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April 13, 2015
Sched Netweb site
  • Asia-north Europe rates fall 8.8pc to US$466/TEU, transpac up 15.3pc
  • CMA CGM cuts telephone enquiries with real-time box tracking mobile app
  • Six-mile truck queues jam New York-NJ as diverted boxes flood port
  • Maersk, Wan Hai and CMA CGM lead the pack in operating profits in 2014
  • Regional Container Lines, MOL intra-Asia service to call Myanmar
  • Scan-Shipping transports rail mounted quay cranes from India to Turkey
  • Maritime leaders say agility needed to adapt to changing market conditions
  • UASC 'anchors' its Peachtree Corners, Georgia North American headquarters
  • Gateway Hamburg show to be held in at Munich trade fair May 5 - 8
  • Congress of marine arbitrators meets in Hong Kong May 11 - 15
  • Siemens cargo handling system installed at Dubai World Central terminal
  • Oregon eyes Asia cargo flights after 2 ocean carriers quit Portland
  • Oman Air orders 20 Boeing 737s, expects to double fleet to 70 by 2020

Exim Indiaweb site
APRIL 12, 2015
  • Domestic coastal movement of raw cotton picking up
  • Healthy growth against a stable backdrop for Swedish Club
  • India Supply Chain 2015 Conference set for April 14-15, 2015
  • Indian Register of Shipping successfully completes Well Stimulation Vessel conversion
  • SCI inks MoU with Shipping Ministry for 2015-16
  • Chinese power equipment faces potential ban in India
  • Coffee exports dip 8.5 pc in FY15
  • Steel imports surge 71 pc in FY15
  • 'Amazing Salute' to Kandla Port; berths 255 m LOA vessel for the first time
  • Mormugao Port achieves impressive growth despite constraints
  • Mumbai Port Trust celebrates International Women's Day
  • Port of Amsterdam highlights salient features at Mumbai Trade Meet
  • Transport & Dock Workers' Union welcomes Deputy Chairman of Mumbai Port Trust
  • Chhattisgarh to spend INR 9,500 cr. to upgrade roads
  • DICT receives first full import rake ex Mundra
  • Govt planning easier exit route for road developers
  • BHEL to set up Telangana power plant
  • CIL meets 97 pc of FY15 output target
  • Full capital account convertibility in few years: RBI Guv
  • Govt may revive stalled public investment
  • India likely to overtake China in thermal coal imports
  • INR ends weak against dollar at 62.31 on heavy demand for US currency

International Transport Journalweb site
  • K Line's fleet upgrade gets going
  • SPO celebrates naming of two vessels
  • Freiburg new site for express service
  • Indian Railways' freight loading up by 4.18%
  • New terminal for high-tech products
  • Pasi Nopanen Finnair Cargo's new VP global sales
  • Russian Railways transport coal for Mechel mining
  • Europe's airports with 3% more freight in February
  • Liebherr supplies four cranes to Patrick Stevedores
  • Exclusive partnership to start in May
  • Global Ports: Roy Cummins replaced by Egor Govorukhin
  • Strong start for Pactl
  • AlbatrosExpress boosts capacity

IHS Maritimeweb site
APRIL 10, 2015
  • Syndicated shipping loans drop
    Syndicated shipping loans fell sharply in 1Q15, while offshore loans rose, according to new data from Dealogic. Including both shipping and offshore borrowing, total marine syndicated loans reached USD20.427 billion in the most recent quarter, down 2.8% versus the revised total of USD21.022 billion
  • Tidal energy gets a boost
    The world's first floating tidal platform is now ready for electricity generation. The milestone coincides with Europe's need for harvesting clean, sustainable, energy resources to meet the EU's ambitious 2020 renewables target. At the naming ceremony for Dutch-headquartered Bluewater's BlueTEC
  • BW LPG buys four VLGC newbuilding contracts
    BW LPG, the Oslo-listed VLGC owner in the Singapore-based BW Maritime group, has announced it has acquired contracts for four VLGCs to be built at Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME). "Previously reserved [by DSME's existing client], these vessels are to be delivered in 3Q16 and
  • Atlas suspends ore shipments, mothball mines
    Pilbara miner Atlas Iron will wind down production in April, with all mining and exports to come to a halt in the coming weeks, its managing director announced today. "Atlas Iron announces that due to the recent significant falls in the iron ore price, it will progressively suspend its mining
  • Rickmers Group posts small profit
