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November 25, 2016
Sched Netweb site
  • PSA warns of disposal of Hanjin boxes unclaimed by November 28
  • HMM launches new intra-Asia loop linking Korea, China, Vietnam and HK
  • 'One Belt One Road' will boost shipping investment opportunities: China Merchants
  • Canada's largest Atlantic port Halifax prepare to handled ultra-class vessels
  • LA Mayor urges LA-LB port officials to be bold on pollution cleanup
  • CP Rail settles lawsuit with rival CN for US$18.6 million
  • 'Untenable' competitiveness gaps highlighted in EU road freight study
  • Kalmar partners with SSAB to develop hydrogen-powered forklift truck
  • ZPMC raising height of 10 LA cranes to handle 20,000 TEU ships
  • ABX pilots' strike delays Amazon, DHL shipments prior to holiday season
  • FedEx pays Grand Forks Airports $2.7m after it relocates to Fargo
  • Finnair wins 2 awards in China for its business class services

Exim Indiaweb site
NOVEMBER 24, 2016
  • Agreements in place for exchange of white shipping information
  • Cabinet approves introduction of revamped Merchant Shipping Bill, 2016 in Parliament
  • Glander International Bunkering Mumbai moves office
  • MOL moves into offshore vessel support field
  • White paper discusses threats & opportunities regarding e-business in forwarding
  • Major Ports being augmented
  • RFID system on verge of implementation at Kamarajar Port
  • Improvement of 1,500 old bridges planned under Setu Bhartam Scheme
  • Railways' commitment to rationalise freight rates reaffirmed
  • Cabinet approves third protocol to Convention between India & New Zealand for avoidance of double taxation & prevention of tax evasion
  • Trade with neighbouring countries a key area of focus: Sitharaman

International Transport Journalweb site
  • Singaporeans acquire a stake
  • CNAN Nord developing maritime business in Algeria
  • Expansion in Eastern Europe
  • Chinese logistics industry growing
  • ULCV impact balanced at Hamburg terminal
  • Iris standard for Titran-Express assembly plant
  • New Bolloré office in South Carolina
  • Alaska Airlines partners with Toys for Tots
  • Moscow airport and ABC offer more pharma opportunities
  • Zim rejigging East Med services
  • Contract with Swedish automotive company
  • Driver assistance system in 300 electric locomotives
  • Suttons International under new guidance
  • Kickoff for logistics project in Vietnam
  • GSF secretary-general joins ICHCA board
  • New player in Pacific shipping business
  • New freight train linking China to Europe
  • Emirates Skycargo launches Skywheels product

IHS Maritimeweb site
NOVEMBER 24, 2016
  • BW LPG reports deep losses, eyes on US-Asia LPG trades
  • China Navigation Co completes fleet renewal programme
  • Farstad Shipping and Siem group in restructuring agreement
  • Demand for Shariah-complaint marine insurance products not being met, conference told
  • Shipping lender Nord LB heading for EUR1 billion loss
  • MOL moves into OSV business
  • Abu Dhabi looks to digital information to drive port growth
  • Brussels clears Hapag/UASC merger subject to trans-Atlantic shuffle
  • Customs seize nine armoured cars in Hong Kong port
  • China to the fore as insurers look east for opportunity
  • Seafarer death down to poor management, report finds
  • ZIM navigates container downturn by steering clear of alliances and keeping it niche
  • Shipper report and ocean liner reaction reveal little common ground
  • Sambu Shipping books chemical tanker from Dae Sun
  • Yantian terminal auctions off Hanjin containers

The Loadstarweb site
NOVEMBER 24, 2016
  • Hapag-Lloyd gets EC competition green light to complete UASC merger
  • Strong air cargo peak boosts carrier coffers, despite hi-tech hiatus
  • Autumn Statement: 'We'll take fuel tax freeze, but he could have done more for UK freight'
  • China's HNA Group to purchase cold chain logistics specialist Gist?
