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June 5, 2003
Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • G8 acts to improve marine environment, safety, security
    THE G8 group of industrialised nations meeting in Evian, France, earlier this week turned their attention to the shipping world with action plans for the marine environment and tanker safety, as well as transport security.
  • Dalian port to double capacity
    CAPACITY will be doubled at the Chinese container port of Dalian, where PSA Corporation embarked on its first overseas foray.
  • Port Klang's Northport eyes more transhipment volumes
    PORT Klang's Northport is aggressively pushing for a bigger share of regional transhipment cargo volumes, according to the head of the Malaysian container terminal.
  • Oil slick from Chinese ship hits Sweden
    A large oil slick gushing from a sunken Chinese cargo ship hit Sweden's popular southeastern coast on Tuesday, but marine biologists said they expected only limited damage to the environment.
  • Indonesia closes Aceh waters to some foreign ships
    INDONESIA has closed waters surrounding war-torn Aceh to foreign ships without permits to stop separatist rebels smuggling weapons into the province, officials said yesterday.
Air and Land Transport
  • Travel demand starting to recover: Asian carriers
    SINGAPORE Airlines , Asiana Airlines and other Asian carriers said demand for travel is picking up as fears of Sars subside and they will start reinstating flights cut at the height of the outbreak.
  • Airports respond to Iata's call to cut charges
  • US security agency fired 1,208 airport screeners
  • US airports seeking to use passenger fees to pay debt
  • BAA meets forecast with 3.8% rise in profit
  • Striking Alitalia staff's use of sick-notes comes under fire
Features
  • Hard-hit airline plans return to the skies
    IRAQ'S national carrier, hard-hit by two wars and 13 years of UN sanctions, is preparing to resume services after a three-month hiatus caused by the latest conflict, its management said.
Port Shots
  • Port Shots
    KEPPEL Offshore & Marine's specialised shipbuilding division Keppel Singmarine has delivered two tugs to Keppel Smit Towage destined for charter to Brunei Shell Petroleum.

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • G8 acts to improve marine environment, safety, security
    THE G8 group of industrialised nations meeting in Evian, France, earlier this week turned their attention to the shipping world with action plans for the marine environment and tanker safety, as well as transport security.
  • Dalian port to double capacity
    CAPACITY will be doubled at the Chinese container port of Dalian, where PSA Corporation embarked on its first overseas foray.
  • Port Klang's Northport eyes more transhipment volumes
    PORT Klang's Northport is aggressively pushing for a bigger share of regional transhipment cargo volumes, according to the head of the Malaysian container terminal.
  • Oil slick from Chinese ship hits Sweden
    A large oil slick gushing from a sunken Chinese cargo ship hit Sweden's popular southeastern coast on Tuesday, but marine biologists said they expected only limited damage to the environment.
  • Indonesia closes Aceh waters to some foreign ships
    INDONESIA has closed waters surrounding war-torn Aceh to foreign ships without permits to stop separatist rebels smuggling weapons into the province, officials said yesterday.
Air and Land Transport
  • Travel demand starting to recover: Asian carriers
    SINGAPORE Airlines , Asiana Airlines and other Asian carriers said demand for travel is picking up as fears of Sars subside and they will start reinstating flights cut at the height of the outbreak.
  • Airports respond to Iata's call to cut charges
  • US security agency fired 1,208 airport screeners
  • US airports seeking to use passenger fees to pay debt
  • BAA meets forecast with 3.8% rise in profit
  • Striking Alitalia staff's use of sick-notes comes under fire
Features
  • Hard-hit airline plans return to the skies
    IRAQ'S national carrier, hard-hit by two wars and 13 years of UN sanctions, is preparing to resume services after a three-month hiatus caused by the latest conflict, its management said.
Port Shots
  • Port Shots
    KEPPEL Offshore & Marine's specialised shipbuilding division Keppel Singmarine has delivered two tugs to Keppel Smit Towage destined for charter to Brunei Shell Petroleum.

