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December 11, 2018
Sched Netweb site
  • Shanghai off 5.2pc to 34.9m TEU in 11 months, Nov slips 1.9pc
  • Canadian PM Trudeau denies political ties to Huawei arrest
  • European Court to rule on UK's right to revoke EU withdrawal
  • US revises Shipping Act to prevent alliances becoming all powerful
  • VW hints at 2nd plant in US, Ford collaborates avoid tariff hikes
  • MSC revises related container fees in US, starting from New Year
  • Hutchison Omani Terminal 3 ups volumes and orders new cranes
  • US scrap paper and metal exports increase despite China restrictions
  • Record iron ore shipments from Canadian Arctic to Europe-Asia
  • MacGregor deck winches deliver improved capability to 8 HK tugboats
  • AIT Worldwide buys UK's ConneXion World Cargo according to plan
  • Morgan Stanley: Watch out FedEx/UPS - Air Amazon will eat you up
  • Lufthansa Cargo invests in more tech startups to digitise supply chain
  • DHL opens first automated e-commerce unit for NJ mail delivery

Exim Indiaweb site
DECEMBER 10, 2018
  • Chittagong port registers all-time high throughput in Nov.
  • DHL partners with SGS to expand Flexitank shipping service for liquids
  • First Jacques Saadé award presented
  • Liberian Corporate Registry appoints Anthony Perea new MD
  • MOL to participate in construction, ownership, operation of FSRU for Jawa 1 gas-fired IPP project in Indonesia
  • SCFI Asia to Northern Europe spot rates up
  • DP World closes Unifeeder Group acquisition
  • Full consignee details required in Kenya
  • PSA inks MoU for Singapore's proposed smart port
  • Due date for GST filing extended
  • Export Promotion Council for Handicrafts plans to set up 10 handicraft parks to assist small exporters
  • New Agri Export Policy seen providing stability
  • New Industrial Policy to focus on scaling up Indian manufacturing
  • India condemns Chabahar attack
  • Leading airlines to participate in South East Air Cargo Conclave & Awards 2018 on Dec. 14 in Chennai
  • New e-learning course on WCO SAFE Framework of Standards

International Transport Journalweb site
  • DP granted right to mass produce e-delivery vans
  • Hauling more than 1.8 billion t
  • Peters returns "home" to Hoyer
  • No easy time for the Swedish Club
  • USD 100 million for Shipa launch
  • Swissport Iata CEIV Pharma certified in Canada
  • Pollution to plunge with repowered locomotives
  • PSA and Sutd prepare ground for Tuas
  • New chief driver for Rail Cargo Group
  • Clipper strengthens partnership with Asda
  • Kenya airports spearheading Tiaca quality initiative
  • Airports South Africa welcomes new CEO
  • APL and CNC choose Singapore
  • Vehicle train connecting seven countries
  • DSV opens new facility in Memphis
  • "Curiosity of the Day"
  • 2,000th Boeing aircraft soaring high in China

The Loadstarweb site
DECEMBER 10, 2018
  • AA's Tristan Koch to become managing director at Coyne Airways
  • Moody's downgrades Maersk's credit rating amid fears for box shipping sector
  • FMC to standardise container detention and demurrage across the US
  • MNX Global Logistics acquires acquires express division of NGL
  • Maersk aims to cover itself with an alternative to cargo insurance
  • Agility expands its digital platform to target e-commerce and urban deliveries
  • Analysis: supply chain slowdown could turn into a horror movie for the star players
  • Amazon Go eyes London's West End for first non-US store
  • Asean and EU to allow unlimited cargo flight rights
  • HNA Group's terrible year set to continue into 2019
  • Supply chain radar: the Maersk family is down $5.6bn in 2018...

Marine Logweb site
DECEMBER 10, 2018
  • VIDEO: LCS 15 completes acceptance trials
  • Avondale Shipyard buyer gets private equity investment
  • Marine Jet Power welcomes new COO
  • 5,000th Neopanamax transits Panama Canal
  • Grimaldi to fit 12 RO/RO ships with Silverstream air lubrication systems
  • ODU and Lavle USA to open Marine Electric Propulsion Lab
  • Australia's SeaLink Travel orders double ended RoPax cat
  • Singapore to host next Global Maritime Forum summit

Lloyd's Listweb site
DECEMBER 10, 2018
  • Global Ship Lease agrees double CMA CGM charter
    Feedership owners continues streak of CMA CGM deals after merger with Poseidon Containers
  • Greek Shipping Awards 2018: Winners unveiled
    Platsidakis, Palios, Frangou, Kassidokostas-Latsis and Wiernicki among those honoured as Contship Management, Euronav, Clarksons Platou Hellas, BNP Paribas and Signal...
  • Hansa Heavy Lift files for insolvency
    US owner of HHL says insolvency is because of 'an extremely challenging operating environment in the global shipping industry'
  • CMA CGM backs Maersk's zero-carbon plan
    French carrier offers support for Danish rival's efforts to remove fossil fuels from shipping by 2050
  • Oil cuts to balance market, analysts say
    The agreed cut equates to 36 very large crude carriers, or 2.5% of the global crude tanker market, said Jefferies
  • Trafigura orders four gas carriers
    Overall shipping fixtures for the financial year ended September 2018 amounted to 4,190. This figure is up from 4,151 in...
  • Utah coal merchants eye port in Mexico
    There is a premium for finding new export outlets for US coal, and exporters are doing all they can to...
  • Moody's lowers Maersk rating
    The ratings agency said the financial flexibility offered by $5bn worth of Total shares is also positive, allowing Maersk to...
  • ADP inaugurates Cosco container terminal
    Cosco Shipping Ports Abu Dhabi Terminal will be expanded next year to accommodate 2.5m teu per annum, hosting services both...
