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October 6, 2008
The Business Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • MPA working to boost S'pore maritime event
    THE Maritime Port Authority(MPA)-driven Singapore Maritime Week expects a jump of more than 30 per cent in participant numbers this year.
  • Freight costs hit by credit crisis, low prices
    A deepening financial crisis, together with sinking commodity prices, has hammered sea freight costs; and now the usual fourth-quarter seasonal upturn in demand for shipping looks doubtful, giving still more evidence of global slowdown.

Sched Netweb site
  • CTSA reduces bunker surcharge 10pc from November 1
  • Horizon, Sea Star execs to receive jail time for price fixing
  • New Alphaliner study, THC hikes may play surcharge role
  • Shandong builds first road-rail logistics base in Jinan
  • Panda launches Qingdao-to-Budapest consolidation service
  • GGL Line starts Singapore-Upper Gulf consol service
  • DB Schenker aims to take over Romtrans in Romania
  • US container housing construction finished in half a day
  • UAL ups liquidity with aircraft financing deal, asset sale
  • Aloha Air Cargo introduces same-day express and pet service
  • India may buy Russia's SuperJet-100s, coastal patrol planes

Exim Indiaweb site
  • ADAG plans to acquire 6 Capesize ships by 2011
  • Shallow water rigs idling
  • Wan Hai, PIL & "K" Line's new joint China-Gulf service from Nov. has Mundra call
  • MOL to use heat-shielding paint to reduce CO2 emissions, save fuel
  • JNPT honoured with 'Major Port of Year' award
  • Talk about 20 hub ports, not just 2 or 3, stresses ESL CEO
  • MPs' panel to look into Haldia Dock draught problem
  • GPPL files draft red herring prospectus for IPO
  • CCT organises trade meet at Guntur
  • With abundant exportable goods, GPA investing in new facilities
  • Baalu wants more investments in warehouses marketing infrastructure
  • With over decade of successful operations, Anchor Freight now name to reckon with
  • Onion MEP sliced by $ 20

International Transport Journalweb site
OCTOBER 3, 2008
  • TNT Express ' new managers for three locations
  • Hamburg Consortia offers EUR 4 billion for Hapag-Lloyd
  • Royal Jordanian returning to Brussels
  • New inland port in Germany
  • TDG and ABX Logistics acquisitions finalised

Maritime Global Netweb site
OCTOBER 3, 2008
  • Seafarers' champion detained
  • Stronger quarter for Stolt-Nielsen
  • Keppel lands 2 conversion jobs
  • EC to spend euros8.5m on waterways "platform"

Marine Logweb site
OCTOBER 5, 2008
  • Navy releases photos of Faina crew
  • Thad Allen discusses Sentinel class acquisition
  • New report on impact of ship emissions

World Wide Shipperweb site
OCTOBER 3, 2008
  • Corps to temporarily close John Day navigation lock
  • Rail freight traffic count affected by Hurricane Ike
  • Washington governor names two to Oil Spill Advisory Council
  • Teamster picketing Oak Harbor struck by replacement driver
  • Matson continues string of Quest for Quality awards

Lloyd's Listweb site
OCTOBER 3, 2008
  • Maersk vows to defend container market share
    LINE determined to maintain its share of the Asia-Europe trades in the face of a battle for cargo.
  • Bosses batten down hatches for Asia-Europe trade storm
  • ABN Amro's shipping business up for sale
    MOVE comes as Fortis is forced to sell off its stake in the Dutch bank's Business Unit Netherlands.
  • Tanker owners urged to embrace FFA market
    OWNERS told to ditch "sheep like" mentality to chartering vessels and be committed to derivatives trading.

