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July 10, 2009
The Business Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Alinghi launches new catamaran for America's Cup
    Swiss America's Cup defenders Alinghi launched their giant catamaran for a duel against US rival Oracle by airlifting it into Lake Geneva on Wednesday.
  • Antwerp port sees no recovery before 2010: CEO
    Antwerp port, Europe's second biggest, will see a recovery in cargo volumes at the beginning of 2010 at the earliest, its chief executive said on Wednesday.
  • Hapag-Lloyd seeking up to 1.75b euros in capital: sources
    Hapag-Lloyd AG, Germany's largest container shipping line, is seeking as much as 1.75 billion euros (S$3.5 billion) in capital from lenders and shareholders including TUI AG, two people familiar with the matter said.

Sched Netweb site
  • MOL Prosperity fire extinguished after week-long blaze
  • CSCL, Cosco chiefs upbeat, but say capacity cuts key to recovery
  • Evergreen Marine to retire 31 older ships, 16pc of its fleet
  • China Merchants JV emerges as sole bidder to build Colombo CT
  • State Council wants direct rail to Yangshan to boost Yangtze access
  • Chongqing starts building China's first inland bonded port area
  • Deployable idle intra-Asia capacity stymies rate recovery
  • Baltic Dry Index off 9pc with further declines expected
  • With flammables aboard, risk too high to arm crews: Intertanko
  • China Southern launches Urumchi and Zhengzhou flights
  • Martinair Cargo launches twice weekly Chennai service
  • Canadians fine Qantas US$133,620 for price-fixing

Exim Indiaweb site
  • Container sector to feel full heat of recession this year
  • 15 pc of new vessel orders may be cancelled
  • SCI hikes rates by $ 200/TEU on India-Red Sea trade lane
  • OOCL's efforts to cut emissions lauded
  • Cardamom spices up exports
  • Basmati MEP may be cut
  • NM Port braves torrential rains to handle record 1,436 TEUs from single ship
  • Rlys earns more in Q1
  • Intensity of export crash lessening every month-Sharma
  • Budget makes out case for DTAAs with tax havens too
  • IMC finds Budget promising
  • New rules on anvil to ensure cheaper loans for SEZs
  • Bid to dilute Excise Act resented
  • World economy not out of woods yet-G8
  • YES-AIAI talk on Governance Strategy in Godrej
  • Crude price sinks to $ 62 a barrel

Maritime Global Netweb site
JULY 9, 2009
  • HKSOA slates Taiwan over "Tosa" crew treatment
  • PayCargo aims to slash invoice costs
  • Moore Stephens urges lease accounting action
  • Somalia "could have coast guard patrols by end of month"

Marine Logweb site
JULY 9, 2009
  • MARAD announces $17.1 million in grants to small shipyards
  • Gazprom plans to build LNG tankers at Russian yard

World Wide Shipperweb site
JULY 9, 2009
  • Port of Astoria nearly finished with Pier 2 North Face improvements
  • Alaska Airlines testing scheme to improve approaches at Sea-Tac
  • General Dynamics Electric Boat nets Navy submarine repair deal
  • Best Value proposal named for Panama Canal upgrades
  • Evergreen ship set to monitor greenhouse gas emissions at sea

Lloyd's Listweb site
JULY 9, 2009
  • Trade credit woes hit Zim fuel supply
    ISRAELI carrier is early casualty as insurers take tougher line.
  • Trade credit 'all but collapsed'
  • Salvors warn of influence on arbitrators under new LOF plans
    INTERNATIONAL Salvage Union says powers to hire and fire arbitrators "totally unacceptable".

Fairplayweb site
JULY 9, 2009
  • Hapag cash injection agreed
    HAPAG-Lloyd shareholders have agreed to make an urgent injection of new finance into its shipping line after heavy losses caused by the slump in global container shipping rates
  • Renegade reefer off Odessa
    THE BLACK Sea's rotting meat stew is marinating even more intensely today, with a renegade reefer ship anchored off Odessa to force a resolution
  • Aker axes yard workforce
    NORWAY'S Aker Solutions confirmed to Fairplay today that it will cut 155 jobs this autumn at its shipbuilding yard in Verdal
  • G8 addresses oil sector prices
    OIL PRICES, and their ties to the struggling tanker sector, are a main focus for leaders of the west's most powerful countries at the G8 summit in Italy
  • Venezuela cuts Honduras oil supply
    VENEZUELA'S state oil company PDVSA has cut its daily oil shipments to Honduras, the country's energy and oil minister said today
  • UK health office raps Transocean
    GERMANY'S Transocean Tours could be facing legal action today after failing to inform the London Port Health Authority about illness on board cruise ship Marco Polo
  • Russian insurer to offer Japan cover
    A RUSSIAN insurance company said today it has won the right to insure ships in Japan's maritime belt

