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December 5, 2012
Sched Netweb site
  • Kerry Logistics starts phase 2 of Daimler regional parts facility, Kunshan
  • Reefer ships lose market share as cool-chain cargo migrate to boxes
  • Fruit from Shanxi province bound for 63 countries and regions worldwide
  • Nanning Railway Bureau to build 22 logistics centres in three years
  • Russian motorists in Moscow are snowed in with heavy snow
  • Brazil's sea freight exports remain strong, but air freight volumes are falling
  • Standard & Poor's upgrades UK P&I Club, reflecting rising finances
  • China's logistics industry added value up 9.4pc in first 10 months
  • 10,000-TEU 'Seaspan Saver' sets new standards for fuel efficiency design
  • Despite teething problems, China's air cargo sees domestic expansion
  • Demands made to enhance anti-terrorist security at Nigeria airports
  • Freighter crash in the Congo claims 30 lives, injures 14

Exim Indiaweb site
DECEMBER 4, 2012
  • FEDSAI Vice-Chairman visits Vizag & Kakinada ports
  • JBS Academy conducts training for CHA field staff in Vadodara
  • NYK provides more free transport for bicycles & backpacks
  • Rickmers Group & Oaktree form strategic partnership for investments in newbuild container vessels
  • Shipbroker pays the price for failure to put it in writing
  • Essar Ports to increase capacity
  • Negligence attributed to ship touching bottom at Kandla Port
  • 'Friendship Road' to boost trade between India & Asean
  • Railways' new port connectivity policy seen boosting private investment
  • Adani completes Australia's largest coal mining exploration programme at Carmichael Mine in record time

International Transport Journalweb site
DECEMBER 4, 2012
  • AAT inks partnership deal with MNG Airlines
    MNG Airlines appointed Asia Airfreight Terminal Co Ltd (AAT) as its cargo ground handling agent for its cargo and documentation services at Hong Kong International Airport, with ef...
  • TXL expanding network
    The German service provider TX Logistik has just linked its Rotterdam-Nuremberg rail service to the DUSS terminal in Munich (Germany). The train departs Rotterdam on Tuesdays, Thu...
  • Cameroon investing heavily in road infrastructure
    The African Development Bank (AFDB) is to loan USD 73 million to Cameroon to enable the country to improve its road infrastructure. The money will be primarily used to modernise an...
  • One million cars through Cuxhaven
    Cuxport, a German port service provider, has handled more than 1 million cars for the BMW Group at its Cuxhaven base. The milestone was celebrated in the presence of Dr Ulrich Gets...
  • Swissport Algeria wins ground handling licence for Oran International Airport
    Ground service provider Swissport International has welcomed the announcement by the Etablissement de Gestion des Services Aéroportuaires d'Oran (EGSA Oran) tender commission to aw...
  • Çelebi boosts handling at New Delhi airport by 83%
    On the fringe of the 39th ACAAI (The Air Cargo Agents of India) Annual Convention in Istanbul from 22-25 November, Atilla Korkmazo, the business development director of Çelebi Hold...
  • Reshuffle at Swissport International
    Swissport International is restructuring its organisation. From 1 January 2013, Joe Phelan will assume responsibility for ground handling and cargo in North America (USA and Canada...
  • German railways haul fewer goods
    Railway companies in Germany transported a total of 273.1 million t of goods in the first nine months of the current year. Germany's Federal Statistical Office Destatis reported th...
  • SDV opens green warehouse in Singapore
    The global supply chain service provider SDV, a subsidiary of the French Bolloré Group, has officially opened its new, 42,000 sqm warehousing facility in Pioneer Turn, Singapore. O...
  • Finland to allow 76 t mega trucks from 2013
    Finland plans to increase the maximum weight of heavy goods vehicles to 76 t and raise the permissible width of these vehicles from 4.2 m to 4.4 m. The Finnish Ministry of Transpor...
  • Norbert Dentressangle invests in UK
    The French transport and logistics service provider Norbert Dentressangle (ND) is making a multi-million GBP investment to extend and upgrade its flagship Euroterminal site in Traf...
  • Kerry Logistics building facility for Daimler in Kunshan (China)
    The global service provider Kerry Logistics has started construction of a new purpose-built 33,700 sqm automotive parts logistics facility in Kunshan (China) for Daimler Northeast ...

