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January 22, 2010
The Business Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • EU probe delays container feeder plan
    The start of a cooperation scheme involving 350 European Union (EU) container ships will be delayed by an EU competition investigation, the German initiator of the plan said on Wednesday.
  • Swiber in US$189m S Asia deal
    Offshore construction player Swiber Holdings picked up its first big order of the year, yesterday announcing a US$188.8 million deal with a leading oil and gas operator in South Asia.

Sched Netweb site
  • OOCL quarterly box volume off 4.1pc, full year falls 35pc
  • Shippers unite against TSA emergency revenue surcharge
  • Box shipping lines slowly add vessels, expand service rotations
  • Shanghai International Port Group revenue falls 8.8pc in 2009
  • Drewry forecasts 15pc rate rise in 2010 on tighter space
  • Germany tops World Bank logistics ranking, HK rates 13th
  • DB Schenker signs US$350 million logistics deal with Gorgon
  • Poland's DCT Gdansk orders two Cargotec Kalmar e-One2 RTGs
  • Hong Kong forecasts return to air cargo growth in 2010
  • Cathay increases Saudi Arabia-Japan flight frequency
  • Air China to receive US$220 million in state funds
  • MASkargo in US$30 million upgrade to hit 7pc growth in 2010

Exim Indiaweb site
  • Immense potential for cargo transport via national waterways seen
  • Innovative initiatives announced at WCA Family's networking event
  • MOL's CO2 reduction project becoming govt-industry initiative
  • Insa wins offshore service tax case in SC
  • Widening trade gap prompts India to issue unprecedented demarche to China
  • China promises Sharma to rectify trade imbalance, import more from India
  • Major Ports may be allowed to fix tariffs
  • Concor (Sr) gets on to fast track, introduces 24/7 Customs clearance at Cfs/Tnpm
  • Rail freight rates for bulk goods may be hiked by 10 pc
  • Fieo chief for continuation of stimulus, turnover tax in lieu of I-T
  • Inflation worrying, admits Pranab
  • UN gives 'clean' chit to Adani's Mundra power project

International Transport Journalweb site
JANUARY 20, 2010
  • Eurotunnel traffic recovering
    The Eurotunnel group, the operator of the Channel tunnel between the UK and France, reported a turnover of EUR 571.1 million for 2009, a drop of 16%. The volume of freight tra...
  • USA: 100% scanning of seafreight shelved
    The USA has decided not to demand 100% scanning of seafreight in 2012. Homeland security secretary Janet Napolitano recently declared that the scheme cannot be implemented after re...
  • Panalpina handles Samsung ocean freight and warehousing
    Samsung Panama has selected the Swiss logistics service provider Panalpina to handle most of its FCL (full container load) ocean freight traffic from Asia-Pacific to Panama in...
  • Teneso expanding in Central and Eastern Europe
    The pan-European logistics alliance Teneso Europe SE extended its special services to cover the whole of Central and Eastern Europe on 1 January. The high-tech logistics netwo...
  • WCA networking event surpasses all expectations
    The WCA Family of Logistic Networks reported that it has just completed its most successful conference week in Bangkok since the alliance was founded. The group had originally expe...
  • BREAKING NEWS: Switzerland's federal coucil appoints Peter Hasler as new chairman of Swiss Post
    Switzerland's federal council has named a successor for Swiss Post chairman Claude B'gl' only a day after he resigned. The new head of Switzerland's mail service provider is Peter ...
  • MOL: joint R&D project to be incorporated into government scheme
    The Japanese shipping company MOL recently announced that its joint research and development (R&D) project on antifouling paints for ship bottoms will be incorporated into a go...
  • The Beluga P-series ' new forces in the super heavylift sector
    The German heavylift shipping company Belgua has taken delivery of the 'Beluga Houston', the first of a series of sixteen vessels. The 20,000 dwt units are equipped with cranes cap...
  • New managing director for Fischer Kaderselektion
    The founder of Fischer Kaderselektion, Peter E. Fischer, settled the future of his company by handing over the management to Reto C. Wieser on 1 January. Wieser has assumed sole re...
  • A400M: decision-makers gathering today
    Countries with orders for the A400M military transport plane are meeting meet today (21 January) in Berlin with representatives from manufacturer Airbus and its parent company Euro...
  • Swiss Post's chairman Claude Béglé resigns with immediate efffect
    Claude Béglé, chairman of the board of directors at Swiss Post, Switzerland's mail service provider, has resigned with immediate effect, following mounting media criticism of...

