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April 29, 2008
The Business Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Energy, natural resources the way to go for BDP
    THE burgeoning number of complex projects in the energy and natural resources markets such as in the construction, mining, power, oil, natural gas and chemical industries in remote locations has encouraged BDP International, one of the largest privately owned logistics firms, to set up a dedicated unit to cater to such projects.
  • US to enlist boaters as allies against any boat terror attack
    As boating season approaches, the Bush administration wants to enlist America's 80 million recreational boaters to help reduce the chances that a small boat could deliver a nuclear or radiological bomb somewhere along the 150,000km of US coastline and inland waterways.
  • TNT profit tumbles 58% in Q1
    TNT NV, Europe's second-biggest express-delivery service, said first-quarter profit fell after last year's earnings were boosted by the sale of the freight-management unit, as fewer working days and an early Easter holiday restrained revenue.
  • Kawasaki may raise profit forecast

Sched Netweb site
  • UASC launches new Asia-Europe service
  • China 3PL Summit to be held in June in Shanghai
  • China's fifth bonded port area on Meishan Island starts construction
  • Unitex strengthens India offering with its own offices
  • 1.9 million cubic metres dug up from Panama Canal
  • China's logistics primed for expansion long term, but short-term clouded
  • Shipping container safe houses chemically tested
  • Boeing and Biman Bangladesh Airlines sign for 777s, 787s
  • Kuehne + Nagel posts strong Q1, up increased by 18.5pc
  • Pakistan fruit exporters to target European markets

Exim Indiaweb site
  • Revamped EPIC service to be launched in mid-May
  • Orders for newbuildings may plunge by 50 pc-Lloyd's
  • Sovereign holds trade meet at Kandla
  • Maersk Line, MSC & CMA CGM revamp joint China-US West Coast service
  • Evergreen Line to offer butterfly loop on Asia-US trade
  • PSA, Doosan ink $ 160-m deal for 79 RTGCs
  • APM Terminals sweeps 2007 PMA safety awards
  • CKYH Alliance agrees on service rationalisation
  • Coscon launches Zhangjianggang-Taiwan container service
  • Zim revamps South America services
  • Five major lines to combine NZX1 & NZX2 services & form 1 upgraded loop
  • China Shipping Lines boosting container service at Port of Seattle
  • Rotterdam takes best European port award
  • Maersk Logistics names new Asia-Pacific manager
  • TSA member carriers inking new contracts
  • Wooing customers, Maersk's Youship style
  • FEFC lines to raise rates from June on N. Europe-Asia trades
  • M&As in port sector set to surge, says E&Y study
  • New Mangalore Port's cruise lounge docks first luxury liner
  • Chennai Port's driving force lures most cars
  • Rice export ban relaxed for Bhutan
  • British Rail fancies tie-ups in dedicated freight corridors
  • Two new freight corridors may be placed on track this fiscal
  • CONCOR's bottomlines swell in 2007-08
  • Indian crude basket breaches $ 110 per barrel mark
  • FinMin rules out refund of state taxes to exporters
  • Rangarajan for scrapping 51 pc EO on SEZ units
  • Japan makes accommodating bow for economic treaty with India
  • Rs 500 cr. in drawback dues to be cleared in May
  • Exporters allowed soft credit till oct-end

Maritime Global Netweb site
APRIL 28, 2008
  • Pirates back in action off Singapore
  • Frontline orders VLCCs
  • Owners back EU Council over directives
  • Eide buys Eitzen subsidiary

Marine Logweb site
APRIL 28, 2008
  • Senate panel passes MAPOL Annex Vl measure
  • Subsea 7 goes to Merwede for pipelay vessel
  • Frontline orders VLCC newbuilds in China
  • Austal Tasmania marks a milestone
  • Security team fires warning shots

