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November 4, 2011
The Business Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Dry bulk carrier rate could hit bottom next week
    Freight rates for capesize dry bulk carriers on key Asian seaborne routes could hit a bottom over the next week on rising Chinese demand for relatively cheap iron ore.
  • Global shipping industry facing major downturn
    The global shipping industry is experiencing a downturn that is worse than that seen during the 2008 financial crisis, China's transportation minister said. Speaking at an industry conference on the Chinese island province of Hainan yesterday, Li Shenglin said there was no end in sight to the ongoing shipping downturn.
  • UK urged to include int'l shipping emissions in 2050 climate targets
    Britain should include international shipping emissions in its climate targets to 2050, in an effort to regulate the growing carbon footprint of the sector, a body which advises the government on climate action said yesterday.

Sched Netweb site
  • Transpac rates up 4.3pc to US$1,543/FEU after 22-month decline
  • Occupy Oakland shuts port, Maersk, APL pull boxes to stop reefers exploding
  • Qingdao volume up 9.5pc in 9 months, boxes up 10.6pc to 9.8 million TEU
  • US west coast containerised imports shrink 7pc, exports rise 1pc in Sept
  • Taiwan's big 3 plunge into loss on deteriorating market, rising costs
  • Commissioner objects to FMC order for full TSA- WTSA transcripts till May
  • Guangzhou's Nansha port area aims to become Asian logistics hub
  • Bunker, lube, wages expected to become highest ship operating costs
  • China to build railway logistics facility for grain in Heilongjiang
  • US electrical exports enjoy boom to China, Canada, Mexico, Korea
  • NYK enters Brazil's cabotage trade with 10pc buy-in of Maestra
  • Quake blamed as Japan's Yusen Logistics half-year profit declines 16.6pc
  • Russia's richest man buys SOE Freight One, owns 40pc of nation's railcars
  • Vietnam to match as Guangxi build expressways to Vietnamese border points
  • Cargotec inks MoU to start strategic cooperation with Rosmorport in Russia
  • China's air carriers growth hampered by mainland curfews, bottlenecks
  • TIACA says night-flight bans will add consumer costs and pollution
  • UK air cargo safety rules 'threaten British export competitiveness'

Exim Indiaweb site
  • HK shipping associations seek subsidies to adhere to emission standards
  • SCI takes delivery of Supramax bulk carrier
  • Slow iron ore demand takes Baltic dry index to three-week low
  • India, Asean tottering towards finalising services trade pact
  • Pak accords MFN status to India after 15 years
  • JN Port dredging expected to commence soon
  • Downgrade fear looms large over India
  • E&Y foresees India growing faster than China in 2013
  • RBI extends sops to exporters by a year
  • RBI rate hike will impact export competitiveness: Fieo

