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April 2, 2020
Sched Netweb site
  • Maersk seafarer in Ningbo hospital tests positive for Covid-19
  • Kerry Logistics profit soars 55pc to US$488m, as sales rise 8pc
  • Hong Kong Ming Wah Shipping to spend US$119m on four new bulkers
  • Steps taken to ensure Panama Canal remains open amid pandemic
  • APM Terminals Barcelona is still up and running, no delays
  • Port of Virginia expedites distribution of Covid-19 test kits
  • Shipping containers to house intensive care units for coronavirus patients
  • Port of Oslo to receive 3 electric Kalmar rubber-tyred gantry cranes in 2021
  • Airfreight traffic may shrink by one-fifth in 2020: IATA
  • US offers financial lifeline to airlines in exchange for an ownership stake
  • Polar Air Cargo appoints Network Cargo as Canada GSA

International Transport Journalweb site
  • New Eurasian rail service launched
  • Red Sea Gateway opens a new chapter
  • Fruit producer thanks truck drivers
  • ESR adds new logistics facility to Greater Tokyo portfolio
  • Heinrich Grieshaber dies
  • Emirates Skycargo calibrates cargo ops
  • Erontrans to be new partner for 24plus in Poland
  • First delivery of oil in flexitanks completed
  • Kai Althoff to become new CEO at 4flow
  • One Swiss belly to Beijing, two series to New York
  • K Line to adjust previous forecasts
  • "Curiosity of the Day"
  • Kerry Logistics grows despite difficult environment
  • NEE: no tolls for railfreight during the corona crisis
  • Robert Berganus wins key role in contract logistics
  • Night-time closure for traffic on the Rhine
  • More Latin American carriers link the world

The Loadstarweb site
APRIL 1, 2020
  • Air freight volumes shrinking fast - but there may be a glimmer of hope
  • MSC offers storage in terminal yards to help prevent import congestion at ports
  • Manila terminal chief pleads with owners to collect cargo as reefers pile up
  • Australian dockers' union in quarantine dispute over Chinese box ship
  • 2019 a better year for container lines as rates rose and fuel prices fell
  • Comment: how to keep your customers calm in the coronavirus crisis
  • Four phases of the coronavirus pandemic - or just snakes and ladders
  • Premium access in a war economy - every little helps
  • EXCLUSIVE Market Insight: Agility by name and strategy in China

Marine Logweb site
APRIL 1, 2020
  • Conrad reports 2019 results and backlog
    Morgan City, La., headquartered shipbuilder Conrad Industries, Inc. yesterday reported its 2019 results and backlog. The company reported net income of $86,000 and earnings per diluted share of $0.02 for the twelve
  • USCG gives guidance on who is a "marine critical infrastructure worker"
    The U.S. Coast Guard has issued a Marine Safety Information Bulletin (MSIB 11-20) intended to help state and local officials identify essential marine critical infrastructure workers. The MSIB notes that the uninterrupted
  • New low flow rate BWMS wins USCG and IMO type approval
    France's Bio-UV Group reports that it has received IMO and USCG type approval for its next generation low flow rate ballast water management system range. The Bio-Sea L Easy-to-Fit system had to
  • One-time coal-fired power plant site to be an international hub for offshore wind
    Over the past 18 months, the transformation of Brayton Point in Somerset, Mass., has reached significant milestones as the landscape shifted from its historic use as a coal-fired power plant to an
  • Social distancing, and more, comes to Sanmar Shipyards
    Turkey's Sanmar Shipyards, one of the world's leading builder of tugboats, today released some details of the steps it is taking to deal with the problems posed by the coronavirus outbreak. It
  • VIDEO: Ingalls launches LPD 28
    Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division launched amphibious transport dock, Fort Lauderdale (LPD 28), on March 28. "I am thrilled to get Fort Lauderdale in the water, so we can
  • Restructuring will see Solstad Offshore shed 37 vessels
    Skudeneshavn, Norway, headquartered Solstad Offshore ASA reported yesterday that a majority of its creditors - including secured lenders, leasing companies, industrial shareholders and key bondholders - have established a common plan to

Lloyd's Listweb site
APRIL 1, 2020
  • Weekly briefing: Little cheer for containers, floating storage reignites tanker rates
    Port groups call for government support to keep trade in essential goods moving amid the coronavirus crisis, but severe disruption...
  • Health crisis raises questions for marine insurers
    HFW senior associate Matthew Wilmshurst said most of the burden from the virus would fall on insurers' clients
  • Greek shipping ramps up help for nation's medical workers to fight virus
    As equipment acquired by the Union of Greek Shipowners', the Onassis Foundation, the Prokopiou family and others is flown into...
