testata inforMARE
Cerca
13 September 2025 - Year XXIX
Independent journal on economy and transport policy
14:38 GMT+2
LinnkedInTwitterFacebook
BRIEFS
September 21, 2016
Sched Netweb site
  • Court tells Hanjin to return chartered ships to owners to cut costs
  • CMA CGM starts training scheme in Abidjan for future African executives
  • Cosco Shipping Ports August volume rises 7pc to 8.2 million TEU
  • HK shippers glad boxes are moving, but unhappy about HIT's Hanjin fee
  • US to enforce own ballast water rules, not those of the UN, says USCG
  • Terminal operators adapting to tough box shipping market, says Drewry
  • North American rail freight down 6.9pc in first 36 weeks
  • US spot market for truckload freight throughput increases by 11pc in August
  • Davies Turner apprenticeship scheme held for 7th successive year
  • Matson raises US$200 million in bond sale to finance fleet renewal
  • Human Rights at Sea eLearning course fosters closer relations among crew
  • Hyderabad airport seeks restraining order on Menzies Aviation Cargo
  • St Louis freight value expected to increase 74pc in 30 years
  • AirX takes stake in Via Airlines, enters air cargo charter market
  • Boeing forecasts China will order 6,810 new planes over 20 years
  • Finnair turns to Slush to find start-ups to share digital transformation

Exim Indiaweb site
SEPTEMBER 20, 2016
  • FEDSAI calls for review of DGS Circular on shipping line charges
  • APSEZ enhances operational foothold
  • CMA CGM enters new African development phase
  • DP World engages thousands of employees for global green initiative
  • Tourism Secretary reviews progress of Cruise Passenger Facilitation Centre project at Chennai Port
  • CONCOR celebrates Customer Day 2016
  • HTOA elects new Executive Committee

International Transport Journalweb site
  • Major project - with brakes on
  • USA: award for rail respond application
  • Handover at Trans-o-flex
  • Green light for rail spur in Brazil
  • OPDR opting for Lombardy
  • Expansion in 's-Heerenberg business park
  • Speeding up rail container registration
  • Messina Line fine-tunes pricing
  • Canadian Ports Association banks on experience
  • Swiss Post investing in sorting facilities
  • Africa: bimodal rail service for door-to-door solution
  • TIA selects chief of staff
  • GSF calls for price transparency on a global scale
  • Japan supports new hub in Mombasa
  • Pact brings NE China hub plan a step closer

IHS Maritimeweb site
SEPTEMBER 20, 2016
  • US receives first application for ballast water certification
  • Aurora LPG shareholder choice: sell out now or face pain later
  • IUMI 2016: Hull sector told to plug the premium leaks
  • No supply-demand balance in the near future, say analysts
  • IUMI 2016: Container ship fire threat needs to be addressed
  • Nautilus union attacks Boskalis redundancy plan
  • Crisis may change ownership of Norwegian offshore services companies
  • Otto Marine delisting, privatisation certain
  • Chinese owner agrees to pay USD30 million settlement for Great Barrier Reef grounding
  • HIT defends role in Hanjin container retrieval
  • HNCC orders second chemical tanker from Dae Sun
  • Imports from Australia drive up China's LNG growth
  • Shipowners try to offload returning Hanjin ships
  • Vard strategy to lift 2020 turnover back to recent years' USD1.57 billion

The Loadstarweb site
SEPTEMBER 20, 2016
  • Feeder operators forced to revamp schedules and alliances after Hanjin collapse
  • Outlook for panamax owners even darker as youngest ever boxship is scrapped
  • Future Fund, QIC and China's CIC Capital buy port of Melbourne
  • Comment: brewers must adapt supply chains to the shift in drinking habits
  • FOB vs FCA and how the Hanjin bankruptcy can still screw you
  • Cargolux's Reich starts new venture in Zhenghzou, as Zehren replaces Holt
  • Unilever stays top of Gartner supply chain best 15 in Europe
  • The end of the automotive supply chain

Marine Logweb site
SEPTEMBER 20, 2016
  • Korea seeks diplomatic help in sorting out Hanjin mess
  • Conrad to build crane barge for USACE
  • ABS updates ballast water treatment guide
  • Rolls-Royce wins first naval order for Enviroship design
  • How Incat Crowther fit more ferry into 48 m
  • Transport Commissioner to speak at European Shipping Week
  • DOF Subsea to sell Skandi Santos

Lloyd's Listweb site
SEPTEMBER 20, 2016
  • Hanjin terminates contract of Navios Holdings capesize ship
    Termination marks the beginning of an arduous process for shipowners with exposure to Hanjin
  • Seanergy eyes German capesize pair
    Claudia Restis-backed owner closes in on two vessels, not three as brokers have conjectured
  • Gulftainer opens up new warehouse at the Port of Canaveral
    Port plans to expand its container terminal capacity from 200,000 teu to 750,000 teu
  • Oakland makes night gate programme permanent
    Decision follows successful three-month trial period
  • Globus cuts second-quarter losses
