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April 26, 2002
Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • China must remove logistics red tape
    CHINA must quickly remove red tape affecting transport and logistics to fully realise its cost advantages, Neptune Orient Lines group president and chief executive Flemming Jacobs says.
  • P&O ports' container volumes in Q1 up 13%
  • Report on Aussie govt spying on Tampa completed
  • Law suit charges cruise ships of fouling California coast
  • Shipping tycoon buys 10% Bergesen stake
  • Ports of Auckland to spend NZ$20m to deepen channel
Air and Land Transport
  • US federal airport workers to debut at Baltimore
    BALTIMORE-Washington International Airport will become the first in the country with an all-federal security force by about mid-June, marking the national debut of the government's air travel security system, officials said on Wednesday.
  • Ariana Afghan Airlines trying to rise from the ashes of war
  • BA unit to cut unprofitable services
  • Patrick buys Ansett's int'l cargo business
  • BMI chalks up 12m loss after drop in traffic
  • IBM, Air Canada to market portable, wireless check-in system

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • China must remove logistics red tape
    CHINA must quickly remove red tape affecting transport and logistics to fully realise its cost advantages, Neptune Orient Lines group president and chief executive Flemming Jacobs says.
  • P&O ports' container volumes in Q1 up 13%
  • Report on Aussie govt spying on Tampa completed
  • Law suit charges cruise ships of fouling California coast
  • Shipping tycoon buys 10% Bergesen stake
  • Ports of Auckland to spend NZ$20m to deepen channel
Air and Land Transport
  • US federal airport workers to debut at Baltimore
    BALTIMORE-Washington International Airport will become the first in the country with an all-federal security force by about mid-June, marking the national debut of the government's air travel security system, officials said on Wednesday.
  • Ariana Afghan Airlines trying to rise from the ashes of war
  • BA unit to cut unprofitable services
  • Patrick buys Ansett's int'l cargo business
  • BMI chalks up 12m loss after drop in traffic
  • IBM, Air Canada to market portable, wireless check-in system

Sched Netweb site
  • CMA CGM says too soon to call rising volumes a trend
  • K Line cites box-traffic jump, boosts FY2001 profit estimates
  • New service centres at Port Klang
  • Software seminar aims to inform
  • Cargo restructure for Cathay and Air Hong Kong
  • Fuel surcharge levied by BA
  • bmi profits up to 12.4m

Cargowebweb site
APRIL 25, 2002
  • Lufthansa 'not pessimistic'
    Lufthansa said it posted an operating profit of 28 million euro in 2001, and that the operating result for the first quarter of 2002 will "not be disappointing", thanks to stringent cost controls and the matching of capacity.
  • Dragonair rise in cargo traffic
    Dragonair said it recorded year-on-year and month-on-month rises in both passenger and cargo traffic in March 2002.
  • K-Line revises results upwards
    K-Line says it was successful in improving ordinary income and net income, which attributed to a better-than-expected recovery towards the end of Fiscal 2001 in container cargo movement centering on Europe and U.S.A.
  • Logistics.com: your results please...
    Logistics.com, calling itself 'the leader in integrated logistics planning and execution solutions for shippers and carriers', announced results without any financials.
  • BNSF: lower revenue and operating income
    Burlington Northern Santa Fe reported first quarter 2002 earnings of $0.45 per diluted share compared with first-quarter 2001 earnings after extraordinary item of $0.34 per diluted share.
  • Net income CMA CGM down
    The executive boards of CMA CGM Holding and CMA CGM in Paris announced a sharp decline in net result over 2001, of 28 million euro, against 107 million Euro in the year 2000.
  • UPS-Teamsters talk not sure
    Contract negotiations between United Parcel Service Inc. (UPS) and its workers represented by Local 2727 of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters union recessed Wednesday.


