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June 12, 2014
Sched Netweb site
  • Hapag hikes Asia Europe rate US$1,000 July 9, Cosco boosts rate July 1
  • Yang Ming adds connection to extend China-SE Asia-West India reach
  • Party ousts ex-Cosco VP who faces court sanctions for false expenses
  • Maersk takes in ninth 18,000-TEU newbuilding for Asia-Europe trade
  • APMT denies its low profit helps build parent Maersk's high profits
  • Brutal ice conditions on Great Lakes continues to hit shipping hard
  • Barcelona Europe South Terminal to ramp up capacity for bigger ships
  • CSAV expects Hapag-Lloyd merger to save costs by ending duplications
  • No change in Iranian cargo volumes after 5 months of sanctions relief
  • Samudera and Cosco team up in Straits-Indonesia-Thailand service
  • Seafarers win 6.5pc raise over 3 years from ITF-signatory owners
  • 'Staggering' losses in railway jobs if EPA wins on carbon: Teamsters
  • Truckers hail 29-1 Senate committee vote to stay hours-of-service rule
  • Second guerilla attack at Karachi airport again suspends cargo flights
  • e-AWB use increases to 14.3pc in April - 0.9pc more than in March
  • IAG Cargo to fly to Montevideo and Santa Domingo starting September 1

Exim Indiaweb site
JUNE 11, 2014
  • CSC India gets 'Exceptional Position under Cold Chain Category' award at SCALE 2013
  • New regional structure for counter-piracy code implementation
  • Oilmeal exports plunge nearly 50 pc on lower demand
  • DP World's TURN8 seed accelerator prepares for investor demo day
  • Economy can grow by improving port sector, Shipping Minister advised
  • T.S.N. Murthy leaves his mark on New Mangalore Port
  • DHL Express inaugurates new, enhanced service centre in Ludhiana
  • Railways' freight revenue earnings up 5.76 pc during April-May
  • Take steps to streamline taxes, create jobs for galvanising export sector, Fieo advises Finance Minister
  • Adani Group celebrates 'World Environment Day - 2014' at Mundra

International Transport Journalweb site
  • BNSF investing in northern corridor states
  • Colas Rail purchases ten locomotives
  • European Rail Freight Association has new President
  • DHL introduces teardrop trailer in Germany and France
  • Conceptum official FIS logistics partner
  • UTi creates global ocean charter desk
  • Emirates cancels A350 order
  • IDS Logistik scoops up delivery service provider
  • Lufthansa Cargo laurels for Thomas Smith Group
  • Hyundai to sell stake in logistics unit
  • Etihad and WIN facilitating e-AWB shipments from the USA

Marine Logweb site
JUNE 11, 2014
  • GAO turns down Vigor bid protest
  • President Obama signs WRRDA into law
  • Wärtsilä inks three-year service deal with DOF
  • Singapore company charged in North Korea missile ship case
  • More lock gates arrive in Panama

World Wide Shipperweb site
JUNE 11, 2014
  • Seattle Port Commission Oks business park development
  • Portland Airport marks anniversary of Delta Air Lines flights to Tokyo
  • Ardmore Shipping purchases pair of used product tankers
  • AAPA congratulates President on signing of Water Resources Act
  • Second rolling gate shipment arrives for Panama Canal project

Lloyd's Listweb site
JUNE 11, 2014
  • Indian shipping braces itself for Modi's revolution
    Maritime industries enthusiastic for new government's growth agenda
  • Lenders to auction Zim debt
    For sale: $62m credit facility secured by three boxships
  • Mitsui VLCC helps daily earnings rise off the floor
    Earnings head up after weeks in doldrums
  • Opec retains production ceiling of 30m barrels per day
    Saudi oil minister sees a $95-$110 price range as acceptable
  • Inactive boxship fleet stabilises after mid-March decline
    Capacity of containerships not in use remains at 1.7% of total fleet
  • G2 Capital Partners targets dry bulk sector
    Souravlas worries about timing of recovery and thus the segment's appeal to investors
  • Aronnax: Days of easy efficiency wins are over
    Shipowners and operators will have to start digging deep to find next round of fuel savings
  • China Shipping Development to expand long range tanker fleet
    Tanker giant seeks newbuilding and acquisition deals
  • US box volumes expected to spike in June
    Retailers say goods arrive early due to fears of west coast industrial action
  • ISSA names Hajah as new president
    Olsen will step down at end of year
  • Singapore owner faces North Korea arms charges
    Chinpo and a senior executive face prosecution over Chong Chon Gang shipment
  • Global Gateways: Asia
    In the first of a five-part series, Containerisation International looks at the challenges facing Asian ports
  • The importance of data accuracy
    The data provision services of shipping lines are increasing in importance. But is the accuracy of that data up to scratch?

