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BRIEFS
May 9, 2006
The Business Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Toll goes to court to bar rival Macquarie bid
    TRANSPORT and logistics group Toll Holdings began court action yesterday against takeover target Patrick Corp in a bid to thwart a rival bid for the ports operator led by investment bank Macquarie.
  • AB Ports shares gain on report of higher offer
    ASSOCIATED British Ports Holdings Plc's shares rose as much as 2.8 per cent after a report that investors led by Goldman Sachs Group Inc is close to increasing its offer for the largest operator of UK ports.
  • China plans big port projects for south-east coast
    CHINA plans a major new port project on its south-eastern coast near Taiwan, a step towards what it hopes will be 'free trade' with the island Beijing claims as its own, state media reported yesterday.
  • Tianjin Port raises price range for US$1b float
  • US-listed Sea Containers revamping to survive

Sched Netweb site
  • Hanjin Shipping Q1 net profit falls 58pc
  • CMA CGM sees supply-demand balance for rest of 2006
  • US Customs collect record duty in April
  • CSCL to add 13 new vessels to fleet
  • WW's Q1 net profit grows 40pc
  • GAC Marine Logistics sets up Mumbai office
  • MAS chief raises net profit target for MASkargo
  • FedEx to expand Indianapolis hub
  • Korean Air's Q1 net profit up 115pc

Exim Indiaweb site
  • Freight Systems Group on continuous growth curve
  • Shipping cos all at sea as DG-CEI slaps fresh notices
  • Global tanker fleet replacements to involve $ 7.5 bn spending
  • IRA member lines to hike surcharge from May 15
  • Coscon to serve Miami with new CUE liner service
  • New ship deployed in Taiwan Straits service
  • UASC posts net profit of $ 115 m in 2005
  • F. W. Sørensen appointed Vice-President of Maersk Olie og Gas AS
  • DPA announces major expansion of Hamriyah Port
  • Rickmers-Linie establishes own subsidiary in Japan
  • SAPO orders 12 E-One RTGs from Kalmar
  • Soyameal exports up by 219 pc in April
  • Chowgules set 1-day salt loading record at Navlakhi port
  • 7 ports on DGS' map for coastal shipping
  • It takes 27 days to clear a container!
  • Overloading ban comes as blessing in disguise for truck operators
  • Star Freight moves 1st LCL import box from Tianjin to CWC's ICD-Dashrath via DRT
  • More to vie for cargo pie in the sky
  • Crude oil imports up by 3.7 per cent to 99.4 million tonnes
  • Duty-free import authorisation scheme comes into effect
  • Excise duty exemption for denatured salt

International Transport Journalweb site
  • HPUK and LDH sign contract extension
  • United Airlines Cargo partners with ATC in Germany
  • Railion is investing and wants to enter France
  • TNT Group sells fashion unit WE International BV
  • Swiss digital tachygraph requirement from 2007
  • ShipServ Pages launched as shipping industry search engine

Maritime Global Netweb site
MAY 8, 2006
  • Pirates free ship after ransom is paid
  • K Line orders 5 boxships
  • USCG funding act threatened
  • Cruise ship fire drama in Channel
  • Yachtsman fined US$28,000

Marine Logweb site
MAY 8, 2006
  • Stelios inks cruise newbuild LOI with Neorion

World Wide Shipperweb site
MAY 8, 2006
  • Portland Spirit welcomes Sternwheeler COLUMBIA GORGE
  • Customs' ACE program sees record for duties, fees
  • PDX noise committee schedules meeting in Vancouver
  • Canadian/US Coast Guards ink deal to up border surveillance
  • Insurance club nets ratings boost from Am Best

Lloyd's Listweb site
  • Brussels bars publication of Turkey sea training report
    THE European Commission has refused to make public a report on last year's inspection of maritime training facilities in Turkey, which is said to have revealed "shocking deficiencies".
  • Trio set sights on Scandlines purchase
    GERMAN shipping company Deutsche Seereederei, Allianz Capital Partners and Danish pension fund LD Equity are seeking to buy ferry operator Scandlines.
  • Toll takes Patrick to court over counterbid
    TOLL Holdings took takeover target Patrick Corp to court yesterday in an effort to derail a counterbid by Macquarie Bank, writes Rob McKay.
  • Front-runner Neorion to take on easyCruise newbuilds
    GREEK shipyard group Neorion Holdings has emerged as the leading contender for an easyCruise newbuilding programme of up to four vessels of 500 berths each.

Fairplayweb site
MAY 8, 2006
  • Cruising maintains 'berth control'
    NORTH American cruise capacity growth will stay below its historic levels over the next four years, despite full shipyard slots, analyst Robin Farley predicts
  • Erck Rickmers pushes for property
    HAMBURG ship owner Erck Rickmers is pushing ahead with the diversification of his KG finance activities away from shipping
  • Dhaka delays another demolition
    BANGLADESH High Court has directed the country's government to postpone entry of the Polembros tanker Alfaship for breaking up pending answers to awkward questions
  • Labroy profit rises by 40%
    SINGAPORE-listed Labroy Marine, which recently announced its first orders for rig building, has announced a 40% increase in net profit for 1Q06
  • Transneft to expand oil transport role
  • Toll hits back in Macquarie/Patrick battle
  • New response team sent to cruise fire
  • Taxman stops Volgotanker oil shipments
  • MISC floats logistics ventures
  • Pan United profit surges

The Journal of Commerceweb site
MAY 8, 2006
  • No peak-season container jam: Report
    Report by retailers forecasts ports to be congestion-free for autumn peak season but finds soaring fuel prices could hit harbor trucking business.
  • NAWE seeks review of longshore act
  • Rate drop will force liner consolidation: Broker
  • WTSA to raise beef, pork and poultry rates
  • Customs completes Texas ACE installation
  • "K" Line orders five ships
  • China adding port 'clusters'
  • UAL loss widens
  • Deutsche Post will accept mail quid pro quo

