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April 11, 2000
Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Tanker master, managers to blame for sinking
    It suffered structural failure due to misjudgement, mishandling
  • Internet venture to offer online services for bulk ocean shipping
  • Japanese maritime agency changes name to Japan Coast Guard
Air and Land Transport
  • Asia's largest airport to open next year
    New Inchon airport will replace Seoul's congested Kimpo Airport for international flights
  • BA planning to start online corporate travel venture
  • IHI to buy Nissan's aerospace unit
  • Aussie PM's Paris trip may boost high speed train project
Features
  • Boosting arbitration service
    With the right people, structures and procedures, cases referred to arbitrators and judges in Singapore should rise

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Tanker master, managers to blame for sinking
    It suffered structural failure due to misjudgement, mishandling
  • Internet venture to offer online services for bulk ocean shipping
  • Japanese maritime agency changes name to Japan Coast Guard
Air and Land Transport
  • Asia's largest airport to open next year
    New Inchon airport will replace Seoul's congested Kimpo Airport for international flights
  • BA planning to start online corporate travel venture
  • IHI to buy Nissan's aerospace unit
  • Aussie PM's Paris trip may boost high speed train project
Features
  • Boosting arbitration service
    With the right people, structures and procedures, cases referred to arbitrators and judges in Singapore should rise

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Tanker master, managers to blame for sinking
    It suffered structural failure due to misjudgement, mishandling
  • Internet venture to offer online services for bulk ocean shipping
  • Japanese maritime agency changes name to Japan Coast Guard
Air and Land Transport
  • Asia's largest airport to open next year
    New Inchon airport will replace Seoul's congested Kimpo Airport for international flights
  • BA planning to start online corporate travel venture
  • IHI to buy Nissan's aerospace unit
  • Aussie PM's Paris trip may boost high speed train project
Features
  • Boosting arbitration service
    With the right people, structures and procedures, cases referred to arbitrators and judges in Singapore should rise

Sched Netweb site
  • Upgrade of Mitsui OSK container service
  • Dalian grows with Oakland
  • Changes for CSX to Puerto Rico
  • No wonder
  • Singaport 2000 proves popular
  • Upgrade for Mitsui OSK
  • Lykes expands in Pacific
  • Fuel surcharge levied
  • More flights to China
  • KLM Cargo leaps ahead
  • DOT urged to allocate more US-China freighter services
  • Dominican airports privatised
  • Schiphol anticipating better times

Cargowebweb site
APRIL 10, 2000
  • Lufthansa to take lead in Star alliances' Thai bid
  • SAirGroup wants a British partner
  • American Selects Dell as Supplier
  • APL records millionth web transaction
  • B2B transport market number 3,231
  • Hoffa to advertise strikes

Exim Indiaweb site
APRIL 10, 2000
  • Customs duty increased on 11 agriculture products
  • AP Moller's '99 profit spurts by 11 pc
  • Cabinet clears way for highways project, dedicated road fund
  • KAFTZ achieves all-time high exports
  • APL records millionth transaction on Website
  • US loses third row in WTO
  • Act amended to standardise quality of imported vanaspati
  • SEZ at Paradip Port mooted
  • Cabinet clears way for law change to impose QRs
  • Apparel exports from Tirupur up 5 pc in Q4
  • Foreign equity limited to tea estates for now
  • Coal sector to be opened
  • Tender documents provided to Devanahalli airport bidders
  • Exporters dismayed as cargo piles up at airports
  • DGFT offices to go paperless by June-end
  • Steel excise norms extension ruled out
  • Eastern Railway surpasses freight target
  • Malaysia keen on setting up JVs for palm oil refining
  • Unloading record at Vizag Port
  • Multimodal Transport Of Goods Act 1993

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
APRIL 10, 2000
  • European market outlook: Soft start in ARA sets short term trend
  • Lukman: OPEC won't necessarily change output figures
  • London Club increases tonnage and maintains quality
  • Singapore market outlook: Bunkers seen at more 'realistic' levels
  • BP Amoco close to deal with Exxon over Arco
  • Daily bunker pricing service for three new ports launched on the Internet
  • Intercepted Russian tanker found containing Iraqi gas oil
  • Oil futures near three-month low as OPEC consider second production rise
  • PDVSA 10-year business plan
  • RINA issues Erika report

