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January 2015




30/01/2015Last year the fleet of portacontainer of the OOCL has transported 5,58 million container (+5.5%)
the activity has generated revenues for 5,81 billion dollars (+3.5%)




30/01/2015Al port of Gioia Tauro is landed one of the portacontainer larger to the world
The "MSC London" is able to transport about 17 thousand container




30/01/2015Seago Line will start a new service in the western Mediterranean
the line will touch the ports of Marseilles-Fos, La Spezia, Valencia and Algeri




30/01/2015In the 2014 Hupac it has transported on track 660 thousand street shipments (+0.5%)
On invitation of the company, the representatives of a hundred of logistics and transport enterprises have visited the yard of the tunnel of base of the Gottardo




30/01/2015Last year the traffic goods in the port of Ravenna has grown of +8.8%
Of Marco: "2015 will be without a doubt a very difficult year having the port, in absence of the start of the work of the Progettone, almost reached own saturation"




30/01/2015In the 2014 port of it has enlivened 15,7 million tons of goods (+1.3%)
the container has been 1.303.017 teu (+0.2%). Crocieristi +126%




30/01/2015Hanjin Shipping has closed 2014 with an improvement of the economic performances
the fleet of portacontainer of the group has transported beyond 4,5 billion container (- 4.1%)




30/01/2015This year in the Spanish ports record is attended a crocieristico traffic
the forecasts indicate a total of 8,1 million passengers




30/01/2015In increase the economic results of the Japanese NYK, MOL and "K" Linens in the quarter October-December 2014
Profit clearly respective in increase of +7.3%, +59.6% and +1,117, 8%




29/01/2015Porto of Savona, renewed for others five years the authorization to harbour company CULP
Ok of the Harbour Committee to the permanence of Costa Crociere until 2044 on the docks of the port of call




29/01/2015Fain (Royal Caribbean): 2014 have been a good year and it will be also 2015
the crocieristico group American has closed last year with a profit clearly of 764 million dollars (+61.3%)




29/01/2015the Harbour Authority of Livorno has delivered to the Masol Italy (group Musim Mas) an area of 10 thousand square metres
Project for the realization of an industrial park integrated for the working of oils vegetables with an investment of 55 million euros




29/01/2015Costa Crociere institutes to Amburgo an unit in order to manage the operativity of the fleet
Neil Palomba will be the new general manager of the company




29/01/2015Fincantieri creates a society for the planning, production and supply of systems in the within of the system manufacturer
President and managing director is named Claudio Andrea Gemme




29/01/2015Wärstilä has closed 2014 with a profit before taxes of 494 million euros (- 9%)
the new orders are piled almost 5,1 billion euros (+5%, +6% in the single segment of the naval propulsion)




29/01/2015Propelling Club of Milan has organized a conviviale reunion on the Jobs Act
will hold 2 February to the hotel Crowne Plaza Milan City




29/01/2015the Japanese ship yard Imabari Shipbuilding will construct first portacontainer from 20.000 teu
Shoei Kisen Kaisha will rent 11 ships from 18.000 teu to the Evergreen




28/01/2015In 2014 Malta Freeport has established the own new record anniversary of traffic of the container
the Maltese port has enlivened 2,9 million teu




28/01/2015Odone (Uilt): from the government a line strategic in order to allot the resources on the useful ports to the development of the Country
Urgent a political action that throws again the development of the ports of call and safeguards the job




28/01/2015Down the incidents to the Vecon terminal of Venice graces to a specific program for safety
For the 2015 ulterior initiatives are previewed which extended to all the workers who find themselves to operate in harbour and terminalistico atmosphere




28/01/2015Fortunes will activate a service of directed fortnightly consolidation to Guayaquil
Transit reduced Time more than three weeks




28/01/2015Not dredgings? Not ships
It is the topic of an organized encounter from Federation of the Sea, Assoporti and Federagenti that will hold on 19 February to Rome




