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Exim India web site
NOVEMBER 25, 2022
  • Ministry of Ports, Shipping & Waterways extends its support to CTL-BHP 2023
  • Sumita Dawra is the new Special Secretary (Logistics)
  • Duties on all tariff lines to be eliminated by Australia under the landmark India-Australia Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement: Goyal
  • KEZAD Group breaks ground on UAE's largest e-commerce fulfilment centre for noon.com
  • Shipping seen playing key role in green fuel transition
  • PM Gati Shakti Multimodal Maritime Summit 2022 in Kolkata deliberates on connectivity to the North-East & eastern neighbours
  • Extremely challenging scenario seen for ocean freight market
  • Bleak prospects seen for cotton exports
  • Mongla allows port entry for 7.50 m draught vessels
  • India seen among fastest growing economies in Asia: OECD
  • Fertiliser import from Russia surges 371 pc

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International Transport Journal web site
NOVEMBER 25, 2022
  • Unctad: e-commerce driving maritime
  • UK rail operator to launch new depot next summer
  • The reasons for damage - and its cost
  • For Vietnam's e-vehicle manufacturer
  • Toll collector expands in Bulgaria
  • JAL and Yamato: cargo service from April 2024
  • Cheng Lu returns to Tusimple
  • Warehouse space for mountain men
  • Rail bridge open for traffic
  • Market for PCTC in motion
  • Camion Transport best employer of the year
  • Planning more sustainability initiatives
  • A double award in Auckland
  • 400,000 sqm in preparation
  • Södra banking on electricity
  • DVF hires new expert
  • ITA recognised by Iata
  • "Curiosity of the Day"

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The Loadstar web site
NOVEMBER 24, 2022
  • Truckers blockade S Korean container ports in new strike over wages
  • Will looming rates war lead to forwarder smash & grab?
  • Apple supply chain disrupted by Foxconn protests and more Covid lockdowns
  • Boxship charter market could see a deluge of sub-let surplus tonnage
  • A squeeze of sweet orange: more flexibility granted to CH Robinson
  • There may be light at the end of the supply chain tunnel of gloom
  • WiseTech still adamant it will benefit from 'continued consolidation' in logistics
  • EU grant means Dronamics' green air cargo flights may take off in Q2
  • 'War Dog' Diveroli takes PayCargo to court over 'lost $100m'

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Marine Log web site
NOVEMBER 24, 2022
  • Seapeak places $1.1 billion order for 5 LNG carriers at SHI
    Seapeak LLC reports that it has entered into shipbuilding contracts for the construction of five 174,000-cubic meter M-type (ME-GA propulsion) LNG carrier newbuildings. They are to be constructed by Samsung Heavy Industries

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Container News web site
NOVEMBER 24, 2022
  • KEZAD Group launches e-commerce fulfillment centre for Middle East's online marketplace
    Khalifa Economic Zones Abu Dhabi - KEZAD Group, the integrated trade, logistics, and industrial hub of Abu Dhabi and a fully-owned subsidiary of AD Ports Group, and noon.com, one of Middle East's online shopping websites, broke ground on the UAE's largest fulfillment centre in Abu Dhabi, which will form part of an anchor investment by noon into the emirate's fast-growing e-commerce space. The 252
  • Fuel prices on downward trend
    According to the weekly outlook of Marine Bunker Exchange (MABUX) for bunker prices, fuel indexes demonstrate a firm downward trend. The 380 HSFO index fell to US4,504.59/MT, the VLSFO index decreased to US$722.45/MT and the MGO index dropped to US$1,088.38/MT. In the meantime, the Global Scrubber Spread (SS) - the price differential between 380 HSFO and VLSFO - continued its firm decline over we
  • Sea-Intelligence reports strong volume growth on North America East Coast
    While North America West Coast port volumes have started to contract sharply in the third quarter of 2022 (both Y/Y and on an annualised basis compared to 2019), the same is not the case for the North America East Coast ports, according to Sea-Intelligence. The Danish shipping data analysis company said that the year-on-year (Y/Y) laden inbound growth in 2022-Q3 was between 4%-11%, and the annual
  • KDB sounds out potential buyers for HMM shares
    Korea Development Bank (KDB) has identified Hyundai Motor, steel mill POSCO, logistics group LX Pantos and SM Line as potential buyers for its 20.69% stake in South Korean flagship carrier HMM. KDB said on 23 November that it has met with representatives of the aforementioned companies to see how its stake in the company can be sold. Meanwhile, Korea Ocean Business Corporation, which owns 19.96%
  • Drewry's WCI retraces 90% of pre-pandemic gains as China-Europe spot prices tumble
    The Drewry's World Container Index (WCI) saw yet another week of fall, by 7% to US$2,404, primarily on the back of tumbling rates in the China-Europe trade lanes. The Drewry's World Container Index has now seen 90% of its gains, from its quote at the onset of the pandemic to its peak level in 2021, erode in just 14 months, even as it took 22 months to scale up to its highest level. The descent ha
