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September 18, 2007
The Business Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • RM1b upgrade for Penang Port
    Malaysia's oldest port, Penang Port, which has been identified to play the role of lead port in the Northern Corridor Economic Region (NCER), intends to enhance its existing competencies as it leverages on intra-Asian trade as its pillar of strength, says a report in Malaysia's Business Times.
  • Myanmar liner to start service to Sri Lanka
    Myanmar's state-owned overseas liner, the Myanmar Five Star Lines (MFSL), will introduce its cargo transportation service to Sri Lanka soon to mark the opening of a direct sea link between the two countries to boost bilateral trade ties, the local Flower News reported yesterday.
  • Caltex Australia buys bigger oil cargoes
    Caltex Australia Ltd, the nation's biggest oil refiner, said it's increasing the size of crude-oil cargo purchases and buying the commodity from more distant sources, including West Africa, to boost profits at its plants.
  • Capesize hiring rate may drop this week
  • Big fall for China Cosco shares
  • One dead, four missing in China ferry mishap

Sched Netweb site
  • ELAA looks positively on latest EU conference ban scheme
  • Dalian container volume up 19pc as total trade rises 26pc
  • Hua Xia Bank Nanjing starts logistics finance platform
  • Panama Canal seeks bids for dredging Pacific entrance
  • Stringent discharge requirements to take effect in Gulf area
  • St Lawrence Seaway cargo down 14pc to August
  • OTS Logistics Group acquires UK's Ocean Express
  • Air China Cargo launches Shanghai-Manchester service
  • Cathay Pacific-Dragonair airfreight volume rises 12pc in August
  • This week's ICAO Assembly to emphasise air cargo liberalisation
  • Hong Kong Airlines selects Hactl as its HK ground handler

Exim Indiaweb site
  • IPBCC announces rate restoration for Westbound reefer cargo
  • Capt. S. s. Tripathi assumes charge as CMD of DCI
  • Indian shipping tonnage sails past record 9 million GT
  • Supramax freight rates set to scale new peaks
  • Seaways Group's WC box feeder service sets sail from NM Port
  • New Globe combines analysis, strategy & fun at annual meet
  • Tankers in close brush with danger
  • CSAV Norasia upgrades ABS by adding Ilyichevsk direct call
  • Mac-Nels Line to launch direct service to Tasmania
  • Rickmers Maritime signs deal to buy 4 new vessels
  • A.P. Moller-Maersk names new chief executive for S-E Asia
  • Dafeng port opens for trade
  • Maersk Line hikes bunker surcharges for Med-US-Canada
  • APM Terminals opens new terminal in US
  • Evergreen Line to take delivery of last S-series vessel in January 2008
  • Seaspan orders eight 13,100-TEU boxships
  • Boom in super-sized newbuilds as world trade soars
  • PSA buys quay cranes to handle mega boxships
  • China delivers first 8,530-TEU ship
  • Yang Ming Line & Wan Hai add Vietnam service from Fangcheng
  • New Polish terminal attracts CMA CGM & Team Lines
  • MSC hikes rates on farm produce from US to Asia
  • ACL acquires EBDG
  • Zim to purchase eight 12,600-TEU ships
  • Bangla apparels to be imported under MoU
  • Imported wheat quality norms to stay
  • Pak can't pack cement exports!
  • US cuts duty on Indian shrimp
  • Govt may prune wheat import needs
  • Indo-British trade to exceed £ 10 bn by year-end
  • Kiran Group instals India's first & only MDI storage tank at Kandla terminal
  • Industrial production slips to 9.6 pc this year
  • SEZ applications lapse with deadline

International Transport Journalweb site
  • Deutsche Bahn says goodbye to Roland Heinisch, rail systems network
  • ATS-Hellmann Worldwide Logistics names René Baumann as director
  • Agreement signed on huge Maasvlakte 2 project in Rotterdam
  • Air Berlin to fly from Basel
  • Geodis plans to buy Rhode & Liesenfeld
  • Kuehne + Nagel begins construction at Dubai Logistics City