World Wide Shipperweb site
APRIL 28, 2008
  • Department of Transportation awards grants to small shipyards
  • Steel imports up during month of March
  • Torm announces sale of bulk vessel TORM MARLENE
  • Unknown substance causes stir at Coos Bay Coast Guard station
  • New carrier mix forms service calling South/North America

Lloyd's Listweb site
APRIL 28, 2008
  • Fears grow over London's shipping status
    CITY'S maritime future at risk after prominent Greek shipowners leave over unpopular non-dom tax move.
  • NJ Goulandris is latest Greek to quit London
  • Hapag sale a 'one-off', says Seaspan chief
    MOVE unlikely to mark the start of another round of consolidation in the box shipping sector, says Gerry Wang.
  • Seaspan will pounce on 'distress sales' by owners
    US boxship owner looking at secondhand ships, abandoned newbuildings and potential corporate acquisitions.

Fairplayweb site
APRIL 28, 2008
  • Raoust predicts 450 Cape surplus
    "WE can expect a surplus of 450 Capesize bulkers by 2013," predicted Jean-Bernard Raoust to the Shipping Energy China conference today.
  • BGV invester is alleged fraudster
    JOHN Paul Airs, the "businessman" said to be buying 10 Bateaux Grande Vitesse ships, has been exposed in a BBC investigation to be a fraudster
  • Dry-bulk partnership forged
    A JOINT venture between China Navigation of Hong Kong (part of Swire Group) and CTM (part of Ceres Group of Greece) of Monte Carlo has been forged to provide reliable, tailored and cost-effective dry-bulk services
  • Boskalis ready to swoop on Smit
    ACCORDING to a Bloomberg report, Smit Internationale may face a full takeover from the Royal Boskalis group following the failure of its approach for Smit Terminals
  • US coal trends reversed
    THE US coal trade has reversed course, with export growth now far exceeding the pace of imports
  • Strike at Chile's copper mines
    PROTESTERS today kept Codelco's Salvador and Andina copper mines closed amid a sub-contractors' strike that is now more than a week old.

The Journal of Commerceweb site
APRIL 28, 2008
  • APL volumes increase 13%
    Container arm of Neptune Orient Lines reported worldwide volumes increased 13 percent from March 8-April 4.
  • Horizon Lines net falls
  • Italian cargo carrier Ocean Airlines shuts down
  • TWIC sign-ups top 300K
  • Lines revamp EPIC service
  • Q1 loss for Seaspan
  • Supply chains at greater risk for fraud: Report
  • Union planning next move against French ports
  • China-ASEAN trade up
  • OOCL opens in Da Nang
  • TNT express gains

Containerisation Internationalweb site
APRIL 28, 2008
  • OOCL Panama naming honours waterway
  • Maersk plans investment in China's Fangchenggang port

