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Shipping News
- Bid to refloat grounded APL Panama in Mexico continues
EFFORTS to refloat the APL Panama which ran aground on a sandy beach near the Mexican port of Ensenada a month and a half ago are continuing as salvors focus on off-lifting containers in a bid to lighten the vessel's load.
- Call for inert gas systems on all tankers
A joint industry group formed to study a spate of explosions on chemical tankers, including a Singapore-flagged vessel, identified human factors as the primary cause and recommended extending the use of inert gas systems to all chemical tankers.
- Shanghai port's Jan container volume hits record high
SHANGHAI International Group Co, which operates China's busiest port, handled a record number of containers in January as rising trade increased shipments.
- Aker Yards wins world's biggest cruise ship order
- Families of ferry victims set fires at operator's offices
- Mitsui OSK to raise stake in Utoc to 51%
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- MOL seeks majority ownership of Japanese port, logistics company
- MSC HK unit fined record US$10m for pollution cover-up
- OOCL Vancouver unveiled at Japanese dockyard
- India, Singapore looking to boost trade relations
- Congestion at US west coast ports likely this year, says report
- Tianjin to become N China seafood distribution hub
- CAAC approves new China-Taiwan JV air cargo company
- AAWW president and CEO to retire
- TNT Freight Management joins Cargo 2000
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- Hapag-Lloyd & ZIM in new slot exchange agreement on Med-US trade
- TSA to make fuel surcharges more responsive to market conditions
- MSC enhances service between Far East and US West Coast
- "K" Line, Yang Ming to start new loop in Asia-Med trade
- Maersk Sealand adding Cape Verde/Guinea-Bissau run
- Safmarine launches new multi-purpose vessel service from US to Angola
- Famous Pacific Shipping continues Chinese development
- SCI’s fleet expansion plan to be slow
- Foreign shipping cos see benefit in flying Indian flag
- PMO asks Finance Ministry to review merit of continuing with FBT
- Fieo (WR) to hold seminar at WTC tomorrow
- Agriculture Ministry proposes hike in palm oil import duty
- Seafood exporters to go on 3-day strike from Feb. 13
- Norway angling for joint ventures
- Anti-dumping duty recommended on chinese TP film
- Finance Ministry clarifies stand on dumping duty recovery
- Rubber industry wants import of natural rubber to control prices
- MoS asks Major Ports to draw up 7-yr action plan, fix targets
- IIM-A, IMTC to hold one-week port management programme in April
- Posco submits formal application to set up captive port
- VPT proves to be numero uno on the pitch too
- KoPT to resume night navigation in Hoogly from April
- N. Vaiyapuri takes over as Traffic Manager of Mormugao Port
- New Mangalore Port traffic up by 6.1 pc in April-January
- HDC cargo throughput soars by 17.34 pc in April-Jan. 2005-06
- Trade boom demands quicker, more often & reliable transport services-UNCTAD Review
- CONCOR’s ICD-Dadri as intersection point on Eastern & Western corridors mooted
- Fiscal deficit sees a sharp rise
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- ITJ: new telephone numbers
- "OOCL Vancouver" named in Koyo dockyard
- British Airways World Cargo Q3 results
- Germany: more (toll free) trucks under 12 t
- Kuehne + Nagel operates supplier logistics centre for DaimlerChrysler
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- $11.2 billion Navy shipbuilding budget request
- UK P&I Club expands U.S. staff
- Royal Caribbean orders giant ship
- Horizon Offshore to buy DP2 vessel
- Alaska tanker refloated
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- Longview Port Commission Oks land sale to R&R Trading
- Hatsu Marine christens new S-type container ship
- Port of Portland schedules PDX land committee meeting
- New Coast Guard patrol boat arrives at Bellingham, Washington
- Universal Truckload Services buys four intermodal firms
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- Panama begins probe into loss of Al Salam Boccaccio 98
PANAMA sent an investigator to Egypt over the weekend to begin the investigation into the causes of the ferry tragedy that claimed up to a 1,000 lives last week.
- El Salam offices hit as bereaved vent their fury
HUNDREDS of angry protesters yesterday trashed the Safaga offices of El Salam Maritime Transport Co, operator of the ferry that sank in the Red Sea last week with the loss of 1,000 lives.
- PSA close to ‘throwing in the towel’ over P&O bid
TIME is running out for PSA International to decide whether to make another counter offer for P&O, although a press report in Singapore suggested it is close to quitting the bidding war with Dubai Ports World.
- Bill for Royal Fleet Auxiliary ships rockets as costs overrun
THE goal-posts are moving once more over the full price of equipping the Royal Fleet Auxiliary with four new supply ships, writes Hugh O’Mahony.
- Royal Caribbean smashes order record with ‘remarkable’ €900m ship
ROYAL Caribbean has unveiled the most expensive ship order ever placed, for a €900m ($1bn), 220,000 gt cruiseship capable of carrying 5,400 passengers, writes Sandra Speares.
- Transocean lands $805m ONGC deals
Transocean, the world’s largest offshore drilling contractor, has scooped contracts worth $805m from India’s Oil and Natural Gas Corp, writes Tony Gray .
