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April 11, 2019
Sched Netweb site
  • CMA CGM to delist CEVA Logistics from Zurich Stock Exchange
  • World shipping bodies agree to team up to better lobby for member interests
  • Hapag-Lloyd's Dublin Express leaked up to 100,000 gallons of fuel oil
  • ONE lauded for vessel speed reduction in USWC
  • Japanese firms plan to expand in Bangladesh over next two years
  • ICTSI opens TecPlata box terminal to boost operations in Argentina
  • Rotterdam enhances the role of rail between the port and its hinterland
  • IATA reports 4.7pc overall drop in global air cargo volumes in February
  • UK forwarders briefed on CITES rules on endangered species trading
  • ECS beomes first general sales and service agent to join TIACA board

Exim Indiaweb site
APRIL 10, 2019
  • Amitabh Kumar appointed Director-General (Shipping)
  • CMA CGM consolidates its position as a leading worldwide transport & logistics group
  • EU ship recycling rules seen as disadvantageous to European shipowners
  • Proposed US auto tariffs seen having adverse impact on carriers
  • Survey shows satisfaction with container carriers to be mixed
  • AILBIEA celebrates 20th anniversary with participation of key Customs & industry officials
  • Commerce Ministry to impose anti-dumping duty on Indonesian Saccharin
  • Indian Customs Cooperation Fund to assist least-developed countries in trade facilitation & Customs modernisation

International Transport Journalweb site
  • Brussels holds the balance
  • Elsen goes for LNG trucks
  • Chep reboots its hub in Vienna
  • Chapman Freeborn recruits Neil Dursley as CCO
  • Reducing tyre-related breakdowns
  • Port of Antwerp pushing barge shipping
  • Green light for the world's first all-electric airline
  • Finsterwalder takes over Webopac-logistics
  • Chinese coal hopper wagons for Australia
  • Matthew Camm joins Europa Road
  • Vopak sells three terminals
  • King Tut: from the City of Angels to the City of Lights
  • CMA CGM acquires Ceva after successful tender offer
  • "Curiosity of the Day"
  • Petra Adrianowytsch says goodbye to Kögel
  • Albatros Express extends network
  • Imperial Logistics improves barge safety
  • Indonesian airport has high hopes in e-commerce

The Loadstarweb site
APRIL 10, 2019
  • US automotive tariffs would have a serious impact on global supply chains
  • Good news for shipowners as the charter market perks up at last
  • Shanghai still world's busiest container port, but Singapore is climbing back
  • Panalpina's Peter Ulber still determined to quit after DSV takeover
  • WFS seizes Jet Airways Mumbai-bound aircraft in Amsterdam
  • IMO 2020 doomsday predictions are overblown, claim - 'box lines will cope'
  • Spain's Lusat is West Atlantic's new majority shareholder
  • Market Insight: WiseTech may be today's leader, but it's not a one horse race
  • Supply chain radar: Toll Group rules out drastic restructuring but break-up speculation mounts

Marine Logweb site
APRIL 10, 2019
  • Kongsberg wins major power-by-the-hour service contract
    When Norway's Kongsberg Group acquired the Rolls-Royce Commercial Marine (RRCM) business, it took on board an operation that in 2018 reported an underlying loss of about $45 million. It is understood that
  • WinGD and ExxonMobil put their smarts together
    Winterthur Gas & Diesel (WinGD) and ExxonMobil are collaborating to integrate WinGD's Integrated Digital Expert (WiDE) predictive maintenance technology and the Mobil Serv cylinder condition monitoring service. They say that this will enable
  • Giant box ships face Houston Ship Channel limits
    Faced with growing traffic through the Houston Ship Channel, the Port Commission of the Port of Houston Authority met in special session Monday and, as an interim measure, adopted a resolution putting
  • Viking and China Merchants plan new cruise JV
    Viking Cruises and China Merchants Group plan to set up a joint venture focused on building a cruise line with worldwide cruise offerings for the Chinese cruise market. China Merchants Group's shipbuilding
  • France seeks speed restrictions on ships
    France has submitted a proposal to IMO's Marine Environmental Protection Committee (MEPC) calling for speed restrictions to be placed on ships as an initial first step to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
  • USCG cuts holding time requirement for Alfa Laval PureBallast 3
    Alfa Laval PureBallast 3, the third generation of Alfa Laval's ballast water treatment technology, has received an updated type approval from the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG). The new certificate makes it possible
  • Keppel Nantong delivers ultra low emission dredge
    Keppel Singmarine's Nantong, China, shipyard has delivered the world's first dredge to meet European Union Stage V emissions requirements for inland waterways vessels. The dredge, named Afonso de Albuquerque, is the first

Lloyd's Listweb site
APRIL 10, 2019
  • Smart ports require smarter thinking
    Lloyd's List Forum exploring the opportunities and challenges in connecting 'smart ports' concludes that technology is achievable - getting buy-in...
