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February 9, 2001
Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Let same society handle class and ISM cert: DNV
    [SINGAPORE] The same classification society should be responsible for both a vessel's class and ISM (International Safety Management) certificate, says a leading classification society in the wake of the Neptune Dorado saga.
  • India's busiest port getting back to work after killer quake
  • Port shots
Air and Land Transport
  • TWA sale: investor group plans competing US$6.2b bid
    [SCOTTSDALE, Arizona], AMR Corp's US$3.5 billion (S$6.05 billion) offer for Trans World Airlines Inc will face a competing bid that is nearly double its size in a bankruptcy auction next month, officials of an investor group said.
  • Airline mergers bad for competition, will result in poorer service, US Senate hears
  • Airbus enlists Japanese trader to help boost sales
  • Delta pilots make strike preparations, talks continue
  • Sabena pilots strike, flights cancelled
Features
  • Out to conquer Europe
    SINGAPORE-based NOL Group's international container shipping arm APL is set to win a much bigger share of the European market. That is the confident expectation of the boss of APL's European region, Ken Soerensen.

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Let same society handle class and ISM cert: DNV
    [SINGAPORE] The same classification society should be responsible for both a vessel's class and ISM (International Safety Management) certificate, says a leading classification society in the wake of the Neptune Dorado saga.
  • India's busiest port getting back to work after killer quake
  • Port shots
Air and Land Transport
  • TWA sale: investor group plans competing US$6.2b bid
    [SCOTTSDALE, Arizona], AMR Corp's US$3.5 billion (S$6.05 billion) offer for Trans World Airlines Inc will face a competing bid that is nearly double its size in a bankruptcy auction next month, officials of an investor group said.
  • Airline mergers bad for competition, will result in poorer service, US Senate hears
  • Airbus enlists Japanese trader to help boost sales
  • Delta pilots make strike preparations, talks continue
  • Sabena pilots strike, flights cancelled
Features
  • Out to conquer Europe
    SINGAPORE-based NOL Group's international container shipping arm APL is set to win a much bigger share of the European market. That is the confident expectation of the boss of APL's European region, Ken Soerensen.

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Let same society handle class and ISM cert: DNV
    [SINGAPORE] The same classification society should be responsible for both a vessel's class and ISM (International Safety Management) certificate, says a leading classification society in the wake of the Neptune Dorado saga.
  • India's busiest port getting back to work after killer quake
  • Port shots
Air and Land Transport
  • TWA sale: investor group plans competing US$6.2b bid
    [SCOTTSDALE, Arizona], AMR Corp's US$3.5 billion (S$6.05 billion) offer for Trans World Airlines Inc will face a competing bid that is nearly double its size in a bankruptcy auction next month, officials of an investor group said.
  • Airline mergers bad for competition, will result in poorer service, US Senate hears
  • Airbus enlists Japanese trader to help boost sales
  • Delta pilots make strike preparations, talks continue
  • Sabena pilots strike, flights cancelled
Features
  • Out to conquer Europe
    SINGAPORE-based NOL Group's international container shipping arm APL is set to win a much bigger share of the European market. That is the confident expectation of the boss of APL's European region, Ken Soerensen.

The Journal of Commerceweb site
  • Cosco, Evergreen lead new Europe-Indian subcontinent alliance
    The carriers, along with Malaysia International Shipping Corp. and Japan's "K" Line, will launch a container service between Northern Europe and the Indian subcontinent by the end of March, the the first time that any of the lines make direct calls on the trade.
  • Slumping U.S. economy punctures global air cargo
    Traffic was narrowly up in October to 5.6 million tons, but results were dragged down by North America, the world's largest market, where the U.S. economic downturn resulted in a 1.4 percent decline in volume, to 2.5 million tons.
  • Mystery suitor bids $1B for TWA
    Little-known Jet Acquisitions Group has more than doubled what American Airlines said it would pay for Trans World Airlines.
  • Panama port tops Latin rankings
    Manzanillo International Terminal in Panama has become the single biggest container port in Latin America, overtaking Buenos Aires in 2000 as more container lines use Panama as a transshipment hub.
  • Rescue plan save Sabena from bankruptcy - for now
  • Gateway box lessor gets $24.7M investment
  • FedEx weighs China strategy, readies Vietnam service
  • FreeMarkets buys Adexa for $340M
  • Econocaribe Consolidators in management buyout
  • Vastera sees Ford (of Mexico) in its future
  • Canada to set truck safety standards
  • Mersey Docks earnings flat in 2000
  • Reform coalition to meet with Customs
  • Kirby, Dow Chemical in barge deal

Sched Netweb site
  • Shipping industry at odds over new mid-stream surcharge
  • Freight rate increase
  • Freightgate improves site
  • KLM gives with one hand, takes with the other
  • No guarantee planes will not crash into ships - JSA
  • Atlas Air Q4 results

Cargowebweb site
FEBRUARY 8, 2001
  • FreightWise, 'Best of the web', to stop operations
  • Another candidate for TWA
  • New money for NedCargo market place
  • DaimlerChrysler profit down
  • KLM 'no longer excludes' Alitalia
  • UPS wins new contract with Sprint
  • Fedex with 85 more terminals

