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December 20, 2011
The Business Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • NPLs in shipping trade on the rise
    Norwegian bank DNB, a key lender to the global shipping industry, said its loan book to the sector would worsen in 2012, with non-performing loan rates rising as crude transport rates stay weak and already low dry bulk rates could fall further.
  • New CEO for Maersk's container-shipping unit
    AP Moeller-Maersk A/S said Soeren Skou will take over as chief executive officer at its unprofitable Maersk Line container-shipping unit as Eivind Kolding departs to run Denmark's largest bank. Mr Skou, currently head of the company's tanker division, will take his new post on Jan 16, the Copenhagen-based company said yesterday.
  • The writing's on the wall
    A French civil guard clearing sand contaminated with fuel on the Kerminihy beach here after the TK Bremen cargo ship was stranded by high winds on Dec 17.
  • Baltic index falls again after sharp rise

Sched Netweb site
  • Maersk tanker chief made Maersk Line CEO, Kolding moves to Danske Bank
  • Sharks attack sonar gear, add risks to search for Rena's sunken containers
  • Rates plunge as shipping giants reject mass layups to stop rate slide
  • Box ship on-time reliability falls from 64pc to 63pc, says SeaIntel
  • Zhejiang coastal shipping fleet sets new record, surpasses 20 million dwt
  • Seabury: Situation 'not bad' if rate increase sticks - as it must
  • Transnet data 'shows' small South African box shops are world class
  • Port of Novorossiysk box volume up 29pc, overall cargo upticks 2pc
  • Evergreen Logistics becomes EVG Logistics (Singapore) on January 1
  • DHL is first to get fast-track customs accreditation in Taiwan
  • Qatar Airways runs thrice weekly flights to cargo-rich Chongqing
  • Air China launches first direct scheduled from Beijing to Lhasa, Tibet
  • Philippines shuts down Aviation Technology Innovators after crash

Exim Indiaweb site
  • ...reintroduces CRX service
  • Caravel's KMJ service to add Kandla call later this month
  • Hamburg Süd & Seago Line to expand cooperation between North Europe, Eastern Mediterranean
  • MAERSK LINE improves product to Zeebrugge, Hamburg & Le Havre
  • SCI takes Supramax bulk delivery, raises fleet strength to 79
  • Søren Skou appointed CEO of Maersk Line
  • UK Club checklist for tanker operators addresses cargo shortage claims
  • US West Coast box volumes down 6 pc
  • Port capacity to reach 3,130 million tonnes by 2020: Vasan
  • Rising fuel prices pushing firms to rail
  • Rs. depreciation to add to FIIs' woes
  • Adani Power awarded for energy conservation

Marine Logweb site
DECEMBER 19, 2011
  • Navsea awards LCS program contract mods
  • SENER to create FEM models of two dredge newbuilds
  • Gibdock moves ahead on rig strategy
  • Defense Authorization Act funds transfer of ex-Superferries to Navy
  • Sembcorp Marine wins $140 million conversion contract

World Wide Shipperweb site
DECEMBER 19, 2011
  • Port of Coos Bay sets reward to track down rail equipment thieves
  • Maersk Line selects Soren Skou as new CEO
  • Crystal Cruises luxury liner rescues two stranded rowers
  • Carriers coming together to expand Transatlantic service
  • Boeing taps Kim Smith as environment, health and safety VP

Lloyd's Listweb site
DECEMBER 19, 2011
  • Court puts SeaFrance decision on hold
    Ruling due today postponed till new year
  • Hamburg port fees to rise 3.5%
    Levies for boxships will be capped at 11,000 teu, says port authority
  • Skou calls for consolidation as he takes top job at Maersk Line
    Container shipping is in need of shake-out, says new chief executive as he replaces Evind Kolding
  • Surge in secondhand supramax sales to set fresh price benchmarks
    One vessel has up to 20 potential buyers inspect it before offers are invited
  • Oman Shipping Co takes back six VLCCs on charter to Iran's NITC
    Company considers putting vessels into Navig8's VL8 pool
  • Impressive legacy
    During the past five years, Maersk chief executive Eivind Kolding has made his mark
  • Banks should back steel, not paper
    World trade will not flow on a conveyer belt of derivative banking
  • EU shows complacency over threat of piracy
    While hundreds of seafarers are still being held hostage, attention is being focused on creating contracts for private security firms
  • VLGC owners holding out for New Year cheer after December runs out of gas
    Few available cargoes pushes spot market rates to five-month low
  • Seven owners join forces to map common fuel strategy
    Norwegian offshore players unite to push oil majors to improve fuel management
  • Clean Shipping Index verifies Maersk
    First carrier to have vessel data independently verified and used by cargo owners
  • First dual-fuel river tanker launched
    Argonon runs on diesel and gas
  • Maersk Line nears completion of biofuel tests
    Two-year trials concluding with month-long test voyage on Maersk Kalmar
  • Lorentzen crowned CMA Commodore
    Follows Navios chief executive officer, Angeliki Frangou
  • Kolding exits Maersk Line
    Maersk Tankers' Skou to replace head of world's largest container line
  • The good, the bad and the abandoned
    Citi chief predicts a fundamental shift when it comes to raising ship finance
  • Red Tape Challenge unleashed
    Website invites suggestions on how to reduce bureaucracy, including maritime industry safety measures
  • Where does the buck stop in setting pilotage standards?
