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Shipping News
- Bangla row over shipping freight rates resolved
FOREIGN ship operators resumed moving cargo to and from Bangladesh ports late on Tuesday after a three-day boycott as a dispute over freight rates was resolved, shippers and officials said.
- M'sia's Free Zone Capital to sell RM410m bonds
MALAYSIA's Free Zone Capital Bhd plans to sell RM410 million of bonds this month to fund road and electrical work at Port Klang, the country's biggest port.
- US court cuts penalty for false entries
THE US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has made a ruling which appears to reduce the severity of punishments available for cases where a ship's Oil Record Book has been falsified.
- Petronet, Adani in JV to build dry-cargo India port
- Slick-cleaning gear for Lebanon
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- CNC to launch two intra-Asia services in September
- HK still has edge over mainland ports, Janco says
- Speedage buyout puts TNT among India's top express road service providers
- MOL to provide consolidation services for IKEA products in N China
- Box throughput at Qingwei soars 60pc
- SAS to fly Stockholm-Beijing route from April
- South African says Ireland airlift continues to grow
- TNT: clinical trial shipments from S Korea to Singapore on the rise
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- Private operators seek say in drafting of cruise shipping policy
- Gold jewellery export front to remain sparkling
- No Customs duty on 82 items from Thailand
- Mumbai Municipal Commissioner Johny Joseph set to take over as Chairman of JNPT
- New Mangalore Port posts 83 pc rise in April-Aug. box handling
- Road cargo traffic to Paradip Port paralysed by deluge & floods
- Work on building 2 multi-purpose berths at Haldia in full swing
- Paradip Port Trust offers 5 captive berths to steel companies
- ICD-Dhappar, near Ludhiana, to be commissioned soon
- Core sector records 9 pc growth in July
- 2 power SEZs to come up in Maharashtra
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- Foss acquires Harbor Marine
- VT Halter to build more Crowley ATB's
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- Listing car carrier heading to Portland
- Hanjin Shipping adding two new Korea/Malaysia runs
- Port association meeting will remember fallen colleagues
- Crowley orders four more articulated tug-barge vessels
- Diana Shipping converts vessel to time charter contract
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- Analysts up outlook for Asian dry bulk
STEADILY rising charter rates in the dry bulk market in the last few months have led transport analysts to raise their forecasts for some Asian shipping companies.
- Bush: seafarer training key to future growth
TRAINING is the critical variable that will keep US seafarers competitive in the decades ahead, President George Bush said in his Labour Day address on Monday, writes Rajesh Joshi in New York.
- Skaugen snaps up Melbourne Marine
SKAUGEN PetroTrans, the world’s largest lightering outfit, has purchased British ship-to-ship transfer specialist Melbourne Marine Services.
- ACeS to work with Inmarsat as voice partner
INMARSAT has selected ACeS International as its partner in a project to close the last gap in its services, the provision of low-cost handheld voice services via satellite.
- Ligurian governor sparks speculation on Voltri terminal
EXECUTIVES at Cosco and China Shipping could be renewing their interest in Genoa after Ligurian governor Claudio Burlando proposed that they take a stake in its flagship Voltri terminal.
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- Bush nominates Peters to head DOT
WASHINGTON, DC 06 September – Mary Peters, former head of the Federal Highway Administration was nominated yesterday by President George Bush to head the Department of Transportation
- Gazprom share deal to save Sakhalin
RUSSIAN gas giant Gazprom is negotiating for a 25% blocking stake in Sakhalin Energy Investment Co, without which the Sakhalin-2 oil and gas field project could be sunk
- Solar master, owner to face trial
THE master and owner of the Philippines domestic tanker Solar I, which sank leaving two crewmen missing and a huge oil spill, may face criminal and civil charges
- Hill Dicks, Hill Taylor Dicks to tie the knot
LAW firms Hill Dickinson and Hill Taylor Dickinson are to merge, effective 01 November, to create one of the UK's largest marine law practices
- Jones Act order surge continues
CROWLEY Maritime has ordered four more 185,000bbl Articulated Tug Barges at Halter Marine, further bolstering Jones Act capacity in the face of OPA ’90-induced withdrawals
- ThyssenKrupp seeks new Latin Lover
GERMAN industry conglomerate ThyssenKrupp has invited Italian shipbuilding group Fincantieri to become a potential partner and help creating a shipbuilding hub in Europe
- It’s good to talk but not both at once
- Tired crew are dangerous crew, safety chief warns
- Pemex hopes up as president-elect confirmed
- Tug engine problem caused spill
- Connaughton takes MarAd oath today
- Chevron strikes new oil in Gulf
- Florence becomes sixth named storm
- Merger creates maritime law giant
- Migrant Watch: US/Caribbean
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- CMA CGM upgrades U.S.-Turkey service
The French liner is revamping its Amerigo Express by increasing vessel capacity, adding calls at Istanbul and Izmir.
