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March 2, 2009
The Business Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Baltic Dry Index has 1st drop in 2 months
    The Baltic Dry Index, a measure of shipping costs for commodities, had its first weekly drop in almost two months on reduced demand for so-called capesize vessels to haul iron ore for making steel.

Sched Netweb site
  • US trade lobby: White House can stimulate trade by easing up
  • Port of Qingdao volume up 2pc in January, sets new high
  • India's annual US$200b export target to fall short at $175b
  • IMO holds meetings to combat Somalia piracy
  • Fangcheng port's 2008 throughput hit 100,000 TEU
  • Vietnam must spend on infrastructure to boost growth
  • NYK diversifies, takes stake in Brazilian forest product firm
  • Uganda Revenue Authority gives inland port go-ahead
  • Amerijet International signs up five Boeing 767-200 freighters
  • Aeroflot increase in January, takes delivery of 27th A320
  • Lufthansa to study feasibility of new Canadian perishable hub

Exim Indiaweb site
  • KMA Shipping appoints Total Transport Systems as agent in India
  • Consultant sceptical of lasting dry bulk rebound
  • Park your ships here!
  • UK property tax bill may sink stevedores
  • ONGC gives old & trusted OSV charters reason to cheer
  • GE Shipping trying to cancel some newbuilding orders
  • Recession may sink one-third of shipping lines
  • Hectic shipbreaking & steel scrap output at Alang may pull down prices
  • Maersk Line starts direct weekly service between Nhava Sheva & Jebel Ali
  • DGS favours initiatives to make coastal shipping viable & successful
  • Exim Bank aid for Laos PDR
  • FAO sees India lifting rice export curbs by May
  • Kiwis to slap $ 50 per hour 'dirty' box tax
  • LA ports switch to clean, electric trucks
  • DP World reverting to 2008 tariffs at Jebel Ali to benefit port users
  • Port Pipavav sets new productivity parameters
  • W. Rly sights fiscal freight target
  • Finally, poll-eve relief for export sectors
  • Interim FTP draws limited glow from jewellery sector
  • Mega food park to come up in Satara dist
  • IMF downscales GDP projections
  • Fieo's Gujarat chapter faults export sector package

International Transport Journalweb site
FEBRUARY 26, 2009
  • Air France-KLM to acquire CSA stake?
    The Franco-Dutch airline Air France-KLM wants to take a stake in the soon-to-be-privatised carrier Czech Airlines (CSA), according to a report published by the Czech news agency CT...
  • DPWN reports net loss
    2008 did not go as well for Deutsche Post World Net (DPWN) as it expected. The group reported a net loss after minorities of EUR 1.69 billion in 2008. DPWN said that the costs of r...
  • Clipper Logistics expanding in the UK
    Clipper Logistics has expanded its portfolio to include the rail-connected distribution centre in the Potter Group site at Selby (North Yorkshire, England). Clipper will take over ...
  • Martinair adding Sao Paulo to network
    All-cargo carrier Martinair Cargo is adding a twice-weekly service (Mondays and Thursdays) from Amsterdam to Sao Paulo to its schedule on 2 March. An MD-11F with an 80 t payload wi...
  • Ethiopian receives first MD-11F
    Ethiopian Airlines has taken delivery of its first MD-11BCF (90 t payload). The new freighter will be deployed between Addis Ababa and Liege (Belgium), as well as to destinations i...
  • Norfolkline implementing new schedule early
    Norfolkline is bringing network changes forward by two months in view of the economic climate. The service between Vlaardingen and Felixstowe will be reduced from four to three ves...
  • Hapag-Lloyd re-launches website
    Hapag-Lloyd has completely revamped its website, giving it a new layout and more user-friendly and improved additional functions. One new tool is particularly useful. It displays H...

Maritime Global Netweb site
FEBRUARY 27, 2009
  • Cremers: "Make officers' salaries and maintenance less-market dependent!"
  • LNG market "changing"
  • Downturn hits Camillo Eitzen ship values
  • AXA's marine business grows
  • Felixstowe and Teesport feeder service

Marine Logweb site
FEBRUARY 27, 2009
  • Marad sets deadline for shipyard grant applications
  • Chinese warship thwarts pirate attack
  • Jordan to build patrol craft?

World Wide Shipperweb site
FEBRUARY 27, 2009
  • Boeing employees among dead from plane crash in Amsterdam
  • New NOAA study looks at pollution from commercial ships
  • Maritime academy vessel honored for rescue mission
  • Steel imports into US up during month of January
  • US rail freight traffic down again during week

Lloyd's Listweb site
FEBRUARY 27, 2009
  • Containership lay-ups set to triple in 2010
    CLAUS-Peter Offen expects massive lay-ups of boxships in the next three years.
  • Idle boxship capacity at all-time high and rising
  • Banks blasted on credit policies
    LLOYD'S List poll shows banks could do more to assist shipping companies in the credit crisis.
  • KG offshoot woos Hong Kong and China
    HONG Kong and China-based shipowners are being targeted by German Ocean Invest.

