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March 19, 2009
The Business Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Local firm paves way to cleaner vessel emissions
    When it comes to greenhouse gas emissions, the shipping industry is neither lean nor green. Ships carry about 90 per cent of global trade, and until recently, such has been the demand for coal, cars and electronics, that there has been little concerted effort to rein in the growth of polluting emissions from ships.
  • Baltic Dry Index hits two-week low
    The Baltic Dry Index, a measure of shipping costs for commodities, fell to the lowest in more than two weeks as rates for grain and iron-ore transporters dropped.
  • FedEx ground volumes may reflect bottoming
    FedEx Corp, which handles about one-third of packages shipped in the US, may say today that overseas express deliveries plunged while stabilising freight and ground volumes suggest the country's economy may be bottoming.

Sched Netweb site
  • Ying Kou Port Group plans to build new ports this year
  • Xiamen Port starts new shipping service to SE Asia
  • China is to reduce tax to boost logistics development
  • DB Schenker bags APAC Aerospace Logistics Co. of Year Award
  • Peshawar container terminal hit by militants, Pakistan routes under threat
  • DB Schenker opens logistics hub in Vietnam as JV
  • European rail freight customers' group to merge with the ESC
  • American Airlines awards cargo contract to WFS Toronto
  • Virgin appoints new regional sales manager for Australia and NZ
  • China opens new border airport in southwest

Exim Indiaweb site
  • A.P. Moller-Maersk may seek special ships to carry CO2 in 2 years
  • Half of dry bulk newbuildings ordered unlikely to take shape
  • GE Shipping hands over Jag Riddhi to buyers
  • DNV chief lists steps to cut CO2 emissions from ships
  • SEZ exports sizzle in times of recession!
  • Cashew kernel exports net more because of global shortage
  • Sensitive items imports swell by 33 pc in April-Dec. 2008
  • Chinese mop up 22 pc more ore from India
  • Edible oil export ban stays
  • Port union moots 2-3 days' talks to resolve wage issue
  • Queen Mary 2 cruises into Cochin Port
  • VPT wants Rs 500 cr. to hand over 40 acres to HSL
  • ICD-Loni completes 2 years of seamless performance
  • With RGIA completing a year, GMR Group plans int'l transhipment hub next
  • CBDT instructs I-T Dept to provide EOUs tax benefits
  • Tax exemptions preferred to refunds on SEZ services
  • FDI inflow resumes

International Transport Journalweb site
MARCH 17, 2009
  • DHL wants to invest in Sri Lanka
    DHL recently announced that it plans to invest USD 8 million in Sri Lanka over a three-year period. The investment will go towards a joint venture with Capitol AEI, called DHL Glob...
  • New Zealand opens "pure clean green" temperature-controlled freight hub
    A new standard in temperature-controlled international freight-forwarding and logistics hubs has been officially opened by Hellmann Worldwide Logistics in the New Zealand city of C...
  • Lehnkering constructing new hazmat warehouse in Rotterdam
    The logistics service provider Lehnkering signed the contract for the construction of a new warehouse for hazardous goods in Rotterdam at the end of February. This represents a new...
  • Vopak announces changes to supervisory board
    Rotterdam-based Vopak has announced that Mr R.M.F. van Loon, member of the supervisory board, has resigned because of health reasons. Vopak's supervisory and executive boards are v...
  • Global Maritime Agency launches new service module
    Global Maritime Agency is adding a new service module known as Global Logistics to its portfolio. The module takes the shape of a 7,500 sqm new covered storage installati...
  • Port of Helsinki recognises the "Celebrity Constellation"
    The port of Helsinki (FI) has given its "Green Attitude recognition" to the cruise ship "Celebrity Constellation". The latter has been discharging its wastewater into the Hels...
  • NYK's "Izumi" makes maiden call at port of Hamburg
    The multi-purpose ship "Izumi", operated by the NYK Hinode Line, recently made its maiden call at the port of Hamburg. The vessel, which is suitable for transporting project cargo,...
  • Leonhard Imhof AG bankrupt
    The Swiss forwarding company Leonhard Imhof Spedition & Lagerhaus AG, based in Aesch, has fallen behind in paying its Swiss heavy vehicle fees. Banks are no longer willing to provi...

