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May 12, 2006
The Business Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Patrick 1st half profit rises 8.2% on ports growth
    PATRICK Corp, acquired by Toll Holdings Ltd after a battle for dominance of Australia's freight market, said first-half profit rose 8.2 per cent as earnings from ports jumped.
  • Kawasaki Kisen and Mitsui OSK expect profit fall
    MITSUI OSK Lines Ltd and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd, Japan's second- and third-largest shipping firms, yesterday forecast larger than expected profit declines for this business year.
  • Nippon Yusen, Yamato in business, capital tie-up
    NIPPON Yusen KK, Japan's biggest shipping line, and leading parcel delivery group Yamato Holdings Co said on Wednesday that they would form a capital tie as part of a sea, air and land transport alliance.
  • Precious Shipping's Q1 profit falls 51% on fuel, rates
  • Blast, fire hit Philippine oil tanker under repair
Admiralty Casebook
  • No blanket exemption from rules in ship collisions: court
    NOTHING in the International Regulations for the Prevention of Collisions at Sea provides a broad or blanket exemption from the rules for any situation at sea on the basis that it is a special circumstance, a US appeals court ruled on Monday.

The Business Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Patrick 1st half profit rises 8.2% on ports growth
    PATRICK Corp, acquired by Toll Holdings Ltd after a battle for dominance of Australia's freight market, said first-half profit rose 8.2 per cent as earnings from ports jumped.
  • Kawasaki Kisen and Mitsui OSK expect profit fall
    MITSUI OSK Lines Ltd and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd, Japan's second- and third-largest shipping firms, yesterday forecast larger than expected profit declines for this business year.
  • Nippon Yusen, Yamato in business, capital tie-up
    NIPPON Yusen KK, Japan's biggest shipping line, and leading parcel delivery group Yamato Holdings Co said on Wednesday that they would form a capital tie as part of a sea, air and land transport alliance.
  • Precious Shipping's Q1 profit falls 51% on fuel, rates
  • Blast, fire hit Philippine oil tanker under repair
Admiralty Casebook
  • No blanket exemption from rules in ship collisions: court
    NOTHING in the International Regulations for the Prevention of Collisions at Sea provides a broad or blanket exemption from the rules for any situation at sea on the basis that it is a special circumstance, a US appeals court ruled on Monday.

Sched Netweb site
  • China to build 2 new port clusters
  • OnePort 'fiasco' losing HK$20m annually
  • E R Schiffahrt newbuild to be chartered by Cosco
  • Singapore seeks to cement economic ties with EU via FTA
  • FedEx sets up subsidiary in Nanjing
  • China aircraft numbers expected to double by 2011
  • Indian airlines looking to cash in from air cargo business
  • EVA Airways Q1 profit drops

Exim Indiaweb site
  • Allcargo Global Logistics opens own offices in Ahmedabad, Hyderabad & Ludhiana
  • Reliance plans shipping registry in Navi Mumbai SEZ
  • EU urges docked ships to use shore-side power to control pollution
  • India, Korea trade leaps by 50 pc in Jan.-March
  • Int'l symposium on air traffic in Dubai on Sept. 18-19
  • Airbus to redesign A350 aircraft
  • Rlys may ask DSP to supply more of rolling stock needs
  • C. Rly introduces 3-pronged strategy to lure more freight
  • IATA upset with hike in RNFC
  • An area of dispute goes
  • SEZ status for STPs ruled out
  • Manufacturing sector exports show excellent growth, finds Ascon study
  • Kamal Nath to seal biz cooperation deal with Poland
  • Foreign Trade Policy Analysis: Current Trends - By M. Sreedharan
  • Interactive meeting with Angolan Minister at IMC
  • BCHAA helps beef up security in Nhava Sheva

Maritime Global Netweb site
MAY 11, 2006
  • Good diet makes for safer ships, P&I Club says
  • Yangshan to cut port fees
  • Vietnamese yard sets seal on US$1bn deal
  • Farstad Shipping enjoys good first quarter

World Wide Shipperweb site
MAY 11, 2006
  • Port of Vancouver USA Commissioners approve purchase of giant mobile crane
  • Transportation Security Administration pulls plug on Aramex, Inter-Shipping
  • Concessions offerings expanding at Portland International Airport
  • Portland port board Oks Rivergate land sale to OMS
  • Celebrity Cruises cancels Alaska cruise of vessel SUMMIT

Lloyd's Listweb site
  • Debate still rages over coastal state vessel monitoring
    PROPOSALS driven by the US to grant coastal states jurisdiction over monitoring ships that do not call have moved forward at the International Maritime Organization, but the permitted range remains a matter for heated debate.