Fairplayweb site
FEBRUARY 27, 2009
  • Box sector hopes seen fading
    CONTAINER shipowners and investors might have to wait until 2012 for charter rates and ship values to revive, according to Hamburg shipowner Claus-Peter Offen
  • FFA clearing trend accelerates
    FORWARD Freight Agreement activity is down and will continue to shift towards cleared trades, according to a panel at yesterday's Connecticut Maritime Association luncheon
  • Red cards aplenty in port bust
    SPANISH national police said today officers have arrested 11 men ' including three football players and two former FIFA officials ' in the smuggling of 600 kilos of cocaine through the southern port of Algeciras
  • TUI sweetens Hapag deal
    GERMANY'S TUI will increase its holding in the consortium that has agreed to buy its Hapag-Lloyd box group to 43%, from the originally proposed 33.3%
  • Napolitano doubts 100% box scanning
    HOMELAND Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has admitted to Congress that the 2012 deadline for all US-bound boxes to be scanned probably cannot be met
  • Ulstein posts decade's top profits
    NORWAY'S Ulstein posted its best profits for a decade, far exceeding expectations despite the economic times, the company said today
  • RBS sees tight shipping loan future
    ROYAL Bank of Scotland's chief of maritime lending predicted today that RBS will hardly be the only struggling bank to throw many shipping loans over the side

The Journal of Commerceweb site
FEBRUARY 27, 2009
  • More container ships to be laid-up as charter rates reach new lows
    Charter owners preparing to lay up scores of vessels for extended periods; total of 1.1M TEUs, 392 ships out of work
  • Keller named executive VP of NYK Group Americas
  • DOT ups budget by $2B
  • US rail volume plunges
  • Airfreight slide deepens
  • US completes port security program in Japan
  • China to upgrade logistics
  • Nehru inland fee approved
  • UPS: Trade a key solution
  • Hapag-Lloyd sale salvaged
  • Scan-all unlikely by 2012

Containerisation Internationalweb site
FEBRUARY 27, 2009
  • Yes; it really is good time to be in liner sales
    Sales and marketing teams at ocean carrier's offices around the world have no doubt been frustrated by the, short-notice, radical rationalisation and capacity cuts implemented in the past few months by their management. After all, it is not the most pleasant of duties to explain to your key-account loyal customer that the shipping line you have sung the praises of for many years, has decided to withdraw a service; and from next week!
  • PD Ports feeds the north
  • US GDP revised to a 6.2% drop in Q4 08
  • Boxship rates still in decline
  • Business good but sell-offs take their Toll
  • Tropical Shipping hit by costs

TradeWindsweb site
FEBRUARY 27, 2009
  • Vale grabs capes
    Roger Agnelli-led miner Vale said to have snapped up three capesize bulkers, including a VLOC, in deals worth $55m.
  • Venture sold
    Thoresen Thai offloads second elderly bulker in as many weeks, with ship sold to joint venture.
  • Supras set back
    Asian owner delays 57,000-dwt trio at Cosco Zhoushan in latest blow to its orderbook.
  • Order to change?
    Camillo Eitzen is in negotiations to modify order for six units after demand plummets for semi-refrigerated LPG carriers.
  • New boss at L&S
    Lorentzen and Stemoco hires former Frontline director Jon Chr Syvertsen to replace managing director Finn Engelsen
  • Bergen optimistic
    Bergen Group says it has a promising outlook for 2009 despite fall in profits in the fourth quarter.
  • Seacor stacks
    US owner Seacor Holdings responds to reduction in Gulf of Mexico offshore activity by cold-stacking 15 vessels.
  • Tanker trio collide
    Teekay, BW Shipping and Montanari tankers involved in three-way smash in Southampton.
  • Ro-ro woe ahead
    Norway's Eidsiva says ro-ro outlook "not encouraging" but delivers strong profit and promise of more.
  • LNG loss widens
    Houston terminal developer Cheniere Energy reports larger-than-expected losses but says it has liquidity for the next several years.
  • Ulstein shines
    Norwegian shipbuilder and designer posts best annual figures in nearly a decade.
  • Costly for Jutha
    Thai general cargoship owner sees annual earnings dip as costs rise.
  • Out of the red
    Heavy lift owner Dockwise has completed a big profit turnaround in 2008, erasing the previous year's $76m deficit.
  • Not helpful
    Natural recovery of the dry-cargo market to be delayed by state recovery packages, Camillo Eitzen says.
  • Tax relief
    Environmental payback lifts Solstad out of the red for the fourth quarter after dollar damaged pre-tax figures.
  • Owner needed
    Latvia wants to relaunch ferry run to Estonia's Saaremaa island, but has not named an operator.
  • It's quotes time
    The heat is on at Golden Ocean which is in the soup and Adam Polemis is given a dressing-down in court.
  • Swap flop
    John Fredriksen's Golar LNG pushed to annual loss by interest rate swap losses, but operating profit holding up.
  • Axel not satisfied
    CECO slumps to heavy fourth quarter loss following $241.4m provision for falling fleet value.
  • Filipino fund
    Philippines government to provide emergency cash payments to crew facing wage delays in downturn.
  • ITC up
    Frontline-owned VLCC and suezmax company increases annual profit as loan payments fall.
  • Dollar bites Dof
    Heavy unrealised currency losses keep Mons Aase-led shipowner in the red for the fourth quarter.
  • Decline Dekk'd
    Cancelled newbuildings and a predicted spike in E&P spending will prevent decline in the offshore market, says ER Offshore boss.
  • Naming the day
    Szczecin and Gdansk shipyards to be auctioned off on 9 and 16 March as Polish government seeks to pay back illegal aid.
  • Wait over
    Maltese crewman declared dead ' 32 years after ferry sank in Mediterranean.
  • Eidesvik in red
    Jan Fredrik Meling-led offshore owner posts larger fourth-quarter loss on financial instruments.
  • Vessel holed
    Oil spill reported in Japan after two cargoships clash off Sakaide.
  • Done deal
    TUI finally ties up Hapag-Lloyd sale as it agrees to keep bigger stake in container line, provide credit worth up to EUR 1bn.
  • Roll-on, roll-over
    Fredericia Shipping's ro-ro service between Denmark and Norway scrapped after six sailings.
  • Chemoil slides
    Singapore-based bunker supplier sees lower sales volumes and higher costs in fourth quarter.
  • Courage curtailed
    Singapore-listed operator of elderly bulkers succumbs to low rates and poor utilisation in fourth quarter.
  • POT profits up
    Tauranga, New Zealand's largest port, reports interim profits up 10% helped by increased cargo volumes.

