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Shipping News
- Viet firms set to tap US$3b in next 12 months
(SINGAPORE) Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Group, Vietnam National Shipping Lines and other companies from South-east Asia's fastest-growing economy may borrow a record US$3 billion in the next 12 months, according to Credit Suisse Group.
- Viking ship replica sets perilous course
(ROSKILDE, Denmark) A 30-metre replica of a Viking longship glided out of Denmark's Roskilde fjord on Sunday, with 65 crew members determined to sail the ship across the North Sea to Ireland.
- US nuclear warship ruffles feathers in India
(CHENNAI) A nuclear-powered US aircraft carrier docked off the coast of southern India yesterday, an official said, as leftist parties denounced its presence in Indian waters.
- US union says progress in talks with 17 lines
- Tanker rates snap slide as ship supplies shrink
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- ICTSI JV company takes over Yantai Gangtong box terminal
- Port of Taicang transshipments up 35.6pc
- Sinotrans re-organises subsidiaries in Shandong
- Ningbo greets 53-footers that meet US land transit norms
- Zhongshan to open 'logistics bank' using cargo as collateral
- Private equity firm buys 25pc stake in Chennai Container Terminal
- Maersk forwarding element to merge with Damco Sea & Air
- MacAndrews launches UK-Spain reefer express service
- Deutsche Post unit in M&A offer to buy ABX Air
- Lufthansa Cargo transfers flight base from Cologne to Leipzig
- Volga-Dnepr airlifts ice rink to Guatemala to help Russian Winter Olympics bid
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- Hanjin combines loops in new MAP service
- ECU LINE offers weekly service from Europe to Dubai with 16-day transit time
- EVERGREEN LINE Ninth Evergreen 7,024-TEU newbuild to start Asia-N. Europe run in Oct.
- DP World raises $ 3.25 bn from bond sale
- CMA CGM UK-flagged CMA CGM Herodote to serve Europe-Guyana-North Brazil trade
- Tianjin port hits 2007 throughput target within 4 months!
- INTTRA opens Florida office to support customers & carriers in Latin & North America
- APM Terminals to lead Shenzhen Dachan Phase 2 terminal JV
- NOL to order eight 10,000-TEU boxships for APL
- OOCL Italy named at Koyo Dockyard
- Port of Liverpool targets Asian trade for new post-Panamax terminal
- ZIM to buy 2,450-TEU capacity vessels
- D.B. Group India opens office in Bangalore
- Govt releases Rs 92.78 cr. lost from seamen’s pension fund
- Global shipping lines find Indian ports too pricey
- Nath tells US investors where to put their money!
- DP World Nhava Sheva (NSICT) enters second decade of successful operations
- AP to invite fresh bids for developing Nizampatnam port
- Shreeji Transport Services moves 1st CBT from Ahmedabad ACC to Chennai ACC
- One lakh Indians account for 1/10th of GDP
- Chidambaram hints at early relief for exporters hit by appreciating rupee
- Rising rupee sinking small exporters
- India-South Africa business conclave from August 1
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- BAWC appoints Quelhas to Iberian position
- "CMA CGM Herodote" named in Southampton
- Air France KLM and China Southern Airlines discuss joint venture
- Qatar Airways launches Geneva flights
- RZD to create First Freight Company
- Denmark and Germany agree on Fehmarnbelt bridge
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- IMO bravery award to Searose G officers
- Golden Ocean takes US$15m hedging hit
- Eitzen Maritime Services confirms Provimar purchase
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- U.S. Shipping takes delivery of ATB
- Quintana in sale and leaseback
- Aker DOF Supply to own Vietnam-built AHTS's
- Hits bridge, sails away, loses license
- Venezuela indeed negotiating for Russian subs
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- Coast Guard marks start of new response boat construction
- Capt. Gordon Houston named CEO of VFPA Transition Committee
- Union Pacific celebrating company's 145th anniversary
- NOL plans to build eight new container ships
- US/New Zealand customs services ink mutual recognition agreement
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- Ports maintain 'level one' security
BRITAIN’S ports to remain at official minimum security standing despite recent unsuccessful terrorist attacks.
- ISS snaps up Australia's Oceania Maritime
MARINE services group Inchcape Shipping seals first deal in a number of planned acquisitions.
- UK shipping minister Ladyman to step down
STEPHEN Ladyman is to step down as a result of the reshuffle under new prime minister Gordon Brown.
- Power to the people - at last
AFTER decades in which crews were regarded mainly as a nuisance, attitudes have changed.
- Get your coat on
THERE will be a price to pay for a better coated, longer living ship, but it is well worth it.
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- Pasha freed
Stranded bulk carrier Pasha Bulker was this evening pulled from Nobbys beach, near the New South Wales port of Newcastle
- Fesco links up with Baltic feeder
FAR Eastern Shipping Co, Russia's expanding container and multimodal operator, has set up a joint venture container feeder service with ESF Euroservices
- Quintana in sale-leaseback
QUINTANA Maritime has announced a sale-leaseback deal with Glitner Finance for seven of its older Panamaxes
- Drummond drumbeat quickens
THE US Department of Justice is being pressed to investigate allegations that Drummond Co was complicit in union assassinations at its Colombian coal mines
- MOL launches innovative training vessel
MITSUI OSK Lines has launched its first training vessel to help meet its future requirement for trained seafarers
- Carnival jumper picked up
A passenger who apparently leapt from the cruise vessel Carnival Liberty late last night has been rescued by the Coast Guard
- Feeder in danger off Mongla
- LA/LB shutdown in balance
- Pasha nearer deeper water
- Concordia's Total commitment
- Golden Ocean posts derivative loss
- Baltic begins Singapore reports
- Inchcape buys Australian agency
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- ILWU office workers set to resume talks
LA-Long Beach dockworkers say they would honor a strike if negotiations break down.
