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May 28, 2014
Sched Netweb site
  • CMA CGM profit up 1.2pc to US$97 million, sales up 2.7pc to $3.9 billion
  • China 'sinks' Vietnamese fishing boat in tussle over disputed waters
  • NYK increases sailings from Jaxport to Asia, boosts links to Mideast
  • Sino-Kazakhstan International Logistics Base to be completed this month
  • Rizhao port's container volume up 30.2pc to 867,000 TEU in 4 months
  • MRQ underwriter launches Octopus to vet private shipboard armed guards
  • BNSF-Ferromex start Chicago-Silao, Guanajuato daily rail service
  • Talks start on Sydney's Moorebank terminal, but not without opposition
  • ATA Task Force backs menu of infrastructure funding options
  • FAPAA executive council meeting in Hong Kong June 12-14
  • Boeing delivers two 777-300ER aircraft to launch customer Eva Air
  • Despite big potential, Tamil Nadu airport cargo complex 90pc idle
  • US National Transportation Safety Board seeks more 787 battery testing

Exim Indiaweb site
MAY 27, 2014
  • Allcargo Logistics' Q4 total revenue from operations up 33 pc
  • Gateway Maritime Pvt. Ltd celebrates 10th anniversary
  • New Ministry of Surface Transport & Shipping should include Railways too, suggests ex official
  • NYK takes delivery of first post-Panamax car carrier in Japan
  • APM Terminals Inland Services, South Asia wins Supply Chain & Logistics Excellence Award from CII
  • Dighi port may handle ethylene for IPCL
  • FCI to send rice to North-East via Bangladesh's land, river routes
  • More high-speed freight corridors are needed for smooth movement of cargo: Assocham
  • Railways to develop coal pithead connectivity
  • Suyash Commodities' Kharpatil Warehouse near JN Port offers many advantages
  • CAD drops to 0.2 pc of GDP in Q4 FY14
  • GAIL (I) considering 110-km gas pipeline from Punjab to Wagah border
  • GAIL (I) to venture into global sales of LNG

International Transport Journalweb site
  • VTG and Chart Ferox build LNG tank cars for railways
  • Ownership structure obstacle to industry consolidation
  • NS awards rail customers for safe handling
  • Timmermans granted AEO status
  • Increased profit and volume for APMT in Q1
  • DHL Freight extends Eurapid service network across Europe
  • Cargolux and PAL postpone plans once again
  • Swiss logistics company expands in Hong Kong
  • NYK receives first post-panamax car carrier in Japan
  • IRU welcomes EC's new CO2 strategy
  • Qatar Airways Cargo to launch Latin America operation
  • ISS reorganizing procurement and operations

Marine Logweb site
MAY 27, 2014
  • Conversion will create new Canadian self-unloader
  • Lamprell books $370 million order for two jack-ups
  • Two indicted in MSC bribery case
  • Norwegian getaway fitted with L-3 NACOS Platinum
  • China shipyard chief arrested
  • Consolidation ahead in bunker supply industry
  • MHI books first order for new low speed diesel

World Wide Shipperweb site
MAY 27, 2014
  • Foss Maritime celebrating 125 years of operations
  • Greenbier forming alliance with Mitsubishi Lease & Finance
  • TT Club taps Robert Kempkens as London-based claims director
  • Priddy named to second term on Vancouver/Fraser port board
  • Zim making changes to current service lineup

