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August 8, 2011
The Business Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Shipping firms sue EU over sanctions
    Several shipping companies have launched a legal challenge against the European Union after the bloc imposed sanctions on them over their suspected involvement in Iran's nuclear programme and arms trafficking, a court application showed.
  • Japan, China shut ports ahead of typhoon
    Japan and China have suspended some operations at several oil, dry bulk and container ports ahead of a powerful typhoon that could be one of the worst in the area for years, industry officials said.
  • Baltic index flat due to growth, supply worries
    The Baltic Exchange's main seafreight index, which tracks rates to ship dry commodities, was unchanged on Friday with sentiment knocked by worries over slowing economic growth and the pace of new vessel deliveries.

Sched Netweb site
  • Asia-Europe spot rates rise for second straight week to US$823 per TEU
  • Europe container growth slows on fears of default: Global Port Tracker
  • Libyan rebels seize state-owned tanker, perhaps with the NATO assistance
  • United States consumer spending declines for first time in two years
  • Seaspan's quarterly operational profit increases 43pc to US$124.6 million
  • APL's on-time record in transpacific hits 94pc in first half of 2011
  • Shandong top 3 ports see more than 10pc throughput increase in first half
  • Mid-Yangtze Hubei provincial exim trade soars 95pc in first half
  • DP World Southampton terminal rail link to boost intermodal volumes
  • National Container Company's St Petersburg seven-month box volume up 9.9pc
  • Container lessor TAL quarterly profit increases 100pc to US$33.1 million
  • India's trade growth threatened by US-Europe economic uncertainty
  • X-Press Container Line enters Latin America with two feeder services
  • China to finish Tibet's Lhasa-Shigatse rail extension by 2015
  • Maximus Air Cargo scores record July performance with its new A300-GOORF
  • UN pleads for free or discounted air cargo to ship food to Horn of Africa
  • Changi Airport pioneers airport perimeter security with intrusion sensors

Exim Indiaweb site
  • Anti-dumping duty proposed on Chinese PVC flex films
  • Coffee exports surge 38 pc on global demand
  • DGFT likely to eliminate cotton exports eligibility criteria
  • Govt restores DEPB scheme on cotton, yarn
  • Hike non-Basmati export price to $500/t, Thomas urges Pranab
  • India, Poland seek to firm up trade, cultural ties
  • Office in Dubai for gems &: jewellery body
  • Oilmeal exports climb 13 pc in July

International Transport Journalweb site
AUGUST 5, 2011
  • New Boeing 747-8 freighter completes certification flight testing
    The new Boeing 747-8 freighter successfully completed its certification flight test programme on Tuesday, with two airplanes landing at Paine Field in Everett, Wash. Flight test ai...
  • South Africa: booming extra-heavy and heavy truck sale
    In South Africa the sale of new heavy commercial vehicles saw a big jump in July: According to the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of SA (Naamsa), sales of extra h...
  • Asta AG reduces European fleet
    Asta AG in Arbon/Switzerland, a subsidiary of AFG Arbonia-Forster-Holding AG, is reducing its EU-oriented fleet due to its high personnel costs and the exchange rate development of...
  • Chapman Freeborn flies humanitarian aid to Horn of Africa
    Chapman Freeborn Airchartering's worldwide offices are participating in the effort to transport humanitarian aid to help people affected by famine in the Horn of Africa. In the las...
  • Port of San Francisco's Pier 80 welcomes wind turbines
    The Port of San Francisco's Pier 80 omni terminal welcomed the M/V Star Hansa carrying wind turbine components for San Leandro, California-based Halus Power Systems. Halu...
  • Asda extends partnership with Norbert Dentressangle in the UK
    Asda has renewed its contract with Norbert Dentressangle for the management of eight Asda Service Centres (ASCs) - the hub of Asda's recycling operations - for a further five years...
  • Panalpina growth below expectation in Q2 2011
    The globally active transport and logistics group Panalpina, which is based in Basel, was hit across Switzerland by falling demand and the strong CHF in Q2. Net sales dropped in th...
  • Air Berlin acquires second-hand Swiss A330
    German airliner Air Berlin has acquired a second-hand Airbus A330-200 from Switzerland's carrier Swiss. A second jet is to follow shortly. With the two planes, the future Oneworld ...
  • Russia's port throughput falls flat
    Russian sea ports' goods throughput remained more or less flat in the first half of 2011 on the prior-year period. It was down 0.5% on the same period last year and stood at 257 mi...

