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January 25, 2006
The Business Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Haji-Ioannou, burned by Web venture, pushes cheap cruises
    ON Stelios Haji-Ioannou's cruise ship clean sheets cost extra. Mr Haji-Ioannou, founder of Luton, England-based EasyJet plc, Europe's No 2 low-cost airline, is extending his EasyGroup brand into cruises, pizza and car insurance with one unifying theme: cheaper is better.
  • Daewoo's profit in Q4 more than triples to 32b won
    DAEWOO Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co, the world's second-largest shipbuilder, more than trebled its fourth-quarter profit from a year earlier as prices of vessels started recovering from a decade low.
  • Winds close Novorossiisk port for fifth day
    RUSSIA's second-largest oil port, Novorossiisk, was closed to shipping for a fifth consecutive day because of high winds and snow in the Black Sea, local ship agents said.
Strait Talk
  • Ports and politics
    PORTS have been in the headlines in recent weeks. PSA's approach to UK ports and ferries company P&O, coming just as Dubai Ports World looked increasingly secure in its friendly bid, has kept even business journalists who normally have to look up the word 'shipping' in the dictionary in a frenzy.

The Business Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Haji-Ioannou, burned by Web venture, pushes cheap cruises
    ON Stelios Haji-Ioannou's cruise ship clean sheets cost extra. Mr Haji-Ioannou, founder of Luton, England-based EasyJet plc, Europe's No 2 low-cost airline, is extending his EasyGroup brand into cruises, pizza and car insurance with one unifying theme: cheaper is better.
  • Daewoo's profit in Q4 more than triples to 32b won
    DAEWOO Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co, the world's second-largest shipbuilder, more than trebled its fourth-quarter profit from a year earlier as prices of vessels started recovering from a decade low.
  • Winds close Novorossiisk port for fifth day
    RUSSIA's second-largest oil port, Novorossiisk, was closed to shipping for a fifth consecutive day because of high winds and snow in the Black Sea, local ship agents said.
Strait Talk
  • Ports and politics
    PORTS have been in the headlines in recent weeks. PSA's approach to UK ports and ferries company P&O, coming just as Dubai Ports World looked increasingly secure in its friendly bid, has kept even business journalists who normally have to look up the word 'shipping' in the dictionary in a frenzy.

Sched Netweb site
  • IRA unveils 2006 rate restoration schedule
  • Grand Alliance signs up to call at VPA terminals for 10 years
  • Fraser River to offset dredging costs with river sand sales
  • Danish line involved in Indian FDI venture
  • Port of Montreal handles 1.25m TEU in 2005
  • F S Mackenzie sets up shop in Germany
  • Shanghai Airlines employs 757-cargo jet on Shanghai-Macau route
  • Asiana signs up for full memberships of Cargo 2000
  • FPS NZ receives IATA accreditation
  • EGL selects OAG airfreight rates database

Exim Indiaweb site
  • India, Bahamas to sign MoU on cruise shipping
  • Old ships accounted for 31 pc of dry-bulk fleet in 2005
  • GE Shipping board to meet on January 30
  • DEPB scheme may be given indefinite extension
  • Commerce Minister to organise PM-exporters meeting
  • Gulf-Asia VLCC rates spurt on Asian demand surge
  • Garlic exports swell
  • Misuse of EPCG scheme: car import rules tightened
  • Switzerland exploring FTA
  • Baalu commissions Mumbai Port's new harbour tug Ajit
  • Major Ports Chairmen make strong pitch for tax sops
  • Bangla port installing scanners to detect deadly cargoes
  • NMPT keen on joining SPV for Mangalore SEZ
  • IOC, GSPC put Gujarat LNG terminal plans on back burner
  • MbPT, JNPT heads see ample scope to develop third port at Rewas-Mandwa
  • Paradip Port Trust plans massive rail, road upgradation
  • Railways, Planners preparing revenue-sharing model for dedicated freight corridor
  • Infrastructure projects get Rs 25,000 cr. from IDFC
  • 11 bidders in fray for Delhi, Mumbai airports

International Transport Journalweb site
  • Van der Weide joins Global Airline Services
  • HHLA and Kalmar to cooperate in automating terminal
  • Airbaltic to fly from Düsseldorf to Riga and Vilnius
  • Hupac shifts more than half a million trucks to railway
  • IHG - highly successful in Spain

Maritime Global Netweb site
JANUARY 24, 2006
  • Eastern Europe to lead way in box port growth
  • 'K' Line to boost Asia-North America routes
  • LR hands OSG fleet ballast water notation
  • Moore Stephens says cheap finance is on way out

Marine Logweb site
JANUARY 24, 2006
  • Chouest continues aggressive newbuild strategy
  • Bollinger delivers Bordelon OSV's
  • Paris MOU plans MARPOL Annex I campaign
  • Inchcape helps Kenya boost anti-piracy measures
  • Court challenge to EU ship pollution penalties

Lloyd's Listweb site
  • Major box players send chill through small lines
    MAGISTRAL Container Lines, a small intra-Asian operator, is cutting back on chartered tonnage as market conditions deteriorate.