  • London arbitration sees continued growth
    'London remained far out ahead as the venue of choice for international maritime arbitrations,' says LMAA president
  • Dry bulk faces 'inevitable disruptions'
    China is in a recovery mode right now, dry bulk owners tell Capital Link audience
  • Tanker fleet sees 'once-in-a-generation' opportunities from oil demand shock
    'The storage is really kicking off, and this is about to change this market and change 2020 completely' - Frontline...
  • Moody's to review CMA CGM credit rating
    Capital structure is too weak to maintain current rating unless balance sheet can be recapitalised
  • Citi's Parker says shipping cannot wait for regulators on decarbonisation
    Citi's veteran shipping chief believes shipping companies should not wait for the IMO to make more rules relating to decarbonisation...
  • Boxship owners face up to falling charter rates
    Supply-side constraints will benefit non-operating owners when container demand re-emerges from coronavirus slump
  • BIMCO urges stimulus measures to keep shipping afloat
    Keeping ports and terminal open is critical, says BIMCO's chief shipping analyst Peter Sand during Capital Link's online shipping forum
  • Swedish Club imposes general increase after combined ratio hits 5%
    'We have continued to advance during 2019, delivering one of the strongest solvency ratios in marine and P&I,' insists Lars...
  • Shipping in the crosshairs of the EU emission strategy
    Controls on carbon emissions are likely to extend beyond European shipping companies, EU-flagged vessels and intra-EU voyages
  • Cash remains king in the coronavirus era
    The last question and answer period of this week's 14th Annual Capital Link International Shipping Forum was as much about...
  • The Alliance braces for slump in demand
    Transpacific trade to see largest reduction in services as volumes decline
  • Equipment supply moves from shortage to congestion
    Deluge of containers heads to Europe and US in face of collapsing demand
  • Vitol grows Singapore bunker business
    Vitol Bunkers will be in a strong position to provide a seamless 'end to end' delivered bunker supply service in...
  • Daily Briefing
    Free to read: IMO calls for improved treatment of crews during outbreak | Coronavirus fallout may derail decarbonisation | Container...
  • Scrubber boom about to end, says yard executive
    The deputy head of China's largest shipbuilding group has noted vanishing interest among shipowners for exhaust gas scrubber installations. The...
  • Scrubber cheerleader Scorpio postpones retrofits 'where possible'
    Some 51 tankers in Scorpio's fleet of 137 product tankers have yet to have scrubbers installed as of March 27...
  • MSC prepares to store cargoes at transhipment hubs
    Suspension of transit service aims to bring goods closer to final destination
  • Melbourne port workers refuse to unload Cosco containership
    Industry association Shipping Australia has condemned what it called a 'rogue action', calling it unconscionable
  • One dockworker dies in California while another is hospitalised in Delaware
    'The waterfront is a tightly knit community and if a member of that community succumbs, we all share the grief,'...
  • Canada to boost crude oil exports to the US by nearly 1m bpd
    TC Energy made the announcement as Canada's petroleum industry attempts to weather a massive drop in prices due to demand...
  • Regulator to examine challenges facing US supply chain system
    'We know shippers do not have sufficient access to refrigerated containers, ports are facing excess numbers of empties, and terminals...
  • Financiers split on how virus is undermining ship finance
    Another expectation of the coronavirus fallout is that it will sideline the trend towards putting greater importance on environmental, social...

The Journal of Commerceweb site
APRIL 1, 2020
  • Shipping executive Jim Amoss dies; led effort to reopen US-China trade
  • Alameda Corridor to make 2020 debt payments despite downgrade: interim CEO
  • Savannah extends truck closures to all Saturdays in April
  • Review clears way for major Vancouver terminal as competing plan persists
  • Heavy transport sector moves big cargo despite market turmoil
  • Mexico's Pacific ports brace for deeper volume declines
  • Blanked April sailings soar as carriers prep for sharp demand drop

TradeWindsweb site
APRIL 1, 2020
  • DHT Holdings puts six VLCCs onto time charters
  • Fincantieri to draft new business plan amid virus uncertainty
  • Catastrophe scorecard: first quarter sees US-listed shipowners slump 42%
  • Covid-19 toll doubles on chartered ANEK Lines ship
  • Hornbeck Offshore runs out of cash, heads to bankruptcy
  • Floating storage demand for LNG shipping set to rise, Poten says
  • Trafigura and Fredriksen's marine fuel play names Anders Gronborg as CEO
  • Cosco's tanker arm foresees charter compensations for Dalian sanctions
  • Bargain hunters seek silver lining and innovation as S&P market stalls
  • Regulator allows Samherji to drop $217m Eimskip takeover
  • LNG newbuild prices fall as fresh orders grind to a halt
  • Boomsma Shipping signs wind propulsion deal for MPP
  • Norwegian Cruise Lines repatriates 1,000 Filipino crew
  • THE Alliance culls another 20 sailings as virus cuts into demand
  • K Line books $49m impairment loss on investment securities
  • Whatever follows coronavirus, shipping will inevitably change
  • MSC gears up for Chinese recovery with focus on 'essential' cargoes
  • Hoegh LNG floats speedy rival FSRU solution for Cyprus
  • Augustus Maritime turns nickel ore export ban on its head
  • Floating storage picks up even before oil price war officially begins
  • Coronavirus confirmed on Royal Arctic Line newbuilding
  • US Supreme Court draws line under 16 - year Athos I saga
  • Pan Ocean makes break into VLCCs with first newbuild, but will others follow?