International Transport Journalweb site
NOVEMBER 3, 2011
  • CSX reports record operating income in Q3
    The CSX Corporation, a leading US transport company based in Jacksonville, FL, has made third quarter net earnings of USD 464 million compared to USD 414 million last year. This is...
  • Gefco offers new services to Central Asia
    Gefco recently opened a new route between Latvia and Central Asia that will be used to deliver new vehicles to Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Mongolia and Tajikistan. Vehicles are picked ...
  • Highway expansion project in eastern India
    India's cabinet committee on infrastructure has approved a project to expand the Birmitrapur-Barkote section of national highway 23 in Orissa to four and two lanes, with paved shou...
  • Stricter exhaust norms for trucks in London
    Exhaust norms for driving in London's low-emission zone (LEZ) are set to change in January 2012. Trucks will be expected fulfil the Euro 4 exhaust norm for particulate matter, and ...
  • Carsten Fuhlendorf new Hellmann CFO
    Carsten Fuhlendorf took over the management of the finance department as CFO of the global service provider Hellmann Worldwide Logistics group, based in Osnabrück, on 1 November. (...
  • OOCL figures for first nine months
    OOCL said that volumes handled in the third quarter (to 30 September) were 6.6% up on the same period last year. Revenues decreased by 8.3% to USD 1.441 billion. Volumes increased ...
  • Boeing delivers 300th B777-300ER
    Boeing's best-selling B777, the B777-300ER, passed its 300th delivery recently, when first-time customer Biman Bangladesh received a unit. The B777-300ER had 543 orders on 30 Septe...
  • Emirates SkyCargo hits 100% in use of e-AWB from Dubai
    Emirates SkyCargo, a leading player in the industry's move towards e-freight, has added further momentum to the drive by announcing that electronic air waybills (e-AWBs) are now be...
  • EU and Sri Lanka to boost mutual air transport
    The European Commission and Sri Lanka concluded an aviation deal in Colombo last week, which will provide a legal basis for the development of future aviation relations between Sri...
  • K Line adds Korea-Philippines-Indonesia container service
    Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) has added a new weekly service from Korea to the Philippines and Indonesia as a slot operator. The port rotation of the Jaseco-K link is Xingang, Pye...
  • Evergreen Line adjusts intra-Asia services
    The Evergreen Line will realign its fleet deployment and launch new services this month, as a reaction to developments in intra-Asian waterborne trade. Two new loops will replace E...
  • DSV increases sales and profit in first nine months
    DSV, a transport and logistics services provider based in Brondby (Denmark), increased sales in the first nine months of the year, from EUR 4.23 to 4.4 billion. The operating resul...
  • Dimotrans to open new head office in 2012
    Groupe Dimotrans, a French forwarding and logistics company, is building a new head office in Pusignan near Lyon. The building with 51 docking stations will be opened in April 2012...
  • Norbert Dentressangle to deliver Bradnam coffins in Scotland
    Bradnam Joinery, an English coffin and casket specialist, has appointed Norbert Dentressangle to provide flexible and cost-effective transportation in Scotland. Bradnam coffins are...

Marine Logweb site
NOVEMBER 3, 2011
  • Interocean American Shipping gets SBX-1 contract
  • Donjon-SMIT names Raymond Lord president
  • Scottish yard to build two hybrid Ropax ferries
  • Helsinki shipyard starts production of second icebreaking supply vessel
  • COSCO (Zhoushan) Shipyard books order for two bulkers

World Wide Shipperweb site
NOVEMBER 3, 2011
  • Greenbrier breaks revenue record during fiscal fourth quarter
  • Tacoma financial incentives program aims to take older trucks out of service
  • Mileage rewards scheme online at Portland International Airport
  • APL taking new measures to ensure safety of reefer boxes
  • Cathay Pacific Airways receives new Boeing freighter