  • Pär Sundblad named managing director of Scandinavian Shipping & Logistics
  • Nicaragua's canal: in a sleepy Pacific port, something stirs
  • The third wave of globalisation may be the hardest
  • US judge orders striking ABX Air pilots back to work

Marine Logweb site
NOVEMBER 24, 2016
  • Seven year old box ship heads for demolition

Lloyd's Listweb site
NOVEMBER 24, 2016
  • Shipping is old, shipping is new
    Panelists discuss the future challenges in shipping at Lloyd's List Hong Kong Business Briefing
  • Rickmers Maritime scraps youngest vessel yet
    Seven-year-old panamax marks new low
  • It's sluggish now, but...
    Don't be too brought down by a slow LPG market; there are plus points
  • Hamburg Süd's future ownership to be mapped out
    Oetker family reported to have called a summit to vote on whether to withdraw from shipping
  • Fizz but no pop for capesize market
    Weighted time charter average falls below $16,000 per day but market remains confident
  • $20bn of dodgy shipping debt looks for new home in 2017
    Year ahead could see bankers finally decide to bite the bullet
  • Marine insurance to stay under pressure
    Expect continued low rates, low investment returns and more fraud in 2017
  • BW LPG sees through the gloom
    Despite a weaker quarter, numerous positive takeaways exist, argues world's largest VLGC fleet owner
  • Owners 'risk human rights abuse claims from people seized by armed guards'
    Handbook offering guidance on use of force at sea criticised on launch day as potentially misleading guards and ships' crews over detaining suspected pirates
  • HHI mulls dock closure at Gunsan
    Management are looking at plans for the best utilisation of dock facilities
  • Resurrecting Hong Kong port: Too little, too late
    City can boost its status as a leading global maritime centre by focusing on high value-added shipping services
  • MOL forms joint venture to buy subsea support vessel
    Shipping line looking to move into oil and gas subsea support sector
  • BIMCO adopts term sheet for ship financing
    The document is indicative and non-binding in nature
  • Viking Line to order up to two ro-pax vessels from Chinese shipyard
    Deal is worth up to $200m
  • Three men in a boat
    The three top Japanese container lines may have roots in different zaibatsu and shipbuilders, but finally they had no choice other than to merge
  • European Commission approves Hapag-Lloyd and UASC merger
    Alliance will lead to the establishment of the world's fifth-largest container shipping line
  • Perils of the seas
    The repercussions of the B Atlantic case are still bouncing around in the English legal system

The Journal of Commerceweb site
NOVEMBER 24, 2016
  • State aid undermining container shipping recovery
  • Abu Dhabi port bets on digital info to drive growth
  • Hong Kong customs impound nine armoured cars
  • Liners refuse to carry millions of recalled Galaxy Note 7 phones

TradeWindsweb site
NOVEMBER 24, 2016
  • Furnival steps up at Sigtto
    Schulte COO takes the reins at gas industry body.
  • Second Palmerton crewman dies
    Seafarer had been injured in fall on German heavy-lifter; colleague lost overboard.
  • ESL fixes $53m bulker newbuild finance
    Finnish owner taps OP for cash to progress new LNG-fuelled vessels.
  • Black Monday looms for Havila as banks call time
    Norwegian owner sets deadline for bankruptcy decision as bondholders' rejection of its refinancing plan spurs lenders to call in loans.
  • Aurora backing BW LPG offer after loss
    VLGC specialist voices support for revised takeover as impairments dent third quarter numbers.

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
NOVEMBER 24, 2016
  • FUTURES 2: Crude falls; Russia's stance unchanged ahead of OPEC meet
  • Novorossiisk crude berth out of commission until March 2018: GAC
  • FEATURE: Is poorer quality Russian M100 behind surge in fuel oil cracks?
    "The Mazut-100 coming out of Russia is getting worse by the day, adding to blending expense."
