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March 7, 2011
The Business Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Ship insurers put Libya on high-risk list
    London's marine insurance market has added Libya to a list of areas deemed high risk as violence escalated in Africa's third-largest oil producer, a senior market official said on Friday.
  • Denmark meeting paves way for pirate prisons
    An international anti-piracy meeting in Denmark last week hammered out a judicial framework for how to handle captured pirates, paving the way for the building of special pirate prisons, the organiser said.

Sched Netweb site
  • US retailers enjoy sales boom in February - up 4.2pc
  • TUI sells Hapag-Lloyd stake to Albert Ballin for US$439 million
  • Norwegian shipowner demands quick execution of pirates at sea
  • Port of Rizhao's January box throughput up 33.9pc to 101,000 TEU
  • Maersk offers fruit exporters Andes-USEC service
  • Anhui's express delivery volume growth ranks 6th in China
  • DHL starts 15-day South Korea-Mexico LCL service
  • IATA: Soaring fuel costs will cut 2011 airline profits nearly 50pc
  • THAI to convert old passenger aircraft into freighters
  • Costs rise, profits shrink as 100pc air cargo screening looms

Exim Indiaweb site
  • DHL India CEO lauds proposals in Union Budget 2011-12
  • Gangi Reddy Shipping achieves record MoP discharge at Vizag Port
  • Kerala High Court delivers landmark judgment on Admiralty arrest & framing of Admiralty Rules
  • MFC Transport all set to make its mark overseas
  • MOL holds 2011 safety conference in Mumbai
  • Tiger's day out in Aamby Valley
  • UASC opens sub-agency in Rajkot
  • WCA hosts 1,700 independent forwarders in Vietnam
  • Jan. veg. oil imports decline by 17 pc
  • Rubber imports hit by soaring prices
  • Spices exports climb to Rs 5,485 cr.
  • Gangavaram port unloads 65,349 tonnes of coal in a day
  • VCT handles highest volume of boxes in feeder vessel
  • Corporate mergers, acquisitions clearance in 30 days
  • Customs focused on facilitation, says Chief Commissioner at Fieo meet
  • Egypt crisis will affect fertiliser input imports
  • Exporters call for lifting ban on premium rice
  • FM lauded for 3,100 cr. allocation to TUFS
  • Govt grants 5K-cr. refinancing boost to MSMEs
  • Imports of foodgrains, milk products rise by 10.8 pc

International Transport Journalweb site
MARCH 4, 2011
  • Iata tables recommendations for Japan's aviation policy
    In an address to the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan, Giovanni Bisignani, the International Air Transport Association (Iata)'s director general and CEO, recently urged Japan ...
  • Cargoitalia: first Italian carrier to submit ENS messages
    Cargoitalia is the first airline in Italy to submit the new electronic entry summary declaration (ENS) message - part of the new EU Customs import control system (ICS) regime that ...
  • Nooteboom Trailers steps up production
    Nooteboom Trailers, a company that develops and produces semi-trailers and drawbar trailers for out-of-gauge road transport services, sees a recovery in its special market. Since t...
  • AirAsia X orders more A330s
    AirAsia X, the long-haul low fare affiliate of the Malaysia-based AirAsia Group, has placed a firm order with Airbus for three A330-200s. Scheduled for delivery from 2014, the airc...
  • Germany: results for railfreight traffic 2010
    A total of 355.7 million t of freight were transported on Germany's railway network in 2010, according to the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). After a 15.9% collapse in volum...
  • MAN: winner of the Image Award 2011
    Germany's truck hauliers and intra-company transport operators have elected the best brands on the commercial vehicle market. The category of trucks over 3.5 t saw a confirmation o...
  • Global merchant shipping fleet continues to grow
    The largest fully-cellular containership fleet grew by 9.5% in 2010. A study compiled by the Bremen (Germany)-based Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL) revealed tha...
  • Canada: railcar loadings grow
    The Canadian railway industry carried 23.2 million t of freight in December 2010, a 7.5% gain from December 2009. The upsurge was the result of increased loadings by the industry's...
  • MSC to deploy larger ships in northern Europe-US Gulf service
    The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), a leading global shipping line based in Geneva (Switzerland) is planning to deploy two 8,000 teu containerships in its northe...
  • New straddle carrier from Konecranes
    Konecranes, an industry-leading group of lifting businesses, has launched a Boxrunner straddle carrier offers a unique container handling performance to two distinct container hand...
  • Coastlink short sea conference, Hamburg, 19-20 April 2011
    Coastlink is holding a series of conferences under the title of "Challenges abound for shortsea container shipping" at the Hotel Atlantic Kempinski in Hamburg (Germany) o...
  • Geis collaborating with Horoz Lojistik in Turkey
    The Geis Group, an international logistics service provider headquartered in Germany, began a close collaboration with the Turkish logistics service provider Horoz Loj...
  • Samsung re-appoints P&O Ferrymasters
    Samsung has re-appointed P&O Ferrymasters to deliver washing machines and refrigerators from its factory in Poland to prime markets including France, Spain and the UK. The supp...

