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September 26, 2011
The Business Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Supertankers on Gulf route still bleeding
    Owners of supertankers able to haul two million barrels of oil lost money on the industry's benchmark Saudi Arabia-to-Japan route for a 20th session because of a glut of ships.

Sched Netweb site
  • Asia-Europe rates fall 4.9pc as Shanghai index plummets to US$754/TEU
  • Wan Hai, Interasia launch revised intra-Asia Japan-Singapore NS3 Service
  • MOL Logistics signs forwarding contract to expand its African network
  • Hapag-Lloyd delays US$160/TEU, $200/FEU Canada-Asia surcharge until Nov
  • Egyptian Red Sea port of Sokhna on strike after 3 moves per hour slowdown
  • US trade official warns industry that attacking yuan is counter-productive
  • Germany's HSH Norbank must slim shipping portfolio to receive bailout
  • Five major carriers share CINSnet data on cargo with potential risks
  • Canadian Pacific adds 91 locomotives to meet Asian export market
  • Indonesia's Papua province sees second air cargo plane crash in a month
  • FedEx trims profit expectations for 2011 as Asia volumes slow down
  • Atlas Air exercise termination rights on three Boeing 747-8Fs
  • AVIC: China's civil air transport to add 4,583 aircraft over 20 years
  • IATA blasts US air security tax as less than half will be spent on security

Exim Indiaweb site
  • ...keen to participate in PPP shipbuilding ventures
  • Charities want imposition of UN carbon tax on shipping
  • DBC Port Logistics Ltd'A familiar name, now with an enhanced service identity
  • Express Transport excels in heavy lift/project cargo movement
  • L&T set to join hands with Hindustan Shipyard
  • Mercator Lines renamed, to focus on other businesses
  • MSC to implement GRI on North Europe-Subcontinent trade
  • Two NYK LNG carriers recognised for reporting seawater temperatures
  • CWC to pump in 78 cr. for enhancing capacity
  • Apply for claims under DEPB, govt tells cotton, yarn exporters
  • closes in on 50 against dollar; biggest weekly fall in 15 years
  • Duty drawback rates announcedfor 4,000 items
  • FinMin makes e-filing of excise, service tax returns mandatory
  • Fresh stimulus package for exporters soon: Khullar
  • Govt may limit wheat exports to 5 lakh tonnes
  • India may become worlds third largest economy this year
  • New duty drawback rates on expected lines, barring few aberrations: Fieo
  • Onion prices to be monitored regularly: Thomas
  • Pawar wants govt to announce sugar export policy in October
  • MAERSK LINE & Rickmers-Linie (America) form US flag project cargo partnership
  • Magdenli Transport expertly air charters heavy lift cargo

International Transport Journalweb site
SEPTEMBER 23, 2011
  • Africa West Cargo expanding regional services
    The Togolese full-freighter operator Africa West Cargo has expanded its fleet by leasing a second DC-9 freighter. The airline recently added Freetown (Sierra Leone) and Monrovia (L...
  • Ulan Bator Railways increases cargo volume
    Ulan Bator Railways (UBR) achieved operational improvements in cargo transport in 2010. Cargo flows stood at 16.8 million, up by 19% year-on-year and export freight, in particular ...
  • US to fund Vietnamese cargo hub feasibility study
    The US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) signed a grant agreement with the Middle Airports Corporation (MAC) to help expand Chu Lai international airport, the largest airfield i...
  • Geodis rolls out first hybrid refrigerated trailer truck
    Geodis will begin making deliveries for Carrefour in Lille (France) using a hybrid refrigerated trailer truck. The 26 t unit, which complies with the Euro 5 standard, will begin de...
  • Chile's antitrust court approves LAM and TAM merger
    LAN Airlines, based in Santiago de Chile, and Brazil's TAM, announced that Chile's antitrust court has approved the merger between the two companies. This represents one more step ...
  • ICTSI buys more Greek ports
    International Container Terminal Services Inc from the Philippines (ICTSI) has acquired two more Greek ports. The amount of USD 500 million is being put aside for the ports of Pira...
  • Jens Opara appointed Röhlig Holding airfreight director
    Jens Opara has been appointed airfreight director at the international freight forwarder Röhlig in Bremen. In his new position, the 45-year-old German will be responsible for the d...
  • Rhenus builds further logistics warehouse in Rhineland-Palatine
    In the Sponsheim/Grolsheim commercial area in Rhineland-Palatine's Bingen the German logistics services provider Rhenus is building a second warehouse in the coming months. The new...
  • Ground-breaking ceremony for DHL logistics centre in Leipzig/Halle
    With the expansion of its logistics capacities at DHL's European airfreight hub in Leipzig/Halle, DHL Supply Chain, a world leader in the logistics industry that specialises in con...
  • Kuehne + Nagel expands services and network in China
    Kuehne + Nagel China has incorporated road logistics into its integrated range of services and is steadily expanding its office network. Responding to growing market demand for qua...
  • Standard & Poor's downgrades Hapag-Lloyd
    Standard & Poor's today downgraded Hapag-Lloyd to BB-. In the light of the difficult economic environment for the shipping industry, the outlook was adjusted from "stable" to ...
  • Northern Harbour handles more containers per arrival
    The arrival of Unifeeder's containership "Ceres" on 21 September marks the premiere of CMP's container activities at Malmö's recently-inaugurated northern harbour. The fa...
  • SBB Cargo International on target
    "SBB Cargo International, a new company that started trading at the beginning of the year, has got off to a strong start," according to CEO Michail Stahlhut at the openin...
  • Renault Magnum is 20 years old
    The Magnum by Renault Trucks is 20 years old. The lorry was first seen on European and international highways in 1991 and soon became the symbol of quality of life in a lorry for m...

