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September 2018




28/09/2018A delegation of the Federation of the Sea has met the general secretary of the IMO
Mario Mattioli has evidenced to Kitack Lim the importance that the marine norms come from the IMO




28/09/2018ANGOPI, approval to the recent norm that defines the organizational model of the ormeggiatori
It guides: it is time definitively established that an agency represented from the cooperative exists only




28/09/2018Completed the Committee of Address of the ZES Campania
Spirit: he will be fundamental to preview the birth of customs zones intercluse in the southern ports




28/09/2018Port of Trieste, the EU finances the project from 32,7 million euros for the increment of the railway ability
It previews the potenziamento of harbour railway infrastructures of Marzio Field




28/09/2018The ability to the systems EU of recycling of the ships - Shipbreaking Platform and T&E support - is more than sufficient in order to demolish the ships EU
The two organizations emphasize that the ability to the yards authorized to this activity in Europe is undershoot




28/09/2018Uiltrasporti, fort contrarietà to the abolition of the National Agency for Safety of the Railroads
Tarlazzi: the dispersion is risked to a fundamental and strategic patrimony of technical competences




28/09/2018In the organic one of the Rumanian ship yards of the Vard other Vietnamese workers are inserted
The plant of Braila is not successful to find personal on the spot




28/09/2018Hyundai Merchant Marine will invest 2,8 billion dollars in order to acquire 20 new portacontainer of large-capacity
Seven ships from 23.000 teu will be constructed DSME, others five from SHI and eight unit from 15.000 teu from HHI




27/09/2018Named Domenico De Crescenzo coordinator for Southern Italy di Confetra
Today to Naples the first encounter between the representatives for the South of the national federations and the adherent territorial associations to the Confederation




27/09/2018The AdSP of the Tyrrhenian Sea Central has signed an agreement of collaboration with NET
"Nodo Avanzato of Naples, Salerno will be instituted and Castellammare di Stabia"




27/09/2018To August the traffic of the goods enlivened from the port of Trieste is increased of +7.7%
In the first eight months of 2018 an increase of +5.6% is recorded




27/09/2018The port of Livorno heads to develop the relations with Switzerland
Corsini: an effective commercial cooperation is sure a objective to our capacity




27/09/2018Uiltrasporti denunciation the lacked performance the reform in portualità matter
Calamitous - the union emphasizes - the conjectured transformation of the public Authorities of Harbour System in Spa




27/09/2018Carnival has archived item the period june-August with new historical quarterly records
The ships of the fleet of the group American have accommodated 3,56 million passengers (+3.5%)




27/09/2018The next year, for the first time, the ships of Corsica Ferries will reach in Sicily
On 21 April a service between the ports of Trapani, Tolone will be activated and Nice




27/09/2018A.SPE.DO, if the port of Genoa collassa is to risk yielding also all from Liguria harbour system
Landolfi: whoever is deceived that an operating crisis of the genoese port can represent an occasion for La Spezia is mistaken, the exact contrary is true




27/09/2018Anek Lines has closed the first semester of 2018 with a net loss of -9,1 million euros
The revenues have grown of +11.5%




27/09/2018The EU commission invites to introduce observations on Regolamento of exemption for category for the consortia of containerized marine companies
The norm will expire on April 25, 2020




27/09/2018Joint venture of the NASC and Peter Döhle in the segment of the multipurpose ships and of undermines to rinfusiere
The next month with a fleet of 26 units will begin the activity




26/09/2018Spediporto, in order to resolve the criticalities of the port of Genoa we take example from Antwerp
Pitto: we want to stimulate a dialogue with all more the categories opened to a advanced vision of the logistics




26/09/2018Port of Genoa, provisions in order to tackle to the emergency Morandi Bridge
Extended the duration of the concessions to Alkion Terminal Vado Ligure and Terminal Saint George




26/09/2018THE Alliance, new service Jellyfish East Coast in collaboration with CMA CGM, COSCO and OOCL
Fusion of the lines AL6 and Amerigo. It will touch the ports of La Spezia, Genoa, Marseilles Fos, Barcelona, Valencia, New York, Norfolk, Savannah, Miami, Algeciras




26/09/2018The UIRR rejects the appeal of 17 German associations for the increase to 44 tons of the gross heavyweight class of the trucks
The Union denunciation that, if received, such proposal would have the effect to damage the same arranged transport




