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October 30, 2009
The Business Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Local firms top Lloyd's List Asia awards
    Singapore companies were once again at the top of the winners list at the 11th Lloyd's List Asia Awards last night, with both port operators, the top local line, and one of the top two shipyards picking up awards.

Sched Netweb site
  • China Shipping's quarterly loss 683pc worst than last year's
  • Maersk sails to Gdansk on Asia-Europe service from December 1
  • Cosco CEO calls on US to end protectionist tariff barriers
  • OOCL to raise transatlantic freight rates
  • Maersk suspends transatlantic string, raises rates in 2010
  • CMA CGM hikes northbound Atlantic rate US$200/TEU November 1
  • Qingdao and Ningbo named Sino-Russian customs data ports
  • TransContainer, CRCT set up China-Russia/Europe rail JV
  • Chinese authorities, owners hold ransom talks with pirates
  • GAC Shipping's agency network widens to Bangladesh
  • Australia's Toll Group acquires NZ's Express Logistics Group
  • Australia to sue Thai Airways for alleged price fixing
  • Manila's Zest Airways names Hong Kong AAT as ground handler
  • Shenzhen Airlines to increase Shenzhen-Seoul service
  • China Southern launches Beijing-Jeju flight

International Transport Journalweb site
OCTOBER 28, 2009
  • SDV's aerospace teams handle ambitious project
    The aerospace teams of SDV, a brand of the French service provider Bolloré Logistics, handled the transportation of an autoclave (a strong, pressurized, steam-heated chamber) that ...
  • Formula One Management and Yas Marina Circuit appoints Agility
    Agility, a global provider of integrated logistics solutions, has been contracted by Formula One Management (FOM) UK and Yas Marina Circuit (Yas Marina) as official service provide...
  • Kuehne + Nagel manages Nestlé Chile's national distribution centres
    Nestlé Chile has selected Schindellegi (Switzerland)-based logistics service provider Kuehne + Nagel as the exclusive contract logistics service provider to manage its national dis...
  • Maersk Line launches new dedicated feeder service in the Gulf
    The Danish shipping company Maersk Line is launching a new dedicated feeder service between Jebel Ali (UAE) and Umm Qasr (South Port terminal) in Iraq. The sailing will link I...
  • Amm buys back shares held by DSV
    The German forwarder Amm Spedition, a partner of CargoLine, is buying back its shares that are held by DSV. On 30 October, the Amm family will acquire the minor...

Marine Logweb site
OCTOBER 29, 2009
  • American Salvage Association names committee leaders
  • Kirby keeps up tank barge building program

World Wide Shipperweb site
OCTOBER 29, 2009
  • Port of Bremerton eyes lease with General Dynamics Electric Boat
  • Hanjin shareholders Ok transformation of company
  • Port of Seattle phone numbers now start with same 787 prefix
  • Boeing selects Charleston as Dreamliner assembly site
  • Navios Holdings sells vessel to Navios Maritime Partners

Lloyd's Listweb site
OCTOBER 29, 2009
  • Hapag-Lloyd staff to take pay cut
    COMPANY announces across the board pay cut of at least 5% for all staff including seafarers.

Fairplayweb site
OCTOBER 29, 2009
  • Bunkerers slash trade credit
    BUNKER SUPPLIERS are cutting back, or are cutting off, trade credit to the shipping industry
  • Canadians win CP settlement
    THE half-decade-long Canadian class action against CP Ships on securities fraud has finally been settled, according to law firm Siskinds LLP
  • Scottish subsidies approved
    SCOTLAND has won EC approval of subsidies paid to government-owned ferry operator Caledonian MacBrayne
  • Cape Verde improves Praia
    CAPE VERDE'S port of Praia is to be "profoundly changed", the government's infrastructure minister promised today

