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BRIEFS
June 12, 1999
Sched Netweb site
  • Yellow expands in the US
  • Farrell reshuffles management
  • Freight rise to boost Yangming
  • Cast cuts Europe coverage
  • Contship cuts Australasia-Med capacity
  • Long Beach exports climb
  • AEX ship sets productivity record

Cargowebweb site
JUNE 11, 1999
  • MSAS to work for Sony Computer Displays
  • FastShip, Inc. Selects Nassco to build fleet
  • Heineken with Internet-based planning
  • Contract Northwest and Teamsters
  • Delmas with weekly sailings between Europe and South Africa

Exim Indiaweb site
JUNE 11, 1999
  • Special Import Licences - By T.N.C. Rajagopalan
  • Fiscal '99 heralds impressive industrial recovery: CMIE
  • OOCL enhances service network in Australia
  • Naphtha exports on cards
  • Kandla Port's record spree runs unabated
  • EEPC buyer-seller meet at Calcutta helps generate $ 50 m business
  • Firm to build 50 ship-breaking units in TN
  • MoST asks Malaysian consortium to review its terms for road projects
  • IICL reefer course proves to be a hit Down Under
  • Sugar import curb under study: Barnala
  • Garment exporters seek stable, long-term policy
  • CII to organise 'Made in India' expo in Tanzania
  • 'Ban on rubber imports mars quality export products'
  • India set to ink long-term crude pact with Iraq
  • Seminar feels need to exploit software products export market in Gulf
  • Saharanpur-ICD commissioned

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
JUNE 11, 1999
  • Internet Bunker Enquiry Centre hits the magic USD 10 million mark
  • Piraeus prices surge due to refinery snag- normal operations resuming shortly
  • EC declares surprise probe into BP Amoco-Arco deal
  • Russia plans to cut oil exports by increasing refining
  • NWE and ARA bunkers, is this a price bubble?
  • Mediterranean IFO's still below ARA, some prompt tightness in Piraeus
  • Middle East markets this week, somewhere in the 80's
  • Pan-African market review
  • US Gulf: Tighter or not?
  • This week's markets in the Americas - from South to North

Cargonews Asiaweb site
JUNE 7, 1999
  • Port Klang expects record throughput
  • ATI forecast US$1.4m up
  • Seoul eyes North, South trades
  • China rejig for New World
  • DCL's Pole vault
  • Alliance redeploys transpacific duo
  • Forecast good from HKLSA
  • Reshuffle for Evergreen

Lloyd's Listweb site
  • Balkan road to recovery
    Freight transport and shipping to the Balkans is set to boom in the next decade, experts are predicting as the estimated $100bn reconstruction of the region gets under way.
  • Knighthood for Clydeside apprentice
    A FORMER Clydeside shipyard apprentice has won a knighthood in this year's queen's birthday honours list, writes David Osler.
  • David Cobb heads Queen's list
    CHAMBER of Shipping immediate past president David Cobb has been named as a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in this year's Queen's birthday honours list.
  • Fear of future wasteland
    ROLF Sæther, director general of the Norwegian Shipowners' Association, is predicting that, unless profitability improves soon, the shipping industry in the next millennium will be reduced to a pitiable wasteland abandoned by people as well as capital.
  • Danish plea for tonnage tax
    Danish shipowners want to see a tonnage tax in place by next January.
  • Heavy Lift
    SmitTak's giant crane Taklift 1 edges under Blackfriars Bridge in London on the last part of its journey from the Netherlands. The lifting gear will be used for the installation of a huge Ferris wheel on the south bank of the River Thames as part of the capital's millennium celebrations.

Fairplayweb site
JUNE 11, 1999
  • Typhoid passengers sue P&O
  • Almskog meets Van Miert over Warnow Werft
  • PZM shows signs of financial recovery
  • Damages claim at Malta's free port
  • Philippines settles STWC certificate dispute
  • New mechanised bulk port for Orissa
  • China Merchants takes major stake in Shekou
  • Marc Saverys becomes Wah Kwong chairman
  • Canadian Wheat Board slammed for radio ads
  • Venezuela cruise port to open in December
  • Dibden Bay application in one month
  • Sea Containers profits to remain strong
  • Mauritius Freeport seeks customers
  • Dongyong launches three-port service

The Journal of Commerceweb site
Home
  • Congested skies reign in Europe
  • Shippers cool to software that identifies glitches
  • Supporters of bill allowing heavier trucks hope to avoid fight with railroads
  • Maersk and Rail Van create intermodal joint venture
  • Overseas Shipholding says it's paying lower price for four new Aframax tankers
  • UPS and Motorola set to announce $100 million technology investment
  • Coast Guard to test Y2K with APL and Arco in Long Beach and Los Angeles
  • US imposes anti-dumping duties on Japanese steel
  • Three top ILA officials in New York charged with taking kickbacks
  • ACS Logistics promotes two...
  • ...and Circle International names two new division vice presidents
  • Bonds will pay for new road, new rail connection at Port of Beaumont
  • Pfastship Logistics unveils its latest software package
  • Logistics company that helps make Volkswagen's new Beetle eyes US market
Transportation
  • Internet revives logistics database system two years after its failure
  • Talks with Ex-Im Bank head off asset seizure
  • Improved ties to China pave way to global markets
  • New container to carry ancient cargo
  • Carrier rebounds as pilot row ends
  • Innovator prizes perishables work
Maritime
  • Cutting container dwell time isn't 8-t0-5 job on West Coast
  • Surge in intermodal expected
  • Shippers: TACA revisions fall short
  • Caterpillar generates container interest
  • Carriers move to rid CFCs from machines
  • Port strives to serve perishables industry

