Trafigura halts oil trade with Venezuela
Geneva - Global commodities firm Trafigura has decided to stop trading oil with Venezuela due to U.S. sanctions on the OPEC nation’s energy sector, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said
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DSV raises offer for Panalpina in logistics tug of war
Zurich - Danish logistics group DSV A/S sweetened its offer for Panalpina to $4.3 billion, with a tug of war escalating on Friday over the Swiss company as it weighs a separate deal with Kuwait’s Agility Group
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Maersk’s subsidiary renews its fleet
Copenaghen - Denmark’s Maersk Group has completed the renewal of its subsidiary Maersk Supply Service. Maersk Maker, its final vessel, has been delivered from Kleven Yard
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Venezuela, Skuld warns against damages to shipping industry
Oslo - Norway’s marine insurance company Skuld warns the shipping industry against the consequences of the sanctions toward Venezuela
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Container growth pushes Rotterdam to a new high
Rotterdam - At 469 million tonnes, the port of Rotterdam’s total throughput volume ended up slightly higher in 2018 than in 2017, which was itself a record year (467.4 million tonnes)
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Seoul to reduce heavy reliance on exports to China
Seoul - South Korea will try to reduce its heavy reliance on exports to China as it seeks to diversify its overseas markets to Southeast Asia, the country’s top trade official said Monday as Yonhap news agency reports
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Rotterdam’s plan to store CO2 deep beneath the North Sea
Rotterdam - Together with the European gas infrastructure company Gasunie and with the Dutch gas and oil State company EBN, the Port of Rotterdam Authority is preparing a Carbon Capture Usage and Storage project
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Eurogate loses traffic in Italy
Bremen - Despite the persistently challenging market environment, the EUROGATE Group was able to keep container handling volumes almost stable in the past financial year. But not in Italy
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PSC, Chinese ship arrested in Genoa
Genova - Some violations of the rules on the safety of navigation and danger to the marine environment. This is what emerged from the inspections that the military of the Port Authority of Genoa carried out yesterday aboard a ship carrying a Chinese flag
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Fincantieri, “Seven Seas Splendor” launched
Ancona - The launch ceremony of “Seven Seas Splendor”, the second extra-luxury cruise ship that Fincantieri will realize for the shipowning company Regent Seven Seas Cruises, brand of the Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd (NCLH) group, took place at the Ancona plant
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Fincantieri launches first Virgin cruiseship
Genova - The launch ceremony of “Scarlet Lady” took place at the Genova Sestri Ponente plant, the first of four cruise ships commissioned by Fincantieri from Virgin Voyages, a brand of the Virgin Group. Now the interior design phase will begin
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Increase in capital for DIS
Rome - The company d’Amico International Shipping (DIS) has convened an extraordinary shareholders’ meeting to be held on March 11, 2019 at 03:00 pm at the company’s registered office in Luxembourg. In fact, the board of directors proposes to increase the authorized share capital
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Propeller Club Lugano at its kick-off meeting
Lugano - On this week the Propeller Club Lugano had its first General Meeting that was chaired by Michel’Angelo Piccinini as president, and by Thomas Schwenke as vice president: 21 members (out of 27) were attending, including three travelling on purpose from London, Hamburg and Zug
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U.S. LNG export plants to ramp up natgas use as Gulf Coast fog clears
Washington - Natural gas flows to U.S. liquefied natural gas export terminals were expected to increase in coming days after collapsing to their lowest level in almost a year as fog clears along the Gulf Coast, according to analysts and data from Refinitiv
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Hamburg’s HHLA increases revenue by 3%
Hamburg - German logistic and transportation company Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG has increased its Group revenue by 3 percent to € 1.29 billion in the 2018 financial year
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Brussels’s plan to cut shipping bureaucracy
Brussels - The European Union is streamlining its ship reporting systems by creating a European maritime single window, which will bring together all reporting formalities associated with a port call
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Maersk’s new “virtual captain”
Copenaghen - Maersk will enhance its Remote Container Management (RCM) platform by a virtual assistant, named “Captain Peter”. The avatar will assist customers along the journey of their cargo
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Travelling with “AidaNova” / GALLERY
Santa Cruz de Tenerife - And where is the smoke? This is the first impression after a trip between Canary Islands and Madeira with “AidaNova”. In fact, no special emissions were ever noticed by the smokestack of the new flagship of Aida Kreuzfahrten during the stay on board
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Commission prohibits Siemens’s acquisition of Alstom
Brussels - The European Commission has prohibited Siemens’s proposed acquisition of Alstom under the EU Merger Regulation. The merger would have harmed competition in markets for railway signalling systems and very high-speed trains
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In event of no-deal Brexit, Britain to give EU truckers access without permits
London - Britain said on Tuesday it was willing to allow European truck drivers to enter the country without a permit in the event of a chaotic no-deal Brexit, and hoped Brussels would show similar flexibility in return
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Alfa Laval hit by weaker than expected demand for ship fuel cleaners
Stockholm - Swedish engineering group Alfa Laval missed forecasts for new orders on Tuesday, hit by weaker than expected demand for ship exhaust cleaners and sending its shares sharply lower
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DP World’s growth slows down
Dubai - Dubai’s port operator DP World handled 71.4 million TEUs in 2018, with gross container volumes growing by 1.9% year-on-year. The United Arab Emirates handles 15 million TEUs, down 2.7% compared to 2017
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Hapag-Lloyd retrofits first LNG container ship
Hamburg - Hapag-Lloyd will retrofit its 15,000 TEU ship “Sajir” to operate using LNG. In future, the engine system will be able to function using either of two types of fuel: LNG or low-sulphur fuel oil
