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September 17, 2015
Sched Netweb site
  • Hong Kong down 9.8pc in August to 1.7 million TEU, Singapore off 12pc
  • Containership orders soar to escape UN's costly ship emissions mandate
  • Singapore's PIL now in major league with eight mega-ship orders from China
  • PLA Spratly island reef building begins anew ahead of Xi Jinping's trip to US
  • Oakland August import growth continues as volume rises 15pc to 82,492 TEU
  • CMA CGM raises Gulf, India, Pakistan to Europe rate US$150/TEU October 1
  • Biggest China-built box ship of 18,000 TEU is delivered to CMA CGM
  • US, Canadian rail warns Congress of disruptions if safety rules enforced
  • Bangladesh exports increased 28pc in August after 12pc decline in July
  • Kerry Logistics deploys robotic 'butlers' at e-commerce fulfilment centre
  • American jobs go to France, Hungary, China now that EXIM bank is no more
  • EU solar panel makers want extension of Chinese import restrictions
  • Kenya's Chinese-built Mombasa-Nairobi railway to open in 2017, not 2016
  • Finnair braces for planned national strike against state austerity measures
  • 2 tons of 'black' cocaine seized in Colombia, Mexico disguised as printer toner
  • Bulgaria closes airspace to Russian transports with cargo to help Syria
  • India's domestic aviation market world's fastest growing, says IATA

Exim Indiaweb site
SEPTEMBER 16, 2015
  • CFSAI forms committee of experts for storage & transportation of hazardous cargo
  • IWAI to invite tenders for setting up navigation lock on Farakka Barrage in Oct.
  • Key issues highlighted on first day of 10th Southern Asia Ports, Logistics and Shipping 2015
  • Urea imports up by 43 pc to 30.62 lakh t
  • Direct imports of cashew at Kollam port after 50 years cheers trade
  • MICT achieves another landmark with the maiden call of Maersk's FM3 service
  • Multiple gates & timber stack yard inaugurated at Kandla Port
  • Rotterdam World Gateway opens
  • Single port management system for Amsterdam & Rotterdam ports
  • Chinese dumping to mar domestic textile industry, says AEPC
  • DIPP outlines policy for solar projects of 3,000 MW
  • INR turns moderately weak against dollar after Monday's rally
  • Suzlon plans to invest INR 6K cr. in offshore windmill project
  • Tamil Nadu gets investment worth INR 50K cr.

International Transport Journalweb site
  • Rate and surcharge hikes in USA
  • Automation specialist amends management structure
  • Birthday cake for Medcenter Container Terminal
  • Strong franc puts brakes on SBB Cargo
  • Tapa on crime prevention
  • Operations kick off at revamped breakbulk terminal
  • FTL specialist opens up in Benelux
  • From China to Iran by train
  • Traditional name for Rickmers newbuild
  • New Cargolux Country Manager for Germany
  • Copa winging its way to 'Cisco bay
  • Vehicle transporter fleets reaching their limits?
  • Honours all round for heavylift job
  • New blocktrain links Belgium and Spain
  • Emirates really returning to Baghdad

IHS Maritimeweb site
SEPTEMBER 16, 2015
  • Taizhou Kouan yard wins eight box ships
    China's Taizhou Kouan Shipbuilding has secured a contract from a German owner for eight 1,400 teu container ships. Announcing the order on 16 September, the yard said the vessels would each be 153.7 m long, 27.6 m wide, 12.5 m deep, and 7.4 m in design draught. The first ship is scheduled for
  • MODEC wins FSO project from Maersk Oil
    Japanese floating production specialist MODEC said on 16 September that it is to provide a floating and storage vessel for Maersk Oil's Culzean project in the North Sea. The Culzean field is located about 233 km off the coast of Aberdeen. Maersk Oil UK operates the field jointly with JX Nippon
  • Japanese shipyard orders soar
    Orders at Japanese shipyards this August soared by 252% from a year earlier, as shipowners rushed to build ships that comply with the International Maritime Organisation's new standards. The IMO's goal-based standards, which apply to bulkers and tankers, require wider and thicker timber in the
  • Salvage divers complete first Sewol inspection
    The first stage of preliminary inspections on the capsized Sewol ferry has been completed. South Korea's Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries (MOF) said on 16 September that 50 divers have been working on the vessel since 19 August, after the salvage contract was awarded to Chinese state-owned Shanghai
  • Rena salvage bill second only to Costa Concordia
    The salvage of Rena, which ran aground on a reef off Tauranga, New Zealand, in 2011, has cost NZD500 million (USD317.2 million). This makes the container vessel the second most expensive shipwreck in history after the USD1 billion Costa Concordia salvage operation, owner Daina Shipping Co testified at hearings in Tauranga.
