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January 8, 2018
Sched Netweb site
  • Asia-Europe rate rises 2.8pc to US$888/TEU, falls 3.8pc to USWC
  • New Jersey on cusp of quitting New York Waterfront Commission
  • CMA CGM levies port congestion surcharge at Port of Thessaloniki
  • Malaysia's Westports 2017 volume falls 10.5pc to 9 million TEU
  • DP World first terminal operator to handle 50 million TEU in India
  • Montreal expects 4pc growth in cargo in 2018 after record 2017
  • Rotterdam signs infrastructure maintenance deals for US$17 million
  • HK-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge is gearing up for much-delayed official opening
  • Ballast water management conference February 7 in Singapore
  • Severe cold in Alaska delays food deliveries as stores run out
  • Clay Sun becomes new president of Taiwan's EVA Air
  • Seattle airport plans to rid itself of fossil fuels in 10 years
  • Emirates SkyCargo volumes reach new high of 2.5 million tonnes in 2017

Exim Indiaweb site
JANUARY 7, 2018
  • 'We will continue to innovate our services around the evolving needs of Indian customers'
  • Cautious approach called for in shipping in 2018, says analysis
  • Kerry Indev Logistics celebrates 10th anniversary of ICD Irungattukottai
  • Optimism seen outweighing pessimism in shipping industry in 2018
  • Adani Ennore Container Terminal commences operations at Kamarajar Port Importers & exporters from Chennai region & hinterland to benefit from faster connectivity
  • Gandhidham Chamber delegation calls on Gujarat Chief Minister & Council of Ministers
  • Much-awaited coastal service commences from KICT
  • Summit Power International awards 15-year contract to PSA Marine for support vessel services for LNG terminal in Bangladesh
  • TRAFFIC HANDLED AT MAJOR PORTS
  • Azan Group celebrating six years of success in exports & logistics
  • Third meeting of Council for Trade Development & Promotion to be held today

International Transport Journalweb site
  • Intermodal terminal: 66 freight train movements per day
  • Danske Bank: forward index fluctuating
  • 14 airlift partners for US army
  • LHV network extended in Germany
  • Incorporation of IMIF into Maritime London
  • Yang Ming to launch AS1
  • K Line awarded in Netherlands
  • Imperial continues working for BMW
  • Heavier freight trains to Perth
  • Halifax flourishing amidst two holiday seasons
  • Ports in transformation mode in 2018, says Ince
  • Certification for K Line Container Service
  • Freight trains now running on Mombasa-Nairobi route
  • Wings for rally cars from SAA Cargo
  • Blue Stream service calling Dunkirk
  • Laurels for Amalfitano, Evergreen America

IHS Maritimeweb site
JANUARY 5, 2018
  • Vessel study could trigger ECDIS overhaul
  • Schulte Group acquires LNG ship manager PRONAV
  • Royal IHC snaps up Oceanteam engineering subsidiary
  • Taiwan-based fishery linked to alleged North Korea fuel transfers
  • PSA Marine wins service contract at Bangladeshi floating LNG terminal
  • TMS Cardiff Gas orders boost Hyundai HI
  • Yamal LNG to set direction for Arctic LNG projects and shipping
  • AMA Marine expands fleet with targeted secondhand acquisitions
  • Optimistic STX O&S chief eyes USD734 million in orders
  • Never forget bailout, says DSME's chief

The Loadstarweb site
JANUARY 5, 2018
  • Spot rate hikes and cancelled voyages loom as Year of the Dog approaches
  • Airlines win new US military air freight contracts, but United stands back
  • Start-up Boxnbiz targets India's smaller forwarders for hi-tech logistics twist
  • Brazil car export rise driven by Latin American growth
  • Ahead of Tesla, a start-up's self-driving truck is set to hit Indian roads
  • Modern capitalism opens a major new front for strike action: logistics
  • FTA widens its multimodal mission with acquisition of TrainingTeam

Marine Logweb site
JANUARY 5, 2018
  • Keppel FELS delivers first jack-up of year to Borr Drilling
  • Singapore shipyard fined for maintenance failure that led to two deaths
  • Vard wins contract to build all electric car/passenger ferry
  • Administration seeks to open 90% of OCS to offshore drilling
  • Bouchard Transportation: Still Thriving at 100

Lloyd's Listweb site
JANUARY 5, 2018
  • BDI change hangs in balance amid opposition from handysize players
    Baltic Exchange pushes back launch date of new BDI, saying any potential change would only occur in end-January
  • The state of the LNG speculative orderbook
    There is little to worry about GasLog's speculative order, assuming it was truly a new one
  • K Line's distinguished past will not help it to predict its future
    Japanese veteran carrier is planning its centenary, but there's much to think about in its 99th year
  • Chinese leasing houses' investment in shipping stays flat at $12bn
    Bank-owned lessors make up 70% of last year's total, but absolute value declined 10% year on year
  • Daily Briefing
    Stock performance survey shows investors bet on a dry cargo market recovery in 2017, but were less sanguine about the...
  • Life after Braer: 25 years of action to cut oil spills
    Over the 11 years to end-2016, tankers spilt 86,000 tonnes of oil, almost the same amount the Braer leaked in...
  • Data Hub: Load Factors
    Surge in pre-Chinese New Year cargo to lift Asia-Europe utilisation
  • Asia-Europe backhaul should prepare for challenges
    Perfect storm that hit the trade in 2017 unlikely to be repeated, but shippers should still prepare for difficulties such...
  • South Korean minister dismisses rumour of STX and Sungdong merger
    Speculation of a possible merger of Samsung Heavy Industries and Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering not addressed
  • Wilson buys pair of bulk carriers from Bremer Lloyd for $7m
    Vessels to be delivered during the first quarter of this year
  • Shipping players warned to tread cautiously in 2018
    Global economic growth levels to peak in 2018 and remain stable through 2022, says BIMCO
  • Port operators can expect 'transformative' year
    Industry to see a shift to gateway operations from transhipment
  • Moore Stephens optimistic on shipping outlook this year
    Uncertainties remain but upbeat mood at end of 2017 likely to continue, says partner Richard Greiner