  • Dry bulk freight rates 'will remain at very decent levels'
    DRY bulk freight rates will remain at decent levels this year with a pick-up in 2008 as owners are forced to scrap elderly tonnage and demand continues to rise, according to Pacific Carriers' Keith Denholm.
  • ICS gives moral support to pollution legal fight while BIMCO mulls action
    INTERNATIONAL Chamber of Shipping secretary general Chris Horrocks backed the planned legal challenge to the European Union ship source pollution directive yesterday, although the association will not be joining the coalition of trade associations directly involved, writes Sandra Speares.
  • SBM bags $1.5bn in orders
    SBM Offshore announced a string of orders valued at an estimated $1.5bn, including a contract with Esso Exploration Angola for two floating production, storage and offloading conversions for the Kizomba C development.
  • Crackdown on ship oil filter polluters
    THE Paris Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control has launched a concerted campaign to stamp out illegal bypassing of the oil filtering systems on board ships, writes Hugh O'Mahony.

Fairplayweb site
JANUARY 24, 2006
  • Master killed in Syrian port tragedy
    THE master of a Turkish-owned vessel died when a 54-year-old ship dramatically broke up and sank near the entrance to Tartous port, Syria, at the weekend
  • Bulker grounds at Santo Domingo
    A LIBERIAN-flagged and German-owned bulker bound for Santo Domingo only made it to the harbour entrance before running aground early yesterday
  • Pemex oil exports hit record
    PETROLEOS Mexicanos reported this week that it earned a record $28.28Bn from oil exports during 2005, despite several shutdowns caused by the storm season
  • Captain blamed for APL grounding
    THE chief officer of the APL Panama, which ran aground on Christmas night off the port of Ensenada, Mexico, has blamed the ship's captain
  • Ladyman: Red Ensign is safe
  • Bangladesh has 60% breaking market
  • EU faces legal challenge on pollution
  • Daewoo building profits collapse
  • Fleetwood tackles maritime apathy
  • GAC sees rising star potential
  • High density fuel alert issued

The Journal of Commerceweb site
JANUARY 24, 2006
  • U.S. container terminals want more automation, says PMA's McKenna
    Terminals will have to completely automate box handling to keep up with projected growth, according to West Coast port employers group.
  • DOT proposes national freight policy
  • CN results strengthen
  • New tonnage to hit box charter rates
  • "K" Line upgrades Asia-N. America services
  • Norfolk Southern names Moorman chairman
  • Coast Guard salvaging 2,300 Louisiana vessels
  • Record profits for BNSF
  • Strong Q4 for CSX
  • OH Logistics seeks acquisitions

Containerisation Internationalweb site
JANUARY 24, 2006
  • INSC accuses carriers of levying extra charges
    Indonesian shippers have accused some carriers of levying supplementary fees of US$30/TEU, excluding terminal handling charges, and US$40 for bill of lading charges ' higher than the US$10 government maximums.
  • Patrick to dissolve troubled joint venture with Toll
    Soon after revealing what it claims is a massive deterioration in Pacific National profits Patrick Corporation has begun formal action to dissolve the joint venture with hostile suitor Toll Holdings.
  • Japan leads Asian nations in accusing Brussels of being 'one-sided'
  • APL sees average revenue/box slide in P12
  • Canadian ports await post-election initiatives
  • Maersk and MSC launch new Australia-Asia services
  • Portland's 41.56% drop 'significantly less' than expected
  • Carrier defections stunt Contship growth
  • Containerships gun for bulk cargo
  • India expected to give duty exemption on temporary box imports
  • Shipping Australia Ltd: New conference is unlikely 'in the short term'
  • K Line to expand transpacific routes' capacity
  • Kaliningrad port volumes up over 55% in 2005
  • Manzanillo gets Latin America's first super post-panamax cranes

TradeWindsweb site
JANUARY 24, 2006
  • Euronav makes $81m
    Revived hire market in fourth quarter helps tanker owner close strong 2005.
