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October 19, 2015
Sched Netweb site
  • A-E off 10pc to US$233/TEU, but up 15pc to USWC and 9pc to USEC
  • Iran's big fleet expansion will be funded by sanction-seized cash
  • Antwerp up 5.5pc despite Asia-Europe slump afflicting other ports
  • International Chamber of Shipping blasts OECD carbon ship tax proposal
  • Cosco Pacific leaves August decline behind in September, rising 0.8pc
  • CSX net profit falls 0.04pc to US$507 million as revenue decline 9pc
  • Uber life restored providing same-day delivery for American e-tailers
  • Kuehne + Nagel profit up 6.7pc to US$535 million as sales fall 4.8pc
  • Tulsa trucking boss jailed 7 years, fined US$21 million for tax evasion
  • Philippines President Aquino wants to join Trans-Pacific Partnership
  • Megaships not true cause of port congestion, TPM conference told
  • Savannah's Peruvian fruit imports boost USDA plan for reefer prowess
  • Houthis ready to give up capital - Tripoli-Tobruk stalemate continues
  • Cathay, Dragonair cargo increases 2.8pc in September to 151,358 tonnes
  • Silk Way West Airlines joins IATA, presentation at Caspian cargo summit
  • Air China to start flights from Beijing to New Jersey's Newark Airport

Exim Indiaweb site
OCTOBER 18, 2015
  • Asia-Europe container trades suffer but US trade volumes up
  • Bibby Ship Management appoints Sanjiv Wagh as Deputy Managing Director of its India offices
  • CFSAI's Annual Day was a grand affair
  • China Shipping, Cosco merger imminent, say analysts
  • Indian Port Rail Corporation to facilitate speedier, congestion-free evacuation from Major Ports: Nitin Gadkari
  • IRClass Academy delivers training for naval shipbuilding sector
  • TAPA sets three-year global target to achieve 2,000 certified facilities to tackle rising cargo crime
  • Maruti to export indigenously made car for first time
  • Antwerp port set for record year
  • HPCL delivers record fuel to bulk vessel off Cochin Port
  • Kamarajar Port announces wharfage charge concession for coastal movement of automobiles; to develop one more RoRo terminal
  • NSICT E-Gate Pass for import to be live from today
  • Productivity-linked reward scheme for Major Port & Dock employees extended
  • Varghese Cherian takes charge as CEO of Kottayam Port
  • Committee on PPP revamp set to submit report
  • Exports continue to fall, plunge by 24.33 pc in Sept.
  • Forex reserves up by $2.263 bn to $353.069 bn
  • Iron ore imports may fall by 10 mt to 5 mt in 2015-16
  • Horizontal Promotion

International Transport Journalweb site
  • Flame burning at half-mast
  • Growth through business integration
  • Executive veteran makes next move
  • United Cargo changes shipper's insurance policy
  • US railroad reducing Tennessee operations
  • Europa proud of its air and sea figures
  • Throughput declining in Singapore
  • Silk Way West Airlines joins Iata
  • Bangladesh upgrading rail infrastructure
  • Work starts on an Eindhoven facility
  • Körber's logistics systems division completes board
  • An investor to foster internationalisation
  • Mersey Maritime confirms Shirling-Rooke as CEO
  • First B787 to be operated by a Taiwanese airline
  • New intermodal Lübeck-Karlsruhe link
  • Record volume for port of Virginia
  • CSCL and Cosco merger more and more likely

