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Liguria: Roberto Gulli riconfermato segretario Uiltrasporti

Grendi: traffico container sulla Sardegna +14% in un anno

Il gruppo Grendi, che in Sardegna opera nel trasporto e nella logistica, ha chiuso il 2021 con un fatturato consolidato di 70 milioni di euro, in crescita del 22% rispetto al 2020

Genova, Paolo Pessina riconfermato presidente di Assagenti

L'assemblea di Assagenti ha eletto il nuovo Consiglio direttivo e gli altri organi statutari per il biennio 2022-2024: conferma come presidente per Paolo Pessina

Mosca: “Prime navi cargo entrate nel porto di Mariupol”

Le prime navi cargo sono entrate nel porto di Mariupol. Lo ha dichiarato il ministro della Difesa russo Sergey Shoigu, riporta la Tass

Middle East container ports are the most efficient in the world

Ports in the Middle East took four of the top five spots in the second edition of the global Container Port Performance Index (CPPI) developed by the World Bank and S&P Global Market Intelligence. CPPI is a comparable index of global container port

Damietta Alliance developing and operating a new container terminal

Damietta - A new terminal will be built in the port of Damietta, Egypt. For this purpose, a Joint Venture was founded to develop and operate the new “Terminal 2” in the port. The Joint Venture Damietta Alliance Container Terminal consists of three core shareholders

Russia’s isolation deepens as shipping lines make final port calls

Russia’s ocean container imports continue to collapse as shipping lines wind down the last remnants of their services to the country’s ports. Russia - now effectively a pariah within Western logistics circles - still has cargo import options

Dole invests 1,5 million dollars in electrification at San Diego Terminal

At a ceremony at its terminal yard at the Port of San Diego, California, Dole Food Company announced a $1.5 million dollar electrification project at its West Coast port operation. This project has funded five new electric utility tractor rigs (UTRS) to add to Dole’s growing electric fleet

CDC drops COVID-19 health warning for cruise ship travelers

“While cruising will always pose some risk of COVID-19 transmission, travelers will make their own risk assessment when choosing to travel on a cruise ship, much like they do in all other travel settings," CDC spokesman Dave Daigle said

Ukraine guarantees insurance payouts for vessels damaged at its Danube ports

Ukraine was the world's fourth-largest grain exporter in the 2020/21 season, International Grains Council data shows

When it comes to oil, the global economy is still hooked / ANALYSIS

The world may be less dependent on oil now than it was during the energy shocks of the 1970s, but the Ukraine conflict is stark evidence of a stubborn craving that can still disrupt economies, confound policymakers and spark political strife

Sofia, warning to fishing boats over mines in the Black Sea

The executive manager of the Directorate for Monitoring of Fisheries and Aquaculture (IARA), Hristo Prodanov, said the Bulgarian government is taking all necessary measures

Circle supports through Info.era the path of digitization of HHLA PLT Italy

Abatello: “We are particularly pleased that our constant focus on digitalisation and technological innovation for the terminal, industry and transport world is recognised also by this very important international operator”

PSA International posts revenues of $4.6 billion in 2021

Terminal operator PSA International has posted its operational and financial results for 2021. The company reported revenues of $4.6 billion for last year, an increase of 11.7% over the $4.1 billion in 2020

Huge earthquake jolts Japan's northeast coast, cuts power to parts of Tokyo

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said the government was working to assess the extent of any damage after the tremor.

Invasione dell’Ucraina, Zelensky: “Il mondo chiuda i porti alle navi russe”

"Se non accade ora bisognerà fare ancora di più per proteggere gli stati baltici, la Polonia, la Moldova, la Georgia e altri vicini alla Russia da un'invasione”

Lebanon gives CMA CGM contract to revamp Beirut container terminal

Lebanon has awarded France's CMA CGM a contract to develop and operate the container terminal in Beirut port for 10 years, including plans to rebuild and expand infrastructure damaged in a massive chemical explosion in 2020

Hamburg completes Elbe expansion to accommodate larger ships

Hamburg - The Port of Hamburg has completed and made available to ships an expansion of the waterway along the Elbe River connecting Hamburg to the North Sea at Cuxhaven. Port officials are calling the project a major enhancement to the port’s capabilities