  • Marine insurers urged to get tough on maintenance skimping
    As shipowners and shipping firms continue struggle with a depressed maritime market, insurers have raised concerns over the temptation to reduce spending on maintenance. Speaking at the annual meeting of the International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI) in Berlin, Simon Williams, head of marine
  • Order drought drives Bergen Group unit to bankruptcy
    Bergen Group Skarveland, a wholly owned subsidiary of the listed Bergen Group offshore and maritime solutions provider, has filed a petition for bankruptcy. The wholly owned subsidiary of the listed Bergen Group offshore and maritime solutions provider blamed the move on a lack of new orders and
  • Forward trading scheme completes first delivery
    Shanghai Shipping Freight Exchange has completed the first delivery under its dry bulk capacity forward trading scheme. On 8 September, Dato Lucky, a Handymax bulker, was delivered to Shanghai-based AMC Shipping, a nickel ores, coal, and steel carrier, at the Chinese port of Yangjiang in Guangdong.
  • Tanjung Offshore in deal with China's Jereh
    Malaysia-listed offshore services provider Tanjung Offshore has signed a collaboration agreement with China-based Yantai Jereh Petroleum to provide oil and gas services in Malaysia. Under the agreement, both parties will grant each other priority to pursue and secure opportunities in Malaysia.
  • CIMC first-half profit up nearly 47%
    Shenzhen-listed China International Marine Containers (CIMC) has posted first-half profits up by 46.7% on the same time last year. These amounted to CNY1.5 billion (USD1.13 billion) on revenue up by 1.8% year-on-year to CNY32.7 billion. In its interim report, released on 16 September, the company
  • SapuraKencana profit dives nearly 77%
    Malaysia-listed offshore services provider SapuraKencana Petroleum posted profits down by 76.6% compared with this time last year. It reported profits of MYR104.3 million (USD24.2 million) for the second quarter, ending 31 July. Despite higher revenues of MYR2.8 billion - up by 4% from MYR2.69

The Loadstarweb site
SEPTEMBER 16, 2015
  • IATA warns of growing threat to aircraft from e-commerce lithium battery sales
  • Fears for charter market as the idle fleet grows with more mega-boxships arriving
  • UTi targets last-mile delivery market with ByBox network launch in South Africa

Marine Logweb site
SEPTEMBER 16, 2015
  • Electric Boat gets $321.7 million Navy award
  • Jobs ax swings at Newport News Shipbuilding
  • ITF has concerns on tug operations in new Panama Canal
  • Bristol Harbor Group adds two new members to team
  • NYK takes delivery of Japan's first LNG fueled tug
  • OceanSaver BWTS ordered for two VLCCs
  • Diana gets $148 million loan from Royal Bank of Scotland

World Wide Shipperweb site
SEPTEMBER 16, 2015
  • Contractor to begin dredging at Quillayute River location
  • Inchcape Shipping Services nets Cheniere Energy contract
  • MarAd teams with Park Service to distribute Maritime Heritage grants
  • Port Metro Vancouver deploys gear to test underwater vessel noise
  • Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics expands relationship with Toyota

Lloyd's Listweb site
SEPTEMBER 16, 2015
  • IUMI 2015: DNV GL plans unmanned coasters inside a decade
    ReVolt vessels could save $50m over 30-year lifetime, classification society argues
  • Diana Containerships secures new RBS loan as UK bank responds to old clients
    Select new business 'makes sense' even if ultimate aim is to sell portfolio, say sources
  • IUMI 2015: Climate change will spur natural catastrophes, insurers warned
    Global warming certainly anthropogenic, experts say
