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December 6, 2011
The Business Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • China group lobbying to block Brazilian Valemaxes
    Brazilian miner Vale's plan to build mega carriers to ship iron ore will diminish China's bargaining power for the raw material as seaborne supply is dominated by global miners, an official with the China Shipowners' Association (CSA) said.
  • Korea shipbuilding stocks seen surging on oil prices
    South Korean shipbuilding stocks may jump as much as 80 per cent in four months as they catch up with gains in oil prices, according to Mirae Asset Securities Co, an affiliate of the nation's second- largest money manager.
  • Container rates may climb following alliance: Macquarie
    Container-shipping rates may rise on routes to northern Europe from Asia following a vessel-sharing alliance between the industry's second- and third-largest companies, said Macquarie Capital (Europe) Ltd.
  • Tighter sanctions over nuclear programme choke Iran's trade

Sched Netweb site
  • China's top science experts reject global warming and carbon scares
  • NOL unveils two 10,000-TEU giants to join APL's Asia-Europe trade
  • Hutchison starts to build Brisbane container terminal on 99-year lease
  • Alexander & Baldwin splits: Matson does shipping, A&B, land and agri-biz
  • Pirates release Singapore ship and 21 crew, but keep 4 Korean hostages
  • Humen phase II terminal offers 'cheaper' deal from Dongguan to Kaohsiung
  • Guangxi ASEAN trade value increases 63.8pc in first 10 months
  • South coastal Fujian province enjoys 52pc boost in transshipments
  • Hainan plans to cut spoilage with more reefer capacity near vegetable farms
  • MISC decision to exit container shipping applauded as 'wise move'
  • New York-New Jersey expect 4pc container volume hike in full-year 2011
  • New British study: Changes in global pharma offer big 3PLs opportunities
  • Italy's Bonfiglioli picks Kuehne + Nagel to manage warehouse in Chennai
  • Manila's ICTSI Subic Bay unit partners with a Clark Field logistics firm
  • DP World doubles its new Dakar terminal to 600,000 TEU a year
  • Hamburg Sud and Seago combine services to serve eastern Mediterranean
  • Eco lobby petitions to block Miami dredging, says wildlife endangered
  • Hupac, Intercontainer Scandinavia offer Italy-Sweden intermodal service
  • China Southern flies 557 tonnes of laptops from Chongqing in 2 months
  • Korean Air starts cargo flights to Lima via LA, Miami and Seoul
  • China Southern runs thrice weekly flights to Istanbul from Urumqi

International Transport Journalweb site
DECEMBER 5, 2011
  • Egyptair increases links to South Sudan
    Egyptair has added a third weekly service to its connection between Cairo and Juba, the capital of South Sudan.
  • Network Rail increases UK investment
    Network Rail's investment activities, aimed at renewing the railway network and increasing capacity, have increased, with more than GBP 300 million (EUR 350 million) invested in th...
  • ADB loan to Indonesia to upgrade it roads
    The Asian Development Bank has approved a USD 180 million loan for a regional roads development project, which will improve 470 km of roads in northern Kalimantan and southern Jav...
  • Norfolk Southern system delivers savings for ethanol shippers
    Norfolk Southern, one of the top transport companies in the US, is supporting ethanol shippers with a new virtual inventory management and delivery system that can cut in half the...
  • Truck registrations up in EU
    New commercial vehicle registrations were up by 8% in the EU in October, amounting to 162,901 units, in line with similar results in France (+8%) and Germany (+7%). According to E...
  • ANA Cargo increases services to Okinawa and Taipei
    As of today, 5 December, Japanese ANA Cargo is increasing the frequency of its services from Tokyo Narita to Okinawa (from 6 to 12 a week) and Taipei Taoyuan (from 6 to 9 a week). ...
  • Turkish Airlines boosts Benghazi options
    Turkish Airlines has added services between Istanbul Atatürk airport and Benghazi (Libya), bringing frequencies up from seven to ten a week, with the new flights operating in the ...
  • Third quarter results for CMA CGM
    CMA CGM's volumes rose by 10% year-on-year to 2.6 million teu in the third quarter of 2011. Over the first nine months of the year, volumes carried were up by 9.4%, totalling 7.4 ...