26/09/2018Friday to Ravenna will hold a convention on the future organizational model of the ormeggiatori
It has been organized from the ANGOPI, the national association of the ormeggiatori and boatmen of the Italian ports




26/09/2018Relationship of Seafarers' Rights International on the norms that regulate the marine cabotage in the several nations
They are the 91 Member States of the UN that has laws that discipline this activity of transport




25/09/2018Confetra anticipates proposed in order to face the fallen back ones deriving from collapse of Morandi Bridge
Marcucci: we hope that the government makes its part and supports the logistic and harbour enterprises




25/09/2018The associations of the loaders criticize the decision of the companies to introduce soprannoli for the fuel to low sulfur tenor
ESC and GSF denounce a deficiency of transparency and the lack of negotiations with the customers




25/09/2018Attica, increase of the economic results and the activity on the wake of the acquisition of Hellenic Seaways
In the first semester of this year the revenues are piled to 131,68 million euros (+17.5%)




25/09/2018Encounter to Ravenna between the representatives of the AdSP, BURNED and the Lombardic association of the shippers and the haulers
Introduced the development plans of the harbour port of call




25/09/2018The president of the Confitarma has met minister Toninelli
Mattioli has evidenced the requirement to maintain the level of competitiveness of the Italian fleet unchanged




25/09/2018Satisfaction of ESPO for the ok of the Commission TRAN to the elimination of the taxes on the electricity supplied from earth to the ships
The association has evidenced that the taxes constitute an obstacle for the installation in the ports of specific systems




25/09/2018Brussels denunciation the elusione of customs duties for 2,7 billion euros in the United Kingdom
Located swindles in existence between 2011 and 2017 in the within of the import of goods through the British ports




25/09/2018L3 Technologies buys the Global ASV, society specialized in the segment of independent navigation
The company is renamed L3 ASV




24/09/2018Introduced to Berlin the first manutentiva platform in Italy for the railway rotabili
Initiative of Interporto Bologna and Workshop Rotabili Repairs




24/09/2018Development of the connections between the Kazakistan and the port of Trieste
If by it is discussed in the course of an encounter with the ambassador of the Asian nation




24/09/2018Agreement Assiterminal - Assologistica with the objective to create a federation of the harbour terminalisti
Activated a unitary technical coordination inside Confetra




24/09/2018The Italian ports to the Seatrade Cruise MED 2018
They have participated within CruiseItaly, the promoted and coordinated Italian pavilion from Assoporti




24/09/2018In the Norwegian port of Bergen the greatest European system will be installed than electric power supply Shore-to-ship
It will be able to serve three cruise ships at the same time




24/09/2018Tomorrow to Genoa a reunion of the Confetra in order to make the point on the emergency Morandi Bridge
Marcucci: we intend to propose to the union a pact that facilitates the return to normality for the activities of all the categories our associates




24/09/2018To August the port of Algeciras has enlivened 5,16 million tons of goods in container (- 3.9%)
In the first eight months of this year 3.175.201 teu (+11.1% are enlivened)




24/09/2018Tomorrow to Bari kick-off the meeting of a project for the development of the activities of the ionic ports adriatic
The Authority of Harbour System of Mare Adriatico Meridionale is lead partner of the initiative




21/09/2018In increase the traffic of the passengers and the goods in the ports of Naples and Salerno
Only exception, in the first eight months of 2018, in the segment of the rotabili




21/09/2018Al container terminal PSA Voltri-Prà of Genoa has arrived 21 new cranes RTG electrical workers
The means of handling to reduced environmental impact are disembarked today




21/09/2018Al port of Bari is conferred the prize Smart Port of the Year
The acknowledgment is assigned in the within of the fair RemTech Expo




21/09/2018New center for the repair and restructure of mega yacht in the port of Marseilles
It will be managed by the Monegasque Marine Monk, that it will invest 44 million euros




21/09/2018Success of the offer of the Palumbo Italian in order to obtain the control of the Croatian ship yard Viktor Lenac
The daily paper "Novi List" writes specifying that the Neapolitan company will have the property of beyond 80% of the capital