  • China to build 18 tankers for PDVSA
    VENEZUELAN oil giant PDVSA has signed an agreement with Chinese shipyards to build 18 tankers for $1.3bn.
  • Angelopoulos bulkers bagged by Quintana
    Quintana Maritime has clinched a much-rumoured takeover of Theodore Angelopoulos' dry bulk fleet, with an announcement of the deal expected as early as today, Lloyd's List can confirm.
  • Nuclear row may deter investors in Iran's vital shipbuilding project
    IRAN requires a massive investment in shipping at a time when foreign sources of funds may be deterred by the country's nuclear dispute with the West.
  • IMO urged to act on lessons from Star Princess
    Lessons from the recent fire onboard the Star Princess cruise ship, which left one passenger dead, have been singled out by the UK for immediate global implementation, ahead of the determination of the cause of the fire.

Fairplayweb site
MAY 11, 2006
  • NOL profits down nearly 40%
    SINGAPORE listed liner and logistics giant Neptune Orient Lines has reported a near 40% drop in net profit for 1Q06 as rising fuel costs cut into net income
  • Philippines: typhoon Chanchu awaited
    TYPHOON Chanchu is reported to be approaching the Visayas (central Philippines) from the southeast and will make landfall tomorrow morning
  • Navy aids Karachi yard recovery
    PAKISTAN has abandoned plans to privatise Karachi Shipyard and will instead place it under the defence ministry to help revitalise the country's shipbuilding industry
  • TBS blames fall on Katrina
    TBS International, the bulk-to-breakbulk vessel operator, blamed Hurricane Katrina and a massive rise in the cost of bunkers for a 55% slump in first quarter net profit
  • Iraq unveils refinery plans
    IRAQ has unveiled plans to set up three more oil refineries in a bid to overcome crunching petrol shortages and combating thriving oil smuggling
  • Builders' risks clauses in revision
    LLOYD'S revision of its shipbuilders' risks clauses, prompted by spiralling claims as newbuildings increase in value, is expected by the end of the year
  • Welders killed in bunker vessel blast
  • Double duty for Top's Pistiolis
  • Food for thought
  • Toll assumes control of Patrick Corp
  • Russia responds to export incentive
  • Jamaica: congestion surcharge
  • Lauritzen Cool expands in the Med
  • MISC profit falls from peak levels
  • RCCL pod plague continues

The Journal of Commerceweb site
MAY 11, 2006
  • TSA to unveil port worker ID rules
    The federal agency said it will publish long-awaited proposed rules for the Transportation Workers Identification Credential in next few days.
  • EU offer could end fight over U.S. subsidies
  • Increase for first-quarter intermodal box volume
  • NOL profits off on higher fuel, inland costs
  • MOL gains despite fuel costs
  • "K" Line net improves
  • Zim opens Asia-Gulf service
  • Caribbean ocean carriers raise fuel surcharge
  • FedEx hopeful on pilot deal

Containerisation Internationalweb site
MAY 11, 2006
  • Maersk and COSCO rumoured to be Tianjin's Beigangchi partners
    Masersk Group and COSCO have emerged as the probable partners of IPO candidate Tianjin Port Development Holdings in Beigangchi after signing a port development deal with the Tianjin Government yesterday.
  • Shanghai's Yangshan Port slashes transhipment rates
    Shanghai International Port Group has reduced its transhipment rates by 22% for International/China costal cargo, and by 53% for Yangtze River cargo starting today.
  • Indonesian owners want further port concentration
  • Japanese ocean carriers warn on freight-rates and costs
  • Hyundai Fortune up for sale
  • St Petersburg's PetroLesPort in new client negotiations
  • Rotterdam Port Alderman post passed to de Boer
  • Chiwan throughput up 19% for January-April
  • Yang Ming's FMS to call at Pasir Gudang, Songkhla and Laem Chabang

TradeWindsweb site
MAY 11, 2006
  • More Irish Sea strife
    UK ratings are warning Stena Line over Polish crew on a new Holyhead-Dublin ferry.