The Journal of Commerceweb site
Home
  • Congested skies reign in Europe
  • Shippers cool to software that identifies glitches
  • Supporters of bill allowing heavier trucks hope to avoid fight with railroads
  • Maersk and Rail Van create intermodal joint venture
  • Overseas Shipholding says it's paying lower price for four new Aframax tankers
  • UPS and Motorola set to announce $100 million technology investment
  • Coast Guard to test Y2K with APL and Arco in Long Beach and Los Angeles
  • US imposes anti-dumping duties on Japanese steel
  • Three top ILA officials in New York charged with taking kickbacks
  • ACS Logistics promotes two...
  • ...and Circle International names two new division vice presidents
  • Bonds will pay for new road, new rail connection at Port of Beaumont
  • Pfastship Logistics unveils its latest software package
  • Logistics company that helps make Volkswagen's new Beetle eyes US market
Transportation
  • Internet revives logistics database system two years after its failure
  • Talks with Ex-Im Bank head off asset seizure
  • Improved ties to China pave way to global markets
  • New container to carry ancient cargo
  • Carrier rebounds as pilot row ends
  • Innovator prizes perishables work
Maritime
  • Cutting container dwell time isn't 8-t0-5 job on West Coast
  • Surge in intermodal expected
  • Shippers: TACA revisions fall short
  • Caterpillar generates container interest
  • Carriers move to rid CFCs from machines
  • Port strives to serve perishables industry

The Journal of Commerceweb site
Home
  • Congested skies reign in Europe
  • Shippers cool to software that identifies glitches
  • Supporters of bill allowing heavier trucks hope to avoid fight with railroads
  • Maersk and Rail Van create intermodal joint venture
  • Overseas Shipholding says it's paying lower price for four new Aframax tankers
  • UPS and Motorola set to announce $100 million technology investment
  • Coast Guard to test Y2K with APL and Arco in Long Beach and Los Angeles
  • US imposes anti-dumping duties on Japanese steel
  • Three top ILA officials in New York charged with taking kickbacks
  • ACS Logistics promotes two...
  • ...and Circle International names two new division vice presidents
  • Bonds will pay for new road, new rail connection at Port of Beaumont
  • Pfastship Logistics unveils its latest software package
  • Logistics company that helps make Volkswagen's new Beetle eyes US market
Transportation
  • Internet revives logistics database system two years after its failure
  • Talks with Ex-Im Bank head off asset seizure
  • Improved ties to China pave way to global markets
  • New container to carry ancient cargo
  • Carrier rebounds as pilot row ends
  • Innovator prizes perishables work
Maritime
  • Cutting container dwell time isn't 8-t0-5 job on West Coast
  • Surge in intermodal expected
  • Shippers: TACA revisions fall short
  • Caterpillar generates container interest
  • Carriers move to rid CFCs from machines
  • Port strives to serve perishables industry

Antwerpse Lloyd n.v.web site
JUNE 11, 1999
  • Lloyd Triestino opte pour MSC comme partenaire sur l'Afrique de l'Ouest et du Sud
    Est-ce le fait que l'armement SCL, avec lequel il collaborait sur la route entre la Méditerranée et l'Afrique de l'Ouest et du Sud, a été repris par Mærsk Line ou qu'il lui était difficile, via cette collaboration, de s'imposer dans les trafics au départ de l'Europe du Nord, toujours est-il que Lloyd Triestino, filiale d'Evergreen, a changé son fusil d'épaule et opté sur cette liaison pour une collaboration sous forme de location de slots avec Mediterranean Shipping Cy (MSC).
  • La crue des eaux coûte des millions à la navigation rhénane
    Suite à la crue des eaux, la navigation fluviale sur le Rhin supérieur est confrontée à un manque à gagner qui se chiffre en centaines de millions. Depuis plus d'un mois, la navigation est pratiquement paralysée entre Karlsruhe et Bâle. Le niveau des eaux se situe tantôt au-dessus, tantôt en-dessous du "Marke II", le niveau qui détermine l'interdiction de navigation.
  • Philippe Trépant: "Auto-Oil va provoquer la fermeture de raffineries en Europe"
    Philippe Trépant, président de l'Union française des Industries pétrolières, s'attend à ce que la réduction de la pollution et le programme "Auto-Oil" vont provoquer un assainissement dans le secteur du raffinage, assainissement qui ne s'est jamais réellement produit ces trente dernières années. Cela aura un impact important sur le transport, entre autres au niveau du rallongement des distances à parcourir pour la distribution des produits pétroliers. Il ne croit pas, toutefois, que cela provoquera un transfert modal. Par contre, il prévoit que la pression du marché sur les prestataires de service - dont le transport - pour qu'ils continuent à abaisser le "point mort" (ou point d'équilibre), restera grande.
  • La mise en tunnel du deuxième accès ferroviaire au port d'Anvers serait la pire des solutions
    Le gouvernement flamand a récemment confirmé une décision d'avril 1998 concernant le deuxième accès ferroviaire au port d'Anvers, à savoir l'option de sa mise en tunnel. Tant du point de vue technique que financier, c'est assurément la plus mauvaise solution. De plus, étant donné l'extrême complication des travaux, il est quasiment certain que les travaux ne pourront pas commencer avant 2001 et encore moins être terminés pour 2005. On parle même de 2008.

