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November 21, 2000
Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • ICS stresses increasing role of class societies
    [SINGAPORE] Classification societies are needed now more than ever, said the secretary general of the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) Chris Horrocks.
  • Star Cruises chief quits; HKSE listing postponed
  • P&O Nedlloyd reports higher Q3 earnings
Air and Land Transport
  • S&P downgrades Air NZ's credit rating
    [WELLINGTON] Air New Zealand Ltd's credit rating was cut to below investment grade by Standard & Poor's Corp on concern about its debt burden and delays in absorbing newly-acquired Ansett Holdings Ltd.
  • Probe faults tail-control device for Alaska Airlines crash
  • Eurostar annual deficit at 1.5b francs
  • China to build high-speed rail link
  • Amtrak pinning its hopes on Acela to help achieve self-sufficiency
Features
  • Up to task of handling a 15,000-TEU box ship?
    ACCORDING to Eike Lehmann, chairman of the Society of Shipbuilding Technology in Hamburg, the question is not whether, but when the much-discussed 12,000-TEU container ships will really be built and commissioned. This is also important with regard to the planning of new deep sea ports or the expansion of existing ones.

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • ICS stresses increasing role of class societies
    [SINGAPORE] Classification societies are needed now more than ever, said the secretary general of the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) Chris Horrocks.
  • Star Cruises chief quits; HKSE listing postponed
  • P&O Nedlloyd reports higher Q3 earnings
Air and Land Transport
  • S&P downgrades Air NZ's credit rating
    [WELLINGTON] Air New Zealand Ltd's credit rating was cut to below investment grade by Standard & Poor's Corp on concern about its debt burden and delays in absorbing newly-acquired Ansett Holdings Ltd.
  • Probe faults tail-control device for Alaska Airlines crash
  • Eurostar annual deficit at 1.5b francs
  • China to build high-speed rail link
  • Amtrak pinning its hopes on Acela to help achieve self-sufficiency
Features
  • Up to task of handling a 15,000-TEU box ship?
    ACCORDING to Eike Lehmann, chairman of the Society of Shipbuilding Technology in Hamburg, the question is not whether, but when the much-discussed 12,000-TEU container ships will really be built and commissioned. This is also important with regard to the planning of new deep sea ports or the expansion of existing ones.

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • ICS stresses increasing role of class societies
    [SINGAPORE] Classification societies are needed now more than ever, said the secretary general of the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) Chris Horrocks.
  • Star Cruises chief quits; HKSE listing postponed
  • P&O Nedlloyd reports higher Q3 earnings
Air and Land Transport
  • S&P downgrades Air NZ's credit rating
    [WELLINGTON] Air New Zealand Ltd's credit rating was cut to below investment grade by Standard & Poor's Corp on concern about its debt burden and delays in absorbing newly-acquired Ansett Holdings Ltd.
  • Probe faults tail-control device for Alaska Airlines crash
  • Eurostar annual deficit at 1.5b francs
  • China to build high-speed rail link
  • Amtrak pinning its hopes on Acela to help achieve self-sufficiency
Features
  • Up to task of handling a 15,000-TEU box ship?
    ACCORDING to Eike Lehmann, chairman of the Society of Shipbuilding Technology in Hamburg, the question is not whether, but when the much-discussed 12,000-TEU container ships will really be built and commissioned. This is also important with regard to the planning of new deep sea ports or the expansion of existing ones.

The Journal of Commerceweb site
  • Shippers slam STB's proposed rail merger rules
    Shippers, shipper groups and labor unions criticized the Surface Transportation Board's proposed rail-merger rules, calling for strengthening regulations to promote greater competition, while several railroads praised the board's efforts.
  • EU to ban trucks on highways during weekends
    The controversial rule would keep trucks off main European highways for a 24-hour period on weekends and imposes limits on truckers' working hours.
  • Incoterms 2000 - One Year Later
    A barrage of seminars got the word out but not everyone got the message.
  • Delays at Singapore force Maersk Sealand to seek alternatives
  • Deutsche Post stock rises in market debut
  • GE launches Global Rail Exchange e-marketplace
  • Russian port woos Tacoma business
  • Melbourne truckers protest high fuel prices
  • Amtrak 'bullet train' gets rave reviews
  • Netherlands approves privatization of Schiphol Airport
  • CP orders ships for South America
  • Turkey eyes home tanker fleet
  • Frankfurt Airport Group renamed Fraport

Sched Netweb site
  • AP Moller introduces SATI
  • Ship Propulsion Systems international conference
  • Railway sector stays on track
  • Stevedore Westerlund to Finnish paper round
  • China's air transport rising
  • Plane maker to float
  • Lynn Fritz back at the helm
  • SKF takes over Evox Rifa

Cargowebweb site
NOVEMBER 20, 2000
  • Huge problems with British rail infrastructure
  • Deutsche Post comes with expensive share
  • Court help for United against job actions
  • French/British strike at Eurotunnel
  • Majority ABX in Japanese forwarder

