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October 22, 2012
Sched Netweb site
  • Asia-US/Europe rates still fall as SCFI slips 2.3pc to 1,174.80 points
  • Antwerp box volume down 0.5pc to 6,517,956 TEU in first nine months
  • Beware of breaking sanctions on cargo shipments to Iran, forwarders warned
  • Container shipping must focus on cost control, efficiency: NOL chairman
  • Global capacity withdrawal increases in third quarter and season wanes
  • Union Pacific posts 10pc third quarter profit increase to US$1 billion
  • Singapore September exports drop 6.4pc as electronic sales decline
  • DB Schenker upgrades smartbox suite to monitor global cargo movement
  • African fastest growing economies face frequent disruptions: Barloworld
  • Russia: Turkey retracts illegal arms charge after seizing Syrian air cargo
  • White House-led probe finds no evidence of Huawei telecom spying on US
  • XL Airways France chooses Lufthansa Systems flight operation solutions

Exim Indiaweb site
OCTOBER 19, 2012
  • Defence Ministry plans to enhance coastal surveillance network
  • Maritime focus seen essential for energy security
  • Om Freight Forwarders opens office in Germany
  • Shipowners, salvors differ on altering International Salvage Convention
  • Adani Ports H1 & Q2 net see sharp increase
  • MoS mulls calling meeting of stakeholders to sort out KoPT's limit extension issue
  • Ports & dock officers' federation congratulates MbPT on H1 throughput growth
  • Sri Lanka keen to invest in Indian port projects
  • Railways carries 5 pc more revenue-earning freight in H1
  • Vizag airport may soon have air cargo terminal
  • Forex reserves dip $ 163.7 m
  • Import duty on white sugar may be hiked
  • INR tumbles by 103 paise to end week at one-month low of 53.84
  • EU imposes sanctions on Iranian oil, gas & tanker cos
  • Import process with a big hole
  • A heavy lift operation at Le Havre
  • Project Professionals Group appoints new representative in Australia

International Transport Journalweb site
OCTOBER 19, 2012
  • NordStar now serving Dubai
    Today (19 October 2012) NordStar Airlines is beginning operations to the United Arab Emirates. The Russian carrier is offering a twice-weekly service between the Siberian city of K...
  • Network Rail building new logistics centre in UK's West Midlands
    Network Rail, Britain's rail infrastructure owner and operator, is investing GBP 25 million (EUR 31 million) in a new hub for the national delivery service centre at the former Peu...
  • Logwin moves into new offices in Jakarta
    Logwin, a Luxembourg-based international logistics service provider, has moved into larger offices located at Soekarno Hatta international airport in the Indonesian capital of Jaka...
  • Emirates ordered to pay AUD 10 million for price fixing
    The Federal Court in Sydney (Australia) has ordered the UAE-based airline Emirates to pay a penalty of AUD 10 million (EUR 7.9 million) for engaging in cartel conduct in breach of ...
  • Barcelona Europe South Terminal launches new Barcelona-Pamplona rail service
    Barcelona Europe South Terminal (Best), a member of the Hutchison Port Holdings Group, has launched a new rail service connecting the Spanish cities of Barcelona and Pamplona, whic...
  • Loxx offers new direct general cargo services to Siberia
    The German service provider Loxx now offers new direct general cargo services to Russia's hinterland. With immediate effect Loxx trucks run once a week to Krasnoyarsk and Irkutsk i...
  • Hellmann UK and H. Essers offer new road freight service
    Hellmann UK and the Belgian transport company H. Essers have launched a new daily shuttle system between the UK and Belgium. The new road freight service will be provided in accord...
  • EU bans Syrian airlines from its airports
    Given the intensifying violence in Syria, the Council of the European Union has reinforced EU sanctions against the Syrian regime this week. The EU Council has now denied all fligh...
  • CMA CGM plans to sell 6% of its shares to French Fond Strategique d'Investissements
    The Marseille (France)-based container shipping company CMA CGM is hoping to sell 6% of its shares to the French state fund Fonds Strategique d'Investissements (FSI). This deal cou...

Marine Logweb site
OCTOBER 19, 2012
  • Seaspan breaks ground for Vancouver Shipyards revamp
  • Euroferries charters Austal trimaran for new cross channel...