28/01/2015Started on Palermo the construction of the troncone that Opera will be inserted in the middle of MSC
The "Program Renaissance" will finish to November with the work on "Lyric MSC"




28/01/2015the operators of the port of Trapani protest for the role assigned to the port of call in case of amalgamation with Palermo
They define "serious" the affirmations of Cannatella, second which "Trapani could become a strategic landing place for the traffic goods on container"




28/01/2015the port of Genoa has archived item 2014 marking a new record of traffic containers
Altogether tons of goods (+4.8% are enlivened 51,9 million)




28/01/2015In the 2014 port of Antwerp it has enlivened a traffic record of 199,0 million tons (+4.3%)
the containers have been pairs to 8.977.738 teu (+4.7%)




28/01/2015CNA-Fita, satisfaction for confirmation of the resources for expenses not documented of the road haulage
In this negative economic conjuncture - it has emphasized the association - they are vital for survival of the small and averages Italian enterprises




28/01/2015Bohai Leasing has bought the chartering society Cronos container
the activity of the company will be integrated in that of the Seaco, branch of the Chinese group. The consistency of the fleet will go up to 2.179.000 teu




28/01/2015In the 2014 air traffic in Italy it is returned to grow after two years of contraction
Enlivened 150.505.471 passengers (+4.5%) and 952,082 tons of goods (+5.0%)




27/01/2015Last year the traffic of the goods enlivened from the port of Savona I go is diminished of -10,1%
Decrease of the bulk. The goods several four million tons have grown of +9.5% to




27/01/2015Odone (Uiltrasporti): the umpteenth stop to the development of the port of Taranto confirmation paradoxical an absurd situation and
"Without the dredgings - it has emphasized - they do not resume the traffics and without traffics not there is job"




27/01/2015Trasportounito, the governmental policies for the road haulage are limited to the management day-by-day of the survival
"Political zero - Longo denunciation - but much smug hypocrisy in getting on according to summit requirements"




27/01/2015From to the 2025 total volumes of the international transportation of goods they will grow here more than four times
Such scene can have an impact negative on the climate, but also on the economy




27/01/2015This Snav summer will realize a new marine connection between Pescara and the Croatian islands
Three services in program from the 18 July to the 6 september




27/01/2015Nuovo stop to the dredgings in the port of Taranto
Decreto of the diametrically opposite Council of State to the decree of the Regional Administrative Court of friday




27/01/2015In last the 20 years the German ports have recorded a doubling of the traffic volumes
Günthner: harbour politics must have along breath




27/01/2015Carnival Agreement - Merchants Group Lowers in order to constitute a Chinese crocieristica company
the initiative previews also the institution of a terminal net cruises in China




27/01/2015AIATP, increases to the difference between the smaller ships and those greater ones enrolled in the International Registry
a delegation of Fleeting the Shipping Italian Association Transport is received to the Ministry of Infrastructures and the Transports




26/01/2015Modification of the corporate name of three companies of the shipowning group Grimaldi
Nasceranno Grimaldi Group Spa, Grimaldi Euromed Spa and Grimaldi Deep Sea Spa




26/01/2015The marine WSC, carriers would not have to be obliged to supply the data on the vendor and the purchaser of the goods in import in the EU
the World Shipping Council has many times over evidenced to the EU commission that such information can be given commercial classified




26/01/2015On 2 February to Savona the convention will hold on the topic "Trasport… are the resumption in Liguria"
It is organized from Confcommercio Savona




26/01/2015In the 2014 traffic of the goods in the port of Goteborg it is diminished of -2%
the passengers have been beyond 1,8 million people (+8%)




26/01/2015the shippers of Genoa, La Spezia and Savona construct a common house
Ours - they have explained Belts, Laghezza and Orsero - it wants to be a constructive spirit, with propositive forms towards the institutions




26/01/2015New to 2,000 UASC order container refrigerator
They will be delivered by the Daikin Japanese




26/01/2015Exim Bank lowers finances CSSC for three new portacontainer from 18.000 teu
The ships of CMA CGM will be constructed in the ship yard Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding Co.




