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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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Middle Eastern Gulf Cooperation Council states call for freedom of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz
Middle Eastern Gulf Cooperation Council states call for freedom of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz
Manama
Rejected any toll, tax or attempt to exercise control over the Strait
IMO suspends evacuation operations for ships awaiting transit through the Strait of Hormuz
London/Taipei
Evergreen says its container ship was hit while following the UKMTO-recommended route.
Four entities pre-qualified for the concession of the cargo terminals of the Ukrainian port of Chornomorsk
Gdansk
These are APM Terminals, Mariner/TAS, Yilport Holding and AD Ports/SKF Holdings UK
New attack on a ship transiting the Strait of Hormuz
Southampton
The container ship Ever Lovely was hit by a shell off the coast of Oman.
In 2025, 1,478 containers were lost at sea out of a total of 280 million transported by ships
Washington
On January 1st, the IMO regulation came into force which makes reporting of boxes lost at sea mandatory
BIMCO and ICS' latest report on the maritime workforce raises alarm over officer shortages
London/Bagsværd
In 2026, there will be a shortage of 39,100 STCW certified officers.
In 2025, intermodal traffic handled by Kombiverkehr decreased by -13.5%
Frankfurt am Main
Annual revenues down 8.3%
The government's proposal to update the rules on port governance raises more than one doubt
Rome
Costa: The lack of infrastructure planning cannot be solved with a joint stock company
MSC Cruises and Meyer Werft have not yet signed contracts for four new cruise ships plus two options.
Papenburg/Geneva
The companies expressed confidence that they could successfully conclude negotiations in the coming weeks.
The LSCI index of Italy's connection to the global network of containerized maritime services continues to grow.
The LSCI index of Italy's connection to the global network of containerized maritime services continues to grow.
Geneva
In the second quarter of 2026 it was equal to 290.0 (+2.3%)
AD Ports has completed the acquisition of an 81% stake in Global Feeder Shipping.
Abu Dhabi
In 2025, the company's ships carried 2.8 million containers
An evacuation plan has been established for ships still waiting to transit the Strait of Hormuz.
London/Muscat
Dominguez (IMO): The operation will be carried out in close cooperation with Iran, Oman, all other coastal states in the region, the USA and the maritime industry
Carnival Cruise Line Reports Record Revenue for March-May Quarter
Carnival Cruise Line Reports Record Revenue for March-May Quarter
Miami
Fuel costs rise to near-record levels in 2022
Reducing navigation speed and optimizing port calls are the key to decarbonizing shipping
Copenhagen
A new study by the Global Maritime Forum highlights this.
ECSA and A4E reiterate the need to allocate EU ETS revenues to the decarbonisation of ships and aircraft
Brussels
Essential to bridge the price gap between sustainable and conventional fuels
AD Ports' new bid to gain control of Egypt's ALCN rejected
Cairo
A new proposal worth approximately $580 million has been submitted.
John Denholm is the new president of the International Chamber of Shipping
Rome
He succeeds Emanuele Grimaldi, who has completed his four-year term
A ship was hit by a drone in the Black Sea
Odessa
One of the nine crew members died
Port of La Spezia: Dredging of the third port basin and navigable canal begins.
La Spezia
Yesterday, 25 ships passed through Hormuz, the highest daily number since April 18.
Singapore
Since March, the average has been 7.6 transits per day
Interferry calls on the EU to implement the EES pragmatically, or to suspend it
Victoria
The upcoming high summer season - the association denounced - risks suffering serious inconveniences
In the first three months of 2026, freight traffic in French ports increased by +3.8%
Paris
General cargo and solid bulk cargo are growing. Liquid bulk cargo remains stable.
BIMCO and Intertanko stress that there are still significant risks to the Hormuz crossing
Copenhagen/London
In April, freight traffic in the ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado Ligure grew by +1.7%
Genoa
The Boards of Directors of the Basins and Maritime Stations Authority have been renewed.
After more than 100 days in the Persian Gulf, Grimaldi's PCTC Grande Torino has passed through Hormuz
Naples
Transit authorized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran
US-Iran agreement signed to restore naval traffic through Hormuz
Islamabad/Tehran
Lifting of the American naval blockade and demining of the waters
Assocostieri, port governance reform should take into account the specific nature of strategic energy infrastructure in ports.
Confitarma rejects any form of toll in the Strait of Hormuz.