Exim Indiaweb site
  • LNG shipping policy may restrict imports to Indian flags
  • Maersk adds New Mangalore Port to its global network-Commitment to India's progress reaffirmed
  • Call to promote organic cotton cultivation
  • Fieo organises one-to-one meeting with Tunisian trade team
  • Saudi oil ready for contingency
  • ACAAI meet to address e-logistics
  • 'Agro Tech 2000' fair from Dec. 1
  • Gem, jewellery exports up by 14 per cent
  • High transaction cost for exporters will be reviewed: Abdullah
  • Safeguard duty on GFO imports mooted
  • Coir peat items being exported to Australia
  • 10 cos respond to Haldia Dock tender
  • Vizag Port set to emerge as numero uno in cargo throughput
  • Sinha rules out further tax cuts
  • Rs 3,735 cr. sanctioned under TUF scheme
  • New textile policy will fetch Rs 3 lakh cr. forex: Rana
  • Govt framing strategy to curb cheap imports
  • Fast Track Scheme norms further simplified
  • Forex taken for business need not be stamped: RBI
  • Forex reserves dipped by $ 114 million to $ 34,737 million

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
NOVEMBER 20, 2000
  • Singapore market outlook: Keen competition keeps price rise in check
  • Rotterdam market outlook: Demand goes down as prices go up
  • Saudi Oil Minister: OPEC has not ruled out output increase
  • New company listing in Ireland
  • New supplier listing in Bulgaria
  • PPC opens new container terminal in Balboa
  • Calm Riyadh oil meeting fails to soothe prices
  • New bunker vessel for Sweden's Stena Oil
  • US crude stays above $35 as temperatures set to drop
  • Augusta price indications

International Transport Journalweb site
NOVEMBER 20, 2000
  • Frontline fighting fit
  • Rosario bidding re-opens
  • Shippers' groups pressure OECD
  • Bonds for ships at MISC
  • Bergesen on the rise
  • SCI going strong
  • Crediting of points for Panama Canal
  • E-gistics Evolution
  • Bureau Veritas launches quality initiative
  • BNSF/Matson: new intermodal train service
  • CP Ships commissions five newbuildings for South America

Marine Logweb site
NOVEMBER 20, 2000
  • Gulfmark in seven vessel newbuild program
    GulfMark Offshore Inc., Houston, has signed a series of contracts with Aker Brattvaag of Norway to build four new supply vessels (PSVs) and three anchor handling tug supply vessels (AHTSs).
  • Hvide buys "hotshot boats"
    Hvide Marine Inc.last week announced an agreement to purchase two modern 152-foot crewboats from Crewboats, Inc.
  • Second coastal cruise ship named
    Just five months after the shipyard launch of Delta Queen Coastal Voyages' first vessel, the second ship in the new fleet was last week christened at Atlantic Marine, Inc.

World Wide Shipperweb site
NOVEMBER 20, 2000
  • Portland International Airport features new facilities in time for the holidays
  • FESCO signs vessel-sharing contract with Great Western Steamship
  • DEQ tests power transmission parts taken from old Columbia River landfill
  • U.S. railroad freight traffic drops during week ending November 11
  • Washington ports set meeting date for December 5th in Seattle

Traffic Worldweb site
NOVEMBER 20, 2000
  • EU To Probe Postal Deal
  • Samsung Signs UPS
  • British Fuel Protest Fizzles
  • FMCSA Goes Internet
  • FedEx Adds AF to LTL Group
  • C.R. England Adds Reefer Surcharge

Lloyd's Listweb site
  • London market backs reforms
    LONDON insurance interests have united to back a key package of reform measures, in a bid to keep the $20bn-plus market competitive with the US and Bermuda.
  • Ex-director faces Preussag lawsuit
    THE Preussag group has announced that it will take legal action against former board member Dr Hans-Joachim Selenz after he accused chief executive Michael Frenzel of attempted bribery in connection with the sale of Preussag's steel business in 1997.
  • Deutsche Post float makes shaky start
    EUROPE'S largest stock market flotation this year, a E6.6bn ($5.61bn) offering of Deutsche Post, made a shaky debut yesterday amid some disappointment about the higher-than-expected issue price.
  • Investment bank called in to advise MTC
    US tanker company Marine Transport Corp has acknowledged that it has called in investment banker ING Barings "to explore strategic alternatives and opportunities that may be available to the company to maximise shareholder value".
  • Dutch yards fear tax move
    UNCERTAINTY over the future of tax friendly shipping investment schemes in the Netherlands could threaten the propspects of the Dutch shipbuilding market.
  • Erika clean-up marred by political and media meddling says ITOPF
    CLEAN-UP operations after the Erika oil spill last December showed that almost nothing had been learned from previous tanker disasters, according to an industry expert.
  • Titan builds the first portable sheerlegs
    FLORIDA based marine salvage company Titan Maritime LLC has announced the construction of the world's first fully portable sheerleg crane. Designed to be dismantled into easily transportable sections, the innovative 'heavylift salvage tool' comprises two 1,000 tonne capacity sheerlegs, with deck tackle with the same capability. Working in tandem the two cranes, combined with Titan's linear chain pullers, will be capable of lifting up to 4,000 tonnes.
  • FEFC caution on Cosco membership
    COSCO'S renewed interest in joining the Far Eastern Freight Conference has caused concern in the membership.