Marine Logweb site
MARCH 4, 2011
  • Noble exercises option for further HHI drillship
  • Tidewater pays $6.3 million to settle Nigeria case
  • American Feeder Lines to start first service
  • Salazar has a Pinocchio moment
  • Cecon in talks with potential Davie Shipyards buyer
  • Beng Kuang Marine books launch barge contract

World Wide Shipperweb site
MARCH 4, 2011
  • Standard & Poor's gives AA- rating to Portland Airport revenue bonds
  • Columbia River Crossing project gaining favor in Washington, DC
  • Rail freight traffic numbers continue to rise during week
  • Port of Seattle taps Tanga as top police officer for 2011
  • Trucking association president backs surface transportation authorization extension

Lloyd's Listweb site
MARCH 4, 2011
  • Triple-E class will alter port and line dynamics
    Arrival of 18,000 teu ships set to create a 'cascade effect' and tighter and more demanding contracts
  • US marine highways fail to capture lion's share of box shipments
    Coastal and river navigation is perceived as being too slow to attract shippers that utilise trucks
  • Freight grant award brings ships back to Kirkcaldy
    Grant will see 250,000 lorry miles removed from Scotland's roads
  • Danger money demands could cost industry $120m
    Employers considering union proposals to extend double pay zone further into Indian Ocean
  • How to identify suspect passengers
    Criminal gangs are believed to be placing drug couriers on board and are attempting to corrupt crew to ease their passage
  • Drugs threat on cruiseships soars
    Cruise lines need to raise their game to protect themselves against professional gangs that are using cruiseships to traffic illegal drugs in large quantities
  • Time to try private piracy protection
    A Convoy Escort Programme, comprising a fleet of small vessels, designed to interdict pirates and protect merchant ships, could be trialled to help rid the Gulf of Aden of pirates
  • Oldendorff fails in bid to repossess bunkers on Korea Line capesize
    Chapter 15 stay against creditor actions remains in force
  • Softening rates dent 2011 growth prospects
    Prevailing cost pressures on US consumers continue to dent transpacific trade prospects
  • Putting a price on risk
    The industry has a moral duty to recognise the perils facing seafarers ' and the best way to do that is hard cash
  • Impairment charges hit FreeSeas ahead of fleet renewal
    Greece-based company posts $17m net loss in the fourth quarter of 2010
  • High risk agreement extended to cover whole Indian Ocean
    Seafarer's union denies move will prove costly for shipowners as it encourages use of better security measures
  • Big Society vote
    The transfer of Dover to the ownership of the local people is Big Society actually working
  • Grand Alliance ups Asia-Europe capacity
    Resumes weekly frequency of Loop D service
  • Evercore poaches Jonathan Chappell
    JP Morgan veteran to head Evercore's new shipping equity research division
  • APMT cranes to undergo retrofit
    Move to convert more than 400 diesel-powered RTGs will cut CO2 emissions
  • Lange fund orders two boxships
    Opportunity KG fund places order for two 3,800 teu ships from Shanghai Shipyard
  • Newlead and FreeSeas confirm Korea Line exposures
    Marinakis group says has no exposure to KLC collapse
  • Drug crimes linked to cruiseships rocket 52%
    Professional gangs now see cruise vessels as alternative vehicles for smuggling their drugs
  • Dover residents demand referendum over trust port privatisation plans
    Threat to David Cameron's Big Society plans if voters choose 'people's port' option
  • Goldenport recharters Korea Line-linked ship
    Secures new employment for Eleni D, one of two supramaxes previously chartered to Korea Line
  • Tankers face higher costs for Libya calls
    Shipowners may be slapped with surcharges as insurers declare region war zone
  • First dollar-per-day suezmax contract traded
    Breakthrough move could further limit the use of Wordscale in wet derivatives trading
  • Rotterdam and Nangang ink service deal
    Agreement includes port planning, operational procedures and traffic management
  • Antwerp hit by nationwide strikes
    Port set to resume normal operations today but says cost of strike action is $1.4m per hour
  • Eurotunnel regains truck shuttle market share
    Channel Tunnel operator sees net loss of €57m in 2010
  • Fourth Korea Line ship seized in US
    Latest action on Blue Jasper comes as Nordea emerges as mortgagee on product tanker pair

