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News File
May 2020

	29/05/2020	To fine summer the start of the work for the new terminal of the port of Marseilles for the passengers from and for the Maghreb Currently this traffic is of 500 thousand people per year
	29/05/2020	From on 15 June in the Greek airports of Athens and Salonicco coming foreign tourists from 29 nations will be able to disembark Between the European nations, excluded Italy, Spain, France, Austria, Belgium, Holland, Sweden and United Regno
	29/05/2020	In the first trimester the economic results of RINA have grown, but the possible impact of the sanitary crisis is attended Confirmed Ugo Salerno president and managing director
	29/05/2020	Postponed on 31 August the term for the presentation of request of concession for the container terminal to the Port Channel of Cagliari Exhorted a delay of the social shocks-absorber for all the workers of the commercial port of call until the location of the new operator
	29/05/2020	Last year, 102.6 million tonnes of goods (-2.6%) were transported on the Austrian rail network 44% of transit traffic was transport between Germany and Italy
	29/05/2020	German terminalists Eurogate and HHLA announce negotiations for close cooperation Contacts are at an early stage
	28/05/2020	Freight traffic in the port of Koper fell by -10.9% in the first quarter In March, there was a drop of -10.0%
	28/05/2020	Heavy traffic backlog at the ports of Naples and Salerno in April Recorded declines of -37.2% and -13.3% respectively. Passengers collapse
	28/05/2020	By Caterina (ALIS), it is necessary to restart maritime transport to save the tourist season Further extensions of suspensions after 2 June, he warned, could have devastating effects
	28/05/2020	In April, freight traffic at the ports of Algeciras, Barcelona and Valencia fell by -5.5%, -24.2% and -12.3% respectively Zeroing the passenger flow
	28/05/2020	The G20 economies were hit hard by the pandemic in the first quarter Further deterioration in April
	28/05/2020	In April, the port of Genoa recorded the lowest traffic figure in 25 years Strong contraction of the business also in Savona Vado. Passenger traffic at both airports has been cleared
	28/05/2020	Allianz perceives: even if the ships in disarmament are many, the level of risk for the shipowners at all is not dropped The insurance group evidences that entered at stake other types of risk
	27/05/2020	Terminal Container Ravenna, completed the leveling of the seabed in the area in front of the old ro-ro jetty The dock allows the simultaneous docking of three ships
	27/05/2020	Costa and AIDA extend the suspension period of the cruises until July 31 The companies confirm that there are still no conditions to resume activity
	27/05/2020	Today, the largest container ship ever arrived in Italy at the port of Gioia Tauro The "MSC Sixin" has a load capacity of 23,656 teu
	27/05/2020	Austrian trucks transported 402.3 million tonnes of goods last year (up 2.3%) Growth was mainly driven by national transport on routes of up to 80 kilometres
	27/05/2020	ICAO, IMO and ILO urge governments to facilitate the change of ship and aircraft crews I also call for recognition of the essential role of these workers
	27/05/2020	In the first quarter, ZIM improved its economic results by halving losses -4.5% drop in containerized cargo carried by the fleet
	26/05/2020	Pacific International Lines deals with creditors and seeks Temasek's support The health crisis has exacerbated the difficulties of the Singapore shipping company
	26/05/2020	An industrial e-fuel project for trucks, ships and aircraft is under way in Denmark Initiative of Copenhagen Airports, A.P. Muller-M'rsk, DSV Panalpina, DFDS, SAS and Ersted
	26/05/2020	Define guidelines for digitizing vehicle flows at the gates and port terminals of Genoa and Savona-Vado The new procedures are expected to be fully operational by July
	26/05/2020	The Bimco is carrying to term the definition of standard for the cleansing of the hulls of the ships in water The objective is that they are recognized by the International Maritime Organization
	26/05/2020	In the first quarter of this year, the OECD's gross domestic product fell by -1.8% compared to the previous three months Compared to the first quarter of 2019, the decrease was -0.8%. France and Italy recorded the biggest declines
	26/05/2020	Cooperation between Harland and Wolff and Navantia is about to become operational They will jointly participate in a UK Ministry of Defence competition
