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April 2, 1998
Shipping Timesweb site
  • S'pore port may see negative box growth: report
    Worst case scenario is -5% growth for this year, says shipping consultant
  • World Trade Centre exhibition space slashed
  • HK will detain non-ISM compliant ships
  • Panama implements law to regulate maritime labour
  • Boost for Fincantieri as gains dip
  • PORT SHOTS

  • SIA starts services to Newark airport
    S'pore national carrier flying to New Jersey airport 3 times a week
  • S'pore carrier emerges tops in 2 surveys
  • Delta may seek partnership with United Airlines, say United pilots
  • BA to avoid legal clash on low-cost airline
  • FedEx sees possible compromise on FAA's proposal on B727s
  • Russia protests against Canada's detention of Aeroflot plane
  • German jet to blame for mid-air collision: US report

  • Publisher looks to IPO listing
    LLP Group, publisher of the historic Lloyd's List, expects a market valuation of 125 million

  • Dubai port official believes in brotherhood among ports

Sched Netweb site
  • TSA bumps up origin charges
  • June GRI on South America-bound shipments
  • Mitsui OSK improves Venezuela service
  • Yokohama shifts most boxes
  • TWRA launches new service contract strategy
  • APL re-flags more containerships
  • GAC keeps up to par
  • HACTL gets go-ahead for wider air cargo trucks
  • Chinese aircraft manufacturer explores all options

Cargowebweb site
APRIL 1, 1998
  • Disagreement on rail use prices in Germany
  • Danzas triples profits
  • Amsterdam Airport on the way up
  • Schiphol wants rapid privatization
  • Another row at Rotterdam harbor pool

Cyber Shipping Guide - Ocean Commerceweb site
  • Outsiders follow South African rate hike
  • Prospects for Asian economies revised
  • Congestion at Mombasa causing delays
  • NOL expects to return to profit this year
  • Panama draft to be cut to 35 ft
  • Osaka sees 3% increase in cargo throughput
  • New facilities for Sendai FAZ approved by MOT
  • NY/NJ posts 14% box traffic increase in 1997
  • Colombian truck strike continues

World Wide Shipperweb site
  • Tacoma celebrates maiden voyage
  • African nations race clock for port control
  • Coast Guard plucks stranded boys from Haystack Rock
  • Work closes two ramps at Sea-Tac Airport
  • Panama Canal board Oks marketing plan
  • TIACA boss looks for 'unforgettable' confab
  • Rail association interim president wants regulatory scheme left alone
  • Canada Transport taps ferry wharf contractor

Lloyd's Listweb site
  • UK considers levy to fund emergency towing cover
    BRITAIN is considering the imposition of a levy on shipping calling at UK ports, to fund all-year emergency towing cover around the coast.
  • Patrick fails to rule out job losses
    PATRICK Stevedores has refused to rule out mass sackings in its escalating conflict with the Maritime Union of Australia.
  • Buoyant Jacobs targets improved performance
    SHIPPING and ports group Jacobs Holdings is forecasting improved profits in the current year after suffering a marginal decline in 1997.
  • Swedes face SKr1bn loss with end of duty-frees
    ABOLITION of tax-free sales at sea could cost Swedish ferry operators SKr1bn ($127m) a year and up to 1,700 jobs, Reuters reports.
  • USCG seeks views on spill measures
    A CALL for help in deciding whether US Oil Pollution Act of 1990-mandated caps on tanker owners' on-water oil removal capacity should be increased or decreased has been made by the US Coast Guard to the maritime industry and related interests.
  • Cyprus urged to speed up shipping reform
    CYPRUS-based shipping companies have urged the Nicosia government to implement more zealously a policy of weeding out substandard tonnage from the island's ship registry.
  • Major growth at NY/NJ port
    PORT of New York and New Jersey has announced strong results for 1997, with containerised cargo jumping 13.8% and oceanborne general cargo volumes 4.5%.
  • Canadian aid boxship for Afghanistan
    CANADIAN food aid to Afghanistan totalling 4,400 tonnes, one of the largest single consignments ever moved through the Port of Vancouver, has been loaded on to the 2,728teu containership, Ever Govern.

