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August 12, 2011
The Business Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • China seen returning as top shipbuilder in time
    China should regain its status as the world's leading shipbuilder in the next few years if domestic suppliers such as China Rongsheng and Yangzijiang Shipbuilding quickly modernise their drydocks and close the technology gap with South Korean competitors.
  • Baltic index edges higher after 2-day fall
    The Baltic Exchange's main sea freight index, which tracks rates to ship dry commodities, turned positive on Wednesday, helped by modest iron ore cargo business.

Sched Netweb site
  • Hapag-Lloyd first half operating profit off 88pc to US$59.7 million
  • Port Tracker says 'healthy holiday season' will follow soft summer imports
  • Rioters destroy Sony DC - Tesco, Sainsbury, Argos, close shop early
  • Cosco profit warning: blames high fuel, low rates for expected profit loss
  • Matson quarterly container volume up 6pc, but profit declines 75pc
  • Security contractors firing small arms repulse multi-pronged pirate attack
  • People's Bank pledges China's support for Euro sovereign debt bonds
  • Shaanxi cuts road tolls for pork truckers, soon other perishable carriers
  • Alashankou's half-year trade value up 20pc to US$5.5 billion in first half
  • International Chamber of Shipping lauds IMO carbon scheme, blasts EU's
  • Chennai joins Mumbai in attracting congestion fees as boxes pile up
  • American forwarder with Dutch firm detained for alleged Iran exports
  • Obama finalises fuel efficiency bill, tells truckers they'll save money
  • Cathay Pacific to buy four B777 freighters and eight B777 jetliners
  • Dragonair names Patrick Yeung CEO, replaces James Tong August 16
  • Far East leads freight May decline as European airline volume slips 0.6pc

Exim Indiaweb site
  • Baltic index taking a hit due to choppy financial waters
  • DIESL roundtable deliberates outsourcing, other opportunities & challenges in Indian logistics
  • SCI takes delivery of Supramax bulk carrier
  • Steps being taken to plug leak, contain pollution & clean affected areas
  • Handicrafts exports surge 29 pc in July
  • Sharma, Asean to press for services deal this week
  • Sri Lanka aiming at Asian shipping hub status
  • Visakhapatnam Port sets salt unloading record
  • drops 5 paise to 11-week low
  • Govt clears extra 4.33 lakh t sugar exports
  • Adani Enterprises' net sales up 63 pc in Q1

