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Shipping News
- Keppel Philippines to focus more on shipbuilding
KEPPEL Philippines Marine is aiming to land more shipbuilding contracts this year to compensate for the slowdown in the local ship repair market.
- Klang all set for container pre-screening
MALAYSIA's busiest container port, Klang, is geared up to implement the US Container Security Initiative and reportedly expects US Customs officers to arrive before year's end.
- Jurong Shipyard scores a first in marine engineering
SEMBCORP Marine's Jurong Shipyard successfully tried something new in marine engineering last week - skidding the complete 14,000 tonne top half of a massive deepwater semi-submersible drilling rig over its bottom half.
- Chinese freighter sinks off Wenzhou
A Chinese freighter loaded with steel plowed into an underwater object and sank off the eastern port of Wenzhou, leaving 11 crew members missing, a rescue official said on Tuesday.
Air and Land Transport
- Air NZ says Qantas alliance will benefit economy
QANTAS Airways Ltd's plan to buy 22.5 per cent of Air New Zealand Ltd and for the two carriers to share services would boost the New Zealand economy by as much as NZ$256 million within three years, the airlines said.
- China Eastern's passenger numbers picking up fast
- ANA boosting China flights
- Thai tourism to revive within 6 months: report
- KLM may cut 1,500 more jobs
- Knife scare on Qantas flight
Newbuilds
- Strong euro a hurdle for Royal Caribbean's cruise ship deal
AT first sight it has been a fairly humdrum fortnight in the newbuilding scene, though Wah Kwong's VLCC order shows there is considerable confidence on the part of some owners and charterers in the large tanker market.
Bulletin Board
- Bulletin Board
A recent ceremony to commemorate an affiliation agreement between two professional maritime design and engineering societies saw Singapore's Society of Naval Architects & Marine Engineers host London's Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology director-general Keith Reed .
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- HK commissions marine traffic survey
- UPS, eBay expand online shipping options
- Deutsche Post takes control of Securicor distribution business
- HKSTLA move `BrightenHK' function a week forward
- Peacekeepers join search for lost sailors
- CMA CGM launches Sunda Express service
- Port of Tacoma doubles growth rate of US west coast ports
- "Big Whites" heading for Safmarine
- CN taps Joel to help grow logistics services
- Hapag-Lloyd gets ISO certifications
- Cargo 2000 opens membership to GHAs
- Danish airline opts for Kuehne & Nagel
- NWA Cargo appoints two GSAs for Canada
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- Oyster hits a sixer!
- Hyundai Merchant Marine set to commence direct service to Europe
- Freight rates on certain routes to head northward
- Sugar exports double to 1.36 m tonnes during Oct-May 2002-03
- The dragon means business now - CII, CCPIT sign MoU H Ficci-CCPIT website launched
- Iron ore exports to China record 105 pc rise in 2002-03
- Bangladesh buys 12,000 tonnes of wheat
- TAMP clears ChPT’s package of special concessions in charges to lure main line vessels
- TPT Chairman takes up Customs notification on ICD shipment curbs with Union govt
- Crisil advisory body moots ROCE method for adoption in case of private port terminals too
- NMDC comes forward to develop Dhamra port project
- Ficci survey sees corporates invoicing receivables in euro
- Maharashtra CM off to fetch US business
- More specialised courses from IBA
- AP Cabinet nod for setting up gas development body
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- Oil prices surge after surprise US stock draw
In the perpetual irony that forms the basics of the oil market, strong oil prices are deterring stock building, which in turn is pushing prices higher. Oil prices rose sharply today after the latest statistics showed unexpected draws in US stocks of crude and oil products against expectations for moderate builds.
- UAE: New procedures for vessels calling at Kalba
Vessels calling at the Kalba Anchorage are now required to report all movements and call purposes. A port circular states that bunkering is allowed, but STS cargo operations are not.
- UAE: Kalba incident causes ripples in local bunkering community
Local suppliers are upset after an agency suggested authorities may prevent bunkering operations at the Kalba Anchorage in the UAE in the wake of a fatal explosion after an STS operation there last week.
