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12 January 2025 - Year XXIX
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BRIEFS
January 4, 2022
Exim Indiaweb site
JANUARY 3, 2022
  • Antwerp port boosts rail connections
  • Changes to crew onboarding requirements for vessels arriving at port of Singapore
  • Changes to towage tariff at Beihai LNG terminal
  • CMA CGM to reshuffle its Mozambique offer ex Asia
  • Contract awarded for Haldia Inland Waterway Terminal
  • Maiden vessel of HMM's Far East - India - Latin America service calls Kattupalli
  • Extension of last date for submitting applications for Scrip based FTP Schemes
  • Spectacular growth coupled with orders in hand will boost India's exports in next fiscal: FIEO President
  • New transhipment high at Rotterdam port
  • NHAI toll revenue seen soaring
  • Railways loads 18 pc more freight in first 9 months
  • India approaches WTO's Appellate Body against dispute panel ruling on sugar export subsidy
  • GAC appoints Daniel Nordberg as the new Group Vice President for Asia Pacific & Indian Subcontinent region
  • Soybean production seen rising
  • Takeaways from a Staggering Year in Container Shipping: Part 2

Marine Logweb site
JANUARY 3, 2022
  • Zan Fast Ferries orders third CoCo Yachts Coastal Cruiser
    Gorinchen, Netherlands-headquartered CoCo Yachts reports that Zan Fast Ferries of Zanzibar, Tanzania, has ordered a third CoCo Yachts designed high speed passenger craft. The vessel, a Coastal Cruiser 599, will join two
  • Gateway Terminals handles first box in Savannah
    At the Port of Savannah today, representatives from Gateway Terminals, the International Longshoremen's Association and the Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) joined to mark the first container moved under the direction of Gateway,
  • DNV and PowerX team up on offshore wind power transfer vessels
    Classification society DNV has signed a non-binding letter of intent with PowerX, the Japanese company that thinks there's a better way than subsea cables to bring electricity ashore from offshore wind farms.
  • Alabama Shipyard awarded USNS Comfort drydocking
    The U.S. Navy's Military Sealift Command has awarded Alabama Shipyard, Mobile, Ala., a $25,964,083 firm-fixed-price contract (N3220522C4031) for a 150-calendar day shipyard availability for the regular overhaul and drydocking of the Military
  • They're hiring women now! Ferry captain reflects on 46 years of service
    Back in late September 2021, Capt. Marsha Morse of Vashon, Wash., retired after over 46 years of service as a professional mariner with the Washington State Ferry (WSF) system. Morse became the
  • SAFE Boats wins Ukraine-linked patrol boat order
    As tensions over Russian threats to Ukraine mount, SAFE Boats International, Bremerton, Wash., has been awarded a contract under a U.S. security assistance program that includes a focus on enhancing Ukraine's capacity

The Journal of Commerceweb site
JANUARY 3, 2022
  • Outlook 2022: Air cargo recovery hinges on easing of Asian border restrictions
  • Savannah vessel backlog dwindles as new terminal JV debuts
  • Oakland opens container yard for agricultural shippers
  • Tech demand leads to 'buy and build' push for 3PLs
  • Outlook 2022: Shippers sign elevated trans-Atlantic contracts to lock in capacity

TradeWindsweb site
JANUARY 3, 2022
  • US launches probe into Wan Hai and ONE over 'unreasonable' practices
  • International Seaways' Lois Zabrocky: 'We encourage the IMO to act quickly on global regulations'
  • Tidemand sells down to sixth-largest shareholder in Belships
  • US and Brazilian health agencies warn against cruising following Covid-19 outbreaks
  • Carnival's Elaine Heldewier: Aiming for net-zero emissions 'as soon as it is practical'
  • Scope Group launches all-in-one ESG rating platform
  • Houthi rebels seize UAE-flagged landing craft off Yemen
  • Genco's John Wobensmith: 'More ambitious, longer-term emissions targets will continue to drive change'
  • EU mulls 'green' label for natural gas and nuclear
  • Seafarers' champion Shaw named in UK New Year's Honours list
  • UCL's Tristan Smith: Agreement on shipping's carbon requires 'practical solution' to fairness puzzle
  • Will 2022 herald the end of the container shipping joy ride?
