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Shipping News
- Alstom sells shipbuilding business to Norway's Aker
FRENCH engineering group Alstom has sold control of its shipbuilding business to Aker Yards of Norway, as it steers away from financial turmoil.
- Hutchison can bid for Mumbai port project
INDIA's prime minister has overruled a concern by the country's defence officials over Chinese companies that want to invest in the country's shipping industry, clearing the way for Hutchison Whampoa Ltd to hand in a US$260 million plan to build container terminals in Mumbai.
- USCG completes Bow Mariner probe
THE US Coast Guard has completed its investigations into the explosion and sinking of the Singapore-flagged chemical tanker Bow Mariner two years ago, which claimed 21 lives.
- Hyundai Heavy expects sales to grow 20%
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- Name change in store for Lloyd Triestino
- NOL shareholders approve S$1.34b cash distribution
- Zhejiang invests US$1.5b in river berths
- Sino-US textile agreement takes effect
- Cosco Brisbane embarks on maiden voyage to Mid East
- Attempts to re-float grounded CP Ships vessel abandoned due to stormy seas
- Panalpina chief quits after booking records cooked
- SIA to sell engineering, ground-handling units
- Cathay Pacific to purchase medium-sized planes
- Cargo volume up at Thailand's main airports
- Hainan Airlines plans to offer direct Boston-Beijing flight
- DHL eyes Qingdao business opportunity
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- Lloyd Triestino to be renamed Italia Marittima SpA from March
- ECGC’s increasing role in exports from Gujarat highlighted
- Income-Tax Act amendment lands seafood exporters in hot water
- Anti-dumping probe into tyre imports from China, Thailand initiated
- CoPT invites consultancy bids to formulate business plan for Port’s vision
- NRI investment may turn Dahej into major petrochemical hub
- P. Mohana Chandran now MbPT Secy
- Record-smashing month for Vizag Port
- Gujarat prepares 5-year relief package for Alang shipyard
- Rlys to subsidise land rent for CONCOR for 2 more years
- ...to haul 660 m tonnes of freight in 2005-06
- CONCOR’s ICD-TKD honours top users
- National tax tribunal Act notified
- Permanent oil JVs with China still a far cry
- Ficci projects doubling of SAARC trade by 2010
- India wants a rigid pricing formula for Iran gas
- Rural business hubs elicit interest from 50 firms
- TUF scheme draws good response
- Quarterly filing of returns on deposits extended to Jan. 31
- IDBI, SIDBI to finance SMEs
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- Panalpina CEO Sidler resigns with immediate effect
- CP Ships and Hapag-Lloyd begin rationalisation
- Budapest airport privatisation contested
- Kuehne + Nagel's Swedish OnRoad alliance goes operational
- TNT and Malherbe agree on sale of Logistiques Ladoux
- Small commercial vehicle toll possible in EU from 2012
- German electronic customs tariff now on-line
- Security in international logistics
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- Bow Mariner's master and Ceres Hellenic slammed
- Istithmar buys ISS
- Aker buys Chantiers de l'Atlantique
- IBIA gains voice at IMO
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- $13.9 million Navy contract for Electric Boat
- Fredriksen's SeaDrill eyes Smedvig
- Bow Mariner report slams master
- Aker Yards to buy Alstom shipyards
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- Aker Yards poised to gain control of cruiseship rival Chantiers
LISTED Norwegian shipbuilder Aker Yards was set to claim the scalp of one of its principal cruiseship construction rivals yesterday after reaching agreement with the Alstom group to take control of the Chantiers de l’Atlantique shipyard.
- SeaDrill gears up to launch Smedvig takeover battle
A MULTI-billion-dollar bid battle could be in prospect after John Fredriksen’s SeaDrill disclosed yesterday it was considering launching a takeover of Norwegian offshore drilling rival Smedvig, which Texan group Noble Corp also has in its sights, writes Tony Gray.
- Panalpina chief executive Sidler resigns in aftermath of fraud scandal
PANALPINA chief executive Bruno Sidler has resigned with immediate effect, the company said yesterday.
- Owners call for more pressure on Turkey
EUROPEAN Union shipowners called for renewed pressure on Turkey yesterday following combative talk over the future of the country’s long-standing ban on Cypriot-flagged ships.
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- Stolt clearing legal hurdle
KOREA'S Fair Trade Commission has completed its investigation into Stolt-Nielsen Transportation Group in its probe of cartel activity in the parcel tanker industry
- easyCruise going American?
easyCruise is considering a shift toward US passengers for future winter seasons after a heavy focus on Europeans during the operation’s debut year
- India's shipping secretary retires
DT Joseph, India’s high-profile shipping secretary, has retired; he has been replaced by AK Mohapatra
- Bow Mariner recommendations expected
- Lloyd Triestino changes name
- Indonesian soldier arrested for piracy
- Sheikh Mohammed takes over
- Aliança upgrades Andes to fixed weekly
- MOL president warns against complacency
- Bidders 'lining up for Silja Line'
- Hammonia expects fleet expansion
- Norway: Star talks with breakers
- Aker to take Alstom's shipyards
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- Panalpina CEO out amid accounting fraud
The Swiss logistics group said Chief Executive Bruno Sidler stepped down after accounting misconduct by an employee was discovered that will cost the company about $25 million.
