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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 the second quarter, container traffic in the port of Genoa fell by -2.8% while in Savona-Vado it grew by +76.3%
Genoa
In the Ligurian capital, the transhipment share decreased, while the Savona port benefited.
Fincantieri records strong growth in half-year financial performance and new orders
Rome
In the first six months of 2025, orders totaled 14.7 billion euros (+93.5%)
In the second quarter, naval traffic through the Suez Canal decreased by -6.2%
In the second quarter, naval traffic through the Suez Canal decreased by -6.2%
Cairo
1,248 tankers (-2.7%) and 1,826 other types of vessels (-8.5%) passed through
CMA CGM's net profit fell by 140% in the second quarter.
Marseille
Revenues stable. The French shipping group is interested in acquiring Hutchison Ports' terminals.
Royal Caribbean closes second quarter with record net profit
Miami
The April-June period was very positive
Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern announced a merger agreement today.
Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern announced a merger agreement today.
Omaha/Atlanta
First coast-to-coast cargo rail network
Gurrieri resigns as Special Commissioner of the Eastern Adriatic Sea Port Authority
Trieste
The atypical reverse charge for the logistics sector will become applicable tomorrow
Milan
Ruggerone (Assologistica): one of the most strategic reforms we helped build is being implemented
Policy brief on cyber threats that pose risks to port infrastructure
Tallinn
It was developed by the NATO Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence
Interferry urges the EU Commission to harmonize its shipping decarbonization regulations with those of the IMO
Victoria
Failure to align - the association warned - will force shipping companies to pay twice for emissions.
In the second quarter of 2025, Chinese seaports handled 79.1 million containers (+6.1%)
Beijing
Total freight traffic was three billion tons (+3.3%), of which 1.3 billion tons were with foreign countries (+1.9%).
CK Hutchison announces plans to include a Chinese investor in the consortium to sell Hutchison Ports
Hong Kong
Without the participation of the COSCO shipping group, China would not authorize the sale
Sri Lanka's Supreme Court has awarded compensation of $1 billion over the X-Press Pearl accident.
Sri Lanka's Supreme Court has awarded compensation of $1 billion over the X-Press Pearl accident.
Columbus
The container ship caught fire and sank near the port of Colombo
The Greek government sends a tugboat to the Red Sea to assist ships that may be attacked by the Houthis.
The Greek government sends a tugboat to the Red Sea to assist ships that may be attacked by the Houthis.
Piraeus
The AHTS "Giant" is leaving
Saipem and Subsea7 have signed a binding merger agreement.
Saipem and Subsea7 have signed a binding merger agreement.
Milan/Luxembourg
The transaction is expected to close in the second half of 2026.
In the second quarter, the port of Valencia handled over 1.5 million containers (+4.0%)
In the first half of 2025, the amount of new orders to Chinese shipyards fell by -18.2%
Beijing
A decrease of -3.5% in new construction completed in the period was recorded
In the second quarter of 2025, freight traffic in the port of Trieste grew by +3.7%
Trieste
Bulk cargo increased. Miscellaneous cargo fell by 13.2%.
CMA CGM and TotalEnergies form joint venture for LNG bunkering in the Port of Rotterdam.
Marseille
Agreement to supply 360,000 tons of liquefied natural gas per year to the French group's ships
In the second quarter of 2025, freight traffic in Spanish ports decreased by -4.7%
Madrid
All the main product categories are decreasing except for conventional goods
Brookfield Asset Management to sell 49% of British port group PD Ports to Spain's Pontegadea
Middlesbrough
The English company has over 1,400 employees
In the quarter April-June, freight traffic in the port of Rotterdam decreased by -2.3%
In the quarter April-June, freight traffic in the port of Rotterdam decreased by -2.3%
Rotterdam
The port authority is alarmed by the state of crisis in the national industry.
The electrification of the docks in the ports of Livorno, Piombino and Portoferraio is proceeding according to plan.
Third dock for cruise traffic in the port of Catania
Catania
Pier 25's restyling completed
Another quarter of decline in freight traffic at the port of Algeciras
Algeciras
In the period April-June, containers amounted to 1.24 million TEUs (+1.0%)
A new tax applied to cruise passengers disembarking in national ports came into force today in Greece.
Athens
Belgian rail freight company Lineas receives €61 million government loan
Brussels
The measure was approved last night by the restricted council of ministers
ERTMS installation completed on 1,400 kilometers of Italian railway network
Rome
The project is financed with 2.5 billion euros from PNRR funds.