    Greek bulker owner remains 'cautious and guarded' despite uptick in rates
  • Confidentiality could be new peril for insurers, IUMI warned
    Inadvertent disclosure could mean civil or even criminal penalties, Clyde & Co partner argues
  • Latest York Antwerp Rules welcomed at IUMI
    Compromise deals should cut exposure by several percentage points
  • Idling and scrapping could be Hanjin silver lining
    Line's crisis may benefit boxship industry in longer term, executives claim
  • Supramax bulker earnings stabilise at lower levels
    Long tonnage lists see rates slide, although pockets of positivity emerge from South America
  • Hanjin customers shifting to rail and air due to ocean backlogs
    Forwarders including DHL and Schenker report rising demand for rail solutions from Korea
  • Indian box trade posts double-digit growth
    Imports and exports on the up as the world's fastest-growing economy continues to go from strength to strength
  • Shipping and nothingness: IUMI ponders 'sufficient manning' of unmanned ships
    Autonomous vessels raise big questions of jurisprudence, conference told
  • Tanker hopes dashed at Libya's Ras Lanuf port
    First crude loading at port since 2014 halted as fighting breaks out
  • Akastor to establish partnership with Mitsui
    Joint venture to purchase subsea equipment support vessel Skandi Santos
  • BW finally swoops to buy Aurora LPG
    BW shows its hand at last, making an offer to buy Aurora following frenzied speculation over the end-game
  • West African VLCCs lifted by return of Nigerian crude
    Increased business causes spot rate to rise in Atlantic
  • Korean authorities identify total of nine 'safe haven' ports for Hanjin ships
    Shipping line negotiating for more 'hub' ports for Hanjin vessels to unload cargoes
  • Hapag-Lloyd orders 5,750 reefers to target South America market
    Box orders to go with five 10,500 teu newbuilding vessels
  • Asian sea robbery incidents down 64% in Jan-Aug period
    Sharp drop sees the fewest incidents in five years
  • Otto Marine all set to delist from Singapore bourse
    Remaining shareholders have until September 30 to accept the exit offer
  • Second time is the charm for Navios Holdings
    Company to buy back preferred shares and debt securities with proceeds from new $70m facility

The Journal of Commerceweb site
SEPTEMBER 20, 2016
  • Houston port allows pickup of Hanjin import boxes
  • FedEx 'doubles down' on TNT integration, boosts revenue
  • FMC's Doyle: Commission helping shippers through Hanjin mess
  • First Hanjin ship to call US East Coast port since bankruptcy
  • US for-hire truck tonnage rises, but how far?
  • Oakland terminal operator makes extended gate hours permanent
  • Heavy haul trucking companies combine, expand US network
  • Thorco, United Heavy Lift form joint venture
  • PSA Singapore outlines Hanjin cargo recovery costs
  • Hanjin ships stranded off Canada for two weeks flummox shippers
  • Biggest Indian port seeks tariff hike to fund expansion
  • Overcapacity expected to plague container lines for years

TradeWindsweb site
SEPTEMBER 20, 2016
  • Aegean Marine renews $1.25bn in credit
    Most banks stay on with Peter Georgiopoulos-led bunkers supplier a day after major shareholder exit closes.
  • DB: Navios Holdings restructuring 'likely' but not soon
    Analyst says Angeliki Frangou-led shipowner has ample time under bonds.
  • Eagle pulls the plug on Navig8 lawsuits
    US bulker owner ends litigation in New York and Connecticut over pool withdrawal.
  • Navig8 at Mipo for STX substitutes
    London-based group returns to South Korea for series of newbuildings.
  • Hanjin arrest claims go to appeals court
    Group of Hanjin Shipping creditors take appeal to US court of appeals after district judge's refusal.
  • Second time's a charm for Navios loan
    New intra-group facility seen as fair by analysts tracking New York-listed divisions.
  • Rescue boat drill claims second life
    Filipino seafarer dies two months after accident on Norwegian Breakaway cruiseship.
  • Fesco profit drops in first seven months
    Restructuring Russian containership owner also reveals fall in revenue and volumes so far this year.
  • UACC loses two top executives
    Per Wistoft and Mathieu Philippe quit chemical tanker owner - but resignations not linked.
  • Analysts back BW LPG bid for Aurora LPG
    Respected analysts across the Norwegian capital come out in favour of VLGC consolidation move.
  • Crew saved from sinking cargoship
    Veteran vessel capsizes off Turkey after springing a leak in the engine room.
  • Maersk: India a silver lining in global trade
    Danish conglomerate praises India for growing despite liner shipping's headwinds.
  • Sino-Global looks to diversify more
    A new mobile-based platform is among the alternative solutions for New York-listed shipping agent.
  • Farstad shuts down office in Melbourne
    Oslo-listed company cuts half of its Australian workforce as it concentrates operations in Perth.
