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Exim Indiaweb site
OCTOBER 1, 2022
  • JNPA adds another feather to its cap; bags the Most Admired Central Entity promoting PPP (Ports) award
  • Adarsh Hegde steps down as President; George Joseph takes charge
  • Sarjak Container Lines wins NVOCC of the Year (Special Equipment) award at MALA 2022
  • Baltic Exchange Market Report (30 September 2022)
  • Schedule reliability continues to improve in August 2022
  • Ease of Doing Business in India (contd...)
  • TSAA celebrates its 70th successful year with a glittering event
  • Unified Logistics Interface Platform receiving tremendous response
  • RBI gets good response for trade settlement in Re
  • 'RBI has to be cognizant of the fact that targeting inflation will slow down growth especially in infrastructure'
  • China top rice importer from India during April-July '22
  • India mulls 15 pc duties on UK imports against curbs on steel products

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International Transport Journalweb site
OCTOBER 1, 2022
  • Switzerland: ro-mo to be phased out by 2026
  • Building on Far East air freight business
  • First 200 of a total 2,000 E-daily available by 2023
  • WFS to be acquired by Sats
  • From West to East Coast
  • Esbjerg initiates offshore collaboration
  • Generix Group promotes Aïda Collette-Sène
  • Saudia Cargo extends partnership with Unilode
  • US short line railroad changes hands
  • A UK reach-out to Ireland
  • Greater capacity on East Med and Black Sea
  • Ukraine Intl Airlines names Kyryl Zvonarov
  • "Curiosity of the Day"
  • Air Canada Cargo launches service to St. John's
  • UK waste haulier adds new tippers to fleet
  • Deepak Ahuja joins Zipline
  • New Central Europe unit for Otto
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The Loadstarweb site
SEPTEMBER 30, 2022
  • DB Schenker CEO: 'Changes forced on supply chains by the pandemic are here to stay'
  • Spot rates still tumbling, but carriers 'can still make good money', says NVOCC
  • Cargo area modernisation at LAX at last - a relief for frustrated forwarders
  • Current climate could see thousands of SME hauliers driven off the road
  • Against the odds: DSV, M'rsk, DP-DHL & Kuehne - Swinging
  • Fewer orders 'bodes poorly' for China's exports as Golden Week looms
  • 'Where's Willie?' is the cry as WCS ends and IATA looks increasingly irrelevant
  • IndiGo adds its first freighter as it targets India's growing air cargo market
  • DFDS to integrate Sunswap electric reefer systems into its trailer fleet

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Marine Logweb site
SEPTEMBER 30, 2022
  • Carnival narrows losses, ups revenues and disappoints analysts
    The world's largest cruise company - Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK) - had some positive trends to report when it released its third quarter 2022 business update this morning.
  • New Hong Kong ferries on the way
    Bureau Veritas (BV) is to class nine high speed passenger ferries that will transport over 5 million passengers annually on three routes between Hong Kong and outlying islands Lamma Island, Peng Chau,
  • TTB 2023 to focus on making the green transition work
    The U.S. tugboat, towboat and barge industry may already be the safest, most environmentally friendly, and most economical mode of freight transportation, but it is faced with the challenge of making a

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Container Newsweb site
SEPTEMBER 30, 2022
  • North Italian terminal orders new equipment
    Italian terminal Terminal Del Golfo (TDG) operated by Tarros Group has ordered an eco-efficient Generation 6 Konecranes Gottwald Mobile Harbor Crane for their operation in La Spezia. The crane will be equipped with an external power supply that lowers operating costs while reducing noise and exhaust emissions. The order was booked in July 2022 and the crane will be delivered in the first quarter
  • MABUX reports decrease in global fuel prices
    Over Week 38, Marine Bunker Exchange (MABUX) global bunker indices continued moderate sliding downward with the 380 HSFO index falling to US$496.37/MT, the VLSFO index decreasing to US$748.81 USD/MT and the MGO index dropping to US$1075/MT Meanwhile, the Global Scrubber Spread (SS) weekly average - the price differential between 380 HSFO and VLSFO - declined over Week 39 to US$258.21. In Rotterda
  • Major Chinese ports report container volume growth from January to August
    Chinese container ports have seen a 4.1% increase in the period January-August 2022, compared with the same months last year, with 194.4 million TEU. In the same period, China's ports have moved 10.24 billion tons, which represents a marginal 0.1% year-on-year decrease. The chart below shows the cargo throughput and container throughput data of the twelve major ports in China, according to China'
  • Lyttelton Port Company achieves record container volumes amid higher profits
    Lyttelton Port Company (LPC) has surpassed 500,000 TEU in its financial year 2022 (1 July 2021-30 June 2022), breaking its all-time container record. The total container volume was 502,210 TEU, representing a 15% growth from FY 2021. In addition, LPC achieved to raise its net profit after tax for FY 2022 by 18% compared with the previous year, reporting US$18.9 million. "It's been a year of great