	26/05/2020	Wilson-Arkon agreement to manage a fleet of 20 mini-bullers The German company will manage all export activities of the Norwegian company's fleet in the Mediterranean
	26/05/2020	Confetra, the relaunch decree-law does not adequately support certain sectors of logistics, starting with that of portability Russian: We cannot allow the more than 200 port terminal companies to be compensated with just 16 million reductions in royalties
	25/05/2020	Compensation to Greek seafarers affected by the impact of the health crisis Nearly 3.1 million euros of funds are allocated
	25/05/2020	Transportation, no to tariff dumping on container transport Tagnochetti: the impact of a blockade of container transport would have very serious consequences on ports, ports, logistics and intermodal structures
	25/05/2020	Seven Northern European transport and logistics associations are calling for an extension of the brexit transition period A "no deal" - they explained - would have disastrous consequences that would add to the dramatic crisis triggered by the Covid-19"
	25/05/2020	Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems will buy the Brazilian shipyard Oceana It will be used for the construction of four corvettes for the Brazilian Navy
	25/05/2020	New road to the Canal Port of Cagliari It will facilitate the movement of heavy goods vehicles in and out of the docks
	25/05/2020	The Union Pilots denunciation the exclusion of the pilots of the ports from the measures of support of I decree I throw again Bellomo: we do not succeed to comprise as the pilots are not never considered deserving of the same support, assured to the mooring service, for the decrease of the traffics from the Covid-19 emergency
	22/05/2020	Renewed the ICOMIA board The new president is Canadian Sara Anghel, who takes over from Andrea Razeto
	22/05/2020	ICS, the rules governing hours of work and rest on board ships continue to be respected The non-compliance rate has fallen by 25% in the last 12 months
	22/05/2020	Filt, Fit and Uilt say no to a further reduction in transporting rates to and from Ligurian ports The request - they complain - contributes to the deconstructing of rules and safety and presses on the salaries of the staff of the transport companies on rubber
	22/05/2020	Malorgio (Filt Cgil): in the decree-law Relaunch there are useful interventions for ports However, he said, the budget surpluses of the Port System Authorities must be taken into account
	22/05/2020	Rolls-Royce plans to cut 9,000 jobs Property will be sold and other expenses reduced
	22/05/2020	New certification for the prevention and control of the spread of infections for Italian port terminals It is the result of a collaboration between Assiterminal, RINA Services, SIGE and Maresca&Partners
	22/05/2020	The Propeller Club of Venice publishes an essay on the last 50 years of the port The author of "Facts and Misdeeds in the Garden of Venice" is Massimo Bernardo
	21/05/2020	The World Trade Organization's barometric index is a storm It marks 87.6, which is the lowest value since the indicator was adopted in July 2016
	21/05/2020	In France, almost 60% of haulage companies are still partially or totally inactive A third of companies expect to have to resort to staff reductions in the near future
	21/05/2020	Meeting at the Municipality of Taranto to discuss the relaunch of the container terminal at the Polyseettorial Pier Melucci: It's a matter of vital importance to an entire community
	21/05/2020	New Japanese consortium to design, build and market zero-emission electric ships The first naval unit will be completed in March 2022
	21/05/2020	Perini Navi intends to use Article 182 of the bankruptcy law for debt restructuring The aim is to safeguard operations and business continuity
	20/05/2020	After a positive 2019, Hupac faces a decline in activity caused by the coronavirus emergency The company points out that the lack of adequate support for combined transport operators would trigger a dangerous downward spiral in modal transfer
	20/05/2020	Livorno has been given the green light for the work agency's recovery plan in Porto A total of 607 thousand euros is expected to be paid
	20/05/2020	The pandemic sharply curbs the positive trend of Royal Caribbean Cruises results In the first quarter, the cruise group reported a net loss of USD 1.44 billion
	20/05/2020	In controtendenza regarding the other main world-wide ports, the traffic of the goods in the port of Bremen grows In the first trimester an increase of +1.1% is recorded, but it previews that in next the three months of they will more clearly manifest the effects of the Covid-19 crisis
