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BRIEFS
February 18, 2020
Sched Netweb site
  • Rates off 8pc overall, Freightos sees 4pc A-E fall, plus 1pc loss to USWC
  • LA January volume down 5.4pc to 806,000 TEU on pre-tariff buying
  • CMA CGM to increase Latin America-Asia per box reefer rate from March 1
  • Coronavirus means few reefer plugs at China ports, risking cargo diversion
  • MSC hikes rate US$150/TEU, $200/FEU March 16 on US to Far East cargo
  • Pacific International Lines exit transpacific to focus on north-south trade
  • CMA CGM and Energy Observer to try out hydrogen-powered ship
  • South Carolina Ports wins US$20 million US grant to dredge to 52 feet
  • US-China Business Council says Beijing will honour trade deal despite virus
  • Canada to back ban on heavy fuel oil in Arctic at IMO meeting in London
  • Huawei's racketeering charge in US will slow its 5G global penetration
  • 100 Indians, leftist protesters cripple Canadian railways to block pipeline
  • Expert Arctic shipping conference to be held in Montreal March 11-12
  • Int'l Assoc of Ports and Harbours, IHS Markit hold conference March 17
  • Bombardier exits aerospace with A220 deal, and other dismemberments
  • Amazon to build 20,000-square metre cargo hall at Leipzig/Halle airport
  • FedEx and UPS to battle each other over Mexico's growing air cargo traffic

Exim Indiaweb site
FEBRUARY 17, 2020
  • ACHAA becomes ACBA; new Committee takes over
  • CEVA Logistics embarks on electric vehicle trial in London
  • GAC opens branch in Hamriyah Free Zone
  • Höegh Autoliners' RoRo solution ensures safety for sensitive breakbulk shipment
  • MOL, MODEC, Mitsui & Marubeni to proceedwith deepwater FPSO charter project in Brazil
  • ZIM announces updated Asia-Pacific North West product
  • Seafood exports to China seen not facing any adverse impact due to Coronavirus
  • Television sets import could come under restricted category
  • JNPT & Antwerp Port ink MoU to develop Port & Logistics Training Centre of Excellence
  • CBIC starts capturing district-wise data or origin of export goods
  • India urgently needs ambitious structural & financial sector reforms, says IMF
  • CTL BHP 2020 Expo offers Consultant Clinic
  • Global economic growth could be cut by 0.1-0.2 pc due to Coronavirus, says IMF Chief

International Transport Journalweb site
  • Kaun banega crorepati?
  • China resumes export train operations
  • Lödige Industries outfits automotive plant in Mexico
  • Sven-Eric Brooks joins KVH
  • Coronavirus accentuates Hong Kong cargo decline
  • Complementing the big alliances
  • Galliker receives first series-manufactured e-truck
  • ESR to develop large logistics facility in Japan
  • Cool Chain Association partners with Cargo iQ
  • CCM names Michael Mitchell SVP and COO
  • Polish intermodal operator orders 200 freight cars
  • Big shift by PIL in March
  • "Curiosity of the Day"
  • Bolloré Logistics joins MRO Blockchain Alliance
  • West of England P&I Club expands New York office
  • Take-over strengthens position in Northern Europe
  • More berths for the port of Corpus Christi
  • Rising African star to launch new services to Europe

The Loadstarweb site
FEBRUARY 17, 2020
  • China's reefer cargo crisis worsens as carriers plan to abandon boxes
  • Freighters enjoy charter boom, but flying to China has its challenges, say operators
  • Rail services now the smartest way to get product from China to Europe
  • HMRC says new customs declaration system can run alongside CHIEF
  • DP World to delist from Dubai stock exchange to drive expansion of supply chain footprint
  • Scrubbers could be harmful to food chain, suggests leaked IMO report
  • Analysis: AP Møller-Mærsk - the beauty and curse of corporate strategy

Marine Logweb site
FEBRUARY 17, 2020
  • Bouchard: "We have a financial plan ..."
    Melville, New York-based Bouchard Transportation Co. issued a statement February 14 in response to the news that it had been issued an order by the Coast Guard Captain of the Port of
  • Coronavirus: ONE puts $1,000 a box surcharge on Shanghai and Xingang reefer shipments
    Ocean Network Express (ONE) issued a notice to customers on February 14 noting that "due to the slow inbound container pick-up activity caused by the outbreak of Novel Coronavirus and the extension

