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June 19, 2006
The Business Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Yeo's role in maritime industry growth hailed
    THE maritime community here credited former transport minister Yeo Cheow Tong with helping to steer the maritime industry to new heights and global prominence during his tenure.
  • Macquarie to bid £2.7b for AB Ports: report
    AN Australian-led consortium is to gatecrash Goldman Sachs's agreed purchase of Associated British Ports this week by posting a rival offer valuing the company at almost £2.7 billion , London's Sunday Times reported.
  • Carnival's Q2 profit down on fuel costs and weaker demand
    CARNIVAL Corp, the world's largest cruise operator, said its quarterly profit fell slightly due to higher fuel costs and weaker demand for its Caribbean cruises.
  • Big scope in Asia for freight futures
Admiralty Casebook
  • Cargo seller entitled to damages despite accepting part proceeds
    THE seller of a cargo of coal won summary judgment in the Singapore High Court the week before last against a vessel owner for misdelivering the cargo even though the seller had received a part payment of some 75 per cent of the sale price.

The Business Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Yeo's role in maritime industry growth hailed
    THE maritime community here credited former transport minister Yeo Cheow Tong with helping to steer the maritime industry to new heights and global prominence during his tenure.
  • Macquarie to bid £2.7b for AB Ports: report
    AN Australian-led consortium is to gatecrash Goldman Sachs's agreed purchase of Associated British Ports this week by posting a rival offer valuing the company at almost £2.7 billion , London's Sunday Times reported.
  • Carnival's Q2 profit down on fuel costs and weaker demand
    CARNIVAL Corp, the world's largest cruise operator, said its quarterly profit fell slightly due to higher fuel costs and weaker demand for its Caribbean cruises.
  • Big scope in Asia for freight futures
Admiralty Casebook
  • Cargo seller entitled to damages despite accepting part proceeds
    THE seller of a cargo of coal won summary judgment in the Singapore High Court the week before last against a vessel owner for misdelivering the cargo even though the seller had received a part payment of some 75 per cent of the sale price.

Sched Netweb site
  • Singapore handles more boxes than Hong Kong in May
  • China Cosco expects freight rates to rebound
  • Biendong, MOL to offer joint Vietnam-Singapore liner service
  • Capacity of YRD ports to be raised by 30 million TEU by 2010
  • Goldman, Macquarie each bid US$4.76b for AB Ports
  • Air China seeks to raise US$1b from A-share listing
  • BA World Cargo offers two new premium products at London, Heathrow
  • Northwest Airlines, IAM employees ratify agreement

Exim Indiaweb site
  • SCI to fine-tune strategy in liner segment
  • Kamal Nath calls for unified action by BRIC nations to promote growth
  • GM soyaoil imports to be allowed after July 7
  • Assocham, Kuwait body sign MoU to promote trade, investment
  • Reconstruction of berths at Mattanchery Wharf to begin in Oct.
  • PPT successfully contains Indonesian tanker's oil spill
  • CONCOR to provide more rakes to ease ICD box pendency at JNP
  • Draft document projects 8.5 pc growth during 11th Plan period
  • Cabinet eases wheat import norms
  • Chidambaram slated to meet corporate honchos on June 25
  • Fieo unhappy over retrospective clause in amendment to FTP
  • Japanese co. to acquire 48 pc stake in MMTC's 5 FTWZs
  • EEPC to open engg centre in S. Africa
  • India, Slovakia to sign pact
  • Pharmexcil team to tour Europe

International Transport Journalweb site
JUNE 16, 2006
  • Port of Kiel: Jörg Rüdel to retire
  • HHLA steering a successful course
  • Record traffic handling figures at Frankfurt airport
  • EWS Railway launches French operations
  • GAC with new deal in Sri Lanka
  • Rising EU lorry traffic necessitates new transport policy
  • RFID for Indian Railways

Maritime Global Netweb site
JUNE 16, 2006
  • MOL teams with Biendong for Vietnam service
  • Insurance industry ignoring regulators
  • IM Skaugen launches Taizhou venture

Marine Logweb site
JUNE 16, 2006
  • Bringing maritime industry back to Brooklyn

World Wide Shipperweb site
JUNE 16, 2006
  • Second new container line calling Port of Portland terminals
  • US rail freight traffic has positive month of May
  • Port of Tacoma holds contest for chance to blow their stack
  • Eastern Car Liner expanding shipments to Port of Everett
  • COSCO boss supports Panama Canal expansion

