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February 25, 2009
The Business Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Surging levels of oil stored at sea
    GLOBAL storage of crude oil in supertankers has risen to a high of at least 80 million barrels despite Opec's oil supply cuts, Frontline, the world's largest tanker company, said on Monday.
  • NYK to double scrapping of car carriers
    Nippon Yusen KK, the world's largest operator of car transport ships, may double the number of carriers it retires as Toyota Motor Corp, Honda Motor Co and Nissan Motor Co slash production.
  • 100 ships stranded in fog near Shanghai Port
    Fog caused by rainy weather since the middle of this month has disrupted international shipping services around Shanghai Port, port authorities said yesterday.
  • Cosco Pacific shares take a hit
  • 3i invests US$161m in Indian port firm
Logistics
  • FedEx's deep price cuts spark panic among China players
    'FedEx China is losing money to grab market shares by lowering its prices of domestic express service in China by more than 70 per cent in a year to the level set by domestic private companies,' Chen Ping, former president of the ZJS Express Co, a private express company in China, told Xinhua.
  • Truck traffic revives interest in marine shipping
    An old idea is experiencing a rebirth thanks to truck traffic that is increasingly choking America's highways: shift more of the US freight burden to boats that can traverse rivers, lakes, canals and coastal waters.
Strait Talk
  • ITF ready to help troubled owners
    IT EMERGED last week that the International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) has been assisting troubled owner Britannia Bulk by, among other things, becoming involved in talks with the company's bankers.

The Business Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Surging levels of oil stored at sea
    GLOBAL storage of crude oil in supertankers has risen to a high of at least 80 million barrels despite Opec's oil supply cuts, Frontline, the world's largest tanker company, said on Monday.
  • NYK to double scrapping of car carriers
    Nippon Yusen KK, the world's largest operator of car transport ships, may double the number of carriers it retires as Toyota Motor Corp, Honda Motor Co and Nissan Motor Co slash production.
  • 100 ships stranded in fog near Shanghai Port
    Fog caused by rainy weather since the middle of this month has disrupted international shipping services around Shanghai Port, port authorities said yesterday.
  • Cosco Pacific shares take a hit
  • 3i invests US$161m in Indian port firm
Logistics
  • FedEx's deep price cuts spark panic among China players
    'FedEx China is losing money to grab market shares by lowering its prices of domestic express service in China by more than 70 per cent in a year to the level set by domestic private companies,' Chen Ping, former president of the ZJS Express Co, a private express company in China, told Xinhua.
  • Truck traffic revives interest in marine shipping
    An old idea is experiencing a rebirth thanks to truck traffic that is increasingly choking America's highways: shift more of the US freight burden to boats that can traverse rivers, lakes, canals and coastal waters.
Strait Talk
  • ITF ready to help troubled owners
    IT EMERGED last week that the International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) has been assisting troubled owner Britannia Bulk by, among other things, becoming involved in talks with the company's bankers.

The Business Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Surging levels of oil stored at sea
    GLOBAL storage of crude oil in supertankers has risen to a high of at least 80 million barrels despite Opec's oil supply cuts, Frontline, the world's largest tanker company, said on Monday.
  • NYK to double scrapping of car carriers
    Nippon Yusen KK, the world's largest operator of car transport ships, may double the number of carriers it retires as Toyota Motor Corp, Honda Motor Co and Nissan Motor Co slash production.
  • 100 ships stranded in fog near Shanghai Port
    Fog caused by rainy weather since the middle of this month has disrupted international shipping services around Shanghai Port, port authorities said yesterday.
  • Cosco Pacific shares take a hit
  • 3i invests US$161m in Indian port firm
Logistics
  • FedEx's deep price cuts spark panic among China players
    'FedEx China is losing money to grab market shares by lowering its prices of domestic express service in China by more than 70 per cent in a year to the level set by domestic private companies,' Chen Ping, former president of the ZJS Express Co, a private express company in China, told Xinhua.
  • Truck traffic revives interest in marine shipping
    An old idea is experiencing a rebirth thanks to truck traffic that is increasingly choking America's highways: shift more of the US freight burden to boats that can traverse rivers, lakes, canals and coastal waters.
Strait Talk
  • ITF ready to help troubled owners
    IT EMERGED last week that the International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) has been assisting troubled owner Britannia Bulk by, among other things, becoming involved in talks with the company's bankers.