Wärtsilä's quarterly financial and commercial results are positive.
Helsinki
The Marine Electrical Systems division will be sold to the Italian company VINCI Energies.
In the port of Barcelona the number of cruise terminals will be reduced from seven to five
In the port of Barcelona the number of cruise terminals will be reduced from seven to five
Barcelona
The mayor: For the first time in history, a limit is placed on the growth of cruises in the city.
MSC and Moby have presented their commitments to meet the AGCM's requirements.
Rome
Shipping Agencies Services will sell its 49% stake in Moby, waiving the consideration in favor of the majority shareholder. Moby commits to completely repaying its debt to SAS.
Fincantieri confirms its interest in the development of American shipbuilding
Fincantieri confirms its interest in the development of American shipbuilding
Washington
Folgiero: Commitment to deliver next-generation capabilities in full alignment with U.S. strategic priorities
The Chamber of Deputies has approved the appointment of four presidents of Italian Port System Authorities.
Rome
The names proposed for the Port System Authorities of the Southern Adriatic, Central-Northern Tyrrhenian, Western Liguria, and Eastern Liguria have been approved. Voting on the Northern Tyrrhenian Authority has been postponed.
Information exchange between state administrations for the digitalization of the maritime sector begins
Rome
The first operational meeting at the Coast Guard General Command in Rome
The Clean Maritime Fuels Platform suggests measures to support the production and distribution of clean marine fuels
COSCO Shipping Ports sets new monthly and quarterly container traffic records
Hong Kong
In the period April-June, 29.4 million TEUs were handled (+4.5%)
Sharp increase in cases of seafarers abandoning their ships
London
2,286 crew members from 222 ships involved as of early 2025
Global freight traffic saw strong growth in the first quarter of this year in anticipation of new tariffs
Global freight traffic saw strong growth in the first quarter of this year in anticipation of new tariffs
Geneva
North America saw the strongest quarterly growth in imports
In the port of Antwerp-Bruges containers and rolling stock are increasing and other types of goods are decreasing
Antwerp
Traffic congestion continues at the airport, with the situation on the landside becoming critical
A study denounces the delay of European ports in equipping themselves with cold ironing facilities.
Brussels/Pozzallo
The tender to electrify the docks of the port of Pozzallo has begun.
T&E proposes to include more non-EU transhipment ports to avoid carbon leakage
Brussels
The association calls on the EU Commission to reduce the current threshold of 65% of transhipment traffic
Federlogistica urges the immediate establishment of a control room on tariffs
Genoa
The aim is also to eliminate extra costs caused by bureaucracy.
Containerized cargo handled through the port of Singapore fell by 2.9% in the second quarter.
Singapore
Last May, ship transits through the Suez Canal decreased by -6.8%
Last May, ship transits through the Suez Canal decreased by -6.8%
Cairo
The negative trend continued in June and early July
Terminal operators are not at all satisfied with a policy that seems to have no interest in ports
Rome
Cognolato: It is essential to close the ongoing trials on several fronts.
The largest ship ever to dock at Cagliari's Porto Canale at the MITO terminal.
Milan
The container ship "MSC Venice" with a capacity of 16,652 TEU arrived yesterday
On 5 and 6 November in Lisbon a summit called by the ILA against automation in the maritime and port sector
On 5 and 6 November in Lisbon a summit called by the ILA against automation in the maritime and port sector
North Bergen/Metzingen
South Korean HD Hyundai, together with German NEURA Robotics, will develop and test welding robots in shipyards
The toll of the horrific attack on the bulk carrier Eternity C in the Red Sea is still uncertain.
