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June 29, 2015
Sched Netweb site
  • A-E rate up 167pc to US$548/TEU, transpacific fell 3pc to $1,229/FEU
  • US Senate votes 60-38 for fast-track, putting TPP trade deal on road again
  • Iranian Strait of Hormuz port plan wins US$121 million from China
  • ICTSI backs efforts to declare labour slowdowns unfair, illegal
  • From the Indian Ocean to the Med, military conflict menaces shipping
  • Harbour truckers working farms quit over dockside, regulatory hassles
  • Mercator buys Catapult to boost international transport management solutions
  • Export-Import Bank of the United States pitches to save itself
  • Port Canaveral debuts Gulftainer box terminal to rival Jacksonville
  • UP Railroad to invest $137 million in improvements to California
  • Ten more years: Hactl is 'here to stay', says CEO Mark Whitehead
  • Canadian Food Inspection Agency charged with cover-up in horse deaths
  • Port operations pick up resulting in dip in demand for Asia-US air cargo

Exim Indiaweb site
JUNE 28, 2015
  • ACHAA forms new committee for 2015-17
  • Gadkari urges states to form JVs with Centre for developing waterways
  • IRClass forms India & Offshore Advisory Committee
  • Sea Air Cargo India completes a year of successful operations
  • Edible oil imports may rise on lower domestic crushing
  • US rejects contaminated Indian shrimp
  • Adani Hazira Port felicitates its 'Partners In Progress'
  • Major Port workers' federations to meet Shipping Secretary on contentious issues
  • MbPT celebrates International Day of Yoga
  • PSA International wins 'Best Global Container Terminal' award
  • Another train service launched between China & Europe
  • Change of port booking allowed for Pipavav Port rail movement
  • China mulling high-speed rail link connecting Kolkata
  • Revised cost estimate for dedicated freight corridors cleared
  • Forex reserves shoot up to all-time high of $355.46 bn
  • Govt hikes floor price for onion exports
  • India's cotton production to decline in 2015-16: USDA
  • INR ends weak at 63.64 against dollar
  • Project exports set to increase
  • Sugar exports likely to double due to bumper crop
  • Leading lights to grace Cargo Scope 2015 on July 10, 11 at Chennai Convention Centre

International Transport Journalweb site
  • Terrific times for trucks Intermodal / Strasse
  • Germany: stiffer fines for toll violations
  • Lineage Logistics selects new CEO
  • Contract logistics arm in Bremen goes to CLI
  • Philippine carriers removed from black list
  • Boeing names tenth CEO in its history
  • Full steam ahead for Tasmanian freight
  • Girteka Logistics strengthens fleet
  • Swedes taking jobs to Kiel
  • Noisy freight wagons - a no-no in Switzerland
  • Etihad Cargo now serving Brazzaville
  • Chris Ward takes up MD reins at Tuffnells
  • CAL creates new offer for aeronautical industry
  • Overland revival: Retrans acquired
  • New intermodal service in Sweden
  • PT Soechi Lines reviving Indonesia's shipping industry
  • New freight man in Frankfurt
  • Wanted: more men on board!

IHS Maritimeweb site
JUNE 26, 2015
  • Spending scheme threatens Savannah
    A proposal that could drastically increase costs for harbour pilots at the Port of Savannah could also compromise growth at the port, a lawmaker has warned. During a 25 June congressional floor debate on a 2016 federal spending bill, Buddy Carter, a US congressman from Georgia, explained that the
  • June container spot rates dive 18%
    Container spot rates have dived by 18% in June on the previous month and operators should not count too much on the forthcoming high season in the sector to turn the picture prettier, a senior shipping analyst said. "Spot rates have so far in June fallen by 18% from May and thereby they have
  • Boskalis wins EUR75 million African dredging contracts
    Dutch dredging giant Royal Boskalis Westminster is to undertake dredging projects in Angola, Gabon and Senegal jointly worth EUR75 million (USD84 million). Angola LNG has awarded Boskalis a contract to maintain the access channel and turning basins of Soyo LNG port. "Boskalis executed the initial
  • Royal HaskoningDHV and Setec win EUR80 million Seine-Nord Europe Canal contract
    French waterways authority Voies Navigable de France (VNF) has awarded a 12-year contract to a joint venture between engineering and consulting companies Royal HaskoningDHV and Setec Group to manage construction of the Seine-Nord Europe Canal. Austrian waterway specialist Via Donau will act as a
  • Tasco Amata ship manager denies underpaying crew
    The fleet manager for the Thai-flagged tanker Tasco Amata detained in Melbourne on 11 May has hit back at claims made by the International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) Australia that the crew were underpaid. Speaking with IHS Maritime, Bangkok Tipco Maritime Company fleet manager Kornnarong
  • Seoul to integrate shipping and port information
    South Korea's Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries (MOF) plans to construct an integrated system of information on shipping, port, and logistics. This aims to solve inconvenience caused by the existing seven individual information systems, which are being operated separately. The seven systems have
  • Dry bulk rate recovery positive for asset values
    Recent recovery in dry bulk freight rates may not be sustainable, but it is good for asset values, say Kurt Waldeland and Erik Nikolai Stavseth, shipping analysts at Arctic in Oslo. The Capesize market has 'roared' back to life with spot rates quoted at USD9,500/day - up 120% since the start of
  • CSBC to receive orders worth $485m from TS Lines, Evergreen
    China Shipbuilding Corporation (CSBC), the only listed shipbuilder in Taiwan, expects to receive orders for 10 3,000 teu container ships and four 1,800 teu container ships from TS Lines and Evergreen, respectively, in July. The orders value a total of TWD15 billion (USD485 million), said CSBC