Sched Netweb site
  • Hapag sale now at risk for lack of credit: report
  • Road freight comprises 13pc of Hong Kong-mainland cargo trade
  • Maersk Line to raise trans-Atlantic rates
  • Wuhan-Guangzhou railway to open early next year
  • Yangtze River ports register box, cargo growth in January
  • Drugged pilot blamed for Cosco Busan's Frisco Bay bridge bash
  • China ports face overcapacity as expansion continues
  • JKH short-listed to develop, manage Chennai box terminal
  • US Coast Guard escorts giant cranes from China into Savannah
  • Portland box traffic falls 28pc in January
  • CLECAT, ESC support plans for priority rail freight corridors in EU
  • Air France takes new B777 Freighter, but delays other orders
  • Cochin airport to build export perishables centre
  • Forward Air Q4 earnings plunge 33pc despite higher sales

Exim Indiaweb site
  • Allcargo Global enters into strategic, long-term alliance with Hind Terminals
  • IMO tells Nigeria to act against sea pirates
  • Baltic dry freight index soars to 4-month high
  • Anchor modifying containers to suit user's need & purpose
  • USITC to inspect India's farm import barriers
  • CCEA clears decks for Petronet's captive port at Puthuvypeen & box terminal at Tuticorin
  • BoA approves merger of 3 Adani SEZs near Mundra Port
  • KoPT Board defers move to award Haldia Dock deal till development model is finalised
  • Adani Automobile Terminal receives "K" Line's PCC
  • Ground handling services by NACIL & SATS cleared
  • Inflation sinks to 14-month low of 3.92 pc
  • Management gurus urge govt to shelter economy from Chinese dumping
  • Plan panel proposes fresh stimulus package in full Budget
  • World Bank & ADB funds going abegging-CAG report
  • Excise duty & service tax reduced by 2 pc

International Transport Journalweb site
FEBRUARY 23, 2009
  • Taiwan's leading carriers enhance their cooperation on the Intra-Asia trades
    Taiwan's two leading carriers, Evergreen Line and Wan Hai Lines, will co-operate on Intra-Asia trades from late February. The agreement consists of slot exchanges between...
  • GAC strengthens presence in India
    GAC India has strengthened its presence in the Gujarat region with the addition of a new logistics office in Vadodara. The facility offers professional logistics and international ...
  • Nike constructs new logistics facility in China
    Sportswear provider Nike has started to build a new distribution centre in eastern China. At 120,000 sqm it is thought to be the largest in the country. The facility will cost abou...
  • C.H. Robinson with new office in Vietnam
    C.H. Robinson Worldwide, the forwarding and logistics service provider based in Eden Prairie MN (USA), has expanded its operations into Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam). The new off...
  • Green Cargo to rely on Quintiq
    Green Cargo, Sweden's state owned freight railway, will rely on Quintiq's advanced planning and scheduling (APS)-technology in future. Green Cargo has awarded Quintiq with a contra...
  • NYK restructures services linking Asia with Central and Latin America
    Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK Line) has restructured its MAREX service, which links Asia with Hawaii and Central America, and its ALEX service, which connects Asia w...
  • VTG results better than expected
    VTG AG, Europe's leading private railcar lessor and rail logistics company, recently published its results for financial 2008. Corporate sales rose by 12.4 % or EUR 67.4 million to...
  • Grand Alliance: EU3 service switches to Cape of Good Hope route
    The members of the Grand Alliance - Hapag-Lloyd, MISC Berhad, Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) und Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) - will route vessels sailing in their EU3 service ...
  • Hamburg S'd rationalises service between Asia, Mexico and South American west coast
    The partners in the Asia Express Consortium - CCNI, Hamburg S'd and MSC - have reduced the capacity on their service between Asia, Mexico and the South American west coast, with im...
  • Tariff amendments designed to retain business, jobs in tough economy
    The Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners considered a package of incentives aimed at retaining international trade business and attracting additional cargo to the port of Long ...

