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March 14, 2019
Sched Netweb site
  • Italian-flagged Grande America sinks off French coast after onboard fire
  • Largest box ship to call LA-LB ports to collect empty containers: report
  • Long Beach port looks to on-dock rail business to boost its fortunes
  • US container trade forecast to dip in March, but half-year growth to rise
  • Wan Hai Lines starts new Taipei-China-Philippines express service
  • Hong Kong ranks 18th in DHL Global Connectedness Index
  • Cocaine worth US$77m found in container at the Port of New York/New Jersey
  • Cathay Pacific back to profit after two years of losses
  • Four HK companies are the first to be awarded IATA Fresh certification
  • DB Schenker launches weekly Chicago-Sydney B777-300F service

Exim Indiaweb site
MARCH 13, 2019
  • Allcargo to manage Multi-Skill Development Center near JNPT
  • Höegh Autoliners ensures good planning to transport break-bulk from India
  • IKEA, CMA CGM & GoodShipping Program join forces to test sustainable marine bio-fuel oil
  • NYK develops system that assists with vessel berthing
  • Bangladesh tenders to import 50,000 t of milling wheat
  • China's growth seen slowing to 2 pc over the next decade

International Transport Journalweb site
  • The best way to decarbonise road transport
  • Almost 122 million EPAL load carriers
  • New managing director for Europe
  • Bohnen Logistik working for Heineken Germany
  • New tool for ship management at Lisbon and Setubal
  • Staeco gains authorisation as AEI conversion centre
  • 80% of freight trains on Rail Baltica will be intermodal
  • Iain Barton appointed executive vice president
  • Partnership between Germany and Austria
  • Saudia Cargo in first Saudi international air show
  • Four cranes for two of Yilport's Latin American terminals
  • "Curiosity of the Day"
  • More room for snacks
  • Fedex Express gets new CEO and president
  • Improved hinterland connections for the northern ports
  • Big Four for biofuel
  • BRU becomes CSQ member and welcomes Sichuan Airlines

The Loadstarweb site
MARCH 13, 2019
  • Whitehall issues draft tariffs for imports as no-deal Brexit looms
  • Supply chain radar: Why is APMM working on a McDonald's strategy when it has a stuffed Damco turkey on the table?
  • Teach e-commerce shippers dangerous goods rules and criminalise those who break them
  • Installing scrubbers for IMO 2020 could cost carriers 200 teu per voyage
  • No easing of Europe's barge congestion, despite upgraded traffic system
  • Kerry Logistics unveils new partnership with South America specialist Nelson Heusi
  • More interoperability needed as smart containers begin to make their mark
  • Supply chain radar: DSV up, Panalpina down - which one is really the takeover target?

Marine Logweb site
MARCH 13, 2019
  • Metal Shark opens Croatian engineering facility
    Jeanerette, La., headquartered shipbuilder Metal Shark has established a foothold across the Atlantic with the opening of a dedicated European engineering office. Metal Shark's first location outside of the United States -Metal
  • No-sludge shipboard sewage treatment? Not scientifically possible, says paper
    Some type approved marine sewage treatments are at sea that are scientifically incapable of treating sewage waste. That's the charge made by a group of leading wastewater treatment system manufacturers and environmental
  • Trump Administration seeks to slash USACE Civil Works budget
    The Waterways Council, Inc. (WCI) has reacted to the Trump Administration's $4.827 billion FY20 budget request for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Civil Works program, a 31% cut from the FY19
  • SECNAV names Navy's new T-ATS class Navajo
    Secretary of the Navy Richard V. Spencer said yesterday that the new class of Navy Towing, Salvage, and Rescue vessels on order at Gulf Island Shipyards will be named Navajo. in honor
  • Grimaldi Group ConRo sinks in Bay of Biscay
    56,642 gt Grimaldi Group ConRo that reported a cargo fire on the evening of March 10 sank yesterday. The 1997-built, Italian flag Grande America was in the Bay of Biscay, about 142

Lloyd's Listweb site
MARCH 13, 2019
  • Maran firms up fourth suezmax at Daehan
    The first pair was originally placed with Daehan by Norwegian company Faerder Tankers before being purchased by the Angelicoussis Group.