Lloyd's Listweb site
NOVEMBER 3, 2011
  • Bulk deliveries in 2011 to hit record 95m dwt
    Newbuilding volumes counterbalanced by scrapping, but weak rates set to persist
  • Rotterdam warns of stalling growth
    Port predicts slowdown in fourth quarter after sub-2% cargo rise in first nine months
  • Top boxship fleets lose up to 24% of value in 2011
    Latest service from VesselsValue.com shows true impact of overcapacity on ships' worth
  • OceanFreight shareholder fails to win restraining order against DryShips takeover
    New York judge says petition unlikely to succeed on its merits
  • Transatlantic MR tankers see earnings slide as arbitrage closes
    Owners said to be 'despondent' as returns drop closer to operating costs
  • Offshore exploration likely to rise 18% next year
    Investment bank polls companies drilling wells in fields of at least 100m barrels
  • Deepwater basins attract exploration
    North Sea, Greenland and Falklands on the list of up and coming prospects
  • US Gulf springs back to life after moratorium
    Recent deals also point to buoyant West Africa and Guiana among the core basins
  • Red Sea deathtraps
    The latest ferry disaster shows lessons still have to be learned
  • 1,200 rescued after Red Sea ferry fire
    One dead in accident off Aqaba on board vessel carrying migrant workers
  • Slow economic activity puts lay-up on agenda
    A number of variables must be considered before a vessel is committed to being taken out of service
  • Product tanker captured off Nigeria
    Unknown number of crew being held
  • When headlines run away
    Misinformation crops up easily in covering shipwrecks
  • Supramax 'bloodbath' in the Pacific
    Rates drop 30% in a fortnight on Indonesia-India coal lane as oversupply hits market
  • FreeSeas debt payback gains momentum from handymax sale
    Cantor drops coverage as Greek bulker owner sees first-half figures hit by vessel impairment losses
  • Genmar in the balance after another quarter of losses
    Company cancels conference call and fails to reveal cash balance
  • Owners risk violating German flag act
    Obtaining permission to flag out can affect validity of charter parties, liability and property insurance, loan securities and could breach EU competition and labour rules
  • Cut in MAIB probes raises union fears
    Agency says reduction is due to reclassification but Nautilus voices safety concerns
  • Falling down
    Maritime safety is too important to be compromised by short-term penny pinching
  • Owners of bulker Arion SB fined $750,000 over oil pollution
    Oregon judge finds call at Portland included a failure to maintain proper records of oil residue disposals and doctoring records of onboard waste-oil incinerator
  • Operating under US flag is too expensive, say carriers
    US Maritime Administration survey finds its nation's flag 2.7 times more costly than a foreign equivalent
  • Panalpina trims outlook
    No growth for airfreight and little for ocean freight
  • Rising costs cut into Cosco Corp profits
    Yard also hit by low dry bulk charter rates for owned fleet
  • Attica's $33.6m capital boost wins shareholder go-ahead
    Ferry owner will use funds for working capital against backdrop of industry losses
  • Marco Polo wins US Chapter 11 bragging rights
    Retainer paid by owner to lawyer after deciding to declare US bankruptcy is held to be enough to establish jurisdiction
  • Newcomer is the biggest draw at bankruptcy party
    Law firm with no previous exposure to shipping snares the first two Chapter 11 immigrants to arrive on US shores this year
  • Payment made Seaarland offshoots eligible for protection
    Retainer paid a week before Chapter 11 filing established 'property in the US'
  • Sembcorp profits slip but outlook remains strong
    Singapore yard says future looks 'intact' for offshore sector, especially deepwater
  • Stolt-Nielsen secures new $600m credit line
    Sum will be added to $300m bond issue to fund capital investment
  • Sovcomflot's bribery case saga takes another twist
    Tankers giant wins right to appeal against case being heard under English law instead of Russian

Fairplayweb site
NOVEMBER 3, 2011
  • DryShips seals OceanFreight deal
    GEORGE Economou's DryShips today completed its takeover of OceanFreight and a shareholder suit challenging the deal has been thrown out
  • Stolt-Nielsen unveils $600M deal for refinancing
    STOLT-Nielsen said today it has obtained commitments for a $600M senior secured revolving credit facility
  • TransAtlantic reports $37M in losses
    SWEDEN'S TransAtlantic has blamed international economic crises for its "unsatisfactory" turn to $140M in quarterly losses
  • Teekay LNG's follow-on offering priced
    NYSE-listed Teekay LNG has succeeded in pricing a large follow-on offering, marking the first equity sale by a US-traded shipping company since July
  • SCF wins UK approval for partial appeal
    SOVCOMFLOT has won UK court approval to appeal part of a British ruling against the Russian tanker grou
  • 'Tricking' sparks late Halloween US fine
    A BULKER'S owner and operating company have been fined $750,000 after pleading guilty to US oil pollution violations
  • Algoma triples earnings
    CANADIAN shipping corporation Algoma has reported tripled net earnings for the first nine months of 2011, following a recent fleet expansion
  • Arrested VLCC reported sold
    ONE OF TWO arrested VLCC sisters has reportedly been sold in Singapore
  • FreeSeas renegotiates debt
    NASDAQ-listed FreeSeas today finally told its investors how much it lost in the second quarter - more than four months after that period ended
  • EC sends Madrid back to the drawing board
    SPAIN'S yards are pledging to keep trying to fashion a new tax-lease scheme to finance ships, after the EC rejected Madrid's proposal yesterday
  • Slow return predicted for breakbulk to Libya
    GENERAL cargo shipments into war-torn Libya are only slowly resuming, the Africa Breakbulk conference is being told today in Bremen
  • Correction continues for Capesize iron ore
    THE CAPESIZE market continues quiet this week amid lower Chinese iron ore demand and rising Atlantic availability, Brokers told Fairplay today
  • Growth in bulker fleet seen
    ARCTIC Securities has revised up its forecast for growth in the drybulk carrier fleet
  • MISC steps up piracy fight
    MALAYSIA'S flagship carrier MISC said today it has converted a second box ship into a naval auxiliary vessel to address Somali piracy
  • Wilson reverses to losses
    WILSON today reported 3Q11 net losses but noted that spot rates in Europe's shortsea drybulk market have been recovering since the end of the quarter

