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April 22, 2013
Sched Netweb site
  • Minor dock union drops out, major union continues strike for 20pc hike
  • Evergreen Marine to add two new 8,452-TEU ships to Asia-Europe route
  • OECD data shows slow change in global trade and freight in 2012
  • USCG okays 9 ballast water treatments as alternate management systems
  • Fujian seaport quarterly container volume up 10.3pc 2.48 million TEU
  • Fujian Quangang builds Cross-Strait agricultural trading park facility
  • Singapore names APL's 10,700-TEU Yangshan Green Ship of the Year
  • China to put US$10 billion into Tanzania to build 20 million-TEU port
  • Most dredging for Maasvlakte 2 port completed on time and on budget
  • Volga-Dnepr opens repair shop in Sharjah, UAE's strictest emirate
  • IATA: Airline confidence in air cargo, passenger growth increases
  • Hong Kong airfield engineering regional conference to focus on trends

Exim Indiaweb site
APRIL 19, 2013
  • Allcargo Logistics partners with CII for coastal shipping conference
  • Goodrich Maritime organises trade get-together in Kolkata
  • Hanjin Shipping vessel makes maiden call at Mundra Port under AF1/IDEA service
  • NYK develops shipboard training software for its LNG vessels
  • World's first tunnel for large ships planned
  • Essar Ports attains new performance highs in FY13 & Q4
  • Kandla Port Users & Service Providers Association formed
  • Forex reserves rise by $ 1.4 bn to $ 295.25 bn
  • Govt announces several measures to boost exports
  • Govt cuts tariff value on gold & silver
  • INR up at 53.96
  • Project cargo training encourages thinking outside the box
  • Tecniproject handles shipping of dismantled ammonia plant from Chile to China

International Transport Journalweb site
  • German cargo carrier reports temporary interruption of...
  • Second of CMA CGM's new mega vessels enters into service
  • New president for Volvo Bus Corporation
  • Malaysia's Northport is planning big things
  • Norway Post buys 34% stake in Danish Danske Fragtmænd AS
  • Puma completes first part of Maasvlakte 2
  • Icao and Tiaca to strengthen cooperation
  • Southern Air completes financial restructuring
  • Big birthday for pallet industry veteran
  • Ian Davies takes up new position at Stena Line
  • Breakthrough for Scania trucks in Colombia
  • System Alliance ranks partners' quality
  • Germany's railway industry shunted off growth track
  • Norfolk Southern earns national award
  • Between shippers and carriers
  • The fascinating world of freight transport

Marine Logweb site
APRIL 19, 2013
  • Bella Desgagnés christened at Port of Sept-Îles
  • April 19, 2013Damen books big Bahamas contract

World Wide Shipperweb site
APRIL 19, 2013
  • Evergreen Line christens pair of new L-type vessels
  • US rail freight traffic posts gains during week
  • IMO produces new film supporting maritime women
  • FMC announces winners of 2013 Earth Day Awards
  • CSX Corporation releases first fiscal quarter numbers

Lloyd's Listweb site
APRIL 19, 2013
  • UK ports face 'challenge of peripherality'
    New strategies needed by those outside favoured southeast quadrant
  • Peripheral ports fight back
    Smaller players race to add capacity - but does that strategy make sense?
  • In conversation with maritime's leading personalities
    Dynasties of the Sea by Lori Ann LaRocco
  • Why recycling is not easy
    Bureaucrats and government departments frustrate practical people
  • Product tanker and LNG exposure boost TEN results
    Hints of a return to profit as VLCCs exit fleet and shuttle tankers join
  • Improvements on land biggest contributor to decline in piracy, says LMA
    Insurers are closely monitoring activity in the Gulf of Guinea
  • Nanjing Tanker faces trading halt after confirming 2012 loss
    Auditor questions whether state-owned tanker giant can continue operations
  • CMA CGM receives second 16,000 teu ship
    Alexander von Humbolt joins French Asia Line service
  • Container shipping - here to stay, but in what form?
