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September 15, 2022
Exim Indiaweb site
  • JNPA hands over 814 Ha mangrove area to GoM; shows commitment towards environmental conservation
  • Animesh Kumar presented prestigious international excellence award
  • Merchandise exports, imports up in Aug. & April-Aug.
  • Liverpool port workers firm on strike
  • Tractor exports up
  • USD 41.6 bn carrier EBIT in 2022-Q2 (so far...)
  • YOU ASK.. WE ANSWER...
  • APSEZ seen likely to bag Tajpur port project in West Bengal
  • Orthodox tea exports surge
  • TVS SCS to train 2,000 rural youth every year to be 'employment-ready'
  • Steel exports drop by 66 pc in Aug.
  • Sarbananda Sonowal visits RoRo ferry terminal at Ghogha

International Transport Journalweb site
  • Aspiring to new heights
  • No more locomotive change at the border in Hodos
  • Hong Kong player goes shopping in Spain
  • Three Airbus freighters to join Asian fleet
  • First EffiShunter 1000 arrives in Sweden
  • CCA celebrates anniversary with an MoU
  • A future for the port of Belawan
  • Hybrid initiative in the ro-ro segment
  • New strategy VP for Halifax port authority
  • 100 candles for US short-line railroad
  • First cargo carrier with more environment-friendly plastic...
  • Cold acquisition by Dixon International Logistics
  • External support for Swiss logistics IT
  • "Curiosity of the Day"
  • New vehicles for deliveries in UK
  • Putting a name on a wealth of experience
  • Interim CEO for the DAA
  • Pirates high and dry in Somalia

The Loadstarweb site
SEPTEMBER 14, 2022
  • Deep Dive Podcast: We Need To Talk About Peak Season
  • 'Catastrophic' US rail strike could begin on Friday, as carriers prepare for shutdown
  • Upbeat Wan Hai says intra-Asia peak will lift the market
  • M&A radar: USA Truck under its belt, DB Schenker will 'surely bite again'
  • IRISL leads the way as regional carriers ply new India-Russia trade on north-south corridor
  • Dnata solves airport labour shortage with AeroVect autonomous vehicle orders
  • Transatlantic trade has become the latest goldmine for carriers
  • Black Sea ro-ro operations adapt to the new normal as companies seek opportunities
  • Hauliers set to be hardest hit by UK docker strikes - and funeral closures
  • XPO logistics secures new chief strategy officer
  • Against the odds: Hurtling earthwards, oxygen masks out - 'get yours on first'
  • On the wires: Freightos shrugs off SPAC worries, persists with 2022 listing

Marine Logweb site
SEPTEMBER 14, 2022
  • BOEM reinstates results of Gulf of Mexico oil and gas lease sale
    Complying with a mandate in the Inflation Reduction Act, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has accepted 307 highest valid bids from oil and gas Lease Sale 257 in the Gulf
  • New Zealand operator unveils plan for methanol-ready coastal RO/RO
    New Zealand's MOVE Logistics Group (MOVE) says it is going full speed ahead on green coastal shipping solutions, using a methanol-ready RO/RO. Earlier this year, MOVE successfully secured $10 million (about US$
  • NCDOT in new bid to auction off surplus ferry
    Back in January we reported that the North Carolina Department of Transportation had put its 1995-built car/passenger ferry Thomas A. Baum up for auction on the state's surplus property website. It seems
  • Hornblower to speak on green hydrogen at FERRIES 2022
    With less than two months remaining, Marine Log's 35th annual FERRIES conference is set to make its San Francisco debut November 1-2, with a full lineup of expert owner, operator, green tech,
  • Lack of stability, hatch cover problems eyed in fatal sinking
    The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released its report on the November 17, 2020, sinking of the 82-foot commercial fishing vessel Emmy Rose. All four aboard-the captain and three deckhands-lost their

Container Newsweb site
SEPTEMBER 14, 2022
  • Deepening project at Long Beach gets approval
    The Long Beach Harbor Commission has approved a critical channel deepening project that is expected to ease cargo movement to and from the United States. The Port of Long Beach (POLB) and the federal government will share the costs, estimated at almost US$170 million, with the POLB's portion being estimated at US$109 million. "By improving navigation in Long Beach Harbor, goods will speed faster
  • COSCO reports record 2022 interim results
    The listed companies under COSCO SHIPPING have recently announced their 2022 interim results with COSCO SHIPPING Holdings achieving the best performance in history for the first half of the year. COSCO SHIPPING Holdings recorded an EBIT of US$13.6 million, representing a huge year-over-year increase of 92.2%, and realised a total pre-tax profit of US$13.4 million, a year-over-year increase of 95.
