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March 2, 2021
Exim Indiaweb site
MARCH 1, 2021
  • CEVA Logistics opens new Thailand head office
  • CMA CGM to deploy six 15,000-TEU vessels to service US customers
  • MOL Group to showcase at WIND EXPO 2021
  • MOL to expand sharing of ship operation data
  • Swire Shipping officially opens new office close to Lae Port in Papua New Guinea
  • MPEDA & NCDC to jointly formulate programmes to boost marine exports
  • Rice exports seen increasing
  • CoPT signs MoUs to develop FTWZ, cryogenic warehouse, aviation fuel terminal
  • INDIAN PORTS ASSOCIATION
  • NMPT inks MoUs worth INR 1, 417 cr.
  • Annual cargo theft report indicates significant new trends
  • Chinubhai Kalidass & GatewayRail facilitate dedicated export train for Amul from Ahmedabad
  • PSA & CDAS partner to launch one-stop digital solution platform for supply chain community in Singapore
  • CMA CGM to plant 10,000 trees in India as part of a worldwide reforestation initiative
  • Prime Minister to inaugurate Maritime India Summit 2021 today

International Transport Journalweb site
  • Only eco power for e-locomotives
  • Barcelona in the black
  • Turn in trade with China?
  • Scannell Properties expands team in Germany
  • ESR joins HSCI
  • Asian airlines finally growing again
  • Swedish trains now run to Italy
  • A transatlantic coalition is forged
  • North America: from a route to a network
  • Umco promotes start-ups
  • Livestock from Western Europe to Western Asia
  • C3 for Bremen
  • Vessel traffic service to take off in Antwerp
  • Innovative trucks to deliver cheese
  • "Curiosity of the Day"
  • Colombian secretary general for Iaco
  • Hawaiian cargo carrier orders Florida conversion
  • Fortec rebrand saves money

The Loadstarweb site
MARCH 1, 2021
  • No sympathy for carriers from shippers who must foot the bill for bunker hikes
  • ONE Apus and Maersk Eindhoven may be back on course this month
  • Outlook for large widebodies looks chilly in a hot freighter conversion market
  • Hong Kong shippers' fears ease as 100% air cargo screening looms
  • Finding the way through delays from a maze of post-Brexit red tape
  • Cainiao links with Saudia Cargo to halve e-commerce transit to Middle East
  • M&A radar: Clipper Logistics - pity you wouldn't listen. What now?
  • Market Insight: How M&A is changing your business as your business changes

Marine Logweb site
MARCH 1, 2021
  • VIDEO: CMHI floats out offshore wind foundation installation ship
    China Merchants Heavy Industry (CMHI) shipyard in Jiangsu, China, has floated out Alfa Lift, a newbuild heavy installation vessel, designed and built for installing the next generation of extra-large offshore wind foundations,
  • New twin-screw towboat joins Parker Towing fleet
    Parker Towing Company, Tuscaloosa, Ala., has recently taken delivery of the twin-screw towboat Jared Phillips from FMT Shipyard & Repair LLC, Harvey, La. Measuring 128 feet in length and 34 feet in
  • Crowley names Dan Warner CFO
    Crowley Maritime Corporation reports that it has promoted senior executive team member Dan Warner to Chief Financial Officer, consolidating the company's enterprise-level financial strategy, resources and services under his leadership. In his
  • Halter Marine invests in customized robotic welding solutions
    Halter Marine continues to make upgrades in preparation for construction of the Coast Guard's Polar Security Cutter (PSC). Today, Danish robotic welding specialist Inrotech reported that it had received an order from
  • TORM swoops on eight Team Tankers MR carriers
    Copenhagen-headquartered TORM reports that it has entered into an agreement to purchase eight 2007-2012 built MR product tankers from Team Tankers Deep Sea Ltd. for a total cash consideration of $82.5 million
  • Navy awards Austal USA $235 million EPF contract
    Austal USA has been awarded a $235 million U.S. Navy contract for the detailed design and construction of the 15th Expeditionary Fast Transport (EPF) vessel. Austal USA has delivered 12 EPFs to

Lloyd's Listweb site
MARCH 1, 2021
  • Access your daily edition of Insurance Day
    Please be aware daily editions are only available digitally at present until print distribution challenges associated with coronavirus are resolved...
  • Viewpoint: Cyber underwriting must evolve with the threat of ransomware
    A lot more to needs to be done by businesses and their insurers to better understand and identify the risk...
  • ID Podcast: The BI test case and a more interventionist FCA?
    Insurance Day asked Clifford Chance for their key takeaways from the ruling, and what it will really mean for the...