    New technologies and social change will reshape the global liner trades
  • Testing the waters
    VLOC overcomes political obstacle to call at Chinese port
  • HCI clocks up 41st KG insolvency
    But issuing house predicts brighter medium-term prospects
  • Portek takes 80% stake in Baltic cargo handler
    Riga port operator handles more than 2.5m tonnes of cargoes per year
  • Asia-Europe trade faces fresh disruption
    Shippers should be braced for changed schedules and blanked sailings, says SeaIntel
  • Brokers pin their hopes on 2014 as capesize lull persists
    Rates static despite strong flow of fixtures
  • Convicted pirates fly home to serve out their sentences
    Somali government moves to harmonise counterpiracy message
  • West Africa heats up for suezmaxes
    Earnings rise $3,000 overnight
  • Reliance boss named world's 22nd richest billionaire
    Company's Jamnagar refinery reshapes product tanker trade
  • Shippers name their biggest challenges
    Reliability in delivering boxes to the final destination judged as still not good enough
  • Correction
    HSBC global head of transport, shipping, services and offshore Mark Long
  • HHI increases its order intake 84%
    South Korean industrial giant strengthens its shipbuilding and offshore books
  • SCCT targets tonnage cascade
    APM Terminals subsidiary targets local, regional and transhipment growth
  • Container industry faces a new normal for growth
    As western manufacturers stop outsourcing, box industry faces single-digit increases
  • Wider Panama Canal to save $40m from typical bunker bill
    Liner shipping conference told of 'ripple effects' for Asian box trades to US
  • Europe urged to heed external competition to defend cluster
    Policymakers 'tend to forget' shipping is the reason for maritime clusters, says Lyras
  • LNG fuel needs more time to be viable for box shipping
    Switch to alternative power source will take two or three decades, says Maersk
  • Vale Malaysia revises capacity to sidestep China's VLOC ban
    Sources say owner reported ship as 299,000 dwt as it entered Lianyungang

Fairplayweb site
APRIL 19, 2013
  • Tankers reportedly return to Assad's ports
    TANKER cargoes were reported today to be arriving again at Syria's government-held ports despite EU sanctions
  • TEN cuts its losses
    NYSE-listed Tsakos Energy Navigation today reported improved fourth-quarter results and voiced an upbeat view on long-term fundamentals
  • Nanjing Tanker's losses rise 64%
    SHANGHAI-listed Nanjing Tanker's shares will be suspended after it today posted FY12 losses - its third consecutive annual losses
  • Maersk mounts market share defence
    MAERSK Line has pledged to defend its market share "at any cost", even as some lines cut rates in reaction unexpectedly low box volumes since Chinese New Year
  • Triumph again delayed
    STORM damage has pushed back Carnival Triumph's service return until 13 June, Carnival Cruise Lines has confirmed
  • WLPGA urges improved LPG production
    THE World LP Gas Association is urging Chinese refineries to look into improving the production of LPG, calling it a versatile gas with many uses
  • Adani fined over green damages at Mundra
    ADANI Port & Special Economic Zone has been fined 2Bn rupees ($37M) in finding that it had damaged the coastal ecosystem at its Mundra facilities in Gujarat
  • HK shippers seek alternatives
    HONG KONG's shippers plan to shift use more traffic to ports in Guangdong province neighbouring the city in response to the four-week-long strike at HK's major box terminal
  • Keppel keeps 'buy'
    DBS Group Research maintained a 'buy' rating for Keppel shares despite a 56% fall in 1Q13 profits to S$331M ($268M)
  • LNG shipping restraint urged
    ALTHOUGH prospects for LNG demand appear bright, caution is needed before shipowners invest in newbuildings, shipbroker Banchero Costa warned
  • Eagle displaced as biggest KLC shareholder
    EAGLE Bulk Shipping is no longer troubled Korea Line Corp's biggest shareholder, South Korea's second-biggest drybulk shipping group said today
  • Triyards buying Oz base
    SINGAPORE-listed Triyards Holdings said today it will invest A$6.75M ($7M) for a logistics and supply base within the shipbuilding and maritime-related belt of Western Australia
  • Products tanker rates fall as naphtha trade slows
    LR TANKER rates are continuing to fall as naphtha trading activity slows
  • Asset sales keep CMB in profit
    ASSET sales kept Belgian bulker operator CMB in the black during the first quarter, but profits were nevertheless well down on the first three months of 2012
  • Dockwise shares trading ends
    TODAY will be the last trading day for shares of Dockwise, the Dutch project cargo and heavy-lift specialist listed in Oslo

The Journal of Commerceweb site
APRIL 19, 2013
  • JOC-ECRI Industrial Price Index Edges Down
    JOC-ECRI Industrial Price Index, week of April 19,2013 Full-size image A closely watched indicator of inflation posted a week-to-week decline but remained ahead of its one-year average for the 20th consecutive week. The Journal of Commerce-Economic Cycle Research Institute index registered 126.9319 for the week ended April 19, down from 128.1737 last week. During...
