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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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Ankara
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Copenhagen / Istanbul
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Luxembourg
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Brussels
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Singapore
The volumes of containers carried by the fleet increased by 6.6%
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In the third quarter, the financial and operational results of COSCO were substantially increased.
Shanghai
The volumes of containers carried by the fleet increased by 8.6%
Maersk records glowing quarterly results
Maersk records glowing quarterly results
Copenhagen
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Ankara
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Copenhagen
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Royal Caribbean again records financial results and record quarterly operating
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Miami
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Brussels
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Balboa
-36.9% reduction in the volumes of goods transported through the Central American waterway
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Marseille
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Copenhagen
Will be activated on 1st February 2025
Hapag-Lloyd will introduce shots at Italian ports in two services between the Mediterranean and East Coast USA
Hamburg / Haifa
Touches in Genoa, Livorno and Salerno in collaboration with ZIM
In the third quarter the terminals of COSCO Shipping Ports handled 29.1 million containers (+ 4.8%)
Hong Kong
Wan Hai Lines orders eight new container ships from 16,000 teu
Taipei
Committed to South Koreans HD Hyundai Samho and Samsung Heavy Industries
Fincantieri-EDGE agreement for the development of solutions for the underwater needs of military navies
Abu Dhabi / Trieste / Paris
The joint venture Maestral will deal with the design, development and construction of underwater systems
WSC, crucial mandate of new European commissioner for transport to ensure decarbonisation of shipping
Brussels
The shipowner association indicates some other priorities to be addressed
Federagents ready to illustrate to institutions the priorities of Italian ports
Rome
Pessina : available to our know-how to suggest the measures to be taken
Sébastien Romani is the new CEO of Forship Spa
Go Ligure
Subenters to Giuseppe Scognamiglio
Restyling of the landing area of the Cruserists in the port of Catania
Catania
In 2023 the traffic of cruises in the Sicilian stopover increased by 43.7% percent.
Resume work for the completion of the commercial docks of the Milazzo Port
Messina
The realization of 18,000 square metres of new aprons is planned.
In the third quarter, Kalmar's turnover fell by -16% percent.
Helsinki
New orders increased by 6%
Approved the 2025 forecast budget of the West Liguria AdSP
Genoa
Ok also at the annual review of the Triennale Operating Plan 2023-2025
Approved the 2025 forecast budget of the Central Adriatic System Authority of the Central Adriatic
Ancona
The first crane arrived to make Giammoro's pontile operating near Milazzo.
Messina
Will be installed by end of year
Green light to the forecast budget and the three-year plan of the work of the Eastern Liguria's AdSP
The Spezia
In the first nine months of 2024 the traffic of containers at Spezia grew by 8.1% percent. On 14 and November 15 the event "A Bridge To Africa"
Approved the forecast budget 2025 and the POT 2025-2027 of the AdSP of the Southern Tirreno and Ionian
Joy Tauro
Port of Livorno, seized a 40-pound load of cocaine
Livorno
Tracts under arrest three people
Approved the 2025 forecast budget of the AdSP of the Northern Tirreno
Livorno
Ok unanimous also at the Triennale Operating Plan 2024-2026
Rail Cargo Group activates a rail service between Belgrade and the port of Rijeka
Vienna
Two weekly rotations
SAILING LIST
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Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
HHLA reaps upward forecasts for the full financial year 2024
Hamburg
Also expected to be a slight increase in the volumes of container traffic handled by port terminals
In the third quarter, the revenues of COSCO Shipping Ports grew 11.2%
Hong Kong
In the first nine months of 2024, the increase was 5.8%
Approved the 2025 forecast budget of the AdSP of the Sardinia Sea
Cagliari
Also free from the three-year programme of works
Savino Del Bene has acquired the Seabridge Transport in Hamburg
Hamburg / Florence
The company was already acting as the administrative headquarters for the German operations of the Italian group.
In the third quarter, freight traffic in Albanian ports grew by 14.0% percent.
Tirana
In the first nine months of this year, the increase was 14.3%
In 2026, for the first time, MSC Cruciere ships will reach Alaska
Geneva
"MSC Poetry" will carry out weekly itineraries from Seattle
COSCO Shipping Lines orders six new container ships from 13,600 teu to Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding
Shanghai
They will be taken in delivery by 2027
Wärtsilä records a robust uptickdown in quarterly turnover
Helsinki
In the July-September period, the value of new orders rose by 1% percent.
Unified concession for formal act for the Intergroup terminal in Gaeta port
Cyvitavecchia
Has a duration of 12 years
Arrive in the port of Gioia Tauro the last two of the 13 new quay cranes of the MCT
Joy Tauro
They can work on capacity container carriers up to 25mila teu
Assologistic has published a practical guide to customs reform
Milan
Illustrated and analyzed the novelties and critiques of the new legislative plant
In the third quarter, shipping containers in Spanish ports increased by 9.9% percent.
Transhipment traffic grew by 13.2% percent, the import-export trade of 6.4% percent.
USB Mare and Porti criticizes the agreement for the renewal of the contract of port workers
Rome
Signed the voluntary agreement "Ancona blue agreement"
Ancona
The aim is to reduce the impact of emissions from cruise ships, ro-ro and ferries that climb the dorsal port.
Italian Coast Guard and the Italian Academy of Mercantile Academy in support of the Maritime Administration of Ukraine
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
On Friday, the public assembly of Federagents will be held in Rome.
Rome
The Federation celebrates the 75 years since its founding
Spediporto has organized a two-day trip on the Green Logistic Valley and Italy-China trade
Genoa
It is scheduled on 22 and October 23
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Argentina enfrenta tarifas portuarias hasta 500% más altas que otros países de la región
(Pescare)
Russia and India join forces in the Arctic, leaving China aside
(News.Az)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Relazione del presidente Nicola Zaccheo
Roma, 18 settembre 2024
››› File
Fincantieri opens in San Francisco a center for the development of dual-use technologies applicable both in civilian and military sectors
Trieste / San Francisco
It is housed at the Mind the Bridge Innovation Center
Japan's MHI-MME initiates a license agreement with Chinese Jiangsu Masada
Nagasaki
The aim is the development of the production and sale in China of turbochargers for two-stroke marine engines
By November the ownership of the Victory Shipyard will go to CNV
Venice
Mantovan (Veneto Region) : A new trade union agreement will be built that will cover the 48 workers in organic
In the third quarter, the commercial activity and financial performance of Konecranes grew
Helsinki
The value of new orders for the supply of port means increased by 44.1%
In 2025, a 3.9% increase in cruising traffic in Adriatic ports is expected
Ravenna
Responses Tourism believes that the traffic of ferries, catamarans and aliscafi will record further slight growth
COSCO Shipping Ports acquires stakes in the two port terminals of Hutchison Ports in Laem Chabang
Hong Kong
Investment of 110 million
GNV has taken delivery of the new ferry GNV Polaris
Genoa
First of four new ro-pax units built in China, it will enter service by January
John Xylas will be the new president of Intercargo.
John Xylas will be the new president of Intercargo.
London
He will subordinate to Dimitrios Fafalios, who has been named honorary president
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