  • Flemming Frost new CEO Europe for Damco
    Damco, an independent freight forwarding and supply chain management solutions subsidiary of the A.P. Moller-Maersk Group, has appointed Flemming Frost as CEO for Europe. He will r...
  • Oliver Rupps named trans-o-flex managing director
    Oliver Rupps joined the trans-o-flex logistics group as spokesman of the board of directors on 1 December. He succeeded Wolfgang Weber, who will leave the company at the end of th...
  • MOL complies with Maritime Labour Convention
    Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has announced that its group manning company in the Philippines, Magsaysay MOL Marine, has earned certification from Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK) for co...
  • Ceva Logistics expands LCL activities
    The SCM specialist Ceva Logistics has reported continued growth in its less-than-container load services. Driven by a focus on improving services and building on the success of it...
  • Woodland moves condensers from Italy to Ireland
    Woodland Global has completed the shipment of three condenser units, working for the Italian manufacturer Luve and its client, Core Air Conditioning of Ireland. The units, weighin...
  • Shipco Transport opens Dublin office
    Shipco Transport has opened an office in Dublin (Ireland), offering the forwarding industry a full range of LCL and FCL services. With this new Dublin centre Shipco will provide a...

Marine Logweb site
DECEMBER 5, 2011
  • BAE Systems to drydock Navy frigate
  • Elliott Bay Design Group employees buy firm from ACL
  • Icebreaker Polar Sea need not be mothballed says Vigor COO
  • "Winter rush" keeps Lloyd Werft busy
  • Port of Stockton selects manager for M-580 Marine Highway project
  • Hong Kong shipyard delivers RAnger 4600 fireboat
  • Ingalls Shipbuilding gets $46 million APC for DDG1002

World Wide Shipperweb site
DECEMBER 5, 2011
  • MarAd schedules public meeting to discuss RRF manager contracts
  • Cargill releases plans to cut workforce by 1.5 percent
  • Maersk Line recognized as top shipping line for 2011
  • Crowley announces launch of new Ocean Class tugboat
  • NYK scholarships continue support of maritime education in China

Lloyd's Listweb site
DECEMBER 5, 2011
  • Dover-Dunkirk jobs to go at DFDS
    Ten officers and 21 others face redundancy
  • Low-sulphur rules will put ships at risk
    DNV urges shipowners to prepare now for 2015 low-sulphur switch
  • R&I downgrades K Line to BBB rating
    Negative outlook due to overcapacity
  • MSC declares surcharge on Asia to North Europe routes
    Extra $225 per teu to be charged from Jaunary 1
  • Torm agrees deal to defer debt repayment
    Plans $300m rights issue to support restructuring
  • Double-hulled VLCC rumoured to be sold for scrap
    Atlantic Liberty due to be beached in Pakistan
  • Commerzbank heading for government ownership
    Berlin is likely to seek full control if ailing bank asks for more cash
  • SeaFrance ferry to be scrapped in India
    Vessel is beached after survival talks fail
  • Blohm+Voss lined up for sale
    Owner ThyssenKrupp declines to comment on reports that Star Capital is the buyer
  • Mexico's state oil firm buys five small tankers
    Pemex purchase follows $204m order for six newbuildings
  • Chemical tanker market rates spike
    Further rate rises expected as Asian garment-makers need chemicals to produce polyester
  • Citadels divide industry but save lives
    Creating a layered defence system requires industry to take a joined-up approach
  • Zim adds vessel to West Africa-Mediterranean service
    Upgrades frequency and transit times
  • European Union set for second two-year extension of Operation Atalanta
    EU Navfor expects a decision in early 2012
  • Oil trade growth declines
    October showed a return to solid numbers
  • Iron ore trade returns to double-digit growth
    Indian decline could be boon to capesize owners
  • Edible bulk is biggest loser in China
    Soya trade was predicted to boom but instead floundered
  • Chinese slowdown? Not so fast
    The much-ballyhooed Chinese economic cooling has yet to materialise
  • The price of everything and the value of nothing
    Are the values reported in today's shipping company balance sheets continue to be appropriate?