  • IMO confronts fraudulent vessel registrations
    The organisation wants governments to provide official information on national registries through embassies in the UK
  • OOIL executive says 'no decision' on newbuild orders
    Meanwhile, a lot of progress has been made on the disposal of the Long Beach Container Terminal, Fitzgerald tells Lloyd's...
  • UK to cut most tariffs to zero under no-deal Brexit
    Westminster says its 'temporary tariff regime' in the event of a no-deal Brexit is designed to minimise costs to business...
  • Daily Briefing
    CMA CGM to trial biofuels for containerships | Compared with airlines, shipping gets off lightly | Newbuilds breathe life into...
  • Torm looking to sell older tankers, chief says
    If the company succeeds in selling more vessels, it may look to add tankers built in the last 10 years...
  • Schedule reliability plagues shippers and carriers
    Clearer insight into shipper demand could benefit on-time deliveries, but major challenges remain

The Journal of Commerceweb site
MARCH 13, 2019
  • Long Beach port optimizer decision raises data questions
  • Nervous shippers eye YRC-Teamsters contract talks
  • Santos terminals hold firm as strike enters second week
  • Maersk bullish on India trade growth
  • Carriers tout value in containerized breakbulk

TradeWindsweb site
MARCH 13, 2019
  • Koch Industries fixes another Chinese VLCC despite row
    Koch Industries of the US has 'concluded the charter of another Chinese-controlled VLCC, despite trade tensions between the 'countries. European shipbroking sources said the US conglomerate has fixed the 309,000-dwt New Mel'ody (built 2019) from shipowner China VLCC for a year at $30,000 per day, making the deal worth nearly $11m in gross charter 'revenue. Koch did not respond to a 'request for c
  • Sinokor Merchant Marine linked to mystery LNG carrier quartet at Samsung Heavy
    South Korean owner taking a low-profile approach in second attempt to break into the LNG newbuilding space
  • Eddie Steamship and Shandong Shipping forge capesize venture
    Lengthy negotiations result in creation of bulker tie-up to specialise in iron-ore trades
  • Brazil soybean exports hit record amid harvest rush
    Export surge helping keep some stability in Atlantic panamax rates, but it's not likely to last.
  • Rem Offshore inks five contracts
    Norwegian offshore player Rem Offshore has hammered out charters for five ships. The company announced the contracts on Wednesday - totalling NOK 200m ($23.3m) - for the 3,838-dwt Rem Mira, 5,478-dwt Rem Cetus, 4,300-dwt Rem Insula (all built 2013) and two ships to be named Rem Trader and Rem Inspector. "The value of these contracts significantly contribute to the earnings visibility of Rem Offs
  • Brookfield buys major stake in shipping investor Oaktree
    Brookfield Asset Management has bought a majority stake in major shipping investor Oaktree Capital Management. The $4.7bn deal was announced today and will see Brookfield take a 62% position in Los Angeles-based Oaktree, creating a $475bn asset manager. Oaktree Capital, Goldentree Asset up stakes in Eagle Bulk Brookfield adds two new faces to Teekay Offshore board "As we continue to strategica
  • Navios moves to throw out shareholder lawsuit
    Bulker owner argues the plaintiff's first lawsuit didn't hold up and this one doesn't either
  • Shipowner David Wu says new orders in store for Saga LNG
    The owner of a freshly launched LNG carrier touts its new design as reviving the mid-size LNG sector
  • Artful 'repo man' Fairhurst weighs anchor and heads into retirement
    Celebration hears stories behind Fairwind founder's decades of seizing vessels
  • BTIG tips Peter Livanos company GasLog for second bumper dividend
    Peter Livanos company GasLog is being tipped for a bumper dividend later this year as the LNG market springs back from a short drop. GasLog: South Korean yard mega-merger will drive up LNG newbuilding prices GasLog talks up record fourth quarter results BTIG analyst Greg Lewis says LNG spot rates have slumped in a seasonally weak period but are expected to bottom out in the coming weeks before