Marine Logweb site
AUGUST 5, 2011
  • Shell gets conditional approval for Beaufort Sea exploration plan
  • AMO ends strike against American Steamship Company
  • Transocean orders another Bigfoot

World Wide Shipperweb site
AUGUST 5, 2011
  • Federal decision paves way for SR 520 project to move forward
  • NYK containership rescues 23 sailors from cargo vessel
  • Crowley adding Tampa call to Central America Ro/Ro service
  • APL reports near perfect Trans-Pacific on time performance
  • Rail freight traffic count rolls to up/down week

Lloyd's Listweb site
AUGUST 5, 2011
  • Secondhand bulker values could 'easily' fall by 20%
    Secondhand vessel values for bulk carriers over 15 years of age could "easily" fall by 20% over the next 12 months, according to Eagle Bulk Shipping chairman Sophocles Zoullas, as record newbuilding deliveries lower the average age of the fleet and charterers opt to hire younger and more efficient ships
  • Rio Tinto's fixing frenzy underpins capesize market
    Typhoon Miufa's likely strike on China sends Rio Tinto into fixing flurry, while Vale makes welcome enquiry on fronthaul route
  • Europe picks up suezmax slack
    Drop in US oil demand as consumers buy less gasoline sees West African cargoes diverted to European refineries, boosting demand for suezmax tankers
  • Offshore shuttles offer better returns
    Owners investing in high specification suezmax shuttle tankers for the offshore oil market will benefit from longer employment and higher rates than owners who order standard suezmax tankers amid current poor charter rates on the spot market
  • Greek ownership remains buoyant
    New Petrofin Research study finds Greek owners resisting consolidation, but the pressure is mounting
  • Age shift augurs well for the future
    Greek fleet gets younger on average
  • Piracy on the silver screen
    A private premiere of Steamship Mutual's new piracy training film conveys the tension and stress of navigating through these dangerous waters
  • Modern morality means Somali piracy will flourish
    The lessons of history show that if the thousand pirates detained were all now dead or rotting in prison piracy would have all now ceased
  • The advance of women
    We should not have to write, or read, articles about the 'first woman' doing anything, but everything has to start somewhere
  • Financial statement weakens CMA CGM bonds
    French container line has no liquidity problems, says banker
  • Aberdeen still has its foot on the gas
    Scottish trust port can point to rises in vessel calls and cargo volumes as signs that the North Sea energy sector is still very active
  • Shipping shares sink lower as global stock markets slide again
    Deeper falls for some companies reflect poor performances and prospects in main shipping sectors
  • Founding families lead share purchase charge at OSG
    Vote of confidence, says Morten Arntzen
  • European ports face further crisis
    Throughput at northern ports continues to slide
  • APMT Zeebrugge plans transport role as Antwerp gateway
    Flanders ports link-up would take on common rival Rotterdam
  • Croatia's Ploce port secures $71m World Bank loan
    Improvement in infrastructure aimed at winning more private investment
  • Spot on
    The transpacific container trade looks to be locked in a towards rates cycle
  • Weak east-west box rates emit misleading signals
    Broad supply and demand equilibrium used as evidence that box trades are not in such poor shape as some indicators would imply
  • Wilhelmshaven hit by sharp drop in oil imports
    Closure of ConocoPhillips refinery also hits total cargo handling of Lower Saxony ports
  • The monster and the bear
    If a second dip in an already long and painful recession looms, the recent follow-the-leader ordering of huge ships in the box sector will come to look very complacent
  • Fresh order brings Namura reprieve but yen appreciation a burden
    Japanese shipbuilder explores its options in the face of 'life or death' survival battle
  • Rebels capture Libyan tanker
    GNMTC product tanker diverted to Benghazi
  • Hansa Heavy Lift to desert Bremen
    Headquarters to be relocated in Hamburg next year as part of drive to cut the Beluga connection
  • China Shipping box leasing unit postpones Hong Kong IPO
    Turmoil in global equity markets hampers China Shipping Nauticgreen Holdings' $200m fundraiser
  • Slump in big tankers hits Crude Carriers' second quarter
    Greece-based owner sees revenues halved despite outperforming Baltic index rates
  • Great Eastern profits slide 5%
    Indian tanker and dry bulk owner hit by low rates and slack demand
  • Keppel wins $195m Transocean jack-up order
    World's largest offshore drilling contractor exercises option for third jack-up based on Bigfoot design
  • Strike planned for Westernport
    Patrick Stevedores to stage 24-hour walk-out
  • Vale rejects Cosbulk ship for fronthaul fixture
    Reported payment problems at Cosco Qingdao scuppered deal, say brokers

