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December 20, 2012
Sched Netweb site
  • East coast dockers threaten December 29 strike, talks end over bonus cap
  • Merger talks between Germany's Hapag-Lloyd and Hamburg Sud underway
  • Singapore cancels G-Fuel's bunkering licence for contravention of terms
  • Indian shipowners cry out for State Bank-backed bond-aid solution
  • Kuehne + Nagel Belgium to provide more hi-tech warehousing for Creston
  • Henan starts one-stop customs clearance to reduce cost to shippers
  • Greater Mekong sub-region ministers look to investment opportunities
  • China's 2pc rail-water box volume falls short of 10-20pc won elsewhere
  • Hunan-Western Hubei provincial highway S303 opens to traffic
  • Portland secures federal funds for box tug-barge for Maine-NY loop
  • Hong Kong-Airlines offers HK-Nanning-Chongqing charter cargo flights
  • CATA delays forwarding reforms, intended to keep out smaller firms
  • Global air cargo security market to surpass US$486 million in 2013: report

Exim Indiaweb site
DECEMBER 19, 2012
  • Ashit Desai Memorial Seminar throws light on the way ahead for Indian maritime sector
  • Hamburg Sud & in preliminary merger talks
  • Liner Cargo Incident Notification System gaining acceptance
  • Machilipatnam port project likely to see movement soon
  • New Mangalore Port now offers 14 metres draught at 4 berths
  • Hyderabad airport recognised as best cargo airport, best cargo terminal
  • China importing more rice this year

International Transport Journalweb site
DECEMBER 19, 2012
  • Centralized ICAO negotiation event produces 130 new air services agreements
    The International Civil Aviation Organization's 2012 Air Services Negotiation Conference (ICAN 2012) concluded last week with participating states signing a total of 130 new air se...
  • Turkish Airlines to serve two new cities in Iran
    Today (19 December), Turkish Airlines is launching a twice-weekly Istanbul - Isfahan (Iran) service. A sixth Iranian destination, after Teheran, Masha, Shiraz, Tabriz and Isf...
  • Brazilian mining group starts construction of Corredor Logístico Integrado de Nacala
    The Brazilian mining group Vale has started construction work on its Corredor Logístico Integrado de Nacala. The 136 km long heavy haul freight corridor runs from the Moatize mines...
  • IRU strengthens cooperation with the Eurasian Economic Commission
    Representatives of the International Road Transport Union (IRU) and the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) have signed a memorandum of understanding to strengthen the cooperation b...
  • Wista awards LSCT managing director Marco Simonetti
    The president of Wista Italy, Daniela Fara, director of the Merchant Navy Academy, presented the "Wista Personality of the Year Italy 2012" award to Marco Simonetti,who w...
  • Fiege and Apollo Logi Solutions establish joint venture in India
    The German logistics service provider Fiege recently extended its market focus to India by signing a joint venture contract with Apollo Logi Solutions Ltd, a member of the Indian A...
  • Elite association formed to represent freight forwarders
    The Elite Association of Logistic Networks (Elite) has been officially launched following the qualification of nine major global logistics networks as founding members. The nine gl...
  • Seaco leadership changes
    Seaco Srl, a shipping container lessor, has selected Jeremy Matthew to be its group CEO and Paul Merritt as group COO. This move follows the announcement of Dave Amble's retirement...
  • Iveco to supply 115 Daily Natural Power vehicles to TNT Express Italy
    Iveco and TNT Express Italy have signed a contract for the delivery of 115 Daily Natural Power vehicles by 2013. The methane gas-powered vehicles will be used by TNT for its expres...
  • Croatia to privatise state-owned freight railway
    The Croatian government wants to sell 75% of the country's freight railway HZ Cargo. Local press reports indicate that talks are to be held with potential partners in Austria, Czec...
  • Merger talks between Hapag-Lloyd and Hamburg Süd
    The executive boards of the German shipping companies Hapag-Lloyd AG and Hamburg Südamerikanische Dampfschifffahrts-Gesellschaft KG (Hamburg S'd), in agreement with their sharehold...