Containerisation Internationalweb site
MAY 8, 2006
  • Invest in ports, or Asian imports will pass by, warns Maersk US head
    Maersk Inc's president and CEO has called for US ports to invest in more terminal capacity and deeper harbours, or lose the flood of imports from Asia.
  • Tianjin Port spin-off approved by shareholders
    The separate listing of Tianjin Port Holdings, the port business unit of Tianjin Development Holdings, has been approved by the state-owned conglomerate's shareholders in an extraordinary general meeting today.
  • CIG Yangtze Ports falls short of break even volumes
  • NYK containership collides with Chinese cargo ship
  • Yang Ming extends LEX to Turkey
  • Iran plans port-capacity increase to woo own cargo away from Dubai
  • K Line bumps up fleet size with 6,400TEU ship order
  • First Wuhan/Yangshan feeder to sail in May
  • Klaipeda growth falls in April
  • Kaliningrad sees box-drop after Kursiu Linija move

TradeWindsweb site
MAY 8, 2006
  • Aries dividend shredded
    Repairs force Nasdaq-listed owner to slash payout as costs on Citius and Bora spiral.
  • StealthGas acquires trio
    Harry Vafias' listed gas carrier venture splashes out $38m to expand LPG fleet.
  • Cruise control?
    Confusion over preliminary cruise ship orders by Stelios Haji-Ioannou's easyCruise as Neorion of Greece says the numbers are wrong.
  • Nordcapital record payout
    Another boom year for investors in Erck Rickmers shipping funds.
  • Chemical reaction
    Shreyas' shares leap 20% after unveiling new polymers COA, which should make Fidelity (HK) happy.
  • K Line back at Imabari
    Japanese giant signs for five big boxships at domestic shipbuilder as fleet renewal continues.
  • Legal action over Hanjin yard
    Philippine families sue local authority over village clearance for Subic Bay shipyard.
  • Orders up at Jaya
    Increased shipbuilding orders push profit up at Jaya Holdings of Singapore, but high costs dampen the result.
  • More names in Scandlines hunt
    Allianz Capital and Danish investor LD Equity join race for takeover of German-Danish ferry line.
  • Jam tomorrow
    US supply ship player GulfMark drydocks ships in anticipation of better rates in latter part of 2006.
  • Pirates kill Indian sailor
    One dead and two injured as $25,000 ransom paid to Somali pirates for release of United Arab Emirates vessel.
  • Philly yard closes
    Tanker design team proposing Ford Motors-style assembly line gives up dream of selling vessels.
  • STX Pan Ocean bombs
    Bunker prices plus falling freight rates take their toll at South Korean owner as profits fall 70%
  • SeaCon SOS to staff
    Debt-riddled UK shipping company Sea Containers asks London staff to chip in by opting out in voluntary redundancy drive.
  • PUM seals newbuild deal
    Singapore's Pan United Marine to build $23m offshore vessel for UK-listed offshore company.
  • Crew safe after dredger blast
    All 19 men evacuated from Dredging Corp of India vessel working on new ship channel between India and Sri Lanka.
  • ABG wins Coast Guard order
    Indian shipbuilder to construct 11 interceptor boats for delivery from October.
  • Hope fades for cape crew
    Twenty six of Alexandros T's 33 crew still unaccounted for as search operation is called off.

American Shipperweb site
MAY 8, 2006
  • "K" Line orders five 6,400-TEU ships
  • Six missing after ship collision off Qingdao Port
  • FedEx Express to expand Indianapolis hub
  • BA's April cargo up 1.3%
  • Con-Way provides electronic contact for Mexico logistics centers
  • Toll takes action against Patrick executives for "soliciting" rival bid
  • RFID container tracking company sold to Lockheed Martin
  • Welch's signs deal with Weber Distribution
  • LauritzenCool Logistics names SOCOTU as agents for Tunisia
  • ACE monthly payments top $500 million
  • Maersk's Bruner warns U.S. container terminal capacity running out
  • NRF: Port still smooth as summer approaches

The Scandinavian Shipping Gazetteweb site
MAY 8, 2006
  • New consortia to bid for Scandlines
    Deutsche Seereederei (DSR), the German investment company Alliaz Capital Partners and the Danish investment company LD Equity has teamed up ...
  • Coastal Express work to stem losses
    Hurtigruten Group, in which the Coastal Express is an integral part, has drafted a plan to stem further losses. The ...
  • Last Titanic witness dead
    Swedish-American Lillian Asplund has passed away in her home in Massachusetts, USA aged 99. She was the last survivor ...

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
MAY 8, 2006
  • Chemoil expands European presence
    Supplier announcing new marketing manager and 'improved service'.
  • West-East arbitrage flows high at 2.5 million mt in May
    Arrivals into Asia in May remaining high, with limited uptake expected from Chinese buyers.
  • Panama bunker report: Improve price and availability
    Industry report focusing on the basics, recommendations in 4-5 weeks.
  • O.W. Bunker Spain relocates, future expansion likely
    Newly formed branch office moves to new premises.
  • Middle East bunker supplier acquires two barges
    With new bunker facility opening by year end, supplier acquiring two 3,800 tonne vessels.
  • Quiet start to Rotterdam's week
  • Japan: Bunker demand flat, prices up
    Bunker activity flat after a long holiday for northeast Asian countries, particularly Japan.
  • Cargo tank crack leads to bunker oil spill
    Vessel spilling more than 20 mt of bunker oil in waters near one of Thailand's industrial estates.

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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%)
COMPANIES
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
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%
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