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May 15, 2012
Sched Netweb site
  • Insurers: Ship managers victims of owners' bogus negligence claims
  • Mumbai risks congestion charges as cargo heads to Pipava and Mundra
  • Jiangsu's first quarter logistics value increases 12.4pc
  • Shandong rolls out tax breaks for provincial logistics industry
  • NYK to display Super Eco Ship 2030 model at Expo 2012 in Korea
  • Sarawak's Biport slips 14pc as palm oil beats boxes as money maker
  • Cargotec unveils new radio controls for Hiab's multilift skiploader
  • GAC Solutions sells remote-control hoses to swamp pirate skiffs
  • International freight forwarders meet June 15 in Hong Kong
  • TOC Europe to focus on global box shipping, supply chain challenges
  • IATA to stage second annual general meeting in Beijing June 10-12
  • IATA announces resignation of Michael Vorwerk from CNS and Cargo 2000
  • American Battle for Europe: FedEx takes over Taxtex, UPS deploys TNT
  • Despite air slump, Kintetsu World Express beats odds with record profit

Exim Indiaweb site
MAY 14, 2012
  • CKYH alliance revamping Far East-US East Coast services in May
  • Far East-Europe box trade being impacted by increasing capacity
  • Hanjin deploys mega containerships on NE6 East Asia-Europe service
  • MOL announces launch of new Asia-USEC service
  • MoS seeks tax incentives for shipbuilding, maritime sector as a whole
  • NYK installs next-generation energy-saving fluorescent 'E - COOL' lighting system on car carrier
  • Strong start for new ISS CESI operations in India
  • STX Pan Ocean's Far East-Middle East service
  • Thriving Eurasia holds huge potential for Indian investors: CII
  • Veg. oil imports surge 73 pc on low domestic availability
  • A whopping 26 Chinese ports today handle more than 100 million tonnes a year
  • IPL plan to be re-sent to FinMin for approval
  • Coal continues to top Railways' freight bill
  • Flagging ' gives rice the edge overseas
  • Govt to provide sops to slowdown-hit sectors: Sharma
  • The vampire squids of bureaucracy

International Transport Journalweb site
MAY 14, 2012
  • Corpus Christi replaces director of engineering services
    The port Corpus Christi TX (USA) is promoting David Krams to director of engineering services under the supervision of the deputy port director of engineering, finance and administ...
  • Volvo Trucks: strong growth in North America
    In the first two months of 2012, the heavy-duty Volvo truck market in Europe 29 (EU, Norway and Switzerland) reached 35,000 vehicles, down by 3% compared to 2011. During Q1/2012, t...
  • BLG appoints Katja Windt to advisory board
    The German service provider BLG Logistics appointed Professor Katja Windt, chair of global production logistics at the Jacobs University in Bremen, to its advisory board at the beg...
  • Eritrean Airlines started South Africa service
    Two weeks after resuming flights to Frankfurt (see ITJ Daily of 19 April 2012) East African Eritrean Airlines inaugurated a service to South Africa on 7 May 2012. The carrier oper...
  • Genesee & Wyoming signs rail line leasing agreement
    The US company Genesee & Wyoming Inc (GWI) has announced that its newly formed subsidiary, the Columbus & Chattahoochee Railroad Inc (CCR), has signed an agreement with Nor...
  • Tallink transports more cars but less freight in April
    The AS Tallink Grupp carried a total of 745,770 passengers in April 2012, 1.6 % more than in the same month a year ago. In addition to people, Tallink transported 84,233 passenger ...
  • Emergency transportation funding for Oregon, Alabama and South Carolina
    The US Department of Transportation has provided USD 20 million to help cover the costs of repairing roads and bridges damaged by natural disasters or catastrophic events. The mone...
  • DAA statement on Irish Government decision regarding airport re-organisation
    The Irish Government recently announced that it intends to position Shannon Airport within a new entity together with parts of Shannon Development while maintaining Cork Airport w...
  • Naviland Cargo with new deputy CEO
    Frank Bensaid was recently appointed deputy CEO of Naviland Cargo (SNCF Geodis). He is responsible for sales and marketing activities amongst others. Prior to this, he was director...
  • Fewer goods on Germany's inland waterways
    Germany's Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reported that a total of 222 million t of goods were transported on the country's inland water ways in 2011. This equates to 3.3% le...