23/01/2015the commissioner of the Harbour Authority of Ancona Giampieri is named president of the agency
It cracks (Region Marche): "it is the news that Ancona and the Marche waited for a long time"




23/01/2015Mearelli (Assologistica): it is necessary that finally the logistic field has normative dignity
The section is worth about 7% of the Gross Domestic Product one




23/01/2015In the 2014 traffic of the goods enlivened from the port of Palermo it is increased of +2.3%
To Termini Imerese a handling of 280 thousand is recorded tons (- 29.8%)




23/01/2015This year is attended an increase of +7.8% of the ability to the world-wide fleet of portacontainer
In the 2014 increase it has been of +6.3%




23/01/2015the SUL threatens another strike to the Port Channel of Cagliari
Proriestì: it is most serious that CLP has only thought of being able to incutere fear or to dissuade the workers to exercise the strike right




23/01/2015the Italian marine cluster asks the minister of the Transports to claim with force the centrality of its role
Monti (Assoporti): extreme worry for hypothesis as those contained ones in the draft of bill of initiative of the Ministry of the Economic Development




22/01/2015Last year the traffic goods enlivened from the port of Barcelona has grown of +9%
The container pairs to 1,9 million teu (+10% have been)




22/01/2015To Naples assumes an economic support to the Unica Lavoratori Portuali Company through the harbour taxes
Karrer will propose to the Harbour Committee the Shrill nomination like temporary acting general secretary




22/01/2015In the 2014 ports of Seattle and 3.427.561 Tacoma they have enlivened container (- 0.8%)
the total traffic of the goods has been almost 35,1 million tons (+9.3%)




22/01/2015Agreement DB Schenker - Maersk Line in order to reduce the emissions of co2 of the container transport
Attended a decrease of 20% of the carbon dioxide emissions within 2020




22/01/2015Al via the participations in order to neutralize the causes of the sand fill of the port of Pescara
The president of the regional committee of the Abruzzi has introduced the cronoprogramma of the work




22/01/2015Giachino: the reforms for the ports and the logistics must make the Parliament
We - the national responsible has asserted transports of Forza Italia - expect very from the plan of the portualità and the logistics which minister Lupi is working




21/01/2015On 27 January in the capital of Liguria the convention "Manifest Genoa" will hold
the topics are the displacement to sea of the outer dam and the resource of titanium on Monte Beigua




21/01/2015Started in the yard Fincantieri di Sestri West the construction of the cruise ship Seven Seas Explorer
the delivery is previewed for the summer of 2016




21/01/2015Assiterminal, the hypothesis of revocation of the overwhelming majority of the concessions would determine a chaos in the entire national portualità
the association of the terminalisti expresses worry also for the hypothesis of abolition of the harbour temporary job




21/01/2015"the hypothesis to annul the harbour companies - the mayor of Genoa emphasizes - appears indefensible"
In the port - Doria explains - they carry out a decisive function




21/01/2015the MPHRP exhorts to continue in the efforts in order to guarantee safety of the marine ones
Little - the organization emphasizes - it is made in order to answer to the hit difficulties of the marine ones from piracy actions




21/01/2015Tarlazzi (UILT): "not to the deregulation of the ports"
We ask - the general secretary of the union has explained - the extract from the Ddl "competition" for the matters of competence of the Ministry the Transports




21/01/2015today to inform is also "mobile"
Activated a specific version for the reading on smartphone




21/01/2015In the 2014 terminal of group CMHI they have enlivened 80,6 million container (+13.1%)
the bulk traffic has been of 363,4 million tons (+4.1%)