Fairplayweb site
APRIL 1, 1998
  • Safmarine lifts its profits
    SAFMARINE, the shipping division of Safmarine and Rennies Holdings (Safren), improved its operating profit by 49 per cent.
  • Jacobs announces profit increase
    JACOBS Holdings, the UK-based property to transport group, has announced a steep rise in operating profit.
  • Secrecy hampers box repositioning
    THE reluctance of most shipping companies to share information is the main obstacle preventing carriers finding a viable solution to repositioning of containers.
  • Carnival linked with Cunard bid
    CARNIVAL is rumoured to be behind a Norwegian bid for Cunard
  • Hanjin Shipping posts loss for 1997
    SOUTH Korean carrier Hanjin Shipping has reported a loss of won38.36bn ($26.5m) for 1997.
  • Taipei to abolish shipyard subsidy
    TAIWAN is understood to have decided to abolish subsidies at China Shipbuilding Corp by the end of 1999.
  • Hong Kong to address China box ruling
    THE Hong Kong Liner Shipping Association is to address concerns about a Chinese customs regulation requiring carriers to ship empty boxes from Guangdong back to Hong Kong.
  • Hoverspeed confirms bid for Channel islands link
    HOVERSPEED, the fast ferry subsidiary of Bermuda-based Sea Containers, has confirmed it is to bid to operate the link between the UK mainland and the Channel Islands.
  • Kandla plans for "pre-eminence"
    KANDLA port, India has announced its strategy for attaining "pre-eminence" amongst Asia-Pacific ports.
  • No win situation for Malta Win Cargo Containers
    CONTAINER manufacturer Malta Win Cargo Containers is being liquidated after making an accumulated loss of 'M2.9m ($7.3m) in the last two years.
  • JNP passes half million mark
    JAWAHARLAL Nehru Port (JNP), Mumbai announced that it has passed the half million teu mark for this year.
  • Force majeure to remain on Ok Tedi
    THE Ok Tedi copper mine in Papua New Guinea's western province is expected to resume normal operations this month, but the force majeure on copper concentrate shipments remains.
  • Corrigan under pressure to come clean on sackings
    OFFICIAL pressure is mounting on Australian stevedoring industry leader Chris Corrigan to respond to claims that he will sack his workforce at Patrick within weeks.
  • NOL bottom line loss plunges to S$297m ($185m)
    A 34 per cent increase in liftings last year was not enough to boost Neptune Orient Lines' 1997 results into the black following its acquisition of American President Lines last year.
  • P&O Stena places Cambria on Newhaven-Dieppe
    P&O Stena Line is to place its 12,700 gt Stena Cambria onto the Newhaven-Dieppe route instead of the 13,000 gt Pride of Bruges.
  • Truckers' strike paralyses Colombian ports
    COLOMBIA's Pacific coast port of Buenaventura has been paralysed by a week-long truckers' strike, while the Caribbean port of Cartagena has had its operations cut by 50 per cent.

