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March 29, 2011
The Business Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Limited access at Japan's quake-hit ports
    Seven small oil terminals and most of the shipping berths at Japan's north-eastern ports remain closed more than two weeks after a devastating earthquake, government and industry officials said.
  • Libyan rebels ready to export oil in a week
    Oil fields in rebel-held territory in Libya are producing between 100,000 and 130,000 barrels a day, and the opposition plans to begin exporting oil 'in less than a week', a rebel representative said on Sunday.

Sched Netweb site
  • Xiamen port refuses MOL Presence a berth over 'abnormal' radiation
  • Maersk hikes piracy surcharge 40pc to US$350/FEU in April
  • Security contractors market armed guard services to shipowners
  • Japanese ports re-open, Sendai airport only takes relief flights
  • Far East-Latin America service calls at Shenzhen's CCT
  • Hamburg Sud orders six 9,600-TEU ships from Hyundai Heavy
  • Drewry HK-LA weekly spot rate off 4.9pc March 14, down 6.3pc year on year
  • NYK offers free transport for aid to Japanese disaster victims
  • Fuzhou targets a throughput of 76 million tonnes this year
  • Bunker upticks US$3.50 to $610 per tonne in Rotterdam
  • Arrests widen Indian customs facilitation payment scandal
  • Japan's quake troubles stand to rattle intra-Asia trade
  • British forwarders welcome UK budget's fuel tax cut
  • US truck tonnage index slips 2.9pc in February
  • FedEx gives US$1 million and transport aid to quake-hit Japan
  • Airforwarders Association honour American Airlines Cargo president
  • Indiana's Terre Haute airport on hunt for business

Exim Indiaweb site
  • Cargotec joins forces with Navis
  • Cosco & Hanjin to launch Far East-USWC loop in May
  • EVERGREEN LINE launches weekly TMI service between Thailand, Malaysia & Indonesia
  • Grand Alliance announces direct Vietnam coverage on Asia-Europe service
  • InterManager President wants ship-based decision-making back in crew hands
  • MAERSK LINE plans shifting a quarter of its Hong Kong calls to Nansha
  • Piracy bid foiled near Lakshadweep, 16 nabbed
  • SCI to acquire 2 AHTSVs from Cochin Shipyard
  • Transpacific supply & demand to be in balance this year, say carriers
  • UK P&I Club focuses on Ballast Water Management Convention in its latest 'Legal Briefing'
  • Weekly, fast-transit N. Europe-West Africa loop from Zim, Hapag & MOL
  • Call for freight rate rationalisation & increased shipment speeds to remain competitive
  • IQPC conference suggests way ahead for enhanced port development
  • New Mangalore Port handles largest-ever LPG vessel
  • Shipping movements remain unaffected
  • Japanese credit flows may slow down due to post-earthquake rebuilding
  • Global trade recovery on uneven course, says ICC survey

