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COUNCIL OF INTERMODAL SHIPPING CONSULTANTSYEAR XXII - Number 10/2004 - OCTOBER 2004

Notizie C.I.S.Co.

Emigrazione e turismo di crociera nei manifesti della Hapag-Lloyd

Si è svolta a Genova dal 12 al 30 ottobre, presso la sede dell'Autorità Portuale genovese, una mostra intitolata "Hamburg-Genova-New York - Emigrazione e turismo di crociera nei manifesti Hapag-Lloyd".

La manifestazione è stata organizzata dal C.I.S.Co. e ha riscosso un notevole successo di pubblico.

Le vie del mare, quelle della Storia e quelle dell'immaginazione s'intrecciano in questa mostra sui manifesti di pubblicità marittima della Hapag (Hamburg-Amerika Linie), in una vicenda, anzi in una catena di vicende, che cominciò oltre 150 anni fa, il 27 maggio 1847, quando un gruppo di mercanti amburghesi decise di fondare quella che sarebbe divenuta alla fine dell'Ottocento la più grande compagnia di navigazione del mondo. Al vertice del nuovo gruppo vennero posti Adolph Godeffroy, Ernst Merck e Ferdinand August Bolten, che fu anche il progettista delle prime navi della Hapag.

Lo scopo della creazione della Hapag era quello di inserirsi nei traffici mercantili e di passeggeri sulla sempre più decisiva rotta di New York. Il 15 ottobre 1848 un vascello, il Deutscheland partiva da Amburgo con destinazione America. Relativamente presto, i velieri vennero sostituiti dalle navi a vapore. Le prime due, la Hammonia e il Borussia, costruite in cantieri inglesi, vennero consegnate nella città hanseatica nel 1855 ed entrarono ben presto in servizio sulla rotta nordatlantica.

Erano allora soprattutto emigranti, coloro che intraprendevano il viaggio verso l'America; e fino ad allora la traversata era stata per loro un momento dolente e difficile: spesso costretti a occupare in venti una stanza, oppure acquartierati in alloggi alti appena un metro e 60, come ancora raccomandavano i regolamenti della Marina mercantile italiana del 1879. La Hapag riuscì a imporsi sul mercato internazionale proprio per una diversa concezione nel rapporto di accoglienza a bordo dei migrantes, ai quali venne da subito riservato un più umano trattamento, tentando di rendere più possibile piacevoli le condizioni del viaggio.

Già nel 1856 funzionava una tratta Amburgo-New York, che due anni dopo sarebbe divenuta bisettimanale. Una rotta regolare per New Orleans, con scalo a L'Avana, venne inaugurata nel 1867. Intorno al 1880, la Hapag decise di organizzare due sezioni separate, con navi di tipo diverso adatte a ciascuna necessità, per merci e passeggeri. Nel 1885 nasceva la "divisione passeggeri" e negli anni seguenti si giungeva ad accordi con le compagnie britanniche concorrenti, peraltro meno attrezzate per offrire un minimo di comfort ai passeggeri "di terza classe". Vaporiere sempre più veloci e capienti sfrecciavano intanto per l'Atlantico a tempo di record: la Fürst Bismarck nel 1892 traversò l'oceano in sei giorni e mezzo, nel 1900 la Deutscheland impiegò un giorno in meno.

"L'emigrante è la merce su cui si esercita la speculazione degli intermediari. La speculazione va a cercarlo nel tugurio per fargli balenare le speranze dell'avvenire, lo accompagna e lo sfrutta fino al porto d'imbarco, lo segue nella traversata e al suo arrivo lo consegna ad un'altra speculazione". Con queste parole del suo intervento parlamentare del 27 novembre 1900, il ministro Emilio Visconti-Venosta, uno dei politici più lucidi del suo tempo, presentava la prima seria legge italiana a tutela degli emigranti. La dichiarazione del ministro offre un'idea precisa della realtà piuttosto disperata dell'emigrazione in Italia al principio del secolo. Genova, che assorbì fra il 1876 e il 1901 oltre il 60% del flusso verso le Americhe, assisteva al bivacco delle persone in attesa di partire, che affollavano come vagabondi i portici di piazza Caricamento o trovavano asilo in stamberghe e sottoscala, affittate il più delle volte dal racket degli intermediari senza scrupoli.

