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June 24, 2024

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Exim India web site
JUNE 24, 2024
  • Hapag-Lloyd updates TPI (INDAMEX) service
  • FESCO increases capacity of its line connecting Novorossiysk with Indian ports by 24%
  • Kerry Indev Logistics enchants guests at its 40th Anniversary celebrations
  • KLTTA urges DPA to address traffic congestion towards Tuna Port
  • Rice export prices up at three-month peak
  • Alvarez & Marsal India report estimates Grade A warehousing demand to grow at a CAGR of 12.5% until FY30
  • CONCOR announces new initiatives for ease of doing business & customer value creation
  • CMA CGM PSS from India to West Africa, South Africa
  • DGFT notifies export of 2,000 t non-basmati rice to Malawi, Zimbabwe
  • AMTOI Eastern Region Chapter hosts Managing Committee meeting and instructive seminar on region's multimodal transformation
  • MSC introduces Osprey, a new standalone service connecting Asia & Southeast India
  • IFCBA Customs Brokers meet at the World Customs Organization as partners with purpose
  • Baltic Exchange Market Report (21 June 2024)

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International Transport Journal web site
JUNE 24, 2024
  • Another eight blue birds for Prime Air
  • NAS lands contract in UK
  • Cargo handling partnership grows
  • Container train delivers finished vehicles
  • Grimaldi to remain ICS chairman of the board
  • DHL Global Forwarding to reshuffle team in Europe
  • Collaborating on shipment tracking
  • Guadeloupe port digitalises with Soget
  • Bandar Anzali connected to railway
  • IRU adds a member in China
  • 'Depot of the Year' for a fifth time
  • From racing to robots
  • Maersk and Nike to christen green-fuelled vessel
  • "Curiosity of the Day"
  • A new truck tipper for the UK's northwest
  • GXO appoints MD in France
  • Fiege's five AI rules
  • Jaxport gets direct access to Indian Subcontinent

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The Loadstar web site
JUNE 21, 2024
  • Looks like 'an early peak season', but is it the peak of spot rate pricing?
  • Shortage of 40ft containers hampering Bangladesh shipments
  • Rumours build: the axe is swinging at Ceva Logistics
  • Glass shipper Xinyi uses its own box ship to move product between factories
  • Shippers should be wary of index-linked contracts - get the right legal advice
  • Journey to aviation net zero not easy as 'waste-to-fuel' process hits turbulence
  • Problems at Boeing cast a shadow over 777 freighter conversion certification
  • MSC launches Dahlia service to add capacity to busy Asia-Mexico trade

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Marine Log web site
JUNE 21, 2024
  • First steel cut for Australia's Hunter Class frigates
    Australia's Hunter Class frigate program, which local media invariably describe as "the troubled Hunter Class frigate program," looks to be back on some sort of track. BAE Systems was first contracted to
  • VIDEO: Some Dali crew members set to go home
    Baltimore media, including WBAL TV, report that eight members of the crew of the containership Dali are set to return to their homes in India and Sri Lanka. The way for their
  • Hong Kong takes delivery of first of two new emergency response vessels
    China's AFAI Southern Shipyard has delivered the first of two new, Incat Crowther designed, emergency response vessels for the Hong Kong Fire Services Department. The two state-of-the-art next-generation vessels will replace the

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Container News web site
JUNE 21, 2024
  • Bunker indices continue upward trajectory
    In the 25th week of the year, the Marine Bunker Exchange (MABUX) global bunker indices continued their upward trajectory. The 380 HSFO index increased by US$5.90, rising to US$550.15/MT, the VLSFO index jumped by US$3.62, reaching US$638.67/MT, and the MGO index experienced the most significant growth, rising by US$12.79 to US$838.55/MT. "As of the current update, the global bunker market maintai
  • US Congressional provision wary over China's dominance in container production passes
    US congressional lawmakers continue to ramp up efforts to scrutinize the nation's use of shipping containers produced by China, with US House Representative and South Dakota Republican Dusty Johnson including a provision in the latest defense bill calling for Congress to study China's "monopoly of shipping container production." With the US House of Representatives passing the annual defense bill
  • APM Terminals Lazaro Cardenas welcomes Hapag-Lloyd's EC2 service
    Last week, APM Terminals Lazaro Cardenas in Mexico welcomed the first call of Hapag-Lloyd's East Coast 2 (EC2) service, marked by the arrival of the UMM SALAL. This vessel carried cargo intended for North American importers, benefiting from Lazaro Cardenas' strategic location and capacity, bolstered by nearshoring trends and the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). The EC2 service featu
  • MSC introduces new standalone service connecting Asia and South East India
    MSC has announced the launch of its new weekly service, Osprey, between Asia and South East India. The Osprey service will offer a direct route and improve transit times between the Asian and South East Indian markets, opening opportunities for importers and exporters in the region and providing increased connectivity between these important trade hubs. MSC enhances the Asia-India service network
  • CMA CGM launches new Türkiye-Egypt-Lebanon service
    CMA CGM - Short Sea Lines Division announced the launch of its EMED 1 service starting in the 28th week of the year. This new route will provide coverage for the Turkish port of Antalya, with global connections in Alexandria, Egypt, and Beirut, Lebanon. The French ocean carrier will deploy one vessel with a nominal capacity of 1,100 TEUs and the service's port rotation will be Antalya - Alexandri