Fairplayweb site
MARCH 4, 2011
  • Norway mulls allowing armed guards
    NORWAY'S government has announced that it will establish a parliamentary hearing to consider revoking its ban on the use of armed guards on Norwegian-flagged ships
  • NY-NJ box imports surge
    CONTAINER imports jumped 17.4% year on year in December at Port of New York & New Jersey
  • Sales of cars shipped to Japan again jump
    SALES OF vehicles shipped to Japan on car carriers jumped in February by 41.2% year-on-year, IHS Global Insight reported today
  • Top analyst jumps ship
    RESPECTED shipping analyst Jonathan Chappell is leaving JP Morgan to take a research position at investment bank Evercore Partners, Fairplay confirmed today
  • Capesize drybulk rates jump 8.1%
    STRONGER vessel demand sent Capesize drybulk rates soaring 8.1% today, Baltic Exchange figures showed
  • Libyan cash found on ship
    BOXES containing Libyan currency worth £100M ($139.68M) have been impounded from a ship at Harwich, the UK government said today
  • Glencore's profits jump
    GLENCORE International, the major Swiss charterer of drybulk tonnage, today reported a strong rise in revenues and net profits
  • Insurance could reflect Libyan dangers
    OWNERS with ships calling at Libya ' yesterday designated as a high-risk area ' might face higher insurance payments, Fairplay was told today
  • COSCO role affirmed in Greek logistics
    COSCO remains eager to participate in the tendering process that will create Greece's first-ever logistics park, the Greek shipping minister reportedly affirmed today
  • Beluga's bubble bursts
    GERMAN shipowner and project carrier Beluga is heading for a major restructuring after US investor Oaktree took over control of the group this week
  • China CSSC plans to raise 4Bn yuan
    CHINESE yard China CSSC said today it plans to raise 4Bn yuan ($608.9M) from selling 60M shares
  • CMA CGM 'optimistic' on intra-Asia
    FRENCH carrier CMA CGM told Fairplay today is upbeat on intra-Asia shipping, despite stiff competition and rising costs
  • Vote planned on Dover
    A DOVER town meeting has voted to hold a local referendum on the Dover People's Port plan for a community bid to buy the UK ferry port
  • Ferry strike threatens Corsican supplies
    CORSICA Transport Office director Francis Pian has told Fairplay that the island could run out of essential products if the SNCM ferry strike continues
  • Shippers attack box haulage proposals
    US SHIPPERS have warned regulators that proposed changes to box haulier driving hours in LA-LB would dramatically increase supply chain costs

The Journal of Commerceweb site
MARCH 4, 2011
  • States Eye DOT Process to Split Florida Rail Grant
  • MSC Hikes Trans-Atlantic Rates
  • C-TPAT Growing 7.5 Percent per Year
  • Senate Approves Transportation Extension; President Signs Bill
  • Fla. Governor Sends Dredging Money to Port of Miami
  • DOT Will Send Fla. Rail Money to Other States
  • APM Converts Cranes to Cut Costs, Pollution
  • ATSG Profit Grows Despite DHL Loss
  • Trucking Leads Transport Hiring in February
  • Customs Shifts Top-Level Executives
  • Retailers Warn of Higher Trucking Costs
  • Valuing Relationships
  • When Rebrokering Goes Bust
  • Slowing Down
  • Overcapacity? Effectively Not, Widdows Says
  • Normally Uncertain
  • Port of Felixstowe Awarded OHSAS, ISO Certificates

