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August 9, 2011
The Business Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Capesize rents could rise 15% in Q3: consultancy
    HIRE costs for capesize vessels that haul dry bulk commodities could see a 15 per cent rise within the quarter, said Maritime Strategies International Ltd, after rounding out the first weekly gain in a month.
  • Kuwait firm on new port
    KUWAIT has responded to threats by Iraqi militants by saying they will not deter the oil-rich emirate from completing the construction of a controversial megaport between the two nations.

Sched Netweb site
  • OOIL profit falls 86pc to US$236.59 million despite 6.9pc revenue increase
  • TT Club supports 5-liner database reporting container handling incidents
  • Seaspan charters last of five 4,500-TEU newbuildings to 'K' Line
  • Hebei ports increase throughput 16.7pc to 346 million tonnes in half year
  • Benin Navy drives off Nigerian pirates during ship-to-ship transfer operation
  • UASC uses UAE's Khor Fakkan, cuts direct India, Pakistan calls from AEC1
  • Union says it still plans to bid for bankrupt SeaFrance ferry company
  • INTTRA sets out to simplify dispute identification through eInvoices
  • CN to expand Kirk Yard, relocate Chicago repair shop near Gary, Indiana
  • Hong Kong airport initiates power savings planned to cut carbon emissions
  • TNT sets up just-in-time, just-enough fashion logistics hub in Hong Kong
  • Atlas Air quarterly profit falls 27pc, looks to receive new B747-8Fs

Exim Indiaweb site
  • Coast Guard does damage control as contingency plan is readied
  • Hanjin Shipping orders five 13,000-TEUers
  • NYK & Yusen Terminals receive 2011 Clean Air Action Plan Awards from Port of Los Angeles
  • Oneworld Shipping Services opens own office in Mumbai
  • Shanghai aims at world's No. 1 container port status in 2011
  • Sweden 24th nation to sign Rotterdam Rules
  • Tanker sector facing biggest glut in 29 years
  • Tata Steel arm floats new firm for tugging operations
  • TSA to impose unspecified peak season surcharge from August 15
  • EEPC India holds seminar on 'Doing Business with Canada'
  • IMU's KPT campus to have quota for wards of Port employees
  • Marg Karaikal Port launches container handling services
  • Truck rentals fall 3-4 pc in July
  • Govt mulling relook of area ceiling for SEZs
  • US downgrade bad news for exports: Fieo

International Transport Journalweb site
AUGUST 8, 2011
  • USD 40 million loan for Rift Valley Railways in Kenya
    The African Development Bank has approved a USD 40-million loan to finance the Rift Valley Railways (RVR) to significantly increase freight transport. The five-year USD 246-million...
  • UK road freight industry forced to find extra EUR 1.5 bn to fill its fuel tanks
    UK road freight operators have had to find an additional GBP 1.3 billion (about EUR 1.5 billion) over a 12-month period to cover the rising cost of fuel, figures from the Freight T...
  • Denmark: foreign lorries now require low-emission zone stickers
    As of 1 November 2011, foreign lorries and buses must display a low-emission zone sticker on their windscreen in Denmark before they may use the Danish low-emission zones. If it is...
  • Booming Finnair Cargo starts joint venture
    Releasing its half year results last Friday, Finnair showed strongly developing cargo demand (+23%) and growing cargo sales (+18%) compared with the same period last year. Nordic G...
  • Boeing, GECAS finalise order for 747-8 freighters and 777-300ERs
    Boeing and GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS), the commercial aircraft leasing and financing arm of General Electric, have finalised a firm order for two 747-8 freighters and eig...
  • Minority stake in Turkish ACT Airlines acquired by Chinese HNA Group
    HNA Group Company Limited (HNA) of China, an integrated operator in modern service industry, and Bravia Capital (Bravia) announced that they have entered into an agreement to acqui...
  • MOL and Höegh Autoliners create Euro Marine Logistics
    Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (Tokyo) and Höegh Autoliners AS (Oslo) have set up a 50/50 joint venture in Europe, integrating the existing European short sea and logistics activities o...
  • Port to prepare impact study on grain export facility
    The Port of Long Beach has begun preparing an environmental impact report on a proposal to build a grain export facility at Pier T on Terminal Island. The Port's "notice of prepara...
  • ALC welcomes Brian Kruger as new MD
    The Australian Logistics Council (ALC) recently welcomed the announcement by Toll's board that Brian Kruger will become the company's new managing director on 1 January 2012. "...
  • Hansa Heavy Lift plans to move to Hamburg
    In the course of its ongoing corporate development, Hansa Heavy Lift, one of the largest maritime shipping companies for heavylift and project transports, conducted a thorough asse...
  • Dachser with new local subsidiary in Singapore
    The German logistics services provider, Dachser, is continuing on its global expansion course and opening its own local subsidiary in Singapore. This makes the centre of finance an...
  • Turkish-Iranian border crossing Gürbülak to be upgraded for USD 3 million
    Under an agreement between the Turkish Ministry for Trade and Customs, which was newly established after the recent elections, and the Association of Turkish International Freight ...