21/01/2015Al port of Salerno is activated the procedure of preclearing of the goods
Announced: "now the reform of 84/94 law and the activation in times attends breviums of investment programs for the development of the retroportuali areas"




21/01/2015the port of Long Beach has closed 2014 with a traffic of 6,8 million container (+1.3%)
In the single month of December 2.6% are enlivened 567 thousand teu (-)




20/01/2015Last year the port of Tanger Med has enlivened 41,7 million tons of goods (+17%)
the traffic of the passengers has been of beyond 2,1 million people (+7%)




20/01/2015Strike of the workers to the Port Channel of Cagliari
Freemasons: we expect punctuality on the comprised salaries and wage the rear ones of 14a and 13a




20/01/2015Eimskip and König & Cie. they have constituted joint venture
will take care of ship management and trading




20/01/2015In the 2014 volume of goods transported from the ships journeyed in the Suez Canal has grown of +9.0%
the ships in transit in the direction north-south have transported 416,0 million tons (+7.3%) and those in transit in the opposite direction 406,3 million tons (+10.8%)




19/01/2015In the 2014 traffic of the container in the port of Los Angeles City has grown of +6.0%
full Sbarchi and embarks of container respective +7.4% and +0.6%. Container empty +8.5%




19/01/2015Last year the traffic of the goods in the port of Rotterdam is piled to 444,7 million tons (+1.0%)
For 2015 an analogous increase is attended




19/01/2015In the 2014 managed harbour terminal of PSA they have enlivened 65,44 million container (+5.8%)
the terminals of Singapore have enlivened 33,55 million teu (+4.1%) and those foreign countries 31,89 million teu (+7.8%)




19/01/2015the Council of State assigns the property of Toremar to Tuscany di Navigazione and it removes Moby
Overturned the sentence first degree of the REGIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE COURT on the privatization of the navigation company




19/01/2015GNV is come to an agreement with Codacons in order to improve the servicing to the customers
Velocizzata also the management of the claims




19/01/2015Unions and political forces criticize the action of the government on the ports
Cortorillo (Filt Cgil): encounter to Far West is gone. Forza Italia critical the intention of the government of commissariare other Harbour Authorities




16/01/2015In the 2014 port of Brindisi it has recorded increments of traffic of +4.5% of the goods and +3.8% of the passengers
Particularly consisting increase (+23.9%) of the rotabili




16/01/2015Nuovo agricultural and food- traffic from the Center and South America for the port of Civitavecchia
Begun the landings place of the Cosiarma ships to Civitavecchia Fruit & Forest Terminal




16/01/2015Prompt Uiltrasporti the Antitrust to inquire on the acquisition of the control of Tirrenia CIN by Moby
Tarlazzi: "if it had to be necessary we will ask also the participation for the European Antitrust"




16/01/2015Singapore confirmation second port world-wide container
In the 2014 port of call +4.0% have movimntato almost 33,9 million teu ()




16/01/2015the French shipowners ask a specific law for the economy for the sea
Support of Armateurs de France to the proposal to introduce within the end of a 2015 bill for the "blue increase"




16/01/2015Zeno D' Augustin will be named commissioner of the Harbour Authority of Trieste
Serracchiani: the next nomination answers to the requirement to assure rapidity in the succession to the governance of the port




16/01/2015In the 2014 terminal of COSCO Pacific they have totaled a traffic of 67,3 million container (+9.9%)
handling in the terminals foreign countries has grown of +16.9%




16/01/2015the judge archivia the inquiry on the allocation of the servicings to the crocieristi in the port of Brindisi
Haralambides: the investigations have revealed an unimpeachable conduct of the Harbour Authority of Brindisi




15/01/2015Perotti has announced the decision to discharge from the charge the UCINA president
I have chosen with pain resignation - it has explained - because I consider a necessary step to it for the future of the association




15/01/2015Saturday will officially be inaugurated in Italy new East-West Network of the Maersk Line
the services will be operated with medium larger ships regarding the past