Maritime Global Netweb site
JANUARY 21, 2010
  • Shipping confidence levels stable
  • Multi Service organises Haiti relief fleet fuel
  • Panama Canal transits increase
  • Chemoil back in New Orleans

Marine Logweb site
JANUARY 21, 2010
  • Nakilat and Damen in Qatar shipyard JV
  • MSC seeks tugboats for Haiti operation
  • MARAD to send second Superferry to Haiti
  • FMC unit wins $80 million subsea contract

World Wide Shipperweb site
JANUARY 21, 2010
  • Panama Canal Authority releases first quarter metrics
  • Truck-involved fatalities down sharply during 2008
  • Genco Shipping & Trading extends GENCO MUSE charter
  • Orient Overseas Limited selling property subsidiary
  • CBP Air and Marine unit celebrating anniversary

Lloyd's Listweb site
JANUARY 21, 2010
  • Doubts raised over bank lending
    Questions over how long banks can continue to prop up struggling shipping firms.
  • Ship finance 'black hole' tops $140bn
    Tufton Oceanic estimates value to be between $140bn-$150bn.
  • UK faces fresh call to alter non-payment ransom stance
    Nautilus seeks Foreign Office clarification and explanation.
  • CMB profits slashed
    Group's 2009 profit almost halved but 2010 prospects remain favourable.
  • UK flag flight threat angers unions
    Shipowners slammed over threats to quit Red Ensign over crew wage law change.

Fairplayweb site
JANUARY 21, 2010
  • STX workers walk out in Turku
    STX Europe confirmed to Fairplay today that hundreds of workers have walked out of its yard in Turku, Finland
  • NAT poised for buys
    NORDIC American Tankers disclosed today that it is selling 4M common shares to raise funds for up to four vessel purchases
  • Gazprom reacts to competition
    A SURGE in LNG shipped by tanker to western Europe's ports is threatening the market share of Russia's overland gas supplier Gazprom
  • China growth defies recession
    CHINA today posted a stunning 10.7% GDP growth figure for the fourth quarter of 2009, as well as a more than healthy 8.7% overall increase for the recession-racked year
  • Hellmann launches smart boxes
    GERMAN freight forwarder Hellmann Worldwide is phasing in ocean containers with real time satellite-tracking and intrusion detection technology
  • Review of transfer ruling asked
    THE US Supreme Court has been asked to review the landmark decision preventing maritime attachments of electronic funds transfers
  • Ships move as US fog lifts
    ALMOST a hundred vessels stranded by heavy fog off the Texas Gulf Coast have started moving again

The Journal of Commerceweb site
JANUARY 21, 2010
  • BNSF Net Falls 12.8 Percent to $536 Million
  • GATX Net Falls 26 Percent to $21.5 Million
  • Rail Traffic Nears Year-ago Level
  • Oberstar Pushes Obama for Highway Bill Support
  • Port of LA Extends Lobbying Contract
  • Port-au-Prince Opens Secondary Pier
  • Trans-Pacific Spot Rate Jumps
  • AmericasRelief Team's Emergency Center Report
  • Equipment Manufacturing Declined 43 Percent
  • Intermarine Receives Industrial Echo
  • Chipolbrok Increases Fleet
  • Volga-Dnepr Airlines flies missions to deliver humanitarian aid to Haiti
  • Marad Adds Sixth Vessel for Haiti Relief
  • President Nominates Weener for NTSB
  • Leading Economic Index Surges in December
  • Union Pacific Opposes New Rail Legislation
  • Antwerp 2009 Box Throughput Fell 15.6 Percent
  • Union Pacific Profit Falls 17 Percent

Containerisation Internationalweb site
JANUARY 21, 2010
  • Q4 results show slight let-up for OOCL
  • CSX down again
  • Haiti port 'reopening'
  • China's GDP soars by 10.7% in Q4
  • MSC to raise peak season surcharge

