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June 20, 2014
Sched Netweb site
  • Wan Hai, Cosco SEA, CSCL, PIL launch Far East-India/Pakistan loop
  • P3: Great expectations dashed, but G6 and other networks sail on
  • Carriers seek rate hikes in Asia-Europe, as consumer demand picks up
  • Seaspan acquires 10,000-TEUer for Med to Far East-USWC service
  • BIMCO doubles its 2014 forecast for ship scrapping to 500,000 TEU
  • Sino-Russian Hunchun-Makharino rail freight to hit 2.2 million tonnes
  • EU feeders locked in emission control areas face fight for their lives
  • Singapore exports suffer 6.6pc decline in non-oil products in May
  • Bangladesh exports up 7pc, police arrest 17 in killer factory fire
  • CMA CGM sails around the world in 80 days with Burgundy wines
  • Fatigue rarely causes truck crashes, lack of training does: indy drivers
  • Where the volumes are - carriers turn to intra-Asia to stay afloat
  • Rotterdam, Nuremberg, Munich intermodal rail run increases capacity
  • Terrorist threat: Cathay scraps flights to Karachi, Cargolux stops too
  • Cathay to handle cargo for budget AirAsia at Hong Kong airport terminal
  • Mass sacking of British sniffer dogs diverts air cargo to Continent

Exim Indiaweb site
JUNE 19, 2014
  • Non-implementation of P3 Network to have negligible impact on India: Maersk Line
  • ChPT Chairman calls on Shipping Ministers in Delhi
  • HAROPA again chosen best seaport in Europe by supply chain stakeholders in Asia-Pacific area
  • Paradip Port mulling hybrid cargo terminals
  • 100 pc FDI in rail infra likely
  • Railways' cargo revenue up 7.05 pc in April-May
  • Reshamsingh engaged in significant Delhi bridge project
  • Road Transport Ministry pushing for change in Land Acquisition Act
  • Govt mulling new PPP platform to boost infra
  • INR recovers smartly on fresh dollar selling
  • Posco signs infra pact with PNC Infratech

International Transport Journalweb site
  • Green Cargo introduces new transport service
  • First cargo handled on Maasvlakte 2
  • New member joins UTi Worldwide's Americas executive team
  • Port of Brownsville gives 30-year franchise to OmniTRAX
  • Bimco advisory on Nigeria causes concerns
  • Hansa Heavy Lift appoints new head of Americas region
  • UK and China sign rail MoU
  • Cargolux to Zhengzhou/Iraqi to London
  • High cubes to dominate equipment market
  • New Aberdeen branch manager for Hutton's Group
  • VW supplies transporters for AA roadside technicians in UK
  • Another new African cargo destination for Etihad
  • Handling service provider discusses legal earnings issues

Marine Logweb site
JUNE 19, 2014
  • What's old is new again: Vintage tug goes all-electric
  • Cat power and propulsion packages picked for ALP tugs
  • GCSG christens first barge in new FMT series
  • FMC Commissioner comments on China's P3 decision
  • Bureau Veritas develops guidelines for tugs
  • IMB warns small tankers of rising hijacking threat
  • NSRP selects new projects for funding
  • MacGregor launches steering gear alert system
  • NASSCO Mayport wins $19.8 million PC-14 contract

World Wide Shipperweb site
JUNE 19, 2014
  • American Fast Freight taps Kelly as president
  • Drewry container report finds 40ft high cube boxes on rise
  • Coast Guard asking for help identifying false distress caller
  • Port of Seattle releases container numbers for May
  • TT Club analysis discovers operational woes behind most claims

Lloyd's Listweb site
JUNE 19, 2014
  • 'We'd be offering customers an alternative to BW Group'
    Avance Gas challenges BW Group's dominance in booming VLGC market
  • Regulators must clarify acceptable market share after Beijing P3 ruling
    MDS Transmodal says alliances need to know what is and is not anti-competitive
  • Improvement work has paid off, says Lloyd's Register
    Top ranking on Paris MoU white list and only 10 detentions in three years
  • FSL Trust recruits its new chief financial officer from AET Tankers
    Tan was head of finance for the Petronas subsidiary
  • UK shipowners sidestep row with minister over sulphur rules