  • Veder to order ice class LNG carrier for Gasum contract
    Gasum, the Finnish energy group and Anthony Veder, the Dutch shipping company, have signed an agreement for a long-term time charter of an ice Class 1A Super LNG carrier newbuilding. "The 18,000 cbm vessel will be built at German shipyard Neptun Werft and delivered in the last quarter of 2017,"
  • DS Torm expects to complete restructuring about mid-July
    DS Torm, the listed Danish product tanker and dry bulk shipping company, says it expects to complete restructuring of its business around mid-July following lender approval of a legal part of it, the company said in a statement. "As part of the implementation of the new Restructuring Agreement,
  • DS Norden significantly raises 2015 operating result forecast
    DS Norden, the listed Danish dry bulk and product tanker company, has significantly raised its 2015 operating result forecast on improved freight rates. The group now expects operating EBIT result for 2015 of USD50 million to USD90 million against previously expected negative by USD40 million to
  • Battle lines drawn on the Australian coast
    Hostilities on the Australian coast have intensified this week, with the introduction of a bill to Parliament on 25 June. The new bill is introduced to deregulate coastal shipping, to call on a senate inquiry into Flag of Convenience (FoC) shipping, and to hold an inquest of three seafarers' deaths
  • Tanjung Offshore non-independent director files report with Securities Commission
    Tanjung Offshore non-independent director Tan Kean Soon has lodged a report with the Securities Commission (SC) Malaysia on irregularities conducted by certain officials in the company. He said the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) had also been informed of the alleged improprieties.
  • Malaysia narrows down identity of hijacking mastermind
    Malaysian maritime authorities claim to have narrowed down the identity of the person who planned the hijacking of locally flagged tanker Orkim Harmony. Orkim Harmony, carrying 6,000 tonnes of unleaded petrol, went missing on 11 June while en route from Malacca to Kuantan. On 17 June, the Vietnam
  • Small-, mid-sized bulkers could get longer-term support
    Bulkers in the range of 20,000-64,999 dwt may have a tough time this year due to a global drop in commodities demand and over-tonnage, but growing shipments of steel products and agribulk cargoes could provide longer-term support, said Banchero Costa. The Baltic Supramax and Handysize timecharter
  • Mercator acquires two additional dredgers
    Shipping company Mercator has acquired two more dredgers to expand its dredging business, according to its filing to the Singapore Exchange (SGX) on 25 June. One of the vessels is a trailer suction hopper dredger, while the second vessel is classified as a bucket ladder dredger. Both dredgers are
  • Jinhai Heavy Industry to deliver 8,800 teu box ships, jackup by 2015
    Jinhai Heavy Industry (JHI), a shipyard affiliated with China's HNA Group, expects to deliver its first 8,800 teu container ship newbuilds and a jackup offshore construction vessel within 2015, a statement of the yard said on 25 June. The box ships' owner is SinOceanic Shipping, according to IHS
  • China, India increase palm oil imports
    Shipbrokers told IHS Maritime that they have been fixing more palm oil cargoes to China and India ahead of the Mid-Autumn Festival on 27 September and Ramadan on 17 July. In addition, charterers have been hurrying to ship Indonesian palm oil out before the world's biggest palm oil producer imposes

The Loadstarweb site
JUNE 26, 2015
  • Decline of Asia-Europe box shipping rates halted; but don't excited, carriers warned
  • Hutchison buys stake in TMZ as battle to control inland box supply chains heats up
  • Atlas Air adds to its fleet as confidence grows and freighter operators benefit
  • Pressure again on FedEx to show rivals how it's done, but in Europe this time

Marine Logweb site
JUNE 26, 2015
  • John Dane is going sailing
  • NTSB issues report on barge sinking
  • NNS delivers John Warner (SSN 785) ahead of schedule
  • Azipod D named Innovation of the Year

World Wide Shipperweb site
JUNE 26, 2015
  • Portland Port Commission Oks fiscal year 2015-16 budget
  • Air cargo expansion project completed at Sea-Tac Airport
  • Port of Everett continues run of clean state audit reports
  • Port of Kalama selects JH Kelly for former administrative building work
  • Trade between NAFTA partners down during month of April

Lloyd's Listweb site
JUNE 26, 2015
  • Port of Qingdao and Svitzer eye towage joint ventures
    Maersk unit and port operator sign pact to enhance co-operation at home and abroad
  • The fear of what happens next
    A recent flurry of tanker sale and purchase activity has spooked some as they consider the soft pricing implications and what this means both short and long term
  • They go to the wall in the end, warns suezmax boss
    Nordic chief Herbjorn Hansson plans to stay resolutely calm in the face of the tanker freight market boom
  • Asia-Europe rates jump to nearly $600
    Rates rot finally over as carriers succeed with GRIs on both the Asia-north Europe and Asia-Mediterranean trades
  • Capesize rates highest since December
    Tight vessel supply in South Atlantic pushes BCI to another fresh high for 2015
  • Charleston wins dredging approval
    US east coast port will be able to handle post-panamax vessels at all states of tide

The Journal of Commerceweb site
JUNE 26, 2015
  • Daniel R. Elliott III sworn in as Chair of Surface Transportation Board
    Daniel R. Elliott III was sworn in June 26, 2015, as the Board's Chairman, pledging to continue to promote transparency and to improve and streamline regulation of the Nation's freight railroads.He was nominated to the Board by President Barack Obama on January 13, 2015 for a four year term expiring Dec. 31, 2018. He was...