Daily Commercial Newsweb site
  • Foreign tugs on standby for likely Easter uprising
    Preparations for an anticipated Easter waterfront showdown have taken on a new dimension with widespread - though officially unconfirmed - rumours of foreign tugs and non-union crews being readied for Australia deployment.
    According to unofficial reports, one or more Australian resource companies - operators of their own ship loading facilities - have chartered "strike-busting" tugs from New Zealand and Singapore as part of contingency plans to ensure export contracts are not threatened if or when the Patrick/NFF/MUA dispute blows up into a national strike.
  • ANZDL in fleet upgrade
    Three ships in the Australia-New Zealand Direct Line fleet - Direct Eagle, Direct Kiwi and Direct Falcon will undergo major refurbishment - including container and reefer capacity upgrades - as part of routine Classification Society requirements, ANZDL general manager Brian O'Dea said.
  • Three ports help WA top ore league
    Western Australia's three iron ore ports - Dampier, Port Hedland and Cape Lambert exported a combined total of 152 million tonnes of iron ore last year, a figure which saw the state being the world's largest iron ore exporter for the fourth consecutive year.
    More than 77 per cent of WA iron ore shipments went to Asian steel makers, while the state's market share in China, Taiwan and Japan increased significantly.
  • Karumba reduces charges for live cattle exports
    Port charges for live cattle exports through the port of Karumba have been reduced from $2.80 to $2 a head for the remainder of this year.
    The Ports Corporation of Queensland board has decided to apply the reduced charge after 31 May. Transport and Main Roads Minister Vaughan Johnson said, "The live cattle industry in Queensland is still in its fledgling stages and encouragement is appropriate at a time when the Asian economic situation has had such a severe effect."
  • Pasminco confirms Schoeller, Toll wins
    Metal and minerals producer Pasminco Limited this week confirmed that Schoeller Holdings and Toll Holdings have won long-term distribution contracts for the company's finished goods within Australia and to Asia.
    Pasminco, which tendered out both its Australian and off-shore distribution contracts late last year, said Toll would manage metal handling at Pasminco's three smelter sites, while the Cyprus-based Schoeller Holdings has been selected to handle all shipping of finished product to Asia.

The Journal of Commerceweb site
  • Forwarders: Commerce crackdown targets us
  • Customs promises new chief will be more than an enforcer
  • Senators blast agency on rail backlogs
  • Takeover of APL blows NOL off course

  • Wage increases outpace volume at Western ports
  • Senate again delays ocean shipping reform
  • Emery guarantees delivery times for government
  • Canadian National defends performance
  • EU official promotes airline solidarity
  • 'K' Line's Prince says goodbye to industry
  • Ships face long delays at port of Mombasa
  • Netherlands to grant Cuba funds for construction of two cargo vessels
  • Japanese dockers schedule strike
  • EU pushes to open rail cargo sector
  • NS, Guilford plan Northeast services
  • China's Ningbo unveils special wharf for liquid chemicals
  • DHL takes a flier on North Korea, hoping to match its Mongolia success
  • China eases airport investments
  • Groups push STB to broaden rail competition
  • Drama on the Delaware: Taking care of business ends battle of port operators