Marine Logweb site
DECEMBER 19, 2012
  • CVN 78 passes another construction milestone
  • ACL to transport Canadian crude on U.S. waterways
  • Aker Philly starts production of second SeaRiver Aframax
  • BIW gets two more DDG 51 program contracts
  • Textron gets $23.3 million more for SSC
  • Arctech Helsinki Shipyard gets another icebreaker order
  • Damen acquires ship repairer Arno Dunkerque
  • Wärtsilä wins a clutch of ship design contracts

World Wide Shipperweb site
DECEMBER 19, 2012
  • Greenbrier reports Icahn offer 'grossly undervalues company'
  • TSA member carriers eye cargo rate increases
  • Crowley taps Tony Otero as Caribbean Services V.P.
  • Electrical lines go underground for Port of Vancouver freight project
  • Pair of NYK subsidiaries make merger plans for next year

Lloyd's Listweb site
DECEMBER 19, 2012
  • CSA issues reference rate to calm China's coastal dry bulk price war
    Domestic carriers urged to exercise self-discipline after underbidding and losses
  • Atlantic VLCC employment to rise
    Charterers will seek alternatives to pricey Atlantic suezmaxes
  • CMA CGM closes in on ports sale
    China Merchants expected to seal deal for Terminal Link stake next month
  • Chinese state shipping majors invest in Kaohsiung Terminal Six
    Cosco Pacific, CMHI and China Shipping Terminal Development take 30% stake
  • Odfjell expands joint venture with Lindsay Goldberg
    Deal supports expansion into emerging markets
  • CMB Group agrees debt refinancing deal
    Funding also underpins order for six South Korea-built handysize ships
  • Thome targets subcontinent in tie-up with Indian shipmanager
    Doehle Danautic provides officers for tanker and dry bulk fleets
  • Baltic Sea aframax earnings rise $11,000 overnight
    Demand for ice-class tonnage pushes market to new highs
  • US docks strike looms after talks collapse over container royalties
    Clock is ticking for shippers as December 29 deadline approaches
  • TSA announces 'make or break' rates hikes for January
    Transpacific box lines will push up dry cargo rates by $600 per feu

Fairplayweb site
DECEMBER 19, 2012
  • Cruise safety push 'by no means done'
    The cruise industry confirmed today that it will retain the services of the independent panel that vetted its post-Costa Concordia Operational Safety Review
  • Pirates kidnap 5 mariners
    PIRATES have kidnapped five tanker crew members after ransacking the ship off Nigeria, operator Medallion Marine of India said today
  • US fears 'container cliff'
    NEGOTIATIONS broke off today between management and unions representing US East and Gulf Coast dockers, heightening the chance of a crippling strike on 30 December
  • Pilot: Prestige leaks ignored for days
    PRESTIGE, the tanker at the root of the huge oil spill off Spain a decade ago, had been taking in water for four days before it sent a distress call, a Spanish court has been told
  • TSA seeks new rate rise of $600/feu
    TRANS-PACIFIC box carriers are seeking a rate increase of $600 per feu to the US West Coast
  • JR signs restructuring
    DUTCH feeder box ship owner JR Shipping said today it has signed a long-developing restructuring deal with Germany's HSH Nordbank
  • China drives forest products rebound
    GLOBAL production and trade of forest products continues to shift towards Asia, the UN's Food & Agriculture Organisation has indicated
  • CSSC buys CIS's steel
    CSSC HAS signed a deal worth 10Bn yuan ($1.6Bn) to buy 1M tonnes of steel from Chongqing Iron & Steel
  • EU boosts passenger rights
    A NEW EU regulation on maritime passenger rights has come into force
  • Damen acquires another French repair yard
    DAMEN Shipyards of the Netherlands said today it has acquired leading northern French ship repair yard ARNO Dunkerque
  • Where Suezmaxes go, will VLCCs follow?
    A SHARP rise in the spot freight rates for Suezmax tankers from West Africa is likely to bring VLCCs to the region to chase cargoes, a shipping analyst noted today
  • Odfjell, Lindsay Goldberg extending their JV
    ODFJELL, Norway's listed parcel tanker and tank terminals group, and the US private equity group Lindsay Goldberg are extending a tank terminals JV worldwide
  • China raising bunker tax
    CHINA'S domestic bunker taxes will increase by 15% in 2013, the government's tax bureau has said
  • Hapag, Hamburg Süd discussing merger
    PRESSURE on box shipping margins and structural overcapacity might spark another mega-merger, as Hapag-Lloyd and Hamburg S'd of Germany confirmed such talks today