Marine Logweb site
DECEMBER 4, 2012
  • TOTE orders two LNG fueled containerships from NASSCO
  • Cummins launches Tier 3 diesel line
  • Viking Ocean orders two more cruise ships at Fincantieri
  • Basic Offshore picks new Havyard design for PSV newbuilds
  • Naftogaz orders Black Sea semis at Keppel FELS
  • Donjon pumps play vital part in Sandy response
  • BAE Systems Mobile lays dump scow keel

World Wide Shipperweb site
DECEMBER 4, 2012
  • TOTE plans to build vessels for use in Puerto Rico trade
  • New Coast Guard rules require WSF to boost staffing levels
  • Crowley vessels earn honors for safe operation during year
  • Coalition calls on President to step in in LA labor dispute
  • Yang Ming adding service calling Japan/Taiwan/SE Asia

Lloyd's Listweb site
DECEMBER 4, 2012
  • More void sailings planned for 2013
    Shippers face a new challenge on top of slow steaming and service culls
  • China ready to lend big to owners with big ambitions
    Placing high-margin orders at country's yards is surest way to tap liquidity
  • Brussels approves financing scheme for Spain's shipyards
    Decision allows the country's yards to pursue new business again
  • Spanish shipbuilders are hit by double whammy
    Downturn and uncertainty see Galicia lose business to Basque builders
  • China's yards eye high-value offshore business
    Several of the nation's shipyards have already secured key deals
  • Asia voices its woes
    Industry concerns centre on Iran, shipyards and players' underlying financial health
  • Skuld targets superyacht market
    New product pitched at a global community of more than 5,000 vessels
  • A ship is not a product, US judge rules
    Shipyard is more like a service provider than a manufacturer, Pennsylvania court finds
  • Scorpio adds another charter as LR2 rates spark optimism
    Six-month 'decision points' allow company to align fleet policy with market rates
  • Greek ferry operators remain mired in debt
    Top lines remain under water despite trimming their losses
  • China scrapping rates catch up with Indian subcontinent
    Owners selling off vintage tonnage have more choice than ever
  • Intertanko warns of rising cost of keeping crude cargoes warm
    Owners can ill afford the expense of heating, says trade body
  • Measure of truth
    No one knows how to draw fair performance comparisons between ships
  • Comment: The devil is in the differences
    Comparing the real-life performance of similar vessels is fraught with difficulties
  • Rongsheng hits back over performance gap claim
    China shipbuilder calls in experts to question JP Morgan research
  • Shipowners will decide whether to assess armed guards
    Doubts over whether ISO standard will change due diligence requirements
  • London Greeks welcome Athens' flag proposals
    Committee hails restored shipping ministry and electronic registry
  • Playing their hand
    Rickmers has taken a gamble in ordering eight plus eight boxships
  • Cexim inks $825m in ship financing deals
    Policy bank offers five loans that support China's shipbuilders and owners

Fairplayweb site
DECEMBER 4, 2012
  • Crack in hull sank Swanland off Wales
    AN INQUIRY has determined that a ship sustained "catastrophic structural failure" in a storm off Wales before six of its crew members were killed in its sinking
  • Ship sinks in Black Sea
    SEVERAL crewmen are missing after a ship sank this morning off Turkey's Black Sea coast, IHS Casualty confirmed
  • Yangzijiang sparks caution
    A MAIDEN offshore order win by Yangzijiang Shipbuilding sparked a note of caution today
  • Scorpio continues charter-in spree
    NYSE-listed Scorpio Tankers today announced yet another charter-in contract, its third of the past week, as it heightens market exposure
  • US opposes OSG bank account plan
    MIRRORING a dispute in the GenMar case, a Department of Justice unit is opposing OSG's request for an exemption from bankruptcy rules on deposit collateral and guarantees
  • Greeks hold 106 in migrant smuggling attempts
    GREEK officials were today holding 106 people linked with migrant smuggling attempts over the past week
  • Oaktree-Rickmers JV unveils 8+8 box ship order
    US PRIVATE equity investor Oaktree Capital Management and new strategic partner Rickmers said today they plan to order eight eco-type box ships for their joint venture unveiled yesterday
  • US bond coverage to rise
    US BOND coverage for non-vessel-operating common carriers on China/US routes will be raised to $125,000, up 30% from today's $96,000, US delegates have officially confirmed
  • VLGC rates crash to year's low
    FREIGHT rates to carry LPG on VLGCs have hit a 2012 low of $38.125 per tonne on the benchmark Gulf/East route
  • Woodside sidesteps Browse debate in Oz
    WOODSIDE today sidestepped a dispute between its venture partner Shell and West Australia's state government over a planned floating LNG processing facility for its $34Bn Browse project
  • Evergreen, X-Press add Americas box service
    TAIWAN's Evergreen said today it will open a new box service to the West Coast of Central America as part of its venture with independent feeder carrier X-Press
  • Demolition markets reach parity
    WEAKNESS in South Asian ship demolition prices and the reverse in China have resulted in almost all major competing markets reaching parity, being only a few dollars apart
  • Singapore considers second LNG terminal
    SINGAPORE is considering building a second LNG terminal
  • Jacking gear failure suspected in rig disaster
    SINGAPORE's manpower ministry said today preliminary findings suggest that a jacking mechanism failure caused a rig being tested yesterday to list
  • Keppel signs $1.2Bn rig deal
    KEPPEL said today it has signed a $1.2Bn deal to build two semisubmersible drilling rigs for Ukraine's Naftogaz

The Journal of Commerceweb site
DECEMBER 4, 2012
  • Chilean Fresh Fruit Association Names Brux as North American Managing Director
    Chilean Fresh Fruit Association today named Karen Brux as North American managing director of the trade group. Brux will oversee promotional and support programs for the organization, which represents Chile's fresh fruit growers, packers and shippers. She formerly served as vice president of marketing communications for the California Table Grape Commission, where...