    Select committee will decide who is ultimately responsible for UK pilotage standards
  • John Fredriksen closes in on top VLCC ownership spot
    MOL's sale of three vessels for scrap sees it fall to joint number one with Norwegian tycoon
  • Brokers express disappointment at IG review delay
    Any recommendations unlikely to come into force until 2014
  • Regulation urgently needed to boost perception of marine surveying
    Without change, the sector is likely to experience severe shortfall in next decade
  • ABP completes debt refinancing
    Ports group draws on term facilities from 11 banks
  • Crane washed overboard off Ymuiden
    Object is left in middle of main shipping lane, but Dutch coastguard reports no interruption to shipping
  • SOx emission rules being avoided
    Research shows non-compliance in UK and Sweden mostly due to supply of off-spec fuel
  • Unifeeder launches Ust-Luga service
    First feeder carrier to call at Russian Baltic hub
  • Sembcorp Marine wins $140m ro-pax conversion
    Equinox Offshore's ARV 3 to be deployed offshore Brazil for five years under Petrobras charter contract
  • MOL scraps 14-year-old double-hull VLCC
    Japanese carrier has sold three Nineties-built tankers in a month
  • BM Shipping goes bust
    Italian company declared bankrupt after 'bad decision' to buy nine bulk carriers
  • Asia seeks loans from Europe's banks
    Reports of the death of European ship-finance lending are greatly exaggerated
  • LA box terminal expansion bid logs draft report
    Environmental statement assesses impact of 56-acre proposal

Fairplayweb site
DECEMBER 19, 2011
  • SeaFrance future stalled again
    A PARIS court today postponed deciding on SeaFrance's future until 3 January
  • Box shipowners return to barrel's bottom
    CONTAINER shipowners are facing mounting losses as spot charter rates lose more ground amid sluggish fixing
  • Diana Containerships acquires two more ships
    SIMEON Palios-led Diana Containerships today announced two more acquisitions and a fresh credit facility with Royal Bank of Scotland
  • New fine for new spill off Brazil?
    EVEN AS Chevron faces a huge potential fine for one oil spill, financial fallout might be in store for Japan's Modec because of a new spill off Brazil
  • Cold water poured on box rate rise
    A RISE OF $9 in Asia/Europe box rates last week failed to impress shipping brokers
  • More double-hulled VLCCs acquired by breakers
    JAPAN'S MOL sold two double-hull VLCCs to breakers last week, raising to three the number of such tankers to be demolished
  • Star wins freeze order
    STAR REEFERS has won a worldwide freeze order at the High Court in London
  • MRs booked at discount
    COMMODITY trader Cargill has locked in two 46,000dwt MR product tankers for two years, brokers told Fairplay today
  • TS Lines decides to scuttle box ship plans
    HONG KONG'S liner TS Lines has apparently decided not to proceed with an order for four box ships at South Korea's Hanjin HI & Construction
  • Maersk shuffles captains
    EIVIND Kolding, Maersk Line's CEO, is leaving the Danish carrier to become chairman of Danske Bank's executive board
  • Strong drybulk S&P continues
    HOLIDAYS just ahead notwithstanding, buyers remain in the mood for bulkers, brokers told Fairplay
  • Grounding stirs French anger
    FRENCH authorities face rising anger today over last week's grounding of the 6,605dwt general cargo ship TK Bremen in southern Brittany
  • Another KG tanker insolvent
    WEAKNESS in crude and product tanker earnings is causing increasing distress among German one-ship KG companies
  • Box EBITDA turns negative
    EBITDA in box shipping has turned negative because of falling freight rates, which should cause more container ships to be laid up, according to a senior shipping analyst
  • Erria in debt-to-equity conversion
    ERRIA, the listed Danish company that recently sold its product tanker business, said today it has extended its restructuring with two debt-to-equity conversions

The Journal of Commerceweb site
DECEMBER 19, 2011
  • Diesel Prices Fall at Sharpest Pace Since May 2010
    Diesel prices across the United States plummeted 6.6 cents in the week ending Dec. 19, falling at the sharpest pace...
  • JOC Economist Says Export Growth to Slow in 2012
    U.S. containerized exports are expected to rise 3.8 percent next year after a 5.8 percent gain this year, Journal of...
  • Star Reefers Wins Freeze of Russian Importer's Assets
    Norwegian shipowner Star Reefers has won a U.K. court order freezing assets of Russia's largest fruit importer, JFC Group, to...
  • Virginia Gets $26.9 Million for Port Expansion
    The new 2012 federal budget awaiting President Obama's signature contains $26.9 million in funding for the eastward expansion of Craney...
  • DB Schenker, Estes in Talks on US Distribution
    DB Schenker is in talks with less-than-truckload operator Estes Express Lines to turn over management of the forwarder's U.S. ground...
  • Vietnam Receives Its Largest Container Ship Call
    The Cai Mep International Terminal received a call this week from CMA CGM's Laperouse, the largest container ship to call...
  • Maersk Line CEO Kolding Resigns, Skou Appointed
    Eivind Kolding, the architect of Maersk Line's ambitious effort to expand the reach and influence of the world's largest ocean...
