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November 4, 2009
The Business Timesweb site
Strait Talk
  • Ferries under pressure
    LOOKING at the report just sent to me of Interferry's recent 34th annual conference in Istanbul I regret that I was not able to attend it, or indeed that I have never been to one of the association's events.
Shipping Times
  • 'K' Line confident of continued growth
    'K' Line's presence in Singapore started as a ship agency in 1973, after being represented by NOL Agency. Since then, it has also expanded into warehousing and logistics functions.

The Business Timesweb site
Strait Talk
  • Ferries under pressure
    LOOKING at the report just sent to me of Interferry's recent 34th annual conference in Istanbul I regret that I was not able to attend it, or indeed that I have never been to one of the association's events.
Shipping Times
  • 'K' Line confident of continued growth
    'K' Line's presence in Singapore started as a ship agency in 1973, after being represented by NOL Agency. Since then, it has also expanded into warehousing and logistics functions.

Sched Netweb site
  • Maersk hikes Asia-Mideast rate US$100/TEU from November 15
  • Grand Alliance, Zim to fold one FE-US east coast loop into another
  • Decline in China trade volume narrows in September
  • Hard-hit Evergreen losses grow from quarter to quarter
  • Shekou Container Terminal welcomes new AMC1 service
  • Vietnam starts building Van Phong container port
  • CMA CGM to call at India's west coast Pipavav port
  • Russian Rail, Refservice ships 22th reefer train from Far East
  • Panama Canal box transits slide 5.1pc in FY2009
  • Qingdao shipping summit to focus on 'terrifying' downturn
  • Taiwan's China Airlines, Eva losses narrow over 9 month
  • Korean Air adds Seoul-Hanoi 747-400 freighter flights
  • Ireland's GSSA IAM takes on Air Asia X from KL to Chengdu
  • Lufthansa sees green shoot growth crushed by steep price declines

Exim Indiaweb site
  • HCL again executes a challenging project with finesse
  • ABG Shipyard net rises by 75.84 pc in Q2
  • Samudera appoints Capt. Shakti Menon as MD for Middle East
  • Great Offshore posts PAT of Rs 45.66 cr. in July-September
  • Sustained recovery in liner biz demands higher volumes & major freight rate hikes, says APL chief
  • ESPLL reports smaller net in July-September
  • Goltens opens state-of-art workshop in Navi Mumbai
  • Ryckman wants India among US' Top 10 trading partners
  • Acetone imports from Japan, Thailand come under DGAD scrutiny
  • New norms for road projects soon-Nath
  • Hasti Petro Chemical & Shipping opens sprawling 'Thar Dry Port' near Ahmedabad
  • Cotton position comfortable-CAI
  • Lanka invites Indian investments

International Transport Journalweb site
NOVEMBER 2, 2009
  • Swiss Post boosts profit by nearly 12%
    Switzerland's mail service provider Swiss Post generated a group profit of CHF 553 million for the first nine months of 2009. This is an increase of around 11.5% compared with the ...
  • Karl Gross certified as authorised economic operator
    The Bremen-based German enterprise Karl Gross Internationale Spedition GmbH was awarded the status of authorised economic operator (AEO), with effect from 2 November. The full AEO ...
  • Clipper Logistics wins new contract in UK
    The UK-based retail logistics service provider Clipper Logistics has become the logistics partner of the fashion brand Nicholas Deakins, headquartered in Leeds (UK). The fashion br...
  • Kögel has a new owner
    Kögel ' Europe's third-largest trailer manufacturer ' has a new owner. Only three months after the company was forced to file for bankruptcy, insolvency administrator Arndt Geiwitz...
  • RFG welcomes first temperature-controlled wagons from Spain
    The UK's Rail Freight Group (RFG) has congratulated Stobart and DB Schenker on the successful arrival of the first temperature-controlled train from Spain (30 October 2009). T...
  • Switzerland tightens airfreight security laws
    Switzerland's federal department of the environment, transport, energy and communications (Uvek) recently tightened its airfreight security laws. The move is intended to ...
  • Jade Cargo establishes new China-Istanbul service
    The Sino-German joint venture Jade Cargo International has augmented its international network by adding a service to Istanbul (Turkey). "Istanbul, the Turkish industrial...
  • Emirates launches another service to South Africa
    The Dubai (UAE)-based carrier Emirates recently launched a Dubai to Durban service. This is the airline's third destination in South Africa after Johannesburg and Cape To...

