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September 20, 2011
The Business Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Asia-EU peak season rates 'capped by glut'
    AP Moeller-Maersk, the No 1 container line, said it's struggling to raise peak season rates on the Asia-Europe shipping route, the world's second-busiest, as an influx of new vessels leads to a glut in capacity.
  • Tanker demand growth drops to zero: Platou
    Growth in demand for supertankers that deliver about a fifth of the world's oil dropped to zero as slowing economies in Europe and the US curbed shipments, according to Peter Anker, chief executive officer of RS Platou ASA, Norway's biggest shipbroker.
  • Viet firm expects cargo rates to rise from mid-2012
    Gemadept Corp, Vietnam's biggest listed freight company, expects local cargo rates to rise from mid-2012 as the failure of smaller rivals eases competition.
  • Syria's port traffic hurt by unrest

Sched Netweb site
  • AADA hikes China to Australia rate by US$250/TEU, $500/FEU
  • Moody's downgrades MOL and NYK outlook because of sector's weakness
  • 'Daily Maersk' proclaimed as next major advance in container shipping
  • ICTSI fails to buy Singapore's Portek, now after Piraeus and Thessaloniki
  • Guangzhou volume up 16pc to 7.3 million TEU in first seven months of 2011
  • China-Kazakhstan Horgas International border free trade zone to open
  • Nordana restores Libyan ro/ro service, first ship leaves Houston this week
  • International Chamber of Shipping: Governments do little to stop piracy
  • US congressional committee approves training armed crews to fight pirates
  • IMO approves armed guards on cargo ships if authorised by flag states
  • Royal Malaysian Navy drives off pirates with warning shots off Yemen
  • West African pirates seize tanker, insurers rate area as risky as Somalia
  • OOCL renews intermodal contract with Britain's Freightliner for 10 years
  • Pacific Direct Line initiates dedicated New Zealand-Tahiti feeder service
  • UPS sees best holiday package delivery season ahead, credits web sales
  • Global forwarders exploit China's new roads to meet rising consumer demand
  • Asia Airfreight Terminal August volume off 8pc, but imports up 6pc in 2011
  • MASkargo takes delivery of first of four mid-sized A330-200 Freighters
  • BAX Global shuts Toledo operation, but DHL retains its old Ohio air cargo base
  • SDV Tianjin completes logistics for the inaugural China Helicopter Exposition

Exim Indiaweb site
  • ANZDA peak season surcharges from October 15
  • Asia-Europe rates below $800/TEU as all major trade rates plummet
  • Baltic index falls first time in a week
  • Cinsnets container safety database goes live
  • Evergreen's CES to call at Piraeus instead of Taranto
  • H K Logistics enhances presence in Gujarat by opening Vadodara office
  • Hanjin Shipping strikes multi-million dollar deal with Kospo
  • Logistic Integrators creates history by transporting temperature-sensitive cargo in RKN Opticooler
  • MCC Transport to deploy 5,527-TEU feeder on Tanjung Pelepas-Thailand run
  • Practical advice on how to deal with stowaways
  • India for expediting services pact with Asean
  • India sanctions loan for Bangladesh
  • India-Israel FTA to boost trade volumes
  • Tea output up 8 pc, exports slip 8 pc in July
  • Cabotage law should be amended, says Kerala CM
  • Business houses may get to borrow more funds from abroad
  • Govt may lift ban on onion exports today
  • We need a new rule book

International Transport Journalweb site
SEPTEMBER 19, 2011
  • Cargolux rejects delivery of first two new B747-8Fs
    Unspecified "unresolved contractual issues between Boeing and Cargolux" have prompted launch customer Cargolux to reject at short notice the delivery of the first two (of...
  • Schiphol partner of eFreight Online Academy
    The efreight@nl project has taken a further step to promote the wider use of eFreight at Schiphol airport with the launch of the eFreight Online Academy. The efreight@nl project is...
  • Swiss transport costs expected to rise in 2012
    Costs in the Swiss transport sector are continuing to rise. "In addition to the strong franc, state requirements and fiscal burdens, in particular, are having a negative impac...
