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March 5, 2019
Sched Netweb site
  • Zim invests in Israeli start-up Ladingo's container-sharing platform
  • Huawei CFO extradition could harm Canada-China business relationship
  • US protectionist measures backfire with deteriorating container imbalance
  • WTO says UK can rejoin US$1.7 trillion procurement plan post Brexit
  • PAME publishes database for shipping in the Arctic
  • NTSB recovers flight data recorder from crashed Amazon-Atlas carrier
  • Australia's airlifted fresh produce faces stricter inspections
  • LATAM Cargo starts Chicago-Campinas, Brazil pharma service
  • Egyptair Cargo starts Cologne Bonn Airport to Johannesburg flights

Exim Indiaweb site
MARCH 4, 2019
  • APL's CMS to call at Ningbo instead of Shanghai
  • APM Terminals' new Moín reefer hubconnects Costa Rica with Europe & Asia
  • Florence Logistics celebrating 10 years of success
  • Höegh Autoliners transports record-breaking heavy unit from India
  • Maersk introduces Value Protect, an extended liability solution
  • Rodolphe Saadé accelerates the transformation of the CMA CGM Group with strategic move in logistics
  • Shell joins Europe's first advanced waste-to-chemicals facility in Rotterdam
  • Wan Hai Lines announces fixed-day direct service between China & Cochin
  • ZIM makes strategic investment in technology enabler
  • APM Terminals Pipavav wins Gujarat State CSR Award
  • Chipolbrok vessel handles windmill blades & heavy packages at Deendayal Port
  • DPT wins award at Bluecon 2019 Conclave
  • Hapag-Lloyd marks 50th anniversary of Dangerous Goods department
  • Port NOLA to host Journal of Commerce Breakbulk & Project Cargo Conference in New Orleans
  • Special Secretary (Logistics) interacts with key officials & stakeholders of JN Port
  • V. O. Chidambaranar Port Trust plans to develop two container terminals
  • Airfreight giant Skyways Group making waves in the ocean through Forin Container Line
  • Conference room inaugurated in Mundra for Customs & trade
  • India-Korea Startup Hub launched

International Transport Journalweb site
  • Forwarder cuts C02 emissions by 95% with LNG trucks
  • Change at DFDS's head
  • Astre Península Ibérica on an expansion course
  • Highly specialised chemical tankers join fleet
  • Globe Air Cargo Argentina becomes Azul GSSA
  • Shipserver's e-procurement platform on the move
  • Bita appoints Dale Chrystie as its first chair
  • IDS benefits from private customers
  • More dragons and griffins for the locomotive fleet
  • Restrictions on radioactive shipments to and from Belgium
  • New bulk giant for K Line
  • Knut Kokkeling takes charge at Cuxhaven
  • New logistics platform for cocoa butter
  • New hub and new rail connections
  • Highs and lows for RCL in 2018
  • UPS links Hong Kong and Cologne with B747-8F

The Loadstarweb site
MARCH 4, 2019
  • Asia-Europe carriers must 'think outside the box' to counter impact of new tonnage
  • Air freight in the UK succeeds 'in spite of government policy, not because of it'
  • Japanese forwarders the big winners in the air freight stakes last year
  • CMA CGM unveils billion-dollar cost-cutting plan as profits tumble
  • Analysis: CMA CGM trading update steals the limelight from Maersk & Hapag
  • CH Robinson acquires Madrid forwarder Space Cargo Group
  • Xpediator appoints Jonathan Wright chief operating officer to drive expansion
  • US and China near a deal to end most US tariffs
  • APM Terminals invests in 31% boost to reefer fleet in Barcelona
  • Supply chain radar: Is DSV + Panalpina happening or not? You are on the losing side either way