15/01/2015Intercargo throws again the alarm for the danger course rinfusiere that they transport cargos that can be liquified
the appeal as a result of the umpteenth incident, been necessary to the rinfusiera "Jupiter Bulk" that it had loaded bauxite in Malaysia




15/01/2015To Venice the pollution produced from the great cruise ships is diminished thanks to the fuel "green"
It evidences a search lead from the Institute of Sciences of the Atmosphere and the Climate of the CNR of C#lecce




15/01/2015Summit between MedCruise and four Head offices EU in order to promote crocieristico tourism
the association of the crocieristici ports of the Mediterranean has shown possible strategic actions and political initiatives for the development and the sustainability of the cruises in the region




15/01/2015In the 2014 travelling freeway of RAlpin it has transported 110 thousand motor vehicles
99.300 have travelled on the Freiburg-Novara draft




15/01/2015Last year the harbour terminals of Contship Italy have enlivened almost 6,6 million container (+5.7%)
the Italian terminals of the group have recorded a traffic of 5,2 million teu (- 0.1%) and the Moroccan terminal Eurogate Tanger a volume record of 1,4 million teu (+34.2%)




15/01/2015the port of Hong Kong comes down to the quarter place in the ranking 2014 of the world-wide ports container
Having enlivened 22,3 million teu it is climbed over by the port of Shenzhen




14/01/2015In the 2014 traffic of the goods enlivened from the port of Marseilles it has recorded a bending of -2%
the decrease is determined by the reduction of hydrocarbons




14/01/2015the Spanish government presses because the rates of the aerial and marine transport reflect the decrease of the price of the oil
minister Pastor will convene the responsibles of the airlines and the companies of navigation




14/01/2015Last year the number of actions of piracy against the ships is diminished of -7%
In increase the assaults against the small tankers in the Asian south-east




14/01/2015On 21 January to Rome a convention will hold on the Italian logistic system
Management of the Polytechnic of Milan is organized from the Observatory Contract Logistics of the School of and from Assologistica




14/01/2015the ports of Oakland, New Orleans and Dublino close 2014 with shining turned out of traffic
Record of the container and the cruises for the ports of call Americans. The Irish port grazes the best performance recorded in 2007




13/01/2015From the 4 on 6 February CarraraFiere will accommodate the international review Seatec
It is dedicated to technology, subfornitura and design for boats, yacht and ships




13/01/2015Provincial: the new Portuale Town development plan of Livorno does not anticipate some danger for the atmosphere
"the PRP - it has emphasized - is not written in the closed one of a room"




13/01/2015In the 2014 port of Ghent it has enlivened 47,7 million tons of goods (- 1.0%)
the marine traffic goods has been of 25,9 million tons (- 0.2%) and the traffic inland of 21,8 million tons (- 1.8%)




13/01/2015Arc Shipments inaugurates new connections for Germany and France
They are dedicated to the street transport of goods dangerous




13/01/2015In 2015 railway group French SNCF will cut 1,100 places of work
However, with a total of approximately 9.000 new assumptions, the railway group will be confirmed like one of the main offerers of places of work of France




13/01/2015Prestige Cruises International renunciation to start the initial public offer
It had the objective to collect deep for 250 million dollars




12/01/2015Grimaldi will activate a new direct service for the transport of motor vehicles between the port of Civitavecchia and the America North
Finnlines buys two ships ro-ro




12/01/2015Meeting of Propeller Club of Genoa on the protection of the marine ones
Wednesday to Saint George Palace will hold




12/01/2015The ports NAPA confirm the engagement to support mutual the future projects of development of every port of call
Adhesion to the association of the ports of Monfalcone and Chioggia




12/01/2015Last year the traffic of the passengers in the port of Genoa is dropped of -5,3%
Crocieristi -21,5%; passengers of ferries +3.9%. For the 2015 Marine Stations he previews a content increment of the traffic you ferry and an light decrease of the cruises




