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October 16, 2008
The Business Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • APL, PSA bag Lloyd's List Asia awards
    The Lloyd's List Asia awards last night saw APL picking up the Asian Container Shipping Line of the Year award, while PSA International once again picked up the Container Terminal Operator of the Year award.
  • New national standard to boost bunker practices
    The Port of Singapore has notched up another world first with the launch yesterday of Singapore Standard SS 600: 2008 - Code of Practice for Bunkering.
  • Cargo rates dip on tight credit
    Pacific Basin Shipping Ltd, Hong Kong's biggest dry-bulk carrier and Precious Shipping Pcl said that demand for moving coal, iron ore and other commodities will fall because banks are guaranteeing fewer loads.

Sched Netweb site
  • CMA CGM east Mediterranean service calls at Ningbo Daxie
  • Yang Ming starts Far East-Israel (ADX) service
  • APL credits backhaul for 6pc volume increase
  • Banned IRISL offers 600-TEU ship service to Venezuela
  • US Navy: Pirates will seek new hostages as old ones freed
  • Rotterdam and Amsterdam ports to merge July 1, 2009
  • Ghana Ports Authority imposes box handling monopoly
  • Rio Grande CT expansion four years ahead of schedule
  • FPS Sri Lanka provides services for Oluvil Port Project
  • BIFA to hold free workshops for UK freight forwarders
  • 'Chilling' anti-railway buyout bill denied fast track
  • Zhengzhou Airport tries on low-cost operation mode
  • Lufthansa, Air France suffer September cargo slump
  • Hong Kong's AAT's truck control system wins two RFID awards

Exim Indiaweb site
  • Global meltdown impact on shipping projected to be 'severe'
  • Baalu christens 2 of SCI's boxships
  • Probe begins into dumping of linen fabrics from China & Hong Kong
  • 20 mt coal to be imported
  • Crude import cost doubles in 5 months
  • Brand Italy to vibe with Indian business
  • Gems & jewellery exports fetch 18 pc more in H1
  • MPSEZ bags 'Private Port of Year' award
  • Fairdeal Group's ICD-Indore launched
  • First-ever bulk grains rake flagged off from Adani Agri Logistics depot in Haryana for Navi Mumbai
  • Rlys' freight earnings up by 20 pc in H1
  • RBI to release Rs 20,000 cr. more to meet needs of mutual funds
  • Assocham offers formula to end liquidity crisis

Maritime Global Netweb site
OCTOBER 15, 2008
  • St Lawrence labour deal done
  • Puntland troops free freighter
  • IBM's US$7.5m deal with Moller-Maersk
  • IRI "expecting 150 new ships"
  • "Shipping should be in Kyoto Protocol":NITC

Marine Logweb site
OCTOBER 15, 2008
  • Somali pirates seize bulker
  • Financing hitch hits Aker Philadelphia shuttle tankers
  • Signal International to repair two Hercules Offshore rigs
  • Two year contract for Rowan Gorilla II

World Wide Shipperweb site
OCTOBER 15, 2008
  • Port of Bellingham releases new waterfront project information
  • Corps breaking up pair of dam projects
  • Container education group expanding resources for students
  • Container & Intermodal Institute names Connie Award winners
  • Mediated talks break down between Boeing, machinists union

Lloyd's Listweb site
OCTOBER 15, 2008
  • Bulker rates fall amid trade credit fears
    RATES slide further on fears that 'frozen' credit lines are restricting shipments of dry bulk commodities.
  • 'Horrible week' adds to Pacific panamax woes
  • NOL's Widdows explains pullout from Hapag race
    TAKEOVER of Hapag Lloyd would put NOL at risk, says Ron Widdows in a letter to customers.
  • Box lines call for shipper support on consortia rules
    LINER industry asks shippers to join them to persuade Brussels to drop controversial proposal.

Fairplayweb site
OCTOBER 15, 2008
  • Crew crunch is even more worrying
    SHORTAGE of officers could prove to be of greater significance to shipping than the credit crunch, Jan Morten Eskilt, chairman of OSM Group, told the Marine Money conference in Singapore today
  • Attica brings Superfast in-house
    ATTICA Holdings is to absorb its subsidiaries Superfast Ferries and Blue Star Maritime through an exchange of shares and issue of new ones
  • Three arrested after Fedra loss
    GIBRALTAR police have arrested the captain and two crew members of the bulk carrier Fedra, which split in two during severe weather on 10 October
  • Energy shipping will secure funding
    SMART money is likely to shift across to offshore shipping and tanker trades, delegates at the Marine Money conference in Singapore concluded today

