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Shipping News
- S'pore's cruise centre sees turnaround
THE Singapore Cruise Centre celebrates its 15th anniversary this month amid signs of a resurgence in the cruise industry, but it is unsure of its ability to cope with increasing port calls from cruise ships.
- SembMarine's converted vessel bound for Gulf of Mexico
A behemoth oil tanker converted into an offshore crude oil production and storage vessel by SembCorp Marine will make its debut in the Gulf of Mexico early next year, the first non-fixed platform to be deployed there, following its renaming yesterday.
- Maersk chooses Auckland as its NZ hub port
AP Moeller Maersk AS, the world's largest container shipping line, chose Ports of Auckland as its New Zealand hub.
- NGV clinches US$70m contract from Bakri
- Persian Gulf tanker rates may remain flat
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- Zim forms JV to provide global intermodal rail-sea services from China
- Chongqing and Tibet to jointly set up logistics facilities
- Port of Tacoma names new director of intermodal marketing
- Maersk Line makes schedule changes to NZ, North Island port calls
- TT Club appoints new global claims director
- China to raise speed on trains to boost freight capacity
- Korean Air places largest aircraft order with Boeing in nation's history
- Dragonair to codeshare with parent CX on popular Asian routes
- UPS introduces new rates for 2007
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- ICS seeks maritime industry’s support to rejuvenate branches in India
- India to become Japan’s special economic partner next month
- Task force likely to fortify India-Japan trade ties
- Marine products exports post healthy value growth
- Lanka vanaspati decanalised, import limit fixed
- Hu’s going to bring up Vizhinjam port issue
- Ample cargo assured as Gopalpur port begins to take concrete shape
- Wheat import priority strains ports’ capacities
- Coffee proves to be heady aroma for NMP
- India keen to join Trans-Asia rail network
- Max Logistics appointed to operate & manage RSIC’s ICDs in Jaipur, Jodhpur, Bhiwadi & Bhilwara
- Mfg sector notches up 12 pc growth rate in H1
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| NOVEMBER 22, 2006 |
- KLM appointments
- MSC announces independent transatlantic rate restoration
- Emirates interim performance hits new record heights
- RZD to join UIC
- DSV with strong results in first nine months 2006
- IRU criticises EU proposals to enhance security
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- ESPO chairman praises EU talks process
- Drug sub seized
- North Sea SECA countdown
- UK revamps pollution plan
- London Club raises premiums 7.5%
- Crew thrown off ship at gunpoint
- North of England premiums to rise 7.5%
- Höegh Autoliners books 2 more PCTCs
- Marseilles deal done
- Chemical tanker in sub crash
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| NOVEMBER 22, 2006 |
- Home made drug "sub" was speed boat
- VT Halter wins $165 million missile boat award
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| NOVEMBER 22, 2006 |
- Port of Seattle looks for gains in 2007 operating revenues
- Port of Tacoma names St. Clair director of intermodal marketing
- Crowley ships first rescue vehicle to Dominican Republic municipality
- Corps of Engineers schedules Willamette River dredge meeting
- Evergreen adds EVER STRONG to fleet of S-type vessels
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- OOIL nears North America port sell-off
ORIENT Overseas (International) Ltd suspended share trading yesterday amid speculation that the Hong Kong shipping group is about to announce the sale of its North American terminals.
- Yards oppose ‘excessive’ steel margins
GLOBAL shipbuilders oppose moves to strengthen the hulls of tankers and bulk carriers beyond the requirements of the common structural rules which will already result in a greater increase in steel than initially thought, writes Tony Gray.
- Whirlwind hits cranes at Cai Lan
THE northern Vietnamese port of Cai Lan is set to be out of action for months after its two quay cranes were destroyed in a storm, writes Marcus Hand in Singapore.
- Political support grows for Brussels ship equipment proposal
A KEY Euro MP has backed plans to introduce mutual recognition of maritime equipment certificates in Europe despite heavy lobbying by London classification society association IACS.
- French body warns EC over safety certificates
FRANCE’S premier maritime body, the Institut Français de la Mer, has warned the European Commission against implementing a proposal in its third maritime safety package providing for mutual recognition by classification societies of certificates for marine equipment on board ships, writes Andrew Spurrier in Paris.
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- Ecuador candidate in labour drama
GUAYAQUIL 22 November – A presidential candidate in Ecuador has been accused of strong-arm tactics after the forcible removal of crew from a reefer vessel on Sunday.
- Tallink rebrands Silja
TALLINK, the Estonian ferry company that acquired the Finnish cruise ferry group Silja Line from Sea Containers, will rename the company Tallink Silja
- Shipping incentives in Lanka budget
SRI Lanka’s shipping industry has been given several incentives in the government’s budget for 2007
- North Sea countdown starts today
SHIPS operating in the North Sea now have one year to demonstrate compliance with new exhaust emission standards
- OOIL disposal news awaited
THE sale of Orient Overseas (International) (OOIL) terminals assets in Vancouver and New York/New Jersey may be imminent, judging by a statement on the HKSE website
- P&O Cruises re-flags more ships
P&O Cruises is to transfer its Oriana from the British to the Bermuda flag because weddings on board a British-registered cruise ship are not legally recognised
- Maputo users shun scanning charge
- StealthGas cites softer rates
- Western Shipyard for sale
- LR, RS move closer with ice-class tankers
- Maersk chooses Auckland
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| NOVEMBER 22, 2006 |
- Danaos adds CSCL containership
Greek company has taken delivery of China Shipping Container Lines' 9,580-TEU Le Havre, built by Samsung Heavy Industries.