  • 'Let's bomb an LNG ship'
    A US politician says one energy major is proposing a rather direct test of the vulnerability of LNG carriers to terrorism.
  • 'Filthy ferry' targeted
    An Egyptian ro-ro owner is the latest shipowner to fall afoul of French prosecutors at Brest.
  • Second registry for India?
    Refinery mogul Mukesh Ambani is trying to put together an Indian second flag based in Mumbai's Special Economic Zone.
  • Bunkers hurt Thoresen
    Thoresen Thai Agencies recovers from a first-quarter slump but second quarter sales and earnings are still down on the year-ago figure.
  • Top profit soars
    Evangelos Pistiolis diversifies into real estate as his tanker venture's profit rises more than 50%.
  • Ray deal worth a billion
    Vietnam's state shipbuilder Vinashin says its newbuilding deal with Ray Car Carriers of Israel is worth $1bn.
  • DryShips at a discount?
    George Economou vehicle accepts possibility of issuing stock at below market price as it unveils piecemeal share sale.
  • NOL leaks fuel costs
    Bunker costs drain Neptune Orient Lines (NOL)'s first-quarter profit in a 'more challenging operating envinronment'.
  • Tanker explodes in Philippines
    Two yard workers hurt after incident on board products carrier.
  • K Line reaches record high
    But Japanese giant aided by one-off impairment charge in previous year, while fuel costs hit operating margin.
  • Daiichi to a tee
    Daiichi Chuo Kisen Kaisha of Japan hits forecasted revenue and income on the button but issues profit warning for next year.
  • Shinwa Naiko upbeat
    Japanese coastal bulker operator's annual profit falls, but forecast better for current year.
  • Farstad flies
    Tonnage availability leaps 10% in the North Sea but fails to dampen results for Norwegian owner.
  • Torm figures above norm
    Torm of Denmark calls first-quarter performance "quite an achievement" as profit from vessel sales missing in the period.
  • Wilson halves profit
    Voyage expenses, finance costs and weaker freight rates all send Norwegian bulker player Wilson's profit south.
  • Oglebay Norton cutting losses
    Great Lakes bulker owner's performance improves in first quarter as it seeks buyer for fleet.
  • Shinwa sinks
    Japanese tanker and bulker owner's annual profit slashed, but predicting better things this year.
  • Good times for Iino
    But how long will it last, as company predicts near-40% decline in profits this year.
  • A baker's dozen
    Australian authorities detained thirteen ships in April for failing port state control inspections.
  • MOL defies bunker costs
    Japanese shipowner posts 15.7% increase in full-year results despite difficult trading environment.
  • TBS profits plummet
    US-listed tweendecker specialist's first quarter spanked by high bunker costs.
  • Rate decline hits Precious
    Thai bulker player sees first quarter net profits more than halve as charter rates drop by 35%.
  • Summit out of action
    Celebrity Cruises cancels seven night Alaskan voyage after ship's starboard thruster suffers defect.
  • It could work...
    Two analysts both give highly provisional nods to potential Quintana-Metrostar deal while waiting for the devil in the details.

American Shipperweb site
MAY 11, 2006
  • APL's profits slip 39% in 1st quarter
  • Japanese carriers report profits
  • Conferences to lift Panama Canal transit fees
  • WITASS to reinstate Jamaican congestion surcharge
  • Cathay's cargo up 3.8% in April
  • BNSF chief says railroads need investment tax credit
  • Avramovich joins KCS from DHL
  • Toll gets control of Patrick
  • DP World waits for second bite at U.S. market

The Scandinavian Shipping Gazetteweb site
MAY 11, 2006
  • North sea lifeboats not up to required standard
    Free-fall lifeboats used on the North Sea oil and gas platforms are not up to required standards. In short ...
  • Polish vessel blamed in the "Vertigo" collision
    The Polish bulk carrier "Ziemia Lodzka" gets most of the blame for the collision with the Jamaican-registered "Vertigo" in ...
  • Seafarers' eating habits a safety risk
    North of England P&I club has come to be one of the first to develop dietary recommendations for seafarers ...

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
MAY 11, 2006
  • Bunker fuel boosts Chile exports
    Increasing price and volumes for first quarter reported.
  • Bominflot strengthens Indian presence with physical position
    Bominflot will be offering physical deliveries in Kandla and Mumbai from May 15, with other ports being considered for development.