International Transport Journalweb site
JUNE 11, 1999
Feature
  • The port interface. The role of ports in the global supply chain formed the background to discussions at TOC 99 in Genoa this year.
Maritime
  • End of duty free. Duty free sales will definitely be abolished from July 1, after a recent decision by the EU heads of state.
  • Maersk and SCL announce their new Europe-South America schedule.
  • Evergreen will restructure and expand its Northeast Asia-Australia service in July.
  • Delmas now offers weekly links between Europe and West Africa.
  • CSCL's "Cape Race" makes its first call at Felixstowe.
  • Contship offers a link between Nhava Sheva and the US east coast.
  • CSAV takes over a majority shareholding in Montemar.
  • Viewpoint: Sagitta sees some progress being made in the MIF's road-to-sea concept.
Ports and Terminals
  • CT has been chosen to help plan the new Port Said container terminal.
  • PSA is holding informal talks with the port of Sines in Portugal.
  • The Pusan terminal concession is awarded to Hyundai.
  • The Tanjung Pelepas port project in Malaysia is ahead of schedule.
  • The APAA plans to launch four new shortsea services.
  • Rotterdam starts trials with a new barge centre at Waalhaven.
Intermodal
  • The old market structure of European rail goods traffic is starting to break up, according to Ralf Jahncke of Transcare.
  • NS and CSX finally complete their division of Conrail's network.
  • New publications: European Intermodalism - a market study; EU Transport Policy; new FTA International Manual.
Aviation
  • Continental: goal Europe. Continental Airlines has launched flights to Zurich for the first time as part of its future European network.
  • Wilhelm Althen of Lufthansa Cargo, which kept its leading position in 1998, reveals his strategies for the future, including the "td." products.
  • CAI had a disappointing first quarter with higher losses.
  • Calendar of events: ACI's ninth general meeting in Geneva. KLM and Alitalia divide up South America between them.

International Transport Journalweb site
JUNE 11, 1999
Feature
  • The port interface. The role of ports in the global supply chain formed the background to discussions at TOC 99 in Genoa this year.
Maritime
  • End of duty free. Duty free sales will definitely be abolished from July 1, after a recent decision by the EU heads of state.
  • Maersk and SCL announce their new Europe-South America schedule.
  • Evergreen will restructure and expand its Northeast Asia-Australia service in July.
  • Delmas now offers weekly links between Europe and West Africa.
  • CSCL's "Cape Race" makes its first call at Felixstowe.
  • Contship offers a link between Nhava Sheva and the US east coast.
  • CSAV takes over a majority shareholding in Montemar.
  • Viewpoint: Sagitta sees some progress being made in the MIF's road-to-sea concept.
Ports and Terminals
  • CT has been chosen to help plan the new Port Said container terminal.
  • PSA is holding informal talks with the port of Sines in Portugal.
  • The Pusan terminal concession is awarded to Hyundai.
  • The Tanjung Pelepas port project in Malaysia is ahead of schedule.
  • The APAA plans to launch four new shortsea services.
  • Rotterdam starts trials with a new barge centre at Waalhaven.
Intermodal
  • The old market structure of European rail goods traffic is starting to break up, according to Ralf Jahncke of Transcare.
  • NS and CSX finally complete their division of Conrail's network.
  • New publications: European Intermodalism - a market study; EU Transport Policy; new FTA International Manual.
Aviation
  • Continental: goal Europe. Continental Airlines has launched flights to Zurich for the first time as part of its future European network.
  • Wilhelm Althen of Lufthansa Cargo, which kept its leading position in 1998, reveals his strategies for the future, including the "td." products.
  • CAI had a disappointing first quarter with higher losses.
  • Calendar of events: ACI's ninth general meeting in Geneva. KLM and Alitalia divide up South America between them.

International Transport Journalweb site
JUNE 11, 1999
Feature
  • The port interface. The role of ports in the global supply chain formed the background to discussions at TOC 99 in Genoa this year.
Maritime
  • End of duty free. Duty free sales will definitely be abolished from July 1, after a recent decision by the EU heads of state.
  • Maersk and SCL announce their new Europe-South America schedule.
  • Evergreen will restructure and expand its Northeast Asia-Australia service in July.
  • Delmas now offers weekly links between Europe and West Africa.
  • CSCL's "Cape Race" makes its first call at Felixstowe.
  • Contship offers a link between Nhava Sheva and the US east coast.
  • CSAV takes over a majority shareholding in Montemar.
  • Viewpoint: Sagitta sees some progress being made in the MIF's road-to-sea concept.
Ports and Terminals
  • CT has been chosen to help plan the new Port Said container terminal.
  • PSA is holding informal talks with the port of Sines in Portugal.
  • The Pusan terminal concession is awarded to Hyundai.
  • The Tanjung Pelepas port project in Malaysia is ahead of schedule.
  • The APAA plans to launch four new shortsea services.
  • Rotterdam starts trials with a new barge centre at Waalhaven.
Intermodal
  • The old market structure of European rail goods traffic is starting to break up, according to Ralf Jahncke of Transcare.
  • NS and CSX finally complete their division of Conrail's network.
  • New publications: European Intermodalism - a market study; EU Transport Policy; new FTA International Manual.
Aviation
  • Continental: goal Europe. Continental Airlines has launched flights to Zurich for the first time as part of its future European network.
  • Wilhelm Althen of Lufthansa Cargo, which kept its leading position in 1998, reveals his strategies for the future, including the "td." products.
  • CAI had a disappointing first quarter with higher losses.
  • Calendar of events: ACI's ninth general meeting in Geneva. KLM and Alitalia divide up South America between them.

