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February 24, 2012
The Business Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • 7.6% annual growth seen for Asia-Pac logistics markets
    Research firm Frost & Sullivan has forecast 7.6 per cent annual growth for 12 Asia-Pacific transportation and logistics (T&L) markets, reaching US$4.09 trillion in 2016.
  • 50% of dry-bulk carrier orders could be canned
    As many as 50 per cent of commodity carriers on order at yards worldwide may never be built after 56 per cent of new dry-bulk vessels didn't enter service in January as scheduled, according to Genco Shipping & Trading Ltd.
  • Bulk-ship operators get aggressive as costs dip
    Operators of ships that haul dry-bulk commodities are 'more aggressive' in reaching agreements with customers to employ vessels amid a glut of carriers, said ICAP Shipping International Ltd.

Sched Netweb site
  • Shanghai's January container volume declines 3pc to 2.6 million TEU
  • Maersk hikes: US$400/TEU, FE-west coast Latin America, $560/TEU to Caribbean
  • OOCL, RCL offer Shanghai, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Bangkok loop from March 4
  • Singapore's NOL suffers US$478 loss as revenues fall 2pc to $9.21 billion
  • Court backs TCC, authorising suit for failure to meet cargo commitments
  • Auckland dockers' two-week strikes divert cargo to rival Tauranga
  • Alashankou railway checkpoint January trade volume tops million tonnes
  • Tacoma container volume increases 2.3pc to 1.49 million TEU in 2011
  • Inner Mongolia to spend US$7.94 billion building 30 inter-provincial roads
  • Wuhan to optimise inland port function with more trade convenience
  • Expeditors 2011 profit rises 12pc to US$385.7 million, revenue up 3pc
  • Maersk's man in India blasts crippling cabotage laws, ruinous port fees
  • International Chamber of Shipping chief calls a halt for boxship building
  • Liquid chemical shipping line service aces tests between Taiwan and Ningbo
  • Asia Pacific transport, logistics to grow 7.6pc despite uncertainty: study
  • Wilson Roque launches logistics company from Brazilian Port of Itajai
  • Air China cargo volume slides 28.5pc to 73,300 tonnes in January
  • China Eastern Airlines cargo volume down 19pc to 97,200 tonnes in January
  • Singapore Airlines cuts 20 per cent capacity owing to softening demand

Exim Indiaweb site
  • Mega event backed by international & domestic trade organisations
  • Remembering Chotubhai
  • SPNM's networking event today
  • Uncertainty over freight rates takes futures market to new low
  • WWL Group enters 12th year of operations in India
  • NMPT box traffic registers new high
  • Port Pipavav records first full year of net profit
  • A 12-step guide to managing your money in 2012 - IV

International Transport Journalweb site
FEBRUARY 23, 2012
  • Germany okays Bulgarian und Romanian cabotage services
    Germany's Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development (BMVBS) mandated the country's federal office for goods transport (BAG) to examine the effect that Bulgarian...
  • Leading UK companies repeat order for 1,000 Scania trucks
    Two UK-based companies - Eddie Stobart and A. W. Jenkinson Forest Products - have signed a joint-procurement agreement with Scania in the UK for 1,000 trucks. Scheduled for deliver...
  • CN investing in its rail network
    Canadian National Railway Company (CN) plans to invest CAD 1.75 billion (EUR 1.34 billion) in 2012 to maintain and upgrade its railway network, support growth and productivity init...
  • Logico hauls multimodal containers for Stobart Rail
    Logico, a division of Freightliner Ltd, the UK's largest intermodal rail freight operator, hauled a special train from Freightliner's Garston Terminal to Freightliner's South Wales...
  • Drewry opens office in Shanghai
    Drewry, a leading independent advisory and analytical research organisation in the maritime sector, is opening a new office in Shanghai (China). (it)
  • Somon Air introduces service to Ukraine
    Today (23 February), Tajikistan's Somon Air is launching a once per week service on the Dushanbe (Tajikistan) - Kiev (Ukraine) route. Starting 25 March, the airline will add the ne...
  • Inchcape Shipping Services to open offices in Venezuela and Saudi Arabia
    Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS), a leading maritime services provider, is set to open its first office in Venezuela. The facility, which will be located in Puerto La Cruz, will me...
  • Transfennica starting Bilbao-Tilbury service
    Transfennica has decided to add a weekly direct call to Tilbury (UK) from Bilbao (Spain) within the Iberia schedule, due to increased demand in the market. As from 24 February, the...
  • Despite denial UPS wants to take over TNT Express
    The US corporation United Parcel Services (UPS) wants to take over its Dutch counterpart, TNT Express, Europe's second largest parcel service provider. UPS, one of the world's larg...
  • Unikom acquires new navigation services
    Thomas Gunn Navigation Services has been awarded a new contract by the shipping management company Unicom to equip an additional 43 vessels with its outfit management service. Thom...
  • Jet Aviation: new sales directors in Zurich and Dusseldorf
    Jet Aviation recently appointed Micha Miketta and Peter Davidse as the new maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) sales directors in Dusseldorf (Germany) and Zurich (Switzerland)...
  • Jet Aviation Basel adds tail and wing dock for BBJ and A320 series aircraft
    Jet Aviation Basel has added a tail and wing-docking platform to its wide-body hangar, enabling complete access to all areas of an aircraft tail on all four levels, as well as full...
  • Kwintet relies on DB Schenker Logistics in Sweden
    Kwintet AB, the European supplier of professional workwear, has chosen DB Schenker Logistics as its strategic logistics partner in Sweden. Kwintet consolidated its warehousing acti...
  • DPD opens new parcel terminal in Estonia
    The parcel delivery company DPD has opened a new logistics centre in Estonia, featuring state-of-the-art sorting equipment. The new EUR 2 million terminal in the Rae Industrial Par...
  • Airports across Tanzania to be upgraded with European funding
    The European Investment Bank (EIB), the European Union's lending institution, is to provide EUR 50 million in long-term funding over 20 years to Tanzania. Improvement of five airpo...

