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November 13, 2014
Sched Netweb site
  • Sun sets on Horizon as carrier broken up, sold to Matson, Pasha
  • Beware of paying bankrupt OW Bunker lest you pay twice: insurer
  • Maersk Line profit up 23.5pc to US$685 million, fresh tonnage on order
  • West coast dock talks become testy as go-slows move south to LA
  • With oversupply, Cosco chief sees no hope of shipping recovery in two years
  • Evergreen: Falling oil prices risk higher ship speeds and more oversupply
  • Oil prices must fall far before ships will abandon slow steaming: Clarksons
  • Mexico revokes US$3.7 billion China rail deal when opposition cry foul play
  • MSC switches to Lome as West Africa hub for Far East trade
  • Ghana's Tema port gets set for big time, dredging 16 metres alongside
  • More 5,000-TEUers plus to call at West African ports
  • Uni-Top Airlines buys 51pc of GrandStar Cargo and debt burden
  • Tehran, Lisbon sign air deal, first such Iran-EU treaty in 35 years
  • Lufthansa Cargo to serve Norway's oil hub Stavanger-Houston route
  • Korean Air flies Seoul-LA-Lima route through LAN code-share

Exim Indiaweb site
NOVEMBER 12, 2014
  • ITIC warns on pitfalls of confidentiality agreements
  • Liberian Registry provides MOL-funded medical supplies to Ebola-hit Liberia
  • Maersk Line, APM Terminals register profit in Q3 2014
  • Hero MotoCorp eyes acquisitions to enter European market
  • Andhra to develop 14 ports
  • VOC Port Trust observes Vigilance Awareness Week
  • 34 highway projects worth INR 26K cr. up for revival
  • DHL appoints new Head for Air Freight Capacity Management in India
  • New automobiles freight train starts from Melpakkam SATTVA ICD/Rail siding
  • Trouble-free Europe-Asia transit seen as indispensable
  • Increased production by CIL may help stop imports of coal: Goyal
  • India might ink CEPA with CIS Customs union
  • India, Russia boost ties through various pacts
  • ISSDA wary about rising stainless steel imports
  • Jaitley expects further dip in inflation; pegs GDP growth at 5.9 pc
  • China plans $ 16.3 bn fund to revive Silk Road trade

International Transport Journalweb site
  • Vertrauen ist gefragt
  • Anglia Freight expands fleet
  • Röhlig snaps up Indian subsidiary
  • More integration at Adriatic Gate Container Terminal
  • TNT investing in European network
  • Jet Aviation picks MUC team leader
  • Maru elects Gary Sawyer to board
  • GLS Italy opens new hub near Rome
  • Fuel cell propulsion to replace diesel locomotives
  • Horses jumping high in the sky
  • Contargo appoints new executive to grow Benelux business
  • London Gateway wins deep-sea container services
  • EU studies on Timisoara airport freight development
  • Crowley arrives in Africa
  • First private car train rolling on India's rails
  • Matson and Pasha splitting up Horizon spoils

IHS Maritimeweb site
NOVEMBER 12, 2014
  • Potable water rules tighten for ships
    Misunderstood or overlooked requirements are driving up violations of drinking water regulations on ships, according to providers of sanitation systems. Last year's introduction of the Marine Labour Convention's standards for Food and Catering lays down regular documented inspections of drinking
  • New seal design extends eco protection
    A new generation of seals for stern tubes and thrusters, based on a bottom-up redesign and offering reduced repairs, has been introduced by Stone Marine Seals. The Eco Seal replaces traditional seal design elements with a new internal architecture that avoids the need for any parts to rotate
  • ITF wins US seafarer service award
    The UK's Stephen Cotton, general secretary of the International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF), has been awarded the 2014 Admiral of the Ocean Sea Award by The United Seamen's Service (USS). Co-winners of the award were Joseph Cox, president/CEO of the Chamber of Shipping of America, and
  • Cost could hamper Asia's take-up of LNG
    LNG's high shipping costs could make it hard for the fuel to become significantly cheaper, said speakers at the International Energy Agency (IEA) press meeting today in London. Background costs for LNG - including extraction, liquefaction, and transport - combine to make it a more expensive source
  • Thieves strike again in Mauritian port
    Indian Oil Mauritius (IOML) informed police yesterday that it had uncovered a major theft of oil from its terminal within the port precincts at Port Louis, Mauritius. According to Le Mauricien newspaper, 114 barrels of lubricating oil, totalling 23,806 litres and worth Rs1.7M ($54,000), were found
  • STX plans India LNG shipbuilding move
    STX Offshore & Shipbuilding Co has offered to share technology with three Indian yards for constructing LNG carriers in India. But the beleaguered South Korean shipbuilder needs India's state-owned natural gas firm GAIL (India) to relax its terms on a tender for nine vessels to let it participate.
