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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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Federlogistica, the possible collapse of road transport is a risk for the country
Genoa/Modena
Ruote Libere reports that the government only needs to allocate a little money to avoid having to deal with the real problems of road hauliers
Second edition of the European Maritime Transport Environmental Report published
Lisbon/Copenhagen
The new report indicates that promising progress has been made in several areas
WSC, MEPC must provide clear measures to decarbonise shipping this week
Washington
Wood-Thomas: It is not possible that these decisions can be postponed to guidelines developed in two years
ZIM to charter ten new 11,500 TEU dual-fuel LNG containerships
Haifa
The Chinese shipyard Zhoushan Changhong Shipyard will deliver them between 2027 and 2028
COSCO expects to post quarterly net profit growth of +72.1%
Hong Kong
Operating profit expected for January-March period of 16.57 billion yuan (+66.1%)
Rixi tells Rixi to hurry up and finally launch the port governance reform
Genoa
The vice minister presented a motion to the League congress that places the need for this reform at the centre
NCLH to charter two cruise ships to Cordelia Cruises and two more to Crescent Seas
Miami
The agreements include options to purchase the naval units
Carnival orders two new cruise ships from Fincantieri for AIDA Cruises brand
Miami/Trieste
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Ismailia
In February, traffic was 864 vessels, down -22.9%
Terminal Intermodale Venezia, concession contract renewed
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Venice
The duration of the agreement is 25 years. Investments of over 100 million euros are expected
Ahead of the election, Australia is arguing over who will oust China's Landbridge from the Port of Darwin
US tariffs will cause a four percentage point reduction in the expected volume of world trade
Geneva
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Rome
Analysis by the Confitarma Study Center on the possible impacts of US duties on the national shipping industry
GNV ships will call at Algerian ports for the first time
Genoa
In summer, the weekly connections Sète-Algiers and Sète-Bejaia will be activated
Boluda Towage and Marsa Maroc to operate towage services in the new port of Nador West Med
Valencia
Denton (ICC): Trump's tariffs pose a crucial challenge to rules-based trade governance
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Paris
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Guerrieri appointed extraordinary commissioner of the Northern Tyrrhenian Sea Port Authority
Leghorn
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APM Terminals buys the Panama Canal Railway Company
The Hague
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Naples
Expression of interest for the reconversion and reindustrialization of the former coal power plant area
Kuehne+Nagel to handle spare parts logistics for Changan electric cars in the European market
Schindellegi
Agreement with the Chinese car manufacturer
A.P. Møller Holding submits offer to acquire entire share capital of towing company Svitzer
AP Møller Holding submits offer to acquire entire share capital of towing company Svitzer
Copenhagen
The Mærsk family investment company already owns 47.0% of the company
Public interest declared for MSC, Neri and Lorenzini's project for a new container terminal in Livorno
Leghorn
Slight annual growth in freight traffic in Italian ports driven by containers
Slight annual growth in freight traffic in Italian ports driven by containers
Rome
In the container segment, the strong increase in transhipments offset the decline in imports and exports
Turkey's Desan Shipyard in talks to take over Mangalia shipyard
Bucharest
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Six international shipping associations present a guide to planning safe navigation
London
TUI awards Fincantieri contract for two new cruise ships for Marella Cruises
Hanover/Trieste
Deliveries are scheduled for 2030 and 2032
ESPO urges EU and Member States to allocate funds to decarbonise ships and ports
Brussels
Earmarking Innovation Fund proceeds to stimulate demand for clean marine fuels
China Antitrust Launches Investigation into Hutchison Ports' Panama Terminal Sale
Beijing/Hong Kong
Panama Ports Company operates the Balboa and Cristobal ports
PSA posts annual revenue growth, but profits fall
Singapore
Sharp increase in operating costs across the board
Temporary Port Labor Supply Company in Cagliari Extended for Another 18 Months
Cagliari
In 2024, cargo traffic in Chinese seaports grew by +3.5%
Beijing
Increase of +6.9% in traffic with foreign countries. In the first two months of 2025, 1.75 billion tons were moved (+1.6%)
Chinese container maker CIMC posts bumper 2024
Hong Kong
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In February, freight traffic in the port of Genoa fell by -4.4% and in Savona-Vado it increased by +24.5%
Genoa
Cruise and ferry passenger decline
ICS, Trump's proposed measures against Chinese ships risk having significant unwanted consequences, even for the US
Washington
Strong opposition to their introduction also expressed by the WSC
Intercargo, international measures for decarbonisation of shipping must be simple and clear
London
Gkonis: Must not compromise operational efficiency and smooth global transport of essential goods
Port of Barcelona invests 124 million to develop sustainable fuel traffic
Barcelona
Construction of three new moorings at Moll de l'Energia
In 2024, freight traffic in the port of Catania began to grow again. A decline in Augusta
In 2024, freight traffic in the port of Catania began to grow again. A decline in Augusta
Augusta
A total of 7.9 million and 23.0 million tons of cargo were handled
In 2024, the terminal operator HHLA recorded record revenues with a growth of +10.5%
Hamburg
Profit after taxes amounted to 56.4 million euros (+33.1%)
Launch of a public consultation for the updating of the PRPs of the ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado
Genoa
The involvement of territorial, economic and social communities is foreseen
ITU, ICAO and IMO highlight risks to maritime and air transport caused by attacks on satellite communications
Geneva/Montreal/London
Call on UN States to Protect These Critical Systems
London Government presents its strategy for decarbonising maritime transport
London
The measures for ports will be defined after a public consultation that will take place in the coming months
HII-HHI Agreement to Accelerate US and South Korean Naval Production
National Harbor
The aim is to strengthen the naval industrial base of the two nations.