  • First steel cut for Prelude FLNG
  • Rederi TransAtlantic buys Merlinja assets
  • Hyundai Heavy Industries sees order intake shrink
  • Flensburg shipyard cuts steel for Canada's largest ConRo
  • Two honored with Thomas Crowley Award

World Wide Shipperweb site
OCTOBER 19, 2012
  • ILWU Local 19 files lawsuit against Sodo District sports arena
  • US rail freight traffic count drops during month of September
  • Evergreen Line christens new L-type container ship
  • CSX Corp. releases third quarter numbers
  • NYK Line takes delivery of new WOZMAX ore carrier

Lloyd's Listweb site
OCTOBER 19, 2012
  • OOCL enjoys decent third quarter
    But profitability will likely weaken towards year-end after peak season, say analysts
  • Rongsheng wins its second offshore order
    China's largest private yard was contracted the world's largest deepwater tender barge
  • Scottish Loan Fund is open to shipping deals
    Mezzanine finance offered to small and medium-sized enterprises
  • BIMCO predicts global economic expansion in 2013
    Institutions now have grip on crisis, says shipowner group
  • Spain unveils 12-year strategy to reform transport
    Cash-strapped government seeks private investment in infrastructure
  • Minister outlines $12bn boost for infrastructure
    Austerity budget sets cash aside to upgrade the country's intermodal links
  • Getting to grips with overweight boxes
    A sensible industry would refuse to load containers that have not been weighed
  • Chinese shipyard borrows against sea usage rights
    Pilot scheme seeks to ease dearth of cash
  • Wet, wet, wet
    The last thing that China needs is an excuse for bubble lending
  • P+S administrator hopes to sell Peene-Werft yard
    'Indicative offers' made for bankrupt group's Wolgast business
  • Maritime lawyers reject moves to revise 1989 Salvage Convention
    Working group set up to investigate York Antwerp Rules
  • Seadrill Partners completes IPO at top of price range
    Fredriksen's latest company hits $192m high note in its New York debut
  • Star Bulk awarded first Carbon Positive Certificate
    Measurement is fundamental step towards reducing emissions, says consultancy
  • Shipping's year zero
    2014 will bring gradual recovery for tankers and dry bulkers but will boost gas carriers
  • U-Ming buys post-panamax bulker newbuilding for $24.5m
    Taiwanese dry bulk operator snaps up a resale from Glocal Maritime
  • US energy company pledges to double LPG exports on gas ships
    Panama Canal widening is key to Targa Resources expansion plan
  • Maersk capacity cuts are 'step in right direction'
    But carriers have run out of time to make November rate rise stick, says Drewry containers research chief
  • Provisions for place of refuge and casualty probes must be mandatory
    Industry must learn from casualties like the Flaminia, says Hinchliffe
  • 'Bottom fishing' cancelled tonnage makes the shipping crisis worse
    Banks must stop loans for newbuildings and finance only abandoned or existing vessels
  • Bright weeks ahead for capesizes
    Prices will stay firm until year-end but fall by first-quarter 2013, brokers predict
  • VLCCs snatch Middle East suezmax cargoes
    Owners part-load cheap VLCCs as oil firms book larger, cheaper tonnage
  • HHI reports 40% fall in order intake for first three quarters
    World's largest shipbuilder sees its offshore business under-perform too
  • Vale commissions second FTS conversion from CSSC Chengxi
    Shipyard pledges to complete latest contract faster than the first

Fairplayweb site
OCTOBER 19, 2012
  • Soybeans boost US bulker loadings
    STRONG demand for soybeans in China has spurred a recent surge in US bulker loadings, reports the US Department of Agriculture
  • Seadrill Partners prices IPO
    JOHN Fredriksen's latest public company, Seadrill Partners LLC, today priced its IPO and began trading on NYSE
  • SEC targets Yorkville Advisors
    YORKVILLE Advisors, an investment company with significant shipping ties, has been accused by the Securities & Exchange Commission of inflating asset values to garner higher fees
  • APM raises SK2.5Bn in six-year bond
    AP Moller-Maersk (APM), the Danish conglomerate, has raised SK2.50Bn ($381M) on the Swedish krona bond market
  • Shortsea market loses steam
    DAILY vessel earnings on shortsea hauls of bulk and breakbulk cargoes in Europe have levelled off as tonnage shortages for Baltic grain loadings eased this week
  • Container shipping on the up
    CONTAINER shipping is seeing several upward catalysts, said UOB Kay Hian Securities today
  • LR2 rates reach 2012 high
    FREIGHT rates to ship clean products on LR2 tankers from the Arabian Gulf to the Far East have reached a new 2012 high
  • P+S Shipyards heading for breakup
    GERMAN shipbuilder P+S Werften, which has sites in Wolgast and Stralsund, is likely to be broken up and sold
  • NLC Ferry forms for northernmost ferry service
    TWO SCANDINAVIAN municipalities have formed a new company to run the northernmost international ferry service in the world after the failure of the previous operator
  • $806M to be spent on Batam port
    THE INDONESIAN government estimates to spend $806M for the construction of a new deepwater container terminal in Tanjung Sauh, in Indonesia's Batam port
  • NITC VLCC: Not at Universal Terminals
    AN NITC VLCC that visited Singapore earlier this month did not berth at Universal Terminal's facilities, UT's terminal manager Michael Chng has told Fairplay
  • Keppel retains 'buy' ratings
    KEPPEL has retained 'buy' ratings from sector analysts Maybank Kim Eng and UOB Kay Hian despite yesterday announcing a a 15% drop in year on year profits
  • Evergreen's newbuildings enough for now
    TAIWAN'S Evergreen Line told Fairplay today that its newbuilding orders and chartered-in vessels are sufficient for today's market, and it will not contract more ships unless freight rates improve significantly

The Journal of Commerce - Maritimeweb site
OCTOBER 19, 2012
  • GATX Third Quarter Profit Swells, Shipping Surges
    GATX Corporation reported a profit of $53.8 million in the third quarter, ending Sept. 30, shooting up 63.5 percent year-over-year from $32.9 million. Profit in the first nine months of 2012 was $107.6 million, up 35.86 percent from last year's $79.2 million in the same period. American Steamship Company, owned by the rail...