Fairplayweb site
OCTOBER 3, 2008
  • Poland yard workers split loyalties
    Neelie KroesPOLISH unions were divided today, with 150 workers from Gdansk arriving in Brussels to thank EC competition chief Neelie Kroes for opposing Poland's restructuring ' but workers from Szczecin and Gdynia campaigning to change her mind
  • Mombasa tax evasion racket busted
    A MAJOR tax evasion racket in the port of Mombasa may have lost the Kenyan Revenue Authority as much as Sh2Bn ($28.7M), according to a report in The Nation newspaper
  • Companies indicted in dumping case
    THE SPANISH owner and Cypriot operator of the tanker Nautilus have been indicted on US charges related to oil dumping, even as a chief engineer had more charges heaped upon him
  • Argentine farmers to strike again
    SOYBEAN prices are rising in Argentina in reaction to a new strike threat by farmers
  • Official charged over Faina comment
    AN EAST African Seafaring official has been charged by Kenya with issuing alarming statements regarding the hijacked Ukrainian cargo ship Faina and possession of cannabis
  • Gazprom passes threshold
    GAZPROM CEO Alexei Miller has revealed that the price for the gas that the company exports to Europe now exceeds $500 per 1,000m' in its October delivery contracts
  • Study specifies pirate risks
    RISK FACTORS for falling victim to pirates have been specified in a new report, with vessel speed at time of attack and darkness emerging as the most significant

The Journal of Commerceweb site
OCTOBER 3, 2008
  • ILA's Hughes optimistic on new contract
    Longshore union chief optimistic that new or extended contract can be agreed to with employers before current one expires.
  • Customs wants industry to help test ACE system
  • Wan Hai, PIL, 'K' Line in China-Middle East VSA
  • Customs Update: Ports truck battle
  • Marad wants one MSP ship
  • AADA cuts bunker charges
  • Panama Canal solicits bids for next phase of expansion
  • STB slows NE rail venture
  • Ryder System acquires Canadian logistics firms
  • Rail traffic slammed
  • Nagoya boxes up

Containerisation Internationalweb site
OCTOBER 3, 2008
  • The Box under pressure
    The UK's BBC, working in collaboration with Japanese ocean carrier NYK and industry association Container Shipping Information Service (CSIS), launched a year-long project in early September, to tell the story of global containerisation by following an adopted 40ft container around the world.
  • Evergreen opens maritime museum
  • Asia/northernEurope trade in trouble
  • Rotterdam and Amsterdam merge port community systems
  • Votorantim Group picks GT Nexus portal for its transport management system

