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BRIEFS
August 20, 2018
Sched Netweb site
  • Asia-Europe rate falls 2.1pc to US$928/TEU, increases by 0.9pc to USWC
  • SITC first half profit rises 7pc to US$91.8 million as revenue rises 7.3pc
  • DP World first half net profit slips 2.1pc, but revenues increase 14.4pc
  • China files WTO complaint over solar panels, says US distorts markets
  • Regional Container Line suffers US$1.3 million loss as revenues rise 2.8pc
  • India's shipping secretary favours opening sector to spur tonnage growth
  • US turns to blockchain to authenticate NAFTA and CAFTA certificates
  • South Korea seeks to form railway community like coal deal that set up EU
  • Greencarrier opens online shop to compare options and book shipments
  • US grocery giant Kroger to sell in China through Alibaba online market
  • Taiwan's Dimerco in JV with Logicentrix to enhance expansion in India
  • Cathay-Dragonair July cargo up 2.9pc with transshipments leading gains
  • Turkish Cargo flies 5 endangered rhinos from Johannesburg to Shanghai
  • London Stansted experiences 4.5pc increase in air cargo traffic in July

Exim Indiaweb site
AUGUST 19, 2018
  • A.P. Moller - Maersk A/S delivers revenue growth in challenged market
  • NYK to participate in demonstration project to remotely operate a ship
  • Exports up in dollar & rupee terms in July
  • July exports again up double-digits, but rate of growth continues to recede: FIEO President
  • Cargo movement at JN Port seriously affected due to traffic police directive, says trade
  • DP World announces strong financial results for H1
  • Employees of Cochin Port to contribute a day's salary to Chief Minister's Relief Fund
  • JNPT celebrates 72nd Independence Day with great enthusiasm
  • Kakinada port opens up for Cape vessels
  • Air & ocean freight rates seen facing downward pressure in US
  • FFFAI to organise Young Logistics Programme on Sept. 24 in New Delhi
  • Gati's consolidated revenue from operations up in Q1
  • Economy on growth path, shows survey
  • Export Promotion Councils should work for the promotion of GI products: Suresh Prabhu
  • The infrastructure legacy of Atal Behari Vajpayee

International Transport Journalweb site
  • Prospects are good
  • 25 new tractors for Steden
  • Breaking ground for new parcel sorting centre
  • Air Niugini Cargo appoints GSA in Australia
  • Safer and easier daily trips for HGVs
  • Combi Lift hires new MD
  • TX Logistics reinforces HR
  • Converter not to be installed in port area
  • Universal Logistics acquires Southern Counties Express
  • First semester in line for port of Trieste
  • Secondary rail examination station opens in Lardo
  • «Curiosity of the day»
  • ZF Friedrichshafen and Transco step up cooperation
  • Manston's reopening plans overcome next hurdle
  • Yang Ming - newbuilds on order and boxes for sale
  • New MD for Delta Air Lines Cargo
  • Gateway Basel Nord: permit for link to Germany
  • Emirates ups Toronto frequency

IHS Maritimeweb site
AUGUST 17, 2018
  • Maersk warns of US tariffs impact on US-China volumes
  • Scandinavian shipowners upbeat on dry bulk market
  • Port berth sensors aim to optimise cargo loading
  • APM to demerge Maersk Drilling next year with separate listing
  • KOGAS to spend USD10 billion to encourage LNG consumption
  • SITC posts 7% rise in first half amid higher revenue per teu
  • EMAS Offshore faces Oslo delisting again
  • Celsius Shipping moves into LNG with orders at Samsung HI
  • Sinokor-Heung-A merged container entity receives Seoul's financial backing

The Loadstarweb site
AUGUST 17, 2018
  • The worst is over claim box carriers that see signs of a profit in Q3
  • Charter brokers propelled to lofty heights by tight capacity and strong demand
  • Maersk 'back in control of costs' after poor first half and vows to 'improve results'
  • Hapag-Lloyd boosts reefer fleet with 11,100 new boxes
  • Indonesian pharma sector gets a boost as new DGF cold storage facility opens