Exim Indiaweb site
  • 6.932 m GRT in operation as on Dec. 1, 2000
  • ULA consortium bags Mumbai Port cargo terminal deal
  • India, EC to enhance trade ties
  • Acrylic yarn import from Nepal hits industry
  • Kandla Port races against odds to attain normalcy
  • 10 bidders vie to build HSL's floating dock
  • PM's economic advisors moot tariff policy to optimise ports capacity
  • JN Port to touch 1-million TEU mark today
  • Penta Freight moves largest air cargo from ICD-Ahmedabad
  • Markfed scouting for markets to ease glut of potatoes
  • Designs, drawings, industrial technology imports liable to tax, rules SC
  • Excise duty on cement in Gujarat waived
  • Textile exports projected to rise by 5.5 pc
  • Panel moots steps for easier tax returns
  • UNDP-CII's India Partnership Forum takes off
  • Gujarat Ship Breakers' Assn forms special rescue team
  • Portal on apparel industry launched
  • IMC Ramkrishna Bajaj Quality Awards presented
  • New road bridge to Kutch being expedited

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
FEBRUARY 8, 2001
  • US Gulf: Congestion and tight avails continue affecting bunkering
  • Baltic bunker markets well supplied
  • Rotterdam bunker market firm this week
  • Gibraltar: One supplier short term congestion
  • Genoa resupply expected during the weekend
  • Firmer levels in Piraeus and Istanbul
  • Singapore market firm following latest API stats, crude prices
  • Sluggish demand in Hong Kong
  • Firmer market in Japan
  • Korean market confused on the back of crude levels

International Transport Journalweb site
  • CSAV widen cooperation
  • Sinotrans deploys new units
  • Grimaldi to Pointe Noire
  • MAV gets further electrified
  • Port of Marseilles: open for growth and expansion
  • RFF: crushing old debts
  • SNCF: proud of its 6% growth
  • P&O Trans European in Poland
  • New regulations in Russia
  • New partners for the Weiss

World Wide Shipperweb site
FEBRUARY 8, 2001
  • Arch Miller announces third run for Port of Vancouver, USA, commission
  • Total tonnage for Port Portland marine terminals up for the year 2000
  • Consortium begins building U.S. Navy's auxiliary oceanographic research vessel
  • PNW ports well represented at AAPA's PR & Marketing confab
  • Crowley Maritime buys Marine Transport's total common stock

Il Sole 24 Ore On Lineweb site
  • Clerici (Assologistica): «Una liberalizzazione solo di facciata»
  • E lo scalo ionico punta sulla crescita dei servizi
  • Mercoledì il commissario De Palacio licenzierà la direttiva Ue destinata a incidere profondamente sugli assetti operativi consolidati
    Bruxelles rivoluziona i porti
    Per i terminal gare internazionali e licenze brevi - Più potere agli armatori per gestire le banchine
  • Cosco fa rotta su Taranto con le nuove porta container

Fairplayweb site
FEBRUARY 8, 2001
  • Merger mania in Mexico
  • Cuba bill proposes easing sanctions
  • Panamaxes come under pressure
  • Luxus guarantees 'now urgent'
  • Box ship rescues lone yachtsman
  • Dibden project wins rail boost
  • Strong interest in Gib surveyor job
  • Sri Lanka does U-turn on port loan
  • Reef pilotage 'to be compulsory'
  • Chennai congestion levy withdrawn
  • Moroccans held in Malta
  • PPA prioritises Mindanao ports
  • PTP offers box repair services
  • Bill eases HK procedure
  • Norsul denies route rumours
  • Castor cargo transfer complete
  • Kandla has no insurance
  • Lauritzen to go private
  • RG-Line wins Bothnia concession
  • Osprey board resigns
  • Home port potential worries Curaçao
  • Keppel T&T to dispose of fleet
  • Carnival 'wave' bookings look good

Antwerpse Lloyd n.v.web site
  • CMA CGM: les records de 2000 confirment le bien-fondé de la reprise-fusion
    N’en déplaise à ceux qui dans l’Hexagone ont la critique facile au sujet de la reprise de CGM par CMA et de la fusion de ces deux armements, mais les faits sont là: l’économie française dispose aujourd’hui d’un grand armement de ligne figurant dans le club des dix megacarriers Est-Ouest et Nord-Sud. L’année dernière, tous les records ont été battus: 1,66 million de TEU ont été transportés, soit une hausse de 23,2%, et le chiffre d’affaires a atteint les 13 milliards de FRF, en hausse de 34% (ce qui laisse supposer que le résultat net aura augmenté d’au moins 100%). De plus, toutes les lignes CGM sont devenues rentables.