  • Under my thumb
    Coast Guard enforcing new fingerprint rules for mariner licenses in security crackdown.
  • S&P boost for Gard
    Rating agency takes a positive view of Norwegian P&I club and upgrades hull insurance offshoot.
  • Pier pressure for Wilhelmsen
    Vehicle carrier undamaged after avoiding collision with pier in Georgia.
  • Two drown off Syria
    Loss of North Korea-flagged cargoship off Tartous claims two lives while five crew members are rescued.
  • Bigger and faster for K Line
    Japanese owner's 5,500-teu newbuildings to cut transit times across the Pacific.
  • Three's a crowd
    Rising fuel costs and falling passenger numbers lead to reduction in services at Irish Ferries.
  • Western Bulk share coup
    Christen Sveaas dominates ownership of Norwegian handymax operator after buying out partner's stake.
  • Daewoo builds on orders
    Korean yard announces improved fourth-quarter results as vessels ordered at higher prices come on the books.
  • Everard calls for investment
    Spend cash on the environment or regulators will spend it for you, British shipowners told.
  • KLC teams with Saigon Shipping
    Korean owner launches logistics joint venture with long-standing Vietnamese partner.
  • Aboitiz chops prices
    Philippine ferry owner reacts to airline competition by cutting passenger fares in half.
  • Spill barge goes for repairs
    Discharge of petrol at New Haven resulted from hull puncture in US owner Hornbeck's vessel.
  • Owners tackle EU on pollution
    Shipping group led by Intertanko starts legal challenge against new criminalisation law on spills from vessels.
  • Varun hits the heights
    India's expanding tanker and gas carrier player has chalked up another big profit jump in the third quarter.
  • Search for Greek captain off Algeria
    Honduras-flagged cargo vessel disappears with its master in rough seas as seven crew members are saved.
  • NOL volumes rise 5%
    Growth in containers handled by Neptune Orient Lines continued to remain positive in December.
  • Shell reigns supreme
    Oil major retains title of top ranked clean charterer to add to that of number one crude oil charterer.
  • Quintana extends Coal Age
    US-listed bulker player gets another four to six months work for panamax, albeit at lower rate.
  • Fredriksen gets diluted
    SeaDrill's fresh equity issue of 75m new shares sees Fredriksen's stake in the company slip to below 41%.

American Shipperweb site
JANUARY 24, 2006
  • "K" Line to upgrade transpacific capacity
  • APL's box traffic up 11% in 2005
  • Weyerhaeuser to use GT Nexus platform
  • MSC starts Mexico/U.S. Gulf/East Coast to Med loop
  • Tropical Shipping to start Canada/Port of Caucedo service
  • U.S. Navy captures pirate vessel off East African coast
  • FedEx raises stake in Chinese express business
  • EGL signs up to use OAG's Internet air cargo rates tool
  • Avion Group joins Iceland stock exchange
  • DOT looks to new funding approaches for infrastructure
  • Rail official calls for linkups between carriers
  • U.S. restores Ukraine's GSP status
  • CBP official urges security investment abroad
  • Toyota picks Ryder as logistics manager for new Texas plant
  • SHIPEX contracts for IES trade operations software
  • Port of New Orleans' cargo volumes at 80% of past levels
  • Manzanillo terminal receives six super post-Panamax cranes
  • Port software veterans launch new firm
  • SAPO orders another 25 straddle carriers from Kalmar

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
JANUARY 24, 2006
  • Port clarifies 1.5% low-sulphur ruling
    Port of Los Angeles Harbor Commissioners inserting stricter conditions into terminal lease agreement.
  • Spanish maritime group ceases bunkering operations
    Group announces immediate withdrawal from bunker trading and bunker manager's resignation.
  • Debunkerings plague shipowner's green fuelling policy
    Global Ro--Ro operator Wallenius Wilhelmsen has reported a string of debunkerings, which the company claims is directly linked to its procurement of low sulphur bunker fuel.
  • Off-spec fuels reported in Suez area
    Recent Suez samples display similar problems to those seen in Port Said last year, but local source claims it must be a mistake.
  • Shipping coalition launches legal challenge against EU Directive
    Coalition contends European Court of Justice should consider the validity of EU Directive on Ship-Source Pollution.
  • Rotterdam market seen easing with crude
  • Bunker oil spill continues to threaten marine life
    Bunker fuel spill continues to threaten mangrove forests and marine life in the Philippines.
