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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 liner shipping industry contributes substantially to the U.S. economy.
Washington
This is highlighted by an analysis carried out by S&P Global Market Intelligence on behalf of WSC and PMSA
Toll worsens from explosion in Iranian port of Shahid Rajaee
Tehran
It caused 46 deaths and injured over 1,200 people
Tender for concession of container terminal at Ukrainian port of Chornomorsk to be announced by mid-year
Kiev
The management will include the general cargo terminal
CEVA Logistics (CMA CGM group) will buy the Turkish Borusan Lojistik
Istanbul/Marseille
Wärtsilä's first quarter is positive
Helsinki
New orders value growth slows
ESPO: The EU Parliament's Budget Committee's request for more funding for transport, energy and infrastructure is welcome
Brussels
The importance of financing TEN-T networks to enable their adaptation for both military and civilian dual-use purposes was highlighted
Solidarity contribution for the families of port workers who are victims of accidents at work
Rome
It was established by the National Bilateral Port Authority
Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore Division Reports Record Quarterly Revenue
Neuilly-sur-Seine
New historical peak also for the classified fleet
PSA reportedly considering selling its 20% stake in Hutchison Ports
Singapore
This is according to "Reuters", which had already floated this hypothesis at the end of 2022
Federagenti, Italy must give a sharp acceleration to the projects of ZES, free zones and Special Logistics Zones
Rome
Pessina: There is no space for reflections prey to bureaucracy
In the first quarter of this year, freight traffic in the port of Rotterdam decreased by -5.8%.
Rotterdam
Both disembarkation (-3.1%) and embarkation (-11.9%) loads are decreasing
Increase in container cargo is not enough for the port of Antwerp-Bruges to avoid a -4.0% decline in quarterly traffic
Antwerp
The decline in liquid bulk cargoes worsened (-19.1%)
The China Shipowners' Association considers the measures taken by the US against Chinese ships a typical example of unilateralism and protectionism
Beijing/Washington
The WSC reiterates that such measures could undermine American trade, harm U.S. manufacturers, and undermine efforts to strengthen the nation's maritime industry.
COSCO Expresses Strong Opposition to US Planned Taxes on Chinese Ships
Growing share of new entrants in European rail transport sector
Madrid
In 2023, rail freight transport performance decreased by -8%
New Chinese Ship Taxes That Will Only Raise Prices for Americans
Washington
The executive vice president of the US Chamber of Commerce denounced it
Tax amounts set for China-linked vessels arriving at US ports
Washington
Calculated on the basis of net capacity or container volume, they will be applied from October and will be progressively increased
International tender launched to award concession for new Casablanca port shipyard
Casablanca
It is the largest in Africa and has been unused since 2019
Federlogistica, the industry must stop approaching logistics only in terms of costs
Genoa
Falteri: a national control room composed of representatives of the logistics sector and industrial groups is necessary
ABB closes positive first quarter even if revenue growth is lower than expected
Zurich
Wierod: Our consolidated local-for-local approach protects us from the trade war
New global minimum wage deal for seafarers
Geneva
The level will rise to $690 from January 1, 2026 to reach $704 from 2027 and $715 from 2028.
Global trade in goods could fall by -1.5% this year
Geneva
WTO predicts. Okonjo-Iweala: Persistent uncertainty threatens to slow global growth, with serious negative consequences for the world
In 2023, around two-thirds of all goods moved in the EU were transported by sea.
Luxembourg
In the period 2013-2023, only the share of road transport increased, while that of other modes decreased.
Postal shipments of goods from Hong Kong to the US suspended
Hong Kong
Hongkong Post faces exorbitant and unreasonable tariffs due to unjustified and intimidating actions of the United States
Confitarma highlights the need for the decarbonisation strategy not to penalise shipping compared to other modes
Rome
Zanetti: also ensure that the implementation process takes into account the operational needs of the industry
Intercargo and Intertanko raise concerns over shipping decarbonisation deal
London
The complexity of the measure adopted by the IMO and the unusual procedure from which non-governmental organizations were excluded were highlighted
Pirate attacks on ships to spike in first quarter of 2025
Pirate attacks on ships to spike in first quarter of 2025
London
Sharp increase in incidents in the Singapore Straits
Interferry welcomes IMO agreement on decarbonisation of shipping, but finds strategy too complex
Victoria/Piraeus
Greek Shipowners' Association disappointed by failure to recognise essential role of transition fuels such as LNG
International Labour Organization Recognizes Seafarers as Key Workers
London
ITF and ICS: a historic moment
CMA CGM to acquire 35% of Egypt's October Dry Port
Cairo
The company operates a dry port in the industrial and logistics zone near Cairo
MSC Group's TiL to Take Full Control of Hutchison Ports Terminals
New York
Bloomberg reports this, specifying that the Panamanian terminals would be jointly managed with BlackRock
Draft regulation on decarbonisation of shipping approved by MEPC includes mandatory fuel standard and pricing of greenhouse gas emissions
London/Washington/Brussels
