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February 21, 2012
The Business Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Bumper harvests straining Australia storage capacity
    It is entirely possible to have too much of a good thing.
  • Market for container swaps still nascent
    The fledgling market in swap contracts to hedge exposure to volatile rates in the container freight market will take longer than expected to gain trading volumes as participants warm to the idea of using derivatives, brokers ACM/GFI said.
  • Maersk to retire 9% of Asia-Europe capacity
    Maersk Line, the world's largest container carrier, said it will cut 9 per cent of its shipping capacity on Asia to Europe, its largest trade route, in an effort to restore profitability.
  • Frontline's losses balloon to US$343.7m
  • Capesize charter costs seen to further decrease

Sched Netweb site
  • Cosco and China Shipping move towards greater service integration
  • US Commerce Department: Retail up 0.3pc in January, indicating recovery
  • Danaos' largest newbuilding - 13,100 TEU - wins instant charter deal
  • New restrictions on ballast water to be pressed on shipping industry
  • FMC EU conference report revives US talk of 'discussion agreement' ban
  • Kazakhstan border point of Alataw Pass freight volume up 4.2 pc in 2011
  • Hong Kong to experiment with cross-border private motoring into China
  • Lethal, legal risks cited at Shipping Hong Kong's Risk conference Feb 29
  • Dubai's DP World chairman tours company's new South American terminals
  • UN takes first steps to rid 'black carbon'- aka, soot- from world shipping
  • Shippers warned of carrier concentration designed to stave off disaster
  • ESC renews calls for government action to curb piracy attacks on shipping
  • Irish cheer banana trade's return to Cork, Maersk looks to India's future
  • Mitigating supply chain risks at TOC conference 2012 in Hong Kong
  • Airbus announces A330 passenger-to-freighter conversion programme
  • Qantas Freight pre-tax profit falls US$3 million to $38 million in 2nd half
  • Singapore's CAAS enhances aviation training courses for top executives

Exim Indiaweb site
  • ABG Shipyard's Q3 net sales up 14.65 pc
  • Allcargo Logistics registers all-round growth in Q4 & CY
  • Asia-Europe rates fall ahead of coming hikes
  • BIMCO sees tanker fleet growing 6 pc, rates keeping low
  • CMA CGM & IBM sign new five-year services agreement
  • CMA CGM announces reshuffling of its Asia-West Med services
  • Essar Shipping's Q3 PAT jumps 43 pc to ' 49 cr.
  • GE Shipping delivers second VLCC to buyers; subsidiary takes delivery of AHTSV
  • LD is no more
  • Maersk working towards biofuel development
  • MSC announces rate restorations on key trade lanes
  • Vale uses Logmarin to develop world's largest floating bulk terminal
  • Despite US pressure, India eager to strengthen trade ties with Iran
  • Enhance efficiency to global standards, boost private investment-MoS tells Major Ports
  • KPCHAA urges Shipping Minister to protect the interests of original leaseholders of Port land
  • Major Ports mulling moving harmful cargo away from urban areas
  • Steady growth in coffee & container traffic at New Mangalore Port
  • US import cargo volume projected to rise in first half of 2012
  • $300-bn export target achievable in 2011-12: DGFT
  • EPCES wants govt to restore MAT, DDT exemption for SEZs
  • Forex reserves slip by $ 369 m
  • The matrix of babudom
  • Heavy Logistics executes 100th operation in short time
  • Holleman Bulgarias complex multimodal boiler transportation through the tough European winter
  • Nurminen Logistics braves the elements, trucks to Siberia