  • South Korean refiner set to exit fuel oil export business
    GS Caltex starting refinery upgrade project and directing fuel oil supplies only into domestic bunker market.

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FROM THE HOME PAGE
Royal Caribbean closes second quarter with record net profit
Miami
The April-June period was very positive
Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern announced a merger agreement today.
Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern announced a merger agreement today.
Omaha/Atlanta
First coast-to-coast cargo rail network
Gurrieri resigns as Special Commissioner of the Eastern Adriatic Sea Port Authority
Trieste
The atypical reverse charge for the logistics sector will become applicable tomorrow
Milan
Ruggerone (Assologistica): one of the most strategic reforms we helped build is being implemented
Policy brief on cyber threats that pose risks to port infrastructure
Tallinn
It was developed by the NATO Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence
Interferry urges the EU Commission to harmonize its shipping decarbonization regulations with those of the IMO
Victoria
Failure to align - the association warned - will force shipping companies to pay twice for emissions.
In the second quarter of 2025, Chinese seaports handled 79.1 million containers (+6.1%)
Beijing
Total freight traffic was three billion tons (+3.3%), of which 1.3 billion tons were with foreign countries (+1.9%).
CK Hutchison announces plans to include a Chinese investor in the consortium to sell Hutchison Ports
Hong Kong
Without the participation of the COSCO shipping group, China would not authorize the sale
Sri Lanka's Supreme Court has awarded compensation of $1 billion over the X-Press Pearl accident.
Sri Lanka's Supreme Court has awarded compensation of $1 billion over the X-Press Pearl accident.
Columbus
The container ship caught fire and sank near the port of Colombo
The Greek government sends a tugboat to the Red Sea to assist ships that may be attacked by the Houthis.
The Greek government sends a tugboat to the Red Sea to assist ships that may be attacked by the Houthis.
Piraeus
The AHTS "Giant" is leaving
Saipem and Subsea7 have signed a binding merger agreement.
Saipem and Subsea7 have signed a binding merger agreement.
Milan/Luxembourg
The transaction is expected to close in the second half of 2026.
In the second quarter, the port of Valencia handled over 1.5 million containers (+4.0%)
In the first half of 2025, the amount of new orders to Chinese shipyards fell by -18.2%
Beijing
A decrease of -3.5% in new construction completed in the period was recorded
In the second quarter of 2025, freight traffic in the port of Trieste grew by +3.7%
Trieste
Bulk cargo increased. Miscellaneous cargo fell by 13.2%.
CMA CGM and TotalEnergies form joint venture for LNG bunkering in the Port of Rotterdam.
Marseille
Agreement to supply 360,000 tons of liquefied natural gas per year to the French group's ships
In the second quarter of 2025, freight traffic in Spanish ports decreased by -4.7%
Madrid
All the main product categories are decreasing except for conventional goods
Brookfield Asset Management to sell 49% of British port group PD Ports to Spain's Pontegadea
Middlesbrough
The English company has over 1,400 employees
In the quarter April-June, freight traffic in the port of Rotterdam decreased by -2.3%
In the quarter April-June, freight traffic in the port of Rotterdam decreased by -2.3%
Rotterdam
The port authority is alarmed by the state of crisis in the national industry.
The electrification of the docks in the ports of Livorno, Piombino and Portoferraio is proceeding according to plan.
Third dock for cruise traffic in the port of Catania
Catania
Pier 25's restyling completed
Another quarter of decline in freight traffic at the port of Algeciras
Algeciras
In the period April-June, containers amounted to 1.24 million TEUs (+1.0%)
A new tax applied to cruise passengers disembarking in national ports came into force today in Greece.
Athens
Belgian rail freight company Lineas receives €61 million government loan
Brussels
The measure was approved last night by the restricted council of ministers
ERTMS installation completed on 1,400 kilometers of Italian railway network
Rome
The project is financed with 2.5 billion euros from PNRR funds.
Wärtsilä's quarterly financial and commercial results are positive.
Helsinki
The Marine Electrical Systems division will be sold to the Italian company VINCI Energies.
In the port of Barcelona the number of cruise terminals will be reduced from seven to five
In the port of Barcelona the number of cruise terminals will be reduced from seven to five
Barcelona
The mayor: For the first time in history, a limit is placed on the growth of cruises in the city.
MSC and Moby have presented their commitments to meet the AGCM's requirements.
Rome
Shipping Agencies Services will sell its 49% stake in Moby, waiving the consideration in favor of the majority shareholder. Moby commits to completely repaying its debt to SAS.
