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Shipping News
- Australian eco-tourism plan may target Asians
TOURISTS from Singapore, Malaysia, India and China may get to swim with whale sharks, visit remote pastoral stations or see an array of marine and land based wildlife in its natural environment in Australia, under a plan proposed by a leading cruise marketing expert.
- UK shipping body warns against over-legislation
THE president of the UK Chamber of Shipping, William Everard, has warned legislators against excessive intervention in shipping.
- Goodies for our guests
AS part of its annual celebration of World Maritime Day the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore presented gift hampers to vessels calling at the Singapore port last week, reaching out to an estimated 12,000 seafarers.
- W Africa oil-tanker rates to US hit 7-month high
- Marseilles port officials, union holding talks
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- Toll lashes out at Patrick's tactics to derail Pacific National JV
- Zim boss offers compensation to Japanese fishing boat victim's relatives
- Shenzhen warehouse export trade up 55pc
- GSL to build Heihe logistics hub
- August busy month at the Port of Virginia
- Kandla seeks to become India's 'numero uno' port
- Colombo becomes 40th port to join CSI
- CWT Globelink opens Korea office
- United Airlines approaching 'end of restructuring'
- KLAS receives ISO14001 certification
- Lufthansa Cargo raises fuel surcharge to EUR0.55 per kg
- Globe Air Cargo wins Ethiopian Airlines contract
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- DGS draws up new response system to help ships in distress
- INMEX India brings maritime stakeholders on common platform
- GE Shipping delivers Jag Ratna to buyers
- US dumping cotton, avers state govt
- Cabinet to take up export insurance fund proposal soon
- Trade pact with Korea on cards
- JNP transporters suspend strike by a month
- AP govt invites EoIs from private players to develop Machilipatnam deepwater port
- Paradip Port logs 11 pc cargo handling growth in H1
- Dock workers plan boycott of ONGC supply vessels
- IGTPL implements latest IT application software at RGCT to give its customers a better deal
- DCI to go in for separate joint ventures with 2 foreign companies
- Curbs on import of unshredded metal scrap from Bandar Abbas
- PMO gives nod to DEPB alternative
- FDI touches record $ 5 bn in 2004
- BCC&I seminar on Flanders trade today
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- DHL Express Italy names new operating director
- BCL Baltic Container Lines celebrated 10th anniversary
- Virgin Atlantic Cargo sells cargo handling operation
- EIB money for Mitsui to establish pool of locomotives in Europe
- Frans Maas wins another Sun Microsystems Award
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- Everard warns against complacency and interventionist polices
- UK "needs to squeeze more out of existing port capacity"
- Canadian yard in newbuilds deal
- Island Offshore orders at Aker
- LR buys Capstone
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- Rowan unveils post-Rita recovery plan
- Eidesvik orders LNG-fueled PSV
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- Neptune plans to expand Vancouver, BC potash facility
- Washington State Ferries repairing Bainbridge Island Terminal
- Alaska lands giant Salmon at Seattle-Tacoma Airport
- Soil with low levels of uranium heading for Port of Everett
- Coast Guard now using Homeport Internet system
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- EU criminalisation rules rapped by Law of Sea judge
Industry leaders renewed their attack on the new European Union directive on criminal sanctions for ship source pollution in London this week, saying it ran counter to international conventions and should be rescinded, writes Sandra Speares.
- Major companies failing to manage risk, survey finds
GLOBAL businesses are failing to identify and manage emerging risks effectively, a major survey of more than 100 executives from a range of countries and sectors has found.
- Spaceman sets foot on terra Ferma
RISK management in the space industry has shown major weaknesses, but man should still shoot to colonise the moon, a former astronaut told the final day of the 2005 Forum of the European Federation of Risk Management Associations, writes James Brewer.
- Chevron to ‘indefinitely’ postpone US LNG port plan
US OIL major Chevron has shelved plans for a groundbreaking offshore liquefied natural gas import terminal in the Gulf of Mexico.
- Russian medals for British rescue team
Britain’s Prime Minister Tony Blair, left, shakes hands with visiting Russian President Vladimir Putin, at Blair’s official residence at 10 Downing Street.
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- Maritime clusters: what’s the point?
NATIONAL maritime clusters do not benefit the shipping industry, claimed Peter Kerr-Dineen, managing director of shipbroker Howe Robinson
- Carnival may reimburse FEMA
A ‘profit neutrality clause’ has been negotiated into the contract between Carnival Corp and the US government to ensure there are no excess profits
- Royal Caribbean targets Italy
ROYAL Caribbean is targeting Italy next year in its push to offer an alternative to Carnival Corp’s Costa Crociere and MSC
- Oil prices steady despite hurricane
- Panama Canal looks to 10,000 TEU
- Panama plans $600M mega port
- Trans-Atlantic supply stabilising
- Shippers seek box freight hedge
- Storm brewing over Irish Ferries
- Migrant Watch: US/Caribbean
- Stolt-Nielsen forecasts rougher 4Q
- Two reported killed in Skikda blast
- Zim Asia 'failed to alter course'
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- TACA plans 2006 freight rate hikes
The trans-Atlantic carriers said their business plan for 2006 calls for rate increases beginning the first day of each quarter.