The Journal of Commerceweb site
OCTOBER 15, 2008
  • Trans-Pacific lines see 2009 rebound
    Lines anticipate rebound in eastbound Pacific in second half of 2009; look to recover more bunker and inland diesel costs.
  • Transportation interests warned on gov't. intervention
  • NYK, OOCL to share chassis
  • Puerto Rico ports close as Hurricane Omar approaches
  • NATO warships on way to fight piracy off Somalia
  • Maersk hikes Asia-Aus. rates
  • CMA CGM expands Europe-Indian Ocean service
  • Economic crisis could help re-start Doha trade talks
  • International Shipholding expects Q3 profit gain
  • ProLogis in Japan leases
  • CSX net gains 40%

Containerisation Internationalweb site
OCTOBER 15, 2008
  • 'Russian Day' in Seoul
  • US Importers ill-prepared for new security regulation
  • Panama Canal bucks the credit crunch
  • Bunker prices return to 2007 levels
  • Lonrho takes the wind out of SAILS

TradeWindsweb site
OCTOBER 15, 2008
  • Ofers idle capes
    Israeli shipowner's Zodiac Maritime Agencies is said to be idling 20 capesize bulkers.
  • Pain resumes
    A round of bad news push bulker owners lead plummeting stocks on Wall Street.
  • Outlook 'difficult'
    Dahlman Rose analyst downgrades two tanker owners and says bulker owners face "significant net asset value corrections."
  • Supramax seized
    New Philippines-managed, Panama-flagged bulker with 21 crew members latest to be snatched by Somali pirates.
  • Ballots set to kill
    Blank-cheque company Energy Infrastructure Acquisition asks shareholders to push the self-destruct button.
  • No Cosco woe
    Possible collapse of MPF order will not hit bottom line, says Cosco Singapore as shares tumble.
  • Bust in the Baltic
    Finnish ferry operator SuperSeaCat suspends sailings and heads for liquidation as financial problems hit.
  • Svitzer arrives
    Salvors begin removing bunkers from a grounded Argentine bulk carrier off Spain.
  • OSG takes stock
    New York tanker owner Overseas Shipholding Group buys up $2.8m in shares of spin-off OSG America.
  • One for all
    East and southern African nations closer to agreeing shipping line to handle regional business.
  • ACS swaps
    US owner rejigging sequence of Aker Philadelphia newbuildings due to lack of finance for two shuttle tankers.
  • Damen's design
    Dubai picks Dutch yard's blueprint for its new ferries, with a Chinese yard lined up to actually build them.
  • Yard drama
    Cammell Laird workers jailed in 1984 after industrial action have written a play about their experiences.
  • NITC VLCCs hit
    NITC boss Mohammad Souri says two of his VLCCs were recently targeted in Gulf of Aden.
  • Hapag to float?
    MM Warburg's Christian Olearius says container line's new owners should consider IPO as well as acquisitions.
  • Car carrier blaze
    Confusion as to whereabouts of chief engineer as fire breaks out onboard ship off Japan.
  • Trio for Samsung
    Korean yard bags single aframax order from unidentified Italian and confirms Geden Lines duo.
  • Canal cash
    Panama defies credit crisis to fix up loans worth $2.3bn for widening of vital canal.
  • TB at GB
    Bahamas hospital confirms positive tuberculosis test on worker at Grand Bahama Shipyard.
  • SMC adds three
    Shipping arm of Philippines brewer San Miguel wins state tax breaks for two Chinese newbuilds, buys Japanese barge.
  • Calais closed
    French port officers begin 24-hour strike, forcing P&O to suspend ferry loading at Dover.
  • Outbounds decline
    US westbound container volumes sharply down on previous months on strong US dollar.

American Shipperweb site
OCTOBER 15, 2008
  • Drewry: Reefer shipping is still robust
  • Coast Guard's Bone joins American Bureau of Shipping
  • Langh introduces new containers for steel shipment
  • Feldman named VP international operations for Pilot
  • CSX records profit increase from continuing operations
  • Chertoff stands ground on 100% scanning
  • Congress proposes relaxed phase-in of Lacey Act
  • USDA to allow guava fruit imports from Mexico
  • CEVA to operate distribution center for BMW in Poland
  • Tilden, Bloom to receive "Connie" awards
  • Vancouver USA port to slash capital spending in 2009