  • “Flessingue deviendra le premier véritable concurrent de Rotterdam aux Pays-Bas”
    “Flessingue est une vraie mutation”, estime le professeur H. Welters de l’Université Erasmus à Rotterdam. L’ancien président de l’Association Maritime Sud (Scheepvaart Vereniging Zuid), l’organisation coupole de groupements portuaires actifs dans le principal port européen, a formulé ce point de vue lors du mini-congrès organisé par le Port Promotion Council Zeeland mercredi après-midi à Flessingue et qui avait comme thème “Les ambitions des ports zélandais”. La réunion était un franc succès avec 240 participants, dont le gouverneur de la reine en Zélande, Van Gelder. Remarquable toutefois était l’absence du président (Mr. Bruinooge) et du directeur (Mr. Philippen) de Zeeland Seaports.
  • Dunkerque a multiplié ses investissements par trois
    Traditionnellement, le Port Autonome de Dunkerque (PAD) investissait chaque année 100 mio. de FRF (15,24 mio. d’EUR) en moyenne. L’exercice 2000 avait déjà marqué une forte montée en puissance avec 165 mio. de FRF (25,15 mio. d’EUR), soit +65% par rapport au niveau moyen précédent. Pour 2001, ce sera 316 mio. de FRF (48,17 mio. d’EUR), soit +91% par rapport à 2000. En comparant le niveau moyen avant le redémarrage et celui prévu pour 2001, on constate que le PAD aura ainsi multiplié ses investissements annuels par plus de trois.

Marine Linkweb site
Maritime Contract News
  • Pimentel Steps Down From Top Post At Cunard Line
  • Cammell Laird Shares Fall On News
Breaking News
  • 76-Year-Old Solo Sailor Loses His Ship
  • EU To Crack Down On Tankers
  • Castor Is Now Clean
  • Pimentel Steps Down From Top Post At Cunard Line
  • Bender Granted Conversion Contract From Cal Dive
  • Hyundai Sales Projected To Rise
  • Daewoo Stake Sale Held Up On Price
  • Tankers Expected In Iraq
  • Hanjin Expects Profit
  • Mersey Docks Records Profit Increase
  • P&O Appoints Rice To Board
  • Containership Collide
  • Kashagan Operator Pick To Come Soon
  • Cammell Laird Shares Fall On News
  • Kirby Enters Tank Barge Deal With Dow

Marine Linkweb site
Maritime Contract News
  • Pimentel Steps Down From Top Post At Cunard Line
  • Cammell Laird Shares Fall On News
Breaking News
  • 76-Year-Old Solo Sailor Loses His Ship
  • EU To Crack Down On Tankers
  • Castor Is Now Clean
  • Pimentel Steps Down From Top Post At Cunard Line
  • Bender Granted Conversion Contract From Cal Dive
  • Hyundai Sales Projected To Rise
  • Daewoo Stake Sale Held Up On Price
  • Tankers Expected In Iraq
  • Hanjin Expects Profit
  • Mersey Docks Records Profit Increase
  • P&O Appoints Rice To Board
  • Containership Collide
  • Kashagan Operator Pick To Come Soon
  • Cammell Laird Shares Fall On News
  • Kirby Enters Tank Barge Deal With Dow

TradeWindsweb site
FEBRUARY 8, 2001
  • Jiangdu scoops Italian tanker pair
    Italian owner opts for Chinese yard for new product tanker tonnage.
  • Owners fear further erosion of Greek flag
    Union of Greek Shipowners president John C Lyras has urged the government to adopt a more shipping friendly stance.
  • Bosphorus collision
    Med Glory abandoned with serious damage.
  • Lauritzen spends $52m to axe holding company
    Copenhagen listed company to disappear under plan to remove management layer.
  • Cabot LNG boss shifts to Poten
    The ex-president of Cabot LNG has made the move from owner to broker.
  • Europe aims to cut through shipping red tape
    EU transport supremo Loyola de Palacio wants to make it easier for ships to make frequent calls at European ports.
  • Kirby leases Dow tank barges
    The Houston owner has taken 94 of the chemical company's vessels on a long-term basis.
  • Cammell Laird warns on yard jobs
    Government told financial backing for cruise order essential.
  • Uljanik denies cargoship report
    The Croatian yard says it has no plans to build cargoships for an Italian-Swiss import company.
  • Osprey names chiefs
    John Fredriksen has named his new Osprey team.
  • VLCC resales touted
    Owners wanting prompt delivery of a VLCC newbuilding may have to pay up.
  • Cido Shipping makes tanker order debut
    The car carrier shipping firm is ordering its first ever tanker in a bid to diversify its activities.
  • Castor tanks emptied
    Tsavliris complete pollution prevention operation on the ship that nobody wanted.
  • Profits plunge at Hanjin Heavy
    Korea's fifth-largest shipbuilder saw income pushed down by rising raw materials costs in 2000.