    Chamber vows to press on with campaign for start date flexibility despite Hammond criticism
  • High cube 40 ft containers will dominate the global fleet
    Container Census finds these boxes made up nearly half the fleet last year
  • Standard Club cuts its combined ratio to 101%
    Performance satisfactory and stable, says Grose
  • Chinese banks seal $2.6bn funding for top Greek owners
    Costamare heads owners tapping finance as shipping takes centre stage on Li's Athens visit
  • Oil companies evacuate staff from the south of Iraq
    Exports from Basrah and Khor al-Amaya unaffected by turmoil - but the risk remains
  • German flag falls below 400 ships
    Number of vessels at lowest level for decades
  • FMC upholds its P3 decision
    FMC statement says that it had determined agreement was not likely to produce an unreasonable rise in costs and services
  • NewLead completes key debt settlement
    But separate dispute with Ironridge rumbles on
  • Dynagas LNG Partners grosses $125.8m from fundraiser
    Underwriters exercise option for more shares as partnership prepares for first drop-down vessel since listing
  • Mortensen quits at Danish Shipowners' Association
    Norden boss leaves DSA in line with move to BW Group
  • Hyundai Heavy Industries orders drop in first five months
    Decline is felt equally in shipbuilding and offshore
  • IMB warns small tankers to be vigilant against South China Sea pirate attacks
    Group advises caution following six similar incidents since April
  • Exmar mulls raising finance on bond market
    Gas shipping company eyes opportunity to bag finance at 'attractive' terms
  • P3: is there a Plan B?
    Maersk, Mediterranean Shipping Co and CMA CGM have not exhausted their options

Sea-webweb site
JUNE 19, 2014
  • Brittany Ferries seeks sulphur cap delay
    Brittany Ferries has called for a two-year postponement of the 0.1% marine fuel sulphur limit due in force in north European sulphur emissions control areas from 1 January. International political negotiations must be initiated fast to achieve this vital grace period, said the French ferry operator.
  • Avic Dingheng converts 2 Tarntank options
    Chinese shipyard Avic Dingheng Shipbuilding has secured an order for two LNG-fuelled products tanker options from Swedish shipowner Tarntank. The two 15,000dwt vessels are scheduled for delivery in February and April 2017. With a highly fuel-efficient Rolls-Royce design, the tankers will be
  • Swire Bulk confirms orders at Imabari
    China Navigation Co (CNCo), the wholly owned deepsea shipping arm of Swire Group, has signed contracts with Japan's Imabari Shipbuilding for four Handysize bulk carriers. Neither delivery nor cost details were revealed, but an estimated delivery schedule could be towards the end of 2015 or into
  • Sasebo bags Kamsarmax pair
    Japanese shipbuilder Sasebo Heavy Industries has secured orders for two Kamsarmax eco-bulkers: one from compatriot owner Asahi Kaiun and one for Taiwan's First Steamship. The two 84,700dwt vessels will have an overall length of 229m, beam of 38m and depth of 19.1m. Asahi Kaiun's bulker is scheduled
  • Jiangsu Hantong secures 8 Conti bulkers
    Jiangsu Hantong Ship Heavy Industry has secured options for eight Dolphin 64-type bulkers from German KG house Conti Reederei, which now has 20 of the vessels on order at the yard. Delivery of the latest eight 63,800dwt 'eco' ships is scheduled as: one in November 2015, two in December 2015, two in
  • Beks confirms Yangfan Ultramax order
    Turkish owner Beks Shipmanagement and Trading has confirmed its order for two Ultramax bulkers from Chinese shipbuilder Yangfan Group after concluding finance arrangements. Scheduled for delivery in 2016, the two 64,000dwt vessels are being purchased with financing from China Exim Bank. Beks already
  • Liverpool2 'ready in 4Q15'
    The UK's latest riverside container terminal, Liverpool2, should be ready in the fourth quarter of 2015, port director David Huck told IHS Maritime. Earlier this month, owner Peel Ports launched dredging operations for the deepsea terminal, which will handle post-Panamax box ships up to 13,500teu.
