O.F. Gollcher & Sons Ltd has been appointed as the port logistics agent to handle all logistics management for the GIUSEPPE GARIBALDI during her stay in Malta. The Italian Navy aircraft carrying cruiser called at Valletta Port for a short visit between the 23rd and...
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We are pleased to inform you that, as from this week, GNV will introduce a second weekly vessel on the route connecting Malta to the ports of Genova, Civitavecchia and Palermo. The additional weekly sailing is purposely designed to cater for Malta’s Export Industry. In fact export cargo...
Read MoreFOLLOWING A SLOW FIRST HALF OF 2016, PORT THROUGHPUT REBOUNDED IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE YEAR PUSHING THE GLOBAL CONTAINER VOLUMES UP BY AN ESTIMATED 1.8% DURING THE YEAR, COMPARED TO 1.4% SEEN IN 2015, ACCORDING TO ALPHALINER. Alphaliner stated that the fourth quarter of 2016 was...
Read MoreThe European shipping and maritime organizations have welcomed the European Commission’s mid-term review of the EU Maritime Transport Strategy 2009-2018. During the European Shipping Week 2017, the industry bodies endorsed the emphasis on better regulation and said that priority must in this respect be given to a fundamental...
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Danish shipping giant Maersk Line is scheduled to receive the EU antitrust regulator’s decision on the company’s plan to purchase the Germany-based Hamburg Süd by March 27, according to Reuters. The deal, reached at the beginning of December 2016 amid a consolidation period in the industry, was filed to the...
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Grandi Navi Veloci's RORO Ferry service this morning marked the start of an exciting new venture with the beautiful vessel 'La Superba' . The first voyage which sets off from Genoa & Palermo berthed early this morning in Marsaxlokk at 5.30AM. This much needed service...
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Grandi Navi Veloci ITALY - SICILY - MALTA TWICE WEEKLY RORO FERRY SERVICE The arrival and departure times to and from Malta, Sicily and Italy are indicated in the table below: * There are daily connections to and from Naples via Palermo The Vessel operating this route will be...
Read MoreAwards for AAL and Hamburg Süd Some important industry events took place in Asia last week: Singapore-based AAL, a breakbulk and heavylift operator, and the German shipping line Hamburg Süd won accolades in different categories at this year’s Asian freight, logistics and supply chain awards. AAL was...
Read MoreMalta’s shipping register has registered an increase of almost 8.3 million gross tonnage representing a growth rate of 14.3 per cent over the previous year, Transport Malta said. It said that at end of December, the registered gross tonnage was 66.2 million. This was a record figure...
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