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February 13, 2009
Sched Netweb site
  • OOIL ready to cut 25pc of capacity in first quarter
  • APL delays deliveries, but sees hope in infrastructure spending
  • CMA CGM's box ship owner makes deal to avoid default
  • Indian ports see encouraging record growth 2008
  • Suzhou-Japan express shipping line 'faster than air freight'
  • Guangzhou's 2008 foreign exports grew 13.4pc
  • Le Havre Port chairman Jean-Pierre Lecomte honoured
  • Port Klang up 12pc, rises to 15th world biggest box port
  • Capacity added to SAECS for seasonal reefer trade
  • CN, Norfolk Southern to share track, create MidAmerica Corridor
  • Economy of scale prompts Hamburg Sud Oakland terminal switch
  • South Carolina Jasper CT plan on hold as downturn deepens
  • Panama Canal picks Deloitte as lock expansion auditor
  • Cathay passengers up 2.4pc, but cargo down 26pc in January
  • China Southern Airlines' cargo volume falls 4.3pc in 2008
  • Wilmington 'transition centre' to retrain ex-DHL workers
  • Air France-KLM air cargo demand drops 23pc in January
  • Redoubt's volcanic ash threatens Anchorage airport

Maritime Global Netweb site
FEBRUARY 12, 2009
  • Tanker market warning
  • USN detains suspected pirates
  • UK Club warns on mooring accidents
  • Mending coral reefs
  • Record profits for Eitzen Maritime Services
  • Wilhelmsen: record profit but uncertain future

Marine Logweb site
FEBRUARY 12, 2009
  • Obama Administration unveils offshore energy plan
  • Vella Gulf detains more pirate suspects
  • Connaughton joins ABS
  • Geiger to be BIW president
  • USCG moves to speed up mariner credentialing
  • DNV: Ship recycling soars

Lloyd's Listweb site
  • Germany's KG system in crisis as banks turn up the pressure
    WITH financiers due to pay next newbuilding instalments, banks insist on more security before releasing funds.
  • Investors put less cash in KG houses
  • Idle boxships approach 10% of fleet
    LATEST Lloyd's MIU data show 427 boxships currently unemployed.
  • Samsun Logix Hellas facing claims over unpaid charter fees
    GREECE-based owner linked to troubled South Korean bulker operator Samsun Logix, is facing a raft of rule B attachment applications.

The Journal of Commerceweb site
FEBRUARY 12, 2009
  • ILA, USMX plan more contract talks
    Union, employers fail to reach agreement on new longshore contract in three days of meetings
  • Box charter rates plummet
  • 'Highly uncertain' outlook for ro/ro's Wilh. Wilhelmsen
  • Höegh in restructuring
  • Hapag-Lloyd hikes rates for Asia-Europe, Atlantic routes
  • Miami port sees gains
  • JAL, NCA in US cargo deal
  • Piracy surcharge for UASC
  • FedEx Express expands facilities in Mexico
  • US narrows trade gap
  • ILA, USMX open talks

Containerisation Internationalweb site
FEBRUARY 12, 2009
  • ANL pushes Tasman changes
  • Hapag-Lloyd joins ocean carrier fight back
  • 'The Box' arrives in Brazil
  • Lay-ups reach alarming proportions
  • ELAA release ocean carrier stats

TradeWindsweb site
FEBRUARY 12, 2009
  • Try, try again
    Spanish warship Victoria gets involved as pirates armed with rocket-propelled grenades make two hijack attempts off Somalia.
  • Star suspends
    Lenders relax asset value covenants for Tsirigakis-led bulker owner, but dividend payments are shelved.
  • Navy nabs more
    USS Vella Gulf intercepts nine more suspected pirates after Mercator Lines ship calls for help.
  • OGX launches
    Independent Brazilian oil and gas firm is poised to launch exploration drive with five chartered-in offshore vessels and four semi-submersible rigs.