  • South Korea charters VLGC newbuilding for ten years
    E1 Corp's long-term booking signals faith in LPG shipping market
  • LR1 tanker auctioned for less than demolition value
    $5.2m deal highlights sluggish sales for older product carriers
  • Freight forwarders expect volumes to fall
    Danske Bank's European Freight Forwarding Index for November showed a decline for both current and expected volumes
  • Box lines urged to consolidate to survive
    Demand set to deteriorate into second-quarter 2012
  • Polemis, Economou and Mamidakis take key trophies at Greek Shipping Awards
    Laskaridis and Minerva Marine among companies honoured as 2011 prize night sees private owners edge public outfits
  • Keeping up with sanctions
    The complexity of business relationships can make compliance less than straightforward
  • Pricing power
    MSC-CMA CGM alliance cut costs but it may take mergers to lift freight rates
  • Albedo 'close to release' after 13 months
    Ransom payment of $4m expected for boxship
  • Valemax has leak in ballast tank
    Workers pumping water from Vale Beijing at Bazilian port

Fairplayweb site
DECEMBER 5, 2011
  • VLOC leak halts loading
    CARGO loading stopped today for the VLOC Vale Beijing after a ballast tank leak was discovered at Brazil's Ponta da Madeira Maritime Terminal
  • Putin pledges yard $4.4Bn
    PRIME Minister Vladimir Putin has promised Kremlin funding of up to 135Bn rubles ($4.4Bn) for the St Petersburg yard Baltiisky Zavod
  • Chinese breakers buck price trend
    CHINESE breakers are bucking trends by offering prices close to those of their South Asian rivals, as some box ships arrive for demolitions
  • VLCC discounts continue
    PRICES of secondhand VLCCs have further deteriorated, now just above scrap value, brokers said today
  • Firming Capesizes courting $30,000/day
    RISING activity is driving spot freight rates for Capesize drybulkers higher, causing shipping analyst and broker sources to predict rates today breaking $30,000 per day
  • Pemex scoops up MR tankers
    MEXICAN oil company Pemex has swooped in on five medium-range products tankers, brokers said today
  • Ferry grounding strands 600
    MORE THAN 600 passengers are stranded today after last night's evacuation from ATS Consolidated-operated Superferry 1
  • Ship sinks near Quanzhou
    SEARCHERS are looking today for two crew members missing since a box shop sank yesterday, the Fujian Maritime Safety Administration said
  • Dorval Kaiun seeks bankruptcy protection
    JAPAN'S chemical tanker operator Dorval Kaiun has filed for bankruptcy protection

The Journal of Commerceweb site
DECEMBER 5, 2011
  • Diesel Prices Fall as Oil Hits Two-Week High
    Diesel prices across the United States fell 3.3 cents in the week ending Dec. 5, falling for the second week...
  • Cardinal Health Named Top Healthcare Supply Chain
    Cardinal Health finished at the top of the Gartner 2011 Healthcare Supply Chain released Monday, gaining from the strong relations...
  • Stockton-Oakland Barge Service to Ship Containers
    A new container-on-barge service between the ports of Stockton and Oakland, Calif., will give shippers the opportunity to save money...
  • Heavy Truck Orders Drop 27 Percent
    Net orders for Class 8 heavy trucks dropped in November after several months of steady increase, according to two trucking...
  • USPS Wants to End Next-Day First-Class Delivery
    The U.S. Postal Service, showing unprecedented boldness in an attempt to reverse deep losses, plans to stop next-day delivery of...
  • Container Lines Need to 'Cold' Idle Ships, Analyst Says
    Ocean carriers need to start fully decommissioning vessels if they want to succeed in pushing through rate hikes in the...
  • Con-way's Nightingale Moves to Software Provider
    Technology provider ModusLink Global Solutions named Tom Nightingale, most recently chief marketing officer at Con-way, president for sales and marketing....
  • YRC Worldwide Stock Jumps to $13 Per Share
    YRC Worldwide's stock price jumped above $13 a share Monday morning, opening at $13.34 per share after climbing from $9.25...
  • FedEx Ground to Raise Rates 4.9 Percent
    FedEx Ground will raise rates for its U.S. package and home delivery services an effective 4.9 percent Jan. 2, matching...
  • Indonesian Port Wants to Quintuple Box Storage Fees
    The landlord of Indonesia's largest port said it will quintuple container storage later this week to help reduce congestion. ...