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • G8 acts to improve marine environment, safety, security
    THE G8 group of industrialised nations meeting in Evian, France, earlier this week turned their attention to the shipping world with action plans for the marine environment and tanker safety, as well as transport security.
  • Dalian port to double capacity
    CAPACITY will be doubled at the Chinese container port of Dalian, where PSA Corporation embarked on its first overseas foray.
  • Port Klang's Northport eyes more transhipment volumes
    PORT Klang's Northport is aggressively pushing for a bigger share of regional transhipment cargo volumes, according to the head of the Malaysian container terminal.
  • Oil slick from Chinese ship hits Sweden
    A large oil slick gushing from a sunken Chinese cargo ship hit Sweden's popular southeastern coast on Tuesday, but marine biologists said they expected only limited damage to the environment.
  • Indonesia closes Aceh waters to some foreign ships
    INDONESIA has closed waters surrounding war-torn Aceh to foreign ships without permits to stop separatist rebels smuggling weapons into the province, officials said yesterday.
Air and Land Transport
  • Travel demand starting to recover: Asian carriers
    SINGAPORE Airlines , Asiana Airlines and other Asian carriers said demand for travel is picking up as fears of Sars subside and they will start reinstating flights cut at the height of the outbreak.
  • Airports respond to Iata's call to cut charges
  • US security agency fired 1,208 airport screeners
  • US airports seeking to use passenger fees to pay debt
  • BAA meets forecast with 3.8% rise in profit
  • Striking Alitalia staff's use of sick-notes comes under fire
Features
  • Hard-hit airline plans return to the skies
    IRAQ'S national carrier, hard-hit by two wars and 13 years of UN sanctions, is preparing to resume services after a three-month hiatus caused by the latest conflict, its management said.
Port Shots
  • Port Shots
    KEPPEL Offshore & Marine's specialised shipbuilding division Keppel Singmarine has delivered two tugs to Keppel Smit Towage destined for charter to Brunei Shell Petroleum.

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • G8 acts to improve marine environment, safety, security
    THE G8 group of industrialised nations meeting in Evian, France, earlier this week turned their attention to the shipping world with action plans for the marine environment and tanker safety, as well as transport security.
  • Dalian port to double capacity
    CAPACITY will be doubled at the Chinese container port of Dalian, where PSA Corporation embarked on its first overseas foray.
  • Port Klang's Northport eyes more transhipment volumes
    PORT Klang's Northport is aggressively pushing for a bigger share of regional transhipment cargo volumes, according to the head of the Malaysian container terminal.
  • Oil slick from Chinese ship hits Sweden
    A large oil slick gushing from a sunken Chinese cargo ship hit Sweden's popular southeastern coast on Tuesday, but marine biologists said they expected only limited damage to the environment.
  • Indonesia closes Aceh waters to some foreign ships
    INDONESIA has closed waters surrounding war-torn Aceh to foreign ships without permits to stop separatist rebels smuggling weapons into the province, officials said yesterday.
Air and Land Transport
  • Travel demand starting to recover: Asian carriers
    SINGAPORE Airlines , Asiana Airlines and other Asian carriers said demand for travel is picking up as fears of Sars subside and they will start reinstating flights cut at the height of the outbreak.
  • Airports respond to Iata's call to cut charges
  • US security agency fired 1,208 airport screeners
  • US airports seeking to use passenger fees to pay debt
  • BAA meets forecast with 3.8% rise in profit
  • Striking Alitalia staff's use of sick-notes comes under fire
Features
  • Hard-hit airline plans return to the skies
    IRAQ'S national carrier, hard-hit by two wars and 13 years of UN sanctions, is preparing to resume services after a three-month hiatus caused by the latest conflict, its management said.
Port Shots
  • Port Shots
    KEPPEL Offshore & Marine's specialised shipbuilding division Keppel Singmarine has delivered two tugs to Keppel Smit Towage destined for charter to Brunei Shell Petroleum.

Sched Netweb site
  • Emery Japan first unit to change name to Menlo Worldwide
  • IRA to impose rate restoration on Far East/ Middle East trade
  • Shanghai launches new 5,668-TEU containership
  • Hershey to build a new Midwest distribution centre
  • NOL rings the changes as Widdows takes top APL post
  • AMI claims new products save forwarders 50 per cent
  • Northwest looks to exchange pass through certificates
  • Kitty Hawk re-enters Hawaiian market with Honolulu service
  • Delta ends sale on convertible senior notes

Exim Indiaweb site
  • Evergreen sets up Mumbai liaison office to service Indian Subcontinent
  • APL product allows customers globally to e-mail B/L instructions
  • Loophole in cargo support policy plugged - To avert misuse post-SCI sell-off
  • Software exports post 26.3 pc rise in 2002-03
  • US can save $ 11 bn by outsourcing from India, feels Nasscom chief
  • FTA with Egypt likely this fiscal
  • US watching India's galvanised steel export figures
  • India questions US data on textile exports, seeks WTO's view
  • Bidding process for first stage of Azhikkal port development slated to begin soon
  • Bangladesh govt to amend protectionist port law
  • NSCOA to stop work at NSICT from today - JNPCT to be unaffected
  • Chamber data shows dip in exports from Cochin Port
  • 3 Canadian companies vying for mandate to conduct feasibility study - Move to introduce double-decker container trains
  • IIFT chief confident of India achieving 12 pc annual export growth
  • State-of-origin rule to boost share of Gujarat in total exports - State may get more Central funds under ASIDE scheme
  • Automotive industry can capture global markets: ICRA
  • DGFT to open more offices in N-E states this year
  • Proposed India Club in Shanghai arouses corporates' interest
  • Credit guarantee fund scheme to cover SSI loans below Rs 5 lakh
  • Bengal CM seeks investments at CII session
  • Over 21 countries join hands to form Trade Commissioners' Forum

