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BRIEFS
March 30, 2016
Sched Netweb site
  • A-E rate up 20pc to US$247/TEU, drops 1.7pc to USWC, off 0.5pc to USEC
  • Grounded TS Lines' 1,065-TEUer breaks up, two die in chopper crash
  • Zim back in black with US$7 million profit after $198 million loss last year
  • Alphaliner says HMM bankruptcy close, but reveals nothing new
  • Cosco International profit shrinks 6.5pc while revenues fall 22pc
  • European Shippers seek ban on publishing rate hikes ahead of time
  • Agility net profit increases 5pc to US$59.3 million as revenues decline 4pc
  • Stifel Logistics Confidence Index trends downward after brief respite
  • UAL pilot charged with staffing Texas brothels with Russian women
  • Allianz reports risks of piracy, cybercrime and mega ship salvage
  • Dachser combines R&D with corporate solutions into one unit
  • Online chocolatiers haven't found cheap ways to keep confections cool
  • Cargolux posts 13-fold profit hike to US$334 million after 2 hard years
  • Asia airlines receive final bill to settle cargo price-fixing suit from US court
  • Flower shipments help AirBridgeCargo post 15pc February volume growth
  • Big Data debacle crippled DHL Global Forwarding IT adventure

Exim Indiaweb site
MARCH 29, 2016
  • 'We want to become the leading player in India' - Charles Brennan, Executive Chairman & CEO, Vanguard Logistics Services
  • Cyber security roundtable identifies key issues of concern to maritime industry
  • Globus Transitos wins big at WCA event in Abu Dhabi
  • Iran & Germany set up joint venture shipping company
  • Liner schedule reliability in challenging times
  • SSA Chairman highlights technological advances shaping shipping industry
  • Vanguards "eVoLusion" Soiree
  • Biggest & deepest container vessel calls at Mundra Port
  • First meeting of the reconstituted Board of Trade next month
  • Safeguard duty on certain steel products set to be extended
  • Wheat import tax likely to be retained for some more months
  • Impact of low oil prices on global corporate sectors seen shifting as oil glut continues

International Transport Journalweb site
  • NileDutch - All in the same boat
  • Railcar manufacturer purchases car repair company
  • Miles replaces Horn at Norfolk Southern
  • Test train smashes speed record
  • Work in progress in Oldenburg
  • NDC Automation swallowed by Dematic
  • Logistics industry veterans for technology platform
  • Atlas Air assists Rolling Stones
  • Long-term vision for UK's East Midlands railway
  • Investment in CPT in Singapore confirmed
  • ITG wins LH Cargo laurels again
  • Blockades on Fyrom/Greek border
  • Parcels within 2 hours - fact or fiction?
  • Zim with better results despite challenging market
  • Tunisair - new twice weekly service to Niamey
  • Bolloré Logistics Le Havre receives 6PL label

IHS Maritimeweb site
MARCH 29, 2016
  • HMM restructuring could take heavy toll on Danaos
  • Ningbo Marine profit up 116% in 2015
  • Bourbon looks to move into gas transportation sector
  • HMM begins voluntary debt restructuring
  • Japan's Imabari Shipbuilding to expand
  • Busan port plans overseas expansion
  • Pacific Carriers Ltd still in talks with Japanese tonnage providers
  • Oil tanker and bulker collide off Japan
  • Indonesian tug crew held for ransom in the Philippines
  • Roster dispute afoot at Ichthys' USD37 billion LNG project
  • Singapore's COSCO-PSA terminal builds berths for mega ships
  • Liner failings unlikely with states, creditors ready to step in, says analyst
  • Mermaid Maritime bags USD10 million subsea cable contract
  • Bunker quality remains a concern after implementation of MFMS, says Viswa Lab
  • Will 'broken' bulk shipping evolve? Only if cargo interests want it to

The Loadstarweb site
MARCH 29, 2016
  • Record low air freight rates means investment in service quality stays on the horizon
  • Box rate bounce on Asia-Europe ocean trade may bode well for this week's GRIs
  • Increased profits for bullish Agility, which believes it can smooth the bumpy road ahead
  • Historic Zim Lines result after debt restructure points the way for HMM's battered creditors
  • Virgin Atlantic cruises to passenger profits, but cargo suffers
  • KF Aerospace shutters Toronto cargo operation
  • Nicaragua's secrecy over canal stoking unrest, says top scientist
  • John Giannitelli appointed US regional sales manager at Virgin

Marine Logweb site
MARCH 29, 2016
  • AMP honors Senator Mazie Hirono
  • Jack-up to be converted to MOSS
  • Afai Southern delivers another CoCo Yachts fast ferry
  • VIDEO: Crowley sets engine on LNG fueled ConRO
  • USCG set to pare Qualship 21 flag state list?
  • Bourbon to acquire Jaccar ethane activities

World Wide Shipperweb site
MARCH 29, 2016
  • Crowley sets main engine of LNG-powered ConRo vessel
  • DOT pipeline/hazmat safety arm releases online regulations app
  • Zim expanding service menu with new Guyana/Suriname run
  • Coast Guard cutter back in Seattle following Operation Deep Freeze duty
  • NYK vessel performs rescue of 14 people stranded on raft