  • Shipowners warned over local fuel use requirements
    Current and future sulphur in fuel limits creates challenges to source accurate information and the right fuel
  • DP World ends US push
    Terminal operator will no longer pursue American acquisitions as operating costs are too high, says chairman
  • Braemar backs root cause analysis
    Incidents arise from a failure to follow best practice and implement effective corrective actions, insurers told
  • IUMI 2015: Deference to 'Tiger Captains' may cause casualties
    Filipinos culturally reluctant to challenge perceived superiors, conference is told
  • BW LPG sticks with fixed term contracts
    Thirty-two per cent of BW LPG's VLGCs will be on fixed time charter contracts in the third quarter, while 19% of its VLGC fleet will operate in the spot market
  • NYK takes delivery of Japan's first LNG-fuelled tug
    Vessel will help determine the feasibility of using liquefied gas as a marine fuel
  • IMB calls for global piracy reporting system
    Worldwide information sharing network proposed to help maritime authorities assist seafarers and make arrests more quickly
  • India eases cabotage laws on ro-ro vessels
    Move is aimed at making cargo transportation along the coastline more efficient
  • Cosco and China Shipping Group merger a step closer
    Listed units may lift share trading suspensions within a month
  • IUMI 2015: Offshore insurers consider oil price slide impact
    Prospect is 'yet another year of relentless overcapacity'
  • Concordia Maritime renews charter agreement with oil major
    Tanker shipping company secures deals for three of its shallow draft P-Max ships
  • FedNav and Marad win environment protection awards
    FedNav cites innovative ballast water treatment and clampdown on greenhouse gases, while Marad chief points to study on emissions abatement
  • NSW Port stops cruiseships overnight berthing at White Bay
    NSW acting on resident concerns, holds cruiseships from terminal pending use of low-sulphur fuel

The Journal of Commerceweb site
SEPTEMBER 16, 2015
  • E-commerce heating up NY-NJ industrial real estate market
    U.S. Northeast consumers' growing appetite for e-commerce is cooking up a "red hot" industrial real estate market around the Port of New York and New Jersey - a trend great for developers and pricey for shippers, the head of an industrial real estate trade association said Wednesday. The rise of e-commerce...
  • US shippers warned 'loose' truck capacity won't last
    INDIANAPOLIS - U.S. freight shippers enjoying an unusual period of "loose" capacity shouldn't get complacent, speakers at the 2015 FTR Transportation Conference here warned. An uptick in demand in the U.S. or disruptive events anywhere in the world could quickly tighten slack U.S. truck capacity, limiting truck supply and pushing up...
  • Hungary's Waberer's launches Benelux trucking subsidiary
    Remco van Staaijeren, business development director for Waberer's Benelux B.V. Reporting double-digit growth in the Benelux countries, Waberer's International opened a subsidiary in the Netherlands this week, the fourth Western European subsidiary the Central European-based full truckload freight hauler has established in the last two years. The new subsidiary will help the...
  • Hub taps board consultant, former executive as president, COO
    The Hub Group has tapped a consultant to its board of directors and a former executives who has filled multiple roles as president and CEO, replacing Mark Yeager who abruptly left both positions in August. Since January Donald G. Maltby has served as consultant to the intermodal services provider's board of...