Lloyd's Listweb site
  • SCI splashes out $1.4bn on India fleet renewal
    INDIA'S largest shipping company, Shipping Corp of India has announced ambitious plans to spend Rs63bn ($1.4bn) to acquire 35 mostly secondhand vessels to renew its fleet over the next year, while reaffirming its intention to break into LNG shipping.
  • Clarksons lands another deal with Genchem purchase
    LEADING shipbroker Clarksons is masterminding another thrust into specialist products chartering with the acquisition of Genchem Holdings, writes Tony Gray.
  • Brave new Huxley venture starts out
    TIM Huxley's shipowning venture Mandarin Shipping sets sail today, just over two weeks since the well-known shipbroker left his post as managing director of Clarksons Asia.
  • Britain's first salvage 'tsar' to step down
    ROBIN Middleton, Britain's trail-blazing salvage and anti-pollution "tsar", will retire in March next year, Lloyd's List has learnt.

Fairplayweb site
JUNE 16, 2006
  • Carnival admits Caribbean softness
    CARNIVAL Corp profits fell $8M on a 43% jump in fuel costs during its second (March-May) quarter, while the cruise giant has announced an additional $1Bn share-repurchase authorisation
  • Carnival pushes passport rule delay
    CARNIVAL Corp remains hopeful that the deadline for new US passport requirements will be extended and has also provided guidance on Costa's fuel surcharge programme
  • Clarksons close to adding Genchem
    CLARKSONS, the UK-based shipping services group, is in the final stages of acquiring privately-owned chemicals specialist Genchem
  • SCI sees rate stability ahead
    SHIPPING Corp of India chairman S Hajara believes the increased supply of new tonnage will prevent the charter markets from shooting up
  • SCI takes fast track to expansion
    STATE-owned Shipping Corp of India is proposes to take the joint venture route for fast track expansion, according to S Hajara, chairman and managing director
  • FFA trading in Asia being held back
    FFA trading in Asia is being held back by a potent mix of time zone issues, a lack of understanding and local rivalries, a London confedrence was told today
  • Victory quartet head for Texas
  • Alfaship demolition abandoned
  • US LNG terminals win FERC approval
  • Belgian bid for Humber port operator
  • Fairplay wins the Fairplay Cup
  • Wrecked Seraya bunker oil removed
  • Skaugen yard venture wins approval
  • Argentine operator links Brazil ports
  • Bulker owner pays $3M for reef damage
  • Cruise groups to merge

The Journal of Commerceweb site
JUNE 16, 2006
  • Yang Ming opens Portland box service
    The arrival of Taiwan carrier at Terminal 6 (left) marks the second new container line at the Oregon port since Zim opened service on May 14.
  • Congress aids Homeland Security, passes new spending bill
  • Hong Kong airfreight volume up 4.6%
  • Wider trade gap in April
  • Food distributor buys Port of Portland acreage
  • Lines open third mainline service at Tuticorin
  • KAL adds Las Vegas gateway
  • DiVirgilio joins Ceres as SVP
  • CN promotes senior intermodal sales executive
  • Atlas relisted on Nasdaq
  • Taiwan's EVA to partner on mainland cargo airline

Containerisation Internationalweb site
JUNE 16, 2006
  • US government watchdog: framework for intermodalism needed
    The US federal framework is not well-suited to developing the kind of intermodal transportation which eases congestion, with particular shortfalls in nation-wide goals and funding, and also in nationwide co-ordination.
  • SCI plans to launch India/Inchon service
  • MAX headway for Emirates as it charters OOCL slots
  • Hong Kong falls behind Singapore despite strong growth
  • Industrial action leaves Intra-Mercosur trade backed up at Brazil borders
  • IRISL start northern feeder from Hamburg
  • ELAA submits regulatory proposals to EC
  • SCI's net profit dips

TradeWindsweb site
JUNE 16, 2006
  • MC Shipping buys Maersk vessel
    US-listed LPG player grabs 20,700-cbm unit from Maersk and lets two coastal bulkers go to Dutch company.
  • Thai gets six months
    Sailor jailed over stabbing of two crewmates in Australia last week, but blast threat dismissed.
  • Clarksons scoops Genchem
    UK brokerage continues acquisitions with '5m-'10m takeover of private compatriot shipping services provider.
  • Bocimar builds
    Marc Saverys-led Bocimar is selling one capesize to Korea's Chang Myung and ordering another at Shanghai Waigaoqiao.
  • Crew Chart wins Srab deal
    Ship manager to operate two of Swedish tanker owner's Turkish newbuildings.
  • Carnival slips on fuel
    Soaring fuel costs and a tough Caribbean market keep cruise giant's second-quarter profit down.
  • Green light for IM Skaugen
    Norwegian owner receives state blessing for shipyard joint venture near Shanghai, which will build its 10 new gas carriers.
  • Costs get Gotland
    Annual profits down despite higher revenues at Swedish tanker and ferry owner.
  • PIL lifts PST stake
    Falling price prompts Pacific International Lines to buy shares in its spin-off shipping fund.
  • Cobelfret moves for Simon
    Investment company controlled by Belgian ro-ro owner's directors aims to buy UK ports company.
  • GE orders jackup
    Indian shipowner expanding offshore activities with first ever rig newbuilding ordered at Keppel.
  • RCCL in US law suit
    New Jersey sues Royal Caribbean for late itinerary change without notice or offer of refund to passengers.
  • Horizon hits heights
    Chuck Raymond-led Horizon Lines' share has risen to its all-time high following a sell-off of a fifth of outstanding shares by insiders.