  • Port of Oakland Fights Occupy Shutdown Attempt
    Moving aggressively to block any efforts to shut down the port next week, the Port of Oakland is launching a...
  • DP World Plans Major Jebel Ali Port Expansion
    DP World plans to invest $850 million over the next three years to boost the capacity of its flagship container...
  • Panalpina Begins Two Direct LCL Asia-Poland Services
    Panalpina launched two direct less-than-container load services between Taiwan and South Korea and Poland, as part of the Swiss logistics...
  • NOL Denies Bidding on Hapag-Lloyd
    Singapore's Neptune Orient Lines on Monday denied reports it is making a fresh bid for rival German ocean carrier Hapag-Lloyd....
  • Can the Jones Act be Protected?
    U.S. domestic ocean shipping has never seen a year like 2011. Two carriers pleaded guilty to price-fixing. One dodged debt...
  • Cracking Down on Corruption
    The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, long the domain of corporate counsels and senior executives, is getting more attention in exporters'...
  • TSA's Heavy Baggage
    In a scathing report issued in late November, House Republicans damned the Transportation Security Administration for becoming an ineffective, wasteful...
  • Splitting the Differences
    Members of Congress haven't looked this close to agreement on the goals for a transportation spending plan in years, but...
  • On Time, All the Time
    Achieving 100 percent on-time delivery performance is a team effort among transportation carriers, shippers and consignees. Parcel carriers such as...
  • TAPA's Global Challenge
    It's not easy to secure a truck, and it's even more difficult to come up with global trucking security requirements....
  • TAPA to Certify Truck Security
    A new security standard and certification program for trucking could help motor carriers and shippers close one of the biggest...
  • Hoffa's Next Five Years
    When UPS executives sit down to negotiate a new five-year contract with the Teamsters union next year, they'll face a...
  • Be Like Steve
    Steve Jobs' untimely death, as well as the just-released best-seller biography of this genius, has triggered intense national focus on...
  • Mobile on the Move
    Jimmy Lyons has everything in place for strong growth in containerized exports, except for the containers themselves. "We need more...

Containerisation Internationalweb site
DECEMBER 5, 2011
  • They've got an awful lot of whisky in Brazil
    So goes the 1960s Sinatra song, albeit about coffee; these days Brazil has an abundance of whisky imported from the UK, from where exports soared ...
  • Delmas sets up dedicated reefer department
    CMA CGM subsidiary and African liner company specialist, Delmas, has followed several ocean carriers in setting up a dedicated reefer shipping department. The move ...
  • Matson to become separate entity
    US Jones Act carrier and logistics business Matson is to be spun off as a separate company its parent firm Alexander & Baldwin (A&B) said at the ...
  • Shipping no longer up front and personal
    SeaIntel's latest Sunday Spotlight claims that process management is now the dominant force in shipping. Out of 1,400 phone calls made to 30 carriers and 30 forwarders, ...
  • SCA to raise transit charges
    The Suez Canal Authority is ending its three-year toll freeze and will implement across the board transit fee increases for all tonnage using the waterway from ...
  • Auckland strike set to end, for now
    Rolling 24-hour strikes and a company lock-out have crippled Auckland's two container terminals, disrupting six ships and diverting just-in-time Christmas goods ...
  • Canada in growth spurt
    With its near neighbour recording only a sluggish 2% GDP expansion in the same period, and Europe sliding back into recession, Canada has beaten analysts' expectations ...
  • India in 'u-turn' on global supermarkets
    In an apparent volte-face at the weekend, the Indian government said that plans to open up its 1.2 billion consumer markets to global supermarkets - which faced ...
  • Hupac starts service between Sweden and Italy
    Hupac Intermodal and Intercontainer Scandinavia AB intend to start a rail service between Sweden and Italy on December 12, 2011. Destinations served in Sweden will ...

TradeWindsweb site
DECEMBER 5, 2011
  • Torm banks on breather
    Lenders amend restrictive timeline in a bid to aid ailing Danish owner during fight to secure financial footing.
  • Share cheer for Seadrill chief
    Alf Thorkildsen is over $6m better off after completing tasty options trade.
