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Shipping News
- East Asian yards top in civilian shipbuilding
THREE East Asian countries account for 80 per cent of the non-military shipbuilding orders worldwide, dominating in particular production of container and cargo ships, oil tankers and bulk carriers.
- Greenpeace says ship collision won't stop whaling protests
GREENPEACE activists vowed yesterday to fight on against a Japanese whaling fleet in the icy waters of the Antarctic despite what they called a deliberate ramming of their ship.
- Ports, harbours closed as cyclone nears Australia
MORE than 1,500 people were evacuated and ports and oil production platforms were closed yesterday as Western Australia's Pilbara region braced for the arrival of Tropical Cyclone Clare, officials said.
- London tube strike shuts dozens of stations
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- CMA CGM now 3rd largest container shipping group after buying Delmas
- UAE firm buys Inchcape Shipping for US$292m
- Hobart added to K + N's Australian network
- Stanley Lim sets up logistics firm
- FedEx's Shanghai distribution centre begins operations
- Liaoning ports' throughput to exceed 500m tons by 2010
- Yantai-Dalian land and sea freight train service to start up in H2
- Record orders in 2005 for Boeing
- KLAS opens Vietnam rep office
- DHL signs contract with Stryker
- Change at the top for Dachser
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- America Express service to add eighth vessel
- Hong Kong to reduce berthing fees
- TSA members to raise US land surcharges by up to 41 pc
- Samba to skip SA
- MSC reshuffles US management
- Adolf Adrion named new CEO of CP Ships
- DEPB scheme likely to continue
- Edible oil industry opposes duty-free vanaspati imports
- Soyameal exports up by 28 pc in April-Dec. 2005
- Swaminathan wants QRs on farm produce imports reimposed
- Rice exports register robust 63 pc growth in H1; poultry, dairy items 62.7 pc
- Panel finds Chinese-led consortium’s financial bid acceptable
- Decks cleared for Dighi port development
- CONCOR SR posts 17 pc growth in export boxes
- Wagon shortage may derail foray by private cos into container transportation
- Rail freight services to Pakistan may follow passenger service
- Need for regulator to maintain fairness in container movement seen
- Panel re-evaluating airport revamp plan
- Budget may provide fair deal to logistics sector
- Rlys formulating plan to wean away more cargo from road transport
- Forex reserves dropped by $ 950 million to $ 1,44,050 million
- ‘Brand India’ will capture a large chunk of global business-Kamal Nath
- Maharashtra govt plans to set up 11 SEZs
- Himachal Pradesh planning 4 SEZs
- IMC sets up 2 trade fora for manufacturing & services sectors
- CCEA clears strategic oil reserves plan
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- Wang retires at OOCL (Europe)
- Sheikh Maktoum passes away
- Strike planned in European ports
- London investment fund second-largest Alitalia owner
- Kombiverkehr expanding services primarily to northern Europe
- DSV and Frans Maas confirm merger plans
- Broad rejection of port package II in Germany
- Embarcadero Systems launches new terminal security solution
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- Skaugen’s profit up
- Ship Finance in rig deal
- Euronav’s farewell to single hulls
- NY ferry officer jailed
- Farstad deals
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- North American cruise traffic still growing
- SeaDrill announces new Smedvig offer
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- Crowley announces purchase for Alaskan fuel business
- Washington border guards nab pair of teens with Ecstasy
- World Trade Center Tacoma schedules annual Globe Awards
- Transportation services index falls for first time since February
- AAR publishes latest edition of Ten-Year Trends for railroads
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- Evidence mounts against Eitzen tanker
SUSPICION that the Sichem Pandora was involved in a multi-fatality collision last week with a French fishing vessel intensified on Monday evening after a prosecutor announced that paint on its hull was 'chemically' indistinguishable from that used on the fishing vessel.
- ETA-Ascon paves way for $2.7bn major expansion
MULTI-BILLION dollar plans to expand in bulk shipping and shipbuilding are in hand at ETA-Ascon, the Dubai-based conglomerate.
- Cruise firms told one non-Europe stop is not enough to avoid VAT
CRUISE firms operating in Europe must include value-added tax for on-board sales even if they have a non-European port of call in their itinerary, according to the European Commission.
- Cross succeeds Goodrich as BMT chief
BMT, the uniquely structured design, engineering and risk management consultancy, has appointed Neil Cross to succeed the late David Goodrich as chairman.
- SeaDrill returns to offshore fray with improved Smedvig takeover offer
John Fredriksen’s determination to consolidate the offshore drilling sector has seen his quoted vehicle SeaDrill launch a fresh attempt to take over rival Norwegian operator Smedvig at a higher price, writes Tony Gray.
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- Crew held on murder charge
THE captain and three members of the crew of the bulker African Kalahari have been charged with murder and attempted murder in a Durban court
- Shell tops fixture ranking
SHELL remained the most active crude tanker charterer in the world last year, with BP jumping to the No. 2 slot, according to 2005 figures from Poten & Partners
- Malta-registered tanker held in Dunkirk
FRENCH authorities are continuing to hold the Malta-flagged chemical tanker Sichem Pandora in Dunkirk after a French fishing vessel went down off Alderney
- Clemenceau heads into asbestos storm
INDIA is likely to disallow the berthing of decommissioned French aircraft carrier Clemenceau at Alang’s shipbreaking yards in Gujarat
- KG financier rolls out mega fleet fund
KG house Lloyd Fonds is rolling out a closed shipping fund worth $137M with the backing of Deutsche Bank
- Ship Finance moves into offshore
SHIP Finance International has moved into the offshore sector in a deal which, it claims, positions the company between the commercial bank and equity finance sectors
- T&T energy minister arrested
- Coaster master prosecuted
- Changes ahead for Global Carriers
- LNG ship rescues Irish rowers
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- Pacific Northwest ports near mark
Total container volume in 2005 is likely to reach 6 million TEUs for the first time on boom in Asia exports, additional liner services.
