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February 4, 2013
Sched Netweb site
  • US east coast ILA strike averted, dockers agree to tentative contract
  • HPH Trust 2012 profit up 16pc to US$293.95 million as revenue rises 28pc
  • Asia-Europe rates off 0.8pc to US$1,316/TEU, transpac suffers similar fate
  • Suez Canal increases tolls from May, 2pc for boxes, 5pc for bulkers
  • Vessels urged to steer clear of Macau-Hong Kong yacht race
  • China to hike rail rate US$0.0016 per tonne kilometre in first half
  • Rare slip: Xinjiang Pakistan trade declines 4.4pc to US$20.1 billion
  • Panama Canal trials JIT to cut dwell time before ships start transit
  • Canadian Pacific posts profit of US$14.95 million despite heavy expenses
  • US retail outlook subdued in 2013, bad news breeds cautionary spending
  • Shareholders told China Southern to increase capacity by 11pc this year
  • Eight companies mull bids for 35pc of Cargolux sold by Qatar Airways
  • Changi Airport cargo falls in 2012 but passenger traffic takes off

Exim Indiaweb site
FEBRUARY 1, 2013
  • Capt. M. M. Saggi takes charge as Director of Narottam Morarjee Institute of Shipping
  • Indian shipping industry unlikely to revive till 2015: India Ratings
  • LCL Logistix bags "Achievement in Continuous Improvement" award at supply chain event
  • Oil tanker market on course to recovery
  • Shell Marine Products opens up portfolio in India
  • Commerce Secretary inaugurates India s Trade Portal
  • India asks Bangladesh for supplier country status
  • Chettinad terminal s coal handling at 7 mt
  • China to take over Pakistan's Gwadar port operations
  • J. M. Baxi & Co. expeditiously discharges urea in bulk from vessel at Rozi
  • PSA s global throughput increases to 60.06 m TEUs in 2012
  • Tamil Nadu CM inaugurates Kattupalli port
  • Infra majors eye Railways port linkage projects
  • Forex reserves up $77.6 million
  • INR zooms to end at three-and-half month high of 53.19
  • Welspun Energy commissions 15 MW solar plant in Rajasthan
  • CaytransBBC strengthens Caribbean service

International Transport Journalweb site
FEBRUARY 1, 2013
  • JAL Cargo cuts fuel surcharge
    Japan Airlines (JAL) has applied to the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism to revise down its international cargo fuel surcharge for flights departing...
  • Gulf Air to move forward route cancellations
    Bahrain's principal flag carrier, Gulf Air, is to start cancelling two routes earlier than previously planned. The Bahrain - Colombo (Sri Lanka) service will stop on 3 February 201...
  • Qatar Airways to serve last Australian destination with different aircraft type
    Qatar Airways, which planned to start using the Boeing 787 Dreamliner from today on its thrice times weekly Doha - Perth (Australia) service launched last July, will, instead, cont...
  • Daimler axing jobs
    Daimler is cutting the number of employees in its truck division by 2,100 worldwide. The main reductions will be in North America (1,300 redundancies) and in Germany (800 jobs). Ac...
  • SBB Cargo leases mainline locomotives to TX Logistik
    SBB Cargo and TX Logistik have signed an agreement enabling the latter company to hire up to twelve Re421 locomotives. TX Logistik wants to deploy the traction for its customers' d...
  • CSX plans new intermodal facility in Quebec
    The transport service provider CSX Corporation, based in Jacksonville FL (USA), plans to expand its intermodal presence in the greater Montreal region and Quebec (both Canada). The...
  • USA: freight theft still high
    In 2012, the total number of cargo thefts in the USA was almost as high as the record high in 2011, according to the new US cargo theft report by FreightWatch International. A tota...
  • K Line enhances Jabco services
    As from the end of February, the Japanese carrier K Line will upgrade its two-sling intra-Asia service (Jabco 1 and Jabco 2), thereby offering better transit times between Japan an...
  • Emirates names new vice-president cargo business and product development
    Emirates SkyCargo has selected Moaza Al Falahi to be its new vice-president cargo business and product development. She has been with Emirates since 2003, when she started a gradua...
  • New hands to guide Cargotec
    The Finnish goods flow optimiser Cargotec Oyi, parent company of MacGregor, Kalmar and Hiab, appointed Mika Vehviläinen as its new president and CEO as of 1 March 2013. Tapio ...
  • Agility Central Europe changing CFO
    The logistics service provider Agility recently chose Dirk Hochmann to be its new chief financial officer. He replaced Achim Schlüsener who left the company in December 2012. Hochm...
  • FedEx opens first forwarding office in Thailand
    FedEx Trade Networks has opened its first office in Thailand, in the capital Bangkok, and added the country to its international ocean shipping service. The new facility will allow...
  • Asstra transports trams to St Petersburg
    The global transport and logistics service provider Asstra has made a contribution towards modernising local transport in St Petersburg by conveying a number of heavylift and out-o...
  • Automotive: new CEO for Adam Opel AG
    General Motors' Opel unit has named Karl-Thomas Neumann as new CEO. Neumann, who previously worked as head of Volkswagen China and for the supplier Continental, will take up his ne...
  • ABX Logistics Worldwide NV/SA settles US class action lawsuit
    ABX Logistics Worldwide NV/SA has entered into an agreement to settle a US class action lawsuit alleging anti-competitive practices in connection with certain surcharges for freigh...