Fairplayweb site
NOVEMBER 20, 2000
  • Miami port lifts performance
  • Probe follows Cebu 'irregularities
  • Montreal drivers go back to work
  • AON aquires stake in Ferrari
  • MSC backs Naples expansion plan
  • All ships to carry 'black boxes'
  • Severe weather closes Richards Bay
  • Argos admits defeat
  • Yards call for 'reasonable return'
  • Rate explosion by IRA
  • SCI plans Far East box service
  • Germany lifts yard subsidies
  • Last ditch bid to save Thai line
  • MPA withholds casualty report
  • Cammell takes over at Bahamas yard
  • XL owners criticised

Antwerpse Lloyd n.v.web site
NOVEMBER 18, 2000
  • “B-Cargo doit redevenir le meilleur fournisseur de services ferroviaires dans son hinterland”
    Un peu plus de deux semaines après son arrivée à la tête de B-Cargo, le département fret de la SNCB, Albert Counet (55) sait déjà très bien ce qu’il compte y faire au cours des prochaines années: mettre le client au centre des préoccupations de l’ensemble de ses collaborateurs et faire de B-Cargo le meilleur fournisseur de services ferroviaires dans son hinterland.
  • Electrabel centralise ses pièces détachées à Lokeren
    Hier soir, Electrabel a inauguré sont centre de distribution flambant neuf dans le zoning industriel de Lokeren. Avec ce centre, l’entreprise redessine non seulement l’ensemble des flux de marchandises mais repense en outre le processus logistique, la logistique d’achat comprise. Ce procéssus a été baptisé ALVL : assistance logistique vers l’avenir. Ce nouveau concept logistique sera mis en oeuvre dès la mi-2001, lorsque les composants des quatre magasins principaux seront transférés vers le centre de distribution central et que les 150 points de collecte seront opérationnels.
  • HesseNoord Natie: Eurogate veut la majorité
    Un des six candidats à une prise de participation dans la future entité fusionnée Hessenatie/Noord Natie, le groupe allemand Eurogate, qui a déjà acquis une certaine dimension européenne en s’engageant également dans le Sud de l’Europe, vient de laisser entendre par l’entremise de son porte-parole Hans-Joachim Weil qu’il entend bien acquérir une position majoritaire dans cette nouvelle entité.
  • Vatinel-Anvers s’implique dans le suivi de la chaîne logistique
    “Les taux de fret ayant sensiblement augmenté sur la liaison westbound d’Asie vers l’Europe, nos clients réceptionnaires ont commencé à s’adresser à des pays de l’Est pour des produits de substitution, comme de petits meubles par exemple. Si les taux devaient encore augmenter sensiblement, ce mouvement pourrait prendre de plus grandes proportions.” Jean-Claude Ranson, directeur de l’entreprise maritime et de transport anversoise Vatinel s.a., avait déjà évoqué cette perspective à la fin de l’année dernière. Elle a apparemment connu un début de concrétisation. C’est une des raisons pour lesquelles Vatinel s’implante progressivement dans les pays de l’Est.

Marine Linkweb site
Maritime Contract News
  • BP Amoco Awards Offshore Contracts
  • CP Ships Continues New Ship Spending Spree
Breaking News
  • Insurance Market To Back Reform
  • Banking Sector Feels The Effects Of Consolidation
  • SS&Y Indices Drop
  • Ship Pollution Takes Center Stage In Europe
  • Grain Trading Is Quiet
  • Bulker Under Tow
  • Abidjan Port Head Axed
  • Iraq

Marine Linkweb site
Maritime Contract News
  • BP Amoco Awards Offshore Contracts
  • CP Ships Continues New Ship Spending Spree
Breaking News
  • Insurance Market To Back Reform
  • Banking Sector Feels The Effects Of Consolidation
  • SS&Y Indices Drop
  • Ship Pollution Takes Center Stage In Europe
  • Grain Trading Is Quiet
  • Bulker Under Tow
  • Abidjan Port Head Axed
  • Iraq

