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BRIEFS
June 5, 1999
Sched Netweb site
  • Hutchison ups HK port holdings
  • Shippers salute to millennium
  • Yellow Freight hires Clarke logistics expert
  • Seatrade honours Kurz
  • US Customs names assistant commissioner
  • Lykes Lines appoints regional director, US Northeast
  • Hvide chief, citing personal reasons, resigns
  • TMM appoints US sales chief
  • South Korea and Hamburg - a dynamic partnership
  • Smooth split for Conrail
  • US Senate inches towards new customs system
  • Yunnan expressway opens
  • RR rolls out new powerplants
  • Delta takes award
  • Continental begins Zurich service
  • British Airways cheers 25th Boeing 777

Cargowebweb site
JUNE 4, 1999
  • Hewlett-Packard signs deal with UPS
  • 3M Awards BAX Global two-year contract extension
  • Truckers against junks
  • 'Products can much more often be rail- and water-borne'

Cyber Shipping Guide - Ocean Commerceweb site
  • P&O Nedlloyd to Launch Feeder Link in Brazil
  • DCL Japan to Launch Container Service to 70 US Points
  • Bill to Review Conference Exemption Expected to Become Law This Month
  • Box Volume at Port of Seattle Continues to Climb in April

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
JUNE 4, 1999
  • Change to all London numbers
  • New service available on the Roads of Tallinn
  • Oil: Weak short term, OPEC must comply at least 75%
  • US Gulf market awaits cargo movements
  • North American bunker market review
  • Market report from Latin America & the Caribbean
  • Middle East bunkers around $80 mark
  • Pan-African bunker market report

Marine Logweb site
JUNE 4, 1999
  • NTSB makes recommendation on fatigue hazards
    The National Transportation Safety Board has recommended that the U.S. Department of Transportation require administrations responsible for all transportation modes to modify the appropriate Regulations to establish scientifically based hours-of-service regulations
  • NNS won't up its bid for Avondale
  • Kværner to sell of yards one by one
    Dagens Næringsliv reports that Kværner intends to sell off its shipbuilding operations one yard at a time.
  • Liberia pays $1 million to IMO
    The Liberian government has cleared all its 1998 IMO dues for the world's second largest ship register.
  • Official electronic chart center becomes operational next month
    PRIMAR, Stavanger, Norway, will be the first regional coordinating center for official electronic navigational charts (ENC) with an operational ENC service. It will available from July.

Lloyd's Listweb site
  • Evergreen cruise plan
    TAIWAN'S container giant, Evergreen Marine Corporation, plans to spend $3bn to build a fleet of cruiseships.
  • P&O launch their latest cruise ship
    P&O yesterday launched the promotion of its latest cruise ship, the 76,000 gt Aurora, with the help of computer generated pictures (right) which placed the ship elegantly off the Italian resort of Portofino, writes David Mott.
  • Brussels finally kills duty frees
    The European duty-free industry was dealt a fatal blow yesterday when the EU heads of state meeting in Cologne failed to reverse abolition on June 30 by one vote.
  • Carnival may place orders in Europe
    CARNIVAL Corporation is looking at shipyards in other countries besides South Korea for its planned new cruiseships, Lloyd's List can reveal.
  • Sacked cook was a bully, claims captain
    THE second cook on the International Transport Workers' Federation's exhibition ship was a "bully", "a manipulator who enjoyed fermenting unrest" and "lazy and unco-operative", the ship's master told a British employment tribunal yesterday.
  • Lest we forget
    Taiwan businessman Wu Meng-wu bought the former Chinese dissident broadcasting ship Goddess of Democracy nine years ago and has opened her for public viewing to mark the 10th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre. Visitors are seen aboard the ship in Anping port, Taiwan.