- Oneida opens distribution center in Savannah
- Tacoma box volumes continue to slide
- CKYH to start new service
- Chinese trade surplus expected to top $100 billion
- 'Fast track' expires
- US, South Korea sign free-trade pact
- International airfreight rebounds
- US seeks WTO review of EU banana tariffs
- MSC chooses Charleston for S. Atlantic headquarters
- MOL opens 27th office in China
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- CMA CGM on the hunt for new container terminals in Brazil
- CN lifts embargo on Toronto-Montreal line
- CKYH to start MAP pendulum
- European hinterland container terminal in Duisburg for NYK and CMA CGM
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- DryShips sets pace
Hansruedi Winter pulls ahead in TradeWinds stock picking contest as George Economou gives bulker believers a boost.
- STX inks Chinese sextet
Korean owner signs for four firm handysizes at Nantong Huigang with two further options.
- Tina M owner hits back
Owner fined $1m after panamax held in US says its plea agreement is not an admittance it knew of illegal actions.
- Fesco finds feeder deal
Acquisition-hungry Russian player snaps up Holland's ESF Euroservices.
- Srab sells at a loss
Sweden’s Srab Shipping has ditched its “unsatisfactory” tanker oldie Skagica.
- Free at last
High tide and calm seas help salvors re-float Pasha Bulker with inspection due on Tuesday morning.
- Iranian ship 'safe and sound'
Owner of Iran-flagged container ship said to have sank off Bangladesh says reports are completely unfounded.
- Havila banks sale profit
Norwegian owner offloads 2000-built anchor-handler to Fearnley Finans.
- Carnival passenger rescued
‘Intoxicated’ man pulled from sea off Florida by USCG cutter which happened to be nearby.
- Topaz lands loan gem
Dubai-based Topaz Energy & Marine secures $50m Islamic facility to fund eight-ship purchase.
- Pomerania picked up at auction
Revival planned for bankrupt Polish shipyard after ship equipment maker Makrum gains control.
- Pendulum swings for CKYH
New US-Asia-Med service for Coscon, K Line, Yang Ming and Hanjin.
- More Legionnaires cash for RCCL
US cruiseship operator awarded $15.2m for lost profit arising from outbreak on vessel 13 years ago.
- Mipo takes ten
Unnamed European and Asian owners sign for six car-carriers and four product tankers at Korean yard.
- Aker brings in DOF
Norwegian group forms joint venture with domestic owner to run six new anchor-handlers being built in Vietnam.
- Ship sinks, 15 rescued off India
Reports allege captain of Albanian ship waited three days to inform Cochin authorities ship was leaking.
- Golden Ocean firms up bulkers
John Fredriksen bulker company declares options for fifth and sixth panamaxes at Pipavav in India.
- Bergen Yards buys
Norwegian shipbuilder snaps up work boat producer Skarveland.
- Six-pack for NSCSA
Saudi owner returns to SLS in Korea for more chemical carriers
- CMES in for four
China Merchants Energy Shipping is spending $232m on two VLCC newbuilings and a pair of capesizes.
- TBSI eyes fresh funds
US-listed tweendecker owner files $300m shelf registration with US regulatory authorities.
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- CKYH Alliance merging loops into Mediterranean Asia America Pendulum
- FESCO buys its way into Baltic feeder market
- CTSA holds fuel recovery surcharges
- MOL (China) opens Zhengzhou office
- World Air sale contingent on financials
- Stabenow introduces short sea promotion bill
- Denmark, Germany strike deal for new bridge
- 3PD buys neighbor Affinity Logistics
- Daylight Transport taps Con-Way executive as president
- Schumer calls for stepped up safety monitoring of Chinese imports
- President Bush loses trade promotion authority
- U.S, New Zealand sign mutual recognition pact
- U.S. seeks WTO panel to review EU's banana import regime
- SoCal ports truck plan licensing guidelines revealed
- Lowenthal negotiating local control for container tax revenue
- Southern Calif. ILWU office workers report progress on contract talks
- APM to take lead stake in Shenzhen terminal
- 1st U.S. GPS-based container tracking system goes live at Oakland port
- Houston named transition CEO for Vancouver Fraser Port Authority
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- Broström sells ship agency
Broström sells its shares in the ship clearance company Percy Tham i Oxelösund AB. The company has since 2001 been ...
- Aker Yard bid for aircraft carrier steel work
Britain and France are to co-operate to build three aircraft carriers and Aker Yards outfit Chantiers de l’Atlantique is ...
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- O.W. Bunker boosts South African team
New trader for O.W. Bunker's South African office.
- Summer brings back unwelcome smell
Gibraltar environmental group encourages public to call "Bunkering fumes Emergency Hotline".
- Shell boosts Asian lubricant production
Oil major to build China's biggest lubricant blending plant; expanding facilities elsewhere.
- Coast Guard says little risk of oil pollution as ship sinks
15 crew rescued from vessel which sank off Indian coast this weekend.
- Sri Lankan trade unions call for bunkering state monopoly
Union spokesman says privatisation deal with LMS 'added nothing'; objects to entry of Lanka IOC.
- ARA: No strike at Vopak
- Malaysia's bunkering infrastructure set to grow
Malaysian firm building terminals in Kota Kinabalu and Lahad Datu and considering another in Sandakan.
- Oil leaks from grounded ship
Bulk carrier Pasha Bulker has leaked oil after an unsuccessful attempt to refloat it.
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