  • Aquarius ballast treatment gets USCG nod
    Wärtsilä's Aquarius EC Ballast Water Management System (BWMS) has been granted acceptance as an alternative management system (AMS) by the US Coast Guard (USCG), says the engine maker. With this clearance Wärtsilä has passed the first stage towards full USCG type approval, which the company aims to
  • Boustead awards $78.3M contract to CAD
    Malaysia-listed conglomerate Boustead Holdings has awarded a EUR63M ($78.3M) contract to Contraves Advanced Devices (CAD) to build six frigate-class patrol vessels for the Royal Malaysian Navy. The contract was issued by Boustead Naval Shipyard (BNS), a subsidiary of Boustead holdings, for
  • Eitzen aims to swap its debts for equity
    Eitzen Chemical, the listed Norwegian chemical carrier group, said today that it expects debt-to-equity conversion to repair its balance sheet amid widening losses. In the third quarter, the group lost $23.7M, compared with an $18.4M shortfall in the same period last year, while revenues slipped to
  • HHI bags Abu Dhabi oilfield contract
    Hyundai HI (HHI) has signed a $1.94Bn contract with Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Company (ADMA-OPCO) to develop Abu Dhabi's al-Nasr offshore oilfield in the UAE. As part of the second package of the al-Nasr Full Field Development Project, HHI will provide engineering, procurement, construction,
  • Low oil price clouds Subsea 7's outlook
    Subsea 7, a London-based seabed-to-surface construction company, warns that cheaper oil could make it harder for the firm to win new contracts. CEO Jean Cahuzac repeated a warning he has made throughout the year that the timing of large-scale projects remains uncertain. "This trend was
  • Maritime job seekers hunt permanent work
    Skilled seafarers are available in the job market but may need to be coaxed into the positions on offer through longer-term contracts, according to a new survey. Worldwide Recruitment Solutions (WRS) analysed 5,300 responses from job seekers and found the maritime industry has plenty of experienced
  • MOL forms Clean Products Tankers Alliance
    Japan-headquartered shipping company, Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has reached an agreement with Ultranav International (Ultranav), OSG International and Asahi Tanker to form a new product tanker pool. The new pool named Clean Products Tankers Alliance will operate a combined fleet of around 60 MR
  • South Korean shipbuilders face credit rate cut
    Several shipbuilders are among a host of South Korean firms that had their credit ratings downgraded, due largely to their poorer-than-expected 3Q earnings. Hyundai HI (HHI), the world's largest shipyard, was cut by one notch by two local rating agencies to "AA" from "AA+" due to its 3Q earnings.
  • Six rescued after vessel collision
    A total of six crew members on board a Chinese cargo vessel were rescued yesterday after a collision with a container ship off Xiamen, China. Chinese cargo vessel Hai Run 607 with six crew members on board collided with 2008-built 1,740teu container ship Hansa Siegburg late yesterday southeast of
  • China coal imports down 7.7% y/y
    China's coal imports declined 7.7% year on year to 243M tonnes in the first 10 months in 2014 due to competition from cheaper domestic coal. The drop in coal imports accelerated in October, according to China's latest customs statistics. Import prices fell 15.3% y/y to CNY475.6 ($77.6) per tonne
  • Hoegh and Wallem Ship Management to set up JV
    Hoegh Autoliners and Wallem Ship Management plan to establish a joint venture company in Singapore to manage 28 vessels operated by Hoegh Autoliners. The company will handle the technical management of all Hoegh Autoliners-owned vessels, a statement of Wallem said today. There are 28 owned vessels
  • Samsung HI clinches contracts worth $700M
    South Korean shipbuilder Samsung HI (SHI) clinched contracts to build two offshore platforms worth $700M. One of the orders was commissioned by Royal Dutch Shell (Shell) for construction of a substructure of a floating production unit (FPU); the project is already in the design stage. A SHI company

Marine Logweb site
NOVEMBER 12, 2014
  • Ray Bagley named NNS VP of Trade Operations
  • Safety Alert: Accidental release of CO2 system
  • Harvey Gulf opts for Advanced Logistics software
  • Eastern celebrates another HOSMAX double
  • SeaTech Solutions to design Nautilus seabed mining vessel
  • Another Wärtsilä BWMS gets AMS approval

World Wide Shipperweb site
NOVEMBER 12, 2014
  • Matson announces purchase deal for Horizon Lines' Alaska operations
  • Mitsui joining partnership to form product tanker alliance
  • Crowley teams with IbisTek to create Ghana joint venture
  • American Association of Port Authorities presents awards to port industry leaders
  • General Dynamics NASSCO begins product tanker construction

Lloyd's Listweb site
NOVEMBER 12, 2014
  • Ross promotes his eco newbuild strategy
    Billionaire investor talks publicly for the first time about purchase of four suezmax tankers and four VLCCs
  • Fallout from OW Bunker bankruptcy continues
    Owners using independent suppliers are warned to take care
  • Lower crude prices fail to raise tanker stocks
    Glut of cheap oil seen as boom for tonne mileage and bunker savings
  • Transpacific volumes increase 9% in September
    Increase comes despite port congestion and concerns over a west coast port shutdown
  • Eitzen Chemical struggles in third quarter
    Chemtanker owner in talks with creditors to strengthen balance sheet, while facing weaker Chinese chemical demand in 2014
  • Matson fulfils ambition to expand into Alaska trades
    Jones Act lines consolidate as Horizon break up allows Matson and Pasha to expand
  • Maersk performance better than share price declines suggest
    Macquarie says Danish shipping giant's third-quarter performance affected by $70m tax charge
  • Tsakos elected chairman of Intertanko
    New leader champions self-discipline but also better remuneration for industry
  • Throughput continues to rise among top ranked ports
    Combined volumes of top ten box ports up 5.6% in first nine months of 2014
  • VLCC earnings steady as December loading programme poised to start
    Steady and flat better than low and miserable
  • K Line expands orderbook of capesize bulkers
    Japanese conglomerate and TCC places joint order at Imabari Shipbuilding
  • Containership queue outside LA/Long Beach lengthens
    MSC Francesca largest vessel at anchor as 14 ships wait to berth
  • Industrial regulator delays Port Hedland strike
    Maritime engineers must vote on Teekay's enterprise agreement before going on strike
  • Habben Jansen wants to revive Hapag-Lloyd's fighting spirit
    Post-merger with CSAV, Hapag-Lloyd will take its place as the world's fourth-largest shipping company. But the new chief executive only wants the line to be the best
  • What does the latest round of tanker results tell us?
