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Shipping News
- Govt agency to oversee S'pore measures
AN existing government agency will take on the responsibility for overseeing Singapore's obligations under the new international maritime security framework set to come into effect from 1 July, 2004.
- Vital, but don't let it cripple trade: PSA exec
HEIGHTENED maritime security is vital but should not 'cripple' the movement of trade said a senior PSA Corporation executive as he urged Singapore's future maritime security authority to be sensitive to the practical nature of shipping.
- Keppel Fels delivers rig 5 weeks ahead of time
KEPPEL Fels successfully completed the construction of a jack-up rig five weeks ahead of schedule, continuing a string of deliveries boosting its earnings this year.
Air and Land Transport
- Sats postpones security fee as forwarders urge its end
SINGAPORE Airport Terminal Services has decided to defer the implementation of a security surcharge on freight forwarders until the end of July, following an uproar in the industry.
- Airline Swiss set to trim destinations, mothball more planes
- HK airport again urged to cut charges
- Qantas flight attendant cleared
- KLM's passenger load factor drops
Features
- Ever ready to combat terrorist threat
PIRACY, human trafficking, stowaways, smuggling, theft and other common threats have been the bane of merchant maritime for ages.
Bulletin Board
- Bulletin Board
MENLO Worldwide Trade Services, which provides customs brokerage and other trade services to Menlo Worldwide customers and third parties, announced recently that it has named Lori Goldberg to the position of senior manager, trade relations.
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- Port Community Card expected to improve traffic flow at YICT
- US Govt mandates background checks for hazmat drivers
- Long Beach authorises US$350K air quality study
- Cargo vessel crewmembers Sars-free in Hong Kong
- MOL to introduce environmentally friendly car carriers
- Northwest posts first quarter loss of US$396m
- Hawaiian, ILFC restructure aircraft lease agreements
- John Tague appointed executive VP customer by UA
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- Nasscom hopeful of meeting software export target
- Dumping duty slapped on tiles imports from UAE, China
- Belgium invites entrepreneurs
- Consensus on 2 anti-dumping issues reached at WTO talks
- Move to streamline wheat exports to Egypt
- India to seek larger textile quota
- TMIL to establish transloading facility - Tie-up with Italian firm to handle Capesize vessels in Bay of Bengal
- Container scanning equipment planned at Major Ports, ICDs
- Shipping Minister assures all help to expedite port reforms
- Emirates flies into record profit - Group’s earnings soar by 74 pc in tough year
- Self-assessment of import cargo begins at ICD-Tughlakabad
- Forex reserves crossed $ 76-billion mark
- MPs panel spots snags to smooth gem & jewellery exports
- SARS forces cancellation of business events in Korea, Malaysia
- 4 Bengal districts seen as potential export zones for potato
- Market product strategy for farm product exports mooted
- AEZs in Uttaranchal to raise basmati exports
- IFC signs MoU with CII
- Forex reserves cross $ 77 bn
- Inflation rate falls to 6.16 pc
- Leather fairs postponed on SARS fears
- Fieo open house meet with DGFT, govt officials today
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- High TAN (Total Acid Number) in some New Orleans (NOLA) fuels
- Daily bunker market report from Praxis Energy Agents (Friday)
- Rotterdam market softens with crude
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- New name in the market: Nafta Rail
- 2002 turnover report from Schiphol Airport
- SCT posts record throughput in April 2003
- John Allan becomes FTA president
- Moldtrans wins ISO 9002 certification
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- Minimal economic advantage for Finnish multipurpose icebreakers
- Right side traffic in the English Channel
- Italian ban on single-hull tankers
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- SARS scare ship to leave Hong Kong
The Malaysian-registered Bunga Melawis Satu, with all 24 crew memberswas scheduled to leave Hong Kong after symptoms suffered by some crew proved not to be SARS
- Lake Michigan ferry service plans postponed
LEF Corporation now seeking boat for 2004 season
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- Coast Guard and Navy set rules for boats welcoming ABRAHAM LINCOLN
- Norwegian Cruise Line vessel opens season at Port of Seattle
- Knight Construction nets contract to repair John Day Dam lock
- TOTE president wins 2003 Puget Sound Maritime Achievement Award
- Mishap at Port of Portland terminal sends diesel fuel into Columbia River
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- Powerful lobby will push liner case in Brussels
LINER shipping companies are setting up a high-powered lobby organisation to represent their interests during the European Commission’s forthcoming review of maritime regulations.
- Containership orders smash all records in first quarter boom
CONTAINERSHIP ordering broke all records in the early months of this year, writes Janet Porter.
- Hamburg Süd upbeat on volumes
GERMAN north-south carrier Hamburg Süd expects a strong increase in volume this year, partly due to the takeover of Ellerman services from Andrew Weir and the liner operations of Taiwan’s Kien
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- Indian court rejects P&O appeal
- Singapore to ensure Code compliance
- Hauliers call for license freeze
- SARS: Tanker crew discharged
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- Hamburg Süd sees 'satisfactory' profit
The German shipping company said exchange rates spurred a 13 percent drop in revenue.
- Embargoed on the Fourth of July?
Independence Day celebrations around the U.S. could have less bang this year because of a dispute over rules mandating background checks for railroad employees.
- U.S. plans terror attack simulation
- CMA CGM launches trans-Pacific service
- Hong Kong plans CSI test
- Law enforcement calls for new laws to deter cargo theft
- KLM cargo surges in April
- JAL, NCA, Emirates drop fuel surcharge
- NLRB rules against Evergreen
- $1.3B loss for UAL
- Sri Lanka airport to get new cargo terminal
- U.S. exporters struggle with reefer shortage
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- Bouchard barge bill builds
Cleanup cost passing $6.5m as barge set to leave Massachusetts waters.
- Better behind bars?
Dad says "terrorist" daughter aboard RCCL ship controlled by boyfriend.
- Odfjell profit trebles
Bernt Daniel Odfjell heads compliance committee of probe hit shipowner.
- PDVSA resurgence helps US at the pump
Recovered Venezuelan production, Iraqui potential drive down gas prices, survey says.
- Hamburg Sud turnover plunges
But privately owned German shipowner keeps profitability under wraps.
- Montanari hails "brilliant" result
Italian owner defies weaker freight market to deliver good profit growth.
- MOL unveils green car carrier
Japanese owner looks to boost its environmental credentials with more spill resistant design.
- Negros sues union chief
Libel spat follows claims of Enron style "creative accounting."
- Rocky future for bulker
Jebsen vessel begins new life as part of Van Oord dredging fleet.
- MISC tanker given all clear
Ten crewmembers aboard the Bunga Melawis Satu have been pronounced SARS free.
- KS Tech eyes Ezra stake
Stock-listed oil and gas equipment supplier invests in growing local offshore operator.
- Eastbound Pacific trades see slowdown
Asia to US box numbers slip below 700,000-teu for only the second time in almost a year.
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- Report: pirate attacks have tripled in a decade
- Maersk pays ransom to Nigerian pirates
- Hamburg Sud 2002 results "satisfactory" despite earnings drop
- Forest Lines makes change to transatlantic service
- Analysts welcome improved transparency at A.P. Moller
- Neptune Orient Lines predicts return to profit this year
- Top airline executive Tague joins United
- U.S., Canada expand high-tech border program
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