Fincantieri confirms its interest in the development of American shipbuilding
Fincantieri confirms its interest in the development of American shipbuilding
Washington
Folgiero: Commitment to deliver next-generation capabilities in full alignment with U.S. strategic priorities
The Chamber of Deputies has approved the appointment of four presidents of Italian Port System Authorities.
Rome
The names proposed for the Port System Authorities of the Southern Adriatic, Central-Northern Tyrrhenian, Western Liguria, and Eastern Liguria have been approved. Voting on the Northern Tyrrhenian Authority has been postponed.
Information exchange between state administrations for the digitalization of the maritime sector begins
Rome
The first operational meeting at the Coast Guard General Command in Rome
The Clean Maritime Fuels Platform suggests measures to support the production and distribution of clean marine fuels
COSCO Shipping Ports sets new monthly and quarterly container traffic records
Hong Kong
In the period April-June, 29.4 million TEUs were handled (+4.5%)
Sharp increase in cases of seafarers abandoning their ships
London
2,286 crew members from 222 ships involved as of early 2025
Global freight traffic saw strong growth in the first quarter of this year in anticipation of new tariffs
Global freight traffic saw strong growth in the first quarter of this year in anticipation of new tariffs
Geneva
North America saw the strongest quarterly growth in imports
In the port of Antwerp-Bruges containers and rolling stock are increasing and other types of goods are decreasing
Antwerp
Traffic congestion continues at the airport, with the situation on the landside becoming critical
A study denounces the delay of European ports in equipping themselves with cold ironing facilities.
Brussels/Pozzallo
The tender to electrify the docks of the port of Pozzallo has begun.
T&E proposes to include more non-EU transhipment ports to avoid carbon leakage
Brussels
The association calls on the EU Commission to reduce the current threshold of 65% of transhipment traffic
Federlogistica urges the immediate establishment of a control room on tariffs
Genoa
The aim is also to eliminate extra costs caused by bureaucracy.
Containerized cargo handled through the port of Singapore fell by 2.9% in the second quarter.
Singapore
Last May, ship transits through the Suez Canal decreased by -6.8%
Last May, ship transits through the Suez Canal decreased by -6.8%
Cairo
The negative trend continued in June and early July
Terminal operators are not at all satisfied with a policy that seems to have no interest in ports
Rome
Cognolato: It is essential to close the ongoing trials on several fronts.
The largest ship ever to dock at Cagliari's Porto Canale at the MITO terminal.
Milan
The container ship "MSC Venice" with a capacity of 16,652 TEU arrived yesterday
On 5 and 6 November in Lisbon a summit called by the ILA against automation in the maritime and port sector
On 5 and 6 November in Lisbon a summit called by the ILA against automation in the maritime and port sector
North Bergen/Metzingen
South Korean HD Hyundai, together with German NEURA Robotics, will develop and test welding robots in shipyards
The toll of the horrific attack on the bulk carrier Eternity C in the Red Sea is still uncertain.
Mandaluyong/London/Brussels
Joint statement by ICS, BIMCO, European Shipowners, Intercargo and Intertanko
In the first half of 2025, bulk cargo increased and general cargo decreased in the port of Marseille-Fos
Marseille
Cruise passengers increase by +5%
The Senate has approved the framework law on interports
Rome
UIR, gives the Italian interport system a modern, orderly and coherent regulatory framework
Carlo De Ruvo was elected president of Confetra
Rome
Among the challenges, the uncontrolled expansion of large logistics groups and their concentration
Number of pirate attacks on ships still high in the second quarter of 2025
Number of pirate attacks on ships still high in the second quarter of 2025
Kuala Lumpur
The number of acts of violence against crews is decreasing
Telemar and TNL Group merger agreement
Telemar and TNL Group merger agreement
Oslo/Athens/Paris
One of the top three operators in the OT/IoT services market for the maritime and superyacht sectors will be created
Attacks on ships in the Red Sea still cause deaths among seafarers
Portsmouth
Liberian-flagged bulk carrier " Eternity C" targeted
Canadian shipbuilding company Davie acquires second shipyard in Finland
Helsinki/Pori
It will buy the Enersense Offshore shipyard
Amendment on Port Labor Supply Agencies Approved
Rome
Immediate transformation into Agencies authorised to provide temporary port work
Salvini appoints a manager of a private shipping company from Campania as president of the regional AdSP
Rome
This is Eliseo Cuccaro, CEO of Alilauro
Extend the application of the 0.1% sulphur limit in marine fuels globally
Extend the application of the 0.1% sulphur limit in marine fuels globally
Berlin
This is proposed by an analysis by the International Council on Clean Transportation
IMO and EU condemn renewed attacks on ships in the Red Sea
London/Brussels
Dominguez: New violation of international law and freedom of navigation
In the first half of 2025, container traffic in the port of Gioia Tauro grew by +10.5%
Joy Taurus
2,186,211 TEUs were handled
A bulk carrier was attacked in the Red Sea
Portsmouth
The crew abandoned the ship which began to take on water
German government allocates 400 million euros to support energy transition in maritime-port sector
Over 78 million euros to the ports of Augusta and Taranto for offshore wind
Rome
Funds distributed over three years starting from 2025
The PNRR tender for interports has been reopened.
