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September 22, 2008
The Business Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Tan Chai Hee promoted to MD of Aurora Tankers Management
    ASIA-FOCUSED integrated maritime group IMC Corp has announced the promotion of Tan Chai Hee to managing director of its Aurora Tankers Management unit.
  • Panalpina opens new complex at Changi
    GLOBAL supply chain management group Panalpina World Transport has opened a new logistics complex at the Changi International LogisPark that will serve as the group's hub for South-east Asia and the Asia Pacific.

Sched Netweb site
  • Lloyd's Register says slow steaming wasteful, costly
  • China Merchants, Vinalines to build Vietnam box terminal
  • Shandong launches Jining to Yangzhou box canal service
  • INTTRA posts 50pc volume increase in Asia Pacific
  • Guangxi's US$213 million channel upgrade near complete
  • World shipping demands UN action against pirates
  • Penalties expected for overstaying boxes at Jakarta port
  • Barbados container truck crackdown nabs only two suspects
  • BAA to sell Gatwick airport as official pressure mounts
  • Aeroflot Cargo adds three MD-11F freighter to fleet
  • Tighter security for air cargo in Singapore Changi

Exim Indiaweb site
  • Hoegh Autoliners makes grand re-entry
  • Chennai call for Hapag Lloyd's new direct weekly Europe-Australia service from Nov.-end
  • Coir exports up
  • Cabinet okays move to amend Apeda Act
  • NM Port handling even project cargoes now
  • Curtains to rise on 'Logistics Indore' tomorrow
  • Roadblocks to seamless logistics listed, future course charted
  • Indian banks safe, assures Fin. Minister
  • IMG's MD portrays investors' paradise in E. Germany's Saxony-Anhalt
  • Cabinet nod for pulses import from Myanmar
  • Sener unveils Foran-V60 as tool to design ships

International Transport Journalweb site
SEPTEMBER 19, 2008
  • Lohmann to succeed Niehues
  • DB Schenker buys part of NordCargo
  • Fridenson acquires MM Trade and Multimodals

Maritime Global Netweb site
SEPTEMBER 19, 2008
  • Industry makes piracy "crisis call"
  • Argentine tug strike
  • Hellespont reflags chemical tanker to Germany
  • New tug JV at Antwerp
  • Shipping "set for slower growth"
  • Fritz Heidenreich moves to new company
  • Siba Ships carries 3 millionth sheep

Marine Logweb site
SEPTEMBER 20, 2008
  • Coast Guard busts another drugs sub

World Wide Shipperweb site
SEPTEMBER 19, 2008
  • Ceremony marks opening of IKEA's Tacoma distribution center
  • Corps changing plans for Willamette dredging project
  • Horizon Lines making payment on revolving credit facility
  • Bradwood Landing LNG site receives FERC approval
  • Series of storms affect US rail freight traffic numbers

Lloyd's Listweb site
  • IMB mulls advice changes after latest Somalia pirates attacks
    ANTI-piracy watchdogs may advise shipowners and operators to maintain a greater distance from the Somalia coast.
  • Shipping unites in 'crisis call' to Mitropoulos for piracy action
  • "Food shortage" pirate negotiating ploy: MISC
    MISC says that Somali pirates are using reports of a shortage of food on two hijacked tankers to undermine negotiations

Fairplayweb site
SEPTEMBER 19, 2008
  • Polish yards fear job cuts
    PART of the restructuring plan for Poland's bankruptcy-threatened shipyards of Gdynia and Szczecin, will involve the loss of 2,000 jobs
  • Rumours swirl around NCL newbuilds
    REPORTS continue to surface on an alleged dispute between NCL and Aker over the cruise line's strategically crucial post-Panamax F3 newbuildings
  • Anger after BA tugs resume work
    TUGS operating at Buenos Aires have resumed service to Hamburg-Süd and Maersk Line vessels
  • Anti-piracy measures stepped up
    CREW MANAGERS and manning agents in the Philippines have been instructed to implement anti-piracy measures in the light of increased attacks in the Gulf of Aden and other hotspots
  • Korean owners want tougher action
    THE Korea Shipowners' Association has called for "tougher" action against Somali pirates who have targeted merchant ships transiting the Gulf of Aden
  • FSL clinches credit facility
    FIRST Ship Lease Trust has obtained an additional $65M as a revolving credit facility that secures finance for buying a third container vessel from Taiwan's Yang Ming
  • Korean shares on the up
    Korean maritime shares reacted strongly today following the recovery in the US and Chinese stock markets