  • VTG tests noise-reduction measures for new railcars
    VTG, a Hamburg-based wagon lessor and rail logistics company, has tested new technical measures for noise reduction directly on railcars, in cooperation with industry partners. The...
  • BLS Cargo improves transport performance
    The private Swiss railfreight operator BLS Cargo increased its transport performance to 1,984 million net tonne kilometres in the first six months 2011 compared to the previous yea...
  • MASkargo takes delivery of first A330-200F
    MASkargo, the freight subsidiary of Malaysia Airlines, has become a new operator of the A330-200F, following last week's delivery of the first of four aircraft ordered by the airli...
  • APL named Best Buy's top carrier
    APL has again been named carrier of the year by Best Buy, a leading multi-channel global retailer and developer of technology products and services. This is the second year running...
  • ACP Worldwide appoints UK and Ireland general manager
    ACP Worldwide, a leading global GSSA, has appointed James Gidlow as its general manager for the UK and Ireland. Gidlow, who has dedicated his career to the airline and GSA business...
  • German inland waterways post higher transport volumes
    According to the Association of German Inland Waterways (BDB), the global economic upswing also arrived in inland waterway shipping in 2010. "With a rise of transport volumes ...
  • Enric Ticó re-elected president of Feteia-Oltra
    Enric Ticó, the long-standing president of the Spanish freight forwarding association Feteia-Oltra (Federación Española de Transitarios - Organización para la Logística y el Transp...
  • Port of Antwerp to build world's largest lock
    In a few weeks the ground will be broken for a unique port construction project in Antwerp - the largest lock in the world. This massive structure will be built at the head of the ...
  • Deutsche Post DHL expands German parcels network
    Deutsche Post DHL will invest EUR 750 million in its German parcels network over the coming years. New business models in booming e-commerce and changing consumer behaviour are nec...
  • Honold Logistik adding capacity in Neu-Ulm
    The German logistics company Honold Logistik, based in Neu-Ulm, is expanding. After launching the first building section of the MCC III logistics park in Neu-Ulm at the beginning o...
  • Damco launches online emissions calculator
    Damco, A.P. Moller-Maersk's logistics arm, now provides customers with an online carbon dioxide emissions calculator. The information is available at myDamco, the company's browser...

Marine Logweb site
SEPTEMBER 19, 2011
  • BAE San Diego Ship Repair gets $18.3 million mod to destroyer PSA contract
  • Chouest AHTS time chartered to support SBX-1
  • New Alaska Class Ferry could be built in state
  • Navy christens first Joint High Speed Vessel
  • BOEMRE holds Unannounced Spill Drill to test new subsea containment rules
  • Maersk partners Rickmers in U.S-flag breakbulk and project cargo service
  • Hyundai Heavy and BW Maritime sign $400 million LNG ship contract
  • STX OSV nets order for three stern trawlers

World Wide Shipperweb site
SEPTEMBER 19, 2011
  • Corps set to repair damage to Bonneville Dam fish ladders
  • Crowley Maritime creating new Project Solutions group
  • Astoria Coast Guard station celebrates 100 years of aviation
  • Hamburg Sud christens new 7,100 teu container ship
  • Maersk Line begins test of SOx scrubbing system

Lloyd's Listweb site
SEPTEMBER 19, 2011
  • Three aframax tankers sold in demolition sector in one week
    Mayon Spirit sold for $8.5m along with two other similar vessels
  • Huge increase in Californian blackouts due to fuel switching
    OSPR issues advice on preventing loss of power due to switch from HFO to MDO/MGO
  • Emsa looks to refine efficiency rules to include shortsea shipping
    Safety agency aims to draft additional measures that will make ro-ro and passenger vessels subject to EEDI
  • Reducing flashpoint could aid low-sulphur fuel problem
    Danes look at feasibility of reduction of flashpoint to that of road haulage levels
  • Maersk and Rickmers team up in heavylift trades
    Two new multipurpose ships to operate under US flag
  • Cargo reservation policy revisited
    Chinese ships for Chinese cargo sounds more like rhetoric of 1960s, and it didn't work then
  • Who could argue with Siim Kallas?
