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CENTRO ITALIANO STUDI CONTAINERSYEAR XVI - Number 10/98 - OCTOBER 1998

Ports

La situazione dei porti containerizzati: la quiete prima della tempesta

La crescita dei traffici containerizzati si è risollevata leggermente lo scorso anno, raggiungendo il livello del 10% sperimentato nel 1995, rispetto a quello attestato appena sotto il 9% nel 1996. Queste cifre sono state ricavate prima che la crisi finanziaria dell'Estremo Oriente si facesse veramente sentire, tanto che un certo numero di porti di quest'area per quest'anno si aspetta notevoli decrementi; di conseguenza, per il 1998 ci si può attendere un calo quanto alla crescita percentuale. In effetti, la crescita dei porti dell'Estremo Oriente lo scorso anno è stata è stata leggermente al di sotto della media complessiva, attestandosi all'8,8%, per un totale di 64.772 milioni di TEU. L'Europa ha fatto registrare un massiccio aumento del 14%, alimentato dalla crescita dei porti mediterranei, sia del tipo trasbordo che del genere scalo diretto. I principali porti della fascia settentrionale (Rotterdam, Amburgo, Anversa e Bremerhaven) hanno tutti quanti fatto registrare medie attorno al segno del 10% circa. Il traffico europeo complessivo è cresciuto da 27,98 milioni di TEU a 31,6 milioni di TEU.

Traffico containerizzato complessivo 1995-97 dei primi 100 porti containerizzati del mondo

Il Nordamerica (solo U.S.A. e Canada) hanno fatto registrare una crescita appena sopra l'8%, per un totale di 21,73 milioni di TEU. Qualcosa come 11,39 milioni di questi ultimi sono venuti dai porti della costa del Pacifico, che hanno sperimentato una crescita appena superiore al 9%.

Traffico doppio

Un fattore da tenere a mente, quando si esaminano questi dati, è il doppio conteggio del traffico di trasbordo, che è destinato a produrre un effetto distorsivo sulle cifre complessive, data la tendenza verso l'incremento del trasbordo che caratterizza tutto il settore.

Hong Kong continua a tenere a bada Singapore nella battaglia per la supremazia nella classifica mondiale dei porti containerizzati, sebbene il divario si sia ancora accorciato; Hong Kong, difatti, avrà il suo daffare per riuscire a conservare il primo posto fino alla fine del millennio, tenendo altresì conto della sfida apportata dagli altri porti della Cina meridionale, che hanno fatto registrare impressionanti aumenti quanto a risultati, nonché dello sviluppo dei collegamenti diretti tra la Cina e Taiwan.

La crisi finanziaria in Estremo Oriente ha cominciato a farsi sentire davvero verso la fine dello scorso anno, di modo che l'impatto risultate sarà molto più avvertibile nei dati definitivi di quest'anno. La sensazione prevalente è che vi sarà un calo nei traffici interasiatici, un decremento nelle importazioni ed un aumento nelle esportazioni. Mentre i primi due fattori sembrano delle certezze, non è così chiaro quando si potrà concretizzare la crescita attesa. Sicuramente, un certo numero di porti di quest'area prevede un rilevante aumento delle esportazioni.

Nel folto della mischia

Il porto indonesiano di Tanjung Priok è nell'occhio del ciclone per quanto riguarda la crisi asiatica. Lo scalo ha fatto registrare lo scorso anno una crescita del 17%, ma prevede per quest'anno cifre inferiori ai livelli del 1996.

Le importazioni dello scorso anno sono salite di circa il 15% fino a 829.853 TEU, ma per il 1998 ci si aspetta un calo delle importazioni stesse del 21%, con una ulteriore diminuzione del 2% nel 1999. Anche le esportazioni hanno fatto registrare un repentino aumento nel 1997 (20%), ma il calo stimato per il 1998 (circa il 9% per 766.231 TEU), sebbene non sia drammatico come quello delle importazioni, sta comunque ad indicare che le diffuse speranze circa l'aumento delle esportazioni nei porti di tutto l'Estremo Oriente potrebbero dover attendere un po' più a lungo l'effettiva concretizzazione (probabilmente, più tardi della fine di quest'anno). Molto dipenderà da quanto alla svelta le industrie nazionali riusciranno a riprendersi dallo shock iniziale del collasso finanziario ed a trarre vantaggio dalle valute più competitive.

Infatti, Tanjung Priok prevede che la crescita si verificherà nel 1999, con un aumento del 25% delle esportazioni per 953.757 TEU. Questa cifra, tuttavia, dev'essere vista alla luce della continua incertezza nella regione.