Maritime Global Netweb site
FEBRUARY 24, 2009
  • Stalingrad crew "set to go home"
  • Lower rates hit Eitzen Chemical
  • Refloating effort starts off Galveston
  • Changes at top at Excel and Safe Bulkers

Marine Logweb site
FEBRUARY 24, 2009
  • Navatek to build unmanned vessel for Singapore Navy
  • Obama names pick for key Pentagon acquisition job
  • Sharjah yard delivers first F&G Super M2

Lloyd's Listweb site
FEBRUARY 24, 2009
  • Weak won hits newbuilding cancellation efforts
    FALLING won threatens to result in huge currency losses for South Korean yards.
  • Sparks set to fly as South Korea fights to survive the downturn
  • Shipowners outraged by light dues hike
    INCREASE a "catastrophic blow for shipping at a very difficult time for the industry".
  • Russian product tanker thwarts pirate attack off Nigeria
    THE vessel, Khatanga, escaped with no casualties or damage, owner Murmansk Maritime Shipping confirmed.

Fairplayweb site
FEBRUARY 24, 2009
  • TUI insists Hapag sale is sailing
    GERMANY'S tour operator and shipping group TUI has expressed renewed confidence that it will succeed in selling its Hapag-Lloyd Container Line business to a Hamburg-based consortium
  • Eagle Bulk skyrockets
    SHARES in Eagle Bulk jumped 50% today, while many other shipping stocks rode a broad rally in US markets
  • Hiong Guan sentenced
    HIONG Guan Navegacion was sentenced today in Tampa, Florida to $1.7M in fines and fees for its falsification of oil discharge records aboard the general cargo ship Balsa 62
  • Maersk raises trans-Atlantic rates
    MAERSK Line has raised its trans-Atlantic rates, in a response to what it termed "market instability"
  • Fortescue Metals takes a hit
    THE EXTENT of Fortescue Metals Group's exposure in the shipping sector has been revealed by the company in a market update
  • Jones Act plaintiffs pounce
    PUERTO Rico shippers have demanded a huge damage payout from Jones Act container carriers accused of price collusion
  • South Korean shares tumble
    SOUTH Korean shipping and shipbuilding stocks fell sharply today, with the world's biggest shipbuilder, Hyundai HI, declining 5.79% to 179,000 won ($118.40).

The Journal of Commerceweb site
FEBRUARY 24, 2009
  • UK ports delay expansion, cut jobs
    Felixstowe and other ports defer projects and freeze investment as container volumes slide
  • Port of Long Beach plans incentives
  • Seattle box volume dips 5.7 percent
  • HSH Nordbank gets $3.9 billion in aid
  • Study: Deregulation still haunts harbor truckers
  • Indian ports face strike
  • Asia Express Consortium, MSC team up
  • Coast Guard works to refloat grounded tanker
  • JAL, ANA volumes dive
  • Port Manatee approves master plan
  • Grand Alliance diverts ships around Cape of Good Hope

Containerisation Internationalweb site
FEBRUARY 24, 2009
  • Maersk ramps-up Asia - Europe slings
  • Wall St slumps to 12-year low
  • Grimaldi adds another Grande-class vessel
  • GT Nexus hubs tractor giant's logistics
  • MISC's Q3 spoilt by liner trades