12/01/2015In the 2014 harbour terminal of the Virginiums they have enlivened a traffic container record
handling has been pairs to 2.393.038 teu (+7.6%)




12/01/2015Federagenti exhorts the government to quickly giving certainties on the future crocieristico of Venice
Satisfaction for the sentence of the REGIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE COURT that has cancelled the limits to the income of the cruise ships




12/01/2015Mario Corsi is the new managing director of ABB Spa
Matteo Marini has assumed the presidency of the company and the responsibility of the division Power Products of ABB for the European Region




12/01/2015In the 2014 traffic of the goods in the port of Piombino it is diminished of -33,5% to the 3,5 million one tons
It disembarks and it embarks are dropped respective of the -41,5% and of -12,9%




09/01/2015the REGIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE COURT Venetian cancels the action of the Harbour office of Venice that imposed limitations to the crocieristico traffic in Giudecca and S. Marco
Coast: "we with confidence attend the decisions that the government will want to take, as soon as possible"




09/01/2015Online the site on the project of dismantling and money laundering of the Concord
The team of technicians of the Consortium Ship Recycling to the job will grow on the property left at death one




09/01/2015British court CAT confirmation the prohibition to Eurotunnel to operate services ferry between Dover and Calais
the railway group announces the intention to sell the MyFerryLink company




09/01/2015the port of Trieste has closed the 2014 with a traffic of the container record of beyond 500 thousand teu
Increase of +10.34% regarding the year precedence




09/01/2015Start of the course of the Foundation G.I coast in order to form the young people to the careers of the sea
They will be followed by twenty-five students selected between beyond three hundred candidates




09/01/2015Sensitive increase of the ability to the fleets of portacontainer of the first twenty companies of the line field
In a year the consistency of the fleet of Danish A.P. Møller-Mærsk is gone up to 604 ships for an ability pairs almost 2,9 million teu (+12%)




09/01/2015In the 2014 harbour system of Amsterdam it has enlivened beyond 97,4 million tons of goods (+1.7%)
the single port of call of Amsterdam has recorded a new record of 79,7 million tons (+1.4%)




09/01/2015Egean Marine Petroleum Network extiende su red a los puertos alemanes
En Hamburgo, se ha instalado un centro de distribución de combustible




08/01/2015Undersigned the agreement of program for Marghera Port that previews investments for 153 million euros
It is - it has emphasized the Harbour Authority of Venice - an only occasion of I throw again of the harbour and industrial activities




08/01/2015Las comisiones que investigan las reclamaciones marítimas -la Denuncia Nacional de Capitanos-no incluyen a los más experimentados, que son los oficiales de la Marina Mercante
La asociación expresa algunas consideraciones sobre el hundimiento del "Normando Atlántico". Destacó el problema de la independencia tanto del ranking como de los comandantes en los tratos con las empresas




08/01/2015society of towing constituted from PSA Marine and Golden Dunes International
Opererà services for Oman LNG




08/01/2015Deep for the shipbuilding-shipowning field put on from the Law of Stability
total Amount of 100 million euros in favor of the section




08/01/2015the traffic of the container in the Australian ports will record a annual increase of +5.1% in next the 20 years
For the not containerized traffic an increment of +3.9% is attended per year




07/01/2015Serracchiani: it is necessary to avoid a "empty one" to the guide of the Harbour Authority of Trieste
the Region Friuli Venice Julia has communicated to the MIT the will to actively carry out own role to the aim to reach the understanding on the nomination of the new president




07/01/2015the shipowning group Grimaldi strengthens the marine connections between Italy and Spain
Doubling of the frequency of the Savona-Barcelona service and its extension also to the transport of passengers




07/01/2015the council of Livorno has organized a centralized public encounter on the port
One will hold tomorrow to hours 17.30




07/01/2015New line ro-ro between the ports of Trapani and Genoa
It will be activated by the Domestic servant of Srl Navigation




