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Shipping News
- Malaysia warns of terror threat in Malacca Strait
MALAYSIA's top police official yesterday warned of a 'real and plausible' threat of terrorism in the Malacca Strait, one of the world's most vital trade-related waterways.
- S'pore-Riau Islands ferry safety enhanced
THE safety of ferry services between Singapore and the Indonesian islands of Batam, Bintan and Karimun has been given a further boost with the launch yesterday of the Barelang Singapore Electronic Navigational Charts .
- Commodity shipping rates to drop more
THE cost of shipping coal, iron ore and other dry-bulk commodities, which has fallen 14 per cent in the last four weeks, may decline further because of expectations that additional capacity will outstrip bookings.
- Croatia plans first shipyard sale by end of year
- Carnival orders ship for 425m euros
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- TSA to raise peak season surcharge
- Matson teams up with JB Hunt for transload service to inland US
- Beijing-Tianjin-Heibei step up efforts to integrate road, railway networks
- Future looks bright for China's logistics industry
- Seattle port audit finds record keeping substandard
- Secured Digital lands deal to install RFID tracking
- China Southern launches Urumqi-Jeddah service
- IATA calls for a single European sky policy within 5 years
- Cathay Pacific's first corporate social responsibility report
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- Private firms drawn to GMB’s SPV, Dredging Corporation of Gujarat
- Hajara unravels SCI’s expansion plan
- Knitwear corners 50 pc of readymade garment exports
- Nafed imports 25,000 tonnes of palm oil
- Flanders region woos Indian SMEs
- New Mangalore Port in expansion mode
- Capt. P.V.K. Mohan heads panel to study KDS’ & HDC’s containerisation potential
- Hind Terminals flags off 1st private box train from ICD-Sabarmati to JNP
- GSEC Ltd flags off FEDEX’s Indore-Sahar ACC CBT ops
- Rlys to slap 2 pc ‘development surcharge’, Rs 10 per tonne THC w.e.f. July
- ... to bypass PPP model in construction of freight corridor
- CWC-CFS swings into action to match ABGKCT’s speed & efficiency
- Commerce Ministry to promote 4 agriculture export zones
- India’s export duty refund schemes too complex-WTO
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- Aeroflot’s director general is appointed member of Iata board
- "OOCL Southampton" named at the Geoje Shipyard
- A change of course for Lufthansa
- Cargo 2000 certifies Descartes
- APL Logistics partnering Cargo Trans Logistik
- Wincanton posts good fiscal 2006
- A warm welcome from the ITJ at transport logistic
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- ICS reiterates support for fuel study
- Busier, faster Panama Canal
- Wallenius Wilhelmsen wins Thor Heyerdahl Award
- Russian dockers' leader stabbed
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- Cecon orders third ship at Davie
- Shipping has short time left to cut emissions
- Ulstein Verft vessel named "Ship of the Year"
- Havyard Leirvik to build advanced DSV
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- TransPac lines raise peak season surcharge
TSA members to increase peak season surcharge by a further $200 per feu as ships are squeezed for space.
- Zim is latest recruit as TSA plans more shipper talks
- IMB applauds Southeast Asia's fight against piracy
WATCHDOG says success in reducing piracy in the Malacca Strait shows what can be done be when governments take notice.
- Court 'not fit' to judge Erika master, says counsel
DEFENCE lawyer invites Erika court to declare itself incompetent to judge Captain Karun Mathur.
- Britain embraces the winds of change
BRITISH offshore and energy firms are hoping the government's support for renewable resources is backed by action.
- The great northern show
NOR-SHIPPING also serves to encourage Norwegians to remember that their maritime cluster is internationally important.
