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September 18, 2012
Sched Netweb site
  • Ningbo says it's decade's fastest growing big port with boxes up 780pc
  • US, Canadian trustbusters probe CSAV in suspected car carrier cartel
  • California extends marine fuel tax exemption, but taxes costly eco fuel
  • US Maritime Administration drops cost study of costly double-hulling
  • India exports decline for 4th month, August falls 9.7pc to US$22 billion
  • Inchcape Shipping opens 10 offices in India to accommodate Hapag-Lloyd
  • US intermodal August volume up 4.3pc, second best month on record
  • US truckload spot market increases 1.1pc from July, 8.4pc year on year
  • Tianjin to build 250 kilometres of expressways by 2015 to extend network
  • Qingdao to build eight new logistics parks to make itself transit hub
  • Jiangsu's total social logistics value increases 12pc in first half
  • ICTSI Poland moves outsized wind farm components with 100-ton cranes
  • IT gadget flood expected to increase air cargo rates 20pc as volume soars
  • Night flight ban: Frankfurt August cargo off 4.1pc to 164,406 tonnes
  • Saudi Airlines Cargo radiates flights to West Africa from Lagos hub
  • UPS launches daily freighter flights between Moscow and Cologne-Bonn

Exim Indiaweb site
SEPTEMBER 17, 2012
  • Charleston port's box volume up 19 pc in Aug.
  • Kerala to promote coastal shipping, will create 3,000 cr. fund
  • MALA 2012 again sets the standard for recognising & celebrating excellence
  • MSC's transhipment test call with mega box load at its Le Havre terminal
  • NYK LNG carrier recognised for reporting seawater temperatures
  • OOCL launches intra-Asia KTX5 service
  • Reiner Allgeier takes charge as Managing Director of Schenker India
  • Russia's GCS seeks to expand dry & liquid bulk transportation through ISO containers
  • UAE ports' container volume growth to be above global average
  • Cut import duty on tea, demand traders
  • State govt plans int'l cruise terminal at Mumbai Port
  • UK report sheds light on challenges in Asian port projects
  • Maharashtra container transporters body hikes charges
  • RBI keeps repo rate steady at 8 pc, cuts CRR to 4.5 pc
  • MACCIA's ex-im training programme from Oct. 1-5
  • P. C. Nambiar elected EPCES Chairman, A. K. Jain Vice-Chairman

International Transport Journalweb site
SEPTEMBER 17, 2012
  • Air Canada cancels Toronto-Memphis service
    Air Canada is ending its service between the Canadian economic powerhouse Toronto and the world's second biggest air cargo hub Memphis TN (USA) today (17 September). Initially oper...
  • NordStar extends service to China
    The Russian carrier NordStar Airlines introduced its first international route (excluding CIS) yesterday (16 September). The link is a once weekly Krasnoyarsk - Beijing service. An...
  • Rossyia to serve two new destinations in Uzbekistan
    Starting today (17 September), St Petersburg (Russia)-based Rossiya Airlines is launching a new service to Uzbekistan. Navoi airport, the location of the largest air cargo ter...
  • DHL makes increased use of rail transport
    DHL, one of the leading providers of road freight services in Europe, is making increased use of rail transport for the transportation of containers to the loading terminals of sel...
  • Fowler Welch modernising fleet
    Fowler Welch, a UK- based logistics and distribution operator in the ambient and chilled sectors, has ordered 130 new MAN trucks, to modernise its fleet. The trucks will replace ar...
  • Jan de Rijk Logistics appoints commercial director
    Rinaldo Vels will assume his new role as commercial director of Jan de Rijk Logistics as of 17 September. Vels has been with Menzies World Cargo since 2006 and is currently v...
  • RCL reports black figures for Q2/2012
    Thailand-based Regional Container Lines (RCL) reported a net gain of THB 6 million in Q2/2012, versus a net loss of THB 478 million in the same quarter last year. The operating lo...
  • CSX recognized for carbon disclosure commitment for third consecutive year
    CSX Corporation, a transportation company based in Jacksonville FL (USA), earned a place on the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) S&P 500 Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index ...
  • Slight increase in transport prices expected, despite lower freight volumes
    The slow-down in Germany's economy is having an effect on transport markets. The assessment of the freight volumes for the coming six months by Transport Market Barometer experts a...
  • Gazeley completes modern distribution centre for confectionary in Jena
    After a mere five month construction period, Gazeley, a global logistics property developer and investor, has completed the construction of a new distribution ce...
  • SDV acquires majority stake in Getco in Italy
    The French logistics operator SDV has acquired an 80% stake in the Italian multimodal transport operator Getco, which was founded in 1977 and is headquartered in Milan. Getco is ma...
  • Itella expands automated parcel terminal network
    The Finnish postal operator Itella is adding 25 more automated parcel terminals to its network around Finland this month. The service provider is expanding its current network of 7...
  • Fiege changes board
    Fiege's board of management has prolonged the term of office of its member Stefan Kurrle for four years. At the same time, he was appointed spokesman of the management board. Hugo ...

