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August 11, 2006
The Business Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Maersk Line helps boost PTP's gains
    BENEFITING from the integration of Maersk Sealand and P&O Nedlloyd into the new Maersk Line, the neighbouring Port of Tanjung Pelepas has posted record throughput of 2.24 million TEUs for the first six months of this year.
  • NYK sees better container profit
    NIPPON Yusen KK , Japan's largest shipping line, said earnings at its container unit will improve next fiscal year as freight rates on European routes increase.
  • Hanjin Shipping's Q2 profit falls 51% to 33.7b won
    HANJIN Shipping Co, South Korea's second-biggest shipping company by market value, said second-quarter profit fell 51 per cent on higher fuel costs and a stronger won.
  • PIL expands, acquires stake in NZ-based PDL
  • Cosco Pacific in US$99m Quanzhou venture
Admiralty Casebook
  • Burden of proof on insurers
    A CANADIAN appeals court has upheld a decision that a group of marine insurers and not the insured vessel's owners had the burden of proving want of due diligence if they want to avoid paying a claim for tail shaft breakage.

The Business Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Maersk Line helps boost PTP's gains
    BENEFITING from the integration of Maersk Sealand and P&O Nedlloyd into the new Maersk Line, the neighbouring Port of Tanjung Pelepas has posted record throughput of 2.24 million TEUs for the first six months of this year.
  • NYK sees better container profit
    NIPPON Yusen KK , Japan's largest shipping line, said earnings at its container unit will improve next fiscal year as freight rates on European routes increase.
  • Hanjin Shipping's Q2 profit falls 51% to 33.7b won
    HANJIN Shipping Co, South Korea's second-biggest shipping company by market value, said second-quarter profit fell 51 per cent on higher fuel costs and a stronger won.
  • PIL expands, acquires stake in NZ-based PDL
  • Cosco Pacific in US$99m Quanzhou venture
Admiralty Casebook
  • Burden of proof on insurers
    A CANADIAN appeals court has upheld a decision that a group of marine insurers and not the insured vessel's owners had the burden of proving want of due diligence if they want to avoid paying a claim for tail shaft breakage.

Sched Netweb site
  • Seaspan to charter four 5,100-TEU newbuilds to MOL
  • CIMC to relocate Tianjin box plant
  • NYK subsidiary invents burlap-labelling machine
  • PTP gears up to handle more China cargo
  • Port of Oakland granted land for intermodal rail yard
  • Antwerp authority appoints Asia reps
  • Despite strong cargo demand rising costs hit Cathay's H1 profits
  • Qantas, Jet Airways sign codeshare deal
  • KLM to halt Amman, Damascus flights

Exim Indiaweb site
  • 4 more Indian clinics accredited for P&I Club's PEME programme
  • GE Shipping to move Court for demerger time extension
  • Greatship acquires modern PSV
  • CSL launches 3 vessels in a single day!
  • India may not insist on US continuing duty-free benefits
  • MMTC invites bids for import of 15,000 tonnes of chana
  • Velji Dosabhai stuffs first 2 boxes on ICD-Ankleshwar launch day
  • Dedicated rail freight corridor SPV: Ball now in Cabinet's court
  • Rising dollar no bother!

International Transport Journalweb site
  • CargoNet: new trains starting in autumn
  • Panalpina benefitting from the strong economy

Maritime Global Netweb site
AUGUST 10, 2006
  • ABS wins 2 Prestige court rulings
  • Supply boat crew kidnapped off Nigeria
  • TBS sells tweendecker
  • Intertanko welcomes Malacca Strait decision

Marine Logweb site
AUGUST 10, 2006
  • Floods close Indian shipyard
  • Spain must give ABS access to Prestige court file
  • Malacca Straits war risk charge ends

World Wide Shipperweb site
  • Inchcape executive Peter Pallas dies
  • Intermodal count leads way to busy month for rail traffic
  • Port of Portland holding Seaport Celebration event
  • New dining options coming to Portland International Airport
  • Pipeline administration sets orders for BP Exploration's North Slope network