La Hapag si mosse nei confronti dei migrantes con un'ottica assai attenta a rendere non soltanto meno sconfortante il viaggio, ma anche quella fase, assai delicata, che lo precedeva. Nel dicembre 1901, venne ultimata la costruzione di alcuni terminali per emigranti sull'isola di Veddel, che consentivano un più rapido imbarco soprattutto per chi arrivava dall'Est europeo. Si trattava di una sorta di piccola città, ampliata ancora nel 1907, in grado di ospitare un migliaio di persone e comprendente una chiesa.

Fin dal 1896, intanto, si saldava nel segno della Hapag un rapporto tra Amburgo e Genova destinato a continuare ancor oggi. Intenzionata a inserirsi nell'affare dell'emigrazione italiana, la compagnia di navigazione tedesca inaugurò una linea tra Genova e La Plata. La presenza germanica nella Superba di quegli anni era assai consistente, tanto che Sigmund Freud notò d'aver visto in questa città moltissime insegne in tedesco.

Attorno al 1895, Erasmo Piaggio - uno dei primi armatori in Italia a porsi il problema di più umane condizioni sulle navi degli emigranti - conduceva un'abile operazione finanziaria attirando capitali germanici sulla seconda Banca di Genova, da lui controllata e in forte difficoltà, trasformandola in quel Credito Italiano che con i suoi capitali sarebbe stato uno dei volani di sviluppo dell'industria italiana del primo Novecento.

L'approdo a Genova in quel '95 della tedesca Aeg, uno dei colossi della elettrotecnica europea d'allora, consentiva un deciso salto di qualità delle infrastrutture tramviarie a trazione elettrica, che raggiunsero i 50 chilometri. Per il Reich tedesco, in grande ascesa economica, Genova rappresentò in quella fase - e fino alla Grande Guerra - un importante punto di riferimento nell'Italia triplicista. E, anche grazie a società come la Hapag, molto significativa sarebbe stata "la presenza di una dirigenza tecnica e operativa di nazionalità tedesca che segnò in maniera massiccia la mentalità dei quadri delle compagnie italiane all'inizio del XX secolo" (Pierangelo Campodonico). Sull'asse con Amburgo e con l'Impero guglielmino, il capoluogo ligure avrebbe dunque vissuto capitoli significativi della propria belle époque industriale e marittima, ponendosi all'interno del Regno d'Italia come centro economico all'avanguardia.

Il primo manifesto Hapag in cui compare il nome di Genova risale al 1895 e riguardava il German Mediterranean Service, che toccava anche Napoli, Algeri, Gibilterra. Vengono riportati anche i nomi degli agenti marittimi della compagnia sotto la Lanterna, Leupold Fratelli (sic) e Federico Scerni. Un'immagine della città - uno scorcio di piazza Caricamento, con il monumento a Raffaele Rubattino ben visibile - compare in una "affiche" della Norddeutscher Lloyd (Ndl), Italien Reisen, del 1900. Singolarmente, la "cartolina" della piazza genovese si affaccia tra altri scorci, tutti spiccatamente turistici, di Roma, Firenze, Venezia, Napoli e Capri.

In quegli anni a cavaliere tra Ottocento e Novecento, al servizio per gli emigranti si andava infatti aggiungendo, per le compagnie hanseatiche e segnatamente per la Hapag, una attività crocieristica che consentiva di utilizzare la flotta - ben attrezzata allo scopo proprio in virtù della concezione umanitaria della "divisione passeggeri" - anche nelle fasi di "stanca" del flusso migratorio. Nel Mediterraneo, il ruolo di Genova in questa strategia crocieristica divenne centrale fin dai primi anni del secolo, arricchendo un rapporto già solido con Amburgo. Le linee per il Levante passavano dalla Superba e la Riviera ligure, negli anni Dieci, s'imponeva come una delle destinazioni turistiche predilette dal pubblico tedesco.

Fu un momento di grande fulgore per la marineria germanica e per la Hapag, che divenne la compagnia dei primati: sotto la direzione di Albert Ballin, fra il 1899 e il 1913, prima cioè della Grande Guerra, 175 navi trasportavano passeggeri e merci su 73 rotte, toccando ben quattrocento porti. Per espressa volontà del Kaiser e per impulso di Ballin, vennero costruiti vapori sempre più grandi.

