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January 11, 2011
The Business Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Freight rates to plunge on rising ship supply
    At a time when analysts anticipate record profits for the biggest mining companies and a third year of gains in commodity prices, shipping lines carrying raw materials are set for the lowest freight rates since 2002.
  • Russia abandons search for fishermen
    Russia yesterday abandoned its search for at least 11 fishermen missing since their vessel sank in heavy seas off Sakhalin Island four days ago.
  • Snowfall pares Air France revenue by 70m euros
    Air France-KLM said yesterday that bad weather in December that led to the closure of airports across Europe has cost the company an estimated 70 million euros (S$117.4 million).

Sched Netweb site
  • Argentina attacks Falklands box trade with bureaucratic blockade
  • Russia sends another icebreaker to free ships in Sakhalin Bay
  • US regulator to investigate who benefits from slow steaming
  • MSC lowers bunker surcharges on US imports
  • Cameroon web scam used to deceive Safmarine customers
  • Trust busters out to get UPS, FedEx for thwarting bargain hunters
  • Singapore lifts 9.9pc more boxes in 2010 to 28.4 million TEU
  • India to raise port capacity three fold: Shipping Ministry
  • Air China Cargo takes Hactl's forklift and pallet crown
  • Iran Air Boeing 727 crash kills at least 72
  • Korea's Asiana Airlines to operate A380 in 2014

Exim Indiaweb site
  • Abu Dhabi Terminals to manage Mina Zayed
  • Adani bolsters integrated logistics coal chain with acquisition of 2 new ships
  • Freight rates for VLCCs plunge
  • HAMBURG SUD to extend WAMS service to Europe
  • Hapag-Lloyd's Asia to Latin America GRI
  • MAERSK LINE & Safmarine change China, Africa port calls on FEW3
  • MSC ups Europe-S. Africa capacity with 8,000-TEUers
  • New MOL chief calls for caution & daring
  • NYK LINE launches Asia-Adriatic service
  • Wärtsilä introduces more powerful version of popular engine
  • Box traffic expected to grow at 11 pc in 2011
  • Capt. Mohan panel proposes new independent casualty probe agency
  • Cochin Port handles 9.82 pc more traffic during April-Dec.
  • Krishnapatnam port sets national urea discharge record
  • Rlys' cargo haulage earnings up by 8 pc during April-Dec.
  • Exports surge by 36.4 pc in Dec. to touch 33-month high
  • Vibrant Gujarat Summit opens tomorrow
  • Exhibition of paintings by Rupa Bhaty opens today
  • MMTC opens office in Johannesburg

International Transport Journalweb site
JANUARY 10, 2011
  • Safi Airways suspends Kabul-Frankfurt service
    Safi Airways, a privately-owned Afghan international carrier, suspended its Frankfurt-Kabul link today. The carrier said it was particularly frustrating to become a victim of the E...
  • Russia preparing plans for a high-speed rail network
    Russia Railways (RZD) wants to construct a high-speed rail network. The studies foresee a 660 km long connection from Moscow to St Petersburg. Once the scheme obtains government ap...
  • WCA Family recruits three new senior managers
    The WCA Family, which is steadily and consistently expanding, has recruited three key new managers, in order to best serve its members' growing needs. Daniel James March has been t...
  • First intermodal train uses Perthus tunnel to traverses Pyrenees
    The BarceLyon Express, connecting the Spanish port of Barcelona with Lyon (France), has become the first intermodal train to use the Perthus tunnel, south of Perpignan to traverse ...
  • Deutsche Post DHL modernising vehicle fleet
    Deutsche Post DHL recently received the first Mercedes Benz Sprinters from a total of 1,300 vehicles at the Mercedes-Benz Cologne/Leverkusen branch. The vehicles, which will be del...
  • South Carolina completes truck survey
    The South Carolina State Ports Authority (SCSPA) has completed the first truck survey in the USA's southeast region and is collaborating on a regional programme aimed at helping tr...
  • Ruslan An-124 fleet certified as compliant with noise regulations in Australia
    The Australian department of infrastructure and transportation has confirmed that all Antonov An-124 aircraft managed by Ruslan International are exempt from a recently-introduced ...
  • Port of Marseille aiming to handle 5 million teu by 2015
    The port of Marseille believes that the further development of its multimodal transport chains represents a great growth opportunity. The move will bring the hub closer to its targ...
  • Varova appoints Jasmin Tainio as vice-president
    The board of directors of Varova, an international transport and forwarding company based in Helsinki (Finland), appointed Jasmin Tainio as vice-president on 1 January. Tainio will...
  • Disadvantages feared for Baltic Sea shipping industry
    IHK Nord, northern Germany's federation of industry and chambers of commerce (Arbeitsgemeinschaft Norddeutscher Industrie- und Handelskammern), recently sent the EU Commission a po...
  • Californian ports to test new technology to cut vessel emissions
    A USD 3.4 million project, co-sponsored by the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach and starting in spring 2011, will test an innovative air pollution-reduction device called a ...