    Hamburg shipowner and operator Rickmers Group improved its profits last year on the back of lower bunker costs for its project carrier operation and asset write-backs. The company today posted a pre-tax result of EUR6.8 million (USD7.2 million), against a EUR6.8 million pre-tax deficit in 2013. Net
  • Ice still delaying Great Lakes shipments
    A week after the St Lawrence Seaway and two weeks after the Soo Locks opened for the 2015 navigation season, ships are struggling to reach Great Lakes ports, especially in Lake Superior. Canadian and American shipowners say the situation highlights their long-standing contention that both the
  • Evergreen Line launches India-Gulf service
    Taiwanese container carrier Evergreen Line announced on 7 April that it will partner with Simatech, a feeder operator based in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, in launching a joint Chennai-Colombo-Gulf (CCG) service in May. Four 2,000 teu box ships will be deployed for this service, with one to be
  • Hong Kong to ban discharge of additional ship-sourced litter
    Hong Kong will introduce a law to prohibit discharge of additional kinds of garbage from ships to enhance the prevention of marine pollution in its waters. The city's legislators will decide on the Regulation on April 15, an official for the Transport and Housing Bureau of Hong Kong said on 10
  • CHEC wins USD600 mil. Ghana port deal
    China Harbor Engineering Company (CHEC) has won a USD600 mil. bid to build a new port in Atuabo, Ghana, Chinese media reported on 9 April. Located 326 km west of the capital, the port will have an 18.5-m deep channel and three berths with depth of 16.5 m, 12 m, and 9m. The port will support
  • Navico gears up for tanker ECDIS migration
    Navico, a dedicated multi-brand marine electronics supplier, has added another product to its Simrad brand, the company said at a press conference on 8 April. The news was announced with an eye on the fast approaching July deadline for ECDIS carriage mandate for tankers above 3,000 gt. Simrad
  • Stolt-Nielsen profit surges on lower costs
    London-based Stolt-Nielsen has reported a strong rise in its first quarter 2015 net profit, but the company's CEO says volumes should rise for the market itself to return to health, and no signs of this are visible at the moment. The chemical carrier, tank terminal, and container group's net profit
  • Rabaul Queen owner to stand trial for manslaughter
    Rabaul Queen shipowner Captain Peter Sharp will stand trial for those killed on board the ferry when it went down in 2012, after a Papua New Guinea (PNG) magistrate ruled on 9 April against a defence submission to have the manslaughter charges dropped. British passport holder Sharp faces charges of
  • Volatility expected for O&M sectors
    The offshore and marine (O&M) sectors may see more volatility ahead, following the W-shaped oil prices path predicted by analyst. Malaysia-headquartered CIMB Bank's Yeo Zhi Bin expects Brent crude oil prices to hover within a tight USD50-70 per barrel for the next three years. This fallout of lower
  • Pacific Radiance forms JV in Ghana
    Singapore-listed offshore marine services provider Pacific Radiance has entered a joint venture (JV) agreement with Cross Energy (CE) to jointly incorporate the company Radiance Offshore (Ghana) in Ghana. The JV is formed with an initial share capital of GHS5,000 (USD1,300). The JV was signed by
  • NYK teams with others to develop fuel gauge
    Japanese shipping company Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK Line) has teamed with Monohakobi Technology Institute and Semco Ltd to develop Honesty, a tank-sounding device that claims to better measure the surface of liquids stored in vessel tanks. Semco Ltd is a Japanese manufacturer of measuring
  • 'K' Line sells six box ships
    Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha ('K' Line) has sold six container ships as it prepares to take delivery of 10 14,000 teu ships. Japan's third-biggest shipping company told IHS Maritime that since the end of 2014 to March 2015, it has sold Victoria Bridge, Valencia Bridge, Virginia Bridge, Verrazano Bridge,
  • BPA marks 11 years of profitability
    Busan Port Authority (BPA) has marked its 11th consecutive year of being in the black. For 2014, BPA, which was established in 2004, had record-high earnings of KRW107.7 billion (USD98.6 million), while its revenue for the same year rose 24.6% year on year to KRW348.6 billion. The company posted
  • Jinhai HI raises USD24 mil.