International Transport Journalweb site
FEBRUARY 20, 2012
  • East European LGV: Réseau Ferré de France and Alstom sign contract
    Réseau Ferré de France (RFF) has awarded the signalling work for phase 2 of the East European LGV (high-speed rail line) to a consortium comprised of Alstom Transport, the leading ...
  • BCT houses container scanner in Polish port
    A state-of-the-art scanner for container screening was recently installed at the Baltic Container Terminal (BCT) in Gdynia (Poland). BCT is operated by Philippines-based Internatio...
  • Gerlach AG granted AEO status
    Gerlach AG has become one of the first customs agents in Switzerland to be granted the status of authorized economic operators. At the beginning of February, the Swiss Federal Cust...
  • Australia: Pacific Highway Glenugie upgrade completed
    The final stage of the Pacific Highway Glenugie upgrade in NSW Australia has been officially opened to traffic, marking the completion of the USD 60 million project. The federal in...
  • A new "home" for Homtrans
    Homtrans Service GmbH & Co, an international forwarding company and IDS partner for Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Germany), has moved. The company, a member of the Rieck Logistik gro...
  • Mercator unveils innovative cargo revenue management solution
    In partnership with USA-based Revenue Technology Services (RTS), Mercator (the commercial arm of Emirates Group IT) has developed a fully integrated cargo revenue management soluti...
  • LH Cargo Charter joins CEE network
    Cargo Equipment Experts Ltd (CEE), a Spain-based global network for cargo equipment, has welcomed Lufthansa Cargo Charter Gmbh as CEE member in the supporting industry carrier cate...
  • Airbus Military signs contract with Indonesia for nine C295 aircraft
    Airbus Military has signed a firm contract with PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PT DI) to supply nine C295 military transport aircraft for delivery to the Indonesian Ministry of Defence. ...
  • Switzerland: a call to change modal shift target to 1 million truck trips
    Astag, Switzerland's commercial vehicle association, recently presented its "Modal shift strategy 2030". The scheme's key points call for a legal adjustment of the country's aim to...
  • Menlo Worldwide Logistics announces key promotions in South Asia
    Menlo Worldwide Logistics, the global logistics subsidiary of Con-way Inc, has promoted Thomas Koh and Chuan Peng Low within the company's South Asia organization. The two have bee...
  • Drewry publishes car carrier report
    Drewry Maritime Research has just published a new report on car carriers. It analysed a market that suffered less during the recession than most other sectors, but noted that the f...
  • Car maker PSA set to sell some Gefco shares
    The French car corporation PSA (maker of Peugeot and Citroen brands) recently presented relatively poor figures for 2011. For example, the company made an H1/2011 profit of EUR 405...

Marine Logweb site
FEBRUARY 20, 2012
  • Mitsui unit to pay $90 million to settle Deepwater Horizon spill liability
  • BMT Nigel Gee wins Wind Farm Support Vessel design contract
  • Indian court remands Italian Marines in custody following shooting incident
  • Washington State Ferries faces investment challenges

World Wide Shipperweb site
FEBRUARY 20, 2012
  • Anacortes Port Commission votes to oppose new barrel fee
  • Washington governor pleased with state's gains in export numbers
  • Port Metro Vancouver testing new GPS system for truckers
  • Port of Seattle announces Green Gateway Award winners
  • Port of Vancouver, USA schedules Centennial tours

