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Shipping News
- Rescuers search rough seas for ferry survivors
INDONESIA intensified yesterday its search and rescue effort for survivors after a ferry carrying more than 600 people sank in stormy seas off the coast of the main island of Java.
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- Fangchenggang customs handles record volumes of trade
- Hubei to establish e-port operating company
- Fujian seeks to widen cargo net to western, central hinterland
- Port of Nantong throughput breaches 100m ton mark
- Saudi Arabia's JIP to raise container capacity by 45pc
- Antwerp container volume up, but Rotterdam's growth reined in
- Box scanning fee outrages shippers at Maputo, Mozambique
- China Southern opens its first Sino-African service
- Birkart Globistics opens new logistics centre in Shanghai
- World Air Holdings describes 2006 as 'difficult' year
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- Mercator Lines (Singapore) plans IPO to raise $ 120-150 m
- Evergreen & Coscon strengthen Far East-Red Sea service
- Evergreen promotes President to Chairman
- CKYH alliance to operate new terminal in Rotterdam with ECT
- MSC President takes over reins at ELAA
- NYK purchases Ceres Container Terminals Europe
- Dongguan to invest $ 2.34 bn in port development
- Shanghai port remains world’s busiest for 2nd year
- DP World sells US ports to AIG
- TNT changes name to CEVA Logistics
- OOCL opens new office in Lanka
- Hanjin & K Line in stake swap deal
- ...opens 2 offices in Vietnam
- ...CIO resigns
- Wagah crossing vital for tea quality-Ramesh
- GTI to be formally inaugurated tomorrow
- Global ports tying up for slice of cargo pie
- DP World to invest $ 136 m in Kulpi port project’s Phase-I
- Nagpur airport may enjoy 5-year tax holiday
- Steel Ministry seeks cut in rail freight rates
- CONCOR has new designs on car transport
- Freight corridor to be extended to Kerala-Lalu
- States’ fiscal health improves
- Exports yet to fire on all cylinders-Ficci
- IMC suggests measures to make service tax bearable
- CCEA approves setting up of special purpose tea fund
- Govt may dip into forex reserves to fund infrastructure projects
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- DSME in Nigerian shipping joint venture
- Kramek joins Armada Companies
- Caspian repair yard planned
- ABG Shipyard bags cement carrier
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- Cancer charity boss Cardy lands top MCA job
PETER Cardy, a charity boss with no previous experience of the maritime sector, has been appointed chief executive of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency.
- Rescuers battle against elements
BAD weather has hampered rescue efforts to find 400 people missing after the 1990-built Indonesian ferry Senopati Nusantara sank on Saturday night.
- New owner to expand Crystal Pool fleet
FINNISH maritime’s fling with foreign owners has added another liaison, with Italian-linked London outfit Euroceanica snapping up Crystal Pool.
- German KG buys three boxships from Fesco
FAR Eastern Shipping has sold a trio of recently delivered 2,740 teu vessels to a German KG investment house.
- IMO promises fast action on lessons learnt
INTERNATIONAL Maritime Organization Secretary-General Efthimios Mitropoulos has promised "prompt action" on any lessons learnt from the Indonesian ferry tragedy.
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- Mekong offers 'safer' route
A NEW shipping route moves refined oil products from Thailand to southern China using the Mekong River, cutting out the Malacca Strait, according to a China.org report
- Sovcomflot adjournment decision reserved
A decision as to whether to adjourn a hearing of preliminary issues, in the action by Sovcomflot against some of its employees, was reserved at the end of December
- Indonesia ferry tragedy: 200 rescued
LATEST reports suggest that 200 passengers and crew of an Indonesian ferry have been rescued after the vessel sank in heavy seas; 500 are still missing
- Sale delay hits Scandlines' growth
THE delay in selling ferry operator Scandlines has led to decisions about much-needed new tonnage being put off, it is claimed this week
- 2006 snags norovirus crown
- Shell, Gazprom in Sakhalin agreement
- CMA CGM wants Comanav
- Grimaldi finally wins Finnlines
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- Management makes buyout bid for EGL
CEO Crane and private equity firm General Atlantic offer to buy the company for $36 per share in cash.
