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BRIEFS
May 21, 2014
Sched Netweb site
  • UN agency okays steps to mandatory box weigh-ins over shipper opposition
  • Vietnam cheaper and better, say manufacturers who will stay despite riots
  • Jiangsu's Zhenjiang cargo volume up 7.5pc to 8.9 million tonnes in 4 months
  • Shandong's quarterly trade with Japan declines 1.1pc to US$5.22 billion
  • Panama's four new lock gates at sea aboard heavy lift ship from Italy
  • US shippers lose millions over winter rail freight, truck shortage
  • Railways save Britain US$2.5 billion a year by relieving roads: study
  • DHL trendicator study says big changes coming to logistics industry
  • Lost Malaysian jet prompts ICAO, IATA to fast track flight tracking
  • China Eastern cargo selects Unisys Logistics Management System
  • Brazil Post plans to buy minority stake in cargo airline

Exim Indiaweb site
MAY 20, 2014
  • Emirates Logistics India launches Air Freight division
  • EU unhappy with Philippines' maritime training & monitoring standards
  • Indian Register of Shipping announces three new senior appointments
  • TT Club announces strong financial results & maintains AM Best A- (Excellent) rating
  • BPCL to import 7 mt of crude from Kuwait & UAE in 2014-15
  • Gold jewellery exports up 14.69 pc in April
  • Mango exports to US likely to surge on rising demand
  • Kamarajar Port planning SEZ on 650-acre area
  • Suyog Merchandise Shipping proficiently clears heavy cargo at Mundra Port
  • Adani Enterprises' Q4 net profit surges to INR 2,847 cr.
  • AIAI signs MoU with Bahrain Chamber to promote bilateral trade
  • EU rep to India feels retrospective taxation & GAAR provisions ward off investors
  • Exports of fuel products up, but agri & engg dull in a decade
  • Govt may impose anti-dumping duty on solar cell imports
  • INR turns weak after four-day rise on fresh dollar buying

International Transport Journalweb site
  • Port of Dunkirk issues invitation to submit expression of...
  • Rhine-Neckar shuttle now running five times per week
  • Continued cargo growth in Hong Kong
  • United Wagon Company sets up tank car production
  • First Dreamliner for Air Canada
  • Three senior appointments from India
  • EIB supports construction of Beskyd railway tunnel
  • IJS Global gets new owner
  • FPS launches temp-controlled LCL to Dubai and Japan
  • Gebrüder Weiss expands Wels site
  • TWS reinforces staff
  • Demand for commercial vehicles rising in Europe
  • Giant pandas flying today with MASkargo
  • Fercam will Kundennähe
  • Türkei investiert in die Schiene
  • ADPC maritime training centre certified by Lloyd's Register

Marine Logweb site
MAY 20, 2014
  • U.K. shipyard to build two harbor ferries for Malta
  • Wind Server gets its legs at Nordic Yards
  • Cummins offers emergency genset for offshore applications
  • May 20, 2014 Carnival expanding its presence in Australasia cruise market
  • Rolls-Royce to support Mercy Ships
  • Damen Brest books tenth LNG carrier repair contract
  • BW Group goes on tanker buying binge
  • BAE Norfolk gets $12.3 million more for Mason job

World Wide Shipperweb site
MAY 20, 2014
  • Port of Tacoma releases container numbers for April
  • Requests for TIGER grants far exceed program allotment
  • Port of Olympia names winners of annual Chowder Challenge event
  • AMERICAN EMPRESS riverboat to call Vancouver Landing home
  • Maritime Administration changing makeup of National Security office

Lloyd's Listweb site
MAY 20, 2014
  • UACC returns to Straits Tankers pool
    Middle Eastern owner places four long range one product tankers in pool
  • Teekay Offshore shoots for a $250m bond
    Price talk for coupon is around 6%
  • Being led down the road to ship automation
    Industry is already taking the first steps to accepting unmanned ships
  • Shippers' leader welcomes container weight check agreement
    GSF's Chris Welsh pleased with IMO compromise
  • 'We're changing the face of shipbroking'
    Will Braemar's dominance create problems for the new merged company Braemar ACM?