  • India's Mundra Port battles congestion amid growing box volumes
    Indian importers and exporters are dealing with considerable cargo delays at Mundra Port, which leads the country's containerised trade. Local trade sources have raised serious concerns over the congestion plaguing Mundra's container terminals over the past few weeks. "The terminals at Mundra now seem to be hugely congested and the pendency (backlog) has increased to levels, which is affecting no
  • Panama Canal increases draft and daily transits
    The Panama Canal has announced that it will increase the number of daily transits from 32 to 33, starting 11 July. This number will further rise to 34 as of 22 July, in response to the current and projected water levels of Gatun Lake over the coming weeks, and the onset of the rainy season in the Panama Canal Watershed. With these gradual increases, by 22 July the Canal will have added two transi
  • CMA CGM to reshuffle EURONAF & TMX 2 services
    CMA CGM - Short Sea Lines Division announced the reshuffling of its EURONAF and TMX 2 services starting from the 26th week of the year. These service adjustments are designed to align with the revised routing and volumes from mainliners in response to the Suez situation/Good Hope transit, according to the French ocean carrier's statement. EURONAF services will continue to focus on the Algerian ma
  • Binary Options: Opportunities and Risks of Investment
    Binary options represent a compelling financial instrument that has gained significant traction among traders globally. This form of trading offers a straightforward proposition: a fixed risk and a fixed return, determined at the onset of the contract. However, like any investment, binary options come with their own set of opportunities and risks. To maximize your trading potential with a platfor
  • ONE vessel launches new Savannah-India connection
    ONE Modern, the inaugural ship on Ocean Network Express' West India North America (WIN) service, docked at the Port of Savannah on 18 June, creating a new link between India and Georgia Ports. "This new offering from ONE is a recognition of India's growing role as a manufacturing hub. As the world's most populous country, with a growing consumer class and significant infrastructure investment, In

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Splash web site
JUNE 21, 2024
  • Brands multiply in red-hot liner sector
    With spot rates at all-time highs - bar the covid era - a host of opportunistic companies are rushing out liner offerings. Similar to the pandemic period, many regional lines have entered the main east-west trades, while new names in container shipping are also emerging. In South Korea, for instance, PanStar, a ferry operator, has ...
  • Damen Mangalia insolvency proceedings get underway
    Insolvency proceedings are underway in Romania involving one of Europe's largest shipbuilding facilities. A tribunal in Constanta has given an early August deadline for claims to be submitted against Damen Mangalia, a shipyard that was formerly run by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME). Dutch shipbuilder Damen filed a bankruptcy request against the joint venture ...
  • Dali crew allowed to fly back home
    Having been stuck on a ship at the centre of a media storm for months on end the stressed crew of the Dali containership have finally been allowed to head home to Asia. Investigators in the US had barred the workers on the boxship from disembarking since March 26 when it was involved in this ...
  • EU cracks down on Russian LNG shipments
    Cracking down on LNG shipments as well as around a dozen of the so-called shadow tanker fleet form elements of the 14th package of sanctions against Russia that the European Union is introducing. The new package targets Russia's shadow fleet of tankers, and transhipments of liquefied natural gas to third countries. The measures will now ...
  • Oceaneering scores $50m deal in Gulf of Mexico
    Houston-based Oceaneering International has won a contract for the supply of umbilicals worth $50m with an undisclosed domestic independent energy company. The contract was secured by Oceaneering's manufactured products segment. Under the contract, the company will supply an electro-hydraulic, steel tube dynamic umbilical totalling approximately 27 km in length for a project in the Gulf ...
  • Grindrod chosen to develop box facility at Richards Bay
    Grindrod has been awarded a contract by Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) to develop and operate a container terminal at Richards Bay, South Africa's premier coal export facility. The aim is to increase Richards Bay's annual container handling capabilities from 50,000 to 200,000 teu. South Africa is pressing ahead with a long-awaited port privatisation programme ...
  • Emanuele Grimaldi gets another two-year term at the International Chamber of Shipping
    Emanuele Grimaldi has been unanimously re-elected for another two years as chairman of the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), the global lobby group for shipowners. "We have made good stead with our proposals to help meet the International Maritime Organization's net zero targets by or around 2050 and continue to work with UN bodies on ...
  • Further manager mergers on the cards
    Manish Singh from AboutShips casts his eye over the fast-changing shipmanagement sector. Writing for Splash last year I anticipated significant and imminent consolidation within the shipmanagement sector, with 2024 being a year wherein several new partnerships would be forged, and industry market maps re-drawn. The period since that article has already proven to be eventful ...