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
JUNE 4, 2003
  • East Coast markets soften amid good inventories
  • US crude runs hit all-time high
  • Weekly African market report from GAC
  • US refinery utilisation at 2-year high
  • Bears return as US oil data show healthy stock builds
  • Montreal flat, supplier set to return next week
  • Iraq ready to sell stored oil, but exports still uncertain
  • US: Personnel move
  • Piraeus at a premium as cheaper stocks runs low
  • Demand strong in Suez despite firm market
  • Brazilian market update
  • Lubmarine to launch new marine lubricant range
  • Korean enquiries fizzle out on the back of regional slump
  • New Saudi posted prices
  • Australia: Refinery closures set to impact bunkering trends
  • Rotterdam steady this morning

International Transport Journalweb site
JUNE 4, 2003
  • FedEx opens new logistics centre in Bahrain
  • Fercam ends intermodal service
  • CSA Czech Airlines builds new cargo terminal
  • Menzies and ACI Airlink sign agreement
  • Seawheel expands ro/ro capacity

The Scandinavian Shipping Gazetteweb site
JUNE 4, 2003
  • Sweden asks Denmark why towage was delayed
  • Norway and Spain in diplomatic row over tanker exclusion
  • Russian monopoly chief wants safer tankers

Marine Logweb site
JUNE 4, 2003
  • Questions on effort to switch port security funds to aviation
    Issue raised at Congressional hearing

World Wide Shipperweb site
JUNE 4, 2003
  • Coast Guard working with Washington on oil pollution prevention measures
  • Washington Governor unveils latest plan to land Boeing 7E7
  • Washington State Ferries warns to be wary of low cost tickets
  • Air cargo group extends deadline for $25,000 scholarship award
  • Panama Canal works with nature group to preserve Chagres River watershed

Lloyd's Listweb site
  • Foreign ships in Aceh waters face shoot-on-sight policy
    FOREIGN ships entering the territorial waters of war torn Aceh risk being shot on sight by the Indonesian navy.
  • Natural gas heads for global bonanza
    THREE of the most powerful men in the world - the heads of BP, Shell and ExxonMobil - have mapped out a shining future for the natural gas market.
  • Inquiries to Italian lines signal it's pay-back time
    LARGE industrial firms in Italy are canvassing shipping lines with a view to transporting project cargo to Iraq as part of the international reconstruction effort.
  • Total of 81 vessels are booted out by France and Spain
    THE diplomatic row between Norway and Spain over the latter's expulsion of two Norwegian vessels took centre stage at Nor-Shipping this week, but the overall number of vessels targeted under the ban is far greater than many experts believe and could open the door to more official complaints in the same vein.
  • HHI shows size matters with Goliath
    HYUNDAI Heavy Industries has literally cranked upward its credentials for building big offshore projects by installing the world's largest Goliath crane at its offshore fabrication yard, writes Sam Chambers in Tokyo.

Fairplayweb site
JUNE 4, 2003
  • Vehicle terminal operator rebuilds
  • Have your say!
  • Norway future uncertain after blast
  • Nor-Shipping: phase-out warning
  • CSAV to rejuvenate fleet
  • Nor-Shipping: de Ruiter under fire
  • US ports blast funding priorities
  • Bulker oil heads for Swedish coast
  • Nor-Shipping: IACS 'at risk'
  • Fast cat going too fast: report
  • BP signs 6-year gas deal with Oman
  • Bangladesh feeders resume loading
  • Seafrance order relief for Alstom
  • Izar discusses worker fears
  • Passengers' champion set up
  • Melbourne scraps hourly charges
  • Fremantle surprised by loss
  • Broker anticipates Indian growth
  • Indian ports tackle over-manning
  • Steel giant buys into box terminal
  • Central Asia port links move ahead
  • LUKoil changes sale strategy

The Journal of Commerceweb site
JUNE 4, 2003
  • 11 Evergreen ships stalled, diverted
    A three-week-long strike by the International Longshoremen's Association against Evergreen America has idled or diverted ships and halted the carrier's operations at Port Elizabeth, N.J.; Norfolk, Baltimore and Savannah.
  • KLM cargo surges in May
    Europe's fourth-largest airline said the gap between cargo and passenger traffic widened significantly in May, driven by increase on Asia/Pacific routes.
  • Port security plans facing numerous obstacles
  • Entry-exit controls won't clog borders: Hutchinson
  • Thailand dawdles on U.S. box security program
  • MSC launches U.S.-West Med service
  • P&O Nedlloyd-Contship partners drop RTW calls
  • Lufthansa handles K&N cargo in Atlanta
  • Panalpina restructures in U.S., Canada
  • U.S. rejects 'reverse inspections' for Canada border
  • CN to build Memphis intermodal terminal
  • Indian switch tariff time charges