  • Claritecs signs deals to pilot web-based BunkerMaestro platform
    The owners of the product claim it can boost efficiency by at least 30%, increase bunker tanker utilisation rate by...
  • Sinopec to harbour Hambantota's bunkering ambition
    Saliya Wickramasuriya, senior adviser to the HIPG chief executive, tells Lloyd's List that the port is also looking to bring...
  • Singapore wins fourth consecutive maritime crown
    Maritime experts who took part in the report predicted that Singapore would continue to retain its top position in the...
  • Vessel mortgage hindering scrubber finance, WFW argues
    Banks are reluctant to lend without security interest in collateral, and once a scrubber is installed it becomes an 'appurtenance'...
  • France pushing for mandatory speed limits
    The country wants to tackle greenhouse gas emissions with official proposal to the IMO
  • A Norway-style deal for UK shipping
    Norway uses an incentive programme to coax shipping companies into lowering nitrous oxide pollution. A similar incentive measure could be...
  • No major disruption for freight market from lower-sulphur fuel switch
    SwissMarine's freight analyst Joe Tobin says he fears more for future fuel supply rather than the initial sulphur switch
  • Maran Gas agrees further LNG carrier option with Daewoo
    DSME has so far landed four LNG carriers this year - all from Angelicoussis
  • Floods hamper US Gulf coast grain shipments
    US Gulf loading activity, especially of corn, will be negatively influenced well into June 2019 to the tune of 2m...
  • Golden Ocean invests in Singapore Marine
    Golden Ocean has provided $10m in equity and $10m in a subordinated shareholder loan to Singapore Marine
  • US car tariffs could bring more pain to box lines
    Additional charges on imported vehicles and components threatens to add more pressure on carriers and container terminals
  • NORD/LB sells $2.9bn shipping loan portfolio
    German lender cut its non-performing loans to $5.5bn after portfolio sale to Cerberus
  • CMA CGM completes tender for CEVA
    Swiss logistics operator will be delisted as it is merged into CMA CGM operations
  • Panalpina proposes Thomas Kern as new chairman
    Annual meeting will vote on new chairman and on dropping dividend ahead of sale to DSV
  • Former Baltic Exchange chairman Hugh McCoy dies, aged 80
    McCoy served as the Baltic Exchange chairman between 1998 and 2000
  • Daily Briefing
    Terrorist tag incentivises greater due diligence on Iran | ONE reluctantly joins scrubber ranks | Singapore must 'adapt to survive'
  • Singapore keeps up digitalisation drive with slew of initiatives
    Innovation, change and digitalisation are broad areas of focus and over the next three years MPA will concentrate on digitalisation...
  • Port of Houston restricts containerships at request of energy companies
    The port of Houston is reached by a 50-mile channel from the Gulf of Mexico, with hundreds of ships traversing...

The Journal of Commerceweb site
APRIL 10, 2019
  • LA-LB congestion easing, but empties remain an issue
  • Port of Virginia expects 'healthy' growth in 2019
  • Small shippers targeted for new Mexico rail services
  • Growing high and heavy shipments lift ro-ro sector
  • RZD moves massive steam chambers across Russia
  • No-deal Brexit would boost Chinese, US exports

TradeWindsweb site
APRIL 10, 2019
  • Gerry Wang recruits Sinochem crew for start-up
    The former head of containership giant Seaspan has raided competitor for LNG box project
  • Path cleared for sale of China's largest chemical tanker owner
    Financial sources say obstacles to takeover of Sinochem shipping division have been overcome
  • Newly-built MSC boxship caught in cross-fire of HNA sell-off row
    Jinhai yard's failure to to repay $18.6m advance leads to charterer MSC missing first loading
  • Nakilat looks to grow fleet as it shifts into chartering play
    Chief executive Abdullah Al-Sulaiti tells TradeWinds how the company has made a 'step change' with new four-ship Maran Gas Maritime joint venture
  • BlackRock cuts Nordic American Tankers position
    BlackRock, the top institutional investor in Herbjorn Hansson's Nordic American Tankers, has cut its stake just below 5%. According to Securities and Exchange Commission filings, the New York asset manager rolled back its position from 7.4 million shares to just over 7 million, bringing its position to 4.97%. It remains the leading investor in the tanker owner, ahead of Morgan Stanley by roughly
  • Navios Maritime Holdings shareholder lawsuit dismissed
    New York-listed shipowner's attorneys call the case 'completely baseless'
  • V.Ships partners with Ritz-Carlton Yacht
    Monaco-based ship manager will handle crew recruitment, procurement, nautical operations and safety for the fledgling cruiseship owner.