Naples
Zanetti: We reaffirm the fundamental principle of freedom of navigation.
Federagenti proposes to allocate the concession fees proportionally to Ports of Italy and the AdSPs to finance the new joint stock company
Rome
DP World in talks to build container terminal at Texas port of Corpus Christi
Charlotte/Los Angeles
Container traffic at the Port of Los Angeles grew by 17.2% last month.
Assarmatori criticizes Brussels, but also Rome, for what they are doing to decarbonize the shipping industry.
Rome
Messina: A return to normalcy in the Strait of Hormuz will not be immediate.
US firm Enstructure buys Logistec's US port terminal network
Wellesley/New York/Montreal
It operates a total of 84 terminals in the USA
Leveraging the revised Block Exemption Regulation to encourage private investment in ports
Constance
FEPORT urges it
The Antwerp-Bruges Port Authority will collaborate in the development of the port of Misrata.
Measured
Project for a new bulk terminal
Bimco, ICS, Intercargo and Intertanko condemn attacks on ships and seafarers in the Strait of Hormuz
London
Call for an immediate cessation of attacks
Container traffic at the Port of Long Beach grew by 31.7% last month.
Long Beach
The overall volume of containers remained unchanged in the first five months of 2026
The Swiss Federal Council proposes extending subsidies for rail freight traffic through the Alps until 2035.
Bern
From 2027 to 2035, 486 million francs would be paid out
So far the number of ships leaving the Persian Gulf is 6-7% of those transited a year ago
Paris
AXSMarine: No Signs of a Long-Term Reopening of the Strait of Hormuz
Global Ports Holding in talks to manage cruise port in St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Istanbul
The terminal currently records an annual traffic of approximately 200 thousand passengers
Investments in Taiwan's ports amounting to 1.8 billion dollars are planned for the period 2027-2031.
Taipei
At the end of the five-year period, annual container traffic is expected to be equal to 15.5 million TEUs
US forces hit a third vessel in the Gulf of Oman
Tampa
The "Jalveer" is said to be carrying a cargo of Iranian oil.
ALLRAIL, CER, ERFA, FEPORT, FTE, UIP and UIRR present their proposal for the European Railway Platform
Brussels
The aim is to ensure market representation from the very beginning of the new European rail capacity governance process.
US Central Command claims responsibility for attack on product tanker Settebello
Tampa/New Delhi/London
Condemnation by the Indian government and the International Maritime Organization
Product tanker hit in Strait of Hormuz region
Southampton/Muscat
One sailor was injured. Two other crew members are missing.
In the first quarter of this year, freight traffic in the port of Civitavecchia decreased by -1.0%.
Civitavecchia
Cruise passengers increase by +32.1%
A merchant ship was attacked in the Gulf of Aden
Southampton
Exchange of gunfire with the security team on board the ship
Gemini Cooperation increases cargo capacity on the Asia-Mediterranean route
Copenhagen
Sea-Intelligence adds additional weekly capacity of 22,402 TEUs
ESPO fully endorses the EU Council conclusions on the Maritime Industrial Strategy
Brussels
The central role of port facilities confirmed
CO2 capture and storage on ships is one of the most concrete and immediately available solutions for the decarbonisation of shipping.
London
This is highlighted in a report commissioned by ICS to Lloyd's Register Advisory.
Antitrust approves Messina Group's acquisition of Terminal San Giorgio
Rome
The Italian Competition Authority (AGCM) has also approved the acquisition by the MSC group of the Asso group's naval maintenance and repair activities (Jobson Italia and UASC UAE).
Rates for ships transiting the Suez Canal are expected to rise.
Ismailia
They will be applied from July 15th. Passenger ships excluded.
The Suez Canal Authority has announced that it will introduce surcharges on transit tariffs through the Egyptian canal for most major cargo vessels, effective July 15.
The Council of the EU accepts many of the requests put forward by the associations of the European maritime-port cluster
Luxembourg
However, necessarily, the text postpones the adoption of concrete measures to future legislative initiatives
ESPO calls for proactive use of the EES system to avoid congestion in European ports
Brussels
Ryckbost: Flexibilities activated promptly in exceptional but foreseeable circumstances
Rixi: It is necessary to overcome a maritime ETS that risks shifting traffic and investments to non-European ports.
Luxembourg
What is needed - highlights the vice minister - are incentives and flexibility, not new constraints
Houthis threaten to resume attacks on ships transiting the Red Sea
Sana'a
A total ban on navigation has been declared for all vessels linked to Israeli interests.