TradeWindsweb site
  • Cosco in Singapore shake-up
    Cosco's operation in the Lion Republic has seen a number of management changes.
  • ShipServ quits San Francisco
    The e-commerce company is leaving its headquarters on the US west coast and has bolstered its management team.
  • Manitowoc completes Marinette acquisition
    Ownership of one of the largest shipyards on the US Great Lakes has changed hands for $48m.
  • VLCCs cross next Worldscale high
    A charterer is reported to have booked tonnage at over the WS 200 ceiling, with others expected to follow.
  • CP Ships contracts more boxships
    Containership giant CP Ships has reached the halfway mark in its retonnaging efforts.
  • GulfMark boosts newbuilding list
    Houston-based GulfMark Offshore has ordered seven ships from Aker Brattvaag in Norway.
  • Price of Western Bulk peace confirmed
    Belships chief Sverre Jorgen Tidemand, says four ships and $12m is the cost of resolving legal battle.
  • Western Bulk to be broken up
    A divorce between the feuding families that control Western Bulk Shipping could lead to the fleet being split in two.
  • Hai Sun Hup readies for shipping spin off
    Singapore shipowner Hai Sun Hup says its restructuring will take place this week.
  • IHI returns to profit
    Japan's Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries has been boosted in the first half by increased ship orders.