Marine Logweb site
AUGUST 17, 2018
  • Software update simplifies compliance with Common Structural Rules
  • Allweiler launches new compact centrifugal pumps
  • Kenya Ports Authority takes delivery of RAstar 3200 tug

Lloyd's Listweb site
AUGUST 17, 2018
  • The Interview: Ian Beveridge
    As head of Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement since the start of this year, Ian Beveridge has been keen to strike a...
  • SMM briefing to tackle whether there's more to efficiency than technology
    Building on discussions in Singapore, Houston, and Piraeus, Lloyd's List brings the successful Three Elements series to Hamburg, the centre...
  • Genoa terminals unaffected by bridge collapse
    The Italian Federation of Shipping Agents says Genoa's terminals are operating at 100%
  • Greek experience points to likely greater scale of bad bunker cases
    Cases among Greek owners hit 120, say industry sources
  • The Lloyd's List Podcast: Bad bunkers
    Listen to the latest edition of Lloyd's List's weekly podcast - your weekly briefing on the stories shaping shipping in...
  • Lloyd Fonds set for industry exit
    Hamburg outfit still associated with fleet of 24 vessels, with many more managed
  • Container shipping's hunger games
    Box lines can't blame bunker costs alone
  • Maersk focuses on capacity management to curb costs
    Line will close unprofitable trades in an effort make its network more efficient
  • Hapag-Lloyd expands East African presence
    Hapag-Lloyd's revised East Africa loop will launch from September
  • J. Lauritzen sees strength in dry bulk markets
    Update: Chief executive of Danish shipping company says he does not rule out an initial public offering down the line
  • Golden Ocean takes scrubbers as profits rise
    Chief executive says the market continues to strengthen, especially for capesizes, the sector in which it is most exposed
  • Feeder market ripe for consolidation
    Overcapacity and slim margins could see M&A activity or business failures after 2020
  • Daily Briefing
    Bad bunkers are booming | Greeks are buying | Turks are scrapping | And Chinese are exporting, despite the best...
  • Maersk to seek separate listing for drilling unit
    Second quarter profit slumps on higher fuel costs
  • Samsung Heavy banks $370m LNG newbuilds from Celsius
    Contract also includes an option for two more vessels, while delivery is scheduled at the end of 2020

The Journal of Commerceweb site
AUGUST 17, 2018
  • Peak season scramble for US-Asia slots intensifies
  • US importers from Mexico ramp up ocean routing to avoid land border
  • Penske joins global effort to charge e-trucks
  • JNPT's direct port delivery still not benefitting new 3PLs
  • Center's projects test sharing of European port data
  • APMT Terrminals volume jumps on Hamburg Sud's new business
  • Damco posts strong revenue growth on volume, new customers
  • Maersk ekes out profit, expects higher rates through 2018