07/01/2015To November 2014 the port of Genoa has enlivened 4,2 million tons of goods (+6.7%)
In the first eleven months of the 2014 traffic it has grown of +4.8%




07/01/2015Eimskip has bought the Dutch shipment house Jac. Meisner
The company of Rotterdam records a annual turnover of about 7,5 million euros




07/01/2015Helvetic group ABB has completed the cession of its activities of Service Full hand
New society stand-halo with the name of Quant




07/01/2015Completed the fusion between German VTG Aktiengesellschaft and the Helvetian Ahaus Alstätter Eisenbahn
the consistency of the VTG fleet is gone up to beyond 80.000 railway wagons goods




07/01/2015the Authority of the Channel of Panama hat has introduced a new one slowly of the tolls for the transit of the ships
the objective is beginning from to introduce the new rates the April of 2016




05/01/2015This Hyundai Heavy Industries year previews to obtain new orders for 23 billion dollars
Attended a turnover pairs to about 22 billion dollars




05/01/2015To November the traffic of the goods in the port of Taranto has grown of +24.4%
In the first eleven months of the 2014 port of call has enlivened 25,8 million tons (+0.6%)




05/01/2015Mega Operativa of the Harbour Authority of Bari succeeds to Sommariva to the summit of the Technical Secretariat
On 31 December the second term of the general secretary has expired




05/01/2015naval gigantism contaminates also the Japanese MOL
the shipowning group will be equipped of container vessels of next ability to 20.000 teu




02/01/2015In the 2014 port of Mombasa it has established the own new record of traffic of the container
the port of call African has enlivened a million teu




02/01/2015Recognized part of the declared additional costs from consortium GUPC for the widening of the channel of Panama hat
also a delay of 176 days of the duration of the intense activities