TradeWindsweb site
APRIL 28, 2008
  • Owner aims for $80m
    US-listed Double Hull Tankers plans to issue up to 8.05 million shares in an effort to grab more than $80.3m.
  • Seaspan eyeing resales
    US-listed containership owner is considering a jump on slots opening up as other owners pull out.
  • Pirates get life in jail
    Seven Somali pirates are sentenced to spend their lives in prison five days after their arrest in Puntland.
  • Tidewater CFO to retire
    US offshore vessel giant will say goodbye to Keith Lousteau in September.
  • Excel downgraded
    Cantor Fitzgerald cuts US-listed bulker owner's rating following merger-fuelled rally.
  • More bodies found
    Rescuers find more bodies as salvors pull a sunken anchor handling tug-supply vessel from the sea floor off Hong Kong.
  • Smit for sale?
    Price tag of about $2.5bn put on Dutch towage and salvage group.
  • MMM on the mend
    Malaysian tanker owner back in profit in first half, but operating losses persist.
  • Superior in bankruptcy
    US dive support vessel owner seeks Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in a federal court.
  • CMES makes good on promise
    Chinese tanker and bulker owner lives up to forecast of doubled profit in first quarter.
  • Red ink for Seaspan
    Gerry Wang-led owner sees first quarter returns hit by $53m loss on interest rate swaps
  • Getting richer
    Donation to UK maritime museum puts Ofer fortune under rich list scrutiny.
  • Mordashov's man in at TUI
    German tourism, shipping group appoints ally of Russian billionaire to board, but is it enough to satisfy big shareholder John Fredriksen?
  • Merwede wins pipelay deal
    Dutch yard to build $190m cable/construction vessel for Oslo-listed Subsea 7.
  • Box boosts for Yangzijiang
    First quarter profits up 92% on the back of increased containership orders.
  • Banks buy into ITC
    Indochina Capital and Sacombank plough $34m into Vietnamese bulker owner to aid expansion.
  • Eastern wins federal grant
    New Orleans yard secures Small Shipyards scheme cash to help it get bigger.
  • Fredriksen inks six VLCCs
    Tanker tycoon returns to China's Zhoushan Jinhaiwan Shipyard to pen four firm orders with two options attached.
  • BW Gas swaps Oslo for Hamilton
    Norwegian shipowner seeks calmer waters in Bermuda after being hit by Norwegian back-tax.
  • Much better for MHI
    Japanese shipbuilder posts strong annual profit to end-March, but current year looking tougher.
  • Yangzijiang better by half
    Singapore-listed Chinese yard expects profit rise of more than 50% this year as it expands its operations.
  • More double hulls
    SK Energy plans to increase its use of double hull VLCCs in advance of South Korea's early ban.
  • Fast start for HHI
    Weaker won widens margins as shipbuilder's operating profit hits new record.
  • Fredriksen in TUI quit threat
    Tycoon could sell out of German tourism and shipping group if he doesn't manage to oust two board members.
  • An Yue Jiang docks in Luanda
    Cosco ship at centre of Zimbabwe arms row arrives in Angola, but the arms will stay onboard.

American Shipperweb site
APRIL 28, 2008
  • Class action lawsuit filed against Puerto Rico carriers
  • NYK profit soars
  • Horizon Lines' 1st quarter profit slumps
  • Seaspan: Loss won't hurt ability to pay dividend
  • HMM departing U.S./East Coast South America trade
  • Frontline orders VLCCs from Chinese yard
  • ESPMC-WITASS to lower Port of Spain congestion surcharge
  • ClassNK opens Kochi office
  • ESC joins air freight class action
  • Continental calls off merger talks with United
  • Cuba wants to create air cargo hub
  • American Airlines Cargo expands European network
  • Tropical Shipping acquiring Caribtrans
  • APM Terminals becomes majority shareholder in Brazil stevedore
  • India's ports near busting point, says report

The Scandinavian Shipping Gazetteweb site
APRIL 28, 2008
  • BW Gas shifts from Oslo to Bermuda
    BW Gas has decide to form a new parent company based in Bermuda and listed in Oslo. All shareholders are offered one share in the new Bermuda company for each in the old, Oslo based, company. The reason is that ...
  • Frontline orders four VLCC's
    Frontline Ltd. has signed a contract with Zhoushan Jinhaiwan Shipyard Co.Ltd. in China for four 320,000 DWT VLCC newbuildings to an undisclosed price. The units will be delivered between June 2011 to December the same year. The company has also ...
  • New chairmen in Swedish Shipowners' Associations
    Lars H'glund, managing director of Furetank Rederi, has taken over the helm at the Swedish Shipowners' Association after Dan Sten Olsson, Stena AB, who tegether with Lennart Simonsson, Brostr'm AB, remains as vice chairmen. Per Croner, Wallenius Marine, has been ...