  • Underwriters face over $50m in Grande America claims after Grimaldi ship sinks
    Sinking likely caused by accumulation of fire extinguishing water on the deck
  • Shell sells North Sea FPSO for demolition
    Three FPSOs have been scrapped during 2019 and more will likely follow before the year is out
  • Top Ships takes in final product tanker newbuilding and first with a scrubber
    Greek shipowner Top Ships has taken in the last vessel in its product tanker newbuilding programme. Top Ships closes Chinese lease financing for tanker brace Trafigura ties up two new Central Group tankers on long-term time charter Evangelos Pistiolis-led Top Ships today took delivery of the 50,000-dwt Eco Marina Del Ray from Hyundai Mipo Dockyard in South Korea. The vessel is the first scrubb
  • Anthony Veder takes Chinese LNG newbuilding on charter
    Anthony Veder is poised to take a Chinese-built LNG newbuilding on charter as the company grows its LNG shipping interests. Broking sources say the Dutch shipowner will charter in the 30,000-cbm Xinle 30, which has been completed at Ningbo Xinle Shipbuilding, for two years at an undisclosed rate. Ningbo Xinle seeks buyer for Chinese-owned LNG newbuild The owner is believed to have specific empl
  • Iran working on order for 10 VLCCs
    Iranian officials have revealed the country is working on an order for 10 VLCCs to help keep its crude flowing following the reintroduction of US sanctions. Sources in the country told Reuters that it was in talks in South Korea over a deal, but admitted progress had been delayed by the sanctions. There's nothing for shipping to applaud in US reversal on Iran Cambis' Iran Odyssey ends after hel
  • Howe Robinson auctions arrested PSV
    UK broker Howe Robinson Partners is auctioning a platform supply vessel arrested in Gibraltar. The Norwegian-built, 4,000-dwt Olympus (built 2014) is owned by India's Global Offshore Services. Gibraltar Admiralty arrest papers seen by TradeWinds state the ship was arrested on 18 January. Remontowa selling cancelled MPP duo Howe Robinson, the exclusive broker for the Admiralty Marshal of the Su
  • IEA: high-sulphur fuel oil demand to plunge 60%
    The International Energy Agency has forecast a 60% drop in high-sulphur fuel oil (HSFO) demand next year. But it said that following the IMO 2020 low-sulphur fuel oil (LSFO) rules entering into force on 1 January, marine gasoil will see demand more than double. The IEA said that supplies of LSFO will initially be limited, so shipowners will likely go for more expensive gasoil. Shell restarts mo
  • Signs point to bounceback for dry bulk market after months of pain
    It is easy to see why John Fredriksen called capesize sector 'bombed out', but the worst may be over
  • Saade steers CMA CGM in new direction with CEVA purchase
    Company boss says other strategies are needed as consolidation has come to a halt
  • Torm on track for best quarterly profit in three years
    Torm is set to clock up its best quarter in three years in the opening three months of 2019 in what promises to be a stronger year for the product tanker market. Copenhagen and US-listed Torm broke even in the fourth quarter to finish 2018 with a pre-tax loss of $33m; but its first quarter bookings suggest a return to the black in imminent. Torm defends 2018 loss as it stocks shelf Torm sells t
  • Standard Chartered appoints Pandey head of shipping
    UK-headquartered lender Standard Chartered has said it has promoted Abhishek Pandey to head of shipping finance. The Indian national was previously managing director for ASEAN, South Asia and Africa and the Middle East, focusing on shipping and offshore asset financing. Former global shipping chief Nigel Anton, based in Hong Kong, is taking on the role of managing director for structured finance
  • International Seaways' eyes open to tanker and LNG growth says Lois Zabrocky
    International Seaways is eyeing up time charter opportunities in both the crude and product tanker market alongside potential expansion of its LNG fleet. New York-listed Seaways spent $600m in renewing its tanker fleet in 2018 and is confident of a recovery backed by supportive supply and demand dynamics. Tanker rate rally pushes International Seaways to profit Shipping trots out its own 'disru
