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December 2015




31/12/2015the Algerian government has approved of the construction of a new port in deep waters to El Hamdania
It will be realized in two phases with an investment of 3,3 billion dollars. Previewed the involvement of a foreign partner




31/12/2015In the first ten months of the 2015 traffic of the goods in the port of Monfalcone has grown of +13.8%
the goods several and the bulk sand banks have recorded increases respective of +10.2% and +26.7%




31/12/2015Scorpio Bulkers sells five portarinfuse for total 167 million dollars
draft of three Capesize units constructed in 2015 and two of the same type that will be completed in the first trimester of 2016




31/12/2015Agreement Carnival - Fincantieri for the construction of four cruise ships
Realized in the yards of Monfalcone and Marghera, two will be destined to the Costa Asia brand and each one to P&O Cruises Australia and Princess Cruises




30/12/2015To November the traffic of the goods in the port of Genoa is diminished of -3,0%
The passengers of the ferries are increased of +2.6% and the crocieristi are dropped of -11,7%




30/12/2015It continues the contest for the selection of the majority associate of the Port of Livorno 2000
Sent letters for the presentation of the formal offers to the four admitted subjects to the procedure




30/12/2015Green light to the fusion of the Chinese groups Sinotrans and China Merchants Group
the plan is approved of by governmental agency Be Assets Supervision and Administration Commission




29/12/2015the new Harbour Committee of Gioia Tauro has approved of the Triennial Operations plan
Green light to the variation budgetary for giving course to the reduction of the taxes of anchorage for year 2015




29/12/2015Arrived today to the largest Koper portacontainer never landed to the Slovenian port
the "MSC Luciana" is employed by MSC and Maersk Line in the Phoenix/AE12 service




29/12/2015the Harbour Committee of Naples has asked the reformulation for the pre-emptive budget for 2016
Remitted to the Harbour Authority the decision on the transaction with Conateco, whose definition - Basile has explained - comes now left to the negotiation between the lawyers




29/12/2015Trasportounito denunciation the umpteenth prank for the road haulage to Genoa
The association announces that the municipal administration "would have decided "unilaterally" to remove to the trucks also the area of Fields"




29/12/2015Agreement of fusion between the logistic groups Den Hartogh and InterBulk
the Dutch company will acquire the entire capital of the British society




29/12/2015the German group duisport previews to conclude the 2015 with a traffic record of 68 million tons (+5%)
For 2016 meaningful improvements are not attended




28/12/2015Reduction of the -1,54% of the rates for the service of towing in the port of Genoa
New amounts in vigor for biennium 2016-17




28/12/2015the activity in new the great port qatariota of Hamad
Diventerà totally the next year




28/12/2015Chinese NDRC fine eight companies of navigation for violation of the norms antitrust
Inflicted endorsements for a total of about 57 million euros




28/12/2015the port of Santos gets ready to close 2015 with a series of traffic record
In the first eleven months of this year tons of goods (+7.5% are enlivened 109,8 million)




24/12/2015Finally the new norms on the dredgings in the ports, emphasize Federation of the Sea and Assoporti
Demanded a timely participation of the State also on the plan financial




24/12/2015Rise of the activity of the agency that supplies temporary job in the port of Livorno
To December the turns of job have been beyond thousands




24/12/2015To Diamond Living Private Investment Fund the control of the constructor of mega yacht Sunrise Yachts
the plant of the Turkish company is situated in the Free Zones of Antalya




24/12/2015Gulf Island Fabrication will buy shipbuilding society LEEVAC Shipyards
the acquisition will happen for 20,0 million dollars




24/12/2015the UIRR exhorts the EU to put into effect legislative modifications in order to promote the arranged transport
Schultze: "the relative signs to the rates perceived today from the operators of the market are forged by an inadequate and unilateral regulation"




24/12/2015In the first ten months of the 2015 traffic of the container in the port of Naples it has grown of +3.4%
the crocieristi have been 1.178.648 (+13.3%)