Marine Logweb site
JANUARY 10, 2011
  • Yacht builders eye Navsea FMS patrol craft solicitation
  • STX Canada Marine expands team
  • STX France to build new cruise liner for Hapag-Lloyd Cruises
  • 317,000 dwt VLCC has 100,000 ton BWT

World Wide Shipperweb site
JANUARY 10, 2011
  • The Greenbrier Companies reports first fiscal quarter numbers
  • Washington governor proposes new state ferries regional district
  • Alaska Airlines begins Honolulu to Bellingham flights
  • Port of Tacoma taps St. Clair as new breakbulk business boss
  • Regulated navigation area set for Thea Foss/Wheeler -Osgood waterways

Lloyd's Listweb site
JANUARY 10, 2011
  • Shell leads list as top dirty tanker charterer
    Asian oil companies displace trading giants to take leading positions
  • VLCC pair chartered to store crude
    First two tankers for floating storage taken for 2011 for Cushing Oil
  • Grand China Logistics sells panamaxes
    Grand China Logistics has reportedly sold two panamax bulk carriers for $39.5m each that are under construction at the Jinhai Heavy Industry shipyard, in which it holds a 50% stake
  • Technomar purchases Asian boxship for $27m
    Greece's Technomar Shipping has bought another boxship, paying $26.6m for the 2003-built, 2,767 teu OOCL Xiamen
  • Baltic Dry Index hits 20-month low as capesize rates tumble
    The Baltic Dry Index dropped 24 points to a 20-month low of 1,495 today, a fall of more than 30% since it began its most recent decline at the start of December 2010
  • VLGC rates slip as more ships return from lay-up
    A busy start to the year in the very large gas carrier spot market did little to halt the steady decline in vessel earnings, based on the Baltic Exchange's liquefied petroleum gas index
  • Concern over Eagle Bulk exposure to Korea Line
    Dry bulk owner has charters worth in excess of $700m with troubled line
  • Takeover brings much-needed capital for Oceansaver
    Singapore's BW Group and Investinor, a Norwegian state-owned innovation fund, buy manufacturer of one of the first ballast water treatment systems
  • Biofouling guidelines set to crack down on hull coatings
    Mandatory record book to include entries of all in-water and out of water hull cleaning and dry dockings where the hull is renewed or replaced
  • Ready to hedge your bets on derivatives?
    Index-Linked Container Contracts could be a major step in stopping carriers and shippers reneging on contracts
  • Prospecting in drilling market finally promises pay-off
    The offshore business has discovered a richer vein of demand again at just the right time for the company's expansion programme
  • DryShips swerves back on to its action-packed course
    Fireworks, a whiff of controversy and an almost hyperactive pace in unveiling new business: all signs that George Economou's DryShips is recovering its old form
  • Charterers warned over Australia flood risks
    Highlights problems that may follow disruptions caused by flooding
  • Stockholm gets nod to build new box terminal
    Environmental Court of Appeal rules construction can go ahead
  • STX France to build Hapag-Lloyd cruiseship
    Hapag Lloyd Cruises behind newbuilding order
  • LA and Long Beach team up to cut air pollution
    Rival ports to test scrubber device on trial calls by APL boxship
  • Oltmann launches heavylift fund
    KG house to finance newbuilding for German owner J'ngerhans
  • Elbe dredging gets Berlin backing
    Federal transport minister expects work to start at the end of 2011
  • HSH Nordbank boosts ties with Chinese bank
    Banks ink operational collaboration agreement
  • Georgia urged to intervene in tanker hijack case
    Families of crew held hostage on Olib G. step up pressure on government
  • Team Lines beefs up Scandinavia service
    Extends its services between Germany and Scandinavia
  • Hanjin Heavy silent on $223m bond sale talk
    Shipbuilder understood to be on verge of selling three-year bonds
  • Dover welcomes Spirit of Britain
    P&O Ferries' new ship to enter service on Dover-Calais route on January 21
  • Setting a trap
    Europe's New Inspection Regime aims to provide greater differentiation between good and bad operators
  • Singapore knocked off its perch
    Spectacular growth at Shanghai has seen container volumes double over the last six years to 29m teu
  • Vinashin to receive state loan one month early
    Government confirms it will bring forward loan to struggling shipbuilder to February 15

Fairplayweb site
JANUARY 10, 2011
  • VLCCs' youth thwarts scrapping solution
    HOPE that shipbreaking will ease the pressure on the bloated VLCC sector is unfounded, according to EA Gibson.
  • Box rate rises scuppered
    CONTAINER freight markets have been unimpressed by carriers' proposed rate rises of $250-300 per teu on the Far East/Europe route from 1 January.
  • Capesize rates shed 7%
    DAILY rates for iron ore and coal-hauling Capesize vessels shed another 7% to $11,900 today, amid persistent vessel oversupply, but Panamax and Supramax rates recovered slightly.
  • SNRH of France reportedly put into liquidation
    KOTUG's Le Havre towage subsidiary SNRH has reportedly been put into liquidation by the Le Havre Court of Commerce.
  • Bank sees drybulk recovery
    BOA MERRILL Lynch has forecast improvement in drybulk freight rates in 2H11.
  • Cruise cocaine smugglers sentenced in UK
    A BRITISH court has sentenced six people to a total of 87 years for trying to smuggle cocaine into the UK on a cruise ship, according to the UK Border Agency.
  • Arun LNG production could fall by 24%
    EXXONMobil has warned that LNG production from its Arun LNG Plant in Indonesia's Aceh province could drop by 24% in 2011, IHS World Markets Energy reported today.
  • Drybulk S&P defies BDI fall
    RECENT sharp BDI falls have not stopped owners from placing new drybulker orders, nor has it affected second-hand values of drybulkers, according to a sector broker.
  • Subsea 7 trading after merger with Acergy
    TRADING started today on Oslo bourse in shares of Subsea 7, the Norwegian seabed-to-surface engineering group, after its merger with Luxembourg's Acergy.
  • Richards Bay urges improved port-rail links
    THE CEO of South Africa's biggest coal terminal has told Fairplay that the country's rail system must be improved to allow a further rise in shipments.
  • Box rise advances Shanghai growth plan
    BEIJING has promised to keep pushing in Shanghai even as the port officially overtook Singapore as the world's busiest container port.
  • Box balance seen in '11
    CONTAINER trades are entering the year with supply and demand balanced about right, in contrast with other shipping sectors, according to a key analyst.
  • Cruise crewman killed
    A CREWMAN on Holland America's cruise ship Volendam has been killed during a lifeboat maintenance drill in Lyttelton, New Zealand.