International Transport Journalweb site
JUNE 11, 1999
Feature
  • The port interface. The role of ports in the global supply chain formed the background to discussions at TOC 99 in Genoa this year.
Maritime
  • End of duty free. Duty free sales will definitely be abolished from July 1, after a recent decision by the EU heads of state.
  • Maersk and SCL announce their new Europe-South America schedule.
  • Evergreen will restructure and expand its Northeast Asia-Australia service in July.
  • Delmas now offers weekly links between Europe and West Africa.
  • CSCL's "Cape Race" makes its first call at Felixstowe.
  • Contship offers a link between Nhava Sheva and the US east coast.
  • CSAV takes over a majority shareholding in Montemar.
  • Viewpoint: Sagitta sees some progress being made in the MIF's road-to-sea concept.
Ports and Terminals
  • CT has been chosen to help plan the new Port Said container terminal.
  • PSA is holding informal talks with the port of Sines in Portugal.
  • The Pusan terminal concession is awarded to Hyundai.
  • The Tanjung Pelepas port project in Malaysia is ahead of schedule.
  • The APAA plans to launch four new shortsea services.
  • Rotterdam starts trials with a new barge centre at Waalhaven.
Intermodal
  • The old market structure of European rail goods traffic is starting to break up, according to Ralf Jahncke of Transcare.
  • NS and CSX finally complete their division of Conrail's network.
  • New publications: European Intermodalism - a market study; EU Transport Policy; new FTA International Manual.
Aviation
  • Continental: goal Europe. Continental Airlines has launched flights to Zurich for the first time as part of its future European network.
  • Wilhelm Althen of Lufthansa Cargo, which kept its leading position in 1998, reveals his strategies for the future, including the "td." products.
  • CAI had a disappointing first quarter with higher losses.
  • Calendar of events: ACI's ninth general meeting in Geneva. KLM and Alitalia divide up South America between them.

International Transport Journalweb site
JUNE 11, 1999
Feature
  • The port interface. The role of ports in the global supply chain formed the background to discussions at TOC 99 in Genoa this year.
Maritime
  • End of duty free. Duty free sales will definitely be abolished from July 1, after a recent decision by the EU heads of state.
  • Maersk and SCL announce their new Europe-South America schedule.
  • Evergreen will restructure and expand its Northeast Asia-Australia service in July.
  • Delmas now offers weekly links between Europe and West Africa.
  • CSCL's "Cape Race" makes its first call at Felixstowe.
  • Contship offers a link between Nhava Sheva and the US east coast.
  • CSAV takes over a majority shareholding in Montemar.
  • Viewpoint: Sagitta sees some progress being made in the MIF's road-to-sea concept.
Ports and Terminals
  • CT has been chosen to help plan the new Port Said container terminal.
  • PSA is holding informal talks with the port of Sines in Portugal.
  • The Pusan terminal concession is awarded to Hyundai.
  • The Tanjung Pelepas port project in Malaysia is ahead of schedule.
  • The APAA plans to launch four new shortsea services.
  • Rotterdam starts trials with a new barge centre at Waalhaven.
Intermodal
  • The old market structure of European rail goods traffic is starting to break up, according to Ralf Jahncke of Transcare.
  • NS and CSX finally complete their division of Conrail's network.
  • New publications: European Intermodalism - a market study; EU Transport Policy; new FTA International Manual.
Aviation
  • Continental: goal Europe. Continental Airlines has launched flights to Zurich for the first time as part of its future European network.
  • Wilhelm Althen of Lufthansa Cargo, which kept its leading position in 1998, reveals his strategies for the future, including the "td." products.
  • CAI had a disappointing first quarter with higher losses.
  • Calendar of events: ACI's ninth general meeting in Geneva. KLM and Alitalia divide up South America between them.

