The Belgian port of Zeebrugge handled a total volume of 45.8 million tonnes in 2019. This 14.2 percent growth is the result of advancement in all important sectors
Pakistan has prohibited the use of open-loop scrubbers by ships in its waters, the latest country to tighten restrictions on the use of the cleaning devices which strip sulfur from marine fuel and empty the residue in the sea
The Hamburg Port Authority commissioned the dredging work to implement the fairway adjustment of the Lower and Outer Elbe in the area of the Port of Hamburg
2019 was a relatively safe year for shipping in the port of Rotterdam, with 29,491 sea-going vessels arriving compared to 29,476 last year
The Piraeus Port Authority, a subsidiary of China’s Cosco Shipping Group, anticipates a further increase in 2020, according to Deputy Manager for Public and Investor Relations Nektarios Demenopoulos
A new daily rail service has been introduced at Hutchison Ports Port of Felixstowe. The new connection runs to Maritime Transport's newly opened East Midlands Gateway
Georgia has ended an investment agreement with an international consortium for one of the biggest projects in the former Soviet country, the construction of a major deep sea port on the Black Sea coast
“This situation is creating vessel omissions and consequently a roll over situation for all export cargo,” Hapag-Lloyd says
The British Ports Association has issued its annual New Year’s message picking out some expected highlights for UK port authorities and operators in 2020
Back in August 2019, the managing director of Anzali Free Trade Zone said connecting the Caspian port to the North-South Corridor is expected to boost business transactions between Iran and its northern neighbors
Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Limited, India’s largest port developer, operator and the logistics arm of the Adani Group, will be acquiring a controlling stake of 75% from the existing shareholders of KPCL
Poland's DCT Gdansk container terminal has reached 2 million containers in 2019 and thus become the first terminal in the Baltic Sea to cross the border of 2 million TEU serviced in one year
Brussels - The European Sea Ports Organisation announced it will put forward, in the coming weeks, concrete proposals on how to contribute in the best and most effective way to implement the objectives of the Green Deal published on 11 December
Helsinki - The technology group Wärtsilä will supply its Vessel Traffic Service (VTS) solution to Calais, the leading port in France for passenger traffic and the second largest port in Europe for RoRo vessel traffic
Shanghai - China’s index of export container transport dropped in the past week, according to the Shanghai Shipping Exchange.
Basra - Global terminal operator International Container Terminal Services Inc. (ICTSI) has inaugurated two new berths at the Iraqi port of Umm Qasr. The additional capacity allows the port to handle 14,000 teu capacity container vessels for the first time
Circular 16/E of 01.07.2019 of the Revenue Agency on the applicability of local taxes. By ASLA - Associazione degli Studi Legali Associati
Athens - Greece’s Port Planning and Development Committee has rejected a plan submitted by Cosco-controlled Piraeus Port Authority (PPA) to build a fourth container terminal at the port as part of a EUR800m ($881m) investment master plan
Guayaquil - Global terminal operator DP World has commenced operations at its new greenfield container port in Posorja, Ecuador, located near the approaches to Guayaquil. The $ 540 million first phase of the project entailed the construction of a 750,000 TEU capacity terminal
Los Angeles - The Port of Los Angeles, the busiest for ocean trade with China, processed fewer containers of imported goods in September as the prolonged U.S.-China trade war whipsaws global supply chains. Imports fell 2.9% to 402,320 TEUs, or 20-foot equivalent units, in September
Beijing - Cosco Shipping Ports Limited, the world’s leading ports operator, yesterday announced interim results of the Company and its subsidiaries for the six months ended 30 June 2019. Revenue was US$ 517.9 million +4.5% yoy
Beijing - Namibia’s newly inaugurated container terminal is set to boost the country’s trade prospects for both local and international clients once commissioned and open for business.
Athens - Cosco, the operator of Piraeus port, plans to build a fourth cargo pier, expanding its total investment in the port by 200 million euros to a total of 800 million, well-informed sources say.
“We are writing an important page in the history of ports”.
The projects envisioned by the Authority there are aimed at increasing space so as to accommodate a further increase in traffic, as its president, Carla Roncallo, explained.
Genova - Eastern Ligurian Sea Port Authority (AdSP) and the Agence Nationale des Ports of Morocco have signed an agreement to start a project between the port of La Spezia and the port of Casablanca for the implementation of a logistics corridor
Tangier - Already the biggest port in Africa with an annual volume of 3.5 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) in 2018, Tanger Med will add six million in capacity after its extension worth 1.3 billion euros making it the largest in terms of container capacity in the Mediterranean.