Containerisation Internationalweb site
OCTOBER 19, 2012
  • Saade wins CI Lifetime Achievement Award
    Jacques Saade, founder, group chairman and ceo of CMA CGM, has scooped Containerisation International's lifetime achievement award. At a grand luncheon held in ...
  • Elbe deepening stymied
    Germany's highest administrative court in Leipzig has stopped the planned deepening of the river Elbe, which is the maritime runway to the port of Hamburg. The ...
  • China's GDP slows again but could be bottoming-out
    Chinese economic growth expanded at a rate of 7.4% in the third quarter - its slowest gain for three years - but after seven consecutive quarters of decline, premier ...
  • Ships to be re-floated from Valencia beach this weekend?
  • Industry welcomes new Lloyd's Register stack weight formula
    Industry reaction has been positive to the news that Lloyd's Register has developed a new formula that will allow heavier containers to be stacked higher on deck ...
  • More blanks from liners
    Evergreen Line and Hanjin Shipping are to skip three voyages in the final quarter of the year on their joint, respectively-named, CEM [China Europe Mediterranean] ...
  • DB Schenker Logistics expands Guadalajara warehousing capacity
    Essen-based DB Schenker Logistics has responded to growing demand for warehousing space in the Mexican city of Guadalajara by opening a new warehouse. Guadalajara ...

TradeWindsweb site
OCTOBER 19, 2012
  • Fotis G initiates SFI
    Ship Finance International has enough firepower to seize $500m worth of assets, analyst says.
  • Deutsche downs Genco
    Deutsche Bank sliced its rating on shares of Genco Shipping & Trading (Genco) Friday amid fears about the ongoing glut in global fleet capacity.
  • OW expansion continues
    A leading Danish bunker supplier has recruited a pair of executives who were fired from Noble's fledgling marine fuel offshoot to head up a new office in Stamford.
  • Analyst shifts gears
    Scott Burk has emerged as one of the architects behind Energy & Exploration Partners' New York IPO.
  • Kensington cut loose?
    Knightsbridge Tankers appears to have parted ways with another ageing VLCC, sale-and-purchase brokers said Friday.
  • RABT makes Finnish move
    Sweden's Rederi AB TransAtlantic has expanded with a swoop for Finnish containership operator Merilinja.
  • Viana bids delayed
    Portugal has extended the deadline for offers in the privatisation of struggling shipbuilder Estaleiros Navais de Viana do Castelo (ENVC).
  • No trick or treat for tankers
    With Halloween fast approaching Credit Suisse has been spooked by a horrible third quarter tanker market and predicted deeper red ink for some leading owners.
  • Qatar okays guards
    Qatar has cleared the way for ships carrying armed guards to enter its territorial waters.
  • Bourbon sells trio
    Bourbon Offshore has reportedly sold a trio of West Africa-based platform supply vessels.
  • BDI at three month high
    Bulker owners are seeing their highest earnings for three months after the Baltic Dry Index today passed the 1,000 point mark for the first time since late July.
  • Activists arrested
    A captain has been involved in a scuffle with animal rights protesters after they boarded a livestock carrier in Fremantle, Australia.
  • India cleared on Jupiter-6
    India's supreme court has kicked out a compensation case against the government over the disappearance of the tug Jupiter-6 and its 13 crew in 2005.
  • Keppel beats bets
    Keppel Corp's third quarter performance has come as a pleasant surprise to some analysts.
  • Saga return unlikely
    Saga Tankers is unlikely to make a return to shipowning despite having a new wealthy Norwegian investor in control, observers believe.
  • Divine intervention?
    We take a look at what was said in the market in the past week.