TradeWindsweb site
FEBRUARY 24, 2009
  • US stocks surge
    Eagle Bulk and Royal Caribbean lead rallying shipping shares after analyst upgrades.
  • Dividend falls
    Bjorn Moller-led spin-off Teekay Tankers is set to pay shareholders 31.4% less per share.
  • Tanker evades
    Pirates open fire on Murmansk Shipping's Khatanga off Nigeria, but attack fails.
  • Havila hit hard
    Norwegian offshore vessel owner faces loss of estimated $150m ten year charter as costly newbuilding is delivered.
  • Yasa ship free
    Turkish aframax which grounded off Galveston and needed lightering re-floated on Tuesday.
  • Dur: Sell Frontline
    Lazard analyst downgrades Frontline and lowers tanker rate estimates.
  • 'Almost free fall'
    Belships rues dive in fourth-quarter dry-bulk rates and lack of disposal gains as profit slashed.
  • 'Solid entry point'
    Wachovia analyst upgrades Eagle, Euroseas and Diana as price slide creates an opportunity.
  • Yard pact
    Korea's Samsung Heavy signs up with Russia to jointly develop technology and newbuilding business.
  • Eitzen in big loss
    Impairment charge on reduced fleet value and soaring expenses send Eitzen Chemical to $192m reverse.
  • Harbor strike
    Top P&I club auditor John Harbor to be Strike Club finance director.
  • FPSOcean sunk
    Norwegian FPSO start-up files for bankruptcy as funding dries up and no immediate contract for its one unit in sight.
  • Malaysian malaise
    Boxship and bulker player Swee Joo hit by global downturn in its first quarter.
  • MISC boxed in
    Malaysian owner's nine-month profit down as liner operation suffers losses and tanker rates weaken.
  • Battle scars
    Sembcorp still hurting from foreign exchange scandal with near $30m payout attached to fourth quarter accounts.
  • Storage rising
    Up to 45 VLCCs tied up on crude storage deals as traders still seek to make contango killing.
  • BC battered
    Canada's BC Ferries has seen profit slashed in the first three quarters as costs rose and passenger numbers fell.
  • Toxic trend
    German transport bank forecasts that VLCC market will take years to recover from current troubles.
  • Poor planning
    UK shipmanager ASP criticised over use of anchor on holed ro-pax that hit Cepsa buoy off Spain.
  • Yangzijiang soars
    Increased deliveries send profit soaring at Chinese yard which has clean cancellation record.
  • FMG totals up
    Aussie mining group calculates its potential liabilities arising from its disputed shipping contracts.
  • Philly rocked
    Unrealised currency losses and lower revenue push Aker Philadelphia Shipyard into the red for the fourth quarter.
  • Baltija stable
    AP Moller-Maersk's Lithuanian yard prepared to stick with investment plans despite tough market for new orders.
  • Tighten up
    UK authorities tell Fesco to improve cargo stability checks after Sinegorsk lost timber off Dover.
  • Shanghai shroud
    Dense fog causes backlog of 100 vessels at Chinese port on Tuesday.
  • More dry pain
    Sell-off in dry bulk stocks continues amid resignations, downgrades and general weak stock market.
  • Stuck in Sharjah
    Eight Indian crew still waiting for back pay after their cargoship grounded in UAE on 5 January.
  • IoM holds fire
    Island's ship registry says it will revoke annual fee increase for 2009 due to economic downturn.

American Shipperweb site
FEBRUARY 24, 2009
  • Maersk hikes transatlantic rates
  • MISC to raise Asia/Europe rates
  • NYK to scrap car carriers
  • LaHood favors tax on travel, not fuel
  • Obama fills Commerce, ICE posts
  • India to build food parks
  • Reversal: Hapag-Lloyd to continue forwarder payments
  • Forwarders seek support for FMC clean truck probe
  • Hapag-Lloyd ending forwarder compensation
  • Long Beach O.K.s cargo discount plan
  • Taipei container terminal opens
  • China ports' January volume down 14%

The Scandinavian Shipping Gazetteweb site
FEBRUARY 24, 2009
  • Niger Delta Ministry to fight piracy
    IMO Secretary-General Efthimios E. Mitropoulos has urged the Government of Nigeria to intervene to help reduce the incidence of acts of piracy and armed robbery against ships in the
  • More vessels leave the Suez canal
    The Grand Alliance group consisting of some of the world's largest container shipping companies are diverting their EU3 service away from the Suez canal on the way back from Europe

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
FEBRUARY 24, 2009
  • Coast Guard removes LSFO from grounded tanker
    Vessel runs aground in US Gulf, inspections in place to prevent spill.
  • Russian Navy takes blame for spill
    Representative expresses 'extreme regret', meeting with environment response.
  • Europe: Demand firms in Rotterdam
    Bunker prices in European ports head in different directions on Tuesday.
  • Bunker trader to pay for crew to go home
    Vessel arrested for unpaid bunkers in December to be sold.
  • Fall in bunker prices 'the most positive development'
    Lower bunker prices having a 'moderating effect' in tough market.
  • Asia: Weak demand and softening bunker prices
    MGO prices in Hong Kong, however, firmed on tight avails.
  • OPEC has achieved 'full compliance' with agreed cuts
    February output down by an estimated 4.3 million bpd from September.
  • MPA expects Singapore bunker sales to slow
    Could be a challenge to even meet 2007 figures of 31.5 million mt.
  • Philippine liners cut bunker surcharges
    The cuts will reflect the "true cost" of fuel.
  • Taiwan bunker sales fall year-on-year
    Bunker market has been shrinking since 2001.