Fairplayweb site
AUGUST 5, 2011
  • Hurricane likelihood rises
    TROPICAL Storm Emily has broken apart without damaging Caribbean shipping, but US officials meantime raised their estimate on the likelihood of a worse-than-usual hurricane season
  • Chinese rare earth exports surge in first half
    CHINESE rare earth export rose nearly tenfold year on year in the first half of 2011, hitting $1.5Bn, IHS Global Insight reported today
  • Crude Carriers posts losses
    NYSE-listed Crude Carriers reported today that it swung to losses in the second quarter after revenues were dragged down by weak crude tanker rates
  • Drybulk rates hit GE Shipping
    A DROP in drybulk charter rates led to a fall in quarterly profits, India's GE Shipping said today
  • Philippines plans box terminal
    NEW BOX terminal is planned, with South Korean funding, in Aurora province of the Philippines
  • Iran oil sale fails again
    NIOC HAS failed again to sell heavy crude on Iran's international oil exchange at its Kish Island free zone, IHS World Markets Energy reported today
  • Greece casualties drop 24%
    MARITIME accidents in Greece were down 24% in 2010 year on year, an EC report has found
  • Crude held at Port Sudan
    A CARGO of 600,000 barrels of South Sudanese crude is being held at Port Sudan due to a dispute over "service fees", IHS World Markets Energy reported today
  • Platou sees box boost
    A BETTER balance between supply and demand in box shipping should lead to a "moderate recovery" in rates in 2012, according to RS Platou
  • India's port snarls worsen
    CONGESTION at coal import terminals on India's East Coast has significantly worsened since the beginning of July, brokers told Fairplay today
  • Vale revisits spot market
    BROKERS told Fairplay today that Brazilian miner Vale has made an exception by taking a ship in the spot market for the first time in a year
  • Transneft warns China on oil pipeline contract
    RUSSIA'S Transneft has warned that it might terminate a contract to pump crude overland to China, which could increase the flow of crude for shipment from Kozmino Bay
  • Naphtha fixtures surge
    BROKERS told Fairplay today rising demand for naphtha is raising eastbound freight rates for long-range tankers transporting clean products
  • Brokers see static box rates
    CONTAINER derivatives brokers told Fairplay today that rates are unlikely to head north even though yesterday's closing trades suggested otherwise
  • Mixed results for Diana Shipping
    DIANA Shipping today announced a year-on-year rise in timecharter revenues for the first half of 2011

