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December 18, 2008
The Business Timesweb site
Shipping News
  • Okay to take fight to Somali pirates on land
    The UN Security Council on Tuesday unanimously adopted a resolution which, for the first time, authorises international land operations against audacious, armed pirates sheltering in Somalia.
  • China mulls use of naval escorts in Aden
    Chinese Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei said on Tuesday that China is 'seriously considering sending naval ships' to the waters off the Somali coast for escorting operations in the near future to fight against rampant piracy there.
  • Major US cruise lines end fuel surcharges for 2009
    Most major cruise lines have suspended fuel surcharges for 2009 itineraries.
  • CMA CGM sees double-digit growth at Westports
  • FedEx faces job cuts as demand wanes

Sched Netweb site
  • Major lines chop Asia-Europe service, ship breakers see boom
  • Evergreen's call sparks hope of Taiwan shipping renaissance
  • Euro decline prompts MSC to suspends surcharges from January
  • SCT goes green with eRTGs that save 70pc per lift
  • Yantian builds biggest logistics facility in China
  • Tianjin Dongjiang Free Trade Zone's first box yard set to open
  • ProLogis to build logistics facility in Chongqing
  • PSA's January-November container traffic up 8.8pc
  • Uncollected cargo clogs Mombasa as ships wait for discharge
  • Senior management reshuffle at TT Club manager, Thomas Miller
  • CMA-CGM's Boardley to replace Gavin at Lloyd's Register
  • GAC expands network in Poland with Warsaw logistics office
  • Hong Kong's AAT tonnage drops 29 per cent in November
  • Guangzhou gives subsidy to international air route operators
  • Kunpeng Airlines launches Xian-Changsha-Fuzhou line
  • Chongqing recommences cargo flight service to Dhaka

Exim Indiaweb site
  • IMB warns against pirate attacks in South China Sea
  • China sets new standards for freight forwarders
  • 6.7 pc fall in East-West container shipping capacity
  • 130 boxships idling at ports
  • Rs 10,000-cr. fund for shipping cos to buy vessels mooted
  • Rana plea to set up shipyard at Mundra
  • MPSEZ's marine team facilitates berthing, sailing of largest containership at Mundra Port
  • China to impose new cargo manifest rule from January
  • 2 panels to be formed to coordinate changes in railway freight rates to/from ports
  • Shree Subham inks pact with UBI
  • Agencies & Cargo Care accomplishes first-ever edible oil unloading from BTVN wagons at Kandla
  • Govt open to further steps to boost economy-Chidambaram
  • 65,000 jobs lost during Aug.-Oct.-study
  • Steel Ministry wants 10 pc duty imposed on some imported steel items
  • $ 14-bn World Bank loan for India
  • Panel approves dual GST set-up for Centre, states
  • Andhra Pradesh leads in entrepreneurial confidence-study
  • Rs 330 cr. allocated for DMIC project

Maritime Global Netweb site
DECEMBER 17, 2008
  • Busy start to week for Somali pirates as UN acts
  • NITC says 5 of its VLCCs attacked
  • Find balance between people and systems, says LR
  • Keppel's concrete heavy lifter hull to be scrapped
  • St Lawrence bridge raised
  • ITIC warns shipmanagers about liability for signing purchase orders
  • Iran seizes tankers "smuggling crude"
  • Poland appoints GL
  • Seaarland's Green Christmas
  • Call for ME Gulf cruise body

Marine Logweb site
DECEMBER 17, 2008
  • Canada to provide $380 million funding for Davie Yards
  • Chinese yard hit hard by fall in bulker demand
  • Hawaii Superferry still faces legal challenges

World Wide Shipperweb site
DECEMBER 17, 2008
  • Seattle Port Commission suspends construction project
  • ATA releases 2008-09 trucking trends publication
  • World Trade Club calls for award nominations
  • Widdows to continue as chairman of TSA
  • Crowley going with larger ship in Florida/Bahamas service

Lloyd's Listweb site
DECEMBER 17, 2008
  • Tanker magnate, Loucas Haji-Ioannou dies, aged 81
    SELF styled 'king of tankers' in the 1980s and early 1990s, dies after a long illness.
