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Exim India web site
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
  • 'Soft infra providers to be awarded infrastructure status'
  • IFCBA launches 'International Customs Brokers Day' on Jan. 26
  • The importance of digital identity in a transitioning container shipping
  • Issuance of online clearance through AQCS-ICS for imported consignments with effect from 22.01.2024
  • Chabahar Port handles considerable container traffic
  • Tyre industry faces rough weather due to Red Sea crisis
  • KEZAD Group announces investment for new warehousing capacity
  • HAROPA PORT remains on course, continuing to host major projects for France's energy transition
  • MSC breaks record with its longest breakbulk cargo in Vietnam and South Korea
  • Minister to launch two cutting-edge digital modules today; aimed at transforming India's maritime operations through digitisation
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  • DEA calls for cutting logistics costs for exports
  • GDP seen at 6.7 pc in FY24, 6.5 pc in FY25: IMF

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International Transport Journal web site
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
  • More roundtrips between Melzo and Rotterdam
  • Qatar Airways Cargo picks new COC
  • A promotion for Charles van der Steene
  • A partner to serve Gloucestershire
  • Hope and disruption at the end of 2023
  • A sustainable multi-modal solution
  • MSC opts for Long Beach
  • JAL Cargo picks digital booking platform
  • Ignazio Messina now represented in Switzerland
  • 20% more local products
  • Distributing auto parts in Maharashtra
  • Søren Skou now chairs the advisory board
  • "Curiosity of the Day"
  • Three more years for LUG in Germany
  • A container train to the Black Sea
  • Prologis: two hubs near Stuttgart
  • Africa Logistic Properties welcomes CEO
  • Setback for Stockholm

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The Loadstar web site
JANUARY 31, 2024
  • Red Sea crisis drove shipping rates up faster than Covid, but some are falling
  • Exclusive: Mark Drusch, new head of Qatar Airways Cargo reveals priorities - and energy
  • 'Skinning the cat': UPS SCS arm - a bijou DB Schenker
  • ONE sinks to a $248m operating loss in Q4, but rates rise boosts outlook
  • 'Outlook not very promising', says UPS CEO, eyeing more cutbacks
  • EU ETS: 'the polluter pays', but the price 'must be more transparent'
  • IndiGo eyes China and South-east Asia and takes on more freighter capacity
  • New UK border checks on imports 'bring cost, confusion and frustration' /UL>

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Marine Log web site
JANUARY 31, 2024
  • TTB 2024: America's first hybrid electric towboat
    While innovations in tugboat design to make them greener and more powerful have made headlines more so than inland towboats, some towboat operators aren't too far behind. Taylor Dickerson, who is vice
  • Korea's KT Marine goes to Damen for fast delivery of fast ferry
    Damen-built fast ferries have become an increasingly common sight in South Korean waters in recent years and now Damen is adding to that number. It has signed a contract to build a
  • NTSB makes new call for crewmember personal locator devices
    The National Transportation Safety Board is urging vessel owners and operators to provide each crewmemberwith a personal locator device. This latest NTSB call for the use of devices such as personal locator
  • Lawmakers to Biden: Prioritize U.S. maritime
    A bipartisan group of lawmakers, led by Senator Mark Kelly (D.-Ariz) and Rep. Mike Walz (R. Fla), have written President Biden urging him to prioritize U.S. maritime and strengthen U.S. maritime power
  • WIMOs 3rd annual clay shoot set for March 21
    The Women in Maritime Operations (WIMOs) organization is hosting its third annual clay shoot event on Thursday, March 21 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Providence Plantation in Rosharon, Texas. This
  • Weeks Marine wins $62 million USACE contract
    Dredging contractor Weeks Marine Inc. has been awarded a $62,055,622 firm-fixed-price contract for harbor deepening and widening. Work will be performed in Irvington, Ala., with an estimated completion date of Jan. 30,
  • Mexican Navy opts for Thordon solution to cut waterjet cavitation damage
    The Mexican Navy has awarded Thordon Bearings a second major contract for the supply of its water-lubricated SXL wear rings for retrofit installation to the waterjet propulsion nozzles on 25 interceptor patrol
  • AkzoNobel: 10 years of Intersleek 1100SR data demonstrate big fuel and CO2 savings
    AkzoNobel says that real world performance data gathered from ships coated with its International brand's Intersleek 1100SR fouling release coating indicate that, in the ten years since its release, it has cut
  • Q&A: Meet the women behind Royal Barge Fleeting
    Marine Log (ML): First off, tell us about Royal Barge Fleeting and how it got started? Jessica Branham (JB): I was approached by a member of Cummings Marine Board of Directors in

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Container News web site
JANUARY 31, 2024
  • NYK partners with Japan Coast Guard on maritime data open platform
    On 26 January, NYK announced its agreement to share oceanographic data, including wind direction and speed gathered by NYK-operated vessels, with the Japan Coast Guard through Ship Data Center's IoS Open Platform (IoS-OP) services. Furthermore, IoS-OP serves as a collaborative platform for data sharing within the Japanese maritime industry, specifically focusing on vessels operated by Japanese sh
  • Maersk revises peak season surcharge from Far East Asia to East Coast South America
    Danish ocean carrier Maersk is revising the Peak Season Surcharge (PSS) for Far East Asia to East Coast South America for all dry containers, effective from 14 February. The revised tariff levels are as outlined below: The post appeared first on Container News .