American Shipperweb site
JUNE 16, 2006
  • EC presents "Green Paper" to U.S. regulators
  • Clarksons close to Genchem takeover
  • SCI's profits slide 27%
  • Emirates Shipping to join OOCL's Middle East-Asia Express loop
  • OMI's quarterly charter rates "above expectations"
  • China Shipping to spend $372 million to lease containers
  • Management changes at Grindrod
  • Richardson, Veitch to receive AOTOS Awards
  • Varig bid gets go-ahead
  • NYC seeks solution for JFK road congestion
  • Petri stresses intermodal focus in national transportation funding
  • CN promotes sales, marketing executives
  • Environmentalists blame FTAs for increased illegal timber shipments
  • TNT Logistics expands Eaton facility
  • Port of L.A. budget includes $33 million for security programs
  • FERC authorizes new LNG terminals
  • Yantian takes delivery of post-Panamax cranes
  • Goldman Sachs group raises ABP bid as Macquarie consortium enters fray
  • DP World to build 2.2 million-TEU terminal at Port of Tianjin

The Scandinavian Shipping Gazetteweb site
JUNE 16, 2006
  • SRAB buys part in ship management company
    Stockholm based SRAB Shipping has acquired a 25 per cent stake in Crew Ship Management, a subsidiary to Stoc Tankers ...
  • Paternity leave to men in Maersk
    A. P. Møller-Mærsk A/S has taken the consequence of modern times and implemented child leave for its male ...
  • Paralysis in Norwegian shipping policy
    Norwegian politicians are, yet again, looking for a broadly based compromise to extract Norwegian shipping policy from is current paralysis

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
JUNE 16, 2006
  • Houston drops to $300
    Bunker prices going even lower in the US Gulf as bottom of market falling away.
  • Bunker prices spoil Carnival
    Cruise line seeing fuel prices up over one third from last year, but future costs going down.
  • Santos avails tighten
    Delivery dates stretching into late June in Brazil's main bunker port.
  • Aruba bunkering update
    Valero advising of latest situation for bunkering following refinery outage.
  • New licensed supplier goes live in Singapore
    After securing the first new Singapore supply licence in 3 years, Aegean starts operations today with new barge.
  • Rotterdam still softening at 11.30 local time
  • High bunker costs slash net profit
    Indian shipping firm announces net profits dropped 42.7% for the fourth quarter ended March 31, 2006.
  • Singapore: May bunker sales close to 2.5 million mt
    Bunker sales volume in May increased by close to 20% on year and more than 12% on month.

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FROM THE HOME PAGE
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.
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
The initiative in view of the entry into force on June 26 of the Hong Kong International Convention
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
In the third quarter, container traffic at the Eurokai port terminals grew by 9.9% percent.
In the third quarter, container traffic at the Eurokai port terminals grew by 9.9% percent.
Hamburg
In Germany (Eurogate) the increase was 13.6% percent. In Italy (Contship Italy) of 6.8%). Slowing growth at Tanger Med. Damietta terminal will become operational in April
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
Sudan govt scraps $6bn Red Sea port deal with UAE
(The North Africa Post)
Argentina enfrenta tarifas portuarias hasta 500% más altas que otros países de la región
(Pescare)
››› 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
Global Ship Lease's quarterly revenue records show the first decrease since the end of 2018
Athens
The company believes that its container fleet has very good future prospects of employment
DP World signs an agreement to buy Australian Silk Logistics
Dubai / Melbourne
The expected value of the transaction is approximately 115 million
A worker has passed away in the port of Crotone
Joy Tauro
He would suddenly go down to the ground while talking to some colleagues
Torbianelli : well the ok of CIPESS in financing the future Molo VIII of the port of Trieste
Trieste
Of the estimated 315 million euros, 206.9 are expected by the state
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