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February 8, 2013
Sched Netweb site
  • Emirates increases Far East, SE Asia-Mideast rate US$500/TEU March 15
  • Cosco chairman Wei under pressure to step down after 2nd big annual loss
  • MOL on time arrival performance on Asia to US trade lanes suffers setback
  • Cosco, KHI joint shipyard's 13,000-TEUer given trial run on lower Yangtze
  • ICTSI wins Honduras bid for 1.8 million TEU capacity container terminal
  • Shanxi highways now exceed 5,000 kilometres linking 90pc of province
  • Zim splits FE-India-Med-N Europe into 2 with slots with MSC, Maersk
  • MOL weekly feeder service Peru-Ecuador links with New World Alliance
  • CP Rail poaches 2nd top executive from CN, though US law suit settled
  • Korean Air back in black as 2012 profit up 3.7pc to US$235 million
  • JAL quarterly cargo up 4.8pc as profit falls 5.3pc on 2.2pc fewer sales
  • Tests start on airship to carry cargo to military bases, disaster zones

Exim Indiaweb site
FEBRUARY 7, 2013
  • CBEC & WCO bestow Certificate of Merit on Navkar Corp.
  • Shipping Secretary to grace international conference as Chief Guest
  • Antwerp Port organises business meet in Chennai
  • GDL acquires new CFS in Chennai; posts 9 pc revenue growth in Q3
  • INR remains firm on increased dollar selling
  • AEPC seeks flat 5 pc duty on cotton fabric varieties

International Transport Journalweb site
FEBRUARY 7, 2013
  • LOT cancelling this and next month's B787 inaugural services
    LOT Polish Airlines is cancelling its planned Boeing 787 operation for all of February and March 2013. The move impacts the B787 inaugural service to New York JFK (USA), scheduled ...
  • Wabash expands tank trailer portfolio and geographic footprint
    US-based Wabash National Corporation has agreed to acquire certain assets of the tank and trailer business of Beall Corporation, a Portland OR (USA)-based manufacturer of aluminiu...
  • Kombiverkehr launches more than 30 new trains
    Frankfurt (Germany)-based Kombiverkehr KG is adding an extra 32 train departures a week to its network to enable it to meet the sharp increase in demand for intermodal transport op...
  • Norfolk Southern invests in freight rail service, safety, and sustainability
    Norfolk Southern Corporation (NS), a US-based transport provider, plans to spend USD 2 billion on capital improvements to its rail transportation network this year. The largest exp...
  • Memphis: "Recat" increases capacity significantly
    Capacity at Memphis TN (USA) airport has increased significantly since the US Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) revised wake turbulence separation standards on 1 November 2012. The...
  • Volvo Trucks investing in China
    AB Volvo has signed an agreement with the Chinese vehicle manufacturer Dongfeng Motor Group Company Limited (DFG) to acquire 45% of DFG's new subsidiary, Dongfeng Commercial Vehicl...
  • G6 Alliance expands cooperation to transpacific trade
    The six member lines of the G6 Alliance are expanding their cooperation to the Asia-to-North America east coast trade. They will deploy more than 50 ships in the transpacific trade...
  • Aeroflot finally gets long awaited permission for B777-300ER commercial flights
    The Russian carrier Aeroflot has finally received permission to operate its new long-haul Boeing 777-300ER aircraft and has immediately put it into service. The company got t...
  • Ceva appoints new head of operations for China
    Ceva Logistics appointed Jaap Bruining as its new head of operations for China, effective 1 February 2013. Bruining will be located in Shanghai after eight years of operational exp...
  • UPS expands healthcare network in key locations across North America
    The US integrator UPS is significantly expanding its global healthcare distribution network in five key markets in North America. Locations to be enlarged include facilities in Bur...
  • Davies Turner and Ekol Logistics cooperate
    Some 45 years after identifying the potential of the Turkish market, the British forwarder Davies Turner is set to further expand its multimodal presence in the trade between the U...
  • DSV Air & Sea launches express and courier service
    DSV Air & Sea Ltd has launched its own courier and express service so that customers can use one company for all their logistics needs. Online pricing enquiries, booking, track...
  • Hertzog and Partner opens new branch office in Germany
    Hamburg-based Elmar Hertzog and Partner Management Consultants GmbH has opened a new branch office that is responsible for Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate and the Saarland regions in G...

