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Shipping News
- Malacca Strait risk premiums will vary: insurer
THE head of a London insurance group that declared the Malacca Strait a war and terrorism risk zone said the approach taken will vary from underwriter to underwriter and that no fixed higher premiums have been imposed.
- Katrina may hit Lloyd's with £1b of claims
THE London-based underwriting group Lloyd's is likely to face a hit of around 1 billion , net of reinsurance, from claims resulting from the devastating Hurricane Katrina.
- Foreign ships allowed to move between US ports
US President George W Bush waived the Jones Act temporarily to allow foreign-owned tankers to transport gasoline between US ports after Hurricane Katrina disrupted pipeline supplies.
- New Orleans' traffic diverted to other ports
Port Shots
- Indon radar stations for Malacca Strait
INDONESIA's navy said yesterday it plans to install radar stations at nine locations in the pirate-infested Malacca Strait to monitor ships and strengthen security in the world's busiest waterway.
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- Deutsche Post to possibly acquire Exel
- Canada sends transport contingent to China
- GPA employees launch project to help Hurricane Katrina victims
- Latest newbuilds bring E R Shiffahrt fleet to 58 vessels
- OOCL gains BS7799 accreditation for information security management
- German airport CEO seeks stronger China-Cologne ties
- Boeing freezes aircraft production amid work stoppage
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- Major shipping lines suspend acceptance of cargo to US south-east ports
- IICL elects new Chairman
- CP Ships’ Board advises shareholders to sell shares to TUI AG
- MoS confirms Hajara’s appointment as SCI CMD
- Singapore to host APM 2006
- Tea trade team on 3-nation tour
- Seafood exports up in Q1
- Textile exporters sew up success story in US, EU markets in post-quota regime
- Trade with Italy may exceed $ 5 bn in 2005-06
- Rock dredging under way at Vizag Port
- Major Ports gear up to handle surge in iron ore exports to China
- Capt. Ankit A. Vaishnav takes charge as VCTPL’s COO
- Friends & Friends Shipping to run CWC’s CFS-Waluj, Aurangabad
- AFL operationalises transhipment logistics hub in Nagpur
- Punjab Conware sell-off lures 11 bidders
- Goa favours product-specific SEZs-Minister
- Govt may set up new panel to provide inputs on WTO issues
- Commerce Ministry asks Petroleum counterpart to review fuel allocation policy for exporters
- Govt relaxes NRI investment norms
- EU-India Summit on Sept. 7
- Admissions open for WTI’s P-G Diploma course in Ex-Im Management
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- New manager for T-Link group
- New Paragonian Lines Med-South America service
- Chinese market opened up to foreign investment
- European railtrack investment comparison
- Gökbora investing in Duisburg's logport
- Germany: tax relief for inland shipping
- Pekaes group banking on Qualcomm for fleet management
- Fiata World Congress presents excellent networking opportunities
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- Vessels stack up at New Orleans
- Pacific box carriers raise US land transport fee
- New Antwerp port JV
- Campaign to revive Brussels manning directive
- Lord Donaldson dies
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- Carnival ships chartered for hurricane relief
- Crew members killed in cruise ship sewage gas leak
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- TSA making adjustment to inland fuel surcharge
- Port of Tacoma taps Cooper as director of maintenance
- Mitsui opens maritime center in Vladivostok, Russia
- Intermodal sets record for weekly rail totals
- Crowley suspends service in wake of Hurricane Katrina
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- Lower Mississippi re-opens to daylight traffic
THE Lower Mississippi river is open to commercial traffic with a draught restriction of 35 ft but transit would be allowed only during daylight hours, the US Coast Guard said on Friday afternoon.
- Jones Act ‘farce’ as waiver rules confuse foreign oil distributors
WASHINGTON has suspended the Jones Act in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, "so that foreign ships can also help distribute oil and gasoline to where it is needed".
- US seeks cruiseships with 25,000 berths to house hurricane victims
AS THE full extent of the humanitarian dislocation of Hurricane Katrina began to emerge, the US Federal Emergency Management Agency has authorised the chartering-in of cruiseships totalling 25,000 berths to house the storm’s victims as well as the support workers on site, writes Rajesh Joshi in New York.
- UN offers to co-ordinate relief as world pledges aid
A GLOBAL alliance of has offered pledges of humanitarian aid and emergency oil supplies for the US as it struggles to cope with the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina, Reuters reports.
- Rocky road ahead for Katrina claims
WARNINGS of massive insurance complications are increasing as the economic loss from Hurricane Katrina and subsequent flooding in New Orleans is forecast to exceed $100bn.