  • Excessive carrier profits at risk as decline in spot rates prompts renegotiation of contract rates, reports Shifl
    SHIFEX, a container spot freight rate index, recorded the lowest freight rate in 24 months between Shanghai, China and Los Angeles, US. The index shows a rate of US$3,500/40', which is a drop of 80% year-on-year (YoY). While the decline in rates has been slower between China and New York / New Jersey, the rates still tumbled from a high of US$19,600 in September 2021 to US$7,950 in September 2022
  • Yang Ming chairman: Market correction is "temporary"
    Yang Ming Marine Transport chairman Cheng Cheng-mount has asserted that the ongoing correction in container freight rates is just a blip and the market should not be worried that the segment could return to its pre-pandemic struggles. At an investment seminar organised by Taiwan Stock Exchange on 12 September, Cheng said that China's Covid-19-related lockdowns had caused the decline in freight ra
  • Major container lines make history with US$41.6 billion earnings in 2022 Q2
    Danish maritime analysis company Sea-Intelligence looked at the financial and volume results posted by the major container carriers for the second quarter of the year. In terms of EBIT (Earnings Before Interest and Tax), the leading shipping lines recorded a combined EBIT of US$41.6 billion, except French carrier CMA CGM which has only issued a press release so far, which does not list their EBIT
  • Genoa terminal orders new Konecranes equipment
    Spinelli S.r.l. (Spinelli Group) has ordered the first Generation 6 crane to their fleet of Konecranes Gottwald Mobile Harbor Cranes at their terminal in Genoa, northwestern Italy. Konecranes said container handling operations at the Italian terminal will benefit from the improved performance of this crane, its doubled service life and its improved eco-efficiency. The order was booked in July 202
  • AD Ports Group completes acquisition of majority stakes in Transmar and Transcargo International
    AD Ports Group has announced the completion of the acquisition of a 70% equity stake in Transmar International Shipping Company and Transcargo International S.A.E. (TCI) for US$140 million in the first international acquisition by AD Ports Group. The value-accretive acquisitions of the two Egypt-based maritime companies provide AD Ports Group with a platform for further growth in container, cargo
  • Port of Savannah crosses 1 million TEU mark in two months
    In the busiest month in its history, the Georgia Ports Authority handled 575,513 TEUs in August, translating to an increase of 18.5% over the same month last year. Counting the July volume of 530,800 TEUs , the Port of Savannah's August performance made for the fastest period in which the po

Splashweb site
SEPTEMBER 14, 2022
  • American Shipping Company raising $40m to back offshore vessel deal
    Oslo-listed owner of Jones Act compliant tankers, American Shipping Company (AMSC), who earlier this year expanded its portfolio with the purchase of one of the most advanced offshore subsea construction vessels, is looking to raise around $40m via a private placement of new shares. The net proceeds will be used to partly finance the acquisition ...
  • Bordelon Marine lands new charter deal
    US offshore support vessel owner and operator Bordelon Marine has entered into a new charter agreement with Subsea 7 i-Tech US for the Jones Act-compliant ultra-light intervention vessel (ULIV) . The charter will see the 2013-built vessel utilised for one year, supporting inspection, repair and maintenance (IRM) operations and light intervention scopes for clients operating ...
  • Navios Partners offloads panamax bulker for $15m
    Angeliki Frangou's Navios Maritime Partners has agreed to sell a thirteen-year-old panamax bulk carrier for $15m. The New York-listed firm said it has offloaded the Chinese-built to an unrelated third party, with the sale expected to complete in the fourth quarter of 2022. The 75,162 dwt vessel bought in November 2019 for a reported price ...