  • Targeting 'stable'
    DnB NOR shipping chief speaks to TradeWinds Web TV about the Norwegian bank plans for this year and its reponse to covenant breaches.
  • Far less taxing
    Farstad books huge rise in fourth quarter profit to help bury memories of last year's taxman inspired loss.
  • Big incentive
    Drop in expenses from long-term incentive plan helps tanker owner Teekay to bigger nine-month profit.
  • 'No fear'
    Ingar Skaug says Wilh Wilhelmsen has no plans to axe newbuildings despite warning of a "highly uncertain" year ahead.
  • Fuel dump
    Japan's NYK and MOL slash monthly bunker fuel contracts as activity wanes in downturn.
  • TK LNG in black
    After higher Teekay Corp spin-off posts nearly $46m in quarterly profits after a loss a year earlier.
  • SIF bails
    Domestic investment fund sells 7% holding in STX's Romanian shipyard Braila.
  • WW-arning signs
    Wilh Wilhelmsen warns of "highly uncertain" future after posting fourth quarter loss.
  • TOO on top
    Teekay's shuttle tanker and FSO offshoot pushes up nine-month profits and revenues.
  • Death blast rap
    Report into explosion on Greek ship Friendshipgas which killed eight points finger at technicians' "negligence".
  • EMS back in black
    But the Annette Malm Justad-led firm vows to shake up its shipmanagement unit after its performance fell short of expectations.
  • Japan busy
    Port state control officers detained 28 ships in January, up from 15 in December.
  • Ferry angry
    Queen of the North passengers call BC Ferries' compensation offer for sinking a slap in the face.
  • Ten for Qingdao
    Hyundai Corp's Chinese shipyard to build series of dry cargoships for Volga-Baltic of Russia.
  • Cruise crunch
    Fred Olsen holding company Bonheur posts lower 2008 profit as UK cruise business suffers from tough competition.
  • Namura cuts
    Japanese shipbuilder slashes annual profit forecast as growth slows in first nine months.
  • Eagle's nest egg
    US-listed Eagle Bulk Shipping lands $13.7m in foreign exchange settlements on newbuildings.
  • ABG bridge bash
    Two newbuildings drag anchors at Indian shipyard and drift downriver before hitting bridge at Surat.
  • Toro trouble
    DryShips vows to sue struggling Samsun Logix after it breaches terms of the Toro deal leaving the sale hanging by a thread again.
  • Aden fleet grows
    Singapore is sending a naval vessel to join the growing international armada off Somalia.
  • Limited exposure
    Peter Georgiopoulos-led bulker outfit confirms it has only one ship on charter to Samsun Logix.
  • Banana drama
    Banks could be losing appeal for some perishables, says Star Reefers which sees profit drop.
  • Hallin inks charter
    UK-listed offshore company ties up $20m deal with Shell for subsea operations vessel newbuilding.
  • Expansion delayed
    Bad weather causes delay in work to expand capacity at Australia's largest coal export facility.