The Scandinavian Shipping Gazetteweb site
OCTOBER 15, 2008
  • ITF inspected 251 vessels in Baltic Sea
    251 vessels were inspected by joint seafarer/docker/ITF teams in coordinated operations across the ten countries in the Baltic Sea (including Norway) between October 6-10. Five vessel agreements have been signed, four notices of agreement received, and USD 8,276 ...
  • Rem Offshore sells PSV
    Rem Offshore sells the PSV (Platform Supply Vessel) Rem Server to an undisclosed foreign buyer. The price tag is NOK 243,5 million and gives Rem Offshore a booked profit of NOK 80 million. Rem Server, built in 2007 and of ...
  • New Norwegian recycling settlement
    The Norwegian government and the Norwegian Shipowners' Association have agreed on measures to improve safety at recycling plants. ' This is a major step in the work of making the industry environmentally friendly and safe, says Erik Solheim, Minister of the ...

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
OCTOBER 15, 2008
  • Hess launch carbon neutral program
    C-Neutral to meet energy solutions demands as industry faces growing pressures.
  • Shipping has 'urgent need' to reduce CO2 emissions
    CEO of Shell Marine Products says shipping could 'halve' its energy consumption.
  • Global bunker market report
  • Gas-to-liquids bunker fuel reduces harmful emissions
    CEO of Shell Marine Products says tests confirm the benefits of gas-to-liquids gasoil.
  • Ship manager says ECAs 'create more emissions'
    'Erratic availability' of low-sulphur fuel leads to wasteful burning of high-sulphur fuel.
  • K-Line sees big savings from slowing down
    Bunker fuel's share of operational costs has increased sharply in the past year.
  • Bunker industry should prepare for 'painful cycle'
    'Na've' to think industry will escape impact of the 'financial meltdown', says Chemoil chief.
  • Rotterdam barge market firm
  • Bunker prices resume downward slide
    Asian bunker markets weakening as crude oil price falls.
  • 'Irrefutable' bunker measurement tool launched
    Technology said to guarantee fuel oil quantity delivered.
  • Bunker industry faces credit challenges
    Keynote speakers at SIBCON 2008 address the challenge faced by the industry in the current economic environment.
  • Singapore reveals new national bunker standard
    First standard in the world for bunker suppliers and surveyors.