  • External: Wired Bunkering
  • Pakistan explorer OGDCL's oil output tops 50,000 b/d for first time
  • FUTURES: Crude flat as stronger dollar offsets US crude stock draw
  • FEATURE: Talos' new Tornado well suggests Gulf of Mexico still economic arena

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FROM THE HOME PAGE
Hanseatic Global Terminals acquires 60% of the company that operates the Terminal de l'Atlantique in Le Havre
Hamburg/Le Havre
40% remains with the French Seafrigo
Triton buys container shipping company Global Container International
Hamilton
It has a fleet of approximately 500 thousand TEUs
Bureau Veritas closes 2024 with a series of records
Neuilly-sur-Seine/Milan
Strong growth (+58%) of new orders in the Marine & Offshore segment
Le Aziende informanoSponsored Article
ABB Ability™ Marine Remote Diagnostic System
Always on board with you
MOL continues acquisitions in the liquid bulk logistics segment
Tokyo/Rotterdam
It will buy the Dutch LBC Tank Terminals which has a storage capacity of 3.3 million cubic meters
Jeddah South Container Terminal expansion work begins
Riyadh
Investment of 800 million dollars. Traffic capacity will increase to four million teu
DHL Group revenues grew by +3.0% in 2024
Bonn
Significant improvement in performance in the last quarter
CMA CGM pledges $20 billion in US investment
Marseille
The US-flagged fleet is expected to increase from 10 to 30 ships, develop port and logistics activities and create 10,000 new jobs
Annunziata appointed commissioner of the Central Tyrrhenian Sea Port System Authority
Naples
His term as president ended on February 2.
With the new orders CMA CGM is preparing to become the second largest containerized maritime carrier in the world
Courbevoie
Currently, the Marseille company's orderbook is larger than that of Maersk
Genoese Sirius Ship Management has acquired fellow citizen Generalmarine
Genoa
The company specializes in solutions for navigation electronics and maritime communications
European Shipowners' Association Changes Name
Brussels
From today it is called ECSA European Shipowners
EST has ordered a new mobile crane from Konecranes for its terminal in the Port of Augusta
In January, ships transiting the Suez Canal decreased by -23.2%
Cairo/Ismailia
In 2024, goods passing through the Egyptian waterway dropped by -65.4%
Ships and boats, despite controls, continue to pollute the waters of the European Union
Luxembourg
This is denounced in a report by the European Court of Auditors
TiL (MSC Group), with BlackRock and GIP, to acquire 80% of Hutchison Ports
Hong Kong
Also agreement to buy 90% of the capital of Panama Ports Company. The enterprise value is 22.8 billion dollars
Pessina (Federagenti) asks for an examination of the usefulness of the new port terminals
Rome
A map highlighting the types of traffic and the actual market demand for these types of goods and services was requested
CMA CGM orders 12 more new 18,000 TEU containerships, this time in China
Shanghai
They will be delivered by Jiangnan Shipyard between 2028 and 2029
In January, freight traffic in the port of Genoa fell by -10.7%, while in Savona-Vado it grew by +8.1%
Genoa
Containerized goods up +18.2%. Cruise passengers down
Kuehne+Nagel's financial results for the second half of 2024 show significant improvement
Schindellegi
In the fourth quarter, net sales increased by +18.8% and net profit by +11.3%
The European Ship Recycling Regulation has achieved its objectives
Brussels
Too many shipowners - the latest assessment of the legislation denounces - still choose to demolish ships in South Asian shipyards
Croce (Assagenti): the choice of the new president of the Western Liguria AdSP can no longer be postponed
Genoa
It is not acceptable - he denounced - that for more than a year the port system has been headless
In 2024, CMA CGM revenues increased by +18% and net profit by +57%
Marseille
Containers transported by the fleet increased by +8%
In 2024, freight traffic in the port of Bremen/Bremerhaven grew by +5.9% thanks to containers
Bremen
Trend reversal in the last quarter when container loads decreased by -2.6%
Zero Emission Maritime Buyers Alliance Launches Second Low-Emission Maritime Shipping Competition
Costamare plans spin-off of dry bulk division
Monk
Costamare Bulkers Holdings will be created and is expected to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings posts record year
Miami
High demand for cruises scheduled for 2025 and 2026
Last year, freight traffic in the ports of the Southern Adriatic AdSP decreased by -7.7%
Bari
Ferry passengers also decreased (-4.4%), while cruise passengers increased by +18.1%
ECSA fully appreciates the European Clean Industrial Deal
Brussels
T&E also expressed its support, but considered the decision to postpone the proposal for a climate target for 2040 to be very worrying.