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FROM THE HOME PAGE
Reducing navigation speed and optimizing port calls are the key to decarbonizing shipping
Copenhagen
A new study by the Global Maritime Forum highlights this.
ECSA and A4E reiterate the need to allocate EU ETS revenues to the decarbonisation of ships and aircraft
Brussels
Essential to bridge the price gap between sustainable and conventional fuels
AD Ports' new bid to gain control of Egypt's ALCN rejected
Cairo
A new proposal worth approximately $580 million has been submitted.
John Denholm is the new president of the International Chamber of Shipping
Rome
He succeeds Emanuele Grimaldi, who has completed his four-year term
A ship was hit by a drone in the Black Sea
Odessa
One of the nine crew members died
Port of La Spezia: Dredging of the third port basin and navigable canal begins.
La Spezia
Yesterday, 25 ships passed through Hormuz, the highest daily number since April 18.
Singapore
Since March, the average has been 7.6 transits per day
Interferry calls on the EU to implement the EES pragmatically, or to suspend it
Victoria
The upcoming high summer season - the association denounced - risks suffering serious inconveniences
In the first three months of 2026, freight traffic in French ports increased by +3.8%
Paris
General cargo and solid bulk cargo are growing. Liquid bulk cargo remains stable.
BIMCO and Intertanko stress that there are still significant risks to the Hormuz crossing
Copenhagen/London
In April, freight traffic in the ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado Ligure grew by +1.7%
Genoa
The Boards of Directors of the Basins and Maritime Stations Authority have been renewed.
After more than 100 days in the Persian Gulf, Grimaldi's PCTC Grande Torino has passed through Hormuz
Naples
Transit authorized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran
US-Iran agreement signed to restore naval traffic through Hormuz
Islamabad/Tehran
Lifting of the American naval blockade and demining of the waters
Assocostieri, port governance reform should take into account the specific nature of strategic energy infrastructure in ports.
Confitarma rejects any form of toll in the Strait of Hormuz.
Naples
Zanetti: We reaffirm the fundamental principle of freedom of navigation.
Federagenti proposes to allocate the concession fees proportionally to Ports of Italy and the AdSPs to finance the new joint stock company
Rome
DP World in talks to build container terminal at Texas port of Corpus Christi
Charlotte/Los Angeles
Container traffic at the Port of Los Angeles grew by 17.2% last month.
Assarmatori criticizes Brussels, but also Rome, for what they are doing to decarbonize the shipping industry.
Rome
Messina: A return to normalcy in the Strait of Hormuz will not be immediate.
US firm Enstructure buys Logistec's US port terminal network
Wellesley/New York/Montreal
It operates a total of 84 terminals in the USA
Leveraging the revised Block Exemption Regulation to encourage private investment in ports
Constance
FEPORT urges it
The Antwerp-Bruges Port Authority will collaborate in the development of the port of Misrata.
Measured
Project for a new bulk terminal
Bimco, ICS, Intercargo and Intertanko condemn attacks on ships and seafarers in the Strait of Hormuz
London
Call for an immediate cessation of attacks
Container traffic at the Port of Long Beach grew by 31.7% last month.
Long Beach
The overall volume of containers remained unchanged in the first five months of 2026
The Swiss Federal Council proposes extending subsidies for rail freight traffic through the Alps until 2035.
Bern
From 2027 to 2035, 486 million francs would be paid out
So far the number of ships leaving the Persian Gulf is 6-7% of those transited a year ago
Paris
AXSMarine: No Signs of a Long-Term Reopening of the Strait of Hormuz
Global Ports Holding in talks to manage cruise port in St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Istanbul
The terminal currently records an annual traffic of approximately 200 thousand passengers
Investments in Taiwan's ports amounting to 1.8 billion dollars are planned for the period 2027-2031.
Taipei
At the end of the five-year period, annual container traffic is expected to be equal to 15.5 million TEUs
US forces hit a third vessel in the Gulf of Oman
Tampa
The "Jalveer" is said to be carrying a cargo of Iranian oil.
ALLRAIL, CER, ERFA, FEPORT, FTE, UIP and UIRR present their proposal for the European Railway Platform
Brussels
The aim is to ensure market representation from the very beginning of the new European rail capacity governance process.
US Central Command claims responsibility for attack on product tanker Settebello
Tampa/New Delhi/London
Condemnation by the Indian government and the International Maritime Organization
Product tanker hit in Strait of Hormuz region
Southampton/Muscat
One sailor was injured. Two other crew members are missing.
In the first quarter of this year, freight traffic in the port of Civitavecchia decreased by -1.0%.
Civitavecchia
Cruise passengers increase by +32.1%
A merchant ship was attacked in the Gulf of Aden
Southampton
Exchange of gunfire with the security team on board the ship
Gemini Cooperation increases cargo capacity on the Asia-Mediterranean route
Copenhagen
Sea-Intelligence adds additional weekly capacity of 22,402 TEUs
ESPO fully endorses the EU Council conclusions on the Maritime Industrial Strategy
Brussels
The central role of port facilities confirmed
CO2 capture and storage on ships is one of the most concrete and immediately available solutions for the decarbonisation of shipping.
London
This is highlighted in a report commissioned by ICS to Lloyd's Register Advisory.
Antitrust approves Messina Group's acquisition of Terminal San Giorgio
Rome