  • UK Supreme Court BI decision 'could muddle reinsurance Covid-19 response'
    Applying court's reasoning to reinsurance aggregation could 'defeat purpose of cat XL contracts'
  • Focus: New data standard will drive credit insurance into the digital age
    Standard will significantly improve transaction efficiency and facilitate better systems integration and higher trade volumes in the future
  • Focus: A resilient trade credit market is critical to the global recovery
    As well as supporting customers through this uncertain period, the market is working with global governments to develop further safety...
  • Beazley beta syndicate turns profit
    Syndicate 5623 makes a profit in its opening year of account
  • Floating storage and subterfuge oil trades pose earnings drag on tankers
    Releasing tonnage once US sanctions on Iran's oil and shipping sector are lifted will weigh on an already oversupplied market
  • US exporters look to guarantees for shipments
    The pandemic has shown that shipping contracts are not worth the paper they are written on. And while close relations...
  • Reinsurance pricing momentum 'to persist through 2021': S&P
    The rating agency says the sector likely failed to earn its cost of capital in 2020
  • iprism product targets predicted spike in unoccupied property
    MGA creates product to deal with predicted post-lockdown economic disruption
  • Hiscox denies allegation of slow BI payout
    Company stresses it is paying Covid-19 claims as quickly as possible
  • Swedish Club biggest relative gainer yet in renewal round
    International Group affiliate boosts entered tonnage with double-digit percentage points growth
  • Why the master is ultimately responsible for the safety of shipping
    A webinar that explores the master-pilot relationship points to the need for the shipping industry to re-engage the shore with...
  • China set to remain at centre of supply chains
    Since the outbreak of the trade war there have been efforts to move manufacturing to less politically sensitive regions in...
  • Swedish Club is biggest relative gainer yet in renewal round
    Managing director Lars Rhodin hails highest-ever retention rate, as Scandinavian P&I clubs strongly outpace UK-based peers
  • Improved access for non-Lloyd's brokers will facilitate underwriting profitability
    Non-Lloyd's coverholders will increase business coming into market and act as important filters, thereby helping to ensure risk is better...
  • Transparency vital for charterers' low-carbon shift
    The drive towards transparency of emissions data from shipowners is a journey that still has a long way to go...
  • Cinven, GIC complete Miller acquisition
    Broker has 'aggressive' expansion plans following deal, chief executive says
  • Platform launched to expand maritime's digitalisation
    Company will initially act as a sales conduit, but the founders see it as a possible future conduit for arranging...
  • Israel clears Minerva Marine tanker over bunker spill
    This pollution has an address - we will not ignore this environmental crime and we will take all measures possible...
  • Why ESG must go much further than climate change issues
    ESG is part of a growing interest in corporate transparency and stakeholders' expectations are evolving quickly. Although voluntary approaches do...
  • Axa XL appoints senior power underwriter
    New hire to boost carrier's UK and Lloyd's market operations
  • Hartford boosts environmental capabilities with hire
    New senior environment impairment liability underwriter to help carrier 'drive its ambition'
  • Data accuracy is driven by successful digital transformation
    Large shipping and logistics companies all place digital transformation at the top of their agenda, but their progress has been...
  • From scrapping to sanctions-busting
    Vintage tankers sold to cash buyers for scrap are reborn in sanctioned trades, shipping Iranian crude to China via a...
  • Ports viewed as the model hub for shipping's digital future
    The onus is on ports to build digital infrastructure that is safe, scalable and secure, but which provides ease of...
  • Israel links Iran to vessel explosion
    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Iran is behind last week's explosion on the Ray Shipping car carrier Helios Ray...
  • Japanese ship finance firm launches $5.7bn green fund
    'Maybe there will be technologies that are far better than liquefied natural gas, but today what is important is to...
  • Vessel attack 'fabricated' to mask security lapse
    A private maritime security company falsely claimed two Nigerian Navy guards had been killed in a pirate attack in an...
  • Torm buys eight MR tankers for cash and shares
    Update: Company head says it was the right time to expand its fleet. It sees itself as a consolidator in...
  • MOL expands data-sharing initiative to 180 ships
    Move is part of the shipping giant's so-called Fleet Optimal Control Unified System Project, which aims to enhance vessel safety...
  • Yangzijiang Shipbuilding targets $3.5bn in orders
    CGS-CIMB Securities analyst Lim Siew Khee says Yangzijiang is expecting sizeable contracts with a series of 10 or more units...
  • Keppel to be compensated for Chinese port closure
    Keppel expects to yield a gain of more than $28m from the agreed compensation
  • BW LPG positive on medium-term VLGC market
    Due to current market weakness the company plans to bring forward six scheduled dry dockings and two special surveys. Around 11...