In Malaysia, il KCT (Kelang Container Terminal) di Port Klang fa sapere che l'impatto più evidente è stato costituito dalla "significativa riduzione dei volumi d'importazione, così come dalla aumentata attività d'importazione di contenitori vuoti a compenso dello squilibrio". I problemi logistici di squilibrio nei traffici stanno già causando mali di testa ai porti della regione, problema che probabilmente peggiorerà nel caso che la crescita delle esportazioni aumenti il proprio ritmo.

Come Tanjung Priok, il KCT stima che sia le importazioni sia le esportazioni finiranno per diminuire nel 1998, rispettivamente del 24% e del 17%, sebbene il KCT affermi anche che le previsioni "fondate sulle proprie migliori ricerche" in ordine a tutto il porto di Port Klang (vale dire, Westport e KPCT oltre al KCT) mostrano un modesto calo del 2% nelle importazioni ed una crescita del 16% nelle esportazioni per il 1998. Queste previsioni, in particolar modo per quel che riguarda le importazioni, sembrano tuttavia costituire uno scenario del tipo "nel migliore dei casi".

E' improbabile che i problematici porti dell'Asia possano a trovare salvezza in Giappone. Il rallentamento dell'economia nazionale giapponese sta attraversando i principali porti del Paese.

Classifica e risultati in TEU dei primi 100 porti containerizzati del mondo
(dal 1° al 50° posto)
Porto 1997 1996 Cambiamento %
1996/97
1997
Trasbordo
1998 1999
1Hong Kong 14539000 134600008  15265000 
2Singapore 14135200 129439009,2    
3Kaohsiung 5693339 5063048 12,4   5972497 6250722
4Rotterdam 54445000 49710009,5    
5Pusan 5233880 4760507 9,9 1101827 5429000 
6Port of Long Beach 3504603 3067334 14,3   3723000 3955000
7Amburgo 3370000 3054320 10,3    
8Los Angeles 3000000 2700000 11,1    
9Anversa 2969189 2653909 11,9 302000  
10Dubai 2600000 2250000 15,6   2460000 2000000
11Shanghai 2527000 1971000 28,2    
12New York/New Jersey 2456866 2269000 8,3    
13Tokyo 2382625 2311453 3,1   752450 
14Yokohama 2327937 2334433 -0,3    
15Felixtowe 2251379 2064947 9619484  
16Keelung 1981175 2108579 -6  1621222 1621222
17Kobe 1944208 2072315 -6,2    
18San Juan 1781250 1640624 8,6   1.958.343 ** 
19Bremerhaven 1703000 1545000 10,2   1870000 2000000
20Colombo 1687200 1356 24,4 1270400 1870000 1916000
21Port Klang 1684506 1409594 19,5   1800000 
22Tanjung Priok 1670744 1424083 17,3   1418947 1589595
23Algesiras 1537627 1306825 17,6 1294611 1750000 1850000
24Oakland 1531188 1498200 2,2    
25Nagoya 1498137 1469186 1,9    
26Seattle 1475813 1473561 0,2    
27Gioia Tauro 1448531 571951 153,3    
28Manila 1385448 1289682 7,4   1177630 1236510
29Hampton Roads 1232725 1141357 8  1294362 1359080
30Osaka 1200000 1177468 1,9    
31Le Havre 1184729 1020040 16,1   1303202 1420490
32Genova 1179954 825752 42,9 139313  
33Port of Tacoma 1158685 1073529 7,9 1725 1101500 1340500
34Charleston 1151401 1028502 11,9   1450000 1537000
35Bangkok 1099005 1295267 -15,2   1000000 
36Laem Chabang * 1036063728630 42,2 12392 1230000 1390000
37Melbourne 1029194 963404 6,8 25040 1061500 
38Durban 984629 1006872 -2,2   1013183 1042566
39Barcellona 971921 767227 26,6 202280 1015200 1086300
40Tianjin 935000 823000 13,6   1065900 1216500
41Gedda 920861 830448 10,8 185361990000 1023000
42Southampton 891401 806392 10,5 64928900000 1000000
43Montreal 870368 852530 2,1   940000 1010000
44Taichung 841971 694806 21,2 148152 900000 1000000
45Valencia 831510 708332 17,4 97714910000 971000
46Santos/São Paulo 829486772313 7,4   732000 777000
47 Gulftainer/Sharjah 815381 708462 15,1    
48Houston 797713 704010 13,3    
49Sidney 764756 720022 6,2   802993843143
50Miami 761183 706217 7,8   860000950000
Note: * anno fiscale; ** l'anno fiscale è il 1998.