- Lines forecast strong Q1 in eastbound trans-Pacific
- Montreal expects tonnage record
- Rotterdam tops box mark
- Northwest seeks reorganization extension
- Nehru boxes up 11 percent
- New vessel for Seaspan
- Conley is new NTTC president
- Lithuania agent for Lloyd Triestino
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- Panalpina uncovers loss-making division
Panalpina has discovered ‘serious misconduct’ of a manager at Panalpina Airfreight Management Ltd in Basle, which has led to the loss of approximately CHF33m (US$25.1m) and CEO Bruno Sidler’s resignation.
- Next APL Panama refloat attempt to be mid-January
The next attempt to refloat the APL Panama will take place in mid-January, the ship’s owners confirmed last night.
- Charter market waits between two New Years
- Award for Bravery as CP ship takes up mission of fallen Valour
- NC Port authority hopes to attract private partner to proposed facility
- Outgoing governor leaves windfall to state container-rail projects
- No exemption for shipping lines and agents from Indian regulation
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- Kariba bears blame for Tricolor
A US federal judge blames the costly Tricolor sinking 100% on containership Kariba, exonerating the other ships involved.
- Germans renounce Olsen art
Oslo shipowner Fred Olsen's sale of paintings his family bought from the Nazis will meet no challenge from at least one former owner.
- Wreck removal row
Two recent German shipwrecks -- one with an uninsured owner -- have given rise to disputes over the salvage bill.
- Clarkson pays £8m for Plowright
But reveals its acquisition target made a loss in last audited year.
- Tallink circles Silja
Estonian group gives strongest indication yet of bid for troubled Baltic line.
- Tinsel Town training
Bow Mariner crew learned how to evacuate ship from watching ‘Titanic’
- Ruia brothers on shopping spree
Tax-conscious Essar Shipping has $330m to spend in January sales.
- SeaDrill does it again
Fredriksen offshore unit now in pursuit of Smedvig as it prepares to make takeover offer.
- Sembawang wins FPSO deal
Singapore yard to convert former Bergesen Gas VLCC into floating production unit for Mexico.
- Aker to buy Alstom yards
Norwegian group will initially take 75% stake in French shipyards with remainder following in 2010.
- Courage bosses keep buying
Buyback by top four directors at Singapore-listed Taiwanese bulker owner edges closer to 6m shares.
- Stellar start for Glovis
Shares in Hyundai car distribution offshoot, part owned by Wilh Wilhelmsen, have risen sharply since IPO.
- Hazardous cargo removed
CP Ships says worst of potential pollutants removed from the CP Valour aground off the Azores.
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- APL ship aground off Ensenada
- Coast Guard fingers captain in tanker explosion
- Maersk, Safmarine drop South Africa calls from Samba loop
- Hazmat cargo removed from CP Ships vessel grounded in Azores
- Geest, DFDS join forces between Norway and Rotterdam
- Lloyd Triestino picks SSA as Lithuania agent
- Oiltest Inc. names Brigley president
- Big U.S. airlines post disappointing cargo results for 2005
- Eurofly orders 3 A350s
- STB names Railroad-Shipper Transportation Advisory Council appointees
- YellowRoadway renames itself
- Senator International picks IES logistics software
- Manager's booking fraud forces Sidler to resign as Panalpina CEO
- Kuehne + Nagel closes ACR acquisition
- CITES suspends exports of beluga caviar until countries agree on quotas
- Samskip opens office in Vigo, Spain
- McLane continues distribution for Brewer Oil
- Dubai-based investment company to buy Inchcape for $285 million
- DHS to split up South Florida security funding
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- Scandlines put up for sale by bankers
Scandlines has now been put up for sale by the owners, which are Deutsche Bahn and the Danish Ministry of ...
- Aker Yards/Alstom Marine join forces
Aker Yards and Alstom Marine join forces and form a new company consisting of the shipyards in Saint-Nazaire and ...
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- Record year for Argentina bunkers but limits to growth
Suppliers expecting another bumper grain crop to boost demand but saying that barge availability is limiting expansion of the market.
- Volatile US bunker prices for 2006
With speculation driving the crude market, US bunker suppliers predicting more uncertainty over prices.
- Durban: Refiner attempts second cat cracker restart
SAPREF scheduled to restart catalytic cracker today as South African market continues to suffer distillate shortages.
- Onus on ships to make own oil boom preparations
Taiwan suppliers say buyers to make their own oil boom arrangements following new barge delivery rules.
- Grounded ship: Fuel and hazardous cargo lightered
Almost one month after grounding, all IMO-classified hazardous cargo and fuel has now been removed.
- Base Oil: Group I plant to restart after 3 months offline
A US Gulf Coast Group I base oil plant is reportedly set to restart this week after three months offline.
- Argentina: Barge out of service until end-February
- Rotterdam market surges with crude spike
- Singapore: New terminal breaks ground on Jurong Island
Singapore's homegrown oil trader has held the groundbreaking ceremony for its new oil storage terminal on Jurong Island.
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