  • FedEx raises rates, trims outlook on weak LTL demand
    Weak demand in the less-than-truckload market and higher-than-expected operating costs in its ground segment spurred FedEx to trim down its earnings outlook for 2016. The Memphis, Tennessee-based shipping giant posted modest gains Wednesday for the first three months of its new fiscal year. The news comes as the company is gearing...
  • ILA, USMX officials hopeful about 10-year contract
    CHARLESTON, South Carolina - Officials of the International Longshoremen's Association and United States Maritime Alliance said they're committed to trying to work out East and Gulf coast port labor contract that would extend to 2025. ILA and USMX officials will meet next week to discuss a possible seven-year extension beyond the...
  • Russia's AirBridgeCargo pulls further ahead of European rivals
    LONDON - Russia's AirBridgeCargo Airlines is pulling further ahead of its troubled European rivals as it continues to post double digit increases in traffic month after month. Traffic grew 14 percent in August from a year ago to 39,000 metric tons, taking the total for the first eight months of 2015...
  • AirFrance-KLM Cargo inks partnership with China Southern
    LONDON - Air France KLM Martinair Cargo has signed a partnership agreement with China Southern Cargo spanning the carriers' global networks. "This new partnership will give customers access to an extensive cargo network in the Asia Pacific region - where China Southern Cargo occupies a strategic position - and in Europe,...
  • Russian economic downturn blamed for flat Asia-Europe peak season
    LONDON- Russia's economic downturn is largely responsible for a flat third quarter peak season on the Asia-North Europe trade, forcing ocean carriers to apply more permanent reductions in capacity, according to Drewry Maritime Research. The "marked" fall in demand in Russia for Asian goods is a "major" contributory factor in the...
  • Brazil heralds nearly $2 billion in ag export contracts
    Port of SantosAmid shaky Brazilian business confidence, the country's agriculture and livestock minister is trumpeting the near completion of dozens of contracts worth nearly $2 billion with importers in 14 countries. Abreu, who was previously president of the powerful National Confederation of Agriculture and Livestock before becoming minister in January, declared...
  • Eastman Chemical cuts truck trips via Greer inland port
    CHARLESTON, South Carolina - Eastman Chemical is avoiding hundreds of 300-mile round truck trips a month to the Port of Charleston by loading them at the inland port in Greer, South Carolina. From Greer, Eastman's containers are delivered to the port by Norfolk Southern Railway. The inland port has saved time...
  • Panama Canal bets loyalty incentives will boost competitiveness with Suez
    CHARLESTON, South Carolina - Volume-based toll reductions for container lines that regularly deploy large vessels through the expanded Panama Canal will make the canal route from Northeast Asia to the U.S. East Coast highly competitive with West Coast and Suez Canal routings, a Panama Canal Authority executive said. After the canal...
  • Shippers advised to move on ACE despite deadline extension
    Susan Kohn RossU.S. Customs and Border Protection announced on Aug. 31 the long-anticipated delay to full implementation of the Automated Commercial Environment, or ACE, its new computer platform. This short respite comes as a welcome relief to anyone following this issue. While Customs is close to being ready for full implementation,...
  • Maersk exec says big ships are 'an opportunity'
    CHARLESTON, South Carolina - Big container ships are necessary and here to stay, so marine terminals, ocean carriers and cargo interests must cooperate to ensure that logjams at ports, a Maersk Line executive said. "Everyone has a role to play," Michael White, president of Maersk Line North America, told an audience...
  • India's export slide continues with double-digit plunge
    India's global merchandise exports tumbled 20.7 percent year-over-year in August, the ninth straight month of declines, even as the Narendra Modi-led government continues to roll out new schemes to stimulate trade and economic growth. Exports in August declined to $21.3 billion from $26.8 billion a year earlier, the latest provisional trade...