Tokyo ha fatto registrare una modesta crescita del 3,08%, mentre Nagoya ed Osaka hanno assistito ad una crescita ancora minore, dell'ordine del 2%. Yokohama (-0,28%), Kobe (-6,18%) e Kitakyushu (5,03%) tutti quanti hanno assistito ad un declino dei volumi rispetto ai livelli del 1996.

Al contrario, molti porti cinesi hanno sperimentato un anno di grazia nel 1997. Shanghai sta salendo verso i primi 10 posti in classifica con un incremento del 28,2% per 2,5 milioni di TEU. Tianjin ha assistito ad un più modesto incremento del 13% quanto al proprio traffico, mentre Yantian ha fatto registrare una crescita dell'80%.

Sebbene siano entrambi fuori dalla classifica dei primi 100 quest'anno, Shekou (con una crescita del 137% per 213.745 TEU) e Chiwan (con un aumento del 203% sino a raggiungere 150.212 TEU) sicuramente si aggregheranno al "club dei 100" quanto prima.

Continuità europea

In Europa, la maggior parte dei principali porti della fascia Amburgo-Le Havre in genere ha fatto registrare aumenti del 10% circa, per quanto Le Havre (con il 16,15%) e Zeebrugge ((con il 17,97%) si siano attestati leggermente avanti al resto del gruppo, almeno in termini di crescita. La concorrenza in quest'area si intensificherà, tuttavia, quando il molto chiacchierato Ceres Terminal di Amsterdam irromperà sulla scena nel nuovo millennio, con una capacità di 500.000 contenitori/anno.

La sfida apportata da Amsterdam non è solamente del tipo "un altro gallo nel pollaio", dal momento che il gruppo dei principali porti ne è preoccupato. L'innovativa tecnologia di movimentazione, che prevede il servizio alle navi da entrambi i lati di un bacino ad opera di undici gru, darà certamente da pensare ai porti vicini, dato che la Ceres promette ai clienti un minimo di 300 movimentazioni all'ora per nave. Ciò rappresenta grosso modo il doppio di quello che qualche terminal vicino offre. Tuttavia, la sfida finalizzata a far sì che Amsterdam diventi un concorrente dei principali porti nord-europei è certamente di quelle da far tremare i polsi.

A dispetto dei buoni livelli di crescita, i porti del nord sono stati di fatto superati dai loro vicini sud-europei. Il nodo di trasbordo di Gioia Tauro emerge dalla calca con un massiccio incremento di traffico annuo del 153,26% per 1.448.531 TEU. E' probabile che Gioia Tauro, che ha già oltrepassato Genova divenendo il primo porto italiano (almeno, in puri termini di volumi), possa finire per superare Algesiras quest'anno, diventando il principale porto di trasbordo nel Mediterraneo.

In effetti, un buon numero di porti del Mediterraneo ha fatto registrare aumenti di traffico, riflettendo in tal modo sia l'incremento dei traffici di trasbordo sia il successo che i porti dell'Europa meridionale stanno avendo nel tentativo di riguadagnare all'Europa centro-meridionale traffici che in precedenza passavano attraverso i porti del nord. Genova ha fatto registrare un incremento del 42,89% quanto a risultati containerizzati, che in parte dipendono dalla crescita dei traffici presso il (relativamente) nuovo terminal containers di Voltri ed in parte sono dovuti alla summenzionata resurrezione dei porti sud-europei.