  • BW LPG to table Aurora LPG offer
    Transpetrol backing for deal that evokes memories of famous Bergesen swoop.
  • Akastor teams with Mitsui for offshore buy
    Rokke-controlled company's new venture with Japanese trader makes first move as it snaps up Dof ship for Brazilian work.
  • Dae Sun adds another HNCC tanker
    Korean yard seals deal for second ship with domestic owner.

American Shipperweb site
SEPTEMBER 20, 2016
  • INTTRA's new EMEA president focuses on digital transformation
    Six languages, experience with two of the biggest liner carriers, and two of the biggest forwarders in the world. It's hard to beat the cre...
  • CRST appoints chief operating officer
    Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based trucking company CRST International has appointed Hugh Ekberg asgroup president and chief operating officer. Ekbe...
  • GT USA adds warehouse capacity at Port Canaveral
    Gulftainer USA (GT USA) has leased a 40,000-square-foot warehouse from Port Canaveral near its new container terminal to meet the needs of ...
  • DHL Express strengthens presence in Indonesia
    DHL Express opened the Jakarta Gateway 530 today at Indonesia's Soekarno-Hatta International Airport. The 2 million euro (U.S. $2.2 millio...
  • NRF: Hanjin bankruptcy causing 'widespread disruptions' to supply chains
    The recent bankruptcy of South Korean ocean carrier Hanjin Shipping is causing "widespread disruptions" to supply chains across the country...
  • Regulators order new environmental review of Albany crude terminal
    New York state regulators will require an entirely new environmental review of crude oil terminals at the Port of Albany, according to a st...
  • UPS sued for alleged illegal cigarette deliveries
    UPS Inc. is facing a federal lawsuit in New York over alleged illegal cigarette deliveries that could cost the company as much as $872 mill...
  • CLARIFICATION: CEVA to manage Vermeer's European parts distribution
    Additional information has been provided to American Shipper by Vermeer, which clarified that CEVA is not overseeing ocean shipments from V...
  • FedEx increases prices for 2017
    FedEx Corp. said Monday its subsidiaries - FedEx Express, FedEx Ground and FedEx Freight - will increase shipping rates effective Jan. 2, 2...
  • API panel to dive into logistics system integration
    The use of application programming interfaces (APIs) in the transportation and logistics industry has garnered much attention in the last y...
  • Investment group lands 50-year lease at Port of Melbourne
    Investment group the Lonsdale Consortium has acquired a 50-year lease to operate the Port of Melbourne in Australia for $9.7 billion Austra...
  • OL International opens office in South Africa
    OL International Holdings has opened a new office in Duban, South Africa to expand its non-vessel-operating common carrier (NVOCC) services...
  • Special Coverage: The application of technology in ocean freight
    For an industry known for being full of wise, old heads and grizzled veterans, there sure seems to be a lot of young faces making waves in ...
  • Executive Moves: Unishippers, TIA and Wabash National
    Unishippers Global Logistics has promoted its president, Kevin Lathrop , to chief executive officer. Former CEO Dan Lockwood will become th...

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
SEPTEMBER 20, 2016
  • Houston IFO 380 CST flipped to premium over New Orleans IFO 380 for third time this year
    Houston IFO 380 to $7/mt premium over the same product in New Orleans, its highest since July 14, when it was $3/mt
  • Jet deliveries from Europe to Cuba could mark start of new trade flow
    A 30,000 mt jet cargo was heard fixed this month from Gibraltar to Cuba, loading on September 3, with a second vessel heading to Cuba carrying 32,000 mt of jet fuel from Sonatrach's Skikda refinery in Algeria between September 17-19, market sources said.
  • Ukrainian diesel fuel prices drop 3.3% after Russia resumes supplies
    "We expect prices to continue falling as Russian diesel fuel supplies increase," a trader said. "It should not take long for prices to go down to the same levels as before the supply shutdown."
  • Hanjin box ship detained over bunker payments
    The Panama ship arrest is in line with other bunker payment-related detentions of Hanjin-operated ships in Vancouver, Canada and Sydney, Australia.
  • External: Praxis Energy Agents S.A
  • First Kirkuk crude since June 2015 to load from Turkey's Ceyhan
    BP has been approaching shipowners with a Ceyhan-Mediterranean cargo loading September 27-29, and shipping sources who have seen the cargo said the grade to be loaded is Kirkuk.
  • Chile's Antofagasta port closed by rough seas
  • CORRECTION UPDATE: Minor fire at Ras Tanura oil terminal 'fully contained': Saudi Aramco
  • Bunker supplier Adani targets volume growth at India's Mormugao
    Adani's chief operating officer, Rahesh Mohata, said the company was expecting a "rapid expansion of volumes to be lifted in Mormugao".
  • External: Wired Bunkering
  • ANALYSIS: Major hurdles for OPEC freeze deal; No decision seen in Algiers
    Speculation has roiled prices
  • FUTURES: Crude lower on record Saudi production, Venezuela remarks
  • TENDER DATA: India's IOC sells 35,000 mt 380 CST HSFO for Oct 1-3

›››File
FROM THE HOME PAGE
HMM signs new 10-year contract with Vale for iron ore transport
Seoul
It is worth around $310 million.