  • Larger ships to drop anchor
    Delivery of ultra-large containerships could force vessels of up to 10,000-teu into lay-up, Citi says.
  • Cal Dive spreads wings
    Cal Dive International has announced a fresh batch of contracts for its dive saturation vessels.
  • NCL snaps up ro-pax
    The Swedish-Finnish joint venture NCL Ferry has snapped up a Rederi AB Gotland ro-pax.
  • Tsakos changes tack
    TradeWinds digests the digits making the headlines this week.
  • HHI orders halved
    Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has revealed a 50% drop in new ship orders in the first nine months of 2012.
  • Missing crewman found
    A seafarer feared lost from an MSC boxship in the Gulf of Mexico has been found - safe and well in downtown Mobile.
  • Owners skip sailings
    Boxship partners Evergreen and Hanjin Shipping have cut capacity on a jointly-operated service from Asia to Europe.
  • Thun orders dry double
    Sweden's Erik Thun has returned to Ferus Smit in the Netherlands for two dry cargoships.
  • Master admits waste dump
    A Philippines captain has admitted chucking waste into the open sea off Subic Bay Freeport.
  • BSM seals Greek LNGCs
    Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (BSM) says it has won the contract to manage three LNG carriers owned by Thenamaris LNG
  • Lifeline for P+S
    Insolvent German shipbuilder P+S Werften has received a boost with a naval repair contract.
  • Seadrill prices MLP
    Seadrill Partners has priced its initial public offering at $22 per share - the top of the indicated price range.
  • Ventura damaged off Spain
    A P&O Cruises ship has sustained damage while crossing the Bay of Biscay, the cruise line has confirmed.
  • Maersk raids bond market
    AP Moller Maersk has turned to the Swedish bond market to raise fresh capital, the company has disclosed.
  • Robbers raid bulker
    A Japanese-owned handymax bulker has been targeted by robbers of East Kalimantan in Indonesia.

American Shipperweb site
OCTOBER 19, 2012
  • CMA CGM increasing Med-Latin America peak season fee
  • Bahri reports big jump in profit
  • Travel expenses scandal plagues Oakland port
  • Kansas City Southern reports record revenues
  • Southeastern Freight expands in Texas
  • Mediator steps into ILWU/grain handler contract talks
    The Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service said Thursday it has stepped into contract talks between several locals of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and Pacific Northwest Grain Handlers.
  • Locked Out?
  • ILWU sues to block Seattle arena deal
    The union's Local 19, which filed a lawsuit in King County Superior Court Wednesday challenging the decision to build the sports arena, alleges Seattle and King County violated the State Environmental Policy Act.
  • Report points to trends favoring 'onshoring'
    "Onshoring is still in its infancy and largely limited to anecdotes. However, the scales are beginning to rebalance for some industries as global conditions evolve," wrote Michael Dolega, TD Bank's economist.
  • Old Dominion opens new Tennessee facility
  • TIACA expands ties with civil aviation organization
    The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) said Friday they have committed to enhanced cooperation in air cargo transportation.
  • RedPrairie names Conway VP marketing
  • WTO favors U.S. in Chinese electrical steel dispute

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
OCTOBER 19, 2012
  • Weekly global bunker price roundup
    A weekly price round of up global bunkering hubs from around the world.
  • Bunker prices end week mixed
    Demand was average on the US Gulf, according to a local supplier.
  • Building of 'state-of-the-art' vessel begins
    Vessel will use generation engines using a common rail fuel management system to provide 'high efficiency and smokeless operations'.
  • Taboguilla Island Terminal undergoing expansion
    With an investment of $65 million, it will almost double the storage capacity to a total of 2.24 million barrels.
  • MPA implements oil spill exercise
    Exercise scenario involved fully laden VLCC colliding with oil tanker.
  • Salvage Master: Marine pollution is a 'global challenge'
    When a vessel runs aground, one of the main priorities is to remove bunker fuel as there is a risk that fuel tanks could become breached on refloating.
  • Tolson and Richardson join OW Bunker
    Supplier launches physical operation in the United States.
  • Marine fuel prices record big drop in Suez
    But bunker prices stay firm in Fujairah.
  • Bunker prices close the week firm in Rotterdam
    Prices rising in northern Europe but falling across the Mediterranean.
  • Estonian port loses fuel oil export volumes to Ust-Luga
    Tallinn's oil loading down by 26% year-on-year.
  • Dutch inspectors say 40% of samples breach sulphur limit
    Authorities took action against five bunker suppliers in 2011.
  • Raft of appointments at Bomin/Matrix
    President, vice-president and CFO to start next month.
  • Swedish owner orders eco tonnage
    Ships will feature an optimised hull shape.
  • IFO prices end week marginally down
    Supplies of marine fuels were fine at key Asian ports on Friday.
