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November 27, 2006
The Business Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Keppel O&M eyes more deals with Gulf Drilling
    DELIVERING its first jack-up drilling rig of a two-rig contract to Qatar's national drilling company Gulf Drilling International on Friday, Keppel Offshore & Marine is eyeing repeat business with its newest customer as its yards worldwide remain busy with 29 jack-ups in various stages of construction.
  • Persian Gulf tanker rates seen falling
    THE cost of shipping crude oil from the Middle East to Asia on two-million-barrel oil tankers may fall to a seven-month low as mild US weather and reduced Opec production curb tanker demand.

Sched Netweb site
  • Danaos takes delivery of world's largest containership
  • Yangshan Phase 2 to be up and running in December
  • Port of Luzhou Jan-Oct box volume soars 105pc
  • Ships pile up at Chittagong in dispute over crane operation
  • Yangzhou to build mega logistics park
  • BAX Global wins Cisco Systems supplier award
  • Air France-KLM cargo rises in overall loss in H1
  • First Xiamen-Seoul all-cargo air service launched
  • Jade Cargo to start services to Osaka, Barcelona and Brescia

Exim Indiaweb site
  • WPG reaffirms commitment to core objectives
  • Hu charts five-step roadmap for economic ties
  • India, China sign MoU on commodity trade
  • ...to review farm trade prospects
  • Asean wants India to reduce negative list to 173
  • Longest container vessel berths at VCT
  • VPT sets new single-day cargo handling records
  • MbPT sets new single-day record in wheat handling
  • PPP appraisal panel gives go-ahead for TPT's second box terminal
  • MoS favours PPP route, but Port Trusts must finance dredging
  • Cold storage solutions for perishables now make sound biz sense for logistics players
  • Parekh Group's Seabird CFS at Mundra now fully functional
  • Railways hard-pressed to meet rising demand for rakes, Box-N wagons
  • Aviation Ministry may clear Nagpur cargo hub in December
  • India Inc invests $ 2.16 bn in US
  • WTCs at surat, Ahmedabad proposed

International Transport Journalweb site
  • M&M Militzer & Münch names new director
  • Evergreen Group's type S fleet now seven strong
  • Hungary gets four offers for Malev airline
  • SNCF and La Poste plan TGV network for mail and freight
  • Grundfos selects Kuehne + Nagel as preferred logistics provider

Marine Logweb site
NOVEMBER 24, 2006
  • Canada's Joint Support Ship project moves ahead
  • Keppel FELS completes Qatar rig

Lloyd's Listweb site
  • OOIL cashes in with American ports sale
    ORIENT Overseas (International) Ltd has sold its North American port assets to a Canadian pension fund at a price that left analysts gasping.
  • New price benchmark bodes well for DP World asset sale plans
    DUBAI group DP World should receive well above the asking price for its US terminal assets now a new benchmark has been set for port valuations.
  • GL looks for white knight to scotch BV's takeover plans
    GERMANISCHER Lloyd, the embattled German classification society, is looking for alternative bidders beyond the takeover offer from Bureau Veritas and the interest voiced by US investor Cerberus and German technical services group Dekra.

Fairplayweb site
NOVEMBER 24, 2006
  • Karachi-Dubai cruise dream shatters
    THE Karachi-Dubai cruise service launched with a great fanfare on 7 November has hit snags, only shortly after the first five-day voyage
  • GL's review of BV offer 'next week'
    Germanischer Lloyd's executive board is set to finish its examination of the takeover bid by Bureau Veritas next week, GL said on Friday
  • New shape for banana group
    The banana group Jamaica Producers is pinning its future expansion in part on increasing its fruit and freight cargo movements
  • Scandlines ferry strategy pays off
  • Terminal buyers foresee strong growth
  • Rikstrafiken extends Gotland bidding
  • No Trafigura comment on report
  • Maersk regains US market share
  • 'K' Line transfers LNG management
  • Australia awaits Cole report findings
  • Germans raise bidding for Scandlines
  • Ship sinks off Davao
  • Pension fund takes OOIL terminals