The Journal of Commerceweb site
SEPTEMBER 20, 2008
  • Orders for container ships collapse
    Orders for new container ships have dried up as charter rates and freight rates tumble, growth slows on key liner trade routes
  • After hurricane, Houston port restores full operations
  • Horizon Lines pays debt
  • China disputes US at WTO
  • Gulf TWIC centers re-open
  • Shipping calls for UN action against pirates
  • ABX deal creates Europe logistics powerhouse
  • Port traffic forecaster sold
  • Ports, truckers file arguments in trucks appeal
  • Upgrade for PNW truck route

Containerisation Internationalweb site
SEPTEMBER 19, 2008
  • Picking up the pieces after natural and financial disasters: how has containerisation fared?
    As Hurricane Ike was crashing into the Texas coast last weekend and Typhoon Sinlaku was ravaging Taiwan, a financial toxic tsunami was waiting in the wings to create havoc to the world's economies. Events of this week on global stock exchanges are unprecedented in human memory. Arguably, not since the 1929 US stock market crash has more damage been done to the pillars of the financial community in such a short period of time. And the knock-on impact to the shipping industry looms like an iceberg directly in its course.
  • Global stocks surge in response to US 'bad bank' move
  • CN goes to court over regulatory delay in Chicago rail affair
  • Transnet gains ISO standards
  • Cosco Busan legacy bills in limbo
  • Russia to build intermodal capabilities

TradeWindsweb site
SEPTEMBER 19, 2008
  • Spelke sentenced
    Former Apex president Clifford Spelke escapes a potential prison term, receiving five years of probation.
  • Another rally
    A sweeping program by the US government sends Wall Street surging, and shipping stocks go along for the rise.
  • Mariner charged
    Spaniard on Marflet chemical tanker faces accusations of covering up discharges.
  • On the block
    Capital Ship Management appears to be selling a chemical tanker newbuilding.
  • Ike queue grows
    As more shipping channels reopen after Hurricane Ike, 164 vessels have been held up.
  • Europe rebounds
    Three of John Fredriksen's companies among the pace setters as shipping stocks in Oslo and London are dragged up by Asian gains.
  • Horizon cuts debt
    US liner company will pay down $12.5m on a revolving credit facility.
  • It's quotes time
    Cor, what happened in the Big Apple this week?! No amount of lipstick will dress this pig up.
  • Clear off!
    Bangladesh's high court bans "toxic" former Ocean Tankers aframax from hitting breakers' beaches.
  • UK holds three
    Greek and Turkish bulkers join Univan-managed car-carrier on MCA's August detention list.
  • All clear
    China's competition authority approves CSDC's deal to tie-up bulker operations with Baosteel.
  • On the UP
    UP Offshore bags one-year deal for PSV as North Sea charterers shy away from the hot spot market.
  • Lion roars
    Wall St rally plus rising BDI and oil prices send Singapore shipping stocks soaring.
  • Excellent!
    ITF praises Estonian union's deal with ferry owner Tallink, securing some workers up to 50% pay rises.
  • Viconship lists
    Vietnamese port operator and shipping agency sells 11m shares on Ho Chi Minh exchange.
  • Big three better
    Japan's K Line, NYK and MOL backed by investors following another rise in the Baltic Dry Index.
  • Chops away
    Siba Ships posts another tasty figure as its 30,000-gt Becrux (built 2002) flocks past 3 million sheep milestone.
  • Tan in at Aurora
    IMC Group pick insider as new managing director at Malaysian tanker owner.
  • Meghna fixed
    Garware Offshore newbuilding is heading for a three-year stint in South Africa at $4.75m per year.
  • Boskalis ups stake
    Peter Berdowski-led Smit suitor takes holding beyond a tenth as it claims slice worth $168.32m.
  • Uni-Asia buys
    Japanese ship financier snaps up handysize bulker under construction in China for $30m.
  • Tug team
    Germany's Fairplay and Dutch owner Multraship combine forces for assault on Antwerp towage market.
  • Hellespont says Ja
    Greek group flags chemical tanker to Germany, cementing its ties to KG funding and its Hamburg management operation.
  • FSL strikes back
    After a tough day on Thursday, Philip Clausius-led business trust secures extra funding.
  • Bonds secured
    Golden Ocean continues to snap up convertible bonds at reduced rates in share-price lull.
  • Hy-Line fire
    Passengers safe after US ferry suffers blaze in engine room due to burst oil-filter seal.
  • Long Beach slows
    Outbound container volumes continue year-on-year growth, but at reduced levels.

