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December 11, 2012
Sched Netweb site
  • AADA to increase China-Australia rate US$300/TEU from January 15
  • Need for building materials after Hurricane Sandy adds urgency to ILA talks
  • Singapore's PSA strengthens cooperation with Busan port authorities
  • Auckland dock union expects to react positively to mediation report
  • United Nations to regulate shipboard noise, fire fighting standards
  • Smartphone app to check if ships masters are breaking UN labour rules
  • FPS Philippines service finds domestic demand spurs international trade
  • Asian and European shippers mull joint lobbying efforts in Jakarta
  • Hamburg Sud to launch US west coast service to Ecuador and Peru
  • Shenyang customs undertakes measures to improve customs clearance
  • Truck exports to Russia via Heihe checkpoint up fivefold in 9 months
  • AllCargo Logistics transports heavylift transformers to Indian plant
  • Flood tide of EU air cargo security rules to be imposed in future
  • Luxembourg buys Qatar's 35pc stake in Cargolux, Hainan interested
  • Middle East air carriers expected to top global cargo growth to 2016

Exim Indiaweb site
DECEMBER 10, 2012
  • Asia-Europe rates fall for fifth consecutive week
  • FPS Philippines starts domestic ocean services
  • HMM to withdraw USEC-Asia reefer loop from Jan.
  • KSH Distriparks announces 50 cr. investment in multimodal logistics & industrial park at MIDC, Talegaon
  • Marshall Islands Registry now world's third largest
  • Rail UK launches ship-rail-truck service
  • Shenzhen port's box & overall volume up in first 10 months
  • The Nautical Institute launches Maritime Security - a practical guide
  • US FMC petitioned to allow merger of transpacific consortia into single body
  • No change in import duty on edible oil
  • Adani Port organises blood donation drive to commemorate World Aids Day
  • Konecranes to deliver 12 more Automated Stacking Cranes to new Khalifa Port
  • Port of Antwerp wins award for Best Belgian Sustainability Report
  • Shipyards in Singapore increasingly converting tankers into floating docks
  • CN among top ten firms in Canada for corporate culture
  • Railways may lose revenue due to shortage of wagons
  • Rupee recovers on fresh dollar inflow

International Transport Journalweb site
DECEMBER 10, 2012
  • Lufthansa starts flying Boeing B747-8I to Los Angeles
    From today (10 December), the German carrier Lufthansa is starting to deploy a Boeing B747-8I on its Frankfurt - Los Angeles CA (USA) route, thereby replacing the current Boeing 74...
  • Emirates SkyCargo creates new Thailand trade lane with Phuket launch
    Emirates SkyCargo, the freight division of UAE-based Emirates, one of the fastest growing international airlines, is strengthening its operations in Thailand by launching a daily n...
  • FPS Philippines starts domestic ocean services
    Famous Pacific Forwarding Philippines Inc - a member of the FPS network of independent forwarders and NVOCCs - has launched weekly two-way domestic ocean services to link the main...
  • Jan de Rijk Logistics expands and modernizes fleet
    Jan de Rijk Logistics, based in the Netherlands, has ordered 125 new DAF trucks. Most of the vehicles will be used to renew the company's current fleet. On top of that Jan de Rijk ...
  • TNT Express opens new road transit hub in Germany
    TNT Express has established a new road transit hub at Hanover-Langenhagen airport (Germany). The facility is located on a 62,000 sqm site and includes a 10,000 sqm cross-docking ha...
  • Kirkwood for Anderson at TGNS group customer service
    Thomas Gunn Navigation Services (TGNS), a chart supplier wholly owned by Global Navigation Solutions (GNS), has handed the responsibility for its group customer service to Gareth K...
  • More autonomous Shannon airport launches growth plan
    The Irish government has decided to separate Shannon Airport from the Dublin Airport Authority by the end of this year. The announcement was made as details of the plan for the new...
  • ND appoints new manager for Great Britain
    The French service provider Norbert Dentressangle (ND) has chosen Phil Shaw to head its logistics business in the UK. He succeeds Malcolm Wilson who has become managing director of...
  • Dutch infrastructure manager ProRail inaugurates Hanze line
    The EUR 1.13 billion Hanze railway line between Lelystad and Zwolle in the Netherlands has been opened and services began with yesterday's timetable change (9 December). Thanks to ...
  • EBRD loan helps keep Romanian railways reform on track
    The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is extending a EUR 175 million loan to Romania's state-owned railway infrastructure operator, Compania Nationala de Cai ...
  • Arco Spedizioni SpA is new VTL partner in Italy
    The general cargo alliance VTL Vernetzte-Transport-Logistik GmbH, based in Fulda (Germany), has a new partner in Italy. The cooperation with forwarding company Arco Spedizioni SpA ...
  • Univar acquires Magnablend
    Univar, a leading chemical distributor, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Magnablend, a TX (USA)-based provider of custom chemical manufacturing, blending and packaging ...