Mandaluyong/London/Brussels
Joint statement by ICS, BIMCO, European Shipowners, Intercargo and Intertanko
In the first half of 2025, bulk cargo increased and general cargo decreased in the port of Marseille-Fos
Marseille
Cruise passengers increase by +5%
The Senate has approved the framework law on interports
Rome
UIR, gives the Italian interport system a modern, orderly and coherent regulatory framework
Carlo De Ruvo was elected president of Confetra
Rome
Among the challenges, the uncontrolled expansion of large logistics groups and their concentration
Number of pirate attacks on ships still high in the second quarter of 2025
Number of pirate attacks on ships still high in the second quarter of 2025
Kuala Lumpur
The number of acts of violence against crews is decreasing
Telemar and TNL Group merger agreement
Telemar and TNL Group merger agreement
Oslo/Athens/Paris
One of the top three operators in the OT/IoT services market for the maritime and superyacht sectors will be created
Attacks on ships in the Red Sea still cause deaths among seafarers
Portsmouth
Liberian-flagged bulk carrier " Eternity C" targeted
Canadian shipbuilding company Davie acquires second shipyard in Finland
Helsinki/Pori
It will buy the Enersense Offshore shipyard
Amendment on Port Labor Supply Agencies Approved
Rome
Immediate transformation into Agencies authorised to provide temporary port work
Salvini appoints a manager of a private shipping company from Campania as president of the regional AdSP
Rome
This is Eliseo Cuccaro, CEO of Alilauro
Extend the application of the 0.1% sulphur limit in marine fuels globally
Extend the application of the 0.1% sulphur limit in marine fuels globally
Berlin
This is proposed by an analysis by the International Council on Clean Transportation
IMO and EU condemn renewed attacks on ships in the Red Sea
London/Brussels
Dominguez: New violation of international law and freedom of navigation
In the second quarter of this year, Finnlines' revenues decreased by -5.0%.
Helsinki
Net profit of 26.1 million euros (+7.7%)
Container traffic in the Port of New York remained stable in the April-June quarter.
New York
An increase of +4.9% was recorded in the first half of 2025
The Chamber of Deputies approves the appointment of the presidents of five Port System Authorities.
Rome
They are Davide Gariglio, Francesco Rizzo, Eliseo Cuccaro, Francesco Benevolo and Giovanni Gugliotti
Latrofa appointed extraordinary commissioner of the Port Authority of the Central-Northern Tyrrhenian Sea
Rome
Ministerial decree signed
The PNRR tender for interports has been reopened.
Rome
Resources available amounting to 2.2 million euros
Port of Livorno: Workers are the priority in the LTM crisis
Livorno
UPS's quarterly earnings performance declines
Atlanta
Net income in the April-June quarter was $1.28 billion (-8.9%)
Approval for the 2025 budget variation of the Southern Tyrrhenian and Ionian Sea Port Authority.
Gioia Tauro
500 thousand euros for the 49% share held by the Port Agency company
FHP Group acquires the remaining 10% stake in Lotras
Milan/Foggia
The integration between Lotras and CFI Intermodal will begin to create FHP Intermodal.
OITAF scientific document on good practices in the logistics and transport of fresh fruit and vegetables
Milan
The Northern Tyrrhenian Sea Port Authority has joined the PLIKA
Livorno
Platform dedicated to training, innovation and knowledge sharing in the logistics and port sectors
Matteo Paroli's nomination as president of the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority has been signed.
Rome
He has a degree in law and a specialization in administrative law.
Container throughput increases in Haropa Port, while bulk cargo decreases.
Le Havre
In the first half of this year, containers were 1.51 million TEUs (+4%)
Bureau Veritas reports a 9.8% quarterly increase in revenues in the Marine & Offshore segment
Courbevoie
Kalmar and Konecranes increase new orders in the April-June quarter
Helsinki
The turnover of the two Finnish companies is slightly increasing
Container traffic in the port of Barcelona fell by 12.2% in the second quarter.
Barcelona
Assiterminal threatens a new wave of appeals against regulations it believes are damaging to port operations
Genoa
2M Logistics signs an agreement with Salerno-based Gallozzi
Barendrecht
The Dutch company will represent GF Logistics, a subsidiary of the Italian group, in the Benelux region.
Swiss company Kuehne+Nagel's quarterly profits fell
Schindellegi
In the period April-June of this year, net turnover grew by +1.7%
Yang Ming orders three 8,000 TEU container ships from Nihon Shipyard and Imabari Shipbuilding
Keelung/Imabari
Contract valued at $351.3-394.5 million
Italia Nostra reiterates its strong concerns about the construction of the Fiumicino-Isola Sacra port.
Rome
European maritime cities, destinations for cruise tourism - the association highlights - denounce the phenomenon of over-tourism in the cruise sector
Egypt's first automotive terminal has come into operation at Port Said East.
East Port Said
It can accommodate two car carriers at the same time
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
Tepsa has acquired a liquid bulk terminal in the port of Rotterdam.
Singapore/Rotterdam
It was sold by Global Energy Storage Holdings
The Spinelli Group has approved its 2024 sustainability report.
Genoa
Of the company's 616 direct employees, 49% are under the age of 50.