World Wide Shipperweb site
FEBRUARY 7, 2013
  • Port of Portland business delivers gains during 2012
  • Firm finds Quincy rail service leaves smaller carbon footprint
  • Drewry performance report finds reliability numbers on rise
  • Port of Bellingham joins team calling for support from legislature
  • Port of Vancouver sees progress on Alcoa site capping project

Lloyd's Listweb site
FEBRUARY 7, 2013
  • Maersk Tankers enters the West Africa danger zone
    BP charter of Maersk Katarina raises controversial issue of premiums for owners willing to risk piracy
  • Warmer times ahead for tanker workhorses
    Good news for aframaxes as Russia increases its exports this year
  • Who will swoop for BG Group?
    Shell and ExxonMobil have been named likely suitors
  • Crunch time looms for the KG market
    'Hysterical' lenders have not learned from their past mistakes
  • Japanese gas demand keeps LNG bubble bouncing
    Falling imports would deal a serious blow to tonne-mile demand
  • Hanjin Shipping ranked most reliable carrier
    Daily Maersk loses competitive advantage as South Korean line takes the top slot
  • Case dismissed
    Good news for Carnival as a Florida judge rejects a Costa Concordia family filing
  • Scorpio orders four handymaxes for $120m
    Feverish expansion sees attention turn to financing
  • Blowing bubbles
    Is a slump in Japanese imports about to scupper LNG tonne-mile demand?
  • New Braemar Adjusting chief to focus on 'burgeoning' markets
    Loss adjuster to open Dubai office in April
  • US shippers ask FMC to scrutinise plans for transpacific merger
    NITL demands due diligence on move to unite carrier groups
  • Jaya quarterly net profit surges fivefold to $6.5m
    Rise in offshore chartering combines with delivery and disposal of three vessels
  • Zombie shipping firms - a spotter's guide
    Follow the Lloyd's List Intelligence crib sheet to avoid surprise nasties
  • Varun slips back into the red
    Troubled Indian tanker operator reports a quarterly loss to end-December
  • HHI sees 2012 net profit dive 62.2%
    World's largest shipbuilder slips into the red in fourth quarter
  • MR product tankers lifted by transatlantic rate spike
    US refiner Valero charters vessel at new high of W192.5
  • HHLA posts weaker results despite box volume growth
    Hamburg port firm earned a premium on capital costs, says chairman
  • Hijacking, the debate
    Attacking, holding and robbing a vessel by any other name...
  • DNB increases shipping impairments
    Profits fall 7% in fourth quarter, Norwegian bank reveals
  • MOL to join APL's China-Middle East service
    Move follows G6 expansion into transpacific trades

Fairplayweb site
FEBRUARY 7, 2013
  • Scorpio newbuilding order frenzy continues
    NYSE-listed Scorpio Tankers today pulled the trigger on four more options, bringing its confirmed newbuilding slate to 20
  • HHI plunges into red
    HYUNDAI HI today posted losses of 348.1Bn won ($318.7M) for 4Q12, reversing profits of 71.3Bn won in 4Q11
  • SK decides not to pursue STX Pan Ocean
    STX CORP'S attempt to sell control of STX Pan Ocean became more confused today, when SK Holdings told Fairplay it no longer planned to bid
  • Varun crashes to losses
    MUMBAI'S Varun Shipping, which is undergoing deep restructuring, today crashed to quarterly net losses, from profits year on year
  • GES profits jump 119%
    BETTER earnings from tankers and a foreign exchange gain of 730M rupees ($14M) helped Great Eastern Shipping to report today a 119% jump in net profits
  • Thai growth predicted
    THAILAND'S Kasikorn Research Centre expects growth this year for the Thai maritime transport sector
  • Russian 'pig needs help'
    RUSSIA'S pork sector is squealing to the Kremlin for feed subsidies
  • South Pacific heats up
    MAERSK Line's withdrawal from the New Zealand/Tahiti trade has sparked a range of initiatives aimed at seizing its former market share
  • Shipping: hands off EU transport budget
    EUROPE'S shipowner and port bodies called on leaders of EU governments to shun transport cuts when two days of budget talks resume today
  • Beijing approves oil imports
    BEIJING was reported today to have approved a deal granting access to 10M tonnes of imported crude to government-owned ChemChina
  • Ningbo to spend 3Bn yuan on port schemes
    NINGBO plans to invest more than 3Bn yuan ($476.5M) to complete six 10,000-tonne-plus port berths in 2013
  • ASL's quarter profits jump 40%
    ASL MARINE Holdings of Singapore today posted a 40% year on year increase in net profits during its second financial quarter
  • Jaya's profits surge 186%
    JAYA HOLDINGS said today high revenues from its offshore segment increased its first-half profits by 186% year on year to $16.6M
  • Seadrill can buy back transferred shares
    SEADRILL said today it has financed an allocation of shares in Sevan Drilling by transferring them to a bank, with an option to buy them back in May
  • LR tanker investments may rise this year
    INTEREST is rising in LR product tankers this year, ICAP Shipping said today, following up the surge in MR product tanker newbuildings of 2011-12

The Journal of Commerceweb site
FEBRUARY 7, 2013
  • WCI Index Shows Jump in Pacific Westbound Rates
    Trans-Pacific westbound rates shot up this week; backhaul Europe-Asia rates also climbed but by a lesser amount, according to the Thursday release of the weekly World Container Index. Trans-Pacific westbound rates were up 9.4 percent this week to $921 per 40-foot container and are up 5.4 percent since the beginning of...