  • Noatum completes Sesé Auto Logistics acquisition
    AD Ports-owned Noatum, which leads the company's logistics cluster operations, successfully closed the acquisition of Sesé Auto Logistics, the Finished Vehicles Logistics (FVL) business of Grupo Logístico Sesé, for a total purchase consideration €81 million (US$88 million). The acquisition, which was approved by all relevant European regulators and closed today (31 January), solidifies Noatum's c
  • HAROPA Port increases financial figures amid container drop
    The maritime traffic at the HAROPA Port complex in France reached 2.63 million TEUs in 2023, translating to 81.3 million metric tons, reflecting a decrease of 4.5% compared to the previous year's figures. Additionally, HAROPA Port's liquid bulk traffic ended the year at 41.2 million metric tons, experiencing a positive uptick of 5%. On the other hand, solid bulk traffic faced a decline of 11% to
  • Regulatory economics changing structure of boxship industry
    Braemar shipbrokers said it is expecting new orders for vessels as the ageing panamax fleet increases and carriers respond to new carbon regulations and look to reduce their exposure to an increasingly volatile charter market. According to Braemar researcher Jonathan Roach, some 25% of the panamax fleet is currently over 20 years old, and that figure is set to increase to 40% by 2027. "As contain
  • Peel Ports Logistics secures vessel agency deal with Drax
    Peel Ports Logistics has recently inked a contract to serve as the shipping agency for Drax, a renewable energy specialist, facilitating the arrival of biomass-carrying vessels at the Port of Liverpool in the United Kingdom. This partnership aims to support the transportation of renewable fuel to Drax Power Station in North Yorkshire. Peel Ports Logistics, as the designated service provider, welc
  • Port of Rotterdam appoints new director for container segment
    Starting 1 March, Hanna Stelzel will assume the position of Director Containers within the Commercial department at the Port of Rotterdam Authority. In her new role, she will oversee all activities related to the container chain at sea, in the port and hinterland. Succeeding Hans Nagtegaal, Stelzel, with a background in the German automotive industry, logistics, and digitalization, has been with
  • Delay in negotiations cast doubt on HMM sale
    Aspersions have been cast on the sale of HMM to the Harim Group-JKL Partners consortium after negotiations with the South Korean flagship carrier's state-controlled shareholders stalled. Container News understands that agreement on the sale terms was supposed to have been reached on 23 January, but this has been postponed to 6 February. On 18 December 2023, Harim-JKL was chosen as the preferred b
  • NYK initiates construction of in-house biofuel testing facility
    On 29 January, NYK conducted a groundbreaking ceremony at a Chiba Prefecture site, marking the commencement of the construction of a test engine facility dedicated to assessing the safety and viability of biofuels for accelerated practical application. The installation of the test engine is scheduled for completion in June. Over the next three years, NYK Group will conduct combustion tests to ana
  • Port of Corpus Christi appoints new Chief Financial Officer
    Cindy Bertolami has been named the new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Port of Corpus Christi, succeeding Kent Britton, who took on the role of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in September. Having served as the director of Finance for four years at the Port of Corpus Christi, Bertolami brings over two decades of financial leadership experience to her new position. She has been serving as the Inter

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Splash web site
JANUARY 31, 2024
  • Neptune Lines doubles order tally for dual-fuel car carriers in China
    Greek vehicle carrier owner and operator Neptune Lines has added more vessels to its newbuild series at Fujian Mawei shipyard in China. The Craig Jasienski-led firm has contracted another pair of LNG dual-fuel 4,200 ceu shipsfor delivery in 2027 after signing up for the first two units under the so-called Genesis Project in September last ...
  • TEN confirms modern tanker buys
    New York-listed Greek owner Tsakos Energy Navigation (TEN) has confirmed an acquisition of five modern tankers covered by Splash earlier this month. The deal with an undisclosed value, which TEN intends to fund with cash on hand and bank finance, includes a pair of 2023-built LNG dual-fuel LR2s, a 2019-built "super-eco" suezmax and two scrubber-fitted ...
  • NYK seals LNG newbuild charter with JERA
    Japanese shipping line Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) has sealed a long-term charter deal with compatriot JERA for one of its LNG carriers under construction in South Korea. The Tokyo-headquartered behemoth has fixed a 174,000 cu m unit scheduled for delivery from Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries in 2027. The deal is the eleventh LNG carrier charter ...
  • Euronav sells fleet data analytics platform to ZeroNorth
    Belgian tanker giant Euronav has sold its Fleet Automatic Statistics and Tracking (FAST) platform to Danish vessel optimisation brand ZeroNorth. FAST collects advanced high-frequency data in real-time from sensors across Euronav's fleet. The Saverys family-controlled company has implemented the FAST platform across its fleet, using ship reporting, voyage optimisation, and ship optimisation using
  • QatarEnergy dishes out $6bn worth of contracts for Al-Shaheen expansion
    Middle Eastern oil and gas producer QatarEnergy has awarded engineering, procurement, construction and installation contracts worth $6bn for the next development phase of its Al-Shaheen oilfield, to boost production by about 100,000 bpd. The award is part of the Ruya project, the third phase of Al-Shaheen's development since North Oil Company, a joint venture between ...
  • UK company to build first-ever tidal energy plant in Southeast Asia
    Energies PH has signed a deal with UK-based marine offshore renewables specialist Inyanga Marine Energy Group to build Southeast Asia's first-ever tidal power generation plant. The site will be at the remote Capul Island of Northern Samar in the Philippines, along the San Bernardino Strait, a location chosen specifically for its strong marine currents. The EPC ...
  • Construction of largest US offshore wind farm set to begin after clearing final hurdle
    The US authorities have given the final two major federal approvals required for the start of construction work on Dominion Energy's 2.6 GW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project, the largest approved offshore wind project in the US so far. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) provided its final approval of CVOW's Construction and ...