  • DHL Opens Expanded Facility at Miami International Airport
    Logistics firm DHL, part of Deutsche Post DHL, has opened an expanded 140,000 square foot airline facility at the Miami International Airport service center for shipments to and from Latin America and the Caribbean. The facility will support long-term market growth in import and export volumes along the U.S.-Latin America trade...
  • CP Looks to Speed Trains, Cut Personnel and Shrink Rail Network
    Canadian Pacific Railway plans to run faster and longer trains, cut roughly 4,500 positions and possibly sell rail lines in the U.S., as the railroad works to hits an operating ratio in the mid-60s in 2016. The relocation of its headquarter from downtown Calgary to CP-owned Ogden Yard and the recent...
  • Twenty-Four Senators Sign Letter Supporting Labor Rights, Opposing Outsourcing in Trans-Pacific Trade Deal
    Twenty-four senators recently signed a letter to President Obama expressing support for negotiating strengthened labor rights and protections against outsourcing in the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership. The International Brotherhood of Teamsters led a coalition to help gain support from the 23 Democratic senators and Republican Senator Olympia Snowe, R-Maine. The Trans-Pacific Partnership is...
  • Mediator to Start Work on Arrival Tuesday Night
    LOS ANGELES - The federal mediator who will attempt to help striking office clerical workers reach a contract agreement with terminal operators in Los Angeles-Long Beach was expected to join the negotiations Tuesday night. Stephen Berry, the attorney who represents waterfront employers, said the Waterfront Employers Association and the Office Clerical...
  • E-Freight Technology Delivers Enhanced Logistics Solution Leveraging INTTRA's New Shipping Application Delivery Platform
    PARSIPPANY, N.J. - INTTRA, the world's largest, most active network for ocean shipping, and E-Freight Technology, a leading provider of logistics software for international shipping and freight forwarding companies, announced today the availability of shipment bookings as part of E-Freight's integrated logistics solution. Employing INTTRA's recently announced Shipping Application Delivery...
  • Crowley Honored With More 2012 Environmental Achievement Awards Than Any Other Maritime Company
    JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Crowley Maritime Corporation was recently honored by the Chamber of Shipping of America (CSA) with 96 environmental achievement awards for safe vessel operations during 2012 ' more than any of the other 76 maritime companies recognized by CSA. The vessels owned and/or operated by Crowley businesses qualified...
  • Kearney, Page Plan Savannah Warehouse Operation
    Third-party logistics provider The Kearney Companies of New Orleans has entered into a joint venture with Page International of Savannah, Ga., to establish warehouse services at the Port of Savannah. According to the terms of the agreement, the facility will be located less than two miles from the Georgia Port Authority's...
  • Chinese Freight Volumes, Manufacturing Expand
    Chinese freight volume in October rose at the highest pace since June, and two key manufacturing indices show production last month increased at the sharpest pace in at least six months, as the country's economy strenghens ahead of Chinese New Year festivities. Freight transported via railways, highways, inland waterways and aircraft...
  • TOTE Orders LNG-Powered Container Ships
    Jones Act carrier TOTE Inc. has ordered two LNG-powered container ships, the first of their kind, to operate in the carrier's Sea Star Line service between the U.S. mainland and Puerto Rico. The company said the ships represent "a major technological milestone" in shipping. The vessels will be built by General Dynamics' NAASCO...
