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August 13, 2015
Sched Netweb site
  • Shanghai port volume increases 1.7pc to 3.12 million TEU in July
  • Devaluation bomb hits after China exports fall 8.3pc and imports slip 8.1pc
  • Panama Canal strike threat lifts as union, contractor come to terms
  • APM Terminals acquires Italian Vado reefer terminal west of Genoa
  • CEVA quarterly profit up 25pc to US$75 million as revenues rise 0.3pc
  • First UN Aden aid ship under ESC Global Security armed guard
  • Russia aims to boost Crimean box volume 7 fold through Sevastopol
  • SeaLand and APL select Port Everglades for service to Latin America
  • CEVA launches home delivery centre to enhance customer service
  • Rotterdam to try free truck tyre checks to detect low pressure dangers
  • Tauranga port invests in dredging, expansion to handle 6,000-TEU ships
  • China Southern Airlines joins IAG Cargo's Partner Plus Programme
  • US airports reel from west coast port congestion and fear more mayhem
  • United Airlines first half air cargo increases 7.9pc to 1.51 billion ton miles
  • Atlas Air profits down 2pc to US$29.39 million, revenues up 1.1pc

Exim Indiaweb site
AUGUST 12, 2015
  • Concentrated inspection campaign on enclosed space entry drills planned
  • PPG appoints ODC specialist in Brazil
  • Reefer containership capacity seen increasing 20 pc by 2018
  • SCI's Q1 profit soars
  • Import duty on steel increased by 2.5 pc
  • APM Terminals Mumbai resumes normal operations
  • Cochin Chamber against toll on Vallarpadam-Kalamassery Container Road
  • Iron ore terminal may be modified for handling coal at Kamarajar Port
  • Peel Ports introduces 'virtual' crane operations at Port of Liverpool
  • Railways to form SPVs for infra development, says Minister
  • Western/Eastern dedicated freight corridors to be completed by Dec. 2019: DFCCIL MD
  • 14,172 t of sugar exported to EU, US: Sitharaman
  • Interest subvention scheme set to be brought back
  • Renminbi devaluation will impact Indian exports & manufacturing: Fieo
  • Bhavani Shipping Services organises blood donation camp
  • Indian Merchants' Chamber initiates "Swachh Sassoon Dock" campaign in Mumbai

IHS Maritimeweb site
AUGUST 12, 2015
  • Panama Canal strike is called off
    Construction workers building the Panama Canal's third set of locks have called off a threatened strike after winning a pay rise from the consortium building the locks. SUNTRACS, the workers' union, had been seeking an 8.9% pay hike, following the 11% increase they gained last year. On 11 August,
  • Rickmers Group expands earnings base
    Rickmers Group today (12 August) reported improved turnover and underlying earnings for the first half of the year. The German shipowner and operator's revenues, mainly from charter and ship management income, rose by 6.6% year on year to EUR289.6 million (USD319 million), while its operating
  • COSCO and China Shipping talk about merger
    China's top two shipping companies COSCO and China Shipping are discussing the possibility of a merger. They could release an outline plan within three months, a source close to the industry has revealed to IHS Maritime. A team of five, led by Xu Lirong, chairman of China Shipping Group, is
  • DS Torm slashes losses and raises forecasts
    DS Torm, the listed Danish product tanker and dry cargo shipping company, has raised its 2015 pre-tax and operating profit forecasts on a continuing strong product tanker market. The company, which completed a restructuring on 13 July, has slashed interim losses. The net loss in the second quarter
  • DS Norden in second EBIT forecast increase after strong 1H15
    DS Norden, the Danish-listed dry bulk and product tanker group, has raised its operating profit forecast (EBIT) for the second time in two months after its tanker business delivered record interims. Group net profit in the first half 2015 (1H15) amounted to USD81.9 million compared with a loss of
  • ATB oil terminal expands
    A second phase of expanding ATT Tanjung Bin (ATB) oil terminal in the Port of Tanjung Pelepas, Malaysia, has been completed, adding 262,000 m³ to its storage capacity. With 12 new tanks, the completed terminal has 1.15 million m³ of storage capacity and six marine berths able to accommodate very
  • Zhoushan Changhong to break six rigs from Transocean
    Zhoushan Changhong International Shipyard has bought six decommissioned semi-submersible drilling rigs from Transocean for demolition. The privately run Chinese scrapyard and shipyard has paid a total of USD17.9 million since June for the six vessels, which have a combined weight of 89,000 tonnes,
  • Swissco almost quadruples 2Q15 profit
    Singapore-listed offshore services provider Swissco Holdings' profit for the second quarter of 2015 was USD13.2 million, an increase of almost fourfold from the profit of USD3.6 million in the same period a year ago. The company's revenue for the same period was USD18.4 million, with revenue
  • Epic Gas plunges into $2m loss
    Singapore-headquartered shipowner Epic Gas deepened into a net loss of USD2 million for the second quarter ended on 30 June 2015 from a loss of USD1.4 million last year, despite higher revenue contribution for the period. Revenue rose by 20% year on year (y/y) to USD32.9 million in the second
  • Chinese ports' growth ebbs in 1H15
    Thirty large ports in China handled a total of 5.67 billion tonnes of cargo in the first half of 2015, up 2.6% year on year (y/y), a slowdown from last year's 5.6% annual growth, showed data released by the Ministry of Transport (MOT). As 19 coastal ports handled 3.94 billion tonnes of cargo,
  • Eskola replaces Rosengren as W'rtsil' boss
    The Finland-based engine maker Wärtsilä has named its deputy CEO, senior executive vice-president, and president of its Marine Solutions division (former Ship Power), Jaakko Eskola, to be the company's new president and CEO from 1 November 2015. The company's incumbent CEO and president Björn
  • Vallianz profit slides despite higher earnings
    Singapore-listed offshore services provider Vallianz Holdings' profit for the second quarter of 2015 declined 29.1% year on year to USD4.58 million despite recording higher earnings for the period. The company's revenue climbed 68.6% to USD65 million in the second quarter that ended on 30 June from