Marine Logweb site
SEPTEMBER 23, 2011
  • Meyer Werft cuts first steel for Norwegian Breakaway
  • Bollinger Shipyards gets contract mod for four more Fast Response Cutters
  • California Maritime students receive Thomas B. Crowley Sr. Memorial scholarships
  • Wärtsilä two-stroke gas engine meets Tier III emission limits
  • UK P&I Club has concerns about ECDIS introduction

World Wide Shipperweb site
SEPTEMBER 23, 2011
  • Coast Guard teams monitoring vessel grounded in Columbia
  • US rail freight traffic delivers up/down month
  • Crowley presents scholarships to three maritime academy students
  • Port of Vancouver, USA welcomes maiden voyage vessel
  • Richard D. Steinke receives Connie Award

Lloyd's Listweb site
SEPTEMBER 23, 2011
  • Improved suezmax rates short-lived
    Brokers estimate only 10 owners will have benefited from upwards blip in earnings
  • Hanjin Shipping announces $400m in scramble to shore up finances for operations
    South Korea's largest boxline also sells stake in energy unit as stock collapses 12%
  • Container spot rates under pressure on key trades
    SCFI and WCI decline as peak season ends
  • LMA says IUMI does not speak for industry in support of armed guards
    Statement is at odds with that of the rest of the industry
  • Mozambique poised for coal boom
    Transforming Mozambique from a minor coal producer into a major international exporter is a huge task
  • Explanation required
    It should be easier for next of kin to win an explanation of why a family member has been killed in an accident on a ship
  • UK P&I Club compiles guidance booklet on ecdis
    Thousands of seafarers unprepared but risk of vessel detention very real, warns mutual
  • Industry confidence at lowest point since May 2008
    Global economy, excess tonnage and high cost of fuel cited by respondents to Moore Stephens quarterly survey
  • New hope for family as coroner rules on Courtenay Allan death
    Human intervention may have caused lift to malfunction
  • Norstar Shipping sells small tanker fleet
    Singapore-based company now focusing on shipmanagement
  • Preference for maritime projects in latest Marco Polo funding
    EU blasts poor response and poor quality of applications in previous rounds
  • Baltic LPG shipping rate hits $70 per tonne for first time in three years
    Rising trend suggests higher levels to come
  • Capesizes buoyant on solid demand
    Fall in iron ore price and China restocking could sustain cape rally in weeks ahead
  • Panamaxes and supramaxes set for boost from bumper Brazil soyabean crop
    Export volumes helped by weak harvest in US
  • Grindrod switches focus to hinterland links
    Southern Africa's infrastructure has failed to keep pace with growing global demand for commodities, says chief executive Olivier
  • Panama pilots affiliate with US dockers' union
    Move unites workers in different countries with 'critical link in supply chain', says ILWU
  • ADT justifies semi-automated terminal in Khalifa Port
    'It makes sense to become a direct mainline port' , says chief executive
  • Tightening up the supply chain
    Courses run by the General Stevedoring Council give cargo handling experts from all over the world a chance to exchange ideas and experiences
  • GC Rieber Shipping board rejects take-over offer from parent group
    Offer does not represent fair value for company
  • IM Skaugen offers bond repurchase/ exchange in bid to raise equity ratio
    Oslo-based tanker company aims to reduce liquidity risk by 2012
  • Golar said to be on the verge of a $120,000 per day LNG carrier charter
    Rate would set a fresh high for 2011
  • Testing times
    Individual container shipping chiefs will have to decide whether to stand firm to protect market share, or anchor tonnage in the hope that others will follow
  • Study calls for South Africa to plug skills gap
    Samsa report says country can play a greater role in training seafarers
  • Getting behind the hot air
    It is time to take gas seriously
  • DP World in peace talks to end Sokhna strike
    Red Sea port closed after $5m loss of revenue
  • DryShips gives date for $50m Ocean Rig stock dividend
    Much-anticipated partial spin-off 'a first step' in delivering value to shareholders from dry bulk owner's offshore gambit
  • Cosco Nantong wins $227m order
    Malaysia's Sapuracrest orders two heavy lifting vessels from Cosco Nantong