TradeWindsweb site
JANUARY 21, 2010
  • Jurong bags P-62
    Singapore's Jurong shipyard is said to have won a deal to provide Petrobras with an FPSO hull.
  • Marine hurts GATX
    Shipping joint ventures slump in depressed markets, as American Shipping Co faces lowest iron ore volumes in 70 years.
  • Return in 2012
    US shipping advisor McQuilling Services says oil consumption won't return to 2008 levels for at least another two years.
  • Divi's back
    Micky Arison-led Carnival Corp resumes dividend payments as confidence returns.
  • Damen in Qatar JV
    Dutch shipyard group creates joint venture with Qatari LNG carrier owner Nakilat to operate their new Ras Laffan shipyard.
  • CMB turnaround
    Parent of Belgium's Bocimar returns to a fourth-quarter profit as 2010 looks "favourable".
  • Number crunch
    Analysts count the cost of cancelled Golden Ocean capesize deal.
  • Grim for Grindrod
    South African owner braces investors for a full year profit drop of up to 65%.
  • Finns walk
    Hundreds of workers at STX Europe's Turku yard in Finland strike over job cuts.
  • Liquids lift Kinder
    Kinder Morgan terminals business sees 10% jump in fourth-quarter profits as liquids throughput jumps and dry-bulk shows some rebound.
  • 12 missing
    Search continues off China for fishermen lost after K Line car carrier collides with trawler.
  • Ceara yard wins
    State government official says the greenfield Promar Ceara Shipyard has won a tender to build eight Transpetro gas carriers.
  • COA unveiled
    'Mystery' charterer of Norden handysizes for 15 years revealed as German renewables outfit RWE.
  • Fonds falls
    German finance house posts big drop in new shipping investments during difficult 2009.
  • Crude gain
    Oil volumes up 5% at Russian north-west port of Primorsk in 2009.
  • Antwerp cut
    Volumes dropped 16.7% in 2009 at major Belgian port as imports declined.
  • $225m deal
    Mercator Lines (Singapore) bags seven-year offshore charter contract double from mystery company.
  • PFS's PSV
    ABG Shipyard's owning arm tipped as the buyer of Garware Offshore vessel.
  • Drydocks deal
    Dubai shipbuilder clinches contract for ultra-large offshore construction vessel.
  • Mercator lower
    Singapore spin-off of Indian shipowner sees profits drop over 40% on weaker freight rates.
  • No sell-off
    India's shipping secretary says there are no plans to privatise Shipping Corp of India.
  • Revenue plunge
    Indian bulker owner Chowgule makes nine-month profit thanks to ship sale, but operating figures much weaker.
  • Boxships in focus
    Aussies to launch focused inspection campaign concentrating on container securing equipment.
  • Handy rise
    Genco handymax grabs near $3,000 per day pay rise from extended deal with Global Maritime Investments.
  • Priests in lay-up
    Celebrity Cruise Lines cuts number of voyages offering services from Catholic ministers.
  • Swiber inks deal
    Raymond Goh-led offshore vessel operator picks up second major contract in less than a month.

American Shipperweb site
JANUARY 21, 2010
  • WSC proposes fuel standards for ships
  • Haiti: Relief logistics advance
  • FMC seeks to help Haiti relief
  • CSX: Rail bill "not balanced"
  • Ethanol pipeline proposed
  • Maersk expands chassis program
  • Damco using Savi tracking service
  • Short named Phoenix's North America VP
  • Kloch heads SBS Worldwide's U.S. operations
  • 92% of Oakland trucks meet port regulations
  • Panama Canal sees more traffic
  • Philadelphia port promotes dredging

The Scandinavian Shipping Gazetteweb site
JANUARY 21, 2010
  • Every twelfth tanker stores oil
    Around 145 vessels around the world are currently operating as floating storage units, rather than transporting oil, reports Tank Storage Magazine. More than half of the ships are in European

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
JANUARY 21, 2010
  • Germany, Spain and Netherlands produce largest ship emissions
    Model finds that without legislation, EU maritime emissions would become higher than emissions from all land sources combined by 2020.
  • Prices weakening across Europe
    Some Rotterdam suppliers reported to be low on IFO grade.
  • KPI Bridge oil appoints managing director in Singapore
    Kelvin Yeo has over 13 years experience in marine and offshore oil and gas industries.
  • Bunker prices softening
    Further losses seen in early trading on NYMEX.
  • O.W. Bunker appoints new financial manager for Asia
    Company plans continued growth in the Asian region.
  • Figures confirm decline in Antwerp traffic
    Vessel calls in 2009 down by more than 15%.
  • Player offering ex-barge deliveries in Ceuta
    M.Y Bunkers says service provides an alternative to Gibraltar
  • Aegean gives details of proceedings against founder
    Actions brought by Greek customs arise from allegedly sham bunker transactions.
  • Bunker prices largely steady
    Singapore 390 cSt prices unchanged day-to-day.
  • Singapore residual fuel stocks at two-week low
    Stocks of middle distillates, however, neared record high.
  • Bunker supplies in Manila still tight
    Refineries unable to supply sufficient product.
  • Equatorial 'disappointed' with US court's decision
    MISC plans to pursue legal claim against company.

