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February 11, 2013
Sched Netweb site
  • Matson 2012 profit up 34pc to US$46 million as revenues rise 6.2pc
  • Gansu province to build three inter-provincial expressways this year
  • Fujian's transshipments surge nearly 60pc last year to 16.8 million tonnes
  • Jilin to build route network linking North Korea, Russia and Mongolia
  • Qingdao's Haier chooses Savannah to distribute 4,500 TEU a year
  • Rotterdam's NileDutch upgrades links to Abidjan with CMA CGM-Delmas
  • American truckers challenge LA clean trucks programme in Supreme Court
  • Europort 2013 seeks papers for presentation at November Rotterdam meeting
  • Kalmar wins Maasvlakte order for auto stacking cranes from ECT
  • Court orders Air Canada to operate major maintenance shops in Canada
  • 'Managing risk routine in cars, planes - lithium batteries no different'
  • Visakhapatnam air cargo scheme stuck by bureaucratic inter-agency tiff
  • Airports Council International ranks Domodedovo dynamic growth as high

Exim Indiaweb site
FEBRUARY 8, 2013
  • ACHAA organises fire safety programme as part of silver jubilee celebrations
  • G6 Alliance expands cooperation to transpacific trade
  • India is an important market for VOTG Tanktainer: Heike Clausen
  • Japan mulls changing law to deploy armed guards on ships
  • MOL, others join UNDP job creation programme to boost economy, combat piracy in Somalia
  • Oil tanker glut near 5-month high
  • Pak exports to India grow 66 pc in Apr.-Dec.
  • Andhra Pradesh delegation impressed by Gujarat's maritime success story
  • Govt allows coconut oil export through all Major Ports
  • Continental Warehousing Corporation celebrates seven successful years
  • Customs notifies Mangalore air cargo complex
  • Engineering exports to miss revised fiscal target
  • Forex reserves drop to $295.15 bn
  • INR ends week 32 paise lower against dollar
  • Companies combine to move heavy compressors from Holland to Saudi Arabia
  • Multitrade Spain & Intermax/China coordinate tram shipment
  • Shanghai training sees project forwarding through client s eyes

International Transport Journalweb site
FEBRUARY 8, 2013
  • New Stuart Highway parking lot completed in Australia's Northern Territory
    Truck drivers who regularly use the Stuart Highway in Australia's Northern Territory now have another safer place to pull over and take a break or catch up on their sleep following...
  • Airbus celebrates two new big orders
    Air Lease Corporation (ALC), the Los Angeles CA (USA)-based aircraft leasing company has just signed a contract with Europe's aircraft manufacturer Airbus for 25 A350 XWB family ai...
  • Cargolux pioneers B747-8 services in South America and China
    Over the first February weekend, the Luxembourg-based airline Cargolux added four new destinations to its B747-8 freighter network and, in the process, flew the first-ever B747-8 s...
  • Railcargo Austria (RCA): Industriewaggon becomes Rail Cargo Wagon
    Railcargo Austria's existing subsidiary Industriewaggon GmbH and the RCA asset management sector are to be integrated into a single entity called Rail Cargo Wagon. Bundling railcar...
  • UIS study on long and/or heavy trains now completed
    Rail freight operators are constantly seeking to increase productivity and freight volumes, and to make gains in terms of their relative production costs in order to offer a qualit...
  • World busiest airport suffers cargo decrease
    Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta international airport (USA), which was once again the world's busiest airport in terms of passenger traffic and aircraft operations in 2012, recorded an ...
  • Quintiq hires Jeffrey Vail as chief marketing officer
    Quintiq, a Pennsylvania (USA)-based firm specialising in supply chain planning and optimization software, has appointed Jeffrey Vail as its chief marketing officer (CMO). Vail prev...
  • Mercedes delivers 148 Axor and Actros tractors
    The Turkish transport and logistics companies Coban Trans, Anibal Uluslararasi Nakliyat, Mertcan Turizm Nakliyat, Sigva Trans, Ekin Denizcilik Turizm, Öz Asya Uluslararas...
  • MSC buys shares in terminal in Long Beach
    The Geneva (Switzerland)-based Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), the world's no 2 container carrier, has bought shares in Total Terminals International, the operator of pier T ...
  • MOL launches China-Middle East Express service
    The Japanese carrier MOL Liner Ltd (MOL) is starting a new weekly China - Middle East Express (CMX), departing Ningbo on 11 March 2013. MOL will offer an additional weekly service ...
  • DB Schenker Rail names new human resources manager
    DB Schenker Rail has chosen Dr Ursula Biernert as director of its human resources business field, effective 1 April. She will have a seat on the board of DB Schenker Rail AG, as we...
  • APL selects new executive for Europe business
    APL has selected Peter Jongepier as regional president of its business in Europe. Jongepier will be responsible for APL's commercial activities in Europe, including the former Sovi...
  • DB Schenker investing EUR 41 million in new logistics centre in Singapore
    DB Schenker Logistics is to construct a new integrated logistics centre in Singapore. The facility, which will be located in Tampines Logispark near Changi international airport, w...
  • Vanguard moves 130 t transformer 2,300 km into Africa
    An emergency replacement transformer was recently transported 2,300 km from Johannesburg (South Africa) to the Cahora Bassa power station (NW Mozambique) after one of its main tran...
  • Haier America awards US distribution agreement to Kenco
    USA-based distribution, transportation, and supply chain service provider Kenco has been awarded the USA distribution contract for Haier America, a division of the multinational Ha...