Fairplayweb site
SEPTEMBER 23, 2011
  • Confidence hits record low
    SHIPPING sentiment has never been worse and rate pessimism has soared, according to a survey released today by Moore Stephens
  • Demand rises for Capesizes from Richards Bay
    CHINA has been importing more Capesize loads of steam coal from Richards Bay this week, IHS McCloskey told Fairplay today
  • Clean truck programme begins at Charleston
    A SHIPPING line-backed scheme at the Port of Charleston is offering $5,000 to container truckers towards the purchase of new clean fuel-burning vehicles
  • Rusal, Ust-Luga in terminal talks
    RUSSIA'S aluminium monopoly is in what industry sources call the final stage of a three-year negotiation to build a new aluminium and alumina terminal at Ust-Luga, Russia's newest Baltic port
  • Pacific raises Capesize rates
    SPOT RATES for Capesize drybulk carriers are extending recent gains, led by lively activity in the Pacific, shipping analysts said today
  • China's demand for steam coal surges
    China imported a record 10.14M tonnes of steam coal in August as electricity production surged to meet summer air-conditioning demand, according to new customs data
  • Trimming losses comes first for VLCC owners
    OWNERS with VLCCs in the Persian Gulf are cutting their losses rather than ballasting to loading ports in a hunt for better rates, brokers told Fairplay today
  • Technomar grabs OOCL ships
    GREEK owners have returned to the box S&P sector, with vessel values declining as fear grows of a renewed recession
  • Rough ride on Wall Street
    US-LISTED shipping shares fell hard today amid a broad market selloff driven by global recession fears

