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August 2015




31/08/2015Davino De has passed away Poles, one of the protagonists of the shipbuilding Italian
He has been over a long time span president of the National Association Private Cantieri Navali




31/08/2015Traffic goods in decrease in the Spanish ports of Algeciras and Barcelona to July
In the first seven months of the 2015 has enlivened respective 55,4 million tons (- 3.2%) and 26,6 million tons (+0.3%)




31/08/2015a consortium formed from CMA CGM, Bolloré and CHEC will manage the new Kribi Container Terminal
the camerunese landing place will be able to receive portacontainer of ability until 8.000 teu




31/08/2015In the first half of the 2015 harbour terminal of Chinese CHMI they have enlivened 41,35 million container (+5.3%)
the traffic of the bulk is piled to 174 million tons (- 3.9%)




28/08/2015Assiterminal restates that the requests of delay of the concessions go to be examined following the enforced norm
According to the association, it reads 84/94 and Navigation code "allows to give answers to the motivated requests introduced from the terminalisti"




28/08/2015Improvement of the economic results of the Greeks Minoan Lines and Attica
the company of the Grimaldi group has recorded a clearly semiannual result of positive sign




28/08/2015The results of the producer of container CIMC grow, but the perspectives are not rose-colored
Attended a weakening of the question in the second half of 2015




28/08/2015Investment drums Partners Benetti Azimut will acquire 12% of the capital of the nautical shipbuilding group
the investment trust Mittel Spa will yield own quota 6.2%




28/08/2015Finnlines orders to Wärtsilä the supply of scrubber for the cleaning of the smoke of three ships of the fleet
Analogous systems already are commissioned for others six ships




27/08/2015Understanding on the job in the port of Trieste
Revoked strikes. Of Augustin: "the competitiveness of the port needs social peace"




27/08/2015In increase the semiannual profit of Lowers COSCO, while that drops of Lowers Shipping Lines Container
Both the Chinese societies record an important contraction of the revenues




27/08/2015the Swiss Rhenish ports have closed the first six months of 2015 with an increment of +23.3% of the traffic
Tons of goods are enlivened 3,5 million




27/08/2015In the first semester of this year the profit clearly of DP World has grown of +22.3%
the revenues, also for effect of the acquisitions of EZW and Fairview Container Terminal, are increased of +14.5%




26/08/2015the Harbour Authority of Genoa asks lumens the ministry in matter for delay for the concessions
Some terminalisti of from Liguria port according to have advanced request of delay of the Navigation code




26/08/2015To Shanghai new portacontainer OOCL is christened Genoa jib of the OOCL
The ship, of about 100.400 gross capacities in tons, is long 335,0 meters and wide 42,8 meters




26/08/2015Hapag-Lloyd returns to record a semiannual profit
Habben: "our results demonstrate that the fusion with CSAV has been the just decision"




26/08/2015FIT CISL Calabria exhorts to define a distance in order to assure a future of increase to the port of Gioia Tauro
Fiorenza: the union is ready to share actions against every attempt to delay the performance of all this that claims for a long time




25/08/2015In the first semester of this year the revenues of COSCO Pacific have recorded a bending of -8,6%
Those deriving from the terminalistiche activities are diminished of the -5,0% and that produced by the activities of chartering and sale of container they are dropped of -13,3%




25/08/2015Offshore the Solstad Norwegian puts in disarmament 10 ships and size job 300 places
the measures are decided because of the deterioration of the market. Put into effect a reduction of the patrimonial value of four ships




25/08/2015the UIRR exhorts Brussels and the States EU to make more very for the performance of White Paper on the transports
According to the association a change of step is necessary




24/08/2015Scorpio Tankers has ordered four product tanker MR to Hyundai Mipo Dockyard
Opzionata the construction of others ten tankers




24/08/2015Agreement UNIFE - Deutsche Bahn for the development of the International Railway Industry Standard
the objective is to create a context favorable to the development of the railway field




24/08/2015malaysian MISC will yield own participation in terminalista society Dutch VTTI
the company will become of entire property of the Vitol group




21/08/2015the Danish Viking Life-Saving Equipment buys the Nadiro compatriot
the company is constituted in 2009 by groups A.P. Møller-Mærsk and SH Group




21/08/2015Project of empty the Kramer in order to realize an automated center for container in the port of Rotterdam
preliminary Agreement with the Harbour Authority of the port of call in order to obtain an area to Maasvlakte 2