  • West Coast Port Strikes Could Benefit Some Companies
    Continued strikes by the Office Clerical Unit of International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 63 at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach could potentially benefit some companies, according to Stifel Nicolaus Transportation & Logistics Research Group. For example, air freight forwarders Expeditors International of Washington and UTi Worldwide, as...
  • Cosco Container Lines Announces Surcharge Adjustments
    Cosco Container Lines has announced a currency adjustment factor surcharge of 7 percent on top ocean freight for eastbound shipments from the Far East and the Indian subcontinent to Canada, effective from Jan. 1, 2013, to March 31, 2013. The ocean carrier also announced Alameda Corridor charges of $23 per 20-foot container,...
  • It's Time for Politicians to Take a Stand
    If workers strike at a hotel or a construction site, who is affected? A few customers are inconvenienced or construction gets delayed by a few days or weeks - big deal; a strike may make local headlines, but the impact is minimal. A port strike is an entirely different matter....
  • Evergreen, X-Press to Launch Central America Service
    Evergreen Line plans to launch a new joint service with X-Press Feeders connecting ports on the west coast of Central America, with a first sailing scheduled on Dec. 19, 2012. The carriers will deploy two vessels with capacities of approximately 900 20-foot-equivalent units on the service, Evergreen said. It will contribute the...
  • Striking OCU, Employers Agree on Mediation
    LOS ANGELES - Striking office clerical workers and their employers agreed Tuesday to accept federal mediation in an attempt to end the week-long strike that has crippled the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. Port and terminal executives hope mediation can begin within 24 hours as the Office Clerical Unit...
  • Transplace Acquires Torus Freight Systems
    North American transportation and logistics technology company Transplace, owned by CI Capital Partners, has acquired Torus Freight Systems, a Canada-based logistics company specializing in Canadian cross-border and intra-Canada freight, continuing its geographic expansion strategy. Torus was represented by Corporate Finance Associations, although terms of the transaction were not disclosed. In 2011, Transplace...
  • Coalition Presses Obama to Help End Port Strike
    One hundred organizations representing national and state retailer associations, customs brokers and other intermediaries, agricultural shippers, manufacturers, logistics providers and various import and export associations urged the Obama administration to help end the week-long strike by office clerical workers that is crippling the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. "We...
  • US Steel Imports Dropped 2.5 Percent in October
    U.S. steel imports in October were 2.54 million tons, dropping 2.5 percent from 2.60 million tons in September and falling 8.5 percent from 2.34 million tons in October 2011, according to preliminary government data covered by the American Institute for International Steel. In the first 10 months of 2012, imports were...
  • 3PL L&M Transportation Opens Office in Washington State
    Raleigh, N.C.-based third-party logistics provider L&M Transportation Services has opened a transportation office in Othello, Wash. The office has been set up to handle produce and dry freight truckloads for the Pacific Northwest and will be anaged by Dave Long, who has more than 35 years of experience in the potato...
  • Thome Group Expands Beyond Singapore
    Singapore-based ship management company Thome Group has set up its first office outside of Singapore in Bangkok. The new office is intended to be the first of a series of overseas offices. The staff and workplace have been taken over from the agency Westext Enterprise, giving Thome a head start with...

Containerisation Internationalweb site
DECEMBER 4, 2012
  • FPS opens up the Philippines
    Famous Pacific Forwarding Philippines (FPF), a member of the FPS network of independent forwarders and NVOCCs, has launched domestic ocean services to link the ...
  • Christmas takes root in London
    The world's most famous Christmas tree this week left DFDS Seaways' facility at Immingham Dock on the last leg of its 400km journey from Norway to London. Once ...
  • Verhoeven to quit European ports organisation
    European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) Secretary-General Patrick Verhoeven is to join another Brussels-based maritime industry lobby, the European Community Shipowners' ...
  • Southampton wins licence to dredge
    Associated British Ports (ABP) has received a marine licence for its dredging programme at the port of Southampton, the UK's number two box hub, to improve marine ...
  • Rickmers orders eight containerships
    Oaktree Capital Management and global shipping's Rickmers Group are joining forces to invest in a fleet of eco-designed newbuild container vessels. Oaktree will ...
  • Standoff continues at California terminals
    Employers in the port complex of Los Angeles/Long Beach revised their contract offer to unionised clerical workers at the weekend, but the standoff continues over ...

