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July 6, 2009
The Business Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Baltic Dry Index posts 2nd straight weekly drop
    The Baltic Dry Index, a measure of shipping costs for commodities, posted a second straight weekly decline on concern that demand to haul iron ore is set to slow.
  • Kawasaki's China venture to delay shipyard operations by three years
    Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd's shipbuilding venture in China will delay operations of a second dock in Dalian by three years as the global recession dries up demand.
  • Shippers may cancel up to 15% of vessel orders
    Shippers may cancel as much as 15 per cent of orders for new vessels and delay taking deliveries to cope with a lack of financing and a drop in demand amid the global recession, Poten & Partners said.

Sched Netweb site
  • Safmarine starts Far East-southern Africa Safari 3 loop
  • Da Chan Bay welcomes Maersk Line service's first call
  • Ningbo cross-strait direct shipping volume hit 50,000 TEU in May
  • Ship operator in oil spill faces possible $40 million fine
  • Iceland's troubled Eimskip banks on LA takeover
  • Ford stays with UPS for logistics support
  • Former NYK president appointed chairman of Japan-Belgium Society
  • FedEx's Baiyun hub's expectations fall, but airport expects profit
  • China Southern Airlines launches five new service
  • St Louis seeks larger chunk of air freight with China
  • Singapore aviation reorganisation creates Changi Airport Group

Maritime Global Netweb site
JULY 3, 2009
  • US offshore wind gets RI go-ahead
  • Tank containers cut carbon footprint in half
  • Suspended jail terms for QM2 builders
  • Eimskip to be taken over by creditors

Lloyd's Listweb site
JULY 3, 2009
  • Pressure on pirates could soon win release of ships
    NEGOTIATORS predict four or five captured vessels will be freed in the next two months.
  • Security firms deny collusion over ransoms
  • Surprise rise in June OTC derivatives trading
    TRADE in uncleared FFAs 'still has a pulse'.
  • Italy in push for Gulf of Aden coastguard
    SHIPOWNERS call for European action to develop coastguard operations in the countries bordering the area.

Fairplayweb site
JULY 3, 2009
  • Asia/Europe box rates firming
    BOX RATES on Asia/Europe routes are beginning to firm since the 1 July rate restoration schemes by major carriers
  • Maersk rejects VLGC leasing
    MAERSK Tankers will not lease out their VLGC vessels at current poor charter rates, Fairplay was told today
  • China bourse up 62.5% in 1H
    OPTIMISM has continued to fuel China's economy, with its stock market index rising by 62.5% in the first six months of 2009, Beijing's official newspaper reported today
  • Russian gas production falls
    RUSSIA'S gas production dropped by a dramatic 30% in June, compared with the same month of 2008
  • QMII defendants sentenced
    A FRENCH appeals court has imposed suspended prison sentences on four people in an accident that killed 16 people visiting the cruise ship Queen Mary 2
  • Hapag might seek Berlin loans
    GERMAN box liner Hapag-Lloyd might try to obtain government loans or guarantees to weather the slump in traffic and freight rates
  • India revives SCI sale scheme
    INDIA's government is again looking at selling up to 15% of its stake in Shipping Corp of India

Containerisation Internationalweb site
JULY 3, 2009
  • Consultants that don't consult
    There is a well known joke about consultants that goes: What is a consultant? - Answer: Someone who borrows your watch, tells you the time, and then keeps the watch.
  • MSC makes changes to its Golden Gate service
  • K Line leaves ELAA
  • COSCON launches rates offensive
  • FMC moves to end port operator exemption
  • Tank containers are greener