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
APRIL 28, 2008
  • Gazprom enters another bunker market
    Energy giant continues expansion in Russia's Northwest.
  • 75% sulphur reduction achieved on cruise ship
    Krystallon says seawater chemistry may have affected scrubber test result.
  • Bunker market report from Praxis
  • Rotterdam market MDO remains tight
  • Japan liners: Bunker costs to eat into profits
    Japan's liners announce record earnings, but warn of leaner times ahead as bunker costs bite.
  • Rising fuel costs to drive up seafood prices
    New Zealand fishing industry warns of more expensive seafood in the long run.
  • Philippine authorities seize smuggled fuel
    Two road oil tankers impounded for possible smuggling charges.
  • Increased storage unlikely to lower Sri Lanka bunker prices
    Prices likely to stay high due to country's reliance on imports, players say.

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FROM THE HOME PAGE
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.
ZIM records excellent quarterly economic performance driven by noli uptick and activity with Latin America
ZIM records excellent quarterly economic performance driven by noli uptick and activity with Latin America
Haifa
The fleet transported a record number of containers
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
Signed the final agreement on the contract of port workers
Rome
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
Inaugurated the new Peruvian port of Chancay operated by China's COSCO Shipping Ports
Lima
Has 1,500 linear metres of docks
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.
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
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%
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%
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
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
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.
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
Danaos reports a new drop in quarterly revenue generated by fleet of container carriers
Athens
Coustas : With the Trump administration, which has promised new duties, a future reduction in container traffic is possible
In the first ten months of 2024, the traffic of goods in Russian ports decreased by -3.2%
St. Petersburg
The dry goods amounted to 370.8 million tonnes (-3.5%), those liquids at 372.2 million tonnes (-2.9%)
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
Alpe Adria activates new rail service between the port of Trieste and the Malpensa Intermodal terminal in Sacconago
Trieste
Euroseas order in China the construction of two 4,300-teu feeder container
Athens
Quarterly revenue from rentals inj growth of 5.8%
The Analysis of the Fedespea Studies Centre on economic and operational performance of Italian container terminals
Milan
GNV strengthens its business department with two nominees
Genoa
New business manager and new general manager of the company in Spain
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.
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
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"
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
New EU sanctions to prohibit the use of ships and ports for the transportation of drones and missiles produced by Iran
Brussels
Masucci confirmed president of Italian Propeller Clubs
Genoa
New mandate for the three years 2024-2027
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
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
Completed the dual-fuel retrofit of a large container ship in Maersk
Copenhagen
He will be able to navigate methanol. Increased the hold capacity
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
Conference of the CNEL on the Sustainability of Maritime Transport
Rome
It will be held on November 27 in Rome
Intermodal shipments between the port of Trieste and Slovakia are growing
Trieste
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
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%
In the July-September quarter freight traffic in the port of Civitavecchia fell by -11.8%
Cyvitavecchia
The Cruserists increased by 2.7%
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.
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.
Conference of Assiterminal entitled "Ports in Connection-ESG, IA, CSRD"
Genoa
It will be held on December 5 in Rome
In the summer quarter passenger traffic in the cruise terminals of Global Ports Holding grew by 27.5%
Istanbul
Revenue up 23%
SDC freight forwarder introduced artificial intelligence in the management of customs practices
Venice
Annually the practices followed exceed 15mila units
The sale of the shipping company Santandrea from the Pacorini to Aprile
Trieste
The company was founded in 1989 in Trieste
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
Conference of the CNEL on the Sustainability of Maritime Transport
Rome
It will be held on November 27 in Rome
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
Relazione del presidente Nicola Zaccheo
Roma, 18 settembre 2024
››› File
Paola Piraccini appointed as Legal Technical Collaborator of Spininvest
Genoa
Joined in magistrate in 1981, he is a retired cassation adviser
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
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
Changed Risso constitutes a joint venture in Cagliari
Cagliari / Genoa
Partnership at 50% with Fausto Saba and Riccardo Vargiu
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
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
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
DP World signs an agreement to buy Australian Silk Logistics
Dubai / Melbourne
The expected value of the transaction is approximately 115 million
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
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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