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Shipping News
- Ships calling S'pore must declare health of crew from tomorrow
ALL cargo vessels calling Singapore must submit detailed health declarations for all crew and passengers 12 hours before arrival, in an unprecedented upgrade of the fight to contain sudden acute respiratory syndrome.
- S'pore imposes new rules for bunker tanker operators
SINGAPORE has cracked down further on bunker tanker operators, targeting those carrying de-bunkered fuel and those returning from outside port limits with a new fuel quality certification requirement.
- Deal with Carnival meets governance needs: P&O Princess
UK cruise operator P&O Princess Cruises plc said yesterday its forthcoming US$5 billion takeover by US peer Carnival Corp would result in a group that would meet corporate governance requirements.
- Guangzhou terminal gets new customer
PSA Corporation's Guangzhou Container Terminal in China has secured its second foreign mainhaul service this year.
- Westport aims for higher domestic trade volume
WESTPORT, one of the three port operators of Malaysia's premier Port Klang, wants to secure a higher volume of domestic trade and is investing US$400 million over five years to expand its port facilities.
Air and Land Transport
- Airlines slash Hong Kong schedules amid epidemic
INTERNATIONAL airlines have slashed their Hong Kong flight schedules amid a viral pneumonia epidemic which has killed at least 17 people here and prompted the number of air passengers to plummet.
- Airline sector facing worst crisis in decades
- Garuda to cut its S'pore flights by more than half
- M'sia Airports chairman set to step down
- Taiwan offers help to HK airport
- Auckland Airport names new CEO
Dockyard
- Salvors want to be paid more for protecting environment
A FEW years ago, the issue that got everybody in the salvage business excited was the allegedly inadequate level of payments to salvors for undertaking work that protected the environment.
Ship Sales
- Ship sales
A couple of older Panamax bulkers have been reported sold, the 'Angelic Faith' and the 'Montauk' , the former at about US$6.8 million and the latter US$4.7 million, both to Greek buyers.
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- Hanjin deploys new larger vessel on NEX Service
- Toshio Suzuki is new head honcho of K Line America
- US, Canadian Customs, and railway firms reach security agreement
- Maersk to begin Asia-Europe service from Colombo in June
- Vector chooses Descartes ocean carrier contract solution
- Turkish companies merger benefits Davies Turner
- Hong Kong, Ukraine ink maritime agreement
- March cargo revenue ton miles rise for Continental
- Air Canada files for protection
- Spanair, SAS offer new routes
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- IMO seminar on ‘Maritime Security’ on April 7
- Shatrughan Sinha urges Jaswant to introduce tonnage tax
- Onion export quota validity extended till June 30
- Exports to China spurt by impressive 86 pc
- Mormugao Port handles record 23.65 m tonnes of cargo in 2002-03
- CoPT sets record in dry bulk cargo handling
- New Mangalore Port exceeds target by 26 pc
- Mega ULCC enters Kakinada port
- Haldia Dock officials urge Rlys to augment capacity of Haldia-Panskura link
- JN Port announces record performance during 2002-03 - Sets sights on crossing 2-m TEU mark
- Major Ports posted 9 pc growth in cargo handling: Pinto
- Railways rationalises parcel, luggage rates w.e.f. April 1
- Mukul Jain given fond farewell by CONCOR staff
- ECGC cuts premium rates by 20-40 pc
- ‘Turnover Policy’ for top exporters
- RBI lifts ceiling on forward contracts
- Govt plans major thrust in handloom development
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- Rotterdam on track for healthy growth in bunker sales
- Daily Bunker market report from Praxis Energy Agents
- African market review
- Oil majors to resume partial Niger Delta production
- Crude, gasoil, falls again as coalition closes in on Baghdad
- Prices fall in Brazil
- Lack of cutter on US Gulf leaves tight IFO180 avails
- East Coast markets quiet
- Daily Bunker market report from Praxis Energy Agents (Thursday)
- Fuel oil softens in Pacific Northwest
- Californian prices fail to follow trend
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- Keel-laying at Canada Maritime
- Negative impact of Sars epidemic on airlines
- Railion transports polypropylene to Denmark
- D. Logistics in the red again
- Air France will be privatised
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- Shipping alerts against Sars
- Abrupt fall in tanker rates
- Shortlist for Oman deal
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- X-Craft designer acquired by BMT
Britain's Nigel Gee and Associates Ltd, has been acquired by British Maritime Technology Ltd
- Fincantieri gets cruise ferry orders
Italy's Fincantieri has signed a contract with Tirrenia di Navigazione for construction of two cruise ferries due for delivery in June 2004 and February 2005.
- Hollings loses bid to get port security funding
The Senate has defeated an amendment by U.S. Senator Fritz Hollings aimed at securing $1 billion specifically to improve security at U.S. ports.
- Coalition hunts two Iraqi vessels
Suspect vessels may be laying mines
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- Schnitzer Steel posts big income jump during quarter
- Olympia port commissioners looking for new PAC members
- Boeing extends benefits package for employees called to service
- Coast Guard Cutter HEALY returns to homeport in Seattle
- Greenbrier sees big gains in railcar orders for second quarter
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- Barge carrier sinks in South
A BARGE carrier belonging to China Ocean Shipping Company sank off Hainan Island in the South China Sea around noon on Friday, writes Sam Chambers.
- EU states back wider tanker exclusion zone
LLOYD’S List has obtained a draft of controversial proposals from five European Union member states that would have dramatic implications for ship movements around Europe by excluding certain vessel types from many areas.