    Jinhai Heavy Industry (Jinhai HI) has raised CNY152 million (USD24 million) in a sale-and-lease-back deal over its shipbuilding equipment. Jinhai HI has leased back the equipment with a term of three years at an interest rate of 8.45% per year, according to a stock filing of Shenzhen-listed Bohai

Marine Logweb site
APRIL 10, 2015
  • Chevron 100 BN lube gets interim nod for Wärtsilä use
  • Norwegian shipowners trim their expectations
  • BW LPG swoops on four DSME VLGC newbuildings
  • BAE San Diego gets $35 million for LSD 45 PMA

World Wide Shipperweb site
APRIL 10, 2015
  • Oregon governor sets funding to support small business exports
  • Diana Shipping extends charter for Ice Class Panamax bulk vessel
  • CSX names David Baggs vice president, treasurer
  • Port of Port Angeles extends deadline for Community Partner Program entries
  • Matson releases numbers for fourth fiscal quarter, year

Lloyd's Listweb site
APRIL 10, 2015
  • BW LPG takes over four-vessel newbuilding deal at discount price
    Original client at DSME believed to be Chinese owner set to lose out on easing of Iranian sanctions
  • Oakland bids to boost logistics role
    Port's 360-acre trade and logistics centre aims to attract additional export and import cargoes
  • LNG trade volumes forecast to pick up substantially in 2015 and 2016
    LNG shipping poised to reap benefits as trades increase
  • Capes market in painful stasis as Scorpio Bulkers sells at a loss
    BIMCO argues that China tax cut to domestic producers will have 'toxic' effect on dry bulk market
  • Woodside's $854m investment in Kitimat offers shot in the arm for Canada's struggling LNG export plan
    If it gets off the ground, Kitimat would generate 12.5 LNG shipments per month, a robust new trade for LNG carriers
  • Asia-north Europe rates slump to new low
    Spot market at lowest level for nearly six years as carriers fail with latest price push
  • Bank seeks to install STX O&S chief at DSME, but merger talks are dismissed as 'fictions'
    Homecoming for Jung Sung-Leep, who served as DSME president in 2001-2006
  • Time to enter the Lloyd's List Global Awards 2015
    Show your customers why you are an award winning business
  • Rickmers flatlines in 2014
    Yet Hamburg boxship outfit hangs on to positive net profit
  • The cost of clean air
    Waterfronts these days are no place for ships, which are dirty and smelly and spoil the expensive view
  • Negative Norwegians predict profit squeeze and crewing cull
    Norwegian Shipowners' Association 2015 outlook lifts lid on risks and opportunities for country's diverse shipowning community
  • Why Labour should think again on non-doms
    Promised changes to the UK's non-domicile tax rules risk losing leadership in shipbroking, insurance, ship finance and maritime law

The Journal of Commerceweb site
APRIL 10, 2015
  • Trans-Pacific carriers take new approach to annual carrier contracts
    For the first time, the Transpacific Stabilization Agreement, a discussion group representing 15 of the largest carrier in the trans-Pacific trade lanes, is pushing for base levels during the current contracting season, a departure from its longstanding policy of issuing targets for rate increases. But it remains to be seen whether...
