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June 14, 2011
The Business Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Bangladesh ship-breaking yards resume work with rules eased
    Bangladesh's vast ship-breaking yards are roaring back to business, after the easing of strict environmental regulations that brought the major industry to a halt for much of 2010.
  • Iran shipping line to fight sanctions in EU court
    Iran's state shipping line will challenge the latest round of sanctions at the European Union's highest court, saying there is no evidence showing that it has been involved in arms trafficking as EU and US officials say.
  • Lloyds Bank in talks to sell shipping loans
    Lloyds Banking Group plc, in which the UK government has a 41 per cent stake, is still in talks to sell its shipping loans.

Sched Netweb site
  • Shenzhen volume increases 3.4pc in first four months to 6.84 million TEU
  • Port of Guangzhou's box volume increases 13.6pc in April
  • Diana Containerships holds share sale to pay Maersk for ships and service debt
  • Chinese yards beat out Korea's, winning Seaspan 7-mega ship order
  • Youngest BIMCO president, 43, weighs in on eco-rules, high oil prices, piracy
  • MSC to hike rate US$200/TEU - $300/FEU on Euro-Med to US on July 7
  • High MOL green rating clinches loan from Development Bank of Japan
  • American Feeder Lines starts US-Canada east coast Boston-Halifax service
  • CSX, Norfolk Southern start upgrade of intermodal terminals in eastern US
  • Boeing forecasts 4pc annual growth in Mideast air cargo for 20 years
  • Dubai's Calogi adds National Air Cargo to its client list of 90 airlines
  • UPS doubles Central American and northern South American air cargo capacity

Exim Indiaweb site
  • Allcargo Laxmi makes maiden call at Mumbai Port
  • ESC opts out of Global Shippers Forum as it seeks NGO status
  • Old Dominion offers LCL service in Taichung, Keelung, Kaohsiung
  • Rail freight service linking Chongqing and Antwerp open for business
  • Ramesh Jaisingh calls for freight rate parity with forwarders
  • Rio to expand two box terminals ahead of major global sporting events
  • Zim splits Pacific leg ZCS service into two separate loops
  • Exporters looking at having piece of global sugar demand
  • Pradip Kumar Agrawal appointed CEO of Gateway Terminals India
  • Vasan to hold talks with unions on Major Port corporatisation
  • Agartala-Akhaura rail track alignment being finalised
  • CONCOR-SC celebrates Customer Day in style
  • Road construction target of 20-km-a-day unlikely before 2014: Govt
  • TNT Exp India-Europe service to deliver cargo in a day
  • Empty ISO containers repositioned to ICD-Khodiyar

Marine Logweb site
JUNE 13, 2011
  • Deployment changes will hit Carnival earnings
  • BIMCO elects its youngest President ever
  • Incat Crowther develops crewboat design for Brazilian market
  • Solstad returns to Gibdock for PSV conversion
  • Vroon Group subsidiary orders two wind farm service vessels

World Wide Shipperweb site
JUNE 13, 2011
  • Construction work completed on Tacoma overpass project
  • Tanker released by pirates following 75-days in captivity
  • Boeing celebrates opening of South Carolina Dreamliner site
  • Corps warns of hazards due to Columbia River flooding
  • Trucking group calling for withdrawal of hazmat proposal

