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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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Miami
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The intermodal hubs of Melzo and Milan Smistamento will be retaken in the ZLS of the port and retroport of Genoa
Milan
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It amounts to 39 billion euros per year the public investment needed to decarbonize European transport.
It amounts to 39 billion euros per year the public investment needed to decarbonize European transport.
Brussels
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The crisis in the Red Sea has caused a hole of six billion dollars in Egypt's coffers
The crisis in the Red Sea has caused a hole of six billion dollars in Egypt's coffers
Cairo / Alexandria
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In the third quarter, freight traffic in Chinese seaports grew by 1.7% percent
Beijing
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In the July-September quarter, naval traffic in the Bosphorus Strait grew by 6.4%
Ankara
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DFDS will not acquire the international transport network of Ekol Logistics
Copenhagen / Istanbul
Exchange of allegations : The Danish group claims that certain contract conditions have not been met ; the Turkish company replies that it has received a discount request in the last 24 hours
In the first quarter of this year, traffic in European Union ports fell by -3.2% percent.
In the first quarter of this year, traffic in European Union ports fell by -3.2% percent.
Luxembourg
The only traffic in containers (+ 5.2%) is growing. Still doubts about the figures attributed to Italy
ECSA and T&E are calling for the Clean Industrial Deal to support the energy transition of shipping
Brussels
Among the demands, make ecological naval fuels available in ports
In the July-September quarter, ONE revenue grew by 65.2% percent.
In the July-September quarter, ONE revenue grew by 65.2% percent.
Singapore
The volumes of containers carried by the fleet increased by 6.6%
In the third quarter, the financial and operational results of COSCO were substantially increased.
In the third quarter, the financial and operational results of COSCO were substantially increased.
Shanghai
The volumes of containers carried by the fleet increased by 8.6%
Maersk records glowing quarterly results
Maersk records glowing quarterly results
Copenhagen
A strong performance in the containerized shipping industry has been decided. Also growing terminal and logistics
Confitarma lists actions to increase the contribution of shipping to the Italian System
Naples
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In the third quarter the traffic in goods in Turkish ports decreased by -1.8%
Ankara
Volumes to and from Italy have increased by 2.9%
The Court of Appeal in Reggio Calabria gives reason to the AdSP of Gioia Tauro in the litigation that juxtaposes it to the Corap
A litigant remains pending in front of the Court of Cassation
Maersk signs an agreement with Chinese LONGi to supply its own dual-fuel vessels of methanol
Copenhagen
The Danish group already has agreements in place to meet more than 50% percent of its demand for methanol planned for 2027
Royal Caribbean again records financial results and record quarterly operating
Royal Caribbean again records financial results and record quarterly operating
Miami
In the July-September period, revenues increased by 17.4%
The association of European ports is alarmed for the planned reform of EU funding to transport infrastructure
Brussels
Transport policy and transport funding must be based on a European approach.
In the third quarter of this year, the transits of large vessels in the Panama Canal were down -38.3% percent.
In the third quarter of this year, the transits of large vessels in the Panama Canal were down -38.3% percent.
Balboa
-36.9% reduction in the volumes of goods transported through the Central American waterway
CMA CGM associates with Marsa Maroc for the management of a container terminal in the port of Nador
Marseille
Expected an investment of 280 million
Maersk confirms participation in service between Turkey and East Coast USA with scallops in Salerno, Livorno and Tanger Med
Copenhagen
Will be activated on 1st February 2025
Hapag-Lloyd will introduce shots at Italian ports in two services between the Mediterranean and East Coast USA
Hamburg / Haifa
Touches in Genoa, Livorno and Salerno in collaboration with ZIM
In the third quarter the terminals of COSCO Shipping Ports handled 29.1 million containers (+ 4.8%)
Hong Kong
Wan Hai Lines orders eight new container ships from 16,000 teu
Taipei
Committed to South Koreans HD Hyundai Samho and Samsung Heavy Industries
Fincantieri-EDGE agreement for the development of solutions for the underwater needs of military navies
Abu Dhabi / Trieste / Paris
The joint venture Maestral will deal with the design, development and construction of underwater systems
WSC, crucial mandate of new European commissioner for transport to ensure decarbonisation of shipping
Brussels
The shipowner association indicates some other priorities to be addressed
Federagents ready to illustrate to institutions the priorities of Italian ports
Rome
Pessina : available to our know-how to suggest the measures to be taken
Sébastien Romani is the new CEO of Forship Spa
Go Ligure
Subenters to Giuseppe Scognamiglio
Restyling of the landing area of the Cruserists in the port of Catania
Catania
In 2023 the traffic of cruises in the Sicilian stopover increased by 43.7% percent.
Resume work for the completion of the commercial docks of the Milazzo Port
Messina
The realization of 18,000 square metres of new aprons is planned.
In the third quarter, Kalmar's turnover fell by -16% percent.