Fairplayweb site
JUNE 4, 1999
  • Duty free sales to end on June 30
  • Direct New Zealand-Middle East links terminated
  • Liberia clears its 1998 IMO dues
  • Japan dispute not over yet, says FMC
  • May was record month for Korean yards
  • Lunetta to explain alleged misuse of Miami funds
  • P&O Ports to create permanent part-timers
  • Toronto joins Canada Port Authorities
  • Fishermen threaten Argentine port movements
  • Sri Lanka recommends catamarans for Jaffna
  • Hindustan reveals three-year action plan
  • OSRA reference book published
  • Canada's provinces push for shipbuilding policy
  • Freight and Panamax indices still climbing

The Journal of Commerceweb site
Home
  • Shippers sway Congress on user fees
  • Freight assets: fiscal liability?
  • Teamsters turn their guns on Overnite Transportation
  • Danzas revamps its sales force
  • Reform of Canadian grain transportation system begins
  • President of flatbed trucking giant Intrenet is stepping down
  • Philippines port operator chooses Computer Associate scheduling software
  • EU calls for improved tunnel safety after disasters
  • War fear keeps small freighters from docking in Sierra Leone
  • Portugal joins US, Korea and Cyprus in ban on Belgium food products
Transportation
  • ATA head urges open access to rails
  • Lobby blasts federal regulations
  • Worldpoint acquires U.S. Shippers
  • Guitars sing in logistics wing of UPS hub
  • Lightning disrupts dispatching
  • Cash infusion on deadline satisfies carrier's creditors
Maritime
  • Won hits collective rate-making
  • New chief seeks to put cranes under port control
  • US court says Taiwan not in Warsaw treaty
  • Agreement reached over salmon fishing
  • India offers two incentives to foreign-flag operators

The Journal of Commerceweb site
Home
  • Shippers sway Congress on user fees
  • Freight assets: fiscal liability?
  • Teamsters turn their guns on Overnite Transportation
  • Danzas revamps its sales force
  • Reform of Canadian grain transportation system begins
  • President of flatbed trucking giant Intrenet is stepping down
  • Philippines port operator chooses Computer Associate scheduling software
  • EU calls for improved tunnel safety after disasters
  • War fear keeps small freighters from docking in Sierra Leone
  • Portugal joins US, Korea and Cyprus in ban on Belgium food products
Transportation
  • ATA head urges open access to rails
  • Lobby blasts federal regulations
  • Worldpoint acquires U.S. Shippers
  • Guitars sing in logistics wing of UPS hub
  • Lightning disrupts dispatching
  • Cash infusion on deadline satisfies carrier's creditors
Maritime
  • Won hits collective rate-making
  • New chief seeks to put cranes under port control
  • US court says Taiwan not in Warsaw treaty
  • Agreement reached over salmon fishing
  • India offers two incentives to foreign-flag operators

The Journal of Commerceweb site
Home
  • Shippers sway Congress on user fees
  • Freight assets: fiscal liability?
  • Teamsters turn their guns on Overnite Transportation
  • Danzas revamps its sales force
  • Reform of Canadian grain transportation system begins
  • President of flatbed trucking giant Intrenet is stepping down
  • Philippines port operator chooses Computer Associate scheduling software
  • EU calls for improved tunnel safety after disasters
  • War fear keeps small freighters from docking in Sierra Leone
  • Portugal joins US, Korea and Cyprus in ban on Belgium food products
Transportation
  • ATA head urges open access to rails
  • Lobby blasts federal regulations
  • Worldpoint acquires U.S. Shippers
  • Guitars sing in logistics wing of UPS hub
  • Lightning disrupts dispatching
  • Cash infusion on deadline satisfies carrier's creditors
Maritime
  • Won hits collective rate-making
  • New chief seeks to put cranes under port control
  • US court says Taiwan not in Warsaw treaty
  • Agreement reached over salmon fishing
  • India offers two incentives to foreign-flag operators

