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April 7, 1998
Shipping Timesweb site
  • Aussie shipbuilder looks beyond Asia to West for orders
    Asian ferry operators hit by falling local currency against greenback, Aussie dollar
  • Hamburg expects trade with China, HK to grow strongly
  • P&O Australia chosen to build Egyptian port
  • Star Cruises to charter out catamaran to P&O
  • S Korea's shipbuilding orders plunge in 1st qtr

  • Two S'pore-Tokyo services to be cancelled on Thursday
  • BMW will not raise its bid for Rolls-Royce Motors
  • Air Aruba resumes flights with leased jets
  • Mazda to inject more capital into Thai operation
  • Hyundai plans car factory in Russia
  • BAA to extend train link to Heathrow

  • Strategy leaves little to chance
    This is the first in a two-part series on Singapore's efforts at protecting the marine environment

  • Studies upbeat about future of container shipping, port operations

Sched Netweb site
  • Lines increase THCs
  • Cosco realigns services
  • Hanjin's Asia-North America routes reduced
  • EVA and China Airlines strengthen cargo fleets
  • US airport master plan hits turbulence
  • New terminal opens at St Louis

Cargowebweb site
APRIL 6, 1998
  • 'UPS involved in arms transport after El Al disaster'
  • Restructuring deal Eurotunnel finalised
  • Higher tariffs on the Atlantic trade
  • Smit Internationale investments after profitable year
  • Rotterdam rail terminal expansion brought forward

Cyber Shipping Guide - Ocean Commerceweb site
  • COSCO starts through service to Chengdu via rail
  • Sara members to raise rates in June
  • Dockers confirm to stage 48-hour strike
  • New logistics firm launches LCL service to Vietnam
  • A step forward for ship Reform Act

World Wide Shipperweb site
  • Guido Perla finishes supply vessel design
  • Insurance club warns of millennium headaches
  • Olympia planning boat/chowder event
  • Pennsylvania governor praises shipyard lease arrangement
  • Secretary Slater presents African aviation initiative
  • UPS donates $2 million to five nonprofit groups

Marine Linkweb site
APRIL 6, 1998
  • Carnival Buys Britains Cunard For $500M
  • Boatracs Names Curt McLeland CFO
  • NPM Buys 30% Of Shipping Firm NDH
  • MC Shipping Buys Outgas Ships Partner
  • Canada Buys Four Used British Submarines

Globalweb site
APRIL, 1998
  • Reportagem especial
    Transporte intermodal
    Transporte ferroviário
    Terminais
    Privatização da Fepasa
    A influência da privatização nos serviços ferroviários
    Transporte rodoviário
    Transporte marítimo
    Setor aéreo também está atento
    Hidrovias impulsionam a navegação interior
    Operador multimodal traz oportunidade de novos negócios
  • Libra e Multiterminais assinam contrato do Tecont
  • Marítimo
    Adiós, norte-sul
    Evergreen inicia expansão nas Américas
    Evergreen é uma das l'deres de mercado
  • Transporte aéreo
    Rio tem novo terminal de carga
  • Equipamentos & serviços

Lloyd's Listweb site
  • India moves to protect home fleet
    INDIA looks set to review its cabotage laws and introduce new protection for domestic companies.
  • China lines up capital works in Chittagong
    CHINA is looking to invest in infrastructure projects in Chittagong, writes Shirish Nadkarni, India Correspondent.
  • Troubled Danyard hit again
    BELEAGUERED Danish shipbuilder Danyard, which is operating under the threat of closure when its current orderbook expires, suffered another large loss last year. And the company is expected to be hit by further losses in the next two years.
  • Lloyd's group warns of soft market conditions
    BUSINESS conditions in the insurance market so far this year have reached a level of difficulty not seen many times in the past, specialist Lloyd's insurance group Goshawk said yesterday.
  • Asian container lines push for rates increase
    UNIGLORY and Wan Hai, two key players in the intra-Asia container trades, are pushing fellow operators for a 10% increase in rates.
  • Swire offshoot gets new tugs
    SWIRE subsidiaryHongkong Salvage and Towage has taken delivery of a pair of tailor-made harbour tugs from Imamura Shipbuilding of Japan.
  • Outright sales of SA ports unlikely
    Various forms of private sector involvement were under consideration but outright port sales were unlikely, said Douglas McClure, director, parliamentary services for the Department of Public Enterprises.
  • Port duty adds to problems facing Indian shipbreakers
    MAHARASHTRA'S shipbreakers are finding trading conditions dire.