  • Hupac inks MoU for joint terminal strategy in north Italy
    The Swiss intermodal service provider Hupac, representatives of Cemat (an Italian intermodal operator) and the Italian state railway ferrovie dello stato signed a memorandum of und...
  • BLG Logistics: sales top the EUR 1 billion mark for first time
    Last year the Bremen (Germany)-based service provider BLG Logistics Group generated sales of over EUR 1 billion for the first time in its history. The exact amount was EUR 1.008 bi...
  • Norbert Dentressangle using the River Seine
    The French transport and logistics company Norbert Dentressangle is to use the River Seine (France) to transport goods to stores in Paris on behalf of leading convenience retailer,...
  • IAG Cargo grows in Q1
    IAG Cargo, the single business created following the merger of British Airways World Cargo and Iberia Cargo, recently reported its results from 1 January to 31 March this year. The...

Marine Logweb site
MAY 14, 2012
  • Paris MOU to focus on passenger ship safety
  • Marcon brokers sale of OSV
  • Rolls-Royce to supply safety critical deck equipment for...
  • Alianca delivers second PX 106 to Brazil's CBO
  • Katharina Stanzel named INTERTANKO Managing Director

World Wide Shipperweb site
MAY 14, 2012
  • MOL announces plans to begin Port of Seattle calls
  • Coast Guard teams keeping tabs on sunken fishing vessel in Penn Cove
  • University of Alaska Fairbanks students receive Thomas B. Crowley scholarships
  • Portland among airports receiving flights to Ronald Reagan
  • Tacoma meeting to discuss new IMO emissions rules

Lloyd's Listweb site
MAY 14, 2012
  • NOL faces an uphill battle
    Questions loom over Singapore line's third-quarter performance
  • Can box lines learn from past mistakes?
    More capacity, lower utilisation and good old-fashioned greed put solidarity to the test
  • OECD talks to focus on defining credit support for green ships
    Japan proposes an easing of the financial burden of ordering ships that carry a substantial premium due to their technologies
  • Zodiac looks to winds of change with new project
    Totempower tests turbine use on capesize bulker to trial new energy source
  • China coastal trade absorbs domestic newbuilding boom
    EXCLUSIVE: Majority of owned and flagged small bulk carriers employed in domestic coal trade
  • Capital Product Partners tackles $150m debt with share issue
    Company says deal with group of investors allows it to grow
  • Quiet man of shipping
    Hapag-Lloyds's Ulrich Kranich is among the best in the business, say colleagues
  • VLGCs buoyed by growth in Opec natural gas liquid output
    Vessels earn more than $1m per month
  • Concern grows over Guardcon insurance requirements
    Clause 12 is the 'elephant in the room', says Askins
  • 'Chaos' descends on demolition market
    Rates fall despite a surge in scrapping capesize bulkers
  • China announces stimulus package
    State reduces banks' capital requirements
  • STX Europe sees new challenges to cruise and ferry orderbook
    Several potential cruise or ferry newbuilding projects, but ordering remains constrained by limitations of funding and overcapacity
  • Chemical tanker owners face bankruptcy, claims report
    Drewry forecasts decline in rates
  • MR ordering spree continues
    Rumours of 10 newbuilding contracts circulate on the sale and purchase market
  • Torm gets more time
    Struggling shipowner wins reprieve from paying debt instalments while restructuring plan is prepared
  • Complacency is not an option
    The conditions that allowed piracy to flourish have not changed, despite the fall in hijackings
  • Bulker prices continue to drop
    Sanko withdraws capesize from the market after vessel arrest
  • Jean-Louis Cambon dies
    Leading campaigner on behalf of shippers succumbs to long illness aged 59
  • Speak out to combat piracy, urges IMB
    Attacks are under-reported in West Africa, bureau claims
  • Global Ship Lease pays down debts
    Repays $11.8m of debt despite fall in revenue and rise in days lost to drydockings
  • HCI reports small first-quarter profit
    Improved result follows cost-cutting drive
  • Easy, markets
    Last week's sell-off of Asian box line stocks was an overreaction
  • Costs eat into Swiber's first quarter growth
    Revenue grows by 30% as orderbook reaches $1.2bn
  • Stanzel appointed Intertanko managing director
    Tanker owners' lobby unveils five-year strategic plan