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FROM THE HOME PAGE
TRANSPORTATION
Electrification of ports and airports: the electricity grid is the new bottleneck
Brussels
Transport & Environment calls for speeding up connections and moving beyond the "first come, first served" criterion.
PORTS
Boluda manages the multipurpose terminal at the Príncep d'Espanya pier in the port of Barcelona
Barcelona
The concession contract will have a duration of 16 years
AIRPORTS
The current value of Aeroporto di Genova Spa is between 14.9 and 15.9 million euros.
Genoa
PwC's assessment presented
PORTS
FEPORT: EU ETS should not push transhipment out of Europe
Brussels
The terminal operators' federation calls on the ENVI commission to strengthen measures against tax evasion and to allocate part of the ETS revenues to ports.
ACCIDENTS
New series of attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz
Southampton/Tehran/Tampa
Three tankers hit by shells. Another vessel caught fire.
Eurokai, higher revenues but lower profits
COMPANIES
Eurokai, higher revenues but lower profits
Hamburg
Revenue up 14.4% and traffic up 8.3%, but net profit fell by 8.3% due to the lower share of Eurogate.
PORTS
Genoa's boarding tax: the Regional Administrative Court rules in favor of the City Council.
Genoa
The appeal of shipowners and shipping agents was rejected
Carnival reports record revenues and profits in the June-August quarter despite a 36% increase in fuel costs.
CRUISES
Carnival reports record revenues and profits in the June-August quarter despite a 36% increase in fuel costs.
Miami
Customer deposits are at their highest. Prices and occupancy are expected to record next year.
Winners and losers in port connectivity: the long journey of Italian ports' ups and downs.
PORTS
Winners and losers in port connectivity: the long journey of Italian ports' ups and downs.
Geneva
UNCTAD indices reveal a changing Mediterranean: Italy slips to seventh place, La Spezia, Trieste and Vado Ligure grow, while the South loses ground.
TRUCKING
Electric trucks more affordable than diesel in six major EU markets
Brussels
According to T&E, in countries that account for 46% of European sales, electric vehicles have already become cheaper in five years. Italy, Spain, and Poland are lagging behind.
PORTS
AP Moller Capital to acquire majority stake in Euroports
Copenhagen/Antwerp
R-Logitech will exit the capital, while PMV and SFPIM will remain shareholders
PORTS
China, exports are growing but ports are slowing down
Beijing
In August, global foreign trade increased by +19.8%, but international goods handled by seaports decreased by -2.3%.
EDITORIAL
From Puertos del Estado to Ports of Italy: the same inspiration, an opposite outcome.
Genoa
For port reform, the government is referring to the Spanish model, but is building the exact opposite: yet another counter that the Italian corporate spirit knows how to invent so well.
SHIPPING
Maritime ETS: Brussels opens up to hybrid and electric ferries, but Interferry demands more.
Brussels
The proposed revision strengthens the SMAP mechanism but leaves the issue of port networks and infrastructure to AFIR and FuelEU Maritime
ACCIDENTS
Seafarer killed aboard bulk carrier attacked in the Strait of Hormuz
New Delhi/Southampton/Tehran
The other crew members were rescued.
PORTS
Freight traffic in the ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado continues to oscillate between signs of recovery and slowdown
Genoa
In July, volumes increased in both Ligurian ports
TRUCKING
Trasportounito offers an automatic system to adjust road haulage rates to the price of diesel.
Rome
SEAFARERS
Seafarers, five years after the Code of Conduct, the gap between policy and reality remains.
London
Shipping companies' compliance is growing, but issues remain regarding fatigue, psychological safety, complaints and recruitment fees.
SHIPPING
Last month, ship traffic in the Suez Canal increased by +26.9%
Ismailia
In the first eight months of 2026, it was crossed by 9,602 ships (+17.4%)
INFRASTRUCTURE
Decision on crucial rail section of Scandinavian-Mediterranean Corridor in Germany postponed again
Hamburg
German port operators are calling for an acceleration of both new infrastructure and the upgrading of the existing line.
LOGISTICS
Kuehne+Nagel agrees to long-term strategic partnership with Amazon
Schindellegi
The agreement includes a call option on existing shares of the logistics group
SHIPYARDS
MSC in talks to acquire German shipbuilding group Meyer Werft
New York
Currently, 80.73% of the capital is held by the German Federal Government and the State of Lower Saxony.
SHIPPING
Trafigura creates a new shipping company dedicated to oil transport
Geneva
Initially Volare Shipping has a fleet of six VLCCs plus eight under construction
SHIPYARDS
Shipowners are calling on EU member states to approve the inclusion of two Indian shipyards in the European list of ship recycling facilities.
Brussels
EDUCATION
The new headquarters of the Italian Merchant Marine Academy has been inaugurated in Genoa.
Genoa
PORTS
French ports see a balance between increases and decreases in the second quarter.
Paris
Total traffic reached 71.1 million tons (-0.2%). Containers increased by 8.1%.
PORTS
The Genoa Port Master Plan, the Pra' dock, and the Multedo chemical depots are the thorniest issues in the discussions with operators and the local community.
Genoa
SHIPPING
Crosetto: The Italian Navy will ensure the safe transit of Italian ships through the Strait of Bab el-Mandeb.
La Spezia
We have - the Minister of Defense underlined - the capabilities to protect its passage
PORTS
Assiterminal: Seabed certainty and planned dredging are essential for port competitiveness.
Genoa
Mordeglia: We don't just need a simpler rule, we need a predictable one.
PORTS
Germany is reforming VAT to make its ports more competitive.
Hamburg
The Conference of Finance Ministers approves the compensation model that should eliminate the pre-financing of the tax from 2030
SHIPPING
Saudi Arabia denounces that the Houthis are pursuing a policy aimed at "strangling the Straits", holding the international community hostage