Containerisation Internationalweb site
JUNE 4, 2003
  • Haggling owners and charterers miss the big picture
    Owners seeking to lock in current charter rates with long fixtures and ocean carriers haggling for short fixtures may end up kicking themselves as rates forge upwards throughout next year.
  • RTW service axes ports to protect schedules
    The lines operating the Eastabout round-the-world service are cutting the ports of Fremantle and New York, in a bid to end 'teething delays' that followed the service's introduction.
  • Strike set to increase Nhava Sheva congestion woe
  • Foreign carrier boycott sees Dhaka pledge to review shipping law
  • Lines pare down Australian personnel
  • Cargo delayed as Brazilian revenue officials strike
  • Tauranga renews South Auckland inland port contract
  • Visakha to handle its first ship by the middle of the month
  • A thousand lorries await entry to chaotic NSICT
  • Lines see costs rise as Customs detain illegal Asian cargo
  • Israel THC battle re-ignited as EMTA issues charge notice
  • Toll's Tranz Rail takeover offer sparks NZ flurry
  • Kien Hung boosts Hamburg Sud's ECSA market share
  • Korean ministry bids for port funds to combat looming congestion

TradeWindsweb site
  • Chantiers wins SeaFrance ferry job
    First ro-ro vessel order for French yard in three years.
  • Lloyd's Register chief defends IACS
    Director Alan Gavin says Greece and Bahamas views "technically unsound."
  • Greek owner joins fight for Australian cows
    Eletson chief Gregory Hadjieleftheriadis throws Stetson in ring for half a million cattle.
  • Second Bergesen ship kicked out by Spanish named
    Norway tells Spain "no legal right" to exclude vessels from its EEZ.
  • Salvors to remove oil from bulker wreck
    Underwater survey of Cosco's Fu Shan Hai to be undertaken today.
  • EU to move into spill response
    De Ruiter's new agency to have hands-on role in pollution incidents.
  • Ukraine woos Japanese for Black Sea yard bid
    Ukranian Property Fund talks up sale of Chernomorsky at business forum in Kiev.
  • Oil from sunken bulker hits Swedish coast
    Coast guard officials say oil flow from wreck is decreasing but wind is hampering clean-up.
  • Lorenzo Shipping wants to trim debts
    Philippine boxship and bulker player is not buying ships this year as it restructures debt.
  • Indonesia bars ships from Aceh waters
    Foreign ships to stay off coast of troubled province to prevent arms smuggling.
  • New York dropped from round-the-world itinerary
    New P&O Nedlloyd-led boxship service gets some "fine tuning."
  • Daewoo stake sale raises $225.7m
    Korean shipbuilder makes it a world first with global depositary receipt issue.
  • Posco to hike prices
    More cost woes for Korean shipbuilders as major steel producer lifts plate costs.
  • Bangladesh port protest ends in victory
    Foreign feeder operators force government to amend restrictive trade law.
  • OSG ups dividend
    Morton P Hyman, boss of US listed VLCC and aframax operator, gets generous.
  • A&P inks BP repair double
    One down and one to go for Aberdeen yard as it overhauls two of oil major's coastal tankers.

American Shipperweb site
JUNE 4, 2003
  • MarAd adjusts civil penalties for inflation
  • European Parliament O.K.s single-hull tanker phase-out
  • Oceania/U.S./Europe VSA tightens schedule, skips calls
  • Maersk Sealand adds U.S. Gulf/Oceania feeder link
  • Off-line B/L software for APL's customers
  • Seaboard adds second weekly Miami/Haiti service
  • Lufthansa rolls out new service for Kuehne & Nagel
  • Mineta: Airline industry needs cross-border investment
  • United Cargo adds South Korea service
  • Air transport "gets hit harder after every knockdown"
  • RailAmerica buys BNSF track
  • FMC revokes OTI licenses, reviews new applications
  • New Zealand Customs tightens container security
  • Descartes sees $9-million first-quarter loss
  • Panalpina restructures management in Americas
  • Customs saw "terrible" compliance with 24-hour rule
  • P&O Nedlloyd Logistics names Vaccaro development director
  • Seaports ask Congress for more security funds
  • Panama Canal, Nature Conservancy act on watershed

