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July 28, 2003
Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Top 3 European ports chalk up record growth
    EUROPE's three busiest ports - Rotterdam, Antwerp and Bremen - have enjoyed record first half volumes, prompting one to predict that a full year record 'is feasible' at current trade rates. 28/07/03
  • European lines defend anti-trust immunity
    EUROPEAN carriers have 'forcefully' defended the controversial anti-trust immunity granted to rate-setting liner conferences in a submission to the European Commission , which is currently considering abolishing the privilege.
  • Port of Piraeus goes public
    THE Piraeus Port Authority , one of Europe's biggest harbours, went public last Friday after a quarter of the state-owned company's share capital was sold to private investors on the Athens Stock Exchange.
  • Great Eastern's profit soars
    GREAT Eastern Shipping Co, India's biggest non-state shipping company, said first-quarter profit tripled to a record as expanding trading boosted freight rates.
Air and Land Transport
  • Asian airlines fill seats but profits still grounded
    PASSENGERS have returned to Asia's Sars-buffeted airlines but free tickets and heavy discounts are putting pressure on already paltry bottom lines.
  • Union anger showing in clashes at BA, Delta
  • Unions may cause BA to go bankrupt: Eddington
  • Boeing 757 jet's future looks bleak as orders dry up
  • Virgin Blue confirms float in Q4
Dockyard
  • New job for surveyor: supervising recycling
    THE environmental campaign group Greenpeace has been busy in recent weeks, publicising its campaign against the way ship recycling is carried out.
Ship Sales
  • SHIP SALES
    ACTIVITY is still running high with deals being reported throughout the dry bulk and tanker sectors although the holiday season is drawing near.

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Top 3 European ports chalk up record growth
    EUROPE's three busiest ports - Rotterdam, Antwerp and Bremen - have enjoyed record first half volumes, prompting one to predict that a full year record 'is feasible' at current trade rates. 28/07/03
  • European lines defend anti-trust immunity
    EUROPEAN carriers have 'forcefully' defended the controversial anti-trust immunity granted to rate-setting liner conferences in a submission to the European Commission , which is currently considering abolishing the privilege.
  • Port of Piraeus goes public
    THE Piraeus Port Authority , one of Europe's biggest harbours, went public last Friday after a quarter of the state-owned company's share capital was sold to private investors on the Athens Stock Exchange.
  • Great Eastern's profit soars
    GREAT Eastern Shipping Co, India's biggest non-state shipping company, said first-quarter profit tripled to a record as expanding trading boosted freight rates.
Air and Land Transport
  • Asian airlines fill seats but profits still grounded
    PASSENGERS have returned to Asia's Sars-buffeted airlines but free tickets and heavy discounts are putting pressure on already paltry bottom lines.
  • Union anger showing in clashes at BA, Delta
  • Unions may cause BA to go bankrupt: Eddington
  • Boeing 757 jet's future looks bleak as orders dry up
  • Virgin Blue confirms float in Q4
Dockyard
  • New job for surveyor: supervising recycling
    THE environmental campaign group Greenpeace has been busy in recent weeks, publicising its campaign against the way ship recycling is carried out.
Ship Sales
  • SHIP SALES
    ACTIVITY is still running high with deals being reported throughout the dry bulk and tanker sectors although the holiday season is drawing near.

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Top 3 European ports chalk up record growth
    EUROPE's three busiest ports - Rotterdam, Antwerp and Bremen - have enjoyed record first half volumes, prompting one to predict that a full year record 'is feasible' at current trade rates. 28/07/03
  • European lines defend anti-trust immunity
    EUROPEAN carriers have 'forcefully' defended the controversial anti-trust immunity granted to rate-setting liner conferences in a submission to the European Commission , which is currently considering abolishing the privilege.
  • Port of Piraeus goes public
    THE Piraeus Port Authority , one of Europe's biggest harbours, went public last Friday after a quarter of the state-owned company's share capital was sold to private investors on the Athens Stock Exchange.
  • Great Eastern's profit soars
    GREAT Eastern Shipping Co, India's biggest non-state shipping company, said first-quarter profit tripled to a record as expanding trading boosted freight rates.
Air and Land Transport
  • Asian airlines fill seats but profits still grounded
    PASSENGERS have returned to Asia's Sars-buffeted airlines but free tickets and heavy discounts are putting pressure on already paltry bottom lines.
  • Union anger showing in clashes at BA, Delta
  • Unions may cause BA to go bankrupt: Eddington
  • Boeing 757 jet's future looks bleak as orders dry up
  • Virgin Blue confirms float in Q4
Dockyard
  • New job for surveyor: supervising recycling
    THE environmental campaign group Greenpeace has been busy in recent weeks, publicising its campaign against the way ship recycling is carried out.
Ship Sales
  • SHIP SALES
    ACTIVITY is still running high with deals being reported throughout the dry bulk and tanker sectors although the holiday season is drawing near.