  • More vessels missing in Southeast Asia
    A Malaysia-registered tug boat and an accompanying towing barge have been reported missing to anti-piracy body ReCAAP ISC. The tug boat Manyplus 12 and barge Hub 18, loaded with 138 containers, departed Sibu, in Sarawak in East Malaysia, for Port Klang in Peninsular Malaysia. Scheduled to arrive at
  • CargoSmart updates sailing app
    CargoSmart today announced SSM+, a new version of its app for Android and iPhone that lets users view schedule reliability rankings in sailing schedule search results. The free app includes sailing schedule information for 27 ocean carriers and schedule reliability information for the top 30 ports,
  • Canada approves oil pipeline
    The Canadian Government on 17 June 2014 approved the construction of a 1,177km twin pipeline that will carry heavy oil from the Alberta Oilsands to the small port of Kitimat, British Columbia, on Canada's west coast. The approval for the CAD7.9 billion (USD7.3 billion) project came with 209
  • Panamax owners idling vessels as market worsens
    Owners of Panamax bulkers have begun to idle their ships in frustration at falling rates amid a severe tonnage overhang. IHS Maritime's Sea-Web data shows 329 Panamax bulkers would be delivered this year and this includes post-Panamaxes. Daily rates for Panamaxes now average $3,953, an amount that
  • Chinese steel production sets record in early June
    China's average daily crude steel production at China's key steel mills hit a record high of 1.833M tonnes during the first ten days of June, according to data released by China Iron & Steel Association. "It is very encouraging that Chinese steel production has set another record this month,"
  • Fortescue order should rebuild investors' confidence
    Clinching Fortescue Metals Group's four very large ore carriers order should rebuild investors' confidence in Singapore-listed Chinese shipbuilder Yangzijiang Shipbuilding, said an analyst today. The total contract value is estimated at $275M. The four 260,000dwt VLOCs would be delivered from
  • Thai government plans land bridge to link ports
    A land bridge across Southern Thailand is being reconsidered, government officials have told IHS Maritime. An overland link between a planned port at Pak Bara on Thailand's Andaman Sea and an expanded Songkhla port on the Gulf of Thailand coast has been considered, and dropped, several times in the
  • Investors sign up for Mtwara offshore base
    Pacific International Lines (PIL) of Singapore and Dar es Salaam-based MAC Group are to invest $526,000 in a new oilfield supply base in southern Tanzania. The base covers 10ha of the 110ha Mtwara Freeport and will serve multinational companies prospecting for oil and gas offshore southern Tanzania.
  • Small tankers face piracy threat in South China Sea
    The International Maritime Bureau (IMB) is warning small tankers to maintain strict anti-piracy measures in the South China Sea following a spate of tanker hijackings in the region. At least six known cases of coastal tankers being hijacked for their cargoes of diesel or gas oil have been reported
  • BW on Sohmen-Pao's resignation
    BW Maritime told IHS Maritime today that the reason for Andreas Sohmen-Pao's decision to step down as the company's CEO was to enable the company to develop its position in a broad range of markets. A BW spokesman said: "BW has significantly broadened its scope of activity in the past decade across
  • Mauritius offers rebate for exporters
    The Mauritian government has launched a freight subsidy scheme for goods exported to certain African countries. The scheme, which became effective on 1 June, entitles exporters of goods manufactured in Mauritius a rebate of 25% of their freight costs up to a maximum of $300 per teu. Eligible
  • Tanzania bolsters trade ties with China
    The Tanzanian government is prioritising the development of a new China-Tanzania logistics centre in the Kurasini district of Dar es Salaam. At a recent budget meeting, Tanzanian industry and trade minister Abdallah Kigoda said that as soon as Sh60Bn ($36M) has been raised to compensate residents in

The Journal of Commerceweb site
JUNE 19, 2014
  • US railroads' intermodal traffic hits historic mark
    Intermodal volume on U.S. railroads is up 5.8 percent year-over-year in the first 24 weeks of 2014. Full-size chart The volume of intermodal units traveling on U.S. railroads last week was the highest ever seen, the Association of American Railroads reports. U.S. carload and intermodal volume both grew for the week ending in...
  • FMC wades into terminal congestion issue
    WASHINGTON - The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission wants to ease congestion at ports and is considering hosting a forum for terminal operators and drayage drivers to discuss how to speed the movement of containerized goods at the gates. Harbor trucking leaders told commissioners yesterday they need the FMC to mediate a...
  • Full text of MOFCOM's rejection of P3
    What follows is a translation of the announcement by China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) rejecting the P3 Network: Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) Announcement No. 46 in 2014, on the Banning of the Formation of the Network Composed of Maersk, MSC, and CMA CGM under Anti-Monopoly Review Regarding Concentrated Operations - Publishing Unit - Ministry of...
