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October 13, 2011
The Business Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • US$1m offered for best port plan
    A BIG prize - US$1 million - is being offered for the solution to a big-ship problem.
  • Jurong Port, MPA in $12m green port programme
    JURONG Port and the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) are coming up with a total of $12 million for a green port and productivity programme, which was launched yesterday.
  • Maersk sells LNG unit to Teekay, Marubeni
    Global maritime transport group Teekay LNG and Japanese trading company Marubeni Corp have agreed to buy Danish shipping group AP Moller-Maersk's liquefied natural gas (LNG) shipping unit.
  • Shipping lines delay Asia-US rate plan due to uncertainty
  • Steelmaker mulls giant ore carrier

Sched Netweb site
  • US tells WTO to stop China and India abusing subsidies to boost exports
  • Ships divert from strike-bound Durban, but workers said to be returning
  • Filipino master of Liberian-Costamare-MSC ship faces NZ negligence charges
  • Acer wins exclusive cargo rights on first Chongqing to Duisburg train
  • New logistics facility to be built in Jilin for Sino-North Korea trade
  • Governments ceding control of the Indian Ocean to pirates, says ICS chief
  • APM Terminals acquires container terminal at Gothenburg for 25 years
  • New US$7 billion Doha port area to cover 26.5 square kilometres
  • Horizon Lines increases dry and reefer cargo rates for US-Asia loop
  • Prince Rupert says natural factors - not subsidies - attract US cargo
  • Crew hides in panic room, West African pirates take cash and run
  • Houston sees terminal upgrade to dock mega ships ahead of Panama boom
  • Air China offers Beijing-Phuket flights from November 18
  • Qatar to launch twice weekly service to Atlanta cargo service in November
  • TIACA calls for greater liberalisation of global air cargo industry
  • Cranleigh Freight wins 3-year Virgin air cargo contract for Gatwick, Heathrow

Exim Indiaweb site
  • BEML forays into dredging by tying up with Dutch firm
  • CKB organises maiden training programme for customers
  • Industry calls for role models to drive reputation & standards
  • Liladhar Pasoo Forwarders is CHA of the Year
  • Mercator may buy more dredgers
  • Cash-crunch hit Rlys seeks 2,000 cr. from FinMin
  • Rlys take umbrage at CTOs bid to eat into piecemeal bulk traffic
  • Truck rentals surge 9-14 pc in H1
  • Govt to make dollar credit available to exporters soon
  • More funds, schemes sought for boosting cashew output
  • New Indo-Swiss taxation treaty comes into force
  • RBI offers 2 pc interest subsidy on export credit for exporters

International Transport Journalweb site
OCTOBER 12, 2011
  • Vossloh again adjusts profit forecast
    The Vossloh Group, a global player in selected rail infrastructure and rail technology markets, has again adjusted its sales and earnings expectations. Following a series of advers...
  • Germany and Switzerland agree simplified cross-border traffic
    Germany and Switzerland will in the future mutually recognise their licensing procedures for locomotives, tractor trains and passenger wagons. A corresponding treaty has recently b...
  • Cathay Pacific rolls out new Chengdu freighter service
    Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific Airways today launched a new scheduled twice-weekly freighter service to Chengdu, one of the fast-developing cargo markets in western China. The new serv...
  • Globe Air Cargo wins SAS Cargo contract in Germany
    Scandinavian Airlines Cargo has awarded an exclusive cargo general sales agency contract in Germany to Globe Air Cargo, part of the ECS Group, which already acts as SAS Cargo's GSA...
  • Swisslog wins major order in the US
    Swisslog has won a major order for an automated distribution centre from a cash-rich Fortune 200 retail company in the south of the US. Swisslog is a global provider of integrated ...
  • Kuehne + Nagel acquires Drude Logistik
    Kuehne + Nagel has signed an agreement to acquire the logistics company Carl Drude & Co, which is based in Hauneck/Bad Hersfeld (Germany). The takeover is part of K+N's expansi...
  • Hainan Airlines cancels Kolkata service two weeks after launch
    The Chinese carrier Hainan Airlines is already ending its two-weekly Shenzhen-Kolkata (India) route, which only lasted two weeks. It was launched on 27 September with a Boeing 737-...
  • Scania to cut production from November
    Scania, one of the world's leading manufacturers of trucks, will adjust its production rate at its units in Europe by 10-15% from November. The background is a fall in demand in va...
  • Hamburg Süd's "Santa Rosa" named in Buenos Aires
    The shipping line Hamburg Süd's containership "Santa Rosa" was recently named in Buenos Aires (Argentina). The "Santa Rosa" is the sixth new vessel in a series ...
  • Major investment needed in North Rhine-Westphalia waterways
    North Rhine-Westphalia is Germany's top inland navigation state. At 124 million t of goods, more than 50% of Germany's inland navigation total was shipped in NRW in 2010. 25% of go...
  • APM Terminals to manage Sweden's largest container terminal
    Executives from the port of Gothenburg and APM Terminals were on site recently for the concession signing ceremony for Sweden's Skandia Container Terminal. The decision reflects th...
  • Longer trailer trials in UK from January
    The UK's Department for Transport (DfT) is conducting a trial of up to 1,800 semi-trailers: up to 900 of a maximum length increase of 1 m (between 13.6 and 14.6 m), and up to 900 o...