Marine Logweb site
FEBRUARY 8, 2013
  • West Coast ports could face new strike threat
  • Damen acquires Dutch ship repairer Shipdock
  • Offshore lease sale seen as barometer of industry interest
  • Sembcorp Marine unit wins North Sea topsides contract
  • Maersk tests ballast water treatment in a box
  • Damen Shiprepair Brest wins another LNG tanker contract

World Wide Shipperweb site
FEBRUARY 8, 2013
  • Matson releases numbers for fourth quarter/full year
  • APL promotes Peter Jongepier to regional president for Europe
  • Maersk Line executive announces plans to leave post
  • Mitsui joining program to create jobs in Somalia
  • US rail freight traffic count continues to show mixed results

Lloyd's Listweb site
FEBRUARY 8, 2013
  • Greece faces banking shake-up
    Mergers, acquisitions and nationalisation threat reshape financial institutions
  • Crédit Agricole hangs on to $1.4bn Emporiki shipping loans
    But has the French bank kept the best or the worst of the book?
  • 100 Series Rules for the Use of Force expected by summer
    Writers work to dispel industry 'myths and misconceptions'
  • RUF justice
    Can the 100 Series Rules can live up to their promise?
  • Calling Capt Wei
    Heeding calls for accountability could help Cosco on the path to recovery
  • Gross miscalculation
    A few thoughtful people have pointed to the 1969 Tonnage Measurement Convention as a contributor to death and destruction
  • Irish leasing regime offers alternative to tonnage tax
    Section 110 companies do not require a physical presence
  • Twitter SOS saves Cosco Wallem crew
    Seafarers stranded for 10 days outside Qingdao after bulker did not obtain port clearance
  • OOCL declares Asia-Europe rate hike
    Rise of $700 per teu scheduled for March 15
  • Shipping firms back UN drive to rebuild Somalia
    Industry giants invest in shore-based jobs and capacity to curb piracy at sea
  • Vos quits Maersk Line
    Chief commercial officer leaves Copenhagen for native Netherlands
  • Frontline expects loss from sale of vintage tonnage
    Fredriksen tanker firm takes short-term pain for long-term gain
  • MOL bets on Singapore for bulker business profits
    But losses from allocation risks could dent the firm's credit rating
  • GasLog orders two LNG carriers for 10-year BG charters
    Owner fixes the tonnage over an eight-year hybrid deal
  • Seafarer killed as security team shooting foils pirate attack
    Landmark incident after hijackers board tanker Pyxis Delta in Lagos anchorage
  • Great Eastern doubles its quarterly profits
    Currency gains and lower interest bill boost results
  • Guam boosts Matson results
    Jones Act carrier's core Hawaii trade takes a hit from construction slump
  • Capesizes crawl into Year of the Snake
    But order flurry in China and South Korea hints at positive post-2014 demand
  • Technomar books two post-panamaxes at Hanjin Subic Bay
    Move signals more Greek backing for boxships
  • Greek shipping still number one, says Veniamis
    Shipowners nod to industry's role as economic powerhouse and 'silent helper'