Maritime Global Netweb site
SEPTEMBER 17, 2007
  • Hose cartel charges
  • ELAA welcomes EC guidelines draft
  • Unions set up AP Moller workers' website
  • GL launches Rules Pilot
  • BV says Compressed Natural Gas ships "viable"
  • Skaugen in JV with GATX

Marine Logweb site
SEPTEMBER 17, 2007
  • VT unveils design for FSC class

World Wide Shipperweb site
SEPTEMBER 17, 2007
  • Port of Olympia receives good report from state auditor
  • Alaska Airlines begins new flights from Portland
  • Federal Maritime Commission posts unlicensed shipper alert
  • Washington State Ferries plans series of public meetings
  • US truck makes delivery across Mexican border

Lloyd's Listweb site
SEPTEMBER 17, 2007
  • New law puts liner conferences future at risk
    CHINA has passed an antitrust law that does not allow exemptions for the liner industry.
  • Lines tell EU to spell out rules on data sharing
  • Samsung applies brake on cruise sector prospects
    EXECUTIVE says little prospect yard will build a cruise ship before 2017.
  • China Cosco shares fall as Temasek cuts stake
    CHINA Cosco shares see biggest five-day fall as Singapore's Temasek slashes stake to 10.87% from 12.3%.
  • Few designs on comfort aboard
    THE importance of suitable habitats should never be neglected -- for seafarers who live aboard their ships for many months on end.
  • Singing an old song
    THERE is getting to be something rather repetitive about the agonising over crew quality and the availability of prime seafarers.

Fairplayweb site
SEPTEMBER 17, 2007
  • Brazil predicts huge cabotage spend
    Brazil could and should be experienicng a "boom in shipbuilding for cabotage services" over the coming years, according to the new executive VP of Brazilian-flag ship owners' association Syndarma
  • Finns plan to clean up Baltic
    FERRIES are to be the guinea-pigs testing a new project by Helsinki and Turku to stop Baltic water quality deteriorating
  • Skaugen JV for China gas tankers
    IM Skaugen has formed a 50/50 joint venture called Singco with GATX Corp that will assume the ownership of the first four 10,000 cbm Multigas carriers
  • North West Passage 'is open now'
    CANADA'S fabled Northwest Passage is now fully navigable as a result of the retreat of Arctic ice, the European Space Agency claimed last Friday
  • Norwegian owners angry over tax
    FURIOUS delegates spoke out today against the new Norwegian tax bill which will to be introduced in three weeks' time
  • Five left in Shetland-Norway tender
    NORSHUKON consortium has received 11 expressions of interest to operate a Shetland-UK-Norway ferry service
  • US keeps pushing for free trade
  • Candover still stalks Stork
  • Navy deal turns sour for Boustead
  • $1bn tie-up for Lanco, Gulftainer
  • Trinidad seeks curb on foreigners
  • Norway: will Skaugen be first out?
  • Wilhelmsen buys into services brand
  • DPW keeps death out of the Americas
  • More trouble for Hanjin Philippines
  • Maersk retreats from Moscow

The Journal of Commerceweb site
SEPTEMBER 17, 2007
  • Higher rates for eastbound trans-Pacific coming in 2008, APL executive says
    Vessel capacity and shipper demand in the eastbound Pacific expected to be in equilibrium in the coming year.
  • APL rates gain
  • Maersk changes Asia-Red Sea port calls
  • Dockwise plans IPO
  • Authority, consortium sign off on Rotterdam mega-port
  • Kuehne & Nagel breaks ground on Mideast hub
  • New CSCL ship to call Los Angeles-Long Beach port
  • New CFO for D. Post
  • India lines up reefer rates
  • Prince Rupert, Ningbo in pact
  • Nehru to speed truck traffic

Containerisation Internationalweb site
SEPTEMBER 17, 2007
  • IMCL acquires BCL
  • Maersk Line introduces changes to FM5
  • Geodis teams up with xpedx
  • Human error blamed for collapsed stack
  • New gateway into Ireland moves forward