  • Morgan Stanely: Tankers to come up short in first quarter
    Morgan Stanley is expecting public tanker owners to fall short of consensus forecasts in the first quarter, but it shouldn't scare off investors ahead of the seasonal downturn. Analyst Fotis Giannakoulis expects Ebitda for the peer group to come in roughly 6% lower than expectations, even though spot rates were up year-over-year. Investment? Shipowners told they need to earn it Bugbee says inve
  • Market watches Sanko ship to see if record capesize sales drought can come to an end
    Dry cargo players are closely watching to see if the long wait for a capesize sale will be ended this week, potentially opening the door for an acceleration in deals and establishing a clear new benchmark on price. Alpha Bulkers 'scraps cape pair' in rising demo market Peter Weernink assembles all-star shipping investor list for comeback venture No capesize has been sold for further trading thi
  • Claims from Bow Jubail bunker spill top $50m
    Legal row over which international oil pollution compensation regime should apply to Rotterdam chemical tanker incident goes to appeal
  • Shipowners must stick together - for the many, not the few
    Increased teamwork on a global scale should not focus on resisting progressive policies
  • Alpha Bulkers 'scraps cape pair' in rising demo market
    Healthy prices and slumping freight rates encourage owners to recycle big bulkers
  • Knutsen OAS Shipping trims 'non-core' product tanker fleet
    Norwegian shipowner Knutsen OAS Shipping has sold a small product tanker to Algoma Central of Canada. Knutsen director Jon Einar Dalsvag confirmed the sale of the 16,500-dwt Louise Knutsen (built 2010), which has reportedly gone for between $15m and $16m. It has already been renamed Algoterra. "This is not core business for us," Dalsvag said of the product tanker sector. Klaveness Marine takes
  • Shanghai sees top turnout at LNG conference as growth spurt looms
    There was a significant whiff of expectation in the air at the huge LNG2019 meeting in Shanghai last week. Or as one shipyard chief put it: "The rice has started steaming." Company officials dropped extensive hints about how close they are to taking final investment decisions on their new liquefaction projects. Nigeria LNG even named the time, date and place - 11.20am on 31 October in Port Harco
  • Public offshore firm was never the plan, says Emanuele Lauro
    Scorpio group boss says he never intended to take offshore assets public, but taking control of Nordic American Offshore has created a platform for growth
  • Brunel letters show there's nothing new about shipping's eco concerns
    Concerns over shipping's impact on the environment are nothing new, as a recently discovered cache of letters has illustrated. Writing 175 years ago, British engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel noted his fears that ships, trains and factories were harming the natural world. The top-hat-wearing polymath worried that factory waste was polluting water supplies, but seemed to be more concerned over ho
  • Celsius Shipping strikes $53m deal for product tanker trio
    Jeppe Jensen's Celsius Shipping has struck a three-ship deal to extend the expansion of its product tanker fleet. The Danish shipowner has bought a trio of medium range vessels from a joint-venture between Glencore and Transpetrol. Celsius Shipping cuts new turf in the product tanker market with Interorient deal Heated secondhand MR tanker market favours young tonnage Jensen, chief executive o
  • US auto tariffs to hit boxships, car carriers
    Proposed US car tariffs will hit container lines and car carrier owners if implemented in the second quarter. This is according to shipping consultancy Drewry. "In our analysis we assume tariffs will be imposed in the second quarter (mid-May) and that US importers will start passing extra costs to consumers and supply chain stakeholders by the fourth quarter," said Neil Davidson, Drewry's senior
  • Stowaways call 999: "We're stuck in a container"
    Six stowaways were caught on a Finnish ro-ro in the UK after calling emergency services in desperation. The Sun reported that the African men had boarded owner Bore's 25,600-gt Bore Song (built 2011) in Zeebrugge, Belgium, last month. When it reached Teesport in England, they dialled 999 and said: "We are stuck in a container." The migrants had become desperate by 2 April after being locked in