Lloyd's Listweb site
MAY 27, 2014
  • Canada pushes ahead with plans to export crude on tankers
    Ottawa seizes the opportunity as Washington ponders overseas shipments
  • Maersk denies Brazil Petrobras tanker contract bribe claims
    Danish shipping giant stresses its policy of working against corruption
  • Lloyd's Register wins DFDS vessels
    Danish operator cuts costs by consolidating its fleet under one class society
  • Gard announces $89m surplus
    Fifth year of reductions to deferred calls from Scandinavian P&I club
  • Ship Finance International targets growth across segments
    A diverse asset base is key for company from the Fredriksen stable
  • Rumours, shingles and shellfish - lunch with Braemar ACM
    Lloyd's List sits down with newest shipbroker on the block
  • ILWU push for a two-year contract puzzles port employers
    Union leaders' chosen expiry date would fall before the 2016 US presidential elections
  • Charter rates point to improving panamax demand - but will it last?
    Braemar Seascope reports vessels being fixed for more than $10,000 per day
  • STX Dalian firms apply for court receivership
    Dysfunctional yard and affiliates seek to restructure business
  • NordLB reverses its losses to post $181m first-quarter earnings
    But chairman says the bank 'continues to build up high shipping loss provisions'
  • Attica Group seeks strategic partners as it posts a lower first-quarter loss
    Ferry owner negotiates with outside investors and aims to reach a deal with its banks
  • Exmar LPG sells VLGC and midsize gas carrier as it culls older tonnage
    Joint venture with Teekay LNG nets $44m selling vintage ships to unnamed buyer
  • First-quarter results see Frontline ease its losses
    But group faces further financial restructuring if tanker markets weaken
  • Eastern Pacific Shipping books up to four LPG carriers
    Hyundai Mipo Dockyard wins two firm 38,000 cu m ships for $102m and two optional ones
  • Thome Ship Management appoints tanker operations chief
    Madsen brings experience from Maersk, Nordic Tankers and Herning

Sea-webweb site
MAY 27, 2014
  • Frontline sees volatile 2014 as overcapacity returns
    Frontline, the listed VLCC and Suezmax operator in John Fredriksen's business empire, expects crude carrier freight rates to remain volatile for the rest of the year. This is because overcapacity has returned to haunt the business, said Jens Martin Jensen, CEO of Frontline Management, in a
  • Ardmore unveils MR purchase
    NYSE-listed Ardmore Shipping Corporation today professed to be "very happy" with the $36M price it paid for a 2013-built eco-design MR chemical and product tanker. The 49,997 dwt vessel, delivered last July from STX Offshore & Shipbuilding in South Korea, is expected to join the Ardmore fleet in
  • Heavy weather sinks Seychelles cargo vessel
    Ten people were rescued after an inter-island cargo schooner sank yesterday afternoon in Seychelles. Arc en Ciel, owned by Gerald Rose, left the Inter Island Quay in Victoria, Mahé, at about 13.15 local time. It got into trouble about an hour later in deep water off the Mamelles rocks en route to
  • Ship Finance profit surges
    Ship Finance International (SFI) has increased its quarterly dividend on the back of a better-than-expected profit for the first three months of the year. Ole Hjertaker-led SFI today announced a 1Q14 net profit of $41M, or $0.44 a share, which was higher than the consensus EPS of $0.32 expected in
  • Dynamic Oil Trading predicts more consolidation among bunker companies
    Singapore-based bunker trader Dynamic Oil Trading said today that more consolidation should be expected in the industry due to continued demand for credit. Dynamic Oil Trading, led by Lars Moller, said liquidity and credit are the greatest challenges when it comes to fuel oil supply. The company
  • Chevron receives PureNOx systems
    Alfa Laval has delivered PureNOx systems to Chevron Corporation that clean scrubber water in the exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) process that prevents NOx emissions during combustion in the ship's engine. The PureNOx systems will be used on two lighter newbuilds powered by MAN B&W 6G70ME-C9.2
  • Maersk ships use exhaust gas recirculation tech
    A.P. Moller-Maersk container vessels Alexander Maersk and Maersk Cardiff have reported fuel savings and reduced nitrogen oxide emissions (NOx) using exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) technology. EGR prevents the formation of NOx during combustion in the ship's engine. Alfa Laval, which is developing
  • Kistefoss fails to gain full control of Transatlantic
    Kistefoss, the investment vehicle of Norwegian businessman Christen Sveaas, has failed to gain full control of Rederi AB Transatlantic, the listed Swedish industrial shipping and offshore services group. Kistefoss offered SK5.00 ($0.6) per share in Transatlantic in a bid that was unveiled on 24
  • Adriatic hosts largest box ship
    North Adriatic ports have initiated calls by larger box ships as part of their strategy to tempt container business away from northern range ports by expanding their combined capacity. Last Saturday the 8,500teu CMA CGM Cendrillon made its maiden call at Trieste's Marine Terminal, which handled
  • Frontline cuts losses but warns it may need second restructuring
    Frontline, the listed VLCC and Suezmax operator in John Fredriksen's business empire, has cut losses in 1Q14, but it warned that the current quarter is likely to lead to another loss and the company may need second restructuring. Group net losses narrowed to $12M in 1Q14 from $18.8M in the same
  • Frontline 2012 to streamline tanker operations next
    Frontline 2012, the growth vehicle in commodity shipping in John Fredriksen's business empire, is looking to streamline its tanker operations after the transfer of its VLGCs to Avance Gas Holding and Capesize dry bulkers to Knightsbridge Tankers. "The next step in the process of streamlining the
  • LNG tugboat to be built in Middle East
    Drydocks World, Wärtsilä, and Dubai Maritime City (DMC) have teamed up together under a memorandum of understanding to build the first LNG-powered harbour tugboat in the Middle East. It will be delivered within the next 12 months. It will reduce nitric oxide and nitrogen dioxide emissions by 85% and
  • China-Japan shipping may not improve
    Container shipping between China and Japan has hit rough seas as trade volumes continue to drop and overcapacity remains a problem. Japan was China's fifth-largest trade partner last year, and data from China's General Administration of Customs (GAC) showed that the total value of Sino-Japan trade
  • Synapsis navigation tech for Windpark service vessels
    German navigation system manufacturer Raytheon Anschütz will supply the advanced Synapsis Integrated Navigation System (INS) to two new state-of-the-art windfarm service vessels that will be ready in December 2014 and March 2015. The systems, which meet the classification society's DNV GL's DNV
  • China's weak iron ore market hurts freight rates
    China's weak iron ore market is dragging down freight rates. Iron ore freight rate from Tubarao, Brazil, to Qingdao, China, has dropped by 9.7% from the high $20.4/tonne in May to $18.6/tonne this week. The price of imported iron ore to China started to reduce in the past two weeks, according to the
  • China to issue navigation guidance for Arctic route
    A navigation guide for the Arctic route by China's Ministry of Transport is to be published in June. This guide will provide charts, routes, sea ice, meteorology and other navigation information to Chinese vessels on the Arctic route. Donghai Navigation Security Center, together with China's Arctic
  • South Korea to set up safety communication network
    In response to the Sewol disaster, the South Korea government announced today that it will establish a safety communication network nationwide by 2017 to better prepare for national disasters. Among the issues that arose in the handling of the 16 April disaster, in which 304 of the Sewol's 476
  • Chonghaejin owner charged with manslaughter
    The owner of the Sewol ferry will be charged with manslaughter after an investigation revealed he was told of the vessel's stability problems before its fatal capsize on 16 April, prosecutors have said. A joint prosecution-police investigation team announced yesterday that Yoo Byung Eun, the owner
  • COSCO Corp wins four more PSVs
    COSCO Corporation (Singapore), the Singapore-listed shipbuilding and drybulk unit of the China COSCO group, has announced that a Singapore-based customer has ordered four platform supply vessels. The vessels, worth a total of $120M, would be constructed by COSCO (Guangdong) Shipyard. The vessels are
  • STX Dalian files for receivership in China
    Following months of speculation and denial, the Dalian yard owned by the troubled STX Offshore & Shipbuilding (STX O&S) has officially filed for receivership in China. A statement from STX O&S said its six branches filed for court receivership with the Chinese court in Dalian, China, and the