Transport Logistics represents the largest e most important exhibition in the intermodal and logistics filed, and its statistics over the years confirm this. Italian ports and freight villages signed an agreement with the Italian Trade Agency last August so as to enhance investments in the country
Cape Town - South Africa’s transport workers union Satawu threatened a “total shutdown” at major ports across the country from Thursday after issuing a 48-hour strike notice for mariners over a payment dispute, the union said on Tuesday.
Abu Dhabi - CSP Abu Dhabi Terminal, a container terminal built and operated by China’s COSCO Shipping Ports Limited (CSP) at Khalifa Port in partnership with Abu Dhabi Ports, has received two of the world’s largest mega-vessels within less than a month
Genoa - Twenty-four pages of analysis and interviews on the most topical issues related to the world of logistics and freight transport.
Dunkerque - The Port of Dunkerque in France would seize the opportunities presented by China’s Belt and Road Initiative to boost trade between the two nations, authorities said on the Seventh Dunkerque Port Night on May 16 in Shanghai.
Beijing - An expanding list of Canadian farm exports is hitting obstacles at Chinese ports, leaving sellers of soybeans, peas and pork scrambling amid a bitter diplomatic dispute.
Novorossiysk - The aggregate throughput of the stevedoring companies incorporated in Novorossiysk Commercial Sea Port Group made 23.4 mn tons during January-February 2019 growing 4.9% year-on-year. Novorossiysk-based assets of the group handled over 14.1 mn tons
New York - Congestion is a challenge that is not new to the Port of New York and New Jersey, but it has taken on an added dimension of late. The introduction of a new generation of megaships create cargo spikes when they call on the port
Piraeus - The annual briefing to the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF)of the results of Piraeus Port Authority SA for the year 2018 took place at the headquarters of PPA S.A. in the presence of the CEO of PPA S.A. Captain Fu Chengqiu and Angelos Karakostas, Deputy CEO
Djibouti - A court in London has awarded global ports operator DP World $385 million in compensation for the government of Djibouti’s decision to shut it out of previously-agreed development opportunities. When adding in unpaid royalties, the total award comes to $533 million
Dubai - This week, DP World announced a year-over-year revenue increase that would be large for any sector, and perhaps exceptionally large for ports. Worldwide, the global terminal operator saw revenues rise by 20%
Alkmaar - Industry analyst Dynamar has released its East and Southern Africa (worldwide) Container Trades 2019 by Darron Wadey, noting South Africa struggled in 2017 but has now seen a return to growth.
New York - Volumes continue to remain strong even during seasonal slow patch and trucking capacity still remains tight in the region. The Port of New York and New Jersey is seeing truck turn times improve and delays lessen as terminals there work down the January backlog of containers
Khartoum - Workers at Port Sudan’s southern container terminal went on strike on Monday to protest against a deal with Philippine port operator International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI), port employees and a union official said.
Sisah - Texas-based security firm Guidry Group confirmed to Reuters it planned to sign a 35-year deal to build and operate the project in a region once occupied by the ancient Greeks, before handing it back to the local authority.
Genova - In the Port 4.0, that runs towards the automation of as many activities as possible, the work on the dock is not destined to become extinct, but rather to evolve. A path that however can not pass only through the transformation of processes, but rather from the training of workers
Bruges - Officials in Bruges, Belgium are investigating the death of a Dutch seafarer aboard the specialized fallpipe vessel Simon Stevin. On Monday night, the “Stevin” was at the port of Zeebrugge, and the crew was moving steel pipes
Genova - Go ahead all and well in a hurry. MSC has further accelerated the Bettolo operation, confirming its willingness to land in Genoa and make the container terminal operational on those areas that are still empty. The strategy, anticipated by the Secolo XIX/The MediTelegraph
Genovq - The port of Genoa loses traffic, interrupting a positive historical series (except between 2015 and 2016) almost a decade in which the airport recorded growth: “the portt will close the year down by 0.5%, despite the first months marked a strong growth, but combined with Savona is first Italian port”
After the transformative phase, Tuscan port to invest in ripening and packaging facilities.
Shanghai - Ports and port terminals managed by the Chinese operator Cosco Shipping Ports have completed the year 2018 on a global activity of 98 million TEUs. Traffic driven notably by the strong growth of its activities abroad
Brussels - The European Commission has proposed, in two separate decisions, that Italy and Spain align their taxation of ports with State aid rules. The Commission remains committed to ensure a level playing field across the EU in this key economic sector
Gioia Tauro - On Monday morning the workers of the port of Gioia Tauro will return to cross their arms. Next to them, together with the leaders of the Uiltrasporti Calabria, there will also be Santo Biondo, general secretary of the Uil Calabria
Beijing - China will step up efforts to accelerate free trade port construction this year, a further step to build on the success of free trade zones across the country, the Ministry of Commerce said.