Lloyd's Listweb site
FEBRUARY 20, 2012
  • It's good to talk
    Why private maritime security firms need to engage with, not avoid, public relations
  • The luck of the gods
    Greeks rush in where mortals fear to tread
  • What price piracy insurance?
    Industry questions report's claims that prevention costs are disproportionately high
  • Insurers and shipowners invited to shape Somalia debate
    Penning meets experts before London Somalia Conference
  • Vessels in Arctic waters need to install crisis gear, says lobby
    Ships need equipment to avoid emergencies says Maritime Passive Safety Association
  • Owner says yes to scrubber system
    Spliethoff order shows that owners are taking the technology seriously at last
  • ITF campaigns to combat dockers' HIV stigma
    Employment rights should be protected
  • Lack of green spend hits manufacturers
    Owners' reluctance to invest in all but the most essential services continues to dent technology firms
  • VLGCs in Atlantic command $17,000 per day premium
    Asian customers opt for Atlantic rather than Middle Eastern cargoes as concern over supply continues
  • ACM turns down RS Platou offer
    London shipbroker will look to work together with Norwegian group's local team though
  • Price gap narrows between Asian and Atlantic bunkers
    Rotterdam and Houston fuel costs rise faster than Fujairah and Singapore this year
  • Japanese sell-offs drive secondhand dry bulker bonanza
    Brokers report a flood of vessels seeking offers
  • Brussels defends conference ban after neutral FMC study
    Europe will continue to spread the message that its repeal was the right decision
  • Deutsche Schiffsbank to run down 'non-strategic' customers
    Germany's second-largest ship financier to scale back its exposure
  • Italy demands right to try Enrica Lexie suspects
    Two members of vessel protection detachment remanded on murder charges
  • China's credit easing could boost dry bulk rates
    Central Bank releases $64bn to stimulate construction
  • Turbulent shipping markets mean a tough year ahead for P&I clubs
    Nine IG clubs announce 5% general increase
  • Supply outweighs demand in Indian subcontinent scrap markets
    Abundant vintage tonnage holds demolition rates down
  • ABP starts work on Grimsby terminal
    Lock free access to boost car carrier handling capacity
  • Forced sales to flood small boxship market as banks lose patience
    Aruba court orders auction of two feederships
  • European refineries face new closures
    New refineries in Asia and the Middle East replace ageing western capacity
  • DP World chairman checks progress at Embraport
    Top-level management tour of South America includes visits to Brazil, Peru, Argentina and Suriname
  • Penning demands global drive to tackle piracy
    UK shipping minister to chair talks at IMO ahead of London Conference on Somalia
  • Civilised offensive
    Xi Jinping showed how to get the message across during a port visit to Los Angeles
  • Maersk shows the way
    As lines aim to in effect double spot rates in the Asia-Europe trades, more ships are likely to be removed from service in the coming weeks
  • Moscow holds 'preliminary' talks over terminal operator for Taman
    Russia seeks European know-how for new Black Sea maritime complex
  • Beware the lure of cheap orders, warns Polemis
    ICS slams scramble for market share by 'obsessive' shipbuilding nations
  • Eight dead after bulk carrier sinks off China's Fujian province
    One seafarer survived, two still missing
  • MOEX settles Deepwater Horizon civil suit for $90m
    Settlement presses BP to seek a compromise
  • OSG abandons $241.8m Title XI loan guarantee application
    Tanker major says unexpected hit to liquidity will not affect its financial position

Fairplayweb site
FEBRUARY 20, 2012
  • Box rates keep softening
    BOX RATES are continuing to fall as the post-Lunar New Year lull drags on because carriers remained slow to cut capacity
  • Tankers seen escaping production surge
    DESPITE the oil supply disruptions caused by Iran sanctions, production surged in 4Q2011, but analysts told Fairplay today this is not likely to hit tanker rates
  • Iran halts crude early
    IRAN'S oil ministry has halted crude supplies to French and UK companies early to retaliate for sanctions against Tehran, IHS World Markets Energy reported today
  • Arms alarm Comorans
    MYSTERY surrounds 10 pirate suspects arrested by the Comoran Coast Guard
  • Bulker buyers see bargains
    BULKER buyers are looking today for bargain-basement tonnage, even as the BDI is slowly recovering after falling to a 25-year low this month
  • Kozmino exports to slow
    DESPITE strong output growth in East Siberian crude, future production is at risk due to a lack of new investment in the region
  • Japan imports record LNG cargoes
    IMPORTS OF LNG to Japan hit a record high in January and are expected to exceed 2011 figures over the course of this year, a shipping analyst has predicted
  • Sovcomflot seeks approval for SMNG takeover
    SOVCOMFLOT CEO Sergei Frank has written to Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to seek approval of the tanker company's takeover of a government-owned offshore company
  • MR tankers reported sold en bloc
    BROKERS told Fairplay today that seven tankers had been sold to US investment funds in two en-bloc deals last week
  • NOCC raises $21M
    NORWEGIAN Car Carriers said it has raised NK120M (about $21M) through a private placement of shares after reducing the amount it wanted to raise late last week
  • Green VLCC demand rising
    AN INCREASE in orders for fuel-efficient VLCCs was predicted today as bunker prices have continued to gain amid a weak freight market
  • Oz to review reef development
    QUEENSLAND'S government has joined with Australia's federal government and the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park in a major assessment of pressures on the reef from development
  • How Vale could unlock China
    DRYBULK analyst Jeffrey Landsberg today said that Vale could improve its relationship with Beijing by joining China's iron ore trading platform