The Loadstarweb site
AUGUST 12, 2015
  • XPO bridges service gap as it brings last-mile expertise to Europe
  • Cosco-China Shipping merger moves a step closer on Beijing's command
  • Shippers promised better visibility with Infor's $675m GT Nexus acquisition

Marine Logweb site
AUGUST 12, 2015
  • China developing unmanned ships
  • Radio miscommunication contributes to collision
  • Ribbon-cutting ceremony held for wind farm vessel
  • Carisbrooke Shipping grows managed fleet
  • Hawaiian challenge to Jones Act fails

World Wide Shipperweb site
AUGUST 12, 2015
  • Port of Seattle inks 15-year lease with Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings
  • Corps' contractor replacing piles at Chittenden Locks in Ballard
  • Bellingham Marine Life Center temporarily closed for roof repairs
  • Panama Canal Authority sets 39-foot draft restriction
  • Crowley-managed MSC vessel rescues 11 from sinking fishing boat

Lloyd's Listweb site
AUGUST 12, 2015
  • We will not chase tanker market, says Norden boss Rindbo
    Company will keep focus on both tankers and dry cargo, even as dry offers far less reward
  • Tanker earnings lift Great Eastern Shipping
    Indian carrier's net profits up 45% in April-June
  • Impairments inflict a $16m loss on Rickmers Maritime
    Singapore-listed shipping trust posts a second-quarter underlying profit of $4m
  • Torm to take on tanker industry
    Torm boss says restructuring did not crush company spirits, and paves way for a rejuvenated business amid fresh product tanker opportunities
  • Greece agrees to push through new tonnage tax hike
    Draft bail-out deal includes October deadlines for more action on shipping taxes and final bids for ports
  • UK flag revival efforts begin
    MCA to recruit new director of the UK Ship Register, with commercial experience
  • Abu Dhabi's Khalifa terminal breaks key container moves benchmark
    Former Lloyd's List Award winner pushing ahead with further terminal expansion for 2016
  • Norden bailed out by tanker division
    Tankers boost balance sheet as dry bulk weakness continues to exert pressure on Copenhagen-listed shipowner
  • Euroseas curbs loss in the second quarter
    Greece-based owner proceeds with rights offering to help fund bulker newbuilds

