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Shipping News
- SembCorp, Keppel Fels clinch US$236m rig deal
SINGAPORE's two marine majors, SembCorp Marine and Keppel Fels , have each bagged a jack-up rig deal from Norway's Skeie Group worth a total of US$236 million, plus options.
- Two dead, 16 missing after ship capsized off Norway
A Norwegian-operated cargo ship capsized off the south-west coast of Norway on Monday, plunging some of its crew into the icy waters of the North Sea.
- Sunken French trawler probably collided
A French trawler which sank off England's southwest coast last week probably collided with another ship, French prosecutors said.
- Bunker boost for Rotterdam
THE supply of bunkers and lubricants at Rotterdam rose 7.4 per cent last year, compared with 2002, to 11.4 million tons.
Air and Land Transport
- Airlines increase flights, shrugging off Sars fears
CHINA Southern Airlines, Cathay Pacific Airways and rival Asian carriers are adding more than 5,600 flights this month to meet demand over the Chinese New Year holiday, shrugging off concerns a resurgence of the Sars virus may put people off travel.
- Dragonair to launch Tokyo service in April
- China Airlines to buy 2 more A330s
- Sydney Airport's earnings in H1 up 15.7%: Macquarie
- Swiss can ask about planes banned from country
- JAS grounds quarter of flights
Strait Talk
- Avoiding gross mistakes with ship tonnages
IF I could have US$100 for every news report about the new Queen Mary 2 'weighing 150,000 gross tonnes', or having a 'gross tonnage of 150,000 tonnes', that I have had to read in the past week or two I could probably afford a very pleasant holiday on that marvellous vessel.
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- HK takes action ahead of ISPS code implementation
- ADB loans US$500M for China rail link
- NYK rebrands logistics arms
- Wilmington deepening project completed
- U-Freight expands to Sri Lanka
- New route boosts Philippine-Indonesia trade
- Shippers eye growth in UK-Mauritius service
- Bimco launches online repair contract
- HK air cargo on the rise
- Qantas to start Shanghai freight service
- President Air resumes Hong Kong flights
- Coyne Airways launches regular Baghdad flights
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- Shipping Ministry sets new norms for Major Ports’ dredging contracts
- Govt may extend $ 1.5-bn line of credit to Africa
- Sudan gets $ 50-m line of credit from Exim Bank
- Bangladesh may buy Indian sugar
- SEAI, MPEDA officials in US to plead against imposition of dumping duty
- Iraq may place orders for 15-20 million kg tea
- ICD-Sanathnagar sets new record by handling 2,354 TEUs in Dec. 2003
- Final 5 bidders continue to remain in fray - JNP: bidding for 3rd container terminal - Time given to comply with bid requirements
- Advanced logistics can save India Rs 23,000 cr., says study
- Govt. launches Rs 40,000-cr. project to link major cities by 4-lane highways
- Centre releases 5 pc FCFS quota for garments
- Forex reserves rise to $ 103.824 bn
- German firm may sign JV pact to build intermediate bulk containers in Daman
- EDI regime in a month, says DGFT
- DEPB benefit: 12.5 pc cap on agency commission to continue
- Centre may allow commercial banks to extend credit lines
- Singapore to open trade office in Mumbai to help investors
- IMC team to visit Australia and New Zealand next month
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- Maersk Logistics wins SCM contract with Poundstretcher
- EWS supports government plan for rail growth
- Cargolux Airlines International introduces fourth flight to Budapest
- Seagull joint service launched
- Famous Pacific strengthens Hong Kong Secretariat
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- Jebsen bulker capsized with heavy loss of life
- French oil gigant charters MAX tankers from Stena
- EU yard subsidies to be extended
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- Desperate search for bulker survivors
- No injuries in ro-pax grounding
- Bimco’s Repaircon goes online
- IMDG Code now in force
- Derivatives brokers get new chairman
- Quieter week on piracy front
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- Executive appointments at Newport News
Stewart, Edenzon and Mazach move up
- VT Halter Marine in RO/RO study with MARAD
Looking at feasibility of dual-use (commercial/military) fast/ferry
- USMR expands in Hawaii
Pays $16 million for Honolulu Shipyard Inc.'s navy repair business
- Alstom moves to grab Festival ships
Two cruise ships already detained, one still at sea
- Jackup order for Keppel FELS
Agreement signed with Norway's Skeie Group
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- Rocknes death toll set to rise as rescue operation is called off
THE death toll from the capsize of the specialist bulk carrier Rocknes looked certain to rise to 18 last night after emergency teams abandoned their search for the missing crew in the freezing fjord near Bergen.
- Ministry call for Zim sale probe
ISRAEL’S Finance Ministry has asked the country’s public spending watchdog to investigate the disposal of the government’s interest in Zim Israel Navigation, according to one of the country’s leading business publications.
- Blast at Skikda LNG plant kills 23
AN EXPLOSION at Algeria’s Skikda liquefied natural gas plant has killed 23 people and left a further 74 injured.