- U.S., Colombia sign trade pact
- FedEx to fight union vote
- CSXI adds capacity
- Augello, shipper advocate, dies
- Ahold to sell U.S. Foodservice
- UTi acquires Span Group
- Tacoma names Elmaleh director of auto business
- India port plan delayed
- British Airways appoints Americas cargo executive
- Concor cuts box charges
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| NOVEMBER 22, 2006 |
- Updated: OOIL shares suspended on asset sale
Orient Overseas International Limited suspended trading of its shares today pending a major announcement, most probably on the sale of its North American terminals.
- Diverse opinions reflect charter market's pre-holiday uncertainty
- Price rises will fund improved services at Mombassa says port authority
- Court to rule on ECT dispute on Friday
- Chittagong Port Authority caught between a rock and a hard place over crane operator’s dispute
- ASEAN Shippers’ Councils renew calls for abolition of THCs
- Zim to cut three calling ports on ZCS
- Ceres Paragon’s Grand Alliance volume sends its growth into orbit
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| NOVEMBER 22, 2006 |
- Eimskip cool in China
Icelandic reefer player teams with Qingdao port to build massive storage facility.
- Ship sales rescue Lasco
Lativian owner sees operating profits fall 22% but asset disposals save the day.
- Class team signs deal
Sovcomflot shuttle tankers will be first vessels dually surveyed by Lloyd’s Register and Russian Maritime.
- Jinhui in spending mood
Another second-hand handymax for dry bulk owner to add to three newbuildings in the past month.
- Hurtigruten gets a break
Norwegian ferry group to benefit from relaxed tax regime next year as it seeks to lower wage bill.
- BC logbooks turn up on eBay
Vital documents from sunken Canadian ferry listed on auction website, but was it a hoax?
- Western India on the block
Banks reportedly put loss-making Indian shipyard up for sale.
- Conversion score for Cosco Corp
Singapore-listed ship yard adds the points with $106m in repair and conversion orders.
- NYK inks China deal
Japanese owner to import Indonesian coal to Fangchenggang under twelve year charter contract.
- Bermuda union for P&O
Cruiseship operator to re-flag Oriana from UK to allow weddings to take place on board.
- StealthGas falters
Third quarter profits halve at LPG player due to higher drydocking costs and interest rate swap loss.
- Mixed fortunes for Attica
Profit and revenues fall off in third quarter but represent a significant boost to figures for year to date.
- Kiwi port to lose out
Maersk’s decision to concentrate all New Zealand calls at rival may cost Tauranga NZ$1m per month.
- Crewman saved after cruiseship fall
Samoan man rescued from sea off Kenya after plunge from MSC vessel.
- DESS follows Fredriksen
Norwegian offshore player moving to Cyprus, like its major shareholder.
- OOIL suspended
Trading of shares in company halted pending an announcement about a "very substantial disposal"
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| NOVEMBER 22, 2006 |
- Maersk chooses Auckland as New Zealand hub ahead of Tauranga
- Controversy flares over Jones Act ships
- Seventh 7,024-TEU ship for Evergreen
- Saade: Diving rates media’s fault; post-conference era to be chaotic
- Asian shippers’ councils keep liner antitrust immunity in sights
- ACL/Grimaldi adding Libyan ports to Med service
- Car racks now available for 45-foot boxes
- Schumacher and Marlog merge, change name
- Qantas talking with Macquarie Bank, Texas Pacific Group about takeover
- Tough environment ahead for air freight industry
- Korean Air adds freighter capacity
- Bomb threat on cargo plane at Italy airport
- IANA selects new leadership
- USMEF: American meat shippers have "tremendous potential" in Russia
- CBP textile teams to visit Hong Kong factories
- Mail and parcel centers seek to reduce hazardous cargo
- Eimskip opens Shenzhen sales office; to build Qingdao coldstore
- Deringer names Holzscheiter CEO
- GT Nexus contracts with MicroStrategy
- Advance trade data rule on tap for early 2007
- FMC receives 24 OTI applications for review, revokes 1 license
- OOIL suspends share trading, announcement of terminals sale expected
- Forth Ports share price peaks amid Macquarie takeover speculation
- Magazine: Carlyle, SSA in bid for ports
- SSA Marine partners with two Vietnamese parties in port development
- Houston ends lease of Galveston terminal
- Port of Seattle revenue to improve $22 million in 2007
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| NOVEMBER 22, 2006 |
- Master Ferries in a new deal
Master Ferries in Kristiansand has reached an agreement with the Australian shipyard Incat about the purchase and refit of a ...
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| NOVEMBER 22, 2006 |
- US markets quiet, tight ahead of two-day break
Busy run coming to an end as Thanksgiving closing down bunker and oil trading.
- California auxiliary engine fuel rule workshop scheduled
Agenda covering alternative compliance plans for meeting next year's regulations on distillate fuel use.
- Mixed fortunes for Greek ferry operators
Attica blames bunkers for reduced nine-month profits while subsidiary Blue Star delivers improvement in the same period.
- Switch to double hull tankers 'misguided'
Double hull tonnage is 'more vulnerable' to fracturing, warns expert.
- LSFO quality concerns persist
Quality teething problems with LSFO give cause for concerns ahead of second SECA.
- Some congestion in Rotterdam market
- Strong bunker sales lift Singapore trade index
Year-on-year gains in both foreign and domestic wholesale trade indices came from oil product and bunker sales.
- South Korea: Prices surge on tight avails
Only S-Oil can offer for November liftings.
- Second rare spot cargo due for Singapore
Bunker-grade cargo from Kuwait usually destined for Europe.
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