The Scandinavian Shipping Gazetteweb site
FEBRUARY 12, 2009
  • China adopt stimulus plan
    China's State Council, or Cabinet, headed by the prime minister Wen Jiabao has adopted a stimulus plan for the nation's shipbuildning industry, which the Cabinet consider to be strategic for
  • US Navy arrested suspected pirates
    The US Navy has arrested seven suspected pirates after an attack on the tanker Polaris, 13,107 DWT, in the Gulf of Aden. The US Navy cruiser Vella Gulf received a
  • Tough times for Golden Ocean
    John Fredriksen-controlled Golden Ocean is facing severe problems. The Oslo exchange-listed company's sale of a panamax vessel has been re-negotiated to a much lower sale price as
  • Norway ratifies ILO-convention
    Norway has ratified the Maritime Labour Convention, adopted by the ILO (International Labour Organization) in 2006. The convention strengthens working and living conditions of seafarers on board. Norway is the
  • Two out of eleven detained vessels Norwegian
    The Eitzen controlled chemical tanker Sichem Eva, 14.485 DWT built in 1989, was detained after a Port State Control in Almeda, California, on January 11. Pipes for discharging the
  • Record year for Wilh. Wilhelmsen
    The Norwegian shipping and maritime services group Wilh. Wilhelmsen (WW) reports record figures for 2008. The company had an operating income of USD 3.4 billion, up 25 per cent
  • Teekay lays off 198 seamen
    198 Norwegian seamen at Teekay have been given notice as a result of their employer deciding to reflag and switch Norwegian workers to Filipino. "Social
  • US via Riga to Afghanistan
    The US military will ship its non-military goods destined for Afghanistan to Riga where it will be transferred to railway. The Latvian President Valdis Zatlers has discussed the matter

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
FEBRUARY 12, 2009
  • K-Sea expects demand recovery
    Barge operator predicting lower fuel prices to boost business.
  • European bunker markets dip
    Antwerp avails tightening.
  • New bunker barge in Lisbon
    Petrogal deploys 2,000 mt capacity delivery vessel.
  • ECA vote expected by 2010
    US, Mexico and Canada in talks to submit joint application.
  • Volatility seen as a boost for WFS
    Price volatility and tight credit environment said to increase demand for intermediaries.
  • Russian export duties to rise
    March 1 will see the first increase in duties since October.
  • Container lines cutting bunker loadings
    NYK and MOL to lift 10% less from Japanese ports.
  • Vitol sells stake in Fujairah storage terminal
    CEO says Vitol will focus on Fujairah Refinery Company, its 'key strategic asset'.
  • Bunkers flat in key Asian ports
    Avails improve in Hong Kong.
  • Singapore residual fuel stocks up 2 million barrels
    Inventory increase reflects weakening bunker demand.
  • Indian refiner sells mid-March cargo
    Narrowing discounts in recent deals reflect strong demand for fuel oil.
  • OOIL to trim capacity
    Move triggered by falling volumes and a drive to save on bunker costs.
  • Iranian supplier opens new supply location
    10,000 dwt tanker deployed to deliver bunkers off Bandar Abbas port.

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FROM THE HOME PAGE
A novembre il traffico delle merci nei porti marittimi cinesi è aumentato del +3,2%
Pechino
Le merci con l'estero hanno registrato un rialzo del +6,1%. I container sono cresciuti del +4,9%
Accordo TIL (gruppo MSC) - JNPA per la realizzazione del porto di Vadhvan
Uran
Il nuovo scalo è situato sulla costa occidentale dell'India
Shanghai è il primo porto mondiale a movimentare oltre 50 milioni di container in un anno
Shanghai
SIPG evidenzia il forte incremento di produttività realizzato introducendo una spinta automazione nell'area di Yangshan
Oggi entrano in vigore otto emendamenti alla Convenzione internazionale del Lavoro Marittimo
Ginevra
Yang Ming acquisirà sino a 13 nuove portacontainer da 8.000-15.000 teu
Keelung
Sostituiranno navi da 5.500-6.500 teu dell'età di oltre vent'anni