TradeWindsweb site
AUGUST 17, 2018
  • HSH Nordbank tips equity stake in Danaos
    Holding of more than 20% is the result of debt-for-equity swap hammered out in June.
  • Frontline leads the way as Fearnley sparks tanker share rally
    Crude tanker peer group on the up following forecasts for the next super-cycle.
  • Post-panamax sale shows firming price trend
    A sale of a post-panamax bulker owned by a Japanese company has provided a positive new price level for such tonnage, brokers say. Reports suggest the 98,700-dwt Ten Jin Maru (uilt 2011) has been sold at a price of $21.5m. Bocimar post-panamax bulker fetches firm price Sources tell TradeWinds some believe the price for the ship could be even higher, however, a buyer has yet to be confirmed. Ve
  • Fearnley Securities buys into new crude tanker 'super-cycle'
    Upgrade for a sector set to turn comes alongside buy ratings for International Seaways and Okeanis Eco Tankers.
  • Global Ports Holding narrows half-year loss
    The Turkey-based cruise port operator sees 'record' revenue but is hit with $16m cost tied to port operation rights.
  • Skou keeping a lid on spending at Maersk and retains a dislike for scrubbers
    Newbuildings still off the menu for Maersk Line but a few scrubbers could be ordered.
  • Western Bulk swings back to profit
    Oslo bulker operator sees higher revenue for the first six months of 2018 amid higher volumes and longer sailing distances.
  • AP Moller-Maersk swings cost axe in 'unsatisfactory quarter'
    Danish giant looks for a better second half despite what analysts believe was a relatively good second quarter.
  • Golden Ocean to install scrubbers on 16 capesize bulkers
    Bulker owner has option to outfit 25 vessels with the IMO 2020-compliant technology.
  • EMAS Offshore anchor-handler arrested in Singapore
    Singaporean shipyard says bills for repair work carried out on the Lewek Penguin are overdue.
  • AP Moller-Maersk reveals listing plan for Maersk Drilling
    Listing in Copenhagen planned for next year as strategy to change conglomerate into the FedEx of container logistics takes another step.
  • Team Tankers books net profit in second quarter
    Laurin and Anglo-Atlantic Steamship acquisitions boost revenue at Hans Feringa-led shipowner.
  • Celsius Tankers enters LNG sphere with Samsung orders
    Danish shipowner's vessels will come scrubber and ballast water treatment system ready.
  • Oslo Bors looks to delist EMAS at second attempt
    Singapore offshore vessel operator given three weeks to appeal latest decision.
  • Noble: EuroDry off to good start as a pure play
    Bulker owner's healthy finances should widen investor appeal, says analyst.

American Shipperweb site
AUGUST 17, 2018
  • Oakland foresees 'cargo-handling campus'
    The Port of Oakland said Friday that CenterPoint Properties is expected to begin site preparation in October for a building at the port ' s Seaport Logistics Complex on a 27-acre parcel CenterPoint is leasing from the port.
  • DP World's first-half profits slip
    DP World saw its profits attributable to owners of the company slip 2.1 percent in the first half of 2018 to $593 million, according to the Dubai-based container terminal operator's most recent financial statements.
  • CBP prioritizes modernization wish list
    As U.S. Customs and Border Protection works toward promoting introduction of successor legislation to the Customs Modernization Act of 1993, the agency sees several major areas necessary to prioritize for modernizing its trade enforcement functions, CBP Executive Assistant Commissioner for Trade Brenda Smith said Tuesday during the agency's 2018 Trade Symposium in Atlanta.
  • Law would lower minimum age for CDL
    New legislation was introduced in the Senate Thursday to lower the age for operating a commercial motor vehicle across state lines from 21 to 18.
  • Maersk revenue boosted by Hamburg-Süd
    A.P. Møller - Maersk, the parent of Maersk Line and APM Terminals, said Friday that it had revenue of $9.5 billion in the second quarter of 2018, up 24 percent from the revenue of $7.7 billion reported in the same 2017 period. The increase was largely as a result of its acquisition last December of Hamburg-Süd.
  • Cargomatic picks up $35 million
    Cargomatic, a Los Angeles-based freight-matching technology firm, has garnered $35 million in a Series B funding round, led by private equity firm Warburg Pincus.
  • Charges filed for counterfeit smuggling
    A federal court in Brooklyn, N.Y. on Thursday charged 22 individuals who were allegedly part of a multimillion dollar operation to illegally smuggle Chinese-made counterfeit luxury goods into the United States.
  • Turkey's trade practices under review
    In connection with the Trump administration's ongoing Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) country practice review of Turkey, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative is collecting comments through Sept. 12, and the interagency