  • India's Mundra port gains new Maersk call
    Mundra International Container Terminal, a major gateway for India's northwestern hinterlands, this week celebrated the first ship call of the Far East-Middle East, or FM3, service, a fixed-day, weekly intra-Asia loop by Maersk Line. The vessel Maersk Senang arrived at the DP World facility on Sept. 15, the terminal operator said...
  • Alibaba and USPS in speed delivery partnership
    HONG KONG - The U.S. Postal Service has become the latest national postal organization to partner with Alibaba as the Chinese e-commerce giant aggressively expands its global cross-border delivery network.The logistics affiliate of Alibaba Group, Cainiao, and USPS have signed an MOU to jointly develop speed delivery solutions across the...
  • Flat growth as Cathay Pacific flies into the slack season
    HONG KONG - Cathay Pacific and sister carrier Dragonair reported flat growth in air cargo during August as the Hong Kong-based airlines limp into the slack period before what is hoped will be a last-quarter peak season.The 148,109 tons of cargo and mail carried during the month was an meagre...

TradeWindsweb site
SEPTEMBER 16, 2015
  • Pasha order ahead
    Pasha Group chief executive George Pasha IV said today that the containerships it purchased from Horizon Lines will have to be replaced in a $500m ship order.
  • Exemption could hurt PR deal
    A proposal to exempt Puerto Rico from the Jones Act could serve to reduce support for a debt restructuring effort in Congress, American Maritime Partnership (AMP) chairman Tom Allegretti said Wednesday.
  • Peter's second act
    Peter Georgiopoulos celebrated survival, success and a quest for larger listed companies in his first public speaking appearance in several years today, but it was a question about his failures that triggered a reflective moment.
  • Jaenichen swings back
    US Maritime Administrator Paul "Chip" Jaenichen issued a strongly-worded defence of the Jones Act, describing perceived impacts of cabotage restrictions on the economies of Hawaii and Puerto Rico as "outright falsehoods".
  • A test of nerve
    Nervous anchor-handler owners have failed to capitalise on a busy week for rig moves in the North Sea.
  • GMI in New York filing
    Global Maritime Investments (GMI) has fallen victim to the battered dry cargo market and sought Chapter 11 protection in the US.
  • DNV GL goes green
    Norwegian classification society launches five pilot projects in cooperation with domestic partners.
  • Pay rise for Centaurus
    Diana Containerships has extended the charter of a vessel to Maersk Line for a higher rate.
  • Cyber safety tops the list
    The new chairman of the International Association of Classification Societies (IACS), Christopher Wiernicki, has set the development of cyber safety systems as a main priority, but he does not foresee unmanned ships.
  • Diana seals new loan
    Greece's Diana Containerships has fixed up new finance worth $148m with Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS).
  • German yards busier
    German shipyards have seen worker numbers rise in the year to September.
  • Problems over?
    Croatia's economy minister Ivan Vrdoljak has told shipyard workers that problems are a thing of the past for the country's shipbuilding industry.
  • Damen talks continue
    Dutch yard working within sanctions to cooperate on new ships for Russia's Rosneft.
  • ISS bag Cheniere work
    Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS) has clinched a new deal with LNG company Cheniere Energy in the Asia Pacific region.
  • BW LPG ups coverage
    Singapore's BW LPG has revealed that a growing proportion of its VLGC fleet is now employed on time charters or contracts of affreightment (COAs).
  • Bergen Group unit files
    A ship equipment subsidiary of Bergen Group has filed for bankruptcy in Norway after orders dried up.
  • India relaxes rules
    India has eased cabotage restrictions on overseas ro-ro ships, car carriers and LNG vessels to allow them to operate more freely on coastal routes.
  • Fuel claim fails
    A chemical tanker owner has made an unsuccessful claim against a port agent in a row over whether the ship needed low-sulphur fuel at anchorage in a European port.
  • Tanjung's new venture
    Kuala Lumpur-listed Tanjung Offshore is teaming up with a Chinese company to lower costs.