Shipping Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Top 3 European ports chalk up record growth
    EUROPE's three busiest ports - Rotterdam, Antwerp and Bremen - have enjoyed record first half volumes, prompting one to predict that a full year record 'is feasible' at current trade rates. 28/07/03
  • European lines defend anti-trust immunity
    EUROPEAN carriers have 'forcefully' defended the controversial anti-trust immunity granted to rate-setting liner conferences in a submission to the European Commission , which is currently considering abolishing the privilege.
  • Port of Piraeus goes public
    THE Piraeus Port Authority , one of Europe's biggest harbours, went public last Friday after a quarter of the state-owned company's share capital was sold to private investors on the Athens Stock Exchange.
  • Great Eastern's profit soars
    GREAT Eastern Shipping Co, India's biggest non-state shipping company, said first-quarter profit tripled to a record as expanding trading boosted freight rates.
Air and Land Transport
  • Asian airlines fill seats but profits still grounded
    PASSENGERS have returned to Asia's Sars-buffeted airlines but free tickets and heavy discounts are putting pressure on already paltry bottom lines.
  • Union anger showing in clashes at BA, Delta
  • Unions may cause BA to go bankrupt: Eddington
  • Boeing 757 jet's future looks bleak as orders dry up
  • Virgin Blue confirms float in Q4
Dockyard
  • New job for surveyor: supervising recycling
    THE environmental campaign group Greenpeace has been busy in recent weeks, publicising its campaign against the way ship recycling is carried out.
Ship Sales
  • SHIP SALES
    ACTIVITY is still running high with deals being reported throughout the dry bulk and tanker sectors although the holiday season is drawing near.

Sched Netweb site
  • MOL chosen to ship reactors to Shanghai
  • CN sees net income drop
  • Experts create virtual maritime institute
  • Chuck Mack appointed as teamsters port director
  • Canada, Singapore complete fifth round of talks on FTA
  • Maritime security measures to increase cost for shippers
  • Exel to acquire Brazilian healthcare logistics firm
  • SAS Cargo increases freight capacity to Far East
  • PIA launches domestic courier service `Speedex'
  • UPS reports strong Q2 performance

Exim Indiaweb site
  • Imports of 104 'sensitive' items surge in 2002-03
  • GIFT survey brings out vast potential for container trade at Vizag Port - ...suggests transhipment hub for Myanmar-Bangladesh cargo
  • Torrential rains affect Kandla Port operations
  • Bedi port establishes loading rate record
  • KPSAA postpones revision of THC, box-related charges
  • CONCOR MD, A. K. Kohli announces slew of new facilities for ex-im trade at ICD-Nagpur
  • CII urges immediate repairs of unusable roads in Dronagiri Node
  • IMC panel discussion on Companies Bill
  • RBI reviewing pre-shipment packing credit rates
  • Clearing Corp provides forex trading platform for banks from Aug. 7
  • TIDP opens new doors for exporters in 15-member EU
  • Fieo to hold buyer-seller meets in 3 Saudi cities in Sept.
  • No change in paddy support price
  • Exim Bank extends $ 10-m credit line to Djibouti
  • Zonal DGFT concedes problem of DEPB relogging; to take it up with HQ
  • Special addl duty on SEZ units' sales in DTA to be waived from August 15
  • RIMC panel discussion on Companies Bill

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
JULY 25, 2003
  • Virus alert as random e-mails pop up in brokers' in-box
    A rather nasty virus apparently made the rounds in the bunker industry a few weeks ago, spreading like a wild-fire as it raided one e-mail address book after another to pass itself onwards. With this freshly on the mind, a broker in the UK was therefore alarmed when he received unexplained copies of bunker enquires to a supplier in Asia alongside solicitations from a consulting company to come and visit their bunker website.
  • African review, markets mixed
  • Crude edges lower after US natgas build
    There seems to be a degree of consensus in the crude market at present that prices are trading at about the level that current fundamentals justify, which for June and July has been a WTI prices of $30 to $31 with occasional forays into slightly higher or lower territory.
  • Rotterdam steady this morning, tight prompt supply

The Scandinavian Shipping Gazetteweb site
JULY 25, 2003
  • Tordenskjold suspended
  • WTO panel to decide on EU-Korea dispute
  • Reduced Russian heavy fuel exports through the Baltics

Marine Logweb site
JULY 25, 2003
  • RTMC delivers eye-catching tour boat
    65 ft, 125 passenger boat handles high speeds and rough water
  • Chinese yards poised to increase market share
    A new report finds that Chinese shipbuilding capacity has been greatly underestimated

Lloyd's Listweb site
  • UK Navy to defy phase-out of single hulls
    THE British Ministry of Defence plans to flout international shipping regulations on the phasing out of single hull tankers by operating its ageing flotilla of naval support oil transporters into the next decade.
  • ITF poised to agree two-tier pay scales
    THE International Transport Workers' Federation is set to concede two-tier pay scales for ratings despite considerable internal opposition from hardline affiliates.
  • Brussels gets tough with 10 Erika rule defaulters
    Brussels has started legal action against 10 member states which have yet to adopt into national law key aspects of the European Commission's Erika maritime safety package that came into force last week, writes Roger Hailey.