  • Tonnage providers' fleet shrinks as market turns
    Tonnage providers have lost 2 million TEU of ships to liner operators as vessel sales shot up from mid-2020 to mid-2022, even though ship sales have tapered off recently with the correction in the freight market. Alphaliner's latest report, released on 23 November, noted that since August 2020, tonnage providers have sold more than 600 boxships, amounting to 2 million TEU, to liner operators whic
  • Zergratran seeks funding to build green shipping corridor as an alternative to the Panama Canal
    Zergratran, a sustainable transportation company, is announcing its Reg A+ offering to raise US$75 million in funding as its initial step to build the first Green Shipping Corridor. An alternative to the Panama Canal for shipping containers - Puerto Internacional Las Americas (PILA) is planned to be an underground green tunnel that uses Maglev technology system to transfer containers in less than
  • Cypriot shipping company enters container sector with boxship pair acquisition
    Cyprus-based shipping company Castor Maritime has announced the acquisition of two container vessels aiming to enter the container sector. Two of Castor Maritime's wholly-owned subsidiaries each entered into two separate agreements to acquire a 2005 German-built 2,700 TEU container ship from two separate entities beneficially owned by family members of Petros Panagiotidis, the company's chairman,
  • APM Terminals confirms management changes in India
    APM Terminals has announced several changes in management roles in India. Following three years as chief operating officer (COO) of Gateway Terminals India Pvt. Ltd. (APM Terminals Mumbai), Girish Aggarwal will become managing director (MD) for Gujarat Pipavav Port Ltd. (APM Terminals Pipavav) from 1 January 2023. "Girish Aggarwal has led Gateway Terminals India Pvt. Ltd as COO since 2019, initia

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Splash web site
NOVEMBER 24, 2022
  • Reach Subsea turns owner with Østensjø MPSV buy
    Norwegian offshore services player Reach Subsea is building up its operations with the acquisition of multipurpose ROV support vessel from compatriot owner Østensjø Rederi. The Haugesund-based company, which has thus far focused on chartered-in vessels, is paying $29m for the 2009-built MPSV, a price it noted was below the charter rates being offered on its ...
  • Golden Energy Offshore offloads PSV
    Norway's Golden Energy Offshore Services (GEOS) has struck a deal to sell its 2005-built platform supply vessel for $6.45m. The buyer for the Norwegian-flagged PSV VesselsValue estimates as worth $5.78m has not been identified. The ship should deliver in the first quarter of 2023, and the sale is expected to boost GEOS' liquidity, which the ...
  • Floatel International wins accommodation vessel contract with Vår Energi
    Oslo-based offshore accommodation platform operator Floatel International has landed a contract with pure-play Norwegian operator Vår Energi for the . The 2010-built semisubmersible vessel will provide accommodation services for the Balder HAP project in Norway. The unit is currently working for Equinor at the Grane field in the Norwegian North Sea. The new contract should ...
  • CSSC Shipping teams with CGN for $98m WTIV deal
    CSSC Shipping has teamed up with CGN International Financial Leasing to acquire a newbuild wind turbine installation vessel. The Hong Kong-listed leasing arm of state-owned China State Shipbuilding Corporation said in a filing that the vessel would be picked up from Guangzhou Shipyard International for $98m. The deal will see CGN own 70% of the ...
  • KNOT books shuttle tanker newbuild for Petrobras charter
    Knutsen NYK Offshore Tankers (KNOT) has inked a contract with Cosco Shipping Heavy Industry (Zhoushan) for a newbuild suezmax shuttle tanker. The 154,000 dwt ship will deliver in 2025 and go on a 15-year-long charter with Brazilian oil giant Petrobras. KNOT has another unit set to deliver in 2024 backed by a 10-year Petrobras charter. ...
  • Global supply chains at risk again as truckers stage another nationwide strike in South Korea
    Truck drivers in South Korea have gone on a second mass strike in less than six months. At least 25,000 truckers are expected to join an indefinite strike that could paralyse critical supply chains, including those in the car, steel and refinery industries. The organisers have warned the strike could stop oil supplies and transport ...
  • Cold lay-ups in the frame as liners look at all options in their toolbox
    Liners will idle as much as 1.5m teu of tonnage next year as the container market eases with analysts warning images of boxships in lay-up could become commonplace once again. British consultants Drewry are forecasting idling will reach approximately 1.5m teu next year, or roughly 6% of the end-2022 cellular fleet. "Carriers are going to ...
  • Google signs up for Moray West wind farm power
    Google has signed up to offtake 100 MW of Moray West offshore wind farm in Scotland's outer Moray Firth region. Moray West is part of the portfolio being developed by Ocean Winds, a 50/50 joint venture owned by EDP Renewables and Engie. Under a 12-year corporate power purchase agreement, the French utility will provide Google ...