  • Open hatch bulker giant Grieg Star cuts losses amid tough markets
  • Frontline's MacLeod: Floating storage opportunity 'generational'
  • Kristian Gerhard Jebsen set to sell more modern tankers as strategy shifts
  • Subsea 7 ditches forecasts due to virus and oil price double whammy
  • Lightship brings in Genco's Sune Fladberg as CEO as it eyes growth
  • Siem Offshore pushes back $1bn debt payments to avoid liquidity crunch
  • Vale warns resumption of lost capacity 'could be slowed'
  • Cruiseship collision sinks Venezuelan warship
  • MOL to 'manage market exposure' in face of Covid-19 threat
  • Vitol acquires Sinanju Tankers in move into Singapore bunker market

American Shipperweb site
APRIL 1, 2020
  • No COVID-19 found on CMA CGM Marco Polo
    French carrier reports entire 500-vessel fleet is free of coronavirus cases.
  • Ocean shipping services continue to deteriorate
    Canceled sailings surge, schedule reliability sinks and import demand evaporates.
  • SeaCube CCO: 'Foodstuffs are still moving'
    Coronavirus-caused supply chain disruption has led to port congestion but has not burned reefer market.
  • Maersk completes $545 million Performance Team acquisition
    Global container carrier sails deeper into North American warehouse and distribution services.
  • FEMA relief shipment diverted to LAX
    Another government-underwritten load of medical supplies is headed to Southern California to help respond to the coronavirus.
  • US Customs expands services for-hire program
    Assistant Commissioner Todd Owen said additional reimbursable services agreements help Customs and Border Protection facilitate commerce during COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Maritime History Notes: America's hospital ships
    The Comfort and Mercy, now assisting America through the COVID-19 pandemic, started as crude oil tankers.
  • Commentary: April Fools! Who's the loser in phase one?
    CNBC's Lori Ann LaRocco provides commentary on how the Phase One trade deal between the U.S. and China has not worked as thought, at least...

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
APRIL 1, 2020
  • Vitol acquires Singapore's Sinanju Tankers Holdings to strengthen bunkering presence
    As part of the deal, Vitol has acquired a fleet of 15 modern Singapore flagged bunker tankers including Singapore's first LNG bunker tanker.
  • Prompt Northwest European HSFO swap spread in steepest contango since Nov 2008
    The prompt Northwest European high sulfur fuel oil paper swap has moved to its steepest contango in 11 years as demand vanished from markets as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
  • Russia's Spimex starts publishing bunker export prices
    Russia's St. Petersburg International Mercantile Exchange has started publishing exchange prices for bunker fuel at Russian ports for export delivery, it said Wednesday.
  • Euronav sees loss on 2019 VLSFO hedge, expects support for crude tankers
    The collapse in the oil complex has been a double-edged sword for crude oil tanker giant Euronav, which purchased a significant volume of bunker fuel in 2019 but which sees a 2020 upside from a firming crude tanker market.
  • OIL FUTURES: Oil extends decline amid US crude build, Saudi export surge
    Oil settled lower Wednesday as a large US crude build and a flood of Saudi Arabian crude loadings highlighted global oversupply concerns.
  • ChemChina becomes first to blend imported crudes at Yantai port bonded tanks
    Yantai, a port on the Bohai Sea in Shandong province, is the second port in China to offer such a service after Qingdao Dongjiakou port.
  • European, African refiners start to shut down as storage runs thin
    South Africa's Engen refinery said late last week it had opted for a "temporary controlled shutdown".
  • Port of Kiel delays start of cruise season due to COVID-19
    "All cruise sailings are suspended but we do carry passengers (essential travel) on most routes in and out from Scandinavia," a spokesman said.
  • North Asian bunker demand diverts to S Korea on competitive prices
    South Korea is seeing a diversion of demand to its ports on attractive Marine Fuel 0.5% prices.

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HMM signs new 10-year contract with Vale for iron ore transport
Seoul
It is worth around $310 million.
The Campania Port Authority reaches an agreement with UNIPORT and Assiterminal
Naples
The regional tax - highlights the port authority - risks undermining the competitiveness of ports
IAPH and WCO publish updated guidelines on cooperation between customs and port authorities
Tokyo/Brussels
Contributed by the World Shipping Council
ABB and Blykalla collaborate on nuclear marine propulsion
Stockholm
The agreement focuses on small modular fast reactors developed by the Swedish company
Saipem wins new offshore contract worth approximately $1.5 billion in Türkiye
Saipem wins new offshore contract worth approximately $1.5 billion in Türkiye
Milan
It is related to the third phase of the Sakarya gas field development project.
