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March 22, 2012
The Business Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Little left to short with shipping stocks slump
    The shipping industry is offering fewer targets for investors betting on declining share prices after its 80 biggest listed companies lost US$99 billion of market value in four years, hedge-fund managers said.
  • India buyers ask Iran to bear oil insurance risk
    Indian oil buyers are asking Iran to bear the insurance risk for transporting its crude as tighter Western sanctions make it more difficult to buy Teheran's principal export, industry sources said yesterday.

Sched Netweb site
  • Cosco to levy US$500/TEU rate hike from Asia to South America April 15
  • MSC to increase freight rates US$300/TEU from Far East to New Zealand
  • Korea's Hanjin Shipping adds two more loops to transpacific coverage
  • Hanjin and Cosco jointly unveil Far East-Gulf of Mexico loop April 28
  • New Zealand court reinstates sacked dockers until legalities settled
  • Grand Alliance increases ship sizes calling at Charleston to 5,400 TEU
  • Guangzhou Railway Group signs cooperation agreement with three ports
  • Qingdao port targets rise from 370 million to 400 million tonnes in 2012
  • Port of Ngqura in South Africa to quadruple capacity to 2 million TEU
  • APM Terminals opens 700 metre-long berth at Savona-Vado container terminal
  • CEVA signs five-year deal to provide logistics to Forum Sport in Spain
  • DB Schenker Rail opens logistics base at Blanc Mesnil to access Paris
  • Hong Kong's ExCo approves in principle US$17 billion third runway project
  • Virgin Atlantic Cargo welcomes Hollywood's canine superstar 'Uggie'
  • CEVA opens multi-user warehouse near Ontario Airport near LA

Exim Indiaweb site
  • AMTOI's session on cross border transaction on March 26
  • Asia-Europe trade takes new boxship capacity
  • Baltics main sea freight index rises to two-month high
  • Dredging Corp set to boost capacity
  • ISSA encourages ship suppliers to go green
  • Leading policymakers to grace BHP 2012 conference
  • Not paying ransom would be massively detrimental to the industry: InterManager President
  • NYK in World's Most Ethical Companies list
  • Commissioning of Petronet's Puthuvypeen LNG terminal likely by Dec.
  • KoPT to invite EoIs for captive barge jetties
  • Pak dirty cargo terminal to be ready for operations by 2015
  • Last-mile connectivity projects bring respite to user industries
  • Govt to compile National Business Facilitation Grid
  • Merchandise exports could slow down, warns Survey

International Transport Journalweb site
MARCH 21, 2012
  • BNSF cut customers' CO2 emissions substantially in 2011
    The US transport service provider BNSF significantly reduced carbon dioxide emissions in 2011 by shipping freight by rail instead of moving goods entirely by road. In 2011, custome...
  • L.I.T. takes delivery of 50, 4 m high Kögel Mega P55s
    L.I.T. AG, a transport specialist based in Brake (Germany), has augmented its vehicle fleet by the addition of 50 new height-optimised Kögel Mega P55 trailers. This type of vehicle...
  • Cargobull presents innovative tarpaulin to speed up HGV loading/unloading
    The German vehicle manufacturer Schmitz Cargobull has presented an innovative truck tarpaulin that speeds up truck loading and unloading processes. The product, known as a Speed Cu...
  • OPDR upgrades services to Portugal and Spain
    The German short sea shipping company Oldenburg-Portugiesische Dampfschiffs-Rhederei (OPDR) revamped its Portugal, Canary Islands and Spanish mainland services on 7 March. Prior to...
  • Brussels airport changes cargo team
    Brussels airport has made a series of changes to strengthen its cargo business unit in order to cope with the increased work and projects at Brucargo. Piet Demunter, who started th...
  • Cathay Pacific suffered from high fuel prices and low cargo demand
    The Hong Kong-based airline Cathay Pacific announced that in 2011 the core business of the group was materially affected by instability and uncertainty in the world's major economi...
  • Azerbaijan's transport ministry announces USD 1.1 billion tender for new port
    Azerbaijan's ministry of transport is issuing a USD 1.1 billion tender for the construction of a new port, as the energy-rich former Soviet republic looks to become a major trade h...
  • GOL plans service to the USA
    The Brazilian airline GOL has submitted a route right request to the country's National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC) to operate a São Paulo (Brazil) to Miami Fl service, its f...
  • Qatar Airways starts daily flights to Rwanda
    Served from today on (21 March), Kigali is the third destination launched by the Qatar Airways so far this year and its latest to the African continent. In February, the airline ...
  • InterRail subsidiary RailService acquires UralRail
    RailService Ltd, a Moscow-based subsidiary of the Swiss InterRail Group, has acquired the rolling stock owner UralRail, likewise located in Moscow. UralRail, which was founded in 1...
  • Ceva France gets new CEO
    The international logistics service provider Ceva has chosen Franck Chevret to manage its logistics and freight activities in France. He reports to the CEO of northern Europe, Leig...
  • An additional managing director for Polzug Intermodal
    The German intermodal service provider Polzug is getting an additional managing director in the shape of Peter Plewa. In his last position he was managing director of HHLA Intermod...
  • Geisseler Transport AG facing bankruptcy
    Geisseler Transport AG, headquartered in Pratteln near Basel (Switzerland), has had to report insolvency and is facing closure. The plan to turn the firm around has failed despite ...
  • BabyCare selects Menlo Worldwide China for distribution and warehouse management
    Menlo Worldwide Logistics (China), the global logistics subsidiary of the US company Con-way Inc, will handle the North China distribution and warehouse management for BabyCare Inc...
  • WCA family week conference sets new record
    The 2012 WCA family week conference set a new record when over 2,150 freight forwarders descended on the Centara Grand and Bangkok Convention Centre between 4 and 11 March. The