  • Tufton snaps up product tanker and handysize bulker

American Shipperweb site
JANUARY 3, 2022
  • Container shipping's 2022 outlook: The bulls, bears and wild cards
    How could the consensus - that container spot rates will remain extremely high - be wrong?
  • 5 alternative container ports for avoiding congestion
    Small ports were one solution for big-port problems in 2021. Shippers that could find a vessel were able to get their cargo processed quickly by...

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
JANUARY 3, 2022
  • FOB Singapore MOC fuel oil trades rise 159% on month in December
    Traded volumes in the FOB Singapore fuel oil Platts Market on Close assessment process rose nearly 160% from November to 880,000 mt in December, bolstered by a sharp increase in both high sulfur and very low sulfur fuel oil trades on the month, S&P Global Platts data showed.
  • TENDER DATA: Pakistan State Oil seeks HSFO, LSFO for H1 March
    Pakistan State Oil procures fuel oil on behalf of utilities companies to meet domestic power generation demand.
  • OIL FUTURES: Crude rises as OPEC+ sees limited omicron impact
    Crude futures rose midmorning Jan. 3 after an OPEC+ advisory committee report suggested the omicron coronavirus variant would have a limited effect on global demand growth.
  • FEATURE: North American midstream crude sector poised for small, incremental growth in 2022
    North America will see more crude oil volumes flow from Western Canada and West Texas in 2022, but the crude midstream sector will count only modest, incremental growth with pennies remaining pinched and few big projects sanctioned, according to energy analysts.
  • Asia residual fuels: Key market indicators for Jan. 3-7
    Trading activity in the Asian fuel oil market in the week of Jan. 3-7 is expected to gain pace as participants return from the year-end holidays.
  • REFINERY MARGIN TRACKER: US margins end 2021 on high note as omicron variant looms
    US refining margins rose for the week ended Dec. 31, putting a strong finish on 2021, despite the rapid spread of the highly contagious omicron variant as the world enters the third year of coronavirus, an analysis from S&P Global Platts showed on Jan. 3.
  • AMERICAS BUNKERS: Key market indicators Jan 3-7
    Bunker markets in the Americas is expected to continue the upward trend following two weeks of increased pricing amid talks of higher demand in several ports and a strengthened energy complex.
  • Singapore delivered, ex-wharf MF 0.5%S bunker spread nears 11-month high
    The spread between delivered and ex-wharf Singapore marine fuel 0.5%S bunker widened to an eleven-month high of $13/mt Dec. 31, S&P Global Platts data showed, amid strengthening demand for the delivered grade.
  • Bunker fuel price rises in most Latin American ports at 30% to 40% in 2021
    Spot prices for marine fuel 0.5%S rose more than 30% over the year in most ports in Latin America in 2021, while the advance for marine gasoil exceeded 40%, according to an average of monthly data from key ports in the region assessed by S&P Global Platts.
  • FEATURE: Shipping industry may outpace IMO in toughening climate targets
    The shipping industry may look beyond the International Maritime Organization in 2022 for guidance in combatting climate change, amid mounting pressure to increase the pace of its current efforts.
  • BRAZIL DATA: Nov refined product sales slide as demand falls
    Brazil registered a year-on-year decline in refined product sales in November as demand in Latin America's largest economy continued to retreat with the end of the agricultural harvest season, according to data released Jan. 3 by the National Petroleum Agency, or ANP.

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FROM THE HOME PAGE
MSC presents a new request for the management of cruise traffic in Ancona which includes the construction of a maritime station
Ancona
The duration of the proposed concession is 35 years.