In the second quarter, freight traffic in the port of Civitavecchia grew by +5.7%
Civitavecchia
Record for cruise passengers this period
Uniport and Assiterminal oppose the additional fees demanded of port operators by the Campania Region.
Rome
Amount between 10% and 25% of the annual state fee
The first train from Belgium under the FS Logistix-Lineas agreement has arrived in Segrate.
Milan
Five return connections per week to Antwerp are scheduled
Modernization works are underway at the passenger terminal at the port of Igoumenitsa.
Naples
Grimaldi takes delivery of the PCTC "Grand Auckland"
Damage to submarine cables in the Red Sea
Portsmouth
According to the International Cable Protection Committee, the cause could be ship traffic
Dutch company Damen to build 24 naval vessels for British company Serco
Gorinchem/Amsterdam
Green light for a €270 million bridging loan to the shipbuilding company.
DP World to build and operate container terminal at Montreal's new Contrecœur port
Dubai/Montreal
It will become operational in 2030
Expansion work has begun at the Vienna South intermodal terminal.
Vienna
Annual traffic capacity expected to increase by 44%
In July, ship traffic in the Suez Canal increased by +0.8%
In July, freight traffic in the ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado decreased by -3.0%
Genoa
The decline was limited by increased oil traffic in the Vado harbor. Ferry traffic dropped 9.9%.
Trump nominates Laura DiBella as chair of the Federal Maritime Commission.
Washington
The nomination of Robert Harvey as commissioner of the federal agency has also been forwarded to the Senate.
Genoa's new dam: a modification has been approved to allow for completion of work by the end of 2027.
Genoa
Phase A and Phase B works will be carried out rather than sequentially
Assiterminal, simplify and standardize dredging procedures to restore the operational competitiveness of ports.
Taranto Recommends: The Regasification Plant Would Promote the Port's Revitalization
Taranto
Melucci: a lifeline for the entire port system and for our city's economic growth.
Cargo and cruise traffic in eastern Sicily ports is on the rise
Catania
In the container segment, an increase of +27.9% was recorded
FS Logistix and Lineas form joint venture to manage the Antwerp Mainhub Terminal
Antwerp
Rail services between Antwerp and Milan expected to increase
Attack on a product tanker in the Red Sea
Southampton
A missile fell near the ship which suffered no damage
Sea trials have been completed for the new GNV Virgo ro-pax vessel.
Genoa
It will be GNV's first liquefied natural gas ship
Companies inform
Accelleron and Geislinger: An Evolving Technical Collaboration
In the first half of the year, Singamas' container sales decreased by -10%.
Hong Kong
The average selling price dropped by -3.8%
COSCO Shipping Holdings Group's revenues fell by -3.4% in the second quarter of 2025.
COSCO Shipping Holdings Group's revenues fell by -3.4% in the second quarter of 2025.
Shanghai
Sharp decline in economic performance in the trans-Pacific and Asia-Europe markets
For Federlogistica, the bridge over the Strait of Messina will have the miraculous power to gradually eliminate a framework of social injustices.
For Federlogistica, the bridge over the Strait of Messina will have the miraculous power to gradually eliminate a framework of social injustices.
Genoa
Falteri: it can become the artery of an economic and social body that has been underdeveloped to date
SBB CFF FFS Cargo's half-year performance was negative.
Bern
The Swiss company announced a drop in volumes in both domestic and transit traffic.
COSCO Shipping Ports reports record quarterly revenue
Hong Kong
In the April-June period, net profit was 122.4 million dollars (+32.4%)
Cargo traffic at Chinese seaports hit a new record high in July
Cargo traffic at Chinese seaports hit a new record high in July
Beijing
Foreign traffic amounted to 427.6 million tonnes (+6.1%)
South Korea's HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. and HD Hyundai Mipo Co. to merge
Seoul
The completion of the operation is expected for next December 1st.
Filt Cgil, priority should be given to valorizing AdSP workers rather than assigning positions
Rome
The union denounces the failure to comply with the National Collective Labour Agreement
In the second quarter of this year, freight traffic in the port of Venice grew by +4.1%
Venice
There were 228 thousand cruise passengers (+12.8%)
COSCO Shipping International's revenues increased by 10.3% in the first half of the year.
Hong Kong
Net profit was HK$494.6 million (+26.0%)
G20 nations' merchandise trade showed modest growth in the second quarter
Geneva
The increase in trade in services was more pronounced
South Korea's HD Hyundai announces multibillion-dollar investment program to revitalize the U.S. shipbuilding industry.
South Korea's HD Hyundai announces multibillion-dollar investment program to revitalize the U.S. shipbuilding industry.