Marine Logweb site
MARCH 21, 2012
  • Vantage Drilling to add DSME newbuild drillship to fleet
  • CLIA seeks greater transparency on casualty reporting
  • Hapag-Lloyd reports $38 million loss for 2011
  • Hercules Offshore to acquire jack-up from Diamond Offshore
  • CARB has funds to guarantee loans for vessel emission reduction

World Wide Shipperweb site
MARCH 21, 2012
  • Federal Railroad Administrator visits Port of Vancouver rail project
  • Coast Guard Port Captains make multiple bar closures
  • NYK continues string of ethical company honors
  • Suit filed against Port of Anacortes over public access to Seafarers' park
  • Mitsui training center holds first graduation event

Lloyd's Listweb site
MARCH 21, 2012
  • Nordic iron ore output on the rise
    Exports via Baltic ports and Narvik likely to grow
  • How to spend it
    Smart money is on product tankers and offshore
  • Apply energy-saving changes now
    Reducing built-in engine power is not the only way to get the right EEDI value
  • Are ships idle or simply resting?
    Shipping must clamp down on layup elasticity
  • Green grants for SMEs
    Haven Gateway low carbon project aims to take freight off the road and on to rail
  • Cold reality returns to VLCC market
    Earnings dip below $30,000 per day after higher vessel speeds result in tonnage build-up
  • Ports of Auckland re-enters talks with union
    Court decision forces further negotiation
  • Exclusive: Delta International ponders Allied Maritime legal action
    Greek owner a target for $20m in legal claims
  • Report slams Australian cabotage changes
    Proposals will increase costs by 16%, study claims
  • Gas glut good for the US economy
    LNG shipping to stay tight for 18 months
  • CMA 2012: USCG chief slams 'paper tiger' ISM Code
    Costa Concordia case exposed serious shortcomings
  • Insurers fear US will force link between piracy and terrorism
    Certain governments believe that banning ransom payments would end Somali piracy
  • Safe Bulkers share offering raises $37m
    Proceeds pumped into new tonnage, capital expenditure and debt
  • Index signals global trade growth
    Seasonally adjusted box handling rises 4%
  • Chinese coal imports triple as Australia returns to form
    Rising imports into China seen from Mongolia and North Korea
  • Japan and 10 EU states exempt from US sanctions against Tehran
    Breathing space for countries that reduce their oil imports from Iran
  • Liberian iron ore mine exports 1m tonnes of ore
    Beginning of African iron ore renaissance
  • Spring equinox for boxships
    Brokers hail 'breath of fresh air' as market indices rise
  • Hapag-Lloyd posts $38m net loss
    Box lines' price war is over, says Behrendt
  • China puts its foot on the gas
    Australia provided largest volumes in February, signalling its rise among the ranks of suppliers
  • Yang Ming delays five boxships
    Taiwan carrier ordered 4,500 teu vessels for delivery this year
  • China slashes imports of Iranian oil by 45%
    Pressure mounts to source alternative oil supplies
  • Dry bulk tonne-mile demand to suffer
    Chinese iron ore imports to grow, but import distances shorten
  • Greek seafarers end strike
    Ferries moving as government grapples with pension costs
  • China hints at intervention for ailing industry
    China debates ways and means to rescue cash-strapped carriers
  • Oh, please
    The industry trade groups have been vocal in criticising governments on piracy, but do politicians listen?
  • German ports record 16% annual box growth
    Figure 200,000 teu shy of 2008 record
  • Vantage buys drillship from Nobu Su
    Vessel to drill for Petrobras in Gulf of Mexico
  • Tyne reports 66% surge in cargo volumes
    Cars, containers and wood pellet bulk cargo all hit record levels in 2011
  • APM Terminals planning for 22,000 teu boxships
    Ultra-large vessels are already in service and even larger vessels will follow, says APMT chief