Marine Logweb site
FEBRUARY 1, 2013
  • Car carriers to have electric drive RO/RO equipment
  • Ray Isemann joins Jensen Maritime
  • ST Marine to build new Singapore Navy patrol vessels
  • FMT extends towboat construction at Eastern Shipbuilding

World Wide Shipperweb site
FEBRUARY 1, 2013
  • Port of Olympia sets meeting to discuss marine fueling station
  • Ray Isemann joining Jensen as senior sales account executive
  • Evergreen training center nets ClassNK certification
  • Port of Tacoma taps Tom Bellerud for box terminal business development
  • US rail freight traffic numbers come in on both sides of ledger

Lloyd's Listweb site
FEBRUARY 1, 2013
  • What price a new boxship?
    Yards and brokers disagree over whether the market has turned
  • Islamic finance is not just for Muslims
    Industry expects a western shipowner to secure the first sukuk loan soon
  • Scorpio orders four more fuel-efficient MR tankers
    Latest $130m spree follows bumper share issue
  • Eastern promise
    Baltic Exchange moves highlight shift to Asia for dry bulk's centre of gravity
  • Not so slick
    Double hulls have improved safety but the industry can do more to prevent oil spills
  • Encourage the others
    The intolerance of a shipping accident is limitless, while genuine understanding is in short supply
  • Navios Partners raises $64m in snap offering
    Frangou-led owner to swoop for more bulkers
  • Valero books time charter to avoid product tanker spot market spike
    Transatlantic rates climb
  • OSG seeks to return four more chartered-in ships
    Company obligated to weed out loss-making deals, says Arntzen
  • Pakistan hands Gwadar to Chinese operator
    Move overrules US objections to Asian superpower expanding its regional presence
  • Restricting US LNG exports 'violates trade rules'
    Curbs breach WTO terms and weaken country's credibility, says think-tank
  • HPH Trust posts higher fourth-quarter profit
    But port giant's first full-year results miss prospectus targets
  • MSC buys stake in Long Beach terminal
    Box line move follows CMA CGM investment
  • Capital Product upbeat about OSG charter hire
    Greece-based owner expects tanker openings to catch products upswing
  • China Merchants Energy Shipping orders up to five VLCCs
    Contract placed with DSIC could herald new shopping spree
  • Asia continues to lead shift in dry bulk broking trends
    Baltic Exchange moves capesize rates reporting forward
  • Petronas aims to delist MISC
    Move would give oil giant greater leeway in guiding investment strategy
  • Capesizes quiet ahead of lunar holiday
    Courage Marine re-enters near-bottom market despite uninspiring outlook
  • STX Dalian workers demand overdue wages for Chinese new year trip home
    Global shipping industrial woes add to home-grown social unrest
  • Yang Ming establishes Australia joint venture
    Deal with ISS seeks to improve Taiwan container line's operations
  • Alles ist nicht in Ordnung
    InsO, Germany's 'answer to Chapter 11', is burdensome and bureaucratic
  • Waigaoqiao wins orders for up to eight capesize bulk carriers
    Shipyard secures 11 capesize bulker orders plus seven options since late 2012
  • Court agrees to hear Blue Whale appeal
    Is registering a US office after the fact grounds to unlock Rule B attachment?
  • Greeks spent $9bn on ships last year
    Newbuild orders halved but secondhand activity increased

Fairplayweb site
FEBRUARY 1, 2013
  • Ex-Beluga boss to be charged with fraud
    BREMEN said today it is charging the founder of bankrupt Beluga, Niels Stolberg, with 16 counts of fraud
  • Navios Partners follow-on priced
    ANGELIKI Frangou's Navios Partners today priced a follow-on offering as shipping's access to US investors continues its rebound
  • KEPCO picks builders for 9-ship contract
    KOREA Electric Power has awarded its tender for nine Capesize bulkers to two Asian consortia
  • Exmar roars back
    ANTWERP gas carrier operator Exmar said today it strongly returned to profit last year
  • Yangzijiang's abandoned box ships spark talks
    CHINESE builder Yangzijiang is discussing with a German customer a possible cancellation of a nearly completed series of 2,550teu box ships, sector sources told Fairplay today
  • Logistics giant warns on freight volatility
    SHIPPERS must brace themselves for more erratic ups and downs in ocean freight rates this year, global forwarding group Bolloré Logistics/SDV has warned today
  • Box rates slip outside of reefer sector
    AVERAGE box rates softened again this week despite general rate increases approaching for most routes
  • Suspect charged in UK drug smuggling case
    A DUTCH man has reportedly been charged after cocaine and amphetamines valued at up to £13.4M ($21.2M) were seized at Harwich's port
  • China Exim seen imperiling shipping asset values
    A MOVE by the Chinese export credit group China Exim to fill the newbuilding finance gap left by commercial lenders threatens asset values, a shipping analyst has warned
  • Shanghai shipping insurance sector gains
    SHANGHAI'S income direct-written hull insurance deals totalled 2.26M yuan ($364M) in 2012, a regulatory panel for the sector said
  • PETRONAS offers to buy out MISC
    MALAYSIA'S national oil and gas company PETRONAS is offering to buy out its shipping subsidiary MISC for $2.8Bn
  • Siem lent $35M
    SIEM SHIPPING, the London group previously known as Star Reefers, said today it has been lent $35M by a principal shareholder
  • Japan's 2012 vehicle output rises 18%
    JAPAN's vehicle production rose 18.4% year on year to 9,942,711 units in 2012, marking a recovery from the earthquake/tsunami in 2011
  • Seadrill orders two rigs
    SEADRILL has ordered two jack-up rigs and warned that relocating its head office to London is cost it more than expected
  • Daiichi Chuo losses widen to $221.9M
    JAPANESE bulker operator Daiichi Chuo Kisen Kaisha widened losses to 20.2Bn yen ($221.87M) for the last nine months of 2012

The Journal of Commerceweb site
FEBRUARY 1, 2013
  • Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Predicts FY Loss of $2 Billion
    Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, the parent company of the Japanese ocean carrier MOL, reported a net loss of $678.1 million in the third quarter of 2012, ending Dec. 31. Quarterly revenue was $12.9 billion. For the full fiscal year of 2012, ending March 31, 2013, the company predicts a net loss of...