Containerisation Internationalweb site
MARCH 4, 2011
  • Suez Canal tariffs frozen
  • PSA posts strong fiscal results for 2010
  • APL hits on-time record of 95%
  • Tui prepares for Hapag-Lloyd exit
  • Efficiency will drive Dar es Salaam's future traffic

TradeWindsweb site
MARCH 4, 2011
  • FOE in floating fix
    Fred Olsen Energy keeps Borgsten Dolphin busy with $43.5m drilling contract.
  • FreeSeas tightens timeline
    Handy trio held for the hopper as Nasdaq-listed bulker owner waits for seller's market.
  • TDW settles suit
    Curtain falls on Nigerian ethics probe as New York-listed offshore owner pays $6.3m settlement.
  • Libyan cash cargo seized
    German ship returns over $160m in Libyan currency to UK after sanctions kybosh delivery plans.
  • Noble indulges at HHI
    New York-listed offshore contractor coughs up another $615m to build drillship in Korea.
  • Maersk ship cleared
    Danish multipurpose released in Angola after cargo of bullets probed.
  • FreeSeas shifts line-up
    Ion Varouxakis ready to shed handy bulkers as Nasdaq-listed owner falls short in the fourth.
  • Dragnis: 'Stop ordering'
    Goldenport director John Dragnis not planning any newbuildings but used bulker and box buys possible.
  • ESL bags supramax loan
    Finnish owner returns to Pohjola Bank to finance second new ship at Hyundai Mipo.
  • Dragnis seeks KLC fix
    Goldenport's John Dragnis reveals one affected supramax has over two years charter left with another "not in arrears".
  • Stolberg out of Beluga
    US fund Oaktree puts its man in charge as German heavy-lift owner's boss steps aside ahead of restructuring.
  • Cover for Libya excluded
    Port city fighting leads to London war risks underwriters removing country from annual cover.
  • Solstad to pocket $44m
    Options with four-year Petrobras supply ship charter could yet add to Norwegian owner's payday.
  • Chandris ship repels attack
    Armed security on Greek aframax beats off pirate assault in Arabian Sea as E R Schiffahrt boxship also escapes.
  • New5 in Numb3rs
    Glencore rings up a massive profit as Maersk Tankers, Frontline and Korea Line Corp count the dollars that have slipped away.
  • Hoegh ship refloated
    Hoegh Seoul pulled free off Bremerhaven by four tugs after grounding on Friday morning.
  • Evercore's dream team
    Analyst Jonathan Chappell abandons JP Morgan to join Mark Friedman, George Ackert and Hugh Baker at US advisory and restructuring firm.

American Shipperweb site
MARCH 4, 2011
  • Rockefeller: DOT report shows need for rail bill
    U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John D. "Jay" Rockefeller IV said a newstudy by the Transportation Department's Inspector General "provides important new evidence that big railroads are using their growing market power to squeeze concessions...
  • Cheers and jeers for Mexico truck pact
    The United States and Mexico have "found a clear path to resolving the dispute over trucking between our two countries," President Obama said Thursday at a joint press conference with Mexican President Felipe Calderon. "I look forward to consultin...
  • Decision 'evens playing field' for forwarders
    A recent Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision over an air cargo shipment "has evened the playing field for air freight forwarders when it comes to third party indemnity claims," says Peter D. Clark, a partner at Clark, Atcheson & Reisert. Clark...
  • Payne new president of NYK (North America)
    NYK Group (Americas) said this week it has named Bill Payne as president of NYK Line (North America) effective April 1. Payne has been the company's executive vice president and chief operating office the past two years, having joined NYK in 1989. ...
  • UASC leaves Maersk Europe/India loop
    Liner carrier United Arab Shipping Co. has left a Maersk Line service between Europe and the Indian Subcontinent, according to American Shipper affiliate ComPair Data. The ME1 service has a rotation of Felixstowe, Zeebrugge, Bremerhaven, Rotterdam,...
  • COSCO adds Asia/Europe emergency bunker fee
    COSCO Container Lines said this week it will begin assessing an emergency bunker surcharge on the Far East/Europe trade beginning March 15. The fee, $150 per TEU, applies to shipments in both directions and includes reefer cargo....
  • MSC changes Asia/Europe loops' eastbound legs
    Mediterranean Shipping Co. is realigning its network of four Asia/Europe services, the line said in a customer notice Thursday. The changes affect the eastbound rotations of MSC's standalone Silk, Lion, Dragon and Tiger services, with the revision...
  • Ports news
    PSA nets $1.3 billion in 2010Singapore-based global terminal operator PSA International said Friday it made $1.3 billion in operating profits in 2010, a 19.2 percent increase from 2009. India to raise $1 billion for portsIndia's shipping ministry i...
  • Baldwin demotion
  • Cross-border compromise

