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May 27, 2010
The Business Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Clean-up of S'pore Straits continues
    The clean-up of the oil spill in the Singapore Straits continued into yesterday afternoon with containment and clean-up efforts in the sea off Changi East continuing with 19 craft deployed as the slick spread further, according the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA).
  • ASF: More needs to be done about piracy
    The Asian Shipowners' Forum (ASF) has called for a stop to piracy attacks.
  • S African exporters feel pinch of transport strike
    Shipping lines are charging South African exporters extra to handle containers as they start clearing a backlog from a two-week transport strike.

Sched Netweb site
  • South Africa strike wobbles, carriers charge extra for backlog
  • Intra-Asia boom must be sustained by new infrastructure: APL
  • Lay-ups at 549,000 TEU, a million TEU back to work this year
  • Hamburg quarterly volume down 4pc, but uptick expected
  • MSC raises US-Med rate US$250 per TEU, $350 per FEU July 1
  • Shipowners praise EU for urging support of Rotterdam Rules
  • Century Logistics quarterly profit increase fivefold
  • Good roads needed to support Vietnamese deepwater ports
  • Port of LA shares city's pain with cost-cutting budget
  • Beijing wants Air China-China Eastern-China Southern merger
  • Cathay resumes Tokyo-Haneda daily, ups Taipei, Jakarta flights
  • Lufthansa takes delivery of its first Airbus A380

International Transport Journalweb site
MAY 25, 2010
  • Agility Logistics certified AEO-F in Italy
    Agility Italy, a global integrated logistics service provider, has been certified as an Authorized Economic Operator (Full) (AEO-F). The accreditation of AEO-F status is ...
  • Barloworld Logistics bags deal with mall developer
    Barloworld Logistics Middle East & Asia recently closed a deal with the mall developer BLB Project/Hightower Properties to fulfil logistics requirements for two mall const...
  • Advance International Transport powers marine engine shipments
    Advance International Transport is nearing the mid-way point of a significant contract to move engines to power eight 56,000 dwt multipurpose ships being constructed in Bulgaria. T...
  • Volcano peters out, EU agrees on four-zone approach
    Iceland's Eyjafjallaj'kull volcano is apparently dormant again six weeks after its eruption, although geologists are not yet ready to give the all-clear. The closure of hundreds of...
  • Decided drop in revenue at BAWC
    British Airways World Cargo (BAWC) has reported commercial revenue (flown revenue plus fuel surcharges) of GBP 550.3 million for the full year beginning April 2009. This represents...
  • FAA proposes USD 1.55 million civil penalty against Federal Express
    The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has proposed a USD 1.55 million civil penalty against Federal Express for allegedly failing to revise its Continuous Airworthiness Main...

World Wide Shipperweb site
MAY 26, 2010
  • Seattle Port Board Oks immigration reform motion
  • Tall ships visiting Port of Everett Marina
  • Blessing of the Fleet ceremony set for Memorial Day in Charleston
  • Coast Guard Cutter POLAR STAR in Todd Shipyard for 18-month overhaul
  • NOL posts Period 4 numbers for container shipping performance

Lloyd's Listweb site
MAY 26, 2010
  • Conflicting reports on Ridgebury Tankers placement
    Sources suggest $225m private institutional placement shelved
  • Ridgebury Tankers set to complete private placement Ridgebury $225m issue still in doubt
  • Ridgebury meets Heidmar in bid to keep $225m issue alive
  • Larger fleet cushions profit fall at Diana
    Company eyes further fleet expansion as it posts $29m profit in first quarter
  • Expansive Diana to use $500m war chest for fleet plans
  • Kandylidis ploughs $20m into OceanFreight
    Anthony Kandylidis lines up equity infusion that will be used partly to fund latest capesize buy
  • Hanjin Heavy axes $298m boxship order
    Shipbuilder cancels order after European owner fails to arrance financing

Fairplayweb site
MAY 26, 2010
  • Admiralty rig defence blasted
    CONGRESS and the White House have rebuked Transocean's move to use 160-year-old admiralty law in an effort to insulate itself from Deepwater Horizon damage claims
  • SeaFrance accounts examined
    SEAFRANCE told Fairplay today that a judicial investigation is under way to look into "irregularities" the ferry operator said it discovered in accounts aboard its ships
  • Ship held for spill cleaning
    A TANKER heading up the Mississippi River toward New Orleans has been delayed to allow its hull to be cleaned of oil from the Gulf of Mexico spill
  • OceanFreight taps founder
    FOUNDER Anthony Kandylidis will provide OceanFreight a $20M equity infusion, the bulker and tanker owner disclosed today
  • Crude drop for freight rates
    FREIGHT rates for crude oil tankers are continuing their slump, the Baltic Exchange said, with dropping oil prices undermining trading confidence
  • Virus forces 5,400 to flee
    A CRUISE ship arrived today in Lisbon after about 5,400 passengers and crew had been evacuated at Cadiz over a virus scare

