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March 2015




31/03/2015Evergreen Marine Corporation returns to the profit
Last year the revenues of the taiwanese shipowning group are increased of +3.6%




31/03/2015Zim has concluded 2014 with a net loss not-GAAP of -127 million dollars
the ships of the company have transported 2,36 million container (- 6%)




31/03/2015Rina Services will certify the construction of the new turkmen port of Türkmenbasy
The Italian company will execute the verification of the project and the inspection of the construction




31/03/2015Hamburg complete Süd the takever on the activities of transport of line of Chilean CCNI
the acquisition includes the correlated activities of agency operated by the Agunsa Chilean




31/03/2015The government of the Quebec decides to invest 1,5 billion dollars in the harbour and logistic field
Projects for the realization of harbour infrastructures for the commercial and tourist traffic and of logistics centers will be financed




30/03/2015In 2014 the traffic of the passengers and the goods enlivened from railway group SBB CFF FFS has grown
the Helvetic company has archived item the exercise with a consolidated result of 372,9 million franchi (+56.5%)




30/03/2015To February the traffic of the goods in the port of Venice has grown of +28.2%
Crocieristi down of -71,0%




30/03/2015ATI constituted by Cambiaso & Risso, the Cargo vessel and SH. IF. the management of the Italy Pier of is adjudicated
The landing place is dedicated to the cruise ships and mega the yachts




30/03/2015Study for the development of railway connections between the port of Ravenna and the Interporto of Parma
Interest for the activation of "a multiprodotto-multicliente" service




30/03/2015CMA CGM has closed 2014 with a profit clearly of 584 million dollars (+43.2%)
the French shipowning group has confirmed of having under finalizzazione orders for three portacontainer from 20.600 teu




30/03/2015the Harbour Committee of Naples has approved of the triennial plan and the directory anniversary of the works
Participations for an amount of 171 million euros




30/03/2015Bucchioni (La Spezia Confindustria): the issue of the customs corridors must be debated in Harbour Committee
the reasonings of the doganalisti - it has found - cannot be liquidated tacciando who advances them of ingenerosità or corporatismo




30/03/2015In the first period of two months of the 2015 traffic of the container enlivened from the port of Valencia it is increased of +15.3%
It has been pairs to 757.105 teu




30/03/2015terminalista group HHLA has closed 2014 with a profit after the taxes of 90,6 million euros (+8.5%)
the operating profit has grown of +10.0%




30/03/2015Decided improvement of the economic results of Shipping Lowers Lines Container
Last year the fleet of the Chinese company has transported 8,1 million container (- 1.2%)




27/03/2015Al via the agreement for the marine pole of
is approved of by the regional committee of the Liguria




27/03/2015Carla Demaria is elected president of Ucina Nautical Confindustria
the new president has confirmed the central role of the Nautical Hall of Genoa




27/03/2015Stable the traffic of the goods in the port of Ravenna to February
In the first two months of the 2015 tons (- 6.1% are enlivened 3,6 million)




27/03/2015Fincantieri will for the first time construct in Italy a ship planned from Rolls-Royce
It is an oceanographic unit of search ordered from Istituto Norvegese di Ricerca Marina




27/03/2015the crocieristico group Carnival clearly has archived item the first trimester of exercise 2015 with a profit of 49,0 million dollars
The revenues are diminished of -1,5%




27/03/2015the shippers of Genoa, La Spezia and Savona want to be protagonists of the development of from Liguria portualità
trade associations have confirmed the intention to oppose themselves "to every finalized initiative to replace the public hand to the private activities"




27/03/2015Hapag-Lloyd concludes 2014 with a passive fort on which they weigh the costs of integration with CSAV
Last year the fleet of the German company has transported 5,9 million container (+7.5%)




27/03/2015Carnival orders to nine new cruise ships to Fincantieri and Meyer Werft
Five units will be constructed by the Italian group, four from that German. The deliveries between 2019 and 2022




26/03/2015Aspedo, with the operation of the Ikea corridor the competences of the doganalisti shippers will come totally bypassate
Borra: "it is not acceptable that it is entered to stiff leg in dynamics of privatistico market"




26/03/2015In the fourth trimester the 2014 index of the services of transport and the activities of support turns out in increases of +2.0%
Regarding the trimester precedence the increment is of +0.9%




26/03/2015Ok of the Harbour Committee of Genoa to the outline of Portuale Town development plan to subject to Vas
the document is approved of unanimously




