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Shipping News
- Carriers scramble to man growing fleets
AS shipping companies around the world expand their fleets, qualified sea officers are in high demand.
- Maritime security 'little improved' since Sept 11
THE maritime industry has done little to improve security since the Sept 11 attacks while cooperation among governments on security is still lacking, analysts and a senior Malaysian official said yesterday.
- Goldman Sachs bullish on ocean dry freight
STRONG dry commodities freight rates should rise further in the final quarter and in 2007 on utility demand, booming China trade and slowing ship orders next year, investment bank Goldman Sachs said in a report last week.
- DP World, made to sell US ports, is security certified
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- Biggest box ships yet ordered by CMA CGM
- Coscon to begin Thailand-Singapore service
- USL to make US-Australia & NZ service weekly
- Sluggish May slows Hong Kong trade growth in H1
- Penang's new container management system experiences `hiccups'
- Envirotainer to invest US$3.79m on 70 temperature-controlled boxes
- Port of Tacoma hires box specialist
- Sun Hung Kai subsidiary eyes 3rd HK air cargo terminal project
- Sino-Belgium air cargo link to be established
- Aero Freight to provide GSSA services at Liege Airport
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- OOCL to introduce East Mediterranean service
- Cosco Pacific & APM to operate Nansha Phase-II
- Hanjin Shipping to replace IMS with Korea-Malaysia services
- Rickmers-Linie appoints Korea Maritime Co. as new agent in S. Korea
- Bangla row over shipping freight rates resolved
- Two new services begin calling at Chiwan
- NOL sails into mega boxship territory
- CNC to launch 2 intra-Asia services
- Transit fee hits record on Panama Canal jam
- PWC Logistics teams up to win US Navy contract for global contingency services
- Kalmar secures commitment to SA
- Menace of terrorism increases shipping costs for exporters to us
- With ship prices riding the crest, buyers’ enthusiasm ebbs
- Move to make India major fabrics hub
- Lanka tightens pepper, vanaspati tap
- MChamber underlines need to develop facilities at promising Porbandar port
- Rlys hauls 26 m. tonnes more in April-Aug.
- Forex reserves up by $ 1,132 m to $ 1,66,458 million
- Retain DGFT office in KASEZ, urges Gandhidham Chamber
- Forex reserves swell by $ 1.132 bn
- WSL successfully completes 15 years in logistics biz
- US-based venture capitalists amass over $ 4 bn for India investments
- Prof. V. K. Kumar, new Gift Director
- 1st global, full-fledged maritime institute to be set up in Goa
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- Gulf Air Cargo appoints new development manager
- US ports more secure five years afer 9/11 attack
- Bombardier profits plunge
- Russia approves Lena United River Shipping tariffs
- Tesco Direct selects TNT Logistics for home delivery
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- DP World's security standard
- Importers’ plea on California tax
- Abandoned crew set for pay-out
- CMA-CGM in massive boxship order
- Indian seafarers’ strike averted
- Skaugen’s new Chinese subsidiary
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- U.S. Barge wins first order
- HHI books $1,2 billion boxship order
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- Port of Longview breaks record for largest steel shipment
- Port of Tacoma taps Soderstrom as new container terminal specialist
- PDX noise committee meeting set for Thursday, September 14
- Tidewater sets christening ceremony for new single-wide double-hulled barge
- Intermodal count breaks record for US rail freight during week
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- Empa backs Brussels on pilot proposals
The European Maritime Pilots Association yesterday criticised shipowners for attempting to block Brussels proposals that would grant pilots new powers to report vessel deficiencies.
- Singapore tightens port security list
SINGAPORE is planning to more than double the list of controlled items for goods moving through its ports in a bid to further tighten maritime security.
- Managers mystified by slops scandal
BOTH the charterers and managers of a ship linked to a poisoning scandal on the Ivory Coast have said they are stunned by the incident, which triggered the resignation of the African country’s government last week, writes Nigel Lowry.
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- Wreck polluting Lanka beaches
GALLE 11 September – Oil leaking from a cargo vessel that sank in rough seas off Sri Lanka’s southern coast has washed up on nearby beaches, polluting popular resorts and damaging fish breeding grounds
- Rosneft stirs up Black Sea rivalry
ROSNEFT, the Russian state-owned oil company, is planning a major shift of oil deliveries in and out of the Black Sea, focusing on Tuapse
- Hurricane Florence passing Bermuda
HURRICANE Florence is passing Bermuda this morning with sustained winds in excess of 130 km/hr
- Bomb threat hoax at LA port
A BOMB threat today at LA’s Pier 300 at San Pedro has been found to be a hoax, according to Coast Guard and local police
- Sudan exports first Dar Blend crude
SUDAN is reported to have kicked off export of its new Dar Blend crude with first loading of two tankers Stena Antarctica and Ce-Shilla on their way to China and Japan
- Strong interims at Forth Ports
Forth Ports, the UK’s last remaining large independent ports group, has posted a good performance in the six months to 30 June
- Cougar Ace arrives at Portland
- Schat-Harding snaps up engineers
- Boats and marijuana seized in Bahamas
- Endless resolution expected today
- Pakistan blames Spirit's owner, crew
- Probo 'not to blame' for toxic crisis
- Grain growers eye empty containers
- Ottawa mulls end of wheat monopoly
- Bremerhaven passes Maersk test
- Auction of Misr bulker cancelled
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- U.S. screening 80% of boxes: Chertoff
Five years after Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Homeland Security chief says eight out of 10 U.S.-bound containers are screened at foreign ports.
