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News File
October 2021

	29/10/2021	Raise the useful catch quotas for ships arriving and departing from the ports of Venice and Chioggia Di Blasio : nautical accessibility is an essential element in the development of portuality
	29/10/2021	Messina (Assshipowners) : EU flags can fly the maritime occupation It is necessary to take advantage of the opportunities arising from enlargement to vessels flying the EU flag of benefits in favour of maritime employment
	29/10/2021	Another very difficult quarter for the Carnival cruise group In the period July-September of this year recorded a net loss of -1.42 billion dollars
	29/10/2021	Gualtiero Brugger has been appointed president of Moby The company emphasizes the excellent results achieved in the summer season
	29/10/2021	In 2022 a growth of +118% in cruise traffic in Italian ports is expected Report of Tourism Answers. In 2021, MSC Cruises handled 1.5 million passengers at Italian ports of call
	29/10/2021	ONE closes the third quarter with record financial results Revenues increased by +138%
	29/10/2021	Assiterminal shares the unions' call for all port workers to be allowed an early exodus Ferrari: it would be paradoxical if there were finally no recognition of port work at least as "burdensome"
	28/10/2021	Ventana Serra opens a new office in Los Angeles It is added in the USA to the company's headquarters in Miami
	28/10/2021	SACE (Cassa Depositi e Prestiti group) has adhered to the Poseidon Principles The company is committed to monitoring the greenhouse gas emissions of its portfolio in the marine sector
	28/10/2021	The growth in the value of new orders to the Cargotec group continues Vehviläinen: Component shortages and global supply chain pressures had a negative impact on sales of $50 million in the third quarter
	28/10/2021	The Management Committee of the Central Tyrrhenian AdSP has adopted the Strategic System Planning Document Ok also to the 2022 budget forecast
	28/10/2021	The Port Authority of Antwerp announces the increase in port taxes Increase of +2.73% in the amounts related to the main services
	28/10/2021	Filt, Fit and Uilt are asking the government for measures to allow all port workers an early exodus Port work - they emphasize - has all the characteristics of exhausting work
	28/10/2021	Chinese container manufacturer CIMC records record quarterly financial and commercial performance In the period July-September sales of dry containers have increased of +222.5%
	28/10/2021	New orders to the Konecranes group are still growing Revenues stable in the third quarter
	27/10/2021	In the third trimester of this year the traffic of the goods in the Belgian port of Zeebrugge has increased of +10.8% Container cargoes up +20.4%
	27/10/2021	Confitarma, the shipping industry can only address cybersecurity risks in synergy with institutions d'Amico: Cooperation between all stakeholders - public and private, civilian and military - is essential
	27/10/2021	The quarterly financial results of the DSV logistics group again marked values never reached before In the third quarter of 2021, air and sea shipment volumes have also never been higher at this time of year
	27/10/2021	Bonz (UVHH) raises an alarm for the loss of competitiveness of the port of Hamburg The crucial importance of the airport - he underlined - where to be taken into greater consideration in the political and public evaluation
	27/10/2021	The procedure for forfeiture of the concession to Konig of the former Privilege shipyard in the port of Civitavecchia has been initiated Musolino: the obligations assumed by the company have not been respected
	26/10/2021	The Italian Sea Group presents an irrevocable proposal to purchase the unitary corporate complex of the Perini Navi Bankruptcy The price offered is 47 million euros
	26/10/2021	Triton International's financial performance continues to benefit from the exceptional demand for containers In the third quarter recorded record revenues of 400.2 million dollars (+22.1%)
	26/10/2021	Firefighters have not yet managed to board the ZIM Kingston. Smoke continues to spread from the containers in which the fire developed
	26/10/2021	From next spring in the Upper Adriatic will become operational the innovative bettolina for the supply of LNG to large ships Project of the Rimorchiatori Riuniti Panfido with the contribution of the AdSP of the Northern Adriatic within the European initiative Poseidon Med II