20/09/2018Uiltrasporti asks the immediate opening for a table that faces the situation of crisis of the Port Channel of Cagliari
Dossier-denunciation of the union in which it is evidenced that the cost of the renunciation risks to being enormously advanced to the cost of the investments necessary in order to continue to compete




20/09/2018Mattioli (Federation of the Sea): the marine cluster has a strategic role for Italy
The field - it has emphasized - imposes an effective administrative coordination between competences by now dispersed between varied ministries




20/09/2018EU commission, illicit 44 million the aids granted from the State to the Harbour Authority of Naples for the dry docks of CAMED
The late collections of the concession canons do not constitute instead aids of State




20/09/2018Railway group Helvetic SBB CFF FFS looks for an associate of minority for its society cargo
Within on 5 October the manifestations of interest in order to acquire from 10% to 49% of the share capital




20/09/2018Maersk will reunite the regional activities of containerized marine transport under an only brand
Moreover Damco will be integrated in Maersk Line




19/09/2018It is essential that the national and Lombardic institutions support the port of Genoa after collapse of Morandi Bridge
The necessity of participations and timely measures is emphasized in the course of an encounter of Propeller Club of Milan




19/09/2018To August the traffic of the container in the port of Valencia is increased of +2.8%
In the first eight months of this year the increase has been of +5.1%




19/09/2018Confitarma, to estimate the transfer of marine lines short beam from the genoese harbour basin of Sampierdarena to that of Voltri or to Savona
The shipowning confederation suggests to deepen such hypothesis in order to tackle to the emergency caused from collapse of Morandi Bridge




19/09/2018From the 24 on 29 September to Naples the third edition of the Naples Shipping Week will hold
Beyond 300 the relatori involved in the 40 events to calendar




19/09/2018Investment of DFDS in order to equip of scrubber the employed ships ro-ro of the group in the Mediterranean
They will be installed on 12 ferries goods that operate on the routes that connect Turkey, Italy and France




19/09/2018Gulftainer signature the contract for the management of the American port of Wilmington
Previewed investments until 600 million dollars




19/09/2018In 2019 record in the Italian ports is attended a crocieristico traffic
Cemar previews that the total will be of beyond 11,5 million passengers (+5.5%)




19/09/2018Minoan Lines has closed first semester 2018 with a profit after the taxes of 1,9 million euros (+11.5%)
In increase the traffic of the passengers and the vehicles enlivened from the fleet of the company




19/09/2018Guido Grimaldi retort to Honored confirming the full support to the demand for revocation of the concession to Tirrenia
If our group only benefitted of the half of the distributed contribution to Tirrenia - it has denounced - could free of charge transport all the native residents and of the Sardinia between the island and the continent




18/09/2018Honored Shipping complaint for defamation regarding Mauro Pili has jutted
The former deputy is accused to have place in existence a libellous campaign. Brought up also the Grimaldi group




18/09/2018The AdSP of the Ligurian Sea Western has obtained the certifications ISO 9001:2015 and 14001:2015
The certificates are released by SGS Italy




18/09/2018Mission of the port of Ravenna in Egypt
The opportunities of investment in the Italian harbour port of call will be illustrated




18/09/2018Joint venture of Yangzijiang Shipbuilding and Mitsui & Co. with center to Panama hat
The objective is the development of the respective activities in the naval field




18/09/2018Los Angeles is the first American port to have joined to the IPCSA
The organization has the scope to coordinate the initiatives times to integration of the Port Community System




17/09/2018From the 2019 Maersk Line it will introduce a new BAF in order to cover the costs determined from the new limits on the sulfur tenor in the fuel
The company considers that such expenses could reach the two billions of dollars




17/09/2018Wednesday to Ferrara will hold the national conference Smart Ports
One will hold in the inaugural day of the international event RemTech Expo




17/09/2018Last month the traffic of the container in the port of Hong Kong is diminished of -4,3%
In the first eight months of this year 4.3% are enlivened 13,15 million teu (-)




17/09/2018On 17 October to Rome the public assembly of the Confetra will hold
Topic of the encounter: "Check Up Log: the strategic infrastructures for the transport and the logistics"




17/09/2018To August the Chinese marine ports have enlivened 777,7 million tons of goods (+6.5%)
The traffic of the container has been pairs to 19,2 million teu (+5.0%)




17/09/2018Last month the harbour terminals of COSCO Shipping Ports have enlivened 8,7 million container (+12.2%)
In the first eight months of the 2018 traffic it has been of 64,6 million teu (+13.0%)