The Journal of Commerceweb site
JANUARY 10, 2011
  • Mica Plans Field Hearings on Surface Transport Bill
    Rep. John Mica, R-Fla., who chairs the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, intends to start a process in February that can...
  • LAX Freight Falls 2.6 Percent
    Freight traffic at Los Angeles International Airport fell 2.6 percent in November, the first decline the major trans-Pacific gateway has...
  • Diesel Edges Up for Sixth Week to $3.333 per Gallon
    Retail diesel prices slowed their six-week climb after the first of the year as crude oil futures declined. The average...
  • Two Indicted in NY-NJ Dock Probe
    New Jersey indicted on charges of loan-sharking and money laundering two men accused last April of participating with a longshore...
  • Ambassador Bridge President Jailed
    Dan Stamper, president of the company that owns the Ambassador Bridge, was jailed Monday on contempt charges by a Wayne...
  • Cargo Growth Slows at Air France-KLM
    Cargo traffic at the Air France-KLM airline group grew 2.1 percent in December, the slowest year-over-year growth rate since July,...
  • CSAV Adds Savannah to All-Water Loop
    Chilean carrier CSAV is adding the Port of Savannah to the port rotation of its all-water service from Asia to...
  • Mica Says Highway Funds Won't Be Diverted
    The new chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee said he has a clear understanding from House leaders that...
  • 2011 Capacity is King
    For Jonathan Gold, 2010 was a year for lessons. For Donna Lemm, 2011 is about hope. And for...
  • PSA's 2010 Throughput Climbs 14.4 Percent
    Container throughput handled by Singapore-based port operator PSA International increased 14.4 percent to 65.12 million 20-foot equivalent units at its...
  • New Rule Blocks Hazmat Exports to Thailand
    Some ocean carriers are suspending delivery of hazardous materials at Thailand ports because of a new Thai regulation requiring advance...
  • MSC Hikes India-Europe Rates
    Mediterranean Shipping Company announced a general rate increase on the westbound trades from India to Europe and the Mediterranean, starting...
  • Shanghai Becomes World's Largest Container Port
    Shanghai overtook Singapore as the world's busiest container port in 2010, helped by continuing growth in Chinese trade and the...
  • Power Departs JOC, Oldenbrook Named Publisher
    UBM Global Trade President John Day announced that Liam Power, publisher of The Journal of Commerce since 2008, is leaving...
  • CB Richard Ellis's Blaine Kelley on the Industrial Real Estate Outlook
  • World Trade Economic Outlook
  • State of Shipping
    Containerized ocean carriers enter 2011 riding a wave of upbeat news. Combined profits where on pace to reach a record...
  • Gateways to Growth
    For centuries, seaports throughout the Western Hemisphere have served as economic lifelines, handling the export of goods and services worldwide...
  • Uncertain Times
    "Although everyone seems to agree conditions are improving, it's difficult to forecast a continuous upward trend." So writes...
  • Shaped by the Cloud
    When the global recession erupted in late 2008, providers of logistics, trade and transportation technologies struggled to make sense of...
  • Out-of-the-Box Thinking
    As the industrial real estate industry enters a new decade, the light of optimism is shining a little brighter than...
  • Third-Party Logistics: Near-Term Clarity
    Slow U.S. economic expansion will keep North American third-party logistics revenue growth in the single digits through 2011. As part...
  • Higher Cotton Prices Loom
    Apparel was at the forefront of the low-cost, outsourced manufacturing revolution, and the business of making shirts in South Asia...
  • Air Cargo Sees Steady Ascent
    It would be hard for the global air cargo business to grow any faster in 2011 than it did last...
  • Which Exit to M-95?
    Scott Douglas believes marine highways are not only a possibility, someday they're going to become a necessity. Just when is...
  • Railroads Have Off-Road Ambitions
    Union Pacific Railroad expanded its intermodal volume about 20 percent in 2010 from 2009, and did that at a remarkably...
  • Game-Changing Rail Strategies
    For America and Americans, the future has always been about the hope of a better tomorrow, which means two things:...
  • Carving Out Truckload Capacity
    Trucking companies have been eliminating capacity since 2007, after "pre-purchasing" a glut of new tractors in 2006 to avoid higher-cost...
  • When the Price is Right
    Largely dormant in the recession, merger-and-acquisition activity in trucking is reviving as the recovery boosts the value of companies and...
  • Trucking Grips the Wheel
    Trucking executives are still cautious about the state of the economy and the business outlook for 2011, but they're much...
  • Long, Winding Road to Recovery
    This will be a turbulent, eventful year for trucking, dominated by capacity issues, primarily on the truckload side. Fueling the...
  • On the Way Up From a Cyclical Downswing
    Amid rampant fears of a "double-dip" a year ago, we predicted ' correctly ' the U.S. economy would not backslide...
  • Cotton Boxed Out?
    All of the stars are aligned for a huge year of U.S. cotton exports. The only question is whether trucking...
  • Weaving a Boom Market
    With production strong, prices near record levels and export opportunities booming, the U.S. cotton industry looks poised to have one...
  • Breakbulk Up for Grabs
    The best news for many breakbulk and project operators looking toward 2011 is that plenty of new capacity is entering...
  • Pacific Carriers Embracing Lean Inventory
    For U.S. importers in the trans-Pacific, getting goods out of Asia in 2011 may amount to a case of you-get-what-you-pay-for....
  • Trans-Atlantic Faces Test
    Trans-Atlantic trade is supposed to be relatively insulated from isolated economic woes in the United States or Europe, but that...
  • Sustaining Shipping's Growth
    By any measure, 2010 was as good a year for container shipping as 2009 was bad. U.S. containerized ocean trade...
  • A Security Gap in Washington
    Looked at one way, federal agencies have done a commendable job in implementing congressional wishes to secure the nation's supply...