Seongnam
Agreements with the US investment firm Cerberus Capital and the Korea Development Bank
MSC World Europa cruise ship crashes off the coast of Ponza
Rome
The Coast Guard reports that the situation on board, where there are 8,585 people, is calm and under control.
MSC World Europa has resumed autonomous sailing
Rome
Electrical problem solved, the cruise ship is headed for the port of Naples
PostEurop warns that from August 29, shipments of goods to the USA could be limited or suspended
Brussels
Last month, Trump eliminated tariff exemptions for low-cost goods.
Chinese oil company OOIL sees growth in its half-year financial results.
Hong Kong
In the first six months of this year, revenues increased by +5.0%
Premier Alliance to split Mediterranean Pendulum 2 service next month
Seoul/Singapore/Keelung
Investment firm CVC Capital Partners exits Boluda Maritime Terminals and TTI Algeciras
Schiphol
The two terminal companies manage a total of nine Spanish port terminals
ZIM's quarterly economic and operating performance declines
ZIM's quarterly economic and operating performance declines
Haifa
In the period April-June the average value of freight rates fell by -11.6%
Interferry's Entry/Exit System risks delaying ferry operations at European ports.
Victoria
The system will come into force on October 12th
DFDS closes second quarter with a loss
Copenhagen
In the period April-June 2025 the fleet transported 10.6 million linear meters of rolling stock (-0.4%)
Ammonia and methanol are ready to decarbonize shipping, but some obstacles to their use must be removed.
New record quarterly results for the American cruise group Viking
New record quarterly results for the American cruise group Viking
Los Angeles
The April-June period closed with a net profit of 439.2 million dollars (+182.2%)
Container traffic in the port of Barcelona grew by 1.8% last month.
Barcelona
202,321 TEUs handled at loading and unloading (+10.4%) and 142,492 TEUs in transit (-8.3%)
In the second quarter of 2025, freight traffic in the Port of Hamburg grew by +4%
In the second quarter of 2025, freight traffic in the Port of Hamburg grew by +4%
Hamburg
Sharp increase in transshipment container volumes (+26%)
Norway's Xeneta has bought Denmark's eeSea
Oslo
Both companies provide data and information for the optimization of containerized maritime transport
In the April-June quarter, freight traffic in Tunisian ports decreased by -3.8%
La Goulette
In the first six months of 2025, 13.8 million tonnes were handled (-3.2%)
Port of Koper sets new quarterly records for containers and rolling stock
Ljubljana
In the period April-June, 5.6 million tons of goods were moved (-4.1%)
Port of Los Angeles hits record monthly container traffic
Los Angeles
Over one million TEUs were handled in July (+8.5%)
Hapag-Lloyd reports second quarter increases of +2.0% in revenues and +12.4% in containers transported by the fleet
Hapag-Lloyd reports second quarter increases of +2.0% in revenues and +12.4% in containers transported by the fleet
Hamburg
Net profit fell by -39.4%
Evergreen reports an 18.7% drop in quarterly revenues
Taipei
The April-June period closed with a net profit decrease of -62.9%
South Korean company HMM's revenues fell by 1.5% in the second quarter.
Seoul
Trump announces rejection of IMO's shipping decarbonization program
Washington
The proposed framework - it is denounced - is in effect a global carbon tax that affects Americans and is imposed by an irresponsible United Nations organization.
Taiwanese companies Yang Ming and Wan Hai Lines reported negative results in the second quarter.
Taiwanese companies Yang Ming and Wan Hai Lines reported negative results in the second quarter.
Keelung/Taipei
In the period April-June, revenues decreased by -26.5% and -8.7% respectively
Cruise traffic at Global Ports Holding terminals grew by 6.0% in the second quarter
Istanbul
In the first six months of 2025, an increase of +16.7% was recorded
In the period April-June, cargo traffic in Croatian ports decreased by -4.0%
Zagreb
Cruise passengers grow by +5.4%
Container traffic at US ports is expected to plummet in the second half of this year.
Washington/Long Beach
In July, the Port of Long Beach handled 944,000 TEUs (+7.0%)
ThyssenKrupp shareholders approve spin-off of ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems
Eat
The company will be listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange
WTO: Measured responses have cushioned the impact of tariffs in 2025, but risks remain high for 2026.
WTO: Measured responses have cushioned the impact of tariffs in 2025, but risks remain high for 2026.
Geneva
Global trade in goods is expected to grow by 0.9% this year
Hupac will increase the number of weekly rotations between Busto Arsizio and Basel from five to eight
Noise
Increase in attendance from September 1st
From January 1st, new bunkering regulations will apply in the ports of Rotterdam and Antwerp.
Rotterdam
The barges must be equipped with flow meters
Maersk reports higher quarterly revenue, lower earnings
Maersk reports higher quarterly revenue, lower earnings
Copenhagen
Terminals and logistics have made a positive contribution. Container shipping benefits from demurrage revenues.