Marine Logweb site
SEPTEMBER 17, 2012
  • Navy takes delivery of LPD 23
  • Mat-Su Borough picks Marcon to market Susitna
  • Korean shipbuilding giant enlists IBM for major IT revamp
  • Aker orders PCTCs for bareboat charter to Autoliners
  • Farstad takes delivery of PSV from STX OSV Vietnam
  • Scott Ward joins Jensen New Orleans office
  • Sembcorp Marine swoops on U.K.'s SLP Engineering
  • Austal christens second JHSV

World Wide Shipperweb site
SEPTEMBER 17, 2012
  • Maritime unions form Maritime Labor Alliance
  • OOCL adding service expanding Intra-Asia menu
  • PDX Advisory Committee sets meeting for Vancouver
  • Port of Grays Harbor slates Satsop Business Park meetings
  • Marcon brokers sale of supply boat, TOBY TIDE

Lloyd's Listweb site
SEPTEMBER 17, 2012
  • Four tanker KG funds file for insolvency
    Banks decline to provide funding for restructuring after charterer Sanko Steamship stopped payments and redelivered the vessels
  • Secondhand panamax market set to weaken further
    Offers fall below market expectations
  • Between the Rock and a hard place
    Gibraltar's lawyers see a steady flow of maritime disputes
  • Seafarers suffer increased hardships as recession bites
    The good news if your ship is arrested in Gibraltar is that its laws put crew claims first
  • Ecdis raises concerns about costs of retrofits
    Owners warned to avoid the cheapest players and choose makers with market pedigree
  • IMO tells providers to publish updates to system software
    Move addresses irregularities in the way systems display certain chart information
  • Shipping must keep an open mind about advances in technology
    But systems must be tested at sea, urges Krishnamurthi
  • Expanding Neptune appoints Menzel as commercial director
    Black Sea and North African car trades deliver record volumes to Greece-based carrier
  • Dockwise extends debt option with shareholder
    Fairstar difficulties in making newbuilding payments lead to extension of bridging loan
  • Shell's ice-dodging drillship to resume Arctic work
    Drilling strategy altered in face of floating ice and technical faults
  • China Merchants fuels CMA CGM ports speculation
    Companies meet in Hong Kong to discuss closer co-operation
  • First modern capesize sale reported in over two months
    Orient Vega sells for $36.7m, more than $1m below last done
  • A messy break-up
    Rongsheng faces lawsuits after failed Quanchai acquisition
  • Swiber seeks to raise $65m via perpetual bond sale
    Singapore-listed offshore player funds expansion drive
  • Northern conquest
    The race is on to secure an Arctic role
  • Scrapping volume overtakes 2011 total
    Bangladesh volumes rise 72% while Pakistan scrapping jumps 127%
  • Cosco seeks to study Arctic shipping with Iceland
    Chinese state giant vows to step up research efforts in region after record summer thaw in sea ice
  • Slide in VLGC earnings prompts concern over protracted market slump
    Orderbook now at 17 ships, with seven added so far this year
  • Cargotec plans Asian float of marine arm
    Separate listing of Cargotec Marine aims to accelerate growth
  • Pirates kill people
    It is wrong to dehumanise the violence that comes with attacks at sea
  • LA and Long Beach still on different paths
    Top US box hubs' monthly throughputs show contrasting trends
  • Aker moves into commercial shipowning
    Company orders Daewoo car carriers as it ponders IPO
  • Key IUMI committees to focus on Costa Concordia and high-profile FPSO losses - FREE CONTENT
    Cargo committee meets amid mounting competitive pressures as capacity builds
  • Courage Marine buys stake in Singapore real estate firm
    China's 'retreating weight' prompts bulk player to diversify
  • Singapore box volume increases 4.5% in August
    Container throughput continued moderate growth as oil shipments weaken
  • Police investigate NYK bulker deaths
    But Sage Sagittarius is allowed to leave Newcastle

Fairplayweb site
SEPTEMBER 17, 2012
  • SCF's operating profits slip by 53%
    SOVCOMFLOT, Russia's government-owned Russian tanker group, has reported worsening financial conditions in the second quarter ending on 30 June
  • Four Sanko-tied German tankers insolvent
    FOUR German-owned crude tankers are insolvent today following default and early redelivery from their charterer, Sanko
  • Cargotec confirms unit's listing
    CARGOTEC'S board said today the Finnish maker of cargo handling equipment would seek a separate listing for its marine division
  • Seoul cuts Iran crude to zero
    SEOUL reportedly stopped buying crude from Iran in August after its refiners lost tanker insurance coverage
  • Siem Shipping renews charter
    SIEM SHIPPING, the London reefer owner previously known as Star Reefers, said today it has renewed a charter of four ships with fruit producer Fyffes
  • Dockwise negotiates changed loan terms
    DOCKWISE, the Dutch heavy-lift specialist acquiring compatriot rival Fairstar, said today it has negotiated a change in bridge loan terms with a major shareholder
  • Swiber to issue $65M in paper
    SINGAPORE'S Swiber Holdings said it will issue S$80M ($65M) in senior perpetual securities at 9.75% to fund vessel acquisitions
  • Reeling Fortescue plans more selloffs
    FORTESCUE Metals is expected this week to unveil more asset sales and resume trading after a 14% share price drop wiped $1.5Bn off its value as last week closed
  • SMM buys UK offshore group
    SEMBCORP Marine said today it has acquired the UK's SLP Engineering for about £2.5M ($4M)

The Journal of Commerceweb site
SEPTEMBER 17, 2012
  • Cargotec to List Marine Unit on Asian Stock Exchange
    Cargotec, the Finnish cargo handling equipment manufacturer, today unveiled plans to list its marine unit on an Asian stock exchange...
  • ProLogis' Rakowich Discusses Occupancy Rates in Warehouses, DCs (Video)
    ProLogis's Co-Chief Executive Walter C. Rakowich says demand for industrial real estate is rising across the country, especially around...
  • US Files WTO Case Against China Over Auto Subsidies
    The Obama administration on Monday filed a case with the World Trade Organization against China accusing the country of using...
  • UK to Charge Foreign Truckers for Road Usage
    Foreign truckers will be charged up to £1,000 [$1,620] a year to use U.K. roads under new legislation aimed at...
  • Hamburg Sud to Quit Chassis Business in PNW
    Hamburg Sud will stop providing chassis as part of its service to the ports of Portland, Seattle and Tacoma on...
  • CP Launches Faster Transcontinental Intermodal Services
    Canadian Pacific Railway has launched intermodal services to Vancouver that will reduce one-day from the route connecting to Toronto and...