Fairplayweb site
MARCH 21, 2012
  • US eases oil import penalties
    ELEVEN countries have been exempted for 180 days from penalties imposed by the US as a result of reducing their oil imports from Iran
  • HHI wins OSC LNG carrier
    OMAN Shipping Co has announced that it has placed a new order at South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai HI for an LNG carrier
  • DHT pays 'steep price'
    SHARES of NYSE-listed tanker owner DHT plunged 26% yesterday following its announcement of a highly discounted equity sale
  • Scrubber equation uncertain
    AN owner's decision on whether to install an emissions scrubber is inherently complicated by unknown variables, explained Interntanko deputy MD Katharina Stanzel
  • Drybulk demand growth seen to accelerate 2013
    Tonne-mile demand in drybulk shipping should accelerate markedly next year, lifted by strong iron ore exports from Brazil and Australia, which should also lead to a better fleet utilisation rate of the fleet in 2013, a shipping analyst says
  • Supply-demand fundamentals halt VLCC rally
    THE week-long rise in VLCC rates retreated yesterday as charterers resisted owners' demand for higher rates
  • Oz drybulk congestion rises
    BAD weather has reversed the easing snarls in Australian drybulk ports
  • Drybulk 'eco design effect' looms
    IF next-generation, fuel-efficient bulkers meet promised specifications, a new wave of orders could ensue despite overcapacity
  • Maersk halts Far East bookings
    Maersk Line informed its European export customers yesterday that it will not accept further bookings to the Far East for now
  • APM prepares for 22,000teu ships
    A senior APM Terminals executive has called on terminal operators to start getting themselves ready to accommodate 22,000teu container carriers
  • Skaugen plans $60M bonds issue
    I.M. Skaugen, the listed Norwegian LPG carrier and lighterage tanker operator, says it is planning a bond issue of at least NK350M ($60M), five weeks after it raised NK400M on the Oslo market
  • Ust Luga gains 6% box discount
    UST LUGA'S brand-new container terminal won a government handout this week in its bid to attract container volumes away from St Petersburg port
  • BLT renegotiating charter rates
    EMBATTLED Indonesian chemical shipping specialist PT Berlian Laju Tanker is renegotiating charter rates for its existing chartered-in tonnage, Fairplay has learnt
  • LNG challenges persist in SE Asia
    DEMAND for liquefied natural gas as fuel may be growing in southeast Asia, but the sub-region still faces production and storage challenges, an industry roundtable in Singapore heard
  • More box ships on Asia-EC South America
    THE Asia-EC South America route has seen substantial box ship deployment over the past two years, said Braemar Seascope