  • Guangzhou's Nansha port to build new container berth
    Guangzhou Port Group, which operates the fourth-busiest container port in China, will invest over US$1 billion in building a new berth in the Nansha port area that will add 500,000 TEU of annual container processing capacity. On the whole, Guangzhou Port has a current annual capacity of over 23 million TEU and handled 24.18 million TEU in 2021, up 4% from 2020. Nansha, particularly, has been the
  • Hapag-Lloyd introduces new feeder service between Colombo and Chittagong
    Hapag-Lloyd has announced a new feeder service between the port of Colombo in Sri Lanka and the port of Chittagong in Bangladesh aiming to bring more fluidity into its transshipment movement. The German company's new Chittagong Colombo Feeder (CCF) service is expected to enable swift connections from Chittagong to the carrier's global network via Colombo, according to Hapag-Lloyd's statement. "It
  • Liverpool port strikes intensify as senior officials voted to join walkouts
    Nearly 600 Liverpool port workers will take seven days of fresh strike action beginning on 11 October and ending on 17 October, according to the British trade union Unite. As well as port operatives and engineers, who began two weeks of industrial action on 19 September, senior control room operators and control room operators have now voted to join the strikes. In addition, the port's dock maste
  • CMA CGM's Containerships strengthens Germany-UK connection
    CMA CGM's subsidiary, Containerships has integrated the port of Hamburg into its liner service BALT1. The intra-European liner service "BALT-1" started in Hamburg on 23 September with the departure of the vessel Containerships VIII. The new service is expected to increase the frequency of sailings between the ports of Hamburg, Rotterdam and Teesport and provide a direct and fast connection betwee
  • Ports of Hamburg and Halifax ink MoU to decarbonise shipping corridor
    The Halifax Port Authority and Hamburg Port Authority have announced their collaboration to decarbonise the shipping corridor between Halifax, on Canada's east coast, and Hamburg, along Germany's northwest coast. The leaders of the two port authorities, Jens Meier, CEO of the Hamburg Port Authority, and Captain Allan Gray, president and CEO of the Halifax Port Authority, signed a Memorandum of Un
  • CN analysis: India container freight rates continue to slide amid weakening demand
    Container freight rates on trades out of India continue to taper off amid falling demand, according to a new market analysis by Container News . On the westbound India-Europe trade, contract prices from West India [Jawaharlal Nehru Port (JNPT)/Nhava Sheva or Mundra Port] to Felixstowe/London Gateway (UK) or Rotterdam (the Netherlands) have slipped to US$4,400/20-foot container and US$4,800/40-foo
  • Schedule reliability continues to improve, Maersk still at top spot
    Danish maritime data analytics company, Sea-Intelligence has published a new Global Liner Performance (GLP) report, with schedule reliability figures up to and including August 2022. Global schedule reliability continues to trend upwards, recording the largest M/M increase in 2022 of 5.8 percentage points, and reaching 46.2% in August, according to the report that covers schedule reliability acro

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Splashweb site
SEPTEMBER 30, 2022
  • Petrofac North Sea workers to vote on strike action in pay dispute
    Around 140 UK North Sea workers employed by energy services company Petrofac are being balloted for strike action in a dispute over pay. The Unite trade union said if the industrial action goes ahead it will have a major impact on the maintenance and running of Repsol's North Sea platforms and the Flotta oil terminal ...
  • DOF Subsea secures series of contracts
    Norway's DOF Subsea has won multiple new project awards and a contract extension in the Atlantic region, totaling more than 500 vessel days excluding options and a combined value of more than $80m. The Oslo-listed company said that one of the awards is from a major oil and gas operator. The SURF project includes the ...
  • Singapore's Sentek Marine charged for buying $56m worth of stolen marine gasoil
    Singapore's bunker supplier Sentek Marine & Trading was charged in court with acquiring marine gasoil that was embezzled from Shell's facility in Pulau Bukom. Sentek is facing 42 charges under the Corruption, Drug Trafficking and Other Serious Crimes Act for acquiring property that it knew was another person's benefit from criminal conduct. The company allegedly ...
  • Seacon tanker spills oil after collision with fishing vessel off the Netherlands
    A Chinese product tanker has spilled oil into the sea after colliding with a fishing vessel at an anchorage in Ijumuiden off the coast of the Netherlands early Thursday morning. The 2021-built Golden Daisy, operated by China's Seacon Shipping Group, was hit by ARM 18 Joris Senior at around 3.00 hrs local time, suffering an ...
  • Liverpool port faces further strike action
    Nearly 600 Liverpool port workers are set to stage an additional week-long strike next month in a dispute over pay. Unite, the union representing workers at Mersey Docks and Harbour Company (MDHC), part of Peel Ports, currently engaged in a two-week strike that ends on Sunday, will strike for a second time, starting October 11. ...
