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January 3, 2002
Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • China invites foreign firms to bid for shipping LNG
    CHINA has invited proposals from foreign shipping and shipbuilding firms in the carriage of liquefied natural gas as it moves ahead with the first phase of its US$616 million LNG terminal project.
  • Tanker demand set to plunge to 10-year low
  • Japanese whaling ship told to leave Antarctic waters
  • Cosco launches Xiamen-Europe service via S'pore
Air and Land Transport
  • Former British Midland CEO hired to head Ansett
    JAMES Hogan, formerly chief executive officer of British Midland Airways Ltd, was hired as CEO of Ansett by an investment group that plans to revive the failed Australian airline as rival to Qantas Airways Ltd.
  • NY Airbus crash probe studies storm incident in 1987: report
  • Cathay pilots resume work-to- rule action
  • Canadian jet diverted after call
  • LOG Book
Logistics
  • MOL revamps logistics units in Hong Kong
    MITSUI OSK Lines plans to integrate three logistics affiliates in Hong Kong from this month, continuing an industry trend to focus more closely on in-house brands.
  • Swiss firm to pick S'pore or HK as Asia hub
  • Emery Worldwide wound up

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • China invites foreign firms to bid for shipping LNG
    CHINA has invited proposals from foreign shipping and shipbuilding firms in the carriage of liquefied natural gas as it moves ahead with the first phase of its US$616 million LNG terminal project.
  • Tanker demand set to plunge to 10-year low
  • Japanese whaling ship told to leave Antarctic waters
  • Cosco launches Xiamen-Europe service via S'pore
Air and Land Transport
  • Former British Midland CEO hired to head Ansett
    JAMES Hogan, formerly chief executive officer of British Midland Airways Ltd, was hired as CEO of Ansett by an investment group that plans to revive the failed Australian airline as rival to Qantas Airways Ltd.
  • NY Airbus crash probe studies storm incident in 1987: report
  • Cathay pilots resume work-to- rule action
  • Canadian jet diverted after call
  • LOG Book
Logistics
  • MOL revamps logistics units in Hong Kong
    MITSUI OSK Lines plans to integrate three logistics affiliates in Hong Kong from this month, continuing an industry trend to focus more closely on in-house brands.
  • Swiss firm to pick S'pore or HK as Asia hub
  • Emery Worldwide wound up

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • China invites foreign firms to bid for shipping LNG
    CHINA has invited proposals from foreign shipping and shipbuilding firms in the carriage of liquefied natural gas as it moves ahead with the first phase of its US$616 million LNG terminal project.
  • Tanker demand set to plunge to 10-year low
  • Japanese whaling ship told to leave Antarctic waters
  • Cosco launches Xiamen-Europe service via S'pore
Air and Land Transport
  • Former British Midland CEO hired to head Ansett
    JAMES Hogan, formerly chief executive officer of British Midland Airways Ltd, was hired as CEO of Ansett by an investment group that plans to revive the failed Australian airline as rival to Qantas Airways Ltd.
  • NY Airbus crash probe studies storm incident in 1987: report
  • Cathay pilots resume work-to- rule action
  • Canadian jet diverted after call
  • LOG Book
Logistics
  • MOL revamps logistics units in Hong Kong
    MITSUI OSK Lines plans to integrate three logistics affiliates in Hong Kong from this month, continuing an industry trend to focus more closely on in-house brands.