  • CMA CGM readies methanol retrofits
    CMA CGM has signed up a series of containerships for a methanol dual-fuel revamp in China, joining the likes of Maersk, COSCO and Hapag-Lloyd. The French carrier has earmarked its conventionally-fuelled 9,300 teu ships for the project at CSSC Qingdao Beihai Shipbuilding. The world's third-largest liner ordered its first six methanol-powered boxships at Dalian Shipbuilding ...
  • Industry heavyweights weigh in on Red Sea security solutions for shipping
    Arsenio Dominguez, the new secretary-general of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), has called for a "multi-faceted" solution to the ongoing Red Sea shipping crisis. Assuming the top post at the London United Nations body at the start of this month, Dominguez has been thrust into an international shipping crisis on the scale of the pandemic ...
  • New gas shipowner beckons from Jacksonville
    US-based investment firm Nebula Energy has bought a majority stake in Singapore-based Atlantic Gulf & Pacific Company (AG&P) LNG and has its sights set on forming a new shipowning firm for the transport of the chilled fuel. According to the Singapore company, Nebula Energy will be investing $300m in AG&P LNG to fast-track LNG terminal ...
  • Global Maritime acquires Spanish engineering specialist Iberian Offshore
    Norwegian marine and offshore consultancy Global Maritime is expanding its footprint into the emerging Spanish offshore wind sector with the acquisition of Madrid-based engineering specialist Iberian Offshore. Founded in 2015, Iberian Offshore specialises among other things in the fixed-bottom offshore wind industry, including foundation and monopile design. The Stavanger-based firm said the rece
  • New shipping registers raise concerns
    They are more than 9,000 km apart, in separate continents, both are landlocked, but the backwaters that are Laos and Eswatini have one common link - new shipping registers. The Splash Extra lead today carries an investigation into the Indian companies establishing shipping registries and classification societies around the world to accommodate ships with murky ...
  • Exporter suggests plan to resolve stranded livestock carrier problem
    After the animals spent almost a month aboard the livestock carrier Bahijah, a plan to handle the animals has been presented to Australian authorities. The 2010-built, 7,900 dwt livestock carrier, registered to Israeli-based Bassem Dabbah Shipping and operated by Korkyra Shipping, left Australia on January 5 and on January 16 diverted from its route due ...
  • Iraq seen replacing Russia as India's top source of crude
    India has pivoted back to Iraq for its crude oil supplies with Russian imports held up by the Red Sea shut-in as well as the threat of US sanctions. Data from Kpler shows India has been importing a record 1.3m barrels per day from Iraq this month. Russia had become India's top supplier of crude ...
  • Mid-sized tankers in vogue: McQuilling
    McQuilling Services has published its latest five-year forecasts for the tanker trades with the American firm favouring prospects for mid-sized tankers this year over the bigger ship types. The 196-page, 27th edition of McQuilling's Tanker Market Outlook contains a five-year spot and time charter equivalent (TCE) forecast through to 2028 for eight vessel classes across ...
  • Biofuel sales triple in Singapore
    Biofuel sales more than tripled last year in Singapore, the world's dominant bunkering hub, with more than 500,000 tonnes sold. Analysts at shipbroker Eastport Maritime expect biofuel sales to double in Singapore through 2025. Singapore is by a considerable distance the world's largest bunkering hub, selling more than three times as much fuel overall than ...
  • Landlocked shipping registers make a comeback
    The Indian backers of the world's newest shipping flag are in discussions to create another registry, with both nations sharing the geographical distinction of being landlocked. The Eswatini Maritime Affairs and International Ship Registry was formed as a private company in Singapore three months ago, and is responsible for registering ships to the southern African ...
  • African flags and the Russian war machine
    In close to 24 years of covering this industry, a constant head-scratcher has been the outsourcing of national shipping registries, an oft corrupt practice that quite literally lets unpleasant folks get away with murder. Over the years, the likes of Cambodia and landlocked Mongolia have made headlines for their shockingly lax approach to ship registration. ...
  • January 2024 Review
    Shipping came to terms this month with the fact that the Red Sea exodus is here to stay for a considerable time. Reacting to Israel's war in Gaza, the Houthis of Yemen - backed by Iranian intelligence and hardware - have targeted around 40 merchant ships in the last three months with drone and missiles, ...
  • Tankers enjoy a very happy new year
    The Middle East continues to be a vital part of the global oil market, both in terms of production from nations in the region, and a bottleneck in global seaborne oil supply chains. In December OPEC+ announced that it would trim production further, reducing the amount of seaborne exports of crude oil from the region. ...
  • A typical January for dry bulk
    The situation in the Middle East has affected bulker operations with shipbroker Braemar reporting that about 60 fewer capesize bulkers sailed from the Atlantic into the Indian Ocean via Suez in the four weeks to January 14 compared to the previous four weeks, while 60 capesizes sailed via the Cape of Good Hope in the ...
  • Financial salve for logistical headaches saves Q1 for containers
    UNCTAD said on January 26 that Suez Canal transits were down 39% in the two months to January 19 and that overall freight tonnage shipped via Suez was down 45%. Container shipments through the canal were down 82% in the week to January 19 compared to four weeks earlier. THE Alliance announced on January 25 ...
  • Analyst Abstract
    Tankers The tanker vessel class most impacted by the Red Sea diversions is suezmax, likely leading to a spike in earnings. However, if the Red Sea crisis is prolonged charterers may well look to parcel two suezmax cargoes onto one VLCC. Diverting via the cape adds about 4,900 nautical miles to the voyage and over ...
