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August 2012




31/08/2012Collapse of the volume of transactions of the Greek company Anek Lines
In the first six months of the 2012 revenues they are diminished of 28.9%




31/08/2012Minoan Lines reduces the semiannual liabilities
Revenues down of 14.9% in the first six months of 2012




31/08/2012In according to trimester 2012 Yang Ming it is returned to the profit
the first half of the year has been archived item with a double net loss regarding the first semester of 2011




31/08/2012In the first semester of this year the profit clearly of Singamas is diminished of 62.0%
The revenues are dropped of 13.4%




31/08/2012The shipowning group Evergreen archivia according to trimester with a result clearly of positive sign
In entire the first semester of 2012 recorded a net loss of 2,4 billion dollars of Taiwan




30/08/2012Chinese CMHI has bought 50% of the society that will realize the Lomé Container Terminal
The quota is yielded by Terminal Investment Ltd. (group MSC), that it maintains remaining 50%. In the first semester the 2012 profit clearly of CMHI is diminished of 45.3%




30/08/2012Unifeeder buys Feederlink
the agreement with Irish Continental Group previews the payment of 29 million euros




30/08/2012Hard accentuation of the semiannual net loss of China COSCO
In the first semester of this year the revenues of the Chinese group are increased of 1.3%




30/08/2012Boarded to Shanghai two new destined cranes of dock to the VTE of the port of Genoa
The means of raising will reach in from Liguria port of call November




30/08/2012In the first semester of 2012 China Shipping Lines Container it records a doubling of the net loss
The revenues are increased of 9.6%




29/08/2012DP World closes first semester 2012 with an light increment of the economic results
The revenues are piled to 1,53 billion dollars (+1.8% and +9.9% to constant currency)




29/08/2012The EU commission proposes the creation of a digital map of the European seabeds
One of the head physicians objectives is to realize new opportunities of offered increase and occupation from the seas and the oceans




29/08/2012The Harbour Authority of Venice anticipates a volume of ideas and projects in order to return the cruises to impact zero for the city
The publication "To Venice from the Sea. The Cruises", published by Marsilio, are centralized on the discussed topic about the arrival of the cruise ships in the lagoon city




29/08/2012Last month the Chinese marine ports have enlivened 13,5 million container (+4.5%)
In the first seven months of the 2012 traffic it is piled to 89,0 million teu (+7.7%)




29/08/2012CNA-Fita faces the topic of the beloved fuel with the representatives of the government
Franchini: there will be other encounters in order to verify the praticabilità of the proposals that the CNA-Fita has introduced last April




29/08/2012In the first half of 2012 Premuda it has achieved a net loss of 6,6 million euros
An improvement of the market in the second half of the year of the year is not attended




28/08/2012The port of Trieste is proposed as towing of the development of the macroregion of Nord
the president of the Harbour Authority, Marina Monassi, has met the governors of the Lombardy and the Friuli Venice Julia




28/08/2012Contraction of the result clearly of COSCO Pacific because of the decrease of the performances of participated the CIMC
In the first half of the 2012 harbour terminal of the Chinese group they have enlivened 26.876.860 container (+10.8%)




28/08/2012Zim returns to record a quarterly operating result of positive sign
In the first semester of the 2012 fleet of portacontainer of the Israeli company container (+2% has transported 1.173.000)




28/08/2012Down the transalpine traffic goods because of the economic crisis and of the closing of Saint Gottardo
In the first semester of the 2012 the goods transported on the road or railroad through the Swiss Alps has been pairs to 19,6 million tons (- 6.5%)




28/08/2012In the first semester of the 2012 profit clearly adjusted of Bureau Veritas it has grown of 15.2%
the operating result of the division Marine is diminished of 3.9%




27/08/2012Towards the breach of the Gulf agreement of Aden Ports Corporation - DP World
In 2008 to joint venture the management of the container was entrusted terminal of the port of Aden




27/08/2012Safmarine yields 51% of Ocean Africa Container Lines to Grindrod
the South African group stops the entire property of the company




27/08/2012In the 2013 cruise ship Mein Schiff 2 of TUI Cruises it will land to the port of Bari
The unit, that it transports two thousand passengers, will carry out 12 ports of call




27/08/2012Decided contraction of the economic results of Chinese CIMC
In the first semester of this year the revenues are diminished of 25.0% and the profit clearly is dropped of 63.9%




27/08/2012CKYH-the Green Alliance will reduce to ability to hold offered on the route Asia - North Europe
The number of the spins will be diminished by five to four




24/08/2012In the first semester of the 2012 traffic enlivened from the port of it is diminished of 9.8%
Decrease of the goods containerized and the liquid bulk. In increase bulk conventional sand banks and goods




24/08/2012OOIL agrees the dismissal of the taken one in delivery of two new portacontainer from 8.600 teu
They are ordered to the ship yards Lowers Shipbuilding Trading Co. and Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding (Group) Co.