TradeWindsweb site
OCTOBER 3, 2008
  • Course reversed
    Wall Street gets its bailout. Then it takes recovering shipping shares back downward.
  • Excel sells oldie
    Stamatis Molaris-led bulker owner reportedly sells a handymax for $16.2m four months after it was first offered for sale.
  • Owner IDs buy
    Denmark's ID Shipping has reportedly paid nearly $124m for a pair of Asian-controlled bulkers.
  • Collision clash
    Sovcomflot and Costamare trade accusations as LPG carrier and boxship collide in Strait of Hormuz.
  • US stocks gain
    Dry-bulk leads shipping stocks in an upward charge in early afternoon trading as bailout optimism lifts US markets.
  • Peru bunker spill
    Multipurpose ship Lydia Oldendorff spills an estimated 45 tonnes of bunkers.
  • Worldscale soars
    Tanker rate-setting association to build 69% fuel rise into 2009's flat assessments.
  • New piracy draft?
    UN reportedly drafting new resolution urging mass deployment of naval ships and aircraft off Somalia.
  • Ex-CEO sells
    Transocean director and former boss Michael Talbert sells off $5.6m in company stock, keeping only a sliver.
  • It's quotes time
    Banks and bulkers are in crisis but at least Somali waters are safe thanks to the Central Region Coast Guard.
  • Shipyard phoenix?
    Officials say a builder is mulling redeveloping a Baltimore shipyard into a modern building site, but AES wants to build an LNG terminal next door.
  • Two for Batamec
    Norwegian newcomer and Singaporean owner sign up for subsea construction vessels in Indonesia.
  • Chennai debut
    China Shipping's Shanghai Puhai begins boxship run between Thailand and India.
  • Polish protests
    Over 200 Gdansk workers march on European Commission in effort to save shipyard jobs as Poland sweats on EC ruling.
  • Kiribatis dropped
    Hamburg Sud pulls the plug on Pacific island crews after another drug bust sees boxship blacklisted in US.
  • Paniguian in
    Former BP Shipping chief brings wealth of experience as new TEN director ' for free.
  • Heart-warming
    Hyundai-Vinashin helps towards cost of heart surgery for two workers' children.
  • Expect less
    Stolt's cautionary note leads top analyst to cut profit forecast and target price.
  • Still minted
    Veteran shipowner Maersk McKinney Moller shows making money is child's play.
  • Wilson takes two
    Norwegian owner pays out $6.51m for two small bulkers from Caiano.
  • Ferry warning
    North Carolina wants second master on its ships after captain died at wheel with no replacement on board.
  • Chouest passes
    Former shrimper Edison Chouest, the founder of US shipping and shipyard group Chouest Offshore, dies aged 91.
  • AET: no deal
    MISC's tanker arm denies taking over contracts for three small ships being built at Okskaya Shipyard in Russia.
  • FOE ink rig gig
    Fred Olsen Energy subsidiary looks to have tied up three years of work for semi-submersible drilling rig.
  • Dock block
    Poland probes right of Gdansk Shipyard owner Donbas to acquire docks at neighbouring Gdynia yard.
  • Job done
    Salvors finally remove 100 containers of toxic endosulfan from Princess of the Stars.
  • Pain ahead
    Evergreen chief Chang has gloomy prediction for global economy, but forecasts recovery from 2012.
  • Chinese merger
    Wan Hai, PIL and K Line amalgamating existing China-Middle East services to boost coverage.

American Shipperweb site
OCTOBER 3, 2008
  • Perilous time for Far East/Europe trade
  • Stolt-Nielsen reports improved results
  • Wan Hai, PIL and "K" Line merge two China/Middle East services
  • CTSA lowers bunker surcharge 10%
  • OceanSchedules.com now lists schedules for 26 carriers
  • BA executive heads to jail for price fixing
  • Kerschbaumer joins DHL Express board
  • Seaway workers near strike deadline
  • Genesee & Wyoming acquires more short line railroads
  • CARB, BNSF promise cuts in San Bernardino pollution
  • COOL implementation heats up
  • C-TPAT opens for logistics providers
  • Costa Rica granted extension to join CAFTA-DR
  • N.Y.-N.J. Port Authority approves lease with BMW in New Jersey
  • Australian maritime ID cards under the scanner
  • Russian port sees 19% TEU increase through three quarters
  • Port of Houston awards contracts for container terminal study
  • Longview, Wash. port approves grain terminal rail line

The Scandinavian Shipping Gazetteweb site
OCTOBER 3, 2008
  • Hurtigruten leaves service
    Hurtigruten AS has operated the service between Troms' and Harstad over the past 30 years, when the new bidding round was launched, three shipping companies have declared interest ' but not Hurtigruten. ' We does not have the financial capacity to submit ...
  • Redundancies avoided
    The redundancies that Copenhagen Malmö Port (CMP) had announced for dock workers are now being withdrawn. CMP has entered into an agreement which will make it unnecessary to abolish 15 jobs. The agreement will mean a new work organisation and ...