The Italian Competition Authority (AGCM) has also approved the acquisition by the MSC group of the Asso group's naval maintenance and repair activities (Jobson Italia and UASC UAE).
Rates for ships transiting the Suez Canal are expected to rise.
Ismailia
They will be applied from July 15th. Passenger ships excluded.
The Suez Canal Authority has announced that it will introduce surcharges on transit tariffs through the Egyptian canal for most major cargo vessels, effective July 15.
The Council of the EU accepts many of the requests put forward by the associations of the European maritime-port cluster
Luxembourg
However, necessarily, the text postpones the adoption of concrete measures to future legislative initiatives
ESPO calls for proactive use of the EES system to avoid congestion in European ports
Brussels
Ryckbost: Flexibilities activated promptly in exceptional but foreseeable circumstances
Rixi: It is necessary to overcome a maritime ETS that risks shifting traffic and investments to non-European ports.
Luxembourg
What is needed - highlights the vice minister - are incentives and flexibility, not new constraints
Houthis threaten to resume attacks on ships transiting the Red Sea
Sana'a
A total ban on navigation has been declared for all vessels linked to Israeli interests.
Global trade in goods may start to slow down
Global trade in goods may start to slow down
Geneva
This is reported by the latest reading of the WTO Goods Trade Barometer.
The new port road connection to Sampierdarena has been activated in Genoa.
The new port road connection to Sampierdarena has been activated in Genoa.
Genoa
Paroli: the work now allows approximately 900-1,000 heavy vehicles per day to directly access the port's operational areas.
The rapporteurs of the Ports Bill defend the governance project centered on the Ports of Italy.
Rome
Ghio (PD) denounces that the governing bodies of this new company would be appointed entirely by the government. Ghirra (AVS): The objectives of national coordination could have been achieved by strengthening the National Conference of Port Authority Presidents.
US logistics companies WWEX Group and Auctane announce merger
Milan/Dallas/Austin
Artificial intelligence plays a leading role
Unexpected decline in European intermodal traffic in the first quarter of 2026
Brussels
UIRR: Infrastructure chaos caused by construction sites interrupting railway lines
Hanseatic Global Terminals acquires remaining 50% of Hanseatic Global Terminals Aracruz
Rotterdam/Aracruz
The company is building the new Brazilian container port of Imetame
Conftrasporto: The Ports Bill highlights clear operational, financial, and regulatory compliance issues.
Rome
Russo: the competences of Ports of Italy would overlap with those of the Port System Authorities, the Ministry of Transport and the Art
WoodMac believes decarbonisation rules could have a major impact on LNG-powered vessels
Edinburgh
According to the company, European regulations would put ships with DFDE engines out of the market
French MN will transport Avio's Vega C launcher between Italy and South America
Nantes
The French company will equip itself with a new vessel designed specifically for the transport of space equipment
EU methodology for calculating greenhouse gas emissions from transport services comes into force
Brussels
The system is based on the international standard EN ISO 14083:2023
The container ship MSC Sariska V was hit by two shells in the Persian Gulf on Monday.
Geneva/Rome
All crew members were unharmed.
In the first quarter, freight traffic in the port of Bremen/Bremerhaven grew by +5.8%
Bremen
Containers amounted to 1,245,515 teu (+4.4%)
MSC acquires 51% stake in Pivdennyi container terminal (Odessa)
Odessa
It has a traffic capacity of 400 thousand TEUs per year.
The IMO Convention on Liability and Compensation for Damage in Connection with the Carriage of Hazardous and Noxious Substances by Sea will enter into force on 19 November 2027.
London
Dominguez: a long-awaited achievement, which fills an important gap in the international regime
In April, ship transits through the Suez Canal increased by +13.9%
In April, ship transits through the Suez Canal increased by +13.9%
Cairo
In the first four months of 2026, an increase of +12.1% was recorded
In the first quarter, freight traffic in the port of Naples fell by -5.3%, while in Salerno it grew by +6.4%.
Naples
Container throughput in the two ports was 167,433 teu (-3.5%) and 101,509 teu (+7.8%) respectively.
Kerdjoudj (Feport): With the revision of the EU ETS, part of the proceeds should be allocated to ports.
Brussels
Call to carefully evaluate the risk of relocating transhipment traffic
With the new COSCO-PTP terminal, the port of Tarragona relaunches itself on the container market.
Tarragona
Construction work is expected to be completed in 2028 when the terminal will have a capacity of 680,000 TEUs.
In 2025, Egyptian ports set their new all-time container throughput record
Alexandria, Egypt
Strong growth in transhipment volumes, which had remained stable in 2024
The national contract for port mooring and boatmen has been renewed.
Rome
Filt-Cgil strengthens a regulatory framework essential for the sector
A study explains how to make the use of OPS facilities in European ports more attractive and effective.
Brussels
Clearer and more comparable tariffs are also needed.
Federlogistica calls for amendments to the port governance bill.
Genoa
Falteri: the new structure must guarantee the Port System Authority adequate financial resources and effective operational tools.
ESPO calls for EU ETS amendments to ensure the competitiveness of European ports.
Brussels
The negative impact on short sea shipping was also highlighted.
New measures adopted in Switzerland to strengthen the competitiveness of the maritime flag