Marine Logweb site
MARCH 4, 2019
  • HII names Aguayo GM of San Diego Shipyard
    Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) has named Carlos Aguayo general manager of its San Diego shipyard. He will replace Daniel Flood, who is retiring after 40 years in the ship repair and
  • White paper calls for transparency on IMO 2020 fuel surcharges
    Seabury Maritime LLC is warning that ocean carriers must be transparent with shippers on how they calculate fuel surcharges. It says that ocean carriers and shippers alike are facing "an uncomfortable uncertainty"
  • Passenger-only cat joins San Francisco Bay ferry fleet
    The San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA) today welcomed Pyxis, a new 445-passenger ferry, into the San Francisco Bay Ferry fleet. Pyxis is the first new vessel added to
  • ABB launches new DC drive series
    ABB has launched a new series of DC variable speed drives (VSDs) that allow users with a large installed base to get better performance from their existing systems. With the new DCS880
  • Inmarsat launches a new service for crew
    Satcom services provider Inmarsat is launching Crew Xpress, a new service for crew available as part of an increasing number of services available on its Fleet Xpress global maritime high-speed broadband service
  • Cavotec wins a further automated mooring system order
    Lugano, Switzerland, headquartered Cavotec SA reports that it has signed an agreement with an undisclosed port operator to equip two berths at a terminal with MoorMaster automated mooring systems. Cavotec will design,
  • Bergeron no longer with Liberian registry
    The Liberian International Ship and Corporate Registry (LISCR), the privately owned U.S.-based manager of the Liberian Registry, reports that "Scott Bergeron has departed from the organization." Bergeron had served as LISCR's CEO
  • Transportation Institute reports growth in Jones Act generated jobs
    The Transportation Institute (TI), a Washington, DC, based non-profit organization that advocates and works for the U.S. flag maritime industry, today reported a 30% increase in domestic maritime job creation enabled by

Lloyd's Listweb site
MARCH 4, 2019
  • Cheniere hails milestone at Corpus Christi project
    The LNG train will have 4.5m tpy of production capacity, while the company has 36m tpy of LNG production capacity...
  • Shell's Henderson stresses significance of leadership
    Better leadership would help to cultivate the triumvirate of improvements in safety, environmental performance and the arrival of new technology...
  • Platsidakis says sulphur cap is example of 'shallow' regulation
    Ex-chairman of Intercargo says owners, especially in tramp sector, are being undermined by unrealistic rule-making but ought to be less...
  • Vale executives step aside amid dam disaster probe
    The resignations appear to be temporary while probes are carried out. The death toll from the incident has risen since...
  • German owners sell Hammonia Reederei to Scandinavian investors
    Peter Döhle Schiffahrts will retain technical management for Hammonia's 45-strong fleet of bulkers, boxships and multi-purpose vessels
  • Probunkers seeks proposals for seven LNG bunkering vessels
    Designers, yards and brokers have until March 29 to pitch for design of vessels estimated to cost close to $40m...
  • Liberian Registry says Bergeron has 'departed'
    The Cohen family, in particular Adam Cohen and Elan Cohen, will continue to lead LISCR
  • Boskalis and Kotug to sell Kotug Smit Towage
    The deal, with an enterprise value of €300m ($340m), will see the towage company become part of the Boluda Group...
  • DFDS names Carlsen to succeed Smedegaard as chief executive
    Niels Smedegaard will be leaving at the end of April, having served a 12-year tenure at the top
  • Daily Briefing
    A third of scrubber orders will not meet IMO cap deadline | Shipowners holding off on switch to low-sulphur |...
  • Index-linked contracts open the door for container freight derivatives
    Carriers and shippers should look to index-linked contracts to reduce volatility and avoid contract breaches
  • India's east coast receives first LNG cargo
    The 160,000 cu m LNG carrier was reportedly carrying a cargo supplied by Swiss trader, Gunvor, to Indian Oil Corp
  • Zim containers damaged in Busan port collision
    Safmarine Nokwanda said to have had engine problems while entering Berth No 2
  • Woodside to push hydrogen as transport fuel in South Korea
    This comes after Woodside penned two separate agreements last year with Kogas and Pusan University of South Korea on joint...

The Journal of Commerceweb site
MARCH 4, 2019
  • SSA concession fuels Jacksonville port expansion, dredging
  • Economist Behravesh: Odds of global recession low, but growing
  • Trans-Pacific container supply-demand balance improving
  • Low-sulfur rule roll-out has Trump factor 'caveat'
  • Tech firms combating US airport congestion
  • New ILA system aims to boost NY-NJ port performance