  • Little return for carriers from Asia-Europe growth spurt
    Demand has risen in the final quarter of the year but utilisation rates remain too low for a significant movement...
  • Qingdao to build new VLCC berth
    The project will be the second VLCC berth in the Dongjiakou port area, which is a key bulk cargo distribution...
  • APL will merge intra-Asia trades with CNC
    APL takes over sister company CNC and consolidates intra-Asia business under CNC brand
  • Aldo Grimaldi, former head of Italy's shipowners' association, dies at 96
    The Italian shipowning world has lost 'one of its most famous protagonists', says Confitarma president Mario Mattioli
  • Lloyd's List Outlook 2019: Regulation
    In 2019 regulators will settle final details around the 2020 sulphur cap and try to offer greater clarity on greenhouse...
  • Cargo carrier sinks off northeast China
    Beihai Rescue Bureau of the Ministry of Transport said the incident happened about 20 nautical miles to the northeast of...
  • IMO takes next steps on autonomous shipping regulation
    Safety regulators agree a two-phase approach which will wrap up by May 2020 and will consider regulatory changes or additions
  • Maran Gas orders LNG carrier at DSME
    The 173,400 cu m gas carrier is scheduled for delivery in the first half of 2021
  • Daily Briefing
    Lloyd's List Outlook 2019: LPG | Top 10 flag states 2018 | The Lloyd's List Podcast: The future of salvage...
  • Top 10 flag states 2018
    Our Top 10 flag states list for 2018, ahead of our annual Top 100 most influential people in shipping series...
  • Cosco Shipping considers London listing
    The talk comes as CSH is seeking financial resources to repay the bridge loan provided by the Bank of China...

The Journal of Commerceweb site
DECEMBER 10, 2018
  • Brazil truckers block road, in support of minimum freight rates
  • Virginia port says more truck appointment slots available
  • New low-sulfur fuel clauses clarify time charters
  • Less 'flashy' logistics tech holds most immediate payback
  • Hansa Heavy Lift files for bankruptcy
  • CMA CGM ships first locally-booked India smart container
  • Asia-Europe volume rebounds as contract talks begin

TradeWindsweb site
DECEMBER 10, 2018
  • OSG extends litany of American Shipping charters
    Nine American Shipping Co (AMSC) tankers will stay in the employ of Overseas Shipholding Group (OSG) for the foreseeable future. Monday afternoon, the two jointly announced OSG was exercising options to extend charter agreements with the Norwegian tanker owner. Overseas Shipholding Group returns to black "Our decision resolves the uncertainty associated with approaching contract maturities," OS
  • Gourdomichalis brothers seek to recover ship after seizure
    Pacific Gulf Shipping simply described a shipping company, court papers say
  • Bunge chief executive to step down amid investor pressure
    Soren Schroder will serve as US grain trader's CEO until successor is named as board member Kathleen Hyle takes top seat.
  • UK ports 'anxious' over Brexit vote delay
    Ro-ro ports could 'face real challenges' if UK were to part ways with European Union (EU) without a deal, according to British Ports Association.
  • Hansa Heavy Lift hits the buffers
    Oaktree pulls the plug on insolvent German heavy lift operator
  • Fredly buys even more Hunter
    Arne Fredly has bought another round of shares in Hunter Group. Hunter Maritime to pay $132m after tender offer After spending nearly $1m strengthening his position in the Oslo-traded VLCC specialist last week, Fredly's Apollo Asset bought 15,994 Hunter shares Monday at NOK 41.5 ($0.37). Fredly still owns more than 102 million shares of Hunter, or 26.71%. Monday, Hunter shares closed at $0.37.
  • UAE investor buys major Gulf Navigation stake
    Goldilocks Management says finance facility owns part of the share.
  • Global Ship Lease inks two more charters with CMA CGM
    The combined Global Ship Lease-Poseidon Containers has inked additional charters with CMA CGM. The 6,882-teu UASC Bubiyan and UASC Yas (both built 2015) will be leased to the French company for five years at $25,910 per day each starting in the second quarter of 2019. Global Ship Lease fixes ship with CMA CGM Poseidon announces five-year deals with CMA CGM "These new long-term charters with CM
  • Maersk Broker Bulk Chartering merging with Wonsild Dry
    Maersk Broker has taken the latest step in its dry cargo growth story by taking full control of Wonsild Dry. The merger will see Wonsild Dry integrated into Maersk Broker Bulk Chartering in January 2019, over three years after Maersk Broker first bought into the company. Maersk Broker buys into Wonsild Dry Wonsild set to open new coal-trade venture in Bangkok Maersk Broker chief says first hal
  • Analyst likens Opec meeting to US sitcom Seinfeld
    Uncertainty over whether Opec would cut oil production last week amounted to "Festivus to forget", Wells Fargo Securities analyst Michael Webber wrote ahead of the cartel's meeting. Webber's reference to Festivus harked back to an episode of US sitcom Seinfeld, in which viewers learn the character George Costanza's father, Frank, celebrated on 23 December, rather than Christmas Day. "When George
  • Asia to Europe box volumes finally rising
    But Drewry says rates have yet to follow suit to any meaningful degree.
  • Color fixes $141m financing for cruiseferry
    Nordea and DNB among those backing new facility for Color Magic.
  • Per Wistoft launches ship swap-shop
    Former UACC boss returns with global trading platform for cargoships.
  • Jinhui makes small profit on supramax sale
    Hong Kong owner offloads 2002-built ship to Bao Fortune.
  • Havyard seeks to loosen bond covenant
    Norwegian yard has suffered from agreed delays and late orders.
  • Tufton in talks to buy eight Offen product tankers
    Deal part of a wider effort to sell 10 tankers managed by German shipping company, sources say.
  • 'Youth unemployment' is scourge of OSV sector
    Possible return of stacked modern ships muting rate recovery, MSI says.
  • Aldo Grimaldi dies aged 96
    Grimaldi Holding president was a pioneer of fast ferries in the 1960s.