The CIPESS has approved the final project for the bridge over the Strait of Messina.
Rome
Construction will begin this year and the project will be completed in 2032.
DHL Group revenues fell by 3.9% in the second quarter
DHL Group revenues fell by 3.9% in the second quarter
Bonn
Significant reduction in shipments from China and Hong Kong to the US due to Trump's abolition of the de minimis regime
The Grendi group has acquired 70% of Dario Perioli Spa
The Grendi group has acquired 70% of Dario Perioli Spa
Milan
The remaining 30% will remain with Fingiro, owned by Michele Giromini, the company's CEO.
BigLift Shipping and CY Shipping order two additional heavy lift vessels
Amsterdam
Order placed at Chinese shipyard Jing Jiang Nanyang Shipbuilding Co.
The Charthage ferry was placed under administrative detention in the port of Genoa
Genoa
A Coast Guard inspection found numerous deficiencies
Disney Cruise Line's largest ship's debut delayed by three months
Lake Buena Vista
Construction delays force the maiden voyage to be postponed until March 10th.
Shell to supply liquefied biomethane to Hapag-Lloyd containerships
Hamburg
Agreement effective immediately
Andrea Zoratti has been appointed general manager of Hub Telematica
Genoa
The company is controlled by Assagenti and Spediporto
Jotun and Messina sign agreement to improve the environmental and commercial performance of ships.
Genoa
The "Jolly Rosa" vessel will use the Hull Skating Solutions solution
PSA Genova Pra' announces the hiring of 25 people dedicated to container handling.
Genoa
Ferrari: International markets have changed profoundly
CMA CGM will not apply surcharges for new US taxes on Chinese vessels and Chinese services
Marseille
The rates announced by the USTR in April will apply from October 14th.
South Korean HJ Shipbuilding wins orders for four 8,850 TEU containerships
Busan
Orders with a total value of approximately 461 million dollars
Conference: "Waiting and Delays in Road Transport: Logistics in Check"
Genoa
Organized by Trasportounito, it will be held on September 26th in Genoa
GNV has inaugurated a new office in Barcelona
Barcelona
The company currently has 52 employees throughout Spain.
Port of Trieste: EU funding for two new projects
Trieste
Resources with a total value of 1.7 million euros
Filt Cgil, the Flotilla incident is serious. Dockworkers are ready to mobilize.
Rome
Union announces action if aid is not allowed to reach Gaza
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In the first eight months of 2025, container traffic in the port of Gioia Tauro grew by +10.6%
Gioia Tauro
2,912,943 TEUs were handled
Stena Line to buy Latvian port operator Terrabalt
Gothenburg
It handles rolling stock, bulk cargo, and general cargo traffic in the port of Liepaja.
Meyer Turku begins construction of Royal Caribbean's fourth "Icon"-class cruise ship
Miami/Turku
It will be delivered in 2027
More than one in ten maritime shipments has shortages
Washington
This is what a report by the World Shipping Council has revealed, highlighting the safety risks
Last July, traffic in the port of Ravenna increased by +3.8%
Ravenna
In the first seven months of 2025, growth was +5.4%
In the first quarter of 2025, freight traffic in Belgian ports fell by -3.2%.
Brussels
Landings down 1.3% and embarkations down 5.4%
Product tanker High Fidelity rescues 38 migrants on a drifting dinghy
Rome
Intervention in the south of the island of Crete
GES and RINA sign agreement to develop a prototype of a new hydrogen battery
Rovereto/Genoa
PSA's second phase of container terminal at Mumbai Port inaugurated
Singapore
Annual traffic capacity will increase to 4.8 million TEUs
The conference "EU ETS - Perspectives and Opportunities for Decarbonization in the Maritime Sector" will be held in Palermo.
Rome
It will be held on September 18th and 19th
Fincantieri and PGZ sign an agreement to support the modernization of the Polish Navy
Trieste
The third LSS section for Chantiers de l'Atlantique was launched in Castellammare di Stabia.
In the US, funding for wind energy development projects in ports is being cut.
Washington
Resources worth $679 million will be reallocated for port infrastructure upgrades
From January 1st, Kombiverkehr will operate the PKV intermodal terminal in the port of Duisburg.
Frankfurt am Main
It has a traffic capacity of approximately 200 thousand intermodal units per year.
Wallenius Marine and ABB form Overseas joint venture
Stockholm
The aim is to accelerate the launch of the platform of the same name for improving fleet performance.
DHL eCommerce has acquired a minority stake in Saudi Arabia's AJEX Logistics Services.
Bonn/Riyadh
The Middle Eastern company has two thousand employees
The Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport has asked the Region to agree on the appointment of Bagalà as president of the Sardinian Port Authority.