	26/10/2021	*In the Meyer Turku shipyard the coin ceremony of Costa Toscanatook place* The new cruise ship will be delivered at the end of the year
	26/10/2021	UPS records record results for the third quarter of the year In the period July-September of 2021 the revenues of the group have increased of +9.2%
	26/10/2021	DP World's port terminals set a new record for quarterly container traffic In the period July-September have been enlivened almost 19,8 million teu (+8.1%)
	26/10/2021	In the third quarter, Wärstilä Corporation's turnover grew again The value of new orders in the naval sector increased by +9%
	26/10/2021	Call of the Tunisian port authority for the acquisition of six tugs Bids must be submitted by November 30th
	25/10/2021	In the first nine months of 2021 the Spanish ports have enlivened 404,6 million tons of goods (+5.9%) Passenger traffic still far from pre-pandemic levels
	25/10/2021	The Italian maritime cluster urges the urgent approval of the SalvaMare law Appeal of Marevivo, Federazione del Mare, Assonave, Assoporti, Confindustria Nautica, Confitarma, Federpesca, Lega Navale, LIV and Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn
	25/10/2021	ESPO calls for the proposal for a regulation on the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure to be aligned with the FuelEU Maritime initiative Ryckbost: It is not possible to realize the onshore power without any guarantee that it will be used by ships in ports
	25/10/2021	Confitarma, there is a lack of qualified Italian officers and machine directors d'Amico: it is necessary to start specific information and orientation projects
	25/10/2021	*Fire on board the Zim Kingstoncarrier* Rescued the 16 crew members
	25/10/2021	In the third trimester of this year the South Korean ports have enlivened 7,3 million container (+3.2%) The total traffic of the goods has been pairs to 393,0 million tons (+8.1%)
	25/10/2021	The Court of Auditors has given its approval to the railway gateway of the port of Gioia Tauro Agostinelli: we can now look with greater attention and confidence at all the investments that the PNRR dedicates to railway infrastructure
	22/10/2021	On Tuesday a meeting of the Propeller Club of Trieste on maritime freight and impact on the economy The series of meetings on issues related to the economy of the sea resumes
	22/10/2021	The Italian logistics group Bomi buys the Brazilian Linex The South American company operates at the service of the pharmaceutical sector
	22/10/2021	Strong recovery in the financial performance of the GEFCO group in the second quarter Revenues up by +74.4%
	22/10/2021	The 2022 forecast budget of the AdSP of the North Central Tyrrhenian Sea presents a deficit of about 3.9 million Musolino: of the refreshments promised by the State and provided for in a 2020 rule, not a penny has arrived to date
	22/10/2021	Hupac has activated a new shuttle train between Monaco and Montirone (Brescia) Frequency of three full rotations per week
	22/10/2021	On October 29 in Palermo a conference on international shipments and the agri-food sector It is organized by the Sicilian Association of Freight Forwarders and Logistics operators in collaboration with Fedespedi and Confetra Sicilia
	22/10/2021	In the third trimester of this year the traffic of the goods in the Tunisian ports is decreased of the -2.7% Decline in miscellaneous goods
	22/10/2021	On November 15th in Gioia Tauro the project "The Port meets" promoted by UNIPORT will start It is the first of a series of itinerant meetings at the Port System Authorities
	22/10/2021	Warriors (Northern Tyrrhenian AdSP): it is necessary to extend the measures to support port operators throughout 2022 At the moment - he complained - the government's response has been completely negative
	22/10/2021	ZIM purchased seven second-hand storage carriers Five ships have a capacity of 4,250 teu and two of 1,100 teu
	21/10/2021	Austria's Roman Stiftner is the new president of the European Shippers' Council Urge to make supply chains more transparent
	21/10/2021	The AdSP of the Northern Adriatic initiates a participatory procedure for the definition of the Three-Year Operational Plan On-line a questionnaire to collect feedback from all stakeholders
	21/10/2021	In the period January-August of 2021 the port traffic in Bremen has grown of +7.0% Containerized volumes have been pairs to 34,7 million tons (+2.4%)
	21/10/2021	In the first eight months of this year the traffic of the goods in the port of Taranto has grown of +14.5% Handled 12.0 million tons of cargo
