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January 13, 2015
Sched Netweb site
  • Over ILWU objections LA-LB aims for grey chassis pool in February
  • Top 7 China ports post cargo rises on the Pearl, Yangtze, but not Bohai Rim
  • DP World doubles investments to US$2 billion because oil prices fall
  • Containership charter market gets off to strong start this year
  • Southampton pilot who beached Singaporean ro-ro ship wins high praise
  • Yang Ming takes in 4,662-TEUer, joins APL on China-Pakistan loop
  • Kenyan dockers want Mombasa's 2nd terminal in transshipment role
  • 8,100-TEU MOL Competence biggest ship to call at Port of Jacksonville
  • United Kingdom Hydrographic Office unveils new digital mobile App
  • Lithuanian Port Klaipeda 2014 volume up 1pc to 200,916 TEU
  • Singapore seafarers can now apply for MPA rating certificates online
  • Russia's 2nd airline Transaero bailed out, No 3 Utair needs help too
  • Visakhapatnam domestic air cargo operations takes off next month
  • Pentagon renews contracts for helicopter lift in Afghanistan till May

Exim Indiaweb site
JANUARY 12, 2015
  • APM Terminals Maasvlakte II expansion receives 18,300-TEU vessel
  • Asia-Europe spot rates see sharp fall
  • BCHAA successfully completes refresher course for Customs Rule 6 exam
  • CMA CGM & Multiparques join together for terminal operation in Angola
  • New ISSA President outlines priorities for the year ahead
  • OOCL updates low sulphur fuel info
  • Panamax boxship managers to face further challenges in 2015, say analysts
  • South Carolina Ports Authority aims at exceeding industry expectations
  • Car shipments decline as two-wheeler exports rise
  • JN Port aims at improving upon the high of 2014 in current year
  • Anti-dumping duty on pen drives opposed
  • Bilateral engagements galore on sidelines of Vibrant Gujarat Summit
  • Govt reduces export obligation period for rubber importers

International Transport Journalweb site
  • VW delivers nearly half million vehicles
  • And the winner is... Shanghai
  • Norbert Dentressangle splurging on new trucks
  • Enhanced spare parts procurement website launched
  • Saudi Airlines Cargo thrice weekly to Milan
  • A favourable ro-mo year
  • Oliver Wyman expands German transport team
  • 'Grand architect' of Port Corpus Christi to retire
  • Haropa steps up waterway connections
  • New app simplifies processes for service technicians
  • Cyprus Airways winds up operations
  • Greenbrier invests in Brazilian railcar manufacturer
  • Stena Line-Mann Lines cooperation