Marine Logweb site
FEBRUARY 23, 2012
  • New York relents on ballast water reg deadline
  • Prosecutor adds Costa Crociere execs and crew members to investigation
  • BMT Nigel Gee designed patrol boat set for Arabian Gulf duties
  • Seacor swoops on Superior Energy liftboat fleet

World Wide Shipperweb site
FEBRUARY 23, 2012
  • International Trade Administration sees gains in US merchandise exports
  • Journal of Commerce/PIERS finds US box exports increasing
  • Port Angeles port board reviews work plan for 2012
  • MOL reports containership involved in open seas collision
  • Jensen Maritime Consultants expanding service offering

Lloyd's Listweb site
FEBRUARY 23, 2012
  • Owners need assurances that new equipment will be reliable
    Shipowners need assurance that equipment will be reliable. Step forward, class societies and insurers
  • Ships can't fly
    Current plans for emissions trading systems look impossible to realise
  • Pressure grows on India to diversify oil supply
    Trouble ahead for country that relies on Iran for 10% of its needs
  • West African activity attracts ultra-deepwater drilling rigs
    Drilling rigs and support vessels finding work one year on from the start of Jubilee field production
  • Rig-sharing deals open up Norwegian waters
    Rig Management Norway creates co-operative arrangements to bridge the gap between asset owners' need for lengthy charters and the cost of increasing production in smaller fields
  • ExxonMobil sends single-hull tanker for recycling in China
    AIS data indicates vessel heading to a southern province
  • Landmark DryShips Chinese ore carrier loan chalked up to $5bn fund
    First major syndicated loan to Greek owner without western bank involvement
  • Distressed product tanker sales loom as banks brace to limit support
    Italian owner d'Amico warns against overordering in a sector on the cusp of recovery
  • Talking heads: what does the industry think about it?
    Lloyd's List canvasses ocean carrier and shipper representatives and the European Commission about the FMC study on abolition of conferences in Europe
  • FMC study fuels debate on whether Europe was right to ban conferences
    Congress unlikely to review Shipping Act this year unless capacity shortages return
  • StealthGas eyes more ships but bemoans valuation
    Improved quarter highlights solid LPG segment
  • Vessel value writedowns hurt Teekay Offshore Partners bottom line
    Cash distribution of $0.50 declared on fourth quarter
  • Pacific supramax rates recovery offset by Atlantic decline
    Period charter market anticipates rates recovery from April
  • Asset value threat for panamaxes
    Bids on seven-year-old ship fail to live up to market expectations
  • Teekay LNG Partners to raise dividend
    Evensen says $400m available for expansion
  • Offshore and LNG presence helps Teekay dodge tanker bloodbath
    Diversified structure a competitive advantage in financially constrained world, says Peter Evensen
  • Teekay Tankers to buy secondhand tonnage
    $360m budget for long-haul product tankers and mid-size aframaxes and suezmaxes
  • Durban tackles bottlenecks
    Technical glitches at South Africa box hub after launch of Navis Sparcs
  • Hutchison's Dar es Salaam unit hits back at regulator's criticism
    TICTS rounds on 'inaccurate and unsubstantiated allegations' about crane and ship productivity levels
  • Boskalis and Jan de Nul land Argentina dredging contract
    Partners sign five-year deal at Bahia Blanca
  • Secondhand vintage handy market suffers from lack of Chinese interest
    Tonnage offers 'low-risk investment', say sale and purchase brokers
  • Genco launches $50m follow-on offering
    Effort to lower interest bill after voluntary pre-payment in December secures covenant waivers
  • All talk?
    Somalia conference was short on solutions, for politics and for piracy
  • US box exports reach record 12m teu high in 2011
    Eurozone crisis hits fourth quarter volumes
  • Navios pays out despite dip in profits
    Solid time charter coverage and focus on efficiency guide the company into 2012
  • Oil and shipping industries fund Somalia job creation
    Community projects aim to lessen appeal of piracy
  • Sembcorp Marine quarterly profits drop on fewer high-value orders
    Singapore rig builder sees strong deepwater sector growth
  • Japan Club emphasises partial exposure to EU sanctions
    Insurer not liable for parts of claims reinsured under IG programmes
  • Diana boxship offshoot scores profit
    Upgrade work on Maersk trio was a drag on bottom line