Suez Canal expansion due to finish in July 2023

The southern most 30 km of the canal, where the Ever Given became grounded, is set to be widened 40 metres eastward and deepened to 72 feet from 66 feet

Pitto (Spediporto): “Nel 2022 traffici in ripresa. I depositi chimici? Non abbiamo competenze per decidere”

“È preoccupante il fatto che, grazie anche ai livelli alti di noli che danno disponibilità finanziarie, a livello internazionale, l’oligopolio delle compagnie (non intendo accordi di cartello ma il fatto che siano rimasti in pochi) stia cercando di imporre la stessa situazione anche negli altri settori. Primo fra tutti quello degli spedizionieri”

Construction begins at DP World's $1.1 bln port in Senegal

DP World has said the first phase will include 840 metres of quay and a 5 km marine channel designed to handle 366-metre vessels, with a second phase adding 410 metres of container quay and further dredging to handle 400-metre vessels

Egypt's Suez Canal to offer incentives for eco-friendly ships

The Canal said Sunday its annual revenues reached $6.3 billion last year, the highest in the crucial waterway's history

U.S. transportation secretary announces over $ 241 mln in grants for ports

Buttigieg made the announcement in a statement released the U.S. Department of Transportation on Thursday

UK: global supply chain crisis supports small ports

London - As the global supply chain crisis continues to escalate, suppliers are rerouting shipments into the UK through smaller ports like Liverpool. The sudden upsurge in demand for online retail instigated major disruptions in the global supply chain sector, following worldwide lockdowns due to the COVID-19 outbreak in November 2019

Port congestion getting worse

London - Vessel and port congestion levels in 2021 have been unprecedented, significantly impacting capacity in the Container and Bulker sectors and disrupting global supply chains, says VesselsValue in its 2021 Port Congestion Report (FULL REPORT INSIDE)

Price pinch: global economy caught in perfect storm

"Higher energy prices are also adding to inflationary pressures that, along with power outages, could lead to loweri ndustrial activity and a slow down in the economic recovery," the IEA said 

Grimaldi: "I am confident about our proposed purchase of the Greek ports of Heraklion and Igoumenitsa"

“Just a few days ago I met the owner of Kerkyra Lines, a company that operates on the Corfu-Igoumenitsa-Paxos and which transports 500 thousand passengers to Corfu alone, to start a collaboration relationship. But we are also committed to operations in other Italian ports because we want to grow more and more”

DP World sees no quick end to global shipping bottlenecks

"I really don't think it's going to be resolved this year, DP World's Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem told Reuters on the opening day of Expo in Dubai, itself delayed a year by the pandemic.

"Iran's fuel shipments violate Lebanon's sovereignty"

Dubai - Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati said Iranian fuel shipments imported by the Hezbollah movement constitute a breach of Lebanon's sovereignty, according to comments published by his office

EU okays Alitalia successor

Milan - EU competition regulators on Friday gave the green light to a slimmed down successor to Alitalia and said the new state-owned airline was not liable for repaying 900 million euros ($1.1 billion) in illegal state aid received by its predecessor

Loading resumes at two Libyan oil ports

Tripoli - Loading operations at the Libyan oil terminals of Es Sider and Ras Lanuf resumed on Friday after a stoppage, National Oil Corporation and two engineers at the ports said. Exports were still halted at a third terminal, Hariga, where people have blocked loading operations, an engineer there said. Libyan oil output has been over 1.3 million barrels per day for much of 2021

Congestion at South China ports worsens

Beijing - Congestion at container shipping ports in southern China is worsening as authorities step up disinfection measures amid a flare-up in COVID-19 cases, causing the biggest backlog since at least 2019. More than 150 coronavirus cases have been reported in Guangdong province, a key manufacturing and exporting hub in southern China

More Irish-British trade diverted via Northern Ireland post-Brexit

The introduction of checks on some goods since neighbouring Britain left the European Union's trading orbit on Dec. 31 has led to a sharp fall in trade between the two countries and a big increase in shipping routes from Ireland to mainland Europe.

China's robust exports, surging imports boost economic recovery

Exports in dollar terms soared 30.6% in March from a year earlier, but at a slower pace from a record 154.9% growth in February.