  • ECT Sues Rotterdam Port for $1.2 Billion
    Europe Container Terminals, the port of Rotterdam's largest stevedore, is suing the Dutch port for $1.2 billion in compensation in...
  • Skou Pledges to Defend Maersk Dominance, Cut Costs
    Soren Skou, the newly appointed CEO of Maersk Line, said his key goals are defending the Danish ocean carrier's leading...
  • Diana Containerships Buys Two Panamax Ships
    Diana Containerships is buying two second-hand Panamax containerships from a KG partnership under an agreement it signed with Reederei Santa...
  • Grand Alliance Upgrades Joint Trans-Atlantic Service
    The Grand Alliance plans to increase the size of the vessels it deploys on the joint trans-Atlantic service it operates...
  • Maersk's Skou Has Led Expansion, Consolidation
    Soren Skou, newly appointed CEO of Maersk Line, is no stranger to growth and consolidation in shipping. As...
  • Japanese Ship Orders Surge 47.4 Percent
    Japanese export ship orders grew for the second straight month in November on a year-over-year basis, rising 47.4 percent to...
  • Seaspan's Porter on Shipping Line Advantages, Overcapacity Strategies (Video)
    Graham Porter, managing director for Seaspan, discusses how he feels shipping lines have the advantage of buying bigger and better...
  • Indian Port Container Traffic Expands 4 Percent
    Container traffic through major ports in India grew about 4 percent year-over-year in the first eight months of fiscal 2011-12,...
  • Designing Shipping's New Structure?
    You won't find Gerry Wang lamenting the financial roller-coaster ocean container lines and their shipping customers have ridden in recent...
  • U.S. Xpress Founder, Patrick Quinn, Dies
    Patrick E. Quinn, a former attorney who built a billion-dollar trucking enterprise with partner Max Fuller and helped develop and...
  • You Get What You Pay For
    Pay is a major factor in driver turnover, but not the only one. Detention at shipper docks was cited several...
  • Calculating Driver Turnover
    If a truckload carrier has 100 drivers and a 90 percent annual turnover rate, does that mean only 10 of...
  • Turning Over In Their Seats
    Need proof the economy is on the mend? The driver turnover rate at large truckload carriers hit 89 percent in...
  • Pay Now, or Pay More Later
    Although leading indicators point to a continuing but slow U.S. economic recovery, the U.S. stock market has been roiled by...
  • Occupied by the Ports
    If the intent of the Occupy movement was simply to attract attention by attempting to shut down West Coast ports...
  • Daggett's Diagnosis
    If you want to get a rise out of International Longshoremen's Association President Harold Daggett, ask him about the Waterfront...
  • Diversity of Opinion
    The Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor and the port industry it oversees have had a rocky relationship since Marlon...
  • A Duty Worth Dumping?
    After nearly 100 years, it's time to change the system the U.S. government uses to collect anti-dumping duties. The process,...
  • Shipping Faces a Taxing Climate
    The cloud of a carbon tax eased away from the global shipping industry at the conclusion of U.N. talks on...
  • Heavy Losses, Light Worries
    Despite the heavy losses container lines are seeing in 2011, they are in much better shape than they were in...

Containerisation Internationalweb site
DECEMBER 19, 2011
  • Aramex acquires its South African partner
    Dubai-based Aramex, a provider of global logistics and freight distribution services is strengthening its position in South Africa by acquiring its partner of more ...
  • Violent twist to Egypt's Arab Spring
    The Arab Spring uprising which was kick-started just over a year ago in Tunisia, when a 26-year-old fruit seller set fire to himself outside government buildings ...
  • E-SMART to beta test mobile devices
    Loughborough (UK)-based International Terminal Solutions Ltd (ITS), which provides software and diagnostic software for the ports and shipping industry, is beta ...
  • Philippine island devastated by flash floods
    Flash floods, triggered by a tropical storm, left more than 650 people dead and thousands missing on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao at the weekend, ...
  • US ports receive intermodal boost with Government grant
    US port infrastructure has received a boost after the government allocated USD62 million in grants for this area - among the terminals to benefit are Long Beach, ...
  • New ceo for Maersk Line
    Soren Skou (in photo) has been appointed new ceo of Maersk's container shipping division, including Maersk Line, Safmarine, MCC and Seago Line, with effect from ...
  • Doha talks remain stalled
    Ministerial meetings of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) held in Geneva last week failed to resolve the stalled Doha Round of trade talks, while there were disagreements ...
  • Ireland's economy shrinks in Q3
    The Republic of Ireland saw its economy contract by 1.9% in the third quarter of the year - versus Q3 10 - and compared to a growth of 1.4% in the previous quarter, ...
  • LA carries on up - but LB sees continued volume drop for November
    Both US West Coast Los Angeles (LA) and Long Beach (LB) container ports have again shown differing fortunes when it comes to their latest volumes for November - ...

TradeWindsweb site
DECEMBER 19, 2011
  • DCIX revolver is 'key'
    Diana Containerships has the cash it needs to pursue fleet expansion following $100m bank boost, analyst says.
  • Judge slams HSH in ONE case
    German lender showed "reckless disregard for truth" in pressing claims against Greek tanker owner in bankruptcy row.