International Transport Journalweb site
AUGUST 11, 2011
  • Togolese carrier Asky increases frequencies
    The Lomé-based Togolese carrier Asky Airlines increased its capacity on services to Bamako (Mali), Brazzaville (Congo), Conakry (Guinea), Cotonou (Benin) and Kinshasa (DRC) today 1...
  • Chapman Freeborn expanding on-board courier service
    Chapman Freeborn's on-board courier service (OBC) has been transferred to new and modern headquarters at the company's main German location near Cologne-Bonn airport. The courier s...
  • World Bank and Liberian government sign road project deal
    The Liberian government and the World Bank have signed an agreement for an estimated USD 249 million for the rehabilitation of the 250 km Monrovia (Red Light)-Gbarnga-Ganta-Guinea ...
  • RFF and Eiffage sign up for large French railway project
    The Brittany-Loire valley high-speed railway line, measuring 182 km, will be an extension of the 180 km of high-speed line between Paris and Le Mans, built in 1989. The new line wi...
  • Genesee & Wyoming agrees to acquire Arizona Eastern Railway
    Genesee & Wyoming Inc has agreed to acquire the Arizona Eastern Railway (Azer) from Iowa Pacific Holdings of Chicago IL, for USD 90 million in cash, subject to adjustment for f...
  • DAF Trucks (Netherlands) to acquire stake in Tatra
    DAF Trucks and Tatra have agreed that DAF will acquire 19% of Tatra. DAF will supply engines and cabs to the Czech truck manufacturer. Tatra, founded in 1850, produces a complete p...
  • Evergreen Line wins US environment award
    The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have presented Evergreen Line with a 2011 clean air action plan air quality ward, an honour given to those taking extraordinary measures to ...
  • CMA CGM to invest USD 100 million in Jamaican terminal
    CMA CGM, the world's third-largest ocean carrier, is set to invest USD 100 million in Jamaica's Kingston container terminal, as part of an agreed 35-year lease, according to the Ja...
  • Rhenus awarded Tapa A security certification in Netherlands
    The German freight forwarding and logistics corporation Rhenus was recently awarded Tapa A security certification in the Netherlands. Tapa, the Transported Asset Protection Associa...
  • Insolvency threatening Viator & Vektor Logistika in Slovenia
    The Slovenian freight forwarder and logistics service provider Viator & Vektor Logistika is about to enter into receivership. Now that negotiations with the banks concerned for...
  • Amar Chouaki appointed regional sales VP at AF-KLM maintenance
    Amar Chouaki has been assigned a new mission with Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance (AFI KLM E&M). Appointed to head the sales team dedicated to the key r...
  • SIA to order eight more Boeing 777-300ERs
    Singapore Airlines (SIA) has agreed to order eight more Boeing 777-300ERs, in order to support growth plans for the years ahead. Deliveries of the new aircraft are scheduled to beg...
  • German transport association not happy with EU transport white book
    In a new position paper the German multi-modal industry association Deutsches Verkehrsforum has made recommendations to adjust the EU Commission's transport white book, which set t...
  • Union Pacific begins construction at New Mexico rail facility
    Union Pacific (UP), a US railroad company, started construction of an all-new rail facility just outside Santa Teresa. UP is investing USD 400 million towards the total cost of a p...
  • Triple WWPC power gets mining equipment to China
    The firms Westfracht and Albacor Mongolia, in conjunction with Sadleirs Global Logistics from Australia, are currently handling the shipment of 30 dumper truck bodies, each weighin...

Marine Logweb site
AUGUST 11, 2011
  • Davie Yards CEO headed back to Norway to join STX Norway
  • Coast Guard publishes proposed towing vessel inspection rules
  • Gladding-Hearn delivers boat to Fire Island Ferries
  • Siemens to supply diesel electric systems for Tidewater PSV's
  • Sinopacific delivers first PX105 to Bourbon Offshore Norway

World Wide Shipperweb site
AUGUST 11, 2011
  • TPT tops 100 million mark of board feet through the Tacoma
  • Siemens nets contract for supply vessel propulsion systems
  • Hamburg Sud earns pair of environmental honors
  • Coast Guard inks new rules for towing vessel safety
  • Panama Canal Authority renews Port Everglades alliance

