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July 5, 2011
The Business Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Foreign investor in talks to buy top German steelmaker's assets
    ThyssenKrupp AG, Germany's largest steelmaker, is in 'intensive talks' with a foreign investor regarding the sale of the civilian parts of its Blohm+Voss unit after failing to reach an agreement with Abu Dhabi MAR.
  • K-Line in no rush to add larger box ships
    Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Japan's No. 3 container line, said it may take as long as a year to decide on plans for adding larger vessels, even after its two main local rivals signed deals to add big box ships.
  • Port Klang, PTP move up one rung in top 20 rankings
    Port Klang and Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP) have maintained their top 20 rankings. In a statement on Sunday, Westports Malaysia Sdn Bhd said Port Klang moved up one rung from 14th to 13th spot with 8.87 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs), with Westports contributing 5.57 million TEUs. It said PTP moved up a rung from 17th to 16th place with 6.54 million TEUs.

Sched Netweb site
  • Maersk experiences Asia-US trade decline, calls it 'stock correction'
  • Ningbo container throughput up 3.7pc to 6.1 million TEU in first five months
  • Guangxi's Liujiang River upgrades capacity, slashing transport costs
  • OOCL Beijing's design wins award for Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding
  • New World Alliance members order 14,000-TEUers for the Asia-Europe trade
  • APL joins Maersk imposing no-show fees, but will pay for rollovers too
  • CSAV in talks to build consortium on service with MSC and CMA CGM
  • Panalpina commits to a sustainable 20pc growth in gross profit
  • Indian truckers unionised at Maersk's Gateway Terminals India in Mumbai
  • Nigerian corruption puts off investors in furthering transport growth
  • Australia grounds Singapore's Tiger Airways over 'serious' safety concerns
  • Global air cargo declines 4pc in May, but Latin American, Mideast avoid downturn
  • Qantas resumes New Zealand flights after volcanic ash cloud clears
  • Air cargo analyst stands by his condemnation of St Louis China Hub plan as waste
  • Canada Windsor Airport's cargo hub go-ahead Phase 2 of feasibility study

Exim Indiaweb site
  • Confidence dips to two-year low as concern mounts over rising fuel costs and overtonnaging
  • Direct shipping between mainland China & Taiwan saves shippers more than $ 100 million
  • Japan extends anti-trust immunity to carriers for four more years
  • Maersk docks first 13,000-TEU vessel at newly dredged Antwerp
  • MOL boosts fleet, revises Asia-ECSA service
  • Transpacific rates rise after two months of weekly declines
  • JSPL planning captive port near Gopalpur
  • Overseas ports investment firm planned
  • AIMTC pushes back truckers' strike to July 17
  • Pristine launches rail-linked ICD at Kanpur
  • Core sector growth slips to 5.3 pc in May
  • India's exponential export growth