In the second quarter of this year, cargo traffic in Turkish ports grew by +1.6%
Ankara
Cargoes to and from Italy amounted to 12.7 million tons (+10.1%)
Extension of the Simplified Logistics Zone for Genoa Ports and Dry Ports to the Savona, Vado Ligure, and Bergeggi areas.
Genoa
Approval from the ZLS Steering Committee
Isotta Fraschini Motori has inaugurated a new production line for hydrogen fuel cell systems in Bari.
Trieste
They will be used for naval and land solutions
The Grande Shanghai , the Grimaldi Group's first ammonia-ready car carrier, has been christened.
Naples
It has a load capacity of 9,000 CEUs.
The Port of Genoa, FILT, and UILT have declared a five-day strike at the Bettolo Terminal.
Genoa
Fit Cisl Liguria expressed solidarity with the workers
The tender for the dredging of the commercial dock basin at the port of Ancona has been published.
Ancona
The removal of approximately 730 thousand cubic meters of sediment is planned
Tender for the restoration and enhancement of docks 32 and 33 in the Deep Sea Zone of the port of Savona
Genoa
An investment of over 6.7 million euros is expected
There are 1,100 workers in Palermo directly employed in the seaside tourism sector
Palermo
This year, cruise traffic is expected to grow by 9.4% in the port of the Sicilian capital.
Six-month growth of +9% in freight on the St. Petersburg-India/China maritime route
Fly
FESCO operates six vessels in the service
Port of Trieste: Special Commissioner Gurrieri under investigation for money laundering
Trieste
I am certain - he declared - that I can demonstrate that I acted legally, in full transparency.
Vard signs new contract for the construction of two CSOVs
Trieste
The vessels will be used to support operations in the offshore wind sector
UIR welcomes the publication of the tender for the digitalization of the logistics chain.
Rome
Di Caterina (ALIS): a concrete tool that enhances the needs of businesses and strengthens the logistics system
GNV celebrated its first ten years of activity on the Italy-Albania route
Durres
During the period, the company's ships carried over 1.25 million passengers
A shipment of over 1.2 tons of marijuana was seized at the port of Gioia Tauro.
Reggio Calabria/Catanzaro
Members of a criminal organization that imported drugs from South America through European ports and airports have been arrested.
Yang Ming orders Hanwha Ocean to build seven 15,000 TEU dual-fuel containerships
Keelung
They will be delivered between 2028 and 2029
Walden to sell healthcare logistics business to Yusen Logistics
Paris
Exclusive negotiations announced
Solinas (Sardinian Action Party) is not at all satisfied with the state of Sardinian ports
Cagliari
The immediate establishment of a special commission is urged
ANSI welcomes the introduction of the information dashboard for managing private procurement contracts in logistics.
Rome
D'Angelo: it will allow the country to take another step forward
Russo (Confcommercio): excluding road transport from the PNRR funding was shortsighted.
Rome
First bulletin from the Freight Insights Observatory produced by the National Center for Sustainable Mobility
ABB Group posts sharp growth in quarterly financial and business performance
Zurich
In the period April-June the value of new orders grew by +16.0%
Informal consultations have begun on the preliminary proposal for the new Ancona Port Master Plan.
Ancona
Eleven meetings scheduled for July
Program agreement for preparatory and functional interventions for the construction of the bridge over the Strait of Messina
Rome
It was signed today in Rome
Project to develop an ecological station for the treatment of wastewater from ships
Naples
Initiative of the Neapolitan Group of the Cenere and Iello Landing
Assiterminal urges against bringing sediment from the Bagnoli dredging project into the port of Naples.
Genoa
Cognolato and Ferrari: It is essential to safeguard the full functionality of the commercial port's activities.
Container traffic at the Port of Long Beach fell 3.4% in the second quarter.
Long Beach
A decline of -16.4% was recorded in June
Paolo Pessina has been appointed vice president of Conftrasporto-Confcommercio.
Rome
He is president of the national federation of maritime agents and brokers
Container traffic in the port of Hong Kong decreased by -8.2% in the second quarter
Hong Kong
A decrease of -13.7% was recorded in June
Cuneo-based logistics company Nord Ovest is seeing growing financial results.
Wedge
Construction work on a new depot in Mondovì will be completed in early 2026.
Container traffic at the Port of Los Angeles grows driven by fears of new tariffs
Los Angeles
June saw the highest volume ever recorded for this month
The Management Committee of the Sardinia Sea Port Authority has adopted the DPSS
Cagliari
Green light for the concession to MITO and the appeal against the rejection of Olbia's dredging project.