TradeWindsweb site
DECEMBER 4, 2012
  • Seacor joins bond rush
    Seacor has joined the rising tide of shipowners that have turned to the bond market for cash to cut debt and cover dividend payments in anticipation of tax hikes.
  • TOTE pulls the trigger
    Totem Ocean Trailer Express has finalised a contract to build a pair of LNG-powered containerships at US compatriot General Dynamics Nassco.
  • Dinner with Marilyn?
    Tug owner seeks date for barge named after deceased Hollywood icon.
  • Boxship bleeds bunkers
    Authorities are racing to contain a spill tied to a containership that is bleeding bunker fuel off the Bahamas.
  • Two more for Polembros?
    Polembros Shipping of Greece is reported to have swooped for another pair of VLCCs.
  • Sigma stems losses
    A sixth Emarat Maritime tanker has enrolled in an aframax pool controlled by Heidmar.
  • HNA eyes Korean cruises
    China's HNA Tourism is to launch a new cruiseship route to South Korea.
  • Scorpio makes it three
    Scorpio Tankers has taken on its third product tanker in the space of a week.
  • Bergen wins approval
    Bergen Group has secured bondholder's support to refinance its offshore and services divisions.
  • Veteran ferry disappoints
    A Washington State Ferries (WSF) ship has been sold for just 40% if its value auction.
  • Goldenport scraps again?
    Goldenport Holdings is tipped to have sold off its second bulker in as many months for demolition.
  • Cargoship lost off Turkey
    Four crew have been rescued after a Ukrainian cargoship sank in a storm off Turkey, but one man has died and seven are still missing.
  • Viking back in Italy
    Viking Ocean Cruises has returned to Italy's Fincantieri for another pair of cruiseships.
  • Golden Stena Weco swoops
    Joint-venture confirms its first owned ship after it's buffed up at Dongfang Shipbuilding.
  • OSG crewman burned
    A Russian seafarer has been injured in a boiler accident on an OSG aframax off the US.
  • Subsea 7 in Africa spur
    Subsea 7 has added to a previous contract win with Chevron in West Africa.
  • Reef renegade fined
    The master and owner of a Chinese bulker have been fined for dumping food waste in waters around Australia's Great Barrier Reef.
  • Gretland in pole
    Bjorge Andre Gretland has secured a majority stake in Transit Invest as the former Green Reefers shell continues its transformation into an offshore company.
  • Cable cut was "accident"
    Vietnam plays down latest incident involving survey ship and Chinese fishing vessels.
  • Keppel bags Ukraine deal
    Keppel Corp has tied up a contract with Ukraine's Naftogaz to build a pair of semisubmersible drilling rigs worth $1.2bn.
  • IHI, JFE seal the deal
    The delayed merger of Japanese shipyards Universal Shipbuilding and IHI Marine United will finally go ahead on 1 January.
  • Offshore fear overplayed
    Risks stemming from Yangzijiang Shipbuilding's move into the offshore arena are being overplayed on the stock market, Barclays Capital says.
  • Images to impress
    Choosing a short list from the many entries submitted for TradeWinds' Maritime Photographer of the Year contest has again proved a daunting task.
  • Vale cuts hurt dry
    Vale has taken a red pen to its capex and iron ore production numbers in a move which delivers a blow to the dry-cargo recovery story.
  • Jinhai in offshore first
    China's Jinhai Heavy Industry has won a breakthrough newbuilding contract in the offshore sector.
  • Serco workers to strike
    Serco NorthLink ferry workers have voted overwhelmingly for strike action over job cuts.
  • Two more years
    Norway's Island Offshore has fixed a subsea construction vessel (SCV) to Ocean Mexicana for another two years.
  • Sekwang seeks protection
    Korea's Sekwang Shipbuilding has filed for court receivership to keep creditors at bay.
  • MOD backs UK firms
    Britain's Ministry of Defence (MOD) has extended five ship maintenance contracts worth a total of £349m ($560m).
  • Lamprell picks Moffatt
    Lamprell, the struggling Middle East rig builder, has named James Moffat as its new permanent chief executive.
  • JAPEX eyes terminal
    Japan Petroleum Exploration (JAPEX) is set to build a LNG receiving terminal at Soma Port in Fukushima Prefecture.

American Shipperweb site
DECEMBER 4, 2012
  • NEWSFLASH: Both sides in LA/Long Beach strike agree to mediation
    The Los Angeles mayor said ILWU Local 63, Office Clerical Unit (OCU) and employers of the Los Angeles/Long Beach Harbor Employers Association have agreed to have a federal mediator to assist with contract negotiations.