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FROM THE HOME PAGE
Mediterranean Emission Control Area for Sulphur Oxides Comes Into Force Tomorrow
Brussels
Vessels will have to use fuel with a maximum sulphur content of 0.1%.
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Reports Quarterly Net Loss of -$40.3 Million
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Reports Quarterly Net Loss of -$40.3 Million
Miami
In the first three months of this year, revenues fell by -2.9%
DSV Completes Acquisition of Schenker
Hedehouse
In the first three months of this year, the Danish logistics group's operating result increased by +17.5%
Hapag-Lloyd expects to close the first quarter with very positive performance
Hamburg
ONE closed fiscal year 2024 with net income of $4.2 billion (+336%)
ONE closed fiscal year 2024 with net income of $4.2 billion (+336%)
Singapore
In the period the container fleet transported 3.1 million TEU (+2.3%)
In the first quarter, the revenues of the Chinese shipping group COSCO grew by +20.1%
In the first quarter, the revenues of the Chinese shipping group COSCO grew by +20.1%
Shanghai
The fleet transported 6.5 million containers (+7.5%)
In the last quarter of 2024, Eurokai port terminals handled over 3.2 million containers (+9.4%)
Hamburg
In Germany, traffic was 1.9 million TEU (+14.0%) and in Italy 443 thousand TEU (+7.9%)
OOIL orders 14 new 18,500 teu containerships
Hong Kong
Dalian, Nantong shipyards win $3.1 billion contract
Orient Overseas (International) Limited (OOIL), the subsidiary of the Chinese shipping group COSCO Shipping Holdings that operates containerized maritime transport services with ...
Chinese ports set new cargo throughput record for January-March quarter
Chinese ports set new cargo throughput record for January-March quarter
Beijing
In the period, seaports handled 73.1 million containers (+8.3%)
Passenger terminal completed at Rizzo dock in Messina port
Messina
Work begins on remodeling the seabed of the port of Reggio Calabria
UPS closed the first quarter with a net profit of 1.2 billion dollars (+6.6%)
Atlanta
Revenues down slightly following sale of Coyote Logistics
Second Large Cruise Ship Built in China Launched
Shanghai
It will join the Adora Cruises fleet at the end of 2026
Uiltrasporti underlines the need to keep Italian ports under public control
Rome
The liner shipping industry contributes substantially to the U.S. economy.
Washington
This is highlighted by an analysis carried out by S&P Global Market Intelligence on behalf of WSC and PMSA
Toll worsens from explosion in Iranian port of Shahid Rajaee
Tehran
It caused 46 deaths and injured over 1,200 people
Tender for concession of container terminal at Ukrainian port of Chornomorsk to be announced by mid-year
Kiev
The management will include the general cargo terminal
Wärtsilä's first quarter is positive
Helsinki
CEVA Logistics (CMA CGM group) will buy the Turkish Borusan Lojistik
Istanbul/Marseille
Transaction valued at $440 million
ESPO: The EU Parliament's Budget Committee's request for more funding for transport, energy and infrastructure is welcome
Brussels
The importance of financing TEN-T networks to enable their adaptation for both military and civilian dual-use purposes was highlighted
Solidarity contribution for the families of port workers who are victims of accidents at work
Rome
It was established by the National Bilateral Port Authority
Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore Division Reports Record Quarterly Revenue
Neuilly-sur-Seine
New historical peak also for the classified fleet
PSA reportedly considering selling its 20% stake in Hutchison Ports
Singapore
This is according to "Reuters", which had already floated this hypothesis at the end of 2022
Federagenti, Italy must give a sharp acceleration to the projects of ZES, free zones and Special Logistics Zones
Rome
Pessina: There is no space for reflections prey to bureaucracy
In the first quarter of this year, freight traffic in the port of Rotterdam decreased by -5.8%.
Rotterdam
Both disembarkation (-3.1%) and embarkation (-11.9%) loads are decreasing
Increase in container cargo is not enough for the port of Antwerp-Bruges to avoid a -4.0% decline in quarterly traffic
Antwerp
The decline in liquid bulk cargoes worsened (-19.1%)
The China Shipowners' Association considers the measures taken by the US against Chinese ships a typical example of unilateralism and protectionism
Beijing/Washington
The WSC reiterates that such measures could undermine American trade, harm U.S. manufacturers, and undermine efforts to strengthen the nation's maritime industry.
COSCO Expresses Strong Opposition to US Planned Taxes on Chinese Ships
Shanghai
They distort fair competition - the Shanghai group denounces - and hinder the normal functioning of shipping
Growing share of new entrants in European rail transport sector
Madrid
In 2023, rail freight transport performance decreased by -8%
New Chinese Ship Taxes That Will Only Raise Prices for Americans
Washington
The executive vice president of the US Chamber of Commerce denounced it
Tax amounts set for China-linked vessels arriving at US ports
Washington
Calculated on the basis of net capacity or container volume, they will be applied from October and will be progressively increased