- Cracked returns to a grateful Piraeus
- Rotterdam little changed early p.m.
- Good avails kick-start Korean bunkers
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- Swiss to undergo radical surgery
- United appoints Airport Ops Manager, Europe and South America
- TT-Line happy with first 5 months of 2003
- DHL sets up first air express link with China
- New Distribution Centre at CPR's Vancouver Intermodal Facility
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- Novoship aframax adrift off North Cape
- South Korea playing possum
- Simek cuts jobs
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- Oregon, Washington give Ok for Corps to move on Columbia channel
- Marinette teams with Kvichak to construct test boat for Coast guard
- International Maritime Organization eyes cutting ties with Greenpeace
- Port of Tacoma breaking records for container moves through May
- Eighth crewmember dies following S.S. NORWAY accident
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- Row over explosives seizure gathers pace
THE diplomatic spat surrounding the seizure of the Baltic Sky shows no sign of abating, with the Greek Merchant Marine Minister Giorgos Anomeritis reiterating criticism of the ship and its cargo and Sudan and Tunisia criticising Greece, AP reports.
- Global intelligence services tracked Baltic Sky’s owners
INTELLIGENCE services in four countries have been aware for several years of the activities of the Irish shipowners behind explosives ship Baltic Sky, now being held in Greece, high level sources confirmed yesterday.
- Brussels green light for LNG carrier subsidies
THE European Commission has included liquefied natural gas carriers within the scope of vessel types eligible for "temporary and limited" shipbuilding subsidies.
- Round Table urges EU to deliver on places of refuge
THE European Union and its member states have been urged by international maritime associations to deliver on the vexed issue of places of refuge.
- Coeclerici unveils Ceres charter-back deal
ITALY’S Coeclerici Shipping and Ceres Hellenic Shipping Enterprises of Greece are reshuffling their co-owned dry bulk operation Coeclerici Ceres Bulk Carriers, writes Justin Stares.
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- Teco withdraws sale plans
- New life for old port legislation
- Battle lines drawn up for Luanda
- UAE tightens lightering rules
- Panama judge cleared of enrichment
- Mid East Gulf services falter
- Umm Qasr fire under control
- CF Sharp president Rocha dies
- EC extends subsidies to LNG ships
- Stolt executive charged
- K Line in driving seat on feeders
- Australian anger over fuel rebate
- Salalah awaits nod for expansion
- Frank Lu steps up at Yang Ming
- Green Glory crew rescued
- Agents bid to shift Norway claims
- Korean yards keep eye on China
- WG&A to purchase ro-ro ships
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- U.S., EU slate aviation talks
The Bush Administration said that the U.S. and the European Union will begin negotiations in early autumn on a bilateral air agreement.
- Committee to consider Marad bill
Senate Commerce Committee to vote on authorization, changes in Title XI shipbuilding loan guarantees program.
- Consumer fears stalk peak season
Economic indicators bode ill for the back-to-school and holiday shopping seasons that drive cargo volumes in the eastbound Pacific trades.
- Senate wants belly cargo screened
- Malaysia spurred by air transshipments
- USSEC holds on bunker charge
- CNF warns of lower earnings
- Horizon Lines names COO
- Korean Air signs for two more 747 freighters
- Former Hyundai chairman indicted in summit payoffs
- Panama Canal chief briefs shippers
- Air-cargo portal claims growth
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- Chennai offers concessionary rates to attract traffic
In a strategic move to help Chennai become India's east coast hub, India's Tariff Authority for Major Ports (TAMP) has approved a special scheme of charges for mainline vessels. calling at the port.
- Container vessel fined $100,000 for Canadian oil spill
- India withdraws container export directive
- Antwerp adding new container facility
- Washington ports win security funding
- Inttra portal expands
- Rates increasing for vessels over 2000TEU
- Vallarpadam hub may be moved to nearby Puthuvypin
- Malaysian manufacturers seek breakdown of terminal charges
- Line switch boosts Valparaiso container volumes
- Labour unrest threatens Indian terminal opening
- Maersk newbuilding calls at San Antonio
- Famous Pacific New Zealand groupage
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- Coeclerici bows out of shipowning
Company in deal to sell bulker stakes to Peter Livanos.