Lloyd's Listweb site
JUNE 13, 2011
  • VLGC rates creep up but owners struggle for profits
    Two-week high for rates as charterers take on ships in Middle East Gulf
  • LR tankers find favour in quiet market
    Long-range two tankers have been at the top of the agenda over the past week with brokers reporting a number of varied transactions ranging from straightforward sales to refinancing deals, in an otherwise quiet tanker sale and purchase market
  • LNG order spree to avoid previous pitfalls
    The recent spate of LNG carrier newbuilding ordering is unlikely to drive the market rate down through an oversupply of vessels as happened during the last speculative ordering spree ten years ago
  • Bangladesh import tax rise to stifle scrap rates
    Brokers fear Bangladesh dip could spark falling rates across Indian subcontinent
  • Chinese snap up older Japanese bulkers at premium prices
    Chinese buyers have bought the Hitachi Shipbuilding-built panamax bulk carrier Blue Coral at a premium, as older Japanese-built bulk carriers dominated the headlines last week, pulling in buyers attracted by their quality
  • Stability the bride of prosperity
    The re-election of prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's Justice and Development Party can only help Turkish shipping's aggressive players to build up their presence
  • Cost of sanctions
    The international isolation of Iran is spreading throughout the country's economic life, as OPM has just discovered
  • Arming yourself againstthe exposure to liability
    Use of armed guards on ships could lead to unforeseen litigation
  • Service reliability figures should be standard marketing information
    Carriers that embrace a customer-focused approach will be more successful in the long run
  • Under the hammer: Odense yard to be sold off
    Famous yard and its contents to be sold
  • Vsat satellite services increasing in popularity despite drawbacks
    Increased costs are a major hurdle, survey reveals, but improved connectivity and applications are overcoming doubts
  • New research adds doubt to benefit of LNG as ship fuel
    SOx and NOx advantages are clear but Swedish research says global warming reduction is being overstated
  • Container industry heavyweights join drive for electronic bills of lading
    Nigel Pusey and Andre Toet appointed as directors of ESS
  • Maersk call to arms gives fresh impetus
    IT companies welcome initiative on transparency
  • CSAV pulls out of east-west box trades
    Asiam service linking the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, China and US west coast to be suspended as rates keep falling
  • Drewry forms alliance with tendering software provider
    Move comes as Trade Extensions seeks a partner able to help its clients build tenders that reflect that complexity of inter-continental supply chains
  • Depreciating dollar dashes hopes for Chinese cash
    Owners warned not to rely on China to pick up the slack from traditional lenders
  • Inexperience a danger in arctic, says insurer
    Remoteness pushes up cost of cover for polar voyages
  • Shipping escapes fallout from China's spat with Vietnam
    Territorial disputes are not so far impeding the flow of maritime trade through South China Sea
  • Norway's Solvang returns to Hyundai Heavy for 84,000 cu m LPG carrier
    Vessel is scheduled for delivery in third quarter of 2013
  • Ship capsizes at Algeciras berth
    Investigation under way as cause of casualty is still to be discovered
  • Keppel FELS wins $260m rig order from Floatel
    Third order for semi-submersible accommodation rig from Oslo-listed company
  • Ransom paid to free tanker Zirku said to be well below the reported $12m
    Confusion caused by uncritical acceptance of Somali pirates' talking-up of deals
  • FreeSeas chops its asking price on warrants
    Class-Z expiration date extended from June to August as new value of $1.80 compares with Nasdaq share price of $2.20
  • HSBC raises forecast for DP World
    Ports group's adviser sets higher share price target in trading update
  • Tanker trauma tails off but dry dramas remain
    Capesize rates are likely to stabilize this week with prompt tonnage in demand for late June and early July from Australian mining names
  • Singapore container throughput shows 4.3% rise for first five months
    Volumes in May are the best so far this year
  • OPM draws blank on Iran port contract payment
    Port consultancy says payment dispute with Iran's Tidewater has reached a dead end