  • Bunkers take big bite out of NOL Group's Q1 result
    NOL Group and its container line APL suffer bunker setback, while rates have held up better than expected.
  • K-line: Rising bunker prices shaved $228.5 million from profit
    K-line says net profits up, but operating profit and current profit severely dented by higher fuel costs.
  • Another record result for World Fuel Services
    WFS off to a good 2006 start as Q1 net income doubles from a year earlier.
  • Crude suppresses Rotterdam activity
  • Singapore: Distillate stocks below 5 million barrels
    Onhore stocks of middle distillates lowest on record, residual fuels also down.
  • Philippines: 2 injured in oil tanker explosion
    Two people injured, investigations underway to find out the cause of explosion.
  • Gladstone: Larcom reschedules dry-docking dates
    Gladstone supplier IBS advises that the dry-docking of its bunker barge has been rescheduled to a later date.

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FROM THE HOME PAGE
European Commission meeting to define the strategy for the development of EU ports and maritime industry
Brussels
Call for papers by July 28th
Assarmatori asks for support for Italian seafarers employed on short-haul routes and for the renewal of ferry fleets
Assarmatori asks for support for Italian seafarers employed on short-haul routes and for the renewal of ferry fleets
Rome
Messina: State Aid regime needs to be redesigned for European shipyards
In the first four months of 2025, maritime container traffic between Asia and Europe grew by +4.8%
Tokyo
-6.4% drop in shipments to Asian ports. +9.0% increase in unloading volumes in Europe
The impact on Italy of a possible closure of the maritime route through the Strait of Hormuz would be significant
Rome
The merchant fleet for energy products controlled by the Italian shipping industry interested in these traffics amounts to approximately 80 units.
Cargo traffic in China's seaports grew by +3.7% last month
Cargo traffic in China's seaports grew by +3.7% last month
Beijing
Containers amounted to 26.7 million TEU (+6.1%)
In 2024, 576 containers were lost at sea out of over 250 million transported by ships
Washington
About 200 have fallen from container ships in the Cape of Good Hope region
FMC questions deal exempting World Shipping Council companies from US antitrust rules
Washington
Meanwhile, Sola, appointed by Trump on January 20 to the presidency of the federal agency, is leaving his post today.
The European maritime-port sector nitpicks the reform of the Community customs rules
Brussels
Note from CLECAT, ECASBA, European Shipowners, ESPO, Feport and WSC
EU Council agrees on reform of the Union Customs Code
Brussels
CLECAT is concerned about the persistence of the concept of "Single Liable Person" in the text
In the first three months of 2025, freight traffic in the port of Civitavecchia grew by +2.4%
Civitavecchia
Increase of +9.9% in Gaeta and decrease of -17.1% in Fiumicino
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Accelleron consolida le partnership con Somas e Geislinger per sostenere l'efficienza e la sostenibilità del settore marittimo
Japanese shipbuilding company Imabari Shipbuilding acquires control of fellow Japanese JMU
Imabari/Tokyo
Ownership share increased from 30% to 60%
WTO: New tariffs have given a boost to trade that is unlikely to last
Geneva
Recovery driven by importers who brought forward purchases in view of expected tariff increases
Terminal Investments Limited of the MSC Group acquires 50% of the capital of Barcelona Europe South Terminal
Barcelona
The transaction was authorized by the Port Authority of Barcelona
There are no implementing decrees for the SalvaMare law and Italian citizens are paying for the management of fished waste that is not carried out
Rome
The Marevivo Foundation and the Federation of the Sea report it
In five and a half years, 1,244 tons of drugs have been seized in EU ports
In five and a half years, 1,244 tons of drugs have been seized in EU ports
Lisbon
The largest quantities pass through ports in Belgium, Spain, Holland, Italy and Germany
The International Convention on Ship Recycling will enter into force tomorrow
Copenhagen
BIMCO urges EU to include Indian shipyards in EU list of ship recycling facilities
Assologistica presents the "Cruscotto" project to ensure transparency and legality in the logistics sector
Milan
Ruggerone: it is an infrastructure of trust between clients and operators
Federagenti, cruises cannot and must not become the target of an indiscriminate hate campaign
Federagenti, cruises cannot and must not become the target of an indiscriminate hate campaign
Rome
A "Pact for the Sea" proposed with solutions to tackle overtourism for which passenger ships are not to blame
