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Shipping News
- Daewoo Shipbuilding wins orders worth US$1.5b
DAEWOO Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co, the world's third-largest shipyard operator, received orders worth a combined US$1.5 billion to build container vessels and bulk carriers.
- STX in talks to sell stakes in two units
SOUTH Korea's STX Group, which includes STX Shipbuilding Co as an affiliate, said it's in talks with investors, including Tasameem of Bahrain, to sell stakes in two units.
- Maersk forms JV with Philippine firm
MAERSK has formed a joint venture with the Philippines' largest domestic shipping company, Aboitiz Transport System, to offer container shipping services in the country.
- Govt to assist in Johor Port cargo proposal
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- MSC's new Tiger Service calls at XICT
- Guangxi to invest US$510m in 9 Beibu Bay terminals
- UK P&I Club: Charterers face growing legal and financial liabilities
- Container congestion returns to Chittagong terminals
- Restructuring costs put CEVA into loss in Q1
- JF Hillebrand strives to improve supply chain in wineries
- Chongqing's first private airline takes off June 18
- Schenker starts air cargo flights from Dubai to Hahn and Ohio
- Yelping lab dogs in Air Canada bellyholds upset passengers
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- LNL upgrades India/Pakistan/UAE-Africa service
- Israeli-Dutch tamper-resistant alarm moves to container shipping market
- Strict observance of PSC norms by DGS helps bring down ship detentions abroad
- Seaways Shipping inducts 3rd vessel in East Coast region
- Grand Alliance beefs up Mediterranean-Asia service
- Evergreen Line upgrades Greece-Turkey service
- "K" Line'S new Corona
- HAMBURG Süd names fourth of six 3,752-TEU ships from Daewoo
- Hanjin Shipping, Heung-A Shipping to provide N. China-Indonesia service
- Cosco to order 8 multi-purpose ships
- CMA-CGM finalises Comanav acquisition
- OOCL Southampton named at the Geoje Shipyard
- Famous Pacific Shipping quality certified in Philippines
- Davies Turner bags brace of industry awards
- BIFA names new Board leaders
- WTSA members to raise hay, agri product rates
- RCL receives second 1,108-TEU ship from China yard
- Floating LNG terminal attracts bidders
- Steel exports shrink, imports expand
- EOU-status Jamnagar RIL advised against LPG export
- Marine products exports yield $ 1.9 bn in 2006-07
- India-UK trade to touch £ 1.5 bn in 2010, says report
- JNPT cuts ship turnaround time to less than a day!
- Deputation appointed to start spadework on dedicated rail corridors
- AI cargo freighters now on the runway
- APL Indialinx to augment rail operations between CWC’s ICD-Loni & Mundra/JNP
- India to attract $ 30 billion FDI this fiscal
- Govt contests appellate tribunal’s order quashing anti-dumping duty on acyclic alcohols
- DGFT eases cement import norms
- Forex reserves near $ 205 bn
- Over Rs 60,000 cr. calculated to come from export zones in 2007-08
- Comprehensive service tax circular to be issued on June 15
- Govt to dip into forex kitty for funding infrastructure projects
- New Revenue Sec., heads for CBDT, CBEC
- BHEL bags EEPC award
- AIAI’s team to leave on 3-nation tour
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- Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings names vice-president financial planning
- June 04 2007 Maritime Five new container gantry cranes for Eurogate's Berth 2 in Hamburg
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- Somali pirates capture Danish ship as French warship looks on
- ITF "week of action"
- EU ports policy "will provide tools to achieve best practice"
- DP World in Abu Dhabi deal
- Videotel supports small ferry safety project
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- Coast Guard posts FRC-B presolicitation
- Dry dock upgrade at Norfolk Navy yard
- Tidewater Controller now a VP
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- Washington budget includes funds for Port of Vancouver, USA rail project
- Ferry makes 'hard landing' at Mukilteo terminal
- Construction project closes PDX long-term parking spaces
- Federal Brownfields grant earmarked for Gig Harbor cleanup
- Coast Guard sets boater rules for Portland's Fleet Week celebration
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- BV set for year end listing
FRENCH classification society will be listed on the French bourse by the end of the year.
- BV outlines aggressive 2007 growth programme
- Daewoo tight-lipped over $1.3bn order
SHIPBUILDER refuses to disclose identity of owner behind latest boxship spree.
- Brussels pushes for change to Unclos
REVISION sought to allow ships of any flag to be stopped and searched for illegal immigrants.
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- Marco Polo to leave Orient
NORWEGIAN Cruise Line has confirmed the sale of the 22,080-gt, 826-passenger Marco Polo, the only ship in its Orient Lines brand
- BG seals Chile LNG deal
BG Group announced a long-term supply deal today for the new Chilean LNG terminal, to begin operations in 2009
- Galileo hindered by Euro-squabbles
FRANCO-German rivalry lies behind disagreements in Brussels over how to proceed with the funding for the Galileo programme, a French newspaper has claimed
- Spain delays Red Ensign shipping
SPANISH port authorities are provoking delays to sailings of Gibraltar and Isle of Man Red Ensign-flagged ships, a senior industry source in Gibraltar has revealed to Fairplay
- Mangalia deal crucial for Romania
SHIPYARD workers and management have hammered out a deal that ends a damaging three-week strike at Daewoo Mangalia Shipyard in Romania
- MUA claims victory in Kembla dispute
- Danish vessel hijacked off Somalia
- FSL Trust buys James Fisher ships
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- Container ship charter rates climb
Container ship charter rates are climbing strongly as carriers struggle to keep pace with double-digit cargo growth.