International Transport Journalweb site
MARCH 28, 2011
  • Jade Cargo strengthening network in Southeast Asia and Europe
    Shenzhen (China)-based Jade Cargo, a joint venture of Shenzhen Airlines, Lufthansa Cargo and the German Development Bank (DEG), is opening up new markets and adding four new d...
  • GB Railfreight launches interhubGB
    GB Railfreight (GBRf) has launched interhubGB, a fully integrated road and rail freight distribution network linking London and southeast England with Manchester and the northwest....
  • Coastlink short sea conference, Hamburg, 19-20 April 2011
    Coastlink is holding a series of conferences under the title of "Challenges abound for shortsea container shipping" at the Hotel Atlantic Kempinski in Hamburg (Germany) o...
  • Iberia launches two new routes between Spain and USA
    Iberia is starting flights between Los Angeles CA (USA) and Madrid today (28 March). The carrier offers three non-stop flights per week from Los Angeles, with an additional Friday ...
  • Singapore sees less freight in February
    Singapore Changi Airport handled 128,048 t of cargo in February, a decline of 1.9% compared to a year ago, due to the Lunar New Year holidays, just like in Hong Kong (cf. ITJ Daily...
  • MAN continues to grow internationally
    The German vehicle manufacturer MAN reported an operating result of EUR 1.035 billion in 2010 and its return on sales rose from 4.2% in 2009 to 7.1% last year. The group's ord...
  • Duisport: cooperation with Brazilian government
    The German inland port operator Duisburger Hafen AG (Duisport) and the Brazilian ports ministry have signed an agreement in Berlin to support the government in drafting a logistics...
  • Austria: OeBB's new intermodal structure too costly for industry
    The Austrian state railway OeBB's effort to make its freight subsidiary Rail Cargo Austria (RCA) more profitable will have dramatic consequences for the Austrian economy,...
  • Spain investing EUR 51.3 billion in new railtracks
    Spain wants to build a new, 1,300 km rail link along its Mediterranean coast. The Mediterranean rail corridor will connect the country's seaports and its major industrial centres. ...
  • Iveco Stralis for PTM International
    The UK-based specialist haulier PTM International has taken delivery of its first Iveco Stralis tractor unit from Hendy Van & Truck. The high-specification Stralis 4'2 artic jo...
  • 2010 was favourable for Scania
    The Swedish Scania Group reported that its net sales in the vehicles and services segment increased by 26 % to SEK 78.168 million (EUR 62.074 million) in 2010. Revenue from sales o...
  • TX Logistik founders sell remaining shares to Trenitalia
    After almost twelve years of successful business activities, the TX Logistik founders Frank O. Blochmann, Burkhard Br'kling, Werner Nies, Kurt Pelster and Raimund St'er are selling...
  • Luka Koper acquires AEO certificate
    Luka Koper (Slovenia) has been granted an AEO certificate, thereby gaining the status of authorised economic operator status. AEO certification testifies to the fact that the port ...
  • E.R. Schiffahrt: "China" now sailing under the German flag
    The Hamburg (Germany)-based shipping and vessel management company E.R. Schiffahrt recently reflagged two more vessels. The German flag was raised on the 5,800 teu ship "MSC M...
  • French transport and logistics association TLF elects new president
    The French transport and logistics association TLF has elected Patrick Bouchez as its new president. He succeeds Philippe Grillot, who did not stand for re-election after recently ...
  • DB Schenker expanding in the Philippines
    DB Schenker recently expanded in the Philippines by inaugurating a new central facility in Manila. Three units that had previously been located in Metro Manila have been moved to t...
  • Caterpillar considering strategic options for 3PL business
    Caterpillar Inc recently announced it is examining a range of strategic options for its 3PL business, which is part of its wholly owned subsidiary, Caterpillar Logistics Servi...
  • Logwin remains Axel Springer's logistics partner
    The German publishing company Axel Springer Verlag has extended its cooperation in Germany with the Luxembourg-based logistics service provider Logwin by five years. The two compan...

Marine Logweb site
MARCH 28, 2011
  • Pirates hijack AMPTC tanker
  • Noble exercises option for two more jack-ups
  • Graig wins order to supervise newbuilding project for Chinese owner
  • ST Marine delivers first seismic vessel

World Wide Shipperweb site
MARCH 28, 2011
  • Pair of improvement projects completed at Port of Anacortes
  • Crowley adding St. Maarten call to service calling Caribbean ports
  • Speedy work shortens span of Mukilteo Terminal closure
  • Sea-Tac Airport road closures put on hold for time being
  • Lower Monumental locks reopen following repair work