  • Alianca Receives Delivery of New 3,800-TEU Ship
    Sebastio Caboto vessel, the first of four to be delivered to Alianca. Ocean container carrier Alianca has received delivery of the first of four identical vessels to be deployed in its Brazilian coastal service. Sebastio Caboto, with a capacity of 3,800 20-foot-equivalent units and 500 plugs for refrigerated containers, is scheduled to...
  • Delmas Alters Brazil Port Itinerary
    Delmas' SAMWAF route with new Itajai, Brazil call. France-based Delmas Shipping, a containerized freight and roll-on, roll-off shipping company, has added a call at Itajai, Brazil, on its South American SAMWAF line, replacing the call at Sao Francisco do Sul, Brazil, in order to meet increased demand for refrigerated shipping services. Vessels...
  • Yusen Logistics' Net Profit Sinks 54.5 Percent
    Major Japanese international freight forwarder Yusen Logistics Co. said that its group net profit plunged 54.5 percent in the first nine months of fiscal 2012, which started on April 1, 2012, from a year earlier to $16.24 million. The company saw its group operating revenue rise 7.0 percent in the April-December...
  • Expansion of Newell Rubbermaid Facility Completed
    Newell Rubbermaid's new facility at Southern California Logistics Centre. Stirling Capital Investments has completed construction of a 76,800-square-foot facility expansion at the Southern California Logistics Centre, a 2,500-acre industrial and commercial complex in Victorville, Calif., that is part of Global Access Victorville. The construction enhancements were made to accommodate the increased nationwide...
  • UASC to Hike US-Middle East Rates
    Ocean carrier United Arab Shipping Co. will implement a general rate increase on all U.S. export cargo to the Middle East and Mediterranean, effective March 1. It will apply to all tariff ocean freight rates and service contracts. The rate hike will be $150 per 20-foot container and $200 per 40-foot...
  • Cosco Sets Bunker, Currency Surcharges
    Cosco Container Lines today announced an emergency bunker surcharge adjustment for both eastbound and westbound shipments in Far East to Northwest Europe and Mediterranean trade, effective March 1, until further notice. The new surcharges are $146 per 20-foot-equivalent between the Far East and Northwest Europe and $133 per TEU between...
  • Pakistan OKs PSA International's Exit From Gwadar Port
    The Pakistan government has cleared a proposal to transfer management and operation of Gwadar Port from Singapore's PSA International to China Overseas Port Holdings Ltd. The transfer was approved by Pakistan's cabinet council on Thursday, according to local media reports. "Both companies have settled their deal," said Pakistan Information Minister Qamar Zaman...
  • China PMI Reveals Fragile Recovery
    China's official purchasing managers' index subsided last month as signs of a full economic bounce-back proved illusory. The PMI dropped to 50.4 in January, down from the 50.6 recorded in the two previous months. However, the sub-index for new orders improved marginally to 50 points in January after contractions of 48.8 and...
  • Yang Ming Opens Branch in Australia
    Taiwan-based ocean shipping company Yang Ming Marine Transport today set up Yang Ming (Australia) with Inchcape Shipping Services to expand its market in Australia. Yang Ming currently provides two weekly sailings between ports in Asia and Australia. The China-Korea-Australia route includes calls at Busan, South Korea; Shanghai; Ningbo, China; Shekou, China;...
  • WTO Establishes Panels for Argentina Disputes
    The World Trade Organization's Dispute Settlement Body has established a single panel to investigate complaints by the European Union, the U.S. and Japan concerning Argentina's measures on imported goods, which allegedly violate WTO regulations, including trade and licensing agreements. Argentina said that it had repealed automatic import licenses, as well as non-automatic...
  • Ray LaHood's Freight Legacy
    Outgoing Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood's imprint on U.S. transportation goes far beyond cutting down on driving while texting and heralding high-speed rail. Arguably, the former Republican congressman's advancements in freight policy will last longer and have a larger impact on the national economy than the so-called sexier hallmarks of his...
  • Florida to Spend $8.3 Billion on Infrastructure Projects
    Gov. Rick Scott's Florida Families First Budget for fiscal year 2014 fully funds the Florida Department of Transportation's Work Program $8.3 billion investments in port, highway, bridge and other transportation infrastructure improvements. The budget includes $3.6 billion for the construction of highway projects; $765 million for maintenance and operation; $401 million...
  • Old Dominion Moves to Bigger Ohio Facility
    Old Dominion Freight Line today moved its service center in Toledo, Ohio, to an expanded 48-door facility with more yard space and a larger dock. "With the relocation to this expanded facility, Old Dominion is better poised for growth in northern Ohio and southeast Michigan," said Mike Leskovec, manager of the...