  • Tug team closer
    CSAV and Royal Boskalis Westminster on the verge of setting up leading US tug owner.
  • Zim enhances African run
    Israeli containership giant prepares to add another vessel to service backed by Cosco.
  • First double-hull VL scrapped
    MOL is the first to take the plunge and send a double-hulled VLCC for the chop.
  • Daewoo sale split
    South Korean government looking to sell Kamco's 19% holding in yard separately from Korea Development Bank's 31% slice.
  • Hoegh scraps one
    Norwegian car carrier owner sells 28-year-old vessel to Grieg Green for recycling in China.
  • ING in Frontline raid
    Investor takes up major shareholding in tanker owner as restructuring battle continues.
  • Clarksons tackles VLOC case
    Clarksons Capital Markets pinpoints the day Vale's Chinese waiting game will come to an end.
  • Murmansk plunges to loss
    Russian tanker and bulker owner posts nine-month deficit after costly third quarter.
  • SapuraCrest earnings up
    Malaysian offshore operator records higher profit despite falling revenue.
  • Dorval goes into receivership
    Japanese chemical tanker owner seeks court protection from creditors after amassing debts of $192m.
  • STX PO VLOC damaged
    Water being pumped from South Korean owner's giant bulker at a Brazilian port.

American Shipper - Ocean newsweb site
DECEMBER 5, 2011
  • NOL denies Hapag talks
    NOL, the Singapore-based parent of liner carrier APL, said Monday in a filing with the Singapore Stock Exchange that it is not making a renewed bid for a stake in German competitor Hapag-Lloyd.
  • Hackett: MSC-CMA alliance good for the industry
    But the alliance could reflect some desperation from the two lines, he suggests. "CMA CGM is obviously in some financial difficulties, trying to cut $400 million in costs and selling some ships... while MSC must be impacted by the situation as well."
  • Alexander & Baldwin spins off Matson
  • MSC-CMA CGM form alliance
  • MSC joins Oceania-California PSW loop
  • Panalpina starts Asia-Poland LCL
  • TBS International reaches deal with lenders
  • Maersk/GA carriers swap space on TP loops
  • MSC to assess Asia-Europe peak season fee

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
DECEMBER 5, 2011
  • Two grades show strong gains in Suez
    Egyptian port sees MGO prices up by $48.50 pmt.
  • Plans call for LNG terminal to have bunkering facility
    'Stricter environmental controls will mean more LNG bunkering,' says port owner.
  • European bunker market firming
    Piraeus 'very busy'.
  • Fuel efficiency 'key to lowering emissions'
    GL's head of environmental research says shipping must 'have its eye' on 'zero emissions'.
  • Drive for fuel efficiency will trigger orders for newbuilds
    Orders 'delayed, not cancelled,' says analyst.
  • Siemens launches improved fuel saving propulsion system
    Energy savings of up to 23% when compared to gas or dual fuel operations, says Siemens.
  • IFO prices soften in Singapore
    Supplies mixed at key Asian ports on Monday.
  • South Africa may push for bunker tax rebate
    Suggests a bunker tax rebate for developing countries.
  • Experienced trader joins Singapore-based Noble Resources
    Mabel Loh has over 10 years of experience as a bunker trader in Singapore.
  • Bunker tax a model for other sectors to follow
    Tax 'effectively and efficiently thought out,' says Director of Deloitte.
  • Japanese firm developing solar, wind powered USV
    Use of renewable technologies will extend operating range of the AquariusUSV.
  • Busan bunker deliveries 'back to normal'
    Bunker terminals open on Monday, allowing local players to load.

