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November 13, 2006
The Business Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Hanjin Shipping's Q3 profit plunges 82% on fuel costs
    HANJIN Shipping Co, South Korea's largest shipping line by revenue, reported an 82 per cent drop in third-quarter profit on higher fuel costs and lower rates it charged to move cargo.

Sched Netweb site
  • "K" Line's first half income falls to US$174 million
  • HMM profit margin slides in the third quarter
  • Hapag Lloyd, CP Ships post US$32m quarterly loss
  • UPS net profit up in Q2

Exim Indiaweb site
  • Recyclers fault new ship-breaking policy
  • India, Italy to strengthen commercial ties
  • Lanka agrees to vanaspati export limit
  • Vanaspati units want CPO import duty slashed
  • Anti-dumping duty sought on Chinese steel & alloy wheel imports
  • Mundra Port & SEZ Ltd identifies areas for cooperation with Port Authority of Antwerp
  • Cutting-edge, state-of-art Bharti Airtel technology for Mundra Port & SEZ
  • Baalu lists steps to modernise Chennai Port
  • L&T, Gammon India in fray for MbPT's box terminal project
  • Le Havre to have 2 permanent delegates at Haldia
  • Vallarpadam ICTT gets the 'green' signal
  • KPT geared to clear imported wheat, fertiliser cargo by month-end
  • Now, Reliance on air cargo logistics
  • CONCOR enters into pact with Seaways Group to provide end-to-end logistics from Punjab to Bangladesh
  • Cabinet puts off decision on easing sugar export ban
  • Fieo frets over frequent Exim Policy amendments

International Transport Journalweb site
NOVEMBER 10, 2006
  • Emirates Skycargo welcomes new members to management team
  • New Sina service takes to the water in November
  • AirBridge Cargo received air operators certificate
  • Germany to extend trunk road network
  • DPWN reports good results in Q3 2006

Maritime Global Netweb site
NOVEMBER 10, 2006
  • Mitropoulos sails on
  • Nordic American makes ten
  • Revenue up at Camillo Eitzen
  • Golar LNG buys into Livorno Project

World Wide Shipperweb site
NOVEMBER 10, 2006
  • Union Pacific Railroad calling for new employees
  • Month of October sees gains for U.S. rail freight traffic
  • Coast Guard football team heading to first championship
  • IMO Secretary General nets new four year term
  • Admiral of the Ocean Sea honors presented to Richardson, Veitch

Lloyd's Listweb site
  • BV begins takeover talks with German rival GL
    FRENCH classification society Bureau Veritas has made a takeover offer to the shareholders of its German rival Germanischer Lloyd.
  • Bureau Veritas confirms suspicions but German shareholders will need convincing
    BUREAU Veritas issued a terse one-line statement at the weekend admitting that it is seeking to acquire its German rival, writes David Osler.

Fairplayweb site
NOVEMBER 10, 2006
  • Germany launches new ship finance company
    German KG house König & Cie has launched a new ship finance company on the Hamburg stock exchange, in an effort to open up the market for institutional investors
  • Piraeus downs tools
    PORT workers in Piraeus and Thessaloniki will not work over the weekend in protest against management change and foreign investment
  • Bank keeps Polemis suit at bay
    THE JP Morgan Chase Bank has won another small victory in the run-up to the Polemis shipping group's multi-million pound action against it
  • Crewmen in hospital after boiler explosion
    A SEAFARER remains in hospital for treatment of burns suffered in a boiler explosion on board the veteran Great Lakes carrier the Kaye E Barker last weekend
  • Not so Smart move in Santos
    A GREEK-owned bulk carrier and its master and crew have been detained in the Brazilian port of Santos after the departing vessel left a 2km oil slick behind it
  • Greece prepares to bring owners home
    GREEK shipping minister Manolis Kefaloyannis is about to announce measures to make the country's flag more attractive for domestic owners
  • STCW needs to close loopholes
  • Seafarer killed in engine room fire
  • Aus Customs goes underwater
  • Out-of-service hit lingers for Aries
  • Star rights issue targets $200M
  • HMM suffers marginal loss