  • Truckload rates could jump 25 percent in three years, says freight payment exec
    U.S shippers and third-party logistics providers could see truckload rates increase by as much as 25 percent over the next two to three years, according to one of the heads of the largest privately held freight payment company in the U.S. "We've had for many years a sea of relative calm....
  • Resumption of CMA CGM TBL service to Bujumbura, Burundi
    CMA CGM informs its customers that the situation in Burundi now allows the resumption of its TBL service to this country. CMA CGM can offer a road service to Bujumbura (Burundi) via the port of Dar-Es-Salaam (Tanzania) in around 19 days....
  • CEVA signs logistics deal for Azerbaijan - Europe gas pipeline
    Istanbul CEVA Logistics, one of the world's leading supply chain management companies, today announced it has signed a deal with TANAP (Trans Anatolian Natural Gas Project) to manage the logistics operations for the movement of giant pipes. TANAP aims to transport 16 billion cubic meters of natural gas from the Caspian...
  • Port Everglades gets federal go-ahead to deepen harbor
    Port EvergladesPort Everglades has received federal approval for a $374 million deepening project that will allow it handle larger container ships. The long-delayed go-ahead from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers comes as the port experiences a double-digit drop in traffic and it faces fierce competition from other Florida ports. The port...
  • Survey finds US truckers 'optimistic,' planning to add jobs, trucks
    Trucking executives plan to invest more capital in trucks and to hire more workers over the next 12 months, a sign of their confidence in the economy and freight demand, a second quarter survey shows. However, they remain concerned about the impact of regulation on productivity. Executives at mid-market trucking companies...
  • Growing Barcelona port expands hinterland reach
    Spurred by growing container volumes, terminal operator Hutchison Port Holdings' Barcelona subsidiary has expanded the port's hinterland connectivity. Despite well-publicized economic struggles in Spain, through May, containerized traffic at the port grew 6.4 percent on a year-over-year basis, according to the Port of Barcelona. HPH's subsidiary, Barcelona Europe South Terminal, took a...
  • BNSF exec warns of congestion coming to East Coast
    WASHINGTON - The same congestion that snarled U.S. Pacific Coast ports earlier this year is headed for ports on the East Coast, a BNSF Railway executive warned earlier this week. "Port congestion, many have said, is not over," Dean Wise, BNSF vice president of network strategy said Tuesday at the Council...
  • ILA-USMX labor negotiations timeline
    The International Longshoremen's Association and its East and Gulf Coast employers are exploring a long-term contract extension. Here's a look back at the bargaining that led to their current six-year agreement....
  • 2500th Volvo FH truck delivered for Girteka Logistic
    Girteka Logistics has taken first deliveries from recent order of forty new Volvo FH tractor units in Vilnius. New delivery marks the 2500th Volvo truck delivered to Girteka Logistics since 2007 from Volvo Trucks. The investment decision in Volvo fleet was based with safety and fuel efficiency at the top...
  • Crane Worldwide Logistics names Adel Chaveleh as new CIO
    Houston - Crane Worldwide Logistics, a full-service air, ocean, trucking, customs brokerage and logistics company, recently named veteran technology executive, Adel Chaveleh as its CIO. Chaveleh will be tasked with driving a transformation of how Crane Worldwide Logistics uses technology both externally and internally. Chaveleh has more than 17 years of technology design...
  • RILA welcomes introduction of port metrics bill
    Arlington - In a letter sent Wednesday, the Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) applauded Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Chairman John Thune (R-SD) for introducing legislation that would institute universal port performance standards and a formalized reporting structure for capturing data on true operational capacities of U.S. ports. "Retailers' supply...
  • Bigger ships have fewer ports of refuge
    As ships grow larger, so does the challenge of finding a port of refuge where they can secure salvage assistance during emergencies. "Ships are getting larger. The larger vessels mean that fewer ports can accommodate [them] and serve as refuges," said Hugh Shaw, the UK secretary of state's representative for maritime...
  • West Coast ag shippers demand reliability from ILWU, employers
    SAN FRANCISCO - Exporters of agriculture and forest products who diverted shipments from West Coast ports earlier this year because of labor disruptions and congestion are once again shipping most of their cargo through the West Coast. But in order to remain loyal shippers, they demand that the Pacific Maritime Association and...
  • Rio de Janeiro port hopes rise on channel dredging, terminal expansion
    When Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff took the stage at the port of Rio de Janeiro in March, a banner behind her read Porto do Futuro ('Port of the Future'). In reality, Rio is lagging. Despite serving as the gateway to Brazil's second largest metropolis, it ranks ninth in container throughput among...
  • Northeast UK ports eye container gains as southern land prices, congestion rise
    Soaring land prices and road congestion in southeast England could spur more shippers, particularly trading with mainland Europe, to move containers through the country's northeast ports. Humber Ports, which represents a dozen ports along the River Humber estuary region, said the average price for industrial space along its banks is 34...
  • Charter rates for sub-Panamax container ships start falling
    Fixing in the container vessel charter market is turning patchier as summer draws near, with hire rates for ships with capacities of 2,500-3,000 twenty-foot equivalent units declining in particular. Rates for gearless 2,700-2,800 TEU ships, which remain popular for the growing intra-Asia trade, continued to erode last week when reports...