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A novembre il traffico delle merci nei porti marittimi cinesi è aumentato del +3,2%
Pechino
Le merci con l'estero hanno registrato un rialzo del +6,1%. I container sono cresciuti del +4,9%
Accordo TIL (gruppo MSC) - JNPA per la realizzazione del porto di Vadhvan
Uran
Il nuovo scalo è situato sulla costa occidentale dell'India
Shanghai è il primo porto mondiale a movimentare oltre 50 milioni di container in un anno
Shanghai
SIPG evidenzia il forte incremento di produttività realizzato introducendo una spinta automazione nell'area di Yangshan
Oggi entrano in vigore otto emendamenti alla Convenzione internazionale del Lavoro Marittimo
Ginevra
Yang Ming acquisirà sino a 13 nuove portacontainer da 8.000-15.000 teu
Keelung
Sostituiranno navi da 5.500-6.500 teu dell'età di oltre vent'anni
Carnival registra performance record per il trimestre settembre-novembre
Miami
Nel periodo i ricavi sono aumentati del +10,0%
Uniport apprezza che la riforma portuale avvenga attraverso una legge delega e confida (!) nella volontà del governo di aprire un confronto con gli operatori
Roma
Søren Toft (MSC) è il nuovo presidente del World Shipping Council
Washington
Vice presidente è Randy Chen della Wan Hai Lines
Presentato lo “SHIPS for America Act”, disegno di legge bipartisan per rafforzare l'industria statunitense dello shipping
Washington
Tra le proposte, trasportare sino al 10% delle importazioni dalla Cina su navi di bandiera statunitense, con equipaggio americano e costruite negli USA
Istituita a Gioia Tauro l'impresa portuale per la fornitura di lavoro temporaneo
Gioia Tauro
Ai 50 lavoratori attualmente iscritti nelle liste dell'Agenzia portuale se ne aggiungeranno altri 70
Navantia firma l'accordo per acquisire tutti e quattro i cantieri navali della Harland & Wolff
Londra/Madrid
Impegno alla salvaguardia dei mille posti di lavoro, garantendo la tutela dei diritti e delle condizioni di lavoro
Nel terzo trimestre il traffico delle merci nei porti francesi è diminuito del -7,3%
Parigi
Robusta crescita dei container (+14,0%). Calo delle altre tipologie di carichi
Thomas Kazakos sarà il prossimo segretario generale dell'International Chamber of Shipping
Londra
Subentrerà a giugno a Guy Platten
A tre anni dalla cerimonia inaugurale vengono avviati i lavori di costruzione del nuovo porto senegalese di Ndayane
Dubai
Investimento di 1,2 miliardi di dollari
Fatal accident in the port of Genoa
Genoa
A 52-year-old Culmv worker dies and a colleague is injured. A 24-hour strike has been called
In the second quarter of this year, cargo traffic in Greek ports increased by +1.4%
Container Traffic Growth at Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach in November
Los Angeles/Long Beach
Increases of +15.9% and +20.9% respectively were recorded
Lineas and Hupac collaborate on intermodal connections between Belgium and Italy
Brussels
The Belgian company will provide rail traction, while the Swiss one will take care of intermodal services
Report highlights progress made in reducing emissions in Tuscan ports
Leghorn
Emissions produced by maritime traffic account for 88.1% of the total
Assologistica, the application of the Reverse Charge for VAT purposes in the logistics sector is good
Milan
The association expressed appreciation for the government's intention to seek EU authorization
An EU Commission study analyses the environmental challenges faced by European ports
Brussels
Particular attention to supporting initiatives for the sustainability of small and medium-sized ports
Busan Port Set to End 2024 with Record Container Traffic of 24.3 Million TEU (+5.0%)
HMM to return to transatlantic routes
Seoul
New Northern Europe-West Coast USA service. Also inaugurated is an India-Northern Europe line
CMA CGM to use the port of Santa Cruz de Tenerife as a transhipment hub
Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Agreement with Terminal de Contenedores de Tenerife
Port of La Spezia, cruise ships will be able to operate at Molo Garibaldi despite the works
The Spice
EUNAVFOR Atalanta naval mission mandate extended until 28 February 2027
Brussels
Synergies with the Aspides maritime operation will be strengthened
A consortium led by CMA CGM will operate the container terminal at the river port of Lyon
CLECAT calls for new transport emissions regulation not to include entire life cycle of vehicles
Brussels