80% of Louis-Dreyfus Armateurs shipping and logistics group to InfraVia
Suresnes/Paris
The Louis-Dreyfus family will retain the remaining 20% of the capital
Marsa Maroc will also manage the new West Terminal of the port of Nador West Med
Casablanca
Nearly two-thirds of the 1,440-meter quay will be dedicated to containers
In 2024, intermodal shipments handled by German Kombiverkehr decreased by -5%
Frankfurt am Main
Riedl: Intermodal transport must be supported also through incentives
In the fourth quarter of 2024, G20 trade recorded a conjunctural decline
Paris
Mixed performance of trade in services
Blackstone Buys America's Leading Marina Owner and Operator
New York/Southfield
$5.65 Billion Deal to Acquire Safe Harbor Marinas
D'Agostino denounces the political division of the appointments of secretary general and president of a port
Genoa
I am disgusted - he said - when I read in the newspapers that the president chooses one and the secretary the other
Last year, freight traffic in the port of Hamburg decreased by -2.1 percent.
Hamburg
Various goods on the rise. Volume handled in the last quarter stable
In 2024, freight traffic in the port of Livorno fell by -3.0%
Leghorn
Downturn caused by reduction in liquid bulk; growth in other sectors. Traffic in Piombino on the rise
Joint venture of Noatum Maritime and Erkport in the segment of ro-ro maritime services
Abu Dhabi
Initially the new company will have a fleet of 11 ships to be used on five routes
Saipem and Subsea7 sign merger agreement
Milan/Luxembourg
The reference shareholders CDP Equity, Eni and Siem Industries have committed to support the operation
ICS satisfied with ISWG-GHG's progress towards decarbonisation of shipping, even if not definitive
London
Platten: Much work still needs to be done urgently by MEPC meeting in April
In the second half of 2024, freight traffic in the port of Venice grew by +15.3%
Venice
In the whole year, cruise passengers were 548 thousand (+7.8%)
In the last quarter of 2024, freight traffic in the port of Rotterdam decreased by -2%
Rotterdam
A decrease of -0.7% was recorded for the whole year.
HMM in talks to acquire compatriot SK Shipping
Seoul
The transaction would be valued at close to $1.4 billion
Clean Maritime Fuels Platform suggests actions needed to make clean fuels available for shipping
Brussels
Collision between two ships near the port of Hull
Southampton/Jacksonville/Rotterdam
Fires broke out on both units
In January, freight traffic in the port of Ravenna increased by +7.6%
Ravenna
Dry bulk and general cargo on the rise. Liquid bulk declines
Evergreen, Yang Ming and WHL's monthly revenue growth trend slows
Taipei/Keelung
In February, increases of +13.5%, +3.1% and +19.9% were recorded respectively
In 2024, containers transported by the fleet of the Chinese SITC increased by +10.7%
Hong Kong
Annual revenues up +25.9%
A shipment of 240 kg of cocaine was seized in the port of Genoa
Genoa
The drug came from South America
Assoporti presents new guidelines for inclusive communication
Rome
Giampieri: a valid tool for more effective, respectful and inclusive communication throughout the port area
German Schmitz Cargobull to acquire 48% of Polish GT Trailers
Munsterland
Both produce semi-trailers and logistics equipment
AP Moller Capital to acquire 40% of Philippine AC Logistics
Copenhagen
Agreement with Ayala Corporation which holds the entire capital of the company
Attica Holdings has sold the ro-pax ferry Kriti II built in 1979
Athens
Sold for $3.6 million, it will be dismantled at an EU-authorized shipyard
New economic and operational records for the ICTSI terminal group
Manila
Last year, container traffic handled by port terminals grew by +2.5%
Lauritzen Bulkers has bought Canadian Alexander & Blake
Copenhagen
The company operates ocean freight forwarding of dry bulk, break bulk and project cargo.