    Brussels is aiming to keep European ports competitive
  • LPG carrier earnings nearing $50,000 a day on increased cargo volumes
    VLGC freight rates to rise further as more product is available than ships and strong Indian demand expected in coming months
  • Maersk daily service redefines transport times
    SeaIntel report says other lines will follow
  • IUMI reviews its structures and ways of working
    More change needed if organisation is to remain relevant to its members, says chairman
  • Box Club meeting marks milestone for South Korea
    Hanjin and HMM chief executives welcome industry leaders to Seoul
  • Sanko believed to have renegotiated resale of capesize upwards
    After Imbari newbuild pulled due to low offers, vessel said to be committed at $48m
  • Box Club: one constant in an ever-changing industry
    The Box Club has only ever been chaired by Europeans to date
  • Italian panamax deal sends 10-year-old vessel values plummeting
    Rumours of ship sold for $18m, 50% down on values reported five months ago
  • Pacific lines to run TSA collectively
    Hanjin Shipping president Kim will not be replaced as chairman
  • Feel the fear and do it anyway: now is the time for lay-ups
    Carriers need to address individual capacity withdrawal despite the threat of European Union fines
  • Feedership values plummet
    Smallest boxships sold at auction for rock-bottom prices
  • Commerzbank offers $95m for final UniCredit 8% in Deutsche Schiffsbank
    Deal would give German bank still in hock to government full control of shipping lender
  • IUMI chief questions insurance market reforms
    Ole Wikborg tells Paris conference he is 'not convinced that regulators fully appreciate what differentiates insurance and other financial services'
  • Investigators prepare to board Nordlys
    Probe to determine cause of Hurtigruten ferry fire that killed two crew
  • Class acts
    Classification societies are branching out
  • STX OSV earnings estimate cut
    CIMB Research cites global crunch, but yard announces $132m in new orders
  • Insurance union calls for global stand against piracy
    IUMI chief admits it took time to realise flag-state consensus on armed guards may work
  • Unifeeder to be Ust-Luga terminal's first box feeder operator
    Fixed weekly service planned
  • India's GVK buys Australian coal assets in $1.3bn deal
    Hancock Prospecting has potential to produce up to 84m tonnes a year
  • OECD sets out strategy for French ports to win back market share
    Fresh study follows this year's port reforms
  • UAE-Russia deal to expand ro-ro terminal in Ust Luga
    Gulftainer and Prominvest $275m investment is of political significance
  • Laskaridis sees 'many more' northern sea route passages in 2012
    Greece-based reefer major hails time and environmental savings after debut transit
  • NOL box data shows peak season not kicking in
    Pattern of rising volume but falling freight rates reaches an extreme
  • Asian shipowners demand UN anti-piracy action
    Owners condemn the 'lack of urgency and political will' to solve the piracy problem

Fairplayweb site
SEPTEMBER 19, 2011
  • MSC mega-box ship runs aground
    MEDITERRANEAN Shipping Company has once again found itself in the unwelcome glare of publicity after another of its deepsea containerships went aground in Northern Europe
  • Ust Luga wins Unifeeder service
    EUROPE'S largest feeder operator Unifeeder has become the first container shipping line to sign up to Russia's newest container terminal at Ust Luga
  • Chevron signs Wheatstone LNG deal
    CHEVRON has signed a sales and purchase agreement with Japan's Kyushu Electric Power for LNG from the Australian offshore Wheatstone LNG project, pushing the project further towards final investment decision, IHS Energy Markets Global reported today
  • Analysts sceptical of GVK's Hancock buy
    INDIAN infrastructure developer GVK may have bitten off more than it can chew with its $1.3Bn acquisition of Australia's Hancock Prospecting, according to some analysts
  • Greek-flagged fleet drops 3.7%