TradeWindsweb site
MARCH 4, 2019
  • SSA Marine to expand at Jaxport
    Marine terminal operator's presence will grow by 60% at Florida port.
  • Scorpio Tankers gets upgrade with IMO 2020 on the way
    New York-listed owner's stock sees slight gain by midday.
  • Berenberg raided over Hapag-Lloyd deal
    Senior partner under investigation for possible insider trading of liner shipping stock in 2017
  • US-China row aside, crude and LPG bulls are on good footing
    For the short term, at least, energy trade between world's two largest economies might be more like icing on the cake than an essential pillar for VLCC and VLGC markets
  • Cosco's specialised shipping arm picks up wood-pulp option
    Cosco Shipping Specialized Carriers has exercised its option to build another four 62,000-dwt vessels at a group yard.
  • US exports continue to power rise in VLCC rates
    VLCC spot rates jumped by one third last week with strong US exports and continued activity out of the Middle Easy boosting the market. Okeanis Eco Tankers shows confidence with 2019 VLCC supply growth sums Record US crude exports fuel tanker rate rise Brokers believe the uptrend can be extended at a time shipowners are confident of their position. Morgan Stanley placed VLCC rates at $43,000 p
  • Ardmore plots patient growth plan in land of listed giants
    Ardmore Shipping is a medium-size owner in a public product tanker sector that has gradually seen some of its rivals grow significantly larger, mostly through consolidation. Does New York-listed Ardmore face the danger of being obscured by the giants' long shadows if it cannot grow itself? Chief executive Anthony Gurnee tells TradeWinds that patience will be the virtue that governs Ardmore's own
  • Nordic American Offshore's fourth quarter deep in the red
    The company continues to deal with covenant breaches while taking a $160.1m impairment charge
  • Germany's Nord/LB raises $2.4bn
    Restructuring German lender Nord/LB has banked EUR 2.15bn ($2.43bn) from two bond sales. Subsidiary Deutsche Hypo issued a benchmark mortgage securities issue with a 10-year term that was slightly oversubscribed at EUR 750m, it said. The bond was primarily placed with institutional investors in Asia and Europe and carries a coupon of 0.75%. Cerberus fails in Nord/LB bid but is linked to 263-shi
  • Shipping's seasonal rate slowdown largest since 2012, says Clarksons
    Shipping rates have seen the largest seasonal drop in over half a decade as global events coupled with typical trading patterns to hinder earnings, the world's largest shipbroker says. Sarah Holden, an analyst at Clarksons, said the cross-sector ClarkSea index was down 40% from its December peak to the trough seen in the middle of February. K Line VLCC transaction tipped to extend tanker price
  • Astomos sells vintage VLGC in fleet renewal move
    Japanese shipowner Astomos Energy has now sold a veteran VLGC at a time rates are thought to be shaping for a recovery. The 78,000-cbm LPG carrier Gas Diana (built 2000) has gone to an undisclosed buyer for $18m, brokers say. The owner did not reply to requests for comment on the matter. It put the ship up for sale along with minority partner NYK Line early last month with offers due on 21 F
  • Fincantieri firms up first of six Viking ships
    Italian cruiseship builder Fincantieri has finalised a deal to build two more cruiseships for Torstein Hagen's Viking Cruises. The vessels are the first in a series of six agreed subject to conditions last March. The 47,800-gt ships will be delivered in 2024 and 2025. They will house 930 passengers in 465 cabins. Viking has placed orders for a potential 20 vessels with Fincantieri, which the I
  • India ups LNG import capacity with new Ennore terminal
    Gunvor delivers commissioning cargo to Indian Oil LNG's start-up near Chennai on country's east coast
  • University professor to run Hanjin Heavy
    University professor Lee Byung-mo is being brought in by creditors to run restructuring Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction (HHIC). The former STX Offshore & Shipbuilding president and DSME vice president will replace HHIC chairman Cho Nam-ho, Maeil Business reported, citing industry sources. Hanjin to relinquish control of yard group Hanjin said last week that Cho and parent group Hanjin He
  • K Line VLCC transaction tipped to extend tanker price momentum
    Rumours swirling around the sale of a K Line VLCC suggest an upswing in crude tanker pricing has been extended. Eyes fixed on K Line VLCC sale as tanker price rise faces test Okeanis Eco Tankers shows confidence with 2019 VLCC supply growth sums Frontline scouts for tanker deals with asset prices only going one way TradeWinds reported last week the sale of the 314,000-dwt Tamagawa (built 2007)
  • Le Freak storm: Nile Rodgers and Sophia Loren evacuated
    The world of show business avoided a serious blow over the weekend when celebrities including Sophia Loren and Chic frontman Nile Rodgers were evacuated during a cruiseship naming ceremony in Southampton. The stars had gathered in a quayside marquee to celebrate the launch of the $750m ($992m) 4,400-berth MSC Bellissima. But strong winds from Storm Freya forced the event to continue on board for
  • APL slaps fuel surcharge on boxes
    CMA CGM-owned container line APL has revealed its new fuel surcharges for the second quarter. From 1 April, the bunker adjustment factor (BAF) will add $160 per teu from the US east coast to Central America, the Caribbean and west coast South America, with $260 applying from the west coast. Asia to Latin America boxes will attract a $260 per teu fee, while the west coast South America to Persian
  • Trade tensions and IMO 2020 slow shipbuilding recovery
    Global trade tensions and the pending arrival of IMO 2020 rules saw shipowners take a more restrained approach to newbuildings in the second half of last year, says Ren Yuanlin's Yangzijiang Shipbuilding. Diamantidis adds suezmax resale to Delta Tankers fleet Yangzijiang looks past shipbuilding to bump up earnings Singapore-listed Yangzijiang says the two factors contributed to a slowdown in th
  • Sail-driven tanker auction fails to find buyer
    Scottish preservation society still hopes it can work with Honolulu Harbor to move decaying tall ship.
  • MOL's head of LNG in Europe takes long view on strategy
    Gunaseharan Ganapathy urges customers intent on price-cutting to 'be reasonable'
  • Tea and Trump help MOL's London LNG boss unwind