  • Carrier Investments at Long Beach Signal Importance of Terminal Operations
    The announcement that Mediterranean Shipping Co. will invest in the Total Terminals International facility at the Port of Long Beach comes barely one month after the port announced that CMA CGM is taking an equity stake in the Pacific Container Terminal that is operated by SSA Marine. "Two of the top...
  • Tacoma Hires Bellerud to Lead Container Business
    Tom Bellerud, Port of Tacoma's new director of container terminal business development. Port of Tacoma, Wash., has hired Tom Bellerud to lead container terminal business development. He succeeds Brendan Dugan, who left in 2012. In his new role, Bellerud is responsible for the profitability and growth of the port's international and domestic container...
  • MSC Buys Stake in Port of Long Beach's Pier T
    Mediterranean Shipping Company has increased its investment at the Port of Long Beach in California, according to J. Christopher Lytle, the port's executive director, in his "State of the Port" announcement. MSC has purchased a stake in the leasehold for the marine terminal operations at Pier T. The ocean cargo line...

Containerisation Internationalweb site
FEBRUARY 1, 2013
  • Fourth Railway Package: good in parts
    The UK Rail Freight Group has broadly welcomed the 4th Railway Package, issued by the European Commission this week. But it believed the framework ...
  • Brussels drops feeder antitrust probe
    The European Commission has closed antitrust investigations into two schemes designed to stabilise conditions in the container and bulk feeder trades after members ...
  • Greek strike stymies transport
    A 48-hour strike by doctors, port workers and public sector workers in Athens against deeply unpopular austerity measures severely disrupted transport and shipping ...
  • MOL forecasts $2 billion loss
    Japanese shipping group Mitsui OSK Lines [MOL] projects that its full-year 2012 [to March 31 2013] net loss will be much worse than its previous outlook hitting ...
  • Carriers gamble on new GRIs
    COSCON has joined Hapag-Lloyd in announcing a mid-March general rate increase on the Asia - Europe westbound trade; in this case the GRI is $775 per teu compared ...
  • NYK and K Line raise profit outlook

TradeWindsweb site
FEBRUARY 1, 2013
  • Pak packs up
    Michael Pak's career with Clarkson Capital Markets appears to be drawing to a close.
  • OSX to pocket $250m
    Eike Batista's OSX has launched the second stage of its potential $1bn fundraiser.
  • Navios casts net
    Navios Maritime Partners of Greece could have as much as $130m in dry powder when it completes its latest follow-on equity offering, according to Justin Yagerman.
  • NCL in fresh fundraiser
    Newly listed Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) is plotting a $300m fundraiser from a bond sale.
  • Spanish yards cry foul
    Basque shipyards' association Adimde has called on the European Union to investigate Dutch rivals' leasing system for new vessel orders.
  • Scorpio scores six more
    Scorpio Tankers is splashing out on up to six more MR product carrier newbuildings just two days after swelling its war chest by $230m.
  • Pirates get 10 years
    Two Somali men have been jailed for 10 years in Japan for an attack on an MOL aframax in 2011.
  • Mipo tipped for record
    Hyundai Mipo Dockyard of Korea could win new orders worth $4bn this year, its best ever annual return.
  • Capes come in earlier
    Bulker market watchers will now be getting their daily capesize fix two hours earlier as the Baltic Exchange shifts its assessments forward to reflect Asian activity.
  • Shipping like shopping
    We take a look at what was said in the market over the past week.
  • Pallas stretches Thun deal
    Swedish owner Pallas Shipping has stretched the time charter on one of its three vessels for a sixth year.
  • Fjord Line's bond boost
    Norway's Fjord Line has sold NOK 300m ($55m) of bonds to help fund newbuildings.
  • London's number 1
    TradeWinds digests the digits making the headlines this week.
  • Orlova gets a tow
    The drifting cruiseship Lyubov Orlova has finally been taken under tow again off Canada.
  • Euronav stretching debt
    Belgian tanker owner Euronav is asking investors to extend debt repayments by swapping bonds.
  • Greece hit by strike
    The Greek seafarers' union has brought shipping to a halt in many of the country's ports with a 48-hour strike.
  • Maersk's China hope
    AP Moller-Maersk chief Nils Andersen believes Chinese imports offer the biggest growth potential for container lines in the current slump.
  • Siem seals upgrade funds
    Siem Shipping has secured financing from its parent company to fund major alterations to four of its vessels.
  • Grindrod feeling better
    South African tanker and bulker owner Grindrod is expecting to post a much better profit for the year just ended.
  • Nanjing under threat
    Chinese owner Nanjing Tanker faces suspension and a possible delisting from the Shanghai stock exchange as losses continue.
  • Airbus ro-ro aground
    A ro-ro vessel used to ship wings for A380 aircraft from the UK to France has run aground on a sandbank off Liverpool.
  • Sanoyas breaks its duck
    Japan's Sanoyas Holdings has booked an eco-bulker - its first new bit of business since last April.
  • Big John back at Dalian
    John Fredriksen's Seadrill has returned to China for another pair of jack-up drilling rig newbuildings.
  • Sasebo inks bulk trio
    Japan's Sasebo Heavy Industries has revealed three new bulker orders.
  • Seadrill expenses up
    Seadrill, the John Fredriksen drilling company, has warned it faces higher costs and downtime in the next few quarters.
  • COSL plans big spend
    China Oilfield Services Ltd (COSL) has unveiled plans to build two jack-ups and one semi-sub drilling rig this year.