- Swearing-in for Marad chief Connaughton
- Long Beach to test low-emission yard tractors
- Maritime law firms merge
- Hanjin swaps Malaysia slots
- i2 sues SAP
- Jamaica expands terminal
- PSA aiming for Indian box project
- Clarksons buys Australian shipbroker
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- UK railway makes shopping list, for use with ports policy
Government funding for the UK rail network until 2014/5 will be decided according to a "shopping list" now being prepared, but cargo-predictions are incomplete without the separate ports policy review.
- Colombo South Port loan to kick-start delayed development
Much-delayed construction of Colombo’s South Port was brought forward today, with the Asian Development Bank’s commitment to lend US$225m for the breakwater and channel – kick-starting the possibility for private-sector involvement.
- Panamaxes set to buck charter trend as market slips again
- Carriers and shippers end Chittagong face-off
- Maersk’s ship withdrawal fuels S.America to USEC trade GRI
- Investors forecast COSCO Pacific profit fall
- Jakarta urges shipowners to insure vessels
- Major drop in Canada's Fraser River box volume
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- UK law firms tailor merger
Shipping practice Hill Taylor Dickinson sizes up Liverpool firm Hill Dickinson in two-piece suit.
- Cargill makes dry buy downunder
US chartering giant takes a one-third stake in Australian dry-bulk ship inspection outfit RightShip.
- Lasco: 'No deals done'
Denial of financial settlements with former executives to drop cases against Latvian Shipping Company.
- DFDS re-jigs
Busy day of sale and purchase activity sees Danish ferry owner restructure its Scandinavia-to-UK services.
- New record for Suez Canal
Single-day record total helps Egyptian waterway to highest ever revenue figure in August.
- Yang Ming off again
Second-quarter net profit and revenues take a tumble but operating income bounces back from first quarter.
- NATS arms itself
Spot player increases $300m loan facility by 65% as part of expansion plans.
- Maersk takes another nibble
AP Moller’s towage and salvage arm SvitzerWijsmuller now holds over 10m shares in Adsteam.
- Crowley in large barge order
VT Halter Marine of the US wins another order for four barges from compatriot Crowley Maritime Corp.
- Norway stems decline
Country increases foreign-going fleet in latest quarter though numbers still down compared to 2005.
- Cargoships collide
Failed communications in the lead-up to accident in Dover Traffic Separation scheme.
- Clarksons bulks up
UK shipbroker adds to Australian dry bulk assets with acquisitions of Anchor Cross Shipbrokers.
- CMA CGM in US-Turkey link
French liner firm to introduce Istanbul and Izmir stops to US East Coast-Mediterranean service.
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- Samskip to sell 50% share in Teco Lines to partner Tschudi
- Healy & Baillie merges with Blank Rome
- Crowley to purchase four articulated tug-barges
- Clarksons pays A$10 million for Anchor Cross
- OOCL to start East Med feeder
- Norwegian fleet sees uptick in tonnage
- World Air Holdings posts $7.5 million 2nd quarter loss
- Mail drops United's August cargo volume
- Bush picks Peters to lead DOT
- FTA: U.K. government must take responsibility for improving rails, roads
- FedEx seals deal for trucking company
- Heartland Corridor project gets $95 million in federal funding
- Ryder gets deal with Dunn-Edwards
- TTX hires Schinelli as CIO
- ITC studies sub-Saharan African exports
- ITC releases 2005 trade review
- Madala acquires Keogh Consulting
- FMC reviews 4 OTI applications, revokes 3 licenses
- DHS creates new port of entry in Sacramento
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- DFDS takes over Bergen-Newcastle
Danish DFDS Seaways is buying the Fjord Line-operated passenger ferry "Fjord Norway" and takes over the traditional Bergen to ...
- DFDS Seaways leaves Sweden
In connection with the take over of the ferry "Fjord Norway" and the new route, DFDS Seaways will close down ...
- Skaugen PetroTrans buys UK outfit
Skaugen PetroTrans has bought UK STS company Melbourne Marine Services, which wants to introduce ship-to-ship transfers in the ...
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- Avails for fuel oil grades tighten
South America east coast ports seeing further tightening of IFO fuel grades.
- Peru bunker market talks continue
Bunker supplier and refiner looking for breakthrough over sales impasse.
- Players reminded to follow the rules
After the latest row over disputed bunker samples, Singapore's MPA calls for strict adherence to bunkering guidelines.
- Greek port set to become energy transit hub
Russian crude oil to flow in new pipeline from Bourgas to Alexandropoulos, bypassing congested Bosphorus Straits.
- Bunker project for oil export hub
Bunker facility plans included in proposal for refinery at Ceyhan.
- Oil spill investigators hear allegations of illegal bunkering
Reports say the Solar I was observed surrounded by fishing vessels before it sank.
- Rotterdam market increasing with higher barge numbers
- New bunker terminal to be ready within two years
One of the companies bidding to build a major bunker facility at Tanjung Pelepas has indicated it is ready to start work on the project.
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