The Journal of Commerceweb site
NOVEMBER 3, 2011
  • USDA's Sanchez on Options for US Companies in China's Cold Chain (Video)
    Jorge Sanchez, head of the agricultural trade office in Guangzhou for the USDA's Foreign Agriculture Service, speaks at the TPM Asia...
  • Senate Rejects Obama Transport Plan
    The Senate narrowly rejected a $60 billion transportation spending bill proposed by President Obama on Thursday, as many Republicans said...
  • STB Says Only UP Posted Adequate Revenue in 2010
    The U.S. agency that regulates economic issues between railroads and shippers says Union Pacific Railroad was the only major carrier...
  • Expeditors Overcomes Market for Record Profit
    Expeditors International of Washington improved net profit 11 percent in the third quarter to $106.6 million despite a 4 percent...
  • Operations Resume at Oakland as Protest Eases
    Cargo-handling operations at the Port of Oakland returned to normal Thursday morning following a night of disruptions from the Occupy...
  • Rotterdam Sees Traffic Rise, Expects Slow Year-End
    Rotterdam container traffic in the first three quarters of 2011 grew 7.7 percent year-over-year, but Europe's biggest port warned growth...
  • Full Speed Ahead for Railroads
    Intermodal rail traffic is maintaining good momentum this autumn even as the international shipping business moving containers on the water...
  • Battling to Stand Still
    Backers of two competing transportation plans are jockeying for support by selling their initiatives as job creators and taking shots...
  • Greenbrier Profit Rises 64 Percent on Record Sales
    Propelled by surging rail equipment demand, railcar and barge maker Greenbrier Companies saw profit jump 64 percent to $12.6 million...
  • Higher Pricing Boosts Roadrunner Profit 38.2 Percent
    Acquisitions, rate hikes and a surge in freight pushed revenue up 38.2 percent to $226.2 million in the third quarter...
  • Savannah Container Traffic Jumps 11.1 Percent
    Container throughput in September at the Port of Savannah jumped 13.5 percent sequentially from August and by 11.1 percent year-over-year....
  • Ray LaHood Wakes Up, Finally!
    Last month, while speaking at the Washington Post Fixing America's Foundation: Rebuilding Transportation Infrastructure conference, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood cemented...
  • Amsterdam Schiphol Cargo Volume Falls 6 Percent
    Amsterdam Schiphol airport handled 6 percent less cargo in September than a year earlier, but Europe's third largest freight hub...
  • Maersk's Barfod Discusses No-Show Clause, Reefer Slow-Steaming Challenges (Video)
    Thue Barfod, refrigerated container business development manager at Maersk Line Hong Kong, discusses Maersk's new no-show clause with Stephanie Nall...
  • Currency Pulls Panalpina Profit Down 7 Percent
    Panalpina reported lower third quarter profit as a strong Swiss franc offset record ocean container volume and strong air freight...
  • Fines Against ILWU for EGT Protest Top $300,000
    The International Longshore and Warehouse Union was fined $65,000 for blocking access to a controversial grain terminal in Longview, Wash....

Containerisation Internationalweb site
NOVEMBER 3, 2011
  • New twist in eurozone crisis as Greek PM 'resigns'
    Finding himself in between a 'rock and a hard place' - having announced a referendum on the eurozone rescue plans for his country, but being told by EU leaders ...
  • Russia's rail freight arm privatised; but still Russian
    The transport division of Russia's state railway group RZD has been sold to Universal Cargo Logistics Holding (UCL), owned by Russian tycoon Vladimir Lissin. The ...
  • Climate change committee: include shipping in UK's emissions target
    The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) said in a report today that shipping should be included in the UK's climate change budgets, which under the Climate Change ...
  • New Yangtze terminal given go-ahead
    A proposal for a new terminal to be constructed in Wuhu, on the Yangtze River, has been given the green light after China's Ministry of Transport (MOT) approved ...
  • Weak transpac and Asia-Europe trade impacts OOCL's Q3
    OOCL is the latest carrier to see its Q3 financial results negatively affected by the weak volumes and plunging freight rates in the major east-west trades: its ...
  • Oakland shuttered by 'Occupy' protesters
    'Occupy Wall Street' movement demonstrators forced the closure of the US west coast port of Oakland last night with officials advising that maritime operations ...
  • Greek tanker falls to Somali pirates
    Although as yet unconfirmed by EUNAV FOR, the NATO Shipping Centre has advised that an 11,600 dwt Greek chemical tanker was pirated on Monday while sailing within ...