  • Talis acquires fifth bulk carrier
    Deal takes private equity-owned fleet to five
  • STX O&S returns to the black
    South Korean yard in recovery mode after being taken over by lenders
  • ICTSI gets Beijing's nod to take over Yantai terminal
    Philippines company joins restructuring of North China port
  • BW Group buys 10 chemical tankers
    Expansion continues with two secondhand vessels and eight newbuildings
  • M&S backs out of London Gateway development
    UK retailer decides not to develop 900,000 sq ft distribution centre at port's logistics park
  • Braemar acquires ACM Shipping
    Deal will give ACM shareholders 28% of merged company

Sea-webweb site
MAY 20, 2014
  • Jaccar Holdings bids for Bourbon
    Jacques de Chateauvieux-led investment company Jaccar Holdings will launch its bid for control of listed French offshore vessel operator Bourbon today. The offer, first announced on 17 March, is set to run until 23 June and hinges on whether Luxembourg-based Jaccar can increase its existing 26%
  • Braemar and ACM outline merger plans
    Shipping service companies Braemar and ACM have today confirmed they are merging. The merged companies, to be branded Braemar ACM" with comprise of approximately 420 brokers worldwide and is expected to be up and running by the end of July. The merger will be a "great fit" providing many new
  • ZIM strikes $3Bn restructuring deal
    ZIM Integrated Shipping Services has finalised the terms of its $3Bn financial restructuring plan, including a $1.4Bn debt equity conversion with its creditors, after complex and protracted negotiations. The Israeli container shipping company, owned by the industrial holding company Israel
  • U-Ming's Q1 income soars
    Taiwan's U-Ming Marine Transport, a bulk shipper and member of the Far Eastern Group, has announced TWD360.39M ($12M) in net income over the first quarter of 2014, up more than 80% from TWD197.54M in the same quarter of 2013. Higher freight rates during the past two quarters triggered the surge in
  • Tsuneishi secures Santoku Senpaku options
    Tsuneishi Group (Zhoushan) Shipbuilding has clinched an order for two Kamsarmax bulker options from returning family-owned Japanese shipowner and operator Santoku Senpaku. The two 81,552dwt 'eco' bulkers - each with an overall length of 229m, beam 32.26m, depth 20m, and draught 14.4m - are scheduled
  • Weak tanker rates lifted by Asia-Pacific
    Continuing growth in Asia-Pacific products trade is brightening the outlook for the tanker market, currently weak for both crude carriers and product tankers, say shipping analysts and brokers. "Spot earnings in the MR [medium-range] market have been fairly disappointing this year," said E A Gibson,
  • Royal opening for DP World's Brisbane auto terminal
    DP World chairman Sultan Ahmed Sulayem flew to Australia from Dubai for the grand opening of Brisbane's third semi-automated terminal today. The AUD$250M ($232M) terminal features automated stacking cranes and state-of-the-art operating and control systems. Under the new system, dockworkers operate
  • UK competition authority prepares new MyFerryLink ban
    The UK Competition and Markets Authority has said that it intends to give Eurotunnel-backed English Channel ferry operation MyFerryLink six months to close its Dover-Calais service. The authority, which last month succeeded the Competition Commission, said today that it was provisionally confirming
  • BW to buy 10 chemical tankers
    BW Group will buy 10 chemical tankers comprising two ships built in 2008 and 2010, and eight newbuildings to be delivered between 2015 and 2018 from Stream Tankers. The two chemical tankers are from Japanese shipyards Fukuoka Shipbuilding and Shitanoe Shipbuilding. The newbuildings are being built
  • Taiwanese steelmakers on US anti-dumping duties list
    Anti-dumping duties were levied on Taiwanese non-oriented electrical steel (NOES) manufacturers by the US Department of Commerce last week. Leicong Industrial, a Chungli-based steelmaker, was ordered to pay an anti-dumping tariff of 52.23%, the highest among the Taiwanese firms in the case,
  • Offshore business is 'long-term plus' for Korean shipbuilders
    South Korea's Hyundai HI, Samsung HI and Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering will keep taking orders for offshore production facilities as high per-unit prices for large offshore projects, particularly production equipment, are their best options. Samsung Securities analyst Han Young Soo said
  • VLGC rates continue decline
