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August 5, 2021
Exim Indiaweb site
AUGUST 4, 2021
  • Container ship charter rates on a high
  • High rates, tight capacity, container shortages seen continuing in box shipping
  • Net capacity reduction on Transpac & Asia-EUR
  • Customs Compliance Information Portal launched
  • DGTR recommends removal of anti-dumping duty on VSF imported from China & Indonesia
  • India exports dragon fruit to the UK, Bahrain from Kutch & Midnapore
  • Cargo handling at Major Ports mulled to be privatised through PPP route under different categories
  • Gangavaram Port's maximum permissible draughts revised
  • JNPT registers 21.15 pc cargo handling growth in July; 50.80 pc more container throughput in first 4 months
  • Large Capesize vessel handled for the first time at berth
  • Rotterdam starts vaccinating all seafarers
  • Battery-operated vehicles exempted from payment of fees
  • India aims to more than double annual exports to $1 trillion by FY26 under new FTP
  • Indias GDP estimated to grow at 10 pc in FY22- ADB
  • ASIC felicitates Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port Chairman on its Sesquicentennial Year
  • CBDT extends due dates for electronic filing of various Forms

The Loadstarweb site
AUGUST 4, 2021
  • Europe's airports and handlers 'ditching cargo' as passenger flights resume
  • Forwarder angst as carriers switch vessels onto the best-paying tradelanes
  • Airfreight rates out of China rise as new Covid restrictions impact airports
  • CMA CGM 'congestion' surcharge at Liverpool just a money grab, say forwarders
  • Korea's first LCL online booking system - 'as easy as booking a bus seat'
  • Forward Air shifts up a gear with expanded services and record Q2 revenue
  • Disaster-hit Ever Given and Maersk Essen pass each other safely at Felixstowe
  • IATA's 'poorly determined' cargo load factors leave observers stupefied
  • On the wires: 'I'm speechless' - Expeditors trails K+N & DSV where it matters

Marine Logweb site
AUGUST 4, 2021
  • Floating wind and green hydrogen - a perfect pairing?
    A floating wind farm planned for offshore eastern Scotland could become the world's first combined floating wind and green hydrogen project. The 200 MW Salamander floating wind project is being developed by
  • Vessel total losses still low, but ...
    There's good news and bad news in the latest annual Safety & Shipping Review from insurer Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty SE (AGCS). The good news is that international shipping industry continued
  • Canadian Coast Guard deploys Iridium Certus technology
    The Canadian Coast Guard is using Iridium Certus connectivity to help it meet its mission requirements, which include extensive operations in polar regions that are outside of the footprint of other satcom
  • Novel LNG-fueled box ship puts deckhouse up front
    The newbuilding department of Germany's NSB Group has developed an interesting concept for an LNG-fueled containership of 3,500 TEU capacity, including about 940 FEU of reefer containers. One striking feature of the

Lloyd's Listweb site
AUGUST 4, 2021
  • Shipping risk remains level despite drone strike and hijack
    Middle East tensions are flaring following an abortive hijack and a fatal drone strike against a tanker in the world's...
  • London becoming more attractive for medium IPOs
    There is plenty of mergers and acquisition activity going on in shipping, to the point that it's even sometimes difficult...
  • Ambrey names British security guard killed in tanker drone attack
    Analysis of attack images shows drone deliberately targeted bridge with 'lethal intent', says risk consultancy
  • Detained Wakashio crew face humanitarian crisis
    A welfare charity in Mauritius has called for the release of the Wakashio crew, detained now for a year. This...
  • Diana sees return to 2008 freight levels as 'conceivable'
    Diana executive says that industry has 'overestimated' the extent of emissions and finance challenges, which has helped keep ordering low
  • Supply chain issues threaten US manufacturing recovery
    Durable goods manufacturing is finally back to pre-pandemic levels. But continued growth is competing for space with stimulus-driven retail demand
  • Dorian LPG sees profits drop but declares first dividend
    The liquefied petroleum gas carrier saw net profits for the second quarter of 2021 drop on the back of lower...
  • Greek bulker owners count on promising future
    While Seanergy said its first-half result was the most profitable since it relaunched in 2015, Pioneer Marine is looking to...
  • Cadet training proposal faces backlash
    In a bid for the voice of nautical professionals to be heard, a Maritime Professional Council has been formed to...
  • FSL in the black despite weak tanker market
    The result was 59% lower than in the same quarter last year and comes on top of a 57% fall...
  • Carriers reroute capacity to more profitable services
    Congestion has led to capacity shortages on the main east-west trade lanes. Carriers are now pulling vessels from less profitable...
  • K Line joins Canadian tidal energy project
    This will be the first time that K Line has been involved in an overseas tidal energy project
  • Japanese lines gloomy on tanker outlook
    The tanker market is likely to remain under pressure as it suffers from structural deterioration of the supply and demand...
  • Daily Briefing
    Iran hijacks Panama-flagged tanker Asphalt Princess | IMO extends fraudulent registry probe as falsely flagged ships named | Rising abandonment...
  • Armed hijackers abandon Asphalt Princess, crew 'safe'
    Lloyd's List Intelligence AIS tracking shows Asphalt Princess headed towards Oman after armed boarders who seized the Panama-flagged tanker on...