Carnival registra performance record per il trimestre settembre-novembre
Miami
Nel periodo i ricavi sono aumentati del +10,0%
Uniport apprezza che la riforma portuale avvenga attraverso una legge delega e confida (!) nella volontà del governo di aprire un confronto con gli operatori
Roma
Søren Toft (MSC) è il nuovo presidente del World Shipping Council
Washington
Vice presidente è Randy Chen della Wan Hai Lines
Presentato lo “SHIPS for America Act”, disegno di legge bipartisan per rafforzare l'industria statunitense dello shipping
Washington
Tra le proposte, trasportare sino al 10% delle importazioni dalla Cina su navi di bandiera statunitense, con equipaggio americano e costruite negli USA
Istituita a Gioia Tauro l'impresa portuale per la fornitura di lavoro temporaneo
Gioia Tauro
Ai 50 lavoratori attualmente iscritti nelle liste dell'Agenzia portuale se ne aggiungeranno altri 70
Navantia firma l'accordo per acquisire tutti e quattro i cantieri navali della Harland & Wolff
Londra/Madrid
Impegno alla salvaguardia dei mille posti di lavoro, garantendo la tutela dei diritti e delle condizioni di lavoro
Nel terzo trimestre il traffico delle merci nei porti francesi è diminuito del -7,3%
Parigi
Robusta crescita dei container (+14,0%). Calo delle altre tipologie di carichi
Thomas Kazakos sarà il prossimo segretario generale dell'International Chamber of Shipping
Londra
Subentrerà a giugno a Guy Platten
A tre anni dalla cerimonia inaugurale vengono avviati i lavori di costruzione del nuovo porto senegalese di Ndayane
Dubai
Investimento di 1,2 miliardi di dollari
Fatal accident in the port of Genoa
Genoa
A 52-year-old Culmv worker dies and a colleague is injured. A 24-hour strike has been called
In the second quarter of this year, cargo traffic in Greek ports increased by +1.4%
Container Traffic Growth at Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach in November
Los Angeles/Long Beach
Increases of +15.9% and +20.9% respectively were recorded
Lineas and Hupac collaborate on intermodal connections between Belgium and Italy
Brussels
The Belgian company will provide rail traction, while the Swiss one will take care of intermodal services
Report highlights progress made in reducing emissions in Tuscan ports
Leghorn
Emissions produced by maritime traffic account for 88.1% of the total
Assologistica, the application of the Reverse Charge for VAT purposes in the logistics sector is good
Milan
The association expressed appreciation for the government's intention to seek EU authorization
An EU Commission study analyses the environmental challenges faced by European ports
Brussels
Particular attention to supporting initiatives for the sustainability of small and medium-sized ports
Busan Port Set to End 2024 with Record Container Traffic of 24.3 Million TEU (+5.0%)
HMM to return to transatlantic routes
Seoul
New Northern Europe-West Coast USA service. Also inaugurated is an India-Northern Europe line
CMA CGM to use the port of Santa Cruz de Tenerife as a transhipment hub
Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Agreement with Terminal de Contenedores de Tenerife
Port of La Spezia, cruise ships will be able to operate at Molo Garibaldi despite the works
The Spice
EUNAVFOR Atalanta naval mission mandate extended until 28 February 2027
Brussels
Synergies with the Aspides maritime operation will be strengthened
A consortium led by CMA CGM will operate the container terminal at the river port of Lyon
CLECAT calls for new transport emissions regulation not to include entire life cycle of vehicles
Brussels
The IRU is instead in favour of the "well-to-wheel" approach
UNCTAD: Mediterranean ports' connection to global containerized shipping network declines
Geneva
General decrease in connections in Italian ports with the exception of La Spezia and Trieste
CMA CGM and AD Ports inaugurate container terminal at Khalifa Port
Abu Dhabi
The first phase has a traffic capacity of 1.8 million TEUs
Castor Maritime Acquires Control of MPC Capital
Limassol/Hamburg
Investment worth 182.8 million euros
The first cabin of the cold ironing system is ready at Molo Garibaldi in the port of La Spezia