Los Angeles - The Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach on Wednesday said they set all-time records for moving cargo in 2018, after U.S. retailers and manufacturers pulled forward imports to avoid higher tariffs on Chinese goods
Genova - At the beginning of 2019, BIMCO, has published an overview of the year that awaits global shipping, in the dry and liquid cargo and container sectors. Peter Sand, BIMCO’s chief shipping analyst, answers for a focus on the prospects of maritime transport in Europe
Doha - Qatar’s ports have delivered an impressive performance last year with all round growth in all the segments. The ports in the country achieved highest annual performance in containers, vessels and livestock segments in 2018
Antwerp - Belgium’s Antwerp port has confirmed a need for additional container handling capacity as the port concluded 2018 with expected growth in all types of cargo. Jacques Vandermeiren, ceo of Antwerp Port Authority, highlighted that the port is already far beyond its optimum capacity limits in the terminals
Hong Kong - The port of Hong Kong saw its container throughput inched down in November compared to the year-ago level, according to statistics from the Hong Kong Marine Department. In November, box volumes at the main Kwai Tsing terminal were recorded at 1.33m teu, down 1.5%
Gioia Tauro - “In 2017 the Port of Gioia Tauro recorded a 16% volume drop and this year will experience a further 6% drop; It’s no longer possible to continue this way, we need a breakthrough . ” This was said by Italy’s Minister for Infrastructure, Danilo Toninelli, on a visit to the port of Gioia Tauro
Abu Dhabi -Leading integrated shipping, logistics and marine services provider GAC is opening a warehouse and open yard in the Middle East’s largest industrial zone and a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi Ports, Khalifa Industrial Zone Abu Dhabi (KIZAD)
The total length of the container terminal quayside shall be then 695 meters.
“We believe that the Authority must support the traffic that suits each port’s specialisations. According to the scenarios we have studied, we know that the terminals of the Southern Adriatic can increase trade of goods with the Balkans and with the so-called MENA countries (editor’s note: Middle East and North Africa).”
Genoa - It will be only MSC that manages the Bettolo container terminal, under construction in the Italian port of Genoa.
Piero Lazzeri: “The U.S. gave them a try in the 2000s without success”.
Genoa - “A group of Chinese people asked me: “If that bridge is so important for the country, why not rebuild it in one or two months?”. What can we answer this question?.”
Genoa - On Sunday morning, more than 5,000 riders joined the special edition of the StraGenova, a foot race organized by the Il Secolo XIX newspaper.
Genoa - Atlantia unit under judicial investigation after the disaster. Genoa Chamber of Commerce asking firms to assess business impact.
Dubai - According to a new report by The Boston Consulting Group (BCG), entitled “Will Middle Eastern Ports Continue to Succeed?”, ports across the region have enjoyed success by building high-quality infrastructure to serve the large cargo volumes flowing through the region
THE 3RD edition of Naples Shipping Week, scheduled from 24 to 29 September, is about to begin.
Cagliari - With a net traffic loss of 72 in just three years, the Canal Port of Cagliari is literally sinking. This is what emerges from a complaint-dossier made known by UilTrasporti Sardegna, which examines the traffic trend at Cagliari’s freight yard and analyses the problems that prevent Cagliari from succeeding
Naples - The €44 million subsidy granted by the Italian state to the Port Authority of Naples to restore the dry docks rented to Cantieri del Mediterraneo is illegal state aid. The late collection of concession fees by the Port Authority, on the other hand, does not constitute State aid
Genova - Say hello to the AE94.3A. The electricity it will generate will brighten the homes of 200,000 Tunisian families. On reaching Mornaguia, Tunisia, please inform the Societe Tunisienne de l’Electricité et du Gaz that it wasn’t easy to assemble this in good time after the Morandi Bridge of Genoa collapsed
IN 2019 the maritime terminal at the port of Naples will resume hosting the same number of cruise passengers it had in 2016, following a downturn suffered in 2017.
Pitto (Spediporto): “Increase in containers: 24% for inbound, 10% for outbound”.
Tehran - Hadi Haqshenas, the managing director of the Ports and Maritime Organization of Iran,was quoted by the domestic media in Tehran as saying that Qatar had demanded to make the required changes so that more ships would travel between its Hamad Port and Iran’s Bushehr Port.
Genoa - Building the new bridge would be a complex work “but if we make ships, we can do everything”.
Genoa - «The port of Genoa will be able to regularly meet the demand for services related to the international traffic of goods and passengers, both on cruise ships and on ferries».