	21/10/2021	APM Terminals and ZPMC sign a strategic agreement focused on the automation of port terminals The agreement includes an order for 18 new ship-to-shore cranes and nine yard handling vehicles and the booking of production slots for an additional 25 new STS cranes and 62 apron units
	21/10/2021	The AdSP of the Southern Tyrrhenian and Ionian Seas provides for the extension of the reduction in the amount of the concessionary fees Reduction of the amount up to a maximum of 95%
	21/10/2021	The main environmental priority of European ports continues to be to improve air quality The European Sea Ports Organisation has published its environmental report for 2021
	21/10/2021	The third quarter of the Swiss ABB was positive Recorded a resumption of demand for services for the cruise segment
	21/10/2021	ALIS urges the government to also encourage the renewal of the Italian truck fleet Grimaldi: Italy has the oldest road fleet in Europe, second only to Greece
	20/10/2021	Marie-Caroline Laurent has been appointed Managing Director of CLIA Europe She is an expert in transport policies
	20/10/2021	In September the containers through the port of Los Angeles have increased of +2.3% thanks to the voids Full containers declined both at disembarkation (-0.8%) and at embarkation (-41.9%)
	20/10/2021	Container traffic in the port of Algeciras has been declining for nine months In September they were enlivened 416 thousand teu (- 5.9%)
	20/10/2021	Yes of Brussels to the DX Intermodal joint venture between Hupac and Kombiverkehr Slovenian aid programme for rail freight transport authorized
	20/10/2021	In September, freight traffic in Chinese ports reversed its trend and entered negative territory Last month the traffic of the container in the national seaports has been pairs to 21,4 million (- 0.6%)
	20/10/2021	Ok of the Ministry to the new organic plant of the Port System Authority of the Southern Tyrrhenian and Ionian Seas Staff increased by eighty units
	20/10/2021	Another record quarter for the logistics group Kuhne + Nagel In the period July-September strong increase in air shipments against a slight decrease in maritime ones
	19/10/2021	ECSA proposes that responsibility for verifying the compliance of marine fuels with the new EU rules should fall on European fuel suppliers The association believes that otherwise the regulation could be circumvented
	19/10/2021	Slight decrease in quarterly containerized traffic in the port of Antwerp In the period July-September the flows of other types of goods grew
	19/10/2021	Invitalia will support with 6.2 million euros the plan to upgrade the container terminal in Gioia Tauro The total investment will amount to 50 million euros
	19/10/2021	Filt Cgil, with the new tenders for port towing, employment and safety are guaranteed Colombo: the big shipping groups are pressing to enter this sector and consolidate their dominant position
	19/10/2021	The port of Rotterdam set a new traffic record for the third quarter of the year Business growth was driven by imports and containers
	19/10/2021	In the first nine months of 2021 the port system of Valencia has enlivened 63,5 million tons of goods (+8.3%) The containers have been pairs to 4,2 million teu (+6.7%)
	18/10/2021	In the third quarter of this year the acts of piracy against ships fell by -15% In the first nine months of 2021 the decrease was -27%
	18/10/2021	In the first nine months of 2021 the port of Barcelona has enlivened 2,7 million containers (+30.6%) Increase of +6% on the same period of 2019
	18/10/2021	The FMC calls on containerized shipping companies to clarify the costs of demuragge and detention Maritime carriers were urged to adopt three best practices
	18/10/2021	In the third quarter the terminals of the Russian Global Ports Investments have enlivened 401 thousand teu Increase of +8.4% on the same period last year
	18/10/2021	The value of Macquarie's shipping financing exceeds one billion dollars The group entered this market in 2017
	18/10/2021	KSOE wins an order for the construction of two container ships with very high load capacity The contract has a total value of about 351 million dollars
	15/10/2021	ANCIP underlines the key role played by port workers during the pandemic The association specifies that it does not share the protest action launched at the port of Trieste
	15/10/2021	In the third trimester the traffic of the containers in the terminals of COSCO Shipping Ports has fallen of the -0,5% In the first nine months of this year there was a growth of +0.5%
