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January 21, 2020
Sched Netweb site
  • Compulsory pilotage in force to and from Shenzhen's Yantian terminal
  • OOCL announces raft of cancelled Chinese New Year transpacific sailings
  • CMA CGM levies US$500/TEU hike on Asia-West Africa cargo February 17
  • New Orleans boasts another record, up 10pc to 648,538 TEU in 2019
  • iContainers calls for tighter declaration of dangerous cargo to prevent fires
  • Biden slams US-China trade deal, 'it makes little progress on key issues'
  • CMA CGM offers matchmaking Networking Intermediation Services
  • 2019 cargo volumes at Port of Los Angeles fall short of record levels
  • American Trucking Associations applaud USMCA trade deal passage
  • Porsche chooses DB Schenker to run its new Ontario parts distribution hub
  • European planemaker Airbus far ahead of Boeing in talks for China orders
  • Canada's Bombardier back on brink after rethinking Airbus A220 deal
  • December air cargo traffic reflects bleak year for European carriers
  • Qatar Airways narrows loss 50pc with revenue surge and cost cutting

Exim Indiaweb site
JANUARY 20, 2020
  • BIMCO expands ice information service
  • MOL Logistics (Thailand) strengthens total logistics services
  • NYK & Van Oord partnering to own & operate offshore wind installation vessels in Japan
  • Pakistan imports - Mandatory requirements for Bills of Lading to Pakistan
  • Zeebrugge port registers over 14 pc volume growth in 2019
  • 34 anti-dumping, 6 safeguard investigations initiated in 2019-20
  • DGTR initiates probe into alleged dumping of yarn from China, Indonesia, Vietnam
  • Drive-through container scanner facility operational at APM Terminals Pipavav
  • V. O. Chidambaranar Port handles ship with highest parcel size
  • 500 km of DFC completed; aiming for 991 km by March 2020
  • India & Iran could open bank branches in each other's countries: Iranian Foreign Minister
  • A Discourse on Leadership
  • Allcargo employees volunteer at SEAL Ashram
  • Online tool to remove trade barriers in Africa goes live

International Transport Journalweb site
  • Estonian carrier continues upgrade
  • VTL and Palletways call off merger plans
  • Bansard increases its efforts to protect the environment
  • Setback for the world's biggest cargo hub
  • New barge crane for Linz port
  • Throughput in Spanish ports increased in 2019
  • Parcel deliveries in Switzerland reach record high
  • Awards for the British logistics industry
  • State-of-the art equipment for UP-served rail facility
  • MSC extends Caribbean network
  • Warsaw airport expands cargo handling facilities
  • "Curiosity of the Day"
  • Circle helps to upgrade ports in Pakistan
  • New faces for Aircargo Club Germany
  • UK forwarder takes delivery of 21 new-generation Actros
  • More pharma options at Seoul Incheon airport
  • More cyber security at the port of Ashdod

The Loadstarweb site
JANUARY 20, 2020
  • Hapag-Lloyd signs slot charter deal for rival alliance's Asia-North Europe strings
  • Clive takes a 'dynamic' and more positive view of air cargo load factors
  • Air India will remain our national carrier, orders government: no foreign owner
  • The price wasn't right: Sun Capital pulls out of Clipper Logistics takeover
  • UK north-east ports may be market share winners from Brexit
  • BAF: more increases still on the cards
  • Analysis: a bruised and battered FedEx is dead; long live FedEx!

Marine Logweb site
JANUARY 20, 2020
  • Price tag for decarbonizing shipping: $1 trillion
    At least $1 trillion of capital investment in land-based and ship-related infrastructure will be needed to achieve the IMO target of reducing world shipping's total greenhouse gas emissions by at least 50%
  • Port State Control to take tough line on IMO 2020 enforcement
    Member authorities of the Tokyo and the Paris Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) on Port State Control are again signaling that they will take a firm line in enforcing the IMO 2020 fuel

Lloyd's Listweb site
JANUARY 20, 2020
  • Sulphur cap rules being enforced 'without exception'
    Port control bodies vow a 'practical and pragmatic' approach to enforcing the sulphur cap, saying they expect compliance
  • Libyan crude exports paralysis deals blow to aframax tankers
    Some 940,000 barrels per day of crude oil have been temporarily removed from the global market as shipments remain blocked...
