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December 10, 2012
Sched Netweb site
  • Asia-Europe rates below US$1,000/TEU mark, slipping 2.8pc to $999
  • OOCL announces US$200/TEU rate increase on Asia-New Zealand services
  • Hanjin Shipping offers two new services between Japan and Thailand
  • Moscow agrees to fund access channel to Bronka near St Petersburg
  • 11,388-TEU CMA CGM Libra joins Asia-US trade
  • APL Logistics, VASCOR form auto logistics joint venture in India
  • GAC Maritime Security offers anti-grapple razor wire anti-pirate fence
  • DHL opens new hub in Miami to serve Latin America and the Caribbean
  • MSC takes delivery of 8,762-TEU Agadir
  • Nautical Institute publishes practical guide to ship security
  • Hactl named Air Cargo Terminal of the Year for sixth year running
  • Singapore and Scout Association establish Youth Aviation Advisory Board
  • Lufthansa remains optimistic with two freighter deliveries in 2013
  • Volga-Dnepr Technics opens maintenance post at Vnukovo Airport, Moscow
  • World's largest jetliner - Airbus A380 - flies new Dubai-Moscow route

Exim Indiaweb site
DECEMBER 7, 2012
  • Cargotec involved in designing green boxship
  • FFFAI's Golden Jubilee celebrations pack a punch
  • MLC pocket checklist & smartphone app launched by Lloyds Register & UK P&I Club
  • WISTA India launched with enthusiasm
  • EEPC seeks clarification on galvanised steel export duty at Kolkata Port
  • HBT issue headed for arbitration
  • Los Angeles, Long Beach port workers call off strike
  • Shanghai set to retain top box port position in 2012
  • Thai delegation apprised of JN Port's facilities & projects
  • VOC Port achieves new national record in hard wood timber handling
  • Cotton export registration cap at 7 m bales
  • Forex reserves drop to $ 294.509 bn
  • India's economic growth to pick pace in 2013: Goldman Sachs
  • INR sheds 22 paise to end week at 54.48
  • Aaras Project & Logistics Pakistan moves steam power generators
  • C.A.T.T. handles heavies in Tunisia
  • Heerema to take delivery of deepwater construction vessel

International Transport Journalweb site
DECEMBER 7, 2012
  • Korean Air now operating year round service to St Petersburg
    Starting tomorrow (8 December 2012), Korean Air is converting its so far seasonal service between Seoul Incheon and St Petersburg (Russia) to a year-round operation. Airbus A330-20...
  • Turkish Airlines to increase capacity to Kabul
    On Sunday (9 December), Turkish Airlines is boosting capacity on its service to Afghanistan. Two of the seven weekly flights between Istanbul and Kabul will be operated with Airbus...
  • China Shipping sells 20% of its containers to CLC Maritime Leasing
    China Shipping (CSCL) has sold 20% of its containers (139,941 teu) to the Hong Kong-based CLC Maritime Leasing Company for USD 221.27 million. The boxes, which are between four and...
  • Ram Truck launches new Ram Commercial Truck division
    USA-based Ram Truck is launching a new division to focus on commercial truck development, sales and support in a growing market. The new Ram Commercial organization offers a full l...
  • Siemens to acquire Invensys Rail
    The German company Siemens has entered into an agreement to acquire British Invensys Rail, the rail automation business of Invensys. With revenues of approximately GBP 800 mil...
  • Train drivers to receive tablet computers
    DB Schenker Rail's engine drivers will use modern mobile technology in the shape of tablet computers for their timetables, instructions, and regulations in future. From the end of ...
  • New LNG trucks for Wim Bosman
    Wim Bosman Transport BV, headquartered in the Netherlands, has put its first LNG truck into service. The firm has ordered five Mercedes-Benz Econic LNG trucks in all and they are d...
  • CEO of Raben Group named Entrepreneur of the Year in Poland
    The Raben Group's CEO - Ewald Raben - has won the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award. This year's edition was special as it took place in Poland for the tenth time. T...
  • Roscosmos awards Volga-Dnepr Airlines a license to carry "space" cargo
    The Russian carrier Volga-Dnepr Airlines has been awarded a license by the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) to perform transport operations for rockets, spa...
  • Management change at Ahrenkiel
    Christian Suhr became the sole managing director of Ahrenkiel Shipmanagement (ASM) in Hamburg (Germany), on 1 December 2012. The previous managing director, Frank Westphal, who hel...
  • Maiden call of new Maersk/CMA CGM service at La Spezia Contship Terminal
    Maersk Line's vessel "Faust" made its maiden call at Italy's La Spezia Container Terminal (LSCT) on 4 December. It was the first call of the new weekly AE20 Maersk/CMA-CG...
  • Deutsche Post DHL puts mechanised delivery facility into service
    Deutsche Post DHL has officially phased in its first mechanized delivery site at the former main freight depot in Braunschweig (Germany). The event was attended by the landowner, A...
  • Audi plumps for logistics location Duisport
    The German inland port operator duisport is building the world's largest completely knocked down (CKD) export hub in the port of Duisburg for Audi, which has, in turn, mandated Sch...
  • Morrisons awards further two year contract to Norbert Dentressangle
    Following a competitive tender, Morrisons - the UK's fourth largest supermarket retailer - has renewed its contract with the French transport and logistics service provider Norbert...