The Journal of Commerceweb site
JANUARY 5, 2018
  • NY Gov. Cuomo pitches moving Red Hook terminal
  • Holding power of trans-Pacific spot rates gives carriers leverage
  • Carrier digitalization slowing NVO's Asia import share gain
  • Storms, surging volume reshape US truck spot market
  • Analysis: US rail must innovate or be disrupted
  • DP World reaffirms India supply chain reform support

TradeWindsweb site
JANUARY 5, 2018
  • New S&P records set in 2017, Clarksons says
    More bulker and boxship capacity changed hands than ever before last year with Greek owners most active, data shows.
  • ABG PSV going under the hammer
    Indian court orders sale of yard's ship following loss of operating licence.
  • Odfjell creates COO role for Fotland
    Norwegian owner aims for integration of shipmanagement and commercial operations.
  • Clarksons: OSV tendering highest for 10 years
    North Sea market showing signs of heating up into 2018, analyst Turner Holm says.
  • Jurong fined over 2011 yard deaths
    Penalty imposed two months after previous fine for separate accident.
  • Boreal orders first ferry at Vard
    Norwegian owner adding to fleet with newbuilding in Romania.
  • Tanker intercepted with cocaine hidden in tank
    Kaluba seized in Caribbean and brought to Dominican Republic.
  • WEB TV: Pedestrians flee as tanker crunches dock
    Panic as foreign vessel ploughs into jetty at Yangon in Myanmar.
  • Viking Line volumes hit record high
    2017 was best-ever year in passenger terms for Finnish owner.
  • Polarcus puts more ships on standby
    Middle East seismic vessel owner had 20% of fleet warm-stacked in final three months.
  • Seacon Shipping adds bulker quartet to fleet
    Chinese owner signs domestic newbuilding and resale deals.
  • Clarksons still on track to hit target
    Last year's trading was in line with expectations, UK broker says.
  • Bulker newbuilds jump 25% in five months
    VLOC and kamsarmax orders have surged since July as owners look to cash-in on upturn.
  • Yorkshire council builds Tufton Oceanic stake
    Local authority pension fund now major investor in maritime-focused fund management firm.
  • Cosco offer for Cogent becomes unconditional
    Chinese group expected to exercise compulsory acquisition right and delist logistics firm.

American Shipperweb site
JANUARY 5, 2018
  • Treasury lists boycott countries
    The Treasury Department has issued a current list of countries that require or may require participation in, or cooperation with, an intern...
  • Terminal operators in LA, Long Beach look to overhaul PierPass OffPeak program
    2018 is barely a week old, but the potential for a significant change in how container terminals at the Los Angeles-Long Beach port complex...
  • Foss Maritime ships utility trucks to help restore power in Puerto Rico
    Seattle-based marine transportation and logistics provider Foss Maritime is loading hundreds of utility trucks onto barges bound for Puerto...
  • Port of Montreal handles record 38m tons of cargo in 2017
    The Port of Montreal handled close to 38 million tons of freight in 2017, according to preliminary statistics released by the port Jan. 3. ...
  • PSA Marine to provide LNG ship services in Bangladesh
    Summit Power International Pte. Ltd. (SPI) of Singapore announced that its subsidiary, Summit LNG Terminal Co. (Summit LNG), has awarded a ...
  • Great Lakes limestone trade jumps 6.4% in 2017
    Shipments of limestone on the Great Lakes totaled 28 million tons in 2017, an increase of 6.4 percent compared to 2016, according to the La...
  • ContainerPort Group merges with ASF Intermodal
    ContainerPort Group, Inc., a Cleveland, Ohio-based service provider to the containerized cargo shipping industry, and ASF Transportation Gr...
  • Severe winter weather closes ports, delays cargo along U.S. East Coast
    Severe winter weather that accompanied the "bomb" cyclone Winter Storm Grayson has shut down and delayed operations for shippers and carrie...
  • Commerce raises 2018 caps for civil monetary penalties
    The U.S. Commerce Department has issued its annual inflationary adjustment of its maximum civil monetary penalty amounts for 2018, effectiv...

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
JANUARY 5, 2018
  • Oil futures drift lower as end of cold snap likely nears
    NYMEX February crude fell 57 cents to $61.44/b. ICE March Brent fell 45 cents to $67.62/b.
  • Fujairah bunker sales likely to be unaffected by VAT: sources
    Bunker sales at the United Arab Emirate port of Fujairah would be affected by the introduction of 5% value added tax in January.
  • External: Wired Bunkering
  • External: Marine Bunkering(Rotterdam)B.V.
  • FUTURES: Oil dips, but draw in US crude stocks limits falls

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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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