Fairplayweb site
FEBRUARY 23, 2012
  • Navios profits fall
    NAVIOS Holdings confirmed a drop in quarterly profits today, although Chairman Angeliki Frangou underscored that the company is well-positioned to weather the storm
  • Scorpio logs impairment
    THE PARADE of shipping impairments continues, with Scorpio Tankers writing down the carrying value of its fleet due to "deteriorating market fundamentals and a decline in value for secondhand product tankers"
  • Sembcorp profits falls 13%
    SINGAPORE rig builder Sembcorp Marine said today 2011 profits dropped 13% year on year to S$752M ($598.36M)
  • Oz seeks top LNG spot
    AUSTRALIA will overtake Qatar as the world's largest LNG supplier within two decades, a conference in London heard today
  • Defaults cost Lauritzen $60M
    DEFAULTS by contract partners cost J Lauritzen $60M last year that, combined with weak shipping markets, dragged the group deep into red
  • APL resists temptation
    APL SAID today it means to resist temptation to lay off ships because of the Far East/Europe box lane's overcapacity
  • Genco's drybulkers seen as overvalued
    GENCO Shipping & Trading's nine Capesize drybulkers are overvalued in the current freight market, a shipping analyst said today
  • Impairments weigh DryShips
    VALUE declines on three bulkers pulled George Economou's DryShips into the red in the latest quarter
  • MISC loses $404.6M
    MALAYSIAN carrier MISC posted 1.2Bn ringgit ($404.6M) in net losses for its latest financial year, reversing 2.4Bn ringgits in profits a year earlier
  • Iran and China sign crude supply deal
    CHINA'S government-owned trading company Unipec has signed a deal for crude supplies from Iran's NIOC
  • Cosco Corp profits dive 44%
    COSCO Corp, the Singapore-listed shipbuilding and bulker operating arm of Chinese conglomerate COSCO, said today 2011 profits dived 44% year on year, to S$139.67M ($111.18M)
  • Green Reefers cuts losses
    NORWAY'S Green Reefers said today it cut its losses in both 4Q11 and full year 2011, mainly because the company was freed of the impairment losses that hurt it the previous year
  • Italy pledges guards inquiry aid
    ITALY today offered to co-operate in a police inquiry into allegations that armed Italian guards on a tanker shot dead two Indian fishermen
  • Vietnam cuts duties
    VIETNAM is abolishing its 4% import duties on gasoline and jet fuel, while also cutting diesel and kerosene levies from 5% to 3%
  • VLCC charterers hold back
    VLCC FIXING for March laycans has been quieter than for February, as charterers are holding back to force rates down

