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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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They are destined to the companies Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania Cruises and Regent Seven Seas Cruises
Hapag-Lloyd and ZIM have agreed a merger agreement
Haifa/Hamburg
The German company will shell out up to $2.5 billion
America's Maritime Action Plan proposes a new tax on foreign-built ships from any nation entering U.S. ports.
Washington
It would be used to fund the new Maritime Security Trust Fund
Hapag-Lloyd to acquire Israeli ZIM
Hamburg
The German company will be responsible for international operations, while those in and with Israel will be assigned to the Tel Aviv-based private equity firm FIMI Opportunity Funds.
Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem leaves DP World after Epstein's involvement
Dubai
It Kazim appointed president and Yuvraj Narayan managing director
Eurogate and APM Terminals will invest a billion euros for the development of the North Sea Terminal Bremerhaven
Bremen/The Hague
CK Hutchison threatens appeals against APM Terminals if it will assume the management of the Panamanian ports of Cristóbal and Balboa
Hong Kong
Tomorrow will be inaugurated the new container terminal of transhipment of Damietta
Bremen/Melzo
Its ability to annual traffic will rise up to 3,3 million teu
Fincantieri presents an industrial plan that foresees the doubling of the production capacity of military vessels in Italian shipyards
Milan
For civil production, a reallocation of volumes to Romanian shipyards and an expansion in Vietnam are planned.
Fincantieri and Generative Bionics sign agreement to develop humanoid welding robots.
Trieste/Genoa
The first tests at the Sestri Ponente shipyard are scheduled for the end of this year
Slight increase in annual freight traffic handled by Croatian ports
Zagreb
Sharp drop in dry bulk offset by increase in liquid cargoes and record containers
The Grendi group expects to close 2025 with a record turnover of 158 million euros (+33%)
Genoa
Revenues increased by 10%, net of the effect of the acquisition of Dario Perioli.
South Korean HMM's quarterly and annual performances were negative.
South Korean HMM's quarterly and annual performances were negative.
Seoul
In 2025 the container fleet transported 3.94 million TEUs (+3.2%)
Offer to acquire European express courier InPost
Amsterdam/Luxembourg
It was submitted by a consortium comprising Advent International (37%), FedEx (37%), A&R Investments (16%) and PPF Group (10%)
Transocean and Valaris sign merger agreement
Steinhausen/Hamilton
The new company will have a fleet of 73 offshore vessels, including 33 ultra-deepwater drillships
Hapag-Lloyd expects to close the 2025 financial year with a 61% decline in operating profit.
Hamburg
Record loads transported by the fleet, growing by +8%.
FS establishes a company specializing in transport and infrastructure consultancy
London
The new company is based in London
Maritime traffic in the Suez Canal fell by 3.4% last year.
Maritime traffic in the Suez Canal fell by 3.4% last year.
Cairo
Growth of +9.0% in the fourth quarter alone. In December, transits increased by +13.1%.
The simplification law, rather than making things easier, complicates the lives of ship captains and burdens them with additional operational and legal responsibilities.
Genoa
BYD and Automar reach agreement for vehicle traffic through the port of Gioia Tauro.
Schiedam
The goal is to serve the central-southern Italian market.
Maersk Group announces 15% ground-based job cuts
Maersk Group announces 15% ground-based job cuts
Copenhagen
The quarterly and annual financial results are impacted by the reduction in the value of maritime freight rates.
In 2025, container traffic in the ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado Ligure reached a historic record of almost three million TEUs
Genoa
Cruise passengers increased by 6.1%; ferry passengers decreased by 4.0%.
Busan Port has again set its all-time record for annual container throughput.