In 2024, the growth of general cargo in the port of La Spezia more than offset the decline in bulk cargo
The Spice
In the port of Marina di Carrara the annual traffic decreased by -0.4%
Proposal by 47 governments, the EU Commission and ICS for the creation of an IMO fund for the decarbonisation of shipping
London
It could come into force in early 2027
Strikes averted at US East Coast and Gulf ports
North Bergen/Lyndhurst
Preliminary agreement signed by the International Longshoremen's Association and the United States Maritime Alliance
New annual record for vessel transit through the Straits of Malacca and Singapore
Port Klang
In 2024, traffic was 94,301 ships (+5.5%)
Filt, Fit and Uilt have called a strike for tomorrow by the workers of the Central Tyrrhenian Sea Port Authority
MSC, together with Neri and Lorenzini, presents an expression of interest for the Darsena Europa in Livorno
Leghorn
Warriors: in the next few days we will meet the group to talk in detail about the project
Corsica Ferries sells Elba Ferries to BN di Navigazione
I go to Liguria
The fast ferry "Corsica Express Three" has been chartered to the Blu Navy company
In 2024, Ukrainian ports handled a record 97.2 million tons of cargo.
Odessa
Agricultural products alone amounted to 60 million tons
COSCO, we are not a Chinese Military Company
Beijing
The Chinese company has specified that the inclusion in the US list will have no impact on the group's global activities and operations.
In 2024, freight traffic in the port of Ravenna was stable
Ravenna
Cruises down -17.7% compared to 2023
US List of Companies Doing Business for Chinese Military Includes Shipping and Shipbuilding Companies
Last November, ship traffic in the Suez Canal decreased by -55.9%
Cairo
In the first eleven months of 2024 the decline was -49.8%
With over 3.9 million TEUs, in 2024 the port of Gioia Tauro set a new record for container traffic
Joy Taurus
Decrease in cars handled at the Calabrian airport
Assonat and Assiterminal, the cancellation of the measure to increase the fees for maritime state concessions is a good thing
Rome
Serra: the TAR ruling reaffirms the importance of dialogue between public administration and users
The duration of the Agencies for the provision of work in ports and for professional requalification has been extended by 18 months
Rome
Port State Control Inspections Begin on Eagle S
Helsinki/Brussels
NATO decides to increase the Atlantic alliance's military presence in the Baltic Sea
In 2024, Tanjung Pelepas Port recorded a new all-time record in container throughput
Iskandar Puteri
Over 12.2 million TEUs were handled (+16.9%)
Works worth over 57 million euros for the energy infrastructure in the port of La Spezia
The Spice
Electrification of the New Cruise Pier and new hydrogen generators
Assologistica, the new rules on reverse charge discipline in the Budget Law are good
Milan
Rapid issuance of the implementing provision by the Revenue Agency is hoped for
The electrification of the docks of the ports of Sardinia starts from Portovesme
Cagliari
Almost 52 million euros of works planned
Arkas Line ships to reach India
Izmir
Turkish company to merge three services in the Mediterranean
Two lanes of ship transit tested in a 10km section of the Suez Canal
Ismailia
They are located in the area of the Little Bitter Lake
Suez Canal Transit Decline Costs Egypt Seven Billion Dollars
Cairo
In 2024, naval traffic decreased by more than -60%
Port of Valencia, monthly traffic down after over a year of growth
Valencia
Decrease in volumes in all main product sectors
Underwater cables damaged in the Gulf of Finland at Christmas
Helsinki
Oil tanker "Eagle S" stopped, part of shadow fleet operating for Russia
Cargo traffic at Chinese seaports increased by +3.2% in November
Beijing
Foreign goods increased by +6.1%. Containers increased by +4.9%.