  • Global Ports' Revenue, Profit Fall
    Global Ports' revenues and profits declined in the first half of the year as lower traffic at its Estonian oil...
  • ITF Pledges to Work With ILA, ILWU
    The president of the International Transport Workers' Federation said his meeting with U.S. dockworker union leaders produced mutual pledges of...
  • ILA, USMX to Resume Negotiations
    Negotiators for the International Longshoremen's Association and United States Maritime Alliance are scheduled to meet Wednesday to resume stalled contract...
  • Agility to Focus on Organic Growth in Asia
    Agility Logistics will focus on organic growth to expand its Asia business and meet rapidly increasing demand, according to one...
  • HKIA Saw Cargo Growth in August
    Hong Kong International Airport saw cargo volumes increase in August on the back of strong trade to and from Japan...
  • Dammam Port Congestion Causes Severe Delays
    Singapore-based ocean carrier APL said it is struggling to move containers to and from the Port of Dammam, Saudi Arabia,...
  • Exporters Gear Up for Russia's Trade Revolution
    Let's hoist a glass of Stolichnaya to some of the top Fortune 500 industrial giants in a Russian mood these...
  • Global 3PLs: Who, What and Where
    A sputtering U.S. economy. Rising costs in China. The eurozone crisis. Shifting sourcing patterns. An ever-more-rigorous regulatory environment. When it...
  • Developing the Supply Chain 25
    In developing its Supply Chain 25, Gartner digs deep, analyzing each company as a unique entity on its own merits....
  • Gartner Study Examines Successful Supply Chains
    When it comes to developing a world-class supply chain, it's all about adapting and upgrading. That's one of the conclusions...
  • Trimble, TMW Closing the Logistics Loop
    The trucking industry is being rewired, thanks to rapid changes in technology, regulatory and competitive demands and acquisitions and investment....
  • Trucking Sector Faces Uncertain Times
    Since the end of the Great Recession, trucking industry revenue has outpaced the growth in the general economy, benefiting from...
  • Inland Ports Taking Center Stage in Logistics
    Michael P. Murphy is an industrial real estate man, but the chief development officer of CenterPoint Properties says his company...
  • ILA, USMX Back at the Table
    Federal mediation of International Longshoremen's Association contract talks has revived hope for a settlement or temporary extension to avert a...
  • Playing Politics With Trade
    Judging by the negative rhetoric from the presidential campaign trail, the fate of U.S. free trade is in dire straits....
  • Commentary: Heading Off a Third-Party Risk
    Q: We are a large importer of children's wear into the United States. My question is in regard to a...
  • Container Shipping's Elusive Triple Crown
    Mediterranean Shipping Co. came within 105,716 20-foot-equivalent units in imports from becoming the top carrier in all three segments of...
  • Ship Lines Seeking Stability in an Unstable Market
    The ocean container industry is holding its collective breath as carriers attempt to pull off the seemingly impossible feat of...
  • APM Terminals Stakes Out Role in Russia
    Some companies are already nibbling at the caviar of Russia's maritime sector in the wake of Moscow's accession to membership...

Containerisation Internationalweb site
SEPTEMBER 17, 2012
  • Kenya Government looks at fining importers
    It appears as if the Kenyan Government is to take direct action on importers which fail to take delivery of their cargo from the country's ports in a timely manner. ...
  • OOCL to launch North East Asia sling
    OOCL has launched a new Intra-Asia service between China, Taiwan and Japan - following news that Japanese volumes are increasing again after the devastation of ...
  • Docker unions unite to fight automation without negotiation
    US and Australian docker unions have clubbed together to campaign against increased ports increasing automation without negotiating first with unions - a factor ...
  • GPI shows why Maersk wants to be part of it
    Global Ports Investments' (GPI) stellar half year results show why APM Terminals has recently acquired 25% of it, subject to regulatory approval. GPI's revenue ...
  • China - Japan island spat to hurt trade
    After thousands of Chinese took to the streets of 50 cities at the weekend to vent their anger at Japan in a sovereignty row over a group of islands and rocks in ...
  • MSC provokes competition in Israel
    MSC's Golden Gate pendulum service between Asia and the US East Coast via Suez is to include a direct call in Haifa both ways. Deploying a fleet of 13 vessels averaging ...
  • Indian box traffic still rising despite eurozone crisis
    According to provisional data released by the Indian Ports Association last week, the country's 12 state-owned major ports handled 2.5% more container ...
  • HL/ISS expand Indian network
    A strong increase in cargo liftings and a desire to improve its services to/from the interior of India, has led Hapag-Lloyd to raise its operating presence in the ...

TradeWindsweb site
SEPTEMBER 17, 2012
  • Wanted: armed guards
    A US contractor appears to be in the market for a security detail after securing a $1.5m transport deal backed by Military Sealift Command (MSC).
  • Pistiolis issues grim forecast
    A meaningful recovery in the tanker and bulker segments might not occur until 2014 or even later, according to the chief executive of Greek shipowner Top Ships.
  • Sanko outcast fixed
    SwissMarine appears to have taken on a Knightsbridge bulker cut loose by Sanko.
  • DST inks 'eco' order
    DST Shipping of Greece has inked a second newbuilding contract in the space of a month, this time for an eco-type panamax bulk carrier at Sasebo Heavy Industries of Japan.
  • USCG crack down
    Two bulkers and a containership have been cited by the US Coast Guard (USCG) for deficiencies related to oily water separating equipment, according to the agency's latest detention reports.
  • Ultrapetrol warned
    The Nasdaq exchange has warned South American shipowner Ultrapetrol over its low share price.
  • SBM in the money
    SBM Offshore has started reeling in earnings from one of its Floating Production Storage Offloading unit in Brazil.