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
OCTOBER 3, 2008
  • Fuel management company appoints Eastern Canada agent
    Increased interest as a result of bullish fuel prices causing company's rapid growth.
  • Market confusion as week ends
    Softening bunkers in the Americas, oil prices take a pause.
  • October arbitrage 'lower than expected'
    Singapore traders say cargoes being diverted to Fujairah.
  • Moller-Maersk repeats need for fuel efficiency
    A 5% reduction in bunker consumption would cut Maersk Lines costs 'by $227 million a year'.
  • Rotterdam barge market quiet Friday
  • Asian bunkers slide on falling crude price
    Singapore's 380 cst end the week $50 lower since the start of the week.
  • Container ship in bunker spill
    Spanish-flag ship leaves bonds to cover clean up costs and potential fine.
  • Volatile bunker prices hit cost calculations
    Rapid price changes make cost recovery difficult, says feeder operator.
  • MEPC to discuss ECA criteria next week
    Oil industry wants IMO criteria to consider low sulphur fuel availability when designating new emission control areas.
  • Indian refiners sell October fuel cargoes
    The 80,000 mt of 380 cst cargoes were sold at an undisclosed rate.
  • RINA launches voluntary 'green' certification
    The Class Green Plus notation recognises environmental performance above the minimum required by existing legislation.
  • Tight avails plague Hong Kong market
    Approaching typhoon delaying replenishment cargoes.