    THE SIZE of the Greek-flagged fleet dropped by 3.7% between July 2010 and July this year, but grew 0.4% in terms of tonnage, the Greek statistical authority ELSTAT revealed today
  • Eitzen bondholders propose a bid
    HOLDERS of two bonds totaling NK446M ($84M) issued by Eitzen Maritime Services (EMS) have offered to bid for the company through a debt to equity conversion, the company said in a statement today
  • Capesize orderbook ratio falls
    THE Capesize orderbook-to-fleet ratio has dropped to little more than 34%, according to IHS Fairplay's latest Sea-Web data
  • Scrap prices to fall, says GMS
    RECYCLED ships buyer Global Marketing Systems (GMS) expects scrap prices to come under pressure due to rising oil prices and prolonged inactivity in the Bangladeshi market
  • Greece has 'transshipment potential'
    GREECE has the potential to become a major transshipment hub in the Eastern Mediterranean by 2020, but must tackle labour unrest and insufficient hinterland infrastructure, a report has said
  • Gulftainer signs Ust Luga deal
    MIDDLE Eastern container terminal operator and logistics provider Gulftainer is to make its entrance on the Baltic Sea after dramatically signing a deal to help develop Ust Luga
  • Equatorial to appeal bunker ruling
    SINGAPORE-based bunker supplier, Equatorial Marine Fuel Management Services, is to appeal a Singapore High Court ruling involving a 2008 claim against Malaysian flagship carrier MISC
  • Alaska seeks fast ferry injunction
    ALASKA'S state attorney general's office filed a motion with Alaska's superior court seeking a preliminary injunction in its ongoing lawsuit over the Fast Vehicle Ferry (FVF) engines
  • Mumbai issues new armed guards guidelines
    INDIA'S Mumbai Port Trust has issued new guidelines to shipowners and operators concerning the use of armed guards, according to a local ship agency
  • Argentine soya exports grow, says asssociation
    IHS Global Insight has reported that Argentine soya exports are expected to continue to grow, despite a recent drop in prices
  • Tampa to build ethanol hub
    THE US port of Tampa has signed a joint-venture deal with US energy company Kinder Morgan Energy Partners and railfreight operator CSX to create a new ethanol hub in Florida

The Journal of Commerceweb site
SEPTEMBER 19, 2011
  • Marad's No. 2 Official Resigns
    The Maritime Administration Deputy Administrator Orlando Gotay left his position abruptly on Friday. The agency did not give a reason...
  • Customs Brokers Call for HMT Reform
    A coalition of New Orleans customer brokers called on the industry on Monday to support legislation requiring the federal government...
  • Marad Looks to Streamline Cargo Preference Rules
    Carriers and shippers that would like to see changes in regulations governing cargo preference laws will have the chance to...
  • Port Tracker Projects Strong Import Growth
    Import cargo volume at the busiest U.S. container ports is beginning to ramp up after a flat summer, the National...
  • Containerized Exports Rose 4.8 Percent in July
    U.S. containerized exports in July rose 4.8 percent from a year earlier, boosted by double-digit gains in wastepaper, scrap metal...
  • Korean Air Cargo Falls 8.4 Percent on Weak Exports
    Korean Air says a sharp drop in electronics exports out of South Korea sent the airline's cargo traffic down 8.4...
  • St. Lawrence Seaway Traffic Up 3.5 Percent
    Cargo shipped on the St. Lawrence Seaway from late March through August rose 3.5 percent year-over-year, as raw material shipments...
  • ODFL Adds Central Pennsylvania Terminal
    Old Dominion Freight Line extended its $120 million expansion this year into Pennsylvania, opening a terminal in Altoona and hiring...
  • NY-NJ Container Volume Jumps 6.7 Percent in July
    Import volume at the Port of New York and New Jersey grew 6.7 percent in July on a month-to-month basis...
  • AAPA CEO Nagle Talks Funding Port Projects, Environmental Issues (Video)
    Kurt Nagle, president and CEO of American Association of Port Authorities, discusses how ports are moving aggressively to deepen their...