  • Bunker costs see charterers focusing on fuel efficiency
    New evidence of a 'two-tier' market.
  • 'Positive steps' taken to train Singapore's seafarers
    The Chief Executive of Singapore's MPA speaks about the republic's effort in training its seafarers.
  • Unpaid bunker bills force ship re-arrest
    Bangladeshi operator in suppliers' bad books.
  • US Coast Guard: Cases of non-compliant bunkers down
    Eight cases of vessels using non-compliant bunker fuels so far in 2012.
  • Global marine fuel demand 'flat'
    Bunker suppliers' bottom lines affected by the crisis in the shipping industry, players say.
  • Bunker trading firm starts Singapore operations
    Palmstone Energy to focus on marine gas oil trading at the port, says company source.
  • Singapore to implement changes to bunkering standards
    Changes to take effect from January 1, 2013.

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FROM THE HOME PAGE
ESPO: The EU Parliament's Budget Committee's request for more funding for transport, energy and infrastructure is welcome
Brussels
The importance of financing TEN-T networks to enable their adaptation for both military and civilian dual-use purposes was highlighted
Solidarity contribution for the families of port workers who are victims of accidents at work
Rome
It was established by the National Bilateral Port Authority
Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore Division Reports Record Quarterly Revenue
Neuilly-sur-Seine
New historical peak also for the classified fleet
PSA reportedly considering selling its 20% stake in Hutchison Ports
Singapore
This is according to "Reuters", which had already floated this hypothesis at the end of 2022
Federagenti, Italy must give a sharp acceleration to the projects of ZES, free zones and Special Logistics Zones
Rome
Pessina: There is no space for reflections prey to bureaucracy
In the first quarter of this year, freight traffic in the port of Rotterdam decreased by -5.8%.
Rotterdam
Both disembarkation (-3.1%) and embarkation (-11.9%) loads are decreasing
Increase in container cargo is not enough for the port of Antwerp-Bruges to avoid a -4.0% decline in quarterly traffic
Antwerp
The decline in liquid bulk cargoes worsened (-19.1%)
The China Shipowners' Association considers the measures taken by the US against Chinese ships a typical example of unilateralism and protectionism
Beijing/Washington
The WSC reiterates that such measures could undermine American trade, harm U.S. manufacturers, and undermine efforts to strengthen the nation's maritime industry.
COSCO Expresses Strong Opposition to US Planned Taxes on Chinese Ships
Growing share of new entrants in European rail transport sector
Madrid
In 2023, rail freight transport performance decreased by -8%
New Chinese Ship Taxes That Will Only Raise Prices for Americans
Washington
The executive vice president of the US Chamber of Commerce denounced it
Tax amounts set for China-linked vessels arriving at US ports
Washington
Calculated on the basis of net capacity or container volume, they will be applied from October and will be progressively increased
International tender launched to award concession for new Casablanca port shipyard
Casablanca
It is the largest in Africa and has been unused since 2019
Federlogistica, the industry must stop approaching logistics only in terms of costs
Genoa
Falteri: a national control room composed of representatives of the logistics sector and industrial groups is necessary
ABB closes positive first quarter even if revenue growth is lower than expected
Zurich
Wierod: Our consolidated local-for-local approach protects us from the trade war
New global minimum wage deal for seafarers
Geneva
The level will rise to $690 from January 1, 2026 to reach $704 from 2027 and $715 from 2028.
Global trade in goods could fall by -1.5% this year
Geneva
WTO predicts. Okonjo-Iweala: Persistent uncertainty threatens to slow global growth, with serious negative consequences for the world
In 2023, around two-thirds of all goods moved in the EU were transported by sea.
Luxembourg
In the period 2013-2023, only the share of road transport increased, while that of other modes decreased.