  • Tanker sales tank
    Year-on-year bulker activity increased this January, with a total of 47 bulkers sold so far, compared to 42 in January 2023. Values across all bulker sectors rose. "Spot rates are at historical highs for this period," pointed out Rebecca Galanopoulos Jones, a senior content analyst at VesselsValue. For example, capesizes are up by around 270% ...
  • Are seafarers ready to handle tomorrow's fuels?
    As shipowners, managers, and engine suppliers turn more and more to new fuels, the need for adequate crew training to work on such vessels varies very widely across different fuel types. Experts tell Splash Extra that very few seafarers have undertaken training in the handling of alternative fuels with LNG as the exception to the ...
  • Alliances: the blatant cartel?
    At a time where global alliances are in flux, Alison Cusack, a lawyer from Melbourne-based Cusack & Co, weighs in. The frustration many have with alliances (consortiums etc) is that the market power seems overwhelming at the disadvantage of the humble

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Lloyd's List web site
JANUARY 31, 2024
  • US slaps sanctions on Iranian commodity sellers and Burmese shipping line
    The US has announced fresh sanctions under separate programmes, with shipping enterprises supporting Burma's military and sellers of Iranian commodities...
  • Somali pirate attacks add to Red Sea confusion
    Several incidents of reported Somali piracy have added to security concerns in the Horn of Africa, while the Houthis continue...
  • ZeroNorth buys Euronav's fleet data analytics platform
    ZeroNorth's 'data flywheel' is growing, this time with the additional high-frequency data insights developed in-house by Euronav
  • TEN confirms acquisition of five modern Viken tankers
    Quintet includes pair of one-year-old LNG-powered dual-fuel LR2s
  • Sea Legend emerges from opaque empire dabbling in growing Sino-Russia trade
    A previously unheard of Chinese start-up Sea Legend has garnered media attention for its bold entrance into the Red Sea...
  • Polar ruling could impact right of owners to refuse Red Sea orders
    Houthi verbal threats - or even multiple drone and missile attacks - do not give automatic entitlement to divert round Cape...
  • The week in newbuildings: VLCCs and ammonia carrier orderbooks get further boost
    Newbuilding contracts for a total of 21 vessels in the containership, dry cargo, gas, offshore, passenger ferry and tanker sectors...
  • Tanger Med seeing no signs of congestion from diversions
    Tanger Med volumes rose to record highs again last year. It is now looking to expand again, after handling 95%...
  • Neptune Lines doubles dual-fuel orderbook
    Series of 4,200 ceu vessels will help owner reduce carbon intensity, as well as increase cargo intake by 36% compared...
  • Shippers warned to press pause on contract negotiations
    With rates plateauing and services being restructured peak disruption from the rerouting of shipping could be nearing an end. Shippers...
  • CMA CGM joins list of carriers tying up methanol-fuel conversions
    World's third-largest containership operator joins Cosco and Maersk in booking conversions of existing conventional-fuel containerships to operate on methanol fuel...
  • Green methanol can save fleets up to $55m under FuelEU pooling in 2030s, says LR
    FuelEU penalties to start from around $217,000 per vessel in 2025 for non-compliance, unless ships reduce GHG intensity by 2%...
  • MOL forecasts full-year profit to plummet more than 70%
    Profit from containerships business decreased sharply due to drops in spot and term contract freight rates
  • Wärtsilä sales reach all-time high on increased newbuild activity
    Leading medium-speed marine engine designer expects a better demand environment in 2024 compared with last year
  • Container shipping caught in crosshairs of superpower tussle
    Growing complexity of supply chains necessitates strategic adjustments, including better multimodal transportation service and enhanced efficiency
  • Red Sea disruptions impact Asian bunker market fundamentals
    Supply tightness caused by requirements for greater amounts of bunker, as more vessels divert away from the Suez Canal. Price...
  • Daily Briefing
    First Asia-bound Russian oil cargoes seen loaded on VLCCs to avoid Red Sea risks | Cansi to introduce new criteria...
  • ONE swings to losses despite liftings growth
    ONE noted the Red Sea crisis has led to 'an instant tonnage shortage', but said prolonged stagnation means cargo demand...

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The Journal of Commerce web site
JANUARY 31, 2024
  • Ocean rate surge reflects uncertainty around cost of Suez diversions: MSC
    An executive for the carrier said he expects liners and shippers will eventually adjust to the lengthier transits around southern Africa but acknowledged it will take time before rate volatility subsides.
  • As industrial freight lags, more LTL carriers look to ports to boost business
    Trucking companies such as Averitt are seeking more diversified freight and deeper connections to customers through transloading.
  • UPS to explore 'alternatives' for Coyote Logistics, announces layoffs
    UPS CEO Carol Tomé, who was on UPS's board of directors at the time of the 2015 Coyote acquisition, acknowledged UPS did not fully appreciate how cyclical truckload and intermodal brokerage was at the time.
  • Pre-Lunar New Year rush, Red Sea disruption boost Asia-Europe air rates, demand
    A seasonal push to get shipments out of Asia before factories close for the Lunar New Year may be masking a switch to air from disrupted ocean networks.
  • NY-NJ port chief sees delays, but no congestion, from Suez diversions
    While off-schedule ships are periodically crowding marine terminals, the port is not seeing any major impact from the longer transits as vessels reroute around southern Africa, Bethann Rooney said.