The Campania Port Authority reaches an agreement with UNIPORT and Assiterminal
Naples
The regional tax - highlights the port authority - risks undermining the competitiveness of ports
IAPH and WCO publish updated guidelines on cooperation between customs and port authorities
Tokyo/Brussels
Contributed by the World Shipping Council
ABB and Blykalla collaborate on nuclear marine propulsion
Stockholm
The agreement focuses on small modular fast reactors developed by the Swedish company
Saipem wins new offshore contract worth approximately $1.5 billion in Türkiye
Saipem wins new offshore contract worth approximately $1.5 billion in Türkiye
Milan
It is related to the third phase of the Sakarya gas field development project.
In the second quarter, freight traffic in the port of Civitavecchia grew by +5.7%
Civitavecchia
Record for cruise passengers this period
Uniport and Assiterminal oppose the additional fees demanded of port operators by the Campania Region.
Rome
Amount between 10% and 25% of the annual state fee
The first train from Belgium under the FS Logistix-Lineas agreement has arrived in Segrate.
Milan
Five return connections per week to Antwerp are scheduled
Modernization works are underway at the passenger terminal at the port of Igoumenitsa.
Naples
Grimaldi takes delivery of the PCTC "Grand Auckland"
Damage to submarine cables in the Red Sea
Portsmouth
According to the International Cable Protection Committee, the cause could be ship traffic
Dutch company Damen to build 24 naval vessels for British company Serco
Gorinchem/Amsterdam
Green light for a €270 million bridging loan to the shipbuilding company.
DP World to build and operate container terminal at Montreal's new Contrecœur port
Dubai/Montreal
It will become operational in 2030
Expansion work has begun at the Vienna South intermodal terminal.
Vienna
Annual traffic capacity expected to increase by 44%
In July, ship traffic in the Suez Canal increased by +0.8%
In July, freight traffic in the ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado decreased by -3.0%
Genoa
The decline was limited by increased oil traffic in the Vado harbor. Ferry traffic dropped 9.9%.
Trump nominates Laura DiBella as chair of the Federal Maritime Commission.
Washington
The nomination of Robert Harvey as commissioner of the federal agency has also been forwarded to the Senate.
Genoa's new dam: a modification has been approved to allow for completion of work by the end of 2027.
Genoa
Phase A and Phase B works will be carried out rather than sequentially
Assiterminal, simplify and standardize dredging procedures to restore the operational competitiveness of ports.
Taranto Recommends: The Regasification Plant Would Promote the Port's Revitalization
Taranto
Melucci: a lifeline for the entire port system and for our city's economic growth.
Cargo and cruise traffic in eastern Sicily ports is on the rise
Catania
In the container segment, an increase of +27.9% was recorded
FS Logistix and Lineas form joint venture to manage the Antwerp Mainhub Terminal
Antwerp
Rail services between Antwerp and Milan expected to increase
Attack on a product tanker in the Red Sea
Southampton
A missile fell near the ship which suffered no damage
Sea trials have been completed for the new GNV Virgo ro-pax vessel.
Genoa
It will be GNV's first liquefied natural gas ship
Companies inform
Accelleron and Geislinger: An Evolving Technical Collaboration
In the first half of the year, Singamas' container sales decreased by -10%.
Hong Kong
The average selling price dropped by -3.8%
COSCO Shipping Holdings Group's revenues fell by -3.4% in the second quarter of 2025.
COSCO Shipping Holdings Group's revenues fell by -3.4% in the second quarter of 2025.
Shanghai
Sharp decline in economic performance in the trans-Pacific and Asia-Europe markets
For Federlogistica, the bridge over the Strait of Messina will have the miraculous power to gradually eliminate a framework of social injustices.
For Federlogistica, the bridge over the Strait of Messina will have the miraculous power to gradually eliminate a framework of social injustices.
Genoa
Falteri: it can become the artery of an economic and social body that has been underdeveloped to date
SBB CFF FFS Cargo's half-year performance was negative.
Bern
The Swiss company announced a drop in volumes in both domestic and transit traffic.
COSCO Shipping Ports reports record quarterly revenue
Hong Kong
In the April-June period, net profit was 122.4 million dollars (+32.4%)
Cargo traffic at Chinese seaports hit a new record high in July
Cargo traffic at Chinese seaports hit a new record high in July
Beijing
Foreign traffic amounted to 427.6 million tonnes (+6.1%)
South Korea's HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. and HD Hyundai Mipo Co. to merge
Seoul
The completion of the operation is expected for next December 1st.
Filt Cgil, priority should be given to valorizing AdSP workers rather than assigning positions
Rome
The union denounces the failure to comply with the National Collective Labour Agreement
In the second quarter of this year, freight traffic in the port of Venice grew by +4.1%
Venice
There were 228 thousand cruise passengers (+12.8%)
COSCO Shipping International's revenues increased by 10.3% in the first half of the year.