Bern
A Swiss shipowner will be able to fly the Swiss flag even if the owning company is based abroad
Sea trials of the second cruise ship built in China have concluded.
Shanghai
The Adora Flora City will make its maiden voyage departing from the port of Guangzhou on November 22nd.
In the first quarter of 2026, the value of G20 freight traffic recorded a quarterly growth of +5.3%
Paris
Mitigation of the growth of cargo traffic in the port of Tangier Med
Tangier
In the first three months of 2026, 38.8 million tonnes were handled (+3.2%)
Cargo traffic in Chinese seaports grew by 2.6% in April
Cargo traffic in Chinese seaports grew by 2.6% in April
Beijing
Imports and exports increased by 0.6%. Containers totaled 26.9 million (+4.8%).
Fermerci asks the government for urgent measures to support rail freight transport.
Rome
Railway companies penalized by infrastructure disruptions
Port of Naples, first ship-to-ship LNG bunkering operation on a cruise ship
Naples
Axpo used the cargo barge "Green Zeebrugge"
CMA CGM closed the first quarter of 2026 with a net profit of $250 million (-78%)
CMA CGM closed the first quarter of 2026 with a net profit of $250 million (-78%)
Marseille
Revenues stable, with logistics and other activities offsetting the decline in shipping
The U.S. Supreme Court has reopened the case pitting Havana Docks against Carnival, Royal Caribbean, NCLH and MSC
New International Code of Safety for Autonomous Surface Vessels Adopted
London
It will come into force on July 1st and will be applied on a voluntary basis for at least two years
UIRR: Combined road-rail transport shipments to increase by 1.5% in 2025
Brussels
The association highlighted the disastrous effects on the railway construction sector in Germany.
Fincantieri and Teijin Automotive Technologies sign agreement to develop composite bulkheads for naval applications.
Trieste/Pouancé
Folgiero: We enable the development of lighter and more efficient units
Saipem wins new $1 billion offshore contract in Angola
Milan
It was awarded by Azule Energy for the Greater PAJ project
Port of Ancona: Dredging work has begun on the seabed of quay 22.
Ancona
Approximately six thousand cubic meters of sediment will be removed
Confitarma welcomes clarifications regarding ship waste collection management.
Rome
The need for uniform application of the legislation throughout the country was highlighted.
The Tuscan Cooperation Development Fund invests in Uniport Livorno.
Livorno
Operation for a total of 880 thousand euros carried out together with co-investor Coopfond
Fit-Cisl, recognizing dock work as arduous is a priority
Genoa
Pagnotta: This is not a corporate claim, but a question of social justice.
Hupac increases weekly rotations between Antwerp and Busto Arsizio via France to four.
Noise
Two additional departures of the intermodal service introduced
From July, the tariff for naval transit through the Turkish Straits will increase by +14.9%.
Istanbul
It will be raised to $6.70 per net tonne
Fincantieri and Republikorp sign agreement to build multipurpose naval vessels in Indonesia.
Paris
The establishment of a joint venture is planned
Study on the divergences between the EU Ship Recycling Regulation and the Hong Kong Convention
Brussels/London
It has been published by ECSA and ICS
The 2026-2028 POT of the Southern Tyrrhenian and Ionian Sea Port Authority has been approved.
Gioia Tauro
Approval also granted to the 2026 budget forecast variation and to the update of the Port's Staffing Plan.
Autonomous Navigation: ABS, Polaris Shipping, HHI, and AVIKUS Sign Agreement
Athens
It will be tested on a VLOC under certain low-risk conditions
Tomorrow in Sant'Agnello (Naples) the inauguration event of the Italy Branch of The Nautical Institute
London
The topics of discussion will include energy transition in the maritime industry, maritime education and training.
The Municipality of Bologna is reconsidering the divestment of its stake in Interporto Bologna.
Bologna/Bentivoglio
An institutional delegation from Flanders visited the interport
Eni and Fincantieri sign agreement to develop innovative underwater monitoring technologies.
Milan/Trieste
Agreement focused on Eni's "Clean Sea" technology
In 2025, LNG consumption in Italy grew by +11% driven by industry and new uses, with the debut in the naval segment
Rome
Amadei (Federchimica LNG Group): Use ETS and FuelEU revenues to support investments and deployment of lower-carbon fuels.
RT&L partners with China's Guangzhou Salvage to strengthen its project cargo segment
Genoa
Bizzarri: the sector is characterised by wide margins for development and profitability
Last year, cargo traffic in Greek ports amounted to 140.8 million tons (-1.5%)
Piraeus
Goods volumes remained unchanged in the fourth quarter only
The International Container Study Center's board and governing body have been renewed.
Genoa
Filippo Gallo confirmed as president and Paolo Pessina as vice-president
Catani (GNV): allocate ETS proceeds to the development of synthetic fuel production chains.
Rome
Resources - he specified - also for port infrastructures and the reduction of the cost differential compared to traditional fuels
Consultation launched on plans to expand the port areas of Fos
Marseille
The goal is to involve residents and local stakeholders
Somec signs €60 million contract with Finnish shipyard
San Vendemiano
One of the most complex interventions ever entrusted to the Horizons division
Daniele Rossi, former president of the port of Ravenna, has passed away.
Rome
He led the port authority for over eight years
ONE will remove calls in Greece and Türkiye from its Adriatic Service 1 service.
Singapore
In Italy it touches the ports of Venice and Ancona
The first phase of the APM Terminals terminal in the port of Suape has been inaugurated.