  • Privalov guilty
    The fraud conviction of former Sovcomflot London chief Yuri Privalov has been confirmed in a Moscow court on Monday, but there is still no word on a sentence.
  • Ferry overshoots
    A Norwegian ferry has become lodged on the quayside at Tysnes.
  • FOE bags $575m gig
    Drilling arm of Fred Olsen empire lands three-year extension for semi-submersible rig.
  • BBR eyes December IPO
    Indonesian offshore shipowner Pelayaran Nasional Bina Buana Raya (BBR) expects to list in Jakarta in December.
  • Maersk pins quiet period
    Maersk Line will be out of the newbuilding market for two or three years, its CEO says.
  • IUMI presses Paris MOU
    Pressure for further disclosure of adverse information discovered as a result of the port state control inspections is to be applied by the International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI).
  • Ship total losses soar
    Hull underwriters are facing a year of serious losses even if the Costa Concordia is excluded from the statistics as a quite exceptional loss.
  • Apple sweetens exports
    Apple's latest iPhone launch could provide a little relief for container lines battling the absence of a peak season rate rise.
  • Oldie waves goodbye
    A North Sea veteran platform supply vessel is waving goodbye to the spot market.
  • Cargo vessel holed
    A Norwegian cargoship has been pulled free from rocks by tugs off Norway.
  • Pirates may be uncontrollable
    Piracy off West Africa could spin out of control unless nations in the area work together to stamp out the threat, the IMB says.
  • Listing cargoship adrift
    The captain of a listing general cargoship is missing after crew evacuated the vessel off Taiwan.
  • Mipo cut again
    Trouble at its Vietnamese arm and sluggish demand for newbuildings has led Macquarie to cut its rating on Hyundai Mipo.
  • Aker books a pair
    Lars Solbakken-led Ocean Yield has put pen to paper on two car carrier newbuildings at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering
  • Coming home
    Offshore vessels are returning to the US Gulf of Mexico after the Deepwater Horizon disaster.
  • Siem signs revised deal
    Siem Shipping has signed revised period contracts for four of its ships.
  • UOB upgrades offshore
    UOBKayHian has upgraded Singapore's small-cap oil service sector to 'overweight' as the sinking US dollar drives oil prices higher.
  • Fuchs quits P+S
    Rudiger Fuchs, the troubleshooting boss brought in to save troubled German shipbuilder P+S Werften, has left the company.
  • Bulker crewman lost
    A crewman is feared drowned after going overboard from a Ceres bulker in the Netherlands.
  • Crew on hunger strike
    Essar Shipping tug crews have gone on hunger strike in India over pensions and other contractual issues.
  • Demo passes 2011 total
    Tonnage sent for scrap so far this year has exceeded that for the whole of 2011, latest data from Clarkson Research shows.
  • Swiber prices note issue
    Swiber Holdings is looking to raise up to SGD80m ($65m) from a perpetual bond, the company confirmed Monday.
  • Ex-Sanko ships sold off
    Nissen Shipping is said to have put two panamaxes formerly fixed to Sanko Steamship up for disposal.

American Shipperweb site
SEPTEMBER 17, 2012
  • U.S. Customs rolls out streamlined broker licensing
  • Descartes, IATA to change air cargo messaging
  • Liners say don't count on developed markets
    Two of the world's top liner executives have in the past week acknowledged demand for liner carrier services on the major east-west trades may never return to the glory days of the mid-2000s.
  • Mixed August fortunes for SoCal ports
    Long Beach's total volume for August was 543,445 TEUs, while Los Angeles handled 706,669 TEUs over the same month.
  • Hamburg Süd raising U.S. West Coast-Med rates
  • McLeod, Spireon offer joint tracking
  • Florida stevedore expands to Port Everglades
  • Intelligrated continues expansion
  • Hamburg Süd: new chassis rules in PNW
  • K+N agrees to $28 million price-fixing penalty
  • EPA raises biodiesel requirement
  • Coyne, ANS hook up in North America
  • CP speeds Vancouver trains to Chicago, Toronto
  • Uniserve buys Portall for supply chain support
  • Watch your step
  • CORRECTION: ANL exempts some Oceania traffic from strike surcharge
  • U.S. metro area exports increase 40%
    The U.S. Commerce Department said 2011 merchandise exports from 367 U.S. metropolitan areas reached $1.31 trillion, with the same types of exports from non-metropolitan or rural areas totaling an additional $174.9 billion.
  • India allows 51% FDI in retail
    India granted permission to foreign multi-brand retailers to own up to a 51 percent stake in ventures in India, a move that could allow major global retailers like Walmart and Carrefour to open stores in the booming South Asian economy.
  • U.S. promotes small business exports to Brazil
  • Hong Kong starts low-sulfur incentive plan

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
SEPTEMBER 17, 2012
  • Old ships 'will disappear faster than many think'
    Owner suggests fuel price pressures will help global fleet meet energy efficiency standards.
  • Markets lack direction in Mid-East and Africa
    Limited MGO supplies in Durban.
  • Softer pricing appears in north European ports
    But Mediterranean bunker firm within a $10 margin.
  • Opinions split on solutions for low sulphur future
    Finnish shipowners still have doubts about scrubbers while Maersk thinks it could be 'a very interesting market' for ships that have them.
  • CEO warns of bankruptcies
    'No quick recovery for shipping sector.'
  • Cosco steps up Arctic interest
    Study to look at commercial opportunities of northeast passage.
  • Regional authority imposes bunker levy
    Money raised will be used to upgrade fuel storage tanks and bunker infrastructure.
  • Brent up but fundamentals unchanged
    Political and economic uncertainty is pushing up the price of oil.
  • Murmansk suffers as trawlers refuel in Norway
    Regulations 'forcing' Russian trawlers to operate out of foreign ports.