TradeWindsweb site
JULY 3, 2009
  • Saverys' bulkers
    Alexander Saverys says Delphis is now a dry-cargo owner having altered a boxship order at Hanjin Heavy Industries.
  • Pirate porridge
    Russia warns pirates that capture by warships will mean Moscow trial and time behind bars.
  • Ordering ordeal
    Newbuilding contracts down nearly 90% in the first half with bulkers and boxships the biggest fallers.
  • Nordic bash
    No pollution reported as Norwegian tanker and Russian cargoship collide in Oresund Strait.
  • Dry switch
    European owner swaps four boxships for a trio of bulkers in revised order at Hanjin Heavy Industries, with Delphis the stand-out candidate.
  • It's quotes time
    Getting cash from the ATM is proving a little too easy for Omar Nokta.
  • Feeder fund
    Emergency cash raised as investors in JR Shipping fleet hit in the wallet by market slump.
  • Ferry blow-out
    Blown transformer caused Staten Island ferry crash that injured 15 people in New York.
  • Irish erosion
    Port volumes fell by nearly 6% in Ireland in 2008 as imports plunged.
  • Hapag hand-out?
    German container line could ask government for cash to get it through tough times, shareholder says.
  • Cido sheds again
    Tonnage exodus at South Korean owner continues with sale of two tankers.
  • Waiving again
    Eitzen Chemical follows Camillo Eitzen in announcing new deal with banks on covenants.
  • New5 in Numb3rs
    RS Platou's offshore number one Hans Christensen is switching camps while 150 of John Fredriksen's ships are crossing over to Bergvall Marine for hull cover.
  • Swift profit
    John Fredriksen's Seadrill bags $20m profit on rig sale after buying it from Ship Finance International.
  • Banks set to seize
    Clarkson boss Andi Case says banks will step up vessel repossessions with installment deadlines looming.
  • Panama change
    Fishing industry expert Roberto Linares lands top job at Panama Maritime Authority.
  • Guilty
    Four men given suspended prison sentences for their part in the fatal Queen Mary 2 gangway collapse in 2003.
  • Part payment
    Striking workers at Bulgaria's Rousse Shipyard are paid half of April's salary as deal with bosses looks likely.
  • Drugs dwindle
    Shipowners and managers are finding swine flu anti-viral Tamiflu increasingly hard to get hold of.
  • Ferry probe
    Investigation begins into switching of gears on Fullers ferry in New Zealand that caused it to hit berth.
  • Reefer boost
    Fred Olsen to guarantee $30m share issue to shore up finances of his reefer operation Oceanlink.
  • Ship sales slip
    After hitting an eight-month high in May, a drop in tanker sales push second-hand ship deals down in June.
  • Trio combine
    CMA CGM, CSAV and CSCL throw in their lot together on the Asia, Mexico and Caribbean route.
  • HHI starts FPSO
    South Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries has made the first use of its specially-designed H-dock.
  • MSC Japan cuts
    Mediterranean Shipping Co is terminating a service linking several Japanese ports with Chiwan in China.
  • MISC offloads
    Malaysian shipowner has sold two small single-hulled product tankers to Nigerian outfit.

The Scandinavian Shipping Gazetteweb site
JULY 3, 2009
  • BLRT rebuilds bunker vessels
    The Estonian yard group BLRT Grupp has found a niche market ' converting single-hull bunker vessels into double-hull vessels in accordance with MARPOL regulations. The group's yard, Tallinn Shipyard
  • Unifeeder to Gävle
    Danish Unifeeder will begin a service to Gävle Container Terminal, GCT, in August. Unifeeder transports other shipping companies' containers to European ports such as Rotterdam, Hamburg, Bremerhaven and Antwerp. "This
  • Havyard Leirvik lays off 40 employees
    The Norwegian yard Havyard Leirvik has been forced to lay off 40 of 210 permanent employees due to the recession. The yard has already reduced the number of hired personnel
  • Eestinova takes delivery of Emi Leader
    Onega Shipbuilding Yard in Petrozavodsk has delivered the Emi Leader to the Estonian shipping company Eestinova O' in St. Petersburg. It is the second vessel in a series of four