  • Haji-Ioannou wins court victory in 14-year Frangos 'gifts' feud
  • Tanker owners hit by Opec output cut
    LATEST scale-back comes as US issues long-term forecast showing shrinking oil imports.
  • Angelicoussis sues Fortescue for $129m
    AUSTRALIAN miner Fortescue Metals Group sued over a cancelled, five-year capesize time charter.

Fairplayweb site
DECEMBER 17, 2008
  • UN adds teeth to anti-piracy effort
    THE UN Security Council has put more teeth in its anti-piracy policy by urging navies patrolling off Somalia to embark regional law enforcement officers to facilitate prosecution of captured pirates
  • Basham asked to stay at US Customs
    US CUSTOMS commissioner Ralph Basham has been asked to remain in his job, Fairplay has learned
  • China steel production falls
    CHINESE steel production has fallen in November by more than 12% from November last year
  • China, Russia talk bank financing
    BEIJING'S bankers are locked in talks today in Moscow with the Kremlin-owned leading oil producer and exporter Rosneft, with the Russians seeking financing of up to $15Bn
  • Oz rigs evacuated off WA
    TWO OIL and gas exploration rigs off the northwestern coast of Western Australia have been evacuated and operations suspended because of the likely development of the season's first cyclone
  • Singapore suspends pig imports
    SINGAPORE is temporarily halting all pork imports, pending a report over the outbreak of an infectious pig-borne disease
  • Fesco gets sinking feeling
    DESPITE hefty growth in first-half revenues, Far Eastern Shipping Company (Fesco), Russia's largest intermodal shipping group, has reported a hefty fall in profits for the first half of the year, with worse expected by year's end

The Journal of Commerceweb site
DECEMBER 17, 2008
  • FMC request will delay ports' clean-trucks fee to 2009
  • Charleston to cut box fees
  • Court allows NJ LNG review
  • Everglades TEUs increase
  • Greenbrier rating cut
  • NYK cuts ship spending
  • US-Beirut ro-ro opens
  • Largest boxship for MSC
  • Eimskip profit warning
  • BBI could sell marine assets

Containerisation Internationalweb site
DECEMBER 17, 2008
  • Finkbiner calls for Chicago options
  • Worlds largest ship?
  • HPH to phase in ZICT (Gaolan) 2
  • Crowley upgrades its US/Bahamas operation
  • US port investment postponed

TradeWindsweb site
DECEMBER 17, 2008
  • Dry-bulk surges
    US-listed bulker owner shares catch updraft despite down day for Wall Street.
  • Opec cuts deeper
    Led by Chakib Khelil, Opec ministers will slash production by 2.2 million barrels, a record cut by the cartel.
  • Piracy prepping
    Chinese navy conducts exercise to prepare for a response to a pirate attack.
  • 'Tanker king' dies
    Loucas Haji-Ioannou, who once controlled largest private fleet of tankers, dies aged 81.
  • Big freeze
    Australian mining group Fortescue likely to have assets seized by US courts after shipowners pursue it over cancelled bulker contracts.
  • BC bonds
    Canadian ferry operator BC Ferries signs up to issue $117m in five-year bonds.
  • Record Opec cut
    Tanker market braces as oil producer cartel is poised to slash production by 2 million barrels per day.
  • Merger protects
    Merger with Arlington Tankers adds insulation for General Maritime from a tanker market downturn, analyst says.
  • Crew foils attack
    Chinese ship reportedly hijacked actually evades seizure through smart thinking from 30 crew.
  • Cash crisis
    Latvian tanker owner Lasco has money troubles - it's got too much of the stuff, so is diversifying to reduce its risks.
  • Digital dismay
    Investigators ring alarm bells over electronic navigation after grounding of CFL Performer.
  • Ship sinks, 1 dead
    Nineteen others rescued as rough weather and engine breakdown cause sinking in Philippines.
  • Eimskip warns
    Big charges expected in fourth quarter accounts for loan guarantees, "severely reducing" Icelandic line's equity.
  • Torm pays up
    Danish owner's shareholders agree to pay out $61.8m in interim dividends.
  • Workers barred
    Tema Shipyard bosses suspend 219 staff for alleged illegal strike and assault of finance chief.