The Journal of Commerceweb site
FEBRUARY 20, 2012
  • ICS Chairman Polemis Calls For Shipbuilding Moratorium
    A moratorium on newbuilding orders and an end to the battle for market share between shipbuilders are needed to combat...
  • Saudi Airlines, DHL Launch Dubai-Europe Freighter Service
    Saudi Airlines Cargo and DHL Global Forwarding will launch a new thrice-weekly direct freighter service between Dubai and Europe in...
  • Chinese New Year Hits Hong Kong Air Cargo Volumes
    Cargo volume slumped more than 20 percent at Hong Kong International Airport in January from December and by 17.5 percent...
  • United Arab Shipping Hikes US East Coast-Asia Rates
    Middle East carrier United Arab Shipping imposed a two-phase general rate increase on trades from Asia to the U.S. East...
  • Italian Vessel Guards Accused of Killing Indian Fishermen
    Indian authorities on Sunday arrested two armed security guards aboard an Italian merchant ship who are accused of killing two...
  • Japan's Trade Deficit Balloons to Record High
    Japan suffered a deficit of $18.5 billion in its trade with the rest of the world in January, up 207.7...
  • The Tides of March
    Then the world's largest ocean carrier launched its Daily Maersk service last fall, it set in motion a series of...
  • Carriers Give Incentives to Drive
    The battle to recruit and, just as important, keep truck drivers is getting fiercer among truckload carriers as freight demand...
  • Facilitating Trade
    When project logistics company Agility released its Emerging Markets Logistics Index 2012, 10 of the top-ranked countries hailed from the...
  • Uncommon Growth for Forwarders
    For many years, non-vessel-operating common carriers were considered a stepchild of the maritime industry, but that ship turned around in...
  • East Coast Ports See Growth in Containers
    East Coast container trade volume rose 5.5 percent in the first 10 months of 2011 compared to the same period...
  • Advancing Technology - With Job Guarantees?
    Shippers and carriers view this year's East and Gulf Coast longshore labor negotiations with a sense of trepidation and an...
  • Ports Working on the Railroad
    Ports along the Eastern Seaboard are putting money where their hopes are, investing in projects for better landside access by...
  • Bigger Ships, Faster Growth Through the 'Other' Canal
    A funny thing happened on the way to the 2014 completion of the new Panama Canal locks. The volume of...
  • The Big Bang That Wasn't
    The Federal Maritime Commission, in perhaps the most extensive study in its 50-year history, concluded the European Union's 2008 repeal...
  • Paved Over Intentions
    President Obama's recent call to nearly double infrastructure investment over the next six years highlights two conflicting forces in transportation...

Containerisation Internationalweb site
FEBRUARY 20, 2012
  • Durban closes in on three million TEU
    In 2011, South Africa's largest port Durban handled 2.7 million TEU, a 7.3% rise on the 2.5 million TEU processed the previous year. This was more than double the ...
  • China's leader-in-waiting tours LA box terminal
    Concluding his week-long PR charm offensive visit to the US on Saturday, the heir apparent to the Chinese presidency, Vice-President, Xi Jinping, visited the China ...
  • La Spezia grows traffic by just 1.7%
    Northern Italy's La Spezia's container traffic increased by only 1.7% last year, up to 1,307,274TEU. The port remains capacity restrained, so was unable to benefit ...
  • TAL also registers strong 2011
    Purchase (NY)-headquartered TAL International is the second lessor to post very strong results for its 2011 fiscal year which ended December 31, 2011. Moreover, ...
  • Hoyer puts fizz into beer transport
    The Hamburg-based Hoyer Group, which specialises in tank and container tank supply chain management services, has upgraded the range of services available to brewers. ...
  • Iran bans oil sales to France and the UK
    In retaliation to the European Union July 1 embargo on the import of Iranian oil, Tehran announced yesterday that it was imposing an immediate curtailment on 'exporting ...
  • Colombo Port transhipment growth slows
    Total container throughput at the Sri Lanka hub port of Colombo increased by 3% last year - versus 2010 - to 4,262,887 TEU but could not match the phenomenal 19.4% ...
  • Maersk cull underscores GRIs
    Maersk Line's shock announcement on Friday that it was to 'remove 9% of its vessel capacity' on the Asia - Europe tradelane - whether it was juggling with figures ...
  • FMC's Euro antitrust study: no negative impact on US trades