  • Gulftainer to Invest $275 Million in Russian Port
    Gulftainer, the Middle East's largest private port operator, plans to invest $275 million to co-develop and operate a multipurpose cargo...
  • GAC Changes Management in Dubai
    The GAC Group promoted Stuart Bowie to managing director of the company's Dubai office, and Gurmurthi Shankar will succeed him as...
  • Trucker CTS Emerges From Bankruptcy Protection
    Trucking and logistics company Cargo Transportation Services emerged from bankruptcy last week after reorganizing and attracting a new equity partner....
  • Baltimore Reports Record Auto Volume
    Vehicle shipments through the Port of Baltimore rose 12 percent to a record 270,700 units during the first six months...
  • DOT Stimulus Payments Top $31.3 Billion
    Stimulus payments to states for transportation projects completed under the 2009 economic stimulus law rose to more than $31.3 billion...
  • Massport Launches Boston Clean-Trucks Program
    The Massachusetts Port Authority plans to replace up to 60 old drayage trucks at the Port of Boston through a...
  • Maersk Line Ltd., Rickmers to Operate US Ships
    Construction of the Maersk Illinois is nearing completion in China. Maersk Line Ltd. and Rickmers-Linie (America) formed...
  • Marad Under Fire
    When Eastern Shipbuilding struck a deal with a company in Brazil more than two years ago that would bring in...
  • APL Revenue, Volume Flat in August
    APL's container revenue and volume were virtually unchanged in August from July, despite imposing trans-Pacific peak season surcharges through half...
  • Hamburg Sud Christens Fifth 7,100-TEU Ship
    Hamburg Sud christened the Santa Catarina, the fifth of 10 ships with capacities of 7,100 20-foot equivalent container that the...
  • Hong Kong Air Freight Falls 7.8 Percent
    Weak demand from Europe and the U.S. in August pulled Hong Kong International Airport's traffic down 7.8 percent from the...
  • Cargolux Refuses Delivery of 747-8 Freighter
    Cargolux stunned Boeing and the air cargo industry this weekend when the airline announced it would not accept delivery of...
  • TNT Links China, Southeast Asia Truck Services
    TNT Express linked its Chinese day-definite truck service with its Southeast Asian trucking network, which includes Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand,...
  • 5 Secrets of Successful Freight Tenders
    Almost all transportation managers will agree that a well-executed freight request for proposal is time-consuming and analytically challenging. With everyone's...
  • Is Your Transportation at Its Best?
    As your business grows, it's only natural that it becomes more complex and challenging to manage. Your transportation processes are...
  • A Plan to Collaborate
    As improved forecasting and demand planning tools enter the marketplace, one of the most significant developments is the introduction of...
  • Retail's Shorter Shelf Life
    In 2007, home improvement retailer Lowe's already was intent on improving inventory processes that would reverberate throughout global supply chains...
  • Is There an App for That?
    The third-party logistics industry has moved into the information business to an unprecedented degree. How well they use and manage...
  • Stability Amid Instability
    Rick Blasgen is a confident man. The president and CEO of the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals sees the...
  • 3PL Learning Curve
    The Council of Logistics Management's annual conferences in the early 1990s were filled with references to third-party logistics, a new...
  • Who's Who in Logistics Technology
    As the economy struggles to find its footing two years after the deepest recession in decades, leading technology providers are...
  • 3PL Rallying Cry
    Soon after President Obama in his 2010 State of the Union Address challenged the U.S. to double its exports by...
  • Freight's Indian Summer?
    Economic warning lights are flashing around the globe, so why is Landstar System's Henry Gerkens so confident about the outlook...
  • Optimism Rides the Rails
    There's no sign in rail freight trends that the U.S. economy may be tumbling into another recession. Rail executives...
  • Decision Time for Teamsters
    Sotheby's isn't a name often linked with trucking, but the famed auction house is locked in a labor dispute with...
  • Labor's Long View?