International tender launched to award concession for new Casablanca port shipyard
Casablanca
It is the largest in Africa and has been unused since 2019
Federlogistica, the industry must stop approaching logistics only in terms of costs
Genoa
Falteri: a national control room composed of representatives of the logistics sector and industrial groups is necessary
ABB closes positive first quarter even if revenue growth is lower than expected
Zurich
Wierod: Our consolidated local-for-local approach protects us from the trade war
New global minimum wage deal for seafarers
Geneva
The level will rise to $690 from January 1, 2026 to reach $704 from 2027 and $715 from 2028.
Global trade in goods could fall by -1.5% this year
Geneva
WTO predicts. Okonjo-Iweala: Persistent uncertainty threatens to slow global growth, with serious negative consequences for the world
In 2023, around two-thirds of all goods moved in the EU were transported by sea.
Luxembourg
In the period 2013-2023, only the share of road transport increased, while that of other modes decreased.
Postal shipments of goods from Hong Kong to the US suspended
Hong Kong
Hongkong Post faces exorbitant and unreasonable tariffs due to unjustified and intimidating actions of the United States
Confitarma highlights the need for the decarbonisation strategy not to penalise shipping compared to other modes
Rome
Zanetti: also ensure that the implementation process takes into account the operational needs of the industry
Intercargo and Intertanko raise concerns over shipping decarbonisation deal
London
The complexity of the measure adopted by the IMO and the unusual procedure from which non-governmental organizations were excluded were highlighted
Pirate attacks on ships to spike in first quarter of 2025
Pirate attacks on ships to spike in first quarter of 2025
London
Sharp increase in incidents in the Singapore Straits
Interferry welcomes IMO agreement on decarbonisation of shipping, but finds strategy too complex
Victoria/Piraeus
Greek Shipowners' Association disappointed by failure to recognise essential role of transition fuels such as LNG
International Labour Organization Recognizes Seafarers as Key Workers
London
ITF and ICS: a historic moment
CMA CGM to acquire 35% of Egypt's October Dry Port
Cairo
The company operates a dry port in the industrial and logistics zone near Cairo
MSC Group's TiL to Take Full Control of Hutchison Ports Terminals
New York
Bloomberg reports this, specifying that the Panamanian terminals would be jointly managed with BlackRock
Draft regulation on decarbonisation of shipping approved by MEPC includes mandatory fuel standard and pricing of greenhouse gas emissions
London/Washington/Brussels
The establishment of a Fund to collect resources deriving from the pricing of emissions is foreseen
Task force of five associations for the relaunch of Italian rail cargo
Rome
Initiative by Agens, Assoferr, Assologistica, Fercargo and Fermerci
MIT indicates Matteo Paroli as new president of the ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado
Rome/La Spezia
The La Spezia port community also requests a name for the Eastern Liguria Port Authority
Le Aziende informano
Il retrofit ibrido-elettrico di ABB guida i traghetti dei laghi italiani verso un futuro più sostenibile
Confitarma underlines the importance of the shipping decarbonisation strategy being defined at IMO
Rome
The Italian Confederation specifies that it shares some of the USA's concerns
WSC Reiterates Trump's Measures for National Maritime Industry Are Bad for U.S. Economy
Washington
Kramek: Ready to support the administration with constructive proposals
Purchase of area for new cruise terminal in Marghera completed
Venice
It is expected to become operational in the 2028 cruise season.
CMA CGM Completes Acquisition of Air Belgium
Marseille/Mont-Saint-Guibert
Mazaudier: Strengthen our air capacity with immediate effect
In 2024, 94.4 million tonnes of goods were transported on the Austrian rail network (+2.2%)
Vienna
31.8% of the total volume was achieved on routes longer than 300 kilometres
In the first three months of 2025, freight traffic in Albanian ports decreased by -1.8%
Tirana
Passengers also decreasing (-1.6%)
The final budget and the annual report 2024 of the AdSP of Sardinia have been approved
Cagliari
Pilot project for the unified issuing of port access permits for haulers
Interporto Padova's 2024 financial statements unanimously approved
Padua
Revenues up +7.3%
Redevelopment works underway at the agri-food hub of the port of Livorno
Leghorn
Works worth six million euros
Bluferries is ready to put the new ro-pax Athena into service in the Strait of Messina
Messina
It can carry up to 22 trucks or 125 cars and 393 people
Approved the financial statement for the financial year 2024 of the AdSP of the Ionian Sea
Taranto
424.8 million port works completed in the last decade
Kalmar reports lower quarterly revenue, higher new orders
Helsinki
In the first three months of 2025, net profit was 34.1 million euros (+2%)
Antonio Ranieri is the new maritime director of Liguria
Genoa
He takes over from Admiral Piero Pellizzari who was discharged from the service upon reaching the age limit
In the first quarter of 2025, China's CIMC recorded a 12.7% increase in container sales
Hong Kong