Lloyd's Listweb site
AUGUST 11, 2011
  • Making inroads into Africa's port potential
    Bolloré Africa Logistics chief looks beyond the company's 13 ports to its corridor logistics that include trucking, rail freight and inland cargo depots
  • Confessions of an Africa infrastructure investor
    Projects can no longer be single-user if continent is to benefit, says investor
  • Rising MR tanker rates lift Lauritzen earnings
    Tanker arm of J Lauritzen reports improved results as average rates increase
  • Supramax owners and charterers in stand-off over fronthaul rates
    Ballasters from Pacific will put further pressure on prices over the next week though
  • Crude and product tanker rates to diverge further this year
    Latest report by McQuilling Services sees crude tanker spot rates staying low, while product markets are set to rise towards year-end
  • Shipping share price collapse outpaces fall in stock markets
    Fundamental weaknesses in the freight markets drive down companies' values
  • Tricky timing for Hapag-Lloyd
    This is not the time to get a good price for any container shipping company
  • Tullow aims to replicate African success in South America
    Opportunities at Zaedyus prospect in French Guiana 'bigger than Ghana fan system'
  • DryShips holders gain dividend of partial Ocean Rig spin-off
    Payout will be combination of Ocean Rig shares and cash
  • Eirik Raude rig benefits from Tullow Oil's growth mode
    In company's planned $1.5bn expenditure for 2011, $850m is going towards production and development and the balance for exploration and appraisal
  • Big boxships are best bet on post-crisis Europe
    Hyundai Merchant Marine takes a risk with its order for five 13,100 teu vessels
  • In celebration of maritime boffinry
    It is time to recognise the unsung heros of marine technical innovation
  • Bankers turn up the heat
    Basel III looks likely to bring greater uncertainty to the LNG sector with delays in agreeing projects and perhaps restrictions on which ones go forward
  • TEN launches fifth stock buyback in wake of market crash
    Since listing nine years ago, founding family and board have increased holding to 36%
  • Questions raised of Vietnam's $1bn LNG port plans
    Government approval means little but securing finance means everything
  • Higher costs shave SITC profits
    Intra-Asia boxline volume up 10.6% but yearly 20% growth forecast looks out of reach
  • Teekay Offshore hopes to ride parent connections to more business
    Accounting loss sends offshore company into the black
  • Teekay LNG Partners positions itself for expansion
    One-off charges leave gas carrier business in net loss
  • Teekay Tankers banks on charter cover
    Interest rate swaps drags profit down to $1.4m in second quarter
  • Noble Group profits jump despite volatile first half
    Company reports decline in iron ore volumes to China but strong growth in coal and grains
  • Marinakis group extends order after HMM boxship charter
    South Korean operator to take five of Container Carriers' 5,000 teu newbuilds on long-term charter at a reported $29,900 per day
  • Teekay Corp sinks to $36m loss
    Tanker giant hit by declining rates and vessel oversupply
  • Shipping is heading for the rocks
    DVB Bank chief predicts more foreclosures and highlights failure to build up liquidity
  • Tui postpones Hapag-Lloyd sale
    German box giant's second-half results hit by declining freight rates and significantly higher fuel costs
  • Sovcomflot quashes talk of Gaddafi tankers acquisition
    Russian giant distances itself from market rumours that GNMTC fleet is up for sale
  • Namura readjusts forecast for fiscal year 2012 as net income plummets
    Shipbuilder says yen appreciation hitting yards and urges government to intervene
  • Delaying the inevitable
    The industry can never consolidate and flush itself clean if financial 'flexibility' postpones the inevitable

Fairplayweb site
AUGUST 11, 2011
  • US towing proposal could cost owners
    VESSEL operators hiring US-flagged tugs could eventually need to pay higher rates as a result of towing inspection rules proposed today
  • Hapag-Lloyd swings to losses
    GERMAN box line Hapag-Lloyd said today its operating result was positive in the second quarter, but financing costs led to a swing to net losses
  • DVB ramps up lending
    GERMAN shipping and transport finance bank DVB said today it drove up its lending capacity in the first half of the year
  • TCC files shipper suits
    TCC HAS filed a barrage of lawsuits against its former shippers that will test the enforceability of the basic service contract
  • J Lauritzen sends warning
    DENMARK'S bulk shipping group J Lauritzen has warned that its full-year results will be weaker than forecast and below those of 2010
  • DPW shares back $850M loan to parent
    SHARES of Dubai Ports World are reportedly backing an $850M syndicated loan to its holding company parent, Port & Free Zone World
  • Yangzijiang posts record first-half profits
    CHINESE shipbuilder Yangzijiang Shipbuilding today announced record profits for the first half
  • Brightoil sees rise in Chinese demand
    HONG KONG-listed bunker supplier Brightoil Petroleum has reportedly forecast an 8-10% rise in Chinese demand for fuel this year
  • Ocean Tankers ships detained
    SHIPS belonging to Cypriot shipping outfit Ocean Tankers are understood to have been detained as their owner faces financial difficulties, Fairplay has been told
  • STX Pan Ocean returns to profits
    STX PAN Ocean said today it returned to profits - but barely - during this year's second quarter