Marine Logweb site
OCTOBER 12, 2011
  • LaHood reassigns Kings Point Superintendent to Defense U.
  • Officers charged following New Zealand containership grounding
  • Teekay-Marubeni JV buys Maersk LNG fleet
  • Great Lakes Shipyard starts construction of 69 ft work boat
  • Harvey Gulf order at Trinity includes option for third LNG fueled OSV
  • Maritime security trade association selects independent assessor

World Wide Shipperweb site
OCTOBER 12, 2011
  • Seattle Port Commissioners stand against Initiative 1125
  • WTSA member carriers finish freight rate assessment
  • Port Metro Vancouver volunteers work to improve Mission Possible
  • Agencies keeping track of stranded cargo vessel
  • Panama Canal announces excavation project completion

Lloyd's Listweb site
OCTOBER 12, 2011
  • Copenhagen's gentle cyclists are on the right road
    As the debate continues on slow steaming, the UK is allowing cars to emit more pollution by raising its speed limit
  • Ferry geese that lay golden eggs
    Why should an environmentally sustainable means of moving people and goods be targeted by green activists and regulators?
  • NewLead secures second TMT arbitration
    Michael Zolotas-controlled tanker and bulk operator wins round two in its battle to claw back cash from Nobu Su outfit
  • RBD Armatori sells capesize newbuilding at a loss
    Italian shipowner understood to have accepted $50m for bulker, well down on 2008 contract prices
  • IEA downgrades oil demand for 2012
    Drop due to slow global economic growth and lower consumption from developing nations
  • UK U-turn on armed guards lifts threat of shipowner prosecution
    Government position expected to clarify legality of using private security on board UK flagged vessels
  • EU urged to create combined military piracy task force for onboard defence
    MEPs also want Brussels to consider set-up of financial unit that tracks ransom payments
  • Middle East VLCC supply plummets as ships head to West Africa
    West Africa-Asia route provides slight earnings premium on benchmark Middle East route, but the latter could soon be on the rise
  • MSC continues to pressure panamax boxship charter prices
    Line reported to have taken two German-owned vessels for just $8,000 a day
  • Swiber nabs $102m offshore deal
    Southeast Asian companies boost revenues
  • China and Vietnam to co-operate on maritime disputes
    Move should ease development problems in the area
  • Albanese's regulatory reform divides opinion Down Under
    Transport minister faces brickbats and bouquets over plans to reform Australia's regulatory regime
  • 'It should have happened 20 years ago'
    A former master mariner who is also a senior associate at Norton Rose gives his judgement
  • Cruising to a SOx solution
    Cruise Lines International Association argues that a vessel could burn high-sulphur fuel in an ECA
  • Container industry still has legs
    'Keen competition' to run Gothenburg's Skandia terminal shows long-term faith in the container sector
  • Newbuildings keep arriving as VLCC values plunge
    Sunoco Refineries' recent decision to exit the refining business threatens further negative consequences
  • Bank lending figures signal funds drying up
    Syndicated lending for the three months to the end of September down by almost half from just over $20bn in the second quarter of this year
  • European banks feel the heat as crunch continues
    Biggest threat to the shipping industry is unwillingness of banks to guarantee trade deals
  • Nothing but the best
    A Cambridge University setting lent Lloyd's Maritime Academy summer schools an aura of film set glamour and impressive history
  • Teekay and Marubeni in $1.4bn swoop on Maersk LNG
    Maersk offloads gas carrier division
  • Thoresen Thai pares costs and eyes new vessel acquisitions
    New chief Ian Claxton has overhauled operations in move from Bangkok to Singapore
  • Rena breakup looms as authorities charge master and second officer
    Vessel suffers 'substantial structural failure' as containers continue to fall
  • Bahamas operators in the spotlight as Seaboard Marine exits Nassau
    Market pundits lukewarm towards sale talk
  • Clyde & Co and BLG to merge
    Combined maritime law firm and insurance specialist to centre attention on Asia
  • UK shipping regulation to be shrunk
    Maritime and Coastguard Agency chief's speech reveals maritime sector to face review in November