Marine Logweb site
DECEMBER 7, 2012
  • GE Marine wins orders for 16 engines
  • VT Halter Marine breaks ground for new ship repair facility
  • Wärtsilä to supply fifth LNG package to Harvey Gulf

World Wide Shipperweb site
DECEMBER 7, 2012
  • Port of Portland taps Koehl as new general counsel
  • Rail association reports weekly traffic numbers
  • New membership VP named for American Trucking Associations
  • Everett Port Commissioners Ok $53.6 million budget for 2013
  • Hanjin Sud adding Mexico/Central America runs

Lloyd's Listweb site
DECEMBER 7, 2012
  • OSG purges chartered-in vessels
    DHT ships among first to go as cancellations of 45 third-party ships are expected
  • Spanish tax lease deal could mean discounts for all comers
    European Commission has insisted on a level playing field
  • China rises as a power in the ship finance market
    The country increases its lending as other sources dry up
  • Shipping's LNG race
    MAN Diesel outguns Wärtsilä to land the first order for a low-speed dual-fuel engine
  • OSG seeks to protect aframax newbuildings
    Company says authorising payments to SPP in the best interests of all
  • US poised to leap ahead in LNG-fuelled
    General Dynamics Nassco lands pioneering order for gas-powered boxships
  • Demand for gas fuel is set to grow
    Commercial financing will be key to LNG fuel development
  • Another year older and deeper in debt
    Shipping will remember 2012 for the way excess borrowing met excess capacity
  • Drop the pilot?
    A UK Bill broadens the eligibility of a ship's officer for a Pilotage Exemption Certificate
  • UK Ministry of Defence oversees build of its 'military fit' tankers
    Deal highlights benefits of yards' moving into lucrative shipbuilding niches
  • Bigger Apple
    Follow the money and it leads to New York
  • Paper trades point to rally ahead for struggling suezmaxes
    But market fundamentals are capping significant recovery
  • Slow steaming to winter
    The year-end capesize rates rally is over
  • World's biggest boxship makes first European calls
    The 16,020 teu CMA CGM Marco Polo departs from Southampton on Monday
  • Brazil earmarks funds for port investment
    Government, state authorities and private sector will contribute to logistics upgrade
  • Ahead of the pack
    Rickmers' boxship deal heralds long-awaited shipping shakeout
  • PPL to build two jack-up rigs for Oro Negro
    Mexican energy company will take delivery at end 2013 and early 2014
  • Precious moves construction of two bulkers from India to China
    Thailand bulker owner turns away from ABG Shipyard again
  • Korea and China-built VLOCs have 'similar' fuel consumption, says Vale
    Brazil iron giant backs Rongsheng in fuel-efficiency row