  • Box volumes down at Singapore
    Lower box volumes reflects impact of global slowdown.
  • Bunker prices start week largely down at key Asian ports
    'Powerful' typhoon at South Korea affecting bunkering operations at local ports, say traders.
  • Hong Kong offers port subsidies for low sulphur switch
    Incentive scheme will help reduce vessel emissions and improve air quality around port areas, says HK's environment secretary.
  • More 'hybrid tugs' expected at European ports
    Improvements in battery design make hybrid vessels 'more viable', says Bimco.
  • Overcapacity call halt to Maersk investment plans
    Plans to raise rates even as it seeks to maintain market share, says CEO.
  • Firm orders shuttle tankers with LNG dual-fuel option
    Vessel specification to 'exceed' any currently operating DP shuttle tanker, says AET.
  • 'Powerful typhoon' disrupts South Korean bunkering ops
    Typhoon made landfall in South Korea midday Monday.
  • Fuel cost forms 'lion's share' of NYK's operating cost
    Seeks to reduce bunker fuel consumption to improve profitability.

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In the second quarter, container traffic in the port of Genoa fell by -2.8% while in Savona-Vado it grew by +76.3%
Genoa
In the Ligurian capital, the transhipment share decreased, while the Savona port benefited.
Fincantieri records strong growth in half-year financial performance and new orders
Rome
In the first six months of 2025, orders totaled 14.7 billion euros (+93.5%)
In the second quarter, naval traffic through the Suez Canal decreased by -6.2%
In the second quarter, naval traffic through the Suez Canal decreased by -6.2%
Cairo
1,248 tankers (-2.7%) and 1,826 other types of vessels (-8.5%) passed through
CMA CGM's net profit fell by 140% in the second quarter.
Marseille
Revenues stable. The French shipping group is interested in acquiring Hutchison Ports' terminals.
Royal Caribbean closes second quarter with record net profit
Miami
The April-June period was very positive
Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern announced a merger agreement today.
Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern announced a merger agreement today.
Omaha/Atlanta
First coast-to-coast cargo rail network
Gurrieri resigns as Special Commissioner of the Eastern Adriatic Sea Port Authority
Trieste
The atypical reverse charge for the logistics sector will become applicable tomorrow
Milan
Ruggerone (Assologistica): one of the most strategic reforms we helped build is being implemented
Policy brief on cyber threats that pose risks to port infrastructure
Tallinn
It was developed by the NATO Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence
Interferry urges the EU Commission to harmonize its shipping decarbonization regulations with those of the IMO
Victoria
Failure to align - the association warned - will force shipping companies to pay twice for emissions.
In the second quarter of 2025, Chinese seaports handled 79.1 million containers (+6.1%)
Beijing
Total freight traffic was three billion tons (+3.3%), of which 1.3 billion tons were with foreign countries (+1.9%).
CK Hutchison announces plans to include a Chinese investor in the consortium to sell Hutchison Ports
Hong Kong
Without the participation of the COSCO shipping group, China would not authorize the sale
Sri Lanka's Supreme Court has awarded compensation of $1 billion over the X-Press Pearl accident.
Sri Lanka's Supreme Court has awarded compensation of $1 billion over the X-Press Pearl accident.
Columbus
The container ship caught fire and sank near the port of Colombo
The Greek government sends a tugboat to the Red Sea to assist ships that may be attacked by the Houthis.
The Greek government sends a tugboat to the Red Sea to assist ships that may be attacked by the Houthis.
Piraeus
The AHTS "Giant" is leaving
Saipem and Subsea7 have signed a binding merger agreement.
Saipem and Subsea7 have signed a binding merger agreement.
Milan/Luxembourg
The transaction is expected to close in the second half of 2026.
In the second quarter, the port of Valencia handled over 1.5 million containers (+4.0%)
In the first half of 2025, the amount of new orders to Chinese shipyards fell by -18.2%
Beijing
A decrease of -3.5% in new construction completed in the period was recorded
In the second quarter of 2025, freight traffic in the port of Trieste grew by +3.7%
Trieste
Bulk cargo increased. Miscellaneous cargo fell by 13.2%.
CMA CGM and TotalEnergies form joint venture for LNG bunkering in the Port of Rotterdam.
Marseille
Agreement to supply 360,000 tons of liquefied natural gas per year to the French group's ships
In the second quarter of 2025, freight traffic in Spanish ports decreased by -4.7%
Madrid
All the main product categories are decreasing except for conventional goods
Brookfield Asset Management to sell 49% of British port group PD Ports to Spain's Pontegadea
Middlesbrough
The English company has over 1,400 employees
In the quarter April-June, freight traffic in the port of Rotterdam decreased by -2.3%
In the quarter April-June, freight traffic in the port of Rotterdam decreased by -2.3%
Rotterdam
The port authority is alarmed by the state of crisis in the national industry.
The electrification of the docks in the ports of Livorno, Piombino and Portoferraio is proceeding according to plan.
Third dock for cruise traffic in the port of Catania
Catania
Pier 25's restyling completed
Another quarter of decline in freight traffic at the port of Algeciras
Algeciras
In the period April-June, containers amounted to 1.24 million TEUs (+1.0%)
A new tax applied to cruise passengers disembarking in national ports came into force today in Greece.
Athens
Belgian rail freight company Lineas receives €61 million government loan
Brussels
The measure was approved last night by the restricted council of ministers
ERTMS installation completed on 1,400 kilometers of Italian railway network
Rome
The project is financed with 2.5 billion euros from PNRR funds.
Wärtsilä's quarterly financial and commercial results are positive.
Helsinki
The Marine Electrical Systems division will be sold to the Italian company VINCI Energies.