Lloyd's Listweb site
MARCH 28, 2011
  • Fertiliser demand feeds rates growth
    One-year time charters exceed $20,000 per day
  • Latest yard death may hinder lifting of Bangladesh ban
    The death of a Bangladeshi demolition yard worker in mid-March has added an extra layer of uncertainty as to how much longer the official lifting of the country's ship recycling ban will be delayed
  • CMA CGM takes 30% hit on boxship duo
    Each vessel sold for net $116m compared with $155m in ER Schiffahrt sale last month
  • Capesizes buoyant but supramaxes make losses
    The Baltic Dry Index held steady at 1,585 points, with no change since last week, as average capesize time charter rates improved for the fifth consecutive trading day, balancing out losses on all reported supramax routes
  • OSG charters Target suezmax newbuildings
    Target Marine and Horizon Tankers clinch employment for four vessels
  • Intertanko urges Worldscale to include piracy premium
    Need formalise common standard to help tanker owners offset expense of transiting Indian Ocean
  • US ports step up radiation checks
    Ships transiting within 50 miles of Fukushima to undergo extra screening before entering US
  • Box giants face $13bn revenue fall in 2011
    Most lines to suffer losses if current freight rate trends continue
  • Tanker forced to drop Libya port call
    Breeze A, loaded with jet fuel for Gaddafi regime, turns back after flag state intervenes
  • Piraeus and Thessaloniki boost profits
    Greek ports post profits for 2010 after reducing personnel and other costs
  • Lifeboat release proposals to get further scrutiny
    Maritime Safety Committee to discuss Design and Equipment sub-committee recommendations in May
  • Bulker owners eye potential of boxships
    Paragon Shipping has switched an order for two kamsarmax bulkers to more lucrative boxships, but there are as yet few signs that this will herald an epidemic of contract conversions
  • Brussels unveils 40-year transport 'roadmap'
    Aims to cut bunker emissions by 40% and outlines road freight shift to water by 2050
  • Greeks capitalise on Germans' woes
  • Froude must be spinning in his grave
    The Energy Efficiency Design Index will impose a lower speed on larger ships and thus violate a fundamental tenet of ship design
  • First tier III engine set for Nissho Shipping
    Engine maker Man Diesel says it has the systems to meet 2016 NOx emission targets
  • Tests show promise of fuel cells as auxiliary power source
    Size and power limitations stumbling block for development
  • Norwegian NOx fund and dry SOx scrubber system win top awards
  • HCI posts $7m profit in 2010
    KG house returns to profit after debt-for-equity swap provided by its banks
  • Norden newbuildings sale cancelled
    Greek buyer not able to submit final approval for purchase of six handysizes
  • US car makers warned over Japan fallout
    Automotive part suppliers and car manufacturers face second quarter shortages
  • China sends back MOL ship on radiation fears
    Authorities around the region jittery as inspections of vessels increase
  • For richer, for poorer
    Making financial commitments to shipping has its ups and downs and investors need to recognise that reality
  • MIRG must stay
    The decision to scrap funding for the Maritime Incident Response Group does not add up
  • SIPG seeks $761m from bond sale
    Funds from corporate bond issue earmarked for working capital and debt repayment
  • Isle of Man register to train superintendents
    Programme to cover broad foundation on all aspects of maritime operations
  • The Week Ahead: Supramaxes brighten gloomy charter markets
    Tonnage availability tight in the Atlantic and Pacific basins, and rates are creeping up
  • Disruptions persist at Japan ports
    Only 30% of berths in tsunami-affected area operating

Fairplayweb site
MARCH 28, 2011
  • More Iranian ships targeted
    THE US Office of Foreign Assets Control has added four more Iranian vessels to its sanctions list and revised 10 vessel designations to reflect name changes
  • TSA tests freight index
    TRANSPACIFIC Stabilisation Agreement carriers will soon test a new freight index to provide another method of measuring rate trends, Fairplay has been told
  • Impact of failed Yemen warned
    SHIPPING and the oil trade will be badly affected if unrest turns Yemen into a failed state, an Abu Dhabi conference was told today
  • Japan boxes cleared in US
    US CUSTOMS has cleared the first box imports from Japan since damage to nuclear facilities from the earthquake and tsunami on 11 March led to radiation concerns
  • India arrests suspected pirates
    INDIA'S navy has thwarted an attempt by pirates to hijack a Maersk box ship, detaining 16 suspects in the process, Fairplay was told today
  • Malta blocks Libya fuel shipment
    MALTA'S government has reportedly stopped a Maltese-flagged chemical/products tanker from delivering fuel to the Gaddafi regime in Libya
  • Baltic cruise loop agreed
    SPAIN'S Happy Cruises, owned by Quail Travel, has signed a deal with Tallinn's port and airport, under which passengers would fly in and out of the Estonian capital for the start and completion of weeklong cruises
  • HCI swings to profits
    LEADING German KG house HCI Capital today announced profits of €5M ($7M) for 2010, from losses of '55.8M in 2009
  • Migrants swamp Italy's Lampedusa
    OFFICIALS on Lampedusa are reportedly trying to cope today with the arrival of nearly 2,000 African migrants in the past 24 hours
  • Libya rebels seal oil deal?
    LIBYAN rebels have reportedly announced that they've sealed a deal with Qatar to market crude from eastern Libyan fields
  • Yang Ming turns round
    TAIWAN'S box carrier Yang Ming Line has returned to the black with T$11.78Bn ($400M) in net profits for 2010
  • Long-haul box rates keep sliding
    FALLING demand and excess capacity are causing long-haul box rates to continue their slide today
  • Tianjin's profits rise
    TIANJIN Port Development in China said today its 2010 net profits were HK$1.3Bn ($166.6M), a 42.4% year-on-year increase
  • Canberra plans customs boost
    CANBERRA has introduced legislation to significantly strengthen border protection agencies' control over Australian exports
  • Ashika accused ignored danger, court told
    THE JURY in the Princess Ashika sinking trial has been told that allowing the unseaworthy ship to sail was indefensible