26/03/2015After three archived item consecutive years in loss, in the 2014 shipowning group Yang Ming is returned to the profit
Last year the revenues are piled to 134,8 billion dollars of Taiwan (+13.4%)




26/03/2015Brussels approves of joint venture between Wärtsilä and China Is been Shipbuilding Corporation
the new society will produce in diesel China motor four times "medium speed"




26/03/2015Maersk has ordered the construction of seven portacontainer ice-class from 3.600 teu
the ships will be realized by Chinese ship yard COSCO Shipyard




26/03/2015Coast (AP Venice): the Mediterranean Union of the Freeways of the Sea must become a priority objective of European politics
In the lagoon city the European conference "sea Motorways is on of the"




26/03/2015Launched in Japan before the four new Supramax ships of the fleet of dACC Maritime
the second unit will be taken in delivery to september and the third and fourth one will be operating in the second half of 2016




26/03/2015the prompt ERFA the acceleration towards a oriented railway system at the market
"They continue to being to us - Violeta Bulc has confirmed the European commissioner - too many technical and normative obstacles"




26/03/2015Confetra, the AGCM equipara the logistic activities to the postal services
the consequence - denunciation the Confederation - is that today many enterprises of shipment and road haulage must be titular of postal authorizations




26/03/2015In the 2014 revenues of Chinese COSCO Pacific they are increased of +8.9%
With the exclusion of the activities stopped, the profit attributable to the shareholders has grown of +2.3%




25/03/2015The Deutschland cruise ship is sold to an American society
It will be delivered within the May end




25/03/2015Ten companies exit from UCINA and the association speaks about "gesture of particular gravity"
Friday will hold the assembly of the associates. President pro tempore Lamberto Tacoli has withdrawn its candidacy to president




25/03/2015Summit to Messina with the objective to restore the landings place of the ships to the port of call of Tremestieri
the Municipality proposes the installation of a dredging system fixed aspirant




25/03/2015With the Azipod D Helvetian ABB widens the range of ships to which the system of propulsion is destined
The new engine is particularly attractive for the field of the transports offshore




25/03/2015the regional council of the Tuscany has approved of the Portuale Town development plan of the port of Livorno
Gallanti: "the city is historical day for all and the port"




25/03/2015Interporto South Europe nozzle an appeal in order to save the port of Naples
the objective is to promote a very pragmatic plan in order to check the crisis




25/03/2015In the 2014 ports of Olbia, Golfo Aranci and Porto Torres have enlivened 3,6 million passengers (+3.1%)
Goods several and rotabili is piled to 5,9 million tons (+0.9%)




24/03/2015In the 2014 port of Messina it has enlivened 5,6 million tons of goods (- 1.3%)
Stable the traffic of the passengers. Crocieristi down of -36,2%




24/03/2015Pacific International Lines and Luen Thai Group have bought Mariana Express Lines
the company work services of line in the Asian south-east and Oceania




24/03/2015Today in the port of two new destined cranes of dock to LSCT have arrived
the means of raising ultra post-Panamax have a sbraccio of 62 meters




24/03/2015Last year the traffic of the goods enlivened from the port of Ancona has recorded a rise of +22.9%
Passengers down of -8,0%




24/03/2015Chinese SIPG will manage the new Israeli harbour terminal of HaMifratz (Haifa)
the concession contract will have a duration 25-year-old and the port will become operating in 2021




24/03/2015In the 2014 number of losses totals of great ships it is come down to the level more low of last the ten years
If 75 are verified. Altogether the marine incidents have been 2.773




23/03/2015In the 2014 clearly recorded profit from Singamas it is dropped of -16,3%
the production of contaner is increased of +30.6%




23/03/2015GIC and Exeter Property Group are interested to acquire logistic areas in Europe
Previewed investments for 300 million euros




23/03/2015Indiana Shreyas Shipping will buy four portacontainer
the ships, of the ability to 1.700-2.500 teu, will be acquired in next the 18-24 months




23/03/2015Tarros upgrades the Great Pendulum Service with the insertion of a fifth ship
the service is carried out in collaboration with the Turk Arkas Line




23/03/2015intimate Brussels to Greece to recover the aids in terms of fiscal advantages granted to the Piraeus Container Terminal
the EU commission has ordered ALSO the immediate cessation of the concession of ulterior facilities