  • Swiss firm to pick S'pore or HK as Asia hub
  • Emery Worldwide wound up

Sched Netweb site
  • EC approves UK freight aid grant
  • Garlic case leads to storage contract warning
  • China to attract rail investment
  • HMM lowers risk surcharge
  • Portishead revisited 20 years on
  • Virgin in merger talks with DAT
  • US Airways urges for more Heathrow competition
  • Diaz-Rohr new CIO at Lufthansa Cargo

Cargowebweb site
JANUARY 2, 2002
  • Euro distribution smooth operation
  • Naples Rail Traffic Increases
  • K Line and Yangming decrease capacity
  • New IJmuiden lock no solution for Amsterdam port

Exim Indiaweb site
  • Talks with EU on greater textile market access soon
  • India clinches African orders for supply of 52,000 t. rice
  • Plan panel calls for vision on e-governance
  • Extend tax relief to containers acquisition : Fieo
  • Rules amended for manufacture, imports of new drugs
  • Exports charge up by 0.5 pc after months of decline
  • Govt defers 25 pc security of bond amount for export of excisable goods
  • Updated customs tariff system in force
  • Tyre makers seek relief from cess on imported rubber
  • Decide on FDI policy for retail sector soon: FAM
  • Essential Commodities Act in for change
  • New, expanded sugar units face excise duties in decontrolled regime
  • GDP growth moves up to 5.3 pc in second quarter
  • Foreign Trade Analysis: Current Policy & Procedures
  • Satyapal heads Handicrafts EPC
  • 'UP Calling' on Jan. 7 to focus on attracting investments
  • PDEXCIL to open own office in Erode

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
JANUARY 2, 2002
  • Crude up on cold weather in US and Europe
  • OPEC finally abandons gravity-defying $22-28 price band, for now
  • Crude average down 13-14% in 2001, ends year about 20% lower
  • Rotterdam morning market report
  • Crude oil ends year lower as analysts doubt efficiency of cuts

International Transport Journalweb site
JANUARY 2, 2002
  • RailAmerica Inc sells Dakota railroad
  • Major investments at NS
  • CF and CP Rail joint venture
  • Intermodal volumes down in the US
  • CN: distribution center in Memphis
  • CN: InteliTrans
  • STB terminates UP/SP merger monitoring
  • Hanjin Logistics' InterBox
  • ICF relaunches Scandinavian Maritime Express
  • United Airlines Cargo

Lloyd's Listweb site
  • Cornish villagers flee Willy
    VILLAGERS were evacuated from their homes in Cornwall yesterday amid fears of explosion aboard the chemical tanker Willy after she ran aground in Cawsand Bay near Plymouth late on Tuesday night.
  • Bulk order boosts Bolero's Asia share
    ELECTRONIC trading platform bolero.net has strengthened its position in Asia by signing up five Korean bulk carriers as part of an implementation package for steel major Pohang Steel (Posco).
  • Container shipping faces 'economic abyss'
    ROTTERDAM Municipal Port Management chairman Willem Scholten has warned that 2002 would be a difficult year, especially for the world's container ports, as 2001 throughput at the port declined.
  • ICS swallows owner lobby Censa
    BEGINNING the new year with a rationalisation in the number of shipowners' organisations, the Council of European and Japanese Shipowners' Associations has been subsumed into the International Chamber of Shipping, where it has become a newly formed Shipping Policy Committee.
  • Terror-struck Nisha docks in London
    THE ship at the centre of an international row sparked after she was stopped and boarded by British anti-terrorist forces in the English Channel last December finally docked at a Thames terminal yesterday.

Fairplayweb site
JANUARY 2, 2002
  • Outlook very unsettled, Fairplay
  • Argentine shipping holds its breath
  • Critical HK report held back
  • China Shipping buys coastal carrier
  • Ship blast risk: villagers evacuated
  • DCI signs MOU for Dubai project
  • India confirms sale of yards
  • Lines discount Indo-Pak tension
  • Fire ship towed to Bremerhaven
  • Afghan food shipments hit record
  • Gulf states back customs union
  • Sydney ferry incident downplayed
  • Dampier ore traffic to grow
  • Tanker runs aground off Plymouth
  • Maritrans loses compensation bid
  • Thai dredger dispute drags on
  • Lines launch Chinese THCs
  • Voters kill Texan super-port plan
  • Korea to pump $874M into ports
  • Melbourne shortlists four
  • Korean ship prices rise again
  • Two held in Caribbean licence fraud

The Journal of Commerceweb site
JANUARY 2, 2002
  • U.S. air cargo off 14.4%
    Freight braked its free-fall with a mini-recovery in November.
  • Barge operator ACL misses interest payment
    American Commercial Lines postponed the $15.1 million payment while it negotiates a debt restructuring.