Revenues grew by +11.0%
Last year, the revenues of the Chinese group CMPort increased by +3.1%
Hong Kong
In the first three months of 2025, port terminals handled 36.4 million containers (+5.6%)
The financial statements of the AdSP of Western Liguria and the Central-Northern Tyrrhenian Sea have been approved
Genoa/Civitavecchia
Konecranes revenues increased by +7.7% in the first three months of 2025
Helsinki
343 million euros of new orders for port vehicles (+37.5%)
Kuehne+Nagel posts first quarter of growth
Schindellegi
The logistics group's net sales amounted to 6.33 billion Swiss francs (+14.9%)
Application by TDT (Grimaldi group) for the construction and management of 50% of the Terminal Darsena Europa in Livorno
Leghorn
The company has requested an extension of the duration of the current concession
In 2024, 58 million invested in the modernization of the ports of Livorno, Piombino and the island of Elba
Leghorn
The final budget and the annual report of the AdSP have been approved
In the first quarter the port of Valencia handled 1.3 million containers (+3.4%)
Valencia
Transhipment traffic decline
EIB advice to strengthen climate resilience of the ports of Volos, Alexandroupolis and Patras
Luxembourg
It will assist port authorities in identifying and managing climate risks
The Management Committee of the Central Tyrrhenian Sea Port Authority has unanimously approved the 2024 financial statement
Naples
SOS LOGistica will acquire the qualification of Third Sector Entity
Milan
The association currently has 74 members
In the first three months of 2025, freight traffic in the ports of Barcelona and Algeciras decreased
Barcelona/Algeciras
Hupac transfers intermodal service with Padua to Novara
Noise
Until now the other terminal was the one in Busto Arsizio
PSA SECH has operated the first 400-meter train at Parco Ferroviario Rugna
Genoa
Capacity up to 20 pairs of trains per day
The 2024 financial statement of the Eastern Liguria Port Authority was unanimously approved
The Spice
The war clearance preparatory to the expansion of the Ravano Terminal in La Spezia is nearing completion
The Spice
The AdSP has invested over 600 thousand euros in it
Francesco Rizzo appointed president of the AdSP of the Strait
Rome
He has repeatedly denounced the uselessness of the construction of the bridge over the Strait
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
US aircraft attack Yemeni port of Ras Isa
Tampa/Beirut
38 dead and over a hundred injured
In 2025 Stazioni Marittime predicts an increase in ferry and cruise traffic in the port of Genoa
MIT Mobility Report Highlights Rising Demand for Both Passengers and Freight
Rome
In the first quarter, cargo traffic in Russian ports decreased by -5.6%
St. Petersburg
Both dry goods (-5.3%) and liquid bulk (-5.8%) are decreasing
Andrea Giachero confirmed as president of Spediporto
Genoa
The board of directors of the association of Genoese freight forwarders has also been renewed for the three-year period 2025-2028
Study for monitoring vehicular traffic in the ports of Venice and Chioggia
Milan
Order awarded to Circle and Arelogik
In Italy, the rail freight transport sector is in deep trouble
Geneva
Fermerci calls for making traffic incentives structural and increasing and for refinancing the incentive for the purchase of locomotives and wagons
Global Maritime Forum report on optimising ship calls to reduce emissions
Copenhagen
Virtual arrival and just-in-time arrival approaches proposed
In the first quarter of this year, container traffic in the port of Gioia Tauro grew by +15.5%
Joy Taurus
Construction of the "Dockworker’s House" has begun
GNV has taken delivery of the second of four new ro-pax vessels in China
Genoa
"GNV Orion" will be able to accommodate 1,700 passengers and transport up to 3,080 linear metres of cargo
After ten quarters of decline, container traffic in the port of Hong Kong returns to growth
Hong Kong
In the first three months of this year 3.39 million TEUs were handled (+2.1%)
Fincantieri acquires stake in WSense
Rome
The ninth FREMM unit "Spartaco Schergat" delivered to the Italian Navy
The new edition of the Practical Manual of Maritime Traffic has been presented
Genoa
Written by Assagenti, it turns fifty
Container traffic at the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles increased by 26.6% and 5.2% in the first quarter
Long Beach/Los Angeles
Trump's tariffs impact imminent
In the first three months of 2025, the port of Singapore handled 10.5 million containers (+5.8%)
Singapore
In weight, containerized traffic recorded a decrease of -1.4%
Regulations signed for LNG bunkering at Fincantieri shipyard in Genoa
Genoa
Define the methods of transferring fuel from ship to ship
Historic shipbuilding brands Uljanik and 3.Maj on the verge of extinction
Zagreb
The State confirms its intention to sell the shipbuilding activities at the two sites of Pula and Rijeka
Cambiaso Risso has completed the acquisition of the French Somecassur
Genoa
The transalpine company specializes in the insurance of super and mega yachts
New weekly train service between the port of Gioia Tauro and Verona
Joy Taurus/Verona
Operated by Medlog for the transport of refrigerated goods
EBRD looking for strategic partner for development of Moldovan river port of Giurgiulesti