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
JULY 3, 2009
  • New barge for Petrobras
    Both IFO and distillate fuel available.
  • Interest to be paid on oil spill penalty
    Case slowly comes to a close as Exxon agrees to pay.
  • Quiet day of trading on markets
    Softening prices expected if fundamentals continue downward trend.
  • IMO considers ban on heavy fuel oil in Antarctic waters
    Calls for adoption of amendment later this year.
  • Bunker prices softening as week ends
    Southern European markets see deepest losses.
  • Unauthorised trades triggered crude spike
    Trader suspended after oil brokerage loses almost $10 million.
  • Container line considers asking for state aid
    Hapag-Lloyd shareholder says the German state should act to ensure fleet survives.
  • Tight bunker avails support Asian prices
    Bunker prices in most key Asian ports firmed on Friday.
  • Another trading company 'eyes' Singapore bunker market
    Mercuria Energy says 'going into bunkers' is a possibility.
  • Singapore supplier shuts down
    Returns its bunkering license to the port authority.
  • Company and engineer fined for bunker spill
    UK Environment Agency says it was a 'serious incident that could have been avoided'.
  • Brightoil starts operations in Shanghai
    Deploys four double-hull bunker tankers and leases storage for its new operations.
  • Sri Lanka supplier buys 8,800 dwt bunker tanker
    Large bunker tanker to double as 'floating storage' to address a shortage of space at Colombo's shore terminal.
  • Hong Kong supplier builds double-hull for end-2009 delivery
    Bunker tanker at about 5,000 dwt will be the territory's second biggest barge.

