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October 2, 2007
The Business Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • S'pore shipping trusts worth another look
    INVESTORS have so far given Singapore's fledgling shipping trust sector a miss, but that may change as new trusts float shares and existing players grow their fleets through acquisitions.
  • Cost of shipping crude drops as China holidays
    The cost of shipping Middle East crude to Asia, the world's biggest market for supertankers, may fall for a third day because public holidays in China are curbing demand amid a glut of vessels competing for cargoes.
  • Oil shipments not affected by volcanic eruption off Yemen
    Shipments of around three million barrels of oil per day through the southern entrance to the Red Sea were unaffected by a volcanic eruption on an island off Yemen, Yemen coastguard and shipping sources said yesterday.
  • Hyundai Heavy bags US$54m Iran job
  • Great Lake ships cut loads as water levels hit new low

Sched Netweb site
  • China Merchants Holdings becomes mainland's top terminal operator
  • Suzhou merges bonded logistics park and export processing zone
  • Yingkou to invest US$1.86 billion in port construction
  • Lianyungang port to offer new liner service to Korea
  • Yancheng to be a YRD container feeder port
  • Zhejiang export value surges 47 pc in July
  • Liaoning foreign trade value up 29 pc in first seven months
  • STX Pan Ocean provides China Straits India service from October 15
  • NYK improves device for removing soot from exhaust
  • CSAV joins OceanSchedules.com to list its voyages
  • Hubei Luoyang Development Zone to add two logistics centres
  • Qantas to provide flight training for Nippon Cargo pilots
  • Volga-Dnepr's new IL-76 flies 39-ton cargo from Finland to US
  • Hunan builds mega logistics park

International Transport Journalweb site
OCTOBER 1, 2007
  • SVS selects new managing director
  • DFDS plans expansion
  • United to offer new San Francisco-China flight
  • Ukraine: Crimea plans bridge to Russia
  • Geodis acquiring Rohde & Liesenfeld

Maritime Global Netweb site
OCTOBER 1, 2007
  • Shipping "should care about mental health"
  • Golden Ocean sells newbuilding for US$145m
  • Precious aims for long term charters
  • Essar orders six supramaxes
  • Deep Sea's revenue still rising

Marine Logweb site
OCTOBER 1, 2007
  • SembCorp Marine in new Brazil yard venture
  • Rolls-Royce acquires Seaworthy Systems

World Wide Shipperweb site
OCTOBER 1, 2007
  • TOTE enters into new lease for expanded Port of Tacoma facility
  • Crowley Maritime upgrading ships in Caribbean islands service
  • Satellite tracking system planned for US/Mexico trucking project
  • Two new commissioners named to Portland port board
  • Trade between NAFTA partners rises during month of July

Lloyd's Listweb site
OCTOBER 1, 2007
  • Tory tax plans will hit foreign shipping community
    PLANS to tax non-domiciled people who reside in the UK will affect overseas shipping community in the City of London.
  • May praises benefits of tonnage tax
  • Dockwise launches private offering ahead of listing
    HEAVY-lift group's private placement could raise NKr1.33bn in conjunction with move to the full Oslo Stock Exchange.
  • Seaspan sets sights on number one slot
    CANADIAN shipowner aims to be the world's largest provider of containership tonnage.
  • The changing landscape of global stevedoring
    THE challenges of employment, the unions and technology are global stevedoring concerns straddling the world's ports.
  • Wise words on waste
    THE handling and treatment of ship-generated waste has become over-complicated, confusing and dangerous for crews.

Fairplayweb site
OCTOBER 1, 2007
  • CO2 concern over top SOx scrubber
    BP subsidiary Krystallon has won another award for its engine exhaust sulphur scrubber, but a new study suggests it also has an environmental downside
  • Exercise accident mystery deepens
    MARINE Atlantic denies that any problems with its lifeboat were responsible for 21 people being sickened in last week's mock-disaster exercise off Newfoundland
  • Hopes grow for West Coast shortsea
    TALK last week of a Horizon Lines-operated shortsea system on the US East Coast has invigorated one West Coast port executive to pursue a similar path in the Pacific
  • Clipper buys Superstar Gemini
    STAR Cruises has confirmed the sale of its Superstar Gemini, with the Clipper Group emerging as the buyer
  • India frees hostage crew
    AFTER three months of confinement in a hotel in Mangalore, all 21 sailors of the ill-fated Denden have left India for their home country
  • US ethanol boom deflating
    THE frantic growth in US-based ethanol refineries has created a glut of the corn-derived biofuel, causing pricing to plunge 30% over the past four months
  • Gadani dances on Alang's grave
  • Conti sweeps into dry bulk
  • Casino ship sold to pay taxes
  • Qatar expands at Mesaieed
  • Delhi urged to renew yard subsidy
  • China stops Canadian chicken run
  • Genmar admits Puerto Rico spill
  • New box terminal opens in China

The Journal of Commerceweb site
OCTOBER 1, 2007
  • APM Terminals opens new container facility at China's Guangzhou port
    Southern Port of Guangzhou (left) welcomes new terminal with annual box capacity of 4.2 million TEUs.
  • U.S. economic growth slows but exports accelerate
  • New bonding rule for OTIs
  • Pact for UPS, Teamsters
  • Eruption doesn't disrupt Suez shipping
  • Four ports join CSI
  • Customs Update: Shipment data
  • Rider to succeed Smith at Seamens' Church Institute
  • Japan mail goes private
  • German rail strike could hit box ports
  • Titan tabs European director