The Journal of Commerceweb site
AUGUST 11, 2011
  • Obama to Congress: Send Me a Highway Bill
    President Obama urged Michigan factory workers on Thursday to "tell Congress to get past their differences and send me a...
  • Survey Sees Major Shift of Truck Freight to Intermodal
    Shippers shifted freight from all-truck modes to intermodal at the fastest pace in years during the second quarter, according to...
  • US Trade Deficit Balloons to Three-Year High
    The U.S. trade deficit rose in June to its highest level since October 2008 as soft overseas demand reduced industrial...
  • Saddle Creek Adds Chicago, Jacksonville Sites
    Saddle Creek is adding facilities in Chicago and Jacksonville, Fla., expanding its network of contract logistics and distribution centers by...
  • Hapag-Lloyd Profit Plunges 87 Percent
    Hapag-Lloyd's second quarter profit tumbled to 26 million euros ($37 million) from $294 million in the second quarter of 2010...
  • DOE Awards $175 Million for Vehicle Fuel Projects
    The Department of Energy distributed $175 million in fuel efficiency research awards to 40 "advanced vehicle" projects following President Obama's...
  • Seaspan Takes Third 13,100-TEU Ship
    Container ship owner-charterer Seaspan took delivery of the third in a series of eight ships with capacities of 13,100 20-foot-equivalent...
  • Logistec to Expand, Modernize Brunswick Terminal
    Logistec USA will invest $5 million in Georgia's Port of Brunswick to expand its capacity to handle exports of biomass...
  • Bulk Truckers Grew 12.3 Percent in 2010
    The nation's top bulk trucking companies increased revenue 12.3 percent in 2010, with combined sales reaching $3.1 billion, according to...
  • RailAmerica Carload Traffic Falls 6.8 Percent
    Weaker coal traffic pushed rail carloadings down 6.8 percent in July at short line operator RailAmerica compared to the same...
  • Green Alliance Cuts Halifax Port Call
    The Green Alliance, formerly known as the CKYH alliance, will discontinue in September its weekly container service to the Port...
  • Congestion Worsens at Port of Chennai
    Singapore-based ocean carrier APL said it is struggling to connect exports via terminals in India's Port of Chennai because of...

Containerisation Internationalweb site
AUGUST 11, 2011
  • Hapag-Lloyd still sees operating growth Q2 11
  • Textainer powers ahead in H1 11
  • 100% scanning 'unlikely' to meet 2012 deadline, say commentators
  • Europe/sub-Saharan Africa trade surge
  • Falling bunker prices help hard-pressed liners

TradeWindsweb site
AUGUST 11, 2011
  • Irving pursues expansion
    Offshore affiliate of Canadian transport giant is on the lookout for tonnage following acquisition of Italian anchor-handler.
  • Cancellation stings Otto
    Singapore-listed shipbuilding and offshore syndicate sees red in the second following collapse of Mosvold Supply AHTS order.
  • Cantor upgrades Navios
    Bulker stock drop has created "the perfect entry point" if you are looking to snap up shares of Navios Partners, analyst says.
  • TEN springs buyback
    Tsakos Energy Navigation prepares to splash $20m on stock despite tanker market turmoil.
  • Derivatives tip TOO
    Second-quarter loss swells at Teekay Offshore as swaps trump surge in revenues.
  • Teekay LNG slips into loss
    Gas carrier and tanker owner hit by losses on interest rate swaps and suezmax derivative deal.
  • Teekay Corp still red
    New York-listed tanker giant racks up another loss in poor markets, but LNG provides bright spot.
  • SinOceanic turns it round
    Oslo-quoted ship investment company returns to profit in second quarter.
  • Bad times good for some
    Sovereign debt crisis reinforces Wolfgang Driese's resolve to keep DVB Bank focussed on ship and transport finance.
  • TUI cruise loss grows
    German cruiseship operation struggles with cost of fleet expansion in first nine months.
  • SCF denies Libyan deal
    Sovcomflot says it has no involvement in the purchase of tankers from Libya.
  • Record Noble figures in 1H
    Commodities and shipping conglomerate Noble Group reported record figures.
  • Cargoship grounds
    Tug and rescue boat head to scene as Turkish vessel Sun-S gets stuck in Strait of Cannakale.
  • Maersk boosts capacity
    The world's largest containership operator is about to get even bigger by expanding the size of its existing post-panamax fleet.
  • Top dry fleet back in profit
    STX Pan Ocean in optimistic mood despite tough times in its core dry cargo market.
  • Hope for bulker crew
    Seafarers on Korean ship stuck off Chennai for 17 months could go home soon after judge steps in.
  • SITC reports lower profit
    Hong Kong-listed containership company SITC reported a lower profit for the first half.