Marine Logweb site
DECEMBER 10, 2012
  • Rolls-Royce to supply $15 million Jackson PSV package
  • Gas-burning low speed engine has formal unveiling
  • Ingalls delivers LPD 24, awarded LPD 17 class maintenance
  • Sembawang Shipyard gets Royal Caribbean contract
  • Austal wins Oman maintenance services contract
  • China yard stops work on Prospector rig jacking systems

World Wide Shipperweb site
DECEMBER 10, 2012
  • Port authorities association marks one hundred years of service
  • The Greenbrier Companies names new executive VP
  • APL Logistics teams with VASCOR for India auto business joint venture
  • New speaking rules in place for Cherry Point terminal EIS meet
  • General Dynamics NASSCO celebrates MLP keel laying

Lloyd's Listweb site
DECEMBER 10, 2012
  • UK recruits Asian owners for Red Ensign
    Trade mission to Singapore planned after signing up the world's biggest boxship
  • Unclos at 30
    Amid today's sabre-rattling, this landmark piece of legislation deserves praise
  • First yuan-denominated FFAs settled against Baltic indices
    SSY and FIS fix supramax and panamax paper contracts using Shanghai Clearing House
  • Royal Bank of Scotland sells arrested product tanker
    Sale highlights race to snap up tonnage at bargain prices
  • First armed guard ISO vetting is scheduled for March
    It could take three years to make PAS 28007 an international standard
  • Seacor declares special dividend
    Better that extra cash is doled out now before tax rates go up, says Fabrikant
  • Sovcomflot secures $700m loan from western banks
    Refinancing loan sets benchmark for bank financing in tanker industry this year
  • Chinese state-linked yard sells docks in leaseback deal to raise capital
    AVIC Weihai subsidiary sells two 100,000 dwt docks to Minsheng Leasing
  • Winners named
    Lloyd's List Greek Awards 2012
  • A great night for Greek shipping
    Established operators and bright new stars recognised at 2012 Lloyd's List Greek Shipping Awards
  • Downturn and stronger yuan challenge Cexim
    China's top ship financier sees opportunities and obstacles in exposure to foreign owners
  • Svitzer lands Baltic Ace oil removal contract
    Eleven seafarers feared dead after last week's North Sea collision
  • Backing from Berlin
    German subsidy is a worrying departure from free market norms
  • Manila's Marina shake-up
    New political stability in the Philippines bodes well for maritime reform

Fairplayweb site
DECEMBER 10, 2012
  • Whither Excel's quarterly report?
    NYSE-listed Excel - which has one of the largest fleets among public companies - has yet to file its 3Q12 results as its equity raising deadline looms
  • Russia halts US meat imports
    RUSSIA'S food safety inspectorate has halted beef and pork imports from the US
  • Chinese daily crude imports soar
    CHINA imported 5.71M barrels per day of crude in November, behind only the record 5.98M b/d in February
  • FFA trades in yuan begun in Shanghai
    SHANGHAI Clearing House, the first such operation in China, began FFA trades today in yuan
  • South African rail maintenance will hit coal exports
    SOUTH African rail operator Transnet said its planned three-day maintenance at the end of this year will mean shutting down its coal line
  • Indonesian shipping growth seen in 2013
    INDONESIA'S domestic shipping stands to grow by about 20% in 2013 in line with the country's healthy economic performance, the Indonesian National Shipowners Association has predicted
  • Jaya refinances debts
    JAYA Holdings said today it has fully repaid and refinanced its existing debt through the $150M revolving credit facility secured in November
  • Gorgon cost blowout tied to competition issues
    THE HIGH Australian dollar, wages and bad weather are to blame for a $9Bn blowout in Chevron's Gorgon LNG Australia, mining companies have said
  • Bulker buyers lick lips
    STRONG sales of secondhand bulkers have bucked the usual quiet activity in the holiday season

The Journal of Commerceweb site
DECEMBER 10, 2012
  • Enova Teams Up With Georgia Kaolin Terminals
    Enova Wood Pellet Group, a subsidiary of Enova Energy Group, has entered into a long-term port agreement with Georgia Kaolin Terminals, a subsidiary of Colonial Group. The agreement provides Enova with sufficient port capacity to export up to 1.35 million metric tons (about 1.5 million tons) per year of wood pellets...
  • Canada Expected to Introduce Rail Legislation Tuesday
    Canada is expected Tuesday morning to introduce legislation relating to a government report that highlighted shortfalls in freight railroad service. It's not clear what the amendment to the Canada's Transportation Act entails. The Freight Rail Service Review, released in 2011, found two-thirds of surveyed shippers lost money because of poor service....
  • Panama Canal Likely to Expand Again, Aleman Says
    NEWARK, N.J. - When the Panama Canal's third set of locks opens sometime in mid-2015, it won't be the last time the Panama Canal Authority expands the canal. "It will have to expand one more time after that," said Alberto Aleman Zubieta, who stepped down as administrator of the Panama...
  • Oakland Acts to Prevent Improper Spending
    The Port of Oakland on Monday implemented a plan to address lax oversight of business expenditures by port executives and guard against embarrassing, improper expenditures in the future. Release of the action plan was accompanied by the announcement that James Kwon has agreed to retire as maritime director effective Dec. 28. An...
  • Brinkmanship in Delray Beach
    International Longshoremen's Association President Harold Daggett got everyone's attention - doesn't he always? - by winning ILA delegates' authorization to call a Maine-to-Texas strike at year-end. So what should we make of the latest episode in the negotiations between the ILA and United States Maritime Alliance? First, the vote wasn't unexpected. Most...
  • Dispute Casts Shadow on China-Japan Trade
    The ongoing dispute between Japan and China over an East China Sea island chain will continue to cast a shadow over the Japanese economy and trade outlook into next year, according to leading operators and analysts. "The volume between China and Japan has dropped significantly both by air and sea," said...
  • Retailers: OCU Strike to Hurt November Imports
    Retailers project a drop in containerized imports in November because of the eight-day clerical workers strike in Los Angeles-Long Beach, but volumes should be up 3.9 percent in December compared to the same month last year. "After a strong kickoff on Black Friday and Cyber Monday, the holiday season is looking...