  • Miller adds duo to UK professions team
    Broker expands professional indemnity markets team
  • Genworth divests Australian mortgage insurance unit
    Majority stake sold off
  • Daily Briefing
    Free to read: Better box carrier service will come at a cost, warns Saadé | Partnerships and redundancy critical to...
  • Fema's cat bond for NFIP grows to $575m
    Bond to expand in size due to demand
  • State Farm's income falls 34% on rate cuts and refunds
    Net earnings fall as company reports pandemic-related payouts
  • Brown & Brown consolidates wholesale units as Bridge Specialty
    Florida-based broker consolidates 25 units under brand
  • Aston Lark acquires Sennocke International Insurance
    Company continues acquisition drive
  • ERS reports record results on lower claims frequency
    Combined ratio improves 7.8 points to 91.9%
  • Aviva aims for net zero by 2040
    UK-listed insurer will cut carbon intensity of its investments 60% by 2030
  • Berkshire Hathaway's underwriting profits soar in 2020
    Reinsurance unit's underwriting losses double on near-$1bn in pandemic-related losses

The Journal of Commerceweb site
MARCH 1, 2021
  • TPM21: Carrier CEOs say trans-Pacific disruptions expose contract limits
  • TPM21: Increasing vaccinations will eventually ease US port congestion
  • TPM21: Improving economy to keep trans-Pac demand robust
  • Port of Virginia to end floating receiving dates for export containers
  • Descartes acquires FTZ specialist QuestaWeb
  • Rates hold as European demand for Chinese goods bucks seasonal trend
  • TPM 21: Logistics automation brings more value to customers

TradeWindsweb site
MARCH 1, 2021
  • Net widens as Israeli probe clears Minerva aframax of oil spill
  • Spain orders slaughter of 850 stranded cows over bluetongue fears
  • Master dies and seven others test positive on bulker in Norway
  • Torm swoops on eight product carriers from Team Tankers
  • Maria Mavroudi launches insurance brokerage Searock
  • V.Group CEO unveils his plans for 'making the boat go faster'
  • BW LPG stays positive on rates as $40m VLGC sale falls through
  • Israel says holed car carrier attacked by mines as it blames Iran
  • German Bank arrests Xihe aframax while another product tanker is sold
  • Hyundai Heavy makes LNG bunker vessel debut with Korea Gas deal
  • Team Tankers content to wait for 'strategic' deals
  • Torm fleet emits more CO2 with higher carbon intensity in 2020
  • Thun Tankers e-launches multi-fuel tanker for shortsea trade
  • Mitsui Kinkai orders three green tweendeckers at Onomichi
  • FSL Trust makes $500,000 profit on $105m sale of LR2 duo
  • Ardmore teams with Carl Buettner to add chemical tanker firepower
  • Feeding frenzy: S&P deals hit 10-year high across three main sectors
  • Polarcus faces lawsuit after fleet seizure leaves it short for Eni charter deal
  • IMEC boss argues Philippines is pricing itself out of maritime labour market
  • Oh buoy! Lost seafarer survives for 14 hours by clinging to fishing float
  • Cido Shipping locks second VLGC into term charter
  • Net widens as Israeli probe clears Minerva aframax of oil spill
  • Spain orders slaughter of 850 stranded cows over bluetongue disease fears
  • Master dies and seven others test positive on bulker in Norway
  • Torm acquires Team Tankers' MR fleet in bargain-hunting move
  • Maria Mavroudi launches insurance brokerage Searock
  • V.Group CEO unveils his plans for 'making the boat go faster'
  • BW LPG stays positive on rates as $40m VLGC sale falls through
  • Israel says holed car carrier attacked by mines as it blames Iran
  • German Bank arrests Xihe aframax while another product tanker is sold
  • Hyundai Heavy makes LNG bunker vessel debut with Korea Gas deal
  • Meriaura adds a couple of coasters as Baltic market 'accelerates'
  • Busy Norwegian licensing round bodes well for OSV owners
  • ESL Shipping brings in three bulkers to meet growing demand
  • DOF's Mons Aase spending 'lot of time' thinking about renewables strategy
  • Belships boosts fleet with double ultramax bulker acquisition
  • Higher margin containerships boost Yangzijiang profit
  • Arne Fredly plots new shipping direction for Hunter after VLCC sales
  • Bulkers slow on green technology uptake, says Clarksons

American Shipperweb site
MARCH 1, 2021
  • GSCW: Walmart beats Amazon in circumventing port congestion, analyst says
    Amazon may get the headlines for promising fast deliveries, but if it can't get the product from overseas, the efficiency of trucks and delivery vans...