Fairplayweb site
FEBRUARY 8, 2013
  • EC refuses to extend deadline on sulphur limit
    THE EC has told France it will not authorise any EU country to seek an extension of the 2015 deadline for introducing a 0.1% fuel sulphur limit
  • Yemen accuses Iran of weapons shipment
    YEMEN has reportedly accused Iran of smuggling weapons by ship in hope of aiding Yemeni insurgents
  • Pakistan investigating Karachi Port Trust
    PAKISTAN has begun an investigation into the government-owned Karachi Port Trust, IHS Global Insight reported today
  • DSME wins $1.6Bn deal for fixed platform
    DAEWOO Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering confirmed to Fairplay today it has clinched an order worth about $1.6Bn for a fixed offshore platform
  • 90% of KG fund raising is wiped out
    SHIPPING funding from German retail private investors continued to plummet last year, with volumes less than one-tenth of their levels in the market's heyday
  • Strife stymies Colombia's coal exports
    STRIKES and environmental issues have halted coal operations that account for two-thirds of Colombia's export capacity
  • Dong-A enters MR sector
    HYUNDAI Mipo Shipyard has been awarded a contract by compatriot vessel owners to build up to four MR tankers
  • DCI dredges up 71% drop in profits
    DREDGING Corp of India said today profits for its October-December quarter fell 71% from its July-September levels
  • MSC, Zim team up on North Europe/Med
    MSC AND Israel's Zim are adding fresh route capacity in the Eastern Med/North Europe trade
  • FESCO reefers surge
    REEFER volumes rose 32.5% in 2012 for FESCO
  • China steel profits melt by 98%
    CHINA'S 80 medium-to-large steel mills reported their profits crashed 98.2% year on year in 2012, Beijing said today
  • Cautious optimism for Hanjin Shipping
    HANJIN Shipping could return to profitability in 2013 if capacity discipline and rate rises continue, analysts predicted today
  • Hanjin HI confirms forklift death at Subic
    A SHIPYARD worker has been killed when struck by a forklift, Hanjin HI & Construction Philippines told Fairplay today
  • China foreign trades spike 26.7% in January
    CHINA'S foreign trades in January jumped 26.7% year on year, Beijing said today
  • Record container ship deliveries predicted for '13
    BOX SHIP deliveries are expected to top a record 1.8M teu this year