- Mine threat delays opening of Umm Qasr
UMM Qasr is likely to remain closed for several more days, forcing ships carrying aid for southern Iraq to divert to Kuwait, experts on the spot said yesterday.
- Human error cause of ANL Indonesia clash
HUMAN error by a Singapore Navy officer was to blame for the fatal collision of the containership ANL Indonesia with the RSS Courageous earlier this year , which killed four naval officers, writes Marcus Hand in Singapore.
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- Lifeline for Bremerhaven yard
- Only one bidder for Constantza
- Kerr-Dineen to take Baltic chair
- Denholms buys Bahr Behrend
- Soroosh operations still suspended
- Indian exports diverted from Iraq
- Transpetro prepares tanker tender
- BC Ferry Services launched
- US bulkers loading aid for Iraq
- Fire damages car carrier
- Analyst sees end of high rates
- SARS: ships under quarantine
- SARS: Star suspends shore leave
- Courageous error led to collision
- BMT buys Nigel Gee
- Leif Hoegh sells non-core reefers
- Minister demands Eurolink removal
- Umm Qasr mine clearance advice
- Seafarers press for war zone
- Australia stands firm on quarantine
- Tarragona adds to Parana portfolio
- Brazil throws exporters a lifeline
- Lines assess feeding Gulf via Lanka
- CVRD confirms Caemi interest
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- DHL-Airborne won't hang on DOT OK
DHL Worldwide plans to go ahead with its purchase of Airborne Inc. even if the U.S. Department of Transportation rejects the deal.
- CTA fighting chassis return charges
The California Trucking Association will ask the state attorney general to declare illegal parts of a standard equipment interchange agreement used by ocean lines to bill truckers for the late return of equipment.
- New Jersey mulls port truck-idling bill
- Importers denied in bid for more HMT staff
- UPS office bombed in Istanbul
- Pakistan, Bangladesh screen for SARS at ports
- India's Nehru volume jumps
- CP Ships returns to 'checkered' past
- Public meetings slated on Red Hook development
- Martinair Cargo to launch Chicago-Mexico City service
- Kansas City Southern gets agreements waiver
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- Reporting onus to be loaded on shippers in latest US security bill
Shippers will bear the primary responsibility of reporting container information under a new law proposed by California Senator Diane Feinstein.
- Romanian stowaways expose limitations of maritime security
- Anglo French port concord expected within days
- Japanese lines launch South China service
- Profit slump spurs Korea/China rate boost
- HK Logistics Council sets deadline for digital network
- Panama Canal guards against Asian Flu
- Basel reorganisation set to accommodate container boom
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- Repsol lays out Prestige plan
Oil company envisages 3-step program for removal of oil but cannot guarantee cost.
- Fire out on K Line ship
Japanese carrier escapes with limited cargo damage after onboard blaze.
- American disputes hit Strike Club
Trouble in US west coast ports and Venezuela leads to 150% rise in claims.
- TMM extends deadline a fifth time
Mexican group scrabbles to get approval for debt swap as deadline moved again.
- Canadian port in jeopardy
Churchill faces possible closure as weather, once a help, is now a hindrance.
- K Line car carrier on fire
Worries grow as Oriental Highway crew fight serious vehicle deck blaze.
- Kerr-Dineen to takeover at the Baltic
New chairman says he is "hugely enthusiastic" about future role for Exchange.
- Fincantieri gets $220m ferry boost
Tirrenia di Navigazione returns to Castellammare di Stabia for two more ships.
- Ship held after collision at Chittagong
Investigation begins into clash between Bangladesh Shipping and Cyprus Maritime vessels.
- SSY rethinks tanker market outlook for 2003
Shipbroker expects downward pressure on firm market but "wildcards" at play.
- Denholm buys Bahr Behrend
Shipping group extends logistics capabilities with UK-based operator.
- ANL Indonesia exonerated
P&O Nedlloyd boxship cleared of any blame for fatal collision with Singapore navy ship.
- "Unwritten rule" comes under fire after collision
Assumption that high-speed ships will alter course to avoid accidents exposed by Dover Strait clash.
- Romanian yard to shed a sixth of its staff
Norwegian owner Aker Yards is laying off more than 500 workers at recently acquired shipbuilder Sanab.
- Hoegh confirms reefer sales
Norwegian owner continues pullback from unwanted business sector.
- Greeks grapple over loan
Peter Tavoulareas and Tsavliris brothers battle over Atlas Pride jurisdiction.
- Bottom line bashed at Bollore
French owner of container lines Delmas and Otal suffered from comparative lack of one-off gains in 2002.
- Lorenzo Shipping to buy chartered boxship
Philippine owner to exercise option to acquire NOL’s 400-teu Lorcon Davao.
- Japan set for bumper year
Yards in the land of the rising sun set to book over 300 newbuildings in 2002 fiscal year.
- Halter to resume PHTL's PCTC
Singapore owned US shipbuilder inks deal to complete ship it first started building 18 months ago.
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- Safmarine opens representative office in Bulgaria
- Pasha-Van Ommeren venture resumes work on car carrier
- Bollore Group sees improved result from transport arm
- Evergreen affiliate launches 1,618-teu ship
- Coast Guard approves barge industry security plan
- OOCL’s Tung sees potential for peak-season undercapacity
- Shipco to handle "second-tier customer base" for SAS
- Lufthansa Cargo posts record profit
- ITC probes competitive conditions of U.S. steel-consuming industry
- U.S. contributes $1 million to WTO trade development trust
- Bill proposes wartime supplemental appropraitions for HSD agencies
- COAC Irons out recommendations on advanced filings with customs
- Oakland lobbies congress for more dredging dollars
- U.S. Senate rejects port security amendment
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