Lloyd's Listweb site
FEBRUARY 17, 2020
  • Carrier results will give insight into coronavirus impact
    Reduced volumes out of China in the first quarter will likely lower earnings estimates for the 2020, but an increase...
  • American Hellenic reports big jump in insured fleet
    Cyprus and Greece-based marine insurer is confident of continuing upward trend
  • Ecsa urges EU to pay attention to spike in sale and leaseback deals with China
    The EU still controls just below 40% of the global fleet but sale and leaseback deals means ownership is increasingly...
  • Green groups stage Arctic protest at IMO pollution talks
    The subcommittee will discuss black carbon and updating the 2015 guidelines on scrubber water discharge during the week
  • Tanker at centre of Venezuela power struggle over crude cargo sails
    Tanker has discharged crude cargo at Jose offshore terminal and left the port, switching off AIS
  • Rising long-haul trades 'turn tanker demand positive' in 2020
    Shipbroker Braemar ACM forecasts rising longer-haul voyages to Asia to offset coronavirus-led falls in demand growth
  • DP World to be delisted from Dubai stock exchange
    Nasdaq Dubai-listed port operator DP World will return to private ownership as parent company Dubai World seeks to reduce sizeable...
  • Daily Briefing
    Free to read: Chinese owners and leasing banks dominate scrubber investment | PIL transpacific exit raises vessel deployment questions | Sellers...
  • Coronavirus: Rates fall despite carriers' efforts to cut capacity
    Shippers are being advised to keep in close contact with their carriers or agents amid 'daily changes' of blank sailings
  • World boxship fleet update: Coronavirus takes toll on idle fleet
    The wide-reaching impact of the coronavirus outbreak is now affecting developments in the active containership fleet as yards struggle to...
  • Carriers impose reefer surcharges into China ports
    ONE has encouraged customers to consider a change of destination to alternative ports, especially for time-sensitive cargoes
  • Indian government approves structural overhaul of major ports
    The new bill will provide more operational autonomy to state-owned ports and bring transparency in operations

The Journal of Commerceweb site
FEBRUARY 17, 2020
  • Container capacity cuts can't stop coronavirus-fueled spot rate dive

TradeWindsweb site
FEBRUARY 17, 2020
  • Seaways' scrubber use no block to first green funding
  • Qatar's Nakilat logs record profit in company's 15-year lifespan
  • Richard Branson's Scarlet Lady unveiled in Italy
  • DP World to delist in $2.7bn deal due to equity market 'disconnect'
  • Tech-savvy German trio seeks to revive a $1bn ship finance market
  • Australian maritime union blasts coronavirus travel ban
  • German state moves forward on funding 14 LNG-propulsion feeder containerships
  • Knutsen tanker in limbo as Venezuelan power struggle continues
  • NCL opts for hybrid scrubbers on two more cruiseships
  • Lancashire benefits from improved marine rates
  • South Korea providing $51m to virus-hit shipowners
  • Dutch shipping fund NBZ plots $50m expansion
  • Thenamaris doubles LPG fleet with new order at Hyundai Mipo
  • Green ferry company ForSea on hunt for new CEO
  • Global pandemic fears raised as Westerdam passenger tests positive for COVID-19
  • Virus forces ONE to slap $1,000 surcharge on Chinese boxes
  • Moundreas scraps capesize as drybulk demolition numbers soar
  • Cargoship abandoned in 2018 washes up on Irish beach
  • Cosco Shipping bulker plucks British couple from Atlantic
  • Cost-cutting helps to trim losses at ASL Marine
  • Humanitarian roles for Royal Caribbean's Asian cruise exiles
  • Danes arrest reefer crew for alleged cocaine smuggling
  • US finds 14 American evacuees from Diamond Princess infected with coronavirus

American Shipperweb site
FEBRUARY 17, 2020
  • Refrigerated cargo is being diverted from Chinese ports
    Inland trucking slowdown in China leaves port reefer plugs full, blocking refrigerated food imports.
  • US will raise import tariffs on EU aircraft in March
    Airbus warned that tariff increase on European aircraft would result in "more instability for U.S. airlines that are already suffering from a shortage of aircraft."
  • White House forms China trade deal watchdog office
    USTR's Bilateral Evaluation and Dispute Resolution Office will ensure China commits to "Phase One" trade obligations and provide forum for settling disputes involving the bilateral...
  • Career Tracks: Maersk, CCM and IFCHOR
    Patrick Jany, Michael Mitchell and Giovanni Ravano are appointed to C-suite roles.