21/08/2015It returns to clearly grow the economic result of the terminalista group Vopak
In the first six months of this year the Dutch company has recorded revenues for 700,7 million euros (+8.3%)




21/08/2015In the first semester of this year the port of Duisburg has enlivened 1,8 million container (+10%)
In entire 2015 an increase is attended of +6-7%




20/08/2015Stable the traffic of the goods in the port of Trieste
In the first six months of the 2015 tons (- 0.3% are enlivened 23,1 million)




20/08/2015Euronav records a decided increment of the economic results
the trimester April-june is closed with a profit clearly of 92,4 million dollars




20/08/2015Box Ships has concluded the second trimester with a net loss of -1,4 million dollars
The revenues Time base charter have recorded a bending of -9,9%




20/08/2015Decided improvement of the economic results of shipowning group DFDS
the board of directors has proposed of giving course to a share division




19/08/2015In according to trimester of this Zim year has recorded an improvement of the economic performances
the revenues are diminished of -12,8%. The fleet of the company has transported 577 thousand container (- 6.3%)




19/08/2015Consisting container order refrigerator of the Hapag-Lloyd German
Rolf Habben Jansen: "we operate an excellence fleet reefer that is the larger fourth to the world"




19/08/2015Green light of the ministries of the Atmosphere and Arts to the Portuale Town development plan of Trieste
For the definitive approval - it has remembered Of Augustin - the last passage lacks only the Region Friuli Venice Julia




19/08/2015In the first semester of this year the port of Amsterdam has enlivened 42,4 million tons of goods (+0.8%)
In the harbour ports of call of Ijmuiden, Zaanstad and Beverwijk the traffic has grown respective of +2.7%, +69% and +17%




18/08/2015Brookfield Infrastructure has undersigned a binding agreement in order to buy the Australian group Asciano
Confirmed the value of the transaction, that it will pile to beyond 6,7 billion dollars




18/08/2015Singamas confirmation "the little promising" perspectives for the container producers
In the first six months of this year the average price of sale of the container from 20 ' is come down to 1.880 dollars regarding 2.147 in the first half of 2014




18/08/2015Geodis signs an agreement in order to buy the American shipment house OHL
Currently it is of property of the society of private equities Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe




18/08/2015It continues the decrease of the containerized volumes transported from the fleet of Régional Line Container
the Thai company has archived item the second trimester of 2015 with a profit of clearly 55,6 million baht (- 81.1%)




17/08/2015Zeno D' Augustin will be confirmed commissioner of the Harbour Authority of Trieste for others six months
It has announced president of the Region Friuli Venice Julia, Debora Serracchiani




17/08/2015In according to trimester of this year traffic enlivened from the port of Amburgo it has accused a decrease of -5%
The imports are dropped of the -6% and the exports of -3%




17/08/2015Fusion of the societies of ship management Anglo Group and Univan
the activity of the new group will be reported to 700 ships, 24,000 marine and a earth staff of 1.700 people




17/08/2015Last month the traffic of the container in the port of Hong Kong is dropped of -9,5%
In the first seven months of the 2015 9.1% are enlivened 11,9 million teu (-)




17/08/2015Maersk Line and MSC program 14 ports of call to the Italian ports in the new configuration of the Network 2M
Confirmed the removal of Gioia Tauro from the AE6/Lion service




17/08/2015To July the Chinese marine ports have enlivened 664,4 million tons of goods (+4.8%)
the traffic of the container has been pairs to 16,0 million teu (+4.8%)




17/08/2015Last month the port of Los Angeles has recorded a decrease of the -2,5% of the traffic of the container
In the first seven months of the 2015 3.5% are enlivened 4,6 million teu (-)




14/08/2015the port of Brindisi records an increase of the traffics of passengers and goods
In the first seven months of the 2015 crocieristi they are more than decupled




14/08/2015In increase the economic results of the crocieristica division of group TUI
In the period April-june the operating result is gone up to 193 million euros




14/08/2015In according to trimester of this year taiwanesi Evergreen and Yang Ming is incurred in a net loss
Of positive sign the economic result clearly of the compatriot Wan Hai Lines




14/08/2015To July the port of Long Beach has established the own new record salary of traffic of the container
Altogether 690,244 teu (+18.4% are enlivened)




13/08/2015Maersk Line and MSC will suppress the service Asia-Europe AE9/Condor
Scale the ports of Ningbo, Shanghai, Yantian, Chiwan, Tanjung Pelepas, Barcelona, Tanger Med, Southampton, the Havre, Antwerp and Felixstowe