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
AUGUST 17, 2018
  • Crude futures settle higher on possible threats to supply
  • Royal Vopak to upgrade Rotterdam terminal for 0.5% sulfur fuel oil
    Dutch tank-storage company Royal Vopak will upgrade its Europoort facility in Rotterdam to support 0.5% sulfur fuel oil bunkering
  • Gibraltar bunker fuel at premium to Algeciras for 1st time in 2 years
    Delivered 380 CST bunker fuel at the port of Gibraltar flipped to a premium over Algeciras for the first time in two years
  • External: Praxis Energy Agents DMCC
  • China sends first LR-size gasoil cargo to South Africa
    The shipment comprised 30,000 mt of 10 ppm sulfur gasoil from Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical.
  • Seoul concerned about condensate supplies amid looming Iran sanctions
    "We are hopeful about winning a sanctions waiver as South Korea has been sharply reducing Iranian crude imports," a MOTE official said.
  • European demand for RMK 500 CST bunker fuel weakens as market looks for RMG
    "The market is long high density and hardly any arbitrage for [high] density at the moment," a fuel oil trader said.
  • External: Marine Bunkering(Rotterdam)B.V.
  • Dutch Royal Vopak to upgrade Rotterdam terminal for 0.5% sulfur fuel oil bunkering
    Dutch tank-storage company Royal Vopak to upgrade its Europoort terminal in Rotterdam to support 0.5% sulfur fuel oil bunkering
  • Sweden's Concordia Maritime fails to meet bunker savings target; optimistic for H2
    Increased demand for tanker transport and moderate fleet growth point to upturn
  • Scrubbers use fraught with hurdles despite commercial attractiveness: Drewry
    Owners opting for scrubber-fitted vessels in 2020 would recover their cost in the first year alone but HSFO availability might be limited
  • FUTURES: Crude stable as focus returns to trade, geopolitics
    "The closer we get to the November deadline, the tougher the administration's conversations will be with the biggest holdout importers of Iranian oil," Rosenberg said.
  • First Oman partials traded on Platts MOC since 2016
    "The market is a bit shocked to see three Oman partials traded on Platts Window today," said a crude oil trader dealing in Middle Eastern grades.
  • Suezmax loaded with Ekofisk crude makes rare move to South America: cFlow
    The Zenith Spirit and loaded Ekofisk parcels C12287 and C12290 in July at UK's Teesside terminal.
  • Danish tanker group Torm adds to fleet installation of scrubbers
    Torm would install scrubbers on 13 new-build vessels, with the payback period estimated at two to three years.