  • Ocean Winds forms Irish offshore wind venture
    Ocean Winds, a joint venture between Engie and EDP Renewables (EDPR) has partnered up with the Irish semi-state energy group Bord na Móna to identify, plan and build offshore wind farms in Ireland. The joint venture will initially focus on delivering two potential projects by 2030, which together could generate up to 2.3GW of energy, ...
  • West Arctic Ocean emerges as major source of crude for India
    A new source of Russian crude has emerged for India - the West Arctic Ocean. This new activity which has only been seen this year, started around March on aframax and suezmax tankers, as data from energy analytics firm Vortexa shows (see chart below). Aframax tonne-miles out of the West Arctic Ocean were typically directed ...
  • CIMC scores three-year extension for jackup pair in Mexico
    Chinese yard Cimc Raffles has secured a long-term contract extension for two of its jackup drilling rigs working for Pemex in Mexico, the company's asset manager, Ocean Challenger said. The Gulf Driller VI and Gulf Driller VIII, which have been operating in Mexico since delivery in 2019, have been extended for an additional period of ...
  • Besiktas scores another tanker win
    Turkey's Besiktas Group has sealed its fifth tanker purchase since June. Sources report that the outfit snapped up a ship locally, adding the 12-year-old, 50,000 dwt Bismark Bernas, a Korean built chemical tanker. The ship has already been delivered and renamed . No price has been attached, but online portal VesselsValue indicates that the ship ...
  • PGS awarded Mediterranean survey
    Norwegian seismic player PGS has won a contract from an unnamed independent energy firm for a 3D exploration acquisition in the Mediterranean region. The 2017-built Titan-class vessel will begin the survey in late November, which is expected to last through to mid-January 2023. The 24-streamer ship is currently working in the southeast part of the ...
  • Italians join forces for new Monegasque dry bulk venture
    Two Italian-backed shipowners are joining forces to create a new dry bulk venture in Monaco. Malta-based Navigazione Montanari has partnered with Swiss-based Nova Marine Carriers to create Novamont Dry, which will focus on creating a fleet of chartered-in panamaxes and capesizes when operations start in the new year, adding to a growing cluster of Italian ...
  • Looking to the cloud: connectivity and data as key ingredients for CII compliance
    Simon Gatty Saunt from SES with helpful advice ahead of the impending Carbon Intensity Indicator. The IMO's Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII) regulations will put a letter grade next to a ship, based on its carbon efficiency in operation. This will immediately provide environmentally conscious charterers with a simple and publicly available rating system, on which ...
  • Colombian alternative to the Panama Canal seeks funding
    Florida-based Zergratran, a sustainability driven transportation infrastructure company, is seeking to raise $75m in funding as its initial step to build an alternative to the Panama Canal for shipping containers. Puerto Internacional Las Americas (PILA) is planned to be an underground tunnel that would use Maglev (derived from magnetic levitation) technology to transfer containers in ...

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Lloyd's List web site
NOVEMBER 24, 2022
  • Castor acquires first two boxships amid record profits
    Owner cites improved tanker earnings as contributor to upturn in results
  • LNG spot rates take a dive
    After two months of rapid rate rises, the market is starting to cool off amid an unwinding of vessels waiting...
  • Aframax tanker freight rates hit 17-year high ahead of Russian oil bans
    Freight costs for shipping crude to Europe from the US comprise 11% of the delivered crude price. This is up...
  • Gallagher predicts rates for hull and machinery to harden
    Many shipowners are well placed to pay in the light of the current upturns in many segments. Upfront payment is...
  • Top 10 box port operators 2022
    As the build-up continues to the publication on December 1 of Lloyd's List One Hundred People 2022, ranking the most...
  • UN co-ordinator of Black Sea grain initiative steps down
    The first term of the grain corridor was overseen by Amir Abdulla. His deputy is acting as officer in charge...
  • Maritime centre partners Gard on green project safety
    Gard will assess risks inherent in the centre's pilot projects and provide insurance coverage for the schemes
  • CSSC Shipping agrees deal for wind turbine installation vessel
    Installation vessel will be leased to Summer Bihai
  • Maersk Line settles second sexual misconduct lawsuit
    Lawsuit said female named only as Midshipman Y was forced to sleep in her bathroom - the only room she...
  • Crew retention essential to address seafarer shortage issue
    Seafarer shortage is a real issue that needs to be addressed by the industry, says the Singapore Shipping Association
  • Navigation incidents are 'preventable', says Standard Club
    Tight ship schedules result in commercial pressure on both ship and pilot
  • Daily Briefing
    Why waiting for progress at IMO is a very risky strategy | US updates oil price cap guidance for shipping...