24/08/2012Chinese CSSC has instituted a branch for the logistics in the field of the shipbuilding
The objective is to improve the efficiency of the supplies, supplyings and the deliveries




24/08/2012Vopak archivia first semester 2012 with a profit clearly of 193,4 million euros (- 26%)
Shell will be the first customer of the new terminal LNG Break Bulk of Vopak and Gasunie to Rotterdam




23/08/2012Green light of the EU to joint venture Marquard & Bahls - Tidy for the supply of LNG as fuel for the ships
the activity of the society will be carried out in the main ports localized in the areas of control of the emissions of north-western Europe




23/08/2012The European norms have determined an improvement of the quality of the air in the ports of the EU
It finds the Joint Research Centre, that it has lead a specific investigation in 2009 and 2010 having used a monitoring station on the cruise ship "Costa Pacifica"




23/08/2012Christened two new portacontainer from 8.452 teu of the Evergreen
The taiwanese group will take in delivery the first seven of the 30 new ships of class L within the end of this year




22/08/2012Last month the traffic in the port of Barcelona is diminished of 6.6%
In the first seven months of the 2012 bending it has been of 5.5%




22/08/2012Russia has entered to take part of the World Trade Organization
The adhesion - it has emphasized European commissioner De Gucht - will offer enormous opportunities is to the Russian enterprises that to those Europeans




22/08/2012In the first half of the 2012 port of Rotterdam it has enlivened 222 million tons of goods (+3.2%)
The exports are increased of 7.8% and the imports of 1.3%




22/08/2012The economic performances of Lower Shipping Development Co. they turn to the negative
the company has closed the first semester of this year with a net loss of 461,2 million yuan




21/08/2012Ship yards P+S Werften towards the state of insolvency
Angela Merkel confirmation that the company cannot more count on the economic support of the State




21/08/2012Dockwise clearly closes the first semester of 2012 with a profit of 600 thousand dollars
According to trimester it has been archived item with a net loss of 8,4 million dollars




21/08/2012DFDS accusation the impact of the economic recession in Europe
the shipowning group previews to conclude 2012 with an inferior operating profit to the waits




21/08/2012CMA CGM embarks three politicians in own board of directors
They are the former Bussereau secretary of state, the former chief of staff Pierre Mongin and former Lebanese minister Jihad Azour




21/08/2012Marine Petroleum aegean will start activity of bunkeraggio in the port of Hong Kong
A first lighter will be transferred the next month from the port of Singapore to the Chinese port of call




20/08/2012The Convention on the marine job, 2006 will take effect between a year
It is ratified by 31 nations




20/08/2012Stable the economic results of the terminalista group Asian Terminals
First closed semester of 2012 with a profit of clearly 779,0 million weight Philippine




20/08/2012In the first half of the 2011 profit clearly of the Sinotrans Chinese it is diminished of 9.7%
The revenues have grown of 12.4%




17/08/2012In according to Global trimester Ship Lease it has totaled a profit clearly of 7,5 million dollars
The revenues are cresciuiti of 1.2% to 39,2 million dollars




17/08/2012Régional Lines Container returns to the profit
In according to trimester of the 2012 fleet of the company container (- 11% has transported 554,505)




17/08/2012Horizon Lines closes the first semester with a net loss of 78,6 million dollars
The revenues are increased of 8.1% to 534,3 million dollars




17/08/2012In the first half the traffic of the goods in the Swiss Rhenish ports has grown of 34.7%
The imports are piled to 3.268.594 tons (+43.6%) and the exports to 434.327 tons (- 9.4%)




17/08/2012In the first half of the 2012 Port Vancouver Meter it has enlivened a traffic of 62,3 million tons of goods
Increase of 6.0%




17/08/2012MISC has closed second trimester 2012 with an increment of 31.1% of the profit of the running activities
The revenues are diminished of 4.0%




16/08/2012To July the traffic of the container in the port of Los Angeles has grown of 5.5%, while to Long Beach it is dropped of 8.8%
In the first seven months of the 2012 two ports they have enlivened respective 4.736.579 teu (+6.3%) and 3.344.251 teu (- 5.5%)




