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October 17, 2002
Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Speed up probe of Limburg explosion, IMO urges
    INTERNATIONAL Maritime Organisation secretary-general William O'Neil has appealed to both France and Yemen to urgently release investigation findings into the apparent terrorist attack on an oil tanker off Yemen, and advise on security legislation.
  • Happy ending to Master Cody saga
  • Deloitte & Touche to audit Liberia register's revenue
  • British warship gets whale of a welcome in Sydney
Air and Land Transport
  • Delta defers jet delivery after US$326m Q3 loss
    DELTA Air Lines Inc deferred delivery of 29 Boeing Co jetliners and plans to lay off more workers after the No 3 US airline's third-quarter loss widened to US$326 million.
  • American Air crash probe to focus more on pilot training
  • Qantas jet continues flight after turbulence injures 12
  • Malaysia to have another airline
  • HK, US holding Pacific air talks
  • CAL gets nod to invest in China Eastern cargo unit
  • Log Book

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Speed up probe of Limburg explosion, IMO urges
    INTERNATIONAL Maritime Organisation secretary-general William O'Neil has appealed to both France and Yemen to urgently release investigation findings into the apparent terrorist attack on an oil tanker off Yemen, and advise on security legislation.
  • Happy ending to Master Cody saga
  • Deloitte & Touche to audit Liberia register's revenue
  • British warship gets whale of a welcome in Sydney
Air and Land Transport
  • Delta defers jet delivery after US$326m Q3 loss
    DELTA Air Lines Inc deferred delivery of 29 Boeing Co jetliners and plans to lay off more workers after the No 3 US airline's third-quarter loss widened to US$326 million.
  • American Air crash probe to focus more on pilot training
  • Qantas jet continues flight after turbulence injures 12
  • Malaysia to have another airline
  • HK, US holding Pacific air talks
  • CAL gets nod to invest in China Eastern cargo unit
  • Log Book

Sched Netweb site
  • TACA issues US west coast port congestion surcharge
  • Specialised freight trading centre launched in Shanghai
  • Brennan introduces online Track It system
  • Famous Pacific appoints new agents in Spain and Portugal
  • Thursday,
  • Delta's third quarter losses larger than 2001's at US$326m
  • Swiss changes offerings with introduction of winter schedule
  • Descartes buys remaining interest in Tradevision

Cargowebweb site
OCTOBER 16, 2002
  • Atlas Air mistakes with financial reporting
    Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings announced that it will initiate a re-audit of its financial results for fiscal years 2000 and 2001.
  • Ocean World Lines with Inttra
    Inttra announced the completion of its integration with Ocean World Lines, one of the world's largest full container load (FCL) non-vessel operating common carriers (NVOCC).
  • IMB calls for armed escorts for tankers
    The International Maritime Bureau (IMB) has appealed to governments and port authorities to declare tanker approach lanes 'no-go' zones for unauthorised craft and to enforce the ban by offering armed escorts in the form of heightened naval and police patrols.
  • New Deltacargo.com site
    Delta Air Logistics, the cargo division of Delta Air Lines introduced Deltacargo.com, its new Internet-based booking solution that allows cargo customers to handle their United States bookings online.
  • China Airlines raises 2002 profit target
    Taiwan's largest carrier China Airlines raised its 2002 pre-tax profit target by 57 per cent yesterday thanks to a strong cargo business and low interest rates.
  • United seems headed for bankruptcy
    United is in a worse position, Financial Times argues. 'It wasted valuable time over the summer by not acting swiftly enough on costs. Instead, Jack Creighton, then chief executive, played down bankruptcy talk, failing to convince workers of the urgency for them. Only belatedly did he demand more brutal cuts after United's application for a $1.8bn federal loan was turned down in August.'
  • US dockworkers file complaint
    Union ILWU fired the first legal volley since West Coast ports were re-opened when it filed a worker shortage complaint against shippers at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.

Exim Indiaweb site
  • Liquid cargo transport specialist VOTG tests Indian waters
  • Lanka buys 6,000 tonnes of sugar from India
  • Medicinal plants trade estimated at Rs 5,500 cr.