The silent rise of India’s private ports

Adani’s Mundra port is the starkest example of a silent shift in cargo traffic growth from government-run to private ports.

No bids in Portugal's tender for Sines container port terminal

The bidding deadline was set for April 6 following a postponement from late 2020. "Naturally, we are aware that this pandemic context is not the best for a tender of this nature," Jose Luis Cacho, president of the administration of the Ports of Sines and Algarve, told Reuters to explain the absence of offers.

Singapore becomes a global cruise leader, for now

Singapore has seen relatively few domestic COVID-19 cases since last year. The Singapore cruises are open only to its 5.7 million residents, who have been unable to leave the tiny country for leisure and have settled instead for activities like staycations and even indoor camping.

Turkey to increase southern Mersin province’ capacity

Mersin - The country’s Transport and Infrastructure Ministry stated that the capability of a port in Turkey’s southern Mersin province is going to be extended from 2.8 million to 3.6 million twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU). Two mega container ships with a length of 400 meters (1,312 feet) is going to be capable to harbor at the same time at the Mersin International Port

DP World reports flat growth for FY2020

Dubai - DP World Limited handled 19.1 million TEU (twenty-foot equivalent units) across its global portfolio of container terminals in 4Q2020, with gross container volumes increasing by 7.6% year-on-year on a reported basis and up 6.5% on a like-for-like basis. On a FY2020 basis, DP World handled 71.2 million TEU, flat year-on-year and up 0.2% on a like-for-like basis

The port of Beirut, six months after the devastating explosion / GALLERY

Officials have said the explosion was caused by chemicals that went up in flames after being stored at the port in poor conditions for years. Combi Lift signed the contract to remove flammable and highly reactive chemicals from containers at the port, some of them in storage since 2009.

India lines up deepwater port for rice

Mumbai - India's southern state of Andhra Pradesh will use a deepwater port to export rice for the first time in decades amid a global shortage of the grain, according to a government order seen by Reuters, which could raise shipments this year by a fifth. The order, issued late on Wednesday, allows Kakinada Deep Water Port to handle rice until more capacity is created at the adjoining Anchorage Port. Congestion at the Kakinada Anchorage Port

Large fire at Ireland's port of Cork brought under control

"Emergency services remain on site to monitor the area. Ship operations in Ringaskiddy (Deepwater Berth) have been suspended," the port authority said on Twitter.

25% of ports have increased share of empty container handling

London - 25% of ports have an increased share of empty container handlings due to the Covid crisis, reports an International Association of Ports and Harbours (IAPH) survey. The report had a 46.2% response from Europe, a 15.5% from Central and South America, 9.2% from North America, 18.4% from North Asia, South East Asia, and Australia, 9.2% from Africa, and 1.5% from Middle East-Central Asia

Rijeka port to restart procedure for container terminal

Rijeka - Croatia's Rijeka port will restart the procedure for selecting a concessionaire to develop and run the Zagreb Deep Sea container terminal. The board of directors of the Rijeka port has decided to cancel the current selection process and launch a new tender. In September, Luka Rijeka extended the procedure for selecting a concessionaire for the terminal until the end of the year due to the coronavirus pandemic

Contract awarded for Ravenna Port Hub development

Ravenna - A major contract for the construction of the Ravenna Port Hub in Italy has been awarded to a consortium including DEME’s subsidiary Dredging International and Italian construction company Consorzio Stabile Grandi Lavori. The first phase of the project includes the excavation of five million m³ of sediments in the outer and inner channels

Hutchison Ports’ deal with Egypt poised to boost African trade

Alexandria - The long-term US$730M investment by Hutchison Ports and the Egyptian Government in a new container port near Alexandria marks yet another milestone in Africa’s growing role in the container trade

Eurokai's traffic slowing down

In the third quarter of this year the port terminals belonging to Eurokai have handled a container traffic equal to 2.77 million teu, with a decrease of -4.9% on the corresponding period of 2019. 