Fairplayweb site
JUNE 13, 2011
  • Layoffs spark Bilbao strike
    WORKERS walked out today at the La Naval yard in Bilbao in reaction to a move to lay off 40% of the workforce
  • LNG building boom extending
    SHIPPING analysts predicted today that the newbuilding surge in LNG carriers would continue, with LNG role in the global energy mix growing steadily
  • 5.5% box rate rise seen
    A BANK report has predicted a rise of 5.5% in box rates on average this year
  • IRISL to appeal EU sanctions
    IRISL reportedly plans to challenge sanctions against it before the EU's highest court
  • US Navy intercepts suspected weapons ship
    A US WARSHIP has reportedly intercepted a ship suspected of smuggling weapons to Myanmar from North Korea
  • Tallinn's cruise sector is booming
    CRUISE passenger arrivals in May rose 33% in Tallinn from that month of 2010
  • Three hurt in capsizing
    DENMARK'S salvor Svitzer is working today on a plan to refloat a box ship that capsized at Algeciras, injuring three seafarers
  • Saudi non-crude exports rise
    SAUDI Arabia's exports of petrochemicals reportedly rose 41% in April over that month of 2010, but such exports dropped on a month-on-month basis
  • Shell plans second FLNG project
    ROYAL Dutch Shell announced today that it is helping to develop a second floating LNG facility off Australia, less than month after it revealed plans for the world's first such facility
  • Phnom Penh's May total rises 34%
    THROUGHPUT at Cambodia's Phnom Penh Autonomous Port in May reportedly rose by 34% from totals recorded in May 2010
  • Bumi Armada plans IPO
    MALAYSIAN offshore and FPSO player Bumi Armada plans to raise at least 175.7M ringgit ($57M) in a relisting
  • Tug master killed in Oz capsizing
    A TUG MASTER has died after his vessel capsized in Gladstone in Queensland
  • OPDR, XCL merge services
    GERMAN shortsea carrier OPDR and Swiss feeder carrier X-Press Container Line have merged their box services linking northern Europe with northern Spain and Portugal
  • VLCC fixing exceeds high
    FIXING on the VLCC spot market high in April and May exceeded its three-year high, yet freight rates remain subdued on ample tonnage supply, shipbrokers said
  • Demolition derby speeds up
    SOUTH Asia's monsoons are dragging down breaking rates, but traders and brokers told Fairplay today owners are keen anyway to scrap their least profitable rustbuckets