  • Nippon Express (Europe) to Acquire Franco Vago
    Nippon Express (Europe), a subsidiary of Tokyo-based logistics business Nippon Express, has signed a share purchase agreement to acquire all shares of Franco Vago, a Florence, Italy-based apparel-related logistics company. Nippon Express acquired Franco Vago to augment its own apparel logistics operations in certain markets, particularly in emerging countries in Asia...
  • Working With, Not Against, China
    There's a lot of negative rhetoric being spouted about China around the world these days. Frustrated European policymakers, for example, complain because Beijing has been unwilling to jump in and bail out the debt-laden European Union without some assurances. In Washington, lawmakers in Congress are concerned the Chinese are deliberately holding...
  • Annual Review & Outlook 2013: North Atlantic Alliance Association
    The high tide of containerized U.S. exports in ocean shipping will continue to ebb in 2013. Overcapacity is returning to levels of the last decade, when ocean freight rates plummeted to record lows. The economic weakness in Europe and the U.S., coupled with a slowdown in China's manufacturing, create a...
  • Annual Review & Outlook 2013: National Ports and Waterways Initiative, University of New Orleans
    Coastal shipping refers to container and trailer services routed along the U.S. Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific coasts. All attempts to provide such services have failed. The most recent failed effort, despite a generous grant, was SeaBridge, between Port Manatee, Fla., and Brownsville, Texas. In contrast to the United States, coastal...
  • Annual Review & Outlook 2013: Montreal Port Authority
    The state of the global economy will likely continue to preoccupy decision-makers during 2013, especially as the maritime sector continues to struggle with financial and capacity issues. Of particular concern for East Coast ports is the enduring debt crisis affecting the eurozone, set against a backdrop of modest gains expected...
  • Parties Scramble in Wake of Mixed OCU Vote
    Three of the more than a dozen bargaining units representing office clerical workers in Los Angeles-Long Beach sent employers and union leaders scrambling Thursday by rejecting a tentative contract agreement that was reached in December. The Office Clerical Unit of International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 63 and waterfront employers were...
  • Dubai World Central's Air Cargo Volume Soars
    Dubai Airports, which owns and manages Dubai International Airport and Dubai World Central International Airport, today reported Dubai World Central handled 219,092 metric tons of air freight in 2012, a jump of 144 percent from 2011, the airport's first full year of operations. Dubai World Central's average monthly air cargo volume in...
  • Annual Review & Outlook 2013: MOL (America)
    One of the underestimated developments we saw in 2012 was further slow-steaming. Transit times of three to four days longer prevailed in 2010 and 2011. Eventually, many customers embraced this reality. In 2013, the trend will likely continue if a few key facts remain in place: Shippers' debt ratio is low. Interest...
  • Annual Review & Outlook 2013: Metro Group Maritime
    Collaboration will be the theme for the container steamship lines this year. Container ship owners and management are making comments such as, "Four or five years ago, we would have never considered such things (as collaborations), but now we must." The lines are looking more and more to the outside...
  • Catapult International Opens Office in Hong Kong
    Kansas City, Kan.-based logistics software provider Catapult International has opened an office in Hong Kong to better serve clients in Asia. Vince Fung, a 20-year veteran in the ocean shipping industry, will serve as managing director of the new office. The company also plans to open an office in Hamburg, Germany, in...
  • 'K' Line (India) Begins Triple-Decker Motorcycle Truck Service
    "K" Line (India)'s new triple-decker motorcycle carrier. "K" Line (India), "K" Line's subsidiary in India, has launched a transportation service with a triple-decker motorcycle carrier from the distribution center of a motorcycle manufacturer in the Delhi area to its domestic depot. The company began trial operations with the three-level motorbike truck in...