02/01/2015To the Russian United Shipbuilding Corporation 100% of the Arctech ship yard of Helsinki
STX Finland has yielded 50% of the capital
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Electric trucks more affordable than diesel in six major EU markets
Brussels
According to T&E, in countries that account for 46% of European sales, electric vehicles have already become cheaper in five years. Italy, Spain, and Poland are lagging behind.
AP Moller Capital to acquire majority stake in Euroports
Copenhagen/Antwerp
R-Logitech will exit the capital, while PMV and SFPIM will remain shareholders
China, exports are growing but ports are slowing down
Beijing
In August, global foreign trade increased by +19.8%, but international goods handled by seaports decreased by -2.3%.
From Puertos del Estado to Ports of Italy: the same inspiration, an opposite outcome.
Genoa
For port reform, the government is referring to the Spanish model, but is building the exact opposite: yet another counter that the Italian corporate spirit knows how to invent so well.
Maritime ETS: Brussels opens up to hybrid and electric ferries, but Interferry demands more.
Brussels
The proposed revision strengthens the SMAP mechanism but leaves the issue of port networks and infrastructure to AFIR and FuelEU Maritime
Seafarer killed aboard bulk carrier attacked in the Strait of Hormuz
New Delhi/Southampton/Tehran
The other crew members were rescued.
Freight traffic in the ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado continues to oscillate between signs of recovery and slowdown
Genoa
In July, volumes increased in both Ligurian ports
Trasportounito offers an automatic system to adjust road haulage rates to the price of diesel.
Rome
Seafarers, five years after the Code of Conduct, the gap between policy and reality remains.
London
Shipping companies' compliance is growing, but issues remain regarding fatigue, psychological safety, complaints and recruitment fees.
Last month, ship traffic in the Suez Canal increased by +26.9%
Ismailia
In the first eight months of 2026, it was crossed by 9,602 ships (+17.4%)
Decision on crucial rail section of Scandinavian-Mediterranean Corridor in Germany postponed again
Hamburg
German port operators are calling for an acceleration of both new infrastructure and the upgrading of the existing line.
Kuehne+Nagel agrees to long-term strategic partnership with Amazon
Schindellegi
The agreement includes a call option on existing shares of the logistics group
MSC in talks to acquire German shipbuilding group Meyer Werft
New York
Currently, 80.73% of the capital is held by the German Federal Government and the State of Lower Saxony.
Trafigura creates a new shipping company dedicated to oil transport
Geneva
Initially Volare Shipping has a fleet of six VLCCs plus eight under construction
Shipowners are calling on EU member states to approve the inclusion of two Indian shipyards in the European list of ship recycling facilities.
Brussels
The new headquarters of the Italian Merchant Marine Academy has been inaugurated in Genoa.
Genoa
French ports see a balance between increases and decreases in the second quarter.
Paris
Total traffic reached 71.1 million tons (-0.2%). Containers increased by 8.1%.
The Genoa Port Master Plan, the Pra' dock, and the Multedo chemical depots are the thorniest issues in the discussions with operators and the local community.
Genoa
Crosetto: The Italian Navy will ensure the safe transit of Italian ships through the Strait of Bab el-Mandeb.
La Spezia
We have - the Minister of Defense underlined - the capabilities to protect its passage
Assiterminal: Seabed certainty and planned dredging are essential for port competitiveness.
Genoa
Mordeglia: We don't just need a simpler rule, we need a predictable one.
Germany is reforming VAT to make its ports more competitive.
Hamburg
The Conference of Finance Ministers approves the compensation model that should eliminate the pre-financing of the tax from 2030
Saudi Arabia denounces that the Houthis are pursuing a policy aimed at "strangling the Straits", holding the international community hostage
New York
The UN Security Council is divided between condemnations and calls for negotiations.
WTO: A reform of the trading system could increase global GDP by 3% by 2050
Geneva
The World Trade Report 2026 warns of the costs of fragmentation: up to 7% less global GDP in a world dominated by free trade agreements
One in ten containers is not up to standard
Washington
WSC publishes 2025 inspection data: out of 93,079 units inspected in seven countries, 9,645 had deficiencies
The World Shipping Council (WSC), the international association representing the world's leading container shipowners, has urged member states...
Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd to bring back four services on the Suez Canal route
Copenhagen/Hamburg
The lines connect Asia with Europe/Mediterranean
Neri and Nova Marine Carriers Groups to Control Calata Orlando Terminal
Lugano
The Livorno terminal will be the subject of a significant investment
Cavotec and EVIAS sign agreement for charging electric port vehicles on the move.
Stockholm
The Swedish company becomes the exclusive distributor and installer for the port sector of the French company's technologies
Hapag-Lloyd signs agreement with DP World to secure terminal capacity in Africa
Hamburg
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
Port of Genoa: Messina Terminal workers strike for one hour for a month
Genoa
The company reports that one of the union members did not show up at the last meeting as part of the cooling-off procedure provided for by the National Collective Labour Agreement.
Port of Taranto, agreement to participate in the development of the Valbasento Interporto in Ferrandina.
Matera/Taranto
A logistical-functional masterplan will be developed within 180 days
Attica, the deficit is reduced thanks mainly to capital gains and coverage
Kallithea
First half of the year with fewer crossings and slightly increasing revenues
Since the beginning of the year, passengers and goods on GNV ships have increased by +2% and +5%
Marrakech
Three-year strategic partnership with the Office National Marocain du Tourisme
Escola Europea - Intermodal Transport celebrates its 20th anniversary
Barcelona
A Mediterranean sea voyage between Barcelona, Civitavecchia, Palermo, and Genoa.
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.
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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
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
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
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
New attack on a ship in the Strait of Hormuz
Southampton
A bullet caused minor injuries to two crew members
Brullo Group orders three 40,800-ton deadweight oil/chemical tanker vessels
Rome
Order to the Chinese shipyard Anhui Shipyard
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
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
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