Marine Linkweb site
JUNE 4, 1999
  • Obasanjo Insists on Bids For Nigerian Oil Blocks
    Nigeria's new President Olusegun Obasanjo reportedly announced that future oil prospecting concessions would only be allocated through competitive bidding.
  • N.Hydro Says To Present Saga Bid Next Week
    Norsk Hydro is reportedly planning to present a formal takeover bid for oil firm Saga Petroleum next week.
  • Statoil Says Withdraws Smedvig Lease Concelation
    Statoil has reportedly withdrawn its cancellation of a one-year lease for the drilling vessel West Navion, owned 50-50 by Statoil's unit Navion and offshore firm Smedvig
  • Moody's Confirms Newport News Shipbuilding
    Moody's Investors Service reportedly confirmed its debt ratings for Newport News Shipbuilding Inc following the announcement that Newport News will not increase the value of its bid for Avondale Industries,effectively terminating its interests in acquiring Avondale.
  • Slovak Shipmaker May Face Crisis Due to Kosovo
    Shipyard Slovenske Lodenice Komarno reportedly faces serious delivery problems due to the blockage of transport on the Danube in Yugoslavia.
  • Safmarine Calls Court Action Spurious
    South African Marine Corp Ltd (Safmarine) will reportedly fight a court application to liquidate the company and denied that it could not pay debts linked to its charter unit.
  • Litton Wins Battle Over Avondale
    Litton Industries Inc. reportedly sealed a deal to buy Avondale Industries Inc. and said it would press ahead with efforts to acquire Newport News Shipbuilding Inc. despite Pentagon opposition.
  • Evergreen in $3B Cruise Fleet Plan
    Taiwan's shipping giant Evergreen Marine Corp said it plans to invest a massive $3 billion to build a cruise fleet to cope with the world's bullish tourism business.
  • NNS Will Not Boost Avondale Bid
    NNS Will Not Boost Avondale Bid Newport News Shipbuilding reportedly will not increase its bid for Avondale Industries, Inc., after Avondale said it was prepared to accept an offer from Litton Industries Inc.
  • J. Erik Hvide Steps Down
    J. Erik Hvide Steps Down Hvide Marine named Jean Fitzgerald chairman, president and chief executive officer, replacing J. Erik Hvide, who resigned for personal reasons. Hvide will remain a member of the board of directors, the company said. Fitzgerald, 73, has been a director of the company since 1994. He will take up his position immediately, it said. Hvide, 50, steps down from active duty after 29 years of service with the company, which was founded by his father, Hans Hvide, in 1958.
  • Friede Goldman In Deal To Buy Halter Marine
    Friede Goldman In Deal To Buy Halter Marine In a deal that will create the U.S.' most prolific offshore building company, Friede Goldman International Inc. announced plans earlier this week to buy ship builder Halter Marine Group Inc. The agreement is valued at about $220 million calls for each Halter share to be exchanged for 0.4614 share of Friede Goldman.
  • Marine Drilling: Confident It Can Deliver On Time
    Marine Drilling: Confident It Can Deliver On Time Marine Drilling believes it will meet the July 15 contract deadline for the Marine 700 drilling rig but said that there is a risk it will fail. The readiness of the rig has reportedly been questioned by the contractor, Exxon Corp.'s Esso Exploration Inc. unit.
  • Waratah Joint Venture Given Green Light
    Waratah Joint Venture Given Green Light Waratah was cleared by Australian authorities to buy a towage business and tug from The Broken Hill Pty Co Ltd.