23/03/2015In the 2014 Mediterranean ports of MedCruise they have enlivened 25,8 million crocieristi (- 7.2%)
The ports of call of cruise ships are diminished of the -7,7% regarding 2013




23/03/2015Last month in the Suez Canal they are journeyed 1,219 ships (- 1.5%)
the units journeyed in the water way Egyptian transported 59,2 million tons of cargos (+0.2% altogether)




23/03/2015Last year the traffic of the goods enlivened from the port of the Pireo is diminished of -9,0%
The container has been 3,6 million (+13.3%). Crocieristi down of -19,2%




23/03/2015Saipem, Saint George of the Black Port and Group have introduced the new pole of planned naval demolition to Piombino
the beginning of the activity is previewed within the half of 2016




20/03/2015a Chinese consortium will buy 49.99% of the society that manages the airport of Toulouse
the quota will be yielded for 308 million euros




20/03/2015minister Lupi confirmation own resignation to the Parliament
Assoporti and Confetra ask that it continues the iter of reform of the law in harbour matter and is defined new the Slowly National one of the Portualità and the Logistics




20/03/2015the Italian mercantile ships will not be able more to embark military in function anti-piracy
the minister of the Defense, Roberta Pinotti, has announced that the employment of the military Nuclei of protection will stop




19/03/2015Coast: on the proposal of landing place of the ships to the Marine Station of Venice the Harbour Authority has the conscience in order
"We attend with confidence - it has explained - than the Commission of Appraisal of Environmental impact recognizes the facts"




19/03/2015Monti: the contract of State program is strategic for the increase of the ports of Civitavecchia and Fiumicino
unthinkable Era - it has emphasized - than the first Italian crocieristico port and the international airport were not connected directly




19/03/2015ABB acquires an order of the value of 60 million dollars in the crocieristico field
Fornirà arranges of Azipod propulsion and systems constituents for two new ships of the NCL




19/03/2015the European shipowners ask a fast and adapted application the new standards for the demolition for the ships
Verhoeven (ECSA): we encourage the shipowners to on a voluntary basis make already use of the directory of the authorized yards of demolition from the EU




19/03/2015Fedarlinea, for a cabotage more hard must think to the rivisitazione of the harbour services
Maninchedda (Sardinia Region): it would like to us to exit from the monopoly in the connections with the island. Tirrenia CIN announces the return to the tariff levels of 2009




19/03/2015In the 2014 economic result clearly of the DP World group it has recorded an increase of +8.4%
the volume of transactions has grown of +12.7%




19/03/2015Meeting of Propeller Club of Venice on the inland navigation
will hold 24 March to Mestre




19/03/2015Al via the participations of dredging in the port of Gioia Tauro
the participation heads to conform the existing backdrop to the -18 quota meters of depth




18/03/2015international arbitrateing will have to dirimere the controversy between the Authority of the Channel of Panama hat and the consortium GUPC KNOWS
the partner of the consortium asks a compensation pairs 345 million dollars




18/03/2015In the 2014 port of Trieste it has enlivened 57,2 million tons of goods (+1.0%)
the passengers have been 130 thousand (- 12.0%)




18/03/2015In the 2014 European crocieristico market it has established a new record with 6,39 million passengers
Thamm: beyond the half of the increase recorded in last the five years Coast is generated by the group. "MSC Seaside" will be called the new ship of MSC Cruises that will to make one's debut to November 2017




18/03/2015To strong February decrease of the traffic of the container in the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach
Enlivened respective 503 thousand teu (- 10.2%) and 413 thousand teu (- 20.1%)




18/03/2015a study of the CLIA evidences the supported increase of the crocieristica activity in Asia
Goldstein: "2015 will be a year record in Asia with a number of crocieristi in the elevated region more that never"




18/03/2015the port of Trieste attends an increment of the crocieristico traffic
commercial Mission of the Trieste Passenger terminal to the Cruise Shipping Miami




17/03/2015the crocieristica company Lindblad Expedition will melt with the active trust Capitol Acquisition Corp. II
In sight the acquisition of new ships




17/03/2015Yes of the regional committee of the Tuscany to the new Portuale Town development plan of the port of Livorno
Manca only the final passage in regional council




17/03/2015the representatives of the ports of Alto Adriatico have met the European commissioner to the Transports
Demanded the support for the infrastructural development of every port and the relative logistic systems




17/03/2015Round table on the operations of search and aid in the Mediterranean
will hold friday to Rome near the center of the Confitarma