The Journal of Commerceweb site
JULY 9, 2009
  • Port of NY/NJ Gets Green Grants
  • FMC Nominee Pledges to Cooperate With Industry
  • Evergreen to Assist Greenhouse Gas Monitoring
  • Analysts Dismiss Trans-Pacific Carriers' Rate Plea
  • Chile's CSAV Raises New Equity
  • Maersk Revises Northern Europe-Mediterranean Loop
  • Asia-Australia Discussion Agreement to Hike Rates
  • 'Brutal' Cargo Market Hammers Air France-KLM
  • Pirates Capture Turkish Cargo Ship Off Somalia
  • G-8 Calls for Cuts in Greenhouse Emissions
  • Kuehne + Nagel Opens Office in Chongqing, China
  • Teamsters, YRC Reach Tentative Agreement
  • EXL acquires Schneider Logistics' operations in Czech Republic
  • Lufthansa Cargo Freight Falls in June
  • iSuppli Reduces 2009 Semiconductor, Electronics Forecasts

Containerisation Internationalweb site
JULY 9, 2009
  • Yang Ming and CSBC agree boxship deferrals
  • Halifax launches LCL service
  • Turkish bulker captured by pirates
  • IMF more optimistic on recovery
  • Panama Canal locks winning bid revealed

TradeWindsweb site
JULY 9, 2009
  • $330m to CEO
    Nasdaq-listed owner DryShips buys 25% stake in Primelead from CEO George Economou's Cardiff Marine.
  • LNG terminal row
    Appellate court in Chile weighs in after mayor orders closure of import terminal as first LNG shipment arrives.
  • Kirby upped
    Expecting it to meet or beat estimates, JP Morgan analyst raises Joseph Pyne-led tank-barge player to "overweight".
  • Scrap shift?
    Chinese shipyards are considering a move from shipbuilding to demolition, Drewry says.
  • CGG feeling used
    Utilisation rates improve for New York- and Paris-listed seismic player but do not include decommissioned 3D vessel.
  • Suez Canal plot
    Egypt holds 26 Al-Qaeda suspects over plan to attack transiting merchant ships.
  • Full partner
    Golar to invest hundreds of millions of dollars for 50% stake in Thai floating LNG project.
  • Growth cash
    Tank terminal player Vopak picks up EUR 110m in commitments to fund expansion.
  • 'Great success'
    Chilean liner operator's latest capital increase nets more than expected at $145m as the cash-strapped company bolsters finances.
  • Head-on smash
    Malaysian vessel under tow after taking on water in collision with Japanese cargoship off Tokyo.
  • Optima lock deal
    Greek shipbroker in innovative $200m Panama Canal 'newbuilding' project.
  • Two-year high
    Containership sales race to highest level since mid 2007, driven by distress deals.
  • Box theatre
    London's Young Vic invites actors and audience inside 40-foot container for new play about migrants.
  • Dry dollars
    Oslo-listed Golden Ocean nets $5m profit from two-year panamax charter.
  • Russian arrest
    Eight Russian crew of Cambodia-flagged ship have it seized in Vladivostok over alleged unpaid wages.
  • Cutting back
    Norwegian yards ASV and Bergen Group Fosen laying off workers as demand drops in downturn.
  • Panamax king
    Japanese owners have surpassed Greeks and Chinese in having the most
  • Hapag wins cash
    Major shareholders of German container line to put hands in pockets to nurse it through rough patch.
  • MEND: 'Not us'
    Nigerian rebel group holding Sichem Peace crew hostage denies kidnapping five Chinese fishermen.
  • Gas blamed
    Fatal blast at Turkish shipyard likely to have been caused by gas build-up in fuel tanker.
  • Volumes down
    Trade association says container trade between China and Japan slipped by over 13% in May.
  • Loan needed
    Vyborg Shipyard's new plant in Primorsk dependent on cash from Vnesheconombank.