New step forward for the construction of the underground freight transport system in Switzerland
New step forward for the construction of the underground freight transport system in Switzerland
Bern
Cargo sous terrain plans to build a 500-kilometer system by mid-century
Carnival posts record earnings for March-May period
Carnival posts record earnings for March-May period
Miami
The number of cruise passengers embarked also peaked this quarter
Federlogistica, it is reckless to activate railway construction sites without a concerted plan
Genoa
Falteri: Isolating the port of Genoa from the railway network for three weeks means putting the whole of Northern Italy in difficulty
Multipurpose terminals privatized in eight Saudi ports
Multipurpose terminals privatized in eight Saudi ports
Riyadh
Four will be operated by Saudi Global Ports and four by Red Sea Gateway Terminal
Public debate launched on the project for Pier VIII in the port of Trieste
Public debate launched on the project for Pier VIII in the port of Trieste
Trieste
A total investment of 315.8 million euros is expected
South Korea's HD Hyundai partners with US Edison Chouest Offshore to build containerships in US
South Korea's HD Hyundai partners with US Edison Chouest Offshore to build containerships in US
Seoul
The possibility of building other types of ships and constructing port cranes is foreseen
Rixi: with the Omnibus decree, Phase B of the new Genoa breakwater is guaranteed
Rome
Expenditure of 50 million euros authorised for 2026 and 92.8 million for 2027
Israel-Iran conflict prompts Maersk to suspend calls at Haifa port
Copenhagen
Those at the port of Ashdod will continue instead.
Northern European Nations Commitment to Counter Russian Shadow Fleet
Warsaw
If the vessels do not fly a valid flag in the Baltic Sea and the North Sea - they specify - we will take appropriate measures in compliance with international law.
Freight traffic in French ports stable in the first quarter of 2025
Freight traffic in French ports stable in the first quarter of 2025
The Defense
Containers and liquid bulk on the rise. Increase in unloading loads and decrease in loading loads
Cognolato (Assiterminal): Today more than ever we need a coherent port policy
Rome
All the critical issues highlighted in recent years still remain open - he highlighted.
Alessandro Pitto confirmed as president of Fedespedi
Milan
The Board of Directors, the Board of Arbiters and the Board of Auditors have been renewed
A protest action by Greek seafarers is heated, with the PENEN and PNO unions launching very serious accusations, including mutual ones
Piraeus
The strike, declared illegal by the courts, blocks some ships of the Attica group in the port of Patras
Saipem awarded contract for a phosphate mining project in Algeria that includes the upgrading of the port of Annaba
Milan
The construction of railway lines is also planned
Suez Canal celebrates return of large-capacity containership transits
Suez Canal celebrates return of large-capacity containership transits
Ismailia
Today it was crossed by the vessel "CMA CGM Osiris" which can carry 15,536 teu
IMO, ILO, ICS and ITF urge protection of seafarers' rights against unjust criminalisation
London
The "Guidelines on the Fair Treatment of Seafarers Detained in Relation to Alleged Offences" were adopted in April
Trump's new tariffs also hit container traffic at the Port of Long Beach
Long Beach
In the first five months of 2025, an increase of +17.2% was recorded
Transfer of the port of Carrara from the Ligurian to the Tuscan AdSP not without a discussion with the operators
Milan
Dario Perioli, FHP, Grendi and Tarros ask for it
Up to $768 billion in investments needed to adapt world ports to rising sea levels
New York
Port of Los Angeles Feels Impact of New Tariffs on Container Traffic
Los Angeles
A decrease of -4.8% was recorded in May
Assagenti proposes a task force to solve port, logistics and industrial problems
Genoa
A "problem solver" consultative body composed, in addition to the categories of the maritime cluster, of the manufacturing industries of the North-West quadrant
Cargo traffic at the port of Singapore fell by -4.6% in May
Singapore
New crane overturned for delivery in new Tuas port area
In the first quarter of 2025, freight traffic on the Swiss rail network fell by -6.4%
Neuchatel
Service performance at 2.35 billion tonne-km, down -8.2%
ANGOPI fears that new measures to ensure maritime continuity will penalise mooring services
ANGOPI fears that new measures to ensure maritime continuity will penalise mooring services
Ischia
Power: it is necessary to remove them from a perverse mechanism
Dutch HES International to operate bulk terminal in Marseille-Fos port
Marseille