  • Steamship issues Venezuela sanctions warning
    UK insurer Steamship Mutual has issued a warning to members over trading with Venezuela. The move comes after an apparent widening of US sanctions against the South American country to include shipping oil to Cuba - and potentially elsewhere. Greek tanker caught up in Venezuela sanctions net Greek operator Proper In and its 72,000-dwt tanker Despina Andrianna (built 2000) were blacklisted last
  • Monjasa expands board with DFDS' Pedersen
    Danish bunker and tanker group Monjasa has strengthened its board with the appointment of DFDS' Peder Gellert Pedersen. Monjasa boosts bunker volumes but profit dips The acting executive vice president of DFDS' ferry division, Pedersen brings 40 years of hands-on experience in international shipping. His is the fifth name on the list of Monjasa directors. He "will engage in the further develop
  • Asian owners call on India and China to back HKC
    The Asian Shipowners' Association (ASA) has "warmly welcomed" Japan's ratification of the Hong Kong International Convention (HKC) on ship scrapping - but is pushing for more sign-ups. EU recycling list smacks of protectionism, says Bimco It said there have been significant improvements in recycling facilities around the world and it "firmly believes that now is the time for action." Japan rati
  • Iran seizes tanker suspected of smuggling
    Iran has seized a tanker suspected of smuggling fuel in the Strait of Hormuz. The Tasnim news agency said the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) intercepted an unnamed 131-metre vessel in the country's southern waters on Wednesday. The cargo of 78,600 barrels was confiscated and 21 people of different nationalities were arrested. IRGC navy commander rear admiral Ali Reza Tangsiri said on We
  • LR reveals world's biggest autonomous ship project
    UK classification society Lloyd's Register (LR) has teamed up with two Asian partners to develop what it claims will be a "world-first" autonomous navigation systems for ships. It will work with Singapore IT player ST Engineering Electronics (STEE) and trader Mitsui & Co on the project. The agreement forms part of the Singapore Maritime and Port Authority (MPA)-funded "World's Largest Ocean-Goin
  • Peter Weernink assembles all-star shipping investor list for comeback venture
    Peter Weernink has assembled an all-star cast of shipping investors to secure his long-anticipated comeback in the dry cargo business. Weernink quits as SwissMarine chief executive SwissMarine sells fifth capesize as values hold steady John Fredriksen's Golden Ocean, Theodore Veniamis's Golden Union, the Martinos family's Thenamaris and John Michael Radziwill are all onboard. Former Glencore
  • IMO: France proposes mandatory slow-steaming
    France has proposed compulsory slow-steaming for ships to the IMO. The French delegation wants speed limits introduced as soon as possible, according to a proposal document for the IMO's greenhouse gas emissions working group seen by the Platts news agency. IMO 2020 could slow down boxships It suggests speeds would be differentiated by shipping sector. France has also suggested imposing indivi
  • Former Nordic American Tankers finance chief Turid Sorensen wins $2m pension dispute
    Nordic American Tankers and chief executive Herbjorn Hansson lost on all counts in a Norwegian legal battle against his former chief financial officer, Turid Sorensen. In the dispute waged in a local court in Sandefjord, Sorensen succeeded in her request for a bank guarantee for her NOK 17.6m ($2m) pension that Hansson had denied her, claiming her behaviour towards NAT was disloyal. Sorensen l
  • Harvey Gulf PSV gets a hybrid facelift
    US owner Harvey Gulf is upgrading the first US LNG-fuelled platform supply vessel (PSV) with a new hybrid energy storage kit. Fear on home front sees Harvey Gulf turn M&A sights overseas The retrofit by Finnish group Wartsila will increase the efficiency and environmental performance of the 5,400-dwt Harvey Energy (built 2015), Wartsila said. This will be the first hybrid retrofit on a US PSV.