    Since it's founding in 1934, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union has prided itself in being a militant union, but...
  • Job Search Engines
    It is great news for the nation's millions of unemployed or underemployed people to find our elected officials now are...
  • Fueling Debate on Infrastructure
    The ambitious infrastructure spending package President Obama offered in his $447 billion jobs plan faces considerable uncertainty on Capitol Hill,...
  • Keeping Up With the Jones Act
    President Obama on June 23 announced the sale of 30 million barrels of crude oil from the Department of Energy's...

Containerisation Internationalweb site
SEPTEMBER 19, 2011
  • This tradelane is not big enough for the 20 of us
    It is approaching high-noon in liner town. After delinquently drinking from the cup of over capacity in the 'Last Chance Saloon' for too many months, ocean carriers are now shuffling into position and preparing for a zero freight rate-induced shoot-out that could end in a fatal blood bath for the minnows, and not least shrapnel wounds for all the industry stakeholders
  • Ust Luga gets new investor
  • InterManager: give owners the right to hire armed guards in pirate-infested waters
  • COSCON chief: Further rationalisation considered as large boxships have 'negative' impact
  • India hikes bank rate again
  • RAM concludes deal with Tank Management

TradeWindsweb site
SEPTEMBER 19, 2011
  • ORIG storms Times Square
    Investors watch intently as George Economou-backed drillship owner joins parent DryShips on Nasdaq.
  • Korea fights for yard crown
    Clarksons says 2011 orders in South Korea worth almost four-fold more than those booked in China.
  • Rickmers mints MLL union
    German project powerhouse partners with Maersk Line Limited in surprise assault on the breakbulk market.
  • Tanker in collision
    Italian aframax involved in accident with trawler off North Wales, but no injuries reported.
  • Transpetro crewman killed
    Second mate dies fighting a fire on a state-owned tanker off the coast of Brazil.
  • Shipbreaker crushed
    26-year-old demolition worker killed by falling iron plate at Sitakunda yard.
  • Golden Trader to sail
    Greek bulker involved in clash with trawler that led to pollution off Denmark patched up and set to continue voyage.
  • Tanker Pac ship on block
    Ofer-linked company is looking to shed one of its aframaxes, brokers say.
  • Flag faux-pas
    Singaporean vessel detained for illegal anchoring off Malaysia after inspectors drawn to vessel by upside-down flag.
  • STX lands Dalian work
    Korean shipbuilder scores $240m deal with Seacon for eight boxships.
  • Nam Cheong teams up
    Malaysian shipbuilder forms new offshore support vessel company with three partners.

American Shipperweb site
SEPTEMBER 19, 2011
  • Marks 'fundamental shift'
  • MarAd reviewing cargo preference rules
    The U.S. Maritime Administration said it is reviewing cargo preference laws that require shippers to use U.S.-flag vessels to transport cargo that is "government-impelled," either as a direct result of federal government involvement, indirectly thr...
  • Moody's downgrades MOL, NYK
    Moody's downgrades MOL, NYK Moody's downgrades MOL, NYKRatings agency Moody's has downgraded Japanese liners carriers MOL and NYK Line due to a weak freight market and overcapacity in its business segments. Moody's has not changed its ratings on t...
  • Maersk, Rickmers form U.S.-flag partnership
    Maersk Line Ltd. and Rickmers-Linie (America) Inc. said Monday they have formed a partnership to provide breakbulk and project cargo shipping using two newly built multipurpose ships to be operated under the U.S. flag. The two 19,000-deadweight-ton...
  • APL seeks India/Americas peak surcharge
    Liner carrier APL said last week it will assess a peak season surcharge on shipments from India to North America beginning Oct. 15. The fee, $400 per FEU, is applicable from India to ports in the United States and Canada, not including Puerto Rico ...
  • Lines plan Asia/Oceania rate hike
    Liner carrier Mediterranean Shipping Co. said Friday it plans to raise rates on shipments from Asia to Oceania from Oct. 15. The increase, $250 per TEU, applies to shipments from all ports in Asia to New Zealand and from ports in Korea, China, Hong...
