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November 28, 2000
Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Port state control drifting off course: Asian shipowners
    [SINGAPORE] Asia's major shipowners' group has taken a swipe at Port State Control (PSC) inspections for not having properly targeted sub-standard shipping. The Asian Shipowners' Forum (ASF) ended its 7th safety and environment committee meeting in Kuala Lumpur by saying that it was "becoming increasingly concerned that the PSCs are deviating from their original objective".
  • China to develop box transport on inland rivers
  • British shipyard to lay off hundreds if Italian contract falls through
  • Australia's Lang Corp to buy Mayne Nickless's port business
Air and Land Transport
  • Karachi airport aims to woo back foreign airlines
    [KARACHI] Pakistan is offering competitive fuel prices at its main Karachi airport and a host of other incentives to draw quality foreign airlines back to the country, a senior official said.
  • Taiwan and Russia to open direct air links
  • Shangdong Airlines launches service to western province
  • Bombardier's Q3 profits up
  • SAS names next chief executive
  • KL airport limo service unsatisfactory: minister
  • Qantas plans to take over Hazelton Airlines
Features
  • An agile, efficient giant
    JEFFREY Lee is not your burly longshoreman of old. Singapore's port may claim to be the busiest in the world, but Mr Lee no longer spends much time in the cabin of the crane he operates there.

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Port state control drifting off course: Asian shipowners
    [SINGAPORE] Asia's major shipowners' group has taken a swipe at Port State Control (PSC) inspections for not having properly targeted sub-standard shipping. The Asian Shipowners' Forum (ASF) ended its 7th safety and environment committee meeting in Kuala Lumpur by saying that it was "becoming increasingly concerned that the PSCs are deviating from their original objective".
  • China to develop box transport on inland rivers
  • British shipyard to lay off hundreds if Italian contract falls through
  • Australia's Lang Corp to buy Mayne Nickless's port business
Air and Land Transport
  • Karachi airport aims to woo back foreign airlines
    [KARACHI] Pakistan is offering competitive fuel prices at its main Karachi airport and a host of other incentives to draw quality foreign airlines back to the country, a senior official said.
  • Taiwan and Russia to open direct air links
  • Shangdong Airlines launches service to western province
  • Bombardier's Q3 profits up
  • SAS names next chief executive
  • KL airport limo service unsatisfactory: minister
  • Qantas plans to take over Hazelton Airlines
Features
  • An agile, efficient giant
    JEFFREY Lee is not your burly longshoreman of old. Singapore's port may claim to be the busiest in the world, but Mr Lee no longer spends much time in the cabin of the crane he operates there.

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Port state control drifting off course: Asian shipowners
    [SINGAPORE] Asia's major shipowners' group has taken a swipe at Port State Control (PSC) inspections for not having properly targeted sub-standard shipping. The Asian Shipowners' Forum (ASF) ended its 7th safety and environment committee meeting in Kuala Lumpur by saying that it was "becoming increasingly concerned that the PSCs are deviating from their original objective".
  • China to develop box transport on inland rivers
  • British shipyard to lay off hundreds if Italian contract falls through
  • Australia's Lang Corp to buy Mayne Nickless's port business
Air and Land Transport
  • Karachi airport aims to woo back foreign airlines
    [KARACHI] Pakistan is offering competitive fuel prices at its main Karachi airport and a host of other incentives to draw quality foreign airlines back to the country, a senior official said.
  • Taiwan and Russia to open direct air links
  • Shangdong Airlines launches service to western province
  • Bombardier's Q3 profits up
  • SAS names next chief executive
  • KL airport limo service unsatisfactory: minister
  • Qantas plans to take over Hazelton Airlines
Features
  • An agile, efficient giant
    JEFFREY Lee is not your burly longshoreman of old. Singapore's port may claim to be the busiest in the world, but Mr Lee no longer spends much time in the cabin of the crane he operates there.