23/12/2015Saipem cederá los centros de ingeniería de Vibo Valentia y Roma a Tecnomare (grupo Eni)
La operación fue aprobada por unanimidad por la junta directiva




23/12/2015I renew waiting for temporary of the concessions to the nautical circles in the port of Genoa BluePrint
Delay of a year (of four months for the New Nautical Dock)




23/12/2015Boskalis and Kotug confirm the fusion of the respective activities of harbor tug
It will be constituted joint venture joint KOTUG SMIT Towage that a fleet of 65 tugs will have




23/12/2015The crocieristico group Royal Caribbean signs an agreement with Port Authority of the American Islands Virgos
It will have a duration ten-year-old, with beginning from and option for on October 1°, 2016 ulterior five years




23/12/2015To November the traffic of the goods in the port of Venice has grown of +9.6%
Crocieristi in increase of +17.5%




23/12/2015Shipping lowers Development Terminal will acquire 20% of the CJ Busan Container Terminal
the society manages a container terminal in the port of Busan that has a annual ability to million traffic two container




22/12/2015Naples: Union Industriali and Confcommercio anticipates a strategy for throws again of the port
"By the audit of the operators - they have explained Precious and Russian - the requirement is emerged that the port of Naples confirms its historical identity, characterized from a strongly polifunzionale vocation"




22/12/2015Approved of the new norms for the dredgings in the Italian ports
Veil: "in the provision that today is become law they come in fact simplified the criteria of construction of the cases of overwhelmed and the bathtubs of collection"




22/12/2015In 2016 a double lane of income to the commercial port of Marghera will be realized
an area of parking for beyond 111 places car will be given in concession to Fincantieri




22/12/2015Tirrenia CIN and Delcomar which prequalified to the contest the connections with the Sardinian smaller islands
To the shipowners the invitation letters will be sent to introduce the technical-economic offers




22/12/2015triennial Agreement of Grimaldi Lines with the MIUR in the field of the formation
the objective is to favor a profitable alternation school-job




22/12/2015Fincantieri will collaborate with Indian ship yards MDL and GRSE
the cooperation in the within of the construction of seven frigates commissioned from Marina Indiana




22/12/2015the port of Columbus enlivens for the first time beyond five million container in a year
In the first eleven months of the 2015 containerized trade it has grown of +5.9%




21/12/2015Published the ban for the sale of the quota control of Venice Passenger terminal
the price Made up of auction has been fixed in 24 million euros




21/12/2015The port of Koper will conclude the 2015 with a traffic record of about 20,5 million tons
Better result than always also for the container




21/12/2015Reduction of 3.85% of the rates for the service of towing in the port of Ancona
Decrease applied in biennium 2016-2017




21/12/2015the EU commission asks Greece to modify the tonnage tax
Brussels invites Athens to exclude from the fiscal regime the shareholders of the shipowning societies and various types of boats




21/12/2015Of Friend Tankers Limited it has sold the Handysize Sky of Salerno for 13 million dollars
the company maintains the employment commercial of the ship




21/12/2015Al via a new service ro-pax of the Grimaldi group between the ports of Livorno and Olbia
It will have every day frequency and it will be realized with the ship "Zeus Palace" in a position to transporting 1,500 passengers and 2,000 meters of rotabili




21/12/2015Vopak will yield own terminals in the United Kingdom to Macquarie Capital and Greenergy
the assets have a value of 335 million pounds




21/12/2015Loan of 105 million euros of the BEAUTIFUL ones in order to finance the works in order to improve accessibility to the Spanish ports
Assured the cover financial institution for the investments in program for 2016




18/12/2015Not decided of the harbour communities of Salerno and Savona to the hypothesis of amalgamation to the Harbour Authorities of Naples and Genoa
It is - they explain - and insignificant useless, harmful a choice regarding the solution of the true problems of the Italian portualità




