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| DECEMBER 27, 2004 |
Shipping News
- Turkish shipping magnate held hostage in Iraq
VIDEO footage aired on Saturday on Turkish television showed a prominent Turkish ship owner saying he and another man were being held hostage in Iraq.
- Wrecked ship's bow sinks off Alaska
DAYS after violent storms forced clean-up crews to leave a freighter that split apart, a salvage team returned to find the bow section had sunk, likely spilling another 176,000 gallons of oil near an environmentally sensitive area of Unalaska Island.
- B'desh ship-breaking accidents increase
THE number of accidents in the ship-breaking yards in southeastern Chittagong port has increased significantly recently due to the lack of monitoring and modern equipment, and the employment of unskilled workers.
- Kawasaki Kisen appoints insider new president
- Tanker rates seen staying high despite capacity hike next year
- Bigger ports needed for Thailand: minister
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- Petronas to invest in Ennore LNG terminal
- Flindtholt Rederi A/S to introduce weekly liner service ex-mumbai/Kandla/Tuticorin Ports
- IOC in search of a partner for LNG venture
- Optimism on cardamom exports exceeding fiscal target
- Exports from Chennai SEZ register robust 40.7 pc growth in April-November 2004
- Hutchison Whampoa team in talks with GMB officials for investment in port projects
- Major Ports considering introducing ‘security charge’ from April 1, 2005
- Bill introduced for compulsory security measures adoption by ships and ports
- PSA Sical to double container yard capacity at Tuticorin Port
- ICTT development: CoPT extends DPI pact deadline to Jan. 20
- NPIL achieves milestone of handling 1 lakh TEUs in JNP area
- Petitions against Nagpur air cargo hub project dismissed
- CII hails panel report on civil aviation
- DGFT tightens deemed export benefit norms
- Tea Advisory Committee set up
- Wipro SEZ, 2 others cleared
- Core sector records higher growth during April-Oct.
- Financing of exports fattens wallets of banks too
- Govt keen on setting up SEZs for auto ancillary units
- Nalco bags highest export award again
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| DECEMBER 24, 2004 |
- Oil prices fall in thin pre-Christmas trading
Concerns over Iraq and Nigeria expected to affect prices in quiet trading next week.
- Singapore: MPA warns of licence suspensions for off-spec bunkers
Rumours abound that incoming cargoes are not bunker specification, while the MPA has warned that bunker players found delivering contaminated fuel may have their bunkering licence suspended or cancelled.
- More fuel oil leaking from sunken ship in Alaska
Salvage crews returning to the wreck of the Selandang Ayu found the bow section had sunk, likely spilling a further 176,000 (666 m³) gallons of oil.
- ConocoPhillips tanker fingered in Puget Sound spill
State and federal officials say that samples taken from the Polar Texas match those recovered from October's spill in Puget Sound.
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| DECEMBER 24, 2004 |
- Braemar "may buy" Seawise
- EC go-ahead for Euromax
- MSC pushes ahead with goal-based standards
- Baltic listens to futures traders
- REM Offshore orders at Aker
- Hamburg Sud returns to German flag, increases training
- P&O sells Spanish resort
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- Investigators find source of Dalco Passage oil spill
- US rail freight traffic delivers positive result during week
- Washington State Ferries making changes for winter
- International Trade Commission releases tariff publications for 2005
- Coast Guard cutter catches drifting NOAA weather buoy
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| DECEMBER 24, 2004 |
- Ghost ship contracts awarded
TWO MORE ‘ghost ships’ will be departing Virginia’s James River, after disposal contracts were awarded, the US Department of Transportation said
- Hopes dashed on Alaska wreck oil
SEVERE weather has degraded the wreck of Selendang Ayu to the extent that hope has faded that any of the 586 tonnes of oil that was in the bow section remains
- Irish Ferries flag-out Normandy
IRISH Ferries has changed the flag of the ferry Normandy, the vessel in the middle of the dispute with the SIPTU union, from Irish to Bahamian
- Petronas invited into Ennore LNG
INDIA has asked Petronas, the Malaysian oil company, to join Indian Oil Corp (IOC) in developing an LNG terminal at Ennore in India
- Santos' New Year road resolution
- Saudi landbridge project investment
- Drogheda plans new €100M port
- Mersey cruise facility a step near
- UK reviews tonnage tax
- AMS adds towage fuel surcharge
- Derailment hits Richards Bay
- Text message your container
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- Genoa to review PSA Group’s poor VTE performance
PSA Group’s failure to secure a foothold in Kwai Chung could be compounded further following news that Genoa is reviewing its performance at its Voltri Terminal Europa (VTE).
- Maersk Sealand ramps up SCCT operations
- Hong Kong exports rose in October
- Improving efficiency expects to lift Westport revenue
- Board maelstrom sees Stinnes CEO depart
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| DECEMBER 24, 2004 |
- Fears grow as bow sinks
Pollution threat increaseas as bow section of Selendang Ayu containing the largest bunker tank is submerged following storms.
- Celebrity liable for waiter attack
Appeal court reinstates $1m award for victim of sexual assault by Zenith crew member.
- Athos I gets a patch
Tsakos panamax tanker involved in Delaware River spill is temporarily repaired over the Christmas period.
- Evergreen denies founder retiring
But spokesman admits Chang Yung-fa will 'fully delegate' his authority.
- Louis buys Seawing
Cyprus cruise line picks up last of the Sun fleet from troubled MyTravel for $9m.
- Polar Texas implicated
Laboratory tests indicate that ConocoPhillips crude tanker was responsible for Seattle oil spill.
- Lifer set to head K Line
Hiroyuki Maekawa rewarded for devoting entire career to Japan’s third biggest line.
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