The Journal of Commerceweb site
SEPTEMBER 23, 2011
  • YRC Worldwide Cuts Two Executives
    YRC Worldwide's new CEO James L. Welch eliminated two executive positions at the trucking giant as he reorganizes its management...
  • Channel Extension Readies Corpus Christi Terminal
    A $41 million project to better connect the site of Port of Corpus Christi's long-delayed cargo terminal to the main...
  • American Superconductor to Increase Shipments
    Power technology company American Superconductor will increase shipments of wind turbine controls under a series of contracts valued at nearly...
  • Major Coal Shipper Helps Develop Illinois Mine
    Coal producer Alliance Resource Partners's up to $525 million investment in a Southern Illinois mine being will generate shipments of...
  • Mica Hunts for New Transportation Revenue
    House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman John Mica told industry groups he is looking for more revenue to boost his...
  • Senate Action Bring FTAs Closer to Passage
    The Senate's passage of a bill late Thursday to renew two trade programs brings three long-stalled trade agreements closer to...
  • Panalpina Adds Three Inter-Asia LCL Services
    Panalipina launched three weekly less-than-containerload ocean services from Vietnam, Cambodia and the Philippines to Singapore, as the Swiss forwarder strengthens...
  • Deutsche Post Wins Belgian State Aid Battle
    Germany's Deutsche Post DHL won a long-running legal battle to block Belgium from giving $406 million in aid to its...
  • Star Reefers Says Charterer Won't Pay Damages
    Star Reefers said a leading Russian fruit importer that chartered its vessels has ignored a U.K. court order to pay...
  • Shipping Shifts Its Share
    It's as if David had laid down his slingshot and Goliath his spear and started working together. Non-vessel-operating...
  • Home Depot Expands Supply Chain Gains, Tabs Fidelitone
    Home Depot, reaping new benefits from its massive, multi-year supply chain overhaul, will use Fidelitone for parts and distribution services...
  • No Trucks? No Problem
    The Transportation Intermediaries Association estimates that by the most recent quarter, total shipments handled by brokers and 3PLs increased 11...
  • Capacity Squeeze?
    It's hard to imagine in looking at the reports of slack demand and plentiful capacity on the trans-Pacific over the...
  • Two-Track Economy
    Fasten your seatbelts, as that non-vessel operator Bette Davis famously said, it's going to be a bumpy ride. ...
  • Hanjin Plans $405 Million Stock Issue
    Hanjin Shipping said on Friday it plans to raise $405 million through a November stock issue, in what will be...
  • Shipper-3PL Liability: Paid in Full?
    Q: My company ordered a truck ' four, actually ' from a third party. The third party provided bills...
  • Teamsters Target Seattle Port Chief
    The Teamsters union and its environmental allies are turning up the heat dramatically in their campaign to redraw port trucking...

Containerisation Internationalweb site
SEPTEMBER 25, 2011
  • Egypt's Sokhna shut
  • New trade row between China and US
  • Charleston port launches own clean truck scheme
  • CMA CGM extends its Cagema service to New York
  • Carriers slash transpac service in winter rationalisation plan

TradeWindsweb site
SEPTEMBER 23, 2011
  • Boxship sails to Brazil
    Brazilian buyer cuts $11m check as German owner sells its smallest containership, brokers say.
  • Vale sways spot market
    Brazilian miner's move into shipownership has helped slice the proportion of spot fixtures in the Atlantic, shipbroker says.
  • Rouble rush for yards
    Russia will pour more than $4bn into ship orders at domestic yards between 2012 and 2014.
  • Native group nears LNG deal
    Settlements with two Kitimat projects could pave way for Canada's first LNG exports.
  • Putin's arctic vision
    Russian prime minister says Northern Sea Route will soon rival Suez Canal for Asian voyages.
  • Brazilian boost for dry
    Record soybean exports from Brazil could signal a strong run for South Atlantic market, ICAP says.
  • Four hurt in blaze
    Another crewman reported missing from Trada Maritime FSO hit by fire off Indonesia.
  • HSH: no capital crunch
    German shipping bank dismisses stress-test report and denies it needs more cash.

American Shipperweb site
SEPTEMBER 23, 2011
  • Airport plans
    New York airport capacity study moves forwardThe Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Board of Commissioners has hired Landrum & Brown Inc. of Cincinnati to perform an airport system capacity planning study. Indianapolis airport to build solar...
  • Trade package vote moves to House
  • Clock is ticking
  • FMC chairman proposes Canadian cargo study
    Federal Maritime Commission Chairman Richard A. Lidinsky Jr. said he will propose a study of Canadian cargo diversion, following a request by two U.S. senators from Washington State. Lidinsky Key elements of this issue include basic legal questions...
  • Falling volumes temper FedEx earnings growth
    FedEx Corp. shares fell 11 percent Thursday to a two-year low after the express delivery and logistics giant revised downward its full-year earnings guidance in the face of slowing economic growth and high fuel prices. The Memphis, Tenn., package ...
  • New York airport capacity study moves forward
    The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Board of Commissioners has hired Landrum & Brown Inc. of Cincinnati to perform an airport system capacity planning study. The project is to identify and evaluate options for dealing with forecasted futu...
  • Indianapolis airport to build solar farm
    The Indianapolis Airport Authority has picked ET Energy Solutions to develop a solar farm on Indianapolis International Airport property. The company is a joint venture between three locally based firms that bid on the project: Johnson-Melloh Solu...
  • Senate approves GSP bill
    The U.S. Senate Thursday voted 70-27 to renew the Generalized System of Preferences and Trade Adjustment Assistance programs that had expired within the past year. The trade package now heads to the House for final approval and opens the door for ...
  • Business groups oppose China currency bill
    A coalition of 51 trade associations in a letter to Senate leaders Wednesday opposed efforts to advance a bill pressuring China to speed up appreciation of its currency, which critics say makes the dollar more expensive by comparison and hurts U.S...
  • U.S., Kazakhstan press open trade
    As part of Kazakhstan's negotiations this week to join the World Trade Organization, the United States entered a WTO bilateral market access agreement with the Central Asian country. The agreement signed on Wednesday will allow U.S. service provid...