Maritime Global Netweb site
MARCH 18, 2009
  • Genmar fined $1m
  • ASF concern over piracy threat
  • US steps up ballast check in Lakes
  • New head for Belize flag

Marine Logweb site
MARCH 18, 2009
  • UN: Ending piracy requires restoring order to Somalia
  • C&G Boat Works gets $17.6 million Navy award
  • Excel Maritime delays earnings release
  • Richardson Devine delivers Incat Crowther work boat
  • Rolls-Royce opens new marine service centers
  • MTU names head of government affairs

World Wide Shipperweb site
MARCH 18, 2009
  • Transpacific carriers eye changes to rate structure
  • Agencies respond to spill of hydraulic fluid from vessel
  • Steamer Portland plans Grand Re-Opening event
  • General Dynamics NASSCO lays keel for next T-AKE vessel
  • Carriers come together to establish new service

Lloyd's Listweb site
  • Excel Maritime delays results pending bank talks
    DRY bulk operator holds off releasing its 2008 financial results as it battles to nail down agreements with banks.
  • Excel keeps tight-lipped as Molaris quits as chief
  • Patrick eyes staff reductions
    NEGOTIATIONS underway with the MUA on voluntary redundancies to the tune of around 100 jobs.

Fairplayweb site
MARCH 18, 2009
  • Lay-up rate hits year low
    THE NUMBER of ships entering lay-up has fallen to its lowest rate this year, according to figures from AXS Alphaliner released today
  • STX Europe warns on defaults
    SHIP BUILDER STX Europe has warned that its customers are at risk of defaulting on payments due to the recession
  • Japan orders plunge
    JAPANESE shipbuilders received just five orders for export ships in February, the lowest for 10 years
  • Korea's SNC goes bust
    KOREA'S SNC Shipbuilding has gone bankrupt, according to reports coming out of Gwangyang city
  • Singapore Exchange raps NOL
    THE SINGAPORE Exchange has reprimanded Neptune Orient Lines for not "sufficiently addressing' market rumours
  • Gazprom slashes gas exports
    RUSSIA'S Gazprom has slashed gas exports to its principal European customers, and the government is suggesting that the company may be ordered to cut spending on its new offshore oil and gas field projects in the Barents Sea
  • NZ shelves shipping fund
    NEW ZEALAND'S government today confirmed that spending commitments made by the previous Labour administration to coastal shipping would be upheld, but no further funds would be made available

The Journal of Commerceweb site
MARCH 17, 2009
  • Obama Taps UTU Official to Head FRA
  • Pelletier out as Port of Montreal CEO
  • A.P. Moller-Maersk Cuts Costs
  • Canadian Trucker Slashes Costs
  • Top Railroads Slash Jobs in January
  • Geodis Buys Two Giraud Units
  • AMB Leases 250,000 SF in Toronto
  • Consumer Prices Climbed in February
  • Alabama Port Worker Dies in Accident
  • NAFTA Trade Slowed Last Year
  • Port Arthur Refinery Expansion Delayed
  • Japan, Peru to Work toward Trade Pact
  • Public-Private Partners Create Tech Initiative
  • Four Carriers to Start Joint Asia-ECSA Loop
  • Wholesale Transportation Index Falls
  • New York Air Cargo Plunges
  • Steep Downturn for Dredging Business
  • General Strike in France to Halt All Transport
  • EU Clears European Ports Deal
  • TSA Chiefs Vow No Rate War
  • Four Lines to Operate Far East Service
  • Maersk to Upgrade Middle East-Europe
  • China Shipping Development Profit Up 18 Percent
  • CSX Deploys Gensets in Chicago
  • Navistar Hits Profit in 1Q

Containerisation Internationalweb site
MARCH 18, 2009
  • LA & LB container volumes plummet
  • TSA to initiate rate restoration plan
  • Montreal port president dismissed
  • CMA CGM on CreditWatch
  • X-PCL starts new UK feeder link