14/09/2018Make, for the Genoa emergency not to the roof on the aids of State
Manfron: in fact the field of the road haulage is penalized strongly also




14/09/2018Named Edoardo Rixi viceministro of the Ministry of Infrastructures and the Transports
Assignment with delegation to the Ports, logistic and construction inland navigation special




14/09/2018Solidarity of the Swiss haulers to the genoese colleagues in difficulty
Room (Astag): we not only want to share the pain and the memory, but also to offer collaboration forms




14/09/2018On 27 September to Naples, in the within of the Naples Shipping Week, project GAINN4CORE will be introduced
It is centralized on the definition of two of the three Italian nets for the distribution of LNG




14/09/2018The division cargo of railway group Helvetic SBB CFF FFS is returned to the assets
In the first half of the 2018 result of exercise it has been of 3,4 million franchi Swiss




13/09/2018Agreement of collaboration between the Union Industrial Naples and Confetra Campania
He has been undersigned today




13/09/2018Moby has closed the first semester of 2018 with a net loss of -60,2 million euros
The revenues are dropped of -1,6%




13/09/2018Port of Genoa, demolition of the wall that separates the areas national and international of the basin of Sampierdarena
A new road for heavy means become necessary after collapse of Morandi Bridge will be opened




13/09/2018In interporto the Vespucci an activity of assemblage and refitting of car will be installed electrical workers
Consortium N.E. Mo. it will have altogether 1,500 square metres on hand




13/09/2018New record historical salary of cargo on the ships that have crossed the Suez Canal
To August the cargo ability of the journeyed ship has exceeded 100 million the clean tons for the first time




13/09/2018Port of Taranto, introduced observations and oppositions relatively to the demand for management of the Polisettoriale Pier advanced from Yilport
The AdSP will start the merit preliminary investigation on the request of the Turkish company




13/09/2018Canadian group ATCO will acquire 40% of the capital of the Chilean Neltume Ports
The transaction will have a value of USA 340 million dollars




13/09/2018The port of Singapore has marked the own new record of traffic for the August month
Last month tons of cargos (+0.6% are enlivened 53,3 million)




13/09/2018Last month the traffic of the container in the port of Los Angeles is diminished of -2,5%
In the first eight months of the 2018 2.6% are enlivened almost 6,0 million teu (-)




13/09/2018Road show of the port of in the USA
Encounter with the operators of New York




12/09/2018Global Holding Ports has signed the contract for the management of the crocieristico port of Gazenica, to Zara
To November the work for the doubling of the container will leave terminal of the Swedish port of Gävle managed from the Yilport




12/09/2018Trasportounito asks that in I decree governmental for Genoa are measures in support of the road haulage
Tagnochetti: without a determined participation of the State it will not be possible to assure operating continuity of the port of Genoa and the logistic system of the North the West




12/09/2018Filt Cgil, Fit Cisl and Uiltrasporti write to minister Toninelli speeding up urgent measures for Genoa and its port
Already today - marked Rocchi, Piras and Tarlazzi have - us it turns out that some companies of navigation would be about to moving the traffics




12/09/2018Started in the yard of Rostock the realization of the greatest cruise ship never constructed in Germany
The "Vigo Superstar" will pass from the fleet of the Cruises Star to that of the Dream Cruises




12/09/2018China and Liberia renew their agreement in marine field
The ships of Liberian flag will continue to benefit of a reduction in price on the harbour taxes in case port of call in the Chinese ports




11/09/2018Confetra-Invitalia encounter
Arcuri: in the within of the triennial program of support to the investment projects three projects in the field of the logistics are introduced alone




11/09/2018Moby will reactivate the connection Lead-Olbia goods extending the service to the passengers
The line will be restored in the first days of the next month




11/09/2018A relationship analyzes to challenges and opportunity for the determined ports of the United Kingdom from independent navigation
Ballantyne (BPA): it is time that political and businesses leader strive in order to assure that the British ports are to the head of this innovative development




11/09/2018Ready a way of access directed to the basin of East of the port of Genoa dedicated to the heavy vehicles
The Authority of Harbour System is opening a new passage in correspondence of this road