Fairplayweb site
DECEMBER 7, 2012
  • German owners face fresh tax nightmare
    HUGE insurance tax claims on vessel hire pools could prompt another spike in German shipping bankruptcies, VDR warned today
  • Swedish Club to raise P&I premiums by 7.5%
    SWEDISH Club, the Gothenburg-based P&I unit, said today it would increase its premiums by 7
  • Pistiolis sells down his stake in Top Ships
    NASDAQ-listed Top Ships disclosed today that founder Evangelos Pistiolis has sold a significant portion of his ownership stake - and that he's negotiating to sell more
  • Seaspan prices preferred shares
    GERRY Wang-led Seaspan has secured gross proceeds of at least $67.5M from its latest public offering of preferred shares
  • 'Blank cheque' Nautilus pulls trigger with Vega deal
    NASDAQ-listed 'blank cheque' company Nautilus Marine Acquisition today announced a deal to purchase the offshore services fleet of Assetplus from Vega Resource Group
  • Kremlin to pick listing venue for Sovcomflot
    SOVCOMFLOT, the Kremlin-owned tanker company, has indicated that it will let government ministers decide whether to sell its shares on the New York Stock Exchange next year
  • COSCOL plans to acquire a sister subsidiary
    SHANGHAI-listed COSCOL plans to acquire a log and asphalt shipping unit from parent China COSCO for 1.1Bn yuan ($174.6M) in cash
  • Danes to sell icebreakers
    DENMARK'S government has decided to sell its three icebreakers and to charter future icebreaking capacity on the commercial market
  • TORM to list new shares
    TORM, the Danish product tanker and drybulk shipping group, is to list 655.2M new shares on NASDAQ OMX Copenhagen as part of its recently agreed restructuring
  • China Merchants adds offshore yard
    HONG KONG'S China Merchants Group said it has acquired an offshore yard in Haimen, which will be its second offshore manufacturing base in China
  • Fewer bulkers were scrapped in November
    FEWER bulkers were demolished in November as freight rates improved
  • Skuld returns to Singapore
    SKULD, a Norwegian P&I club, has reopened an office in Singapore - three years after withdrawing from the city-state
  • Better finances seen for MISC
    MISC'S decision to sell its 50% stake in a semi-floating production system shows it is committed to restoring its financial profile, according to a ratings agency