  • MbPT skilfully unloads 2 RTGCs within 24 hours
  • 10th plan draft allocates Rs 27,600 crore for Railways
  • Airlines offer up to 40 pc discount on business class fares
  • Service providers granted import duty relief under EPCG scheme
  • India convinces Codex panel to accept canned fruit norms
  • Time ripe for US FDI flow into India: Blackwill
  • Speakers express divergent views on labour panel report
  • Singapore companies sign MoUs to build 2 malls in Mumbai, IT complex in Hyderabad
  • Central Silk Board in for overhaul
  • CIMIA formed in Goa to tackle coastal shipping problems - Move to unite fragmented industry
  • Commerce, Finance Ministries confer on removal of SAD on DEPB imports
  • Gist of public notices/circulars/notifications - Compiled By M. Sreedharan
  • Need to harmonise Mumbai transport network stressed

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
OCTOBER 16, 2002
  • US Gulf witnesses high demand
  • US holds tanker market key
  • Daily Bunker market report from Praxis Energy Agents (Wednesday)
  • Iraq's crude exports down again
  • Fujairah prices rise again on the back of bullish Platts
  • Norway: Bunker move
  • High prices smother demand in Istanbul
  • Market on a knife edge even as API shows solid crude build
  • Canary Islands: Prices hold steady
  • Tokyo avails improve as domestic market learns to share
  • Gibraltar: Demand high and prices firm
  • Oil eases as storm threat abates, OPEC quota busting continues
  • Daily Bunker market report from Praxis Energy Agents (Tuesday)
  • Saudi price changes, avails OK
  • Avails normalise in Montreal
  • Argentina market update

International Transport Journalweb site
OCTOBER 16, 2002
  • Ocean World Lines Targets Productivity Improvements with INTTRA Solution
  • Tougher noise requirements for aircraft
  • Swiss WorldCargo
  • BIMCO advising members to evaluate the vulnerability of their ships
  • New road-rail freight terminal for Sheffield granted outline planning
  • Rail traffic Switzerland - Italy
  • Dutch Minister of Transport and Public Works to officially open the Intermodal Summit
  • Passenger Traffic Better than July, But Still Down on 2001

Marine Logweb site
OCTOBER 16, 2002
  • First RT-flex60C completes shop trials
    All test results for Sulzer's latest slow speed engine came up to expectations during shop trials in Trieste
  • "Green Passport" for ships
    IMO's MEPC has been discussing ballast water management, greenhouse gas emissions--and a "Green Passport" that would accompany a ship from the newbuilding yard to the scrapyard.

World Wide Shipperweb site
OCTOBER 16, 2002
  • Port of Olympia releases draft budget for 2003
  • Crowley Maritime subsidiary launching new articulated tug-barge
  • Washington Public Ports Association looking for award nominations
  • P&O Nedlloyd takes $46 million hit during second quarter of 2002
  • Coast Guard icebreaker returns to Seattle homeport

Lloyd's Listweb site
  • Lloyd's Register sues for damages over new HQ delays
    LLOYD'S Register of Shipping has launched High Court action against building contractor Sir Robert McAlpine in a dispute over a £70m ($110m).
  • Terror talk dominates Intertanko agenda
    ESCORTS and controlled entry channels are top of the list of protective measures to be introduced to defend tankers from attack following the explosion on the Limburg, according to the chairman and managing director of Intertanko.
  • German shipping investors get the jitters after Limburg
    GERMAN shipping investors fear for the safety of their tankers, writes Katrin Berkenkopf in Cologne.
  • Italian flag faces loss of 400 ships as Confitarma urges mass defection
    ITALIAN shipowner association Confitarma is encouraging its own members to abandon the Italian flag after receiving no support from the government in this year's budget proposals.

Fairplayweb site
OCTOBER 16, 2002
  • Italians dismayed by finance bill
  • Paralysis for Parana promise
  • Yet another Philippines collision
  • Subsidy uncertain as cabinet falls
  • Chittagong goes it alone
  • Jordan strengthens Saudi links
  • Owners cannot cover costs alone
  • Qatar extends LNG market presence
  • Chennai hike disappoints users
  • Finnlines shifts to Lubeck
  • Israel foils ship terror plot
  • UAE 'powerless' over Al Najat
  • Yukos trials Murmansk oil shipments
  • DFDS ferry sale interrupts service
  • Israel strike spreads to ports
  • Supercat sheds fleet, staff
  • Gulf yards eye Limburg repair
  • Korean ship orders fall 30 per cent

The Journal of Commerceweb site
OCTOBER 16, 2002
  • LA dockworkers file NLRB complaint
    The International Longshore and Warehouse Union fired the first legal volley since West Coast ports were re-opened when it filed a worker shortage complaint against shippers at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.
  • Hyundai gets $1.05 billion bailout
    Creditors will finance the purchase of Hyundai Merchant Marine's car transport unit.