  • Rennovation Work Begins on Stafford, UK, Rail Line
    Work has started on the first phase of a £250 million (about US$380.8 million) program to improve performance and capacity on the Stafford, U.K., section of Europe's West Coast Main Line. Leading the works is the Staffordshire Alliance, a partnership of Atkins, Laing O'Rourke, Network Rail and VolkerRail, working as part...
  • Container Traffic Declines at Port of Koper, Slovenia
    The Port of Koper, Slovenia, reported container throughput in the first three months of 2013 totaling 146,903 20-foot-equivalent units, a decline of 3.4 percent compared with 152,072 TEUs in the same period in 2012. Container volume from January to March was 1.40 million tons, up from 1.34 million tons in the year-ago...
  • ASF Intermodal Opens Drayage Facility in Virginia
    ASF Intermodal has opened an intermodal drayage facility in Chesapeake, Va., to provide drayage service in and out of the port and rail facilities in the Norfolk area and to serve the Southeast. The new facility joins terminals in Mobile, Ala.; Atlanta; Charleston, S.C.; Memphis, Tenn.; Savannah, Ga.; and Houston....
  • Evergreen Christens New 8,452-TEU Vessel
    Ever Liven, the 10th in a series of 8,452 20-foot-equivalent unit L-type container ships to be operated by Evergreen Line, has been christened at the Samsung Heavy Industries shipyard in South Korea. The container carrier is also unveiling Ever Logic, the 11th vessel in the series. The vessels were ordered from...
  • Report Ranks Top 5 Marine Freight Companies
    The marine freight transportation industry's revenue is expected to reach $411.6 billion by 2017, according to Luctinel's "Top 5 Global Marine Freight Transportation Service Companies: Performance, Strategies and Competitive Analysis" report. The management consulting and market research firm found the Top 5 companies in the market were A.P. Moller-Maersk, Nippon Yusen...
  • Remember the USS Akron
    Eighty years ago this month, an accident now all but forgotten changed aviation and naval history. The USS Akron, a U.S. Navy airship, crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of New Jersey April 4, 1933, killing 73 of 76 sailors, officers and guests on board, including Rear Adm. William...
  • Consultant: E-Commerce Customers to Demand Excellence
    As customer expectations for improved service and rapid fulfillment of orders in the e-commerce space increase, retailers of all sizes must achieve excellence in their supply chains, according to a logistics expert. "Customers' expectations continue to escalate," said James Tompkins, an industry consultant who has written more than 30 books on...
  • Tacoma's First Quarter Container Volume Soars
    The Port of Tacoma's container volume in the first three months of 2013 rose 37 percent year-over-year to 469,233 20-foot-equivalent units. Demand for industrial machinery, furniture, auto parts and electronics pushed full import container volumes up nearly 52 percent to 172,421 TEUs, while gains in agricultural and wood products contributed to...
  • Ports America Promotes Smith to VP Post
    Ports America has promoted Chris Smith to the role of vice president, where he will be responsible for break bulk, bulk and military operations on the U.S. East, Gulf and West Coasts of the terminal operator's business unit Ports America Stevedoring. Smith will report to Tom Perdue, the business unit's president. Smith...
  • Port of Philadelphia Welcomes Horizon Lines
    Gov. Corbett welcomes Horizon Lines to Port of Philadelphia.Horizon Lines has relocated its U.S. Northeast port of call from Elizabeth, N.J., to the Packer Avenue Marine Terminal at the Port of Philadelphia. Under the terms of the agreement between Horizon and Packer, reached with the assistant of Pennsylvania's Gov. Tom Corbett...
