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October 15, 2015
Sched Netweb site
  • By 2020, US east coast will equal west coast in Asia imports: Zim chief
  • Authorities plan to expand Incheon port to handle bigger ships with new terminals
  • Much doubt promise of ASEAN community will ever bear fruit
  • Santos Brasil extends concession of Tecon Santos terminal to 2047
  • MacGregor signs deck machinery deal with Guangzhou Shunhai Shipyard
  • Cuba resumes US chicken imports after two-month bird flu suspension
  • Panama Canal tonnage hits new high, driven by box ships transits
  • Panalpina ready, willing and able to exploit opportunities in Iran
  • New Mangalore Port Trust tell cashew traders to use new port facilities
  • OIA Global expands Southwest Express LCL services from SE Asia to 9 new US destinations
  • IAG Cargo, Exelsius offer pharma course on quality India distribution
  • CAL Cargo Airlines receives IATA's CEIV Pharma certification
  • Forwarders gear up for launch of Emirates' B777 flights to Panama City
  • Air Partner flies 90 tonnes of UN food relief to Central African Republic
  • Nigerian official: Exchange rate chokes air cargo flow, lay-offs expected

Exim Indiaweb site
OCTOBER 14, 2015
  • Cosco Container Line to participate in MINA service
  • Gadkari hails approval for redrawing of High Risk Area in Indian Ocean
  • logitrans International Transport Logistics Exhibition from Nov. 18-20 in Istanbul
  • MOL moves to enhance corporate governance structure
  • Ongoing war impacts commercial maritime industry in Yemen
  • SCI presented Best Enterprise Award by Forum of Women in Public Sector
  • Users of water transit facilities have to pay a fee: Bangladesh Minister
  • Gadkari hints at significant investment in Iran's Chabahar port infra
  • KPT opens revenue collection centre in Gandhidham
  • Cabinet takes forward Kaladan Multimodal Transit Transport Project in Myanmar
  • INR recovers smartly against dollar
  • Statutory Declaration Form (SDF) subsumed in Shipping Bill in EDI ports

International Transport Journalweb site
  • Inspection service at Dunkirk inaugurated
  • Shortage of qualified truck drivers in US
  • New BMW spare parts warehouse
  • Tristar Air loses aircraft in Somalia
  • One quarter less goods hauled in Estonia
  • Kögel Trailer Russia driven by Milan Strmecki
  • PSA gets started on fourth box terminal in Mumbai
  • Chemical plant equipment to Russia
  • Indonesian government supporting transport sector
  • Coal headwinds to continue in 2016
  • Missiles cause safety concerns
  • Michel Segain presides over Le Havre port association
  • Container traffic rise at Barcelona railfreight terminal
  • Hexham train-support facility operational
  • Kaptein strengthens Detra management

IHS Maritimeweb site
OCTOBER 14, 2015
  • Finland and Estonia apply for LNG pipeline funding
    Baltic neighbours Estonia and Finland have applied jointly for up to 75% of the cost of a submarine natural gas carrying pipeline linking the two. This evens out spikes in supply and demand during peak periods such as winter - mainly for Finland. The Balticconnector, as the project has been named,
  • Port of Hamilton secures new grain terminal
    The Port of Hamilton has secured a new 50,000 tonne grain terminal that will ship Ontario-grown grains and oilseeds to export terminals on the St. Lawrence River. The facility will be built by G3 Canada Ltd, the company formed to take over the former Canadian Wheat Board. The new facility is part
  • PIL back for more box ships
    Singapore-based Pacific International Lines (PIL) has returned to Chinese shipyard Jiangsu Newyangzi Shipbuilding, a subsidiary of Singapore-listed Yangzijiang Shipbuilding, with an order for eight container ships. The 11,800 teu vessels are scheduled for delivery from June 2018 until August 2018.
  • Thordon Bearings wins milestone deal
    Canada-based Thordon Bearings has signed a landmark US contract - its first major container ship deal and the largest commercial ship propeller shafts to be fitted with its COMPAC seawater-lubricated propeller shaft bearings. They will be supplied for two container ships under construction at Aker
  • MOL posts gains from charter terminations
    Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) said on 14 October that it had realised some net gains after cancelling some charter contracts for dry bulk carriers. Japan's biggest shipowner was responding to media reports that it would incur an operating loss of JPY5 billion (USD41.7 million) as a result of the financial
  • Korea Line seals six-year TC contract with Hyundai Glovis
    South Korean shipping company Korea Line Corporation (KLC) said on 14 October that it had signed a long-term timecharter (TC) contract with compatriot logistics firm Hyundai Glovis, part of Hyundai Motor Group. Effective immediately, the KRW31.246 billion (USD27.25 million) contract will last until
  • China to drive box trade 'for years to come'
    China will remain the driving force in global container trades for years to come, with scant possibility of another region emerging to challenge its dominant position, according to a senior industry-watcher. "There is no doubt that China is slowing down, but Asia is responsible for 50% of all
  • Jinzhou Port to go for shareholding change
    Shanghai-listed Jinzhou Port has halted trading as its controlling shareholder Dalian Port Group is planning for a major restructuring deal involving a shareholding change in the company. Currently, the China-based port operator Dalian Port Group owns about 20% equity interest in Jinzhou Port and
  • Singapore's bunker sales up 9%, throughput falls 13.6%
    Singapore's bunker sales saw an increase of 9% year-on-year to 3.8 million tonnes for September 2015, according to preliminary data from the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA). The world's largest bunkering hub's September 2015 sales result marked the fourth highest ever monthly sales
  • Rich countries call for IMO emissions accountability
    In the run-up to the UN's climate change conference in December, an international economic organisation representing developed nations has called for drastic measures to curb shipping emissions. The International Transport Forum (ITF), the transport division of the Organisation for Economic
  • K+N lifts profits despite market headwinds
    Leading global ocean freight forwarder Kuehne + Nagel (K+N) today reported a substantial increase in earnings for the first nine months despite lacklustre cargo volumes and heightened exchange rate volatility. The Swiss-based group's gross profit (turnover less duties, carrier rates, and

The Loadstarweb site
OCTOBER 14, 2015
  • Good news for frustrated forwarders as Heathrow gets set to 'transform' air cargo
  • Malaysia and Taiwan overtake China as the world's top manufacturing locations
  • What are the chances of a merger between Hanjin and Hyundai?