Exim Indiaweb site
  • SCI to sign crude-carrying deal with Petronas, Ceylon Petroleum
  • SCI may declare dividend in a week
  • NSICT provides direct link between India & Bandar Abbas - KIG service by Simatech Shipping L.L.C
  • Markfed sets wheat export target at 1.5 m tonnes
  • Indonesia to swap CPO for Indian knowhow from July
  • Citric acid 'dumping' under probe
  • Commodity exports, imports via Cochin Port up in March
  • KoPT wants Japanese agency to prepare report on port facilities development
  • FedEx wins top honours at Asian Freight Industry Awards
  • Major fiscal reliefs may be unveiled next week
  • Italy, Spain for tie-up with India in environmental sector
  • China, India only Asian nations to record positive export growth in 2001
  • Mozambique invites Indian textile manufacturers to tap opportunities
  • Govt wants to discourage import of car CBUs
  • China lags behind India in doing business
  • Tirupur knitwear units to resume brand-building measures
  • Tax sops for industrial parks extended till 2006
  • Assocham moots cut in dividend tax rate
  • IEEMA mission visits Iraq, Syria
  • Leather sector honing 2002-03 growth plan
  • India poised to become diamond trading centre-Rudy
  • Peaceful Lanka may emerge as investor's haven
  • HKIA wins "Cargo Airport of Year 2002" award
  • ASAA gives enthusiastic welcome to Mukul Jain, Concor CGM
  • New ASAA office-bearers for 2002-04 elected - Umesh Sheth at the helm

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
APRIL 25, 2002
  • African market report from GAC
  • Slow week, firmer prices in US Gulf market
  • Tight avails in Antwerp helps ARA market stay firm
  • Baltic market report
  • Gibraltar mostly quiet and steady
  • Surprise cargo gain in Singapore today, bunker prices largely steady
  • Piraeus steady to soft, mixed avails in Istanbul
  • Rotterdam market report from Marine Bunkering
  • Healthy demand in St. petersburg and Tallinn
  • "Golden Week" to halt bunkering procedures in Japan
  • Healthy avails in Korean market
  • Hong Kong steady with some availability improvement

International Transport Journalweb site
  • ANL between Asia and Europe
  • Navibulgar buys Varna shipyard
  • MOL: even more environment-friendly
  • Revised forecasts for «K» Line
  • Evergreen appoints South America agents
  • ASF: Mission completed
  • Hesse Noord Natie is making tracks
  • TPG swallows Nicolas
  • Logistics terminal for Giraud
  • Chronopost doubles operating result

Marine Logweb site
APRIL 25, 2002
  • Cruise lines face ballast water suit
    A lawsuit filed yesterday by environmental groups seeks to stop cruise ships from violating state law when discharging untreated ballast water into California waters.
  • German shipbuilder cooperates with Iranian yard
    Iran's Islamic Republic News Agency says that Germany's Thyssen
  • HAL exercises option for fifth Vista
    Carnival Corporation's Holland America Line has exercised an option with Fincantieri-Cantieri Navali Italiani S.p.A., to build a fifth 1,848-passenger Vista-class ship
  • Sohmen takes stake in Bergesen
    In a statement to Oslo Stock Exchange today Tauro Company Limited is informing the Stock Exchange that it is the the beneficial owners of 6.026.902 shares in Bergesen d.y. ASA, which have been registered in the name of HSBC Investment Bank PLC.

World Wide Shipperweb site
APRIL 25, 2002
  • UPS' quarterly numbers top earlier predictions
  • Pair of railroads sign marketing alliance
  • BTS survey finds U.S. airlines cut 79,000 jobs in 2001
  • Coast Guard warns mariners of unlit tanker adrift at sea
  • Port of Olympia's Swantown Marina ready to handle boating season

Il Sole 24 Ore On Lineweb site
  • «Rischio terrorismo nei porti»
    L'Autorità adeguerà le banchine al grande traffico e investirà 197 milioni $ sul trasporto intermodale
  • Navi da crociera, tornano gli ordini

Lloyd's Listweb site
  • Sohmen family builds 10% stake in Bergesen
    Helmut Sohmen, who controls the world's largest private tanker empire, has become the second largest shareholder in Bergesen, Norway's leading bulk shipping group.
  • Futures venture 'won't copy Enron'
    LONDON shipbroker ACM Shipping is joining forces with integrated brokerage GFI in an effort to kickstart the wet derivatives market.
  • Anger as EU holds up subsidies plan for LNG carriers
    European Union commissioner Mario Monti has snubbed French moves to extend shipyard subsidies to include gas carriers by again rejecting the reintroduction of payments to European shipyards.
  • German duo cleared on Hellenic takeover
    Brussels has cleared the takeover of Greece's Hellenic Shipyards by a German consortium of shipyard HDW and trading-house Ferrostaal.

