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CENTRO ITALIANO STUDI CONTAINERSYEAR XVIII - Number 7-8/2000 - JULY/AUGUST 2000

Sea Transport

La NSCSA compie 21 anni

Nello scorso mese di gennaio, la NSCSA (National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia) ha ricevuto in consegna la Saudi Yanbu, terza ed ultima di una serie di portacontenitori da 4.400 TEU ordinate presso la Samsung Heavy Industries in Corea del Sud. La consegna in questione ha rappresentato il culmine di una strategia iniziata ai primi del 1997, quando la compagnia di navigazione si risolse ad impegnarsi decisamente nel settore del trasporto marittimo di containers, essendo stata fino a quel momento un operatore di tonnellaggio ro-ro multiruolo nell'ambito dei traffici Nordamerica/Medio Oriente ed Asia/Medio-Oriente.

In conseguenza della trasformazione operativa, sei navi ro-ro della NSCSA sono state concentrate sul mercato nord-americano, dove la compagnia di navigazione ha rilevato una persistente domanda per questo tipo di tonnellaggio al fine di provvedere a carichi sperimentali, prodotti forestali ed attrezzature per costruzioni, oltre ai containers. Queste navi rimangono nell'ambito dei traffici in questione, che si sono ampliati fino a comprendere scali nei porti del Mediterraneo nel 1997 e nel sub-continente indiano (Jawaharlal Nehru in India e Port Qasim in Pakistan) nel 1999. Quest'operazione indipendente si è dimostrata assai riuscita sotto molti aspetti e la NSCSA stima di poter ora disporre di una quota di mercato del 55% nei traffici relativi a carichi alla rinfusa tra la Costa orientale U.S.A. ed il Medio Oriente.

Il tonnellaggio ro-ro impiegato nei servizi asiatici della compagnia di navigazione è stato rimpiazzato nel 1997 da un'operazione puramente cellulare per mezzo di accordi relativi a noleggio di spazi-containers con la CMA (Compagnie Maritime d'Affretement), riguardanti i servizi di quest'ultima FAL (French Asia Line) Europa-Estremo Oriente e MEX (Mediterranean Express) Estremo Oriente-Mediterraneo. Oltre alla svolta verso operazioni containerizzate dedicate, atta a rispondere alla mutata natura dei traffici, quest'alleanza strategica con il vettore francese ha consentito alla NSCSA di accedere direttamente al settore Nord Europa/Medio Oriente per la prima volta dalla Guerra del Golfo.

La NSCSA, tuttavia, non si è accontentata meramente della presenza in questi traffici mediante l'acquisizione di spazi-containers sulle navi della CMA (ora CMA CGM The French Line) e ha ordinato tre nuove navi cellulari al fine di diventare un vero e proprio socio con quote di naviglio nel traffico suddetto. E lo è diventata davvero, adesso, dato che le nuove costruzioni stanno progressivamente rimpiazzando le navi della CMA CGM in precedenza impiegate nel FAL, di modo che ora ci sono sei navi della CMA CGM e tre navi della NSCSA che operano nel contesto degli orari Europa-Asia.

La prima nave della serie, la Saudi Jeddah, è stata immessa in servizio a luglio del 1999 mentre la seconda di loro, la Saudi Yanbu, percorre le rotte del FAL sin dallo scorso mese di febbraio.

La consegna delle navi di nuova costruzione ha dato alla NSCSA un maggiore coinvolgimento nel traffico e - di conseguenza - un maggiore controllo delle proprie operazioni. Anche la capacità a disposizione della compagnia è aumentata significativamente dai 300 TEU settimanali all'inizio del 1997 ai più o meno 920 TEU della fine del 1999 e adesso a 1.393 TEU settimanali in seguito all'introduzione della terza nuova nave.

La NSCSA continua a noleggiare spazi-containers nell'ambito del MEX. Tuttavia, si è saputo che sono in corso modifiche all'impegno della NSCSA nel servizio Galex che collega l'Asia al Medio Oriente. I particolari al riguardo, peraltro, non sono ancora disponibili.

Gli scopi strategici dei cambiamenti apportati sono stati in primo luogo intesi a fornire un migliore livello del servizio nei mercati-chiave della NSCSA in Arabia Saudita ed in genere nel Medio Oriente ed al fine di partecipare ai traffici da capolinea a capolinea Asia/Europa.

Il Nord Europa rappresenta la maggiore fonte di importazioni containerizzate nel Medio Oriente e pertanto gli scali diretti a Southampton, Amburgo, Rotterdam, Zeebrugge e Le Havre hanno costituito un'importante integrazione della rete della NSCSA.

Nel contempo, la partecipazione all'alleanza con la CMA CGM e la Norasia Line, che noleggia spazi-containers sulle navi FAL e MEX della CMA, ha consentito alla NSCSA di offrire ai propri clienti collegamenti settimanali tra i porti del Mar Rosso e del Golfo medio-orientale e l'Europa, il Nord-Est, l'Asia orientale, Singapore ed il Sud-Est asiatico, partecipando altresì nel contempo ai traffici dall'Europa all'Asia.