Fairplayweb site
APRIL 6, 1998
  • Holyman to sell its stake in Condor
    HOLYMAN has announced the sale of its 50 per cent stake in the UK-based Condor operation to joint venture partner Commodore Shipping Co.
  • Philippine operators warn on flag exodus
    PHILIPPINE overseas shipping operators have warned of a mass flagging out of ships from the Philippine registry because the government has failed to act on its manning rules.
  • Egypt to privatise stevedore
    EGYPT'S government is to offer the public a stake in a cargo-handling company, its first privatisation in the port services sector.
  • Smedvig sues Esso over drillship dispute
    NORWEGIAN offshore group Smedvig has sued Esso Exploration and Production Norway for damages of up to Nkr2bn ($265m) over disputes regarding the Balder FPU drillship.
  • Norwegian offshore companies plan merger
    DSND Sondenfjeldske and Seateam Technology, two Norwegian companies in the offshore services sector, have unveiled a plan to merge.
  • Iverships results disappoint
    VAN Ommeren Iverships has revealed that profits were unchanged at $2m last year in spite of a doubling in turnover to $120m.
  • Marubeni to post $237m loss
    JAPAN'S Marubeni Corp said it would announce a loss, its first for 46 years, of $237m when it posts results for the financial year ended March.
  • Stena satisfied with new ferry
    STENA has announced it is satisfied with the financial performance of its new fast ferry, Stena Discovery, following repairs to storm damage.
  • India to train more officers
    INDIA is to tackle the exodus of seafarers to foreign flags by training more personnel.
  • Philippines makes positive noises on cabotage
    DOMESTIC operators in the Philippines say they are amenable to the opening of the country's cabotage trade to foreign ships.
  • SNCM launches tender for fast ferry
    FRENCH ferry operator SNCM has launched an international tender for the construction of a new fast ferry for its France-Corsica service.
  • Australia underwrites more credit to Indonesia
    AUSTRALIAN taxpayers will be required to underwrite cotton shipments to Indonesia under an insurance package announced by the government.
  • Australian cattle producers face bankruptcy
    THE collapse of Australia's live cattle exports to Asia is threatening to wipe out some cattle producers in northern Australia.
  • Brittany Ferries moves into the black
    BRITTANY Ferries, the French ferry operator, has posted a 1997 net profit of Ffr85m ($14m), after a loss in 1996 of Ffr16m.
  • New Alaska ferry delayed
    CITING unforeseen design and testing difficulties, Halter Marine has announced a delay in the delivery of the new Alaska ferry Kennicott.
  • Cunard goes to Carnival
    CUNARD Line has been sold by Kv'rner to a group of investors led by Miami-based Carnival Corp for $500m.

Antwerpse Lloyd n.v.web site
  • Seaway: le Canada procéderait à une hausse unilatérale des tarifs
    Tout semble indiquer que le gouvernement canadien s'apprête à appliquer une augmentation des tarifs du transit par les écluses du Seaway se trouvant sur son territoire, et ceci même au cas ou les Etats-unis n'acceptent pas. Cette prise de position a été communiquée par le ministre canadien des Transports David Collenette.
  • Seagha place l'information ATEL sur Internet
    Le projet d'essai visant à mettre à disposition l'information ATEL de B-Cargo via Internet expire dans quelques jours. Le nouveau produit Seagha sera officiellement présenté à la fin du mois. Cela signifie que le système EDI du secteur privé du port d'Anvers enclenche la vitesse supérieure. Seagha a d'ailleurs noté une hausse sensible du trafic de données au cours du premier trimestre de l'année.
  • La Wallonie n'apprécie pas les droits de transit par le port d'Anvers
    La récente décision du conseil d'administration de l'Entreprise portuaire anversoise, relativement à l'abandon définitif du tracé de la liaison Oelegem-Zandvliet fait couler beaucoup de salive et d'encre dans le hinterland anversois...

Daily Commercial Newsweb site
  • Sydney strike: Patrick to test legal options
    Patrick was yesterday considering its legal options following the Maritime Union of Australia's decision to hold a second seven day strike at the company's Botany Bay terminal starting today.
    One option includes an application to seek a termination of the bargaining period under the Workplace Relations Act before the Australian industrial Relations Commission.
  • Oceanfast to build ferries offshore
    WA Ferry tug and yacht builder Oceanfast has concluded a Heads of Agreement with its major Singaporean shareholder Keppel Singmarine Dockyard to build an 80 metres hull roll-on-roll-off ferry.
    It is proposed that this agreement form the basis for a new mega-ferry program involving a range of new designs for mono hulls from 80 metres through to 120 metres.
  • Shipbuilder to favor monohulls
    Oceanfast's new venture into a large ferry construction program with Keppel Singmarine Dockyard could see such vessels being built in Western Australia in two years, according to the company's chief executive John Farrell.
    Mr Farrell said "We have two sites in WA. One is developed and the other is largely undeveloped. We have a plan and a commitment with the WA government to develop that site."
  • ATN buys Emu Bay for $7.8m
    Mining giant Pasminco Limited has sold the railway business and railway assets of Emu Bay Railway Company to the Australian Transport Network group for 7.8 million, it was announced yesterday.
    The sale is expected to be completed by the end of April, and is conditional upon Foreign Investment Review Board approval.
  • Brisbane redevelopment brought forward
    Major port redevelopment plans for the Fisherman Islands area will be brought forward as a result of a Queensland government decision to build a 65,000-seat spots stadium and related infrastructure on Port of Brisbane Corporation and privately-owned land.

The Journal of Commerceweb site
  • Extent of river strike is murky
  • Piracy takes toll in Mexico
  • Cotton exports expected to fall 14% this year
  • Distribution center eases hassle of selling Western goods in China

  • New ATA chief seeks more funds, lower taxes
  • Transroll to buy 300 reefer containers
  • Crowley steams into growing logistics field
  • US-Mexico airport seminar wins praise
  • Restrictions put on barges at St. Louis
  • ResidenSea confirms interest in acquiring Cunard from Kvaerner
  • Australian rail firm expands holdings
  • Japan port fight 'far from over,' US official says
  • Navieras/NPR to add Puerto Rico-Miami run
  • Shekou adds equipment, plans to streamline bureaucracy
  • Inaccurate bills of lading put a crimp in cotton exporters' business deals

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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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