16/08/2012Launched in the plant of Monfalcone of the Fincantieri the new flagship of Princess Cruises
The ship "Royal Princess" will to make one's debut on June 16, 2013 in the Mediterranean




16/08/2012Approved of the plan of liquidation of Marco Polo Seatrade introduced in the within of Chapter 11
Green light from the LAST Bankruptct Court for the Southern District of New York




16/08/2012The port of Bari previews to close the 2012 with a crocieristico traffic record
Waited for 630 thousand fleeting with the landings place of 213 ships




16/08/2012The traffic in the port of Amburgo grows thanks to the exports
In the first semester of this year the port of call has enlivened 65,8 million tons of goods (+2.7%), of which 28,4 million tons to boarding (+6.4%). Decrease of 7.6% of the containerized trade with China




16/08/2012Christened a new portacontainer from 7.100 teu of Hamburg Süd
the ship is constructed by the South Korean Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co.




16/08/2012Fourth consecutive month of the reduction of the traffic of the container in the port of Hong Kong
In the first seven months of the 2012 Asian port of call it has enlivened 13.724.000 teu (- 2.6%)




16/08/2012From the fusion of Intermarine and Scan-Trans a fleet of beyond 50 ships heavy-lift attendant is born
the volume of transactions of the new company will be of beyond 500 million dollars




16/08/2012Deterioration of the economic results of navalmeccanico group STX Europe
In the period April-june has confiscated new orders for 5,18 billion Norwegian crowns (- 37.2%)




16/08/2012The port of Bremen/Bremerhaven has established the own new record of semiannual traffic
In the first six months of the 2012 German port of call it has enlivened beyond 43,7 million tons of goods (+9.3%)




14/08/2012HHLA records a contraction of the rate of growth of the volumes and an improvement of the economic results
The German terminalista group has closed the second trimester with a profit after the taxes of 38,9 million euros (+39.4%)




14/08/2012Decided rise of the operating result of Hapag-Lloyd
The German company has closed the second trimester with a net loss of 7,3 million euros




14/08/2012Down the economic results of A.P. Møller-Mærsk although the return to the profit of Maersk Line
In according to trimester of the 2012 fleet of portacontainer of the group it has transported 2,2 million container from 40 ' recording a medium hire for feu of 3.014 dollars (+4.2%)




13/08/2012ACL has ordered five new ships with-ro of large-capacity to Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding
They will be delivered in 2015




13/08/2012Traffic of the goods in the port of Zeebrugge down of 8.1%
In the first six months of this year the Belgian port of call has enlivened 22,5 million tons




13/08/2012In the first half of the 2012 harbour terminal of 2.697.735 ICTSI they have enlivened container (+9%)
In according to trimester the traffic it has grown of 4%




13/08/2012Last month the traffic of the goods enlivened from the port of Singapore is diminished of 5.2%
In the first seven months of the 2012 port of call it has enlivened altogether 314,6 million tons (+0.6%)




13/08/2012Shipping Corporation of India closes the period April-june with an accentuation of the net loss
The operating revenue is increased of 24.3%




13/08/2012To July the traffic of the container in the port of Kaohsiung is increased of 5.8%
In the first seven months of this year the increment has been of 2.0%




10/08/2012The Nautical Observatory National denunciation "a real escape from the nautical one"
The decrease of the presences in the Italian ports - the ONN emphasizes - can "involve the loss at least 10.000 places of job in the short times"




10/08/2012Hyundai Merchant Marine closes according to trimester with operating liabilities of 124,5 billion won
The revenues are increased of 13.7%




10/08/2012ICTSI signs the contract for the container terminal of the new Nigerian port of Tolaram Port@Lekki
the port of call will be realized with an investment of the total value of 1,4 billion dollars




10/08/2012The genoese companies of naval repair manifest worry for the delays in the dredging work
To risk the acquired store clerks from the societies




10/08/2012MSC Cruises previews to conclude summer 2012 with an increment of 18% of the passengers
The purchase of the travel moves itself more and more close of the departure




10/08/2012FuoriMuro has obtained the Certification of Safety and the qualification as Railway Enterprise
The society work the railway maneuvers in the port of Genoa




10/08/2012Hapag-Lloyd will introduce a eighth ship in service IOS Nord Europe - Indian subcontinent
The new spin will be inaugurated next 31 August




10/08/2012The most ancient British shipowning company is placed in liquidation
The Stephenson Clarke, founded in 1730, had yielded the last ship of the fleet to July




09/08/2012In the first semester of the 2012 traffic goods enlivened from the port of London it is diminished of 6%
the decrease is determined mainly by the reduction of the production of the refinery of Coryton