TradeWindsweb site
FEBRUARY 20, 2012
  • Platou bid for ACM rebuffed
    Peter Anker offer inadequate but broking rivals hope to salvage co-operation deal from failed takeover offer.
  • Drunk captain held
    Danish navy officers find Russian asleep at helm after vessel spotted zigzagging in Baltic Sea.
  • Dongfang clears the clouds
    AIM-listed yard says reports of owner's run away and production shutdowns are wide of the mark.
  • DL breathes again
    Indonesian state owner tries to get off criticial list with new charter of Japanese bulker.
  • Classic paid to take a cape
    Swiss Marine's decision to pay charterer $10,000 to fix a capesize is a decent deal, Peter Weernink says.
  • Farstad inks quartet
    Norwegian offshore vessel owner finds work for two PSVs and two anchor handlers.
  • Court clears aframax discharge
    Trafigura says London court to retain proceeds from disputed Sudanese oil cargo while claims to ownership are settled.
  • PGS dips in the fourth
    Oslo-listed seismic outfit sees weaker final period despite racking up record multiclient late sales.
  • Sneaky seven for Yangzijiang
    Singapore-listed yard quietly books contracts for mixed bulker septet worth over $200m.
  • Guards charged with murder
    Two Italian military personnel from Dolphin Tanker vessel arrested over shooting of fishermen off India.
  • OSG abandons Title XI claim
    Troubled tanker owner has withdrawn its bid for state-backed funding after feds give plan the thumbs down.
  • Tanker foursome on the block
    Overseas Maritime Carriers is said to be disposing of a series of four modern chemical tankers.

American Shipper - Ocean newsweb site
FEBRUARY 20, 2012
  • TNT stock bumps after acquisition bid from UPS
  • Faster runway exits promised for Newark
  • IAG cargo app goes live
  • Ports help Georgia land new Caterpillar plant
  • Inspectors stop bee threat at U.S. port
  • Money tightens for 2012 port security grants
  • Third port for Georgia?
  • NY shipper sentenced for illegal exports
  • SAP launches consumer app
  • NY/NJ port authority puts toll violators on notice

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
FEBRUARY 20, 2012
  • Prices lack direction in Rotterdam, Hamburg
    Piraeus bunker market 'so-so', a player told Bunkerworld.
  • Prices slightly firm in the Middle East
    Prompt deliveries tight in Fujairah.
  • A snapshot of 2011
    Overview of 2011 test helps determine which quality concerns may be hindering the supply of ISO 8217:2010 of compliant fuels.
  • Petromedia launches Bunkerworld iPhone App
    'Subscribers can have instant access to the latest news stories and prices, straight to their handset.'
  • Bunker prices mostly down in Asia
    Demand mixed across key Asian bunkering hubs on Monday.
  • Paper outlines methodology to predict marine engine performance
    Model can predict fuel oil consumption and NO(sub)x emissions with 95% confidence interval.
  • High bunker costs 'big worry' for shipping firms
    Shipping Corp of India's chairman expects recovery in shipping by mid-2013.
  • Tanker operator losses widen in Q4
    Even as bunker prices remained 'relatively stable' during the quarter.
  • Eco tankers could make 'significant difference' on owners' profitability
    Soaring bunker prices adds pressure on costs, highlighting advantages of fuel efficient ships, says shipbroker.
  • Long term biofuel demand could 'radically alter' fuel market
    Biofuel demand to increase from $82.7 billion in 2011 to $185.3 billion by 2021, says Pike Research.
  • Gas engine technology marks 'new era' for shipping industry
    MAN Diesel commemorates 100-year anniversary of the M/S Selandia - the first ocean-going ship which used diesel instead of coal.
  • Sri Lankan supplier to upgrade Trincomalee storage facility
    Various steps for upgrading works are 'under way,' with the first phase to complete in two-three years, says LIOC Managing Director.