The Journal of Commerceweb site
AUGUST 12, 2015
  • Australian maritime union takes legal action against Hutchison
    The Maritime Union of Australia has taken legal action in federal court against Hutchison Port Holdings' decision to terminate 97 members of its 222-strong Australian. The union contends that Hutchison's violated its enterprise agreement with the union by making the layoffs unilaterally and ignoring the dispute resolution clause. The hearing is...
  • Cargomatic expands truck load-matching to NY market
    Los Angeles-based Cargomatic has expanded its Uber-like technology for matching trucks and shipments to the New York regional market after several months of testing. The company has operated in Southern California since early 2014. It uses an online platform to connect shippers needing service with trucking companies that have available capacity. Cargomatic...
  • CN CEO takes three-month health leave
    Canadian National Railway's President and CEO Claude Mongeau said Wednesday he will take a three-month leave of absence to address significant health concerns. Claude MongeauMongeau is expected to take a step back from his day-to-day duties at Canada's largest railway toward the end of August or early September after he undergoes...
  • Macy's ups e-commerce ante against Amazon
    Macy's is expanding same-day delivery options into more markets, upping the ante in its high-stakes poker game with e-commerce giant Amazon. The U.S. retailer will be rolling out same-day delivery in nine new markets this month, bringing its total number of markets with the service to 17 and surpassing the number...
  • Crowley-managed vessel rescues 11 fishermen in South China Sea
    JACKSONVILLE, Fla. '- The Crowley-managed, USNS Impeccable (T-AGOS 23) '- a Military Sealift Command (MSC) Impeccable class, ocean surveillance ship '- heroically rescued 11 fishermen struggling to stay afloat on a sinking vessel that had been adrift for five days in the South China Sea. While enroute to Subic Bay, Philippines, on July 19,...
  • "K" Line to provide free transport for prefecture capital celebrations
    Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. ("K" Line) has announced that it has provided free ocean transportation of festival decorations that will be used at sightseeing and products promotion events in California, the United States, which will be held by six prefectural capitals in Tohoku region, Japan, in collaboration. These events will be...
  • Werner Enterprises shakes up management
    Werner Enterprises has shaken up its top management, with founder C.L. Warner taking the role of chairman from one son and another son giving up his position as vice chairman. Gary Warner will still serve on Werner's board of directors as vice chairman, but will take more time to spend with...
  • Nippon Express sets sights on China-Southeast Asia trade
    Nippon Express Co., Japan's largest international freight forwarder, has reached a key milestone in its Asia strategy with the launch of a time-saving truck service between Kunming, the capital city of Yunnan province in southern China, and Bangkok, Thailand's capital. It previously took more than two weeks to transport container cargo...
  • Rare sight in Great Lakes ports - containers
    Cleveland, with port at left.A niche shipping service between Antwerp and Cleveland is providing other Great Lakes ports with a sprinkling of containerized cargo. Last month, Spliethoff Lines' Faglegracht delivered 20 containers of heavy-lift cargo to Detroit. The port had a 17 percent year-over-year increase in general cargo from April through...
  • Finland's Konecranes merging with Terex Corp
    LONDON - Finnish crane manufacturer Konecranes is joining forces with its bigger U.S. rival Terex Corp. in an all-share merger to create a $10 billion-a-year group that can better respond to stiffer competition from Chinese manufacturers and slowing European and North American demand. Westport, Connecticut-based Terex's shareholders will own 60 percent...
  • Panama Canal workers call off strike
    Construction workers building the Panama Canal's third set of locks have called off a threatened strike after winning a pay increase from the construction consortium at the helm of the project. The $5.25 billion Panama Canal expansion, already delayed by multiple work stoppages and monetary disputes, faced a fresh setback early...
  • Tightening capacity raises US distribution center rents
    Surging demand for U.S. industrial real estate is outstripping demand, pushing rents to near pre-recession levels and attracting speculative investment in new facilities, according to a new report by the real estate firm CBRE Inc. But because construction of distribution centers and warehouses isn't keeping pace with demand, companies that need...
  • Shipping industry waits for official news of Cosco-CSCL merger
    HONG KONG - Trading of the eight listed units of Cosco and China Shipping on the Shanghai, Shenzhen and Hong Kong Exchanges has been suspended all week in preparation of a joint announcement by the giant state-owned carriers that is widely expected to be news of a merger.Multiple "sources close...
  • Suez expansion and Panama restrictions won't impact trade - for now
    Transiting the Suez Canal.LONDON - The expansion of the Suez Canal and the reduced draft for ships transiting the Panama Canal won't immediately impact the rival waterways' shares of Far East-U.S. East Coast traffic, according to Alphaliner. Apart from the launch of Zim's Seven Star Service in May no other carrier...
  • Italy plans IPO for state postal company
    LONDON - The Italian government plans to sell up to 40 percent of the state-owned postal company Poste Italiane in an initial public offering in October. The IPO, which could raise as much as 4 billion euros ($4.4 billion), will be the biggest listing on the Milan stock exchange so far...
  • Operations resume at APMT Mumbai
    APM Terminals' Gateway Terminals India resumed operations Wednesday morning following the end of a week-long shutdown due to labor troubles, but it will take stakeholders weeks to clear up cargo backlogs and bring ship schedules back on track at the country's busiest container gateway, Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust, according to...
  • Philippine ports ready for rising volumes after cabotage law change
    Philippine President Benigno Aquino signs into law amendments to the country's cabotage rules. Photo: Malacañang Photo BureauHONG KONG - Smaller ports in the Philippines are bracing for rising container throughput following government approval of an act that liberalizes the country's cabotage law and allows foreign carriers to participate in the...
  • Analysts divided on yuan decline's impact on exports
    HONG KONG - China's currency has now fallen 3.5 percent in two days after the central bank on Tuesday triggered the yuan's greatest one-day decline in 20 years, and it is expected to fall further as the country struggles to reverse a sharp drop in trade recorded in July.The 1.9...
  • APMT Mumbai strike ends
    Workers handling rubber-tired gantry crane operations and their employers at Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust reached a new contract late Tuesday, ending a week-long strike that shut down APM Terminals' Gateway Terminals India facility, the largest container terminal in India. "An agreement has been reached, but we will have to wait until...
  • NS says intermodal service improving, but trade speeds don't reflect
    Norfolk Southern Railway says infrastructure improvements and added locomotives are improving network velocity, but the railroad's intermodal train speeds, an indicator of network reliability, tell a different story. As of July 31, average intermodal train speeds for the Virginia-based railroad were nearly unchanged from historic averages this time last year and...