  • Nord/LB confirms $2.9bn sale of "Big Ben" ship portfolio to Cerberus
    German lender Nord/LB has confirmed it has sold a huge ship-loan portfolio to Cerberus Capital Management. The 263-vessel book - known as "Big Ben" - is worth more than EUR 2.6bn ($2.9bn), it said. Nord/LB exits ship financing as it eyes $3.9bn capital injection 'Big Ben' transaction signals time for shipowners to strike and buy back loans Nord/LB, which last week decided to exit ship financin
  • New York-listed Ardmore tipped to sell ship which launched the company
    Ardmore Shipping is believed to have sold off the first ship it bought back in 2010 following its foundation. New York-listed Ardmore has sold the 45,744-dwt Ardmore Seafarer (built 2004), according to shipbroking sources. Gurnee maps out Ardmore Shipping game plan A price of $9.7m is being placed on the vessel, which Ardmore bought as the Zao Express for around $25m. While no specific buyer h
  • Drugs gangs infiltrate Panamanian port
    A report has claimed infiltration by drugs gangs at a Panamanian port is increasing the problem of cocaine being smuggled to Europe on cargoships and container vessels. The InSight Crime website cited a report by the La Prensa daily that said terminal staff can earn up to $10,000 per shipment they facilitate at Colon. US reveals boxship cocaine seizure The traffickers are local gangs - "cuadril
  • VLCC earnings barely cover opex due to Asia refinery maintenance
    Large newbuilding tonnage and traffic disruptions in the US Gulf also aggravate owners' troubles
  • Shehab assumes the helm at KOTC
    Newly installed CEO says Kuwaiti tanker giant is not interested in scrubbers.
  • Tankers must cool decks during Panama Canal transits
    Tankers have been issued with new deck-cooling orders by the Panama Canal Authority (ACP). The directive applies from this month and involves all crude, product and chemical tankers carrying cargoes with flashpoints of less then 18 degrees C. In a note to members, Bimco said the move was being made to ensure the safety of canal operations, as well as to reduce disruptions in transit scheduling.
  • Markets are priced for good news, says Pictet
    'Green shoots' in China underpin guarded investor confidence, although investment quality remains paramount, writes Alexandre Tavazzi, head of CIO office and global strategist for Pictet Wealth Management
  • Independent shipbrokers unlikely to stop data flow for Baltic Exchange indices
    Focus remains on stopping brokers being cut out of deals and extracting value from market information
  • Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding seeks shipowners for pair of VLCC slots
    China's Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding (SWS) is marketing two VLCC newbuilding berths with early delivery at an "attractive price". Industry sources said the state-owned shipyard is seeking about $84m apiece for the 300,000-dwt crude tankers that would deliver in September 2020 and March 2021. Officials at SWS declined to comment on the berth slots. John Fredriksen's Frontline excited by upsi
  • Interlake orders first new Laker in 36 years
    A US owner has ordered the first new Great Lakes bulker since 1983. Italian-owned Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding in Wisconsin will deliver the cargoship to Interlake Steamship of Ohio in the middle of 2022. The new river-class, self-unloading bulker is believed to be the first laker built in the Lakes area for 36 years. Industry coalition sues over Great Lakes pilot rates It will transport raw m
  • BSM boosts offshore division with ex-Toisa hires
    Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (BSM) has expanded its BSM Offshore business with new recruits from Greece's bankrupt Toisa group. Toisa OSV fleet sale complete as China Sunrise buys sextet Greek and US owners move for two more Toisa PSVs The company formed the unit last September to target the developing oil, gas and renewable energy markets. Now it has taken on a "core team of ex-employees"
  • RFI orders $54m ro-pax in Italy
    Italian railway network manager Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI) has ordered a new ropax at the domestic T Mariotti yard. The shipbuilder said the 5,500-gt vessel will be delivered in June 2020 and is designed to carry rail carriages and wagons, as well as passengers and vehicles. It involves a total investment of €48m ($54m). The ship will be the owner's biggest. Rome-based RFI already has nine
  • Edgar Go to stand trial over fatal ferry sinking
    The owner of the former Sulpicio Lines is to stand trial in the Philippines over the sinking of the Princess of the Stars in 2008. The ferry went down off Sibuyan Island in a typhoon, killing more than 800 people. Edgar S Go will be tried for criminal negligence, according to a ruling in the supreme court. The Inquirer daily said the Manila regional trial court (RTC) branch 5 has been ordered t
  • NYK orders LNG carrier at Samho on back of Edison charter
    Japanese owner says dual-fuel newbuilding is due to be delivered from Korean yard in 2022.
  • Angelicoussis books another LNG carrier at DSME
    Contract represents first gas carrier order under Korean yard's new CEO Lee Sung-Keun.
  • Eastern Pacific fleet grows by nearly $700m in 12 months
    Idan Ofer-backed owner remains top dog in Singapore and looks to maintain position with $1.8bn worth of ships on order.
  • Grand Bahama Shipyard CEO: We will keep working
    Yard will be 'one dock down for some little while' following the Oasis of the Seas crane accident, chief executive David Skentelberry says.