International Transport Journalweb site
JUNE 4, 1999
Feature
  • Trade fairs and conferences: spoilt for choice. What are the criteria for a company to be represented at trade fairs and conferences, and in what form should it be done? The increasing number of events of this type does not make the choice any easier.
Maritime
  • "K" Line: slight increase in profit. In financial 1998/99 "K" Line slightly increased both turnover and net profit and again pays a dividend.
  • Maersk and SCL improve their Europe- South America service.
  • Hanjin Heavy Industry recently launched the "Kindia" for Otal.
  • NYK reports: increases both in turnover and net income.
  • Opinions differ on the need for further improvements in global maritime transport and the way they should be implemented.
  • Wallenius Lines and Wilhelmsen Lines: New name: Wallenius Wilhelmsen Lines.
Ports and Terminals
  • The South African port of Cape Town has a long-term vision of functioning as a world-class port.
  • H.T. Holland Terminals in Rotterdam doubles its capacity.
  • A decision regarding the 50% takeover of ECT is expected to be taken by July.
  • Hongkong International Terminal celebrates its 30th anniversary.
Forwarding & Logistics
  • The Panalpina group's figures for 1998 prove that the record results of 1997 were not only due to providence, but also to sound business operations.
  • ASG Logistics has entered into an agreement with the East Asiatic Company to acquire the logistics operations of the EAC Group in the Far East.
  • Inchcape has signed an agreement with Fuji.
  • Expeditors has experienced a strong 1st quarter of 1999.
Aviation
  • Stop on growth for British Airways. Thanks to its Business Efficiency Program, British Airways posted a reduction of only 7.5% in unit costs in fiscal 1998/1999.
  • Consolidated Freightways is expanding into the airfreight business.
  • The role of the general sales agents will develop in the direction of a general service agent in the future.
  • More than other European carriers, KLM suffers from a cyclical downswing in the past fiscal year.
  • Singapore Airlines proves well prepared for Asia's economic turbulence.
Who is Where
  • Personnel appointments, address changes and other movements in companies and organisations over the five continents.

International Transport Journalweb site
JUNE 4, 1999
Feature
  • Trade fairs and conferences: spoilt for choice. What are the criteria for a company to be represented at trade fairs and conferences, and in what form should it be done? The increasing number of events of this type does not make the choice any easier.
Maritime
  • "K" Line: slight increase in profit. In financial 1998/99 "K" Line slightly increased both turnover and net profit and again pays a dividend.
  • Maersk and SCL improve their Europe- South America service.
  • Hanjin Heavy Industry recently launched the "Kindia" for Otal.
  • NYK reports: increases both in turnover and net income.
  • Opinions differ on the need for further improvements in global maritime transport and the way they should be implemented.
  • Wallenius Lines and Wilhelmsen Lines: New name: Wallenius Wilhelmsen Lines.
Ports and Terminals
  • The South African port of Cape Town has a long-term vision of functioning as a world-class port.
  • H.T. Holland Terminals in Rotterdam doubles its capacity.
  • A decision regarding the 50% takeover of ECT is expected to be taken by July.
  • Hongkong International Terminal celebrates its 30th anniversary.
Forwarding & Logistics
  • The Panalpina group's figures for 1998 prove that the record results of 1997 were not only due to providence, but also to sound business operations.
  • ASG Logistics has entered into an agreement with the East Asiatic Company to acquire the logistics operations of the EAC Group in the Far East.
  • Inchcape has signed an agreement with Fuji.
  • Expeditors has experienced a strong 1st quarter of 1999.
Aviation
  • Stop on growth for British Airways. Thanks to its Business Efficiency Program, British Airways posted a reduction of only 7.5% in unit costs in fiscal 1998/1999.
  • Consolidated Freightways is expanding into the airfreight business.
  • The role of the general sales agents will develop in the direction of a general service agent in the future.
  • More than other European carriers, KLM suffers from a cyclical downswing in the past fiscal year.
  • Singapore Airlines proves well prepared for Asia's economic turbulence.
Who is Where
  • Personnel appointments, address changes and other movements in companies and organisations over the five continents.