International Transport Journalweb site
JULY 4, 2011
  • John Potter selected as President and CEO for the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority
    The Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority last week selected former Postmaster General John E. (Jack) Potter to be the President/CEO of the Airports ...
  • Hong Kong Airport Authority sets new records for financial year 2010/2011
    The Airport Authority Hong Kong (AAHK) announced that Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) set new financial and operational records in the financial year ended 31 March 2011, in...
  • United States: Union Pacific Railroad invests USD 23.1 million for track imrovements in Idaho
    Union Pacific Railroad will continue improving Idaho's transportation infrastructure with a USD 23.1 million investment in the rail line that runs from Weiser to Mountain Home in t...
  • New eco-depot of GLS connected to the network
    Since 14 June parcels are moving on the conveyor belts in the most recent eco-depot of GLS Germany. After a construction period of nine months, about 120 employees started operatio...
  • Austrian Brau Union increases efficiency with modern warehousing and logistics
    The Austrian brewery corporation Brau Union is optimising its warehousing and logistics under the direction of T-Systems. Interconnection is the core of Metasyst's warehouse manage...
  • New road freight hub in Bratislava
    Dachser has opened a new road freight hub for its European overland transport network in Bratislava, Slovakia, that will target the trade in Central and Eastern Europe. The new log...
  • Implant Sciences signs testing agreements for Quantum Sniffer QS-B220
    Implant Sciences Corporation, a US high technology supplier of systems and sensors for homeland security markets, based in Wilmington, MA, announced last week it had signed agreeme...
  • Jumbo Shipping delivers its largest ever container crane
    Jumbo Shipping has delivered a 71-metre-tall and 29-metre-wide container crane to the Port of Sète (France) for its client Eurocrane. Weighing close to 1,200 tonnes and equipped wi...
  • Dreyer+Timm offers telematics solution for reefer trailers
    Forwarders, hauliers and logistics experts increasingly notice that cost and competitive advantages can not only be achieved through modern telematics systems for tractors but also...
  • More truck registrations in Europe
    In May 178,000 new vans and trucks were registered in Europe. That corresponds to an increase of 25% compared with the reference month of the previous year. According to the Associ...
  • Japanese government certifies ozone-based ballast water treatment system
    "FineBallast® OZ", an ozone-based ballast water treatment system co-developed by MOL, MOL Marine Consulting Ltd. and others earned a certificate of compliance from the Japane...
  • Ralph Coton (Shipowners' Club) is dead
    Ralph Coton, Business Services Director of the Shipowners' Club, died after a long battle with illness. Coton gained a nautical studies degree at Southampton University and then fo...

Marine Logweb site
JULY 4, 2011
  • Opening of Arctic won't lead to significant increase in oil production, says study
  • Captain of pirated vessel to receive IMO award for bravery
  • Kirby completes acquisition of K-Sea

Lloyd's Listweb site
JULY 4, 2011
  • New Lloyd's Open Form is timely and practical
    The two most significant changes introduced by LOF 2011 relate to the publishing of awards and procedures to be followed in respect of salvage services provided to containerships
  • Capesize values reach eight year low
    Abundance of vessel availability in large bulk sector hits freight rates and subsequently ship values
  • Bangladeshi demolition volumes at highest level since early 2009
    Chittagong breakers reported as buying 58 vessels in second quarter as industry activity resumes
  • Secondhand bulk carriers sell for an average $15m
    Average price per ship sold in second quarter of $15m is lowest since same period of 2009
  • STX Pan Ocean offloads four bulk carriers for over $55m
    One 1980s-built capesize and three 1990s-build handysize bulkers sold in secondhand market
  • Tracking the trackers in Hamburg
    AIS elite face the fact their monopoly will not last forever as new competition enters market
  • Asia-Europe rates continue to soften
    CTS data shows cargo growth also modest
  • Port state control being told to sharpen its teeth
    Proposed Brussels guidelines aim to enforce low-sulphur compliance
  • Brussels insists low-sulphur directive will not be delayed
    Harmonisation of EU rules with Marpol will go through by 2012, despite imminent recess
  • RFA fights distraction of scrutiny by bidders
    Cdre Bill Walworth refuses to see Royal Fleet Auxiliary as cherries to be picked by private sector
  • Jobs to go as vessels sold off
    Jobs will go, but RFA will remain biggest employer of UK merchant seafarers, says chief
  • Germanischer Lloyd shakes up its management structure
    Revamp aims to lighten the burden of chief executive Erik van der Nordaa
  • Bullying rife among British and Dutch officers, says maritime union
    Figure of more than 40% is twice that of all employees in the two countries
  • Insurance cover launched for corporate killing
    Policy protects shipowners against claims that could follow from the use of armed guards
  • Norwegian ship painter leads drive to bring transparency to hull coatings
    Jotun Hull Performance Solutions wants to develop industry standard amid exaggerated claims from paint makers
  • Preparation seen as crucial in new UK anti-bribery law
    The UK Bribery Act became effective on Friday. It covers any person or company doing business in the UK even if the offence was outside the country
  • Teekay ventures into the offshore wind power market
    Shipowner seals deal with A2Sea to develop a vessel design for installing turbine foundations
  • A taste for tea that did a service to shipping
    Hutchison Port Holding chief John Meredith describes how his father's advice helped to shape his career
  • Lloyd's appoints new controller of agencies to succeed Bizon
    Mark Patterson has 30-year background in marine insurance
  • STX in the frame for $600m boxship order
    Shipbuilder neither confirms nor denies deal for 15 vessels with government-owned Abu Dhabi National Tanker Co
  • Protecting the reef
    Preventing accidents like the Shen Neng 1 grounding on the Great Barrier Reef should start with ensuring crew are not exhausted
  • Waiting for the unsung hero
    The trend towards ordering extra-big containerships has its critics, but it is too early to decide who is right
  • Arctic route open for summer
    First of up to 15 vessels already on its way from Murmansk to China as ice thaws early
  • Rotterdam barge shuttle will bypass highway artery's congestion
    APM Terminals and inland hub DMT offer way around a scheduled four years of roadworks
  • Irish Continental Group refuses to comment on rumours of stake sale
    Media reports say board reshuffle at investors One51 may lead to sale of its 12.5% in ICG
  • Australia expands ship monitoring to protect Great Barrier Reef
    Monitoring system upgraded to cater for increasing traffic to Queensland ports
  • Pirates strike twice near Singapore
    Up to five small pirate craft and one speedboat repelled in attacks on bulker and tugboat
  • Kirby completes K-Sea acquisition
    The $604m takeover unites inland and coastwise waterborne transportation
  • AOD exercises option for second Keppel FELS $184m jack-up
    Drilling company now has three KFELS B rigs in the pipeline