American Shipperweb site
APRIL 10, 2019
  • Ways and Means chair outlines Dems' USMCA concerns
    Labor, environment and affordable health care among the priorities laid out by Massachusetts Congressman Richard Neal in a letter to to U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer.
  • Drewry: U.S. auto tariffs would hurt east-west trade
    Drewry's white paper predicts, if the tariffs are imposed, a rush of U.S. imports of finished vehicles and auto parts in 2019 before declines in 2020 and 2021.
  • U.S.-Peru environment consultations resolved
    The successful talks will re-establish Peru's forestry and wildlife supervision agency as an independent entity.
  • Univar shelling out $62.5 million for antidumping evasion
  • British bank pays $1.1 billion for sanctions violations
  • Singapore remains top maritime capital
  • Mandatory electronic information exchange in effect
  • FM Logistic breaks ground on Bac Ninh facility
  • 'Threat of escalating tariffs' slows Long Beach activity
  • CN to invest $505 million in projects across four states
  • Analyst doesn't buy dire fuel price predictions
  • Bad weather blows liner schedules off course
  • SAS Cargo delivers pandas to Copenhagen Zoo

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
APRIL 10, 2019
  • OPEC points to tighter market but wary of slowing growth
    The global oil market is set to tighten in the coming months as OPEC's output curbs along with dramatic, involuntary declines from sanctions-hit Venezuela, see supplies struggle to keep up with rising demand, the producer group's analysis arm said Wednesday.
  • Singapore's APEX to launch 380 CST HSFO futures contract on April 11
    Singapore's Asia Pacific Exchange plans to launch futures contract of 380 CST high sulfur fuel oil with maximum 3.5% sulfur on Thursday, the exchange said Wednesday.
  • NWE RMK 500 CST bunker fuel weakens on inactive arbitrage east
    Sluggish movement of fuel oil east from Rotterdam has dampened RMK 500 CST bunker fuel prices, as availability of the higher viscosity fuel lingers in Northwest Europe.
  • Singapore retains top spot as leading maritime capital for fourth time
    Singapore has retained its spot as the top maritime capital for the fourth time in a row, according to Menon Economics' Leading Maritime Capitals of the World 2019 report released Wednesday at Singapore Maritime Week 2019.
  • Rotterdam-Singapore fuel oil arbitrage closed on Singapore oversupply
    The fuel oil arbitrage from Rotterdam to Singapore has closed in April, following high volumes shipped on the route in March.
  • FUTURES 5: RBOB notches six-month high amid steep inventory draw
    Front-month RBOB futures settled at a six-month high Wednesday following after US Energy Information Administration data showed US gasoline stocks moved sharply lower last week.
  • FUJAIRAH DATA: Oil products stocks rise 8% on week to record 25.088 mil barrels
  • FUTURES: Oil stable on tight supply; global economic growth weighs
  • Singapore's MPA releases compliant fuel suppliers list ahead of IMO 2020
  • France proposes mandatory slow steaming to cut shipping emissions
    France's delegation to the International Maritime Organization has proposed mandatory slow steaming as a means of cutting the shipping industry's greenhouse gas emissions.
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Madrid
67% reduction in lost work days per year
Filt, Fit and Uilt, no to the transformation from "article 18" to "16" of the Livorno port company LTM
Leghorn
Unions ask port authority to block proliferation of new economic entities
Last year Fincantieri recorded record revenues and new orders
Last year Fincantieri recorded record revenues and new orders
Trieste
Folgiero: the first fruits of our strategy and industrial vision have been harvested
COSCO Shipping Holdings revenue increased by +44.8% in the fourth quarter of 2024
COSCO Shipping Holdings revenue increased by +44.8% in the fourth quarter of 2024
Shanghai
In the period, the container ships of the Chinese group's fleet transported 6.9 million TEUs (+13.1%). Containers on the Asia-Europe/Med routes fell
Porto Marghera, renewal of concession to Terminal Rinfuse Venezia
Venice
New 25-year contract. Investments of over 53 million euros expected
In the last quarter of 2024, container traffic alone increased in French ports
Paris
In the whole year, containers amounted to over 5.3 million TEU (+11.5%)
Carnival Sets New Low Season Quarter Records December-February
Carnival Sets New Low Season Quarter Records December-February
Miami
Positive outlook for the remainder of the 2025 financial year
Rail Losing Ground in Transalpine Freight Traffic Through Switzerland
Bern
In 2024, trains transported 25.7 million tons of cargo (-3.7%)
CK Hutchison's Port Division revenues grew by 10.8% last year
Hong Kong
In 2024, Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane recorded a net loss of -208 million euros