  • Greece gets eight bids for Thessaloniki port, shortlists Piraeus bidders
    Greece has received expressions of interest from eight companies bidding for a majority stake in the Thessaloniki Port Authority (OLTH), the operator of the country's second largest seaport. APM Terminals, Maersk group's port arm, and International Container Terminals Service Inc. of the Philippines are the leading container terminal operators involved in...
  • NTSB: Truck driver in NJ crash was speeding but didn't violate HOS rules
    WASHINGTON - The Wal-Mart truck driver that earlier this month slammed into a limousine van, killing one comedian and badly injuring TV star Tracy Morgan, was speeding but wasn't in violation of federal rules on how long he could be behind the wheel, according to a preliminary federal investigation. The high-profile...
  • French rail strike into ninth day, but support waning
    Rail freight traffic is facing further disruption across France as a strike by rail workers extended to a ninth day, but an end to the stoppage is in sight amid waning support for the walkout. While SNCF, the state-owned rail operator, has told customers to postpone planned shipments until further notice,...
  • Global's terminal expansion in sync
    Global Terminal unveiled its new semi-automated facility with a celebration capped by a demonstration of rail-mounted gantry cranes that moved 20-foot containers with ballet-like synchronization. Fascinated guests watched from a dockside tent as four unmanned RMGs simultaneously lifted and lowered boxes and moved them side to side. The precisely choreographed movements...
  • FMC commissioner: China's P3 rejection a wake-up call to US agency
    Richard LidinskyWASHINGTON - The only U.S. Federal Maritime Commissioner to cast a vote against the P3 Network said Chinese authorities might have done the agency "a favor by forcing us to look at our regulatory standards within this new world" of massive vessel-sharing agreements. Commissioner Richard Lidinsky wants the FMC to...
  • Cargolux ponders new joint venture airline
    Freighter operator Cargolux is considering the startup of a joint venture air cargo airline with its Henan government stakeholder "in the next two years" to capture growing e-commerce volumes, according to Dirk Reich, the carrier's new president and CEO. Speaking at the Transport Logistic show in Shanghai, Reich told the JOC...
  • Four carriers to launch joint intra-Asia service
    At the end of this month, Cosco Container Lines, Wan Hai Lines, China Shipping Container Lines and Pacific International Lines will launch a new joint service connecting China, Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent. The Pakistan/Mundra Express, or PMX, service will employ six Panamax vessels, with two of the ships...

TradeWindsweb site
JUNE 19, 2014
  • 'Consolidation is needed'
    Bulker owners and operators offered sharply divided opinion today on whether the dry-bulk space is in need of consolidation.
  • American Club in profit
    The American Steamship Owners Mutual Protection and Indemnity Association has returned to profit despite challenging conditions in the shipping and insurance business.
  • Time to drop anchor?
    Lay-ups could be on the way for panamax owners in the face of weak spot rates, RS Platou Markets says.
  • Ronin in at Top
    US hedge fund Ronin Capital has emerged as a major shareholder in Evangelos Pistiolis-led Top Ships.
  • FSL hires CFO
    First Ship Lease Trust (FSL) has raided AET Tankers to secure a new chief finance officer.
  • SBIC revenue falling
    Vietnam's new shipyard holding company is likely to post a drop in revenue for the first half of 2014.
  • No-mar part 2
    Respected equity analyst Omar Nokta is said to be on the move from Houston and New Orleans-based Global Hunter Securities after just a little more than a year in the job.
  • SCF in seismic union
    Sovcomflot (SCF) has formed a joint venture with CGG to operate seismic survey vessels.
  • A lonely death
    Crewman unsupervised during UK cargoship mooring as rope pulled him overboard.
  • DSA hunts successor
    The Danish Shipowners' Association (DSA) needs a new chairperson as Norden CEO Carsten Mortensen heads to Asia.
  • Subsea 7 extends
    Kristian Siem's Subsea 7 has extended a contract for a Dof Subsea construction support vessel.
  • Vroon slims Petrolmar
    Dutch owner Vroon's new Italian acquisition Petrolmar has sold its bunkering business in Genoa.