Fairplayweb site
JULY 25, 2003
  • Europe proposes 24-hour notice
  • Scholten stresses port investment
  • Bremen top for general cargo
  • Low river water takes its toll
  • EU aid guidelines worry managers
  • Rotterdam agrees on nuclear search
  • Honoured Cascos under fire
  • Experts assess Vinashin accidents
  • Grindrod manoeuvres for concessions
  • Vancouver shows first cruise fall
  • Tordenskjold seeks debt solutions
  • EC names and shames over Erika
  • Hamburg S'd drops Kien Hung name

The Journal of Commerceweb site
JULY 25, 2003
  • West Coast boxes slow in June
    Imports hit lull before the peak shipping season kicks in later in the summer.
  • ILA OKs mid-term contract changes
    The International Longshoremen's Association has given its president the power to modify a collective-bargaining agreement in mid-term if "called for by the then-prevailing conditions."
  • FedEx, UPS ask court to order former DHL Airways owner to testify
    Integrators get nervous as deadlines loom in DOT probe of airline's ownership.
  • ITF targets 'ports of convenience'
  • Taiwan pushes port trade zones
  • Indian operator sets up cold storage chain
  • Polar Air Cargo launches Asia-Europe service
  • N.J. Gov. to reimburse ILA for trip
  • UPS sells aviation tech unit
  • OAG upgrades CargoDisk
  • U.S., Russia discuss maritime educational exchange
  • Freighter captain pleads guilty to navigating drunk
  • EU proposes '24-hour' rule for ocean shipments

Containerisation Internationalweb site
JULY 25, 2003
  • CP Ships reveals plans for regional logistics divisions
    CP Ships is considering entering the logistics market within the next three to six months, COO Frank Halliwell has revealed to ci-online.
  • Commission raises pressure on planned German road toll
    The European Commission yesterday threatened to initiate breech of contract proceedings against Germany if the August 31 introduction of its controversial truck toll creates disturbances in the European transport market.
  • Maersk ship chemical leak injures seven in Tacoma
    Seven people were taken ill following a release of chemical fumes from a hazardous substance on the Axel Maersk, which was docked at Port of Tacoma yesterday.
  • Emergent Good Hope Express replaces old consortium
  • Global economy drives Rotterdam and Antwerp container growth
  • Birth of well-connected African port/logistics venture
  • US seeks comments on import/export advance notice rule
  • Shanghai looks for sign from foreign investors before revealing Yangshan plans
  • Fresh round of US port security grant applications invited
  • Inchon and China develop maritime link
  • Korean ministry adds to port development funds
  • Buenos Aires expects first volume gain for five years
  • RCL hunts mid-size newbuilds as yards dry up
  • Shippers, carriers demand further Dehli/Chennai rate cuts
  • Evergreen, NWA exchange Asia/USEC slots

TradeWindsweb site
JULY 25, 2003
  • Genmar hooks up with Lukoil
    Owner signs COA with Russians and rings NYSE bell to celebrate two years.
  • Carnival's Zemnick retires
    Financier's contribution described as "immeasurable".
  • Caspian Sea panamax bonanza
    Deal to build up to 12 tankers to carry crude to Iran could be worth nearly $500m.
  • Sea Containers juggles finances
    Modest take-up as just one in five investors agrees to bond swap.
  • OMI takes Tamar
    Second newbuild on charter to BP delivered to US owner.
  • EC takes legal action against ten states
    Total of 112 ships face ban as Europe cracks down on Erika legislation.
  • Tonnage tax win for red duster
    Zodiac moves long term chartered ships to avoid port state control hassle.
  • More red ink for Fred Olsen
    Quoted Bonheur and Ganger Rolf offshoots hit by cruise and rig downturn.
  • Maersk boxship hit by hazardous leak
    Seven people hospitalised in Port of Tacoma after Axel Maersk suffers mystery vapour release.
  • Tordenskjold bids to resolve option issue
    Three wise men to determine value of Tor Johan Stuve's Cem Bulk Carriers options.
  • PSA slashes pay
    Some staff salaries cut by up to 14% as port operator instigates performance related remuneration.
  • Tidewater inks Pan United AHTS
    Singapore yard ends order drought with deal from world's largest offshore operator.