  • Maersk Essen nears LA more than 6 weeks after container loss
    The ocean carrier has not said when customers can expect to receive damaged or intact cargo.
  • Career Tracks: 'Product visionary' from Dropbox and Facebook joins FarEye
    Suvrat Joshi joins logistics software-as-a-service platform FarEye as chief product officer.
  • FreightWaves Flashback: Maersk launches first 6,000-TEU ship
    1996: At 1,044 feet (318.2 meters) long, the new Maersk ships are longer than the Eiffel tower, but they are still capable of a high...
  • GSCW chat recap: Have globalization and world trade gone too far?
    Globalization isn't just driven by comparative advantage. It is skewed by subsidies and mispricing of risk, according to author Marc Levinson.
  • Transport buyers dig deeper into wallets for air cargo
    Airfreight markets are topsy-turvy in the COVID era, but importers and exporters can count on one thing: paying two to three times normal rates. CFOs...
  • Ocean carriers take heat for profiting 'so handsomely' while service plunged
    AgTC's Peter Friedmann said Hapag-Lloyd's Rolf Habben Jansen failed to mention in a press conference that the container shipping lines are enjoying record profits "while...

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
MARCH 1, 2021
  • Denmark's Torm remains committed to scrubbers despite Hi-5 volatility
    **SOx emissions down on year but GHG emissions up **First loan signed with emission-linked terms
  • CAPITOL CRUDE PODCAST: Panama Canal seeks solutions to congestion as wait times increase
    We spoke with Ricaurte Vásquez Morales, administrator of the Panama Canal Authority, who has been working to reduce congestion of the canal.
  • Prax Group announces acquisition of UK's Lindsey refinery
    **Total took almost a decade to sell UK plant **Trafigura will supply crude, feedstocks to 108,000 b/d refinery **European refineries under pressure from COVID-19
  • Lanka Marine Services starts 0.5%S marine fuel sales at Hambantota
    "Cargo imports are done by Sinopec Sri Lanka with whom LMS has entered into a strategic partnership," company officials said.
  • VLCC fixtures fail on North Sea-to-East run as demand fails to materialize
    **VLCC fixtures fail on North Sea-to-East run **Muted buying demand from East amid refinery maintenance **Freight rates under pressure as cargoes withdraw
  • VGO loadings from Russia's Tuapse flat on month at 120,000 mt in March
    **Four cargoes to be shared by Gunvor, Petrocas, Tupras **HSVGO prices heard lower
  • Rallying oil market has OPEC+ priming the pump, as ministers balance caution with profit
    **Ministers to convene online March 4 to decide April quotas **Saudi Arabia holds the cards with its extra 1 million b/d cut **Still fragile physical market may belie price gains
  • FOB Singapore physical fuel oil traded volumes fall 75% amid easing N. Asian utilities demand in Feb
    "There was quite a bit of demand for both products (high sulfur and low sulfur fuel oil) from the power sector in both Sri Lanka and North Asia in January; by February, the cold snap in North Asia which sustained some demand for LSFO previously, ended," said a Singapore-based trader.
  • South Korea's March low sulfur bunker supply to remain similar to Feb: sources
    **Refiners to supply 500,000 mt of 0.5% sulfur bunker in March **Demand starts to pick up
  • March-arrival LSFO arbitrage volumes in Singapore seen higher at 3 mil mt: traders
    "[Floating storage] stock levels have been going down for a while, and the first half of March is looking tighter than the second half, hence the step up in imports; also the Asia price is still better than other regions," a trader in Singapore said.
  • Asia residual fuel: Key market indicators this week March 1-5
    Higher arbitrage volumes of low sulfur fuel oil cargo arriving in Singapore in March underpinned recent trading sentiment, although the Singapore delivered bunker market is still expected to see an initial period of tightness, as most arrivals are scheduled in the latter hald of the month.
  • MARKET MOVERS ASIA VIDEO: Spotlight on energy transition at China's Two Sessions, Asian Refining Summit
  • Qatargas delivers its first LNG cargo to Ennore terminal in India

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FROM THE HOME PAGE
The liner shipping industry contributes substantially to the U.S. economy.