  • Fixed P&I pioneer dies
    Fixed premium protection and indemnity pioneer Michael Newbery has died following a sudden stroke.
  • Searching for Plan B
    Maersk Line is keeping its options open after the scrapping of its P3 Network tie-up with MSC and CMA CGM.
  • Epic details escape
    Further details have emerged about Singapore-based Epic's purchase of two pressurised LPG vessels from compatriot Komaya Shipping.
  • Valles tanker sold
    Hong Kong-based owner Valles Steamship appears to have sold a second aframax tanker this year.
  • Fesco adds feeder
    Russia's Fesco has snapped up a German feedership to serve domestic routes.
  • A single guilty plea
    Only chief engineer admits abandoning passengers on stricken Sewol.
  • Beks seals ultra finance
    Turkish owner Beks Shipmanagement & Trading has finalized a Chinese bulker order after fixing financing.
  • IMB raises piracy alarm
    Small tanker owners have been urged to maintain strict anti-piracy measures in the South China Sea following a spate of hijackings.
  • Underwriters like DLNG
    Dynagas LNG Partners is set to raise the maximum amount from its recent share sale after the underwriters exercised their option grants in full.
  • Exmar eyes bond market
    Exmar, the Belgian LNG and LPG vessel operator, says it is investigating the possibility of tapping the bond markets for finance.
  • In the mood for crude
    The odds that the US government will relax the ban on crude exports by the end of 2014 are high, a leading commodities forecaster said Wednesday.
  • Mister Rodgers' neighbourhood
    The tanker market is nearing a turning point but the rally will be short lived if there is another wave of newbuilding orders, Paddy Rodgers said Wednesday.

American Shipperweb site
JUNE 19, 2014
  • Israel will not give up golden share
  • Asia-Europe concerns sank P3, says FMC's Doyle
    Doyle noted the FMC "did not have jurisdiction over the Asia-Europe service route; therefore, the FMC did not issue a decision with respect to that route."
  • Jan Krems to take over at United Cargo
    United Cargo has named Jan Krems, former vice president of the Americas for Air France/KLM/Martinair cargo, as its new president, replacing the recently departed Robbie Anderson, according to a spokeswoman for United Airlines.
  • Senators propose 12-cent gas tax hike
    The 12-cent hike would offset current transportation spending levels and replenish "all of the buying power the federal gas tax has lost since it was last raised in 1993," according to a summary of the proposal.
  • Greenbrier sees big demand for new tank cars
  • Ex-Im Bank guarantees $15M loan for Cat equipment export
  • Drivers take action in pension row with Sainsbury
  • Intersil settles charges of export violations
  • APM Terminals to raise cranes in Los Angeles
  • Emirates to upgrade Houston, San Fran services
  • High-cube containers continue to grow in popularity
    According to Drewry's recently published 2014 Container Census report, high-cube, 40-foot containers, which it said will represent nearly 50 percent of the fleet, are cutting into the market for traditional 40-foot containers.
  • Executive moves
  • Asian Shippers applaud denial of P3
    Asian shippers groups said they were pleased with the decision on Tuesday by China's Ministry of Commerce to block formation of the P3 Network, a global vessel-sharing alliance set to commence on the major east-west shipping corridors.

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
JUNE 19, 2014
  • IMO launches 'thank you seafarers' social media campaign
    Day of the Seafarer will be on June 25.
  • Oil prices may come under downward pressure next year
    IEA says shale oil boom will spread faster than expected.
  • Prices in Fujairah climbing
    Prices also firm in Suez.
  • Prices firming across Europe
    Rotterdam and Hamburg markets 'busy'.
  • DNVPS sees growth in distillate screening
    Also higher share of samples tested to latest ISO 8217 specification.
  • UK Minister: ECA implementation delay is not an option
    'Pretty disappointed' with Chamber of Shipping's campaign as industry has had since 2008 to prepare.
  • Spain wants to be 'LNG hub'
    Bilbao terminal operator wants to start LNG bunkering.
  • Fuel oil stocks climb despite fall in arbitrage arrivals
    China imported no fuel oil from Singapore in the week to Wednesday.
  • Bunker prices northbound in Asia
    Demand was below average at most ports today.
  • H2S limit for bunkers 'should be IMO requirement'
    Limited take-up of revised ISO 8217 fuel standard means there is no effective safeguard to prevent fuels with dangerous gas from entering the market.