Fairplayweb site
OCTOBER 12, 2011
  • Manila names Rena's captain
    MANILA today defied a New Zealand court's move to prevent a captain being named in his box ship's disastrous grounding
  • UK nears guards policy
    THE UK's new policy on armed guards in piracy zone is almost complete, with regulations to be issued soon, the British Foreign Office said today
  • Clyde & Co makes additions
    CLYDE & Co said today it will combine with fellow shipping law firm Barlow Lyde & Gilbert on 1 November
  • BLG, FESCO join forces
    GERMAN ports-to-logistics group BLG Logistics and Russia's FESCO are investing €10M ($13.8M) in a joint venture for intermodal transport of finished vehicles in Russia
  • Get 'holistic' to fight pirates
    EUROPE'S leading shipowner and seafarer representative bodies have urged the EU to take a "holistic" approach to addressing piracy
  • Safety violations found in Subic inquiry
    KEPPEL'S Subic Shipyard violated safety standards, leading to the deaths of six workers and injury to seven others last week, government investigators have determined
  • APM sells Maersk LNG
    TEEKAY and Marubeni have bought AP Møller-Maersk's LNG carrier business, the Copenhagen shipping giant said today
  • Will Caribbean 'feed' US?
    PROSPECTS for Caribbean terminals to serve as feeder hubs for US East Coast ports have been questioned by Norbridge partner James Brennan
  • Kremlin sets export penalty for grain
    THE KREMLIN has made good on an earlier threat to penalize grain exports if export tonnage threatens domestic supplies
  • Silver lining emerging for tankers
    BET ON emerging economies to shorten the journey to recovery, oil tanker owners were advised today
  • Singapore soft power urged
    SOFT POWER in the answer for Singapore maintaining its position as a shipping hub, the inaugural Singapore Maritime Institute forum was told today
  • Thais brace for port flood
    THAILAND'S national ports authority has reportedly warned national gateway port Laem Chabang to be prepared to handle extra cargo
  • Drybulk port snarls worsen
    SNARLS in major drybulk ports have worsened, with delays in major coal and iron ore ports increasing by 15% week on week
  • Singapore eyes box expansion
    SINGAPORE, the world's second-busiest box port, said today it must expand such facilities further to cope with the demand for ever-bigger container ships