Marine Logweb site
APRIL 10, 2000
  • Chiles goes to Keppel for ultra premium jackup
    Chiles Offshore LLC has ordered a KFELS MOD V "B" design, cantilevered jackup drilling rig from Keppel FELS Limited, Singapore. Total construction cost is estimated not to exceed $110.0 million
  • RINA says Erika cracking could have been controlled
    The results of a RINA internal technical investigation indicate that the Erika was presumably lost because an initial crack in the low part of the hull below the water line was misjudged and mishandled, allowing it to develop until the hull broke up eighteen hours later.
  • Cruise industry employees sentenced for Alaska pollution
    A U.S. District Judge in Anchorage, Alaska, last week sentenced Nanne Hogendoorn, Hantje deJong and Dirk Smeenk, for violations of the Clean Water Act. Each was sentenced to two years unsupervised probation and a fine of $10,000. Hogendoorn, Holland America's director of technical operations in Seattle, is the first shore-based cruise industry employee ever sentenced for a criminal violation of the Clean Water Act.

Lloyd's Listweb site
  • Greek anger over Golden Ocean deal
    BENTLEY Investments, the company representing Greek shipowners in the tussle for cash-strapped Golden Ocean Group, is said to be furious with the way it has been temporarily shut out of negotiations with the Bermuda-based operator and its unsecured creditors' committee.
  • High and dry in Bosporus
    TURKISH authorities were accused of high-handed behaviour yesterday by the owners of a containership that ran aground in the Bosporus, writes Janet Porter.
  • Bergesen warns of Norway tax threat
    NORWAY'S largest shipping group Bergesen has warned that an increasing tax burden is endangering the future of ship operations in the Scandinavian country.
  • Gas carrier recovery boosts Skaugen profit
    A STRONG recovery for its gas carrier operations helped Norway's IM Skaugen to a first quarter net profit of $462,000, its first such surplus on an unadjusted basis since the first quarter of 1996.
  • Stavros Soumakis loses seat
    GREECE'S governing socialists have won a record third straight general election, but minister of merchant marine Stavros Soumakis was one of the high-profile losers as a lacklustre election campaign climaxed with the tightest vote in memory.
  • Green study for 'erotic gherkin' plan
    KVAERNER and Swiss Re, which want to redevelop the site of the former Baltic Exchange in London, have pre-empted the government and decided to go ahead and carry out an environmental study of the site.
  • Helmepa chief signals expansionist agenda
    PETER Livanos has said that the Hellenic Marine Environment Protection Association, Helmepa, will look to boost its membership in Greece as well as continue to develop its co-operation with like-minded bodies abroad under his leadership.
  • Safmarine sees off .com cybersquatter
    SAFMARINE has won an important case against a cybersquatter which was trying to use the carrier's name in a website address, writes Janet Porter.

Fairplayweb site
APRIL 10, 2000
  • PCB-contaminated boxes not wanted at Vancouver
  • Novorossiysk 'unsafe' after 26 pilots sacked
  • HDW chief warns EC on subsidies
  • Gijon unveils $225M expansion plan
  • Shougang posts $39M loss on $4 ABC sale
  • TotalFina slammed over Erika pollution
  • Sea Containers to invest in Italy
  • Kværner Masa sale frozen 'for a year'
  • La Spezia overnight curfew lifted
  • Lower Saxony frustrated by port battle
  • Philippines privatises port dredging
  • Arbitrator approves Vancouver trucker deal
  • Coal imports will put pressure on Indian ports
  • Eurotunnel claims market leadership
  • Thyssen hit by solidarity strike
  • More French choose cruise holidays
  • German ports demand cut in pilotage fees
  • Canada plans tough new immigration laws
  • RINA distances itself from master's blame
  • Bulker collides with jetty at Wallaroo

The Journal of Commerceweb site
Home
  • Users: Latin ports are improving, but more progress is needed
  • Hyde bill doesn't excite Congress
  • JoC WEEK to debut in early June
  • Airborne Freight Co. reports change in accounting
  • Mitsubishi in talks on possible tie-up with Boeing
  • Protesters arrested at dawn of world finance meetings
  • Marex.com aligns with freight logistics service
  • U.S. carrier buys 2,000 wireless devices to reach drivers
Logistics
  • Rail freight grows but pace slowing
  • Pentimonti to head Pacer
  • US airlines urge lawmakers to provide money for Customs
  • FedEx-shipped cargo of ecstasy seized
Maritime
  • UPS ocean consolidation expands menu of services
  • Class society blames ship master for 'Erika' spill
  • Environmental group opposes locks, declares Mississippi 'endangered river'