  • OOIDA seeks to join Teamsters in legal bid to block Mexican truckers
    The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association wants to join a lawsuit designed to block the Department of Transportation's decision to open the U.S. border to Mexican truckers, a step the DOT announced earlier this year after years of heated debate. The lawsuit, filed in March by the Teamsters union, is a last-ditch...
  • Spot truck volumes in US surged in March from winter lows
    Truck volumes on the U.S. spot market shot up 34 percent in March from February, as the spring surge in freight arrived at ports, loading docks, warehouses and retail stores. This year's surge is more "ordinary" than extraordinary, according to DAT Solutions, which operates spot market load boards that handled more...
  • Charter rates on the rise for midsize container ships
    The charter market for midsize container ships below 4,000 20-foot-equivalent-unit capacity is nearly back in balance after seven years, according to a Hamburg ship broker. Between 2007 and 2014, surplus capacity in the 1,000- to 3,000-TEU ship classes had essentially disappeared, Ernst Russ Shipbroker said its April monthly maritime overview report. The...
  • Crowley Provides Shipping to Haiti for Donated Mobile Health Clinic
    (JACKSONVILLE, Fla.; April 10, 2015) '- Crowley Maritime Corp. is providing shipping services to The Blood Alliance of Northeast Florida as they work to give a retired bloodmobile new purpose in Haiti this week. The bloodmobile will be donated for use as a Zanmi Lasante mobile health clinic serving more...
  • India-Bangladesh coastal shipping service sets sail
    India-Bangladesh cross-border trade received a major fillip with the introduction of a new coastal shipping service between the two neighboring nations. The service, branded the Prantik Bangladesh India Xpress, or Prantik BIX, connects Kolkata to Chittagong, Bangladesh's main cargo gateway. "Industry leaders have opined that this direct service will benefit shippers from...
  • Migrant wave threatens Mediterranean carriers' crews, schedule reliability
    Merchant ship operators have joined with seafarers' unions urging European Union member states to take immediate action to curb the growing humanitarian crisis in the Mediterranean, which they say is putting crews and schedule reliability at risk. With Mideast and North African states embroiled in violent chaos and political crises, the...
  • China-Med spot rates fall to lowest level since October 2013
    Click to enlargeContainer shipping spot rates from China to the Mediterranean fell to the lowest level in roughly a year and a half, reflecting how surge of new capacity on the trade lane is offsetting strong demand. Rates in April were on average $1,260 per TEU, a 5 percent decrease from...
  • 'K' Line sells six ships ahead of delivery of 10 larger vessels
    Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha has sold six container ships for nearly $92 million as it prepares to receive 10 vessels each with a capacity of 14,000 20-foot equivalent units. Although "K" Line plans to reduce its fleet of container ships from 70 to 61 by the end over the next four years,...
  • CMA CGM says it has launched first container tracking mobile app
    CMA CGM has launched what it claims is the first real-time container tracking mobile application for the French carrier's customers. The app, which can be downloaded from Google Play and App Store in five languages - English, French, Spanish, German and Chinese -will enable shippers to follow loading operations, search for...
  • Rickmers profit stalls, revenue falls
    Rickmers Group's net income stalled and revenue declined in 2014 but Germany's leading container ship owner and manager continued to grow its fleet and restructured its loans. Net income crept up to €2.1 million euros [$ 2.27 million] from €1.5 million in 2013 as revenue dipped 5.7 percent to '545.4 million....
  • Port of Virginia deploys more equipment to deal with seven-week-long backlog
    The Port of Virginia is rolling out even more equipment and continuing construction on a new cargo yard in an effort to relieve a now seven-week-long container backlog on the waterfront. Since a winter storm shut down the port for four consecutive days over the Presidents' Day weekend in February, the...
  • SCFI: Asia-Europe spot rate tumbles to new low of $466
    Spot rates on the Asia-Med trade fell 9 percent to $607 per TEU, according to the SCFI.HONG KONG - Spot rates on the Asia-North Europe trade this week slid below $500 per 20-foot container to an all-time low as slowing demand and excess capacity robbed carriers of any power to...