The Journal of Commerceweb site
MAY 26, 2010
  • Expeditors Air Freight Surges 49 Percent
  • Feds to Expand Freight Congestion Tracking
  • Shipowner Cancels $300 Million, Three-Ship Order
  • Officials Eye 2016 for Oregon Deepening Project
  • Evergreen, CSCL to Begin Trans-Pacific Service
  • Manufacturing Orders Grow on Aircraft Buys
  • Gulf Tanker Decontaminated Before Entering Mississippi
  • Ex-Im Bank Aids Rail Supplier Equipment Sale
  • Mica Expects Transport Bill in January
  • OECD Warns of Economic 'Overheating'
  • MOL, FESCO Boost Japan-Russia Service
  • Independent Driver Contracts Are Under Fire, Lawyer Says

Containerisation Internationalweb site
MAY 26, 2010
  • Cosco's Wei: Market 'back to normal' - but capacity rethink needed
  • CGA SA rebukes carriers' South Africa strike surcharges
  • China-US: 'back on positive track'
  • OECD forecasts brighter future for shipping
  • Boxships come back from the grave

TradeWindsweb site
MAY 26, 2010
  • Beluga bags victory in fixture fray
    Hamburg-based Beluga Chartering scores legal win as trader forks over funds to settle sugar spat.
  • Maersk's $800m APM deal stalled
    US port authority throws 20-year APM Terminals lease deal on ice for another month while lawyers examine the fine print.
  • OceanFreight patron injects $20m
    Founder and CEO Anthony Kandylidis helps bankroll shipowner's bulker buy months after forking over funds for three VLOCs.
  • Prosecutors storm HSH Nordbank
    Ship finance goliath shutters as authorities in Hamburg raid homes and office of executives fingered in fraud probe.
  • Oceanlink in financial crisis
    Investors and bondholders to be invited to participate in restructuring following failure of $40m deal to sell two anchor handlers.
  • Diana tops Wall Street bets
    New York-listed bulker owner beats forecasts despite profit dip in the first quarter.
  • RCCL struck by man overboard
    Clock is ticking as Coast Guard searches for a missing crew member that tumbled from the cruiseship Oasis of the Seas.
  • HSH looks to next year
    German shipping bank increases loss in first quarter, but is aiming for profit in 2011.
  • Golar dividend ready to return
    First quarter will be the last in which the shipowner does not pay out to shareholders, analysts say.
  • Drydocks World in non-compete clash
    Singapore shipyard tycoon Tan Boy Tee sued by Dubai based shiprepairer over investment in Otto Marine.
  • Hanjin axes boxship trio
    South Korean yard bins three newbuildings with Greece's Danaos Corp thought to be the mystery owner.
  • USC lays out shipyard plans
    Russian yard holding company outlines modernisation target to increase capacity utilisation.
  • Jinhui fears shock wave
    Seas could turn rough quickly for bulker players with new order rush raising fears of rainy days ahead.
  • BLT eyes rights issue
    Indonesian shipowner looks to raise funds to fuel fleet expansion and strengthen balance sheet.
  • Nordic Tankers in the red again
    Impairments and tricky markets send Danish owner to a loss in the first quarter.
  • NCSP clinches land-grab
    Russian Black Sea port leases new plots for planned $160m fuel oil terminal.
  • Mercator makes much less
    Indian tanker and bulker owner hit by lower revenue as annual profit slashed.
  • Metrostar sells to Genmar
    Peter Georgiopoulos and his General Maritime paying more than $600m for Greek owner's fleet of five VLCCs and two suezmaxes.
  • Greens protest hits PSV
    Arrests made as Greenpeace storms US-owned offshore unit in row over Shell's Arctic drilling plans.
  • Engine shutdown hits US ferry
    Alaska's Malaspina sent to repair yard after electrical problem caused power loss.
  • Jinhui sees profit decline
    But Oslo-listed bulker operator sees charter rates edge up from a year ago and costs go down.
  • Palmali cargoship grounds off Greece
    Turkish vessel suffered water ingress following incident off island of Lesvos.
  • Slick threatens Singapore
    Authorities in battle to stop crude coming ashore as AET tanker clean up gets into full swing.
  • Mosvold Supply turns to bonds
    Offshore owner looks to shareholders for $11m to meet newbuilding installment.
  • Omega tanker cleaned in US Gulf
    Products carriers becomes first big vessel to undergo cleaning after encountering oil from BP rig leak.
  • Navios tanker deal done
    New York-listed Navios Maritime Acquisition gets a green light for $460m swoop just hours after it looked to have flopped.
  • Greek faces 'magic pipe' fine
    Shipmanager Cooperative Success Maritime strikes plea deal with US authorities over Chem Faros saga.
  • Moody's affirms MISC view
    Ratings agency leaves Malaysian shipowners credit rating unchanged following VTTI stake acquisition.
  • Future brighter for Sasebo
    Japanese shipbuilder raises annual profit forecast despite expecting no increase in revenue.