"L'alleanza con la CMA CGM e l'investimento che abbiamo intrapreso ha reso possibile ciò" ha detto il primo dirigente Engr Abdullah A. Al-Shuraim. "Abbiamo assistito ad un incremento dei flussi di carico Europa/Medio Oriente e vogliamo prendere parte a questa attività. Tre anni fa abbiamo cercato quello che potesse essere il socio migliore ed abbiamo ritenuto che questo fosse la CMA. Tale relazione ha dimostrato di essere di grande soddisfazione reciproca".

Accanto al programma di nuove costruzioni di navi, vi è da rilevare il fatto che la NSCSA ha acquisito nuovo equipaggiamento containerizzato. Nel 1999 sono stati consegnati circa 25.000 TEU di contenitori per carichi secchi (un misto di 20 e 40 piedi standard ed unità high cube) che hanno portato il numero complessivo dei containers a quasi 35.000 TEU.

Per l'immediato futuro non sono state programmate ulteriori nuove costruzioni di portacontainers. Tuttavia, Al-Shuraim commenta: "Staremo bene attenti alle richieste a lungo termine del traffico con la CMA CGM e ciò potrebbe indurci infine ad ordinare ulteriore e più grande capacità di portacontainers. La CMA CGM ha appena ordinato una serie di navi dalla capacità di 6.500 TEU, di modo che in qualche momento in là nel tempo potremmo prendere in considerazione l'ipotesi di partecipare più o meno a questi livelli ".

Di pari passo con molti altri vettori, la NSCSA nel 1999 non ha fatto registrare un'annata positiva dal punto di vista finanziario. Le tariffe di trasporto merci hanno stagnato in basso in tutti i traffici, ma specialmente nei settori in direzione est dall'Europa/Medio Oriente/Asia. La compagnia di navigazione ha dovuto anche vedersela con le implicazioni del notevole squilibrio degli equipaggiamenti che ha accompagnato il boom delle esportazioni ed il concomitante crollo delle importazioni asiatiche. Nel corso del 1999, anche la NSCSA ha sperimentato un calo del 50% circa nei propri volumi di carico dal Nordamerica al Medio Oriente, in conseguenza del dollaro forte ed anche le tariffe di nolo sono collassate sino ad un livello molto basso.

Il vero e proprio impatto si vedrà alla fine di quest'anno, quando la compagnia pubblicherà i propri risultati finanziari del 1999. I dati relativi ai primi nove mesi dell'anno mostrano una perdita netta di circa 29 milioni di dollari, mentre la divisione contenitori e carichi generali è andata in rosso per la bellezza di 32 milioni di dollari.

Al-Shuraim, peraltro, è ottimista nel senso che ritiene che il peggio sia alle spalle e che nel 2000 si assisterà a notevoli miglioramenti. Qualche miglioria si è già verificata nelle tariffe di nolo sulle rotte dall'Asia al Medio Oriente ed all'Europa ed anche sulla tratta dall'Europa al Medio Oriente gli esperimenti di ripristino delle tariffe stanno avendo un impatto positivo. Tuttavia, per quanto attiene i servizi nordamericani, le tariffe di nolo restano soggette ad una fortissima pressione.

Quale vettore fortemente impegnato nei traffici medio-orientali, la NSCSA è stata colpita dal crollo mondiale del prezzo del petrolio nel corso di gran parte del 1998-99, che ha depresso la domanda di merci in tutta la regione. Di conseguenza, I trasporti della linea di navigazione in Medio Oriente lo scorso anno sono calati.

Come tutti hanno potuto vedere negli ultimi nove mesi, il prezzo mondiale del petrolio è poi aumentato rapidamente e ciò ha infuso ulteriore ottimismo nella NSCSA. Commenta Al-Shuraim: "Questo dovrebbe alla fine condurre ad un maggiore livello di investimenti governativi ed alla elargizione di finanziamenti per i progetti che erano stati accantonati. Assisteremo alla ripresa di flussi di carichi e sono sicuro che ci sarà un conseguente significativo miglioramento dei traffici containerizzati medio-orientali".

TABELLA 1
PRINCIPALI SERVIZI DI LINEA DELLA NSCSA
TrafficoFrequenza Porti servitiNavi Soci
FAL
Europa/Medio Oriente/Asia
Settimanale Le Havre, Rotterdam, Amburgo, Zeebrugge, Southampton, Malta, Damietta, Jeddah, Khor Fakkan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Ningbo, Yantian, Hong Kong, Singapore, Port Klang, Jeddah 9 da
3.900 /
4.400 TEU
CMA CGM
Norasia
Med Club Express
Mediterraneo/ Sud-Est
Asiatico/Asia
SettimanaleBarcellona, Fos, Genova, Napoli, Damietta, Port Klang, Singapore, Yantian, Hong Kong, Busan, Keelung, Hong Kong, Chiwan, Djakarta, Singapore, Colombo, Damietta, Malta -CMA CGM
Norasia
Nordamerica, Mediterraneo,
Medio Oriente, Sub-continente indiano
10 giorniHouston, New Orleans, Savannah, Wilmington, Norfolk, New York, Halifax, Jeddah, Dubai, Damman, Port Qasim (Karachi), JNPT (Mumbai), Jeddah, Livorno, New York, Baltimora 6 da
1.600 /
2.300 TEU
Nessuno
Fonte: NSCSA