  • Okeanis Eco Tankers secures $31m loan for suezmax re-purchase option
    Greek owner Okeanis Eco Tankers has entered into a new $31.11m senior secured credit facility to finance the option to purchase back the 157,540 dwt vessel Poliegos from its current sale and leaseback financier Bank SinoPac. The transaction for the loan is expected to close in July 2024. The sale and leaseback facility contains an ...

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The Journal of Commerce web site
JUNE 21, 2024
  • US imports accelerate, but inland transport lags: CSCMP
    US importers are pulling forward orders to avoid potential congestion, but trucking and intermodal networks are still slack, speakers said at the launch of CSCMP's State of Logistics report.
  • New Orleans pins breakbulk turnaround on container spillover
    Despite sliding breakbulk volumes during the first five months of the year, there are signs that spillover cargo may reappear at the Port of New Orleans thanks to the disrupted global market.
  • Port congestion in Asia easing, shifting to India: ocean carriers, forwarders
    Cargo flow is improving through Singapore and major Chinese ports, but India's largest container gateway, Mundra, is straining under rising transshipment volumes, ocean carriers and forwarders say.
  • Container capacity sucking Red Sea diversions may be status quo
    Houthi rebels have little incentive to stop attacks even if there is a Gaza-Israel ceasefire, there's no US appetite to root them out, and a political solution is highly unlikely, argue geopolitical analysts.
  • New Orlean pins breakbulk turnaround on container spillover
    Despite sliding breakbulk volumes during the first five months of the year, there are signs that spillover cargo may reappear at the Port of New Orleans thanks to the disrupted global market.
  • EU 'giving up' on 2030 rail freight target: industry groups
    Meeting the European Union emissions reduction targets for transportation will require a significant modal shift in freight from road to the rails over the next few years, but that is being undermined by EU regulations, according to industry groups.

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TradeWinds web site
JUNE 21, 2024
  • Give us more ships, says EU Red Sea naval chief
    Head of mission says that he needs more than the current four frigates to protect commercial shipping
  • 'Very profitable': d'Amico International Shipping commits product tanker to three-year charter
    Italian owner signs over modern MR vessel to unnamed charterer
  • LNG charter rates perk up on fresh activity
    Ships are being drawn east leaving charterers hunting for Atlantic tonnage
  • Charterers 'courageous, being a bit naked in front of everyone else' on emissions
    Sea Cargo Charter members succeed with unique charterparty clauses forcing shipowners to submit voyage emission data
  • Ukrferry restarting ropax run from Ukraine to Georgia
    Resumption of service marks the first link between the two countries since the Russian invasion
  • Heidmar merger prompts law firm 'investigation' as takeover target MGO's stock price soars
    Milwaukee's Ademi releases statement saying it is examining the conduct of Nasdaq-listed MGO's board
  • Owners sign off on sub-$10,000 per day VLCC rates as cargoes and offers dwindle
    Three ships were fixed at four-figure day rates this week, with brokers noting market slowdown
  • Will Aliko Dangote change tanker market again with new Caribbean terminal?
    Nigerian tycoon to follow domestic refinery debut with another project further afield
  • Danske Bank names former Clarksons partner head of investment banking for Norway
    Peter Lovaas will join in Oslo in September
  • EU ban on LNG transshipments tipped to create fresh transfer hotspots
    Industry awaiting full details on latest round of sanctions agreed by trading bloc
  • VLCCs slowing down as spot rates plunge 50%, Signal Group says
    Greek platform believes move may be response to weakening market conditions in the summer
  • TMI wins near-unanimous approval to take full control of Grindrod Shipping
    Independent shareholders clear the way for cancellation of all shares except those owned by parent company
  • Nakanishi breaks new ground with Alassia/Itochu handy newbuild order
    Japanese shipyard's Chinese outfit gets debut order for 40,000-dwt newbuilding from Greek-Japanese partnership
  • More deaths in the Red Sea, V.Group sold again, the growing influence of the Sea Cargo Charter
    As shipping gets ready to celebrate International Day of the Seafarer, we keep our eyes on the Red Sea attacks
  • Yvonne Hoglund joins father and siblings at tanker owner Furetank
    Swedish executive becomes human resources director at expanding owner
  • Okeanis buys back tanker from Ocean Yield and refinances with Taiwanese Bank SinoPac
    US-listed Alafouzos company hails debut transaction with Taiwanese lender to 'diversify its financing options'
  • Clarksons Project Finance closes deals worth more than $350m as foreign shipowners tap Norwegian syndicate market
    Firm has positive outlook for chemical tankers, feeder containers and offshore
  • Danish shipping breathes sigh of relief as seafarer tax exemption renewed
    Industry had warned of catastrophic consequences if tax break had been scrapped by government
  • Wison New Energies ends Russian business as it inks deal on FLNG job