The Journal of Commerceweb site
MARCH 28, 2011
  • Canadian Pacific Aims $100 Million at N. Dakota
    Canadian Pacific Railway unveiled a plan to spend nearly $103 million in its North Dakota network this year and next,...
  • Diesel Resumes Climb with 2.5 Cent Jump
    After a record 15 weeks of price increases, diesel took a tenth of a cent drop a week ago but...
  • UPS Adds Next-Day China-Europe Services
    UPS launched four additional direct flights from Hong Kong to Europe, expanding its next-day delivery coverage for packages and heavy...
  • Wabtec Boosts Outlook as Freight Strengthens
    Rail equipment supplier Wabtec said a stronger U.S. freight railroad market is a big reason it expects first quarter earnings...
  • Indian Navy, Coast Guard Capture Pirate Mother Ship
    The Indian navy and coast guard captured 16 Somali pirates and rescued 16 hostages after a three-hour running battle in...
  • Crowley to Start Direct Loop to St. Maarten
    Crowley Maritime is adding a direct, fixed-day sailing from Port Everglades, Fla., to St. Maarten in the Caribbean that will...
  • Consumer Spending Edged Up 0.7 Percent
    Consumer spending in the U.S. rose 0.7 percent in February, the Commerce Department said, but the numbers were boosted by...
  • Ohio Rescinds Private Fleet Regulation
    Ohio is dropping a controversial rule that extended safety regulations designed for larger vehicles and for-hire truck fleets to thousands...
  • Maersk Introduces Ships Designed for West Africa
    Maersk Line is taking delivery of the first of a series of 22 container ships called Wafmax that are specifically...
  • Wal-Mart to Reopen 12 Stores Hit by Japan Quake
    Wal-Mart Stores will reopen 12 of its Seiyu stores in Japan that were affected by the earthquake, and is hoping...
  • Disaster Reaches the Supply Chain
    The earthquake and tsunami that killed thousands and devastated a swath of Japan is promising a deeper impact on the...
  • Charter Rates Rise Amid Falling Freight Rates
    Container ship charter rates are still rallying even as freight rates are falling as ocean carriers seek additional tonnage to...
  • Air France-KLM Cargo Expands on Four Continents
    Air France-KLM Cargo added new freight services linking its twin Amsterdam and Paris hubs with the U.S., Peru, Cambodia, China,...
  • JAL Exits Bankruptcy Protection
    Japan Airlines flew out of bankruptcy protection on Monday, about 14 months after going into it. "From this new...
  • The JOC Top 40 Container Lines
    The columns of red and black numbers in the rankings of the Top 40 Container Lines by volume reflect the...
  • Clear Tracks?
    Considering West Coast longshore-management relations appear to be operating in a sea of tranquility, judging from their recent Journal of...
  • Paying By the Line
    What could go wrong in paying for the shipment of a single ocean container? Plenty, according to Stuart...
  • A 10-Step Program
    Selecting a freight payment and audit firm is an important strategic decision that shouldn't be taken lightly. The payment vendor...
  • When Time is Money
    The freight payment and audit business flows smoothly most of the time. Technology and competition have rendered the float '...
  • Supply Chains Out of Time
    The horrific earthquake that almost completely shut down Japan. The less powerful but still destructive earthquake in New Zealand a...
  • UP Eases Grain Pain
    Union Pacific Railroad will soon start hauling a grain product about 2,000 miles in unit trains of hopper cars from...
  • Industrial Strength Recovery
    Less-than-truckload carriers are doing something they haven't done in a long time ' hiring. Some trucking companies still...
  • Post-Panamax Logistics
    From the bridge of a container ship passing through the Panama Canal, the signs of the canal authority's huge expansion...
  • Building on Growth in Southern Cal
    Industrial real estate activity is picking up in Southern California, and that's a good sign for the economy and for...
  • Hutchison Handles Record Deal
    Hong Kong's billionaire Li Ka Shing has achieved a number of records with his IPO of Hutchison Whampoa's Hutchison Port...
  • Carriers Reap What Exporters Sow
    The U.S. farm sector is on the cusp of an explosion in exports, and the liner shipping industry will be...
  • Hours on the Waterfront
    Maritime and intermodal industry officials are raising alarms that the proposed federal hours-of-service rules for domestic U.S. truck drivers could...
  • Rail Grant Revs Up Tar Heel State
    Weeks before North Carolina nailed down an implementing agreement with Norfolk Southern Railway to spend $461 million in passenger rail...
  • Banking on Infrastructure
    If Congress agrees an infrastructure bank should be part of an overall strategy to draw on private resources to build...
  • Recovery's Uneasy Wake
    At first glance, the figures don't appear to add up on the Asia-Europe container shipping trade lanes. Shipping volume...
  • Logistics At Heart
    Over the past several years, I have written numerous times about the transparency ' or opacity, depending on your point...
  • Radiation Screening Prepared
    Vessels and containers arriving at U.S. ports from Japan will face inspections by the U.S. Coast Guard and Customs and...