  • Slater calls for renewal of TEA-21 this year
  • UPS hoping for U.S.-HK air breakthrough
  • Customs boosts in-house brokerages
  • Atlas Air will restate results
  • Customs schedules trade symposium
  • China Airlines takes stake in cargo carrier
  • Record revenue for USA Truck
  • Ocean World Lines hooks into Inttra
  • Kirby, Coastal merge tank barge fleets
  • Bombardier fires up jet-powered locomotive

Antwerpse Lloyd n.v.web site
  • Les armateurs européens contrôlent 41% de la flotte mondiale
    Une présence renforcée sur les océans et une progression encourageante du short sea shipping, étaient les deux points les plus positifs annoncés par l’European Community Shipowners Association (ECSA) lors de la présentation du rapport annuel 2001-2002. Entre-temps, l’intégration des associations des pays candidats à l’adhésion à l’EU a également été discrètement entamée.
  • Le transport ferré de marchandises a baissé de 2,9% en Allemagne au premier semestre
    Stinnes, qui vient d’être repris par Deutsche Bahn, a un nouveau président du conseil de direction en la personne de Bernd Malmström, le patron de DB Cargo. Par ailleurs, Hartmud Mehdorn, président du conseil de direction de DB AG et Diethelm Sack, responsable financier de la DB, entrent au conseil de surveillance de Stinnes. Notons aussi qu’au premier semestre 2002, le transport ferré de marchandises a baissé de 2,9% en Allemagne.
  • Flessingue bien déterminé à accroître des parts de marché
    “Les ports doivent coopérer et s’inscrire dans un concept de réseau en ce qui concerne notamment la containérisation, compte tenu des mêmes conditions dans tous les ports. Cela peut paraître utopique aujourd’hui, mais cela viendra, car les contribuables ne vont plus continuer à entretenir des disparités. Nous faisons tous partie d’un réseau que l’on peut optimaliser et animer pour concurrencer d’autres réseaux”... Jan Philippen, directeur de Zeeland Seaport (Flessingue-Terneuzen) qui occupait mardi dernier la tribune du Propeller Club Anvers, a développé avec enthousiame et réalisme une certaine vision de l’avenir de ce complexe portuaire accroché aux deux rives de l’estuaire de l’Escaut.

TradeWindsweb site
OCTOBER 16, 2002
  • HMM car carrier unit buyers secure loan
    Korea Development Bank, Korea Exchange Bank and Citibank will provide a total of $1.05bn in loans.
  • No change at Primorsk Shipping
    Russian owner rubbishes rumours of significant amounts of shares changing hands.
  • Taiwan Navigation uses option at Oshima
    Taiwanese owner signs for second bulker at Japanese shipyard.
  • Tsakos gas deal unchanged
    Greek tanker owner revises Lauritzen joint venture statement.
  • Berlian Laju plans further fleet growth
    Indonesian tanker owner to buy one ship and charter two others by 2004.
  • Knightsbridge earns bare minimum
    Poor tanker market locks VLCC owner into floor rate specified in bareboat charter to Shell.
  • North-Western Shipping eyes huge fundraising drive
    St Petersburg owner plans to generate $500m over next ten years.
  • Resorts World backs Star share issue
    Cruise company's shareholder will buy any stock not sold in public offer.
  • Ryndam officers subpoenaed
    Carnival ship's crew must testify before grand jury about wastewater dumping in Alaska.

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HMM signs new 10-year contract with Vale for iron ore transport
Seoul
It is worth around $310 million.
The Campania Port Authority reaches an agreement with UNIPORT and Assiterminal
Naples
The regional tax - highlights the port authority - risks undermining the competitiveness of ports
IAPH and WCO publish updated guidelines on cooperation between customs and port authorities
Tokyo/Brussels
Contributed by the World Shipping Council
ABB and Blykalla collaborate on nuclear marine propulsion
Stockholm
The agreement focuses on small modular fast reactors developed by the Swedish company
Saipem wins new offshore contract worth approximately $1.5 billion in Türkiye
Saipem wins new offshore contract worth approximately $1.5 billion in Türkiye
Milan
It is related to the third phase of the Sakarya gas field development project.
In the second quarter, freight traffic in the port of Civitavecchia grew by +5.7%
Civitavecchia
Record for cruise passengers this period
Uniport and Assiterminal oppose the additional fees demanded of port operators by the Campania Region.
Rome
Amount between 10% and 25% of the annual state fee
The first train from Belgium under the FS Logistix-Lineas agreement has arrived in Segrate.
Milan
Five return connections per week to Antwerp are scheduled
Modernization works are underway at the passenger terminal at the port of Igoumenitsa.