Fairplayweb site
JULY 4, 2011
  • 'K' Line opts out of gigantism trend for box ships
    JAPAN'S 'K' Line told Fairplay today it has decided to gauge the box market a bit longer before jumping on the ultra-large container ship bandwagon
  • Transneft assails Bulgaria
    TRANSNEFT today publicly attacked delays by Bulgaria over the trans-Balkan oil pipeline proposal
  • IEA crude release fails to move oil markets
    WEAK US demand is today dashing hope that the IEA's release of oil stocks would drive product tanker freight rates higher
  • Vale calls VLOC delays 'normal'
    BRAZIL'S mining giant Vale today told Fairplay it is not disturbed that China Rongsheng missed its delivery target for eight of the 16 VLOCs it ordered this year
  • Tanker growth seen keeping pace
    GROWTH in the tanker fleet in 2H11 is likely to maintain the pace of 2011's first six months, according to broker EA Gibson
  • Russia feels price pinch
    RUSSIA, the world's largest energy exporter, is beginning to feel the pinch of lower oil and commodity prices
  • Blohm + Voss could need German aid
    GERMAN shipbuilder ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems might need government aid to support its Blohm + Voss construction division now that a planned sale to Abu Dhabi Mar has fallen through
  • For boxes, cheers but tears
    THE STARTING bell for this year's third quarter has brought cheers to trans-Pacific carriers - but tears for Asia/Europe operators
  • Athens pulling shipowners into planning
    ATHENS is reportedly asking Greek shipowners to confer over plans to privatise Greece's ports