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FROM THE HOME PAGE
Royal Caribbean closes second quarter with record net profit
Miami
The April-June period was very positive
Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern announced a merger agreement today.
Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern announced a merger agreement today.
Omaha/Atlanta
First coast-to-coast cargo rail network
Gurrieri resigns as Special Commissioner of the Eastern Adriatic Sea Port Authority
Trieste
The atypical reverse charge for the logistics sector will become applicable tomorrow
Milan
Ruggerone (Assologistica): one of the most strategic reforms we helped build is being implemented
Policy brief on cyber threats that pose risks to port infrastructure
Tallinn
It was developed by the NATO Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence
Interferry urges the EU Commission to harmonize its shipping decarbonization regulations with those of the IMO
Victoria
Failure to align - the association warned - will force shipping companies to pay twice for emissions.
In the second quarter of 2025, Chinese seaports handled 79.1 million containers (+6.1%)
Beijing
Total freight traffic was three billion tons (+3.3%), of which 1.3 billion tons were with foreign countries (+1.9%).
CK Hutchison announces plans to include a Chinese investor in the consortium to sell Hutchison Ports
Hong Kong
Without the participation of the COSCO shipping group, China would not authorize the sale
Sri Lanka's Supreme Court has awarded compensation of $1 billion over the X-Press Pearl accident.
Sri Lanka's Supreme Court has awarded compensation of $1 billion over the X-Press Pearl accident.
Columbus
The container ship caught fire and sank near the port of Colombo
The Greek government sends a tugboat to the Red Sea to assist ships that may be attacked by the Houthis.
The Greek government sends a tugboat to the Red Sea to assist ships that may be attacked by the Houthis.
Piraeus
The AHTS "Giant" is leaving
Saipem and Subsea7 have signed a binding merger agreement.
Saipem and Subsea7 have signed a binding merger agreement.
Milan/Luxembourg
The transaction is expected to close in the second half of 2026.
In the second quarter, the port of Valencia handled over 1.5 million containers (+4.0%)
In the first half of 2025, the amount of new orders to Chinese shipyards fell by -18.2%
Beijing
A decrease of -3.5% in new construction completed in the period was recorded
In the second quarter of 2025, freight traffic in the port of Trieste grew by +3.7%
Trieste
Bulk cargo increased. Miscellaneous cargo fell by 13.2%.
CMA CGM and TotalEnergies form joint venture for LNG bunkering in the Port of Rotterdam.
Marseille
Agreement to supply 360,000 tons of liquefied natural gas per year to the French group's ships
In the second quarter of 2025, freight traffic in Spanish ports decreased by -4.7%
Madrid
All the main product categories are decreasing except for conventional goods
Brookfield Asset Management to sell 49% of British port group PD Ports to Spain's Pontegadea
Middlesbrough
The English company has over 1,400 employees
In the quarter April-June, freight traffic in the port of Rotterdam decreased by -2.3%
In the quarter April-June, freight traffic in the port of Rotterdam decreased by -2.3%
Rotterdam
The port authority is alarmed by the state of crisis in the national industry.
The electrification of the docks in the ports of Livorno, Piombino and Portoferraio is proceeding according to plan.
Third dock for cruise traffic in the port of Catania
Catania
Pier 25's restyling completed
Another quarter of decline in freight traffic at the port of Algeciras
Algeciras
In the period April-June, containers amounted to 1.24 million TEUs (+1.0%)
A new tax applied to cruise passengers disembarking in national ports came into force today in Greece.
Athens
Belgian rail freight company Lineas receives €61 million government loan
Brussels
The measure was approved last night by the restricted council of ministers
ERTMS installation completed on 1,400 kilometers of Italian railway network
Rome
The project is financed with 2.5 billion euros from PNRR funds.
Wärtsilä's quarterly financial and commercial results are positive.
Helsinki
The Marine Electrical Systems division will be sold to the Italian company VINCI Energies.
In the port of Barcelona the number of cruise terminals will be reduced from seven to five
In the port of Barcelona the number of cruise terminals will be reduced from seven to five
Barcelona
The mayor: For the first time in history, a limit is placed on the growth of cruises in the city.
MSC and Moby have presented their commitments to meet the AGCM's requirements.
Rome
Shipping Agencies Services will sell its 49% stake in Moby, waiving the consideration in favor of the majority shareholder. Moby commits to completely repaying its debt to SAS.