  • OOCL says using greener fuels requires significant crew training
    International Chamber of Shipping is proposing the IMO should itself set a target that all the new regulations for handling...

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TradeWinds web site
NOVEMBER 24, 2022
  • Resurrected Davie Shipbuilding aims to become North America's most modern shipyard
    Alex Vicefield and James Davies, co-founders of parent company Inocea Group, plan to build expedition cruise ships at the yard some day
  • Special report: Shipbuilding faces choppier 2023
    In our latest Business Focus, TradeWinds' reporters Irene Ang, Lucy Hine and Jonathan Boonzaier explore how 2023 threatens to be far choppier for shipyards, how newbuilding demand is expected to remain strong, and how Hyundai Heavy is driving transformation. Read all the stories below
  • Hyundai Heavy invests in digital drive to stay ahead of the curve
    Upgrade of its Ulsan-based shipyard will allow Hyundai Heavy Industries to stay ahead of its rivals and improve production efficiency
  • Shipbuilding boom and oil prices keep Dubai's Drydocks World busy
    Repair yards are seeing a boom in conversion and eco-refit projects as Chinese builders focus on constructing ships
  • China's shipyards turn LNG newcomers with record order haul
    More Chinese yards advance capabilities to move into high-tech vessel building
  • Japanese shipyards feel the pain as bulk carrier orders slump
    But consolidation moves by country's leading yards are starting to pay off
  • Best year for Hyundai yards since 2007 despite a slowdown in global newbuilding orders
    The shipbuilding group is not in a hurry to contract new orders and will not expand its current shipbuilding capacity
  • Buyers ease back on newbuilding volume but not on value in 2022
    LNG carriers overtake container ships in tonnage terms as shipbuilding market hits record order spree
  • Shipyards face 'bumpy' ride in 2023 as economic, capacity and labour issues loom
    Market players are mystified by the lack of tanker orders but demand from LNG, container ship and offshore energy sectors is expected to keep yards busy
  • Masters alerted after contact lost with SK Shipping tanker off West Africa
    UK and French navies ask for help in tracing the B Ocean off Ivory Coast
  • New York braces for the bull: wild ride could await, but mind the horns
    This week's edition of Streetwise takes a look at Castor Maritime's tankers spin-off Toro Corp, and how the offspring resembles the parent - for better or worse
  • 'Lawyer up' now for years of decarbonisation charter wars
    The new CII regulations create a whole class of damage claims to ships that cannot entirely be claused away. Call your lawyer now
  • Zergratran plots $15bn Colombian box tunnel to rival Panama Canal
    Plan to transship containers between Atlantic and Pacific with maglev technology in less than 30 minutes
  • Color Group exits ro-ro sector with sale of veteran ship
    Norwegian owner finds buyer for 1998-built Color Carrier
  • Lawyer up now for years of decarbonisation charter wars
    The new CII regulations create a whole class of damage claims to ships that cannot entirely be claused away. Call your lawyer now
  • Ferries and container ships best suited to green corridors but complexities need more analysis
    Report analyses potential of setting up green corridors for two shorthaul routes and one long range route
  • Ocean Yield extends CMB container ship charters as it adds $90m in liquidity
    Norwegian sale-and-leaseback company also set to bank $67m from ship sales
  • Chandris and Westport take big profits by flipping tankers new and old
    Cumulative profit on two deals amounts to nearly $40m
  • Owners await long-overdue scrapping of elderly rogue VLGC fleet
    Avance Gas believes recycling will pick up pace after just one vessel was demolished in past four years
  • Castor expands into container ships amid high profit, spin-off plan
    Owner reveals its second transformational move in two weeks
  • Avance Gas banks more cash in strongest LPG carrier market since 2015
    And Fredriksen-backed VLGC owner sees more room for improvement in tonne-miles
  • Methanol engines make up a quarter of planned projects, MAN says
    Engine designer reports that many major container ship operators are looking at this fuel alternative
  • Nikolas Tsakos sets out $1bn market cap ambition in TEN's 30th year
    Greek shipowner also wants to see debt fall below $1bn
  • 'Shipless in Oslo': Hunter plots next move with calculator, not gut feelings
    Three projects come under scrutiny at Norwegian company after VLCC fleet sale
  • China's STX Dalian Shipbuilding set to return to newbuilding arena
    New owners to get the ball rolling with orders for handysize bulkers
  • China's STX Dalian Shipbuilding is set to return to newbuilding arena
    New owners to get the ball rolling with orders for handysize bulkers
  • EU still heavily dependent on Russian LNG, says Bancosta
    Russia recorded the highest growth in volumes of any exporter, second only to the US
  • Eastern Pacific grows fleet with more MR tanker newbuildings
    The diversified shipping company has ordered two vessels at Hyundai Vietnam
  • Container ship newbuilding enquiries roll on despite end of bull run
    Fuelling choices on newbuildings are diversifying as more companies take a look at methanol

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The liner shipping industry contributes substantially to the U.S. economy.