Washington
This is highlighted by an analysis carried out by S&P Global Market Intelligence on behalf of WSC and PMSA
Toll worsens from explosion in Iranian port of Shahid Rajaee
Tehran
It caused 46 deaths and injured over 1,200 people
Tender for concession of container terminal at Ukrainian port of Chornomorsk to be announced by mid-year
Kiev
The management will include the general cargo terminal
CEVA Logistics (CMA CGM group) will buy the Turkish Borusan Lojistik
Istanbul/Marseille
Wärtsilä's first quarter is positive
Helsinki
New orders value growth slows
ESPO: The EU Parliament's Budget Committee's request for more funding for transport, energy and infrastructure is welcome
Brussels
The importance of financing TEN-T networks to enable their adaptation for both military and civilian dual-use purposes was highlighted
Solidarity contribution for the families of port workers who are victims of accidents at work
Rome
It was established by the National Bilateral Port Authority
Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore Division Reports Record Quarterly Revenue
Neuilly-sur-Seine
New historical peak also for the classified fleet
PSA reportedly considering selling its 20% stake in Hutchison Ports
Singapore
This is according to "Reuters", which had already floated this hypothesis at the end of 2022
Federagenti, Italy must give a sharp acceleration to the projects of ZES, free zones and Special Logistics Zones
Rome
Pessina: There is no space for reflections prey to bureaucracy
In the first quarter of this year, freight traffic in the port of Rotterdam decreased by -5.8%.
Rotterdam
Both disembarkation (-3.1%) and embarkation (-11.9%) loads are decreasing
Increase in container cargo is not enough for the port of Antwerp-Bruges to avoid a -4.0% decline in quarterly traffic
Antwerp
The decline in liquid bulk cargoes worsened (-19.1%)
The China Shipowners' Association considers the measures taken by the US against Chinese ships a typical example of unilateralism and protectionism
Beijing/Washington
The WSC reiterates that such measures could undermine American trade, harm U.S. manufacturers, and undermine efforts to strengthen the nation's maritime industry.
COSCO Expresses Strong Opposition to US Planned Taxes on Chinese Ships
Growing share of new entrants in European rail transport sector
Madrid
In 2023, rail freight transport performance decreased by -8%
New Chinese Ship Taxes That Will Only Raise Prices for Americans
Washington
The executive vice president of the US Chamber of Commerce denounced it
Tax amounts set for China-linked vessels arriving at US ports
Washington
Calculated on the basis of net capacity or container volume, they will be applied from October and will be progressively increased
International tender launched to award concession for new Casablanca port shipyard
Casablanca
It is the largest in Africa and has been unused since 2019
Federlogistica, the industry must stop approaching logistics only in terms of costs
Genoa
Falteri: a national control room composed of representatives of the logistics sector and industrial groups is necessary
ABB closes positive first quarter even if revenue growth is lower than expected
Zurich
Wierod: Our consolidated local-for-local approach protects us from the trade war
New global minimum wage deal for seafarers
Geneva
The level will rise to $690 from January 1, 2026 to reach $704 from 2027 and $715 from 2028.
Global trade in goods could fall by -1.5% this year
Geneva
WTO predicts. Okonjo-Iweala: Persistent uncertainty threatens to slow global growth, with serious negative consequences for the world
In 2023, around two-thirds of all goods moved in the EU were transported by sea.
Luxembourg
In the period 2013-2023, only the share of road transport increased, while that of other modes decreased.
Postal shipments of goods from Hong Kong to the US suspended
Hong Kong
Hongkong Post faces exorbitant and unreasonable tariffs due to unjustified and intimidating actions of the United States
Confitarma highlights the need for the decarbonisation strategy not to penalise shipping compared to other modes
Rome
Zanetti: also ensure that the implementation process takes into account the operational needs of the industry
Intercargo and Intertanko raise concerns over shipping decarbonisation deal
London
The complexity of the measure adopted by the IMO and the unusual procedure from which non-governmental organizations were excluded were highlighted
Pirate attacks on ships to spike in first quarter of 2025
Pirate attacks on ships to spike in first quarter of 2025
London
Sharp increase in incidents in the Singapore Straits
Interferry welcomes IMO agreement on decarbonisation of shipping, but finds strategy too complex
Victoria/Piraeus
Greek Shipowners' Association disappointed by failure to recognise essential role of transition fuels such as LNG
International Labour Organization Recognizes Seafarers as Key Workers
London
ITF and ICS: a historic moment
CMA CGM to acquire 35% of Egypt's October Dry Port
Cairo
The company operates a dry port in the industrial and logistics zone near Cairo
MSC Group's TiL to Take Full Control of Hutchison Ports Terminals
New York
Bloomberg reports this, specifying that the Panamanian terminals would be jointly managed with BlackRock