American Shipperweb site
JULY 25, 2003
  • Two picked to head legal activities at DOT agencies
  • SEC clears Pacer's registration statement for stock offering
  • U.S. Customs clarifies user fee rules
  • Elite introduces expanded export management software
  • APHIS proposes increased veterinary diagnostics user fees
  • U.S. catfish producers score victory over Vietnamese shippers
  • Customs nixes initial procedures for wool import duty refunds
  • U.S. makes push for free trade agreement with Morocco
  • U.S. Customs raises bar against counterfeit imports
  • FDA reports progress to protect food imports from terrorists
  • Senate shoots down amendments to boost homeland security funding
  • Port activity in Hong Kong restored after storm
  • ILWU crew hospitalized after leak from Maersk ship in Tacoma

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FROM THE HOME PAGE
Winners and losers in port connectivity: the long journey of Italian ports' ups and downs.
PORTS
Winners and losers in port connectivity: the long journey of Italian ports' ups and downs.
Geneva
UNCTAD indices reveal a changing Mediterranean: Italy slips to seventh place, La Spezia, Trieste and Vado Ligure grow, while the South loses ground.
TRUCKING
Electric trucks more affordable than diesel in six major EU markets
Brussels
According to T&E, in countries that account for 46% of European sales, electric vehicles have already become cheaper in five years. Italy, Spain, and Poland are lagging behind.
PORTS
AP Moller Capital to acquire majority stake in Euroports
Copenhagen/Antwerp
R-Logitech will exit the capital, while PMV and SFPIM will remain shareholders
PORTS
China, exports are growing but ports are slowing down
Beijing
In August, global foreign trade increased by +19.8%, but international goods handled by seaports decreased by -2.3%.
EDITORIAL
From Puertos del Estado to Ports of Italy: the same inspiration, an opposite outcome.
Genoa
For port reform, the government is referring to the Spanish model, but is building the exact opposite: yet another counter that the Italian corporate spirit knows how to invent so well.
SHIPPING
Maritime ETS: Brussels opens up to hybrid and electric ferries, but Interferry demands more.
Brussels
The proposed revision strengthens the SMAP mechanism but leaves the issue of port networks and infrastructure to AFIR and FuelEU Maritime
ACCIDENTS
Seafarer killed aboard bulk carrier attacked in the Strait of Hormuz
New Delhi/Southampton/Tehran
The other crew members were rescued.
PORTS
Freight traffic in the ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado continues to oscillate between signs of recovery and slowdown
Genoa
In July, volumes increased in both Ligurian ports
TRUCKING
Trasportounito offers an automatic system to adjust road haulage rates to the price of diesel.
Rome
SEAFARERS
Seafarers, five years after the Code of Conduct, the gap between policy and reality remains.
London
Shipping companies' compliance is growing, but issues remain regarding fatigue, psychological safety, complaints and recruitment fees.
SHIPPING
Last month, ship traffic in the Suez Canal increased by +26.9%
Ismailia
In the first eight months of 2026, it was crossed by 9,602 ships (+17.4%)
INFRASTRUCTURE
Decision on crucial rail section of Scandinavian-Mediterranean Corridor in Germany postponed again
Hamburg
German port operators are calling for an acceleration of both new infrastructure and the upgrading of the existing line.
LOGISTICS
Kuehne+Nagel agrees to long-term strategic partnership with Amazon
Schindellegi
The agreement includes a call option on existing shares of the logistics group
SHIPYARDS
MSC in talks to acquire German shipbuilding group Meyer Werft
New York
Currently, 80.73% of the capital is held by the German Federal Government and the State of Lower Saxony.
SHIPPING
Trafigura creates a new shipping company dedicated to oil transport
Geneva
Initially Volare Shipping has a fleet of six VLCCs plus eight under construction
SHIPYARDS
Shipowners are calling on EU member states to approve the inclusion of two Indian shipyards in the European list of ship recycling facilities.
Brussels
EDUCATION
The new headquarters of the Italian Merchant Marine Academy has been inaugurated in Genoa.
Genoa
PORTS
French ports see a balance between increases and decreases in the second quarter.
Paris
Total traffic reached 71.1 million tons (-0.2%). Containers increased by 8.1%.
PORTS
The Genoa Port Master Plan, the Pra' dock, and the Multedo chemical depots are the thorniest issues in the discussions with operators and the local community.
Genoa
Partial assessment of the listening process initiated by the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority
SHIPPING
Crosetto: The Italian Navy will ensure the safe transit of Italian ships through the Strait of Bab el-Mandeb.
La Spezia
We have - the Minister of Defense underlined - the capabilities to protect its passage
