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Shipping News
- Mainfreight eyes profit growth in double digits
NEW Zealand transport group Mainfreight Ltd will target double-digit profit growth in the coming year by expanding local sales and buying overseas businesses, the company said yesterday.
- Hyundai Heavy, unit bag record ship orders
HYUNDAI Heavy Industries, the world's largest shipyard, and a subsidiary had a record month of ship contracts in May on rising demand for container vessels.
- DP World gets nod for UK port deal
DUBAI Ports World, the third-largest container port operator, said on Wednesday it has received approval from the British government for a plan to develop a harbour complex in south-east Britain.
- Hutchison takes major stake in Yantian JV
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- Cargo damage: Shipper's claim rejected
A SHIPOWNER did not have to notify a shipper of a contractual clause in a bill of lading that extended the per package limitation in the US Carriage of Goods by Sea Act to any damage after unloading the cargo but before the goods were delivered, a US appeals court ruled recently.
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- Value of boxes produced in China for export doubles in Q1
- China to raise export tariffs and lower import duties from June
- FESCO shareholders vote to back containership newbuildings
- Wuhan signs co-operation agreement with Shenzhen, Guangzhou customs
- PSA International and IPH to develop UK box terminal
- Newcomer H&H expands Indian ocean service network
- Port of Cork plans to build 600,000-TEU terminal
- SIA poised to close deal for US$930m stake in China Eastern
- Overcapacity prompts a fall in India's air cargo rates
- Abu Dhabi-based all-cargo airline moves 48 tons in a A300-600RF
- Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings names Guillaume vice president
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- Perma Container (UK) Line sets up own office in Mumbai
- Govt’s fresh norms on port-based SEZs provide sops for beefing up infrastructure & facilities
- Vijaydurg, Redi port developers identified
- Tuticorin Port sets granite blocks handling record
- Machilipatnam port may be pivotal gateway to sprawling SEZ
- KoPT offers another berth at Haldia Dock for SAIL’s exclusive use
- Saurashtra Containers’ CFS-Mundra celebrating 1st anniversary today
- Excise verification of inputs imported by EoUs dispensed with
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- Panalpina appoints new regional CEO for the AMEC region
- MOL (Europe) establishes subsidiary in Italy
- Just two bidders left for Alitalia
- DB and Transfesa want cooperation
- DHL and Lemuir consolidate joint venture in India
- London to require euro 3 or better for trucks
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- Aussie self-handling row
- FEFC increases rates
- Louis Dreyfus Armateurs buys Fairmount
- EC approves Dutch waterways subsidy
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- Austal USA hands over first Hawaii Superferry
- First X-bowed seismic vessels
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- Ship carrying windmill blades calls Port of Olympia terminals
- NASSCO lays keel for sixth Navy T-AKE ship
- Alaska Airlines adding new flights to Hawaii
- Port of Tacoma taps Tong Zhu as commercial strategy director
- OOCL launches new 8,063TEU container ship
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- Louis Dreyfus snaps up Fairmount Marine
FRENCH shipping group moves into deep sea towage after buying Fairmount in $50m deal.
- Experienced Fairmount barges its way into heavy lift
- US 'open for business' to all
FORMER US Homeland Security chief claims DP World's port fiasco in America was an example of a bogus security issue.
- DryShips toasts 'record' first quarter
NASDAQ-listed bulk company reports net income of $66.4m,against $18.1m in the equivalent period last year.
- Carbon storage captures the imagination
CARBON sequestration has long been regarded as a solution that might help mitigate the effects of global warming.
- Making up for lost time
THE London Gateway project has finally been given the nod; now there is a lot of work to be getting on with.
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- P&O unloads ship to Pullmantur
P&O Cruises Australia will sell its ageing Pacific Star to Spain’s Pullmantur, marking a rare instance of tonnage shifting between the two global cruise majors
- Boxship grounding 'pilot error'
THE 2006 grounding of the container ship New Delhi Express in New York harbour is being blamed on the controlling pilots by a federal investigative board
- Daewoo Mangalia tension mounts
TENSION is rising at Daewoo Mangalia Heavy Industries, now suffering its 21st day of strike action, and there are rumours that the Koreans have had enough
- Korea to enact ballast bug legislation
SOUTH Korea is to enact ballast water treatment legislation later this year that aims to protect Korean and ‘other’ waters from harmful organic species
- Louis Dreyfus snaps up Fairmount
LOUIS Dreyfus Armateurs, the shipping division of the diverse Louis Dreyfus group, has acquired Rotterdam-based ocean towage specialist Fairmount Marine
- India scraps 1M-tonne wheat tender
- Balearia to take over Buquebus
- Hyundai Steel to fix Korean Capes
- CSL goes to court over Kembla picket
- Owners attack Waratah bulker ban
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- Hamburg Süd consolidates NY calls
The German line is consolidating all of its liner services for the New York region with Global Terminal in Jersey City.