	20/05/2020	To April the traffic of the container enlivened from the Chinese marine ports is diminished of -5,1% The commercial exchanges with foreign country through the coastal ports of call are piled to altogether 316,6 million tons (+2.9%)
	19/05/2020	*Silversea Cruises confirms the next takeover of the new Silver Origincruise ship* It was completed by the Dutch shipyard De Hoop despite the reduction in activity
	19/05/2020	The German shipowners are worried that the sanitary crisis will have effects more devastating than that financial institution of the 2008/2009 Hartmann (VDR): "it is expectable that important segment of the German mercantile fleet are to survival risk"
	19/05/2020	The Alliance restores three Italian stops on the Asia-Mediterranean route Three ships will be re-entered in MD1 and MD2 services
	19/05/2020	At Ati Fincantieri Infrastructure- Fincosit the work on the displacement and expansion of the forane dam of the port of Vado Ligure The Fincantieri Group company has also signed a contract for the reconstruction, reinforcement and adaptation of the historic international marina of Rapallo
	19/05/2020	The European shipowning industry, with the exception of the field tanker, heavy is hit by the impact of the pandemic Investigation of the ECSA on the effects negatives of the sanitary emergency on the turnover and the occupation
	18/05/2020	Freight traffic in the port of Hamburg fell by -7.9% in the first quarter Containers amounted to 2.2 million teu (-6.6%), of which 579 thousand with China (-14.6%)
	18/05/2020	The Spanish trade union CCOO calls for the nationalisation of shipping companies operating essential regular services In addition, according to the trade union organisation, flags of countries such as Malta and Cyprus should be considered foreign to European cabotage
	18/05/2020	Regional Container Lines stores the first quarter with a sharp drop in containerized loads carried by the fleet Stable the revenues
	18/05/2020	A ship from Genoa Messina has landed for the first time at the port of Ravenna The "Jolly Vanadio" was also the largest container ship to ever enter the Candiano Canal
	18/05/2020	The EU approves subsidies for the development of intermodity in the Genoa node Nine million euros to promote the transfer of goods from the road to the railway
	18/05/2020	Additional funds to upgrade the railway station serving the port of Ravenna EUR 47.7 million for work on the two railway lines to the left and right of the Candiano Canal
	18/05/2020	DIS sells a Handysize product tanker built in 2006 for .8 million dollars d'Amico: The divestment further strengthens our liquidity position
	18/05/2020	In the first three months of 2020, container traffic at Eurokai's port terminals decreased by -10.2% In Germany, volumes fell by -10.2% and in Italy by -9.2%
	18/05/2020	Interferry expresses optimism about the recovery of the ferry sector Carrigan; Ferries will be the preferred mode of transport for those travelling for tourism
	18/05/2020	Kuehne-Nagel has opened a wine and spirits warehouse in Verona The temperature-controlled structure has an area of 27,000 square meters
	18/05/2020	Maritime links with Sicily have reopened General aviation connections with the islands have also been reactivated
	15/05/2020	Container traffic at COSCO Shipping Ports terminals fell by -5.3% last month In China the decrease was -7.0% and in foreign terminals by -0.7%
	15/05/2020	Alfredo Scalisi is the new CEO of La Spezia Container Terminal He previously served as general manager of the company
	15/05/2020	Wallenius Wilhelmsen's financial and operating results were sharp In the first three months of 2020, the volumes of rolling stock transported by the fleet decreased by -20%
	15/05/2020	HMM reduces the costs and contains the losses In the first three months the portacontainer of the South Korean company they have transported 885 thousand teu (- 18.6%)
	15/05/2020	To April the traffic of the container in the port of Hong Kong is diminished of -7,3% In the first quadrimestre of this year the decrease has been of -6,7%
	15/05/2020	In the first three months of this year the revenues of Fincantieri are diminished of -4,5% The EBITDA is piled to 72 million euros (- 21.7%). The value of the new orders is dropped of -95,4%
	15/05/2020	In the first quarter, Hapag-Lloyd reported declines in operating profit and net income of -25.2% and -74.2% Revenues increased by 9.2%