09/08/2012Assistance of European Bottom FEG to the workers of the ship yards of the Galizia that have lost the job
It has proposed the EU commission in order to help them to find a new occupation




09/08/2012Last month the marine traffic in the Suez Canal is diminished of 0.7%
The cargo volume on the ships in transit piled to 61,1 million tons (+3.9%), of which 31,6 million north-south (+14.7%) and 29,6 million in that south-north (- 5.5% transported in the direction)




09/08/2012The Greek Marine Petroleum Network Aegean disembarks in the port of Barcelona
Previewed the start of the activity of bunkeraggio at the beginning of the next year




09/08/2012The Panamanian government has approved of the increases of the rates for the transit of the ships through the Central American channel
They will take effect on October 1°, 2012 and on October 1°, 2013




09/08/2012It will be of 45 units the organic one of the enterprise authorized to the supply of temporary harbour job to Trieste
Started the appropriate procedure of contest




08/08/2012Renewed the board of directors of the Adriafer
President of the company who work railway handling in the port of Trieste is Vincenzo Agostinelli




08/08/2012The economic loss of group NOL is emphasized
In according to trimester of the 2012 revenues they are increased of 8.4%




08/08/2012In increase the traffic of the container in the port of Bari generated from the landings place of the MSC ships
This year is previewed a next traffic to 30.000 teu




08/08/2012Last Italy for the quality of infrastructures in a ranking of 26 European and extra-European nations
It evidences a relationship realized from the Office Studies of Confcommercio




08/08/2012In the first half of the 2012 traffic of the goods in the port of Taranto it is diminished of 7.9%
the decrease is attenuated by the increment of +9.4% of the bulk sand banks




08/08/2012




07/08/2012Published the ban of contest for the allocation of the Nautical Dock of Genoa
It is - it has emphasized the Harbour Authority - an important dowel to the realization of large the hub for the nautical one from diporto




07/08/2012Rejected to two resources against the allocation of the new Moin Container Terminal to APM Terminals
The start of the construction of the system will happen the next year




07/08/2012The port of Trieste records a traffic container record for the July month
By the beginning of 2012 an increment of +17% is recorded




07/08/2012In the first half of the 2012 profit clearly of Textainer it has grown of 7.7%
The volume of transactions is increased of 20.6%




07/08/2012In according to trimester of the 2012 traffic in the port of Gand it has grown of 1%
The volumes enlivened for marine way are diminished of 1.8%




07/08/2012In strong increase the economic results of SeaCube Container Leasing
In the first semester of the 2012 profit clearly it is increased of 25.9%




06/08/2012Boredoms (Confcommercio): Protocollo Transports is "a hard sandstone for the competitiveness" of Italy
As it has made France - it has explained - is necessary to ratify placing it a clause of guarantee to protection of the national interest




06/08/2012The Municipality of Ravenna asks the government a precise engagement on 60 million for the port
Benino - mayor Matteucci explains - the declaration of minister Passera, but is necessary to exceed those too much conditional




06/08/2012Launched in ship yard FSG of Flensburg before two ordered twin ships ro-ro from the Ulusoy Turk
With 208 meters it is the longest unit than this type constructed from the German navalmeccanico plant




06/08/2012To Kombiverkehr October it will inaugurate a new railway service between Kiel and Verona
Initially previewed two departures to the week in both the directions




06/08/2012In the first semester of this year the traffic of the goods in the port of Venice is dropped of 5.6%
The crocieristi are increased of 4.4%




03/08/2012Light decrease of the traffic of the passengers in the port of Bari in the first semester
the cruises have made to mark a +25%




03/08/2012The town council of Naples has approved of unanimously to the Town development plan of the port
de Magistris: an important page for the port of call is opened




03/08/2012Filt-Cgil, Fit-Cisl and Uiltrasporti reject the hypothesis of deregulation of the technical-nautical and harbour services
According to the unions, it is the hour to end it with attempts of somewhat imaginative applications of law 84/94




03/08/2012Assigned to the contest for the reclamation and the escavo of the basin of evolution of the ships in the Gulf of
Previewed the dredging until quota -15 meters




03/08/2012Third reunion to Trieste of the technical table institution-concessionaires on the Old Port
Others three meet in the next few days in program




03/08/2012The Liguria Region anticipates a new website on infrastructures in project and under realization on the territory
Analogous monitoring is carried out by Trail Liguria and OTI Nordovest




03/08/2012The conjunctural note on the transport goods of Confetra confirmation the trend negative of the field
In suffering it is the national road haulage that the aerial cargo, the railway section and that marine one