Three events in Genoa for three new Explora Journeys cruise ships.
Genoa
A technical launch, a coin laying and the cutting of the first sheet metal were carried out at the Fincantieri shipyard
Grimaldi sells 5% of Terminal Darsena Toscana to Livorno Port Company
Naples/Livorno
Option to purchase an additional 5% of the share capital
Concession agreement signed that assigns management of the port of Tartous to DP World
Damascus
It has a lifespan of 30 years
Matteo Gasparato appointed president of the Northern Adriatic Sea Port Authority
Rome
He was appointed extraordinary commissioner of the same port authority
Meeting in Rome between the heads of ESPO and Assoporti
Rome
Among the topics addressed, the competitiveness of European ports in the current global context
Chinese airline OOCL reports quarterly decline in scheduled service revenues
Hong Kong
Cargo transported by the company's ships is increasing
Collaboration between the Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority and the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority
Rome
Agreement with an initial duration of five years
Survey in Germany on the prospects of companies in the maritime, port and shipbuilding sectors
Hamburg
Shipowners are more concerned. Positive prospects for ports and shipyards.
Port of Augusta: Work begins on a third bridge connecting the island to the mainland.
Augusta
Work worth over 20 million euros
Vard signs contract with InkFish for new research vessel
Trieste
The deal is worth more than 200 million euros.
1.1 billion euros will be invested in the port of Hamburg to strengthen the container sector
Hamburg
Improving accessibility and port infrastructure in the Waltershofer Hafen area
Meyer Turku delivered the new Star of the Seas cruise ship to Royal Caribbean
Turku
It has a gross tonnage of 250,800 tons
ESPO calls for increased funding for ports under the next EU Multiannual Financial Framework
Brussels
The CEF programme funds have proven to be far from sufficient
Fincantieri delivers the new Oceania Allura cruise ship to Oceania Cruises.
Miami/Trieste
Two additional Sonata-class ships have been converted into orders.
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
Confindustria event on the sea economy in Rome on July 15th
Rome
The public meeting of the International Containers Studies Center will be held in Genoa on July 2nd
Genoa
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Why Malta is objecting to a new price cap on Russian oil
(timesofmalta.com)
US has its eye on Greek ports
(Kathimerini)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Intervento del presidente Tomaso Cognolato
Roma, 19 giugno 2025
››› File
Uniport: Bringing debris from Bagnoli to the port of Naples would postpone long-awaited dredging.
Rome
Legora de Feo: It's necessary to find alternative solutions.
Taiwanese companies Evergreen, Yang Ming and WHL saw sharp declines in quarterly revenues.
Keelung/Taipei
In the period April-June it fell by -18.7%, -26.5% and -8.6% respectively
The establishment of the Information Dashboard for the management of private procurement contracts in logistics has been approved.
In May, freight traffic in the port of Ravenna grew by +1.4%
Ravenna
Bulk cargo is on the rise. Miscellaneous cargo is on the decline.
EU approves joint purchase of port equipment by terminal operators
Brussels
Joint definition of minimum technical specifications of equipment is also permitted
Serbian energy group EPS will import coal through the Montenegrin port of Bar
Bar
Currently imports from Indonesia pass through the port of Constanta
Fincantieri Foundation and Luiss University launch a project to strengthen the safety of underwater infrastructure.
Trieste
Among the objectives, contribute to the definition of a specific regulatory framework
Freewheeling: The government's U-turn on anti-mafia controls in the road haulage sector is a welcome development.
Modena
Franchini: If the government has realized it made a mistake, that's good news.
Agostinelli (AdSP Tirreno Meridionale e Ionio): the amendment that allows for the early transformation of the Gioia Tauro Port Agency is extremely important.
Confindustria's event on the maritime economy will take place in Rome on July 15th.
Rome
The confederation's strategic document on the sector will be presented
Kerala seeks $1.1 billion from MSC in damages over MSC Elsa 3 sinking
Thiruvananthapuram
Temporary detention of the vessel "MSC Akuteta II" granted
Trasportounito requests the cancellation of the renewal procedure of the Central Committee of the Register of Hauliers
Rome
New seizure of a load of cocaine in the port of Gioia Tauro
Reggio Calabria
16 bags containing 417 kilos of drugs were found in a container
MOL and Kinetics to build world's first floating data center
Tokyo
It will be installed on a vessel of 9,731 gross tonnage
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