  • Sludge risk may rise as bunker stream lightens
    Traders are bringing in compliant, lighter fuel oil blends to Singapore - the world's top marine fuel hub
  • Zeamarine to clarify fleet status
    'We will finalise decisions this week or next week and tell people what is going on,' says company spokesman
  • Call for EU to reconsider consortia extension
    Legal flaws in commission decision-making process mean proper evaluation is still required
  • Probunkers eyes order for LNG bunkers at Hyundai Mipo
    Probunkers is hopeful of proceeding to final contract discussions with the yard 'in the next month or so'
  • Daily Briefing
    Free to read: Don't mess with Chinese inspectors on sulphur cap | Benefits to LNG from Sino-US trade pact remain...
  • Environmental groups urge IMO to raise carbon reduction goals
    Letter follows Mr Lim's re-election as the International Maritime Organization secretary-general last month and urges pushing forward a carbon-free agenda...
  • More than $1trn needed to meet shipping's green initiative
    If shipping is to fully decarbonise by 2050, this will require further investments of some $400bn over 20 years, bringing...
  • Shell endorses carbon pricing for shipping
    Well-designed carbon offsets in the early stages could enable the industry to decarbonise while developing some of the longer-term, lower-cost...
  • Tanker crew kidnapped off Togo released with one dead
    The crew will be debriefed by the local authorities and then return home to their families
  • Petronas and Shenergy sign long-term LNG offtake and shipping tie-up
    The preliminary deal is for 1.5m tonnes per annum of liquefied natural gas to be supplied to the Wuhaogou terminal...
  • Port of Los Angeles weathers trade war storm
    The port moved near-record cargo in 2019, with a total of 9.34m teu, only 1.3% below the 9.46m teu it...
  • Myanmar to build new port for China's Belt and Road Initiative
    Kyaukpyu's location close to major shipping lanes would enable China not only to avoid the Strait of Malacca but also to gain a foothold on the edge...
  • Ship batteries need extra fire risk safeguards
    DNV GL hopes the joint development project's findings will help guide battery safety rules as the technology evolves

The Journal of Commerceweb site
JANUARY 20, 2020
  • Shipping's zero carbon bill to top $1 trillion by 2050
  • Legal challenge brews in backlash against extending EU block exemption

TradeWindsweb site
JANUARY 20, 2020
  • Marshall Islands official killed in New York
  • CMES to acquire Sinotrans' bulker and LNG assets for $957m
  • Oldendorff Carriers carries out its first ship sale of 2020
  • Paris and Tokyo inspection groups warn of zero tolerance on IMO 2020 breaches
  • Former naysayer Euronav moves to give scrubbers a second chance?
  • Petronas signs with Hudong-Zhonghua for midsize LNG carriers
  • Clarksons: Orders for LNG-fuelled vessels leapt during December
  • Study finds shipping's carbon war could cost $1.4trn
  • N2Tankers expands pool with aframax from Pusaka Laut
  • IMO urged to decarbonise shipping by 2050
  • Chinese woodchip carriers face the chop
  • Carsten Mortensen's Dee4 Capital raids Japan for fifth tanker
  • Mjolner Shipping strikes deal to extend charters on Libyan aframaxes
  • Geogas linked to order at Hyundai Samho, joining move to LPG-fuelled VLGCs
  • Cleaves: Dry bulk scrapping could hit 19m dwt in 2020
  • Asian feeder operators raise IMO 2020 bunker surcharge

American Shipperweb site
JANUARY 20, 2020
  • Celadon to formalize Hyndman bankruptcy in Canada as judge bars funds transfers
    Celadon Group plans to ask Canadian court to recognize its U.S. Chapter 11 case as judge takes further steps to lock down Hyndman Transport assets.
