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November 13, 2006
The Business Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Hanjin Shipping's Q3 profit plunges 82% on fuel costs
    HANJIN Shipping Co, South Korea's largest shipping line by revenue, reported an 82 per cent drop in third-quarter profit on higher fuel costs and lower rates it charged to move cargo.

Sched Netweb site
  • "K" Line's first half income falls to US$174 million
  • HMM profit margin slides in the third quarter
  • Hapag Lloyd, CP Ships post US$32m quarterly loss
  • UPS net profit up in Q2

Exim Indiaweb site
  • Recyclers fault new ship-breaking policy
  • India, Italy to strengthen commercial ties
  • Lanka agrees to vanaspati export limit
  • Vanaspati units want CPO import duty slashed
  • Anti-dumping duty sought on Chinese steel & alloy wheel imports
  • Mundra Port & SEZ Ltd identifies areas for cooperation with Port Authority of Antwerp
  • Cutting-edge, state-of-art Bharti Airtel technology for Mundra Port & SEZ
  • Baalu lists steps to modernise Chennai Port
  • L&T, Gammon India in fray for MbPT's box terminal project
  • Le Havre to have 2 permanent delegates at Haldia
  • Vallarpadam ICTT gets the 'green' signal
  • KPT geared to clear imported wheat, fertiliser cargo by month-end
  • Now, Reliance on air cargo logistics
  • CONCOR enters into pact with Seaways Group to provide end-to-end logistics from Punjab to Bangladesh
  • Cabinet puts off decision on easing sugar export ban
  • Fieo frets over frequent Exim Policy amendments

International Transport Journalweb site
NOVEMBER 10, 2006
  • Emirates Skycargo welcomes new members to management team
  • New Sina service takes to the water in November
  • AirBridge Cargo received air operators certificate
  • Germany to extend trunk road network
  • DPWN reports good results in Q3 2006

Maritime Global Netweb site
NOVEMBER 10, 2006
  • Mitropoulos sails on
  • Nordic American makes ten
  • Revenue up at Camillo Eitzen
  • Golar LNG buys into Livorno Project

World Wide Shipperweb site
NOVEMBER 10, 2006
  • Union Pacific Railroad calling for new employees
  • Month of October sees gains for U.S. rail freight traffic
  • Coast Guard football team heading to first championship
  • IMO Secretary General nets new four year term
  • Admiral of the Ocean Sea honors presented to Richardson, Veitch

Lloyd's Listweb site
  • BV begins takeover talks with German rival GL
    FRENCH classification society Bureau Veritas has made a takeover offer to the shareholders of its German rival Germanischer Lloyd.
  • Bureau Veritas confirms suspicions but German shareholders will need convincing
    BUREAU Veritas issued a terse one-line statement at the weekend admitting that it is seeking to acquire its German rival, writes David Osler.

Fairplayweb site
NOVEMBER 10, 2006
  • Germany launches new ship finance company
    German KG house König & Cie has launched a new ship finance company on the Hamburg stock exchange, in an effort to open up the market for institutional investors
  • Piraeus downs tools
    PORT workers in Piraeus and Thessaloniki will not work over the weekend in protest against management change and foreign investment
  • Bank keeps Polemis suit at bay
    THE JP Morgan Chase Bank has won another small victory in the run-up to the Polemis shipping group's multi-million pound action against it
  • Crewmen in hospital after boiler explosion
    A SEAFARER remains in hospital for treatment of burns suffered in a boiler explosion on board the veteran Great Lakes carrier the Kaye E Barker last weekend
  • Not so Smart move in Santos
    A GREEK-owned bulk carrier and its master and crew have been detained in the Brazilian port of Santos after the departing vessel left a 2km oil slick behind it
  • Greece prepares to bring owners home
    GREEK shipping minister Manolis Kefaloyannis is about to announce measures to make the country's flag more attractive for domestic owners
  • STCW needs to close loopholes
  • Seafarer killed in engine room fire
  • Aus Customs goes underwater
  • Out-of-service hit lingers for Aries
  • Star rights issue targets $200M
  • HMM suffers marginal loss

The Journal of Commerceweb site
NOVEMBER 10, 2006
  • MSC opts out of Seattle
    Market conditions force the world's second-largest ship operator to reconsider PNW service.
  • Hanjin profit plummets
  • U.S., Russia reach WTO pact
  • Company tests container tracking by satellite
  • Asian nations sign rail deal
  • Busan plans $9 billion upgrade
  • Pasha Automotive wins Mazda pact
  • Alliance proposes improvements to border trade
  • India says it has no plans to privatize SCI
  • Cargolux expands S. Africa service
  • Seaspan gets first of four Maersk ships