  • Perdue Partners Acquires Benton Express
    Global trading company Perdue Partners has acquired Atlanta-based logistics and less-than-truckload carrier Benton Express. Perdue Partners intends to build on Benton's strong LTL presence in the Southeast and invest in the company's energy and infrastructure, said former Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue, one of the founders of Perdue Partners. Transportation financial advisory firm...
  • LA-Long Beach Catches Up on Cargo Backlog
    LONG BEACH - Terminal operators in Los Angeles-Long Beach late last week ran night and weekend gates to work off much the cargo that was backed up at the ports after an eight-day office clerical workers strike, so Monday was not as bad as some had feared. "It's busy, but manageable,"...
  • Sinergy Cargo Opens Multimodal Facility Near Port of Genoa
    Sinergy Cargo, the Italian member of the FPS network of freight forwarders, has opened a multimodal container and bulk cargo handling and storage center in Arquata Scrivia, Italy, about 40 kilometers (about 25 miles) from the Port of Genoa, to serve domestic freight and export and import trades. The Sinergy Cargo...
  • How Do You Fix a Broken TWIC?
    The Transportation Worker Identification Card, a biometric identification credential is broken. The Department of Defense announced Dec. 10 that the program mandated 10 years ago and managed by the Department of Homeland Security does not meet Department of Defense security standards. Serious questions need to be asked about why this...
  • TWIC 'Does Not Meet' Defense Department Security Standards
    The U.S. Department of the Army issued a Federal Register notice that the Transportation Worker Identification Credential can no longer be used to authenticate users for access to certain Department of Defense systems, effective Jan. 29, 2013. The U.S. Army Surface Deployment and Distribution Command has required all commercial accounts accessing...
  • US Customs Confiscates Rubber Ducks
    The seized holiday rubber ducks came dressed as Santa, snowmen, gingerbread men, reindeer or penguins. Photo courtesy U.S. Customs U.S. Customs and Border Protection recently seized 35,712 imported holiday-themed rubber ducks, worth $18,522, at the Port of Los Angeles, on the grounds that they contained too much phthalate. Phthalates are a group...
  • China's Freight Trucking Industry Shows Strong Growth
    The freight trucking industry in China has been increasing at 13.8 percent per year, reaching about $59.3 billion in 2012, according to IBISWorld's "Freight Trucking in China" report. There are more than 62,500 freight trucking companies in China. The industry's four main players - COSCO Logistics, Shanghai Jiao Yun, Dazhong Transportation...
  • Port of Los Angeles Wins 10 Communications Awards
    2011 Waterfront Summer Concert Series SAN PEDRO, Calif. - The Port of Los Angeles has won 10 communications awards in an annual competition hosted by the American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA), an alliance of more than 140 ports in the Western Hemisphere. The Port's 2011 Waterfront Summer Concert Series won...
  • Ports Association Formed 100 Years Ago Today
    AAPA 100th birthday cake cutting with AAPA Chair Armando Duarte (right) and Immediate Past Chair Jerry Bridges. ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Today marks the actual anniversary of the founding of the American Association of Port Authorities, headquartered in Alexandria, Va. One hundred years ago today, December 10, 1912, a meeting of public port...
  • Indian Railways' Revenue Jumps 19 Percent
    Total revenue of Indian Railways, operated by the Indian government's Ministry of Railways, reached Rs. 78868.17 crore (approximately US $14.5 billion) from April 1 to Nov. 30 (the first eight months of fiscal year 2012-2013), increasing 19 percent from last year's $12.1 billion and continuing 2012's upward trend. From April to...
  • India Extends Tax Relief for Exporters
    India's federal government has extended a 2 percent interest subsidy on pre- and post-shipment export credit for labor-intensive sectors, including handicrafts, carpets, handlooms, small and medium enterprises, readymade garments, processed agriculture products, sporting goods and toys, according to India's Ministry of Finance. The subsidy will apply to those sectors from April...
  • ILA Authorizes Strike at Year-End
    International Longshoremen's Association President Harold Daggett won authorization from ILA delegates to call a strike if a bargaining impasse isn't settled before the union's contract expires Dec. 29. The vote by the ILA's 200-member wage scale committee moves East and Gulf coast ports closer to their first coastwide strike in 35...
  • IATA: US to Stay Top Air Freight Market
    Global air cargo traffic is set to grow at a five-year cumulative annual rate of 3 percent, and the U.S. will remain the largest single market in 2016, the International Air Transport Association predicted. International freight volume will reach 34.5 million metric tons in 2016, compared with 29.6 million tons in...

Containerisation Internationalweb site
DECEMBER 10, 2012
  • Aus box ports record annual growth
    The resilient Australian economy helped its container ports to process 7.1 million TEU in the fiscal year ending June 30 2012 - representing a 4% year-over-year ...
  • Winter of discontent for liners
    Carrier earnings are expected to come under pressure in the fourth quarter, after earnings peaked in Q3, according to analyst Alphaliner's latest market analysis.Alphaliner ...
  • China's 'sweet spot'
    Encouraging fresh data from the world's second-largest economy is also good news for the global economy with the Chinese 'sweet spot' likely to spur investors on ...
  • OOCL hikes Asia - NZ rates
    Hong Kong-headquartered ocean carrier OOCL is to raise rates on its Asia to New Zealand services again in January after an apparently successful hike in September; ...
  • World's biggest boxship makes first European calls
    The world's largest containership has arrived in Europe on its maiden voyage, calling first at Southampton before departing this afternoon for Hamburg
  • USWC congestion to linger
    Whereas the US west coast port of Long Beach is waiving some cargo fees to 'provide financial relief and help ease the backlog of containers' following the closure ...

