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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
  • More than 100,000 teu

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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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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
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
Task force of five associations for the relaunch of Italian rail cargo
Rome
Initiative by Agens, Assoferr, Assologistica, Fercargo and Fermerci
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
Le Aziende informano
Il retrofit ibrido-elettrico di ABB guida i traghetti dei laghi italiani verso un futuro più sostenibile
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
Federlogistica, the possible collapse of road transport is a risk for the country
Genoa/Modena
Ruote Libere reports that the government only needs to allocate a little money to avoid having to deal with the real problems of road hauliers
Second edition of the European Maritime Transport Environmental Report published
Lisbon/Copenhagen
The new report indicates that promising progress has been made in several areas
WSC, MEPC must provide clear measures to decarbonise shipping this week
Washington
Wood-Thomas: It is not possible that these decisions can be postponed to guidelines developed in two years
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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