L'Imperator fu la nave più grande del suo tempo, e lo stesso Guglielmo II volle vararla, il 23 maggio 1912, davanti a una plaudente folla: 280 metri di lunghezza, 30 di larghezza e 75 di altezza erano le dimensioni di uno scafo che costituiva l'orgoglio di una nazione che si sentiva chiamata a un destino molto importante. La tragedia del Titanic era troppo recente, quando l'Imperator intraprese il suo viaggio inaugurale nel giugno 1913, perché non venissero presi accorgimenti tanto nella gestione del comando a bordo (con un commodoro e quattro capitani) quanto dal punto di vista della tecnologia, con un sistema di chiusura dei compartimenti che poteva essere attivato direttamente dalla cabina.

Il primo conflitto mondiale segnò con una grave sconfitta la Germania, che dovette ridimensionare i propri piani di grandezza, a partire da quelli sul mare, che il trattato di pace mortificava in modo particolare. Consapevole dei rischi di una guerra per i traffici, Albert Ballin si era adoperato addirittura personalmente per tentare una mediazione diplomatica con la Gran Bretagna, ma senza risultati. La sua morte, nel 1918, era quasi il suggello della fine di un'epoca: se ne andava una figura-chiave della storia tedesca dell'età guglielmina. Ballin stesso aveva scelto un anno prima il proprio successore, Wilhelm Cuno, che si era in precedenza segnalato con funzioni direttive al ministero delle Finanze; e aveva motivato la propria decisione dicendo che era adesso necessario per una Hapag da rifondare e che usciva dalle macerie della guerra, avere alla guida un uomo operoso e lungimirante come Cuno.

A fine 1918, Hapag era effettivamente allo stremo. Le condizioni dei vincitori furono pesanti e la compagnia, costretta per le riparazioni di guerra a perdere la quasi totalità della flotta, si trovò sull'orlo del fallimento. L'accorta politica di Cuno, che avviò trattative e tentò intese con compagnie britanniche e americane, consentì un salvataggio che fu premessa del ripristino di tutte le linee Hapag di anteguerra, escluse quelle dell'Estremo Oriente, dove gli inglesi mantenevano il controllo. Già nel 1921 la situazione era migliorata e nel 1928 la flotta contava su 155 navi: il gruppo tornava a porsi come uno dei più importanti armatori al mondo. La crisi mondiale del 1929 investì però anche Hapag, che fu costretta a cedere il 20 per cento circa del naviglio (1931).

I primi anni Trenta costituirono un momento non particolarmente florido (soltanto nel 1936 venne programmata la costruzione di nuove navi), anche se il nuovo governo nazionalsocialista - che insediò tra l'altro suoi uomini nella compagnia - era interessato alla crescita delle prospettive marittime germaniche forse ancor più del Reich guglielmino. In questo momento, presero crescente impulso le crociere, come mostrano i variopinti manifesti dell'epoca, per i quali si può forse parlare di uno "stile Hapag". Molti di questi cartelloni sono dedicati alle crociere dell'America latina e su queste rotte entrò in servizio nel 1938 un'altra grande nave, la Patria. Nella seconda metà degli anni Trenta, la rotta nordamericana è invece piuttosto "di rappresentanza" che di vero interesse economico.

Ma occorreva reagire, per ragioni di prestigio, alla corsa avviata dai francesi (con la Normandie) e dai britannici (con la Queen Mary) nella costruzione di autentici giganti del mare. Venne così allestita la Vaterland - 36 mila tonnellate, lunga 250 metri e larga 30: dimensioni che solo in parte riprendevano quelle, maestose, dell'Imperator - che fu al centro di un intenso "battage" pubblicitario, ma che poté lasciare i cantieri, e non del tutto rifinita, soltanto nel 1940. Sarebbe stata bombardata nel '43.

I settori del traffico marittimo erano strategici per la Germania, come per qualunque paese che avesse ambizioni di potenza, e l'orgoglio nazionalistico non si misurava soltanto con le corazzate, ma anche con i transatlantici. Il regime andò anche fiero, fino alla tragica conclusione del suo ciclo con il disastro del '36, del dirigibile Zeppelin, il colosso dell'aria legato allo sviluppo di quel settore del trasporto aereo che, come quello fluviale, la Hapag aveva cominciato a intraprendere.