IHS Maritimeweb site
OCTOBER 16, 2015
  • APM Terminals completes Grup Maritim TCB takeover
    In a transaction valued at USD1 billion, Rotterdam-based terminal operating giant APM Terminals is to buy the remaining 39% of shares in Spanish terminal company Grup Maritim TCB. APMT bought a 61% controlling stake in Grup TCB from Perez y Cia in September this year. Barcelona-based Grup TCB has
  • PSA lays foundation stone for JNPT's fourth box terminal
    Singaporean terminal giant PSA International has laid the foundation stone for Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust of India's fourth container terminal at a ceremony attended by Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi, and shipping minister Nitin Jairam Gadkari. East of Mumbai in Maharashtra, JNPT is India's
  • Santos ships first LNG out of Gladstone
    Australian oil and gas producer Santos today shipped its first cargo of LNG out of its AUD25 billion (USD18.5 billion) Gladstone project in northern Queensland. The shipment is bound for South Korea on board the 105,335 gt Malaysian tanker Seri Bakti. Santos managing director and chief executive
  • Brazilian woes weigh on Vard
    Singapore-listed Norwegian offshore vessel builder Vard Holdings is set for poorer results than in previous years as its operations in Brazil continue to struggle. In commentaries issued on 16 October, analysts said the weak oil price had slashed demand for the offshore support vessels that are
  • Kyoto looks to build LNG import terminal
    The government of Japan's Kyoto Prefecture is considering building a liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal at the western port of Maizuru. The move is part of efforts to ensure stable energy supplies. Kyoto recently set up a study group recently to discuss the issue. This was made up of
  • Stolt-Nielsen in Italian LNG terminal deal
    Stolt-Nielsen has acquired a stake in a planned LNG terminal in Italy. The London-based chemical and gas tanker and terminals group listed in Oslo has purchased 10% of the shares in HIGAS, with an option to acquire up to 80% of the company, through its subsidiary Stolt-Nielsen Gas. "HIGAS is a
  • Container markets down across the board
    Earnings across the container shipping industry remain under heavy pressure after the Golden Week in China and the end of the cargo peak season. Both liner operators and tramp shipowners, who hire their tonnage out to carriers, are facing further falls in the respective spot markets for full
  • Struggling Daiichi Chuo transfers Capesize to NS United
    Japanese bulker outfit Daiichi Chuo, which filed for civil rehabilitation on 29 September, has announced that it has transferred one of its Capesize bulkers and the related charter contract to compatriot NS United. The ship, Katsura, was built in 2010 by Universal Shipbuilding, which in 2012 merged
  • Loss of momentum looms for VLCC market
    The outlook in the VLCC sector is gradually softening on weakening demand, although in the short term the prospects are fairly encouraging, shipping analysts have reported. "As the spot market has shown exceptional strength during 2015, timecharter rates have also reached new highs," Erik Nikolai
  • Demand set to edge upwards in dry bulk
    The dry bulk shipping sector, having suffered from weak demand for a long time, should see a slight easing of the situation in the coming months, while fleet growth should remain subdued, a senior shipping analyst has predicted. "The vital commodities, coal and iron ore, are both expected to be in
  • Noryards Fosen files for bankruptcy
    Noryards Fosen, part of the Noyards group in Bergen, Norway, has filed for bankruptcy. The Noyards group belongs to Luxembourg-domiciled but Ukraininan-owned Calexo group. The development comes after the cancellation of an offshore service vessel order at the yard last month "On the 23 of
  • Logistics providers urged to 'become networks'
    Today's digital world is turning markets into networks, according to Boris Dobberstein, vice-president for contract logistics at market leader UPS, so logistics companies must increasingly become networks, too. "This means that the number of partners involved in a supply chain will also increase,"
  • Bintulu Port awards $5.3m maintenance dredging contract to Integrated Marine Works
    Malaysia-listed port operator Bintulu Port Holdings has engaged engineering services company Integrated Marine Works (IMW) for maintenance dredging works worth MYR21.9 million (USD5.3 million). The contract was signed by Bintulu Port, a wholly owned subsidiary of Bintulu Port Holdings, including 6%
  • Los Angeles box volume falls 6.3% y/y in September
    Container business moving through US largest port complex fell 6.3% year on year (y/y) in September despite a bump in exports at the Port of Long Beach. Combined imports at the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles fell 6% to 705,901 teu for the month, while exports dropped 7.1% to 249,925 teu -
  • El Faro victim's family sues TOTE for $100m
    The family of one of the 33 crew members who died in the El Faro sinking has accused TOTE Maritime of negligence in a USD100 million lawsuit against the company. Joanna Johnson, representing crew member Lonnie Jordan, claimed that TOTE, which operated the ro-ro vessel in its US-Puerto Rico service,
  • Malaysia foils country's biggest sea robbery attempt Malaysia foils biggest sea robbery attempt off Malaysia
    The Malaysia Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) has thwarted the biggest sea robbery attempt in Malaysia to date off Tanjung Piai. MMEA maritime enforcement chief Aminuddin Abdul Rashid said his officials foiled a robbery attempt on Liberia-flagged tanker Almi Spirit on 15 October. Six robbers

The Loadstarweb site
OCTOBER 16, 2015
  • Transpacific shippers insist on reliability and better customer service above price
  • ANALYSIS: Thousands of jobs worldwide could be lost in DSV's takeover of UTi
  • Centurion Air Cargo wins approval for China charters via sister carrier SkyLease
  • Container rates reaching new lows - now carriers pin all hopes on November GRIs

Marine Logweb site
OCTOBER 16, 2015
  • Euro MPs want to fast track setting of shipping GHG limit target
  • Danish Maritime Forum puts industry leaders to work
  • NASSCO delivers world's first LNG fueled box ship
  • NTSB issues preliminary report on El Faro investigation
  • Ostensjo picks Rolls-Royce design for wind farm vessel