International Transport Journalweb site
JUNE 4, 1999
Feature
  • Trade fairs and conferences: spoilt for choice. What are the criteria for a company to be represented at trade fairs and conferences, and in what form should it be done? The increasing number of events of this type does not make the choice any easier.
Maritime
  • "K" Line: slight increase in profit. In financial 1998/99 "K" Line slightly increased both turnover and net profit and again pays a dividend.
  • Maersk and SCL improve their Europe- South America service.
  • Hanjin Heavy Industry recently launched the "Kindia" for Otal.
  • NYK reports: increases both in turnover and net income.
  • Opinions differ on the need for further improvements in global maritime transport and the way they should be implemented.
  • Wallenius Lines and Wilhelmsen Lines: New name: Wallenius Wilhelmsen Lines.
Ports and Terminals
  • The South African port of Cape Town has a long-term vision of functioning as a world-class port.
  • H.T. Holland Terminals in Rotterdam doubles its capacity.
  • A decision regarding the 50% takeover of ECT is expected to be taken by July.
  • Hongkong International Terminal celebrates its 30th anniversary.
Forwarding & Logistics
  • The Panalpina group's figures for 1998 prove that the record results of 1997 were not only due to providence, but also to sound business operations.
  • ASG Logistics has entered into an agreement with the East Asiatic Company to acquire the logistics operations of the EAC Group in the Far East.
  • Inchcape has signed an agreement with Fuji.
  • Expeditors has experienced a strong 1st quarter of 1999.
Aviation
  • Stop on growth for British Airways. Thanks to its Business Efficiency Program, British Airways posted a reduction of only 7.5% in unit costs in fiscal 1998/1999.
  • Consolidated Freightways is expanding into the airfreight business.
  • The role of the general sales agents will develop in the direction of a general service agent in the future.
  • More than other European carriers, KLM suffers from a cyclical downswing in the past fiscal year.
  • Singapore Airlines proves well prepared for Asia's economic turbulence.
Who is Where
  • Personnel appointments, address changes and other movements in companies and organisations over the five continents.

International Transport Journalweb site
JUNE 4, 1999
Feature
  • Trade fairs and conferences: spoilt for choice. What are the criteria for a company to be represented at trade fairs and conferences, and in what form should it be done? The increasing number of events of this type does not make the choice any easier.
Maritime
  • "K" Line: slight increase in profit. In financial 1998/99 "K" Line slightly increased both turnover and net profit and again pays a dividend.
  • Maersk and SCL improve their Europe- South America service.
  • Hanjin Heavy Industry recently launched the "Kindia" for Otal.
  • NYK reports: increases both in turnover and net income.
  • Opinions differ on the need for further improvements in global maritime transport and the way they should be implemented.
  • Wallenius Lines and Wilhelmsen Lines: New name: Wallenius Wilhelmsen Lines.
Ports and Terminals
  • The South African port of Cape Town has a long-term vision of functioning as a world-class port.
  • H.T. Holland Terminals in Rotterdam doubles its capacity.
  • A decision regarding the 50% takeover of ECT is expected to be taken by July.
  • Hongkong International Terminal celebrates its 30th anniversary.
Forwarding & Logistics
  • The Panalpina group's figures for 1998 prove that the record results of 1997 were not only due to providence, but also to sound business operations.
  • ASG Logistics has entered into an agreement with the East Asiatic Company to acquire the logistics operations of the EAC Group in the Far East.
  • Inchcape has signed an agreement with Fuji.
  • Expeditors has experienced a strong 1st quarter of 1999.
Aviation
  • Stop on growth for British Airways. Thanks to its Business Efficiency Program, British Airways posted a reduction of only 7.5% in unit costs in fiscal 1998/1999.
  • Consolidated Freightways is expanding into the airfreight business.
  • The role of the general sales agents will develop in the direction of a general service agent in the future.
  • More than other European carriers, KLM suffers from a cyclical downswing in the past fiscal year.
  • Singapore Airlines proves well prepared for Asia's economic turbulence.
Who is Where
  • Personnel appointments, address changes and other movements in companies and organisations over the five continents.