  • Hapag-Lloyd reports Q4 loss on falling rates, Red Sea disruption
    The oversupplied container shipping industry, falling rate levels and the need to divert around southern Africa for much of December contributed to a sharp drop in the carrier's revenue and profitability.
  • CMA CGM inks deal to lock in green fuel supply at Middle East bunker locations
    The carrier is the latest to partner with an alternative fuel supplier as the fast-growing dual-fuel order book puts producers of green energy under pressure to rapidly scale up supply.

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TradeWinds web site
JANUARY 31, 2024
  • ExxonMobil homes in on shipyard for shuttle tanker newbuilding slots
    Energy major sets aside berth space, but which shipowner will scoop the prize?
  • 'Fake': Houthis claim attack on ship that turns out to be medevac instead
    Militant group's spokesman alleges strike on 'American merchant ship'
  • Houthis claim attack on second JP Morgan-linked ship
    CMA CGM-operated container ship hit with 'naval missiles'
  • Neptune Lines' Travlos bumps up newbuilding programme adding two car carriers
    Greek shipowner's expansion sees company ink more newbuildings at Fujian Mawei Shipyard
  • Neptune Lines' Melina Travlos bumps up newbuilding programme, adding two car carriers
    Greek shipowner orders more ships at Fujian Mawei Shipyard
  • 'Money talks': Carbon costs driving boom in shipowners' transition spend, Wartsila's Roger Holm says
    Marine president explains that investment now will save money later
  • NYK inks 11th long-term charter with JERA for LNG newbuilding
    Shipowner locks away another vessel from its huge cache of on-order LNG carriers
  • Tsakos Energy Navigation confirms big-ticket swoop for five modern Viken tankers
    Greek company lays its hands on 'super eco' aframaxes, LR2s and a suezmax
  • UK sanctions efforts 'disturbing' as Russia evades price caps
    Expert tells British parliamentary committee that Europe running out of ideas for new measures targeting Russia
  • Taylor Maritime Investments forecasts strong improvement in 'finely-balanced' bulker market
    Ed Buttery-led owner sees fundamentals lining up in owners' favour over next two to three years
  • Somali pirates using hijacked fishing boats to launch attacks, shipping warned
    Captured vessels being used as motherships to extend the reach of Somali pirate attacks
  • Purus Marine lifts VLEC newbuild tally
    UK owner now has three on-order ethane carrier newbuildings fixed against charter deals
  • Product tanker rates now so high some traders no longer moving cargoes, Gibson says
    Something has to give in terms of either freight costs or commodity prices, broker believes
  • Norwegian sovereign wealth fund adds tanker and gas giants to $3bn shipping portfolio in record year
    Norway's fund buys Dorian LPG, NAT, Scorpio and Teekay Tankers in 2023
  • World shipping fleet expands with high newbuilding activity and historically low scrapping
    Clarksons Research reveals the statistics driving changes in the world fleet
  • Red Sea tanker traffic falls after Houthi missile strike on Marlin Luanda
    Fire on board Trafigura-chartered vessel leads to more operators avoiding the Suez Canal route
  • Red Sea crude tanker traffic falls further after Houthi missile strike
    Fire on board the Marlin Luanda has seen more operators shift from the Suez Canal route
  • Two piracy groups on the prowl in Indian Ocean, warns UKMTO
    New guidance comes as attacks and suspicious approaches of merchant vessels and fishing boats multiply
  • Saudi Arabian state shipping company Bahri sees profit slide on weaker VLCC rates
    But Saudi state shipowner saw an increase in gains from investments in other companies
  • Is 'striking back' the best way to tackle the Houthi menace to shipping?
    Biden administration faces pressure for action amid Red Sea and Gulf of Aden crisis but US strikes are what Houthis want
  • NYK inks eleventh long-term charter with JERA for LNG newbuilding
    Shipowner locks away another vessel from its huge cache of on-order LNG carriers
  • Iranian 'spy ship' and sanctioned VLCC sent for scrap as shadow fleet demolition sparks into life
    First hints suggest shadow fleet vessels are being sent to the beaches
  • Outcome of ransom talks on hijacked bulker key to future of Somali piracy, says EU
    The bulker Ruen has been held for more than a month after being seized in a piracy attack
  • ONE takes action in wake of Red Sea shipping crisis and Panama Canal drought
    Giant liner operator slides into loss in the third quarter but slightly ups full-year profit guidance
  • Harim's $5bn HMM takeover under pressure as alliance and bond questions emerge
    Sources in South Korea say sticking points remain with clock ticking towards new deadline
  • Euronav sells fleet data platform to expanding ZeroNorth
    Danish optimisation service also adds Saverys family-controlled owner to client list
  • Frontline's VLCCs 'still hold the key' to earnings, DNB says
    Tanker owner's first-quarter guidance will be main focus in report
  • Secondhand container ship deals plunge as enormous newbuilding pipeline hits
    But Alphaliner says recovery in asset prices is possible due to Red Sea rerouting
  • Wartsila targets 2025 for launch of pure hydrogen ship engine
    Finnish technology group sees demand for its shipping services growing this year
  • DNB's shipping loan book shrinks 9%
    Norwegian lender's total shipping loans fall to $3.2bn
  • Pair of piracy groups on the prowl in Indian Ocean, warns UKMTO
    New guidance comes as attacks and suspicious approaches of merchant vessels and fishing boats multiply
  • CMA CGM selects shipyard to retrofit neo-panamax container ships to run on methanol
    MAN's methanol dual-fuel engine will be used for conversion project
  • Norway's largest bank DNB sees shipping loan book shrinks 9%
    Norwegian lender's total shipping loans fall to $3.2bn
  • MOL third-quarter profit falls almost 60% on weaker liner trades
    Japanese owner makes little reference to the impact Red Sea crisis is having on the liner market
  • Chevron pulls plug on Red Sea passage for Kazakh oil heading to Asia
    Oil major says tankers carrying Central Asian nations' crude exports will take the long route via South Africa
  • Carnival confirms Red Sea diversions for 12 cruise ships
    US-listed cruise giant says diversions will impact its financial performance for the 2024 full year
  • Buttery's TMI in 'strong position' after cutting back debt, Kepler says
    London-listed bulker owner now has Japanese-built fleet with low average age

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Logistics associations urge operators to be ready at the third stage of ICS2
Brussels
Concerns about important goods in the European Union by sea
Marco Verzari is the new secretary general of Uiltransport
Rome
Undergoes to the demissary Tarlazzi
Switzerland increases investment for the exercise and renewal of the rail network
Bern
Expected investment contributions in favour of private facilities
Locomotives powered by Ultimo Miglio of Mercitalia Logistics in service to Gioia Tauro
Joy Tauro
Used to transport cars from Campania to the Calabrian port
The terminalist company SSA Marine creates a division for cruises
In the first three months of 2024, container traffic in HHLA terminals increased by 3.4%
Hamburg
Stable revenues
The negative trend of the economic performance of Hapag-Lloyd continues.