The Journal of Commerceweb site
  • Bush names former DOT chief Card chief of staff
    No stranger to the Bush family, Card was the last transportation secretary in the administration of Bush's father. In recent years he led the effort to revitalize the U.S. maritime industry.
  • NYK backs CargoLifter project
    The German airship company is getting support from the maritime sector. Japan's NYK Line says it will work with CargoLifter on developing new integrated logistics solutions for heavy cargoes. The line signed a letter of intent and said it is taking a stake in CargoLifter, but declined to give details.
  • The good, the bad, and the Section 592 list
    On Dragnet, they changed the names to protect the innocent. At Customs, they put the names of violators on the Internet.
  • Internet gets new domains
  • Cargo 2000 members complete quality-management system testing
  • Truckers protest over wages at Port of Vancouver
  • BA World Cargo launches new Web site
  • Kuehne & Nagel enters alliance with Singapore logistics
  • Baan results improve under new owner
  • IMO to make black boxes for ships mandatory
  • FedEx chairman undergoes successful bypass surgery
  • Dockworkers protest labor reform at Santos
  • Danzas AEI Intercontinental promotes Lindholm

Sched Netweb site
  • Long days at Long Beach
  • Shanghai hung up on technicality
  • Did you know...?
  • Guangdong province paved with fresh funds
  • Evergreen improves India, South Africa connections
  • FedEx gets China slot
  • DHL unveils Malaysian IT centre plans
  • Management changes at Lufthansa Cargo

Cargowebweb site
NOVEMBER 27, 2000
  • Deutsche Bahn focusses on huge cost cutting
  • US Airlines not satisfied with China rights decision
  • Malev to make itself an attractive partner
  • 47 percent of Lauda Air to Austrian Airlines
  • ECT may retain little interest in Trieste terminal

Exim Indiaweb site
  • INSA to hold press meet on Nov. 30
  • Atlantic Container Line offers direct weekly services to US
  • WSA stuffs first LCL container at ICD-Daulatabad
  • Apeda clears 4.29 lakh t sugar export
  • Hyundai ships cars to Indonesia
  • CAB estimates lower cotton output at 82 lakh bales
  • SE Rly may start special parcel express trains soon
  • Malaysian palmolein goes a-begging
  • CoPT's bunkering plan draws 7 firms' interest
  • Nalco disinclined to tie-up for box handling at Paradip
  • Inflation rises to 7.55 pc
  • IMD inflow boosts forex reserves to $ 37 bn
  • RBI Act's amended provisions throttle 'sharafi business', says IMC
  • Tax breaks lure core sector firms to bond route
  • 9 initiatives, obligations key to making globalisation acceptable: PM
  • Separate labour laws for SEZs on anvil
  • We'll accelerate reforms Sinha
  • Vajpayee calls for meeting of industry captains on December 2
  • Forex reserves up by $ 676 million to $ 35,413 million
  • IA examining freighter operations viability

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
NOVEMBER 27, 2000
  • Quiet post-holiday start in Houston
  • Fujairah stays soft
  • Rotterdam opens week steady to firm
  • Singapore and Busan today
  • Lithuania's refinery halts as deliveries from Russia fail
  • Brazil bunker prices
  • Nigerian oil strike looms
  • Crude oil falls as inventories rise
  • Chinese fuel oil imports seen steady next year
  • Augusta price indications

International Transport Journalweb site
NOVEMBER 27, 2000
  • Rhine Research Projects II reveals:
  • Amsterdam Ambition
  • Leningrad to sell a 75% share in Vyborg Airport
  • North-South Transport Corridor
  • EBRD: CIS states still reeling
  • EC: CEE countries bring most environmental laws into line with EU rules
  • KLM spins off Cargo Service Center
  • Maersk Logistics launches called M*Power Report Builder
  • U.S. Rail traffic drops
  • EU agrees on rail package

Marine Logweb site
NOVEMBER 27, 2000
  • Navy places follow-on superconducting motor contract
    American Superconductor Corporation, Westborough, Mass., has received a follow-on contract for $1.6 Million from the U.S. Navy's Office of Naval Research (ONR) for the design and development of high temperature superconducting (HTS) motors for electric ship propulsion.
  • Keppel Shipyard clinches jumboization contract
    Keppel Shipyardhas secured a S$7 (about US$4 million) million contract from Smedvig Asia for the jumboization and upgrading of its Drilling Tender Barge, Robray T7.
  • Bureau Veritas tanker safety initiative
    Bureau Veritas says new class rules will incorporate all tanker safety initiatives currently under discussion in the IMO and EU.
  • Bergesen offers Tractebel LNG ship partnership
    Bergesen has now concluded a minimum 20 year charter contract with Cabot LNG, a subsidiary of Tractebel S.A. of Belgium, for the 138,000 cbm LNG vessel it has under construction at Daewoo f