The Journal of Commerceweb site
DECEMBER 19, 2012
  • New Year to Be 'Difficult' for Shippers
    Nashville, Ind.-based transportation forecaster FTR Associates' Shippers Conditions Index for October was -5.0, improving nearly two points from September. FTR predicts that the current improvement will yield to a gradual deterioration in shipping conditions as 2012 ends and throughout 2013. FTR also has been forecasting that new trucking regulations and slowly rising...
  • Jaxport Names Schleicher Interim CEO
    Roy Schleicher, Jaxport's interim CEO. The Jacksonville Port Authority's board of directors today unanimously named Roy Schleicher as interim CEO, filling the vacancy created by the departure of A. Paul Anderson. The board also began the process for hiring an executive search firm to identify candidates to fill the role permanently. Schleicher...
  • Survey: Shippers Less Optimistic About Future Volumes
    The Stifel Nicolaus Logistics Confidence Index, a monthly survey of international shippers and forwarders measuring Europe-based trade lanes, conducted by Stifel Nicolaus Transportation & Logistics Research Group and Transport Intelligence, rose 0.6 points to 48.0 in December, the second consecutive month of improvement. The increase was favorable, but the reading remains...
  • St. Lawrence Seaway's Cargo Traffic Rises 11 Percent
    The Saint Lawrence Seaway handled 5.1 million metric tons (about 5.6 million tons) of cargo shipments in November, increasing 11 percent year-over-year. Continuing demand for iron ore, coal and general cargo from the industrial and manufacturing sectors lifted the tonnage numbers, according to Marine Delivers. For the period from March 22 to...
  • Damen Shipyards Acquires Arno Dunkerque
    Dutch shipbuilding company Damen Shipyards Group today acquired ship repair yard Arno Dunkerque, located in the Port of Dunkirk in France. The yard will continue its ship repair and conversion services, and its personnel and management will remain in place. The acquisition "fits perfectly" in Damen Shipyards' long-term strategy to expand its...
  • Containerization & Intermodal Institute Makes $5,000 Donation to Seamen's Church Institute of NY/NJ
    NEWARK, N.J. -The Containerization & Intermodal Institute presented the Seamen's Church Institute at Port Newark a $5,000 donation to assist in the repairs of the center following damages sustained by Hurricane Sandy. The presentation was made at the Connie Awards on Monday, December 10th in Newark, NJ. The Seamen's Church Institute...
  • Union Pacific Railroad Contributes the Equivalent of Eight Boxcars of Food to UP's Northern Region Food Banks
    OMAHA, Neb. - Union Pacific Railroad is helping keep eight food banks in its northern region states stocked during these tough economic times by contributing $80,000 - $10,000 to each - that will be used to purchase 1.6 million pounds of food, enough to fill eight boxcars. "It's during tough times...
  • In Honor of Senator Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, the Second-Longest-Serving Senator in US Senate History, Who Died December 17 in Bethesda, Md.
    CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The U.S. maritime industry and our nation have lost a true patriot and hero. Senator Daniel Inouye will be missed. Ever since he first arrived in Washington, D.C., in 1959 as a congressman from Hawaii, three years later becoming a senator, Dan Inouye was a tireless supporter...
  • Logwin Expands in China
    Login's new office in Shantou, China. Air and ocean freight provider Logwin today opened a new office in Shantou, China, a growing port city located near Shenzhen, Hong Kong and Xiamen. It is the fourth office Logwin has opened in China in 2012. The company now has 29 offices across the country. Shantou...
  • Transporeon Opens New Headquarters in Singapore