  • The Year of the Driver
    The message to truck drivers is clear: Fasten that safety belt, put down the cell phone and stop texting. ...
  • Ground Shifts for Railroad Regulation
    After more than three years of struggle between railroads and disgruntled freight shippers over how to write industrywide rules for...
  • Building a Fork in the Road
    The bad news for transportation policy as 2010 ended was that Congress again put off tackling long-term issues, and kicked...
  • New Sheriff in Town
    Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky clearly will hold a lot of cards in the Congress of 2011-2012. Any...
  • Rx for Customs Compliance
    It's been almost 11 years since I left the public sector after 21 years at Customs headquarters in Washington as...

Containerisation Internationalweb site
JANUARY 10, 2011
  • More strikes in French ports
  • China kick-starts 2011 with more rail investment
  • Shanghai eclipses Singapore with top spot win
  • LA clean trucks appeal gathers momentum
  • Portugal's B-day looms

TradeWindsweb site
JANUARY 10, 2011
  • Excel bets on BDI
    Gabriel Panayotides-led bulker owner secures five-year time charter with profit sharing pact based on Baltic Dry Index.
  • DnB NOR crowned king
    Norwegian banking heavyweight trumps Nordea and Mitsubishi UFJ in 2010's syndicated shipping bout, Dealogic loan data shows.
  • Petrobras sets spin clock
    Brazilian oil giant says new drilling wing may be forged by the end of the first quarter.
  • Petrobras forms rig wing
    Brazilian energy behemoth sets up holding company to buy drilling rigs under revamped offshore plan, report reveals.
  • Maldives ferry grounds on reef
    Passengers brought into Hulhumale by police speedboats after incident in paradise islands.
  • Technip goes deep
    French subsea contractor applauds flurry of Gulf of Mexico gigs as it ties up deepwater contract for pipelayer Deep Blue.
  • Big guns in gas clash
    John Fredriksen and Helmut Sohmen go head to head in legal fight linked to the sale of BW Gas shares.
  • No scrap salvation
    Only 40 VLCCs remain of scrapping age leaving owners to face the ugly truth of an over supplied sector, Gibson says.
  • Laser treatment for pirates
    Ray of light for shipping companies in anti-piracy struggle as BAE awaits green light on a blinder of an idea.
  • Torm loses $6m in sale
    Jacob Meldgaard to book deficit in first quarter as mystery buyer snaps up tanker Faja de Oro II.
  • STX bags cruise order
    Korean-controlled French yard adds to orderbook with deal for new Hapag-Lloyd Cruises ship.
  • Shanghai dons box crown
    Chinese port overtakes Singapore as trade growth and Expo 2010 pushes box traffic beyond 29m teu.
  • Jail for drug gang
    Eight eastern Europeans get total of 97 years for bringing in cocaine to UK on MSC Orchestra.
  • Gold Eagle's wings clipped
    Chinese cargoship seized in Philippines over alleged undocumented chromite cargo.
  • Piracy creates job opening
    Maersk Line to recruit first anti-piracy manager but it is not looking for a Rambo.

American Shipperweb site
JANUARY 10, 2011
  • Shanghai tops Singapore in container volume
    The Port of Shanghai shot past the Port of Singapore in 2010 to become the world's busiest container port. Shanghai saw container volume last year rise 16.2 percent to 29.1 million TEUs, surpassing Singapore's 28.4 million TEUs, up 9.7 percent fro...
  • World Courier opens Guangzhou office
    World Courier said it has opened an office in Guangzhou, China. The Stamford, Conn.-based firm highlights its experience offering logistics services to the pharmaceutical industry for products in clinical trials and products requiring a cold chain,...
  • Oracle updates transportation-trade software
    Oracle Corp. said Monday it is releasing versions 6.2 of Oracle Transportation Management and Oracle Global Trade Management. The software "provide additional transportation and global trade management support through enhanced fleet management, tr...
  • India ponders state-owned logistics company
    Three of India's major state-owned cargo transportation and warehousing companies are eyeing a joint logistics operation, according to a report last week in one of India's largest newspapers,The Hindu.The report suggests that the Shipping Corp. of...
  • Florida keeps freeze-vulnerable crops trucking
    Florida Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam said Friday that a state order relaxing trucking restrictions so farmers can transport freeze-vulnerable crops has been extended to Jan. 14.The order was set to expire on Jan. 7. The initial order was p...
  • Lekites, UPS Airlines president, retires
    Robert L. 'Bob' Lekites, president of UPS Airlines, will retire after 36 years with the global logistics company. Lekites As president of UPS Airlines, Lekites had responsibility for all aspects of the company's airline operations as well as Worldp...
  • International Shipholding adds bulkers
    International Shipholding Corp. said last week its wholly owned subsidiary, East Gulf Shipholding, took delivery of the first two of three new 36,000-deadweight-ton bulk carriers. The ships are being built by Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co. in Ulsan, Kor...
  • Maersk to speed up Europe/WCSA loop
    Maersk Line is speeding up a service connecting Europe and the west coast of South America, according to American Shipper affiliate ComPair Data. Starting Jan. 15, the carrier's Andean 1 service will operate with six ships instead of eight (with on...
  • Evergreen augments China/India capacity
    Evergreen Line''s newstandalone service between China and India has commenced , according to American Shipper affiliate ComPair Data. The CIX2 service has a rotation of Xingang, Qingdao, Shanghai, Ningbo, Hong Kong, Singapore, Tanjung Pelepas, Port...
  • 4 lines add Europe/South America service
    United Arab Shipping Co. said it will launch in March a new service between Europe and the East Coast of South America with Hanjin Shipping, COSCO and Compania Chilena de Navegacion Interoceanica (CCNI). UASC said its SAM1 service will deploy six v...