    Company to build LNG floater for Genting to be deployed to West Papua, Indonesia
  • Viking inks new 'large' order at Fincantieri for two cruise ships
    Post-Covid recovery spawns extra newbuilding deal between Norwegian cruise line and Italian shipyard
  • Vroon posts loss after banks move in but equity turns positive
    Dutch shipowner 'substantially' improves financial position after huge refinancing deal
  • Indian seafarers turn to ship arrests to settle injury compensation claims
    Torm is the latest shipowner to face the wrath of an aggrieved seafarer in an Indian courtroom
  • Angeliki Frangou-led Navios tied to container ship newbuilding orders in South Korea
    The contract breaks a year-long order drought at HJ Shipbuilding
  • Cleaves hikes tanker forecasts as it models Red Sea disruption into 2025
    Investment bank predicts higher rates and asset values this year and next
  • Danish Ship Finance loan book grows to $4.7bn as it sees net profit at high end of guidance
    Lender says robust credit quality has been maintained
  • Bergen-born deal-maker looking to drive stronger results at Western Bulk
    Incoming CEO 'can't wait to get started' in the top job at bulker operator
  • Precious sheds veteran handysize as fleet overhaul continues
    Thai bulker owner takes asset disposals to three this year with latest vessel sale
  • 'Historic' market: Veson tracks doubling of chemical tanker values over five years
    Analysts say high prices for secondhand ships are here to stay

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American Shipper web site
JUNE 21, 2024
  • Overseas shipping problems remain largely under consumers' radar
    While logistics problems from the Red Sea have become white noise, it is important not to forget that lives have been lost.
  • Revised Amazon deal to boost Sun Country's cargo profits
    Sun Country Airline will see improved economics from its amended contract for outsourced air transportation to Amazon, executives said. a

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Royal Caribbean closes second quarter with record net profit
Miami
The April-June period was very positive
Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern announced a merger agreement today.
Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern announced a merger agreement today.
Omaha/Atlanta
First coast-to-coast cargo rail network
Gurrieri resigns as Special Commissioner of the Eastern Adriatic Sea Port Authority
Trieste
The atypical reverse charge for the logistics sector will become applicable tomorrow
Milan
Ruggerone (Assologistica): one of the most strategic reforms we helped build is being implemented
Policy brief on cyber threats that pose risks to port infrastructure
Tallinn
It was developed by the NATO Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence
Interferry urges the EU Commission to harmonize its shipping decarbonization regulations with those of the IMO
Victoria
Failure to align - the association warned - will force shipping companies to pay twice for emissions.
In the second quarter of 2025, Chinese seaports handled 79.1 million containers (+6.1%)
Beijing
Total freight traffic was three billion tons (+3.3%), of which 1.3 billion tons were with foreign countries (+1.9%).
CK Hutchison announces plans to include a Chinese investor in the consortium to sell Hutchison Ports
Hong Kong
Without the participation of the COSCO shipping group, China would not authorize the sale
Sri Lanka's Supreme Court has awarded compensation of $1 billion over the X-Press Pearl accident.
Sri Lanka's Supreme Court has awarded compensation of $1 billion over the X-Press Pearl accident.
Columbus
The container ship caught fire and sank near the port of Colombo
The Greek government sends a tugboat to the Red Sea to assist ships that may be attacked by the Houthis.
The Greek government sends a tugboat to the Red Sea to assist ships that may be attacked by the Houthis.
Piraeus
The AHTS "Giant" is leaving
Saipem and Subsea7 have signed a binding merger agreement.
Saipem and Subsea7 have signed a binding merger agreement.
Milan/Luxembourg
The transaction is expected to close in the second half of 2026.
In the second quarter, the port of Valencia handled over 1.5 million containers (+4.0%)
In the first half of 2025, the amount of new orders to Chinese shipyards fell by -18.2%
Beijing
A decrease of -3.5% in new construction completed in the period was recorded
In the second quarter of 2025, freight traffic in the port of Trieste grew by +3.7%
Trieste
Bulk cargo increased. Miscellaneous cargo fell by 13.2%.
CMA CGM and TotalEnergies form joint venture for LNG bunkering in the Port of Rotterdam.
Marseille
Agreement to supply 360,000 tons of liquefied natural gas per year to the French group's ships
In the second quarter of 2025, freight traffic in Spanish ports decreased by -4.7%
Madrid
All the main product categories are decreasing except for conventional goods
Brookfield Asset Management to sell 49% of British port group PD Ports to Spain's Pontegadea
Middlesbrough
The English company has over 1,400 employees
In the quarter April-June, freight traffic in the port of Rotterdam decreased by -2.3%
In the quarter April-June, freight traffic in the port of Rotterdam decreased by -2.3%
Rotterdam
The port authority is alarmed by the state of crisis in the national industry.
The electrification of the docks in the ports of Livorno, Piombino and Portoferraio is proceeding according to plan.