The Journal of Commerceweb site
JUNE 13, 2011
  • Port Plans for Sydney, Nova Scotia
    James Wooder of Sydney Port Group describes plans for the development of a major container and breakbulk port at Sydney,...
  • As One Strike Expands, Another Looms in Canada
    Canada's 10-day series of rotating postal strikes mushroomed Monday to 10 cities in seven provinces as a potentially more damaging...
  • CSAV Volume Up, Average Revenue Down
    CSAV's volume of transported containers increased 6.8 percent in May over April, but the average revenue per container declined. ...
  • Nehru Port Volume Down 2 Percent
    Container throughput in India's Port of Jawaharlal Nehru (Nhava Sheva) fell nearly 2 percent year-over-year in the April-May period, the...
  • Court Hears ATA's Arguments in Clean Truck Case
    The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit heard oral arguments in the American Trucking Associations' challenge to the...
  • Maersk CEO Explains Details of Manifesto
    When Maersk Line CEO Eivind Kolding issued a manifesto to the container industry on June 7 calling for...
  • Japanese Firm Inks Westwood Purchase Deal
    Japan's Sumitomo Warehouse said today that its wholly owned subsidiary, J-WeSco, signed a contract to acquire a 100 percent stake...
  • CSAV Suspends Trans-Pacific Loop Service
    Chilean carrier CSAV said Monday it will suspend its Asiam service from India, Southeast Asia and China to the U.S....
  • Greek Dockworkers Plan 24-Hour Strike
    Greek dockworkers will join a 24-hour general strike June 15 to protest fresh austerity measures imposed by the Socialist government...
  • Hub Group Buys Drayage Company
    Intermodal services provider Hub Group acquired Domestic Transport, a Pacific, Wash.-based drayage company that delivers containers in the Pacific Northwest. "This...
  • Seaspan Adds 61st Ship
    Container ship owner-charterer Seaspan took delivery of the first of new eight containerships with capacities of 13,100 20-foot-equivalent units. ...
  • Export Surge Pushes Round-Trip Strategy on Pacific
    Container ship line APL says the fast-growing U.S. export volume on the Pacific is pushing carriers toward a greater "round-trip...
  • Can YRC Worldwide Be Saved?
    After acquiring the regional trucking operator USF for $1.37 billion in May 2005, YRC Worldwide Chairman, President and CEO William...
  • Horizon Extends Refinancing Deadline
    Horizon Lines is extending for another week its deadline to line up commitments for $350 million in secured senior notes,...
  • First-Class Postal Reform
    The U.S. Postal Service lost $2.2 billion in the second quarter of its current fiscal year. Much of the loss...
  • After a Pause, Rail Freight Picks Up
    Just when new monthly reports on U.S. employment, home values and factory demand confirmed the economic recovery sputtered toward a...
  • Europeans Buy Into US Trucking
    A little acquisition by a very big company sent a jolt through the U.S. trucking industry on June 1. Deutsche...
  • Shrinking 0l' Man River
    The threat level is rising along with the water along the Mississippi River, endangering two-thirds of U.S. grain exports and...
  • Cajun Country's Big Catch
    The Port of New Orleans and the terminal operator owned by Mediterranean Shipping Co. and Ceres Gulf plan to uncork...
  • Galveston's Return on Privatization
    When the deal to sell the Port of Galveston's facilities to an investor group of Hutchison Port Holdings and Carlyle...
  • Houston's Future Arrives Early
    The Port of Houston doesn't have to wait for the opening of the Panama Canal's larger locks in 2014 for...
  • Separation Anxiety
    We're nearly halfway through 2011, approaching what is traditionally the strongest time of the year for carriers. The post-holiday drowsiness...
  • Puerto Rico to scan Domestic Boxes
    Shippers and carriers are complaining about a Puerto Rico Ports Authority plan to require electronic imaging of every domestic container...
  • China's Distribution Revolution
    In less than 10 years, China will be crisscrossed by a national highway system 53,000 miles long that will cover...
  • A Brighter Horizon?
    Horizon Lines says it has found a way out of a financial crisis triggered by the company's guilty plea and...
  • Easing Into the Peak
    The peak-season surcharge carriers intended to impose in the eastbound Pacific beginning June 15 is a casualty of the soft...
  • Rolling Container Volume
    Just 1,401 20-foot equivalent units separate Maersk Line and Mediterranean Shipping at the top two spots in The Journal of...
  • Surcharges Fuel Suspicion
    Slow-steaming by container ship lines is thickening the fog of war between shippers and carriers over bunker fuel surcharges. ...
  • Revamping Product Safety
    House Republicans introduced a bill to reword the Consumer Protection Safety Improvement Act of 2007 with such changes as the...
  • A Bridge And A View
    With one of North America's most dramatic bridges as a backdrop, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder launched a new push to...
  • Census Turns Back the Clock
    Proposed changes to export rules that would eliminate post-departure filing on all but a select number of agricultural shipments are...
  • Rate of Recovery
    Now that negotiations with the Teamsters union, lenders and others with a financial stake in the company are largely completed,...

Containerisation Internationalweb site
JUNE 13, 2011
  • Why higher oil prices represent a double-whammy for ocean carriers
    Oil makes the world go around: the black stuff and world economic growth are inextricably linked. Prior to the 2008 watershed Lehman Bros crash, a barrel of oil had peaked at USD147, but by the end of that year, prices had plunged to USD30 in the wake of a recessionary-induced global downturn in demand.
  • Small shippers suffering
  • Somali pirates collect second-largest pay-out
  • Maersk boxship capsizes at Algeciras
  • Gloomy data depresses stocks
  • OPDR and X-Press team up on new service