The Scandinavian Shipping Gazetteweb site
JANUARY 10, 2011
  • Cleantec redelivered from Fayard
    Fayard A/S has redelivered the Chinese owned bulk carrier Cleantec after repairing the damage caused by the collision with the container carrier Frisia Rotterdam. The repair work was finished
  • Drunken Dutch captain on Dutch vessel
    The captain of the Dutch cargo vessel Dongeborg was intoxicated when the vessel ran aground on the southern coast of Læsø on January 3. The Danish Naval Command got suspicious

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
JANUARY 10, 2011
  • Shell refinery in 'startup mode'
    Shell declined to comment on when the refinery would return to full operation.
  • Bunker market firm in Fujairah
    Tight avails in Middle East hub.
  • Calls for ban on ships over 25-years old
    Indian committee reviews report on Chitra sinking.
  • Bunker prices steady across key ports
    Congestion at loading stations in Rotterdam.
  • Bunker players call for open competition at new port
    Sri Lankan Ports Authority told to take a 'proper strategic approach to bunkering'.
  • Vessel efficiency database logs 25,000 visitors
    'This is just the beginning,' says Peter Boyd, COO of Carbon War Room.
  • Week starts with mostly firm bunker prices
    Average demand at key Asian bunker hubs, traders say.
  • Singapore bunker sales to reach 'new benchmark' in 2011
    China bunker sales 'slow to catch up' despite rising containership traffic, says Poten & Partners.
  • Colombo supplier sees 'bullish' bunker sales
    Performs single biggest delivery of IFO 380 during the last week of 2010, says general manager.
  • LNG-powered ships a potential 'commercial alternative'
    Stakeholders in the shipping industry now considering LNG, says director of LNG Marine at Hamworthy.
  • Brightoil shares at record high
    $4 billion bank deal lifts shares of the company to its highest closing price ever on Friday.
  • IFO 380 avails to tighten in Hong Kong
    On delayed replenishment from Sinopec, traders say.

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European Commission meeting to define the strategy for the development of EU ports and maritime industry
Brussels
Call for papers by July 28th
Assarmatori asks for support for Italian seafarers employed on short-haul routes and for the renewal of ferry fleets
Assarmatori asks for support for Italian seafarers employed on short-haul routes and for the renewal of ferry fleets
Rome
Messina: State Aid regime needs to be redesigned for European shipyards
In the first four months of 2025, maritime container traffic between Asia and Europe grew by +4.8%
Tokyo
-6.4% drop in shipments to Asian ports. +9.0% increase in unloading volumes in Europe
The impact on Italy of a possible closure of the maritime route through the Strait of Hormuz would be significant
Rome
The merchant fleet for energy products controlled by the Italian shipping industry interested in these traffics amounts to approximately 80 units.
Cargo traffic in China's seaports grew by +3.7% last month
Cargo traffic in China's seaports grew by +3.7% last month
Beijing
Containers amounted to 26.7 million TEU (+6.1%)
In 2024, 576 containers were lost at sea out of over 250 million transported by ships
Washington
About 200 have fallen from container ships in the Cape of Good Hope region
FMC questions deal exempting World Shipping Council companies from US antitrust rules
Washington
Meanwhile, Sola, appointed by Trump on January 20 to the presidency of the federal agency, is leaving his post today.
The European maritime-port sector nitpicks the reform of the Community customs rules
Brussels
Note from CLECAT, ECASBA, European Shipowners, ESPO, Feport and WSC
EU Council agrees on reform of the Union Customs Code
Brussels
CLECAT is concerned about the persistence of the concept of "Single Liable Person" in the text
In the first three months of 2025, freight traffic in the port of Civitavecchia grew by +2.4%
Civitavecchia
Increase of +9.9% in Gaeta and decrease of -17.1% in Fiumicino
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Accelleron consolida le partnership con Somas e Geislinger per sostenere l'efficienza e la sostenibilità del settore marittimo
Japanese shipbuilding company Imabari Shipbuilding acquires control of fellow Japanese JMU
Imabari/Tokyo
Ownership share increased from 30% to 60%
WTO: New tariffs have given a boost to trade that is unlikely to last
Geneva
Recovery driven by importers who brought forward purchases in view of expected tariff increases
Terminal Investments Limited of the MSC Group acquires 50% of the capital of Barcelona Europe South Terminal
Barcelona
The transaction was authorized by the Port Authority of Barcelona
There are no implementing decrees for the SalvaMare law and Italian citizens are paying for the management of fished waste that is not carried out
Rome
The Marevivo Foundation and the Federation of the Sea report it
In five and a half years, 1,244 tons of drugs have been seized in EU ports
In five and a half years, 1,244 tons of drugs have been seized in EU ports
Lisbon
The largest quantities pass through ports in Belgium, Spain, Holland, Italy and Germany
The International Convention on Ship Recycling will enter into force tomorrow
Copenhagen
BIMCO urges EU to include Indian shipyards in EU list of ship recycling facilities
Assologistica presents the "Cruscotto" project to ensure transparency and legality in the logistics sector
Milan
Ruggerone: it is an infrastructure of trust between clients and operators
Federagenti, cruises cannot and must not become the target of an indiscriminate hate campaign
Federagenti, cruises cannot and must not become the target of an indiscriminate hate campaign
Rome
A "Pact for the Sea" proposed with solutions to tackle overtourism for which passenger ships are not to blame
New step forward for the construction of the underground freight transport system in Switzerland
New step forward for the construction of the underground freight transport system in Switzerland
Bern
Cargo sous terrain plans to build a 500-kilometer system by mid-century
Carnival posts record earnings for March-May period
Carnival posts record earnings for March-May period
Miami
The number of cruise passengers embarked also peaked this quarter
Federlogistica, it is reckless to activate railway construction sites without a concerted plan
Genoa
Falteri: Isolating the port of Genoa from the railway network for three weeks means putting the whole of Northern Italy in difficulty
Multipurpose terminals privatized in eight Saudi ports
Multipurpose terminals privatized in eight Saudi ports
Riyadh
Four will be operated by Saudi Global Ports and four by Red Sea Gateway Terminal
Public debate launched on the project for Pier VIII in the port of Trieste
Public debate launched on the project for Pier VIII in the port of Trieste
Trieste
A total investment of 315.8 million euros is expected
South Korea's HD Hyundai partners with US Edison Chouest Offshore to build containerships in US
South Korea's HD Hyundai partners with US Edison Chouest Offshore to build containerships in US
Seoul
The possibility of building other types of ships and constructing port cranes is foreseen
Rixi: with the Omnibus decree, Phase B of the new Genoa breakwater is guaranteed
Rome
Expenditure of 50 million euros authorised for 2026 and 92.8 million for 2027
Israel-Iran conflict prompts Maersk to suspend calls at Haifa port
Copenhagen
Those at the port of Ashdod will continue instead.
