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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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European Commission meeting to define the strategy for the development of EU ports and maritime industry
Brussels
Call for papers by July 28th
Assarmatori asks for support for Italian seafarers employed on short-haul routes and for the renewal of ferry fleets
Assarmatori asks for support for Italian seafarers employed on short-haul routes and for the renewal of ferry fleets
Rome
Messina: State Aid regime needs to be redesigned for European shipyards
In the first four months of 2025, maritime container traffic between Asia and Europe grew by +4.8%
Tokyo
-6.4% drop in shipments to Asian ports. +9.0% increase in unloading volumes in Europe
The impact on Italy of a possible closure of the maritime route through the Strait of Hormuz would be significant
Rome
The merchant fleet for energy products controlled by the Italian shipping industry interested in these traffics amounts to approximately 80 units.
Cargo traffic in China's seaports grew by +3.7% last month
Cargo traffic in China's seaports grew by +3.7% last month
Beijing
Containers amounted to 26.7 million TEU (+6.1%)
In 2024, 576 containers were lost at sea out of over 250 million transported by ships
Washington
About 200 have fallen from container ships in the Cape of Good Hope region
FMC questions deal exempting World Shipping Council companies from US antitrust rules
Washington
Meanwhile, Sola, appointed by Trump on January 20 to the presidency of the federal agency, is leaving his post today.
The European maritime-port sector nitpicks the reform of the Community customs rules
Brussels
Note from CLECAT, ECASBA, European Shipowners, ESPO, Feport and WSC
EU Council agrees on reform of the Union Customs Code
Brussels
CLECAT is concerned about the persistence of the concept of "Single Liable Person" in the text
In the first three months of 2025, freight traffic in the port of Civitavecchia grew by +2.4%
Civitavecchia
Increase of +9.9% in Gaeta and decrease of -17.1% in Fiumicino
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Accelleron consolida le partnership con Somas e Geislinger per sostenere l'efficienza e la sostenibilità del settore marittimo
Japanese shipbuilding company Imabari Shipbuilding acquires control of fellow Japanese JMU
Imabari/Tokyo
Ownership share increased from 30% to 60%
WTO: New tariffs have given a boost to trade that is unlikely to last
Geneva
Recovery driven by importers who brought forward purchases in view of expected tariff increases
Terminal Investments Limited of the MSC Group acquires 50% of the capital of Barcelona Europe South Terminal
Barcelona
The transaction was authorized by the Port Authority of Barcelona
There are no implementing decrees for the SalvaMare law and Italian citizens are paying for the management of fished waste that is not carried out
Rome
The Marevivo Foundation and the Federation of the Sea report it
In five and a half years, 1,244 tons of drugs have been seized in EU ports
In five and a half years, 1,244 tons of drugs have been seized in EU ports
Lisbon
The largest quantities pass through ports in Belgium, Spain, Holland, Italy and Germany
The International Convention on Ship Recycling will enter into force tomorrow
Copenhagen
BIMCO urges EU to include Indian shipyards in EU list of ship recycling facilities
Assologistica presents the "Cruscotto" project to ensure transparency and legality in the logistics sector
Milan
Ruggerone: it is an infrastructure of trust between clients and operators
Federagenti, cruises cannot and must not become the target of an indiscriminate hate campaign
Federagenti, cruises cannot and must not become the target of an indiscriminate hate campaign
Rome
A "Pact for the Sea" proposed with solutions to tackle overtourism for which passenger ships are not to blame
New step forward for the construction of the underground freight transport system in Switzerland
New step forward for the construction of the underground freight transport system in Switzerland
Bern
Cargo sous terrain plans to build a 500-kilometer system by mid-century
Carnival posts record earnings for March-May period
Carnival posts record earnings for March-May period
Miami
The number of cruise passengers embarked also peaked this quarter
Federlogistica, it is reckless to activate railway construction sites without a concerted plan
Genoa
Falteri: Isolating the port of Genoa from the railway network for three weeks means putting the whole of Northern Italy in difficulty
Multipurpose terminals privatized in eight Saudi ports
Multipurpose terminals privatized in eight Saudi ports
Riyadh
Four will be operated by Saudi Global Ports and four by Red Sea Gateway Terminal
Public debate launched on the project for Pier VIII in the port of Trieste
Public debate launched on the project for Pier VIII in the port of Trieste
Trieste
A total investment of 315.8 million euros is expected
South Korea's HD Hyundai partners with US Edison Chouest Offshore to build containerships in US
South Korea's HD Hyundai partners with US Edison Chouest Offshore to build containerships in US
Seoul
The possibility of building other types of ships and constructing port cranes is foreseen
Rixi: with the Omnibus decree, Phase B of the new Genoa breakwater is guaranteed
Rome
Expenditure of 50 million euros authorised for 2026 and 92.8 million for 2027
Israel-Iran conflict prompts Maersk to suspend calls at Haifa port
Copenhagen
Those at the port of Ashdod will continue instead.