Hong Kong
Net profit was HK$494.6 million (+26.0%)
G20 nations' merchandise trade showed modest growth in the second quarter
Geneva
The increase in trade in services was more pronounced
South Korea's HD Hyundai announces multibillion-dollar investment program to revitalize the U.S. shipbuilding industry.
South Korea's HD Hyundai announces multibillion-dollar investment program to revitalize the U.S. shipbuilding industry.
Seongnam
Agreements with the US investment firm Cerberus Capital and the Korea Development Bank
MSC World Europa cruise ship crashes off the coast of Ponza
Rome
The Coast Guard reports that the situation on board, where there are 8,585 people, is calm and under control.
MSC World Europa has resumed autonomous sailing
Rome
Electrical problem solved, the cruise ship is headed for the port of Naples
PostEurop warns that from August 29, shipments of goods to the USA could be limited or suspended
Brussels
Last month, Trump eliminated tariff exemptions for low-cost goods.
Chinese oil company OOIL sees growth in its half-year financial results.
Hong Kong
In the first six months of this year, revenues increased by +5.0%
Premier Alliance to split Mediterranean Pendulum 2 service next month
Seoul/Singapore/Keelung
Investment firm CVC Capital Partners exits Boluda Maritime Terminals and TTI Algeciras
Schiphol
The two terminal companies manage a total of nine Spanish port terminals
ZIM's quarterly economic and operating performance declines
ZIM's quarterly economic and operating performance declines
Haifa
In the period April-June the average value of freight rates fell by -11.6%
Interferry's Entry/Exit System risks delaying ferry operations at European ports.
Victoria
The system will come into force on October 12th
DFDS closes second quarter with a loss
Copenhagen
In the period April-June 2025 the fleet transported 10.6 million linear meters of rolling stock (-0.4%)
Ammonia and methanol are ready to decarbonize shipping, but some obstacles to their use must be removed.
New record quarterly results for the American cruise group Viking
New record quarterly results for the American cruise group Viking
Los Angeles
The April-June period closed with a net profit of 439.2 million dollars (+182.2%)
Container traffic in the port of Barcelona grew by 1.8% last month.
Barcelona
202,321 TEUs handled at loading and unloading (+10.4%) and 142,492 TEUs in transit (-8.3%)
In the second quarter of 2025, freight traffic in the Port of Hamburg grew by +4%
In the second quarter of 2025, freight traffic in the Port of Hamburg grew by +4%
Hamburg
Sharp increase in transshipment container volumes (+26%)
Norway's Xeneta has bought Denmark's eeSea
Oslo
Both companies provide data and information for the optimization of containerized maritime transport
In the April-June quarter, freight traffic in Tunisian ports decreased by -3.8%
La Goulette
In the first six months of 2025, 13.8 million tonnes were handled (-3.2%)
Port of Koper sets new quarterly records for containers and rolling stock
Ljubljana
In the period April-June, 5.6 million tons of goods were moved (-4.1%)
Port of Los Angeles hits record monthly container traffic
Los Angeles
Over one million TEUs were handled in July (+8.5%)
Hapag-Lloyd reports second quarter increases of +2.0% in revenues and +12.4% in containers transported by the fleet
Hapag-Lloyd reports second quarter increases of +2.0% in revenues and +12.4% in containers transported by the fleet
Hamburg
Net profit fell by -39.4%
Evergreen reports an 18.7% drop in quarterly revenues
Taipei
The April-June period closed with a net profit decrease of -62.9%
South Korean company HMM's revenues fell by 1.5% in the second quarter.
Seoul
Trump announces rejection of IMO's shipping decarbonization program
Washington
The proposed framework - it is denounced - is in effect a global carbon tax that affects Americans and is imposed by an irresponsible United Nations organization.
Taiwanese companies Yang Ming and Wan Hai Lines reported negative results in the second quarter.
Taiwanese companies Yang Ming and Wan Hai Lines reported negative results in the second quarter.
Keelung/Taipei
In the period April-June, revenues decreased by -26.5% and -8.7% respectively
Cruise traffic at Global Ports Holding terminals grew by 6.0% in the second quarter
Istanbul
In the first six months of 2025, an increase of +16.7% was recorded
In the period April-June, cargo traffic in Croatian ports decreased by -4.0%
Zagreb
Cruise passengers grow by +5.4%
Container traffic at US ports is expected to plummet in the second half of this year.
Washington/Long Beach
In July, the Port of Long Beach handled 944,000 TEUs (+7.0%)
ThyssenKrupp shareholders approve spin-off of ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems
Eat
The company will be listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange
WTO: Measured responses have cushioned the impact of tariffs in 2025, but risks remain high for 2026.
WTO: Measured responses have cushioned the impact of tariffs in 2025, but risks remain high for 2026.