  • Cocaine find on Martinair freighter in Argentina leads to multiple arrests
    Parent company KLM says it is cooperating with authorities.
  • Freight Futures daily curve: 1/20
    A mixed trading session on Friday capped a bearish week for the Trucking Freight Futures market.
  • Today's Pickup: A pragmatic approach to zero-emissions logistics; at XPO, breaking up will be interesting to do
    Report urges balanced approach to zero-emissions logistics.
  • Commentary: The top three opportunities for the trucking industry in 2020
    Technological change is requiring a fresh vision to help manage trucking operations. Here are three opportunities to take advantage of now.
  • US nuclear medicine suppliers welcome HEU export ban delay
    The U.S. Energy Department will continue to allow the licensed export of highly enriched uranium for overseas medical isotope production for another two years.
  • Haverty factor fueled rail trade growth: Railway Age
    Kansas City Southern can attribute its growth in cross-border traffic to a former president, a Railway Age essay says.
  • Snowstorms returning to Pacific Northwest this week (with forecast video)
    Another series of periodic snowfalls ahead for the Northwest mountains.
  • Career Tracks: From American Maritime Partnership to global supplier Meritor
    BIMCO, BOLT, Commercial Jet and Kane Is Able also announce executive appointments.
  • Mark-It Express Logistics begins expansion efforts with acquisition of Spirit Trucking
    Chicago company nearly doubles its size with "likely the first acquisition of several."
  • Commentary: The trucking insurance crisis, part 2: Lawsuit abuse
    Commercial liability insurance rates continue to spiral, with costs passed through to businesses and consumers. A primary culprit is a corrupt personal injury legal system...
  • Top 10 ways to lower diesel fuel expenses for trucking companies
    FreightWaves CEO Craig Fuller writes about methods to lower diesel fuel expenses for large and small trucking companies.
  • Oregon cap-and-trade bill is back, and truckers still don't like it
    A new cap-and-trade carbon emissions bill unveiled in Oregon last week continues to draw criticism from the trucking industry that helped derail similar legislation last...

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
JANUARY 20, 2020
  • External: Global Risk Management
  • FUTURES: Oil up as Middle East tensions renew supply concerns
    Innes added that prices are likely to remain capped despite Middle East tensions, given the market's reactive nature to fade geopolitical risk quickly.
  • Sinochem's Quanzhou produces first cargo of VLSFO
    "The refinery has produced 4,500 mt of bunker fuel oil with 0.5% sulfur content," a source said.

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FROM THE HOME PAGE
A novembre il traffico delle merci nei porti marittimi cinesi è aumentato del +3,2%
Pechino
Le merci con l'estero hanno registrato un rialzo del +6,1%. I container sono cresciuti del +4,9%
Accordo TIL (gruppo MSC) - JNPA per la realizzazione del porto di Vadhvan
Uran
Il nuovo scalo è situato sulla costa occidentale dell'India
Shanghai è il primo porto mondiale a movimentare oltre 50 milioni di container in un anno
Shanghai
SIPG evidenzia il forte incremento di produttività realizzato introducendo una spinta automazione nell'area di Yangshan
Oggi entrano in vigore otto emendamenti alla Convenzione internazionale del Lavoro Marittimo
Ginevra
Yang Ming acquisirà sino a 13 nuove portacontainer da 8.000-15.000 teu
Keelung
Sostituiranno navi da 5.500-6.500 teu dell'età di oltre vent'anni
Carnival registra performance record per il trimestre settembre-novembre
Miami
Nel periodo i ricavi sono aumentati del +10,0%
Uniport apprezza che la riforma portuale avvenga attraverso una legge delega e confida (!) nella volontà del governo di aprire un confronto con gli operatori
Roma
Søren Toft (MSC) è il nuovo presidente del World Shipping Council
Washington