Third dock for cruise traffic in the port of Catania
Catania
Pier 25's restyling completed
Another quarter of decline in freight traffic at the port of Algeciras
Algeciras
In the period April-June, containers amounted to 1.24 million TEUs (+1.0%)
A new tax applied to cruise passengers disembarking in national ports came into force today in Greece.
Athens
Belgian rail freight company Lineas receives €61 million government loan
Brussels
The measure was approved last night by the restricted council of ministers
ERTMS installation completed on 1,400 kilometers of Italian railway network
Rome
The project is financed with 2.5 billion euros from PNRR funds.
Wärtsilä's quarterly financial and commercial results are positive.
Helsinki
The Marine Electrical Systems division will be sold to the Italian company VINCI Energies.
In the port of Barcelona the number of cruise terminals will be reduced from seven to five
In the port of Barcelona the number of cruise terminals will be reduced from seven to five
Barcelona
The mayor: For the first time in history, a limit is placed on the growth of cruises in the city.
MSC and Moby have presented their commitments to meet the AGCM's requirements.
Rome
Shipping Agencies Services will sell its 49% stake in Moby, waiving the consideration in favor of the majority shareholder. Moby commits to completely repaying its debt to SAS.
Fincantieri confirms its interest in the development of American shipbuilding
Fincantieri confirms its interest in the development of American shipbuilding
Washington
Folgiero: Commitment to deliver next-generation capabilities in full alignment with U.S. strategic priorities
The Chamber of Deputies has approved the appointment of four presidents of Italian Port System Authorities.
Rome
The names proposed for the Port System Authorities of the Southern Adriatic, Central-Northern Tyrrhenian, Western Liguria, and Eastern Liguria have been approved. Voting on the Northern Tyrrhenian Authority has been postponed.
Information exchange between state administrations for the digitalization of the maritime sector begins
Rome
The first operational meeting at the Coast Guard General Command in Rome
The Clean Maritime Fuels Platform suggests measures to support the production and distribution of clean marine fuels
COSCO Shipping Ports sets new monthly and quarterly container traffic records
Hong Kong
In the period April-June, 29.4 million TEUs were handled (+4.5%)
Sharp increase in cases of seafarers abandoning their ships
London
2,286 crew members from 222 ships involved as of early 2025
Global freight traffic saw strong growth in the first quarter of this year in anticipation of new tariffs
Global freight traffic saw strong growth in the first quarter of this year in anticipation of new tariffs
Geneva
North America saw the strongest quarterly growth in imports
In the port of Antwerp-Bruges containers and rolling stock are increasing and other types of goods are decreasing
Antwerp
Traffic congestion continues at the airport, with the situation on the landside becoming critical
A study denounces the delay of European ports in equipping themselves with cold ironing facilities.
Brussels/Pozzallo
The tender to electrify the docks of the port of Pozzallo has begun.
T&E proposes to include more non-EU transhipment ports to avoid carbon leakage
Brussels
The association calls on the EU Commission to reduce the current threshold of 65% of transhipment traffic
Federlogistica urges the immediate establishment of a control room on tariffs
Genoa
The aim is also to eliminate extra costs caused by bureaucracy.
Containerized cargo handled through the port of Singapore fell by 2.9% in the second quarter.
Singapore
Last May, ship transits through the Suez Canal decreased by -6.8%
Last May, ship transits through the Suez Canal decreased by -6.8%
Cairo
The negative trend continued in June and early July
Terminal operators are not at all satisfied with a policy that seems to have no interest in ports
Rome
Cognolato: It is essential to close the ongoing trials on several fronts.
The largest ship ever to dock at Cagliari's Porto Canale at the MITO terminal.
Milan
The container ship "MSC Venice" with a capacity of 16,652 TEU arrived yesterday
On 5 and 6 November in Lisbon a summit called by the ILA against automation in the maritime and port sector
On 5 and 6 November in Lisbon a summit called by the ILA against automation in the maritime and port sector
North Bergen/Metzingen
South Korean HD Hyundai, together with German NEURA Robotics, will develop and test welding robots in shipyards
The toll of the horrific attack on the bulk carrier Eternity C in the Red Sea is still uncertain.