  • Tropical eyes peak fees to Caribbean
    Tropical Shipping said Friday it will assess peak season surcharge on shipments from North America to a number of Caribbean destinations from Oct. 9 to Dec. 11. The surcharge is $150 per 20-foot container, $300 per 40-foot container and $338 per co...
  • TNT's China service joins Asia road network
    After a year of testing, TNT Express on Monday said its Chinese day-definite domestic road network (operated by TNT Hoau) has joined up with its international Asia road network, creating what it claims to be the only scheduled pan Asia day-definite...
  • E-waste firm indicted over exports
    Electronic waste firm Executive Recycling Inc., its owner and a former executive were indicted by a federal grand last week in Denver. Executive Recycling; Brandon Richter, the owner and chief executive officer; and Tor Olson, former vice president...

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
SEPTEMBER 19, 2011
  • Maersk to test scrubber system
    Technology allows ship to meet ECA zones' mandate of 0.1% sulphur, even when using a lower cost fuel with sulphur content of 3.5% or more.
  • Ship released from US arrest
    Bunker supplier says vessel's bills have been 'fully paid'.
  • Double-digit drop in Fujairah
    Deliveries available for supply up to and including October 3 in Cape Town.
  • Oil spill in Sweden linked to ship collision
    Oil spill hits Sweden a week after ship collision in Danish waters pierced a bunker tank.
  • Prices soft in Rotterdam and Hamburg
    Players head to the sidelines in Rotterdam as prices fall.
  • DK Group appoints joint managing director
    'Experienced and dynamic senior management team' will allow group to capitalise on its Air Cavity System.
  • Limited scope for Russia's Arctic transit route
    Arctic shipping increasing but not because of transits; entire region could be ice-free in summer by 2030, conference is told.
  • New trader for O.W. Bunker's Dubai office
    Company says appointment is 'testament to the rapid growth'.
  • Wider push may be seen for ECA delay
    More states may get behind request for deferral of 0.10% sulphur limit in Europe.
  • Bunker prices generally down as week opens
    Public holiday in Tokyo Bay on Monday.
  • New trader joins Bominflot
    Sebastian Clausen has operational experience from a previous job with 'one of the leading German ship owners'.
  • East Asia bunkering operations affected by tropical typhoon
    Tropical typhoon Roke disrupts operations at several Chinese and South Korean ports.
  • Odfjell inks 'strategic partnership' with US equity firm
    Lindsay Goldberg acquires 49% stake while Odfjell retains 51% share in tank terminal businesses.
  • US Army posts MDO order
    Looking to purchase 12,000 gallons of MDO for three vessels based at Duluth.
  • Are you prepared?
    Is the industry prepared for greater regulation that would require more transparency in fuel measurement and reporting?
  • Refiners in predicament over 'uncertain' bunker needs
    Refiners can decide direction only after the 2018 IMO review.
  • Bunker costs 'have become a major factor'
    Cost increases coming even as shipowners face extended period of low earnings, says analyst.