  • Analysts count cost of Opec cuts on crude tanker market
    Are tanker owners set to see history repeat itself, or will the US floodgates provide some relief?
  • Trafigura: tanker charter market tight ahead of 2020 deadline
    Trader and owner finding it tougher to secure tonnage as owners foresee better supply-demand balance.
  • Force majeure as militia seizes Sharara field in Libya
    Libya's National Oil Corporation (NOC) has declared a force majeure at the Sharara oil field after militia seized it over the weekend. It blamed 'civilians' attached to the Petroleum Facilities Guard (PFG), alleging physical threats were made to oilfield employees to get them to halt production. The shutdown of Sharara will result in a daily loss of 315,000 barrels a day, with an additional loss
  • Gulf Energy Maritime tied to $64m LR2 market exit
    Gulf Energy Maritime looks to have exited the LR2 market with the sale of two tankers in a transaction brokers say provides an important price point for such tonnage. Product tankers ride out of downcycle with a 'Christmas Miracle' The shipowner placed the 114,000-dwt Gulf Vision (built 2012) and Gulf Valour (built 2013) on the market in October, as TradeWinds reported at the time. Now brokers
  • EMAS anchor handler heads for the auction block
    Lewek Penguin to come under the hammer in Singapore on 18 December.
  • EMAS Offshore CFO Hsu resigns
    Restructuring Singapore OSV owner EMAS Offshore is looking for a new CFO. It said finance chief Hsu Chong Pin resigned on 7 December. "The board would like to express its appreciation to Mr Hsu for his contributions during his tenure with the company and wishes him well in his future endeavours," it added. In October, the subsidiary of Ezra Holdings made another attempt at restructuring its bal
  • Product tankers ride out of downcycle with a 'Christmas Miracle'
    Stars have finally align for the underperforming sector with healthy products trades, easing oversupply and regulatory boost.
  • BW Offshore scrapping laid-up FSO for $20m
    Oslo-listed BW Offshore (BWO) is scrapping a laid-up FSO built in 1980. The 361,000-dwt former ULCC Belokamenka will be recycled in compliance with the Hong Kong Convention, the company said. The Japanese-built unit, previously known as Berge Pioneer, has been stacked in Indonesia since completing a contract as a crude oil terminal for Rosneft off Murmansk, Russia, in late 2015. The sale has ra
  • Norsepower harks back to the past to harness future energy
    The ultimate future fuel may mean going back to the past to take advantage of carbon-free wind energy. The shipping industry has been sceptical about modern sail concepts, but there is a proven technology - first developed in the 1920s - that has shown demonstrable fuel savings in real-life tests on commercially operating ships in the past few years. Maersk Tankers goes back to the future with w
  • COSL orders 12 PSVs at Wuchang and Liaonan yards
    CNOOC company renewing offshore fleet with big domestic contracts.
  • Cosco MPP rescues British sailor 2,000 miles off Cape Horn
    Mission involved two ships as well as maritime rescue centres in Chile and the UK.
  • MSC pays California air quality violation fine
    Containership giant falls foul of US state's environmental regulations for the second time in 2018.
  • Angelicoussis back at DSME for more LNG tonnage
    Greek shipowner takes newbuilding tally at South Korean shipbuilder since 1994 to 101 ships.
  • COSCO Shipping linked with potential London listing
    Chinese giant may take advantage of new tie-up between London and Shanghai exchanges.
  • Maersk credit rating downgraded at Moody's
    Danish container line is expected to face increased market and execution risks, says rating agency.

American Shipperweb site
DECEMBER 10, 2018
  • FMC's demurrage report a 'promising beginning'
    Innovation teams of industry stakeholders "will meet on a limited, short-term basis to refine commercially viable demurrage and detention approaches."
  • ITC determines Chinese aluminum hurts U.S. industry
    In the first government self-initiated AD/CVD case since 1985, the ITC voted 5-0 that imports of common alloy aluminum sheet from China materially injure U.S. industry.
  • Moody's downgrades Maersk rating
    Shipping giant retains investment grade rating, but Moody's expects it to operate at a higher leverage.
  • APL, CNC Line to consolidate intra-Asia business
  • Agility investing $100 million in digital logistics arm
  • Ship recycling platform launches
  • Panama Canal, Port of Itaqui sign agreement
  • Volga-Dnepr Group opens operations base in Houston

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
DECEMBER 10, 2018
  • KUWAIT'S KPC RAISES SHARPLY JAN OSPS FOR NWE AND US, LOWERS OSP FOR ASIA BY 65 CENTS/B
    Kuwait Petroleum Corp has lowered the price differential for its crude oil loading in January and destined for Asia by 65 cents/b from December to a discount of 35 cents/b to Platts Oman/Dubai, the company said in a notice Monday.
  • Oil consolidates lower as equity rally fails to allay demand growth concerns
    An afternoon rally in equity markets failed to move crude markets higher Monday, and the oil complex settled just off of intraday lows.
  • US State Department sees increased interest from Congress in targeting Russian energy exports
    The US Congress appears increasingly interested in legislation targeting Russian energy exports to counter Moscow's aggression against Ukraine since the Sea of Azov incident, a top State Department official said Monday.
  • UKC-WAF clean tanker rate hits 3-year high amid low tonnage
    Freight rates to carry a 60,000 mt clean product cargo from the UK Continent to West Africa on a Long-Range tanker vessel strengthened to a three-year high of w170 Friday as demand for clean cargoes, mostly gasoline, drove rates up amid a very tight positioning list, meaning low tonnage.
  • ICE low-sulfur gasoil futures speculative net long positions at fresh 17-month low
    Speculative net long positions on ICE low-sulfur gasoil futures fell 27,126 contracts to 39,916 contracts in the week to December 4, a fresh 17-month low, according to Intercontinental Exchange data.