World Wide Shipperweb site
OCTOBER 16, 2015
  • Freight transportation index up during month of August
  • Port of Olympia invites public to discuss draft 2016 budget
  • Crowley teaming with Panasia for ballast water treatment system
  • Port of Los Angeles releases container numbers for September
  • PDX community advisory board schedules Oct. 21 public meeting

Lloyd's Listweb site
OCTOBER 16, 2015
  • Ecsa calls Europe's 2016 CO2 target 'unrealistic'
    European Parliament backs the IMO, but on a tight deadline
  • Significant milestone for Iran sanctions process
    'Adoption Day' on Sunday October 18 marks point at which Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action has been struck
  • Star Bulk disposes of two more vessels
    Sale of a 1997-built panamax and cancellation of a newbuilding under bareboat charter bring total fleet size to 88 vessels
  • Internationalist shipping undermined by nationalist regulators, says Lyras
    ICS vice-chair demands more consultation from European Commission
  • Juncker must deliver 'smart legislation', Ecsa leader demands
    Red tape reduces employment and can hurt environment, according to Thomas Rehder
  • India will provide 'flashes of light' for shipping, Salerno argues
    Modi reforms will see country take up slack left by China
  • Shanghai could be next Singapore, says Poulsen
    Chinese city endorsed by SSA head
  • Show me the money: Mixed fortunes
    Second quarter results show leading container lines have continued to prosper, others have bounced back, but some continue to flounder
  • Asia-Europe rates continue to tumble
    Freight rates to the Mediterranean from Asia sink to all-time lows, as those to north Europe fall perilously close
  • Ruscon defies Russia slowdown
    Box numbers up despite slowdown in Russian trade
  • FTA warns on box weighing
    Shippers need to get ready for new container weight rules now
  • Cosco Shipping posts $57.7m profits in nine months
    Company earnings were boosted by assets disposals and bunker savings
  • Taizhou Sanfu Shipbuilding agrees to discount on ultramaxes for quicker payment
    Precious Shipping has argued that the ships burned more fuel than promised, but yard says it made no promise on consumption
  • Shipping should reject migrant compensation, Grimaldi urges
    Taking payment would mean being seen as part of permanent solution
  • Clarity needed on payment as condition of hire question
    Astra and Spar decisions yield conflicting answers
  • APM Terminals takes full stake in Grup Maritim
    Agrees to acquire remaining 31% of Spanish ports group
  • Port of LA September container volumes fall year on year
    Numbers fell short of September 2014's strongest volume in the port's history
  • China Ocean Shipbuilding to buy carpark operator
    Acquisition is in line with the group's aim to diversify its existing business activities
  • St Lawrence Seaway volumes drop 12%
    Dry bulk shipments were up by 8% over 2014 but liquid bulk posted an 11% fall
  • Mersey Maritime confirms Shirling-Rooke as boss
    Successor to Jim Teasdale had already been acting chief executive for a year