  • Modec wins Culzean FSO
    Modec has secured the contract for the provision of a floating, storage and offloading (FSO) for Maersk Oil's Culzean development.
  • UASC confirms ship fire
    A brand new United Arab Shipping Co (UASC) containership suffered a fire off France last week, the company has confirmed.
  • Seadrill stock surges
    Investors have reacted positively to Seadrill's cancelled semi-submersible order by sending the shares up almost 10%.
  • Poacher turned gamekeeper
    Former convicted pirates are said to have returned to Somalia and are seeking work as armed guards on local fishing vessels.

American Shipperweb site
SEPTEMBER 16, 2015
  • Shipper size matters in port diversification choice
  • APMT CEO: Container terminals remains a "fundamentally attractive" industry
  • Trading in COSCO, China Shipping shares remains suspended
  • Port of Livorno to publish tender for new container terminal
  • NYK takes delivery of Japan's first LNG-fueled tugboat
  • FedEx to raise U.S. shipping rates
  • Hansa Heavy Lift opens regional office in Monaco
  • Information sharing to help take down maritime piracy
  • AirBridgeCargo volumes rise 17%
  • Schneider Intermodal eases restrictions on cross-border service into Mexico
  • Executive Moves: Tiger Cool Express and ShipServ
  • Centrolene to launch new forwarder technology, network platform
  • Japan Post seeks to raise$11.6 Billion in IPO
  • UPS to hire over 90,000 seasonal workers


The Bunker Bulletinweb site
SEPTEMBER 16, 2015
  • Dry bulk shipper files for 'Chapter 11'
    Most of an estimated $169 million debt is unsecured, according to court papers.
  • Russian yard launches multipurpose bunker tanker
    Tuapse Commercial Seaport says vessel will 'reduce cost of bunkering services.'
  • Hong Kong ferry operator gets fuel costs' benefit
    As profits rise in first half resutls.
  • Scientist calls for Singapore ECA
    'Singapore's air quality is not as clean as it appears.'
  • Quadrise sharpens focus on marine market
    Emulsion fuel oil to be produced in southern Spain.
  • Quadrise sharpens its focus on the marine market
    Emulsion fuel oil to be produced in southern Spain.
  • Stena's methanol fuel trial going well
    But current cost of methanol compared to MGO makes it an expensive exercise.
  • Analysts take downbeat view of players' prospects
    World Fuel Services and Aegean Marine Petroleum have both seen profits fall.
  • Shipping company loses low sulphur bunker dispute
    Owner alleged that information provided by their agent was incorrect.
  • Norway to study 'green' fuel alternatives for vessels
    LNG, batteries and hybrid propulsion systems to be explored.
  • CO2 and Shipping: Time for action, say MEPs
    European Parliament's environment committee calls for shipping to be included in Paris climate deal.
  • NYK 'set to participate' in LNG bunkering business
    As part of its 'More Than Shipping 2018' medium-term management plan.
  • Panama: New terminal to supply LNG bunkers
    Facility slated for 2018 opening.
  • New staff at Hamburg-based bunker supplier
    Roman Vilner is based at Rostock, it tells Platts Bunkerworld.
  • ITIC: Low sulphur bunkering cost dispute resolved
    Ship owner claim against port agent for fuel costs 'unsuccessful'.
  • Classification society classes 'first' ethane-fuelled ship
    Vessel will transport ethane from the US to the UK.

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Geneva
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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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Temporary Port Labor Supply Company in Cagliari Extended for Another 18 Months
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Genoa
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Hamburg
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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
London Government presents its strategy for decarbonising maritime transport
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London
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Leghorn
Unions ask port authority to block proliferation of new economic entities
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Trieste
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Porto Marghera, renewal of concession to Terminal Rinfuse Venezia
Venice
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Paris
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Genoa
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Barcelona
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Lugano/Gazoldo of the Ippoliti
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Bulls
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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
Francesco Beltrano is the new general secretary of Uniport
Rome
He takes over from Paolo Ferrandino, who will continue to collaborate as a consultant
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
Saipem awarded new contracts in Middle East and Guyana
Milan
The total value of the orders is approximately 720 million dollars.