  • MJLF sounds suezmax alarm
    Tanker market in trouble if scrapping and other fleet reduction measures fail to counter capacity issues, broker warns.
  • Grand Alliance upgrades
    Zim, Hamburg Sud, Hapag-Lloyd, NYK and OOCL join forces to put 5,400-teu theory to the test with revised run.
  • Dahlman delight at VL exits
    MOL headed VLCC scrap run brings hope supply correction efforts have begun, bank says.
  • Lorentzen lands CMA nod
    Angeliki Frangou poised to pass on Connecticut Maritime Association's commodore award to CEO of Seacor Holdings.
  • Cash and ships for Diana
    New York-listed boxship owner buys panamax brace from Hamburg-Sud and collects a fresh loan from RBS.
  • Cargill nets Sinotrans bulker
    Hong Kong-listed owner lands period deal for 2012-built panamax, brokers say.
  • Fairstar bags rig move
    Oslo-listed heavy lift outfit to kick off the New Year with "unexpected" job.
  • Fred Olsen kills HHI option
    Oslo-listed Fred Olsen Energy decides against doubling up on its drillship orderbook at Hyundai Heavy.
  • Russian rig capsizes
    Dozens feared dead as jack-up goes down in icy seas near Sakhalin Island.
  • Kirby 'compelling'
    Evercore Partners takes a shine to Kirby Corp amid expectation of improving bottom line.
  • Sembcorp to convert ferry
    Singapore-listed company's Sembawang Shipyard nets conversion job for Equinox Offshore Accommodation.
  • Greek panamax scrapped
    Strand Management is the latest to cash in a panamax bulker in $4.85m Chinese demo deal.
  • Kolding quits Maersk Line
    Soren Skou appointed new CEO of container line as Eivind Kolding heads for Danske Bank.

American Shipper - Ocean newsweb site
DECEMBER 19, 2011
  • Seabury: U.S. container trade more balanced
    Containerized cargo exports from the U.S. will continue to grow more quickly in the next four years than imports, bringing the nation's trade more into balance, said Mathijs Slangen, maritime advisor for the investment banking firm Seabury Group.
  • Maersk Daily expands in Europe
    The pending dissolution of Maersk Line's joint big-ship Asia-Europe service with partner CMA CGM has led Maersk to include three new ports in Northern Europe to its Daily Maersk product.

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
DECEMBER 19, 2011
  • Neste Oil celebrates opening of renewable diesel refinery
    An annual production capacity of 800,000 metric tonnes of renewable diesel.
  • Fujairah prices weakening
    No MDO in Durban.
  • 'Healthy demand' in Rotterdam
    Prices show little movement in European hubs.
  • 'Fuel smugglers' blocked
    Officials say product was being transferred ship-to-ship in Indonesian waters, close to Singapore.
  • Bunker industry needs LNG code
    Code could be developed on a 'national level', says classification society official.
  • Maersk Line CEO to focus on fuel efficiencies
    'Currently, the rates we achieve don't even cover the fuel consumption.'
  • Major LSFO purchase could be 'a hedge'
    Player says there could be 'higher premiums going forward'.
  • Bunker prices soften in key Asian ports
    Supplies of bunker fuel tighten in regional hubs.
  • Tight avails expected at Japanese ports
    Refineries starting to close orders for the year.
  • Tonnage overcapacity still the 'elephant in the room'
    Average confidence level in the shipping industry improves despite continued concerns.
  • 'Green Bunkering' proposed for Swedish waters
    Calls for 'Green Bunkering' procedures in all Swedish ports.
  • Investigation underway on grounded ship off France
    Authorities working to contain a one kilometre oil slick and empty the remaining fuel on board the vessel.
  • Avails of IFO 380 cSt in Hong Kong 'extremely tight'
    Cargoes from oil majors 'fully booked' for term orders, players say.
  • Chemoil deploys trade and risk management solution
    Solution will replace 'multiple disparate systems and spreadsheets' at the company, according to a statement.

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Royal Caribbean closes second quarter with record net profit
Miami
The April-June period was very positive
Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern announced a merger agreement today.
Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern announced a merger agreement today.
Omaha/Atlanta
First coast-to-coast cargo rail network
Gurrieri resigns as Special Commissioner of the Eastern Adriatic Sea Port Authority
Trieste
The atypical reverse charge for the logistics sector will become applicable tomorrow
Milan
Ruggerone (Assologistica): one of the most strategic reforms we helped build is being implemented
Policy brief on cyber threats that pose risks to port infrastructure
Tallinn
It was developed by the NATO Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence
Interferry urges the EU Commission to harmonize its shipping decarbonization regulations with those of the IMO
Victoria
Failure to align - the association warned - will force shipping companies to pay twice for emissions.
In the second quarter of 2025, Chinese seaports handled 79.1 million containers (+6.1%)
Beijing
Total freight traffic was three billion tons (+3.3%), of which 1.3 billion tons were with foreign countries (+1.9%).
CK Hutchison announces plans to include a Chinese investor in the consortium to sell Hutchison Ports
Hong Kong
Without the participation of the COSCO shipping group, China would not authorize the sale
Sri Lanka's Supreme Court has awarded compensation of $1 billion over the X-Press Pearl accident.