PORTS
Assiterminal: Seabed certainty and planned dredging are essential for port competitiveness.
Genoa
Mordeglia: We don't just need a simpler rule, we need a predictable one.
PORTS
Germany is reforming VAT to make its ports more competitive.
Hamburg
The Conference of Finance Ministers approves the compensation model that should eliminate the pre-financing of the tax from 2030
SHIPPING
Saudi Arabia denounces that the Houthis are pursuing a policy aimed at "strangling the Straits", holding the international community hostage
New York
The UN Security Council is divided between condemnations and calls for negotiations.
TRADE
WTO: A reform of the trading system could increase global GDP by 3% by 2050
Geneva
The World Trade Report 2026 warns of the costs of fragmentation: up to 7% less global GDP in a world dominated by free trade agreements
SAFETY & SECURITY
One in ten containers is not up to standard
Washington
WSC publishes 2025 inspection data: out of 93,079 units inspected in seven countries, 9,645 had deficiencies
The World Shipping Council (WSC), the international association representing the world's leading container shipowners, has urged member states...
SHIPPING
Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd to bring back four services on the Suez Canal route
Copenhagen/Hamburg
The lines connect Asia with Europe/Mediterranean
PORTS
Neri and Nova Marine Carriers Groups to Control Calata Orlando Terminal
Lugano
The Livorno terminal will be the subject of a significant investment
PROGRESS AND TECHNOLOGY
Cavotec and EVIAS sign agreement for charging electric port vehicles on the move.
Stockholm
The Swedish company becomes the exclusive distributor and installer for the port sector of the French company's technologies
SHIPPING
Hapag-Lloyd signs agreement with DP World to secure terminal capacity in Africa
Hamburg
The agreement concerns the ports of Dakar, Luanda, Dar es Salaam, Banana and Maputo
The threat to shipping in the Red Sea grows as Houthis seize Perim Island.
SHIPPING
The threat to shipping in the Red Sea grows as Houthis seize Perim Island.
Sana'a/Hamburg
German shipowners warn that the possibility of returning to the Suez route is further removed
ACCIDENTS
New attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz
Southampton/Tehran
IRGC Navy strikes US naval drone
PORTS
Port of Long Beach reports record container traffic for August
Long Beach
In the first eight months of 2026, volumes grew by +1.3%
SHIPPING
WSC reports that containers full of lithium batteries can be shipped without being identified as dangerous goods
Washington
Kramek: People, ports, ships and the marine environment at risk
SHIPPING
T&E, the EU Commission's proposed revision of the ETS for shipping is a hesitant step forward.
Brussels
If the system is extended to small naval units - the association highlights - however, exemptions and derogations risk nullifying its climate impact.
Transalpine rail freight traffic still under pressure despite economic recovery
TRANSPORTATION
Transalpine rail freight traffic still under pressure despite economic recovery
Bern
The road runs faster than the rail
Artificial intelligence drives global trade, despite Middle East and tariffs
TRADE
Artificial intelligence drives global trade, despite Middle East and tariffs
Geneva
The WTO's barometer is rising. Demand for semiconductors and electronic components is offsetting geopolitical tensions.
PORTS
Green light for €1.35 billion in investment in the port of Bremerhaven.
Bremen
It is the largest amount of funding the federal government has ever allocated to a project in the state.
PORTS
APM Terminals Signs Agreement to Develop Nigeria's Badagry Port
Copenhagen
Four kilometers of docks with a draft of -18 meters would be built
COMPANIES
Renaissance Partners has signed a binding agreement to acquire De Wave Group.
Genoa/Milan
The Genoese company will be sold by the American company Platinum Equity
SHIPPING
Decarbonizing shipping: a €36 billion challenge and a €45 billion opportunity for Italy
Cernobbio
Without investments in ports, Italy risks losing 80 billion euros in added value by 2050.
SHIPYARDS
Canadian unions want BC Ferries to build new ferries in British Columbia
Delta
The company's latest order was to Chinese company CMI Weihai
PORTS
Filt, Fit, and Uilt should withdraw the amendment that puts port businesses and cooperatives at risk under Article 17.
Rome
The unions fear the progressive replacement of a structural function of the port with precarious forms of work
SHIPYARDS
Norwegian Nor Cruises signs MoU with China's SWS for 2+3 new cruise ships
Shanghai
The units would have a gross tonnage of 84,000 tons
SHIPPING
In July, ship traffic in the Suez Canal increased by +27%
Cairo
In the first seven months of this year, maritime traffic was 8,244 ships (+15.9%)
INTERMODAL TRANSPORT