  • Nam Cheong doubles first-quarter profits
    New line of offshore supply vessels boosts earnings
  • Singapore bunker sales rise 3.5% in April
    Growing demand tracks gradual fall of prices
  • RCL faces intra-Asia doldrums
    Thai line hit by sagging demand as CIMB rethinks outlook for regional box sector

Fairplayweb site
MAY 14, 2012
  • HCI returns to black
    GERMAN KG issuing house HCI Capital racked up net profits of €1.8M ($2.31M) in the first quarter after a '1.7M deficit in the same period last year
  • Cruise yields seen recovering
    UBS ANALYST Robin Farley predicted today cruise yields will recover in 2013, but warned that no relief is in sight for the newbuilding sector
  • CPP sale to ease debt
    CAPITAL Product Partners confirmed today it will sell preferred equity to ease its debt payment schedule
  • Oz study sees assured supply of gas
    AUSTRALIA's identified gas resources are extensive enough to last for almost two centuries at current production rates, a report said today
  • Seadrill sees $600,000/d
    SEADRILL today predicted its charter rate for deepwater drilling units is likely to exceed $600,000 per day in coming months on the back of strong demand
  • Salvors assess ship after mystery blast
    DIVERS are today assessing whether a stranded box ship can be repaired at sea, the US Coast Guard told Fairplay
  • Jiangsu Eastern profits dive 54.6%
    SINGAPORE-listed Chinese shipbuilder Jiangsu Eastern said today 1Q12 profits dove 54.6% year on year to 14.4M yuan ($2.2M)
  • Stanzel to lead INTERTANKO
    KATHARINA Stanzel has been promoted to managing director of INTERTANKO
  • Seafloor cable operating
    WACS, a 14,500km fibre-optic seafloor link built by cable ships, has begun operating from South Africa to the UK, IHS Global Insight reported today
  • China move seen as drybulk boon
    CHINA has cut the reserve ratio requirement of banks for a third time since December, which should boost the drybulk sector, a shipping analyst said
  • Iran P&I feels nibbles
    ASIAN tanker operators were reported today to have approached Kish P&I Club of Iran for insurance coverage, in another reaction to Western sanctions against Tehran
  • Acid trips up Oz port
    SYDNEY'S Port Botany was badly disrupted today after a leak of nitric acid from a container forced half the port to be closed
  • Adani profits grow 20%
    ADANI Ports & Special Economic Zone said consolidated net profits were 11.02Bn rupees ($220M) in 2011-12, up 20% from the previous financial year
  • Muuga total rises 47%
    MUUGA Container Terminal in Estonia said today throughput in April was 47% above the same period of 2011
  • Thailand's RCL cuts losses
    THAILAND'S intra-Asia carrier RCL said today it lost 494M baht ($15.8M) in 1Q12, from losses of 714M baht in 1Q11

The Journal of Commerceweb site
MAY 14, 2012
  • Diesel Prices Fall Nearly Below $4 Mark
    Diesel prices across the U.S. dropped nearly below the $4 per gallon mark, dropping roughly half a cents in the...
  • US Takes Poultry Export Complaint Against India to WTO
    U.S. poultry shippers came a step closer to possibly breaking Indian restrictions on their exports after Ambassador Ron Kirk requested...
  • MSC Vessel Under Repair After Onboard Explosion
    A Mediterranean Shipping Co. vessel appears to be undergoing repairs after an onboard explosion rocked the 900-foot container ship roughly...
  • Revenue, Income Slip at Global Ship Lease
    Global Ship Lease's first quarter net income fell to $8 million from $10.8 million a year ago as the NYSE-listed...
  • US Poultry Exports Set Records
    U.S. poultry exports in the first quarter set records for quantity and value, according to the U.S. Foreign Agricultural Service....
  • Virginia to Be First Inbound Stop in New Asia Service
    The Port of Virginia will gain a "first-in" vessel call in June when MOL will begin making weekly calls at...
  • FTR Forecasts Higher Truck Rates
    Shippers can expect more upward pressure on truck pricing through the fall as available capacity tightens, according to research firm...
  • CBP Official: Security Partnerships Help Protect International Supply Chains
    The United States has formed a number of security partnerships with other nations since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11,...
  • Three Asian Powers to Launch FTA Talks
    China, Japan and South Korea have formally agreed to launch negotiations on a trilateral free trade agreement (FTA) by the...