The Scandinavian Shipping Gazetteweb site
MARCH 4, 2011
  • Broström initiates new tanker cooperation
    Maersk Tankers-owned Broström has initiated a new tanker cooperation with the Swedish owners Erik Thun AB, Rederi AB Gotland and Wisby Tankers AB to strengthen its 5,000'10,000 DWT
  • Danish controlled vessel fires upon pirates
    The Danish controlled vessel Brattingsborg was yesterday attacked by pirates in the Indian Ocean, but managed to escape as the pirates was met by counter fire from armed guards hired
  • Ems River released
    The German-owned bulk carrier Ems River that was hijacked some 175 nautical miles north east of Salalah, Oman, on December 27, last year has been released, EU Navfor reports
  • Former Danish ferry Spektrum now in Oslo
    The former Danish car ferry Broen (with the artist name Spektrum) has arrived at its first visit ever to Oslo and will stay for several months in the Norwegian capital

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
MARCH 4, 2011
  • Prices head higher as week ends
    Crude futures reach two year highs on reports of violence near Libya's oil facilities.
  • Middle East IFO prices hold steady
    Prices firming in Cape Town.
  • Record numbers at IBIA Dinner
    IBIA says the event can grow still larger.
  • Bunker markets in Southern Europe show signs of softening
    Demand for products increases in Gibraltar and Piraeus.
  • Market abuzz with rumours after Beluga announces restructuring
    Bunker market players fearing bad debts; spokeswoman says company is not bankrupt.
  • Off-spec samples increase in Mediterranean and Black Sea region
    But Lintec Testing Services says 'majority of issues lie with aspects of quality that can be dealt with on board.'
  • Glencore profits soar by 40%
    Results from its energy sector, however, are down.
  • Tanker operator buys share in bio-fuel company
    Stolt-Nielsen says it is its 'duty' and in its 'interest' to develop alternative sources of energy.
  • MGO prices in Busan, HK breach $1,000 mark
    IFO prices, meanwhile, fall at most key ports.
  • Bominflot welcomes two new traders in Brazil
    Gabriel Pacheco and Tiago Falc'o join the company's trading team in Rio de Janeiro.
  • Bunker surveyor expands global operations
    Global Marine Inspections opens offices in Singapore, Algeciras and Durban.
  • US technology firm tackles marine diesel engine emissions
    'Unique' environmental equipment' to be tested, says EnerTeck Corporation.
  • WFS, Cosmoship ordered to release Korea Line's bunkers
    Meanwhile, German shipowner Oldendorff seeks to take possession of bunkers it purchased on board a Korea Line vessel.
  • South China weekly fuel oil stocks increase
    Volumes estimated to be between 1.78 to 1.80 million mt in the week ending March 2, 2011.
  • Analysts maintain Aegean's 'hold' ratings
    Unclear whether improved margins in 'low-competition areas' will offset reductions in volume, says Dahlman Rose.
  • Japan to see 'sluggish' bunker demand in March
    High bunker prices discourage buying at Japanese ports, say traders.
  • Sinopec to become China's No.1 bonded bunker oil supplier?
    The supplier's sales target 'close' to that of Chimbusco.

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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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