Containerisation Internationalweb site
NOVEMBER 24, 2006
  • News Analysis: Terminal owners anticipate cash bonanza following world record OOIL terminal deal
    Terminal owners the world over are today "rubbing their hands in glee" according one ports analyst following what was a "knock-out" price paid for the North American terminals belonging to Orient Overseas (International) Ltd.
  • Updated: OOIL to gain US$2bn from North America terminal sale
    Orient Overseas International Limited is selling its four North America terminals to a Canadian pension fund for US$2.35bn, netting it a massive estimated profit of US$1.98bn.
  • Investors fear constraints on Moby Dik could stunt St Petersburg growth
  • CI's two year forecast paints a bleak picture for carriers
  • CONCOR announces off-peak rate reductions on rail cargo
  • News analysis: Russian infrastructure needs to face up to sobering challenge of quadrupling St Petersburg volumes
  • Improved productivity is aimed at filling JNP's revenue gap
  • Correction: COSCON's Yantai-WCNA loop calling at Oakland, not Auckland

TradeWindsweb site
NOVEMBER 24, 2006
  • ITF goes bananas over Ecuador saga
    Federation lashes out at South American presidential hopeful for apparent interference in postponement of meeting.
  • Tsuneishi in merger move
    Japanese shipbuilding group to form holding company for ten subsidiaries as key survival strategy.
  • Canary Islands eyes Morocco line
    Spanish outpost planning ferry link between Fuerteventura and African mainland.
  • Pakistan to retain KSEW
    Privatisation of Karachi shipbuilder scrapped, according to boss Iftikhar Rao.
  • Murder on high seas
    Indian chief officer brutally killed and Russian stabbed to death add to mounting toll.
  • Hellenic ready for more
    Greek ferry operator adds ship from Japan while earmarking EUR 200m for fleet renewal.
  • In Open Waters
    Lloyd Fonds set to launch industry's first ever open-ended mutual fund as firm picks up Clipper ships.
  • Chasing youth
    Lloyd Fond's onetime 'young gun' looks to appeal to the next generation with new mutual fund.
  • Garware plays long game
    Indian owner wants 14 new offshore ships by 2010 as oil and gas exploration booms.
  • St Petersburg yards not for sale
    UIC will press ahead with merger of Baltiisky Zavod and Severnaya Verf despite offers to buy them.
  • Sunken ship leaks off Philippines
    Minute amount of bunker fuel reported leaking from timber carrier which sank on Wednesday morning.
  • Chemoil returns
    Top bunker supplier slashes size of offering in second attempt at listing on Singapore exchange.
  • Vinalines splashes out
    Vietnamese shipowner to spend $100m on new berths at Cai Lan port.
  • Ng family laps up Jinhui stock
    Holding company seemingly reverses strategy and picks up new shares in shipping subsidiary.
  • Negligence caused toxic slops tragedy
    Ivory Coast government report blames own agencies and private companies for dumping deadly waste from Probo Koala.
  • OOIL sells terminals
    Canadian pension fund takes North American terminals off Hong Kong owner's hands for $2.35bn.
  • Opec output up a fraction
    Oil exporting cartel adding equivalent of suezmax cargo a week in month to 9 December.
  • CH Offshore offloads oldie
    Undisclosed buyer pays Singapore shipowner just over $6m for 1982-built tug supply vessel.
  • B+H seeks funds
    US owner appoints advisers for private placement of a new unsecured bond loan of up to $60m.
  • Bakri inks offshore ships
    Saudi Arabian owner orders seven ships worth $70m in Malaysia with promise of more to come.

American Shipperweb site
NOVEMBER 24, 2006
  • MISC says liner market softening due to overcapacity
  • Horizon matching Matson rate hike
  • Zim ready to start North Europe/West Africa loop
  • B+H Ocean Carriers plans private bond placement
  • North Sea SECA takes effect
  • Airlines win DoD heavy package delivery contract
  • Spohr named Lufthansa Cargo's CEO and chairman
  • Saia expands in Midwest
  • Mazur named VP, strategic planning at Norfolk Southern
  • Chertoff loses chief of staff
  • U.S., Colombia enter trade promotion agreement
  • Steel importers detail tariff impact in 2002-03
  • Eimskip parent Avion changes name
  • Canadian teachers buy OOIL's North America terminals for $2.35 billion
  • Bechtel chooses Antwerp for North Europe multi-project cargo hub
  • European ports lobby ESPO re-elects Gallanti as chairman
  • ICTSI signs Tartous, Syria container terminal concession

The Scandinavian Shipping Gazetteweb site
NOVEMBER 24, 2006
  • Dual classification of Russian Arctic tankers
    Lloyd's Register and Russian Maritime Register of Shipping are jointly going to class two 70,000 DWT ice strengthened double-acting ...
  • Maersk Container opens its third factory
    Maersk Container Industri (MCI) has opened its second container factory in China. MCI has purchased an older factory in the ...