The Journal of Commerceweb site
NOVEMBER 10, 2006
  • MSC opts out of Seattle
    Market conditions force the world's second-largest ship operator to reconsider PNW service.
  • Hanjin profit plummets
  • U.S., Russia reach WTO pact
  • Company tests container tracking by satellite
  • Asian nations sign rail deal
  • Busan plans $9 billion upgrade
  • Pasha Automotive wins Mazda pact
  • Alliance proposes improvements to border trade
  • India says it has no plans to privatize SCI
  • Cargolux expands S. Africa service
  • Seaspan gets first of four Maersk ships

Containerisation Internationalweb site
NOVEMBER 10, 2006
  • Container lines facing Panama Canal delays due to maintenance
    Containerships without a reservation to transit the Panama Canal are facing severe delays in the next two weeks due to maintenance works that will cut capacity by 20%.
  • Regulatory interventions target Indian container sector costs
    India's Ministry of Commerce and Tariff Authority for Major Ports are targeting transport costs, in a bid to help exporters be competitive in the face of Chinese competition.
  • CSCL's Q3 revenues rise 9% while volumes grow 19%
  • SEAS partners threaten to leave Paranagua
  • Hanjin sees 82% slump in Q3 profits
  • Deutsche Bahn flotation seems poised to go, after Cabinet compromise
  • China attracts private sector into US$2bn container rail terminal project
  • Peel's UK/Irish and Continental networks to integrate under BGF
  • Riga Central Terminal considers competitive move into containers
  • Vancouver beats US rivals for boxes

TradeWindsweb site
NOVEMBER 10, 2006
  • German giants launch fund
    Tobias Konig and HSH bank team up to create country's first public shipping fund, backed by $190m equity.
  • Restis takes CMB capesize
    Belgian owner set to book $50m profit on sale of 1997-built unit Mineral Poterne to Restis of Greece
  • Eletson pleased with price
    Greek owner nets relatively firm $37m from Chilean owner for 1994-built tanker.
  • Still overpriced
    Morgan Stanley revises TUI estimates and says even with recent corrections stock is too high.
  • Tallink in boozy party row
    Estonian ferry owner's board under fire after "improprieties" that may have occurred on Silja Symphony.
  • One dead in Red Sea blaze
    Engine on Jordanian container ship overheats and bursts into flames killing one and leaving three seriously injured.
  • APL goes it alone
    Singapore-owned box line forms own Estonian agency to capitalise on Baltic growth.
  • Ceres still active in LNG
    Greek owner reveals that it has a part ownership in an LNG newbuilding and has four new ships under technical management.
  • U-Ming prepares for expansion push
    Taiwanese bulker owner has cash to splash on new vessels and acquisitions.
  • Bourbon banks more
    French owner's offshore ships bringing in more revenue, but smaller bulker fleet contributes less.
  • Meiji muted
    Mood subdued at Japan's Meiji Shipping as first-half profit slump dampens expectations for the full year.
  • Hanjin swap shop
    Containership owner and Korea Line take reciprocate stakes amid rumours of bulk expansion.
  • Taiheiyo to bounce back
    Better second half expected for Japanese tanker and bulker owner after profit droops in first six months.
  • Expansion at a price
    Camillo Eitzen posts loss for third quarter after Fouquet Sacop acquisition drives up costs.
  • STX grabs Liquimar brace
    Greek tanker owner signs for two aframaxes at Korea's STX Shipbuilding in deal worth $138m.
  • Apeejay sells panamax
    Sale of 1990-built vessel by India's Apeejay Lines for $25.5m highlights hike in craned bulker prices since summer.
  • Daiichi doing well
    Japanese bulker and tanker owner's profit on the up in first half, as it raises full-year profit forecast.
  • Golar buys into Livorno LNG
    Company will sell one ship to Italian terminal project for conversion, see other vessels used and bag capacity rights.
  • Hanjin down two-thirds
    Korean boxship owner endures big profit drop in first nine months.
  • Kyoei keeps on track
    Japanese VLCC owner continues to build profit in the first six months of financial year.
  • Inui looks up
    Booming second quarter sees full-year expectations go through the roof at Japanese handysize owner Inui Steamship.