Northern European Nations Commitment to Counter Russian Shadow Fleet
Warsaw
If the vessels do not fly a valid flag in the Baltic Sea and the North Sea - they specify - we will take appropriate measures in compliance with international law.
Freight traffic in French ports stable in the first quarter of 2025
Freight traffic in French ports stable in the first quarter of 2025
The Defense
Containers and liquid bulk on the rise. Increase in unloading loads and decrease in loading loads
Cognolato (Assiterminal): Today more than ever we need a coherent port policy
Rome
All the critical issues highlighted in recent years still remain open - he highlighted.
Alessandro Pitto confirmed as president of Fedespedi
Milan
The Board of Directors, the Board of Arbiters and the Board of Auditors have been renewed
A protest action by Greek seafarers is heated, with the PENEN and PNO unions launching very serious accusations, including mutual ones
Piraeus
The strike, declared illegal by the courts, blocks some ships of the Attica group in the port of Patras
Saipem awarded contract for a phosphate mining project in Algeria that includes the upgrading of the port of Annaba
Milan
The construction of railway lines is also planned
Suez Canal celebrates return of large-capacity containership transits
Suez Canal celebrates return of large-capacity containership transits
Ismailia
Today it was crossed by the vessel "CMA CGM Osiris" which can carry 15,536 teu
IMO, ILO, ICS and ITF urge protection of seafarers' rights against unjust criminalisation
London
The "Guidelines on the Fair Treatment of Seafarers Detained in Relation to Alleged Offences" were adopted in April
Trump's new tariffs also hit container traffic at the Port of Long Beach
Long Beach
In the first five months of 2025, an increase of +17.2% was recorded
Transfer of the port of Carrara from the Ligurian to the Tuscan AdSP not without a discussion with the operators
Milan
Dario Perioli, FHP, Grendi and Tarros ask for it
Up to $768 billion in investments needed to adapt world ports to rising sea levels
New York
Port of Los Angeles Feels Impact of New Tariffs on Container Traffic
Los Angeles
A decrease of -4.8% was recorded in May
Assagenti proposes a task force to solve port, logistics and industrial problems
Genoa
A "problem solver" consultative body composed, in addition to the categories of the maritime cluster, of the manufacturing industries of the North-West quadrant
Cargo traffic at the port of Singapore fell by -4.6% in May
Singapore
New crane overturned for delivery in new Tuas port area
In the first quarter of 2025, freight traffic on the Swiss rail network fell by -6.4%
Neuchatel
Service performance at 2.35 billion tonne-km, down -8.2%
ANGOPI fears that new measures to ensure maritime continuity will penalise mooring services
ANGOPI fears that new measures to ensure maritime continuity will penalise mooring services
Ischia
Power: it is necessary to remove them from a perverse mechanism
Dutch HES International to operate bulk terminal in Marseille-Fos port
Marseille
The concession contract will have a minimum duration of 30 years
Ibiza government opposes Trasmed's overnight stay on board ferry program
Ibiza/Valencia
It is considered a "clandestine hotel", while the company defines it as a cruise service
Bruno Pisano appointed extraordinary commissioner of the AdSP of the Eastern Ligurian Sea
Rome
He will take up his post next Monday
Federlogistica proposes a comparison between operators on the congestion fee while waiting for a solution from the government
Genoa
In the first five months of 2025, container traffic in the port of Gioia Tauro grew by +10.3%
Joy Taurus
1,813,071 TEUs were handled
Trasportounito, truck waiting times in ports must be paid
Genoa
Tagnochetti: The Port Fee aims to redistribute the costs of all disruptions more equitably
Commissioners of the AdSPs of the Northern Tyrrhenian, Ionian and Western Liguria appointed
Rome/Genoa
Trade unions concerned about the future of Genoa Port Terminal workers
Political instability and green transition are the main problems that shipping faces
London
This is highlighted in the "ICS Maritime Barometer Report 2024-2025"
The new container terminal of the port of Termini Imerese presented
Palermo
Transfer of traffic handled by Portitalia to the port of Palermo
GCMD survey confirms shipping's commitment to decarbonisation
Singapore
Ports concerned about lack of certainty about demand from shipping companies
The EU Commission has re-identified Port Said East and Tanger Med as neighbouring container transhipment ports
Brussels
Road haulage extends congestion fee application to Livorno port
Livorno/Rome/Milan/Genoa
Fedespedi, they do not solve the problems, but have the only effect of increasing costs
The new Border Control Post has been inaugurated in the port of Livorno
Leghorn
The structure cost 15 million euros
The transfer of 80% of Louis-Dreyfus Armateurs' capital to InfraVia has been implemented
Suresnes/Paris
The Louis-Dreyfus family retains the remaining 20%
Port of Genoa, green light for extension of concession to Spinelli until September 30
Genoa
Ok also to the extension to the Campostano group
The National Maritime Fund has started the recognition of scholarships
Genoa
They are granted for basic training and security familiarization courses.