10/09/2018European marine the harbour industry and receives with favor the proposal to institute an only Door marine EU
It is necessary but - CLECAT, ECASBA, EMPA, ESC, ESPO, FEPORT and IPCSA specify - to clarify some ulteriorly aspects key of the proposed regulations




10/09/2018Reunion of Propeller Club of Milan on the situation to Genoa after collapse of Morandi Bridge
One will hold on 18 September




10/09/2018CMA CGM has concluded the second trimester with a decrease of the economic performances
In the period the fleet has transported 5,2 million container (+9.7%)




10/09/2018In the first six months of the 2018 port of La Spezia it has enlivened 7,76 million tons of goods (- 2.1%)
The container has been pairs to 722 thousand teu (+1.2%)




10/09/2018Fit Cisl Calabria, the institution of the AdSP of the Strait of Messina is anticipated as a mere attempt to reward localisms
Fiorenza: it is not with the constitution of another Harbour Authority that is protected and the peculiarities of the Strait of Messina are valued




10/09/2018To August the traffic of the container in the port of Long Beach is diminished of -1,9%
In the first eight months of the 2018 +9.4% are enlivened 5,3 million teu ()




07/09/2018The AdSP of the Tyrrhenian Sea Central tightens relations with government of Hong Kong
Encounter with organized InvestHK of understanding with the International Propeller Clubs




07/09/2018Ermanno Giamberini is elected president of the new ones constituted Confetra Campania
Secretary coordinator is Giovanni Montella




07/09/2018Prompt Fit Cisl urgent participations in order to throw again the activity and the occupation in the port of Gioia Tauro
Monday in program an encounter near the MIT




07/09/2018The MIT announces the next institution of the AdSP of the Strait of Messina with jurisdiction on the ports of Messina, Milazzo, Reggio Calabria and Villa San Giovanni
Creation of a sixteenth Authority of Harbour System through the division of the agency previewed with center to Gioia Tauro




07/09/2018Reunion on the definition of the lines guides on the formation of the pilots of the ports
It has been carried out yesterday near the General Command of the Harbour offices




07/09/2018In the first seven months of this year the port of Algeciras has enlivened almost 2,8 million container (+11.4%)
Altogether the traffic of the goods is piled to 63,0 million tons (+9.6%)




06/09/2018Uiltrasporti denunciation the inaction of the minister of the Transports
Tarlazzi: from the takeover of the new government we have still not been summoned, in spite of the infrastructural sollicitations and the many emergencies




06/09/2018Poulsson (ICS) exhorts the UN to take into consideration the job of the IMO on the protection of the marine atmosphere
"The ships - it has emphasized - do not operate in an empty normative" and "the activities of a shipowner are not never to out of the national jurisdiction, also in open sea"




06/09/2018Agreement Mercitalia Rail - PKP Cargo in order to develop to the rail shipment goods on the Corridor Baltic Sea-Adriatic
A working group will be constituted




06/09/2018To July the traffic of the goods in the port of Trieste has grown of +7.9%
In the first seven months of the 2018 total it has been of 36,93 million tons (+5.3%)




05/09/2018ESPO exhorts to assure puts up financings to the ports in the budget EU
The association asks also to recognize the transboundary nature of the harbour ports of call




05/09/2018Convention to Treviso on the logistics the 4,0 and advantages for the companies of the East North
It is in program on 25 September




05/09/2018The shippers of Livorno and Trieste exhort to safeguard the specificities of the Port local Community System
Dari and Visintin: cetralized PCS is in controtendenza regarding the experiences of the more competitive European ports




05/09/2018On 12 September to Naples a convention on the diportismo in Campania
A specific study of Answers will be introduced Tourism




05/09/2018To July the traffic of the goods in the port of Genoa is diminished of -1,3%
In the first seven months of 2018 an increase of +3.1% is recorded




05/09/2018A delegation of Alis has met the European commissioner to the Transports
Reunion yesterday to Brussels




04/09/2018The Transocean Swiss will buy drilling contractor the Ocean Rig for 2,7 billion dollars
The transaction will be capacity to term in the first trimester of 2019




04/09/2018Alarm for the impact of collapse of Morandi Bridge on the activity of the couriers that operate for the e-commerce
Spediporto has convened in the next few days a technical encounter with companies




04/09/2018New trisettimanale railway service between Milan and Monaco
It will connect the terminal of Melzo of the Contship group with the Riem Terminal