The concession contract will have a minimum duration of 30 years
Ibiza government opposes Trasmed's overnight stay on board ferry program
Ibiza/Valencia
It is considered a "clandestine hotel", while the company defines it as a cruise service
Bruno Pisano appointed extraordinary commissioner of the AdSP of the Eastern Ligurian Sea
Rome
He will take up his post next Monday
Federlogistica proposes a comparison between operators on the congestion fee while waiting for a solution from the government
Genoa
In the first five months of 2025, container traffic in the port of Gioia Tauro grew by +10.3%
Joy Taurus
1,813,071 TEUs were handled
Trasportounito, truck waiting times in ports must be paid
Genoa
Tagnochetti: The Port Fee aims to redistribute the costs of all disruptions more equitably
Commissioners of the AdSPs of the Northern Tyrrhenian, Ionian and Western Liguria appointed
Rome/Genoa
Trade unions concerned about the future of Genoa Port Terminal workers
Political instability and green transition are the main problems that shipping faces
London
This is highlighted in the "ICS Maritime Barometer Report 2024-2025"
The new container terminal of the port of Termini Imerese presented
Palermo
Transfer of traffic handled by Portitalia to the port of Palermo
GCMD survey confirms shipping's commitment to decarbonisation
Singapore
Ports concerned about lack of certainty about demand from shipping companies
The EU Commission has re-identified Port Said East and Tanger Med as neighbouring container transhipment ports
Brussels
Road haulage extends congestion fee application to Livorno port
Livorno/Rome/Milan/Genoa
Fedespedi, they do not solve the problems, but have the only effect of increasing costs
The new Border Control Post has been inaugurated in the port of Livorno
Leghorn
The structure cost 15 million euros
The transfer of 80% of Louis-Dreyfus Armateurs' capital to InfraVia has been implemented
Suresnes/Paris
The Louis-Dreyfus family retains the remaining 20%
Port of Genoa, green light for extension of concession to Spinelli until September 30
Genoa
Ok also to the extension to the Campostano group
The National Maritime Fund has started the recognition of scholarships
Genoa
They are granted for basic training and security familiarization courses.
RFI and MIT sign the update to the program contract for approximately 2.1 billion
Rome
Around 500 million euros expected for the management of the railway network
San Giorgio del Porto delivers a vessel for the bunkering of liquefied natural gas
Genoa
It was built for Genova Trasporti Marittimi
Pisano (AdSP Liguria Orientale): the ports of La Spezia and Carrara have integrated almost perfectly
La Spezia/Bari
Extraordinary Commissioner of the Southern Adriatic Sea Port Authority appointed
Raffaele Latrofa appointed president of the AdSP of the Central-Northern Tyrrhenian Sea
Rome
He is the deputy mayor of Pisa
India's Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Acquires Control of Sri Lanka's Colombo Dockyard
Mumbai
Investment of approximately 53 million dollars
The Commissioner of the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority has been granted the powers and prerogatives of the Management Committee
Genoa
The measure pending the restoration of the ordinary top management bodies
The Three-Year Operational Plan 2025-2027 of the Central Adriatic Port Authority has been approved
Ancona
Favorable opinion of the Sea Resource Partnership Body
The public meeting of the International Containers Studies Center will be held in Genoa on July 2nd
Genoa
It will deal with the physical transformations of the container and the digitalization of processes
Andrea Ormesani is the new president of Assosped Venezia
Venice
The board of directors has been renewed. Paolo Salvaro remains general secretary
Witte (ISU): In 2024, the ship salvage sector stabilized from the low of two years ago
London
Finnish Elomatic to Install Tunnel Thrusters on 11 Carnival Cruise Ships
Turku
The works will begin next autumn and will end in 2028
The Assarmatori assembly will be held in Rome on July 1st
Rome
"Mediterranean against the current" the theme of the meeting
Fincantieri has delivered the new cruise ship Viking Vesta to the American Viking
Trieste/Los Angeles
It was built in the Ancona shipyard
The Genoa Coast Guard has placed the container ship PL Germany under administrative detention
Genoa
Italian Navy orders two new Multipurpose Combat Ships from Fincantieri
Trieste
The order to the shipbuilding company is worth 700 million euros
MSC Group to manage cruise services in the ports of Bari and Brindisi
Bari
Ten-year concession with possibility of extension
German Kombiverkehr Returns to Profit in 2024
Frankfurt am Main
The level of revenues remained unchanged at 434.6 million euros.