  • Berth birth
    Taiwan's Yang Ming wins huge 30-year loan to build four big boxship berths at Kaohsiung.
  • Sale now on
    Everything must go as Croatia sets 20 January opening date for privatisation of shipyards.
  • Rwanda steps up
    Landlocked nation's private sector to build new container terminal outside Mombasa to cope with congestion at Kenyan port.
  • WSF goes private
    Washington state ferry operator turns to private sector for run between Port Townsend and Keystone.
  • Austrians in
    Serbia opens talks with EDDSG after it won bidding war for river shipping company JRB.
  • UN ups the ante
    Security Council has approved a US resolution allowing the pursuit of Somali pirates onshore.
  • Surcharges cut
    Falling crude oil price prompts another two cruise lines to do away with extra fuel charges.

American Shipperweb site
DECEMBER 17, 2008
  • U.N. authorizes additional anti-piracy measures
  • Defensive device misused in pirate takeover
  • CMA CGM drops Asia/Europe loop
  • Hanjin CEO Park stepping down
  • General Maritime and Arlington Tankers merge
  • Changes on Hamburg Süd board
  • A.P. Moller - Maersk sells Martinair stake to KLM
  • Seattle port suspends Sea-Tac airport project
  • Finkbiner: Intermodal opportunities await Indiana
  • Drugs seized in rail car
  • U.S. nears $2.7 billion capacity building goal
  • Allen takes over NCBFAA education department
  • Singapore, Hong Kong port volumes down

The Scandinavian Shipping Gazetteweb site
DECEMBER 17, 2008
  • Security Council approves piracy land pursuit
    The United Nations Security Council now gives green light to pursue Somali pirates on land as well as at sea. The resolution was adopted unanimously by the member countries and will be in effect for one year. However, countries will ...
  • Shareholders want a new board of directors in Nordic Tankers
    Two of the main shareholders in Nordic Tankers A/S, Mogens Buschard and Hasse Larsen, demand an extraordinary general assembly in order to elect a new board of directors to replace the team that was appointed by Steen Bryde at ...
  • Green light for merger between Arlington and GenMar
    The merger between Arlington Tankers and General Maritime Corporation (GenMar) is now approved by each company's shareholders. The shareholders in Arlington Tankers will own 27 per cent of the shares in the new company, which will retain the name General ...

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
DECEMBER 17, 2008
  • ARA seeing signs of slowing demand
    Mixed views, but local sources think year-on-year bunker sales will be stagnant or show a slight decline.
  • US crude and product inventories rise again
    Year-on-year demand figures continue to show falling demand
  • Oil producers ready to cut supply
    Mixed views on effect on market as Russia and Azerbaijan join OPEC's efforts to bolster oil prices.
  • Bunkers mixed mid-week
    Tokyo Bay supply expected to tighten towards the end of the month.
  • Indian refiner offers January cargoes
    The 380 cst cargoes are scheduled for mid- and end-January loading.
  • Ceypetco to sell 380 cst in Colombo
    First parcel of the bunker grade will be imported from Singapore.
  • Coast guard monitoring possible spill
    Ship sank Tuesday after engine failed amid rough weather.

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FROM THE HOME PAGE
The National Retail Federation has strongly condemned Trump's tariff policy.
Washington
New tariffs will impact goods in the coming weeks
Mulino proposes the Panamanian state's entry into the consortium interested in acquiring Panama Ports Company.
Panama
Supreme Court verdict on concession contract pending
Container shipping company ONE's quarterly results worsen
Container shipping company ONE's quarterly results worsen
Singapore
In the April-June period, revenues decreased by -4% and net profit dropped by -89%.
Accidents to dock workers occur equally frequently on board ships as on land.
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings reports record performance for the April-June quarter
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings reports record performance for the April-June quarter
Miami
Bookings reached an unprecedented level
Paolo Piacenza has been appointed extraordinary commissioner of the Port Authority of the Southern Tyrrhenian and Ionian Seas.
