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September 9, 2011
The Business Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Car carriers support Japanese shipping lines
    Toyota Motor Corp and Nissan Motor Co's efforts to make up production lost after Japan's March 11 earthquake will benefit local shipping lines suffering from lower rates for hauling commodities and containers.
  • Rise in bookings fails to lift freight rates
    An increase in supertanker bookings for shipping Middle East crude oil to Asia, the world's busiest route for supertankers, failed to lift freight rates due to a glut of ships, Marex Spectron Pte said in an e-mailed report.

Sched Netweb site
  • Wan Hai, Interasia launch intra-Asia Japan-Singapore NS3 Service
  • S&P downgrades CMA CGM, reflecting decline in value of carrier's bonds
  • NYK joins CMA CGM, Hanjin in debt market - issues US$325 million in bonds
  • US west coast July box volume off 3pc, but outlook stays positive
  • US regulator demands seven months more to investigate quasi conferences
  • WTO rejects China's appeal against US 3-year 'safeguard' tyre duties
  • DP World, Cochin Port closer to cabotage exemption for Vallarpadam
  • South Xinjiang sees growth in both trade volume and value in first half
  • Shanxi's railway volume up 8.7pc in first half to 26,824 tonnes
  • New South Wales to privatise Port Botany container port on 99-year lease
  • First half Hamburg-Poland container volume up 38pc to 114,000 TEU
  • Agility and Nokia join to make global supply chain cheaper and faster
  • Teamsters sue to stop Mexican truckers over eco-fuel lack, poor eyesight
  • Shipper-carrier debate heats up on banning transpac antitrust immunity
  • Hong Kong airport master plan consultation ends, green concerns noted
  • Atlanta cargo flights increase 40pc since January - adding 24 a month
  • Asiana Cargo starts flights from Oregon to Japan, Korea and China
  • FedEx opens biggest station at Shanghai Pudong, covers 5,140 square metres
  • American Airlines Cargo offers upgraded cold-chain service for critical shipments

Exim Indiaweb site
  • Capesize hire rates surge
  • Number of idle boxships rises above 100: Report
  • Spices exports climb 22 pc
  • APM Terminals Mumbai celebrates productivity record on Wan Hai vessel
  • New Mangalore Port stevedores seek MoS' help on rental issue
  • Ficci survey shows corporate Indias confidence low
  • Set up open Libor-linked forex loan facility, Fieo tells RBI
  • Applying Newton's law to your investment portfolio
  • Performance Analysis of EPC SRTEPC holds 57th Annual General Meeting in Mumbai

International Transport Journalweb site
SEPTEMBER 8, 2011
  • Myanmar to promote civil aviation industry
    The Southeast Asian country Myanmar is planning to privatise all domestic airport management businesses, to promote the country's civil aviation industry. 32 of the nation's 69 air...
  • Increasing toll revenue on India's highways
    Revenue collection at toll barriers on India's national highways has increased continuously over the last three years, by 104% to INR 55.16 billion (about EUR 833 million), accordi...
  • New international connections improve services for South Australia
    New Cathay Pacific nonstop flights from Adelaide to Hong Kong will open up faster international connections to Asian and North American destinations. Adelaide airport's managing di...
  • AA Cargo expands options for pharmaceuticals shippers
    American Airlines Cargo has expanded its cold-chain service ExpediteTC, to include a new solution for the requirements of cold packaging during transit. The new solution, called Ex...
  • KOCH-International with new groupage container traffic
    KOCH-International with new groupage container traffic KOCH-International, a medium-sized German provider of logistical services and network partnerships, now offers weekly groupag...
  • South Africa's NiDa Transport orders 200 Volvo lorries
    The South African company NiDa Transport has placed an order for 200 Volvo FMX lorries, with a view to ordering 50 additional units, as Volvo Trucks has announced. The lorries orde...
  • Dr Malchow named professor at Bremen university
    The maritime shipping and nautical affairs department of the Bremen University of Applied Sciences has received personnel reinforcement with the appointment of Dr Ulrich Malchow as...
  • Vale in negotiations with Cosco?
    The Brazilian mining company Vale seems to be negotiating with Chinese shipping companies on them taking a role in Vale's new freight vessel fleet. This was reported yesterday by R...
  • New container terminal planned in Indonesia
    A consortium led by PT Pelabuhan Indonesia Pelindo II plans to build a new container terminal in Sorong in West Papua. Five shipping lines - Salam Pacific Indonesia Line, Samudera ...
  • Surge in traffic between port of Hamburg and Poland
    In the first half of 2011, seaborne container traffic between Hamburg and Poland saw a significant surge of 38% to 114,000 teu. In this context, imports and exports from/to Poland ...
  • SBB Cargo reduces deficit substantially
    SBB Cargo reduced its deficit by 86% to CHF 7.2 million in the first six months of 2011 (same period 2010: CHF -49.5 million), thanks to improved productivity and major one-off eff...
  • GLS opens new depot in Belgium
    Construction work on the first green depot in Belgium recently began in Puurs. The site is simultaneously being switched to a new traffic organisation. The parcel service provider ...
  • Gefco opens new branch in Upper Austria
    The French transport and logistics group is continuing its expansion in Austria and establishing a branch in Vorchdorf, Upper Austria. Gefco is taking over the forwarding activitie...
  • JCL Logistics opens subsidiary in Romania
    The Graz-based Austrian enterprise JCL Logistics is extending its network and will now be represented with a subsidiary in Romania. JCL can now offer high-level, innovative custome...