TradeWindsweb site
SEPTEMBER 17, 2007
  • Transatlantic talks to yards
    Swedish shipowner finalising order for three ro-ros for Atlantic services.
  • Congress to hear cruise victims
    Victims organization to present horror stories and proposals to increase cruise safety at US House Coast Guard Subcommittee hearing.
  • MCA braced for strikes
    UK's maritime safety agency facing strikes by coastguard and surveyors over pay.
  • Lemissoler bites on feeder line
    Baltic Container Lines buy to bolster Polish feeder operator Inter Marine Container Lines.
  • Thumbs up for Buquebus deal
    Spain's government approves ferry operator's buyout by rival Balearia.
  • Skaugen cools on Norway
    Owner says move from ASA to societas europea is not related to current taxation scenario in Norway.
  • Collision captain 'disappears'
    French authorities said to have lost trace of Azerbaijani master of Turkish vessel involved in fatal collision.
  • Downeast pulls LNG filing
    Company beset by controversies over LNG shipping lanes plans to re-file.
  • Danaos takes option
    John Coustas-led owner takes China Shipbuilding order to five units with 12-year charters lined up "at accretive rates."
  • Varun wants billions
    Indian tanker owner lines up debt issues and mortgage plans worth INR 100bn ($2.47bn).
  • Japan detains 20
    Port state inspectors hold usual array of general cargoships, plus a domestic passenger ferry.
  • Pac Basin orders in China
    Hong Kong bulker owner pleased with post-panamax price at Shanghai Jiangnan.
  • SCI and ONGC eye tie-up
    Indian shipping and oil giants in talks over forming drillships joint venture.
  • Northern light?
    One Norwegian shipowner thinks there could be light at the end of industry's dark tax tunnel.
  • Ships collide off China
    Bow of Germany boxship believed to be wedged in side of Chinese bulk carrier in Bohai Sea.
  • Skaugen confirms
    Norwegian gas-carrier owner owns up to four on order in China and sets up another joint venture with GATX.
  • Euroafrica buys Russian
    Polish owner snaps up Sovcomflot general cargoship for Spliethoff.
  • DL wants bulk boon
    Indonesian boxship owner Djakarta Lloyd planning domestic bulker orders to boost profit.
  • Aker rolls out the debt
    Norwegian yard group mulling bond sales worth around $91m.
  • Danica White probe
    Danish casualty investigators examine security of ship hijacked by Somali pirates.
  • BLRT on the rise
    Estonian shipyard group banks more profit as it expands through acquisitions and joint ventures.
  • Temasek cuts Cosco stake
    State-owned holdings company raises $104m from sale of 1.4% in China Cosco Holdings.

American Shipperweb site
SEPTEMBER 17, 2007
  • EC delivers post conference draft guidelines, carrier victory?
  • Thomsen joins Clipper Wonsild Tankers
  • Citibank to inject cash into Vinalines' growth plans
  • Varun Shipping looking to raise $2.5 billion
  • Hyundai Merchant Marine pays $680,000 fine to FMC
  • Hanjin boxship involved in Bohai Sea collision
  • Maersk altering Asia/Red Sea loop
  • U.S. highway carrier delivers historic load to Mexico
  • TSA studies motor carrier security
  • USDA rulemaking expands cattle trade with Canada
  • ITC to study beef trade
  • Australian regulation on shrimp exports angers Vietnam government
  • Kuehne + Nagel starts work on new Middle East hub
  • DSV buys stake in Pakistan company
  • Norfolk terminal tries Saturday hours for peak season

The Scandinavian Shipping Gazetteweb site
SEPTEMBER 17, 2007
  • NSA to see Norwegian PM og Friday
    Norway's Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, is to meet representatives of the Norwegian Shipowners' Association (NSA) on Friday this week to ...
  • Prosafe flags out to Cyprus
    Prosafe, which owns and operates 12 service rigs and 7 FPSO/FSO vessels, is flagging out to Cyprus in order ...
  • Sovcomflot plans to expand in Murmansk
    On September 12 Yuri Evdokimov, the governor of the Murmansk region, and Sergey Frank, general director of Sovcomflot, signed a ...