Vice presidente è Randy Chen della Wan Hai Lines
Presentato lo “SHIPS for America Act”, disegno di legge bipartisan per rafforzare l'industria statunitense dello shipping
Washington
Tra le proposte, trasportare sino al 10% delle importazioni dalla Cina su navi di bandiera statunitense, con equipaggio americano e costruite negli USA
Istituita a Gioia Tauro l'impresa portuale per la fornitura di lavoro temporaneo
Gioia Tauro
Ai 50 lavoratori attualmente iscritti nelle liste dell'Agenzia portuale se ne aggiungeranno altri 70
Navantia firma l'accordo per acquisire tutti e quattro i cantieri navali della Harland & Wolff
Londra/Madrid
Impegno alla salvaguardia dei mille posti di lavoro, garantendo la tutela dei diritti e delle condizioni di lavoro
Nel terzo trimestre il traffico delle merci nei porti francesi è diminuito del -7,3%
Parigi
Robusta crescita dei container (+14,0%). Calo delle altre tipologie di carichi
Thomas Kazakos sarà il prossimo segretario generale dell'International Chamber of Shipping
Londra
Subentrerà a giugno a Guy Platten
A tre anni dalla cerimonia inaugurale vengono avviati i lavori di costruzione del nuovo porto senegalese di Ndayane
Dubai
Investimento di 1,2 miliardi di dollari
Fatal accident in the port of Genoa
Genoa
A 52-year-old Culmv worker dies and a colleague is injured. A 24-hour strike has been called
In the second quarter of this year, cargo traffic in Greek ports increased by +1.4%
Container Traffic Growth at Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach in November
Los Angeles/Long Beach
Increases of +15.9% and +20.9% respectively were recorded
Lineas and Hupac collaborate on intermodal connections between Belgium and Italy
Brussels
The Belgian company will provide rail traction, while the Swiss one will take care of intermodal services
Report highlights progress made in reducing emissions in Tuscan ports
Leghorn
Emissions produced by maritime traffic account for 88.1% of the total
Assologistica, the application of the Reverse Charge for VAT purposes in the logistics sector is good
Milan
The association expressed appreciation for the government's intention to seek EU authorization
An EU Commission study analyses the environmental challenges faced by European ports
Brussels
Particular attention to supporting initiatives for the sustainability of small and medium-sized ports
Busan Port Set to End 2024 with Record Container Traffic of 24.3 Million TEU (+5.0%)
HMM to return to transatlantic routes
Seoul
New Northern Europe-West Coast USA service. Also inaugurated is an India-Northern Europe line
CMA CGM to use the port of Santa Cruz de Tenerife as a transhipment hub
Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Agreement with Terminal de Contenedores de Tenerife
Port of La Spezia, cruise ships will be able to operate at Molo Garibaldi despite the works
The Spice
EUNAVFOR Atalanta naval mission mandate extended until 28 February 2027
Brussels
Synergies with the Aspides maritime operation will be strengthened
A consortium led by CMA CGM will operate the container terminal at the river port of Lyon
CLECAT calls for new transport emissions regulation not to include entire life cycle of vehicles
Brussels
The IRU is instead in favour of the "well-to-wheel" approach
UNCTAD: Mediterranean ports' connection to global containerized shipping network declines
Geneva
General decrease in connections in Italian ports with the exception of La Spezia and Trieste
CMA CGM and AD Ports inaugurate container terminal at Khalifa Port
Abu Dhabi
The first phase has a traffic capacity of 1.8 million TEUs
Castor Maritime Acquires Control of MPC Capital
Limassol/Hamburg
Investment worth 182.8 million euros
The first cabin of the cold ironing system is ready at Molo Garibaldi in the port of La Spezia
The Spice
La statunitense FTV Capital presenta un'offerta per acquisire la Windward
Londra
L'azienda londinese sviluppa soluzioni tecnologiche per lo shipping
L'americana Halliburton compra la norvegese Optime Subsea