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Venice
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Darwin/Strathpine
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Geneva
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Rome
Analysis by the Confitarma Study Center on the possible impacts of US duties on the national shipping industry
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Paris
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Naples
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Schindellegi
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A.P. Møller Holding submits offer to acquire entire share capital of towing company Svitzer
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Copenhagen
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Rome
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Bucharest
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Six international shipping associations present a guide to planning safe navigation
London
TUI awards Fincantieri contract for two new cruise ships for Marella Cruises
Hanover/Trieste
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ESPO urges EU and Member States to allocate funds to decarbonise ships and ports
Brussels
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China Antitrust Launches Investigation into Hutchison Ports' Panama Terminal Sale
Beijing/Hong Kong
Panama Ports Company operates the Balboa and Cristobal ports
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Singapore
Sharp increase in operating costs across the board
Temporary Port Labor Supply Company in Cagliari Extended for Another 18 Months
Cagliari
In 2024, cargo traffic in Chinese seaports grew by +3.5%
Beijing
Increase of +6.9% in traffic with foreign countries. In the first two months of 2025, 1.75 billion tons were moved (+1.6%)
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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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Barcelona
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Hamburg
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Launch of a public consultation for the updating of the PRPs of the ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado
Genoa
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Geneva/Montreal/London
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London
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London
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Hanover
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Madrid
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Filt, Fit and Uilt, no to the transformation from "article 18" to "16" of the Livorno port company LTM
Leghorn
Unions ask port authority to block proliferation of new economic entities
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Trieste
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Shanghai
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Porto Marghera, renewal of concession to Terminal Rinfuse Venezia
Venice
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Paris
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Miami
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Bern
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Hong Kong
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Rome
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Genoa
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Genoa
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Alesund/Trieste
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Rome
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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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Stena Line presents a project for a ro-ro vessel capable of reducing energy consumption by at least 20%
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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Bonn/Nashville
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Over a million to the port companies of Livorno and Piombino to acquire green vehicles
Leghorn
The ranking for admission to the PNRR-Next Gen Eu contributions has been published
COSCO Shipping Development Co.'s container sales increased by +204.1% in 2024
Shanghai
The related turnover increased by +124.0%
The call for funding for the purchase of electric vehicles in the ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado has been published
Genoa
Yang Ming Buys Three New 8,000 TEU Containerships
Keelung
They will be delivered between 2028 and 2029
Construction of a cruise ship for Regent Seven Seas Cruises begins in Marghera
Trieste
Fincantieri will deliver the unit in 2026
Federlogistica establishes operational offices in Spain and Brazil
Genoa
The aim is to go beyond theoretical cooperative relationships
Over a Ton of Cocaine Seized in the Port of Gioia Tauro
Reggio Calabria
If placed on the market it would have generated over 187 million euros
In 2024, the economic results of Interporto Padova reached record values
Padua
Revenues up +17%
Three ceremonies at the Saint-Nazaire shipyard for three new MSC Cruises ships
Geneva
New flagship "MSC World America" delivered
German railway company DB Cargo reduced losses in 2024
Berlin
Revenues down again. -9.0% drop in freight volumes
NovaAlgoma orders second 38,000 dwt cement carrier in China
Lugano
It will be taken over in 2027
Customs agreement between Italy and Brazil to facilitate trade
Brasilia
Mission of the Customs and Monopolies Agency in the South American nation
A team from La Spezia Container Terminal in Rotterdam to test advanced technologies
The Spice
ECT Hutchinson Ports Training Center Visited
