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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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Royal Caribbean closes second quarter with record net profit
Miami
The April-June period was very positive
Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern announced a merger agreement today.
Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern announced a merger agreement today.
Omaha/Atlanta
First coast-to-coast cargo rail network
Gurrieri resigns as Special Commissioner of the Eastern Adriatic Sea Port Authority
Trieste
The atypical reverse charge for the logistics sector will become applicable tomorrow
Milan
Ruggerone (Assologistica): one of the most strategic reforms we helped build is being implemented
Policy brief on cyber threats that pose risks to port infrastructure
Tallinn
It was developed by the NATO Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence
Interferry urges the EU Commission to harmonize its shipping decarbonization regulations with those of the IMO
Victoria
Failure to align - the association warned - will force shipping companies to pay twice for emissions.
In the second quarter of 2025, Chinese seaports handled 79.1 million containers (+6.1%)
Beijing
Total freight traffic was three billion tons (+3.3%), of which 1.3 billion tons were with foreign countries (+1.9%).
CK Hutchison announces plans to include a Chinese investor in the consortium to sell Hutchison Ports
Hong Kong
Without the participation of the COSCO shipping group, China would not authorize the sale
Sri Lanka's Supreme Court has awarded compensation of $1 billion over the X-Press Pearl accident.
Sri Lanka's Supreme Court has awarded compensation of $1 billion over the X-Press Pearl accident.
Columbus
The container ship caught fire and sank near the port of Colombo
The Greek government sends a tugboat to the Red Sea to assist ships that may be attacked by the Houthis.
The Greek government sends a tugboat to the Red Sea to assist ships that may be attacked by the Houthis.
Piraeus
The AHTS "Giant" is leaving
Saipem and Subsea7 have signed a binding merger agreement.
Saipem and Subsea7 have signed a binding merger agreement.
Milan/Luxembourg
The transaction is expected to close in the second half of 2026.
In the second quarter, the port of Valencia handled over 1.5 million containers (+4.0%)
In the first half of 2025, the amount of new orders to Chinese shipyards fell by -18.2%
Beijing
A decrease of -3.5% in new construction completed in the period was recorded
In the second quarter of 2025, freight traffic in the port of Trieste grew by +3.7%
Trieste
Bulk cargo increased. Miscellaneous cargo fell by 13.2%.
CMA CGM and TotalEnergies form joint venture for LNG bunkering in the Port of Rotterdam.
Marseille
Agreement to supply 360,000 tons of liquefied natural gas per year to the French group's ships
In the second quarter of 2025, freight traffic in Spanish ports decreased by -4.7%
Madrid
All the main product categories are decreasing except for conventional goods
Brookfield Asset Management to sell 49% of British port group PD Ports to Spain's Pontegadea
Middlesbrough
The English company has over 1,400 employees
In the quarter April-June, freight traffic in the port of Rotterdam decreased by -2.3%
In the quarter April-June, freight traffic in the port of Rotterdam decreased by -2.3%
Rotterdam
The port authority is alarmed by the state of crisis in the national industry.
The electrification of the docks in the ports of Livorno, Piombino and Portoferraio is proceeding according to plan.
Third dock for cruise traffic in the port of Catania
Catania
Pier 25's restyling completed
Another quarter of decline in freight traffic at the port of Algeciras
Algeciras
In the period April-June, containers amounted to 1.24 million TEUs (+1.0%)
A new tax applied to cruise passengers disembarking in national ports came into force today in Greece.
Athens
Belgian rail freight company Lineas receives €61 million government loan
Brussels
The measure was approved last night by the restricted council of ministers
ERTMS installation completed on 1,400 kilometers of Italian railway network
Rome
The project is financed with 2.5 billion euros from PNRR funds.
Wärtsilä's quarterly financial and commercial results are positive.
Helsinki
The Marine Electrical Systems division will be sold to the Italian company VINCI Energies.
In the port of Barcelona the number of cruise terminals will be reduced from seven to five
In the port of Barcelona the number of cruise terminals will be reduced from seven to five
Barcelona
The mayor: For the first time in history, a limit is placed on the growth of cruises in the city.
MSC and Moby have presented their commitments to meet the AGCM's requirements.
Rome
Shipping Agencies Services will sell its 49% stake in Moby, waiving the consideration in favor of the majority shareholder. Moby commits to completely repaying its debt to SAS.