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FROM THE HOME PAGE
The IMO MEPC has decided to postpone the vote on the shipping decarbonisation strategy by one year.
London/Brussels
Kazakhstan (ICS): Industry needs clarity. T&E, there's a risk that the agreement, even if adopted in a year, won't enter into force before 2030.
ESPO welcomes the EU Parliament's recognition of the role of ports in strengthening mobility and military resilience.
Brussels
Ryckbost: We hope that these points will be reflected in the final compromise text.
PSA Genova Pra' terminal authorized to accommodate two 400-meter container ships simultaneously
Genoa
Yesterday the "COSCO Shipping Taurus" and "Evelyn Maersk" moored, both 20,000 TEU vessels.
Salvini, the port reform aims to create a national port network capable of overcoming fragmentation
Rome
The relaunch of an integrated vision of the planning and programming of all port investments is foreseen
Port of Los Angeles Sets New All-Time Quarterly Container Traffic Record
Los Angeles
Port authorities are concerned about the impact of new taxes on Chinese ships and cranes.
HMM invests $2.8 billion in the construction of 12 13,000 TEU containerships and two VLCCs
Seoul
The ships will be delivered by April 2029
Filt Cgil, concerned about the TAR ruling on self-production in the port of Salerno.
Pirate attacks on ships increased by 37% in the third quarter
Pirate attacks on ships increased by 37% in the third quarter
Kuala Lumpur
The Singapore Straits region remains at high risk
Appointments of Port Authority presidents and port reform remain stalled, according to port operators at La Spezia.
Appointments of Port Authority presidents and port reform remain stalled, according to port operators at La Spezia.
La Spezia
A heavy brake - they underline - on the principles of participation, transparency and control provided for by the current legislation
In Indonesia, two accidents on the same ship at the same shipyard cause 14 deaths.
Batam
This morning a second explosion on the FSO "Federal II"
South Korea's Hanwha Ocean has been implicated in the trade war between the US and China.
Beijing
Beijing also took countermeasures against five US subsidiaries of the shipbuilding group
Port of Singapore set new all-time container throughput record in third quarter
Singapore
By weight, however, this cargo volume recorded a decrease of -1.8%.
Green fuel producers support IMO's shipping decarbonization strategy
London
The importance of introducing incentives for green e-fuels was underlined
In August, freight traffic in the ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado increased by +2.5% thanks to the increase in bulk cargoes
Genoa
Various goods fell by 14.4%. The Spediporto Conference
The US threatens retaliation against states that vote to approve the Net-Zero Framework.
Washington
"Our fellow IMO members," Rubio, Wright, and Duffy warned, "should be warned."
Wallenius Wilhelmsen: New US port tax on car carriers is higher than expected.
Oslo
From tomorrow they will rise to 46 dollars per net ton
USTR announces heavy tariffs on port cranes and other handling equipment made in China
Washington
100% additional tariffs on ship-to-shore port cranes
Salvini reassures the port of Livorno of the additional resources needed for the new Darsena Europa.
Chinese taxes on US ships effective October 14
Chinese taxes on US ships effective October 14
Beijing
Beijing's response to the taxes that will be imposed on Chinese ships calling at American ports
In the third quarter of this year, cargo traffic in Turkish ports grew by 4.6%.
Ankara
Volumes with Italy increased by +7.3%, with a sharp increase in containers (+32.2%)
Taiwanese Evergreen, Yang Ming and WHL saw sharp declines in quarterly revenue
Taipei/Keelung
In the period July-September, decreases of -36.7%, -42.2% and -35.7% were recorded
ASA, ECSA, ICS, WSC, ITF, IAPH and IBIA call for approval of the Net-Zero Framework
Brussels
Only global standards - they underline - will be able to decarbonise a global industry.
Zanetti (Confitarma): ensure the competitiveness of the Italian armaments industry with support tools suited to the sector
Rome
In the second quarter, freight traffic in the ports of Naples and Salerno recorded drops of -5.3% and -3.2%
Naples
Cruise passengers on the rise
New US tariffs will have a strong impact on containerized imports into the US in the coming months
Washington
National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates forecasts
In 2024, freight transported by rail by the Spanish company RENFE Mercancías decreased by -12.0%.
Madrid
The financial year ended with a net loss of -32.2 million euros
ZIM will not apply surcharges for new US taxes on Chinese vessels
Haifa
The new US tariffs will take effect on October 14th.
ABB sells its robotics division to SoftBank Group Corp. for $5.4 billion
Zurich/Tokyo
ABB Robotics employs approximately 7,000 people
Federlogistica calls for acceptance and implementation of the regulation on waiting times for heavy vehicles.
Genoa
Falteri: essential protection for the regularity, safety, and economic sustainability of road haulage companies.
Ten European rail associations call for acceleration of TEN-T network completion
Brussels
The need to ensure sufficient funding for the implementation of interoperable systems at European level was highlighted
SAAM Towage to Complete Acquisition of Entire Share Capital in Colombia's Intertug
Santiago
An agreement was signed to obtain the remaining 30%
Last August, the Suez Canal was crossed by 1,070 ships (-3.3%)
Last August, the Suez Canal was crossed by 1,070 ships (-3.3%)
Cairo/Ismailia
In the first eight months of 2025, maritime traffic fell by -9.4%
Port of Salerno: Work resumes to complete the "Porta Ovest"
Naples/Rome
Cuccaro appointed special commissioner of the Central Tyrrhenian Port Authority. Annunziata resigns.
Renewal of concession for Croatian shipyard Iskra Shipyard
Sebenico
The naval-mechanical plant will be expanded to an area of 11,000 square meters
In August, freight traffic in the port of Ravenna grew by +10.9%
Ravenna
Bulk cargo is on the rise. Miscellaneous cargo is on the decline.
Federlogistica has established its own representation in the Iberian Peninsula
Genoa
It will support Italian entrepreneurs operating in Spain
Boluda acquires Royal Boskalis' towage and salvage operations in Australia and Papua New Guinea.
Valencia
Transaction valued at $640 million
ESPO urges IMO States to formally adopt the Net-Zero Framework
Brussels
The association also urges the EU Commission to align European standards
The Port of Los Angeles plans to build a new container terminal.
Los Angeles
Invitation to submit expressions of interest
In the third quarter, Italy's connection index to the global containerized maritime services network grew by +2.7%.
In the third quarter, Italy's connection index to the global containerized maritime services network grew by +2.7%.
Geneva