American Shipperweb site
NOVEMBER 10, 2006
  • Maersk container ships biggest and fastest?
  • Korean lines struggling
  • APL establishes own agency in Estonia
  • NYK, VOSA get approval for Vietnam joint venture
  • Five MarAd Reserve Fleet ships head for the scrap yard
  • MSC (UK) promotes Everitt
  • Deutsche Post's 3rd quarter profit up 30%
  • ABX Air earnings down 11% after DHL cutbacks
  • Airbus drags EADS into the red
  • Cargolux to add fourth weekly Johannesburg flight
  • DHL plans Korean improvements
  • Mullen takes over international affairs at CBP
  • Fountain named CEO of Barthco
  • CSI expansion nears its limit
  • French CMA CGM Group interested in P&O Ports North America
  • Chassis pool established in Southeast

The Scandinavian Shipping Gazetteweb site
NOVEMBER 10, 2006
  • Stena expects to make great profits
    The Stena Group is making good times, this year Stena expects to make profits of SEK 5.5 billion (approx. EUR ...
  • Commissioner Barrot enslists MEP support
    In order to get the controversial Erika-3 maritime safety packages passed into law next year the EU transport commissioner ...

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FROM THE HOME PAGE
SHIPPING
Maersk estimates that in the third quarter, its revenues grew by 30% percent.
Copenhagen
Sharp gains in EBITDA values and quarterly EBIT
COMPANIES
MSC expands the network of port terminals and technical-nautical services with the acquisition of control of Wilson Sons
Rio de Janeiro
It will acquire 56.47% of the share capital for about 764 million
PORTS
New historic record of quarterly container traffic in the port of Los Angeles
Los Angeles
In the April-June period of this year, almost 2.9 million teu (+ 26.3%) were handled.
TRANSPORTATION
Letter to the EU to urge the abolition of the tax exemption for fossil fuels used by aircraft and ships
Brussels
Twenty-one organizations list the reasons for cancelling it and the benefits that would result in it
MARITIME SERVICES
Spain's Boluda buys Finnish towing company Yxpila Hinaus-Bogsering
Valencia
The Scandinavian company has a fleet of six tugboats
INDUSTRY
Konecranes expands its presence in the Dutch market for port and intermodal means
Hoogvliet / Helsinki
The group will acquire two branches of the Peinemann
Two new ship-to-shore cranes for the container terminal of the port of Rijeka
PORTS
Two new ship-to-shore cranes for the container terminal of the port of Rijeka
Rijeka
They are part of an investment of 200 million euros in the first phase of the project
SHIPPING
New ro-ro service between the Turkish port of Matras and the port of Trieste
Istanbul
Made by DFDS, it provides for two weekly rotations
INTERMODAL TRANSPORT
GTS doubles the frequency of the intermodal link Piacenza-Nola
Rome
From Monday it will rise from three to six weekly rotations
CRUISES
Royal Caribbean collaborates on a project to realize a cruise terminal in Juneau
Juneau
It is expected to be completed in the crucieristic season 2027
PORTS
New historical record of quarterly traffic of containers in the port of Long Beach
Long Beach
In September the growth stopped
PORTS
Genovese AdSP does not rule out the appeal of the ruling by the Council of State on the concession to Spinelli
Genoa
The institution will ask for clarification of State Advation
PORTS
Spinelli will propose a decision to revoke the ruling of the Council of State which cancelled the concession to Genoa Port Terminal
Genoa
SHIPPING
Adopted the delegated act for the inclusion of ships in service of the offshore industry in the European MRV Regulation
Brussels
The application of the standard is planned at the beginning of next year
PORTS
The State Council has upheld the appeal of SECH against Spinelli's "full container" activity in the port of Genoa
Rome
The ruling notes "an obvious distortion of the competitive attitude as regulated by the port plan".
CUSTOMS
Fedespec calls for changes to customs reform
Milan
The risk is a strong negative impact on the national import and export business and the efficiency and competitiveness of the logistics system
PORTS
Oriental Liguria's AdSP lists the benefits of passing Carrara's port under its jurisdiction