The establishment of a Fund to collect resources deriving from the pricing of emissions is foreseen
Task force of five associations for the relaunch of Italian rail cargo
Rome
Initiative by Agens, Assoferr, Assologistica, Fercargo and Fermerci
MIT indicates Matteo Paroli as new president of the ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado
Rome/La Spezia
The La Spezia port community also requests a name for the Eastern Liguria Port Authority
Le Aziende informano
Il retrofit ibrido-elettrico di ABB guida i traghetti dei laghi italiani verso un futuro più sostenibile
Confitarma underlines the importance of the shipping decarbonisation strategy being defined at IMO
Rome
The Italian Confederation specifies that it shares some of the USA's concerns
WSC Reiterates Trump's Measures for National Maritime Industry Are Bad for U.S. Economy
Washington
Kramek: Ready to support the administration with constructive proposals
Fincantieri and Accenture establish joint venture Fincantieri Ingenium
Trieste/Milan
The aim is to drive the digital transformation of the ship product and port logistics
Meyer Werft has delivered the new luxury cruise ship Asuka III to NYK Cruises
Papenburg/Emden
It has a capacity of 744 passengers and 470 crew members
As Trump formalizes measures to revitalize America's maritime industry, the nation's ports face a dramatic decline in traffic
Washington/Geneva
Okonjo-Iweala (WTO): With the escalation of trade tensions between the US and China, the exchange of goods between the two economies could decrease up to 80%
CK Hutchison denies allegations of breach of concession contract for Panamanian ports of Cristóbal and Balboa
Panama
Panama Ports Company emphasizes that it has complied with all legal obligations and contractual commitments
US Does Not Participate in IMO Negotiations on Shipping Decarbonization, Threatens Reciprocal Measures
London
Expressed opposition to any attempt to impose economic measures on ships based on greenhouse gas emissions or fuel choice
T&E urges MEPC to agree clear and ambitious measures to decarbonise shipping
Brussels
It is necessary - the association underlines - to set binding objectives
Meyer Yachts will build an ultra-luxury residential mega yacht for Ulyssia Residences
Miami
The ship will be 320 meters long and will be built at the Papenburg shipyard
Neapolitan Grimaldi Group wins $1.3 billion order for nine ro-pax ships
Neapolitan Grimaldi Group wins $1.3 billion order for nine ro-pax ships
Helsinki/Naples
Order at China Merchants Jinling Shipyard (Weihai)
Viking orders two cruise ships from Fincantieri with option for two additional units
Los Angeles/Trieste
The two ships under construction in Ancona for the American brand will be the first in the world to be powered by hydrogen stored on board
Antonio Ranieri is the new maritime director of Liguria
Genoa
He takes over from Admiral Piero Pellizzari who was discharged from the service upon reaching the age limit
In the first quarter of 2025, China's CIMC recorded a 12.7% increase in container sales
Hong Kong
Revenues grew by +11.0%
Last year, the revenues of the Chinese group CMPort increased by +3.1%
Hong Kong
In the first three months of 2025, port terminals handled 36.4 million containers (+5.6%)
The financial statements of the AdSP of Western Liguria and the Central-Northern Tyrrhenian Sea have been approved
Genoa/Civitavecchia
Konecranes revenues increased by +7.7% in the first three months of 2025
Helsinki
343 million euros of new orders for port vehicles (+37.5%)
Kuehne+Nagel posts first quarter of growth
Schindellegi
The logistics group's net sales amounted to 6.33 billion Swiss francs (+14.9%)
Application by TDT (Grimaldi group) for the construction and management of 50% of the Terminal Darsena Europa in Livorno
Leghorn
The company has requested an extension of the duration of the current concession
In 2024, 58 million invested in the modernization of the ports of Livorno, Piombino and the island of Elba
Leghorn
The final budget and the annual report of the AdSP have been approved
EIB advice to strengthen climate resilience of the ports of Volos, Alexandroupolis and Patras
Luxembourg
It will assist port authorities in identifying and managing climate risks
In the first quarter the port of Valencia handled 1.3 million containers (+3.4%)
Valencia
Transhipment traffic decline
The Management Committee of the Central Tyrrhenian Sea Port Authority has unanimously approved the 2024 financial statement
Naples
SOS LOGistica will acquire the qualification of Third Sector Entity
Milan
The association currently has 74 members
In the first three months of 2025, freight traffic in the ports of Barcelona and Algeciras decreased
Barcelona/Algeciras
Hupac transfers intermodal service with Padua to Novara
Noise
Until now the other terminal was the one in Busto Arsizio
PSA SECH has operated the first 400-meter train at Parco Ferroviario Rugna
Genoa
Capacity up to 20 pairs of trains per day
The 2024 financial statement of the Eastern Liguria Port Authority was unanimously approved
The Spice
The war clearance preparatory to the expansion of the Ravano Terminal in La Spezia is nearing completion
The Spice
The AdSP has invested over 600 thousand euros in it
Francesco Rizzo appointed president of the AdSP of the Strait
Rome
He has repeatedly denounced the uselessness of the construction of the bridge over the Strait
US aircraft attack Yemeni port of Ras Isa
Tampa/Beirut
38 dead and over a hundred injured
In 2025 Stazioni Marittime predicts an increase in ferry and cruise traffic in the port of Genoa
MIT Mobility Report Highlights Rising Demand for Both Passengers and Freight