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
Royal HaskoningDHV has bought the Scottish Arch Henderson
Aberdeen/Amersfoort
The Aberdeen company specialises in the design of marine works
Collaboration agreement between Saipem and Divento for floating wind in Italy
Milan
It foresees the use of STAR 1 technology for the construction of semi-submersible foundations
Global Ship Lease Reports Record Annual and Quarterly Financial Results
Athens
Revenues increased by +5.4% in 2024
Trump promises tax incentives for US shipbuilders
Washington
Creation of new Office of Shipbuilding announced
CMB.TECH invests $1.18 billion to acquire 40.8% of Golden Ocean
Antwerp
The Belgian company will buy the stake held by John Fredriksen's Hemen Holding
The partners of Interporto Toscano Amerigo Vespucci inject ten million into the company
Leghorn
In November the Board of Directors prepared a restructuring plan
Seabourn has sold the Seabourn Sojourn cruise ship to Mitsui Ocean Cruises
Seattle/Tokyo
It will be transferred to the Japanese company in the second half of 2026
ECG adopts a program to increase the safety of vehicle delivery to dealers
Brussels
Cristoforo Canavese dies at 76
Savona
Prominent figure of the Ligurian port system
The deed of acquisition of the historic building in Gaeta that will host the ITS Academy Caboto has been signed
At the PSA Venice - Vecon terminal, traditional diesel has been replaced with HVO biofuel
Genoa
Enables an 88.7% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions
In the port of Augusta, two port cranes have been moved to restore their functioning
Augusta
They are owned by the Port System Authority
The last diaphragm of the Galleria Salerno Porta Ovest road infrastructure has been demolished
Salerno
It directly connects the commercial port of the Campania city to the motorway junction
China's CMPort to Acquire 70% of Brazilian Terminal Operator Vast Infraestrutura
Hong Kong/Rio de Janeiro
Active in the port of Açu, it handles 30% of the national crude oil exports
Port of Gioia Tauro, concession renewed to Heidelberg Materials Italia Cementi
Joy Taurus
The duration of the contract has been increased from four to ten years
Construction of a new cruise terminal has begun in Antigua
St. John's
It will be completed by the middle of next year
Finnlines revenues increased by +2.7% in 2024
Helsinki
Pippingsköld confirms purchase of three additional new ro-pax vessels to enter service in 2028
Confirmed to Mercitalia Shunting & Terminal the railway shunting activity in the Interporto of Padua
Padua
Daniele Rossi appointed extraordinary commissioner of the AdSP of the Central-Northern Adriatic
Tarros appoints its own agent in Germany
The Spice
It is Global Liner Agencies, a company based in Stuttgart.