  • Japan Airlines Posts $2.3 Billion Net Profit
    Japan Airlines Corp. (JAL) said on Monday that it posted a net profit of $2.33 billion on a consolidated basis...
  • Pirates Seize Oil Tanker
    Pirates hijacked a Liberian-flag oil tanker with 26 men on board in the Arabian Sea off the coast of Oman...
  • Truckload Rate Hikes Slowed in April, Cass Says
    Truckload rates decelerated in April, rising 6.9 percent year-over-year, compared with a 7.4 percent increase in March, according to Cass...
  • Faceoff at CP to Shape Intermodal Market
    A Memphis native who got his start as a carman-oiler in 1963 found himself four decades later running Canadian National...
  • On Damaged Goods: Salvage a Claim, Not the Wreckage
    Q: Your reply to the question about the carrier's right to pick up damaged goods in the March 19, 2012,...
  • FedEx Customs Critical Adds Value With Technology
    Just about any shipper using FedEx Custom Critical's White Glove service wants premium security, visibility and monitoring services in addition...
  • Expedited Carriers See Rapid Growth, Built on Speed
    In a business built on rapid, time-definite delivery of critical pharmaceuticals and high-value electronics parts, one might ask: Why would...
  • Truckload Priority: Better Jobs, Higher Pay
    What's the biggest priority for truckload carriers this year? "Drivers, drivers, drivers," said John Conley, president of the National Tank...
  • Truckload Carriers Braving Higher Costs By Raising Rates
    Truckers aren't typically shy or coy, and truckload carrier executives at the NASSTRAC 2012 Logistics Conference weren't afraid to let...
  • Container Industry at a Crossroads: Reflections of Time and Tide
    A story in a non-maritime-related publication caught my eye the other day: April 26 marked the 56th anniversary of the...
  • S. California Ports Advance Programs to Cut Emissions
    Shipping lines that call at U.S. ports will have to comply with much stricter fuel requirements over the next several...
  • NVOs Are Holding Their Gains in Market Share
    After non-vessel-operating common carriers enjoyed a growth spurt during container shipping's 2009-10 bust and recovery, some wondered whether they could...
  • 3PLs Finding Success in the RFP Process
    We talked with Unyson Logistics' Art Nourot, vice president of procurement, and Mick Noce, senior vice president of engineered solutions,...
  • Rising Transportation Costs Pressure 3PL Margins
    When trucking companies are stung by rising costs, third-party logistics providers share their pain, very quickly. Rising transportation costs are...
  • Customs Plods On With Trade Enhancement Programs
    The October 2010 discovery of bomb-making materials from Yemen in express air cargo shipments bound for the U.S. served as...

Containerisation Internationalweb site
MAY 14, 2012
  • RCL's pain spills over to Q1
    The substantial Q4 2011 losses racked up by Thai-based container shipping line, Regional Container Lines [RCL] continued into the first three months of ...
  • Shippers plea for fairer EU rail competition
    Independent railway companies and users of rail services have appealed to the European Parliament (EP) to reject a counter proposal from the EU's Council of Transport ...
  • Gulftainer executive elected to AFFFAL
    Ibrahim Serhan, the representative for the Sharjah (UAE)-based Gulftainer Group in the Arab Federation for Freight Forwarders and Logistics (AFFFAL), has been elected ...
  • Kerry sets up joint venture with Mosskito Logistics
    Hong Kong-based Kerry Logistics has taken further steps to expand its presence in the faster growing perishable products sector by linking up with Australia-headquartered ...
  • Hanjin's losses spiral for Q1
    South Korean shipping line Hanjin has seen losses in its container sector worsen for the first quarter of this year versus Q1 11 due to high bunker costs and 'delayed ...
  • Salalah in 'Outward Bound Oman' project
    Salalah Port Services Company SAOG (SLPS), in which APM Terminals has a 30% shareholding and the responsibility for managing Oman's largest port, Salalah, has announced ...
  • Michelin's Jean-Louis Cambon dies
    Jean-Louis Cambon, head of Michelin's Ocean Management Committee and outspoken chairman of the European Shippers Council's Maritime Transport Council, died of cancer ...