  • Shipping Corporation of India begins Kattupalli call
    Shipping Company of India's Lal Bahadur Shastri makes its first call at Kattupalli International Container Terminal Kattupalli International Container Terminal, an emerging alternative gateway on India's southeastern coast, last week celebrated the first ship call of the SCI Middle East India Liner Express, or SMILE, an intra-regional service by state-owned carrier Shipping...
  • Asia-Europe rates strengthen ahead of July GRIs
    HONG KONG - Spot rates on the Asia-Europe and Asia-Mediterranean trades more than doubled in anticipation of general rate increases to be imposed next week and as carriers continued to withdraw sailings in a bit to cut back chronic overcapacity. The market rate from Shanghai to Rotterdam increased by $343 to...
  • Busan looks to transshipment as Korean economy falters
    Transshipment cargo will help the Busan Port Authority meet its 20 million TEU target in 2015.HONG KONG - Growing international transshipment numbers is key to Busan enhancing its position as the hub of Northeast Asia as a weak South Korean economy limits demand for imports and exports.With a strengthening currency...
  • Hutchison's Barcelona terminal expands inland reach
    Hutchison Port Holdings' Barcelona subsidiary has further expanded its hinterland reach with the acquisition of a 20 percent stake in an inland terminal company in Zaragoza that will join a depot in Pamplona that HPH bought into in 2012.Barcelona Europe South Terminal (BEST) acquired the interest in Depot tmZ Services...

TradeWindsweb site
JUNE 26, 2015
  • Another for Navibulgar
    Bulgaria's Navibulgar has snapped up its second Cosco-chartered bulker in two months as its fleet expansion continues.
  • Rieber lands $226m
    GC Rieber Shipping has refinanced existing loans for more than half of its fleet, securing savings of around $1m.
  • 'Seize every opportunity'
    New Norden chief executive Jan Rindbo says the company will "seize every opportunity it can" under his tenure.
  • Far from break-even
    Owners are still considering laying up platform supply vessels (PSVs) as North Sea spot rates continue to struggle.
  • DNB boosts crude view
    DNB Markets has raised its VLCC and suezmax rate expectations and suggested consensus earnings forecasts for tanker owners are set to be rewritten.
  • Vyborg weaker in first
    Russia's Vyborg Shipyard has posted a bigger loss in the first quarter as revenue fell.
  • Yasa: 'No suezmax sale'
    Yasa of Turkey has dismissed speculation that it is exiting the suezmax market with the sale of four vessels to a US owner.
  • A decade in the dumps
    We take a look at what was said in the markets over the past week.
  • Smoke seen from cargoship
    A general cargoship had to return to the port of Aberdeen after smoke was seen coming out of its cargo hold last night.
  • Justice in a box
    Australia's supreme court could sit in shipping containers until a new building is ready.
  • Havila charters to Premier
    Havila Shipping has found long-term employment for its only platform supply vessel (PSV) that was not under a contract.
  • Sea Weasel under hammer
    A former Deep Sea Supply anchor-handler under arrest in Singapore after a charter dispute is to be auctioned next month.
  • Lorenzo at 10-year high
    Philippines containership owner Lorenzo Shipping Corporation (LSC) has posted its best revenue for 10 years as profit rose in 2014.
  • Seafarer injured on tanker
    India's coast guard has evacuated a crewman injured on a domestic tanker off Mumbai.
  • VLCCs 'strongly undervalued'
    UBS believes a run of modern VLCC sales at surprisingly low prices has the market spooked.
  • Petrobras eyes big sale
    Scandal-hit Brazilian oil group Petrobras is lining up a big fleet clear-out to raise cash.
  • Taxi! No, sorry: ferry!
    On-demand taxi service Uber has started a ferry service to shake up Istanbul's passengership market.
  • AKPS poaches Vard CFO
    Jan Ivar Nielsen returning to US shipbuilder to replace Jeffrey Theisen.
  • Veder bags Gasum job
    Anthony Veder has scooped a long-term time-charter from Finnish gas company Gasum to back an ice-class small-scale LNG carrier newbuilding that will serve two new Finnish import terminals.
  • Yinson plans placement
    Yinson Holdings looks set to raise MYR 300m ($80m) from a proposed share placement in an effort to cut debt.
  • Archard Hamburg bound
    SAL Heavy Lift has named Justin Archard as its new corporate director of commercial operations effective 1 September.
  • Harvey expands into yards
    Deals position US group as America's only builder, owner and operator of dual-fuel OSVs.
  • Great Amity grounds
    Argentina's Parana River has suffered its second vessel grounding in as many days, TradeWinds has learnt.
  • Bunker tanker arrested
    A small modern product tanker has been arrested in Singapore, according to court documents seen by TradeWinds.
  • FreeSeas in reverse split
    FreeSeas is carrying out a reverse split of its Nasdaq-listed shares.

American Shipperweb site
JUNE 26, 2015
  • U.S. steel imports continue slide in May
  • Port of Montreal's new terminal begins construction
  • Immingham Container Terminal acquires new reachstacker
  • Senate committee approves six-year surface transport bill
  • Executive Moves: Port of Seattle, Tiger Cool and Crane Worldwide
  • House approves TAA, trade preference programs
  • Report: Life science, health care industry cold chains must be redeveloped
  • Truckload spot rates holding strong
  • HPH subsidiary to acquire partial ownership of inland terminal in Spain
  • Saudia Cargo introduces new freighter service
  • Senate subcommittee approves 2016 THUD bill
  • Kuehne + Nagel acquires U.S. intermodal/truck brokerage

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
JUNE 26, 2015
  • New company builds offshore presence in European market
    UK-based outfit counts successful first year.
