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April 20, 2012
Sched Netweb site
  • Hanjin Shipping joins ABX and TLS loops to expand east Med service
  • Emirates to launch two services to East Africa with CMA CGM from May 11
  • Fujian invests US$2.38 billion on roads and waterways in first quarter
  • G6 runs 8,100-TEU ships from Far East weekly into APM T Gothenberg
  • Xiamen's cross-strait fruit imports from Taiwan doubles in first quarter
  • Evergreen adds Japan-Thailand-Vietnam service through slot buying
  • Tibet lays in roads, to spend 178pc more in this 5-year plan than last
  • KMTC joins Emirates, Hapag-Lloyd, RCL's Far East to India service
  • Beijing freight forwarders achieve US$20 billion in revenue in 2011
  • Dachser revenue up 13pc to US$5.9 billion, credits air-sea logistics boom
  • Evergreen to launch Malacca Strait Malaysia-Indonesia feeder April 28
  • Seaspan receives Cosco Hope, seventh of eight 13,100-TEU containerships
  • UASC takes delivery of eighth of nine 13,000-TEUers from Samsung
  • Malaysia's MISC disposes of assets, speeds exit from container services
  • TAMP rejects PSA plea for 15pc hike, by slashing terminal rates 12.2pc
  • Charleston box volume up 2pc in fiscal year to date, but up 12pc in March
  • DP World JV Visakha Container Terminal enjoys record year in 2011
  • Wuhan, China's fourth passenger city, adds Paris to its flight list
  • SIA Cargo adds destinations in partnership with budget airline Scoot
  • US and Brazil implement aviation private public partnership
  • Amerijet extends Central American freight coverage to Managua, Nicaragua

Exim Indiaweb site
  • AKE report shows surge in Somali piracy in March
  • BCHAA organises training programme on how to be successful as a service provider
  • Hamburg Süd 2011: Another challenging year in global shipping
  • MANSA launches 'Foundation course on shipping logistics'
  • Shipping Secretary commends work being done by Kandla Seafarers Welfare Association
  • India showing positive signs: OECD
  • Ore exports only after meeting local demand: SC

International Transport Journalweb site
APRIL 19, 2012
  • Eritrean Airlines back to Frankfurt
    Fraport Cargo Services (FCS) takes over cargo handling for Eritrean Airlines. Frankfurt had last been approached by Eritrean Airlines in the summer of 2009; back then FCS had be...
  • Record results for Deutsche Bahn
    The German rail service provider Deutsche Bahn raised its turnover to the record level of EUR 37.9 billion in fiscal 2011, an increase of 10.1% or EUR 3.5 billion. The company's tr...
  • Network Rail awards framework agreements for railway re-signalling
    The British infrastructure company, Network rail, has awarded framework agreements for re-signalling the railway with ETCS Level 2. Starting in April 2012, the collaborative agreem...
  • Canada takes next step to reduce harmful HGV emissions
    The Canadian government is proposing regulations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from new on-road heavy-duty vehicles and engines, including large pick-up trucks, short/long-hau...
  • Vanguard appoints general manager airfreight for Southeast Asia
    Vanguard Logistics Services, located in Sydney (Australia) has promoted Collin Rozario to the position of general manager airfreight - South Pacific and Southeast Asia. This promot...
  • Garuda Indonesia buys Airbus and casts eyes on Auckland
    Garuda Indonesia has placed a firm order with Airbus for eleven more A330-300 widebody aircraft. The equipment will join the carrier's fleet between 2013 and 2017. Garuda currently...
  • 25% of Bilbao's traffic stems from America
    The port of Bilbao (Spain) reported that its traffic with the American continent amounted to 7.8 million t in 2011, 5% more than in 2010. This traffic accounts for almost 25% of th...
  • Canada concludes new air transport agreements in the Americas
    Canada has concluded air transport agreements with several states in the Americas. A first-time agreement with Colombia, one of Canada's largest air transport markets in South Amer...
  • Ceva Iberia appoints new business development director
    Ceva Logistics recently appointed Izaskun Barquin as its business development director in Spain and Portugal. She will be responsible for implementing the company's business develo...
  • CMA CGM and Maersk reshuffle Asia-South Africa and Mozambique services
    The French container shipping company CMA CGM is reshuffling its services on the Asia - South Africa and Mozambique trades in partnership with Denmark's Maersk Line (ML). As from 2...
  • CEO of Royal Jordanian Airlines resigns
    Royal Jordanian (RJ) CEO Hussein Dabbas submitted his resignation on 17 April. It will take effect on 1 June. Dabbas has held this position since 2009. RJ is going through a diffic...
  • P&O Ferrymasters to expand Eastern Europe fleet
    The UK-based transport service provider P&O Ferrymasters is planning a major expansion of own-asset road operations in eastern Europe by basing its hallmark Yellow Fleet traile...
  • FedEx is in talks to buy French express carrier Tat Express
    The US CEP and logistics giant FedEx Corp is holding talks about the acquisition of the French courier and transport company Tat Express. Tat Express was founded in 1976, currently...
  • Agility wins heavylift contract to move railway wagons from Spain to Kazakhstan
    Global logistics provider Agility has won a contract to transport 420 railway wagons from Spain to Kazakhstan for Talgo, a leading Spanish manufacturer of railway wagons and c...
  • DBL Logistics delivers growth with support from HSBC
    DBL Logistics, the Sheffield (Great Britain)-based haulage and logistics company, is planning to double in size with the development of a new purpose built distribution centre, in ...
  • Hamburg Süd increases volumes and revenue in 2011
    The German shipping company Hamburg Süd, a member of the Oetker Group, increased its container transport volumes by 9% to 3.1 million teu in 2011. Last year's revenue increased by ...

