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Shipping News
- S'pore - platform for Asian voice in shipping
SINGAPORE yesterday took its boldest step yet to engage the global maritime community and establish itself as a natural focal point to represent the Asian voice in shipping.
- Asian players urged to be proactive
A new permanent Asian shipping body will help boost the region's voice on the international stage but Asian shipping stakeholders must be willing to expend energy and time if they truly want their voice heard, said prominent shipping leaders yesterday.
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- WTSA to up rate US$200 per FEU on chilled veg from May
- Daewoo shipyard delivers third of 12 newbuilds to MSC
- Qingdao Port prepares for 2007 IPO in HK or China
- OOCL Kuala Lumpur to be deployed on EUM service
- New York-New Jersey port invests US$2b on upgrade after cargo record
- CEVA Newsfast awarded US$11.7m annual logistics contract
- Northwest Airlines subpoenaed in US price-fixing probe
- UPS retires first aircraft, the Boeing 727s, for bigger jets
- June 12 date set for biggest-ever Air Cargo Europe show
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- Maersk Line restructures transpacific services
- Evergreen, Coscon divide ESA services
- A.P. Moller-Maersk posts higher revenue,looks ahead to profitable year
- Hapag-Lloyd restructuring service
- OTS Logistics to acquire Confreight Group in Europe
- STX Shipbuilding wins order for 6 bulk carriers
- This is MOL’s new logo!
- CMA CGM posts profit of $ 611 m in 2006
- ...to bolster box services to Vietnam
- OOCL christens sixth 5,888-TEU boxship OOCL Kuala Lumpur
- Hamburg Sud adds Adelaide call to Trident service
- "K" Line buys half of SAL group
- Antwerp promoted as north Europe’s congestion-free port
- Block approval clears SCI’s path for purchase of a dozen ships
- Maran launches Kerry Reliable Logistics
- Tasman Orient Line appoints Forbes Patvolk as general agent in India
- GE Shipping delivers Jag Laadki
- Move to widen scope for trade with Europe
- Tea exports rising steadily
- JNPT extending berth to develop small, full-fledged container terminal
- IPA asked to draw up common norms for insuring Major Ports
- Cargo handling without a break, 24x7 proposed
- JNPT acquires high-speed security launch
- Current account deficit $ 3 bn in Q3 of fiscal 2007
- DEPB scheme stays till March 31, 2008
- Finance Ministry issues draft export, import valuation rules
- Exports post 23 pc growth in April-February 2006-07
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- Club of Logistics with four new members
- Strike ends in Marseille
- Ro-mo between Luxembourg and southern France opens
- Agility buys service providers in Australia and New Zealand
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- Lobby group calls for more SECAs
- Polemis calls on Asian shipping to speak out
- TT’s "solid" year
- ISS wins Eni
- Award for WWL
- Royal Caribbean orders again at Aker
- Canada exempts portable tanks
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- RCCL orders second Genesis ship
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- Horizon adds new vessel to Transpacific service
- Rand Logistics buying previously leased vessel
- Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics earns Lloyd's List 'Clean Seas Award'
- WTSA member carriers call for chilled vegetable rate hike
- Vessel engineers plead guilty to lying in 'magic pipe' case
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- Döhle forms partnership with GE Transportation
JOINT venture opens new financing source for German charter tonnage.
- Döhle snaps up stake in HCI Capital
- Time for Asia to make its voice heard
LEADING shipowner says Asian shipping must put in time and effort to make its voice heard.
- Gratsos fires warning shot over switch to distillates
HELLENIC Chamber of Shipping chief George Gratsos says distillates are not a solution.
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- Greeks reject Barrot's IMO stance
ATHENS 02 April – Greece has responded firmly to a call from European transport commissioner Jacques Barrot for en-bloc participation of EU members in the IMO
- Varun yet to firm up acquisition plans
INDIAN operator Varun Shipping has clarified that it has not firmed up plans to acquire more ships
- Eletson completes Samothraki pumping
ELETSON Corp has successfully pumped 44,100 tonnes of fuel oil from the grounded products tanker Samothraki into another Eletson tanker, Serifopoulo
- More box mergers on the horizon
Mergers and acquisitions in the liner industry are expected to gather pace as operators push for economies of scale, the Sea Asia conference was told today
- Norwegian Dawn hit by pod woes
NORWEGIAN Cruise Line’s Norwegian Dawn will require an unscheduled drydock to repair wear-related problems in its Azipod propulsion system
- Galveston pilots win few friends
GALVESTON area pilots seeking a 27% rate increase are already overpaid, an economics professor at Louisiana State University; a Carnival Corp representative agrees
- Aussie congestion sends rates soaring
- US, Korea hammer out trade deal
- US-China trade tensions mount
- Carnival reveals fuel impact
- Owners must offer Asian perspective
- Magic pipe engineers plead guilty
- Younger Asian owners want to be heard
- Green Reefers MD Thulin to step down
- Asian tiger 'must speak out'
- Tanker grounding due to miscalculation
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- Marseilles port strike ends
The French port begins to clear backlog of nearly 60 ships after unionized dock workers returned to work over the weekend.
- United States, South Korea in free trade agreement
- Rhine box traffic resumes
- WTSA lines plan rate hike for chilled vegetables
- Horizon Lines opens enhanced trans-Pacific service
- Aeroflot joins Alitalia bidding
- Con-way, Tropical Shipping launch Caribbean service
- Strike stops Cochin boxes
- Canadian National plans rail transload center
- Logistics veteran Amos dies
- Port of San Diego reaches new tonnage mark
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- China shippers: We need to unite to fight for our rights
Despite government support over Terminal Handling Charges, the charges will not be abolished in practice unless Chinese shippers unite to fight for their rights, according to Chinese shipper bodies.