The Journal of Commerceweb site
OCTOBER 12, 2011
  • LA-LB Called Upon to Cover Alameda Shorfall
    With cargo volumes moving through the Alameda Corridor in Southern California still recovering from the 2008-09 recession, the ports of...
  • Log, Lumber Exports to China Expected to Double
    The value of Canadian and U.S. log and lumber shipments to China in 2011 will double to $2.6 billion from...
  • Horizon Plans Westbound Pacific Rate Increase
    Horizon Lines said it will raise rates on its U.S. shipments to China on Nov. 1 to match announced increases...
  • Jobs Council Pushes I-Bank, Transport Spending
    The CEOs in President Obama's advisory jobs council are pushing for big federal investments in transportation networks and energy systems,...
  • Port of LA Container Imports Flat in September
    Containerized imports at the Port of Los Angeles were flat in September, indicating that peak shipping season this year will...
  • Indian Government Says SCI Not in Financial Crisis
    India's Shipping Ministry denied that state-owned Shipping Corporation of India is in the midst of a financial crisis, requiring the...
  • Mica Says Infrastructure Bank "Dead on Arrival"
    Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman John Mica said "a national infrastructure bank is dead on arrival in the House," after...
  • Celadon Buys $4.7 Million Stake in USA Truck
    Celadon Group purchased a 6.3 percent stake in rival truckload carrier USA Truck for $4.7 million, raising the prospect of...
  • CSX Touts Headway on Gateway Corridor Work
    CSX Transportation said it has completed nearly a third of federally aided track clearance projects so that doublestack container trains...
  • Trans-Pacific Spot Rates Hit 21-Month Low
    Spot rates for container shipments from Hong Kong to Los Angeles fell below $1,500 per 40-foot-equivalent unit for the first...
  • TPM Long Beach Set For March 5-6, 2012 (Video)
    Peter Tirschwell, V.P. of strategy for UBM Global Trade, the parent company of JOC, announces the dates for the 12th...
  • Panama Finishes Next-to-Last Phase of Pacific Locks
    The Panama Canal Authority completed the third phase of digging the excavation for the new locks on the Pacific side...
  • Dependable Companies Switches on Solar Power
    The Dependable Companies is turning to a dependable source of energy to power its headquarters ' the sun. ...
  • OOCL's Yao Says Low Rates Won't Save Carriers
    Container ship lines face renewed losses because they have reverted to their habit of emphasizing "price, price, price instead of...
  • A.P. Moller-Maersk Sells LNG Fleet For $1.4 Billion
    A.P. Moller-Maersk is selling its liquefied natural gas fleet to a joint venture between Teekay and Marubeni Corp for $1.4...
  • Lufthansa Cargo Traffic Slumps 5.1 Percent
    Lufthansa Cargo carried 5.1 percent less freight in September than a year ago, in contrast to a significantly smaller decline...
  • Night Flight Ban to Disrupt Lufthansa Cargo Flights
    Lufthansa Cargo's freighter services are facing serious disruption and sizable financial losses after a court banned night flights at its...
  • India's Exports Surge 36.3 Percent
    India's exports surged 36.3 percent year-over-year to $24.8 billion in September, according to latest provisional figures released by the Commerce...
  • BNSF Says Panama Canal Won't Hurt West Coast Ports
    BNSF Railway intermodal executive Fred Malesa does not believe West Coast ports will lose much market share in the Asian...
  • Ocean Carriers Consider New Capacity Cutbacks
    Struggling with sliding rates amid plentiful capacity on major world trade lanes, several container line executives say they are starting...
  • Shippers Provide Carriers With Rolling Forecasts
    Several large shippers say they are now providing rolling forecasts of their demand outlook to improve coordination with ocean carriers...
  • Obama Jobs Plan Falls Short in Senate
    President Obama's big push for Congress to pass a jobs plan laden with new transportation funding fell well short Tuesday...
  • Senate OKs Sanctions Against Chinese Currency
    The Senate voted 63-35 Tuesday evening to give the Treasury Department and U.S. companies more leeway to target foreign currencies...
  • Pacific Carriers Reconfirm Export Rate Hikes
    Carriers in the westbound Pacific trades reconfirmed their intention to implement export rate increases generally of $100 to $200 per...

Containerisation Internationalweb site
OCTOBER 12, 2011
  • Rena: 'significant structural failing'
  • Grand Alliance to adjust its transpacific loops
  • Gothenburg justifies privatisation
  • UK & US navy rescues hijacked bulker
  • In-house collision halts two CMA CGM ships

TradeWindsweb site
OCTOBER 12, 2011
  • Street toasts Teekay deal
    Wall Street attempts to fill in the blanks following Teekay Corp daughter's $1.4bn raid on Maersk's LNG fleet.
  • Costamare's question mark
    Analyst worries environmental impact of Rena grounding will trump lost earnings at Costamare.
  • There will be blood
    Rate rebound may fuel rosier sentiment in the third quarter but analyst still expects red ink to flow as bulker values retreat.
  • Ocean Rig bags drill job
    George Economou praises rising rates as DryShips drilling spin-off secures $96m deal.
  • BP charter victory overturned
    London appeal court rules that Saudi shipowner entitled to demurrage for delays to VLCC.
  • Tankers hurt Gotland
    Lower rates for Swedish owner's products carriers bring down profit in eight months to 31 August.
  • NewLead trumps TMT again
    Nasdaq-listed owner secures second arbitration victory over Nobu Su's TMT Bulk.
  • Date set for US-Asia rates
    Lines have agreed on transpacific rates to "avoid confusion in the marketplace".
  • Time short for Albedo crew
    Families fear for seafarers on hijacked Malaysian boxship as deadline for payment of ransom looms.
  • PST delist a step closer
    Singapore-listed shipping trust readies itself to leave exchange and go private.
  • Norilsk goes it alone
    Russian owner gets multipurpose through Northern Sea Route without help from icebreaker.
  • Spooked lines delay targets
    Christmas might be coming but US-Asia trade routes mired in uncertainty as rate setting delayed.
  • Partial ownership works
    Indian steel chief Capt Rahul Bhargava sees a healthy upside in owning assets despite pessimism about immediate prospects for the dry cargo market.