American Shipperweb site
SEPTEMBER 19, 2008
  • Piracy crisis "spiraling out of control"
  • Lloyds Register sees need for new containership designs
  • Fairplay, Multraship start new tug service in Antwerp
  • FedEx will hike rates in January
  • Express companies in India may manage own ground handling
  • YRC fills CFO slot
  • Sunteck Adds Agent Office In North Carolina
  • Congress urged to vote on Panama trade deal
  • EU approves DSV's acquisition of ABX Logistics
  • SoCal ports' truck plan facing serious launch hurdles
  • New Orleans plans to triple container capacity
  • PD Ports looks east for Northern Gateway business
  • Coast Guard reports progress on reopening waterways after Ike
  • Liquid bulk tenant vacates Los Angeles port
  • San Diego port's top two executives to retire

The Scandinavian Shipping Gazetteweb site
SEPTEMBER 19, 2008
  • DFDS cuts 150 jobs
    DFDS has made an agreement with the seafarers' unions for cutting 150 jobs after the lay up of the Queen of Scandinavia. The new plan (the second this year) will reduce the costs with DKK 40 million as from 2009 ...
  • Two more ships taken by Somali pirates
    The capture of ten pirates by the Danish frigate Absalon did not take any courage from their fellow pirates in the Somali waters. Yesterday two more bulkcarriers were hi-jacked off Somalia, near the port of Eyl. The Malta-flagged ...
  • Demolition of toxic tanker blocked
    Only days before the tanker MT Enterprise was to be beached and broken up at Sitakundu shipbreaking yards in Bangladesh the demolition was stopped by the authorities. The vessel, sold to a Bangladeshi shipbreaker, was earlier named New Atlantia. "Environment ...

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
SEPTEMBER 19, 2008
  • Houston picking up
    Bunker orders starting to escalate in Houston as port resumes operations.
  • BC Ferries 'aggressive' new stance
    Plans to reduce fuel surcharge in light of recent bearish fuel prices.
  • Crude cruises past $100
    Low prices retreat as oil posts second-largest daily increase.
  • Chemoil announce redesignation of director
    Change to the Board of Directors.
  • No let up on tugboat regulations
    Lawmakers urge US Coast Guard to act now, suggesting "jail time" for those responsible for the Mississippi oil spill.
  • Europe to Asia arbitrage window widens
    ARA fuel oil stocks up as exports shipments slow.
  • Global bunker market report
  • Rotterdam busy as market rebounds
    Market firming fast Friday as crude continues recovery.
  • Ship designs must allow for flexible speeds
    Price volatility means ships will sometimes slow down to save fuel, which is not without problems warns Lloyd's Register.
  • Rotterdam barge market tight
  • 'Risk of recession' if oil stays above $90
    IEA chief urges OPEC to avoid further output cuts.
  • UAE says no to single hulls
    Becomes the first Middle East exporting nation to commit to IMO's 2010 phase-out date.
  • Port authority presses ahead with Hambantota project
    Asserts the progression of the project despite resident relocation issues.
  • Measures planned to lift fishing industry
    Up to 70% of Philippines' tuna fishing fleet operating budget spent on fuel.
  • Colombo bunker tanks open for use
    Suppliers can start using tanks once they sign an agreement with the port authority.