Suape
It will become operational in the second half of this year
Container traffic increased in May at the ports of Singapore and Hong Kong
Singapore/Hong Kong
Singapore sets record bunkering levels for liquefied natural gas and pure B100 biodiesel
Vavassori confirmed as president of the Lombardy Association of Freight Forwarders and Haulers
Milan
Albertina Schiavoni and Mario Zini have been appointed vice-presidents
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
The president of Angopi receives the first professional certificate of competence as a mooring man.
Savona
The certificate must be renewed every five years.
Fincantieri has delivered the new cruise ship Mein Schiff Flow to TUI Cruises.
Hamburg/Monfalcone
With a gross tonnage of approximately 160,000 tons, it has a capacity of approximately 4,000 passengers.
In the first three months of 2026, freight traffic in the port of Palermo decreased by -6.3%
Palermo
Traffic also decreased in the ports of Termini Imerese, Trapani, and Licata. Increases occurred in Porto Empedocle and Gela.
The Antitrust Authority has not given its final approval for the acquisition of Armas' assets and activities by Baleària.
Barcelona
Set a series of conditions
Assarmatori's annual assembly will take place in Rome on Tuesday.
Rome
The event's theme is "Instructions for not navigating in the dark."
VARD to build a new generation fishing vessel
Trieste
It was ordered by the Norwegian company Rosund Drift
Royal Caribbean has taken delivery of its new Legend of the Seas cruise ship.
Miami
Built by Meyer Turku, it can accommodate 5,610 passengers
Concentration in the UK shipbuilding sector
London
Baleana buys APCL Group (A&P Tyne, Cammell Laird and A&P Falmouth and Falmouth Docks and Engineering)
Informal hearings of trade union representatives on port governance reform
Rome
At the heart of the critical issues highlighted - confirms Filt-Cgil - is the planned establishment of Porti d'Italia Spa
Venice, the DPSS confirms the need to build new offshore terminals outside the lagoon.
Venice
The Strategic System Programming Document has been approved by the AdSP Management Committee
The Spinelli Group has joined the Italian Association of Port Terminal Operators
Genoa
The company and Assiterminal expressed satisfaction with the resumption of an important association
In the first three months of 2026, freight traffic at UK ports fell by -2.6%
London
More significant decrease (-6.8%) in boarding loads
Mark Hindley is the new president of the European Motor Vehicle Logistics Association
Istanbul
Wolfgang Göbel was elected honorary president
At the Port of Genoa, a tugboat was stopped for irregularities in nitrogen oxide emissions.
Genoa
The vessel is used for the construction works of the new breakwater
In April, freight traffic in the port of Ravenna grew by +21.4%
Ravenna
An increase of +2.5% is expected in May
Sallaum Lines to launch dedicated China-Europe service in 2027
Nanjing
Two new 7,400 CEU PCTCs taken delivery
On June 12th in Naples, an initiative by Filt Cgil on governance in the port sector
Rome
Naval drone found in Romanian port of Constanta
Bucharest
The device self-destructed without causing any casualties.
HJSC receives approval in principle for the construction of a 10,000 TEU biofuel containership.
Athens
It was released from the Korean Naval Register
Global Ship Lease invests $917 million to purchase ten new container ships
Athens
They will be delivered between the fourth quarter of 2028 and the first quarter of 2030.
WASS (Fincantieri) and Magellan Agreement on Canada's Underwater Defense
Trieste
Industrial cooperation opportunities in the field of heavy torpedoes and countermeasures will be explored
Solutions to overcome the chronic staff shortage in the Italian maritime sector
Procida
Pagano (Maritime Labor Committee): Digitalization, simplification, and cooperation between training and businesses to overcome the crisis
Maritime training agreement signed by Gente di Mare (Cosulich) and Carnival
Genoa
Di Tizio: This collaboration allows us to bring an international project to the territory
Antipollution (V.Group) orders four eco-friendly vessels from ONEX Shipyards & Technologies
Athens
Option for four additional units
Spinelli has ordered three new handling vehicles from FTMH
Genoa
A reach stacker for empty containers has already entered service in the group's Livorno depot
Luigi Merlo to lead MSC Cruises' Italian cruise terminal company
Geneva
Centrone (formerly Fincantieri) takes over as Director of Maritime Policies and Government Affairs for the group in Italy
Greece's Skaramangas Shipyards and South Korea's HD Hyundai sign cooperation agreement
Athens
The aim is to collaborate in the construction of surface military vessels
AD Ports buys the Brazilian Corredor Logística e Infraestrutura
Sao Paulo/Abu Dhabi
The company handles the largest volume of agri-food bulk exports in the South American nation
The 2026-2028 Three-Year Operational Plan of the Northern Tyrrhenian Port Authority has been approved.
Livorno
Unanimous approval from the Management Committee
Chen Lichtenstein appointed president and CEO of ZIM
Haifa
He will replace the resigning Eli Glickman.
Gianluca Croce has been confirmed as president of Assagenti Genova.
Genoa
The members of the association's board for the two-year period 2026-2028
The Mega Serena ferry has joined the Corsica Sardinia Ferries fleet.
Vado Ligure
It has a capacity of up to 2,000 passengers and over 600 vehicles.
The first steel cutting of the Crystal Grace cruise ship took place in Marghera.
Miami
Fincantieri will deliver the vessel in spring 2028
Palumbo Superyacht awarded 13,048 square meters of mooring space to the Port of Ortona.
Ancona
Central Adriatic Port Authority, guidelines for issuing the single ZES authorization