The Journal of Commerceweb site
AUGUST 4, 2021
  • MOL orders four LNG-fueled car carriers
  • FMC orders carriers to justify US port congestion surcharges
  • US Wind to build 1.2 GW off Maryland coast
  • UP's latest peak season surcharges target Portland shippers
  • Delayed US imports holding back sales: shippers
  • Disrupted ocean markets a windfall for forwarders

TradeWindsweb site
AUGUST 4, 2021
  • $300,000-a-day VLCC after attack? Good days are gone for tanker owners
  • Supramax bulker market hits highest level since 2008
  • Analysts seek answers: exactly how liquid is Scorpio Tankers and is Eneti just all wind?
  • Stabilis Solutions targets US LNG bunkering move as it teams with Galveston port
  • Hijacked tanker's call to coastguard: 'People on board with ammunitions'
  • Peter Dohle secures record fixture as new faces enter small containership sector
  • Royal Caribbean posts sixth-straight quarterly loss amid return to service
  • Squire Patton Boggs poaches Clyde team to boost London presence
  • Clarksons unit sees boxship slowdown ahead despite Maersk outlook
  • Japanese and Greek owners fix tanker period charters at 'meagre' rates
  • UK Army head urges retaliation against Mercer Street tanker attack
  • Hyundai LNG inks optional LNG order at DSME for Spanish business
  • Tufton buys ultramax as it sells containership and new shares
  • Containerships, dry bulk and car carriers boost K Line's earnings
  • Olympic Subsea lines up $300m debt deal to shunt maturities into 2023
  • Hijackers reported to have left bitumen carrier Asphalt Princess
  • Crew evacuated as supramax goes aground off the Philippines
  • ONE windfall boosts NYK Line's first-quarter profits
  • CJC buys Shipowners' Club's in-house legal business
  • How to spend cash: the new challenge for box and dry bulk players
  • Dorian LPG returns more than $40m to shareholders in first payout
  • WFW's Sumeet Malhotra warns of further 'cascading waves of defaults' due to Covid-19
  • Bridgette Gasa to breathe new life into South African ports
  • Ship recyclers under siege after spate of beached tanker arrests

American Shipperweb site
AUGUST 4, 2021
  • Revived Trump reforms in infrastructure bill could be freight-project windfall
    Lawmakers use Trump-era reforms in the infrastructure bill to attract Republican support.
  • Canada border officers to begin work slowdown
    The union representing nearly 9,000 Canada Border Services Agency personnel warns of slowdowns at Canada's ports of entry starting Friday as it issues a strike...
  • DHL Express orders electric cargo planes from Eviation
    DHL Express has joined UPS in placing orders for all-electric cargo aircraft.

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
AUGUST 4, 2021
  • OIL FUTURES: Oil price slide accelerates following unexpected US crude stock build
    **US crude stocks climb 3.63 mil barrels **Crude exports hit 12-week low
  • NWE gasoline exports to the US rise as demand recovers: Kpler
    **Export demand boosts Atlantic basin gasoline margins **Transatlantic clean freight rates rise amid higher demand
  • FEATURE: Demand supports North Sea crude differentials, WAF, Med grades struggle
    **West African crude hit by backwardation **Prompt Azeri Light available amid demand struggles
  • China to submit climate pledges before COP26 summit: Special Envoy
    **NDCs to include carbon peaking by 2030 and net zero by 2060 **China backs flexible climate goals instead of 1.5 degree hard target
  • Competition drags Singapore LSMGO differential to multi-month low
    The trader also said that bunker suppliers in Singapore are contracted to receive additional cargoes of LSMGO exported from South Korea, so the suppliers seek to sell their July cargoes prior to the impending arrivals, which would further overwhelm the supply situation.
  • OIL FUTURES: Crude stable to lower on mixed US inventory data
    "Nearly half of China's provinces [are] being gripped by the latest outbreak... This is likely to see crude oil demand come under pressure," ANZ analysts said.
  • Possible vessel hijacking off Fujairah over; ship safe after boarders leave: UKMTO
    "Boarders have left the vessel. Vessel is safe. Incident complete," UKMTO said.
  • FUJAIRAH DATA: Oil product stocks fall to four-month low as fuel oil exports rise
    The total inventory on Aug. 2 was 18.747 million barrels, down 10.5% from a week earlier and the lowest since March 22, the data showed.

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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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