- TACA holds fuel bill
- Bomb threat at LA APL terminal
- Fitch warms to Canal plans
- Intermodal boosts August rail
- Brownsville deputy quits
- CMA CGM forms Euro rail venture
- Cosco joins India service
- Concor expands port trains
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- Rate rises to hit New Zealand trades
Members of the North Asia New Zealand Discussion Agreement have announced rates between China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and New Zealand will rise by US$200/teu from October 7.
- CMA CGM confirms eight-ship order
- Australian exports on the rise
- Atlantic Shipping launches monthly triangular service
- CMA CGM’s Rail Link enters Veolia joint venture
- Grangemouth growth prompts Forth Ports DC plans
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- Fatter slices
New York-listed OMI Corp is giving in -- a little -- to investor calls for higher dividends.
- Arms found on Greek ship
Cypriot authorities discover radar systems and command vehicles on ship bound for Syria from North Korea.
- Caution!
Previously bullish New York investment bank Dahlman Rose now has its doubts about the short-term outlook for tankers.
- Four fall foul of Hong Kong PSC
Bulker, car carrier and two general cargoships detained during August.
- Olsen confirms order
Two suezmaxes to be delivered over three years from now will cost $73.7m a copy.
- MSC cruises to half billion
Med cruise company expects 2006 revenues to hit EUR 500m and passenger numbers to reach 500,000.
- Novoship confirms quartet
Russian owner makes a break for China as it kicks off tanker newbuilding programme with suezmaxes.
- Acergy makes big offer
Oslo-listed offshore vessel owner to sell $500m of convertible notes to fund fleet upgrades.
- Edco nearing release
Egyptian bulker held in the US could be free this week after owner produces a letter of credit.
- Dry cargo ups Forth profit
Increased dry cargo volumes help UK port operator Forth Ports to increased first-half income.
- Blue Star offloads two oldies
Two former Dane Line ferries acquired in July sold off for $3m by Greece’s Blue Star Maritime.
- SSA gets Vietnam green light
Container terminal operator given go-ahead for joint venture with Saigon Port for Ho Chi Minh facility.
- Johan expecting bigger things
Malaysian IPO candidate’s boxships to post much higher earnings in next financial year.
- Master in the clear
LPG carrier captain has charges of illegally anchoring in New Zealand dismissed by court.
- Arnie urged to veto bill
Trade association asks California governor not to sign $30 container surcharge bill into law.
- Strike on Sea Justice bulker
The Filipino crew of panamax bulker Endless claim they are owed $325,000 in back wages.
- Hemen buys more Deep Sea
John Fredriksen’s Cyprus-based private holding company has snapped up nearly 2m shares.
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- CMA CGM makes record $1.2 billion order with HHI for 8 11,400-TEU ships
- Maersk to merge U.S. East Coast/East Coast South America loops
- U.S. Lines to make ANZL weekly
- U.K. shipping revenue surges 146% since 2002
- Grimaldi starts new U.S./Africa service
- UN probing Ivory Coast waste scandal
- COSCO to start South East Asia feeder
- Boeing tests plane for 787 supply chain
- Envirotainer adds to air container fleet
- U.S. railroads' intermodal volumes up 6.2% in August
- U.S. looks forward to renewed beef trade with Korea
- Supply chain software company sues SAP
- ITC: Cheap imports of lined paper harm U.S. producers
- USDA boosts trade support in Senegal
- INFICON adopts screening product from Management Dynamics
- GeoLogistics selects Nystroem as Finnish partner
- ALE Cargo joins United Shipping
- Port of Tacoma appoints Soderstrom
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- Net wages for Hurtingruten Group
Norway’s minister responsible for shipping, Odd Eriksen, will introduce net wages for the Hurtigruten Group, including the Coastal Express service ...
- Fosen Mek. to strengthen working capital
Mainly thanks to bad workmanship on the Russian hull for the first Stena RoPax, which was outfitted at Fosen Mek ...
- Two ferries in collision at the entrance to Helsingør
A collision in the early hours of Monday between passenger ferry "Sundbuss Pernille" and the passenger/ro-ro ferry "Mercandia ...
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- Bunker prices in free fall
Suppliers wondering how low US prices will go as crude remaining bearish and bunkers following.
- Working Group to tackle ship emissions
Agenda documents made public ahead of tomorrow's meeting in Long Beach.
- Merged exchange 'firing on all cylinders'
Newly merged IMAREX NOS bullish for Q3 after record-breaking August surpasses $1 billion turnover.
- Japanese retroactive bunker price down 1.1% in August
Retroactive August price settled while September spot prices have yet to drop in line with Singapore.
- Quiet start to week in Rotterdam barge trade
- Singapore low-sulphur premium to stay below $50
Premiums expected to stay at around $30-35 pmt before possibly hitting $50 pmt, local supplier says.
- Lubmarine confirms price increases
Cost pressures, tight supply and increased demand to blame.
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