Marine Logweb site
OCTOBER 14, 2015
  • Lawsuit alleges negligence by TOTE and El Faro captain
  • Metal Shark delivers 75 ft port security fireboat
  • JMS Naval Architects designs research vessel
  • Silver Ships delivers multi-mission boat
  • Harley newbuild will be first with Cat marine Tier 4 engines
  • Davie set to start box ship to fleet oiler conversion
  • Heavy well intervention vessel punches above its weight

World Wide Shipperweb site
OCTOBER 14, 2015
  • Seattle Port Commission Oks paid parental leave program
  • Celebration begins for Portland Airport Anniversary
  • Coast Guard Motor Life Boat assists in medical emergency
  • Snohomish River dredging work scheduled to start October 19
  • American Trucking Associations releases driver turnover numbers

Lloyd's Listweb site
OCTOBER 14, 2015
  • Burgeoning US economy drives transpacific traffic
    Third consecutive month of double-digit growth in Asian imports to the US
  • UN Security Council resolution targets human trafficking by sea
    States authorised to intercept, inspect and seize migrant smuggling ships
  • Singapore maritime veteran to be honoured
    SMF chief David Chin wins recognition at the upcoming Lloyd's List Asia Awards
  • Crew from detained Russian product tanker released
    Crew had been held in Libya on suspicion of smuggling oil
  • Long Beach volumes bounce back
    West coast port heading for pre-recession throughput figures as shippers return
  • View from the Bridge: Andrey Naraevskiy
    Ruscon director on how Russia's economy is struggling to cope with weak oil prices, a devalued rouble, trade sanctions ... and a shortage of containers
  • Naraevskiy on fuelling up
    Low bunker prices an added draw at Russian ports
  • Interpleader action may offer way out of double demands for OW receivables, says American Club
    But the procedure is only possible under US jurisdiction
  • Korean shipbuilders aim to standardise offshore design
    Big three South Korean shipbuilders aim to complete the standardisation project by the first half of 2016
  • Shipper Survey reveals customers blame megaships for unstable global container trades
    The results of the annual Containerisation International Shipper Sentiment Survey are out and make grim reading for the operators of container lines
  • Korea Line enters car carrier market
    Dry bulk owner charters first PCTC from Hyundai Glovis
  • Mitsui OSK announces key corporate governance efforts
    Among the measures, the president selection process will be reformed
  • ICS challenges call for $25 per tonne CO2 levy
    Rhetoric ahead of Paris climate talks heats up as shipping industry brands proposed carbon price as excessive
  • Hanjin Shipping mulls Busan terminal stake sale
    Company has not set a firm date for when the sale could take place
  • Singapore bunker sales volume drops 10% in September
    Levels are still about 9.3% higher year on year
  • Singapore box throughput drops in first nine months
    September containers down 13.6% from a year earlier
  • Genco Shipping's fourth ultramax newbuilding on spot market
    The vessel is the last of four ultramax ships delivered to the company under Baltic Trading's previous deals with Yangfan Group
  • Samudera Indonesia wins $70m LNG shipping deal
    The company aims to commence LNG supplying in 2016
  • China's oil product exports highest in over 2.5 years
    Product tanker companies can expect strong China diesel exports to continue amid slowing local demand
  • Diana Shipping charters out panamax bulker to Cargill
    Contract to generate $2.4m in gross revenue for the minimum scheduled time charter period
  • Panama Canal hits tonnage record
    Containerships registered the highest total tonnage passing through the canal
  • CMA CGM and Marfret add New Zealand to Australia and Europe container route
    The new international service will transport New Zealand goods directly to the Americas and Europe

The Journal of Commerceweb site
OCTOBER 14, 2015
  • Modest intermodal gains not enough to offset third-quarter CSX loss
    CSX Transportation won back cargo lost to over-the-road competitors and made modest intermodal gains in the third quarter, but it was still not enough to stem the flow of money out of the company. Over the past three months, the Jacksonville, Florida-based railway has been battered by diminishing demand for coal,...