World Wide Shipperweb site
NOVEMBER 27, 2000
  • Coast Guard plans open house in Seattle to discuss the service's plans
  • Survey says 80% bulk supply chain agents unhappy with logistics services
  • Air cargo and airport groups sign agreement to combine forces
  • U.S. agents can sign up to U.S.-EU safe harbor program through Internet
  • DOT asks high schoolers to design web page to show transportation opportunities

Lloyd's Listweb site
  • UK set to fast-track port plans process
    UK shipping minister Keith Hill, launching the government's new port policy paper 'Modern Ports', yesterday hinted that proposals to speed up the planning process for port developments could be on the cards.
  • Dr Peters in $94m Torm tankers deal
    GERMAN shipping funds company Dr Peters, Dortmund, has acquired two coated product tankers from Danish owner Torm for $94m, writes Katrin Berkenkopf, Cologne and Andrew Draper.
  • Nomadic reefers chartered
    CHRISTIANIA Bank og Kreditkasse, one of embattled Norwegian reefer operator Nomadic Shipping's mortgage lenders, is understood to have found takers for two Nomadic Shipping reeferships it was compelled to take over under a debt restructuring.
  • German finance minister Hans Eichel, left, talks to his British counterpart Gordon Brown
    German finance minister Hans Eichel, left, talks to his British counterpart Gordon Brown at the start of a European Union finance ministers' council in Brussels yesterday. French finance minister Laurent Fabius said the ministers had reached agreement on a package to curb tax evasion that could pave the way for introducing an EU-wide savings tax.
  • NYK eyes airships for heavylift cargoes
    NIPPON Yusen Kaisha is betting on a revival of the German airship concept with a ¥100m investment ($909,000) in airship operator CargoLifter to conduct research into inland transportation of heavy payloads by helium-filled dirigible.
  • Brussels freight guide
    THE European Commission is trying a soft approach to persuade freight companies to use environmentally sound methods to transport goods in the EU by releasing a handbook which outlines possible options and recommendations.

Fairplayweb site
NOVEMBER 27, 2000
  • Osprey bid now unconditional
  • Corsica to open ferry routes
  • SEC shipyard picketed by workers
  • Daewoo challenges sub contract
  • No decision yet on Panama funding
  • BHP approves Escondida expansion
  • Cochin prepares for bunkering bids
  • India lifts coast guard profile
  • Colombo marked for efficiency lift
  • Two in black as yards see red
  • ECT sheds ten per cent
  • Kværner inks financing deal
  • Eurogate moves in on Hessenatie
  • Marnavi given Ievoli deadline
  • Tirrenia sues Moby Lines
  • Tasmania faces ferry price hike
  • Singapore yards form e-portal
  • Banana protesters march
  • Seaway closure scheduled
  • P&O's Mercosul expelled