Mandaluyong/London/Brussels
Joint statement by ICS, BIMCO, European Shipowners, Intercargo and Intertanko
In the first half of 2025, bulk cargo increased and general cargo decreased in the port of Marseille-Fos
Marseille
Cruise passengers increase by +5%
The Senate has approved the framework law on interports
Rome
UIR, gives the Italian interport system a modern, orderly and coherent regulatory framework
Carlo De Ruvo was elected president of Confetra
Rome
Among the challenges, the uncontrolled expansion of large logistics groups and their concentration
Number of pirate attacks on ships still high in the second quarter of 2025
Number of pirate attacks on ships still high in the second quarter of 2025
Kuala Lumpur
The number of acts of violence against crews is decreasing
Telemar and TNL Group merger agreement
Telemar and TNL Group merger agreement
Oslo/Athens/Paris
One of the top three operators in the OT/IoT services market for the maritime and superyacht sectors will be created
Attacks on ships in the Red Sea still cause deaths among seafarers
Portsmouth
Liberian-flagged bulk carrier " Eternity C" targeted
Canadian shipbuilding company Davie acquires second shipyard in Finland
Helsinki/Pori
It will buy the Enersense Offshore shipyard
Amendment on Port Labor Supply Agencies Approved
Rome
Immediate transformation into Agencies authorised to provide temporary port work
Salvini appoints a manager of a private shipping company from Campania as president of the regional AdSP
Rome
This is Eliseo Cuccaro, CEO of Alilauro
Extend the application of the 0.1% sulphur limit in marine fuels globally
Extend the application of the 0.1% sulphur limit in marine fuels globally
Berlin
This is proposed by an analysis by the International Council on Clean Transportation
IMO and EU condemn renewed attacks on ships in the Red Sea
London/Brussels
Dominguez: New violation of international law and freedom of navigation
In the first half of 2025, container traffic in the port of Gioia Tauro grew by +10.5%
Joy Taurus
2,186,211 TEUs were handled
A bulk carrier was attacked in the Red Sea
Portsmouth
The crew abandoned the ship which began to take on water
German government allocates 400 million euros to support energy transition in maritime-port sector
Over 78 million euros to the ports of Augusta and Taranto for offshore wind
Rome
Funds distributed over three years starting from 2025
The PNRR tender for interports has been reopened.
Rome
Resources available amounting to 2.2 million euros
Port of Livorno: Workers are the priority in the LTM crisis
Livorno
UPS's quarterly earnings performance declines
Atlanta
Net income in the April-June quarter was $1.28 billion (-8.9%)
Approval for the 2025 budget variation of the Southern Tyrrhenian and Ionian Sea Port Authority.
Gioia Tauro
500 thousand euros for the 49% share held by the Port Agency company
FHP Group acquires the remaining 10% stake in Lotras
Milan/Foggia
The integration between Lotras and CFI Intermodal will begin to create FHP Intermodal.
OITAF scientific document on good practices in the logistics and transport of fresh fruit and vegetables
Milan
The Northern Tyrrhenian Sea Port Authority has joined the PLIKA
Livorno
Platform dedicated to training, innovation and knowledge sharing in the logistics and port sectors
Matteo Paroli's nomination as president of the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority has been signed.
Rome
He has a degree in law and a specialization in administrative law.
Container throughput increases in Haropa Port, while bulk cargo decreases.
Le Havre
In the first half of this year, containers were 1.51 million TEUs (+4%)
Bureau Veritas reports a 9.8% quarterly increase in revenues in the Marine & Offshore segment
Courbevoie
Kalmar and Konecranes increase new orders in the April-June quarter
Helsinki
The turnover of the two Finnish companies is slightly increasing
Container traffic in the port of Barcelona fell by 12.2% in the second quarter.
Barcelona
Assiterminal threatens a new wave of appeals against regulations it believes are damaging to port operations
Genoa
2M Logistics signs an agreement with Salerno-based Gallozzi
Barendrecht
The Dutch company will represent GF Logistics, a subsidiary of the Italian group, in the Benelux region.
Swiss company Kuehne+Nagel's quarterly profits fell
Schindellegi
In the period April-June of this year, net turnover grew by +1.7%
Yang Ming orders three 8,000 TEU container ships from Nihon Shipyard and Imabari Shipbuilding
Keelung/Imabari
Contract valued at $351.3-394.5 million
Italia Nostra reiterates its strong concerns about the construction of the Fiumicino-Isola Sacra port.
Rome
European maritime cities, destinations for cruise tourism - the association highlights - denounce the phenomenon of over-tourism in the cruise sector
Egypt's first automotive terminal has come into operation at Port Said East.
East Port Said
It can accommodate two car carriers at the same time
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Tepsa has acquired a liquid bulk terminal in the port of Rotterdam.
Singapore/Rotterdam
It was sold by Global Energy Storage Holdings
The Spinelli Group has approved its 2024 sustainability report.
Genoa
Of the company's 616 direct employees, 49% are under the age of 50.
In the second quarter of this year, cargo traffic in Turkish ports grew by +1.6%
Ankara
Cargoes to and from Italy amounted to 12.7 million tons (+10.1%)
Extension of the Simplified Logistics Zone for Genoa Ports and Dry Ports to the Savona, Vado Ligure, and Bergeggi areas.
Genoa
Approval from the ZLS Steering Committee
Isotta Fraschini Motori has inaugurated a new production line for hydrogen fuel cell systems in Bari.
Trieste
They will be used for naval and land solutions
The Grande Shanghai , the Grimaldi Group's first ammonia-ready car carrier, has been christened.