  • Valemaxes are squeezing capes for Brazilian iron ore exports
    The valemax fleet is taking an ever greater chunk of iron ore exports out of Brazil at the expense of capesizes, new data from BRS shows. Brazil iron exports carried on these giant ships have shot up from 84m tonnes in 2018 to 136.7m tonnes last year, according to BRS. Up to last weekend, valemax ...
  • Box contract rates fall
    The latest data from the Xeneta Shipping Index reveals long-term contracted rates fell by 1.1% in September. This is the first drop since January and one of only three declines in the past 21 months. However, analysts at Oslo-based Xeneta expect it won't be the last. Xeneta CEO Patrik Berglund commented: "Over the past couple ...
  • Pelagic Partners comes onboard giant new Saudi fund
    Saudi Arabian shipyard International Maritime Industries (IMI) has created a giant new shipping fund in Cyprus to be managed by Pelagic Partners. The Global Maritime Fund (GMF) aims to manage assets worth $1.25bn by the end of 2023, growing to $10bn over the next 10 years and will serve as a platform to kickstart business ...
  • Jones Act waiver issued for tanker off Puerto Rico
    Hurricane-devastated Puerto Rico will receive a temporary waiver from the 1920 federal maritime law known as the Jones Act, according to US Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. "In response to urgent and immediate needs of the Puerto Rican people in the aftermath of Hurricane Fiona, I have approved a temporary and targeted Jones Act waiver ...
  • Singapore's digital progress
    Singapore has encouraged the digitalisation of shipping for several years now. Splash assesses what the tangible local benefits have been. Singapore was ranked number one under maritime innovation by the Menon Economics-DNV Leading Maritime Cities of the World report in January 2022 and it is little surprise - the investment and joined up thinking between ...

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Lloyd's Listweb site
SEPTEMBER 30, 2022
  • Why shipping may not have a choice when it comes to net zero
    The private sector is now racing ahead of the IMO's decarbonisation trajectory with increasingly robust requirements to hit zero emissions...
  • Ian regains hurricane strength as it heads towards South Carolina
    Ports of Savannah and South Carolina have suspended vessel operations
  • Shipowner Costas Fostiropoulos dies at 78
    Career in shipping spanned about 50 year from first venture in New York
  • Politics, macroeconomics and war unsettle outlook for marine insurance
    Seeing the sector back in the black is positive for insurers - and ultimately for their shipowner clients too - but watch...
  • Liverpool workers plan further strike over pay claim
    Dock workers at Liverpool remain unsatisfied with a pay offer from Peel Ports. Further cargo delays expected as vessel calls...
  • Torm update signals giant product tanker profits for third quarter
    Medium-range tankers are earning nearly $42,000 per day compared with average breakeven fleet costs of $8,600
  • V.Group chief sees ESG as vital element of corporate strategy
    Shipmanagers' boss is adamant that there should be a separation between board chairman and chief executive if the G is...
  • Ship recycling feels impact of credit restrictions and currency turbulence
    Upturn anticipated in scrapping sales amid falling freight rates for dry cargo and containership sectors
  • Maersk sees no risk of hard landing as rates plummet
    Chief executive Søren Skou sees 'significantly less demand' as conditions that drove rates boom reverse. Carriers will now have to...
  • Shipping should keep a wary eye on China's uncertain outlook
    China's economic resilience may allow it to withstand a few more months of the current ordeal of uncertainty before the...
  • The Lloyd's List Podcast: Unravelling IUMI 2022
    The annual marine insurance confab, IUMI, was held in Chicago this year. So Lloyd's List selflessly hopped on a flight...
  • Black Sea blockade cuts Ukrainian steel exports by 77%
    There is chatter circulating on the grapevine about expanding the grain corridor to encompass iron and steel products. However, nothing...
  • MOL Group partnership to boost fleet-wide fuel efficiency
    MOL has set targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions intensity in marine transport by approximately 45% by 2035
  • Daily Briefing
    Shipowners' emission payments to EU should be 'earmarked for special fund' | Greece and Cyprus seek greater consultation on Russia...

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The Journal of Commerceweb site
SEPTEMBER 30, 2022
  • Carriers pivot on the fly as Asia-US spot rates plummet
    Spot rates in the eastbound trans-Pacific are dropping so quickly -- and by such large amounts -- that industry analysts warn carriers could soon be carrying containers at a loss.
  • Oakland port's strategic role at risk with ballpark project: admirals
    Two retired US Navy admirals are recommending that the national security impact of the Port of Oakland's Howard Terminal ballpark project be considered more seriously.
  • UP, CSX reaffirm commitment to small, mid-sized shippers
    CSX and Union Pacific say they are committed in the long term to all intermodal shippers, whether they use private containers with Schneider National or rely on the rail-owned container pool.