TradeWindsweb site
DECEMBER 10, 2012
  • Wanted: bulkers
    Dry-bulk cargoes may be hard to clinch due to the ongoing glut in international fleet capacity but one Vietnamese broker appears to be sitting on plenty.
  • Scorpio swoops on sextet
    US-based Scorpio Tankers is ready to order six firm medium-range products tankers from two South Korean shipyards on the strength of the its recent proceeds from an equity raise, tanker market sources tell TradeWinds.
  • BLT battle continues
    A New York bankruptcy judge has agreed to protect an embattled Indonesian operator's assets from creditors for another three months.
  • Tweendecker ablaze
    More than 40 firefighters have been called in to battle a blaze that has broken out on board a Briese Schiffahrts tweendecker at the port of Ipswich in Suffolk.
  • Sorensen leaves Classic
    Klaus Elkrog Sorensen has left George Economou's Classic Maritime to join a fledgling marine fuel trader that opened its doors earlier this year.
  • EXM fixes three amigos
    Excel Maritime Carriers appears to have secured time charters for three of its panamax bulkers.
  • Havila to buy-back pair
    Havila Shipping is targeting a private placement to help fund the re-purchase of a pair of anchor handling tug supply vessels.
  • Rongsheng eyes bulk duo
    Ukraine's UkrLand Farming Public has lined up an order for two bulkers at China's Rongsheng Heavy Industries in a move backed by a grain export contract.
  • German owners in tax plea
    Shipping association says 19% insurance fee will send smaller companies to the wall.
  • SCF banks $700m
    Sovcomflot has signed up for a huge refinancing package with a consortium of leading banks.
  • More aid for HSH?
    The public owners of German lender HSH Nordbank are considering boosting financial support for the bank after four years of poor shipping markets.
  • RCL turns to Singapore
    Royal Caribbean Cruises has signed a contract with Sembcorp Marine's Sembawang Shipyard to provide repair and maintenance for its Asia-based cruiseships.
  • Yard workers burned
    Three workers were injured in an explosion at Khulna Shipyard in Bangladesh.
  • Photofinish
    Our annual photo competition appears to be developing into a two horse race as the voting deadline nears.
  • Hamburg Sud expands
    Germany's Hamburg Sud is beefing up its Central and South American coverage with three new loops.
  • Uglands eyes barge buy
    Norway's Uglands Rederi is aiming to buy Viking Supply Ships' North Sea barge fleet.
  • Bulker drift halted
    Tugs have succeeded in halting a drifting bulker as it was forced towards the Dutch coast on Monday morning.
  • Havila sells out
    Havila Shipping has agreed to sell its half share in a shipowning joint venture to partner Subsea 7.
  • Svitzer to drain Baltic Ace
    Svitzer has landed the contract to remove bunkers from the car carrier Baltic Ace (built 2007) which sank in the North Sea last week.
  • Judger in trouble
    Chinese yard needs help from the state and creditors after missing debt repayment.
  • Viking adds 10
    US-based Viking River Cruises has returned to Germany for 10 more newbuildings.
  • Westcon moves for Floro
    Norway's Westcon Group is buying the domestic Floro yard from STX.
  • Oldendorff orders in China
    Oldendorff Carriers has contracted a panamax-size transshipment newbuilding in China at Jiangsu Eastern Heavy Industry.
  • Maersk plans nose jobs
    Maersk Line is set to chop the bulbous bows off its containerships in a radical move to cut its bunker bills.
  • Cape in pier smash
    A K Line chartered capesize bulker has destroyed a coal conveyor at North America's largest coal exporting port.

American Shipperweb site
DECEMBER 10, 2012
  • Pacific Northwest grain terminals, union to meet Tuesday
    An association representing a half dozen grain terminals on the Columbia River and Puget Sound said over the weekend that federal mediators have called for additional meetings to reach a contract agreement.
  • U.S. businesses bidding for foreign contracts get federal lift
    President Obama issued an order Thursday forming an interagency task force to coordinate the government's advocacy on behalf of U.S. firms competing for public contracts in foreign countries.
  • AIG to sell plane leasing company
    AIG will sell 80.1 percent of its International Lease Finance Corp., an aircraft lessor with 200 airline clients in 80 countries, to a Chinese-led investor group for $5.28 billion. U.S. and Chinese regulators still need to approve the deal.
  • U.S. stews over Russia's meat import restriction
  • MNX sees opportunity in sluggish market
  • Saudi Cargo sees flat 2013
    The airline's cargo operation experienced growth among its 13 freighters in 2012, seeing a 19-percent increase in activity in boarding figures for the first nine months of the year when compared to 2011's figures.
  • Capes Shipping expands in Gulf, Pacific Northwest
  • U.S.-EU trade negotiations paralyzed by 'fear of failure'
  • Italian firm opens new multimodal facility
  • ILA-USMX talks resume today
  • DHL ships 120-year-old whisky

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
DECEMBER 10, 2012
  • Natural gas prices ready to break link with oil products
    'Gas markets in Europe are changing and we are modernising our contracts,' says Statoil's CFO.
  • IFO prices stable in Fujairah
    But distillates fell back, losing around $5 a tonne.
  • MGO prices open the week soft in Europe
    But Rotterdam fuel oil prices stayed firm.
  • Gulf Petrochem starts work on Gujarat terminal
    Project will 'accelerate Gulf Petrochem's expansion in key Asian markets.'
  • US researchers looking at 'next level' algae fuel production
    Aims to replicate process that transforms marine micro algae into oil as basis for commercially viable fuel production.