American Shipperweb site
FEBRUARY 27, 2009
  • Africa's largest carrier expecting tough year
  • UPS chief rallies support for global trade
  • Fuel tax fix floated to fund infrastructure
  • Schneider 2008 revenue up and no losses
  • House proposes road funds for S.C. logistics hub
  • U.S. 4th quarter GDP tumbles 6.2%
  • U.S. lamb exports set record in 2008
  • Food aid groups praise Obama's pledge
  • FMC seeks comments on "split deliveries"
  • Longview buoyed by wind energy exports
  • Hyundai receives two giant cranes in Tacoma
  • Boston gets grant to "cold iron" fishing boats

The Scandinavian Shipping Gazetteweb site
FEBRUARY 27, 2009
  • Bourbon needs thousand of seafarers
    Bourbon Offshore is growing rapidly and is determined to keep on growing. The company has a EUR 1.7 billion newbuilding program comprising of 150 vessels and boats. Deputy CEO
  • Europeans and Chinese assists each other in piracy waters
    The Italian-owned 72,700-DWT product tanker Lia, built 2008, was attacked by pirates in the Gulf of Aden on Tuesday this week. The vessel sent a distress signal and
  • Vesborg to sail on Spodsbjerg-Taars
    Nordic Ferry Services A/S will re-introduce the ferry Vesborg on the Spodsbjerg-Taars service from the beginning of the summer season. Presently Vesborg is sailing on the Sams'
  • Best result ever at Fredericia Skibsværft
    Fredericia Skibsværft A/S reports an all-time-high profit of DKK 61.5 million for the fiscal year 2007/08. The turnover increased from the previous year by some
  • Tough times for Fredriksen companies
    Almost every other day, a new sombre report from a John Fredriksen-controlled company is released. Seadrill reports a USD 739 million loss for Q4 2008, against a USD 223
  • Collapse in the container market
    UK's Drewry warns that container lines may face a USD 68 billion cut in their global revenues this year. According to Lloyd's List, this represents almost a third of the
  • Wilson vessels to the lay-up sites
    The Norwegian giant in the small bulker segments, Bergen-based Wilson Group, will reduce its capacity. In its 2008 annual report, the company says it expects that a lower contract

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
FEBRUARY 27, 2009
  • Americas: Bunker prices still firming to end week
    Markets still adjusted to sharp gains for crude oil during the week.
  • Europe: Bunker prices end the week strong
    Piraeus prices for 380 cst material climb by more than $22.
  • Maersk Line reports 'clean fuel' milestone
    Shipping line says cleaner fuels have been used in 1,000 vessel calls on North America's West Coast.
  • Wilhelmsen takes full ownership of bunkering arm
    Acquires remaining 40% stake in Wilhelmsen Premier Marine Fuels.
  • Cruise line causing losses for shareholder
    Company 'expected to face a challenging environment, despite lower bunker fuel' going forward.
  • Bunker fuel spilled during loading
    200 cubic metres of product was leaked during Novorossiysk operation.
  • Bunker line at Darwin to close for a day
  • Asia: Mixed end to week for bunker prices
    Singapore prices slipping despite gains for fuel oil cargoes.
  • 'Loading hoses' damaged in UK collision
    Terminal's spill response vessels 'quickly deployed' after aviation fuel leak.
  • Arrested ships to be released after paying $140 fine
    Malaysian authorities clamp down on ships breaking bunkering regulations.
  • Environmental concerns make shipping a 'big risk', BP says
    Oil major is 'constantly' trying to find strategies for environmental shipping.
  • WFS sees record operating profit in marine segment
    Posts strong profit increase for Q4 and full year of 2008.
  • BW and Teekay tankers in collision
    Oil spilled at UK port of Southampton, investigations underway.
  • Fujairah bunker sales show sharp increase
    2008 bunker volumes in UAE hub comfortably outstrip Rotterdam.