  • No recession for US warehouse demand: JOC Inland speakers
    Despite predictions that the US economy is headed for a recession, warehousing demand keeps mounting as different streams of goods fill available space, experts told the JOC Inland Distribution Conference.
  • SAP-led insurance solution taps Nexxiot for container tracking devices
    A trio of technology providers want to give shippers the ability to tie sensor-based container data to in-transit cargo insurance decisions.
  • Air freight rates tumble as demand weakens, capacity rises
    Spot rates on some air cargo routes out of Asia have fallen below long-term contract levels, mirroring the development in ocean shipping.
  • Rate slide on Indian trades halves intra-Asia contract pricing levels
    Growth forecasts for Indian exports have been challenged by the dual headwinds of adverse geopolitical factors and rising inflationary pressures plaguing larger economies.

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TradeWindsweb site
SEPTEMBER 30, 2022
  • Remember February 2009? That's the last time tanker S&P indices were this high
    Active sale-and-purchase market sees tanker values continue to soar past highs of more than a decade ago
  • Capesize and panamax bulkers tread water in 'lethargic' Pacific basin
    Average spot rate for C8 roundtrip voyage between Brazil and Europe jumped 50% since last Friday to more than $20,000 per day
  • Grimaldi adds to tally of ro-ro orders with Chinese shipyard
    Order for another pair of Eco-class vessels means Naples-based shipowner now has 14 of the newbuildings
  • Performance Shipping continues shopping spree with eighth aframax tanker
    The Athens-based shipowner grabs a Phoenix Energy Navigation-linked vessel for $35m
  • Greek tug operators fined €4.36m in wide-ranging cartel probe
    Hellenic competition watchdog lowered penalties after nine wrongdoers agreed to settle
  • Carnival further narrows losses as it relaxes Covid-19 rules but still misses estimates
    New York-listed cruise ship giant posts a $688m adjusted net loss for third quarter, significantly exceeding $1.87bn in red ink a year earlier
  • Chemgas confirms deal for LPG carrier quartet amid expansion drive
    Jaegers-controlled firm breaks into the market for semi-refrigerated carriers
  • 'Happy marriage': Navigator expands again with $233m Greater Bay ethylene fleet deal
    US-listed shipowner forming joint venture with Chinese partner to build up gas operations
  • How the women who run ASBA Miami narrowly avoided strike three
    After two straight conferences were cancelled due to Covid, organisers were not going to allow a hurricane to get in their path this year
  • Editor's selection: Emissions trading pleas ignored, booming LNG rates and Tiptree's 'magic pipe' probe
    A look back at some of the week's best stories
  • Tanker demand tipped to rise 6% in 2023 on Russian aggression, says Clarksons
    Impact of invasion of Ukraine and refinery changes are key to the changes, says broker
  • Port and supply chain congestion puts carbon savings in holding pattern
    The potential for just-in-time shipping to reduce carbon emissions is being disrupted by persistent delays that make efficiency gains harder to achieve
  • Sanctioned Russian shipbuilder USC clinches cruise ship orders
    Domestic group Vodohod puts pen to paper for three new vessels at subsidiary yard Krasnoye Sormovo
  • UniCredit fights on in $24m Euronav tanker cargo fraud row
    Italian lender granted right to appeal by UK High Court in legal spat over alleged mis-delivery
  • BP pays top dollar to snare CoolCo LNG carrier as market burns
    Six-figure rates being paid across all vessel types as charterers slug it out for any available tonnage
  • Out-of-class veteran VLCC Viki changes hands for $29.5m
    Former Angelicoussis tanker has now been sold three times in less than two years to unknown interests
  • Norway's Hoegh Autoliners offers 100% biofuel on runs from Amsterdam
    CEO Andreas Enger says it is important to demonstrate that meaningful decarbonisation measures are already available
  • Tanker demand tipped to rise 6% in 2023 on Russsian aggression, says Clarksons
    Impact of invasion of Ukraine and refinery changes are key to the changes, says broker
  • Tankerska Plovidba to launch offer for MR tanker spin-off TNG
    Croatian owner aiming to mop up remaining 9% interest in daughter operation after share buys in recent days
  • Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller Center says green fuel conversion for container ships can add 33% capex cost
    But building for methanol or ammonia, or LNG to ammonia, is doable with clever designs, says Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping
  • Columbia's O'Neil says Saudi transformation plan has 'global significance'
    Vision 2030 plan to diversify from fossil fuels has the potential to set the bar for other maritime clusters, CEO argues
  • Greece's Costas Fostiropoulos passes away aged 78
    Veteran owner successfully turned his family's business from cars to ships
  • US energy major ExxonMobil ups its LNG order haul to 13 as it firms up seven newbuildings
    MISC takes another duo as a Japanese name emerges to take on energy major's pre-reserved berths