    Gradual freight market recovery appears to be more than just idle talk
  • OSG benefits from gains on one-off items
    New York-listed company sees rate gains for VLCCs and aframaxes
  • Industry viewpoint: Action needed on port congestion
    The growing problem of port congestion needs to be tackled by an industry forum at a global level
  • Norden losses continue with weak dry cargo demand
    Improvements in product tanker segment offers glimmer of hope for group
  • Maersk to place ship orders in coming six months
    Return to shipyards follows bumper results and need for capacity from 2017
  • Horizon bought by Matson and Pasha Group
    Matson takes over Alaska operations in $456.1m deal while Pasha is to acquire Hawaii business for $141.5m

The Journal of Commerceweb site
NOVEMBER 12, 2014
  • US releases toolkit to help ports plan, fund projects
    The U.S. Maritime Administration today released the first phase of a manual aimed at helping port authorities plan and fund port infrastructure improvements. The first module, titled Funding Strategy Guide, is part of a broader Port Planning and Investment Toolkit aimed at helping U.S ports pay for maintenance and expansion work...
  • Final shipment of Panama Canal gates arrives
    The final shipment of gates for the new locks of the expanded Panama Canal arrived today, bringing the project that will allow for the passage of bigger vessels into its final stages. "We are now in the homestretch to complete the expansion," said Panama's President Juan Carlos Varela during a brief...
  • Ryder, Mansfield Clean Energy team up to deliver CNG to bulk fuel fleets
    Global truck and equipment lessor Ryder System and Mansfield Clean Energy Partners will join to offer a compressed natural gas fueling service to bulk fuel haulers, with Ryder supplying vehicles and truck maintenance facilities and Mansfield the CNG fueling stations. The goal is to convert more of the bulk fuel hauling...
  • US, Brazil to study potential trade agreement
    The Brazil-U.S. Business Council, which is affiliated with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, has signed a cooperation agreement with the Brazilian National Confederation of Industry to conduct studies on a potential trade agreement and report back to both governments on the results. The BUSBC-led delegation brought more than 50 business leaders from...
  • Lawsuit aims to block CSX effort to double-stack trains through Washington DC
    WASHINGTON - A group opposing the reconstruction of a CSX Transportation tunnel in a Washington D.C. terminal that would allow the railroad to double-stack containers has filed a lawsuit challenging a federal decision to let the project proceed. The Committee of 100 on the Federal City today filed a lawsuit in...
  • Dockworkers shut down SSA terminal in Oakland
    The tinderbox that is West Coast ports caught fire again today when members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union shut down the SSA Marine terminal at the Port of Oakland. The incident occurred at 10 a.m. local time when the terminal sent one ILWU work gang home because there were...
  • Rising US chemical production spurs logistics, trucking, intermodal growth
    A South African firm's decision last month to build an $8.1 billion plant in Louisiana that will triple its chemical production capacity in the U.S. underscores widespread growth in U.S. chemicals manufacturing and in supporting logistics and transportation services. Sasol on Oct. 27 made a final decision to build an ethane...
  • Drewry's trans-Pacific benchmark spot rate declines 2.7 percent
    Trans-Pacific spot rates sank 2.7 percent this week to $1,875 per 40-foot container. Full size chart. Drewry's benchmark spot rate from Hong Kong to Los Angeles lost all pricing gains associated with an Oct. 15 trans-Pacific general rate increase, and will rely on next week's Nov. 15 GRI to make up some...
  • Strong container growth at major India ports
    The number of export and import containers moving through major ports in India expanded 7.34 percent year-over-year from April to October, the first seven fiscal months, as the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is making port development a major priority. Full-size imageThe 12 state-owned ports cumulatively handled 4.66 million 20-foot-equivalent...
  • Canadian spot truck volumes up 21 percent as US-bound freight grows
    Full-size imageA 70 percent increase in truckloads moving from Canada to the U.S. and an improving North American economy boosted Canadian truck freight volumes in October, with spot market volumes rising 21 percent year-over-year, according to TransCore Link Logistics. On a month-to month-basis, spot market freight volumes stabilized at an elevated...