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RAILWAY TRANSPORT
New logistics hub in London to boost rail freight through the Channel Tunnel
London
An investment of around £15 million is expected
COMPANIES
Jeremy Nixon will hand over his position as CEO of Ocean Network Express to Till Ole Barrelet on July 1st.
Singapore
The German manager comes from Emirates Shipping Lines
INTERMODAL TRANSPORT
The first three electric gantry cranes have been installed at the new intermodal terminal in Milan Smistamento.
Milan
At full capacity it will be able to handle up to 44 trains per day
PORTS
Hong Kong government protests PPC's removal from Panamanian ports
Hong Kong/Beijing
Beijing government spokeswoman stressed that China will firmly protect the rights and legitimate interests of its companies.
TRANSPORTATION
European transport associations call for the CEF to be allocated at least €100 billion
Brussels
Chronic underfunding and financial shortfalls are lamented
PORTS
The Panamanian government assigns the transitional management of the port of Balboa to APM Terminals and the port of Cristóbal to TiL
Hong Kong/Panama
CK Hutchison Holdings denounces the illegality of the terminal seizure and confirms the possibility of legal action.
PORTS
Panamanian government seizes assets and equipment at the ports of Balboa and Cristóbal
Panama
The Panama Ports Company of the CK Hutchison group has been removed from the management of the two ports
INTERMODAL TRANSPORT
Statement by rail and intermodal transport associations against gigaliners on European roads
Brussels
The current positions of the EU institutions - they denounce - all include elements that risk opening the door to a widespread diffusion of these vehicles.
SAFETY & SECURITY
The mandate of the EuNavFor Aspides mission has been extended until 28 February 2027.
Brussels
A budget of almost 15 million euros has been approved
The EU-ETS Observatory of Puertos del Estado confirms the risk of loss of container traffic share of European ports
PORTS
The EU-ETS Observatory of Puertos del Estado confirms the risk of loss of container traffic share of European ports
Madrid
Santana: We believe that some aspects of the ETS should be monitored and, where necessary, revised.
OFFSHORE
Tidewater acquires Brazil's Wilson Sons Ultratug Participações for $500 million.
Houston
It has a fleet of 22 Platform Supply Vessels
Trump attempts to circumvent the Supreme Court ruling by introducing temporary tariffs
TRADE
Trump attempts to circumvent the Supreme Court ruling by introducing temporary tariffs
Washington/Suitland
An executive order confirming the suspension of the "de minimis" regime was also signed.
PORTS
Slight growth in freight traffic in the port of Ancona in 2025
Ancona
Rolling stock slightly down. Passenger numbers significantly down.
PORTS
Construction of the cruise terminal at Molo San Cataldo in Taranto will begin in October.
London
Global Ports Holding invests over €4.5 million
ACCIDENTS
One dead and four injured on board the cruise ship World Legacy (formerly Moby Zaza )
Singapore
A fire broke out on the unit
RAILWAY TRANSPORT
SBB CFF FFS Cargo has sold 31 locomotives to Nordic Re-Finance
Bern
The Swiss company plans to equip itself exclusively with vehicles produced by Stadler Rail Valencia by 2035.
Last year, freight traffic in the port of Hamburg grew by 2.6 percent.
PORTS
Last year, freight traffic in the port of Hamburg grew by 2.6 percent.
Hamburg
Containers boosted the growth. Volumes remained stable in the fourth quarter alone.
SHIPPING
In the fourth quarter of 2025, the DFDS Group recorded a net loss of DKK -286 million.
Copenhagen
PORTS
Last year, cargo traffic in Montenegro's ports grew by 1.6%.
Podgorica
Cargoes to and from Italy alone increased by +64.6%
PORTS
To APM Terminals the 37.5% of the Southern Container Terminal of the port of Jeddah
The Hague/Dubai
DP World will keep the remaining 62.5%
PORTS
Continues the bending of the traffic of the container in the port of Los Angeles
Los Angeles
In January decrease of -12.1%. Bown: the state of exports to China seems bad
PORTS
In the fourth trimester of the 2025 the traffic of the goods in the port of Civitavecchia is increased of +8.6%
Civitavecchia
In the whole year growth was +3.1%
COMPANIES
Samskip sells marine and logistic services with the United Kingdom and Ireland to the CLdN
Luxembourg/Rotterdam
The agreement includes rental agreements for over 5,000 multimodal load units
COMPETITION
The Antitrust has reopened the procedure on the concentration between the Ignazio Messina & C. and the Terminal San Giorgio
Rome
SHIPPING
The International Chamber of Shipping against the new harbour taxes programmed by the US government
Washington
Necessary - the association emphasizes - carefully coordinated political solutions
CRUISES
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings orders three new ships from cruise to Fincantieri
Miami/Trieste
They are destined to the companies Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania Cruises and Regent Seven Seas Cruises
SHIPPING
Hapag-Lloyd and ZIM agreed on a merger agreement
Haifa/Hamburg
The German company will pay up to $2.5 billion
SHIPPING
America's Maritime Action Plan proposes a new tax on foreign-built ships from any nation entering U.S. ports.
Washington
It would be used to fund the new Maritime Security Trust Fund
SHIPPING
Hapag-Lloyd to acquire Israeli ZIM
Hamburg
The German company will be responsible for international operations, while those in and with Israel will be assigned to the Tel Aviv-based private equity firm FIMI Opportunity Funds.
COMPANIES
Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem leaves DP World after Epstein's involvement
Dubai
It Kazim appointed president and Yuvraj Narayan managing director
PORTS
Eurogate and APM Terminals will invest a billion euros for the development of the North Sea Terminal Bremerhaven
Bremen/The Hague
PORTS
CK Hutchison threatens appeals against APM Terminals if it will assume the management of the Panamanian ports of Cristóbal and Balboa
Hong Kong
PORTS
Tomorrow will be inaugurated the new container terminal of transhipment of Damietta
Bremen/Melzo
Its ability to annual traffic will rise up to 3,3 million teu
SHIPYARDS
Fincantieri presents an industrial plan that foresees the doubling of the production capacity of military vessels in Italian shipyards