    Mario Sander, Transporeon's new managing director of Asia-Pacific services. Transporeon and Ticontract, two Transporeon Group companies specializing in e-logistics solutions, has opened a new joint headquarters in Singapore. The company also opened in office in Philadelphia in October 2011. These expansions signal the next phase of extending the Transporeon's network outside of...
  • Greenbrier Rejects Icahn's Acquisition Proposal
    Railcar maker The Greenbrier Companies' advisors have engaged in discussions with Carl Icahn and his associates regarding an acquisition of Greenbrier by American Railcar Industries, which is controlled by Icahn, or an acquisition of American Railcar by Greenbrier. Greenbrier's board of directors concluded that Icahn's proposal to buy Greenbrier for $20...
  • APM Terminals Apapa Named "Best Terminal Operator of the Year" at Nigerian Maritime Excellence Awards
    APAPA, Nigeria - APM Terminals Apapa was named the winner of the 2012 Terminal Operator Award by the Maritime Reporters' Association of Nigeria at their annual Maritime Excellence Awards ceremony. APM Terminals Apapa, which assumed operational control of the facility in 2006, is now the busiest container terminal in West...
  • Q&A: ILA-USMX Standoff
    Who'll blink? That's the biggest question in the ILA-USMX negotiations, but there are others. Let's take them one by one. Why couldn't the International Longshoremen's Association and United States Maritime Alliance agree on a contract extension? Federal mediator George Cohen reportedly was ready Tuesday with a press release announcing an extension of...
  • Economy Service Boosts FedEx Freight Profit, Volume
    FedEx Freight increased its profit 90 percent from a year ago as less-than-truckload revenue and freight demand climbed in the three months that ended Nov. 30. The largest stand-alone LTL carrier in the U.S., FedEx Freight reported a $76 million operating profit on $1.38 billion in revenue for its second quarter...
  • Lufthansa Cargo Fights Dutch Ban on Flower Flights
    Lufthansa Cargo is taking legal action to overturn the Dutch government's ban on the German carrier's transporting flowers from Colombia to Amsterdam Schiphol airport. The Dutch government ruled in early 2012 that a bilateral treaty between Colombia and the Netherlands restricted traffic rights to carriers registered in the two nations. The ruling,...
  • Swiss Regulators Fine Logistics Companies for Price-Fixing
    Swiss competition regulators fined four international logistics companies - locally-based Kuehne+Nagel and Panalpina, Germany's Deutsche Bahn/Schenker and Agility of Kuwait - for their role in a global cartel that fixed air cargo prices between 2003 and 2007. The combined fines of 6.2 million francs ($6.8 million) levied by the Swiss competition...
  • Drewry Container Rate Benchmark Edges Up
    The Drewry weekly Hong Kong-to-Los Angeles spot rate benchmark inched up this week, indicating that carriers' plans to implement a $400 general rate increase on Dec. 15 were not successful, even as the lines renew their push for increases as of mid-January. The mid-December increase had been postponed from Dec....
  • Qatar Airways to Recover $117.5 Million Paid for Cargolux Stake
    Qatar Airways will get back the $117.5 million it paid for a 35 percent stake in Cargolux it acquired from the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg a year ago as part of a plan to become a top air cargo operator by 2015. The Luxembourg government is buying back the shareholding and...
  • FedEx Profit Fell 12 Percent in Second Quarter
    FedEx today reported its net profit in the second quarter, which ended Nov. 30, was $438 million, down 12 percent from $497 million in the same quarter last year. Quarterly earnings were $1.39 per diluted share, compared with $1.57 per share during the same period last year. Hurricane Sandy lowered the...