IHS Maritimeweb site
JANUARY 12, 2015
  • Norman Atlantic seafarers "not presumed guilty"
    The pressing of charges against crew members of the Norman Atlantic ro-ro ferry, which suffered a devastating and fatal fire on 28 December, has been strongly criticised by some in the shipping industry. President of the International Federation of Shipmasters' Association (IFSMA), Captain Hans
  • High winds hamper Hoëgh Osaka salvors
    Stranded car carrier Hoëgh Osaka dragged its anchor and suffered a minor collision in stormy weather over the weekend. More high winds forecast in the coming days are expected to extend efforts to right the vessel. Ho'gh Autoliners' PCTC was intentionally grounded outside Southampton after
  • Shipping futures market bright in 2015
    2015 will be a strong year for the futures market after a buoyant 2014, brokers SSY forecasted today. Mark Richardson head of SSY Futures Ltd said that the industry had experienced an "extended growth in Iron Ore derivatives". He also saw strong interest in CME Coking Coal futures, which achieved
  • Call for Italian ports to specialise
    Michele Pappalardo, the president of the Italian ship agents association Federagenti, has called for greater specialisation by Italian ports. He said this was the fastest way to bridge the growing gap between the size and technological sophistication of the latest generation of deepsea cargo
  • Hoegh Osaka owner praised by maritime charity
    A UK maritime charity has praised Hoegh Autoliners for the care of its crew after car transporter vessel Hoegh Osaka was dramatically grounded in the Solent off the Isle of Wight in the United Kingdom on the evening of Saturday 3 January. Southampton port chaplain John Attenborough from the Mission
  • CSSC-SSE fails to use stake sale to book proceeds
    Shanghai-listed CSSC Steel Structure Engineering (CSSC-SSE) has failed to dispose of its entire stake in a subsidiary by the end of 2014, which is meant to help the company return to profits for 2014. The proceeds from the sale of its stake in the subsidiary, identified as Shanghai Ruisu Enterprise
  • Cheap oil provides relief for bulkers
    Plunging oil prices are good news for dry bulk carriers, which have been facing falling freight rates, said Precious Shipping's MD Khalid Hashim. While cheaper oil might mean cheaper fuel, Khalid thinks the real advantage is the boost to the world economy. "According to Deutsche Bank research, for
  • Australia bans another ship for breaching MLC
    The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) announced on Friday that it had banned a third ship from Australian ports for breaching the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC). The Indonesian-flagged multipurpose ship MV Meratus Sangatta has been refused entry to any port in Australia for three
  • Ezra bags FPSO turret contract worth $110M
    Singapore-listed integrated offshore solutions provider, Ezra Holdings (Ezra) has secured a contract worth $110M from Jurong Shipyard of Singapore to supply an external turret mooring system for the Libra oil field's extended-well-test (EWT) FPSO vessel. The contract was signed between Ezra's
  • ReCAAP identifies fuel-siphoning groups
    The ReCAAP Information Sharing Centre (ReCAAP ISC) assessed that there are at least three organised crime syndicates involved in fuel siphoning operation in Southeast Asia. According to its special report, one of the three groups is "less violent" as compared to the other two crime groups. The
  • Prices down, exports up at Pilbara Ports
    Australia's Pilbara Port Authority announced another record for the six months ending December 2014, at the same time forecasting a new high for fiscal year 2015. Despite the price of iron ore sitting at a five-year low, the recently amalgamated port authority announced its Port Hedland and Dampier
  • Wan Hai opens new Japan-Vietnam service
    Taiwanese carrier Wan Hai Lines announced that it is to launch another Japan-Vietnam service, connecting Kansai and Haiphong, named Kansai Haiphong Service 2 (JSH2) with effect from 1 February 2015. Three 700teu-box ships will be deployed for the JSH2 with a port rotation of Hakata, Moji, Incheon,

Marine Logweb site
JANUARY 12, 2015
  • Rocket landing on spaceport barge: Close, but no cigar
  • Meercat completes workboat for Scottish fish farm
  • Tidewater Norwegian subsidiary takes delivery of PSV
  • Feds face lawsuit on offshore fracking
  • Horizon Lines to install scrubbers on three Alaska ships
  • Micky Arison takes FCCA Executive Committee Chair
  • Ezra wins $110 million FPSO turret mooring contract
  • Weather slows Höegh Osaka salvage efforts
  • Austal christens JHSV 5

World Wide Shipperweb site
JANUARY 12, 2015
  • Mexican motor carriers net Ok for cross-border trucking services
  • Yang Ming teaming with APL for Japan, Taiwan, Thailand run
  • Boeing annouces sale of two 747-8 freighters
  • Horizon Lines receives waiver for fuel sulfur content rule
  • Mitsui O.S.K. Lines container ship runs aground in Tateyama Harbor