18/12/2015In the exercise anniversary the 2015 result clearly of the Carnival group has grown of +3%
Attended an ulterior improvement of the economic performances in financial year 2016




18/12/2015Last month the port of Valencia has enlivened 5,1 million tons of goods (+9.1%)
In the first eleven months of the 2015 traffic it has been of 58,2 million tons of goods (+7.3%)




18/12/2015With the project Connection the ports of Livorno and Piombino increase their intermodal offer
Provincial: the expansion to sea does not have sense if it does not have as contraltare an equal expansion of the railway connections on the side earth




18/12/2015Large the Navi Veloci has introduced a new ship on the Bari-Durrës line
draft of the "Snav Tuscany" that has an ability to 2.180 passengers and 1,850 linear meters of vehicles




18/12/2015In increase the traffic of the passengers of the ferries in the ports of Olbia, Golfo Aranci and Porto Torres
bending of the goods several. Record of landings place of ships from cruise




18/12/2015the next 1° February the shareholders of Lowers COSCO and Lowers Shipping Lines Container will estimate and vote the fusion plan
Fixed the date of extraordinary the shareholders' meeting of the two Chinese companies




18/12/2015Kalmar will supply 15 new cranes RTG to the Piraeus Container Terminal
They will be taken in delivery in the course of 2016 and 2017 and will be installed to Pier III




17/12/2015MSC Cruises rents for 100 years a island in the Caribbean
Agreement with the government of Bahamas. The investment will pile to approximately 200 million dollars




17/12/2015Agreement Cambiaso & Risso - Marine Fendercare for the operations of allibo of liquid bulk in the port of Augusta
the understanding inside previews the realization of a structure of the Sicilian port of call




17/12/2015To November the traffic of the goods in the ports of Barcelona and Algeciras has grown respective of +7.6% and +14.6%
In the first eleven months of the 2015 Catalan port of call has recorded a decrease of the -0,7% and that Andalusian an increment of +2.7%




17/12/2015DFDS increases the frequencies of own intermodal service between Reign Unito and Italy
drawn new Start every day




17/12/2015the French Antitrust inflicts fines for 672 million euros to express society of shipment and couriers
Endorsed also trade association Transport ET Logistique de France




17/12/2015the Apulia will be center of two Authority of harbour system
the mayor of Bari has had confirmation from the minister Delrio who the used criterion in order to choose the centers of the Harbour Authorities is that of the ports "Core"




17/12/2015the yard of repair and restructure of mega yacht MD'92 of Barcelona passes to the Turkish group Dogus
70% of the capital are yielded D-Navy, branch of the group of Istanbul




16/12/2015On March 1°, 2016 the Delmas brand will disappear from the scene of the marine transport
the activities of the company will be operated under the denomination CMA CGM




16/12/2015To November the traffic of the container in the port of Los Angeles has grown of +7.0%
In the first eleven months of this year a bending is recorded of -1,9%




16/12/2015New agreement picture between the Harbour Authority and the University of Trieste
the objective is to develop and to strengthen initiatives for activity of studies, searches and formation in the fields of the marine-harbour economy, the transports and the logistics




16/12/2015Terminal Italy Bulk renounces to the concession to wharf TRI of Vado Ligure
Under way the intense activities of demolition of the historical savonese system




16/12/2015Undersigned I renew for 60 years of the concession of Pier VII of the port of Trieste to the TMT
Maneschi: Trieste is the only port of Italy that can grow because five million containers are a market of about to which we can participate




16/12/2015Does naval gigantism represent an opportunity or a disadvantage for the Italian logistic-harbour system?
Answers disagree today to the question to Rome in the course of the organized convention from Federagenti




16/12/2015The volume of goods transported from the ships journeyed last month in the Suez Canal is dropped of -6,0%
the units directed towards south transported 32,1 million tons (- 11.3%) and those directed towards north 33,3 million tons (- 0.3%)




16/12/2015Monti (Assoporti): not to a sterile and unproductive debate on the number of the Harbour Authorities
the priorities - second the association - are a effective functional autonomy and financial institution of the agencies, the control of the generated resources, the ability to investment and the autonomy of the choices