In the port of Barcelona the number of cruise terminals will be reduced from seven to five
In the port of Barcelona the number of cruise terminals will be reduced from seven to five
Barcelona
The mayor: For the first time in history, a limit is placed on the growth of cruises in the city.
MSC and Moby have presented their commitments to meet the AGCM's requirements.
Rome
Shipping Agencies Services will sell its 49% stake in Moby, waiving the consideration in favor of the majority shareholder. Moby commits to completely repaying its debt to SAS.
Fincantieri confirms its interest in the development of American shipbuilding
Fincantieri confirms its interest in the development of American shipbuilding
Washington
Folgiero: Commitment to deliver next-generation capabilities in full alignment with U.S. strategic priorities
The Chamber of Deputies has approved the appointment of four presidents of Italian Port System Authorities.
Rome
The names proposed for the Port System Authorities of the Southern Adriatic, Central-Northern Tyrrhenian, Western Liguria, and Eastern Liguria have been approved. Voting on the Northern Tyrrhenian Authority has been postponed.
Information exchange between state administrations for the digitalization of the maritime sector begins
Rome
The first operational meeting at the Coast Guard General Command in Rome
The Clean Maritime Fuels Platform suggests measures to support the production and distribution of clean marine fuels
COSCO Shipping Ports sets new monthly and quarterly container traffic records
Hong Kong
In the period April-June, 29.4 million TEUs were handled (+4.5%)
Sharp increase in cases of seafarers abandoning their ships
London
2,286 crew members from 222 ships involved as of early 2025
Global freight traffic saw strong growth in the first quarter of this year in anticipation of new tariffs
Global freight traffic saw strong growth in the first quarter of this year in anticipation of new tariffs
Geneva
North America saw the strongest quarterly growth in imports
In the port of Antwerp-Bruges containers and rolling stock are increasing and other types of goods are decreasing
Antwerp
Traffic congestion continues at the airport, with the situation on the landside becoming critical
A study denounces the delay of European ports in equipping themselves with cold ironing facilities.
Brussels/Pozzallo
The tender to electrify the docks of the port of Pozzallo has begun.
T&E proposes to include more non-EU transhipment ports to avoid carbon leakage
Brussels
The association calls on the EU Commission to reduce the current threshold of 65% of transhipment traffic
Federlogistica urges the immediate establishment of a control room on tariffs
Genoa
The aim is also to eliminate extra costs caused by bureaucracy.
Containerized cargo handled through the port of Singapore fell by 2.9% in the second quarter.
Singapore
Last May, ship transits through the Suez Canal decreased by -6.8%
Last May, ship transits through the Suez Canal decreased by -6.8%
Cairo
The negative trend continued in June and early July
Terminal operators are not at all satisfied with a policy that seems to have no interest in ports
Rome
Cognolato: It is essential to close the ongoing trials on several fronts.
The largest ship ever to dock at Cagliari's Porto Canale at the MITO terminal.
Milan
The container ship "MSC Venice" with a capacity of 16,652 TEU arrived yesterday
On 5 and 6 November in Lisbon a summit called by the ILA against automation in the maritime and port sector
On 5 and 6 November in Lisbon a summit called by the ILA against automation in the maritime and port sector
North Bergen/Metzingen
South Korean HD Hyundai, together with German NEURA Robotics, will develop and test welding robots in shipyards
The toll of the horrific attack on the bulk carrier Eternity C in the Red Sea is still uncertain.
Mandaluyong/London/Brussels
Joint statement by ICS, BIMCO, European Shipowners, Intercargo and Intertanko
In the first half of 2025, bulk cargo increased and general cargo decreased in the port of Marseille-Fos
Marseille
Cruise passengers increase by +5%
The Senate has approved the framework law on interports
Rome
UIR, gives the Italian interport system a modern, orderly and coherent regulatory framework
Carlo De Ruvo was elected president of Confetra
Rome
Among the challenges, the uncontrolled expansion of large logistics groups and their concentration
Number of pirate attacks on ships still high in the second quarter of 2025
Number of pirate attacks on ships still high in the second quarter of 2025
Kuala Lumpur
The number of acts of violence against crews is decreasing
Telemar and TNL Group merger agreement
Telemar and TNL Group merger agreement
Oslo/Athens/Paris
One of the top three operators in the OT/IoT services market for the maritime and superyacht sectors will be created
Attacks on ships in the Red Sea still cause deaths among seafarers
Portsmouth
Liberian-flagged bulk carrier " Eternity C" targeted
Canadian shipbuilding company Davie acquires second shipyard in Finland
Helsinki/Pori
It will buy the Enersense Offshore shipyard
Amendment on Port Labor Supply Agencies Approved
Rome
Immediate transformation into Agencies authorised to provide temporary port work
Salvini appoints a manager of a private shipping company from Campania as president of the regional AdSP
Rome
This is Eliseo Cuccaro, CEO of Alilauro
Extend the application of the 0.1% sulphur limit in marine fuels globally
Extend the application of the 0.1% sulphur limit in marine fuels globally
Berlin
This is proposed by an analysis by the International Council on Clean Transportation
IMO and EU condemn renewed attacks on ships in the Red Sea
London/Brussels
Dominguez: New violation of international law and freedom of navigation
In the second quarter of this year, Finnlines' revenues decreased by -5.0%.
Helsinki
Net profit of 26.1 million euros (+7.7%)
Container traffic in the Port of New York remained stable in the April-June quarter.
New York
An increase of +4.9% was recorded in the first half of 2025
The Chamber of Deputies approves the appointment of the presidents of five Port System Authorities.
Rome
They are Davide Gariglio, Francesco Rizzo, Eliseo Cuccaro, Francesco Benevolo and Giovanni Gugliotti
Latrofa appointed extraordinary commissioner of the Port Authority of the Central-Northern Tyrrhenian Sea
Rome
Ministerial decree signed
The PNRR tender for interports has been reopened.