  • Exec: Bolero.net in "reorganization"
    The Web company has cut jobs but expanded its business in Asia, a senior executive said
  • Inchcape Shipping Services sells U.S. liner business
  • MSC offers Savannah service
  • Cathay Pacific pilots protest
  • Postal Service signs Consolidated Freightways for U.S. LTL
  • Zulunet names former DHL exec
  • XS, Freightquote.com in agri-market deal
  • Amerijet emerges from Chapter 11
  • India, Pakistan ban overflights
  • Brazil railway hoping for '02 profits
  • Rotterdam boxes dip for second year in row

Antwerpse Lloyd n.v.web site
  • Zeebrugge: CTO s’assure d’un bon démarrage en 2002
    Tout semble indiquer que l’entreprise de manutention portuaire zeebrugeoise CTO (Combined Terminal Operators) entame ce nouvel exercice 2002 dans les meilleures conditions. Non seulement elle récupère un important trafic de Renault, mais elle vient de s’assurer un nouveau service ferry pur fret sur Sheerness.
  • Airbus a vendu plus d’avions que Boeing en 2001
    Malgré les temps difficiles traversés par l’industrie aérienne, le constructeur européen Airbus est parvenu à vendre l’an dernier 367 nouveaux appareils. Cela représente 73 unités de plus que son concurrent américain Boeing, dont le compteur est resté bloqué à 294 unités. C’est la troisième fois de son histoire qu’Airbus vend plus d’appareils que Boeing.
  • SNCB: le deuxième contrat de gestion temporairement prorogé
    Le Moniteur belge du 29 décembre 2001 a publié un avis concernant le contrat de gestion entre la SNCB et l’Etat belge. Il est prorogé de plein droit jusqu’à l’entrée en vigueur d’un nouveau contrat. Et verra-t-on un jour le ministre Luc Van den Bossche à la tête de la SNCB? En tout cas pas avant les prochaines élections de juillet 2003, semble dire l’intéressé...
  • Anvers: reprise des travaux à la darse à marée le 29 mars?
    Si tout se déroule pour le mieux, le nouveau permis de construire qui doit permettre la relance des travaux à la darse à marée devrait être livré par le ministre de tutelle le 29 mars prochain. Entre-temps, un nouveau plan d’aménagement du territoire de la zone en question aura été concocté, le Conseil d’Etat allant annuler la dernière mouture corrigée.

TradeWindsweb site
JANUARY 2, 2002
  • EU seeks vessel safety upgrade
    The European Union is proposing installation of "black boxes" on container ships.
  • Demolition totals top previous year's
    More large tankers found their way to the breakers beaches this year than in 2000.
  • CMA to honour Frank Tsao
    Tsao will be presented with CMA's Commodore Award for his leadership in the shipping industry.
  • CENSA merges into ICS
    The new ICS Shipping Policy Committee represents 40 national shipowners' associations.
  • NYSA ready for new beginning
    The New York Shipping Association will move to a new office in Metro Park, New Jersey.
  • ABS to remain in New Jersey
    Twenty-two New York employees have moved to Paramus, New Jersey, permanently.
  • Jacobs set to become Bidcorp
    UK ferry and port owner gets green light to raise $30m in funds and change name.
  • Borgestad sells off ship
    Norwegian chemical company is honing down its corporate focus via asset disposals.
  • Tampa master up for Australian accolade
    Arne Rinnan's steadfast position against government might has won him some of the popular vote.
  • Plans to free Willy delayed
    Risk of explosion as small tanker goes aground of UK south coast port.
  • Hudong-Zhonghua chases shipbuilding record
    One of China's key shipyards is aiming to hit a new high by building over 1m-dwt in one year.
  • Share issue delay hits CSG tanker reshuffle
    Delays in approval for new share issue force revision of tanker deal payment terms.
  • Sea Splendour blast claims third engineer
    Explosion aboard ULCC sold for demolition claims the life of one engineer and injures two.
  • Syria blacklists ships trading to Israel
    A Greek vessel and a Turkish ship have been barred from working in Syria under Arab League boycott.