Washington
This is highlighted by an analysis carried out by S&P Global Market Intelligence on behalf of WSC and PMSA
Toll worsens from explosion in Iranian port of Shahid Rajaee
Tehran
It caused 46 deaths and injured over 1,200 people
Tender for concession of container terminal at Ukrainian port of Chornomorsk to be announced by mid-year
Kiev
The management will include the general cargo terminal
CEVA Logistics (CMA CGM group) will buy the Turkish Borusan Lojistik
Istanbul/Marseille
Wärtsilä's first quarter is positive
Helsinki
New orders value growth slows
ESPO: The EU Parliament's Budget Committee's request for more funding for transport, energy and infrastructure is welcome
Brussels
The importance of financing TEN-T networks to enable their adaptation for both military and civilian dual-use purposes was highlighted
Solidarity contribution for the families of port workers who are victims of accidents at work
Rome
It was established by the National Bilateral Port Authority
Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore Division Reports Record Quarterly Revenue
Neuilly-sur-Seine
New historical peak also for the classified fleet
PSA reportedly considering selling its 20% stake in Hutchison Ports
Singapore
This is according to "Reuters", which had already floated this hypothesis at the end of 2022
Federagenti, Italy must give a sharp acceleration to the projects of ZES, free zones and Special Logistics Zones
Rome
Pessina: There is no space for reflections prey to bureaucracy
In the first quarter of this year, freight traffic in the port of Rotterdam decreased by -5.8%.
Rotterdam
Both disembarkation (-3.1%) and embarkation (-11.9%) loads are decreasing
Increase in container cargo is not enough for the port of Antwerp-Bruges to avoid a -4.0% decline in quarterly traffic
Antwerp
The decline in liquid bulk cargoes worsened (-19.1%)
The China Shipowners' Association considers the measures taken by the US against Chinese ships a typical example of unilateralism and protectionism
Beijing/Washington
The WSC reiterates that such measures could undermine American trade, harm U.S. manufacturers, and undermine efforts to strengthen the nation's maritime industry.
COSCO Expresses Strong Opposition to US Planned Taxes on Chinese Ships
Growing share of new entrants in European rail transport sector
Madrid
In 2023, rail freight transport performance decreased by -8%
New Chinese Ship Taxes That Will Only Raise Prices for Americans
Washington
The executive vice president of the US Chamber of Commerce denounced it
Tax amounts set for China-linked vessels arriving at US ports
Washington
Calculated on the basis of net capacity or container volume, they will be applied from October and will be progressively increased
International tender launched to award concession for new Casablanca port shipyard
Casablanca
It is the largest in Africa and has been unused since 2019
Federlogistica, the industry must stop approaching logistics only in terms of costs
Genoa
Falteri: a national control room composed of representatives of the logistics sector and industrial groups is necessary
ABB closes positive first quarter even if revenue growth is lower than expected
Zurich
Wierod: Our consolidated local-for-local approach protects us from the trade war
New global minimum wage deal for seafarers
Geneva
The level will rise to $690 from January 1, 2026 to reach $704 from 2027 and $715 from 2028.
Global trade in goods could fall by -1.5% this year
Geneva
WTO predicts. Okonjo-Iweala: Persistent uncertainty threatens to slow global growth, with serious negative consequences for the world
In 2023, around two-thirds of all goods moved in the EU were transported by sea.
Luxembourg
In the period 2013-2023, only the share of road transport increased, while that of other modes decreased.