  • Iberdrola sells 49% wind farm stake off Germany
    Spanish electric utility company Iberdrola has signed an agreement with Swiss-based Energy Infrastructure Partners (EIP) for the sale of a 49% stake in Wikinger offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea. The deal is valued at around €700m ($700m), and Iberdrola will maintain a majority stake in its first operational offshore wind farm in ...
  • Chinese methanol-powered newcastlemax bulker seals design approval
    CSSC Qingdao Beihai Shipbuilding and China Ship Design & Research Center (CSDC) have developed what is said to be the world's first methanol-powered newcastlemax bulk carrier. Beihai Shipbuilding in Qingdao has cemented its place as one of the world's top manufacturers of newcastlemax bulkers, including those with LNG and ammonia-ready notation. CSDC said it realised ...
  • LNG carrier rates on a charge
    Rates for gas carriers are shooting up, passing $100,000 a day on the spot market this week in both the Atlantic and the Pacific, and they are even more firm for one-year contracts. According to investment bank Jefferies as of Monday LNG carrier rates remain on a strengthening trend with activity levels picking. Jefferies assesses ...
  • Sharma's shipowning unit highly active in the S&P markets
    Tanker secondhand prices have been on a tear for the past few months. One canny watcher of these price movements has been Anil Sharma, who has decided to cash in on some of the recent asset appreciation. Best known for his ship recycling activities at Global Marketing Systems (GMS), Sharma also controls Lila Shipping, a ...
  • Shearwater and WesternGeco agree multi-year seismic services deal
    Offshore seismic specialist Shearwater GeoServices has struck a multi-year deal with WesternGeco for geophysical data acquisition services and secured a new survey contract in Australia. The agreement enables WesternGeco access to Shearwater's full range of acquisition technologies, and global fleet of seismic vessels. "With our fleet of modern seismic vessels and global reach, we can ...
  • New look articulated tug and barge set to moves boxes across Brazil
    A new style of articulated tug and barge (ATB) is set to call across Brazil. Domestic carrier Alianca Navegacao e Logistica is pressing ahead with a project to build two sea-going 700 teu tug-barge sets for services along the Brazilian coast and on the Amazon River. Alianca ordered these cabotage vessels in late 2021 for ...
  • Transatlantic becomes most lucrative east-west trade
    The slide in spot earnings on the transpacific has been dramatic over the past month, and lines are redeploying ships to more profitable tradelanes. Alphaliner has crunched the numbers to work out the revenues per nautical mile on the main east-west tradelanes with the transatlantic coming out on top by some distance. Shanghai to California ...
  • New Zealand readies for its first methanol-powered ship
    New Zealand's MOVE Logistics Group (MOVE) is pressing ahead with a landmark order for a methanol-capable roro for the country's coastal trades. Earlier this year, MOVE successfully secured NZ$10m ($6m) in co-investment funds from transport agency Waka Kotahi to support the planned roro investment. The vessel design will include a methanol tank and pipework installation ...
  • FMC seeking public comment on proposed 'unreasonable refusal to deal' rule
    The US Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) is seeking public comments in response to a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) issued yesterday implementing a requirement of the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022 (OSRA) to define "unreasonable refusal to deal or negotiate" with respect to vessel space accommodation provided by an ocean common carrier. One provision ...
  • Biden administration takes steps to strengthen offshore safety standards
    The US Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) has announced a new proposed rule that builds on reforms instituted by the Interior Department since the Deepwater Horizon tragedy in 2010 that killed 11 offshore workers, caused billions of dollars of damage, and has had lasting

Lloyd's Listweb site
SEPTEMBER 14, 2022
  • Shanghai and Ningbo ports reopen as weakening storm passes
    Weather system has been downgraded to a tropical storm and expected to continue moving northward
  • US set to overtake Russia as Europe's largest crude supplier
    Norway and US imports replace Russian crude to Europe, already cut by a third since February, as Russia-India shipments rise...
