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July 15, 2014
Sched Netweb site
  • Asia-Europe box volume surges 13.2pc in May to 1.4 million TEU
  • MOL, China Shipping order ice class ships for Asia-Europe Arctic run
  • European Shippers Council tells EU regulators to closely watch 2M
  • Bangladesh garment exports up 14pc despite loss of US trade benefits
  • Halliburton takes 49pc in STP joint venture on Xinjiang fracking job
  • DP World Vancouver Island terminal to export US-bound Canada cargo
  • Singapore's AAL completes massive heavy lift delivery of LNG tanks
  • DP World and Djibouti to fight out in court Doraleh CT concession
  • Thessaloniki port takes acquisition bids from 8 contenders
  • California circuit court upholds state's trucker lunch break laws
  • Florida East Coast Railway opens new Port Everglades intermodal yard
  • Bangladesh says foreign air freight operators of siphon off millions
  • Lufthansa Cargo's 70pc load factor tops rival air freight carriers
  • Refusal to exempt Russia from EU cargo security rule risks trade war
  • ECS group awards global GSA for AirAsia India start-up

Exim Indiaweb site
JULY 14, 2014
  • Continuous efforts needed to establish harmonised reporting procedures for vessels entering/departing EU ports: European Commission
  • COSCON announces General Rate Increase for US trade
  • IMO's container convention amendments enter into force
  • Jebel Ali voted best seaport in Middle East
  • Liner shipping industry welcomes EU's extension of consortia block exemption regulation
  • SARJAK launches services to & from Japan
  • Shanghai port handles record 3.06 m TEUs in just June 2014!
  • TSA moves ahead with its revenue recovery plan
  • Ukraine mulling action against Crimean ports
  • WSC releases updated survey on containers lost at sea
  • Yang Ming Line expands Myanmar coverage with feeder service
  • Onion exports rise 11.53 pc in 2013-14
  • Coastal cargo likely to get 'green channel' boost
  • Haldia Port expects to benefit from scheme to boost transportation on the Ganga
  • Nature conservation & economic activities are in harmony at Antwerp port
  • PMO demands explanation from KoPT & MoS on malpractices in stevedoring operations
  • Railways earnings up 9.48 pc during April-June
  • Dairies focus on domestic sales as global milk powder prices crash
  • Economic Survey pans FTAs
  • Infra improvements & ease of doing business to make exports more competitive: Fieo
  • INR turns weak on fresh dollar demand

Marine Logweb site
JULY 14, 2014
  • Norwegian orders two more Breakaway plus ships
  • Port Neches shipyard hit with OSHA penalties
  • Costa Concordia is afloat again
  • Port Calcite relaunches fuel barge
  • July 14, 2014 Cecon faces another delay in delivery of Davie newbuild
  • Chancellor Merkel christens new German research ship
  • July 14, 2014 Guido Perla design Fast Supply Vessels for Mexico
  • LHA 6 sails away from Ingalls Shipbuilding

World Wide Shipperweb site
JULY 14, 2014
  • PMA, ILWU give update on contract negotiations
  • The Greenbrier Companies releases third quarter numbers
  • Bureau of Transportation Statistics updates transport reference guide
  • Vigor Fab inks deal to build new fireboat
  • Coast Guard to maintain Chetco River whistle buoy

Lloyd's Listweb site
JULY 14, 2014
  • 2M: The Chinese conundrum
    Industry viewpoint: Reflections on the Chinese rejection of the P3 alliance and its aftermath
  • Patrick Walters to join Peel Ports
    Former P&O and ABP executive appointed group commercial director
  • Roxana Shipping sells two chemical and oil tanker newbuildings
    Owner sells newbuildings amid concerns that too many new vessels are being ordered
  • Three crew hurt in Port Hedland bulker blaze
    Vessel had been reported before for fire-related deficiencies
  • China Shipping and Alibaba in pact to develop container shipping platform
    State conglomerate seeks to expand client base and enhance services on China's largest e-commerce web portal
  • China Shipping Haisheng forecasts narrower first-half loss
    Weak rates still plague Shanghai-listed bulker unit of China Shipping Group
  • Maersk to quit eight service agreements with CMA CGM
    New vessel-sharing agreement with MSC precludes other alliances in east-west trades
  • New tanker that also carries cars and boxes set to hit the water
    Russian owner to take delivery of 10 unique tankers that haul oil products, boxes and vehicles
  • China Cosco orders eight bulkers for $263m
    Shipping giant flags plans to buy another six bulkers and five boxships as part of fleet renewal
  • VLGC earnings stay above $100,000 per day for four weeks