Lloyd's Listweb site
JANUARY 12, 2015
  • Ships speed up to serve new dynamics of Europe to Asia trades
    Maersk Line says 2M network designed to meet changing cargo mix in one of the world's top container shipping corridors
  • Tim Ponath joins NSB board
    Chief operating officer to run company with his father
  • MSC takes second trio of Quantum-Scorpio mega boxships
    All six 19,154 teu Samsung series bareboat chartered to Geneva-based operator
  • Global gas fleet expansion opens door to uncertainties
    LNG and LPG fleets are getting bigger
  • Dorian LPG receives $761m of financing for VLGC newbuildings
    US-listed LPG player says finance commitments are a milestone as it builds large modern VLGC fleet
  • Market shrugs off Libyan turmoil
    Fall in nation's oil output is having little effect on international prices
  • APMT continues to invest in Apapa and Algeciras facilities
    16 RTGs on order from Finnish manufacturer as part of container handling upgrade
  • International Group set to reveal reinsurance programme details
    Some clubs known to favour increased retention
  • NYK sale highlights divergence between asset values for product tankers and crude carriers
    Over past 12 months, medium range product tanker values have been flat, while crude carrier values have taken off
  • Boskalis raises Fugro holding to 20%
    Dutch firm continues to deny possible takeover
  • Asia-Europe box volumes pick up
    November sees container volumes heading to Europe increase on the back of restocking
  • Maersk Tankers sells 19-year-old product tanker to make room for newer tonnage
    Third such sale from the Danish tanker owner in a matter of weeks
  • Still no proper explanation for jet attack on Araevo, says owner
    Libyan warplane's rocket strike continues to baffle as first of two killed crewmen is buried
  • The road ahead for First Ship Lease Trust
    The Singapore-listed trustee-manager faces a 2015 on firmer financial footing. Chief executive Alan Hatton discusses how FSL Trust plans to manage its better set of choices
  • Wuchang Shipbuilding industry lands order for 16 AHTS vessels
    China's Shipbuilding conglomerate continues to explore Singapore offshore engineering market
  • Shanghai International Port posts $1.1bn 2014 profit
    Company maintains a solid growth from an expanding container business and rising overseas financing
  • Nature notes
    US laws to protect birds offer a warning over offshore wind turbines


The Journal of Commerceweb site
JANUARY 12, 2015
  • Carrier surcharge to boost shipper costs through Portland
    Importers and exporters who ship through the Port of Portland, Oregon, will experience higher costs next month because of work slowdowns by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union. Hapag-Lloyd, in an advisory to customers, said that effective Feb. 9 it will impose a surcharge of $85 per container on imports and...
  • China bans US poultry, eggs, citing avian flu
    The Chinese government said it will ban imports of U.S. poultry and egg products because of recent detections of highly pathogenic avian influenza in backyard poultry and wild birds in the Pacific Northwest. China is a key export market for U.S. chicken, turkey and duck products. From January through November last...
  • TIA's Voltmann: Shortage of drivers threatens crisis
    The type of loading dock sign that Voltmann says will scare off truckers and guarantee that a receiver will be cut off from already-tight capacityWarnings about U.S. truck driver shortages are on the verge of coming true, Robert Voltmann, president and CEO of the Transportation Intermediaries Association, told JOC.com. "It's finally...
  • Shippers adjust supply chains to cope with congestion
    From port congestion and new ocean alliances to driver shortages and rail service worries, the global supply chain is more fragile than at any point in recent memory. Three shippers discuss how they're adjusting to the challenges. Even as they grow more optimistic about the economy and the outlook for demand...
  • Year of the customer?
    2014 was far from the first year to see waterfront labor issues disrupt cargo flows at U.S. ports. Nor was it the first year to see the formation of large vessel-sharing alliances, big ships, equipment dislocations, truck driver shortages, suspect rail service or unexpectedly strong growth in cargo volumes. Each has...
  • TQL revenue passes $2 billion mark as big 3PLs get bigger
    Kerry Byrne has a good yardstick for the pace of economic recovery -- his company's rate of revenue growth. Truck freight broker Total Quality Logistics took in $2.1 billion in total revenue last year, only three years after TQL first passed the $1 billion revenue mark in 2011. In 2011, TQL...
  • Rail congestion boosts St. Lawrence Seaway volume
    The St. Lawrence Seaway handled 40 million metric tons of cargo in 2014, its highest volume since 2008, as rail congestion caused grain exporters to ship more cargo by water. Grain traffic on the seaway topped 12 million tons, the highest volume since 2000 and an increase from 8.4 million tons...
  • October 2015 Dates Announced for JOC Inland Distribution Conference
    NEWARK, N.J. - JOC Group Inc. today announced that its 2015 Inland Distribution Conference will take place in Memphis. The two-day event will examine forecasts and challenges of the transportation industry's intermodal and inland distribution business. JOC Inland will be held Oct. 6-8, 2015, timed to coincide with Memphis World Trade...
  • Low-sulfur deadline extended for Horizon's Alaska ships
    The U.S. Coast Guard and Environmental Protection Agency have granted more time for installation of emission scrubbers on three Horizon Lines ships used in an Alaska service being acquired by Matson. Horizon received a conditional waiver from the low-sulfur fuel requirements of the North American Emissions Control Area, which limits sulfur...
  • Late ship deliveries will add to 2015 overcapacity, Drewry warns
    HONG KONG - Drewry has estimated 100,000 TEUs of scheduled new container ship capacity did not arrive on time in 2014 and will spill into this year, increasing supply pressure on an already heavily over supplied industry. In its weekly Container Insight newsletter, Drewry said by the end of last year,...
  • China's growing logistics needs drive demand for GLP warehouses
    HONG KONG - Global Logistic Properties has signed new lease agreements in China for 1.1 million square feet in the past two weeks as the Singapore-listed developer continues to expand its distribution and e-commerce network in the country. GLP today signed a new lease at a logistics park in Southern China...
  • Year of the mega-alliances under way as Munkebo Maersk departs Dalian
    Munkebo Maersk, the line's 14th Triple-E vessel, loads up at Dalian Container Terminal at the weekend in this Maersk Line photo to launch the 2M Alliance's Asia-Europe service.HONG KONG - The 2M Alliance between Maersk Line and Mediterranean Shipping Co. began in Dalian at the weekend when the brand new...