Sri Lanka's Supreme Court has awarded compensation of $1 billion over the X-Press Pearl accident.
Columbus
The container ship caught fire and sank near the port of Colombo
The Greek government sends a tugboat to the Red Sea to assist ships that may be attacked by the Houthis.
The Greek government sends a tugboat to the Red Sea to assist ships that may be attacked by the Houthis.
Piraeus
The AHTS "Giant" is leaving
Saipem and Subsea7 have signed a binding merger agreement.
Saipem and Subsea7 have signed a binding merger agreement.
Milan/Luxembourg
The transaction is expected to close in the second half of 2026.
In the second quarter, the port of Valencia handled over 1.5 million containers (+4.0%)
In the first half of 2025, the amount of new orders to Chinese shipyards fell by -18.2%
Beijing
A decrease of -3.5% in new construction completed in the period was recorded
In the second quarter of 2025, freight traffic in the port of Trieste grew by +3.7%
Trieste
Bulk cargo increased. Miscellaneous cargo fell by 13.2%.
CMA CGM and TotalEnergies form joint venture for LNG bunkering in the Port of Rotterdam.
Marseille
Agreement to supply 360,000 tons of liquefied natural gas per year to the French group's ships
In the second quarter of 2025, freight traffic in Spanish ports decreased by -4.7%
Madrid
All the main product categories are decreasing except for conventional goods
Brookfield Asset Management to sell 49% of British port group PD Ports to Spain's Pontegadea
Middlesbrough
The English company has over 1,400 employees
In the quarter April-June, freight traffic in the port of Rotterdam decreased by -2.3%
In the quarter April-June, freight traffic in the port of Rotterdam decreased by -2.3%
Rotterdam
The port authority is alarmed by the state of crisis in the national industry.
The electrification of the docks in the ports of Livorno, Piombino and Portoferraio is proceeding according to plan.
Third dock for cruise traffic in the port of Catania
Catania
Pier 25's restyling completed
Another quarter of decline in freight traffic at the port of Algeciras
Algeciras
In the period April-June, containers amounted to 1.24 million TEUs (+1.0%)
A new tax applied to cruise passengers disembarking in national ports came into force today in Greece.
Athens
Belgian rail freight company Lineas receives €61 million government loan
Brussels
The measure was approved last night by the restricted council of ministers
ERTMS installation completed on 1,400 kilometers of Italian railway network
Rome
The project is financed with 2.5 billion euros from PNRR funds.
Wärtsilä's quarterly financial and commercial results are positive.
Helsinki
The Marine Electrical Systems division will be sold to the Italian company VINCI Energies.
In the port of Barcelona the number of cruise terminals will be reduced from seven to five
In the port of Barcelona the number of cruise terminals will be reduced from seven to five
Barcelona
The mayor: For the first time in history, a limit is placed on the growth of cruises in the city.
MSC and Moby have presented their commitments to meet the AGCM's requirements.
Rome
Shipping Agencies Services will sell its 49% stake in Moby, waiving the consideration in favor of the majority shareholder. Moby commits to completely repaying its debt to SAS.
Fincantieri confirms its interest in the development of American shipbuilding
Fincantieri confirms its interest in the development of American shipbuilding
Washington
Folgiero: Commitment to deliver next-generation capabilities in full alignment with U.S. strategic priorities
The Chamber of Deputies has approved the appointment of four presidents of Italian Port System Authorities.
Rome
The names proposed for the Port System Authorities of the Southern Adriatic, Central-Northern Tyrrhenian, Western Liguria, and Eastern Liguria have been approved. Voting on the Northern Tyrrhenian Authority has been postponed.
Information exchange between state administrations for the digitalization of the maritime sector begins
Rome
The first operational meeting at the Coast Guard General Command in Rome
The Clean Maritime Fuels Platform suggests measures to support the production and distribution of clean marine fuels
COSCO Shipping Ports sets new monthly and quarterly container traffic records
Hong Kong
In the period April-June, 29.4 million TEUs were handled (+4.5%)
Sharp increase in cases of seafarers abandoning their ships
London
2,286 crew members from 222 ships involved as of early 2025
Global freight traffic saw strong growth in the first quarter of this year in anticipation of new tariffs
Global freight traffic saw strong growth in the first quarter of this year in anticipation of new tariffs
Geneva
North America saw the strongest quarterly growth in imports
In the port of Antwerp-Bruges containers and rolling stock are increasing and other types of goods are decreasing
Antwerp
Traffic congestion continues at the airport, with the situation on the landside becoming critical
A study denounces the delay of European ports in equipping themselves with cold ironing facilities.
Brussels/Pozzallo
The tender to electrify the docks of the port of Pozzallo has begun.
T&E proposes to include more non-EU transhipment ports to avoid carbon leakage
Brussels
The association calls on the EU Commission to reduce the current threshold of 65% of transhipment traffic
Federlogistica urges the immediate establishment of a control room on tariffs
Genoa
The aim is also to eliminate extra costs caused by bureaucracy.
Containerized cargo handled through the port of Singapore fell by 2.9% in the second quarter.