›››File
FROM THE HOME PAGE
At the end of the year Fret SCNF will cease to exist and the activity will be detected by the new companies Hexafret and Technis
St. -Ouen
The deal is aimed at averting the payment of 5.3 billion euros.
Tzitzikostas : At the beginning of my mandate I will present a strategy for European ports
Tzitzikostas : At the beginning of my mandate I will present a strategy for European ports
Brussels
"The competitiveness of the transport sector must be based on sustainability," the European Commission said.
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings records record quarterly revenue
Miami
In the July-September period of this year, the group's ships have embarked on 812mila passengers (+ 9.7%)
The intermodal hubs of Melzo and Milan Smistamento will be retaken in the ZLS of the port and retroport of Genoa
Milan
Deliberation approved by the regional junta of Lombardy
It amounts to 39 billion euros per year the public investment needed to decarbonize European transport.
It amounts to 39 billion euros per year the public investment needed to decarbonize European transport.
Brussels
The estimate in a new study of Transport & Environment
The crisis in the Red Sea has caused a hole of six billion dollars in Egypt's coffers
The crisis in the Red Sea has caused a hole of six billion dollars in Egypt's coffers
Cairo / Alexandria
Scali at the Egyptian port of El Dekheila of the services of Vuxx Shipping between China and Russia
In the third quarter, freight traffic in Chinese seaports grew by 1.7% percent
Beijing
The only volumes to and from abroad have increased by 5.0%
In the July-September quarter, naval traffic in the Bosphorus Strait grew by 6.4%
Ankara
In the first nine months of 2024, the increase was 7.1%
DFDS will not acquire the international transport network of Ekol Logistics
Copenhagen / Istanbul
Exchange of allegations : The Danish group claims that certain contract conditions have not been met ; the Turkish company replies that it has received a discount request in the last 24 hours
In the first quarter of this year, traffic in European Union ports fell by -3.2% percent.
In the first quarter of this year, traffic in European Union ports fell by -3.2% percent.
Luxembourg
The only traffic in containers (+ 5.2%) is growing. Still doubts about the figures attributed to Italy
ECSA and T&E are calling for the Clean Industrial Deal to support the energy transition of shipping
Brussels
Among the demands, make ecological naval fuels available in ports
In the July-September quarter, ONE revenue grew by 65.2% percent.
In the July-September quarter, ONE revenue grew by 65.2% percent.
Singapore
The volumes of containers carried by the fleet increased by 6.6%
In the third quarter, the financial and operational results of COSCO were substantially increased.
In the third quarter, the financial and operational results of COSCO were substantially increased.
Shanghai
The volumes of containers carried by the fleet increased by 8.6%
Maersk records glowing quarterly results
Maersk records glowing quarterly results
Copenhagen
A strong performance in the containerized shipping industry has been decided. Also growing terminal and logistics
Confitarma lists actions to increase the contribution of shipping to the Italian System
Naples
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Oltre 420 posizioni aperte in 17 corsi totali, con un tasso di occupazione post diploma di circa il 95% in media
In the third quarter the traffic in goods in Turkish ports decreased by -1.8%
Ankara
Volumes to and from Italy have increased by 2.9%
The Court of Appeal in Reggio Calabria gives reason to the AdSP of Gioia Tauro in the litigation that juxtaposes it to the Corap
A litigant remains pending in front of the Court of Cassation
Maersk signs an agreement with Chinese LONGi to supply its own dual-fuel vessels of methanol
Copenhagen
The Danish group already has agreements in place to meet more than 50% percent of its demand for methanol planned for 2027
Royal Caribbean again records financial results and record quarterly operating
Royal Caribbean again records financial results and record quarterly operating
Miami
In the July-September period, revenues increased by 17.4%
The association of European ports is alarmed for the planned reform of EU funding to transport infrastructure
Brussels
Transport policy and transport funding must be based on a European approach.
In the third quarter of this year, the transits of large vessels in the Panama Canal were down -38.3% percent.
In the third quarter of this year, the transits of large vessels in the Panama Canal were down -38.3% percent.
Balboa
-36.9% reduction in the volumes of goods transported through the Central American waterway
CMA CGM associates with Marsa Maroc for the management of a container terminal in the port of Nador
Marseille
Expected an investment of 280 million
Maersk confirms participation in service between Turkey and East Coast USA with scallops in Salerno, Livorno and Tanger Med
Copenhagen
Will be activated on 1st February 2025
Hapag-Lloyd will introduce shots at Italian ports in two services between the Mediterranean and East Coast USA
Hamburg / Haifa
Touches in Genoa, Livorno and Salerno in collaboration with ZIM
In the third quarter the terminals of COSCO Shipping Ports handled 29.1 million containers (+ 4.8%)
Hong Kong
Wan Hai Lines orders eight new container ships from 16,000 teu
Taipei
Committed to South Koreans HD Hyundai Samho and Samsung Heavy Industries
Fincantieri-EDGE agreement for the development of solutions for the underwater needs of military navies
Abu Dhabi / Trieste / Paris
The joint venture Maestral will deal with the design, development and construction of underwater systems
WSC, crucial mandate of new European commissioner for transport to ensure decarbonisation of shipping
Brussels
The shipowner association indicates some other priorities to be addressed
Federagents ready to illustrate to institutions the priorities of Italian ports
Rome