  • LTL pricing specialist SMC3 buys Transportation Costing Group
    SMC3, best known for its less-than-truckload pricing technology and supply-chain conferences, extended reach into the truckload market by acquiring Transportation Costing Group. The deal gives SMC3 activity-based cost modeling software and profitability management tools for both LTL and truckload carriers that complement SMC3's software line, which includes CzarLite pricing software and...
  • Hapag-Lloyd scales back size of planned IPO
    Hapag-Lloyd is scaling back plans for its initial public offering, and now plans to seek $300 million instead of the $500 million as it had previously announced. The world's fifth-largest carrier by container-carrying capacity is one of several German companies that have had to scale back their capital-raising efforts in an...
  • Mobile plans refrigerated warehouse for containerized poultry exports
    The Port of Mobile, Alabama, is working to build a near-dock refrigerated warehouse for transloading poultry into containers for export. "We think the business is there. Alabama is the second-largest producer of poultry in the U.S.," Jimmy Lyons, CEO of the Alabama State Port Authority, said in an interview with JOC.com. Just...
  • Lower surcharges cut J.B. Hunt revenue, but profit, volume rise
    J.B. Hunt Transport Services hauled more freight on road and rail in the third quarter than a year ago, charged higher rates for intermodal and trucking services, and added capacity to meet shipper demand. Even so, total revenue shrank year-over-year, thanks to lower fuel surcharges. The third quarter was the second quarter...
  • Mark Yeager resigns from Hub Group board
    Mark Yeager has stepped down from Hub Group's board, two months after resigning from his post as chief operating officer of the freight-shipping firm, according to the company. Yeager's resignation may yet add another element of instability to the firm, whose intermodal business has struggled over the past year thanks in...
  • Resin pellets to be transloaded at South Carolina facility
    Sea Pac LLC is building a 1.5 million-square-foot facility that the South Carolina Ports Authority hopes will help Charleston compete for plastic resin exports, a market that Houston now dominates. Sea Pac LLC will invest $32 million in a new bulk-to-containers transloading center 20 miles from the port, the South Carolina Department of Commerce said. The transloading operation...
  • Moody's, S&P reaffirm South Carolina port bond ratings
    Two financial ratings services have affirmed their debt ratings for the South Carolina Ports Authority, which is preparing to issue $290 million in revenue bonds for container terminal upgrades and other capital projects. Moody's Investors Service and Standard & Poor's Ratings Services 's cited a citing a growing regional economy, significant...
  • Virginia port posts profit on higher volume
    The Port of Virginia posted its its busiest September on record for container volume, and CEO John Reinhart said a return to operating profit shows the port has "turned the corner" after years of losses. The port handled 215,520 20-foot-equivalent units of full and empty containers in September, a year-over-year increase...
  • Antwerp container volume up despite Asia-Europe slump
    LONDON - Antwerp's container traffic grew 8 percent in the first nine months of the year as the Belgian port boosted traffic on the troubled Asia-Europe route. Europe's second-largest container hub handled 7.265 million twenty-foot-equivalent units compared with 6.73 million TEUs in the first three quarters of 2014. The Antwerp Port Authority...
  • China will be global trade linchpin for forseeable future
    China will remain the driving force in global container trades for years to come with scant possibility of an alternative region emerging to challenge its dominant position. "There is no doubt that China is slowing down, but Asia is responsible for 50 percent of all containerized ocean exports and China's exports...
  • Idle fleet growing at fastest pace since 2009
    LONDON - The fleet of idle container ships over 500 twenty-foot equivalent units grew by 107,000 twenty-foot-equivalent unitss to 780, 000 TEUs in the past two weeks and is set to increase going into the slack cargo season, Alphaliner said. There were 245 vessels without work on Oct. 5, up from...
  • APL adds call to New Zealand Express service
    Container carrier APL announced it is upgrading its New Zealand Express, or NZE, service by adding a direct northbound call at Brisbane, Australia. The change will take effect with the arrival of the Kota Lestari, voyage 033, at Port Klang on Nov. 23, the Singapore-based company said in a notice to...
  • Alliances cause members to over-order capacity, analyst says
    SHENZHEN - Container shipping alliances are causing more capacity to be generated than they are able to fill, Rod Riseborough, CEO of Container Trades Statistics, told delegates at JOC's TPM Asia conference in Shenzhen Wednesday. "No one wants to build a ship of less than 13,000 TEU, but in an alliance...
  • ZIM CEO: US East Coast port volume to gain parity with West Coast by 2020
    SHENZHEN, China - U.S. East Coast ports will increase their share of containerized trade from 35 percent to roughly half by 2020, putting them on parity with the West Coast, according to Rafi Danieli, CEO and president of Zim Integrated Shipping Services. In a keynote address to approximately 600 attendees of...
  • Savannah builds on reefer growth with first shipment of Latin America citrus imports
    The first cold-treated citrus imports from Latin America have arrived at the port of Savannah under a U.S. pilot program that aims to cut logistics costs for produce shippers. It's the start of something that could be the stimulus Savannah needs to accelerate already strong overall refrigerated import growth and...