The Journal of Commerceweb site
OCTOBER 29, 2009
  • STB Chief Taps Shipper-Backed Aide
  • Rail Traffic Edges Up
  • NAFTA Trade Slides 24.9 Percent
  • OOCL Names New U.S. President
  • Air Cargo Shows Smallest Decline of 2009
  • KCS Profit Drops 47 Percent
  • Short Line Traffic Grows
  • CMA CGM Creditors Seek CEO Ouster
  • ACL Loses $12.2 Million
  • Kirby Profit Falls 16 Percent
  • Matson 3Q Operating Profit Drops 23 Percent
  • Railcar Maker Trinity's Sales Dive, Profits Return
  • NOL Posts $139 Million 3Q Loss
  • Recession Recedes as U.S. Economy Expands
  • Transport Corp of India Profit Surges 95 Percent
  • Lufthansa Cargo Losses Reach $300 Million
  • Newark Terminal Open Election Day
  • NYK Hikes Trans-Atlantic Rates

Containerisation Internationalweb site
OCTOBER 29, 2009
  • Maersk announces another first
  • NYK appoints GAC in Nigeria
  • COSCO Pacific's Q3 port volumes on the up compared to earlier
  • TUI board shake-up
  • Stocks under pressure

TradeWindsweb site
OCTOBER 29, 2009
  • 'Bottomed out'
    Peter Georgiopoulos says vessel values have dropped to a point when it's time to "start looking at things."
  • Unafraid!
    Sovcomflot fraudster Yuri Privalov denies he is in fear of a long jail sentence and poverty.
  • Saade astonished
    CMA CGM founder and chairman Jacques Saade taken aback by reports that
  • Tidewater rises
    Offshore vessel giant sees quarterly profits increase thanks to tax gains, but misses Wall Street expectations.
  • On the way out?
    Jacques Saade is under pressure from banks to quit as chief exec of CMA CGM before debt restructuring is approved, report claims.
  • Chandlers call
    British couple seized on yacht by Somali pirates now onboard hijacked Singaporean boxship.
  • CP case settled
    $12m settlement reached in securities lawsuit against containership operator taken over by Germany's Hapag Lloyd.
  • Pride profits slip
    Rig and drillship owner Pride International sees figures take a battering from shipyard time, but deepwater inquiries are increasing, Louis Raspino says.
  • Crew freed
    German owner of ship arrested in Ireland over huge cigarette haul pleads innocence as two crew released.
  • Sinking deeper
    Wei Jiafu's China Cosco takes nine month loss to $777m after spending another quarter in reverse.
  • 'Others worse off'
    D'Amico boss Marco Fiori defends quarterly loss saying peers could return even more red ink.
  • Secret deals
    Yuri Privalov tells the High Court how he and Richard Gale got together to pay huge unjustified commissions at Sovcomflot's expense.
  • Officer hurt
    Compressor explosion injures crew member on Naviera Magallanes ferry in southern Chile.
  • D'Amico in red
    Italian products tanker owner sinks to third-quarter loss as spot market continues to hurt.
  • Comeback stalls
    Fernandez Tapias' shipowning return slows after he axes newbuilding order.
  • Flat 2010
    As it beats third-quarter estimates, Oceaneering International projects steady deepwater construction next year but rising drilling.
  • Loss past $0.5bn
    Ron Widdows-led NOL warns of three more quarters in the red as year to date loss reaches $530m.
  • Barge owner red
    American Commercial Lines falls to a $12.2m quarterly loss as revenues slump by 31%.
  • Diverse Delphis
    Alexander Saverys-owned firm takes ownership of Oslo terminal from Finnlines.
  • Samudera strained
    Singapore-listed owner tips further losses this year after slumping into the red during the third quarter.
  • Joy short lived
    Pac Basin bullish about fourth quarter dry-bulk market as newbuilding deliveries remain slow but next year will be a different story.
  • Gulf Nav battered
    Tanker owner to take a look at its newbuilding plans as nine-month profit falls off a cliff.
  • Saga swoops
    British cruise operator striking deal for Royal Caribbean vessel, according to the industry grapevine.
  • Lynn Rival found
    No sign of captured British couple as hijacked yacht found empty and drifting off Somali coast.
  • Not over the Hill
    'Toxic' LNG ship Margaret Hill freed in UK and avoids breaker's torch to begin new career.
  • HHI a hit
    World's largest shipbuilder sees bottom line smash market forecasts in the third quarter.
  • Century sought
    JSW Group is looking to charter another 30 bulkers to take its fleet past the 100 mark.
  • Arctic Sea 'clean'
    Malta says there are no radioactive or dangerous items on controversial hijacked ship.
  • Another hijacking
    Thai fishing vessel latest to be hijacked as Somali pirates move 650 miles out into Indian Ocean.
  • Varun down
    Indian offshore owner's second-quarter profit still weak but an improvement on opening period.
  • Birla eyes port
    Indian metals and mining group set for $375m spend on new sea port on east coast.
  • Kirby to order
    Joe Pyne-led Texan owner to order 55 tank barges next year but otherwise cutting costs as profit falls.
  • Big John bonding
    Seadrill seals $140m bond issue with funds diverted towards general corporate purposes.
  • Navios profits up
    Angeliki Frangou-led bulker outfit bucks sectors losing trend to post 21% increase in profits.
  • Tallink offloads
    Estonian ferry operator sells catamaran ferry to Venezuelan company as it looks to cut costs.
  • Genco weaker
    US-listed bulker player sees profits slip 45% from a year ago on weaker freight rate environment.
  • Back in the black
    Kristian Siem-led offshore vessel operator returns to profit, but short term outlook a concern.