Marine Logweb site
SEPTEMBER 8, 2011
  • STX Finland to complete and outfit two well intervention vessels
  • Wärtsilä and Shell plan to expand LNG marine fuel efforts
  • DCNS partners with KND to build patrol vessels in South Africa
  • New WISTA chapter to meet on Seattle Maritime Academy training vessel
  • TBS International reaches agreement with lenders
  • BAE San Diego Ship Repair gets $12 million more for LPD PMA

World Wide Shipperweb site
SEPTEMBER 8, 2011
  • Port of Vancouver, USA welcomes Maiden Voyage vessel
  • Boeing predicts China will need 5,000 new commercial aircraft
  • Evergreen earns award from Sears Holding Corp.
  • Commerce Department report finds US exports jumped 3.6 percent in July
  • Port of Everett offers options on possible change of boundaries

Lloyd's Listweb site
SEPTEMBER 8, 2011
  • Global cellular fleet to grow 20% in a year
    Lloyd's List Intelligence reveals economies of scale behind many orders
  • Bunker traders blighted by tight credit
    Limited access to easy credit means bunker traders have fewer tonnes of fuel oil on the water
  • Fuel now, pay later under threat
    The use of credit to fund the bunkering business is becoming expensive
  • It is ship recycling now, not 'breaking'
    A gap between perception and reality is obscuring the true scale of the re-use of ships at the ends of their lives
  • Killing the elderly to save the rich
    Senior executives in the larger companies are calling for a cull of older vessels, but are their reasons justifiable?
  • Russia's Arctic waters return to top of the agenda
    Deal between ExxonMobil and Rosneft for mapping and exploring in the Kara Sea follows tanker voyages through the ice to Thailand
  • ExxonMobil and Rosneft seal $3.2bn Kara Sea and Black Sea deal
    Russian oil and gas company to have access to US company's Gulf of Mexico holdings
  • Harsh environment rigs catch financiers' attention
    Move to exploit the Russian Arctic means suitable equipment commands premium earning power
  • HSH Nordbank bid to uncover details of Omega move out of Glencore deal
    Legal sources describe bank's move as 'much ado about nothing'
  • MR tankers ballasting across Atlantic due to lack of cargo on benchmark route
    Owners only making enough money to cover operating costs on US Gulf to Europe backhaul trade lane, say brokers
  • Transpacific box rates tumble
    Peak season comes to an early end
  • 'Carnage' forecast for LNG shipping market
    Delays to production projects will leave new vessels without employment
  • Russian society promises prompt service to Greek owners stranded by probe
    Number of vessels affected reaches 34 but about 60 could come under scrutiny
  • Shipping companies must find alternative funding, says lender
    Deutsche Schiffsbank chief predicts even German KG market could reinvent its role
  • Box trades in broad balance
    North-south volume growth offsets weak east-west flows
  • Suezmaxes lead slow steaming
    Mid-sized crude carrier speeds decline almost 9% since February to 12.4 knots
  • Supramax market stand-off continues
    Chartering activity is subdued as shipowners aim for unrealistically high rates
  • US Bill calls for navy to charge for protection
    Congressmen wants flag states to pay their way
  • Call for ports to issue guidelines on armed guards
    Port authorities must make use of guards viable
  • Shipping singled out in call for boost to US security
    'Limited progress' made implementing box scans for nuclear materials, says audit report
  • Slow steaming VLCCs can save $16,000 a day
    Fleet speeds have reduced 7% since February and is reason limited lay-ups reported
  • UK unveils conservation zones plan
    Proposal shortlists 127 sea areas to be protected from harmful effects of shipping and offshore
  • Kallas unveils port services initiative
    Controversial proposals designed to cut red tape
  • First hulks removed from Piraeus passenger port
    Veteran ferries have remained tied up for two years since owners' collapse
  • CMA CGM, like others, will continue to be a slave to vagaries of the market
    Not until long-term contracts are the norm will shipping achieve stability
  • Chartworld confirms kamsarmax project at SWS
    Greek owner aims to renew but is 'in no hurry'
  • P&O to put European Seaway into lay-up as arrival of larger ferry looms
    Super ro-ros are already replacing Spirit of Dover and Pride of Dover
  • Rotterdam port partially closed off after gas leak
    Police expect to re-open area today
  • Tankers analysis: They can dress the market up but for many it still looks awful out there
    Even if a recovery does come about in late 2012 there is still a year of gloom ahead
  • Time running out for some shipping firms as credit tightens further
    Banks have preferred to shun forced vessel sales but as conditions worsen, it may be only option