Milan
For civil production, a reallocation of volumes to Romanian shipyards and an expansion in Vietnam are planned.
SHIPYARDS
Fincantieri and Generative Bionics sign agreement to develop humanoid welding robots.
Trieste/Genoa
The first tests at the Sestri Ponente shipyard are scheduled for the end of this year
PORTS
Slight increase in annual freight traffic handled by Croatian ports
Zagreb
Sharp drop in dry bulk offset by increase in liquid cargoes and record containers
COMPANIES
The Grendi group expects to close 2025 with a record turnover of 158 million euros (+33%)
Genoa
Revenues increased by 10%, net of the effect of the acquisition of Dario Perioli.
South Korean HMM's quarterly and annual performances were negative.
SHIPPING
South Korean HMM's quarterly and annual performances were negative.
Seoul
In 2025 the container fleet transported 3.94 million TEUs (+3.2%)
LOGISTICS
Offer to acquire European express courier InPost
Amsterdam/Luxembourg
It was submitted by a consortium comprising Advent International (37%), FedEx (37%), A&R Investments (16%) and PPF Group (10%)
OFFSHORE
Transocean and Valaris sign merger agreement
Steinhausen/Hamilton
The new company will have a fleet of 73 offshore vessels, including 33 ultra-deepwater drillships
SHIPPING
Hapag-Lloyd expects to close the 2025 financial year with a 61% decline in operating profit.
Hamburg
Record loads transported by the fleet, growing by +8%.
TRANSPORTATION
FS establishes a company specializing in transport and infrastructure consultancy
London
The new company is based in London
Maritime traffic in the Suez Canal fell by 3.4% last year.
SHIPPING
Maritime traffic in the Suez Canal fell by 3.4% last year.
Cairo
Growth of +9.0% in the fourth quarter alone. In December, transits increased by +13.1%.
SEAFARERS
The simplification law, rather than making things easier, complicates the lives of ship captains and burdens them with additional operational and legal responsibilities.
Genoa
LOGISTICS
BYD and Automar reach agreement for vehicle traffic through the port of Gioia Tauro.
Schiedam
The goal is to serve the central-southern Italian market.
Maersk Group announces 15% ground-based job cuts
SHIPPING
Maersk Group announces 15% ground-based job cuts
Copenhagen
The quarterly and annual financial results are impacted by the reduction in the value of maritime freight rates.
PORTS
In 2025, container traffic in the ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado Ligure reached a historic record of almost three million TEUs
Genoa
Cruise passengers increased by 6.1%; ferry passengers decreased by 4.0%.
PORTS
Busan Port has again set its all-time record for annual container throughput.
Busan
Last year the total was 24.88 million TEUs (+2.0%)
PORTS
Panama Ports Company has initiated arbitration proceedings against the Republic of Panama
Panama
Extensive damage reported and state authorities' reluctance to respond to repeated requests for confrontation
PORTS
In 2025, freight traffic in Sardinia's ports grew by +3.0%
Cagliari
Slight decline in cruise passengers contained by the launch of home ports in Cagliari and Olbia
PORTS
Freight traffic in the port of Barcelona to remain stable in 2025
Barcelona
In the fourth quarter alone, 16.7 million tonnes were handled (+4.5%)
SHIPPING
Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd bring back India/Middle East-Mediterranean service via Suez
In 2025, ships transiting the Panama Canal increased by +14.1%
SHIPPING
In 2025, ships transiting the Panama Canal increased by +14.1%
Panama
The ports of the Central American nation handled 9,915,357 containers (+3.6%)
Last year, container traffic in the port of Tangier Med reached a record 11.1 million TEUs (+8.4%)
PORTS
Last year, container traffic in the port of Tangier Med reached a record 11.1 million TEUs (+8.4%)
Anjra
New all-time high in total goods
PORTS
In 2025, Turkish ports handled a record traffic of 553.3 million tonnes of cargo (+4.0%)
Ankara
Container traffic in Italy reached a new all-time high of 678,715 TEUs (+9.8%). Ship traffic through the Bosphorus Strait declined.
PORTS
APM Terminals will take over the interim management of the Panamanian ports of Cristóbal and Balboa.
Panama
President Mulino urged Panama Ports Company to cooperate fully in view of this new phase
New crop of historic records harvested by Chinese ports
PORTS
New crop of historic records harvested by Chinese ports
Beijing
In 2025, maritime ports handled 11.63 billion tons of goods (+3.7%)
PORTS
PPC denounces the contradictory nature of the ruling by the Supreme Court of Justice of Panama with respect to the current legal framework
Balboa
The company does not exclude the possibility of resorting to national and international legal action
INDUSTRY
Lukoil signs agreement with US-based Carlyle to sell the Russian group's international assets
Fly
The transaction will need to be authorized by the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control.
PORTS
Panama's Supreme Court of Justice declares the law on the concession contract with the Panama Ports Company unconstitutional.
Panama
Last year, PPC port terminals handled 3.9 million containers
Royal Caribbean Cruises has ordered two new cruise ships from Chantiers de l'Atlantique with options for four more
CRUISES
Royal Caribbean Cruises has ordered two new cruise ships from Chantiers de l'Atlantique with options for four more
Miami
New orders for ten new river vessels are planned. A record financial year.
PORTS
CMA CGM establishes a joint venture with Stonepeak to which it will contribute ten container terminals
New York/Los Angeles
The American company will own 75% and 25% of the shares, respectively. It will invest 2.4 billion dollars.
RAILWAY TRANSPORT
German rail freight companies reject 37% increase in train path prices
Berlin
Die Güterbahnen urges the Minister of Transport to present the promised reform of the fare system
RAILWAY TRANSPORT
FS Logistix increases weekly rotations on the Duisburg-Milan railway line from six to ten
Milan
Two daily connections are made in each direction
PORTS
In the fourth quarter of 2025, freight traffic in the port of Antwerp-Zeebrugge decreased by -4.9%.
Antwerp
For the whole year the decline was -4.1%
CRUISES
Valletta Cruise Port records record annual cruise traffic