The Journal of Commerceweb site
JULY 4, 2011
  • Singapore Airlines Pleas Guilty to Price-Fixing
    Singapore Airlines Cargo will pay a $48 million fine after agreeing to plead guilty to charges the carrier conspired to...
  • Yes, YRC Worldwide Can Be Saved
    The June 13 Journal of Commerce cover story on YRC Worldwide did an excellent job of looking at how the...
  • Big Rainstorms Inundate Logistics
    When you're already battling historic floods on several rivers at once, any new rain surely pours. That's the scenario railroads...
  • Laboratories on Wheels
    For Lucas Oil, a private fleet is more than a means of transportation. It's also a rolling laboratory. ...
  • Privatizing Truck Capacity
    When Lucas Oil transportation chief Marty Martin needs a truck, he usually doesn't call a trucking company. He goes out...
  • NRDC Puts Rails on Notice
    After blocking Southern California port expansion projects for seven years and forcing ports to address air emissions health risks, the...
  • Road Narrows for Shippers
    Excess capacity may be building on the high seas, but it evaporates quickly once freight reaches dry land. Unlike container...
  • Slow-Steaming Toward the Peak
    For ocean carriers, the disquieting chatter began in early spring. All the new capacity they had delayed taking delivery of...
  • DC Dreaming
    Several years ago, I visited with an executive who wanted his company to become a major player in the logistics...
  • 'No Ships for You!'
    One reason Seaspan chose Chinese shipyards to build its next generation of big ships was that South Korean shipbuilders were...
  • Carriers Bullish on Building
    Despite signs of a cyclical slump in container shipping, a bull market is developing for construction of large, fuel-efficient ships....
  • No Longer Boxed Out
    Those large blue boxes with the familiar APL logo that started appearing on U.S. highways and railroads in May aren't...
  • The PierPass Puzzle
    Terminal operators in Los Angeles-Long Beach face the conundrum of having to run up to five night and weekend gates...
  • A Two-Way Trade for Service Guarantees
    Audiovox Electronics' Pat Moffett is willing to stand behind his commitment to deliver cargo to his carrier in time to...
  • Washington's Fork in the Road
    There's an odd disconnect in Washington these days ' even odder than usual ' on how, and how much, to...
  • Red Tape, Peeled Back
    Exporting companies are starting to see the fruits of the Obama administration's effort to streamline and modernize the outdated export...
  • Trade Facilitation Doesn't Add Up
    Customs and Border Protection is short-handed. At a time when Commissioner Alan Bersin is trying to return Customs to its...
  • Slipping on the Soft Patch?
    The industrial commodities sector that fuels factory production is sending worrisome signs to a global shipping business concerned with whether...

Containerisation Internationalweb site
JULY 4, 2011
  • Is the eurozone facing a slow death?
    To many businesses trading in Europe in the final chapter of the 20th Century, a common currency versus the 17 or so different monetary units used within the European Union made sense. The need for constant conversions and the uncertainty of a currency loss or gain before the transaction was complete made for nervous inaccurate budgeting
  • CMA CGM enters NZ-Asia trade
  • SAR planning additional rail links in Saudi Arabia
  • US warned about fragile economy
  • SITC reveals expansion plans as it posts healthy Q1 profit
  • APL Logistics expands into the upper Middle East Gulf

TradeWindsweb site
JULY 4, 2011
  • Heroic master is honoured
    Shot and injured Capt Seok Hae-kyun wins award for exceptional bravery that allowd the recapture of the chemical carrier Samho Jewelry.
  • Wisdom leaves beach
    Derelict cargoship pulled free from Mumbai sands as it heads to breakers again.
  • Bharati founders buy
    Vijay Kumar and PC Kapoor (above) confound exit rumours by upping stakes in Indian shipyard.
  • STX PO ship saved
    South Korean navy fights off attack by three pirate boats on bulker STX Azalea off Somalia.
  • Bigger bill for MSC Prestige
    VLCC owner's offer to settle costly collision lands containership with a larger share of the cost of going to law.
  • Wallenius tools up
    Swedish owner admits it has armed guards on its vessels to deter pirate attacks off Somalia.
  • Guards ward off attack
    Armed Greek security personnel deter two Somali skiffs by firing warning shots.
  • Ultramax deal done
    An affiliate of China's Sinopacific yard group reportedly inks contracts for four 63,000-dwt bulkers.
  • Two attacks foiled
    Robbers fail in bids to raid US bulker and Russian tug off Singapore and Indonesia.
  • Forest fetching $17m
    Japan's MC Shipping sells 1999-built handymax into Europe for "reasonably firm" price.
  • Farstad sells elderly lady
    Norwegian offshore operator gets boost from $5m sale of Singapore based PSV.
  • Tanker breaks down
    Philippines coast guard says crew safe after domestic vessel went adrift 15 miles offshore.
  • Arpeni gets cash boost
    Indonesian bulker and tanker owner secures $80m loan to pursue two ship purchases.
  • Fourth time unlucky
    Norovirus-like outbreak number four hits Sea Princess after a torrid two months.