Rome/Genoa/Gioia Tauro
DB Cargo records declines in turnover and rail freight volumes
Berlin
In the first six months of this year, shipments totaled 82.9 million tons (-10.8%)
In the second quarter, container traffic in the port of Genoa fell by -2.8% while in Savona-Vado it grew by +76.3%
Genoa
In the Ligurian capital, the transhipment share decreased, while the Savona port benefited.
Fincantieri records strong growth in half-year financial performance and new orders
Rome
In the first six months of 2025, orders totaled 14.7 billion euros (+93.5%)
In the second quarter, naval traffic through the Suez Canal decreased by -6.2%
In the second quarter, naval traffic through the Suez Canal decreased by -6.2%
Cairo
1,248 tankers (-2.7%) and 1,826 other types of vessels (-8.5%) passed through
CMA CGM's net profit fell by 140% in the second quarter.
Marseille
Revenues stable. The French shipping group is interested in acquiring Hutchison Ports' terminals.
Royal Caribbean closes second quarter with record net profit
Miami
The April-June period was very positive
Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern announced a merger agreement today.
Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern announced a merger agreement today.
Omaha/Atlanta
First coast-to-coast cargo rail network
Gurrieri resigns as Special Commissioner of the Eastern Adriatic Sea Port Authority
Trieste
The atypical reverse charge for the logistics sector will become applicable tomorrow
Milan
Ruggerone (Assologistica): one of the most strategic reforms we helped build is being implemented
Policy brief on cyber threats that pose risks to port infrastructure
Tallinn
It was developed by the NATO Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence
Interferry urges the EU Commission to harmonize its shipping decarbonization regulations with those of the IMO
Victoria
Failure to align - the association warned - will force shipping companies to pay twice for emissions.
In the second quarter of 2025, Chinese seaports handled 79.1 million containers (+6.1%)
Beijing
Total freight traffic was three billion tons (+3.3%), of which 1.3 billion tons were with foreign countries (+1.9%).
CK Hutchison announces plans to include a Chinese investor in the consortium to sell Hutchison Ports
Hong Kong
Without the participation of the COSCO shipping group, China would not authorize the sale
Sri Lanka's Supreme Court has awarded compensation of $1 billion over the X-Press Pearl accident.
Sri Lanka's Supreme Court has awarded compensation of $1 billion over the X-Press Pearl accident.
Columbus
The container ship caught fire and sank near the port of Colombo
The Greek government sends a tugboat to the Red Sea to assist ships that may be attacked by the Houthis.
The Greek government sends a tugboat to the Red Sea to assist ships that may be attacked by the Houthis.
Piraeus
The AHTS "Giant" is leaving
Saipem and Subsea7 have signed a binding merger agreement.
Saipem and Subsea7 have signed a binding merger agreement.
Milan/Luxembourg
The transaction is expected to close in the second half of 2026.
In the second quarter, the port of Valencia handled over 1.5 million containers (+4.0%)
Valencia
Containers arriving and departing are increasing. Transhipment is declining.
In the first half of 2025, the amount of new orders to Chinese shipyards fell by -18.2%
Beijing
A decrease of -3.5% in new construction completed in the period was recorded
In the second quarter of 2025, freight traffic in the port of Trieste grew by +3.7%
Trieste
Bulk cargo increased. Miscellaneous cargo fell by 13.2%.
CMA CGM and TotalEnergies form joint venture for LNG bunkering in the Port of Rotterdam.
Marseille
Agreement to supply 360,000 tons of liquefied natural gas per year to the French group's ships
In the second quarter of 2025, freight traffic in Spanish ports decreased by -4.7%
Madrid
All the main product categories are decreasing except for conventional goods
Brookfield Asset Management to sell 49% of British port group PD Ports to Spain's Pontegadea
Middlesbrough
The English company has over 1,400 employees
In the quarter April-June, freight traffic in the port of Rotterdam decreased by -2.3%
In the quarter April-June, freight traffic in the port of Rotterdam decreased by -2.3%
Rotterdam
The port authority is alarmed by the state of crisis in the national industry.
The electrification of the docks in the ports of Livorno, Piombino and Portoferraio is proceeding according to plan.
Third dock for cruise traffic in the port of Catania
Catania
Pier 25's restyling completed
Another quarter of decline in freight traffic at the port of Algeciras
Algeciras
In the period April-June, containers amounted to 1.24 million TEUs (+1.0%)
A new tax applied to cruise passengers disembarking in national ports came into force today in Greece.
