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May 25, 2010
The Business Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Gazprom eyes S'pore shipping unit
    Russia's Gazprom plans to set up a shipping unit in Singapore and sees opportunities in expanding the trade of other energy products in the Asia-Pacific region.
  • BP faces greater pressure to control oil slick
    Oil giant BP faced mounting pressure yesterday to get control of a massive oil slick after the US government threatened to take over the response to the month-old environmental disaster.
  • Beijing picks eight private firms for state oil reserve
    China has selected eight private companies running a total of 22 million barrels of tankage space to participate in the expansion of the country's state petroleum reserves, the head of a private oil association said yesterday.
  • German 'Love Boat' catches fire

Sched Netweb site
  • South Africa's national transport strike enters third week
  • Fears rise of coming unseasonable peak season surcharges
  • APL says rail freight essential to develop western China
  • Jilin to launch second shipping line to Japan
  • Dubai World agrees to bailout terms from lenders panel
  • Hapag-Lloyd general rate increase, US$320/TEU and $400/FEU
  • Capacity cuts on Far East to Middle East route
  • Singapore containership runs aground on the Columbia River
  • OOCL increases transalantic rate east and westbound
  • CWT Globelink establishes office in Portugal
  • US first quarter reefer volume shows promising gain
  • Russia, Turkey sign intermodal Black Sea box ferry deal
  • UPS to lay off 260 pilots, Alaska hit hardest
  • Tibet's fourth civil airport to start operations
  • Global air freight first quarter volume up 26pc: IATA
  • Asiana, Korean Air launch Huangshan-Seoul chartered flights

Exim Indiaweb site
  • Burgeoning ex-im trade triggers flurry of shipping activities
  • CCEA clears decks for acquisition of ice-class research vessel
  • Fortunes smile upon GE Shipping in Q4
  • IRS makes grand entry into Houston
  • Managers & ship suppliers rocking in same boat, says ISSA chief
  • M6. CMA CGM enlarging Asia-Gulf of Mexico loop, PEX3
  • MAERSK LINE & Safmarine to start Malaysia to Arabian Gulf loop
  • Hapag-Lloyd announces service change
  • Zim postpones GRI to June 1
  • UASC to implement PSS from June 15
  • APL brings 4 mammoth container cranes to Kaohsiung terminal
  • OOCL Guangzhou named at Geoje Shipyard
  • APM TERMINALS to assume trucking, inland depot operations too
  • China's Top 10 box ports boost volumes by 26.2 pc on intra-Asia trade
  • RCL halves losses by cost-cutting
  • Coscon & MSC cut 25 pc capacity on Far East-Mideast route
  • ...signs lease deal for Virginia
  • Companies develop appetite to savour bigger slice of global foodstuff market
  • Poppyseed Customs duty twice the actual price!
  • PPT felicitates top Port users
  • Big guns line up to pump Rs 3K cr. into MPSEZL
  • Port projects now uppermost in core sector companies' mind
  • Port development: Policy draft to clip monopoly players' wings ready
  • We'll pave 5,187-km stretch every year-Nath
  • Path being laid for another highway fund
  • Engineering exporters look askance at EU orders fearing payment defaults
  • Rupee takes steepest weekly dive in 15 years, but recovers
  • Biotech firms see Malaysia offering more fertile fields in terms of investment returns
  • 9 roadblocks in DTC draft identified-Pranab
  • RBI signals cautious hikes in interest rates
  • RBI Dy Governor cool to falling euro
  • Steel Ministry fancies higher export duty on iron ore

Marine Logweb site
MAY 24, 2010
  • EPA cites Providence R.I. shipyard for environmental violations
  • BP still preparing for top kill
  • Ship manager sees growing interest in single-hull tankers

World Wide Shipperweb site
MAY 24, 2010
  • Coast Guard keeps eye on ship grounded in Columbia River
  • Change of command ceremony set for Coast Guard Commandant
  • OOCL announces plans for general rate increase
  • Port of Olympia seeking new Port Advisory Committee members
  • Mitsui, FESCO boost frequency of Japan to Russia service

Lloyd's Listweb site
MAY 24, 2010
  • Shell halts Torm tanker charters
    Move comes less than six weeks after oil giant carried out an internal audit and inspection
  • VLCC rates direction uncertain
  • MR tankers bottom out at $26m level
  • Rebound on cards as oil traders hunt bargain rate
  • NOL to reactivate all its idle ships
    Move comes in response to strong demand that looks set to continue for at least another few months
  • Lines left reeling by bounceback in box volumes
  • Services resuming at South African ports
    Striking dockers from Transnet union return to work
  • South African dockers to end strike
  • Turkish tanker owner fined over magic pipe offences
    Owner of Kerim fined $725,000 by a US district court after pleading guilty
  • Seafarers left stranded by regulatory oversight