The Journal of Commerceweb site
DECEMBER 7, 2012
  • Court Hears Teamsters Case Against Mexican Trucks in US
    The U.S. Department of Transportation's pilot program to open the border to Mexican trucks must be shut down because it is "dangerous and illegal," the Teamsters union argued in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit Court this week. The three-year pilot program was set up to demonstrate the...
  • Brazil Seeks $26 Billion to Modernize Ports
    Brazil's government has launched a $26 billion public-private drive to modernize crowded ports, which have been eroding the country's competitive edge as a major commodities exporter, according to a Reuters report. President Dilma Rousseff said she is counting on private investment to supplement government funds. The investment will improve crowded highways, decaying...
  • ILA, USMX to Face Off Again
    The International Longshoremen's Association and United States Maritime Alliance will meet on Monday to resume contract negotiations amid growing concern about a Maine-to-Texas dock strike to start in 2013. The ILA's 200-member wage scale committee will gather in Delray Beach, Fla., for the first time since August, when negotiations broke off...
  • Shippers Pin Hopes on Passage of Tariff Bill
    U.S. shippers could get some holiday cheer if Congress passes legislation by the end of the year that would suspend tariffs on materials and products not available domestically. Congress is expected to consider by the end of the year the Miscellaneous Tariff Bill, which had already gone through the Obama administration's...
  • Florida East Coast Railway Acquires New 53-Foot Containers
    Florida East Coast Railway's new 53-foot containers. Regional freight rail system Florida East Coast Railway has acquired 200 new 53-foot containers to expand its domestic business and replace older trailers. "This acquisition will help accelerate the conversion of FECR trailers to containers in order to provide double-stack transportation service between Jacksonville and...
  • Norbert Dentressangle Expands in Belgium
    European spply chain management company Norbert Dentressangle has acquired part of the warehousing and general cargo forwarding activities of Belgium-based maritime logistics company Nova Natie. The acquired activities operate a total of 130,000 square meters (about 1.4 million square feet) of warehousing space. The acquisition allows Norbert Dentressangle to expand its logistics...
  • US Asks WTO to Examine Argentina's Import Rules
    The U.S. has asked the World Trade Organization to establish a dispute settlement panel to examine Argentina's import restrictions on all U.S. goods, according to United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk. Argentina's restrictions include the use of discretionary import licensing requirements that unfairly limit U.S. exports. The country also requires importers...
  • SCFI Shows Slowing Pace of Decline in Rates
    Head-haul rates from Shanghai to major markets continued to drop this week but at a slower rate of decline, according to the new index numbers of the Shanghai Container Freight Index released on Friday. Rates from Shanghai to North Europe slipped 2.8 percent to $999 per 20-foot-equivalent container, or TEU. That...
  • Lynden International Names Two to Miami, LA Posts
    Freight forwarding and logistics company Lynden International recently named Sergio Lotero as business development manager for Latin America, and Roark Beckstead as business development director in Los Angeles. Based in Miami, Lotero will develop the Central America and Colombia markets for the company and market Lynden's ocean service into Puerto Rico....
  • Air France-KLM Freight Slumps Again
    Air France-KLM ceded more air cargo market share to its European rivals in November as freight traffic declined 5.4 percent from the same month in 2011 as the Franco-Dutch carrier reduced freighter flights further. The carrier trimmed capacity by 5.2 percent from November 2011, squeezing the load factor by 0.2 percentage...
  • Trucking Employment Rose 3.6 Percent in November
    Seasonally adjusted trucking employment increased 3.6 percent year-over-year in November, according to data released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. From October, for-hire trucking employment grew about 0.18 percent, following a 0.35 percent sequential monthly increase in that month, the BLS data show. That increase sent The Journal of Commerce For-Hire...
  • Bulk Goods Shift to Boxes in Africa-Asia Trade
    Low backhaul container freight rates from Africa to Asia are prompting the containerization of some minor bulk cargoes, according to Ivan Thuynsma, the recently appointed global head of Damco's mining vertical. He said using containers for commodities makes sense because of the imbalance in the container trade between Africa and Asia...
  • Clean Energy Fuels Completes First Stage of LNG Network
    Clean Energy Fuels has finished the first stage of America's Natural Gas Highway, a network of LNG truck fueling stations to support long-haul, heavy-duty goods movement along major interstate corridors throughout the U.S. Many of these stations are located at existing Pilot-Flying J truck stops. Major highway segments now completed include,...
  • LA Streamlines Permitting Process for Port Projects
    A new Los Angeles ordinance amending the city's building code will streamline the permitting process for future Port of Los Angeles construction projects, as part of its five-year, $1.2 billion capital improvement plan to provide superior cargo terminals, rail and warehouse infrastructure to retain global business. "This collaboration between the Harbor...
  • ILA District Donates $250,000 to Hurricane Sandy Fund
    The South Atlantic and Gulf Coast District of the International Longshoremen's Association have donated $250,000 to ILA's Hurricane Sandy Fund. Clyde Fitzgerald, president of the district, which includes port areas from North Carolina to Miami, as well as the entire Gulf Coast, made the donation to ILA President Harold J. Daggett. Fitzgerald...
  • OOCL, Cosco Plan January Rate Hikes
    Orient Overseas Container Line will put a general rate increase into effect on Jan. 15 on its services from Asia to New Zealand and Cosco Container Lines is adding a peak-season surcharge on its westbound Asia-Europe services, effective Jan. 10. OOCL's proposed increase is $200 per 20-foot-equivalent unit and Cosco's is...

Containerisation Internationalweb site
DECEMBER 7, 2012
  • APL and Vascor target Indian automotive sector
    Singapore-based APL Logistics and US 3PL Vascor have formed a joint-venture operator to target the rising supply chain demands of India's automotive sector.Delhi-based ...
  • Badagry project gets under way
    The Hague-based APM Terminals (APM T) is set to sign a concession agreement early next year for Nigeria's latest boxport, planned for 2016 opening to accommodate ...
  • Horizon revamps Puerto Rico service
    Horizon Lines is adjusting its Puerto Rico service schedule to better align its deployed capacity with market demand and to improve cargo availability times in ...
  • New services from Hamburg Sud
    From January 2013, Hamburg Sd will be offering two new services from the Mexican port of Manzanillo to the west coast of Central America and a direct liner service ...
  • Strike port offers to waive fees
    Port officials at the US port of Long Beach have confirmed that user of the three terminals closed by the recent strike will have some cargo fees waived to provide ...
  • Death toll mounts in North Sea tragedy
    Five seafarers have been confirmed dead and a further six are still missing following the collision between a car carrier and a feeder boxship in the North Sea ...