Maritime Global Netweb site
NOVEMBER 3, 2009
  • IMO "ready to help Somalia"
  • Wilhelmsen sees "soft recovery"
  • STX's better figures
  • Belships profits down
  • Increased VAT liability warning

Marine Logweb site
  • LR approved to issue IAPP certs to U.S.-flag vessels

Lloyd's Listweb site
NOVEMBER 3, 2009
  • Torm in talks to renegotiate MR tankers time charters
    Major operators facing haemorrhaging cash flows in "catastrophic conditions."
  • Dutch prime minister rejects shipbuilders criticism
    Jan Peter Balkenende says government committed to supporting industry.
  • Carbon reduction rules will hit UK ports
    Port owners could face huge penalties and cash flow problems under Carbon Reduction Commitment rules.
  • Lifeline thrown to Zim as rescue plan approved
    Israel Securities Authority resolve legal issues that had delayed an earlier ballot.

Fairplayweb site
NOVEMBER 3, 2009
  • Transpac backhaul hike sought
    MEMBER lines of the Westbound Transpacific Stabilization Agreement want new general rate increases for dry and refrigerated cargoes to Asia
  • India S&P splurge expected
    INDIAN shipping companies are planning to expand fleets, weighing the easing recession against plunging profits
  • Yard fined in asbestos death
    A SPANISH court today found the Naval Gijon shipyard negligent in the death of a worker from asbestos inhalation
  • MSC Crociere booming
    ITALIAN cruise company MSC Crociere told Fairplay today it has already carried 1M passengers this year, 36% higher than this time point last year

The Journal of Commerceweb site
NOVEMBER 3, 2009
  • Zim Restructuring Wins Approval
  • Pacer Strikes New UP Deal
  • Con-way Profit Drops 67 Percent
  • Genesee & Wyoming Profit Inches Upward
  • Expeditors Net Falls 33 Percent
  • BNSF Deal Prompts Rush to Rails
  • Shipments, Orders Grew in September
  • Hamilton, Halifax Sign Short-Sea Pact
  • Wilh. Wilhelmsen Profit Slumps 42 Percent
  • Piraeus Dock Workers Renew Strike
  • Pacific Lines Seek New Wave of Rate Hikes
  • Clorox Ending Chlorine Use, Shipping
  • Defense Bill Provides Short Sea Boost
  • S&P, Wall Street Slap YRC Debt Swap
  • NS, Pennsylvania Expand Phila. Intermodal Yard
  • Logue Named President of FedEx Freight
  • Berkshire Hathaway to Buy BNSF

Containerisation Internationalweb site
NOVEMBER 3, 2009
  • Rotterdam embarks on container lashing inspection
  • Bourses go red
  • Piraeus turmoil continues
  • Tartous gets Hamburg Sud boost
  • Robust performance from Panama Canal