The Journal of Commerceweb site
AUGUST 5, 2011
  • NY-NJ Port Authority Proposes Toll Increase
    The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey on Friday proposed raising tolls on bridge and tunnels crossing Hudson...
  • USPS Loses $3.1 Billion
    The U.S. Postal Service lost $3.1 billion in its third fiscal quarter ending June 30, deepening the Postal Service's financial...
  • Trans-Pacific Rates Drop, Asia-Europe Rebounds
    Spot rates for trans-Pacific trade fell for the second week in a row, while pricing on Asia-Europe trade lanes improved...
  • Trucking Industry Hiring Slowed in July
    Trucking employment was essentially flat in July, with for-hire carriers adding only 1,300 jobs for a 0.1 percent increase from...
  • Crowley Adds Tampa Call
    Crowley Maritime plans to add roll-on, roll-off service to Tampa in September as part of the carrier's Central American service,...
  • CSAV to Hike India-Europe Rates
    Chilean ocean carrier CSAV will implement a general rate increase on westbound shipments from India to Europe, starting Aug. 15....
  • Air France-KLM Cargo Traffic Falls 2.7 Percent
    Falling demand in the Asia-Pacific region pulled cargo traffic at Air France-KLM down 2.7 percent in July. Asia-Pacific...
  • NuStar, EOG Team Up on Oil Train Transloads
    NuStar Logistics and EOG Resources, an oil and gas company, jointly develop and own a facility at St. James, La.,...
  • July Jobs Report Tops Expectations
    U.S. job growth increased more than expected in July as a rise in private payrolls offset shrinkage in government jobs,...
  • ICTS Argentina Terminal Opens 2012
    International Container Terminal Services will complete the first phase construction of a terminal at the Port of La Plata in...
  • Ningbo Port Container Traffic Up 13.7 Percent
    China's Ningbo Port saw container traffic increase 13.7 percent year-over-year to a new record of 7 million 20-foot equivalent units...
  • China Manufacturing Slows to 29-Month Low
    A key measure of Chinese manufacturing fell for the straight month to its lowest point in more than two years...
  • Declared Weight
    In the inquiries that followed the at-sea hull fracture and subsequent scuttling of the MSC Napoli in early 2007 in...
  • Copyright ' and Wrong ' in Tariff Filing
    Q: Your June 13 and July 18, 2011, columns request views regarding enforceability of National Motor Freight Classification provisions that...
  • Old Faithful
    In the trans-Pacific, capacity is surging and rates are sagging. In South America, Africa and the Middle East, demand is...
  • Dysfunctionally Yours
    The congressional failure that led to the partial shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration will not, just to be clear,...
  • Slowdown Worsens at Congested India Port
    An unofficial "go-slow" campaign by a group of dockworkers at the Gateway Terminals India operated by APM Terminals threatens to...
  • APL Reports 94 Percent On-time Performance
    APL said its trans-Pacific services missed their arrival window only seven times in 114 port calls to the U.S. West...
  • Second Carrier Adds Congestion Fee at Nehru Port
    Hapag-Lloyd said Friday it will apply a port congestion surcharge on shipments moving through India's Port of Jawaharlal Nehru (Nhava...

Containerisation Internationalweb site
AUGUST 5, 2011
  • Transpac benchmark plummets due to 'weak demand and excess capacity'
  • IUMI to debate: 'The Curse of Piracy'
  • TT Club heralds 'a wind of cultural change' in container shipping
  • Seaspan posts H1 11 profit and announces new charter contract
  • UASC revamps AEC1 service

TradeWindsweb site
AUGUST 5, 2011
  • Typhoon targets China
    Bulkers brace for delays as typhoon Muifa closes in on ports of Ningbo and Qingdao.
  • Swan supply talks in flight
    Indian FSRU wannabe closing in on LNG supply deal near Pipavav.
  • CFL buys into Scan-Trans
    Canada Feeder Lines takes 20% chunk of Danish owner following its improved fortunes.
  • DHT to seek out new deals
    The bid for Saga Tankers is over but Svein Moxnes Harfjeld is still aiming for substantial expansion.
  • Crude culls dividend
    Evangelos Marinakis-led tanker owner axes payouts after second quarter results disappointment.
  • Big names hog headlines
    John Fredriksen, Evangelos Marinakis, Gabriel Panayiotides, George Economou, Micky Arison and Craig Stevenson head the list of newsmakers this week.
  • Diamond S deal sparkles
    A high flying investor backs the deal of the week, shipping in rough seas and anti-Gaddafi forces are accused of piracy.
  • Sado sinks to deeper loss
    Japanese ferry owner drops full-year forecast after heavier reversal in the opening six months of 2011.
  • Seaspan shakes off gloom
    New York-listed owner to ignore present bleak economy with further newbuilding orders and could go supersize next time.
  • Higher costs hurt GE
    India's Great Eastern Shipping sees its first quarter profit take a dip.
  • Saga saga over
    DHT Holdings dumps offer for Arne Blystad-led VLCC outfit after failing to convince enough shareholders.
  • Hoegh buys from MOL
    Sveinung Stohle-led owner bags LNG carrier from Japanese firm with a view for conversion.
  • Shipping stocks sink
    Asian shipping shares follow US rivals down as economic fears grip the market.
  • CSG cans Nauticgreen IPO
    State-owned China Shipping Group cancels public offering of container leasing unit.
  • Sinwa profit slides
    Singapore-listed offshore services company's earnings sliced in half.