Northern European Nations Commitment to Counter Russian Shadow Fleet
Warsaw
If the vessels do not fly a valid flag in the Baltic Sea and the North Sea - they specify - we will take appropriate measures in compliance with international law.
Freight traffic in French ports stable in the first quarter of 2025
Freight traffic in French ports stable in the first quarter of 2025
The Defense
Containers and liquid bulk on the rise. Increase in unloading loads and decrease in loading loads
Cognolato (Assiterminal): Today more than ever we need a coherent port policy
Rome
All the critical issues highlighted in recent years still remain open - he highlighted.
Alessandro Pitto confirmed as president of Fedespedi
Milan
The Board of Directors, the Board of Arbiters and the Board of Auditors have been renewed
A protest action by Greek seafarers is heated, with the PENEN and PNO unions launching very serious accusations, including mutual ones
Piraeus
The strike, declared illegal by the courts, blocks some ships of the Attica group in the port of Patras
Saipem awarded contract for a phosphate mining project in Algeria that includes the upgrading of the port of Annaba
Milan
The construction of railway lines is also planned
Suez Canal celebrates return of large-capacity containership transits
Suez Canal celebrates return of large-capacity containership transits
Ismailia
Today it was crossed by the vessel "CMA CGM Osiris" which can carry 15,536 teu
IMO, ILO, ICS and ITF urge protection of seafarers' rights against unjust criminalisation
London
The "Guidelines on the Fair Treatment of Seafarers Detained in Relation to Alleged Offences" were adopted in April
Trump's new tariffs also hit container traffic at the Port of Long Beach
Long Beach
In the first five months of 2025, an increase of +17.2% was recorded
Transfer of the port of Carrara from the Ligurian to the Tuscan AdSP not without a discussion with the operators
Milan
Dario Perioli, FHP, Grendi and Tarros ask for it
Up to $768 billion in investments needed to adapt world ports to rising sea levels
New York
Port of Los Angeles Feels Impact of New Tariffs on Container Traffic
Los Angeles
A decrease of -4.8% was recorded in May
Assagenti proposes a task force to solve port, logistics and industrial problems
Genoa
A "problem solver" consultative body composed, in addition to the categories of the maritime cluster, of the manufacturing industries of the North-West quadrant
Cargo traffic at the port of Singapore fell by -4.6% in May
Singapore
New crane overturned for delivery in new Tuas port area
In the first quarter of 2025, freight traffic on the Swiss rail network fell by -6.4%
Neuchatel
Service performance at 2.35 billion tonne-km, down -8.2%
ANGOPI fears that new measures to ensure maritime continuity will penalise mooring services
ANGOPI fears that new measures to ensure maritime continuity will penalise mooring services
Ischia
Power: it is necessary to remove them from a perverse mechanism
Dutch HES International to operate bulk terminal in Marseille-Fos port
Marseille
The concession contract will have a minimum duration of 30 years
Ibiza government opposes Trasmed's overnight stay on board ferry program
Ibiza/Valencia
It is considered a "clandestine hotel", while the company defines it as a cruise service
Bruno Pisano appointed extraordinary commissioner of the AdSP of the Eastern Ligurian Sea
Rome
He will take up his post next Monday
Federlogistica proposes a comparison between operators on the congestion fee while waiting for a solution from the government
Genoa
In the first five months of 2025, container traffic in the port of Gioia Tauro grew by +10.3%
Joy Taurus
1,813,071 TEUs were handled
Trasportounito, truck waiting times in ports must be paid
Genoa
Tagnochetti: The Port Fee aims to redistribute the costs of all disruptions more equitably
Commissioners of the AdSPs of the Northern Tyrrhenian, Ionian and Western Liguria appointed