  • NEWSFLASH: Businesses ask Obama to help end LA/Long Beach strike
  • FMCSA turns up heat on unsafe truckers
    The agency has implemented 11 improvements to its Safety Measurement System (SMS) to enhance its ability to identify and take action against truckers with safety and compliance concerns.
  • Washington Notebook: U.S. focuses on Sub-Saharan trade
  • FAA unveils new NextGen technology
  • Maersk attempts to simplify surcharge structure
    The liner carrier will "carry out a phased approach to simplify its surcharge structure, making it easier for all parties to deal with quotes, contracts and invoices. The surcharge structure will be finished by mid-2013.
  • Boeing releases aircraft funding prediction
    Despite economic uncertainties and high credit-financing costs, Boeing officials say the world's airlines will see enough liquid financing next year to sustain projected aircraft deliveries of $104 billion.
  • IAG Cargo breaks off from parent group
  • Ex-Im Bank backs bonds for Boeing planes to Ethiopia
  • Troy expands import operation
  • U.S. helps China develop port, rail sectors
  • U.S. ag export values up 50% since 2009
    The USDA in its second Outlook for U.S. Agricultural Trade in fiscal year 2013 said the country's farm exports have climbed more than 50 percent in value, from $96.3 billion in 2009 to a forecasted $145 billion in 2013.
  • Shippers surprised by LA/Long Beach dock strike
    A half-dozen large shippers polled on a not-for-attribution basis by American Shipper this week said they were surprised by how quickly the breakdown in contract talks between clerical workers who work at terminals and steamship agencies in Southern California developed into a strike.
  • CargoSmart releases shipment delay alert tool
  • Yang Ming joins intra-Asia service
  • LA/Long Beach strike enters second week
    A strike by members of the 600 members of International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Local 63, Office Clerical Unit (OCU) enters its second week today. Meanwhile, American Shipper has attempted to answer a number of questions.
  • Descartes partners on Japan advance filing regs
  • Famous Pacific Philippines adds services

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
DECEMBER 4, 2012
  • Fujiarah market lacks direction
    MGO prices showed big drops in Suez.
  • Bunker prices soften in Northern Europe
    Prices falling in Rotterdam and Hamburg.
  • Naming ceremony for dual fuel LNG carrier
    'Propulsion system provides a eco-friendly ship operation,' says gas-shipping specialist.
  • Bunker players warn: 'Strike is demand killer'
    Container ships being diverted away from US West Coast hubs.
  • Tanker operator 'ready to cancel' newbuilds
    Reports say vessels are being built to old, less fuel efficient designs.
  • Mediterranean port is bunker market's 'sleeping giant'
    Bunker volumes in Ceyhan could reach 3 million (mt) annually.
  • VLOC operator still in talks with China over access to ports
    'If we manage to dock our vessels in China, it will be good news for our customers.'
  • 'Split incentives' no longer exist
    Saying that owners who hire out ships have no incentive to be fuel efficient 'is simply not true' says ICS technical manager.
  • Bunker prices largely stable
    Minor adjustments to bunker prices in key Asian ports on Tuesday.
  • Cleartrade extends liquidity provision to fuel oil contracts
    Now provides firm daily prices on fuel oil contracts.
  • Oil major expands plans for LNG-fuelled transport
    Developing 'multiple options' that will increase supply to LNG-fuelled transports to over five million tonnes.
  • Operator reports strong results despite high bunker prices
    Attica sees 'sharp rise' in EBITDA for the first nine months of the year.
  • Chinese supplier reports a Q3 loss
    Sales volume fell 56% as company loses its competitive edge, it says.

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New historical record of monthly container traffic in the port of Long Beach
Long Beach / Los Angeles
In October, strong growth in Los Angeles climbing activity.
ZIM records excellent quarterly economic performance driven by noli uptick and activity with Latin America
ZIM records excellent quarterly economic performance driven by noli uptick and activity with Latin America
Haifa
The fleet transported a record number of containers
In the third quarter, the Viking cruise group's revenues grew by 11.4% percent.
Los Angeles
Increase of 14.3% of turnover generated by ocean cruises
Signed the final agreement on the contract of port workers
Rome
Italian Antitrust initiates an investigation into SAS (MSC group), Moby and Large Navi Fast
Rome
According to the AGCM, competition restrictions may have occurred as a result of the 49% acquisition of Moby's capital by SAS.