17/03/2015Ch Rongsheng confirmation the intention to yield the division of shipbuilding
the company of Hong Kong wants to sell to a potential Chinese purchaser also the ingegneristiche activities in the offshore field




17/03/2015the mayors of Genoa and Livorno ask a greater role for the local institutions in the reform of the legislation on the ports
Doria and Nogarin: necessary a strategic and defined role of the Municipalities in the debate




17/03/2015To February the traffic of the goods enlivened from the Chinese marine ports has grown of +3%
the containerized trade is increased of +13%




16/03/2015VARD announces the cancellation of two contracts for the construction of two Platform Supply Vessel
They were ordered by two affiliated of German E.R. Offshore




16/03/2015Eighth consecutive month of the reduction of the traffic of the container in the port of Hong Kong
To February the port of call has enlivened beyond 1,4 million teu (- 3.7%)




16/03/2015Last year the traffic of the goods enlivened from the port of Salerno has recorded an increment of +11.3%
In sensitive increase also the traffic of passengers (+12.3%)




16/03/2015Serracchiani: they are Trieste, Genoa and Gioia Tauro the strategic ports for Italy
"It must - it has emphasized president of the Region Friuli Venice Julia - invest priority on these ports of call"




13/03/2015In the first period of two months of the 2015 traffic in the port of Algeciras it is diminished of -3,8%
Down (- 14%) the container. Increase of liquid bulk (+6%) and sand banks (+56%)




13/03/2015To January the traffic of the goods in the port of Valencia has grown of +13.2%
the container has been pairs to 401 thousand teu (+27.3%)




13/03/2015the next week the government will define its engagement financial for the Europe Dock of the port of Livorno
New deep opportunities of from the cross-border cooperation program Marine Italy-France PÒ 2014-2020




13/03/2015Last year the traffic of the container enlivened from the port of Naples is diminished of -9,5%
Crocieristi down of -5,2%




13/03/2015To February the port of Singapore has enlivened 45,8 million tons of goods (+6.8%)
The container pairs to 2,6 million teu (+8.1% have been)




13/03/2015the Alpiq Swiss invests in the field of railway infrastructures acquiring the Italian Balfour Beatty Rail
The company is active mainly in the field of engineering, the systems for the railway electrification and of public transport




12/03/2015Sent back from the Harbour Committee of Naples the approval of the directory anniversary of the works and the POT
Five members of the harbour sat one have abandoned the classroom in sign of strong uneasiness for the diffuseness of the procedures for the plan of the dredging




12/03/2015This year the Italian ports will enliven about 10,9 million crocieristi (+5.4%)
The number of the ports of call of cruise ships - a publication of Answers specifies Tourism - will come down instead of the -2,3% to 4.566




12/03/2015In the port of Ancona the first operation of experimentation of the preclearing has been carried out
Activated the new Port Community System of the port of call




12/03/2015Propeller Club Port of Trieste has organized an encounter on the topic of the rigassificatore
will hold next 18 March




12/03/2015To Naples a conference on the topic "the transformation of the total scene, opportunity and risks"
Organized from Propeller Club, one will hold on 18 March




12/03/2015PSA clearly has archived item exercise 2014 with a profit of about a billion of dollars (- 1.7%)
the revenues are increased of +2.9%




12/03/2015Belts (Spediporto) have entered to take part of the Board of the European association of shippers CLECAT
The nomination - it has emphasized - allows with Italy of being to the center of the debate in European center on the issues more important than development of the field




12/03/2015the mayor of Livorno has signed varying to relative the structural plan to the new town development plan of the port
Nogarin: it is convene with the president of the Region "of wanting to share a method of understanding for procedures of I renew of the Harbour Authority"




12/03/2015Permangono points of divergence on the cronoprogramma of the work in the port of Taranto
Minister Maurizio Lupi has met the mayors of the Municipalities interested to the work of the Third railway Pass of Giovi




11/03/2015Approved of Triennial Operations plan 2015-2017 of the Harbour Authority of Ravenna
The document contains and reassumes all the fundamental elements of the harbour project "Hub of Ravenna"




11/03/2015the council of Livorno has deliberated to rerun to the REGIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE COURT being appealled the advanced action of caveat from the Tuscany Region
Nogarin: "I consider the interference of the Region serious and lesiva"