The IRU is instead in favour of the "well-to-wheel" approach
UNCTAD: Mediterranean ports' connection to global containerized shipping network declines
Geneva
General decrease in connections in Italian ports with the exception of La Spezia and Trieste
CMA CGM and AD Ports inaugurate container terminal at Khalifa Port
Abu Dhabi
The first phase has a traffic capacity of 1.8 million TEUs
Castor Maritime Acquires Control of MPC Capital
Limassol/Hamburg
Investment worth 182.8 million euros
The first cabin of the cold ironing system is ready at Molo Garibaldi in the port of La Spezia
The Spice
La statunitense FTV Capital presenta un'offerta per acquisire la Windward
Londra
L'azienda londinese sviluppa soluzioni tecnologiche per lo shipping
L'americana Halliburton compra la norvegese Optime Subsea
Notodden
L'azienda europea sviluppa tecnologie per le operazioni subacquee
Grimaldi ha preso in consegna la ro-ro multipurpose Great Cotonou
Napoli
Il prossimo mese sarà immessa in un nuovo servizio del gruppo tra Cina e Nigeria
Federagenti ha nominato 24 “ambasciatori”
Roma
Sono protagonisti da oltre 60 anni nella professione di agente marittimo
Porti della Spezia e Marina di Carrara, stanziati oltre cinque milioni per la transizione green
La Spezia
Fondi per l'acquisto di mezzi elettrici o a idrogeno
A novembre il traffico delle merci nei porti di Genova e Savona-Vado è cresciuto del +4,3%
Genova
Nei primi undici mesi del 2024 registrato un aumento del +1,1%
Nei primi 11 mesi del 2024 il traffico nel porto di Trieste è cresciuto del +6,4% grazie agli oli minerali
Trieste
Nello scalo portuale di Monfalcone registrata una flessione del -8,2%
Sequestrati nel porto di Genova oltre due quintali e mezzo di cocaina
Genova
La droga era all'interno di un contenitore frigo proveniente dall'Ecuador
Manca (Regione Sardegna): disattese le promesse di stanziamento di risorse per l'agenzia Kalport
Cagliari
Chiesto un incontro urgente alla ministra del Lavoro
Rincari degli importi degli diritti portuali nei porti di Bari e Brindisi
Bari
Leone: ci siamo impegnati per adottare misure che non impattassero su traffico e utenza
Sequestrato un ingente quantitativo di cocaina nel porto di Olbia
Sassari
Scoperti 39 chili di stupefacenti occultati in un minivan
Da gennaio Hupac intensificherà i collegamenti intermodali fra Belgio e Italia
Chiasso
Aumenterà anche la frequenza del treno shuttle fra Busto Arsizio e Padova
Porto di Ancona, rilascio della concessione provvisoria allo stabilimento della Fincantieri
Ancona
La nuova concessione avrà una durata di 40 anni
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Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
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A novembre il traffico delle merci nel porto di Barcellona è calato del -3,7%
Barcellona
In crescita la movimentazione di container (+6,3%), ma non il peso dei carichi containerizzati (-6,9%)
Saipem si è aggiudicata un nuovo contratto offshore da Shell in Nigeria
Milano
Per l'azienda italiana ha un valore di circa 900 milioni di dollari
Rixi illustra per sommi capi la riforma portuale
Roma
Creazione di una società a controllo pubblico per gestire gli investimenti e rappresentare il sistema portuale italiano
Accordo tra RFI e RSE per lo studio di un sistema di trasporto merci a levitazione magnetica
Milano
Sicurezza marittima, firmato al MIT un accordo per semplificare le procedure di verifica
Roma
Attività ispettive e di certificazione potranno essere svolte da organismi appositamente accreditati
Nei primi undici mesi del 2024 il traffico delle merci nei porti russi è diminuito del -2,0%
San Pietroburgo
In calo sia le merci secche (-2,1%) che le rinfuse liquide (-2,0%)
Log In acquires 19,600 square meters of space at Interporto Toscano Amerigo Vespucci
Kansas City
It is the fourth acquisition in Italy of the Theoreim group company
Prysmian wins two EPCI contracts from French RTE, potentially worth €700 million
Milan
The laying of approximately 640 kilometers of land and underwater cables is planned
Testing of an autonomous port tractor in the port of Wilhelmshaven
Wilhelmshaven
It will be launched next year by Eurogate, MAFI, ICT Group and Embotech
Intesa Fincantieri - Sparkle for the protection and surveillance of submarine cables
Trieste
The two companies will analyze the requirements to improve the security of the infrastructure
Barcelona terminal operator BEST has ordered two new super post-Panamax quay cranes