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FROM THE HOME PAGE
PORTS
Signed the act for the rebalancing of the concession in chief of Venice Terminal Passengers
Venice
Spain : The aim is to "create a new normal", which is aimed strongly at an upper-middle customer segment, with the aim of creating a pole for luxury cruises in Venice, " he said.
PORTS
In October, freight traffic in the ports of Genoa and Savona-Ligure
Genoa
Recorded increases of 2.5% and 21.9%, respectively. It continues the downturn of cruises in both scallops
CRUISES
Fincantieri has delivered the new cruise ship Viking Vela to Viking
Trieste / Los Angeles
Can accommodate 998 passengers
The government of Montenegro wants to bring the port of Adria back under state control
PORTS
The government of Montenegro wants to bring the port of Adria back under state control
Podgorica
Will evaluate the possible acquisition of the majority stake in the Turkish Global Ports Holding
PORTS
China's seaports handled record cargo traffic for October
China's seaports handled record cargo traffic for October
Beijing
Containers amounted to over 24.4 million TEU (+6.2%)
Stable the traffic of goods in the port of La Spezia in the period of July-September
PORTS
Stable the traffic of goods in the port of La Spezia in the period of July-September
The Spezia
Marina di Carrara has been recorded a decrease of -15.6%
PORTS
At Spezia they don't want a president of the AdSP "parachuted"
The Spezia
They ask for a president "plug & play" able to deal with the problems right away
PORTS
Defined the location in the port of Gioia Tauro of the construction site for the bridge over the Strait of Messina
Joy Tauro
The OYAK and OIA funds will invest in the Turkish port of Iskenderun
PORTS
The OYAK and OIA funds will invest in the Turkish port of Iskenderun
Ankara
Expected the realization of a terminal container
SHIPPING
T&E calls for EU measures to limit ship speed and greater use of wind propulsion
Brussels
Summary complaint of the organization on the progress made by the shipping industry for decarbonisation
CUSTOMS
To extend the customs corridor to goods in export and on transhipment in the port of Spezia
The Spezia
He was speaking at a meeting between the AdSP and the Customs Agency.
SHIPPING
After Maersk, Hapag-Lloyd also initiates an agreement with Chinese Goldwind for supplies of green methanol
ENVIRONMENT
Messina (Assshipowners) : yes to the environmentalist push, but the timing and the ways are wrong
Rome
Local, often untimely, local norms have the only effect of moving traffics out of the Old Continent.
PORTS
Port of Ravenna, final visit of the EU representative to the project "Ravenna Port Hub : Infrastructural Works"
Ravenna
The European contribution has been more than 30 million euros.
TRANSPORTATION
In 2023, the performance of road and rail transport services fell in Switzerland.
Neuchâtel
Modal shares remained unchanged
INTERMODAL TRANSPORT
New intermodal service Melzo-Marcianise of Hannibal
Melzo
Two weekly rotations that from the first quarter will rise to three
PSA and Evergreen to jointly operate container terminal in Singapore
PORTS
PSA and Evergreen to jointly operate container terminal in Singapore
Singapore
The new company will become operational by the end of 2024
In the third quarter economic growth of trade in goods and services of G20
TRADE
In the third quarter economic growth of trade in goods and services of G20
Paris
Down the value of goods to and from China
PORTS
Omanita group Asyad will manage the port of al-Suwayq for 40 years
Muscat
The expansion of the stairway and the construction of a quay
The Companies inform
Accelleron initiates partnership with Geislinger to expand service business in the Mediterranean region
INTERMODAL TRANSPORT
Memorandum of Understanding for the creation of an intermodal terminal in Budapest
Astana
A delegation of the Kazakh KTZ Express to the port of Rijeka
SHIPPING
The BIMCO has adopted the FuelEU Maritime Clause
Copenhagen
The European regulation will enter into force next January.
SHIPPING
Kenon Holdings (Idan Ofer) announces the next exit from the capital of ZIM
Singapore
Currently owns 19.8 million shares
PROGRESS AND TECHNOLOGY
NIM and EH Group will develop hydrogen fuel cell technologies for shipping
PORTS
In the third quarter of 2024 the traffic of goods in the port of Tanger Med increased by 11%
Anjra
In the first nine months of the year, growth was 12% percent.
PORTS
Project of the ovadese Vezzani to set up a terminal for the automotive in Porto Marghera
Venice
Filed for the release of a demanial concession for the quay ex Sirma
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%)
COMPANIES
The Zephyr Group snaps up Singaporean Twinco and Germany's Carl Baguhn
The Spezia
The two companies operate in the area of spare parts and components for diesel and gas engines
SHIPPING
Rixi, without the ETS review, European maritime fleets will continue to suffer a competitive disadvantage
Rome
According to the deputy minister, it is necessary to intervene at the root of the problem
