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Shipping News
- Freight Links forms joint venture at Jiangyin New Port
SINGAPORE-listed logistics company Freight Links has taken its first steps in the growing market in Shanghai's inland feeder ports, by setting up a joint venture company at the Jiangyin New Harbour City.
- Transponder deadline for small vessels
THE Maritime & Port Authority of Singapore has reminded all harbour and pleasure craft owners of the need to install automatic identification transponders and 'panic buttons' in their vessels by Jan 1, 2007.
- NYK purchases Dutch container terminal operator
JAPAN's Nippon Yusen Kaisha has bought over Ceres Container Terminals of the Netherlands.
- Qatar Gas unit raises US$4.3b for 16 vessels
- Freighter's captain blamed for Taiwan oil slick
Strait Talk
- Farewell to a strange year
SO that's 2006 over. It was a strange year. The feel-good factor has continued in much of the industry with freight rates generally buoyant and shipyards' order books far ahead.
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- Hebei to pour US$640m into expressways
- Deutsche Post fuses German parcel and mail operations
- OOCL improves user access to e-forms and Vessel Certificate
- NYK launches winter vessel safety campaign
- Growing protest over Malaysian 'single box rate'
- MOL sets up JV in Cambodia
- Prospect of bottlenecks threaten UK box port congestion
- Hong Kong Airport Authority appoints CEO
- India's budget airlines set sights on air cargo segment to boast revenue
- FedEx fears US slowdown will weaken Q1 2007 earnings
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- DGS gives maritime institutes 6 months to tie-up with shipping cos
- Shreyas Shipping takes delivery of second-hand boxship
- Garware Offshore bids for 5-6 used PSVs
- CMA CGM group boosts frequency of Asia-Africa services
- OOCL to gain new CIO, Director in New Year
- DP World to take over Mermaid Marine
- Plan to triple Colombo port’s capacity
- Pusan Newport opens 3 more berths in Busan
- Japan’s shipbuilding orders up by 29 pc
- Cosco to form $ 98-m JV in Tianjin
- Horizon, A.P. Moller/Maersk extend pacts
- 10 lakh tonnes of sugar exports to be allowed
- Customs duty relief on palm oil imports extended
- Business worth $ 500 m expected at rubber expo
- Gateway Distriparks to operate & manage Punjab Conware CFS
- Fertiliser may get higher rail freight subsidy
- CONCOR’s E. Region ex-im traffic shows sharp surge
- Private players may sign MCA with Rlys next week
- Merged AI, Indian may spawn new cargo arm
- FDI inflows of $ 6.1 bn in April-October 2006
- Maharashtra tops in SEZ projects with 72 approvals
- Kamal Nath wants exporters excluded from FBT
- Commerce Ministry asks FinMin for higher Budgetary allocations
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| DECEMBER 26, 2006 |
- Hanjin to build research icebreaker
- Jurong books FPSO conversions
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