	14/05/2020	The NCLH cruise group closed the first quarter with an unprecedented net loss, higher than revenues Turnover fell by -11.2% and net negative economic result amounted to -1.88 billion dollars
	14/05/2020	The Port Security Protocol has been approved in Ravenna The aim is to ensure the maximum safety of workers and port operations
	14/05/2020	In the port of Marseille first refueling LNG from ship to ship It was made between the "Coral Methane" gas station and the cruise ship "Emerald Coast"
	14/05/2020	Yang Ming filed for a loss in the first quarter Financial performance of compatriot Wan Hai Lines also fell
	14/05/2020	ECSA welcomes the tourism and transport package presented by the EU Commission However, it reiterated the need to work to allow the changing of the crews of the ships
	14/05/2020	Appointed the new Board of Directors of Maritime Stations The 2019 financial year was closed with a net profit of 284 thousand euros ( .241%)
	14/05/2020	Croatian ports closed the first quarter with declines of -11.0% in freight and -12.3% in passengers At the Port Of Rijeka, containers increased by 9.7%
	14/05/2020	The maritime agents of Ancona are asking the ADSP for immediate measures to support the competitiveness of the Doric port Prompted the zeroing of port rights
	14/05/2020	Agreement between the German authorities and the German Naval Yards for the merger of activities in the field of the construction of military ships Negotiations for consolidation have had the support of the government
	13/05/2020	Container traffic in the Port of Long Beach fell by -17.3% in April Expected a further decline in the coming weeks
	13/05/2020	Hapag-Lloyd reduces the frequency of the Mediterranean Gulf Express service In Italy it scales the ports of Livorno and Genoa
	13/05/2020	Negative first quarter for Evergreen Marine Revenues fell by -4.9%
	13/05/2020	Funding to The Italian Sea Group to increase the shipbuilding capacity Agreement with UniCredit and Deutsche Bank
	13/05/2020	In the second quarter, the value of world trade is expected to fall by -27% Due to the coronavirus pandemic, in the first quarter of this year this value decreased by -3%
	13/05/2020	Freight traffic in the Port of Singapore fell by -12.6% last month There were 2.8 million teu (-5.0%) containers
	13/05/2020	Maersk Group's quarterly results growth thanks to container carriers, but a slump is expected in the coming months Skou: In the second quarter of this year, the volumes transported by the fleet will decrease by 20-25%
	12/05/2020	Also the National Association Companies Harbour Enterprises rejects the rough draft of Decreto Increase The ANCIP asks among other things that former authorizations art. 17 come all which postponed at least five years
	12/05/2020	Global Ship Lease's quarterly financial performance fell In the first three months of 2020, revenues grew by 10%
	12/05/2020	Assarmatori restates the demand for specific measures of support for the enterprises and the workers of the marine field The government - he has accused the association - has decided to save the aerial transport and to sink that marine one
	12/05/2020	Of Caterina (ALIS): with Decreto I throw again is intentional to only help someone and not entire people of the transport The government - he has denounced - rather than to support the entire field, instead has been worried of the support to a single company in crisis: Tirrenia
	12/05/2020	Last year the volume of goods is dropped transported on the road and on track through the Swiss Alps Accentuation of the bending in the second half of the year
	12/05/2020	Negative quarterly economic and operating results of the HHLA terminal group Titzrath: 2020 will be one of the most difficult years in the company's history
	12/05/2020	Confitarma, disappointment at the failure to accept his instances in the drafts of the Revival Decree The Confederation complains that, on the other hand, significant resources have been found for Tirrenia and Alitalia
	12/05/2020	Alsea, the government's decree instead of reviving the economy risks scuppering it Schiavoni: we do not understand why those who invoice above five million euros do not go anything
	11/05/2020	Cgil, Cisl and Uil urge not to dump the crisis in the port of Genoa on CULMV Prompted an immediate resumption of calls for port company members
	11/05/2020	Suspended fees for all companies in the ports of Venice and Chioggia The measure follows the measure to support companies authorised to provide temporary port work