The Journal of Commerceweb site
Home
  • Users: Latin ports are improving, but more progress is needed
  • Hyde bill doesn't excite Congress
  • JoC WEEK to debut in early June
  • Airborne Freight Co. reports change in accounting
  • Mitsubishi in talks on possible tie-up with Boeing
  • Protesters arrested at dawn of world finance meetings
  • Marex.com aligns with freight logistics service
  • U.S. carrier buys 2,000 wireless devices to reach drivers
Logistics
  • Rail freight grows but pace slowing
  • Pentimonti to head Pacer
  • US airlines urge lawmakers to provide money for Customs
  • FedEx-shipped cargo of ecstasy seized
Maritime
  • UPS ocean consolidation expands menu of services
  • Class society blames ship master for 'Erika' spill
  • Environmental group opposes locks, declares Mississippi 'endangered river'

The Journal of Commerceweb site
Home
  • Users: Latin ports are improving, but more progress is needed
  • Hyde bill doesn't excite Congress
  • JoC WEEK to debut in early June
  • Airborne Freight Co. reports change in accounting
  • Mitsubishi in talks on possible tie-up with Boeing
  • Protesters arrested at dawn of world finance meetings
  • Marex.com aligns with freight logistics service
  • U.S. carrier buys 2,000 wireless devices to reach drivers
Logistics
  • Rail freight grows but pace slowing
  • Pentimonti to head Pacer
  • US airlines urge lawmakers to provide money for Customs
  • FedEx-shipped cargo of ecstasy seized
Maritime
  • UPS ocean consolidation expands menu of services
  • Class society blames ship master for 'Erika' spill
  • Environmental group opposes locks, declares Mississippi 'endangered river'

Antwerpse Lloyd n.v.web site
APRIL 8, 2000
  • Atlantique Nord: une rationalisation qui s'avère délicate
    Depuis plusieurs mois, on annonce comme imminente la grande rationalisation sur le secteur de l'Atlantique Nord et régulièrement, la nouvelle tant attendue est reportée de quelques semaines. Tout se joue actuellement entre le groupe Grand Alliance et Americana Ships, et indirectement avec les deux partenaires MOL et APL, qui louent des slots à bord des unités de Lykes Lines. Les négociations dans lesquelles ils sont engagées semblent particulièrement ardues, puisqu'elles se poursuivent toujours. Aux dernières nouvelles, on annonçait une conclusion pour ce vendredi, mais rien n'était moins sûr. Il faudra encore patienter.
  • SJ Gods et DB Cargo signent un accord de coopération
    Alors qu'on attendait plutôt un accord entre les départements marchandises des chemins de fer danois et allemand (en fait Railion Benelux du fait de la joint-venture avec NS Cargo), c'est un accord de coopération entre DB Cargo et les chemins de fer suédois SJ Gods qui vient d'être conclu.
  • Sabena: la croissance du trafic passagers est supérieure à la moyenne européenne
    Au cours des trois premiers mois de l'année 2000, la Sabena a transporté au total 2.374.231 passagers, soit une hausse de 12,8% par rapport à la même période de l'an dernier. La compagnie déclare que cette croissance est supérieure à la moyenne européenne et qu'elle a été réalisée dans un environnement économique plus difficile.
  • Unitra a déposé le bilan
    La société Unitra (Hamme), a été déclarée en faillite par le tribunal de commerce de Dendermonde. L'entreprise employait une quarantaine de personnes. Elle avait été rachetée en novembre dernier par Geert Verbeke , qui exploite un terminal à containers à Willebroek. Unitra avait subi depuis lors une baisse des activités, entre autres en raison de l'arrêt des transports internationaux. Un curateur a été nommé.

