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May 9, 2007
The Business Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Korea keeping ahead of China shipbuilders
    SOUTH Korea is holding off China's challenge to its spot as the world's No 1 shipbuilding nation by building pricier ships such as liquefied natural gas carriers.
  • Precious Shipping's profit doubles
    PRECIOUS Shipping pcl, Thailand's biggest sea-transportation company by market value, reported profit more than doubled in the first quarter on a one-time gain from selling ships.
Strait Talk
  • Decide fuel issue with scientific study
    THOSE who believe decisions at the International Maritime Organisation should be taken on the basis of scientific evaluation of the options with a strong technical input from the shipping industry should have been heartened by an unusual intervention by IMO's secretary-general.

The Business Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Korea keeping ahead of China shipbuilders
    SOUTH Korea is holding off China's challenge to its spot as the world's No 1 shipbuilding nation by building pricier ships such as liquefied natural gas carriers.
  • Precious Shipping's profit doubles
    PRECIOUS Shipping pcl, Thailand's biggest sea-transportation company by market value, reported profit more than doubled in the first quarter on a one-time gain from selling ships.
Strait Talk
  • Decide fuel issue with scientific study
    THOSE who believe decisions at the International Maritime Organisation should be taken on the basis of scientific evaluation of the options with a strong technical input from the shipping industry should have been heartened by an unusual intervention by IMO's secretary-general.

Sched Netweb site
  • Rate restoration and peak season charges announced by AADA
  • Hutchison Port Holdings forms JV to operate Xiamen berth
  • OOCL among top in documentation survey
  • Tanjung Pelepas embarks on Indian roadshow to sell free trade zone
  • APL Logistics handles Marks & Sparks in Asia, Africa and Europe
  • Globe Express opens 2nd branch office in Malaysia
  • Schenker strengthens co-operation with RS Components
  • APA ponders renewing Qantas bid after shareholders reject offer
  • Two HK firms awarded air cargo sales licences in China
  • Hai Phong-Macau daily airfreight service inaugurated

Exim Indiaweb site
  • Wilfried Seifert appointed President of United Arab Shipping Agency (India) Pvt. Ltd
  • Varun Shipping pays 15 pc final dividend
  • Pepper exports turn hotter
  • PPT gets PPP panel's in-principle nod to build 2 berths
  • AP keen to develop Machilipatnam port, says Minister
  • Adani group forms Inland Conware to set up 14 rail-linked ICDs
  • Board of Approvals for SEZ to meet today
  • Alarm bells clanging on export front
  • IMC meet voices industry's concerns over Customs Valuation Rules
  • 40 more SEZs by month-end, says Commerce Secy
  • DEPB scheme stays under FinMin's wings
  • WTC meeting with Taiwan trade mission tomorrow

International Transport Journalweb site
MAY 8, 2007
  • Gefco UK appoints new Business Development Manager
  • "Ital Lirica" makes first call at port of Oakland
  • Soft AF-KLM cargo demand
  • Activities end on northern east'west freight corridor
  • Ceva Logistics tables offer for EGL

Maritime Global Netweb site
MAY 8, 2007
  • Wilh. Wilhelmsen hit by bunker hedging losses
  • Horizon to buy Hawaii Stevedores
  • NOS adds TD17
  • BW Gas sells old gas carrier
  • Deep Sea Supply fixes newbuildings

Marine Logweb site
MAY 8, 2007
  • Rigdon takes delivery of fast crewboat
  • Blake to build multi service jackups
  • Wartsila license for Vinashin
  • RAND urges early start on design of next nuclear sub class

Lloyd's Listweb site
MAY 8, 2007
  • Group slams Bourbon Dolphin investigation timeframe
    SKAGGERAK Foundation says timeframe for investigation is unacceptable and will take too long to reach a conclusion.
  • Judge opens Dolphin inquiry
  • Nigerian crude exports hit by pipeline bombings
    ENI halts oil production after militants destroy three major oil pipelines.
  • NYK seals giant ore carrier order at Nantong
    NEWBUILDING is part of $334m, 20-year iron ore shipment contract with Brazil's Companhia Vale do Rio Doce.

Fairplayweb site
MAY 8, 2007
  • GL upbeat about XXL boxships
    GERMAN class society Germanischer Lloyd is confident of gaining a foothold in the top size container newbuildins as German intersts start investing in the bigger boxships
  • USS newbuild price higher still
    JONES Act operator US Shipping Partners had given positive results in its first quarter, but admits that a problematic tug-barge project is jeopardising its financial covenants
  • Korea lifts US beef ban
    FROM next month, South Korea will start importing beef from the US again after a ban that resulted from mad cow disease
  • Hanjin to build shiprepair drydock in China
    HANJIN Shipping is building a drydock for shiprepair in China, where the company has invested $140M, according to a shipping source
  • Vinashin plans bond issue
    VIETNAMESE state-owned shipping company Vinashin is to issue bonds later this year totalling VND12Trn ($747M), to fund a massive expansion plan
  • Indonesian Transport Minister replaced
  • Moby Dick was hook, not harpoon
  • Mystery surrounds Sinegorsk master fate
  • Vigo shipyard dispute moves into town
  • Protesters again block LNG delivery
  • MOL merges ferry firms