  • MSC ship in 'welding accident' explosion
    The 4,651TEU MSC Idil is awaiting the report from a commercial salvage team after it suffered an explosion last Friday, approximately 60 nautical miles ...

TradeWindsweb site
MAY 14, 2012
  • Arbitration avalanche
    Globus Maritime's first-quarter financials overshadowed by $2.5m in unsettled claims against Transgrain and Allied Maritime.
  • Titan nears tipping point
    Cash-strapped owner in dire straits as it sheds ageing product tankers while Grand China drama continues unresolved.
  • Cockett's coup
    Overseas expansion looks increasingly likely as Connecticut-based bunker veteran storms Grindrod oil unit's top ranks.
  • Analysts line Capital catwalk
    Terms of nine-digit fundraising exercise met by mixed reviews on Wall Street but most agree payout preservation is positive.
  • STX Europe profit trimmed
    Weak cruise and ferry business cuts shipbuilders earnings.
  • Princess sued after deaths
    Surviving fisherman files suit against owner in Florida, alleging Star Princess failed to help his boat off Panama.
  • Jam-packed
    KS Maritime continues to clean house while scrap heaps overflow on the heels of demolition avalanche.
  • Cement carrier hard aground
    Coast guard says Jebsen cargoship stuck off Morko in Sweden with a breached hull.
  • GSL off to steady start
    New York-quoted containership owner sees hope on the horizon following profitable quarter and freight rate increase.
  • Bergen bags repeat deal
    Terje Arnesen-led firm could pocket up to $17m from another deal with Semco Maritime.
  • STX OSV earnings shaved
    But the Singapore-listed shipbuilder says the signs point to renewed demand for high spec tonnage.
  • Sanko sells AHTS pair
    Malaysian offshore owner raids Japanese owner for twin anchor handlers.

American Shipperweb site
MAY 14, 2012
  • AIT announces management buyout
    AIT Worldwide Logistics' co-founders Dan Lisowski and Steve Leturno have sold majority ownership of the company in a management buyout to the newly created board of directors headed by Vaughn Moore, president and CEO.
  • SeaIntel: Weekly Asia-Europe capacity swings significant
    The analysis finds capacity could vary by more than 20,000 TEUs per week across the next 12 weeks. "This is the equivalent to the rapid phase-in/phase-out of two super-post-Panamax strings."
  • SC Line's ro/ro service starts at Port Everglades
    SC Line has begun a new service catering to shippers of new and used vehicles, boats and heavy equipment from Port Everglades, Fla., to Colombia, Panama and the Dominican Republic.
  • Daewoo starts building 'Triple E' ship
    The 18,000 TEU "Triple E" containerships will measure 400 meters in length and 59 meters in width. It will be 16 percent larger and carry 2,500 more containers than Maersk's largest ships today, the Emma Maersk series.
  • Asia-Europe peak season fee for MSC
  • Kuk named Indiana's Burns Harbor director
  • WTO asked to settle U.S., India ag dispute
  • Schenker expands in Namibia
  • Acuitive adds spot quote portal
  • Influential shipper Cambon dies
  • ABS offers mobile suite

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
MAY 14, 2012
  • Shanghai to measure PM2.5 emissions
    As the port continues to thrive, the US consulate look to increase transparency on air-quality data.
  • Steve Leonard joins Cockett Marine Oil
    Leonard has previously worked for WFS and Aegean.
  • Aramco Trading hopes to triple volumes 'soon'
    'First priority will be to balance supply and demand - selling excess naphtha and fuel oil and buying in gasoline and gas oil,' says source.
  • IFO prices still falling in Fujairah
    Little change in Suez market.
  • Market soft in Rotterdam
    Player warns of barge congestion and tight avails for the rest of the week.
  • INTERTANKO reiterates stand on fuel quality
    ECA compliance through use of cleaner fuels may be 'attractive' compared with 'significant cost' of equipping ships with scrubbers.
  • US legislators strike blow against biofuel ambitions
    'It simply doesn't make sense to be spending extra dollars when we're trying to cut costs,' congressman tells Armed Services Committee.
  • New Managing Director for INTERTANKO
    Katharina Stanzel taking over from Joe Angelo in July, association's Council finalising five year strategic plan.
  • Singapore bunker sales climb for second month in a row
    April bunker sales strengthen as prices weaken.
  • Bunker prices in Asian ports resume their slide
    Players report good avails.