    August forecast to bring even higher earnings for very large gas carrier owners
  • We need your ballast opinions
    Industry thoughts and comments sought on critical ballast water issues
  • K+N sees 8% uptick in box volumes
    Growth is twice as fast as overall market, freight forwarder says
  • US west coast negotiators return to the table
    Talks with ILWU to renew expired contract resume once more
  • Indian tax cut spurs rush of demolition activity
    Rates rise after Modi moves to reduce customs duty on ships bound for the breakers

Sea-webweb site
JULY 14, 2014
  • Seaman Guard Ohio charges reportedly dropped
    Ken Peters, public affairs chief of the Mission to Seafarers in the UK, said arms charges in India have been dropped against six British former servicemen. The six were among a 35-member crew of the anti-piracy supply vessel MV Seaman Guard Ohio. The crewmen were accused of illegally possessing
  • Italdraghe supplies dredger to Sicily
    Italian dredger builder Italdraghe has just delivered a new mini dredger to a small fishing harbour near Ragusa, Sicily. Commissioned onsite by Italdraghe technicians and complete with dredging pipeline and floats, the cutter dredger is a turnkey package contract awarded to Italdraghe in 2013. It is
  • Jiangsu Dajin secures liftboat order
    Chinese shipbuilder Jiangsu Dajin Heavy Industry, an affiliate of Shanghai Bestway Marine Engineering Design has secured an order for a new liftboat from Centaur Marine. The self-elevating liftboat is scheduled for delivery in 1H 2016 but no specifications have been disclosed about the new vessel.
  • Dredging under way for Liverpool2
    The Liverpool2 container terminal has taken an important step closer to realisation with the arrival of Dutch dredging contractor Van Oord's 9,535m³ trailing suction hopper dredger HAM 316, that has started dredging the River Mersey estuary. Van Oord's scope of work, funded by a £35M grant from the
  • Fayard to finish Scandlines ro-paxes
    Privately owned Danish ship repair company Fayard will complete the two ro-pax newbuildings for Baltic Sea ferry operator Scandlines. The two 24,000gt vessels were first ordered in March 2010 from German shipbuilder P+S Werft but cancelled in 2012 when the yard folded. The order was revived this
  • Qingdao Beihai wins Foremost cape quartet
    Chinese shipyard Qingdao Beihai Shipbuilding Heavy Industry has won an order for four capesize bulkers from US based Foremost Group. Delivery of the four 180,000dwt vessels is scheduled for November 2015, May, June, and December 2016. They will have an overall length of 295m, beam 46m, depth 24.8m,
  • Chengxi & Shanhaiguan secure Cosco bulkers
    Chengxi Shipyard and Shanhaiguan Shipbuilding have secured orders for 10 bulkers from China's Cosco Holdings with four handysize and four ultramaxes for Chengxi, and two handies for Shanhaiguan at a total cost of $263.1M. There are four 38,800dwt vessels at a total cost of $99.2M and four 63,800dwt
  • Shanghai's box volume up by 11% in June
    The port of Shanghai has posted a record 3.06M teu throughput in June, up 10.8% year-on-year, and 1.4% higher than May 2014. The world's largest port also handled a total of 17.26M teu in the first quarter of 2014, up by 5.7% y/y, Shanghai International Port (Group) said. Shanghai posted net profit
  • K+ N ramps up volumes
    The world's biggest ocean freight forwarder Kuehne + Nagel has bolstered its leading position with a strong increase in business volumes in the first six months of 2014. The Swiss-based group today announced an 8% increase in the number of container shipments it booked and managed, twice as high as
  • Gate LNG Terminal Rotterdam to expand
    A joint venture between Gasunie and Royal Vopak, the Gate LNG Terminal in the Port of Rotterdam is to expand to offer LNG break-bulk services, act as a gateway for LNG in north-western Europe and help meet the demand for LNG as a fuel. Rotterdam Port Authority is involved in the project with the
  • Prosecutors to renew the arrest warrant for Sewol owner
    South Korean prosecutors will renew the arrest warrant for the fugitive owner of the Sewol ferry when it expires on 22 July. Yesterday, the Incheon District Prosecutors' Office met with police to discuss the search for Yoo Byung Eun, the owner of Chonghaejin Marine and Sewol. The ferry capsized
  • Concordia finally afloat
    Costa Concordia is now afloat, Costa Cruises has confirmed. "The Concordia's stern and bow are now detached from the false sea bed by about 1m," the company said. The wreck is now afloat due to the sponsons. "Before being towed 30 meters East, the Concordia will need to be refloated of another