  • Rising import tonnage gives Pactl record first quarter
    Robust imports in the first three months pushed Shanghai's Pactl to a record Q1 throughput.HONG KONG - A sharp increase in first quarter imports helped Shanghai's largest air freight terminal to yet another record and follows on from its best ever annual performance in 2014.Shanghai Pudong International Airport Cargo Terminal...
  • Huge landside savings to be made by alliance cooperation, McKinsey says
    HONG KONG - The scale advantage container shipping alliances are realising at sea comes to an end when vessels arrive in port, and extending that cooperation to land is the critical next step towards improving efficiency and profitability, a new McKinsey report has found.Reducing the overall cost base and complexity...
  • LA, Long Beach ports: We're still the best option and we're making it better
    The chief executives of the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are looking beyond their current congestion problems to resume what they see as their ports' rightful role as leaders of the U.S. port industry, and it will all be about infrastructure and processes. "The brand is tarnished," Gene Seroka,...
  • JOC | TPM 2015 Sponsor: FedEx Trade Networks
    FedEx Trade Network's John Gazitua, Vice President, U.S. and Canada Operations, on understanding the unique supply chain needs of each customer and responding to regulatory, labor and weather disruptions with increased agility options. ...
  • European trucker Waberer's expands subsidiary network
    Waberer's International, a trucking and logistics company with roots in Eastern Europe, is digging deeper into Western European markets. The Budapest-based company is setting up a network of subsidiaries to get closer to customers and expand its business faster. The latest subsidiary, Waberer's Italia, opened last month in Milan, Italy, following...
  • TPM 2015 Sponsor: Direct ChassisLink Inc.
    DCLI's Ross Pignaz on the standalone chassis pool model, strategies for predicting chassis demand, and using technology to meet rapid change in the industry. ...

TradeWindsweb site
APRIL 10, 2015
  • Maiden voyage spill
    The owner of the newly delivered bulk carrier, Marathassa, has accepted that an oil spill that has polluted waters off Vancouver came from the vessel.
  • Rickmers profit rises
    Improved profitability is reported by the Rickmers group although the absolute numbers remain modest.
  • Alassia in spill scare
    A panamax bulk carrier delivered less than a month ago is being investigated as the possible source of a oil spill off the Canadian city of Vancouver.
  • BW LPG in $290m deal
    Leading very large gas carrier owner, BW LPG, is adding four more vessels to its fleet by taking over shipbuilding slots already reserved at Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME).
  • Norwegian outlook sours
    Norwegian shipowners are warning of the prospect of lower profitability in 2015 in a new report on the outlook for the industry.
  • GPRT sells oldest bulker
    Goldenport Holdings has offloaded the smallest and oldest bulker in its fleet, the London-listed firm confirmed Friday.
  • Swire drops Brazil OSVs
    Swire Pacific Offshore (SPO) has reaffirmed the cancellation of a series of offshore vessel newbuildings in Brazil.
  • Tanker orders ease back
    Tanker newbuilding contracting has slowed in the first quarter of the year to the lowest levels recorded since 2012.
  • NOL merger move unlikely
    OCBC has played down the likelihood of Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) being involved in a merger anytime soon.

American Shipperweb site
APRIL 10, 2015
  • Container shipping faces persistent overcapacity
  • Commerce, IDB team up to support small shippers
  • Container spot rates from China to Europe and Med fall to new lows
  • Garamendi seeks support for shipbuilding industry
  • Great Lakes trade slowed by another harsh winter
  • German trade, industrial production up in February
  • Oakland logistics center could attract additional cargo
  • Corpus Christi port opens first part of Nueces River rail yard
  • Samskip moves plants in reefers over European rail
  • Commentary: The ubiquity of Excel
  • Executive Moves: CSX and Shipco Transport
  • More companies report damage from West Coast port strife

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
APRIL 10, 2015
  • Oil spill caused by ship on maiden voyage, operator confirms
    'Leak has been identified and the outflow has been stopped'.