Containerisation Internationalweb site
MARCH 28, 2011
  • The ladies are not for turning - yet
    In 1988 the UK's then Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, when referring to her chancellor's futile attempts to influence the nation's ailing currency exchange rate, famously said: 'there is no way in which one can buck the market'
  • Top 10 carriers estimated to lose USD13.3 billion
  • DP World spells out its strategy
  • 'Unsustainable' spot rates continue weekly slide
  • Ivory Coast: Quattara rejects mediator
  • Cameron: offer Japan a free trade deal

TradeWindsweb site
MARCH 28, 2011
  • Attica logs loss
    Greek ferry owner posts second consecutive full-year loss on the heels of high fuel prices and reduced traffic.
  • Swissco pens trio
    Singapore-listed offshore owner's quest for a fleet of 70 ships continues with $22m order.
  • FBR predicts Eagle lift-off
    New York-listed bulker owner set to soar following KLC resolution and anticipated surge in supramax rates, analyst says.
  • HCI plots KG assault
    German issuing house on the fringe of forging new containership funds as it races to stitch scars from Beluga battle.
  • Bulkers top scrap heap
    Dry tonnage fetches top dollar in Alang as three tweendeckers hit the chopping block, brokers say.
  • Pirates capture aframax
    Arab Maritime Petroleum ship becomes the first merchant vessel hijacked in the Gulf of Aden for six months.
  • Polsteam scraps Penelope
    Polish Steamship Co offloads one of three molten-sulphur carriers in $3.5m demmo deal, sources say.
  • OSG takes Comninos pair
    New York-listed giant tipped to have chartered two new suezmaxes from Greek IPO hopeful, Horizon Tankers.
  • Greek trio held
    Meadway, Globus and Ulises vessels detained by Canadian port state inspectors during February.
  • Transpetro closes in
    Phase two of Brazil's billion-dollar newbuilding drive in final stage as Sergio Machado-led owner surveys product tanker bids.
  • Pirates board aframax
    Contact lost with Arab Maritime Petroleum vessel after armed gang clamber on board off Oman.
  • CSAV "safe"
    Bankruptcy not an option for Chilean line as it plans fundraising drive, VP says.
  • Clough calls time
    ACM Shipping co-founder Simon Clough departing London-listed broker after nearly three decades with the company.
  • Norden bulker sale off
    Greek SPAC-linked owner fails to win final board approval to buy Danish company's six handysize newbuildings.
  • Great Offshore sale on hold
    Bharati Shipyard-controlled owner waiting for market upturn to launch $200m share offer.
  • Eagle ship in second clash
    Supramax owned by New York-listed Eagle Bulk survives pirate attack for the second time in under a week.
  • Piracy risk area enlarged
    Employers and unions have reached a new deal over pay and an expansion of the IBF High Risk Area.