Rome
He is currently the extraordinary commissioner of the same body
CMPort's port terminals handled record container traffic in the second quarter
Hong Kong
In the first six months of 2025 the total was 78.8 million TEUs (+4.3%)
Confitarma approves the decree on advanced training for tanker seafarers.
Rome
Applause to the General Command of the Port Authority Corps
Quarterly freight traffic in Moroccan ports increases
Tangier/Casablanca
In Tanger Med the growth was +17%
The board of directors of the Genoa-based Ente Bacini has been renewed.
Genoa
President Alessandro Arvigo and CEO Maurizio Anselmo
In the second quarter, sales of dry containers produced by CIMC fell by -33%.
Hong Kong
Reefer boats increase by 57%
The Grimaldi Group has taken delivery of the Grande Shanghai
Naples
It will be used for the transport of vehicles between East Asia and Northern Europe
The ART urges to verify that the investment plan and the related amortization period are consistent with the duration of the port concessions.
Turin
Chinese automaker FAW ships components to Europe by train
Changchun
Transit time reduced to 18 days compared to 45 days for maritime transport
The assets and fleet of the Spanish Armas Trasmediterránea will be sold to Baleària and DFDS
Las Palmas/Dénia/Copenhagen
Two agreements worth €215 million and €40 million respectively have been signed.
Italian State Railways (FS), investing €70 million to install the ERTMS system.
Rome
Work has been completed on 382 Trenitalia trains, while the retrofitting of 60 locomotives from Mercitalia Rail, an FS Logistix company, is underway.
MPC Container Ships' quarterly revenue returns to growth
The second quarter of 2025 was closed with a net profit of 78.1 million dollars (+20.5%)
Plans to build two container customs areas north and south of the Suez Canal
Cairo
Fourteen of the 48 abandoned shipwrecks in Catania port have been removed.
Catania
The activity will be replicated in the port of Augusta
The Regional Administrative Court (TAR) has confirmed the validity of the tender for the new Ravano Terminal in the port of La Spezia.
La Spezia
DP World's port terminals handled record quarterly container traffic
Dubai
Revenues grew by 22.2% in the first half of 2025
In the quarter April-June the volume of rolling stock transported by Höegh Autoliners increased by +9.0%
Oslo
Sharp increase (+46.6%) of vehicles from Asia
South Korea's HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering acquires Vietnam's Doosan Enerbility
Seongnam
It manages an industrial area with its own port facility
Container traffic in the port of Algeciras grew by 6.6% in July
Algeciras
In the first seven months of 2025, a decrease of -2.9% was recorded
In July, the port of Valencia handled 488,000 containers (+6.7%)
Valencia
Increase driven by growth in empty containers
Salvini has appointed Annalisa Tardino as extraordinary commissioner of the Western Sicilian Sea Port Authority.
Rome/Palermo
The President of the Sicilian Region announces the appeal against the provision
The materials dredged in the ports of La Spezia and Carrara will be used for the construction of the new breakwater in Genoa.
Genoa/La Spezia
Agreement between the two Ligurian Port System Authorities
X-Press Feeders denounces authorities' failure to acknowledge responsibility in the X-Press Pearl accident
Singapore
According to the company, the Supreme Court ruling ignores international maritime law
Container traffic in the port of Hong Kong decreased by -6.5% in July
Hong Kong
A decline of -3.7% was recorded in the first seven months of 2025
Cargo traffic in Russian ports remained stable in July
St. Petersburg
In the first seven months of 2025, loads decreased by -4.6%
In July, the Port of Singapore set a new all-time record for monthly container traffic with 3.9 million TEUs.
Singapore
In terms of weight, containerized cargo decreased by -3.6%
Compensation to be paid by the Civitavecchia Port Authority in the Fincosit case has been set at €1.5 million.
Civitavecchia
Latrofa: The ruling allows the release of set-aside sums that have frozen the budget for years.
Germany's HHLA posts record quarterly revenue
Hamburg
In the second quarter, the group's port terminals handled 3.2 million containers (+7.9%)
In the first half of 2025, CK Hutchison's port terminals handled 44 million containers (+4.0%)
Hong Kong
In the quarter April-June the Wallenius Wilhelmsen fleet transported 14.8 million cubic meters of rolling stock (-0.5%)
Lysaker
Revenues down by -0.7%
In the second quarter, Montenegro's ports handled 670 thousand tons of goods (+0.6%)
Podgorica
Volumes with Italy amounted to 154 thousand tons (+53.1%)
PORTS
Italian Ports:
Ancona Genoa Ravenna
Augusta Gioia Tauro Salerno
Bari La Spezia Savona
Brindisi Leghorn Taranto
Cagliari Naples Trapani
Carrara Palermo Trieste
Civitavecchia Piombino Venice
Italian Interports: list World Ports: map
DATABASE
ShipownersShipbuilding and Shiprepairing Yards
ForwardersShip Suppliers
Shipping AgentsTruckers
MEETINGS
Conference: "Waiting and Delays in Road Transport: Logistics in Check"
Genoa
Organized by Trasportounito, it will be held on September 26th in Genoa
The conference "EU ETS - Perspectives and Opportunities for Decarbonization in the Maritime Sector" will be held in Palermo.