  • CenterPoint Properties Trust to Establish DC Near LA
    CenterPoint Properties Trust to convert the facility for distribution.CenterPoint Properties Trust has acquired a single-story, 123,199-square-foot industrial building in Rancho Dominguez, Calif., an unincorporated section of Los Angeles, from Big Tree Big Sleep. The seller uses the facility to manufacture futons, and under the terms of the transaction will continue to...
  • NY-NJ Port: Six Busy Years Ahead
    The last piece of a complex labor puzzle has clicked into place at the Port of New York and New Jersey. Now things really will get interesting. Wednesday's contract agreement between the International Longshoremen's Association and the Metropolitan Marine Maintenance Contractors Association followed ratification of a coastwide master contract and a...
  • SCFI: Trans-Pacific Rates Down for 2nd Straight Week
    Shanghai Containerized Freight Index, U.S. East Coast, week of April 19, 2013 Full-size image Shanghai Containerized Freight Index spot rates for U.S.-bound trade lanes declined again in the week of April 19, although they remain more stable than the Asia-Europe rates. The spot rate to the U.S. East Coast dropped 2.5 percent or...
  • SCFI: Shanghai-North Europe Rate Lowest in More Than Year
    Shanghai Containerized Freight Index, North Europe, week of April 19, 2013 Full-size image The Shanghai Containerized Freight Index spot rate for Shanghai to northern European ports fell to $875 in the week of April 19, the lowest since February 2012. This followed an unsuccessful April 15 general rate increase of $500 per...
  • Oakland Reports Decline in Containers for March
    The Port of Oakland's containerized throughput dropped 5.4 percent year-over-year in March, reaching 186,617 20-foot-equivalent units, including both laden and empty containers. Fullly laden containerized imports in March totaled 53,532 TEUs, down 14.8 percent year-over-year, with exports totaling 87,965 TEUs, down 4 percent. Meanwhile, empty import containers totaled 29,311 TEUs, up...
  • Halifax's 1Q Container Traffic Tops 112,000 TEUs
    The Port of Halifax, Nova Scotia, reported container traffic for the first quarter of 2013 totaled 112,670 20-foot-equivalent units, jumping 26.3 percent from 89,214 TEUs in the first quarter of 2012. Containerized import volume was 54,457 TEUs, up 30.4 percent year-over-year, and export traffic totaled 58,213 TEUs, up 22.7 percent. Total cargo volume...
  • MOL to Launch Finland Express Service
    Port rotation of MOL's new Finland Express Service.Container carrier Mitsui O.S.K. Lines will launch its Finland Express Service on April 29, to expand service in the Baltic region. The port rotation will be: Bremerhaven and Hamburg, Germany; Ust-Luga and St. Petersburg, Russia; Kotka and Rauma, Finland; Gävle, Sweden; and back to Bremerhaven....

TradeWindsweb site
APRIL 19, 2013
  • Excel shares plummet
    Troubled Excel Maritime Carriers' shares have lost more than $31m in shareholder value today, leading the New York Stock Exchange to contact the owner about the high trading volumes.
  • Wilson Sons opens yard
    New facility doubles owner's tug and OSV building capacity in Brazilian city of Guaruja.
  • TEN slashes losses
    Tanker owner posts better-than-expected results and sees optimistic signs in tanker market.
  • SCI gets a kicking
    Shipping Corp of India (SCI) has been criticised by the government for a fruitless investment of INR 1.42bn ($26.27m) in a chemical tanker joint venture.
  • Cyprus fear spurs S&P
    Fear a Cyprus-style raid on savings could be duplicated by Greek banks is tempting Hellenic owners into the second hand market, a leading broker says.
  • Excel cape sold
    Japan's Excel Maritime has cut its exposure to the battered dry-cargo market after selling off one of its two capesize bulkers, brokers believe.
  • Even worse for Phoenix
    Struggling Chinese bulker owner CSC Phoenix has announced its 2012 loss was even bigger than first thought.
  • Puerto Rico progress
    Excelerate Energy is claiming a significant step forward with its Puerto Rico FLNG project.
  • Tranvast to order MPPs
    Chinese owner Tranvast Holding is tapping the domestic finance market as it seeks to order two vessels.
  • New plan for an old name
    TradeWinds digests the digits making the headlines this week.
  • Where's Villy?