  • China's Qingdao port to build fourth VLCC terminal, to cater to independents
    China's Qingdao Port International is planning to build new berths that will be able receive VLCC and oil product tankers, such as Long Range-class vessels, as well as storage facilities in Shandong province's Dongjiakou region, which will cater to local independent refiners, the company said last Friday.
  • Asian middle distillates extend losses on bearish fundamentals; high freight rate
    The Asian middle distillates arena extended losses in the first week of December as a result of still-weak fundamentals -- mainly sluggish demand and a supply overhang -- as well as costly freight rates.
  • Oil, commodities trader Trafigura seeks to grow US crude exports
    Swiss-based commodity trader Trafigura is seeking to grow its position in exporting crude in the US after its global traded volumes jumped by 7.5% this year.
  • Rotterdam bunker sales down 7.1% in third quarter
  • Poor weather at Novorossiisk pushes some bunker demand to Istanbul: sources
  • External: Marine Bunkering(Rotterdam)B.V.
  • Platts MOC Singapore fuel oil traded volume surges in Dec, cargo premiums drop
  • FUTURES: Crude stable on OPEC cut pledge as US output caps uptick
  • Shanghai LSMGO, LSFO demand sees uptick ahead of Jan 1, 2019 ECA

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Jeremy Nixon will hand over his position as CEO of Ocean Network Express to Till Ole Barrelet on July 1st.
Singapore
The German manager comes from Emirates Shipping Lines
The first three electric gantry cranes have been installed at the new intermodal terminal in Milan Smistamento.
Milan
At full capacity it will be able to handle up to 44 trains per day
Hong Kong government protests PPC's removal from Panamanian ports
Hong Kong/Beijing
Beijing government spokeswoman stressed that China will firmly protect the rights and legitimate interests of its companies.
European transport associations call for the CEF to be allocated at least €100 billion
Brussels
Chronic underfunding and financial shortfalls are lamented
The Panamanian government assigns the transitional management of the port of Balboa to APM Terminals and the port of Cristóbal to TiL
Hong Kong/Panama
CK Hutchison Holdings denounces the illegality of the terminal seizure and confirms the possibility of legal action.
Panamanian government seizes assets and equipment at the ports of Balboa and Cristóbal
Panama
The Panama Ports Company of the CK Hutchison group has been removed from the management of the two ports
Statement by rail and intermodal transport associations against gigaliners on European roads
Brussels
The current positions of the EU institutions - they denounce - all include elements that risk opening the door to a widespread diffusion of these vehicles.
The mandate of the EuNavFor Aspides mission has been extended until 28 February 2027.
Brussels
A budget of almost 15 million euros has been approved
The EU-ETS Observatory of Puertos del Estado confirms the risk of loss of container traffic share of European ports
The EU-ETS Observatory of Puertos del Estado confirms the risk of loss of container traffic share of European ports
Madrid
Santana: We believe that some aspects of the ETS should be monitored and, where necessary, revised.
Tidewater acquires Brazil's Wilson Sons Ultratug Participações for $500 million.
Houston
It has a fleet of 22 Platform Supply Vessels
Trump attempts to circumvent the Supreme Court ruling by introducing temporary tariffs
Trump attempts to circumvent the Supreme Court ruling by introducing temporary tariffs
Washington/Suitland
An executive order confirming the suspension of the "de minimis" regime was also signed.
Slight growth in freight traffic in the port of Ancona in 2025
Ancona
Rolling stock slightly down. Passenger numbers significantly down.
Construction of the cruise terminal at Molo San Cataldo in Taranto will begin in October.
London
Global Ports Holding invests over €4.5 million
One dead and four injured on board the cruise ship World Legacy (formerly Moby Zaza )
Singapore
A fire broke out on the unit
SBB CFF FFS Cargo has sold 31 locomotives to Nordic Re-Finance
Bern
The Swiss company plans to equip itself exclusively with vehicles produced by Stadler Rail Valencia by 2035.
Last year, freight traffic in the port of Hamburg grew by 2.6 percent.
Last year, freight traffic in the port of Hamburg grew by 2.6 percent.
Hamburg
Containers boosted the growth. Volumes remained stable in the fourth quarter alone.
In the fourth quarter of 2025, the DFDS Group recorded a net loss of DKK -286 million.
Copenhagen
Last year, cargo traffic in Montenegro's ports grew by 1.6%.
Podgorica
Cargoes to and from Italy alone increased by +64.6%
To APM Terminals the 37.5% of the Southern Container Terminal of the port of Jeddah
The Hague/Dubai
DP World will keep the remaining 62.5%
Continues the bending of the traffic of the container in the port of Los Angeles
Los Angeles
In January decrease of -12.1%. Bown: the state of exports to China seems bad
In the fourth trimester of the 2025 the traffic of the goods in the port of Civitavecchia is increased of +8.6%
Civitavecchia
In the whole year growth was +3.1%
Samskip sells marine and logistic services with the United Kingdom and Ireland to the CLdN
Luxembourg/Rotterdam
The agreement includes rental agreements for over 5,000 multimodal load units
The Antitrust has reopened the procedure on the concentration between the Ignazio Messina & C. and the Terminal San Giorgio
Rome
The International Chamber of Shipping against the new harbour taxes programmed by the US government
Washington
Necessary - the association emphasizes - carefully coordinated political solutions
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings orders three new ships from cruise to Fincantieri
Miami/Trieste
They are destined to the companies Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania Cruises and Regent Seven Seas Cruises
Hapag-Lloyd and ZIM agreed on a merger agreement
Haifa/Hamburg
The German company will pay up to $2.5 billion
America's Maritime Action Plan proposes a new tax on foreign-built ships from any nation entering U.S. ports.