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- Ferry tragedy: 426 survivors
ANGRY Egyptians today ransacked the Safaga port offices of El Salam Maritime Transport, operator of the ferry Al Salam Boccaccio 98, which sank on Thursday evening on a crossing from Saudi Arabia
- Westbound box rates to go up
CONTAINER freight rates for specific cargoes shipped from US to Asia will be increased from next month
- Water on car deck sank Al Salam
THE third officer of the Al Salam Boccaccio 98 has told how water used to fight a fire on the car deck eventually led to the ship's capsizing and sinking
- Fesco confirms bid for Vanino port
SERGEI Generalov, controlling shareholder of Far Eastern Shipping Co (Fesco), is thinking of buying shore facilities to expand the company's container business
- BC fears marine skills shortage
A shortage of workers in all sectors of British Columbia's marine community could affect the province's economy over the next decade
- Corsica to bid for SNCM concession
- PDVSA launches India shipments
- TMN privatisation stalled again
- RCCL orders cruise giant
- ANL Tranztas goes weekly
- Volga Shipping posts volume fall
- EC to probe Clémenceau demolition
- SeaFrance not for sale, says owner
- China tightens ferry safety
- Seabulk Pride re-floated
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- DHS urged to strengthen policy staff
Security experts urge Homeland Security Director Michael Chertoff to increase the staffing in the department's new "policy shop."
- Bush proposes modest security spending increases
- Survey on C-TPAT views
- Hatsu deploys fourth 7,000-TEU ship
- Key Honduran apparel port to join CSI
- Halifax plans transload hub
- Car handler files complaint against Baltimore port
- Strike ballot for Northwest pilots
- Lufthansa raises fuel charge
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- Toll again extends takeover offer for Patrick
After a week of contretemps with the country’s anti-trust regulator, Toll Holdings has committed to continue its takeover bid for Patrick Corporation and extended its offer again until March 13.
- Bangladesh shipping agents call off Chittagong boycott
- US president proposes $15m for Columbia River deepening
- ‘Express transit’ to be offered to Kazakh capital
- Ship and backers ready for PAN’s Australian costal box run
- Digital tachographs to be fitted to new EU trucks from May
- China port threat prompts early PECT Berth 5 opening
- Two weeks left to vote in CI’s first Awards
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- Bird flu strikes ship
An Indian seafarer’s body is now being autopsied at Klaipeda for signs of avian flu.
- Dohle courts handysize owner
Germany’s Peter Dohle wants to buy Slovenian bulker owner Splosna Plovba after losing out on Croatia's Jadroplov.
- APL lowers US flag
Singapore’s APL is folding the US flag on its two vessels that do not receive multimillion dollar operating subsidies.
- Attica out of Hellenic
Superfast group nets $8m profit from 13 month investment in rival Greek ferry company.
- El Salam Maritime under attack
Angry relatives ransack shipowner’s office in Safaga following ferry tragedy.
- Malm Justad to be CEO
Chemical engineer with a Norgas background to head new Eitzen Maritime Services venture.
- Cut price compensation
Victims of Egyptian ferry tragedy may get half of maximum payout from Steamship Mutual.
- Filipinos’ record year
Manila claims 8% rise last year in seafarers employment is testimony to training standards.
- New service for Micronesia
Domestic company could fill gap left by pull-out of Japanese and US lines.
- Aker shares soar
Shipbuilder’s stock rises by 5% after $1bn order for new Royal Caribbean cruise vessel.
- PSA ready to throw in towel?
Report from Singapore claims ports group will let DP World win battle for P&O.
- Muhibbah on the rise
Malaysian yard specialising in offshore ships forecasting more growth this year.
- Nearly 900 still missing
Some 387 rescued but hopes of finding remaining passengers from sunken Egyptian ferry fade.
- RCCL breaks the bank
US cruiseship owner orders the first $1bn vessel from Aker Yards for delivery in 2009.
- RINA ready to cooperate
Italian class society to work with Egyptian authorities as they investigate sinking of Al Salam 98.
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- New Hatsu vessel completed in Japan
- Coast Guard secures grounded "Seabulk Pride"
- Pilots end strike at World Airways
- Cargolux raises fuel surcharge
- Small cargo plane crashes in Wisconsin Small cargo plane crashes in Wisconsin
- Express rail service starts between Georgia and Kazakhstan
- Hurricanes dent Kansas City Southern profits
- Ag shippers to benefit from U.S.-South Korea free trade deal
- CBP seizes textiles for trade violations
- U.S.-EU customs collaboration to cover pirated goods
- Shipco starts new air cargo service from China
- Port of Longview makes land deal with Canadian company
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- New Kystlink will carry on
A new company – Nye Kystlink AS – has taken over all actvities and the more important operative assets from KystLink AS ...
- Ups and downs for Stena Line
Freight volumes grew on almost all Stena Line ferry services last year. All in all, the growth was eight per ...
- Danes acting for Germans in environmental case
The Danish Naval Command was alerted during the weekend, when the Panamian flagged tanker "Chemstar Duke" arrived at Esbjerg. On ...
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- Schwarzenegger supports cold ironing
California governor providing funding for port infrastructure to reduce ship emissions.
- Council urges MARPOL Annex VI ratification
LA City supporting US emissions controls, SECA in 'two to three years'.
- Traders welcome cargo delays with sigh of relief
Oversupplied Singapore traders welcoming delay of Asia-bound fuel oil cargoes.
- Cost savings continue to boost 500 cst sales
Sales figures for the benchmark port of Singapore show continued strong growth for 500 centistoke fuel oil as owners seek cost savings.
- Spill probe puts 65 vessels under spotlight
Hanseatic Shipping says a vessel under its management was not responsible for a spill in Estonia, and that 65 vessels are being investigated.
- Several new appointments for O.W. Bunker
- Barge market: Sellers withdraw as Rotterdam firms
- SK Corp cuts March crude runs
Weak refining margins have led to SK Corp announcing it will cut its daily crude operating runs in March.
- GAC reinforces Shanghai office with key personnel
GAC Group has moved a key staff member from its Hong Kong office to Shanghai to strengthen its services in China.
- Portland bunkering strides forward with influx of larger vessels
'Premier bunkering location' reports larger stems since opening a year ago.
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