Lloyd's Listweb site
  • UK ports keep security at 'moderate' level as terrorist threat brings air travel to a halt
    BRITISH seaports were advised to retain existing 'moderate' security arrangements yesterday, after a reported foiled terrorist plot to blow up planes leaving Heathrow raised MI5's threat of attack to category 'level 1'.
  • Hapag-Lloyd warns market of steep fall in full year profits
    GERMAN company Hapag-Lloyd is the latest box line to issue a full year profits warning after sliding into the red in the first half.
  • Box lines to blame, says Adrion
    CONTAINER shipping's financial woes are largely self-inflicted, the head of Hapag-Lloyd admitted yesterday, writes Janet Porter.
  • BP Alaska shutdown sparks oil company scramble for tankers
    US WEST coast refiners and Alaskan producers are urgently booking tankers and crude cargoes to replace lost volumes from BP's closure of the Prudhoe Bay field.
  • Futures market hectic as vessel demand soars
    ANTICIPATION of stronger tanker demand has fired up the freight derivatives market with an increase in paper business outstripping physical fixing, writes Neville Smith.

Fairplayweb site
AUGUST 10, 2006
  • Hapag liners post 1H operating loss
    HAMBURG 10 August - German shipping and tourism group TUI, parent company of Hapag-Lloyd, has warned shareholders that the full-year contribution from the liner shipping division will be well below the high pre-year result
  • Dutch relax corporate registration
    LAST month the Dutch parliament adopted changes to the law regarding company registration
  • Swansea Cork sells ferry to Egypt
    IRISH Sea operator Swansea Cork Ferries has sold its 34-year-old Superferry and plans to purchase a new ship to commence its service in March 2007
  • Nigeria forms admin/safety agency
    MARITIME lawyer Mfon Usoro has been appointed director general of Nigeria's new National Maritime Administration and Safety Agency
  • Rickmers meets breakbulk demand
    BUOYANT demand for breakbulk shipments from Europe to Asia has prompted Rickmers-Linie to bring on extra tonnage for its north Europe-Middle East-India service
  • Security level unchanged at UK ports
    SOURCES have told Sea Sentinel that there has been no increase in security levels at the UK port of Dover or at any of the country's other ports
  • UK terror alert level now 'critical'
  • Great Eastern seeks more time
  • Lloyd Werft blaze under control
  • French ferry spat boils over
  • PIL acquires Pacific Direct Line
  • ABS wins Basque ruling
  • Spain ordered to reveal Prestige evidence

The Journal of Commerceweb site
AUGUST 10, 2006
  • Impact of terror threat eases
    Officials said air delays were subsiding but could continue for days, after news that 21 people tied to a terrorist plot had been arrested.
  • Corpus Christi nears deal on container terminal
  • Cogsa limits valid in theft case, court rules
  • CP Ships integration hits TUI AG profit
  • Hanjin's half-year profit plummets
  • Panalpina earnings soar
  • WTSA recommends rate hike for forest products
  • Trade deficit shrinks
  • IBM wins Safmarine pact
  • Air France-KLM revenue rises
  • Great Lakes shipments increase
  • Pacer promotes Randy Strutz

Containerisation Internationalweb site
AUGUST 10, 2006
  • Operating costs depress another forecast, while asset-free Panalpina soars
    Panalpina showed the benefits of asset-light business today, as strong H1 results were announced, just as another ocean carrier forecast was reduced because of opcosts, combined with pressure on freight-rates.
  • NCC shareholder discussions continue in private
    Discussions between shareholders of Russia's National Container Company are continuing, but in private, and the terminal-operator's partnerships will not be affected by any shareholder change, according to one NCC partner.
  • Indian government turns down Vizhinjam container port project
  • Hanjin H1 profit halves on high fuel prices
  • PIL takes stake in Pacific specialist
  • Israel war risk surcharge reduced
  • Panama Canal plans to become Brazilian distribution hub
  • Yang Ming adjusts intra-Asia services
  • COSCON to join India loop
  • Guangzhou Port to expand 'Shuttle Bus' network