  • Congress increases pressure on ILWU, PMA to reach deal
    WASHINGTON - After weeks of remaining relatively quiet on U.S. West Coast labor tensions, Congress is raising its voice on the need for the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and waterfront employers to forge a new labor contract. Six senators from California, Washington and Oregon today sent a letter to the...
  • Maersk weighs steps to boost trans-Pacific profits
    Maersk Line is reviewing the ocean and inland services it provides in the trans-Pacific trade, a notoriously high-cost and unprofitable trade lane for container lines, with an eye to increasing the rates it gets for those services or eliminating those that don't make money. The Danish carrier is considering three measures to...
  • Advancing Global Trade: Foreign Trade Zone Solutions Revealed
    With 85% of companies engaged in overseas operations, changes in labor rates and fluctuating fuel prices can have a major impact on profits and the global economy. That's why it's no surprise that over 76% of companies are reassessing their inbound supply-demand network to consider Foreign Trade Zones (FTZs). This Aberdeen...
  • Brazilian official promises $1 billion investment in ports next year
    Although many in Brazil are dismayed by the lack of investment in the country since the much vaunted new Port Law 12.815/13, the nation's Special Ports (SEP) Minister Cesar Borges has asserted that 2.8 billion reais (US$1.095 billion) will be spent on the sector before the end of 2015. Speaking at...
  • Intermodal at a critical crossroads
    With intermodal loadings in record territory and the railroads pushed to the limit to move the volume, it might seem a bit strange to be sounding an alarm about a slowdown. But the intermodal industry is entering a period of vulnerability after a prolonged period of growth. While trouble isn't...
  • Deutsche Post DHL earnings, revenue grow on strong express performance
    Germany's Deutsche Post DHL booked higher third-quarter earnings as strong gains in international express and domestic parcel shipments offset shrunken margins at its global freight forwarding unit. The world's biggest mail and logistics company increased operating profit by 4.8 percent to 677 million euros ($846 million) in the three months through...
  • Record Alibaba 'Singles' Day' sales reveal China delivery challenges
    HONG KONG - The millions of products ordered online in China during the November 11 "Singles Day" will have to be delivered across mainland China in the next couple of weeks, placing intense pressure on distribution networks in the country. During the online shopping frenzy, sales by e-commerce giant Alibaba on...
  • Customers to pocket bunker savings, but must pay low-sulfur levies, Maersk chief says
    HONG KONG - The speed at which the oil price fell took Maersk by surprise as bunker fuel dropped $20 in the past month, but Maersk Group CEO Nils Andersen said customers would benefit from the lower prices. "Falling bunker prices will be transferred to the customers, with some modest delays,"...

TradeWindsweb site
NOVEMBER 12, 2014
  • Beney to Navios
    The top US-based shipping man for mammoth conglomerate Cargill has left his job after four years to take a senior commercial post with the Navios group, where he began his career.
  • Washingtons grow stake
    The family of Montana billionaire Dennis Washington has added more shares to their holding in Seaspan Corp.
  • Investors rush to Matson
    Matson saw its market capitalisation grow by $237m today after announcing that it would take over most of rival Horizon Lines.
  • A bull, a bear, an eagle?
    The battle matched a bull and a bear. But an eagle soared above it.
  • Court OKs seized ship sale
    A Canadian judicial official has approved the sale of a handysize bulker at the centre of a legal dispute in Montreal.
  • Greek seizes MOL ship
    A Greek shipping company has secured the arrest of a Mitsui OSK Lines car carrier in South Africa.
  • Novoship loses appeal bid
    The UK Supreme Court has rejected Novoship's efforts to appeal a ruling allowing a Russian businessman to retain over $100m in profit gained from corrupt charters.
  • Bank grabs Tsangaris ship
    Credit Agricole was on Wednesday the only bidder for 27,800-dwt bulker Niki T (built 1997), the third vessel in the fleet of Greek owner Tsangaris Bros which the French lender had foreclosed on over unpaid loans.
  • Wilbur Ross talks tankers
    Billionaire investor Wilbur Ross is "more in than out" of investing in suezmax tankers.
  • GLOP signs for $450m
    US-listed GasLog Partners (GLOP) has clinched a refinancing deal worth $450m.
  • Rickmers taps bonds
    Germany's Rickmers Holdings has sold another EUR 25m ($31.16m) of its five-year bonds to finance growth.
  • Concordia sees red
    A low level upturn in the tanker market has seen Sweden's Concordia Maritime post a bigger loss in the third quarter.
  • DHT has VLCC loans in sight
    DHT Holdings is confident it will wrap up financing for its two unfunded newbuildings in the first half of next year.
  • Four more sue OW
    More fuel suppliers have gone to court in Singapore in a bid to recover cash from bankrupt Danish group OW Bunker.
  • Strong Q3 for Swissco
    The recent acquisition of Scott and English Energy has almost doubled Swissco's earnings during the third quarter.
  • Swiber posts a loss
    A significant decline in revenue has made Swiber Holdings post a loss for the third quarter of the year.