Pessina : available to our know-how to suggest the measures to be taken
Sébastien Romani is the new CEO of Forship Spa
Go Ligure
Subenters to Giuseppe Scognamiglio
Restyling of the landing area of the Cruserists in the port of Catania
Catania
In 2023 the traffic of cruises in the Sicilian stopover increased by 43.7% percent.
Resume work for the completion of the commercial docks of the Milazzo Port
Messina
The realization of 18,000 square metres of new aprons is planned.
In the third quarter, Kalmar's turnover fell by -16% percent.
Helsinki
New orders increased by 6%
Approved the 2025 forecast budget of the West Liguria AdSP
Genoa
Ok also at the annual review of the Triennale Operating Plan 2023-2025
Approved the 2025 forecast budget of the Central Adriatic System Authority of the Central Adriatic
Ancona
The first crane arrived to make Giammoro's pontile operating near Milazzo.
Messina
Will be installed by end of year
Green light to the forecast budget and the three-year plan of the work of the Eastern Liguria's AdSP
The Spezia
In the first nine months of 2024 the traffic of containers at Spezia grew by 8.1% percent. On 14 and November 15 the event "A Bridge To Africa"
Approved the forecast budget 2025 and the POT 2025-2027 of the AdSP of the Southern Tirreno and Ionian
Joy Tauro
Port of Livorno, seized a 40-pound load of cocaine
Livorno
Tracts under arrest three people
Approved the 2025 forecast budget of the AdSP of the Northern Tirreno
Livorno
Ok unanimous also at the Triennale Operating Plan 2024-2026
Rail Cargo Group activates a rail service between Belgrade and the port of Rijeka
Vienna
Two weekly rotations
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
HHLA reaps upward forecasts for the full financial year 2024
Hamburg
Also expected to be a slight increase in the volumes of container traffic handled by port terminals
In the third quarter, the revenues of COSCO Shipping Ports grew 11.2%
Hong Kong
In the first nine months of 2024, the increase was 5.8%
Approved the 2025 forecast budget of the AdSP of the Sardinia Sea
Cagliari
Also free from the three-year programme of works
Savino Del Bene has acquired the Seabridge Transport in Hamburg
Hamburg / Florence
The company was already acting as the administrative headquarters for the German operations of the Italian group.
In the third quarter, freight traffic in Albanian ports grew by 14.0% percent.
Tirana
In the first nine months of this year, the increase was 14.3%
In 2026, for the first time, MSC Cruciere ships will reach Alaska
Geneva
"MSC Poetry" will carry out weekly itineraries from Seattle
COSCO Shipping Lines orders six new container ships from 13,600 teu to Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding
Shanghai
They will be taken in delivery by 2027
Wärtsilä records a robust uptickdown in quarterly turnover
Helsinki
In the July-September period, the value of new orders rose by 1% percent.
Unified concession for formal act for the Intergroup terminal in Gaeta port
Cyvitavecchia
Has a duration of 12 years
Arrive in the port of Gioia Tauro the last two of the 13 new quay cranes of the MCT
Joy Tauro
They can work on capacity container carriers up to 25mila teu
Assologistic has published a practical guide to customs reform
Milan
Illustrated and analyzed the novelties and critiques of the new legislative plant
In the third quarter, shipping containers in Spanish ports increased by 9.9% percent.
Transhipment traffic grew by 13.2% percent, the import-export trade of 6.4% percent.
USB Mare and Porti criticizes the agreement for the renewal of the contract of port workers
Rome
Signed the voluntary agreement "Ancona blue agreement"
Ancona
The aim is to reduce the impact of emissions from cruise ships, ro-ro and ferries that climb the dorsal port.
Italian Coast Guard and the Italian Academy of Mercantile Academy in support of the Maritime Administration of Ukraine
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
On Friday, the public assembly of Federagents will be held in Rome.
Rome
The Federation celebrates the 75 years since its founding
Spediporto has organized a two-day trip on the Green Logistic Valley and Italy-China trade
Genoa
It is scheduled on 22 and October 23
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Argentina enfrenta tarifas portuarias hasta 500% más altas que otros países de la región
(Pescare)
Russia and India join forces in the Arctic, leaving China aside
(News.Az)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Relazione del presidente Nicola Zaccheo
Roma, 18 settembre 2024
››› File
Fincantieri opens in San Francisco a center for the development of dual-use technologies applicable both in civilian and military sectors
Trieste / San Francisco
It is housed at the Mind the Bridge Innovation Center
Japan's MHI-MME initiates a license agreement with Chinese Jiangsu Masada
Nagasaki
The aim is the development of the production and sale in China of turbochargers for two-stroke marine engines
By November the ownership of the Victory Shipyard will go to CNV
Venice
Mantovan (Veneto Region) : A new trade union agreement will be built that will cover the 48 workers in organic
In the third quarter, the commercial activity and financial performance of Konecranes grew
Helsinki
The value of new orders for the supply of port means increased by 44.1%
In 2025, a 3.9% increase in cruising traffic in Adriatic ports is expected
Ravenna
Responses Tourism believes that the traffic of ferries, catamarans and aliscafi will record further slight growth
COSCO Shipping Ports acquires stakes in the two port terminals of Hutchison Ports in Laem Chabang
Hong Kong
Investment of 110 million
GNV has taken delivery of the new ferry GNV Polaris
Genoa
First of four new ro-pax units built in China, it will enter service by January
John Xylas will be the new president of Intercargo.
John Xylas will be the new president of Intercargo.
London
He will subordinate to Dimitrios Fafalios, who has been named honorary president
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