Fincantieri confirms its interest in the development of American shipbuilding
Fincantieri confirms its interest in the development of American shipbuilding
Washington
Folgiero: Commitment to deliver next-generation capabilities in full alignment with U.S. strategic priorities
The Chamber of Deputies has approved the appointment of four presidents of Italian Port System Authorities.
Rome
The names proposed for the Port System Authorities of the Southern Adriatic, Central-Northern Tyrrhenian, Western Liguria, and Eastern Liguria have been approved. Voting on the Northern Tyrrhenian Authority has been postponed.
Information exchange between state administrations for the digitalization of the maritime sector begins
Rome
The first operational meeting at the Coast Guard General Command in Rome
The Clean Maritime Fuels Platform suggests measures to support the production and distribution of clean marine fuels
COSCO Shipping Ports sets new monthly and quarterly container traffic records
Hong Kong
In the period April-June, 29.4 million TEUs were handled (+4.5%)
Sharp increase in cases of seafarers abandoning their ships
London
2,286 crew members from 222 ships involved as of early 2025
Global freight traffic saw strong growth in the first quarter of this year in anticipation of new tariffs
Global freight traffic saw strong growth in the first quarter of this year in anticipation of new tariffs
Geneva
North America saw the strongest quarterly growth in imports
In the port of Antwerp-Bruges containers and rolling stock are increasing and other types of goods are decreasing
Antwerp
Traffic congestion continues at the airport, with the situation on the landside becoming critical
A study denounces the delay of European ports in equipping themselves with cold ironing facilities.
Brussels/Pozzallo
The tender to electrify the docks of the port of Pozzallo has begun.
T&E proposes to include more non-EU transhipment ports to avoid carbon leakage
Brussels
The association calls on the EU Commission to reduce the current threshold of 65% of transhipment traffic
Federlogistica urges the immediate establishment of a control room on tariffs
Genoa
The aim is also to eliminate extra costs caused by bureaucracy.
Containerized cargo handled through the port of Singapore fell by 2.9% in the second quarter.
Singapore
Last May, ship transits through the Suez Canal decreased by -6.8%
Last May, ship transits through the Suez Canal decreased by -6.8%
Cairo
The negative trend continued in June and early July
Terminal operators are not at all satisfied with a policy that seems to have no interest in ports
Rome
Cognolato: It is essential to close the ongoing trials on several fronts.
The largest ship ever to dock at Cagliari's Porto Canale at the MITO terminal.
Milan
The container ship "MSC Venice" with a capacity of 16,652 TEU arrived yesterday
On 5 and 6 November in Lisbon a summit called by the ILA against automation in the maritime and port sector
On 5 and 6 November in Lisbon a summit called by the ILA against automation in the maritime and port sector
North Bergen/Metzingen
South Korean HD Hyundai, together with German NEURA Robotics, will develop and test welding robots in shipyards
The toll of the horrific attack on the bulk carrier Eternity C in the Red Sea is still uncertain.
Mandaluyong/London/Brussels
Joint statement by ICS, BIMCO, European Shipowners, Intercargo and Intertanko
In the first half of 2025, bulk cargo increased and general cargo decreased in the port of Marseille-Fos
Marseille
Cruise passengers increase by +5%
The Senate has approved the framework law on interports
Rome
UIR, gives the Italian interport system a modern, orderly and coherent regulatory framework
Carlo De Ruvo was elected president of Confetra
Rome
Among the challenges, the uncontrolled expansion of large logistics groups and their concentration
Number of pirate attacks on ships still high in the second quarter of 2025
Number of pirate attacks on ships still high in the second quarter of 2025
Kuala Lumpur
The number of acts of violence against crews is decreasing
Telemar and TNL Group merger agreement
Telemar and TNL Group merger agreement
Oslo/Athens/Paris
One of the top three operators in the OT/IoT services market for the maritime and superyacht sectors will be created
Attacks on ships in the Red Sea still cause deaths among seafarers
Portsmouth
Liberian-flagged bulk carrier " Eternity C" targeted
Canadian shipbuilding company Davie acquires second shipyard in Finland
Helsinki/Pori
It will buy the Enersense Offshore shipyard
Amendment on Port Labor Supply Agencies Approved
Rome
Immediate transformation into Agencies authorised to provide temporary port work
Salvini appoints a manager of a private shipping company from Campania as president of the regional AdSP
Rome
This is Eliseo Cuccaro, CEO of Alilauro