Rome/Genoa
Trade unions concerned about the future of Genoa Port Terminal workers
Political instability and green transition are the main problems that shipping faces
London
This is highlighted in the "ICS Maritime Barometer Report 2024-2025"
The new container terminal of the port of Termini Imerese presented
Palermo
Transfer of traffic handled by Portitalia to the port of Palermo
GCMD survey confirms shipping's commitment to decarbonisation
Singapore
Ports concerned about lack of certainty about demand from shipping companies
The EU Commission has re-identified Port Said East and Tanger Med as neighbouring container transhipment ports
Brussels
Road haulage extends congestion fee application to Livorno port
Livorno/Rome/Milan/Genoa
Fedespedi, they do not solve the problems, but have the only effect of increasing costs
The new Border Control Post has been inaugurated in the port of Livorno
Leghorn
The structure cost 15 million euros
The transfer of 80% of Louis-Dreyfus Armateurs' capital to InfraVia has been implemented
Suresnes/Paris
The Louis-Dreyfus family retains the remaining 20%
Port of Genoa, green light for extension of concession to Spinelli until September 30
Genoa
Ok also to the extension to the Campostano group
The National Maritime Fund has started the recognition of scholarships
Genoa
They are granted for basic training and security familiarization courses.
RFI and MIT sign the update to the program contract for approximately 2.1 billion
Rome
Around 500 million euros expected for the management of the railway network
San Giorgio del Porto delivers a vessel for the bunkering of liquefied natural gas
Genoa
It was built for Genova Trasporti Marittimi
Pisano (AdSP Liguria Orientale): the ports of La Spezia and Carrara have integrated almost perfectly
La Spezia/Bari
Extraordinary Commissioner of the Southern Adriatic Sea Port Authority appointed
Raffaele Latrofa appointed president of the AdSP of the Central-Northern Tyrrhenian Sea
Rome
He is the deputy mayor of Pisa
India's Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Acquires Control of Sri Lanka's Colombo Dockyard
Mumbai
Investment of approximately 53 million dollars
The Commissioner of the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority has been granted the powers and prerogatives of the Management Committee
Genoa
The measure pending the restoration of the ordinary top management bodies
The Three-Year Operational Plan 2025-2027 of the Central Adriatic Port Authority has been approved
Ancona
Favorable opinion of the Sea Resource Partnership Body
The public meeting of the International Containers Studies Center will be held in Genoa on July 2nd
Genoa
It will deal with the physical transformations of the container and the digitalization of processes
Andrea Ormesani is the new president of Assosped Venezia
Venice
The board of directors has been renewed. Paolo Salvaro remains general secretary
Witte (ISU): In 2024, the ship salvage sector stabilized from the low of two years ago
London
Finnish Elomatic to Install Tunnel Thrusters on 11 Carnival Cruise Ships
Turku
The works will begin next autumn and will end in 2028
The Assarmatori assembly will be held in Rome on July 1st
Rome
"Mediterranean against the current" the theme of the meeting
Fincantieri has delivered the new cruise ship Viking Vesta to the American Viking
Trieste/Los Angeles
It was built in the Ancona shipyard
The Genoa Coast Guard has placed the container ship PL Germany under administrative detention
Genoa
Italian Navy orders two new Multipurpose Combat Ships from Fincantieri
Trieste
The order to the shipbuilding company is worth 700 million euros
MSC Group to manage cruise services in the ports of Bari and Brindisi
Bari
Ten-year concession with possibility of extension
German Kombiverkehr Returns to Profit in 2024
Frankfurt am Main
The level of revenues remained unchanged at 434.6 million euros.