American Shipperweb site
OCTOBER 12, 2011
  • Standing tall
  • Newsome's view
  • Productive discussions
  • Westbound transpacific rate hike announced
    The 10 container shipping companies that are members of the Westbound Transpacific Stabilization Agreement (WTSA) said they intend to implement guidelines calling for an increase in freight rates for U.S.-to-Asia cargo, effective Nov. 1. WTSA said...
  • Maersk pockets $1.4 billion from LNG fleet sale
    The A.P. Moller-Maersk Group said Wednesday it has agreed to sell its liquefied natural gas business to Teekay LNG Operating LLC and Marubeni Corp. for $1.4 billion. Maersk has indicated throughout the summer that it planned to dispose of its eigh...
  • New Zealand boxship casualty worsens
    Government officials in New Zealand said a containership that ran aground last Wednesday on Astrolabe Reef near Tauranga Harbor is leaking more oil, losing containers, and has developed a crack. Maritime New Zealand said the vesselRena , which is ...
  • FMC meets with Shanghai Shipping Exchange officials
    The Federal Maritime Commission on Tuesday began meetings with officials from the Shanghai Shipping Exchange in an effort to address U.S. shipper and non-vessel-operating common carrier concerns about the purpose and management of certain sensitiv...
  • Alphaliner: Containership order book at $57 billion
    Container shipping companies have ordered ships with about 2.4 million TEUs of capacity for $27 billion since September 2008, compared to 2.1 million TEUs of capacity for $30 billion before the financial crisis, said shipping research firm Alphalin...
  • Maersk tops SeaIntel's schedule index
    Maersk Line, Hamburg Süd, and MOL in September retained their positions as the three lines with the highest on-time performance in the liner industry, according to the latest figures from maritime analyst SeaIntel. Maersk's on-time performance ros...
  • MSC-CSAV India/Europe service changes
    An India-Europe loop jointly operated by Mediterranean Shipping Co. and CSAV has undergone a rotation change from this week, CSAV said in an advisory.The service, called IPAK by MSC and IMEX by CSAV, will drop calls in Bremerhaven and add calls in...

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
OCTOBER 12, 2011
  • Sustainable Shipping Conference sold out
    Experts gather in Vancouver to hear the latest on key maritime issues and discuss ways to overcome the challenges together.
  • Bunker prices rise in Fujairah
    In Cape Town, deliveries were available for supply up to and including October 26.
  • Gazpromneft Marine Bunker sets ambitious target
    Supplier plans to be selling 7 million mt of bunker product by 2020.
  • Strong gains in North European bunker prices
    Strike called off by Hellenic refinery workers in Greece.
  • Another officer faces charges over NZ bunker spill
    Court grants Master 'anonymity' over fears for his safety.
  • Oil price fundamentals have 'strengthened'
    'Inflation, solved debt crisis and economic growth will support oil prices as we enter 2012,' says Global Risk Management.
  • Prosecutors call for $1.75 million fines for bunker spill
    Shipping companies should also make a 'public apology' and give funds to environmental body, court told.
  • Fitch revises Sovcomflot's outlook to 'negative'
    'Overcapacity, low freight rates and high bunker costs' adding pressure to Sovcomflot's financial metrics, says Fitch Ratings.
  • Mid-week bunker prices jump at major ports
    Avails of bunker fuel mixed at key Asian ports on Wednesday.
  • Bunker tanker resumes ops in Australian port
    Dry docking of bunker tanker Zemira 'proceeded as planned,' says Shell Marine.
  • Containers fall off stricken vessel in New Zealand
    Master of Rena charged and arrested by Maritime New Zealand.
  • Shipping firm sees 'strong' revenue growth in second half
    Fuel cost recovery programme helped Interbulk's margins recover in second half.

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Venice
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Schindellegi
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Leghorn
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Trieste
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Porto Marghera, renewal of concession to Terminal Rinfuse Venezia
Venice
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Paris
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Genoa
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Bulls
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Piraeus
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The Spice
Assagenti conference on the future of the profession of maritime agent and broker
Genoa
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Rome
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Gothenburg
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Saipem awarded new contracts in Middle East and Guyana
Milan
The total value of the orders is approximately 720 million dollars.
Conference in Genoa for the centenary of Ente Bacini
Genoa
The company was established on 19 February 1925
Interporto Bologna Board of Directors Renewed
Bentivoglio
Stefano Caliandro Appointed President. Loss of 1.7 million euros in 2024
NYK invests 76 billion yen in NYK Energy Ocean Corporation
Tokyo
The newco has taken over the activities of ENEOS Ocean
Decarbonisation of maritime transport will be faster in the EU and the US
DHL Acquires CRYOPDP
Bonn/Nashville
The company provides courier services for clinics and healthcare
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
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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