  • JadeWeserPort finishes main quay construction
    80,000 cbm of concrete, 80,000 t of steel and 1 million stones for the dams were used to complete the main 1,725 m quay in the JadeWeserPort in Wilhelmshaven (Germany). Work is thu...
  • Samskip expands activities and invests
    Duisport will build the new intermodal terminal in Hohenbudberg for Samskip and its subsidiary Van Dieren. The investments for the 120,000 sqm bimodal terminal are EUR 20 mill...
  • Poste Italiane with lower profits
    A difficult economy and increased competition hit profits at Italy's state-owned postal operator Poste Italiane in the first half of 2011, but operating costs also fell. The compan...

Marine Logweb site
AUGUST 8, 2011
  • Newport News Shipbuilding delivers Virginia class sub ahead of schedule
  • Kirby exercises option for second AT/B from Signal International
  • Noble to mobilize semi from GoM to eastern Mediterranean
  • Interferry opens Brussels office
  • Wärtsilä RT-flex engines to power "Bangkok-max" containerships
  • BMT Nigel Gee to design all-electric ferry for China

World Wide Shipperweb site
AUGUST 8, 2011
  • Port of Tacoma taps Francis as new real estate manager
  • North Bend Coast Guardsman receives award for heroism
  • Port of Coos Bay sponsoring Charleston Seafood Festival
  • Corps' survey vessel joing Astoria celebration
  • Panama Canal Authority renews Port New Orleans alliance

Lloyd's Listweb site
AUGUST 8, 2011
  • Lack of buyers sends secondhand values tumbling 40%
    Secondhand values of 1,100 teu boxships appear to have fallen 40% in the last three months, with two vessels changing hands over the last week at levels around $6m, as a lack of buyers and weak charter rates put pressure on prices
  • BW Gas buys VLGC pair as spot rates rise
    BW Gas is understood to have bought two very large gas carriers after acquiring a further two last month, signalling its confidence in this improving market that has seen spot rates for VLGCs hit a three-year-high
  • VLGC freight rate rises to three-year high of $70/tonne
    Further rises anticipated on constant stream of Middle Eastern cargoes
  • Chittagong breakers can import scrap ships until October
    Court extension allows time to implement tougher labour and environmental safety rules in Bangladesh
  • Tidal wave of company failures remains unlikely
    Banks will do their best to avoid becoming shipowners and maritime law firms can help
  • State of play
    Shipping bankruptcies
  • Battle between Cosco and owners intensifies
    George Economou's Classic Maritime latest bulker operator to win security pending London arbitration
  • Dog days bare their teeth
    Orderbook excesses continue to haunt the shipping markets as demand remains flat
  • The causes of piracy still need to be addressed
    If the west had spent more money on development causes, we would not have half the piracy problems we face in Somalia and Afghanistan
  • MOL and Höegh Autoliners in European venture
    Euro Marine Logistics has ambitions to become one the top three car carriers in shortsea sector
  • Kiel Canal's decrepit locks raise questions over Hamburg feeders
    Competition with road haulage could suffer as construction of additional lock chamber in Kiel Canal is held back
  • Strike ends at Luka Koper
    Pay dispute resolved
  • Nautilus warns over training scheme
    SMarT scheme funding at risk
  • Saadé dispels doubts over CMA CGM's future
    No retirement plans for box line chairman and chief executive as plots the company's next moves
  • OceanSaver installs first high-capacity ballast system
    Höegh Autoliners car carrier will be valuable testing ground ahead of IMO changes
  • Scanjet Macro fits fuel tank measuring system to Hapag-Lloyd cruiseship
    Work on Hapag-Lloyd vessel Hanseatic requires complete upgrading of electronic communication system transmitting data
  • ShipNet launches YouTube channel
    First release is seven-minute video showing Voyage Estimator, part of chartering and operations product
  • Help us in surveying the pace of innovation
    Lloyd's List wants to know how you rate the shipping industry's innovation efforts
  • Omani announcement boosts Sohar joint venture
    All commercial import, export, general cargo and container activities will switch ports from Muscat
  • Interferry opens Brussels office to boost lobbying of EU
    Ferry industry's body seeks to strengthen its voice on maritime policy and regulations
  • ICS presses European Commission to keep shipping out of emissions trading
    Secretary-general Hinchliffe says CO2 'cannot be reduced effectively and meaningfully' through a regional financial instrument
  • Rotterdam and Antwerp consider swapping shares
    Changing structure of European petrochemical sector encourages greater co-operation
  • Political pitfalls
    Given the scale and dynamics of globalisation, European ports are going to have to become more closely integrated, but it also requires politicians' co-operation
  • Box lines' new economics
    Revenues are down despite a rise in volumes
  • Mitsubishi Heavy denies Hitachi merger talk
    MHI president quoted as saying discussions only concerned collaboration between, or integration of, specific business units
  • OOCL parent's profits fall to $175m