Fairplayweb site
SEPTEMBER 8, 2011
  • Union dockers block grain train in Longview
    DOCKERS have tried to block the first shipment of grain to a new EGT-owned export terminal in Washington state
  • Richards Bay cargoes jump
    CARGOES of coal from South Africa's Richards Bay Coal Terminal totalled 6.99M tonnes in August, an increase of 60% from July, IHS McCloskey reported today
  • Greek imports plummet
    PIRAEUS said today vehicle transhipments revved up 25% year on year from January to August - but vehicle imports dropped 45% at Greece's largest port
  • OECD warns of 2H gloom
    SHIPOWNERS and box carriers were given more depressing news today, as OECD published its latest economic outlook
  • Sloman restarting Libya calls
    GERMAN carrier Sloman Neptun is the latest company to announce that it will restart liner services into Libya, its UK agent Cory Brothers said
  • Factors listed in seafarer's death
    INSUFFICIENT manpower and "poor" seamanship practices were the main causes of a seafarer death in Scotland earlier this year, a Marine Accident Investigation Branch report said today
  • EC transport tsar to focus on port snarls
    EC TRANPORT commissioner Siim Kallas pledged today to address delays in port schemes in proposals to be presented by the full commission in 2013
  • Greek-Russian document scandal strands islanders
    GREEK islands have reportedly been left without ferry links in the continuing Greek-Russian false document scandal
  • Secondhand tanker values dive
    THE SALE of a 1999-built Suezmax early this week suggests a narrowing gap in values of secondhand VLCCs and Suezmaxes amid freight market deterioration, brokers told Fairplay today
  • Curbs boosting demand for LNG bunkering
    GLOBAL LNG bunkering could hit 65M tonnes per year by 2030, IHS CERA predicted today
  • Offshore jitters grip market
    STOCKS of Singapore rig builders Keppel and Sembcorp Marine dropped today after analysts advised caution amid looming economic uncertainty
  • Capesizes drop on FFA selling
    BROKERS told Fairplay today Capesize bulker rates are dropping on concerted selling in the FFA market
  • TBS wins new grace period
    BANKERS of perennially embattled TBS International have agreed for a second time to forsake debt principal repayments