Rome
Resources available amounting to 2.2 million euros
Port of Livorno: Workers are the priority in the LTM crisis
Livorno
UPS's quarterly earnings performance declines
Atlanta
Net income in the April-June quarter was $1.28 billion (-8.9%)
Approval for the 2025 budget variation of the Southern Tyrrhenian and Ionian Sea Port Authority.
Gioia Tauro
500 thousand euros for the 49% share held by the Port Agency company
FHP Group acquires the remaining 10% stake in Lotras
Milan/Foggia
The integration between Lotras and CFI Intermodal will begin to create FHP Intermodal.
OITAF scientific document on good practices in the logistics and transport of fresh fruit and vegetables
Milan
The Northern Tyrrhenian Sea Port Authority has joined the PLIKA
Livorno
Platform dedicated to training, innovation and knowledge sharing in the logistics and port sectors
Matteo Paroli's nomination as president of the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority has been signed.
Rome
He has a degree in law and a specialization in administrative law.
Container throughput increases in Haropa Port, while bulk cargo decreases.
Le Havre
In the first half of this year, containers were 1.51 million TEUs (+4%)
Bureau Veritas reports a 9.8% quarterly increase in revenues in the Marine & Offshore segment
Courbevoie
Kalmar and Konecranes increase new orders in the April-June quarter
Helsinki
The turnover of the two Finnish companies is slightly increasing
Container traffic in the port of Barcelona fell by 12.2% in the second quarter.
Barcelona
Assiterminal threatens a new wave of appeals against regulations it believes are damaging to port operations
Genoa
2M Logistics signs an agreement with Salerno-based Gallozzi
Barendrecht
The Dutch company will represent GF Logistics, a subsidiary of the Italian group, in the Benelux region.
Swiss company Kuehne+Nagel's quarterly profits fell
Schindellegi
In the period April-June of this year, net turnover grew by +1.7%
Yang Ming orders three 8,000 TEU container ships from Nihon Shipyard and Imabari Shipbuilding
Keelung/Imabari
Contract valued at $351.3-394.5 million
Italia Nostra reiterates its strong concerns about the construction of the Fiumicino-Isola Sacra port.
Rome
European maritime cities, destinations for cruise tourism - the association highlights - denounce the phenomenon of over-tourism in the cruise sector
Egypt's first automotive terminal has come into operation at Port Said East.
East Port Said
It can accommodate two car carriers at the same time
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Tepsa has acquired a liquid bulk terminal in the port of Rotterdam.
Singapore/Rotterdam
It was sold by Global Energy Storage Holdings
The Spinelli Group has approved its 2024 sustainability report.
Genoa
Of the company's 616 direct employees, 49% are under the age of 50.
In the second quarter of this year, cargo traffic in Turkish ports grew by +1.6%
Ankara
Cargoes to and from Italy amounted to 12.7 million tons (+10.1%)
Extension of the Simplified Logistics Zone for Genoa Ports and Dry Ports to the Savona, Vado Ligure, and Bergeggi areas.
Genoa
Approval from the ZLS Steering Committee
Isotta Fraschini Motori has inaugurated a new production line for hydrogen fuel cell systems in Bari.
Trieste
They will be used for naval and land solutions
The Grande Shanghai , the Grimaldi Group's first ammonia-ready car carrier, has been christened.
Naples
It has a load capacity of 9,000 CEUs.
The Port of Genoa, FILT, and UILT have declared a five-day strike at the Bettolo Terminal.
Genoa
Fit Cisl Liguria expressed solidarity with the workers
The tender for the dredging of the commercial dock basin at the port of Ancona has been published.