    Orient Overseas Container Line warns of overcapacity and uncertainty over potential US consumer demand at Thanksgiving and Christmas
  • China Shipping Group bond sale raises $620m
    State-owned parent of CSCL taps domestic market, but statement does not indicate how funds are to be used
  • Nordic American Tankers posts $10m loss in weak suezmax spot market
    Second-quarter slide compares with $7.9m profit in same period last year

Fairplayweb site
AUGUST 8, 2011
  • OOIL struggles in first half
    OOIL, PARENT of Orient Overseas Container Lines, announced today that net profits for the first half plummeted by 86%, as it predicted "disappointing" full-year results
  • Key copper strike settled
    WORKERS at the giant Escondida copper mine in northern Chile have voted to end a strike and accept a pay deal, IHS Global Insight reported today
  • US approves Lake Charles LNG exports
    THE US Department of Energy has approved Lake Charles LNG's export application, making it the second terminal project to receive the government's blessing
  • Sesa Goa buys Liberian stake
    INDIA'S Sesa Goa said today it is buying 51% of Liberian miner Western Cluster, which is developing iron ore mines and associated shipping infrastructure in the African country
  • CMA CGM plans $100M Kingston scheme
    FRENCH liner CMA CGM has agreed to invest $100M in the Jamaican port of Kingston over the next three years, IHS Global Insight reported today
  • NAT widens losses
    SUEZMAX spot player NAT reported higher losses than expected today and confirmed its increased emphasis on slow steaming
  • LPG tanker robbed off Indonesia
    ARMED attackers robbed an LPG tanker off Indonesia today, according to ReCAAP ISC
  • Why HHL is swapping Bremen for Hamburg
    NASCENT German breakbulk and heavy-lift carrier Hansa Heavy Lift is trying to make a fresh start with the move of its headquarters from Bremen to Hamburg
  • Cigarette smugglers caught in Greece
    A TRUCK driver was arrested over the weekend in Patras on suspicion of trying to smuggle more than 11,000 undeclared cigarette packets out of Greece, Greek coastguards said today
  • Drybulk rates remain sluggish
    WEAK ACTIVITY in the Northern Hemisphere summer is keeping drybulk rates low, according to Oslo investment bank Pareto Securities
  • VLCCs seen capping upside
    SPOT RATES for VLCC tankers are low but steady as this week opens because of ample supply of tonnage
  • Hyundai buys Oz iron ore
    SOUTH Korea's Hyundai Steel said today it has signed a deal to buy iron ore from Australian miner Fortescue
  • Mumbai struggles with spill
    INDIAN coastguards are today co-ordinating an oil spill clean-up at the entrance of Mumbai's harbour, after two officers from a sunken bulker were arrested

The Journal of Commerceweb site
AUGUST 8, 2011
  • Matson Profit Plunges 75 Percent
    Higher fuel costs and weak trans-Pacific results caused Matson Navigation's second quarter operating profit to fall 75 percent to $9.4...
  • Transportation Stocks Lead Market Dive
    Transportation stocks took a deep dive on Wall Street on Monday, riding a huge selloff in response to the downgrading...
  • Matson Ends One of Two China Services
    Matson Navigation ended one of its China services, citing overcapacity and declining freight rates in the trans-Pacific, as well as...
  • Rendell: "Super Committee" May Boost Transport Spending
    Former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell said Monday a congressional "super committee" appointed to find ways to cut the federal deficit...
  • Railcar Owners Idled 707 More Units in July
    North American owners of railcars parked 707 more of them in July, as many categories of freight rail traffic slowed...
  • Obama Urges Transport Spending, Tax Cut Extension
    President Obama renewed his call for Congress to quickly approve a new transportation infrastructure investment program next month, and extend...
  • CMA CGM Invests $100 Million in Kingston Hub
    CMA CGM will invest $100 million in a major container transshipment hub in Jamaica in exchange for a 35-year lease...
  • Third-Party Logistics Providers Expand in Inland China
    Third-party logistics companies continue to invest in warehousing and other supporting capacity in interior provinces of China, as manufacturers look...
  • FedEx Freight Hikes Rates 6.75 Percent
    FedEx Freight will raise its non-contract truck pricing 6.75 percent on Sept. 6, the nation's largest less-than-truckload motor carrier said...
  • Teamsters Ratify Four-Year Car-Haul Contract
    Car-hauling Teamsters approved a National Master Automobile Transporters Agreement that will raise their wages $1.35 per hour over four years....
  • Obama Finalizing Truck Fuel Efficiency Rules
    President Obama is set to unveil final rules Tuesday that for the first time set fuel efficiency and carbon emission...
  • MCC Begins China-Bangladesh Service
    MCC Transport, A.P. Moller-Maerski's intra-Asia shipping division, launched a 13-day transit service between China and Bangladesh. The Shanghai 1...
  • OOIL Sees 'Disappointing' 2011 Outlook
    Profit at the parent of Orient Overseas Container Line fell 39 percent in the first half of 2011 on falling...
  • Panama Locks Set for Maintenance Shutdowns
    Vessel traffic through the Panama Canal will be affected this month by maintenance and dredging. The east lane of...