Notodden
L'azienda europea sviluppa tecnologie per le operazioni subacquee
Grimaldi ha preso in consegna la ro-ro multipurpose Great Cotonou
Napoli
Il prossimo mese sarà immessa in un nuovo servizio del gruppo tra Cina e Nigeria
Federagenti ha nominato 24 “ambasciatori”
Roma
Sono protagonisti da oltre 60 anni nella professione di agente marittimo
Porti della Spezia e Marina di Carrara, stanziati oltre cinque milioni per la transizione green
La Spezia
Fondi per l'acquisto di mezzi elettrici o a idrogeno
A novembre il traffico delle merci nei porti di Genova e Savona-Vado è cresciuto del +4,3%
Genova
Nei primi undici mesi del 2024 registrato un aumento del +1,1%
Nei primi 11 mesi del 2024 il traffico nel porto di Trieste è cresciuto del +6,4% grazie agli oli minerali
Trieste
Nello scalo portuale di Monfalcone registrata una flessione del -8,2%
Sequestrati nel porto di Genova oltre due quintali e mezzo di cocaina
Genova
La droga era all'interno di un contenitore frigo proveniente dall'Ecuador
Manca (Regione Sardegna): disattese le promesse di stanziamento di risorse per l'agenzia Kalport
Cagliari
Chiesto un incontro urgente alla ministra del Lavoro
Rincari degli importi degli diritti portuali nei porti di Bari e Brindisi
Bari
Leone: ci siamo impegnati per adottare misure che non impattassero su traffico e utenza
Sequestrato un ingente quantitativo di cocaina nel porto di Olbia
Sassari
Scoperti 39 chili di stupefacenti occultati in un minivan
Da gennaio Hupac intensificherà i collegamenti intermodali fra Belgio e Italia
Chiasso
Aumenterà anche la frequenza del treno shuttle fra Busto Arsizio e Padova
Porto di Ancona, rilascio della concessione provvisoria allo stabilimento della Fincantieri
Ancona
La nuova concessione avrà una durata di 40 anni
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
A novembre il traffico delle merci nel porto di Barcellona è calato del -3,7%
Barcellona
In crescita la movimentazione di container (+6,3%), ma non il peso dei carichi containerizzati (-6,9%)
Saipem si è aggiudicata un nuovo contratto offshore da Shell in Nigeria
Milano
Per l'azienda italiana ha un valore di circa 900 milioni di dollari
Rixi illustra per sommi capi la riforma portuale
Roma
Creazione di una società a controllo pubblico per gestire gli investimenti e rappresentare il sistema portuale italiano
Accordo tra RFI e RSE per lo studio di un sistema di trasporto merci a levitazione magnetica
Milano
Sicurezza marittima, firmato al MIT un accordo per semplificare le procedure di verifica
Roma
Attività ispettive e di certificazione potranno essere svolte da organismi appositamente accreditati
Nei primi undici mesi del 2024 il traffico delle merci nei porti russi è diminuito del -2,0%
San Pietroburgo
In calo sia le merci secche (-2,1%) che le rinfuse liquide (-2,0%)
Log In acquires 19,600 square meters of space at Interporto Toscano Amerigo Vespucci
Kansas City
It is the fourth acquisition in Italy of the Theoreim group company
Prysmian wins two EPCI contracts from French RTE, potentially worth €700 million
Milan
The laying of approximately 640 kilometers of land and underwater cables is planned
Testing of an autonomous port tractor in the port of Wilhelmshaven
Wilhelmshaven
It will be launched next year by Eurogate, MAFI, ICT Group and Embotech
Intesa Fincantieri - Sparkle for the protection and surveillance of submarine cables
Trieste
The two companies will analyze the requirements to improve the security of the infrastructure
Barcelona terminal operator BEST has ordered two new super post-Panamax quay cranes
Barcelona/The Hague
APM Terminals announces completion of work to increase capacity at MedPort Tangier terminal
Wärstilä sells Automation, Navigation and Control System to Swedish investment company Solix
Helsinki
In 2023 ANCS recorded revenues of 200 million euros
Cisl, speed up the choice of the president of the Port System Authority of the Eastern Ligurian Sea
The Spice
Necessary to implement works and investments