Naples
Grimaldi takes delivery of the PCTC "Grand Auckland"
Damage to submarine cables in the Red Sea
Portsmouth
According to the International Cable Protection Committee, the cause could be ship traffic
Dutch company Damen to build 24 naval vessels for British company Serco
Gorinchem/Amsterdam
Green light for a €270 million bridging loan to the shipbuilding company.
DP World to build and operate container terminal at Montreal's new Contrecœur port
Dubai/Montreal
It will become operational in 2030
Expansion work has begun at the Vienna South intermodal terminal.
Vienna
Annual traffic capacity expected to increase by 44%
In July, ship traffic in the Suez Canal increased by +0.8%
In July, freight traffic in the ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado decreased by -3.0%
Genoa
The decline was limited by increased oil traffic in the Vado harbor. Ferry traffic dropped 9.9%.
Trump nominates Laura DiBella as chair of the Federal Maritime Commission.
Washington
The nomination of Robert Harvey as commissioner of the federal agency has also been forwarded to the Senate.
Genoa's new dam: a modification has been approved to allow for completion of work by the end of 2027.
Genoa
Phase A and Phase B works will be carried out rather than sequentially
Assiterminal, simplify and standardize dredging procedures to restore the operational competitiveness of ports.
Taranto Recommends: The Regasification Plant Would Promote the Port's Revitalization
Taranto
Melucci: a lifeline for the entire port system and for our city's economic growth.
Cargo and cruise traffic in eastern Sicily ports is on the rise
Catania
In the container segment, an increase of +27.9% was recorded
FS Logistix and Lineas form joint venture to manage the Antwerp Mainhub Terminal
Antwerp
Rail services between Antwerp and Milan expected to increase
Attack on a product tanker in the Red Sea
Southampton
A missile fell near the ship which suffered no damage
Sea trials have been completed for the new GNV Virgo ro-pax vessel.
Genoa
It will be GNV's first liquefied natural gas ship
Companies inform
Accelleron and Geislinger: An Evolving Technical Collaboration
In the first half of the year, Singamas' container sales decreased by -10%.
Hong Kong
The average selling price dropped by -3.8%
COSCO Shipping Holdings Group's revenues fell by -3.4% in the second quarter of 2025.
COSCO Shipping Holdings Group's revenues fell by -3.4% in the second quarter of 2025.
Shanghai
Sharp decline in economic performance in the trans-Pacific and Asia-Europe markets
For Federlogistica, the bridge over the Strait of Messina will have the miraculous power to gradually eliminate a framework of social injustices.
For Federlogistica, the bridge over the Strait of Messina will have the miraculous power to gradually eliminate a framework of social injustices.
Genoa
Falteri: it can become the artery of an economic and social body that has been underdeveloped to date
SBB CFF FFS Cargo's half-year performance was negative.
Bern
The Swiss company announced a drop in volumes in both domestic and transit traffic.
COSCO Shipping Ports reports record quarterly revenue
Hong Kong
In the April-June period, net profit was 122.4 million dollars (+32.4%)
Cargo traffic at Chinese seaports hit a new record high in July
Cargo traffic at Chinese seaports hit a new record high in July
Beijing
Foreign traffic amounted to 427.6 million tonnes (+6.1%)
South Korea's HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. and HD Hyundai Mipo Co. to merge
Seoul
The completion of the operation is expected for next December 1st.
Filt Cgil, priority should be given to valorizing AdSP workers rather than assigning positions
Rome
The union denounces the failure to comply with the National Collective Labour Agreement
In the second quarter of this year, freight traffic in the port of Venice grew by +4.1%
Venice
There were 228 thousand cruise passengers (+12.8%)
COSCO Shipping International's revenues increased by 10.3% in the first half of the year.
Hong Kong
Net profit was HK$494.6 million (+26.0%)
G20 nations' merchandise trade showed modest growth in the second quarter
Geneva
The increase in trade in services was more pronounced
South Korea's HD Hyundai announces multibillion-dollar investment program to revitalize the U.S. shipbuilding industry.
South Korea's HD Hyundai announces multibillion-dollar investment program to revitalize the U.S. shipbuilding industry.
Seongnam
Agreements with the US investment firm Cerberus Capital and the Korea Development Bank
MSC World Europa cruise ship crashes off the coast of Ponza
Rome
The Coast Guard reports that the situation on board, where there are 8,585 people, is calm and under control.
MSC World Europa has resumed autonomous sailing
Rome
Electrical problem solved, the cruise ship is headed for the port of Naples
PostEurop warns that from August 29, shipments of goods to the USA could be limited or suspended
Brussels
Last month, Trump eliminated tariff exemptions for low-cost goods.