Washington
It would be used to fund the new Maritime Security Trust Fund
Hapag-Lloyd to acquire Israeli ZIM
Hamburg
The German company will be responsible for international operations, while those in and with Israel will be assigned to the Tel Aviv-based private equity firm FIMI Opportunity Funds.
Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem leaves DP World after Epstein's involvement
Dubai
It Kazim appointed president and Yuvraj Narayan managing director
Eurogate and APM Terminals will invest a billion euros for the development of the North Sea Terminal Bremerhaven
Bremen/The Hague
CK Hutchison threatens appeals against APM Terminals if it will assume the management of the Panamanian ports of Cristóbal and Balboa
Hong Kong
Tomorrow will be inaugurated the new container terminal of transhipment of Damietta
Bremen/Melzo
Its ability to annual traffic will rise up to 3,3 million teu
Fincantieri presents an industrial plan that foresees the doubling of the production capacity of military vessels in Italian shipyards
Milan
For civil production, a reallocation of volumes to Romanian shipyards and an expansion in Vietnam are planned.
Fincantieri and Generative Bionics sign agreement to develop humanoid welding robots.
Trieste/Genoa
The first tests at the Sestri Ponente shipyard are scheduled for the end of this year
Slight increase in annual freight traffic handled by Croatian ports
Zagreb
Sharp drop in dry bulk offset by increase in liquid cargoes and record containers
The Grendi group expects to close 2025 with a record turnover of 158 million euros (+33%)
Genoa
Revenues increased by 10%, net of the effect of the acquisition of Dario Perioli.
South Korean HMM's quarterly and annual performances were negative.
South Korean HMM's quarterly and annual performances were negative.
Seoul
In 2025 the container fleet transported 3.94 million TEUs (+3.2%)
Offer to acquire European express courier InPost
Amsterdam/Luxembourg
It was submitted by a consortium comprising Advent International (37%), FedEx (37%), A&R Investments (16%) and PPF Group (10%)
Transocean and Valaris sign merger agreement
Steinhausen/Hamilton
The new company will have a fleet of 73 offshore vessels, including 33 ultra-deepwater drillships
Hapag-Lloyd expects to close the 2025 financial year with a 61% decline in operating profit.
Hamburg
Record loads transported by the fleet, growing by +8%.
FS establishes a company specializing in transport and infrastructure consultancy
London
The new company is based in London
Maritime traffic in the Suez Canal fell by 3.4% last year.
Maritime traffic in the Suez Canal fell by 3.4% last year.
Cairo
Growth of +9.0% in the fourth quarter alone. In December, transits increased by +13.1%.
The simplification law, rather than making things easier, complicates the lives of ship captains and burdens them with additional operational and legal responsibilities.
Genoa
BYD and Automar reach agreement for vehicle traffic through the port of Gioia Tauro.
Schiedam
The goal is to serve the central-southern Italian market.
Maersk Group announces 15% ground-based job cuts
Maersk Group announces 15% ground-based job cuts
Copenhagen
The quarterly and annual financial results are impacted by the reduction in the value of maritime freight rates.
In 2025, container traffic in the ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado Ligure reached a historic record of almost three million TEUs
Genoa
Cruise passengers increased by 6.1%; ferry passengers decreased by 4.0%.
Busan Port has again set its all-time record for annual container throughput.
Busan
Last year the total was 24.88 million TEUs (+2.0%)
Panama Ports Company has initiated arbitration proceedings against the Republic of Panama
Panama
Extensive damage reported and state authorities' reluctance to respond to repeated requests for confrontation
In 2025, freight traffic in Sardinia's ports grew by +3.0%
Cagliari
Slight decline in cruise passengers contained by the launch of home ports in Cagliari and Olbia
Freight traffic in the port of Barcelona to remain stable in 2025
Barcelona
In the fourth quarter alone, 16.7 million tonnes were handled (+4.5%)
Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd bring back India/Middle East-Mediterranean service via Suez
In 2025, ships transiting the Panama Canal increased by +14.1%
In 2025, ships transiting the Panama Canal increased by +14.1%
Panama
The ports of the Central American nation handled 9,915,357 containers (+3.6%)
Last year, container traffic in the port of Tangier Med reached a record 11.1 million TEUs (+8.4%)
Last year, container traffic in the port of Tangier Med reached a record 11.1 million TEUs (+8.4%)
Anjra
New all-time high in total goods
In 2025, Turkish ports handled a record traffic of 553.3 million tonnes of cargo (+4.0%)
Ankara
Container traffic in Italy reached a new all-time high of 678,715 TEUs (+9.8%). Ship traffic through the Bosphorus Strait declined.
APM Terminals will take over the interim management of the Panamanian ports of Cristóbal and Balboa.
Panama
President Mulino urged Panama Ports Company to cooperate fully in view of this new phase
New crop of historic records harvested by Chinese ports
New crop of historic records harvested by Chinese ports
Beijing
In 2025, maritime ports handled 11.63 billion tons of goods (+3.7%)
PPC denounces the contradictory nature of the ruling by the Supreme Court of Justice of Panama with respect to the current legal framework
Balboa
The company does not exclude the possibility of resorting to national and international legal action
Lukoil signs agreement with US-based Carlyle to sell the Russian group's international assets
Fly
The transaction will need to be authorized by the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control.
Panama's Supreme Court of Justice declares the law on the concession contract with the Panama Ports Company unconstitutional.
Panama
Last year, PPC port terminals handled 3.9 million containers
Royal Caribbean Cruises has ordered two new cruise ships from Chantiers de l'Atlantique with options for four more
Royal Caribbean Cruises has ordered two new cruise ships from Chantiers de l'Atlantique with options for four more
Miami
New orders for ten new river vessels are planned. A record financial year.
CMA CGM establishes a joint venture with Stonepeak to which it will contribute ten container terminals
New York/Los Angeles
The American company will own 75% and 25% of the shares, respectively. It will invest 2.4 billion dollars.