The Spezia
PORTS
New historical record of quarterly container traffic in the port of Singapore
Singapore
In the July-September period of 2024, almost 10.5 million teu (+ 5.1%) were handled.
PORTS
In the first nine months of 2024, freight traffic in Russian ports fell by -3.5% percent.
St. Petersburg
In the third quarter alone, 218.8 million tonnes were handled (-1%)
In the second quarter of 2024, freight traffic in the ports of Naples and Salerno marked increases of 9.2% percent and 0.2% percent.
PORTS
In the second quarter of 2024, freight traffic in the ports of Naples and Salerno marked increases of 9.2% percent and 0.2% percent.
Naples
13.3%-year-old Cruserists in the capital's capital span and down -21.2% percent in the Salernitan scalp.
SHIPYARDS
Spain's Navantia in talks to acquire British shipbuilding company Harland & Wolff
London
Expected deal by the end of November
Le Aziende informano
ITS Costruttori, il futuro dei cantieri inizia in Accademia
Oltre 420 posizioni aperte in 17 corsi totali, con un tasso di occupazione post diploma di circa il 95% in media
PORTS
The Montenegrin port of Bar plans to buy two new mobile cranes
Bar
They are needed to replace the means of lifting damaged by the storm last July
PORTS
Work at the cruise terminal in Calata Paita, in the port of Spezia, prevents the arrival of cruise ships
The Spezia
SHIPPING
By the end of the year the Grimaldi group will order nine more new ro-pax ships
Athens
They will be employed in the Mediterranean and the Baltic
INTERMODAL TRANSPORT
New intermodal link between the port of Venice and Montyone (Brescia)
Venice
With a load capacity of 46 containers, the initial programming provides for 50 rotations per year
PORTS
In the third quarter the container traffic handled by Trieste Marine Terminal grew by 7.5%
Trieste
In the first nine months of this year, a decline of -3.0% percent
FREIGHT TERMINALS
Interporto Padova, new Customs office and the entire intermodal terminal will become customs area
Padova
Agreement to develop further fast customs arrangements with ports in addition to those already active with Genoa, La Spezia and Gioia Tauro
In the first nine months of 2024, the number of piracy acts against ships was the least high since 1994.
PIRACY
In the first nine months of 2024, the number of piracy acts against ships was the least high since 1994.
London
In the July-September period, only 19 have occurred.
SHIPPING
Switzerland to ease rules for the enrollment of ocean vessels at the national naval register
Bern
The aim is to increase the number of ships flying the Swiss flag.
Four new ship-to-shore cranes have arrived in the harbor of Gioia Tauro
PORTS
Four new ship-to-shore cranes have arrived in the harbor of Gioia Tauro
Joy Tauro
Two more will arrive at the end of the month. In the first nine months of 2024, container traffic in the Calabrian climbed increased by 10.4% percent.
MEETINGS
Next year the world's coast guard organizations will meet in Rome.
Rome
In 2025 the Italian Coast Guard will preside over the three international forums : European, Mediterranean and global
Last August, shipping traffic in the Suez Canal declined by -49.1% percent.
SHIPPING
Last August, shipping traffic in the Suez Canal declined by -49.1% percent.
The Cairo
In the first eight months of 2024, the decline of the transits was -48.4% percent.
PORTS
Satisfaction of Assoports, Filt Cgil, Fit Cisl and Uiltransport for the assumption of agreement on the contract of port workers
Rome
It allows-they stress unions-the recovery of the purchasing power of the wage
RAILWAY TRANSPORT
In the first half of 2024, FS Italiane's Logistic Pole posted record operating revenues and rising 13.0%
Rome
Net profit of 65 million euros, down from 22 million euros
Initiates the agreement for the renewal of the contract of port workers
PORTS
Initiates the agreement for the renewal of the contract of port workers
Genoa
Assiterminal, in the end the responsibility of all of them prevailed
Turkey's METAG Holding has signed an agreement for the construction of the Somali port of Hobyo
PORTS
Turkey's METAG Holding has signed an agreement for the construction of the Somali port of Hobyo