Athens
Belgian rail freight company Lineas receives €61 million government loan
Brussels
The measure was approved last night by the restricted council of ministers
ERTMS installation completed on 1,400 kilometers of Italian railway network
Rome
The project is financed with 2.5 billion euros from PNRR funds.
Wärtsilä's quarterly financial and commercial results are positive.
Helsinki
The Marine Electrical Systems division will be sold to the Italian company VINCI Energies.
In the port of Barcelona the number of cruise terminals will be reduced from seven to five
In the port of Barcelona the number of cruise terminals will be reduced from seven to five
Barcelona
The mayor: For the first time in history, a limit is placed on the growth of cruises in the city.
MSC and Moby have presented their commitments to meet the AGCM's requirements.
Rome
Shipping Agencies Services will sell its 49% stake in Moby, waiving the consideration in favor of the majority shareholder. Moby commits to completely repaying its debt to SAS.
Fincantieri confirms its interest in the development of American shipbuilding
Fincantieri confirms its interest in the development of American shipbuilding
Washington
Folgiero: Commitment to deliver next-generation capabilities in full alignment with U.S. strategic priorities
The Chamber of Deputies has approved the appointment of four presidents of Italian Port System Authorities.
Rome
The names proposed for the Port System Authorities of the Southern Adriatic, Central-Northern Tyrrhenian, Western Liguria, and Eastern Liguria have been approved. Voting on the Northern Tyrrhenian Authority has been postponed.
Information exchange between state administrations for the digitalization of the maritime sector begins
Rome
The first operational meeting at the Coast Guard General Command in Rome
The Clean Maritime Fuels Platform suggests measures to support the production and distribution of clean marine fuels
COSCO Shipping Ports sets new monthly and quarterly container traffic records
Hong Kong
In the period April-June, 29.4 million TEUs were handled (+4.5%)
Sharp increase in cases of seafarers abandoning their ships
London
2,286 crew members from 222 ships involved as of early 2025
Global freight traffic saw strong growth in the first quarter of this year in anticipation of new tariffs
Global freight traffic saw strong growth in the first quarter of this year in anticipation of new tariffs
Geneva
North America saw the strongest quarterly growth in imports
In the port of Antwerp-Bruges containers and rolling stock are increasing and other types of goods are decreasing
Antwerp
Traffic congestion continues at the airport, with the situation on the landside becoming critical
A study denounces the delay of European ports in equipping themselves with cold ironing facilities.
Brussels/Pozzallo
The tender to electrify the docks of the port of Pozzallo has begun.
T&E proposes to include more non-EU transhipment ports to avoid carbon leakage
Brussels
The association calls on the EU Commission to reduce the current threshold of 65% of transhipment traffic
Federlogistica urges the immediate establishment of a control room on tariffs
Genoa
The aim is also to eliminate extra costs caused by bureaucracy.
Containerized cargo handled through the port of Singapore fell by 2.9% in the second quarter.
Singapore
Last May, ship transits through the Suez Canal decreased by -6.8%
Last May, ship transits through the Suez Canal decreased by -6.8%
Cairo
The negative trend continued in June and early July
Terminal operators are not at all satisfied with a policy that seems to have no interest in ports
Rome
Cognolato: It is essential to close the ongoing trials on several fronts.
The largest ship ever to dock at Cagliari's Porto Canale at the MITO terminal.
Milan
The container ship "MSC Venice" with a capacity of 16,652 TEU arrived yesterday
On 5 and 6 November in Lisbon a summit called by the ILA against automation in the maritime and port sector
On 5 and 6 November in Lisbon a summit called by the ILA against automation in the maritime and port sector
North Bergen/Metzingen
South Korean HD Hyundai, together with German NEURA Robotics, will develop and test welding robots in shipyards
The toll of the horrific attack on the bulk carrier Eternity C in the Red Sea is still uncertain.