Lloyd's Listweb site
MARCH 29, 2016
  • Star Bulk fleet value under pressure
    Company is not pursuing additional vessel sales at present
  • SIPG posts $1bn profit for 2015
    Bulker handling suffered substantial decline while growth in container lifting decelerated
  • Demolition prices up by $50 per ldt
    Hope on the horizon for shipowners as sentiment improves
  • Hyundai Merchant Marine creditors approve debt rescheduling plan
    Plan involves extending the maturity of principal and interest of debts by three months
  • Bourbon diversifies into gas transportation business
    Company to acquire gas transportation assets from parent for $320m
  • Sohar Port inks pact with Vale to export minerals
    Deal will let related parties tap into Vale's existing infrastructure and logistics facilities in Oman to export mineral cargoes
  • Diana inks two time charters with Glencore at lower rates
    New daily rates below operating break-even cost
  • HMM, Fesco and CMA CGM launch China-Korea-Russia service
    Weekly service to use 2,700 teu-4,600 teu ships
  • Cosco and PSA joint venture to invest in new Singapore berths
    CPT aims to serve next generation of mega container vessels
  • Port of Oakland February import volume soared 89.7%
    A strong US dollar and secured labour contracts for port employees helped boost volumes

The Journal of Commerceweb site
MARCH 29, 2016
  • Oakland port labor incident to test new arbitration system
  • North Carolina port's TEU volume up in February
  • Ukraine struggles to replace lost transshipment volume
  • CP merger on the line at May 12 NS shareholders meeting
  • Brazil terminal operators in final stages of SOLAS prep
  • UASC names TRAC as sole US chassis provider
  • Amazon hits the road with delivery services in Germany
  • E-tailer Amazon reshaping logistics as we know it
  • Busan Port planning international investments
  • Port of Duluth, project cargo shipment, windmill blades
  • Despite challenges, India's JNPT on track to break container record
  • Top Hapag-Lloyd shareholder calls for bigger carrier
  • Slowing container market shreds CIMC's 2015 earnings
  • Don't expect struggling carriers to go under, Drewry says

TradeWindsweb site
MARCH 29, 2016
  • MACS sued after general cargoship hits rig
    Spartan Offshore turns to federal court in Houston over damage to drilling unit.
  • Oakland container port sees work stoppage
    Action by dock workers halt operations over dispute on start time.
  • Fairmont bulker ordered seized after crash
    Louisiana Sugar Refining files lawsuit claiming collision with dock will cost $20m.
  • Brazil's CSN weighs sale of boxship facility
    Deal said to be closing in April for all or part of container terminal.
  • Piraeus Port boosts earnings by 24%
    Increased throughput and cost-cutting measures lift the Cosco-controlled Greek terminal in 2015.
  • Shanghai Zhonggu pens feedership deal
    Chinese owner looks to Zhoushan Changhong for newbuilding order.
  • Bourbon in major dash for gas
    Offshore shipowner spreads its wings with expansion into gas shipping business.
  • Tanker deals to boost TEN profit by $20m
    Greek owner sees panamax quartet kept on by major charterer.
  • Palios sitting on larger slice of Diana
    Greek owner now controls a greater chunk of shipowner, worth over $40m.
  • CSDC beats its own profit guidance
    Chinese tanker and bulker owner pushes up its annual profit thanks to strong crude rates.
  • CoscoCS to keep alliances until expiration
    Merged Chinese giant says it will honour its agreements until the end and then look for another deal.
  • Lloyd Fonds issues panamax payday
    Tanker pair continue to generate healthy dividend for investors, finance house says.
  • BW LPG and Aurora stocks divide
    Oslo-listed owners enjoy contrasting fortunes in morning trading.
  • Indonesian crewmen held hostage
    Ten seafarers onboard a small tugboat are being held by attackers off the Philippines.
  • Cosco Pacific makes more than expected
    Chinese container terminal operator boosts its profit in 2015 despite a decline in revenue as chairman resigns.
  • Hyundai Merchant plan wins support
    Creditors back self-rescue package, rolling debt maturities forward, report says.
  • Cosco Pacific beats estimates as profit climbs
    Chinese container terminal operator makes more money in 2015 despite a decline in revenue.
  • d'Amico CFO Barberis heads for exit
    Marco Fiori takes on additional responsibility on an interim basis.
  • Seaways Shipping set for float
    Indian company seeks cash from listing to fund growth of box fleet.
  • EastMed bulker stuck in soft mud
    A supramax owned by Thanassis Martinos-backed company grounds on the Parana River.
  • Singledecker ends four month Shoreham stay
    Premier Shipping & Trading vessel for failing port state control inspection finally makes it out of UK port.
  • Bourbon in major dash for gas
    Offshore shipowner spreads its wings with expansion into gas shipping business.
  • French ship seizes large Somalia-bound weapons cache
    Second shipment of illegal weapons recovered off East Africa in less than three weeks.
  • Mermaid Maritime wins additional cable laying contract
    Thai offshore vessel operator secures $10m deal in Middle East for an unnamed repeat customer.

American Shipperweb site
MARCH 29, 2016
  • Creditors agree to HMM debt extension
  • COSCO Pacific boosts profits 30.4% in 2015
  • Australian start-up tests drone delivery in urban U.S. environments
  • U.S. Customs sets up 'war room' for ACE implementation

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
MARCH 29, 2016
  • MPA, JTC and SurbanaJurong study underground storage project in Singapore
    Storage is part of next generation port at Tuas masterplan

›››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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