    Freight rates to haul LPG on very large gas carriers continue to decline as the tonnage supply grows. The Baltic Exchange assessed the benchmark Ras Tanura-Chiba rate at $78.938/tonne, a $1.062 drop from yesterday. Current bunker prices in Fujairah, UAE, which works out to $60,309/day, is still
  • Chinese yards' new orders up 160% in Jan-April
    Chinese shipyards' new orders surged 160% year on year to 30.3Mdwt in the first four months in 2014, the China National Association of Shipbuilding Industry (CANSI) said today. During the same period, the newbuilding orders placed at Chinese yards for exports rose 174% y/y to 29.0Mdwt. The orderbook
  • Braemar and ACM outline merger plans
    Shipping service companies Braemar and ACM have today confirmed they are merging. The merged companies, to be branded Braemar ACM with comprise of approximately 420 brokers worldwide and is expected to be up and running by the end of July. The merger will be a "great fit"
  • Intra-Asia paraxylene shipments weaken long-haul trade
    Growing paraxylene (PX) exports from Northeast Asia to China are contributing to the fast growth of intra-Asia coastal trade, but they are undermining long-haul seaborne trade, according to Drewry's recently published Chemical Forecaster report. China's consumption of PX has emerged as a key driver
  • Adani takes over Dhamra Port for $917M
    Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone told local stock exchanges today that it has closed the Rs 5,500 crore ($917M) deal to take over Dhamra port on India's east coast. APSEZ executed a definitive agreement with two promoters of Dhamra Port Company Limited - L&T Infrastructure Development Projects
  • Japan yard orders down again
    Japanese shipbuilders saw orders dropping both year on year and month on month in March, suggesting that their recovery may be peaking. Having seen orders languishing before 2013 due to a strong yen, their fortunes have been recovering since the pro-business premier Shinzo Abe returned to power in
  • Tallinn opens new cruise quay
    Estonia's Port of Tallin welcomed the 330m Royal Princess, the largest cruise ship ever to visit the country, along with her 3,000 passengers when economic affairs and communications minister Urve Palo officially opened the quay on Saturday, 16 May. Costing €9.34M, the new quay "was the port's
  • French pupils to use Kongsberg engine room simulator
    French maritime vocational school Lycée Maritime Jacques Cassard in Nantes will use Kongsberg Maritime's advanced engine room simulator to train its students on marine engine operations from 750kW to at least 3000kW engineer level. Instructors have free reign to create engine failure scenarios based

The Journal of Commerceweb site
MAY 20, 2014
  • Zim Launches New US Gulf-Brazil Service
    Zim is launching a new U.S. Gulf-Brazil direct service in cooperation with Mediterranean Shipping Co. as part of a streamlined inter-Americas operation. The new service and two upgraded services, which launch in mid-June, will cut transit times, add sailings and boost port coverage, the Israeli carrier said. Zim is cooperating with MSC...
  • Cyber-Warfare
    Cyber-warfare. The word causes shudders throughout the e-tailing business, and you need to look no further than Target, Michaels and Neiman Marcus for the latest examples of significant consumer data theft. Unfortunately, cybersecurity and the thought of data being compromised haven't caused as much concern among other businesses. For those...
  • New Bajio-Chicago Service to Tap Cross-Border Growth
    U.S. and Mexican shippers later this month will gain better access to manufacturing growth in central Mexico through a joint service operated by BNSF Railway and Ferromex, the latest railroad partnership forged to tap growing cross-border trade. The five-days-a-week service will link Ferromex's intermodal terminal at the inland port of Guanajuato...
  • Four-Year High in US Shipper Optimism Regarding Freight Growth
    U.S. shippers haven't been this optimistic about volume growth in the coming 12 months since The Hurt Locker won the Academy Award for Best Picture and an Icelandic volcano disrupted flights to and from Europe. Shippers surveyed by Wolfe Research in March and April on average expect their volume to rise...
  • Best Practices for Shipping Perishable Goods Coast-to-Coast
    The food industry has made great strides in bringing perishable goods from the West Coast to East Coast markets in a safe and timely fashion. Yet even with today's network of refrigerated rail cars, trucks, and intermodal containers, shippers of fresh produce, frozen foods, temperature-sensitive liquids, and other perishable goods...