  • All eyes now turn on the IMO to close the carbon fuel price gap
    Despite engagement from many major players to address climate change, even the optimists now see that little can change unless the UN agency takes decisive action
  • Cargill's Jan Dieleman declares his 'love' for shipping and an 'allergy to greenwashing'
    Head of Cargill Ocean Transportation receives maritime sustainability prize in Athens
  • Germany's Schulte Group follows aframax sales with LR1 disposals as its tanker fleet shrinks
    German owner reported to have trimmed interests down to small product carriers
  • Seafarers' Trust photo competition winners capture loneliness and friendship
    Annual event is intended to show the day to day life of seafarers
  • Nordea headhunts Fearnley Securities' Erik Hovi to spearhead shipping drive
    Nordic lender is targeting a move back into maritime equity research as loan book grows
  • Singapore's Sentek Marine charged over theft of Shell marine gasoil worth $56m
    Singapore bunker company latest to face the music over marine gasoil stolen from Pulau Bukom refinery
  • VLCC owner Sentek Marine charged over theft of Shell marine gasoil worth $56m
    Singapore bunker company latest to face the music over marine gasoil stolen from Pulau Bukom refinery
  • Yee Yang Chien: Leaving MISC is like leaving home
    MISC boss hints he may not be gone from shipping for good. But first, he wants to perfect his golf skills
  • Energy transition should be embraced together, says MISC's Yee Yang Chien
    The energy transition has led to a lot more unity and a willingness to cooperate rather than compete
  • 'Mission accomplished' for MISC's transformative leader Yee Yang Chien
    Yee reflects on his career and whether he will emerge in another shipping role
  • Stifel gives 'buy' rating to Genco on 'opportunity to play a strengthening winter'
    US investment bank gives $20 price target to the New York-listed shares

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American Shipperweb site
SEPTEMBER 30, 2022
  • Trade takes people: Navigating new economic normal and year of labor
    The imbalance of the supply chain now is based on human error and port congestion. We know trade is slowing down, but the congestion skews...
  • Air cargo sector plays bigger role in CO2 emission reductions
    Airlines are pushing governments and energy producers for more sustainable fuels. And the cargo sector is helping create more market demand for them.

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In August, freight traffic in the port of Ravenna grew by +10.9%
Ravenna
Bulk cargo is on the rise. Miscellaneous cargo is on the decline.
Federlogistica has established its own representation in the Iberian Peninsula
Genoa
It will support Italian entrepreneurs operating in Spain
Boluda acquires Royal Boskalis' towage and salvage operations in Australia and Papua New Guinea.
Valencia
Transaction valued at $640 million
ESPO urges IMO States to formally adopt the Net-Zero Framework
Brussels
The association also urges the EU Commission to align European standards
The Port of Los Angeles plans to build a new container terminal.
Los Angeles
Invitation to submit expressions of interest
In the third quarter, Italy's connection index to the global containerized maritime services network grew by +2.7%.
In the third quarter, Italy's connection index to the global containerized maritime services network grew by +2.7%.
Geneva
The most significant growth in PLSCI was recorded by the port of Savona-Vado Ligure (+53.7%)
ONE will not charge surcharges for new US taxes on Chinese ships
Singapore
They will be applied starting from October 14th
Fincantieri and Aeronautical Service sign agreement for the use of composite materials in the naval, civil, and military sectors.
Trieste
Genoa Port Terminal concession renewal approved until 2054
Genoa
The terminal's operating conditions have been redefined, bringing them back to the multipurpose function, in compliance with the ruling of the Council of State and the PRP
PSA Italia-Logtainer and Rail Hub Milano-Medlog have submitted offers to manage the Interporto Padova intermodal terminal.
Padua
Cargo traffic in Chinese seaports increased by 4.5% last month.
Beijing
Containers amounted to 27.7 million TEUs (+6.8%)
The Netherlands is referring to the Court of Justice of the European Union the question of whether to entrust seafarers or dock workers with the lashing operations on smaller container ships.
In the second quarter, container traffic handled by Eurokai terminals grew by +16.4%
Hamburg
Significant growth of 16.1% in Germany. In Italy (Contship), volumes increased by 5.2%.
China enacted regulation in response to US taxes on Chinese-owned and -built vessels
Beijing
The new rules include the possibility of introducing similar countermeasures
New attack on ships transiting the Gulf of Aden
Southampton
UKMTO announced that a fire broke out on a vessel hit by a shell
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ITS Costruttori, il corso di alta formazione per entrare nel mondo di Fincantieri
Carnival closes its best quarter ever
Carnival closes its best quarter ever
Miami
The American cruise group announces a further strengthening of the growth trend in bookings
Marella Cruises sells Fincantieri slots for two new cruise ships to TUI Cruises.