New York
The UN Security Council is divided between condemnations and calls for negotiations.
TRADE
WTO: A reform of the trading system could increase global GDP by 3% by 2050
Geneva
The World Trade Report 2026 warns of the costs of fragmentation: up to 7% less global GDP in a world dominated by free trade agreements
SAFETY & SECURITY
One in ten containers is not up to standard
Washington
WSC publishes 2025 inspection data: out of 93,079 units inspected in seven countries, 9,645 had deficiencies
The World Shipping Council (WSC), the international association representing the world's leading container shipowners, has urged member states...
SHIPPING
Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd to bring back four services on the Suez Canal route
Copenhagen/Hamburg
The lines connect Asia with Europe/Mediterranean
PORTS
Neri and Nova Marine Carriers Groups to Control Calata Orlando Terminal
Lugano
The Livorno terminal will be the subject of a significant investment
PROGRESS AND TECHNOLOGY
Cavotec and EVIAS sign agreement for charging electric port vehicles on the move.
Stockholm
The Swedish company becomes the exclusive distributor and installer for the port sector of the French company's technologies
SHIPPING
Hapag-Lloyd signs agreement with DP World to secure terminal capacity in Africa
Hamburg
The agreement concerns the ports of Dakar, Luanda, Dar es Salaam, Banana and Maputo
The threat to shipping in the Red Sea grows as Houthis seize Perim Island.
SHIPPING
The threat to shipping in the Red Sea grows as Houthis seize Perim Island.
Sana'a/Hamburg
German shipowners warn that the possibility of returning to the Suez route is further removed
ACCIDENTS
New attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz
Southampton/Tehran
IRGC Navy strikes US naval drone
PORTS
Port of Long Beach reports record container traffic for August
Long Beach
In the first eight months of 2026, volumes grew by +1.3%
SHIPPING
WSC reports that containers full of lithium batteries can be shipped without being identified as dangerous goods
Washington
Kramek: People, ports, ships and the marine environment at risk
SHIPPING
T&E, the EU Commission's proposed revision of the ETS for shipping is a hesitant step forward.
Brussels
If the system is extended to small naval units - the association highlights - however, exemptions and derogations risk nullifying its climate impact.
Transalpine rail freight traffic still under pressure despite economic recovery
TRANSPORTATION
Transalpine rail freight traffic still under pressure despite economic recovery
Bern
The road runs faster than the rail
Artificial intelligence drives global trade, despite Middle East and tariffs
TRADE
Artificial intelligence drives global trade, despite Middle East and tariffs
Geneva
The WTO's barometer is rising. Demand for semiconductors and electronic components is offsetting geopolitical tensions.
PORTS
Green light for €1.35 billion in investment in the port of Bremerhaven.
Bremen
It is the largest amount of funding the federal government has ever allocated to a project in the state.
PORTS
APM Terminals Signs Agreement to Develop Nigeria's Badagry Port
Copenhagen
Four kilometers of docks with a draft of -18 meters would be built
COMPANIES
Renaissance Partners has signed a binding agreement to acquire De Wave Group.
Genoa/Milan
The Genoese company will be sold by the American company Platinum Equity
SHIPPING
Decarbonizing shipping: a €36 billion challenge and a €45 billion opportunity for Italy
Cernobbio
Without investments in ports, Italy risks losing 80 billion euros in added value by 2050.
SHIPYARDS
Canadian unions want BC Ferries to build new ferries in British Columbia
Delta
The company's latest order was to Chinese company CMI Weihai
PORTS
Filt, Fit, and Uilt should withdraw the amendment that puts port businesses and cooperatives at risk under Article 17.
Rome
The unions fear the progressive replacement of a structural function of the port with precarious forms of work
SHIPYARDS
Norwegian Nor Cruises signs MoU with China's SWS for 2+3 new cruise ships
Shanghai
The units would have a gross tonnage of 84,000 tons
SHIPPING
In July, ship traffic in the Suez Canal increased by +27%
Cairo
In the first seven months of this year, maritime traffic was 8,244 ships (+15.9%)
INTERMODAL TRANSPORT
Tomorrow Kombiverkehr will launch an intermodal connection between Regensburg and the Interporto Quadrante Europa
SHIPPING
IMO, the Net-Zero Framework remains stalemate: agreement on carbon pricing is still lacking.
London
38 states voted in favor and 17 against. Formal adoption postponed until December.
POLICY
Brussels launches the Maritime Industrial Alliance
Brussels
The EMA, the new EU instrument to coordinate industry, member states, and investors in the maritime sector, is born.
SHIPPING
Attica Holdings sold the ro-pax vessel Levka Ori for €8.3 million.
Kallithea
The ferry was built in 1987
SHIPPING
DFDS's Trieste-Damietta ro-ro service will become bi-weekly in mid-October
Copenhagen
Inserting a second vessel into the route
EDUCATION
The Italian Merchant Marine Academy increases cooperation with the Port of Durres.
Genoa
A memorandum of understanding has been signed
PUBLICATIONS
A volume on the history of the Tuscan port system will be presented in Livorno on Friday.
Livorno
A comparison of the key players in the port sector: from the reforms of the 1990s to the challenges of the future.
SHIPPING
Suardiaz takes delivery of a 5,000-car LNG-powered car carrier
Madrid
A second PCTC vessel is expected in mid-2027
SHIPPING
Hapag-Lloyd raises its 2026 outlook further
Hamburg
Strong demand and rising spot freight rates are pushing the company to significantly increase its EBITDA and EBIT forecasts.
MEETINGS
UNIPORT's public meeting will be held in Rome on October 6th.
Rome
Debate on port reform and other relevant aspects of the sector
PROGRESS AND TECHNOLOGY
Pilot project for the production and use of green hydrogen at the port of Savona
Savona