The most significant growth in PLSCI was recorded by the port of Savona-Vado Ligure (+53.7%)
ONE will not charge surcharges for new US taxes on Chinese ships
Singapore
They will be applied starting from October 14th
Fincantieri and Aeronautical Service sign agreement for the use of composite materials in the naval, civil, and military sectors.
Trieste
Genoa Port Terminal concession renewal approved until 2054
Genoa
The terminal's operating conditions have been redefined, bringing them back to the multipurpose function, in compliance with the ruling of the Council of State and the PRP
PSA Italia-Logtainer and Rail Hub Milano-Medlog have submitted offers to manage the Interporto Padova intermodal terminal.
Padua
Cargo traffic in Chinese seaports increased by 4.5% last month.
Beijing
Containers amounted to 27.7 million TEUs (+6.8%)
The Netherlands is referring to the Court of Justice of the European Union the question of whether to entrust seafarers or dock workers with the lashing operations on smaller container ships.
In the second quarter, container traffic handled by Eurokai terminals grew by +16.4%
Hamburg
Significant growth of 16.1% in Germany. In Italy (Contship), volumes increased by 5.2%.
China enacted regulation in response to US taxes on Chinese-owned and -built vessels
Beijing
The new rules include the possibility of introducing similar countermeasures
New attack on ships transiting the Gulf of Aden
Southampton
UKMTO announced that a fire broke out on a vessel hit by a shell
Carnival closes its best quarter ever
Carnival closes its best quarter ever
Miami
The American cruise group announces a further strengthening of the growth trend in bookings
Marella Cruises sells Fincantieri slots for two new cruise ships to TUI Cruises.
Hannover/Trieste
With a gross tonnage of 160,000 tons, they will be larger than the units originally planned
GNV-Portitalia bridge agreement on lashing operations in the ports of Palermo and Termini Imerese
Palermo
The direct intervention of the AdSP commissioner Tardino was crucial - explain Filt, Fit and Uilt
HMM will not introduce surcharges for new US taxes on Chinese ships
Seoul
The company will not modify scheduled services that stop in the United States
GATX Rail Europe signs sale-leaseback agreement with DB Cargo to purchase 6,000 railcars
Vienna
The transaction will be completed by the end of this year.
In the second quarter of 2025, freight throughput at the port of Bremen/Bremerhaven increased by +6.0%
In the second quarter of 2025, freight throughput at the port of Bremen/Bremerhaven increased by +6.0%
Bremen
Miscellaneous cargo is growing. Bulk cargo is declining.
India launches nearly $8 billion package to support its shipbuilding and maritime sectors
New Delhi
Shipyard production capacity expected to increase to 4.5 million gross tonnage per year
In the second quarter of this year, freight traffic in French ports fell by -0.4%.
Paris
Dry bulk and rolling bulk trades are declining. Container and liquid bulk trades are growing.
Antin Infrastructure Partners to acquire UK's leading marina operator
Paris/London/New York
It will take over ownership from British private equity firm LDC
Royal Caribbean agrees with Meyer Turku to build Icon ships for a decade
Miami
Order confirmed for a fifth Icon cruise ship and option placed on a seventh unit of the same series
Maersk announces it will not apply surcharges for new US tariffs on Chinese vessels
Copenhagen
The company assures that it will not make any changes to its services
Cochin Shipyard and KSOE enter into strategic collaboration in shipbuilding sector
New Delhi
The creation of approximately two thousand direct jobs is expected
DHL will resume freight shipments from Germany to the United States for corporate customers.
Bonn
They had been suspended due to the removal in the USA of the "de minimis" threshold for goods with a value of less than 800 dollars.
World Business Council for Sustainable Development Statement in Support of the IMO Net-Zero Framework
Ancona: Tax fraud in the shipbuilding sector
Ancona
Over €2.3 million in non-existent tax credits seized
CMA CGM buys British rail freight operator Freightliner
Birmingham
The transaction will be completed in early 2026
Containerized cargo at the port of Algeciras decreased by -9.4% last month
Algeciras
The 20-foot containers handled were 399 thousand (-0.7%)
Italferr participates in Europe's largest railway electrification contract
Rome
Activities within the Rail Baltica project
Freight traffic increased in the ports of Barcelona and Valencia in August
Barcelona/Valencia
In the first eight months of 2025, decreases of -1.6% and -0.3% respectively were recorded
In the June-August quarter, FedEx express courier revenues increased by +3.1%
Memphis
An average of 16.8 million express shipments were handled per day (+3.5%)
Breakthrough in the exploratory tunnel of the Brenner Base Tunnel
Milan/Rome
At 64 kilometers, it will be the longest underground railway connection in the world.
Tender launched for privatization of Croatian shipyard 3. MAJ Rijeka 1905
Zagreb
The starting bid is 6.66 million euros.
To decarbonize, shipping should join forces with other hard-to-abate sectors
London
This is highlighted by a report by Accelleron which believes that a critical mass of demand is necessary to overcome a stalemate phase.
Piacenza: The port of Gioia Tauro aims to handle seven million containers by 2029.
Genoa
Transhipment - he underlined - represents an essential gateway for international goods into the national market.
Arkas Line's new direct service connects the Eastern Mediterranean and Italy with West Africa.
Izmir
It will be held on a weekly basis
Assocostieri urges revitalization of the national bunkering sector
Genoa
Among the proposals, making it possible to use barges as floating storage facilities for alternative fuels
The Ministry of Transport has requested an agreement for Consalvo to become president of the Eastern Adriatic Port Authority.
Rome/Trieste
Fedriga: The Friuli Venezia Giulia Region will express its agreement
Federmar-Cisal proposes a new distribution of the tonnage tax benefits
Rome
Pico: For maritime personnel, financial recognition is not always proportionate to the essential role they play
P&O Maritime Logistics completes acquisition of controlling stake in NovaAlgoma Cement Carriers
Lugano
Obtained the necessary regulatory approvals
Fatal accident in the port of Ravenna
Ravenna
A 67-year-old truck driver lost his life at the Sapir terminal.
A Norwegian delegation visits the Northern Tyrrhenian Port Authority
Livorno
ABB's quarterly financial performance shows sharp growth
Zurich
In the period July-September the value of new orders increased by +11.6%
Fratelli Neri buys two tugboats produced by Egypt's Misr Tugboats Factory
Ismailia
They will be taken into delivery in the first quarter of 2026
COSCO Shipping Ports Sets New Quarterly Container Traffic Record
Hong Kong
In the period July-September, 29.8 million TEUs were handled (+3.6%)