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“Docker 4.0 to be international and IT skilled” / INTERVIEW
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
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Disappointing factory activity threatens global growth
London - Factory activity was at its weakest in years across much of the world during January, adding to worries trade tariffs, political uncertainty and cooling demand poses an increasing threat to global growth
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Seafarer dies in fall aboard rockdumping vessel
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
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Bettolo, MSC’s close-up plans
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
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Ernest Airlines to start a Genoa-Kiev flight
Genova - New flight from Genoa airport.The low cost airline Ernest Airlines presented, yesterday, the direct connection with Kiev. The carrier has also announced a new route - always from “Cristoforo Colombo” - to Tirana which is added to the connection already operated by Blue-Express
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Port of Genoa pulls the brake after bridge collapse
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”
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Shipowners’ last call to avoid a “no deal” Brexit
Brussels - The European Community Shipowners’ Association (ECSA) calls upon all parties to avoid a no-deal Brexit scenario
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The EU wants to invest in shipping routes to Ireland
In the event of a “no deal” Brexit, the EU wants ensure new maritime connections between Ireland and the continent
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Rotterdam aims at being the “smartest port”
Rotterdam - A new Internet of Things platform has been developed for the Port of Rotterdam Authority. With this application, the Port of Rotterdam aims at taking safety and efficiency a step further
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Liberty One and Marinakis buy first two ships
Athens - One year since its foundation, Capital Liberty Invest, the joint venture between Greece’s Capital Ship Management, belonging to Evangelos Marinakis, and Germany’s Liberty One, has acquired its first two feeder container vessels
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Conte rejects press reports of Leonardo-Fincantieri merger
Milan - Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte dismissed press reports saying that the government was considering a possible merger between state-owned defence group Leonardo and shipbuilder Fincantieri
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Offshore business drives Siemens Gamesa’s growth
Zamudio (Bilbao) - Siemens Gamesa has reported a 6% increase in the first three months (October-December) of fiscal year 2019. The result wad driven by the offshore business
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CMA CGM picks Christine Cabau to lead its fleet
Marseille - The CMA CGM Group has announced the appointment of Christine Cabau Woehrel to the position of Executive Vice President in charge of assets
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We proudly present: nominees for the FRUIT LOGISTICA Innovation Award 2019
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Corvus to supply new Norway’s ferries with batteries
Richmond (Canada) - Battery builder Corvus Energy has been selected by Norwegian Electric Systems (NES) to supply lithium ion battery-based energy storage systems (ESS) for five new all-electric ferries being built by Havyard for Norwegian ferry operator Fjord1
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Volotea grew by 34% in Italy last year
Genova - Volotea, the airline of medium and small cities in Europe, transported 3.4 million passengers in Italy in 2018, equal to an increase of 34% compared to 2.5 million in 2017. The airline takes off from 20 Italian airports
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Circle to support DG MOVE and MoS Coordinator
Genova - Circle S.p.A. Circle, a Company listed on AIM Italia, leading its own Group specialized in process and management consulting services and in providing innovative technological solutions for transport and logistics sector
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CEVA: “The offer from CMA CGM is too low”
Baar (Switzerland) - The board of directors of the Swiss based supply chain company CEVA Logistics has come to the conclusion not to recommend to CEVA’s shareholders to tender their shares into the offer made by CMA CGM
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EU reviewing concessions from Siemens and Alstom on rail deal
Berlin - The European Commission is reviewing last-minute changes from Alstom and Siemens aimed at winning over the regulator to the planned merger of their rail activities.
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After fire, “Yantian” on its way to the Bahamas
Hamburg - The 7,510 TEU “Yantian Express” which caught fire on January the 3rd in the Atlantic is due to reach Freeport Harbor, Bahamas, by mid next week
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Bono: “Fincantieri’s European projects must be defended”
Riva Trigoso - “We have created a number one company in the world and we will not allow it to be broken.”
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Europe tops buyer for U.S. LNG
London - Energy companies are flooding Europe with U.S. natural gas, establishing a foothold in a market dominated by Russia and seen as a key battleground in Washington’s efforts to curb Moscow’s energy influence
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Samsung Heavy’s net loss widens
Seoul - Due to fewer orders, Samsung Heavy shipyard has seen its net losses grow by a rate of 13.9 percent in 2018 from 2017, mainly due to fewer order
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Commission recommends taxation of ports in Italy and Spain
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
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Damen’s newly-built TSHD to operate in Lisboa
Lisboa - Recently the “Jose Duarte”, the first hopper dredger entirely built at a Portuguese yard, started its first mining job in Lisbon. The trailing suction hopper dredger has been built in Portugal for a Portuguese dredging company
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German Shipowners press the UE for action on refugees
Hamburg - In view of Germany’s announcement that it would no longer take part with naval vessels in the Mediterranean Sea mission “Sophia” organised by the European Union until further notice
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Pollution in Taranto, Italy condemned
Strasbourg - “Persistent pollution caused by Ilva emissions has endangered the health of the entire population, which lives in the area at risk”: the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg upheld the appeal presented by 182 citizens of Taranto