TradeWindsweb site
NOVEMBER 3, 2011
  • Port protest ends in tears
    Port of Oakland back online as police use tear gas to end violent Occupy Wall Street rally.
  • DryShips seals merger
    George Economou's bulker empire expands as shareholders approve $239m takeover of OceanFreight.
  • Even worse than 2008
    China's transport minister believes current shipping downturn to be worse than 2008.
  • Gulf Nav loss grows
    Dubai tanker owner posts bigger deficit in weak third quarter markets.
  • Algoma on the up
    Toronto-listed bulker and tanker owner turns in improved third-quarter result as revenues rise.
  • Greek tanker hijacked
    Gunmen seize Ancora Investment Trust ship off Nigeria, and supply ship also taken.
  • Cantor drops FreeSeas
    Greek bulker owner dealt another blow as analyst Natasha Boyden discontinues research coverage.
  • Silence threatens GMR
    Cancelled conference call fuels uncertainty as cash-strapped tanker owner's stock plummets 15% in early trading.
  • Pirates release Blida
    Algerian-owned bulker freed after ten months of captivity off Somalia following reported payment of $2m ransom.
  • Stolt swaps old for new
    Chemical tanker owner and storage operator bundles up existing credit lines into one.
  • SCF wins appeal approval
    Sovcomflot has been told it can contest earlier court ruling over bribery of former employee in its $800m corruption claim.
  • Freeseas sale cuts debt
    Nasdaq-listed owner re-jigs loan with Credit Suisse after disposal of Free Lady.
  • Passenger dies
    Man leaps to his death after blaze broke out on Pella in Red Sea off coast of Jordan.
  • Caspianmaxes coming
    New Baku shipyard to turn out six tankers a year to carry Kazakh crude, including two vessels of up to 70,000 dwt.

American Shipper - Ocean newsweb site
NOVEMBER 3, 2011
  • New fuel tested by Marad, Navy
    A fuel that is partially made by algae has been tested as part of a joint effort by the Departments of Defense and Transportation. Culture mixed with ultra low-sulphur diesel.
  • Vessel valuation service adds boxships
    The online ship valuation service VesselsValue has added containerships to its vessel categories. It now values containerships from feedermax (500 TEUs) up to ultra-large container vessel (18,000 TEU) size.

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
NOVEMBER 3, 2011
  • Conference focuses on emissions control and LNG fuel alternatives
    Vote was taken to determine IBIA's position on whether the organisation should lobby IMO to postpone the 0.1% cap in 2015.
  • Fujairah prices fall
    Supplies were tight for prompt dates.
  • EPA approves engine replacement grant
    The boat's old engines are from 1953 and 1960, decades before emission standards went into effect.
  • Rotterdam market softens
    High volume of enquiries in Hamburg.
  • Guilty pleas and $750,000 fine following US oil spill
    Owners and operators of a Cyprus-based ship have been convicted of environmental crimes following a spill in the Port of Portland.
  • Russian crude output up after new export duty regime
    New tax system designed to increase country's crude oil export at the cost of fuel oil.
  • Ship emission reduction measures 'must be global'
    Chamber of Shipping warns UK-specific ship emission reductions would be distorting, but agrees shipping should not be excluded from carbon targets.
  • Bunker prices falling in key Asian ports
    Prices lower despite slight increase in WTI crude futures.
  • Call for support on switch to cleaner fuels in Hong Kong
    Added cost to shipping firms for switching to low sulphur fuels pegged at $2-3 million per annum.
  • UK's shipping emissions 'should be included' in climate targets
    Committee on Climate Change review says UK's international shipping emission will be 'material', but admits calculations are uncertain.
  • Salvage efforts resume on Rena as weather improves
    Teams to re-establish on-board systems for fuel removal, says MNZ.
  • South China fuel oil imports down 33% in October
    Ample stocks of fuel oil at South China-based terminals.