Busan
Last year the total was 24.88 million TEUs (+2.0%)
Panama Ports Company has initiated arbitration proceedings against the Republic of Panama
Panama
Extensive damage reported and state authorities' reluctance to respond to repeated requests for confrontation
In 2025, freight traffic in Sardinia's ports grew by +3.0%
Cagliari
Slight decline in cruise passengers contained by the launch of home ports in Cagliari and Olbia
Freight traffic in the port of Barcelona to remain stable in 2025
Barcelona
In the fourth quarter alone, 16.7 million tonnes were handled (+4.5%)
Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd bring back India/Middle East-Mediterranean service via Suez
In 2025, ships transiting the Panama Canal increased by +14.1%
In 2025, ships transiting the Panama Canal increased by +14.1%
Panama
The ports of the Central American nation handled 9,915,357 containers (+3.6%)
Last year, container traffic in the port of Tangier Med reached a record 11.1 million TEUs (+8.4%)
Last year, container traffic in the port of Tangier Med reached a record 11.1 million TEUs (+8.4%)
Anjra
New all-time high in total goods
In 2025, Turkish ports handled a record traffic of 553.3 million tonnes of cargo (+4.0%)
Ankara
Container traffic in Italy reached a new all-time high of 678,715 TEUs (+9.8%). Ship traffic through the Bosphorus Strait declined.
APM Terminals will take over the interim management of the Panamanian ports of Cristóbal and Balboa.
Panama
President Mulino urged Panama Ports Company to cooperate fully in view of this new phase
New crop of historic records harvested by Chinese ports
New crop of historic records harvested by Chinese ports
Beijing
In 2025, maritime ports handled 11.63 billion tons of goods (+3.7%)
PPC denounces the contradictory nature of the ruling by the Supreme Court of Justice of Panama with respect to the current legal framework
Balboa
The company does not exclude the possibility of resorting to national and international legal action
Lukoil signs agreement with US-based Carlyle to sell the Russian group's international assets
Fly
The transaction will need to be authorized by the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control.
Panama's Supreme Court of Justice declares the law on the concession contract with the Panama Ports Company unconstitutional.
Panama
Last year, PPC port terminals handled 3.9 million containers
2025 record for the American cruise group Viking Holdings
Los Angeles
Revenues grew by +21.9%
UECC has ordered China Merchants Jinling to build two PCTCs
Oslo
They will have a capacity of 3,000 CEUs and will be taken into delivery in 2028.
Kuehne+Nagel plans more significant staff cuts
Schindellegi
Worsening economic results in the fourth quarter of 2025
Public notice from the Northern Tyrrhenian Sea Port Authority to select the new Secretary General
Livorno
The procedure is not competitive in nature and no selection process is foreseen.
KKCG Maritime publishes a partial tender offer to increase its stake in Ferretti from 14.5% to 29.9%.
Milan/Hong Kong/Prague
The offer is not aimed at delisting the shares
Norovirus outbreak on second Holland America Line cruise ship
Hong Kong
65 passengers and 11 crew members of the "Westerdam" were injured.
SOS LOGistica, allocating only 10% of the €590 million for road transport to zero-emission vehicles is self-destructive.
Rome/Milan
Texts: talking today about a heavy BEV market that "takes off" remains a mirage
The first U212NFS submarine is being laid down at Fincantieri's Muggiano shipyard.
Trieste
The delivery of the first unit is scheduled for 2029
A new tender has been published for railway shunting in the ports of Savona and Vado Ligure.
Genoa
The tender base amount is 14.8 million euros
China's LC Logistics orders two new 11,000-TEU containerships
Hong Kong
Order with a total value of 236 million dollars
Palumbo Superyachts to build new metal shipbuilding hub in Ortona
Ortona
Concession area in the Abruzzo port
Kuehne+Nagel acquires the road transport business of German firm Lohmöller
Schindellegi
In 2024 they had generated a turnover of approximately 23.5 million euros
Fincantieri delivered the ultra-luxury cruise yacht Four Seasons I in Ancona
Trieste
The Navis Sapiens program also debuts with the ship
Rolls-Royce posts record annual financial performance
London
Revenues increased by 12.2% last year
Nearly 12 million tonnes of CO2 avoided in 2025 for vessels coated with Jotun products
Muggia
Estimated fuel cost savings of approximately $2 billion
In 2025, intermodal traffic handled by Interporto Padova amounted to 381,031 TEUs (-7.5%)
Padua
Record production value recorded
In 2025, the Nola interport handled 2,000 trains
Nola
A 50% increase is expected in 2026
A Livorno port pilot loses his life in a collision
Livorno
The dynamics of the accident are still under investigation.