Classifica e risultati in TEU dei primi 100 porti containerizzati del mondo
(dal 51° al 100° posto)
Porto 1997 1996 Cambiamento %
1996/97
1997
Trasbordo
1998 1999
51Khorfakkan 750817 655046 14,6   820000 916550
52Vancouver 724000 617000 17,3    
53Buenos Aires 720247 530346 35,8 12540792271 871498
54Port Everglades * 719326 7012722,6   724900 806100
55Pireo 683969 575256 18,9 170189 887000984000
56Jacksonville 675196 613448 10,1   700000 
57Haifa 669000 548000 22,1 759000 827000 
58Kingston 654523 567580 15,3   700000 735000
59Zeebrugge 648153 549422 17,9   745375 834820
60Yantian Int Cont Term 638000 353500 80,5    
61Marsiglia 621580 547667 13,5    
62La Spezia 615000 871000 -23,4 64000 680000750000
63Damietta 604176 585940 3,1 538641329416 
64Mumbai * 601289 5834153 8656 636000 
65Malta 600000 593013 1,1   900000 
66Manzanillo 581775 352362 65,1 316047 840000900000
67Fujairah 550000 555568-1   
68Göteborg 531000 488000 8,8   552000574000
69Penang 506863 454765 11,5 966  
70Savannah * 504740 650636 -22,4   546670 
71Livorno 501146 416622 20,3 12528540000 580000
72Baltimora 476012 474638 0,3    
73Auckland * 464056 405092 14,6    
74Dalian 461496 420751 9,7 8063  
75Liverpool 460000 414000 11,1    
76Halifax 459176 392273 17,1 49267  
77Honolulu 453044 477776 -5,2    
78Puerto Limon 431152 397007 8,6    
79Johor 429448 377890 13,6   460000 
80Nhava Sheva * 423148339136 24,8 22707 504149 575000
81Kitakyushu 409753 431443-5   
82Tilbury 398000 397000 0,3    
83Thamesport 396000 344600 14,9    
84Helsinki 393503 3678807  400000 400000
85Smirne 388172 345924 12,2   158850 410000
86Cabello 385107 24523457 62519  
87Dublino 381700 327800 16,4 500 427000 465000
88Guayaquil 375878 323657 16,1   390000 400000
89Dammam 358935 307184 16,8   373247 387541
90Hakata 342550 309268 10,8    
91Bilbao 340059 300374 13,2    
92Lisbona 333028 309189 7,7   364230395550
93Haydarpasa 330151 329160 0,3   141396370000
94Las Palmas 322920 300391 7,5    
95Ashdod 318955 297066 7,4 27288 280000 292000
96San Antonio 318640 257867 23,6 26545339000 372000
97Città del Capo * 317986318822 -0,3 49480 319259 346631
98Shimizu 298486 256746 16,3   302000 303000
99Portland 294930 302171 -2,4   296000 302000
100Veracruz 287600 19698446   
TOTALE 139484467 126256564    
Note: * anno fiscale.

Altri porti di questa regione che hanno fatto registrare risultati notevoli sono stati il nodo di Algesiras (17,6%) con 1.537.627 TEU, il più alto (anche qui, in puri termini di volumi) del Mediterraneo. Anche i porti mercantili tradizionali stanno facendo bene, tanto che Barcellona ha assistito ad una crescita del 26,68% dei volumi dell'anno finanziario. Pure Livorno, Valencia e (in grado leggermente minore) Marsiglia hanno fatto registrare una fiorente crescita a doppia cifra.

Altri arrivi

Anche se la crescita dei nodi di trasbordo non sembra aver avuto eccessivo impatto sui porti del Mediterraneo Occidentale, ci si può aspettare una ulteriore concorrenza dai nodi di trasbordo con l'ingresso sulla scena del MITH di Cagliari e, in prospettiva più lunga, allorquando il porto marocchino di Tangeri (situato in buona posizione al crocevia dei principali traffici est-ovest/nord-sud) entrerà nella mischia.

Al contrario di Gioia Tauro ed Algesiras, Malta lo scorso anno ha dovuto subire una certa stagnazione, attestandosi a circa 600.000 TEU. La Spezia ha assistito ad un deludente calo del 30% circa in seguito alla perdita di alcuni importanti clienti. Anche Limassol sembra in non buone condizioni nella "guerra dei nodi" del Mediterraneo, dato il massiccio calo del 40,47% nei suoi traffici dello scorso anno.

Altrove nel Mediterraneo orientale, sono stati conseguiti alcuni notevoli progressi, tra cui quelli del Pireo (18,9%) e Smirne (12,21%), sebbene la crescita di Haydarpasa si sia virtualmente arrestata dopo la buona annata del 1996.

In Nordamerica, i porti della California meridionale se la sono passata bene, dato che Long Beach ha conservato la propria posizione di numero uno del Nordamerica con una crescita del 14,26% che l'ha portato a superare la soglia dei 3,5 milioni di TEU. Los Angeles ha raggiunto i 3 milioni di TEU con una crescita dell'11%.

Il quadro è meno roseo se si risale la costa, poiché Oakland e Seattle hanno fatto registrare crescite rispettivamente del 2,2% e dello 0,15% appena, anche se Tacoma ha visto un aumento dei traffici del 7%. La stella della parte settentrionale della costa nordamericana del Pacifico, tuttavia, si è dimostrata senza dubbio Vancouver, che ha visto una crescita del 17,34% nei risultati, per lo più grazie alla nuova infrastruttura del Deltaport.

Gran parte dei porti della Costa Orientale nordamericana ha assistito ad una crescita dell'ordine del 7-12%, con poche eccezioni (segnatamente, Savannah che ha fatto registrare un calo del 22% per appena poco più di mezzo milione di TEU). Halifax ha superato la maggior parte dei propri rivali con una crescita del 17%.