Chinese oil company OOIL sees growth in its half-year financial results.
Hong Kong
In the first six months of this year, revenues increased by +5.0%
Premier Alliance to split Mediterranean Pendulum 2 service next month
Seoul/Singapore/Keelung
Investment firm CVC Capital Partners exits Boluda Maritime Terminals and TTI Algeciras
Schiphol
The two terminal companies manage a total of nine Spanish port terminals
ZIM's quarterly economic and operating performance declines
ZIM's quarterly economic and operating performance declines
Haifa
In the period April-June the average value of freight rates fell by -11.6%
Interferry's Entry/Exit System risks delaying ferry operations at European ports.
Victoria
The system will come into force on October 12th
DFDS closes second quarter with a loss
Copenhagen
In the period April-June 2025 the fleet transported 10.6 million linear meters of rolling stock (-0.4%)
Ammonia and methanol are ready to decarbonize shipping, but some obstacles to their use must be removed.
New record quarterly results for the American cruise group Viking
New record quarterly results for the American cruise group Viking
Los Angeles
The April-June period closed with a net profit of 439.2 million dollars (+182.2%)
Container traffic in the port of Barcelona grew by 1.8% last month.
Barcelona
202,321 TEUs handled at loading and unloading (+10.4%) and 142,492 TEUs in transit (-8.3%)
In the second quarter of 2025, freight traffic in the Port of Hamburg grew by +4%
In the second quarter of 2025, freight traffic in the Port of Hamburg grew by +4%
Hamburg
Sharp increase in transshipment container volumes (+26%)
Norway's Xeneta has bought Denmark's eeSea
Oslo
Both companies provide data and information for the optimization of containerized maritime transport
In the April-June quarter, freight traffic in Tunisian ports decreased by -3.8%
La Goulette
In the first six months of 2025, 13.8 million tonnes were handled (-3.2%)
Port of Koper sets new quarterly records for containers and rolling stock
Ljubljana
In the period April-June, 5.6 million tons of goods were moved (-4.1%)
Port of Los Angeles hits record monthly container traffic
Los Angeles
Over one million TEUs were handled in July (+8.5%)
Hapag-Lloyd reports second quarter increases of +2.0% in revenues and +12.4% in containers transported by the fleet
Hapag-Lloyd reports second quarter increases of +2.0% in revenues and +12.4% in containers transported by the fleet
Hamburg
Net profit fell by -39.4%
Evergreen reports an 18.7% drop in quarterly revenues
Taipei
The April-June period closed with a net profit decrease of -62.9%
South Korean company HMM's revenues fell by 1.5% in the second quarter.
Seoul
Trump announces rejection of IMO's shipping decarbonization program
Washington
The proposed framework - it is denounced - is in effect a global carbon tax that affects Americans and is imposed by an irresponsible United Nations organization.
Taiwanese companies Yang Ming and Wan Hai Lines reported negative results in the second quarter.
Taiwanese companies Yang Ming and Wan Hai Lines reported negative results in the second quarter.
Keelung/Taipei
In the period April-June, revenues decreased by -26.5% and -8.7% respectively
Cruise traffic at Global Ports Holding terminals grew by 6.0% in the second quarter
Istanbul
In the first six months of 2025, an increase of +16.7% was recorded
In the period April-June, cargo traffic in Croatian ports decreased by -4.0%
Zagreb
Cruise passengers grow by +5.4%
Container traffic at US ports is expected to plummet in the second half of this year.
Washington/Long Beach
In July, the Port of Long Beach handled 944,000 TEUs (+7.0%)
ThyssenKrupp shareholders approve spin-off of ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems
Eat
The company will be listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange
WTO: Measured responses have cushioned the impact of tariffs in 2025, but risks remain high for 2026.
WTO: Measured responses have cushioned the impact of tariffs in 2025, but risks remain high for 2026.
Geneva
Global trade in goods is expected to grow by 0.9% this year
Hupac will increase the number of weekly rotations between Busto Arsizio and Basel from five to eight
Noise
Increase in attendance from September 1st
From January 1st, new bunkering regulations will apply in the ports of Rotterdam and Antwerp.
Rotterdam
The barges must be equipped with flow meters
Maersk reports higher quarterly revenue, lower earnings
Maersk reports higher quarterly revenue, lower earnings
Copenhagen
Terminals and logistics have made a positive contribution. Container shipping benefits from demurrage revenues.
The CIPESS has approved the final project for the bridge over the Strait of Messina.
Rome
Construction will begin this year and the project will be completed in 2032.