TradeWindsweb site
AUGUST 12, 2015
  • Explosion rocks Tianjin port
    A massive explosion shook Tianjin, China, apparently igniting in the city's container port.
  • Dof defies gloomy market
    Dof Group recorded a 16.5% jump in its second-quarter profit and said the next reporting similar will have a similar result, but it warned of uncertainties in the offshore vessel market going forward.
  • Cape rates sink 15%
    Capesize time-charter equivalent (TCE) rates suffered their largest single-day decline in more than eight months as rates plummeted across the market for large bulkers.
  • Grandweld signs for four
    Dubai's Grandweld Shipyards has won a new order for crew vessels.
  • SCI boosts Q1 profit
    Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) has pushed up its first quarter profit thanks to a good performance from its bulkers and tankers.
  • Norden shuffles orderbook
    Norden has sold off three supramax newbuildings and replaced them with a brace of vessels with later delivery.
  • Scorpio lands LR2 work
    New York-listed Scorpio Tankers has found work for two new LR2 tankers at stronger rates.
  • Rickmers turns red
    Rickmers Maritime saw red ink in its bottom line due to non-cash impairment charges for the second quarter, which also saw reduced rates for boxships.
  • Fewer ships detained
    Fewer ships were detained during last year, according to an annual report released by classification society ClassNK.
  • Carisbrooke adds eight
    Commercial management of Liberty One ships aimed at consolidating fragmented MPP market.
  • Kidnap lawsuit fails
    A federal legal case launched by a US captain captured by Nigerian pirates in 2013 has been dismissed by a Texas court.
  • Ceona chairman resigns
    The chairman of UK-based shipowner Ceona Offshore has resigned due to ill health.
  • Korea to boost yard banks
    Government to pump money into state lenders heavily exposed to loss-making HHI, DSME and Samsung.
  • Crane rivals merge
    Finnish crane maker Konecranes has merged with US rival Terex with the new alliance looking to a combined annual revenue of $10bn.
  • Yang Ming raising $124m
    Taiwanese container line Yang Ming is plotting a new bond sale to pay off earlier issues.
  • Great Eastern on the rise
    Indian tanker and bulker owner kicks off financial year with higher quarterly profit and revenue.
  • Deep Sea eyes lay-ups
    Fredriksen company likely to idle more ships as weak offshore market continues to erode earnings.
  • Panama strike called off
    The danger of potential delays to the completion of works at the Panama Canal has faded after workers reached an agreement with management.
  • Mipo seals MR quartet
    South Korea's Hyundai Mipo Dockyard has announced a new order for products tankers worth KRW 168.9bn ($142.7m).
  • Vallianz still in black
    Vallianz Holdings has lost a small part of its net profit for the second quarter but boosted its revenue by 68.6%.
  • Norden raises sights again
    Owner boosts profit forecast for second time in three months as tanker market motors.
  • Torm slashes loss
    Restructured Danish owner Torm has slashed its second quarter loss and raised its profit forecast for the full year.
  • Greece unveils tax increase
    Greek tonnage tax is to increase by 4 percent a year between 2016 and 2020, according to a draft law submitted to parliament on the night to Thursday writes Harry Papachristou from Athens.
  • Crystal back at Lloyd Werft
    Hot on the heels of an order for three 100,000-gt cruiseships, Malaysian-owned Crystal Cruises has returned to Germany's Lloyd Werft with an order for two 140-passenger river cruiseships.
  • Loss for Euroseas
    US-listed Greek shipowner Euroseas has finished the first half of its financial year with a net loss of $8.7m on revenues of $17.6m.
  • Durban on dredger hunt
    South Africa's National Ports Authority (TNPA) has been given the go-ahead to order a grab-hopper type dredger in the face of mounting criticism over silting problems in Durban, the country's largest port.