American Shipperweb site
JULY 9, 2009
  • NOL: "No assurance" TSA rate hike will happen
  • China, Taiwan shippers press against surcharges
  • WSC gets IMO consultative status
  • Report: Traffic congestion eased in '07
  • USDA raises plant export certification user fees
  • Food safety expert rejoins FDA
  • Aircraft instruments firm settles U.S. export violations
  • Panama Canal Authority opens bids
  • DP World extends Port Botany lease

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
JULY 9, 2009
  • MARPOL Annex VI aspects up for consideration
    MEPC to consider revised fuel oil sampling guidelines and interim scrubber washwater criteria.
  • European bunker prices still falling
    Heavy barge congestion continues in Rotterdam.
  • GHG emissions topping agenda at IMO meeting
    Next week's MEPC session to hold 'in-depth debate' on possible market-based instruments.
  • Oil prices cannot be regulated, Russia tells G8
    UK and France spearheading campaign to curb oil price volatility.
  • Tight supplies underpin market
    Prices firm in several key ports despite fall in crude last night.
  • Chinese fuel oil imports slowing
    Demand for feedstock and strong bunker demand in Asia may offset decline.
  • Singapore stocks of fuel oil, distillates fall
  • 2008 sees record low tanker oil spills
    Oil spills at record low despite a rise in tanker trade globally.
  • Malacca Straits fund grows
    Nippon Foundation contributes another $2.5 million.