London
In 2025, there were 963 thousand passengers (+2.3%)
SHIPPING
Evergreen invests up to nearly $1.5 billion in the construction of 23 container ships
Taipei
Seven 5,900 TEU vessels have been ordered from Jiangsu New Yangzi Shipbuilding and 16 3,100 TEU vessels from CSSC Huangpu Wenchong Shipbuilding.
PORTS
In 2025, Spanish ports handled a record container traffic of almost 19 million TEUs
Madrid
New historic highs also for conventional goods and passengers
First container transhipment operation in an Algerian port
PORTS
First container transhipment operation in an Algerian port
Algiers
It happened on Sunday at the port of Djen Djen
TRUCKING
Truckers from Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and North Macedonia block borders
Belgrade
Week-long protest against the EU's new entry/exit system
NEWS
Resumption of attacks against ships in the Red Sea region threatened
Tehran
They would be implemented in response to an escalation of US and allied military actions in the region.
New annual record for maritime traffic in the Straits of Malacca and Singapore
SHIPPING
New annual record for maritime traffic in the Straits of Malacca and Singapore
Port Klang
Last year, for the first time, over 100,000 ships passed through
SEAFARERS
New record of sailors abandoned by shipowners
London
In 2025, 6,223 crew members from 410 ships were abandoned
ACCIDENTS
A Livorno port pilot loses his life in a collision
Livorno
The dynamics of the accident are still under investigation.
ENVIRONMENT
Study on alternative marine fuels as potential marine pollutants and the effectiveness of response measures
Lisbon
It was commissioned by the European Maritime Safety Agency
PORTS
The first in-person meeting of the international working group "Cruises & Port Cities" will take place in Taranto.
Taranto/La Spezia
Pisano (AdSP Liguria Orientale): the relationship between the city and the port is strategic, particularly in relation to cruise traffic
TRADE
G20 merchandise trade trend to fluctuate in the fourth quarter of 2025
Paris
Trade in services is growing
RAILWAY TRANSPORT
Extension of incentives for rail freight shunting in ports
Rome
Paper (Fermerci): the sector, however, continues to suffer as demonstrated by the overall data for 2025
SHIPPING
MPC Container Ships revenues decreased by -4.3% in 2025
Oslo
Net income was $236.4 million (-11.4%)
OFFSHORE
Saipem has been awarded a further offshore contract in Saudi Arabia
Milan
Order worth approximately 500 million dollars
PORTS
The new offices of the Eastern Sicily Port Authority have been inaugurated in the port of Pozzallo.
Pozzallo
Contract worth approximately 750 thousand euros
SHIPPING
Finmar appointed agent in Italy for United Global Ro-Ro
Genoa
Two services scheduled with stops at the port of Genoa
PORTS
Contract awarded for the expansion of the San Cataldo Pier in the port of Bari
Bari
They will be carried out by the Rti Fincantieri Infrastructure Opere Marittime, Boskalis Italia, Zeta and e-Marine
SEAFARERS
The digital registry of maritime workers and the digital navigation booklet are law
Genoa
Article 11 of Legislative Decree 19/2026 establishes AGEMAR
RAILWAY TRANSPORT
DB Cargo plans to cut around 6,000 jobs
Berlin
Negotiations with employee representatives to begin soon
SHIPPING
In 2025, containers transported by RCL's fleet increased by +8.8%
Bangkok
Revenues from this activity grew by +5.2%
PORTS
Regarding Tardini's nomination as president of the Western Sicily Port Authority, Salvini and Schifani have (for now) buried the hatchet.
Palermo
PORTS
Annual container traffic grows by 5.4% at HHLA port terminals
Hamburg
Record revenues expected at 1.76 billion euros (+9.9%)
PORTS
Container traffic at the Port of New York is expected to grow by 2.3% in 2025.
New York
Significant increase in full containers for export
PORTS
Politics and Assiterminal celebrate the extension of the port bonus
Rome/Genoa
Ferrari: understood the value of the planning behind the reformulation of the law
PORTS
Container traffic at the port of Hong Kong decreased by -3.2% in January
Hong Kong
1.13 million TEUs were handled
SHIPPING
Costamare secures $940 million in revenue from the charter of 12 container ships
Monk
SHIPPING
CMA CGM has ordered six 1,700 TEU LNG containerships from Cochin Shipyard.
Marseille
By the end of the year, the number of Indian seafarers on board the French group's ships will rise to 1,500.
PORTS
Cargo traffic at the port of Singapore grew by 13.0% last month.
Singapore
Containers amounted to 3,892,370 TEUs (+11.3%)
MEETINGS
Filt Cgil, meeting on the importance of Article 17 of Law 84/94
Rome
It will be held tomorrow in Rome at the Frentani Congress Center
COMPANIES
Britta Weber has been appointed as the new chief executive officer of the Hupac Group.
Noise
He is the current vice president of UPS Healthcare for Europe and Asia.
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
OFFSHORE
Saipem to acquire mobile offshore drilling unit for $272.5 million
Milan
Agreement with Norwegian Deep Value Driller
AWARDS
The 59th edition of the San Giorgio Award will be held in Genoa on February 20th.
Genoa
The Targa San Giorgio will be awarded to Gian Enzo Duci
JOBS
Filt Cgil appeals against Cartour's authorization to carry out lashing and unlashing operations.
LOGISTICS
Medlog inaugurates a logistics park at Dammam's King Abdulaziz Port
Geneva
It occupies an area of over 100 thousand square meters
LOGISTICS
Manageritalia and Assologistica sign the renewal of the Ccnl managers of the logistics
Rome
Monthly gross earnings increase at 750 Euros in three tranche
LOGISTICS
Subscribed a binding agreement for the acquisition of Qube by Macquarie Asset Management
Sydney
It was unanimously approved by the Australian logistic group Cda
CRUISES
Meyer Turku completed the design of a cruise ship to zero net emissions
Turku
The main fuel is biomethanol
INDUSTRY
Last year the turnover of Kalmar grew by +1%
Helsinki
Operating income, net profit and new orders in increase respective of +26%, +28% and +8%
PORTS
Terminal Investment Limited puts hands on the Peruvian port of Pisco
Lima
Acquired the Portuario de Paracas Terminal
INFRASTRUCTURE
Assagenti urges a more constant and timely information on the progress of the work of the new dam of Genoa
SHIPPING
Grimaldi has taken delivery of the Grande Michigan
