cost Alabama well over $15m including $4m in direct payouts.
  • Stenersen tanker adrift
    A Norwegian tanker has broken down off the Hebrides and a UK rescue tug is standing by.
  • UN RoRo adds to series
    Istanbul-based UN RoRo has ordered two 3,735-lane metre ro-ros at Germany's Flensburg shipyard
  • Oskar Wehr boycott
    German owner's containership blacked in Hamburg as union looks for ITF agreements.
  • Sovcomflot inks Daewoo pair
    Russian giant books two suezmaxes at Korean yard in deal thought to be worth around $185m.
  • SK Shipping hungry for more
    Mooted VLCC quartet order latest in line of moves by South Korean owner to modernise fleet.
  • Top owns up
    Evangelos Pistiolis's Top Tankers has told its shareholders what TradeWinds told them last week.
  • Finnlines offer spurned
    Shareholders resoundingly reject Emanuele Grimaldi's takeover bid for Finnish ro-ro specialist.
  • Tata signs with NYK
    Indian steelmaker and top Japanese line agree to set up 50:50 bulk shipping joint venture.
  • Teekay Offshore files IPO
    Tanker owner to list up to 35% of shuttle tanker and FPSO unit on the New York Stock Exchange.
  • MISC back at Tsuneishi
    Malaysian owner's subsidiary AET Inc follows up recent disposals with two-ship aframax order in Japan.
  • Quintana buys Bocimar bulker
    Belgian owner set to book over $34m on sale of newbuilding which Greek outfit has already fixed out for five years.
  • O-J trial on cards
    Seven former partners of Norwegian broking firm O-J Libaek & Partners facing legal action from founder.
  • Borgestad misses ships
    Small net loss in third quarter for former Norwegian owner which sold fleet to Gearbulk in March.
  • Fredriksen behind Daehan deal
    His bulker outfit, Golden Ocean Group, emerges as owner behind eight ship capesize order.
  • Excel fixes panamax
    Unnamed European charterer takes Happy Day for up to two years at current market rates.

American Shipperweb site
DECEMBER 5, 2006
  • Teekay plans IPO for new spin-off
  • Maersk extends group agreements
  • APL to test emulsified fuel on container vessel
  • NOAA upgrades tsunami detection stations
  • FedEx Ground rates to increase 4.9 percent
  • CWB embarks on $46 million supply chain overhaul
  • BAX sets up Shenzhen hub for Trust International
  • Rep. Oberstar raises possibility of container security fee
  • Strike at Korean ports ends
  • Busan port to eliminate container tax
  • San Pedro ports planning rail upgrade
  • Gdynia terminal takes delivery of post-Panamax cranes
  • Long Beach appoints acting CFO to permanent position

The Scandinavian Shipping Gazetteweb site
DECEMBER 5, 2006
  • Lloyd's Register makes an offer to GL
    Lloyd's Register has made an offer to buy a minority share in Germanischer Lloyd (GL) to secure the German classification ...
  • Maersk formed tanker company with Teekay
    A.P. M'ller-M'rsk and the Canadian Teekay Shipping Corporation have formed a new joint venture called Swift Tankers Ltd. The ...
  • Golden Ocean buys capesize contracts
    John Fredriksen controlled Golden Ocean Group has bought four newbuilding contracts at Daehan Shipbuilding in South Korea at USD 72.25 ...

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
DECEMBER 5, 2006
  • Instant fuel and lubricant analyzer offered to ships
    New vessel-based oil, additive and fuel analyzer claims to provide instant readings of sulphur content, damaging metals and cat fines.
  • November gains for fuel oil derivatives
    Bunker fuel oil and freight options showed the largest increases in IMAREX's second best month ever.
  • SkySails ready for commercial operations
    Beluga Shipping welcomes 'environmental dividend' of fuel-saving equipment.
  • Chemoil IPO attracts three major investors
    Singapore's Temasek and two US investment firms reported to have singed up for big stakes.
  • Congestion still reported in Rotterdam
  • South Korean bunker supplies back to normal
    Elsewhere, Hong Kong experiencing terminal congestion and Japan's bonded supplies are squeezed.
  • APL turns to technology to reduce emissions
    APL to test water-in-fuel emulsification and other modifications aboard a cargo ship to reduce harmful emissions.
  • New player eyes Mumbai bunker market
    India-based firm ready for bunkering business with new barge but bunker supplies in Mumbai remain suspended.

›››File
FROM THE HOME PAGE
At the end of the year Fret SCNF will cease to exist and the activity will be detected by the new companies Hexafret and Technis
St. -Ouen
The deal is aimed at averting the payment of 5.3 billion euros.
Tzitzikostas : At the beginning of my mandate I will present a strategy for European ports
Tzitzikostas : At the beginning of my mandate I will present a strategy for European ports
Brussels
"The competitiveness of the transport sector must be based on sustainability," the European Commission said.