  • Navios MLP seeks funds
    Navios Maritime Partners has embarked on a fresh round of fund raising with a planned share issue.
  • Suez to lift rates
    The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) is set to raise transit fees for shipping by between 2% and 5% from 1 May, it said Thursday.
  • Gladstone Port re-opens
    Gladstone Port has re-opened following the recent severe flooding, but is reported to only have one-and-a-half weeks' of coal stockpiled.

American Shipperweb site
FEBRUARY 1, 2013
  • Removed barriers boost U.S. ag trade by $4 billion
    During past year, USDA has eliminated barriers, opened markets, secured the release of U.S. shipments held in foreign ports, and ensured the safe movement of agricultural products consistent with international standards.
  • Surface trade from U.S. rises in November
  • Japanese carriers report mixed 3Q results
  • ANA to lose 1.4 billion yen over 787 issues
    The Japanese carrier operated 17 planes before an exploding battery forced it to ground its fleet. In January, this led to 459 domestic and overseas flight cancellations.
  • World Economic Forum wades into Jones Act debate
    "Though justified for decades as national security measures, many cabotage regulations... are motivated largely by protectionist concerns for local industries and employment," the organization said.
  • Defense renews freight payment contract with U.S. Bank
  • MSC buys stake in Port of Long Beach's Pier T
    The world's second largest container carrier has decided to purchase a stake in the leasehold for the marine terminal operations at Pier T, the largest container terminal in the SoCal port.
  • Lytle stresses Long Beach's capacity advantage in annual address
  • Air cargo demand ends 2012 on sour note
  • Transport workers lose 14,000 jobs in January
  • Egypt protests affect ports
  • ILA contract talks continue
    "I think there is still a lot of skepticism and concern out there, rightfully so," said Curtis Foltz, executive director of the Georgia Ports Authority, during an interview with American Shipper. "But every day they are at the table, I'm more optimistic."
  • CaroTrans to use Freightgate rate quote module
  • COSCO raising Asia-Europe rates
  • DHL offers LCL barge transport from German port
  • DB Schenker takes over U.K. rail terminal
  • Executive moves

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
FEBRUARY 1, 2013
  • Bunker prices end week higher in the Americas
    Demand was heavy on the US Gulf, according to a local trader.
  • Weekly global bunker market update
    A weekly price round up of bunkering hubs from around the globe.
  • Washington State Ferries and DNV to conduct LNG workshop
    The LNG workshop will take place from February 13 to 15.
  • Vessels grounded after ro-ro sinks in Philippines
    PPA borrowed an oil boom from a nearby fuelling station to manage any potential oil spill.
  • ABS launches Operational and Environmental Performance Department
    Team will tackle critical industry issues of operational performance, energy efficiency and environmental compliance.
  • Brunsbuttel aims to be first mover in LNG bunker market
    Port's location offers opportunities for LNG bunkering.
  • Scorpio places another order for newbuilds
    Orders are continuation of newbuilding programme for fuel-efficient vessels.
  • Prices show gains in Fujairah
    Prices fall in Suez.
  • Prices stick to upward trend
    But price outlook mixed in Mediterranean.
  • 'Methane slip' blots LNG's green credentials
    Environmentalist says reducing speed more effective against climate change.
  • Slow growth and high bunker costs are the new 'norm'
    Analysts say container sector needs strategies to cope with 'the worst of times'.
  • P&I clubs alert members to change in Iranian sanctions
    'It would seem that ships stemming bunkers that contain a blend of Iranian origin crude oil will not be caught by the prohibitions.'
  • Exmar posts profit for 2012
    Outlook encouraging for 2013, says company.
  • Bio-LNG: EUR400 per tonne possible
    Costs fall when bio-LNG comes from landfills, says Dutch firm.
  • MOL posts losses for first nine months of 2012
    Only one of the big three Japanese shipowners not to report a return to profit.
  • Asian bunker prices end week on firm note
    Asian players report no problems with avails.
  • K Line posts profits for first nine months of 2012
    But 'high fuel oil prices' and currency movements make shipping sector 'generally unstable'.
  • Yachts in Italy searched for bunkering violations
    Officials questioned captains on fuel tax-related issues, including charter contracts, oil record books and bunkering agreements.
  • Indian shipping firms face another tough year
    Market 'unlikely to stabilise until 2015'.
  • Bunker spill clean-up at Novorossiysk
    Spill occured during refuelling of asphalt and bitumen tanker Hercules.

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Genoa
Falteri: Isolating the port of Genoa from the railway network for three weeks means putting the whole of Northern Italy in difficulty
Multipurpose terminals privatized in eight Saudi ports
Multipurpose terminals privatized in eight Saudi ports
Riyadh
Four will be operated by Saudi Global Ports and four by Red Sea Gateway Terminal
Public debate launched on the project for Pier VIII in the port of Trieste
Public debate launched on the project for Pier VIII in the port of Trieste
Trieste
A total investment of 315.8 million euros is expected
South Korea's HD Hyundai partners with US Edison Chouest Offshore to build containerships in US
South Korea's HD Hyundai partners with US Edison Chouest Offshore to build containerships in US
Seoul
The possibility of building other types of ships and constructing port cranes is foreseen
Rixi: with the Omnibus decree, Phase B of the new Genoa breakwater is guaranteed
Rome
Expenditure of 50 million euros authorised for 2026 and 92.8 million for 2027
Israel-Iran conflict prompts Maersk to suspend calls at Haifa port
Copenhagen
Those at the port of Ashdod will continue instead.