13/08/2015terminalista group German HHLA records an accentuation of the decrease of the containerized trade
In the period April-june they are enlivened 1,66 million teu in harbour field (- 14%) and 321 thousand teu in the intermodal field (- 2%)




13/08/2015group A.P. Møller-Mærsk has closed the second trimester of 2015 with a profit clearly of 1,09 billion dollars (- 52.9%)
Revenues down of -11,9%. In the segment of the container Maersk Line and APM Terminals they have recorded a bending of the results




13/08/2015To July the port of Singapore has recorded a fort increase of the bulk and a decided several decrease of the goods
Altogether the traffic has been pairs to 49,5 million tons (+4.7%)




12/08/2015Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings signs an agreement with the port of Seattle
It has a duration 15-year-old. Pier 66 will be used as home port for the cruises in Alaska




12/08/2015Fincantieri has carried out course of formation for students of the United Arab Emirates
has held to Genoa near the center of the controlled Cetena




12/08/2015Great fusion between means producers of raising with the birth of the Konecranes Terex Plc
the new company will be participated for 60% from the shareholders of the Finnish group and for 40% from those of the American society




11/08/2015navalmeccanico group South Korean DSME announces a restructure plan financial institution
Previewed the cession of activity not Core




11/08/2015In the first half of the 2015 Spanish ports records of 244,6 million tons of goods (+3.6% have enlivened a semiannual traffic)
New supremacy also in the field of the cruises with beyond 3,5 million passengers (+8.7%)




10/08/2015Evergreen orders ten new portacontainer from 2.800 teu to the CSBC Corporation
They will be delivered within according to trimester of 2018




10/08/2015In according to trimester of this year CEVA Logistics it is returned to record an operating result of positive sign
Decided contraction of revenues (- 10.9%)




10/08/2015In according to trimester of the 2015 ICTSI it has recorded an attenuation of the trend of increase of the results
In the period the harbour terminals of the Philippine group have enlivened 1,9 million container (+5.3%)




10/08/2015In the first six months of the 2015 traffic of the goods in the port of Monfalcone it has grown of +15.9%
Tons of cargos are enlivened 2,3 million




10/08/2015shipowning group OOIL has closed first semester 2015 with a profit clearly of 238,6 million dollars (+31.7%)
Tung: "the next year the industry of the containerized transport would have to be found in a more favorable operating scene"




10/08/2015the Maersk group yields own quota in the container terminal of Gioia Tauro to Contship Italy and MSC
APM Terminals under construction concentrates own attention on the new terminal to Vado Ligure (Savona)




07/08/2015APM Terminals buys the Reefer Terminal of Savona Vado Ligure
the Harbour Authority of the port of call increases from 8% to 72% the participation in Goes Intermodal Operator acquiring the quotas GF Group




07/08/2015Hanjin Shipping records an improvement of the results of the fleet of portacontainer against a decrease of the revenues
In the second solo trimester of the 2015 pairs to 1.156.743 teu (+1.2% are transported containerized volumes)




07/08/2015Green light definitive to the work of dredging in the channel of access of the port of Monfalcone
Yesterday it is formalized I interministerial decree of environmental compatibility of the project




07/08/2015the EU commission proposes to distribute 1,4 million euros of resources FEG for the former workers of Alitalia
Previewed measures of support in order to find a new place of work




07/08/2015the Council of Ministers has approved of in definitive way National the Strategic Plan of the Portualità and the Logistics
It will constitute one of the field plans that will go to meet in a programmatico document more wide one




07/08/2015El CIPE destina 75 millones de euros para la realización de intervenciones ferroviarias para los puertos de Trieste, La Spezia y Génova
"Algunas infraestructuras estratégicas como la Tercera Juvenil Valico con un valor de 607 millones de euros también han sido desbloqueadas", ha informado el Gobierno en un comunicado




07/08/2015Agreement Fincantieri - Gibbs & Cox for research purposes and development in the field of the commercial and military ships
The alliance is focused on the development of concept innovative with particular attention to the economic convenience and the productive efficiency




06/08/2015In the first Premuda semester it has recorded an ulterior deterioration of the economic performances
Revenues down of -5,5%




06/08/2015the president Egyptian To - Sisi has inaugurated the doubling of the Suez Canal
The ceremony has held on board of the yacht To - the Mahrousa, the first floating one to cross the water way on November 17, 1869




06/08/2015To July the traffic of the goods in the port of Savona has marked a +1.5%
Crocieristi +4.5% and passengers of ferries +16.9%