Global trade in goods may start to slow down
Global trade in goods may start to slow down
Geneva
This is reported by the latest reading of the WTO Goods Trade Barometer.
The new port road connection to Sampierdarena has been activated in Genoa.
The new port road connection to Sampierdarena has been activated in Genoa.
Genoa
Paroli: the work now allows approximately 900-1,000 heavy vehicles per day to directly access the port's operational areas.
The rapporteurs of the Ports Bill defend the governance project centered on the Ports of Italy.
Rome
Ghio (PD) denounces that the governing bodies of this new company would be appointed entirely by the government. Ghirra (AVS): The objectives of national coordination could have been achieved by strengthening the National Conference of Port Authority Presidents.
US logistics companies WWEX Group and Auctane announce merger
Milan/Dallas/Austin
Artificial intelligence plays a leading role
Unexpected decline in European intermodal traffic in the first quarter of 2026
Brussels
UIRR: Infrastructure chaos caused by construction sites interrupting railway lines
Hanseatic Global Terminals acquires remaining 50% of Hanseatic Global Terminals Aracruz
Rotterdam/Aracruz
The company is building the new Brazilian container port of Imetame
Conftrasporto: The Ports Bill highlights clear operational, financial, and regulatory compliance issues.
Rome
Russo: the competences of Ports of Italy would overlap with those of the Port System Authorities, the Ministry of Transport and the Art
WoodMac believes decarbonisation rules could have a major impact on LNG-powered vessels
Edinburgh
According to the company, European regulations would put ships with DFDE engines out of the market
French MN will transport Avio's Vega C launcher between Italy and South America
Nantes
The French company will equip itself with a new vessel designed specifically for the transport of space equipment
EU methodology for calculating greenhouse gas emissions from transport services comes into force
Brussels
The system is based on the international standard EN ISO 14083:2023
The container ship MSC Sariska V was hit by two shells in the Persian Gulf on Monday.
Geneva/Rome
All crew members were unharmed.
In the first quarter, freight traffic in the port of Bremen/Bremerhaven grew by +5.8%
Bremen
Containers amounted to 1,245,515 teu (+4.4%)
MSC acquires 51% stake in Pivdennyi container terminal (Odessa)
Odessa
It has a traffic capacity of 400 thousand TEUs per year.
The IMO Convention on Liability and Compensation for Damage in Connection with the Carriage of Hazardous and Noxious Substances by Sea will enter into force on 19 November 2027.
London
Dominguez: a long-awaited achievement, which fills an important gap in the international regime
In April, ship transits through the Suez Canal increased by +13.9%
In April, ship transits through the Suez Canal increased by +13.9%
Cairo
In the first four months of 2026, an increase of +12.1% was recorded
In the first quarter, freight traffic in the port of Naples fell by -5.3%, while in Salerno it grew by +6.4%.
Naples
Container throughput in the two ports was 167,433 teu (-3.5%) and 101,509 teu (+7.8%) respectively.
Port of Gioia Tauro: tender launched for the redevelopment of the ro-ro docks
Gioia Tauro
Worth 5.6 million euros, the works will last 210 days
Grimaldi confirms the important role of the port of Catania in its strategies
Catania
The aim is to increase services and make existing ones even more efficient.
Annual growth of +6% in cruise traffic and +2% in ferry traffic is expected in the Adriatic
Venice
It is the only Mediterranean region to have recorded a decline in cruises in the period 2019-2025
PSA Padova established to develop and manage the Padua intermodal terminal
Padua
The shareholders of Interporto Padova and Padova Hall have approved the merger plan
The Federagenti assembly will be held in Civitavecchia on July 3rd.
Rome
Pessina: We will not discuss regulations, community relations, or the pursuit of theories and bureaucracy, but rather the challenges of Italian port infrastructure.
Spediporto has opened its own representative office in Hong Kong
Genoa
Giachero: the opening of this desk is also an opportunity for young people
Arcese, Conti and Cosulich establish a company for the port logistics of finished vehicles
Livorno
HMM orders eight bulk carriers and two gas carriers
Seoul
Investment of approximately 1.1 billion dollars
MPC Container Ships has purchased four 7,000 TEU containerships built between 2023 and 2024.