Barcelona/The Hague
APM Terminals announces completion of work to increase capacity at MedPort Tangier terminal
Wärstilä sells Automation, Navigation and Control System to Swedish investment company Solix
Helsinki
In 2023 ANCS recorded revenues of 200 million euros
Cisl, speed up the choice of the president of the Port System Authority of the Eastern Ligurian Sea
The Spice
Necessary to implement works and investments
Works awarded for the expansion of the container terminal in the port of Koper
Coper
The works will be completed by the end of 2027
Container traffic in the port of Hong Kong fell by -4.2% last month
Hong Kong
In the first eleven months of 2024 the decline was -5.0%
Two Russian oil tankers crash near Kerch Strait
Fly
One of the 27 sailors of the two crews died
Monthly Container Traffic Declines at Port of Singapore
Singapore
Over 3.3 million TEUs were handled in November (-0.4%)
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
A conference on the implications of geopolitical crises for ports and maritime transport in Venice on Thursday
Conference for the 30th anniversary of WISTA Italy
Genoa
It will be held tomorrow at Palazzo San Giorgio in Genoa
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Iran signs over $1.8b investment contracts with private sector for ports development
(Tehran Times)
North Korean tankers transport over one million barrels of oil from Russia
(NK News)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Relazione del presidente Nicola Zaccheo
Roma, 18 settembre 2024
››› File
Contship Italia dedicates a locomotive to the memory of Cecilia Eckelmann Battistello
Melzo
The special livery commemorates his life and career
EBRD loan for the enhancement of multipurpose terminals at the ports of Casablanca and Jorf Lasfar
London
Funds up to 65 million euros
Zero Emission Port Alliance Report on Future Port Electricity Demand
The Hague
The importance of strengthening port electrical infrastructures was highlighted
Paolo Potestà confirmed as president of ANGOPI
Rome
Vice Presidents are Giovanni D'Angelo, Marco Gorin, Ettore Rosalba, Mario Ciampaglia and Alessandro Serra
Criminal proceedings filed against the heads of the AdSP of the Southern Tyrrhenian and Ionian Seas
Joy Taurus
The absolute groundlessness of the crime report was recognized
In the July-September quarter, revenues of TUI's cruise division grew by +8.9%
Hanover
In the entire financial year 2024, the increase in turnover was +28.1%
MSC orders ten new 24,000 TEU containerships from Hengli Heavy Industry
Dalian
Contract worth over 2.3 billion dollars
RINA to conduct pre-FEED study for carbon capture and storage project in Malaysia
Genoa
Assigned by PETRONAS CCS Solutions
European Network of Maritime Clusters Board of Directors Renewed
Rome
Maire confirmed as president. Vice-presidents are Nathalie Mercier-Perrin, Javier Garat Pérez and Biagio Mazzotta
New step for the establishment of the port company ex art. 17 in the port of Gioia Tauro
Joy Taurus
Local Advisory Committee Meeting
PSA Italy chiuderà il 2024 con una crescita del +3% del traffico dei container nei porti di Genova e Venezia
Genova
A novembre è proseguito il trend congiunturale negativo dei ricavi di Evergreen, Yang Ming e WHL
Taipei
InRail has expanded its operating area to include French territory
Genoa
The company has become fully operational on the Mediterranean Corridor
A conference on the implications of geopolitical crises for ports and maritime transport in Venice on Thursday
Venice
Moderate growth in the value of global trade in goods continues
Moderate growth in the value of global trade in goods continues
Geneva
The increase for the whole of 2024 should be around +2.7%
47% of German maritime imports of green hydrogen will be able to pass through the port of Hamburg
Hamburg
The airport will be able to cover 10-18% of total national demand by 2045
Methanol delivery from land to a ship was performed for the first time in China
Beijing
79.5 tons of fuel loaded in 2.5 hours
MSC Air Cargo Pilots Sign Contract
Rome
Uiltrasporti gives particular weight to the fixed part of wages
Importance of cold ironing highlighted for emission reduction in Marseille-Fos port
Marseille
The effect deriving from the new SECA zone is also significant
In November, freight traffic in the port of Ravenna increased by +21.5%
Ravenna
Cruise passengers down by -46.8%
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