Works awarded for the expansion of the container terminal in the port of Koper
Coper
The works will be completed by the end of 2027
Container traffic in the port of Hong Kong fell by -4.2% last month
Hong Kong
In the first eleven months of 2024 the decline was -5.0%
Two Russian oil tankers crash near Kerch Strait
Fly
One of the 27 sailors of the two crews died
Monthly Container Traffic Declines at Port of Singapore
Singapore
Over 3.3 million TEUs were handled in November (-0.4%)
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
A conference on the implications of geopolitical crises for ports and maritime transport in Venice on Thursday
Conference for the 30th anniversary of WISTA Italy
Genoa
It will be held tomorrow at Palazzo San Giorgio in Genoa
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Iran signs over $1.8b investment contracts with private sector for ports development
(Tehran Times)
North Korean tankers transport over one million barrels of oil from Russia
(NK News)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Relazione del presidente Nicola Zaccheo
Roma, 18 settembre 2024
››› File
Contship Italia dedicates a locomotive to the memory of Cecilia Eckelmann Battistello
Melzo
The special livery commemorates his life and career
EBRD loan for the enhancement of multipurpose terminals at the ports of Casablanca and Jorf Lasfar
London
Funds up to 65 million euros
Zero Emission Port Alliance Report on Future Port Electricity Demand
The Hague
The importance of strengthening port electrical infrastructures was highlighted
Paolo Potestà confirmed as president of ANGOPI
Rome
Vice Presidents are Giovanni D'Angelo, Marco Gorin, Ettore Rosalba, Mario Ciampaglia and Alessandro Serra
Criminal proceedings filed against the heads of the AdSP of the Southern Tyrrhenian and Ionian Seas
Joy Taurus
The absolute groundlessness of the crime report was recognized
In the July-September quarter, revenues of TUI's cruise division grew by +8.9%
Hanover
In the entire financial year 2024, the increase in turnover was +28.1%
MSC orders ten new 24,000 TEU containerships from Hengli Heavy Industry
Dalian
Contract worth over 2.3 billion dollars
RINA to conduct pre-FEED study for carbon capture and storage project in Malaysia
Genoa
Assigned by PETRONAS CCS Solutions
European Network of Maritime Clusters Board of Directors Renewed
Rome
Maire confirmed as president. Vice-presidents are Nathalie Mercier-Perrin, Javier Garat Pérez and Biagio Mazzotta
New step for the establishment of the port company ex art. 17 in the port of Gioia Tauro
Joy Taurus
Local Advisory Committee Meeting
PSA Italy chiuderà il 2024 con una crescita del +3% del traffico dei container nei porti di Genova e Venezia
Genova
A novembre è proseguito il trend congiunturale negativo dei ricavi di Evergreen, Yang Ming e WHL
Taipei
InRail has expanded its operating area to include French territory
Genoa
The company has become fully operational on the Mediterranean Corridor
A conference on the implications of geopolitical crises for ports and maritime transport in Venice on Thursday
Venice
Moderate growth in the value of global trade in goods continues
Moderate growth in the value of global trade in goods continues
Geneva
The increase for the whole of 2024 should be around +2.7%
47% of German maritime imports of green hydrogen will be able to pass through the port of Hamburg
Hamburg
The airport will be able to cover 10-18% of total national demand by 2045
Methanol delivery from land to a ship was performed for the first time in China
Beijing
79.5 tons of fuel loaded in 2.5 hours
MSC Air Cargo Pilots Sign Contract
Rome
Uiltrasporti gives particular weight to the fixed part of wages
Importance of cold ironing highlighted for emission reduction in Marseille-Fos port
Marseille
The effect deriving from the new SECA zone is also significant
In November, freight traffic in the port of Ravenna increased by +21.5%
Ravenna
Cruise passengers down by -46.8%
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