	11/05/2020	Container traffic at the Port of Los Angeles fell by -6.5% in April In the first four months of 2020, 2.49 million teu (-15.5%) were handled
	11/05/2020	The North Central Tyrrhenian AdSP plans to close 2020 with a loss of close to 20 million euros Of Majo: 'all but one of the sectors are in very great pain as a result of this health emergency crisis'
	11/05/2020	In the first three months of 2020, freight traffic in the port of Trieste decreased by -5% Growth of 4% of rolling stock. Decline in miscellaneous goods (-4%), solid bulks (-82%) liquid bulks (-1%)
	11/05/2020	Container traffic in New York Harbor decreased by -2.0% in the first quarter of this year In March, a drop of -4.1%
	11/05/2020	Port of Spice, meeting between AdSP, Municipality and operators to define how to ensure the competitiveness of the airport Ongoing and studying projects to offer more services and efficiency to users
	11/05/2020	China's largest petrochemical port has become operational It is located 1.1 kilometers from the Sinopec refinery in Zhanjiang
	11/05/2020	Cargotec sells its stake in a crane factory in China to partner Rainbow Heavy Industries The plant manufactures vehicles for the Kalmar and MacGregor brands
	08/05/2020	The Parliament EU will examine four proposals in order to support the field of the transports hit from the crisis An amendment previews that the ports can decide to defer, to suspend, to reduce or to cancel the payment of the anchor duties
	08/05/2020	Royal Caribbean has cut 26% of beyond 5 thousand employee occupied from the group in the USA The company has returned notes important measures of control of the costs. In course negotiations with the ship yards in order to reduce and to defer the expenses for the new constructions
	08/05/2020	Federagenti, the Venice case demonstrates to the embrittlement the economic monocultures in the phases of crisis The federation of the shipping agents denunciation that the government has disregarded the engagements for I throw again of the lagoon harbour port of call
	08/05/2020	Filt-Cgil Fit-Cisl and Uiltrasporti exhort the government and the shipowners to assist and to support the marine ones Necessary - they have emphasized Malorgio, Pellecchia and Tarlazzi - an ulterior effort in order to resolve a become situation definitively indefensible
	08/05/2020	THE Alliance announces a series of cancellations of departures of containerized maritime services In Italy, some stopovers at the ports of Genoa and La Spezia were temporarily cancelled
	08/05/2020	Crickets (ANCIP): Port Authority intervenes quickly to allow Article 17 companies to overcome this critical period Appreciation for the decision of the AdSP of Western Sicily to use art. 17 paragraph 15-bis of Law 84/94 to allocate funds to the Port Company
	07/05/2020	The IMO publishes protocols to facilitate ship crew changes They were developed by leading maritime and transport organisations
	07/05/2020	New premises in the port of Ravenna for health checks on goods They were made available free of charge to the USMAF and the PCF by SAPIR and TCR
	07/05/2020	*With regard to the sinking of the Boccaccio, RINA reiterates and confirms the correctness of its work* The families of the victims - point out the law firms Ambrosio & Commodus and Bona Oliva and Associates - expect the Italian courts to quickly go to the merits
	07/05/2020	Grimaldi: If the state intervenes to support shipping companies, it must act in such a way as not to produce unfair competition Finnlines closed the first quarter with a net profit of 20.7 million euros, or 27.6%
	07/05/2020	*The Law court of the EU establishes that victims and survivors of the Al Salam Boccaccio '98* will be able to introduce demanded of compensation in Italy** They will be able to address to the Italian magistracy in order to introduce an action for damages against RINA and Agency Italian Registry of Shipping
	07/05/2020	Positive the results of the first trimester of Friend International Shipping The company previews good future perspectives for the market of the product tanker
	07/05/2020	In the first quarter, ICTSI's port terminals handled 1.5 million containers, or 1.2% In Asia, traffic decreased by -2.6%
	07/05/2020	He bought the fleet and river transport activities in Europe of South Africa's Imperial The more than 400 vessels carry more than 45 million tonnes of goods per year