Postal shipments of goods from Hong Kong to the US suspended
Hong Kong
Hongkong Post faces exorbitant and unreasonable tariffs due to unjustified and intimidating actions of the United States
Confitarma highlights the need for the decarbonisation strategy not to penalise shipping compared to other modes
Rome
Zanetti: also ensure that the implementation process takes into account the operational needs of the industry
Intercargo and Intertanko raise concerns over shipping decarbonisation deal
London
The complexity of the measure adopted by the IMO and the unusual procedure from which non-governmental organizations were excluded were highlighted
Pirate attacks on ships to spike in first quarter of 2025
Pirate attacks on ships to spike in first quarter of 2025
London
Sharp increase in incidents in the Singapore Straits
Interferry welcomes IMO agreement on decarbonisation of shipping, but finds strategy too complex
Victoria/Piraeus
Greek Shipowners' Association disappointed by failure to recognise essential role of transition fuels such as LNG
International Labour Organization Recognizes Seafarers as Key Workers
London
ITF and ICS: a historic moment
CMA CGM to acquire 35% of Egypt's October Dry Port
Cairo
The company operates a dry port in the industrial and logistics zone near Cairo
MSC Group's TiL to Take Full Control of Hutchison Ports Terminals
New York
Bloomberg reports this, specifying that the Panamanian terminals would be jointly managed with BlackRock
Draft regulation on decarbonisation of shipping approved by MEPC includes mandatory fuel standard and pricing of greenhouse gas emissions
London/Washington/Brussels
The establishment of a Fund to collect resources deriving from the pricing of emissions is foreseen
Task force of five associations for the relaunch of Italian rail cargo
Rome
Initiative by Agens, Assoferr, Assologistica, Fercargo and Fermerci
MIT indicates Matteo Paroli as new president of the ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado
Rome/La Spezia
The La Spezia port community also requests a name for the Eastern Liguria Port Authority
Le Aziende informano
Il retrofit ibrido-elettrico di ABB guida i traghetti dei laghi italiani verso un futuro più sostenibile
Confitarma underlines the importance of the shipping decarbonisation strategy being defined at IMO
Rome
The Italian Confederation specifies that it shares some of the USA's concerns
WSC Reiterates Trump's Measures for National Maritime Industry Are Bad for U.S. Economy
Washington
Kramek: Ready to support the administration with constructive proposals
Fincantieri and Accenture establish joint venture Fincantieri Ingenium
Trieste/Milan
The aim is to drive the digital transformation of the ship product and port logistics
Meyer Werft has delivered the new luxury cruise ship Asuka III to NYK Cruises
Papenburg/Emden
It has a capacity of 744 passengers and 470 crew members
As Trump formalizes measures to revitalize America's maritime industry, the nation's ports face a dramatic decline in traffic
Washington/Geneva
Okonjo-Iweala (WTO): With the escalation of trade tensions between the US and China, the exchange of goods between the two economies could decrease up to 80%
CK Hutchison denies allegations of breach of concession contract for Panamanian ports of Cristóbal and Balboa
Panama
Panama Ports Company emphasizes that it has complied with all legal obligations and contractual commitments
US Does Not Participate in IMO Negotiations on Shipping Decarbonization, Threatens Reciprocal Measures
London
Expressed opposition to any attempt to impose economic measures on ships based on greenhouse gas emissions or fuel choice
T&E urges MEPC to agree clear and ambitious measures to decarbonise shipping
Brussels
It is necessary - the association underlines - to set binding objectives
Meyer Yachts will build an ultra-luxury residential mega yacht for Ulyssia Residences
Miami
The ship will be 320 meters long and will be built at the Papenburg shipyard
Neapolitan Grimaldi Group wins $1.3 billion order for nine ro-pax ships
Neapolitan Grimaldi Group wins $1.3 billion order for nine ro-pax ships
Helsinki/Naples
Order at China Merchants Jinling Shipyard (Weihai)
Viking orders two cruise ships from Fincantieri with option for two additional units
Los Angeles/Trieste
The two ships under construction in Ancona for the American brand will be the first in the world to be powered by hydrogen stored on board
Antonio Ranieri is the new maritime director of Liguria
Genoa
He takes over from Admiral Piero Pellizzari who was discharged from the service upon reaching the age limit
In the first quarter of 2025, China's CIMC recorded a 12.7% increase in container sales
Hong Kong
Revenues grew by +11.0%
Last year, the revenues of the Chinese group CMPort increased by +3.1%
Hong Kong
In the first three months of 2025, port terminals handled 36.4 million containers (+5.6%)
The financial statements of the AdSP of Western Liguria and the Central-Northern Tyrrhenian Sea have been approved
Genoa/Civitavecchia
Konecranes revenues increased by +7.7% in the first three months of 2025
Helsinki
343 million euros of new orders for port vehicles (+37.5%)
Kuehne+Nagel posts first quarter of growth
Schindellegi
The logistics group's net sales amounted to 6.33 billion Swiss francs (+14.9%)
Application by TDT (Grimaldi group) for the construction and management of 50% of the Terminal Darsena Europa in Livorno
Leghorn
The company has requested an extension of the duration of the current concession
In 2024, 58 million invested in the modernization of the ports of Livorno, Piombino and the island of Elba
Leghorn
The final budget and the annual report of the AdSP have been approved
EIB advice to strengthen climate resilience of the ports of Volos, Alexandroupolis and Patras
Luxembourg
It will assist port authorities in identifying and managing climate risks
In the first quarter the port of Valencia handled 1.3 million containers (+3.4%)
Valencia
Transhipment traffic decline