  • No fresh exemptions for high-polluting US vessel
    'It is time for the shipping company to end its excuses.'
  • MAN Diesel 'heralds new era' for dual-fuel engines
    Contract is culmination of many years' work, says company.
  • Bow shape may change in era of slow steaming
    Bulbous bows have become inefficient as ship speeds slow.
  • Bunker demand to grow but 'tempered by fuel efficiency'
    After shrinking in the 2007-2010 period, analyst predicts 2.3% annual average growth until 2030.
  • Week opens with softer prices
    Demand low to average across key Asian ports.
  • Fuel to leave sunken car carrier
    Salvor Svitzer will remove bunkers from vessel.
  • Dan-Bunkering beefs up American operations
    Appoints new bunker trader at its Houston office.
  • Pakistani bunker supplier in expansion moves
    Expands fleet with the addition of one bunker tanker.
  • No immediate concerns of oil leak from sunken ship
    Car carrier Baltic Ace sinks off Dutch coast following collision with box ship Corvus J.
  • Malaysia launches first diesel electric offshore vessel
    Bumi Armada plans to build up to eight more multi-purpose platform support vessels.

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European Commission meeting to define the strategy for the development of EU ports and maritime industry
Brussels
Call for papers by July 28th
Assarmatori asks for support for Italian seafarers employed on short-haul routes and for the renewal of ferry fleets
Assarmatori asks for support for Italian seafarers employed on short-haul routes and for the renewal of ferry fleets
Rome
Messina: State Aid regime needs to be redesigned for European shipyards
In the first four months of 2025, maritime container traffic between Asia and Europe grew by +4.8%
Tokyo
-6.4% drop in shipments to Asian ports. +9.0% increase in unloading volumes in Europe
The impact on Italy of a possible closure of the maritime route through the Strait of Hormuz would be significant
Rome
The merchant fleet for energy products controlled by the Italian shipping industry interested in these traffics amounts to approximately 80 units.
Cargo traffic in China's seaports grew by +3.7% last month
Cargo traffic in China's seaports grew by +3.7% last month
Beijing
Containers amounted to 26.7 million TEU (+6.1%)
In 2024, 576 containers were lost at sea out of over 250 million transported by ships
Washington
About 200 have fallen from container ships in the Cape of Good Hope region
FMC questions deal exempting World Shipping Council companies from US antitrust rules
Washington
Meanwhile, Sola, appointed by Trump on January 20 to the presidency of the federal agency, is leaving his post today.
The European maritime-port sector nitpicks the reform of the Community customs rules
Brussels
Note from CLECAT, ECASBA, European Shipowners, ESPO, Feport and WSC
EU Council agrees on reform of the Union Customs Code
Brussels
CLECAT is concerned about the persistence of the concept of "Single Liable Person" in the text
In the first three months of 2025, freight traffic in the port of Civitavecchia grew by +2.4%
Civitavecchia
Increase of +9.9% in Gaeta and decrease of -17.1% in Fiumicino
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Accelleron consolida le partnership con Somas e Geislinger per sostenere l'efficienza e la sostenibilità del settore marittimo
Japanese shipbuilding company Imabari Shipbuilding acquires control of fellow Japanese JMU
Imabari/Tokyo
Ownership share increased from 30% to 60%
WTO: New tariffs have given a boost to trade that is unlikely to last
Geneva
Recovery driven by importers who brought forward purchases in view of expected tariff increases
Terminal Investments Limited of the MSC Group acquires 50% of the capital of Barcelona Europe South Terminal
Barcelona
The transaction was authorized by the Port Authority of Barcelona
There are no implementing decrees for the SalvaMare law and Italian citizens are paying for the management of fished waste that is not carried out
Rome
The Marevivo Foundation and the Federation of the Sea report it
In five and a half years, 1,244 tons of drugs have been seized in EU ports
In five and a half years, 1,244 tons of drugs have been seized in EU ports
Lisbon
The largest quantities pass through ports in Belgium, Spain, Holland, Italy and Germany
The International Convention on Ship Recycling will enter into force tomorrow
Copenhagen
BIMCO urges EU to include Indian shipyards in EU list of ship recycling facilities
Assologistica presents the "Cruscotto" project to ensure transparency and legality in the logistics sector
Milan
Ruggerone: it is an infrastructure of trust between clients and operators
Federagenti, cruises cannot and must not become the target of an indiscriminate hate campaign
Federagenti, cruises cannot and must not become the target of an indiscriminate hate campaign
Rome
A "Pact for the Sea" proposed with solutions to tackle overtourism for which passenger ships are not to blame
New step forward for the construction of the underground freight transport system in Switzerland
New step forward for the construction of the underground freight transport system in Switzerland
Bern
Cargo sous terrain plans to build a 500-kilometer system by mid-century
Carnival posts record earnings for March-May period
Carnival posts record earnings for March-May period
Miami
The number of cruise passengers embarked also peaked this quarter
Federlogistica, it is reckless to activate railway construction sites without a concerted plan
Genoa
Falteri: Isolating the port of Genoa from the railway network for three weeks means putting the whole of Northern Italy in difficulty
Multipurpose terminals privatized in eight Saudi ports
Multipurpose terminals privatized in eight Saudi ports
Riyadh
Four will be operated by Saudi Global Ports and four by Red Sea Gateway Terminal
Public debate launched on the project for Pier VIII in the port of Trieste
Public debate launched on the project for Pier VIII in the port of Trieste
Trieste
A total investment of 315.8 million euros is expected
South Korea's HD Hyundai partners with US Edison Chouest Offshore to build containerships in US
South Korea's HD Hyundai partners with US Edison Chouest Offshore to build containerships in US
Seoul
The possibility of building other types of ships and constructing port cranes is foreseen
Rixi: with the Omnibus decree, Phase B of the new Genoa breakwater is guaranteed
Rome
Expenditure of 50 million euros authorised for 2026 and 92.8 million for 2027
Israel-Iran conflict prompts Maersk to suspend calls at Haifa port
Copenhagen
Those at the port of Ashdod will continue instead.