    Analysts and investors were scratching their heads this week after learning that Excel Maritime Carriers of Greece was setting up shop in White Plains, New York.
  • Ferry expensive
    Washington politicians are reeling after the price of a new car ferry came in at twice the original estimate.
  • ENVC sale scrapped
    Portugal has ended the privatisation of struggling shipbuilder Viana do Castelo (ENVC) after it came under the scrutiny of the EU over aid.
  • A small slip?
    We take a look at what was said in the market over the past week.
  • Yards heading for lows
    Some of Korea's large shipbuilders could post record-low first quarter operating profit, according to a Korean analyst.
  • SinOceanic in debt deal
    Norway's SinOceanic Shipping is close to resolving its finance issues by converting loans to equity.
  • Ship tunnel dream moves closer
    Norway is edging nearer to building the world's first proper ship tunnel.
  • Moving day sale
    Paragon Shipping has put an extra two million shares on the table as part of its switch from the New York Stock Exchange to the Nasdaq.
  • Multraship orders duo
    Dutch salvor Multraship is heading to the domestic Damen shipyard group for two new tugs.
  • Drugs ship raided
    Italian police have seized 20 tons of drugs after raiding an Egyptian cargoship.
  • Stealth looking strong
    Jefferies has kicked off coverage of StealthGas with a buy rating on the Harry Vafias-led company.
  • Oshima's optional extras
    Taiwan's U-Ming has taken its kamsarmax newbuilding tally to four vessels at Oshima Shipbuilding in Japan.
  • TOP set for dropdown
    Teekay Corp has offered to sell a 50% stake in an FPSO to its MLP spin-off Teekay Offshore Partners.
  • KSS goes for VLGC
    KSS Line of Korea has said it will spend KRW 80.6bn ($72m) on another new VLGC.
  • North in stowage alert
    The North P&I Club has warned about break-bulk cargo storage problems particularly on ships departing China.
  • Portek in Latvia move
    Portek International has acquired an 80% stake in Latvian port operator Rigas Universalais Terminals SIA (RUT).
  • Noble ties up two
    Noble Corp has secured three-year charters for two deepwater drillships it has under construction at Hyundai Heavy Industries.

American Shipperweb site
APRIL 19, 2013
  • Maersk: Purpose of 'Triple Es' is to make money, not cut rates
    While the new containerships will result in a big infusion of capacity in the Asia-Europe trade, "we will put them in over a prolonged period and we will take out a number of vessels in other categories," Maersk CEO Nils Andersen said.
  • Ships relying on guards, not speed to fight pirates
    A report released this month estimates the cost of Somalia Piracy was around $5.7 billion-$6.1 billion in 2012, despite notable gains achieved by private armed security guards and aggressive naval activity.
  • Southwest starts using AirTran network for cargo
    According to officials, connecting the Southwest and AirTran cargo networks means that customers in Atlanta will now see 90 new cargo flights. New services will be offered in other major Southwest markets as well.
  • Air Cargo Germany suspends operations
  • CMA CGM receives second 16,000-TEU ship
  • Gov. Corbett welcomes Horizon service to Philadelphia
  • MOL's 1Q intermodal goal hurt by January factors
  • DSV unveils groupage offering
  • Vietnam Airlines stops transporting research monkeys
  • IKEA uses solar to energize Md. DC
  • Walmart to boost clean energy 600% by 2020
  • Ex-Im Bank, Citibank renew supply chain guarantee
  • ICAO, TIACA to collaborate on air cargo issues
  • U.S. Customs opens 3 more CEEs
    The centers include Chicago for base metals; Buffalo, N.Y., for industrial and manufacturing materials; and Laredo, Texas, for machinery, giving those industries smoother customs processing of imports and uniform enforcement.
  • John Deere tractors roll to Chad
  • Virgin founder promotes air freight logistics education
  • Feds give $8.9 million to fix damaged roads
  • Executive moves

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
APRIL 19, 2013
  • Weekly global market update
    A weekly price round up of bunkering hubs from around the globe.
  • Bunker prices end the week on firm note
    Demand was soft on the US Gulf, players told Bunkerworld.
  • IMarEST launches LNG Ship Fuel Technology Conference
    Event will explore challenges, development and potential of LNG as a fuel for merchant shipping.