Conference in Genoa for the centenary of Ente Bacini
Genoa
The company was established on 19 February 1925
Interporto Bologna Board of Directors Renewed
Bentivoglio
Stefano Caliandro Appointed President. Loss of 1.7 million euros in 2024
NYK invests 76 billion yen in NYK Energy Ocean Corporation
Tokyo
The newco has taken over the activities of ENEOS Ocean
Decarbonisation of maritime transport will be faster in the EU and the US
DHL Acquires CRYOPDP
Bonn/Nashville
The company provides courier services for clinics and healthcare
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
Over a million to the port companies of Livorno and Piombino to acquire green vehicles
Leghorn
The ranking for admission to the PNRR-Next Gen Eu contributions has been published
COSCO Shipping Development Co.'s container sales increased by +204.1% in 2024
Shanghai
The related turnover increased by +124.0%
The call for funding for the purchase of electric vehicles in the ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado has been published
Genoa
Yang Ming Buys Three New 8,000 TEU Containerships
Keelung
They will be delivered between 2028 and 2029
Construction of a cruise ship for Regent Seven Seas Cruises begins in Marghera
Trieste
Fincantieri will deliver the unit in 2026
Federlogistica establishes operational offices in Spain and Brazil
Genoa
The aim is to go beyond theoretical cooperative relationships
Over a Ton of Cocaine Seized in the Port of Gioia Tauro
Reggio Calabria
If placed on the market it would have generated over 187 million euros
In 2024, the economic results of Interporto Padova reached record values
Padua
Revenues up +17%
Three ceremonies at the Saint-Nazaire shipyard for three new MSC Cruises ships
Geneva
New flagship "MSC World America" delivered
German railway company DB Cargo reduced losses in 2024
Berlin
Revenues down again. -9.0% drop in freight volumes
NovaAlgoma orders second 38,000 dwt cement carrier in China
Lugano
It will be taken over in 2027
Customs agreement between Italy and Brazil to facilitate trade
Brasilia
Mission of the Customs and Monopolies Agency in the South American nation
A team from La Spezia Container Terminal in Rotterdam to test advanced technologies
The Spice
ECT Hutchinson Ports Training Center Visited
The assembly of Genoese freight forwarders on Monday
Genoa
It will be held at the Palazzo della Borsa in Genoa
Assarmatori, in Italy the ferry segment cannot bear the burden of the EU ETS in a very fragile market situation
Brussels
Messina: Protecting shipping from the ideological excesses of the Green Deal
The website of the Port Authority Corps - Coast Guard has been renewed
Rome
It has become a single digital access point to documents and services
In 2024, inland waterway freight transport in Germany increased by +1.2%
Wiesbaden
The volume, at 173.8 million tonnes, is the second lowest since 1990.