Postal shipments of goods from Hong Kong to the US suspended
Hong Kong
Hongkong Post faces exorbitant and unreasonable tariffs due to unjustified and intimidating actions of the United States
Confitarma highlights the need for the decarbonisation strategy not to penalise shipping compared to other modes
Rome
Zanetti: also ensure that the implementation process takes into account the operational needs of the industry
Intercargo and Intertanko raise concerns over shipping decarbonisation deal
London
The complexity of the measure adopted by the IMO and the unusual procedure from which non-governmental organizations were excluded were highlighted
Pirate attacks on ships to spike in first quarter of 2025
Pirate attacks on ships to spike in first quarter of 2025
London
Sharp increase in incidents in the Singapore Straits
Interferry welcomes IMO agreement on decarbonisation of shipping, but finds strategy too complex
Victoria/Piraeus
Greek Shipowners' Association disappointed by failure to recognise essential role of transition fuels such as LNG
International Labour Organization Recognizes Seafarers as Key Workers
London
ITF and ICS: a historic moment
CMA CGM to acquire 35% of Egypt's October Dry Port
Cairo
The company operates a dry port in the industrial and logistics zone near Cairo
MSC Group's TiL to Take Full Control of Hutchison Ports Terminals
New York
Bloomberg reports this, specifying that the Panamanian terminals would be jointly managed with BlackRock
Draft regulation on decarbonisation of shipping approved by MEPC includes mandatory fuel standard and pricing of greenhouse gas emissions
London/Washington/Brussels
The establishment of a Fund to collect resources deriving from the pricing of emissions is foreseen
MIT indicates Matteo Paroli as new president of the ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado
Rome/La Spezia
The La Spezia port community also requests a name for the Eastern Liguria Port Authority
Task force of five associations for the relaunch of Italian rail cargo
Rome
Initiative by Agens, Assoferr, Assologistica, Fercargo and Fermerci
Confitarma underlines the importance of the shipping decarbonisation strategy being defined at IMO
Rome
The Italian Confederation specifies that it shares some of the USA's concerns
WSC Reiterates Trump's Measures for National Maritime Industry Are Bad for U.S. Economy
Washington
Kramek: Ready to support the administration with constructive proposals
Fincantieri and Accenture establish joint venture Fincantieri Ingenium
Trieste/Milan
The aim is to drive the digital transformation of the ship product and port logistics
Meyer Werft has delivered the new luxury cruise ship Asuka III to NYK Cruises
Papenburg/Emden
It has a capacity of 744 passengers and 470 crew members
As Trump formalizes measures to revitalize America's maritime industry, the nation's ports face a dramatic decline in traffic
Washington/Geneva
Okonjo-Iweala (WTO): With the escalation of trade tensions between the US and China, the exchange of goods between the two economies could decrease up to 80%
CK Hutchison denies allegations of breach of concession contract for Panamanian ports of Cristóbal and Balboa
Panama
Panama Ports Company emphasizes that it has complied with all legal obligations and contractual commitments
US Does Not Participate in IMO Negotiations on Shipping Decarbonization, Threatens Reciprocal Measures
London
Expressed opposition to any attempt to impose economic measures on ships based on greenhouse gas emissions or fuel choice
T&E urges MEPC to agree clear and ambitious measures to decarbonise shipping
Brussels
It is necessary - the association underlines - to set binding objectives
Meyer Yachts will build an ultra-luxury residential mega yacht for Ulyssia Residences
Miami
The ship will be 320 meters long and will be built at the Papenburg shipyard
Le Aziende informano
Il retrofit ibrido-elettrico di ABB guida i traghetti dei laghi italiani verso un futuro più sostenibile
Neapolitan Grimaldi Group wins $1.3 billion order for nine ro-pax ships
Neapolitan Grimaldi Group wins $1.3 billion order for nine ro-pax ships
Helsinki/Naples
Order at China Merchants Jinling Shipyard (Weihai)
Viking orders two cruise ships from Fincantieri with option for two additional units
Los Angeles/Trieste
The two ships under construction in Ancona for the American brand will be the first in the world to be powered by hydrogen stored on board
Federlogistica, the possible collapse of road transport is a risk for the country
Genoa/Modena
Ruote Libere reports that the government only needs to allocate a little money to avoid having to deal with the real problems of road hauliers
Second edition of the European Maritime Transport Environmental Report published
Lisbon/Copenhagen
The new report indicates that promising progress has been made in several areas
WSC, MEPC must provide clear measures to decarbonise shipping this week
Washington
Wood-Thomas: It is not possible that these decisions can be postponed to guidelines developed in two years
Konecranes revenues increased by +7.7% in the first three months of 2025
Helsinki
343 million euros of new orders for port vehicles (+37.5%)
Kuehne+Nagel posts first quarter of growth
Schindellegi
The logistics group's net sales amounted to 6.33 billion Swiss francs (+14.9%)
Application by TDT (Grimaldi group) for the construction and management of 50% of the Terminal Darsena Europa in Livorno
Leghorn
The company has requested an extension of the duration of the current concession
In 2024, 58 million invested in the modernization of the ports of Livorno, Piombino and the island of Elba
Leghorn
The final budget and the annual report of the AdSP have been approved
EIB advice to strengthen climate resilience of the ports of Volos, Alexandroupolis and Patras
Luxembourg
It will assist port authorities in identifying and managing climate risks
In the first quarter the port of Valencia handled 1.3 million containers (+3.4%)
Valencia