  • Bergen Bunkers halts deals
    OW Bunker's Norwegian subsidiary Bergen Bunkers will not enter into any new ship fuel contracts following the collapse of its parent.
  • Kayne slices Capital stake
    Major shipping investor Kayne Anderson has cut back its holding in Capital Product Partners.
  • Hold on to your cash
    The Charterers P&I Club has warned companies owing money to bankrupt OW Bunker not to pay any bills to other creditors without checking with its experts first.
  • Wallem wins Hoegh deal
    Wallem Ship Management has clinched a deal to manage all of Hoegh Autoliners' vessels.
  • Skagen cuts Avance stake
    Harald Espedal's Skagen has cashed in stock worth almost $30m in VLGC specialist Avance Gas.
  • Indonesia readies cash
    Indonesia is preparing a subsidy scheme for shipping in a bid to boost economic growth.
  • Eitzen in deeper deficit
    Deeper red in the third quarter bottom line has been the result of lower charter rates for Eitzen Chemical, with the company still suffering from hefty long-term debt.
  • Norden better than feared
    Difficulties in the bulker and products tanker markets sent Norden to a loss in the third quarter.
  • Subsea 7 stronger
    Oslo-listed Subsea 7 has been boosted by Brazilian operations in the third quarter.
  • Caspian yard coup
    Royal HaskoningDHV and Witteveen+Bos have won an $18m deal to design a new shipyard in Kazakhstan.
  • Mixed numbers at DESS
    Deep Sea Supply (DESS) has posted a modest decline in third quarter net income, despite a hefty rise in revenue.
  • OW: The arrests begin
    Hin Leong Trading has fired the first shot in what is expected to be a large number of vessel arrests stemming from the bankruptcy of Danish bunker supplier OW Bunkers.
  • Swissco bags rig charter
    Swissco Holdings has secured a charter worth $115m for the provision of a service rig for an unnamed oil company.
  • ADM bulker detained
    Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) has seen one of its bulkers detained in the UK for failing a port state control inspection.
  • TCC teams with K Line
    Tai Chong Cheang Group (TCC Group) is teaming up with Japan's K Line in a capesize bulker joint venture.

American Shipperweb site
NOVEMBER 12, 2014
  • Newsflash: West Coast senators ask dockworkers and employers to reach settlement
  • Port of Virginia achieves busiest box month ever
  • Airport cargo volumes up in September
  • JDA and IBM partner on omni-channel planning and fulfillment initiative
  • Revenues up 4% at DHL
  • Former Military Sealift Command contractors sail to jail
  • North American intermodal volume rises 5.1%
  • Transplace expands U.S-Mexico customs management portal
  • Luxottica implements JDA planning system globally
  • FMC reviews 14 OTI license applications

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
NOVEMBER 12, 2014
  • IMO: Draft IGF code set for approval
    MSC to meet at IMO headquarters in London next week.
  • CMA CGM to add low sulphur surcharge on trade in ECAs
    Will also apply to all cargoes being carried by its ships.
  • 'Acoustic pollution' to be legislators' next target
    'There is a strong link between fuel efficiency and noise. Quieter ships burn less fuel.'
  • SGMF publishes 'mini' introductory guide
    'For those who would like to know more about using gas as a marine fuel or intend to use gas as a fuel.'
  • ARA player owed $10 million by OW Bunker
    Efforts to secure money ongoing, including vessel arrests.
  • Insurer warns against direct settlement of OW-related debt
    Legal position of company unclear and could lead to players paying twice for the same bill.
  • Shipowners scramble to cover OW Bunker shortfall
    Singapore prices for 380 cSt material rise for the fifth consecutive trading day.
  • Russian fuel oil export tax hike on track
    Legislators approve plans despite opposition from Rosneft.
  • Maersk Line: Box trade up
    As bunker prices fall.
  • OW's Norwegian subsidiary in limbo
    Bergen Bunkers calls a halt to bunker trading.
  • Four more firms launch claims against OW Bunker
    Players predict 'wave' of court actions.
  • Singapore: Tanker chartered to OW arrested
    Dispute over ownership of bunker fuel cargo lands in court.
  • Malacca drafting bunkering, port development plans
    Minister proposes modelling infrastructure after Sweden's Gothenburg port.
  • Titan Petrochemicals move to next stage of creditors scheme
    Deadline for creditors to claim 'accepted liabilities'.
  • Report: No response from OW Bunker on lawsuit
    Police in Denmark still waiting for contact from OW Bunker.
  • Helsinki-based shipping firm to apply ECA surcharge
    Effective date will be from January 1, 2015 onwards.
  • Undeclared bunkers land shipowner in court
    Authorities seized more than 12 mt of undeclared bunkers.
  • Papua New Guinea to add new bunker player
    Singapore-based company in expansion move.

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Warsaw
If the vessels do not fly a valid flag in the Baltic Sea and the North Sea - they specify - we will take appropriate measures in compliance with international law.
Freight traffic in French ports stable in the first quarter of 2025
Freight traffic in French ports stable in the first quarter of 2025
The Defense
Containers and liquid bulk on the rise. Increase in unloading loads and decrease in loading loads
Cognolato (Assiterminal): Today more than ever we need a coherent port policy
Rome
All the critical issues highlighted in recent years still remain open - he highlighted.