15/12/2015the Group Young Shipping of Confitarma has analyzed the drastic change of the market of the oil
Examined the impact on the shipping




15/12/2015Premuda has finalized the cession of two ships Aframax Ice Class
The proceeds of the sale pile to about 55 million dollars to clearly of the brokerage commission




15/12/2015confirmed Gasparini president of the Section Yacht of Federagenti
also vice-president Luise and the entire directive council




15/12/2015the port of Bremen/Bremerhaven will close 2015 with a traffic of 74,5 million tons (- 4.8%)
contraction of the volumes of goods in container (- 6.3%)




15/12/2015To November the traffic of the container in the port of Hong Kong is diminished of -8,1%
In the first eleven months of the 2015 decrease it has been of -8,9%




15/12/2015the Harbour Authorities of Livorno and Ceuta have undersigned a cooperation agreement
Provincial: the understanding heads above all for the know-how-how exchange at the front of safety in the crocieristico traffic fleeting and




15/12/2015Genoa and Trieste ask the government for giving stability to the guide of the ports of the two cities
From Tyrrhenian and the Adriatic the shipping agents and shippers they wish a fast conclusion of the phase of commissariamento of the Harbour Authorities




15/12/2015Renewed the national contract of the Italian harbour workers
Filt Cgil, Fit Cisl, Uiltrasporti have expressed positive judgment on all the reached points, are economic that normative




15/12/2015Last month the traffic of the goods in the Chinese marine ports is diminished of -1,7%
The container pairs to 16,0 million teu (+1.5% have been)




14/12/2015Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings will become member of NASDAQ-100
It is the index of the hundreds put up companies quoted on the first electronic stock market




14/12/2015Thursday to Pomezia an organized convention from Angopi and Fedepiloti
Award of the pilots and ormeggiatori which marked for the courage and the professionality demonstrated in the management of the emergencies




14/12/2015Tomorrow to Young Rome the Group of Federagenti will celebrate the first ten years of activity
In the years has intensified its activity is in Italy is to international level




14/12/2015Inaugurated new Abu Dhabi Cruise Terminal of the port of Port Zayed
It will be the home port of cruise ship "MSC Music" in season 2015-2016




14/12/2015New directed railway service between Busto Arsizio and Bari di Hupac and Cemat
the frequency is of three departures to the week in both the directions




14/12/2015Al via a new service of CMA CGM between the Mediterranean, Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, Colombia and Ecuador
Specifically it will be dedicated to the export of bananas ecuadoregne




14/12/2015the ICS restates that the only road in order to reach to a solution for the reduction of the emissions of the shipping passes through the IMO
Hinchliffe: "an unilateral or regional regulation would be disastrous for the shipping and would be disastrous to the aims of a total reduction of co2"




14/12/2015Last month handling of the container in the port of Singapore is diminished of -15,9%
In the first 11 months of the 2015 traffic it has been pairs to 28.407.200 teu (- 8.2%)




11/12/2015COSCO and Lowers Shipping slowly anticipates their complex of fusion
With the concentration of COSCON and CSCL a fleet of 288 portacontainer will be put in field




11/12/2015The Regions Liguria, Piemonte and Lombardy have characterized the priority actions in order to promote the logistic system of the North the West
Within the next semester States general of the logistics will be convened




11/12/2015Last month the traffic of the container in the port of Long Beach has grown of +6.6%
In the first eleven months of the 2015 total +5.5% have been almost 6,6 million teu ()




11/12/2015G6 assures that the acquisition of NOL by CMA CGM will not have an impact on the activity of the shipowning alliance
In the course of the 2016 - the companies emphasize - Network of routes it will be operated as by program




11/12/2015To October the traffic of the goods in the port of Bremen/Bremerhaven is diminished of -13%
In the first ten months of the 2015 decrease it has been of -7%