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The Senate has approved the framework law on interports
Rome
UIR, gives the Italian interport system a modern, orderly and coherent regulatory framework
Carlo De Ruvo was elected president of Confetra
Rome
Among the challenges, the uncontrolled expansion of large logistics groups and their concentration
Number of pirate attacks on ships still high in the second quarter of 2025
Number of pirate attacks on ships still high in the second quarter of 2025
Kuala Lumpur
The number of acts of violence against crews is decreasing
Telemar and TNL Group merger agreement
Telemar and TNL Group merger agreement
Oslo/Athens/Paris
One of the top three operators in the OT/IoT services market for the maritime and superyacht sectors will be created
Attacks on ships in the Red Sea still cause deaths among seafarers
Portsmouth
Liberian-flagged bulk carrier " Eternity C" targeted
Canadian shipbuilding company Davie acquires second shipyard in Finland
Helsinki/Pori
It will buy the Enersense Offshore shipyard
Amendment on Port Labor Supply Agencies Approved
Rome
Immediate transformation into Agencies authorised to provide temporary port work
Salvini appoints a manager of a private shipping company from Campania as president of the regional AdSP
Rome
This is Eliseo Cuccaro, CEO of Alilauro
Extend the application of the 0.1% sulphur limit in marine fuels globally
Extend the application of the 0.1% sulphur limit in marine fuels globally
Berlin
This is proposed by an analysis by the International Council on Clean Transportation
IMO and EU condemn renewed attacks on ships in Red Sea
London/Brussels
Dominguez: New Violation of International Law and Freedom of Navigation
In the first half of 2025, container traffic in the port of Gioia Tauro grew by +10.5%
Joy Taurus
2,186,211 TEUs were handled
A bulk carrier was attacked in the Red Sea
Portsmouth
The crew abandoned the ship which began to take on water
German government allocates 400 million euros to support energy transition in maritime-port sector
Over 78 million euros to the ports of Augusta and Taranto for offshore wind
Rome
Funds distributed over three years starting from 2025
In the first three months of 2025, freight traffic in the port of La Spezia fell by -9.4%
The Spice
At the Marina di Carrara port, a growth of +3.7% was recorded
Ruote Libere denounces the loosening of anti-mafia controls in the road transport sector
Modena
Franchini: Minister Salvini's obsession with the construction of the Strait Bridge, even at the cost of widening the controls
Italy's connection index to the global network of containerized maritime services has fallen for the fourth consecutive quarter
Italy's connection index to the global network of containerized maritime services has fallen for the fourth consecutive quarter
Geneva
PLSCI indices of the main national ports on the rise by container traffic volume
A bill has been approved to prevent the management of Corsica's ports and airports from going to private companies
Paris
It provides for the creation of the Établissement Public du Commerce et de l'Industrie
In India, it is planned to designate at least one tugboat in major ports for emergencies at sea
Mumbai
Currently this is only happening in the ports of Mumbai and Chennai.
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Accelleron consolida le partnership con Somas e Geislinger per sostenere l'efficienza e la sostenibilità del settore marittimo
HMM and CMA CGM Total Terminal International Algeciras Expansion Project
Seoul
An investment of 150 million euros is planned. The capacity will be increased to 2.8 million teu
European Commission meeting to define the strategy for the development of EU ports and maritime industry
Brussels
Call for papers by July 28th
Assarmatori asks for support for Italian seafarers employed on short-haul routes and for the renewal of ferry fleets
Assarmatori asks for support for Italian seafarers employed on short-haul routes and for the renewal of ferry fleets
Rome
Messina: State Aid regime needs to be redesigned for European shipyards
In the first four months of 2025, maritime container traffic between Asia and Europe grew by +4.8%
Tokyo
-6.4% drop in shipments to Asian ports. +9.0% increase in unloading volumes in Europe
The impact on Italy of a possible closure of the maritime route through the Strait of Hormuz would be significant
Rome
The merchant fleet for energy products controlled by the Italian shipping industry interested in these traffics amounts to approximately 80 units.
Cargo traffic in China's seaports grew by +3.7% last month
Cargo traffic in China's seaports grew by +3.7% last month
Beijing
Containers amounted to 26.7 million TEU (+6.1%)
In 2024, 576 containers were lost at sea out of over 250 million transported by ships
Washington
About 200 have fallen from container ships in the Cape of Good Hope region
FMC questions deal exempting World Shipping Council companies from US antitrust rules
Washington
Meanwhile, Sola, appointed by Trump on January 20 to the presidency of the federal agency, is leaving his post today.
