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April 20, 1998
Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • South Asia conference latest to raise box rates
    Attempt to redress container shortages due to economic problems in Asia
  • Dispute threatens to go beyond Aussie shores
  • Gujerat state about to shortlist bids for ports
Air and Land Transport
  • Changi Airport rated best in the world in Iata poll
    Helsinki's Vantaa is second, just ahead of Britain's Manchester
  • Strike heads into second week as losses mount
  • BA to buy Boeing jets worth US$1.1b, replacing 747 orders
  • Continental-Northwest alliance: antitrust unit seeks more info
  • Turbulence injures 36 on Paris-New York flight
  • FAA to order rewiring of Boeing 737 planes soon
  • EVA, America West in code-share accord
Features
  • Pilots' strike likely to drag on
    Japan's second-largest carrier is hurting but cannot afford to meet union demand to abandon its new wage system
Columns
  • Coping with weaker market, Italian liner sale and Aussie dock dispute

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • South Asia conference latest to raise box rates
    Attempt to redress container shortages due to economic problems in Asia
  • Dispute threatens to go beyond Aussie shores
  • Gujerat state about to shortlist bids for ports
Air and Land Transport
  • Changi Airport rated best in the world in Iata poll
    Helsinki's Vantaa is second, just ahead of Britain's Manchester
  • Strike heads into second week as losses mount
  • BA to buy Boeing jets worth US$1.1b, replacing 747 orders
  • Continental-Northwest alliance: antitrust unit seeks more info
  • Turbulence injures 36 on Paris-New York flight
  • FAA to order rewiring of Boeing 737 planes soon
  • EVA, America West in code-share accord
Features
  • Pilots' strike likely to drag on
    Japan's second-largest carrier is hurting but cannot afford to meet union demand to abandon its new wage system
Columns
  • Coping with weaker market, Italian liner sale and Aussie dock dispute

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • South Asia conference latest to raise box rates
    Attempt to redress container shortages due to economic problems in Asia
  • Dispute threatens to go beyond Aussie shores
  • Gujerat state about to shortlist bids for ports
Air and Land Transport
  • Changi Airport rated best in the world in Iata poll
    Helsinki's Vantaa is second, just ahead of Britain's Manchester
  • Strike heads into second week as losses mount
  • BA to buy Boeing jets worth US$1.1b, replacing 747 orders
  • Continental-Northwest alliance: antitrust unit seeks more info
  • Turbulence injures 36 on Paris-New York flight
  • FAA to order rewiring of Boeing 737 planes soon
  • EVA, America West in code-share accord
Features
  • Pilots' strike likely to drag on
    Japan's second-largest carrier is hurting but cannot afford to meet union demand to abandon its new wage system
Columns
  • Coping with weaker market, Italian liner sale and Aussie dock dispute

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • South Asia conference latest to raise box rates
    Attempt to redress container shortages due to economic problems in Asia
  • Dispute threatens to go beyond Aussie shores
  • Gujerat state about to shortlist bids for ports
Air and Land Transport
  • Changi Airport rated best in the world in Iata poll
    Helsinki's Vantaa is second, just ahead of Britain's Manchester
  • Strike heads into second week as losses mount
  • BA to buy Boeing jets worth US$1.1b, replacing 747 orders
  • Continental-Northwest alliance: antitrust unit seeks more info
  • Turbulence injures 36 on Paris-New York flight
  • FAA to order rewiring of Boeing 737 planes soon
  • EVA, America West in code-share accord
Features
  • Pilots' strike likely to drag on
    Japan's second-largest carrier is hurting but cannot afford to meet union demand to abandon its new wage system
Columns
  • Coping with weaker market, Italian liner sale and Aussie dock dispute

Sched Netweb site
  • Evergreen to start new Americas service
  • ECT to be sold
  • New ships arrive at Long Beach
  • Sea freight increase for Nigerian ports
  • KMT chases Diperdana
  • Panama limit `will hit rates`
  • SIA and Asiana sign code-sharing deal
  • US and South Korea to resume air-pact talks
  • TNT launches three new Malaysia services
  • FedEx picks Greensboro for mid-Atlantic hub

World Wide Shipperweb site
  • Port of Vancouver finds TCE source
  • Coast Guard eyes aquatic nuisance rules
  • American links docks to computers
  • Emery forms project transport group
  • Harris offers new maritime services
  • Boeing Delta team prepares for second Globalstar launch
  • Port Cleveland studies ferry service to Canada