Rome
It will be held on September 18th and 19th
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Korean Firms Reassess U.S. Investments After Mass Immigration Raid
(The Korea Bizwire)
Russia's infrastructure development plan aims to build 17 marine terminals by 2036
(Interfax)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Intervento del presidente Tomaso Cognolato
Roma, 19 giugno 2025
››› File
With the arrival of the first container ship, the testing of operational procedures at the Rijeka Gateway begins.
The Hague
The first commercial ship is expected on September 12th
A proposal to bring the port of Taranto back onto global container routes? Start a discussion table.
Taranto
Meeting on the status of freight traffic
Port of Ancona: Tender for demolition of fire-damaged Tubimar warehouses
Ancona
The expected duration of the works is four and a half months
Merger of the German MACS and Hugo Stinnes, both active in the MPP vessel segment
Hamburg/Rostock
Stinnes headquarters in Rostock to close by December 31
In the second quarter, freight traffic in Albanian ports grew by +2.9%
Tirana
There were 331 thousand passengers (+13.6%)
A.SPE.DO, operationalizing the Smart Terminal to increase the competitiveness of the port of La Spezia.
La Spezia
ING loans to Premuda for over 100 million dollars
Milan
Funds for the management buyout and the purchase of two product tankers
Sallaum Lines has taken delivery of the first of six Ocean-class dual-fuel PCTCs
Rotterdam
The ship was completed four months ahead of schedule
First meeting of the new Management Committee of the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority
Genoa
Several measures approved, including those for CULMV and CULP staff
Euroports to operate a new liquid bulk terminal in the French port of Port-La Nouvelle
Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht
It is expected to become operational in 2026
In the second quarter, freight traffic in the port of Ravenna increased by +2.6%
Ravenna
Growth of 0.6% was recorded in June. An increase of 4.8% is expected in July.
OsserMare presents five reports on the marine economy
Rome
They focus on a specific sector supply chain or aspect of it
Port of Naples: Road haulage operations resume
Naples
Resolution meeting between institutions, operators and trade associations
ICTSI again reports record quarterly financial and operating results
Manila
Global Ship Lease Reports Record Quarterly Revenue
Athens
In the April-June period, net profit was 95.4 million dollars (+8.4%)
Vard receives new order from North Star for two hybrid SOVs
Trieste
Contract worth between 100 and 200 million euros
The Panama Shipping Registry will no longer accept the registration of oil tankers and bulk carriers over 15 years old.
Panama
Measure to counter the use of the shadow fleet
Danaos Corporation reports record quarterly revenue
Athens
The April-June period closed with a net profit of 130.9 million (-7.3%)
New customs fast corridor between the port of La Spezia and Interporto Padova
Padua
It adds to the other three already active on the same route
ICTSI to operate Indonesia's Batu Ampar Container Terminal
Manila
It is located on Batam Island
Pino Musolino has been appointed CEO of the Alilauro shipping company.
Naples
He replaces the resigning Eliseo Cuccaro
In the second quarter, DIS' time charter revenues fell by -37.1%.
Luxembourg
Net income was $19.6 million (-70.5%)
Wista Italy denounces the exclusion of women from the nominations of port authority presidents.
Milan
Musso: The glass ceiling that prevents women from accessing leadership roles remains.
Austrian Rail Cargo Group is focusing on the development of the Sommacampagna-Sona intermodal terminal.
Vienna
Ten-year agreement
In the second quarter, maritime traffic in the Bosphorus Strait decreased by -6.0%
Ankara
18.1% decline in ships over 200 metres in length
Fifty kilos of cocaine seized at the port of Civitavecchia
Rome
They were hidden inside a reefer container arriving from Ecuador
Trump has eliminated tariff exemptions for low-cost goods for all nations.
Washington
Goods with a value of less than $800 will also be subject to the tax.
Viking Mira was launched at Fincantieri's Ancona shipyard
Trieste
The multi-role frigate "Emilio Bianchi" was delivered to the Muggiano shipyard
The Port Authority of the Central-Northern Adriatic Sea has obtained EMAS registration
Ravenna
Certifies commitment to environmental management and sustainability
MSC Cruises reduces emissions with the support of an energy transition plan
Geneva
The 2024 Sustainability Report has been presented
DSV reports strong growth in financial and operating results thanks to the acquisition of Schenker
Hedehusene
Quarterly record in air and ocean shipment volumes
In 2024, the Fratelli Cosulich group's revenues increased by +12.8%
Genoa
Operating result down by -31.7%
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