Fairplayweb site
APRIL 25, 2002
  • Bergesen welcomes Sohmen
  • Tanker broker gets liquid
  • Cruise lines sued over ballast water
  • Shipbuilding cash injection delayed
  • Genmar profits plummet
  • Have your say!
  • Feeders bloom in Scotland
  • Vopak 'prepared to enter sale talks'
  • Kolkata revamp shocks industry
  • NAX service starts in May
  • Two die as ship sinks in Korea
  • Dredging company seeks JV buyout
  • Sohmen takes slice of Bergesen cake
  • Ten bid for Trasmed
  • New Rio Tinto smelter for Kwinana
  • Good start to Stena's 'vital year'
  • Russian politician buys Fesco
  • Dampier port chairman quits
  • Princess pushes up profits
  • Manta gets official port status
  • Teekay first quarter profit down
  • CMA CGM net profit plunges
  • Drifting tanker to be salvaged

The Journal of Commerceweb site
APRIL 25, 2002
  • Senate gets another security bill
    The Ship, Seafarer and Container Security Act calls for a uniform identification system for mariners, stronger standards and anti-tampering and locking systems for marine containers, and the use of transponders to track certain vessels.
  • Panama Canal to hike, restructure tolls
    A new pricing system, to take effect in October, will differentiate between seven classes of vessel, ending the tradition of equal treatment for all ships.
  • Operating loss up slightly at BAX
    Declining revenue at the company reflects weak economic conditions in major markets worldwide, according to parent company Pittston Co.
  • Union Pacific earnings top expectations
  • TPG posts strong first quarter
  • Nilac wins pact from paint-products company
  • BNSF train ran red light, NTSB says
  • India-Europe lines expand rate hikes
  • Lufthansa earnings plummet
  • Malaysian port adds cranes
  • P&O Ports volume up 13%
  • Norfolk Southern profits gain
  • BNSF profits up despite weaker volume

Antwerpse Lloyd n.v.web site
  • “Le transport combiné est une arme politique plutôt qu’un mode de transport alternatif”
    L’utilisation du transport combiné rail/route ne résulte pas nécessairement en une baisse des émissions de CO2 et de la consommation d’énergie par rapport au transport routier. C’est la conclusion d’une étude commandée par l’organisation de transport routier allemande BGL et l’IRU et dont les résultats ont été publiés hier à Bruxelles.
  • J. Saadé (CMA CGM): “Les armements doivent se défendre contre l’hégémonie des groupes PSA Corp et Hutchison”
    “Nous sommes un peu fâchés sur la Belgique. Quelle raison avaient-ils à Anvers de se vendre au groupe PSA Corp, alors qu’il n’a rien à apprendre aux manutentionnaires locaux? Nous estimons que ces groupes PSA et Hutchison sont en train d’établir une hégémonie en Europe et c’est la raison pour laquelle les armateurs préfèrent s’associer entre eux pour s’engager dans d’autres voies.” Jacques Saadé, président du directoire de l’armement CMA CGM, répondait ainsi à une question posée lors de la conférence de presse donnée mercredi dernier à Paris au sujet des résultats de l’exercice 2001, et qui avait trait à l’éventuel intérêt que cet armement français pourrait porter à l’offre de prises de participations que PSA Corp annonce à Singapour.
  • Stef-TFE prendra 100% des Transports Navarro avant la fin juin 2002
    N°1 français du marché transport-logistique sous température dirigée (frigo), le groupe Stef-TFE (siège à Paris) va anticiper d’un an sa prise de contrôle à 100% des Transports Navarro, autre spécialiste du marché frigo. Actuellement, Paul-Denis Navarro est président de la société et actionnaire majoritaire avec 56,58%. De son côté, le Groupe Stef-TFE détient 37,82% du capital. Au plus tard le 30 juin 2002, soit un an avant l’échéance prévue initialement, Paul-Denis Navarro cédera la totalité des titres qu’il détient et quittera la présidence de la société. Cette accélération du calendrier intervient alors que le groupe Stef-TFE présente ses résultats de l’exercice 2001 qui sont en forte progression par rapport à 2000.
  • Le gouvernement bruxellois approuve le dossier Carcoke
    Le gouvernement de la Région Bruxelles Capitale a approuvé le dossier Carcoke hier. Cette décision doit libérer la voie à l’acquisition d’un terrain de 12 ha situé à la frontière avec la Région flamande. Avec ce site, le port de Bruxelles devrait être en mesure de répondre à la demande de terrains en bordure d’eau et de donner une nouvelle impulsion aux activités de transbordement. Il n’est pas encore clair quand la première partie du site pourra être mise en service. Le gouvernement bruxellois a également donné le feu vert au contrat de gestion avec le Port de Bruxelles. De son côté, le port aimerait bien voir la SNCB jouer un rôle plus actif dans les trafics portuaires.