DHL Group revenues fell by 3.9% in the second quarter
DHL Group revenues fell by 3.9% in the second quarter
Bonn
Significant reduction in shipments from China and Hong Kong to the US due to Trump's abolition of the de minimis regime
The Grendi group has acquired 70% of Dario Perioli Spa
The Grendi group has acquired 70% of Dario Perioli Spa
Milan
The remaining 30% will remain with Fingiro, owned by Michele Giromini, the company's CEO.
BigLift Shipping and CY Shipping order two additional heavy lift vessels
Amsterdam
Order placed at Chinese shipyard Jing Jiang Nanyang Shipbuilding Co.
The Charthage ferry was placed under administrative detention in the port of Genoa
Genoa
A Coast Guard inspection found numerous deficiencies
Disney Cruise Line's largest ship's debut delayed by three months
Lake Buena Vista
Construction delays force the maiden voyage to be postponed until March 10th.
Shell to supply liquefied biomethane to Hapag-Lloyd containerships
Hamburg
Agreement effective immediately
Andrea Zoratti has been appointed general manager of Hub Telematica
Genoa
The company is controlled by Assagenti and Spediporto
Jotun and Messina sign agreement to improve the environmental and commercial performance of ships.
Genoa
The "Jolly Rosa" vessel will use the Hull Skating Solutions solution
PSA Genova Pra' announces the hiring of 25 people dedicated to container handling.
Genoa
Ferrari: International markets have changed profoundly
CMA CGM will not apply surcharges for new US taxes on Chinese vessels and Chinese services
Marseille
The rates announced by the USTR in April will apply from October 14th.
South Korean HJ Shipbuilding wins orders for four 8,850 TEU containerships
Busan
Orders with a total value of approximately 461 million dollars
Conference: "Waiting and Delays in Road Transport: Logistics in Check"
Genoa
Organized by Trasportounito, it will be held on September 26th in Genoa
GNV has inaugurated a new office in Barcelona
Barcelona
The company currently has 52 employees throughout Spain.
Port of Trieste: EU funding for two new projects
Trieste
Resources with a total value of 1.7 million euros
Filt Cgil, the Flotilla incident is serious. Dockworkers are ready to mobilize.
Rome
Union announces action if aid is not allowed to reach Gaza
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In the first eight months of 2025, container traffic in the port of Gioia Tauro grew by +10.6%
Gioia Tauro
2,912,943 TEUs were handled
Stena Line to buy Latvian port operator Terrabalt
Gothenburg
It handles rolling stock, bulk cargo, and general cargo traffic in the port of Liepaja.
Meyer Turku begins construction of Royal Caribbean's fourth "Icon"-class cruise ship
Miami/Turku
It will be delivered in 2027
More than one in ten maritime shipments has shortages
Washington
This is what a report by the World Shipping Council has revealed, highlighting the safety risks
Last July, traffic in the port of Ravenna increased by +3.8%
Ravenna
In the first seven months of 2025, growth was +5.4%
In the first quarter of 2025, freight traffic in Belgian ports fell by -3.2%.
Brussels
Landings down 1.3% and embarkations down 5.4%
Product tanker High Fidelity rescues 38 migrants on a drifting dinghy
Rome
Intervention in the south of the island of Crete
GES and RINA sign agreement to develop a prototype of a new hydrogen battery
Rovereto/Genoa
PSA's second phase of container terminal at Mumbai Port inaugurated
Singapore
Annual traffic capacity will increase to 4.8 million TEUs
The conference "EU ETS - Perspectives and Opportunities for Decarbonization in the Maritime Sector" will be held in Palermo.
Rome
It will be held on September 18th and 19th
Fincantieri and PGZ sign an agreement to support the modernization of the Polish Navy
Trieste
The third LSS section for Chantiers de l'Atlantique was launched in Castellammare di Stabia.
In the US, funding for wind energy development projects in ports is being cut.
Washington
Resources worth $679 million will be reallocated for port infrastructure upgrades
From January 1st, Kombiverkehr will operate the PKV intermodal terminal in the port of Duisburg.
Frankfurt am Main
It has a traffic capacity of approximately 200 thousand intermodal units per year.
Wallenius Marine and ABB form Overseas joint venture
Stockholm
The aim is to accelerate the launch of the platform of the same name for improving fleet performance.
DHL eCommerce has acquired a minority stake in Saudi Arabia's AJEX Logistics Services.
Bonn/Riyadh
The Middle Eastern company has two thousand employees
The Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport has asked the Region to agree on the appointment of Bagalà as president of the Sardinian Port Authority.