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
SEPTEMBER 17, 2007
  • California pushes on despite legal setback
    New fuel rules still in play as state agency reviewing court case loss.
  • Operation to remove bunkers 'a success'
    Gibraltar says salvage operation can move into 'its next phase'
  • Cold ironing winning support in Europe
    But German ship owners' association doubts its practicality.
  • New blow to Sethusamudram Ship Canal
    Indian government wavers over support for project as protests gain momentum.
  • Rotterdam market stable at midday
  • Aegean shares surge to record
    Analyst optimistic about bunker suppliers' prospects.
  • Japan: July bonded sales fall
    Bunker fuel sales fall 21.6% year-on-year and 7.1% on month.

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FROM THE HOME PAGE
PORTS
Assiterminal promotes port reform, but calls for corrections to Ports of Italy.
Genoa
Three critical issues were highlighted by the terminal operators: the role of the AdSP, the overlap between the grantor and the concessionaire, and the retroactivity of the new regulations.
LNG Ships and Taxonomy: EU Court Rejects Lack of Methane Limits
The Commission will have to set a methane emissions threshold for maritime transport criteria. The appeal by three NGOs was partially upheld.
PORTS
Ports: The EU Commission calls on Italy to reject the national flag requirement for towing and mooring.
Brussels
France and Spain also received a reasoned opinion: two months to comply with the regulation on port services.
ACCIDENTS
Another ship attacked in the Strait of Hormuz
Southampton/Tehran
Iran faces a shortage of basic goods, which are also imported through the Persian Gulf.
INFRASTRUCTURE
European Corridors: Italy Faces the 2030 Challenge
Brussels
National infrastructure largely compliant, but timing and funding of key projects remain uncertain
TRANSPORTATION
Electrification of ports and airports: the electricity grid is the new bottleneck
Brussels
Transport & Environment calls for speeding up connections and moving beyond the "first come, first served" criterion.
PORTS
Boluda manages the multipurpose terminal at the Príncep d'Espanya pier in the port of Barcelona
Barcelona
The concession contract will have a duration of 16 years
AIRPORTS
The current value of Aeroporto di Genova Spa is between 14.9 and 15.9 million euros.
Genoa
PwC's assessment presented
PORTS
FEPORT: EU ETS should not push transhipment out of Europe
Brussels
The terminal operators' federation calls on the ENVI commission to strengthen measures against tax evasion and to allocate part of the ETS revenues to ports.
ACCIDENTS
New series of attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz
Southampton/Tehran/Tampa
Three tankers hit by shells. Another vessel caught fire.
Eurokai, higher revenues but lower profits
COMPANIES
Eurokai, higher revenues but lower profits
Hamburg
Revenue up 14.4% and traffic up 8.3%, but net profit fell by 8.3% due to the lower share of Eurogate.
PORTS
Genoa's boarding tax: the Regional Administrative Court rules in favor of the City Council.
Genoa
The appeal of shipowners and shipping agents was rejected
Carnival reports record revenues and profits in the June-August quarter despite a 36% increase in fuel costs.
CRUISES
Carnival reports record revenues and profits in the June-August quarter despite a 36% increase in fuel costs.
Miami
Customer deposits are at their highest. Prices and occupancy are expected to record next year.
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
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
PORTS
Port of Taranto, agreement to participate in the development of the Valbasento Interporto in Ferrandina.
Matera/Taranto
A logistical-functional masterplan will be developed within 180 days
SHIPPING
Attica, the deficit is reduced thanks mainly to capital gains and coverage
Kallithea
First half of the year with fewer crossings and slightly increasing revenues
SHIPPING
Since the beginning of the year, passengers and goods on GNV ships have increased by +2% and +5%
Marrakech
Three-year strategic partnership with the Office National Marocain du Tourisme
CELEBRATION
Escola Europea - Intermodal Transport celebrates its 20th anniversary
Barcelona
A Mediterranean sea voyage between Barcelona, Civitavecchia, Palermo, and Genoa.
JOBS