  • Robust April Imports Point To ILWU Impact
    Robust April imports through several U.S. ports are at least partly related to initial effects of shippers accelerating import shipments to avoid potential disruption at West Coast ports tied to longshore labor negotiations. Fifty-one percent of respondents to a quarterly survey of shippers by Wolfe Research, which conducts investment research, "have...
  • Hapag-Lloyd Commits to IPO in 2015
    Hapag-Lloyd, currently preparing to take over Chile's CSAV, has committed to a stock market flotation of the enlarged ocean carrier in 2015. The Hamburg-based carrier's shareholders have signed a binding agreement to float the newly formed company next year, according to TUI, the German tourism group, which has a 22 percent...
  • Hamburg Outperforms Sluggish Rivals Rotterdam, Antwerp
    The Port of Hamburg's container traffic grew by a market-beating 8 percent in the first quarter, as the port moved up on Europe's top box hub, Rotterdam, and widened its lead over third-ranked Antwerp. Germany's largest port handled 2.4 million 20-foot-equivalent units through March 31, with China and Hong Kong accounting...
  • Southern Asian Hub Ports Invest in a Bigger Future
    Transshipment hubs in South and Southeast Asia are pouring investment into expanding facilities and adding new equipment to handle the increasing size of container vessels, the new alliance groupings and steadily improving trade. Malaysia's Port of Tanjung Pelepas is investing $430 million as it prepares for the arrival of the P3...

TradeWindsweb site
MAY 20, 2014
  • $250m cruise commitment
    Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) is investing $250m to elevate its fleet to the levels of its newest ships, the Norwegian Breakaway and its biggest vessel yet the 4,000 passenger Norwegian Getaway delivered in January.
  • TOO builds warchest
    Tanker and FPSO owner Teekay Offshore Partners (TOO) is selling new notes to pay for existing newbuildings and to fund future fleet expansion.
  • Jaya pays off loan
    Singapore's Jaya Holdings has paid off debt obligations as part of its takeover by Mermaid Marine Australia.
  • Devil in ditched plan
    The Liberal Government says it will upgrade existing passenger ferries rather than allow TT-Line to buy two freight-only ships for the Bass Strait crossing, and the change in plan is angering Tasmanian farmers and food exporters.
  • Braemar to quit church, shares fall
    Shipbroker Braemar Shipping Services is to move later this summer from its distinctive home in a central London church to bigger offices after its forthcoming merger with London rival ACM Shipping.
  • In and out at GOS
    India's Global Offshore Services (GOS) has performed a quick S&P deal on an accommodation barge.
  • Swanland action call
    Britain's RMT is calling for those responsible for the loss of the 3,150-dwt Swanland off Wales in November 2011 to be prosecuted, and for the government to take action to prevent any repetition.
  • Solstad strengthens
    Norway's Solstad Offshore has increased first quarter earnings as revenue increased.
  • Zim goes to Brazil
    Israeli container line Zim is launching a new service to enhance links between South America and the US Gulf.
  • Eitzen Chem takes a hit
    Eitzen Chemical, the Oslo-listed tanker firm which is struggling with a heavy debt overhang, has reported first quarter earnings that were heavily impacted by bad weather.
  • Dover ferry ban upheld
    The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) will bar Eurotunnel ferries from Dover before the end of 2014.
  • Braemar earnings cut
    UK broking group Braemar Shipping Services has posted reduced annual profit on the day it announced a merger with compatriot ACM.
  • BW buys ten more
    BW Group just can't seem to stop buying tankers, it seems, following the disclosure Tuesday that it had agreed to acquire another ten.
  • One injured in blast
    A crew member has been severely injured in a boiler explosion on a Yang Ming containership.
  • PRGN plots buyback
    Greek bulker operator Paragon Shipping announced plans to repurchase shares Monday evening after turning in a first-quarter loss.
  • Brokers agree merger
    UK-listed shipbrokers Braemar Shipping Services and ACM Shipping announced Tuesday that they intend to merge.
  • Ferry double for Exeter
    UK shipyard Exeter Maritime Services (EMS) has won a contract to build two ferries for a Maltese owner.
  • Paragon sheds boxship
    Paragon Shipping of Greece has offloaded a post-panamax containership under construction at Zhejiang Ouhua Shipbuilding in China.
  • Nigerian cash untouched
    A $308m fund aimed at boosting Nigeria's shipping industry has yet to be handed out to owners.
