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Shipping News
- US seeks to tighten control on boxes
THE United States is developing hi-tech methods to monitor cargo freight in a bid to limit the risk of terrorists using weapons of mass destruction, US Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security James Loy said.
- Call for consolidation in European shipbuilding
A French parliamentary report has urged a consolidation in the European shipbuilding sector in order to confront competition from Asia.
- Queen Mary 2 bathrooms fail fire safety test
SOME of the bathrooms aboard the Queen Mary 2, the world's largest and most expensive cruise liner, do not fully meet fire regulation standards and its owner plans to fix them, said officials.
Air and Land Transport
- Which is better - federal or private baggage screeners?
IN remarkably short order, the US government hired 45,000 workers and took over passenger screening at virtually all airports in response to Sept 11.
- Asia-Pacific airlines' traffic, loads surge in May
- JetBlue to fly out of La Guardia from Sept
- Southwest in tentative deal with union
- Indian Railways to offer Internet access to passengers
- Log Book
Dockyard
- ISPS could affect delivery of ship supplies
JUST when I thought the implementation of the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code couldn't get any more complicated, I got a press release that made me think again.
Port Shots
- Asian goods surge spur Canada curbs
CANADIAN Pacific Railway Ltd, the country's second-biggest railroad, said it set limits on container shipments from Vancouver's port because surges in Asian imports led to first-quarter backlogs.
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- China road charges to be reduced
- NYK allocates accounting arm more responsibility
- Chang elected Evergreen chairman
- Exel forecasts growth in business
- APM Terminals, Concor named preferred bidder for JNPT project
- Coscon to launch China-Australia service
- Port of LA adds two police patrol boats to fleet
- Korean Air to convert up to 20 747s into freighters
- Lufthansa Cargo receives C-TPAT certification
- JFK Airport to build infrared radiant deicing facility
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- Safmarine to introduce new Indian Ocean Service
- CP Ships strengthens executive team
- Seaways Shipping plans to operate multi-purpose vessel on Vizag-Chittagong route
- GE Shipping sells sole mini bulk carrier
- ONGC negotiating for overseas LNG supplies
- Exim Bank extends credit facility for business with more Asian countries
- Thar dry port to upgrade facilities
- CoPT takes recourse to bank loans for debt refinancing
- 3 more offices of Albatross Shipping bag coveted ISO 9001:2000 certification
- Saturn Shipping Agencies opens own office, starts operations at ICD-Nagpur
- Reliance Industries Ltd strikes gas off Orissa coast, to pump in Rs 2,500 cr. for development
- Uma Bharti seeks investments in MP
- Package deal for SSI sector likely: Minister
- ADB upbeat on India’s economic growth
- Core sector registers impressive growth in May
- RBI offices to remain closed on June 30
- GIFT inaugurates Eighth Masters Programme in International Business
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- Panama backlog good news for suppliers
More than 100 ships were today waiting to transit the Panama Canal following essential maintenance work.
- South African troubles boost other regional markets
As bunker fuel dried up in South Africa this week, suppliers in West Africa reported rising demand and fuel oil prices.
- Baltic bunker market ends week on mixed note
Demand was good today after many countries returned from a two-day holiday, while price movements were mixed.
- Glencore fixes VLCC for cargo arbitrage
Favourable west-east price differential prompts trader to take-up two July loading options for HSFO arbitrage.
- FTS-Hofftrans adds another double-hull to ARA fleet
Today's celebrations in Rotterdam come just a day after the company launched a double-hulled bunker barge in Antwerp, and takes it halfway through its newbuilding programme.
- Record bunker sales for Singapore
Preliminary estimates from MPA show bunker sales edge close to 2 million tonne per month barrier.
- Little initial uplift from FAMM's Seattle exit
Tough competition on prices from Asia and tight avails have made it difficult to assess any uplift in business since major's departure in May, say remaining players.
- Rotterdam little changed in quiet morning market
- Singapore: First the milkshake, now the cappuccino
Bunkerworld reported practices of degrading fuel earlier this week, now sources reveal how delivery volumes can be artificially inflated. Singapore's authorities have gone a long way to clean up the market...but malpractice continues to be a problem in some other ports.
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- FleetOnline launches mobile tracking service in Germany
- GCC and Syria to sign free trade deal
- Geodis BM is merging three sites in Alsace, France
- NeCOSS extends blocktrain services
- Qatar Airways announces new Doha-Johannesburg service
- Atlantic Container Line receives ISS certificates
- Swiss director offers resignation
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- QM2 fire safety problem
- Odfjell in China terminal JV
- Pertamina VLCC row rumbles on
- UK ferry passenger figures down as Chunnel get busier
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- Deepwater program accelerated
Preliminary design work on Offshore Patrol Cutter
- QM2 bathrooms get rapid safety fix
Urgent work in Southampton after BBC investigation
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- PDX business program wins award for Port of Portland
- Royal Olympic Cruise Lines expects to be booted from Nasdaq
- Hundreds already sign up for IICL container examination
- Helenic Republic new member of Customs' CSI program
- Rail freight traffic rebounds during week ending June 12
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- Hamworthy to list on AIM
MARINE equipment major Hamworthy KSE, which was acquired by venture capital business Nikko Principal Investors in 2000, is to be listed on London's Alternative Investment Market, writes Tony Gray.
- Loeb calls for Stelmar auction after OMI failure
ONE of Stelmar Shipping's largest institutional shareholders has called for the tanker company to auction itself following its failure to negotiate with bidder OMI.
- Self-assessment plan to let tanker operators wow with best practices
THE Oil Companies International Marine Forum has devised a programme that will assist ship operators measure and improve their management systems.