  • Geopolitical events push TEN to higher-than-expected profit
    TEN says that stronger market conditions should continue 'for foreseeable future'
  • Zodiac's PCTC newbuildings push vehicle carrier orderbook to 87
    Zodiac Maritime now has eight 7,000 car capacity vehicle carriers on order at Chinese shipbuilder CIMC Raffles after it exercised...
  • Further regulation needed to prevent shipping missing Paris targets
    Shipping said to be likely to significantly overshoot targets set by the Paris Agreement on climate change without further action
  • UK ports group considers new government's plans for sector
    British ports urgently need clarity on Brexit border controls after abandonment of earlier model, trade association urges
  • Egyptian vessel grounded on coral reef in Red Sea
    Damage to Gulf of Aqaba reef is said to be considerable after Sea Gate Management-operated Lotus grounded
  • Doubts cast over LNG's role as future fuel
    Engine slip means methane emissions will still double for shipping voyages in Europe by 2030, even if all fuel is...
  • Capesize market stages dramatic rebound
    Futures market has been pricing in a recovery which, with 'seasonally favourable dynamics', could potentially build into something bigger, says...
  • Reefer rates to pull back as congestion eases
    Reefer volumes are expected to remain largely flat this year. Better port productivity should lead to more capacity and lower...
  • Demand growing for future-fuel ready engines
    Europeans are reported to be considering steps from LNG to methanol to ammonia, whereas Asian owners are preparing to jump...
  • Ports in China brace for typhoon Muifa
    Terminal operations at Shanghai and Ningbo halted as China's National Meteorological Centre says storm is forecast to be most powerful...
  • Yang Ming close to agreeing first boxship order in three years
    World's ninth-largest liner operator's last investment in newbuildings was in 2019 via a long-term charter deal with a Japanese non-operating...
  • Eagle Bulk expands fleet capacity with modern ultramax
    Company restores fleet to 53 vessels after sale of supramax in August
  • Hyundai Glovis wins record car transport deal
    Three-year deal worth $1.6bn to transport vehicles to Europe, the US and Asia begins in 2023. The easing up of...
  • Deadline looms on US rail workers' labour talks
    Association of American Railroads says the economic impact of a nationwide railroad strike could be more than $2bn a day
  • Daily Briefing
    Energy price cap spells confusion for shipping | Shipowners and oil cartel stay upbeat on market fundamentals | Operation starts...
  • Shenghang Shipping buys chemical tanker pair amid market boom
    The purchase of the two vessels will help the Chinese shipowner expand its presence in the overseas shipping of dangerous cargo

The Journal of Commerceweb site
SEPTEMBER 14, 2022
  • Confidence waning as ports, rails prepare for strike
    While railroad management and unions were meeting with US Labor Secretary Marty Walsh to avert a strike, confidence is waning as shippers, railroads, and ports prepare for a shutdown early Friday.
  • Concerns mount over pace of ILWU talks amid rail strike threat
    Although West Coast longshore labor and management in July announced progress in the form of an interim agreement on health benefits, headway in recent weeks has been minimal on what are considered far more difficult issues.
  • Wan Hai focuses on trans-Pacific to drive revenue, liftings
    The trans-Pacific accounted for 18 percent of Wan Hai's total liftings in the first half of the year, up from 12 percent in the year-ago period.
  • Structural support erodes for record ocean rates: analyst
    There is no longer structural support for historically high ocean rates, although the softening taking place now is more of a market correction and not yet a true downturn, writes JOC analyst Lars Jensen.
  • Demand for mutually enforceable contracts helps NYSHEX land new funding
    NYSHEX has landed its third funding round in 24 months, a $25 million investment that supports the notion the shipping industry is starting to embrace mutually enforceable contracts.
  • Higher costs, poor vessel reliability continue to hinder US ag exports
    US agriculture shippers still face challenges and elevated costs in reaching overseas markets due to unexpected billing from ocean carriers and uncertain vessel schedules.

TradeWindsweb site
SEPTEMBER 14, 2022
  • Railroad strike looms over US, but will it be a problem for ocean shipping?