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings records record quarterly revenue
Miami
In the July-September period of this year, the group's ships have embarked on 812mila passengers (+ 9.7%)
The intermodal hubs of Melzo and Milan Smistamento will be retaken in the ZLS of the port and retroport of Genoa
Milan
Deliberation approved by the regional junta of Lombardy
It amounts to 39 billion euros per year the public investment needed to decarbonize European transport.
It amounts to 39 billion euros per year the public investment needed to decarbonize European transport.
Brussels
The estimate in a new study of Transport & Environment
The crisis in the Red Sea has caused a hole of six billion dollars in Egypt's coffers
The crisis in the Red Sea has caused a hole of six billion dollars in Egypt's coffers
Cairo / Alexandria
Scali at the Egyptian port of El Dekheila of the services of Vuxx Shipping between China and Russia
In the third quarter, freight traffic in Chinese seaports grew by 1.7% percent
Beijing
The only volumes to and from abroad have increased by 5.0%
In the July-September quarter, naval traffic in the Bosphorus Strait grew by 6.4%
Ankara
In the first nine months of 2024, the increase was 7.1%
DFDS will not acquire the international transport network of Ekol Logistics
Copenhagen / Istanbul
Exchange of allegations : The Danish group claims that certain contract conditions have not been met ; the Turkish company replies that it has received a discount request in the last 24 hours
In the first quarter of this year, traffic in European Union ports fell by -3.2% percent.
In the first quarter of this year, traffic in European Union ports fell by -3.2% percent.
Luxembourg
The only traffic in containers (+ 5.2%) is growing. Still doubts about the figures attributed to Italy
ECSA and T&E are calling for the Clean Industrial Deal to support the energy transition of shipping
Brussels
Among the demands, make ecological naval fuels available in ports
In the July-September quarter, ONE revenue grew by 65.2% percent.
In the July-September quarter, ONE revenue grew by 65.2% percent.
Singapore
The volumes of containers carried by the fleet increased by 6.6%
In the third quarter, the financial and operational results of COSCO were substantially increased.
In the third quarter, the financial and operational results of COSCO were substantially increased.
Shanghai
The volumes of containers carried by the fleet increased by 8.6%
Maersk records glowing quarterly results
Maersk records glowing quarterly results
Copenhagen
A strong performance in the containerized shipping industry has been decided. Also growing terminal and logistics
Confitarma lists actions to increase the contribution of shipping to the Italian System
Naples
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In the third quarter the traffic in goods in Turkish ports decreased by -1.8%
Ankara
Volumes to and from Italy have increased by 2.9%
The Court of Appeal in Reggio Calabria gives reason to the AdSP of Gioia Tauro in the litigation that juxtaposes it to the Corap
A litigant remains pending in front of the Court of Cassation
Maersk signs an agreement with Chinese LONGi to supply its own dual-fuel vessels of methanol
Copenhagen
The Danish group already has agreements in place to meet more than 50% percent of its demand for methanol planned for 2027
Royal Caribbean again records financial results and record quarterly operating
Royal Caribbean again records financial results and record quarterly operating
Miami
In the July-September period, revenues increased by 17.4%
The association of European ports is alarmed for the planned reform of EU funding to transport infrastructure
Brussels
Transport policy and transport funding must be based on a European approach.
In the third quarter of this year, the transits of large vessels in the Panama Canal were down -38.3% percent.
In the third quarter of this year, the transits of large vessels in the Panama Canal were down -38.3% percent.
Balboa
-36.9% reduction in the volumes of goods transported through the Central American waterway
CMA CGM associates with Marsa Maroc for the management of a container terminal in the port of Nador
Marseille
Expected an investment of 280 million
Maersk confirms participation in service between Turkey and East Coast USA with scallops in Salerno, Livorno and Tanger Med
Copenhagen
Will be activated on 1st February 2025
Hapag-Lloyd will introduce shots at Italian ports in two services between the Mediterranean and East Coast USA
Hamburg / Haifa
Touches in Genoa, Livorno and Salerno in collaboration with ZIM
In the third quarter the terminals of COSCO Shipping Ports handled 29.1 million containers (+ 4.8%)
Hong Kong
Wan Hai Lines orders eight new container ships from 16,000 teu
Taipei
Committed to South Koreans HD Hyundai Samho and Samsung Heavy Industries
Fincantieri-EDGE agreement for the development of solutions for the underwater needs of military navies
Abu Dhabi / Trieste / Paris
The joint venture Maestral will deal with the design, development and construction of underwater systems
WSC, crucial mandate of new European commissioner for transport to ensure decarbonisation of shipping
Brussels
The shipowner association indicates some other priorities to be addressed
Federagents ready to illustrate to institutions the priorities of Italian ports
Rome
Pessina : available to our know-how to suggest the measures to be taken
Sébastien Romani is the new CEO of Forship Spa
Go Ligure
Subenters to Giuseppe Scognamiglio
Restyling of the landing area of the Cruserists in the port of Catania
Catania
In 2023 the traffic of cruises in the Sicilian stopover increased by 43.7% percent.
Resume work for the completion of the commercial docks of the Milazzo Port
Messina
The realization of 18,000 square metres of new aprons is planned.
In the third quarter, Kalmar's turnover fell by -16% percent.