Paroli (Western Ligurian Port Authority): a port area has been identified for work.
INTERMODAL TRANSPORT
Tarros and Nurminen Logistics launch new Scandinavian-Mediterranean intermodal service
La Spezia/Helsinki
The land route connects Örebro, Parma and La Spezia
INFRASTRUCTURE
The first caisson of the breakwater protecting the regasification plant off the coast of Ravenna has been laid.
Ravenna
The maritime work will be approximately 900 metres long
SHIPYARDS
Fincantieri and PT PAL sign agreement for the modernization of an Indonesian Navy vessel
Trieste
This is the "Kri Sriwijaya" unit (formerly "Giuseppe Garibaldi")
ECONOMY
In Italy, the blue economy is worth 225 billion, and the nautical industry alone exceeds 10 billion in exports.
Rome
SACE's Focus On presented at the Genoa Boat Show
ACCIDENTS
Fire aboard the Blue Star Ferries ro-ro vessel Blue Carrier 2
Kallithea
The 29 people on board were evacuated
SHIPYARDS
Costs and timescales for the reconstruction of the four US Navy shipyards are rising exponentially.
Washington
If in 2018 21 billion dollars and 20 years of work were expected, today the estimate is 200 billion and at least 50 years.
SHIPPING
Shipping faces its triple challenge: decarbonization, geopolitics, and the new geography of the automotive industry.
Chaff
At the Euromed Convention in Grimaldi, the sector is dealing with new environmental regulations, increasingly exposed routes and the shift of automotive production towards Southeast Asia.
DEFENCE
Orizzonte Sistemi Navali signs a €3.7 billion contract for two destroyers
Trieste
The "Domenico Millelire" PPA has been delivered to the Navy.
LAW
Livorno: The Supreme Court of Cassation overturns the convictions in the Darsena Toscana docks affair.
Rome
The appeal ruling overturned the court's acquittal and convicted three defendants of ideological forgery.
PORTS
The Port of Rijeka expects to close 2026 with a record container traffic of 800,000 TEUs.
River
With the new terminal on the island of Krk, traffic could rise to 1.7 million TEUs
PORTS
Offshore wind energy funding: Pichetto reassures Taranto, but Taranto demands certainty.
Taranto
The 2026 funding for the Apulian port drops to €13.9 million. Gugliotti hopes for a formal confirmation of the remaining resources in 2027.
PORTS
Port reform: The majority pushes ahead with Porti d'Italia SpA
Rome
The Chamber's Transport Committee rejects the opposition's suppressive amendments.
PORTS
Gela's Porto Rifugio has received a favorable opinion for dredging the port's waters.
Palermo
INTERMODAL TRANSPORT
Greenbrier Europe to produce NIK transshipment system for TX Logistik
Troisdorf/Berlin
Allows rapid loading of non-craneable semi-trailers onto trains
LOGISTICS
Maersk opens its own logistics center in the heart of Germany
Herleshausen
Located in Herleshausen, it has a surface area of 71,800 square meters
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
SHIPYARDS
South Korea's HJ Shipbuilding & Construction Co. wins orders for four new 10,100 TEU containerships
Busan
The contract has a total value of approximately 500 million dollars.
PORTS
Democratic Party: The government's port reform paves the way for privatization of Italian ports.
Rome
Ghio and Misiani: it also takes resources and skills away from the territories
PORTS
Port self-production: The Council of State denies the segmentability of the authorization pursuant to Article 16, paragraph 3.
Rome
Cartour's "partial" authorization in the port of Salerno has been suspended.
CRUISES
Port of Miami closes fiscal 2026 with record cruise traffic
Miami
The threshold of ten million passengers has been exceeded, compared to 8.56 million in the previous financial year.
SHIPPING
The Grimaldi Group has taken delivery of the new pure car and truck carrier Grande Egitto.
Naples
Its load capacity reaches 9,800 ceu
MEETINGS
Port reform will be discussed in Genoa on October 2nd.
Genoa
Workshop organized by the AdSP and the Altero Matteoli association
LOGISTICS
Fratelli Cosulich strengthens its logistics network with the opening of Express Global Dubai
Dubai
Teresa Cosulich will be responsible for the new logistics office.
MEETINGS
"A Sea of Switzerland" will be held in Lugano on October 9th
Lugano
Ninth edition of the International Forum on Transport and Infrastructure
SHIPPING
Brullo Group orders three 40,800-ton deadweight oil/chemical tanker vessels
Rome
Order to the Chinese shipyard Anhui Shipyard
ACCIDENTS
New attack on a ship in the Strait of Hormuz
Southampton
A bullet caused minor injuries to two crew members
YACHTING
A new megayacht production, maintenance, and storage hub opens in Trieste.
Trieste
Trieste Shipyards was founded by Seadock (Samer group) and Yachting Expertise and is owned by Friulia
SAFETY & SECURITY
Confitarma applauds the government's initiative to protect Italian ships in the Red Sea.
Rome
Zanetti: Maritime security is, in effect, a component of national economic security
JOBS
Unions approve the platform for the single collective bargaining agreement for the shipping industry.
Rome
Filt, Fit and Uilt, is structured around three central elements such as salary, protection, participation and thirteen concrete requests
RAILWAY TRANSPORT
FHP Intermodal is increasing the frequency of its freight rail service between Fiorenzuola and Incoronata/Bari.
Milan
It goes up to five days a week
YACHTING
This year over 2,000 large yachts operated along the Italian coasts
Rome
Plus 10% for owned boats and a substantially stable trend for chartered ones
MEETINGS
The event "Cyber-resilience in the maritime sector: defense, regulations, and European cooperation" will be held in Rome on Tuesday.
Rome
It is organized by Var Group and Confitarma
COMPANIES
Smeup, with the acquisition of HTG, expands its portfolio in the logistics and transport sector
Erbusco
The Turin-based company specializes in the development of proprietary software
PORTS
Saudi Arabian ports: Liquid bulk throughput to decline sharply in 2025
Riyadh
Total traffic fell to 298.3 million tonnes (-10.9%)
PORTS
A delegation from the Lithuanian port of Klaipeda visited the port of Livorno