  • Consolidators International Promotes Pazsternak
    U.S.-based Consolidators International has promoted Les Pazsternak as senior vice president for the Southeast. The freight forwarder also hired Brad Reybourne as development manager for the Southeast at CII's Atlanta facility. Pazsternak, based in Chicago, will continue his vice president duties for the company's Southwest and Midwest regions. He is a...
  • Port of San Diego Board Takes Up Shore Power Project
    Moored vessel at Port of San Diego. Following a 30-day public review period, California's Port of San Diego will release its final Mitigated Negative Declaration for the Port Capital Improvement Project, an environmental document relating to the proposed shore power project at the Tenth Avenue Marine Terminal, on Feb. 12 at...
  • A-1 Express Launches Long-Distance Freight Services
    Atlanta-based courier service company A-1 Express has launched long-distance freight services across the U.S. The company said the service can deliver freight without restrictions on size or weight. Long-distance freight services include commercial freight and residential freight deliveries....
  • US Reps. Richmond, Grimm Form Maritime Caucus
    U.S. Reps. Cedric Richmond, D-La., and Michael G. Grimm, R-N.Y., have established the Congressional Maritime Caucus, which will work to raise awareness among members of Congress on maritime-related topics. "I am confident that this caucus will be a voice for the entire maritime industry, one that stresses how critical this industry...
  • North American Intermodal Container Volume Sets Record High
    Intermodal container volume reached a record high in 2012 with 13.1 million moves, surpassing the previous year by 5.9 percent and the former high in 2007 by 9.8 percent, according to the Intermodal Association of North America's Intermodal Market Trends & Statistics report. For the third consecutive year, domestic containers were...
  • IBEW Workers Ratify Canadian National Contract
    Members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers System Council 11 at Canadian National Railway have ratified a four-year labor collective agreement that provides improvements in wages and benefits for about 700 CN signal and communications employees. The agreement is retroactive to Jan. 1, 2013. It was negotiated before the former contract...
  • Barloworld's Dedicated Logistics Unit Merges with Manline
    Johannesburg-based Barloworld Logistics' Dedicated Transport Services division has concluded its merger with the Manline group, a logistics provider in Southern Africa. The merged business, called Barloworld Transport Solutions, has become a 50.1 percent-held subsidiary of Barloworld Logistics. The transaction involved the disposal of DTS together with a cash contribution, in exchange...
  • Belgium's Damen Shipyards Delivers Freighter
    Damen Shipyards Bergum's Combi Freighter 3850 for Hartel and Hudig & Veder. Damen Shipyards Bergum, a subsidiary of Damen Shipyards Group, has delivered the Hoogvliet, a Damen Combi Freighter 3850, to Hartel Shipping and Hudig & Veder. The carrier for oversize cargo was launched at Cruise Terminal Rotterdam in the Netherlands. The vessel...

Containerisation Internationalweb site
FEBRUARY 7, 2013
  • NITL calls on FMC to put TSA-WTSA merger under microscope
    The US 'voice of the shipper' National Industrial Transportation League [NITL] has urged the Federal Maritime Commission [FMC] to 'closely examine the ramifications ...
  • HHLA posts weaker results despite box volume growth
  • Port of London 2012 trade down 10%, but Gateway beckons
    Trade through the terminals and cargo handling facilities on the River Thames fell by 10% to 43.7 million tonnes during 2012, the Port of London Authority (PLA) ...
  • MOL to join APL's China-Middle East service
  • New Mombasa Dry Port opened by APM Terminals
    APM Terminals (APMT) has opened a new 7.3ha inland container freight station (CFS) 4km from Kenya's primary port of Mombasa. The new facility ...
  • Sokhna in trouble again
    After the disruption of seperate industrial unrest in February and October of last year the Egyptian Red Sea port of Sokhna seems to have more labour problems to ...

TradeWindsweb site
FEBRUARY 7, 2013
  • GLDD lands dredge job
    Great Lakes Dredge & Dock has secured a contract that calls for the deepening of the Arthur Kill channel in the Ports of New York and New Jersey.
  • TBS seals scrap pact
    TBS International of the US has finally parted ways with an ageing tweendecker that was sold for scrap late last year.
  • Peraticos in the crosshairs
    Pegasus Shipping collapsed during the junk bond crisis nearly 10 years ago but some of its creditors are still entrenched in fierce legal battles with former patriarch Nico Peraticos.
  • Record MR fixtures for US
    US oil products exports have risen sharply since September with medium-range tanker fixtures from the Gulf Coast reaching a record high in January, fuelling spot rate rises in the Atlantic.