The negative trend of the economic performance of Hapag-Lloyd continues.
Hamburg
In the first quarter of 2024, revenues fell by -24.2% percent. Noli down -32.0% and cargoes carried by the growing fleet of 6.9%
Brussels gives reason to Italy asking Austria to remove restrictions on road transport of goods to the Brenner
Rome / Vienna
The Tyrolese government announces that it is ready to fight before the EU Court of Justice
In the first quarter of 2024, shipping traffic in the Suez Canal collapsed by -42.9% percent.
In the first quarter of 2024, shipping traffic in the Suez Canal collapsed by -42.9% percent.
Ismailia
In March the reduction was -49.1%
In the first quarter of 2024, Evergreen's net profit rose +187,7 percent.
In the first quarter of 2024, Evergreen's net profit rose +187,7 percent.
Taipei
Investment of more than 65 million in the purchase of new containers
HMM returns to record growth of quarterly economic results
HMM returns to record growth of quarterly economic results
Seoul
In the first three months of 2024, revenues increased by 11.9% percent and net profit of 63.0% percent.
India invests in the development of the Iranian port of Shahid Behesthi (Chabahar)
Chabahar
Announced the next establishment of an indo-Iranian shipping company
Spinelli Srl renews the board of directors
Genoa
New appointments after the precautionary measures arranged by the gip of the Genoa court against Aldo and Roberto Spinelli
In the first three months of 2024, the traffic of goods in the port of Ravenna fell by -6.3%
In the first three months of 2024, the traffic of goods in the port of Ravenna fell by -6.3%
Ravenna
In March, a decline of -1.5%
In the first quarter of this year, the container traffic made in Trieste by TMT decreased by -20.3%
Trieste
In 2023, the traffic of short sea shipping between Spain and Italy fell by -5.2% percent.
Madrid
The motorways of the sea have risen to ten compared to seven in 2022
In the first quarter of 2024, the net profit of Yang Ming grew by +173,1 percent.
In the first quarter of 2024, the net profit of Yang Ming grew by +173,1 percent.
Keelung
The board has deliberated the purchase of new containers
Leonardo signs binding agreement for sale of Underwater Armaments & Systems to Fincantieri
Rome
Total transaction value of a maximum of 415 million euros
Uiltransport, well the amendment for workers of agencies for the port work of Gioia Tauro and Taranto
Rome
Provides for the extension of the allowance up to December
To develop its resilience the port of Livorno looks to the southern shore of the Mediterranean
Livorno
Next month an agreement with the Egyptian port of Damietta
Decarbonization of shipping could create up to four million jobs in the energy supply chain
Copenhagen
Study of the Getting to Zero Coalition
In the first three months of 2024 the traffic in goods in the port of Venice decreased by -9.8%
In the first three months of 2024 the traffic in goods in the port of Venice decreased by -9.8%
Venice
Growth of liquid bulk and rotatable bulk. Decline of solid bulk and containers
ISS-Tositti and intergroup have established the newco ISS-Tositti Agency
Venice
Synergistic fusion of the skills of both realities
Rasmussen (Bimco) : When the ships return to cross Suez shipping containerized shipping will have to reckon with an excess of stir
Copenhagen
Currently the impact of record deliveries of container carriers is absorbed by the additional capacity needed for the route around Africa
U.S. Intermarine enters the segment of the reins
Houston
Established the Intermarine Bulk Carriers that will manage the bulk carriers of the German group Harren
President of the Liguria Region, former president of West Liguria's AdSP, and entrepreneur Spinelli
Genoa
Among those achieved by the measures, the president of Ente Bacini
WWF, sustainable planning for the largest marine areas in the EU is fragmented and incomplete
WWF, sustainable planning for the largest marine areas in the EU is fragmented and incomplete
Brussels
The most discomforting scenario is that of the Mediterranean basin
In the first quarter the performance of combined transport in the EU kicked off
Brussels
Decrease in container traffic, strikes, work on infrastructure and weak economy among causes
Maersk warns that the expansion of the crisis area in the Middle East increases shipping costs
Copenhagen
Reported a 15 -20% reduction in capacity on the route from the Far East to the North Europe / Mediterranean
FS Logistics Pole orders Alstom 70 new locomotives with the option to buy more 30
Go Ligure
Commits from more than 323 million. Taking delivery to go Ligure a locomotive for freight transport
COSCO activates an e-commerce system to provide spare parts and services to the naval sector
Shanghai
Is aimed at domestic and foreign customers
Joint venture of Autamarocchi and Cosulich for logistics on rubber at the service of the steel industry
Genoa
Iran announces release of crew of container ship MSC Aries
Tehran
Foreign Minister confirms that seamen from the seized ship will be allowed to leave the country.