  • UPS said it will get holiday deliveries right this year
    After underestimating e-commerce delivery requirements during the 2013 holiday season, and over-committing assets during the 2014 holiday season, UPS believes it will get it right this year, said Noel Massie, president of the Southern California district at the largest U.S. transport operator. UPS has learned from the mistakes of the past...
  • US trucker ODFL, 3PL Mallory Alexander forge ocean-freight alliance
    Multimodal collaboration got a boost last week when trucking company Old Dominion Freight Line and Mallory Alexander International Logistics entered an ocean forwarding alliance. The alliance was announced while both companies participated in the JOC Inland Distribution Conference. Under the alliance, Mallory Alexander will perform all ocean freight forwarding back office...

TradeWindsweb site
OCTOBER 14, 2015
  • Orders to hit tanker rates
    JP Morgan cut its estimates for crude tanker rates in the 2017 and 2018 on predictions that a growing newbuilding orderbook will take a bite out of earnings.
  • El Faro suit filed
    The family of a crew member on a TOTE Maritime ro-ro that sank off the Bahamas has reportedly filed a $100m lawsuit over the incident.
  • Merger talks 'advanced'
    Merger talks between China Ocean Shipping Co (Cosco Group) and China Shipping Group have reportedly reached advanced stages.
  • Panic to prosper
    More misery is needed in the dry cargo market to ensure the sector will eventually revive, a senior manager of notoriously bearish Diana Shipping told a Marine Money conference in Athens.
  • Hapag lowers IPO sights
    German carrier targets $300m windfall from listing at difficult time for global markets.
  • Sanfu discount for Precious
    Bangkok-based Precious Shipping announced this week that China's Taizhou Sanfu Shipbuilding has agreed to a $2m discount on the contract price on each of the first two of 10 super-eco ultramaxes under construction at the yard.
  • NAT slips on lower dividend
    Tanker owner's shares trade down today after a couple of pennies drop of dividend.
  • Antwerp volumes rise
    The key Belgian port of Antwerp handled 156.51m tonnes of cargo in the first nine months of 2015.
  • Pittas more afraid of banks
    Private equity will not rush to quit shipping, but lenders could be a risk, owner says.
  • Rasmussen leaving Ultragas
    Anders Rasmussen has resigned as the chief executive of Ultragas and will leave early next year.
  • Captain evacuated
    An unconscious master has been taken off his cargoship in rough seas off Italy.
  • Drillship heads to Senegal
    Australia's FAR and partners are bringing in an Ocean Rig drillship for well work off Senegal.
  • G3 eyes wheat terminal
    G3 Canada is planning a new year-round shipping terminal in Hamilton, Lake Ontario.
  • Evercore cuts Safe Bulkers
    Analyst Jonathan Chappell suggests seasonal upturn is a chance to offload dry shares.
  • Turkish ship barred
    The Paris MoU organisation of port states has banned an elderly Turkish cargoship for three months.
  • ASRY on the up
    Bahrain shipyard says volume of repair work rises 9.5% year-on-year.
  • Hapag-Lloyd moves quickly
    German container line Hapag-Lloyd's $500m IPO could be completed as early as the end of this month.
  • Austal clinches finance
    Austal is closing in on a new financing agreement of around $232m with a syndicate of four banks.
  • Russian crew freed
    Ten crew members have been released by Libya following the seizure of their tanker in a row over oil smuggling in September.
  • Windfall for Indian owners?
    Indian shipowners could be about to receive a $60bn cargo bonanza thanks to new proposed legislation.
  • SK Shipping seeks gas cash
    Korean owner SK Shipping is looking to raise $600m for its new LNG carriers.
  • Subsea 7 wins Egypt job
    Norway's Subsea 7 has triumphed in a tender to install pipelines in Egypt.
  • Maersk, Conti trade claims
    Maersk Tankers and an affiliate of Conti Reederei have filed $36m worth of claims against each other over a March collision between a chemical tanker and a supramax bulker.
  • Bunkers and boxes see decline
    Singapore has seen declines in both its bunker sales and container throughput, according to data released by the Maritime and Port Authority (MPA).
  • Hodeidah port 'closed'
    Mixed reports over access at Yemen facility following latest round of Saudi air strikes.
  • Global piracy declines
    Piracy hotspots look to have had a quieter month following recent surge in incidents.
  • China log imports down
    Slowdown in nation's economy is starting to impact other sectors within the dry cargo market.

American Shipperweb site
OCTOBER 14, 2015
  • Ingram Micro to acquire e-commerce fulfillment business for $175m
  • FTA: Shippers should prepare for new container weight regulations
  • Wilhelmsen sounds alarm over black market refrigerants
  • G7 moves to address sustainable supply chains
  • Truckers applaud vet driver medical exam legislation
  • Port of Antwerp posts 5.5% growth in freight volumes
  • Port of Rotterdam, Kloosterboer invest in Rotterdam Cool Port
  • Fintyre begins using CEVA's TyreCity
  • Brussels Airport boosts September cargo volumes
  • Port of New Orleans establishes MOU with CORBA
  • DOJ sentences former Arrow Trucking CEO in multi-million dollar fraud case

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
OCTOBER 14, 2015
  • Qatargas completes ME-GI gas fuel trials on Q-Max ship
    Firm calls the event a 'milestone'.