TradeWindsweb site
NOVEMBER 3, 2009
  • Excel misses mark
    Bulker owner Excel Maritime Carriers posts 47% drop in the bottom line as results fall short of Wall Street forecasts.
  • Artful dodger?
    Evidence of Sovcomflot's former London chief Yuri Privalov cast into doubt over question of who paid for Igor Borisenko's painting of the Queen Mary in London.
  • Liquidated
    A plan by Hawaii Superferry to liquidate has become effective nearly four months after it abandoned its two vessels.
  • Vale ports drop
    Brazilian miner reports 18.2% fall in operational profits from its dry-bulk ports, which rake in $26m over nine months.
  • Gulf gig
    Subsea 7's pipelay and construction vessels hired to perform Gulf of Mexico contract with Anadarko.
  • Shenzhen halted
    Spanish judge detains MSC Shenzhen after oil spill washes up in Algeciras Bay.
  • Photo flood
    Entries are already pouring in for TradeWinds' Maritime Photographer of the Year contest.
  • Uneven pain
    Idle containership tonnage rises to 10.7% of world capacity but not all operators are suffering to the same extent.
  • TK's first OSV
    Australian arm of Vancouver-based tanker giant bags three year contract to manage and crew an AHTS.
  • Royal tumbles
    Fain-led Royal Caribbean Cruises' 44% drop in the third quarter tops its own expectations, but a loss is expected in the fourth.
  • Million-dollar man
    Sovcomflot's former London chief Yuri Privalov claims Yuri Nikitin helped him set up Swiss bank account to receive $1m in "thank yous."
  • Torching eight
    WW to scrap eight vessels in the final quarter with dividend due to make a quick comeback, bank says.
  • Remoy cuts back
    Rem CEO sells nearly $10m shares in the shipowner to scale down his holding.
  • Just a scratch
    Pirate gun fire caused only cosmetic damage to Jo Tankers vessel during surprise attack off Somalia, director says.
  • Jo ship hit
    Jo Tankers vessel reportedly damaged after being attacked by pirates wielding machine guns off Somalia.
  • Flying the flag
    Louka Katseli pledges support for the Greek shipping industry from the new socialist government.
  • Handysize hit
    Downturn in activity of Elkem Chartering joint venture hits Belships result.
  • Cheque clash
    Petrobras meets a deadline but loses an appeal over a three year charter of Embiricos VLCC that went wrong.
  • Samsung stronger
    Record sales figures allow world's second largest shipbuilder to jack up third quarter bottom line.
  • Foggy forecast
    A strong rebound in dry-cargo rates is unlikely 'anytime soon' Cosco Singapore says at profit crashes.
  • One in, one out?
    Njal Saevik's Havila pens PSV at Simek, potentially killing off delayed Fjeldstrand newbuilding.
  • Stolt into VLGCs
    Parcel tanker specialist activates gas carrier venture with three year charter of Japanese vessel.
  • Phoenix fixed
    Havila construction vessel lands new deal in Gulf of Mexico.
  • Final countdown
    Floro Shipyard will not build any more vessels after Stolt-Nielsen tanker brace is completed in five months time, parent STX Europe says.
  • Precious buys
    Khalid Hashim-led bulker player turns buyer with acquisition of modern handysize.
  • WW still weak
    Wilh Wilhelmsen sees signs of recovery in car trades, but operating profits still down on 2008.
  • $400m for Navios
    Angeliki Frangou-led firm earmarks $105m for capesize pair after tying up huge notes issue.
  • Order boost
    China's Yangzijiang Shipbuilding confirms new bulker orders as third quarter profits rise by 17%.
  • Yard eyes demo
    China's Yangzijiang Shipbuilding enters into joint venture to target shipping scrapping sector.
  • Yantai expands
    Chinese rig builder in expansion mode with plans to acquire domestic shipyard Sanlian Longkou.
  • KHI crashes
    Japan shipbuilder slumps to a big loss in the first half of the year, but full-year figures look better.

American Shipperweb site
NOVEMBER 3, 2009
  • IRS probes offshore foreign vessel operators
  • Evergreen reports loss amid "financial tsunami"
  • Wilh. Wilhelmsen sees "start of a soft recovery"
  • IATA: 2008 slump's start props September figures
  • Berkshire Hathaway to buy BNSF
  • Small business lender CIT in bankruptcy
  • USDA drops interim rule to raise inspection fees
  • Panama Canal: Less traffic, faster transits

The Scandinavian Shipping Gazetteweb site
NOVEMBER 3, 2009
  • WW sees light at the end of the tunnel
    Third quarter volumes indicate the start of a soft recovery, Wilh. Wilhelmsen says in its latest quarterly report. Cargo volumes saw a seven per cent rise between the second and
  • Somalia asks for help tackling pirates
    Abdirashid Sharmarke, Prime Minister in Samalia's Transitional Federal Government, says piracy off the coast of Somalia must be tackled on land as well as at sea. At a meeting with
  • Spain legislates for armed guards
    Spain has passed a law allowing armed guards on board Spanish flagged vessels outside Spanish waters. "Security may be offered by guards using authorised weapons suitable for effectively complying with

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
NOVEMBER 3, 2009
  • Abandoned vessel concerns in Texas
    US Coast Guard remove diesel from fuel tanks, officials attempt to contact boats owner.
  • Prices mainly firming in Europe
    Many suppliers in Rotterdam tight on product.
  • Number of idled containerships is growing
    Firming bunker prices 'will encourage slow steaming'.
  • Prices steady in Fujairah
    Sources report 'tight barge schedules' in Middle East hub.
  • Cruise line remains committed to hedging
    Royal Caribbean Cruises to hedge 50% of bunker consumption in 2010
  • Lay-ups cut bunker bills
    Evergreen reports more losses.
  • Agency 'justifies' low sulphur exemption
    Decision was based on 'technical and economic grounds'.
  • Bunker movements in Singapore mixed
    Asian bunker markets showing no clear direction on Tuesday.
  • Firms bid for Kochi bunker jetty construction
    CPT will issue tender to invite operators of the terminal soon.
  • Neste Oil profit dips 78%
    Q3 2009 refining margins remain weak, except for fuel oil.
  • Storage facility fire: Sabotage ruled out
    More than half of the tanks at Caribbean fuel storage facility destroyed or damaged.
  • Shanghai bonded bunker sales dip
    Bunker demand over first eight months down as port activities slow.
  • Fishing vessel sinks in Alaska
    Two-mile sheen seen in the area.
  • Clean-up operations hindered by bad weather
    Large oil slick reported after freighter runs aground off east China's coast.
  • Singapore trader takes VLCC for storage
    Floating storage deal off Tanjung Pelepas to cost about $28 million.
  • WWL on track with low sulphur fuel policy
    Ready for 1.00% ECA limit, self-imposed global fleet target to remain at 1.50%.