Geneva
Global trade in goods is expected to grow by 0.9% this year
Hupac will increase the number of weekly rotations between Busto Arsizio and Basel from five to eight
Noise
Increase in attendance from September 1st
From January 1st, new bunkering regulations will apply in the ports of Rotterdam and Antwerp.
Rotterdam
The barges must be equipped with flow meters
Maersk reports higher quarterly revenue, lower earnings
Maersk reports higher quarterly revenue, lower earnings
Copenhagen
Terminals and logistics have made a positive contribution. Container shipping benefits from demurrage revenues.
The CIPESS has approved the final project for the bridge over the Strait of Messina.
Rome
Construction will begin this year and the project will be completed in 2032.
DHL Group revenues fell by 3.9% in the second quarter
DHL Group revenues fell by 3.9% in the second quarter
Bonn
Significant reduction in shipments from China and Hong Kong to the US due to Trump's abolition of the de minimis regime
The Grendi group has acquired 70% of Dario Perioli Spa
The Grendi group has acquired 70% of Dario Perioli Spa
Milan
The remaining 30% will remain with Fingiro, owned by Michele Giromini, the company's CEO.
BigLift Shipping and CY Shipping order two additional heavy lift vessels
Amsterdam
Order placed at Chinese shipyard Jing Jiang Nanyang Shipbuilding Co.
The Charthage ferry was placed under administrative detention in the port of Genoa
Genoa
A Coast Guard inspection found numerous deficiencies
Disney Cruise Line's largest ship's debut delayed by three months
Lake Buena Vista
Construction delays force the maiden voyage to be postponed until March 10th.
Shell to supply liquefied biomethane to Hapag-Lloyd containerships
Hamburg
Agreement effective immediately
Andrea Zoratti has been appointed general manager of Hub Telematica
Genoa
The company is controlled by Assagenti and Spediporto
Jotun and Messina sign agreement to improve the environmental and commercial performance of ships.
Genoa
The "Jolly Rosa" vessel will use the Hull Skating Solutions solution
PSA Genova Pra' announces the hiring of 25 people dedicated to container handling.
Genoa
Ferrari: International markets have changed profoundly
CMA CGM will not apply surcharges for new US taxes on Chinese vessels and Chinese services
Marseille
The rates announced by the USTR in April will apply from October 14th.
South Korean HJ Shipbuilding wins orders for four 8,850 TEU containerships
Busan
Orders with a total value of approximately 461 million dollars
Conference: "Waiting and Delays in Road Transport: Logistics in Check"
Genoa
Organized by Trasportounito, it will be held on September 26th in Genoa
GNV has inaugurated a new office in Barcelona
Barcelona
The company currently has 52 employees throughout Spain.
Port of Trieste: EU funding for two new projects
Trieste
Resources with a total value of 1.7 million euros
Filt Cgil, the Flotilla incident is serious. Dockworkers are ready to mobilize.
Rome
Union announces action if aid is not allowed to reach Gaza
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
In the first eight months of 2025, container traffic in the port of Gioia Tauro grew by +10.6%
Gioia Tauro
2,912,943 TEUs were handled
Stena Line to buy Latvian port operator Terrabalt
Gothenburg
It handles rolling stock, bulk cargo, and general cargo traffic in the port of Liepaja.
Meyer Turku begins construction of Royal Caribbean's fourth "Icon"-class cruise ship
Miami/Turku
It will be delivered in 2027
More than one in ten maritime shipments has shortages
Washington
This is what a report by the World Shipping Council has revealed, highlighting the safety risks
Last July, traffic in the port of Ravenna increased by +3.8%
Ravenna
In the first seven months of 2025, growth was +5.4%
In the first quarter of 2025, freight traffic in Belgian ports fell by -3.2%.
Brussels
Landings down 1.3% and embarkations down 5.4%
Product tanker High Fidelity rescues 38 migrants on a drifting dinghy
Rome
Intervention in the south of the island of Crete
GES and RINA sign agreement to develop a prototype of a new hydrogen battery
Rovereto/Genoa
PSA's second phase of container terminal at Mumbai Port inaugurated
Singapore
Annual traffic capacity will increase to 4.8 million TEUs
The conference "EU ETS - Perspectives and Opportunities for Decarbonization in the Maritime Sector" will be held in Palermo.
Rome
It will be held on September 18th and 19th
Fincantieri and PGZ sign an agreement to support the modernization of the Polish Navy
Trieste
The third LSS section for Chantiers de l'Atlantique was launched in Castellammare di Stabia.
In the US, funding for wind energy development projects in ports is being cut.
Washington
Resources worth $679 million will be reallocated for port infrastructure upgrades
From January 1st, Kombiverkehr will operate the PKV intermodal terminal in the port of Duisburg.
Frankfurt am Main
It has a traffic capacity of approximately 200 thousand intermodal units per year.
Wallenius Marine and ABB form Overseas joint venture
Stockholm
The aim is to accelerate the launch of the platform of the same name for improving fleet performance.