Container traffic in the port of Hong Kong fell by -9.2% in the third quarter
Hong Kong
A 16.3% drop was recorded in September
Port of Civitavecchia appoints members of the Marine Resources Partnership Body
Civitavecchia
He will remain in office for four years
New quarterly record for container traffic handled by CMPort port terminals
Hong Kong
New highs recorded both in China and at overseas ports
CMA CGM to order six feeder containerships from Cochin Shipyard
Kochi
Order worth approximately 300 million dollars
Efficient solutions for the port launching of floating wind turbines are being studied in France
Trondheim/Brest
Agreement between the Norwegian BOA and the port of Brest
Augusta Due has acquired a second new tanker built by Fujian Southeast Shipbuilding Co.
Rome
It has a capacity of 18,590 deadweight tons.
IRU, CLECAT, ESC and GCCA oppose binding targets for demand for zero-emission trucks
Brussels
They ask to focus instead on creating favorable conditions for operators to be able to use them.
Marialaura Dell'Abate is the new president of Confitarma's Young Shipowners' Group.
Rome
In the third quarter, cargo traffic in Russian ports grew by +4%
St. Petersburg
Only import loads are decreasing
Matteo Caiti appointed country manager for Italy at Forto
Milan
The goal is to consolidate growth on the Italian market
DP World to build and operate multimodal terminal in Uzbekistan
Dubai
Joint venture with Tashkent Invest
Confitarma welcomes Senate approval of simplification measures for the maritime transport sector.
Rome
A rapid approval in the Chamber is also hoped for
Applications for rail freight transport incentives are now open.
Rome
From today the requests to access the Ferrobonus
The maritime, port and logistics sector asks the Ministry of Transport for clarification on the regulation on waiting times for loading and unloading goods
Rome
A dialogue was called to determine the identification of correct application indications of the law
Four icebreakers for the U.S. Coast Guard will be built in Finland.
Washington
Agreement signed by Presidents Donald Trump and Alexander Stubb
PSA International wins the "Best Singapore Investor in Italy" award.
Genoa
It was awarded by the Italian Chamber of Commerce in Singapore
The Italian Navy's Olterra ship was launched in Genoa.
Genoa
It is the first military project built by the T. Mariotti shipyard
The first ferry owned by the Sicilian Region launched in Palermo
Palermo
Folgiero: Revitalization of the Sicilian shipyard as part of Fincantieri's new industrial plan
In the third quarter, containers carried by OOCL vessels increased by +0.7%
Hong Kong
Accentuation of the reduction in revenues which fell by -25.9%
Assologistica approves new rules on pallet exchange
Rome
Approved by the Senate, the text passes to the Chamber of Deputies
Offshore wind farm in the port of Augusta ready in two or three years
Palermo
Di Sarcina: We are confident in a rapid allocation of the planned resources, amounting to approximately 50 million euros.
In the Netherlands, a self-driving vessel has been authorised to sail outside a restricted area.
Rotterdam
German company Helsing acquires Blue Ocean Monitoring
London
Australian company builds self-driving submarines
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
The decree designating the port of Taranto as a national offshore wind hub has been made official.
Taranto
Gugliotti: Unlock resources for modernizing and upgrading port areas
One of two injured sailors from vessel attacked in Gulf of Aden dies
Amsterdam/London
Dominquez (IMO): Strong condemnation of any type of attack against ships
Salvini met with the deputy CEO of the Turkish terminal operator Yilport.
Rome
At the centre of the meeting was the dredging of the port of Taranto.
The Logistics & Sea Academy has equipped itself with new simulators for operating ships, tugboats, trains and port cranes
Venice
Investment of four million euros
Giovanni Punzo, founder and president of CIS - Interporto Campano for thirty years, has died.
Nola
Among the founders of Italo, the first private Italian operator on the high-speed rail network
The new two-masted ro-ro ship Neoliner Origin will arrive in Livorno tomorrow.
Vado Ligure
It has a capacity of 1,200 linear meters of rolling stock
The refinancing of the Setramar group's capital structure has been completed.
Ravenna
Merli: a crucial step in our growth journey
Liguori's term as head of the Trieste Port Authority has been extended.
Rome
Confirmed in the role of extraordinary commissioner of the institution
Agreement to complete electrification work on the docks at the port of Gioia Tauro
Gioia Tauro
The 70 million euro investment to complete the project has been confirmed.
A Maersk delegation at the Grendi Group's container terminal in Cagliari's Porto Canale.
Milan
At the centre of the debate is the development of traffic towards North Africa
Geodis appoints Maurizio Bortolan as CEO for Italy
Milan
It will coordinate the three business lines Contract Logistics, Freight Forwarding and Road Transport
Port of Livorno: Protests over Gaza must not block operations.
Livorno
The members of the Partnership Body highlighted the need for it to be accessible to all vessels
GNV, agreement with Sicilian terminal operator Portitalia is positive.
Genoa
The company specified that the aim was exclusively to temporarily supplement the tariffs.
Two days of work with ESPO in Rome on the Mediterranean and European ports
Rome
Meetings organized by Assoporti
In 2024, 112 million counterfeit items were seized in the European Union.
Brussels
Record estimated value of 3.8 billion euros
Strikes and protests in ports, request for information from the Guarantor
Rome
Request for information from prefects, port authorities, and port authorities
Danaos Corporation has ordered two 7,165 TEU containerships from Dalian Shanhaiguan.
Athens
They will be taken into delivery in the third quarter of 2027
In the second quarter, freight traffic on the Austrian rail network fell by -1.4%.
Vienna
Only domestic traffic is growing
ALS (FBH Group) has acquired 80% of Trans World Shipping and Moda Express of USA.
Rozzano
The two companies have 500 employees and are active in Italy, France, the United Kingdom and the United States.
Circle's revenue increased by 62.1% in the first half of 2025
Milan
Net profit of over 1.0 million euros (+1.8%)
A Ukrainian delegation hosted by the Northern Tyrrhenian Sea Port Authority
Livorno
Cooperation in the field of training and safety at work in ports
The EIB is financing Phase A of Genoa's new breakwater with €300 million.
Luxembourg
The total investment is 937 million euros
This summer, GNV ships carried 1.7 million passengers (+9%)
Valencia
In the next few days the company will take delivery of "GNV Virgo", the first LNG-powered vessel
The project for the expansion, safety improvements, and extraordinary maintenance of the port of Pozzallo has been presented.
Pozzallo
It provides for the construction of the breakwater arm