Alessandro Pitto confirmed as president of Fedespedi
Milan
The Board of Directors, the Board of Arbiters and the Board of Auditors have been renewed
A protest action by Greek seafarers is heated, with the PENEN and PNO unions launching very serious accusations, including mutual ones
Piraeus
The strike, declared illegal by the courts, blocks some ships of the Attica group in the port of Patras
Saipem awarded contract for a phosphate mining project in Algeria that includes the upgrading of the port of Annaba
Milan
The construction of railway lines is also planned
Suez Canal celebrates return of large-capacity containership transits
Suez Canal celebrates return of large-capacity containership transits
Ismailia
Today it was crossed by the vessel "CMA CGM Osiris" which can carry 15,536 teu
IMO, ILO, ICS and ITF urge protection of seafarers' rights against unjust criminalisation
London
The "Guidelines on the Fair Treatment of Seafarers Detained in Relation to Alleged Offences" were adopted in April
Trump's new tariffs also hit container traffic at the Port of Long Beach
Long Beach
In the first five months of 2025, an increase of +17.2% was recorded
Transfer of the port of Carrara from the Ligurian to the Tuscan AdSP not without a discussion with the operators
Milan
Dario Perioli, FHP, Grendi and Tarros ask for it
Up to $768 billion in investments needed to adapt world ports to rising sea levels
New York
Port of Los Angeles Feels Impact of New Tariffs on Container Traffic
Los Angeles
A decrease of -4.8% was recorded in May
Assagenti proposes a task force to solve port, logistics and industrial problems
Genoa
A "problem solver" consultative body composed, in addition to the categories of the maritime cluster, of the manufacturing industries of the North-West quadrant
Cargo traffic at the port of Singapore fell by -4.6% in May
Singapore
New crane overturned for delivery in new Tuas port area
In the first quarter of 2025, freight traffic on the Swiss rail network fell by -6.4%
Neuchatel
Service performance at 2.35 billion tonne-km, down -8.2%
ANGOPI fears that new measures to ensure maritime continuity will penalise mooring services
ANGOPI fears that new measures to ensure maritime continuity will penalise mooring services
Ischia
Power: it is necessary to remove them from a perverse mechanism
Dutch HES International to operate bulk terminal in Marseille-Fos port
Marseille
The concession contract will have a minimum duration of 30 years
Ibiza government opposes Trasmed's overnight stay on board ferry program
Ibiza/Valencia
It is considered a "clandestine hotel", while the company defines it as a cruise service
Bruno Pisano appointed extraordinary commissioner of the AdSP of the Eastern Ligurian Sea
Rome
He will take up his post next Monday
Federlogistica proposes a comparison between operators on the congestion fee while waiting for a solution from the government
Genoa
In the first five months of 2025, container traffic in the port of Gioia Tauro grew by +10.3%
Joy Taurus
1,813,071 TEUs were handled
Trasportounito, truck waiting times in ports must be paid
Genoa
Tagnochetti: The Port Fee aims to redistribute the costs of all disruptions more equitably
Commissioners of the AdSPs of the Northern Tyrrhenian, Ionian and Western Liguria appointed
Rome/Genoa
Trade unions concerned about the future of Genoa Port Terminal workers
Political instability and green transition are the main problems that shipping faces
London
This is highlighted in the "ICS Maritime Barometer Report 2024-2025"
The new container terminal of the port of Termini Imerese presented
Palermo
Transfer of traffic handled by Portitalia to the port of Palermo
GCMD survey confirms shipping's commitment to decarbonisation
Singapore
Ports concerned about lack of certainty about demand from shipping companies
The EU Commission has re-identified Port Said East and Tanger Med as neighbouring container transhipment ports
Brussels
Road haulage extends congestion fee application to Livorno port
Livorno/Rome/Milan/Genoa
Fedespedi, they do not solve the problems, but have the only effect of increasing costs
The new Border Control Post has been inaugurated in the port of Livorno
Leghorn
The structure cost 15 million euros
In April, ship transits through the Suez Canal decreased by -7.7%
In April, ship transits through the Suez Canal decreased by -7.7%
Cairo
In the first four months of 2025, the decline in maritime traffic was -14.9%
Port of Genoa, green light for extension of concession to Spinelli until September 30
Genoa
Ok also to the extension to the Campostano group
The National Maritime Fund has started the recognition of scholarships
Genoa
They are granted for basic training and security familiarization courses.