TradeWindsweb site
APRIL 25, 2002
  • Genmar mulls additional Caspian deployment
    Caspian Sea oil production is projected to increase several fold.
  • Investor sues HDW chief
    Guy Wyser-Pratte aims to annul the sale of HDW stake by Babcock Borsig.
  • Korea to set up shipbuilding investment funds
    The shipping fund managers are expected to be handling about $2.55bn a year.
  • RCCL restores stock market confidence
    The company's solid first quarter results boost earnings estimates and price target.
  • Szczecin sets return to work date
    But jobs could go as cash strapped Polish yard struggles to prune back costs.
  • ACM, GFI introduce tanker derivatives product
    The new product will use both online trading and telephone broking skills.
  • RCCL to focus on operations
    Miami-based cruise operator is not looking to build new ships any time soon.
  • New Torm chairman appointed
    Outgoing Erik Behn explains retirement move as rumours of company tensions swirl.
  • Higher tanker rates cut Seabulk's loss
    The largest Jones Act products tanker operator posts a $2.1m first quarter net loss.
  • ITIC cuts bonus
    Marine errors and omissions insurance club scales back renewal discounts.
  • EC clears HDW move into Greece
    German takeover of Hellenic Shipyards given green light.
  • Profits double at Lorenzo Shipping
    Philippine boxship owner survived higher insurance and fuel costs to boost growth in 2001.
  • Sohmen takes stake in Bergesen
    World-Wide boss eyes up Norwegian owner's gas assets after perusing LNG sector.
  • Bergesen chiefs to step down
    Svein Erik Amundsen and Jan Hakon Pettersen will resign next year.
  • Sohmen pays out on Bergesen
    The last time World-Wide bought into a Scandinavian company they bought it out and took it private.
  • Hapag-Lloyd on course
    Liner company sails into smiley new world as Preussag rebrands group.
  • Fortum keeps options open
    Finnish owner cautious on further tanker orders, as first quarter freight rates slump.
  • Two crew dead after collision off Korea
    Five men missing after accident involving cargoship and tug off Pohang.
  • Cost-cutting boosts P&O Princess
    Strong first quarter results for third-biggest cruise outfit, as it recovers from post-11 September disruption.
  • CMA CGM profit collapses
    French liner group suffers from falling freight rates despite cargo growth.
  • Hyundai confirms P&O Nedlloyd boxships
    Korean yard inks order for five feeder ships and expects five options to be exercised in the summer.
  • Teekay first quarter profits slump 89%
    Lowest OPEC output levels in seven years plus lack of long-haul cargoes hit aframax giant where it hurts.
  • Sherrard takes the reigns at UK's A&P
    Former Bibby Line MD appointed chairman at UK's largest ship repair group

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The toll of the horrific attack on the bulk carrier Eternity C in the Red Sea is still uncertain.
Mandaluyong/London/Brussels
Joint statement by ICS, BIMCO, European Shipowners, Intercargo and Intertanko
In the first half of 2025, bulk cargo increased and general cargo decreased in the port of Marseille-Fos
Marseille
Cruise passengers increase by +5%
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
Vard signs contract with InkFish for new research vessel
Trieste
The deal is worth more than 200 million euros.
1.1 billion euros will be invested in the port of Hamburg to strengthen the container sector
Hamburg
Meyer Turku delivered the new Star of the Seas cruise ship to Royal Caribbean
Turku
It has a gross tonnage of 250,800 tons
ESPO calls for increased funding for ports under the next EU Multiannual Financial Framework
Brussels
The CEF programme funds have proven to be far from sufficient
Fincantieri delivers the new Oceania Allura cruise ship to Oceania Cruises.
Miami/Trieste
Two additional Sonata-class ships have been converted into orders.
Uniport: Bringing debris from Bagnoli to the port of Naples would postpone long-awaited dredging.
Rome
Legora de Feo: It's necessary to find alternative solutions.
Taiwanese companies Evergreen, Yang Ming and WHL saw sharp declines in quarterly revenues.
Keelung/Taipei
In the period April-June it fell by -18.7%, -26.5% and -8.6% respectively
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
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
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.
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