TIL (MSC Group) - JNPA Agreement for the Construction of Vadhvan Port
Uran
The new airport is located on the western coast of India
Shanghai is the world's first port to handle over 50 million containers in a year
Shanghai
SIPG highlights strong productivity gains achieved by introducing automation boost in Yangshan area
Yang Ming to acquire up to 13 new 8,000-15,000 TEU containerships
Keelung
They will replace 5,500-6,500 TEU vessels that are over twenty years old
Eight amendments to the International Maritime Labour Convention enter into force today
Geneva
Changes introduced to improve living and working conditions on board ships
Carnival posts record performance for September-November quarter
Miami
Revenues increased by +10.0% in the period
Uniport appreciates that the port reform is taking place through a delegated law and trusts (!) in the government's willingness to open a dialogue with the operators
Rome
Søren Toft (MSC) is the new president of the World Shipping Council
Washington
Vice President is Randy Chen of Wan Hai Lines
"SHIPS for America Act" Introduced, Bipartisan Bill to Strengthen U.S. Shipping Industry
Washington
Among the proposals, carrying up to 10 percent of imports from China on U.S.-flagged, U.S.-crewed, U.S.-built ships
In the last quarter of 2024, OOCL revenues grew by +55.0%
Hong Kong
Containers transported by the fleet increased by +6.1%
Medlog signs partnership agreement to build dry port and logistics area in Egypt
Cairo
The affected area is approximately 102 hectares
Filt Cgil urges to throw away the Antitrust Authority's proposal on port work
Rome
D'Alessio: the AGCM has not at all analyzed the real dangers for the integrity of the principle of competition
Strong annual revenue growth for Evergreen, Yang Ming and WHL companies
Taipei/Keelung
Revenue growth also accentuated in the fourth quarter of 2024 alone
Industrial reconversion works to begin soon at the "ex Yard Belleli" site in the port of Taranto
Taranto
The intervention has a value of 135.3 million euros
The Northern Tyrrhenian Sea is the first AdSP to equip itself with the Anti-Violence Strategic Plan
Leghorn
The aim is to prevent discriminatory and violent phenomena within the institution.
Greek Navarino Acquires Dutch Castor Marine
London
Both companies develop information technology and communication solutions for the maritime sector
The annual assembly of Federlogistica will be held in Rome on January 21st
Rome
The theme is: "Intelligent Logistics. If Artificial Intelligence Breaks Into the World of Logistics"
Trade mission in Vietnam by Spediporto, AdSP and Municipality of Genoa
Genoa
Meetings scheduled in Ho Chi Minh City and Danang
In 2024 Interporto Padova recorded a record intermodal traffic of almost 412 thousand TEU (+6.5%)
Padua
Commander Emanuele Bergamini is the new president of USCLAC
Genoa
Gianni Badino was elected president of the USCLAC-UNCDiM-SMACD unitary union
Tender for the development of cruise activities in the Greek ports of Katakolon, Patras and Kavala
Athens
The issuing of concessions with a minimum duration of 30 years is foreseen
The electrification of four moorings in the ports of Bari and Brindisi has begun
Bari
Contract worth over 28 million euros
Circle has been awarded the tender for the digitalisation services of the Eastern Adriatic Port Authority
Milan
Roberto Spinelli's position in the corruption investigation in Liguria has been archived
Genoa
Order of the judge for preliminary investigations
Work has begun in the port of Pozzallo on the construction of the new offices of the AdSP of Eastern Sicily
Pozzallo
Place the port of Imperia Oneglia under the management of the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority
Imperia
This is requested by the Port Company "L. Maresca" and the Lodovico Maresca Port Workers Company
Interporto Padova looking for a potential partner to participate in the terminal activity
Padua
The market research will end on January 31st
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
New logistics company GTS Horizon established in Verona
Bari
It was founded by the GTS group and Simone Gatto De Chirico (De Chirico Srl)
In the third quarter, freight transported on Austrian railways increased by +1.8%
Vienna
In the first nine months of 2024 the increase was +1.7%
Uiltrasporti, the reverse change of VAT in the budget law is good
Rome
Verzari: we hope that this measure will be made structural in the future
Circle acquires Telepass Innova's Infomobility and Telematics business units
Milan
The value of the transaction is 6.2 million euros
Tender for construction of Albanian port of Porto Romano restarted
Durres
The deadline for submitting bids has been set for February 7th.
Eukor secures renewal of contracts for exporting cars from Korea and China
Lysaker
The expected value of the agreements is $4.2 billion.