DHL eCommerce has acquired a minority stake in Saudi Arabia's AJEX Logistics Services.
Bonn/Riyadh
The Middle Eastern company has two thousand employees
The Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport has asked the Region to agree on the appointment of Bagalà as president of the Sardinian Port Authority.
Rome
He is currently the extraordinary commissioner of the same body
CMPort's port terminals handled record container traffic in the second quarter
Hong Kong
In the first six months of 2025 the total was 78.8 million TEUs (+4.3%)
Confitarma approves the decree on advanced training for tanker seafarers.
Rome
Applause to the General Command of the Port Authority Corps
Quarterly freight traffic in Moroccan ports increases
Tangier/Casablanca
In Tanger Med the growth was +17%
The board of directors of the Genoa-based Ente Bacini has been renewed.
Genoa
President Alessandro Arvigo and CEO Maurizio Anselmo
In the second quarter, sales of dry containers produced by CIMC fell by -33%.
Hong Kong
Reefer boats increase by 57%
The Grimaldi Group has taken delivery of the Grande Shanghai
Naples
It will be used for the transport of vehicles between East Asia and Northern Europe
The ART urges to verify that the investment plan and the related amortization period are consistent with the duration of the port concessions.
Turin
Chinese automaker FAW ships components to Europe by train
Changchun
Transit time reduced to 18 days compared to 45 days for maritime transport
The assets and fleet of the Spanish Armas Trasmediterránea will be sold to Baleària and DFDS
Las Palmas/Dénia/Copenhagen
Two agreements worth €215 million and €40 million respectively have been signed.
Italian State Railways (FS), investing €70 million to install the ERTMS system.
Rome
Work has been completed on 382 Trenitalia trains, while the retrofitting of 60 locomotives from Mercitalia Rail, an FS Logistix company, is underway.
MPC Container Ships' quarterly revenue returns to growth
The second quarter of 2025 was closed with a net profit of 78.1 million dollars (+20.5%)
Plans to build two container customs areas north and south of the Suez Canal
Cairo
Fourteen of the 48 abandoned shipwrecks in Catania port have been removed.
Catania
The activity will be replicated in the port of Augusta
The Regional Administrative Court (TAR) has confirmed the validity of the tender for the new Ravano Terminal in the port of La Spezia.
La Spezia
DP World's port terminals handled record quarterly container traffic
Dubai
Revenues grew by 22.2% in the first half of 2025
In the quarter April-June the volume of rolling stock transported by Höegh Autoliners increased by +9.0%
Oslo
Sharp increase (+46.6%) of vehicles from Asia
South Korea's HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering acquires Vietnam's Doosan Enerbility
Seongnam
It manages an industrial area with its own port facility
Container traffic in the port of Algeciras grew by 6.6% in July
Algeciras
In the first seven months of 2025, a decrease of -2.9% was recorded
In July, the port of Valencia handled 488,000 containers (+6.7%)
Valencia
Increase driven by growth in empty containers
Salvini has appointed Annalisa Tardino as extraordinary commissioner of the Western Sicilian Sea Port Authority.
Rome/Palermo
The President of the Sicilian Region announces the appeal against the provision
The materials dredged in the ports of La Spezia and Carrara will be used for the construction of the new breakwater in Genoa.
Genoa/La Spezia
Agreement between the two Ligurian Port System Authorities
X-Press Feeders denounces authorities' failure to acknowledge responsibility in the X-Press Pearl accident
Singapore
According to the company, the Supreme Court ruling ignores international maritime law
Container traffic in the port of Hong Kong decreased by -6.5% in July
Hong Kong
A decline of -3.7% was recorded in the first seven months of 2025
Cargo traffic in Russian ports remained stable in July
St. Petersburg
In the first seven months of 2025, loads decreased by -4.6%
In July, the Port of Singapore set a new all-time record for monthly container traffic with 3.9 million TEUs.
Singapore
In terms of weight, containerized cargo decreased by -3.6%
Compensation to be paid by the Civitavecchia Port Authority in the Fincosit case has been set at €1.5 million.
Civitavecchia
Latrofa: The ruling allows the release of set-aside sums that have frozen the budget for years.
Germany's HHLA posts record quarterly revenue
Hamburg
In the second quarter, the group's port terminals handled 3.2 million containers (+7.9%)
In the first half of 2025, CK Hutchison's port terminals handled 44 million containers (+4.0%)
Hong Kong
In the quarter April-June the Wallenius Wilhelmsen fleet transported 14.8 million cubic meters of rolling stock (-0.5%)
Lysaker
Revenues down by -0.7%
In the second quarter, Montenegro's ports handled 670 thousand tons of goods (+0.6%)
Podgorica
Volumes with Italy amounted to 154 thousand tons (+53.1%)
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
Conference: "Waiting and Delays in Road Transport: Logistics in Check"
Genoa
Organized by Trasportounito, it will be held on September 26th in Genoa
The conference "EU ETS - Perspectives and Opportunities for Decarbonization in the Maritime Sector" will be held in Palermo.