Sea-webweb site
JUNE 11, 2014
  • Lauritzen signs with Namura for handy pair
    Danish shipowner Lauritzen Bulkers and Japan's Namura Shipbuilding have signed contracts for two handysize bulkers at a signing ceremony in Copenhagen yesterday. The two 34,000dwt eco design vessels are scheduled for delivery from Namura's Hakodate Dock shipyard in 2017. "The newbuilding contract
  • Gothenburg boosts rail capacity
    APM Terminals Gothenburg is investing in new rail capacity and equipment as a result of the success of Sweden's north-south cargo shuttle and in anticipation of a modal shift when stricter ship emission limits are imposed next year. The terminal operator said container capacity would jump by 50%
  • Chinese yard for CSDC tanker trio
    A Hong Kong stock exchange filing has revealed that an unnamed Chinese yard is poised to win an order for up to three Panamax tankers from compatriot shipowner China Shipping Development Co (CSDC). The order will be for two firm 65,000dwt tankers with an option for one additional vessel. The board
  • New Sri Lanka terminal first to have flow meters
    Sri Lanka's new bunkering facility with 51,000 m³ storage capacity in southern Hambantota port will be the first in the region to be fitted with flow meters to ensure accurate supply, the Sri Lanka Ports Authority announced. It will be officially inaugurated by President Mahinda Rajapaksa on June
  • Samsung replaces Oshima in Vietnam
    South Korean giant, Samsung Group is replacing Japan's Oshima Shipbuilding in a new shipyard project in Vietnam after the Japanese yard had withdrawn. The yard is due to be built in Cam Ranh in Khanh Hoa province and Samsung is expected to invest $500M in the new yard. Oshima secured an investment
  • Murakami Hide wins LPG pair
    Japanese shipbuilder Murakami Hide has won orders for two small LPG carriers with one each from compatriot owner Fuji Iron Works and Marshall Islands registered Daytona Industries. The two 4,500m³ vessels will have an overall length of 99.98m, beam 17.5m, and will be classed by NK. Fuji Iron Works
  • Tramp fleet fragmentation delays recovery
    A recovery in period rates for charter container vessels is being held back by deconsolidation among owners and chartering agents, a leading German shipbroker has warned. Hamburg-based Ernst Russ Shipbroker, said the balance of power between owners and charterers in the container ship market has
  • Barito River closure halts Kalimantan coal exports
    Coal exports from Kalimantan have been disrupted by the closure of the Barito River, a key barging route on the Indonesian island. The Barito Kuala Regency administration shut the channel, which cuts Central and South Kalimantan, on 5 June, after a rare dispute between shippers and port operator, PT
  • Fugro wins MH370 contract
    UK-based Fugro Survey has won the Australian contract to conduct a bathymetric survey of the seafloor in the search area for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. "Fugro was selected through a limited tender process," Joint Agency Coordination Centre (JACC) spokesperson told IHS Maritime. The
  • VLCC rate standoff continues
    The rally in VLCC rates seen yesterday proved to be short-lived as charterers managed to force rates down again. Rates to ship crude oil on VLCCs reached their highest levels in a month yesterday as owners fought back against a weakening trend. The Baltic Dirty Tanker Index yesterday assessed rates
  • Sewol crew defends decision to abandon ship
    The 15 crew members of the capsized ferry Sewol have defended their decision to abandon the vessel even as passengers were trapped. During the first day of their trial yesterday, the crew, including Lee Jun-Seok, the captain at the time, insisted that it was the Korea Coast Guard's responsibility,
  • Taiwan's economic growth remains optimistic
    Taiwan's economic growth will remain positive, although export increase was lower than expectation in May, two banks said on Tuesday. Taiwan's exports to major destinations made a year-on-year increase in May, with exports to China and Hong Kong, Europe and the United States up by 6.4%, 5.8% and 1%,
  • Dynamic Oil Trading prioritises long-term rapport
    Singapore-based Dynamic Oil Trading highlighted the importance of building a long-term partnership between shipowners and bunker suppliers in the wake of using latest technology such as mass flow metres. "Understandably, following the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore's decision to make mass
  • IEA predicts China gas Golden Age
    The 'golden Age' of natural gas, driven by booming demand, will expand to China from North America over the next five years, the International Energy Agency said in its 2014 Medium-Term Gas Market Report released today. Chinese gas demand, expected to be doubled through 2019, may compensate for a
  • Indonesia to double coal consumption by 2022
    Indonesia plans to double its coal consumption, a move that would have ramifications on the dry bulk shipping market as the country is the world's biggest steam coal exporter. State power provider PLN has forecast the country will burn 151M tonnes/year in 2022, up 82% from 2014's domestic market
  • CSDC to own 20% stake in oil shipping company
    China Shipping Development (CSDC), a bulk-shipping arm of the China Shipping Group, said today it planned to take over a 20% stake in compatriot Shanghai North Sea Shipping for at least CNY830M ($133M). China Shipping Tanker Shipping, a wholly owned subsidiary of CSDC, will place a bid with a bottom
  • Korean Air to be Hanjin Shipping's biggest shareholder
    Korean Air Lines will become the biggest shareholder of its affiliate Hanjin Shipping through the purchase of additional shares. KAL will pay KRW400Bn ($394M) for 74,074,074 shares that would be transferred to the airline on 17 June, giving it a 33.2% stake in South Korea's biggest shipping company.