The Journal of Commerceweb site
FEBRUARY 23, 2012
  • Exporters Urge Congress to Renew Ex-Im Bank Charter
    Small exporters will be among the most to benefit from the charter renewal of the Export-Import Bank of the United...
  • Northeastern Truckload Carrier Shuts Down
    Northeastern truckload carrier Atkinson Freight Lines closed its doors after being battered by rising costs and competition from larger national...
  • US Steel Imports Jump 20.2 Percent
    U.S. steel imports in January jumped 20.2 percent from a year earlier amid a strengthening economy and rising demand from...
  • NY Softens Rule on Ships' Ballast
    The state of New York has backed away from plans to impose stringent ballast-water standards that industry officials said threatened...
  • European Shippers Say FMC Underestimated Rate Volatility
    The Federal Maritime Commission underestimated the magnitude of rate volatility in the Europe-Asia trade when it assessed the effects of...
  • MOL, Cosco Ships Collide Near Hong Kong
    An MOL containership collided with another containership owned by Cosco on Wednesday southeast of Hong Kong. The MOL Maneuver...
  • Diana Containerships Swings to $1.3 Million Profit
    Diana Containerships booked a profit of $1.3 million in the fourth quarter of 2011 against a year-earlier loss of $15,600,...
  • Asia-Europe Rates Rise on Maersk Capacity Cut
    Spot freight rates on the westbound Asia-Europe trade lane rose 3 percent this week from the week before after Maersk...

Containerisation Internationalweb site
FEBRUARY 23, 2012
  • Pipavav posts first net profit
    Rising cargo volumes, improved economies of scale and rising levels of operational efficiency combined to give APM Terminals Pipavav its first net profit. The port, ...
  • Asia/Europe now far more competitive than transpacific
    Recent analysis done by SeaIntel Maritime Analysis shows that competition between Asia and Europe is now much more intense than between Asia and North America. ...
  • ISS sets up in Saudi Arabia
    Attracted by the potential for economic growth and the country's growing role in international trade, the leading maritime services group, Inchcape Shipping Services, ...
  • Africa is hit hard by the pirates
    East and South African appear to be paying a high price for the rise in piracy incidents in the Indian Ocean. In addition to the direct costs involved in offering ...
  • All-in rates from Asia to Northern Europe still staying up
    Ocean carriers still appear determined to see all freight rates from Asia to Europe increased. The World Container Index's latest information out today reveals ...
  • MOL and COSCON boxships clash
    No injuries or oil spills were reported from a collision between the 2010-built 6,724TEU MOL Maneuver and the 4,221TEU ...
  • OOCL and RCL club together on China-ASEAN loop
    OOCL is boosting its service offering on the fast growing trade between north east and south east Asia by launching a new sling by joining forces with intra-Asia ...
  • Somalia summit: 'less talk more action'
    That is the hope of many of the senior representatives from 40 nations attending a conference on Somalia in London today to agree a road map for the 'world's worst ...
  • PANYNJ pips pre-recession numbers
    The Port of New York and New Jersey [PANYNJ] achieved 'record' throughput in 2011 - surpassing the previous record volume in 2007 before the start of the global ...
  • ESC sees red over FMC's analysis of banning conferences
    The European Shippers Council has queried a number of conclusions and observations made in the Federal Maritime Commission's recent study on the side effects in ...

TradeWindsweb site
FEBRUARY 23, 2012
  • Cantor condemns Title XI bid
    Ray LaHood and Marad loan programme under fire as Congress questions Overseas Shipholding Group's dealings with Iran.
  • Get tomorrow's news today
    Be the first to read the latest shipping industry news with TradeWinds new Apple and Android apps.
  • ISC mints PCTC transaction
    Niels Johnsen says expansion may be on the menu as US-listed owner frees up cash in $59m sale-and-leaseback deal.
  • Teekay Offshore cuts Q4 loss
    New York-listed FPSO and shuttle tanker owner chops deficit and looks forward to expanding fleet.
  • Distressed deals will open up
    D'Amico CEO Marco Fiori says 2012 will be a "fertile ground" for mergers and acquisitions.
  • Genco shares plunge again
    Peter Georgiopoulos led dry cargo company to raise $53m to boost finances.
  • Aegean tops forecasts
    Greek bunker titan beats Wall Street bets in the fourth as focus turns to niche regions like the Mediterranean, analyst notes.
  • Stealth primed for expansion
    Harry Vafias-led LPG specialist readies expansion drive following fourth-quarter win and freshly minted sale of Gas Kalogeros.
  • Ocean Rig profit down a third
    Revenue show strong growth but income heads in the same direction as drill bits.
  • TNK eyes acquisition trail
    New York-quoted owner poised to pounce on aframax and suezmax tankers despite fourth-quarter loss.
  • Havyard books Vestland pair
    Norwegian owner inks a platform supply vessel at Per Saevik's shipyard with an option for another.
  • Evensen hungry for more
    Teekay LNG chief says Maersk swoop has not satisfied its appetite for tonnage in booming business.
  • Navios takes a Q4 income hit
    But Angeliki Frangou led bulk carrier operator maintains an unchanged dividend.
  • Teekay Corp doubles loss
    New York-listed tanker owner hurt by falling rates in 2011, but is redelivering loss-making vessels as it seeks to rein in costs.
  • ACM in Middle East merger
    Mark Jewell-headed wing joins forces with ICON Chartering to boost Dubai venture.
  • Big guns in anti-piracy push
    AP Moller, Shell and BP to inject cash into community projects to help curb Somali threat.