Study on alternative marine fuels as potential marine pollutants and the effectiveness of response measures
Lisbon
It was commissioned by the European Maritime Safety Agency
The first in-person meeting of the international working group "Cruises & Port Cities" will take place in Taranto.
Taranto/La Spezia
Pisano (AdSP Liguria Orientale): the relationship between the city and the port is strategic, particularly in relation to cruise traffic
G20 merchandise trade trend to fluctuate in the fourth quarter of 2025
Paris
Trade in services is growing
Extension of incentives for rail freight shunting in ports
Rome
Paper (Fermerci): the sector, however, continues to suffer as demonstrated by the overall data for 2025
MPC Container Ships revenues decreased by -4.3% in 2025
Oslo
Net income was $236.4 million (-11.4%)
Saipem has been awarded a further offshore contract in Saudi Arabia
Milan
Order worth approximately 500 million dollars
The new offices of the Eastern Sicily Port Authority have been inaugurated in the port of Pozzallo.
Pozzallo
Contract worth approximately 750 thousand euros
Finmar appointed agent in Italy for United Global Ro-Ro
Genoa
Two services scheduled with stops at the port of Genoa
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Contract awarded for the expansion of the San Cataldo Pier in the port of Bari
Bari
They will be carried out by the Rti Fincantieri Infrastructure Opere Marittime, Boskalis Italia, Zeta and e-Marine
The digital registry of maritime workers and the digital navigation booklet are law
Genoa
Article 11 of Legislative Decree 19/2026 establishes AGEMAR
DB Cargo plans to cut around 6,000 jobs
Berlin
Negotiations with employee representatives to begin soon
In 2025, containers transported by RCL's fleet increased by +8.8%
Bangkok
Revenues from this activity grew by +5.2%
Regarding Tardini's nomination as president of the Western Sicily Port Authority, Salvini and Schifani have (for now) buried the hatchet.
Palermo
Annual container traffic grows by 5.4% at HHLA port terminals
Hamburg
Record revenues expected at 1.76 billion euros (+9.9%)
Container traffic at the Port of New York is expected to grow by 2.3% in 2025.
New York
Significant increase in full containers for export
Politics and Assiterminal celebrate the extension of the port bonus
Rome/Genoa
Ferrari: understood the value of the planning behind the reformulation of the law
Container traffic at the port of Hong Kong decreased by -3.2% in January
Hong Kong
1.13 million TEUs were handled
Costamare secures $940 million in revenue from the charter of 12 container ships
Monk
Cargo traffic at the port of Singapore grew by 13.0% last month.
Singapore
Containers amounted to 3,892,370 TEUs (+11.3%)
CMA CGM has ordered six 1,700 TEU LNG containerships from Cochin Shipyard.
Marseille
By the end of the year, the number of Indian seafarers on board the French group's ships will rise to 1,500.
Filt Cgil, meeting on the importance of Article 17 of Law 84/94
Rome
It will be held tomorrow in Rome at the Frentani Congress Center
Britta Weber has been appointed as the new chief executive officer of the Hupac Group.
Noise
He is the current vice president of UPS Healthcare for Europe and Asia.
Saipem to acquire mobile offshore drilling unit for $272.5 million
Milan
Agreement with Norwegian Deep Value Driller
The 59th edition of the San Giorgio Award will be held in Genoa on February 20th.
Genoa
The Targa San Giorgio will be awarded to Gian Enzo Duci
Filt Cgil appeals against Cartour's authorization to carry out lashing and unlashing operations.