German rail freight companies reject 37% increase in train path prices
Berlin
Die Güterbahnen urges the Minister of Transport to present the promised reform of the fare system
FS Logistix increases weekly rotations on the Duisburg-Milan railway line from six to ten
Milan
Two daily connections are made in each direction
In the fourth quarter of 2025, freight traffic in the port of Antwerp-Zeebrugge decreased by -4.9%.
Antwerp
For the whole year the decline was -4.1%
Valletta Cruise Port records record annual cruise traffic
London
In 2025, there were 963 thousand passengers (+2.3%)
Evergreen invests up to nearly $1.5 billion in the construction of 23 container ships
Taipei
Seven 5,900 TEU vessels have been ordered from Jiangsu New Yangzi Shipbuilding and 16 3,100 TEU vessels from CSSC Huangpu Wenchong Shipbuilding.
In 2025, Spanish ports handled a record container traffic of almost 19 million TEUs
Madrid
New historic highs also for conventional goods and passengers
First container transhipment operation in an Algerian port
First container transhipment operation in an Algerian port
Algiers
It happened on Sunday at the port of Djen Djen
Truckers from Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and North Macedonia block borders
Belgrade
Week-long protest against the EU's new entry/exit system
Resumption of attacks against ships in the Red Sea region threatened
Tehran
They would be implemented in response to an escalation of US and allied military actions in the region.
New annual record for maritime traffic in the Straits of Malacca and Singapore
New annual record for maritime traffic in the Straits of Malacca and Singapore
Port Klang
Last year, for the first time, over 100,000 ships passed through
New record of sailors abandoned by shipowners
London
In 2025, 6,223 crew members from 410 ships were abandoned
Two FMC commissioners call on the US government to take action against Canadian and Mexican ports
Washington
Enforcement of provision aimed at preventing freight carriers from evading the Harbor Maintenance Fee urged
A Livorno port pilot loses his life in a collision
Livorno
The dynamics of the accident are still under investigation.
Study on alternative marine fuels as potential marine pollutants and the effectiveness of response measures
Lisbon
It was commissioned by the European Maritime Safety Agency
The first in-person meeting of the international working group "Cruises & Port Cities" will take place in Taranto.
Taranto/La Spezia
Pisano (AdSP Liguria Orientale): the relationship between the city and the port is strategic, particularly in relation to cruise traffic
G20 merchandise trade trend to fluctuate in the fourth quarter of 2025
Paris
Trade in services is growing
Extension of incentives for rail freight shunting in ports
Rome
Paper (Fermerci): the sector, however, continues to suffer as demonstrated by the overall data for 2025
MPC Container Ships revenues decreased by -4.3% in 2025
Oslo
Net income was $236.4 million (-11.4%)
Saipem has been awarded a further offshore contract in Saudi Arabia
Milan
Order worth approximately 500 million dollars
The new offices of the Eastern Sicily Port Authority have been inaugurated in the port of Pozzallo.
Pozzallo
Contract worth approximately 750 thousand euros
Finmar appointed agent in Italy for United Global Ro-Ro
Genoa
Two services scheduled with stops at the port of Genoa
Contract awarded for the expansion of the San Cataldo Pier in the port of Bari
Bari
They will be carried out by the Rti Fincantieri Infrastructure Opere Marittime, Boskalis Italia, Zeta and e-Marine
The digital registry of maritime workers and the digital navigation booklet are law
Genoa
Article 11 of Legislative Decree 19/2026 establishes AGEMAR
DB Cargo plans to cut around 6,000 jobs
Berlin
Negotiations with employee representatives to begin soon
In 2025, containers transported by RCL's fleet increased by +8.8%
Bangkok
Revenues from this activity grew by +5.2%
Regarding Tardini's nomination as president of the Western Sicily Port Authority, Salvini and Schifani have (for now) buried the hatchet.
Palermo
Annual container traffic grows by 5.4% at HHLA port terminals
Hamburg
Record revenues expected at 1.76 billion euros (+9.9%)
Container traffic at the Port of New York is expected to grow by 2.3% in 2025.
New York
Significant increase in full containers for export
Politics and Assiterminal celebrate the extension of the port bonus
Rome/Genoa
Ferrari: understood the value of the planning behind the reformulation of the law
Container traffic at the port of Hong Kong decreased by -3.2% in January
Hong Kong
1.13 million TEUs were handled
Costamare secures $940 million in revenue from the charter of 12 container ships
Monk
CMA CGM has ordered six 1,700 TEU LNG containerships from Cochin Shipyard.
Marseille
By the end of the year, the number of Indian seafarers on board the French group's ships will rise to 1,500.
Cargo traffic at the port of Singapore grew by 13.0% last month.
Singapore
Containers amounted to 3,892,370 TEUs (+11.3%)
Filt Cgil, meeting on the importance of Article 17 of Law 84/94
Rome
It will be held tomorrow in Rome at the Frentani Congress Center
Britta Weber has been appointed as the new chief executive officer of the Hupac Group.
Noise
He is the current vice president of UPS Healthcare for Europe and Asia.
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Saipem to acquire mobile offshore drilling unit for $272.5 million
Milan
Agreement with Norwegian Deep Value Driller
The 59th edition of the San Giorgio Award will be held in Genoa on February 20th.
Genoa
The Targa San Giorgio will be awarded to Gian Enzo Duci
Filt Cgil appeals against Cartour's authorization to carry out lashing and unlashing operations.