  • Japan Extends Punitive Tariffs Against US
    Japan on Monday extended for a year punitive tariffs on ball bearings and tapered roller bearings imported from the United...
  • India Ports See Slight Container Uptick
    Container traffic at major ports in India grew a mere 2 percent from April through July compared with a year...
  • En Route to Profit
    Truckload carriers seem to be traveling a different route than the rest of the sputtering U.S. economy. Many reported higher...
  • Virginia's Clean Sweep
    The first half of 2011 hasn't been good for the Port of Virginia for reasons largely beyond its control. Although...
  • Fast Track to the Heartland?
    Geoffrey Giovanetti has a favorite East Coast port gateway for seaborne imports of wine and spirits destined for the Midwest,...
  • Calculated Savings
    Soon after Maersk Line CEO Eivind Kolding challenged ocean carriers to compete on the basis of sustainability in June, Danish...
  • Red on the Horizon
    Horizon Lines says it is making "significant progress" on a refinancing announced two months ago, but the financially struggling container...
  • United We Stand?
    Most U.S. ports implementing clean-trucks programs are attempting to foster compliance through subsidies to truckers and with public-private partnerships, but...
  • Clean Trucks Take a Toll
    Ports from Oakland, Calif., to New York are adopting clean-trucks programs that will require independent owner-operators who in many cases...
  • Shipping's Gold Coast
    Peter Tirschwell's July 18 commentary, "Season of the Switch," put a new twist on the East Coast vs. West Coast...
  • A Road Museum's Lessons
    Who'd have thought that a museum in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley would point to issues now flaring in Washington about the...
  • FMC's New Music Man
    Federal Maritime Commissioner Mario Cordero has a solution for the discordant state of Washington politics: music. "If we gather...
  • Quiet on the Coalition Front
    The Longshore Workers Coalition, the intra-union group that has criticized International Longshoremen's Association leadership, was relatively quiet during last month's...
  • A Family Man
    A two-month longshoremen's strike in 1977 left Harold Daggett so strapped he qualified for food stamps, but Daggett said he...
  • Change at the ILA
    As Harold Daggett basked in the applause of union delegates after his election as International Longshoremen's Association president, loudspeakers came...

Containerisation Internationalweb site
AUGUST 8, 2011
  • Liners in the eye of 'The Perfect Storm'
    As severe tropical storm Muifa batters the eastern shipping regions of China - the worst atmospheric disturbance for decades and a reminder of the vulnerability of merchant shipping to the elements - ocean carriers appear to be heading for a manmade storm of mega proportions in H2 2011
  • OOIL's H1 profit tumbles due to 'rate deterioration' on major trades
  • Markets start steady on ECB move - but volitility remains
  • 'Market conditions' prompts Turkon 4th ship cull
  • Mexican ports advanced strongly in first half period
  • Some good news from the US

TradeWindsweb site
AUGUST 8, 2011
  • Bodouroglou stays busy
    Michael Bodouroglou holds the helm as Box Ships declares debut dividend following profitable quarter while Paragon takes a hit on drop downs.
  • Downgrade rips Wall Street
    Shipping stocks slammed by double-digit declines as news of S&P's US debt rating rocks New York markets.
  • Greek scraps suezmax
    Callimanopulos group tanker wing torches 1992-built suezmax in $13.5m demolition deal, brokers say.
  • MTM tipped as buyer
    Brokers link MT Maritime Management to $21m chemical tanker transaction with Japanese giant.
  • PBA on the hunt
    Indonesian bulker owner transferred to state energy company PLN, which wants to renew fleet.
  • ASC strike ends
    American Steamship Co officers return to Great Lakes bulkers as AMO hammers out new labour contract.
  • Cosco hits new trough
    Global stock market struggles have dragged shares in China's largest quoted shipping company to a record low.
  • Rocky rates sting CH
    Singapore-listed offshore owner ready to pursue expansion despite drop in 2010 profit.
  • Cape hit a false alarm
    Fears a dozen pirate skiffs had targeted a German bulker have been dismissed as a misunderstanding.
  • CSSC rises again
    Chinese shipbuilder and engine maker posts 2.7% improvement in first-half profit.
  • Coscol inches up
    Chinese giant's listed heavy-lift arm pushes up first half profit a fraction.
  • Wartsila wins Wenchong deal
    Finnish company to supply eight engines for "Bangkok-max" feederships being built in China.
  • Woe won't burn BDI
    Negative economic headlines unlikely to have a strong influence on dry-cargo market, ICAP says.
  • Vinalines posts first loss
    Dire markets cover Vietnamese owner's first-half accounts in red ink for only time since it was founded 15 years ago.
  • Parental support for CSDC
    Hong Kong-listed owner secures loans worth more than $1bn from China Shipping.
  • Glitch blamed for crash
    Report finds faulty dynamic positioning kit led to SBS Typhoon hitting two other offshore ships at Aberdeen.
  • SSW surges against tide
    New York-listed boxship owner rises after Cantor Fitzgerald upgrade as other shipping stocks suffer.
  • SNCM ferry robbed
    Purser tied up with electric cable on France's Ile de Beaute in Marseille.