Medlog inaugurates a logistics park at Dammam's King Abdulaziz Port
Geneva
It occupies an area of over 100 thousand square meters
Manageritalia and Assologistica sign the renewal of the Ccnl managers of the logistics
Rome
Monthly gross earnings increase at 750 Euros in three tranche
Subscribed a binding agreement for the acquisition of Qube by Macquarie Asset Management
Sydney
It was unanimously approved by the Australian logistic group Cda
Meyer Turku completed the design of a cruise ship to zero net emissions
Turku
The main fuel is biomethanol
Last year the turnover of Kalmar grew by +1%
Helsinki
Operating income, net profit and new orders in increase respective of +26%, +28% and +8%
Terminal Investment Limited puts hands on the Peruvian port of Pisco
Lima
Acquired the Portuario de Paracas Terminal
Assagenti urges a more constant and timely information on the progress of the work of the new dam of Genoa
Grimaldi has taken delivery of the Grande Michigan
Naples
It is the eighth Pure Car and Truck Carrier ammonia ready of the Neapolitan group
Meeting between the presidents of the Maritime Federation and Assoporti
Rome
Mario Mattioli and Roberto Petri addressed the main issues of the maritime cluster
Morocco's Marsa Maroc participates in the development of the port of Monrovia
Casablanca
Contract for the management of two docks and the construction of a multipurpose terminal
South Korea's Pan Ocean buys ten VLCCs from compatriot SK Shipping
Seoul
Transaction valued at approximately $668 million
Stefano Messina has been confirmed as president of Assarmatori
Rome
He will also lead the shipowners' association in the four-year period 2026-2030
Roberto Mantovanelli has been appointed Secretary General of the Northern Adriatic Port Authority.
Venice
The 2026-2028 Three-Year Operational Plan for the Ports of Venice and Chioggia has been approved.
In 2025, Albanian ports handled a record traffic of 8.2 million tons of goods (+6.2%)
Tirana
A new peak in passengers also amounted to 1.7 million units (+6.4%)
WASS (Fincantieri) has been awarded a contract by Saudi Arabia for the supply of lightweight torpedoes
Trieste
The order is worth more than 200 million euros
Oxin (Somec) awarded a major order for the construction of kitchen, pantry, catering and bar areas for two cruise ships
San Vendemiano
The value of the order is 53 million euros
Sogedim launches a daily service between Carpi and Campogalliano/England
Carpi
Daily shuttle departing from the logistics hubs of Campogalliano, Carpi and Prato
Danaos Corporation reports record quarterly and annual revenue.
Athens
Profits are falling
CPPIB and OMERS are considering selling their 67% stake in Associated British Ports.
London
Maersk orders eight 18,600 TEU dual-fuel containerships
Copenhagen
Built by New Times Shipbuilding Co., they will be delivered between 2029 and 2030.
PaxOcean opens new shipyard in Singapore
Singapore
It occupies an area of 17.3 hectares
The largest container ship ever arrived in the port of Trieste
Trieste
Port of call of the "MSC Diana" which has a capacity of approximately 19,000 TEUs
Antin Infrastructure Partners acquires U.S. shipbuilder Vigor Marine Group
New York
It has shipyards in Seattle, Portland, Vancouver, San Diego and Norfolk
In 2025, Moroccan ports handled a record traffic of 262.6 million tons of goods (+8.9%)
Rabat
Transhipment equal to 50.5% of the total
Yang Ming deploys first of five 15,500 TEU dual-fuel LNG vessels on Asia-Mediterranean route
Keelung
It will be used in the MD2 service
Study highlights challenges for LNG containerships in complying with future cold ironing connection requirements
Berlin/Hamburg
Fincantieri and Wsense reach agreement to offer cutting-edge underwater systems
Trieste
Co-development of advanced wireless technology solutions planned
Study finds high levels of persistent organic pollutants caused by shipbreaking activities
Brussels
Port of Livorno: tender for ship-generated waste management begins
Livorno
The expected value of the contract is over 40 million euros
DSV revenue and profits impacted by Schenker acquisition
Copenhagen
In 2025, turnover grew by +48.0%
Wärtsilä reports significant growth in quarterly and annual results for the Marine segment
Helsinki
The Finnish group's new orders acquired in 2025 remain stable.
Dutch company Portwise has been bought by its compatriot Haskoning
Rijswijk
The company offers solutions for optimizing terminal operations through automation and electrification
Construction of the first of six container ships for Italia Marittima has begun in China.
Trieste
The ships, which will be able to use traditional fuel and methanol, will have a capacity of 2,400 TEUs
In the Strait of Hormuz, armed vessels ordered a US tanker to stop
Southampton/London
GTS announces new rail services between the port of Genoa and central and southern Italy.