  • Official says Iran still hoping for 50% of regional bunker market
    Iran's central bank and oil ministry should support the private sector in developing the bunker sector.
  • Quarterly profit of Knightsbridge Tankers slightly down
    Firm noted a 8.6% increase in cost of bunkers at Fujairah during Q1 2012 compared to previous quarter.
  • Supplier 'not suggesting' vessels must carry different BN marine lubes
    Vessels should use cylinder oil based on predominant operating conditions, says Castrol Marine.
  • Titan 2011 losses widen by 35%
    Its bunkering business records revenues of $60 million from a single customer.

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Assagenti conference on the future of the profession of maritime agent and broker
Genoa
It will be held tomorrow in Genoa
Francesco Beltrano is the new general secretary of Uniport
Rome
He takes over from Paolo Ferrandino, who will continue to collaborate as a consultant
Stena Line presents a project for a ro-ro vessel capable of reducing energy consumption by at least 20%
Gothenburg
Introduced most of the innovative technologies currently available
Saipem awarded new contracts in Middle East and Guyana
Milan
The total value of the orders is approximately 720 million dollars.
Conference in Genoa for the centenary of Ente Bacini
Genoa
The company was established on 19 February 1925
Interporto Bologna Board of Directors Renewed
Bentivoglio
Stefano Caliandro Appointed President. Loss of 1.7 million euros in 2024
NYK invests 76 billion yen in NYK Energy Ocean Corporation
Tokyo
The newco has taken over the activities of ENEOS Ocean
Decarbonisation of maritime transport will be faster in the EU and the US
DHL Acquires CRYOPDP
Bonn/Nashville
The company provides courier services for clinics and healthcare
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
Over a million to the port companies of Livorno and Piombino to acquire green vehicles
Leghorn
The ranking for admission to the PNRR-Next Gen Eu contributions has been published
COSCO Shipping Development Co.'s container sales increased by +204.1% in 2024
Shanghai
The related turnover increased by +124.0%
The call for funding for the purchase of electric vehicles in the ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado has been published
Genoa
Yang Ming Buys Three New 8,000 TEU Containerships
Keelung
They will be delivered between 2028 and 2029
Construction of a cruise ship for Regent Seven Seas Cruises begins in Marghera
Trieste
Fincantieri will deliver the unit in 2026
Federlogistica establishes operational offices in Spain and Brazil
Genoa
The aim is to go beyond theoretical cooperative relationships
Over a Ton of Cocaine Seized in the Port of Gioia Tauro
Reggio Calabria
If placed on the market it would have generated over 187 million euros
In 2024, the economic results of Interporto Padova reached record values
Padua
Revenues up +17%
Three ceremonies at the Saint-Nazaire shipyard for three new MSC Cruises ships
Geneva
New flagship "MSC World America" delivered
German railway company DB Cargo reduced losses in 2024
Berlin
Revenues down again. -9.0% drop in freight volumes
NovaAlgoma orders second 38,000 dwt cement carrier in China
Lugano
It will be taken over in 2027
Customs agreement between Italy and Brazil to facilitate trade
Brasilia
Mission of the Customs and Monopolies Agency in the South American nation
A team from La Spezia Container Terminal in Rotterdam to test advanced technologies
The Spice
ECT Hutchinson Ports Training Center Visited
The assembly of Genoese freight forwarders on Monday
Genoa
It will be held at the Palazzo della Borsa in Genoa
Assarmatori, in Italy the ferry segment cannot bear the burden of the EU ETS in a very fragile market situation
Brussels
Messina: Protecting shipping from the ideological excesses of the Green Deal
The website of the Port Authority Corps - Coast Guard has been renewed
Rome
It has become a single digital access point to documents and services
In 2024, inland waterway freight transport in Germany increased by +1.2%
Wiesbaden
The volume, at 173.8 million tonnes, is the second lowest since 1990.