Hong Kong gains ground

Last month the container traffic in the port of Hong Kong was equal to 1.56 million teu, with a slight increase of + 0.7%

Turkey's new economic chiefs need new crisis playbook / ANALYSIS

London - Turkey's two new economic czars will need a fresh crisis playbook if they are to keep the lira and the economy from plunging into deeper turmoil. The shock departure of finance minister Berat Albayrak, who is President Tayyip Erdogan's son-in-law, and central bank chief Murat Uysal over the weekend gave the lira its best day in over two years on Monday

Ningbo's traffic grows

Ningbo Zhoushan recorded a 22.9% year-on-year increase in rail and sea freight cargo volume in the first 10 months of the year, announced by China Railway Shanghai Group Co. Ltd

Rotterdam's throughput in first three quarters falls 8.8%

Rotterdam - The port of Rotterdam handled a total of 103.4 million tonnes of freight in the third quarter of 2020. Total throughput over the first nine months of the year stands at 322.3 million tonnes. This is 8.8% lower than the volume recorded in the equivalent period last year. The main throughput categories to record a decline in volumes were crude oil, iron ore, coal and mineral oil products

Dubai's DP World to partner with Israeli firm in bid for Haifa Port

Jerusalem - Dubai's DP World is partnering with an Israeli group to bid for one of Israel's two main ports and to examine opening a direct shipping line between the two Middle East states, it said on Wednesday. The announcement came a day after Israel and the United Arab Emirates signed an historic agreement to normalize ties

Collapse of the Pilots Tower, the former head of the Italian Coast Guard sentenced to three years in prison

The sentence was decided in the context of the trial on the location of the Pilots Tower, the structure collapsed on May 7, 2013 after the collision with the Jolly Nero ship. 9 people died in the disaster

New cranes arrive from China to expand Le Havre's container port

Le Havre - Four of the world’s largest gantry cranes recently arrived at the Port du Havre, France as part of the ongoing efforts design to expand the capabilities of France’s leading container port for foreign trade

"New dam and more railway connections: this is how the first Italian port changes" / INTERVIEW

It will take eight years to build: works will begin in November 2022 and will finish at the end of 2030. A long time for a complex work which, however, is defined as "fundamental for the historic port basin"

Mexico wants to revoke concession for Hutchison-run port

Mexico’s president on Tuesday said he would try to revoke a “100-year” concession from the company running the major port of Veracruz in the Gulf of Mexico

Lebanon navigates food challenge with no grain silo and few stocks

Beirut's blast destroyed Lebanon's only large grain silo, with plans for another in the country's second biggest port Tripoli shelved years ago due to a lack of funding

Hutchison Port volumes impacted by global trade decline on COVID-19

Hong Kong - Hutchison Port Holdings Trust (HPHT) has seen its overall container throughput decline and profit fall in the first half due to the severe slowdown in global trade amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. From January to June 2020, throughout of HPH Trust ports overall was recorded at 10.28m teu, down 8% year-on-year

Rotterdam's traffic fell by 9% in the first half of 2020

The Port of Rotterdam, Europe’s largest sea port, said on Thursday throughput had fallen as a result of the coronavirus pandemic

Chinese ports hit capacity as virus tests slow clearing

Testing of imported food for the novel coronavirus is pushing capacity at some major Chinese ports to their limit, major shippers told customers this week, warning of additional fees and possible diversions to other ports

Seven ships catch fire in Iran

At least seven ships have caught fire at the port of Bushehr in southern Iran

CMPort and Thessaloniki Port ink agreement on information system

Thessaloniki - China Merchants Port Holdings (CMPort) held a virtual signing ceremony with the Thessaloniki Port Authority S.A.(ThPA) in Shenzhen, Greece and Hong Kong and signed two agreements on the strategic cooperation and port information system

UK denies wanting to build lorry park in Dover

Britain’s government has no plans to build a new lorry park in Dover, cabinet office minister Michael Gove said on Monday, adding that ministers would create infrastructure away from ports and instead inland

Britain to spend 705 million pounds on EU border infrastructure

Britain will spend 705 million pounds (€790 million) on border infrastructure to help keep trade flowing after its transition deal with the European Union expires at the end of the year

Singapore retains top spot as international shipping centre for 7th consecutive year