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Six international shipping associations present a guide to planning safe navigation
London
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ESPO urges EU and Member States to allocate funds to decarbonise ships and ports
Brussels
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Temporary Port Labor Supply Company in Cagliari Extended for Another 18 Months
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Genoa
Cruise and ferry passenger decline
ICS, Trump's proposed measures against Chinese ships risk having significant unwanted consequences, even for the US
Washington
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London
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Barcelona
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Hamburg
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Genoa
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ITU, ICAO and IMO highlight risks to maritime and air transport caused by attacks on satellite communications
Geneva/Montreal/London
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London
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London
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Hanover
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Leghorn
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Venice
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Geneva
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Brasilia
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The Spice
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Brussels
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Rome
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Padua
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Algeciras
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Oslo
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Rome
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Genoa
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Hong Kong
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SO.RI.MA. (FHP group) granted a concession of an area of 125 thousand square meters in the port of Chioggia
Venice
Investments of 11.5 million euros expected over 25 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
The public meeting of the Italian Port Terminal Operators Association will be held in Rome on June 19th
Genoa
The annual conference "Programming, Operation and Management of Transport Networks" in Genoa
Genoa
It is dedicated to the transport and mobility sector
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Damen Mangalia Unionists Protest Friday Against Possible Closure
(The Romania Journal)
Govt. to woo top ten shipping liners in world for Colombo port expansion
(Daily Mirror)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Relazione del presidente Nicola Zaccheo
Roma, 18 settembre 2024
››› File
Contship Italia’s intermodal network has been extended to the Gulf Terminal in La Spezia
Melzo
Connections with the inland terminals of Milan, Modena and Padua
Container traffic in the port of Valencia grew by +15.2% last month
Valencia
The overall volume of goods handled increased by +6.8%
The Northern Tyrrhenian Sea Port Authority obtains gender equality certification
Leghorn
It is the first Italian port authority to obtain this recognition
Container traffic growth weakens at ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach
Los Angeles/Long Beach
Last month, increases of +2.6% and +13.4% respectively were recorded
Assarmatori, the Italian government's position on the impact of the EU ETS on shipping and ports is good
Rome
Messina: fully understood the risks and distortions of European climate regulation
PSA Italy's Genoa port terminals awarded anti-corruption certification
Genoa
The UNI EN ISO 37001 standard defines the requirements for an effective anti-corruption management system
Assiterminal presents three projects for the sustainable transition of the Italian port sector
Rome
Work completed on docks 33 and 34 of the port of Civitavecchia
Civitavecchia
50,000 square meters of yards prepared
The completion and doubling of the Pontremolese is the dream-nightmare of the La Spezia port community
The Spice
Fontana: Money is not found when enormous resources are channeled into railway lines of dubious utility
Hanwha acquires 9.9% stake in shipbuilding company Austal
Sydney
Investment worth approximately 116 million US dollars
The European fleet is growing but competing fleets are growing at a faster rate
Brussels
Raptis (European Shipowners): investing ETS revenues in clean shipping technologies and fuels
Trasportounito has confirmed the national halt to the transport of goods
Rome
Proclaimed for the duration of five days from March 31st to April 4th
Container traffic in Hong Kong port increased by +9.1% in February
Hong Kong
However, for the second time in the last 25 years, cargo volume was below one million TEU.
Cargo traffic in Greek ports stable in Q3 2024
Piraeus
The increase in volumes transported on domestic routes has offset the decline in traffic with foreign countries
At the Vado Ligure container terminal a 21,000 teu container ship fully loaded
I go to Liguria
The 400-meter-long Cosco Shipping Nebula has landed
UIR proposes a permanent table for the development of intermodality
Verona
The main task is to build a project financing program.
Restructuring plan approved for Spanish company Armas Trasmediterránea
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Creditors' appeal rejected
The decline in cargo traffic at the port of Singapore worsened in February
Singapore
Containerized cargoes amounted to 27.4 million tons (-3.6%)
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