TradeWindsweb site
JUNE 13, 2011
  • PB in FSO debut
    Italian shipowner on the brink of converting Thenamaris products tanker following $25m deal.
  • Bloomberg's bet
    Mayor of New York backs plan to expand BillyBey-operated ferry service along the East River.
  • Pirates spring Suez
    Hijackers release Red Sea Navigation vessel and crew after scoring ransom payment, sources claim.
  • CSAV runs for cover
    Chilean operator forced to find work for Diana Containerships vessel as turbulence rocks transpacific market.
  • Jumbo's demo diet
    Dutch heavy-lift owner sends vessel to beaches of Bangladesh for breaking, sources say.
  • Hong Kong under fire
    Scientists and environmentalists accuse government of going slow on emissions regulation moves.
  • TEN scraps aframax
    Greek tanker owner dodges dry-docking bullet following $11m demolition deal, brokers say.
  • Carnival cuts again
    Cruise giant admits under-estimating impact of Middle East turmoil, Japan 'quake and oil price on second-half results.
  • CPLP seals bulker switch
    Evangelos Marinakis-controlled shipowner completes dropdown of capesize vessel Agamemnon for $98.5m.
  • Box diagnosis unclear
    Wan Hai VP Davis Kao says still too early to determine how convalescent container industry will fare next year.
  • Yujin finds its niche
    London-listed owner carves out small 2010 profit in tough Asia Pacific chemical tanker sector.
  • North Korean ship stopped
    Belize flag merchant ship suspected of carrying missiles to Myanmar is turned back by US destroyer.
  • Dirty docking defended
    Steam cargo pumps mean no need to plug in and avoids explosion risk says Intertanko in LA terminal row.
  • Pirates defy 30-ft waves
    Greek and Indian bulkers attacked in Arabian Sea despite giant monsoon season waves.

American Shipperweb site
JUNE 13, 2011
  • Fake designer duds blocked at SoCal ports
    Authorities at the Port of Los Angeles-Long Beach complex have confiscated $14.3 million worth of knockoff designer clothing in three separate shipments from China during the past three months, U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced Thursday....
  • Logwin opens Dongguan office
    Logistics company Logwin said Monday it has opened a new office in the Pearl River Delta as it expands its presence in China. The company has opened an office in Dongguan, one of China's key manufacturing cities, to complement existing offices in G...
  • Old Dominion moves to larger San Jose center
    Old Dominion Freight Line said Friday it has moved to a new and expanded location in San Jose, Calif., to accommodate growing volume in the area. "Within the last three-and-a-half years, the San Jose Service Center has experienced explosive growth,...
  • Hub subsidiary adds to drayage network
    Comtrak Logistics, an intermodal shuttle and truckload carrier, has acquired key parts of Domestic Transport Inc., a Pacific, Wash.-based company that also executes short hauls of intermodal containers between ports, railheads and customer docks, p...
  • Grand China Shipping adds Pusan call
    Grand China Shipping said its Super Pacific Express (SPX) service will begin regular calls in Pusan this week. The company said one of its ships called Pusan on June 2, but that Pusan would become a part of the regular SPX rotation on June 17. The ...
  • SeaIntel: Tough times for small shippers
    A new report from maritime analyst SeaIntel has found it's tough for new, small shippers to get freight rate quotes from liner carriers and large forwarders.In the latest edition of the company'sSeaIntel Sunday Spotlight,SeaIntel describes an inve...
  • Brother, can you spare a rate quote?

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
JUNE 13, 2011
  • Markets largely softer on quiet day
    Some ports showing significant losses while others see little movement in bunker prices.
  • Bunker costs to hit second-half results
    Carnival Corp. says it underestimated the impact of higher fuel prices and itinerary changes.
  • Prices climb in South African ports
    Fujairah opens week with slightly lower prices.
  • Tolson leaves Chemoil
    Vice President of Sales and Marketing had been with the company 25 years.
  • EU states could help ship operators retrofit 'scrubbers'
    EC official looking for ways to make ECA compliance less daunting.
  • Oil boom placed around capsized containership
    Vessel 'lurched to one side' during loading operations in Algeciras.
  • Week starts with bunker prices largely down
    Demand for bunker fuel mixed at major Asian ports.
  • Singapore bunker sales rebound to four-month high
    2.87 million mt of 380 cSt bunker fuel sold in May, the highest in four months.
  • Chemoil to complete Fujairah storage facility by Q3 2011
    Large project 'on target', says CEO of Chemoil.
  • Bunker trader joins Tokyo-based bunkering firm
    Sunny Tang from China with four years of experience in bunker trading firm.
  • Shipping group calls for mandatory switch to low sulphur fuel
    Hong Kong Shipowners frustrated by the lack government action.