RFI and MIT sign the update to the program contract for approximately 2.1 billion
Rome
Around 500 million euros expected for the management of the railway network
San Giorgio del Porto delivers a vessel for the bunkering of liquefied natural gas
Genoa
It was built for Genova Trasporti Marittimi
Pisano (AdSP Liguria Orientale): the ports of La Spezia and Carrara have integrated almost perfectly
La Spezia/Bari
Extraordinary Commissioner of the Southern Adriatic Sea Port Authority appointed
Raffaele Latrofa appointed president of the AdSP of the Central-Northern Tyrrhenian Sea
Rome
He is the deputy mayor of Pisa
India's Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Acquires Control of Sri Lanka's Colombo Dockyard
Mumbai
Investment of approximately 53 million dollars
The Commissioner of the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority has been granted the powers and prerogatives of the Management Committee
Genoa
The measure pending the restoration of the ordinary top management bodies
The Three-Year Operational Plan 2025-2027 of the Central Adriatic Port Authority has been approved
Ancona
Favorable opinion of the Sea Resource Partnership Body
The public meeting of the International Containers Studies Center will be held in Genoa on July 2nd
Genoa
It will deal with the physical transformations of the container and the digitalization of processes
Andrea Ormesani is the new president of Assosped Venezia
Venice
The board of directors has been renewed. Paolo Salvaro remains general secretary
Witte (ISU): In 2024, the ship salvage sector stabilized from the low of two years ago
London
Finnish Elomatic to Install Tunnel Thrusters on 11 Carnival Cruise Ships
Turku
The works will begin next autumn and will end in 2028
The Assarmatori assembly will be held in Rome on July 1st
Rome
"Mediterranean against the current" the theme of the meeting
Fincantieri has delivered the new cruise ship Viking Vesta to the American Viking
Trieste/Los Angeles
It was built in the Ancona shipyard
The Genoa Coast Guard has placed the container ship PL Germany under administrative detention
Genoa
Italian Navy orders two new Multipurpose Combat Ships from Fincantieri
Trieste
The order to the shipbuilding company is worth 700 million euros
MSC Group to manage cruise services in the ports of Bari and Brindisi
Bari
Ten-year concession with possibility of extension
German Kombiverkehr Returns to Profit in 2024
Frankfurt am Main
The level of revenues remained unchanged at 434.6 million euros.
Deltamarin to design the six new ro-pax vessels ordered by Grimaldi for the Mediterranean routes
Turku
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
The practice of subcontracting in European logistics is creating a parallel labour market where rights are not enforced
Brussels
"Sorry, We Subcontracted You" Report Presented
Tomorrow Grendi will launch the group's fourth ship on routes to and from Sardinia
Milan
"Grendi Star", with a load capacity of 2,800 linear meters, will connect Marina di Carrara and Cagliari
FREMM frigates operational support contract signed between Orizzonte Sistemi Navali and OCCAR
Taranto
The agreement has a total value of approximately 764 million euros
Call to reform the entire driver training system in the transport sector
Rome
Seven proposals presented
In the port of Gioia Tauro, the Guardia di Finanza soldiers seized 228 kilos of cocaine
Reggio Calabria
Two dockers arrested
Port of Livorno, new observatory to find solutions to the problem of port congestion
Leghorn
Marilli: We will seek solutions to reach the possible revocation of the port fee
Lockton PL Ferrari closed the last fiscal year with gross revenues of 34 million dollars
Genoa
Insurance premium volume rose to 350 million
Polish Trans Polonia Group acquires Dutch Nijman/Zeetank Holding
Tczew
It specializes in the transportation and logistics of liquid and gaseous products
d'Amico Tankers Sells Two 2011-Built Tankers for $36.2 Million
Luxembourg
They will be delivered to buyers by the end of July and on December 21st.
The Italian Merchant Marine Academy plans 13 new free courses
Genoa
Over 300 positions available
A delegation of Wista Italy visits the ports of Catania and Augusta
Catania/August
The association is made up of women who hold positions of responsibility in the maritime, logistics and trade sectors.
In the first five months of 2025, the port of Algeciras handled 1.9 million containers (-6.3%)
Algeciras
Empty containers decreased by -5.5% and full ones by -6.4%
Reway Group enters the port railway infrastructure maintenance sector
Licciana Nardi
Two contracts awarded by the AdSP of the Eastern Ligurian Sea
Delcomar and Ensamar take over maritime services with the smaller Sardinian islands
Cagliari
The tender for the six-year concession of the connections has been awarded
Port of Trieste, the newly appointed Gurrieri torpedoes the newly appointed Torbianelli
Trieste
Russo (Pd): it's a squalid power game
Singapore's SeaLead expands its maritime shipping offering to connect Turkey and Italy
Singapore
Route connected to services transiting the Suez Canal
The US Container Security Initiative program has been extended to Morocco
Rabat
Amrani: Let's consolidate Tanger Med's role as a safe and world-class maritime hub
Very positive first quarter for Greek Euroseas
Athens
Pittas: the positive momentum continued in the second quarter
Assonat and SACE present a plan for Italian tourist ports
Rome
Kuehne+Nagel has opened a new branch in Naples
Milan
The aim is to support the operational growth of the group in Southern Italy
RINA has acquired the entire capital of Finnish Foreship
Helsinki
The Helsinki-based company specializes in consulting in the field of marine and mechanical engineering.