Naples
It is the eighth Pure Car and Truck Carrier ammonia ready of the Neapolitan group
ASSOCIATIONS
Meeting between the presidents of the Maritime Federation and Assoporti
Rome
Mario Mattioli and Roberto Petri addressed the main issues of the maritime cluster
PORTS
Morocco's Marsa Maroc participates in the development of the port of Monrovia
Casablanca
Contract for the management of two docks and the construction of a multipurpose terminal
SHIPPING
South Korea's Pan Ocean buys ten VLCCs from compatriot SK Shipping
Seoul
Transaction valued at approximately $668 million
ASSOCIATIONS
Stefano Messina has been confirmed as president of Assarmatori
Rome
He will also lead the shipowners' association in the four-year period 2026-2030
PORTS
Roberto Mantovanelli has been appointed Secretary General of the Northern Adriatic Port Authority.
Venice
The 2026-2028 Three-Year Operational Plan for the Ports of Venice and Chioggia has been approved.
PORTS
In 2025, Albanian ports handled a record traffic of 8.2 million tons of goods (+6.2%)
Tirana
A new peak in passengers also amounted to 1.7 million units (+6.4%)
DEFENCE
WASS (Fincantieri) has been awarded a contract by Saudi Arabia for the supply of lightweight torpedoes
Trieste
The order is worth more than 200 million euros
INDUSTRY
Oxin (Somec) awarded a major order for the construction of kitchen, pantry, catering and bar areas for two cruise ships
San Vendemiano
The value of the order is 53 million euros
TRANSPORTATION
Sogedim launches a daily service between Carpi and Campogalliano/England
Carpi
Daily shuttle departing from the logistics hubs of Campogalliano, Carpi and Prato
SHIPPING
Danaos Corporation reports record quarterly and annual revenue.
Athens
Profits are falling
PORTS
CPPIB and OMERS are considering selling their 67% stake in Associated British Ports.
London
SHIPPING
Maersk orders eight 18,600 TEU dual-fuel containerships
Copenhagen
Built by New Times Shipbuilding Co., they will be delivered between 2029 and 2030.
SHIPYARDS
PaxOcean opens new shipyard in Singapore
Singapore
It occupies an area of 17.3 hectares
PORTS
The largest container ship ever arrived in the port of Trieste
Trieste
Port of call of the "MSC Diana" which has a capacity of approximately 19,000 TEUs
SHIPYARDS
Antin Infrastructure Partners acquires U.S. shipbuilder Vigor Marine Group
New York
It has shipyards in Seattle, Portland, Vancouver, San Diego and Norfolk
PORTS
In 2025, Moroccan ports handled a record traffic of 262.6 million tons of goods (+8.9%)
Rabat
Transhipment equal to 50.5% of the total
SHIPPING
Yang Ming deploys first of five 15,500 TEU dual-fuel LNG vessels on Asia-Mediterranean route
Keelung
It will be used in the MD2 service
ENVIRONMENT
Study highlights challenges for LNG containerships in complying with future cold ironing connection requirements
Berlin/Hamburg
PROGRESS AND TECHNOLOGY
Fincantieri and Wsense reach agreement to offer cutting-edge underwater systems
Trieste
Co-development of advanced wireless technology solutions planned
ENVIRONMENT
Study finds high levels of persistent organic pollutants caused by shipbreaking activities
Brussels
PORTS
Port of Livorno: tender for ship-generated waste management begins
Livorno
The expected value of the contract is over 40 million euros
LOGISTICS
DSV revenue and profits impacted by Schenker acquisition
Copenhagen
In 2025, turnover grew by +48.0%
INDUSTRY
Wärtsilä reports significant growth in quarterly and annual results for the Marine segment
Helsinki
The Finnish group's new orders acquired in 2025 remain stable.
COMPANIES
Dutch company Portwise has been bought by its compatriot Haskoning
Rijswijk
The company offers solutions for optimizing terminal operations through automation and electrification
SHIPPING
Construction of the first of six container ships for Italia Marittima has begun in China.
Trieste
The ships, which will be able to use traditional fuel and methanol, will have a capacity of 2,400 TEUs
ACCIDENTS
In the Strait of Hormuz, armed vessels ordered a US tanker to stop
Southampton/London
INTERMODAL TRANSPORT
GTS announces new rail services between the port of Genoa and central and southern Italy.
Bari
Connections via the Segrate Milan terminal
AVIATION
Kuehne+Nagel expands CargoCity South at Frankfurt Airport
Schindellegi
A new facility will be completed and taken over at the end of 2028
SHIPPING
The number of dual-fuel vessels employed by liner shipping lines is set to double by 2025
Washington
Currently, 74% of the order book consists of units of this type
PORTS
AD Ports signs agreement to build and operate multipurpose terminal at Matadi Port
Abu Dhabi/Kinshasa
Relaunch of the Banana Deepwater Port Construction Project
SEAFARERS
Confitarma: The Revenue Agency's position risks having serious repercussions on Italian seafarers' employment.
Rome
ASSOCIATIONS
Bucchioni appointed pro tempore president of the Association of Freight Forwarders of the Port of La Spezia
La Spezia
PORTS
The tender for the development of the shipbuilding hub in the port of Ancona has begun.
Ancona
The AdSP Management Committee has approved the call for tenders
SHIPPING
ONE's quarterly financial performance declines further
Singapore
The volume of containerized cargo transported by the fleet remains stable
INSTITUTIONS
Laura DiBella's nomination for FMC presidency has been signed.
Washington
His term will expire on June 30, 2028.
PORTS
Port of Singapore saw record bunker deliveries in 2025
Singapore
PSA-MOL joint venture to manage a new ro-ro terminal
PORTS
The port of Taranto was visited by a delegation from the Japanese FLOWRA
Taranto
The association brings together 21 of the main Japanese energy players
INDUSTRY
ABB's new orders in a quarter exceed $10 billion for the first time.
Zurich
Growing demand in the maritime, port and railway sectors
LAW
In the United States, MSC was fined a total of $22.67 million
Washington
The Federal Maritime Commission has released the results of an investigation
COMPANIES
Signal Ocean has acquired AXSMarine
Paris/London
The company offers web platforms to support the ship charter sector
COMPANIES
CSC Vespucci and Livorno Reefer will form a single platform dedicated to fruit and vegetable and exotic products in the port of Livorno
Livorno
Livorno Reefer to acquire stake in CSC
SHIPPING