Northern European Nations Commitment to Counter Russian Shadow Fleet
Warsaw
If the vessels do not fly a valid flag in the Baltic Sea and the North Sea - they specify - we will take appropriate measures in compliance with international law.
Freight traffic in French ports stable in the first quarter of 2025
Freight traffic in French ports stable in the first quarter of 2025
The Defense
Containers and liquid bulk on the rise. Increase in unloading loads and decrease in loading loads
Cognolato (Assiterminal): Today more than ever we need a coherent port policy
Rome
All the critical issues highlighted in recent years still remain open - he highlighted.
Alessandro Pitto confirmed as president of Fedespedi
Milan
The Board of Directors, the Board of Arbiters and the Board of Auditors have been renewed
A protest action by Greek seafarers is heated, with the PENEN and PNO unions launching very serious accusations, including mutual ones
Piraeus
The strike, declared illegal by the courts, blocks some ships of the Attica group in the port of Patras
Saipem awarded contract for a phosphate mining project in Algeria that includes the upgrading of the port of Annaba
Milan
The construction of railway lines is also planned
Suez Canal celebrates return of large-capacity containership transits
Suez Canal celebrates return of large-capacity containership transits
Ismailia
Today it was crossed by the vessel "CMA CGM Osiris" which can carry 15,536 teu
IMO, ILO, ICS and ITF urge protection of seafarers' rights against unjust criminalisation
London
The "Guidelines on the Fair Treatment of Seafarers Detained in Relation to Alleged Offences" were adopted in April
Trump's new tariffs also hit container traffic at the Port of Long Beach
Long Beach
In the first five months of 2025, an increase of +17.2% was recorded
Transfer of the port of Carrara from the Ligurian to the Tuscan AdSP not without a discussion with the operators
Milan
Dario Perioli, FHP, Grendi and Tarros ask for it
Up to $768 billion in investments needed to adapt world ports to rising sea levels
New York
Port of Los Angeles Feels Impact of New Tariffs on Container Traffic
Los Angeles
A decrease of -4.8% was recorded in May
Assagenti proposes a task force to solve port, logistics and industrial problems
Genoa
A "problem solver" consultative body composed, in addition to the categories of the maritime cluster, of the manufacturing industries of the North-West quadrant
Cargo traffic at the port of Singapore fell by -4.6% in May
Singapore
New crane overturned for delivery in new Tuas port area
In the first quarter of 2025, freight traffic on the Swiss rail network fell by -6.4%
Neuchatel
Service performance at 2.35 billion tonne-km, down -8.2%
ANGOPI fears that new measures to ensure maritime continuity will penalise mooring services
ANGOPI fears that new measures to ensure maritime continuity will penalise mooring services
Ischia
Power: it is necessary to remove them from a perverse mechanism
Dutch HES International to operate bulk terminal in Marseille-Fos port
Marseille
The concession contract will have a minimum duration of 30 years
Ibiza government opposes Trasmed's overnight stay on board ferry program
Ibiza/Valencia
It is considered a "clandestine hotel", while the company defines it as a cruise service
Bruno Pisano appointed extraordinary commissioner of the AdSP of the Eastern Ligurian Sea
Rome
He will take up his post next Monday
Federlogistica proposes a comparison between operators on the congestion fee while waiting for a solution from the government
Genoa
In the first five months of 2025, container traffic in the port of Gioia Tauro grew by +10.3%
Joy Taurus
1,813,071 TEUs were handled
Trasportounito, truck waiting times in ports must be paid
Genoa
Tagnochetti: The Port Fee aims to redistribute the costs of all disruptions more equitably
Commissioners of the AdSPs of the Northern Tyrrhenian, Ionian and Western Liguria appointed
Rome/Genoa
Trade unions concerned about the future of Genoa Port Terminal workers
Political instability and green transition are the main problems that shipping faces
London
This is highlighted in the "ICS Maritime Barometer Report 2024-2025"
The new container terminal of the port of Termini Imerese presented
Palermo
Transfer of traffic handled by Portitalia to the port of Palermo
GCMD survey confirms shipping's commitment to decarbonisation
Singapore
Ports concerned about lack of certainty about demand from shipping companies
The EU Commission has re-identified Port Said East and Tanger Med as neighbouring container transhipment ports
Brussels
Road haulage extends congestion fee application to Livorno port
Livorno/Rome/Milan/Genoa
Fedespedi, they do not solve the problems, but have the only effect of increasing costs
The new Border Control Post has been inaugurated in the port of Livorno
Leghorn
The structure cost 15 million euros
The transfer of 80% of Louis-Dreyfus Armateurs' capital to InfraVia has been implemented
Suresnes/Paris
The Louis-Dreyfus family retains the remaining 20%
Port of Genoa, green light for extension of concession to Spinelli until September 30
Genoa
Ok also to the extension to the Campostano group
The National Maritime Fund has started the recognition of scholarships
Genoa
They are granted for basic training and security familiarization courses.