  • South Korea lawmakers draw up Sewol bill
    Work is underway to pass a special bill to prevent a repeat of the Sewol ferry disaster. Today, two lawmakers who are part of a joint task force team related to the disaster met to agree on the contents of the bill. The Sewol, carrying 476 passengers and crew, capsized during an Incheon-Jeju trip on
  • Singapore holds emergency drill for passenger ships
    The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore has carried out an emergency drill for passenger ships in the wake of the Sewol disaster. During the exercise on 11 July, codenamed Exercise Blue Dolphin 2014, some 700 passengers and crew members were evacuated from a passenger vessel. MPA said the
  • ReCAAP ISC releases details on Moresby 9
    A product tanker has had its cargo siphoned off in the South China Sea, the ReCAAP Information Sharing Centre (ReCAAP ISC) reported. Moresby 9 was underway at position 03° 45.93 N, 105° 10.24 E , 48.6nm northwest of Pulau Anambas on the 4 July 2014 when a small fishing vessel approximately seven
  • Nanjing Tanker upset as creditor applied for its restructuring
    Delisted Chinese company Nanjing Tanker is likely to face the prospect of restructuring after a creditor filed a claim over unpaid fuel costs. Tianjin Huifeng Energy Development, a Tianjin-based bunker supplier, applied for the restructuring of Nanjing Tanker at the Nanjing Intermediate People's

The Journal of Commerceweb site
JULY 14, 2014
  • Trucking employment edges up, but capacity concerns shippers
    A stronger U.S. industrial economy and surging imports are helping trucking companies hire more workers, despite continued reports of a driver shortage. But that labor shortage and other capacity constraints could boost costs for shippers in the peak freight season this fall. The JOC For-Hire Trucking Index rose for the fourth...
  • At its helm, Slangerup ready to build value at Long Beach
    After building FedEx Canada from a small regional parcel carrier into the country's largest international express company, CEO Jon Slangerup left the FedEx subsidiary in 2000 and dove into the world of start-up companies, mostly in the technology and alternative fuel sectors. He enjoyed building the companies at a breakneck speed,...
  • North American intermodal volume growth more than triples
    The pace of North American intermodal volume growth in the second quarter more than tripled from the prior quarter, reflecting the movement of backlogged cargo from a severe winter, U.S. manufacturing growth and a surge of imports ahead of the expiration of the U.S. West Coast longshore contract. International intermodal volume...
  • Bunker prices continue steep fall
    Spot prices for high- and low-sulfur bunker fuel have declined steeply for the past several weeks on the heels of political unrest in the Middle East. The price per metric ton for high-sulfur bunker fuel fell 4.2 percent this week, while low-sulfur spot prices per metric ton increased 1.3 percent. Full-size chart The...
  • 2014 growth in 3PL business, revenue projected
    Growth in the United States 3PL market will outpace last year's 3.2 percent expansion, according to consulting firm Armstrong & Associates' new predictions. With an expanding economy, Armstrong & Associates predicts a 5.2 percent rise in 3PL business for 2014, with net revenues projected to increase 4.3 percent to $67.4 billion...
  • JOC Group Port Productivity
    The JOC has aggregated, standardized and validated port productivity data for 483 ports and 771 terminals worldwide, with data provided by 17 prominent worldwide carriers. This unique data set can help you benchmark your productivity by port, terminal, ship size range, and call size range, identify issues with berth turn-around times, analyze performance and trends over time...
  • UASC, CSCL seen most obvious partners for CMA CGM
    United Arab Shipping Co. and China Shipping Container Line are the "most obvious" partners for CMA CGM after the French ocean carrier was excluded from the recently proposed 2M alliance between Maersk Line and Mediterranean Shipping Co., according to Drewry Maritime Research. CMA CGM has been sharing vessels with MSC between...
  • Teamsters pick Davidson to join YRC Worldwide board
    William R. Davidson, a veteran Teamsters labor relations official with decades of hands-on less-than-truckload experience, will join the YRC Worldwide board of directors. Davidson, who began his career as a dockworker at ABF Freight System, will replace Harry Wilson, the Teamsters-nominated director who left the YRC Worldwide board in March after...