  • Mississippi melee
    Teekay is gearing up for a legal battle linked to a smash that rocked the Mississippi River nearly a year ago.
  • Glencore gig for Greek
    Target Marine has picked up a fresh period contract for one of its panamax bulkers.
  • ISC up on vessel sale
    International Shipholding Corp (ISC) has posted big rise in fourth quarter earnings thanks to the sale of a vessel.
  • Great Eastern stronger
    Lower costs and rising revenue have spurred India's Great Eastern Shipping to a bigger third quarter profit.
  • Final OBO departs
    John Fredriksen is waving farewell to the last of his capesize combination carriers.
  • GC Rieber sells oldie
    GC Rieber Shipping has agreed to sell an ageing 2D seismic survey vessel.
  • Scorpio not done yet
    Three newbuilding orders during a hectic start to 2013 have yet to use up half of the cash Scorpio Tankers has in its arsenal, sources say.
  • STNG chalks up four more
    Scorpio Tankers has opened its chequebook for the second time in a week to take up newbuildings in South Korea.
  • Massive misunderstanding?
    A report from Indonesia last month that the country was planning to order 2,500 small ships in China certainly made the world of shipping sit up and take notice.
  • Pyxis: Guards saved ship
    Greek manager Pyxis Maritime has revealed that the hijacking attempt on the Pyxis Delta in Nigeria that killed one crewman was foiled by armed guards.
  • Eyssautier sets new course
    French marine insurance broker, Groupe Eyssautier, is setting course for expansion following a management buyout that sees the company regain its independence.
  • Havyard builds China tally
    Norway's Havyard has bagged another order from a Chinese shipowner for one of its offshore support vessel designs.
  • Vinashin Ocean to fold
    Vietnamese prime minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a restructuring plan for national owner Vinalines, including the bankruptcy of its Vinashin Ocean Shipping (Vinashinlines) subsidiary.
  • MOL joins APL
    Japan's MOL is teaming up with APL for a new China to Middle East containership service.
  • Wrinkles not concealed
    We all know it's not polite to ask a lady her real age.
  • Jaya earnings rocket
    Jaya Holdings has reported a huge rise in final quarter earnings thanks to more vessel sales.
  • Subsea 7 ties up two
    Oslo-listed Subsea 7 has clinched more pipe-lay work with a deal in Nigeria.
  • Buys tricky for Knightsbridge
    Knightsbridge Tankers' faces a challenge to boost its capesize fleet given limited growth opportunities available to the company, analysts say.
  • HSH asks for more
    German shipping lender HSH Nordbank needs another EUR 3bn ($4bn) in loan guarantees to "ensure adequate capital resources" in the downturn.
  • Sembcorp bags topsides deal
    Sembcorp Marine has secured its first major contract of the New Year.
  • B+H smokes OBO
    B+H Equimar has sent one of its OBOs to the scrap heap.
  • Tamai turns red
    Japanese bulker owner Tamai Steamship has slumped to a loss in the first nine months of its financial year.
  • Hyundai Heavy falls to red
    Hyundai Heavy Industries has fallen to a surprise loss in the fourth quarter of the year.
  • DNB writes down more
    Trouble in key shipping markets led the industry's largest lender to book its chunkiest writedown of the year in the final quarter of 2012.
  • Stena Line hails record
    Sweden's Stena Line has posted record passenger and car volumes in the North Sea for 2012.
  • Charged in 10 minutes
    Norwegian shipyard Fjellstrand is developing what is claimed to be the world's first battery-powered electric ferry.
  • Frontline orders double
    John Fredriksen's Frontline 2012 has added two more 115,000-dwt tankers to its series of newbuildings at Guangzhou Shipyard International (GSI) in China.
  • Mercator sells VLOC
    Mercator Lines (Singapore) has been forced to sell its only VLOC to help pay-off debts on two terminated charters.
  • Hanjin turns it around
    Korean shipbuilder Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction has returned to profit in 2012, despite a fall in revenue.
  • Bulker pile up in Oz
    Gladstone Port has seen the number of ships waiting to load cargo swell amid weather related disruptions to coal supplies.
  • Diamond upgrades duo
    Diamond Offshore Drilling is to upgrade two of its semi-submersible rigs to take advantage of higher-spec work.
  • HOS adds to orderbook
    Hornbeck Offshore has ordered another four offshore support vessel newbuildings in a move which increases its tally to 24 ships.
  • Jindal back at Lamprell
    India's Jindal Group has returned to Lamprell to order a second jack-up drilling rig newbuilding.