Naples
It has a load capacity of 9,000 CEUs.
The Port of Genoa, FILT, and UILT have declared a five-day strike at the Bettolo Terminal.
Genoa
Fit Cisl Liguria expressed solidarity with the workers
The tender for the dredging of the commercial dock basin at the port of Ancona has been published.
Ancona
The removal of approximately 730 thousand cubic meters of sediment is planned
Tender for the restoration and enhancement of docks 32 and 33 in the Deep Sea Zone of the port of Savona
Genoa
An investment of over 6.7 million euros is expected
There are 1,100 workers in Palermo directly employed in the seaside tourism sector
Palermo
This year, cruise traffic is expected to grow by 9.4% in the port of the Sicilian capital.
Six-month growth of +9% in freight on the St. Petersburg-India/China maritime route
Fly
FESCO operates six vessels in the service
Port of Trieste: Special Commissioner Gurrieri under investigation for money laundering
Trieste
I am certain - he declared - that I can demonstrate that I acted legally, in full transparency.
Vard signs new contract for the construction of two CSOVs
Trieste
The vessels will be used to support operations in the offshore wind sector
UIR welcomes the publication of the tender for the digitalization of the logistics chain.
Rome
Di Caterina (ALIS): a concrete tool that enhances the needs of businesses and strengthens the logistics system
GNV celebrated its first ten years of activity on the Italy-Albania route
Durres
During the period, the company's ships carried over 1.25 million passengers
A shipment of over 1.2 tons of marijuana was seized at the port of Gioia Tauro.
Reggio Calabria/Catanzaro
Members of a criminal organization that imported drugs from South America through European ports and airports have been arrested.
Yang Ming orders Hanwha Ocean to build seven 15,000 TEU dual-fuel containerships
Keelung
They will be delivered between 2028 and 2029
Walden to sell healthcare logistics business to Yusen Logistics
Paris
Exclusive negotiations announced
Solinas (Sardinian Action Party) is not at all satisfied with the state of Sardinian ports
Cagliari
The immediate establishment of a special commission is urged
ANSI welcomes the introduction of the information dashboard for managing private procurement contracts in logistics.
Rome
D'Angelo: it will allow the country to take another step forward
Russo (Confcommercio): excluding road transport from the PNRR funding was shortsighted.
Rome
First bulletin from the Freight Insights Observatory produced by the National Center for Sustainable Mobility
ABB Group posts sharp growth in quarterly financial and business performance
Zurich
In the period April-June the value of new orders grew by +16.0%
Informal consultations have begun on the preliminary proposal for the new Ancona Port Master Plan.
Ancona
Eleven meetings scheduled for July
Program agreement for preparatory and functional interventions for the construction of the bridge over the Strait of Messina
Rome
It was signed today in Rome
Project to develop an ecological station for the treatment of wastewater from ships
Naples
Initiative of the Neapolitan Group of the Cenere and Iello Landing
Assiterminal urges against bringing sediment from the Bagnoli dredging project into the port of Naples.
Genoa
Cognolato and Ferrari: It is essential to safeguard the full functionality of the commercial port's activities.
Container traffic at the Port of Long Beach fell 3.4% in the second quarter.
Long Beach
A decline of -16.4% was recorded in June
Paolo Pessina has been appointed vice president of Conftrasporto-Confcommercio.
Rome
He is president of the national federation of maritime agents and brokers
Container traffic in the port of Hong Kong decreased by -8.2% in the second quarter
Hong Kong
A decrease of -13.7% was recorded in June
Cuneo-based logistics company Nord Ovest is seeing growing financial results.
Wedge
Construction work on a new depot in Mondovì will be completed in early 2026.
Container traffic at the Port of Los Angeles grows driven by fears of new tariffs
Los Angeles
June saw the highest volume ever recorded for this month
The Management Committee of the Sardinia Sea Port Authority has adopted the DPSS
Cagliari
Green light for the concession to MITO and the appeal against the rejection of Olbia's dredging project.
Three events in Genoa for three new Explora Journeys cruise ships.
Genoa
A technical launch, a coin laying and the cutting of the first sheet metal were carried out at the Fincantieri shipyard
Grimaldi sells 5% of Terminal Darsena Toscana to Livorno Port Company
Naples/Livorno
Option to purchase an additional 5% of the share capital
Concession agreement signed that assigns management of the port of Tartous to DP World
Damascus
It has a lifespan of 30 years
Matteo Gasparato appointed president of the Northern Adriatic Sea Port Authority
Rome
He was appointed extraordinary commissioner of the same port authority
Meeting in Rome between the heads of ESPO and Assoporti
Rome
Among the topics addressed, the competitiveness of European ports in the current global context
Chinese airline OOCL reports quarterly decline in scheduled service revenues
Hong Kong
Cargo transported by the company's ships is increasing
Collaboration between the Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority and the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority
Rome
Agreement with an initial duration of five years
Survey in Germany on the prospects of companies in the maritime, port and shipbuilding sectors
Hamburg
Shipowners are more concerned. Positive prospects for ports and shipyards.