Mogadishu
It is located near the Strait of Bab el-Mandeb
CRUISES
Fincantieri, cutting off the first sheet of the first of two ultra-luxury cruise ships for Regent Seven Seas Cruises
Venice
It will be delivered in 2026
RAILWAY TRANSPORT
Mercitalia Rail starts transport of the new Frecciarossa 1000 of Trenitalia from Pistoia to the Czech Republic
Pistoia
They are headed to the Velim Test Center
PORTS
New ro-ro traffic at the San Cataldo Container Terminal in the port of Taranto
Istanbul
Two ships have landed more than 1,500 vehicles
PORTS
Uiltransport urges the Venice AdSP to review the ban on temporary port work
Rome
Verzari : umpteenth attempt to unload the current balance in the national port system
PORTS
Concluded the first start-up phase of the Port Community System of the AdSP of the Straits
Messina
On 23 and October 24 meetings with stakeholders for the further development of the system
ASSOCIATIONS
Guido Grimaldi confirmed president of the Logistics Association of Sustainable Intermodality
Rome
ALIS celebrates eight years of life
NEWS
File the charges against four employees of the AdSP of the South Tyrreno and Ionian
Joy Tauro
The Gip of the Palmi Tribunal in Palmi has been definitively established.
INDUSTRY
In the third quarter, new orders to the ABB group grew by 1.8% percent.
Zurich
Revenue up 2.3%
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
PORTS
Visit by Giani, Guerrieri and Macii to the Darsena Europe shipyard in the port of Livorno
Livorno / Florence
In the port of Piombino inaugurated the new plaza in front of the quay of the regasification ship
LOGISTICS
Gruber Logistics opens its own first headquarters in the Middle East
Time
Initially the new Dubai branch will focus on cargo project and air and sea transport.
PORTS
Delivery of works for the completion of the port of Tremestieri
Messina
They are expected to be completed in two years
MEETINGS
Spediporto has organized a two-day trip on the Green Logistic Valley and Italy-China trade
Genoa
PORTS
In the third quarter of 2024, container traffic in the port of Hong Kong decreased by -7.1%
Hong Kong
In the first nine months of the year, the decline was -5.7% percent.
LOGISTICS
CEVA Logistics constitutes a joint venture with Saudi Almajdouie Logistics
Riyad
It will operate the transport-related and logistical activities carried out by the two companies in Saudi Arabia
PORTS
Concern of the Spezia's maritime agents for the possible curb to cruise traffic in port
The Spezia
PORTS
APSEZ completes the acquisition of 95% of the company that operates the Indian port of Gopalpur
Mumbai
The port climber has a traffic capacity of 20 million tonnes per year
PORTS
Fit Cisl La Spezia, no to the passing of the Carrara port management at the AdSP of the Northern Tirreno Northern
The Spezia
The Tuscan port has benefited from substantial financial resources from the Via del Molo.
COMPANIES
Changed Risso enters the capital of Maritime Maritime Agency Ravennate
Ravenna / Genoa
Established a joint venture joint venture
MARITIME SERVICES
Minerva Bunkering has purchased the US Bomin Bunker Oil
Singapore
The American company has been ceded by Germany's Mabanaft
PORTS
Approved the new safety regulation of the port of Genoa
Genoa
Processed by the Capitaneria in Porto with the involvement of port operators, it will enter into force on the first November
SHIPPING
Evergreen's trend of revenue growth continues, Yang Ming and WHL
Taipei / Keelung
In September 2024, however, a double-digit percentage decline was recorded compared to the previous month.
RAILWAY TRANSPORT
Ferfreight's proposals for the infrastructural development of the last mile and for the resolution of criticalities
Padova
FREIGHT TERMINALS
High-automation drones to surveil the areas of Interporto Padua
Padova
They take off and land in a "robotic hangar"
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
Spediporto has organized a two-day trip on the Green Logistic Valley and Italy-China trade
Genoa
It is scheduled on 22 and October 23
RIVER TRANSPORT
In Mantua the annual meeting of the European Federation of Inland Ports
Mantova