Filt Cgil, recognize maritime and port work as arduous
Rome
The union is calling for a clear provision to be included in the next budget law.
ACCIDENTS
Tanker attacked in Hormuz
Southampton
The unit continued its navigation regularly
RAILWAY TRANSPORT
FS Logistix and Interporto Bologna presented the first Italian experimental DAC train
MEETINGS
Assologistica event to discuss the Mediterranean strategy for Italian competitiveness
Rome
It will be held next October 30th in Naples
HEALTHCARE
Sanilog launches a special cancer prevention campaign.
Rome
Three new areas dedicated to the prevention of head and neck and oral cavity cancers and the assessment of vascular risk
PORTS
Contract awarded for dredging and completion of the electrification of the docks at the port of Gioia Tauro.
Gioia Tauro
They will be carried out respectively by Dravo and RTI Saet-Suardi
AWARDS
Student Naval Architect Award Awarded in Genoa
Genoa
The d'Amico Group and the Royal Institution of Naval Architects recognize excellence in naval engineering.
TRANSPORTATION
Freight transport is more expensive for Malta: €35 million per year between ETS, FuelEU and BAF
Zebbug
The hauliers' association calls on the government to challenge a European policy designed for the continent.
LOGISTICS
CMA CGM has finalized the acquisition of FedEx Supply Chain.
Marseille/Atlanta
With the transaction, CEVA Logistics' presence in North America has tripled.
SHIPPING
Contships to order 10 feeder vessels with options for a further 10+10
Athens
Letter of intent with China's Hubei Guangji Green Energy Shipbuilding Group Co.
PORTS
DP World signs agreement to develop deepwater port in Nigeria's Ogun State.
Dubai
The project includes approximately four kilometers of docks
PORTS
New port regulations for Civitavecchia, Fiumicino, and Gaeta have been approved.
Civitavecchia
The procedural agreement with Interminal in Gaeta has been approved.
MARITIME SERVICES
Kotug Acquires Majority Stake in Vortex Offshore
Rotterdam
The Dubai-based company provides maritime services to the offshore industry in the Middle East.
PORTS
Over €1.9 billion in Spain to improve road and rail connections between ports
Madrid
Port authorities will contribute 875.1 million euros
SHIPPING
Attica Holdings sold the ro-pax vessel Levka Ori for €8.3 million.
Kallithea
The ferry was built in 1987
SHIPPING
DFDS's Trieste-Damietta ro-ro service will become bi-weekly in mid-October
Copenhagen
Inserting a second vessel into the route
EDUCATION
The Italian Merchant Marine Academy increases cooperation with the Port of Durres.
Genoa
A memorandum of understanding has been signed
PUBLICATIONS
A volume on the history of the Tuscan port system will be presented in Livorno on Friday.
Livorno
A comparison of the key players in the port sector: from the reforms of the 1990s to the challenges of the future.
SHIPPING
Suardiaz takes delivery of a 5,000-car LNG-powered car carrier
Madrid
A second PCTC vessel is expected in mid-2027
SHIPPING
Hapag-Lloyd raises its 2026 outlook further
Hamburg
Strong demand and rising spot freight rates are pushing the company to significantly increase its EBITDA and EBIT forecasts.
MEETINGS
UNIPORT's public meeting will be held in Rome on October 6th.
Rome
Debate on port reform and other relevant aspects of the sector
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.
INTERMODAL TRANSPORT
Tarros and Nurminen Logistics launch new Scandinavian-Mediterranean intermodal service
La Spezia/Helsinki
The land route connects Örebro, Parma and La Spezia
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
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
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
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
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
Assologistica event to discuss the Mediterranean strategy for Italian competitiveness
Rome
It will be held next October 30th in Naples
MEETINGS
UNIPORT's public meeting will be held in Rome on October 6th.
Rome
Debate on port reform and other relevant aspects of the sector
››› 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
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
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.
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.
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
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