Northern European Nations Commitment to Counter Russian Shadow Fleet
Warsaw
If the vessels do not fly a valid flag in the Baltic Sea and the North Sea - they specify - we will take appropriate measures in compliance with international law.
Freight traffic in French ports stable in the first quarter of 2025
Freight traffic in French ports stable in the first quarter of 2025
The Defense
Containers and liquid bulk on the rise. Increase in unloading loads and decrease in loading loads
Cognolato (Assiterminal): Today more than ever we need a coherent port policy
Rome
All the critical issues highlighted in recent years still remain open - he highlighted.
Alessandro Pitto confirmed as president of Fedespedi
Milan
The Board of Directors, the Board of Arbiters and the Board of Auditors have been renewed
A protest action by Greek seafarers is heated, with the PENEN and PNO unions launching very serious accusations, including mutual ones
Piraeus
The strike, declared illegal by the courts, blocks some ships of the Attica group in the port of Patras
Saipem awarded contract for a phosphate mining project in Algeria that includes the upgrading of the port of Annaba
Milan
The construction of railway lines is also planned
Suez Canal celebrates return of large-capacity containership transits
Suez Canal celebrates return of large-capacity containership transits
Ismailia
Today it was crossed by the vessel "CMA CGM Osiris" which can carry 15,536 teu
IMO, ILO, ICS and ITF urge protection of seafarers' rights against unjust criminalisation
London
The "Guidelines on the Fair Treatment of Seafarers Detained in Relation to Alleged Offences" were adopted in April
Trump's new tariffs also hit container traffic at the Port of Long Beach
Long Beach
In the first five months of 2025, an increase of +17.2% was recorded
Transfer of the port of Carrara from the Ligurian to the Tuscan AdSP not without a discussion with the operators
Milan
Dario Perioli, FHP, Grendi and Tarros ask for it
Up to $768 billion in investments needed to adapt world ports to rising sea levels
New York
Port of Los Angeles Feels Impact of New Tariffs on Container Traffic
Los Angeles
A decrease of -4.8% was recorded in May
Assagenti proposes a task force to solve port, logistics and industrial problems
Genoa
A "problem solver" consultative body composed, in addition to the categories of the maritime cluster, of the manufacturing industries of the North-West quadrant
Cargo traffic at the port of Singapore fell by -4.6% in May
Singapore
New crane overturned for delivery in new Tuas port area
In the first quarter of 2025, freight traffic on the Swiss rail network fell by -6.4%
Neuchatel
Service performance at 2.35 billion tonne-km, down -8.2%
ANGOPI fears that new measures to ensure maritime continuity will penalise mooring services
ANGOPI fears that new measures to ensure maritime continuity will penalise mooring services
Ischia
Power: it is necessary to remove them from a perverse mechanism
Dutch HES International to operate bulk terminal in Marseille-Fos port
Marseille
The concession contract will have a minimum duration of 30 years
Ibiza government opposes Trasmed's overnight stay on board ferry program
Ibiza/Valencia
It is considered a "clandestine hotel", while the company defines it as a cruise service
Bruno Pisano appointed extraordinary commissioner of the AdSP of the Eastern Ligurian Sea
Rome
He will take up his post next Monday
Federlogistica proposes a comparison between operators on the congestion fee while waiting for a solution from the government
Genoa
In the first five months of 2025, container traffic in the port of Gioia Tauro grew by +10.3%
Joy Taurus
1,813,071 TEUs were handled
Trasportounito, truck waiting times in ports must be paid
Genoa
Tagnochetti: The Port Fee aims to redistribute the costs of all disruptions more equitably
Commissioners of the AdSPs of the Northern Tyrrhenian, Ionian and Western Liguria appointed
Rome/Genoa
Trade unions concerned about the future of Genoa Port Terminal workers
Political instability and green transition are the main problems that shipping faces
London
This is highlighted in the "ICS Maritime Barometer Report 2024-2025"
The new container terminal of the port of Termini Imerese presented
Palermo
Transfer of traffic handled by Portitalia to the port of Palermo
GCMD survey confirms shipping's commitment to decarbonisation
Singapore
Ports concerned about lack of certainty about demand from shipping companies
The EU Commission has re-identified Port Said East and Tanger Med as neighbouring container transhipment ports
Brussels
Road haulage extends congestion fee application to Livorno port
Livorno/Rome/Milan/Genoa
Fedespedi, they do not solve the problems, but have the only effect of increasing costs
The new Border Control Post has been inaugurated in the port of Livorno
Leghorn
The structure cost 15 million euros
In April, ship transits through the Suez Canal decreased by -7.7%
In April, ship transits through the Suez Canal decreased by -7.7%
Cairo
In the first four months of 2025, the decline in maritime traffic was -14.9%
Port of Genoa, green light for extension of concession to Spinelli until September 30
Genoa
Ok also to the extension to the Campostano group
The National Maritime Fund has started the recognition of scholarships
Genoa
They are granted for basic training and security familiarization courses.