Tomorrow Kombiverkehr will launch an intermodal connection between Regensburg and the Interporto Quadrante Europa
SHIPPING
IMO, the Net-Zero Framework remains stalemate: agreement on carbon pricing is still lacking.
London
38 states voted in favor and 17 against. Formal adoption postponed until December.
POLICY
Brussels launches the Maritime Industrial Alliance
Brussels
The EMA, the new EU instrument to coordinate industry, member states, and investors in the maritime sector, is born.
SHIPYARDS
The safety and sustainability of ship recycling operations must also be guaranteed in the downstream work phases of the supply chain
Geneva
This is underlined by the representatives of the unions belonging to IndustriALL Global Union
SHIPPING
Study to create a maritime corridor between the UK and the US using nuclear-powered container ships
London
ACCIDENTS
Two Filipino sailors killed from ship attacked Monday in the Strait of Hormuz
Riyadh
Bahri VLCC Sidr hit
SHIPYARDS
Shipowners' associations welcome proposal to include two Indian shipyards in EU list of ship recycling facilities
Brussels
BIMCO, ECSA, ICS, Intercargo, Intertanko and WSC consider this an important step towards addressing the structural capacity shortage in the European list
PORTS
In Panama, the provision that protected the confidentiality of port concession contracts has been repealed
Balboa
The Panama Maritime Authority has accepted the request for transparency made by President José Raúl Mulino.
COMPANIES
Fincantieri and TKMS sign agreement to strengthen collaboration in the underwater segment.
Trieste/Kiel
The agreement does not provide for mergers or acquisitions
PORTS
Philippine terminal operator ICTSI to acquire African port operator TLG
Manila
The company operates in Mozambique, Namibia and South Africa
INTERMODAL TRANSPORT
Tarros and Nurminen Logistics launch new Scandinavian-Mediterranean intermodal service
La Spezia/Helsinki
The land route connects Örebro, Parma and La Spezia
PROGRESS AND TECHNOLOGY
Pilot project for the production and use of green hydrogen at the port of Savona
Savona
Paroli (Western Ligurian Port Authority): a port area has been identified for work.
INFRASTRUCTURE
The first caisson of the breakwater protecting the regasification plant off the coast of Ravenna has been laid.
Ravenna
The maritime work will be approximately 900 metres long
SHIPYARDS
Fincantieri and PT PAL sign agreement for the modernization of an Indonesian Navy vessel
Trieste
This is the "Kri Sriwijaya" unit (formerly "Giuseppe Garibaldi")
ECONOMY
In Italy, the blue economy is worth 225 billion, and the nautical industry alone exceeds 10 billion in exports.
Rome
SACE's Focus On presented at the Genoa Boat Show
ACCIDENTS
Fire aboard the Blue Star Ferries ro-ro vessel Blue Carrier 2
Kallithea
The 29 people on board were evacuated
SHIPYARDS
Costs and timescales for the reconstruction of the four US Navy shipyards are rising exponentially.
Washington
If in 2018 21 billion dollars and 20 years of work were expected, today the estimate is 200 billion and at least 50 years.
SHIPPING
Shipping faces its triple challenge: decarbonization, geopolitics, and the new geography of the automotive industry.
Chaff
At the Euromed Convention in Grimaldi, the sector is dealing with new environmental regulations, increasingly exposed routes and the shift of automotive production towards Southeast Asia.
DEFENCE
Orizzonte Sistemi Navali signs a €3.7 billion contract for two destroyers
Trieste
The "Domenico Millelire" PPA has been delivered to the Navy.
LAW
Livorno: The Supreme Court of Cassation overturns the convictions in the Darsena Toscana docks affair.
Rome
The appeal ruling overturned the court's acquittal and convicted three defendants of ideological forgery.
PORTS
The Port of Rijeka expects to close 2026 with a record container traffic of 800,000 TEUs.
River
With the new terminal on the island of Krk, traffic could rise to 1.7 million TEUs
PORTS
Offshore wind energy funding: Pichetto reassures Taranto, but Taranto demands certainty.
Taranto
The 2026 funding for the Apulian port drops to €13.9 million. Gugliotti hopes for a formal confirmation of the remaining resources in 2027.
PORTS
Port reform: The majority pushes ahead with Porti d'Italia SpA
Rome
The Chamber's Transport Committee rejects the opposition's suppressive amendments.
PORTS
Gela's Porto Rifugio has received a favorable opinion for dredging the port's waters.
Palermo
INTERMODAL TRANSPORT
Greenbrier Europe to produce NIK transshipment system for TX Logistik
Troisdorf/Berlin
Allows rapid loading of non-craneable semi-trailers onto trains
LOGISTICS
Maersk opens its own logistics center in the heart of Germany
Herleshausen
Located in Herleshausen, it has a surface area of 71,800 square meters
SHIPYARDS
South Korea's HJ Shipbuilding & Construction Co. wins orders for four new 10,100 TEU containerships
Busan
The contract has a total value of approximately 500 million dollars.