04/09/2018AssArmatori asks an interdepartmental table equipped for extraordinary powers in order to face the emergency of after Morandi Bridge
Messina: "it must be clearly to that, if Genoa goes in crisis, it is the entire system Country to pay of the consequences"




04/09/2018Suspended strike of the ferries in Greece
Union PNO chip ax the proposal of an increase of 2% of the marine salaries of the offer from the SEEN




04/09/2018Deterioration of the economic results of Chinese group COSCO Shipping in according to trimester
In the period the fleet of portacontainer has trsaportato 6,0 million teu (+12.9%)




03/09/2018Agreement of HPH Trust with Chinese CEL in the within of the Belt and Road Initiative
It previews the development of intermodal activities and a logistics center




03/09/2018Gianluigi Castelli is the new president of the Union Internationale DES Chemins de fer
He is president of Italian Railroads of the State




03/09/2018In the first half of the 2018 harbour terminal of the Chinese group CMPort they have enlivened 53,8 million container (+7.3%)
In the segment of the bulk the traffic has been of 250 million tons (+0.6%)




03/09/2018Course of the Italian Academy of Marina Mercantile for apprentice officers of covered and car
120 young people will be admitted altogether




03/09/2018To Genoa encounter union-Customs in order to face the emergency of after "Parodi Bridge"
Examined the contingent and problematic problems the internal ones to the Agency




03/09/2018Confetra F.V.G., the regional logistic system is ready in order to tackle to the new rules of the foreign trade
Visintin: the current class of shippers meticulously is selected by the events of last the 20 years