  • Neptune Lines opts for Promas propulsion system
    Promas described as an integrated propeller and rudder system that increases efficiency and manoeuvrability.
  • Waste heat recovery system selected for UASC fleet
    Aalborg XS-TC7A economiser optimises use of waste heat from auxiliary engine exhaust gases during voyage and port stays.
  • Avails continue to be tight in Fujairah
    Prices moving up in Suez.
  • Prices rise across Europe
    Avails tight in Rotterdam.
  • Bunker savings possible from Panama Canal
    Major carrier could see savings of $40 million a year.
  • Tanker association targets late payers
    INTERTANKO also complains of 'imbalances in bunker-purchasing contracts'.
  • Scrubbing technology support from UK Shipping Minister
    Wants to 'bring shipping and abatement industry together' and encourage 'pragmatic approach' to enforcement.
  • NOL questioned on newbuilds
    Shareholder questions whether newbuilds are not compounding problems relating to overcapacity.
  • LNG bunkers: 'Not for thirty years'
    Fuel tank size the main problem, says Maersk executive.
  • Coscon issues emergency bunker adjustment
    Rates will be applicable to all shipments from Far East to South America East Coast.
  • Bunker prices in Asia firming
    Reports of terminal congestion in Singapore.
  • Dan-Bunkering welcomes new marketing executive
    Barbara Huong has 'several years of experience' from bunker business, says firm.
  • Electric ferry to start operations by year-end
    Ferry will be able 'to save up to 180,750 litres of fuel consumption over its lifetime.'
  • DNV: 'No doubt' that newbuilds can be more fuel efficient
    But CEO concedes there may have been exaggeration as to what 'ecoships' can do.
  • US Navy equips ship with bunker-saving systems
    Systems were 'specifically designed to improve automation' on the vessel, it says.
  • Yujin International planning to delist from London AIM
    Firm expects to delist from AIM on May 17.
  • New record for bunker stem in India
    2,800 mt delivered to MV Transporter at outer port limit, OW Bunker confirms to Bunkerworld.
  • DNV: LNG bunkering facilities coming sooner than expected
    Infrastructure can be built 'much faster' than LNG fuelled vessels, DNV CEO tells Bunkerworld.

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Venice
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Geneva
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Naples
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Schindellegi
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A.P. Møller Holding submits offer to acquire entire share capital of towing company Svitzer
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Rome
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Bucharest
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Six international shipping associations present a guide to planning safe navigation
London
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ESPO urges EU and Member States to allocate funds to decarbonise ships and ports
Brussels
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Beijing/Hong Kong
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Temporary Port Labor Supply Company in Cagliari Extended for Another 18 Months
Cagliari
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Beijing
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Genoa
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London
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Barcelona
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Augusta
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Hamburg
Profit after taxes amounted to 56.4 million euros (+33.1%)
Launch of a public consultation for the updating of the PRPs of the ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado
Genoa
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ITU, ICAO and IMO highlight risks to maritime and air transport caused by attacks on satellite communications
Geneva/Montreal/London
London Government presents its strategy for decarbonising maritime transport
London
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London
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Madrid
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Filt, Fit and Uilt, no to the transformation from "article 18" to "16" of the Livorno port company LTM
Leghorn
Unions ask port authority to block proliferation of new economic entities
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Trieste
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Shanghai
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Porto Marghera, renewal of concession to Terminal Rinfuse Venezia
Venice
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Paris
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Hong Kong
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Port of Genoa, Ente Bacini requests new spaces and renewal of the concession
Genoa
Conference to celebrate the centenary of the company
The public meeting of the Italian Port Terminal Operators Association will be held in Rome on June 19th
Genoa
VARD to build offshore dive vessel for Dong Fang Offshore
Alesund/Trieste
The contract is worth 113.5 million euros
Next week Italian ports will participate in Seatrade Cruise Global
Rome
Initiative brand: "CruiseItaly - One Country, Many Destinations"
MSC Group Cruise Terminal Officially Inaugurated in the Port of Barcelona
Barcelona
In 2027 it will be equipped with a cold ironing plant
Marcegaglia and Nova Marine Carriers form NovaMar Logistic joint venture
Lugano/Gazoldo of the Ippoliti
A general cargo ship will transport raw materials to the steel group's plants
Liebherr achieves record annual sales in the maritime and port crane segment
Bulls
Strong demand for offshore and container handling equipment
The annual conference "Programming, Operation and Management of Transport Networks" in Genoa
Genoa
It is dedicated to the transport and mobility sector
Last year, 656 ships underwent repair work in Greece
Piraeus
Increase of five units compared to 2023
Port of La Spezia, cruise ship docking simulations completed at Garibaldi West pier
The Spice
Assagenti conference on the future of the profession of maritime agent and broker
Genoa
It will be held tomorrow in Genoa
Francesco Beltrano is the new general secretary of Uniport
Rome
He takes over from Paolo Ferrandino, who will continue to collaborate as a consultant
Stena Line presents a project for a ro-ro vessel capable of reducing energy consumption by at least 20%
Gothenburg
Introduced most of the innovative technologies currently available
Saipem awarded new contracts in Middle East and Guyana
Milan
The total value of the orders is approximately 720 million dollars.