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FROM THE HOME PAGE
Signed the act for the rebalancing of the concession in chief of Venice Terminal Passengers
Venice
Spain : The aim is to "create a new normal", which is aimed strongly at an upper-middle customer segment, with the aim of creating a pole for luxury cruises in Venice, " he said.
In October, freight traffic in the ports of Genoa and Savona-Ligure
Genoa
Recorded increases of 2.5% and 21.9%, respectively. It continues the downturn of cruises in both scallops
Fincantieri has delivered the new cruise ship Viking Vela to Viking
Trieste / Los Angeles
Can accommodate 998 passengers
The government of Montenegro wants to bring the port of Adria back under state control
The government of Montenegro wants to bring the port of Adria back under state control
Podgorica
Will evaluate the possible acquisition of the majority stake in the Turkish Global Ports Holding
China's seaports handled record cargo traffic for October
China's seaports handled record cargo traffic for October
Beijing
Containers amounted to over 24.4 million TEU (+6.2%)
Stable the traffic of goods in the port of La Spezia in the period of July-September
Stable the traffic of goods in the port of La Spezia in the period of July-September
The Spezia
Marina di Carrara has been recorded a decrease of -15.6%
At Spezia they don't want a president of the AdSP "parachuted"
The Spezia
They ask for a president "plug & play" able to deal with the problems right away
Defined the location in the port of Gioia Tauro of the construction site for the bridge over the Strait of Messina
Joy Tauro
The OYAK and OIA funds will invest in the Turkish port of Iskenderun
The OYAK and OIA funds will invest in the Turkish port of Iskenderun
Ankara
Expected the realization of a terminal container
T&E calls for EU measures to limit ship speed and greater use of wind propulsion
Brussels
Summary complaint of the organization on the progress made by the shipping industry for decarbonisation
To extend the customs corridor to goods in export and on transhipment in the port of Spezia
The Spezia
He was speaking at a meeting between the AdSP and the Customs Agency.
After Maersk, Hapag-Lloyd also initiates an agreement with Chinese Goldwind for supplies of green methanol
Messina (Assshipowners) : yes to the environmentalist push, but the timing and the ways are wrong
Rome
Local, often untimely, local norms have the only effect of moving traffics out of the Old Continent.
Port of Ravenna, final visit of the EU representative to the project "Ravenna Port Hub : Infrastructural Works"
Ravenna
The European contribution has been more than 30 million euros.
In 2023, the performance of road and rail transport services fell in Switzerland.
Neuchâtel
Modal shares remained unchanged
New intermodal service Melzo-Marcianise of Hannibal
Melzo
Two weekly rotations that from the first quarter will rise to three
PSA and Evergreen to jointly operate container terminal in Singapore
PSA and Evergreen to jointly operate container terminal in Singapore
Singapore
The new company will become operational by the end of 2024
In the third quarter economic growth of trade in goods and services of G20
In the third quarter economic growth of trade in goods and services of G20
Paris
Down the value of goods to and from China
Omanita group Asyad will manage the port of al-Suwayq for 40 years
Muscat
The expansion of the stairway and the construction of a quay
The Companies inform
Accelleron initiates partnership with Geislinger to expand service business in the Mediterranean region
Memorandum of Understanding for the creation of an intermodal terminal in Budapest
Astana
A delegation of the Kazakh KTZ Express to the port of Rijeka
The BIMCO has adopted the FuelEU Maritime Clause
Copenhagen
The European regulation will enter into force next January.
Kenon Holdings (Idan Ofer) announces the next exit from the capital of ZIM
Singapore
Currently owns 19.8 million shares
NIM and EH Group will develop hydrogen fuel cell technologies for shipping
In the third quarter of 2024 the traffic of goods in the port of Tanger Med increased by 11%
Anjra
In the first nine months of the year, growth was 12% percent.
Project of the ovadese Vezzani to set up a terminal for the automotive in Porto Marghera
Venice
Filed for the release of a demanial concession for the quay ex Sirma
In the third quarter the port of Koper has handled 287,410 containers (+ 11.8%)
Koper
In the first nine months of 2024, it was 835,506 (+ 2.9%)
The Zephyr Group snaps up Singaporean Twinco and Germany's Carl Baguhn
The Spezia
The two companies operate in the area of spare parts and components for diesel and gas engines
Rixi, without the ETS review, European maritime fleets will continue to suffer a competitive disadvantage
Rome
According to the deputy minister, it is necessary to intervene at the root of the problem
PSA Italy continues in purchase of equipment for Marghera terminal
Genoa
Committed total value of 8.5 million euros for three rubber-tyred gantry crane electric
Corsica Sardinia Ferries in search of navigating personnel
Go Ligure
The wanted profiles are different, for machine areas, room and kitchen