Marine Linkweb site
APRIL 10, 2000
Maritime Contract News
  • Keppel FELS clinches $110M rig order
Breaking News
  • Chilean Navy Rescues Ailing French Rower
  • French Politician Vows To Sue TotalFina Over Erika Mishap
  • Sembawang Kimtrans Close To Securing Contract
  • RINA Report Spreads Blame In Ship's Loss
  • London Club increases tonnage

Marine Linkweb site
APRIL 10, 2000
Maritime Contract News
  • Keppel FELS clinches $110M rig order
Breaking News
  • Chilean Navy Rescues Ailing French Rower
  • French Politician Vows To Sue TotalFina Over Erika Mishap
  • Sembawang Kimtrans Close To Securing Contract
  • RINA Report Spreads Blame In Ship's Loss
  • London Club increases tonnage

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The National Retail Federation has strongly condemned Trump's tariff policy.
Washington
New tariffs will impact goods in the coming weeks
Mulino proposes the Panamanian state's entry into the consortium interested in acquiring Panama Ports Company.
Panama
Supreme Court verdict on concession contract pending
Container shipping company ONE's quarterly results worsen
Container shipping company ONE's quarterly results worsen
Singapore
In the April-June period, revenues decreased by -4% and net profit dropped by -89%.
Accidents to dock workers occur equally frequently on board ships as on land.
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings reports record performance for the April-June quarter
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings reports record performance for the April-June quarter
Miami
Bookings reached an unprecedented level
Paolo Piacenza has been appointed extraordinary commissioner of the Port Authority of the Southern Tyrrhenian and Ionian Seas.
Rome/Genoa/Gioia Tauro
DB Cargo records declines in turnover and rail freight volumes
Berlin
In the first six months of this year, shipments totaled 82.9 million tons (-10.8%)
In the second quarter, container traffic in the port of Genoa fell by -2.8% while in Savona-Vado it grew by +76.3%
Genoa
In the Ligurian capital, the transhipment share decreased, while the Savona port benefited.
Fincantieri records strong growth in half-year financial performance and new orders
Rome
In the first six months of 2025, orders totaled 14.7 billion euros (+93.5%)
In the second quarter, naval traffic through the Suez Canal decreased by -6.2%
In the second quarter, naval traffic through the Suez Canal decreased by -6.2%
Cairo
1,248 tankers (-2.7%) and 1,826 other types of vessels (-8.5%) passed through
CMA CGM's net profit fell by 140% in the second quarter.
Marseille
Revenues stable. The French shipping group is interested in acquiring Hutchison Ports' terminals.
Royal Caribbean closes second quarter with record net profit
Miami
The April-June period was very positive
Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern announced a merger agreement today.
Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern announced a merger agreement today.
Omaha/Atlanta
First coast-to-coast cargo rail network
Gurrieri resigns as Special Commissioner of the Eastern Adriatic Sea Port Authority
Trieste
The atypical reverse charge for the logistics sector will become applicable tomorrow
Milan
Ruggerone (Assologistica): one of the most strategic reforms we helped build is being implemented
Policy brief on cyber threats that pose risks to port infrastructure
Tallinn
It was developed by the NATO Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence
Interferry urges the EU Commission to harmonize its shipping decarbonization regulations with those of the IMO
Victoria
Failure to align - the association warned - will force shipping companies to pay twice for emissions.
In the second quarter of 2025, Chinese seaports handled 79.1 million containers (+6.1%)
Beijing
Total freight traffic was three billion tons (+3.3%), of which 1.3 billion tons were with foreign countries (+1.9%).
CK Hutchison announces plans to include a Chinese investor in the consortium to sell Hutchison Ports
Hong Kong
Without the participation of the COSCO shipping group, China would not authorize the sale
Sri Lanka's Supreme Court has awarded compensation of $1 billion over the X-Press Pearl accident.
Sri Lanka's Supreme Court has awarded compensation of $1 billion over the X-Press Pearl accident.
Columbus
The container ship caught fire and sank near the port of Colombo
The Greek government sends a tugboat to the Red Sea to assist ships that may be attacked by the Houthis.
The Greek government sends a tugboat to the Red Sea to assist ships that may be attacked by the Houthis.
Piraeus
The AHTS "Giant" is leaving
Saipem and Subsea7 have signed a binding merger agreement.
Saipem and Subsea7 have signed a binding merger agreement.
Milan/Luxembourg
The transaction is expected to close in the second half of 2026.
In the second quarter, the port of Valencia handled over 1.5 million containers (+4.0%)