The Journal of Commerceweb site
MARCH 21, 2012
  • D.A. Landis Pleads Guilty to Driver Log Fraud
    The owner of a Pennsylvania trucking company who pushed drivers to violate hours of service limits could spend years in...
  • APM Terminals Says Ports Must Prepare for Giant Ships
    APM Terminals said ports must start to draw up plans now to handle the future generation of giant container ships...
  • Senate Democrats Blast House GOP Transport Extension
    Democratic Senate leaders, along with Department of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, urged House Republicans to adopt their two-year transport bill...
  • Lufthansa Cargo Doubles Detroit Flights, Adds China Services
    Lufthansa Cargo is adding three new destinations in China and ramping up its recently launched freighter service to Detroit in...
  • Kemmsies Discusses Economic Case for Infrastructure (Video)
    Moffatt & Nichol Chief Economist Walter Kemmsies discusses the need for U.S. transportation infrastructure investment. He spoke at the annual...
  • NAFTA Trade Value Hit Record High in 2011
    The value of surface transportation trade between the United States and its North American Free Trade Agreement partners Canada and...
  • XPO Logistics Raises $137 Million in Stock Offering
    XPO Logistics raised $136.7 million through a public stock offering, exceeding its initial expectations as it secured funds for acquisitions...
  • Jaguar Land Rover to Make Cars with Chery in China
    Jaguar Land Rover, a unit of India's Tata Motors, is forming a joint venture with Chery Automobile of China to...
  • NYSA's Curto Responds to Waterfront Commission Report
    Inefficient work and pay practices criticized by the Waterfront Commission should be addressed "at the bargaining table - not publicly...
  • Hapag-Lloyd Posts $38.3 Million Net Loss
    Hapag-Lloyd swung to a net loss of $38.3 million in 2011 from a $565 million profit in 2010. But...
  • Waterfront Commission Blasts NY-NJ Port Job Practices
    Hiring and work practices at the Port of New York and New Jersey breed inefficiency, favor "a privileged few," and...
  • Trans-Pacific Spot Rates Stay Steady
    Spot rates on the trans-Pacific trade stayed flat week-over-week this week after a 13.6 percent jump last week that followed...
  • Hanjin, Cosco to Start Far East to Houston Loop
    Hanjin Shipping and Cosco Container Lines plan to launch a new service between the Far East, Panama and Houston at...

Containerisation Internationalweb site
MARCH 21, 2012
  • Second batch of gantry cranes received at TERCAT
    The Hutchison Port Holdings Group, Terminal Catalunya [TERCAT], Muelle Prat Terminal, Barcelona took delivery of the second batch of four super post-panamax quay ...
  • US food shippers group slams carrier customer service
    Bob Weiss, independent administrator of the Food Shippers Association of North America (FSANA) has hit out at the 'decline' in ocean carriers' customer service ...
  • Asia-Europe tradelane soaks up surplus tonnage
    According to the shipbroker Braemar Seascope, the Asia-Europe tradelane soaked up a massive 56% of the 2.6 million TEU of new boxship capacity delivered over the ...
  • BIFA's budget hopes
    When the UK Chancellor, George Osborne stands up in the House of Commons this afternoon to deliver his Budget speech the British International Freight Association ...
  • COSCON and Hanjin launch all-water service
    Members of CKYH Alliance - COSCON and Hanjin Shipping - have announced that they will be launching a new service in the Far East -Gulf of Mexico trade effective ...
  • Ban on ransom payments a mistake: InterManager president
    The proposal from the recent London conference on Somalia to make the payment of ransoms to pirates holding merchant ships illegal would be 'massively detrimental ...
  • Rena: salvage work continues
  • Oakland welcomes the biggest
    Moving up the California coastline and with two pilots guiding it onto its mooring at the International Container Terminal, the 12,560 TEU MSC Fabiola makes its ...

TradeWindsweb site
MARCH 21, 2012
  • Reardon replies to million-dollar puzzler
    ConocoPhillips insider says crude market may have bottomed but timing of tanker upturn remains to be seen.
  • Maitland issues battle cry
    Outspoken industry veteran says Marad shake-up and commitment to Kings Point cadets is key to the revitalisation of US flag.
  • Efficiency debate plagues Ploughman
    Seanergy chief says fuel efficiency drive during market downturn poses threat to ships, seafarers and owners.
  • D'Amico adds to MR fleet
    Italian owner says it has snapped up High Prosperity at bargain price after chartering it in for six years.
  • Raoust calls time on size wars
    VLOC white elephants, question marks about Maersk's triple-e ships and the Costa Concordia tragedy all indicate a scale threshold has been reached, BRS boss says.
  • Lorentzen intrigued by LNG
    Seacor CEO says scorching sector looks promising but investments in dry supply chain may be more compelling.
  • STX OSV 'no longer cheap'
    Analyst warns investors in SGX-listed yard to tread carefully as European finance issues remain.
  • CNCo inks handysize quartet
    Swire group company heads to China's Chengxi Shipyard for 39,500-dwt series of "eco" bulkers.
  • ICAP endorses LR2 playbook
    Top researcher says product tanker market needs to turn the page in order to cash in on burgeoning long-haul trade.
  • Creditors fear Chapter 11 chaos
    Seward & Kissel says some ailing owners are using bankruptcy as a "sword and shield" when restructuring talks sour.
  • Genmar wins more time
    Tanker owner has been given an extra couple of months to firm up details of its escape from Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
  • Hapag-Lloyd back in the red
    German container line hails "excellent" result compared to rivals, despite 34% jump in fuel costs pushing it to loss in 2011.
  • Stolt Valor fire contained
    Stolt-Nielsen tanker under tow off Qatar following blast, but declared CTL.
  • Cash crunch clogs pipeline
    Belt-tightening at European banks proves problematic for owners, cash buyers and recycling markets alike, GMS says.
  • Oivind Lorentzen uncensored
    Oivind Lorentzen dishes about dynasty, downturns and the next generation as TradeWinds tours his Connecticut estate.
  • Morgan Stanley's LNG storybook
    Fotis Giannakoulis bullish on LNG market as tonnage shortage and Sabine Pass pave the way for profits and expansion.