    Gunaseharan Ganapathy has a background in electronics and began his working life at 23 as a radio officer onboard MISC vessels. He toyed with working for an electronics company, before a friend suggested he go to sea to see the world. "They didn't tell the whole truth," he says, "but for me it turned out OK." MISC sells its oldest LNG ship for demolition in Bangladesh Ganapathy served on liner
  • Migrants scale DFDS ferry funnel
    Calais-Dover ferry traffic was disupted on Saturday after more than 100 migrants stormed the port and tried to board a DFDS ro-pax. About half of the group managed to make it on to the 34,000-gt Cotes Des Dunes (built 2001) at Calais, with some climbing on to the funnel. Two more fell into the sea and were rescued. More than 60 people were arrested after searches of the ship. The migra
  • John Angelicoussis sheds ageing capesize bulker
    John Angelicoussis' dry bulk arm Maran Dry Management has agreed to sell an ageing capesize vessel in Singapore. Brokers said the Hyundai Heavy Industries-built, 172,000-dwt Anangel Destiny (built 1999) has fetched a price in excess of $9m. Athens-based brokers reported the deal as a demolition sale, at $432 per ldt, or $9.6m in total. TradeWinds, however, is told the vessel will go for further
  • Golar FSRU and FLNG units hook up off Cameroon
    Company's floating LNG producer commissions new regasification vessel off Cameroon
  • Boskalis and Kotug sell joint venture
    Royal Boskalis Westminster has announced its second major business disposal within a month. The Dutch company said it and co-shareholder Kotug International have agreed to sell Kotug Smit Towage to Spain's Boluda Group in a deal valuing the company at EUR 300m ($340m). Boskalis expects to receive EUR 90m in cash for its 50% holding in the joint venture, which operates more than 70 units. Royal
  • AP Moller-Maersk rings board changes with two new faces
    Danish giant AP Moller-Maersk is adding more logistics knowhow to its boardroom at a time Maersk Drilling is set to be spun-off. Soren Skou sets out list of concerns clouding AP Moller-Maersk's outlook Maersk Drilling sets date for listing as AP Moller extends $12bn energy divestment Former TNT executive Bernard Bot and Marc Engel, who is credited with laying foundations for growth at Unilever,
  • Equinor and EMGS sign lucrative North Sea data deal
    The oil producer will licence data and will fund a future survey on the Norwegian continental shelf
  • Chembulk CFO John Capasso resigns
    Connecticut-based Chembulk Tankers will have a new CFO from 1 May. Bart Kelleher will replace John Capasso, who is resigning to pursue other career opportunities, the company said. Capasso has been with the owner since May 2017 and has played a key role, it added. Kelleher, Chembulk's chief strategy officer since early 2016, will see his job expanded to include finance and accounting functions
  • China Merchants orders car carrier double
    The China Merchants group has reportedly signed up for two pure car carriers (PCCs) at its own yard. Brokers said the company's CSC Shenzhen subsidiary has contracted the 3,800-vehicle duo for delivery in January and March 2021. No price was given, but the yard was named as CMHI (Jiangsu). The group is listed with nine car carriers among its huge fleet of 355 ships.
  • Liberian Ship Registry confirms Bergeron's departure
    Rumours of the chief executive's exit began circulating last week
  • Quentin Soanes stocked up on Braemar shares after Steve Kunzer's appointment
    Shipbroking veteran and Quentin Soanes has added to his stake in London-listed Braemar Shipping Services. Steve Kunzer joins board of shipbroker Braemar Soanes says Brexit will be 'positive' for all of Europe Soanes shares all Soanes, who left Braemar to start his own brokerage in 2013, bought the stock after former Eastern Pacific chief executive Steve Kunzer joined the board last week. A fi
  • Navios revising preferred share tender offer a third time
    Navios Maritime Holdings has, for the third time, altered its offer to swap preferred shares. Meanwhile, the lawsuit over the proposed deal is on track for a trial this summer. Monday, the Angeliki Frangou-led bulker owner announced it had improved the offer by $0.50 for series G and H preferred shares and extended the deadline to take the offer until 15 March. Navios again tweaks controversial
  • Probunkers invites proposals for LNG bunkering septet
    Athens-based venture Probunkers has invited designers and shipyards to offer technical plans for an LNG bunkering septet it intends to build. Parties have until 29 March to submit "initial, concept design proposals, along with outline specification and general arrangement", the company said in a press release on Monday. Probunkers' technical manager Andreas Zompanakis will be in charge of evalua
  • NRP buys Hammonia from Peter Dohle and Ernst Russ
    Oslo investment house Ness, Risan and Partners (NRP) has acquired bulker and boxship technical manager Hammonia Reederei from its German owners, Ernst Russ and Peter Dohle. The company's two founding shareholders said NRP had teamed up with the former owners of Finnish container line Containerships, which was bought by CMA CGM last year, to buy their stakes. NRP seeks further investments in reco
  • BW Offshore could buy Petrobras, Chevron field
    Oslo-listed FPSO group BW Offshore is "contemplating" buying a Brazilian oil field from Petrobras and Chevron. It said the move would see it acquire 100% of the Maromba field. Petrobras currently owns 70% and Chevron the rest. BW Offshore extends Brazilian FPSO charter A deal would have to be approved by the Brazilian National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP). No price has b
  • CEO Smedegaard quits DFDS after 12 years
    DFDS CEO Niels Smedegaard is leaving the company after 12 years in the top job. The resigning boss will be replaced by CFO Torben Carlsen at the end of April. Carlsen joined in 2009 and together with Smedegaard has overseen growth at DFDS, including the acquisition of Turkey's U.N. Ro-Ro. DFDS full-year results reach 'all-time high' Bungled Brexit ferry contracts cost UK $44m Smedegaard said:
  • Pacific Radiance cuts losses due to fewer impairments
    Singapore firm also sees improvement in vessel utilization, but charter rates continue to languish.
  • Fifty passengers stranded as Singapore ferry grounds off Batam
    Ferry was heading for Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal when it fell foul of Karang Galang reef.
  • Ezion shares suspended while potential investor checks the books
    Singapore offshore vessel operator has also seen an 18% increase in losses for the fourth quarter.
  • CMA CGM launches $1.2bn cost-cutting drive
    French liner giant upbeat on prospects for 2019 despite persisting geopolitical tensions.