The Journal of Commerceweb site
FEBRUARY 8, 2013
  • Express Rail Intermodal Service From Port of Quincy Generates Smaller Carbon Footprint, McKinstry Finds
    SEATTLE - Seattle-based energy and facility services firm McKinstry has released a carbon analysis study that confirms that the unique (Cold Train) refrigerated express intermodal service to/from the Port of Quincy Intermodal Terminal produces a smaller carbon footprint than shipping by long-haul truck to/from Quincy, Wash. The report validates a...
  • Brunswick Rail Debut Eurobond Offering Recognised as a Euromoney 2012 Deal of the Year
    MOSCOW - Brunswick Rail, Russia's leading private freight railcar operating lessor, is pleased to announce that its debut Eurobond issue has been named a 2012 Deal of the Year for Central and Eastern Europe by Euromoney Magazine. The company priced its debut US$600 million 5-year Eurobond with an annual coupon rate...
  • Graybar Named One of America's Top Workplaces
    ST. LOUIS - Graybar, a leading distributor of electrical, communications and data networking products and provider of related supply chain management and logistics services, today announced that it has been named one of America's Top Workplaces by WorkplaceDynamics. Graybar ranked No. 119 nationwide among 872 organizations of 1000 or more...
  • TITAN Salvage Appoints New Vice President of Business Strategy and Process
    POMPANO BEACH, Fla. - TITAN Salvage, Crowley Maritime Corporation's marine salvage and wreck removal company based out of Pompano Beach, Fla., has named Michael G. Johnson its new vice president of business strategy and process. Johnson will report to TITAN's Managing Director Rich Habib, and will be domiciled in the...
  • USDA's Agricultural Outlook Forum to Include Exporting Tactics
    The United States Department of Agriculture has announced that the theme of its Agricultural Outlook Forum on Feb. 21 and 22 will be managing risk in today's markets. The forum will feature several international trade sessions highlighting strategies, challenges and prospects for growth for U.S. agricultural exporters. Examples of sessions include "Prospects...
  • Shipping Industry Provides $1 Million for United Nations' Somalia Initiative
    "K" Line, Shell, BP, Maersk, Stena, NYK and MOL are jointly collaborating with the United Nations Development Programme to support capacity-building projects and job creation in Somalia. The industry partners will provide $1 million to the UNDP, which will oversee the distribution of the funds in 2013 and 2014. They also intend...
  • Hapag-Lloyd to Resume Benin Calls on Africa Service
    Hapag-Lloyd is revising its South/West Africa Service's port rotation to resume weekly calls to Cotonou, Benin, starting on westbound MED voyage 1302W, departing from Asia by March 9. The port rotation will be as follows: Shanghai; Ningbo, China; Xiamen, China; Shekou, China; Singapore; Port Klang, Malaysia; Durban, South Africa; Lome, Togo; Tema,...
  • Ports of LA, Long Beach Worry About Diversions
    The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach were open for business Friday despite the rejection of a tentative contract agreement by office clerical workers. However, what the next step will be involving the Office Clerical Unit of International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 63 and waterfront employers is uncertain at...
  • 2013 to Be 'Bridge Year' for US Rail Industry
    Kansas City Southern Railway CEO David Starling sees 2013 as "bridge year" in that the railroad will haul more loads but the major surge will come in 2014. That's when Audi, Honda, Mazda and Nissan will open up plants in Mexico, bringing more business onto the carrier's cross-border network, he told...
  • At YRC, the Profit Is in the Details
    Close attention to detail such as shipment mix and safety costs helped deliver a $24.1 million annual operating profit for YRC Worldwide, the trucking operator's first full-year operating profit since 2006. The $4.9 billion less-than-truckload holding company still suffered a $136.5 million net loss for 2012, but that was much reduced...
  • Illinois Soybean Growers Talk Strategy With Asian Carriers
    Several Illinois Soybean Association directors and staff recently traveled to Asia to promote the state's transportation system and discuss ways to improve shipping the state's soybeans to customers worldwide. The group included Ron Kindred, ISA Marketing Committee chairman and soybean farmer from Atlanta, Ill.; Bill Wykes, ISA chairman and farmer from...
  • FTR Trucking Index Reflects Positive Environment
    FTR Associates' Trucking Conditions Index for December, published in its February 2013 Trucking Update, was a favorable reading of 8.38, although it declined from November's reading of 9.7. By mid-2013, the TCI is expected to rise significantly because of market tightness from expected regulatory changes and steady freight growth, the Nashville,...
  • 8.5 Percent Surge in February Imports Forecast
    Global Port Tracker projects an 8.5 percent surge in containerized imports this month over February 2012 despite uncertainties surrounding labor negotiations on both the East and West coasts and a decline in fourth quarter 2012 gross domestic product. The publication of the National Retail Federation and Ben Hackett Associates is also...
  • ATA Again Asks FMCSA to Revise Crash Accountability Criteria
    The American Trucking Associations has repeated its call for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to establish a process to remove crashes from motor carriers' records when it was evident that the carrier was not to blame. Currently, carriers' scores in FMCSA's safety monitoring system - Compliance, Safety, Accountability - are...
  • Ex-Im Bank Signs $500 Million Initiative With India Bank
    Fred P. Hochberg, chairman and president of the Export-Import Bank of the United States, recently signed a $500 million memorandum of understanding with ICICI Bank, India's largest private sector bank, pledging cooperation on financing projects beneficial to both India and the U.S., while he was on a business development mission...
  • USDA Authorizes Certain Fruit Imports From the Philippines
    The U.S. Department of Agriculture has authorized imports of fresh litchi, longan and rambutan fruit, as well as bananas, from the Philippines into the U.S. Designated phytosanitary measures must be applied to the imported fruit to prevent the introduction or dissemination of plant pests or noxious weeds, USDA said. Bananas will also...
  • STB Proposes Changes to Railroad Costing System
    The U.S. Surface Transportation Board, part of the U.S. Department of Transportation, has recommended changes to its Uniform Railroad Costing System. The board is proposing to change the way URCS calculates certain system-average unit costs to better reflect railroad operations. The proposal will automatically reflect economies of scale relative to shipment-size...
  • SCFI Shows Decline in Rates Before Chinese Holiday
    Rates on east-west trade lanes drifted lower in the Friday release of the Shanghai Containerized Freight Index ahead of a one-week lapse of the index because of the Chinese New Year holiday. "The trend seen over the past of few weeks has continued with steady but fairly low declines across all...
  • WCA Family of Logistic Networks Hires Erman
    Reha Erman, WCA Family of Logistic Networks' new regional manager for the Americas. WCA Family of Logistic Networks has hired Reha Erman as regional manager for the Americas. Prior to joining the freight forwarding group, Erman was the director of sales for The International Air Cargo Association....