  • Analyst: Horizon Lines faces debt crisis
    Horizon Lines will have difficulty refinancing its heavy debt during the next two years and may be forced to shed assets, a move that would shake up the Jones Act domestic trade, analysts from BB&T Capital Markets said. "If Horizon Lines cannot refinance its debt obligations, which come due in 2016,...
  • K+N's container traffic growth is twice that of global market
    Kuehne + Nagel posted a market-beating increase in container traffic, but the strong Swiss franc restrained growth in the global forwarding and logistics group's second-quarter earnings. Earnings before interest and taxes rose 4.6 percent to 206 million francs ($230.7 million) from 197 million francs ($220 million) in the first three months...
  • Intermodal shippers face rocky peak season
    Six months after the most disruptive winter for North American supply chain interests in recent memory, the upcoming summer-fall period is shaping up as the intermodal peak season of shipper discontent. The makings are there for a perfect storm of rail delays in the summer-fall peak season, although analysts doubt shippers...
  • China Shipping joins Alibaba in e-commerce logistics platform
    China e-commerce giant Alibaba will partner with state-owned China Shipping Group to set up an integrated and cross-border logistics platform to support the rapid growth of Internet shopping on the mainland. "The Future of International E-Commerce" infographic from Asendia. Full-size image China Shipping Network Technology (CSNT), a provider of transport information products and subsidiary...
  • Surge in demand boosts Hong Kong air cargo
    Robust demand out of Hong Kong and China in June saw cargo and mail carried on Cathay Pacific and Dragonair growing by 15 percent year-over-year. The two airlines carried 140,444 tons of cargo and mail last month, and despite a 10 percent increase in capacity, the revenue earned per flown kilometre...
  • India's 2014 budget proposes awarding of 16 port contracts
    The Indian government has announced plans to award 16 new public-private partnership port development contracts at major ports during the current fiscal year (2014-15), which ends on March 31, 2015. The announcement was made by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in his budget plan for 2014-15, presented to the parliament on July...
  • Japanese duo to buy stake in Chinese logistics property developer
    A consortium of Japan's Mitsui & Co. and Mitsubishi Estate Co. has agreed to acquire a significant stake in a logistics facility developing subsidiary of Beijing Properties (Holdings) Ltd. Mitsui and Mitsubishi Estate said they will take a 35 percent stake in China Logistics Infrastructures (Holdings) Ltd. by acquiring new shares...

TradeWindsweb site
JULY 14, 2014
  • And then there were two
    Maersk Tankers has parted ways with nearly all of its crude carriers under a broader bid to exit the segment but still boasts a pair of VLCCs on bareboat charter.
  • Four charged over sinking
    Owner and captain among those facing manslaughter trial following Vanuatu ferry tragedy.
  • Shake-up for ULTR
    South America's Ultrapetrol could sell off its ocean-going fleet after a shake-up of top management.
  • Cosco purges continues
    China Cosco Holdings Co has revealed it has scrapped eight more elderly vessels.
  • Concordia refloated
    The wreck of the Costa Concordia has been refloated as salvors prepare to tow it to Genoa for scrapping.
  • Suezmax in clash
    One man has been injured after a Frontline suezmax was in collision with a fishing vessel off France.
  • Boustead buying yards
    Malaysia's Boustead Heavy Industries is planning to buy two more shipyards.
  • Otto backlog builds
    Singapore's Otto Marine has secured charter contracts worth $404m in the first half of 2014.
  • Solbakken stocks up
    Lars Solbakken has topped up his holding in Aker-backed shipowner Ocean Yield.
  • Widget revolution
    Maersk Tankers is lowering the cost of ordering spare parts by printing them in 3D mid-ocean.
  • MISC's mothership
    A Malaysian "mothership" is to be stationed off the east coast of Sabah to battle pirates.
  • Champion Tweeter
    Micky Arison on the ball as the World Cup Final comes to an end.
  • Star deal done
    Star Bulk has rubber-stamped a merger with Oceanbulk to create the largest dry cargo owner listed in the US.
  • Scandlines picks Fayard
    Scandlines will complete two ro-pax newbuildings at Denmark's Fayard.
  • Bestway wins liftboat
    China's Bestway Marine Engineering Design has won an order for a new liftboat.
  • Three hurt in fire
    Three seafarers have been injured in a fire on a KLC bulker at Port Hedland in Australia.
  • Aurora LPG under siege
    Aurora LPG says it has been subjected to a hostile takeover offer, but the attempt looks to have had little success.