Extend the application of the 0.1% sulphur limit in marine fuels globally
Extend the application of the 0.1% sulphur limit in marine fuels globally
Berlin
This is proposed by an analysis by the International Council on Clean Transportation
IMO and EU condemn renewed attacks on ships in the Red Sea
London/Brussels
Dominguez: New violation of international law and freedom of navigation
In the first half of 2025, container traffic in the port of Gioia Tauro grew by +10.5%
Joy Taurus
2,186,211 TEUs were handled
A bulk carrier was attacked in the Red Sea
Portsmouth
The crew abandoned the ship which began to take on water
German government allocates 400 million euros to support energy transition in maritime-port sector
Over 78 million euros to the ports of Augusta and Taranto for offshore wind
Rome
Funds distributed over three years starting from 2025
The PNRR tender for interports has been reopened.
Rome
Resources available amounting to 2.2 million euros
Port of Livorno: Workers are the priority in the LTM crisis
Livorno
UPS's quarterly earnings performance declines
Atlanta
Net income in the April-June quarter was $1.28 billion (-8.9%)
Approval for the 2025 budget variation of the Southern Tyrrhenian and Ionian Sea Port Authority.
Gioia Tauro
500 thousand euros for the 49% share held by the Port Agency company
FHP Group acquires the remaining 10% stake in Lotras
Milan/Foggia
The integration between Lotras and CFI Intermodal will begin to create FHP Intermodal.
OITAF scientific document on good practices in the logistics and transport of fresh fruit and vegetables
Milan
The Northern Tyrrhenian Sea Port Authority has joined the PLIKA
Livorno
Platform dedicated to training, innovation and knowledge sharing in the logistics and port sectors
Matteo Paroli's nomination as president of the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority has been signed.
Rome
He has a degree in law and a specialization in administrative law.
Container throughput increases in Haropa Port, while bulk cargo decreases.
Le Havre
In the first half of this year, containers were 1.51 million TEUs (+4%)
Bureau Veritas reports a 9.8% quarterly increase in revenues in the Marine & Offshore segment
Courbevoie
Kalmar and Konecranes increase new orders in the April-June quarter
Helsinki
The turnover of the two Finnish companies is slightly increasing
Container traffic in the port of Barcelona fell by 12.2% in the second quarter.
Barcelona
Assiterminal threatens a new wave of appeals against regulations it believes are damaging to port operations
Genoa
2M Logistics signs an agreement with Salerno-based Gallozzi
Barendrecht
The Dutch company will represent GF Logistics, a subsidiary of the Italian group, in the Benelux region.
Swiss company Kuehne+Nagel's quarterly profits fell
Schindellegi
In the period April-June of this year, net turnover grew by +1.7%
Yang Ming orders three 8,000 TEU container ships from Nihon Shipyard and Imabari Shipbuilding
Keelung/Imabari
Contract valued at $351.3-394.5 million
Italia Nostra reiterates its strong concerns about the construction of the Fiumicino-Isola Sacra port.
Rome
European maritime cities, destinations for cruise tourism - the association highlights - denounce the phenomenon of over-tourism in the cruise sector
Egypt's first automotive terminal has come into operation at Port Said East.
East Port Said
It can accommodate two car carriers at the same time
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Tepsa has acquired a liquid bulk terminal in the port of Rotterdam.
Singapore/Rotterdam
It was sold by Global Energy Storage Holdings
The Spinelli Group has approved its 2024 sustainability report.
Genoa
Of the company's 616 direct employees, 49% are under the age of 50.
In the second quarter of this year, cargo traffic in Turkish ports grew by +1.6%
Ankara
Cargoes to and from Italy amounted to 12.7 million tons (+10.1%)
Extension of the Simplified Logistics Zone for Genoa Ports and Dry Ports to the Savona, Vado Ligure, and Bergeggi areas.
Genoa
Approval from the ZLS Steering Committee
Isotta Fraschini Motori has inaugurated a new production line for hydrogen fuel cell systems in Bari.
Trieste
They will be used for naval and land solutions
The Grande Shanghai , the Grimaldi Group's first ammonia-ready car carrier, has been christened.
Naples
It has a load capacity of 9,000 CEUs.
The Port of Genoa, FILT, and UILT have declared a five-day strike at the Bettolo Terminal.
Genoa
Fit Cisl Liguria expressed solidarity with the workers
The tender for the dredging of the commercial dock basin at the port of Ancona has been published.
Ancona
The removal of approximately 730 thousand cubic meters of sediment is planned
Tender for the restoration and enhancement of docks 32 and 33 in the Deep Sea Zone of the port of Savona
Genoa
An investment of over 6.7 million euros is expected