American Shipper - Ocean newsweb site
FEBRUARY 23, 2012
  • U.S. offers Website for small exporters
  • Kenya Airways gets cargo plane
  • Data2Logistics expands in Europe
  • SEKO picks GT Nexus to automate logistics
  • Con-way finds iPads to be sales boon
  • Cambon: Carriers engaged in 'value destruction'
  • Tacoma's box traffic up 8.8%
  • Shippers respond to FMC report on EC shipping rules
  • Maersk raising rates from Asia to Americas
  • MOL, COSCO vessels collide

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
FEBRUARY 23, 2012
  • Wincanton to distribute Chevron Marine lubricants
    UK supply chain solutions provider signs three-year deal with Chevron division.
  • Big price gains across Europe
    Very good bunker demand in Piraeus.
  • Ship energy efficiency has been 'going backwards'
    Analysis of large tankers and bulk carriers concludes 'the development of EEDI in these ships has moved in the wrong direction'.
  • Prices firm across Middle Eastern and African ports
    Not a very busy market in Durban, player reports.
  • Market abuzz with rumours of Vitol, Grindrod deal
    Some say sale of stake in Grindrod's marine fuel subsidiaries to Vitol is 'a done deal'.
  • DSME seals $709 million naval fuel tanker deal
    37,000-tonne tankers able to 'simultaneously' refuel several naval warships, says UK Royal Navy.
  • IFO prices down in Singapore, up at other Asian ports
    Demand mixed at major Asian bunkering hubs on Thursday.
  • Singapore fuel oil stocks at 40-week high
    High influx of fuel oil cargoes expected to continue in March.
  • Panama to invest $65 million in multi-storage oil facility
    Melons Oil Terminal Inc. to construct two million barrel capacity oil storage facility.
  • Vitol's trading volumes up 14.5% in 2011
    Trading volumes up despite 'challenging' environment, says company President and Chief Executive.
  • Aegean shares rise to seven-month high
    Aegean's Q4 profit, revenues trump analysts' estimates.
  • Bulker firm settles unpaid bunker bills
    Globus pays for outstanding bunker payments owed by charterer to secure release of arrested vessel.
  • NOL targets $500 million costs reduction
    'Significant part' of the number is aimed at reducing fuel consumption, says President of its box unit, APL.
  • US refinery completes shutdown
    Hovensa completes shutdown of 350,000 bpd refinery in St. Croix, US Virgin Islands.
  • Americas markets flat for third straight day
    Oil fell from the highest close in nine months on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

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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
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Naples
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Schindellegi
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Six international shipping associations present a guide to planning safe navigation
London
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Hanover/Trieste
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ESPO urges EU and Member States to allocate funds to decarbonise ships and ports
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Beijing/Hong Kong
Panama Ports Company operates the Balboa and Cristobal ports
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Singapore
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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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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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ITU, ICAO and IMO highlight risks to maritime and air transport caused by attacks on satellite communications
Geneva/Montreal/London
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London
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London
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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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Carnival Sets New Low Season Quarter Records December-February
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CK Hutchison's Port Division revenues grew by 10.8% last year
Hong Kong
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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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Alesund/Trieste
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Rome
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MSC Group Cruise Terminal Officially Inaugurated in the Port of Barcelona
Barcelona
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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
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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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Conference in Genoa for the centenary of Ente Bacini
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Bentivoglio
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Tokyo
The newco has taken over the activities of ENEOS Ocean
Decarbonisation of maritime transport will be faster in the EU and the US
DHL Acquires CRYOPDP
Bonn/Nashville
The company provides courier services for clinics and healthcare
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
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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