  • Shockwave strikes again
    Asian shipping stocks take another hammering after US credit rating chop.
  • Port worker crushed
    49-year-old killed after forklift hit by log from Chinese general cargoship at Manila.

American Shipperweb site
AUGUST 8, 2011
  • China warehousing expansions
    DHL expands China warehousing DHL plans to expand and upgrade its warehousing to take advantage of increased business in China's contract logistics market. Its Supply Chain division plans to add up to 200,000 square meters of facilities in China in...
  • OOCL profit slides, cites overcapacity
    Liner carrier OOCL and subsidiary OOCL Logistics netted a combined $161.8 million in operating profit in the first half of 2011, a 45.7 percent drop compared to the first half of 2010, parent company OOIL said in a financial statement Monday. Firs...
  • Ship owners support IMO
    The International Chamber of Shipping is applauding the International Maritime Organization's approach in reducing shipping's carbon dioxide emissions. ICS Secretary General Peter Hinchliffe said recently agreed amendments to Annex VI of IMO's MA...
  • MOL-CKYH drop Halifax on Vietnam/U.S. East Coast
    A service linking Southeast Asia with the East Coast of North America will undergo a rotation change at the end of August, according to an operator of the loop. Liner carrier MOL said last week its SVE loop, which it operates with the CKYH Alliance...
  • APL's transpacific services 94% on-time
    APL's transpacific services 94% on-time APL's transpacific services 94% on-time Singapore-based liner carrier APL said Friday in its mid-year report on 2011 vessel reliability that APL ships on westbound transpacific sailings missed their arrival ...
  • Asia/Europe loop drops Hakata calls
    A New World Alliance-Grand Alliance joint Asia/Europe loops will drop two calls in September, according to a note Friday from Grand Alliance member Hapag-Lloyd. The AEX/NW1 loop, operated with 10 Hyundai Merchant Marine vessels, will drop calls in ...
  • MCC revises calls on key intra-Asia loop
    MCC Transport, the intra-Asia subsidiary of the A.P. Moller - Maersk Group, has significantly altered the rotation of one of its key services in the trade, the line said Friday. From Aug. 12, MCC's IA-6 service will have a rotation of Yantian, Xiam...
  • TNT flies food aid for Somalia
    A TNT Express plane on Monday took off from Liege, Belgium, with 45 tons of emergency food aid bound for Nairobi, Kenya, to help the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) feed thousands of children in neighboring Somalia. The Boeing 767 transport...
  • CSX invests in Louisville intermodal terminal
    Class I railroad CSX last week said its Intermodal Terminals subsidiary is building a $15 million, 34-acre container transfer center in Louisville, Ky., that will be operational by early 2012. The Jacksonville, Fla.-based rail carrier said the Lou...
  • DHL expands China warehousing
    DHL plans to expand and upgrade its warehousing to take advantage of increased business in China's contract logistics market. Its Supply Chain division plans to add up to 200,000 square meters of facilities in China in the next two years, in addit...

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
AUGUST 8, 2011
  • Middle East markets firm
    Deliveries available for supply up to and including August 22 in Cape Town.
  • Losses continue in bunker markets
    Very few enquiries in Piraeus.
  • State shipping company records its first loss
    Vinalines point to high bunker prices and weak freight rates.
  • Ferry industry in bid to boost its EU/IMO input
    Interferry to open a Brussels office in a bid to strengthen industry's voice on maritime policy and regulations.
  • Back to bunkers
    Fritz J. Fredriksen returns to the bunker industry after a stint at WWF, joining DNVPS.
  • Bunker spill triggers ban on vessels over 25-years-old
    Gujarat Maritime Board 'stops older vessels entering port.'
  • ICS warns against rush 'at the cost of good legislation'
    Doubts that the UNFCCC or the EU can deliver sensible GHG regulations.
  • US Navy defends focus on alternative fuels
    Alternative fuels 'critically important' as hedge against risks of a single source of energy.
  • High court allows tanker's bunker fuel to be sold
    Purchase price agreed of $287 per metric tonne.
  • Bunker prices largely soft as week begins
    Avails of bunker fuel generally good at key Asian ports on Monday.
  • Asian feeder box vessels get electronically controlled engines
    Wärtsilä RT-flex60C engines chosen for Bangkok-max vessels.
  • Singapore-based supplier moves to new office
    Moves to new office effective August 8.
  • Tolson joins Noble Group
    To develop company's marine fuels business.
  • Sunken bulk carrier leaking oil off Mumbai coast
    MV Rak Carrier leaking oil at 1.5 to 2 tonnes per hour, says India's defence ministry.
  • OOIL posts higher revenues in H1
    Despite 'poor short-term outlook, the group remains in good financial health,' says chairman.

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The Defense
Containers and liquid bulk on the rise. Increase in unloading loads and decrease in loading loads
Cognolato (Assiterminal): Today more than ever we need a coherent port policy
Rome
All the critical issues highlighted in recent years still remain open - he highlighted.