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FROM THE HOME PAGE
PORTS
Signed the act for the rebalancing of the concession in chief of Venice Terminal Passengers
Venice
Spain : The aim is to "create a new normal", which is aimed strongly at an upper-middle customer segment, with the aim of creating a pole for luxury cruises in Venice, " he said.
PORTS
In October, freight traffic in the ports of Genoa and Savona-Ligure
Genoa
Recorded increases of 2.5% and 21.9%, respectively. It continues the downturn of cruises in both scallops
CRUISES
Fincantieri has delivered the new cruise ship Viking Vela to Viking
Trieste / Los Angeles
Can accommodate 998 passengers
The government of Montenegro wants to bring the port of Adria back under state control
PORTS
The government of Montenegro wants to bring the port of Adria back under state control
Podgorica
Will evaluate the possible acquisition of the majority stake in the Turkish Global Ports Holding
PORTS
China's seaports handled record cargo traffic for October
China's seaports handled record cargo traffic for October
Beijing
Containers amounted to over 24.4 million TEU (+6.2%)
Stable the traffic of goods in the port of La Spezia in the period of July-September
PORTS
Stable the traffic of goods in the port of La Spezia in the period of July-September
The Spezia
Marina di Carrara has been recorded a decrease of -15.6%
PORTS
At Spezia they don't want a president of the AdSP "parachuted"
The Spezia
They ask for a president "plug & play" able to deal with the problems right away
PORTS
Defined the location in the port of Gioia Tauro of the construction site for the bridge over the Strait of Messina
Joy Tauro
The OYAK and OIA funds will invest in the Turkish port of Iskenderun
PORTS
The OYAK and OIA funds will invest in the Turkish port of Iskenderun
Ankara
Expected the realization of a terminal container
SHIPPING
T&E calls for EU measures to limit ship speed and greater use of wind propulsion
Brussels
Summary complaint of the organization on the progress made by the shipping industry for decarbonisation
CUSTOMS
To extend the customs corridor to goods in export and on transhipment in the port of Spezia
The Spezia
He was speaking at a meeting between the AdSP and the Customs Agency.
SHIPPING
After Maersk, Hapag-Lloyd also initiates an agreement with Chinese Goldwind for supplies of green methanol
ENVIRONMENT
Messina (Assshipowners) : yes to the environmentalist push, but the timing and the ways are wrong
Rome
Local, often untimely, local norms have the only effect of moving traffics out of the Old Continent.
PORTS
Port of Ravenna, final visit of the EU representative to the project "Ravenna Port Hub : Infrastructural Works"
Ravenna
The European contribution has been more than 30 million euros.
TRANSPORTATION
In 2023, the performance of road and rail transport services fell in Switzerland.
Neuchâtel
Modal shares remained unchanged
INTERMODAL TRANSPORT
New intermodal service Melzo-Marcianise of Hannibal
Melzo
Two weekly rotations that from the first quarter will rise to three
PSA and Evergreen to jointly operate container terminal in Singapore
PORTS
PSA and Evergreen to jointly operate container terminal in Singapore
Singapore
The new company will become operational by the end of 2024
In the third quarter economic growth of trade in goods and services of G20
TRADE
In the third quarter economic growth of trade in goods and services of G20
Paris
Down the value of goods to and from China
PORTS
Omanita group Asyad will manage the port of al-Suwayq for 40 years
Muscat
The expansion of the stairway and the construction of a quay
The Companies inform
Accelleron initiates partnership with Geislinger to expand service business in the Mediterranean region
INTERMODAL TRANSPORT
Memorandum of Understanding for the creation of an intermodal terminal in Budapest
Astana
A delegation of the Kazakh KTZ Express to the port of Rijeka
SHIPPING
The BIMCO has adopted the FuelEU Maritime Clause
Copenhagen
The European regulation will enter into force next January.
SHIPPING
Kenon Holdings (Idan Ofer) announces the next exit from the capital of ZIM
Singapore
Currently owns 19.8 million shares
PROGRESS AND TECHNOLOGY
NIM and EH Group will develop hydrogen fuel cell technologies for shipping
PORTS
In the third quarter of 2024 the traffic of goods in the port of Tanger Med increased by 11%
Anjra
In the first nine months of the year, growth was 12% percent.
PORTS
Project of the ovadese Vezzani to set up a terminal for the automotive in Porto Marghera
Venice
Filed for the release of a demanial concession for the quay ex Sirma
PORTS
In the third quarter the port of Koper has handled 287,410 containers (+ 11.8%)
Koper
In the first nine months of 2024, it was 835,506 (+ 2.9%)
COMPANIES
The Zephyr Group snaps up Singaporean Twinco and Germany's Carl Baguhn
The Spezia
The two companies operate in the area of spare parts and components for diesel and gas engines
SHIPPING
Rixi, without the ETS review, European maritime fleets will continue to suffer a competitive disadvantage
Rome
According to the deputy minister, it is necessary to intervene at the root of the problem
PORTS
PSA Italy continues in purchase of equipment for Marghera terminal
Genoa
Committed total value of 8.5 million euros for three rubber-tyred gantry crane electric
JOBS
Corsica Sardinia Ferries in search of navigating personnel
Go Ligure
The wanted profiles are different, for machine areas, room and kitchen
PROGRESS AND TECHNOLOGY
Agreement for the digital integration of the FS and AdSP Polo Logistics systems of the Western Liguria
Genoa
SHIPPING
New Oriental Mediterranean Service-Adriatic via Malta of CMA CGM
Marseille