	15/10/2021	Global Ports Holding lands in Northern Europe with the management of cruises in the Danish port of Kalundborg The network of cruise ports managed by the Turkish company in 13 countries on four continents rises to 20 ports
	15/10/2021	Santi (Federagenti) calls for the establishment of a "war cabinet" for the revival of Italian ports A great alliance between the entire business world that insists on the maritime cluster was also solicited
	15/10/2021	*Fincantieri delivers the Star Pride* cruise ship to Windstar Cruises** It is the third unit of the Star Plus Initiative extension and modernization plan
	15/10/2021	The UN Secretary-General urges ICAO and IMO to urgently adopt new measures to decarbonise air and maritime transport Guterres calls for a new set of more ambitious and credible goals and consistent with the goals of the Paris Agreement
	15/10/2021	Contract to DSME for four new large-capacity container ships The order from a European shipowner
	15/10/2021	In the third trimester of this year the traffic of the container in the port of Hong Kong has decreased of the -1.9% The volume of activity was stable in the first nine months of 2021
	15/10/2021	Fedespedi publishes a study on the evolution of professions in the international shipping sector Tassone: the project stems from the awareness of the moment of discontinuity that companies in the sector are experiencing in terms of matching supply and demand with respect to the world of work
	15/10/2021	In September, the impact of supply chain congestion hits the port of Long Beach First decline in container traffic after 14 months of growth
	14/10/2021	Green pass, Uniport expresses confidence in the responsibility of workers in the port sector In Gioia Tauro, the terminal operator will take charge of the tampon campaign
	14/10/2021	Hapag-Lloyd will suspend the LEX service connecting Italy with Egypt Genoa, Livorno, Civitavecchia, Salerno, Piraeus and Alexandria
	14/10/2021	Lokomotion and RTC celebrate 20 years of successful collaboration, with the conviction that even more can be done Called for an improvement in railway infrastructure and a level playing field in relation to road transport
	14/10/2021	China's CMPort has set its own new record for quarterly container traffic In the period July-September of this year the port terminals of the group have enlivened 34,7 million teu (+5.6%)
	14/10/2021	A naval embargo exercise involved the Navy, Confitarma and a Grimaldi ship It took place as part of the training activity "Open Sea currently underway
	14/10/2021	The incomprehensible position of some workers' representatives towards the protection of the health of those who work in ports Perhaps there are still those who believe that an immaterial virus is less dangerous than a vehicle that can crash into a person
	13/10/2021	Pellecchia (Fit-Cisl): it is necessary to develop the rolling highway along the Adriatic railway ridge The line - he recalled - is already ready to handle this type of traffic
	13/10/2021	Sisto (Confitarma): the government does not leave behind fundamental components of shipping involved in the process of ecological transition Competitiveness problem for several important Italian companies - he explained - if different categories of ships or types of traffic were to be excluded from the resources of the PNRR
	13/10/2021	In 2019, ferries carried 4.27 billion passengers, as many as those of airlines A study commissioned by Interferry highlights the importance of the ro-ro and ro-pax ship industry
	13/10/2021	Rail Cargo Group operates a rail link between Villach and the port of Trieste It is operated with conventional railway wagons
	13/10/2021	CMA CGM launches a strategic partnership in the e-commerce sector with the American BigCommerce The NewOxatis platform of the French group will be "Powered by BigCommerce"
	13/10/2021	The mandatory green pass for work also agitates ports and logistics CLPT and USB announce protest actions in the airports of Trieste and Genoa. Confetra FVG denounces: ideological strike. Merlo (Federlogistica) accuses the government. Franchini (Free Wheels): suspend the entry into force of the green certificate for the entire transport chain
	13/10/2021	Shanghai and Singapore continue to remain at the top of the list of world container ports Mitigating traffic growth in the third quarter of this year
	12/10/2021	Assiterminal denounces that companies in the sector do not yet know where to turn to access free molecular or rapid antigen tests In three days the obligation to verify the green passes will start