Fincantieri delivers the new Star Princess cruise ship to Princess Cruises
Monfalcone
It has a gross tonnage of 177,800 tons and a capacity of 4,300 passengers.
A seminar on the new law on interports will be held in Milan on October 2nd.
Milan
It is organized by the Chamber of Commerce of Padua
Filt Cgil calls on port administrators and businesses to join the action against the Palestinian massacre.
Rome
This burden – the union highlighted – cannot be placed solely on the shoulders of dock workers.
The agreement between the Italian Merchant Marine Academy Foundation and the NATO Center in La Spezia has been renewed.
Genoa
The collaboration signed in 2023 has been confirmed
Fischer & Rechsteiner and Gimax International acquire BCUBE's Freight Forwarding business.
Genoa
The completion of the transaction is expected in the next few days
Fermerci outlines a dramatic scenario for the European rail freight transport sector
Rome
Rizzi: There is a real risk of a shift towards exclusively road transport.
Sogedim opens a new branch in Modena
Mesero
Initially, the activity will be dedicated exclusively to UK export traffic and will then extend to other European markets.
Eni completes the sale of a 30% stake in the Baleine project in Ivory Coast to Vitol.
San Donato Milanese
The field was discovered in 2021 and production started in 2023
The new PCTC Grande Svezia has joined the Grimaldi Group's fleet.
Naples
It has a maximum capacity of 9,000 ceu
The Cagliari City Council approves its opinion on the Sardinian Ports Development Plan.
Cagliari
Green light unanimously
The railway sector contributes 1.4% of the European Union's GDP.
Brussels
Study commissioned by CER
In the port of Naples, the Coast Guard has detained the bulk carrier Tanais Dream.
Naples
Serious irregularities found on board
Agreement to accelerate the implementation of robotics in Fincantieri's production processes
Trieste
It was signed with the Friulian Idea Prototipi
Sergio Liardo is the new general commander of the Port Authority Corps - Coast Guard
Rome
He takes over from Admiral Nicola Carlone
DBA to supply new Terminal Operating System for Georgia's Batumi Port
Villorba
The project includes all phases of development, testing and operational testing
Attack on a ship in the Gulf of Aden
Portsmouth
The captain reported hearing an impact in the water and an explosion
Danilo Ricci has been appointed managing director of Tarros Line.
La Spezia
He has held various positions in Italy and abroad within the group
Permanent discussion table between Confindustria Nautica and Federagenti
Genoa
This is provided for in an agreement signed today in Genoa
In the first half of 2025, cruise traffic in Italian ports grew by +6%
Venice
The twelfth edition of Italian Cruise Day will be held in Catania on October 24th.
SAL Heavy Lift buys two semi-submersible vessels from Pan Ocean
Hamburg
They were built in 2008 and 2012
30% of Sangritana Cargo will be acquired by the Marche-based company Transadriatico
The Eagle
The sale will be completed in the next few days
The eighth edition of "A Sea of Switzerland" will be held in Lugano on October 6th.
Lugano
Forum on economic and logistical integration between Ligurian ports, the Northwest manufacturing area, and Switzerland
Assoporti will meet at RemTech EXPO 2025 to discuss the green transition in Italian ports.
Ferrara
The Smart Ports Award was awarded to three Port System Authorities
DEME orders new cable-laying vessel from Singapore-based PaxOcean
Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht
It will be built in the Chinese shipyard of Zhoushan
The first shipment of Syrian oil in 14 years arrives at the port of Trieste.
London
Part of the cargo - S&P Global Commodity Insights reports - was unloaded at the Sardinian terminal of Sarroch
In August, freight traffic in the port of Taranto grew by +20.3%
Taranto
The ferry "Drea" was also rejected by the Apulian port, where however it is temporarily stopped
Container traffic at the Port of Los Angeles remained stable in August.
Los Angeles
Volumes expected to decline in the remainder of 2025
Meeting between the port authorities of Jacksonville and Livorno
Livorno
Among the objectives, to start one or more direct services between the two ports
Italian State Railways and ENAC sign an agreement for the use of drones in infrastructure monitoring.
Rome
They will also be used to fly over sections of the railway and road network that would otherwise be difficult to monitor.
A.SPE.DO, the port of La Spezia is essential to ensuring employment, development, and a future for the local economy.
La Spezia
Landolfi: We cannot afford to underestimate its value.
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
A seminar on the new law on interports will be held in Milan on October 2nd.
Milan
It is organized by the Chamber of Commerce of Padua
The eighth edition of "A Sea of Switzerland" will be held in Lugano on October 6th.
Lugano
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Foreign firms to operate 3 terminals under Ctg Port for up to 30 years; deals by December
(The Business Standard)
We'II Rebuild Apapa, Tin-Can Ports In 48 Months - Dantsoho
(Leadership)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Intervento del presidente Tomaso Cognolato
Roma, 19 giugno 2025
››› File
The MIT meets with the heads of the Italian AdSPs
Rome
Meeting on the government's strategic vision for the sector and port reform
Yang Ming orders Hanwha Ocean Co. to build seven 15,880 TEU container ships
Keelung
They will be delivered between 2028 and 2029
Over 40 expressions of interest have been received for the development of the Ukrainian port of Chornomorsk.
Kiev
Today the first meeting of the tender commission
The first commercial ship is expected at the public dock in Largo Trattaroli in Ravenna.
Ravenna
The car carrier "AICC Huanghu" is coming soon
Assiterminal's Terminal Road Show is starting
Genoa
Cognolato: We want to strengthen our ties with local communities and territories.
Container traffic at the Port of Long Beach decreased by 1.3% last month.
Long Beach
Empty containers are increasing. Full containers are decreasing.
Assoporti, the Italian ports' cruise offerings presented at the Seatrade Europe fair.
Hamburg
Giampieri: We are leaders in the Mediterranean area and in Europe
Commander Claudio Tomei, USCLAC president from 2012 to 2024, has passed away.
Viareggio
His strong commitment to improving the working conditions of Italian seafarers
In the first quarter of 2025, cargo traffic in Greek ports grew by +1.4%
Piraeus
Passengers down by -1.1%
HD Hyundai Samho Orders Four New Container Ships
Seoul
Order worth approximately 468 million dollars
Trieste: Fraudulent bankruptcy in the shipbuilding sector
Trieste
Investigation into a company based in Palermo
Container traffic in the port of Hong Kong fell by 7.4% in August.
Hong Kong
In the first eight months of 2025 the decline was -3.8%
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