  • Venezuelan fuel oil cargo sold into Chinese bunker market
    China's independent 'teapot refineries' spurning fuel oil as a feedstock.
  • IMB issues anti-piracy alert for small tankers
    Threat of pirate attacks within the South China Sea have been growing, it says.
  • Shipowner to double fleet size with 'eco' buys
    Newbuildings to feature MAN Diesel propellers.
  • Chinese developed modern bulker wins orders
    Vessel's fuel consumption and performance has been verified by DNV GL.
  • China fuel oil stocks down week-on-week
    Overall volume fell by 0.76%.

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Genoa
It will be held tomorrow in Genoa
Francesco Beltrano is the new general secretary of Uniport
Rome
He takes over from Paolo Ferrandino, who will continue to collaborate as a consultant
Stena Line presents a project for a ro-ro vessel capable of reducing energy consumption by at least 20%
Gothenburg
Introduced most of the innovative technologies currently available
Saipem awarded new contracts in Middle East and Guyana
Milan
The total value of the orders is approximately 720 million dollars.
Conference in Genoa for the centenary of Ente Bacini
Genoa
The company was established on 19 February 1925
Interporto Bologna Board of Directors Renewed
Bentivoglio
Stefano Caliandro Appointed President. Loss of 1.7 million euros in 2024
NYK invests 76 billion yen in NYK Energy Ocean Corporation
Tokyo
The newco has taken over the activities of ENEOS Ocean
Decarbonisation of maritime transport will be faster in the EU and the US
DHL Acquires CRYOPDP
Bonn/Nashville
The company provides courier services for clinics and healthcare
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
Over a million to the port companies of Livorno and Piombino to acquire green vehicles
Leghorn
The ranking for admission to the PNRR-Next Gen Eu contributions has been published
COSCO Shipping Development Co.'s container sales increased by +204.1% in 2024
Shanghai
The related turnover increased by +124.0%
The call for funding for the purchase of electric vehicles in the ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado has been published
Genoa
Yang Ming Buys Three New 8,000 TEU Containerships
Keelung
They will be delivered between 2028 and 2029
Construction of a cruise ship for Regent Seven Seas Cruises begins in Marghera
Trieste
Fincantieri will deliver the unit in 2026
Federlogistica establishes operational offices in Spain and Brazil
Genoa
The aim is to go beyond theoretical cooperative relationships
Over a Ton of Cocaine Seized in the Port of Gioia Tauro
Reggio Calabria
If placed on the market it would have generated over 187 million euros
In 2024, the economic results of Interporto Padova reached record values
Padua
Revenues up +17%
Three ceremonies at the Saint-Nazaire shipyard for three new MSC Cruises ships
Geneva
New flagship "MSC World America" delivered
German railway company DB Cargo reduced losses in 2024
Berlin
Revenues down again. -9.0% drop in freight volumes
NovaAlgoma orders second 38,000 dwt cement carrier in China
Lugano
It will be taken over in 2027
Customs agreement between Italy and Brazil to facilitate trade
Brasilia
Mission of the Customs and Monopolies Agency in the South American nation
A team from La Spezia Container Terminal in Rotterdam to test advanced technologies
The Spice
ECT Hutchinson Ports Training Center Visited
The assembly of Genoese freight forwarders on Monday
Genoa
It will be held at the Palazzo della Borsa in Genoa
Assarmatori, in Italy the ferry segment cannot bear the burden of the EU ETS in a very fragile market situation
Brussels
Messina: Protecting shipping from the ideological excesses of the Green Deal
The website of the Port Authority Corps - Coast Guard has been renewed
Rome
It has become a single digital access point to documents and services
In 2024, inland waterway freight transport in Germany increased by +1.2%
Wiesbaden
The volume, at 173.8 million tonnes, is the second lowest since 1990.