Containerisation Internationalweb site
NOVEMBER 10, 2006
  • Container lines facing Panama Canal delays due to maintenance
    Containerships without a reservation to transit the Panama Canal are facing severe delays in the next two weeks due to maintenance works that will cut capacity by 20%.
  • Regulatory interventions target Indian container sector costs
    India's Ministry of Commerce and Tariff Authority for Major Ports are targeting transport costs, in a bid to help exporters be competitive in the face of Chinese competition.
  • CSCL's Q3 revenues rise 9% while volumes grow 19%
  • SEAS partners threaten to leave Paranagua
  • Hanjin sees 82% slump in Q3 profits
  • Deutsche Bahn flotation seems poised to go, after Cabinet compromise
  • China attracts private sector into US$2bn container rail terminal project
  • Peel's UK/Irish and Continental networks to integrate under BGF
  • Riga Central Terminal considers competitive move into containers
  • Vancouver beats US rivals for boxes

TradeWindsweb site
NOVEMBER 10, 2006
  • German giants launch fund
    Tobias Konig and HSH bank team up to create country's first public shipping fund, backed by $190m equity.
  • Restis takes CMB capesize
    Belgian owner set to book $50m profit on sale of 1997-built unit Mineral Poterne to Restis of Greece
  • Eletson pleased with price
    Greek owner nets relatively firm $37m from Chilean owner for 1994-built tanker.
  • Still overpriced
    Morgan Stanley revises TUI estimates and says even with recent corrections stock is too high.
  • Tallink in boozy party row
    Estonian ferry owner's board under fire after "improprieties" that may have occurred on Silja Symphony.
  • One dead in Red Sea blaze
    Engine on Jordanian container ship overheats and bursts into flames killing one and leaving three seriously injured.
  • APL goes it alone
    Singapore-owned box line forms own Estonian agency to capitalise on Baltic growth.
  • Ceres still active in LNG
    Greek owner reveals that it has a part ownership in an LNG newbuilding and has four new ships under technical management.
  • U-Ming prepares for expansion push
    Taiwanese bulker owner has cash to splash on new vessels and acquisitions.
  • Bourbon banks more
    French owner's offshore ships bringing in more revenue, but smaller bulker fleet contributes less.
  • Meiji muted
    Mood subdued at Japan's Meiji Shipping as first-half profit slump dampens expectations for the full year.
  • Hanjin swap shop
    Containership owner and Korea Line take reciprocate stakes amid rumours of bulk expansion.
  • Taiheiyo to bounce back
    Better second half expected for Japanese tanker and bulker owner after profit droops in first six months.
  • Expansion at a price
    Camillo Eitzen posts loss for third quarter after Fouquet Sacop acquisition drives up costs.
  • STX grabs Liquimar brace
    Greek tanker owner signs for two aframaxes at Korea's STX Shipbuilding in deal worth $138m.
  • Apeejay sells panamax
    Sale of 1990-built vessel by India's Apeejay Lines for $25.5m highlights hike in craned bulker prices since summer.
  • Daiichi doing well
    Japanese bulker and tanker owner's profit on the up in first half, as it raises full-year profit forecast.
  • Golar buys into Livorno LNG
    Company will sell one ship to Italian terminal project for conversion, see other vessels used and bag capacity rights.
  • Hanjin down two-thirds
    Korean boxship owner endures big profit drop in first nine months.
  • Kyoei keeps on track
    Japanese VLCC owner continues to build profit in the first six months of financial year.
  • Inui looks up
    Booming second quarter sees full-year expectations go through the roof at Japanese handysize owner Inui Steamship.

American Shipperweb site
NOVEMBER 10, 2006
  • Maersk container ships biggest and fastest?
  • Korean lines struggling
  • APL establishes own agency in Estonia
  • NYK, VOSA get approval for Vietnam joint venture
  • Five MarAd Reserve Fleet ships head for the scrap yard
  • MSC (UK) promotes Everitt
  • Deutsche Post's 3rd quarter profit up 30%
  • ABX Air earnings down 11% after DHL cutbacks
  • Airbus drags EADS into the red
  • Cargolux to add fourth weekly Johannesburg flight
  • DHL plans Korean improvements
  • Mullen takes over international affairs at CBP
  • Fountain named CEO of Barthco
  • CSI expansion nears its limit
  • French CMA CGM Group interested in P&O Ports North America
  • Chassis pool established in Southeast

The Scandinavian Shipping Gazetteweb site
NOVEMBER 10, 2006
  • Stena expects to make great profits
    The Stena Group is making good times, this year Stena expects to make profits of SEK 5.5 billion (approx. EUR ...
  • Commissioner Barrot enslists MEP support
    In order to get the controversial Erika-3 maritime safety packages passed into law next year the EU transport commissioner ...