  • Investors ready to launch OW Bunker claims exceeding $120 million
    Legal proceedings being initiated against OW, its management and relevant Altor entities, more may follow.
  • 'Tankers are making serious money'
    Surge in tanker rates could signal pressure on crude oil prices.
  • No let up in OW legal cases
    More 'interpleader' cases emerge in US courts.
  • Vietnam: Temporary halt in Petrolimex bunkering ops
    Slight 'hiccup' with taxation system, source tells Bunkerworld.
  • Port Fourchon: LNG bunkering facility to start operations
    Harvey Gulf starts shipyard subsidiary to manage newbuilding assets.
  • Supplier expands marine Mauritius operations
    Total Marine Fuels has begun importing fuel oil.
  • Singapore-flagged bunker tanker arrested
    Vessel detained in port on Tuesday, says court document.
  • LR: Gibraltar report 'did not address LNG bunkering'
    Commercial entity behind LR report revealed.
  • Supplier expands marine fuel operations at Mauritius
    Total Marine Fuels starts importing cargoes, Global Sales & Development Director tells Bunkerworld.
  • NASSCO begins construction on second 'ECO' tanker
    Vessel equipped with dual fuel engine, capable of using LNG as fuel.

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European Commission meeting to define the strategy for the development of EU ports and maritime industry
Brussels
Call for papers by July 28th
Assarmatori asks for support for Italian seafarers employed on short-haul routes and for the renewal of ferry fleets
Assarmatori asks for support for Italian seafarers employed on short-haul routes and for the renewal of ferry fleets
Rome
Messina: State Aid regime needs to be redesigned for European shipyards
In the first four months of 2025, maritime container traffic between Asia and Europe grew by +4.8%
Tokyo
-6.4% drop in shipments to Asian ports. +9.0% increase in unloading volumes in Europe
The impact on Italy of a possible closure of the maritime route through the Strait of Hormuz would be significant
Rome
The merchant fleet for energy products controlled by the Italian shipping industry interested in these traffics amounts to approximately 80 units.
Cargo traffic in China's seaports grew by +3.7% last month
Cargo traffic in China's seaports grew by +3.7% last month
Beijing
Containers amounted to 26.7 million TEU (+6.1%)
In 2024, 576 containers were lost at sea out of over 250 million transported by ships
Washington
About 200 have fallen from container ships in the Cape of Good Hope region
FMC questions deal exempting World Shipping Council companies from US antitrust rules
Washington
Meanwhile, Sola, appointed by Trump on January 20 to the presidency of the federal agency, is leaving his post today.
The European maritime-port sector nitpicks the reform of the Community customs rules
Brussels
Note from CLECAT, ECASBA, European Shipowners, ESPO, Feport and WSC
EU Council agrees on reform of the Union Customs Code
Brussels
CLECAT is concerned about the persistence of the concept of "Single Liable Person" in the text
In the first three months of 2025, freight traffic in the port of Civitavecchia grew by +2.4%
Civitavecchia
Increase of +9.9% in Gaeta and decrease of -17.1% in Fiumicino
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Accelleron consolida le partnership con Somas e Geislinger per sostenere l'efficienza e la sostenibilità del settore marittimo
Japanese shipbuilding company Imabari Shipbuilding acquires control of fellow Japanese JMU
Imabari/Tokyo
Ownership share increased from 30% to 60%
WTO: New tariffs have given a boost to trade that is unlikely to last
Geneva
Recovery driven by importers who brought forward purchases in view of expected tariff increases
Terminal Investments Limited of the MSC Group acquires 50% of the capital of Barcelona Europe South Terminal
Barcelona
The transaction was authorized by the Port Authority of Barcelona
There are no implementing decrees for the SalvaMare law and Italian citizens are paying for the management of fished waste that is not carried out
Rome
The Marevivo Foundation and the Federation of the Sea report it
In five and a half years, 1,244 tons of drugs have been seized in EU ports
In five and a half years, 1,244 tons of drugs have been seized in EU ports
Lisbon
The largest quantities pass through ports in Belgium, Spain, Holland, Italy and Germany
The International Convention on Ship Recycling will enter into force tomorrow
Copenhagen
BIMCO urges EU to include Indian shipyards in EU list of ship recycling facilities
Assologistica presents the "Cruscotto" project to ensure transparency and legality in the logistics sector
Milan
Ruggerone: it is an infrastructure of trust between clients and operators
Federagenti, cruises cannot and must not become the target of an indiscriminate hate campaign
Federagenti, cruises cannot and must not become the target of an indiscriminate hate campaign
Rome
A "Pact for the Sea" proposed with solutions to tackle overtourism for which passenger ships are not to blame
New step forward for the construction of the underground freight transport system in Switzerland
New step forward for the construction of the underground freight transport system in Switzerland
Bern
Cargo sous terrain plans to build a 500-kilometer system by mid-century
Carnival posts record earnings for March-May period
Carnival posts record earnings for March-May period
Miami
The number of cruise passengers embarked also peaked this quarter
Federlogistica, it is reckless to activate railway construction sites without a concerted plan
Genoa
Falteri: Isolating the port of Genoa from the railway network for three weeks means putting the whole of Northern Italy in difficulty
Multipurpose terminals privatized in eight Saudi ports
Multipurpose terminals privatized in eight Saudi ports
Riyadh
Four will be operated by Saudi Global Ports and four by Red Sea Gateway Terminal
Public debate launched on the project for Pier VIII in the port of Trieste
Public debate launched on the project for Pier VIII in the port of Trieste
Trieste
A total investment of 315.8 million euros is expected
South Korea's HD Hyundai partners with US Edison Chouest Offshore to build containerships in US
South Korea's HD Hyundai partners with US Edison Chouest Offshore to build containerships in US
Seoul
The possibility of building other types of ships and constructing port cranes is foreseen
Rixi: with the Omnibus decree, Phase B of the new Genoa breakwater is guaranteed
Rome
Expenditure of 50 million euros authorised for 2026 and 92.8 million for 2027
Israel-Iran conflict prompts Maersk to suspend calls at Haifa port
Copenhagen
Those at the port of Ashdod will continue instead.