03/09/2018Tomorrow to Olbia a project on the limitation of the sonorous pollution in the ports will be introduced
It previews the monitoring of the levels of traffic and noise in the harbour ports of call and the main road arteries
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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
In July, ship traffic in the Suez Canal increased by +27%
Cairo
In the first seven months of this year, maritime traffic was 8,244 ships (+15.9%)
Tomorrow Kombiverkehr will launch an intermodal connection between Regensburg and the Interporto Quadrante Europa
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.
Contships to order 10 feeder vessels with options for a further 10+10
Athens
Letter of intent with China's Hubei Guangji Green Energy Shipbuilding Group Co.
DP World signs agreement to develop deepwater port in Nigeria's Ogun State.
Dubai
The project includes approximately four kilometers of docks
New port regulations for Civitavecchia, Fiumicino, and Gaeta have been approved.
Civitavecchia
The procedural agreement with Interminal in Gaeta has been approved.
Kotug Acquires Majority Stake in Vortex Offshore
Rotterdam
The Dubai-based company provides maritime services to the offshore industry in the Middle East.
Over €1.9 billion in Spain to improve road and rail connections between ports
Madrid
Port authorities will contribute 875.1 million euros
Attica Holdings sold the ro-pax vessel Levka Ori for €8.3 million.
Kallithea
The ferry was built in 1987
DFDS's Trieste-Damietta ro-ro service will become bi-weekly in mid-October
Copenhagen
Inserting a second vessel into the route
The Italian Merchant Marine Academy increases cooperation with the Port of Durres.
Genoa
A memorandum of understanding has been signed
A volume on the history of the Tuscan port system will be presented in Livorno on Friday.
Livorno
A comparison of the key players in the port sector: from the reforms of the 1990s to the challenges of the future.
Suardiaz takes delivery of a 5,000-car LNG-powered car carrier
Madrid
A second PCTC vessel is expected in mid-2027
Hapag-Lloyd raises its 2026 outlook further
Hamburg
Strong demand and rising spot freight rates are pushing the company to significantly increase its EBITDA and EBIT forecasts.
UNIPORT's public meeting will be held in Rome on October 6th.
Rome
Debate on port reform and other relevant aspects of the sector
Pilot project for the production and use of green hydrogen at the port of Savona
Savona
Paroli (Western Ligurian Port Authority): a port area has been identified for work.
Tarros and Nurminen Logistics launch new Scandinavian-Mediterranean intermodal service
La Spezia/Helsinki
The land route connects Örebro, Parma and La Spezia
The first caisson of the breakwater protecting the regasification plant off the coast of Ravenna has been laid.
Ravenna
The maritime work will be approximately 900 metres long
Fincantieri and PT PAL sign agreement for the modernization of an Indonesian Navy vessel
Trieste
This is the "Kri Sriwijaya" unit (formerly "Giuseppe Garibaldi")
In Italy, the blue economy is worth 225 billion, and the nautical industry alone exceeds 10 billion in exports.
Rome
SACE's Focus On presented at the Genoa Boat Show
Fire aboard the Blue Star Ferries ro-ro vessel Blue Carrier 2
Kallithea
The 29 people on board were evacuated
Costs and timescales for the reconstruction of the four US Navy shipyards are rising exponentially.
Washington
If in 2018 21 billion dollars and 20 years of work were expected, today the estimate is 200 billion and at least 50 years.
Shipping faces its triple challenge: decarbonization, geopolitics, and the new geography of the automotive industry.
Chaff
At the Euromed Convention in Grimaldi, the sector is dealing with new environmental regulations, increasingly exposed routes and the shift of automotive production towards Southeast Asia.
Orizzonte Sistemi Navali signs a €3.7 billion contract for two destroyers
Trieste
The "Domenico Millelire" PPA has been delivered to the Navy.
Livorno: The Supreme Court of Cassation overturns the convictions in the Darsena Toscana docks affair.
Rome
The appeal ruling overturned the court's acquittal and convicted three defendants of ideological forgery.
The Port of Rijeka expects to close 2026 with a record container traffic of 800,000 TEUs.
River
With the new terminal on the island of Krk, traffic could rise to 1.7 million TEUs
Offshore wind energy funding: Pichetto reassures Taranto, but Taranto demands certainty.
Taranto
The 2026 funding for the Apulian port drops to €13.9 million. Gugliotti hopes for a formal confirmation of the remaining resources in 2027.
Port reform: The majority pushes ahead with Porti d'Italia SpA
Rome
The Chamber's Transport Committee rejects the opposition's suppressive amendments.
Gela's Porto Rifugio has received a favorable opinion for dredging the port's waters.
Palermo
Greenbrier Europe to produce NIK transshipment system for TX Logistik
Troisdorf/Berlin
Allows rapid loading of non-craneable semi-trailers onto trains
Maersk opens its own logistics center in the heart of Germany
Herleshausen
Located in Herleshausen, it has a surface area of 71,800 square meters
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
South Korea's HJ Shipbuilding & Construction Co. wins orders for four new 10,100 TEU containerships
Busan
The contract has a total value of approximately 500 million dollars.
Democratic Party: The government's port reform paves the way for privatization of Italian ports.
Rome
Ghio and Misiani: it also takes resources and skills away from the territories
Port self-production: The Council of State denies the segmentability of the authorization pursuant to Article 16, paragraph 3.
Rome
Cartour's "partial" authorization in the port of Salerno has been suspended.
Port of Miami closes fiscal 2026 with record cruise traffic
Miami