Merlo (Federlogistics) relaunches the alarm over the impact of the bridge over the Strait of Messina on naval traffic
Palermo
In the first three months of this year, maritime traffic in the Bosphorus Strait increased by 9.3%
In the first three months of this year, maritime traffic in the Bosphorus Strait increased by 9.3%
Ankara
Growth of transits of all major typologies of naviglio
In the first three months of 2024, cruise traffic in Global Ports Holding's terminals increased by 30% percent.
London
The consortium led by GPH has been selected as a preferential bidder for the Casablanca cruise terminal
In the first quarter of 2024, Maersk Group revenues fell by -13.0% percent.
In the first quarter of 2024, Maersk Group revenues fell by -13.0% percent.
Copenhagen
7.0% increase in the operating costs of containerized shipping
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings scores record results for first quarter
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings scores record results for first quarter
Miami
Also recorded is the highest level of bookings ever
In the first three months of this year, Chinese ports have handled 76.7 million containers (+ 10.0%)
Beijing
The overall traffic of goods with foreign has grown by 9.5%
Of the 80 billion needed investment in EU ports in the next decade, a relevant quota is for the energy transition
Brussels
Indispensable public funding in order to be able to implement planned projects
In the first three months of 2024, China's COSCO Shipowners Group Revenues rose again.
In the first three months of 2024, China's COSCO Shipowners Group Revenues rose again.
Shanghai
In sensitive growth (+ 10.5%) containerized cargoes carried by the fleet with the exception of those on the Asia-Europe route (-9.2%)
In resumption of container traffic in the terminals of Eurogate-Contship Italia in the last quarter of 2023
In resumption of container traffic in the terminals of Eurogate-Contship Italia in the last quarter of 2023
Hamburg
Decline in eventful volumes in Germany. Growth in Italy and activity records in Tanger terminals Med and Limassol
Operating the new automated gate at Reefer Terminal of Going Ligure
Go Ligure
The drivers can carry out the loading and unloading activities without getting off the vehicle
DP World inaugurates new port infrastructure and logistics in Romania
Dubai
New terminals in the port of Costanza destined for cargo project and rotatable
In April, the growth of container traffic in the port of Long Beach continued.
Long Beach
In the first quarter of 2024, the increase was 15.8% percent.
Uniport Livorno buys three new port tractors
Helsinki
Kalmar will deliver them in the last quarter of 2024
They will rise from five to six the weekly rotations of the Melzo-Rotterdam service of Hannibal
Melzo
Increase in frequency as of June 10
In 2023, the revenues of Maritime stations increased by 18.5%
Genoa
Net profit to 1.7 million euros (+ 75.5%)
In the first three months of 2024, freight traffic in the port of Koper fell by -6.6% percent.
Lubiana
In March, the decline was -3.1% percent.
In April, freight traffic in the port of Singapore grew by 8.8%
Singapore
The containers were equal to 3.4 million teu (+ 3.8%)
Quarterly traffic of the growing containers for Eurogate and Contship Italia
Hamburg
In the first three months of 2024 the eventful volumes increased by 8.0% percent and 4.9% percent respectively.
Meyer Werft has delivered to Silversea the new luxury cruise ship Silver Ray
Papenburg / Vienna
It has a capacity of 728 passengers
In the first three months of 2024, new orders acquired by Fincantieri fell by -40.7% percent.
Rome
Stable the revenues
Call for tenders for the structural adjustment of a quay of the port of Ancona
Ancona
The amount of the contract is 16.5 million euros
Port operators in La Spezia call for a relaunch of the port
The Spezia
They solicit targeted and effective actions
In the first quarter of this year, the traffic of goods in Montenegrin ports grew by 1.8% percent
Podgorica
The flow to and from Italy has increased by 16.2%
GNV installs a system to ensure the stability of ships
Genoa
NAPA Stability, developed by Finnish NAPA, has been extended to ferries
Decided to drop -24.9% percent of goods in Croatian ports in the first quarter of this year
Decided to drop -24.9% percent of goods in Croatian ports in the first quarter of this year
Zagreb
The containers were equal to 92mila teu (-0.4%)
Vard will build two Commissioning Service Operation Vessel
Trieste
They are intended for a company in Taiwan
The new maritime station of the port of Termoli is running.
Termoles
In 2023 the Molisan climber handled more than 217mila passengers (+ 5%)
New line of CTN that links the ports of La Goulette, Livorno, Salerno and Rades
Genoa
Will be inaugurated on May 21
In the first three months of 2024 the revenues of Wan Hai Lines grew by 8.1%
Taipei
Net profit of approximately 143 million US dollars
The growth trend of Taiwanese Evergreen and Yang Ming is continuing.
Taipei / Keelung
In April, it increased by 42.4% percent and 35.3% percent, respectively.