›››File
FROM THE HOME PAGE
Maersk estimates that in the third quarter, its revenues grew by 30% percent.
Copenhagen
Sharp gains in EBITDA values and quarterly EBIT
MSC expands the network of port terminals and technical-nautical services with the acquisition of control of Wilson Sons
Rio de Janeiro
It will acquire 56.47% of the share capital for about 764 million
New historic record of quarterly container traffic in the port of Los Angeles
Los Angeles
In the April-June period of this year, almost 2.9 million teu (+ 26.3%) were handled.
Letter to the EU to urge the abolition of the tax exemption for fossil fuels used by aircraft and ships
Brussels
Twenty-one organizations list the reasons for cancelling it and the benefits that would result in it
Spain's Boluda buys Finnish towing company Yxpila Hinaus-Bogsering
Valencia
The Scandinavian company has a fleet of six tugboats
Konecranes expands its presence in the Dutch market for port and intermodal means
Hoogvliet / Helsinki
The group will acquire two branches of the Peinemann
Two new ship-to-shore cranes for the container terminal of the port of Rijeka
Two new ship-to-shore cranes for the container terminal of the port of Rijeka
Rijeka
They are part of an investment of 200 million euros in the first phase of the project
New ro-ro service between the Turkish port of Matras and the port of Trieste
Istanbul
Made by DFDS, it provides for two weekly rotations
GTS doubles the frequency of the intermodal link Piacenza-Nola
Rome
From Monday it will rise from three to six weekly rotations
Royal Caribbean collaborates on a project to realize a cruise terminal in Juneau
Juneau
It is expected to be completed in the crucieristic season 2027
New historical record of quarterly traffic of containers in the port of Long Beach
Long Beach
In September the growth stopped
Genovese AdSP does not rule out the appeal of the ruling by the Council of State on the concession to Spinelli
Genoa
The institution will ask for clarification of State Advation
Spinelli will propose a decision to revoke the ruling of the Council of State which cancelled the concession to Genoa Port Terminal
Genoa
Adopted the delegated act for the inclusion of ships in service of the offshore industry in the European MRV Regulation
Brussels
The application of the standard is planned at the beginning of next year
The State Council has upheld the appeal of SECH against Spinelli's "full container" activity in the port of Genoa
Rome
The ruling notes "an obvious distortion of the competitive attitude as regulated by the port plan".
Fedespec calls for changes to customs reform
Milan
The risk is a strong negative impact on the national import and export business and the efficiency and competitiveness of the logistics system
Oriental Liguria's AdSP lists the benefits of passing Carrara's port under its jurisdiction
The Spezia
New historical record of quarterly container traffic in the port of Singapore
Singapore
In the July-September period of 2024, almost 10.5 million teu (+ 5.1%) were handled.
In the first nine months of 2024, freight traffic in Russian ports fell by -3.5% percent.
St. Petersburg
In the third quarter alone, 218.8 million tonnes were handled (-1%)
In the second quarter of 2024, freight traffic in the ports of Naples and Salerno marked increases of 9.2% percent and 0.2% percent.
In the second quarter of 2024, freight traffic in the ports of Naples and Salerno marked increases of 9.2% percent and 0.2% percent.
Naples
13.3%-year-old Cruserists in the capital's capital span and down -21.2% percent in the Salernitan scalp.
Spain's Navantia in talks to acquire British shipbuilding company Harland & Wolff
London
Expected deal by the end of November
Le Aziende informano
ITS Costruttori, il futuro dei cantieri inizia in Accademia
Oltre 420 posizioni aperte in 17 corsi totali, con un tasso di occupazione post diploma di circa il 95% in media
The Montenegrin port of Bar plans to buy two new mobile cranes
Bar
They are needed to replace the means of lifting damaged by the storm last July
Work at the cruise terminal in Calata Paita, in the port of Spezia, prevents the arrival of cruise ships
The Spezia
By the end of the year the Grimaldi group will order nine more new ro-pax ships
Athens
They will be employed in the Mediterranean and the Baltic
New intermodal link between the port of Venice and Montyone (Brescia)
Venice
With a load capacity of 46 containers, the initial programming provides for 50 rotations per year
In the third quarter the container traffic handled by Trieste Marine Terminal grew by 7.5%
Trieste
In the first nine months of this year, a decline of -3.0% percent
Interporto Padova, new Customs office and the entire intermodal terminal will become customs area
Padova
Agreement to develop further fast customs arrangements with ports in addition to those already active with Genoa, La Spezia and Gioia Tauro