    An extended work stoppage could be a blow to container traffic, particularly at West Coast ports, but analysts do not see that as likely
  • Capesize bulker rates jump 45% in a day to reach five-week high
    Spot market gets boost from storm hitting North China Sea and China resuming building, but average spot rates are still historically and seasonally low
  • Gastech: 'Gassing' in Milan gets loud as US LNG producers take centre stage
    Old and new associates revel in return of in-person mingling as exhibition goes Italian, writes Lucy Hine from Milan
  • American Shipping Co looks to private placement to shore up offshore vessel purchase
    Financing will back company's first purchase of a vessel that is not a Jones Act tanker
  • 'The buyer is further away': Russian oil at sea hits near-record highs, analysts say
    Data shows longer journeys and difficulties of finding customers for Russian oil increase time at sea in tonne-mile boost
  • Green Seas: LNG fuelling in focus as green groups ask EU to turn up heat on methane emissions
    Our weekly environment newsletter looks at efforts to tighten EU rules on shipping's leading alternative fuel
  • Zeaborn targets fleet of 150 vessels in preparation for low-carbon era
    German ship manager sees decarbonisation as one of the greatest challenges
  • Tsakos boosts dividend by half after record tanker profit
    Owner is optimistic that tanker bonanza will carry into second half of the year
  • Charterers worried as last PSV leaves lay-up in North Sea
    Brokers say there is no slack in the system after 60 ships were sold out of oil and gas sector
  • Chevron books Angelicoussis and Polembros suezmaxes at average-busting rate
    US oil major pays way above average spot rate to secure Mediterranean tankers for up to three months
  • Trader Aline Vaz heads Monjasa push into Brazilian bunker market
    Danish group sets up shop in Rio and charters barge in 'challenging' sector
  • P&I rate rises will soften, predicts broker Gallagher
    Financial pressures are easing on the mutuals, but more mergers are expected
  • Coveted ice-class aframaxes keep secondhand market spinning
    Sale talk highlights the premium buyers pay to tap northern winter trades
  • 'Large spike': European imports push MR tanker rates up 45% in a day
    Brokers and analysts explain significant movement in earnings for clean tanker workhorses this week
  • Start-up launches cloud-based charter platform for shipowners and brokers
    Dutch tech company licensed to use Bimco forms
  • Navios Partners sheds another bulker as it fixes $210m of new finance
    Dry fleet renewal continues with panamax disposal
  • Will trapped vessels miss UN grain ticket out of Ukraine?
    Tankers and container ships appear unable to leave after seven months stuck in Black Sea ports
  • Bunker Holding targets more ships for greener fuel deals
    First ESG report for Danish group looks to cleaner fuel delivery future but accepts that 99% of current carbon emissions come from the fuel it sells
  • MPC investment guru off to a flier in shipping's fantasy football league
    Read on to find out why Mo Salah is like heavy fuel oil and Erling Haaland is ammonia
  • Start-up launches cloud-based charter platform for owners and brokers
    Dutch tech company licenced to use Bimco forms
  • 'Large damage' to coral reef as Egyptian ro-ro grounds off Jordan
    Vessel is operated by same company whose Flower of Sea caused oil spill in August
  • Oil price cap piles pressure on P&I insurers to police sanctions
    Latest price cap plan will leave underwriters with complex administrative process
  • CIMC Raffles rakes in car carrier orders worth $255m as pressure weighs on tonnage supply
    The Chinese shipyard is sitting on an orderbook of 12 LNG dual-fuel PCTCs
  • Maersk Supply rolls out vegetable oil fuel option across its fleet
    Danish owner has successfully trialled a biofuel and gasoil blend on its ships
  • MOVE orders methanol-ready ro-ro for operation next year
    New Zealand group unveils design for new ship backed by state funds
  • NCIS and US Marshals offering $40,000 reward in hunt for 'Fat Leonard'
    Boss of Singapore company on the run after cutting off GPS monitor whilst under house arrest
  • Study questions renewable LNG fuel's impact without more subsidies and an end to methane leaks
    Slippage from vessels and upstream fugitive emissions could double methane pollution by 2030 even if renewable LNG is used
  • G7 cap and energy purchases likely to be on the agenda at Xi-Putin meeting
    Russia will be keen for China to take a greater share of its commodity exports in the wake of Western sanctions

American Shipperweb site
SEPTEMBER 14, 2022
  • Transport strikes put supply chains under duress again
    Labor actions are creating great uncertainty for rail shippers in the U.S. and for air and sea cargo in Europe.