Northern European Nations Commitment to Counter Russian Shadow Fleet
Warsaw
If the vessels do not fly a valid flag in the Baltic Sea and the North Sea - they specify - we will take appropriate measures in compliance with international law.
Freight traffic in French ports stable in the first quarter of 2025
Freight traffic in French ports stable in the first quarter of 2025
The Defense
Containers and liquid bulk on the rise. Increase in unloading loads and decrease in loading loads
Cognolato (Assiterminal): Today more than ever we need a coherent port policy
Rome
All the critical issues highlighted in recent years still remain open - he highlighted.
Alessandro Pitto confirmed as president of Fedespedi
Milan
The Board of Directors, the Board of Arbiters and the Board of Auditors have been renewed
A protest action by Greek seafarers is heated, with the PENEN and PNO unions launching very serious accusations, including mutual ones
Piraeus
The strike, declared illegal by the courts, blocks some ships of the Attica group in the port of Patras
Saipem awarded contract for a phosphate mining project in Algeria that includes the upgrading of the port of Annaba
Milan
The construction of railway lines is also planned
Suez Canal celebrates return of large-capacity containership transits
Suez Canal celebrates return of large-capacity containership transits
Ismailia
Today it was crossed by the vessel "CMA CGM Osiris" which can carry 15,536 teu
IMO, ILO, ICS and ITF urge protection of seafarers' rights against unjust criminalisation
London
The "Guidelines on the Fair Treatment of Seafarers Detained in Relation to Alleged Offences" were adopted in April
Trump's new tariffs also hit container traffic at the Port of Long Beach
Long Beach
In the first five months of 2025, an increase of +17.2% was recorded
Transfer of the port of Carrara from the Ligurian to the Tuscan AdSP not without a discussion with the operators
Milan
Dario Perioli, FHP, Grendi and Tarros ask for it
Up to $768 billion in investments needed to adapt world ports to rising sea levels
New York
Port of Los Angeles Feels Impact of New Tariffs on Container Traffic
Los Angeles
A decrease of -4.8% was recorded in May
Assagenti proposes a task force to solve port, logistics and industrial problems
Genoa
A "problem solver" consultative body composed, in addition to the categories of the maritime cluster, of the manufacturing industries of the North-West quadrant
Cargo traffic at the port of Singapore fell by -4.6% in May
Singapore
New crane overturned for delivery in new Tuas port area
In the first quarter of 2025, freight traffic on the Swiss rail network fell by -6.4%
Neuchatel
Service performance at 2.35 billion tonne-km, down -8.2%
ANGOPI fears that new measures to ensure maritime continuity will penalise mooring services
ANGOPI fears that new measures to ensure maritime continuity will penalise mooring services
Ischia
Power: it is necessary to remove them from a perverse mechanism
Dutch HES International to operate bulk terminal in Marseille-Fos port
Marseille
The concession contract will have a minimum duration of 30 years
Ibiza government opposes Trasmed's overnight stay on board ferry program
Ibiza/Valencia
It is considered a "clandestine hotel", while the company defines it as a cruise service
Bruno Pisano appointed extraordinary commissioner of the AdSP of the Eastern Ligurian Sea
Rome
He will take up his post next Monday
Federlogistica proposes a comparison between operators on the congestion fee while waiting for a solution from the government
Genoa
In the first five months of 2025, container traffic in the port of Gioia Tauro grew by +10.3%
Joy Taurus
1,813,071 TEUs were handled
Trasportounito, truck waiting times in ports must be paid
Genoa
Tagnochetti: The Port Fee aims to redistribute the costs of all disruptions more equitably
Commissioners of the AdSPs of the Northern Tyrrhenian, Ionian and Western Liguria appointed
Rome/Genoa
Trade unions concerned about the future of Genoa Port Terminal workers
Political instability and green transition are the main problems that shipping faces
London
This is highlighted in the "ICS Maritime Barometer Report 2024-2025"
The new container terminal of the port of Termini Imerese presented
Palermo
Transfer of traffic handled by Portitalia to the port of Palermo
GCMD survey confirms shipping's commitment to decarbonisation
Singapore
Ports concerned about lack of certainty about demand from shipping companies
The EU Commission has re-identified Port Said East and Tanger Med as neighbouring container transhipment ports
Brussels
Road haulage extends congestion fee application to Livorno port
Livorno/Rome/Milan/Genoa
Fedespedi, they do not solve the problems, but have the only effect of increasing costs
The new Border Control Post has been inaugurated in the port of Livorno
Leghorn
The structure cost 15 million euros
The transfer of 80% of Louis-Dreyfus Armateurs' capital to InfraVia has been implemented
Suresnes/Paris
The Louis-Dreyfus family retains the remaining 20%
Port of Genoa, green light for extension of concession to Spinelli until September 30
Genoa
Ok also to the extension to the Campostano group
The National Maritime Fund has started the recognition of scholarships
Genoa
They are granted for basic training and security familiarization courses.