Hannover/Trieste
With a gross tonnage of 160,000 tons, they will be larger than the units originally planned
GNV-Portitalia bridge agreement on lashing operations in the ports of Palermo and Termini Imerese
HMM will not introduce surcharges for new US taxes on Chinese ships
Seoul
The company will not modify scheduled services that stop in the United States
GATX Rail Europe signs sale-leaseback agreement with DB Cargo to purchase 6,000 railcars
Vienna
The transaction will be completed by the end of this year.
In the second quarter of 2025, freight throughput at the port of Bremen/Bremerhaven increased by +6.0%
In the second quarter of 2025, freight throughput at the port of Bremen/Bremerhaven increased by +6.0%
Bremen
Miscellaneous cargo is growing. Bulk cargo is declining.
India launches nearly $8 billion package to support its shipbuilding and maritime sectors
New Delhi
Shipyard production capacity expected to increase to 4.5 million gross tonnage per year
In the second quarter of this year, freight traffic in French ports fell by -0.4%.
Paris
Dry bulk and rolling bulk trades are declining. Container and liquid bulk trades are growing.
Antin Infrastructure Partners to acquire UK's leading marina operator
Paris/London/New York
It will take over ownership from British private equity firm LDC
Royal Caribbean agrees with Meyer Turku to build Icon ships for a decade
Miami
Order confirmed for a fifth Icon cruise ship and option placed on a seventh unit of the same series
Maersk announces it will not apply surcharges for new US tariffs on Chinese vessels
Copenhagen
The company assures that it will not make any changes to its services
Cochin Shipyard and KSOE enter into strategic collaboration in shipbuilding sector
New Delhi
The creation of approximately two thousand direct jobs is expected
DHL will resume freight shipments from Germany to the United States for corporate customers.
Bonn
They had been suspended due to the removal in the USA of the "de minimis" threshold for goods with a value of less than 800 dollars.
World Business Council for Sustainable Development Statement in Support of the IMO Net-Zero Framework
Ancona: Tax fraud in the shipbuilding sector
Ancona
Over €2.3 million in non-existent tax credits seized
CMA CGM buys British rail freight operator Freightliner
Birmingham
The transaction will be completed in early 2026
Containerized cargo at the port of Algeciras decreased by -9.4% last month
Algeciras
The 20-foot containers handled were 399 thousand (-0.7%)
Italferr participates in Europe's largest railway electrification contract
Rome
Activities within the Rail Baltica project
Freight traffic increased in the ports of Barcelona and Valencia in August
Barcelona/Valencia
In the first eight months of 2025, decreases of -1.6% and -0.3% respectively were recorded
In the June-August quarter, FedEx express courier revenues increased by +3.1%
Memphis
An average of 16.8 million express shipments were handled per day (+3.5%)
Breakthrough in the exploratory tunnel of the Brenner Base Tunnel
Milan/Rome
At 64 kilometers, it will be the longest underground railway connection in the world.
Tender launched for privatization of Croatian shipyard 3. MAJ Rijeka 1905
Zagreb
The starting bid is 6.66 million euros.
To decarbonize, shipping should join forces with other hard-to-abate sectors
London
This is highlighted by a report by Accelleron which believes that a critical mass of demand is necessary to overcome a stalemate phase.
COSCO Reassures Customers on Impact of New U.S. Tariffs on Chinese Vessels
Shanghai
We - the Chinese company assured - will maintain competitive freight rates and surcharges.
Shipping is still far from the target of 5-10% of fuel used coming from scalable, zero-emission sources by 2030
Copenhagen
The need to introduce incentives was underlined
Spain's Boluda acquires Transfesa's intermodal rail freight services.
Valencia
The agreement also includes industrial services, railway maintenance and shunting activities and intermodal terminals.
Til (MSC Group) to become a shareholder in Turkey's Petkim container port
Til (MSC Group) to become a shareholder in Turkey's Petkim container port
Baku
Agreement with the Azerbaijani oil group SOCAR
German and Austrian trailer manufacturers challenge EU regulation to reduce truck environmental impact
Berlin/Brussels
They denounce that its application leads to an increase in traffic volumes and therefore emissions.
The Venice Marghera station has been equipped with a track compliant with European TEN-T standards
Venice
A 740-meter freight track has been opened.
World Shipping Council introduces Cargo Safety Program to prevent ship fires
Washington
It is based on artificial intelligence and traditional goods inspections
Rheinmetall to enter naval shipbuilding sector by acquiring Naval Vessels Lürssen
Bremen
Lürssen Group to focus on megayacht production
The British government is investing half a billion pounds to reduce shipping emissions.
London
Private investments of 700 million expected
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%
Cairo
In the first seven months of 2025, a decrease of -10.2% was recorded
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
In the first half of the year, Singamas' container sales decreased by -10%.