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
Tomorrow in Naples a conference of studies on the fight against illicit trafficking by sea
Naples
It will be held at the University of "Parthenope"
In Ancona the conference "The port as a strategic development hub for the territory"
Ancona
It is scheduled for February 11th
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Damen Mangalia Unionists Protest Friday Against Possible Closure
(The Romania Journal)
Govt. to woo top ten shipping liners in world for Colombo port expansion
(Daily Mirror)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Relazione del presidente Nicola Zaccheo
Roma, 18 settembre 2024
››› File
ESPO: Clean Industrial Deal is an important first step towards decarbonisation
Brussels
The plan was presented today by the European Commission
The TAR declares the appeal of Med Yacht Storage on the state concession in Vado Ligure inadmissible
Genoa
In France, employers are calling for a public-private coordination unit to limit the impact of strikes at ports
Paris
The aim is to find solutions quickly
The tender for the supply of temporary work in the ports of the Southern Adriatic AdSP has been completed
Bari
Leone: Ports will finally be able to count on a mutual assistance mechanism
The Central Adriatic Port Authority publishes the notice for incentives for the purchase of "green" port vehicles
Federagenti Youth Group Board of Directors Renewed
Rome
Filippo Bongiovanni has been appointed president
Augusta Due (Mednav group) returns to the newbuilding market with a 18,500 dwt tanker
Rome
It was built by the Chinese shipyard Fujian Southeast Shipbuilding Co.
2025 has started very badly for Spanish ports
Madrid
In January 43 million tons of goods were moved (-6.4%)
Infrastructure maintenance work begins in the port of Syracuse
Syracuse
Interventions with a total value of over 300 thousand euros
New Fincantieri-Edge agreement to develop solutions for the protection of underwater infrastructures
Abu Dhabi/Trieste
In the first nine months of 2024, freight traffic in Italian ports grew by +0.5%
Naples/Rome
Solid bulk and conventional cargo decrease. Growth in other sectors
MAIRE, Eni and Iren begin the authorization process for a circular methanol and hydrogen plant
Milan
Fritelli (Nextchem): Italian ports will be among the first in the world to be able to use the new ecological fuel
Maestripieri (CISL Liguria): the ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado need a president
Genoa
The airports - he denounced - are forced to operate in an absolute emergency regime
Nova Marine Carriers, Aug. Bolten and Ership Acquire Maja Stuwadoors Groep
Lugano
The Dutch company operates a bulk terminal in the port of Amsterdam
In 2024, container traffic in the port of Algeciras decreased by -0.5%
Algeciras/Valencia
The negative trend continued last month
Confitarma, maintenance of the simplified procedure for the enlistment of seafarers is a good thing
Rome
Neapolitan journalist Bianca D'Antonio dies at 83
Naples
Point of reference for courtesy and professionalism also for the shipping sector
The AdSP of the Eastern Ligurian Sea has joined the National Observatory for the Protection of the Sea
Rome
The organization promotes the valorization of the sea resource
Tomorrow in Naples a conference of studies on the fight against illicit trafficking by sea
Naples
It will be held at the University of "Parthenope"
Port of Los Angeles Hits New Container Traffic Peak for January
Los Angeles
Port of Livorno, in 2024 rail traffic grew by +10.4%
Leghorn
Rail share of freight volumes moved rose to 19%
Contract for the immersion in the Ancona reclamation basin of the dredging sediments of the ports of Fano and Numana
Ancona
Last year, cargo traffic in Montenegrin ports increased by +2.2%
Podgorica
Passengers increased by +16.1%
Federlogistica, the closure of the Busalla motorway toll booth could put logistics in crisis in the North West
Genoa
Investments of 1.4 billion euros for the development of the Logistics Hub of the FS Italiane group
Rome
Investments for new physical and digital assets are foreseen in the 2025-2029 Strategic Plan
Grimaldi Group extends its maritime network to India
Naples
On February 20th the first call at the port of Mumbai with the PCTC "Grande California"
One million euros for the reduction of the amount of anchorage fees in the port of Gioia Tauro
Joy Taurus
Ok to the expansion of the Automar car terminal
The AdSP of Eastern Liguria agrees on the need for buffer areas for the ports of La Spezia and Marina di Carrara
The Spice
Areas identified by the body near the port and hinterland of Santo Stefano di Magra
Conference "Iron-Rubber-Water: Intermodality and the Port of Genoa"
Genoa
It will be held on Friday at the Maritime Station of Genoa
Fratelli Cosulich has acquired a controlling stake of 62% of the capital of Femo Bunker
Genoa
It has an annual turnover of over 70 million euros
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