T&E highlights the need to also count the well-to-tank emissions for LNG used by ships
T&E highlights the need to also count the well-to-tank emissions for LNG used by ships
Brussels
Total greenhouse gases produced would be more than 30% higher than those considered by the FuelEU Maritime Regulation
DFDS and Ekol are rethinking and agreeing on the sale of the Turkish company's international network to the Danish group
Copenhagen / Istanbul
Revised the terms of the deal expired on the first November
Slight downturn in freight traffic in the port of Hamburg in the third quarter
Hamburg
Stable container traffic
The Companies inform
Accelleron initiates partnership with Geislinger to expand service business in the Mediterranean region
Cargotec agrees to the sale of MacGregor to funds managed by Triton
Helsinki
Sale of the value of 480 million that is expected to be completed by the first half of 2025
In the July-September quarter freight traffic in the port of Koper increased by 8.3%
Lubiana
In the first nine months of 2024, the increase was 3.2% percent.
Ok of Ukraine's antitrust enforcement at the entrance of MSC in the capital of HHLA terminalist company
Kiev
The company operates the CTO terminal of the port of Odessa
Inaugurated the new Peruvian port of Chancay operated by China's COSCO Shipping Ports
Lima
Has 1,500 linear metres of docks
More than doubling the value of new orders acquired by Fincantieri in the first nine months of 2024
Trieste
The sunshine committed for shipbuilding grew by +154,3 percent.
Established the Ship Recycling Alliance to speed up the recycling of safe and environmentally friendly ships
Copenhagen
The initiative in view of the entry into force on June 26 of the Hong Kong International Convention
Kuehne + Nagel will acquire 51% percent of the capital of American IMC Logistics
Schindellegi / Collierville
US company mainly operates drayage services
In the third quarter of this year, Hapag-Lloyd's revenues grew by 28.2%
In the third quarter of this year, Hapag-Lloyd's revenues grew by 28.2%
Hamburg
Increase of 3.8% of containers carried by the fleet. Average value of nils up 22.9%
In the third quarter freight traffic in the port of Genoa decreased by -4.9% percent while in Savona-I went up by 15.7% percent.
Genoa
Decided increase in transshipment containers determined by the Red Sea crisis. Down the cruises
In the third quarter, HMM revenues increased by 67% thanks to the 83% growth in the container segment
In the third quarter, HMM revenues increased by 67% thanks to the 83% growth in the container segment
Seoul
+116% increase in the value of the average nole per container transported
Evergreen's quarterly financial performance hike
Evergreen's quarterly financial performance hike
Taipei
Taiwanese company invests 186.8 million to buy new shipping containers
In the third quarter, container traffic at the Eurokai port terminals grew by 9.9% percent.
In the third quarter, container traffic at the Eurokai port terminals grew by 9.9% percent.
Hamburg
In Germany (Eurogate) the increase was 13.6% percent. In Italy (Contship Italy) of 6.8%). Slowing growth at Tanger Med. Damietta terminal will become operational in April
Danaos reports a new drop in quarterly revenue generated by fleet of container carriers
Athens
Coustas : With the Trump administration, which has promised new duties, a future reduction in container traffic is possible
In the first ten months of 2024, the traffic of goods in Russian ports decreased by -3.2%
St. Petersburg
The dry goods amounted to 370.8 million tonnes (-3.5%), those liquids at 372.2 million tonnes (-2.9%)
Port of Ancona, in 2023, underlines the AdSP-container traffic grew by 5%
Ancona
The Port Authority disputes the data released by the Fedespedi Studies Center
Mr vard will build five support ships in the offshore industry.
Trieste
Designed to accommodate up to 190 people, they will be carried out in Vietnam
Alpe Adria activates new rail service between the port of Trieste and the Malpensa Intermodal terminal in Sacconago
Trieste
Euroseas order in China the construction of two 4,300-teu feeder container
Athens
Quarterly revenue from rentals inj growth of 5.8%
The Analysis of the Fedespea Studies Centre on economic and operational performance of Italian container terminals
Milan
GNV strengthens its business department with two nominees
Genoa
New business manager and new general manager of the company in Spain
On the former Carbonyl of the Port of Genoa, the yards of the foranea dam and the subport tunnel
Genoa
The AdSP Management Committee deliberated it yesterday.
In Genoa, the Graduation Day of the Italian Academy of Mercantile
Genoa
Delivered 50 diplomas at the end of the biennial and three-year formative course
On November 27 in Rome, the public assembly of UNIPORT will be held
Rome
Meeting on the theme "Italian Ports, a network of businesses in the service of the country and of Europe"
Roberto Nappi, founder and director for 40 years of "Corriere Marittimo", has died.