APM Terminals Granted Port of New York - New Jersey Concession Renewal
New York
Contract for a period of 33 years. Investments of 500 million dollars are expected
Experimentation of crane automation has begun at the Interporto Padova terminal
Padua
The interport company awarded the "Industria Felix 2025 Award"
Container traffic in the port of Algeciras fell by -17.0% in February
Algeciras
Both import-export volumes and transhipment are decreasing
New cruise company Crescent Seas has been founded in Miami
Miami
The fleet, initially consisting of one ship from Regent Seven Seas Cruises, will grow to five units within the next five years
In 2024, the volume of vehicles transported by Wallenius Wilhelmsen's fleet decreased by -9.7%
Oslo
Traffic down on almost all global routes
Agreement between Assoporti and Assologistica and the Florida trade, transport and port authorities
Rome
It was signed today
In April a mission in Albania of The International Propeller Clubs - Italy
Genoa
It will take place on the 9th and 10th in Tirana and Durres
COSCO Shipping Ports revenues rose to a record $1.5 billion in 2024 (+3.3%)
Hong Kong
In the fourth quarter alone, a decrease of -3.0%
SO.RI.MA. (FHP group) granted a concession of an area of 125 thousand square meters in the port of Chioggia
Venice
Investments of 11.5 million euros expected over 25 years
PORTS
Italian Ports:
Ancona Genoa Ravenna
Augusta Gioia Tauro Salerno
Bari La Spezia Savona
Brindisi Leghorn Taranto
Cagliari Naples Trapani
Carrara Palermo Trieste
Civitavecchia Piombino Venice
Italian Interports: list World Ports: map
DATABASE
ShipownersShipbuilding and Shiprepairing Yards
ForwardersShip Suppliers
Shipping AgentsTruckers
MEETINGS
The public meeting of the Italian Port Terminal Operators Association will be held in Rome on June 19th
Genoa
The annual conference "Programming, Operation and Management of Transport Networks" in Genoa
Genoa
It is dedicated to the transport and mobility sector
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Damen Mangalia Unionists Protest Friday Against Possible Closure
(The Romania Journal)
Govt. to woo top ten shipping liners in world for Colombo port expansion
(Daily Mirror)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Relazione del presidente Nicola Zaccheo
Roma, 18 settembre 2024
››› File
Contship Italia’s intermodal network has been extended to the Gulf Terminal in La Spezia
Melzo
Connections with the inland terminals of Milan, Modena and Padua
Container traffic in the port of Valencia grew by +15.2% last month
Valencia
The overall volume of goods handled increased by +6.8%
The Northern Tyrrhenian Sea Port Authority obtains gender equality certification
Leghorn
It is the first Italian port authority to obtain this recognition
Container traffic growth weakens at ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach
Los Angeles/Long Beach
Last month, increases of +2.6% and +13.4% respectively were recorded
Assarmatori, the Italian government's position on the impact of the EU ETS on shipping and ports is good
Rome
Messina: fully understood the risks and distortions of European climate regulation
PSA Italy's Genoa port terminals awarded anti-corruption certification
Genoa
The UNI EN ISO 37001 standard defines the requirements for an effective anti-corruption management system
Assiterminal presents three projects for the sustainable transition of the Italian port sector
Rome
Work completed on docks 33 and 34 of the port of Civitavecchia
Civitavecchia
50,000 square meters of yards prepared
The completion and doubling of the Pontremolese is the dream-nightmare of the La Spezia port community
The Spice
Fontana: Money is not found when enormous resources are channeled into railway lines of dubious utility
Hanwha acquires 9.9% stake in shipbuilding company Austal
Sydney
Investment worth approximately 116 million US dollars
The European fleet is growing but competing fleets are growing at a faster rate
Brussels
Raptis (European Shipowners): investing ETS revenues in clean shipping technologies and fuels
Trasportounito has confirmed the national halt to the transport of goods
Rome
Proclaimed for the duration of five days from March 31st to April 4th
Container traffic in Hong Kong port increased by +9.1% in February
Hong Kong
However, for the second time in the last 25 years, cargo volume was below one million TEU.
Cargo traffic in Greek ports stable in Q3 2024
Piraeus
The increase in volumes transported on domestic routes has offset the decline in traffic with foreign countries
At the Vado Ligure container terminal a 21,000 teu container ship fully loaded
I go to Liguria
The 400-meter-long Cosco Shipping Nebula has landed
UIR proposes a permanent table for the development of intermodality
Verona
The main task is to build a project financing program.
Restructuring plan approved for Spanish company Armas Trasmediterránea
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Creditors' appeal rejected
The decline in cargo traffic at the port of Singapore worsened in February
Singapore
Containerized cargoes amounted to 27.4 million tons (-3.6%)
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