Fairplayweb site
MAY 24, 2010
  • S Africa strike partly settled
    OPERATIONS reportedly restarted today at some strike-affected South African ports after one of the two unions involved accepted a new pay offer
  • US fines Turkish operator
    TURKISH operator Aksay Shipping has been fined $725,000 for violating US pollution laws in Florida
  • Ships sidestep Gulf oil spill
    SHIPS are changing their routes to avoid oil near the port of New Orleans, but no services have been delayed or cancelled so far, Fairplay was told today
  • Checks fatten letters to Manila
    FILIPINO seafarers reportedly sent home up to $888M in 2010's first quarter, demonstrating their sheer numbers on foreign-owned ships
  • US arrest spree continues
    THE US government has arrested the two former Hawaii Superferry vessels, seeking sales proceeds to offset mounting loan-guarantee losses
  • China/Taiwan trade soars
    TRADE between China and Taiwan jumped by 68% year on year in the first four months of 2010, IHS Global Insight reported today
  • Single-hulls fading fast
    TWO-THIRDS of single-hull VLCCs still in service at the beginning of last year have now been scrapped and most holdouts are likely to follow, McQuilling Services reported

The Journal of Commerceweb site
MAY 24, 2010
  • Diesel Slides at Sharpest Rate in 15 Months
  • British Airways Cabin Crew Strikes
  • Clean Trucks Missing Minimum at LA Port
  • YRC Worldwide, Teamsters in Pension Talks
  • Recession Capped Transportation Emissions
  • Canadian Pacific Boosts 2010 Spending Plans
  • Court Fines Marine Polluter $725,000
  • Bill Would Toughen Port Security
  • Economists Raise U.S. Growth Forecast
  • NYK, Nippon Steel to Merge Dry Bulk Firms
  • Congestion Slows Nehru Port Containers
  • APL Container Volume Jumps 34 Percent
  • UK Government to Revive Royal Mail Sale
  • Air France-KLM Freezes Cargo Capacity
  • Picking Up the Pace
  • Building Confidence
  • Brokers, Shippers and Carrier Liability
  • Profit Drives ODFL Expansion
  • Precision Tools for Trucking
  • Trucking Goes to the Cleaners
  • Putting a Price on Speed
  • No Rest for the Weary
  • Philadelphia's Draft and Draw
  • Virginia Goes All-In
  • Canadian Railroads Take a Lashing
  • Leading as a Landlord
  • Building Past the Downturn
  • Dredging for Dollars
  • Port Drayage Battle Loaded Up
  • Red Flag, Red Tape
  • Stage to Oil Rig
  • Intermodal Call to Arms
  • Priced to Move

Containerisation Internationalweb site
MAY 24, 2010
  • South African ports partially working
  • Maersk extends 'StarCare' system
  • Somali pirate suspects fight to avoid Hamburg trial
  • South American imports to jump 26%
  • MOL and FECSO enhance Japan-Russia capacity