Containerisation Internationalweb site
DECEMBER 19, 2012
  • Hapag-Lloyd and Hamburg Sud in merger talks
    Germany's two premier ocean carriers are in merger talks to create the fourth largest container line in the world.The executive boards of ...
  • CGM gets ready for IPO
  • Maersk pays retrofit costs for chartered-in boxships
    Maersk Line is to pay owners of tonnage it charters in to install fuel-saving technology on vessels that it operates commercially but does not own.The Danish owner ...
  • TSA announces 'make or break' rate hikes for January
    Transpacific liner operators are suggesting rate hikes from mid-January to defy downward pressure from weak seasonal demand and to prevent discounting spilling ...
  • ATA warns on fiscal cliff
    The American Trucking Association's [ATA] For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index jumped by a month-on-month 3.7% in November in its first gain since July but it warned that ...
  • ILA strike looms after talks with USMX collapse over container royalties
    A strike by dockers at US ports stretching from Maine to Texas has become likelier from December 29 after talks between the International Longshoremen's Association ...

TradeWindsweb site
DECEMBER 19, 2012
  • Pangea moves quickly in US
    Pangea LNG has moved quickly into the next step to secure authorisation for a floating LNG export project off the Texas coast.
  • Bank backs foreclosure
    Bank of America (BofA) has asked a federal judge in Florida for permission to foreclose on containerships controlled by a cash-strapped Caribbean carrier and its founder, Jordan Monocandilos.
  • DNB mulls BLT fire sale
    DNB Capital Markets has laid the groundwork for the sale of up to 30 Berlian Laju Tanker (BLT) chemical carriers.
  • Scandlines eyes 2015
    Baltic owner Scandlines is looking at 2015 before it can get its hands on new ro-ro ferries.
  • Erria sells final ship
    Erria has exited the shipowning arena following the sale of its final vessel.
  • Arctia orders at Uki
    Arctia Karhu, a joint venture between Arctia Shipping and the Port of Kemi in Finland, has ordered a new icebreaker.
  • Guards hijack Dae San
    A North Korean cargoship and 33 crew have been hijacked by Somali guards after the vessel was detained for dumping cement.
  • Bank questions eco
    Owners planning to jump on the eco newbuilding bandwagon may wish to think again, according to a hard-hitting report from Credit-Suisse.
  • Second ship stuck
    The devastating cyclone Evan has grounded another ship off Fiji.
  • Arctech wins icebreaker
    Finland's Arctech Helsinki Shipyard has bagged a contract for work on another Russian icebreaker.
  • Flex takes fight to SHI
    Flex LNG is to take a different angle on its $500m fight with Samsung Heavy Industries after six months of butting heads in one direction failed to settle the dispute.
  • CSCL boxes clever again
    Chinese container line CSCL is banking another big profit from the sale and leaseback of boxes.
  • Damen buys again
    Expanding Damen Shipyards Group has made another acquisition in the shiprepair sector.
  • KDM buys ShipMar
    KDM Shipping of Ukraine is boosting its dry cargo operations in Russia with the takeover of ShipMar.
  • Chinese trio delve in
    Three Chinese companies have joined forces to invest in a Taiwanese terminal controlled by Yang Ming Marine in what will be the first investment by mainland companies in a Taiwanese port.
  • Plumbe goes shopping
    Johnny Plumbe has a little less to spend on his Christmas shopping after buying almost £30,000 worth of stock in ACM Shipping.
  • Five crew snatched
    Heavily armed pirates have ransacked a tanker off Nigeria kidnapping five crew members.
  • Maersk in Walmart row
    Protesters have tried to stop the unloading of a Maersk containership in the US in action against retail giant Walmart.
  • Knightsbridge sales end
    John Fredriksen's Knightsbridge looks to have cut its ties with the VLCC sector following the sale of its last tanker.
  • Reefer linked to spill
    Aruba authorities say a German-owned reefer has spilled oil during an operation to empty ballast tanks.
  • Chengxi wins eight bulkers
    Three owners have signed up for a total of eight new bulkers at CSSC's Chengxi yard in China.
  • Offshore to remain buoyant
    The outlook for the offshore support vessel market over the next two years remains bright despite continued uncertainty in the global economy.
  • Vs to miss Suezmax fun
    VLCC owners are unlikely to join in the pre-Christmas spike enjoyed in the Suezmax sector.
  • Odfjell grows PE pact
    Odfjell is set to bag over $200m from its private equity partner to fuel its terminal growth ambitions.
  • Six more for COSL
    Finland's Wartsila has won orders for six new offshore vessels from expanding China Oilfield Services Ltd (COSL).
  • Seabird seals African deal
    Cyprus-based SeaBird Exploration has won 100 days of work for its Northern Explorer survey ship in South Africa.
  • Thome looks to India
    Thome Ship Management has teamed up with India's Doehle Danautic as it looks to boost its recruitment of ship's officers.
  • HHI worse by half
    New ship orders at Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) have fallen nearly 50% this year.
  • Bunker sales slide
    Singapore's marine bunker sales fell to a nine month low last month with industry talk of worse to come.
  • Keep up your guard
    NATO is urging the merchant shipping community not to lower their guard over Christmas saying pirates operating in the Indian Ocean and surrounding waters "will not be taking a holiday."
  • TSA lines up increase
    Container lines in the Asia-US freight market are said to be resisting cyclical winter season pressures on rates.
  • PACD gets extension
    Pacific Drilling has been given another month to decide if it wants to go ahead with another drillship newbuilding.
  • Charter dispute ignites
    A Greek operator has turned to a New York court for aid in enforcing an arbitration award against PDVSA of Venezuela.