	12/10/2021	In August the traffic of the goods in the ports of Naples and Salerno have recorded increases of +4.4% and +3.4% In the first eight months of 2021 the increases were respectively +8.2% and +10.6%
	12/10/2021	In September, Yang Ming and WHL raised the record level of monthly revenues again The quarterly turnover has never been so high
	12/10/2021	Partnership DP World - CDC Group for the modernization and expansion of African ports and logistics areas Initial investment in the seaports of Dakar, Sokhna and Berbera
	12/10/2021	Vincenzo Onorato leaves the presidency of Moby The founder of the company announces actions in defense of the company
	12/10/2021	A course of the National School of Transport and Logistics to obtain the qualification of Shipping Technician is underway There are ten places available
	11/10/2021	ITA expands the offer for cruise passengers also to Costa customers The two companies will identify joint business opportunities
	11/10/2021	MSC Cruises Agreement - ITA for the offer of fly&cruise packages Commercial actions and joint promotional activities are planned
	11/10/2021	Spediporto's proposals to solve the critical access to the port terminals of Genoa Pitto: "the goods cannot suffer additional costs and inefficiencies in addition to those it already supports due to the malfunctions of the motorway network"
	11/10/2021	Germany's Rhenus buys Belgian logistics company Wijnands Bulk Care It specializes in the transport and storage of bulk
	11/10/2021	On Monday, Hupac will take over the operational management of the intermodal terminal of the Novara Interport The new operator Combiconnect has already ordered two new cranes and three tractors
	11/10/2021	COSCO expects to close the third quarter with a record profit for shareholders up by +1,019.7% In the period July-September of this year the containerized volumes transported by the fleet have decreased of -6.7%
	08/10/2021	At the Palermo shipyard the construction of an amphibious military ship for Qatar It is part of the contract for the supply of seven new generation surface units
	08/10/2021	In Trieste and Monfalcone agreement to reduce the impact of emissions from ships Already when approaching ports, they will use, on a voluntary basis, low-sulphur fuel
	08/10/2021	In one year, more than 10,000 containers were checked at the Centro Unico dei Servizi in Santo Stefano Magra The CUS is managed by La Spezia Port Service
	08/10/2021	In September, the revenues of the Evergreen Marine Corporation grew by +154.0% New record of the quarterly value of turnover
	08/10/2021	New record of the quarterly revenues of the OOCL that in the period July-September have increased by +125.3% The volume of containerized cargo transported by the fleet is declining, which continues to grow only on the Asia-Europe routes
	08/10/2021	Port automation? Not all that glitters is gold, says the International Transport Forum It is not just a question of social costs, which would already tip the balance in favour of port work
	08/10/2021	The Dutch Van den Bosch buys the Spanish intermodal company TCS Trans The Barcelona-rated company holds stakes in Multirail and Combiberia
	07/10/2021	Do LNG trucks pollute less? T&E answers: but when ever! It is the opposite The association calls for these vehicles not to be subsidised and for gas filling stations to be removed from EU targets
	07/10/2021	CLECAT calls for a revision of the Combined Transport Directive to ensure the success of a market-driven modal shift Necessary - explains the association - both financial and other incentives
	07/10/2021	Nova Marine Carriers leads the way in introducing carbon credits to the short-sea commodity market First operation for a trip between Livorno and Porto Vesme
	07/10/2021	Clean Sea Transport (Msea, Arkview and Scorpio Tankers) buys sweden's Marinvest Five dual-fuel tankers and four product tankers change hands
	07/10/2021	Meeting of the Propeller Club of Genoa on the theme "Shipping Families & Blue Economy" It will be held on October 13 and will be the opening night of the "Blue Economy Summit"
	06/10/2021	The International Register is one of the ions of the competitiveness of the Italian maritime fleet This is confirmed by Confitarma and Assarmatori, who also confirm their different position on the process of extending the benefits of this regime to other EU flags
	06/10/2021	ZIM is equipped with a digital platform for end-to-end shipping Tiran: We aim to allow everyone to become self-shippers