Container traffic down at Barcelona and Valencia ports in May
Barcelona/Valencia
Resumption of containers in transit at the Catalan port
Annual cargo traffic in Greek ports stable in 2024
Piraeus
Domestic volumes are growing, while foreign trade is decreasing
Perplexity of freight forwarders, customs agents and maritime agents of La Spezia at the transfer of the port of Carrara to the Tuscan AdSP
The Spice
Timidly, they "hope for consideration for the progress made so far"
Francesco Mastro appointed extraordinary commissioner of the Southern Adriatic Sea Port Authority
Rome
He will take up office on June 30th.
John Denholm to be new president of the International Chamber of Shipping
Athens
He will take over from Emanuele Grimaldi in a year
Extraordinary commissioners of the two Ligurian Port System Authorities have been installed
Genoa/La Spezia
Matteo Paroli and Bruno Pisano at the helm of the institutions
Container traffic at Hong Kong port drops sharply in May
Hong Kong
1.05 million TEUs were handled (-12.7%)
Assogasliquidi-Federchimica shows the way to accelerate the decarbonization of road and maritime transport
Rome
Amadei: Our sector is ready and the time has come for courageous industrial choices
Eagle S tanker command blamed for cutting submarine cables in Gulf of Finland
Advantages
The accident was caused by the ship's anchor
Online platform to report critical issues that put transport workers at risk
Genoa
It was prepared by Fit Cisl Liguria
GNV to create a direct summer connection between Civitavecchia and Tunis
Genoa
It will run alongside the historic route via Palermo
The unification of Grimaldi's concessions in the port of Barcelona has been completed
Madrid/Barcelona
The contract expires on September 20, 2035.
In the first five months of 2025, cargo traffic in Russian ports fell by -4.9%
St. Petersburg
A decrease of approximately -12% was recorded in May
Raben Logistics Group Creates Subsidiary in Türkiye
Milan
It will have 20 employees and a 2,000 square meter cross-dock warehouse
Alberto Dellepiane confirmed as president of Assorimorchiatori
Rome
The composition of the entire association leadership remains unchanged
Agreement between Fincantieri and Indonesian PMM to develop solutions to face new unconventional underwater challenges
PORTS
Italian Ports:
Ancona Genoa Ravenna
Augusta Gioia Tauro Salerno
Bari La Spezia Savona
Brindisi Leghorn Taranto
Cagliari Naples Trapani
Carrara Palermo Trieste
Civitavecchia Piombino Venice
Italian Interports: list World Ports: map
DATABASE
ShipownersShipbuilding and Shiprepairing Yards
ForwardersShip Suppliers
Shipping AgentsTruckers
MEETINGS
The Assarmatori assembly will be held in Rome on July 1st
Rome
"Mediterranean against the current" the theme of the meeting
The public meeting of the International Containers Studies Center will be held in Genoa on July 2nd
Genoa
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
US has its eye on Greek ports
(Kathimerini)
Proposed 30% increase for port tariffs to be in phases, says Loke
(Free Malaysia Today)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Intervento del presidente Tomaso Cognolato
Roma, 19 giugno 2025
››› File
Structural adaptation works on dock 23 of the port of Ancona awarded
Ancona
Intervention worth over 11.8 million euros
Conference on the role of LNG and bioLNG for the decarbonisation of transport and industry
Rome
The Federchimica-Assogasliquidi event will take place on Monday in Rome
Dutch Bolidt increases presence in cruise ship sector with acquisition of American Boteka
Hendrik Ido Ambacht
Contship Italia has acquired the Genoese customs services company STS
Melzo
The Ligurian company was founded in 1985
Francesco Benevolo has been appointed extraordinary commissioner of the AdSP of the Central-Northern Adriatic Sea
Rome
He is the operations director of RAM - Logistics, Infrastructure and Transport
Montaresi resigns as commissioner of the Eastern Ligurian Port Authority
The Spice
In the eight months of administration - he underlines - we have not lost even a second
Gurrieri has been appointed extraordinary commissioner of the AdSP of the Eastern Adriatic Sea
Trieste
Pending the completion of the formal process for the designation of the president
The commissioners of the AdSP of Western Liguria have handed over their mandate to Minister Salvini
Genoa
The decision is part of the process of designation and nomination of the new leaders
Confetra criticizes the provisions of the decree-law Infrastructure for road transport
Rome
The Confederation urges the blocking of the process of appointing the presidents of the port authorities
Taiwanese Evergreen, Yang Ming and WHL saw revenue decline in May
Keelung/Taipei
The decline is accentuated for the two main companies
South Korea's KSOE wins order to build eight 15,900 TEU containerships
Seongnam
The unit value of each vessel is approximately $221 million.
First port terminal for car traffic of Greek Neptune Lines
Piraeus
It will be inaugurated next year in the French port of Port-La Nouvelle
The assembly of the association of Genoese maritime agents and brokers will be held on June 16th
Genoa
Round Table on Genoa, the hub of the North West and the Mediterranean
BN di Navigazione Board of Directors Renewed
Genoa
BluNavy aims to reach one million passengers by 2025
Viking Line designs world's largest all-electric ro-pax vessel
Viking Line designs world's largest all-electric ro-pax vessel
Åland
Record Monthly Container Traffic at Turkish Ports
Ankara
In May, almost 1.4 million TEUs were handled (+17.6%)
Sergio Landolfi has been elected president of the Customs Association of the Port of La Spezia
The Spice
The board of directors has been renewed
The ferry industry elite will attend the Interferry conference in Salerno in October
Victoria
Event titled "Connections"
Uniport launches an initiative to support ALS research
Rome
Fundraising for the NeMO Clinical Center Serena Foundation Onlus
The Propeller Club of Genoa has analyzed risks and opportunities of using AI in the maritime and insurance sectors
Genoa
The importance of training in the use of technology was highlighted
Chantiers de l'Atlantique delivers luxury cruising yacht Luminara to The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection
Saint Nazaire
The ship will debut in Alaska
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