American Shipper - Ocean newsweb site
MARCH 21, 2012
  • COSCO/Hanjin start new Asia-US Gulf service
  • Argentine truckers strike as soy harvest begins
  • Cook handicaps election at AAPA function
  • U.S. finds China subsidizes solar panel exports
  • Asia-Europe absorbs over half of 2010-2011 deliveries
  • Bryson leads trade mission to India
  • Red Hook deploys Tideworks
  • Virgin resumes London-Mumbia cargo service
  • 3PL Global adds DC in SoCal

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
MARCH 21, 2012
  • Container sector seeing 'a clear upward trend'
    'Price war' coming to an end, says CEO of Hapag-Lloyd.
  • New study offers different perspective on ECA challenges
    Exclusive study finds that the situation is 'a game of poker', as shipowners, fuel providers and technology companies adopt the wait and see approach.
  • Multi-million dollar fuel-saving technology obsolete due to slow steaming
    Emma Maersk class vessels operating significantly below design speeds unable to benefit from waste heat recovery systems.
  • North European markets lack direction
    Strike in Piraeus ends.
  • Bunker prices firming in Middle East and South Africa
    Good demand in Fujairah.
  • Russian Navy ignores bunker spill costs
    Embassy official says spill caused 'no harm to the environment of Ireland.'
  • Study predicts adverse MBM impacts on India
    Increase in bunker prices could hurt trade and economic growth and lead to unfair burden on Indian consumers.
  • 'Oil belt' seen in the water near grounded ship
    Chinese authorities say no new leaks detected.
  • First phase of Fujairah terminal project 'on track'
    September remains completion date, says Gulf Petrochem Group CEO.
  • Bunker prices lack direction in Asia
    Traders divided over levels of demand.
  • Multi-party collaboration needed to seize LNG opportunities
    Increasing demand for LNG to drive offshore marine growth throughout Asia, says industry experts.
  • South China fuel oil imports down 4% in March
    Bonded bunker suppliers scheduled to receive fuel oil imports in the second half of March.
  • Bunker suppliers urged to act 'promptly' in enforcing claims
    Bunker suppliers among those that are in 'potentially better position' to recover monies owed to them in an event of a winding up, says lawyer.
  • Use of scrubbers 'the answer' to shipping's future
    Scrubbers offers 'potential long term economic advantages' to shipowners, if they can be proved to work effectively.
  • Aegean renames Verbeke Bunkering
    New corporate identity to reflect position as a 'leading physical supplier' in North-West Europe.

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Venice
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Ahead of the election, Australia is arguing over who will oust China's Landbridge from the Port of Darwin
Darwin/Strathpine
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Geneva
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APM Terminals buys the Panama Canal Railway Company
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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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Six international shipping associations present a guide to planning safe navigation
London
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ESPO urges EU and Member States to allocate funds to decarbonise ships and ports
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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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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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Washington
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London
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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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Madrid
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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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Carnival Sets New Low Season Quarter Records December-February
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Miami
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Bern
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CK Hutchison's Port Division revenues grew by 10.8% last year
Hong Kong
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Rome
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Port of Genoa, Ente Bacini requests new spaces and renewal of the concession
Genoa
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Genoa
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Barcelona
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Lugano/Gazoldo of the Ippoliti
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Liebherr achieves record annual sales in the maritime and port crane segment
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
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Interporto Bologna Board of Directors Renewed
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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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