Hong Kong
The average selling price dropped by -3.8%
The new two-masted ro-ro ship Neoliner Origin will arrive in Livorno tomorrow.
Vado Ligure
It has a capacity of 1,200 linear meters of rolling stock
The refinancing of the Setramar group's capital structure has been completed.
Ravenna
Merli: a crucial step in our growth journey
Liguori's term as head of the Trieste Port Authority has been extended.
Rome
Confirmed in the role of extraordinary commissioner of the institution
Agreement to complete electrification work on the docks at the port of Gioia Tauro
Gioia Tauro
The 70 million euro investment to complete the project has been confirmed.
A Maersk delegation at the Grendi Group's container terminal in Cagliari's Porto Canale.
Milan
At the centre of the debate is the development of traffic towards North Africa
Port of Livorno: Protests over Gaza must not block operations.
Livorno
The members of the Partnership Body highlighted the need for it to be accessible to all vessels
Geodis appoints Maurizio Bortolan as CEO for Italy
Milan
It will coordinate the three business lines Contract Logistics, Freight Forwarding and Road Transport
GNV, agreement with Sicilian terminal operator Portitalia is positive.
Genoa
The company specified that the aim was exclusively to temporarily supplement the tariffs.
Two days of work with ESPO in Rome on the Mediterranean and European ports
Rome
Meetings organized by Assoporti
In 2024, 112 million counterfeit items were seized in the European Union.
Brussels
Record estimated value of 3.8 billion euros
Strikes and protests in ports, request for information from the Guarantor
Rome
Request for information from prefects, port authorities, and port authorities
Danaos Corporation has ordered two 7,165 TEU containerships from Dalian Shanhaiguan.
Athens
They will be taken into delivery in the third quarter of 2027
In the second quarter, freight traffic on the Austrian rail network fell by -1.4%.
Vienna
Only domestic traffic is growing
ALS (FBH Group) has acquired 80% of Trans World Shipping and Moda Express of USA.
Rozzano
The two companies have 500 employees and are active in Italy, France, the United Kingdom and the United States.
Circle's revenue increased by 62.1% in the first half of 2025
Milan
Net profit of over 1.0 million euros (+1.8%)
A Ukrainian delegation hosted by the Northern Tyrrhenian Sea Port Authority
Livorno
Cooperation in the field of training and safety at work in ports
The EIB is financing Phase A of Genoa's new breakwater with €300 million.
Luxembourg
The total investment is 937 million euros
This summer, GNV ships carried 1.7 million passengers (+9%)
Valencia
In the next few days the company will take delivery of "GNV Virgo", the first LNG-powered vessel
The project for the expansion, safety improvements, and extraordinary maintenance of the port of Pozzallo has been presented.
Pozzallo
It provides for the construction of the breakwater arm
Fincantieri delivers the new Star Princess cruise ship to Princess Cruises
Monfalcone
It has a gross tonnage of 177,800 tons and a capacity of 4,300 passengers.
A seminar on the new law on interports will be held in Milan on October 2nd.
Milan
It is organized by the Chamber of Commerce of Padua
Filt Cgil calls on port administrators and businesses to join the action against the Palestinian massacre.
Rome
This burden – the union highlighted – cannot be placed solely on the shoulders of dock workers.
The agreement between the Italian Merchant Marine Academy Foundation and the NATO Center in La Spezia has been renewed.
Genoa
The collaboration signed in 2023 has been confirmed
Fischer & Rechsteiner and Gimax International acquire BCUBE's Freight Forwarding business.
Genoa
The completion of the transaction is expected in the next few days
Fermerci outlines a dramatic scenario for the European rail freight transport sector
Rome
Rizzi: There is a real risk of a shift towards exclusively road transport.
Eni completes the sale of a 30% stake in the Baleine project in Ivory Coast to Vitol.
San Donato Milanese
The field was discovered in 2021 and production started in 2023
Sogedim opens a new branch in Modena
Mesero
Initially, the activity will be dedicated exclusively to UK export traffic and will then extend to other European markets.
The new PCTC Grande Svezia has joined the Grimaldi Group's fleet.
Naples
It has a maximum capacity of 9,000 ceu
The Cagliari City Council approves its opinion on the Sardinian Ports Development Plan.
Cagliari
Green light unanimously
The railway sector contributes 1.4% of the European Union's GDP.
Brussels
Study commissioned by CER
In the port of Naples, the Coast Guard has detained the bulk carrier Tanais Dream.
Naples
Serious irregularities found on board
Agreement to accelerate the implementation of robotics in Fincantieri's production processes
Trieste
It was signed with the Friulian Idea Prototipi
Sergio Liardo is the new general commander of the Port Authority Corps - Coast Guard
Rome
He takes over from Admiral Nicola Carlone
DBA to supply new Terminal Operating System for Georgia's Batumi Port
Villorba
The project includes all phases of development, testing and operational testing
Attack on a ship in the Gulf of Aden
Portsmouth
The captain reported hearing an impact in the water and an explosion
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
Danilo Ricci has been appointed managing director of Tarros Line.