Deltamarin to design the six new ro-pax vessels ordered by Grimaldi for the Mediterranean routes
Turku
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The practice of subcontracting in European logistics is creating a parallel labour market where rights are not enforced
Brussels
"Sorry, We Subcontracted You" Report Presented
Tomorrow Grendi will launch the group's fourth ship on routes to and from Sardinia
Milan
"Grendi Star", with a load capacity of 2,800 linear meters, will connect Marina di Carrara and Cagliari
FREMM frigates operational support contract signed between Orizzonte Sistemi Navali and OCCAR
Taranto
The agreement has a total value of approximately 764 million euros
Call to reform the entire driver training system in the transport sector
Rome
Seven proposals presented
In the port of Gioia Tauro, the Guardia di Finanza soldiers seized 228 kilos of cocaine
Reggio Calabria
Two dockers arrested
Port of Livorno, new observatory to find solutions to the problem of port congestion
Leghorn
Marilli: We will seek solutions to reach the possible revocation of the port fee
Lockton PL Ferrari closed the last fiscal year with gross revenues of 34 million dollars
Genoa
Insurance premium volume rose to 350 million
Polish Trans Polonia Group acquires Dutch Nijman/Zeetank Holding
Tczew
It specializes in the transportation and logistics of liquid and gaseous products
d'Amico Tankers Sells Two 2011-Built Tankers for $36.2 Million
Luxembourg
They will be delivered to buyers by the end of July and on December 21st.
The Italian Merchant Marine Academy plans 13 new free courses
Genoa
Over 300 positions available
A delegation of Wista Italy visits the ports of Catania and Augusta
Catania/August
The association is made up of women who hold positions of responsibility in the maritime, logistics and trade sectors.
In the first five months of 2025, the port of Algeciras handled 1.9 million containers (-6.3%)
Algeciras
Empty containers decreased by -5.5% and full ones by -6.4%
Reway Group enters the port railway infrastructure maintenance sector
Licciana Nardi
Two contracts awarded by the AdSP of the Eastern Ligurian Sea
Delcomar and Ensamar take over maritime services with the smaller Sardinian islands
Cagliari
The tender for the six-year concession of the connections has been awarded
Port of Trieste, the newly appointed Gurrieri torpedoes the newly appointed Torbianelli
Trieste
Russo (Pd): it's a squalid power game
Singapore's SeaLead expands its maritime shipping offering to connect Turkey and Italy
Singapore
Route connected to services transiting the Suez Canal
The US Container Security Initiative program has been extended to Morocco
Rabat
Amrani: Let's consolidate Tanger Med's role as a safe and world-class maritime hub
Very positive first quarter for Greek Euroseas
Athens
Pittas: the positive momentum continued in the second quarter
Assonat and SACE present a plan for Italian tourist ports
Rome
Kuehne+Nagel has opened a new branch in Naples
Milan
The aim is to support the operational growth of the group in Southern Italy
RINA has acquired the entire capital of Finnish Foreship
Helsinki
The Helsinki-based company specializes in consulting in the field of marine and mechanical engineering.
Container traffic down at Barcelona and Valencia ports in May
Barcelona/Valencia
Resumption of containers in transit at the Catalan port
Annual cargo traffic in Greek ports stable in 2024
Piraeus
Domestic volumes are growing, while foreign trade is decreasing
Perplexity of freight forwarders, customs agents and maritime agents of La Spezia at the transfer of the port of Carrara to the Tuscan AdSP
The Spice
Timidly, they "hope for consideration for the progress made so far"
Francesco Mastro appointed extraordinary commissioner of the Southern Adriatic Sea Port Authority
Rome
He will take up office on June 30th.
John Denholm to be new president of the International Chamber of Shipping
Athens
He will take over from Emanuele Grimaldi in a year
Extraordinary commissioners of the two Ligurian Port System Authorities have been installed
Genoa/La Spezia
Matteo Paroli and Bruno Pisano at the helm of the institutions
Container traffic at Hong Kong port drops sharply in May
Hong Kong
1.05 million TEUs were handled (-12.7%)
Assogasliquidi-Federchimica shows the way to accelerate the decarbonization of road and maritime transport
Rome
Amadei: Our sector is ready and the time has come for courageous industrial choices
Eagle S tanker command blamed for cutting submarine cables in Gulf of Finland
Advantages
The accident was caused by the ship's anchor
Online platform to report critical issues that put transport workers at risk
Genoa
It was prepared by Fit Cisl Liguria
GNV to create a direct summer connection between Civitavecchia and Tunis
Genoa
It will run alongside the historic route via Palermo
The unification of Grimaldi's concessions in the port of Barcelona has been completed
Madrid/Barcelona
The contract expires on September 20, 2035.