Oslo
Investment of 340 million dollars
FedEx posts record quarterly and annual revenue
Memphis
Total revenues in fiscal year 2026 amounted to $94.7 billion (+7.7%)
Geopolitical uncertainty has become the main risk for shipping
Munich
Evergreen purchases 140,500 new containers in China
Taipei
Investments totaling $358.9 million
Memorandum of Understanding for the Launch of Drone Use in the Port of Palermo
Palermo
Submission of the request for the establishment of U-Space
Yesterday, the Strait of Hormuz was crossed by 42 commercial vessels
Paris
For the first time since the beginning of the conflict, several LNG tankers entered the Persian Gulf
Saipem wins new $1 billion offshore contract in Angola
Milan
It was awarded by Azule Energy for the Greater PAJ project
Port of Ancona: Dredging work has begun on the seabed of quay 22.
Ancona
Approximately six thousand cubic meters of sediment will be removed
Confitarma welcomes clarifications regarding ship waste collection management.
Rome
The need for uniform application of the legislation throughout the country was highlighted.
The Tuscan Cooperation Development Fund invests in Uniport Livorno.
Livorno
Operation for a total of 880 thousand euros carried out together with co-investor Coopfond
Fit-Cisl, recognizing dock work as arduous is a priority
Genoa
Pagnotta: This is not a corporate claim, but a question of social justice.
Hupac increases weekly rotations between Antwerp and Busto Arsizio via France to four.
Noise
Two additional departures of the intermodal service introduced
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Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
From July, the tariff for naval transit through the Turkish Straits will increase by +14.9%.
Istanbul
It will be raised to $6.70 per net tonne
Fincantieri and Republikorp sign agreement to build multipurpose naval vessels in Indonesia.
Paris
The establishment of a joint venture is planned
Study on the divergences between the EU Ship Recycling Regulation and the Hong Kong Convention
Brussels/London
It has been published by ECSA and ICS
The 2026-2028 POT of the Southern Tyrrhenian and Ionian Sea Port Authority has been approved.
Gioia Tauro
Approval also granted to the 2026 budget forecast variation and to the update of the Port's Staffing Plan.
Autonomous Navigation: ABS, Polaris Shipping, HHI, and AVIKUS Sign Agreement
Athens
It will be tested on a VLOC under certain low-risk conditions
Tomorrow in Sant'Agnello (Naples) the inauguration event of the Italy Branch of The Nautical Institute
London
The topics of discussion will include energy transition in the maritime industry, maritime education and training.
The Municipality of Bologna is reconsidering the divestment of its stake in Interporto Bologna.
Bologna/Bentivoglio
An institutional delegation from Flanders visited the interport
Eni and Fincantieri sign agreement to develop innovative underwater monitoring technologies.
Milan/Trieste
Agreement focused on Eni's "Clean Sea" technology
In 2025, LNG consumption in Italy grew by +11% driven by industry and new uses, with the debut in the naval segment
Rome
Amadei (Federchimica LNG Group): Use ETS and FuelEU revenues to support investments and deployment of lower-carbon fuels.
RT&L partners with China's Guangzhou Salvage to strengthen its project cargo segment
Genoa
Bizzarri: the sector is characterised by wide margins for development and profitability
Last year, cargo traffic in Greek ports amounted to 140.8 million tons (-1.5%)
Piraeus
Goods volumes remained unchanged in the fourth quarter only
The International Container Study Center's board and governing body have been renewed.
Genoa
Filippo Gallo confirmed as president and Paolo Pessina as vice-president
Catani (GNV): allocate ETS proceeds to the development of synthetic fuel production chains.
Rome
Resources - he specified - also for port infrastructures and the reduction of the cost differential compared to traditional fuels
Consultation launched on plans to expand the port areas of Fos
Marseille
The goal is to involve residents and local stakeholders
Somec signs €60 million contract with Finnish shipyard
San Vendemiano
One of the most complex interventions ever entrusted to the Horizons division
Daniele Rossi, former president of the port of Ravenna, has passed away.
Rome
He led the port authority for over eight years
ONE will remove calls in Greece and Türkiye from its Adriatic Service 1 service.
Singapore
In Italy it touches the ports of Venice and Ancona
The first phase of the APM Terminals terminal in the port of Suape has been inaugurated.
Suape
It will become operational in the second half of this year
Container traffic increased in May at the ports of Singapore and Hong Kong
Singapore/Hong Kong
Singapore sets record bunkering levels for liquefied natural gas and pure B100 biodiesel
Vavassori confirmed as president of the Lombardy Association of Freight Forwarders and Haulers
Milan
Albertina Schiavoni and Mario Zini have been appointed vice-presidents
The president of Angopi receives the first professional certificate of competence as a mooring man.