06/08/2015In the 2014 traffic fleeting and goods enlivened from the Greek ports is increased respective of +3.4% and +6.7%
In the fourth light trimester bending of the passengers




06/08/2015the port of Trieste confirmation fulcrum of the intermodal services of the German group Kombiverkehr
Of Augustin: the volumes transported with the intermodalità on some drawn have exceeded those street ones, thanks to the greater reliability and sustainability




06/08/2015Mitsubishi Heavy Industries announces a new delay in the delivery of before two new cruise ships for AIDA Cruises
In order to replace the new "AIDAprima", the next winter the German company will use the ship "AIDAstella" with departures from Dubay and Abu Dhabi rather than in the western Mediterranean




05/08/2015Confetra exhorts to as soon as possible restore conditions of full operativity in the port of Naples
Sped up a more incisive participation of the government and the territorial institutions




05/08/2015the proposal to block the release or I renew of the concessions waiting for the new law on the ports provokes the protest of Assiterminal
Answering to the signalling of senator Maurozio Rossi, the undersecretary Of the Low Dear De it has specified that cargo to report will be made to the minister so that measures are adopted in order to prevent a not correct and inopportune allocation of concessions




05/08/2015the last conjunctural investigation on the transport goods of Confetra confirmation the recorded positive data in second half of the year 2014
Except transhipment and the marine solid bulk transport - the Confederation explains - all the fields grow are in terms of traffic that of turnover




05/08/2015Teekay Tankers buys the 12 Suezmax oil tankers of the Principal Maritime Tankers
the investment piles to 662 million dollars




05/08/2015the port of Tarragona closes the first semester with a traffic of 16,29 million tons of goods (+12.9%)
Record of the refined oil produced ones with 5,78 million tons (+28.0%)




05/08/2015In the first semester of the 2015 port of Livorno it has enlivened 15.841.531 tons of goods (+16%)
the goods several is increased of +17%, the liquid bulk of +15% and the solid bulk of +3%




05/08/2015Textainer confirmation the deterioration in existence of the market of the chartering of container
In according to trimester the American company has recorded an increment of +22.0% of the profit clearly




05/08/2015the port of Trieste has established the own new record salary of traffic of the container
To July 54,175 teu (+20.3% are enlivened)




04/08/2015In according to trimester of the 2015 traffic of the goods enlivened from the port of Civitavecchia it is diminished of -10,4%
the passengers of the line services have been 305 thousand (- 9.3%) and crocieristi 643 thousand (+2.2%)




04/08/2015First Ship Lease records the fifth closed consecutive trimester in profit
In the period April-june of this year almost 6,2 million dollars have been pairs




04/08/2015In according to trimester crocieristico group NCL it has recorded a profit clearly of 158,5 million dollars (+39.9%)
Del Rio: "the benefits of the combination of Norwegian and Prestige are beginning to give full yield"




04/08/2015Vecon has obtained the certification of the System of Management for the Energy second the norm ISO 50001:2011
Investment of 1,5 million euros of group PSA to which they join 400 thousand euros by the Harbour Authority of Venice




04/08/2015Started the second phase of the contest for the new intermodal terminal of the port of Gioia Tauro
In the first phase the single Sogemar of the group Contship Italy has introduced a preliminary project




04/08/2015Busan archivia first semester 2015 confirming sixth port world-wide container
In June a bending of the traffic, the first after 20 consecutive months of increase is recorded




04/08/2015In according to trimester of this year traffic of the goods enlivened from the port of Ravenna it has recorded a rise of +2.1%
Of Marco: the amalgamations of Harbour Authorities are necessary, were not other that for clearly giving a sign of reduction of the public expense




03/08/2015Al terminal LSCT of enters in service the cranes in a position to reaching 23ma the line of container
Within year-end they could be served in simultaneous two ships ULCC from 150.000 tons of tonnage




03/08/2015In the port of Amburgo the portacontainer is christened by 19.224 teu MSC Zoe
the ship is long 394,4 meters and wide 59,0 meters




03/08/2015Diana Containerships records a bending of the semiannual economic performances
Improvement of the results in according to trimester




03/08/2015In the first semester of this year the port of Algeciras has enlivened 47,3 million tons of goods (- 3.1%)
the container has been pairs to 2.080.370 (- 10.9%)




03/08/2015The livornese Black Siblings have ordered a new tug to the Dutch yard Damen
Acquired also two second hand tugs
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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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