American Shipperweb site
MARCH 4, 2019
  • CBP looks to 'keep us all safe and protect legitimate trade'
    E-commerce platforms and rapidly changing IT are challenging the agency's regulatory oversight and systems to keep pace.
  • COAC gets into nitty-gritty for in-bond enhancements
    CBP and COAC make strides to improve procedures for bonded cargo moves, but more work still needs to be done.
  • CMA CGM volume, revenue increase in 2018
    French carrier says CEVA acquisition will create $30 billion company offering door-to-door logistics.
  • GAO: State should share export control watch list with BIS
  • CBP seeking innovative opioid detection technology

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
MARCH 4, 2019
  • FUTURES 5: US-China trade deal optimism keeps futures in black despite equity selloff
    A steep selloff in US equity markets knocked crude futures off early-session highs, but optimism regarding a potential thaw in US-China trade relations and a tightening supply picture for 2019 kept prices in the black Monday.
  • US releasing light sweet crude barrels from SPR as medium, heavy shortfall looms
    The estimated 6 million barrels of SPR crude are expected to be delivered throughout May, when US policy actions are expected to affect the flows of millions of barrels of medium and heavy crudes.
  • FEATURE: Fuel quality tops bunker industry's 2020 concerns
    For bunker market participants gathering in London for industry events last week, the quality of the new fuels they will start trading in next year was at the top of the agenda.
  • External: Praxis Energy Agents DMCC
  • Container line CMA CGM increases bunker fuel hedging
    French container line CMA CGM increased its bunker fuel hedging last year to protect against rising prices.
  • External: Marine Bunkering(Rotterdam)B.V.
  • INTERVIEW: Saudi Aramco still eyes growth in US refining, despite chill in bilateral ties
    "When you look at markets in the US, we look at the potential to grow," Abdulaziz al-Judaimi said.
  • India will invest $500 million in Iran's Chabahar port: Mehr
    India began commercial activity at Chabahar on January 8.
  • FUTURES: Oil still higher on bullish indicators
    Fuel consumption, especially in Asia's developing economies is holding up, Trifecta Consultants' Vijayakar said.
  • Singapore 180/380 CST HSFO spread widens to 4-month wide as high viscosity supply rises
    "More high viscosity or high density cargoes are arriving over end-February to early March," a fuel oil trader said.

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