  • ISO standard measuring hull and propeller performance expected this year
    Draft has been submitted for approval three years after submission to IMO highlighted fuel saving potential.
  • IBIA unable to support 1.00% global sulphur cap proposal
    Consultant who initiated campaign 'disappointed' but will pursue other other avenues.
  • Oil spill highlights flaws in response protocols
    Suspected bunker spill: 'Ship's crew was guarded in dealing with the authorities.'
  • Another contract awarded in LNG-powered ro-pax project
    The marine industry has taken an important step towards 'a green Baltic Sea'.
  • UK ferry operator places order for scrubbers
    'This is a very important project for Condor Ferries', says its Executive Director.
  • Phillips 66 and Geos Group team up on marine fuel distribution
    Fuel to be supplied by road along the UK's northern coastlines.
  • New marine craft propulsion system under tests
    The Voith Linear Jet has taken seven years to develop, says firm.
  • ECA rules could be changing cruise industry
    Firms using fewer but bigger ships.
  • Bunker sales double at Russian port
    Port sold over 84,500 mt of marine fuels in Q1.
  • German shipowner to make fleet fuel efficient
    In bunker saving deal with charterer.

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Terminal Intermodale Venezia, concession contract renewed
Venice
The duration of the agreement is 25 years. Investments of over 100 million euros are expected
Ahead of the election, Australia is arguing over who will oust China's Landbridge from the Port of Darwin
Darwin/Strathpine
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US tariffs will cause a four percentage point reduction in the expected volume of world trade
Geneva
The World Trade Organization believes so
84% of new constructions ordered by the Italian navy will be built in China
Rome
Analysis by the Confitarma Study Center on the possible impacts of US duties on the national shipping industry
GNV ships will call at Algerian ports for the first time
Genoa
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Boluda Towage and Marsa Maroc to operate towage services in the new port of Nador West Med
Valencia
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Paris
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Leghorn
The mandate granted by MIT has no expiration date
APM Terminals buys the Panama Canal Railway Company
The Hague
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Naples
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Schindellegi
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A.P. Møller Holding submits offer to acquire entire share capital of towing company Svitzer
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Copenhagen
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Rome
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Bucharest
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Six international shipping associations present a guide to planning safe navigation
London
TUI awards Fincantieri contract for two new cruise ships for Marella Cruises
Hanover/Trieste
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ESPO urges EU and Member States to allocate funds to decarbonise ships and ports
Brussels
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China Antitrust Launches Investigation into Hutchison Ports' Panama Terminal Sale
Beijing/Hong Kong
Panama Ports Company operates the Balboa and Cristobal ports
PSA posts annual revenue growth, but profits fall
Singapore
Sharp increase in operating costs across the board
Temporary Port Labor Supply Company in Cagliari Extended for Another 18 Months
Cagliari
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Beijing
Increase of +6.9% in traffic with foreign countries. In the first two months of 2025, 1.75 billion tons were moved (+1.6%)
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Genoa
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ICS, Trump's proposed measures against Chinese ships risk having significant unwanted consequences, even for the US
Washington
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Intercargo, international measures for decarbonisation of shipping must be simple and clear
London
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Barcelona
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Augusta
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In 2024, the terminal operator HHLA recorded record revenues with a growth of +10.5%
Hamburg
Profit after taxes amounted to 56.4 million euros (+33.1%)
Launch of a public consultation for the updating of the PRPs of the ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado
Genoa
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ITU, ICAO and IMO highlight risks to maritime and air transport caused by attacks on satellite communications
Geneva/Montreal/London
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London