Valencia
Containers arriving and departing are increasing. Transhipment is declining.
In the first half of 2025, the amount of new orders to Chinese shipyards fell by -18.2%
Beijing
A decrease of -3.5% in new construction completed in the period was recorded
In the second quarter of 2025, freight traffic in the port of Trieste grew by +3.7%
Trieste
Bulk cargo increased. Miscellaneous cargo fell by 13.2%.
CMA CGM and TotalEnergies form joint venture for LNG bunkering in the Port of Rotterdam.
Marseille
Agreement to supply 360,000 tons of liquefied natural gas per year to the French group's ships
In the second quarter of 2025, freight traffic in Spanish ports decreased by -4.7%
Madrid
All the main product categories are decreasing except for conventional goods
Brookfield Asset Management to sell 49% of British port group PD Ports to Spain's Pontegadea
Middlesbrough
The English company has over 1,400 employees
In the quarter April-June, freight traffic in the port of Rotterdam decreased by -2.3%
In the quarter April-June, freight traffic in the port of Rotterdam decreased by -2.3%
Rotterdam
The port authority is alarmed by the state of crisis in the national industry.
The electrification of the docks in the ports of Livorno, Piombino and Portoferraio is proceeding according to plan.
Third dock for cruise traffic in the port of Catania
Catania
Pier 25's restyling completed
Another quarter of decline in freight traffic at the port of Algeciras
Algeciras
In the period April-June, containers amounted to 1.24 million TEUs (+1.0%)
A new tax applied to cruise passengers disembarking in national ports came into force today in Greece.
Athens
Belgian rail freight company Lineas receives €61 million government loan
Brussels
The measure was approved last night by the restricted council of ministers
ERTMS installation completed on 1,400 kilometers of Italian railway network
Rome
The project is financed with 2.5 billion euros from PNRR funds.
Wärtsilä's quarterly financial and commercial results are positive.
Helsinki
The Marine Electrical Systems division will be sold to the Italian company VINCI Energies.
In the port of Barcelona the number of cruise terminals will be reduced from seven to five
In the port of Barcelona the number of cruise terminals will be reduced from seven to five
Barcelona
The mayor: For the first time in history, a limit is placed on the growth of cruises in the city.
MSC and Moby have presented their commitments to meet the AGCM's requirements.
Rome
Shipping Agencies Services will sell its 49% stake in Moby, waiving the consideration in favor of the majority shareholder. Moby commits to completely repaying its debt to SAS.
Fincantieri confirms its interest in the development of American shipbuilding
Fincantieri confirms its interest in the development of American shipbuilding
Washington
Folgiero: Commitment to deliver next-generation capabilities in full alignment with U.S. strategic priorities
The Chamber of Deputies has approved the appointment of four presidents of Italian Port System Authorities.
Rome
The names proposed for the Port System Authorities of the Southern Adriatic, Central-Northern Tyrrhenian, Western Liguria, and Eastern Liguria have been approved. Voting on the Northern Tyrrhenian Authority has been postponed.
Information exchange between state administrations for the digitalization of the maritime sector begins
Rome
The first operational meeting at the Coast Guard General Command in Rome
The Clean Maritime Fuels Platform suggests measures to support the production and distribution of clean marine fuels
COSCO Shipping Ports sets new monthly and quarterly container traffic records
Hong Kong
In the period April-June, 29.4 million TEUs were handled (+4.5%)
Sharp increase in cases of seafarers abandoning their ships
London
2,286 crew members from 222 ships involved as of early 2025
Global freight traffic saw strong growth in the first quarter of this year in anticipation of new tariffs
Global freight traffic saw strong growth in the first quarter of this year in anticipation of new tariffs
Geneva
North America saw the strongest quarterly growth in imports
In the port of Antwerp-Bruges containers and rolling stock are increasing and other types of goods are decreasing
Antwerp
Traffic congestion continues at the airport, with the situation on the landside becoming critical
A study denounces the delay of European ports in equipping themselves with cold ironing facilities.
Brussels/Pozzallo
The tender to electrify the docks of the port of Pozzallo has begun.
T&E proposes to include more non-EU transhipment ports to avoid carbon leakage
Brussels
The association calls on the EU Commission to reduce the current threshold of 65% of transhipment traffic
Federlogistica urges the immediate establishment of a control room on tariffs
Genoa
The aim is also to eliminate extra costs caused by bureaucracy.