Containerisation Internationalweb site
FEBRUARY 8, 2013
  • OOCL weighs in with a $700 Asia - Europe hike
    Hong Kong's OOCL is the latest ocean carrier to pitch for a mid-March general rate increase on the Asia - Europe westbound tradelane, asking for an extra $700 per ...
  • Maersk Line's Vos quits
    In a surprise to most in the container liner industry the charismatic chief commercial officer of Maersk Line has resigned his Copenhagen post and is to return ...
  • Kalmar inks order for 11 cranes at ECT
    Finnish cargo handling manufacturer, Kalmar, part of the Cargotec group, has signed a deal to supply 11 automatic stacking cranes to Hutchison Port Holdings' ECT ...
  • Bigger and better, greener and leaner
    The UK's Peel Ports has invested in a substantially larger shuttle vessel for its Manchester Ship Canal container service after a marked increase in demand ...
  • Matson thankful for Guam
    Honolulu-headquartered container line Matson reported net income of $15.6 million in the final three months of last year, compared to just $1.6 million in the fourth ...
  • End of the line for Daily Maersk?
    Drewry's latest quarterly report on ocean carrier reliability shows that there was a rise in its schedule integrity index in east-west trades in the final three ...

TradeWindsweb site
FEBRUARY 8, 2013
  • Stevedore seeks cover
    A Texas stevedore has sued steelmaker ArcelorMittal over damage to a bulker in Houston.
  • Capesize headed for Turkish fix
    A K-Line-controlled capesize bulker is poised to depart for a Turkish repairyard after touching bottom off Spain.
  • PB buys again
    Pacific Basin Shipping has taken its 2013 spending past $70m after picking up a resale once owned by Sanko, brokers say.
  • Greek cape for SwissMarine
    SwissMarine has taken an Angelicoussis capesize on a potential one-year contract, brokers say.
  • Two more years
    India Ratings has weighed in with more maritime pessimism by saying shipping is unlikely to recover before 2015.
  • Oldie joins wind rush
    Another ageing offshore support vessel has exited the North Sea market for a new career in the wind energy business.
  • Battle back to blank
    Dry-cargo newbuilding prices need to rise by up to 20% for yards to stop burning cash on the contracts, DNB Markets says.
  • Diana pens panamax deal
    Diana Shipping has locked a panamax bulker into a contract running for almost two years.
  • Mermaid extends barge
    Mermaid Maritime has secured a contract extension for an accommodation barge in Indonesia.
  • Three crew kidnapped
    Three seafarers have been taken hostage from a Carisbrooke Shipping cargoship off West Africa.
  • "Like watching Titanic"
    The former chief engineer of the Queen of the North has told a Canadian hearing that watching the vessel sink beneath the waves was like a scene from the film Titanic.
  • Seeking lots of pain
    We take a look at what was said in the market over the past week.
  • Ro-paxes for Hainan
    China's Hainan Strait Shipping has returned to Guangzhou Shipyard International (GSI) for two more ro-paxes.
  • Livanos adds six at SHI
    Peter Livanos' GasLog has returned to Samsung Heavy Industries with a newbuilding order potentially stretching to six vessels.
  • Kuribayashi back to black
    Kuribayashi Steamship has returned to the black in the nine-months to 31 December.
  • HSH wins auction cash
    Canadian mining company Cameco will not see a penny from the sale of a German cargoship involved in a costly uranium spill in 2011.
  • Deutsche cuts Hyundai
    A poor fourth quarter performance and questions about its ability to deliver on an ambitious order target have seen Deutsche Securities cut its rating on Hyundai Heavy Industries.
  • QGOG ices offering
    QGOG Constellation (QGOG) has been forced to put its planned Initial Public Offering (IPO) on ice because of market conditions.
  • RAL narrows it down
    German shipyards look likely to land a five-ship order from Greenland's Royal Arctic Line (RAL).
  • Germans blame 'Villy'
    TradeWinds digests the digits making the headlines this week.
  • Hyundai Mipo falls to loss
    Hyundai Mipo Dockyard has followed its compatriot Hyundai Heavy Industries in reporting a fourth quarter loss.
  • Rand earnings halved
    Great Lakes bulker owner Rand Logistics has seen profit halved as operating costs increased in the first nine months.
  • Toei turns a profit
    Japan's Toei Reefer Line has pulled away from the previous year's losses in the first nine months.
  • Blida crew triumph
    The crew of an Algerian bulker held off Somalia for nearly a year are to keep some of the proceeds of the vessel's auction.
  • Dong-A inks duo
    Hyundai Mipo Dockyard of Korea has added another couple of products carriers to its orderbook.
  • Maersk backs BWTS
    AP Moller - Maersk looks to have given its backing to a ballast water treatment system (BWTS) devised by compatriot DESMI.
  • Matson profits jump
    Matson, the Honolulu-based liner company, has booked a near ten-fold increase in fourth quarter profits.
  • Seatankers fixes first
    Seatankers, John Fredriksen's private shipowning arm, has fixed the first of its PSV newbuildings ordered in China.
  • Gladstone back in action
    Gladstone Ports Corp says it's two coal exporting terminals are now both back in full operation in the wake of Tropical Cyclone Oswald.
  • Crowley's christening
    What does Nina Glende Johnsen have in common with a 43,800-dwt product carrier named Florida?