In the first five months of 2025, cargo traffic in Russian ports fell by -4.9%
St. Petersburg
A decrease of approximately -12% was recorded in May
Raben Logistics Group Creates Subsidiary in Türkiye
Milan
It will have 20 employees and a 2,000 square meter cross-dock warehouse
Alberto Dellepiane confirmed as president of Assorimorchiatori
Rome
The composition of the entire association leadership remains unchanged
Agreement between Fincantieri and Indonesian PMM to develop solutions to face new unconventional underwater challenges
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
The Assarmatori assembly will be held in Rome on July 1st
Rome
"Mediterranean against the current" the theme of the meeting
The public meeting of the International Containers Studies Center will be held in Genoa on July 2nd
Genoa
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
US has its eye on Greek ports
(Kathimerini)
Proposed 30% increase for port tariffs to be in phases, says Loke
(Free Malaysia Today)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Intervento del presidente Tomaso Cognolato
Roma, 19 giugno 2025
››› File
Structural adaptation works on dock 23 of the port of Ancona awarded
Ancona
Intervention worth over 11.8 million euros
Conference on the role of LNG and bioLNG for the decarbonisation of transport and industry
Rome
The Federchimica-Assogasliquidi event will take place on Monday in Rome
Dutch Bolidt increases presence in cruise ship sector with acquisition of American Boteka
Hendrik Ido Ambacht
Contship Italia has acquired the Genoese customs services company STS
Melzo
The Ligurian company was founded in 1985
Francesco Benevolo has been appointed extraordinary commissioner of the AdSP of the Central-Northern Adriatic Sea
Rome
He is the operations director of RAM - Logistics, Infrastructure and Transport
Montaresi resigns as commissioner of the Eastern Ligurian Port Authority
The Spice
In the eight months of administration - he underlines - we have not lost even a second
Gurrieri has been appointed extraordinary commissioner of the AdSP of the Eastern Adriatic Sea
Trieste
Pending the completion of the formal process for the designation of the president
The commissioners of the AdSP of Western Liguria have handed over their mandate to Minister Salvini
Genoa
The decision is part of the process of designation and nomination of the new leaders
Confetra criticizes the provisions of the decree-law Infrastructure for road transport
Rome
The Confederation urges the blocking of the process of appointing the presidents of the port authorities
Taiwanese Evergreen, Yang Ming and WHL saw revenue decline in May
Keelung/Taipei
The decline is accentuated for the two main companies
South Korea's KSOE wins order to build eight 15,900 TEU containerships
Seongnam
The unit value of each vessel is approximately $221 million.
First port terminal for car traffic of Greek Neptune Lines
Piraeus
It will be inaugurated next year in the French port of Port-La Nouvelle
The assembly of the association of Genoese maritime agents and brokers will be held on June 16th
Genoa
Round Table on Genoa, the hub of the North West and the Mediterranean
BN di Navigazione Board of Directors Renewed
Genoa
BluNavy aims to reach one million passengers by 2025
Viking Line designs world's largest all-electric ro-pax vessel
Viking Line designs world's largest all-electric ro-pax vessel
Åland
Record Monthly Container Traffic at Turkish Ports
Ankara
In May, almost 1.4 million TEUs were handled (+17.6%)
Sergio Landolfi has been elected president of the Customs Association of the Port of La Spezia
The Spice
The board of directors has been renewed
The ferry industry elite will attend the Interferry conference in Salerno in October
Victoria
Event titled "Connections"
Uniport launches an initiative to support ALS research
Rome
Fundraising for the NeMO Clinical Center Serena Foundation Onlus
The Propeller Club of Genoa has analyzed risks and opportunities of using AI in the maritime and insurance sectors
Genoa
The importance of training in the use of technology was highlighted
Chantiers de l'Atlantique delivers luxury cruising yacht Luminara to The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection
Saint Nazaire
The ship will debut in Alaska
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