03/08/2012HSBC Bank will sell the society of shipbroking and advising HSBC Shipping Services
It will be acquired from senior management of the same company




03/08/2012Started the realization of the Intermodal Logistics base Terni-Narni Goods
The work will be completed the next year




03/08/2012Reggio Calabria confindustria considers that Special an Economic Zone is useful to the port of Gioia Tauro, but not sufficient
According to the association, it is priority to head at I throw again of the activity of transhipment




03/08/2012Without deepening of the backdrops the port of Ravenna risks the marginalization
Worry of Cgil and Filt Cgil for the put lacked one on the agenda for the today's reunion of the CIPE of the financing of the deepening project of the Candiano channel




03/08/2012In according to Matson trimester it has recorded an increase of 11.3% of the operating profit
The revenues are increased of 4.5%




02/08/2012The Region Friuli Venice Julia is lined up from the part of the users of the railway connections
The objective is to open confronts political with the government




02/08/2012Lorenzo Forcieri is the new president of Ligurian Ports
The association is named today the assembly




02/08/2012Financing of 100 million euros of the BEAUTIFUL ones to the Harbour Authority of Genoa
The resources are destined to the realization of the new container terminal of Bettolo Descent




02/08/2012Large the Navi Veloci increases the share capital of 30 million euros
Possible a next increase until ulterior 20 million




02/08/2012Green light of of the Campania regional committee to the integrated system harbour of Salerno
The project previews participations for 73 million euros




02/08/2012In the first semester the operating result of OOIL is diminished of 25.9%
The revenues are increased of 6.9%




02/08/2012Costa Crociere participates to the Korean International Expo of Yeosu
"Costa Victoria" has accommodated the reception for the celebrations of the "Day of Italy"




02/08/2012Hanjin Shipping returns to record a quarterly operating result of positive sign
In the period April-june of this year the revenues of the company have grown of 18.4%




02/08/2012Seaspan clearly has archived item the first semester with a profit of 44,5 million dollars
In according to trimester a net loss of 6,7 million dollars is recorded




01/08/2012Archer Daniels Midland Co. he buys a harbour terminal in the Brazilian State of Pará
It will be used for the traffic of agricultural cereals and producing




01/08/2012APM Terminals and ICA sign the contract for the realization of according to container the terminal of Lázaro Cárdenas
The first phase of the project will be completed in 2015




01/08/2012Ugl Transports, positive the encounter with the summits of the Tirrenia new
Confirmed the will to maintain the levels occupational and to promote the development of the company




01/08/2012The EU commission has concluded without outcome an investigation antitrust in the field of the marine insurances
The International Group of P&I Clubs confirmation the intention to bring some amendments to the International Group Agreement




01/08/2012Travel towards Stromboli of president Napolitano with the Siremar-Company new of the Islands
To midnight the historical passage of property of the former Sicilian regional company of Tirrenia has happened




01/08/2012Tomorrow the signature of Contratto of development for the railway director to high Naples-Bari-C#lecce-Taranto ability
The total value of the work is of beyond seven billions of euro




01/08/2012In the first six months of this year the terminals of DP World have enlivened 28,2 million container (+7.5%)
The group previews to record 2012 with advanced operating and financial results regarding those of 2011