Ancona
The removal of approximately 730 thousand cubic meters of sediment is planned
Tender for the restoration and enhancement of docks 32 and 33 in the Deep Sea Zone of the port of Savona
Genoa
An investment of over 6.7 million euros is expected
There are 1,100 workers in Palermo directly employed in the seaside tourism sector
Palermo
This year, cruise traffic is expected to grow by 9.4% in the port of the Sicilian capital.
Six-month growth of +9% in freight on the St. Petersburg-India/China maritime route
Fly
FESCO operates six vessels in the service
Port of Trieste: Special Commissioner Gurrieri under investigation for money laundering
Trieste
I am certain - he declared - that I can demonstrate that I acted legally, in full transparency.
Vard signs new contract for the construction of two CSOVs
Trieste
The vessels will be used to support operations in the offshore wind sector
UIR welcomes the publication of the tender for the digitalization of the logistics chain.
Rome
Di Caterina (ALIS): a concrete tool that enhances the needs of businesses and strengthens the logistics system
GNV celebrated its first ten years of activity on the Italy-Albania route
Durres
During the period, the company's ships carried over 1.25 million passengers
A shipment of over 1.2 tons of marijuana was seized at the port of Gioia Tauro.
Reggio Calabria/Catanzaro
Members of a criminal organization that imported drugs from South America through European ports and airports have been arrested.
Yang Ming orders Hanwha Ocean to build seven 15,000 TEU dual-fuel containerships
Keelung
They will be delivered between 2028 and 2029
Walden to sell healthcare logistics business to Yusen Logistics
Paris
Exclusive negotiations announced
Solinas (Sardinian Action Party) is not at all satisfied with the state of Sardinian ports
Cagliari
The immediate establishment of a special commission is urged
ANSI welcomes the introduction of the information dashboard for managing private procurement contracts in logistics.
Rome
D'Angelo: it will allow the country to take another step forward
Russo (Confcommercio): excluding road transport from the PNRR funding was shortsighted.
Rome
First bulletin from the Freight Insights Observatory produced by the National Center for Sustainable Mobility
ABB Group posts sharp growth in quarterly financial and business performance
Zurich
In the period April-June the value of new orders grew by +16.0%
Informal consultations have begun on the preliminary proposal for the new Ancona Port Master Plan.
Ancona
Eleven meetings scheduled for July
Program agreement for preparatory and functional interventions for the construction of the bridge over the Strait of Messina
Rome
It was signed today in Rome
Project to develop an ecological station for the treatment of wastewater from ships
Naples
Initiative of the Neapolitan Group of the Cenere and Iello Landing
Assiterminal urges against bringing sediment from the Bagnoli dredging project into the port of Naples.
Genoa
Cognolato and Ferrari: It is essential to safeguard the full functionality of the commercial port's activities.
Container traffic at the Port of Long Beach fell 3.4% in the second quarter.
Long Beach
A decline of -16.4% was recorded in June
Paolo Pessina has been appointed vice president of Conftrasporto-Confcommercio.
Rome
He is president of the national federation of maritime agents and brokers
Container traffic in the port of Hong Kong decreased by -8.2% in the second quarter
Hong Kong
A decrease of -13.7% was recorded in June
Cuneo-based logistics company Nord Ovest is seeing growing financial results.
Wedge
Construction work on a new depot in Mondovì will be completed in early 2026.
Container traffic at the Port of Los Angeles grows driven by fears of new tariffs
Los Angeles
June saw the highest volume ever recorded for this month
The Management Committee of the Sardinia Sea Port Authority has adopted the DPSS
Cagliari
Green light for the concession to MITO and the appeal against the rejection of Olbia's dredging project.
Three events in Genoa for three new Explora Journeys cruise ships.
Genoa
A technical launch, a coin laying and the cutting of the first sheet metal were carried out at the Fincantieri shipyard
Grimaldi sells 5% of Terminal Darsena Toscana to Livorno Port Company
Naples/Livorno
Option to purchase an additional 5% of the share capital
Concession agreement signed that assigns management of the port of Tartous to DP World
Damascus
It has a lifespan of 30 years
Matteo Gasparato appointed president of the Northern Adriatic Sea Port Authority
Rome
He was appointed extraordinary commissioner of the same port authority
Meeting in Rome between the heads of ESPO and Assoporti
Rome
Among the topics addressed, the competitiveness of European ports in the current global context
Chinese airline OOCL reports quarterly decline in scheduled service revenues
Hong Kong
Cargo transported by the company's ships is increasing
Collaboration between the Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority and the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority
Rome
Agreement with an initial duration of five years
Survey in Germany on the prospects of companies in the maritime, port and shipbuilding sectors
Hamburg
Shipowners are more concerned. Positive prospects for ports and shipyards.