Evergreen orders 10,000 new containers
Taipei
Committed 32.3 million to the Dong Fang International Container (Hong Kong)
Vard will build an Ocean Energy Construction Vessel for Island Offshore
Trieste
It will be delivered in the first quarter of 2027. Option for two more ships
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
Lombardy among the most virtuous regions in food transport
Milan
Over 50% of the controlled temperature vehicles are matriculated in classes 5 and 6
Positive quarterly economic performance by Wallenius Wilhelmsen
Lysaker / Oslo
Ad Emanuele Grimaldi on 5.12% of the capital of the Höegh Autoliners
In the first three months of 2024, container traffic in New York increased by 11.7%
New York
In March, growth was 22.1% percent
Inaugurated the road of connection with the new areas of the port of Piombino
Plunge
The infrastructure cost 10.1 million euros.
First quarter of the year hardship for Finnlines
Helsinki
Accentuated increase in operating costs
In 2023 the turnover of Fercam decreased by -6%
Bolzano
Established a company in Lithuania
ICTSI recorded record quarterly economic performance
Manila
In the first quarter of this year, the traffic of goods in Albanian ports increased by 3.4% percent
Tirana
Passengers decreased by -1.9%
Speeding up the times to make the port of the Spezia and its retroport the first ZFD
The Spezia
They ask for maritime agents, customs officers and freight forwarders
Air and passenger routing service in the ports of Olbia and Gulf Aranci
Cagliari
It will be managed by the Roman Italpol Fiduciary Services
Decision to drop -15.1% percent of goods in the port of Taranto in the first quarter
Taranto
The loads at the landing decreased by -21.0% and those at the embarkation of -8.7%
This year the national forum for rail freight transport Mercintrain will be held in Padua
Padova
It will take place within the scope of Green Logistics Expo
Inaugurated in Safaga, Egypt, a factory for the construction of tugboats
Safaga
Ten naval units will be carried out for Suez Canal Authority
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
Tomorrow in Livorno a conference on the history of the city port
Livorno
It will be talked about architecture, trade and politics between the XVI and the twentieth century
On April 11, the sixth edition of the "Italian Port Days" will begin.
Rome
Also this year the project has been divided into two sessions : the first in the spring and the second from September 20 to October 20
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Chabahar Port: US says sanctions possible after India-Iran port deal
(BBC News)
Iran says MSC Aries vessel seized for 'violating maritime laws'
(Reuters)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Relazione del presidente Mario Mattioli
Roma, 27 ottobre 2023
››› File
New Italy-Libya-Egypt service of Tarros and Messina
The Spezia / Genoa
It will be inaugurated in mid-June and made with two ships
Tomorrow PSA Venice will open the Venetian terminal to the port community and the city
Venice
Hannibal plans to activate a rail link between Italy, Hungary and Romania
Melzo
Two weekly rotations will be inaugurated by the end of 2024.
Approved the 2023 consuntive budget of the Central Tirreno's AdSP
Naples
Annunziata : the coming years, fundamentals to finalise the European investment of the PNRR
Sensitive increase in the production and sale of CIMC dry boxes
Hong Kong
Chinese firm responds to growth in demand
Approved the consuntive budget 2023 of the AdSP of the South Tyrrhenic and Ionian
Joy Tauro
May 6 meeting at MIT on the future of the Gioia Tauro Port Agency
The 2023 budget of the East Ligure Sea AdSP shows a primary surplus of six million
The Spezia
In the year new investments of around 17 million euros
Cargotec's quarterly net profit to 81.2 million (+ 11.8%)
Helsinki
In the first three months of 2024, revenues fell by -1.7% percent.
The negative trend of the economic performance of the ONE continues, less marked.
The negative trend of the economic performance of the ONE continues, less marked.
Singapore
In the first three months of 2024 the goods in containers carried by the fleet increased by 15.6%
The Genovese Messina has taken delivery of the largest ship in its fleet
Genoa
The "Jolly Verde" is a 6,300-teu container ship
The inclusion of the Civitavecchia port in the Core network of the TEN-T network is final.
Cyvitavecchia
On Wednesday the OK of the European Parliament
In 2023 the goods transported by Rail Cargo Group decreased by -11%
Vienna
Revenue in decline of -1.8%
Sustained quarterly growth of new orders acquired by Wärtsilä
Helsinki
In the first three months of this year, the group's revenues fell by -9.8% percent.
DIS orders two more new tankers LR1
Luxamburgo
New commits at the Jiangsu New Yangzi Shipbuilding Co.
An MSC container ship targeted with missiles and drones in the Gulf of Aden
San'a ' /Portsmouth
No damage to the ship and crew
Approved the consuntive budget 2023 of the Central Adriatic AdSP
Ancona
In the first quarter of 2024 the orders of port means produced by Konecranes fell by -51.6%
Hyvinkää
Grimaldi has taken delivery of the multipurpose ro-ro Great Abidjan
Naples
It is the fourth of six class ships "G5"
Baltimore attributes to owner and operator of the ship Dali the blame for the collapse of the Key Bridge
Baltimore
They would have been established dysfunction to the power supply on board that would cause a blackout
Grimaldi and IMAT have renewed the five-year agreement for the training of crews
Castel Volturno
Focus on new technologies installed on board ships
The quarterly economic performance of DSV is still declining
Hedehusene
In the first quarter of this year, the value of net profit decreased by -27.2%
Approved the consuntive budget 2023 of the AdSP of the Sardinia Sea
Cagliari
An administration surplus of 530 million euros, of which more than 475 tied for works in progress
US imports of dangerous goods have been penalized during the pandemic.
Washington
Survey by the Government Accountability Office
In 2023 CEPIM-Parma's Interport recorded a growth of 6.8% of the value of production
Bianconese of Fontevivo
Net profit di788mila euro (+ 223.2%)
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