Singapore
Last May, ship transits through the Suez Canal decreased by -6.8%
Last May, ship transits through the Suez Canal decreased by -6.8%
Cairo
The negative trend continued in June and early July
Terminal operators are not at all satisfied with a policy that seems to have no interest in ports
Rome
Cognolato: It is essential to close the ongoing trials on several fronts.
The largest ship ever to dock at Cagliari's Porto Canale at the MITO terminal.
Milan
The container ship "MSC Venice" with a capacity of 16,652 TEU arrived yesterday
On 5 and 6 November in Lisbon a summit called by the ILA against automation in the maritime and port sector
On 5 and 6 November in Lisbon a summit called by the ILA against automation in the maritime and port sector
North Bergen/Metzingen
South Korean HD Hyundai, together with German NEURA Robotics, will develop and test welding robots in shipyards
The toll of the horrific attack on the bulk carrier Eternity C in the Red Sea is still uncertain.
Mandaluyong/London/Brussels
Joint statement by ICS, BIMCO, European Shipowners, Intercargo and Intertanko
In the first half of 2025, bulk cargo increased and general cargo decreased in the port of Marseille-Fos
Marseille
Cruise passengers increase by +5%
The Senate has approved the framework law on interports
Rome
UIR, gives the Italian interport system a modern, orderly and coherent regulatory framework
Carlo De Ruvo was elected president of Confetra
Rome
Among the challenges, the uncontrolled expansion of large logistics groups and their concentration
Number of pirate attacks on ships still high in the second quarter of 2025
Number of pirate attacks on ships still high in the second quarter of 2025
Kuala Lumpur
The number of acts of violence against crews is decreasing
Telemar and TNL Group merger agreement
Telemar and TNL Group merger agreement
Oslo/Athens/Paris
One of the top three operators in the OT/IoT services market for the maritime and superyacht sectors will be created
Attacks on ships in the Red Sea still cause deaths among seafarers
Portsmouth
Liberian-flagged bulk carrier " Eternity C" targeted
Canadian shipbuilding company Davie acquires second shipyard in Finland
Helsinki/Pori
It will buy the Enersense Offshore shipyard
Amendment on Port Labor Supply Agencies Approved
Rome
Immediate transformation into Agencies authorised to provide temporary port work
Salvini appoints a manager of a private shipping company from Campania as president of the regional AdSP
Rome
This is Eliseo Cuccaro, CEO of Alilauro
Extend the application of the 0.1% sulphur limit in marine fuels globally
Extend the application of the 0.1% sulphur limit in marine fuels globally
Berlin
This is proposed by an analysis by the International Council on Clean Transportation
IMO and EU condemn renewed attacks on ships in the Red Sea
London/Brussels
Dominguez: New violation of international law and freedom of navigation
In the first half of 2025, container traffic in the port of Gioia Tauro grew by +10.5%
Joy Taurus
2,186,211 TEUs were handled
A bulk carrier was attacked in the Red Sea
Portsmouth
The crew abandoned the ship which began to take on water
German government allocates 400 million euros to support energy transition in maritime-port sector
Over 78 million euros to the ports of Augusta and Taranto for offshore wind
Rome
Funds distributed over three years starting from 2025
The PNRR tender for interports has been reopened.
Rome
Resources available amounting to 2.2 million euros
Port of Livorno: Workers are the priority in the LTM crisis
Livorno
UPS's quarterly earnings performance declines
Atlanta
Net income in the April-June quarter was $1.28 billion (-8.9%)
Approval for the 2025 budget variation of the Southern Tyrrhenian and Ionian Sea Port Authority.
Gioia Tauro
500 thousand euros for the 49% share held by the Port Agency company
FHP Group acquires the remaining 10% stake in Lotras
Milan/Foggia
The integration between Lotras and CFI Intermodal will begin to create FHP Intermodal.
OITAF scientific document on good practices in the logistics and transport of fresh fruit and vegetables
Milan
The Northern Tyrrhenian Sea Port Authority has joined the PLIKA
Livorno
Platform dedicated to training, innovation and knowledge sharing in the logistics and port sectors
Matteo Paroli's nomination as president of the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority has been signed.
Rome
He has a degree in law and a specialization in administrative law.
Container throughput increases in Haropa Port, while bulk cargo decreases.
Le Havre
In the first half of this year, containers were 1.51 million TEUs (+4%)
Bureau Veritas reports a 9.8% quarterly increase in revenues in the Marine & Offshore segment
Courbevoie
Kalmar and Konecranes increase new orders in the April-June quarter
Helsinki
The turnover of the two Finnish companies is slightly increasing
Container traffic in the port of Barcelona fell by 12.2% in the second quarter.
Barcelona
Assiterminal threatens a new wave of appeals against regulations it believes are damaging to port operations
Genoa
2M Logistics signs an agreement with Salerno-based Gallozzi
Barendrecht
The Dutch company will represent GF Logistics, a subsidiary of the Italian group, in the Benelux region.
Swiss company Kuehne+Nagel's quarterly profits fell
Schindellegi
In the period April-June of this year, net turnover grew by +1.7%
Yang Ming orders three 8,000 TEU container ships from Nihon Shipyard and Imabari Shipbuilding
Keelung/Imabari
Contract valued at $351.3-394.5 million
Italia Nostra reiterates its strong concerns about the construction of the Fiumicino-Isola Sacra port.