Draft regulation on decarbonisation of shipping approved by MEPC includes mandatory fuel standard and pricing of greenhouse gas emissions
London/Washington/Brussels
The establishment of a Fund to collect resources deriving from the pricing of emissions is foreseen
Task force of five associations for the relaunch of Italian rail cargo
Rome
Initiative by Agens, Assoferr, Assologistica, Fercargo and Fermerci
MIT indicates Matteo Paroli as new president of the ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado
Rome/La Spezia
The La Spezia port community also requests a name for the Eastern Liguria Port Authority
Le Aziende informano
Il retrofit ibrido-elettrico di ABB guida i traghetti dei laghi italiani verso un futuro più sostenibile
Confitarma underlines the importance of the shipping decarbonisation strategy being defined at IMO
Rome
The Italian Confederation specifies that it shares some of the USA's concerns
WSC Reiterates Trump's Measures for National Maritime Industry Are Bad for U.S. Economy
Washington
Kramek: Ready to support the administration with constructive proposals
Fincantieri and Accenture establish joint venture Fincantieri Ingenium
Trieste/Milan
The aim is to drive the digital transformation of the ship product and port logistics
Meyer Werft has delivered the new luxury cruise ship Asuka III to NYK Cruises
Papenburg/Emden
It has a capacity of 744 passengers and 470 crew members
As Trump formalizes measures to revitalize America's maritime industry, the nation's ports face a dramatic decline in traffic
Washington/Geneva
Okonjo-Iweala (WTO): With the escalation of trade tensions between the US and China, the exchange of goods between the two economies could decrease up to 80%
CK Hutchison denies allegations of breach of concession contract for Panamanian ports of Cristóbal and Balboa
Panama
Panama Ports Company emphasizes that it has complied with all legal obligations and contractual commitments
US Does Not Participate in IMO Negotiations on Shipping Decarbonization, Threatens Reciprocal Measures
London
Expressed opposition to any attempt to impose economic measures on ships based on greenhouse gas emissions or fuel choice
T&E urges MEPC to agree clear and ambitious measures to decarbonise shipping
Brussels
It is necessary - the association underlines - to set binding objectives
Meyer Yachts will build an ultra-luxury residential mega yacht for Ulyssia Residences
Miami
The ship will be 320 meters long and will be built at the Papenburg shipyard
Neapolitan Grimaldi Group wins $1.3 billion order for nine ro-pax ships
Neapolitan Grimaldi Group wins $1.3 billion order for nine ro-pax ships
Helsinki/Naples
Order at China Merchants Jinling Shipyard (Weihai)
Viking orders two cruise ships from Fincantieri with option for two additional units
Los Angeles/Trieste
The two ships under construction in Ancona for the American brand will be the first in the world to be powered by hydrogen stored on board
Antonio Ranieri is the new maritime director of Liguria
Genoa
He takes over from Admiral Piero Pellizzari who was discharged from the service upon reaching the age limit
In the first quarter of 2025, China's CIMC recorded a 12.7% increase in container sales
Hong Kong
Revenues grew by +11.0%
Last year, the revenues of the Chinese group CMPort increased by +3.1%
Hong Kong
In the first three months of 2025, port terminals handled 36.4 million containers (+5.6%)
The financial statements of the AdSP of Western Liguria and the Central-Northern Tyrrhenian Sea have been approved
Genoa/Civitavecchia
Konecranes revenues increased by +7.7% in the first three months of 2025
Helsinki
343 million euros of new orders for port vehicles (+37.5%)
Kuehne+Nagel posts first quarter of growth
Schindellegi
The logistics group's net sales amounted to 6.33 billion Swiss francs (+14.9%)
Application by TDT (Grimaldi group) for the construction and management of 50% of the Terminal Darsena Europa in Livorno
Leghorn
The company has requested an extension of the duration of the current concession
In 2024, 58 million invested in the modernization of the ports of Livorno, Piombino and the island of Elba
Leghorn
The final budget and the annual report of the AdSP have been approved
EIB advice to strengthen climate resilience of the ports of Volos, Alexandroupolis and Patras
Luxembourg
It will assist port authorities in identifying and managing climate risks
In the first quarter the port of Valencia handled 1.3 million containers (+3.4%)
Valencia
Transhipment traffic decline
The Management Committee of the Central Tyrrhenian Sea Port Authority has unanimously approved the 2024 financial statement
Naples
SOS LOGistica will acquire the qualification of Third Sector Entity
Milan
The association currently has 74 members
In the first three months of 2025, freight traffic in the ports of Barcelona and Algeciras decreased
Barcelona/Algeciras
Hupac transfers intermodal service with Padua to Novara
Noise
Until now the other terminal was the one in Busto Arsizio
PSA SECH has operated the first 400-meter train at Parco Ferroviario Rugna
Genoa
Capacity up to 20 pairs of trains per day
The 2024 financial statement of the Eastern Liguria Port Authority was unanimously approved
The Spice