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FROM THE HOME PAGE
A novembre il traffico delle merci nei porti marittimi cinesi è aumentato del +3,2%
Pechino
Le merci con l'estero hanno registrato un rialzo del +6,1%. I container sono cresciuti del +4,9%
Accordo TIL (gruppo MSC) - JNPA per la realizzazione del porto di Vadhvan
Uran
Il nuovo scalo è situato sulla costa occidentale dell'India
Shanghai è il primo porto mondiale a movimentare oltre 50 milioni di container in un anno
Shanghai
SIPG evidenzia il forte incremento di produttività realizzato introducendo una spinta automazione nell'area di Yangshan
Oggi entrano in vigore otto emendamenti alla Convenzione internazionale del Lavoro Marittimo
Ginevra
Yang Ming acquisirà sino a 13 nuove portacontainer da 8.000-15.000 teu
Keelung
Sostituiranno navi da 5.500-6.500 teu dell'età di oltre vent'anni
Carnival registra performance record per il trimestre settembre-novembre
Miami
Nel periodo i ricavi sono aumentati del +10,0%
Uniport apprezza che la riforma portuale avvenga attraverso una legge delega e confida (!) nella volontà del governo di aprire un confronto con gli operatori
Roma
Søren Toft (MSC) è il nuovo presidente del World Shipping Council
Washington
Vice presidente è Randy Chen della Wan Hai Lines
Presentato lo “SHIPS for America Act”, disegno di legge bipartisan per rafforzare l'industria statunitense dello shipping
Washington
Tra le proposte, trasportare sino al 10% delle importazioni dalla Cina su navi di bandiera statunitense, con equipaggio americano e costruite negli USA
Istituita a Gioia Tauro l'impresa portuale per la fornitura di lavoro temporaneo
Gioia Tauro
Ai 50 lavoratori attualmente iscritti nelle liste dell'Agenzia portuale se ne aggiungeranno altri 70
Navantia firma l'accordo per acquisire tutti e quattro i cantieri navali della Harland & Wolff
Londra/Madrid
Impegno alla salvaguardia dei mille posti di lavoro, garantendo la tutela dei diritti e delle condizioni di lavoro
Nel terzo trimestre il traffico delle merci nei porti francesi è diminuito del -7,3%
Parigi
Robusta crescita dei container (+14,0%). Calo delle altre tipologie di carichi
Thomas Kazakos sarà il prossimo segretario generale dell'International Chamber of Shipping
Londra
Subentrerà a giugno a Guy Platten
A tre anni dalla cerimonia inaugurale vengono avviati i lavori di costruzione del nuovo porto senegalese di Ndayane
Dubai
Investimento di 1,2 miliardi di dollari
Fatal accident in the port of Genoa
Genoa
A 52-year-old Culmv worker dies and a colleague is injured. A 24-hour strike has been called
In the second quarter of this year, cargo traffic in Greek ports increased by +1.4%
Container Traffic Growth at Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach in November
Los Angeles/Long Beach
Increases of +15.9% and +20.9% respectively were recorded
Lineas and Hupac collaborate on intermodal connections between Belgium and Italy
Brussels
The Belgian company will provide rail traction, while the Swiss one will take care of intermodal services
Report highlights progress made in reducing emissions in Tuscan ports
Leghorn
Emissions produced by maritime traffic account for 88.1% of the total
Assologistica, the application of the Reverse Charge for VAT purposes in the logistics sector is good
Milan
The association expressed appreciation for the government's intention to seek EU authorization
An EU Commission study analyses the environmental challenges faced by European ports
Brussels
Particular attention to supporting initiatives for the sustainability of small and medium-sized ports
Busan Port Set to End 2024 with Record Container Traffic of 24.3 Million TEU (+5.0%)
HMM to return to transatlantic routes
Seoul
New Northern Europe-West Coast USA service. Also inaugurated is an India-Northern Europe line
CMA CGM to use the port of Santa Cruz de Tenerife as a transhipment hub
Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Agreement with Terminal de Contenedores de Tenerife
Port of La Spezia, cruise ships will be able to operate at Molo Garibaldi despite the works
The Spice
EUNAVFOR Atalanta naval mission mandate extended until 28 February 2027
Brussels
Synergies with the Aspides maritime operation will be strengthened
A consortium led by CMA CGM will operate the container terminal at the river port of Lyon
CLECAT calls for new transport emissions regulation not to include entire life cycle of vehicles