The Journal of Commerceweb site
SEPTEMBER 8, 2011
  • Cargo Starts Moving Through Tripoli, Benghazi Ports
    Security conditions at Libya's ports of Tripoli and Benghazi have stabilized, aside from celebratory gunfire at the capital, allowing international...
  • Marad To Hold Panama Canal Expansion Forums
    The Maritime Administration is scheduling public meetings later this month to discuss how the opening of the expanded Panama Canal...
  • Teamster Candidates Debate, Without Hoffa
    Candidates for top office in the Teamsters union battled over the fate of multiemployer pension plans, jobs and organizing and...
  • Mitsui Acquires Portek For $179 Million
    Major Japanese trading house Mitsui & Co. said on Thursday it completed a tender offer as part of a $179...
  • Senate Panel Passes Highway Bill Extension
    The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee voted Thursday to extend surface transportation programs through Jan. 31, 2012, a first...
  • Bulk Rail Traffic Hits 22-Week High
    Bulk freight shipments on major North American railroads rose 1.4 percent last week to the highest level since April 2,...
  • US Transport Security Improvements Since 9/11
    The terrorists attacks of September 11 forced the U.S. government to take a closer look at not only the security...
  • ILWU Protest Closes Ports of Seattle, Tacoma
    ILWU protestors clash with police near a controversial grain terminal in Longview, Wash. The International Longshore and Warehouse...
  • Trans-Pacific Benchmark Rate Drops 11 Percent
    The average spot rate for shipping a container from China to the U.S. West Coast fell 11 percent in the...
  • Swift Fails to Block Class-Action Suit
    The Arizona Supreme Court cleared the way for a driver lawsuit against Swift Transportation that could have big ramifications for...
  • Moody's Downgrades CMA CGM Outlook
    Moody's downgraded CMA CGM a day after Standard & Poors lowered its credit rating for the French ocean container carrier,...
  • Cooling-Off Period Starts for Most US Rail Labor
    A cooling-off period that starts today could soon lead to presidential intervention in contract disputes between 11 national rail unions...
  • Lufthansa Cargo Charter Expands in Canada
    Lufthansa Cargo Charter boosted its presence in North America by signing an agreement with Airline Network Services, a U.S.-based general...
  • US Exports Hit Record High, Imports Fall
    A surge in July sales of American motor vehicles, industrial equipment and aircraft pushed U.S. exports up 3.7 percent to...
  • FedEx Considers Orders for 50 Freighters
    FedEx is mulling buying up to 50 widebody freighters from Boeing and Airbus to update its aging fleet, according to...
  • OOCL Reduces Emerging Market Currency Risk
    OOCL is minimizing the accumulation of currencies in emerging markets to reduce its foreign-exchange risks, because hedging costs are higher...
  • Somali Pirates Free MSC Panama
    Somali pirates released the MSC Panama container ship this week after reportedly receiving a $7 million ransom for the vessel,...
  • Irene Cost CSX $10 Million to $15 million
    Hurricane Irene cost the CSX about $10 million to $15 million in damage and lost business but the railroad expects...
  • Wal-Mart Expects 'Flatter' Peak Season
    Wal-Mart is "guardedly optimistic" about the rest of 2011 but sees a trend toward a "flatter" peak season for holiday...
  • Shippers Say Rail Service Deteriorating
    Rail service has slipped because of bad weather and cost-cutting that have left railroads without enough train crews to operate...

Containerisation Internationalweb site
SEPTEMBER 8, 2011
  • Zim, Coscon and Orsero to take over Agrexco service
  • CMA CGM suspends Halifax service
  • MSC box ship freed by pirates
  • TSA hits back at criticism of index
  • Evergreen rewarded for loyalty

TradeWindsweb site
SEPTEMBER 8, 2011
  • CWC pens RCCL alliance
    China World Cruises gets ready to splash cash on Royal Caribbean time charter in a bid to boost business in Xiamen.
  • Docker dispute erupts
    Riot police target International Longshore & Warehouse Union as protest blocks grain train to STX Pan Ocean terminal.
  • Ezra could net $100m
    Lionel Lee-led offshore owner could bag a nine figure sum from securities issue, OCBC says.
  • Floatel torches ticker
    Swedish offshore accommodation contractor gears up for delisting as it closes in on merger.
  • Brokers fear price plunge
    Value of a VLCC newbuilding could soon sink to just $90m, brokers warn.
  • STX Finland lands duo
    Norway's Eide Marine paying more than EUR 300m for two well-intervention ships at Rauma yard.
  • Iceberg 1 not aground
    Hijacked vessel's owner contradicts report that cargoship has drifted ashore in Somalia.
  • Wan Hai profit slashed
    Taiwanese boxship owner sees costs rise above revenues in first half of 2011.
  • Port security failing
    The tanker hijack within port limits brings demands for new security controls in territorial waters.
  • George strengthens hold
    Greek magnate sees stake in Nasdaq-listed DryShips boosted with the aid of stock dividend.
  • K Line plots sales
    Japanese owner linked to offloading of bulkers and LNG carriers in bid to boost profit.
  • Brazil petrol imports rise
    An Atlantic clean tanker boost is expected after Brazilian biofuel policy changes.
  • Go Marine deal boosts Otto
    Singapore-listed offshore group says sale of AHTS newbuilding to Australian owner will help spur its bottom line.
  • "Poor practices" blamed
    UK report says manpower insufficient on BMC cargoship after seafarer crushed by mooring wire.
  • Hurricane theory blown
    Storm season no longer offers a push for the products tanker market, says RS Platou Markets.