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FROM THE HOME PAGE
Container traffic at the Port of Los Angeles grew by 19.3% last year
Los Angeles
In the fourth quarter alone the increase was +21.5%
HMM signs agreement with JNPA to collaborate on development of new Indian port at Vadhvan
Seoul
The port will have a container traffic capacity of 23.2 million TEUs
EU customs reform must make trade and business easier
Brussels
23 organizations underline this in a joint statement
Launch in Ancona of the luxury cruise ship Four Seasons I
Trieste
Fincantieri to deliver the unit to Four Seasons Yachts at the end of 2025
Launch event in Brussels of the European Maritime Skills Forum
Brussels
In 2024, the port of Tanger Med handled a record traffic of 10.2 million containers
Anjara
New peaks also in other business segments
South Korea's KSOE wins order to build 12 18,000 TEU containerships
Seoul
HD Hyundai Heavy Industries' turnover increased by +21.1% in 2024
Fire breaks out on the Rospo Mare B oil platform off the coast of Vasto
Rome
There were no injuries or traces of pollution in the sea
Galaxy Leader Sailors Freed
London
Today the 25 crew members left Yemen on board a plane
Contract with Russian company that managed Syrian port of Tartous terminated
Damascus
The agreement included investments of 500 million dollars
Brussels OKs DP World-Arcese Automotive Joint Venture
Brussels
Initially, the activity will be carried out in France and Poland
Royal Caribbean orders sixth Edge-class cruise ship at Chantiers de l'Atlantique
Miami/Saint Nazaire
It will be taken over in 2028
Louis E. Sola is the new chairman of the Federal Maritime Commission
In 2024, ship transits through the Suez Canal decreased by -50%
Ismailia
The total was about 13,200 units compared to over 26,400 in 2023
Uiltrasporti urges to restore measures to support rail freight transport
Rome
Definitive cancellation of the 65 million fund from the Budget Law
The Trump unknown also weighs on the Panama Canal
Washington
While the tycoon dreams of taking it over with weapons in hand, a bill proposes to start negotiations with the Panamanian government
FSG bankruptcy trustees announce interest from multiple investors in shipbuilding group
Rendsburg/Flensburg
These are German companies operating in the same sector
Port of Long Beach closes 2024 with new annual, half-year and quarterly container traffic records
Long Beach
Total freight traffic also reached a new historical peak during the year.
The Biden administration's latest move is to accuse China of seeking dominance in the maritime, logistics and shipbuilding sectors
Washington/Beijing
Harsh reaction from Beijing's Ministry of Commerce and the China Shipyards Association
The AdSP of the Central Tyrrhenian Sea confirms the commitments made towards its employees
Naples
The organization hopes "that a climate of relaxation can be restored"
Uniport, exemption from compulsory insurance for vehicles used in port terminals is a good thing
Rome
Hanoi government authorizes initial investment for new port planned by MSC and VMC
Hanoi
Vietnam Port Development Plan to 2030 Approved
Filt, Fit and Uilt announce a resumption of the strike of the workers of the AdSP of the Central Tyrrhenian Sea
Naples
New protest action scheduled to start on February 3rd
Annual container traffic at PSA port terminals exceeds 100 million TEU for the first time
Singapore
Record in both Singapore and overseas terminals
Confitarma calls for the urgent reinstatement of the rule on simplified recruitment of seafarers
Rome
Sisto: Simplification has proven to be an important step forward for the sector
Sharp drop of -17.1% in freight traffic in the port of Taranto in 2024
Taranto
In the last quarter alone the decline was -3.0%
Container traffic in Hong Kong port decreased by -4.9% in 2024
Hong Kong
In the fourth quarter alone, 3.5 million TEUs were handled (-2.7%)
New NATO mission to strengthen protection of undersea infrastructure in the Baltic Sea
Mons
The use of a small fleet of naval drones is also planned
In 2024, the port terminals of China's CMPort handled a record container traffic
Hong Kong
The total was 146.3 million TEU (+6.4%)
Yang Ming also renews service between Western Mediterranean and US East Coast
Keelung