The assembly of Genoese freight forwarders on Monday
Genoa
It will be held at the Palazzo della Borsa in Genoa
Assarmatori, in Italy the ferry segment cannot bear the burden of the EU ETS in a very fragile market situation
Brussels
Messina: Protecting shipping from the ideological excesses of the Green Deal
The website of the Port Authority Corps - Coast Guard has been renewed
Rome
It has become a single digital access point to documents and services
In 2024, inland waterway freight transport in Germany increased by +1.2%
Wiesbaden
The volume, at 173.8 million tonnes, is the second lowest since 1990.
APM Terminals Granted Port of New York - New Jersey Concession Renewal
New York
Contract for a period of 33 years. Investments of 500 million dollars are expected
Experimentation of crane automation has begun at the Interporto Padova terminal
Padua
The interport company awarded the "Industria Felix 2025 Award"
Container traffic in the port of Algeciras fell by -17.0% in February
Algeciras
Both import-export volumes and transhipment are decreasing
New cruise company Crescent Seas has been founded in Miami
Miami
The fleet, initially consisting of one ship from Regent Seven Seas Cruises, will grow to five units within the next five years
In 2024, the volume of vehicles transported by Wallenius Wilhelmsen's fleet decreased by -9.7%
Oslo
Traffic down on almost all global routes
Agreement between Assoporti and Assologistica and the Florida trade, transport and port authorities
Rome
It was signed today
In April a mission in Albania of The International Propeller Clubs - Italy
Genoa
It will take place on the 9th and 10th in Tirana and Durres
COSCO Shipping Ports revenues rose to a record $1.5 billion in 2024 (+3.3%)
Hong Kong
In the fourth quarter alone, a decrease of -3.0%
SO.RI.MA. (FHP group) granted a concession of an area of 125 thousand square meters in the port of Chioggia
Venice
Investments of 11.5 million euros expected over 25 years
PORTS
Italian Ports:
Ancona Genoa Ravenna
Augusta Gioia Tauro Salerno
Bari La Spezia Savona
Brindisi Leghorn Taranto
Cagliari Naples Trapani
Carrara Palermo Trieste
Civitavecchia Piombino Venice
Italian Interports: list World Ports: map
DATABASE
ShipownersShipbuilding and Shiprepairing Yards
ForwardersShip Suppliers
Shipping AgentsTruckers
MEETINGS
The public meeting of the Italian Port Terminal Operators Association will be held in Rome on June 19th
Genoa
The annual conference "Programming, Operation and Management of Transport Networks" in Genoa
Genoa
It is dedicated to the transport and mobility sector
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Damen Mangalia Unionists Protest Friday Against Possible Closure
(The Romania Journal)
Govt. to woo top ten shipping liners in world for Colombo port expansion
(Daily Mirror)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Relazione del presidente Nicola Zaccheo
Roma, 18 settembre 2024
››› File
Contship Italia’s intermodal network has been extended to the Gulf Terminal in La Spezia
Melzo
Connections with the inland terminals of Milan, Modena and Padua
Container traffic in the port of Valencia grew by +15.2% last month
Valencia
The overall volume of goods handled increased by +6.8%
The Northern Tyrrhenian Sea Port Authority obtains gender equality certification
Leghorn
It is the first Italian port authority to obtain this recognition
Container traffic growth weakens at ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach
Los Angeles/Long Beach
Last month, increases of +2.6% and +13.4% respectively were recorded
Assarmatori, the Italian government's position on the impact of the EU ETS on shipping and ports is good
Rome
Messina: fully understood the risks and distortions of European climate regulation
PSA Italy's Genoa port terminals awarded anti-corruption certification
Genoa
The UNI EN ISO 37001 standard defines the requirements for an effective anti-corruption management system
Assiterminal presents three projects for the sustainable transition of the Italian port sector
Rome
Work completed on docks 33 and 34 of the port of Civitavecchia
Civitavecchia
50,000 square meters of yards prepared
The completion and doubling of the Pontremolese is the dream-nightmare of the La Spezia port community
The Spice
Fontana: Money is not found when enormous resources are channeled into railway lines of dubious utility
Hanwha acquires 9.9% stake in shipbuilding company Austal
Sydney
Investment worth approximately 116 million US dollars
The European fleet is growing but competing fleets are growing at a faster rate
Brussels
Raptis (European Shipowners): investing ETS revenues in clean shipping technologies and fuels
Trasportounito has confirmed the national halt to the transport of goods
Rome
Proclaimed for the duration of five days from March 31st to April 4th
Container traffic in Hong Kong port increased by +9.1% in February
Hong Kong
However, for the second time in the last 25 years, cargo volume was below one million TEU.
Cargo traffic in Greek ports stable in Q3 2024
Piraeus
The increase in volumes transported on domestic routes has offset the decline in traffic with foreign countries
At the Vado Ligure container terminal a 21,000 teu container ship fully loaded
I go to Liguria
The 400-meter-long Cosco Shipping Nebula has landed
UIR proposes a permanent table for the development of intermodality
Verona
The main task is to build a project financing program.
Restructuring plan approved for Spanish company Armas Trasmediterránea
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Creditors' appeal rejected
The decline in cargo traffic at the port of Singapore worsened in February
Singapore
Containerized cargoes amounted to 27.4 million tons (-3.6%)
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