Mandaluyong/London/Brussels
Joint statement by ICS, BIMCO, European Shipowners, Intercargo and Intertanko
In the first half of 2025, bulk cargo increased and general cargo decreased in the port of Marseille-Fos
Marseille
Cruise passengers increase by +5%
The Senate has approved the framework law on interports
Rome
UIR, gives the Italian interport system a modern, orderly and coherent regulatory framework
Carlo De Ruvo was elected president of Confetra
Rome
Among the challenges, the uncontrolled expansion of large logistics groups and their concentration
In the second quarter, DIS' time charter revenues fell by -37.1%.
Luxembourg
Net income was $19.6 million (-70.5%)
Wista Italy denounces the exclusion of women from the nominations of port authority presidents.
Milan
Musso: The glass ceiling that prevents women from accessing leadership roles remains.
Austrian Rail Cargo Group is focusing on the development of the Sommacampagna-Sona intermodal terminal.
Vienna
Ten-year agreement
In the second quarter, maritime traffic in the Bosphorus Strait decreased by -6.0%
Ankara
18.1% decline in ships over 200 metres in length
Fifty kilos of cocaine seized at the port of Civitavecchia
Rome
They were hidden inside a reefer container arriving from Ecuador
Trump has eliminated tariff exemptions for low-cost goods for all nations.
Washington
Goods with a value of less than $800 will also be subject to the tax.
Viking Mira was launched at Fincantieri's Ancona shipyard
Trieste
The multi-role frigate "Emilio Bianchi" was delivered to the Muggiano shipyard
The Port Authority of the Central-Northern Adriatic Sea has obtained EMAS registration
Ravenna
Certifies commitment to environmental management and sustainability
MSC Cruises reduces emissions with the support of an energy transition plan
Geneva
The 2024 Sustainability Report has been presented
DSV reports strong growth in financial and operating results thanks to the acquisition of Schenker
Hedehusene
Quarterly record in air and ocean shipment volumes
In 2024, the Fratelli Cosulich group's revenues increased by +12.8%
Genoa
Operating result down by -31.7%
In the second quarter of this year, Finnlines' revenues decreased by -5.0%.
Helsinki
Net profit of 26.1 million euros (+7.7%)
Container traffic in the Port of New York remained stable in the April-June quarter.
New York
An increase of +4.9% was recorded in the first half of 2025
The Chamber of Deputies approves the appointment of the presidents of five Port System Authorities.
Rome
They are Davide Gariglio, Francesco Rizzo, Eliseo Cuccaro, Francesco Benevolo and Giovanni Gugliotti
Latrofa appointed extraordinary commissioner of the Port Authority of the Central-Northern Tyrrhenian Sea
Rome
Ministerial decree signed
The PNRR tender for interports has been reopened.
Rome
Resources available amounting to 2.2 million euros
Port of Livorno: Workers are the priority in the LTM crisis
Livorno
UPS's quarterly earnings performance declines
Atlanta
Net income in the April-June quarter was $1.28 billion (-8.9%)
Approval for the 2025 budget variation of the Southern Tyrrhenian and Ionian Sea Port Authority.
Gioia Tauro
500 thousand euros for the 49% share held by the Port Agency company
FHP Group acquires the remaining 10% stake in Lotras
Milan/Foggia
The integration between Lotras and CFI Intermodal will begin to create FHP Intermodal.
OITAF scientific document on good practices in the logistics and transport of fresh fruit and vegetables
Milan
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
The Northern Tyrrhenian Sea Port Authority has joined the PLIKA
Livorno
Platform dedicated to training, innovation and knowledge sharing in the logistics and port sectors
Matteo Paroli's nomination as president of the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority has been signed.
Rome
He has a degree in law and a specialization in administrative law.
Container throughput increases in Haropa Port, while bulk cargo decreases.
Le Havre
In the first half of this year, containers were 1.51 million TEUs (+4%)
Bureau Veritas reports a 9.8% quarterly increase in revenues in the Marine & Offshore segment
Courbevoie
Kalmar and Konecranes increase new orders in the April-June quarter
Helsinki
The turnover of the two Finnish companies is slightly increasing
Container traffic in the port of Barcelona fell by 12.2% in the second quarter.
Barcelona
Assiterminal threatens a new wave of appeals against regulations it believes are damaging to port operations
Genoa
2M Logistics signs an agreement with Salerno-based Gallozzi
Barendrecht
The Dutch company will represent GF Logistics, a subsidiary of the Italian group, in the Benelux region.
