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November 7, 2013
Sched Netweb site
  • Singapore's PSA in JV to operate Lianyungang container terminal
  • Northern Bohai Rim gains market share from south, central ports
  • China's September container port throughput slows to 1.9pc growth rate
  • MOL to open Swiss office as part of strategy to grow closer to customers
  • Shandong's 9-month computer laptop exports fall in volume and price
  • Damco Indonesia opens warehouse in central Java to meet growing demand
  • Algerian Port of Oran to build annual 1.5 million TEU terminal by 2017
  • Canadian National (CN) to raise US$600 million in sale of bonds and notes
  • DHL finds Hong Kong SMEs face trouble when branching out overseas
  • Software company urges shipping sector to thwart rising hacker attacks
  • Fairbanks airport sees Anchorage spillover role for 'gas-n-go' freighters
  • Asiana flies cargo from Seattle's Sea-Tac airport on 747-400 freighter
  • Xian airport cargo terminal covering 22.5 hectares starts operation

Exim Indiaweb site
NOVEMBER 6, 2013
  • 21st century shipping-how will the industry evolve?
  • Foreign shipowners encourage China to resolve VAT problems
  • GL's route-specific container stowage wins innovation award
  • Sai Shipping Group forays into ship management
  • Vessel operating costs expected to rise over the next two years
  • Rice exports may increase to 11 mt, says USDA
  • Rubber exports slump by 59 pc in Oct.
  • Higher demand pushes up leather exports by 12.6 pc in Aug.
  • Tender for wheat exports on Nov. 15

International Transport Journalweb site
  • United Wagon to deliver fertiliser cars to Acron-Trans
  • ECS Group concentrates on responsibilities in USA
  • Kerry Logistics to work with Asos in China
  • Group7: new branch manager in Dusseldorf
  • Evergreen: the carrier to watch in 2014 says Alphaliner
  • Rail technology for Mozambique's Nacala corridor
  • Heathrow underlines its single hub role
  • Change of leadership at Swedish Envirotainer
  • U-Freight signs deal with China Air Express
  • Davies Turner aims to drive longer trailers
  • Long Beach and Busan sign "sister port" pact
  • Garuda cancels planned B777 service to Sydney
  • Goodman building new distribution centre for BMW in China
  • Frankfurt Hahn ready for B747-8F
  • 150 Axor tractors for Turkish forwarder
  • Rickmers bond increases by EUR 50 million
  • Karl Gross team in Frankfurt goes global
  • Was lange währt, wird endlich gut

World Wide Shipperweb site
NOVEMBER 6, 2013
  • Grays Harbor Port Commission Oks deal for NewWood assets
  • NASSCO marks keel laying for new Mobile Landing Platform
  • Maersk Line takes home top ocean carrier award
  • Washington Governor calling for legislature to pass Boeing package
  • Seattle-based CG cutter returns from scientific missions

Lloyd's Listweb site
NOVEMBER 6, 2013
  • Goldenport seeks approval for hop to standard listing
    Move would allow London-listed owner to move faster as it eyes bulker deals
  • Evergreen keeps its options open on alliances
    Hsieh does not rule out strategic vessel-sharing agreements in response to P3
  • Cosco executive sheds light on Vale-Shandong Shipping deal
    Brazilian miner had been discussing valemax deal with multiple shipowners
  • Asia-Europe box volumes increase 8% in the third quarter
    Exports to the western Mediterranean are much lower than in 2011
  • Winter cancellations swell idle box fleet
    Laid-up capacity rose six percentage points in October, says Lloyd's List Intelligence
  • Maersk fixture pushes VLCC earnings to an 18-month high
    Carriers report rates spike on Middle East-Asia route
  • Sinotrans Ltd to raise $328m in bond sales
    Hong Kong-listed unit of Sinotrans & CSC group seeks to build working capital
  • STX predicts return to operating profit from 2014
    South Korean conglomerate divests away from shipping
  • Vard blames Brazil yard for sharp drop in profit
    Offshore vessel specialist has faced delays and cost overruns at Niteroi base
  • Shipowners call for minister to lead UK lighthouse shake-up
    Independent Light Dues Forum urges Hammond to tackle the costs of reform
  • Korea Line seeks early exit from receivership
    TK takeover could see dry bulk firm complete rehabilitation eight years ahead of schedule
  • Higher utilisation brings Bourbon a 9% revenue boost
    French offshore vessel owner reports demand growth off West Africa
  • Wilh. Wilhelmsen reports falling volumes
    Deepsea ro-ro operator reports softening trades bar Chinese demand for cars
  • Dynagas boosts IPO target
    New partnership will start with three LNG carriers with options on seven newbuildings
  • China's accelerating car demand drives oil imports
    Employment opportunities for VLCCs to meet Chinese oil demand