In the first nine months of 2024, the number of piracy acts against ships was the least high since 1994.
In the first nine months of 2024, the number of piracy acts against ships was the least high since 1994.
London
In the July-September period, only 19 have occurred.
Switzerland to ease rules for the enrollment of ocean vessels at the national naval register
Bern
The aim is to increase the number of ships flying the Swiss flag.
Four new ship-to-shore cranes have arrived in the harbor of Gioia Tauro
Four new ship-to-shore cranes have arrived in the harbor of Gioia Tauro
Joy Tauro
Two more will arrive at the end of the month. In the first nine months of 2024, container traffic in the Calabrian climbed increased by 10.4% percent.
Next year the world's coast guard organizations will meet in Rome.
Rome
In 2025 the Italian Coast Guard will preside over the three international forums : European, Mediterranean and global
Last August, shipping traffic in the Suez Canal declined by -49.1% percent.
Last August, shipping traffic in the Suez Canal declined by -49.1% percent.
The Cairo
In the first eight months of 2024, the decline of the transits was -48.4% percent.
Satisfaction of Assoports, Filt Cgil, Fit Cisl and Uiltransport for the assumption of agreement on the contract of port workers
Rome
It allows-they stress unions-the recovery of the purchasing power of the wage
In the first half of 2024, FS Italiane's Logistic Pole posted record operating revenues and rising 13.0%
Rome
Net profit of 65 million euros, down from 22 million euros
Initiates the agreement for the renewal of the contract of port workers
Initiates the agreement for the renewal of the contract of port workers
Genoa
Assiterminal, in the end the responsibility of all of them prevailed
Turkey's METAG Holding has signed an agreement for the construction of the Somali port of Hobyo
Turkey's METAG Holding has signed an agreement for the construction of the Somali port of Hobyo
Mogadishu
It is located near the Strait of Bab el-Mandeb
Fincantieri, cutting off the first sheet of the first of two ultra-luxury cruise ships for Regent Seven Seas Cruises
Venice
It will be delivered in 2026
Mercitalia Rail starts transport of the new Frecciarossa 1000 of Trenitalia from Pistoia to the Czech Republic
Pistoia
They are headed to the Velim Test Center
New ro-ro traffic at the San Cataldo Container Terminal in the port of Taranto
Istanbul
Two ships have landed more than 1,500 vehicles
Uiltransport urges the Venice AdSP to review the ban on temporary port work
Rome
Verzari : umpteenth attempt to unload the current balance in the national port system
Concluded the first start-up phase of the Port Community System of the AdSP of the Straits
Messina
On 23 and October 24 meetings with stakeholders for the further development of the system
Guido Grimaldi confirmed president of the Logistics Association of Sustainable Intermodality
Rome
ALIS celebrates eight years of life
File the charges against four employees of the AdSP of the South Tyrreno and Ionian
Joy Tauro
The Gip of the Palmi Tribunal in Palmi has been definitively established.
In the third quarter, new orders to the ABB group grew by 1.8% percent.
Zurich
Revenue up 2.3%
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
Visit by Giani, Guerrieri and Macii to the Darsena Europe shipyard in the port of Livorno
Livorno / Florence
In the port of Piombino inaugurated the new plaza in front of the quay of the regasification ship
Gruber Logistics opens its own first headquarters in the Middle East
Time
Initially the new Dubai branch will focus on cargo project and air and sea transport.
Delivery of works for the completion of the port of Tremestieri
Messina
They are expected to be completed in two years
Spediporto has organized a two-day trip on the Green Logistic Valley and Italy-China trade
Genoa
In the third quarter of 2024, container traffic in the port of Hong Kong decreased by -7.1%
Hong Kong
In the first nine months of the year, the decline was -5.7% percent.
CEVA Logistics constitutes a joint venture with Saudi Almajdouie Logistics
Riyad
It will operate the transport-related and logistical activities carried out by the two companies in Saudi Arabia
Concern of the Spezia's maritime agents for the possible curb to cruise traffic in port
The Spezia
APSEZ completes the acquisition of 95% of the company that operates the Indian port of Gopalpur
Mumbai
The port climber has a traffic capacity of 20 million tonnes per year
Fit Cisl La Spezia, no to the passing of the Carrara port management at the AdSP of the Northern Tirreno Northern
The Spezia
The Tuscan port has benefited from substantial financial resources from the Via del Molo.
Changed Risso enters the capital of Maritime Maritime Agency Ravennate
Ravenna / Genoa
Established a joint venture joint venture
Minerva Bunkering has purchased the US Bomin Bunker Oil