RFI and MIT sign the update to the program contract for approximately 2.1 billion
Rome
Around 500 million euros expected for the management of the railway network
San Giorgio del Porto delivers a vessel for the bunkering of liquefied natural gas
Genoa
It was built for Genova Trasporti Marittimi
Pisano (AdSP Liguria Orientale): the ports of La Spezia and Carrara have integrated almost perfectly
La Spezia/Bari
Extraordinary Commissioner of the Southern Adriatic Sea Port Authority appointed
Raffaele Latrofa appointed president of the AdSP of the Central-Northern Tyrrhenian Sea
Rome
He is the deputy mayor of Pisa
India's Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Acquires Control of Sri Lanka's Colombo Dockyard
Mumbai
Investment of approximately 53 million dollars
The Commissioner of the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority has been granted the powers and prerogatives of the Management Committee
Genoa
The measure pending the restoration of the ordinary top management bodies
The Three-Year Operational Plan 2025-2027 of the Central Adriatic Port Authority has been approved
Ancona
Favorable opinion of the Sea Resource Partnership Body
The public meeting of the International Containers Studies Center will be held in Genoa on July 2nd
Genoa
It will deal with the physical transformations of the container and the digitalization of processes
Andrea Ormesani is the new president of Assosped Venezia
Venice
The board of directors has been renewed. Paolo Salvaro remains general secretary
Witte (ISU): In 2024, the ship salvage sector stabilized from the low of two years ago
London
Finnish Elomatic to Install Tunnel Thrusters on 11 Carnival Cruise Ships
Turku
The works will begin next autumn and will end in 2028
The Assarmatori assembly will be held in Rome on July 1st
Rome
"Mediterranean against the current" the theme of the meeting
Fincantieri has delivered the new cruise ship Viking Vesta to the American Viking
Trieste/Los Angeles
It was built in the Ancona shipyard
The Genoa Coast Guard has placed the container ship PL Germany under administrative detention
Genoa
Italian Navy orders two new Multipurpose Combat Ships from Fincantieri
Trieste
The order to the shipbuilding company is worth 700 million euros
MSC Group to manage cruise services in the ports of Bari and Brindisi
Bari
Ten-year concession with possibility of extension
German Kombiverkehr Returns to Profit in 2024
Frankfurt am Main
The level of revenues remained unchanged at 434.6 million euros.
Deltamarin to design the six new ro-pax vessels ordered by Grimaldi for the Mediterranean routes
Turku
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
The practice of subcontracting in European logistics is creating a parallel labour market where rights are not enforced
Brussels
"Sorry, We Subcontracted You" Report Presented
Tomorrow Grendi will launch the group's fourth ship on routes to and from Sardinia
Milan
"Grendi Star", with a load capacity of 2,800 linear meters, will connect Marina di Carrara and Cagliari
FREMM frigates operational support contract signed between Orizzonte Sistemi Navali and OCCAR
Taranto
The agreement has a total value of approximately 764 million euros
Call to reform the entire driver training system in the transport sector
Rome
Seven proposals presented
In the port of Gioia Tauro, the Guardia di Finanza soldiers seized 228 kilos of cocaine
Reggio Calabria
Two dockers arrested
Port of Livorno, new observatory to find solutions to the problem of port congestion
Leghorn
Marilli: We will seek solutions to reach the possible revocation of the port fee
Lockton PL Ferrari closed the last fiscal year with gross revenues of 34 million dollars
Genoa
Insurance premium volume rose to 350 million
Polish Trans Polonia Group acquires Dutch Nijman/Zeetank Holding
Tczew
It specializes in the transportation and logistics of liquid and gaseous products
d'Amico Tankers Sells Two 2011-Built Tankers for $36.2 Million
Luxembourg
They will be delivered to buyers by the end of July and on December 21st.
The Italian Merchant Marine Academy plans 13 new free courses
Genoa
Over 300 positions available
A delegation of Wista Italy visits the ports of Catania and Augusta
Catania/August
The association is made up of women who hold positions of responsibility in the maritime, logistics and trade sectors.
In the first five months of 2025, the port of Algeciras handled 1.9 million containers (-6.3%)
Algeciras
Empty containers decreased by -5.5% and full ones by -6.4%
Reway Group enters the port railway infrastructure maintenance sector
Licciana Nardi
Two contracts awarded by the AdSP of the Eastern Ligurian Sea
Delcomar and Ensamar take over maritime services with the smaller Sardinian islands
Cagliari
The tender for the six-year concession of the connections has been awarded
Port of Trieste, the newly appointed Gurrieri torpedoes the newly appointed Torbianelli
Trieste
Russo (Pd): it's a squalid power game
Singapore's SeaLead expands its maritime shipping offering to connect Turkey and Italy
Singapore
Route connected to services transiting the Suez Canal
The US Container Security Initiative program has been extended to Morocco
Rabat
Amrani: Let's consolidate Tanger Med's role as a safe and world-class maritime hub
Very positive first quarter for Greek Euroseas
Athens
Pittas: the positive momentum continued in the second quarter
Assonat and SACE present a plan for Italian tourist ports
Rome
Kuehne+Nagel has opened a new branch in Naples
Milan
The aim is to support the operational growth of the group in Southern Italy
RINA has acquired the entire capital of Finnish Foreship
Helsinki
The Helsinki-based company specializes in consulting in the field of marine and mechanical engineering.