The Journal of Commerceweb site
JUNE 11, 2014
  • Qingdao Port probe dampens Hong Kong investor interest
    The listing of Qingdao Port International on the Hong Kong Exchange has been completely overshadowed by the commodities financing scam that is rocking the Chinese banking sector, and investors have shown little interest in the Bohai Rim port operator. The world's seventh busiest container port debuted on June 6 at the...
  • Lufthansa warns of lower cargo performance as competition heats up
    Lufthansa today warned that an expected rebound in its cargo business hasn't materialized and there's no pickup in sight as it lowered its profit targets for the next two years. "The revenue risks mentioned when we presented the quarterly figures in early May have unfortunately materialized," said Simon Menne, chief officer...
  • Second set of Panama Canal gates makes landfall
    The second of four shipments of new rolling gates for the Panama Canal Expansion Program arrived at the canal yesterday afternoon after nearly one month at sea. The gates left Trieste, Italy, on the STX Sun Rise in mid-May, and traveled through the Strait of Gibraltar and across the Atlantic to...
  • New Orleans firm triples plastics-bagging capacity
    TCI Plastics is expanding its petrochemicals bagging operation at the Port of New Orleans to more than triple the facility's annual capacity to 68,000 20-foot-equivalent units of containers. The expansion will increase the port's containerized exports by almost 15 percent, said Christian Jensen, president of TCI. The company is a division...
  • Pennsylvania honors medical supplier as top exporter
    Welder at work at UMF Medical.A small business based in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, took home one of the state's most coveted business awards with an aggressive export strategy. UMF Medical President & CEO Eileen Melvin and Director of International Trade Joshua Miller talked to the JOC on June 10, just days after...
  • Industry's fingers crossed as ILWU talks proceed
    Cargo interests, shipping lines and railroads have done all they can to prepare for the July 1 expiration of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union contract. The trade community is now looking to the negotiations in San Francisco to see if an agreement will be reached without disruptions at West...
  • Celadon chips away acquisition debt with sale of TruckersB2B
    Celadon Group, a $681 million trucking operator that has been buying smaller truckload carriers at a fast clip, sold its longstanding stake in a vendor discount program aimed at smaller trucking firms. The company surrendered its minority stake in TruckersB2B, a program with more than 25,000 carrier members, which offers discounts...
  • Drewry: Spot rate in trans-Pacific stays at year's lowest point
    Drewry benchmark spot rate from Hong Kong to Los Angeles as of June 11, 2014. Full-size chart There was no change in the Drewry benchmark spot rate from Hong Kong to Los Angeles this week, as the rate per 40-foot container continued at a 2014-low of $1,750 per FEU. The $1,750-per-FEU spot rate...
  • Dockworker strike shuts Finland's ports
    Finnish ports are at a standstill today after dockworkers walked off the job in response to alleged threats to a union official by the representative of a Russian vessel. The 24-hour strike by around 2,000 dockworkers is due to end tomorrow at 6 a.m. Finnish time. The Transport Workers Union said one...
  • Imperial Tobacco unveils Madrid IPO for logistics business
    Imperial Tobacco announced plans to float its Logista transport unit on the Madrid stock exchange as its focuses on its core higher margin cigarettes operation. The UK company will retain a majority stake in Logista in an initial public offering that is expected to value the pan-European transport company at between...
  • APMT Mumbai wants to expedite import pickups to ease congestion
    APM Terminals' management in India's Port of Jawaharlal Nehru (Nhava Sheva) is asking shipping lines and agents to speed removal of import containers to ease congestion at the terminal. The private terminal operator in a trade advisory said it is providing round-the-clock gate activity to allow quicker turnaround times for truckers...
  • Mega-ships seeing greater delays than smaller ships at European ports
    Average delays were greater for larger ships at four North Europe ports, April 15 to May 15, 2014. Full-size chart Container ships with capacities of 10,000 TEUs or greater are more likely to be delayed at European ports than smaller vessels, which could negatively impact shippers' supply chains as mega-ships increasingly come...
  • Project aims to develop LNG-powered 14,000-TEU container ships
    Offering further evidence that liquid natural gas is being seriously looked at as an alternative fuel for container ships, a Greek ship manager said it is working with Lloyd's Register and Daewoo Shipbuilding to develop LNG-fueled ultra-large container ships of 14,000 TEUs. The move by Piraeus-based Capital Ship Management Corp., which...
  • American Airlines boosts Asia network
    American Airlines Boeing 777-300ERAmerican Airlines is adding Hong Kong and Shanghai to its daily Asian routes this week as the carrier capitalizes on 12 consecutive months of air freight growth and improving yields, rare in an industry struggling against excess capacity and fierce competition. The daily passenger services from Dallas-Ft. Worth...
  • Former YRC exec Rogers takes on Universal Truckload challenge
    Jeff Rogers, until last September the president of YRC Freight, will have a new job and a new challenge next year when he becomes the next CEO of Universal Truckload Services, a $1 billion trucking and logistics company. Rogers will succeed H.E. "Scott" Wolfe, who will retire at the end...