Transhipment traffic decline
The Management Committee of the Central Tyrrhenian Sea Port Authority has unanimously approved the 2024 financial statement
Naples
SOS LOGistica will acquire the qualification of Third Sector Entity
Milan
The association currently has 74 members
In the first three months of 2025, freight traffic in the ports of Barcelona and Algeciras decreased
Barcelona/Algeciras
Hupac transfers intermodal service with Padua to Novara
Noise
Until now the other terminal was the one in Busto Arsizio
PSA SECH has operated the first 400-meter train at Parco Ferroviario Rugna
Genoa
Capacity up to 20 pairs of trains per day
The 2024 financial statement of the Eastern Liguria Port Authority was unanimously approved
The Spice
The war clearance preparatory to the expansion of the Ravano Terminal in La Spezia is nearing completion
The Spice
The AdSP has invested over 600 thousand euros in it
Francesco Rizzo appointed president of the AdSP of the Strait
Rome
He has repeatedly denounced the uselessness of the construction of the bridge over the Strait
US aircraft attack Yemeni port of Ras Isa
Tampa/Beirut
38 dead and over a hundred injured
In 2025 Stazioni Marittime predicts an increase in ferry and cruise traffic in the port of Genoa
MIT Mobility Report Highlights Rising Demand for Both Passengers and Freight
Rome
In the first quarter, cargo traffic in Russian ports decreased by -5.6%
St. Petersburg
Both dry goods (-5.3%) and liquid bulk (-5.8%) are decreasing
Andrea Giachero confirmed as president of Spediporto
Genoa
The board of directors of the association of Genoese freight forwarders has also been renewed for the three-year period 2025-2028
Study for monitoring vehicular traffic in the ports of Venice and Chioggia
Milan
Order awarded to Circle and Arelogik
In Italy, the rail freight transport sector is in deep trouble
Geneva
Fermerci calls for making traffic incentives structural and increasing and for refinancing the incentive for the purchase of locomotives and wagons
Global Maritime Forum report on optimising ship calls to reduce emissions
Copenhagen
Virtual arrival and just-in-time arrival approaches proposed
In the first quarter of this year, container traffic in the port of Gioia Tauro grew by +15.5%
Joy Taurus
Construction of the "Dockworker’s House" has begun
GNV has taken delivery of the second of four new ro-pax vessels in China
Genoa
"GNV Orion" will be able to accommodate 1,700 passengers and transport up to 3,080 linear metres of cargo
After ten quarters of decline, container traffic in the port of Hong Kong returns to growth
Hong Kong
In the first three months of this year 3.39 million TEUs were handled (+2.1%)
Fincantieri acquires stake in WSense
Rome
The ninth FREMM unit "Spartaco Schergat" delivered to the Italian Navy
The new edition of the Practical Manual of Maritime Traffic has been presented
Genoa
Written by Assagenti, it turns fifty
Container traffic at the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles increased by 26.6% and 5.2% in the first quarter
Long Beach/Los Angeles
Trump's tariffs impact imminent
In the first three months of 2025, the port of Singapore handled 10.5 million containers (+5.8%)
Singapore
In weight, containerized traffic recorded a decrease of -1.4%
Regulations signed for LNG bunkering at Fincantieri shipyard in Genoa
Genoa
Define the methods of transferring fuel from ship to ship
Historic shipbuilding brands Uljanik and 3.Maj on the verge of extinction
Zagreb
The State confirms its intention to sell the shipbuilding activities at the two sites of Pula and Rijeka
Cambiaso Risso has completed the acquisition of the French Somecassur
Genoa
The transalpine company specializes in the insurance of super and mega yachts
New weekly train service between the port of Gioia Tauro and Verona
Joy Taurus/Verona
Operated by Medlog for the transport of refrigerated goods
EBRD looking for strategic partner for development of Moldovan river port of Giurgiulesti
London
International competition launched
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
Turkish ports set new first-quarter cargo traffic record
Ankara
Historic peak of cargo imported from abroad
In the first quarter of 2025, freight traffic in the port of Taranto grew by +37.6%
Taranto
Increase of 854 thousand tons of solid bulk and 265 thousand tons of conventional goods
DEME buys Havfram, a company that installs offshore wind farms
Second Right/Washington
Transaction worth approximately 900 million euros
Rail transport of convoys for Rome Metro started from Reggio Calabria
Rome
Contract awarded by Hitachi Rail to Mercitalia Rail
In 2024, the volumes handled by Magli Intermodal Service decreased by -2%
Rezzato
Turnover stable
Yang Ming records first decline in turnover in March after 14 months of growth
Keelung/Taipei
Evergreen and WHL revenue growth continues
The European Commission has approved the acquisition of Germany's Schenker by Denmark's DSV
Brussels
The impact on competition in the markets in which the two companies operate is considered limited
Fincantieri - Kayo Agreement to Promote the Development of the Shipbuilding and Naval Industry in Albania
Trieste
Possible creation of a hub for shipbuilding and refitting in the region
Recent slight reduction in logistics costs for new factory vehicles
Brussels
Montaresi (AdSP Liguria Orientale) awarded with the "Port Oscar"
Miami
The event has reached its eighteenth edition
In the first three months of 2025, containers carried by OOCL vessels increased by +9.3%
Hong Kong
Revenues up +16.8%
The AdSP of the Southern Tyrrhenian and Ionian Seas wins in appeal against Zen Yacht
Joy Taurus
Company ordered to pay back rent
A large shipment of cocaine was seized in the port of Livorno
Leghorn
Two tons of drugs identified by Customs and Financial Police personnel
Navantia renews agreement with American cruise group Royal Caribbean
Miami
To date, the Cadiz shipyard has carried out maintenance, repair and refurbishment work on 45 of the group's ships.