›››File
FROM THE HOME PAGE
PORTS
In the third quarter the port of Koper has handled 287,410 containers (+ 11.8%)
Koper
In the first nine months of 2024, it was 835,506 (+ 2.9%)
PORTS
New historical record of monthly container traffic in the port of Long Beach
Long Beach / Los Angeles
In October, strong growth in Los Angeles climbing activity.
PORTS
Italian Port Days initiative obtains EMD certification of the European Union
Rome
The attestation for contributing to the valorisation of sustainability in the Blue Economy with concrete actions
ZIM records excellent quarterly economic performance driven by noli uptick and activity with Latin America
SHIPPING
ZIM records excellent quarterly economic performance driven by noli uptick and activity with Latin America
Haifa
The fleet transported a record number of containers
CRUISES
In the third quarter, the Viking cruise group's revenues grew by 11.4% percent.
Los Angeles
Increase of 14.3% of turnover generated by ocean cruises
PORTS
Signed the final agreement on the contract of port workers
Rome
COMPETITION
Italian Antitrust initiates an investigation into SAS (MSC group), Moby and Large Navi Fast
Rome
According to the AGCM, competition restrictions may have occurred as a result of the 49% acquisition of Moby's capital by SAS.
T&E highlights the need to also count the well-to-tank emissions for LNG used by ships
ENVIRONMENT
T&E highlights the need to also count the well-to-tank emissions for LNG used by ships
Brussels
Total greenhouse gases produced would be more than 30% higher than those considered by the FuelEU Maritime Regulation
COMPANIES
DFDS and Ekol are rethinking and agreeing on the sale of the Turkish company's international network to the Danish group
Copenhagen / Istanbul
Revised the terms of the deal expired on the first November
PORTS
Slight downturn in freight traffic in the port of Hamburg in the third quarter
Hamburg
Stable container traffic
The Companies inform
Accelleron initiates partnership with Geislinger to expand service business in the Mediterranean region
INDUSTRY
Cargotec agrees to the sale of MacGregor to funds managed by Triton
Helsinki
Sale of the value of 480 million that is expected to be completed by the first half of 2025
PORTS
In the July-September quarter freight traffic in the port of Koper increased by 8.3%
Lubiana
In the first nine months of 2024, the increase was 3.2% percent.
COMPETITION
Ok of Ukraine's antitrust enforcement at the entrance of MSC in the capital of HHLA terminalist company
Kiev
The company operates the CTO terminal of the port of Odessa
PORTS
Inaugurated the new Peruvian port of Chancay operated by China's COSCO Shipping Ports
Lima
Has 1,500 linear metres of docks
SHIPYARDS
More than doubling the value of new orders acquired by Fincantieri in the first nine months of 2024
Trieste
The sunshine committed for shipbuilding grew by +154,3 percent.
ENVIRONMENT
Established the Ship Recycling Alliance to speed up the recycling of safe and environmentally friendly ships
Copenhagen
The initiative in view of the entry into force on June 26 of the Hong Kong International Convention
LOGISTICS
Kuehne + Nagel will acquire 51% percent of the capital of American IMC Logistics
Schindellegi / Collierville
US company mainly operates drayage services
In the third quarter of this year, Hapag-Lloyd's revenues grew by 28.2%
SHIPPING
In the third quarter of this year, Hapag-Lloyd's revenues grew by 28.2%
Hamburg
Increase of 3.8% of containers carried by the fleet. Average value of nils up 22.9%
PORTS
In the third quarter freight traffic in the port of Genoa decreased by -4.9% percent while in Savona-I went up by 15.7% percent.
Genoa
Decided increase in transshipment containers determined by the Red Sea crisis. Down the cruises
In the third quarter, HMM revenues increased by 67% thanks to the 83% growth in the container segment
SHIPPING
In the third quarter, HMM revenues increased by 67% thanks to the 83% growth in the container segment
Seoul
+116% increase in the value of the average nole per container transported
Evergreen's quarterly financial performance hike
SHIPPING
Evergreen's quarterly financial performance hike
Taipei
Taiwanese company invests 186.8 million to buy new shipping containers
In the third quarter, container traffic at the Eurokai port terminals grew by 9.9% percent.
PORTS
In the third quarter, container traffic at the Eurokai port terminals grew by 9.9% percent.
Hamburg
In Germany (Eurogate) the increase was 13.6% percent. In Italy (Contship Italy) of 6.8%). Slowing growth at Tanger Med. Damietta terminal will become operational in April
SHIPYARDS
Ok of the Rovigo Tribunal to the Restructuring Plan of Shipbuilding Victory plan
Adria
On the completion of the sale of the company to CNV Srl
PORTS
Port of Ancona, in 2023, underlines the AdSP-container traffic grew by 5%
Ancona
The Port Authority disputes the data released by the Fedespedi Studies Center
SHIPYARDS
Mr vard will build five support ships in the offshore industry.
Trieste
Designed to accommodate up to 190 people, they will be carried out in Vietnam
INTERMODAL TRANSPORT
Alpe Adria activates new rail service between the port of Trieste and the Malpensa Intermodal terminal in Sacconago
Trieste
SHIPPING
Euroseas order in China the construction of two 4,300-teu feeder container
Athens
Quarterly revenue from rentals inj growth of 5.8%
STUDIES AND RESEARCH
The Analysis of the Fedespea Studies Centre on economic and operational performance of Italian container terminals
Milan
COMPANIES
GNV strengthens its business department with two nominees
Genoa
New business manager and new general manager of the company in Spain
PORTS
On the former Carbonyl of the Port of Genoa, the yards of the foranea dam and the subport tunnel