RFI and MIT sign the update to the program contract for approximately 2.1 billion
Rome
Around 500 million euros expected for the management of the railway network
San Giorgio del Porto delivers a vessel for the bunkering of liquefied natural gas
Genoa
It was built for Genova Trasporti Marittimi
Pisano (AdSP Liguria Orientale): the ports of La Spezia and Carrara have integrated almost perfectly
La Spezia/Bari
Extraordinary Commissioner of the Southern Adriatic Sea Port Authority appointed
Raffaele Latrofa appointed president of the AdSP of the Central-Northern Tyrrhenian Sea
Rome
He is the deputy mayor of Pisa
India's Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Acquires Control of Sri Lanka's Colombo Dockyard
Mumbai
Investment of approximately 53 million dollars
The Commissioner of the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority has been granted the powers and prerogatives of the Management Committee
Genoa
The measure pending the restoration of the ordinary top management bodies
The Three-Year Operational Plan 2025-2027 of the Central Adriatic Port Authority has been approved
Ancona
Favorable opinion of the Sea Resource Partnership Body
The public meeting of the International Containers Studies Center will be held in Genoa on July 2nd
Genoa
It will deal with the physical transformations of the container and the digitalization of processes
Andrea Ormesani is the new president of Assosped Venezia
Venice
The board of directors has been renewed. Paolo Salvaro remains general secretary
Witte (ISU): In 2024, the ship salvage sector stabilized from the low of two years ago
London
Finnish Elomatic to Install Tunnel Thrusters on 11 Carnival Cruise Ships
Turku
The works will begin next autumn and will end in 2028
The Assarmatori assembly will be held in Rome on July 1st
Rome
"Mediterranean against the current" the theme of the meeting
Fincantieri has delivered the new cruise ship Viking Vesta to the American Viking
Trieste/Los Angeles
It was built in the Ancona shipyard
The Genoa Coast Guard has placed the container ship PL Germany under administrative detention
Genoa
Italian Navy orders two new Multipurpose Combat Ships from Fincantieri
Trieste
The order to the shipbuilding company is worth 700 million euros
MSC Group to manage cruise services in the ports of Bari and Brindisi
Bari
Ten-year concession with possibility of extension
German Kombiverkehr Returns to Profit in 2024
Frankfurt am Main
The level of revenues remained unchanged at 434.6 million euros.
Deltamarin to design the six new ro-pax vessels ordered by Grimaldi for the Mediterranean routes
Turku
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
The practice of subcontracting in European logistics is creating a parallel labour market where rights are not enforced
Brussels
"Sorry, We Subcontracted You" Report Presented
Tomorrow Grendi will launch the group's fourth ship on routes to and from Sardinia
Milan
"Grendi Star", with a load capacity of 2,800 linear meters, will connect Marina di Carrara and Cagliari
FREMM frigates operational support contract signed between Orizzonte Sistemi Navali and OCCAR
Taranto
The agreement has a total value of approximately 764 million euros
Call to reform the entire driver training system in the transport sector
Rome
Seven proposals presented
In the port of Gioia Tauro, the Guardia di Finanza soldiers seized 228 kilos of cocaine
Reggio Calabria
Two dockers arrested
Port of Livorno, new observatory to find solutions to the problem of port congestion
Leghorn
Marilli: We will seek solutions to reach the possible revocation of the port fee
Lockton PL Ferrari closed the last fiscal year with gross revenues of 34 million dollars
Genoa
Insurance premium volume rose to 350 million
Polish Trans Polonia Group acquires Dutch Nijman/Zeetank Holding
Tczew
It specializes in the transportation and logistics of liquid and gaseous products
d'Amico Tankers Sells Two 2011-Built Tankers for $36.2 Million
Luxembourg
They will be delivered to buyers by the end of July and on December 21st.
The Italian Merchant Marine Academy plans 13 new free courses
Genoa
Over 300 positions available
A delegation of Wista Italy visits the ports of Catania and Augusta
Catania/August
The association is made up of women who hold positions of responsibility in the maritime, logistics and trade sectors.
In the first five months of 2025, the port of Algeciras handled 1.9 million containers (-6.3%)
Algeciras
Empty containers decreased by -5.5% and full ones by -6.4%
Reway Group enters the port railway infrastructure maintenance sector
Licciana Nardi
Two contracts awarded by the AdSP of the Eastern Ligurian Sea
Delcomar and Ensamar take over maritime services with the smaller Sardinian islands
Cagliari
The tender for the six-year concession of the connections has been awarded
Port of Trieste, the newly appointed Gurrieri torpedoes the newly appointed Torbianelli
Trieste
Russo (Pd): it's a squalid power game
Singapore's SeaLead expands its maritime shipping offering to connect Turkey and Italy
Singapore
Route connected to services transiting the Suez Canal
The US Container Security Initiative program has been extended to Morocco
Rabat
Amrani: Let's consolidate Tanger Med's role as a safe and world-class maritime hub
Very positive first quarter for Greek Euroseas
Athens
Pittas: the positive momentum continued in the second quarter
Assonat and SACE present a plan for Italian tourist ports
Rome
Kuehne+Nagel has opened a new branch in Naples
Milan
The aim is to support the operational growth of the group in Southern Italy
RINA has acquired the entire capital of Finnish Foreship
Helsinki
The Helsinki-based company specializes in consulting in the field of marine and mechanical engineering.
Container traffic down at Barcelona and Valencia ports in May
Barcelona/Valencia
Resumption of containers in transit at the Catalan port
Annual cargo traffic in Greek ports stable in 2024
Piraeus
Domestic volumes are growing, while foreign trade is decreasing
Perplexity of freight forwarders, customs agents and maritime agents of La Spezia at the transfer of the port of Carrara to the Tuscan AdSP
The Spice
Timidly, they "hope for consideration for the progress made so far"
Francesco Mastro appointed extraordinary commissioner of the Southern Adriatic Sea Port Authority
Rome
He will take up office on June 30th.