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Darwin/Strathpine
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Geneva
The World Trade Organization believes so
84% of new constructions ordered by the Italian navy will be built in China
Rome
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GNV ships will call at Algerian ports for the first time
Genoa
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Valencia
Denton (ICC): Trump's tariffs pose a crucial challenge to rules-based trade governance
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Paris
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Leghorn
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The Hague
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Naples
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Schindellegi
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Copenhagen
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Rome
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Turkey's Desan Shipyard in talks to take over Mangalia shipyard
Bucharest
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Six international shipping associations present a guide to planning safe navigation
London
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Hanover/Trieste
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ESPO urges EU and Member States to allocate funds to decarbonise ships and ports
Brussels
Earmarking Innovation Fund proceeds to stimulate demand for clean marine fuels
China Antitrust Launches Investigation into Hutchison Ports' Panama Terminal Sale
Beijing/Hong Kong
Panama Ports Company operates the Balboa and Cristobal ports
PSA posts annual revenue growth, but profits fall
Singapore
Sharp increase in operating costs across the board
Temporary Port Labor Supply Company in Cagliari Extended for Another 18 Months
Cagliari
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Beijing
Increase of +6.9% in traffic with foreign countries. In the first two months of 2025, 1.75 billion tons were moved (+1.6%)
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Hong Kong
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Genoa
Cruise and ferry passenger decline
ICS, Trump's proposed measures against Chinese ships risk having significant unwanted consequences, even for the US
Washington
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Intercargo, international measures for decarbonisation of shipping must be simple and clear
London
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Barcelona
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Augusta
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In 2024, the terminal operator HHLA recorded record revenues with a growth of +10.5%
Hamburg
Profit after taxes amounted to 56.4 million euros (+33.1%)
Launch of a public consultation for the updating of the PRPs of the ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado
Genoa
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ITU, ICAO and IMO highlight risks to maritime and air transport caused by attacks on satellite communications
Geneva/Montreal/London
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London
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London
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Hanover
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Madrid
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Leghorn
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Trieste
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Shanghai
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Porto Marghera, renewal of concession to Terminal Rinfuse Venezia
Venice
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Paris
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Carnival Sets New Low Season Quarter Records December-February
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Miami
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Bern
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CK Hutchison's Port Division revenues grew by 10.8% last year
Hong Kong
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Rome
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Port of Genoa, Ente Bacini requests new spaces and renewal of the concession
Genoa
Conference to celebrate the centenary of the company
The public meeting of the Italian Port Terminal Operators Association will be held in Rome on June 19th
Genoa
VARD to build offshore dive vessel for Dong Fang Offshore
Alesund/Trieste
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Rome
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MSC Group Cruise Terminal Officially Inaugurated in the Port of Barcelona
Barcelona
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Marcegaglia and Nova Marine Carriers form NovaMar Logistic joint venture
Lugano/Gazoldo of the Ippoliti
A general cargo ship will transport raw materials to the steel group's plants
Liebherr achieves record annual sales in the maritime and port crane segment
Bulls
Strong demand for offshore and container handling equipment
The annual conference "Programming, Operation and Management of Transport Networks" in Genoa
Genoa
It is dedicated to the transport and mobility sector
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Piraeus
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Port of La Spezia, cruise ship docking simulations completed at Garibaldi West pier
The Spice
Assagenti conference on the future of the profession of maritime agent and broker
Genoa
It will be held tomorrow in Genoa
Francesco Beltrano is the new general secretary of Uniport
Rome
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Stena Line presents a project for a ro-ro vessel capable of reducing energy consumption by at least 20%
Gothenburg
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Saipem awarded new contracts in Middle East and Guyana
Milan
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Conference in Genoa for the centenary of Ente Bacini
Genoa
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Interporto Bologna Board of Directors Renewed
Bentivoglio
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Tokyo
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Bonn/Nashville
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Leghorn
The ranking for admission to the PNRR-Next Gen Eu contributions has been published
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Shanghai
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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
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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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