  • Carnival's Asia pivot
    US president Barack Obama is having one and now it appears so is Micky Arison - an Asian pivot that is.
  • Vallianz back for more
    Vallianz Holdings has returned to the bond market for a second fund raiser in less than three months.
  • California dreaming
    The two major US west coast ports have both seen April container volumes increase by 10% compared to a year ago.
  • Aloha!
    Cargo shipments between Honolulu and other Hawaiian islands appear to be on the rise.

American Shipperweb site
MAY 20, 2014
  • SeaIntel: G6 will require ports to handle more containers per ship
    SeaIntel says the ships of the carriers in the new G6 Alliance will spend 3.4 percent more time in port, but increase average vessel capacity 8 percent when compared to the New World Alliance and Grand alliances.
  • Expeditors outlines new strategy
    Peter Rose's early departure from the board of Expeditors International may have come as a surprise, but in comments to the Securities and Exchange Commission, company officials present the outline of a company undergoing a change in outlook.
  • LaHood joins infrastructure firm
    Paris-based infrastructure firm Meridiam has hired former U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood as a senior adviser.
  • ZIM details Latin America, Caribbean services
  • Cargolux adds Hong Kong-Ohio frequency
  • Amerijet launches domestic freighter service
  • Descartes releases driver's license compliance program
  • U.S. sees progress in ag exports to Mexico
  • Air Canada flies first Boeing 787
  • Washington Notebook: Inchcape loses protest of U.S. Navy award to competitor
  • IMO approves container weight verification changes
    The Maritime Safety Committee of the IMO on Monday approved changes to the Safety of Life at Sea convention that will require verification of container weights as a condition for loading packed export containers aboard ships.
  • Survey: Ex-Im Bank clients satisfied
  • Hapag-Lloyd plans IPO for 2015
  • IMO offers guidance on navigating straits

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
MAY 20, 2014
  • IMO committee urged to make fuel quality risk 'top priority'
    Secretary General tells MSC the issue is 'really serious' and deserves special consideration.
  • Prices lack direction across Europe
    In Rotterdam, 380 cSt hadn't moved from Monday's level.
  • Bad weather drove-up operator's bunker consumption
    Debt-burdened Eitzen Chemical records more losses.
  • Shipowner takes up fuel efficient option
    BW Group's CEO sees the sense in buying eco tonnage.
  • IFO prices fall in Fujairah
    Little movement in Suez.
  • Bunker conference for Hong Kong
    Chinese bonded bunker companies expected to attend event.
  • Tax on fuel oil exports could hit production
    Russian minister acknowledges that primary oil refining could fall.
  • Owner faces charges over slow response to bunker leak
    Shipping company pays 'compensatory damages' to local fishermen.
  • US port preparing for increased traffic
    Three 'super post-Panamax' shore cranes have arrived for installation at the Port Newark Container Terminal.
  • Indian shipowner banks on slow-steaming to cut costs
    SCI likely to make a loss for 2014.
  • Bunker prices largely down at Asian ports
    Supplies of bunker fuels were fine at key Asian ports on Tuesday.
  • New customer for Alfa Laval's scrubbers
    Four RoRo vessels to be retrofitted with hybrid systems.
  • Titan court proceedings at Bermuda face new delay
    Hearing at Supreme Court of Bermuda adjourned to July 11, 2014.
  • Evergas orders more integrated LNG fuel supply systems
    Firm has extended orders for LNG/Multigas Carriers at Chinese yard.
  • East China fuel oil imports down as bunker demand falls
    Imports of fuel oil to east China are expected to fall by 46.7% in May.
  • Piraeus-based firm receives 'eco-type' tonnage
    Vessel is first to join fleet after firm's restructuring, says CEO.