Antwerpse Lloyd n.v.web site
  • Canadian Pacific envisagerait de désinvestir... CP Rail serait sur la liste
    Le groupe Canadian Pacific va-t-il procéder à une cure d’amaigrissement en se débarrassant de certains de ses secteurs d’activités, ceci sous la pression des actionnaires, qui exigeraient un rendement supérieur de leurs actions? C’est ce qui ressort de déclarations faites par O’Brien, président et CEO du groupe CP. L’objectif serait de se défaire de certaines activités pour se concentrer sur celles qui ont un potentiel porteur à l’échelle mondiale.
  • “Les goulots d’étranglement du réseau fluvial doivent disparaître en Europe
    Le développement des voies navigables est très en retard par rapport aux prévisions faites en 1992/94 lors de la présentation des ambitions. Pour concrétiser ces ambitions, il faudrait investir dans les voies navigables européennes quelque 14 milliards d’EUR d’ici à 2010 et environ 10 milliards d’EUR supplémentaires au-delà de 2010. Non seulement on est loin du compte, mais plusieurs projets majeurs concernant justement le TEN (Trans European Network) fluvial ont été annulés (Rhin/Rhône), ou retardés (Seine/Nord), ou encore suspendus (Twente/Canal de Mittelland). Résultat: des goulots d’étranglement un peu partout et alors que les instances tant européennes que nationales prônent un plus large recours au mode fluvial.
  • Kühne & Nagel conclut une alliance stratégique avec SembCorp Logistics
    Le groupe logistique et d’expédition suisse Kühne & Nagel a conclu une alliance stratégique, liée à une participation croisée de 20%, avec le supply chain management provider de Singapour SembCorp Logistics (anciennement Sembawang Marine & Logistics). Grâce à ses équipes de gestion, ses moyens financiers et la couverture géographique dont elle dispose, l’alliance pourra pleinement réagir aux possibilités offertes actuellement sur le marché de l’outsourcing logistique.
  • P&O NSF transportera cette année 8% de fret de plus via Zeebrugge
    “Sur les trois liaisons ferry que nous exploitons depuis Zeebrugge, nous transporterons cette année 8% de fret de plus que l’an dernier”, a déclaré Peter van den Brandhof, managing director de P&O North Sea Ferries, la compagnie ferry active au port côtier belge depuis les années 70. Le trafic de passagers se stabilise à 400.000 personnes entre Zeebrugge et Hull, et vice versa.

Marine Linkweb site
Maritime Contract News
  • Cammell Laird Receives Coflexip Conversion Project
  • Keppel Shipyard Clinches Jumboization Contract
  • Keppel Hitachi Zosen Tapped To Build Harbor Tugs
Breaking News
  • World's Biggest Floating Diamond Processing Vessel Sets Sail
  • Bulk Carrier Remains at Anchorage
  • Rydex Introduces Rydex Express
  • Texas A&M Chooses Transas

Marine Linkweb site
Maritime Contract News
  • Cammell Laird Receives Coflexip Conversion Project
  • Keppel Shipyard Clinches Jumboization Contract
  • Keppel Hitachi Zosen Tapped To Build Harbor Tugs
Breaking News
  • World's Biggest Floating Diamond Processing Vessel Sets Sail
  • Bulk Carrier Remains at Anchorage
  • Rydex Introduces Rydex Express
  • Texas A&M Chooses Transas

TradeWindsweb site
  • Star set to list in Hong Kong
    The Asian cruise operator says it plans to list in Hong Kong later this week.
  • Japanese yards boosted by export orders
    Yards in Japan, racked by interim losses, have made an upbeat start to the second half of the year.
  • Keppel clinches tug boat order
    The Singapore shipbuilder is to build a pair of harbour tugs for Middle East interests.
  • Valles signs up for aframaxes
    Hong Kong shipowner Valles Steamship Co is upping its tanker newbuildings in Japan.
  • James Fisher downbeat on second half prospects
    UK shipowner James Fisher is expecting to make less profit in the second six months of 2000.
  • Is Fredriksen big enough?
    'Big John' has always played to win, but could he have overstepped the limit with his latest move on Osprey.
  • Sembcorp links with Kuehne & Nagel
    The Singapore and Swiss groups have agreed a 20% cross shareholding deal to build a logistics alliance.
  • Fredriksen's Osprey bid unconditional
    Tanker king pays $8m to gain a majority holding in the Singapore shipowner.
  • Analysts up Osprey profit forecasts
    Osprey has promised a fresh profit forecast in the wake of the John Fredriksen offer but analysts are already on the case.
  • Venezuela chases cruise dollar
    A Venezuelan island is building a new $28m port capable of playing host to the giant Caribbean cruise ships.
  • Kvaerner secures third-party cash for cruiseships
    Kvaerner is receiving $587.3m of working capital from banks, which will then be paid by Royal Caribbean and Carnival.
  • NKK paints it black
    The Japanese shipbuilder has turned last year's losses into profits in the first half of this financial year.

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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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