Marine Logweb site
APRIL 19, 2012
  • Panel of experts to assess recommendations of cruise industry...
  • Ingram to buy U.S. United Barge Line from United Maritime...
  • Kirsi Tikka to head up ABS Europe Division
  • Agreement with Hanjin gives Huntington Ingalls subsidiary access...
  • Viking River signs MOA for cruise ships with Fincantieri

World Wide Shipperweb site
APRIL 19, 2012
  • FESCO plans expansion of business with Port of Everett
  • Columbia River Coast Guard holding ship for failing inspections
  • House subcommittee proposes $1 billion for harbor maintenance
  • Port of Vancouver, USA marks first vessel of second hundred years
  • General Dynamics NASSCO starts work on Navy MLP

Lloyd's Listweb site
APRIL 19, 2012
  • Talk sweeps market that NYK is poised to order LNG newbuildings
    Potential for orders seen as Japan's demand for liquefied natural gas continues at record levels
  • Supramax market in new rally
    Soy and sugar cargoes boost South Atlantic rates
  • TEN annual report reveals covenant breaches
    One scenario would require $65.4m additional security
  • Putin poised to cut taxes for Russian Arctic development
    Russian premier announces fresh stimulus as Lloyd's report highlights need for thorough risk assessment of activity
  • Shtokman delays expose Arctic investment risks
    Partners have yet to commit to final-phase investment
  • Keeping the turbines turning
    Life on the small support vessels which serve windfarms raises questions about safety
  • Sudan halts oil exports
    Tensions in northeast Africa cut supply of light, sweet crude to Asia
  • TEN to realise $65m gross proceeds from follow-on issue
    Tsakos Foundation to take 2m shares
  • Shooting ducks?
    Industry urgently needs to agree rules on use of force
  • Boxship capital inflows are 'illogical'
    Investors destroy value and drive down slot costs
  • Nord/LB to keep ship financing flat
    Lender will focus on existing customers
  • Profits rise at Keppel offshore and marine
    Buoyant oil prices drive 66% revenue hike
  • Shipowners divided over rules for use of force
    IMIF delegates at loggerheads over what constitutes 'proportional' force
  • OOCL reports dip in first-quarter revenues
    Lower Asia-Europe revenues undermine volume growth
  • US ports in line for record $1bn dredging cash
    Washington recommends largest annual drawdown from Harbour Maintenance Trust Fund
  • ABS moves Middle East operations into Singapore-based division
    Classification society sees growing business ties between Dubai, Singapore and India
  • Suspected Somali pirate base hit by unidentified warplanes
    Operation Atalanta said it was not involved, despite EU endorsing attacks by land
  • Container pricing
    The challenge is to prove that box shipping really can consistently earn a decent rate of return
  • HHI to build two long range tankers for Sun Enterprises
    Compared to medium range vessels, new LR orders are rarely seen
  • Pacific Basin Shipping sees buying opportunities emerging in tough market
    Hong Kong handysize and handymax specialist says partial recovery is only temporary
  • Port Botany dockers end dispute
    Asciano and union agree pay and productivity deal
  • Kingpin's arrest highlights failure of prosecutions to halt piracy
    Garaad could stand trial in Iran but others will take his place
  • Dry bulk bucks Irish ports downturn
    Volumes fall for all other traffic segments
  • Exclusive: EU journal names CF Sharp 'an IRISL front'
    Crew supplier remains IMEC member despite Brussels claim
  • TEN follow-on pricing stalls
    Company share value falls 16% in a day
  • NOL's five-year bonds raise $320m
    Singapore-listed box line raises cash after failing to sell perpetual bonds
  • Top Ships takes a battering
    Shelf registration knocks share price
  • Intra-Asia carriers press for general rates increase
    IADA seeks extra $200 per teu in two hikes by end May
  • Royal Caribbean chief backs cruise industry to ride out spate of casualties
    Costa Concordia was an anomaly but industry is coming together to improve safety measures, says Richard Fain