Rome
Resources available amounting to 2.2 million euros
Port of Livorno: Workers are the priority in the LTM crisis
Livorno
UPS's quarterly earnings performance declines
Atlanta
Net income in the April-June quarter was $1.28 billion (-8.9%)
Approval for the 2025 budget variation of the Southern Tyrrhenian and Ionian Sea Port Authority.
Gioia Tauro
500 thousand euros for the 49% share held by the Port Agency company
FHP Group acquires the remaining 10% stake in Lotras
Milan/Foggia
The integration between Lotras and CFI Intermodal will begin to create FHP Intermodal.
OITAF scientific document on good practices in the logistics and transport of fresh fruit and vegetables
Milan
The Northern Tyrrhenian Sea Port Authority has joined the PLIKA
Livorno
Platform dedicated to training, innovation and knowledge sharing in the logistics and port sectors
Matteo Paroli's nomination as president of the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority has been signed.
Rome
He has a degree in law and a specialization in administrative law.
Container throughput increases in Haropa Port, while bulk cargo decreases.
Le Havre
In the first half of this year, containers were 1.51 million TEUs (+4%)
Bureau Veritas reports a 9.8% quarterly increase in revenues in the Marine & Offshore segment
Courbevoie
Kalmar and Konecranes increase new orders in the April-June quarter
Helsinki
The turnover of the two Finnish companies is slightly increasing
Container traffic in the port of Barcelona fell by 12.2% in the second quarter.
Barcelona
Assiterminal threatens a new wave of appeals against regulations it believes are damaging to port operations
Genoa
2M Logistics signs an agreement with Salerno-based Gallozzi
Barendrecht
The Dutch company will represent GF Logistics, a subsidiary of the Italian group, in the Benelux region.
Swiss company Kuehne+Nagel's quarterly profits fell
Schindellegi
In the period April-June of this year, net turnover grew by +1.7%
Yang Ming orders three 8,000 TEU container ships from Nihon Shipyard and Imabari Shipbuilding
Keelung/Imabari
Contract valued at $351.3-394.5 million
Italia Nostra reiterates its strong concerns about the construction of the Fiumicino-Isola Sacra port.
Rome
European maritime cities, destinations for cruise tourism - the association highlights - denounce the phenomenon of over-tourism in the cruise sector
Egypt's first automotive terminal has come into operation at Port Said East.
East Port Said
It can accommodate two car carriers at the same time
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
Tepsa has acquired a liquid bulk terminal in the port of Rotterdam.
Singapore/Rotterdam
It was sold by Global Energy Storage Holdings
The Spinelli Group has approved its 2024 sustainability report.
Genoa
Of the company's 616 direct employees, 49% are under the age of 50.
In the second quarter of this year, cargo traffic in Turkish ports grew by +1.6%
Ankara
Cargoes to and from Italy amounted to 12.7 million tons (+10.1%)
Extension of the Simplified Logistics Zone for Genoa Ports and Dry Ports to the Savona, Vado Ligure, and Bergeggi areas.
Genoa
Approval from the ZLS Steering Committee
Isotta Fraschini Motori has inaugurated a new production line for hydrogen fuel cell systems in Bari.
Trieste
They will be used for naval and land solutions
The Grande Shanghai , the Grimaldi Group's first ammonia-ready car carrier, has been christened.
Naples
It has a load capacity of 9,000 CEUs.
The Port of Genoa, FILT, and UILT have declared a five-day strike at the Bettolo Terminal.
Genoa
Fit Cisl Liguria expressed solidarity with the workers
The tender for the dredging of the commercial dock basin at the port of Ancona has been published.
Ancona
The removal of approximately 730 thousand cubic meters of sediment is planned
Tender for the restoration and enhancement of docks 32 and 33 in the Deep Sea Zone of the port of Savona
Genoa
An investment of over 6.7 million euros is expected
There are 1,100 workers in Palermo directly employed in the seaside tourism sector
Palermo
This year, cruise traffic is expected to grow by 9.4% in the port of the Sicilian capital.
Six-month growth of +9% in freight on the St. Petersburg-India/China maritime route
Fly
FESCO operates six vessels in the service
Port of Trieste: Special Commissioner Gurrieri under investigation for money laundering
Trieste
I am certain - he declared - that I can demonstrate that I acted legally, in full transparency.
Vard signs new contract for the construction of two CSOVs
Trieste
The vessels will be used to support operations in the offshore wind sector
UIR welcomes the publication of the tender for the digitalization of the logistics chain.
Rome
Di Caterina (ALIS): a concrete tool that enhances the needs of businesses and strengthens the logistics system
GNV celebrated its first ten years of activity on the Italy-Albania route
Durres
During the period, the company's ships carried over 1.25 million passengers
A shipment of over 1.2 tons of marijuana was seized at the port of Gioia Tauro.
Reggio Calabria/Catanzaro
Members of a criminal organization that imported drugs from South America through European ports and airports have been arrested.
Yang Ming orders Hanwha Ocean to build seven 15,000 TEU dual-fuel containerships
Keelung
They will be delivered between 2028 and 2029
Walden to sell healthcare logistics business to Yusen Logistics
Paris
Exclusive negotiations announced
Solinas (Sardinian Action Party) is not at all satisfied with the state of Sardinian ports
Cagliari
The immediate establishment of a special commission is urged
ANSI welcomes the introduction of the information dashboard for managing private procurement contracts in logistics.
Rome
D'Angelo: it will allow the country to take another step forward
Russo (Confcommercio): excluding road transport from the PNRR funding was shortsighted.
Rome
First bulletin from the Freight Insights Observatory produced by the National Center for Sustainable Mobility
ABB Group posts sharp growth in quarterly financial and business performance
Zurich
In the period April-June the value of new orders grew by +16.0%
Informal consultations have begun on the preliminary proposal for the new Ancona Port Master Plan.