Containerized cargo handled through the port of Singapore fell by 2.9% in the second quarter.
Singapore
Last May, ship transits through the Suez Canal decreased by -6.8%
Last May, ship transits through the Suez Canal decreased by -6.8%
Cairo
The negative trend continued in June and early July
Terminal operators are not at all satisfied with a policy that seems to have no interest in ports
Rome
Cognolato: It is essential to close the ongoing trials on several fronts.
The largest ship ever to dock at Cagliari's Porto Canale at the MITO terminal.
Milan
The container ship "MSC Venice" with a capacity of 16,652 TEU arrived yesterday
On 5 and 6 November in Lisbon a summit called by the ILA against automation in the maritime and port sector
On 5 and 6 November in Lisbon a summit called by the ILA against automation in the maritime and port sector
North Bergen/Metzingen
South Korean HD Hyundai, together with German NEURA Robotics, will develop and test welding robots in shipyards
The toll of the horrific attack on the bulk carrier Eternity C in the Red Sea is still uncertain.
Mandaluyong/London/Brussels
Joint statement by ICS, BIMCO, European Shipowners, Intercargo and Intertanko
In the first half of 2025, bulk cargo increased and general cargo decreased in the port of Marseille-Fos
Marseille
Cruise passengers increase by +5%
The Senate has approved the framework law on interports
Rome
UIR, gives the Italian interport system a modern, orderly and coherent regulatory framework
Carlo De Ruvo was elected president of Confetra
Rome
Among the challenges, the uncontrolled expansion of large logistics groups and their concentration
In the second quarter, DIS' time charter revenues fell by -37.1%.
Luxembourg
Net income was $19.6 million (-70.5%)
Wista Italy denounces the exclusion of women from the nominations of port authority presidents.
Milan
Musso: The glass ceiling that prevents women from accessing leadership roles remains.
Austrian Rail Cargo Group is focusing on the development of the Sommacampagna-Sona intermodal terminal.
Vienna
Ten-year agreement
In the second quarter, maritime traffic in the Bosphorus Strait decreased by -6.0%
Ankara
18.1% decline in ships over 200 metres in length
Fifty kilos of cocaine seized at the port of Civitavecchia
Rome
They were hidden inside a reefer container arriving from Ecuador
Trump has eliminated tariff exemptions for low-cost goods for all nations.
Washington
Goods with a value of less than $800 will also be subject to the tax.
Viking Mira was launched at Fincantieri's Ancona shipyard
Trieste
The multi-role frigate "Emilio Bianchi" was delivered to the Muggiano shipyard
The Port Authority of the Central-Northern Adriatic Sea has obtained EMAS registration
Ravenna
Certifies commitment to environmental management and sustainability
MSC Cruises reduces emissions with the support of an energy transition plan
Geneva
The 2024 Sustainability Report has been presented
DSV reports strong growth in financial and operating results thanks to the acquisition of Schenker
Hedehusene
Quarterly record in air and ocean shipment volumes
In 2024, the Fratelli Cosulich group's revenues increased by +12.8%
Genoa
Operating result down by -31.7%
In the second quarter of this year, Finnlines' revenues decreased by -5.0%.
Helsinki
Net profit of 26.1 million euros (+7.7%)
Container traffic in the Port of New York remained stable in the April-June quarter.
New York
An increase of +4.9% was recorded in the first half of 2025
The Chamber of Deputies approves the appointment of the presidents of five Port System Authorities.
Rome
They are Davide Gariglio, Francesco Rizzo, Eliseo Cuccaro, Francesco Benevolo and Giovanni Gugliotti
Latrofa appointed extraordinary commissioner of the Port Authority of the Central-Northern Tyrrhenian Sea
Rome
Ministerial decree signed
The PNRR tender for interports has been reopened.
Rome
Resources available amounting to 2.2 million euros
Port of Livorno: Workers are the priority in the LTM crisis
Livorno
UPS's quarterly earnings performance declines
Atlanta
Net income in the April-June quarter was $1.28 billion (-8.9%)
Approval for the 2025 budget variation of the Southern Tyrrhenian and Ionian Sea Port Authority.
Gioia Tauro
500 thousand euros for the 49% share held by the Port Agency company
FHP Group acquires the remaining 10% stake in Lotras
Milan/Foggia
The integration between Lotras and CFI Intermodal will begin to create FHP Intermodal.
OITAF scientific document on good practices in the logistics and transport of fresh fruit and vegetables
Milan
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
The Northern Tyrrhenian Sea Port Authority has joined the PLIKA
Livorno
Platform dedicated to training, innovation and knowledge sharing in the logistics and port sectors
Matteo Paroli's nomination as president of the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority has been signed.