TradeWindsweb site
AUGUST 10, 2006
  • Tanker stocks dip
    But analyst says morning's trend is not likely tied to UK arrests in jetline terror plot.
  • Three years, six months and 12 days...
    ...after Navigator Gas files for bankruptcy its bondholders finally take control.
  • BP scrambles
    Oil major says it has bought more than 3m barrels of crude on open market to feed its west coast refineries.
  • Banking on it
    Transport financier DVB promises record year after loan profits rise, impairments drop.
  • Cruiselines weather storm
    Carnival and RCCL shares hold steady with little apparent damage from terror jitters.
  • Profit prised from Noble
    Reduced turnover and auxiliary income send net profit tumbling at Hong Kong trader and owner Noble Group.
  • Concordia edges up
    Second-quarter income grows at Sweden's Concordia Maritime with much ground to be made up for the full year.
  • More red ink for TUI
    Shipping division now has operating losses to wrestle with as well as costs from CP Ships' integration.
  • Korea Line slumps
    First half profits halved for Asian gas and bulk owner.
  • Floods shut ABG yard
    Mumbai-listed shipbuilder ABG Shipyard shuts up shop temporarily as floods swell nearby river.
  • Down, but not out
    Japanese bulker player Inui Steamship's profit slumps in first quarter but things look brighter for the full year.
  • Cougar delayed again
    Sea swells prompt salvors to move ship into bay off Unalaska Island in search for calmer conditions.
  • Hanjin profit chopped
    First-half net income slashed 56% as soaring fuel costs and a strong local currency bite.
  • TBS offloads tweendecker
    US dry cargo player offloads elderly tweendecker as second profits halve on lower rates.
  • Diana slips to a loss
    Purchase of fleet management firm pushes Greek bulker player to a $7m loss in second quarter.

American Shipperweb site
AUGUST 10, 2006
  • CP Ships integration gives TUI shipping loss
  • Hanjin's first half profit slumps 56%
  • Seaboard Corp.'s 2nd quarter net income up 10.5%
  • COSCO to join China/India service
  • Congress ends CBP ad valorem tax on U.S.-flag ship repairs overseas
  • WTSA lines raise rates on forest products
  • U.K. airports on "critical threat" security alert
  • Alaska Railroad working on mainline after accident Wednesday
  • Pacer gives Strutz extra role at logistics unit
  • Kenco's California hub to move from Ontario to Chino
  • Panalpina's 1st half income up 58%
  • DP World receives assurances over London Gateway project
  • Port of Tanjung Pelepas' throughput up 8% in first half
  • Laem Chabang's TIPs terminal gets two gantry cranes

The Scandinavian Shipping Gazetteweb site
AUGUST 10, 2006
  • Environmental disaster in the Mediterranean
    The Israeli bombings of Lebanon have resulted in an ecological crisis in the Mediterranean. The destruction of the oil-fired ...

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
AUGUST 10, 2006
  • Buyers wait as oil prices tank
    US buyers looking for lower prices as oil market fears evaporate.
  • Busted bunker supplier: 'We're not guilty'
    Company in alleged black market fuel smuggling racket responding to 'gossip'.
  • NYK July bunker bill in Japan jumps $1m
    NYK saw a 3% rise in its July bunker bills in Japan after Nippon Oil Corp. raised its retrospective bunker prices.
  • WFS continues to perform well
    Q2 profits close to record-breaking Q1 result and first half profits up nearly 75%.
  • New Argos jetty boost for oil products
    From 2007 onwards, at least 4 million tonnes of mineral oil products will be handled via the new jetty/quay annually.
  • Rotterdam market decreasing Thursday morning
  • Piraeus ready to handle LSFO demand
    Supplier confirms LSFO is now produced locally to meet shipping needs.
  • Singapore: Fuel oil stocks slide from all-time high
  • Titan looks to inauguration of Yangshan storage project
    Groundbreaking date set to take place this year for the first phase of the project.
  • Profit falls on bunker costs
    Thailand's largest sea transportation firm posts 51% drop in net profit on inflated bunker costs and lower freight rates.