The European maritime-port sector nitpicks the reform of the Community customs rules
Brussels
Note from CLECAT, ECASBA, European Shipowners, ESPO, Feport and WSC
EU Council agrees on reform of the Union Customs Code
Brussels
CLECAT is concerned about the persistence of the concept of "Single Liable Person" in the text
In the first three months of 2025, freight traffic in the port of Civitavecchia grew by +2.4%
Civitavecchia
Increase of +9.9% in Gaeta and decrease of -17.1% in Fiumicino
WTO: New tariffs have given a boost to trade that is unlikely to last
Geneva
Recovery driven by importers who brought forward purchases in view of expected tariff increases
Japanese shipbuilding company Imabari Shipbuilding acquires control of fellow Japanese JMU
Imabari/Tokyo
Ownership share increased from 30% to 60%
Terminal Investments Limited of the MSC Group acquires 50% of the capital of Barcelona Europe South Terminal
Barcelona
The transaction was authorized by the Port Authority of Barcelona
There are no implementing decrees for the SalvaMare law and Italian citizens are paying for the management of fished waste that is not carried out
Rome
The Marevivo Foundation and the Federation of the Sea report it
In five and a half years, 1,244 tons of drugs have been seized in EU ports
In five and a half years, 1,244 tons of drugs have been seized in EU ports
Lisbon
The largest quantities pass through ports in Belgium, Spain, Holland, Italy and Germany
The International Convention on Ship Recycling will enter into force tomorrow
Copenhagen
BIMCO urges EU to include Indian shipyards in EU list of ship recycling facilities
Assologistica presents the "Cruscotto" project to ensure transparency and legality in the logistics sector
Milan
Ruggerone: it is an infrastructure of trust between clients and operators
Federagenti, cruises cannot and must not become the target of an indiscriminate hate campaign
Federagenti, cruises cannot and must not become the target of an indiscriminate hate campaign
Rome
A "Pact for the Sea" proposed with solutions to tackle overtourism for which passenger ships are not to blame
New step forward for the construction of the underground freight transport system in Switzerland
New step forward for the construction of the underground freight transport system in Switzerland
Bern
Cargo sous terrain plans to build a 500-kilometer system by mid-century
Carnival posts record earnings for March-May period
Carnival posts record earnings for March-May period
Miami
The number of cruise passengers embarked also peaked this quarter
Federlogistica, it is reckless to activate railway construction sites without a concerted plan
Genoa
Falteri: Isolating the port of Genoa from the railway network for three weeks means putting the whole of Northern Italy in difficulty
Multipurpose terminals privatized in eight Saudi ports
Multipurpose terminals privatized in eight Saudi ports
Riyadh
Four will be operated by Saudi Global Ports and four by Red Sea Gateway Terminal
Public debate launched on the project for Pier VIII in the port of Trieste
Public debate launched on the project for Pier VIII in the port of Trieste
Trieste
A total investment of 315.8 million euros is expected
South Korea's HD Hyundai partners with US Edison Chouest Offshore to build containerships in US
South Korea's HD Hyundai partners with US Edison Chouest Offshore to build containerships in US
Seoul
The possibility of building other types of ships and constructing port cranes is foreseen
Rixi: with the Omnibus decree, Phase B of the new Genoa breakwater is guaranteed
Rome
Expenditure of 50 million euros authorised for 2026 and 92.8 million for 2027
Israel-Iran conflict prompts Maersk to suspend calls at Haifa port
Copenhagen
Those at the port of Ashdod will continue instead.
Northern European Nations Commitment to Counter Russian Shadow Fleet
Warsaw
If the vessels do not fly a valid flag in the Baltic Sea and the North Sea - they specify - we will take appropriate measures in compliance with international law.
Freight traffic in French ports stable in the first quarter of 2025
Freight traffic in French ports stable in the first quarter of 2025
The Defense
Containers and liquid bulk on the rise. Increase in unloading loads and decrease in loading loads
Cognolato (Assiterminal): Today more than ever we need a coherent port policy
Rome
All the critical issues highlighted in recent years still remain open - he highlighted.
Alessandro Pitto confirmed as president of Fedespedi
Milan
The Board of Directors, the Board of Arbiters and the Board of Auditors have been renewed
A protest action by Greek seafarers is heated, with the PENEN and PNO unions launching very serious accusations, including mutual ones
Piraeus
The strike, declared illegal by the courts, blocks some ships of the Attica group in the port of Patras
Saipem awarded contract for a phosphate mining project in Algeria that includes the upgrading of the port of Annaba
Milan
The construction of railway lines is also planned
Suez Canal celebrates return of large-capacity containership transits
Suez Canal celebrates return of large-capacity containership transits
Ismailia
Today it was crossed by the vessel "CMA CGM Osiris" which can carry 15,536 teu
IMO, ILO, ICS and ITF urge protection of seafarers' rights against unjust criminalisation
London
The "Guidelines on the Fair Treatment of Seafarers Detained in Relation to Alleged Offences" were adopted in April
Trump's new tariffs also hit container traffic at the Port of Long Beach
Long Beach
In the first five months of 2025, an increase of +17.2% was recorded
Transfer of the port of Carrara from the Ligurian to the Tuscan AdSP not without a discussion with the operators
Milan
Dario Perioli, FHP, Grendi and Tarros ask for it
The establishment of the Information Dashboard for the management of private procurement contracts in logistics has been approved.