›››File
FROM THE HOME PAGE
PORTS
New historical record of monthly container traffic in the port of Long Beach
Long Beach / Los Angeles
In October, strong growth in Los Angeles climbing activity.
ZIM records excellent quarterly economic performance driven by noli uptick and activity with Latin America
SHIPPING
ZIM records excellent quarterly economic performance driven by noli uptick and activity with Latin America
Haifa
The fleet transported a record number of containers
CRUISES
In the third quarter, the Viking cruise group's revenues grew by 11.4% percent.
Los Angeles
Increase of 14.3% of turnover generated by ocean cruises
PORTS
Signed the final agreement on the contract of port workers
Rome
COMPETITION
Italian Antitrust initiates an investigation into SAS (MSC group), Moby and Large Navi Fast
Rome
According to the AGCM, competition restrictions may have occurred as a result of the 49% acquisition of Moby's capital by SAS.
T&E highlights the need to also count the well-to-tank emissions for LNG used by ships
ENVIRONMENT
T&E highlights the need to also count the well-to-tank emissions for LNG used by ships
Brussels
Total greenhouse gases produced would be more than 30% higher than those considered by the FuelEU Maritime Regulation
COMPANIES
DFDS and Ekol are rethinking and agreeing on the sale of the Turkish company's international network to the Danish group
Copenhagen / Istanbul
Revised the terms of the deal expired on the first November
PORTS
Slight downturn in freight traffic in the port of Hamburg in the third quarter
Hamburg
Stable container traffic
The Companies inform
Accelleron initiates partnership with Geislinger to expand service business in the Mediterranean region
INDUSTRY
Cargotec agrees to the sale of MacGregor to funds managed by Triton
Helsinki
Sale of the value of 480 million that is expected to be completed by the first half of 2025
PORTS
In the July-September quarter freight traffic in the port of Koper increased by 8.3%
Lubiana
In the first nine months of 2024, the increase was 3.2% percent.
COMPETITION
Ok of Ukraine's antitrust enforcement at the entrance of MSC in the capital of HHLA terminalist company
Kiev
The company operates the CTO terminal of the port of Odessa
PORTS
Inaugurated the new Peruvian port of Chancay operated by China's COSCO Shipping Ports
Lima
Has 1,500 linear metres of docks
SHIPYARDS
More than doubling the value of new orders acquired by Fincantieri in the first nine months of 2024
Trieste
The sunshine committed for shipbuilding grew by +154,3 percent.
ENVIRONMENT
Established the Ship Recycling Alliance to speed up the recycling of safe and environmentally friendly ships
Copenhagen
The initiative in view of the entry into force on June 26 of the Hong Kong International Convention
LOGISTICS
Kuehne + Nagel will acquire 51% percent of the capital of American IMC Logistics
Schindellegi / Collierville
US company mainly operates drayage services
In the third quarter of this year, Hapag-Lloyd's revenues grew by 28.2%
SHIPPING
In the third quarter of this year, Hapag-Lloyd's revenues grew by 28.2%
Hamburg
Increase of 3.8% of containers carried by the fleet. Average value of nils up 22.9%
PORTS
In the third quarter freight traffic in the port of Genoa decreased by -4.9% percent while in Savona-I went up by 15.7% percent.
Genoa
Decided increase in transshipment containers determined by the Red Sea crisis. Down the cruises
In the third quarter, HMM revenues increased by 67% thanks to the 83% growth in the container segment
SHIPPING
In the third quarter, HMM revenues increased by 67% thanks to the 83% growth in the container segment
Seoul
+116% increase in the value of the average nole per container transported
Evergreen's quarterly financial performance hike
SHIPPING
Evergreen's quarterly financial performance hike
Taipei
Taiwanese company invests 186.8 million to buy new shipping containers
In the third quarter, container traffic at the Eurokai port terminals grew by 9.9% percent.
PORTS
In the third quarter, container traffic at the Eurokai port terminals grew by 9.9% percent.
Hamburg
In Germany (Eurogate) the increase was 13.6% percent. In Italy (Contship Italy) of 6.8%). Slowing growth at Tanger Med. Damietta terminal will become operational in April
SHIPPING
Danaos reports a new drop in quarterly revenue generated by fleet of container carriers
Athens
Coustas : With the Trump administration, which has promised new duties, a future reduction in container traffic is possible
PORTS
In the first ten months of 2024, the traffic of goods in Russian ports decreased by -3.2%
St. Petersburg
The dry goods amounted to 370.8 million tonnes (-3.5%), those liquids at 372.2 million tonnes (-2.9%)
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%
STUDIES AND RESEARCH
The Analysis of the Fedespea Studies Centre on economic and operational performance of Italian container terminals
Milan
COMPANIES
GNV strengthens its business department with two nominees
Genoa
New business manager and new general manager of the company in Spain
PORTS
On the former Carbonyl of the Port of Genoa, the yards of the foranea dam and the subport tunnel
Genoa
The AdSP Management Committee deliberated it yesterday.
EDUCATION
In Genoa, the Graduation Day of the Italian Academy of Mercantile
Genoa
Delivered 50 diplomas at the end of the biennial and three-year formative course
MEETINGS
On November 27 in Rome, the public assembly of UNIPORT will be held
Rome
Meeting on the theme "Italian Ports, a network of businesses in the service of the country and of Europe"