The Journal of Commerceweb site
OCTOBER 16, 2015
  • Mombasa government seeks more fees from port users
    The Mombasa County government is trying to extract more fees from users of the Port of Mombasa at two points in the supply chain, which would further drive up shipping costs in East Africa's largest container gateway. The county government is seeking an additional $97 for every "branded" container and $29...
  • Hanjin continues divestment, sells South Korea terminal
    Hanjin Shipping, South Korea's largest container carrier, is continuing its strategy of divestment as it works to focus on the container shipping industry and improve its liquidity in a time of falling freight rates. Following the Nov. 30 divestment from its terminal operations in Gimpo, South Korea, the company will be...
  • What will IMO weight regulations mean for US exporters?
    As the industry catches is breath after the struggles on the West Coast, we are less than a year away from a potential new risk of long lines and more confusion across the U.S. That risk is the lack of clarity regarding the implementation of the IMO Solas Amendment (Chapter VI,...
  • KCS intermodal volumes, profits down in third quarter
    Falling intermodal volumes contributed to another weak quarter for Kansas City Southern Railway. KCS intermodal volumes fell 6 percent year-over-year in the third quarter, after growth slowed considerably in the quarters prior. Volume growth had fallen to just 2 percent in the second quarter of 2015 reversing a trend where volumes...
  • Crowley seeks exemption on Seafreight service contracts
    Crowley Maritime has asked asked the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission for an exemption from having to separately amend and refile approximately 500 service contracts that the carrier will assume with its recently announced acquisition of Seafreight Line. "It would be an undue burden on Crowley and the shipper parties to prepare...
  • UPS raises rates
    UPS has announced rate increases effective Dec. 28, 2015 that will raise costs for shippers using the services of the world's second-largest transportation provider. Ground service rates will increase an average of 4.9 percent, while air rates will rise an average of 5.2 percent as UPS raised rates on services like...
  • Trans-Pacific rates bounce along bottom in weak peak season
    Trans-Pacific spot rates for U.S. containerized imports showed mixed signals this week amid persistent signs of a tepid peak season for pre-holiday shipments. High inventory levels thrown out of whack by U.S. West Coast port delays earlier this year are depressing volumes during what normally is the height of the peak...
  • Overcapacity keeps trans-Atlantic rates in doldrums
    Increased vessel capacity continues to weigh on trans-Atlantic container spot rates, which this week remained near their lowest levels of the year, according to the World Container Index posted on JOC.com's Market Data Hub. Rotterdam-to-New York spot rates slipped to $2,079 per 40-foot equivalent unit from $2,095 a week ago, according...
  • Slide show: Fastest-growing global container ports
    Only one U.S. port made the JOC's list of the top 10 fastest-growing leading global container ports for 2014 - the Port of Savannah. All 10 ports on the list achieved year-over-year throughput growth of at least 10 percent. Of the JOC Top 50 world container ports, the port of...
  • Is $4B enough to solve Chicago's rail congestion?
    Credit: Richard HurdAfter more than a decade, nearly $4 billion worth of infrastructure improvements in Chicago are nearly complete. City, state and industry leaders say they are working, helping the city shake its reputation as the nation's longtime transportation bottleneck. There remain skeptics, though, that question whether any amount of capital...
  • Tuticorin Port sets up automated system to speed container movement
    Tuticorin PortShippers and ocean carriers using India's Tuticorin Port, or V.O. Chidamabaranar, may see significant productivity improvements in the coming months as logistics providers are introducing an automated system for the movement of containers to and from the harbor. The Tuticorin Container Freight Station Association this week signed an agreement with...
  • APM Terminals acquires full control of Spain's Grup Maritim
    TCV Valencia, Spain, now part of APM Terminals' portfolio.LONDON - APM Terminals has reached an agreement to buy the remaining 39 percent of Grup Maritm TCB, finalizing the $1 billion acquisition of the Spanish port operator and consolidating its position as the world's second-largest container terminal operator. The Maersk group's port...
  • Asia-Med spot rates plumbing new lows
    The Spanish Port of Algeciras.HONG KONG - Spot rates on the China-Mediterranean trade fell below $200 per 20-foot container for the first time, a level that is almost $1,000 lower than at the beginning of the year, according to the Shanghai Containerised Freight Index.The latest reading of the index showed...
  • No respite from falling volumes at Hong Kong port
    An aerial view of the container terminals in Hong Kong.HONG KONG - There was no let up for the port of Hong Kong in the month of September as container volumes fell for the 15th consecutive month.Figures just released by the Hong Kong Port Development Council show a 6.7 percent...
  • Asia-Med spot rates plumbing new lows
    The Spanish Port of Algeciras.HONG KONG - Spot rates on the China-Mediterranean trade fell below $200 per 20-foot container for the first time, a level that is almost $1,000 lower than at the beginning of the year, according to the Shanghai Containerised Freight Index.The latest reading of the index showed...
  • Long-term positives of TPP deal will be felt on trans-Pacific trade
    Vietnam's footwear production will benefit from the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact.SHENZHEN - The benefits of the recently agreed Trans-Pacific Partnership on Asia-U.S. trade will not be felt immediately, but the 11-nation deal will have an impact on volumes in the longer term, according to JOC senior economist Mario Moreno.In an...