Fairplayweb site
NOVEMBER 6, 2013
  • Bulker recovery predicted
    CHINA COSCO Bulk, the dry bulk group under the China COSCO conglomerate, said it expected the global dry bulk market to recover gradually in the next 2-3 years
  • BAE layoff put in context
    IHS MARITIME's Rob Willmington sought today to put the UK job losses at BAE's shipyards into a wider perspective for the newbuilding sector
  • VARD's profits drop 67%
    VARD Holdings said today net profits for 3Q12 fell 66.7% year on year to 76M kroner ($12.75M)
  • COSCO unit's profits fall
    COSCO (Singapore) posted 3Q13 profits of S$4.2M ($3.4M), a drop of 84% year on year
  • EC to investigate French tonnage tax rules
    THE EC said today it had opened an inquiry into France's application of favourable tonnage tax provisions to chartered vessels under non-EU flags
  • Seaspan prices PPE deal
    NYSE-listed Seaspan has priced a $50M follow-on offering of perpetual preferred equity, garnering a significantly lower sum than it sought in last month's failed capital raise
  • Chinese yards operate at half capacity
    CHINESE shipyards are expected to operate at just 50-55% of aggregate building capacities in 2013, a Ningbo conference heard today
  • New icebreaker newbuilding deal seen near
    UNITED Shipbuilding Corp's Baltic Shipyard unit is to get a new contract before the end of 2013 for Russia's newest series of nuclear-powered icebreakers
  • Russia's gas total rises
    RUSSIA'S gas production in October grew 15.7% year on year, the energy ministry's data unit has revealed
  • Wilhelmsen's results weaken
    NORWAY'S Wilh Wilhelmsen today reported weaker results for 3Q and the first nine months of 2013
  • Hanjin might need lending
    KOREAN Air might need to lend more money to Hanjin Shipping, analysts warned today
  • Swiber expects $91M from sale
    SWIBER Holdings, Singapore's offshore services provider, said today its disposal of its entire shareholding in subsea unit Kreuz Holdings will produce a net gain of $90
  • China coal imports to top 300M tonnes
    CHINA'S coal imports in 2013 were today predicted to exceed 300M tonnes
  • Wan Hai joins Inter-Asia in Yangon service
    TAIWAN'S Wan Hai Lines plans to deploy a boxship on two Yangon services, jointly with two ships from Inter-Asia Lines
  • Drybulk recovery predicted
    DRYBULK shipping should see sustained recovery, said a shipping analyst predicted today at a conference in Singapore