Lo sforzo sul piano della comunicazione e della promozione si fece, negli anni Trenta, perentorio. Uno dei più grandi documentaristi tedeschi, già collaboratore di Fritz Lang, Walter Ruttmann - autore tra l'altro di film memerabili Berlino, sinfonia di una città e, in Italia, Acciaio, sugli stabilimenti di Terni - venne ingaggiato nel '36 per realizzare Melodie dal mondo, sorta di delicato "diario di bordo" crocieristico, con scorci di tante coste e di tanti paesi.

Il 1945 rappresentò un crollo ancor più terribile per la Germania e la Hapag di quanto non fosse stato quello del 1918. La compagnia venne quasi interamente smantellata, per risarcire gli Alleati: furono 21 le navi che dovettero essere cedute. Non riuscì del tutto a sollevarsi neppure nel 1951, quando le restrizioni alle compagnie tedesche vennero allentate. Fra il '53 e il '56 vennero riattivate le linee verso il Nord e Centro America, verso la costa pacifica del Sud e verso altri paesi. Soltanto nel 1958 prese invece il mare una nuova nave da crociera, la Ariadne, dal bianco profilo.

Il trasporto di passeggeri verso l'America andava intanto declinando. A metà degli anni Sessanta, la concorrenza dei voli economici restrinse molto i margini di guadagno in questo settore. All'interno della compagnia si aprì un dibattito intenso tra i fautori di questa fascia di mercato, in relativa sofferenza, e quelli del trasporto merci. In effetti, risultava ora economicamente interessante soprattutto il servizio con nuove navi combinate verso l'Asia orientale, che potevano ospitare anche una novantina di passeggeri. Dagli anni Sessanta, l'impulso maggiore della compagnia fu condotto nella direzione di un perfezionamento dei livelli tecnici e tecnologici del trasporto merci.

Quando nel 1970, dopo una lunga storia parallela, la Hapag e la Norddeutscheland Lloyd si fondevano, le navi della Ndl vennero destinate alle crociere, che cominciavano a diventare un oggetto di consumo di massa. In servizio dal 1999, Europa 6 avrebbe poi rappresentato un ulteriore salto di qualità, in direzione del comfort e del lusso, del modo di concepire viaggi e crociere da parte di Hapag.

Sempre più attiva nel campo dei trasporti e della logistica, con un proprio servizio di linea di container, la compagnia hanseatica ha riaffermato negli ultimi decenni la sua importante presenza mondiale. E anche a Genova, che continua a essere un punto importante nello scacchiere della Hapag nel Mediterraneo, in un rapporto d'amicizia e collaborazione che ormai da tempo ha traguardato il secolo.