TradeWindsweb site
JANUARY 12, 2015
  • Hafnia branded 'buy'
    A leading European investment bank has initiated research coverage of Hafnia Tankers.
  • Top Ships shifts gears
    A Greek product tanker operator led by Evangelos Pistiolis has lined up a sale-and-leaseback deal for tonnage it chartered to Stena Weco.
  • Box Ships boxship arrested
    A containership controlled by Greek operator Box Ships has landed at the centre of another legal battle involving OW Bunker.
  • Big win for Berlian Laju
    Berlian Laju Tanker (BLT) appears to be closing in on the final leg of a billion-dollar restructuring that began nearly three years ago.
  • Horizon lands ECA waiver
    Horizon Lines of the US is moving forward with plans to install exhaust cleaning systems on three of its Jones Act containerships.
  • MOL boxship runs aground
    A boxship operated by Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has run aground in Tateyama Harbor, at Japan's Chiba Prefecture.
  • Period deal for Paragon
    Paragon Shipping has found period employment for one of its panamax bulkers, brokers say.
  • Suspicion falls on crews
    Piracy reporting body ReCaap has warned that the increasing frequency of bunker theft from tankers in Asia indicates inside information is being passed to organised gangs.
  • Weather worries
    High winds are expected to peak on Wednesday evening, something that could further disrupt the salvage of the Hoegh Osaka off the UK.
  • Diana ties up two
    Diana Shipping has announced two further charters for its fleet from Vroon and Glencore.
  • Maersk Tankers sells again
    Maersk Tankers has sold a third medium range tanker in quick succession, brokers say.
  • Dorian nets $761m package
    Dorian LPG has lined up a $761m package to complete funding of its VLGC newbuilding orderbook.
  • Crewman lost
    A Filipino seafarer has died after falling from a Greek-managed bulker off Denmark.
  • Dry bulk at peak pessimism
    Capesize rates finally took a turn for the better today amid suggestions the dry cargo market had reached peak pessimism.
  • Finnlines buys ro-ro pair
    Finnlines has put pen to paper on the acquisition of two ro-ro vessels to be deployed in the company's North Sea service.
  • Nowacki buys into Box Ships
    Nowacki Capital Management has emerged as a major investor in Michael Bodouroglou's Box Ships.
  • Unipec stays number one
    China's Unipec remained the biggest charterer of crude tankers in 2014, but Vitol moved into the top three.
  • Double boost for Dof
    Norway's Dof has added more guaranteed revenue with charter extensions for two supply ships.
  • Weber shows VL storage sums
    Interest in floating storage contracts has helped lift VLCC time charter activity to an 18 month high, according to data from Charles R Weber.
  • Profit warning hits shares
    A profit warning issued last Friday by Cosco Corp (Singapore) has had an immediate impact, with shares reaching their lowest price level since August 2011.
  • BlueMountain buys more
    Andrew Feldstein's BlueMountain Capital has grown its major shareholding in Teekay spin-off Tanker Investments Ltd.
  • Boskalis buys more
    Dutch owner Royal Boskalis Westminster has increased its holding in offshore shipping company Fugro, but reiterated it should not be viewed as indicating a likely offer.
  • Wuchang lands big order
    China's Wuchang Shipbuilding has won a major order for 16 offshore ships from an unnamed Singapore owner.
  • Ferry fleet for sale
    France's Groupe Eurotunnel has put its ro-pax business MyFerryLink up for sale after being barred from operating from Dover.
  • Maersk Broker sells agency
    Maersk Broker has completed the sale of its agency business to compatriot Shipping.dk.
  • ULCC reactivating
    A ULCC that has been laid up for almost a year is being reactivated after being fixed on time-charter by a trader for storage.
  • Euronav pair cut stakes
    Euronav's two largest shareholders have reduced their interest in the Belgian tanker owner.
  • Three dead in sinking
    Three people have died and another 12 are missing after a ferry sank off Cape Verde in Africa.
  • Ro-pax blaze out
    A new inspection of the burnt-out ro-ro Norman Atlantic is taking place in Italy after the fire on board was finally extinguished.
  • Western wins ro-ro
    Bangladesh's Western Marine Shipyard has won a new ferry order from Uganda.
  • Polarcus recruits Starr
    Dubai-based Polarcus has named seismic industry veteran Rod Starr as its new chief executive.
  • Qatargas in Thai first
    Qatargas has delivered the first cargo of LNG to Thailand under a long-term sale and purchase agreement (SPA) with PTT Ltd.
  • Tug hits Hoegh Osaka
    One of the tugs working on the salvage of the Hoegh Osaka has collided with the vessel over the weekend.