PORTS
PSA Italy continues in purchase of equipment for Marghera terminal
Genoa
Committed total value of 8.5 million euros for three rubber-tyred gantry crane electric
JOBS
Corsica Sardinia Ferries in search of navigating personnel
Go Ligure
The wanted profiles are different, for machine areas, room and kitchen
PROGRESS AND TECHNOLOGY
Agreement for the digital integration of the FS and AdSP Polo Logistics systems of the Western Liguria
Genoa
SHIPPING
New Oriental Mediterranean Service-Adriatic via Malta of CMA CGM
Marseille
Will have a weekly frequency
COMPETITION
Brussels to give state aid for 1.9 billion euros to German railway company DB Cargo
Brussels
ASSOCIATIONS
Renewed the Governing Council of Wista Italy
Milan
Constancy Musso confirmed president
SHIPPING
Maersk completes orders to three shipyards for 20 new container ships
Copenhagen
In Yangzijiang Shipbuilding committed for six 17,000 teu ships and two from 9,000 teu. At Hanwha Ocean and New Times Shipbuilding ordered six units from 15,000 teu each
ASSOCIATIONS
Biagio Mazzotta assumes the post of Vice-President of the Federation of the Sea
Rome
President of Assonave will be running for vice president of ENMC
PORTS
ESPO calls on the new EU Commission to maintain and strengthen the CEF programme
Brussels
The exhortation is also to better adapt it to the needs of ports and their stakeholders
EDUCATION
The agreement on training between the AdSP of the Tirreno Centre Northern, the ITS Academy, " G. Caboto " and the European Escola
Cyvitavecchia
SHIPPING
Consultation on the extension of the UK ETS to the maritime sector
London
Shipping would be included since 2026
COMPANIES
MSC completes acquisition of a minority stake in HHLA
Hamburg
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
PORTS
ONE acquires a stake in Jakarta's NPCT1 terminal container
Singapore
It has a traffic capacity of 1.5 million teu per year
PORTS
Transped orders a mobile crane Konecranes Gottwald for its Porto Marghera terminal
Helsinki
It will be taken in delivery in the second quarter of next year
LOGISTICS
Dutch Raben Group and Swiss elvetica Sieber Transport make up a joint venture
Oss / Berneck
It will detect the Swiss company's groupage transport activity
LOGISTICS
Dachser & Fercam Italia has opened a new branch in Arezzo
Bolzano
Three thousand square meters of operational surface area and 400 of offices
SHIPYARDS
Fincantieri initiates agreement with SIMEST for the growth of watermark businesses
Milan / Trieste
MEETINGS
Conference for the 30 th birthday of WISTA Italy
Genoa
It will be held tomorrow at Palazzo San Giorgio in Genoa
PORTS
Approved the Plan of the Organic Ports of Sardinia
Cagliari
There are 938 workers in the 36 enterprises operating in the scallots
OFFSHORE
Saipem has awarded an EPCI offshore contract from BP in Indonesia
Milan
SHIPPING
Container ship charterer MPCC's revenues fell by -28% in the third quarter
Oslo
RAILWAY TRANSPORT
Fermerci reports delays and cuts to incentives for rail freight transport
Rome
Paper: Real risk of losing 115 million euros
PORTS
In the third quarter, traffic in shipping containers of Moroccan Marsa Maroc increased by 5% percent.
Casablanca
Exhaustion of the growth of transshipment volumes
SHIPYARDS
At Samsung Heavy Industries orders for the construction of four 16,000-teu container carriers
Busan
Commits the value of about 781 million
ENVIRONMENT
Eni-MSC agreement in the field of sustainability and energy transition
San Donato Milanese
It was subscribed by Claudio Descalzi and Diego Aponte
PORTS
The Grimaldi terminal in the port of Barcelona has been equipped with Onshore Power Supply
Barcelona
It will become operational in January
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 for the 30 th birthday of WISTA Italy
Genoa
It will be held tomorrow at Palazzo San Giorgio in Genoa
MEETINGS
Conference of the CNEL on the Sustainability of Maritime Transport
Rome
It will be held on November 27 in Rome
››› 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
Autorità di Regolazione dei Trasporti
Relazione del presidente Nicola Zaccheo
Roma, 18 settembre 2024
››› File
SHIPYARDS
South Korea's HJSC adjusts a salesperson for four new 7,900-teu container ships
Busan
ASSOCIATIONS
Rolf Westfal-Larsen Jr. has been elected president of Intertanko
London
Undergoes to Paolo d' Amico
LOGISTICS
COSCO and SIPG will acquire 10% each of the capital of SAIC Anji Logistics
Shanghai
They will participate in the capital increase of the logistics company of SAIC Motor
INDUSTRY
AD Ports continues in its investment campaign in Egypt
Cairo / Abu Dhabi
Agreement to realize an industrial area of 20 square kilometers in East Port Said
Dimitri Serafimoff has been elected as the new president of CLECAT
ASSOCIATIONS
Dimitri Serafimoff has been elected as the new president of CLECAT
Brussels
He will also retain the presidency of the CLECAT Customs Institute
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%
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