01/08/2012Fincantieri records an improvement of the performances financial institutions and a contraction of the orders
the company confirmation with the resource to the extraordinary redundancy fund for the Italian yards that will be found in a situation of empty of job
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The agreement concerns the ports of Dakar, Luanda, Dar es Salaam, Banana and Maputo
The threat to shipping in the Red Sea grows as Houthis seize Perim Island.
The threat to shipping in the Red Sea grows as Houthis seize Perim Island.
Sana'a/Hamburg
German shipowners warn that the possibility of returning to the Suez route is further removed
New attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz
Southampton/Tehran
IRGC Navy strikes US naval drone
Port of Long Beach reports record container traffic for August
Long Beach
In the first eight months of 2026, volumes grew by +1.3%
WSC reports that containers full of lithium batteries can be shipped without being identified as dangerous goods
Washington
Kramek: People, ports, ships and the marine environment at risk
T&E, the EU Commission's proposed revision of the ETS for shipping is a hesitant step forward.
Brussels
If the system is extended to small naval units - the association highlights - however, exemptions and derogations risk nullifying its climate impact.
Transalpine rail freight traffic still under pressure despite economic recovery
Transalpine rail freight traffic still under pressure despite economic recovery
Bern
The road runs faster than the rail
Artificial intelligence drives global trade, despite Middle East and tariffs
Artificial intelligence drives global trade, despite Middle East and tariffs
Geneva
The WTO's barometer is rising. Demand for semiconductors and electronic components is offsetting geopolitical tensions.
Green light for €1.35 billion in investment in the port of Bremerhaven.
Bremen
It is the largest amount of funding the federal government has ever allocated to a project in the state.
APM Terminals Signs Agreement to Develop Nigeria's Badagry Port
Copenhagen
Four kilometers of docks with a draft of -18 meters would be built
Renaissance Partners has signed a binding agreement to acquire De Wave Group.
Genoa/Milan
The Genoese company will be sold by the American company Platinum Equity
Decarbonizing shipping: a €36 billion challenge and a €45 billion opportunity for Italy
Cernobbio
Without investments in ports, Italy risks losing 80 billion euros in added value by 2050.
Canadian unions want BC Ferries to build new ferries in British Columbia
Delta
The company's latest order was to Chinese company CMI Weihai
Filt, Fit, and Uilt should withdraw the amendment that puts port businesses and cooperatives at risk under Article 17.
Rome
The unions fear the progressive replacement of a structural function of the port with precarious forms of work
Norwegian Nor Cruises signs MoU with China's SWS for 2+3 new cruise ships
Shanghai
The units would have a gross tonnage of 84,000 tons
In July, ship traffic in the Suez Canal increased by +27%
Cairo
In the first seven months of this year, maritime traffic was 8,244 ships (+15.9%)
Tomorrow Kombiverkehr will launch an intermodal connection between Regensburg and the Interporto Quadrante Europa
Filt Cgil, recognize maritime and port work as arduous
Rome
The union is calling for a clear provision to be included in the next budget law.
Tanker attacked in Hormuz
Southampton
The unit continued its navigation regularly
FS Logistix and Interporto Bologna presented the first Italian experimental DAC train
Assologistica event to discuss the Mediterranean strategy for Italian competitiveness
Rome
It will be held next October 30th in Naples
Sanilog launches a special cancer prevention campaign.
Rome
Three new areas dedicated to the prevention of head and neck and oral cavity cancers and the assessment of vascular risk
Contract awarded for dredging and completion of the electrification of the docks at the port of Gioia Tauro.
Gioia Tauro
They will be carried out respectively by Dravo and RTI Saet-Suardi
Student Naval Architect Award Awarded in Genoa
Genoa
The d'Amico Group and the Royal Institution of Naval Architects recognize excellence in naval engineering.
Freight transport is more expensive for Malta: €35 million per year between ETS, FuelEU and BAF
Zebbug
The hauliers' association calls on the government to challenge a European policy designed for the continent.
CMA CGM has finalized the acquisition of FedEx Supply Chain.
Marseille/Atlanta
With the transaction, CEVA Logistics' presence in North America has tripled.
Contships to order 10 feeder vessels with options for a further 10+10
Athens
Letter of intent with China's Hubei Guangji Green Energy Shipbuilding Group Co.
DP World signs agreement to develop deepwater port in Nigeria's Ogun State.
Dubai
The project includes approximately four kilometers of docks
New port regulations for Civitavecchia, Fiumicino, and Gaeta have been approved.
Civitavecchia
The procedural agreement with Interminal in Gaeta has been approved.
Kotug Acquires Majority Stake in Vortex Offshore
Rotterdam
The Dubai-based company provides maritime services to the offshore industry in the Middle East.
Over €1.9 billion in Spain to improve road and rail connections between ports
Madrid