In Italy stopovers in Salerno, La Spezia, Genoa and Vado Ligure
Twelve associations call for agreeing on measures to improve rail capacity management in the EU
Brussels
Genoa Port Terminal, green light for provisional concession until next June 30
Genoa
The Management Committee of the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority has unanimously decided this
In 2024, passenger traffic managed in Genoa by Stazioni Marittime decreased by -4.4%
Genoa
Ferries stable and cruises down -9.8%. Cruise activity expected to increase in 2025
CMA CGM to remove Livorno calls from Amerigo service, replacing them with calls at Salerno
Marseille
New configuration in line with that of the Ocean Alliance partners
From April, Ocean Alliance ships will call at seven Italian ports, four of which will be visited only by COSCO/OOCL
Shanghai/Hong Kong/Taipei/Marseille
Salerno will enter and Livorno will exit the new configuration of the containerized maritime services network
Leonidsport (Louis-Dreyfus family) submits offer to acquire 21% of Thessaloniki Port Authority
Athens
The expected investment is up to approximately 57 million euros
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
Rolls-Royce wins record contract for Royal Navy submarine fleet
London
Eight-year, £9bn contract
Transported, the DURC in road transport is used to avoid paying for services
Rome
The rules - the association denounces - are openly violated by the clients
Kombiverkehr restores rail link between Lübeck port and Verona
Frankfurt am Main
Schedule two departures per week in both directions
AD Ports signs deal to build logistics park at Alexandria Port
Cairo
The business will be developed with the Holding Company for Maritime and Land Transport
The Panama Canal is and will continue to be Panamanian
Davos
This was underlined by the president of the Central American nation, José Raúl Mulino
Autamarocchi acquires control of Dissegna Logistics
Trieste
The Rossano Veneto company operates in the intermodal transport sector
Rubboli (Assologistica): Italian ports need more efficient and coordinated governance
Milan
Port of Ravenna, incentives for the purchase of "green" port vehicles
Ravenna
Maximum ceiling of 300,000 euros for each beneficiary
20% of Omani Asyad Shipping Company's capital up for sale
Muscat
Listing on Muscat Stock Exchange expected
Order to Circle for the management of data relating to rail and intermodal traffic of a port
Milan
ANSFISA adopts guidelines for the assessment and risk management of the rail transport of dangerous goods
Rome
Over 217 kilos of cocaine seized in the port of Livorno
Leghorn
They were hidden in a container containing wood from South America
Merlo leaves the presidency of Federlogistica to Davide Falteri
Rome
Logistics - he underlined - is one of the drivers of the national economic system
Germany is studying a network of floating terminals for the import of clean hydrogen
Berlin
Memorandum of understanding signed by SEFE and Höegh Evi
The executive design service for the reclamation of the Molo Italia seabed in La Spezia has been awarded
The Spice
Fratelli Cosulich orders fourth methanol-ready unit
Genoa
It will be built by Taizhou Maple Leaf Shipbuilding
In Spain, a logistics network for rail transport of biofuel to ports is being studied
Madrid
Agreement between Adif and the Exolum Group
MSC Interested in Starting Shipbuilding and Repair Business in India
Gurgaon
Comparison with the naval engineering company Swan Defence And Heavy Industries
Luka Koper has ordered four new rubber-tyred gantry cranes from Konecranes
Coper
They will be the first vehicles powered exclusively by electricity at the Slovenian airport
LNG and bio-LNG bunkering vessel arriving at the port of Genoa
Genoa
It will be able to provide both "ship-to-ship" and "ship-to-truck" services
Last year, cargo traffic in Russian ports decreased by -2.3%
St. Petersburg
The largest volume of cargo, exports, fell by -1.9%
Höegh Autoliners secures two multi-year contracts for car transport
Oslo
Agreements with two car manufacturers with which it has been collaborating for years
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Malta sees record cruise traffic in 2024
Florian
357 ships docked for a total of over 940 thousand passengers
Cavotec to provide electrification systems and technologies for Italian ports