London
International competition launched
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
The conference "New sustainable marine fuels - Decarbonize Shipping" will be held in Genoa on Monday
Genoa
It will take place at the headquarters of the Port Authority of Genoa
"Artificial Intelligence Comes to Port" Conference in Rome on Friday
Rome
It is promoted by the National Union of Port Enterprises
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Proposed 30% increase for port tariffs to be in phases, says Loke
(Free Malaysia Today)
Damen Mangalia Unionists Protest Friday Against Possible Closure
(The Romania Journal)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Relazione del presidente Nicola Zaccheo
Roma, 18 settembre 2024
››› File
Turkish ports set new first-quarter cargo traffic record
Ankara
Historic peak of cargo imported from abroad
In the first quarter of 2025, freight traffic in the port of Taranto grew by +37.6%
Taranto
Increase of 854 thousand tons of solid bulk and 265 thousand tons of conventional goods
DEME buys Havfram, a company that installs offshore wind farms
Second Right/Washington
Transaction worth approximately 900 million euros
Rail transport of convoys for Rome Metro started from Reggio Calabria
Rome
Contract awarded by Hitachi Rail to Mercitalia Rail
In 2024, the volumes handled by Magli Intermodal Service decreased by -2%
Rezzato
Turnover stable
Yang Ming records first decline in turnover in March after 14 months of growth
Keelung/Taipei
Evergreen and WHL revenue growth continues
The European Commission has approved the acquisition of Germany's Schenker by Denmark's DSV
Brussels
The impact on competition in the markets in which the two companies operate is considered limited
Fincantieri - Kayo Agreement to Promote the Development of the Shipbuilding and Naval Industry in Albania
Trieste
Possible creation of a hub for shipbuilding and refitting in the region
Recent slight reduction in logistics costs for new factory vehicles
Brussels
Montaresi (AdSP Liguria Orientale) awarded with the "Port Oscar"
Miami
The event has reached its eighteenth edition
In the first three months of 2025, containers carried by OOCL vessels increased by +9.3%
Hong Kong
Revenues up +16.8%
The AdSP of the Southern Tyrrhenian and Ionian Seas wins in appeal against Zen Yacht
Joy Taurus
Company ordered to pay back rent
A large shipment of cocaine was seized in the port of Livorno
Leghorn
Two tons of drugs identified by Customs and Financial Police personnel
Navantia renews agreement with American cruise group Royal Caribbean
Miami
To date, the Cadiz shipyard has carried out maintenance, repair and refurbishment work on 45 of the group's ships.
Record cruise traffic expected in Italian ports this year
Miami
Cemar believes that growth will not stop even in 2026
HII-HHI Agreement to Accelerate US and South Korean Naval Production
National Harbor
The aim is to strengthen the naval industrial base of the two nations.
Panama Ports Company Accused of Violating Terms of Concession Agreement
Panama
Panama's Auditor General announced the filing of criminal charges
Colombo West International Terminal has become operational
Ahmedabad
It has a traffic capacity of 3.2 million TEUs
The conference "New sustainable marine fuels - Decarbonize Shipping" will be held in Genoa on Monday
Genoa
The new multifunctional border control structure PCF - PED/PDI Point completed in the port of Gioia Tauro
Joy Taurus
"Artificial Intelligence Comes to Port" Conference in Rome on Friday
Rome
It is promoted by the National Union of Port Enterprises
MSC Group's new cruise terminal inaugurated in Miami
Miami
It can accommodate three large ships at the same time
In February, traffic in the port of Ravenna increased by +2.1%
Ravenna
Bulk cargo increases, miscellaneous cargo declines
In 2024, Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane recorded a net loss of -208 million euros
Rome
Revenues up by +11.7%. The group's freight transported increased thanks to the acquisition of Exploris
Port of Genoa, Ente Bacini requests new spaces and renewal of the concession
Genoa
Conference to celebrate the centenary of the company
The public meeting of the Italian Port Terminal Operators Association will be held in Rome on June 19th
Genoa
VARD to build offshore dive vessel for Dong Fang Offshore
Alesund/Trieste
The contract is worth 113.5 million euros
Next week Italian ports will participate in Seatrade Cruise Global
Rome
Initiative brand: "CruiseItaly - One Country, Many Destinations"
MSC Group Cruise Terminal Officially Inaugurated in the Port of Barcelona
Barcelona
In 2027 it will be equipped with a cold ironing plant
Marcegaglia and Nova Marine Carriers form NovaMar Logistic joint venture
Lugano/Gazoldo of the Ippoliti
A general cargo ship will transport raw materials to the steel group's plants
Liebherr achieves record annual sales in the maritime and port crane segment
Bulls
Strong demand for offshore and container handling equipment
The annual conference "Programming, Operation and Management of Transport Networks" in Genoa
Genoa
It is dedicated to the transport and mobility sector
Last year, 656 ships underwent repair work in Greece
Piraeus
Increase of five units compared to 2023
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