TradeWindsweb site
DECEMBER 7, 2012
  • SI in jeopardy
    A leading suezmax pool is on the fringe of losing two tankers controlled by bankrupt co-founder Overseas Shipholding Group.
  • OSG begins handbacks
    Overseas Shipholding Group (OSG) has begun the expected process of rejecting charters with its 111-vessel fleet, telling a bankruptcy court it intends to deliver two suezmaxes to public owner DHT Maritime and three smaller tankers to their owners.
  • Nautilus outlines raid
    A blank-cheque company led by the former heads of Star Bulk Carriers is moving forward with the acquisition of Norway's Vega Offshore.
  • Merchants makes yard move
    China Merchants Group is buying the Jiangsu Haixin Heavy Industries shipyard in Nantong.
  • Wilson Sons delays again
    Brazil's Wilson Sons has had to extend again the deadline to complete the takeover of compatriot offshore port services company Briclog.
  • Coscol snaps up sister
    Heavy-lift specialist Cosco Shipping Co (Coscol) has bought sister company Guangzhou Ocean Shipping, adding more than 100 ships to its fleet.
  • Goldenport confirms sale
    Goldenport Holdings is on the lookout for new tonnage after confirming the sale of a 1992-built bulk carrier.
  • Sanctions squeeze NITC
    NITC is finding operations increasingly tough in the face of international sanctions on Iranian oil, Bloomberg says.
  • Exmar spreads the net
    Exmar has tapped three new banks in tying up financing for what it claims is the world's first floating liquefaction unit.
  • Bulker hull cracked
    A capesize bulker owned by bankrupt Deiulemar Shipping of Italy has docked in Canada with a hull crack.
  • Citi cuts Pac Basin
    Citi has placed a sell tag on Pacific Basin Shipping following a sharp rise in the owner's stock over the past three months.
  • Swedish Club opts for 7.5%
    The Swedish Club is to up the cost of protection and indemnity cover with a general increase of 7.5% at the February renewal.
  • Deilmann sells out
    German cruiseship owner Peter Deilmann has raised EUR 60m ($77.62m) to boost its finances.
  • Genmar's Chinese coup
    TradeWinds digests the digits making the headlines this week.
  • KDM adds quartet
    Ukraine's KDM Shipping has added another four cargoships to its orderbook in China.
  • Icebreakers on block
    Denmark's government is to sell three unwanted icebreakers to the highest bidder.
  • Vantage ties up drillship
    Vantage Drilling says it is close to securing a charter for its drillship newbuilding Tungsten Explorer.
  • LNG goes tax-free
    Germany has exempted LNG from tax if used as fuel for ships.
  • Ferry goes aground
    Passengers and crew were reported to be safe after an Indonesian ferry ran aground.
  • Going Gaga
    We take a look at what was said in the market over the past week.
  • PPL bags rig pair
    SembCorp Marine PPL Shipyard has won a newbuilding order for two jack-up drilling rigs worth $434m in total.
  • Seanergy sells another
    Seanergy Maritime Holdings has sold another bulker - the eighth ship to be sold this year by the US-listed Greek shipowner.
  • Halter eyes growth
    VT Halter Marine has begun a major expansion of its Port of Pascagoula shipyard breaking ground on a new ship repair facility.
  • China exports lower
    Australia's Port Hedland shipped 8% less iron ore to the People's Republic last month.
  • Jackson enters PSV arena
    Jackson Offshore Operators is storming the platform-supply vessel market after penning a pair of orders at BAE Systems of the US.