  • Estonia accuses Russian merchant ships of spying
    Estonia has accused the Russian government of using its merchant fleet for intelligence operations. The BNS agency cited the Estonian Foreign Intelligence Service as saying civilian ships are an extension of state authorities. It claimed Russian vessels are attempting to enter naval training areas in other countries, or other areas closed to ship traffic. Attempts to enter foreign territorial w
  • Golden-Agri Stena tanker purchase talk has no teeth
    Golden-Agri Stena is dismissing reports of a double tanker purchase. Shipbrokers had connected the company with the acquisition of a pair of ships from Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ Bank. Weco partners Golden Agri on palm-oil project A price of $25m en block had been suggested for the 20,000-dwt White Shark (built 2007) and Crimson Shark (built 2008). Erik Haanell, chief executive of Golden-Agri Stena
  • Brenntag chief executive joins V.Group board
    Steve Holland has joined V.Group as its newest non-executive director. Holland is currently the chief executive of Brenntag, the Germany-headquartered chemical producer and distributor. "I am honoured to be joining V.Group at such an exciting time when the industry is undergoing monumental changes, such as the 2020 sulphur cap regulation," Holland said in a statement. Long-standing IPO candidat
  • Vintage Onassis VLCC sold at 'phenomenal' price
    A 23-year old VLCC in the fleet of Onassis company Olympic Shipping and Management has been sold for further trading at more than $20m. The figure is about $3m above its price in the demolition market and reflects a rising tide for crude tanker asset values. Nigerian buyers have acquired the 302,800-dwt Olympic Legacy (built 1996), Athens-based brokers say. Olympic Shipping VLCCs fixed to Ais
  • Southern Phoenix to rise from the waves
    A sunken general cargoship is being raised in Fiji - only to be scuttled later. The Fiji Sun reported that the island's maritime safety authority has partially refloated the 4,300-dwt Southern Phoenix (built 1986) off Suva. But more work needs to be done before any further movement is carried out. A salvage company is to shift the vessel to a holding area eventually, before it is towed to its s
  • Bourbon sells duo to expanding Glomar
    Expanding Dutch owner Glomar Offshore has snapped up two OSVs from French giant Bourbon. Glomar said it had acquired the 1,200-dwt platform supply vessel (PSV) Bourbon Amilcar (built 2009) and the 60-loa multifunctional support vessel (MSV) Bourbon Arethuse (built 2008) for an undisclosed price. Bourbon revenue down 20% with OSV recovery slow The Indian-built ships are valued at $1.45m and $0.7
  • Teekay Offshore veteran director Peacock signs off
    John Peacock is quitting Teekay Offshore Partners after well over a decade in the board room. Peacock is retiring as a director and chair of the audit committee having been an ever-present since the company went public 13 years ago. Bill Utt, chairman of the MLP, said Peacock had made significant contributions during his tenure. William Transier, an independent advisor who co-founded Endeavour
  • Wartsila building bioLNG plant in Norway
    Finland's Wartsila has won clearance to build a liquid biogas (bioLNG) plant in Asker, Norway. The contract was awarded in April last year by VEAS, a wastewater treatment and biogas producer. The new facility will comprise a biogas upgrading and liquefaction plant. Total output will be 20 tons of fuel per day. This is Wartsila's third bioLNG plant in Norway, and its fifth globally. "Efficienc
  • Freight derivative volumes soar 44%, says FIS
    Owners hit on earnings front but volatility in dry bulk market bolsters FFA market
  • Scorpio Bulkers on the attack with vessel sale proceeds
    Cash raised from the disposal of two modern kamsarmaxes could fuel more share purchases, but of which Scorpio company?