Medlog inaugurates a logistics park at Dammam's King Abdulaziz Port
Geneva
It occupies an area of over 100 thousand square meters
Manageritalia and Assologistica sign the renewal of the Ccnl managers of the logistics
Rome
Monthly gross earnings increase at 750 Euros in three tranche
Subscribed a binding agreement for the acquisition of Qube by Macquarie Asset Management
Sydney
It was unanimously approved by the Australian logistic group Cda
Meyer Turku completed the design of a cruise ship to zero net emissions
Turku
The main fuel is biomethanol
Last year the turnover of Kalmar grew by +1%
Helsinki
Operating income, net profit and new orders in increase respective of +26%, +28% and +8%
Terminal Investment Limited puts hands on the Peruvian port of Pisco
Lima
Acquired the Portuario de Paracas Terminal
Assagenti urges a more constant and timely information on the progress of the work of the new dam of Genoa
Grimaldi has taken delivery of the Grande Michigan
Naples
It is the eighth Pure Car and Truck Carrier ammonia ready of the Neapolitan group
Meeting between the presidents of the Maritime Federation and Assoporti
Rome
Mario Mattioli and Roberto Petri addressed the main issues of the maritime cluster
Morocco's Marsa Maroc participates in the development of the port of Monrovia
Casablanca
Contract for the management of two docks and the construction of a multipurpose terminal
South Korea's Pan Ocean buys ten VLCCs from compatriot SK Shipping
Seoul
Transaction valued at approximately $668 million
Stefano Messina has been confirmed as president of Assarmatori
Rome
He will also lead the shipowners' association in the four-year period 2026-2030
Roberto Mantovanelli has been appointed Secretary General of the Northern Adriatic Port Authority.
Venice
The 2026-2028 Three-Year Operational Plan for the Ports of Venice and Chioggia has been approved.
In 2025, Albanian ports handled a record traffic of 8.2 million tons of goods (+6.2%)
Tirana
A new peak in passengers also amounted to 1.7 million units (+6.4%)
WASS (Fincantieri) has been awarded a contract by Saudi Arabia for the supply of lightweight torpedoes
Trieste
The order is worth more than 200 million euros
Oxin (Somec) awarded a major order for the construction of kitchen, pantry, catering and bar areas for two cruise ships
San Vendemiano
The value of the order is 53 million euros
Sogedim launches a daily service between Carpi and Campogalliano/England
Carpi
Daily shuttle departing from the logistics hubs of Campogalliano, Carpi and Prato
Danaos Corporation reports record quarterly and annual revenue.
Athens
Profits are falling
CPPIB and OMERS are considering selling their 67% stake in Associated British Ports.
London
Maersk orders eight 18,600 TEU dual-fuel containerships
Copenhagen
Built by New Times Shipbuilding Co., they will be delivered between 2029 and 2030.
PaxOcean opens new shipyard in Singapore
Singapore
It occupies an area of 17.3 hectares
The largest container ship ever arrived in the port of Trieste
Trieste
Port of call of the "MSC Diana" which has a capacity of approximately 19,000 TEUs
Antin Infrastructure Partners acquires U.S. shipbuilder Vigor Marine Group
New York
It has shipyards in Seattle, Portland, Vancouver, San Diego and Norfolk
In 2025, Moroccan ports handled a record traffic of 262.6 million tons of goods (+8.9%)
Rabat
Transhipment equal to 50.5% of the total
Yang Ming deploys first of five 15,500 TEU dual-fuel LNG vessels on Asia-Mediterranean route
Keelung
It will be used in the MD2 service
Study highlights challenges for LNG containerships in complying with future cold ironing connection requirements
Berlin/Hamburg
Fincantieri and Wsense reach agreement to offer cutting-edge underwater systems
Trieste
Co-development of advanced wireless technology solutions planned
Study finds high levels of persistent organic pollutants caused by shipbreaking activities
Brussels
Port of Livorno: tender for ship-generated waste management begins
Livorno
The expected value of the contract is over 40 million euros
DSV revenue and profits impacted by Schenker acquisition
Copenhagen
In 2025, turnover grew by +48.0%
Wärtsilä reports significant growth in quarterly and annual results for the Marine segment
Helsinki
The Finnish group's new orders acquired in 2025 remain stable.
Dutch company Portwise has been bought by its compatriot Haskoning
Rijswijk
The company offers solutions for optimizing terminal operations through automation and electrification
Construction of the first of six container ships for Italia Marittima has begun in China.
Trieste
The ships, which will be able to use traditional fuel and methanol, will have a capacity of 2,400 TEUs
In the Strait of Hormuz, armed vessels ordered a US tanker to stop
Southampton/London
GTS announces new rail services between the port of Genoa and central and southern Italy.
Bari
Connections via the Segrate Milan terminal
Kuehne+Nagel expands CargoCity South at Frankfurt Airport
Schindellegi
A new facility will be completed and taken over at the end of 2028
The number of dual-fuel vessels employed by liner shipping lines is set to double by 2025
Washington
Currently, 74% of the order book consists of units of this type
AD Ports signs agreement to build and operate multipurpose terminal at Matadi Port
Abu Dhabi/Kinshasa
Relaunch of the Banana Deepwater Port Construction Project
Confitarma: The Revenue Agency's position risks having serious repercussions on Italian seafarers' employment.
Rome
Bucchioni appointed pro tempore president of the Association of Freight Forwarders of the Port of La Spezia
La Spezia
The tender for the development of the shipbuilding hub in the port of Ancona has begun.
Ancona
The AdSP Management Committee has approved the call for tenders
ONE's quarterly financial performance declines further
Singapore
The volume of containerized cargo transported by the fleet remains stable
Laura DiBella's nomination for FMC presidency has been signed.
Washington
His term will expire on June 30, 2028.
Port of Singapore saw record bunker deliveries in 2025
Singapore
PSA-MOL joint venture to manage a new ro-ro terminal
The port of Taranto was visited by a delegation from the Japanese FLOWRA
Taranto
The association brings together 21 of the main Japanese energy players
ABB's new orders in a quarter exceed $10 billion for the first time.