TradeWindsweb site
MAY 24, 2010
  • Voters toss Navios tanker dream
    Nightmare grips Navios Acquisition Corp as shareholders squash proposed 13-ship spending spree during preliminary vote.
  • Horizon hero mulls PSV menu
    Captain called Deepwater Horizon hero recalls massive 'chow down' with survivors onboard Tidewater ship.
  • Blue Marine hunts QV Trading
    Court battle brewing as Mexican shipping cartel demands US oil outfit shell out $4.6m for failed fixture.
  • Spill aids aframax surge
    Deepwater Horizon disaster has contributed to a near 40% jump in spot rates over the past week, analyst says.
  • Analyst doubles dividend view
    Lucrative storage contracts and funding for newbuildings lead JP Morgan to hike its estimates for Frontline.
  • Frank bags $1.7m from sale
    Carnival Corp vice chairman and COO sheds 50,000 shares in the shipowner.
  • London Club rings up $26m
    Free reserve increases to $141m as investment return compensates for continuing underwriting loss.
  • Pirates change ship name
    Hijacked ro-ro Iceberg 1 pops up on US Navy's radar off Hafun islands under assumed identify.
  • SCI sheds single-skin tanker
    Sabyasachi Hajara-led firm offloads 1985-built unit for an undisclosed sum.
  • Croatian yards attract four bids
    Only three of six shipyards up for sale receive offers in government's second privatisation attempt.
  • Turkish ferry joins Freedom Flotilla
    Mavi Marmara joins group of vessels bringing supplies into Gaza to test Israel's blockade.
  • LNG carrier safety probe
    Australia to probe "serious incident" that led to injuries to three crew members of British Sapphire.
  • Ofer tied to tanker buy
    Singapore's Tanker Pacific fingered as the buyer of $24.7m vessel from Iino of Japan.
  • Marine Atlantic takes two
    Canadian owner charters modern Stena ro-paxes to replace its own ageing ships.
  • Philippines ship runs aground
    Thirteen crew evacuated from small cargoship after storm causes it to drag anchor off Basco.
  • Three dead after Japanese crash
    Crewmen die during failed escape from their grounded vessel. A search for the master continues.
  • MOL and Fesco double up
    Japanese and Russian container line partners switch Trans Siberian service to weekly calls from twice weekly.
  • Great Eastern profit heads south
    Indian tanker and bulker owner's annual earnings slashed as revenues take a hit.
  • STX Pan Ocean pens China pair
    South Korean owner swells Chinese orderbook with addition of a capesize and a panamax newbuilding.
  • Costs help turn Shreyas red
    A spiralling fuel bill and its failure to repeat currency gains send Indian owner to a loss in the fourth quarter.
  • Crew injured in tanker fire
    Thirteen men hospitalised after blaze on Onarfjell off Norway on Monday morning.
  • Ship sinks off Socotra
    UK warship rescues 23 crew from ro-ro Dubai Moon which later sinks in cyclone off Yemeni island.
  • CNC multipurpose grounds in US
    Pacific Flores gets stuck in Columbia River due to steering problem.
  • Reborn Eimskip returns to profit
    Slimmer restructured Icelandic container line posts modest gain in first quarter as it focuses on core shipping business.
  • MPI orders more wind ships
    Dutch owner Vroon's wind farm business returns to UK yard for support catamarans.
  • Storage surge spurs Frontline
    Tanker giant has up to 10 VLCCs on storage deals at strong rates as oil price "screams away" at a heavy contango.
  • Yangzijiang eyes Taiwan
    Chinese shipbuilder set to offer up to 100m new shares in an effort to broaden investor base.
  • Boskalis wins Polish port work
    Dutch dredging group to build turning basin and breakwater at new LNG terminal.
  • Detyens fined over waste handling
    US shipyard vows to improve waste management after failing to mark and store containers properly.
  • Berlian Laju profits drop
    Indonesian tanker owner sees first quarter results down over two thirds compared to a year ago.
  • Deutschland suffers fire
    Passengers and crew evacuated from Peter Deilmann cruiseship after machinery space fire off Norway.

American Shipperweb site
MAY 24, 2010
  • IMO adopts ship construction standards
  • NYK raising transatlantic rates
  • NOL reports jump in volumes, rates
  • U.S., EU press Japan Post concerns to WTO
  • AirBridgeCargo expands Russian destinations
  • STB to hear Florida coal case
  • Clement to succeed Hertwig as CSXI president
  • Clinton promotes U.S. exports in China
  • Downturn saved Indian ports from 'failure'

The Scandinavian Shipping Gazetteweb site
MAY 24, 2010
  • Cruise vessel on fire in Norway
    The cruise vessel Deutschland suffered an engine room fire last Sunday. Over 360 passengers had to be evacuated from the 175 metre long vessel, built in 1998. According to unconfirmed
  • Transatlantic names Loke Viking
    The first of four ice-classed AHTS vessels built for Transatlantic at Astilleros Zamakona shipyard in Bilbao, Spain, was given the name Loke Viking on Friday last week. Transatlantic expects
  • Two Stena ferries shortened for Canada charter
    Stena Line's ropax ferries, the Stena Trader and the Stena Traveller, built in 2006 and 2007, will be leaving their current service between Holland and England for a long-term

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
MAY 24, 2010
  • Firm prices in South Europe
    Most North European markets closed for Whit Monday.
  • Sustainable Shipping announces shortlisted nominees
    Awards in London next month will celebrate efforts made to reduce shipping's carbon footprint.
  • Fujairah prices still falling
    Meanwhile, NYMEX showing slight gains in early trading on Tuesday.
  • Anglo French shipping law firm launched in Paris
    Lewis & Co has five lawyers with maritime and shipping experience.
  • O.W. Bunker's Swedish operation ready for ECA change
    Has 'healthy stocks' of fuel oil meeting 1.00% sulphur limit.
  • O.W. Bunker consolidates Swedish operations
    Stockholm office merged to from 'one main location in Gothenburg'.
  • Andatee acquires 52% stake in 'important' Chinese bunker supplier
    Expects marine fuel sales in Shandong province to more than quadruple following the acquisition.
  • Portable oil spill recovery vessel developed
    Vessel specialised in cleaning up oil spills along the coasts and in shallow areas fits into 20-foot container.
  • Singapore IFO prices stable
    Supplies for bunker material tight at all major Asian ports on Monday.
  • MRPL sells 380 cSt cargo at narrowing discount
    More competition seen for the July-loading parcel, traders say.
  • Researchers defend inclusion of bunker fuel emission in study
    Study ranks Singapore as 'top environmental offender'.
  • Titan secures new equity investor
    Raises $47.4 million to fund a new note exchange offer.

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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
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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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