Deltamarin to design the six new ro-pax vessels ordered by Grimaldi for the Mediterranean routes
Turku
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
The practice of subcontracting in European logistics is creating a parallel labour market where rights are not enforced
Brussels
"Sorry, We Subcontracted You" Report Presented
Tomorrow Grendi will launch the group's fourth ship on routes to and from Sardinia
Milan
"Grendi Star", with a load capacity of 2,800 linear meters, will connect Marina di Carrara and Cagliari
FREMM frigates operational support contract signed between Orizzonte Sistemi Navali and OCCAR
Taranto
The agreement has a total value of approximately 764 million euros
Call to reform the entire driver training system in the transport sector
Rome
Seven proposals presented
In the port of Gioia Tauro, the Guardia di Finanza soldiers seized 228 kilos of cocaine
Reggio Calabria
Two dockers arrested
Port of Livorno, new observatory to find solutions to the problem of port congestion
Leghorn
Marilli: We will seek solutions to reach the possible revocation of the port fee
Lockton PL Ferrari closed the last fiscal year with gross revenues of 34 million dollars
Genoa
Insurance premium volume rose to 350 million
Polish Trans Polonia Group acquires Dutch Nijman/Zeetank Holding
Tczew
It specializes in the transportation and logistics of liquid and gaseous products
d'Amico Tankers Sells Two 2011-Built Tankers for $36.2 Million
Luxembourg
They will be delivered to buyers by the end of July and on December 21st.
The Italian Merchant Marine Academy plans 13 new free courses
Genoa
Over 300 positions available
A delegation of Wista Italy visits the ports of Catania and Augusta
Catania/August
The association is made up of women who hold positions of responsibility in the maritime, logistics and trade sectors.
In the first five months of 2025, the port of Algeciras handled 1.9 million containers (-6.3%)
Algeciras
Empty containers decreased by -5.5% and full ones by -6.4%
Reway Group enters the port railway infrastructure maintenance sector
Licciana Nardi
Two contracts awarded by the AdSP of the Eastern Ligurian Sea
Delcomar and Ensamar take over maritime services with the smaller Sardinian islands
Cagliari
The tender for the six-year concession of the connections has been awarded
Port of Trieste, the newly appointed Gurrieri torpedoes the newly appointed Torbianelli
Trieste
Russo (Pd): it's a squalid power game
Singapore's SeaLead expands its maritime shipping offering to connect Turkey and Italy
Singapore
Route connected to services transiting the Suez Canal
The US Container Security Initiative program has been extended to Morocco
Rabat
Amrani: Let's consolidate Tanger Med's role as a safe and world-class maritime hub
Very positive first quarter for Greek Euroseas
Athens
Pittas: the positive momentum continued in the second quarter
Assonat and SACE present a plan for Italian tourist ports
Rome
Kuehne+Nagel has opened a new branch in Naples
Milan
The aim is to support the operational growth of the group in Southern Italy
RINA has acquired the entire capital of Finnish Foreship
Helsinki
The Helsinki-based company specializes in consulting in the field of marine and mechanical engineering.
Container traffic down at Barcelona and Valencia ports in May
Barcelona/Valencia
Resumption of containers in transit at the Catalan port
Annual cargo traffic in Greek ports stable in 2024
Piraeus
Domestic volumes are growing, while foreign trade is decreasing
Perplexity of freight forwarders, customs agents and maritime agents of La Spezia at the transfer of the port of Carrara to the Tuscan AdSP
The Spice
Timidly, they "hope for consideration for the progress made so far"
Francesco Mastro appointed extraordinary commissioner of the Southern Adriatic Sea Port Authority
Rome
He will take up office on June 30th.
John Denholm to be new president of the International Chamber of Shipping
Athens
He will take over from Emanuele Grimaldi in a year
Extraordinary commissioners of the two Ligurian Port System Authorities have been installed
Genoa/La Spezia
Matteo Paroli and Bruno Pisano at the helm of the institutions
Container traffic at Hong Kong port drops sharply in May
Hong Kong
1.05 million TEUs were handled (-12.7%)
Assogasliquidi-Federchimica shows the way to accelerate the decarbonization of road and maritime transport
Rome
Amadei: Our sector is ready and the time has come for courageous industrial choices
Eagle S tanker command blamed for cutting submarine cables in Gulf of Finland
Advantages
The accident was caused by the ship's anchor
Online platform to report critical issues that put transport workers at risk
Genoa
It was prepared by Fit Cisl Liguria
GNV to create a direct summer connection between Civitavecchia and Tunis
Genoa
It will run alongside the historic route via Palermo
The unification of Grimaldi's concessions in the port of Barcelona has been completed
Madrid/Barcelona
The contract expires on September 20, 2035.