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A novembre il traffico delle merci nei porti marittimi cinesi è aumentato del +3,2%
Pechino
Le merci con l'estero hanno registrato un rialzo del +6,1%. I container sono cresciuti del +4,9%
Accordo TIL (gruppo MSC) - JNPA per la realizzazione del porto di Vadhvan
Uran
Il nuovo scalo è situato sulla costa occidentale dell'India
Shanghai è il primo porto mondiale a movimentare oltre 50 milioni di container in un anno
Shanghai
SIPG evidenzia il forte incremento di produttività realizzato introducendo una spinta automazione nell'area di Yangshan
Oggi entrano in vigore otto emendamenti alla Convenzione internazionale del Lavoro Marittimo
Ginevra
Yang Ming acquisirà sino a 13 nuove portacontainer da 8.000-15.000 teu
Keelung
Sostituiranno navi da 5.500-6.500 teu dell'età di oltre vent'anni
Carnival registra performance record per il trimestre settembre-novembre
Miami
Nel periodo i ricavi sono aumentati del +10,0%
Uniport apprezza che la riforma portuale avvenga attraverso una legge delega e confida (!) nella volontà del governo di aprire un confronto con gli operatori
Roma
Søren Toft (MSC) è il nuovo presidente del World Shipping Council
Washington
Vice presidente è Randy Chen della Wan Hai Lines
Presentato lo “SHIPS for America Act”, disegno di legge bipartisan per rafforzare l'industria statunitense dello shipping
Washington
Tra le proposte, trasportare sino al 10% delle importazioni dalla Cina su navi di bandiera statunitense, con equipaggio americano e costruite negli USA
Istituita a Gioia Tauro l'impresa portuale per la fornitura di lavoro temporaneo
Gioia Tauro
Ai 50 lavoratori attualmente iscritti nelle liste dell'Agenzia portuale se ne aggiungeranno altri 70
Navantia firma l'accordo per acquisire tutti e quattro i cantieri navali della Harland & Wolff
Londra/Madrid
Impegno alla salvaguardia dei mille posti di lavoro, garantendo la tutela dei diritti e delle condizioni di lavoro
Nel terzo trimestre il traffico delle merci nei porti francesi è diminuito del -7,3%
Parigi
Robusta crescita dei container (+14,0%). Calo delle altre tipologie di carichi
Thomas Kazakos sarà il prossimo segretario generale dell'International Chamber of Shipping
Londra
Subentrerà a giugno a Guy Platten
A tre anni dalla cerimonia inaugurale vengono avviati i lavori di costruzione del nuovo porto senegalese di Ndayane
Dubai
Investimento di 1,2 miliardi di dollari
Fatal accident in the port of Genoa
Genoa
A 52-year-old Culmv worker dies and a colleague is injured. A 24-hour strike has been called
In the second quarter of this year, cargo traffic in Greek ports increased by +1.4%
Container Traffic Growth at Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach in November
Los Angeles/Long Beach
Increases of +15.9% and +20.9% respectively were recorded
Lineas and Hupac collaborate on intermodal connections between Belgium and Italy
Brussels
The Belgian company will provide rail traction, while the Swiss one will take care of intermodal services
Report highlights progress made in reducing emissions in Tuscan ports
Leghorn
Emissions produced by maritime traffic account for 88.1% of the total
Assologistica, the application of the Reverse Charge for VAT purposes in the logistics sector is good
Milan
The association expressed appreciation for the government's intention to seek EU authorization
An EU Commission study analyses the environmental challenges faced by European ports
Brussels
Particular attention to supporting initiatives for the sustainability of small and medium-sized ports
Busan Port Set to End 2024 with Record Container Traffic of 24.3 Million TEU (+5.0%)
HMM to return to transatlantic routes
Seoul
New Northern Europe-West Coast USA service. Also inaugurated is an India-Northern Europe line
CMA CGM to use the port of Santa Cruz de Tenerife as a transhipment hub
Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Agreement with Terminal de Contenedores de Tenerife
Port of La Spezia, cruise ships will be able to operate at Molo Garibaldi despite the works
The Spice
EUNAVFOR Atalanta naval mission mandate extended until 28 February 2027
Brussels
Synergies with the Aspides maritime operation will be strengthened
A consortium led by CMA CGM will operate the container terminal at the river port of Lyon
CLECAT calls for new transport emissions regulation not to include entire life cycle of vehicles