La Spezia
He has held various positions in Italy and abroad within the group
Permanent discussion table between Confindustria Nautica and Federagenti
Genoa
This is provided for in an agreement signed today in Genoa
In the first half of 2025, cruise traffic in Italian ports grew by +6%
Venice
The twelfth edition of Italian Cruise Day will be held in Catania on October 24th.
SAL Heavy Lift buys two semi-submersible vessels from Pan Ocean
Hamburg
They were built in 2008 and 2012
30% of Sangritana Cargo will be acquired by the Marche-based company Transadriatico
The Eagle
The sale will be completed in the next few days
The eighth edition of "A Sea of Switzerland" will be held in Lugano on October 6th.
Lugano
Forum on economic and logistical integration between Ligurian ports, the Northwest manufacturing area, and Switzerland
DEME orders new cable-laying vessel from Singapore-based PaxOcean
Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht
It will be built in the Chinese shipyard of Zhoushan
Assoporti will meet at RemTech EXPO 2025 to discuss the green transition in Italian ports.
Ferrara
The Smart Ports Award was awarded to three Port System Authorities
The first shipment of Syrian oil in 14 years arrives at the port of Trieste.
London
Part of the cargo - S&P Global Commodity Insights reports - was unloaded at the Sardinian terminal of Sarroch
In August, freight traffic in the port of Taranto grew by +20.3%
Taranto
The ferry "Drea" was also rejected by the Apulian port, where however it is temporarily stopped
Container traffic at the Port of Los Angeles remained stable in August.
Los Angeles
Volumes expected to decline in the remainder of 2025
Meeting between the port authorities of Jacksonville and Livorno
Livorno
Among the objectives, to start one or more direct services between the two ports
Italian State Railways and ENAC sign an agreement for the use of drones in infrastructure monitoring.
Rome
They will also be used to fly over sections of the railway and road network that would otherwise be difficult to monitor.
A.SPE.DO, the port of La Spezia is essential to ensuring employment, development, and a future for the local economy.
La Spezia
Landolfi: We cannot afford to underestimate its value.
The MIT meets with the heads of the Italian AdSPs
Rome
Meeting on the government's strategic vision for the sector and port reform
Yang Ming orders Hanwha Ocean Co. to build seven 15,880 TEU container ships
Keelung
They will be delivered between 2028 and 2029
Over 40 expressions of interest have been received for the development of the Ukrainian port of Chornomorsk.
Kiev
Today the first meeting of the tender commission
The first commercial ship is expected at the public dock in Largo Trattaroli in Ravenna.
Ravenna
The car carrier "AICC Huanghu" is coming soon
Container traffic at the Port of Long Beach decreased by 1.3% last month.
Long Beach
Empty containers are increasing. Full containers are decreasing.
Assiterminal's Terminal Road Show is starting
Genoa
Cognolato: We want to strengthen our ties with local communities and territories.
Assoporti, the Italian ports' cruise offerings presented at the Seatrade Europe fair.
Hamburg
Giampieri: We are leaders in the Mediterranean area and in Europe
Commander Claudio Tomei, USCLAC president from 2012 to 2024, has passed away.
Viareggio
His strong commitment to improving the working conditions of Italian seafarers
In the first quarter of 2025, cargo traffic in Greek ports grew by +1.4%
Piraeus
Passengers down by -1.1%
HD Hyundai Samho Orders Four New Container Ships
Seoul
Order worth approximately 468 million dollars
Trieste: Fraudulent bankruptcy in the shipbuilding sector
Trieste
Investigation into a company based in Palermo
Container traffic in the port of Hong Kong fell by 7.4% in August.
Hong Kong
In the first eight months of 2025 the decline was -3.8%
BigLift Shipping and CY Shipping order two additional heavy lift vessels
Amsterdam
Order placed at Chinese shipyard Jing Jiang Nanyang Shipbuilding Co.
Container traffic at the port of Singapore continued to decline in August
Singapore
Total volume of goods increased by +1.1%
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
Stena Line to buy Latvian port operator Terrabalt
Gothenburg
It handles rolling stock, bulk cargo, and general cargo traffic in the port of Liepaja.
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
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
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 seminar on the new law on interports will be held in Milan on October 2nd.
Milan
It is organized by the Chamber of Commerce of Padua
The eighth edition of "A Sea of Switzerland" will be held in Lugano on October 6th.
Lugano
››› 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
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.
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
DHL eCommerce has acquired a minority stake in Saudi Arabia's AJEX Logistics Services.
Bonn/Riyadh
The Middle Eastern company has two thousand employees
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
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