Rome
Revenues up by +11.7%. The group's freight transported increased thanks to the acquisition of Exploris
Port of Genoa, Ente Bacini requests new spaces and renewal of the concession
Genoa
Conference to celebrate the centenary of the company
The public meeting of the Italian Port Terminal Operators Association will be held in Rome on June 19th
Genoa
VARD to build offshore dive vessel for Dong Fang Offshore
Alesund/Trieste
The contract is worth 113.5 million euros
Next week Italian ports will participate in Seatrade Cruise Global
Rome
Initiative brand: "CruiseItaly - One Country, Many Destinations"
MSC Group Cruise Terminal Officially Inaugurated in the Port of Barcelona
Barcelona
In 2027 it will be equipped with a cold ironing plant
Marcegaglia and Nova Marine Carriers form NovaMar Logistic joint venture
Lugano/Gazoldo of the Ippoliti
A general cargo ship will transport raw materials to the steel group's plants
Liebherr achieves record annual sales in the maritime and port crane segment
Bulls
Strong demand for offshore and container handling equipment
The annual conference "Programming, Operation and Management of Transport Networks" in Genoa
Genoa
It is dedicated to the transport and mobility sector
Last year, 656 ships underwent repair work in Greece
Piraeus
Increase of five units compared to 2023
Port of La Spezia, cruise ship docking simulations completed at Garibaldi West pier
The Spice
Assagenti conference on the future of the profession of maritime agent and broker
Genoa
It will be held tomorrow in Genoa
Francesco Beltrano is the new general secretary of Uniport
Rome
He takes over from Paolo Ferrandino, who will continue to collaborate as a consultant
Stena Line presents a project for a ro-ro vessel capable of reducing energy consumption by at least 20%
Gothenburg
Introduced most of the innovative technologies currently available
Saipem awarded new contracts in Middle East and Guyana
Milan
The total value of the orders is approximately 720 million dollars.
Conference in Genoa for the centenary of Ente Bacini
Genoa
The company was established on 19 February 1925
Interporto Bologna Board of Directors Renewed
Bentivoglio
Stefano Caliandro Appointed President. Loss of 1.7 million euros in 2024
NYK invests 76 billion yen in NYK Energy Ocean Corporation
Tokyo
The newco has taken over the activities of ENEOS Ocean
Decarbonisation of maritime transport will be faster in the EU and the US
DHL Acquires CRYOPDP
Bonn/Nashville
The company provides courier services for clinics and healthcare
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
Over a million to the port companies of Livorno and Piombino to acquire green vehicles
Leghorn
The ranking for admission to the PNRR-Next Gen Eu contributions has been published
COSCO Shipping Development Co.'s container sales increased by +204.1% in 2024
Shanghai
The related turnover increased by +124.0%
The call for funding for the purchase of electric vehicles in the ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado has been published
Genoa
Yang Ming Buys Three New 8,000 TEU Containerships
Keelung
They will be delivered between 2028 and 2029
Construction of a cruise ship for Regent Seven Seas Cruises begins in Marghera
Trieste
Fincantieri will deliver the unit in 2026
Federlogistica establishes operational offices in Spain and Brazil
Genoa
The aim is to go beyond theoretical cooperative relationships
Over a Ton of Cocaine Seized in the Port of Gioia Tauro
Reggio Calabria
If placed on the market it would have generated over 187 million euros
In 2024, the economic results of Interporto Padova reached record values
Padua
Revenues up +17%
Three ceremonies at the Saint-Nazaire shipyard for three new MSC Cruises ships
Geneva
New flagship "MSC World America" delivered
German railway company DB Cargo reduced losses in 2024
Berlin
Revenues down again. -9.0% drop in freight volumes
NovaAlgoma orders second 38,000 dwt cement carrier in China
Lugano
It will be taken over in 2027
Customs agreement between Italy and Brazil to facilitate trade
Brasilia
Mission of the Customs and Monopolies Agency in the South American nation
A team from La Spezia Container Terminal in Rotterdam to test advanced technologies
The Spice
ECT Hutchinson Ports Training Center Visited
The assembly of Genoese freight forwarders on Monday
Genoa
It will be held at the Palazzo della Borsa in Genoa
Assarmatori, in Italy the ferry segment cannot bear the burden of the EU ETS in a very fragile market situation
Brussels
Messina: Protecting shipping from the ideological excesses of the Green Deal
The website of the Port Authority Corps - Coast Guard has been renewed
Rome
It has become a single digital access point to documents and services
In 2024, inland waterway freight transport in Germany increased by +1.2%
Wiesbaden
The volume, at 173.8 million tonnes, is the second lowest since 1990.