11/03/2015In the 2015 port of Livorno it previews to enliven 700 thousand crocieristi
Gallanti to the first Pan-European symposium on tourism and cruises and the relationship port-city




11/03/2015Agreement of strategic cooperation between railway society Croatian HZ Cargo and that Pole PKP Cargo
Between the objectives the increase of the volumes of goods transported on the Corridor Baltic Sea-Adriatic




11/03/2015The Harbour Authority of Venice has sent to the Commission of VIA the clarifications demanded on the project of adaptation of the Twisted Channel S. Angelo
Signed an agreement in order to constitute task force of experts for every ulterior activity of planning and monitoring of the project




11/03/2015Clarification between Rossi and Nogarin on the iter of the Portuale Town development plan of Livorno
a thing - it has specified the president of the Region - is the approval of the PRP, another is the issue of the nomination of the Harbour Authority




11/03/2015Morgan Stanley has yielded Montreal Gateway Terminals to a consortium capeggiato from Fair Axium Infrastructure
Last year the terminalista society of Montreal has enlivened a traffic of the container pairs to 800 thousand teu




10/03/2015To Southampton Britain is christened
It is the greatest cruise ship specifically planned for the British market




10/03/2015Nogarin: "by the Municipality of Livorno not it has been some will to block the iter relative to the town development plan of the port"
we will not reject the plan - it has emphasized the mayor - if the president of the Region will hold account of our requests




10/03/2015Fiom Cgil, "enormous" the distances between the positions of Fincantieri and the demands for the labor organizations
Bucchioni (La Spezia Confindustria): "it is incomprehensible as a part of the union instrumentalizes any initiative proposed from the company"




10/03/2015In the 2014 port of Hong Kong it has enlivened 297,7 million tons of goods (+7.9%)
Confirmed the halving of the harbour taxes for the oceanic ships that use fuel to low sulfur tenor




10/03/2015the internationalization of the logistic processes: legal systems to I confront
It is the topic of an organized convention in order on 20 March to Milan




10/03/2015Mistrusts the Tuscany Region to the Municipality of Livorno for the harbour town development plan
Consegue the lacked approval varying to relative the structural plan to the new Prp




09/03/2015To January the traffic of the goods in the port of Genoa has grown of +4.2%
In increase it is crocieristi (+15.6%) that the passengers of ferries (+15.8%)




09/03/2015In the 2014 clearly achieved result from group OOIL of Hong Kong has recorded an increase of +473.8%
Revenues in increase of +4.7%




09/03/2015The attempt of first flight around the world with a fed airplane only to solar energy is begun
"Solar Impulse 2" is taken off today by Abu Dhabi




09/03/2015To Naples the first stone of the Museum of the Sea is placed
To the initiative they have joined a group of forty between associations, private agencies and




06/03/2015the Interporto of Novara is inserted in the InlandLinks net promoted from the port of Rotterdam
an audit has established that it is online with requirement of qualities established from the Dutch Harbour Authority




06/03/2015the Liguria Region makes the point on the works in progress in the ports of Genoa and Savona I go
Teasing: "in Liguria, transhipment excluded, 60% of the goods pass that enter by sea in Italy"




06/03/2015The positive course of the Italian traffic of the goods has strengthened itself in second half of the year 2014
Confetra, the resumption of the national traffic seems to preludere finally to a resumption of the internal consumption




06/03/2015Filt Cgil, Fit Cisl and Uiltrasporti, highest the adhesions to national strike of the workers of the ports
Giachino and Biasotti (FI): increase and investments to make in the ports are the objective which it must be answered




06/03/2015In the 2014 logistic group CEVA has recorded a net loss of -413 million dollars
Improvement of the results to year-end




06/03/2015of Friend International Shipping it has closed 2014 with a net loss of -10,6 million dollars
Clearly improvement of the operating result in the second half of the year




05/03/2015After five closed years in loss, in the 2014 Attica Greek it is returned to the profit
the group has concluded the last exercise anniversary with a profit after the taxes of 4,3 million euros




05/03/2015ESPO will define a series of good practical for the crocieristici ports
Characterized six main challenges with which the ports of call must be confronted landing place of cruise ships




05/03/2015In the 2014 harbour terminal of ICTSI they have enlivened 7,4 million container (+17.9%)
the Philippine terminalista group has archived item the exercise clearly anniversary with a profit of 142,3 million dollars (+4.9%)




