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April 23, 2007
The Business Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Crude freight almost at 3 1/2-year low
    THE world's leading crude oil export routes came within a whisker of a three-and-a-half-year low last Friday on hefty ship supply, cuts by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries and a mild winter, ship brokers and analysts said.

Sched Netweb site
  • OOCL first quarter revenue up 11.6pc on rising Asia-Europe volumes
  • Zhejiang ports' box throughput surges 53pc in Q1
  • CIMC named top corporate governance performer
  • Wuhan to gain national standard status for logistics park
  • Vycon to market flywheel device in ports worldwide
  • GGL launches direct service from Singapore to Busan
  • NileDutch doubles feeder service in West Africa
  • Continental profit back at US$22m after years of loss
  • Budget Air Deccan to launch low-cost airfreight unit
  • Korean Air named Boeing supplier of the year in `major structures'
  • China Southern's upgraded cargo system offers speed

Exim Indiaweb site
  • MoS, Plan panel differ on port tariff policy
  • VLCC fleet seen doubling this year
  • Freight rates for shipping coal from Newcastle soar
  • A.P. Moller-Maersk to meet ITF unions at Copenhagen
  • Lanka seeks removal of NTBs
  • GIDC inks investment pact with Jetro
  • India, Belarus sign 6 MoUs
  • 2006-07-Golden phase in Kandla Port's history
  • Pakistani wheat shipment bound for Tuticorin Port
  • CONCOR's DRT-CFS obtains coveted ISO 9001:2000 certification
  • Cabinet clears move to repeal Carriers Act
  • Projected retail boom attracting global logistics, warehousing cos to India
  • Status holder scheme revamped
  • Agricultural exports to be the focus area now'Kamal Nath
  • FM to speak at CII meet today
  • AIEC AGM today

International Transport Journalweb site
APRIL 20, 2007
  • Michael Fischer communicates for Kerry Logistics
  • Port of Amsterdam continues to see strong growth in first months of 2007
  • Ocean flies to Lahore and signs agreement with Gul
  • Poland: PKP Cargo to fight for the market
  • Geis Group: significantly higher results in 2006

Maritime Global Netweb site
APRIL 22, 2007
  • Industry support for IMO air emissions study
  • Shipping industry slams Panama fee hikes
  • Clarkson braced for Russian claims
  • EC ponders Polish yards subsidy case

Marine Logweb site
APRIL 20, 2007
  • V. Ships to manage SCAN Geo newbuilds
  • Excelerate boosts LNGRV fleet

World Wide Shipperweb site
APRIL 20, 2007
  • Marcon International brokers sale of pair of former WWII tugs
  • General Dynamics' Electric Boat nets $32 million Navy contract
  • Wild Salmon cook off set for Seattle terminal
  • Senators introduce legislation aimed at boosting rail capacity
  • US rail freight traffic posts down numbers for week

Lloyd's Listweb site
APRIL 20, 2007
  • Clarkson to fight lawsuit
    SHIPBROKER says it will defend High Court action brought by Sovcomflot against subsidiary H Clarkson & Co Ltd.
  • Clarksons 'agrees $1.5m Abu Dhabi settlement'
  • Excelerate buys into Exmar newbuildings
    US firm takes equity stake in Exmar's eighth LNG regasification vessel plus two other newbuildings.
  • Jinhui profits tumble as charter income crashes
    HONG Kong-listed group net profits falls 58% last year to $28.6m.

Fairplayweb site
APRIL 20, 2007
  • Stolt to quit US bourse
    STOLT-Nielsen has announced that it will voluntarily de-list from NASDAQ, citing low trading volumes
  • Brazil dreams of exclusive ethanol carrier
    THE head of Transpetro, the shipping arm of Brazilian oil giant Petrobras, sees Brazil as 'the Saudi Arabia of renewables', and wants tankers specifically for ethanol transport
  • MCA brass seek coastguard dispute solution
    MCA managers have been considering concerns raised by volunteer coastguards while plans were put in place to cover rescue services during strike action this weekend
  • Ottawa ends rail strike
    THE Canadian Parliament has approved a law ordering an end to a round of strikes and lockouts at Canadian National Railway that had drawn the ire of national shipper groups
  • Agricore bows to James Richardson
  • Indonesia to build 15 new ferries
  • China growth tops 11%

The Journal of Commerceweb site
APRIL 21, 2007
  • Customs says 97% of importers, brokers comply with commercial regulations
    Most importers and brokers receive high grades from Customs and Border Protection for their compliance with regulations.
  • Protesters blockade Toronto-Montreal rail line
  • S. Carolina Senate moves port project ahead
  • Mandatory truck e-manifest set for Canadian crossings
  • EC approves program for customs modernization
  • OOIL net slides
  • House passes WRDA bill
  • CSCL extends ship charter
  • Hanjin charters five vessels
  • Seaspan prices shares
  • Japan gets shipping fund

Containerisation Internationalweb site
APRIL 20, 2007
  • Daewoo clinches US$1.66bn of orders, including five boxships
    South Korea's Daewoo Shipbuilding announced today that it had won US$1.66bn of new orders this month, for 16 vessels, of which five are containerships.
  • St Petersburg: "Area Four is Go"
    Container handling has started in "Area Four" of St Petersburg port, opposite First Container Terminal, with the weekly arrival of UniFeeder, with more to come, according to the port.
  • Valediction: Liner Alert goes "ci-offline"
  • Moth blights New Zealand's apple exports to Taiwan