Lloyd's Listweb site
  • US attacks China port policy
    A SERIOUS rift in Sino-US maritime relations is threatened following the accusation by American maritime interests that China has not observed the framework agreement reached in December for improved access to Chinese ports and terminal investments.
  • Sea-Land boxship blast injures two
    TWO seafarers have been reported injured in a weekend explosion which was followed by two fires on board Sea-Land service's Marshall Island-flagged containership, the 30,489 dwt Sea-Land Mariner, some 130 miles southwest of Crete.
  • Storm clouds gather in Sino-US dispute
    TROUBLE is brewing in Sino-US maritime relations. American maritime interests accuse their Chinese counterparts of back-pedalling on a December framework agreement for improved access to Chinese ports and terminal investments.
  • 1996 memorandum of maritime discussions
    APL and Sea-Land were approved to open a container transportation service company and six branch offices in China cleared to engage in: booking space stuffing and unstuffing of containers warehousing and storage signing and issuing cargo receipts collecting freight and other charges for authorised services repairing and maintaining containers and other equipment arranging and concluding contracts with trucking companies for trucking services.
  • Lykes in new bid to clinch US subsidies
    THE previously unsuccessful effort to transfer agreements for $6.3m a year in US government subsidies to three Lykes Lines containerships has been renewed with a revised proposal.
  • Big rise in bulker scrapping
    A SHARP increase in bulk carrier scrapping has occurred during the first quarter of this year, spurred on by a depressed dry bulk freight market.
  • It's all chip shape and designer fashion
    IT is not considered necessary for merchant seafarers to have much knowledge of ship design. They accept what they get and the act of joining a ship is one of submission. Such an act of faith is an accepted part of the seafarer's lot, whether a master, mate or minion.
  • ITF plans anniversary summit in Oslo
    A SUMMER conference in Oslo to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the first International Transport Workers' Federation boycott of a flag of convenience ship is being planned by the ITF.

Antwerpse Lloyd n.v.web site
APRIL 18, 1998
  • L'ESC réclame la transparence des coûts portuaires
    L'ESC (European Shippers' Council) accueille favorablement le Livre Vert de la CE sur les ports et les infrastructures maritimes, considérant que ladite Commission peut jouer un rôle important dans le développement des ports européens en élaborant un cadre politique approprié en fonction duquel les ports pourront prospérer. L'ESC est d'avis que les principaux objectifs que la CE devrait poursuivre consistent à accroître l'efficacité portuaire, promouvoir la compétitivité industrielle et assurer une concurrence saine et libre dans le secteur portuaire.
  • Nordana Line lance un service ro/ro mixte d'Anvers vers Mombasa
    Un nouveau venu se présente sur la route Europe du Nord-Afrique de l'Est, en l'occurrence l'armement Nordana Line, la division liner du groupe Danebrog Rederi AS, qui opère déjà au départ de la Méditerranée vers l'Amérique du Nord et latine. L'initiative d' opérer au départ d'Anvers se distingue par de nombreux aspects, en ce sens qu'il s'agit d'un service roulier mixte qui s'adresse tant au fret roulier ou conditionné en ro/ro qu'au fret en breakbulk ou en container et qui peut faire l'objet de manutentions en lo/lo. En outre, l'armement vise des délais de transit très courts. La fréquence sera d'un départ tous les 15 jours. Le premier départ d'Anvers est annoncé pour le 27 mai prochain.
  • Geodis vise 20 mia. de FRFde C.A. à l'horizon 2000
    D'ici à la fin de l'an 2000, le groupe français Geodis espère se placer dans le peloton des cinq premiers groupes européens de transports et logistique. Ce qui lui impose d'atteindre alors 20 milliards de FRF de chiffre d'affaires (C.A.). Par rapport aux 17,7 milliards de C.A. réalisés en 1997, l'ambition affichée représente une progression de 13% en trois exercices. Analyse de la démarche pour atteindre cet objectif.
  • Australie: l'industrie automobile première victime du conflit portuaire
    L'industrie de la construction automobile est la première activité économique importante à faire des frais du conflit qu'engendre la réforme portuaire en Australie. En effet, le constructeur Toyota a annoncé qu'il arrêtait pendant quelques jours sa production à son unité d'Altona, étant donné que les piquets instaurés par les dockers licenciés bloquent sur les quais de Melbourne des dizaines de containers chargés de pièces. Les 2.500 ouvriers concernés ont été priés de prendre leur congé annuel.

Daily Commercial Newsweb site
  • Booming Austrac considers options
    Rapid ascension into the ranks of main line train operators has private company Austrac considering its options for raising capital.
    Knowing that potential investors will be eyeing future performance, managing director Tim Elderton has announced the winning of 14 containers of regular weekly cargo, from a mining company in Young selling magnesite, 21 tonnes per container.
  • P&O chief Hein 'skates on thin ice'
    P&O Australia Ltd stands firmly behind the federal government's push for waterfront reform according tot he company's chairman, Richard Hein
    He said the current situation could be compared to three skaters on thin ice, with two of those skaters already having broken through the ice.
    Mr Hein believes that P&O Ports in Australia is not earning enough on its investment and too much time is spent on dealing with industrial relations matters.
  • Govt shakes up NTC
    Just nine months after its inaugural meeting, the cross-industry body formed to advise government on intermodal and transport interface issues, the National Transport Council, has had its membership cut from 13 to six.
    Announcing the shake-up last week, federal Transport Minister Mark Vaile said the smaller body -- now with a strong international flavor -- would be able to focus more on strategic transport issues.
  • Workshop plots Fremantle's future course
    Western Australia's Department of Transport has hosted a workshop as part of a strategy designed to ensure that the Fremantle Port Authority's (FPA) long-term land side transport access needs are served well into the next millennium.
    In a framework-setting address, Graham Hooper, Maunsell Pty Ltd's director of port and transport planning, told the audience that major port planning decisions had to be based on cooperative alliances.
  • Turakina settlement may be nearing
    The Federal Court will this week resume hearing a claim for the release of the former South Pacific Shipping containership Turakina which is under arrest in Darling Harbour.
    The application by the vessel's German owners, is being opposed by one of the major local creditors, Patrick as well as representatives of her master and crew.

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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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