The war clearance preparatory to the expansion of the Ravano Terminal in La Spezia is nearing completion
The Spice
The AdSP has invested over 600 thousand euros in it
Francesco Rizzo appointed president of the AdSP of the Strait
Rome
He has repeatedly denounced the uselessness of the construction of the bridge over the Strait
US aircraft attack Yemeni port of Ras Isa
Tampa/Beirut
38 dead and over a hundred injured
In 2025 Stazioni Marittime predicts an increase in ferry and cruise traffic in the port of Genoa
MIT Mobility Report Highlights Rising Demand for Both Passengers and Freight
Rome
In the first quarter, cargo traffic in Russian ports decreased by -5.6%
St. Petersburg
Both dry goods (-5.3%) and liquid bulk (-5.8%) are decreasing
Andrea Giachero confirmed as president of Spediporto
Genoa
The board of directors of the association of Genoese freight forwarders has also been renewed for the three-year period 2025-2028
Study for monitoring vehicular traffic in the ports of Venice and Chioggia
Milan
Order awarded to Circle and Arelogik
In Italy, the rail freight transport sector is in deep trouble
Geneva
Fermerci calls for making traffic incentives structural and increasing and for refinancing the incentive for the purchase of locomotives and wagons
Global Maritime Forum report on optimising ship calls to reduce emissions
Copenhagen
Virtual arrival and just-in-time arrival approaches proposed
In the first quarter of this year, container traffic in the port of Gioia Tauro grew by +15.5%
Joy Taurus
Construction of the "Dockworker’s House" has begun
GNV has taken delivery of the second of four new ro-pax vessels in China
Genoa
"GNV Orion" will be able to accommodate 1,700 passengers and transport up to 3,080 linear metres of cargo
After ten quarters of decline, container traffic in the port of Hong Kong returns to growth
Hong Kong
In the first three months of this year 3.39 million TEUs were handled (+2.1%)
Fincantieri acquires stake in WSense
Rome
The ninth FREMM unit "Spartaco Schergat" delivered to the Italian Navy
The new edition of the Practical Manual of Maritime Traffic has been presented
Genoa
Written by Assagenti, it turns fifty
Container traffic at the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles increased by 26.6% and 5.2% in the first quarter
Long Beach/Los Angeles
Trump's tariffs impact imminent
In the first three months of 2025, the port of Singapore handled 10.5 million containers (+5.8%)
Singapore
In weight, containerized traffic recorded a decrease of -1.4%
Regulations signed for LNG bunkering at Fincantieri shipyard in Genoa
Genoa
Define the methods of transferring fuel from ship to ship
Historic shipbuilding brands Uljanik and 3.Maj on the verge of extinction
Zagreb
The State confirms its intention to sell the shipbuilding activities at the two sites of Pula and Rijeka
Cambiaso Risso has completed the acquisition of the French Somecassur
Genoa
The transalpine company specializes in the insurance of super and mega yachts
New weekly train service between the port of Gioia Tauro and Verona
Joy Taurus/Verona
Operated by Medlog for the transport of refrigerated goods
EBRD looking for strategic partner for development of Moldovan river port of Giurgiulesti
London
International competition launched
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
Turkish ports set new first-quarter cargo traffic record
Ankara
Historic peak of cargo imported from abroad
In the first quarter of 2025, freight traffic in the port of Taranto grew by +37.6%
Taranto
Increase of 854 thousand tons of solid bulk and 265 thousand tons of conventional goods
DEME buys Havfram, a company that installs offshore wind farms
Second Right/Washington
Transaction worth approximately 900 million euros
Rail transport of convoys for Rome Metro started from Reggio Calabria
Rome
Contract awarded by Hitachi Rail to Mercitalia Rail
In 2024, the volumes handled by Magli Intermodal Service decreased by -2%
Rezzato
Turnover stable
Yang Ming records first decline in turnover in March after 14 months of growth
Keelung/Taipei
Evergreen and WHL revenue growth continues
The European Commission has approved the acquisition of Germany's Schenker by Denmark's DSV
Brussels
The impact on competition in the markets in which the two companies operate is considered limited
Fincantieri - Kayo Agreement to Promote the Development of the Shipbuilding and Naval Industry in Albania
Trieste
Possible creation of a hub for shipbuilding and refitting in the region
Recent slight reduction in logistics costs for new factory vehicles
Brussels
Montaresi (AdSP Liguria Orientale) awarded with the "Port Oscar"
Miami
The event has reached its eighteenth edition
In the first three months of 2025, containers carried by OOCL vessels increased by +9.3%
Hong Kong
Revenues up +16.8%
The AdSP of the Southern Tyrrhenian and Ionian Seas wins in appeal against Zen Yacht
Joy Taurus
Company ordered to pay back rent
A large shipment of cocaine was seized in the port of Livorno
Leghorn
Two tons of drugs identified by Customs and Financial Police personnel
Navantia renews agreement with American cruise group Royal Caribbean
Miami
To date, the Cadiz shipyard has carried out maintenance, repair and refurbishment work on 45 of the group's ships.