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
JULY 4, 2011
  • Bunker fuel spills into South Korean stream
    Bunker leak is reported to have occurred in the Gyeonggi Province.
  • IFO prices fall in Fujairah
    Avails 'tight' in Durban.
  • Office move for Dutch supplier
    Argos Ceebunkers moves with parent company.
  • Asian fuel oil imports could climb in August
    West-to-East arbitrage window has opened, say players.
  • Rotterdam market slightly firmer
    Prices fall in Piraeus.
  • Bunker Holding closing in on WFS as global leader
    Solid annual result shows growth in turnover, profit and equity despite contraction of global marine fuels market.
  • Military commitment to biofuels 'will shape the market'
    We can help technologies 'over the hurdle from being just a good idea to being commercially viable,' says US Navy secretary.
  • Opponents of sulphur rules appeal to US Supreme Court
    PMSA wants earlier court ruling overturned.
  • Asian bunker prices down as week opens
    Mixed demand across major Asian ports.
  • South Korean bunker volumes stable month-on-month
    SK Energy continues to produce lower volumes due to scheduled turnaround.
  • Tanker owners brace for 'white knuckle' ride
    Owners paying '50% more for bunkers' than a year ago, says shipbroker.
  • Kochi to improve bunkering facilities
    Plans is expected to allow suppliers to offer more competitive bunker prices.

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FROM THE HOME PAGE
Accidents to dock workers occur equally frequently on board ships as on land.
London
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings reports record performance for the April-June quarter
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings reports record performance for the April-June quarter
Miami
Bookings reached an unprecedented level
Paolo Piacenza has been appointed extraordinary commissioner of the Port Authority of the Southern Tyrrhenian and Ionian Seas.
Rome/Genoa/Gioia Tauro
DB Cargo records declines in turnover and rail freight volumes
Berlin
In the first six months of this year, shipments totaled 82.9 million tons (-10.8%)
In the second quarter, container traffic in the port of Genoa fell by -2.8% while in Savona-Vado it grew by +76.3%
Genoa
In the Ligurian capital, the transhipment share decreased, while the Savona port benefited.
Fincantieri records strong growth in half-year financial performance and new orders
Rome
In the first six months of 2025, orders totaled 14.7 billion euros (+93.5%)
In the second quarter, naval traffic through the Suez Canal decreased by -6.2%
In the second quarter, naval traffic through the Suez Canal decreased by -6.2%
Cairo
1,248 tankers (-2.7%) and 1,826 other types of vessels (-8.5%) passed through
CMA CGM's net profit fell by 140% in the second quarter.
Marseille
Revenues stable. The French shipping group is interested in acquiring Hutchison Ports' terminals.
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
Trump has eliminated tariff exemptions for low-cost goods for all nations.
Washington
Goods with a value of less than $800 will also be subject to the tax.
Viking Mira was launched at Fincantieri's Ancona shipyard
Trieste
The multi-role frigate "Emilio Bianchi" was delivered to the Muggiano shipyard
The Port Authority of the Central-Northern Adriatic Sea has obtained EMAS registration
Ravenna
Certifies commitment to environmental management and sustainability
MSC Cruises reduces emissions with the support of an energy transition plan
Geneva
The 2024 Sustainability Report has been presented
DSV reports strong growth in financial and operating results thanks to the acquisition of Schenker
Hedehusene
Quarterly record in air and ocean shipment volumes
In 2024, the Fratelli Cosulich group's revenues increased by +12.8%
Genoa
Operating result down by -31.7%
In the second quarter of this year, Finnlines' revenues decreased by -5.0%.
Helsinki
Net profit of 26.1 million euros (+7.7%)
Container traffic in the Port of New York remained stable in the April-June quarter.
New York
An increase of +4.9% was recorded in the first half of 2025
The Chamber of Deputies approves the appointment of the presidents of five Port System Authorities.
Rome
They are Davide Gariglio, Francesco Rizzo, Eliseo Cuccaro, Francesco Benevolo and Giovanni Gugliotti
Latrofa appointed extraordinary commissioner of the Port Authority of the Central-Northern Tyrrhenian Sea
Rome
Ministerial decree signed
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
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ForwardersShip Suppliers
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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.
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