The Journal of Commerceweb site
MAY 27, 2014
  • Surge in US Distribution Center Construction
    U.S. vacancy rates are trending down. Full-size chart Despite a surge in distribution center construction in the U.S., shippers and logistics firms are still clamoring for space, according to commercial real estate firm JLL. Completed industrial projects in the first quarter - mostly distribution centers - were over 90 percent higher than in...
  • Global Air Cargo Demand Slowing
    The global air cargo market saw demand grow 3.2 percent in April from a year earlier, but traffic was down from previous months due to a further slowdown in emerging markets, led by China, according to the International Air Transport Association. Middle Eastern carriers continued to put in the best performance,...
  • Cargolux Axes China Deal Broker
    Robert Song, Cargolux's senior vice president and head of Asia Pacific, has been ousted just weeks after brokering a deal that saw Henan Civil Aviation & Investment Co. (HNCA) acquiring 35 percent of the Luxembourg freighter operator. A statement from Cargolux said the airline and Song had "mutually agreed to terminate...
  • Rising China Orders May Support June GRIs
    Carriers on the Asia-Europe trade will have growth in China's new export orders and growing factory output for support as they try to levy general rate increases in June. New export orders in China hit a three-year high this month to boost manufacturing, according to the HSBC flash purchasing managers' index....
  • Trucking Hiring Standard Proposed for US Shippers, Brokers
    U.S. shippers and freight brokers would have to ensure trucking companies are registered with federal authorities, have adequate insurance and have a "satisfactory" or "conditional" safety rating before hiring or contracting them, under legislation unveiled last week in the House of Representatives. The bill, introduced by three Republican members of Congress,...
  • Terrible Toos: Too Much, Too Soon
    By several measurements, freight growth is accelerating as we approach midyear and will continue in this promising direction for the remainder of the year and possibly into 2015. Although that's positive for transportation and logistics providers, as well as for shippers whose growing volumes point to improving conditions in their...
  • Black Sea Growth Spurs APM Terminals Expansion at Georgia's Poti Sea Port
    APM Terminals is to expand capacity at its container terminal in Georgia's Poti Sea Port by nearly 70 percent to keep pace with rapid traffic growth in the Black Sea region and to accommodate larger vessels. The decision to boost the terminal's annual capacity to one million 20-foot-equivalent units from 600,000...
  • CMA CGM Profit Up as Saade Son Named No. 2
    CMA CGM booked a 1.2 percent increase in first quarter net profit as increased container traffic on key east/west routes helped to offset softer freight rates. The French container line also announced the promotion of Rodolphe Saade, son of founder Jacques Saade, to vice chairman executive officer, making him second-in-command of...