Conference in Genoa for the centenary of Ente Bacini
Genoa
The company was established on 19 February 1925
Interporto Bologna Board of Directors Renewed
Bentivoglio
Stefano Caliandro Appointed President. Loss of 1.7 million euros in 2024
NYK invests 76 billion yen in NYK Energy Ocean Corporation
Tokyo
The newco has taken over the activities of ENEOS Ocean
Decarbonisation of maritime transport will be faster in the EU and the US
DHL Acquires CRYOPDP
Bonn/Nashville
The company provides courier services for clinics and healthcare
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
Over a million to the port companies of Livorno and Piombino to acquire green vehicles
Leghorn
The ranking for admission to the PNRR-Next Gen Eu contributions has been published
COSCO Shipping Development Co.'s container sales increased by +204.1% in 2024
Shanghai
The related turnover increased by +124.0%
The call for funding for the purchase of electric vehicles in the ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado has been published
Genoa
Yang Ming Buys Three New 8,000 TEU Containerships
Keelung
They will be delivered between 2028 and 2029
Construction of a cruise ship for Regent Seven Seas Cruises begins in Marghera
Trieste
Fincantieri will deliver the unit in 2026
Federlogistica establishes operational offices in Spain and Brazil
Genoa
The aim is to go beyond theoretical cooperative relationships
Over a Ton of Cocaine Seized in the Port of Gioia Tauro
Reggio Calabria
If placed on the market it would have generated over 187 million euros
In 2024, the economic results of Interporto Padova reached record values
Padua
Revenues up +17%
Three ceremonies at the Saint-Nazaire shipyard for three new MSC Cruises ships
Geneva
New flagship "MSC World America" delivered
German railway company DB Cargo reduced losses in 2024
Berlin
Revenues down again. -9.0% drop in freight volumes
NovaAlgoma orders second 38,000 dwt cement carrier in China
Lugano
It will be taken over in 2027
Customs agreement between Italy and Brazil to facilitate trade
Brasilia
Mission of the Customs and Monopolies Agency in the South American nation
A team from La Spezia Container Terminal in Rotterdam to test advanced technologies
The Spice
ECT Hutchinson Ports Training Center Visited
The assembly of Genoese freight forwarders on Monday
Genoa
It will be held at the Palazzo della Borsa in Genoa
Assarmatori, in Italy the ferry segment cannot bear the burden of the EU ETS in a very fragile market situation
Brussels
Messina: Protecting shipping from the ideological excesses of the Green Deal
The website of the Port Authority Corps - Coast Guard has been renewed
Rome
It has become a single digital access point to documents and services
In 2024, inland waterway freight transport in Germany increased by +1.2%
Wiesbaden
The volume, at 173.8 million tonnes, is the second lowest since 1990.