- IMO reports surge in ISPS Code compliance
THE International Maritime Organization has reported a sharp upturn in the levels of compliance with the International Ship and Port Facilities Security Code in the run up to its July 1 deadline, also releasing what are considered its most accurate assessment to date.
- Bankrupt ONE sues chemical carriers over alleged cartel
THE bankruptcy trustee of a small New Jersey shipping company has sued several leading chemical carriers in the US seeking triple damages for losses caused by alleged cartel activity on the part of the accused, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.
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- No ISSC - no entry: official
MARITIME commerce will not stop next week when ISPS and MTSA rules are implemented "aggressively" by the US Coast Guard, Admiral Thomas H Collins told Fairplay in an exclusive interview this morning
- Probe into QM2 fire safety
AN investigation is under way into how material that failed fire safety tests had been used for making bathroom units fitted to Queen Mary 2
- Odfjell in China terminal venture
NORWEGIAN operator Odfjell and the Garson group of China have signed a joint venture agreement to build a tank terminal at Jiangyin on the Yangtze River in China
- MSC Crociere unveils expansion plan
MSC Crociere has disclosed it is likely to order two newbuilding cruise ships in addition to the two plus one option already placed at Chantiers de l’Atlantique
- Ghost ships head for Texas
THREE ‘ghost ships’ originally destined for the UK left Virginia’s James River yesterday for demolition in Texas
- Lorenzo to clear debts quickly
LORENZO Shipping, the Philippine coastal operator, believes it will be able to clear all its debts in three years from reserves
- Insurers pay full Pride damage
- APM/Concor win Indian concession
- Owners anger unions over officers
- Busan berths to open early
- Doric Chariot pilot cleared
- China issues grains import warning
- Pan Ocean share sale moves closer
- Shareholder slams Stelmar board
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- West Coast ports post mixed results
Some gateways experienced strong growth in containerized imports and others showed a drop in activity compared with a year earlier.
- DHL plans $1.2 billion expansion
The Deutsche Post subsidiary said it plans to build seven new package sorting centers by the end of the year and boost its ground-delivery capacity by 60 percent as part of its plan to become more competitive with FedEx and UPS.
- Coast Guard warns of stricter notice-of-arrival enforcement
- House panel approves Customs budget
- Greece joins Container Security Initiative
- Boeing wins freighter-conversion pact from KAL
- Lufthansa Cargo receives C-TPAT certification
- Border Patrol tests unmanned aircraft
- Canadian election a dead heat
- APM Terminals gets letter of intent for Nehru box terminal
- Sophia Loren to christen new MSC cruise ship
- Security rules could disrupt Europe ports
- US presses Malacca Strait security
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- US Truckers send call to action via CB radio
Angered by a host of issues, among them a spike in gasoline prices and long lines at the terminals, independent truckers are calling for a nationwide strike from Monday.
- Berlin expects Maut to cover infrastructure budget cuts
- Concor/APMT joint JNPT bid gets government green light
- Gunsan lures feeder operators with rate cuts
- Early opening for first New Busan berths
- US gets into step on hazardous goods rules
- Canada's intermodal traffic shows strong growth
- EMC elects new chairman
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- Stolt says lawsuit ONE-sided
Company disputes claims by defunct New Jersey chemical carrier seeking "tens of millions" in damages.
- OMI buys two suezmaxes from Arcadia
Greek owner may have cleared $50m on sale of two 2003-built units at $70m each.
- Navigator Gas shareholders slapped with $1.2m fine
US bankruptcy judge flags Cambridge and directors for flouting his orders with Isle of Man challenge.
- Atlantska orders duo
Croatian owner picks Romanian yard for two multipurpose vessels.
- Call to auction Stelmar
Outraged shareholder demands that tanker company is put under the hammer.
- Bonyad bulks up
Expanding Iranian owner goes for newbuildings in Greece and UAE.
- Sembawang seizes cruiseship
World Discoverer is chained up by Singapore yard after loss of faith in expedition cruising.
- Thoresen ship aground
Thai shipowner’s general cargo vessel Thor Traveller runs aground shortly after clearing Suez Canal.
- Teekay gets connected
Top shipowner to test broadband internet access for tankers during Atlantic voyages.
- HHI revs up finances
Korean yard raises $113m by selling some of its holding in Hyundai Motor Co.
- Shipping on the up at MDHC
UK group Mersey Docks’ container lines improve volumes in first half.
- QM2 in fire safety breach
Materials in certain cabin bathrooms aboard Carnival flagship found to not conform to fire regulations.
- GE offloads last mini-bulker
Great Eastern looks forward to bigger things after exiting bottom end of bulk market.
- Marad scraps more ghosts
US Maritime Administration has agreed contracts to dismantle three more James River ships.
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- K.C. Chang takes the helm at Evergreen Marine Corp.
- COSCO starts North China/Australia service
- Hamburg Sud's Polish agent takes on Ellerman services
- Three more ships leave MarAd's James River Reserve Fleet
- Korean Air makes plans for large freighter fleet
- Freight delays lead CN to raise demurrage charges in Ontario
- U.S. tries to narrow EU advantage in free trade agreements
- Greece agrees to help U.S. screen containers
- WCO reports 15% increase in drug seizures between 2002 and 2003
- House bill authorizes money for trade agencies
- EAN to pilot WCO's UCR on Australian meat shipments to U.S.
- Hong Kong port enforces ISPS rules
- Filipino box terminal tightens security, access
- Long Beach port director joins Marine Terminals Corp.
- Hakala appointed to run new Ceres terminal in New Orleans
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