Rome
He has a degree in law and a specialization in administrative law.
Container throughput increases in Haropa Port, while bulk cargo decreases.
Le Havre
In the first half of this year, containers were 1.51 million TEUs (+4%)
Bureau Veritas reports a 9.8% quarterly increase in revenues in the Marine & Offshore segment
Courbevoie
Kalmar and Konecranes increase new orders in the April-June quarter
Helsinki
The turnover of the two Finnish companies is slightly increasing
Container traffic in the port of Barcelona fell by 12.2% in the second quarter.
Barcelona
Assiterminal threatens a new wave of appeals against regulations it believes are damaging to port operations
Genoa
2M Logistics signs an agreement with Salerno-based Gallozzi
Barendrecht
The Dutch company will represent GF Logistics, a subsidiary of the Italian group, in the Benelux region.
Swiss company Kuehne+Nagel's quarterly profits fell
Schindellegi
In the period April-June of this year, net turnover grew by +1.7%
Yang Ming orders three 8,000 TEU container ships from Nihon Shipyard and Imabari Shipbuilding
Keelung/Imabari
Contract valued at $351.3-394.5 million
Egypt's first automotive terminal has come into operation at Port Said East.
East Port Said
It can accommodate two car carriers at the same time
Italia Nostra reiterates its strong concerns about the construction of the Fiumicino-Isola Sacra port.
Rome
European maritime cities, destinations for cruise tourism - the association highlights - denounce the phenomenon of over-tourism in the cruise sector
Tepsa has acquired a liquid bulk terminal in the port of Rotterdam.
Singapore/Rotterdam
It was sold by Global Energy Storage Holdings
The Spinelli Group has approved its 2024 sustainability report.
Genoa
Of the company's 616 direct employees, 49% are under the age of 50.
In the second quarter of this year, cargo traffic in Turkish ports grew by +1.6%
Ankara
Cargoes to and from Italy amounted to 12.7 million tons (+10.1%)
Extension of the Simplified Logistics Zone for Genoa Ports and Dry Ports to the Savona, Vado Ligure, and Bergeggi areas.
Genoa
Approval from the ZLS Steering Committee
Isotta Fraschini Motori has inaugurated a new production line for hydrogen fuel cell systems in Bari.
Trieste
They will be used for naval and land solutions
The Grande Shanghai , the Grimaldi Group's first ammonia-ready car carrier, has been christened.
Naples
It has a load capacity of 9,000 CEUs.
The Port of Genoa, FILT, and UILT have declared a five-day strike at the Bettolo Terminal.
Genoa
Fit Cisl Liguria expressed solidarity with the workers
The tender for the dredging of the commercial dock basin at the port of Ancona has been published.
Ancona
The removal of approximately 730 thousand cubic meters of sediment is planned
Tender for the restoration and enhancement of docks 32 and 33 in the Deep Sea Zone of the port of Savona
Genoa
An investment of over 6.7 million euros is expected
There are 1,100 workers in Palermo directly employed in the seaside tourism sector
Palermo
This year, cruise traffic is expected to grow by 9.4% in the port of the Sicilian capital.
Six-month growth of +9% in freight on the St. Petersburg-India/China maritime route
Fly
FESCO operates six vessels in the service
Port of Trieste: Special Commissioner Gurrieri under investigation for money laundering
Trieste
I am certain - he declared - that I can demonstrate that I acted legally, in full transparency.
Vard signs new contract for the construction of two CSOVs
Trieste
The vessels will be used to support operations in the offshore wind sector
UIR welcomes the publication of the tender for the digitalization of the logistics chain.
Rome
Di Caterina (ALIS): a concrete tool that enhances the needs of businesses and strengthens the logistics system
GNV celebrated its first ten years of activity on the Italy-Albania route
Durres
During the period, the company's ships carried over 1.25 million passengers
A shipment of over 1.2 tons of marijuana was seized at the port of Gioia Tauro.
Reggio Calabria/Catanzaro
Members of a criminal organization that imported drugs from South America through European ports and airports have been arrested.
Yang Ming orders Hanwha Ocean to build seven 15,000 TEU dual-fuel containerships
Keelung
They will be delivered between 2028 and 2029
Walden to sell healthcare logistics business to Yusen Logistics
Paris
Exclusive negotiations announced
Solinas (Sardinian Action Party) is not at all satisfied with the state of Sardinian ports
Cagliari
The immediate establishment of a special commission is urged
ANSI welcomes the introduction of the information dashboard for managing private procurement contracts in logistics.
Rome
D'Angelo: it will allow the country to take another step forward
Russo (Confcommercio): excluding road transport from the PNRR funding was shortsighted.
Rome