The Journal of Commerceweb site
NOVEMBER 6, 2013
  • Cargo Volumes Up at ANA, JAL
    Japan's All Nippon Airways Co. (ANA) said that its international cargo volume rose for the seventh straight month in September on a year-on-year basis, increasing 5.8 percent to 49,999 tons. The volume of cargo ANA carried on its international routes in the first half of fiscal 2013, which started on April...
  • Port Privatizations Could Boost Ho-Hum M&A Transport Market
    Cargo containers at the Port of Piraeus. Major merger and acquisition activity in the global transportation and logistics industry was nothing spectacular in the third quarter, but a potential wave of privatization of ports, airports and roadways could energize the market in the coming year. There were 40 transportation and logistics transactions...
  • Maersk Ends Nhava Sheva Congestion Surcharge
    Maersk Line has lifted its congestion surcharge of $150 per 20-foot container imposed earlier on shipments to and from the Port of Nhava Sheva (Jawaharlal Nehru), India. The Danish carrier in a notice to customers said the congestion and delays that gripped the country's largest container port over the past few...
  • Walker SCM Chooses CargoWise
    NEW YORK - The transportation division of Walker SCM, LLC, a minority-certified global transportation and logistics firm based in Valley Stream, NY, has selected CargoWise as its technology partner for international transportation management. A global leader in IT solutions that improve visibility, efficiency, quality of service and profitability, CargoWise is renowned...
  • Graybar Names Dale Sheff Controller
    ST. LOUIS, Nov. 5, 2013 - Graybar, a leading distributor of electrical, communications and data networking products and provider of related supply chain management and logistics services, announced today that Dale R. Sheff has been named Controller, effective November 1, 2013. He replaces Martin J. Beagen who retired on Jan. 1,...
  • NTTC's Tank Truck Week Sets Performance Records
    ARLINGTON, Va., November 6, 2013 - The National Tank Truck Carriers (NTTC) announced today that its recent Tank Truck Week program set performance records for attendance, booth sales, and equipment spots. The program was held in Houston, Texas in an effort to capitalize on the growing energy services segment of...
  • Kuehne + Nagel appoints new National Manager for Ireland
    Dublin / Ireland, November 6th 2013 - Kuehne + Nagel has appointed Pamela Doyle as National Manager for its Ireland organisation, effective 1 November 2013. She succeeds Marcus Bennett who was recently announced as National Manager for the United Kingdom. With 13 years' service in Kuehne + Nagel, Pamela Doyle has...
  • Trailer Bridge Signs New 10-Year Lease With Jaxport
    Trailer Bridge offers cargo transportation services to and from Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic via Jaxport.The Jacksonville Port Authority and long-time tenant Trailer Bridge have signed a new 10-year lease to continue the container line's operations at the Florida port's Blount Island Marine Terminal. The contract also includes two additional...
  • Norbert Dentressangle awarded for its social initiative "Log'ins" at the 6th National Corporate Citizenship Trophies event
    The trophy rewards exemplary initiatives launched and implemented by companies in the interests of society. Regardless of whether such initiatives are designed to directly benefit the company's employees and partners, their local area or their country, they proactively combine the values of corporate citizenship with the primary aim of generating...
  • US Farm Groups Push for China to Approve Biotech Traits
    The American Farm Bureau Federation, American Soybean Association, National Corn Growers Association and U.S. Canola Association have voiced concerns about ongoing delays, lack of transparency and arbitrary decisions in China's process of approving new biotechnology traits. In a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Michael Froman, Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker and...
  • Horizon Lines' Revenue Drops as Container Volume Contracts
    Horizon Lines reported its revenue in the third quarter of 2013 dropped 2.1 percent year-over-year to $273.7 million, caused by an $8.0 million volume contraction and lower fuel surcharges of $5.4 million. Quarterly container volume reached 59,059 revenue loads, down 4.0 percent from 61,514 loads, primarily driven by the reduced number...
  • Federal Judge Cites ILWU for Contempt of Court
    Snake RiverA federal judge has found the International Longshore and Warehouse Union in civil contempt of court for ignoring an order to stop waterborne picketing at grain barges. On Oct. 31, U.S. District Judge Ann Aiken ruled that there was "clear and convincing evidence" that the ILWU breached a previous injunction,...
  • Cushman & Wakefield Completes Sale of Houston Industrial Warehouse Property
    HOUSTON, TEXAS, Nov. 5, 2013 - Cushman & Wakefield has completed the sale of 6501 Navigation Blvd., a 303,000-square-foot warehouse facility set on 21 acres in Houston's Eastside industrial submarket. The commercial real estate services firm's Houston, Texas-based team of Jim Foreman and Beau Kaleel represented the seller, GSL Navigation...
  • Greek Dockworkers Join 24-Hour Nationwide Anti-Austerity Strike
    Greek longshoremen have joined a 24-hour nationwide strike today called by labor unions to protest austerity measures imposed on the crisis-mired country by international lenders. Road, sea and rail transport was severely disrupted as visiting officials from the "Troika" of the European Commission, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund...
  • Cheetah to Exhibit at the 2013 IANA Intermodal Expo
    Westlake Village, CA (October, 2013) - Cheetah Software Systems, Inc., a cloud-based transportation logistics solutions provider, will be exhibiting at the Intermodal Association of North America's 2013 Intermodal Expo on November 17 - 19, 2013 in Houston, TX. In addition to demonstrating the Cheetah Logistics Operations Optimization Platform (LOOPTM), Cheetah...
  • Wilh. Wilhelmsen ASA, World's Biggest Ro-Ro Carrier, Posts Lower Profit
    Wilh. Wilhelmsen ASA, the world's biggest deep-sea roll-on, roll-off shipping line, reported its third quarter profit declined to $78 million from $246 million a year ago because of lower global car shipments and one-off items. The result in the third quarter of 2012 was skewed by the $134 million net gain...
  • Cosco Chairman Ma Confident Company Will Avoid Delisting
    The chairman of Cosco Group expressed confidence on Wednesday that the company would achieve its financial goals for 2013, signaling the company is aiming to achieve a full-year profit and avoid delisting from the Shanghai Stock Exchange. "We are confident that we will achieve the goal we planned at the beginning...
  • Steam Logistics Adopts CargoSphere Rate System
    Chapel Hill, North Carolina, November 5, 2013 - CargoSphere, the leading, cloud-based global rate management solution and confidential Rate Mesh network for the ocean and air transportation and logistics industries, today announces Steam Logistics' rapid implementation of the CargoSphere system and ROI (return on investment). Within 3 months, Steam Logistics' Pricing Team was sending...