- U.S. considers textile restrictions
- Hapag-Lloyd, CP Ships ask clearance for joint operations
- JoC announces Trans-Pacific Maritime Conference agenda, speakers
- Retailers say port congestion low
- Higher freight rates for USSEC
- Air carriers hike fuel surcharges
- Port of New Orleans traffic increases
- New interim regs for textile, apparel imports
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- First shippers signed up to Russian Customs anti-smuggling campaign
Sixteen manufacturers of household appliances, electronics and mobile phones have signed up in the first month of a Russian Customs scheme aimed at fighting smuggling, boosting revenues and speeding Customs-clearance.
- Smaller-ship sector sees service
- Evergreen adds Chinese port call to transpacific route
- JNPort transporters' strike called off
- Korean shipowners support opening up of docker market
- Petersburg dynamic duo continue cargo-growth
- Exolgan turns Monte problem into a molehill
- Inchon to pass 1.1m TEU mark this year
- Amsterdam unwraps container business
- Ningbo increases bid for China market by hosting CI conference
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- Murmansk repels boarders
Russian owner’s directors buy shares to prevent other investors muscling in.
- Eimskip changes line-up
Icelandic container line reorganises activities into three different divisions following takeover by Avion.
- Cammell Laird banishes ghosts?
UK shiprepairer starts peace talks with site developer with a view to reopening.
- MC keeps payout promise
LPG operator confirms $0.0625 cents dividend for latest quarter.
- ABS reaches new milestone
Third-biggest class society sets new tonnage record by reaching 120m gt.
- Gas power for Eidesvik
Norwegian owner to spend nearly $50m on new supply vessel for North Sea market.
- Zim Asia "unaware" of trawler
Zim president Doron Goder says radar alarm not working at time of clash with Japanese fishing vessel.
- Crew stuck in Malaysia
Four-month wait goes on for Indonesians stranded in Tawau in row over unpaid fuel bill.
- Austal eyes Turkish deal
Aussie fast ferry specialist confident over securing more work from Istanbul Deniz Otobusleri.
- Longwang claims bulker
Fuh Feng Lines’ handysize bulker Golden Dragon split in two after losing power off Taiwan.
- Ships collide on St Lawrence
Boxship out for a month after collision with chemical tanker on Canadian river close to Montreal.
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- Maersk Sealand switches Dominican Republic ports, adds Ecuador port
- Isabella Shipping adds Costa Rica call to U.S. Gulf/Colombia loop
- Coast Guard launches Internet security portal
- UPS opens California distribution center, building second
- Lufthansa, Northwest hike fuel surcharges again
- United's cargo volumes in September drop 7.4%
- Ethiopian Airlines selects Globe as cargo agent in U.K.
- Pacific CMA to repurchase up to $500,000 in common stock
- AAEI says DHS neglects trade facilitation
- Fuel costs may hurt RFID development, conference hears
- International group of executives fighting counterfeiting
- ILWU stop work meeting shuts PierPass gates Thursday
- Colombo begins CSI operations
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- New manager for Röda Bolaget
Röda Bolaget will change CEO at the end of this week. The present leader, Anders Hedin (60), will leave his ...
- Swedish investment at Port of Vejle
Lantmännen, the Swedish Farmers Supply and Crop Marketing Association, has decided to make a major investment in the Port of ...
- New shortsea operator in Bergen
A new shortsea operator – Peak Shipping – is established in Bergen by two former Wilson employees, Jan-Petter Slethaug and Bjørn ...
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- SEACARD bunker card official launch tomorrow
US Department of Defense holding 'kick-off' ceremony in Norfolk for new bunker fuel purchasing programme.
- 165 delegates gather in San Francisco for Bunkerworld Forum
Forum to open with guest keynote speaker James F. Spagnole, appointed in 2004 by California Governor Schwarzenegger as Director at the state's Business, Transportation & Housing Agency.
- Oil market shrugs off big US stock draws
Oil prices rallied briefly today after unexpectedly large draws in stocks of gasoline and distillates, but eased back soon as focus shifted to falling demand.
- DOE & API: US oil inventories suffer as refineries idle
The latest weekly data show the clearest impact yet of disruptions to US refining and oil imports caused by hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
- BP Marine: Lube prices must rise for long-term sustainability
Fundamental realignment of prices needed to guarantee long-term sustainability in the marine lubricants industry, warns top BP official.
- Taiwan bunker supply JV gearing up for business
CPC's dominant position in Taiwan could face major challenge from new bunker supply joint venture
- BP Marine: New terminal boosts sales more than 40%
New Salalah terminal officially inaugurated, sales volumes already surging and expected to rise further.
- Singapore utility seeking 2006 fuel oil supply
Singapore power generation company, which awarded a 700,000 mt fuel oil tender to a bunker supplier for 2005, has issued 2006 tender.
- High demand prompts tight avails in Gladstone
- Rotterdam market softer but suppliers heavily committed
- Ship detained for unpaid bunker bill
An Indonesian-flagged cargo-ship has been detained in Malaysia over an unpaid bunker fuel bill.
- US oil refineries to remain closed for another month
Several oil refineries on the US Gulf Coast will need another month before they can resume full operations says US government official.
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