  • Climate change fears could cap oil price rises
    'Concerns about carbon emissions and climate change have increased materially,' says BP econmist.
  • Singapore trader: 'There is a lot of fuel oil in the market'
    Singapore price indications for 380 cSt bunker material have dropped almost 7% in the last two days.
  • OW: Don't pay bunker suppliers, says P&I club
    Instead, take the interpleader route if deal was in US.
  • 'Overcapacity crisis' in container shipping sector
    The size of the idled containership fleet has risen by 450,000 TEUs in the last three months.
  • China: State support leads way on LNG bunkering
    To make fuel more acceptable in the future.
  • Classification societies approval Bestobell valves
    Firm obtains full type approvals from 'big four', it says.
  • Ferries adopt fuel usage tracking technology
    Which can reduce vessel emissions.
  • New hire at OceanConnect
    Darrell Cardoza joins US team.
  • Singapore-flagged bunker tanker goes for auction
    Bunkers and cargo to be sold together.
  • Italian court rejects ship arrest case
    Development relates to OW Bunker.
  • Wartsila investigates ultra slow steaming with unmanned ships
    Single digit speeds will be explored.
  • Singapore-flagged bunker tanker to face auction
    Bunkers and cargo to be sold together, showed documents from the Sheriff's office.
  • Venice court rejects ship arrest case by supplier
    Development relates to OW Bunker.
  • Global Vision Bunkers hires staff
    New addition is a former Tramp Oil director.
  • Bahri posts quarterly profit
    Lower bunker costs support bottom line.
  • Wartsila explores unmanned ultra slow steaming concept
    Aim is to help customers reduce operational cost, says firm.
  • Global Vision Bunkers welcomes new staff
    New addition is a former Director at Tramp Oil.

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FROM THE HOME PAGE
The liner shipping industry contributes substantially to the U.S. economy.
Washington
This is highlighted by an analysis carried out by S&P Global Market Intelligence on behalf of WSC and PMSA
Toll worsens from explosion in Iranian port of Shahid Rajaee
Tehran
It caused 46 deaths and injured over 1,200 people
Tender for concession of container terminal at Ukrainian port of Chornomorsk to be announced by mid-year
Kiev
The management will include the general cargo terminal
CEVA Logistics (CMA CGM group) will buy the Turkish Borusan Lojistik
Istanbul/Marseille
Wärtsilä's first quarter is positive
Helsinki
New orders value growth slows
ESPO: The EU Parliament's Budget Committee's request for more funding for transport, energy and infrastructure is welcome
Brussels
The importance of financing TEN-T networks to enable their adaptation for both military and civilian dual-use purposes was highlighted
Solidarity contribution for the families of port workers who are victims of accidents at work
Rome
It was established by the National Bilateral Port Authority
Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore Division Reports Record Quarterly Revenue
Neuilly-sur-Seine
New historical peak also for the classified fleet
PSA reportedly considering selling its 20% stake in Hutchison Ports
Singapore
This is according to "Reuters", which had already floated this hypothesis at the end of 2022
Federagenti, Italy must give a sharp acceleration to the projects of ZES, free zones and Special Logistics Zones
Rome
Pessina: There is no space for reflections prey to bureaucracy
In the first quarter of this year, freight traffic in the port of Rotterdam decreased by -5.8%.
Rotterdam
Both disembarkation (-3.1%) and embarkation (-11.9%) loads are decreasing
Increase in container cargo is not enough for the port of Antwerp-Bruges to avoid a -4.0% decline in quarterly traffic
Antwerp
The decline in liquid bulk cargoes worsened (-19.1%)
The China Shipowners' Association considers the measures taken by the US against Chinese ships a typical example of unilateralism and protectionism
Beijing/Washington
The WSC reiterates that such measures could undermine American trade, harm U.S. manufacturers, and undermine efforts to strengthen the nation's maritime industry.
COSCO Expresses Strong Opposition to US Planned Taxes on Chinese Ships
Growing share of new entrants in European rail transport sector
Madrid
In 2023, rail freight transport performance decreased by -8%
New Chinese Ship Taxes That Will Only Raise Prices for Americans
Washington
The executive vice president of the US Chamber of Commerce denounced it
Tax amounts set for China-linked vessels arriving at US ports
Washington
Calculated on the basis of net capacity or container volume, they will be applied from October and will be progressively increased
International tender launched to award concession for new Casablanca port shipyard
Casablanca
It is the largest in Africa and has been unused since 2019
Federlogistica, the industry must stop approaching logistics only in terms of costs
Genoa
Falteri: a national control room composed of representatives of the logistics sector and industrial groups is necessary
ABB closes positive first quarter even if revenue growth is lower than expected
Zurich
Wierod: Our consolidated local-for-local approach protects us from the trade war
New global minimum wage deal for seafarers
Geneva
The level will rise to $690 from January 1, 2026 to reach $704 from 2027 and $715 from 2028.
Global trade in goods could fall by -1.5% this year
Geneva
WTO predicts. Okonjo-Iweala: Persistent uncertainty threatens to slow global growth, with serious negative consequences for the world
In 2023, around two-thirds of all goods moved in the EU were transported by sea.