TradeWindsweb site
NOVEMBER 6, 2013
  • Walking dead?
    A growing number of industry researchers who follow the US tanker space are convinced that Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) and its ailing Louisiana shipyard have abandoned plans to pursue commercial projects.
  • Montoir bags 2nd LNG STS
    French LNG terminal operator Elengy has transhipped its second cargo of LNG at its Montoir-de-Bretagne facility, shifting the volumes from a membrane-type LNG carrier into the world's largest Moss-type newbuilding.
  • Sigma signs Nan Fung duo
    The shipping arm of a leading Hong Kong financial conglomerate has emerged as the newest member of an aframax pool controlled by Heidmar.
  • Rickmers raids Commerzbank
    Erck Rickmers is poaching Commerzbank's top shipping man to become the next chief executive officer (CEO) of ER Capital Holding.
  • Frigate fights off pirates
    A Ukrainian frigate has thwarted an attack on a Ukrainian vessel in the Gulf of Aden.
  • Craig firmly in the black
    Scottish shipowner Craig Group has celebrated 80 years of trading with a profit in the year to 30 April.
  • Great Harvest adds a fifth
    Great Harvest Maeta appears to be behind the purchase of a panamax bulk carrier reported sold last week.
  • GOS strengthens
    India's Global Offshore Services (GOS) has posted an increase in earnings in the second quarter as revenue grew.
  • Palumbo released
    Italian shipyard owner Antonio Palumbo has been released from house arrest as a toxic waste case drags on.
  • Cosco's offshore struggle
    Cosco Corporation's (Singapore) is suffering from its lack of experience in the offshore sector, analysts say.
  • French owners in tax probe
    The European Commission has begun a probe into changes to France's tonnage tax rules that may have extended benefits too widely.
  • Crew rights cargoship
    A sudden list sent an officer and a deck cargo of timber overboard from a Russian cargoship off Germany.
  • Seacor eyes over $200m
    Seacor Holdings plans to raise up to $230m from a convertible bond offering to private investors.
  • Sado on the slide
    Japan's Sado Steam Ship has seen profit slip in the first nine months - and worse is to come.
  • Finnlines trio in the clear
    Three employees of Finland's Finnlines will not be prosecuted in a Syrian arms smuggling case.
  • Inui loss falls
    Inui Steamship of Japan has slashed its loss in the first half as revenue improved.
  • WW down by a third
    Wilh Wilhelmsen's third quarter earnings were sliced by around a third as cargo volumes fell.
  • Bourbon better again
    French offshore group Bourbon has continued to enjoy revenue growth in 2013 as demand grows.
  • Seaspan aims for $57m
    Second bite at share issue is much smaller than aborted October offering.
  • PSA makes Yangtze move
    Singapore's PSA International (PSA) is buying into CSCL's Lianyungang terminal in China.
  • Brazil still hitting Vard
    Vard Holdings, the Singapore-listed offshore vessel shipbuilding group, continues to take a hit from its operations in Brazil.
  • Greece hit by strike
    Greek ports were being disrupted by strike action on Wednesday in the latest round of anti-austerity protests.
  • Capital files for IPO
    Capitol Nusantara Indonesia has moved a step closer to going public after filing a registration statement with financial regulators.
  • OSX shows signs of life
    Struggling Brazil shipbuilder OSX looks to have been thrown a potential lifeline by its banks and bond holders.
  • Mangrove takes profit
    Hedge fund Mangrove Partners looks to have reduced its stake in US-listed tanker owner DHT Holdings.
  • Jam now, peanuts later
    The proposed sale of Kreuz Holdings to a private equity firm has not gone down well with two Singapore analysts.
  • Attention on the bridge
    The London P&I Club has sought to remind owners of the dangers that complacency on the bridge can have on the incidence of casualties.
  • Heerema eyes monster
    Heerema Marine Contractors is preparing to rewrite the history books with plans for a giant semi-submersible crane vessel.