Singapore - The Baltic Exchange, in collaboration with Xinhua, the Chinese state news agency, has published the 2020 Xinhua-Baltic International Shipping Centre Development (ISCD) Index. The index, in its 7th edition, provides an independent ranking of the performance of the world’s largest cities that offer port and shipping business services

Long Beach: -6,9% in container traffic during 2020 H1

Long Beach - The coronavirus pandemic continues to hammer U.S. west coast ports. The Port of Long Beach on Friday reported that 602,180 TEU was moved across its docks in June, making for an 11.1% decline compared to June 2019. Imports shrank 9.3% to 300,714 TEUs, exports dropped 12.2% to 117,538 TEUs, and empty containers shipped overseas to Asia were down 13.1% to 183,928 TEUs

Port of Antwerp limits damage during corona crisis

Antwerp - The total throughput of the Port of Antwerp fell by 4.9% in the first half of the year compared to the same period in 2019. After a strong first quarter, the port experienced a decline in the transhipment of all flows of goods, with the exception of the container sector. Despite the impact of the coronavirus crisis on global production and logistics chains and a pandemic-driven drop in demand, the port remained 100% operational

Europe’s busiest port launches blockchain-based container handling pilot

Rotterdam - Port of Rotterdam said it will launch an application called the Secure Container Release, which it says is “significantly less susceptible to fraud” then the current widely used PIN-based method of verification. The three month pilot project will include some the biggest stakeholders in the maritime industry, including Ocean Network Express, CMA CGM, Hapag-Lloyd, MSC and Hutchison Ports

Cma Cgm drops port congestion surcharge for Cape Town

CMA CGM, the world’s fourth-largest container shipping line, said on Thursday it was withdrawing with immediate effect a port congestion surcharge for Cape Town

Brazil's second largest port disrupted by strong winds

The port authority of Brazil’s second busiest port for grains and sugar, Paranaguá, said on Wednesday that two shiploaders at the port were displaced by strong winds 

China to extend waivers on port construction fees to end of 2020

China’s Ministry of Finance said on Wednesday it would extend a waiver on port construction fees for imported and exported cargoes until the end of 2020 from June 30

Shanghai, traffic slows down in May

Container traffic in the port of Shanghai recorded in May a decrease for the sixth consecutive month being equal to 3,62 million teu

Bremen does not suffer from the pandemic

Last April, the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on maritime traffic seem to have affected only marginally the activity of the German port of Bremen/Bremerhaven

Med Marine inks deal with Kenya Ports to build the biggest tugboat

Mombasa - Med Marine, Turkey’s leading tugboat builder, towage and pilotage operator has signed an exciting new deal with Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) for a brand-new Rastar 4200 (MED-A42120) tugboat

Port of Piraeus sees marginal container volume growth in Q1

Piraeus - Greece’s largest port – Piraeus – saw marginal increase in the number of containers handled in the first quarter of 2020. Despite the great decline in international trade due to COVID-19, Piraeus managed to marginally increase the number of containers handled on an annual basis

Port of Sines receives tanker powered by LNG

On this trip, the ship “Eagle Brasilia”, coming from the port of Sullom Voe, in the United Kingdom, docked at the Liquid Bulk Terminal to unload 100 thousand tons of crude to the Sines refinery

Antwerp port trials wristbands for coronavirus social distancing Antwerp port trials wristbands for coronavirus social distancing

Workers in the port of Antwerp will next month begin testing wristbands developed by a Belgian technology company that could help guarantee the social distancing required during the COVID-19 pandemic

Refiners seek prompt oil cargoes as price uncertainty deters advanced orders

Singapore - Some oil refiners are picking up more crude cargoes at the last minute from locations nearby as uncertainty caused by the coronavirus outbreak discourages their more usual approach of making advanced orders

Throughput volume falls at Port of Rotterdam

Rotterdam - In what the Port of Rotterdam called an “exceptional first quarter” the port experienced a 9.3% decrease in throughput compared with the same period for 2019. Throughput in the first quarter 2020 was 112.4 million tonnes compared with 123.9 million tonnes in 2019

Saudi Arabia's Ports Authority signs $1.9 bln deal with SGP

The Saudi Ports Authority (Mawani) said on Monday it had signed an agreement worth more than 7 billion riyals ($1.9 billion) with Saudi Global Ports (SGP) to build and operate container terminals at a port in Dammam

China's ports brace for second hit as virus spread affects exports

Beijing - China’s ports and shipping firms are bracing for a second wave of supply chain disruptions that may be deeper and more prolonged than during the country’s coronavirus lockdown as the global spread of the virus chokes off international demand

‘Do not lose hope’, global charity tells cruise ship crews

Global maritime charity Stella Maris (Apostleship of the Sea) has reached out to cruise ship crew members as many are left stranded on board with vessels not being allowed to berth at ports.