Helsinki
New orders increased by 6%
Approved the 2025 forecast budget of the West Liguria AdSP
Genoa
Ok also at the annual review of the Triennale Operating Plan 2023-2025
Approved the 2025 forecast budget of the Central Adriatic System Authority of the Central Adriatic
Ancona
The first crane arrived to make Giammoro's pontile operating near Milazzo.
Messina
Will be installed by end of year
Green light to the forecast budget and the three-year plan of the work of the Eastern Liguria's AdSP
The Spezia
In the first nine months of 2024 the traffic of containers at Spezia grew by 8.1% percent. On 14 and November 15 the event "A Bridge To Africa"
Approved the forecast budget 2025 and the POT 2025-2027 of the AdSP of the Southern Tirreno and Ionian
Joy Tauro
Port of Livorno, seized a 40-pound load of cocaine
Livorno
Tracts under arrest three people
Approved the 2025 forecast budget of the AdSP of the Northern Tirreno
Livorno
Ok unanimous also at the Triennale Operating Plan 2024-2026
Rail Cargo Group activates a rail service between Belgrade and the port of Rijeka
Vienna
Two weekly rotations
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Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
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- country
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HHLA reaps upward forecasts for the full financial year 2024
Hamburg
Also expected to be a slight increase in the volumes of container traffic handled by port terminals
In the third quarter, the revenues of COSCO Shipping Ports grew 11.2%
Hong Kong
In the first nine months of 2024, the increase was 5.8%
Approved the 2025 forecast budget of the AdSP of the Sardinia Sea
Cagliari
Also free from the three-year programme of works
Savino Del Bene has acquired the Seabridge Transport in Hamburg
Hamburg / Florence
The company was already acting as the administrative headquarters for the German operations of the Italian group.
In the third quarter, freight traffic in Albanian ports grew by 14.0% percent.
Tirana
In the first nine months of this year, the increase was 14.3%
In 2026, for the first time, MSC Cruciere ships will reach Alaska
Geneva
"MSC Poetry" will carry out weekly itineraries from Seattle
COSCO Shipping Lines orders six new container ships from 13,600 teu to Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding
Shanghai
They will be taken in delivery by 2027
Wärtsilä records a robust uptickdown in quarterly turnover
Helsinki
In the July-September period, the value of new orders rose by 1% percent.
Unified concession for formal act for the Intergroup terminal in Gaeta port
Cyvitavecchia
Has a duration of 12 years
Arrive in the port of Gioia Tauro the last two of the 13 new quay cranes of the MCT
Joy Tauro
They can work on capacity container carriers up to 25mila teu
Assologistic has published a practical guide to customs reform
Milan
Illustrated and analyzed the novelties and critiques of the new legislative plant
In the third quarter, shipping containers in Spanish ports increased by 9.9% percent.
Transhipment traffic grew by 13.2% percent, the import-export trade of 6.4% percent.
USB Mare and Porti criticizes the agreement for the renewal of the contract of port workers
Rome
Signed the voluntary agreement "Ancona blue agreement"
Ancona
The aim is to reduce the impact of emissions from cruise ships, ro-ro and ferries that climb the dorsal port.
Italian Coast Guard and the Italian Academy of Mercantile Academy in support of the Maritime Administration of Ukraine
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
On Friday, the public assembly of Federagents will be held in Rome.
Rome
The Federation celebrates the 75 years since its founding
Spediporto has organized a two-day trip on the Green Logistic Valley and Italy-China trade
Genoa
It is scheduled on 22 and October 23
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Argentina enfrenta tarifas portuarias hasta 500% más altas que otros países de la región
(Pescare)
Russia and India join forces in the Arctic, leaving China aside
(News.Az)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Relazione del presidente Nicola Zaccheo
Roma, 18 settembre 2024
››› File
Fincantieri opens in San Francisco a center for the development of dual-use technologies applicable both in civilian and military sectors
Trieste / San Francisco
It is housed at the Mind the Bridge Innovation Center
Japan's MHI-MME initiates a license agreement with Chinese Jiangsu Masada
Nagasaki
The aim is the development of the production and sale in China of turbochargers for two-stroke marine engines
By November the ownership of the Victory Shipyard will go to CNV
Venice
Mantovan (Veneto Region) : A new trade union agreement will be built that will cover the 48 workers in organic
In the third quarter, the commercial activity and financial performance of Konecranes grew
Helsinki
The value of new orders for the supply of port means increased by 44.1%
In 2025, a 3.9% increase in cruising traffic in Adriatic ports is expected
Ravenna
Responses Tourism believes that the traffic of ferries, catamarans and aliscafi will record further slight growth
COSCO Shipping Ports acquires stakes in the two port terminals of Hutchison Ports in Laem Chabang
Hong Kong
Investment of 110 million
GNV has taken delivery of the new ferry GNV Polaris
Genoa
First of four new ro-pax units built in China, it will enter service by January
John Xylas will be the new president of Intercargo.
John Xylas will be the new president of Intercargo.
London
He will subordinate to Dimitrios Fafalios, who has been named honorary president
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