L'incremento del prezzo del petrolio, tuttavia, non è solamente fonte di buone notizie per la NSCSA. Come osserva Al-Shuraim, esso ha comportato costi di bunkeraggio più elevati, che sono più che raddoppiati dalla fine del 1998. "Non tutti i costi possono essere trasferiti e, sebbene noi ed altri vettori si stia spingendo forte, gli aumenti tariffari non riflettono completamente l'aumento dei costi di bunkeraggio".

Jeddah è un porto-chiave per la NSCSA, quale porta d'accesso principale a servizio del proprio mercato "di casa" dell'Arabia Saudita. Importanti cambiamenti sono in atto nel porto ed un secondo terminal contenitori dovrebbe iniziare le operazioni entro pochi mesi. Al-Shuraim accoglie con molto favore l'iniziativa che immetterà nuova concorrenza sul mercato e si aspetta di ricavare vantaggi operativi dai cambiamenti. "Le linee di navigazione saranno in condizione di decidere di quali terminals servirsi sulla base della produttività e dell'efficienza" ha affermato Al-Shuraim.

Negli ultimi anni, la NSCSA ha investito in un proprio piazzale per i servizi containerizzati da 120.000 m2 a Jeddah, che utilizza per depositarvi i contenitori vuoti e quelli dei clienti. Sul sito sono state allestite altresì infrastrutture per la riparazione e la rimessa a nuovo dei containers.

Un altro importante programma di investimento concerne lo sviluppo di sistemi informatici interni che negli ultimi anni sono stati notevolmente migliorati. Tutti gli agenti in Nordamerica, in Europa, nel Sud-Est asiatico e nel Medio Oriente sono connessi per mezzo di reti regionali con centro rispettivamente a Baltimora, Londra, Singapore e Riyad. La NSCSA sta ora lavorando ad un nuovo sistema che renderà possibile accentrare queste reti informatiche regionali in una sola località, l'ufficio principale di Riyad. Ciò consentirà una maggiore disponibilità di informazioni ed una maggiore velocità di accesso.

Per la fine del 2000, tutti gli agenti e gli uffici regionali saranno collegati direttamente ad un computer AS400 a Riyad; verranno utilizzate comunicazioni basate su Internet, dal momento che si è valutato che questa era l'opzione più razionale dal punto di vista dei costi.

La NSCSA sta inoltre sviluppando il proprio sito web (www.nscsa.com) che ha visto la luce alla metà del 2000. Esso fornirà informazioni complete sugli orari e comprenderà altresì la registrazione dei carichi e le strutture di tracking. "L'investimento in queste soluzioni informatiche è l'unico modo con cui possiamo competere con le principali linee di navigazione del mondo" osserva Al-Shuraim.

La NSCSA ha ampi interessi al di là del trasporto marittimo di contenitori, dal momento che possiede complessivamente 16 unità per il trasporto di prodotti chimici e cinque cisterniere VLCC. Essa detiene una partecipazione dell'80% nella National Chemical Carriers che ha siglato un accordo sugli equipaggiamenti con la norvegese Storli, nonché nella Arabian Chemical Carriers, un'associazione commerciale con la United Arab Shipping Company, che possiede una cisterniera con cui effettua servizi.

Due anni fa, la NSCSA ha inoltre costituito un'associazione commerciale per la gestione di navi con la Acomarit, denominata Mideast Ship Management, in cui possiede una partecipazione dell'80%. Per la fine di quest'anno, la società si accollerà la responsabilità della gestione tecnica di tutte e 32 le navi della NSCSA.

Afferma Al-Shuraim: "La Mideast Ship Management sta facendo un eccellente lavoro. Essa ha costituito un'organizzazione gestionale assai efficiente, che collega tutte le navi via Internet e porta avanti un lavoro di agenzia e mediazione marittima".

L'intenzione, adesso, è quella di cercare navi di terzi, concentrandosi specialmente su quelle impegnate nei traffici del Medio Oriente. Ciò potrebbe coinvolgere tutta una gamma di tipi di navi, tra cui il tonnellaggio cellulare e ro-ro.

Sebbene la NSCSA sia il vettore nazionale, la compagnia di navigazione in effetti appartiene solamente per il 29% al governo saudita, che supervisiona le sue operazioni attraverso i propri rappresentanti nel consiglio di amministrazione. Il resto delle azioni è detenuto da soggetti privati.
(da: Containerisation International, giugno 2000)


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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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