Luxembourg
In the period 2013-2023, only the share of road transport increased, while that of other modes decreased.
Postal shipments of goods from Hong Kong to the US suspended
Hong Kong
Hongkong Post faces exorbitant and unreasonable tariffs due to unjustified and intimidating actions of the United States
Confitarma highlights the need for the decarbonisation strategy not to penalise shipping compared to other modes
Rome
Zanetti: also ensure that the implementation process takes into account the operational needs of the industry
Intercargo and Intertanko raise concerns over shipping decarbonisation deal
London
The complexity of the measure adopted by the IMO and the unusual procedure from which non-governmental organizations were excluded were highlighted
Pirate attacks on ships to spike in first quarter of 2025
Pirate attacks on ships to spike in first quarter of 2025
London
Sharp increase in incidents in the Singapore Straits
Interferry welcomes IMO agreement on decarbonisation of shipping, but finds strategy too complex
Victoria/Piraeus
Greek Shipowners' Association disappointed by failure to recognise essential role of transition fuels such as LNG
International Labour Organization Recognizes Seafarers as Key Workers
London
ITF and ICS: a historic moment
CMA CGM to acquire 35% of Egypt's October Dry Port
Cairo
The company operates a dry port in the industrial and logistics zone near Cairo
MSC Group's TiL to Take Full Control of Hutchison Ports Terminals
New York
Bloomberg reports this, specifying that the Panamanian terminals would be jointly managed with BlackRock
Draft regulation on decarbonisation of shipping approved by MEPC includes mandatory fuel standard and pricing of greenhouse gas emissions
London/Washington/Brussels
The establishment of a Fund to collect resources deriving from the pricing of emissions is foreseen
Task force of five associations for the relaunch of Italian rail cargo
Rome
Initiative by Agens, Assoferr, Assologistica, Fercargo and Fermerci
MIT indicates Matteo Paroli as new president of the ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado
Rome/La Spezia
The La Spezia port community also requests a name for the Eastern Liguria Port Authority
Le Aziende informano
Il retrofit ibrido-elettrico di ABB guida i traghetti dei laghi italiani verso un futuro più sostenibile
Confitarma underlines the importance of the shipping decarbonisation strategy being defined at IMO
Rome
The Italian Confederation specifies that it shares some of the USA's concerns
WSC Reiterates Trump's Measures for National Maritime Industry Are Bad for U.S. Economy
Washington
Kramek: Ready to support the administration with constructive proposals
Fincantieri and Accenture establish joint venture Fincantieri Ingenium
Trieste/Milan
The aim is to drive the digital transformation of the ship product and port logistics
Meyer Werft has delivered the new luxury cruise ship Asuka III to NYK Cruises
Papenburg/Emden
It has a capacity of 744 passengers and 470 crew members
As Trump formalizes measures to revitalize America's maritime industry, the nation's ports face a dramatic decline in traffic
Washington/Geneva
Okonjo-Iweala (WTO): With the escalation of trade tensions between the US and China, the exchange of goods between the two economies could decrease up to 80%
CK Hutchison denies allegations of breach of concession contract for Panamanian ports of Cristóbal and Balboa
Panama
Panama Ports Company emphasizes that it has complied with all legal obligations and contractual commitments
US Does Not Participate in IMO Negotiations on Shipping Decarbonization, Threatens Reciprocal Measures
London
Expressed opposition to any attempt to impose economic measures on ships based on greenhouse gas emissions or fuel choice
T&E urges MEPC to agree clear and ambitious measures to decarbonise shipping
Brussels
It is necessary - the association underlines - to set binding objectives
Meyer Yachts will build an ultra-luxury residential mega yacht for Ulyssia Residences
Miami
The ship will be 320 meters long and will be built at the Papenburg shipyard
Neapolitan Grimaldi Group wins $1.3 billion order for nine ro-pax ships
Neapolitan Grimaldi Group wins $1.3 billion order for nine ro-pax ships
Helsinki/Naples
Order at China Merchants Jinling Shipyard (Weihai)
Viking orders two cruise ships from Fincantieri with option for two additional units
Los Angeles/Trieste
The two ships under construction in Ancona for the American brand will be the first in the world to be powered by hydrogen stored on board
Antonio Ranieri is the new maritime director of Liguria
Genoa
He takes over from Admiral Piero Pellizzari who was discharged from the service upon reaching the age limit
In the first quarter of 2025, China's CIMC recorded a 12.7% increase in container sales
Hong Kong
Revenues grew by +11.0%
Last year, the revenues of the Chinese group CMPort increased by +3.1%
Hong Kong
In the first three months of 2025, port terminals handled 36.4 million containers (+5.6%)
The financial statements of the AdSP of Western Liguria and the Central-Northern Tyrrhenian Sea have been approved
Genoa/Civitavecchia
Konecranes revenues increased by +7.7% in the first three months of 2025
Helsinki
343 million euros of new orders for port vehicles (+37.5%)
Kuehne+Nagel posts first quarter of growth
Schindellegi
The logistics group's net sales amounted to 6.33 billion Swiss francs (+14.9%)
Application by TDT (Grimaldi group) for the construction and management of 50% of the Terminal Darsena Europa in Livorno
Leghorn
The company has requested an extension of the duration of the current concession
In 2024, 58 million invested in the modernization of the ports of Livorno, Piombino and the island of Elba
Leghorn
The final budget and the annual report of the AdSP have been approved
EIB advice to strengthen climate resilience of the ports of Volos, Alexandroupolis and Patras
Luxembourg
It will assist port authorities in identifying and managing climate risks
In the first quarter the port of Valencia handled 1.3 million containers (+3.4%)