Stena RoRo has placed an order for two ro-ro vessels in China with options for four more.
Gothenburg
They were designed in cooperation with the Italian Naos
SHIPPING
Shanghai Zhonggu Logistics Co. to Order Four New 6,000-TEU Containerships
Shanghai
The order will include options for two additional vessels
UPS revenues decreased by 2.6% in 2025
In the last quarter alone, a decrease of -3.2% was recorded
SHIPPING
ICS has published its periodic analysis of flag state performance
London
COMPANIES
Michail Stahlhut will step down as CEO of Hupac in May
Noise
Bertschi: Under his leadership, the company's position as a leading provider of combined road/rail transport in Europe has been strengthened.
PORTS
Members of the Ravenna Marine Resource Partnership Body have been appointed.
Ravenna
It will meet for the first time on February 4th and will remain in office for four years
SHIPPING
Messina (Assarmatori): MIT's decree on cold ironing is a good thing.
Rome
This is a fundamental step - he underlined - to ensure that the electrification of the platforms is actually usable.
PROGRESS AND TECHNOLOGY
Contship has joined the Digital Container Shipping Association's DCSA+ program.
Melzo
Among the goals, improving the efficiency of terminal operations, the accuracy of planning and collaboration with shipping companies.
PORTS
The Argentine Port Workers' Federation threatens a strike at national ports.
The Silver
Action in support of workers at the port of Concepción del Uruguay
PORTS
In 2025, freight traffic in the port of Taranto grew by +0.8%
Taranto
In the last quarter alone, a decrease of -22.6% was recorded
PORTS
Last year, container traffic in the port of Valencia grew by +3.4%
Valencia
5,662,661 TEUs were handled
DEFENCE
Fincantieri wins Italian Navy contract to enhance naval vessels' cyber resilience
INDUSTRY
New facility in Charleston for the production and testing of marine power and propulsion systems
Arlington
It was inaugurated by Leonardo DRS, a subsidiary of the Italian Leonardo
SAFETY & SECURITY
Project to strengthen maritime and port cybersecurity
Brest/Brussels/Rome
The partners are France Cyber Maritime, FEPORT and the Federation of the Sea
PORTS
Container traffic at the Port of Los Angeles fell by 10.6% in the last quarter of 2025.
Los Angeles
A decrease of -0.6% was recorded for the whole year
INDUSTRY
In the first six months of operation InnoWay Trieste produced 170 railway wagons
Trieste
The construction of 600 units is planned in Bagnoli della Rosandra in 2026
YACHTING
Ferretti rejects KKCG Maritime's partial and conditional voluntary takeover bid.
Milan
Strong confidence in the company's long-term strategy reaffirmed
PORTS
Haropa Port sets new container traffic record
Le Havre
Last year, overall freight traffic increased by +2%
MOURNING
Decio Lucano, the dean of shipping journalists, has passed away.
Genoa
His paper adventures are countless, including "Vita e Mare" and "TMM", but also digital with "DL News"
PORTS
Marsa Maroc orders 106 electric terminal tractors from Terberg
Benschop
They will be employed in the port of Nador West Med
INTERMODAL TRANSPORT
Contargo acquires 50% of Cargo-Center-Graz Logistik
Mannheim
The German company extends its intermodal network to the Adriatic ports of Koper and Rijeka.
COMPANIES
A single binding offer from Dubai for the purchase of the Venice Ro-Port Mos
Venice
The company manages the terminal for the motorways of the sea and cruises in Fusina
PORTS
The Port of Long Beach handled record container traffic in 2025
Long Beach
In the last quarter, a decrease of -8.8% was recorded
SHIPPING
HMM to introduce AI-based autonomous navigation solutions on 40 vessels
Seoul
Contract with Avikus and agreement with KSOE
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
Filt Cgil, meeting on the importance of Article 17 of Law 84/94
Rome
It will be held tomorrow in Rome at the Frentani Congress Center
MEETINGS
A conference on congestion in the North West logistics system will be held in Genoa on January 19th.
Genoa
It will be held at the Transparency Hall of the Liguria Region
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Auction of megaterminal in Santos may be postponed due to deadlock within the Federal Government
(A Tribuna)
East Port Said Port faces a new challenge with Europe's carbon rules for shipping
(EnterpriseAM)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
ASSITERMINAL
Intervento del presidente Tomaso Cognolato
Roma, 19 giugno 2025
››› File
FREIGHT TERMINALS
Two new rail connections to Germany from the Padua Interport
Padua
They are operated by InRail and LTE Italia
SHIPPING
Intersea has become the general agent in Italy for the Portuguese GS Lines
Genoa
The shipping company is part of Grupo Sousa
PORTS
MSC and Qatari company Maha to develop and manage the Libyan port of Misurata
Paris/Misurata
An investment of 1.5 billion dollars is expected
MARINAS
F2i has been awarded the concession for the Lavagna tourist port
Milan
The concession contract will have a duration of 50 years
OFFSHORE
Eni launches the hull of the Coral North FLNG
Geoje/San Donato Milanese
It will be used offshore Cabo Delgado, north of Mozambique.
LOGISTICS
Laghezza has acquired a logistics warehouse in Sarzana
La Spezia
The aim is to establish a local hub for local production activities.
PORTS
The Red Sea Container Terminal at the Egyptian port of Sokhna has been inaugurated.
Sokhna
It is operated by a joint venture of Hutchison Ports, COSCO and CMA Terminals
SHIPPING
The GNV Altair ferry has joined the GNV fleet
Genoa
It has a capacity of 2,700 passengers and 915 linear metres of rolling stock.
COMPANIES
Ignazio Messina & C. has acquired full control of Thermocar
Genoa
The Genoese company operates in the temperature-controlled refrigerated container logistics sector.
SHIPPING
Maersk confirms resumption of MECL transits through the Suez Canal
Copenhagen
The line connects India and the Middle East with the US East Coast
SHIPPING
Genco's board of directors rejected Diana Shipping's acquisition proposal.
New York/Athens
The American company, however, leaves a glimmer of hope by admitting the validity of the merger
SHIPPING
MSC will include the port of Trieste in the Dragon Italy-USA service
Geneva
The Julian port will be reached starting from the second half of February
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