There are 1,100 workers in Palermo directly employed in the seaside tourism sector
Palermo
This year, cruise traffic is expected to grow by 9.4% in the port of the Sicilian capital.
Six-month growth of +9% in freight on the St. Petersburg-India/China maritime route
Fly
FESCO operates six vessels in the service
Port of Trieste: Special Commissioner Gurrieri under investigation for money laundering
Trieste
I am certain - he declared - that I can demonstrate that I acted legally, in full transparency.
Vard signs new contract for the construction of two CSOVs
Trieste
The vessels will be used to support operations in the offshore wind sector
UIR welcomes the publication of the tender for the digitalization of the logistics chain.
Rome
Di Caterina (ALIS): a concrete tool that enhances the needs of businesses and strengthens the logistics system
GNV celebrated its first ten years of activity on the Italy-Albania route
Durres
During the period, the company's ships carried over 1.25 million passengers
A shipment of over 1.2 tons of marijuana was seized at the port of Gioia Tauro.
Reggio Calabria/Catanzaro
Members of a criminal organization that imported drugs from South America through European ports and airports have been arrested.
Yang Ming orders Hanwha Ocean to build seven 15,000 TEU dual-fuel containerships
Keelung
They will be delivered between 2028 and 2029
Walden to sell healthcare logistics business to Yusen Logistics
Paris
Exclusive negotiations announced
Solinas (Sardinian Action Party) is not at all satisfied with the state of Sardinian ports
Cagliari
The immediate establishment of a special commission is urged
ANSI welcomes the introduction of the information dashboard for managing private procurement contracts in logistics.
Rome
D'Angelo: it will allow the country to take another step forward
Russo (Confcommercio): excluding road transport from the PNRR funding was shortsighted.
Rome
First bulletin from the Freight Insights Observatory produced by the National Center for Sustainable Mobility
ABB Group posts sharp growth in quarterly financial and business performance
Zurich
In the period April-June the value of new orders grew by +16.0%
Informal consultations have begun on the preliminary proposal for the new Ancona Port Master Plan.
Ancona
Eleven meetings scheduled for July
Program agreement for preparatory and functional interventions for the construction of the bridge over the Strait of Messina
Rome
It was signed today in Rome
Project to develop an ecological station for the treatment of wastewater from ships
Naples
Initiative of the Neapolitan Group of the Cenere and Iello Landing
Assiterminal urges against bringing sediment from the Bagnoli dredging project into the port of Naples.
Genoa
Cognolato and Ferrari: It is essential to safeguard the full functionality of the commercial port's activities.
Container traffic at the Port of Long Beach fell 3.4% in the second quarter.
Long Beach
A decline of -16.4% was recorded in June
Paolo Pessina has been appointed vice president of Conftrasporto-Confcommercio.
Rome
He is president of the national federation of maritime agents and brokers
Container traffic in the port of Hong Kong decreased by -8.2% in the second quarter
Hong Kong
A decrease of -13.7% was recorded in June
Cuneo-based logistics company Nord Ovest is seeing growing financial results.
Wedge
Construction work on a new depot in Mondovì will be completed in early 2026.
Container traffic at the Port of Los Angeles grows driven by fears of new tariffs
Los Angeles
June saw the highest volume ever recorded for this month
The Management Committee of the Sardinia Sea Port Authority has adopted the DPSS
Cagliari
Green light for the concession to MITO and the appeal against the rejection of Olbia's dredging project.
Three events in Genoa for three new Explora Journeys cruise ships.
Genoa
A technical launch, a coin laying and the cutting of the first sheet metal were carried out at the Fincantieri shipyard
Grimaldi sells 5% of Terminal Darsena Toscana to Livorno Port Company
Naples/Livorno
Option to purchase an additional 5% of the share capital
Concession agreement signed that assigns management of the port of Tartous to DP World
Damascus
It has a lifespan of 30 years
Matteo Gasparato appointed president of the Northern Adriatic Sea Port Authority
Rome
He was appointed extraordinary commissioner of the same port authority
Meeting in Rome between the heads of ESPO and Assoporti
Rome
Among the topics addressed, the competitiveness of European ports in the current global context
Chinese airline OOCL reports quarterly decline in scheduled service revenues
Hong Kong
Cargo transported by the company's ships is increasing
Collaboration between the Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority and the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority
Rome