Valencia
Transhipment traffic decline
The Management Committee of the Central Tyrrhenian Sea Port Authority has unanimously approved the 2024 financial statement
Naples
SOS LOGistica will acquire the qualification of Third Sector Entity
Milan
The association currently has 74 members
In the first three months of 2025, freight traffic in the ports of Barcelona and Algeciras decreased
Barcelona/Algeciras
Hupac transfers intermodal service with Padua to Novara
Noise
Until now the other terminal was the one in Busto Arsizio
PSA SECH has operated the first 400-meter train at Parco Ferroviario Rugna
Genoa
Capacity up to 20 pairs of trains per day
The 2024 financial statement of the Eastern Liguria Port Authority was unanimously approved
The Spice
The war clearance preparatory to the expansion of the Ravano Terminal in La Spezia is nearing completion
The Spice
The AdSP has invested over 600 thousand euros in it
Francesco Rizzo appointed president of the AdSP of the Strait
Rome
He has repeatedly denounced the uselessness of the construction of the bridge over the Strait
US aircraft attack Yemeni port of Ras Isa
Tampa/Beirut
38 dead and over a hundred injured
In 2025 Stazioni Marittime predicts an increase in ferry and cruise traffic in the port of Genoa
MIT Mobility Report Highlights Rising Demand for Both Passengers and Freight
Rome
In the first quarter, cargo traffic in Russian ports decreased by -5.6%
St. Petersburg
Both dry goods (-5.3%) and liquid bulk (-5.8%) are decreasing
Andrea Giachero confirmed as president of Spediporto
Genoa
The board of directors of the association of Genoese freight forwarders has also been renewed for the three-year period 2025-2028
Study for monitoring vehicular traffic in the ports of Venice and Chioggia
Milan
Order awarded to Circle and Arelogik
In Italy, the rail freight transport sector is in deep trouble
Geneva
Fermerci calls for making traffic incentives structural and increasing and for refinancing the incentive for the purchase of locomotives and wagons
Global Maritime Forum report on optimising ship calls to reduce emissions
Copenhagen
Virtual arrival and just-in-time arrival approaches proposed
In the first quarter of this year, container traffic in the port of Gioia Tauro grew by +15.5%
Joy Taurus
Construction of the "Dockworker’s House" has begun
GNV has taken delivery of the second of four new ro-pax vessels in China
Genoa
"GNV Orion" will be able to accommodate 1,700 passengers and transport up to 3,080 linear metres of cargo
After ten quarters of decline, container traffic in the port of Hong Kong returns to growth
Hong Kong
In the first three months of this year 3.39 million TEUs were handled (+2.1%)
Fincantieri acquires stake in WSense
Rome
The ninth FREMM unit "Spartaco Schergat" delivered to the Italian Navy
The new edition of the Practical Manual of Maritime Traffic has been presented
Genoa
Written by Assagenti, it turns fifty
Container traffic at the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles increased by 26.6% and 5.2% in the first quarter
Long Beach/Los Angeles
Trump's tariffs impact imminent
In the first three months of 2025, the port of Singapore handled 10.5 million containers (+5.8%)
Singapore
In weight, containerized traffic recorded a decrease of -1.4%
Regulations signed for LNG bunkering at Fincantieri shipyard in Genoa
Genoa
Define the methods of transferring fuel from ship to ship
Historic shipbuilding brands Uljanik and 3.Maj on the verge of extinction
Zagreb
The State confirms its intention to sell the shipbuilding activities at the two sites of Pula and Rijeka
Cambiaso Risso has completed the acquisition of the French Somecassur
Genoa
The transalpine company specializes in the insurance of super and mega yachts
New weekly train service between the port of Gioia Tauro and Verona
Joy Taurus/Verona
Operated by Medlog for the transport of refrigerated goods
EBRD looking for strategic partner for development of Moldovan river port of Giurgiulesti
London
International competition launched
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
Turkish ports set new first-quarter cargo traffic record
Ankara
Historic peak of cargo imported from abroad
In the first quarter of 2025, freight traffic in the port of Taranto grew by +37.6%
Taranto
Increase of 854 thousand tons of solid bulk and 265 thousand tons of conventional goods
DEME buys Havfram, a company that installs offshore wind farms
Second Right/Washington
Transaction worth approximately 900 million euros
Rail transport of convoys for Rome Metro started from Reggio Calabria
Rome
Contract awarded by Hitachi Rail to Mercitalia Rail
In 2024, the volumes handled by Magli Intermodal Service decreased by -2%
Rezzato
Turnover stable
Yang Ming records first decline in turnover in March after 14 months of growth
Keelung/Taipei
Evergreen and WHL revenue growth continues
The European Commission has approved the acquisition of Germany's Schenker by Denmark's DSV
Brussels
The impact on competition in the markets in which the two companies operate is considered limited
Fincantieri - Kayo Agreement to Promote the Development of the Shipbuilding and Naval Industry in Albania
Trieste
Possible creation of a hub for shipbuilding and refitting in the region
Recent slight reduction in logistics costs for new factory vehicles
Brussels
Montaresi (AdSP Liguria Orientale) awarded with the "Port Oscar"
Miami
The event has reached its eighteenth edition
In the first three months of 2025, containers carried by OOCL vessels increased by +9.3%
Hong Kong
Revenues up +16.8%
The AdSP of the Southern Tyrrhenian and Ionian Seas wins in appeal against Zen Yacht
Joy Taurus
Company ordered to pay back rent
A large shipment of cocaine was seized in the port of Livorno
Leghorn
Two tons of drugs identified by Customs and Financial Police personnel
Navantia renews agreement with American cruise group Royal Caribbean
Miami
To date, the Cadiz shipyard has carried out maintenance, repair and refurbishment work on 45 of the group's ships.