Containerisation Internationalweb site
OCTOBER 1, 2007
  • Auckland facing two-day strike
  • Cobelfret buys stake in Ge-eX Logistics
  • EACL introduces VDS at Dar-es-Salaam
  • Port of Le Havre containers up 25% in first eight months
  • Cape Town can expand

TradeWindsweb site
OCTOBER 1, 2007
  • Weaver LNG faces hurdle
    Massachusetts LNG terminal faces obstacle in US Congress as lawmakers try to protect river.
  • Superior low
    Greatest of Great Lakes sees a record-low water level, with cargo carriers feeling the pinch.
  • Cargoship sinks
    Fourteen missing after Cebu-based cargoship capsizes in the Philippines.
  • SEC faults Tidewater
    US securities regulators order the New Orleans offshore vessel owner to stop violating federal law by keeping out-of-service vessels on its fleet list.
  • Allard cruising ahead
    All Leisure Holidays London listing brings profitable first day for its chairman.
  • Genmar tied to spill
    The Genmar Progress becomes the focus of an investigation into a 10,000-gallon oil spill off Puerto Rico's coast.
  • Excel gets a raise
    New York shipping analysts raise Excel Maritime Carriers' target price by nearly 31%.
  • Dockwise ditches the debt
    Norwegian heavy-lift specialist launches private placement to clear the decks ahead of tomorrow's full listing.
  • Ling living the high-life
    Malaysia's HUBLine is set to assume complete control of compatriot Highline in a $31.3m deal announced today.
  • More power to Chernomorsky
    Court battles end up with Ukrainian yard's supervisory board having power to hire and fire.
  • North meets South
    Korean leaders will discuss scheme to increase shipbuilding capacity and reduce costs.
  • Ice cold killing
    Crew member stabbed onboard Antarctic research ship following reported late-night binge.
  • RG refinances
    Finnish ferry line paying up old loans thanks to guarantees from local council.
  • Ocean is golden for Fredriksen
    Oslo-listed company sells capesize newbuilding for a record $145m.
  • Gujarat gets busy
    Jindal Shipyard the latest to propose new shipbuilding and marine technology plant in Indian state.
  • Scandlines revives Thjelvar
    Laid-up Gotland ferry to be used by Baltic group for Denmark to Germany run.
  • Odfjell takes on Bow Santos
    Norwegian owner buys chemical tanker it has chartered since delivery in 2004.
  • Gulf Capital secures GMS
    Middle East investor and partners take 100% control of Adu Dhabi supply ship player.
  • BRS names Geneva team
    French shipbroking group hopes to bring a little joie de vivre to Switzerland's second city.
  • Pensioner lost at sea
    A woman has died after falling from a P&O Cruises ship as it returned to Southampton.
  • Vinashin inks funding deal
    Credit Suisse to help Vietnamese develop $1bn financing program plus other financial services.

American Shipperweb site
OCTOBER 1, 2007
  • Panama president to address AAPA conference
  • Crowley vessel management unit building record tug-barges
  • UPS agrees on major labor deal, union chief rips FedEx
  • British Airways orders to boost cargo capacity
  • EVA to end passenger service to Paris, start all-cargo service
  • Shippers await benefits of pending U.S. free trade deals
  • Saddle Creek to run Miss. cross-dock facility for Sam's Club
  • Geodis buying network partner R&L
  • PRD container terminal officially opens four berths
  • Tacoma to build TOTE expanded terminal by 2011
  • Panama Canal request bids for next excavation round

The Scandinavian Shipping Gazetteweb site
OCTOBER 1, 2007
  • J.B. Ugland Holding pondering listing
    J.B. Ugland Holding, controlled by Johan Benad Ugland, is at a crossroads, and the company is pondering whether to be listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange (OSE), to sell the fleet or getting new partners in with the Grimstad based ...
  • Estonian parliament says no to new Estonia commission
    The Estonian parliament does not support the opposition's proposition to set up a new commission to investigate what caused the sinking of the Estonia. The vice president of the last commission, Evelyn Sepp, motivated the proposal with statements from earlier ...
  • Forth Ports interested in Finnish container terminal
    Forth Ports Plc, which owns and operates seven commercial ports in the U.K., is aiming at ownership in Hamina Multimodal Terminals ky in the port of Hamina, Finland. Hamina Multimodal Terminals is presently a subsidiary to Port of Hamina Ltd ...

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
OCTOBER 1, 2007
  • Northwest ports emissions meeting postponed
  • Bunkering on agenda in Gibraltar election
    Reports of spill coincide with election pledges to bring bunker storage ashore.
  • New cargo offered by ExxonMobil
    Keen competition expected for Middle East cargo amid shortfall in Iranian supply.
  • Cockett Marine boosts Asian presence
    Korea an 'important hub in fast-growing Far East market'.
  • Rotterdam market tight
  • Nippon Oil suspends Negishi bunker supply
    Firming prices and tight supply expected, especially if unit stays idle for long.
  • Emissions must be tackled 'only through IMO'
    BIMCO president warns against 'derailing global trading system' with impossible environmental restrictions.
  • Santos cut worsens supply tightness
    Shipping source warns against relying on prompt supply at Brazil's leading bunkering port.

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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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