Genoa
His career had begun at the writing of the Telegraph in 1958
New EU sanctions to prohibit the use of ships and ports for the transportation of drones and missiles produced by Iran
Brussels
Masucci confirmed president of Italian Propeller Clubs
Genoa
New mandate for the three years 2024-2027
The seamen of the Galaxy Leader have been hostage for a year
London / Hong Kong
Platten (ICS) : It is unacceptable ; humanity prevails and they are immediately released
MSC will implement a markup of noli for maritime transport from the Far East to the Mediterranean
Geneva
Increases of 25% and 18% for containers from 20 'and 40' direct in the western Mediterranean and Adriatic
Completed the dual-fuel retrofit of a large container ship in Maersk
Copenhagen
He will be able to navigate methanol. Increased the hold capacity
Environmental authorization of the Region to dredging the quays from 19 to 26 of the port of Ancona
Ancona
The intervention will cost a total of 16.5 million euros.
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
Conference of the CNEL on the Sustainability of Maritime Transport
Rome
It will be held on November 27 in Rome
Intermodal shipments between the port of Trieste and Slovakia are growing
Trieste
In the third quarter the container traffic handled by HHLA dropped by -2%
Hamburg
In Trieste the volumes processed by PLT Italy in the first nine months of 2024 have decreased
In October container traffic in the port of Hong Kong grew by 0.7%
Hong Kong
In the first ten months of 2024, a decline of -5.2%
In the July-September quarter freight traffic in the port of Civitavecchia fell by -11.8%
Cyvitavecchia
The Cruserists increased by 2.7%
Last month the port of Singapore handled 3.5 million containers (+ 8.1%)
Singapore
In the first ten months of 2024, growth was 6.2% percent.
MSC has completed the acquisition of the majority of logistics company MVN
Geneva / Milan
The Milanese business plans to close 2024 percent with a turnover of 100 million euros.
Conference of Assiterminal entitled "Ports in Connection-ESG, IA, CSRD"
Genoa
It will be held on December 5 in Rome
In the summer quarter passenger traffic in the cruise terminals of Global Ports Holding grew by 27.5%
Istanbul
Revenue up 23%
SDC freight forwarder introduced artificial intelligence in the management of customs practices
Venice
Annually the practices followed exceed 15mila units
The sale of the shipping company Santandrea from the Pacorini to Aprile
Trieste
The company was founded in 1989 in Trieste
Port of Gioia Tauro, the memorandum of understanding for security in working environments and port operations
Joy Tauro
Will have a duration of three 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
Conference of the CNEL on the Sustainability of Maritime Transport
Rome
It will be held on November 27 in Rome
Conference of Assiterminal entitled "Ports in Connection-ESG, IA, CSRD"
Genoa
It will be held on December 5 in Rome
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Sudan govt scraps $6bn Red Sea port deal with UAE
(The North Africa Post)
Argentina enfrenta tarifas portuarias hasta 500% más altas que otros países de la región
(Pescare)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Relazione del presidente Nicola Zaccheo
Roma, 18 settembre 2024
››› File
Paola Piraccini appointed as Legal Technical Collaborator of Spininvest
Genoa
Joined in magistrate in 1981, he is a retired cassation adviser
The meeting in Rome between the representatives of Italian ports and ports in Florida
Rome
Expect a comparison to find common themes on which to set up a benchmarking task
This year the Cruserists in the port of Ancona have grown by 18.9%
Ancona
25.1% increase in transits and drop by -5.1% of landings and embarkation
Changed Risso constitutes a joint venture in Cagliari
Cagliari / Genoa
Partnership at 50% with Fausto Saba and Riccardo Vargiu
Ok to the 2025 forecast budget of the AdSP of the Tyrrhenian Sea Centre North
Cyvitavecchia
It presents a surplus of more than 2.5 million euros
In Palermo, the first sheet of the new ferry for the Sicilian region was cut off.
Trieste / Palermo
The delivery of the ship is scheduled for 2026
Global Ship Lease's quarterly revenue records show the first decrease since the end of 2018
Athens
The company believes that its container fleet has very good future prospects of employment
DP World signs an agreement to buy Australian Silk Logistics
Dubai / Melbourne
The expected value of the transaction is approximately 115 million
A worker has passed away in the port of Crotone
Joy Tauro
He would suddenly go down to the ground while talking to some colleagues
Torbianelli : well the ok of CIPESS in financing the future Molo VIII of the port of Trieste
Trieste
Of the estimated 315 million euros, 206.9 are expected by the state
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