Brussels
The IRU is instead in favour of the "well-to-wheel" approach
UNCTAD: Mediterranean ports' connection to global containerized shipping network declines
Geneva
General decrease in connections in Italian ports with the exception of La Spezia and Trieste
CMA CGM and AD Ports inaugurate container terminal at Khalifa Port
Abu Dhabi
The first phase has a traffic capacity of 1.8 million TEUs
Castor Maritime Acquires Control of MPC Capital
Limassol/Hamburg
Investment worth 182.8 million euros
The first cabin of the cold ironing system is ready at Molo Garibaldi in the port of La Spezia
The Spice
La statunitense FTV Capital presenta un'offerta per acquisire la Windward
Londra
L'azienda londinese sviluppa soluzioni tecnologiche per lo shipping
L'americana Halliburton compra la norvegese Optime Subsea
Notodden
L'azienda europea sviluppa tecnologie per le operazioni subacquee
Grimaldi ha preso in consegna la ro-ro multipurpose Great Cotonou
Napoli
Il prossimo mese sarà immessa in un nuovo servizio del gruppo tra Cina e Nigeria
Federagenti ha nominato 24 “ambasciatori”
Roma
Sono protagonisti da oltre 60 anni nella professione di agente marittimo
Porti della Spezia e Marina di Carrara, stanziati oltre cinque milioni per la transizione green
La Spezia
Fondi per l'acquisto di mezzi elettrici o a idrogeno
A novembre il traffico delle merci nei porti di Genova e Savona-Vado è cresciuto del +4,3%
Genova
Nei primi undici mesi del 2024 registrato un aumento del +1,1%
Nei primi 11 mesi del 2024 il traffico nel porto di Trieste è cresciuto del +6,4% grazie agli oli minerali
Trieste
Nello scalo portuale di Monfalcone registrata una flessione del -8,2%
Sequestrati nel porto di Genova oltre due quintali e mezzo di cocaina
Genova
La droga era all'interno di un contenitore frigo proveniente dall'Ecuador
Manca (Regione Sardegna): disattese le promesse di stanziamento di risorse per l'agenzia Kalport
Cagliari
Chiesto un incontro urgente alla ministra del Lavoro
Rincari degli importi degli diritti portuali nei porti di Bari e Brindisi
Bari
Leone: ci siamo impegnati per adottare misure che non impattassero su traffico e utenza
Sequestrato un ingente quantitativo di cocaina nel porto di Olbia
Sassari
Scoperti 39 chili di stupefacenti occultati in un minivan
Da gennaio Hupac intensificherà i collegamenti intermodali fra Belgio e Italia
Chiasso
Aumenterà anche la frequenza del treno shuttle fra Busto Arsizio e Padova
Porto di Ancona, rilascio della concessione provvisoria allo stabilimento della Fincantieri
Ancona
La nuova concessione avrà una durata di 40 anni
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A novembre il traffico delle merci nel porto di Barcellona è calato del -3,7%
Barcellona
In crescita la movimentazione di container (+6,3%), ma non il peso dei carichi containerizzati (-6,9%)
Saipem si è aggiudicata un nuovo contratto offshore da Shell in Nigeria
Milano
Per l'azienda italiana ha un valore di circa 900 milioni di dollari
Rixi illustra per sommi capi la riforma portuale
Roma
Creazione di una società a controllo pubblico per gestire gli investimenti e rappresentare il sistema portuale italiano
Accordo tra RFI e RSE per lo studio di un sistema di trasporto merci a levitazione magnetica
Milano
Sicurezza marittima, firmato al MIT un accordo per semplificare le procedure di verifica
Roma
Attività ispettive e di certificazione potranno essere svolte da organismi appositamente accreditati
Nei primi undici mesi del 2024 il traffico delle merci nei porti russi è diminuito del -2,0%
San Pietroburgo
In calo sia le merci secche (-2,1%) che le rinfuse liquide (-2,0%)
Log In acquires 19,600 square meters of space at Interporto Toscano Amerigo Vespucci
Kansas City
It is the fourth acquisition in Italy of the Theoreim group company
Prysmian wins two EPCI contracts from French RTE, potentially worth €700 million
Milan
The laying of approximately 640 kilometers of land and underwater cables is planned
Testing of an autonomous port tractor in the port of Wilhelmshaven
Wilhelmshaven
It will be launched next year by Eurogate, MAFI, ICT Group and Embotech
Intesa Fincantieri - Sparkle for the protection and surveillance of submarine cables
Trieste
The two companies will analyze the requirements to improve the security of the infrastructure
Barcelona terminal operator BEST has ordered two new super post-Panamax quay cranes
Barcelona/The Hague