American Shipperweb site
NOVEMBER 6, 2013
  • Revenues up for C.H. Robinson
  • Triton, FPS Rotterdam to launch LCL import service
  • Freight shipments, expenditures fall in October
    Freight shipments and expenditures fell in October by 3.5 percent and 2.6 percent, respectively, when compared to September's results, according to Cass Information Systems, which blamed the government shutdown.
  • MOL Caledon first to call at London Gateway
  • Mexican government takes control of Lazaro Cardenas
  • China Air Express, U-Freight link up
  • Propane shortage prompts states to relax truck HOS rule
    Abnormally wet conditions in the Midwest have led to high moisture levels in grain, which must be dried before it is stored to prevent rotting. Processors use propane gas to fuel grain dryers.
  • FAA makes major upgrade to pilot training rules
    The major rewrite of pilot training rules stems in part from the crash of a Colgan Air commuter plane in icy conditions in 2009 and a subsequent congressional mandate to enhance pilot training.
  • DOT commits $474 million to NY/NJ bridge project
    The $1.5 billion replacement of the Goethals Bridge calls for a six-lane, cable-stayed bridge with five-foot-wide shoulders. More than $30 billion in goods is said to cross the bridge each year.

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
NOVEMBER 6, 2013
  • Prices firm in Fujairah
    Avails remain tight in the port.
  • Mid-week prices mixed in Europe
    Strong demand reported in Hamburg.
  • New fleet manager for Bomin
    Vink took up his post at the beginning of the month.
  • LNG could be benchmarked to undercut conventional bunkers
    The strategy would be used as a way of securing market share and expanding the LNG market.
  • White Smoke to close
    LNG innovator calls it a day after four years.
  • Sources: Omani port moves closer to bunker market entry
    Two local firms granted bunkering licences.
  • Avails tighten in South Korea
    Two refiners 'not offering' on the spot market.
  • Asian bunker prices weaken
    Prices fell across all fuel grades.
  • MPA: Mass flow meters to be made 'mandatory' at Singapore
    But fitting existing barges with systems may prove 'tricky', says MPA spokeswoman.
  • Singapore-listed firm plunges into loss
    But fall was cushioned by lower bunker costs.
  • Shipping company sees improved Q3 profits
    But lower fuel costs forced it to cut bunker surcharges.
  • Boxshipping firm in fundraising effort
    Funds my be used to support vessel acquisitions.
  • Hong Kong bunker industry to grow, says official
    Hong Kong provides 'perfect base for international bunker players' to meet the needs of China's maritime sector.

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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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