- Oldendorff ship fined over spill
Canadian pollution penalties creeping up.
- Carnival cracks
Group blames war for poor state of first post-merger results.
- SCI begins on a high
India’s perpetual privatisation candidate starts year off strongly.
- Rasmussen’s Torm claim kicked out
Sanyo Hellas holds on to disputed 16% stake in Danish tanker owner - but now wants to sell again.
- Novoship tanker causes scare off Norway
Aframax temporarily adrift in environmentally sensitive Arctic waters.
- EU extends subsidy aid to LNG ships
As French shipyard waits for official nod on Gaz de France newbuilding.
- Torm confirms Dalian tankers
Danish owner signs for two aframax newbuildings in China.
- DFDS merges operations
Danish owner melds ro-ro and passengership businesses.
- Harlingen yard goes bankrupt
Lack of business forces shiprepairer Scheepswerf Harlingen under.
- Statoil tenders for mini LNG carrier
Norwegian giant asks 12 owners for newbuilding offers.
- Euro Bulk wound up
Shareholder Tordenskjold says Norwegian bulker owner reaches end of line after liquidity problems.
- Crew missing after cargoship sinks
Freighter loaded with steel hits underwater object off Wenzhou in Zhejiang province.
- Stolt executive charged in US
Tanker trading manager Richard Wingfield arrested.
- Nordic American wins tax battle
Teekay managed tanker owner cleared of liability for five years tax.
- Green Glory crew rescued
Combined effort by US and UK navies sees 27 seafarers plucked from foundering vessel.
- Fred Olsen orders monster ferry
Spanish ferry operator has gone to Australia's Austal Ships for a huge trimaran vessel.
- NOL sees rates go from strength to strength
Freight levels achieved by Singapore flagship carrier during May were up 30% on the previous year.
- Odysseus bound for Iraq
Royal Olympia Cruises' ship heads for Umm Qasr to provide floating accommodation.
- Company doctor joins Oglebay Norton
Turnaround specialist appointed to board of troubled US-based minerals and shipping group.
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- Canada fines containership for dockside discharge
- State Department committee to address marine pollution
- TORM orders two Aframax product tankers
- Europe/West Africa carriers to raise rates
- Lu returns to Yang Ming as chairman
- U.S. Justice Department charges Stolt-Nielsen executive
- APL's freight rates soar 30%
- FMC probes U.S./India "Indamex" agreement
- Port operator Eurogate starts German feeder
- Ridge cites need for 'restructive' government
- IMO sets draft models of maritime security courses
- Hapag-Lloyd, Lloyd Triestino in joint intra-European service
- P&O Nedlloyd: Tight market drives higher Asia/Europe rates
- Maersk selects Kuehne & Nagel to handle aircraft parts
- USDA pulls Portland airport's livestock inspection, export status
- Cargo 2000 opens quality measurement system to ground handlers
- UPS pays $250,000 for alleged Plant Protection Act violations
- Canadian National reorganizes regions, promotes executives
- House bill would boost railroad loans program
- Great Lakes carriers still hurting in early 2003
- FMC reviews five OTI license applications
- KMZ Rosenman offers NAFTA seminar
- FKI Logistex names Hubacek VP sales and marketing
- TSC Container picks Management Dynamics solution
- Panalpina opens fashion logistics center at Newark airport
- USDA implements changes to fruit and vegetable import rules
- USDA to step up record keeping enforcement
- CNF warns weak economy hurting ear
- Evans: U.S./Canada governments "fine tune" trade deals
- APHIS proposes standards to re-establish disease-free status
- U.S. tries to ease Canada softwood lumber trade dispute
- Environmental study for China Shipping’s Los Angeles terminal
- Two Italian seaports now operate on CSI
- Washington State approves Columbia River deepening
- House bill would reform Army Corps of Engineers
- Houston's Bayport project faces lawsuit
- Harbor tax bills introduced in House, Senate
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