05/03/2015They are the nine included Italian ports in the Network of services of Hapag-Lloyd/CSAV
Ports of call to Ancona (1 service), Cagliari (6), Genoa (9), Gioia Tauro (1), Livorno (8), Naples (1), Salerno (3), Vado Ligure (1) and Venice (1)




04/03/2015Contribution of the European marine cluster to the medium term review of politics EU for the shipping
combined Declaration of ECSA, CLIA, ECASBA, ETA, EuDA, Interferry and WSC




04/03/2015the Codacons invites to execute the sentence of the Regional Administrative Court and to regulate the prohibition of income of the great ships in the Lagoon of Venice
the association has sent a caveat to the Municipality, to the Venetian Region and the Harbour office




04/03/2015In the 2014 traffic in the port of Bremen/Bremerhaven it has been of 78,3 million tons (- 0.6%)
the container has been pairs to 5.795.624 teu (- 0.6%)




04/03/2015Global Ship Lease has closed 2014 with a profit clearly of 6,1 million dollars (- 81.2%)
the revenues are diminished of the -3,2% to 138,6 million dollars




04/03/2015ABB has realized the modernization electrical worker of the Artania cruise ship
Between the participations, retrofit of the switchboards of edge and substitution of the system of alarm and monitoring




04/03/2015Panalpina archivia 2014 with a decided improvement of the economic results
the air shipment volume and marine enlivened by the group has recorded increases of +4.0% and +7.4%




03/03/2015To January the traffic of the goods in the port of Venice is increased of 2.3%
almost two million tons are enlivened




03/03/2015Greater engagement financial of the Tuscany Region for the Europe Dock of the port of Livorno
Deliberated the ignition of a mortgage from 200 million euros




03/03/2015In the 2014 port of Taranto it has enlivened 27,8 million tons of goods (- 2.2%)
To December a bending is recorded of -27,6%




03/03/2015for and against of the use of marine combustible the which liquified natural gas as
the EU commission has introduced the preliminary results of a specific study. The contribution of the shipping to the GDP of the EU is of 147 billion euros




03/03/2015the marine transport is expensive, but sure
Survey Eurobarometer on the quality and safety of the field




03/03/2015Ban of contest for the work of adaptation for the berthing of the mega one portacontainer to the port of Augusta
the total amount of the contract is fixed in beyond 23 million euros




03/03/2015the Japanese group Nippon Yusen Kaisha yields Crystal Cruises to the Genting Hong Kong
The crocieristica company will be equipped of a third cruise ship of luxury of new construction




02/03/2015New point of inspection for the Office of Marine Health in the port of Trieste
It is delivered in recent days by the Harbour Authority. Satisfaction of the shippers




02/03/2015Royal Caribbean Cruises will sell the cruise ship Splendour of the Seas to the TUI Cruises
The unit will be operated by British Thomson Cruises




02/03/2015Tour guides and students will receive this year the crocieristi in the port of Olbia
They are in program 85 ports of call of cruise ships to Olbia, 11 to Golfo Aranci and 11 to Porto Torres




02/03/2015logistic group GEFCO upgrades own hub of Padua
Installed task force for the "Service Design"




02/03/2015ECSA, FEPORT y WSC, es prioritario proporcionar información a las empresas sobre las nuevas formalidades de declaración de los buques que llegan o salen de los puertos de la UE
La Directiva 2010 /65 -subrayando las tres asociaciones-"no puede aplicarse sin imponer un coste neto soportado por el sector que la Directiva pretende apoyar"




02/03/2015Reggio Calabria confindustria, yes to the controls in the analogous port of Gioia Tauro but to those ducts in the concurrent ports of call
"Or the controls are conformed, at least on the European side - it has emphasized the association - or this infrastructure will not have future"




02/03/2015The Japanese MOL orders to Samsung Heavy Industries four new mega portacontainer from 20.150 teu
Store clerk of the value of about 618 million dollars. Moreover MOL has agreed with Shoei Kisen Kaisha the chartering of two new ships from 20.000 teu




02/03/2015Rinnovo of the directive organs of the Italian Association of Naval Technology
Della Loggia national president. Delivery of acknowledgment CEMT Award 2014 to Lanfranco Benedetti
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Winners and losers in port connectivity: the long journey of Italian ports' ups and downs.
Geneva
UNCTAD indices reveal a changing Mediterranean: Italy slips to seventh place, La Spezia, Trieste and Vado Ligure grow, while the South loses ground.
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
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
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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