  • Small coated tankers poised to emerge from the doldrums
    An improving supply-demand balance is expected to lift earnings, but Brexit, trade tensions and IMO 2020 could derail a sustainable recovery
  • Polaris Shipping sells supramax pair to Seacon
    Polaris sells Taizhou Sanfu-built ships as charter contracts end and company shifts focus to large bulkers
  • MSC and CMA CGM strike vessel-sharing deal
    MSC is upgrading its Australia to Europe service through a vessel-sharing agreement with CMA CGM. The deal starts in September and will see the companies operating a joint service via the Indian Ocean. It will use 14 vessels of 9,500 teu each. Of these, nine are being provided by MSC. Port rotation is London Gateway - Rotterdam - Hamburg - Antwerp - Le Havre - Fos-sur-mer - La Spezia - Genoa -
  • Filipino crew send home record $6.14bn
    Filipino seafarers have sent home a record amount of money from their wages. The Manila Standard reported that $6.14bn flowed back to families through the banking system last year. This was up 4% from 2017. The amount does not include cash paid outside the banking system or physically brought home by seafarers. The top source of transfers is from those working in the US at $2.31bn, followed by
  • Fujian Guohang inks ferry order
    China's Fujian Guohang Group has added a ferry to its orderbook. The company's Fujian Strait Ferry unit has contracted the 1,000-passenger car catamaran at the domestic Afai Southern yard, brokers said. The ship is due in 2021, but no price was given.
  • NYK aims to take guess work and risk out of vessel berthing
    Following successful trials, liner giant will gradually introduce system to managed ships.
  • Five crew reportedly kidnapped from OSV off Nigeria
    More seafarers taken hostage as Gulf of Guinea continues to see spate of piracy incidents.
  • China's Canadian canola ban to have limited impact on bulkers
    Volumes involved said to be minor compared to those affected by US soybean import ban.
  • Idle drilling rigs present quandary for scrap market
    Laid-up offshore rigs are ripe for recycling but they are not proving popular with cash buyers or shiprecyclers
  • Ownership change puts OOCL on China's Belt and Road map
    Foreign owners in majority in Shanghai last week as OOCL preaches the upside of being Chinese owned
  • Trio of bidders shortlisted to progress Benin FSRU
    Benin has pre-qualified two energy majors and a trading house to submit offers on the West African nation's project to install a floating storage and regasification unit for the country. Consultants following the process indicate that majors Total and Shell have been pursuing the project, with the pair both looking at the FSRU Neptune (built 2016) as a potential contender, along with trader Gunvo

American Shipperweb site
MARCH 13, 2019
  • Lighthizer says trade talks won't drive U.S. firms to China
    U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer testified before the Senate Finance Committee Tuesday during a hearing on World Trade Organization reform.
  • Grande America had 45 boxes carrying hazardous materials
    France's Maritime Prefect of the Atlantic reportedly said Wednesday the sunken Grimaldi Group-owned ConRo ship was carrying 365 containers and more than 2,000 vehicles.
  • Executive Moves: Colleran will lead FedEx Express
  • Diesel emissions reauthorization bill introduced
  • EPA, CBP target polluting engine imports

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
MARCH 13, 2019
  • S Korean refiners' domestic market share may shift post IMO 2020
  • Fuel oil delays at Russian ports end as weather improves
  • Tighter Panama Canal draft restrictions could hit Aframaxes, LR2 transit
  • SINGAPORE DATA: Feb bunker fuel sales fall 9% on year to 3.78 mil mt
  • External: Global Risk Management
  • Hapag-Lloyd Cruises to use marine gasoil on expedition ships as environmental rules loom
    Hapag-Lloyd Cruises already uses MGO voluntarily in other sensitive regions, such as the Arctic or Kamchatka.
  • FUTURES: Crude trades higher on surprise drop in US stocks data
    Crude oil prices also pushed higher as the market remained optimistic that Saudi Arabia will continue to cut production.