RFI and MIT sign the update to the program contract for approximately 2.1 billion
Rome
Around 500 million euros expected for the management of the railway network
San Giorgio del Porto delivers a vessel for the bunkering of liquefied natural gas
Genoa
It was built for Genova Trasporti Marittimi
Pisano (AdSP Liguria Orientale): the ports of La Spezia and Carrara have integrated almost perfectly
La Spezia/Bari
Extraordinary Commissioner of the Southern Adriatic Sea Port Authority appointed
Raffaele Latrofa appointed president of the AdSP of the Central-Northern Tyrrhenian Sea
Rome
He is the deputy mayor of Pisa
India's Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Acquires Control of Sri Lanka's Colombo Dockyard
Mumbai
Investment of approximately 53 million dollars
The Commissioner of the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority has been granted the powers and prerogatives of the Management Committee
Genoa
The measure pending the restoration of the ordinary top management bodies
The Three-Year Operational Plan 2025-2027 of the Central Adriatic Port Authority has been approved
Ancona
Favorable opinion of the Sea Resource Partnership Body
The public meeting of the International Containers Studies Center will be held in Genoa on July 2nd
Genoa
It will deal with the physical transformations of the container and the digitalization of processes
Andrea Ormesani is the new president of Assosped Venezia
Venice
The board of directors has been renewed. Paolo Salvaro remains general secretary
Witte (ISU): In 2024, the ship salvage sector stabilized from the low of two years ago
London
Finnish Elomatic to Install Tunnel Thrusters on 11 Carnival Cruise Ships
Turku
The works will begin next autumn and will end in 2028
The Assarmatori assembly will be held in Rome on July 1st
Rome
"Mediterranean against the current" the theme of the meeting
Fincantieri has delivered the new cruise ship Viking Vesta to the American Viking
Trieste/Los Angeles
It was built in the Ancona shipyard
The Genoa Coast Guard has placed the container ship PL Germany under administrative detention
Genoa
Italian Navy orders two new Multipurpose Combat Ships from Fincantieri
Trieste
The order to the shipbuilding company is worth 700 million euros
MSC Group to manage cruise services in the ports of Bari and Brindisi
Bari
Ten-year concession with possibility of extension
German Kombiverkehr Returns to Profit in 2024
Frankfurt am Main
The level of revenues remained unchanged at 434.6 million euros.
Deltamarin to design the six new ro-pax vessels ordered by Grimaldi for the Mediterranean routes
Turku
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
The practice of subcontracting in European logistics is creating a parallel labour market where rights are not enforced
Brussels
"Sorry, We Subcontracted You" Report Presented
Tomorrow Grendi will launch the group's fourth ship on routes to and from Sardinia
Milan
"Grendi Star", with a load capacity of 2,800 linear meters, will connect Marina di Carrara and Cagliari
FREMM frigates operational support contract signed between Orizzonte Sistemi Navali and OCCAR
Taranto
The agreement has a total value of approximately 764 million euros
Call to reform the entire driver training system in the transport sector
Rome
Seven proposals presented
In the port of Gioia Tauro, the Guardia di Finanza soldiers seized 228 kilos of cocaine
Reggio Calabria
Two dockers arrested
Port of Livorno, new observatory to find solutions to the problem of port congestion
Leghorn
Marilli: We will seek solutions to reach the possible revocation of the port fee
Lockton PL Ferrari closed the last fiscal year with gross revenues of 34 million dollars
Genoa
Insurance premium volume rose to 350 million
Polish Trans Polonia Group acquires Dutch Nijman/Zeetank Holding
Tczew
It specializes in the transportation and logistics of liquid and gaseous products
d'Amico Tankers Sells Two 2011-Built Tankers for $36.2 Million
Luxembourg
They will be delivered to buyers by the end of July and on December 21st.
The Italian Merchant Marine Academy plans 13 new free courses
Genoa
Over 300 positions available
A delegation of Wista Italy visits the ports of Catania and Augusta
Catania/August
The association is made up of women who hold positions of responsibility in the maritime, logistics and trade sectors.
In the first five months of 2025, the port of Algeciras handled 1.9 million containers (-6.3%)
Algeciras
Empty containers decreased by -5.5% and full ones by -6.4%
Reway Group enters the port railway infrastructure maintenance sector
Licciana Nardi
Two contracts awarded by the AdSP of the Eastern Ligurian Sea
Delcomar and Ensamar take over maritime services with the smaller Sardinian islands
Cagliari
The tender for the six-year concession of the connections has been awarded
Port of Trieste, the newly appointed Gurrieri torpedoes the newly appointed Torbianelli
Trieste
Russo (Pd): it's a squalid power game
Singapore's SeaLead expands its maritime shipping offering to connect Turkey and Italy
Singapore
Route connected to services transiting the Suez Canal
The US Container Security Initiative program has been extended to Morocco
Rabat
Amrani: Let's consolidate Tanger Med's role as a safe and world-class maritime hub
Very positive first quarter for Greek Euroseas
Athens
Pittas: the positive momentum continued in the second quarter
Assonat and SACE present a plan for Italian tourist ports
Rome
Kuehne+Nagel has opened a new branch in Naples
Milan
The aim is to support the operational growth of the group in Southern Italy
RINA has acquired the entire capital of Finnish Foreship
Helsinki
The Helsinki-based company specializes in consulting in the field of marine and mechanical engineering.
Container traffic down at Barcelona and Valencia ports in May
Barcelona/Valencia
Resumption of containers in transit at the Catalan port
Annual cargo traffic in Greek ports stable in 2024
Piraeus
Domestic volumes are growing, while foreign trade is decreasing
Perplexity of freight forwarders, customs agents and maritime agents of La Spezia at the transfer of the port of Carrara to the Tuscan AdSP
The Spice
Timidly, they "hope for consideration for the progress made so far"
Francesco Mastro appointed extraordinary commissioner of the Southern Adriatic Sea Port Authority
Rome
He will take up office on June 30th.