- Tsunami hits Solomons but broader region escapes damage
It is not yet clear whether any shipping or port facilities were damaged by a tsunami generated by an earthquake measuring 8.1 on the Richter Scale located about 350km northwest of the Solomon Islands capital Honiara.
- South Korean shippers set "acceptable" range for transpacific rate hike
- Container movement in Cochin hit by truck strike
- First Horizon Lines newbuild enters transpac service
- CN announces new intermodal terminal in BC interior
- K Line to add Yokkaichi on Asia-WCNA loop
- NZ’s possible port partnership not deterred by Auckland/Tauranga merger failure
- Rhine shipping normalising after resumption Friday night
- Rickmers orders a 4,250 teu vessel
- Australia sees value in "24 hour rule"
- rail4chem appoints new MD for Benelux
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- Navy rescues SCI ship
Indian Navy provides assistance and fuel as technical failure sees Shipping Corp of India bulker stall off Vietnam.
- Latvian crew protest in Ireland
Steel cargo remains untouched as crew seek ITF help in getting wages which owner says have now been paid.
- Riverlake in Paris hires
Geneva shipbroker expands with new sweep on Cargo Maritime tanker team.
- DFDS Lisco on track
Lithuanian ro-ro line expecting a strong 2007 after seeing 2006 profit jump 50%.
- Jail for Zim fraudsters
US truck firm swindlers and Zim insider sentenced to between two and seven years for fake invoice scam.
- Green Reefer's Thulin quits
Norwegian owner must find successor to one of its founders, who is forming new shipbroking house.
- Danish dilemma
Torm chief, Klaus Kjaerulff, ponders a $725m question as share prices head in different directions.
- Rasmussen ups Norden stake
Norwegian investor adds small slice to 20% ownership of Danish tanker owner after Torm sells up.
- Norden buys Norden
Danish tanker and bulker owner snaps up more of its own shares as part of Torm’s exit.
- Aker bags another RCCL biggie
Royal Caribbean Cruises firms up option for second ‘Genesis-class’ $1.2bn vessel at Norwegian yard.
- Four new routes for Philippines
Development bank makes borrowing easier for owners willing to run "missionary" ro-ro services in Visayas regions.
- Ronja doubles up
Small Finnish owner adds general cargoship for steel shipments from Gdansk.
- Who wants four at HHI?
Mystery surrounds identity of owner who has signed up for a VLCC quartet at Hyundai Heavy Industries.
- Qatar Nav takes box option
Middle East owner adds fourth feedership to orderbook at Daesun in Korea.
- Hanjin grabs offshore orders
Unidentified Middle East-based owner behind twin diving-support vessel order worth over $222m.
- Scandlines sails to record
German-Danish ferry operator lifted by freight revenues and money from Mols-Linien stake disposal.
- Torm pockets Norden cash
Danish products tanker owner has exited rival by selling its 32.7% stake for a huge profit.
- Sales lift Anek
Greek ferry owner to splash out EUR 9.7m on dividends as hefty sales more than double profit.
- Carnival set to dip
US cruise giant says second quarter and full year profits could be hit by fuel costs and forex concerns.
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- PIL exec: Mega-ships strain medium-sized carriers, feeder services
- Tax credit boosts Trailer Bridge’s earnings
- WTSA to raise chilled vegetable rates
- CTSA to raise fuel surcharges
- ESPMC-WITASS raising Panama Canal surcharges
- Seaspan orders two ships from Jiangsu for charter to "K" Line
- Yokote appointed president, CEO of Mitsui USA
- Rhine reopened to shipping
- MC Shipping reaches settlement over dry-docking claim
- Alliance names Mische named VP
- Congressional leaders’ bill would restrict cross-border truck program
- CSX promises aggressive action in wake of inspections
- NEMF opens Lancaster, Pa. terminal
- Alaska Railroad earnings dip in 2006
- U.S. outlines benefits of landmark trade deal with South Korea
- Bush administration imposes anti-subsidy law on China
- Shareholder revolts against EGL sale
- TT Club's surplus, reserves up in 2006
- Connecticut exports hit record $12.2 billion
- Agility appoints new senior sales/marketing VP for Americas
- Meridian IQ names Chong as managing director for Asia
- Agility agrees to buy LEP International
- Marseilles strike ends
- Company selected to install antiterror systems at ports
- DCT Gdansk to use Jade's terminal software
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- Adjustment of Danish tonnage-tax system
The Danish parliament has made an adjustment to the tonnage tax-system giving the Danish shipowners and operators new tax benefits ...
- Royal Caribbean Cruises exercises option
Aker Yards, Turku shipyard, is going to build another cruise vessel of Genesis class for Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd for ...
- No NOx tax exemption for cruise vessels
Cruise vessels calling at Norwegian ports will not be exempt from the NOx tax, introduced from 1st January this year ...
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- Fuel oil transfer from damaged tanker complete
Gibraltar minister pleased with handling of incident.
- US rig fined for marine diesel spill
$70,000 penalty imposed for incident during fuel transfer.
- Director leaves Black Sea supplier
- Chemoil expands fleet
Oil tanker to be used for fuel oil transportation will reduce chartering costs, says CEO.
- ARA market holds firm Monday morning
- JP Morgan: Chemoil outlook bright
JP Morgan rates Chemoil's target share price at $1.00 per share and points to continued growth.
- France: Port workers' strike ends
Fos/Lavera oil terminals back in use.
- Philippine fuel oil recovery operation ends
Guimaras salvage operation has retrieved about nine mt of bunker fuel oil from sunken tanker.
- Operators should look at energy content
Global fuel testing agency says protecting the environment does not necessarily mean higher bunker costs.
- Singapore: Prestige moves to new location
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