PSA Singapore Sets New Annual Container Traffic Record
Singapore
The 40 million TEU mark was reached on December 24th
US-based FTV Capital makes offer to acquire Windward
London
London-based company develops technological solutions for shipping
American Halliburton buys Norwegian Optime Subsea
Noted
European company develops technologies for underwater operations
Grimaldi took delivery of the multipurpose ro-ro Great Cotonou
Naples
Next month it will be launched on a new service of the group between China and Nigeria
Federagenti has appointed 24 "ambassadors"
Rome
They have been protagonists in the profession of maritime agent for over 60 years
Ports of La Spezia and Marina di Carrara, over five million allocated for the green transition
The Spice
Funds for the purchase of electric or hydrogen vehicles
In November, freight traffic in the ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado increased by +4.3%
Genoa
In the first eleven months of 2024, an increase of +1.1% was recorded
In the first 11 months of 2024, traffic in the port of Trieste grew by +6.4% thanks to mineral oils
Trieste
A decrease of -8.2% was recorded in the port of Monfalcone
Over two and a half quintals of cocaine seized in the port of Genoa
Genoa
The drugs were inside a refrigerated container coming from Ecuador
Manca (Sardinia Region): Promises of allocation of resources for the Kalport agency not fulfilled
Cagliari
Urgent meeting requested with Minister of Labor
Increases in port fees in the ports of Bari and Brindisi
Bari
Leone: we are committed to adopting measures that do not impact traffic and users
Large quantity of cocaine seized in the port of Olbia
Sassari
39 kilos of drugs discovered hidden in a minivan
From January Hupac will intensify intermodal connections between Belgium and Italy
Noise
The frequency of the shuttle train between Busto Arsizio and Padua will also increase
Port of Ancona, provisional concession granted to Fincantieri plant
Ancona
The new concession will last 40 years
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 annual assembly of Federlogistica will be held in Rome on January 21st
Rome
The theme is: "Intelligent Logistics. If Artificial Intelligence Breaks Into the World of Logistics"
A conference on the implications of geopolitical crises for ports and maritime transport in Venice on Thursday
Venice
It is organized by Ca' Foscari University and the AdSP of the Northern Adriatic
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Iran signs over $1.8b investment contracts with private sector for ports development
(Tehran Times)
North Korean tankers transport over one million barrels of oil from Russia
(NK News)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Relazione del presidente Nicola Zaccheo
Roma, 18 settembre 2024
››› File
In November, freight traffic in the port of Barcelona fell by -3.7%
Barcelona
Container handling is growing (+6.3%), but not the weight of containerized cargo (-6.9%)
Saipem awarded new offshore contract by Shell in Nigeria
Milan
For the Italian company it has a value of around 900 million dollars
Rixi briefly illustrates the port reform
Rome
Creation of a publicly controlled company to manage investments and represent the Italian port system
Agreement between RFI and RSE for the study of a magnetic levitation freight transport system
Milan
Maritime safety, agreement signed at MIT to simplify verification procedures
Rome
Inspection and certification activities may be carried out by specifically accredited bodies
In the first eleven months of 2024, cargo traffic in Russian ports decreased by -2.0%
St. Petersburg
Both dry goods (-2.1%) and liquid bulk (-2.0%) are decreasing
Log In acquires 19,600 square meters of space at Interporto Toscano Amerigo Vespucci
Kansas City
It is the fourth acquisition in Italy of the Theoreim group company
Prysmian wins two EPCI contracts from French RTE, potentially worth €700 million
Milan
The laying of approximately 640 kilometers of land and underwater cables is planned
Testing of an autonomous port tractor in the port of Wilhelmshaven
Wilhelmshaven
It will be launched next year by Eurogate, MAFI, ICT Group and Embotech
Intesa Fincantieri - Sparkle for the protection and surveillance of submarine cables
Trieste
The two companies will analyze the requirements to improve the security of the infrastructure
Barcelona terminal operator BEST has ordered two new super post-Panamax quay cranes
Barcelona/The Hague
APM Terminals announces completion of work to increase capacity at MedPort Tangier terminal
Wärstilä sells Automation, Navigation and Control System to Swedish investment company Solix
Helsinki
In 2023 ANCS recorded revenues of 200 million euros
Cisl, speed up the choice of the president of the Port System Authority of the Eastern Ligurian Sea
The Spice
Necessary to implement works and investments
Works awarded for the expansion of the container terminal in the port of Koper
Coper
The works will be completed by the end of 2027
Container traffic in the port of Hong Kong fell by -4.2% last month
Hong Kong
In the first eleven months of 2024 the decline was -5.0%
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