First bulletin from the Freight Insights Observatory produced by the National Center for Sustainable Mobility
ABB Group posts sharp growth in quarterly financial and business performance
Zurich
In the period April-June the value of new orders grew by +16.0%
Informal consultations have begun on the preliminary proposal for the new Ancona Port Master Plan.
Ancona
Eleven meetings scheduled for July
Program agreement for preparatory and functional interventions for the construction of the bridge over the Strait of Messina
Rome
It was signed today in Rome
Project to develop an ecological station for the treatment of wastewater from ships
Naples
Initiative of the Neapolitan Group of the Cenere and Iello Landing
Assiterminal urges against bringing sediment from the Bagnoli dredging project into the port of Naples.
Genoa
Cognolato and Ferrari: It is essential to safeguard the full functionality of the commercial port's activities.
Container traffic at the Port of Long Beach fell 3.4% in the second quarter.
Long Beach
A decline of -16.4% was recorded in June
Paolo Pessina has been appointed vice president of Conftrasporto-Confcommercio.
Rome
He is president of the national federation of maritime agents and brokers
Container traffic in the port of Hong Kong decreased by -8.2% in the second quarter
Hong Kong
A decrease of -13.7% was recorded in June
Cuneo-based logistics company Nord Ovest is seeing growing financial results.
Wedge
Construction work on a new depot in Mondovì will be completed in early 2026.
Container traffic at the Port of Los Angeles grows driven by fears of new tariffs
Los Angeles
June saw the highest volume ever recorded for this month
The Management Committee of the Sardinia Sea Port Authority has adopted the DPSS
Cagliari
Green light for the concession to MITO and the appeal against the rejection of Olbia's dredging project.
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
Confindustria event on the sea economy in Rome on July 15th
Rome
The public meeting of the International Containers Studies Center will be held in Genoa on July 2nd
Genoa
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Why Malta is objecting to a new price cap on Russian oil
(timesofmalta.com)
US has its eye on Greek ports
(Kathimerini)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Intervento del presidente Tomaso Cognolato
Roma, 19 giugno 2025
››› File
Three events in Genoa for three new Explora Journeys cruise ships.
Genoa
A technical launch, a coin laying and the cutting of the first sheet metal were carried out at the Fincantieri shipyard
Grimaldi sells 5% of Terminal Darsena Toscana to Livorno Port Company
Naples/Livorno
Option to purchase an additional 5% of the share capital
Matteo Gasparato appointed president of the Northern Adriatic Sea Port Authority
Rome
He was appointed extraordinary commissioner of the same port authority
Concession agreement signed that assigns management of the port of Tartous to DP World
Damascus
It has a lifespan of 30 years
Meeting in Rome between the heads of ESPO and Assoporti
Rome
Among the topics addressed, the competitiveness of European ports in the current global context
Chinese airline OOCL reports quarterly decline in scheduled service revenues
Hong Kong
Cargo transported by the company's ships is increasing
Collaboration between the Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority and the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority
Rome
Agreement with an initial duration of five years
Survey in Germany on the prospects of companies in the maritime, port and shipbuilding sectors
Hamburg
Shipowners are more concerned. Positive prospects for ports and shipyards.
Port of Augusta: Work begins on a third bridge connecting the island to the mainland.
Augusta
Work worth over 20 million euros
Vard signs contract with InkFish for new research vessel
Trieste
The deal is worth more than 200 million euros.
1.1 billion euros will be invested in the port of Hamburg to strengthen the container sector
Hamburg
Improving accessibility and port infrastructure in the Waltershofer Hafen area
Meyer Turku delivered the new Star of the Seas cruise ship to Royal Caribbean
Turku
It has a gross tonnage of 250,800 tons
ESPO calls for increased funding for ports under the next EU Multiannual Financial Framework
Brussels
The CEF programme funds have proven to be far from sufficient
Fincantieri delivers the new Oceania Allura cruise ship to Oceania Cruises.
Miami/Trieste
Two additional Sonata-class ships have been converted into orders.
Uniport: Bringing debris from Bagnoli to the port of Naples would postpone long-awaited dredging.
Rome
Legora de Feo: It's necessary to find alternative solutions.
Taiwanese companies Evergreen, Yang Ming and WHL saw sharp declines in quarterly revenues.
Keelung/Taipei
In the period April-June it fell by -18.7%, -26.5% and -8.6% respectively
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