Alessandro Pitto confirmed as president of Fedespedi
Milan
The Board of Directors, the Board of Arbiters and the Board of Auditors have been renewed
A protest action by Greek seafarers is heated, with the PENEN and PNO unions launching very serious accusations, including mutual ones
Piraeus
The strike, declared illegal by the courts, blocks some ships of the Attica group in the port of Patras
Saipem awarded contract for a phosphate mining project in Algeria that includes the upgrading of the port of Annaba
Milan
The construction of railway lines is also planned
Suez Canal celebrates return of large-capacity containership transits
Suez Canal celebrates return of large-capacity containership transits
Ismailia
Today it was crossed by the vessel "CMA CGM Osiris" which can carry 15,536 teu
IMO, ILO, ICS and ITF urge protection of seafarers' rights against unjust criminalisation
London
The "Guidelines on the Fair Treatment of Seafarers Detained in Relation to Alleged Offences" were adopted in April
Trump's new tariffs also hit container traffic at the Port of Long Beach
Long Beach
In the first five months of 2025, an increase of +17.2% was recorded
Transfer of the port of Carrara from the Ligurian to the Tuscan AdSP not without a discussion with the operators
Milan
Dario Perioli, FHP, Grendi and Tarros ask for it
Up to $768 billion in investments needed to adapt world ports to rising sea levels
New York
Port of Los Angeles Feels Impact of New Tariffs on Container Traffic
Los Angeles
A decrease of -4.8% was recorded in May
Assagenti proposes a task force to solve port, logistics and industrial problems
Genoa
A "problem solver" consultative body composed, in addition to the categories of the maritime cluster, of the manufacturing industries of the North-West quadrant
Cargo traffic at the port of Singapore fell by -4.6% in May
Singapore
New crane overturned for delivery in new Tuas port area
In the first quarter of 2025, freight traffic on the Swiss rail network fell by -6.4%
Neuchatel
Service performance at 2.35 billion tonne-km, down -8.2%
ANGOPI fears that new measures to ensure maritime continuity will penalise mooring services
ANGOPI fears that new measures to ensure maritime continuity will penalise mooring services
Ischia
Power: it is necessary to remove them from a perverse mechanism
Dutch HES International to operate bulk terminal in Marseille-Fos port
Marseille
The concession contract will have a minimum duration of 30 years
Ibiza government opposes Trasmed's overnight stay on board ferry program
Ibiza/Valencia
It is considered a "clandestine hotel", while the company defines it as a cruise service
Bruno Pisano appointed extraordinary commissioner of the AdSP of the Eastern Ligurian Sea
Rome
He will take up his post next Monday
Federlogistica proposes a comparison between operators on the congestion fee while waiting for a solution from the government
Genoa
In the first five months of 2025, container traffic in the port of Gioia Tauro grew by +10.3%
Joy Taurus
1,813,071 TEUs were handled
Trasportounito, truck waiting times in ports must be paid
Genoa
Tagnochetti: The Port Fee aims to redistribute the costs of all disruptions more equitably
Commissioners of the AdSPs of the Northern Tyrrhenian, Ionian and Western Liguria appointed
Rome/Genoa
Trade unions concerned about the future of Genoa Port Terminal workers
Political instability and green transition are the main problems that shipping faces
London
This is highlighted in the "ICS Maritime Barometer Report 2024-2025"
The new container terminal of the port of Termini Imerese presented
Palermo
Transfer of traffic handled by Portitalia to the port of Palermo
GCMD survey confirms shipping's commitment to decarbonisation
Singapore
Ports concerned about lack of certainty about demand from shipping companies
The EU Commission has re-identified Port Said East and Tanger Med as neighbouring container transhipment ports
Brussels
Road haulage extends congestion fee application to Livorno port
Livorno/Rome/Milan/Genoa
Fedespedi, they do not solve the problems, but have the only effect of increasing costs
The new Border Control Post has been inaugurated in the port of Livorno
Leghorn
The structure cost 15 million euros
In April, ship transits through the Suez Canal decreased by -7.7%
In April, ship transits through the Suez Canal decreased by -7.7%
Cairo
In the first four months of 2025, the decline in maritime traffic was -14.9%
Port of Genoa, green light for extension of concession to Spinelli until September 30
Genoa
Ok also to the extension to the Campostano group
The National Maritime Fund has started the recognition of scholarships
Genoa
They are granted for basic training and security familiarization courses.