Container traffic down at Barcelona and Valencia ports in May
Barcelona/Valencia
Resumption of containers in transit at the Catalan port
Annual cargo traffic in Greek ports stable in 2024
Piraeus
Domestic volumes are growing, while foreign trade is decreasing
Perplexity of freight forwarders, customs agents and maritime agents of La Spezia at the transfer of the port of Carrara to the Tuscan AdSP
The Spice
Timidly, they "hope for consideration for the progress made so far"
Francesco Mastro appointed extraordinary commissioner of the Southern Adriatic Sea Port Authority
Rome
He will take up office on June 30th.
John Denholm to be new president of the International Chamber of Shipping
Athens
He will take over from Emanuele Grimaldi in a year
Extraordinary commissioners of the two Ligurian Port System Authorities have been installed
Genoa/La Spezia
Matteo Paroli and Bruno Pisano at the helm of the institutions
Container traffic at Hong Kong port drops sharply in May
Hong Kong
1.05 million TEUs were handled (-12.7%)
Assogasliquidi-Federchimica shows the way to accelerate the decarbonization of road and maritime transport
Rome
Amadei: Our sector is ready and the time has come for courageous industrial choices
Eagle S tanker command blamed for cutting submarine cables in Gulf of Finland
Advantages
The accident was caused by the ship's anchor
Online platform to report critical issues that put transport workers at risk
Genoa
It was prepared by Fit Cisl Liguria
GNV to create a direct summer connection between Civitavecchia and Tunis
Genoa
It will run alongside the historic route via Palermo
The unification of Grimaldi's concessions in the port of Barcelona has been completed
Madrid/Barcelona
The contract expires on September 20, 2035.
In the first five months of 2025, cargo traffic in Russian ports fell by -4.9%
St. Petersburg
A decrease of approximately -12% was recorded in May
Raben Logistics Group Creates Subsidiary in Türkiye
Milan
It will have 20 employees and a 2,000 square meter cross-dock warehouse
Alberto Dellepiane confirmed as president of Assorimorchiatori
Rome
The composition of the entire association leadership remains unchanged
Agreement between Fincantieri and Indonesian PMM to develop solutions to face new unconventional underwater challenges
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 Assarmatori assembly will be held in Rome on July 1st
Rome
"Mediterranean against the current" the theme of the meeting
The public meeting of the International Containers Studies Center will be held in Genoa on July 2nd
Genoa
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
US has its eye on Greek ports
(Kathimerini)
Proposed 30% increase for port tariffs to be in phases, says Loke
(Free Malaysia Today)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Intervento del presidente Tomaso Cognolato
Roma, 19 giugno 2025
››› File
Structural adaptation works on dock 23 of the port of Ancona awarded
Ancona
Intervention worth over 11.8 million euros
Conference on the role of LNG and bioLNG for the decarbonisation of transport and industry
Rome
The Federchimica-Assogasliquidi event will take place on Monday in Rome
Dutch Bolidt increases presence in cruise ship sector with acquisition of American Boteka
Hendrik Ido Ambacht
Contship Italia has acquired the Genoese customs services company STS
Melzo
The Ligurian company was founded in 1985
Francesco Benevolo has been appointed extraordinary commissioner of the AdSP of the Central-Northern Adriatic Sea
Rome
He is the operations director of RAM - Logistics, Infrastructure and Transport
Montaresi resigns as commissioner of the Eastern Ligurian Port Authority
The Spice
In the eight months of administration - he underlines - we have not lost even a second
Gurrieri has been appointed extraordinary commissioner of the AdSP of the Eastern Adriatic Sea
Trieste
Pending the completion of the formal process for the designation of the president
The commissioners of the AdSP of Western Liguria have handed over their mandate to Minister Salvini
Genoa
The decision is part of the process of designation and nomination of the new leaders
Confetra criticizes the provisions of the decree-law Infrastructure for road transport
Rome
The Confederation urges the blocking of the process of appointing the presidents of the port authorities
Taiwanese Evergreen, Yang Ming and WHL saw revenue decline in May
Keelung/Taipei
The decline is accentuated for the two main companies
South Korea's KSOE wins order to build eight 15,900 TEU containerships
Seongnam
The unit value of each vessel is approximately $221 million.
First port terminal for car traffic of Greek Neptune Lines
Piraeus
It will be inaugurated next year in the French port of Port-La Nouvelle
The assembly of the association of Genoese maritime agents and brokers will be held on June 16th
Genoa
Round Table on Genoa, the hub of the North West and the Mediterranean
BN di Navigazione Board of Directors Renewed
Genoa
BluNavy aims to reach one million passengers by 2025
Viking Line designs world's largest all-electric ro-pax vessel
Viking Line designs world's largest all-electric ro-pax vessel
Åland
Record Monthly Container Traffic at Turkish Ports
Ankara
In May, almost 1.4 million TEUs were handled (+17.6%)
Sergio Landolfi has been elected president of the Customs Association of the Port of La Spezia
The Spice
The board of directors has been renewed
The ferry industry elite will attend the Interferry conference in Salerno in October
Victoria
Event titled "Connections"
Uniport launches an initiative to support ALS research
Rome
Fundraising for the NeMO Clinical Center Serena Foundation Onlus
The Propeller Club of Genoa has analyzed risks and opportunities of using AI in the maritime and insurance sectors
Genoa
The importance of training in the use of technology was highlighted
Chantiers de l'Atlantique delivers luxury cruising yacht Luminara to The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection
Saint Nazaire
The ship will debut in Alaska
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