APM Terminals Granted Port of New York - New Jersey Concession Renewal
New York
Contract for a period of 33 years. Investments of 500 million dollars are expected
Experimentation of crane automation has begun at the Interporto Padova terminal
Padua
The interport company awarded the "Industria Felix 2025 Award"
Container traffic in the port of Algeciras fell by -17.0% in February
Algeciras
Both import-export volumes and transhipment are decreasing
New cruise company Crescent Seas has been founded in Miami
Miami
The fleet, initially consisting of one ship from Regent Seven Seas Cruises, will grow to five units within the next five years
In 2024, the volume of vehicles transported by Wallenius Wilhelmsen's fleet decreased by -9.7%
Oslo
Traffic down on almost all global routes
Agreement between Assoporti and Assologistica and the Florida trade, transport and port authorities
Rome
It was signed today
In April a mission in Albania of The International Propeller Clubs - Italy
Genoa
It will take place on the 9th and 10th in Tirana and Durres
COSCO Shipping Ports revenues rose to a record $1.5 billion in 2024 (+3.3%)
Hong Kong
In the fourth quarter alone, a decrease of -3.0%
SO.RI.MA. (FHP group) granted a concession of an area of 125 thousand square meters in the port of Chioggia
Venice
Investments of 11.5 million euros expected over 25 years
PORTS
Italian Ports:
Ancona Genoa Ravenna
Augusta Gioia Tauro Salerno
Bari La Spezia Savona
Brindisi Leghorn Taranto
Cagliari Naples Trapani
Carrara Palermo Trieste
Civitavecchia Piombino Venice
Italian Interports: list World Ports: map
DATABASE
ShipownersShipbuilding and Shiprepairing Yards
ForwardersShip Suppliers
Shipping AgentsTruckers
MEETINGS
The public meeting of the Italian Port Terminal Operators Association will be held in Rome on June 19th
Genoa
The annual conference "Programming, Operation and Management of Transport Networks" in Genoa
Genoa
It is dedicated to the transport and mobility sector
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Damen Mangalia Unionists Protest Friday Against Possible Closure
(The Romania Journal)
Govt. to woo top ten shipping liners in world for Colombo port expansion
(Daily Mirror)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Relazione del presidente Nicola Zaccheo
Roma, 18 settembre 2024
››› File
Contship Italia’s intermodal network has been extended to the Gulf Terminal in La Spezia
Melzo
Connections with the inland terminals of Milan, Modena and Padua
Container traffic in the port of Valencia grew by +15.2% last month
Valencia
The overall volume of goods handled increased by +6.8%
The Northern Tyrrhenian Sea Port Authority obtains gender equality certification
Leghorn
It is the first Italian port authority to obtain this recognition
Container traffic growth weakens at ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach
Los Angeles/Long Beach
Last month, increases of +2.6% and +13.4% respectively were recorded
Assarmatori, the Italian government's position on the impact of the EU ETS on shipping and ports is good
Rome
Messina: fully understood the risks and distortions of European climate regulation
PSA Italy's Genoa port terminals awarded anti-corruption certification
Genoa
The UNI EN ISO 37001 standard defines the requirements for an effective anti-corruption management system
Assiterminal presents three projects for the sustainable transition of the Italian port sector
Rome
Work completed on docks 33 and 34 of the port of Civitavecchia
Civitavecchia
50,000 square meters of yards prepared
The completion and doubling of the Pontremolese is the dream-nightmare of the La Spezia port community
The Spice
Fontana: Money is not found when enormous resources are channeled into railway lines of dubious utility
Hanwha acquires 9.9% stake in shipbuilding company Austal
Sydney
Investment worth approximately 116 million US dollars
The European fleet is growing but competing fleets are growing at a faster rate
Brussels
Raptis (European Shipowners): investing ETS revenues in clean shipping technologies and fuels
Trasportounito has confirmed the national halt to the transport of goods
Rome
Proclaimed for the duration of five days from March 31st to April 4th
Container traffic in Hong Kong port increased by +9.1% in February
Hong Kong
However, for the second time in the last 25 years, cargo volume was below one million TEU.
Cargo traffic in Greek ports stable in Q3 2024
Piraeus
The increase in volumes transported on domestic routes has offset the decline in traffic with foreign countries
At the Vado Ligure container terminal a 21,000 teu container ship fully loaded
I go to Liguria
The 400-meter-long Cosco Shipping Nebula has landed
UIR proposes a permanent table for the development of intermodality
Verona
The main task is to build a project financing program.
Restructuring plan approved for Spanish company Armas Trasmediterránea
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Creditors' appeal rejected
The decline in cargo traffic at the port of Singapore worsened in February
Singapore
Containerized cargoes amounted to 27.4 million tons (-3.6%)
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