American Shipperweb site
OCTOBER 29, 2009
  • APL predicts losses through mid-2010
  • NYK to raise transatlantic rates
  • Maersk adds Gdansk to major Asia/Europe service
  • DOT to reconsider hours of service rule
  • Weber makes senior appointments
  • Ramsdell heads CEE board
  • U.S. Sorghum en route to Morocco
  • DGX buys C&H Freight operations

The Scandinavian Shipping Gazetteweb site
OCTOBER 29, 2009
  • Better for Port of Göteborg
    The goods flows in the Port of Göteborg have stabilised compared with Q1 and Q2 this year, according to the port's interim report for the third quarter. "In our view
  • Estonian ferry redelivered and laid up at Nakskov
    Saaremaa Laevakompanii's ferry Viire has been redelivered to its Danish owner K/S Korsør ApS and is currently laid up in Nakskov and has been put up for sale via
  • First Broström tanker in Maersk colours
    Broström Tankers has changed name and livery on the first of their fleet of large tankers in order to brand the fleet. The first one to change its name was

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
OCTOBER 29, 2009
  • Prices fall in European bunker hubs
    NYMEX shows gains of more than $2 in early trading.
  • Sri Lankan operator sees profits fall
    John Keells' results down year-on-year.
  • Prices weaken in Fujairah
  • Bunker terminal plans pushed back
    New terminal at Port Said now set to open in 2011.
  • 'Defaults' generating more business for law firm
    Belgian lawyer says ship arrest for maritime claims 'nearly always possible'.
  • Bunker sales in Brazilian ports remain strong
    Petrobras says prospects for growth are good.
  • Mixed buyer reactions to lower prices
    Hong Kong 380 cSt prices back at near week-ago levels after hitting a one-year high on Monday.
  • New manager for O.W. Bunker's Shanghai branch
    Company aims to continue its growth in the region.
  • Singapore residual fuel stocks dip
    Onshore stocks of middle distillates at 14-week low.
  • Shell Q3 net profit sinks
    Outlook remains 'very uncertain'.
  • Grounded vessel refloated in Puerto Rico
    No signs of fuel oil leak.
  • Yujin to 'protect' bunker tanker business
    Company issues earnings warning.
  • Neftech targets '200 installations in two years'
    Company eyes global sales of its fuel and emission-saving emulsification technology.

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