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FROM THE HOME PAGE
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%)
New historical record of monthly container traffic in the port of Long Beach
Long Beach / Los Angeles
In October, strong growth in Los Angeles climbing activity.
Last month the Port of Long Beach established its own new historical record of monthly container traffic, while ...
Italian Port Days initiative obtains EMD certification of the European Union
Rome
The attestation for contributing to the valorisation of sustainability in the Blue Economy with concrete actions
ZIM records excellent quarterly economic performance driven by noli uptick and activity with Latin America
ZIM records excellent quarterly economic performance driven by noli uptick and activity with Latin America
Haifa
The fleet transported a record number of containers
In the third quarter, the Viking cruise group's revenues grew by 11.4% percent.
Los Angeles
Increase of 14.3% of turnover generated by ocean cruises
Signed the final agreement on the contract of port workers
Rome
Italian Antitrust initiates an investigation into SAS (MSC group), Moby and Large Navi Fast
Rome
According to the AGCM, competition restrictions may have occurred as a result of the 49% acquisition of Moby's capital by SAS.
T&E highlights the need to also count the well-to-tank emissions for LNG used by ships
T&E highlights the need to also count the well-to-tank emissions for LNG used by ships
Brussels
Total greenhouse gases produced would be more than 30% higher than those considered by the FuelEU Maritime Regulation
DFDS and Ekol are rethinking and agreeing on the sale of the Turkish company's international network to the Danish group
Copenhagen / Istanbul
Revised the terms of the deal expired on the first November
Slight downturn in freight traffic in the port of Hamburg in the third quarter
Hamburg
Stable container traffic
The Companies inform
Accelleron initiates partnership with Geislinger to expand service business in the Mediterranean region
Cargotec agrees to the sale of MacGregor to funds managed by Triton
Helsinki
Sale of the value of 480 million that is expected to be completed by the first half of 2025
In the July-September quarter freight traffic in the port of Koper increased by 8.3%
Lubiana
In the first nine months of 2024, the increase was 3.2% percent.
Ok of Ukraine's antitrust enforcement at the entrance of MSC in the capital of HHLA terminalist company
Kiev
The company operates the CTO terminal of the port of Odessa
Inaugurated the new Peruvian port of Chancay operated by China's COSCO Shipping Ports
Lima
Has 1,500 linear metres of docks
More than doubling the value of new orders acquired by Fincantieri in the first nine months of 2024
Trieste
The sunshine committed for shipbuilding grew by +154,3 percent.
Established the Ship Recycling Alliance to speed up the recycling of safe and environmentally friendly ships
Copenhagen
Kuehne + Nagel will acquire 51% percent of the capital of American IMC Logistics
Schindellegi / Collierville
US company mainly operates drayage services
In the third quarter of this year, Hapag-Lloyd's revenues grew by 28.2%
In the third quarter of this year, Hapag-Lloyd's revenues grew by 28.2%
Hamburg
Increase of 3.8% of containers carried by the fleet. Average value of nils up 22.9%
In the third quarter freight traffic in the port of Genoa decreased by -4.9% percent while in Savona-I went up by 15.7% percent.
Genoa
Decided increase in transshipment containers determined by the Red Sea crisis. Down the cruises
In the third quarter, HMM revenues increased by 67% thanks to the 83% growth in the container segment
In the third quarter, HMM revenues increased by 67% thanks to the 83% growth in the container segment
Seoul
+116% increase in the value of the average nole per container transported
Evergreen's quarterly financial performance hike
Evergreen's quarterly financial performance hike
Taipei
Taiwanese company invests 186.8 million to buy new shipping containers
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%
The Analysis of the Fedespea Studies Centre on economic and operational performance of Italian container terminals
Milan
GNV strengthens its business department with two nominees
Genoa
New business manager and new general manager of the company in Spain
On the former Carbonyl of the Port of Genoa, the yards of the foranea dam and the subport tunnel