International Transport Journalweb site
JUNE 4, 1999
Feature
  • Trade fairs and conferences: spoilt for choice. What are the criteria for a company to be represented at trade fairs and conferences, and in what form should it be done? The increasing number of events of this type does not make the choice any easier.
Maritime
  • "K" Line: slight increase in profit. In financial 1998/99 "K" Line slightly increased both turnover and net profit and again pays a dividend.
  • Maersk and SCL improve their Europe- South America service.
  • Hanjin Heavy Industry recently launched the "Kindia" for Otal.
  • NYK reports: increases both in turnover and net income.
  • Opinions differ on the need for further improvements in global maritime transport and the way they should be implemented.
  • Wallenius Lines and Wilhelmsen Lines: New name: Wallenius Wilhelmsen Lines.
Ports and Terminals
  • The South African port of Cape Town has a long-term vision of functioning as a world-class port.
  • H.T. Holland Terminals in Rotterdam doubles its capacity.
  • A decision regarding the 50% takeover of ECT is expected to be taken by July.
  • Hongkong International Terminal celebrates its 30th anniversary.
Forwarding & Logistics
  • The Panalpina group's figures for 1998 prove that the record results of 1997 were not only due to providence, but also to sound business operations.
  • ASG Logistics has entered into an agreement with the East Asiatic Company to acquire the logistics operations of the EAC Group in the Far East.
  • Inchcape has signed an agreement with Fuji.
  • Expeditors has experienced a strong 1st quarter of 1999.
Aviation
  • Stop on growth for British Airways. Thanks to its Business Efficiency Program, British Airways posted a reduction of only 7.5% in unit costs in fiscal 1998/1999.
  • Consolidated Freightways is expanding into the airfreight business.
  • The role of the general sales agents will develop in the direction of a general service agent in the future.
  • More than other European carriers, KLM suffers from a cyclical downswing in the past fiscal year.
  • Singapore Airlines proves well prepared for Asia's economic turbulence.
Who is Where
  • Personnel appointments, address changes and other movements in companies and organisations over the five continents.

International Transport Journalweb site
JUNE 4, 1999
Feature
  • Trade fairs and conferences: spoilt for choice. What are the criteria for a company to be represented at trade fairs and conferences, and in what form should it be done? The increasing number of events of this type does not make the choice any easier.
Maritime
  • "K" Line: slight increase in profit. In financial 1998/99 "K" Line slightly increased both turnover and net profit and again pays a dividend.
  • Maersk and SCL improve their Europe- South America service.
  • Hanjin Heavy Industry recently launched the "Kindia" for Otal.
  • NYK reports: increases both in turnover and net income.
  • Opinions differ on the need for further improvements in global maritime transport and the way they should be implemented.
  • Wallenius Lines and Wilhelmsen Lines: New name: Wallenius Wilhelmsen Lines.
Ports and Terminals
  • The South African port of Cape Town has a long-term vision of functioning as a world-class port.
  • H.T. Holland Terminals in Rotterdam doubles its capacity.
  • A decision regarding the 50% takeover of ECT is expected to be taken by July.
  • Hongkong International Terminal celebrates its 30th anniversary.
Forwarding & Logistics
  • The Panalpina group's figures for 1998 prove that the record results of 1997 were not only due to providence, but also to sound business operations.
  • ASG Logistics has entered into an agreement with the East Asiatic Company to acquire the logistics operations of the EAC Group in the Far East.
  • Inchcape has signed an agreement with Fuji.
  • Expeditors has experienced a strong 1st quarter of 1999.
Aviation
  • Stop on growth for British Airways. Thanks to its Business Efficiency Program, British Airways posted a reduction of only 7.5% in unit costs in fiscal 1998/1999.
  • Consolidated Freightways is expanding into the airfreight business.
  • The role of the general sales agents will develop in the direction of a general service agent in the future.
  • More than other European carriers, KLM suffers from a cyclical downswing in the past fiscal year.
  • Singapore Airlines proves well prepared for Asia's economic turbulence.
Who is Where
  • Personnel appointments, address changes and other movements in companies and organisations over the five continents.