Savona
The certificate must be renewed every five years.
Fincantieri has delivered the new cruise ship Mein Schiff Flow to TUI Cruises.
Hamburg/Monfalcone
With a gross tonnage of approximately 160,000 tons, it has a capacity of approximately 4,000 passengers.
In the first three months of 2026, freight traffic in the port of Palermo decreased by -6.3%
Palermo
Traffic also decreased in the ports of Termini Imerese, Trapani, and Licata. Increases occurred in Porto Empedocle and Gela.
The Antitrust Authority has not given its final approval for the acquisition of Armas' assets and activities by Baleària.
Barcelona
Set a series of conditions
Assarmatori's annual assembly will take place in Rome on Tuesday.
Rome
The event's theme is "Instructions for not navigating in the dark."
VARD to build a new generation fishing vessel
Trieste
It was ordered by the Norwegian company Rosund Drift
Royal Caribbean has taken delivery of its new Legend of the Seas cruise ship.
Miami
Built by Meyer Turku, it can accommodate 5,610 passengers
Concentration in the UK shipbuilding sector
London
Baleana buys APCL Group (A&P Tyne, Cammell Laird and A&P Falmouth and Falmouth Docks and Engineering)
Informal hearings of trade union representatives on port governance reform
Rome
At the heart of the critical issues highlighted - confirms Filt-Cgil - is the planned establishment of Porti d'Italia Spa
Venice, the DPSS confirms the need to build new offshore terminals outside the lagoon.
Venice
The Strategic System Programming Document has been approved by the AdSP Management Committee
The Spinelli Group has joined the Italian Association of Port Terminal Operators
Genoa
The company and Assiterminal expressed satisfaction with the resumption of an important association
In the first three months of 2026, freight traffic at UK ports fell by -2.6%
London
More significant decrease (-6.8%) in boarding loads
Mark Hindley is the new president of the European Motor Vehicle Logistics Association
Istanbul
Wolfgang Göbel was elected honorary president
At the Port of Genoa, a tugboat was stopped for irregularities in nitrogen oxide emissions.
Genoa
The vessel is used for the construction works of the new breakwater
In April, freight traffic in the port of Ravenna grew by +21.4%
Ravenna
An increase of +2.5% is expected in May
Sallaum Lines to launch dedicated China-Europe service in 2027
Nanjing
Two new 7,400 CEU PCTCs taken delivery
On June 12th in Naples, an initiative by Filt Cgil on governance in the port sector
Rome
Naval drone found in Romanian port of Constanta
Bucharest
The device self-destructed without causing any casualties.
HJSC receives approval in principle for the construction of a 10,000 TEU biofuel containership.
Athens
It was released from the Korean Naval Register
Global Ship Lease invests $917 million to purchase ten new container ships
Athens
They will be delivered between the fourth quarter of 2028 and the first quarter of 2030.
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
The Federagenti assembly will be held in Civitavecchia on July 3rd.
Rome
Pessina: We will not discuss regulations, community relations, or the pursuit of theories and bureaucracy, but rather the challenges of Italian port infrastructure.
Tomorrow in Sant'Agnello (Naples) the inauguration event of the Italy Branch of The Nautical Institute
London
The topics of discussion will include energy transition in the maritime industry, maritime education and training.
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
World's first floating fusion reactor-powered vessel could become reality with new project
(Interesting Engineering)
Shipbuilding's Spring Illusion: Backbone Collapses
(The Chosun Daily)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Intervento del presidente Tomaso Cognolato
Roma, 19 giugno 2025
››› File
WASS (Fincantieri) and Magellan Agreement on Canada's Underwater Defense
Trieste
Industrial cooperation opportunities in the field of heavy torpedoes and countermeasures will be explored
Solutions to overcome the chronic staff shortage in the Italian maritime sector
Procida
Pagano (Maritime Labor Committee): Digitalization, simplification, and cooperation between training and businesses to overcome the crisis
Maritime training agreement signed by Gente di Mare (Cosulich) and Carnival
Genoa
Di Tizio: This collaboration allows us to bring an international project to the territory
Antipollution (V.Group) orders four eco-friendly vessels from ONEX Shipyards & Technologies
Athens
Option for four additional units
Luigi Merlo to lead MSC Cruises' Italian cruise terminal company
Geneva
Centrone (formerly Fincantieri) takes over as Director of Maritime Policies and Government Affairs for the group in Italy
Spinelli has ordered three new handling vehicles from FTMH
Genoa
A reach stacker for empty containers has already entered service in the group's Livorno depot
Greece's Skaramangas Shipyards and South Korea's HD Hyundai sign cooperation agreement
Athens
The aim is to collaborate in the construction of surface military vessels
AD Ports buys the Brazilian Corredor Logística e Infraestrutura
Sao Paulo/Abu Dhabi
The company handles the largest volume of agri-food bulk exports in the South American nation
The 2026-2028 Three-Year Operational Plan of the Northern Tyrrhenian Port Authority has been approved.