TradeWindsweb site
JUNE 11, 2014
  • DLNG turns on the tap
    Dynagas LNG Partners of Greece has turned to the capital markets for the cash it needs to acquire an LNG carrier from its sponsor, Dynagas Holdings.
  • Capes lose steam
    Freight rates for capesize bulkers trading in the spot market lost traction Wednesday, which marked the end of a winning streak that lasted for nearly two weeks.
  • Texas blaze contained
    Authorities in the US are investigating the cause of a blaze that broke out on board a cargoship moored in the Corpus Christi Ship Channel Tuesday afternoon.
  • Noah's arc
    Canaccord Genuity has initiated research coverage of the dry-bulk segment and six US-listed bulker stocks.
  • NWS at centre of strike
    The ongoing boycott of North-Western Shipping (NWS) vessels is behind a nationwide port strike in Finland on Wednesday.
  • UK holds four
    Three German ships were among four detained after failing safety checks in the UK during May.
  • Thorco eyes IPO
    Denmark's Thorco Shipping is plotting a big fleet expansion as it eyes an IPO.
  • Cyprus stands firm
    Cyprus' ship management industry is growing again after riding out the shipping slump.
  • Lauritzen takes Japanese duo
    J Lauritzen has firmed up a contract with Namura Shipbuilding for two handysize newbuildings.
  • Hanjin to delay?
    South Korea's Hanjin Shipping could postpone an issue of convertible bonds due to unfavourable terms.
  • Crew plead not guilty
    The captain and 10 crew members from the sunken South Korean ferry Sewol have denied homicide and negligence charges against them.
  • $48 per month
    A seafarer was being paid as little as $1.09 per hour on a Turkish-owned cargoship detained in the UK.
  • Wartsila does Dof deal
    Finnish engine maker Wartsila has won a service agreement covering 30 of Dof's offshore vessels.
  • Master guilty of delay
    Filipino captain fined in New Zealand for not informing authorities of cargoship grounding.
  • CSDC lines up tankers
    China Shipping Development Co (CSDC) has lined up an order for up to three new tankers in China.
  • Finnish ports shut down
    Finnish transport workers union AKT has closed down the country's ports after an official was allegedly threatened.
  • Five more years
    BW Offshore (BWO) has extended an FPSO contract with Ithaca Energy for another five years.
  • Samsung steps in
    South Korea's Samsung Group is taking over a new shipyard project in Vietnam after Oshima Shipbuilding of Japan pulled out.
  • CSDC bids for owner
    The board of China Shipping Development Co (CSDC) has approved a move to take a stake in a domestic tanker rival.
  • Fugro joins MH370 hunt
    Fugro has been contracted to support the underwater search for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight 370 (MH370).
  • Thoresen ship disabled
    A Thoresen Shipping bulker has reportedly been disabled off the coast of Finland after suffering an engine room fire.
  • US volumes to spike
    Container import volumes at US ports are expected to see a significant jump this month, a trade body has forecast.