- Grimaldi acquires Finnlines
- OMB approves TWIC rule
- U.S. Customs closed
- Rotterdam boxes edge ahead for the year
- Radiance exits Port Manatee
- Hong Kong volume gains
- Kalmar nabs huge PSA order
- New Indian box port planned
- Nippon Express in C-TPAT
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- ECT wins dispute over roster flexibility
The ECT-Rotterdam flexible roster dispute has ended in victory for ECT, after a majority of operational staff supported the in-principle agreement for a new collective labour agreement which includes the roster.
- Jakarta targets certificates of origin in bid to curb illegal transhipments
Indonesia’s Trade Ministry has announced it is cutting the number of government offices responsible for issuing certificates of origin for exports, in a crackdown on illegal transshipments.
- Asia European Union North America Regulations Shipper
- World Bank recommends Pakistan reduce port charges
- Malaysia’s Northport approves expansion plan
- Rotterdam considers 500,000 teu overflow terminal à la mode
- Krishnapatnam to start container operations in June 2008
- ICTSI buys majority of Philippines-based stevedoring services provider
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- Ocean Tankers buys two
Cyprus listed IPO signs $21M deal with Chinese yard for early delivery of two chemical carriers.
- Crystal Pool to sparkle
Peter Costalas aims for major growth at soon to be acquired chemical carrier venture.
- Eagle has eye on positives
US-listed supramax owner says latest new or renewed charter deals show recent surge in market.
- Standoff continues in Sri Lanka
Norwegian negotiator fails to release ship hijacked by Tamil Tigers to Jordanian owners or local government.
- IRISL adopts euro
Iranian line follows government strategy of moving away from greenback.
- Ro-ro refloated
Pollution checks as elderly Norwegian vessel is pulled off rocks near Bergen.
- Death on Dohle ship
One seafarer killed in accident on containership Cap Egmont, second missing.
- ABG cements local order
India’s largest private shipyard gets $9.9m order for one unit from Gujarat Ambuja Cements.
- Crystal Pool sold
Euroceanica in deal to buy Finnish chemical carrier operator and five vessels from Hollming.
- Ship grounds off Orkneys
Counter-pollution team notified as Norway-flagged general cargo vessel hits rocks off northern UK islands.
- Tanker explosion injures 7
Fire breaks out on vessel anchored off China’s south coast with three described as critical.
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- Iranian carrier abandons U.S. dollars for euros
- Smedegaard leads DFDS
- Cardy named head of U.K. coastguard agency
- Ship grounded in the Pentland Firth
- Delta posts $49 million net loss in November
- Parker named CEO of AirNet Systems
- U.S. rail volume hits record level again
- U.S. Customs ponders pardons for nuisance violations
- U.S. Customs closed today
- Finish broker joins United Shipping
- ICTSI buys majority stake in Davao cargo handling firm
- PSA Singapore orders 247 terminal tractors from Kalmar
- Brooks named CBP port director at San Luis, Ariz.
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- Euroceanica to buy Crystal Pool
The Finnish company Hollming Ltd has sold the 8,143 DWT chemical tankers Crystal Amethyst, Crystal Emerald and Crystral Pearl and ...
- Kalmar buys Italian CVS Ferrari
Kalmar Industries has made an agreement to acquire Italian CVS Ferrari Group, specialists in container handling. The agreement must be ...
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- California fuel fees documents online
Agency making compliance and safety exemption forms available as new regulations come into effect.
- Tight avails hits fishing fleet
Jamaica's fishermen up in arms over fuel shortage.
- O.W. boosts Klaipeda operations
New barge increases flexibility as demand grows.
- ENOC returns to Dubai
Leading UAE player puts tanker into service at Jebel Ali.
- OSK predicts lighter bunker burden
OSK expects lower fuel costs but mixed rates for shipping in 2007.
- Quiet New Year start in Rotterdam market
- Grounded ship sparks oil spill fears
A cargo ship carrying about 40 mt of fuel ran aground Tuesday morning.
- Bunker fuel removal preparations underway
An estimated 1,000 mt of bunker fuel remains in the cargo holds of sunken oil tanker.
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