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London
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Hanover
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Madrid
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Filt, Fit and Uilt, no to the transformation from "article 18" to "16" of the Livorno port company LTM
Leghorn
Unions ask port authority to block proliferation of new economic entities
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Trieste
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Shanghai
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Porto Marghera, renewal of concession to Terminal Rinfuse Venezia
Venice
New 25-year contract. Investments of over 53 million euros expected
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Paris
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Carnival Sets New Low Season Quarter Records December-February
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Miami
Positive outlook for the remainder of the 2025 financial year
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Bern
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Hong Kong
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Rome
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Genoa
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Genoa
VARD to build offshore dive vessel for Dong Fang Offshore
Alesund/Trieste
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Rome
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Barcelona
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Liebherr achieves record annual sales in the maritime and port crane segment
Bulls
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The annual conference "Programming, Operation and Management of Transport Networks" in Genoa
Genoa
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Piraeus
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The Spice
Assagenti conference on the future of the profession of maritime agent and broker
Genoa
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Rome
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Stena Line presents a project for a ro-ro vessel capable of reducing energy consumption by at least 20%
Gothenburg
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Saipem awarded new contracts in Middle East and Guyana
Milan
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Conference in Genoa for the centenary of Ente Bacini
Genoa
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Interporto Bologna Board of Directors Renewed
Bentivoglio
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Over a million to the port companies of Livorno and Piombino to acquire green vehicles
Leghorn
The ranking for admission to the PNRR-Next Gen Eu contributions has been published
COSCO Shipping Development Co.'s container sales increased by +204.1% in 2024
Shanghai
The related turnover increased by +124.0%
The call for funding for the purchase of electric vehicles in the ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado has been published
Genoa
Yang Ming Buys Three New 8,000 TEU Containerships
Keelung
They will be delivered between 2028 and 2029
Construction of a cruise ship for Regent Seven Seas Cruises begins in Marghera
Trieste
Fincantieri will deliver the unit in 2026
Federlogistica establishes operational offices in Spain and Brazil
Genoa
The aim is to go beyond theoretical cooperative relationships
Over a Ton of Cocaine Seized in the Port of Gioia Tauro
Reggio Calabria
If placed on the market it would have generated over 187 million euros
In 2024, the economic results of Interporto Padova reached record values
Padua
Revenues up +17%
Three ceremonies at the Saint-Nazaire shipyard for three new MSC Cruises ships
Geneva
New flagship "MSC World America" delivered
German railway company DB Cargo reduced losses in 2024
Berlin
Revenues down again. -9.0% drop in freight volumes
NovaAlgoma orders second 38,000 dwt cement carrier in China
Lugano
It will be taken over in 2027
Customs agreement between Italy and Brazil to facilitate trade
Brasilia
Mission of the Customs and Monopolies Agency in the South American nation
A team from La Spezia Container Terminal in Rotterdam to test advanced technologies
The Spice
ECT Hutchinson Ports Training Center Visited
The assembly of Genoese freight forwarders on Monday
Genoa
It will be held at the Palazzo della Borsa in Genoa
Assarmatori, in Italy the ferry segment cannot bear the burden of the EU ETS in a very fragile market situation
Brussels
Messina: Protecting shipping from the ideological excesses of the Green Deal
The website of the Port Authority Corps - Coast Guard has been renewed
Rome
It has become a single digital access point to documents and services
In 2024, inland waterway freight transport in Germany increased by +1.2%
Wiesbaden
The volume, at 173.8 million tonnes, is the second lowest since 1990.