Ancona
Eleven meetings scheduled for July
Program agreement for preparatory and functional interventions for the construction of the bridge over the Strait of Messina
Rome
It was signed today in Rome
Project to develop an ecological station for the treatment of wastewater from ships
Naples
Initiative of the Neapolitan Group of the Cenere and Iello Landing
Assiterminal urges against bringing sediment from the Bagnoli dredging project into the port of Naples.
Genoa
Cognolato and Ferrari: It is essential to safeguard the full functionality of the commercial port's activities.
Container traffic at the Port of Long Beach fell 3.4% in the second quarter.
Long Beach
A decline of -16.4% was recorded in June
Paolo Pessina has been appointed vice president of Conftrasporto-Confcommercio.
Rome
He is president of the national federation of maritime agents and brokers
Container traffic in the port of Hong Kong decreased by -8.2% in the second quarter
Hong Kong
A decrease of -13.7% was recorded in June
Cuneo-based logistics company Nord Ovest is seeing growing financial results.
Wedge
Construction work on a new depot in Mondovì will be completed in early 2026.
Container traffic at the Port of Los Angeles grows driven by fears of new tariffs
Los Angeles
June saw the highest volume ever recorded for this month
The Management Committee of the Sardinia Sea Port Authority has adopted the DPSS
Cagliari
Green light for the concession to MITO and the appeal against the rejection of Olbia's dredging project.
Three events in Genoa for three new Explora Journeys cruise ships.
Genoa
A technical launch, a coin laying and the cutting of the first sheet metal were carried out at the Fincantieri shipyard
Grimaldi sells 5% of Terminal Darsena Toscana to Livorno Port Company
Naples/Livorno
Option to purchase an additional 5% of the share capital
Concession agreement signed that assigns management of the port of Tartous to DP World
Damascus
It has a lifespan of 30 years
Matteo Gasparato appointed president of the Northern Adriatic Sea Port Authority
Rome
He was appointed extraordinary commissioner of the same port authority
Meeting in Rome between the heads of ESPO and Assoporti
Rome
Among the topics addressed, the competitiveness of European ports in the current global context
Chinese airline OOCL reports quarterly decline in scheduled service revenues
Hong Kong
Cargo transported by the company's ships is increasing
Collaboration between the Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority and the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority
Rome
Agreement with an initial duration of five years
Survey in Germany on the prospects of companies in the maritime, port and shipbuilding sectors
Hamburg
Shipowners are more concerned. Positive prospects for ports and shipyards.
Port of Augusta: Work begins on a third bridge connecting the island to the mainland.
Augusta
Work worth over 20 million euros
Vard signs contract with InkFish for new research vessel
Trieste
The deal is worth more than 200 million euros.
1.1 billion euros will be invested in the port of Hamburg to strengthen the container sector
Hamburg
Improving accessibility and port infrastructure in the Waltershofer Hafen area
Meyer Turku delivered the new Star of the Seas cruise ship to Royal Caribbean
Turku
It has a gross tonnage of 250,800 tons
ESPO calls for increased funding for ports under the next EU Multiannual Financial Framework
Brussels
The CEF programme funds have proven to be far from sufficient
Fincantieri delivers the new Oceania Allura cruise ship to Oceania Cruises.
Miami/Trieste
Two additional Sonata-class ships have been converted into orders.
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
Confindustria event on the sea economy in Rome on July 15th
Rome
The public meeting of the International Containers Studies Center will be held in Genoa on July 2nd
Genoa
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Why Malta is objecting to a new price cap on Russian oil
(timesofmalta.com)
US has its eye on Greek ports
(Kathimerini)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Intervento del presidente Tomaso Cognolato
Roma, 19 giugno 2025
››› File
Uniport: Bringing debris from Bagnoli to the port of Naples would postpone long-awaited dredging.
Rome
Legora de Feo: It's necessary to find alternative solutions.
Taiwanese companies Evergreen, Yang Ming and WHL saw sharp declines in quarterly revenues.
Keelung/Taipei
In the period April-June it fell by -18.7%, -26.5% and -8.6% respectively
The establishment of the Information Dashboard for the management of private procurement contracts in logistics has been approved.
In May, freight traffic in the port of Ravenna grew by +1.4%
Ravenna
Bulk cargo is on the rise. Miscellaneous cargo is on the decline.
EU approves joint purchase of port equipment by terminal operators
Brussels
Joint definition of minimum technical specifications of equipment is also permitted
Serbian energy group EPS will import coal through the Montenegrin port of Bar
Bar
Currently imports from Indonesia pass through the port of Constanta
Fincantieri Foundation and Luiss University launch a project to strengthen the safety of underwater infrastructure.
Trieste
Among the objectives, contribute to the definition of a specific regulatory framework
Freewheeling: The government's U-turn on anti-mafia controls in the road haulage sector is a welcome development.
Modena
Franchini: If the government has realized it made a mistake, that's good news.
Agostinelli (AdSP Tirreno Meridionale e Ionio): the amendment that allows for the early transformation of the Gioia Tauro Port Agency is extremely important.
Confindustria's event on the maritime economy will take place in Rome on July 15th.
Rome
The confederation's strategic document on the sector will be presented
Kerala seeks $1.1 billion from MSC in damages over MSC Elsa 3 sinking
Thiruvananthapuram
Temporary detention of the vessel "MSC Akuteta II" granted
Trasportounito requests the cancellation of the renewal procedure of the Central Committee of the Register of Hauliers
Rome
New seizure of a load of cocaine in the port of Gioia Tauro
Reggio Calabria
16 bags containing 417 kilos of drugs were found in a container
MOL and Kinetics to build world's first floating data center
Tokyo
It will be installed on a vessel of 9,731 gross tonnage
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