American Shipperweb site
SEPTEMBER 8, 2011
  • Report: $100 billion
  • FMC tells TSA, WTSA to continue filing reports
    The U.S. Federal Maritime Commissionhas ordered the Transpacific Stabilization Agreement and the Westbound Transpacific Stabilization Agreementto continue to file verbatim transcripts of selected meetings through April 30, 2012. The FMC first orde...
  • Container lessor sees expanding role
    The head of the world's largest container leasing company said Wednesday he expects shipping companies to start adding containers to their fleets next year, with many relying heavily on leasing companies for new equipment. John Maccarone, preside...
  • TBS says banks grant forbearance
    Breakbulk and bulk ship operator TBS International said Wednesday its lenders have agreed to let it not make principal payments due on loans from Sept. 30 to Dec. 15. "During this forbearance period, the company and its various lender groups will n...
  • MSC to raise U.S.-to-South America rates
    Liner carrier Mediterranean Shipping Co. said this week it plans to hike rates on shipments from the United States to the West Coast of South America. The increases are: - $250 per 20-foot container and $500 per 40-foot container from U.S. East an...
  • CMA CGM refutes default worries
    French liner carrier CMA CGM has refuted reports earlier this week fromBloombergthat the line is in imminent danger of defaulting on its loan obligations. The newswire's report, based on figures from its in-house Bloomberg Bond Trader service, cal...
  • MSC to transship North Europe/Oceania cargo
    Mediterranean Shipping Co. said this week it will alter the way it serves the North Europe-to-Australia trade by transshipping in the Mediterranean instead of providing direct service. MSC will truncate its existing Australia/Europe service, which ...
  • Evergreen joins MCC in Southeast Asia
    Evergreen Line is joining an MCC Transport service between Malaysia and Indonesia, the lines confirmed this week. Evergreen will provide one of two vessels on MCC's INA4 service, which Evergreen will call IN4. The service rotation will be expanded ...
  • MarAd Panama Canal, marine highways workshops
    The U.S. Maritime Administration has announced a series of public listening sessions and workshops related to the expansion of the Panama Canal and the U.S. marine highway program. The meetings serve as a forum for the maritime industry to present...
  • DHL signs for 3 Southern Air B777 freighters
    DHL will add three Boeing 777 freighters, through an agreement with Southern Air Holdings, that will expand the integrated carrier's capacity and boost transit times along key growing trade routes between the Americas, Asia and the Middle East. Th...

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
SEPTEMBER 8, 2011
  • Prices rise in Fujairah
    Cape Town deliveries available for supply up to and including September 22.
  • Bunker prices firm in Rotterdam
    Customs have announced strikes for the September 12-13 in Piraeus.
  • Wartsila and Shell to 'promote' LNG bunker fuel
    Companies to work together to 'enhance LNG's rapid introduction and use.'
  • Cockett expands French port coverage
    Company has been given approval to supply in the ports of Dieppe and Rouen.
  • Fuel oil stocks fall in Singapore
    Arbitrage window 'remains shut'.
  • NGOs call for $25 per tonne levy on bunkers
    Urge adoption of measure at UN climate change talks in Durban to contribute to $100 billion Green Climate Fund.
  • Bunker consumption could be 'cut by a third'
    Next generation of containerships will be more efficient and environmentally friendly, says Germanischer Lloyd.
  • Gulf Petrochem to set up bunkering desk in Singapore
    'We will start fuel oil and distillates trading as well as bunkering out of Singapore,' says CEO.
  • Asian bunker prices firm up
    Average bunker enquiries at key Asian bunkering hubs.
  • Increase in number of bunker disputes, says lawyer
    Observes a 'growing trend' of major bunker suppliers asking for cash in advance.
  • Singapore's bunker market to see 'increased consolidation'
    Supply chain 'is starved of cash', says O.W. Bunker Global Sales Director.
  • Bunker players must respond to demands for sustainability
    Capability to deliver cleaner marine fuels among 'new challenges' faced by the bunkering industry, says Maersk Line executive.
  • Brightoil to post increase in annual net profit
    Partly due to a 'significant' increase in revenues from bunker sales, says company chairman.

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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
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
Task force of five associations for the relaunch of Italian rail cargo
Rome
Initiative by Agens, Assoferr, Assologistica, Fercargo and Fermerci
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
Le Aziende informano
Il retrofit ibrido-elettrico di ABB guida i traghetti dei laghi italiani verso un futuro più sostenibile
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
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
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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