Port of Livorno: Two new FHP MarterNeri warehouses inaugurated
Livorno
Investment exceeding 23 million euros
The Committee of the Central Northern Tyrrhenian Sea Port Authority has decided to close the institution's state of crisis.
Civitavecchia
New solution for exceptional transport on intermodal trains from FS Logistix and Van der Vlist
Verona
Two aerial platforms transported from Verona to Rostock
Port of Naples: Fire aboard GNV's Phoenix ferry
Naples
Flames broke out in the internal areas of deck 6 of the ship
Latrofa has chosen a trusted individual to lead an in-house company within the Lazio Port Authority.
Civitavecchia
The new sole director - he underlined - has been provided with particularly stringent management guidelines
In the first three months of 2026, MPC Container Ships' revenues decreased by -6.4%.
Oslo
Quarterly net income of $40.8 million (-31.8%)
The 2026-2028 Three-Year Operational Plan of the Sardinian Port Authority has been approved.
Olbia
Green light from the Management Committee
The environmental assessment process for the San Antonio Outer Harbor project has been completed.
Saint Anthony
The Viking Mira cruise ship was delivered at the Fincantieri shipyard in Ancona
Ancona/Los Angeles
It has a gross tonnage of 54,300 tons and a capacity of 998 passengers.
In 2025, RINA recorded revenues of over one billion euros (+11%)
Genoa
Net profit up 30%
The new railway bridge has been installed at the Port of Marina di Carrara.
Marina di Carrara
Pisano: A turning point in the port's logistics organization.
Ports, freight terminals, and corridors. Venice and the Upper Adriatic as a gateway to the East.
Venice
This is the theme of the event that will be held on Thursday in Venice
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
Tomorrow in Sant'Agnello (Naples) the inauguration event of the Italy Branch of The Nautical Institute
London
Assarmatori's annual assembly will take place in Rome on Tuesday.
Rome
The event's theme is "Instructions for not navigating in the dark."
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
World's first floating fusion reactor-powered vessel could become reality with new project
(Interesting Engineering)
Shipbuilding's Spring Illusion: Backbone Collapses
(The Chosun Daily)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Intervento del presidente Tomaso Cognolato
Roma, 19 giugno 2025
››› File
Estonian State Fleet orders electric-powered ferry from Polish shipyard Crist
Tallinn
Contract worth 49.93 million euros
In April, Spanish ports handled 1.7 million containers (+1.7%)
Madrid
Cruise passengers down by -18.4%
Container traffic in the port of Valencia decreased by 2.5% in April
Valencia
In the first four months of 2026, almost 1.8 million TEUs were handled (+0.2%)
Global Ship Lease posts record quarterly revenues again
Athens
Net profit down 24.0%
International cooperation between the Sardinian Port Authority and the Port of Tangier Ville for luxury yachting
Cagliari
Promotion of an integrated nautical circuit between Sardinia and Morocco
The new first aid medical center has been inaugurated in the port of Gioia Tauro
Gioia Tauro
Among the facilities, a first aid clinic and a CMR ambulance
BPER provides financing to Grimaldi Euromed for fleet modernization.
Milan/Naples
Resources used to partially cover the purchase of the ship "Grande Manila"
ASRY and Priya Blue establish ship recycling yard in Bahrain
Al Muharraq/Alang
First ship destined for dismantling has arrived in the Middle Eastern nation
SAAM Towage orders five new tugboats from Turkish shipyard Sanmar Shipyard
Santiago
They will have a pulling capacity of between 70 and 80 tons
Container traffic at the Port of Long Beach dropped 5.7% last month.
Long Beach/Singapore/Hong Kong
In Singapore, growth of +3.6% was recorded, while in Hong Kong containers decreased by -6.3%.
Carta (Fermerci): Urgent policies are needed to support railway companies.
Rome
In 2025, rail cargo lost approximately 3.5%, in terms of trains/km
Fratelli Neri orders two more new tugboats in Egypt
Ismailia
Contract with the Suez Canal Company for Modern Boats
Container traffic in the port of Barcelona grew by 17.4% in April.
Barcelona/Algeciras
Algeciras port increases by 6.3%.
The Islamabad government has approved the sale of a 30% stake in the Pakistan National Shipping Corporation.
Islamabad
The share will go to the state logistics company NLC which will also assume management control of PNSC
In 2025, the Spanish port system recorded record revenues
Madrid
Pre-tax profit was 349 million euros (+4.2%)
Leapmotor International strengthens its partnership with the Neapolitan Grimaldi shipping group.
Hoofddorp
In the first quarter, approximately 20,000 units were transported from China to the Italian market.
Cruise traffic in German ports reached a new record last year
Wiesbaden
With 1.51 million passengers, growth was +4.1%.
Federazione del Mare joins the celebrations for the International Day for Women in Maritime 2026.
Rome
Mattioli: The maritime economy is losing opportunities and potential.
After years of sustained growth, short sea shipping in Spain has entered a phase of structural slowdown
Madrid
This is what the latest report from the Observatorio Estadístico del Transporte Marítimo de Corta Distancia reveals.
AD Ports to buy German freight forwarder MBS Logistics
Colony
The company has over 450 employees and 26 offices worldwide.
The Spinelli Group has joined the Sustainable Intermodal Logistics Association
Genoa/Rome
Summary: ALIS can offer our ecosystem strategic added value
$200 million investment to build and equip the new multipurpose terminal at Pointe-Noire
Brazzaville/Abu Dhabi
Ordered three ship-to-shore cranes from ZPMC
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