RFI and MIT sign the update to the program contract for approximately 2.1 billion
Rome
Around 500 million euros expected for the management of the railway network
San Giorgio del Porto delivers a vessel for the bunkering of liquefied natural gas
Genoa
It was built for Genova Trasporti Marittimi
Pisano (AdSP Liguria Orientale): the ports of La Spezia and Carrara have integrated almost perfectly
La Spezia/Bari
Extraordinary Commissioner of the Southern Adriatic Sea Port Authority appointed
Raffaele Latrofa appointed president of the AdSP of the Central-Northern Tyrrhenian Sea
Rome
He is the deputy mayor of Pisa
India's Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Acquires Control of Sri Lanka's Colombo Dockyard
Mumbai
Investment of approximately 53 million dollars
The Commissioner of the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority has been granted the powers and prerogatives of the Management Committee
Genoa
The measure pending the restoration of the ordinary top management bodies
The Three-Year Operational Plan 2025-2027 of the Central Adriatic Port Authority has been approved
Ancona
Favorable opinion of the Sea Resource Partnership Body
The public meeting of the International Containers Studies Center will be held in Genoa on July 2nd
Genoa
It will deal with the physical transformations of the container and the digitalization of processes
Andrea Ormesani is the new president of Assosped Venezia
Venice
The board of directors has been renewed. Paolo Salvaro remains general secretary
Witte (ISU): In 2024, the ship salvage sector stabilized from the low of two years ago
London
Finnish Elomatic to Install Tunnel Thrusters on 11 Carnival Cruise Ships
Turku
The works will begin next autumn and will end in 2028
The Assarmatori assembly will be held in Rome on July 1st
Rome
"Mediterranean against the current" the theme of the meeting
Fincantieri has delivered the new cruise ship Viking Vesta to the American Viking
Trieste/Los Angeles
It was built in the Ancona shipyard
The Genoa Coast Guard has placed the container ship PL Germany under administrative detention
Genoa
Italian Navy orders two new Multipurpose Combat Ships from Fincantieri
Trieste
The order to the shipbuilding company is worth 700 million euros
MSC Group to manage cruise services in the ports of Bari and Brindisi
Bari
Ten-year concession with possibility of extension
German Kombiverkehr Returns to Profit in 2024
Frankfurt am Main
The level of revenues remained unchanged at 434.6 million euros.
Deltamarin to design the six new ro-pax vessels ordered by Grimaldi for the Mediterranean routes
Turku
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
The practice of subcontracting in European logistics is creating a parallel labour market where rights are not enforced
Brussels
"Sorry, We Subcontracted You" Report Presented
Tomorrow Grendi will launch the group's fourth ship on routes to and from Sardinia
Milan
"Grendi Star", with a load capacity of 2,800 linear meters, will connect Marina di Carrara and Cagliari
FREMM frigates operational support contract signed between Orizzonte Sistemi Navali and OCCAR
Taranto
The agreement has a total value of approximately 764 million euros
Call to reform the entire driver training system in the transport sector
Rome
Seven proposals presented
In the port of Gioia Tauro, the Guardia di Finanza soldiers seized 228 kilos of cocaine
Reggio Calabria
Two dockers arrested
Port of Livorno, new observatory to find solutions to the problem of port congestion
Leghorn
Marilli: We will seek solutions to reach the possible revocation of the port fee
Lockton PL Ferrari closed the last fiscal year with gross revenues of 34 million dollars
Genoa
Insurance premium volume rose to 350 million
Polish Trans Polonia Group acquires Dutch Nijman/Zeetank Holding
Tczew
It specializes in the transportation and logistics of liquid and gaseous products
d'Amico Tankers Sells Two 2011-Built Tankers for $36.2 Million
Luxembourg
They will be delivered to buyers by the end of July and on December 21st.
The Italian Merchant Marine Academy plans 13 new free courses
Genoa
Over 300 positions available
A delegation of Wista Italy visits the ports of Catania and Augusta
Catania/August
The association is made up of women who hold positions of responsibility in the maritime, logistics and trade sectors.
In the first five months of 2025, the port of Algeciras handled 1.9 million containers (-6.3%)
Algeciras
Empty containers decreased by -5.5% and full ones by -6.4%
Reway Group enters the port railway infrastructure maintenance sector
Licciana Nardi
Two contracts awarded by the AdSP of the Eastern Ligurian Sea
Delcomar and Ensamar take over maritime services with the smaller Sardinian islands
Cagliari
The tender for the six-year concession of the connections has been awarded
Port of Trieste, the newly appointed Gurrieri torpedoes the newly appointed Torbianelli
Trieste
Russo (Pd): it's a squalid power game
Singapore's SeaLead expands its maritime shipping offering to connect Turkey and Italy
Singapore
Route connected to services transiting the Suez Canal
The US Container Security Initiative program has been extended to Morocco
Rabat
Amrani: Let's consolidate Tanger Med's role as a safe and world-class maritime hub
Very positive first quarter for Greek Euroseas
Athens
Pittas: the positive momentum continued in the second quarter
Assonat and SACE present a plan for Italian tourist ports
Rome
Kuehne+Nagel has opened a new branch in Naples
Milan
The aim is to support the operational growth of the group in Southern Italy
RINA has acquired the entire capital of Finnish Foreship
Helsinki
The Helsinki-based company specializes in consulting in the field of marine and mechanical engineering.
Container traffic down at Barcelona and Valencia ports in May
Barcelona/Valencia
Resumption of containers in transit at the Catalan port
Annual cargo traffic in Greek ports stable in 2024
Piraeus
Domestic volumes are growing, while foreign trade is decreasing
Perplexity of freight forwarders, customs agents and maritime agents of La Spezia at the transfer of the port of Carrara to the Tuscan AdSP
The Spice
Timidly, they "hope for consideration for the progress made so far"
Francesco Mastro appointed extraordinary commissioner of the Southern Adriatic Sea Port Authority
Rome
He will take up office on June 30th.