American Shipperweb site
JUNE 11, 2014
  • Drewry: Shortage of ship officers will grow
    The current officer supply is 610,000, a shortfall of 19,000. This shortfall is forecast to rise to 21,700 by 2018 given that there will be a need for an additional 38,500 officers by that time, according to Drewry.
  • FAA approves Alaska survey drone
  • New Jones Act tanker company created
    Aker Philadelphia Shipyard, American Shipping Company and funds affiliated with Apollo Global Management, have created a pure-play Jones Act shipping company, Philly Tankers. Two tankers will be built by 2017.
  • CIMC building new container factory in Ningbo
    Located in the Yinzhou Economic Development Zone, the plant will make various kinds of logistic equipment such as standard or special containers, CIMC said in a filing with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. The factory will cost $482 million.
  • Schneider Electric to use Llamasoft for supply chain design
  • Airports see air cargo growth in April
    Cargo volumes at airports around the world rose 4.8 percent, year-over-year, in April, according to Airports Council International. For the first four months of the year, activity rose 3.7 percent. North American freight rose by 6.1 percent.
  • UTi opens ocean service centers
  • American Airlines launches new Asian routings
  • Politicians, industry react to president's signing of WRRDA
    President Barack Obama signed the Water Resources Reform and Development Act into law Tuesday, authorizing the Army Corps of Engineers to improve the nation's waterways and ports.
  • Executive moves

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
JUNE 11, 2014
  • Labour strike 'will not' delay Panama Canal expansion project
    ACP says new set of locks will be operational by the January 2016 deadline.
  • Little price movement in Middle East hub
    No price changes in Suez.
  • Market uncertain mid-week
    Gains in Rotterdam but falls in Hamburg.
  • 'Blend or upgrade' consultant tells refiners
    Post-2015 market could see more cokers being built.
  • EIA: Fuel oil demand to fall by 10% in 2015
    Predicted fall comes as new ECA regulations comes into force.
  • New product aims to boost efficiency and reduce emissions
    Technical grade material can be used for industrial and marine applications.
  • Strike continues to disrupt deliveries in Yeosu
    'Most refiners have suspended spot offers.'
  • Asian IFO rates see midweek gains
    Rates have risen at most key regional markets.
  • Dock strike in Finland
    24-hour walk out ends tomorrow.
  • Shipbuilder scores order for LNG dual-fuel engine
    Engine comes with dual-fuel capability.
  • Firm to start production of fuel scrubbing systems
    Customer could order more units.
  • LSMGO bunker facility opens in UK port
    Facility comprises a pipeline and fuel storage tanks, says Certas Energy.
  • President to open Hambantota bunkering facility
    President Mahinda Rajapaksa to be present at June ceremony.

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Leghorn
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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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