American Shipperweb site
JANUARY 12, 2015
  • FTR: Fuel prices and regulation suspension helping trucking industry
  • Prince Rupert terminals set individual records while overall volume declines
  • St. Lawrence Seaway hits post-recession highs
  • APM Terminals continues equipment investments at Algeciras and Apapa
  • Falling oil prices make slow steaming less attractive
  • Horizon Lines secures pollution waiver for Alaska ships
  • Imports forecast to increase at U.S. ports in 2015
  • GAC starts new cold chain warehousing service near Jakarta
  • Artemus provides Japan, Panama Canal filing solutions

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
JANUARY 12, 2015
  • Tanker oil spills reach five-year low
    The average for 2010-2014 fell to 1.8 large spills per year, ITOPF says.
  • MOL-operated vessel runs aground in Japan
    Firm says 'there was no pollution as a result of the accident'.
  • 'Choice between the devil and the deep blue sea'
    Shipping lines face slow steaming dilemma.
  • Ex-OW man to face charges in Italy
    On fictitious fuel deliveries.
  • Norwegian firm takes delivery of modern PSV
    Vessel offers low fuel consumption and reduced air emissions.
  • Box lines to get most out of softer bunker prices
    But no direct link between prices and freight rates.
  • Crude prices take another tumble
    Singapore bunker premium firms on the back of 'low flat prices.
  • Scrubbers to be installed on LPG carriers
    Vessels will be trading mainly in the North European ECA.
  • Pirate attacks target bunkers
    A total of 23 siphoning incidents took place between 2011 to 2014.
  • US firm to buy newbuild bunker tanker
    Newbuilding to be delivered later this year.
  • Titan Petrochemicals extends management contract
    Firm could regain trading status on HKSE this year.
  • Troubled shipping firm in move to cut bunker costs
    Jobs will go from company's head office in Bergen.
  • Leonard rejoins Cockett
    In same role as he held at OW Bunker for a few months prior to bankruptcy.
  • US shipping group wins ECA waiver
    As it pursues $18 million scrubber project.
  • Turkey's bunker association elects new board
    Eraydin will serve as president for the third time.
  • Progress on wind-powered hybrid boxship
    Vessel due to enter service within the next five years.
  • Bunker smuggling vessel 'explodes'
    Incident involved fishing vessel in disputed waters.
  • Methanol 'consistently less expensive than MGO'
    Cost of building vessels with methanol flex fuel capability 'modest' compared to other alternative fuels, Methanex tells Bunkerworld.
  • COSCO scraps 17 boxships, bulkers
    Fetching $51.2 million.

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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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Departure ports
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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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