Port of Augusta: Work begins on a third bridge connecting the island to the mainland.
Augusta
Work worth over 20 million euros
Vard signs contract with InkFish for new research vessel
Trieste
The deal is worth more than 200 million euros.
1.1 billion euros will be invested in the port of Hamburg to strengthen the container sector
Hamburg
Improving accessibility and port infrastructure in the Waltershofer Hafen area
Meyer Turku delivered the new Star of the Seas cruise ship to Royal Caribbean
Turku
It has a gross tonnage of 250,800 tons
ESPO calls for increased funding for ports under the next EU Multiannual Financial Framework
Brussels
The CEF programme funds have proven to be far from sufficient
Fincantieri delivers the new Oceania Allura cruise ship to Oceania Cruises.
Miami/Trieste
Two additional Sonata-class ships have been converted into orders.
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
Confindustria event on the sea economy in Rome on July 15th
Rome
The public meeting of the International Containers Studies Center will be held in Genoa on July 2nd
Genoa
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Why Malta is objecting to a new price cap on Russian oil
(timesofmalta.com)
US has its eye on Greek ports
(Kathimerini)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Intervento del presidente Tomaso Cognolato
Roma, 19 giugno 2025
››› File
Uniport: Bringing debris from Bagnoli to the port of Naples would postpone long-awaited dredging.
Rome
Legora de Feo: It's necessary to find alternative solutions.
Taiwanese companies Evergreen, Yang Ming and WHL saw sharp declines in quarterly revenues.
Keelung/Taipei
In the period April-June it fell by -18.7%, -26.5% and -8.6% respectively
The establishment of the Information Dashboard for the management of private procurement contracts in logistics has been approved.
In May, freight traffic in the port of Ravenna grew by +1.4%
Ravenna
Bulk cargo is on the rise. Miscellaneous cargo is on the decline.
EU approves joint purchase of port equipment by terminal operators
Brussels
Joint definition of minimum technical specifications of equipment is also permitted
Serbian energy group EPS will import coal through the Montenegrin port of Bar
Bar
Currently imports from Indonesia pass through the port of Constanta
Fincantieri Foundation and Luiss University launch a project to strengthen the safety of underwater infrastructure.
Trieste
Among the objectives, contribute to the definition of a specific regulatory framework
Freewheeling: The government's U-turn on anti-mafia controls in the road haulage sector is a welcome development.
Modena
Franchini: If the government has realized it made a mistake, that's good news.
Agostinelli (AdSP Tirreno Meridionale e Ionio): the amendment that allows for the early transformation of the Gioia Tauro Port Agency is extremely important.
Confindustria's event on the maritime economy will take place in Rome on July 15th.
Rome
The confederation's strategic document on the sector will be presented
Kerala seeks $1.1 billion from MSC in damages over MSC Elsa 3 sinking
Thiruvananthapuram
Temporary detention of the vessel "MSC Akuteta II" granted
Trasportounito requests the cancellation of the renewal procedure of the Central Committee of the Register of Hauliers
Rome
New seizure of a load of cocaine in the port of Gioia Tauro
Reggio Calabria
16 bags containing 417 kilos of drugs were found in a container
MOL and Kinetics to build world's first floating data center
Tokyo
It will be installed on a vessel of 9,731 gross tonnage
Rijeka Gateway Terminal to become operational in early September
Copenhagen
The first ship at the second container terminal of the Croatian port is expected on September 12
Falteri (Federlogistica) urges us to focus on the development of "polycentric" logistics
Genoa
The Simplified Logistics Zone should be the cornerstone of the strategy
Tsuneishi Shipbuilding Co. acquired Mitsui E&S Shipbuilding Co.
Hiroshima/Tokyo
It was renamed Tsuneishi Solutions Tokyobay Co.
Pessina (Federagenti): Northern European logistics system is struggling. Let's take advantage of it!
Rome
Unexpected opportunity - he underlines - for the Mediterranean ports and Italian ones in particular
MSC Cruises Joins Carnival and Royal Caribbean in Capitalizing on Grand Bahama Shipyard
Miami
Negotiations underway since the end of 2024 have been successfully concluded
At The International Propeller Clubs the Dorso Award for the Mediterranean area
Naples
In recognition of the primary role played by logistics operators in Mediterranean traffic
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