Swiss company Kuehne+Nagel's quarterly profits fell
Schindellegi
In the period April-June of this year, net turnover grew by +1.7%
Yang Ming orders three 8,000 TEU container ships from Nihon Shipyard and Imabari Shipbuilding
Keelung/Imabari
Contract valued at $351.3-394.5 million
Egypt's first automotive terminal has come into operation at Port Said East.
East Port Said
It can accommodate two car carriers at the same time
Italia Nostra reiterates its strong concerns about the construction of the Fiumicino-Isola Sacra port.
Rome
European maritime cities, destinations for cruise tourism - the association highlights - denounce the phenomenon of over-tourism in the cruise sector
Tepsa has acquired a liquid bulk terminal in the port of Rotterdam.
Singapore/Rotterdam
It was sold by Global Energy Storage Holdings
The Spinelli Group has approved its 2024 sustainability report.
Genoa
Of the company's 616 direct employees, 49% are under the age of 50.
In the second quarter of this year, cargo traffic in Turkish ports grew by +1.6%
Ankara
Cargoes to and from Italy amounted to 12.7 million tons (+10.1%)
Extension of the Simplified Logistics Zone for Genoa Ports and Dry Ports to the Savona, Vado Ligure, and Bergeggi areas.
Genoa
Approval from the ZLS Steering Committee
Isotta Fraschini Motori has inaugurated a new production line for hydrogen fuel cell systems in Bari.
Trieste
They will be used for naval and land solutions
The Grande Shanghai , the Grimaldi Group's first ammonia-ready car carrier, has been christened.
Naples
It has a load capacity of 9,000 CEUs.
The Port of Genoa, FILT, and UILT have declared a five-day strike at the Bettolo Terminal.
Genoa
Fit Cisl Liguria expressed solidarity with the workers
The tender for the dredging of the commercial dock basin at the port of Ancona has been published.
Ancona
The removal of approximately 730 thousand cubic meters of sediment is planned
Tender for the restoration and enhancement of docks 32 and 33 in the Deep Sea Zone of the port of Savona
Genoa
An investment of over 6.7 million euros is expected
There are 1,100 workers in Palermo directly employed in the seaside tourism sector
Palermo
This year, cruise traffic is expected to grow by 9.4% in the port of the Sicilian capital.
Six-month growth of +9% in freight on the St. Petersburg-India/China maritime route
Fly
FESCO operates six vessels in the service
Port of Trieste: Special Commissioner Gurrieri under investigation for money laundering
Trieste
I am certain - he declared - that I can demonstrate that I acted legally, in full transparency.
Vard signs new contract for the construction of two CSOVs
Trieste
The vessels will be used to support operations in the offshore wind sector
UIR welcomes the publication of the tender for the digitalization of the logistics chain.
Rome
Di Caterina (ALIS): a concrete tool that enhances the needs of businesses and strengthens the logistics system
GNV celebrated its first ten years of activity on the Italy-Albania route
Durres
During the period, the company's ships carried over 1.25 million passengers
A shipment of over 1.2 tons of marijuana was seized at the port of Gioia Tauro.
Reggio Calabria/Catanzaro
Members of a criminal organization that imported drugs from South America through European ports and airports have been arrested.
Yang Ming orders Hanwha Ocean to build seven 15,000 TEU dual-fuel containerships
Keelung
They will be delivered between 2028 and 2029
Walden to sell healthcare logistics business to Yusen Logistics
Paris
Exclusive negotiations announced
Solinas (Sardinian Action Party) is not at all satisfied with the state of Sardinian ports
Cagliari
The immediate establishment of a special commission is urged
ANSI welcomes the introduction of the information dashboard for managing private procurement contracts in logistics.
Rome
D'Angelo: it will allow the country to take another step forward
Russo (Confcommercio): excluding road transport from the PNRR funding was shortsighted.
Rome
First bulletin from the Freight Insights Observatory produced by the National Center for Sustainable Mobility
ABB Group posts sharp growth in quarterly financial and business performance
Zurich
In the period April-June the value of new orders grew by +16.0%
Informal consultations have begun on the preliminary proposal for the new Ancona Port Master Plan.