American Shipperweb site
DECEMBER 7, 2012
  • NEWSFLASH: Hurricane Sandy aftermath adds new urgency to ILA talks
    A wide group of U.S. companies are urging the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) and its employers to "make every attempt possible at reaching agreement on a new contract" when they begin meeting once again next week.
  • ICAO moves forward on air navigation
  • Air cargo to grow 3% annually, IATA says
    Last year, global cargo volumes finished at 29.6 million tons. Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Brazil, India and Egypt are predicted to be the fastest-growing cargo markets.
  • EU looking 'closely' at UPS-TNT deal
    "It still remains to be seen whether appropriate solutions will ultimately address our concerns for express-parcel deliveries in Europe," said Joaquin Almunia, EU commissioner responsible for competition, in a speech.
  • Arnold Transportation takes over LinkAmerica
  • New World carriers tweak 3 TP rotations
  • Human error suspected in Baltic Ace sinking
  • Brazilian president calls for $26 billion in port investment
  • UPS, U.S. Postal Service link up
  • Apple to produce some Macs in U.S.
    A small, but significant, number of companies have moved some production back to the United States or to Mexico, the Caribbean or Central America because of concerns with long supply chains.
  • Renault to use GT Nexus for spare parts visibility
  • RedPrairie/JDA merger cleared by German anti-cartel office
  • FedEx predicts record shipments Monday
  • UTi reports lower 3Q profit
  • WTO asked to review Argentina's import restrictions
    These restrictions include the broad use of "non-transparent and discretionary import licensing requirements that have the effect of unfairly restricting U.S. exports," the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative said.
  • Seattle outlines goals for increased sea, air traffic
  • Senate passes Russia PNTR legislation
  • 4 charged with illegal exports to China, Iran
  • COSCO in shipyard deal, report of acquisition
  • Busan Port Authority, PSA sign cooperative agreement

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
DECEMBER 7, 2012
  • Americas prices show volatility to close out week
    Oil capped the first weekly loss since early November.
  • Weekly global market update
    A weekly price round up of bunkering hubs from around the world.
  • IFO prices in Fujairah end week on soft note
    Across most ports, prices were softer with Suez the exception.
  • Prices fall on the back of crude
    Close to a two-dollar loss on yesterday's WTI dragged down fuel oil prices.
  • Cockett Marine Oil opens US office
    Palm Beach office will be company's 14th location.
  • Another LNG propulsion system on order for PSV
    'The platform supply vessels will be the cleanest burning vessels operating in the Gulf of Mexico.'
  • VLOC efficiency claims challenged
    Efficiency gain of Korean-built over Chinese-built ore carriers questioned.
  • European fuel oil markets could start to tighten from 2013
    Refiners likely to process higher volumes of sweet crude.
  • EU ECA: Costlier distillates will scupper uneconomic trade routes
    Analyst says peripheral trade routes will come under pressure after 2015.
  • Prices falling in Asia as week closes
    Reports from Singapore and Tokyo Bay speak of weak demand.
  • New concerns over 'eco-ships'
    ICS warns against move towards state subsisdies for 'green shipbuilding'.
  • Economics renders bigger LNG shipping role problematic
    Co-operation essential to make LNG bunkering in Europe a reality.
  • Germany to make LNG tax free
    Ships using fuel don't have to pay tax on it.
  • Barge standed on reef off West Australian coast
    Barge ran aground with 300 litres of diesel fuel and 1,000 litres of hydraulic fluid onboard.
  • Government of Bahamas 'played down' severity of bunker spill
    'There is oil as far as the eye can see and its blanketing ships headed inbound,' says salvage contractor.
  • Eniram expands partner base
    Partnerships focused on extending Eniram's fuel saving technology and real-time analytic solutions.
  • New marine diesel engines EPA and IMO emission compliant
    Engines will meet EPA Tier 3 and Tier 4i, as well as IMO Tier III emission compliance without the need for exhaust gas after-treatment.
  • LNG carrier completes maiden voyage along northern sea route
    Route cuts maritime trip from northern Europe to northeastern Asia by up to 40% in comparison with traditional routes.

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Milan
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Brussels
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Cairo / Alexandria
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Beijing
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Ankara
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DFDS will not acquire the international transport network of Ekol Logistics
Copenhagen / Istanbul
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Luxembourg
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Brussels
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In the July-September quarter, ONE revenue grew by 65.2% percent.
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Singapore
The volumes of containers carried by the fleet increased by 6.6%
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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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In the third quarter the traffic in goods in Turkish ports decreased by -1.8%
Ankara
Volumes to and from Italy have increased by 2.9%
The Court of Appeal in Reggio Calabria gives reason to the AdSP of Gioia Tauro in the litigation that juxtaposes it to the Corap
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Copenhagen
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Miami
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Brussels
Transport policy and transport funding must be based on a European approach.
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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
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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
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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
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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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