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Terminal Intermodale Venezia, concession contract renewed
Venice
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Geneva
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Naples
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Schindellegi
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Brussels
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Beijing/Hong Kong
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Beijing
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London
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Hamburg
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Genoa
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Geneva/Montreal/London
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London
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Hanover
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Madrid
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Filt, Fit and Uilt, no to the transformation from "article 18" to "16" of the Livorno port company LTM
Leghorn
Unions ask port authority to block proliferation of new economic entities
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Trieste
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Shanghai
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Porto Marghera, renewal of concession to Terminal Rinfuse Venezia
Venice
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Paris
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Genoa
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Genoa
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Alesund/Trieste
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Barcelona
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Bulls
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Genoa
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Piraeus
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The Spice
Assagenti conference on the future of the profession of maritime agent and broker
Genoa
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Rome
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Stefano Caliandro Appointed President. Loss of 1.7 million euros in 2024
NYK invests 76 billion yen in NYK Energy Ocean Corporation
Tokyo
The newco has taken over the activities of ENEOS Ocean
Decarbonisation of maritime transport will be faster in the EU and the US
DHL Acquires CRYOPDP
Bonn/Nashville
The company provides courier services for clinics and healthcare
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
Over a million to the port companies of Livorno and Piombino to acquire green vehicles
Leghorn
The ranking for admission to the PNRR-Next Gen Eu contributions has been published
COSCO Shipping Development Co.'s container sales increased by +204.1% in 2024
Shanghai
The related turnover increased by +124.0%
The call for funding for the purchase of electric vehicles in the ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado has been published
Genoa
Yang Ming Buys Three New 8,000 TEU Containerships
Keelung
They will be delivered between 2028 and 2029
Construction of a cruise ship for Regent Seven Seas Cruises begins in Marghera
Trieste
Fincantieri will deliver the unit in 2026
Federlogistica establishes operational offices in Spain and Brazil
Genoa
The aim is to go beyond theoretical cooperative relationships
Over a Ton of Cocaine Seized in the Port of Gioia Tauro
Reggio Calabria
If placed on the market it would have generated over 187 million euros
In 2024, the economic results of Interporto Padova reached record values
Padua
Revenues up +17%
Three ceremonies at the Saint-Nazaire shipyard for three new MSC Cruises ships
Geneva
New flagship "MSC World America" delivered
German railway company DB Cargo reduced losses in 2024
Berlin
Revenues down again. -9.0% drop in freight volumes
NovaAlgoma orders second 38,000 dwt cement carrier in China
Lugano
It will be taken over in 2027
Customs agreement between Italy and Brazil to facilitate trade
Brasilia
Mission of the Customs and Monopolies Agency in the South American nation
A team from La Spezia Container Terminal in Rotterdam to test advanced technologies
The Spice
ECT Hutchinson Ports Training Center Visited
The assembly of Genoese freight forwarders on Monday
Genoa
It will be held at the Palazzo della Borsa in Genoa
Assarmatori, in Italy the ferry segment cannot bear the burden of the EU ETS in a very fragile market situation
Brussels
Messina: Protecting shipping from the ideological excesses of the Green Deal
The website of the Port Authority Corps - Coast Guard has been renewed
Rome
It has become a single digital access point to documents and services
In 2024, inland waterway freight transport in Germany increased by +1.2%
Wiesbaden
The volume, at 173.8 million tonnes, is the second lowest since 1990.
APM Terminals Granted Port of New York - New Jersey Concession Renewal
New York
Contract for a period of 33 years. Investments of 500 million dollars are expected