I latini non danno tregua

Una caratteristica notevole di quest'anno è costituita dal rilievo assunto dai porti latino-americani. Anche se il principale porto della regione, Santos/São Paulo, ha assistito ad una crescita relativamente modesta del 7%, altri porti hanno sfidato la Cina ed il Mediterraneo per il titolo di regione più dinamica. In effetti, le prestazioni di Santos dovrebbero migliorare con la privatizzazione ed il conseguente sviluppo della produttività.

In Argentina, Buenos Aires si è avvicinata al gruppo dei 50 porti più grandi con una crescita del 36% per un risultato di 720.247 TEU. Non molto indietro si è attestato lo scalo panamense di Manzanillo, con una crescita del 65% per un risultato di 581.775 TEU. Cabello ha registrato un aumento (del 57% per 385.107 TEU), così come Cartagena (+63% per 231.549 TEU) e Veracruz (46% per 287.600 TEU). Rio de Janeiro è rimasto fuori dai primi 100 porti malgrado una crescita del 19%, ma ha progetti ambiziosi per il futuro.

In Medio Oriente, Dubai, Gedda, Sharjah (Gulftainer) e Khorfakkan hanno tutti quanti assistito ad una crescita a doppia cifra, sebbene Fujairah abbia smentito la linea di tendenza con una diminuzione dell'1% nei traffici. Fino a che punto i nuovi centri di trasbordo in corso di costruzione ad Aden e Salalah comporteranno effetti sui volumi di questi porti, diverrà chiaro solo nei prossimi anni. Nel sub-continente indiano, sia Colombo che Nhava Sheva hanno assistito ad una crescita al di sopra della media (rispettivamente, 24% e 19%9, sebbene Mumbai abbia fatto registrare un aumento molto più modesto del 3%.
(da: Cargo Systems, Top 100 Container Ports Supplement, luglio 1998)