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- Insurers to consider Malacca advice
THE war risk market in London is both open and competitive, Rupert Atkin, chairman of the London Market Association Joint War Committee, stressed in Singapore today
- Stowell to boost Lloyds TSB finance
LLOYDS TSB Corporate has appointed Peter Stowell as Head of Shipping to manage existing exposure and spearhead growth within the bank’s maritime division
- US passport deadline disappoints
THE International Council of Cruise Lines says it would prefer passport regulations to apply to all US travellers regardless of mode of travel
- Cruise pumps $30Bn into US economy
A study funded by the International Council of Cruise Lines has claimed that the cruise sector pumped more than $30Bn into the US economy in 2004
- Port conditions: Gulf of Mexico
REPORTS have been received on the latest conditions at Mobile, Gulfport, Pensacola, Pascagoula and Panama City
- Grain barges still await river opening
MORE than 100 grain barges wait on the Mississippi River unable to transfer cargo to deep-draught ships that are not being allowed upriver from the Gulf of Mexico
- Pacific Basin concludes ship deals
- LOOP likely to resume operations
- TSA hikes fuel charges
- Bush admits US-flag shortfall
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- KATRINA: THE AFTERMATH
Most ports remain closed
Port of Mobile to reopen
New Orleans port to be closed for weeks
Coffee stocks destroyed
Kansas City Southern reopens Miss.-La. line
Tanker rates soar
- Customs announces trade symposium
- UPS pilots vote to approve strike
- UPS boosts cap on fuel surcharge
- Air France-KLM earnings jump
- Northwest: Time short to avoid bankruptcy
- Box volume up at Vancouver
- Tacoma Rail to receive $2.4 million for upgrade
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- Availability of fuel could be next problem, says US Gulf port
Availability of fuel in the Southeast US is beginning to be a problem for hurricane recovery, operations and normal life, according to the Port of Mobile today.
- US imposes limits on two Chinese textile products after talks failure
The US has imposed curbs on bras and synthetic filament fabrics imported from China following the failure in this week’s textile talks in Beijing.
- Updated: Gulf ports swimming in uncertainty
- Vancouver figures drop back, due to trucker strike, but still 4% up
- Port plans fast turnaround for the M.V. Maasvlakte II
- ADB commits to Subcontinent infrastructure projects
- Difficult year for Auckland, Tauranga
- Mobile container terminal bidding a week behind after Katrina
- Gwangyang transhipment volume recovers
- ER Schiffart ships named in Korea
- Inchon to open two container berths
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- Good news, bad news
Coast Guard reopens lower Mississippi River to vessel traffic, but officials are surveying 'major oil spill' nearby.
- Clean market roars
IEA release of 60m barrels crude and products over next 30 days should boost MR rates already crashing through WS400 for Europe-US routes.
- Good promotion
Johnston replaces Swift, as OSG creates corporate communications unit for first time.
- Fredriksen bares teeth
Owner offers NOK450m for majority stake in Bergshav and warns he'll sue if trumped by internal bid.
- Marflet numbers move down
Spanish tanker owner sees profit cut by 58% in first half, despite newbuilding addition.
- Fincantieri primed for IPO
Italian yard group expects to list early next year, says Guiseppe Bono.
- Schoeller calls off the dogs
German owner stops legal action against Korean yard Samho as it takes delivery of disputed tanker.
- Carnival to the rescue
Mickey Arison's cruise line is stepping forward to help victims of Hurricane Katrina.
- Greenpeace on trial for GM raid
Welsh court to decide whether blockade of Good Faith bulker was 'public nuisance'.
- V.Ships ties knot with Martinoli
Shipmanagement groups merge passenger vessel operations in pursuit of synergy savings.
- "Mississippi could open Saturday"
Pilots are being rounded up, a US Army survey finds deep water from Baton Rouge down and limited commercial traffic could start shortly.
- LR buys ODS
Lloyd's Register adds Danish noise and vibration specialist to roster.
- Kirby escapes Katrina damage
Business as usual for US barge operator, although crewing may become short-term issue.
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- Bush issues temporary Jones Act waiver to transport gasoline
- TSA carriers increase inland fuel surcharge
- Deutsche Post in talks with Exel
- FAA: Airlines, Airports have enough fuel
- Continental Airlines' cargo down 1.5% in August
- Intermodal traffic has busiest week
- Agriculture exporters feel the impact of Katrina
- Japan complies with WTO ruling, lifts import barriers to U.S. apples
- U.S. ends tariff sanctions against Ukraine
- Kuehne + Nagel opens logistics facility in Norrköping, Sweden
- LCL appoints former INTTRA director Jensen as North America chief
- Jacksonville Port Authority to introduce security fees
- COSCO, Ningbo Port sign strategic agreement
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- Silja to sack 400
Silja Line has given 400 employees, whereof 300 seagoing, notice of termination. The reason is the loss-making cruise vessel ...
- Sweden to abolish rule on citizenship for masters
After being critised by the EU Commission, the Swedish government has know sent out a proposal to abolish the demand ...
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- New York prices reluctant to follow bullish USWC market
As Asia's surging prices drove US West Coast bunkers higher today, New York saw limited demand and lower prices in the market.
- US Gulf markets tail off to end frenzied week's trading
After prices surged in the wake of Katrina, Houston prices were softening today in tandem with crude and fuel oil.
- Katrina effect sees 155 ports reach record highs
Impact of Hurricane Katrina exacerbates already high marine fuel price levels - pushing IFO380 prices to historical record highs in 155 ports.
- India not threatened by rival Sri Lanka bunkering project
India says Trincomalee makes more strategic sense than Chinese bunkering hub project at Hambantota.
- Japan considers tapping oil reserves to allay supply shortages
Japan in talks with IEA about possible release from its strategic oil reserves in an attempt to allay supply shortages in the US Gulf Coast Area.
- Fuel testing company sees potential market in China
Chinese company stresses the potential of the marine fuel testing market in China and the reliability of ISO/IEC 17025 accredited laboratory.
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