Traffic Worldweb site
  • "Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace" opened at 5,000 theaters across the country May 19 - right on schedule, thanks to some logistics wizardry at Entertainment Transportation Specialists and Danzas. Because the threat of theft was so high, ETS commissioned an inconspicuous case to carry the seven reels of film per master print; absent were any markings that would show the "Star Wars" creation was inside.
  • The past president of a bar association for the nation's motor carrier attorneys looks upon the Department of Transportation and its Federal Highway Administration as the village rascals, habitually caught doing wrong and each time taking solemn oaths to reform. Attorney James F. Flint said he's heard enough empty words about motor carrier safety from DOT and that it's time for Transportation Secretary Rodney Slater and Federal Highway Administrator Kenneth Wykle to shut down their repetitive public relations machine and take long overdue action to protect the public safety.
  • The Dutch post office always has been slightly ahead of its time, but in 1996 it really gave the rest of the world a reason to sit up and take notice when it paid $1.6 billion to acquire TNT Express Worldwide. That deal started the ball rolling on a consolidation of the freight transportation industry in Europe that has changed the competitive landscape dramatically. And it is still changing. TNT Post Group's CEO sees Europe as a canvas much like the United States 10 years ago. Ten years from now it will be a vastly different picture.
  • The Big Four LTL presidents and CEOs go on the record in a no-holds-barred Traffic World interview. After enduring a 24-day strike in 1994 to win the right to put more freight on the railroads, the Big Four are now in the process of taking freight off the rails and putting it back on the highways because of shoddy rail service. Yellow Freight System's Bill Zollars, Roadway Express's Mike Wickham, ABF Freight System's David Stubblefield and Consolidated Freightways' Patrick Blake explain why over-the-road service is coming back. They also discuss the future of their industry, the Teamsters, rates and services as well as their evolving relationships with the American Trucking Associations and the Motor Freight Carriers Association.
  • Last week it was RPS taking a stab at home delivery. This week Airborne Express is jumping into the home delivery market with both feet by partnering with the U.S. Postal Service to move packages from businesses to consumers' doors. Under the agreement, Airborne will take its customers' freight to the Postal Service's local depots. From there, the Airborne packages become USPS property with the men and women in blue making the final delivery.
  • Shippers in the U.S. will be sought out by the Canadian Industrial Transportation Association for the first time this year to attend the association's annual meeting. It's a sure sign of converging concerns among shippers on both sides of the border about increasing railroad market power as more and more freight is expected to pass over the border. The National Industrial Transportation League is holding up Canada's policy regarding terminal access as a model for improving competition for shippers in the U.S.
  • Technology is speeding paperless trade but it's delivering security headaches for ocean freight companies too. The problem is that while technology speeds up the flow of cargo information, it also stores it in systems that can be accessed by criminals inside and out of freight facilities such as ports. Ironically, the very efficiencies that systems such as EDI bring can increase the risk of cargo losses through theft. Now all a thief needs is a number plate or a PIN number and information that can be obtained through hacking or via an unscrupulous port employee.
  • Viewlocity, which was formed a relatively short 11 weeks ago and only last week received its name, plans to break into the electronic commerce world, first focusing on its primary software product, a software integration application. The company was formed from the combination of Battery Ventures, a Wellesley, Mass.-based venture capital firm specializing in technology companies, and Frontec AB, a Swedish information technology company. Greg Cronin, chief executive officer of the new company, and formerly executive vice president of Manhattan Associates, has hired a number of noted key executives for the new Viewlocity team, including Jeff Cashman, formerly senior vice president of global marketing and alliances for McHugh Software International; Jon Kirkegaard, previously vice president of logistics operations and supply-chain for i2 Technologies; and Paul Lieske, previously vice president of customer services for Manhattan Associates.