Bari
Connections via the Segrate Milan terminal
Kuehne+Nagel expands CargoCity South at Frankfurt Airport
Schindellegi
A new facility will be completed and taken over at the end of 2028
The number of dual-fuel vessels employed by liner shipping lines is set to double by 2025
Washington
Currently, 74% of the order book consists of units of this type
AD Ports signs agreement to build and operate multipurpose terminal at Matadi Port
Abu Dhabi/Kinshasa
Relaunch of the Banana Deepwater Port Construction Project
Confitarma: The Revenue Agency's position risks having serious repercussions on Italian seafarers' employment.
Rome
Bucchioni appointed pro tempore president of the Association of Freight Forwarders of the Port of La Spezia
La Spezia
The tender for the development of the shipbuilding hub in the port of Ancona has begun.
Ancona
The AdSP Management Committee has approved the call for tenders
ONE's quarterly financial performance declines further
Singapore
The volume of containerized cargo transported by the fleet remains stable
Laura DiBella's nomination for FMC presidency has been signed.
Washington
His term will expire on June 30, 2028.
Port of Singapore saw record bunker deliveries in 2025
Singapore
PSA-MOL joint venture to manage a new ro-ro terminal
The port of Taranto was visited by a delegation from the Japanese FLOWRA
Taranto
The association brings together 21 of the main Japanese energy players
ABB's new orders in a quarter exceed $10 billion for the first time.
Zurich
Growing demand in the maritime, port and railway sectors
In the United States, MSC was fined a total of $22.67 million
Washington
The Federal Maritime Commission has released the results of an investigation
Signal Ocean has acquired AXSMarine
Paris/London
The company offers web platforms to support the ship charter sector
CSC Vespucci and Livorno Reefer will form a single platform dedicated to fruit and vegetable and exotic products in the port of Livorno
Livorno
Livorno Reefer to acquire stake in CSC
Stena RoRo has placed an order for two ro-ro vessels in China with options for four more.
Gothenburg
They were designed in cooperation with the Italian Naos
Shanghai Zhonggu Logistics Co. to Order Four New 6,000-TEU Containerships
Shanghai
The order will include options for two additional vessels
UPS revenues decreased by 2.6% in 2025
In the last quarter alone, a decrease of -3.2% was recorded
ICS has published its periodic analysis of flag state performance
London
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
Filt Cgil, meeting on the importance of Article 17 of Law 84/94
Rome
It will be held tomorrow in Rome at the Frentani Congress Center
A conference on congestion in the North West logistics system will be held in Genoa on January 19th.
Genoa
It will be held at the Transparency Hall of the Liguria Region
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Auction of megaterminal in Santos may be postponed due to deadlock within the Federal Government
(A Tribuna)
East Port Said Port faces a new challenge with Europe's carbon rules for shipping
(EnterpriseAM)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Intervento del presidente Tomaso Cognolato
Roma, 19 giugno 2025
››› File
Michail Stahlhut will step down as CEO of Hupac in May
Noise
Bertschi: Under his leadership, the company's position as a leading provider of combined road/rail transport in Europe has been strengthened.
Members of the Ravenna Marine Resource Partnership Body have been appointed.
Ravenna
It will meet for the first time on February 4th and will remain in office for four years
Messina (Assarmatori): MIT's decree on cold ironing is a good thing.
Rome
This is a fundamental step - he underlined - to ensure that the electrification of the platforms is actually usable.
Contship has joined the Digital Container Shipping Association's DCSA+ program.
Melzo
Among the goals, improving the efficiency of terminal operations, the accuracy of planning and collaboration with shipping companies.
The Argentine Port Workers' Federation threatens a strike at national ports.
The Silver
Action in support of workers at the port of Concepción del Uruguay
In 2025, freight traffic in the port of Taranto grew by +0.8%
Taranto
In the last quarter alone, a decrease of -22.6% was recorded
Last year, container traffic in the port of Valencia grew by +3.4%
Valencia
5,662,661 TEUs were handled
Fincantieri wins Italian Navy contract to enhance naval vessels' cyber resilience
New facility in Charleston for the production and testing of marine power and propulsion systems
Arlington
It was inaugurated by Leonardo DRS, a subsidiary of the Italian Leonardo
Project to strengthen maritime and port cybersecurity
Brest/Brussels/Rome
The partners are France Cyber Maritime, FEPORT and the Federation of the Sea
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