John Denholm to be new president of the International Chamber of Shipping
Athens
He will take over from Emanuele Grimaldi in a year
Extraordinary commissioners of the two Ligurian Port System Authorities have been installed
Genoa/La Spezia
Matteo Paroli and Bruno Pisano at the helm of the institutions
Container traffic at Hong Kong port drops sharply in May
Hong Kong
1.05 million TEUs were handled (-12.7%)
Assogasliquidi-Federchimica shows the way to accelerate the decarbonization of road and maritime transport
Rome
Amadei: Our sector is ready and the time has come for courageous industrial choices
Eagle S tanker command blamed for cutting submarine cables in Gulf of Finland
Advantages
The accident was caused by the ship's anchor
Online platform to report critical issues that put transport workers at risk
Genoa
It was prepared by Fit Cisl Liguria
GNV to create a direct summer connection between Civitavecchia and Tunis
Genoa
It will run alongside the historic route via Palermo
The unification of Grimaldi's concessions in the port of Barcelona has been completed
Madrid/Barcelona
The contract expires on September 20, 2035.
In the first five months of 2025, cargo traffic in Russian ports fell by -4.9%
St. Petersburg
A decrease of approximately -12% was recorded in May
Raben Logistics Group Creates Subsidiary in Türkiye
Milan
It will have 20 employees and a 2,000 square meter cross-dock warehouse
Alberto Dellepiane confirmed as president of Assorimorchiatori
Rome
The composition of the entire association leadership remains unchanged
Agreement between Fincantieri and Indonesian PMM to develop solutions to face new unconventional underwater challenges
PORTS
Italian Ports:
Ancona Genoa Ravenna
Augusta Gioia Tauro Salerno
Bari La Spezia Savona
Brindisi Leghorn Taranto
Cagliari Naples Trapani
Carrara Palermo Trieste
Civitavecchia Piombino Venice
Italian Interports: list World Ports: map
DATABASE
ShipownersShipbuilding and Shiprepairing Yards
ForwardersShip Suppliers
Shipping AgentsTruckers
MEETINGS
The Assarmatori assembly will be held in Rome on July 1st
Rome
"Mediterranean against the current" the theme of the meeting
The public meeting of the International Containers Studies Center will be held in Genoa on July 2nd
Genoa
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
US has its eye on Greek ports
(Kathimerini)
Proposed 30% increase for port tariffs to be in phases, says Loke
(Free Malaysia Today)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Intervento del presidente Tomaso Cognolato
Roma, 19 giugno 2025
››› File
Structural adaptation works on dock 23 of the port of Ancona awarded
Ancona
Intervention worth over 11.8 million euros
Conference on the role of LNG and bioLNG for the decarbonisation of transport and industry
Rome
The Federchimica-Assogasliquidi event will take place on Monday in Rome
Dutch Bolidt increases presence in cruise ship sector with acquisition of American Boteka
Hendrik Ido Ambacht
Contship Italia has acquired the Genoese customs services company STS
Melzo
The Ligurian company was founded in 1985
Francesco Benevolo has been appointed extraordinary commissioner of the AdSP of the Central-Northern Adriatic Sea
Rome
He is the operations director of RAM - Logistics, Infrastructure and Transport
Montaresi resigns as commissioner of the Eastern Ligurian Port Authority
The Spice
In the eight months of administration - he underlines - we have not lost even a second
Gurrieri has been appointed extraordinary commissioner of the AdSP of the Eastern Adriatic Sea
Trieste
Pending the completion of the formal process for the designation of the president
The commissioners of the AdSP of Western Liguria have handed over their mandate to Minister Salvini
Genoa
The decision is part of the process of designation and nomination of the new leaders
Confetra criticizes the provisions of the decree-law Infrastructure for road transport
Rome
The Confederation urges the blocking of the process of appointing the presidents of the port authorities
Taiwanese Evergreen, Yang Ming and WHL saw revenue decline in May
Keelung/Taipei
The decline is accentuated for the two main companies
South Korea's KSOE wins order to build eight 15,900 TEU containerships
Seongnam
The unit value of each vessel is approximately $221 million.
First port terminal for car traffic of Greek Neptune Lines
Piraeus
It will be inaugurated next year in the French port of Port-La Nouvelle
The assembly of the association of Genoese maritime agents and brokers will be held on June 16th
Genoa
Round Table on Genoa, the hub of the North West and the Mediterranean
BN di Navigazione Board of Directors Renewed
Genoa
BluNavy aims to reach one million passengers by 2025
Viking Line designs world's largest all-electric ro-pax vessel
Viking Line designs world's largest all-electric ro-pax vessel
Åland
Record Monthly Container Traffic at Turkish Ports
Ankara
In May, almost 1.4 million TEUs were handled (+17.6%)
Sergio Landolfi has been elected president of the Customs Association of the Port of La Spezia
The Spice
The board of directors has been renewed
The ferry industry elite will attend the Interferry conference in Salerno in October
Victoria
Event titled "Connections"
Uniport launches an initiative to support ALS research
Rome
Fundraising for the NeMO Clinical Center Serena Foundation Onlus
The Propeller Club of Genoa has analyzed risks and opportunities of using AI in the maritime and insurance sectors
Genoa
The importance of training in the use of technology was highlighted
Chantiers de l'Atlantique delivers luxury cruising yacht Luminara to The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection
Saint Nazaire
The ship will debut in Alaska
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