  • Moresby 9 cargo stolen
    The cargo of a small product tanker hijacked in the South China Sea last week has been stolen, authorities have confirmed.
  • OOCL looks to appeal
    OOCL looks set to contest the recent verdict in France over the death of company director Courtenay Allan.
  • Volume spike forecast
    US imports are expected to reach five year highs in July as suppliers look to avoid disruptions caused by potential industrial action.

American Shipperweb site
JULY 14, 2014
  • House, Senate try similar steps to replenish Highway Trust Fund
    Action is necessary because the account for highway user fees is expected to reach a zero balance by the middle of August as the shortfall between gas taxes and projected highway spending increases.
  • 2M Alliance will be filed with China's Ministry of Transport
    "This is a pure VSA, and VSAs of this type are only filed with the MOT; that is what we are seeing. That's where they get filed, not with MOFCOM ," said Michael Christian Storgaard, a spokesman for Maersk.
  • Chiquita signs deal to remain in Delaware Port
  • Amazon petitions regulators for drone testing clearance
    When Amazon's drone-delivery plan was announced last year, many industry efforts derided the move as a stunt or said that Amazon couldn't possibly get approval in time for its expected 2015 launch of the program.
  • Cathay Pacific sees strong June
  • UP adds Milwaukee to ongoing investment projects
  • TQL opens office outside Mobile
  • Draymen put brakes on LA/Long Beach protest; ILWU talks continue
    Port truck drivers in the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach said Saturday afternoon that they have agreed to a "cooling off" period requested by Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti.
  • China Shipping and Alibaba team up
    Analysts have characterized the deal as China Shipping Group's attempt to move into the last-mile delivery market, a fragmented and loss-making industry in China.

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
JULY 14, 2014
  • IFO prices start week soft in Fujairah
    Mixed price outlook in South African ports.
  • Prices set soft trend across Europe
    Market report quiet in Rotterdam.
  • Reilly quits Chemoil
    Chemoil CEO no longer at company.
  • WFS acquires jet fuel supplier
    Move will expand our presence in aviation sector, says Kasbar.
  • Asian prices resume downward path
    Stable supplies reported at all key regional ports.
  • Small-scale LNG bunkering player enters Belgium market
    Company has completed first LNG supply operations.
  • Soyuz Bunkering expands ARA operations
    Firm adds bunker grade to product portfolio, while chartering another bunker barge.
  • Bunkering rules eased at Russian Far East port
    Individual licences no longer required.
  • Update: 2,000 mt of MGO stolen from hijacked tanker
    Nine armed robbers boarded the Moresby 9 on July 5.
  • STS operator mulls offshore bunker storage expansion
    Firm one of two mooring STS operators in Johor approved by the Marine Department of Malaysia.

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Ahead of the election, Australia is arguing over who will oust China's Landbridge from the Port of Darwin
Darwin/Strathpine
Assurances to this effect were given by both Prime Minister Albanese and opposition leader Dutton.
US tariffs will cause a four percentage point reduction in the expected volume of world trade
Geneva
The World Trade Organization believes so
84% of new constructions ordered by the Italian navy will be built in China
Rome
Analysis by the Confitarma Study Center on the possible impacts of US duties on the national shipping industry
GNV ships will call at Algerian ports for the first time
Genoa
In summer, the weekly connections Sète-Algiers and Sète-Bejaia will be activated
Boluda Towage and Marsa Maroc to operate towage services in the new port of Nador West Med
Valencia
Denton (ICC): Trump's tariffs pose a crucial challenge to rules-based trade governance
Denton (ICC): Trump's tariffs pose a crucial challenge to rules-based trade governance
Paris
Rather, he stressed, multilateral solutions are needed to resolve the long-standing inefficiencies and inequalities in the global trading system.