Will have a weekly frequency
COMPETITION
Brussels to give state aid for 1.9 billion euros to German railway company DB Cargo
Brussels
ASSOCIATIONS
Renewed the Governing Council of Wista Italy
Milan
Constancy Musso confirmed president
SHIPPING
Maersk completes orders to three shipyards for 20 new container ships
Copenhagen
In Yangzijiang Shipbuilding committed for six 17,000 teu ships and two from 9,000 teu. At Hanwha Ocean and New Times Shipbuilding ordered six units from 15,000 teu each
ASSOCIATIONS
Biagio Mazzotta assumes the post of Vice-President of the Federation of the Sea
Rome
President of Assonave will be running for vice president of ENMC
PORTS
ESPO calls on the new EU Commission to maintain and strengthen the CEF programme
Brussels
The exhortation is also to better adapt it to the needs of ports and their stakeholders
EDUCATION
The agreement on training between the AdSP of the Tirreno Centre Northern, the ITS Academy, " G. Caboto " and the European Escola
Cyvitavecchia
SHIPPING
Consultation on the extension of the UK ETS to the maritime sector
London
Shipping would be included since 2026
COMPANIES
MSC completes acquisition of a minority stake in HHLA
Hamburg
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
PORTS
ONE acquires a stake in Jakarta's NPCT1 terminal container
Singapore
It has a traffic capacity of 1.5 million teu per year
PORTS
Transped orders a mobile crane Konecranes Gottwald for its Porto Marghera terminal
Helsinki
It will be taken in delivery in the second quarter of next year
LOGISTICS
Dutch Raben Group and Swiss elvetica Sieber Transport make up a joint venture
Oss / Berneck
It will detect the Swiss company's groupage transport activity
LOGISTICS
Dachser & Fercam Italia has opened a new branch in Arezzo
Bolzano
Three thousand square meters of operational surface area and 400 of offices
SHIPYARDS
Fincantieri initiates agreement with SIMEST for the growth of watermark businesses
Milan / Trieste
MEETINGS
Conference for the 30 th birthday of WISTA Italy
Genoa
It will be held tomorrow at Palazzo San Giorgio in Genoa
PORTS
Approved the Plan of the Organic Ports of Sardinia
Cagliari
There are 938 workers in the 36 enterprises operating in the scallots
OFFSHORE
Saipem has awarded an EPCI offshore contract from BP in Indonesia
Milan
SHIPPING
Container ship charterer MPCC's revenues fell by -28% in the third quarter
Oslo
RAILWAY TRANSPORT
Fermerci reports delays and cuts to incentives for rail freight transport
Rome
Paper: Real risk of losing 115 million euros
PORTS
In the third quarter, traffic in shipping containers of Moroccan Marsa Maroc increased by 5% percent.
Casablanca
Exhaustion of the growth of transshipment volumes
SHIPYARDS
At Samsung Heavy Industries orders for the construction of four 16,000-teu container carriers
Busan
Commits the value of about 781 million
ENVIRONMENT
Eni-MSC agreement in the field of sustainability and energy transition
San Donato Milanese
It was subscribed by Claudio Descalzi and Diego Aponte
PORTS
The Grimaldi terminal in the port of Barcelona has been equipped with Onshore Power Supply
Barcelona
It will become operational in January
PORTS
Italian Ports:
Ancona Genoa Ravenna
Augusta Gioia Tauro Salerno
Bari La Spezia Savona
Brindisi Leghorn Taranto
Cagliari Naples Trapani
Carrara Palermo Trieste
Civitavecchia Piombino Venice
Italian Interports: list World Ports: map
DATABASE
ShipownersShipbuilding and Shiprepairing Yards
ForwardersShip Suppliers
Shipping AgentsTruckers
MEETINGS
MEETINGS
Conference for the 30 th birthday of WISTA Italy
Genoa
It will be held tomorrow at Palazzo San Giorgio in Genoa
MEETINGS
Conference of the CNEL on the Sustainability of Maritime Transport
Rome
It will be held on November 27 in Rome
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
North Korean tankers transport over one million barrels of oil from Russia
(NK News)
Sudan govt scraps $6bn Red Sea port deal with UAE
(The North Africa Post)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Autorità di Regolazione dei Trasporti
Relazione del presidente Nicola Zaccheo
Roma, 18 settembre 2024
››› File
SHIPYARDS
South Korea's HJSC adjusts a salesperson for four new 7,900-teu container ships
Busan
ASSOCIATIONS
Rolf Westfal-Larsen Jr. has been elected president of Intertanko
London
Undergoes to Paolo d' Amico
LOGISTICS
COSCO and SIPG will acquire 10% each of the capital of SAIC Anji Logistics
Shanghai
They will participate in the capital increase of the logistics company of SAIC Motor
INDUSTRY
AD Ports continues in its investment campaign in Egypt
Cairo / Abu Dhabi
Agreement to realize an industrial area of 20 square kilometers in East Port Said
Dimitri Serafimoff has been elected as the new president of CLECAT
ASSOCIATIONS
Dimitri Serafimoff has been elected as the new president of CLECAT
Brussels
He will also retain the presidency of the CLECAT Customs Institute
SHIPYARDS
Ok of the Rovigo Tribunal to the Restructuring Plan of Shipbuilding Victory plan
Adria
On the completion of the sale of the company to CNV Srl
PORTS
Port of Ancona, in 2023, underlines the AdSP-container traffic grew by 5%
Ancona
The Port Authority disputes the data released by the Fedespedi Studies Center
SHIPYARDS
Mr vard will build five support ships in the offshore industry.
Trieste
Designed to accommodate up to 190 people, they will be carried out in Vietnam
INTERMODAL TRANSPORT
Alpe Adria activates new rail service between the port of Trieste and the Malpensa Intermodal terminal in Sacconago
Trieste
SHIPPING
Euroseas order in China the construction of two 4,300-teu feeder container
Athens
Quarterly revenue from rentals inj growth of 5.8%
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