Fincantieri confirms its interest in the development of American shipbuilding
Fincantieri confirms its interest in the development of American shipbuilding
Washington
Folgiero: Commitment to deliver next-generation capabilities in full alignment with U.S. strategic priorities
The Chamber of Deputies has approved the appointment of four presidents of Italian Port System Authorities.
Rome
The names proposed for the Port System Authorities of the Southern Adriatic, Central-Northern Tyrrhenian, Western Liguria, and Eastern Liguria have been approved. Voting on the Northern Tyrrhenian Authority has been postponed.
Information exchange between state administrations for the digitalization of the maritime sector begins
Rome
The first operational meeting at the Coast Guard General Command in Rome
The Clean Maritime Fuels Platform suggests measures to support the production and distribution of clean marine fuels
COSCO Shipping Ports sets new monthly and quarterly container traffic records
Hong Kong
In the period April-June, 29.4 million TEUs were handled (+4.5%)
Sharp increase in cases of seafarers abandoning their ships
London
2,286 crew members from 222 ships involved as of early 2025
Global freight traffic saw strong growth in the first quarter of this year in anticipation of new tariffs
Global freight traffic saw strong growth in the first quarter of this year in anticipation of new tariffs
Geneva
North America saw the strongest quarterly growth in imports
In the port of Antwerp-Bruges containers and rolling stock are increasing and other types of goods are decreasing
Antwerp
Traffic congestion continues at the airport, with the situation on the landside becoming critical
A study denounces the delay of European ports in equipping themselves with cold ironing facilities.
Brussels/Pozzallo
The tender to electrify the docks of the port of Pozzallo has begun.
T&E proposes to include more non-EU transhipment ports to avoid carbon leakage
Brussels
The association calls on the EU Commission to reduce the current threshold of 65% of transhipment traffic
Federlogistica urges the immediate establishment of a control room on tariffs
Genoa
The aim is also to eliminate extra costs caused by bureaucracy.
Containerized cargo handled through the port of Singapore fell by 2.9% in the second quarter.
Singapore
Last May, ship transits through the Suez Canal decreased by -6.8%
Last May, ship transits through the Suez Canal decreased by -6.8%
Cairo
The negative trend continued in June and early July
Terminal operators are not at all satisfied with a policy that seems to have no interest in ports
Rome
Cognolato: It is essential to close the ongoing trials on several fronts.
The largest ship ever to dock at Cagliari's Porto Canale at the MITO terminal.
Milan
The container ship "MSC Venice" with a capacity of 16,652 TEU arrived yesterday
On 5 and 6 November in Lisbon a summit called by the ILA against automation in the maritime and port sector
On 5 and 6 November in Lisbon a summit called by the ILA against automation in the maritime and port sector
North Bergen/Metzingen
South Korean HD Hyundai, together with German NEURA Robotics, will develop and test welding robots in shipyards
The toll of the horrific attack on the bulk carrier Eternity C in the Red Sea is still uncertain.
Mandaluyong/London/Brussels
Joint statement by ICS, BIMCO, European Shipowners, Intercargo and Intertanko
In the first half of 2025, bulk cargo increased and general cargo decreased in the port of Marseille-Fos
Marseille
Cruise passengers increase by +5%
The Senate has approved the framework law on interports
Rome
UIR, gives the Italian interport system a modern, orderly and coherent regulatory framework
Carlo De Ruvo was elected president of Confetra
Rome
Among the challenges, the uncontrolled expansion of large logistics groups and their concentration
Number of pirate attacks on ships still high in the second quarter of 2025
Number of pirate attacks on ships still high in the second quarter of 2025
Kuala Lumpur
The number of acts of violence against crews is decreasing
Telemar and TNL Group merger agreement
Telemar and TNL Group merger agreement
Oslo/Athens/Paris
One of the top three operators in the OT/IoT services market for the maritime and superyacht sectors will be created
Attacks on ships in the Red Sea still cause deaths among seafarers
Portsmouth
Liberian-flagged bulk carrier " Eternity C" targeted
Canadian shipbuilding company Davie acquires second shipyard in Finland
Helsinki/Pori
It will buy the Enersense Offshore shipyard
Amendment on Port Labor Supply Agencies Approved
Rome
Immediate transformation into Agencies authorised to provide temporary port work
Salvini appoints a manager of a private shipping company from Campania as president of the regional AdSP
Rome
This is Eliseo Cuccaro, CEO of Alilauro
Extend the application of the 0.1% sulphur limit in marine fuels globally
Extend the application of the 0.1% sulphur limit in marine fuels globally
Berlin
This is proposed by an analysis by the International Council on Clean Transportation
IMO and EU condemn renewed attacks on ships in the Red Sea
London/Brussels
Dominguez: New violation of international law and freedom of navigation
In the first half of 2025, container traffic in the port of Gioia Tauro grew by +10.5%
Joy Taurus
2,186,211 TEUs were handled
A bulk carrier was attacked in the Red Sea
Portsmouth
The crew abandoned the ship which began to take on water
German government allocates 400 million euros to support energy transition in maritime-port sector
Over 78 million euros to the ports of Augusta and Taranto for offshore wind
Rome
Funds distributed over three years starting from 2025
The PNRR tender for interports has been reopened.