American Shipperweb site
DECEMBER 19, 2012
  • Possible German liner combination seen as positive
    "I think it would be a great move, a great message for shippers and all the vendors," said Rudy Mack, whose tenure as president of Hapag-Lloyd America from 1999 to 2007 capped 35 years with the company.
  • Analysis: Germany's Big 2 - how a merged network would look
  • FMC reviews 8 OTI license applications
  • TP Pulse: Tangible concern over ILA strike
    Ninety-four percent of transpacific shippers surveyed by American Shipper last week said they are concerned about a potential strike at U.S. East and Gulf coast ports at the end of 2012.
  • Extreme Express upgrades IT infrastructure
  • ILA, USMX talks break down, 'container cliff' in the making
    "This is truly a 'container cliff' in the making. The retail industry, once again, calls on President Obama to engage directly in the negotiations," said Jonathan Gold of the National Retail Federation.
  • Grimaldi to launch new Med-U.S. service
    The Italy-based parent company of Atlantic Container Line has plans to start a new direct service between the Mediterranean and North America, as soon as the second half of next year or 2014.
  • Air cargo to get marginally better in 2013
    However, the freight market might take some time to adjust to the new planes. The introduction of more capacity in the coming years will also have an impact on the global cargo business, making rates unstable.
  • Chinese consortium invests in Kaohsiung terminal
  • TSA announces another rate increase
    "This is a make or break period for transpacific carriers," said TSA executive administrator Brian M. Conrad. The carriers "cannot afford another year in which expiring contracts and seasonally weak demand erode rate levels."
  • GL develops route-specific loading plans for boxships
  • Leasing group kicks DC-8s out of fleet
  • Trucking tonnage increases in November
  • Kohl's adds solar, S.C. Johnson captures wind
  • Charleston box volume up 12%
  • Shipco expands ICT business to SoCal
  • Kovacs named NVC Logistics president
  • Ex-Im Bank loans support exports to Latin America

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
DECEMBER 19, 2012
  • Prices steady in Fujairah
    While IFO prices flat in Africa.
  • Prices climb across Europe
    Distillates make double digit gains in Rotterdam.
  • US port talks stall
    Container royalties major sticking point between management and union.
  • Maersk looks for fuel economies from chartered tonnage
    Retrofitting non-owned ships thought to be a first.
  • Fujairah 'sees slump' in demand for 380 cSt product
    Players link fall to presence of Iranian product.
  • Brightoil loses another senior trader
    Spokeswoman says resignation will have 'minimal' impact on the company.
  • Oil spill in Aruba
    Spill happened during ballast tank operation.
  • Wartsila secures design contract
    PSV will be designed to be 'environmentally efficient' with reduced emissions.
  • Bunker prices higher mid-week
    Demand mixed in key Asian ports on Wednesday.
  • Hapag-Lloyd, Hamburg Sud in merger talks
    A merger between the two companies would create the fourth largest containership firm in the world.
  • International Bunkering promotes trader
    Hernan Ortiz to start new role from January 1.
  • Saudi oil minister: Global oil supply plentiful, demand good
    Minister says buyers and sellers are happy with current prices.
  • CMF to be integrated into CEPSA
    The marine fuel supplier will be known as CEPSA from January 1, 2013.

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