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FROM THE HOME PAGE
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.
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
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
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
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
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%
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
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
The OYAK and OIA funds will invest in the Turkish port of Iskenderun
Ankara
Expected the realization of a terminal container
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
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.
After Maersk, Hapag-Lloyd also initiates an agreement with Chinese Goldwind for supplies of green methanol
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.
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.
In 2023, the performance of road and rail transport services fell in Switzerland.
Neuchâtel
Modal shares remained unchanged
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
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
In the third quarter economic growth of trade in goods and services of G20
Paris
Down the value of goods to and from China
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
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
The BIMCO has adopted the FuelEU Maritime Clause
Copenhagen
The European regulation will enter into force next January.
Kenon Holdings (Idan Ofer) announces the next exit from the capital of ZIM
Singapore
Currently owns 19.8 million shares
NIM and EH Group will develop hydrogen fuel cell technologies for shipping
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.
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
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%)
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
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
Corsica Sardinia Ferries in search of navigating personnel
Go Ligure
The wanted profiles are different, for machine areas, room and kitchen
Agreement for the digital integration of the FS and AdSP Polo Logistics systems of the Western Liguria
Genoa
New Oriental Mediterranean Service-Adriatic via Malta of CMA CGM
Marseille
Will have a weekly frequency
Brussels to give state aid for 1.9 billion euros to German railway company DB Cargo
Brussels
Renewed the Governing Council of Wista Italy
Milan
Constancy Musso confirmed president
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
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
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
The agreement on training between the AdSP of the Tirreno Centre Northern, the ITS Academy, " G. Caboto " and the European Escola
Cyvitavecchia
Consultation on the extension of the UK ETS to the maritime sector
London
Shipping would be included since 2026
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
ONE acquires a stake in Jakarta's NPCT1 terminal container
Singapore
It has a traffic capacity of 1.5 million teu per year
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
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
Dachser & Fercam Italia has opened a new branch in Arezzo
Bolzano
Three thousand square meters of operational surface area and 400 of offices
Fincantieri initiates agreement with SIMEST for the growth of watermark businesses
Milan / Trieste
Conference for the 30 th birthday of WISTA Italy
Genoa
It will be held tomorrow at Palazzo San Giorgio in Genoa
Approved the Plan of the Organic Ports of Sardinia
Cagliari
There are 938 workers in the 36 enterprises operating in the scallots
Saipem has awarded an EPCI offshore contract from BP in Indonesia
Milan
Container ship charterer MPCC's revenues fell by -28% in the third quarter
Oslo
Fermerci reports delays and cuts to incentives for rail freight transport
Rome
Paper: Real risk of losing 115 million euros
In the third quarter, traffic in shipping containers of Moroccan Marsa Maroc increased by 5% percent.
Casablanca
Exhaustion of the growth of transshipment volumes
At Samsung Heavy Industries orders for the construction of four 16,000-teu container carriers
Busan
Commits the value of about 781 million
Eni-MSC agreement in the field of sustainability and energy transition
San Donato Milanese
It was subscribed by Claudio Descalzi and Diego Aponte
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
Conference for the 30 th birthday of WISTA Italy
Genoa
It will be held tomorrow at Palazzo San Giorgio in Genoa
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
Relazione del presidente Nicola Zaccheo
Roma, 18 settembre 2024
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South Korea's HJSC adjusts a salesperson for four new 7,900-teu container ships
Busan
Rolf Westfal-Larsen Jr. has been elected president of Intertanko
London
Undergoes to Paolo d' Amico
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
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
Dimitri Serafimoff has been elected as the new president of CLECAT
Brussels
He will also retain the presidency of the CLECAT Customs Institute
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
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
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
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