American Shipperweb site
FEBRUARY 8, 2013
  • Vos leaving Maersk Line
    The chief commercial officer of Maersk Line, Lucas Vos, will leave the company at the end of April. He will also vacate his position as a member of Maersk's Liner Management Board on the same date.
  • AAR: Railroads to spend $24.5 billion in 2013
  • Maersk, CMA CGM speed giant Asia-NA pendulum
  • U.S. Customs cancels TSN conference
    No reason was given by the agency for cancelling the Feb. 26-28 meeting in Baltimore, and there was no mention of alternative dates in the future, but a spokeswoman said CBP had difficulty securing a venue.
  • West Coast longshore clerks reject 16 contracts
    The harbor employers said in a statement "the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach continue to operate normally." The rejection by union members, however, raises questions about the settlement that ended a strike that shut down the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach last fall.
  • Hamburg Süd raising West Coast-North Europe rates
  • ATA: Truck crash measurement unfair
    The American Trucking Associations is trying to get crashes that the truck driver didn't cause or couldn't have prevented erased from the FMCSA's Compliance, Safety and Accountability monitoring system.
  • TQL offers freight monitoring app
  • New maritime caucus formed on Capitol Hill
    The Congressional Maritime Caucus' statement of purpose, included in a registration letter to a House administrative committee, says the group will be a "devoted ally to all components of the maritime industry."
  • IATA calls for security harmonization
  • Matson benefits from increased Guam volumes
  • International Shipholding reports higher 4Q profit
  • Case of the black coral imports
  • YRC turns first profit in 6 years
  • Old Dominion operating profit rises 21% in 2012
  • Chapman Freeborn takes 747-400 from Atlas

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
FEBRUARY 8, 2013
  • Week ends with firmer prices
    Demand was average on the US Gulf, according to local players.
  • Weekly global bunker market update
    A weekly price round up of bunkering hubs from around the globe.
  • WFS to host earnings call with management team
    Call is scheduled for Thursday, February 21 at 17:00 (Eastern Time).
  • Maersk Line Chief Commercial Officer resigns
    Company confirmed that a successor has not been decided yet, but 'the process has been initiated'.
  • San Diego port commissioners to review shore power project
    Project would allow vessels to 'plug in' and use electrical power from San Diego Gas & Electric, rather than run off diesel engines while at berth.
  • Tight avails in Fujairah
    Suez prices continues to soften.
  • Prices ended week on firm note
    But 380 cSt prices don't move in Gibraltar.
  • Four ships detained for illegal fuel transfers
    One of the transfers involved marine fuel.
  • Orion hires trader
    Company controls fleet of nine bunker barges.
  • No extension for 2015 sulphur deadline
    But shipowners will still pursue their case.
  • Tanker operator sceptical about 'eco-ships'
    'We have seen nothing revolutionary so far,' says CEO of Marinvest.
  • Pirate attacks: 'Targeting MGO cargoes is lucrative business'
    'It's now very dangerous for slow vessels with low freeboards to pass through piracy areas.'
  • Markets firming in Asian hubs
    Supplies in Busan were tight.
  • More bunker suppliers making arrests
    Three arrests made in Singapore in seven days.
  • Argentinian bunker prices begin to slide
    Surplus bunkers and no demand cause prices to drop.
  • Police patrols hit by rising prices
    Indonesian marine police feeling impact of high bunker prices.
  • Maersk modifies 5 vessels
    Modification 'will reduce fuel costs by approximately 8%'.

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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
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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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