Livorno
In-depth comparison of their respective infrastructure development plans
SHIPPING
New OOCL service between the Western Mediterranean and Canada
Hong Kong
Collaboration with Ocean Alliance companies and other carriers
MEETINGS
The port's future is at the center of the event celebrating the 80th anniversary of Assosped Venezia and Asamar Veneto.
Venice
A conference on Friday will be the highlight of the festival
PORTS
Increase in port workers at the ports of Monfalcone and Milazzo
Rome
Green light from the General Directorate for Ports, Logistics and Intermodality of the Ministry of the Interior.
PORTS
Cargo traffic in Greek ports is sharply declining
Piraeus
Stagnation in passenger numbers
RAILWAY TRANSPORT
Mercitalia Shunting & Terminal has purchased eight Eurolight Dual bimodal locomotives
Rome
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
UNIPORT's public meeting will be held in Rome on October 6th.
Rome
Debate on port reform and other relevant aspects of the sector
MEETINGS
Port reform will be discussed in Genoa on October 2nd.
Genoa
Workshop organized by the AdSP and the Altero Matteoli association
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Cosco Shipping arm readies China IPO to capitalise on global shipbuilding wave
(South China Morning Post)
Rosatom expects cargo traffic along Northern Sea Route to rise 14% in 2026 - CEO
(Interfax)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
ASSITERMINAL
Intervento del presidente Tomaso Cognolato
Roma, 19 giugno 2025
››› File
PORTS
Container traffic in the port of Hong Kong grew by 22.1% last month.
Hong Kong
Total for the first eight months of 2026 unchanged
MEETINGS
AGV Expo, a new European trade fair dedicated to self-guided vehicles, will be held in Piacenza next month.
Genoa
The event will also host a rich program of conferences
TRUCKING
Massive transnational fraud discovered in the road haulage sector
Chieti
Illegal employment of non-EU workers
PORTS
Cargo traffic at the port of Singapore decreased by -4.9% in August
Singapore
In the first eight months of 2026, the port handled 30.7 million containers (+4.2%)
SHIPYARDS
Cochin Shipyard and Drydocks World to jointly develop new international ship repair center in Cochin
Mumbai
ACCIDENTS
An Iranian merchant ship was hit in the Strait of Hormuz
Tehran/Southampton
One sailor died and four other crew members were injured.
PORTS
In July, freight traffic in the port of Ravenna grew by +6.7%
Ravenna
A sharp decline of -21.2% is expected for August
TRUCKING
Giulio Stoppa is the new general secretary of Trasportounito
Rome
A choice of continuity that at the same time marks the beginning of a new phase
CRUISES
The launching ceremony of Viking Astrea took place at the Fincantieri shipyard in Ancona
Ancona/Los Angeles
Viking's Board has authorized a share buyback program of up to $1 billion.
SHIPYARDS
Meyer Werft begins construction of the Carnival Tropicale cruise ship
Papenburg
With a gross tonnage of 180,000 tons, it will be able to accommodate over 6,000 passengers.
RAILWAY TRANSPORT
VTG sells its UK subsidiary VTG Rail UK to pension fund USS
Hamburg
The company operates in the railway freight wagon leasing sector.
SAFETY & SECURITY
The Genoa Coast Guard reaches its 100th Port State Control inspection of 2026.
Genoa
More than 250 deficiencies have been detected so far
PROGRESS AND TECHNOLOGY
ABB and Oceanly collaborate to integrate and optimize ship performance and operations
Genoa
PORTS
Strategic agreement between Federlogistica and the Port of Xiamen
Genoa
Feasibility study for a maritime connection between the Chinese port and Genoa
PORTS
Container traffic at the Port of Los Angeles remained stable in August
Los Angeles
The increase in empty garages has offset the decrease in full ones
COMPANIES
Gulftainer to acquire stake in Thailand's Suksawat Terminal
Sharjah/Bangkok
It is located on the Chao Phraya River, in Bangkok
SAFETY & SECURITY
Robo.ai establishes a company specializing in maritime and submarine security
Abu Dhabi
Al-Mansory: We will produce locally and provide solutions for markets around the world
INTERMODAL TRANSPORT
Kombiverkehr has taken full control of Spanish company Combiberia
Frankfurt am Main
The shares were acquired from the other 20 members
NEWS
US forces hit five Iranian oil tankers
Tampa
Attacks in the Gulf of Oman and near Kharg Island
COMPANIES
Conditions met for the acquisition of AD Ports by Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund
Abu Dhabi
INFRASTRUCTURE
Construction of the above-ground section of Genoa's new breakwater has begun.
Milan
Construction of the wave barrier is underway
COMPANIES
For the first time, a woman leads the Panama Canal Authority.
Balboa
Engineer Ilya Espino de Marotta's term will expire in 2033.
COMPANIES
Blu Navy has acquired a stake in Banca dell'Elba
Portoferraio
Schenone: We are a group united by the desire to contribute to the economic and social development of the island.
SHIPPING
HMM signs a contract worth approximately $3.5 billion with Vale
Seoul
It involves the maritime transport of iron ore on behalf of the Brazilian company
INDUSTRY
Kongsberg Maritime signs deal to buy Finland's Steerprop
Oslo
The Rauma-based company designs and manufactures marine propulsion systems
NEWS
New drug seizure in the port of Livorno
Livorno
53 kilograms of pure cocaine in a container from Peru
PORTS
In the first three months of 2026, freight traffic in Belgian ports fell by -4.0%
Brussels
Landings and embarkations decreased by -2.0% and -6.4% respectively
PORTS
A series of meetings on the new Port System Master Plan for the ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado has begun.
Genoa
The new concession agreement with Amico & Co Spa has been finalized.
COMPANIES
MacGregor will celebrate the 65th anniversary of its Italian branch in Genoa
Genoa
The company is based in the Naval Repair area of the port of Genoa
PORTS
Port of Ravenna: Extraordinary maintenance of the "truck-accessible" section of Via Baiona has been approved.
Ravenna
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