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Most read of the week 1° - New appointment for Pecorini >> 2° - Legal battle between Augusta Due and ADIK >> 3° - The Europa spoils Costa’s party in Dubai >> Questo spazio è offerto da:

Zoom Maersk mega-boxships laid up in the Scottish archipelagos

Prompt quashing of the arrest for Augusta Due French trial court frees Ginostra M >> Andrea Moizo Aponte to augment by one third In three years the MSC fleet of containerships will grow up by 0,5 million teus capacity >> Angelo Scorza A new monthly line from Genoa and Leghorn to Algeria German company Sloman Neptun starts a new general cargo service between the North Tyrrhenian Sea and North Africa >> Andrea Moizo Do lights turn off at CVS Ferrari? The company enters into a scheme of arrangement with creditors >> d’Amico back to shipyards New orders for bulk carriers placed in South Korea and Japan >> Nicola Capuzzo Venice freight forwarders to set up a reefer terminal Cosentino (Assosped): “First perishable traffic already due next autumn” >> Nicola Capuzzo

Rolldock Italia waits for its new jewel The just delivered newbuilding Rolldock Sun will come Europe in Spring >> N.C. Not an easy future for easyCruise The Greek low cost launched by Stelios Haji-Ioannou and now controlled by Hellenic Seaways, to cease all operations in 2010 >> Three friends altogether along the revived Silk Road Hupac, Russkaya Troyka and Eurasian Good Transport are partner into a major project to set up an intermodal lane between China, Russia and Europe >> Francesco Bottino The Adriatic port leagues is born NAPA North Adriatic Ports Association was set up under the auspices of Venice’s President Costa, who is full of ideas to develop new projects >> Andrea Moizo Alibra Shipping Limited: Italian style and English essence New contract fixed with an oil major and an international shipowner at the London IP week >> All costs of Costa Europa’s accidents Further to the obvious repairs, Costa Crociere will lose a charter with Thomson and shall need to refund the Egyptian authorities for the damaged quays >> Geodis among Italy’s top 3 The French logistics players of SNCF acquires Bertola Servizi Logistici >> Valentina Cameli Morfimare too devoted to Adriatic Ferries The Bari-based shipagent, appointed to take care of the new joint venture on account of Agoudimos, is partner in the European Katrasys/Intrasys plan >> Francesco Bottino French Riviera ports to double cruise business in 2010 Var-Provence Cruise Club reports 175,000 cruise passengers in 2009, with Toulon-La Seyne playing the lion’s share >> TINA runs on time along European railways The intermodal project develop Procter & Gamble, and awarded by the EIA European Intermodal Association, to consolidate >> Kosovo equipment refitted Tenova TAKRAF satisfactorily refurbished a big bucket wheel excavator >>