Lugano
Three orders worth a total of seven million euros acquired
Pirate attacks on ships decreased by -3% last year
London
In the last quarter, an increase of +76% was recorded
COSCO Shipping Ports Sets New Annual and Quarterly Container Traffic Records
Hong Kong
In the whole of 2024, 111.9 million TEUs were handled (+5.7%)
Alberto Maestrini (VARD) elected President of SEA Europe
Brussels
The association represents the European shipbuilding industry
Molo Brin areas in Olbia handed over to Quay Royal
Construction of a marina for mega yachts is planned
Port of Singapore Sets New Container and Non-Oil Bulk Records in 2024
Singapore
The Asian port handled a total of 622.7 million tonnes of goods (+5.2%)
The Italian Maritime Academy Technologies has acquired a new technical headquarters
Castel Volturno
Includes a 37-meter, 100-ton command bridge with 1:1 scale operating environments
A huge load of 110 kilograms of cocaine seized in the port of Gioia Tauro
Reggio Calabria
If placed on the market, it could have earned criminal organizations 20 million euros
Unifeeder triples its market share of intra-Mediterranean container services
Dubai
Fincantieri Completes Acquisition of Leonardo's Underwater UAS Business
Trieste
The 287 million euro fixed component of the purchase price was paid today
Wallenius Wilhelmsen to operate ro-ro terminal at Port of Gothenburg
Oslo/Gothenburg
12-year concession contract
The Bulgarian Shipowners' Association has joined the European Community Shipowners' Associations
Brussels
BSA is the twenty-second member of the European Shipowners' Association
Strike by Central Tyrrhenian Sea Port Authority staff suspended
Naples
The meeting between the unions and the general secretary of the port authority was a success
Mercitalia Rail begins rail transport from Reggio Calabria of trains for the Milan Metro
Reggio Calabria
They are approximately 106 metres long and weigh over 180 tonnes.
PSA Venice - Vecon achieves gender equality certification
Genoa
It is the first Italian container terminal to obtain the certification
Maria Teresa Di Matteo, head of the Department for Transport and Navigation, has passed away
Rome/Gioia Tauro
Mattioli: it was an important point of reference for the entire Italian maritime cluster
Green logistics, the Northern Tyrrhenian Sea Port Authority extends the deadline for the tender
Leghorn
It awards non-repayable grants up to a maximum amount of 300,000 euros
Medcenter Container Terminal orders 20 new hybrid struddle carriers from Kalmar
Helsinki
They will be delivered within the first quarter of 2026
The intermodal service connecting the Italian terminal of Melzo with the Dutch one of Moerdijk has started
Melzo
Three weekly circulations operated, which will increase to four from April
COSCO expects to close 2024 with +95% growth in net profit
Shanghai
EBIT expected at 69.9 billion yuan (+90.7%)
Catania-based F.lli Di Martino has acquired 160 new loading units produced by Piedmont-based SICOM
Cherasco
This year the Cherasco company celebrates 50 years since its foundation
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
Kuwait approves Chinese company for port operations
(AGBI - Arabian Gulf Business Insight)
Iran signs over $1.8b investment contracts with private sector for ports development
(Tehran Times)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Relazione del presidente Nicola Zaccheo
Roma, 18 settembre 2024
››› File
Uiltrasporti Campania accuses the heads of the AdSP of the Central Tyrrhenian Sea of having assumed a provocative and totally closed attitude
Naples
Attempt - the union denounces - to downplay the real reasons for the strike
Medlog signs partnership agreement to build dry port and logistics area in Egypt
Cairo
The affected area is approximately 102 hectares
In the last quarter of 2024, OOCL revenues grew by +55.0%
Hong Kong
Containers transported by the fleet increased by +6.1%
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
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
Commander Emanuele Bergamini is the new president of USCLAC
Genoa
Gianni Badino was elected president of the USCLAC-UNCDiM-SMACD unitary union
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
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