American Shipperweb site
AUGUST 12, 2015
  • Cargomatic launches in New York market
  • St. Lawrence Seaway cargo shipments sink 7 percent
  • CEVA signs contract with Universal Music
  • Kalitta Charters buys small package express airline
  • Strike at Panama Canal averted

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
AUGUST 12, 2015
  • Calumet scraps Great Lakes oil shipping plan
    Firm said finding a partner for the project 'just didn't happen'.
  • Prices plunge as refinery comes back on line
    Durban sees IFO prices fall by over $50 per metric tonne.
  • Dawn of a new era
    Lessons learned so far from ECA operations on 0.10% sulphur.
  • Cat fines 'prime suspect' in engine failure case
    Investigation points to 'poor separator efficiency' as the cause as the fuel was on-spec.
  • Singapore players struggle with product glut
    'It looks like a tank-top situation for some.'
  • OW collapse has left owners fearful of ship arrest
    But law firm explains that bunker suppliers have limited options to initiate arrests in German ports.
  • External: Global Vision Bunkers B.V.
  • MFMs planned for a dozen 'eco' newbuilds
    Vessels scheduled for 2015-2016 delivery.
  • Firm offers global LNG bunker fuel report
    Report has been described as an 'in-depth study'.
  • Use of LNG as a marine fuel to expand in China
    Ministry of Transport offering grant for each LNG-powered vessel.
  • Interlake Steamship Company announces scrubber retrofits
    Installing the 'emission reducing' technology on one-third of its fleet.
  • Use of LNG as marine fuel to expand at China
    Ministry of Transport offering grant for each LNG-powered vessel.
  • Adani posts quarterly profit surge
    But revenues fell on the back of weaker bunkering sales.
  • External: Wired Bunkering
  • Turkish firm adopts fleet efficiency management solution
    Aims to improve performance of its ten tankers, says DNV GL.
  • WTI crude settles at six-year-low
    As OPEC production climbs.
  • EIA reduces US crude production forecasts for 2015, 2016
    But output 'is still on track to be the highest since 1972'.
  • Gazprom's FSRU 'adapted' for future LNG bunkering in Baltic Sea
    Unit to be built by South Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries.

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Schindellegi
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Geneva/Montreal/London
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Leghorn
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Venice
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Lugano/Gazoldo of the Ippoliti
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Bulls
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Piraeus
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Rome
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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
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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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