Rome
European maritime cities, destinations for cruise tourism - the association highlights - denounce the phenomenon of over-tourism in the cruise sector
Egypt's first automotive terminal has come into operation at Port Said East.
East Port Said
It can accommodate two car carriers at the same time
SAILING LIST
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Tepsa has acquired a liquid bulk terminal in the port of Rotterdam.
Singapore/Rotterdam
It was sold by Global Energy Storage Holdings
The Spinelli Group has approved its 2024 sustainability report.
Genoa
Of the company's 616 direct employees, 49% are under the age of 50.
In the second quarter of this year, cargo traffic in Turkish ports grew by +1.6%
Ankara
Cargoes to and from Italy amounted to 12.7 million tons (+10.1%)
Extension of the Simplified Logistics Zone for Genoa Ports and Dry Ports to the Savona, Vado Ligure, and Bergeggi areas.
Genoa
Approval from the ZLS Steering Committee
Isotta Fraschini Motori has inaugurated a new production line for hydrogen fuel cell systems in Bari.
Trieste
They will be used for naval and land solutions
The Grande Shanghai , the Grimaldi Group's first ammonia-ready car carrier, has been christened.
Naples
It has a load capacity of 9,000 CEUs.
The Port of Genoa, FILT, and UILT have declared a five-day strike at the Bettolo Terminal.
Genoa
Fit Cisl Liguria expressed solidarity with the workers
The tender for the dredging of the commercial dock basin at the port of Ancona has been published.
Ancona
The removal of approximately 730 thousand cubic meters of sediment is planned
Tender for the restoration and enhancement of docks 32 and 33 in the Deep Sea Zone of the port of Savona
Genoa
An investment of over 6.7 million euros is expected
There are 1,100 workers in Palermo directly employed in the seaside tourism sector
Palermo
This year, cruise traffic is expected to grow by 9.4% in the port of the Sicilian capital.
Six-month growth of +9% in freight on the St. Petersburg-India/China maritime route
Fly
FESCO operates six vessels in the service
Port of Trieste: Special Commissioner Gurrieri under investigation for money laundering
Trieste
I am certain - he declared - that I can demonstrate that I acted legally, in full transparency.
Vard signs new contract for the construction of two CSOVs
Trieste
The vessels will be used to support operations in the offshore wind sector
UIR welcomes the publication of the tender for the digitalization of the logistics chain.
Rome
Di Caterina (ALIS): a concrete tool that enhances the needs of businesses and strengthens the logistics system
GNV celebrated its first ten years of activity on the Italy-Albania route
Durres
During the period, the company's ships carried over 1.25 million passengers
A shipment of over 1.2 tons of marijuana was seized at the port of Gioia Tauro.
Reggio Calabria/Catanzaro
Members of a criminal organization that imported drugs from South America through European ports and airports have been arrested.
Yang Ming orders Hanwha Ocean to build seven 15,000 TEU dual-fuel containerships
Keelung
They will be delivered between 2028 and 2029
Walden to sell healthcare logistics business to Yusen Logistics
Paris
Exclusive negotiations announced
Solinas (Sardinian Action Party) is not at all satisfied with the state of Sardinian ports
Cagliari
The immediate establishment of a special commission is urged
ANSI welcomes the introduction of the information dashboard for managing private procurement contracts in logistics.
Rome
D'Angelo: it will allow the country to take another step forward
Russo (Confcommercio): excluding road transport from the PNRR funding was shortsighted.
Rome
First bulletin from the Freight Insights Observatory produced by the National Center for Sustainable Mobility
ABB Group posts sharp growth in quarterly financial and business performance
Zurich
In the period April-June the value of new orders grew by +16.0%
Informal consultations have begun on the preliminary proposal for the new Ancona Port Master Plan.
Ancona
Eleven meetings scheduled for July
Program agreement for preparatory and functional interventions for the construction of the bridge over the Strait of Messina
Rome
It was signed today in Rome
Project to develop an ecological station for the treatment of wastewater from ships
Naples
Initiative of the Neapolitan Group of the Cenere and Iello Landing
Assiterminal urges against bringing sediment from the Bagnoli dredging project into the port of Naples.
Genoa
Cognolato and Ferrari: It is essential to safeguard the full functionality of the commercial port's activities.
Container traffic at the Port of Long Beach fell 3.4% in the second quarter.
Long Beach
A decline of -16.4% was recorded in June
Paolo Pessina has been appointed vice president of Conftrasporto-Confcommercio.
Rome
He is president of the national federation of maritime agents and brokers
Container traffic in the port of Hong Kong decreased by -8.2% in the second quarter
Hong Kong
A decrease of -13.7% was recorded in June
Cuneo-based logistics company Nord Ovest is seeing growing financial results.
Wedge
Construction work on a new depot in Mondovì will be completed in early 2026.
Container traffic at the Port of Los Angeles grows driven by fears of new tariffs
Los Angeles
June saw the highest volume ever recorded for this month
The Management Committee of the Sardinia Sea Port Authority has adopted the DPSS
Cagliari
Green light for the concession to MITO and the appeal against the rejection of Olbia's dredging project.
Three events in Genoa for three new Explora Journeys cruise ships.