Agreement with an initial duration of five years
Survey in Germany on the prospects of companies in the maritime, port and shipbuilding sectors
Hamburg
Shipowners are more concerned. Positive prospects for ports and shipyards.
Port of Augusta: Work begins on a third bridge connecting the island to the mainland.
Augusta
Work worth over 20 million euros
Vard signs contract with InkFish for new research vessel
Trieste
The deal is worth more than 200 million euros.
1.1 billion euros will be invested in the port of Hamburg to strengthen the container sector
Hamburg
Improving accessibility and port infrastructure in the Waltershofer Hafen area
Meyer Turku delivered the new Star of the Seas cruise ship to Royal Caribbean
Turku
It has a gross tonnage of 250,800 tons
ESPO calls for increased funding for ports under the next EU Multiannual Financial Framework
Brussels
The CEF programme funds have proven to be far from sufficient
Fincantieri delivers the new Oceania Allura cruise ship to Oceania Cruises.
Miami/Trieste
Two additional Sonata-class ships have been converted into orders.
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
Confindustria event on the sea economy in Rome on July 15th
Rome
The public meeting of the International Containers Studies Center will be held in Genoa on July 2nd
Genoa
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Why Malta is objecting to a new price cap on Russian oil
(timesofmalta.com)
US has its eye on Greek ports
(Kathimerini)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Intervento del presidente Tomaso Cognolato
Roma, 19 giugno 2025
››› File
Uniport: Bringing debris from Bagnoli to the port of Naples would postpone long-awaited dredging.
Rome
Legora de Feo: It's necessary to find alternative solutions.
Taiwanese companies Evergreen, Yang Ming and WHL saw sharp declines in quarterly revenues.
Keelung/Taipei
In the period April-June it fell by -18.7%, -26.5% and -8.6% respectively
The establishment of the Information Dashboard for the management of private procurement contracts in logistics has been approved.
In May, freight traffic in the port of Ravenna grew by +1.4%
Ravenna
Bulk cargo is on the rise. Miscellaneous cargo is on the decline.
EU approves joint purchase of port equipment by terminal operators
Brussels
Joint definition of minimum technical specifications of equipment is also permitted
Serbian energy group EPS will import coal through the Montenegrin port of Bar
Bar
Currently imports from Indonesia pass through the port of Constanta
Fincantieri Foundation and Luiss University launch a project to strengthen the safety of underwater infrastructure.
Trieste
Among the objectives, contribute to the definition of a specific regulatory framework
Freewheeling: The government's U-turn on anti-mafia controls in the road haulage sector is a welcome development.
Modena
Franchini: If the government has realized it made a mistake, that's good news.
Agostinelli (AdSP Tirreno Meridionale e Ionio): the amendment that allows for the early transformation of the Gioia Tauro Port Agency is extremely important.
Confindustria's event on the maritime economy will take place in Rome on July 15th.
Rome
The confederation's strategic document on the sector will be presented
Kerala seeks $1.1 billion from MSC in damages over MSC Elsa 3 sinking
Thiruvananthapuram
Temporary detention of the vessel "MSC Akuteta II" granted
Trasportounito requests the cancellation of the renewal procedure of the Central Committee of the Register of Hauliers
Rome
New seizure of a load of cocaine in the port of Gioia Tauro
Reggio Calabria
16 bags containing 417 kilos of drugs were found in a container
MOL and Kinetics to build world's first floating data center
Tokyo
It will be installed on a vessel of 9,731 gross tonnage
Rijeka Gateway Terminal to become operational in early September
Copenhagen
The first ship at the second container terminal of the Croatian port is expected on September 12
Falteri (Federlogistica) urges us to focus on the development of "polycentric" logistics
Genoa
The Simplified Logistics Zone should be the cornerstone of the strategy
Tsuneishi Shipbuilding Co. acquired Mitsui E&S Shipbuilding Co.
Hiroshima/Tokyo
It was renamed Tsuneishi Solutions Tokyobay Co.
Pessina (Federagenti): Northern European logistics system is struggling. Let's take advantage of it!
Rome
Unexpected opportunity - he underlines - for the Mediterranean ports and Italian ones in particular
MSC Cruises Joins Carnival and Royal Caribbean in Capitalizing on Grand Bahama Shipyard
Miami
Negotiations underway since the end of 2024 have been successfully concluded
At The International Propeller Clubs the Dorso Award for the Mediterranean area
Naples
In recognition of the primary role played by logistics operators in Mediterranean traffic
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