- TSA files India addendum
- Oceania vessel lines to upgrade Australasia services
- Truckers oppose LA port clean-air hiring plan
- Few delays for Canadian Pacific traffic during strike
- APL adds Asia-E. Africa service
- Record for NAFTA surface trade
- Schenker adds U.S. RTW flight
- S. Fla. gets inland port
- Protests disrupt India port trains
- AOTOS honors Matson, Maersk, OSG executives
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- CSCL expands in the UK
- EU Transport Commission considering establishment of environmental and state-aid guidelines for port development
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- No sale, says Tsakos
Family registers $300m shareholding in TEN, but says it has no plans to reduce stake.
- Blasco cries foul over land-grab
Ukrainian shipping company wants to reverse regional authority's auction that sold off plot.
- Leak stalls ship off UK
Loaded chemical tanker which caught fire off Ireland in April drifts off Scotland after pipe leak.
- Tallink to sue in flag row
Estonian owner angered by newspaper’s claim it disguised origin of ferry chartered to Russia.
- Two burned in Bangladesh blaze
Fire onboard Hong Kong-flagged bulker listed as ‘dead’ in Chittagong caused by short circuit.
- Danish ferry strike threat
Seamen’s union wants pay deal to avert action on Scandlines and Mols-Linien ships.
- Sickener for RCCL
Hundreds fall foul of norovirus onboard newly delivered Royal Caribbean Cruises vessel.
- Danish ship seized off Somalia
Fears for safety of five Danish crew as ship en route to Kenya held with large ransom demand expected.
- Louis ship ‘scratched’
Cypriot cruise vessel allowed to sail shortly after striking pier on approach to Greek island.
- New ferry struggling
Lack of cargo hampers Armenian-backed start-up between Georgia and Russia.
- ICG boss to bid for rival?
Celtic Link Ferries shareholders said to have approached Eamonn Rothwell about buying the Irish owner.
- Austal killer jailed
US shipyard apprentice locked up for life after shooting colleague in row over $7 face shield.
- Striking Mangalia workers return
Management at Daewoo’s Romanian yard agree pay rises after three-week walk-out.
- Tigers "a threat to shipping"
Sri Lanka’s foreign minister calls for action against separatist fighters with proven maritime capability.
- Big jump for Krasnoye
Revenues and profits explode during 2006 at much busier Russian shipyard.
- PSA inks UK port deal
Singapore terminal player in joint venture to run new short sea container facility at Great Yarmouth.
- Precious lines up big bond issue
Thai owner could soon be buying ships as it seeks up to $1bn in new funds.
- Monster order at Daewoo
Mystery European owner splashes out $1.3bn on unspecified number of boxships at Korean yard.
- NOL volumes rise
Singapore liner firm carried 13% more containers in its latest trading period compared to a year ago.
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- Carriers upgrade North America West Coast/Oceania services
- ESPMC-WITASS sets bunker charge for July
- NYK to connect Asia, North Africa via Barcelona
- Bernuth plans bunker charge increase
- Vandenakker to head Cargill's ocean business
- Arrests made in JFK bomb plot
- Schenker begins air freight service to Toledo
- ATA chair calls for more road spending, truck-only highways
- Coalition proposes chassis ID system
- California ready to harvest bumper almond crop
- Toyota sales division shuffles management
- Barrot: Environment at heart of future European port policy
- Hawaii business leaders call for action against Lowenthal bill
- Opposition to L.A.-Long Beach port drayage overhaul grows
- Port of Vancouver USA receives $2.5 million to ease rail congestion
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- Wallenius Wilhelmsen nominated for award
Wallenius Wilhelmsen are among three companies nominated for this year’s Thor Heyerdahl Environmental Award. The other nominees are the Norwegian ...
- Too many fail maritime college exams
Close to 40 per cent of students at Norway’s maritime colleges fail their exams. All the maritime colleges, except the ...
- Danish coaster hijacked off Somalia
The Danish coaster Danica White was apparently hijacked by pirates while passing the coast of Somalia. Apparently as no one ...
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- Singapore holds onto Friday's gains
Rotterdam prices push forward, but market direction difficult to call.
- Shipping industry must prepapre for Emissions Trading
INTERTANKO says trading in sulphur oxides and greenhouse gas emissions is 'inevitable'.
- Baltic countries want more SOx reductions
Government representatives look for ways of further tightening environmental controls.
- Rotterdam rebounds Monday morning
- Philippine police probe bunker fuel theft
About 20 mt of bunker fuel was stolen during transportation.
- Singapore: Chief engineer guilty of bunker corruption
Engineer accepted bribe to falsely certify the supply of 40 mt of bunker fuel.
- Pakistan supplier shifts office
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