Genoa
A technical launch, a coin laying and the cutting of the first sheet metal were carried out at the Fincantieri shipyard
Grimaldi sells 5% of Terminal Darsena Toscana to Livorno Port Company
Naples/Livorno
Option to purchase an additional 5% of the share capital
Concession agreement signed that assigns management of the port of Tartous to DP World
Damascus
It has a lifespan of 30 years
Matteo Gasparato appointed president of the Northern Adriatic Sea Port Authority
Rome
He was appointed extraordinary commissioner of the same port authority
Meeting in Rome between the heads of ESPO and Assoporti
Rome
Among the topics addressed, the competitiveness of European ports in the current global context
Chinese airline OOCL reports quarterly decline in scheduled service revenues
Hong Kong
Cargo transported by the company's ships is increasing
Collaboration between the Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority and the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority
Rome
Agreement with an initial duration of five years
Survey in Germany on the prospects of companies in the maritime, port and shipbuilding sectors
Hamburg
Shipowners are more concerned. Positive prospects for ports and shipyards.
Port of Augusta: Work begins on a third bridge connecting the island to the mainland.
Augusta
Work worth over 20 million euros
Vard signs contract with InkFish for new research vessel
Trieste
The deal is worth more than 200 million euros.
1.1 billion euros will be invested in the port of Hamburg to strengthen the container sector
Hamburg
Improving accessibility and port infrastructure in the Waltershofer Hafen area
Meyer Turku delivered the new Star of the Seas cruise ship to Royal Caribbean
Turku
It has a gross tonnage of 250,800 tons
ESPO calls for increased funding for ports under the next EU Multiannual Financial Framework
Brussels
The CEF programme funds have proven to be far from sufficient
Fincantieri delivers the new Oceania Allura cruise ship to Oceania Cruises.
Miami/Trieste
Two additional Sonata-class ships have been converted into orders.
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
Confindustria event on the sea economy in Rome on July 15th
Rome
The public meeting of the International Containers Studies Center will be held in Genoa on July 2nd
Genoa
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Why Malta is objecting to a new price cap on Russian oil
(timesofmalta.com)
US has its eye on Greek ports
(Kathimerini)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Intervento del presidente Tomaso Cognolato
Roma, 19 giugno 2025
››› File
Uniport: Bringing debris from Bagnoli to the port of Naples would postpone long-awaited dredging.
Rome
Legora de Feo: It's necessary to find alternative solutions.
Taiwanese companies Evergreen, Yang Ming and WHL saw sharp declines in quarterly revenues.
Keelung/Taipei
In the period April-June it fell by -18.7%, -26.5% and -8.6% respectively
The establishment of the Information Dashboard for the management of private procurement contracts in logistics has been approved.
In May, freight traffic in the port of Ravenna grew by +1.4%
Ravenna
Bulk cargo is on the rise. Miscellaneous cargo is on the decline.
EU approves joint purchase of port equipment by terminal operators
Brussels
Joint definition of minimum technical specifications of equipment is also permitted
Serbian energy group EPS will import coal through the Montenegrin port of Bar
Bar
Currently imports from Indonesia pass through the port of Constanta
Fincantieri Foundation and Luiss University launch a project to strengthen the safety of underwater infrastructure.
Trieste
Among the objectives, contribute to the definition of a specific regulatory framework
Freewheeling: The government's U-turn on anti-mafia controls in the road haulage sector is a welcome development.
Modena
Franchini: If the government has realized it made a mistake, that's good news.
Agostinelli (AdSP Tirreno Meridionale e Ionio): the amendment that allows for the early transformation of the Gioia Tauro Port Agency is extremely important.
Confindustria's event on the maritime economy will take place in Rome on July 15th.
Rome
The confederation's strategic document on the sector will be presented
Kerala seeks $1.1 billion from MSC in damages over MSC Elsa 3 sinking
Thiruvananthapuram
Temporary detention of the vessel "MSC Akuteta II" granted
Trasportounito requests the cancellation of the renewal procedure of the Central Committee of the Register of Hauliers
Rome
New seizure of a load of cocaine in the port of Gioia Tauro
Reggio Calabria
16 bags containing 417 kilos of drugs were found in a container
MOL and Kinetics to build world's first floating data center
Tokyo
It will be installed on a vessel of 9,731 gross tonnage
Rijeka Gateway Terminal to become operational in early September
Copenhagen
The first ship at the second container terminal of the Croatian port is expected on September 12
Falteri (Federlogistica) urges us to focus on the development of "polycentric" logistics
Genoa
The Simplified Logistics Zone should be the cornerstone of the strategy
Tsuneishi Shipbuilding Co. acquired Mitsui E&S Shipbuilding Co.
Hiroshima/Tokyo
It was renamed Tsuneishi Solutions Tokyobay Co.
Pessina (Federagenti): Northern European logistics system is struggling. Let's take advantage of it!
Rome
Unexpected opportunity - he underlines - for the Mediterranean ports and Italian ones in particular
MSC Cruises Joins Carnival and Royal Caribbean in Capitalizing on Grand Bahama Shipyard
Miami
Negotiations underway since the end of 2024 have been successfully concluded
At The International Propeller Clubs the Dorso Award for the Mediterranean area
Naples
In recognition of the primary role played by logistics operators in Mediterranean traffic
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