APM Terminals announces completion of work to increase capacity at MedPort Tangier terminal
Wärstilä sells Automation, Navigation and Control System to Swedish investment company Solix
Helsinki
In 2023 ANCS recorded revenues of 200 million euros
Cisl, speed up the choice of the president of the Port System Authority of the Eastern Ligurian Sea
The Spice
Necessary to implement works and investments
Works awarded for the expansion of the container terminal in the port of Koper
Coper
The works will be completed by the end of 2027
Container traffic in the port of Hong Kong fell by -4.2% last month
Hong Kong
In the first eleven months of 2024 the decline was -5.0%
Two Russian oil tankers crash near Kerch Strait
Fly
One of the 27 sailors of the two crews died
Monthly Container Traffic Declines at Port of Singapore
Singapore
Over 3.3 million TEUs were handled in November (-0.4%)
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
A conference on the implications of geopolitical crises for ports and maritime transport in Venice on Thursday
Conference for the 30th anniversary of WISTA Italy
Genoa
It will be held tomorrow at Palazzo San Giorgio in Genoa
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Iran signs over $1.8b investment contracts with private sector for ports development
(Tehran Times)
North Korean tankers transport over one million barrels of oil from Russia
(NK News)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Relazione del presidente Nicola Zaccheo
Roma, 18 settembre 2024
››› File
Contship Italia dedicates a locomotive to the memory of Cecilia Eckelmann Battistello
Melzo
The special livery commemorates his life and career
EBRD loan for the enhancement of multipurpose terminals at the ports of Casablanca and Jorf Lasfar
London
Funds up to 65 million euros
Zero Emission Port Alliance Report on Future Port Electricity Demand
The Hague
The importance of strengthening port electrical infrastructures was highlighted
Paolo Potestà confirmed as president of ANGOPI
Rome
Vice Presidents are Giovanni D'Angelo, Marco Gorin, Ettore Rosalba, Mario Ciampaglia and Alessandro Serra
Criminal proceedings filed against the heads of the AdSP of the Southern Tyrrhenian and Ionian Seas
Joy Taurus
The absolute groundlessness of the crime report was recognized
In the July-September quarter, revenues of TUI's cruise division grew by +8.9%
Hanover
In the entire financial year 2024, the increase in turnover was +28.1%
MSC orders ten new 24,000 TEU containerships from Hengli Heavy Industry
Dalian
Contract worth over 2.3 billion dollars
RINA to conduct pre-FEED study for carbon capture and storage project in Malaysia
Genoa
Assigned by PETRONAS CCS Solutions
European Network of Maritime Clusters Board of Directors Renewed
Rome
Maire confirmed as president. Vice-presidents are Nathalie Mercier-Perrin, Javier Garat Pérez and Biagio Mazzotta
New step for the establishment of the port company ex art. 17 in the port of Gioia Tauro
Joy Taurus
Local Advisory Committee Meeting
PSA Italy chiuderà il 2024 con una crescita del +3% del traffico dei container nei porti di Genova e Venezia
Genova
A novembre è proseguito il trend congiunturale negativo dei ricavi di Evergreen, Yang Ming e WHL
Taipei
InRail has expanded its operating area to include French territory
Genoa
The company has become fully operational on the Mediterranean Corridor
A conference on the implications of geopolitical crises for ports and maritime transport in Venice on Thursday
Venice
Moderate growth in the value of global trade in goods continues
Moderate growth in the value of global trade in goods continues
Geneva
The increase for the whole of 2024 should be around +2.7%
47% of German maritime imports of green hydrogen will be able to pass through the port of Hamburg
Hamburg
The airport will be able to cover 10-18% of total national demand by 2045
Methanol delivery from land to a ship was performed for the first time in China
Beijing
79.5 tons of fuel loaded in 2.5 hours
MSC Air Cargo Pilots Sign Contract
Rome
Uiltrasporti gives particular weight to the fixed part of wages
Importance of cold ironing highlighted for emission reduction in Marseille-Fos port
Marseille
The effect deriving from the new SECA zone is also significant
In November, freight traffic in the port of Ravenna increased by +21.5%
Ravenna
Cruise passengers down by -46.8%
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