The Journal of Commerceweb site
MAY 8, 2007
  • BNSF plans to buy 'clean' trucks to help win approval for SoCal intermodal hub
    Railroad plans to buy new trucks that comply with strict anti-pollution rules adopted by the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.
  • Union Pacific exits Mexico port partnership
  • ILWU, employers to discuss early start to contract talks
  • Feds: Fort Dix plotters watched CG building
  • FEC Railway to go private
  • Customs extends mandatory truck e-manifest filing
  • EGL calls Apollo offer 'superior'
  • South Carolina breaks ground for container terminal
  • Seaboard Marine adds ship, Central America sailing
  • CSX to buy back $1B in stock
  • Line opens Kolkata-PTP route

Containerisation Internationalweb site
MAY 8, 2007
  • Hupac starts new rail service between Antwerp and Perpignan
  • WTSA raises Panama canal surcharge
  • Montreal port security enhanced
  • South Korea to import beef from the US again
  • New Mexican west coast port project in jeopardy

TradeWindsweb site
MAY 8, 2007
  • Crowley completes buyback
    Tom Crowley has successfully completed the $2,990 per share take-private of Crowley Maritime announced in March.
  • Pipeless
    OSG's latest environmental issue reported to US authorities is "not a magic pipe case," Morten Arntzen tells TradeWinds.
  • Vinashin wants more
    Vietnamese yard group pockets cash from big over-subscribed bond issue ' and has lined up an even bigger sale.
  • Out with the new
    Jinhui sells 2001-built supramax for $54m in opportunistic deal to realise huge net book gain.
  • GFI gets bigger
    US-listed derivatives broker pushes profit up 45% in first quarter as revenues increased.
  • BC Ferries wins sacking backing
    State transport minister supports Canadian owner's decision to fire three crew over fatal sinking of Queen of the North.
  • SCI in VLCC row
    Indian owner's assistant manager accuses company of paying over the odds for Daewoo vessels.
  • Eagle charters up
    Conservative Eagle Bulk Shipping is ordering a fifth supramax newbuild and has acted early to lock in three-year charters.
  • Ambassadors struggling
    Expanding US cruiseship and shipyard group hit by higher costs in first quarter.
  • Birka says no again
    Finnish ferry group rejects second offer for its seven freight vessels and one cruiseferry.
  • Bulkers better for Precious
    Thai owner adds to first quarter profit in stronger markets while selling veteran cargoships for useful gains.
  • Rieber rises
    Additions to fleet and higher charter rates see Rieber Shipping turn quarterly loss last year into profit.
  • AAS still in the red
    First-quarter loss for Aker American Shipping as revenues wait for delivery of more new units to OSG.
  • Big jump for Viken
    Norwegian tanker owner boosted by currency gains in 2006 as it posts big profit.
  • US Shipping profits up
    Extra tonnage helps US-flagged tanker owner lift revenue and income compared to a year ago.
  • HCI winning again
    German KG fund boosts first quarter profit as shipping investment cash poured in.

American Shipperweb site
MAY 8, 2007
  • Drewry: Containership on-time arrivals below 50%
  • NYK nets long-term contract to bring iron ore from Brazil to China
  • NYK takes delivery of first Chinese built vessel
  • Ziobro to oversee new tankers at U.S. Shipping Partners
  • Liz Claiborne signs contract with GT Nexus
  • Talks stalled again over transfer of Staten Island terminal
  • PierPASS after-hours terminal gate program hits milestone

The Scandinavian Shipping Gazetteweb site
MAY 8, 2007
  • Good results for Götaverken Cityvarvet
    2006 was a very good year for the Göteborg based shiprepair yard G'taverken Cityvarvet with a 25 increase of the ...
  • Dyvi to invest USD 400 mill in heavylift ship
    Norwegian heavylift pioneers Dyvi ' through Nordic Heavy Lift ' has ordered a USD 400 million heavylift crane vessel at Sembawang Shipyard ...
  • Pilot strike in Danish waters avoided
    A strike amongst Danish pilots has been avoided. A mutual agreement will be signed today with the Ministry of Defence ...

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
MAY 8, 2007
  • New emissions technology test announced
    Shore-based scrubber to be tested in Long Beach after successful initial test results.
  • UK: Two traders moving on
    O.W. Bunker will be looking for new staff to replace outgoing team members.
  • Hose manufacturers face price fixing probe
    Eight executives arrested as US and EU competition authorities join forces.
  • New supplier ready to deliver
    Bunkers Gibraltar says 'door is open' for business to start.
  • Rotterdam market quiet at midday
  • Recycling to offer 'robust economics'
    Re-refining of waste automotive lubes should offer savings against virgin base oil.
  • Fuel oil market to remain 'tight'
    Middle East traders say latest Yanbu cargo is likely to go to Fujairah bunker market.
  • Worries over US oil supply shortage ease
    Oil prices fall for the sixth consecutive day.
  • Taiwan may see decline in bunker sales
    Country's state-owned oil company wants to export more fuel oil.

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FROM THE HOME PAGE
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
Poseidon Principles takes stock of the decarbonisation of shipping, which still has a long way to go
Copenhagen
The association's latest annual report highlights the progress made
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
North Korean tankers transport over one million barrels of oil from Russia
(NK News)
Sudan govt scraps $6bn Red Sea port deal with UAE
(The North Africa Post)
››› 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%
Federazione del Mare and Wista Italy sign a memorandum of understanding to promote gender equality
Genoa
The aim is also to promote the sustainability and development of the maritime sector.
Four new electric rubber-tyred gantry cranes for the port of Koper
Helsinki
They were ordered by Luka Koper from Konecranes
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