	07/05/2020	The first ship of the new EMA containerized service has arrived at the port of Genoa In just over nine hours at the PSA Genoa Pra' terminal, about 900 teu were moved
	07/05/2020	Rolls-Royce employs more than 4,000 people in the UK The measure is a consequence of the unprecedented reduction in air traffic caused by the pandemic
	06/05/2020	Norwegian shipping company Hurtigruten is in danger of not surviving the impact of the pandemic The rating downgrade does not allow the company to access the system of state loan guarantees
	06/05/2020	Freight traffic at Spanish ports fell by -7.9% in March Passengers fell by -58.6%
	06/05/2020	Because of the deterioration of the CAI International market suspends the project of sale of the branch of the railway wagons The company has closed the first trimester with a net loss of -1,3 million dollars
	05/05/2020	Work will begin in the summer to extend the container terminal at Koper port Annual traffic capacity will rise to a total of 1.5 million teu
	05/05/2020	Precautionary measures have been served to 69 people for alleged illicit trafficking in the port of Salerno Mignone (Propeller Club Salerno): it will not be a news story to undermine the credibility of the airport
	05/05/2020	The Austrians, BB, LTE and ELL will build a locomotive service centre near Vienna The workshop will become operational in the autumn of 2021
	05/05/2020	Fincantieri and the University of Genoa start four PhD projects The engineering company will invest more than 250 thousand euros in it
	05/05/2020	Kotug acquires Marsol International in Dubai The Middle Eastern company operates naval activities in the service of the offshore industry
	05/05/2020	Agreement for the digitisation of customs procedures in the ports of Brindisi, Manfredonia, Barletta and Monopoly Sealed this afternoon by the Port Authority of the South Adriatic Sea and the Customs Agency
	05/05/2020	In just five weeks, due to the pandemic, passenger traffic at Italian airports fell from 460,000 to 7,000 A sector that for 2020 worldwide seemed destined for significant growth - pointed out the Istat - is now hit by a global crisis
	05/05/2020	Pillarstone Italy announces the conclusion of the renegotiation of PB Tankers' debt Four of the company's MR2 ships enter the Finav fund
	05/05/2020	Appointed members of the Management Committee of the Port Authority of the Straits The port authority's body will begin operating immediately
	05/05/2020	Textainer ended the first quarter with a net loss of -4.4 million dollars Revenues fell by -6.5%
	05/05/2020	Carnival Cruise Line and P&O Cruises extend their suspension until August 31 Myrmell: A further suspension is a prudent and responsible measure
	04/05/2020	The EU Commission authorises seven billion euros in aid to Air France The support plan includes government guarantees on loans and the provision of a share loan
	04/05/2020	ANCIP restates that in port it is single an authorized society to supply temporary harbour job The thesis second which a pluralità of subjects would be necessary - denunciation the association - appears at least instrumental and rivelatrice of an approximate acquaintance of law 84/94
	04/05/2020	Funded the SUSPORT project to increase energy efficiency and environmental sustainability of Adriatic ports The port of Ravenna will benefit from EUR 572,000 with which it will carry out three projects fully funded by the EU
	04/05/2020	Budget 2019 of the Authority of Harbour System of the Tyrrhenian Sea Northern To Livorno the second reunion of the Cabin of direction has held city-port on the Codiv-19 emergency
	04/05/2020	Ordering Fincantieri for a frigate for the U.S. Navy with options for nine other ships If all options are exercised, the value of the order will amount to USD 5.57 billion
	04/05/2020	The Spice, Tanger Med and Damietta will be the ports most affected by the crisis in the second quarter Sea-Intelligence predicts this. Among the northern European ports, Felixstowe, Zeebrugge and Antwerp will be affected by the greatest impact from the emergency
	04/05/2020	Costa Cruises announces the further suspension of its cruises until June 30 Measures to contain the pandemic do not actually allow it to operate
	04/05/2020	The port of Trieste relaunches its role as the southern gateway to Europe The emergency could facilitate an acceleration and unblocking in the use of the international Free Port
	04/05/2020	With the start of the lockdown, maritime traffic along the Italian coast has halved This is highlighted by an analysis of the US HawkEye 360 based on satellite detections of radar signals