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Shipping News
- S'pore acts on piracy info centre plan
WHILE the measured diplomatic process continues its course, Singapore has taken early steps to lay the groundwork for what will ultimately become the Information Sharing Centre in the collective fight against maritime piracy by 16 Asian countries.
- P&O bid: DP World clears Aussie hurdle
AS the bidding war for P&O heats up, attention is now focused on possible reactions from various competition watchdogs, with Australia effectively giving the green light to Dubai Ports World yesterday.
- Philippine presidential yacht catches fire in Keppel Batangas yard
ANY plans Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo may have of enjoying the luxuries of the presidential yacht went up in smoke on Saturday when the Ang Pangulo inexplicably caught fire while docked at the Keppel Batangas shipyard in Batangas.
- Regulator opposes Toll's bid for Patrick Corp
- WTSA raises freight rates for scrap metal
- European Parliament rejects ports reform Bill
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- Cosco, Sembcorp to set up ship repair centre in Ningbo
- River terminal construction starts in Wuzhou
- Tielong Logistics to acquire container business assets
- CWT Globelink opens offices in Egypt
- Tuticorin Terminal top container handler in India: PSA
- Merged Malaysian haulier associations to fight fixed tariffs
- Airbus announces it had more orders in 2005 than Boeing
- JAL Cargo rejoins Cargo 2000
- Continental reports 2005, Q4 net loss
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- SC bars entry of Clemenceau into Indian waters till Feb. 13
- Dry-bulk vessel rates may fall this year
- MoS favours sea trade with Pak
- Finance Ministry may trim export promotion schemes in bid to raise revenues
- Pharmexcil sees big opportunity for exporters in non-traditional markets
- NDR Group’s state-of-the-art, mega CFS near JNP to be inaugurated today
- 43 pc surge in Mundra Port’s throughput in 2005
- Customs at Haldia Dock to be upgraded
- Net profit of ABG Shipyard registers 99.7 pc rise in Q3
- KoPT’s Saugor anchorage unloads biggest parcel size
- National Tax Tribunal formation notified
- Pak may not grant MFN status to India
- Land allotted in AP to set up product-specific SEZ
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- New DFDS marketing manager
- NYK establishes new local trade headquarters
- Record year for Fraport
- TFG improving Germany-Switzerland services
- SGS increases sales and profits in 2005
- California considering adding toll, truck lanes
- USA: DHS to propose use of RFID seals on containers
- Security in international logistics
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- Rough ride for EU ports directive
- Honorary Hatsu position for Maurice Storey
- EC proposes waterways promotion
- Australia imposes liability insurance
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- Coast Guard secures drifting Maritrans barge
- Bourbon backs new Rigdon fleet expansion
- Maritrans tug sinks
- Queen Mary 2 has to return to port
- New flag ship for river cruise fleet
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- Port of Olympia selling West Bay land to City of Olympia
- Port of Seattle to look into Sea-tac Airport environmental practices
- In-water construction work brings safety zone to North Portland Harbor
- VPA goes with Cerescorp for cruise terminal management
- Credentials deadline extended for mariners hit by Hurricane Katrina
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- QM2 limps into port with pod damage
CUNARD flagship Queen Mary 2 is believed to have damaged one of its propulsion pods after going aground as it left Port Everglades on the next leg of a 38-day cruise.
- Crushing ‘no’ vote kills EU ports directive
THE European parliament put the access to port services directive out of its misery yesterday, rejecting the proposal by an overwhelming majority.
- Newbuildings blamed for collapse of Great Western Steamship
GREAT Western Steamship Co has collapsed, leaving without employment four newbuildings that were about to be delivered to the Florida-based container line.
- Eitzen ship still held as Malta mulls inquiry
Eitzen Group tanker Sichem Pandora was still being held in the French port of Dunkirk yesterday as Malta decided whether to launch an official judicial investigation into the ship’s possible involvement in the sinking of a French fishing vessel and the loss of five of its six-man crew.
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- US cruiser passport twist
THE US Departments of State and Homeland Security have unveiled a new ID card scheme for US sea and air travellers to the Caribbean next year – an issue that remains of considerable concern to the cruise industry
- Ports Directive decisively sunk
THE European Parliament today overwhelmingly rejected the European Port Services Directive, for a second time
- Port users welcome Directive vote
ROTTERDAM port entrepreneurs’ organisation Deltalinqs is happy with the firm rejection by the European Parliament of the revised proposal of the Port Services Directive
- African bloc to launch shipping line
COMESA, the eastern and southern African trading bloc, is planning to set up a regional shipping line to provide a competitive service for member countries
- Two dead, one missing after tug sinks
TWO crewmen are confirmed dead and one remains missing from the Maritrans tug Valour that sank last night off the North Carolina coast
- Great Western goes under
- QM2 cruise hits immediate snag
- Dutch welcome inland waterway plan
- Dubai invests in shipbuilding
- Russia opens bidding on Fesco
- Trasmed eyes Vigo-Bristol service
- Migrant Watch: US/Caribbean
- AWB kickbacks scandal deepens
- Gold hike as oil tension rises
- China's 10% growth continues
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- Great Western Shipping shuts down
The small trans-Pacific line, which operated a South China-LA-Long Beach express service, has ceased operations and been placed in liquidation.