Experimentation of crane automation has begun at the Interporto Padova terminal
Padua
The interport company awarded the "Industria Felix 2025 Award"
Container traffic in the port of Algeciras fell by -17.0% in February
Algeciras
Both import-export volumes and transhipment are decreasing
New cruise company Crescent Seas has been founded in Miami
Miami
The fleet, initially consisting of one ship from Regent Seven Seas Cruises, will grow to five units within the next five years
In 2024, the volume of vehicles transported by Wallenius Wilhelmsen's fleet decreased by -9.7%
Oslo
Traffic down on almost all global routes
Agreement between Assoporti and Assologistica and the Florida trade, transport and port authorities
Rome
It was signed today
In April a mission in Albania of The International Propeller Clubs - Italy
Genoa
It will take place on the 9th and 10th in Tirana and Durres
COSCO Shipping Ports revenues rose to a record $1.5 billion in 2024 (+3.3%)
Hong Kong
In the fourth quarter alone, a decrease of -3.0%
SO.RI.MA. (FHP group) granted a concession of an area of 125 thousand square meters in the port of Chioggia
Venice
Investments of 11.5 million euros expected over 25 years
PORTS
Italian Ports:
Ancona Genoa Ravenna
Augusta Gioia Tauro Salerno
Bari La Spezia Savona
Brindisi Leghorn Taranto
Cagliari Naples Trapani
Carrara Palermo Trieste
Civitavecchia Piombino Venice
Italian Interports: list World Ports: map
DATABASE
ShipownersShipbuilding and Shiprepairing Yards
ForwardersShip Suppliers
Shipping AgentsTruckers
MEETINGS
The public meeting of the Italian Port Terminal Operators Association will be held in Rome on June 19th
Genoa
The annual conference "Programming, Operation and Management of Transport Networks" in Genoa
Genoa
It is dedicated to the transport and mobility sector
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Damen Mangalia Unionists Protest Friday Against Possible Closure
(The Romania Journal)
Govt. to woo top ten shipping liners in world for Colombo port expansion
(Daily Mirror)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Relazione del presidente Nicola Zaccheo
Roma, 18 settembre 2024
››› File
Contship Italia’s intermodal network has been extended to the Gulf Terminal in La Spezia
Melzo
Connections with the inland terminals of Milan, Modena and Padua
Container traffic in the port of Valencia grew by +15.2% last month
Valencia
The overall volume of goods handled increased by +6.8%
The Northern Tyrrhenian Sea Port Authority obtains gender equality certification
Leghorn
It is the first Italian port authority to obtain this recognition
Container traffic growth weakens at ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach
Los Angeles/Long Beach
Last month, increases of +2.6% and +13.4% respectively were recorded
Assarmatori, the Italian government's position on the impact of the EU ETS on shipping and ports is good
Rome
Messina: fully understood the risks and distortions of European climate regulation
PSA Italy's Genoa port terminals awarded anti-corruption certification
Genoa
The UNI EN ISO 37001 standard defines the requirements for an effective anti-corruption management system
Assiterminal presents three projects for the sustainable transition of the Italian port sector
Rome
Work completed on docks 33 and 34 of the port of Civitavecchia
Civitavecchia
50,000 square meters of yards prepared
The completion and doubling of the Pontremolese is the dream-nightmare of the La Spezia port community
The Spice
Fontana: Money is not found when enormous resources are channeled into railway lines of dubious utility
Hanwha acquires 9.9% stake in shipbuilding company Austal
Sydney
Investment worth approximately 116 million US dollars
The European fleet is growing but competing fleets are growing at a faster rate
Brussels
Raptis (European Shipowners): investing ETS revenues in clean shipping technologies and fuels
Trasportounito has confirmed the national halt to the transport of goods
Rome
Proclaimed for the duration of five days from March 31st to April 4th
Container traffic in Hong Kong port increased by +9.1% in February
Hong Kong
However, for the second time in the last 25 years, cargo volume was below one million TEU.
Cargo traffic in Greek ports stable in Q3 2024
Piraeus
The increase in volumes transported on domestic routes has offset the decline in traffic with foreign countries
At the Vado Ligure container terminal a 21,000 teu container ship fully loaded
I go to Liguria
The 400-meter-long Cosco Shipping Nebula has landed
UIR proposes a permanent table for the development of intermodality
Verona
The main task is to build a project financing program.
Restructuring plan approved for Spanish company Armas Trasmediterránea
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Creditors' appeal rejected
The decline in cargo traffic at the port of Singapore worsened in February
Singapore
Containerized cargoes amounted to 27.4 million tons (-3.6%)
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