American Shipperweb site
AUGUST 11, 2011
  • Box overboard!
  • Yusen Logistics makes senior appointments
    As part of the ongoing restructuring since the merging of two NYK Group companies in April 2011, Yusen Logistics (Americas) Inc. has made several changes to the management team in its Transportation Division. John Lucas, senior vice president and g...
  • Study: 675 containers a year lost at sea
    The main industry group for the liner shipping industry said a study of containers lost at sea finds far fewer are lost than in some reports. The World Shipping Council (WSC) said Wednesday that based on survey results it estimates that "on averag...
  • Fuel, economic uncertainty reduce Hapag's profits
    The container line Hapag-Lloyd had first half operating profits of $41 million, an 88.1 percent drop from the same period in 2010, the line said in its interim financial statement released Thursday. Hapag-Lloyd said "a declining freight rate and s...
  • Hyundai joins big-ship fray
    Liner carrier Hyundai Merchant Marine this week placed an order for five 13,500-TEU ships with a South Korean shipyard, becoming the latest line to order ships of this size. The vessels would be the largest in the carrier's fleet, and would help i...
  • CMA CGM raises rates, peak season fees
    CMA CGM said Wednesday it plans to raise rates on a number of trades from mid-August through mid-September. The increases are: ' $200 per 20-foot container and $400 per 40-foot container from Pakistan and India to northern Europe and Mediterranean...
  • Maersk increases vessel size on Safari service
    Maersk Line has raised the capacity on a service linking China and South Africa by increasing the size of its vessels used on the service, according toAmerican ShipperaffiliateComPair Data . The average vessel size on Maersk's Safari 1 service, on ...
  • Cathay's first-half profits hurt by fuel costs
    Cathay's first-half profits hurt by fuel costs Cathay's first-half profits hurt by fuel costs Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific airline said Wednesday its cargo business revenue climbed 8.7 percent in the first half of 2011, though the airline's tota...
  • Virgin Cargo's volume rises 17%
    Virgin Atlantic Cargo said Wednesday its fiscal year revenue rose 39 percent, to $362 million, on a 17 percent increase in volume. The airline carried 227,000 tons during its fiscal year ending June 30. Virgin didn't release profit figures for its...
  • DHL starts Southeast Asia truck services
    DHL Global Forwarding said it has reorganized its trucking services connecting Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand into a suite of three new and improved services: DHL ASIACONNECT, a less-than-truckload (LTL) scheduled service; DHL ASIALINE, a full-lo...