TradeWindsweb site
MARCH 18, 2009
  • Excel in loan talks
    Gabriel Panayotides-led owner sells handymax and delays earnings report as it discusses waivers for loan covenants.
  • Pemex four hurt
    Four men suffer intoxication after chemical tanker releases styrene monomer in Mexico.
  • Matter of survival
    TSA fights "unsustainable" transpacific container rates as prior efforts deemed unsuccessful.
  • Log-In net slumps
    Brazilian shipowner and container logistics player sees quarterly profits shrink by 21.6% as CEO warns of future challenges.
  • Yacht striker ID'd
    Small cargoship Helen fingered by UK coastguard's for hitting a yacht off Cornwall.
  • Srab pulls three
    Swedish owner cancels tanker order at Eregli Shipyard in Turkey rather than go ahead with over-priced ships.
  • Ship, yacht collide
    A UK helicopter is working to rescue two aboard a yacht hit by merchant ship off Cornwall.
  • No thanks!
    Stolt-Nielsen cancels chemical tanker at SLS in Korea due to long delays, but still going ahead with another 11.
  • Tummy trouble
    USCG aids Filipino crewman of Transpetrol tanker suffering from severe abdominal pain.
  • Cost cutter
    AP Moller-Maersk to slash costs by an additional $1bn this year in face of new "global reality", CEO Nils Andersen says.
  • Port plea
    India's Visakhapatnam wants INR 5bn in compensation if it has to hand over land to Hindustan Shipyard.
  • Cammell cuts
    UK shiprepairer to lay off up to 200 of 600 workers as contract backlog drops.
  • Sailor lost off US
    USCG launches huge search for crew member of capsized boat working with pair of seismic vessels.
  • Exodus continues
    Khalid Hashim's Precious Shipping offloads ageing bulker in $3.05m deal ' its sixth sale in three months.
  • China plan rapped
    Move to force cancelled newbuilding orders on domestic owners given short shrift by Arctic Securities.
  • Dreyfus out
    French ferry owner scraps bid to take over struggling compatriot SeaFrance.
  • Ultrapetrol booms
    FFA gains and inflated revenues send Felipe Menendez-led owner to 'best ever' annual result.
  • ICG bid on way?
    Offer deadline day likely to coax lowly joint bid for Irish Continental Group, report says.
  • Crew cull?
    Labour secretary voices fears that up to 40,000 Filipinos could lose their jobs as Japanese owners lay up ships.
  • No defaults
    India's Bharati Shipyard facing late payments from some clients, but no cancellations as yet.
  • Box search on
    Australian Navy called in to find 31 containers of fertiliser which fell from Pacific Adventurer.
  • Boskalis better
    Dutch dredger enjoys record profit in 2008, but Dubai downturn will hit this year.
  • CSDC scales back
    Li Shaode-led shipowner prepares for the worst in 2009 with cargo demand set to weaken and the fleet increase.
  • More Cosco woe
    First of Remedial Offshore's Elevated Support Vessel newbuildings has been delayed by three months.
  • SCI holds fire
    Sabyasachi Hajara-led shipping giant sitting on eight ship orders until the next financial year due to the economic downturn.
  • Dalian LNG tie-up
    Chinese port to take 20% stake in joint venture that will build and operate an LNG terminal.
  • MOL makes offer
    Japanese giant to gobble up rest of shares in its ferry subsidiary Kansai Kisen.
  • SpecTec pounces
    Shipping IT provider snaps up 20% of Austrian cruiseship software specialist MarineXchange.
  • Four go south
    Quartet of Asian boxship lines including NYK and K Line launching new South America run in June.
  • Money back
    Singapore offshore vessel operator receives refund guarantees from cancelled Karmsund orders.
  • Gate grab
    Dutch LNG terminal snags EUR 136m loan to fund 3bn cbm expansion.
  • Long Beach slides
    US west coast port sees container volumes drop 40% from a year ago to lowest figure in five years.

American Shipperweb site
MARCH 18, 2009
  • Transpacific carriers look to raise rates
  • Maersk looks to trim $1 billion in spending
  • 4 lines form Asia/South America link
  • Alaska Air upgrades seafood transport training
  • World Bank: Financial crisis spawns protectionism
  • Long Beach container volumes sink in February
  • Charleston hails NSCSA service

The Scandinavian Shipping Gazetteweb site
MARCH 18, 2009
  • Cheap Swedish ice winter 2007/08
    The 2008/2009 ice season was an extremely easy one with the lowest ice extent since the beginning of the 20th century. Only 49,000 km2 of the Baltic was covered Read more
  • SRAB cancels tanker trio to massive loss
    Stockholm based ship owner SRAB reports a SEK 32 million loss when cancelling the order of three 8,400-DWT tanker newbuildings at Eregli Shipyard in Turkey. The cancelling means that Read more
  • German shipbuilders face cancellation wave
    According to the German Economy Ministry, German shipbuilders face order cancellations worth as much as EUR 936 million in 2009, in 2008 the shipbuilders received cancellations worth EUR 730 million

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
MARCH 18, 2009
  • Europe: Bunker prices still climbing
    'Huge demand' in Rotterdam.
  • Russian fuel oil exports 'to fall'
    Refinery maintenance expected to hit volumes in April.
  • Bunker price fluctuations present 'unprecedented challenge'
    Chinese shipping group speeding up restructuring to reducing bunker consumption.
  • Asia: Bunkers extend gains mid-week
    Demand thin in Singapore on Wednesday
  • East Asian port suspends 380 cst sales
    Terminal pump for the product is out of order.
  • Small vessel spills on the rise
    Majority of the spills were bunker fuel.
  • Pakistan supplier returns to international market
    Neglected international market due to engagement in long-term contract with local corporations.
  • MPA withdraws licences from convicted surveyors
    Licensing standards set by the port authority 'must be followed'.

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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%)
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
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
››› File
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%
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