TradeWindsweb site
APRIL 20, 2007
  • 65,000,000 reasons...
    ...why breaking up is hard to do for buyers Teekay Shipping and Torm and their acquisition, OMI Corp.
  • Begging to differ
    The dean of US shipping analysts at JP Morgan is touting Teekay and TEN one day after his counterpart at Citigroup told investors to sell both.
  • Clarksons shares plunge
    Top shipbroker's stock drops 18% over $54m of claims in Russian maritime fraud battle.
  • Berlian seeks $200m
    Singapore-listed tanker owner to launch bond issue to fund new ships.
  • Ultrapetrol ramps it up
    Latin American owner unveils enlarged share sale after stock jumps 10% in last fortnight.
  • Second bidder for Birka
    Eckero Line faces competition from unnamed rival in takeover battle for Finnish ferry owner.
  • Blystad in bulk sale
    Norwegian owner nets substianial profit from deal with India's Mercator for four panamaxes.
  • Ahlmark offloads veteran
    Swedish owner sells 1984-built general cargoship to Finnish start-up.
  • India cracks down on agents
    New rules require freight forwarders and brokers to register in bid to combat overcharging.
  • Tsakos docked
    Shares of Greek owner inflated by more than 10% says bank as it slaps a sell recommendation on the company.
  • Jinhui slides
    Asian bulker player sees profits decline by half on weaker rates and premature capesize punt.
  • Strike call
    Run of labour disputes leads to deficit for mutual that covers ship delays.
  • Exmar gets busy
    Belgian owner orders eighth LNG regasification ship at Daewoo and buys into Wah Kwong's small gas carrier newbuildings.
  • Sri Lankan exporters cry foul
    Shippers appeal for state intervention to lower IPBCC boxship group's terminal handling surcharges.
  • Drugs bust in US
    Three bags of cocaine worth $3m seized from German-owned boxship headed to New York from Ecuador.
  • Welsh coastguard strike continues
    Talks with MCA over insurance cover end unresolved as calls to coastguards go unanswered.
  • Yantai wins pipe-layer order
    Italy's Saipem picks Singapore yard for 2010 delivery of ice-strengthened ship.
  • Japanese trio launch fund
    Singapore has seen its first Japanese ship investment fund launched under its Maritime Finance Incentive.

American Shipperweb site
APRIL 20, 2007
  • OOCL sees Asia/Europe revenue surge
  • Hyundai's profit slides 68% in 2006
  • Stolt abandoning Nasdaq listing
  • Hanjin charters five 3,400-TEU vessels
  • Containerships increasing U.K./South Baltic frequency
  • Barge line names new head of liquid transport
  • Continental posts $22 million 1st quarter profit
  • Mandatory e-truck manifest kicks in on southern border
  • Union Pacific posts record $386 million 1st quarter profit
  • Brazilian railway jumping into intermodal sector
  • Siberia-Alaska tunnel discussed
  • Logistics giants casting their eyes on India's retail potential
  • American wheat farmers encouraged to join AWB lawsuit
  • Asian importers say U.S. buckwheat not O.K.
  • Panalpina names Hug to replace retiring chairman Fischer
  • FMC reviews 6 OTI license applications
  • Shanghai moves ahead of Hong Kong as world's 2nd-busiest box port
  • N.Y.-N.J. port authority sells $450 million of bonds
  • Port of Rotterdam receives more gantry cranes for new Euromax terminal
  • Cocaine found in shipment at Port of Baltimore
  • Longshoreman killed in Seattle

The Scandinavian Shipping Gazetteweb site
APRIL 20, 2007
  • ISU warns for complacency
    International Salvage Union (ISU) members recovered over 566,000 tonnes of pollutants during salvage operations last year. As against 2005, this ...
  • Mangen sold to Finland
    The Swedish shipping company Ahlmark Lines have sold their Netherlands Antilles-flagged 3,050 DWT dry cargo vessel Mangen to Finland ...
  • DIS flag for B&B newbuilding
    Bukser & Bergning in Oslo has decided to register its newbuilding, under construction at Astilleros Armon S.A. in Spain, in the ...

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
APRIL 20, 2007
  • San Francisco grabs West Coast business
    Prices diving as supplier shifting barrels to cost-conscious customers.
  • Engine maker MANages top profit result
    Sales drive profit increase with order books already filled.
  • No decision in sulphur debate
    IMO chief calls for a 'specialist group' to consider all options for controlling emissions from ships.
  • Pollution control 'not as simple' as switching to distillates
    BP Marine's Director of Environment and Sustainability calls for "informed, rational and coherent" debate.
  • Worrying sodium trend reversed
    Curious fuel irregularities appear to have abated this month.
  • BP Marine relocates sales office
    Rotterdam team to take over bunker sales previously handled in the UK.
  • Rotterdam market holds steady
  • Vopak expands Singapore storage capacity
    Total storage capacity in Singapore will grow to 2.6 million m' in 2008.
  • Nigerian Government approves bunker licences in Niger Delta
    Presidential committee says stronger bunker industry would provide employment, add value to refinery operations and increase trade.
  • Singapore supplies stage recovery
    Bunker prices easing this week but softer trend may not hold for long.

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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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