Genoa - Death toll at 38, state of emergency declared. Minister seeks “highest penalties” against bridge manager.
Marina di Carrara - The new MDC terminal in Marina di Carrara starts up with the arrival of two 350-tonne carrying capacity cranes. “It is the beginning of a new era at the port,” said the chairman of the Port System Authority of the Eastern Ligurian Sea, Carla Roncallo
Taranto - The port of Taranto and the container terminal have their eyes set on Turkey’s Yilport Holding AS. On Tuesday, the Port System Authority of the Ionian Sea, whose president is Sergio Prete, acknowledging the “preliminary positive evaluation by the Permanent Internal Commission”
Genova - With 1,126,089 containers handled from January to June 2018, the port of Genoa has recorded 5.7% more than the 1,065,000 TEUs it achieved in the first half of 2017, confirming that it is the driving force in the city’s economy
Algeciras - Throughput of goods at the Spanish port totalled 53.8 million tons in the first six months of the year, but bunker volumes showed a significant dip. Total throughput at Algeciras grew 9.6% in H1 2018 compared to the same period last year
Felixstowe -Freight forwarders have been warned not to expect compensation from the owners of the Port of Felixstowe owners following serious delays that resulted from a new operating system introduced last month. The new operating system saw container lines experiencing significant delays
Palermo - An envelope containing a bullet was addressed to the chairmanof the Port System Authority of the Western Sicilian Sea, Pasqualino Monti. The head of the port had, the previous day, signed an anti-mafia protocol, together with the prefect of the island’s capital
The company’s plans centre around enhanced services.
Montreal - “This announcement has a direct impact on the Port of Montreal and its many partners, and it is a mobilizing project that will make a contribute to improving the flow of freight transport by road in the city,” said MPA President and CEO Sylvie Vachon.
Integration with the freight villages continues, but integration with Monfalcone is still on stand-by
Genoa - The magazine has been published in English and Italian.
Baku - Participants of the Trans-Caspian International Transport Corridor (TITR) International Association, an association of legal entities, signed the final protocol of the TITR General Meeting in Baku on May 8. Tariffs for transportation of coal and grain were approved under the protocol
Beijing - The board of directors of Cosco Shipping Ports Limited presents the unaudited condensed consolidated results of the Company and its subsidiaries for the three months ended 31 March 2018.
Young and ambitious, Monti relaunched the ports of Rome. Sicily is his new challenge: “We must regain the market’s respect.”
FOR THE PORT of Livorno, freight traffic with the Mediterranean mainly equals wheeled freight. That Tuscan port is a leader in Italy for ro-ro, which accounts for 50 percent of its tonnage (2017 data).
Civitavecchia - Over 150 people participated at the forum “Shaping the Port of The Future“ organized by The MediTelegraph and On The Mos Way, in Civitavecchia (port of Rome).
Genoa - The share of traffic to and from Med ports grows.
Gian Enzo Duci (Federagenti): “Our real challenge still lies with the ports of Northern Europe. France and Spain don’t worry us.”
Ashgabat - The opening of a new international sea port in the Caspian coastof Turkmenbashi is scheduled for May 2, 2018, the Turkmen government said in a message. This issue was discussed at the Turkmen government’s meeting
Oakland - Navis,a part of Cargotec Corporation and provider of operational technologies and services that unlock greater performance and efficiency for the world’s leading organizations across the shipping supply chain, and Bolloré Ports have successfully implemented the Navis N4 terminal operating system
Rotterdam - On Wednesday,as the IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) closed in on a global CO2 emissions goal for shipping, the Port of Rotterdam called on the governments of northwestern Europe to establish a high tax on carbon emissions
Civitavecchia - “Shaping the Port of the Future” is the title of the Forum hostedby the Port Authority of the Northern Tyrrhenian Sea, in Civitavecchia (Molo Vespucci) and organized by The MediTelegraph (Gedi Group) and On The MoS Way (the portal of the Motorways of the Sea)
Genova - The Spinelli Group of Genoa,which is in turn a subsidiary of the investment fund iCon Infrastructure, has acquired a stake in the Salerno Container Terminal (SCT), a subsidiary of the Gallozzi Group. The corporate held as follows: Gruppo Gallozzi at 55%; Spinelli -iCon at 30%; Contship - Eurogate at 15%
Genova - Last Sunday,a ship from MSC’s Thyrrenium service, a weekly service that connects Genoa to the main destinations in the Western Mediterranean, and to the Middle East via Gioia Tauro, made its first call at the Intermodal Marine Terminal (Messina Group) in Genoa