In May, freight traffic in the port of Ravenna grew by +1.4%
Ravenna
Bulk cargo is on the rise. Miscellaneous cargo is on the decline.
EU approves joint purchase of port equipment by terminal operators
Brussels
Joint definition of minimum technical specifications of equipment is also permitted
Serbian energy group EPS will import coal through the Montenegrin port of Bar
Bar
Currently imports from Indonesia pass through the port of Constanta
Fincantieri Foundation and Luiss University launch a project to strengthen the safety of underwater infrastructure.
Trieste
Among the objectives, contribute to the definition of a specific regulatory framework
Freewheeling: The government's U-turn on anti-mafia controls in the road haulage sector is a welcome development.
Modena
Franchini: If the government has realized it made a mistake, that's good news.
Agostinelli (AdSP Tirreno Meridionale e Ionio): the amendment that allows for the early transformation of the Gioia Tauro Port Agency is extremely important.
Confindustria's event on the maritime economy will take place in Rome on July 15th.
Rome
The confederation's strategic document on the sector will be presented
Kerala seeks $1.1 billion from MSC in damages over MSC Elsa 3 sinking
Thiruvananthapuram
Temporary detention of the vessel "MSC Akuteta II" granted
Trasportounito requests the cancellation of the renewal procedure of the Central Committee of the Register of Hauliers
Rome
New seizure of a load of cocaine in the port of Gioia Tauro
Reggio Calabria
16 bags containing 417 kilos of drugs were found in a container
MOL and Kinetics to build world's first floating data center
Tokyo
It will be installed on a vessel of 9,731 gross tonnage
Rijeka Gateway Terminal to become operational in early September
Copenhagen
The first ship at the second container terminal of the Croatian port is expected on September 12
Falteri (Federlogistica) urges to focus on the development of a "polycentric" logistics
Genoa
The Simplified Logistics Zone should be the cornerstone of the strategy
Tsuneishi Shipbuilding Co. acquired Mitsui E&S Shipbuilding Co.
Hiroshima/Tokyo
It was renamed Tsuneishi Solutions Tokyobay Co.
Pessina (Federagenti): Northern European logistics system is struggling. Let's take advantage of it!
Rome
Unexpected opportunity - he underlines - for the Mediterranean ports and Italian ones in particular
MSC Cruises Joins Carnival and Royal Caribbean in Capitalizing on Grand Bahama Shipyard
Miami
Negotiations underway since the end of 2024 have been successfully concluded
At The International Propeller Clubs the Dorso Award for the Mediterranean area
Naples
In recognition of the primary role played by logistics operators in Mediterranean traffic
ABB Signs Service Agreement with Royal Caribbean Cruise Line
Zurich
It has a duration of 15 years and covers 33 ships in the fleet.
P&O Maritime Logistics (DP World Group) to acquire 51% of NovaAlgoma Cement Carriers
Lugano
Nova Marine Holding and Algoma Central Corporation will retain 49%
Stable freight traffic in the ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado Ligure in May
Genoa
A decrease of -2.4% was recorded in the Ligurian capital's airport; a rise of +7.2% was recorded in the Savona airport
Consilium Safety Group Expands Presence in Türkiye and Maritime Market
Gothenburg
Ares Marine acquired
The first InnoWay freight railcars have left the Bagnoli della Rosandra plant
Fincantieri has opened a new Innovation Antenna in South Korea
Seoul
It is located in the heart of Seoul's technology district.