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- Algerian gas explosion kills 23
AS many as 23 people are thought to have been killed and 74 injured in an explosion at the Algerian Sonatrach LNG facility in Skikda
- Skikda blast to hit med trade
THE explosion that destroyed much of the Skikda LNG plant in Algeria yesterday evening will hit exports to Italy, France, Greece and possibly Spain
- Malta relaxed about cruise loss
MALTA’S high commissioner to the UK and former tourism minister George Bonello Du Puis told Fairplay today that he is not so worried by the loss of cruise passengers
- Divers reveal Pride damage
DIVERS inspecting damage to the Pride of America's hull have revealed the likely cause of the partial sinking of Norwegian Cruise Line's ship at the Lloyd Werft shipyard
- Pirate attacks on tanker, bulker
PIRATES have attempted in the last week to board a bulk carrier and an LPG tanker, according to the International Maritime Bureau's latest piracy report
- ISPS: check your charter parties
SHIPOWNERS and charterers are advised to take the costs and responsibilities imposed by the ISPS Code into account in existing and future charter parties
- Clarksons launches Solent-Seine run
- Arica boosted by Bolivian trade
- Smit to begin re-floating Rocknes
- Rocknes fatalities rise to three
- Festival confident of quick release
- Weather warms St Petersburg
- Boxship 'may have rammed trawler'
- Japan warns of vessel price rises
- Pentagon begins Iraq sealift
- China's GDP up 9% last year
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- Kelang meets revised forecast
The Malaysian port processed 4.8 million TEUs in 2003, up from 4.5 million the year before.
- Maersk Sealand upgrades MECL
Upgrade offers faster, direct service from Mid-East and Indian Subcontinent to U.S. East Coast ports.
- UPS to buy out Japan venture
United Parcel Service plans expansion with acquisition of Japan's largest parcel delivery firm.
- Shipping, gov'ts. should increase security: IMO
- MOL upgrades Asia- South Africa/West Africa service
- Dividends for Sea Containers
- MTC completes system recovery test
- APL Logistics adds Kenya to network
- SeaSecure to handle China port-security training
- Mexico railroad gets VAT tax certificate
- Search ends for capsize survivors
- Precision Software releases TRA/X upgrade
- Shippers urge FMC decision on NVOs
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- Bidders for JNPT T3 have one month to amend submissions
Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust has given all five consortia competing for Nhava Sheva’s third container terminal one month to resolve technical deficiencies in their bids.
- Plan B works for Cala Panama
Salvors have succeeded in freeing the Cala Panama, the containership grounded in Barranquilla, Colombia on December 21.
- European shippers face Canada box levy
- Asia-Africa services reorganised: including Shanghai, dropping transit times
- Queen’s visit gives impetus to Rio dredge
- Railion strengthens position on Brenner with stake in RTC
- IMO's dangerous goods code becomes mandatory
- Jointly operated shuttle links Ruhr with Turin
- Kolkata seeks US$26million private investment for box terminal
- Port Klang volumes maintain steady increase
- Chemical salvage work continues in North Sea
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- Eighteen dead as search abandoned
Atle Jebsen acknowledges hope of finding more survivors from tragic Rocknes is over.
- DFDS offloads vessel quartet
Danish owner continues fleet clearout with Lys-Line ships.
- Rocknes salvage gets underway
Smit warns refloating grounded $60m bulker may take up to two days.
- Baltic’s handy index lifespan extended
But new supramax index to be introduced soon, and tanker routes to be reviewed.
- China and Taiwan plan shiprepair yard
Fujian province teams up with investors across the Taiwan Strait for tanker and rig facility.
- Time runs out for Rocknes crew
Probe into capsize of bulk carrier with loss of up to 18 lives gets under way.
- Russian shipyard owner merges with power group
United Heavy Machinery widens manufacturing interests with domestic tie-up.
- Algerian LNG plant blast will hit shipping
Bad news for Med-max-sized vessels and buyers left without cargoes.
- HMM pays up for World-Wide VLCCs
Strong tanker rates look set to hold as demand remains hot across market.
- Varna buyer yet to pay
Tsakos could be back in frame for Bulgarian yard if Bulyard consortium delays.
- Tallink plots new route
Estonian owner’s Fantaasia will aim for slice of St Petersburg traffic from April.
- Three seafarers cut free from bulker
But sixteen others now feared dead following capsize.
- Total takes P-Max tankers
Stena subsidiary Concordia Maritime signs up for five-year deal with oil giant.
- MOL and P&O Nedlloyd upgrade Africa links
Partners overhaul two routes to speed up transit times and improve access to China.
- Start-up ferry service for Greece’s Sporades
Newcomer Vospo to run four ships from Volos to Aegean islands.
- Yang Ming inks eight more at CSBC
Taiwanese owner orders feeder ships on the back of "vigorous growth" in intra-Asian trades.
- Starlight cancels 2004 cruises
South African charter of Olympia Countess bows to the inevitable and terminates season early.
- Idan says Zim is a done deal
Israel Corp holds 98% of container line's shares after agreeing buy out of government stake.
- Aussies arrest drunken skipper
Master of 41,502-dwt tanker High Rider (built 1991) found to be a little high himself.
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- APL's container rates slide again
- Canada/Europe conferences charge new reporting fee
- Yang Ming, Wan Hai, Hapag-Lloyd launch Taiwan-Middle East link
- MOL, P&O Nedlloyd add Shanghai to Asia/Africa service
- Norwegian shipowner Arne Naess Jr. dies in fall
- Express industry praises Zoellick for pressing WTO negotiations
- U-Freight establishes Sri Lankan subsidiary
- U.S. Customs Bureau reports growing trade in 2003
- WTO body sides with U.S. in Canadian lumber dispute
- U.S. produce group wants Congress to retain origin labeling delay
- Workers' unions, port management meet over Cochin public-private plans
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