- Waterways ask for $300M
- GE and Siemens sign agreement for container device
- Bush taps former APL exec as Marad chief
- PierPass no good for Port of New York: NYSA chief
- Lawmakers reject EU ports plan
- Coast Guard improving port security assessment: GAO
- Fewer ships, more tonnage for Panama Canal
- Seaway expects container runs
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- Updated: Port services directive rejected
The proposed Ports Package II has been rejected in the European Parliament, and Commissioner Barrot has promised to re-draw a new European ports policy, in consultation with stakeholders.
- ACCC hostile to Toll’s Patrick takeover bid
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission will formally oppose Toll Holdings’ proposed takeover of Patrick Corporation on the grounds that it will lessen competition in key transport markets.
- Charter market heads south as Great Western goes west
With the sudden announcement of Great Western Steamship’s liquidation, charter-market sources say ships are already entering the market, with the potential to further depress sentiment.
- Not so fast, Virginia officials tell Port of Baltimore, after MSC boast
- ICTSI denies PSA deal
- NEWS FLASH! - Great Western Steamship goes into liquidation
- New arrangements on ANZ-Europe services
- COSCO-HIT sees throughput fall in 2005 Q4
- Korea puts transhipment plans in place
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- Sanborn to head MarAd
The White House has announced that DP World executive David C Sanborn will be nominated as the new US Maritime Administrator.
- USCG secures lost barge
A Foss Maritime tug and a three-man Coast Guard crew has secured a Maritrans tank barge set adrift after a fatal casualty.
- $210m for Philip Morris
The US military is paying Philip Morris Capital $70m each for three 20-year-old conros.
- Still hope for one seafarer
A US Coast Guard crew is trying to avert the grounding of a Maritrans tank barge on Frying Pan Shoal off North Carolina.
- Bourbon bets on Rigdon
French group invests in US offshore owner to help it build 10 new ships.
- Cruise West takes two
UK-based First Choice Holidays has sold on two US-flag cruiseships for $16.8m after its takeover of Intrav.
- TMM investors cash in
Mexican tanker owner’s offer to buy back 2007 notes proves very popular.
- End of line for Great Western
US transpacific container carrier ceases trading citing dire market conditions.
- ITF hails ports vote
Union says European Parliament’s rejection of new port regulations is victory for common sense.
- Eckero lifts passenger numbers
Finnish ferry owner's boss claims company's 2005 growth outdoes rivals.
- ABG doubles up
Indian shipbuilder’s growth continues with much stronger third quarter profit figures.
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- MSC will stay with Port of Virginia
- Traffic Club of New York will hold centennial dinner
- World Airways to resume pilot negotiations, seeks extension from Nasdaq
- Continental posts quarterly, annual net losses
- JAL Cargo rejoins Cargo 2000
- Global Airline Services appoints van der Weide
- Norfolk Southern route restored after derailment
- CBP expands reach of Illinois port of entry
- Schneider National names Ferguson Canadian general manager
- U.S. continues imports of bulk Mexican tequila
- Brookings report says freight transport at breaking point
- UTi Worldwide cites 'back office' impact of Nasdaq error
- U.S. government promotes travel policies
- Sandler & Travis opens office in Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Appellate court dismisses NSA challenge
- MEPs voice opposition to EU port liberalization
- ICTSI denies deal with PSA for P&O assets
- New LNG player to enter California race
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- Parliament rejects port directive
The opposition against the EU Commission’s proposed port directive was overwhelming in the EU Parliament. 532 MEPs voted no and ...
- One Swedish vessel detained last year
During 2005, 337 port state inspections were carried out on Swedish-flagged vessels. One vessel was detained, a significant improvement ...
- Health and Safety problems on "Stena Dee"
Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (Petroleumstilsynet) has notified Stena Drilling Ltd, in Aberdeen that one of it’s rigs "Stena Dee" does ...
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- Port Arthur channel open to barge traffic
Coast Guard opens waterway to barge traffic today leaving Houston market largely unaffected.
- Drifting fuel oil barge secured off North Carolina
Coast Guard successfully secures Maritrans barge following sinking of tug boat in heavy seas.
- Chevron Oronite: New appointment key to recovery
Chevron Oronite's appointment of new VP (sales) key in ongoing effort "to reestablish Oronite as an efficient and reliable supplier".
- Krystallon scrubbers prove early success
Initial trials of latest srcubber technology achieve 'virtually 100%' sulphur redution, claim new partners.
- Turkey: Supplier expands with new addition to fleet
A Turkish bunker supplier will enter a new vessel into service this week and expects to continue expanding later this year.
- Rotterdam: Bunker/Barge market still firm
- DNVPS: 90% of Singapore samples meet new ISO 8217 water spec
Statistics from DNVPS seek to reassure shipowners that bunkers lifted in Singapore generally meet the new 0.5% water content limit.
- Merrill Lynch: Cruise lines to withstand fuel costs
Problems of high bunker fuel prices "have not gone away" for cruise sector, predicts investment bank.
- SkySails to provide 'fuel saving' kites soon
In a move earlier than expected, SkySails will soon outfit commercial ships with huge kites that can help cut fuel consumption.
- Sri Lanka oil firm to decide on funding new refinery
Sri Lanka's state oil firm says a decision to privately fund a $795 million oil refinery is expected soon.
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