	06/10/2021	Bellanova: at the top of the Port System Authorities there is not even a female president Wista will periodically draw up gender reports to evaluate the work of the AdSP to eliminate the gender gap
	06/10/2021	Cutting of the first sheet metal of the second of four new luxury cruise ships of the new msc's Explora Journeys brand The unit will enter service in spring 2024
	06/10/2021	Tomorrow in Genoa the public meeting "Ideas and projects for Liguria and For Italy" It is promoted by Spediporto and Confetra Liguria
	06/10/2021	The significant demand for new portacontainer allows Hanjin Heavy Industries to re-enter this market Obtained a contract worth about 270 million dollars for five ships of 5,500 teu
	05/10/2021	Agreement between AdSP of the Eastern Adriatic, municipality of Trieste and ARPA FVG as part of the Green Ports project The port authority will adhere to the public procedure "Renewable energy interventions and energy efficiency in ports - Green Ports"
	05/10/2021	BIMCO urges the IMO to define guidelines for remote ship inspections Significant increase in the demand for this type of verification reported by the classification society
	05/10/2021	In August the traffic of the goods in the port of Ravenna has increased of +45.5% In the first eight months of 2021 the growth was +22.6%
	05/10/2021	The ICS puts an either/or on governments: either follow the path we have indicated or shipping cannot decarbonize by 2050 A proposal to set up a specific five-billion-dollar research and development fund and to tax carbon emissions from ships has been submitted to the IMO
	05/10/2021	Fedespedi takes stock of the evolution of the maritime and air transport markets The latest issue of the quarterly economic information "Fedespedi Economic Outlook" has been published
	05/10/2021	Public notice to entrust the new cruise terminal of the port of Crotone with a concession It is a state-owned area of 720 square meters
	05/10/2021	FISE Uniport calls for the downward reshaping of concessionary fees for loss-losing port terminal operators The association also invites to include the ports of Southern Italy in the Green Ports call
	05/10/2021	In the second trimester of this year the traffic of the goods in the port of Livorno has grown of +13.9% In Piombino the increase was +54.3%
	05/10/2021	CSAV announces the distribution to shareholders of an interim dividend of $450 million It is in addition to the more than 170 million dollars already distributed between May and June
	05/10/2021	In the first nine months of this year the traffic of the container on the Russian railway network has grown of +13.2% Transit traffic alone increased by +40.1%
	04/10/2021	Martin Dorsman has left his post as Secretary General of ECSA Katalin Dobránszky-Bartus and Sotiris Raptis appointed Acting Secretaries-General
	04/10/2021	A study by ETFs and ECSA highlights the challenges of establishing a European maritime data collection system Existing sources are incomplete, inhomogeneous and partial
	04/10/2021	In the first nine months of this year the goods transited on the Arctic route of the North Sea have grown of +3.5% Transit traffic has doubled
	04/10/2021	ESPO, EIM, ERFA and CER underline the need to prioritise rail projects that improve port-rail connectivity It is essential - they explain - to increase the share of goods transported by rail
	01/10/2021	Increase in the capacity of the car terminal of the port of Piraeus Investment worth about 20 million euros
	01/10/2021	Completed the merger by incorporation of La Meccanica Generale into Ignazio Messina The shipping company establishes a specific business unit
	01/10/2021	Höegh Autoliners orders CMHI the first two of a series of record PCTC They will be the largest in the world being able to carry 9,100 cars
	01/10/2021	The French EXEL Industries acquires three shipyards They were sold by the Experton-Revollier group
	01/10/2021	The Greek parliament has said yes to the transfer of 16% of the capital of the Piraeus Port Authority to COSCO The share of the Chinese group will rise to 67%
	01/10/2021	Signed the contract for the construction and management of the new West Container Terminal of the port of Colombo Work will start next year
	01/10/2021	In 2021, Italy's scheduled maritime connections with China, the Netherlands and Spain were strengthened Among Italy's other main trading partners, maritime connections with the US have been stable, while those with Germany, France, the United Kingdom and Belgium have weakened