Port authorities will contribute 875.1 million euros
Attica Holdings sold the ro-pax vessel Levka Ori for €8.3 million.
Kallithea
The ferry was built in 1987
DFDS's Trieste-Damietta ro-ro service will become bi-weekly in mid-October
Copenhagen
Inserting a second vessel into the route
The Italian Merchant Marine Academy increases cooperation with the Port of Durres.
Genoa
A memorandum of understanding has been signed
A volume on the history of the Tuscan port system will be presented in Livorno on Friday.
Livorno
A comparison of the key players in the port sector: from the reforms of the 1990s to the challenges of the future.
Suardiaz takes delivery of a 5,000-car LNG-powered car carrier
Madrid
A second PCTC vessel is expected in mid-2027
Hapag-Lloyd raises its 2026 outlook further
Hamburg
Strong demand and rising spot freight rates are pushing the company to significantly increase its EBITDA and EBIT forecasts.
UNIPORT's public meeting will be held in Rome on October 6th.
Rome
Debate on port reform and other relevant aspects of the sector
Pilot project for the production and use of green hydrogen at the port of Savona
Savona
Paroli (Western Ligurian Port Authority): a port area has been identified for work.
Tarros and Nurminen Logistics launch new Scandinavian-Mediterranean intermodal service
La Spezia/Helsinki
The land route connects Örebro, Parma and La Spezia
The first caisson of the breakwater protecting the regasification plant off the coast of Ravenna has been laid.
Ravenna
The maritime work will be approximately 900 metres long
Fincantieri and PT PAL sign agreement for the modernization of an Indonesian Navy vessel
Trieste
This is the "Kri Sriwijaya" unit (formerly "Giuseppe Garibaldi")
In Italy, the blue economy is worth 225 billion, and the nautical industry alone exceeds 10 billion in exports.
Rome
SACE's Focus On presented at the Genoa Boat Show
Fire aboard the Blue Star Ferries ro-ro vessel Blue Carrier 2
Kallithea
The 29 people on board were evacuated
Costs and timescales for the reconstruction of the four US Navy shipyards are rising exponentially.
Washington
If in 2018 21 billion dollars and 20 years of work were expected, today the estimate is 200 billion and at least 50 years.
Shipping faces its triple challenge: decarbonization, geopolitics, and the new geography of the automotive industry.
Chaff
At the Euromed Convention in Grimaldi, the sector is dealing with new environmental regulations, increasingly exposed routes and the shift of automotive production towards Southeast Asia.
Orizzonte Sistemi Navali signs a €3.7 billion contract for two destroyers
Trieste
The "Domenico Millelire" PPA has been delivered to the Navy.
Livorno: The Supreme Court of Cassation overturns the convictions in the Darsena Toscana docks affair.
Rome
The appeal ruling overturned the court's acquittal and convicted three defendants of ideological forgery.
The Port of Rijeka expects to close 2026 with a record container traffic of 800,000 TEUs.
River
With the new terminal on the island of Krk, traffic could rise to 1.7 million TEUs
Offshore wind energy funding: Pichetto reassures Taranto, but Taranto demands certainty.
Taranto
The 2026 funding for the Apulian port drops to €13.9 million. Gugliotti hopes for a formal confirmation of the remaining resources in 2027.
Port reform: The majority pushes ahead with Porti d'Italia SpA
Rome
The Chamber's Transport Committee rejects the opposition's suppressive amendments.
Gela's Porto Rifugio has received a favorable opinion for dredging the port's waters.
Palermo
Greenbrier Europe to produce NIK transshipment system for TX Logistik
Troisdorf/Berlin
Allows rapid loading of non-craneable semi-trailers onto trains
Maersk opens its own logistics center in the heart of Germany
Herleshausen
Located in Herleshausen, it has a surface area of 71,800 square meters
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
South Korea's HJ Shipbuilding & Construction Co. wins orders for four new 10,100 TEU containerships
Busan
The contract has a total value of approximately 500 million dollars.
Democratic Party: The government's port reform paves the way for privatization of Italian ports.
Rome
Ghio and Misiani: it also takes resources and skills away from the territories
Port self-production: The Council of State denies the segmentability of the authorization pursuant to Article 16, paragraph 3.
Rome
Cartour's "partial" authorization in the port of Salerno has been suspended.
Port of Miami closes fiscal 2026 with record cruise traffic
Miami
The threshold of ten million passengers has been exceeded, compared to 8.56 million in the previous financial year.
The Grimaldi Group has taken delivery of the new pure car and truck carrier Grande Egitto.
Naples
Its load capacity reaches 9,800 ceu
Port reform will be discussed in Genoa on October 2nd.
Genoa
Workshop organized by the AdSP and the Altero Matteoli association
Fratelli Cosulich strengthens its logistics network with the opening of Express Global Dubai
Dubai
Teresa Cosulich will be responsible for the new logistics office.
"A Sea of Switzerland" will be held in Lugano on October 9th
Lugano
Ninth edition of the International Forum on Transport and Infrastructure
Brullo Group orders three 40,800-ton deadweight oil/chemical tanker vessels
Rome
Order to the Chinese shipyard Anhui Shipyard