Genoa
The AdSP Management Committee deliberated it yesterday.
EDUCATION
In Genoa, the Graduation Day of the Italian Academy of Mercantile
Genoa
Delivered 50 diplomas at the end of the biennial and three-year formative course
MEETINGS
On November 27 in Rome, the public assembly of UNIPORT will be held
Rome
Meeting on the theme "Italian Ports, a network of businesses in the service of the country and of Europe"
MOURNING
Roberto Nappi, founder and director for 40 years of "Corriere Marittimo", has died.
Genoa
His career had begun at the writing of the Telegraph in 1958
NEWS
New EU sanctions to prohibit the use of ships and ports for the transportation of drones and missiles produced by Iran
Brussels
ASSOCIATIONS
Masucci confirmed president of Italian Propeller Clubs
Genoa
New mandate for the three years 2024-2027
NEWS
The seamen of the Galaxy Leader have been hostage for a year
London / Hong Kong
Platten (ICS) : It is unacceptable ; humanity prevails and they are immediately released
SHIPPING
MSC will implement a markup of noli for maritime transport from the Far East to the Mediterranean
Geneva
Increases of 25% and 18% for containers from 20 'and 40' direct in the western Mediterranean and Adriatic
SHIPPING
Completed the dual-fuel retrofit of a large container ship in Maersk
Copenhagen
He will be able to navigate methanol. Increased the hold capacity
PORTS
Environmental authorization of the Region to dredging the quays from 19 to 26 of the port of Ancona
Ancona
The intervention will cost a total of 16.5 million euros.
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
MEETINGS
Conference of the CNEL on the Sustainability of Maritime Transport
Rome
It will be held on November 27 in Rome
INTERMODAL TRANSPORT
Intermodal shipments between the port of Trieste and Slovakia are growing
Trieste
PORTS
In the third quarter the container traffic handled by HHLA dropped by -2%
Hamburg
In Trieste the volumes processed by PLT Italy in the first nine months of 2024 have decreased
PORTS
In October container traffic in the port of Hong Kong grew by 0.7%
Hong Kong
In the first ten months of 2024, a decline of -5.2%
PORTS
In the July-September quarter freight traffic in the port of Civitavecchia fell by -11.8%
Cyvitavecchia
The Cruserists increased by 2.7%
PORTS
Last month the port of Singapore handled 3.5 million containers (+ 8.1%)
Singapore
In the first ten months of 2024, growth was 6.2% percent.
LOGISTICS
MSC has completed the acquisition of the majority of logistics company MVN
Geneva / Milan
The Milanese business plans to close 2024 percent with a turnover of 100 million euros.
MEETINGS
Conference of Assiterminal entitled "Ports in Connection-ESG, IA, CSRD"
Genoa
It will be held on December 5 in Rome
COMPANIES
In the summer quarter passenger traffic in the cruise terminals of Global Ports Holding grew by 27.5%
Istanbul
Revenue up 23%
PROGRESS AND TECHNOLOGY
SDC freight forwarder introduced artificial intelligence in the management of customs practices
Venice
Annually the practices followed exceed 15mila units
COMPANIES
The sale of the shipping company Santandrea from the Pacorini to Aprile
Trieste
The company was founded in 1989 in Trieste
PORTS
Port of Gioia Tauro, the memorandum of understanding for security in working environments and port operations
Joy Tauro
Will have a duration of three years
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
MEETINGS
Conference of the CNEL on the Sustainability of Maritime Transport
Rome
It will be held on November 27 in Rome
MEETINGS
Conference of Assiterminal entitled "Ports in Connection-ESG, IA, CSRD"
Genoa
It will be held on December 5 in Rome
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Sudan govt scraps $6bn Red Sea port deal with UAE
(The North Africa Post)
Argentina enfrenta tarifas portuarias hasta 500% más altas que otros países de la región
(Pescare)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Autorità di Regolazione dei Trasporti
Relazione del presidente Nicola Zaccheo
Roma, 18 settembre 2024
››› File
COMPANIES
Paola Piraccini appointed as Legal Technical Collaborator of Spininvest
Genoa
Joined in magistrate in 1981, he is a retired cassation adviser
PORTS
The meeting in Rome between the representatives of Italian ports and ports in Florida
Rome
Expect a comparison to find common themes on which to set up a benchmarking task
PORTS
This year the Cruserists in the port of Ancona have grown by 18.9%
Ancona
25.1% increase in transits and drop by -5.1% of landings and embarkation
COMPANIES
Changed Risso constitutes a joint venture in Cagliari
Cagliari / Genoa
Partnership at 50% with Fausto Saba and Riccardo Vargiu
PORTS
Ok to the 2025 forecast budget of the AdSP of the Tyrrhenian Sea Centre North
Cyvitavecchia
It presents a surplus of more than 2.5 million euros
SHIPYARDS
In Palermo, the first sheet of the new ferry for the Sicilian region was cut off.
Trieste / Palermo
The delivery of the ship is scheduled for 2026
SHIPPING
Global Ship Lease's quarterly revenue records show the first decrease since the end of 2018
Athens
The company believes that its container fleet has very good future prospects of employment
COMPANIES
DP World signs an agreement to buy Australian Silk Logistics
Dubai / Melbourne
The expected value of the transaction is approximately 115 million
PORTS
A worker has passed away in the port of Crotone
Joy Tauro
He would suddenly go down to the ground while talking to some colleagues
PORTS
Torbianelli : well the ok of CIPESS in financing the future Molo VIII of the port of Trieste
Trieste
Of the estimated 315 million euros, 206.9 are expected by the state
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