TradeWindsweb site
OCTOBER 16, 2015
  • Golar seals floater deal
    Golar LNG said its partners in a planned LNG export project in Cameroon have approved and signed the deal.
  • APM completes $1bn buy
    APM Terminals has struck an agreement to purchase the remaining 39% of rival terminal operator Grup Maritim TCB, cementing a $1bn takeover.
  • Hapag fills IPO book
    German container line said to have also covered overallotments on listing.
  • Incat adds 300 jobs
    Australian shipbuilder Incat is taking on another 300 workers as it tackles its 11-ship orderbook.
  • GOGL: not us
    John Fredriksen's Golden Ocean Group (GOGL) is not the buyer of the 115,000-dwt bulker Chiara (built 2011).
  • Cosco's Deng in new role
    Cosco Pacific has made a change in its executive director team that will see Jinhua Feng resign from his position.
  • Fortescue: demand strong
    Australian miner Fortescue Metals says demand for its iron ore remains strong despite weakening steel markets in China.
  • Wessels opts for LNG
    Wessels Reederei of Germany is changing the propulsion system on one of its boxships from heavy fuel oil to LNG.
  • Wessels gets into gas
    German owner uses state grant to retrofit boxship with LNG propulsion; more to follow.
  • Golden oldies?
    Or tarnished antiques? Safe as ships and strategies for survival in a soft market.
  • Thenamaris eyes S&P score
    Greek owner Thenamaris could be set for a tidy profit on an aframax tanker it bought only last year.
  • Cathay limits liability
    The Singapore high court has protected a domestic tug owner in a row with Wan Hai Lines over lost containers.
  • Paulli joins Frontline
    Former ST Shipping executive takes on senior post with John Fredriksen company in Singapore.
  • TT-Line at record high
    Australian ro-ro company TT-Line has posted record annual freight figures.
  • Farstad gets busy
    Oslo-listed offshore vessel owner wins series of contracts shortly after announcing five lay-ups.
  • Daiichi in $60.3m sale
    Debt-ridden shipowner Daiichi Chuo has sold off one of its prized shipping assets to a rival Japanese owner.
  • Younger capes scrapped
    Average ages of capesize bulkers sent for demolition has slipped below that of VLCCs for the first time in a number of years as the markets experience contrasting fortunes.
  • Petrobras wants PSVs
    Brazilian oil company Petrobras has issued a new tender for offshore vessels despite cancelling existing charters.
  • DeepOcean fixes newbuild
    Norwegian owner DeepOcean has won a second contract for its new cable-layer.
  • Golar on notice
    Nasdaq tells listed partnership it must replace ex-audit committee director Kate Blankenship.
  • Cheap oil lifts Rotterdam
    Europe's largest port is the latest company to benefit from the lower price of crude.
  • Exxon Valdez case closed
    The US and the State of Alaska have opted not to recover additional damages from Exxon Mobil in relation to the Exxon Valdez spill.
  • Where's China's spending?
    Chinese lending is surging but construction projects that help fuel bulker fixtures are not matching the growth as hoped, an analyst said.

American Shipperweb site
OCTOBER 16, 2015
  • APMT to acquire 100% of Grup Maritim TCB
  • Seago Line launches seasonal Black Sea reefer service
  • Carriers terminate Asia-Oceania loop
  • Japan, South Korea market share hurt by SE Asia container growth
  • CBP to hold Trade Symposium in Baltimore
  • AlixPartners: Some carriers struggling to pay for capex, debt
  • Port of L.A. box volumes decline in September
  • UPS announces 2016 rate hikes
  • Report: Big data saving some carriers $4k annually per truck
  • Spot container rates rise 6.5% despite Asia-Europe decline
  • Shipco Transport opens two new branches
  • SingPost to purchase second U.S. e-commerce logistics provider

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
OCTOBER 16, 2015
  • MFM technology will make Singapore market fairer
    'I hope players who don't care about reputation will leave.'
  • EU accused of confusion over scrubbers
    Shipowners representative claims EU is always seeking to add to international regulations.
  • New quick test for cat fines
    Allows testing onboard to make sure fuels with damaging cat fines don't enter the fuel system.
  • Bunker grade IFO is 'highly toxic waste'
    European parliament transport official says failure to establish EU wide ECA is a matter of 'sincere regret'.
  • Malik bolsters operations with new office, new hire
    Business has been 'expanding rapidly'.
  • UK terminal completes upgrade
    More storage capacity for fuel oil.
  • New lube compatible with 'range of sulphur levels'
    Total Lubmarine says sea trial results are 'very promising'.
  • Failed pirate attack could have been 'largest' fuel oil heist
    Fuel oil cargo valued at $21 million, according to Platts Bunkerworld prices.
  • Upgraded bunkering facility opens in the UK
    Terminal claims to be the 'second largest fuelling facility to the west of Greater London'.
  • Brightoil: Hopes up on e-commerce platform
    Brightoil Online will create a new petroleum consumption model, says CEO.
  • Total Lubmarine: 'Next generation' lube planned for 2016
    Cylinder oil compatible with marine fuels of different sulphur levels on new engines, says spokesman.
  • Norway tests 'very promising' vessel communications tool
    Exercise involved vessels and a plane responding to an oil on water test.
  • Crude declines as US stockpiles surge
    Inventories climbed 7.56 million barrels last week, the most since April.

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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
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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