Brussels
The IRU is instead in favour of the "well-to-wheel" approach
UNCTAD: Mediterranean ports' connection to global containerized shipping network declines
Geneva
General decrease in connections in Italian ports with the exception of La Spezia and Trieste
CMA CGM and AD Ports inaugurate container terminal at Khalifa Port
Abu Dhabi
The first phase has a traffic capacity of 1.8 million TEUs
Castor Maritime Acquires Control of MPC Capital
Limassol/Hamburg
Investment worth 182.8 million euros
The first cabin of the cold ironing system is ready at Molo Garibaldi in the port of La Spezia
The Spice
La statunitense FTV Capital presenta un'offerta per acquisire la Windward
Londra
L'azienda londinese sviluppa soluzioni tecnologiche per lo shipping
L'americana Halliburton compra la norvegese Optime Subsea
Notodden
L'azienda europea sviluppa tecnologie per le operazioni subacquee
Grimaldi ha preso in consegna la ro-ro multipurpose Great Cotonou
Napoli
Il prossimo mese sarà immessa in un nuovo servizio del gruppo tra Cina e Nigeria
Federagenti ha nominato 24 “ambasciatori”
Roma
Sono protagonisti da oltre 60 anni nella professione di agente marittimo
Porti della Spezia e Marina di Carrara, stanziati oltre cinque milioni per la transizione green
La Spezia
Fondi per l'acquisto di mezzi elettrici o a idrogeno
A novembre il traffico delle merci nei porti di Genova e Savona-Vado è cresciuto del +4,3%
Genova
Nei primi undici mesi del 2024 registrato un aumento del +1,1%
Nei primi 11 mesi del 2024 il traffico nel porto di Trieste è cresciuto del +6,4% grazie agli oli minerali
Trieste
Nello scalo portuale di Monfalcone registrata una flessione del -8,2%
Sequestrati nel porto di Genova oltre due quintali e mezzo di cocaina
Genova
La droga era all'interno di un contenitore frigo proveniente dall'Ecuador
Manca (Regione Sardegna): disattese le promesse di stanziamento di risorse per l'agenzia Kalport
Cagliari
Chiesto un incontro urgente alla ministra del Lavoro
Rincari degli importi degli diritti portuali nei porti di Bari e Brindisi
Bari
Leone: ci siamo impegnati per adottare misure che non impattassero su traffico e utenza
Sequestrato un ingente quantitativo di cocaina nel porto di Olbia
Sassari
Scoperti 39 chili di stupefacenti occultati in un minivan
Da gennaio Hupac intensificherà i collegamenti intermodali fra Belgio e Italia
Chiasso
Aumenterà anche la frequenza del treno shuttle fra Busto Arsizio e Padova
Porto di Ancona, rilascio della concessione provvisoria allo stabilimento della Fincantieri
Ancona
La nuova concessione avrà una durata di 40 anni
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
A novembre il traffico delle merci nel porto di Barcellona è calato del -3,7%
Barcellona
In crescita la movimentazione di container (+6,3%), ma non il peso dei carichi containerizzati (-6,9%)
Saipem si è aggiudicata un nuovo contratto offshore da Shell in Nigeria
Milano
Per l'azienda italiana ha un valore di circa 900 milioni di dollari
Rixi illustra per sommi capi la riforma portuale
Roma
Creazione di una società a controllo pubblico per gestire gli investimenti e rappresentare il sistema portuale italiano
Accordo tra RFI e RSE per lo studio di un sistema di trasporto merci a levitazione magnetica
Milano
Sicurezza marittima, firmato al MIT un accordo per semplificare le procedure di verifica
Roma
Attività ispettive e di certificazione potranno essere svolte da organismi appositamente accreditati
Nei primi undici mesi del 2024 il traffico delle merci nei porti russi è diminuito del -2,0%
San Pietroburgo
In calo sia le merci secche (-2,1%) che le rinfuse liquide (-2,0%)
Log In acquires 19,600 square meters of space at Interporto Toscano Amerigo Vespucci
Kansas City
It is the fourth acquisition in Italy of the Theoreim group company
Prysmian wins two EPCI contracts from French RTE, potentially worth €700 million
Milan
The laying of approximately 640 kilometers of land and underwater cables is planned
Testing of an autonomous port tractor in the port of Wilhelmshaven
Wilhelmshaven
It will be launched next year by Eurogate, MAFI, ICT Group and Embotech
Intesa Fincantieri - Sparkle for the protection and surveillance of submarine cables
Trieste
The two companies will analyze the requirements to improve the security of the infrastructure
Barcelona terminal operator BEST has ordered two new super post-Panamax quay cranes
Barcelona/The Hague