TradeWindsweb site
MAY 27, 2014
  • Conversion deal sealed
    Rand Logistics of the US has hired a Chinese shipyard to convert a chemical tanker into a self-unloading bulker.
  • Pullmantur appoints CEO
    An affiliate of Royal Caribbean Cruises has appointed a new president and chief executive officer (CEO) who will report directly to chairman Richard Fain.
  • DSF sounds alarm
    Many forecasters believe the dry-bulk market will rebound in the second-half of 2014 but a leading lender fears the rally may be short-lived.
  • SFL cancels pair
    Ship Finance International has ripped up a contract for two more newbuildings at Shanghai Shipyard.
  • Frontline charts VL price fall
    VLCC newbuilding prices have slumped back below $100m, Frontline says.
  • Unishipping makes move
    France's Unishipping is in talks to buy domestic ro-pax owner SNCM after Norway's Siem Shipping pulled out.
  • Thome strengthens tankers
    Singapore's Thome Ship Management has brought in a former AP Moller-Maersk man to run its tanker fleet.
  • SFL ups dividend
    Ship Finance International has boosted its dividend after recording an improved first quarter performance.
  • Ardmore snaps up MR
    New York-listed Ardmore Shipping Corporation has added another MR tanker to its fleet with a $36m raid.
  • Braemar nears majority
    London shipbroker ACM Shipping has revealed shareholders owning 46.8% of the company have pledged to vote in favour of the proposed merger with UK rival Braemar Shipping Services.
  • Skagen trims Eidesvik stake
    One of the largest external shareholders in Eidesvik Offshore has trimmed its holding in the company.
  • LR wins DFDS fleet
    Lloyd's Register (LR) is to class nearly all of Danish ro-ro operator DFDS' fleet of 55 ships in a new deal.
  • Held to ransom?
    Philippines villagers are blocking attempts to salvage four grounded ships until they get paid.
  • Gard rings up $89m profit
    Gard has delivered another strong profit that will mean a premium discount for shipowners in a year of management transition.
  • POSH pushes up profit
    Singapore's PACC Offshore Services Holdings (POSH) has posted a much bigger net profit for the first quarter as costs were reduced.
  • Loading revolution?
    Australian researchers are developing a new floating harbour transhipment (FHT) vessel they claim could save the industry billions of dollars.
  • Danske cuts Golar
    Danske Bank has downgraded Golar LNG ahead of its first quarter results suggesting the tide will not turn for the sector before 2016.
  • NSB's eco nose-job
    Germany's NSB is fitting new bulbous bows to a series of boxships to cut fuel consumption.
  • NordLB chops loan-loss
    German bank NordLB has cut loan losses as its first quarter profit rose.
  • Fredriksen in buyback
    John Fredriksen's Frontline 2012 is the latest shipowner to launch a share buyback programme in a move which could see up to 20% of the stock repurchased.
  • Frontline swaps suezmaxes
    Frontline has swapped two suezmax newbuildings at Rongsheng which were considered cancellation candidates for a pair of cheaper vessels at the same yard.
  • Bidders circle Jadroplov
    Croatia's government has attracted 14 potential buyers for its controlling stake in bulker owner Jadroplov.
  • Ferry prices to rise
    Korea may allow ferry operators to charge more so they can upgrade their fleets in the wake of the Sewol tragedy.
  • Frontline 2012 starts fast
    Frontline 2012 has reported a stronger than anticipated first quarter profit.
  • HSH's $3bn sale
    Germany's HSH Nordbank is aiming to shed up to EUR 2.25bn ($3.07bn) of shipping loans by the end of 2016.
  • NYK in Knutsen LNG deal
    NYK has confirmed that it is to take a stake in two LNG carriers that have been contracted by Knutsen OAS Shipping.
  • Mipo seals LPG duo
    Korea's Hyundai Mipo Dockyard has added another couple of LPG carrier newbuildings from Idan Ofer-controlled Eastern Pacific.
  • Reach rallies in Q1
    Reach Subsea has returned to the black in the first quarter of 2014 helped by a surge in quarterly revenues.
  • Qingdao eyes $377m IPO
    China's Qingdao Port International Co is seeking to raise up to $377m in a Hong Kong initial public offering (IPO).
  • Wisdom back in Japan
    Wisdom Marine is set to return to Japan to order another pair of bulker newbuildings, it has disclosed.