Rome
In the first quarter, cargo traffic in Russian ports decreased by -5.6%
St. Petersburg
Both dry goods (-5.3%) and liquid bulk (-5.8%) are decreasing
Andrea Giachero confirmed as president of Spediporto
Genoa
The board of directors of the association of Genoese freight forwarders has also been renewed for the three-year period 2025-2028
Study for monitoring vehicular traffic in the ports of Venice and Chioggia
Milan
Order awarded to Circle and Arelogik
In Italy, the rail freight transport sector is in deep trouble
Geneva
Fermerci calls for making traffic incentives structural and increasing and for refinancing the incentive for the purchase of locomotives and wagons
Global Maritime Forum report on optimising ship calls to reduce emissions
Copenhagen
Virtual arrival and just-in-time arrival approaches proposed
In the first quarter of this year, container traffic in the port of Gioia Tauro grew by +15.5%
Joy Taurus
Construction of the "Dockworker’s House" has begun
GNV has taken delivery of the second of four new ro-pax vessels in China
Genoa
"GNV Orion" will be able to accommodate 1,700 passengers and transport up to 3,080 linear metres of cargo
After ten quarters of decline, container traffic in the port of Hong Kong returns to growth
Hong Kong
In the first three months of this year 3.39 million TEUs were handled (+2.1%)
Fincantieri acquires stake in WSense
Rome
The ninth FREMM unit "Spartaco Schergat" delivered to the Italian Navy
The new edition of the Practical Manual of Maritime Traffic has been presented
Genoa
Written by Assagenti, it turns fifty
Container traffic at the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles increased by 26.6% and 5.2% in the first quarter
Long Beach/Los Angeles
Trump's tariffs impact imminent
In the first three months of 2025, the port of Singapore handled 10.5 million containers (+5.8%)
Singapore
In weight, containerized traffic recorded a decrease of -1.4%
Regulations signed for LNG bunkering at Fincantieri shipyard in Genoa
Genoa
Define the methods of transferring fuel from ship to ship
Historic shipbuilding brands Uljanik and 3.Maj on the verge of extinction
Zagreb
The State confirms its intention to sell the shipbuilding activities at the two sites of Pula and Rijeka
Cambiaso Risso has completed the acquisition of the French Somecassur
Genoa
The transalpine company specializes in the insurance of super and mega yachts
New weekly train service between the port of Gioia Tauro and Verona
Joy Taurus/Verona
Operated by Medlog for the transport of refrigerated goods
EBRD looking for strategic partner for development of Moldovan river port of Giurgiulesti
London
International competition launched
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
Turkish ports set new first-quarter cargo traffic record
Ankara
Historic peak of cargo imported from abroad
In the first quarter of 2025, freight traffic in the port of Taranto grew by +37.6%
Taranto
Increase of 854 thousand tons of solid bulk and 265 thousand tons of conventional goods
DEME buys Havfram, a company that installs offshore wind farms
Second Right/Washington
Transaction worth approximately 900 million euros
Rail transport of convoys for Rome Metro started from Reggio Calabria
Rome
Contract awarded by Hitachi Rail to Mercitalia Rail
In 2024, the volumes handled by Magli Intermodal Service decreased by -2%
Rezzato
Turnover stable
Yang Ming records first decline in turnover in March after 14 months of growth
Keelung/Taipei
Evergreen and WHL revenue growth continues
The European Commission has approved the acquisition of Germany's Schenker by Denmark's DSV
Brussels
The impact on competition in the markets in which the two companies operate is considered limited
Fincantieri - Kayo Agreement to Promote the Development of the Shipbuilding and Naval Industry in Albania
Trieste
Possible creation of a hub for shipbuilding and refitting in the region
Recent slight reduction in logistics costs for new factory vehicles
Brussels
Montaresi (AdSP Liguria Orientale) awarded with the "Port Oscar"
Miami
The event has reached its eighteenth edition
In the first three months of 2025, containers carried by OOCL vessels increased by +9.3%
Hong Kong
Revenues up +16.8%
The AdSP of the Southern Tyrrhenian and Ionian Seas wins in appeal against Zen Yacht
Joy Taurus
Company ordered to pay back rent
A large shipment of cocaine was seized in the port of Livorno
Leghorn
Two tons of drugs identified by Customs and Financial Police personnel
Navantia renews agreement with American cruise group Royal Caribbean
Miami
To date, the Cadiz shipyard has carried out maintenance, repair and refurbishment work on 45 of the group's ships.
Record cruise traffic expected in Italian ports this year
Miami
Cemar believes that growth will not stop even in 2026
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
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
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
Proposed 30% increase for port tariffs to be in phases, says Loke
(Free Malaysia Today)
Damen Mangalia Unionists Protest Friday Against Possible Closure
(The Romania Journal)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Relazione del presidente Nicola Zaccheo
Roma, 18 settembre 2024
››› File
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
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
Francesco Beltrano is the new general secretary of Uniport
Rome
He takes over from Paolo Ferrandino, who will continue to collaborate as a consultant
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
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