Rome
Resources available amounting to 2.2 million euros
Port of Livorno: Workers are the priority in the LTM crisis
Livorno
UPS's quarterly earnings performance declines
Atlanta
Net income in the April-June quarter was $1.28 billion (-8.9%)
Approval for the 2025 budget variation of the Southern Tyrrhenian and Ionian Sea Port Authority.
Gioia Tauro
500 thousand euros for the 49% share held by the Port Agency company
FHP Group acquires the remaining 10% stake in Lotras
Milan/Foggia
The integration between Lotras and CFI Intermodal will begin to create FHP Intermodal.
OITAF scientific document on good practices in the logistics and transport of fresh fruit and vegetables
Milan
The Northern Tyrrhenian Sea Port Authority has joined the PLIKA
Livorno
Platform dedicated to training, innovation and knowledge sharing in the logistics and port sectors
Matteo Paroli's nomination as president of the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority has been signed.
Rome
He has a degree in law and a specialization in administrative law.
Container throughput increases in Haropa Port, while bulk cargo decreases.
Le Havre
In the first half of this year, containers were 1.51 million TEUs (+4%)
Bureau Veritas reports a 9.8% quarterly increase in revenues in the Marine & Offshore segment
Courbevoie
Kalmar and Konecranes increase new orders in the April-June quarter
Helsinki
The turnover of the two Finnish companies is slightly increasing
Container traffic in the port of Barcelona fell by 12.2% in the second quarter.
Barcelona
Assiterminal threatens a new wave of appeals against regulations it believes are damaging to port operations
Genoa
2M Logistics signs an agreement with Salerno-based Gallozzi
Barendrecht
The Dutch company will represent GF Logistics, a subsidiary of the Italian group, in the Benelux region.
Swiss company Kuehne+Nagel's quarterly profits fell
Schindellegi
In the period April-June of this year, net turnover grew by +1.7%
Yang Ming orders three 8,000 TEU container ships from Nihon Shipyard and Imabari Shipbuilding
Keelung/Imabari
Contract valued at $351.3-394.5 million
Italia Nostra reiterates its strong concerns about the construction of the Fiumicino-Isola Sacra port.
Rome
European maritime cities, destinations for cruise tourism - the association highlights - denounce the phenomenon of over-tourism in the cruise sector
Egypt's first automotive terminal has come into operation at Port Said East.
East Port Said
It can accommodate two car carriers at the same time
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
Tepsa has acquired a liquid bulk terminal in the port of Rotterdam.
Singapore/Rotterdam
It was sold by Global Energy Storage Holdings
The Spinelli Group has approved its 2024 sustainability report.
Genoa
Of the company's 616 direct employees, 49% are under the age of 50.
In the second quarter of this year, cargo traffic in Turkish ports grew by +1.6%
Ankara
Cargoes to and from Italy amounted to 12.7 million tons (+10.1%)
Extension of the Simplified Logistics Zone for Genoa Ports and Dry Ports to the Savona, Vado Ligure, and Bergeggi areas.
Genoa
Approval from the ZLS Steering Committee
Isotta Fraschini Motori has inaugurated a new production line for hydrogen fuel cell systems in Bari.
Trieste
They will be used for naval and land solutions
The Grande Shanghai , the Grimaldi Group's first ammonia-ready car carrier, has been christened.
Naples
It has a load capacity of 9,000 CEUs.
The Port of Genoa, FILT, and UILT have declared a five-day strike at the Bettolo Terminal.
Genoa
Fit Cisl Liguria expressed solidarity with the workers
The tender for the dredging of the commercial dock basin at the port of Ancona has been published.