Ancona
Eleven meetings scheduled for July
Program agreement for preparatory and functional interventions for the construction of the bridge over the Strait of Messina
Rome
It was signed today in Rome
Project to develop an ecological station for the treatment of wastewater from ships
Naples
Initiative of the Neapolitan Group of the Cenere and Iello Landing
Assiterminal urges against bringing sediment from the Bagnoli dredging project into the port of Naples.
Genoa
Cognolato and Ferrari: It is essential to safeguard the full functionality of the commercial port's activities.
Container traffic at the Port of Long Beach fell 3.4% in the second quarter.
Long Beach
A decline of -16.4% was recorded in June
Paolo Pessina has been appointed vice president of Conftrasporto-Confcommercio.
Rome
He is president of the national federation of maritime agents and brokers
Container traffic in the port of Hong Kong decreased by -8.2% in the second quarter
Hong Kong
A decrease of -13.7% was recorded in June
Cuneo-based logistics company Nord Ovest is seeing growing financial results.
Wedge
Construction work on a new depot in Mondovì will be completed in early 2026.
Container traffic at the Port of Los Angeles grows driven by fears of new tariffs
Los Angeles
June saw the highest volume ever recorded for this month
The Management Committee of the Sardinia Sea Port Authority has adopted the DPSS
Cagliari
Green light for the concession to MITO and the appeal against the rejection of Olbia's dredging project.
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
Confindustria event on the sea economy in Rome on July 15th
Rome
The public meeting of the International Containers Studies Center will be held in Genoa on July 2nd
Genoa
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Why Malta is objecting to a new price cap on Russian oil
(timesofmalta.com)
US has its eye on Greek ports
(Kathimerini)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Intervento del presidente Tomaso Cognolato
Roma, 19 giugno 2025
››› File
Three events in Genoa for three new Explora Journeys cruise ships.
Genoa
A technical launch, a coin laying and the cutting of the first sheet metal were carried out at the Fincantieri shipyard
Grimaldi sells 5% of Terminal Darsena Toscana to Livorno Port Company
Naples/Livorno
Option to purchase an additional 5% of the share capital
Matteo Gasparato appointed president of the Northern Adriatic Sea Port Authority
Rome
He was appointed extraordinary commissioner of the same port authority
Concession agreement signed that assigns management of the port of Tartous to DP World
Damascus
It has a lifespan of 30 years
Meeting in Rome between the heads of ESPO and Assoporti
Rome
Among the topics addressed, the competitiveness of European ports in the current global context
Chinese airline OOCL reports quarterly decline in scheduled service revenues
Hong Kong
Cargo transported by the company's ships is increasing
Collaboration between the Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority and the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority
Rome
Agreement with an initial duration of five years
Survey in Germany on the prospects of companies in the maritime, port and shipbuilding sectors
Hamburg
Shipowners are more concerned. Positive prospects for ports and shipyards.
Port of Augusta: Work begins on a third bridge connecting the island to the mainland.
Augusta
Work worth over 20 million euros
Vard signs contract with InkFish for new research vessel
Trieste
The deal is worth more than 200 million euros.
1.1 billion euros will be invested in the port of Hamburg to strengthen the container sector
Hamburg
Improving accessibility and port infrastructure in the Waltershofer Hafen area
Meyer Turku delivered the new Star of the Seas cruise ship to Royal Caribbean
Turku
It has a gross tonnage of 250,800 tons
ESPO calls for increased funding for ports under the next EU Multiannual Financial Framework
Brussels
The CEF programme funds have proven to be far from sufficient
Fincantieri delivers the new Oceania Allura cruise ship to Oceania Cruises.
Miami/Trieste
Two additional Sonata-class ships have been converted into orders.
Uniport: Bringing debris from Bagnoli to the port of Naples would postpone long-awaited dredging.
Rome
Legora de Feo: It's necessary to find alternative solutions.
Taiwanese companies Evergreen, Yang Ming and WHL saw sharp declines in quarterly revenues.
Keelung/Taipei
In the period April-June it fell by -18.7%, -26.5% and -8.6% respectively
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