American Shipperweb site
MAY 26, 2010
  • Maersk confirms transatlantic hike
  • Ship owners call for more anti-piracy action
  • Ship blockades pirate camp
  • Cathay shuffles management
  • Chlorine shippers: Not on our backs
  • CSX reopens Memphis/Nashville line
  • DHL targets growth in "technical services"
  • FMC reviews 21 OTI license applications
  • VPA delays vote on APM Terminal lease
  • Tanker cleaned offshore in Gulf

The Scandinavian Shipping Gazetteweb site
MAY 26, 2010
  • Idle liner fleet hits new low
    The fleet of container carriers in lay-up has shrunk to 549,000 TEU, approximately a third of the laid-up fleet in the beginning av December last year, Paris-based
  • Ex Shell president wants supertankers to suck up oil spill
    A former Shell president wants super tankers to clean up the Mexican gulf oil spill. "Supertankers that come in empty, with the huge valves and huge pumps that they have
  • Ex-Fennia to be broken up after all
    Despite the new owner's assurances that the former Silja ferry Fennia would be employed in cargo traffic, she will apparently be scrapped. According to Finland's environmental administration, the vessel arrived
  • Erria sells two container ships
    The Danish owner Erria A/S has sold two 1,000 TEU container ships, the Karoline and the Filippa, to an undisclosed buyer. The company will now focus on the chemical
  • BP had warning signs before rig explosion
    According to a memo from U.S. congressional investigators, BP had several warning signs before the explosion on 20 April, which killed eleven workers and caused an oil disaster, Reuters reports
  • Vessels collide in the Malacca Strait
    The aframax tanker Bunga Kelana 3 and the bulker Waily collided 13 kilometres off Singapore in the Malacca Strait ' an estimated 2,500 tons of light crude oil spilled into the
  • EU helicopter wards off pirate attack
    A helicopter from the EU Navfor warship FS Niv'se was launched against a pirate skiff leading to the disruption of a pirate attack against the product tanker Nordneptun off Zanzibar

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
MAY 26, 2010
  • WFS closes Turkish office
    Local office was part of Tramp Oil & Marine network.
  • Firm prices in north Europe
    NYMEX showing gains of more than $2 in early trading.
  • Bunkerworld low sulphur fuel price coverage expanded
    Separate pricing for 1.50% and 1.00% sulphur LSFOs made available ahead of new lower ECA limit.
  • Oil climbs on stockpile report, optimism
    Overall crude levels up but traders still seeing bullish numbers.
  • Fujairah prices regain ground
    Good demand and avails in Durban.
  • NuStar Energy buys asphalt business for $44 million
    Gains three US Gulf terminals with 1.8 million barrels capacity for storage of crude oil, fuel oil, diesel and asphalt.
  • Prices in key ports buck trend in Singapore
    Avails for deliveries in May below average at key Asian ports.
  • Opet focuses on fuel oil trading in Singapore
    'Immediatate concern' is to support the group's distribution network.
  • Exxon Mobil offers end-June fuel oil cargo
    The 90,000 mt high-viscosity parcel to be lifted from Exxon's JV refinery in Yanbu.
  • Brightoil extends oil deal
    Continuing transaction with Shenzhen Brightoil 'strengthens' Brightoil foothold in the global marine fuel industry.
  • Singapore: Oil spill clean-up underway
    Cargo transfer underway onboard stricken vessel, local authorities working with response craft to contain spill.

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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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