Train departs Chengdu with 40 containers bound for Milan
A new rail journey began two days ago when the first ever regular westbound train to directly link China with Italy left the Chinese city of Chengdu on Saturday morning. The train is due to arrive at...
View ArticleItalian ports fight Brussels over tax exemptions
Italy is preparing to do battle with Europe about ports and taxes. In the first days of January a letter signed by the European competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager was sent to the Italian...
View ArticleSaipem awarded new FEED contract in Vietnam
Saipem’s XsightSIGHT division has been awarded a new onshore-offshore contract for the Ca Voi Xanh (Blue Whale) project by ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Vietnam Limited (EMEPVL) and its joint...
View ArticlePrivate equity swoops for RBD Armatori
Splash understands a vehicle connected to private equity fund Reuben Brothers has made an offer to buy out bust Italian shipping line RBD Armatori. As a result a planned auction of the RBD Armatori...
View ArticleMSC eyes significant expansion in Italy
Geneva-based Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) is significantly expanding its business in Italy with a brand new logistics and intermodal company called Medlog Italia. A one stop logistics and...
View ArticleSiaci Saint Honore takes majority stake in Cambiaso Risso group
Siaci Saint Honore, one of the leading providers of insurance brokerage and consulting services headquartered in France and Italian broker for marine insurance Cambiaso Risso group have announced a...
View ArticleRuben Brothers offer for RBD Armatori sees fleet auction cancelled
With an offer on the table from Ruben Brothers investment fund, the planned auction of RBD Armatori’s shipping assets has been cancelled by the local Court of Torre Annunziata, Naples. The fleet...
View ArticleThree ships sold by d’Amico this week
Rome-based d’Amico Società di Navigazione group has sold three ships this week. Shipping arm d’Amico International Shipping announced the sale of 2009-built medium range tanker for $16.4m to an...
View ArticlePillarstone launches new shipping platform, takes $350m of NPLs from Intesa...
Pillarstone has revealed to Splash that it has just purchased from Intesa Sanpaolo and Unicredit several non-performing loans related to five shipping companies in Italy, and is now ready to launch its...
View ArticleItalian ports fight Brussels over tax exemptions
Italy is preparing to do battle with Europe about ports and taxes. In the first days of January a letter signed by the European competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager was sent to the Italian...
View ArticleSaipem awarded new FEED contract in Vietnam
Saipem’s XsightSIGHT division has been awarded a new onshore-offshore contract for the Ca Voi Xanh (Blue Whale) project by ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Vietnam Limited (EMEPVL) and its joint...
View ArticlePrivate equity swoops for RBD Armatori
Splash understands a vehicle connected to private equity fund Reuben Brothers has made an offer to buy out bust Italian shipping line RBD Armatori. As a result a planned auction of the RBD Armatori...
View ArticleMSC eyes significant expansion in Italy
Geneva-based Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) is significantly expanding its business in Italy with a brand new logistics and intermodal company called Medlog Italia. A one stop logistics and...
View ArticleSiaci Saint Honore takes majority stake in Cambiaso Risso group
Siaci Saint Honore, one of the leading providers of insurance brokerage and consulting services headquartered in France and Italian broker for marine insurance Cambiaso Risso group have announced a...
View ArticleRuben Brothers offer for RBD Armatori sees fleet auction cancelled
With an offer on the table from Ruben Brothers investment fund, the planned auction of RBD Armatori’s shipping assets has been cancelled by the local Court of Torre Annunziata, Naples. The fleet...
View ArticleThree ships sold by d’Amico this week
Rome-based d’Amico Società di Navigazione group has sold three ships this week. Shipping arm d’Amico International Shipping announced the sale of 2009-built medium range tanker for $16.4m to an...
View ArticlePillarstone launches new shipping platform, takes $350m of NPLs from Intesa...
Pillarstone has revealed to Splash that it has just purchased from Intesa Sanpaolo and Unicredit several non-performing loans related to five shipping companies in Italy, and is now ready to launch its...
View ArticleSocomar adds its seventh tanker with Unicorn Shipping buy
Low profile Sorrento-based shipping firm Socomar has just purchased its seventh tanker according to market sources in Italy. The medium range tanker specialist has bought the 2010-built from Unicorn...
View ArticleCelsius named as buyer of d’Amico and Mitsubishi MR tanker
Denmark’s Celsius Shipping has been named by Allied Shipbrokers as the buyer of 2009-built medium range tanker . DM Shipping, a joint venture between Italy’s d’Amico Tankers and Japan’s Mitsubishi...
View ArticleMSC and Contship Italia given Gioia Tauro ultimatum
The fight between the two 50:50 shareholders of Medcenter Contianer Terminal, Italy’s main transhipment hub located in Gioia Tauro, is coming to an end as Italy’s transport minister, Danilo Toninelli,...
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