APM Terminals Granted Port of New York - New Jersey Concession Renewal
New York
Contract for a period of 33 years. Investments of 500 million dollars are expected
Experimentation of crane automation has begun at the Interporto Padova terminal
Padua
The interport company awarded the "Industria Felix 2025 Award"
Container traffic in the port of Algeciras fell by -17.0% in February
Algeciras
Both import-export volumes and transhipment are decreasing
New cruise company Crescent Seas has been founded in Miami
Miami
The fleet, initially consisting of one ship from Regent Seven Seas Cruises, will grow to five units within the next five years
In 2024, the volume of vehicles transported by Wallenius Wilhelmsen's fleet decreased by -9.7%
Oslo
Traffic down on almost all global routes
Agreement between Assoporti and Assologistica and the Florida trade, transport and port authorities
Rome
It was signed today
In April a mission in Albania of The International Propeller Clubs - Italy
Genoa
It will take place on the 9th and 10th in Tirana and Durres
COSCO Shipping Ports revenues rose to a record $1.5 billion in 2024 (+3.3%)
Hong Kong
In the fourth quarter alone, a decrease of -3.0%
SO.RI.MA. (FHP group) granted a concession of an area of 125 thousand square meters in the port of Chioggia
Venice
Investments of 11.5 million euros expected over 25 years
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 public meeting of the Italian Port Terminal Operators Association will be held in Rome on June 19th
Genoa
The annual conference "Programming, Operation and Management of Transport Networks" in Genoa
Genoa
It is dedicated to the transport and mobility sector
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Damen Mangalia Unionists Protest Friday Against Possible Closure
(The Romania Journal)
Govt. to woo top ten shipping liners in world for Colombo port expansion
(Daily Mirror)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Relazione del presidente Nicola Zaccheo
Roma, 18 settembre 2024
››› File
Contship Italia’s intermodal network has been extended to the Gulf Terminal in La Spezia
Melzo
Connections with the inland terminals of Milan, Modena and Padua
Container traffic in the port of Valencia grew by +15.2% last month
Valencia
The overall volume of goods handled increased by +6.8%
The Northern Tyrrhenian Sea Port Authority obtains gender equality certification
Leghorn
It is the first Italian port authority to obtain this recognition
Container traffic growth weakens at ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach
Los Angeles/Long Beach
Last month, increases of +2.6% and +13.4% respectively were recorded
Assarmatori, the Italian government's position on the impact of the EU ETS on shipping and ports is good
Rome
Messina: fully understood the risks and distortions of European climate regulation
PSA Italy's Genoa port terminals awarded anti-corruption certification
Genoa
The UNI EN ISO 37001 standard defines the requirements for an effective anti-corruption management system
Assiterminal presents three projects for the sustainable transition of the Italian port sector
Rome
Work completed on docks 33 and 34 of the port of Civitavecchia
Civitavecchia
50,000 square meters of yards prepared
The completion and doubling of the Pontremolese is the dream-nightmare of the La Spezia port community
The Spice
Fontana: Money is not found when enormous resources are channeled into railway lines of dubious utility
Hanwha acquires 9.9% stake in shipbuilding company Austal
Sydney
Investment worth approximately 116 million US dollars
The European fleet is growing but competing fleets are growing at a faster rate
Brussels
Raptis (European Shipowners): investing ETS revenues in clean shipping technologies and fuels
Trasportounito has confirmed the national halt to the transport of goods
Rome
Proclaimed for the duration of five days from March 31st to April 4th
Container traffic in Hong Kong port increased by +9.1% in February
Hong Kong
However, for the second time in the last 25 years, cargo volume was below one million TEU.
Cargo traffic in Greek ports stable in Q3 2024
Piraeus
The increase in volumes transported on domestic routes has offset the decline in traffic with foreign countries
At the Vado Ligure container terminal a 21,000 teu container ship fully loaded
I go to Liguria
The 400-meter-long Cosco Shipping Nebula has landed
UIR proposes a permanent table for the development of intermodality
Verona
The main task is to build a project financing program.
Restructuring plan approved for Spanish company Armas Trasmediterránea
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Creditors' appeal rejected
The decline in cargo traffic at the port of Singapore worsened in February
Singapore
Containerized cargoes amounted to 27.4 million tons (-3.6%)
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