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
AUGUST 11, 2011
  • Fujairah prices firm
    Little movements in Suez bunker prices.
  • Singapore fuel oil stocks dip
    Bunker demand expected to rise on the back of lower prices.
  • Fuel oil prices stable in Rotterdam and Hamburg
    IFO 180 cSt product tight in Rotterdam.
  • 'Fuel-guzzling vessels scrapped'
    STX Pan Ocean Co back in profit.
  • ICS and ISF announce conference speaker line-up
    Agenda includes solutions for reducing emissions and a special presentation by an Arctic explorer.
  • Bulgarian court allows refinery to keep operating
    Lukoil's refinery key provider to Bulgaria's bunker market.
  • Player predicts '8% growth' in China's bunker demand
    Forecast from Brightoil executive lower than other recent estimates.
  • US shipping company predicts 'continuing operating losses'
    Posts $11.1 million Q2 loss despite higher income following higher-than-expected bunker price increases.
  • Q2 profits slump on high bunker prices
    Hapag-Lloyd says freight rates slipped in Q2.
  • IFO prices show firming trend
    Supply of bunker fuels sufficient at major Asian ports.
  • Sinopec Zhoushan starts operations at Taizhou
    Provides 380 cSt grade and MGO at Taizhou port.
  • Weekly stocks of fuel oil at South China stable
    Stocks account for 71% of the total storage capacity in the region.
  • Yangzijiang posts record performance in H1
    'Robust demand' for fuel efficient and eco-friendly vessels.
  • Japanese shipyard develops fuel saving bulk carrier
    A 200,000 dwt G-Series bulk carrier will be able to save over 10 mt of bunkers per day.
  • Aegean Q2 profits plunge 73%
    Marine fuels sales volumes down 7% to 2.64 million mt in Q2 2011 from 2.83 million mt sold in Q2 2010.