Genoa
The AdSP Management Committee deliberated it yesterday.
In Genoa, the Graduation Day of the Italian Academy of Mercantile
Genoa
Delivered 50 diplomas at the end of the biennial and three-year formative course
On November 27 in Rome, the public assembly of UNIPORT will be held
Rome
Meeting on the theme "Italian Ports, a network of businesses in the service of the country and of Europe"
Roberto Nappi, founder and director for 40 years of "Corriere Marittimo", has died.
Genoa
His career had begun at the writing of the Telegraph in 1958
New EU sanctions to prohibit the use of ships and ports for the transportation of drones and missiles produced by Iran
Brussels
Masucci confirmed president of Italian Propeller Clubs
Genoa
New mandate for the three years 2024-2027
The seamen of the Galaxy Leader have been hostage for a year
London / Hong Kong
Platten (ICS) : It is unacceptable ; humanity prevails and they are immediately released
MSC will implement a markup of noli for maritime transport from the Far East to the Mediterranean
Geneva
Increases of 25% and 18% for containers from 20 'and 40' direct in the western Mediterranean and Adriatic
Completed the dual-fuel retrofit of a large container ship in Maersk
Copenhagen
He will be able to navigate methanol. Increased the hold capacity
Environmental authorization of the Region to dredging the quays from 19 to 26 of the port of Ancona
Ancona
The intervention will cost a total of 16.5 million euros.
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
Conference of the CNEL on the Sustainability of Maritime Transport
Rome
It will be held on November 27 in Rome
Intermodal shipments between the port of Trieste and Slovakia are growing
Trieste
In the third quarter the container traffic handled by HHLA dropped by -2%
Hamburg
In Trieste the volumes processed by PLT Italy in the first nine months of 2024 have decreased
In October container traffic in the port of Hong Kong grew by 0.7%
Hong Kong
In the first ten months of 2024, a decline of -5.2%
In the July-September quarter freight traffic in the port of Civitavecchia fell by -11.8%
Cyvitavecchia
The Cruserists increased by 2.7%
Last month the port of Singapore handled 3.5 million containers (+ 8.1%)
Singapore
In the first ten months of 2024, growth was 6.2% percent.
MSC has completed the acquisition of the majority of logistics company MVN
Geneva / Milan
The Milanese business plans to close 2024 percent with a turnover of 100 million euros.
Conference of Assiterminal entitled "Ports in Connection-ESG, IA, CSRD"
Genoa
It will be held on December 5 in Rome
In the summer quarter passenger traffic in the cruise terminals of Global Ports Holding grew by 27.5%
Istanbul
Revenue up 23%
SDC freight forwarder introduced artificial intelligence in the management of customs practices
Venice
Annually the practices followed exceed 15mila units
The sale of the shipping company Santandrea from the Pacorini to Aprile
Trieste
The company was founded in 1989 in Trieste
Port of Gioia Tauro, the memorandum of understanding for security in working environments and port operations
Joy Tauro
Will have a duration of three years
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 of the CNEL on the Sustainability of Maritime Transport
Rome
It will be held on November 27 in Rome
Conference of Assiterminal entitled "Ports in Connection-ESG, IA, CSRD"
Genoa
It will be held on December 5 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
››› File
Paola Piraccini appointed as Legal Technical Collaborator of Spininvest
Genoa
Joined in magistrate in 1981, he is a retired cassation adviser
The meeting in Rome between the representatives of Italian ports and ports in Florida
Rome
Expect a comparison to find common themes on which to set up a benchmarking task
This year the Cruserists in the port of Ancona have grown by 18.9%
Ancona
25.1% increase in transits and drop by -5.1% of landings and embarkation
Changed Risso constitutes a joint venture in Cagliari
Cagliari / Genoa
Partnership at 50% with Fausto Saba and Riccardo Vargiu
Ok to the 2025 forecast budget of the AdSP of the Tyrrhenian Sea Centre North
Cyvitavecchia
It presents a surplus of more than 2.5 million euros
In Palermo, the first sheet of the new ferry for the Sicilian region was cut off.
Trieste / Palermo
The delivery of the ship is scheduled for 2026
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