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Danilo Ricci takes the helm of Tarros Line
6 Ottobre 2025 - The Tarros Group has appointed Danilo Ricci as Managing Director of Tarros Line, recognising a professional career built within the Group and across Mediterranean maritime transport.
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September 2025 closes with a general decline in container freight rates
2 Ottobre 2025 - The latest assessment of average spot container shipping rates for September 2025, published by Drewry, confirms a decline on the main routes out of China, particularly those towards Europe.
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Genoa Port Terminal remains with Spinelli until 2054
1 Ottobre 2025 - On 30 September 2025 the Management Committee of the Italian Autorità di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Occidentale renewed the concession of the Genoa Port Terminal to the Spinelli–Hapag-Lloyd group until 31 December 2054. The decision resolves a long-running dispute, though it may not yet close the matter definitively.
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Tension rises in European ports over Palestine
30 Settembre 2025 - On 26 and 27 September 2025, Genoa hosted a meeting of the European dockworkers’ coordination committee, which is mobilising against the genocide in Gaza as blockades extend to ships carrying military supplies for Israel. The situation could escalate further if the Global Sumud Flotilla comes under attack.
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Grimaldi expands ammonia-ready car carrier fleet with the Grande Svezia
30 Settembre 2025 - Grimaldi has welcomed the new car carrier Grande Svezia in Naples. With capacity for 9,000 ceu, the vessel will serve the East Asia–Persian Gulf route and is equipped with technologies to cut emissions and prepared for future ammonia propulsion.
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Container freight rates China–Europe fall below 2,000 dollars per feu
25 Settembre 2025 - Spot freight rates for container shipping published in the World Container Index on 25 September show that shipments from China to Europe have dropped below 2,000 dollars per feu. Sharp declines were also recorded on the China–US and transatlantic trades.
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Million-dollar lawsuit in the US against Maersk over pensions
25 Settembre 2025 - A US class action accuses Maersk, John Hancock and Mercer of maintaining a pension fund with below-market returns, causing up to $22 million in losses for more than 6,000 workers.
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Two fatal workplace accidents in the port of Rotterdam over the summer
25 Settembre 2025 - In the summer of 2025, the port of Rotterdam recorded three deaths and two serious injuries in two workplace accidents. Investigations are under way into safety procedures.
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Completed works in Genoa on the Bettolo-Sanità area
22 Settembre 2025 - The Autorità di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Occidentale has completed three projects in the Bettolo-Sanità area of the Port of Genoa, as part of the Extraordinary Programme worth over 20 million euros. The works have boosted rail capacity, container handling and safety in the liquid bulk sector.
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Explosives for Israel blocked at the port of Ravenna
19 Settembre 2025 - On 18 September 2025 dockworkers in Ravenna prevented the loading of two containers of explosives onto the container ship Zim Contship Era, which had been scheduled to transport them to the Israeli port of Haifa.
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Container freight rates drop across all routes
18 Settembre 2025 - Weekly data on movements in average spot container shipping rates, published by Drewry on 18 September 2025, point to declines across all routes, with the sharpest falls recorded on services from China to Europe.
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DP World announces a nuclear reactor at London Gateway terminal
18 Settembre 2025 - Terminal operator DP World is taking advantage of a new nuclear agreement between the UK and the United States to unveil plans for a micro nuclear reactor to power its London Gateway container terminal.
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Fraudulent bankruptcy in shipbuilding in Trieste
17 Settembre 2025 - The Italian Guardia di Finanza has concluded an investigation into the fraudulent bankruptcy of a Palermo-based company active in shipbuilding at the port of Trieste, seizing 500,000 euros.
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Nearly 2,500 containers seized in Piraeus over customs fraud
16 Settembre 2025 - The European Public Prosecutor’s Office in Athens has seized 2,435 containers arriving from China at the port of Piraeus as part of Operation Calypso, an investigation into large-scale fraud aimed at evading customs duties and VAT. Customs officers and freight forwarders are also under investigation.
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The new container terminal in Rijeka is now operational
16 Settembre 2025 - On 10 September 2025, the first containership called at the new container terminal in the Croatian port of Rijeka, which can handle vessels of up to 24,000 teu and has an annual capacity of 650,000 teu.
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Union mobilisation over Gaza grows in Italy
16 Settembre 2025 - Following the blockades in Italy and France of maritime shipments of weapons to Israel, the European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) is stepping up its mobilisation against what it calls the genocide in Gaza, while in Italy the grassroots union Usb has called a general strike for 22 September.
Brevi dal mondo
Movimentazione porto Ravenna - Nodo ferroviario sud Barcellona - Corridoio ferroviario Polonia Ucraina - Coldiretti vuole il ritorno a Suez - Nuova stazione Maersk a Savannah
Podcast K44
Cronaca
Incidente sul lavoro nell’autotrasporto in Liguria
Un autotrasportatore pugliese è stato vittima di un incidente sul lavoro mortale mentre svolgeva attività di scarico nel piazzale di un oleificio della provincia d’Imperia. Aperta un’indagine per omicidio colposo e camion sequestrato.
Normativa
Videocast K44
Aereo
Un Natale anticipato agrodolce per il cargo aereo
Novembre 2025 registra una crescita della domanda globale del trasporto aereo delle merci del 5%, ma le tariffe spot continuano a scendere (-5%). Xeneta avverte: in arrivo un 2026 di guerra dei prezzi con una crescita prevista ferma al 2-3%.
Ferrovia
La Georgia crocevia tra l’Asia e l’Europa
Le ferrovie georgiane hanno annunciato numerose iniziative per incrementare il traffico in una delle arterie vitali del Middle Corridor, tra cui un nuovo grande terminal che dovrebbe decollare nel 2026. Ma c'è grande attenzione anche sul porto secco di Tbilisi e un altra relazione ferroviaria.
Persone
Cambio alla presidenza di Unrae Veicoli Industriali
Alla fine di novembre 2025, l’associazione dei costruttori esteri Unrae ha annunciato che Giovanni Dattoli, amministratore delegato di Volvo Trucks Italia, guiderà la sezione Veicoli industriali per il triennio 2025-28.
