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April 18, 2017
Sched Netweb site
  • Maersk now has world's largest boxship - the 20,568-TEU Madrid Maersk
  • EU regulators approve sale of Hamburg Sud to Maersk Line
  • Seapan's co-founder and director G Porter resigns from the board
  • MOL plans for four 20,000 TEU LNG megaships approved by DNVGL
  • DSME in talks with HMM over deal to build 300,000 tonne crude carriers
  • OOCL launches new 'North Europe-Turkey Service' (NET)
  • Singapore container volume climbs 6.7pc in March
  • China's HNA makes US$995m offer for Singapore logistics firm CWT Ltd
  • Evergreen's Korea-Taiwan-Philippines service adds Subic
  • New eastbound London-China rail freight service on its way to Yiwu
  • Falling freight volumes result in ARRC posting US$4m loss in 2016
  • Japan's booming e-commerce market to get boost from DHL eCommerce
  • Rupert Hogg to be new Cathay Pacific CEO
  • UPS to build new US$200m package facility in Texas
  • GAC is the new general sales agent for Leisure Cargo in the Netherlands

Exim Indiaweb site
APRIL 17, 2017
  • APL connects North Asia & Eastern Australiawith new China Australia Service 3
  • East Coast Port Gateway TerminalAgreement goes into effect in US
  • LCL Logistix handles shipment of pipes from India to Indonesia
  • Scotland's deepest container terminal expects to double business in 5 years
  • The renewed role of Panama Canal in global maritime transport
  • ZIM & MSC to improve their joint Med-North Europe service
  • India-Pakistan trade overrides diplomatic tensions
  • DPD facilitation further expanded at JN Port
  • More Major Ports likely to go in for foreign currency denominated loans
  • Rotterdam port has the best quarter ever for containers
  • Sagarmala programme aims at all-round port-led development
  • Proposed Rail Development Authority will make wide-ranging recommendations
  • Railways bags massive Sri Lankan export order
  • Export of organic produce on the rise
  • RVNL, shipbuilding companies among 11 CPSEs approved by Cabinet for listing on stock exchanges

International Transport Journalweb site
APRIL 18B, 2017
  • TGX upgrade in the Med
  • Safe handling of rail-shipped hazardous materials awarded
  • Autonomous Land transport project goes ahead in France
  • Crane Worldwide makes six new VP appointments
  • Scandlines employs a freight ferry in the Baltic Sea
  • New warehouse at port of Hamburg
  • Volkswagen chooses Tarragona
  • US rail supplier invests in locomotive manufacturing
  • Freight resolutions for the New Year
  • New executive director for the Canadian SC Sector Council
  • Takeover and reorganisation completed
  • Railway transports 8.6 million t in goods
  • Thai Airways to develop MRO, cargo and logistics centre
  • Record SCPA handling figures
  • From DB Cargo to Vossloh

IHS Maritimeweb site
APRIL 17, 2017
  • Foreign vessels rack up firefighting detentions in US
  • India makes changes to controversial service tax on pre-paid ocean freight
  • Marco Polo Marine plans debt restructuring to stay afloat
  • Two CSBC workers die in fire mishap
  • Swissco to sell OCBC-mortgaged vessel for USD7.2 million
  • Distressed asset investor UAMCO among three bidders for Goseong O&S
  • Breakthrough as DSME's main bondholder green lights bailout
  • Stellar Cosmo not undergoing repairs, says Polaris Shipping

Marine Logweb site
APRIL 17, 2017
  • ABS breaks ground for new global headquarters
  • NYC Ferry names its first vessel: Lunchbox
  • Vigor in deal to acquire third dry dock for Seattle shipyard
  • VIDEO: USCG rescues two from capsized tow boat
  • Hopes grow for DSME rescue package
  • OPCs to have advanced Auxiliary Propulsion Systems

Lloyd's Listweb site
APRIL 17, 2017
  • Where next for Graham Porter after Seaspan co-founder quits?
    The Canadian entrepreneur who helped bring a new business model to boxship ownership has plenty of plans for his own investment vehicle Tiger
  • LA March box volumes soar 29% ahead of alliance start-ups
    Shipper concerns about disruption during phase-in of new vessel sharing alliances and a post-Lunar New Year Asia surge contributed to the strong throughput numbers
  • DP World to terminate port concession deal with Fujairah
    Both parties have already completed the transfer of operations to the port authorities at Fujairah
  • Korea Line Corp to order LNG carrier duo from SHI
    Vessels to ship LNG cargoes to Jeju island from 2019
  • Singapore launches LNG truck loading facility
    Move to help facilitate truck-to-ship LNG bunkering activities
  • Euronav tanker still grounded off Indonesia
    Emergency team mulls options to refloat the vessel
  • Marco Polo Marine looks to restructure debt
    Group failed to secure standstill agreement with bank lenders
  • Owner dispels talk of Stellar Cosmo heading to Cape Town for repairs
    Polaris says VLOC headed to Singapore to replenish bunkers
  • National Pension Service accepts DSME's restructuring terms
    Move paves the way for other bondholders and creditors to agree on the plan
  • Asian companies bid for ageing RBD Armatori panamax bulkers
    Prices offered were more than expected but less than market value