MOURNING
Roberto Nappi, founder and director for 40 years of "Corriere Marittimo", has died.
Genoa
His career had begun at the writing of the Telegraph in 1958
NEWS
New EU sanctions to prohibit the use of ships and ports for the transportation of drones and missiles produced by Iran
Brussels
ASSOCIATIONS
Masucci confirmed president of Italian Propeller Clubs
Genoa
New mandate for the three years 2024-2027
NEWS
The seamen of the Galaxy Leader have been hostage for a year
London / Hong Kong
Platten (ICS) : It is unacceptable ; humanity prevails and they are immediately released
SHIPPING
MSC will implement a markup of noli for maritime transport from the Far East to the Mediterranean
Geneva
Increases of 25% and 18% for containers from 20 'and 40' direct in the western Mediterranean and Adriatic
SHIPPING
Completed the dual-fuel retrofit of a large container ship in Maersk
Copenhagen
He will be able to navigate methanol. Increased the hold capacity
PORTS
Environmental authorization of the Region to dredging the quays from 19 to 26 of the port of Ancona
Ancona
The intervention will cost a total of 16.5 million euros.
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
MEETINGS
Conference of the CNEL on the Sustainability of Maritime Transport
Rome
It will be held on November 27 in Rome
INTERMODAL TRANSPORT
Intermodal shipments between the port of Trieste and Slovakia are growing
Trieste
PORTS
In the third quarter the container traffic handled by HHLA dropped by -2%
Hamburg
In Trieste the volumes processed by PLT Italy in the first nine months of 2024 have decreased
PORTS
In October container traffic in the port of Hong Kong grew by 0.7%
Hong Kong
In the first ten months of 2024, a decline of -5.2%
PORTS
In the July-September quarter freight traffic in the port of Civitavecchia fell by -11.8%
Cyvitavecchia
The Cruserists increased by 2.7%
PORTS
Last month the port of Singapore handled 3.5 million containers (+ 8.1%)
Singapore
In the first ten months of 2024, growth was 6.2% percent.
LOGISTICS
MSC has completed the acquisition of the majority of logistics company MVN
Geneva / Milan
The Milanese business plans to close 2024 percent with a turnover of 100 million euros.
MEETINGS
Conference of Assiterminal entitled "Ports in Connection-ESG, IA, CSRD"
Genoa
It will be held on December 5 in Rome
COMPANIES
In the summer quarter passenger traffic in the cruise terminals of Global Ports Holding grew by 27.5%
Istanbul
Revenue up 23%
PROGRESS AND TECHNOLOGY
SDC freight forwarder introduced artificial intelligence in the management of customs practices
Venice
Annually the practices followed exceed 15mila units
COMPANIES
The sale of the shipping company Santandrea from the Pacorini to Aprile
Trieste
The company was founded in 1989 in Trieste
PORTS
Port of Gioia Tauro, the memorandum of understanding for security in working environments and port operations
Joy Tauro
Will have a duration of three years
PORTS
Italian Ports:
Ancona Genoa Ravenna
Augusta Gioia Tauro Salerno
Bari La Spezia Savona
Brindisi Leghorn Taranto
Cagliari Naples Trapani
Carrara Palermo Trieste
Civitavecchia Piombino Venice
Italian Interports: list World Ports: map
DATABASE
ShipownersShipbuilding and Shiprepairing Yards
ForwardersShip Suppliers
Shipping AgentsTruckers
MEETINGS
MEETINGS
Conference of the CNEL on the Sustainability of Maritime Transport
Rome
It will be held on November 27 in Rome
MEETINGS
Conference of Assiterminal entitled "Ports in Connection-ESG, IA, CSRD"
Genoa
It will be held on December 5 in Rome
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Sudan govt scraps $6bn Red Sea port deal with UAE
(The North Africa Post)
Argentina enfrenta tarifas portuarias hasta 500% más altas que otros países de la región
(Pescare)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Autorità di Regolazione dei Trasporti
Relazione del presidente Nicola Zaccheo
Roma, 18 settembre 2024
››› File
COMPANIES
Paola Piraccini appointed as Legal Technical Collaborator of Spininvest
Genoa
Joined in magistrate in 1981, he is a retired cassation adviser
PORTS
The meeting in Rome between the representatives of Italian ports and ports in Florida
Rome
Expect a comparison to find common themes on which to set up a benchmarking task
PORTS
This year the Cruserists in the port of Ancona have grown by 18.9%
Ancona
25.1% increase in transits and drop by -5.1% of landings and embarkation
COMPANIES
Changed Risso constitutes a joint venture in Cagliari
Cagliari / Genoa
Partnership at 50% with Fausto Saba and Riccardo Vargiu
PORTS
Ok to the 2025 forecast budget of the AdSP of the Tyrrhenian Sea Centre North
Cyvitavecchia
It presents a surplus of more than 2.5 million euros
SHIPYARDS
In Palermo, the first sheet of the new ferry for the Sicilian region was cut off.
Trieste / Palermo
The delivery of the ship is scheduled for 2026
SHIPPING
Global Ship Lease's quarterly revenue records show the first decrease since the end of 2018
Athens
The company believes that its container fleet has very good future prospects of employment
COMPANIES
DP World signs an agreement to buy Australian Silk Logistics
Dubai / Melbourne
The expected value of the transaction is approximately 115 million
PORTS
A worker has passed away in the port of Crotone
Joy Tauro
He would suddenly go down to the ground while talking to some colleagues
PORTS
Torbianelli : well the ok of CIPESS in financing the future Molo VIII of the port of Trieste
Trieste
Of the estimated 315 million euros, 206.9 are expected by the state
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