APM Terminals Granted Port of New York - New Jersey Concession Renewal
New York
Contract for a period of 33 years. Investments of 500 million dollars are expected
Experimentation of crane automation has begun at the Interporto Padova terminal
Padua
The interport company awarded the "Industria Felix 2025 Award"
Container traffic in the port of Algeciras fell by -17.0% in February
Algeciras
Both import-export volumes and transhipment are decreasing
New cruise company Crescent Seas has been founded in Miami
Miami
The fleet, initially consisting of one ship from Regent Seven Seas Cruises, will grow to five units within the next five years
In 2024, the volume of vehicles transported by Wallenius Wilhelmsen's fleet decreased by -9.7%
Oslo
Traffic down on almost all global routes
Agreement between Assoporti and Assologistica and the Florida trade, transport and port authorities
Rome
It was signed today
In April a mission in Albania of The International Propeller Clubs - Italy
Genoa
It will take place on the 9th and 10th in Tirana and Durres
COSCO Shipping Ports revenues rose to a record $1.5 billion in 2024 (+3.3%)
Hong Kong
In the fourth quarter alone, a decrease of -3.0%
SO.RI.MA. (FHP group) granted a concession of an area of 125 thousand square meters in the port of Chioggia
Venice
Investments of 11.5 million euros expected over 25 years
PORTS
Italian Ports:
Ancona Genoa Ravenna
Augusta Gioia Tauro Salerno
Bari La Spezia Savona
Brindisi Leghorn Taranto
Cagliari Naples Trapani
Carrara Palermo Trieste
Civitavecchia Piombino Venice
Italian Interports: list World Ports: map
DATABASE
ShipownersShipbuilding and Shiprepairing Yards
ForwardersShip Suppliers
Shipping AgentsTruckers
MEETINGS
The public meeting of the Italian Port Terminal Operators Association will be held in Rome on June 19th
Genoa
The annual conference "Programming, Operation and Management of Transport Networks" in Genoa
Genoa
It is dedicated to the transport and mobility sector
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Damen Mangalia Unionists Protest Friday Against Possible Closure
(The Romania Journal)
Govt. to woo top ten shipping liners in world for Colombo port expansion
(Daily Mirror)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Relazione del presidente Nicola Zaccheo
Roma, 18 settembre 2024
››› File
Contship Italia’s intermodal network has been extended to the Gulf Terminal in La Spezia
Melzo
Connections with the inland terminals of Milan, Modena and Padua
Container traffic in the port of Valencia grew by +15.2% last month
Valencia
The overall volume of goods handled increased by +6.8%
The Northern Tyrrhenian Sea Port Authority obtains gender equality certification
Leghorn
It is the first Italian port authority to obtain this recognition
Container traffic growth weakens at ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach
Los Angeles/Long Beach
Last month, increases of +2.6% and +13.4% respectively were recorded
Assarmatori, the Italian government's position on the impact of the EU ETS on shipping and ports is good
Rome
Messina: fully understood the risks and distortions of European climate regulation
PSA Italy's Genoa port terminals awarded anti-corruption certification
Genoa
The UNI EN ISO 37001 standard defines the requirements for an effective anti-corruption management system
Assiterminal presents three projects for the sustainable transition of the Italian port sector
Rome
Work completed on docks 33 and 34 of the port of Civitavecchia
Civitavecchia
50,000 square meters of yards prepared
The completion and doubling of the Pontremolese is the dream-nightmare of the La Spezia port community
The Spice
Fontana: Money is not found when enormous resources are channeled into railway lines of dubious utility
Hanwha acquires 9.9% stake in shipbuilding company Austal
Sydney
Investment worth approximately 116 million US dollars
The European fleet is growing but competing fleets are growing at a faster rate
Brussels
Raptis (European Shipowners): investing ETS revenues in clean shipping technologies and fuels
Trasportounito has confirmed the national halt to the transport of goods
Rome
Proclaimed for the duration of five days from March 31st to April 4th
Container traffic in Hong Kong port increased by +9.1% in February
Hong Kong
However, for the second time in the last 25 years, cargo volume was below one million TEU.
Cargo traffic in Greek ports stable in Q3 2024
Piraeus
The increase in volumes transported on domestic routes has offset the decline in traffic with foreign countries
At the Vado Ligure container terminal a 21,000 teu container ship fully loaded
I go to Liguria
The 400-meter-long Cosco Shipping Nebula has landed
UIR proposes a permanent table for the development of intermodality
Verona
The main task is to build a project financing program.
Restructuring plan approved for Spanish company Armas Trasmediterránea
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Creditors' appeal rejected
The decline in cargo traffic at the port of Singapore worsened in February
Singapore
Containerized cargoes amounted to 27.4 million tons (-3.6%)
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