The Bunker Bulletinweb site
FEBRUARY 17, 2020
  • External: Global Risk Management

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FROM THE HOME PAGE
SHIPPING
Maersk estimates that in the third quarter, its revenues grew by 30% percent.
Copenhagen
Sharp gains in EBITDA values and quarterly EBIT
COMPANIES
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
PORTS
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.
TRANSPORTATION
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
MARITIME SERVICES
Spain's Boluda buys Finnish towing company Yxpila Hinaus-Bogsering
Valencia
The Scandinavian company has a fleet of six tugboats
INDUSTRY
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
PORTS
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
SHIPPING
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
INTERMODAL TRANSPORT
GTS doubles the frequency of the intermodal link Piacenza-Nola
Rome
From Monday it will rise from three to six weekly rotations
CRUISES
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
PORTS
New historical record of quarterly traffic of containers in the port of Long Beach
Long Beach
In September the growth stopped
PORTS
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
PORTS
Spinelli will propose a decision to revoke the ruling of the Council of State which cancelled the concession to Genoa Port Terminal
Genoa
SHIPPING
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
PORTS
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".
CUSTOMS
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
PORTS
Oriental Liguria's AdSP lists the benefits of passing Carrara's port under its jurisdiction
The Spezia
PORTS
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.
PORTS
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.
PORTS
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.
SHIPYARDS
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
PORTS
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
PORTS
Work at the cruise terminal in Calata Paita, in the port of Spezia, prevents the arrival of cruise ships
The Spezia
SHIPPING
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
INTERMODAL TRANSPORT
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
PORTS
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
FREIGHT TERMINALS
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.
PIRACY
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.
SHIPPING
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
PORTS
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.
MEETINGS
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.
SHIPPING
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.
PORTS
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
RAILWAY TRANSPORT
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
PORTS
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
PORTS
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
CRUISES
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
RAILWAY TRANSPORT
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
PORTS
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
PORTS
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
PORTS
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
ASSOCIATIONS
Guido Grimaldi confirmed president of the Logistics Association of Sustainable Intermodality
Rome
ALIS celebrates eight years of life
NEWS
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.
INDUSTRY
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
PORTS
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
LOGISTICS
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.
PORTS
Delivery of works for the completion of the port of Tremestieri
Messina
They are expected to be completed in two years
MEETINGS
Spediporto has organized a two-day trip on the Green Logistic Valley and Italy-China trade
Genoa
PORTS
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.
LOGISTICS
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
PORTS
Concern of the Spezia's maritime agents for the possible curb to cruise traffic in port
The Spezia
PORTS
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
PORTS
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.
COMPANIES
Changed Risso enters the capital of Maritime Maritime Agency Ravennate
Ravenna / Genoa
Established a joint venture joint venture
MARITIME SERVICES
Minerva Bunkering has purchased the US Bomin Bunker Oil
Singapore
The American company has been ceded by Germany's Mabanaft
PORTS
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
SHIPPING
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.
RAILWAY TRANSPORT
Ferfreight's proposals for the infrastructural development of the last mile and for the resolution of criticalities
Padova
FREIGHT TERMINALS
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
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
RIVER TRANSPORT
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
Autorità di Regolazione dei Trasporti
Relazione del presidente Nicola Zaccheo
Roma, 18 settembre 2024
››› File
TRUCKING
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
RIVER TRANSPORT
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"
PORTS
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
NEWS
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.
PORTS
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!
SHIPYARDS
VARD will build a Commissioning Service Vessel to Navigate Capital Partners
Trieste / Ålesund
It will be delivered in the second quarter of 2027
RAILWAY TRANSPORT
Liguria, Piedmont, Lombardy, Apulia, Calabria and Liguria have signed up to the Mit.
Rome
The Regions integrate with own resources the state appropriation
ACCIDENTS
Fatal accident in the port of Naples
Naples
A worker lost his life overwhelmed by a mechanical means
ENVIRONMENT
Partnership of Magellan Circle and EETRA to promote sustainability in the port and logistics sectors
INFRASTRUCTURE
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.
SHIPPING
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%
MEETINGS
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
COMPANIES
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
PORTS
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
PORTS
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.
EDUCATION
New training project of Assologistics in collaboration with Randstad Italia
Milan
Creation of a digital platform to facilitate management and fruition of training courses
COMPANIES
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)
PORTS
A strike blocks the ports and airports of Corsica
Ajaccio
Protest against the assumption of entrusting its management through a contest
TRANSPORTATION
The Transport Regulatory Authorities of Italy and France have started a cooperation
Paris / Rome
SHIPPING
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
FREIGHT TERMINALS
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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