American Shipperweb site
MARCH 28, 2011
  • Members sought for U.S.-Brazil CEO Forum
    The U.S. Commerce Department has opened the recruitment period for U.S. companies to apply for membership to the U.S.-Brazil CEO Forum. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke co-chaired the sixth meeting of the U.S.-Brazil CEO Forum on March 12-13, where U...
  • Cat, Horizon 3PL spin-offs: more to come?
    Announcements in recent weeks that Caterpillar Inc. and Horizon Lines are looking to sell their respective logistics business could be part of a trend in merger and acquisition activity in the 3PL sector. "There has been a serious uptick in the am...
  • Buckley heads Southwest's cargo
    Southwest Airlines has promoted Matt Buckley to vice president of cargo and charters. Buckley started his career at Southwest in 1982 as a ramp agent in Midland, Texas. Most of his time with the carrier has been focused on cargo management. Southwe...
  • FedEx starts 777 freighter flights to Seoul
    FedEx Express has started a dedicated Boeing 777 freighter route connecting the company's hub in Memphis, Tenn., to South Korea with four nonstop flights a week. The company said since the new route combines faster service with larger cargo capaci...
  • Zim adds Thessaloniki to Black Sea/Med service
    Liner carrier Zim said Sunday it is amending the rotation of its Black Sea-Ukraine (BSU) service to incorporate calls at the Greek port of Thessaloniki. From the beginning of April, the rotation will be Ashdod, Haifa, Limassol, Odessa, Illychevsk, ...
  • Chilean company buys into CSAV
    Chilean industrial and financial conglomerate Quinenco has acquired a 10 percent stake in compatriot liner carrier CSAV, the shipping line said last week. The stake, estimated at about $120 million, was purchased from Marinsa, CSAV's largest shareh...
  • Hyundai v. Hyundai: In-house fight for HMM
    Two rival South Korean conglomerates are continuing their battle for control of the container line Hyundai Merchant Marine, according to a report Friday byBloomberg.Hyundai Heavy Industries and the Hyundai Group are part of what the report called ...
  • Hapag-Lloyd plans to resume Nagoya calls
    Hapag-Lloyd said it plans to resume calls at Nagoya, Japan, Wednesday, but said its vessels will not return to Tokyo or Yokohama immediately. Eva Gjersvik, senior director group communication, said the company had only one ship in the country at th...
  • Modeled on ISA
  • Choumert new ESC chairman
    The European Shippers' Council has elected Denis Choumert, procurement and logistics director of Ciments Calcia, as chairman of the council. Choumert succeeds longtime chairman Dick van den Broek Humphreij. "Mr. Choumert, well known in the French ...

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
MARCH 28, 2011
  • Combustion catalyst claims to increase fuel efficiency
    It is scientifically proven to increase fuel efficiency from 8-13%, while also decreasing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions between 10-20%.
  • Prices steady in Fujairah
    Deliveries available for supply up to and including April 11 in Cape Town.
  • Bunker market softens in Rotterdam
    Tight barge availability reported in Piraeus.
  • Liner operator says 'bankruptcy not an option'
    CSAV Vice President denies rumours that company could fail.
  • Maersk names first of new generation 'fuel efficient' ships
    4,500 TEU ships to use 30% less fuel per container carried.
  • Emulsion fuel to be produced on 'substantial scale'
    Low-cost bunker oil replacement moving 'rapidly through technical development and testing'.
  • 'Good time' to enter US coastal tank barge market
    Kirby to complete $600 million transaction for coastal tank barge operator K-Sea in June or July 2011.
  • New order for fuel saving 'optimum trim' technology
    Tanker operator hopes to cut VLCC fuel costs by up to $400,000 a year.
  • Tanker firms' margin 'squeezed' by rising bunker prices
    'Hidden' bunker costs 'stealth threat' to tanker owners' profitability, says Poten & Partners.
  • Week opens with softening in bunker prices
    Enquries 'mixed' at key Asian bunker hubs, according to local traders.
  • More help for Tristan da Cunha clean-up
    Second support vessel leaves South Africa as extent of bunker spill become clear.
  • Russian fuel storage terminal to be completed by end-2012
    Terminal will also be used for bunkering its icebreaking cargo vessels, says Norilsk Nickel.
  • IMO to resume talks on GHG emissions regulations
    GHG emissions regulations a 'contentious' issue, says shipping association.
  • Bunker earnings 'important way' to repay Chinese loans
    Earnings from Hambantota's bunker business will help repay debt to China, says minister.

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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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