Rome
He is currently the extraordinary commissioner of the same body
CMPort's port terminals handled record container traffic in the second quarter
Hong Kong
In the first six months of 2025 the total was 78.8 million TEUs (+4.3%)
Confitarma approves the decree on advanced training for tanker seafarers.
Rome
Applause to the General Command of the Port Authority Corps
Quarterly freight traffic in Moroccan ports increases
Tangier/Casablanca
In Tanger Med the growth was +17%
The board of directors of the Genoa-based Ente Bacini has been renewed.
Genoa
President Alessandro Arvigo and CEO Maurizio Anselmo
In the second quarter, sales of dry containers produced by CIMC fell by -33%.
Hong Kong
Reefer boats increase by 57%
The Grimaldi Group has taken delivery of the Grande Shanghai
Naples
It will be used for the transport of vehicles between East Asia and Northern Europe
The ART urges to verify that the investment plan and the related amortization period are consistent with the duration of the port concessions.
Turin
Chinese automaker FAW ships components to Europe by train
Changchun
Transit time reduced to 18 days compared to 45 days for maritime transport
The assets and fleet of the Spanish Armas Trasmediterránea will be sold to Baleària and DFDS
Las Palmas/Dénia/Copenhagen
Two agreements worth €215 million and €40 million respectively have been signed.
Italian State Railways (FS), investing €70 million to install the ERTMS system.
Rome
Work has been completed on 382 Trenitalia trains, while the retrofitting of 60 locomotives from Mercitalia Rail, an FS Logistix company, is underway.
MPC Container Ships' quarterly revenue returns to growth
The second quarter of 2025 was closed with a net profit of 78.1 million dollars (+20.5%)
Plans to build two container customs areas north and south of the Suez Canal
Cairo
Fourteen of the 48 abandoned shipwrecks in Catania port have been removed.
Catania
The activity will be replicated in the port of Augusta
The Regional Administrative Court (TAR) has confirmed the validity of the tender for the new Ravano Terminal in the port of La Spezia.
La Spezia
DP World's port terminals handled record quarterly container traffic
Dubai
Revenues grew by 22.2% in the first half of 2025
In the quarter April-June the volume of rolling stock transported by Höegh Autoliners increased by +9.0%
Oslo
Sharp increase (+46.6%) of vehicles from Asia
South Korea's HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering acquires Vietnam's Doosan Enerbility
Seongnam
It manages an industrial area with its own port facility
Container traffic in the port of Algeciras grew by 6.6% in July
Algeciras
In the first seven months of 2025, a decrease of -2.9% was recorded
In July, the port of Valencia handled 488,000 containers (+6.7%)
Valencia
Increase driven by growth in empty containers
Salvini has appointed Annalisa Tardino as extraordinary commissioner of the Western Sicilian Sea Port Authority.
Rome/Palermo
The President of the Sicilian Region announces the appeal against the provision
The materials dredged in the ports of La Spezia and Carrara will be used for the construction of the new breakwater in Genoa.
Genoa/La Spezia
Agreement between the two Ligurian Port System Authorities
X-Press Feeders denounces authorities' failure to acknowledge responsibility in the X-Press Pearl accident
Singapore
According to the company, the Supreme Court ruling ignores international maritime law
Container traffic in the port of Hong Kong decreased by -6.5% in July
Hong Kong
A decline of -3.7% was recorded in the first seven months of 2025
Cargo traffic in Russian ports remained stable in July
St. Petersburg
In the first seven months of 2025, loads decreased by -4.6%
In July, the Port of Singapore set a new all-time record for monthly container traffic with 3.9 million TEUs.
Singapore
In terms of weight, containerized cargo decreased by -3.6%
Compensation to be paid by the Civitavecchia Port Authority in the Fincosit case has been set at €1.5 million.
Civitavecchia
Latrofa: The ruling allows the release of set-aside sums that have frozen the budget for years.
Germany's HHLA posts record quarterly revenue
Hamburg
In the second quarter, the group's port terminals handled 3.2 million containers (+7.9%)
In the first half of 2025, CK Hutchison's port terminals handled 44 million containers (+4.0%)
Hong Kong
In the quarter April-June the Wallenius Wilhelmsen fleet transported 14.8 million cubic meters of rolling stock (-0.5%)
Lysaker
Revenues down by -0.7%
In the second quarter, Montenegro's ports handled 670 thousand tons of goods (+0.6%)
Podgorica
Volumes with Italy amounted to 154 thousand tons (+53.1%)
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
Conference: "Waiting and Delays in Road Transport: Logistics in Check"
Genoa
Organized by Trasportounito, it will be held on September 26th in Genoa
The conference "EU ETS - Perspectives and Opportunities for Decarbonization in the Maritime Sector" will be held in Palermo.