Guerrieri appointed extraordinary commissioner of the Northern Tyrrhenian Sea Port Authority
Leghorn
The mandate granted by MIT has no expiration date
APM Terminals buys the Panama Canal Railway Company
The Hague
The company operates the railway line parallel and adjacent to the Panama Canal
Piloda plans a hub for ship repair, refitting and demolition in the port of Brindisi
Naples
Expression of interest for the reconversion and reindustrialization of the former coal power plant area
Kuehne+Nagel to handle spare parts logistics for Changan electric cars in the European market
Schindellegi
Agreement with the Chinese car manufacturer
A.P. Møller Holding submits offer to acquire entire share capital of towing company Svitzer
AP Møller Holding submits offer to acquire entire share capital of towing company Svitzer
Copenhagen
The Mærsk family investment company already owns 47.0% of the company
Public interest declared for MSC, Neri and Lorenzini's project for a new container terminal in Livorno
Slight annual growth in freight traffic in Italian ports driven by containers
Slight annual growth in freight traffic in Italian ports driven by containers
Rome
In the container segment, the strong increase in transhipments offset the decline in imports and exports
Turkey's Desan Shipyard in talks to take over Mangalia shipyard
Bucharest
The Tuzla plant is much smaller than the Romanian one
Six international shipping associations present a guide to planning safe navigation
London
TUI awards Fincantieri contract for two new cruise ships for Marella Cruises
Hanover/Trieste
Deliveries are scheduled for 2030 and 2032
ESPO urges EU and Member States to allocate funds to decarbonise ships and ports
Brussels
Earmarking Innovation Fund proceeds to stimulate demand for clean marine fuels
China Antitrust Launches Investigation into Hutchison Ports' Panama Terminal Sale
Beijing/Hong Kong
Panama Ports Company operates the Balboa and Cristobal ports
PSA posts annual revenue growth, but profits fall
Singapore
Sharp increase in operating costs across the board
Temporary Port Labor Supply Company in Cagliari Extended for Another 18 Months
Cagliari
In 2024, cargo traffic in Chinese seaports grew by +3.5%
Beijing
Increase of +6.9% in traffic with foreign countries. In the first two months of 2025, 1.75 billion tons were moved (+1.6%)
Chinese container maker CIMC posts bumper 2024
Hong Kong
Almost 3.6 million containers sold (+372%). Record revenues
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AAL Shipping sceglie il sistema di consulenza marina di ABB per ottimizzare la flotta Super B-Class
In February, freight traffic in the port of Genoa fell by -4.4% and in Savona-Vado it increased by +24.5%
Genoa
Cruise and ferry passenger decline
ICS, Trump's proposed measures against Chinese ships risk having significant unwanted consequences, even for the US
Washington
Strong opposition to their introduction also expressed by the WSC
Intercargo, international measures for decarbonisation of shipping must be simple and clear
London
Gkonis: Must not compromise operational efficiency and smooth global transport of essential goods
Port of Barcelona invests 124 million to develop sustainable fuel traffic
Barcelona
Construction of three new moorings at Moll de l'Energia
In 2024, freight traffic in the port of Catania began to grow again. A decline in Augusta
In 2024, freight traffic in the port of Catania began to grow again. A decline in Augusta
Augusta
A total of 7.9 million and 23.0 million tons of cargo were handled
In 2024, the terminal operator HHLA recorded record revenues with a growth of +10.5%
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
The involvement of territorial, economic and social communities is foreseen
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
The measures for ports will be defined after a public consultation that will take place in the coming months
For security, military ships are not enough, merchant ships are also essential
London
TUI in talks with shipyards for two new cruise ships for Marella
Hanover
Slots available starting from the 2031 financial year
ANESCO, with the Port Employment Centers, accidents have decreased in the three main Spanish ports
Madrid
67% reduction in lost work days per year
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
Last year Fincantieri recorded record revenues and new orders
Last year Fincantieri recorded record revenues and new orders
Trieste
Folgiero: the first fruits of our strategy and industrial vision have been harvested
COSCO Shipping Holdings revenue increased by +44.8% in the fourth quarter of 2024
COSCO Shipping Holdings revenue increased by +44.8% in the fourth quarter of 2024
Shanghai
In the period, the container ships of the Chinese group's fleet transported 6.9 million TEUs (+13.1%). Containers on the Asia-Europe/Med routes fell
Porto Marghera, renewal of concession to Terminal Rinfuse Venezia
Venice
New 25-year contract. Investments of over 53 million euros expected
In the last quarter of 2024, container traffic alone increased in French ports
Paris
In the whole year, containers amounted to over 5.3 million TEU (+11.5%)
Carnival Sets New Low Season Quarter Records December-February
Carnival Sets New Low Season Quarter Records December-February
Miami
Positive outlook for the remainder of the 2025 financial year
Rail Losing Ground in Transalpine Freight Traffic Through Switzerland
Bern
In 2024, trains transported 25.7 million tons of cargo (-3.7%)
CK Hutchison's Port Division revenues grew by 10.8% last year
Hong Kong
In 2024, Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane recorded a net loss of -208 million euros
Rome
Revenues up by +11.7%. The group's freight transported increased thanks to the acquisition of Exploris
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
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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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