PORTS
Democratic Party: The government's port reform paves the way for privatization of Italian ports.
Rome
Ghio and Misiani: it also takes resources and skills away from the territories
PORTS
Port self-production: The Council of State denies the segmentability of the authorization pursuant to Article 16, paragraph 3.
Rome
Cartour's "partial" authorization in the port of Salerno has been suspended.
CRUISES
Port of Miami closes fiscal 2026 with record cruise traffic
Miami
The threshold of ten million passengers has been exceeded, compared to 8.56 million in the previous financial year.
SHIPPING
The Grimaldi Group has taken delivery of the new pure car and truck carrier Grande Egitto.
Naples
Its load capacity reaches 9,800 ceu
MEETINGS
Port reform will be discussed in Genoa on October 2nd.
Genoa
Workshop organized by the AdSP and the Altero Matteoli association
LOGISTICS
Fratelli Cosulich strengthens its logistics network with the opening of Express Global Dubai
Dubai
Teresa Cosulich will be responsible for the new logistics office.
MEETINGS
"A Sea of Switzerland" will be held in Lugano on October 9th
Lugano
Ninth edition of the International Forum on Transport and Infrastructure
SHIPPING
Brullo Group orders three 40,800-ton deadweight oil/chemical tanker vessels
Rome
Order to the Chinese shipyard Anhui Shipyard
ACCIDENTS
New attack on a ship in the Strait of Hormuz
Southampton
A bullet caused minor injuries to two crew members
YACHTING
A new megayacht production, maintenance, and storage hub opens in Trieste.
Trieste
Trieste Shipyards was founded by Seadock (Samer group) and Yachting Expertise and is owned by Friulia
SAFETY & SECURITY
Confitarma applauds the government's initiative to protect Italian ships in the Red Sea.
Rome
Zanetti: Maritime security is, in effect, a component of national economic security
JOBS
Unions approve the platform for the single collective bargaining agreement for the shipping industry.
Rome
Filt, Fit and Uilt, is structured around three central elements such as salary, protection, participation and thirteen concrete requests
RAILWAY TRANSPORT
FHP Intermodal is increasing the frequency of its freight rail service between Fiorenzuola and Incoronata/Bari.
Milan
It goes up to five days a week
YACHTING
This year over 2,000 large yachts operated along the Italian coasts
Rome
Plus 10% for owned boats and a substantially stable trend for chartered ones
MEETINGS
The event "Cyber-resilience in the maritime sector: defense, regulations, and European cooperation" will be held in Rome on Tuesday.
Rome
It is organized by Var Group and Confitarma
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
COMPANIES
Smeup, with the acquisition of HTG, expands its portfolio in the logistics and transport sector
Erbusco
The Turin-based company specializes in the development of proprietary software
PORTS
Saudi Arabian ports: Liquid bulk throughput to decline sharply in 2025
Riyadh
Total traffic fell to 298.3 million tonnes (-10.9%)
PORTS
A delegation from the Lithuanian port of Klaipeda visited the port of Livorno
Livorno
In-depth comparison of their respective infrastructure development plans
SHIPPING
New OOCL service between the Western Mediterranean and Canada
Hong Kong
Collaboration with Ocean Alliance companies and other carriers
MEETINGS
The port's future is at the center of the event celebrating the 80th anniversary of Assosped Venezia and Asamar Veneto.
Venice
A conference on Friday will be the highlight of the festival
PORTS
Increase in port workers at the ports of Monfalcone and Milazzo
Rome
Green light from the General Directorate for Ports, Logistics and Intermodality of the Ministry of the Interior.
PORTS
Cargo traffic in Greek ports is sharply declining
Piraeus
Stagnation in passenger numbers
RAILWAY TRANSPORT
Mercitalia Shunting & Terminal has purchased eight Eurolight Dual bimodal locomotives
Rome
PORTS
Container traffic in the port of Hong Kong grew by 22.1% last month.
Hong Kong
Total for the first eight months of 2026 unchanged
MEETINGS
AGV Expo, a new European trade fair dedicated to self-guided vehicles, will be held in Piacenza next month.
Genoa
The event will also host a rich program of conferences
TRUCKING
Massive transnational fraud discovered in the road haulage sector
Chieti
Illegal employment of non-EU workers
PORTS
Cargo traffic at the port of Singapore decreased by -4.9% in August
Singapore
In the first eight months of 2026, the port handled 30.7 million containers (+4.2%)
SHIPYARDS
Cochin Shipyard and Drydocks World to jointly develop new international ship repair center in Cochin
Mumbai
ACCIDENTS
An Iranian merchant ship was hit in the Strait of Hormuz
Tehran/Southampton
One sailor died and four other crew members were injured.
PORTS
In July, freight traffic in the port of Ravenna grew by +6.7%
Ravenna
A sharp decline of -21.2% is expected for August
TRUCKING