Zurich
Growing demand in the maritime, port and railway sectors
In the United States, MSC was fined a total of $22.67 million
Washington
The Federal Maritime Commission has released the results of an investigation
Signal Ocean has acquired AXSMarine
Paris/London
The company offers web platforms to support the ship charter sector
CSC Vespucci and Livorno Reefer will form a single platform dedicated to fruit and vegetable and exotic products in the port of Livorno
Livorno
Livorno Reefer to acquire stake in CSC
Stena RoRo has placed an order for two ro-ro vessels in China with options for four more.
Gothenburg
They were designed in cooperation with the Italian Naos
Shanghai Zhonggu Logistics Co. to Order Four New 6,000-TEU Containerships
Shanghai
The order will include options for two additional vessels
UPS revenues decreased by 2.6% in 2025
In the last quarter alone, a decrease of -3.2% was recorded
ICS has published its periodic analysis of flag state performance
London
Michail Stahlhut will step down as CEO of Hupac in May
Noise
Bertschi: Under his leadership, the company's position as a leading provider of combined road/rail transport in Europe has been strengthened.
Members of the Ravenna Marine Resource Partnership Body have been appointed.
Ravenna
It will meet for the first time on February 4th and will remain in office for four years
Messina (Assarmatori): MIT's decree on cold ironing is a good thing.
Rome
This is a fundamental step - he underlined - to ensure that the electrification of the platforms is actually usable.
Contship has joined the Digital Container Shipping Association's DCSA+ program.
Melzo
Among the goals, improving the efficiency of terminal operations, the accuracy of planning and collaboration with shipping companies.
The Argentine Port Workers' Federation threatens a strike at national ports.
The Silver
Action in support of workers at the port of Concepción del Uruguay
In 2025, freight traffic in the port of Taranto grew by +0.8%
Taranto
In the last quarter alone, a decrease of -22.6% was recorded
Last year, container traffic in the port of Valencia grew by +3.4%
Valencia
5,662,661 TEUs were handled
Fincantieri wins Italian Navy contract to enhance naval vessels' cyber resilience
New facility in Charleston for the production and testing of marine power and propulsion systems
Arlington
It was inaugurated by Leonardo DRS, a subsidiary of the Italian Leonardo
Project to strengthen maritime and port cybersecurity
Brest/Brussels/Rome
The partners are France Cyber Maritime, FEPORT and the Federation of the Sea
Container traffic at the Port of Los Angeles fell by 10.6% in the last quarter of 2025.
Los Angeles
A decrease of -0.6% was recorded for the whole year
In the first six months of operation InnoWay Trieste produced 170 railway wagons
Trieste
The construction of 600 units is planned in Bagnoli della Rosandra in 2026
Ferretti rejects KKCG Maritime's partial and conditional voluntary takeover bid.
Milan
Strong confidence in the company's long-term strategy reaffirmed
Haropa Port sets new container traffic record
Le Havre
Last year, overall freight traffic increased by +2%
Decio Lucano, the dean of shipping journalists, has passed away.
Genoa
His paper adventures are countless, including "Vita e Mare" and "TMM", but also digital with "DL News"
Marsa Maroc orders 106 electric terminal tractors from Terberg
Benschop
They will be employed in the port of Nador West Med
Contargo acquires 50% of Cargo-Center-Graz Logistik
Mannheim
The German company extends its intermodal network to the Adriatic ports of Koper and Rijeka.
A single binding offer from Dubai for the purchase of the Venice Ro-Port Mos
Venice
The company manages the terminal for the motorways of the sea and cruises in Fusina
The Port of Long Beach handled record container traffic in 2025
Long Beach
In the last quarter, a decrease of -8.8% was recorded
HMM to introduce AI-based autonomous navigation solutions on 40 vessels
Seoul
Contract with Avikus and agreement with KSOE
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
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MEETINGS
Filt Cgil, meeting on the importance of Article 17 of Law 84/94
Rome
It will be held tomorrow in Rome at the Frentani Congress Center
A conference on congestion in the North West logistics system will be held in Genoa on January 19th.
Genoa
It will be held at the Transparency Hall of the Liguria Region
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Auction of megaterminal in Santos may be postponed due to deadlock within the Federal Government
(A Tribuna)
East Port Said Port faces a new challenge with Europe's carbon rules for shipping
(EnterpriseAM)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Intervento del presidente Tomaso Cognolato
Roma, 19 giugno 2025
››› File
Two new rail connections to Germany from the Padua Interport
Padua
They are operated by InRail and LTE Italia
Intersea has become the general agent in Italy for the Portuguese GS Lines
Genoa
The shipping company is part of Grupo Sousa
MSC and Qatari company Maha to develop and manage the Libyan port of Misurata
Paris/Misurata
An investment of 1.5 billion dollars is expected
F2i has been awarded the concession for the Lavagna tourist port
Milan
The concession contract will have a duration of 50 years
Eni launches the hull of the Coral North FLNG
Geoje/San Donato Milanese
It will be used offshore Cabo Delgado, north of Mozambique.
Laghezza has acquired a logistics warehouse in Sarzana
La Spezia
The aim is to establish a local hub for local production activities.
The Red Sea Container Terminal at the Egyptian port of Sokhna has been inaugurated.
Sokhna
It is operated by a joint venture of Hutchison Ports, COSCO and CMA Terminals
The GNV Altair ferry has joined the GNV fleet
Genoa
It has a capacity of 2,700 passengers and 915 linear metres of rolling stock.
Ignazio Messina & C. has acquired full control of Thermocar
Genoa
The Genoese company operates in the temperature-controlled refrigerated container logistics sector.
Maersk confirms resumption of MECL transits through the Suez Canal
Copenhagen
The line connects India and the Middle East with the US East Coast
Genco's board of directors rejected Diana Shipping's acquisition proposal.
New York/Athens
The American company, however, leaves a glimmer of hope by admitting the validity of the merger
MSC will include the port of Trieste in the Dragon Italy-USA service
Geneva
The Julian port will be reached starting from the second half of February
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