11/12/2015In the 2015 traffic of the container in the port of Houston two million teu for the first time have exceeded quota
Previewed ulterior consisting an increase in the next few years




10/12/2015Saturday to the Marine Station of Naples a day of five thousand solidarity for children
Is organized from the Committee For the Quality of Vivere in collaboration with the Harbour Authority and the Harbour office




10/12/2015the Chinese government has authorized the fusion of shipowning groups COSCO and Lowers Shipping
Attended in order tomorrow a communication on the securities markets




10/12/2015Convention on the perspectives of development of the navigable net of the Italy North
One will hold on 16 December to Viadana (Mantua)




10/12/2015Al via the first experimental intermodal transport between the port of Vado Ligure and the Interporto of Turin
Service "pilot" in performance to the lines guides contained in the SITUATED protocol of understanding Harbour Authority Savona




10/12/2015In the exercise anniversary the 2014-15 crocieristica division of group TUI has recorded an increase of +232.6% of the EBITA
To the increment of the results it has contributed the income in the fleet of TUI Cruises of the ships "Mein 3 Schiff" and "Mein Schiff 4"




10/12/2015the port of Antwerp will close the 2015 with a new record of traffic anniversary of the goods
Attended also the new record of handling of the container




10/12/2015Between a year Royal Caribbean Cruises it will abandon the Stock exchange of Oslo
the crocieristico group will continue to being quoted only to the Stock exchange of New York




09/12/2015the annual contribution of Celestyal Cruises to the Greek economy piles to 110 million euros
In the 2015 ships of the company they have carried 129,731 passengers in Greece (+20%)




09/12/2015Niels Smedegaard (DFDS) will be the new president of shipowning association European ECSA
Vice president will be Panagiotis Laskaridis




09/12/2015In the 2014 value of the world-wide exports of goods has only grown of +0.3%
More consisting increase (+5%) of the value of the exports of services




09/12/2015the Swiss government has announced ulterior measures in order to stimulate the use of the railroad in the transalpine transport goods
At the beginning of 2017 the tax on the which proportioned heavy traffic will be increased to the performances and will be discounted the prices of the railway traces




07/12/2015KfW IPEX-Bank finances the construction of two new ships from cruise ordered from Royal Caribbean to Meyer Werft
draft of the fourth and fifth ship of class Quantum




07/12/2015Brussels has introduced a plan strategic in order to increase the competitiveness of the aerial transport of the EU
Characterized four priorities in order to assure the development of the field




07/12/2015Ancanap wishes that the benefits of the Super amortization are exploitable also from the field of the shipbuilding
the association confides that the term in order to have use of the facility is lengthened at least of six months




07/12/2015the Board of group NOL unanimously approves of the advanced offer of takeover from CMA CGM
From the fusion it will be born a company with a fleet of 563 portacontenitori ships for a cargo ability pairs to 2,4 million teu




04/12/2015On 15 December to Rome a seminary will hold on the benefits and costs of the low price of the oil
It is organized from the Group Young Shipping of Confitarma




04/12/2015They have been the 3,610 ships that in five years are joined the Environmental Ship Index
175 have obtained a advanced score to 50 and four of these the maximum score of 100




04/12/201511 Decembers to Livorno will hold a seminary on the normative new for the management of the dredgings
the undersecretary to the Atmosphere, Silvia Velo, will illustrate the job of the Ministry and other agencies in order to update the normative picture of the dredgings in the ports




04/12/2015Come to an agreement to the Tarros group I renew for 40 years of the relative concession to the Terminal of the Gulf of
Investments of infrastructural character for about 44,5 million euros




04/12/2015Associated British Ports has joined the federation of the European private harbour terminalisti Feport
the federation has emphasized that the phenomenon of naval gigantism is becoming "source of worry in a lowland context increase"




04/12/2015In the 2014 air traffic in the Italian airports it has recorded increments of +4.7% of the passengers and +6.2% of goods and mail
the traffic cargo is piled than more 912 thousand tons