The Journal of Commerceweb site
APRIL 17, 2017
  • JB Hunt profit falls on lower truck, rail rates
  • If you build a port-adjacent, three-story DC, will BCOs come?
  • XPO wins union elections at two of three facilities
  • US shippers expect pinch, not capacity crunch, from ELDs
  • Trans-Pac spot rates slip awaiting peak season demand
  • Indian dockworker strike postponed

TradeWindsweb site
APRIL 17, 2017
  • Scorpio Bulkers back in sales mode
    New York-listed Scorpio Bulkers surprises with $46m deal for its two 'oldest' panamaxes.
  • Vulcan Materials scraps self-unloader
    US construction materials company offloads Bernardo Quintana A amid declining demolition prices.
  • Oldendorff agrees to settle Uttam Galva case
    Agreement puts end to dispute over Indian charterer's complaints of cargo damage.
  • Seaspan's founders end voting bloc agreement
    Dissolved agreement comes as majority owner steps up oversight at Seaspan.
  • Navios bulker suffers fire at UK port
    RNLI and Maritime Coastguard Agency respond after blaze on Navios Orbiter.
  • Link Energy tanker attacked off Somalia; two pirates killed
    Incident marks sixth armed attack or hijacking this month in the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean.
  • GulfMark winds clock forward again
    New waivers extend until late April after notes payment grace period ends with no cheque posted.
  • Stifel surveys shipyard wreckage
    Bank calculates 49 yards to have secured orders since 2010 have now shut up shop.
  • de Chateauvieux sells supramax pair
    Vessels reported to have fetched more than they were set to secure from failed sale in February.
  • Morgan Stanley raises forecasts for boxship pair
    Higher profit forecasts and target prices introduced for Costamare and Seaspan.

American Shipperweb site
APRIL 17, 2017
  • Commentary: FAA reform brings potential policy shift
    In early March, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee convened its third hearing focusing on airports and airline concerns,...
  • Singapore gains LNG truck loading facility
    Singapore LNG Corporation Pte Ltd (SLNG) and the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) last week opened a facility within the SLNG...
  • Shanghai's Yangshan Port suffers massive delays
    Bad weather and shrinking capacity following a recent realignment of shipping alliances have created a perfect storm of port congestion tha...
  • DP World, Port of Fujairah to terminate port concession
    Port operator DP World UAE Region and the Port of Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have agreed to terminate the joint port conces...
  • Port of Oakland expects to benefit from new alliances
    The Port of Oakland expects to benefit from the new alliance groupings that launched this month, as well as a new transpacific service Taiw...
  • J.B. hunt ups earnings, revenues in Q1
    J.B. Hunt posted net earnings of $102.7 billion for the first quarter of 2017, increasing three percent from the same period in 2016. The ...
  • XPO drivers in Trenton, N.J. vote to join Teamsters
    XPO Logistics drivers in Trenton, N.J. voted to join Teamsters Local 701 on Friday, the union said. However, drivers in Elgin, Ill. and do...
  • Peloton lands $60m in funding for automated vehicle tech
    Mountain View, Calif.-based connected and automated vehicle technology provider Peloton Technology recently closed a $60 million Series B f...
  • Platten: Physical customs border a 'nightmare scenario' for post-Brexit UK shipping
    The head of the United Kingdom's Chamber of Shipping is warning lawmakers about potential negative effects on area ports and trade volumes ...

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
APRIL 17, 2017
  • ANALYSIS: Rising US crude output offsets seasonal refinery demand
    - US crude output weighing on market - WTI discount encouraging US exports - Ample USAC stocks weaken NYMEX RBOB spread
  • NYMEX May crude falls below $53/b under pressure from growing US output
    NYMEX May crude settled 53 cents lower at $52.65/b. ICE June Brent settled down 53 cents at $55.36/b.
  • External: Wired Bunkering
  • FUEL FOR THOUGHT: Is Russia's cooperation with OPEC a long-term strategy?
    There has been little criticism of Russia, despite the slower pace at which it is implementing its cut compared to OPEC countries.
  • FUTURES 1: Crude slips on US oil rig jump, weaker demand forecast
    Year on year, the number of active oil rigs were up 332.

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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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