Rome
It will be held on September 18th and 19th
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Korean Firms Reassess U.S. Investments After Mass Immigration Raid
(The Korea Bizwire)
Russia's infrastructure development plan aims to build 17 marine terminals by 2036
(Interfax)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Intervento del presidente Tomaso Cognolato
Roma, 19 giugno 2025
››› File
With the arrival of the first container ship, the testing of operational procedures at the Rijeka Gateway begins.
The Hague
The first commercial ship is expected on September 12th
A proposal to bring the port of Taranto back onto global container routes? Start a discussion table.
Taranto
Meeting on the status of freight traffic
Port of Ancona: Tender for demolition of fire-damaged Tubimar warehouses
Ancona
The expected duration of the works is four and a half months
Merger of the German MACS and Hugo Stinnes, both active in the MPP vessel segment
Hamburg/Rostock
Stinnes headquarters in Rostock to close by December 31
In the second quarter, freight traffic in Albanian ports grew by +2.9%
Tirana
There were 331 thousand passengers (+13.6%)
A.SPE.DO, operationalizing the Smart Terminal to increase the competitiveness of the port of La Spezia.
La Spezia
ING loans to Premuda for over 100 million dollars
Milan
Funds for the management buyout and the purchase of two product tankers
Sallaum Lines has taken delivery of the first of six Ocean-class dual-fuel PCTCs
Rotterdam
The ship was completed four months ahead of schedule
First meeting of the new Management Committee of the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority
Genoa
Several measures approved, including those for CULMV and CULP staff
Euroports to operate a new liquid bulk terminal in the French port of Port-La Nouvelle
Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht
It is expected to become operational in 2026
In the second quarter, freight traffic in the port of Ravenna increased by +2.6%
Ravenna
Growth of 0.6% was recorded in June. An increase of 4.8% is expected in July.
OsserMare presents five reports on the marine economy
Rome
They focus on a specific sector supply chain or aspect of it
Port of Naples: Road haulage operations resume
Naples
Resolution meeting between institutions, operators and trade associations
ICTSI again reports record quarterly financial and operating results
Manila
Global Ship Lease Reports Record Quarterly Revenue
Athens
In the April-June period, net profit was 95.4 million dollars (+8.4%)
Vard receives new order from North Star for two hybrid SOVs
Trieste
Contract worth between 100 and 200 million euros
The Panama Shipping Registry will no longer accept the registration of oil tankers and bulk carriers over 15 years old.
Panama
Measure to counter the use of the shadow fleet
Danaos Corporation reports record quarterly revenue
Athens
The April-June period closed with a net profit of 130.9 million (-7.3%)
New customs fast corridor between the port of La Spezia and Interporto Padova
Padua
It adds to the other three already active on the same route
ICTSI to operate Indonesia's Batu Ampar Container Terminal
Manila
It is located on Batam Island
Pino Musolino has been appointed CEO of the Alilauro shipping company.
Naples
He replaces the resigning Eliseo Cuccaro
In the second quarter, DIS' time charter revenues fell by -37.1%.
Luxembourg
Net income was $19.6 million (-70.5%)
Wista Italy denounces the exclusion of women from the nominations of port authority presidents.
Milan
Musso: The glass ceiling that prevents women from accessing leadership roles remains.
Austrian Rail Cargo Group is focusing on the development of the Sommacampagna-Sona intermodal terminal.
Vienna
Ten-year agreement
In the second quarter, maritime traffic in the Bosphorus Strait decreased by -6.0%
Ankara
18.1% decline in ships over 200 metres in length
Fifty kilos of cocaine seized at the port of Civitavecchia
Rome
They were hidden inside a reefer container arriving from Ecuador
Trump has eliminated tariff exemptions for low-cost goods for all nations.
Washington
Goods with a value of less than $800 will also be subject to the tax.
Viking Mira was launched at Fincantieri's Ancona shipyard
Trieste
The multi-role frigate "Emilio Bianchi" was delivered to the Muggiano shipyard
The Port Authority of the Central-Northern Adriatic Sea has obtained EMAS registration
Ravenna
Certifies commitment to environmental management and sustainability
MSC Cruises reduces emissions with the support of an energy transition plan
Geneva
The 2024 Sustainability Report has been presented
DSV reports strong growth in financial and operating results thanks to the acquisition of Schenker
Hedehusene
Quarterly record in air and ocean shipment volumes
In 2024, the Fratelli Cosulich group's revenues increased by +12.8%
Genoa
Operating result down by -31.7%
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
phone: +39.010.2462122, fax: +39.010.2516768, e-mail
VAT number: 03532950106
Press Reg.: nr 33/96 Genoa Court
Editor in chief: Bruno Bellio
No part may be reproduced without the express permission of the publisher
Search on inforMARE Presentation
Feed RSS Advertising spaces

inforMARE in Pdf
Mobile