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Podgorica
Cargoes to and from Italy alone increased by +64.6%
To APM Terminals the 37.5% of the Southern Container Terminal of the port of Jeddah
The Hague/Dubai
DP World will keep the remaining 62.5%
Continues the bending of the traffic of the container in the port of Los Angeles
Los Angeles
In January decrease of -12.1%. Bown: the state of exports to China seems bad
In the fourth trimester of the 2025 the traffic of the goods in the port of Civitavecchia is increased of +8.6%
Civitavecchia
In the whole year growth was +3.1%
Samskip sells marine and logistic services with the United Kingdom and Ireland to the CLdN
Luxembourg/Rotterdam
The agreement includes rental agreements for over 5,000 multimodal load units
The Antitrust has reopened the procedure on the concentration between the Ignazio Messina & C. and the Terminal San Giorgio
Rome
The International Chamber of Shipping against the new harbour taxes programmed by the US government
Washington
Necessary - the association emphasizes - carefully coordinated political solutions
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings orders three new ships from cruise to Fincantieri
Miami/Trieste
They are destined to the companies Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania Cruises and Regent Seven Seas Cruises
Costa cancels cruises originally scheduled to sail to the Middle East
Genoa
The company currently has no vessels operating in the region.
In 2025, d'Amico International Shipping's time charter revenues decreased by -29.0%.
Luxembourg
Fourth quarter decline eases
NYK to become sole owner of Norway's Saga Welco
Tokyo/Tønsberg
The Tønsberg company has a fleet of 48 open-hatch vessels
Grimaldi Group's Valencia Terminal Europa will manage the new car terminal at the port of Sagunto.
Valencia
Grimaldi has taken delivery of the new PCTC Grande Seoul
Naples
It is the ninth ammonia-ready unit of the Neapolitan shipping group
The Cagliari-Algeria service operated by Maersk and Grendi will soon dock at the Giammoro di Milazzo pier.
Messina
It will be held on a weekly basis
Falteri (Federlogistica): The consequences of the war in Iran are only in their infancy.
Genoa
There is a dramatic congestion of perishable products in the hub airports of the Gulf, he underlined.
DP World reported record annual operating and financial results
Dubai
In 2025, container traffic increased by +5.8% and revenues by +22.0%
Two additional new Medium Range 2 tankers for d'Amico Tankers
Luxembourg
Exercised options with Chinese shipyard Jiangsu New Yangzi Shipbuilding Co.
Japan's MOL has acquired 25% of V.Ships France
Tokyo/London
The remaining 75% of the capital remains with V.Ships
ICTSI reports record annual and quarterly financial and operating performance
Manila
Last year the group's port terminals handled 14.5 million containers (+11.0%)
Wan Hai Lines' revenue decreased by 13.3% in 2025
Taipei
The company will buy four new 6,000 TEU container ships and two 9,200 TEU container ships.
Observatory on the presence of women in the blue economy sector
Milan
Initiative by WISTA Italy and the Maritime Federation
The first train will depart from the Pordenone Interport on April 2nd.
Pordenone
Ausserdorfer (InRail): We have already received new requests and contracts to increase connections
Triple ceremony for Explora Journeys at Fincantieri's Sestri Ponente shipyard
Genoa
Technical launch of "Explora IV", coin ceremony of "Explora V" and start of construction of "Explora VI"
The Propeller Club of the Ports of La Spezia and Marina di Carrara has renewed its board of directors.
La Spezia
Gianluca Agostinelli and Federica Maggiani confirmed as president and vice president
The Tunisian government decides to start construction of the port of Enfidha
Tunis
52,000 jobs expected to be created
Hundreds of containers of temperature-controlled plant-based food products are held up in the port of Genoa.
Genoa
Spediporto reports it
The La Spezia Freight Forwarders Association has established a terminal freight forwarder section.
La Spezia
The aim is to strengthen the representation and enhance the value of inland logistics.
FHP Intermodal launches rail service from northern Italy to Bari and Catania
Foggia
Initially, two pairs of trains are scheduled to depart per week.
Managing maritime shipments in a scenario made extremely complex by the crisis in the Middle East
Genoa
Botta (Spediporto) and lawyer Guidi suggest how to handle difficulties
The new Norwegian Luna cruise ship will be delivered in Marghera.
Trieste
It is the second unit of the "Prima Plus" class built by Fincantieri
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
Assiterminal: The EU's port strategy is a success.
Genoa/Brussels
Seas At Risk, One Planet Port, and IFAW are concerned about the proposed regulation's reference to expediting environmental impact assessments.
The first electrical cabin dedicated to the cold ironing system has been completed in the port of Gioia Tauro.
Gioia Tauro
In April, the first connection of a container ship to a mobile socket
Konecranes revenues remained stable in 2025
Helsinki
The value of new orders grew by +9.7%, with a +21.3% for port vehicles
Finnlines' net profit increased by 50.7% in 2025
Helsinki
Revenues up 2.0%
Large shipment of ammunition and detonators seized in the port of Ancona
Ancona
He was about to be embarked on a ferry intended for the exclusive transport of passengers
Ravenna has been designated Capital of the Sea 2026
Rome
Petri (Assoporti): its port is a strategic hub for the national economy
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
Rolls-Royce posts record annual financial performance
London
Revenues increased by 12.2% last year
Fincantieri delivered the ultra-luxury cruise yacht Four Seasons I in Ancona
Trieste
The Navis Sapiens program also debuts with the ship
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
Saipem has been awarded a further offshore contract in Saudi Arabia
Milan
Order worth approximately 500 million dollars
MPC Container Ships revenues decreased by -4.3% in 2025
Oslo
Net income was $236.4 million (-11.4%)
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
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
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
Russian shipbuilding holding USC designing high ice-class container ship for Rosatom for Northern Sea Route
(Interfax)
Auction of megaterminal in Santos may be postponed due to deadlock within the Federal Government
(A Tribuna)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Intervento del presidente Tomaso Cognolato
Roma, 19 giugno 2025
››› File
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
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