Record cruise traffic expected in Italian ports this year
Miami
Cemar believes that growth will not stop even in 2026
HII-HHI Agreement to Accelerate US and South Korean Naval Production
National Harbor
The aim is to strengthen the naval industrial base of the two nations.
Panama Ports Company Accused of Violating Terms of Concession Agreement
Panama
Panama's Auditor General announced the filing of criminal charges
Colombo West International Terminal has become operational
Ahmedabad
It has a traffic capacity of 3.2 million TEUs
The conference "New sustainable marine fuels - Decarbonize Shipping" will be held in Genoa on Monday
Genoa
The new multifunctional border control structure PCF - PED/PDI Point completed in the port of Gioia Tauro
Joy Taurus
"Artificial Intelligence Comes to Port" Conference in Rome on Friday
Rome
It is promoted by the National Union of Port Enterprises
MSC Group's new cruise terminal inaugurated in Miami
Miami
It can accommodate three large ships at the same time
In February, traffic in the port of Ravenna increased by +2.1%
Ravenna
Bulk cargo increases, miscellaneous cargo declines
In 2024, Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane recorded a net loss of -208 million euros
Rome
Revenues up by +11.7%. The group's freight transported increased thanks to the acquisition of Exploris
Port of Genoa, Ente Bacini requests new spaces and renewal of the concession
Genoa
Conference to celebrate the centenary of the company
The public meeting of the Italian Port Terminal Operators Association will be held in Rome on June 19th
Genoa
VARD to build offshore dive vessel for Dong Fang Offshore
Alesund/Trieste
The contract is worth 113.5 million euros
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 conference "New sustainable marine fuels - Decarbonize Shipping" will be held in Genoa on Monday
Genoa
It will take place at the headquarters of the Port Authority of Genoa
"Artificial Intelligence Comes to Port" Conference in Rome on Friday
Rome
It is promoted by the National Union of Port Enterprises
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Proposed 30% increase for port tariffs to be in phases, says Loke
(Free Malaysia Today)
Damen Mangalia Unionists Protest Friday Against Possible Closure
(The Romania Journal)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Relazione del presidente Nicola Zaccheo
Roma, 18 settembre 2024
››› File
Next week Italian ports will participate in Seatrade Cruise Global
Rome
Initiative brand: "CruiseItaly - One Country, Many Destinations"
MSC Group Cruise Terminal Officially Inaugurated in the Port of Barcelona
Barcelona
In 2027 it will be equipped with a cold ironing plant
Marcegaglia and Nova Marine Carriers form NovaMar Logistic joint venture
Lugano/Gazoldo of the Ippoliti
A general cargo ship will transport raw materials to the steel group's plants
Liebherr achieves record annual sales in the maritime and port crane segment
Bulls
Strong demand for offshore and container handling equipment
The annual conference "Programming, Operation and Management of Transport Networks" in Genoa
Genoa
It is dedicated to the transport and mobility sector
Last year, 656 ships underwent repair work in Greece
Piraeus
Increase of five units compared to 2023
Port of La Spezia, cruise ship docking simulations completed at Garibaldi West pier
The Spice
Assagenti conference on the future of the profession of maritime agent and broker
Genoa
It will be held tomorrow in Genoa
Stena Line presents a project for a ro-ro vessel capable of reducing energy consumption by at least 20%
Gothenburg
Introduced most of the innovative technologies currently available
Francesco Beltrano is the new general secretary of Uniport
Rome
He takes over from Paolo Ferrandino, who will continue to collaborate as a consultant
Saipem awarded new contracts in Middle East and Guyana
Milan
The total value of the orders is approximately 720 million dollars.
Conference in Genoa for the centenary of Ente Bacini
Genoa
The company was established on 19 February 1925
Interporto Bologna Board of Directors Renewed
Bentivoglio
Stefano Caliandro Appointed President. Loss of 1.7 million euros in 2024
NYK invests 76 billion yen in NYK Energy Ocean Corporation
Tokyo
The newco has taken over the activities of ENEOS Ocean
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