The Management Committee of the Central Tyrrhenian Sea Port Authority has unanimously approved the 2024 financial statement
Naples
SOS LOGistica will acquire the qualification of Third Sector Entity
Milan
The association currently has 74 members
In the first three months of 2025, freight traffic in the ports of Barcelona and Algeciras decreased
Barcelona/Algeciras
Hupac transfers intermodal service with Padua to Novara
Noise
Until now the other terminal was the one in Busto Arsizio
PSA SECH has operated the first 400-meter train at Parco Ferroviario Rugna
Genoa
Capacity up to 20 pairs of trains per day
The 2024 financial statement of the Eastern Liguria Port Authority was unanimously approved
The Spice
The war clearance preparatory to the expansion of the Ravano Terminal in La Spezia is nearing completion
The Spice
The AdSP has invested over 600 thousand euros in it
Francesco Rizzo appointed president of the AdSP of the Strait
Rome
He has repeatedly denounced the uselessness of the construction of the bridge over the Strait
US aircraft attack Yemeni port of Ras Isa
Tampa/Beirut
38 dead and over a hundred injured
In 2025 Stazioni Marittime predicts an increase in ferry and cruise traffic in the port of Genoa
MIT Mobility Report Highlights Rising Demand for Both Passengers and Freight
Rome
In the first quarter, cargo traffic in Russian ports decreased by -5.6%
St. Petersburg
Both dry goods (-5.3%) and liquid bulk (-5.8%) are decreasing
Andrea Giachero confirmed as president of Spediporto
Genoa
The board of directors of the association of Genoese freight forwarders has also been renewed for the three-year period 2025-2028
Study for monitoring vehicular traffic in the ports of Venice and Chioggia
Milan
Order awarded to Circle and Arelogik
In Italy, the rail freight transport sector is in deep trouble
Geneva
Fermerci calls for making traffic incentives structural and increasing and for refinancing the incentive for the purchase of locomotives and wagons
Global Maritime Forum report on optimising ship calls to reduce emissions
Copenhagen
Virtual arrival and just-in-time arrival approaches proposed
In the first quarter of this year, container traffic in the port of Gioia Tauro grew by +15.5%
Joy Taurus
Construction of the "Dockworker’s House" has begun
GNV has taken delivery of the second of four new ro-pax vessels in China
Genoa
"GNV Orion" will be able to accommodate 1,700 passengers and transport up to 3,080 linear metres of cargo
After ten quarters of decline, container traffic in the port of Hong Kong returns to growth
Hong Kong
In the first three months of this year 3.39 million TEUs were handled (+2.1%)
Fincantieri acquires stake in WSense
Rome
The ninth FREMM unit "Spartaco Schergat" delivered to the Italian Navy
The new edition of the Practical Manual of Maritime Traffic has been presented
Genoa
Written by Assagenti, it turns fifty
Container traffic at the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles increased by 26.6% and 5.2% in the first quarter
Long Beach/Los Angeles
Trump's tariffs impact imminent
In the first three months of 2025, the port of Singapore handled 10.5 million containers (+5.8%)
Singapore
In weight, containerized traffic recorded a decrease of -1.4%
Regulations signed for LNG bunkering at Fincantieri shipyard in Genoa
Genoa
Define the methods of transferring fuel from ship to ship
Historic shipbuilding brands Uljanik and 3.Maj on the verge of extinction
Zagreb
The State confirms its intention to sell the shipbuilding activities at the two sites of Pula and Rijeka
Cambiaso Risso has completed the acquisition of the French Somecassur
Genoa
The transalpine company specializes in the insurance of super and mega yachts
New weekly train service between the port of Gioia Tauro and Verona
Joy Taurus/Verona
Operated by Medlog for the transport of refrigerated goods
EBRD looking for strategic partner for development of Moldovan river port of Giurgiulesti
London
International competition launched
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
Turkish ports set new first-quarter cargo traffic record
Ankara
Historic peak of cargo imported from abroad
In the first quarter of 2025, freight traffic in the port of Taranto grew by +37.6%
Taranto
Increase of 854 thousand tons of solid bulk and 265 thousand tons of conventional goods
DEME buys Havfram, a company that installs offshore wind farms
Second Right/Washington
Transaction worth approximately 900 million euros
Rail transport of convoys for Rome Metro started from Reggio Calabria
Rome
Contract awarded by Hitachi Rail to Mercitalia Rail
In 2024, the volumes handled by Magli Intermodal Service decreased by -2%
Rezzato
Turnover stable
Yang Ming records first decline in turnover in March after 14 months of growth
Keelung/Taipei
Evergreen and WHL revenue growth continues
The European Commission has approved the acquisition of Germany's Schenker by Denmark's DSV
Brussels
The impact on competition in the markets in which the two companies operate is considered limited
Fincantieri - Kayo Agreement to Promote the Development of the Shipbuilding and Naval Industry in Albania
Trieste
Possible creation of a hub for shipbuilding and refitting in the region
Recent slight reduction in logistics costs for new factory vehicles
Brussels
Montaresi (AdSP Liguria Orientale) awarded with the "Port Oscar"
Miami
The event has reached its eighteenth edition
In the first three months of 2025, containers carried by OOCL vessels increased by +9.3%
Hong Kong
Revenues up +16.8%
The AdSP of the Southern Tyrrhenian and Ionian Seas wins in appeal against Zen Yacht
Joy Taurus
Company ordered to pay back rent
A large shipment of cocaine was seized in the port of Livorno
Leghorn
Two tons of drugs identified by Customs and Financial Police personnel
Navantia renews agreement with American cruise group Royal Caribbean
Miami
To date, the Cadiz shipyard has carried out maintenance, repair and refurbishment work on 45 of the group's ships.