Singapore
The American company has been ceded by Germany's Mabanaft
Approved the new safety regulation of the port of Genoa
Genoa
Processed by the Capitaneria in Porto with the involvement of port operators, it will enter into force on the first November
Evergreen's trend of revenue growth continues, Yang Ming and WHL
Taipei / Keelung
In September 2024, however, a double-digit percentage decline was recorded compared to the previous month.
Ferfreight's proposals for the infrastructural development of the last mile and for the resolution of criticalities
Padova
High-automation drones to surveil the areas of Interporto Padua
Padova
They take off and land in a "robotic hangar"
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
Spediporto has organized a two-day trip on the Green Logistic Valley and Italy-China trade
Genoa
It is scheduled on 22 and October 23
In Mantua the annual meeting of the European Federation of Inland Ports
Mantova
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Russia and India join forces in the Arctic, leaving China aside
(News.Az
The Overlooked Legacy of Black Dockworkers: Forging Justice On America's Waterfronts
(BET)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Relazione del presidente Nicola Zaccheo
Roma, 18 settembre 2024
››› File
Rexi : Financial will not introduce increases in the cost of diesel for self-transport
Rome
They are not expected-he assured-changes to the current tariffs
In Mantua the annual meeting of the European Federation of Inland Ports
Mantova
Tomorrow the international workshop "HyMantoValley project Creation of the Hydrogen Valley in the Valdaro inland Port"
Joy Tauro, possible further extension of the Agency for the administration of labour in port
Joy Tauro
Agostinelli : It will be required in the event of failure of the next meeting for the establishment of the ex art enterprise. 17
In the port of Gioia Tauro, 280 kilos of cocaine were seized
Reggio Calabria
More than 40 million euros could have been made in the market.
Baker Hughes to renounce industrial settlement in the port of Corigliano Calabro
Joy Tauro
Agostinelli : who did not want this project to enjoy this tragic victory!
VARD will build a Commissioning Service Vessel to Navigate Capital Partners
Trieste / Ålesund
It will be delivered in the second quarter of 2027
Liguria, Piedmont, Lombardy, Apulia, Calabria and Liguria have signed up to the Mit.
Rome
The Regions integrate with own resources the state appropriation
Fatal accident in the port of Naples
Naples
A worker lost his life overwhelmed by a mechanical means
Partnership of Magellan Circle and EETRA to promote sustainability in the port and logistics sectors
Agreement for the design and realization of a new maritime railway station in Savona
Savona
The link between the Savona Parco Doria station and the new plant is expected to be adapted.
In the third quarter, the revenues generated by the OOCL container business grew by 73.7%
Hong Kong
Volumes of truckloads transported increased by 3.6%
On Wednesday, Padova will take over the third edition of Green Logistics Expo
Padova
Among the appointments, the States Generals of the Logistics of the North East and Mercintrain
Three new appointments to top executives of TESYA group companies
Milan
Pierre-Nicola Fsheep new general manager of group, Flavio Castelli new CEO of CLS E Vincent Albasini new CEO of CGTE
Rixi : winning idea for a maritime country is the possibility of having foreign shareholdings with concessions in extra-European ports
Naples
They would be useful-he explains-to stabilize the logistical lines in every geopolitical condition
Port of Spezia, in mid-2025 the electrification of the Molo Garibaldi will be completed
The Spezia
In recent days in Estonia the test of the robot from the quay will connect the power grid to the ship.
New training project of Assologistics in collaboration with Randstad Italia
Milan
Creation of a digital platform to facilitate management and fruition of training courses
A Vietnamese delegation in Geneva to increase cooperation with MSC
Hanoi
Proposal participation in the project of the new deep-water port in Lien Chieu (Da Nang)
A strike blocks the ports and airports of Corsica
Ajaccio
Protest against the assumption of entrusting its management through a contest
The Transport Regulatory Authorities of Italy and France have started a cooperation
Paris / Rome
T&E, the only system based on a Global Fuel Standard is not enough to decarbonize shipping
Brussels
The organization highlights the need for it to be accompanied by the application of a global tax on emissions
The AdSP of the East Ligurian Sea completes acquisition of 2.4% of the capital of CEPIM-Parma Interport
The Spezia
Buy the share of the Municipality of La Spezia and of the Riviere Chamber of Commerce in Liguria
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