American Shipperweb site
MAY 27, 2014
  • CMA CGM: Freight rates now supportive, but outlook volatile
    CMA CGM, the third-largest container carrier in the world, had revenue of $3.94 billion in the first quarter of 2014, compared to $3.84 billion in the first quarter of last year, it said, with a consolidated net profit of $97 million.
  • IATA: Cargo demand up in April
    Worldwide air cargo demand rose by 3.2 percent, year-over-year, in April, but that result came in 1.1-percent lower than March's result, according to the International Air Transport Association.
  • DHL confirms 2014 earnings guidance
  • Suttons, ROVESA enter partnership
  • U.S. wins WTO auto trade case against China
  • NYK takes delivery of post-Panamax car carrier
    NYK said it took delivery Tuesday of a new car carrier, Aries Leader, which is the first post-Panamax car carrier in Japan. The ship, capable of carrying 7,000 units, was built at Shin Kurushima Dockyard's Onishi Shipyard.
  • UASC gets loan for new containerships
    United Arab Shipping Company said Kuwait's Burgan Bank has agreed to provide a loan for the acquisition of two 14,000-TEU ships, saying it had concluded a bilateral facility worth $190 million.
  • Washington Notebook: ATA endorses list of highway funding options

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
MAY 27, 2014
  • Prices in Rotterdam fall in line with crude prices
    Prices slipping in line with softer crude values.
  • Prices falling in Fujairah
    Mixed trends in South Africa.
  • Cruise ship gets propeller retrofit
    Fuel savings in retrofitted vessels typically range from 5 to 15%, says Rolls-Royce.
  • Bunker players facing pressure to provide more credit
    ECA regulations mean higher fuel costs and longer credit lines.
  • Irish shipowner makes 'eco' buy
    State-of-the-art ship built last year.
  • Dan-Bunkering hires new bunker trader
    To be based at head office in Middelfart.
  • Change in Indian regulations could boost bunker sector
    Govt to consider lower VAT on bunkers as part of cabotage policy.
  • Bunker saving software project 'a huge challenge'
    Companies to co-operate on data consolidation system that could cut bunker consumption by 5%.
  • Asian IFO prices generally stable
    Below-average to average demand seen in Singapore.
  • New bow comes with 5% cut in fuel consumption
    German design fitted by Chinese yard.
  • GRM adds trainee in Singapore
    New hire to focus on Asian and Middle East markets.
  • Supplier warns of delays after barge breakdown
    Another disruption to supplies in Taiwan.
  • First order for Mitsubishi 'eco' ship engine
    Engine is first in a new series of low-speed marine diesel engines.
  • Dubai hops on eco-bandwagon
    World's first LNG-fuelled harbour tug set to debut in 2015.
  • ESCA: 'No clear idea' on European ECA enforcement
    'There is no clear idea of how the European Nations are going to enforce these measures.'
  • New ECA rules could deter ships from some ports
    Ageing, smaller tonnage could lose out, report finds.
  • Sri Lanka monthly bunker exports fall
    Oil export volumes also down over the year.

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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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