The Spice
La statunitense FTV Capital presenta un'offerta per acquisire la Windward
Londra
L'azienda londinese sviluppa soluzioni tecnologiche per lo shipping
L'americana Halliburton compra la norvegese Optime Subsea
Notodden
L'azienda europea sviluppa tecnologie per le operazioni subacquee
Grimaldi ha preso in consegna la ro-ro multipurpose Great Cotonou
Napoli
Il prossimo mese sarà immessa in un nuovo servizio del gruppo tra Cina e Nigeria
Federagenti ha nominato 24 “ambasciatori”
Roma
Sono protagonisti da oltre 60 anni nella professione di agente marittimo
Porti della Spezia e Marina di Carrara, stanziati oltre cinque milioni per la transizione green
La Spezia
Fondi per l'acquisto di mezzi elettrici o a idrogeno
A novembre il traffico delle merci nei porti di Genova e Savona-Vado è cresciuto del +4,3%
Genova
Nei primi undici mesi del 2024 registrato un aumento del +1,1%
Nei primi 11 mesi del 2024 il traffico nel porto di Trieste è cresciuto del +6,4% grazie agli oli minerali
Trieste
Nello scalo portuale di Monfalcone registrata una flessione del -8,2%
Sequestrati nel porto di Genova oltre due quintali e mezzo di cocaina
Genova
La droga era all'interno di un contenitore frigo proveniente dall'Ecuador
Manca (Regione Sardegna): disattese le promesse di stanziamento di risorse per l'agenzia Kalport
Cagliari
Chiesto un incontro urgente alla ministra del Lavoro
Rincari degli importi degli diritti portuali nei porti di Bari e Brindisi
Bari
Leone: ci siamo impegnati per adottare misure che non impattassero su traffico e utenza
Sequestrato un ingente quantitativo di cocaina nel porto di Olbia
Sassari
Scoperti 39 chili di stupefacenti occultati in un minivan
Da gennaio Hupac intensificherà i collegamenti intermodali fra Belgio e Italia
Chiasso
Aumenterà anche la frequenza del treno shuttle fra Busto Arsizio e Padova
Porto di Ancona, rilascio della concessione provvisoria allo stabilimento della Fincantieri
Ancona
La nuova concessione avrà una durata di 40 anni
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
A novembre il traffico delle merci nel porto di Barcellona è calato del -3,7%
Barcellona
In crescita la movimentazione di container (+6,3%), ma non il peso dei carichi containerizzati (-6,9%)
Saipem si è aggiudicata un nuovo contratto offshore da Shell in Nigeria
Milano
Per l'azienda italiana ha un valore di circa 900 milioni di dollari
Rixi illustra per sommi capi la riforma portuale
Roma
Creazione di una società a controllo pubblico per gestire gli investimenti e rappresentare il sistema portuale italiano
Accordo tra RFI e RSE per lo studio di un sistema di trasporto merci a levitazione magnetica
Milano
Sicurezza marittima, firmato al MIT un accordo per semplificare le procedure di verifica
Roma
Attività ispettive e di certificazione potranno essere svolte da organismi appositamente accreditati
Nei primi undici mesi del 2024 il traffico delle merci nei porti russi è diminuito del -2,0%
San Pietroburgo
In calo sia le merci secche (-2,1%) che le rinfuse liquide (-2,0%)
Log In acquires 19,600 square meters of space at Interporto Toscano Amerigo Vespucci
Kansas City
It is the fourth acquisition in Italy of the Theoreim group company
Prysmian wins two EPCI contracts from French RTE, potentially worth €700 million
Milan
The laying of approximately 640 kilometers of land and underwater cables is planned
Testing of an autonomous port tractor in the port of Wilhelmshaven
Wilhelmshaven
It will be launched next year by Eurogate, MAFI, ICT Group and Embotech
Intesa Fincantieri - Sparkle for the protection and surveillance of submarine cables
Trieste
The two companies will analyze the requirements to improve the security of the infrastructure
Barcelona terminal operator BEST has ordered two new super post-Panamax quay cranes
Barcelona/The Hague
APM Terminals announces completion of work to increase capacity at MedPort Tangier terminal
Wärstilä sells Automation, Navigation and Control System to Swedish investment company Solix
Helsinki
In 2023 ANCS recorded revenues of 200 million euros
Cisl, speed up the choice of the president of the Port System Authority of the Eastern Ligurian Sea