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
NOVEMBER 24, 2006
  • Ports detail $180 million cold ironing plans
    Los Angeles and Long Beach planning extensive infrastructure work to reduce hotelling emissions.
  • Philippines shrugs off minor bunker spill
    Bunker leak from ship that sunk this week not worrying officials, Solar I siphoning rescheduled to February.
  • Platts ruffles Rotterdam fuel oil market
    Pricing agency defends new policy, pointing to late loading in fuel oil deals.
  • ENOC Bunkering relocates sales and management team
    Sales and management team moves to Dubai head office.
  • Chemoil re-launches Singapore IPO
    Marine fuel supplier sets lower share price in new prospectus.
  • IMO ready to tighten up MARPOL Annex VI definitions
    Sulphur limits are being made more precise while BDN requirements will help operators calculate fuel changeover times.
  • Still some barge congestion in Rotterdam
  • ENOC passes up on acquiring four bunker tankers
    Dubai Drydocks looking for new buyers for the four 6,100 dwt bunker tankers.
  • Hong Kong hopes for higher demand dashed
    Hong Kong sees little demand overflowing from vessels unable to secure bunkers from a tight Korean market.

›››File
FROM THE HOME PAGE
Maersk estimates that in the third quarter, its revenues grew by 30% percent.
Copenhagen
Sharp gains in EBITDA values and quarterly EBIT
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
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.
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
Spain's Boluda buys Finnish towing company Yxpila Hinaus-Bogsering
Valencia
The Scandinavian company has a fleet of six tugboats
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
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
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
GTS doubles the frequency of the intermodal link Piacenza-Nola
Rome
From Monday it will rise from three to six weekly rotations
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
New historical record of quarterly traffic of containers in the port of Long Beach
Long Beach
In September the growth stopped
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
Spinelli will propose a decision to revoke the ruling of the Council of State which cancelled the concession to Genoa Port Terminal
Genoa
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
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".
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
Oriental Liguria's AdSP lists the benefits of passing Carrara's port under its jurisdiction
The Spezia
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.
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.
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.
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
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
Work at the cruise terminal in Calata Paita, in the port of Spezia, prevents the arrival of cruise ships
The Spezia
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
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
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
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Guido Grimaldi confirmed president of the Logistics Association of Sustainable Intermodality
Rome
ALIS celebrates eight years of life
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.
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
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
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.
Delivery of works for the completion of the port of Tremestieri
Messina
They are expected to be completed in two years
Spediporto has organized a two-day trip on the Green Logistic Valley and Italy-China trade
Genoa
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.
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
Concern of the Spezia's maritime agents for the possible curb to cruise traffic in port
The Spezia
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
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.
Changed Risso enters the capital of Maritime Maritime Agency Ravennate
Ravenna / Genoa
Established a joint venture joint venture
Minerva Bunkering has purchased the US Bomin Bunker Oil
Singapore
The American company has been ceded by Germany's Mabanaft
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
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.
Ferfreight's proposals for the infrastructural development of the last mile and for the resolution of criticalities
Padova
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
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
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
Relazione del presidente Nicola Zaccheo
Roma, 18 settembre 2024
››› File
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
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"
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
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.
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!
VARD will build a Commissioning Service Vessel to Navigate Capital Partners
Trieste / Ålesund
It will be delivered in the second quarter of 2027
Liguria, Piedmont, Lombardy, Apulia, Calabria and Liguria have signed up to the Mit.
Rome
The Regions integrate with own resources the state appropriation
Fatal accident in the port of Naples
Naples
A worker lost his life overwhelmed by a mechanical means
Partnership of Magellan Circle and EETRA to promote sustainability in the port and logistics sectors
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.
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%
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
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
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
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.
New training project of Assologistics in collaboration with Randstad Italia
Milan
Creation of a digital platform to facilitate management and fruition of training courses
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)
A strike blocks the ports and airports of Corsica
Ajaccio
Protest against the assumption of entrusting its management through a contest
The Transport Regulatory Authorities of Italy and France have started a cooperation
Paris / Rome
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
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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