Ancona
The removal of approximately 730 thousand cubic meters of sediment is planned
Tender for the restoration and enhancement of docks 32 and 33 in the Deep Sea Zone of the port of Savona
Genoa
An investment of over 6.7 million euros is expected
There are 1,100 workers in Palermo directly employed in the seaside tourism sector
Palermo
This year, cruise traffic is expected to grow by 9.4% in the port of the Sicilian capital.
Six-month growth of +9% in freight on the St. Petersburg-India/China maritime route
Fly
FESCO operates six vessels in the service
Port of Trieste: Special Commissioner Gurrieri under investigation for money laundering
Trieste
I am certain - he declared - that I can demonstrate that I acted legally, in full transparency.
Vard signs new contract for the construction of two CSOVs
Trieste
The vessels will be used to support operations in the offshore wind sector
UIR welcomes the publication of the tender for the digitalization of the logistics chain.
Rome
Di Caterina (ALIS): a concrete tool that enhances the needs of businesses and strengthens the logistics system
GNV celebrated its first ten years of activity on the Italy-Albania route
Durres
During the period, the company's ships carried over 1.25 million passengers
A shipment of over 1.2 tons of marijuana was seized at the port of Gioia Tauro.
Reggio Calabria/Catanzaro
Members of a criminal organization that imported drugs from South America through European ports and airports have been arrested.
Yang Ming orders Hanwha Ocean to build seven 15,000 TEU dual-fuel containerships
Keelung
They will be delivered between 2028 and 2029
Walden to sell healthcare logistics business to Yusen Logistics
Paris
Exclusive negotiations announced
Solinas (Sardinian Action Party) is not at all satisfied with the state of Sardinian ports
Cagliari
The immediate establishment of a special commission is urged
ANSI welcomes the introduction of the information dashboard for managing private procurement contracts in logistics.
Rome
D'Angelo: it will allow the country to take another step forward
Russo (Confcommercio): excluding road transport from the PNRR funding was shortsighted.
Rome
First bulletin from the Freight Insights Observatory produced by the National Center for Sustainable Mobility
ABB Group posts sharp growth in quarterly financial and business performance
Zurich
In the period April-June the value of new orders grew by +16.0%
Informal consultations have begun on the preliminary proposal for the new Ancona Port Master Plan.
Ancona
Eleven meetings scheduled for July
Program agreement for preparatory and functional interventions for the construction of the bridge over the Strait of Messina
Rome
It was signed today in Rome
Project to develop an ecological station for the treatment of wastewater from ships
Naples
Initiative of the Neapolitan Group of the Cenere and Iello Landing
Assiterminal urges against bringing sediment from the Bagnoli dredging project into the port of Naples.
Genoa
Cognolato and Ferrari: It is essential to safeguard the full functionality of the commercial port's activities.
Container traffic at the Port of Long Beach fell 3.4% in the second quarter.
Long Beach
A decline of -16.4% was recorded in June
Paolo Pessina has been appointed vice president of Conftrasporto-Confcommercio.
Rome
He is president of the national federation of maritime agents and brokers
Container traffic in the port of Hong Kong decreased by -8.2% in the second quarter
Hong Kong
A decrease of -13.7% was recorded in June
Cuneo-based logistics company Nord Ovest is seeing growing financial results.
Wedge
Construction work on a new depot in Mondovì will be completed in early 2026.
Container traffic at the Port of Los Angeles grows driven by fears of new tariffs
Los Angeles
June saw the highest volume ever recorded for this month
The Management Committee of the Sardinia Sea Port Authority has adopted the DPSS
Cagliari
Green light for the concession to MITO and the appeal against the rejection of Olbia's dredging project.
Three events in Genoa for three new Explora Journeys cruise ships.
Genoa
A technical launch, a coin laying and the cutting of the first sheet metal were carried out at the Fincantieri shipyard
Grimaldi sells 5% of Terminal Darsena Toscana to Livorno Port Company
Naples/Livorno
Option to purchase an additional 5% of the share capital
Concession agreement signed that assigns management of the port of Tartous to DP World
Damascus
It has a lifespan of 30 years
Matteo Gasparato appointed president of the Northern Adriatic Sea Port Authority
Rome
He was appointed extraordinary commissioner of the same port authority
Meeting in Rome between the heads of ESPO and Assoporti
Rome
Among the topics addressed, the competitiveness of European ports in the current global context
Chinese airline OOCL reports quarterly decline in scheduled service revenues
Hong Kong
Cargo transported by the company's ships is increasing
Collaboration between the Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority and the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority
Rome
Agreement with an initial duration of five years
Survey in Germany on the prospects of companies in the maritime, port and shipbuilding sectors
Hamburg
Shipowners are more concerned. Positive prospects for ports and shipyards.