Fairplayweb site
APRIL 19, 2012
  • Cruise safety panel named
    THE Cruise Lines International Association today appointed an independent panel to vet safety policy changes in the wake of the Costa Concordia tragedy
  • Water tunnel to aid deepening
    NEW YORK has unveiled a $250M scheme to build a water tunnel in its harbour that will help the port in its quest to deepen to 15.2m
  • ABG-PSA joint venture falls apart
    THE PSA International of Singapore and Mumbai-based ABG Ports consortium, which bagged the fourth container terminal project at Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT), has parted ways
  • Keppel Corp's profits surge
    SINGAPORE'S Keppel Corp said today that 1Q2012 profit surged 141% year-on-year to S$751M ($600M), helped in part by good demand for rigs
  • Mexican standoff at Northern Shipyard
    NORTHERN Shipyard of St.Petersburg now has two chief executives, as the state-owned United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) tries to consolidate its control of the yard, and the management under Andrei Fomichev fight back
  • Container freight rate rise surprise
    A SHARP increase in spot freight rates in container shipping prior to General Rate Increases (GRI) major carriers had announced from 1 April has come as a positive surprise, according to a senior shipping analyst
  • Car carriers receive good news for Japan
    NEWS from two industry majors in Japan indicating rising demand for car carrier capacity and continued subdued supply growth underlines the strength of the market, according to a Norwegian shipping analyst
  • WilPower dry docking brought forward
    AWILCO LNG, the listed Norwegian LNG carrier, has decided to bring forward the dry docking of the 1983-built WilPower by two months to May
  • Teekay issues NK700M bonds
    TEEKAY LNG Partners, the New York listed lng and tanker shipping company that is part of the Teekay group has issued NK700M in senior unsecured bonds maturing in May 2017 in the Norwegian bond market, the company said in a statement today
  • Asian shipping seeks efficiencies
    ASIAN shipping will become more efficient in the future, in response to global trends, believes Noël Jelsma, Asia Pacific regional director for the Finnish support systems provider Eniram