In the first five months of 2025, cargo traffic in Russian ports fell by -4.9%
St. Petersburg
A decrease of approximately -12% was recorded in May
Raben Logistics Group Creates Subsidiary in Türkiye
Milan
It will have 20 employees and a 2,000 square meter cross-dock warehouse
Alberto Dellepiane confirmed as president of Assorimorchiatori
Rome
The composition of the entire association leadership remains unchanged
Agreement between Fincantieri and Indonesian PMM to develop solutions to face new unconventional underwater challenges
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 Assarmatori assembly will be held in Rome on July 1st
Rome
"Mediterranean against the current" the theme of the meeting
The public meeting of the International Containers Studies Center will be held in Genoa on July 2nd
Genoa
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
US has its eye on Greek ports
(Kathimerini)
Proposed 30% increase for port tariffs to be in phases, says Loke
(Free Malaysia Today)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Intervento del presidente Tomaso Cognolato
Roma, 19 giugno 2025
››› File
Structural adaptation works on dock 23 of the port of Ancona awarded
Ancona
Intervention worth over 11.8 million euros
Conference on the role of LNG and bioLNG for the decarbonisation of transport and industry
Rome
The Federchimica-Assogasliquidi event will take place on Monday in Rome
Dutch Bolidt increases presence in cruise ship sector with acquisition of American Boteka
Hendrik Ido Ambacht
Contship Italia has acquired the Genoese customs services company STS
Melzo
The Ligurian company was founded in 1985
Francesco Benevolo has been appointed extraordinary commissioner of the AdSP of the Central-Northern Adriatic Sea
Rome
He is the operations director of RAM - Logistics, Infrastructure and Transport
Montaresi resigns as commissioner of the Eastern Ligurian Port Authority
The Spice
In the eight months of administration - he underlines - we have not lost even a second
Gurrieri has been appointed extraordinary commissioner of the AdSP of the Eastern Adriatic Sea
Trieste
Pending the completion of the formal process for the designation of the president
The commissioners of the AdSP of Western Liguria have handed over their mandate to Minister Salvini
Genoa
The decision is part of the process of designation and nomination of the new leaders
Confetra criticizes the provisions of the decree-law Infrastructure for road transport
Rome
The Confederation urges the blocking of the process of appointing the presidents of the port authorities
Taiwanese Evergreen, Yang Ming and WHL saw revenue decline in May
Keelung/Taipei
The decline is accentuated for the two main companies
South Korea's KSOE wins order to build eight 15,900 TEU containerships
Seongnam
The unit value of each vessel is approximately $221 million.
First port terminal for car traffic of Greek Neptune Lines
Piraeus
It will be inaugurated next year in the French port of Port-La Nouvelle
The assembly of the association of Genoese maritime agents and brokers will be held on June 16th
Genoa
Round Table on Genoa, the hub of the North West and the Mediterranean
BN di Navigazione Board of Directors Renewed
Genoa
BluNavy aims to reach one million passengers by 2025
Viking Line designs world's largest all-electric ro-pax vessel
Viking Line designs world's largest all-electric ro-pax vessel
Åland
Record Monthly Container Traffic at Turkish Ports
Ankara
In May, almost 1.4 million TEUs were handled (+17.6%)
Sergio Landolfi has been elected president of the Customs Association of the Port of La Spezia
The Spice
The board of directors has been renewed
The ferry industry elite will attend the Interferry conference in Salerno in October
Victoria
Event titled "Connections"
Uniport launches an initiative to support ALS research
Rome
Fundraising for the NeMO Clinical Center Serena Foundation Onlus
The Propeller Club of Genoa has analyzed risks and opportunities of using AI in the maritime and insurance sectors
Genoa
The importance of training in the use of technology was highlighted
Chantiers de l'Atlantique delivers luxury cruising yacht Luminara to The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection
Saint Nazaire
The ship will debut in Alaska
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