The threshold of ten million passengers has been exceeded, compared to 8.56 million in the previous financial year.
The Grimaldi Group has taken delivery of the new pure car and truck carrier Grande Egitto.
Naples
Its load capacity reaches 9,800 ceu
Port reform will be discussed in Genoa on October 2nd.
Genoa
Workshop organized by the AdSP and the Altero Matteoli association
Fratelli Cosulich strengthens its logistics network with the opening of Express Global Dubai
Dubai
Teresa Cosulich will be responsible for the new logistics office.
"A Sea of Switzerland" will be held in Lugano on October 9th
Lugano
Ninth edition of the International Forum on Transport and Infrastructure
Brullo Group orders three 40,800-ton deadweight oil/chemical tanker vessels
Rome
Order to the Chinese shipyard Anhui Shipyard
New attack on a ship in the Strait of Hormuz
Southampton
A bullet caused minor injuries to two crew members
A new megayacht production, maintenance, and storage hub opens in Trieste.
Trieste
Trieste Shipyards was founded by Seadock (Samer group) and Yachting Expertise and is owned by Friulia
Confitarma applauds the government's initiative to protect Italian ships in the Red Sea.
Rome
Zanetti: Maritime security is, in effect, a component of national economic security
Unions approve the platform for the single collective bargaining agreement for the shipping industry.
Rome
Filt, Fit and Uilt, is structured around three central elements such as salary, protection, participation and thirteen concrete requests
FHP Intermodal is increasing the frequency of its freight rail service between Fiorenzuola and Incoronata/Bari.
Milan
It goes up to five days a week
This year over 2,000 large yachts operated along the Italian coasts
Rome
Plus 10% for owned boats and a substantially stable trend for chartered ones
The event "Cyber-resilience in the maritime sector: defense, regulations, and European cooperation" will be held in Rome on Tuesday.
Rome
It is organized by Var Group and Confitarma
Smeup, with the acquisition of HTG, expands its portfolio in the logistics and transport sector
Erbusco
The Turin-based company specializes in the development of proprietary software
Saudi Arabian ports: Liquid bulk throughput to decline sharply in 2025
Riyadh
Total traffic fell to 298.3 million tonnes (-10.9%)
A delegation from the Lithuanian port of Klaipeda visited the port of Livorno
Livorno
In-depth comparison of their respective infrastructure development plans
New OOCL service between the Western Mediterranean and Canada
Hong Kong
Collaboration with Ocean Alliance companies and other carriers
The port's future is at the center of the event celebrating the 80th anniversary of Assosped Venezia and Asamar Veneto.
Venice
A conference on Friday will be the highlight of the festival
Increase in port workers at the ports of Monfalcone and Milazzo
Rome
Green light from the General Directorate for Ports, Logistics and Intermodality of the Ministry of the Interior.
Cargo traffic in Greek ports is sharply declining
Piraeus
Stagnation in passenger numbers
Mercitalia Shunting & Terminal has purchased eight Eurolight Dual bimodal locomotives
Rome
PORTS
Italian Ports:
Ancona Genoa Ravenna
Augusta Gioia Tauro Salerno
Bari La Spezia Savona
Brindisi Leghorn Taranto
Cagliari Naples Trapani
Carrara Palermo Trieste
Civitavecchia Piombino Venice
Italian Interports: list World Ports: map
DATABASE
ShipownersShipbuilding and Shiprepairing Yards
ForwardersShip Suppliers
Shipping AgentsTruckers
MEETINGS
Assologistica event to discuss the Mediterranean strategy for Italian competitiveness
Rome
It will be held next October 30th in Naples
UNIPORT's public meeting will be held in Rome on October 6th.
Rome
Debate on port reform and other relevant aspects of the sector
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Cosco Shipping arm readies China IPO to capitalise on global shipbuilding wave
(South China Morning Post)
Rosatom expects cargo traffic along Northern Sea Route to rise 14% in 2026 - CEO
(Interfax)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Intervento del presidente Tomaso Cognolato
Roma, 19 giugno 2025
››› File
Container traffic in the port of Hong Kong grew by 22.1% last month.
Hong Kong
Total for the first eight months of 2026 unchanged
AGV Expo, a new European trade fair dedicated to self-guided vehicles, will be held in Piacenza next month.
Genoa
The event will also host a rich program of conferences
Massive transnational fraud discovered in the road haulage sector
Chieti
Illegal employment of non-EU workers
Cargo traffic at the port of Singapore decreased by -4.9% in August
Singapore
In the first eight months of 2026, the port handled 30.7 million containers (+4.2%)
Cochin Shipyard and Drydocks World to jointly develop new international ship repair center in Cochin
Mumbai
An Iranian merchant ship was hit in the Strait of Hormuz
Tehran/Southampton
One sailor died and four other crew members were injured.
In July, freight traffic in the port of Ravenna grew by +6.7%
Ravenna
A sharp decline of -21.2% is expected for August
Giulio Stoppa is the new general secretary of Trasportounito
Rome
A choice of continuity that at the same time marks the beginning of a new phase
The launching ceremony of Viking Astrea took place at the Fincantieri shipyard in Ancona
Ancona/Los Angeles
Viking's Board has authorized a share buyback program of up to $1 billion.
Meyer Werft begins construction of the Carnival Tropicale cruise ship
Papenburg
With a gross tonnage of 180,000 tons, it will be able to accommodate over 6,000 passengers.
VTG sells its UK subsidiary VTG Rail UK to pension fund USS
Hamburg
The company operates in the railway freight wagon leasing sector.
The Genoa Coast Guard reaches its 100th Port State Control inspection of 2026.
Genoa
More than 250 deficiencies have been detected so far
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