APM Terminals Granted Port of New York - New Jersey Concession Renewal
New York
Contract for a period of 33 years. Investments of 500 million dollars are expected
Experimentation of crane automation has begun at the Interporto Padova terminal
Padua
The interport company awarded the "Industria Felix 2025 Award"
Container traffic in the port of Algeciras fell by -17.0% in February
Algeciras
Both import-export volumes and transhipment are decreasing
New cruise company Crescent Seas has been founded in Miami
Miami
The fleet, initially consisting of one ship from Regent Seven Seas Cruises, will grow to five units within the next five years
In 2024, the volume of vehicles transported by Wallenius Wilhelmsen's fleet decreased by -9.7%
Oslo
Traffic down on almost all global routes
Agreement between Assoporti and Assologistica and the Florida trade, transport and port authorities
Rome
It was signed today
In April a mission in Albania of The International Propeller Clubs - Italy
Genoa
It will take place on the 9th and 10th in Tirana and Durres
COSCO Shipping Ports revenues rose to a record $1.5 billion in 2024 (+3.3%)
Hong Kong
In the fourth quarter alone, a decrease of -3.0%
SO.RI.MA. (FHP group) granted a concession of an area of 125 thousand square meters in the port of Chioggia
Venice
Investments of 11.5 million euros expected over 25 years
PORTS
Italian Ports:
Ancona Genoa Ravenna
Augusta Gioia Tauro Salerno
Bari La Spezia Savona
Brindisi Leghorn Taranto
Cagliari Naples Trapani
Carrara Palermo Trieste
Civitavecchia Piombino Venice
Italian Interports: list World Ports: map
DATABASE
ShipownersShipbuilding and Shiprepairing Yards
ForwardersShip Suppliers
Shipping AgentsTruckers
MEETINGS
The public meeting of the Italian Port Terminal Operators Association will be held in Rome on June 19th
Genoa
The annual conference "Programming, Operation and Management of Transport Networks" in Genoa
Genoa
It is dedicated to the transport and mobility sector
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Damen Mangalia Unionists Protest Friday Against Possible Closure
(The Romania Journal)
Govt. to woo top ten shipping liners in world for Colombo port expansion
(Daily Mirror)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Relazione del presidente Nicola Zaccheo
Roma, 18 settembre 2024
››› File
Contship Italia’s intermodal network has been extended to the Gulf Terminal in La Spezia
Melzo
Connections with the inland terminals of Milan, Modena and Padua
Container traffic in the port of Valencia grew by +15.2% last month
Valencia
The overall volume of goods handled increased by +6.8%
The Northern Tyrrhenian Sea Port Authority obtains gender equality certification
Leghorn
It is the first Italian port authority to obtain this recognition
Container traffic growth weakens at ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach
Los Angeles/Long Beach
Last month, increases of +2.6% and +13.4% respectively were recorded
Assarmatori, the Italian government's position on the impact of the EU ETS on shipping and ports is good
Rome
Messina: fully understood the risks and distortions of European climate regulation
PSA Italy's Genoa port terminals awarded anti-corruption certification
Genoa
The UNI EN ISO 37001 standard defines the requirements for an effective anti-corruption management system
Assiterminal presents three projects for the sustainable transition of the Italian port sector
Rome
Work completed on docks 33 and 34 of the port of Civitavecchia
Civitavecchia
50,000 square meters of yards prepared
The completion and doubling of the Pontremolese is the dream-nightmare of the La Spezia port community
The Spice
Fontana: Money is not found when enormous resources are channeled into railway lines of dubious utility
Hanwha acquires 9.9% stake in shipbuilding company Austal
Sydney
Investment worth approximately 116 million US dollars
The European fleet is growing but competing fleets are growing at a faster rate
Brussels
Raptis (European Shipowners): investing ETS revenues in clean shipping technologies and fuels
Trasportounito has confirmed the national halt to the transport of goods
Rome
Proclaimed for the duration of five days from March 31st to April 4th
Container traffic in Hong Kong port increased by +9.1% in February
Hong Kong
However, for the second time in the last 25 years, cargo volume was below one million TEU.
Cargo traffic in Greek ports stable in Q3 2024
Piraeus
The increase in volumes transported on domestic routes has offset the decline in traffic with foreign countries
At the Vado Ligure container terminal a 21,000 teu container ship fully loaded
I go to Liguria
The 400-meter-long Cosco Shipping Nebula has landed
UIR proposes a permanent table for the development of intermodality
Verona
The main task is to build a project financing program.
Restructuring plan approved for Spanish company Armas Trasmediterránea
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Creditors' appeal rejected
The decline in cargo traffic at the port of Singapore worsened in February
Singapore
Containerized cargoes amounted to 27.4 million tons (-3.6%)
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