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In the period April-June 2025 the fleet transported 10.6 million linear meters of rolling stock (-0.4%)
Ammonia and methanol are ready to decarbonize shipping, but some obstacles to their use must be removed.
New record quarterly results for the American cruise group Viking
New record quarterly results for the American cruise group Viking
Los Angeles
The April-June period closed with a net profit of 439.2 million dollars (+182.2%)
Container traffic in the port of Barcelona grew by 1.8% last month.
Barcelona
202,321 TEUs handled at loading and unloading (+10.4%) and 142,492 TEUs in transit (-8.3%)
In the second quarter of 2025, freight traffic in the Port of Hamburg grew by +4%
In the second quarter of 2025, freight traffic in the Port of Hamburg grew by +4%
Hamburg
Sharp increase in transshipment container volumes (+26%)
Norway's Xeneta has bought Denmark's eeSea
Oslo
Both companies provide data and information for the optimization of containerized maritime transport
In the April-June quarter, freight traffic in Tunisian ports decreased by -3.8%
La Goulette
In the first six months of 2025, 13.8 million tonnes were handled (-3.2%)
Port of Koper sets new quarterly records for containers and rolling stock
Ljubljana
In the period April-June, 5.6 million tons of goods were moved (-4.1%)
Port of Los Angeles hits record monthly container traffic
Los Angeles
Over one million TEUs were handled in July (+8.5%)
Hapag-Lloyd reports second quarter increases of +2.0% in revenues and +12.4% in containers transported by the fleet
Hapag-Lloyd reports second quarter increases of +2.0% in revenues and +12.4% in containers transported by the fleet
Hamburg
Net profit fell by -39.4%
Evergreen reports an 18.7% drop in quarterly revenues
Taipei
The April-June period closed with a net profit decrease of -62.9%
South Korean company HMM's revenues fell by 1.5% in the second quarter.
Seoul
Trump announces rejection of IMO's shipping decarbonization program
Washington
The proposed framework - it is denounced - is in effect a global carbon tax that affects Americans and is imposed by an irresponsible United Nations organization.
Taiwanese companies Yang Ming and Wan Hai Lines reported negative results in the second quarter.
Taiwanese companies Yang Ming and Wan Hai Lines reported negative results in the second quarter.
Keelung/Taipei
In the period April-June, revenues decreased by -26.5% and -8.7% respectively
Cruise traffic at Global Ports Holding terminals grew by 6.0% in the second quarter
Istanbul
In the first six months of 2025, an increase of +16.7% was recorded
In the period April-June, cargo traffic in Croatian ports decreased by -4.0%
Zagreb
Cruise passengers grow by +5.4%
Container traffic at US ports is expected to plummet in the second half of this year.
Washington/Long Beach
In July, the Port of Long Beach handled 944,000 TEUs (+7.0%)
ThyssenKrupp shareholders approve spin-off of ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems
Eat
The company will be listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange
WTO: Measured responses have cushioned the impact of tariffs in 2025, but risks remain high for 2026.
WTO: Measured responses have cushioned the impact of tariffs in 2025, but risks remain high for 2026.
Geneva
Global trade in goods is expected to grow by 0.9% this year
Hupac will increase the number of weekly rotations between Busto Arsizio and Basel from five to eight
Noise
Increase in attendance from September 1st
From January 1st, new bunkering regulations will apply in the ports of Rotterdam and Antwerp.
Rotterdam
The barges must be equipped with flow meters
Maersk reports higher quarterly revenue, lower earnings
Maersk reports higher quarterly revenue, lower earnings
Copenhagen
Terminals and logistics have made a positive contribution. Container shipping benefits from demurrage revenues.
The CIPESS has approved the final project for the bridge over the Strait of Messina.
Rome
Construction will begin this year and the project will be completed in 2032.
DHL Group revenues fell by 3.9% in the second quarter
DHL Group revenues fell by 3.9% in the second quarter
Bonn
Significant reduction in shipments from China and Hong Kong to the US due to Trump's abolition of the de minimis regime
Commander Claudio Tomei, USCLAC president from 2012 to 2024, has passed away.
Viareggio
His strong commitment to improving the working conditions of Italian seafarers
In the first quarter of 2025, cargo traffic in Greek ports grew by +1.4%
Piraeus
Passengers down by -1.1%
HD Hyundai Samho Orders Four New Container Ships
Seoul
Order worth approximately 468 million dollars
Trieste: Fraudulent bankruptcy in the shipbuilding sector
Trieste
Investigation into a company based in Palermo
Container traffic in the port of Hong Kong fell by 7.4% in August.
Hong Kong
In the first eight months of 2025 the decline was -3.8%
Container traffic at the port of Singapore continued to decline in August
Singapore
Total volume of goods increased by +1.1%
BigLift Shipping and CY Shipping order two additional heavy lift vessels
Amsterdam
Order placed at Chinese shipyard Jing Jiang Nanyang Shipbuilding Co.
The Charthage ferry was placed under administrative detention in the port of Genoa
Genoa
A Coast Guard inspection found numerous deficiencies
Disney Cruise Line's largest ship's debut delayed by three months
Lake Buena Vista
Construction delays force the maiden voyage to be postponed until March 10th.
Shell to supply liquefied biomethane to Hapag-Lloyd containerships
Hamburg
Agreement effective immediately
Andrea Zoratti has been appointed general manager of Hub Telematica
Genoa
The company is controlled by Assagenti and Spediporto
Jotun and Messina sign agreement to improve the environmental and commercial performance of ships.
Genoa
The "Jolly Rosa" vessel will use the Hull Skating Solutions solution
PSA Genova Pra' announces the hiring of 25 people dedicated to container handling.
Genoa