American Shipperweb site
FEBRUARY 7, 2013
  • NEWSFLASH: ILWU Local 63 OCU clerks reject some contracts
    Members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union's Local 63 Office Clerical Unit rejected some of the proposed contracts that were reached with employers last December during ratification voting on Wednesday night.
  • Stockton takes over stalled marine highway project
    In December 2011, the Port of Stockton hired Salt Lake City-based Savage Cos. to operate the barge service. Officials planned to begin scheduled service during the first quarter of 2012.
  • U.S. truck orders up in January
  • Drewry finds carrier performance improved
    "While carriers deserve some plaudits for their improving reliability, a worrying trend for cancelled or blank voyages is emerging as carriers attempt to redress weak supply and demand fundamentals," said Simon Heaney of Drewry.
  • MOL's new China- Mideast express service
  • 'K' Line starts triple-deck motorcycle hauls in India
  • Horizon arranges to buy 3 Alaska ships
  • Con-way's 2012 profits up despite lower 4Q
  • 2012 intermodal container volume at all-time high
  • Tropical expects better earnings in 2013
  • Transport mergers and acquisitions on the rise
  • Air cargo volumes down in Atlanta
  • DB Schenker builds Singapore warehouse
  • STB approves trucker chassis pool
    The board said NACPC's 10 current members account for a very small percentage of the estimated 7,000 motor carriers that provide intermodal transportation of marine chassis in the country.
  • ROAR expands to West Coast
  • Executive moves
  • Industry groups want GSP renewal
    The program is set to expire at the end of July and American companies would face $2 million per day in new taxes if Congress fails to renew GSP by Aug. 1, according to the Coalition for GSP.
  • FMC reviews 11 OTI license applications
  • Counterfeit toy importers indicted in New York
  • U.S. takes solar dispute with India to WTO

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
FEBRUARY 7, 2013
  • IMO still struggling with response to black carbon
    No agreement yet on definition or measurement methods; debate continues on justification for regulation.
  • Prices uncertain in Fujairah
    Mixed outlook in place in most bunkering hubs.
  • Prices follow crude
    Rising crude values are driving up bunker prices.
  • Norwegian engineering firm in LNG bunkering study
    Study to determine size of possible LNG bunkering station.
  • Weather disrupts bunkering at Malta
    Weather conditions expected to worsen.
  • New name on MPA's list of Accedited Suppliers
    Pacific Bunkering Services brings to 72 the number of players listed on the MPA website.
  • Gothenberg: LNG terminal has industry support
    Gothenberg 'natural hub' in national infrastructure solution.
  • Fuel oil stocks fall
    Increased outflows to China.
  • LNG: EU outlines bunkering policy
    Commission supports 'initial stages' of LNG bunkering infrastructure.
  • High tolls could drive vessels away from Suez Canal
    Slow steaming has already made routing ships round the Cape of Good Hope 'relatively less expensive'.
  • Asian bunker prices strengthen further
    Singapore's price of benchmark 380 cSt bunker fuel rose $3 to average at $654.50 pmt.
  • Sanctions fraud 'probe' centres on UAE company
    Fujairah serves as route to market for Iranian oil, says UANI.
  • Singapore vessel arrests on the rise
    Vessel arrests jumped 36% year-on-year.
  • Subsidy on MDO prices for India's fishermen
    India's Petroleum Minister says fishermen should not be taxed as bulk buyers.
  • MAN Diesel receives orders for VLCC engines
    The orders were from Greece-based Almi Tankers.

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In the third quarter the port of Koper has handled 287,410 containers (+ 11.8%)
Koper
In the first nine months of 2024, it was 835,506 (+ 2.9%)
New historical record of monthly container traffic in the port of Long Beach
Long Beach / Los Angeles
In October, strong growth in Los Angeles climbing activity.
Italian Port Days initiative obtains EMD certification of the European Union
Rome
The attestation for contributing to the valorisation of sustainability in the Blue Economy with concrete actions
ZIM records excellent quarterly economic performance driven by noli uptick and activity with Latin America
ZIM records excellent quarterly economic performance driven by noli uptick and activity with Latin America
Haifa
The fleet transported a record number of containers
In the third quarter, the Viking cruise group's revenues grew by 11.4% percent.
Los Angeles
Increase of 14.3% of turnover generated by ocean cruises
Signed the final agreement on the contract of port workers
Rome
Italian Antitrust initiates an investigation into SAS (MSC group), Moby and Large Navi Fast
Rome
According to the AGCM, competition restrictions may have occurred as a result of the 49% acquisition of Moby's capital by SAS.