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Leghorn
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Over a million to the port companies of Livorno and Piombino to acquire green vehicles
Leghorn
The ranking for admission to the PNRR-Next Gen Eu contributions has been published
COSCO Shipping Development Co.'s container sales increased by +204.1% in 2024
Shanghai
The related turnover increased by +124.0%
The call for funding for the purchase of electric vehicles in the ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado has been published
Genoa
Yang Ming Buys Three New 8,000 TEU Containerships
Keelung
They will be delivered between 2028 and 2029
Construction of a cruise ship for Regent Seven Seas Cruises begins in Marghera
Trieste
Fincantieri will deliver the unit in 2026
Federlogistica establishes operational offices in Spain and Brazil
Genoa
The aim is to go beyond theoretical cooperative relationships
Over a Ton of Cocaine Seized in the Port of Gioia Tauro
Reggio Calabria
If placed on the market it would have generated over 187 million euros
In 2024, the economic results of Interporto Padova reached record values
Padua
Revenues up +17%
Three ceremonies at the Saint-Nazaire shipyard for three new MSC Cruises ships
Geneva
New flagship "MSC World America" delivered
German railway company DB Cargo reduced losses in 2024
Berlin
Revenues down again. -9.0% drop in freight volumes
NovaAlgoma orders second 38,000 dwt cement carrier in China
Lugano
It will be taken over in 2027
Customs agreement between Italy and Brazil to facilitate trade
Brasilia
Mission of the Customs and Monopolies Agency in the South American nation
A team from La Spezia Container Terminal in Rotterdam to test advanced technologies
The Spice
ECT Hutchinson Ports Training Center Visited
The assembly of Genoese freight forwarders on Monday
Genoa
It will be held at the Palazzo della Borsa in Genoa
Assarmatori, in Italy the ferry segment cannot bear the burden of the EU ETS in a very fragile market situation
Brussels
Messina: Protecting shipping from the ideological excesses of the Green Deal
The website of the Port Authority Corps - Coast Guard has been renewed
Rome
It has become a single digital access point to documents and services
In 2024, inland waterway freight transport in Germany increased by +1.2%
Wiesbaden
The volume, at 173.8 million tonnes, is the second lowest since 1990.
APM Terminals Granted Port of New York - New Jersey Concession Renewal
New York
Contract for a period of 33 years. Investments of 500 million dollars are expected
Experimentation of crane automation has begun at the Interporto Padova terminal
Padua
The interport company awarded the "Industria Felix 2025 Award"
Container traffic in the port of Algeciras fell by -17.0% in February
Algeciras
Both import-export volumes and transhipment are decreasing
New cruise company Crescent Seas has been founded in Miami
Miami
The fleet, initially consisting of one ship from Regent Seven Seas Cruises, will grow to five units within the next five years
In 2024, the volume of vehicles transported by Wallenius Wilhelmsen's fleet decreased by -9.7%
Oslo
Traffic down on almost all global routes
Agreement between Assoporti and Assologistica and the Florida trade, transport and port authorities
Rome
It was signed today
In April a mission in Albania of The International Propeller Clubs - Italy
Genoa
It will take place on the 9th and 10th in Tirana and Durres
COSCO Shipping Ports revenues rose to a record $1.5 billion in 2024 (+3.3%)
Hong Kong
In the fourth quarter alone, a decrease of -3.0%
SO.RI.MA. (FHP group) granted a concession of an area of 125 thousand square meters in the port of Chioggia
Venice
Investments of 11.5 million euros expected over 25 years
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 public meeting of the Italian Port Terminal Operators Association will be held in Rome on June 19th
Genoa
The annual conference "Programming, Operation and Management of Transport Networks" in Genoa
Genoa
It is dedicated to the transport and mobility sector
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Damen Mangalia Unionists Protest Friday Against Possible Closure
(The Romania Journal)
Govt. to woo top ten shipping liners in world for Colombo port expansion
(Daily Mirror)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Relazione del presidente Nicola Zaccheo
Roma, 18 settembre 2024
››› File
Contship Italia’s intermodal network has been extended to the Gulf Terminal in La Spezia
Melzo
Connections with the inland terminals of Milan, Modena and Padua
Container traffic in the port of Valencia grew by +15.2% last month
Valencia
The overall volume of goods handled increased by +6.8%
The Northern Tyrrhenian Sea Port Authority obtains gender equality certification
Leghorn
It is the first Italian port authority to obtain this recognition
Container traffic growth weakens at ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach
Los Angeles/Long Beach
Last month, increases of +2.6% and +13.4% respectively were recorded
Assarmatori, the Italian government's position on the impact of the EU ETS on shipping and ports is good
Rome
Messina: fully understood the risks and distortions of European climate regulation
PSA Italy's Genoa port terminals awarded anti-corruption certification
Genoa
The UNI EN ISO 37001 standard defines the requirements for an effective anti-corruption management system
Assiterminal presents three projects for the sustainable transition of the Italian port sector
Rome
Work completed on docks 33 and 34 of the port of Civitavecchia
Civitavecchia
50,000 square meters of yards prepared
The completion and doubling of the Pontremolese is the dream-nightmare of the La Spezia port community
The Spice
Fontana: Money is not found when enormous resources are channeled into railway lines of dubious utility
Hanwha acquires 9.9% stake in shipbuilding company Austal
Sydney
Investment worth approximately 116 million US dollars
The European fleet is growing but competing fleets are growing at a faster rate
Brussels
Raptis (European Shipowners): investing ETS revenues in clean shipping technologies and fuels
Trasportounito has confirmed the national halt to the transport of goods
Rome
Proclaimed for the duration of five days from March 31st to April 4th
Container traffic in Hong Kong port increased by +9.1% in February
Hong Kong
However, for the second time in the last 25 years, cargo volume was below one million TEU.
Cargo traffic in Greek ports stable in Q3 2024
Piraeus
The increase in volumes transported on domestic routes has offset the decline in traffic with foreign countries
At the Vado Ligure container terminal a 21,000 teu container ship fully loaded
I go to Liguria
The 400-meter-long Cosco Shipping Nebula has landed
UIR proposes a permanent table for the development of intermodality
Verona
The main task is to build a project financing program.
Restructuring plan approved for Spanish company Armas Trasmediterránea
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Creditors' appeal rejected
The decline in cargo traffic at the port of Singapore worsened in February
Singapore
Containerized cargoes amounted to 27.4 million tons (-3.6%)
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