- Summer vote seen for California container fee bill
- Vietnam cuts tariffs on U.S. manufactured goods
- New bill to cut ship smog
- Northwest Airlines exits Chapter 11
- South Carolina signs trade accord with China
- CEVA nets Q1 loss
- World air cargo growth slows
- Pilot error blamed for grounding of boxship
- Tacoma tabs strategy chief
- BAX parent eyes UK rail
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- FEFC carriers hike up Asia / Europe rates to compensate for a continually worsening trade imbalance
- Space shortage the catalyst for new Hanjin Korea – China dedicated feeder
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| MAY 31, 2007 |
- The furniture spoke volumes
Philly court hears from Stolt exec who stashed his secrets behind the credenza.
- Hope for Stolt
US judge reveals basic doubts about prosecution's case as criminal antitrust hearing resumes in Philadelphia.
- Oceanfreight fixes seventh
Economou-related bulker owner finds employment for last of its fleet, the capesize Juneau.
- Firm first for Farstad
Norwegian owner sees first-quarter net income nearly treble on vessel sales and high AHTS activity.
- Eckero selling veteran
Finnish owner ditching 1972-built Roslagen ferry after summer season.
- Stolt secrets bared
Judge orders six documents tied to resignation of ex-counsel O'Brien turned over for court review at prosecution urging.
- Seadrill soars
Bigger rig fleet and FPSO sales boost first quarter profit for Fredriksen company.
- Eimskip launches Canadian raid
Icelandic boxship and reefer owner makes $500m offer for cold storage giant Versacold, which bought P&O’s Cold Logistics in 2005.
- Hamworthy hits the heights
UK gas systems manufacturer piling on profit as orders for LNG and LPG kits boom.
- Belships bulks up
Oslo-listed owner signs for five supramaxes in China at $40m a pop with relatively late deliveries.
- Cargill rings the changes
Geneva-based bulker charterer appoints panamax chief Gert Jan Vandenakker as head of ocean transport.
- Bug strikes Star ship
Nearly 100 people fall ill from suspected outbreak of norovirus on Star Cruises vessel on Asian tour.
- Seadrill soars
Bigger rig fleet and FPSO sales boost first quarter profit for Fredriksen company.
- Nel hampered by costs
Greek ferry owner cuts first quarter losses, but higher operating and interest expenses preventing profit.
- Fur flies in Philly
In a packed Philadelphia courtroom, it’s the two men who weren’t there who loom large as the Stolt-Nielsen criminal hearing opens.
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- FEFC to raise westbound rates by $300 per TEU
- NYK facing $50 million tax penalties
- Shipping shares lead Japanese stock rally
- Calif. legislators propose national low-sulfur bunker fuel bill
- California officials propose new water ballast discharge standards
- IATA: Air freight growth stunted by rising ocean cargo
- Northwest exits bankruptcy
- DOT proposes carrier fees for Unified Carrier Registration Agreement
- Northern border inspection fee kicks in
- CBP prepares industry payouts for antidumping collections
- Mancuso sworn in as BIS head
- Brashares named COO Pacer Logistics
- Staten Island site could shift gears to warehousing, distribution
- New Jersey cold storage firm expanding to Victorville
- South American meat giant to acquire Swift & Co.
- Savi partners with U.K.’s Unipart Logistics to market RFID systems
- WWPC adds offices in Micronesia
- Iraq war supplemental bill included port security funds
- Grindrod buys Tate & Lyle’s South African terminal operations
- Low rainfall levels forces Yangtze dredging
- DCT Gdansk receives first train
- Tacoma hires Zhu away from Seattle
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- Jinhui takes 8 newbulding contracts
Oslo-listed dry bulk owner/operator Jinhui Shipping & Transportation has bought newbuilding contracts for eight supramax bulkers of 57,000 DWT ...
- Stolt proceedings to decide on felony charges
Proceedings has begun in Philadelphia to decide if felony antitrust charges will go forward against defendants Stolt-Nielsen SA, Stolt ...
- Unifeeder charter the first +1,000 TEU feeder
Danish operator Unifeeder will shortly add the first +1,000 TEU to the fleet. It will be the German-flagged newbuilding ...
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- Poll results: Shipping industry needs to do more
Voting showing that emissions need to be reduced before governments and port authorities take the initiative.
- Avails situation 'remains confused' in Argentina, Uruguay
- Mixed oil inventory picture from DOE
Oil prices rise after weekly report shows unexpected drop in crude stocks.
- Spanish opposition calls for bunkering scrutiny
Bunkering in the Bay continues to draw criticism.
- New trader to focus on African markets
SABT will offer expertise in providing product in 'niche African ports'.
- More foreign traders eye China's fuel-oil futures exchange
Cargill International and Morgan Stanley positioning themselves to play a role, says report.
- South Africa's markets struggling with fuel shortages
Durban and Cape Town have little to offer but demand for product is 'desperate'.
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