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
SEPTEMBER 23, 2011
  • Bunker prices plunge as week ends
    Crude futures drop at its lowest since May.
  • Port of Rotterdam joins LNG bunker fuel project
    A baseline report is set to be released next month outlining the regulatory issues regarding LNG bunkering.
  • North American ECA promises great change for shipping
    Meeting discusses guide on fuel change-over and US Coast Guards' banning of non-compliant vessels.
  • NuStar's bunkering segment experiencing 'best year ever'
    NuStar VP pointed out that company's expansion of its bunker marketing business has been 'a consistently profitable business.'
  • Furjairah prices soft
    Deliveries were available for supply up to and including October 7 in Cape Town.
  • Confidence levels 'sink' across shipping industry
    Moore Stephens survey finds bunker costs are 'the big worry'.
  • Markets falling in European ports
    Rotterdam prices at their lowest level in a month.
  • Wartsila gas engine tests deemed a success
    Test is important part of the company's strategy to lower emissions, increase efficiency and develop its low-speed engine portfolio.
  • Seattle wins Business Magazine's Green 50 award
    Recognition for believing that forthright stewardship of our resources is good business.
  • Export tax will 'drive up' bunker prices
    Russian fuel oil production set to fall by 500,000 barrels per day.
  • Shipowners turn to rudder conversion
    Becker Marine Systems says new rudder solutions increase maneuverability and help reduce fuel consumption.
  • 'Not enough blendstock to go round'
    Low-density, low-water fuel oil cargo commands 'seven-month' high premium.
  • US authorities call meeting to discuss 'scrubbers'
    Coast Guard and EPA want to evaluate exhaust gas cleaning systems to see if they comply with ECA regulations.
  • Bunker prices falling as week closes
    Demand at key Asian bunker hubs mostly average.
  • Petronas offers low viscosity cargo
    Asia faces shortage of low density blendstocks amid heavy inflows of high viscosity cargoes.
  • Dan-Bunkering welcomes new bunker trader
    New trader to help company's focus on 'Middle Eastern and South Asian markets.'
  • South China fuel oil volumes take slight fall
    Volume at approximately 1.97 million mt in the week ended September 21.
  • DNV's Triality VLCC project wins award
    Company representative 'pleased and honoured' to accept Lloyd's List Global Award.
  • Oversupply, high fuel costs to hit Saudi tanker's margins
    Oversupply, weak demand and high bunker costs have 'left shipping players around the world in awkward situation.'

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Geneva
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84% of new constructions ordered by the Italian navy will be built in China
Rome
Analysis by the Confitarma Study Center on the possible impacts of US duties on the national shipping industry
GNV ships will call at Algerian ports for the first time
Genoa
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Boluda Towage and Marsa Maroc to operate towage services in the new port of Nador West Med
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Paris
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Guerrieri appointed extraordinary commissioner of the Northern Tyrrhenian Sea Port Authority
Leghorn
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APM Terminals buys the Panama Canal Railway Company
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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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
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Beijing/Hong Kong
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Singapore
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Temporary Port Labor Supply Company in Cagliari Extended for Another 18 Months
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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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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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Hamburg
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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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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
Port of Genoa, Ente Bacini requests new spaces and renewal of the concession
Genoa
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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
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
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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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NYK invests 76 billion yen in NYK Energy Ocean Corporation
Tokyo
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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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Genoa
Yang Ming Buys Three New 8,000 TEU Containerships
Keelung
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Trieste
Fincantieri will deliver the unit in 2026
Federlogistica establishes operational offices in Spain and Brazil
Genoa
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Reggio Calabria
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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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