Port of Augusta: Work begins on a third bridge connecting the island to the mainland.
Augusta
Work worth over 20 million euros
Vard signs contract with InkFish for new research vessel
Trieste
The deal is worth more than 200 million euros.
1.1 billion euros will be invested in the port of Hamburg to strengthen the container sector
Hamburg
Improving accessibility and port infrastructure in the Waltershofer Hafen area
Meyer Turku delivered the new Star of the Seas cruise ship to Royal Caribbean
Turku
It has a gross tonnage of 250,800 tons
ESPO calls for increased funding for ports under the next EU Multiannual Financial Framework
Brussels
The CEF programme funds have proven to be far from sufficient
Fincantieri delivers the new Oceania Allura cruise ship to Oceania Cruises.
Miami/Trieste
Two additional Sonata-class ships have been converted into orders.
PORTS
Italian Ports:
Ancona Genoa Ravenna
Augusta Gioia Tauro Salerno
Bari La Spezia Savona
Brindisi Leghorn Taranto
Cagliari Naples Trapani
Carrara Palermo Trieste
Civitavecchia Piombino Venice
Italian Interports: list World Ports: map
DATABASE
ShipownersShipbuilding and Shiprepairing Yards
ForwardersShip Suppliers
Shipping AgentsTruckers
MEETINGS
Confindustria event on the sea economy in Rome on July 15th
Rome
The public meeting of the International Containers Studies Center will be held in Genoa on July 2nd
Genoa
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Why Malta is objecting to a new price cap on Russian oil
(timesofmalta.com)
US has its eye on Greek ports
(Kathimerini)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Intervento del presidente Tomaso Cognolato
Roma, 19 giugno 2025
››› File
Uniport: Bringing debris from Bagnoli to the port of Naples would postpone long-awaited dredging.
Rome
Legora de Feo: It's necessary to find alternative solutions.
Taiwanese companies Evergreen, Yang Ming and WHL saw sharp declines in quarterly revenues.
Keelung/Taipei
In the period April-June it fell by -18.7%, -26.5% and -8.6% respectively
The establishment of the Information Dashboard for the management of private procurement contracts in logistics has been approved.
In May, freight traffic in the port of Ravenna grew by +1.4%
Ravenna
Bulk cargo is on the rise. Miscellaneous cargo is on the decline.
EU approves joint purchase of port equipment by terminal operators
Brussels
Joint definition of minimum technical specifications of equipment is also permitted
Serbian energy group EPS will import coal through the Montenegrin port of Bar
Bar
Currently imports from Indonesia pass through the port of Constanta
Fincantieri Foundation and Luiss University launch a project to strengthen the safety of underwater infrastructure.
Trieste
Among the objectives, contribute to the definition of a specific regulatory framework
Freewheeling: The government's U-turn on anti-mafia controls in the road haulage sector is a welcome development.
Modena
Franchini: If the government has realized it made a mistake, that's good news.
Agostinelli (AdSP Tirreno Meridionale e Ionio): the amendment that allows for the early transformation of the Gioia Tauro Port Agency is extremely important.
Confindustria's event on the maritime economy will take place in Rome on July 15th.
Rome
The confederation's strategic document on the sector will be presented
Kerala seeks $1.1 billion from MSC in damages over MSC Elsa 3 sinking
Thiruvananthapuram
Temporary detention of the vessel "MSC Akuteta II" granted
Trasportounito requests the cancellation of the renewal procedure of the Central Committee of the Register of Hauliers
Rome
New seizure of a load of cocaine in the port of Gioia Tauro
Reggio Calabria
16 bags containing 417 kilos of drugs were found in a container
MOL and Kinetics to build world's first floating data center
Tokyo
It will be installed on a vessel of 9,731 gross tonnage
Rijeka Gateway Terminal to become operational in early September
Copenhagen
The first ship at the second container terminal of the Croatian port is expected on September 12
Falteri (Federlogistica) urges us to focus on the development of "polycentric" logistics
Genoa
The Simplified Logistics Zone should be the cornerstone of the strategy
Tsuneishi Shipbuilding Co. acquired Mitsui E&S Shipbuilding Co.
Hiroshima/Tokyo
It was renamed Tsuneishi Solutions Tokyobay Co.
Pessina (Federagenti): Northern European logistics system is struggling. Let's take advantage of it!
Rome
Unexpected opportunity - he underlines - for the Mediterranean ports and Italian ones in particular
MSC Cruises Joins Carnival and Royal Caribbean in Capitalizing on Grand Bahama Shipyard
Miami
Negotiations underway since the end of 2024 have been successfully concluded
At The International Propeller Clubs the Dorso Award for the Mediterranean area
Naples
In recognition of the primary role played by logistics operators in Mediterranean traffic
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