New attack on a ship in the Strait of Hormuz
Southampton
A bullet caused minor injuries to two crew members
A new megayacht production, maintenance, and storage hub opens in Trieste.
Trieste
Trieste Shipyards was founded by Seadock (Samer group) and Yachting Expertise and is owned by Friulia
Confitarma applauds the government's initiative to protect Italian ships in the Red Sea.
Rome
Zanetti: Maritime security is, in effect, a component of national economic security
Unions approve the platform for the single collective bargaining agreement for the shipping industry.
Rome
Filt, Fit and Uilt, is structured around three central elements such as salary, protection, participation and thirteen concrete requests
FHP Intermodal is increasing the frequency of its freight rail service between Fiorenzuola and Incoronata/Bari.
Milan
It goes up to five days a week
This year over 2,000 large yachts operated along the Italian coasts
Rome
Plus 10% for owned boats and a substantially stable trend for chartered ones
The event "Cyber-resilience in the maritime sector: defense, regulations, and European cooperation" will be held in Rome on Tuesday.
Rome
It is organized by Var Group and Confitarma
Smeup, with the acquisition of HTG, expands its portfolio in the logistics and transport sector
Erbusco
The Turin-based company specializes in the development of proprietary software
Saudi Arabian ports: Liquid bulk throughput to decline sharply in 2025
Riyadh
Total traffic fell to 298.3 million tonnes (-10.9%)
A delegation from the Lithuanian port of Klaipeda visited the port of Livorno
Livorno
In-depth comparison of their respective infrastructure development plans
New OOCL service between the Western Mediterranean and Canada
Hong Kong
Collaboration with Ocean Alliance companies and other carriers
The port's future is at the center of the event celebrating the 80th anniversary of Assosped Venezia and Asamar Veneto.
Venice
A conference on Friday will be the highlight of the festival
Increase in port workers at the ports of Monfalcone and Milazzo
Rome
Green light from the General Directorate for Ports, Logistics and Intermodality of the Ministry of the Interior.
Cargo traffic in Greek ports is sharply declining
Piraeus
Stagnation in passenger numbers
Mercitalia Shunting & Terminal has purchased eight Eurolight Dual bimodal locomotives
Rome
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
Assologistica event to discuss the Mediterranean strategy for Italian competitiveness
Rome
It will be held next October 30th in Naples
UNIPORT's public meeting will be held in Rome on October 6th.
Rome
Debate on port reform and other relevant aspects of the sector
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Cosco Shipping arm readies China IPO to capitalise on global shipbuilding wave
(South China Morning Post)
Rosatom expects cargo traffic along Northern Sea Route to rise 14% in 2026 - CEO
(Interfax)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Intervento del presidente Tomaso Cognolato
Roma, 19 giugno 2025
››› File
Container traffic in the port of Hong Kong grew by 22.1% last month.
Hong Kong
Total for the first eight months of 2026 unchanged
AGV Expo, a new European trade fair dedicated to self-guided vehicles, will be held in Piacenza next month.
Genoa
The event will also host a rich program of conferences
Massive transnational fraud discovered in the road haulage sector
Chieti
Illegal employment of non-EU workers
Cargo traffic at the port of Singapore decreased by -4.9% in August
Singapore
In the first eight months of 2026, the port handled 30.7 million containers (+4.2%)
Cochin Shipyard and Drydocks World to jointly develop new international ship repair center in Cochin
Mumbai
An Iranian merchant ship was hit in the Strait of Hormuz
Tehran/Southampton
One sailor died and four other crew members were injured.
In July, freight traffic in the port of Ravenna grew by +6.7%
Ravenna
A sharp decline of -21.2% is expected for August
Giulio Stoppa is the new general secretary of Trasportounito
Rome
A choice of continuity that at the same time marks the beginning of a new phase
The launching ceremony of Viking Astrea took place at the Fincantieri shipyard in Ancona
Ancona/Los Angeles
Viking's Board has authorized a share buyback program of up to $1 billion.
Meyer Werft begins construction of the Carnival Tropicale cruise ship
Papenburg
With a gross tonnage of 180,000 tons, it will be able to accommodate over 6,000 passengers.
VTG sells its UK subsidiary VTG Rail UK to pension fund USS
Hamburg
The company operates in the railway freight wagon leasing sector.
The Genoa Coast Guard reaches its 100th Port State Control inspection of 2026.
Genoa
More than 250 deficiencies have been detected so far
ABB and Oceanly collaborate to integrate and optimize ship performance and operations
Genoa
Strategic agreement between Federlogistica and the Port of Xiamen
Genoa
Feasibility study for a maritime connection between the Chinese port and Genoa
Container traffic at the Port of Los Angeles remained stable in August
Los Angeles
The increase in empty garages has offset the decrease in full ones
Gulftainer to acquire stake in Thailand's Suksawat Terminal
Sharjah/Bangkok
It is located on the Chao Phraya River, in Bangkok
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