South Africa's Transnet to cut transport of non-essential cargo during lockdown

Transnet operates nearly three quarters of the African rail network, the bulk of which is in South Africa

Covid-19, Trump: "A hospital ship will be sent to hard-hit New York"

Trump said a hospital ship will be sent to hard-hit New York to help people affected by the contagion, and that a second hospital ship will be deployed to the West Coast.

Italian ports in 2019: containers are resisting, cruises were booming / ANALYSIS

Genoa - In 2019 the Italian ports have handled about 403 million tons. It holds the container sector. Roro traffic , in the past years the spearhead of Italian port,  shines less. Looking at the statistics of the Port network authorities, 2019 was the great year of cruises - an industry now stopped due to the effect of the coronavirus

Exporters may face delays at Argentina ports due to confusion over procedures

Argentina is the one of the world’s leading exporters of grains, oilseeds and related products

Croatia's Rijeka port gets two bids for deep sea container terminal concession

Rijeka - The operator of Croatia's Rijeka port said it has received two bids in a tender for awarding concession contract to develop, operate and manage the new Zagreb Deep Sea container terminal (ZDSCT)

Apl: "I porti cinesi stanno tornando pienamente operativi"

Con la ripartenza dei servizi di autotrasporto, i carichi arretrati “vengono rapidamente smaltiti”, restituendo quindi fluidità ai movimenti dei container

China's top container ports unclog backlog as virus curbs ease

Beijing - China’s top container ports are loosening the backlog of cargoes on their docks as workers return to their jobs after coronavirus travel curbs that kept them away

Port of Rotterdam feels pinch of slowing international trade

Throughput in the Dutch port of Rotterdam flatlined in 2019 as slowing international trade halted many shipments from Asia in the last months of the year

DP World returns to full state ownership, takes on $8.1 billion debt

Dubai is to take full control of port operator DP World (DPW.DI) in a deal with a $13.9 billion valuation that will help the company at the center of the emirate’s 2009 debt crisis to repay some of its borrowings

Port of Sines to double its terminal

With the consignment of the East Breakwater enlargement, the expansion works will begin, thus allowing the port to double the containerized cargo installed capacity

UK hopes to have freeports up and running next year

Britain plans to announce the location of up to 10 post-Brexit freeports by the end this year so they can begin operating in 2021, the government said

Port of New York surpasses Long Beach

During 2019, the port handled 5,231,418 loaded TEUs, surpassing the loaded imports handled by the Port of Long Beach, elevating the port to No. 2 in the nation for the first time in two decades

Philippines keeps ports open to all ships despite virus fears

The Philippines said on Wednesday its ports remain open to all ships, even those from China, in order not to disrupt the cargo supply chain

Consortium of three companies to build Egypt's first dry port

A consortium of three companies has been awarded a contract for a $176 million project to build Egypt’s first dry port, the first of eight ports the government plans to set up

Trade war, Long Beach sees "better times ahead"

The Port of Long Beach navigated a trade dispute with China, new technology and evolving trade routes in 2019, culminating in its second-busiest year on record by moving more than 7.6 million twenty-foot equivalent units

Russia's Pacific port of Kozmino saw oil exports up by 9.2% in 2019

Kozmino became operational in 2009 and is part of Russia’s plans to forge closer ties with the Asia Pacific region

Antwerp confirms its "record year"

With a 6th year record, growth in all cargotypes and a recent wave of investments, 2018 has been a "grand cru" year for the Port of Antwerp

Hamburg "not expecting reduction in container throughput"

The Ocean Alliance service handled by Eurogate Container Terminal Hamburg transferred to Antwerp, and the change to Maersk's sailing schedule "won't affect the traffic"