T&E highlights the need to also count the well-to-tank emissions for LNG used by ships
T&E highlights the need to also count the well-to-tank emissions for LNG used by ships
Brussels
Total greenhouse gases produced would be more than 30% higher than those considered by the FuelEU Maritime Regulation
DFDS and Ekol are rethinking and agreeing on the sale of the Turkish company's international network to the Danish group
Copenhagen / Istanbul
Revised the terms of the deal expired on the first November
Slight downturn in freight traffic in the port of Hamburg in the third quarter
Hamburg
Stable container traffic
The Companies inform
Accelleron initiates partnership with Geislinger to expand service business in the Mediterranean region
Cargotec agrees to the sale of MacGregor to funds managed by Triton
Helsinki
Sale of the value of 480 million that is expected to be completed by the first half of 2025
In the July-September quarter freight traffic in the port of Koper increased by 8.3%
Lubiana
In the first nine months of 2024, the increase was 3.2% percent.
Ok of Ukraine's antitrust enforcement at the entrance of MSC in the capital of HHLA terminalist company
Kiev
The company operates the CTO terminal of the port of Odessa
Inaugurated the new Peruvian port of Chancay operated by China's COSCO Shipping Ports
Lima
Has 1,500 linear metres of docks
More than doubling the value of new orders acquired by Fincantieri in the first nine months of 2024
Trieste
The sunshine committed for shipbuilding grew by +154,3 percent.
Established the Ship Recycling Alliance to speed up the recycling of safe and environmentally friendly ships
Copenhagen
The initiative in view of the entry into force on June 26 of the Hong Kong International Convention
Kuehne + Nagel will acquire 51% percent of the capital of American IMC Logistics
Schindellegi / Collierville
US company mainly operates drayage services
In the third quarter of this year, Hapag-Lloyd's revenues grew by 28.2%
In the third quarter of this year, Hapag-Lloyd's revenues grew by 28.2%
Hamburg
Increase of 3.8% of containers carried by the fleet. Average value of nils up 22.9%
In the third quarter freight traffic in the port of Genoa decreased by -4.9% percent while in Savona-I went up by 15.7% percent.
Genoa
Decided increase in transshipment containers determined by the Red Sea crisis. Down the cruises
In the third quarter, HMM revenues increased by 67% thanks to the 83% growth in the container segment
In the third quarter, HMM revenues increased by 67% thanks to the 83% growth in the container segment
Seoul
+116% increase in the value of the average nole per container transported
Evergreen's quarterly financial performance hike
Evergreen's quarterly financial performance hike
Taipei
Taiwanese company invests 186.8 million to buy new shipping containers
In the third quarter, container traffic at the Eurokai port terminals grew by 9.9% percent.
In the third quarter, container traffic at the Eurokai port terminals grew by 9.9% percent.
Hamburg
In Germany (Eurogate) the increase was 13.6% percent. In Italy (Contship Italy) of 6.8%). Slowing growth at Tanger Med. Damietta terminal will become operational in April
Ok of the Rovigo Tribunal to the Restructuring Plan of Shipbuilding Victory plan
Adria
On the completion of the sale of the company to CNV Srl
Port of Ancona, in 2023, underlines the AdSP-container traffic grew by 5%
Ancona
The Port Authority disputes the data released by the Fedespedi Studies Center
Mr vard will build five support ships in the offshore industry.
Trieste
Designed to accommodate up to 190 people, they will be carried out in Vietnam
Alpe Adria activates new rail service between the port of Trieste and the Malpensa Intermodal terminal in Sacconago
Trieste
Euroseas order in China the construction of two 4,300-teu feeder container
Athens
Quarterly revenue from rentals inj growth of 5.8%
The Analysis of the Fedespea Studies Centre on economic and operational performance of Italian container terminals
Milan
GNV strengthens its business department with two nominees
Genoa
New business manager and new general manager of the company in Spain
On the former Carbonyl of the Port of Genoa, the yards of the foranea dam and the subport tunnel
Genoa
The AdSP Management Committee deliberated it yesterday.
In Genoa, the Graduation Day of the Italian Academy of Mercantile
Genoa
Delivered 50 diplomas at the end of the biennial and three-year formative course
On November 27 in Rome, the public assembly of UNIPORT will be held
Rome
Meeting on the theme "Italian Ports, a network of businesses in the service of the country and of Europe"
Roberto Nappi, founder and director for 40 years of "Corriere Marittimo", has died.