John Denholm to be new president of the International Chamber of Shipping
Athens
He will take over from Emanuele Grimaldi in a year
Extraordinary commissioners of the two Ligurian Port System Authorities have been installed
Genoa/La Spezia
Matteo Paroli and Bruno Pisano at the helm of the institutions
Container traffic at Hong Kong port drops sharply in May
Hong Kong
1.05 million TEUs were handled (-12.7%)
Assogasliquidi-Federchimica shows the way to accelerate the decarbonization of road and maritime transport
Rome
Amadei: Our sector is ready and the time has come for courageous industrial choices
Eagle S tanker command blamed for cutting submarine cables in Gulf of Finland
Advantages
The accident was caused by the ship's anchor
Online platform to report critical issues that put transport workers at risk
Genoa
It was prepared by Fit Cisl Liguria
GNV to create a direct summer connection between Civitavecchia and Tunis
Genoa
It will run alongside the historic route via Palermo
The unification of Grimaldi's concessions in the port of Barcelona has been completed
Madrid/Barcelona
The contract expires on September 20, 2035.
In the first five months of 2025, cargo traffic in Russian ports fell by -4.9%
St. Petersburg
A decrease of approximately -12% was recorded in May
Raben Logistics Group Creates Subsidiary in Türkiye
Milan
It will have 20 employees and a 2,000 square meter cross-dock warehouse
Alberto Dellepiane confirmed as president of Assorimorchiatori
Rome
The composition of the entire association leadership remains unchanged
Agreement between Fincantieri and Indonesian PMM to develop solutions to face new unconventional underwater challenges
PORTS
Italian Ports:
Ancona Genoa Ravenna
Augusta Gioia Tauro Salerno
Bari La Spezia Savona
Brindisi Leghorn Taranto
Cagliari Naples Trapani
Carrara Palermo Trieste
Civitavecchia Piombino Venice
Italian Interports: list World Ports: map
DATABASE
ShipownersShipbuilding and Shiprepairing Yards
ForwardersShip Suppliers
Shipping AgentsTruckers
MEETINGS
The Assarmatori assembly will be held in Rome on July 1st
Rome
"Mediterranean against the current" the theme of the meeting
The public meeting of the International Containers Studies Center will be held in Genoa on July 2nd
Genoa
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
US has its eye on Greek ports
(Kathimerini)
Proposed 30% increase for port tariffs to be in phases, says Loke
(Free Malaysia Today)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Intervento del presidente Tomaso Cognolato
Roma, 19 giugno 2025
››› File
Structural adaptation works on dock 23 of the port of Ancona awarded
Ancona
Intervention worth over 11.8 million euros
Conference on the role of LNG and bioLNG for the decarbonisation of transport and industry
Rome
The Federchimica-Assogasliquidi event will take place on Monday in Rome
Dutch Bolidt increases presence in cruise ship sector with acquisition of American Boteka
Hendrik Ido Ambacht
Contship Italia has acquired the Genoese customs services company STS
Melzo
The Ligurian company was founded in 1985
Francesco Benevolo has been appointed extraordinary commissioner of the AdSP of the Central-Northern Adriatic Sea
Rome
He is the operations director of RAM - Logistics, Infrastructure and Transport
Montaresi resigns as commissioner of the Eastern Ligurian Port Authority
The Spice
In the eight months of administration - he underlines - we have not lost even a second
Gurrieri has been appointed extraordinary commissioner of the AdSP of the Eastern Adriatic Sea
Trieste
Pending the completion of the formal process for the designation of the president
The commissioners of the AdSP of Western Liguria have handed over their mandate to Minister Salvini
Genoa
The decision is part of the process of designation and nomination of the new leaders
Confetra criticizes the provisions of the decree-law Infrastructure for road transport
Rome
The Confederation urges the blocking of the process of appointing the presidents of the port authorities
Taiwanese Evergreen, Yang Ming and WHL saw revenue decline in May
Keelung/Taipei
The decline is accentuated for the two main companies
South Korea's KSOE wins order to build eight 15,900 TEU containerships
Seongnam
The unit value of each vessel is approximately $221 million.
First port terminal for car traffic of Greek Neptune Lines
Piraeus
It will be inaugurated next year in the French port of Port-La Nouvelle
The assembly of the association of Genoese maritime agents and brokers will be held on June 16th
Genoa
Round Table on Genoa, the hub of the North West and the Mediterranean
BN di Navigazione Board of Directors Renewed
Genoa
BluNavy aims to reach one million passengers by 2025
Viking Line designs world's largest all-electric ro-pax vessel
Viking Line designs world's largest all-electric ro-pax vessel
Åland
Record Monthly Container Traffic at Turkish Ports
Ankara
In May, almost 1.4 million TEUs were handled (+17.6%)
Sergio Landolfi has been elected president of the Customs Association of the Port of La Spezia
The Spice
The board of directors has been renewed
The ferry industry elite will attend the Interferry conference in Salerno in October
Victoria
Event titled "Connections"
Uniport launches an initiative to support ALS research
Rome
Fundraising for the NeMO Clinical Center Serena Foundation Onlus
The Propeller Club of Genoa has analyzed risks and opportunities of using AI in the maritime and insurance sectors
Genoa
The importance of training in the use of technology was highlighted
Chantiers de l'Atlantique delivers luxury cruising yacht Luminara to The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection
Saint Nazaire
The ship will debut in Alaska
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