Rome
It will be held on September 18th and 19th
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Korean Firms Reassess U.S. Investments After Mass Immigration Raid
(The Korea Bizwire)
Russia's infrastructure development plan aims to build 17 marine terminals by 2036
(Interfax)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Intervento del presidente Tomaso Cognolato
Roma, 19 giugno 2025
››› File
With the arrival of the first container ship, the testing of operational procedures at the Rijeka Gateway begins.
The Hague
The first commercial ship is expected on September 12th
A proposal to bring the port of Taranto back onto global container routes? Start a discussion table.
Taranto
Meeting on the status of freight traffic
Port of Ancona: Tender for demolition of fire-damaged Tubimar warehouses
Ancona
The expected duration of the works is four and a half months
Merger of the German MACS and Hugo Stinnes, both active in the MPP vessel segment
Hamburg/Rostock
Stinnes headquarters in Rostock to close by December 31
In the second quarter, freight traffic in Albanian ports grew by +2.9%
Tirana
There were 331 thousand passengers (+13.6%)
A.SPE.DO, operationalizing the Smart Terminal to increase the competitiveness of the port of La Spezia.
La Spezia
ING loans to Premuda for over 100 million dollars
Milan
Funds for the management buyout and the purchase of two product tankers
Sallaum Lines has taken delivery of the first of six Ocean-class dual-fuel PCTCs
Rotterdam
The ship was completed four months ahead of schedule
First meeting of the new Management Committee of the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority
Genoa
Several measures approved, including those for CULMV and CULP staff
Euroports to operate a new liquid bulk terminal in the French port of Port-La Nouvelle
Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht
It is expected to become operational in 2026
In the second quarter, freight traffic in the port of Ravenna increased by +2.6%
Ravenna
Growth of 0.6% was recorded in June. An increase of 4.8% is expected in July.
OsserMare presents five reports on the marine economy
Rome
They focus on a specific sector supply chain or aspect of it
Port of Naples: Road haulage operations resume
Naples
Resolution meeting between institutions, operators and trade associations
ICTSI again reports record quarterly financial and operating results
Manila
Global Ship Lease Reports Record Quarterly Revenue
Athens
In the April-June period, net profit was 95.4 million dollars (+8.4%)
Vard receives new order from North Star for two hybrid SOVs
Trieste
Contract worth between 100 and 200 million euros
The Panama Shipping Registry will no longer accept the registration of oil tankers and bulk carriers over 15 years old.
Panama
Measure to counter the use of the shadow fleet
Danaos Corporation reports record quarterly revenue
Athens
The April-June period closed with a net profit of 130.9 million (-7.3%)
New customs fast corridor between the port of La Spezia and Interporto Padova
Padua
It adds to the other three already active on the same route
ICTSI to operate Indonesia's Batu Ampar Container Terminal
Manila
It is located on Batam Island
Pino Musolino has been appointed CEO of the Alilauro shipping company.
Naples
He replaces the resigning Eliseo Cuccaro
In the second quarter, DIS' time charter revenues fell by -37.1%.
Luxembourg
Net income was $19.6 million (-70.5%)
Wista Italy denounces the exclusion of women from the nominations of port authority presidents.
Milan
Musso: The glass ceiling that prevents women from accessing leadership roles remains.
Austrian Rail Cargo Group is focusing on the development of the Sommacampagna-Sona intermodal terminal.
Vienna
Ten-year agreement
In the second quarter, maritime traffic in the Bosphorus Strait decreased by -6.0%
Ankara
18.1% decline in ships over 200 metres in length
Fifty kilos of cocaine seized at the port of Civitavecchia
Rome
They were hidden inside a reefer container arriving from Ecuador
Trump has eliminated tariff exemptions for low-cost goods for all nations.
Washington
Goods with a value of less than $800 will also be subject to the tax.
Viking Mira was launched at Fincantieri's Ancona shipyard
Trieste
The multi-role frigate "Emilio Bianchi" was delivered to the Muggiano shipyard
The Port Authority of the Central-Northern Adriatic Sea has obtained EMAS registration
Ravenna
Certifies commitment to environmental management and sustainability
MSC Cruises reduces emissions with the support of an energy transition plan
Geneva
The 2024 Sustainability Report has been presented
DSV reports strong growth in financial and operating results thanks to the acquisition of Schenker
Hedehusene
Quarterly record in air and ocean shipment volumes
In 2024, the Fratelli Cosulich group's revenues increased by +12.8%
Genoa
Operating result down by -31.7%
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