The Journal of Commerceweb site
APRIL 19, 2012
  • Prince Rupert Container Volume Doubled in March
    Container volumes at the Port of Prince Rupert, Canada, doubled last month compared to March 2011 because of generic growth...
  • Port Manatee OKs Expansion Project
    The Manatee County Port Authority has approved a $13 million contract for a 584-foot berth extension and a 10-acre container...
  • Georgia Ports Have Record Month for Tonnage
    The Georgia Ports Authority handled a record 2.37 million tons of cargo in March, including 2.03 million tons of containerized...
  • US Intermodal Volume Rises 1.6 Percent
    U.S. intermodal rail shipments in the week ending April 14 rose 1.6 percent year-over-year and 1.3 percent the previous week,...
  • US Ports Could Get $1 Billion in Federal Dredging Aid
    U.S. ports in fiscal 2013 would get $1 billion for maintenance dredging, the largest annual federal award for navigation work,...
  • Qantas Launches Air Cargo Service to Chongqing
    Qantas Freight Enterprises' first scheduled freighter service linking Australia to the Chinese manufacturing hub of Chongqing and the U.S. will...
  • NS, KCS Launch US-Mexico 53-Foot Box Service
    Norfolk Southern Railway and Kansas City Southern Railway are expanding their intermodal rail service linking Mexico and the U.S. by...
  • Vos Logistics Revenue up 5 Percent
    Vos Logistics' revenue grew 5 percent in 2011 from a year ago to $333 million as the Dutch trucking and...
  • Werner Enterprises Profit Soars 30 Percent
    Steady improvement in demand for trucking and non-asset logistics services boosted Werner Enterprises first quarter net profit 30 percent ...
  • OOCL Volume Up, Revenue Down in First Quarter
    Orient Overseas Container Line's first quarter volume revenue slipped 0.9 percent to $1.3 billion despite a 5.4 percent rise in...
  • Hanjin Joins VSAs to Med, Turkey
    Hanjin Shipping in May will join other Asia-based carriers in a vessel-sharing agreement to expand its presence in the East...
  • Ingram to Buy US United Barge Line
    Ingram Barge has agreed to acquire U.S. United Barge Line, a company with 17 towboats, almost 650 barges and approximately...
  • UP Reports Record Revenue on Slight Volume Growth
    Union Pacific saw first quarter revenue rise 14 percent year-over-year to $5.1 billion, as double-digit increases in four of its...
  • Logistics Group Dachser Revenue up 13 Percent
    Dachser's 2011 revenue jumped by 13 percent from a year ago to more than $5.6 billion as the German logistics...
  • Seaspan Takes Delivery of 13,100-TEU Ship
    Container ship owner-charterer Seaspan has taken delivery of a seventh in a series of eight ships with capacities of 13,100...
  • Major Ocean Carriers Set India Freight Rate Increases
    Several major container carriers plan to implement general rate increases on trades to and from the Indian Subcontinent that are...
  • U.S.-Japan Imports, Exports Jump
    Japanese exports to the United States surged 23.9 percent in March from a year earlier, to $12.7 billion, on strong...
  • Maersk Resumes Europe-Asia Bookings
    Maersk Line has started taking bookings again for cargo from North Europe to Asia following a near month-long suspension. ...
  • Maersk Plans Other Daily Maersk Services
    Maersk Line plans to duplicate its Asia-Europe Daily Maersk service on other global trade lanes in future, but it is...

Containerisation Internationalweb site
APRIL 19, 2012
  • Hanjin gets more serious about Eastern Europe
    Hanjin has announced plans to become more deeply involved in trade between Asia and Eastern Europe by chartering slots on CSCL/K Line/PIL and Wan Hai's existing ...
  • Index-linked freight contracts still not the answer
  • Evergreen ups ante in Intra-Asia trade
    Evergreen is boosting its Intra-Asia offerings with a new feeder route between the Port of Belawan [Sumatra, Indonesia] and Malaysia scheduled to be launched at ...
  • OOCL: benefitting from low exposure to Asia - Europe
    The Q1 2012 interims will be the first barometer of the financial health of ocean carriers and perhaps explain the shock and awe tactics of the liners in their ...
  • Supply/demand balance still out of kilter
    The liner shipping industry faces another difficult two years as supply remains out of balance with demand, with freight rates, despite recent strong increases ...
  • Maersk Line: 'The listening carrier'
    At least that is how Lucas Vos, the carrier's recently appointed chief commercial officer, wants customers to view the operator. He thinks that the carrier's 'New ...
  • Rotterdam feels the downturn chill
    Europe's biggest boxport saw its container traffic decline by 4% in the first three months of this year, compared to the first quarter of 2011, but Rotterdam's ...

TradeWindsweb site
APRIL 19, 2012
  • CMA CGM brings in ESL
    French line joining forces with Dubai operator for re-launched Asia to East Africa loop.
  • Nakilat profit flat
    Qatari LNG carrier owner says earnings little changed from a year ago.
  • Cosco Corp seals two more
    Singapore-listed shipbuilder racks up another drilling rig order for one of its Chinese yards.
  • Tsakos clan coughs up more
    Leading shareholder digs deeper than expected as Tsakos Energy Navigation pushes through $65m fundraiser.
  • Boxship and tug collide
    Vorwarts dented as engine fails on Navigia's Sirrah at Brunsbuttel on the Kiel Canal.
  • Keppel margins squeezed
    Singapore-listed rigbuilder's revenue soars but lower value jobs rein in earnings growth.
  • Bolivia probes Iran switches
    Land-locked country will axe 15 Iranian-controlled ships from register if evidence of sanctions violations found.
  • Crew held after deaths
    Two Chinese seafarers arrested in Japan following collision in which two fishermen are feared dead.
  • OOCL lifts volumes
    Hong Kong line posts first quarter cargo growth, but average revenue per teu down 6%.
  • Fincantieri wins Viking twins
    Italian yard to build a pair of 45,000-gt cruiseships for Torstein Hagen's Viking Ocean Cruises.
  • Vinashin eight appeal
    Former Vietnam yard group chairman Pham Thanh Binh and other executives contest jail terms for financial mismanagement.
  • Boxship goes hard aground
    Finnish authorities say ballast tanks leaking on Jungerhans' Phoenix J off Rauma.
  • Zaliv earnings slashed
    Ukrainian shipyard reports slim profit for 2011 as revenue falls back.
  • Samjin slumps to loss
    Korean shipbuilder logs deficit in tough 2011 as revenue drops 46%.
  • Sun shines for HHI
    Livanos group's Sun Enterprises linked to order for two products tankers at world's biggest shipbuilder.
  • Awilco LNG extends WilGas
    Oslo-listed LNG start-up extends charter contract with Petrobras, as WilPower heads for early drydocking.