Ferrari: International markets have changed profoundly
CMA CGM will not apply surcharges for new US taxes on Chinese vessels and Chinese services
Marseille
The rates announced by the USTR in April will apply from October 14th.
South Korean HJ Shipbuilding wins orders for four 8,850 TEU containerships
Busan
Orders with a total value of approximately 461 million dollars
Conference: "Waiting and Delays in Road Transport: Logistics in Check"
Genoa
Organized by Trasportounito, it will be held on September 26th in Genoa
GNV has inaugurated a new office in Barcelona
Barcelona
The company currently has 52 employees throughout Spain.
Port of Trieste: EU funding for two new projects
Trieste
Resources with a total value of 1.7 million euros
Filt Cgil, the Flotilla incident is serious. Dockworkers are ready to mobilize.
Rome
Union announces action if aid is not allowed to reach Gaza
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
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Arrival ports by:
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In the first eight months of 2025, container traffic in the port of Gioia Tauro grew by +10.6%
Gioia Tauro
2,912,943 TEUs were handled
Stena Line to buy Latvian port operator Terrabalt
Gothenburg
It handles rolling stock, bulk cargo, and general cargo traffic in the port of Liepaja.
Meyer Turku begins construction of Royal Caribbean's fourth "Icon"-class cruise ship
Miami/Turku
It will be delivered in 2027
More than one in ten maritime shipments has shortages
Washington
This is what a report by the World Shipping Council has revealed, highlighting the safety risks
Last July, traffic in the port of Ravenna increased by +3.8%
Ravenna
In the first seven months of 2025, growth was +5.4%
In the first quarter of 2025, freight traffic in Belgian ports fell by -3.2%.
Brussels
Landings down 1.3% and embarkations down 5.4%
Product tanker High Fidelity rescues 38 migrants on a drifting dinghy
Rome
Intervention in the south of the island of Crete
GES and RINA sign agreement to develop a prototype of a new hydrogen battery
Rovereto/Genoa
PSA's second phase of container terminal at Mumbai Port inaugurated
Singapore
Annual traffic capacity will increase to 4.8 million TEUs
The conference "EU ETS - Perspectives and Opportunities for Decarbonization in the Maritime Sector" will be held in Palermo.
Rome
It will be held on September 18th and 19th
Fincantieri and PGZ sign an agreement to support the modernization of the Polish Navy
Trieste
The third LSS section for Chantiers de l'Atlantique was launched in Castellammare di Stabia.
In the US, funding for wind energy development projects in ports is being cut.
Washington
Resources worth $679 million will be reallocated for port infrastructure upgrades
From January 1st, Kombiverkehr will operate the PKV intermodal terminal in the port of Duisburg.
Frankfurt am Main
It has a traffic capacity of approximately 200 thousand intermodal units per year.
Wallenius Marine and ABB form Overseas joint venture
Stockholm
The aim is to accelerate the launch of the platform of the same name for improving fleet performance.
DHL eCommerce has acquired a minority stake in Saudi Arabia's AJEX Logistics Services.
Bonn/Riyadh
The Middle Eastern company has two thousand employees
The Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport has asked the Region to agree on the appointment of Bagalà as president of the Sardinian Port Authority.
Rome
He is currently the extraordinary commissioner of the same body
CMPort's port terminals handled record container traffic in the second quarter
Hong Kong
In the first six months of 2025 the total was 78.8 million TEUs (+4.3%)
Confitarma approves the decree on advanced training for tanker seafarers.
Rome
Applause to the General Command of the Port Authority Corps
Quarterly freight traffic in Moroccan ports increases
Tangier/Casablanca
In Tanger Med the growth was +17%
The board of directors of the Genoa-based Ente Bacini has been renewed.
Genoa
President Alessandro Arvigo and CEO Maurizio Anselmo
In the second quarter, sales of dry containers produced by CIMC fell by -33%.
Hong Kong
Reefer boats increase by 57%
The Grimaldi Group has taken delivery of the Grande Shanghai
Naples
It will be used for the transport of vehicles between East Asia and Northern Europe
Chinese automaker FAW ships components to Europe by train
Changchun
Transit time reduced to 18 days compared to 45 days for maritime transport
The ART urges to verify that the investment plan and the related amortization period are consistent with the duration of the port concessions.
Turin
Opinions regarding the concession extensions requested by the Neapolitan companies So.Te.Co. and Co.Na.Te.Co.
The assets and fleet of the Spanish Armas Trasmediterránea will be sold to Baleària and DFDS
Las Palmas/Dénia/Copenhagen
Two agreements worth €215 million and €40 million respectively have been signed.
Italian State Railways (FS), investing €70 million to install the ERTMS system.
Rome
Work has been completed on 382 Trenitalia trains, while the retrofitting of 60 locomotives from Mercitalia Rail, an FS Logistix company, is underway.
MPC Container Ships' quarterly revenue returns to growth
The second quarter of 2025 was closed with a net profit of 78.1 million dollars (+20.5%)
Plans to build two container customs areas north and south of the Suez Canal
Cairo
Fourteen of the 48 abandoned shipwrecks in Catania port have been removed.
Catania
The activity will be replicated in the port of Augusta
The Regional Administrative Court (TAR) has confirmed the validity of the tender for the new Ravano Terminal in the port of La Spezia.
La Spezia
DP World's port terminals handled record quarterly container traffic
Dubai
Revenues grew by 22.2% in the first half of 2025
In the quarter April-June the volume of rolling stock transported by Höegh Autoliners increased by +9.0%
Oslo
Sharp increase (+46.6%) of vehicles from Asia
South Korea's HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering acquires Vietnam's Doosan Enerbility