RFI and MIT sign the update to the program contract for approximately 2.1 billion
Rome
Around 500 million euros expected for the management of the railway network
San Giorgio del Porto delivers a vessel for the bunkering of liquefied natural gas
Genoa
It was built for Genova Trasporti Marittimi
Pisano (AdSP Liguria Orientale): the ports of La Spezia and Carrara have integrated almost perfectly
La Spezia/Bari
Extraordinary Commissioner of the Southern Adriatic Sea Port Authority appointed
Raffaele Latrofa appointed president of the AdSP of the Central-Northern Tyrrhenian Sea
Rome
He is the deputy mayor of Pisa
India's Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Acquires Control of Sri Lanka's Colombo Dockyard
Mumbai
Investment of approximately 53 million dollars
The Commissioner of the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority has been granted the powers and prerogatives of the Management Committee
Genoa
The measure pending the restoration of the ordinary top management bodies
The Three-Year Operational Plan 2025-2027 of the Central Adriatic Port Authority has been approved
Ancona
Favorable opinion of the Sea Resource Partnership Body
The public meeting of the International Containers Studies Center will be held in Genoa on July 2nd
Genoa
It will deal with the physical transformations of the container and the digitalization of processes
Andrea Ormesani is the new president of Assosped Venezia
Venice
The board of directors has been renewed. Paolo Salvaro remains general secretary
Witte (ISU): In 2024, the ship salvage sector stabilized from the low of two years ago
London
Finnish Elomatic to Install Tunnel Thrusters on 11 Carnival Cruise Ships
Turku
The works will begin next autumn and will end in 2028
The Assarmatori assembly will be held in Rome on July 1st
Rome
"Mediterranean against the current" the theme of the meeting
Fincantieri has delivered the new cruise ship Viking Vesta to the American Viking
Trieste/Los Angeles
It was built in the Ancona shipyard
The Genoa Coast Guard has placed the container ship PL Germany under administrative detention
Genoa
Italian Navy orders two new Multipurpose Combat Ships from Fincantieri
Trieste
The order to the shipbuilding company is worth 700 million euros
MSC Group to manage cruise services in the ports of Bari and Brindisi
Bari
Ten-year concession with possibility of extension
German Kombiverkehr Returns to Profit in 2024
Frankfurt am Main
The level of revenues remained unchanged at 434.6 million euros.
Deltamarin to design the six new ro-pax vessels ordered by Grimaldi for the Mediterranean routes
Turku
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
The practice of subcontracting in European logistics is creating a parallel labour market where rights are not enforced
Brussels
"Sorry, We Subcontracted You" Report Presented
Tomorrow Grendi will launch the group's fourth ship on routes to and from Sardinia
Milan
"Grendi Star", with a load capacity of 2,800 linear meters, will connect Marina di Carrara and Cagliari
FREMM frigates operational support contract signed between Orizzonte Sistemi Navali and OCCAR
Taranto
The agreement has a total value of approximately 764 million euros
Call to reform the entire driver training system in the transport sector
Rome
Seven proposals presented
In the port of Gioia Tauro, the Guardia di Finanza soldiers seized 228 kilos of cocaine
Reggio Calabria
Two dockers arrested
Port of Livorno, new observatory to find solutions to the problem of port congestion
Leghorn
Marilli: We will seek solutions to reach the possible revocation of the port fee
Lockton PL Ferrari closed the last fiscal year with gross revenues of 34 million dollars
Genoa
Insurance premium volume rose to 350 million
Polish Trans Polonia Group acquires Dutch Nijman/Zeetank Holding
Tczew
It specializes in the transportation and logistics of liquid and gaseous products
d'Amico Tankers Sells Two 2011-Built Tankers for $36.2 Million
Luxembourg
They will be delivered to buyers by the end of July and on December 21st.
The Italian Merchant Marine Academy plans 13 new free courses
Genoa
Over 300 positions available
A delegation of Wista Italy visits the ports of Catania and Augusta
Catania/August
The association is made up of women who hold positions of responsibility in the maritime, logistics and trade sectors.
In the first five months of 2025, the port of Algeciras handled 1.9 million containers (-6.3%)
Algeciras
Empty containers decreased by -5.5% and full ones by -6.4%
Reway Group enters the port railway infrastructure maintenance sector
Licciana Nardi
Two contracts awarded by the AdSP of the Eastern Ligurian Sea
Delcomar and Ensamar take over maritime services with the smaller Sardinian islands
Cagliari
The tender for the six-year concession of the connections has been awarded
Port of Trieste, the newly appointed Gurrieri torpedoes the newly appointed Torbianelli
Trieste
Russo (Pd): it's a squalid power game
Singapore's SeaLead expands its maritime shipping offering to connect Turkey and Italy
Singapore
Route connected to services transiting the Suez Canal
The US Container Security Initiative program has been extended to Morocco
Rabat
Amrani: Let's consolidate Tanger Med's role as a safe and world-class maritime hub
Very positive first quarter for Greek Euroseas
Athens
Pittas: the positive momentum continued in the second quarter
Assonat and SACE present a plan for Italian tourist ports
Rome
Kuehne+Nagel has opened a new branch in Naples
Milan
The aim is to support the operational growth of the group in Southern Italy
RINA has acquired the entire capital of Finnish Foreship
Helsinki
The Helsinki-based company specializes in consulting in the field of marine and mechanical engineering.
Container traffic down at Barcelona and Valencia ports in May
Barcelona/Valencia
Resumption of containers in transit at the Catalan port
Annual cargo traffic in Greek ports stable in 2024
Piraeus
Domestic volumes are growing, while foreign trade is decreasing
Perplexity of freight forwarders, customs agents and maritime agents of La Spezia at the transfer of the port of Carrara to the Tuscan AdSP
The Spice
Timidly, they "hope for consideration for the progress made so far"
Francesco Mastro appointed extraordinary commissioner of the Southern Adriatic Sea Port Authority
Rome
He will take up office on June 30th.