- Booz Allen hires former Customs chief Weise
- Railroads set intermodal record
- CMA CGM upgrades Asia-W. Africa
- Transport index falls in Oct.
- Miami port exec to Shanghai
- S. Korean digital exports top $100B
- U.S. company brokering Shanghai port property
- Car float capsizes in NY Harbor
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- MTC muscles in on HPH in Mexico
Marine Terminal Corporation is planning to focus on the port of Lazaro Cardenas in Mexico - up to now an HPH stronghold - for expansion.
- Jakarta refuses PSA and HPH’s demands in Bojonegara project
Indonesia’s Department of Transportation has signalled its refusal of certain guarantees on the Bojonegara Port project, saying this could create a monopoly.
- Indonesia to conduct THC audit, accept suggestions
- Trans-Sib players trying to see results of tariff-rise
- US railroads set more records, sharpening capacity question
- MSC focuses on Baltimore
- Yang Ming to deploy new ship on CIX
- Shipping lines welcome Concor monopoly end, but will ‘wait and watch’
- Finnsteve buys out TBE System to strengthen Kotka position
- Dunkirk reports 2% container-rise in year of investment
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- Cebu to build car carrier
Japan’s Tsuneishi Heavy Industries is letting its Philippines yard branch out from bulkers to car carriers.
- Komrowski to Gijon again?
Spanish shipbuilder Naval Gijon and possible buyer Factorias Vulcano are said to be working together on a new order.
- Siba stocks up
Italy’s Siba Ships confirms that it will order a second 30,000-sheep livestock carrier from Labroy.
- 'I gored a tanker'
An anti-whaling campaigner is said to have boasted of colliding with a Japanese bunkers tanker.
- Safe for Ship Finance
Tanker owner Ship Finance International has broadened its horizons with an accommodation rig.
- Lee migrates to Euronav
Clarkson and Ceres tanker veteran Jonathan Lee has been appointed commercial manager for Euronav NV.
- Fredriksen ups price
Tanker king’s offshore company makes new higher offer for Norwegian drilling rival Smedvig.
- Coaster order grows
Fertiliser producer K+S Gruppe is behind shipowner Wessels' order for 10 coasters in Slovakia.
- Gas boost for Skaugen
Strong market lifts Norwegian shipping group but pooling deal with AP Moller – Maersk falls apart.
- Eitzen heads for Dunkirk
Shipowner to help investigation into events behind tragic loss of French trawler.
- Gdynia looks to LNG
Polish shipyard is again considering building LNG ships and invites other yards to talks.
- ETA-Ascon aims high
Dubai based trading and shipping group to spend $2.7bn on massive expansion of bulk carrier and tanker fleet.
- Shell retains its crown
Anglo-Dutch oil major maintains its position as world’s largest charterer in the dirty fixtures market.
- Teekay ship scoops up duo
LNG carrier Hispania Spirit rescues two Irish oarsmen after boat capsizes off Bermuda.
- Luvly jubbly!
Carnival chief operating officer Howard Frank pulls in over $20m after selling stock options.
- Babcock extends PD offer
Australian company wins 80% of UK ports operator’s shares, but will try for 90%.
- Seadrill back again for Smedvig
Norwegian offshore companies’ shares suspended after reports they are cooking up another takeover deal.
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- U.S./Caribbean carriers raise bunker surcharges
- Crowley buys Alaskan fuel distribution company
- Rickmers-Linie to add Pacific voyages via Eastern Car Liner charters
- Evergreen joins Asia/Middle East loop
- Crowley names Twaits VP, general counsel
- U.S. international air cargo up 3.6% in November
- Qantas starts Sydney/Beijing flights
- PWC wins petrochemical logistics contract
- Economist predicts strong exports for South Florida
- N.Y.-N.J. foreign freight forwarders to convene Jan. 25
- PierPass reaches 1 million truck milestone
- Marine Terminals Corp. to implement SaviTrak information network
- Lake Charles Stevedores changes name to P&O Ports Lake Charles
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- Tricolor sinking blamed on "Karibia"
The 1982-built, 1,036 TEU container vessel "Karibia" is solely to blame for the sinking of the Wilh. Wilhelmsen car ...
- Bore acquires Engship
The Turku-based shipping company Rederi Ab Engship and its fleet of 11 vessels will be taken over by another ...
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- Protesters ram Japanese bunker ship
Anti-whaling protesters with 'can opener' device deliberately targeting ship in the Southern Ocean.
- FL Selenia planning 140 million euro high-yield bond
Lubricant manufacturer plans to issue a 140 million euro ($169.3 million) high-yield bond to part-fund its leveraged buyout.
- APL Panama: 10,000 mt of fuel and ballast water to be removed
Salvage crews attending the grounded vessel APL Panama are to remove 10,000 mt of bunker fuel and ballast water before attempting to refloat the vessel at the next high tide.
- Total expands Gabon supply capacity with new barge
Oil major charters a vessel to boost bunkering operations ahead of planned newbuild arrivals.
- ARA: Fuel oil cargo arrivals could see prices tumble
Closed arb to Asia and US coupled with large cargo arrivals could see northwest European fuel oil markets tumble, traders say.
- Rotterdam barge market opens week very quiet
- Hong Kong: Bunker fuel shortage grips market
Shortage of 380 cst and 180 cst has restricted spot market activities, and the situation may get worse this week.
- Conference collapse leads to individual bunker surcharges
January's bunker surcharge changes under the Australian Europe Liner Association will be announced by the association's individual lines after its dissolution.
- Bunkerworld Singapore moves to new office
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