Record cruise traffic expected in Italian ports this year
Miami
Cemar believes that growth will not stop even in 2026
HII-HHI Agreement to Accelerate US and South Korean Naval Production
National Harbor
The aim is to strengthen the naval industrial base of the two nations.
Panama Ports Company Accused of Violating Terms of Concession Agreement
Panama
Panama's Auditor General announced the filing of criminal charges
Colombo West International Terminal has become operational
Ahmedabad
It has a traffic capacity of 3.2 million TEUs
The conference "New sustainable marine fuels - Decarbonize Shipping" will be held in Genoa on Monday
Genoa
The new multifunctional border control structure PCF - PED/PDI Point completed in the port of Gioia Tauro
Joy Taurus
"Artificial Intelligence Comes to Port" Conference in Rome on Friday
Rome
It is promoted by the National Union of Port Enterprises
MSC Group's new cruise terminal inaugurated in Miami
Miami
It can accommodate three large ships at the same time
In February, traffic in the port of Ravenna increased by +2.1%
Ravenna
Bulk cargo increases, miscellaneous cargo declines
In 2024, Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane recorded a net loss of -208 million euros
Rome
Revenues up by +11.7%. The group's freight transported increased thanks to the acquisition of Exploris
Port of Genoa, Ente Bacini requests new spaces and renewal of the concession
Genoa
Conference to celebrate the centenary of the company
The public meeting of the Italian Port Terminal Operators Association will be held in Rome on June 19th
Genoa
VARD to build offshore dive vessel for Dong Fang Offshore
Alesund/Trieste
The contract is worth 113.5 million euros
PORTS
Italian Ports:
Ancona Genoa Ravenna
Augusta Gioia Tauro Salerno
Bari La Spezia Savona
Brindisi Leghorn Taranto
Cagliari Naples Trapani
Carrara Palermo Trieste
Civitavecchia Piombino Venice
Italian Interports: list World Ports: map
DATABASE
ShipownersShipbuilding and Shiprepairing Yards
ForwardersShip Suppliers
Shipping AgentsTruckers
MEETINGS
The conference "New sustainable marine fuels - Decarbonize Shipping" will be held in Genoa on Monday
Genoa
It will take place at the headquarters of the Port Authority of Genoa
"Artificial Intelligence Comes to Port" Conference in Rome on Friday
Rome
It is promoted by the National Union of Port Enterprises
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Proposed 30% increase for port tariffs to be in phases, says Loke
(Free Malaysia Today)
Damen Mangalia Unionists Protest Friday Against Possible Closure
(The Romania Journal)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Relazione del presidente Nicola Zaccheo
Roma, 18 settembre 2024
››› File
Next week Italian ports will participate in Seatrade Cruise Global
Rome
Initiative brand: "CruiseItaly - One Country, Many Destinations"
MSC Group Cruise Terminal Officially Inaugurated in the Port of Barcelona
Barcelona
In 2027 it will be equipped with a cold ironing plant
Marcegaglia and Nova Marine Carriers form NovaMar Logistic joint venture
Lugano/Gazoldo of the Ippoliti
A general cargo ship will transport raw materials to the steel group's plants
Liebherr achieves record annual sales in the maritime and port crane segment
Bulls
Strong demand for offshore and container handling equipment
The annual conference "Programming, Operation and Management of Transport Networks" in Genoa
Genoa
It is dedicated to the transport and mobility sector
Last year, 656 ships underwent repair work in Greece
Piraeus
Increase of five units compared to 2023
Port of La Spezia, cruise ship docking simulations completed at Garibaldi West pier
The Spice
Assagenti conference on the future of the profession of maritime agent and broker
Genoa
It will be held tomorrow in Genoa
Stena Line presents a project for a ro-ro vessel capable of reducing energy consumption by at least 20%
Gothenburg
Introduced most of the innovative technologies currently available
Francesco Beltrano is the new general secretary of Uniport
Rome
He takes over from Paolo Ferrandino, who will continue to collaborate as a consultant
Saipem awarded new contracts in Middle East and Guyana
Milan
The total value of the orders is approximately 720 million dollars.
Conference in Genoa for the centenary of Ente Bacini
Genoa
The company was established on 19 February 1925
Interporto Bologna Board of Directors Renewed
Bentivoglio
Stefano Caliandro Appointed President. Loss of 1.7 million euros in 2024
NYK invests 76 billion yen in NYK Energy Ocean Corporation
Tokyo
The newco has taken over the activities of ENEOS Ocean
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