Panama Ports Company Accused of Violating Terms of Concession Agreement
Panama
Panama's Auditor General announced the filing of criminal charges
Colombo West International Terminal has become operational
Ahmedabad
It has a traffic capacity of 3.2 million TEUs
The conference "New sustainable marine fuels - Decarbonize Shipping" will be held in Genoa on Monday
Genoa
The new multifunctional border control structure PCF - PED/PDI Point completed in the port of Gioia Tauro
Joy Taurus
"Artificial Intelligence Comes to Port" Conference in Rome on Friday
Rome
It is promoted by the National Union of Port Enterprises
MSC Group's new cruise terminal inaugurated in Miami
Miami
It can accommodate three large ships at the same time
In February, traffic in the port of Ravenna increased by +2.1%
Ravenna
Bulk cargo increases, miscellaneous cargo declines
In 2024, Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane recorded a net loss of -208 million euros
Rome
Revenues up by +11.7%. The group's freight transported increased thanks to the acquisition of Exploris
Port of Genoa, Ente Bacini requests new spaces and renewal of the concession
Genoa
Conference to celebrate the centenary of the company
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
The public meeting of the Italian Port Terminal Operators Association will be held in Rome on June 19th
Genoa
VARD to build offshore dive vessel for Dong Fang Offshore
Alesund/Trieste
The contract is worth 113.5 million euros
Next week Italian ports will participate in Seatrade Cruise Global
Rome
Initiative brand: "CruiseItaly - One Country, Many Destinations"
MSC Group Cruise Terminal Officially Inaugurated in the Port of Barcelona
Barcelona
In 2027 it will be equipped with a cold ironing plant
Marcegaglia and Nova Marine Carriers form NovaMar Logistic joint venture
Lugano/Gazoldo of the Ippoliti
A general cargo ship will transport raw materials to the steel group's plants
Liebherr achieves record annual sales in the maritime and port crane segment
Bulls
Strong demand for offshore and container handling equipment
The annual conference "Programming, Operation and Management of Transport Networks" in Genoa
Genoa
It is dedicated to the transport and mobility sector
Last year, 656 ships underwent repair work in Greece
Piraeus
Increase of five units compared to 2023
Port of La Spezia, cruise ship docking simulations completed at Garibaldi West pier
The Spice
Assagenti conference on the future of the profession of maritime agent and broker
Genoa
It will be held tomorrow in Genoa
Francesco Beltrano is the new general secretary of Uniport
Rome
He takes over from Paolo Ferrandino, who will continue to collaborate as a consultant
Stena Line presents a project for a ro-ro vessel capable of reducing energy consumption by at least 20%
Gothenburg
Introduced most of the innovative technologies currently available
Saipem awarded new contracts in Middle East and Guyana
Milan
The total value of the orders is approximately 720 million dollars.
Conference in Genoa for the centenary of Ente Bacini
Genoa
The company was established on 19 February 1925
Interporto Bologna Board of Directors Renewed
Bentivoglio
Stefano Caliandro Appointed President. Loss of 1.7 million euros in 2024
NYK invests 76 billion yen in NYK Energy Ocean Corporation
Tokyo
The newco has taken over the activities of ENEOS Ocean
Decarbonisation of maritime transport will be faster in the EU and the US
DHL Acquires CRYOPDP
Bonn/Nashville
The company provides courier services for clinics and healthcare
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
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 conference "New sustainable marine fuels - Decarbonize Shipping" will be held in Genoa on Monday
Genoa
It will take place at the headquarters of the Port Authority of Genoa
"Artificial Intelligence Comes to Port" Conference in Rome on Friday
Rome
It is promoted by the National Union of Port Enterprises
››› 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
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
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
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
Porto Marghera, renewal of concession to Terminal Rinfuse Venezia
Venice
New 25-year contract. Investments of over 53 million euros expected
Carnival Sets New Low Season Quarter Records December-February
Miami
Positive outlook for the remainder of the 2025 financial year
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