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Chinese container maker CIMC posts bumper 2024
Hong Kong
Almost 3.6 million containers sold (+372%). Record revenues
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AAL Shipping sceglie il sistema di consulenza marina di ABB per ottimizzare la flotta Super B-Class
In February, freight traffic in the port of Genoa fell by -4.4% and in Savona-Vado it increased by +24.5%
Genoa
Cruise and ferry passenger decline
ICS, Trump's proposed measures against Chinese ships risk having significant unwanted consequences, even for the US
Washington
Strong opposition to their introduction also expressed by the WSC
Intercargo, international measures for decarbonisation of shipping must be simple and clear
London
Gkonis: Must not compromise operational efficiency and smooth global transport of essential goods
Port of Barcelona invests 124 million to develop sustainable fuel traffic
Barcelona
Construction of three new moorings at Moll de l'Energia
In 2024, freight traffic in the port of Catania began to grow again. A decline in Augusta
In 2024, freight traffic in the port of Catania began to grow again. A decline in Augusta
Augusta
A total of 7.9 million and 23.0 million tons of cargo were handled
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
The involvement of territorial, economic and social communities is foreseen
ITU, ICAO and IMO highlight risks to maritime and air transport caused by attacks on satellite communications
Geneva/Montreal/London
London Government presents its strategy for decarbonising maritime transport
London
The measures for ports will be defined after a public consultation that will take place in the coming months
For security, military ships are not enough, merchant ships are also essential
London
TUI in talks with shipyards for two new cruise ships for Marella
Hanover
Slots available starting from the 2031 financial year
ANESCO, with the Port Employment Centers, accidents have decreased in the three main Spanish ports
Madrid
67% reduction in lost work days per year
Filt, Fit and Uilt, no to the transformation from "article 18" to "16" of the Livorno port company LTM
Leghorn
Unions ask port authority to block proliferation of new economic entities
Last year Fincantieri recorded record revenues and new orders
Last year Fincantieri recorded record revenues and new orders
Trieste
Folgiero: the first fruits of our strategy and industrial vision have been harvested
COSCO Shipping Holdings revenue increased by +44.8% in the fourth quarter of 2024
COSCO Shipping Holdings revenue increased by +44.8% in the fourth quarter of 2024
Shanghai
In the period, the container ships of the Chinese group's fleet transported 6.9 million TEUs (+13.1%). Containers on the Asia-Europe/Med routes fell
Porto Marghera, renewal of concession to Terminal Rinfuse Venezia
Venice
New 25-year contract. Investments of over 53 million euros expected
In the last quarter of 2024, container traffic alone increased in French ports
Paris
In the whole year, containers amounted to over 5.3 million TEU (+11.5%)
Carnival Sets New Low Season Quarter Records December-February
Carnival Sets New Low Season Quarter Records December-February
Miami
Positive outlook for the remainder of the 2025 financial year
Rail Losing Ground in Transalpine Freight Traffic Through Switzerland
Bern
In 2024, trains transported 25.7 million tons of cargo (-3.7%)
CK Hutchison's Port Division revenues grew by 10.8% last year
Hong Kong
In 2024, Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane recorded a net loss of -208 million euros
Rome
Revenues up by +11.7%. The group's freight transported increased thanks to the acquisition of Exploris
Port of Genoa, Ente Bacini requests new spaces and renewal of the concession
Genoa
Conference to celebrate the centenary of the company
The public meeting of the Italian Port Terminal Operators Association will be held in Rome on June 19th
Genoa
VARD to build offshore dive vessel for Dong Fang Offshore
Alesund/Trieste
The contract is worth 113.5 million euros
Next week Italian ports will participate in Seatrade Cruise Global
Rome
Initiative brand: "CruiseItaly - One Country, Many Destinations"
MSC Group Cruise Terminal Officially Inaugurated in the Port of Barcelona
Barcelona
In 2027 it will be equipped with a cold ironing plant
Marcegaglia and Nova Marine Carriers form NovaMar Logistic joint venture
Lugano/Gazoldo of the Ippoliti
A general cargo ship will transport raw materials to the steel group's plants
Liebherr achieves record annual sales in the maritime and port crane segment
Bulls
Strong demand for offshore and container handling equipment
The annual conference "Programming, Operation and Management of Transport Networks" in Genoa
Genoa
It is dedicated to the transport and mobility sector
Last year, 656 ships underwent repair work in Greece
Piraeus
Increase of five units compared to 2023
Port of La Spezia, cruise ship docking simulations completed at Garibaldi West pier
The Spice
Assagenti conference on the future of the profession of maritime agent and broker
Genoa
It will be held tomorrow in Genoa
Francesco Beltrano is the new general secretary of Uniport
Rome
He takes over from Paolo Ferrandino, who will continue to collaborate as a consultant
Stena Line presents a project for a ro-ro vessel capable of reducing energy consumption by at least 20%
Gothenburg
Introduced most of the innovative technologies currently available
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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