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Russia and India join forces in the Arctic, leaving China aside
(News.Az
The Overlooked Legacy of Black Dockworkers: Forging Justice On America's Waterfronts
(BET)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Autorità di Regolazione dei Trasporti
Relazione del presidente Nicola Zaccheo
Roma, 18 settembre 2024
››› File
TRUCKING
Rexi : Financial will not introduce increases in the cost of diesel for self-transport
Rome
They are not expected-he assured-changes to the current tariffs
RIVER TRANSPORT
In Mantua the annual meeting of the European Federation of Inland Ports
Mantova
Tomorrow the international workshop "HyMantoValley project Creation of the Hydrogen Valley in the Valdaro inland Port"
PORTS
Joy Tauro, possible further extension of the Agency for the administration of labour in port
Joy Tauro
Agostinelli : It will be required in the event of failure of the next meeting for the establishment of the ex art enterprise. 17
NEWS
In the port of Gioia Tauro, 280 kilos of cocaine were seized
Reggio Calabria
More than 40 million euros could have been made in the market.
PORTS
Baker Hughes to renounce industrial settlement in the port of Corigliano Calabro
Joy Tauro
Agostinelli : who did not want this project to enjoy this tragic victory!
SHIPYARDS
VARD will build a Commissioning Service Vessel to Navigate Capital Partners
Trieste / Ålesund
It will be delivered in the second quarter of 2027
RAILWAY TRANSPORT
Liguria, Piedmont, Lombardy, Apulia, Calabria and Liguria have signed up to the Mit.
Rome
The Regions integrate with own resources the state appropriation
ACCIDENTS
Fatal accident in the port of Naples
Naples
A worker lost his life overwhelmed by a mechanical means
ENVIRONMENT
Partnership of Magellan Circle and EETRA to promote sustainability in the port and logistics sectors
INFRASTRUCTURE
Agreement for the design and realization of a new maritime railway station in Savona
Savona
The link between the Savona Parco Doria station and the new plant is expected to be adapted.
SHIPPING
In the third quarter, the revenues generated by the OOCL container business grew by 73.7%
Hong Kong
Volumes of truckloads transported increased by 3.6%
MEETINGS
On Wednesday, Padova will take over the third edition of Green Logistics Expo
Padova
Among the appointments, the States Generals of the Logistics of the North East and Mercintrain
COMPANIES
Three new appointments to top executives of TESYA group companies
Milan
Pierre-Nicola Fsheep new general manager of group, Flavio Castelli new CEO of CLS E Vincent Albasini new CEO of CGTE
PORTS
Rixi : winning idea for a maritime country is the possibility of having foreign shareholdings with concessions in extra-European ports
Naples
They would be useful-he explains-to stabilize the logistical lines in every geopolitical condition
PORTS
Port of Spezia, in mid-2025 the electrification of the Molo Garibaldi will be completed
The Spezia
In recent days in Estonia the test of the robot from the quay will connect the power grid to the ship.
EDUCATION
New training project of Assologistics in collaboration with Randstad Italia
Milan
Creation of a digital platform to facilitate management and fruition of training courses
COMPANIES
A Vietnamese delegation in Geneva to increase cooperation with MSC
Hanoi
Proposal participation in the project of the new deep-water port in Lien Chieu (Da Nang)
PORTS
A strike blocks the ports and airports of Corsica
Ajaccio
Protest against the assumption of entrusting its management through a contest
TRANSPORTATION
The Transport Regulatory Authorities of Italy and France have started a cooperation
Paris / Rome
SHIPPING
T&E, the only system based on a Global Fuel Standard is not enough to decarbonize shipping
Brussels
The organization highlights the need for it to be accompanied by the application of a global tax on emissions
FREIGHT TERMINALS
The AdSP of the East Ligurian Sea completes acquisition of 2.4% of the capital of CEPIM-Parma Interport
The Spezia
Buy the share of the Municipality of La Spezia and of the Riviere Chamber of Commerce in Liguria
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