Record cruise traffic expected in Italian ports this year
Miami
Cemar believes that growth will not stop even in 2026
HII-HHI Agreement to Accelerate US and South Korean Naval Production
National Harbor
The aim is to strengthen the naval industrial base of the two nations.
Panama Ports Company Accused of Violating Terms of Concession Agreement
Panama
Panama's Auditor General announced the filing of criminal charges
Colombo West International Terminal has become operational
Ahmedabad
It has a traffic capacity of 3.2 million TEUs
The conference "New sustainable marine fuels - Decarbonize Shipping" will be held in Genoa on Monday
Genoa
The new multifunctional border control structure PCF - PED/PDI Point completed in the port of Gioia Tauro
Joy Taurus
"Artificial Intelligence Comes to Port" Conference in Rome on Friday
Rome
It is promoted by the National Union of Port Enterprises
MSC Group's new cruise terminal inaugurated in Miami
Miami
It can accommodate three large ships at the same time
In February, traffic in the port of Ravenna increased by +2.1%
Ravenna
Bulk cargo increases, miscellaneous cargo declines
In 2024, Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane recorded a net loss of -208 million euros
Rome
Revenues up by +11.7%. The group's freight transported increased thanks to the acquisition of Exploris
Port of Genoa, Ente Bacini requests new spaces and renewal of the concession
Genoa
Conference to celebrate the centenary of the company
The public meeting of the Italian Port Terminal Operators Association will be held in Rome on June 19th
Genoa
VARD to build offshore dive vessel for Dong Fang Offshore
Alesund/Trieste
The contract is worth 113.5 million euros
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 conference "New sustainable marine fuels - Decarbonize Shipping" will be held in Genoa on Monday
Genoa
It will take place at the headquarters of the Port Authority of Genoa
"Artificial Intelligence Comes to Port" Conference in Rome on Friday
Rome
It is promoted by the National Union of Port Enterprises
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Proposed 30% increase for port tariffs to be in phases, says Loke
(Free Malaysia Today)
Damen Mangalia Unionists Protest Friday Against Possible Closure
(The Romania Journal)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Relazione del presidente Nicola Zaccheo
Roma, 18 settembre 2024
››› File
Next week Italian ports will participate in Seatrade Cruise Global
Rome
Initiative brand: "CruiseItaly - One Country, Many Destinations"
MSC Group Cruise Terminal Officially Inaugurated in the Port of Barcelona
Barcelona
In 2027 it will be equipped with a cold ironing plant
Marcegaglia and Nova Marine Carriers form NovaMar Logistic joint venture
Lugano/Gazoldo of the Ippoliti
A general cargo ship will transport raw materials to the steel group's plants
Liebherr achieves record annual sales in the maritime and port crane segment
Bulls
Strong demand for offshore and container handling equipment
The annual conference "Programming, Operation and Management of Transport Networks" in Genoa
Genoa
It is dedicated to the transport and mobility sector
Last year, 656 ships underwent repair work in Greece
Piraeus
Increase of five units compared to 2023
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
It will be held tomorrow in Genoa
Stena Line presents a project for a ro-ro vessel capable of reducing energy consumption by at least 20%
Gothenburg
Introduced most of the innovative technologies currently available
Francesco Beltrano is the new general secretary of Uniport
Rome
He takes over from Paolo Ferrandino, who will continue to collaborate as a consultant
Saipem awarded new contracts in Middle East and Guyana
Milan
The total value of the orders is approximately 720 million dollars.
Conference in Genoa for the centenary of Ente Bacini
Genoa
The company was established on 19 February 1925
Interporto Bologna Board of Directors Renewed
Bentivoglio
Stefano Caliandro Appointed President. Loss of 1.7 million euros in 2024
NYK invests 76 billion yen in NYK Energy Ocean Corporation
Tokyo
The newco has taken over the activities of ENEOS Ocean
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