American Shipperweb site
AUGUST 5, 2011
  • Washington Notebook
  • Latest Quarterly Report
  • Con-way Q2 profit more than doubles
    Con-way Inc. reported second quarter net profit of $29.4 million, more than double the $13.9 million earned in the same 2010 period. Revenue in the quarter ending June 30 was $1.35 billion, a 3.2 percent increase from last year's second quarter re...
  • Pressing for FTAs approval after Hill recess
    U.S. Senate leaders have reached an agreement to move forward pending free trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia and Panama, and Trade Adjustment Assistance legislation following the August recess. Industry associations praised the move, but...
  • Klinge builds triple container reefer unit
    Klinge Corp., a York, Pa.-based refrigeration technology manufacturer, has developed a unit for so-called triple containers, or tricons. The tricon, which is often used by the world's militaries, is configured so when three units are adjoined the f...
  • Airlines told no more monkey business
    The British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection has launched an international campaign on Change.org to stop airlines transporting primates destined for research. "Every year, tens of thousands of monkeys are traded around the world for the res...
  • Parsons Brinckerhoff names Tanberg VP
    Infrastructure consulting and engineering firm Parsons Brinckerhoff has appointed Brian Tanberg to vice president. Based in Tampa, Fla., Tanberg will serve as director in the Southeast for the firm's ports and marine practice, which includes the Ca...
  • Vanguard appoints Groff general counsel
    Non-vessel-operating common carrier Vanguard Logistics Services has appointed Terry Groff to vice president and general counsel for legal administration, effective Aug. 8. Groff brings with her more than 20 years of experience as an attorney in the...
  • Forecaster: 'Tough year, not unlike 2009'
    Import and export deep sea container volumes across Europe have continued their downward slide from a high in March, according to Global PortTracker. "The crisis in Greece combined with the specter of Italy and Spain defaulting is destroying what ...
  • Iraq concerned about nearby Kuwait port
    Iraq is asking Kuwait to suspend work on a seaport on Bubiyan Island, because of concern it may affect Iraq shipping, according to a report fromVoice of America.A report on the radio service's Web site said the two countries exchanged statements o...

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
AUGUST 5, 2011
  • Bunker prices nose-dive
    Markets end the week on a surprisingly quiet note as buyers wait to see where crude ends up.
  • Middle East bunker prices fall
    Extremely tight avails reported in Fujairah.
  • LNG terminal developing 'bunkering potential'
    Singapore LNG Corporation awards EPC contract for 'secondary berth'.
  • Markets tumble in Europe
    IFO 180 cSt cargoes are expected over the weekend in Rotterdam.
  • Iranian fuel oil exports to remain low
    Loadings for east Asia likely to stay at current levels.
  • IMO sulphur data point to changing trends
    Confirm nearly 15% of HFO fails to meet 2012 limit, while distillate data show most fuels tested are below 0.1% sulphur.
  • Arctic ice melt could hit Singapore's maritime sector
    Maritime consultant says Northern Sea Route 'will have an impact' on Asian hub.
  • Sinking triggers bunker spill fears
    Indian Coast Guard deploys pollution control vessel.
  • Week ends with continued losses in bunker prices
    Supplies of bunker fuel mixed at some major ports in Asia.
  • ABB introduces marine energy appraisal tool
    Variable-speed drives can lower energy consumption of onboard equipment by up to 50%.
  • Order for dual-fuel offshore supply vessels
    US-based Harvey Gulf International Marine will place order for two vessels.
  • High bunker costs may trigger sales of VLCCs
    NYK says older VLCCs operating at a loss.
  • South China fuel oil stocks slightly up
    Volume at approximately 1.96 million mt for the week ended August 3.
  • Aegean boosts bunkering ops with new tanker
    Company expects to take delivery of two more double-hull bunker tankers.

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Leghorn
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Venice
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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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