Genoa
His career had begun at the writing of the Telegraph in 1958
New EU sanctions to prohibit the use of ships and ports for the transportation of drones and missiles produced by Iran
Brussels
Masucci confirmed president of Italian Propeller Clubs
Genoa
New mandate for the three years 2024-2027
The seamen of the Galaxy Leader have been hostage for a year
London / Hong Kong
Platten (ICS) : It is unacceptable ; humanity prevails and they are immediately released
MSC will implement a markup of noli for maritime transport from the Far East to the Mediterranean
Geneva
Increases of 25% and 18% for containers from 20 'and 40' direct in the western Mediterranean and Adriatic
Completed the dual-fuel retrofit of a large container ship in Maersk
Copenhagen
He will be able to navigate methanol. Increased the hold capacity
Environmental authorization of the Region to dredging the quays from 19 to 26 of the port of Ancona
Ancona
The intervention will cost a total of 16.5 million euros.
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
Conference of the CNEL on the Sustainability of Maritime Transport
Rome
It will be held on November 27 in Rome
Intermodal shipments between the port of Trieste and Slovakia are growing
Trieste
In the third quarter the container traffic handled by HHLA dropped by -2%
Hamburg
In Trieste the volumes processed by PLT Italy in the first nine months of 2024 have decreased
In October container traffic in the port of Hong Kong grew by 0.7%
Hong Kong
In the first ten months of 2024, a decline of -5.2%
In the July-September quarter freight traffic in the port of Civitavecchia fell by -11.8%
Cyvitavecchia
The Cruserists increased by 2.7%
Last month the port of Singapore handled 3.5 million containers (+ 8.1%)
Singapore
In the first ten months of 2024, growth was 6.2% percent.
MSC has completed the acquisition of the majority of logistics company MVN
Geneva / Milan
The Milanese business plans to close 2024 percent with a turnover of 100 million euros.
Conference of Assiterminal entitled "Ports in Connection-ESG, IA, CSRD"
Genoa
It will be held on December 5 in Rome
In the summer quarter passenger traffic in the cruise terminals of Global Ports Holding grew by 27.5%
Istanbul
Revenue up 23%
SDC freight forwarder introduced artificial intelligence in the management of customs practices
Venice
Annually the practices followed exceed 15mila units
The sale of the shipping company Santandrea from the Pacorini to Aprile
Trieste
The company was founded in 1989 in Trieste
Port of Gioia Tauro, the memorandum of understanding for security in working environments and port operations
Joy Tauro
Will have a duration of three 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
Conference of the CNEL on the Sustainability of Maritime Transport
Rome
It will be held on November 27 in Rome
Conference of Assiterminal entitled "Ports in Connection-ESG, IA, CSRD"
Genoa
It will be held on December 5 in Rome
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Sudan govt scraps $6bn Red Sea port deal with UAE
(The North Africa Post)
Argentina enfrenta tarifas portuarias hasta 500% más altas que otros países de la región
(Pescare)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Relazione del presidente Nicola Zaccheo
Roma, 18 settembre 2024
››› File
Paola Piraccini appointed as Legal Technical Collaborator of Spininvest
Genoa
Joined in magistrate in 1981, he is a retired cassation adviser
The meeting in Rome between the representatives of Italian ports and ports in Florida
Rome
Expect a comparison to find common themes on which to set up a benchmarking task
This year the Cruserists in the port of Ancona have grown by 18.9%
Ancona
25.1% increase in transits and drop by -5.1% of landings and embarkation
Changed Risso constitutes a joint venture in Cagliari
Cagliari / Genoa
Partnership at 50% with Fausto Saba and Riccardo Vargiu
Ok to the 2025 forecast budget of the AdSP of the Tyrrhenian Sea Centre North
Cyvitavecchia
It presents a surplus of more than 2.5 million euros
In Palermo, the first sheet of the new ferry for the Sicilian region was cut off.
Trieste / Palermo
The delivery of the ship is scheduled for 2026
Global Ship Lease's quarterly revenue records show the first decrease since the end of 2018
Athens
The company believes that its container fleet has very good future prospects of employment
DP World signs an agreement to buy Australian Silk Logistics
Dubai / Melbourne
The expected value of the transaction is approximately 115 million
A worker has passed away in the port of Crotone
Joy Tauro
He would suddenly go down to the ground while talking to some colleagues
Torbianelli : well the ok of CIPESS in financing the future Molo VIII of the port of Trieste
Trieste
Of the estimated 315 million euros, 206.9 are expected by the state
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