Seongnam
It manages an industrial area with its own port facility
Container traffic in the port of Algeciras grew by 6.6% in July
Algeciras
In the first seven months of 2025, a decrease of -2.9% was recorded
In July, the port of Valencia handled 488,000 containers (+6.7%)
Valencia
Increase driven by growth in empty containers
Salvini has appointed Annalisa Tardino as extraordinary commissioner of the Western Sicilian Sea Port Authority.
Rome/Palermo
The President of the Sicilian Region announces the appeal against the provision
The materials dredged in the ports of La Spezia and Carrara will be used for the construction of the new breakwater in Genoa.
Genoa/La Spezia
Agreement between the two Ligurian Port System Authorities
X-Press Feeders denounces authorities' failure to acknowledge responsibility in the X-Press Pearl accident
Singapore
According to the company, the Supreme Court ruling ignores international maritime law
Cargo traffic in Russian ports remained stable in July
St. Petersburg
In the first seven months of 2025, loads decreased by -4.6%
Container traffic in the port of Hong Kong decreased by -6.5% in July
Hong Kong
A decline of -3.7% was recorded in the first seven months of 2025
In July, the Port of Singapore set a new all-time record for monthly container traffic with 3.9 million TEUs.
Singapore
In terms of weight, containerized cargo decreased by -3.6%
Compensation to be paid by the Civitavecchia Port Authority in the Fincosit case has been set at €1.5 million.
Civitavecchia
Latrofa: The ruling allows the release of set-aside sums that have frozen the budget for years.
Germany's HHLA posts record quarterly revenue
Hamburg
In the second quarter, the group's port terminals handled 3.2 million containers (+7.9%)
In the first half of 2025, CK Hutchison's port terminals handled 44 million containers (+4.0%)
Hong Kong
In the quarter April-June the Wallenius Wilhelmsen fleet transported 14.8 million cubic meters of rolling stock (-0.5%)
Lysaker
Revenues down by -0.7%
In the second quarter, Montenegro's ports handled 670 thousand tons of goods (+0.6%)
Podgorica
Volumes with Italy amounted to 154 thousand tons (+53.1%)
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
Conference: "Waiting and Delays in Road Transport: Logistics in Check"
Genoa
Organized by Trasportounito, it will be held on September 26th in Genoa
The conference "EU ETS - Perspectives and Opportunities for Decarbonization in the Maritime Sector" will be held in Palermo.
Rome
It will be held on September 18th and 19th
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Korean Firms Reassess U.S. Investments After Mass Immigration Raid
(The Korea Bizwire)
Russia's infrastructure development plan aims to build 17 marine terminals by 2036
(Interfax)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Intervento del presidente Tomaso Cognolato
Roma, 19 giugno 2025
››› File
With the arrival of the first container ship, the testing of operational procedures at the Rijeka Gateway begins.
The Hague
The first commercial ship is expected on September 12th
A proposal to bring the port of Taranto back onto global container routes? Start a discussion table.
Taranto
Meeting on the status of freight traffic
Port of Ancona: Tender for demolition of fire-damaged Tubimar warehouses
Ancona
The expected duration of the works is four and a half months
Merger of the German MACS and Hugo Stinnes, both active in the MPP vessel segment
Hamburg/Rostock
Stinnes headquarters in Rostock to close by December 31
In the second quarter, freight traffic in Albanian ports grew by +2.9%
Tirana
There were 331 thousand passengers (+13.6%)
A.SPE.DO, operationalizing the Smart Terminal to increase the competitiveness of the port of La Spezia.
La Spezia
ING loans to Premuda for over 100 million dollars
Milan
Funds for the management buyout and the purchase of two product tankers
Sallaum Lines has taken delivery of the first of six Ocean-class dual-fuel PCTCs
Rotterdam
The ship was completed four months ahead of schedule
First meeting of the new Management Committee of the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority
Genoa
Several measures approved, including those for CULMV and CULP staff
Euroports to operate a new liquid bulk terminal in the French port of Port-La Nouvelle
Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht
It is expected to become operational in 2026
In the second quarter, freight traffic in the port of Ravenna increased by +2.6%
Ravenna
Growth of 0.6% was recorded in June. An increase of 4.8% is expected in July.
OsserMare presents five reports on the marine economy
Rome
They focus on a specific sector supply chain or aspect of it
Port of Naples: Road haulage operations resume
Naples
Resolution meeting between institutions, operators and trade associations
ICTSI again reports record quarterly financial and operating results
Manila
Global Ship Lease Reports Record Quarterly Revenue
Athens
In the April-June period, net profit was 95.4 million dollars (+8.4%)
Vard receives new order from North Star for two hybrid SOVs
Trieste
Contract worth between 100 and 200 million euros
The Panama Shipping Registry will no longer accept the registration of oil tankers and bulk carriers over 15 years old.
Panama
Measure to counter the use of the shadow fleet
Danaos Corporation reports record quarterly revenue
Athens
The April-June period closed with a net profit of 130.9 million (-7.3%)
New customs fast corridor between the port of La Spezia and Interporto Padova
Padua
It adds to the other three already active on the same route
ICTSI to operate Indonesia's Batu Ampar Container Terminal
Manila
It is located on Batam Island
Pino Musolino has been appointed CEO of the Alilauro shipping company.
Naples
He replaces the resigning Eliseo Cuccaro
In the second quarter, DIS' time charter revenues fell by -37.1%.
Luxembourg
Net income was $19.6 million (-70.5%)
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