Livorno
Unanimous approval from the Management Committee
Chen Lichtenstein appointed president and CEO of ZIM
Haifa
He will replace the resigning Eli Glickman.
Gianluca Croce has been confirmed as president of Assagenti Genova.
Genoa
The members of the association's board for the two-year period 2026-2028
The Mega Serena ferry has joined the Corsica Sardinia Ferries fleet.
Vado Ligure
It has a capacity of up to 2,000 passengers and over 600 vehicles.
The first steel cutting of the Crystal Grace cruise ship took place in Marghera.
Miami
Fincantieri will deliver the vessel in spring 2028
Palumbo Superyacht awarded 13,048 square meters of mooring space to the Port of Ortona.
Ancona
Central Adriatic Port Authority, guidelines for issuing the single ZES authorization
Port of Livorno: Two new FHP MarterNeri warehouses inaugurated
Livorno
Investment exceeding 23 million euros
The Committee of the Central Northern Tyrrhenian Sea Port Authority has decided to close the institution's state of crisis.
Civitavecchia
New solution for exceptional transport on intermodal trains from FS Logistix and Van der Vlist
Verona
Two aerial platforms transported from Verona to Rostock
Port of Naples: Fire aboard GNV's Phoenix ferry
Naples
Flames broke out in the internal areas of deck 6 of the ship
Latrofa has chosen a trusted individual to lead an in-house company within the Lazio Port Authority.
Civitavecchia
The new sole director - he underlined - has been provided with particularly stringent management guidelines
In the first three months of 2026, MPC Container Ships' revenues decreased by -6.4%.
Oslo
Quarterly net income of $40.8 million (-31.8%)
The 2026-2028 Three-Year Operational Plan of the Sardinian Port Authority has been approved.
Olbia
Green light from the Management Committee
The environmental assessment process for the San Antonio Outer Harbor project has been completed.
Saint Anthony
The Viking Mira cruise ship was delivered at the Fincantieri shipyard in Ancona
Ancona/Los Angeles
It has a gross tonnage of 54,300 tons and a capacity of 998 passengers.
In 2025, RINA recorded revenues of over one billion euros (+11%)
Genoa
Net profit up 30%
The new railway bridge has been installed at the Port of Marina di Carrara.
Marina di Carrara
Pisano: A turning point in the port's logistics organization.
Ports, freight terminals, and corridors. Venice and the Upper Adriatic as a gateway to the East.
Venice
This is the theme of the event that will be held on Thursday in Venice
Estonian State Fleet orders electric-powered ferry from Polish shipyard Crist
Tallinn
Contract worth 49.93 million euros
In April, Spanish ports handled 1.7 million containers (+1.7%)
Madrid
Cruise passengers down by -18.4%
Container traffic in the port of Valencia decreased by 2.5% in April
Valencia
In the first four months of 2026, almost 1.8 million TEUs were handled (+0.2%)
Global Ship Lease posts record quarterly revenues again
Athens
Net profit down 24.0%
International cooperation between the Sardinian Port Authority and the Port of Tangier Ville for luxury yachting
Cagliari
Promotion of an integrated nautical circuit between Sardinia and Morocco
The new first aid medical center has been inaugurated in the port of Gioia Tauro
Gioia Tauro
Among the facilities, a first aid clinic and a CMR ambulance
BPER provides financing to Grimaldi Euromed for fleet modernization.
Milan/Naples
Resources used to partially cover the purchase of the ship "Grande Manila"
ASRY and Priya Blue establish ship recycling yard in Bahrain
Al Muharraq/Alang
First ship destined for dismantling has arrived in the Middle Eastern nation
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