John Denholm to be new president of the International Chamber of Shipping
Athens
He will take over from Emanuele Grimaldi in a year
Extraordinary commissioners of the two Ligurian Port System Authorities have been installed
Genoa/La Spezia
Matteo Paroli and Bruno Pisano at the helm of the institutions
Container traffic at Hong Kong port drops sharply in May
Hong Kong
1.05 million TEUs were handled (-12.7%)
Assogasliquidi-Federchimica shows the way to accelerate the decarbonization of road and maritime transport
Rome
Amadei: Our sector is ready and the time has come for courageous industrial choices
Eagle S tanker command blamed for cutting submarine cables in Gulf of Finland
Advantages
The accident was caused by the ship's anchor
Online platform to report critical issues that put transport workers at risk
Genoa
It was prepared by Fit Cisl Liguria
GNV to create a direct summer connection between Civitavecchia and Tunis
Genoa
It will run alongside the historic route via Palermo
The unification of Grimaldi's concessions in the port of Barcelona has been completed
Madrid/Barcelona
The contract expires on September 20, 2035.
In the first five months of 2025, cargo traffic in Russian ports fell by -4.9%
St. Petersburg
A decrease of approximately -12% was recorded in May
Raben Logistics Group Creates Subsidiary in Türkiye
Milan
It will have 20 employees and a 2,000 square meter cross-dock warehouse
Alberto Dellepiane confirmed as president of Assorimorchiatori
Rome
The composition of the entire association leadership remains unchanged
Agreement between Fincantieri and Indonesian PMM to develop solutions to face new unconventional underwater challenges
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 Assarmatori assembly will be held in Rome on July 1st
Rome
"Mediterranean against the current" the theme of the meeting
The public meeting of the International Containers Studies Center will be held in Genoa on July 2nd
Genoa
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
US has its eye on Greek ports
(Kathimerini)
Proposed 30% increase for port tariffs to be in phases, says Loke
(Free Malaysia Today)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Intervento del presidente Tomaso Cognolato
Roma, 19 giugno 2025
››› File
Structural adaptation works on dock 23 of the port of Ancona awarded
Ancona
Intervention worth over 11.8 million euros
Conference on the role of LNG and bioLNG for the decarbonisation of transport and industry
Rome
The Federchimica-Assogasliquidi event will take place on Monday in Rome
Dutch Bolidt increases presence in cruise ship sector with acquisition of American Boteka
Hendrik Ido Ambacht
Contship Italia has acquired the Genoese customs services company STS
Melzo
The Ligurian company was founded in 1985
Francesco Benevolo has been appointed extraordinary commissioner of the AdSP of the Central-Northern Adriatic Sea
Rome
He is the operations director of RAM - Logistics, Infrastructure and Transport
Montaresi resigns as commissioner of the Eastern Ligurian Port Authority
The Spice
In the eight months of administration - he underlines - we have not lost even a second
Gurrieri has been appointed extraordinary commissioner of the AdSP of the Eastern Adriatic Sea
Trieste
Pending the completion of the formal process for the designation of the president
The commissioners of the AdSP of Western Liguria have handed over their mandate to Minister Salvini
Genoa
The decision is part of the process of designation and nomination of the new leaders
Confetra criticizes the provisions of the decree-law Infrastructure for road transport
Rome
The Confederation urges the blocking of the process of appointing the presidents of the port authorities
Taiwanese Evergreen, Yang Ming and WHL saw revenue decline in May
Keelung/Taipei
The decline is accentuated for the two main companies
South Korea's KSOE wins order to build eight 15,900 TEU containerships
Seongnam
The unit value of each vessel is approximately $221 million.
First port terminal for car traffic of Greek Neptune Lines
Piraeus
It will be inaugurated next year in the French port of Port-La Nouvelle
The assembly of the association of Genoese maritime agents and brokers will be held on June 16th
Genoa
Round Table on Genoa, the hub of the North West and the Mediterranean
BN di Navigazione Board of Directors Renewed
Genoa
BluNavy aims to reach one million passengers by 2025
Viking Line designs world's largest all-electric ro-pax vessel
Viking Line designs world's largest all-electric ro-pax vessel
Åland
Record Monthly Container Traffic at Turkish Ports
Ankara
In May, almost 1.4 million TEUs were handled (+17.6%)
Sergio Landolfi has been elected president of the Customs Association of the Port of La Spezia
The Spice
The board of directors has been renewed
The ferry industry elite will attend the Interferry conference in Salerno in October
Victoria
Event titled "Connections"
Uniport launches an initiative to support ALS research
Rome
Fundraising for the NeMO Clinical Center Serena Foundation Onlus
The Propeller Club of Genoa has analyzed risks and opportunities of using AI in the maritime and insurance sectors
Genoa
The importance of training in the use of technology was highlighted
Chantiers de l'Atlantique delivers luxury cruising yacht Luminara to The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection
Saint Nazaire
The ship will debut in Alaska
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