APM Terminals Granted Port of New York - New Jersey Concession Renewal
New York
Contract for a period of 33 years. Investments of 500 million dollars are expected
Experimentation of crane automation has begun at the Interporto Padova terminal
Padua
The interport company awarded the "Industria Felix 2025 Award"
Container traffic in the port of Algeciras fell by -17.0% in February
Algeciras
Both import-export volumes and transhipment are decreasing
New cruise company Crescent Seas has been founded in Miami
Miami
The fleet, initially consisting of one ship from Regent Seven Seas Cruises, will grow to five units within the next five years
In 2024, the volume of vehicles transported by Wallenius Wilhelmsen's fleet decreased by -9.7%
Oslo
Traffic down on almost all global routes
Agreement between Assoporti and Assologistica and the Florida trade, transport and port authorities
Rome
It was signed today
In April a mission in Albania of The International Propeller Clubs - Italy
Genoa
It will take place on the 9th and 10th in Tirana and Durres
COSCO Shipping Ports revenues rose to a record $1.5 billion in 2024 (+3.3%)
Hong Kong
In the fourth quarter alone, a decrease of -3.0%
SO.RI.MA. (FHP group) granted a concession of an area of 125 thousand square meters in the port of Chioggia
Venice
Investments of 11.5 million euros expected over 25 years
PORTS
Italian Ports:
Ancona Genoa Ravenna
Augusta Gioia Tauro Salerno
Bari La Spezia Savona
Brindisi Leghorn Taranto
Cagliari Naples Trapani
Carrara Palermo Trieste
Civitavecchia Piombino Venice
Italian Interports: list World Ports: map
DATABASE
ShipownersShipbuilding and Shiprepairing Yards
ForwardersShip Suppliers
Shipping AgentsTruckers
MEETINGS
The public meeting of the Italian Port Terminal Operators Association will be held in Rome on June 19th
Genoa
The annual conference "Programming, Operation and Management of Transport Networks" in Genoa
Genoa
It is dedicated to the transport and mobility sector
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Damen Mangalia Unionists Protest Friday Against Possible Closure
(The Romania Journal)
Govt. to woo top ten shipping liners in world for Colombo port expansion
(Daily Mirror)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Relazione del presidente Nicola Zaccheo
Roma, 18 settembre 2024
››› File
Contship Italia’s intermodal network has been extended to the Gulf Terminal in La Spezia
Melzo
Connections with the inland terminals of Milan, Modena and Padua
Container traffic in the port of Valencia grew by +15.2% last month
Valencia
The overall volume of goods handled increased by +6.8%
The Northern Tyrrhenian Sea Port Authority obtains gender equality certification
Leghorn
It is the first Italian port authority to obtain this recognition
Container traffic growth weakens at ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach
Los Angeles/Long Beach
Last month, increases of +2.6% and +13.4% respectively were recorded
Assarmatori, the Italian government's position on the impact of the EU ETS on shipping and ports is good
Rome
Messina: fully understood the risks and distortions of European climate regulation
PSA Italy's Genoa port terminals awarded anti-corruption certification
Genoa
The UNI EN ISO 37001 standard defines the requirements for an effective anti-corruption management system
Assiterminal presents three projects for the sustainable transition of the Italian port sector
Rome
Work completed on docks 33 and 34 of the port of Civitavecchia
Civitavecchia
50,000 square meters of yards prepared
The completion and doubling of the Pontremolese is the dream-nightmare of the La Spezia port community
The Spice
Fontana: Money is not found when enormous resources are channeled into railway lines of dubious utility
Hanwha acquires 9.9% stake in shipbuilding company Austal
Sydney
Investment worth approximately 116 million US dollars
The European fleet is growing but competing fleets are growing at a faster rate
Brussels
Raptis (European Shipowners): investing ETS revenues in clean shipping technologies and fuels
Trasportounito has confirmed the national halt to the transport of goods
Rome
Proclaimed for the duration of five days from March 31st to April 4th
Container traffic in Hong Kong port increased by +9.1% in February
Hong Kong
However, for the second time in the last 25 years, cargo volume was below one million TEU.
Cargo traffic in Greek ports stable in Q3 2024
Piraeus
The increase in volumes transported on domestic routes has offset the decline in traffic with foreign countries
At the Vado Ligure container terminal a 21,000 teu container ship fully loaded
I go to Liguria
The 400-meter-long Cosco Shipping Nebula has landed
UIR proposes a permanent table for the development of intermodality
Verona
The main task is to build a project financing program.
Restructuring plan approved for Spanish company Armas Trasmediterránea
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Creditors' appeal rejected
The decline in cargo traffic at the port of Singapore worsened in February
Singapore
Containerized cargoes amounted to 27.4 million tons (-3.6%)
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