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SHIPPING
Maersk estimates that in the third quarter, its revenues grew by 30% percent.
Copenhagen
Sharp gains in EBITDA values and quarterly EBIT
COMPANIES
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
PORTS
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.
TRANSPORTATION
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
MARITIME SERVICES
Spain's Boluda buys Finnish towing company Yxpila Hinaus-Bogsering
Valencia
The Scandinavian company has a fleet of six tugboats
INDUSTRY
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
PORTS
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
SHIPPING
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
INTERMODAL TRANSPORT
GTS doubles the frequency of the intermodal link Piacenza-Nola
Rome
From Monday it will rise from three to six weekly rotations
CRUISES
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
PORTS
New historical record of quarterly traffic of containers in the port of Long Beach
Long Beach
In September the growth stopped
PORTS
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
PORTS
Spinelli will propose a decision to revoke the ruling of the Council of State which cancelled the concession to Genoa Port Terminal
Genoa
SHIPPING
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
PORTS
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".
CUSTOMS
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
PORTS
Oriental Liguria's AdSP lists the benefits of passing Carrara's port under its jurisdiction
The Spezia
PORTS
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.
PORTS
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.
PORTS
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.
SHIPYARDS
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
PORTS
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
PORTS
Work at the cruise terminal in Calata Paita, in the port of Spezia, prevents the arrival of cruise ships
The Spezia
SHIPPING
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
INTERMODAL TRANSPORT
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
PORTS
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
FREIGHT TERMINALS
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.
PIRACY
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.
SHIPPING
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
PORTS
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.
MEETINGS
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.
SHIPPING
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.
PORTS
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
RAILWAY TRANSPORT
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
PORTS
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
PORTS
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
CRUISES
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
RAILWAY TRANSPORT
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
PORTS
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
PORTS
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
PORTS
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
ASSOCIATIONS
Guido Grimaldi confirmed president of the Logistics Association of Sustainable Intermodality
Rome
ALIS celebrates eight years of life
NEWS
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.
INDUSTRY
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
PORTS
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
LOGISTICS
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.
PORTS
Delivery of works for the completion of the port of Tremestieri
Messina
They are expected to be completed in two years
MEETINGS
Spediporto has organized a two-day trip on the Green Logistic Valley and Italy-China trade
Genoa
PORTS
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.
LOGISTICS
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
PORTS
Concern of the Spezia's maritime agents for the possible curb to cruise traffic in port
The Spezia
PORTS
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
PORTS
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.
COMPANIES
Changed Risso enters the capital of Maritime Maritime Agency Ravennate
Ravenna / Genoa
Established a joint venture joint venture
MARITIME SERVICES
Minerva Bunkering has purchased the US Bomin Bunker Oil
Singapore
The American company has been ceded by Germany's Mabanaft
PORTS
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
SHIPPING
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.
RAILWAY TRANSPORT
Ferfreight's proposals for the infrastructural development of the last mile and for the resolution of criticalities
Padova
FREIGHT TERMINALS
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
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
RIVER TRANSPORT
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
Autorità di Regolazione dei Trasporti
Relazione del presidente Nicola Zaccheo
Roma, 18 settembre 2024
››› File
TRUCKING
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
RIVER TRANSPORT
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"
PORTS
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
NEWS
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.
PORTS
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!
SHIPYARDS
VARD will build a Commissioning Service Vessel to Navigate Capital Partners
Trieste / Ålesund
It will be delivered in the second quarter of 2027
RAILWAY TRANSPORT
Liguria, Piedmont, Lombardy, Apulia, Calabria and Liguria have signed up to the Mit.
Rome
The Regions integrate with own resources the state appropriation
ACCIDENTS
Fatal accident in the port of Naples
Naples
A worker lost his life overwhelmed by a mechanical means
ENVIRONMENT
Partnership of Magellan Circle and EETRA to promote sustainability in the port and logistics sectors
INFRASTRUCTURE
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.
SHIPPING
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%
MEETINGS
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
COMPANIES
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
PORTS
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
PORTS
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.
EDUCATION
New training project of Assologistics in collaboration with Randstad Italia
Milan
Creation of a digital platform to facilitate management and fruition of training courses
COMPANIES
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)
PORTS
A strike blocks the ports and airports of Corsica
Ajaccio
Protest against the assumption of entrusting its management through a contest
TRANSPORTATION
The Transport Regulatory Authorities of Italy and France have started a cooperation
Paris / Rome
SHIPPING
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
FREIGHT TERMINALS
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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