John Denholm to be new president of the International Chamber of Shipping
Athens
He will take over from Emanuele Grimaldi in a year
Extraordinary commissioners of the two Ligurian Port System Authorities have been installed
Genoa/La Spezia
Matteo Paroli and Bruno Pisano at the helm of the institutions
Container traffic at Hong Kong port drops sharply in May
Hong Kong
1.05 million TEUs were handled (-12.7%)
Assogasliquidi-Federchimica shows the way to accelerate the decarbonization of road and maritime transport
Rome
Amadei: Our sector is ready and the time has come for courageous industrial choices
Eagle S tanker command blamed for cutting submarine cables in Gulf of Finland
Advantages
The accident was caused by the ship's anchor
Online platform to report critical issues that put transport workers at risk
Genoa
It was prepared by Fit Cisl Liguria
GNV to create a direct summer connection between Civitavecchia and Tunis
Genoa
It will run alongside the historic route via Palermo
The unification of Grimaldi's concessions in the port of Barcelona has been completed
Madrid/Barcelona
The contract expires on September 20, 2035.
In the first five months of 2025, cargo traffic in Russian ports fell by -4.9%
St. Petersburg
A decrease of approximately -12% was recorded in May
Raben Logistics Group Creates Subsidiary in Türkiye
Milan
It will have 20 employees and a 2,000 square meter cross-dock warehouse
Alberto Dellepiane confirmed as president of Assorimorchiatori
Rome
The composition of the entire association leadership remains unchanged
Agreement between Fincantieri and Indonesian PMM to develop solutions to face new unconventional underwater challenges
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 Assarmatori assembly will be held in Rome on July 1st
Rome
"Mediterranean against the current" the theme of the meeting
The public meeting of the International Containers Studies Center will be held in Genoa on July 2nd
Genoa
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
US has its eye on Greek ports
(Kathimerini)
Proposed 30% increase for port tariffs to be in phases, says Loke
(Free Malaysia Today)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Intervento del presidente Tomaso Cognolato
Roma, 19 giugno 2025
››› File
Structural adaptation works on dock 23 of the port of Ancona awarded
Ancona
Intervention worth over 11.8 million euros
Conference on the role of LNG and bioLNG for the decarbonisation of transport and industry
Rome
The Federchimica-Assogasliquidi event will take place on Monday in Rome
Dutch Bolidt increases presence in cruise ship sector with acquisition of American Boteka
Hendrik Ido Ambacht
Contship Italia has acquired the Genoese customs services company STS
Melzo
The Ligurian company was founded in 1985
Francesco Benevolo has been appointed extraordinary commissioner of the AdSP of the Central-Northern Adriatic Sea
Rome
He is the operations director of RAM - Logistics, Infrastructure and Transport
Montaresi resigns as commissioner of the Eastern Ligurian Port Authority
The Spice
In the eight months of administration - he underlines - we have not lost even a second
Gurrieri has been appointed extraordinary commissioner of the AdSP of the Eastern Adriatic Sea
Trieste
Pending the completion of the formal process for the designation of the president
The commissioners of the AdSP of Western Liguria have handed over their mandate to Minister Salvini
Genoa
The decision is part of the process of designation and nomination of the new leaders
Confetra criticizes the provisions of the decree-law Infrastructure for road transport
Rome
The Confederation urges the blocking of the process of appointing the presidents of the port authorities
Taiwanese Evergreen, Yang Ming and WHL saw revenue decline in May
Keelung/Taipei
The decline is accentuated for the two main companies
South Korea's KSOE wins order to build eight 15,900 TEU containerships
Seongnam
The unit value of each vessel is approximately $221 million.
First port terminal for car traffic of Greek Neptune Lines
Piraeus
It will be inaugurated next year in the French port of Port-La Nouvelle
The assembly of the association of Genoese maritime agents and brokers will be held on June 16th
Genoa
Round Table on Genoa, the hub of the North West and the Mediterranean
BN di Navigazione Board of Directors Renewed
Genoa
BluNavy aims to reach one million passengers by 2025
Viking Line designs world's largest all-electric ro-pax vessel
Viking Line designs world's largest all-electric ro-pax vessel
Åland
Record Monthly Container Traffic at Turkish Ports
Ankara
In May, almost 1.4 million TEUs were handled (+17.6%)
Sergio Landolfi has been elected president of the Customs Association of the Port of La Spezia
The Spice
The board of directors has been renewed
The ferry industry elite will attend the Interferry conference in Salerno in October
Victoria
Event titled "Connections"
Uniport launches an initiative to support ALS research
Rome
Fundraising for the NeMO Clinical Center Serena Foundation Onlus
The Propeller Club of Genoa has analyzed risks and opportunities of using AI in the maritime and insurance sectors
Genoa
The importance of training in the use of technology was highlighted
Chantiers de l'Atlantique delivers luxury cruising yacht Luminara to The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection
Saint Nazaire
The ship will debut in Alaska
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