The commissioners of various AdSPs also assume the powers attributed to the Management Committees
Rome
Provisions for the port authorities of the Ionian Sea, the Central-Northern Adriatic Sea, the Eastern Ligurian Sea and the Northern Tyrrhenian Sea
Ferrara-based INCICO acquires Italiana Sistemi and focuses on transport engineering
Ferrara/Naples
It specializes in infrastructure and plant engineering in the railway and road sectors
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- country
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Hupac announces expansion of Duisburg-Singen shuttle with connections to Italy
Noise
Daily departures will be made
The transfer of 80% of Louis-Dreyfus Armateurs' capital to InfraVia has been implemented
Suresnes/Paris
The Louis-Dreyfus family retains the remaining 20%
Port of Genoa, green light for extension of concession to Spinelli until September 30
Genoa
Ok also to the extension to the Campostano group
The National Maritime Fund has started the recognition of scholarships
Genoa
They are granted for basic training and security familiarization courses.
RFI and MIT sign the update to the program contract for approximately 2.1 billion
Rome
Around 500 million euros expected for the management of the railway network
San Giorgio del Porto delivers a vessel for the bunkering of liquefied natural gas
Genoa
It was built for Genova Trasporti Marittimi
Pisano (AdSP Liguria Orientale): the ports of La Spezia and Carrara have integrated almost perfectly
La Spezia/Bari
Extraordinary Commissioner of the Southern Adriatic Sea Port Authority appointed
Raffaele Latrofa appointed president of the AdSP of the Central-Northern Tyrrhenian Sea
Rome
He is the deputy mayor of Pisa
India's Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Acquires Control of Sri Lanka's Colombo Dockyard
Mumbai
Investment of approximately 53 million dollars
The Commissioner of the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority has been granted the powers and prerogatives of the Management Committee
Genoa
The measure pending the restoration of the ordinary top management bodies
The Three-Year Operational Plan 2025-2027 of the Central Adriatic Port Authority has been approved
Ancona
Favorable opinion of the Sea Resource Partnership Body
The public meeting of the International Containers Studies Center will be held in Genoa on July 2nd
Genoa
It will deal with the physical transformations of the container and the digitalization of processes
Witte (ISU): In 2024, the ship salvage sector stabilized from the low of two years ago
London
Andrea Ormesani is the new president of Assosped Venezia
Venice
Board of Directors Renewed. Paolo Salvaro Remains General Secretary
Finnish Elomatic to Install Tunnel Thrusters on 11 Carnival Cruise Ships
Turku
The works will begin next autumn and will end in 2028
The Assarmatori assembly will be held in Rome on July 1st
Rome
"Mediterranean against the current" the theme of the meeting
Fincantieri has delivered the new cruise ship Viking Vesta to the American Viking
Trieste/Los Angeles
It was built in the Ancona shipyard
The Genoa Coast Guard has placed the container ship PL Germany under administrative detention
Genoa
MSC Group to manage cruise services in the ports of Bari and Brindisi
Bari
Ten-year concession with possibility of extension
Italian Navy orders two new Multipurpose Combat Ships from Fincantieri
Trieste
The order to the shipbuilding company is worth 700 million euros
German Kombiverkehr Returns to Profit in 2024
Frankfurt am Main
The level of revenues remained unchanged at 434.6 million euros.
Deltamarin to design the six new ro-pax vessels ordered by Grimaldi for the Mediterranean routes
Turku
The practice of subcontracting in European logistics is creating a parallel labour market where rights are not enforced
Brussels
"Sorry, We Subcontracted You" Report Presented
Tomorrow Grendi will launch the group's fourth ship on routes to and from Sardinia
Milan
"Grendi Star", with a load capacity of 2,800 linear meters, will connect Marina di Carrara and Cagliari
FREMM frigates operational support contract signed between Orizzonte Sistemi Navali and OCCAR
Taranto
The agreement has a total value of approximately 764 million euros
In the port of Gioia Tauro, the Guardia di Finanza soldiers seized 228 kilos of cocaine
Reggio Calabria
Two dockers arrested
Call to reform the entire driver training system in the transport sector
Rome
Seven proposals presented
Port of Livorno, new observatory to find solutions to the problem of port congestion
Leghorn
Marilli: We will seek solutions to reach the possible revocation of the port fee
Lockton PL Ferrari closed the last fiscal year with gross revenues of 34 million dollars
Genoa
Insurance premium volume rose to 350 million
Polish Trans Polonia Group acquires Dutch Nijman/Zeetank Holding
Tczew
It specializes in the transportation and logistics of liquid and gaseous products
d'Amico Tankers Sells Two 2011-Built Tankers for $36.2 Million
Luxembourg
They will be delivered to buyers by the end of July and on December 21st.