Giulio Stoppa is the new general secretary of Trasportounito
Rome
A choice of continuity that at the same time marks the beginning of a new phase
SHIPYARDS
Meyer Werft begins construction of the Carnival Tropicale cruise ship
Papenburg
With a gross tonnage of 180,000 tons, it will be able to accommodate over 6,000 passengers.
CRUISES
The launching ceremony of Viking Astrea took place at the Fincantieri shipyard in Ancona
Ancona/Los Angeles
Viking's Board has authorized a share buyback program of up to $1 billion.
RAILWAY TRANSPORT
VTG sells its UK subsidiary VTG Rail UK to pension fund USS
Hamburg
The company operates in the railway freight wagon leasing sector.
SAFETY & SECURITY
The Genoa Coast Guard reaches its 100th Port State Control inspection of 2026.
Genoa
More than 250 deficiencies have been detected so far
PROGRESS AND TECHNOLOGY
ABB and Oceanly collaborate to integrate and optimize ship performance and operations
Genoa
PORTS
Strategic agreement between Federlogistica and the Port of Xiamen
Genoa
Feasibility study for a maritime connection between the Chinese port and Genoa
PORTS
Container traffic at the Port of Los Angeles remained stable in August
Los Angeles
The increase in empty garages has offset the decrease in full ones
COMPANIES
Gulftainer to acquire stake in Thailand's Suksawat Terminal
Sharjah/Bangkok
It is located on the Chao Phraya River, in Bangkok
SAFETY & SECURITY
Robo.ai establishes a company specializing in maritime and submarine security
Abu Dhabi
Al-Mansory: We will produce locally and provide solutions for markets around the world
INTERMODAL TRANSPORT
Kombiverkehr has taken full control of Spanish company Combiberia
Frankfurt am Main
The shares were acquired from the other 20 members
NEWS
US forces hit five Iranian oil tankers
Tampa
Attacks in the Gulf of Oman and near Kharg Island
COMPANIES
Conditions met for the acquisition of AD Ports by Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund
Abu Dhabi
INFRASTRUCTURE
Construction of the above-ground section of Genoa's new breakwater has begun.
Milan
Construction of the wave barrier is underway
COMPANIES
For the first time, a woman leads the Panama Canal Authority.
Balboa
Engineer Ilya Espino de Marotta's term will expire in 2033.
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
MEETINGS
Port reform will be discussed in Genoa on October 2nd.
Genoa
Workshop organized by the AdSP and the Altero Matteoli association
MEETINGS
"A Sea of Switzerland" will be held in Lugano on October 9th
Lugano
Ninth edition of the International Forum on Transport and Infrastructure
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Cosco Shipping arm readies China IPO to capitalise on global shipbuilding wave
(South China Morning Post)
Rosatom expects cargo traffic along Northern Sea Route to rise 14% in 2026 - CEO
(Interfax)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
ASSITERMINAL
Intervento del presidente Tomaso Cognolato
Roma, 19 giugno 2025
››› File
COMPANIES
Blu Navy has acquired a stake in Banca dell'Elba
Portoferraio
Schenone: We are a group united by the desire to contribute to the economic and social development of the island.
SHIPPING
HMM signs a contract worth approximately $3.5 billion with Vale
Seoul
It involves the maritime transport of iron ore on behalf of the Brazilian company
INDUSTRY
Kongsberg Maritime signs deal to buy Finland's Steerprop
Oslo
The Rauma-based company designs and manufactures marine propulsion systems
NEWS
New drug seizure in the port of Livorno
Livorno
53 kilograms of pure cocaine in a container from Peru
PORTS
In the first three months of 2026, freight traffic in Belgian ports fell by -4.0%
Brussels
Landings and embarkations decreased by -2.0% and -6.4% respectively
PORTS
A series of meetings on the new Port System Master Plan for the ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado has begun.
Genoa
The new concession agreement with Amico & Co Spa has been finalized.
COMPANIES
MacGregor will celebrate the 65th anniversary of its Italian branch in Genoa
Genoa
The company is based in the Naval Repair area of the port of Genoa
PORTS
Port of Ravenna: Extraordinary maintenance of the "truck-accessible" section of Via Baiona has been approved.
Ravenna
SHIPPING
Anemoi wind propulsion system to be installed on a Maersk container ship
London
The aim is to increase the ship's energy efficiency and reduce its emissions.
PORTS
The selection process for the new Secretary General of the Central-Northern Adriatic Sea Port Authority has begun.
Ravenna
Expressions of interest to be submitted by September 21st
INDUSTRY
MacGregor opens a new technical assistance center in Trieste
Stockholm
The main focus will be the European area, including the specialized megayacht sector.
ACCIDENTS
Tanker hit by three shells in the Strait of Hormuz
Southampton
An accident also in the Indian Ocean
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