Agreement for the digital integration of the FS and AdSP Polo Logistics systems of the Western Liguria
Genoa
New Oriental Mediterranean Service-Adriatic via Malta of CMA CGM
Marseille
Will have a weekly frequency
Brussels to give state aid for 1.9 billion euros to German railway company DB Cargo
Brussels
Renewed the Governing Council of Wista Italy
Milan
Constancy Musso confirmed president
Maersk completes orders to three shipyards for 20 new container ships
Copenhagen
In Yangzijiang Shipbuilding committed for six 17,000 teu ships and two from 9,000 teu. At Hanwha Ocean and New Times Shipbuilding ordered six units from 15,000 teu each
Biagio Mazzotta assumes the post of Vice-President of the Federation of the Sea
Rome
President of Assonave will be running for vice president of ENMC
ESPO calls on the new EU Commission to maintain and strengthen the CEF programme
Brussels
The exhortation is also to better adapt it to the needs of ports and their stakeholders
The agreement on training between the AdSP of the Tirreno Centre Northern, the ITS Academy, " G. Caboto " and the European Escola
Cyvitavecchia
Consultation on the extension of the UK ETS to the maritime sector
London
Shipping would be included since 2026
MSC completes acquisition of a minority stake in HHLA
Hamburg
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
ONE acquires a stake in Jakarta's NPCT1 terminal container
Singapore
It has a traffic capacity of 1.5 million teu per year
Transped orders a mobile crane Konecranes Gottwald for its Porto Marghera terminal
Helsinki
It will be taken in delivery in the second quarter of next year
Dutch Raben Group and Swiss elvetica Sieber Transport make up a joint venture
Oss / Berneck
It will detect the Swiss company's groupage transport activity
Dachser & Fercam Italia has opened a new branch in Arezzo
Bolzano
Three thousand square meters of operational surface area and 400 of offices
Fincantieri initiates agreement with SIMEST for the growth of watermark businesses
Milan / Trieste
Conference for the 30 th birthday of WISTA Italy
Genoa
It will be held tomorrow at Palazzo San Giorgio in Genoa
Approved the Plan of the Organic Ports of Sardinia
Cagliari
There are 938 workers in the 36 enterprises operating in the scallots
Saipem has awarded an EPCI offshore contract from BP in Indonesia
Milan
Container ship charterer MPCC's revenues fell by -28% in the third quarter
Oslo
Fermerci reports delays and cuts to incentives for rail freight transport
Rome
Paper: Real risk of losing 115 million euros
In the third quarter, traffic in shipping containers of Moroccan Marsa Maroc increased by 5% percent.
Casablanca
Exhaustion of the growth of transshipment volumes
At Samsung Heavy Industries orders for the construction of four 16,000-teu container carriers
Busan
Commits the value of about 781 million
Eni-MSC agreement in the field of sustainability and energy transition
San Donato Milanese
It was subscribed by Claudio Descalzi and Diego Aponte
The Grimaldi terminal in the port of Barcelona has been equipped with Onshore Power Supply
Barcelona
It will become operational in January
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 for the 30 th birthday of WISTA Italy
Genoa
It will be held tomorrow at Palazzo San Giorgio in Genoa
Conference of the CNEL on the Sustainability of Maritime Transport
Rome
It will be held on November 27 in Rome
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
North Korean tankers transport over one million barrels of oil from Russia
(NK News)
Sudan govt scraps $6bn Red Sea port deal with UAE
(The North Africa Post)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Relazione del presidente Nicola Zaccheo
Roma, 18 settembre 2024
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South Korea's HJSC adjusts a salesperson for four new 7,900-teu container ships
Busan
Rolf Westfal-Larsen Jr. has been elected president of Intertanko
London
Undergoes to Paolo d' Amico
COSCO and SIPG will acquire 10% each of the capital of SAIC Anji Logistics
Shanghai
They will participate in the capital increase of the logistics company of SAIC Motor
AD Ports continues in its investment campaign in Egypt
Cairo / Abu Dhabi
Agreement to realize an industrial area of 20 square kilometers in East Port Said
Dimitri Serafimoff has been elected as the new president of CLECAT
Dimitri Serafimoff has been elected as the new president of CLECAT
Brussels
He will also retain the presidency of the CLECAT Customs Institute
Ok of the Rovigo Tribunal to the Restructuring Plan of Shipbuilding Victory plan
Adria
On the completion of the sale of the company to CNV Srl
Port of Ancona, in 2023, underlines the AdSP-container traffic grew by 5%
Ancona
The Port Authority disputes the data released by the Fedespedi Studies Center
Mr vard will build five support ships in the offshore industry.
Trieste
Designed to accommodate up to 190 people, they will be carried out in Vietnam
Alpe Adria activates new rail service between the port of Trieste and the Malpensa Intermodal terminal in Sacconago
Trieste
Euroseas order in China the construction of two 4,300-teu feeder container
Athens
Quarterly revenue from rentals inj growth of 5.8%
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