American Shipperweb site
APRIL 19, 2012
  • Kewill adds cloud parcel support
  • BizSlate's small business supply chain cloud
  • Truck replacement incentive, volumes rise in Charleston
  • OOCL's Q1 hit by stagnant Asia-Europe trade
  • CMA CGM shakes up Asia-Southern Africa network
  • Two House bills could help ports
  • Hanjin expands to Black Sea
  • CMA CGM opens Mumbai head office
  • FedEx Freight expands in western Canada
  • Parcel handlers try hydraulic hybrids

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
APRIL 19, 2012
  • Liability limits raised as IMO adopts amendments to 1996 Protocol
    Limits have become inadequate 'to cover the costs of claims, especially those arising from incidents involving bunker fuel spills' says IMO.
  • Prices mixed in Rotterdam, Hamburg
    Variable views on product avails in Rotterdam.
  • Aegean's Jamaica terminal plans hinging on 'adequate financing'
    Company still 'considering' land-based storage terminal but may sell the site instead.
  • Prices firm in Fujairah
    Prices mixed in South African ports.
  • Fuel oil stocks plunge to 13-week low
    Singapore inventories decline by 20.7% on thin arbitrage arrivals.
  • Workshop on ISO 8217:2010 specification and test methods
    Two day workshop organised by the Energy Institute taking place in London in early May.
  • Bunker players serving a 'credit challenged' industry
    'Global economic chaos' to continue for some time, Stebbins tells IBC in Oslo.
  • Bunker prices largely up in Asia
    Demand 'average' across most of the key Asian ports on Thursday.
  • Dry bulk shipping 'generally in crisis'
    Dry bulk rates this year to decline from 2011 levels, says Pacific Basin.
  • Cruise industry ECA 'sulphur averaging' method on thin ice
    Model that might allow higher sulphur fuel to be used near low density pollution areas 'has not gone down well' with regulators.
  • East China fuel stocks up 23%
    Stocks expected to decline in the coming week amid stronger demand from bonded bunker traders.
  • Rising bunkers curb 'real' gains in box rates
    Bunker price increase bearing down on earnings even as box freight index nears all-time high.
  • Global gas conference to discuss LNG as bunker fuel
    New session at Gastech 2012 will highlight benefit of using LNG to power ships and domestic transport.

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Geneva
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Brussels
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Beijing/Hong Kong
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Temporary Port Labor Supply Company in Cagliari Extended for Another 18 Months
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Beijing
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Genoa
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ICS, Trump's proposed measures against Chinese ships risk having significant unwanted consequences, even for the US
Washington
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London
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Hamburg
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Geneva/Montreal/London
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London
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Madrid
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Leghorn
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Trieste
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Shanghai
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Venice
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Genoa
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Barcelona
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Lugano/Gazoldo of the Ippoliti
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Bulls
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The annual conference "Programming, Operation and Management of Transport Networks" in Genoa
Genoa
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Piraeus
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Port of La Spezia, cruise ship docking simulations completed at Garibaldi West pier
The Spice
Assagenti conference on the future of the profession of maritime agent and broker
Genoa
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Rome
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Gothenburg
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Saipem awarded new contracts in Middle East and Guyana
Milan
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Conference in Genoa for the centenary of Ente Bacini
Genoa
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Bentivoglio
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Tokyo
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Leghorn
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Shanghai
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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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