Helsinki
New orders increased by 6%
Approved the 2025 forecast budget of the West Liguria AdSP
Genoa
Ok also at the annual review of the Triennale Operating Plan 2023-2025
Approved the 2025 forecast budget of the Central Adriatic System Authority of the Central Adriatic
Ancona
The first crane arrived to make Giammoro's pontile operating near Milazzo.
Messina
Will be installed by end of year
Green light to the forecast budget and the three-year plan of the work of the Eastern Liguria's AdSP
The Spezia
In the first nine months of 2024 the traffic of containers at Spezia grew by 8.1% percent. On 14 and November 15 the event "A Bridge To Africa"
Approved the forecast budget 2025 and the POT 2025-2027 of the AdSP of the Southern Tirreno and Ionian
Joy Tauro
Port of Livorno, seized a 40-pound load of cocaine
Livorno
Tracts under arrest three people
Approved the 2025 forecast budget of the AdSP of the Northern Tirreno
Livorno
Ok unanimous also at the Triennale Operating Plan 2024-2026
Rail Cargo Group activates a rail service between Belgrade and the port of Rijeka
Vienna
Two weekly rotations
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
HHLA reaps upward forecasts for the full financial year 2024
Hamburg
Also expected to be a slight increase in the volumes of container traffic handled by port terminals
In the third quarter, the revenues of COSCO Shipping Ports grew 11.2%
Hong Kong
In the first nine months of 2024, the increase was 5.8%
Approved the 2025 forecast budget of the AdSP of the Sardinia Sea
Cagliari
Also free from the three-year programme of works
Savino Del Bene has acquired the Seabridge Transport in Hamburg
Hamburg / Florence
The company was already acting as the administrative headquarters for the German operations of the Italian group.
In the third quarter, freight traffic in Albanian ports grew by 14.0% percent.
Tirana
In the first nine months of this year, the increase was 14.3%
In 2026, for the first time, MSC Cruciere ships will reach Alaska
Geneva
"MSC Poetry" will carry out weekly itineraries from Seattle
COSCO Shipping Lines orders six new container ships from 13,600 teu to Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding
Shanghai
They will be taken in delivery by 2027
Wärtsilä records a robust uptickdown in quarterly turnover
Helsinki
In the July-September period, the value of new orders rose by 1% percent.
Unified concession for formal act for the Intergroup terminal in Gaeta port
Cyvitavecchia
Has a duration of 12 years
Arrive in the port of Gioia Tauro the last two of the 13 new quay cranes of the MCT
Joy Tauro
They can work on capacity container carriers up to 25mila teu
Assologistic has published a practical guide to customs reform
Milan
Illustrated and analyzed the novelties and critiques of the new legislative plant
In the third quarter, shipping containers in Spanish ports increased by 9.9% percent.
Transhipment traffic grew by 13.2% percent, the import-export trade of 6.4% percent.
USB Mare and Porti criticizes the agreement for the renewal of the contract of port workers
Rome
Signed the voluntary agreement "Ancona blue agreement"
Ancona
The aim is to reduce the impact of emissions from cruise ships, ro-ro and ferries that climb the dorsal port.
Italian Coast Guard and the Italian Academy of Mercantile Academy in support of the Maritime Administration of Ukraine
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
On Friday, the public assembly of Federagents will be held in Rome.
Rome
The Federation celebrates the 75 years since its founding
Spediporto has organized a two-day trip on the Green Logistic Valley and Italy-China trade
Genoa
It is scheduled on 22 and October 23
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Argentina enfrenta tarifas portuarias hasta 500% más altas que otros países de la región
(Pescare)
Russia and India join forces in the Arctic, leaving China aside
(News.Az)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Relazione del presidente Nicola Zaccheo
Roma, 18 settembre 2024
››› File
Fincantieri opens in San Francisco a center for the development of dual-use technologies applicable both in civilian and military sectors
Trieste / San Francisco
It is housed at the Mind the Bridge Innovation Center
Japan's MHI-MME initiates a license agreement with Chinese Jiangsu Masada
Nagasaki
The aim is the development of the production and sale in China of turbochargers for two-stroke marine engines
By November the ownership of the Victory Shipyard will go to CNV
Venice
Mantovan (Veneto Region) : A new trade union agreement will be built that will cover the 48 workers in organic
In the third quarter, the commercial activity and financial performance of Konecranes grew
Helsinki
The value of new orders for the supply of port means increased by 44.1%
In 2025, a 3.9% increase in cruising traffic in Adriatic ports is expected
Ravenna
Responses Tourism believes that the traffic of ferries, catamarans and aliscafi will record further slight growth
COSCO Shipping Ports acquires stakes in the two port terminals of Hutchison Ports in Laem Chabang
Hong Kong
Investment of 110 million
GNV has taken delivery of the new ferry GNV Polaris
Genoa
First of four new ro-pax units built in China, it will enter service by January
John Xylas will be the new president of Intercargo.
John Xylas will be the new president of Intercargo.
London
He will subordinate to Dimitrios Fafalios, who has been named honorary president
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