04/12/2015the navalmeccanico group Dutch Damen signs a technical agreement of partnership with the yard American Great Lakes Shipyard
In the plant of Cleveland two tugs will be constructed ice class




03/12/2015Filt Cgil Tuscany against the hypothesis of amalgamation of the Harbour Authorities of Marina Carrara and
we are not in front of to an overly necessary reform - denunciation the union - but to a "remodeling" of the systems of power




03/12/2015Los retrasos en el ajuste por parte de la parte italiana del corredor Rin-Alpes conducen a unos ingresos potenciales de 6.000 millones de euros, equivalente al coste del Tercer Valico
Baccelli (CERTET): Italia pierde unos 1.200 millones de euros al año




03/12/2015Introduced to Salerno the results of the project Habitat for the monitoring of the naval traffic of the last mile
the scope is the innovation of the systems of control of the marine traffic by means of the development of new functionalities to high technological content




03/12/2015From winter season 2016/2017 they will be the two ships of MSC Cruises with homeport to the Havana
To "MSC Opera", than next 21 December it will begin the activity from the vital Cuban., will join "MSC Harmony"




03/12/2015Financing EU for the fast transport of producing sour-food by the Middle East to the ports of Koper, Venice and Marseilles
For the Italian port of call the sum of 1,5 million euros will be available us




03/12/2015DNV GL will classify the portacontainer of greater ability commissioned to a Chinese yard
The three ships from 20.000 teu will be constructed by the plant Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding Co.




02/12/2015To October the increase of the aerial cargo has recorded a rest new
Tyler (IATA): "the perspectives for the aerial transport of the goods continue to being very difficult"




02/12/2015Tomorrow to Trieste will be introduced the plans pilot and the future progettualità on the topic of mobility in the Adriatic-ionic area
organized Conference from the 19 partner of plan EA SEA-WAY




02/12/2015SBB CFF FFS Cargo, Hupac and Contargo ask the deep ones in order to start the construction of the great container bimodale terminal of Basel Nord
The mass in service of the platform is previewed for 2019




02/12/2015Agreement Maersk Line - MacGregor in order to develop systems of implantation of the container of new generation
the companies widen their collaboration




02/12/2015Arc Shipments has inaugurated to Tivoli new a hub of distribution for the Italy center-south
Doubled the presence of the monzese company in the Capital




01/12/2015Bureau Veritas has acquired Certest
the Tuscany company carries out quality test on the produced ones of the luxury




01/12/2015Tomorrow the Harbour Authority of Salerno will introduce the first results of the Smart project Tunnel
the objective is to facilitate the interoperability between the platforms of the institutional agencies and those of the harbour operators and the logistics




01/12/2015Deep European in order to optimize the fluvial traffic on the Rhine-Alps Corridor
They are destined to the realization of an informative system for the management of the naval traffic in Alto Reno




01/12/2015the European shipowners exhort to assign to the IMO the guide of the initiatives in order to reduce the emissions of the shipping
Verhoeven (ECSA): "we consider that this is the just approach and would represent the logical prosecuzione of the steps already completed to communitarian level"




01/12/2015In the 2016 world-wide fleet of cruise ships it will accommodate about 24 million passengers, a million in more regarding this year
The companies associated to the CLIA will be equipped of nine new fluvial cruise ships and 18 new fluvial ships




01/12/2015In the third trimester of this year the traffic of the container in the port of Tanger Med is diminished of -11,5%
In the first nine months of the 2015 decrease it has been of -1,0%




01/12/2015Nuovo intermodal service of Hupac between the port of Zeebrugge and the Interporto of Novara
Will have a frequency of three departures to the week in both the directions
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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.
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Genoa
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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
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Last month, ship traffic in the Suez Canal increased by +26.9%
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Initially Volare Shipping has a fleet of six VLCCs plus eight under construction
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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.
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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.
SAILING LIST
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Arrival ports by:
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- country
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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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