APM Terminals announces completion of work to increase capacity at MedPort Tangier terminal
Wärstilä sells Automation, Navigation and Control System to Swedish investment company Solix
Helsinki
In 2023 ANCS recorded revenues of 200 million euros
Cisl, speed up the choice of the president of the Port System Authority of the Eastern Ligurian Sea
The Spice
Necessary to implement works and investments
Works awarded for the expansion of the container terminal in the port of Koper
Coper
The works will be completed by the end of 2027
Container traffic in the port of Hong Kong fell by -4.2% last month
Hong Kong
In the first eleven months of 2024 the decline was -5.0%
Two Russian oil tankers crash near Kerch Strait
Fly
One of the 27 sailors of the two crews died
Monthly Container Traffic Declines at Port of Singapore
Singapore
Over 3.3 million TEUs were handled in November (-0.4%)
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
A conference on the implications of geopolitical crises for ports and maritime transport in Venice on Thursday
Conference for the 30th anniversary of WISTA Italy
Genoa
It will be held tomorrow at Palazzo San Giorgio in Genoa
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Iran signs over $1.8b investment contracts with private sector for ports development
(Tehran Times)
North Korean tankers transport over one million barrels of oil from Russia
(NK News)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Relazione del presidente Nicola Zaccheo
Roma, 18 settembre 2024
››› File
Contship Italia dedicates a locomotive to the memory of Cecilia Eckelmann Battistello
Melzo
The special livery commemorates his life and career
EBRD loan for the enhancement of multipurpose terminals at the ports of Casablanca and Jorf Lasfar
London
Funds up to 65 million euros
Zero Emission Port Alliance Report on Future Port Electricity Demand
The Hague
The importance of strengthening port electrical infrastructures was highlighted
Paolo Potestà confirmed as president of ANGOPI
Rome
Vice Presidents are Giovanni D'Angelo, Marco Gorin, Ettore Rosalba, Mario Ciampaglia and Alessandro Serra
Criminal proceedings filed against the heads of the AdSP of the Southern Tyrrhenian and Ionian Seas
Joy Taurus
The absolute groundlessness of the crime report was recognized
In the July-September quarter, revenues of TUI's cruise division grew by +8.9%
Hanover
In the entire financial year 2024, the increase in turnover was +28.1%
MSC orders ten new 24,000 TEU containerships from Hengli Heavy Industry
Dalian
Contract worth over 2.3 billion dollars
RINA to conduct pre-FEED study for carbon capture and storage project in Malaysia
Genoa
Assigned by PETRONAS CCS Solutions
European Network of Maritime Clusters Board of Directors Renewed
Rome
Maire confirmed as president. Vice-presidents are Nathalie Mercier-Perrin, Javier Garat Pérez and Biagio Mazzotta
New step for the establishment of the port company ex art. 17 in the port of Gioia Tauro
Joy Taurus
Local Advisory Committee Meeting
PSA Italy chiuderà il 2024 con una crescita del +3% del traffico dei container nei porti di Genova e Venezia
Genova
A novembre è proseguito il trend congiunturale negativo dei ricavi di Evergreen, Yang Ming e WHL
Taipei
InRail has expanded its operating area to include French territory
Genoa
The company has become fully operational on the Mediterranean Corridor
A conference on the implications of geopolitical crises for ports and maritime transport in Venice on Thursday
Venice
Moderate growth in the value of global trade in goods continues
Moderate growth in the value of global trade in goods continues
Geneva
The increase for the whole of 2024 should be around +2.7%
47% of German maritime imports of green hydrogen will be able to pass through the port of Hamburg
Hamburg
The airport will be able to cover 10-18% of total national demand by 2045
Methanol delivery from land to a ship was performed for the first time in China
Beijing
79.5 tons of fuel loaded in 2.5 hours
MSC Air Cargo Pilots Sign Contract
Rome
Uiltrasporti gives particular weight to the fixed part of wages
Importance of cold ironing highlighted for emission reduction in Marseille-Fos port
Marseille
The effect deriving from the new SECA zone is also significant
In November, freight traffic in the port of Ravenna increased by +21.5%
Ravenna
Cruise passengers down by -46.8%
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