Port of Augusta: Work begins on a third bridge connecting the island to the mainland.
Augusta
Work worth over 20 million euros
Vard signs contract with InkFish for new research vessel
Trieste
The deal is worth more than 200 million euros.
1.1 billion euros will be invested in the port of Hamburg to strengthen the container sector
Hamburg
Improving accessibility and port infrastructure in the Waltershofer Hafen area
Meyer Turku delivered the new Star of the Seas cruise ship to Royal Caribbean
Turku
It has a gross tonnage of 250,800 tons
ESPO calls for increased funding for ports under the next EU Multiannual Financial Framework
Brussels
The CEF programme funds have proven to be far from sufficient
Fincantieri delivers the new Oceania Allura cruise ship to Oceania Cruises.
Miami/Trieste
Two additional Sonata-class ships have been converted into orders.
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
Confindustria event on the sea economy in Rome on July 15th
Rome
The public meeting of the International Containers Studies Center will be held in Genoa on July 2nd
Genoa
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Why Malta is objecting to a new price cap on Russian oil
(timesofmalta.com)
US has its eye on Greek ports
(Kathimerini)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Intervento del presidente Tomaso Cognolato
Roma, 19 giugno 2025
››› File
Uniport: Bringing debris from Bagnoli to the port of Naples would postpone long-awaited dredging.
Rome
Legora de Feo: It's necessary to find alternative solutions.
Taiwanese companies Evergreen, Yang Ming and WHL saw sharp declines in quarterly revenues.
Keelung/Taipei
In the period April-June it fell by -18.7%, -26.5% and -8.6% respectively
The establishment of the Information Dashboard for the management of private procurement contracts in logistics has been approved.
In May, freight traffic in the port of Ravenna grew by +1.4%
Ravenna
Bulk cargo is on the rise. Miscellaneous cargo is on the decline.
EU approves joint purchase of port equipment by terminal operators
Brussels
Joint definition of minimum technical specifications of equipment is also permitted
Serbian energy group EPS will import coal through the Montenegrin port of Bar
Bar
Currently imports from Indonesia pass through the port of Constanta
Fincantieri Foundation and Luiss University launch a project to strengthen the safety of underwater infrastructure.
Trieste
Among the objectives, contribute to the definition of a specific regulatory framework
Freewheeling: The government's U-turn on anti-mafia controls in the road haulage sector is a welcome development.
Modena
Franchini: If the government has realized it made a mistake, that's good news.
Agostinelli (AdSP Tirreno Meridionale e Ionio): the amendment that allows for the early transformation of the Gioia Tauro Port Agency is extremely important.
Confindustria's event on the maritime economy will take place in Rome on July 15th.
Rome
The confederation's strategic document on the sector will be presented
Kerala seeks $1.1 billion from MSC in damages over MSC Elsa 3 sinking
Thiruvananthapuram
Temporary detention of the vessel "MSC Akuteta II" granted
Trasportounito requests the cancellation of the renewal procedure of the Central Committee of the Register of Hauliers
Rome
New seizure of a load of cocaine in the port of Gioia Tauro
Reggio Calabria
16 bags containing 417 kilos of drugs were found in a container
MOL and Kinetics to build world's first floating data center
Tokyo
It will be installed on a vessel of 9,731 gross tonnage
Rijeka Gateway Terminal to become operational in early September
Copenhagen
The first ship at the second container terminal of the Croatian port is expected on September 12
Falteri (Federlogistica) urges us to focus on the development of "polycentric" logistics
Genoa
The Simplified Logistics Zone should be the cornerstone of the strategy
Tsuneishi Shipbuilding Co. acquired Mitsui E&S Shipbuilding Co.
Hiroshima/Tokyo
It was renamed Tsuneishi Solutions Tokyobay Co.
Pessina (Federagenti): Northern European logistics system is struggling. Let's take advantage of it!
Rome
Unexpected opportunity - he underlines - for the Mediterranean ports and Italian ones in particular
MSC Cruises Joins Carnival and Royal Caribbean in Capitalizing on Grand Bahama Shipyard
Miami
Negotiations underway since the end of 2024 have been successfully concluded
At The International Propeller Clubs the Dorso Award for the Mediterranean area
Naples
In recognition of the primary role played by logistics operators in Mediterranean traffic
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