The Spice
Necessary to implement works and investments
Works awarded for the expansion of the container terminal in the port of Koper
Coper
The works will be completed by the end of 2027
Container traffic in the port of Hong Kong fell by -4.2% last month
Hong Kong
In the first eleven months of 2024 the decline was -5.0%
Two Russian oil tankers crash near Kerch Strait
Fly
One of the 27 sailors of the two crews died
Monthly Container Traffic Declines at Port of Singapore
Singapore
Over 3.3 million TEUs were handled in November (-0.4%)
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
A conference on the implications of geopolitical crises for ports and maritime transport in Venice on Thursday
Conference for the 30th anniversary of WISTA Italy
Genoa
It will be held tomorrow at Palazzo San Giorgio in Genoa
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Iran signs over $1.8b investment contracts with private sector for ports development
(Tehran Times)
North Korean tankers transport over one million barrels of oil from Russia
(NK News)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Relazione del presidente Nicola Zaccheo
Roma, 18 settembre 2024
››› File
Contship Italia dedicates a locomotive to the memory of Cecilia Eckelmann Battistello
Melzo
The special livery commemorates his life and career
EBRD loan for the enhancement of multipurpose terminals at the ports of Casablanca and Jorf Lasfar
London
Funds up to 65 million euros
Zero Emission Port Alliance Report on Future Port Electricity Demand
The Hague
The importance of strengthening port electrical infrastructures was highlighted
Paolo Potestà confirmed as president of ANGOPI
Rome
Vice Presidents are Giovanni D'Angelo, Marco Gorin, Ettore Rosalba, Mario Ciampaglia and Alessandro Serra
Criminal proceedings filed against the heads of the AdSP of the Southern Tyrrhenian and Ionian Seas
Joy Taurus
The absolute groundlessness of the crime report was recognized
In the July-September quarter, revenues of TUI's cruise division grew by +8.9%
Hanover
In the entire financial year 2024, the increase in turnover was +28.1%
MSC orders ten new 24,000 TEU containerships from Hengli Heavy Industry
Dalian
Contract worth over 2.3 billion dollars
RINA to conduct pre-FEED study for carbon capture and storage project in Malaysia
Genoa
Assigned by PETRONAS CCS Solutions
European Network of Maritime Clusters Board of Directors Renewed
Rome
Maire confirmed as president. Vice-presidents are Nathalie Mercier-Perrin, Javier Garat Pérez and Biagio Mazzotta
New step for the establishment of the port company ex art. 17 in the port of Gioia Tauro
Joy Taurus
Local Advisory Committee Meeting
PSA Italy chiuderà il 2024 con una crescita del +3% del traffico dei container nei porti di Genova e Venezia
Genova
A novembre è proseguito il trend congiunturale negativo dei ricavi di Evergreen, Yang Ming e WHL
Taipei
InRail has expanded its operating area to include French territory
Genoa
The company has become fully operational on the Mediterranean Corridor
A conference on the implications of geopolitical crises for ports and maritime transport in Venice on Thursday
Venice
Moderate growth in the value of global trade in goods continues
Moderate growth in the value of global trade in goods continues
Geneva
The increase for the whole of 2024 should be around +2.7%
47% of German maritime imports of green hydrogen will be able to pass through the port of Hamburg
Hamburg
The airport will be able to cover 10-18% of total national demand by 2045
Methanol delivery from land to a ship was performed for the first time in China
Beijing
79.5 tons of fuel loaded in 2.5 hours
MSC Air Cargo Pilots Sign Contract
Rome
Uiltrasporti gives particular weight to the fixed part of wages
Importance of cold ironing highlighted for emission reduction in Marseille-Fos port
Marseille
The effect deriving from the new SECA zone is also significant
In November, freight traffic in the port of Ravenna increased by +21.5%
Ravenna
Cruise passengers down by -46.8%
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