PORTS
Italian Ports:
Ancona Genoa Ravenna
Augusta Gioia Tauro Salerno
Bari La Spezia Savona
Brindisi Leghorn Taranto
Cagliari Naples Trapani
Carrara Palermo Trieste
Civitavecchia Piombino Venice
Italian Interports: list World Ports: map
DATABASE
ShipownersShipbuilding and Shiprepairing Yards
ForwardersShip Suppliers
Shipping AgentsTruckers
MEETINGS
Confindustria event on the sea economy in Rome on July 15th
Rome
The public meeting of the International Containers Studies Center will be held in Genoa on July 2nd
Genoa
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
US has its eye on Greek ports
(Kathimerini)
Proposed 30% increase for port tariffs to be in phases, says Loke
(Free Malaysia Today)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Intervento del presidente Tomaso Cognolato
Roma, 19 giugno 2025
››› File
The Italian Merchant Marine Academy plans 13 new free courses
Genoa
Over 300 positions available
A delegation of Wista Italy visits the ports of Catania and Augusta
Catania/August
The association is made up of women who hold positions of responsibility in the maritime, logistics and trade sectors.
In the first five months of 2025, the port of Algeciras handled 1.9 million containers (-6.3%)
Algeciras
Empty containers decreased by -5.5% and full ones by -6.4%
Reway Group enters the port railway infrastructure maintenance sector
Licciana Nardi
Two contracts awarded by the AdSP of the Eastern Ligurian Sea
Delcomar and Ensamar take over maritime services with the smaller Sardinian islands
Cagliari
The tender for the six-year concession of the connections has been awarded
Port of Trieste, the newly appointed Gurrieri torpedoes the newly appointed Torbianelli
Trieste
Russo (Pd): it's a squalid power game
Singapore's SeaLead expands its maritime shipping offering to connect Turkey and Italy
Singapore
Route connected to services transiting the Suez Canal
The US Container Security Initiative program has been extended to Morocco
Rabat
Amrani: Let's consolidate Tanger Med's role as a safe and world-class maritime hub
Very positive first quarter for Greek Euroseas
Athens
Pittas: the positive momentum continued in the second quarter
Assonat and SACE present a plan for Italian tourist ports
Rome
RINA has acquired the entire capital of Finnish Foreship
Helsinki
The Helsinki-based company specializes in consulting in the field of marine and mechanical engineering.
Kuehne+Nagel has opened a new branch in Naples
Milan
The aim is to support the operational growth of the group in Southern Italy
Container traffic down at Barcelona and Valencia ports in May
Barcelona/Valencia
Resumption of containers in transit at the Catalan port
Annual cargo traffic in Greek ports stable in 2024
Piraeus
Domestic volumes are growing, while foreign trade is decreasing
Perplexity of freight forwarders, customs agents and maritime agents of La Spezia at the transfer of the port of Carrara to the Tuscan AdSP
The Spice
Timidly, they "hope for consideration for the progress made so far"
Francesco Mastro appointed extraordinary commissioner of the Southern Adriatic Sea Port Authority
Rome
He will take up office on June 30th.
John Denholm to be new president of the International Chamber of Shipping
Athens
He will take over from Emanuele Grimaldi in a year
Extraordinary commissioners of the two Ligurian Port System Authorities have been installed
Genoa/La Spezia
Matteo Paroli and Bruno Pisano at the helm of the institutions
Assogasliquidi-Federchimica shows the way to accelerate the decarbonization of road and maritime transport
Rome
Container traffic at Hong Kong port drops sharply in May
Hong Kong
1.05 million TEUs were handled (-12.7%)
Eagle S tanker command blamed for cutting submarine cables in Gulf of Finland
Advantages
The accident was caused by the ship's anchor
Online platform to report critical issues that put transport workers at risk
Genoa
It was prepared by Fit Cisl Liguria
GNV to create a direct summer connection between Civitavecchia and Tunis
Genoa
It will run alongside the historic route via Palermo
The unification of Grimaldi's concessions in the port of Barcelona has been completed
Madrid/Barcelona
The contract expires on September 20, 2035.
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