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Darwin/Strathpine
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Geneva
The World Trade Organization believes so
84% of new constructions ordered by the Italian navy will be built in China
Rome
Analysis by the Confitarma Study Center on the possible impacts of US duties on the national shipping industry
GNV ships will call at Algerian ports for the first time
Genoa
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Boluda Towage and Marsa Maroc to operate towage services in the new port of Nador West Med
Valencia
Denton (ICC): Trump's tariffs pose a crucial challenge to rules-based trade governance
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Paris
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Guerrieri appointed extraordinary commissioner of the Northern Tyrrhenian Sea Port Authority
Leghorn
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APM Terminals buys the Panama Canal Railway Company
The Hague
The company operates the railway line parallel and adjacent to the Panama Canal
Piloda plans a hub for ship repair, refitting and demolition in the port of Brindisi
Naples
Expression of interest for the reconversion and reindustrialization of the former coal power plant area
Kuehne+Nagel to handle spare parts logistics for Changan electric cars in the European market
Schindellegi
Agreement with the Chinese car manufacturer
A.P. Møller Holding submits offer to acquire entire share capital of towing company Svitzer
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Copenhagen
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Public interest declared for MSC, Neri and Lorenzini's project for a new container terminal in Livorno
Slight annual growth in freight traffic in Italian ports driven by containers
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Rome
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Turkey's Desan Shipyard in talks to take over Mangalia shipyard
Bucharest
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Six international shipping associations present a guide to planning safe navigation
London
TUI awards Fincantieri contract for two new cruise ships for Marella Cruises
Hanover/Trieste
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ESPO urges EU and Member States to allocate funds to decarbonise ships and ports
Brussels
Earmarking Innovation Fund proceeds to stimulate demand for clean marine fuels
China Antitrust Launches Investigation into Hutchison Ports' Panama Terminal Sale
Beijing/Hong Kong
Panama Ports Company operates the Balboa and Cristobal ports
PSA posts annual revenue growth, but profits fall
Singapore
Sharp increase in operating costs across the board
Temporary Port Labor Supply Company in Cagliari Extended for Another 18 Months
Cagliari
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Beijing
Increase of +6.9% in traffic with foreign countries. In the first two months of 2025, 1.75 billion tons were moved (+1.6%)
Chinese container maker CIMC posts bumper 2024
Hong Kong
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Genoa
Cruise and ferry passenger decline
ICS, Trump's proposed measures against Chinese ships risk having significant unwanted consequences, even for the US
Washington
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Intercargo, international measures for decarbonisation of shipping must be simple and clear
London
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Barcelona
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Augusta
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Hamburg
Profit after taxes amounted to 56.4 million euros (+33.1%)
Launch of a public consultation for the updating of the PRPs of the ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado
Genoa
The involvement of territorial, economic and social communities is foreseen
ITU, ICAO and IMO highlight risks to maritime and air transport caused by attacks on satellite communications
Geneva/Montreal/London
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London
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London
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Hanover
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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
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Trieste
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Shanghai
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Porto Marghera, renewal of concession to Terminal Rinfuse Venezia
Venice
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Paris
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Bern
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Hong Kong
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Genoa
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Genoa
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Alesund/Trieste
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Rome
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Barcelona
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Lugano/Gazoldo of the Ippoliti
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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
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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
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Rome
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Stena Line presents a project for a ro-ro vessel capable of reducing energy consumption by at least 20%
Gothenburg
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Saipem awarded new contracts in Middle East and Guyana
Milan
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Conference in Genoa for the centenary of Ente Bacini
Genoa
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Interporto Bologna Board of Directors Renewed
Bentivoglio
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Tokyo
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Bonn/Nashville
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Leghorn
The ranking for admission to the PNRR-Next Gen Eu contributions has been published
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Shanghai
The related turnover increased by +124.0%
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Genoa
Yang Ming Buys Three New 8,000 TEU Containerships
Keelung
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Trieste
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Federlogistica establishes operational offices in Spain and Brazil
Genoa
The aim is to go beyond theoretical cooperative relationships
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Reggio Calabria
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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
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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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