Record cruise traffic expected in Italian ports this year
Miami
Cemar believes that growth will not stop even in 2026
HII-HHI Agreement to Accelerate US and South Korean Naval Production
National Harbor
The aim is to strengthen the naval industrial base of the two nations.
Panama Ports Company Accused of Violating Terms of Concession Agreement
Panama
Panama's Auditor General announced the filing of criminal charges
Colombo West International Terminal has become operational
Ahmedabad
It has a traffic capacity of 3.2 million TEUs
The conference "New sustainable marine fuels - Decarbonize Shipping" will be held in Genoa on Monday
Genoa
The new multifunctional border control structure PCF - PED/PDI Point completed in the port of Gioia Tauro
Joy Taurus
"Artificial Intelligence Comes to Port" Conference in Rome on Friday
Rome
It is promoted by the National Union of Port Enterprises
MSC Group's new cruise terminal inaugurated in Miami
Miami
It can accommodate three large ships at the same time
In February, traffic in the port of Ravenna increased by +2.1%
Ravenna
Bulk cargo increases, miscellaneous cargo declines
In 2024, Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane recorded a net loss of -208 million euros
Rome
Revenues up by +11.7%. The group's freight transported increased thanks to the acquisition of Exploris
Port of Genoa, Ente Bacini requests new spaces and renewal of the concession
Genoa
Conference to celebrate the centenary of the company
The public meeting of the Italian Port Terminal Operators Association will be held in Rome on June 19th
Genoa
VARD to build offshore dive vessel for Dong Fang Offshore
Alesund/Trieste
The contract is worth 113.5 million euros
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 conference "New sustainable marine fuels - Decarbonize Shipping" will be held in Genoa on Monday
Genoa
It will take place at the headquarters of the Port Authority of Genoa
"Artificial Intelligence Comes to Port" Conference in Rome on Friday
Rome
It is promoted by the National Union of Port Enterprises
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Proposed 30% increase for port tariffs to be in phases, says Loke
(Free Malaysia Today)
Damen Mangalia Unionists Protest Friday Against Possible Closure
(The Romania Journal)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Relazione del presidente Nicola Zaccheo
Roma, 18 settembre 2024
››› File
Next week Italian ports will participate in Seatrade Cruise Global
Rome
Initiative brand: "CruiseItaly - One Country, Many Destinations"
MSC Group Cruise Terminal Officially Inaugurated in the Port of Barcelona
Barcelona
In 2027 it will be equipped with a cold ironing plant
Marcegaglia and Nova Marine Carriers form NovaMar Logistic joint venture
Lugano/Gazoldo of the Ippoliti
A general cargo ship will transport raw materials to the steel group's plants
Liebherr achieves record annual sales in the maritime and port crane segment
Bulls
Strong demand for offshore and container handling equipment
The annual conference "Programming, Operation and Management of Transport Networks" in Genoa
Genoa
It is dedicated to the transport and mobility sector
Last year, 656 ships underwent repair work in Greece
Piraeus
Increase of five units compared to 2023
Port of La Spezia, cruise ship docking simulations completed at Garibaldi West pier
The Spice
Assagenti conference on the future of the profession of maritime agent and broker
Genoa
It will be held tomorrow in Genoa
Stena Line presents a project for a ro-ro vessel capable of reducing energy consumption by at least 20%
Gothenburg
Introduced most of the innovative technologies currently available
Francesco Beltrano is the new general secretary of Uniport
Rome
He takes over from Paolo Ferrandino, who will continue to collaborate as a consultant
Saipem awarded new contracts in Middle East and Guyana
Milan
The total value of the orders is approximately 720 million dollars.
Conference in Genoa for the centenary of Ente Bacini
Genoa
The company was established on 19 February 1925
Interporto Bologna Board of Directors Renewed
Bentivoglio
Stefano Caliandro Appointed President. Loss of 1.7 million euros in 2024
NYK invests 76 billion yen in NYK Energy Ocean Corporation
Tokyo
The newco has taken over the activities of ENEOS Ocean
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