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- Celebrity wins Seaman’s Wage appeal
Celebrity Cruises has won a case involving the controversial Seaman’s Wage Act in the 11th Circuit US Court of Appeals
- Floating storage up in US Gulf
THE International Energy Agency is hiking oil demand forecasts, warning of Nigerian supply woes, and citing a growing floating-storage effect on tanker rates
- Strikers want better lunches
WORKERS at a Rio de Janeiro shipyard have gone on strike partly to press for more luncheon vouchers
- Transpetro tanker aground off Rio
TRANSPETRO-operated products carrier Torm Signe ran aground on Saturday in Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro
- Myanmar seafarers warm to insurance
EIGHTEEN thousand Myanmar seafarers are to take out insurance cover this year as benefits are becoming clearer
- Wilhelmsen family consolidates holdings
THE Wilhelmsen family have consolidated their holding in one company instead of nine that has been the case so far
- Cosulich to unveil bunker base
- Nordic Tankers IPO completed
- Jumbo boxship economics questioned
- Zim considers shift from Haifa
- Newcastle clears up after storms
- Generalov behind Holland Maas sale
- USCG, salvors forge closer links
- Royal seal of approval for green WWL
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- West Coast employers aiming for early start to talks on new longshore pact
Pacific Maritime Association chief says group is intent on reaching new pact with ILWU before old contract expires in July, 2008.
- Trans-Pacific ships close to full: TSA
- Panama Canal to close locks
- GE in boxship venture with German shipowner
- U.S. updates Mexican truck rules
- ProLogis logistics park will serve BNSF hub
- Crowley to take over logistics in El Salvador
- Zim buys into Antwerp terminal
- Japan eyes trade pacts with U.S., EU
- Pacer opens LA warehouse
- LA clean-truck plan faces major roadblocks
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- MOL and Sinotrans link up to offer feeder services on the Yangtze River
- Fast deteriorating port congestion forces Mersin emergency surcharge
- EMTA announces rate restoration and congestion surcharge amendment at Israeli ports
- Busan North Port to be dredged to accommodate mega – container ships
- Toll Group restructured
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- We don't want cash
Hoegh LNG's Sveinung Stohle says Russia will seek expertise, not investment, from their partners in the Arctic.
- Zim buys into Antwerp
Israeli container line acquires Maersk's 20% holding in expanding Belgian terminal.
- Swire back at PUM
Hong Kong owner returns to Singapore shipyard with letter of intent for four anchor handlers.
- Odfjell paid $50,000 'severance'
That's the word used by Jarle Haugsdal, but he admits lawyer for Trond Storli implicitly threatened to blow lid off price-fixing ring in February 2002.
- Money well spent!
Ingar Skaug says $30m cost of going green makes good business sense.
- Pettersen in sunny mood
BW Gas chief is optimistic industry will survive tax threat as Nor-Shipping gets underway.
- Wingfield saved Odfjell pact
Defendant illegally leaked Stolt price info to Odfjell on Sasol deal in October 2002, months after conspiracy had to stop, claims ex-Odfjell exec Haugsdal.
- Blackmail at Odfjell
Worker shook down parcel-tanker owner for $50,000 in 2002 by threatening to expose illegal customer list, lawyer charges in Philadelphia hearing.
- If the Greeks can do it
Nor-Shipping event wants to pick up on the social skills of its Greek rival.
- Arctic labour threat
DNV chief Henrik Madsen warns Nor-Shipping conference that lack of experienced ice class seafarers could hold back development in cold Northern waters.
- China welcomes overseas cash
Government road map for shipbuilding success envisions more foreign investment.
- Crew crux
New Intertanko chairman Nicholas Fistes thinks industry needs to stump up cash to avoid crewing crisis.
- DNV warns over crew
Class society’s Dr Espen Cramer says first shipping sector to experience downturn will see skilled workers disappear elsewhere.
- Nordic finds tanker
Newly listed Danish owner completes IPO promise by adding Greek chemical carrier to its fleet.
- Sub captain holds hands up
Master of Japanese submarine involved in collision with tanker last year thought there was no immediate danger.
- Uljanik sell-off moves closer
Croatia to open tender for profit-making shipyard by end of this year.
- It’s all Greek to us
Brokers stumped on identity of Greek owner behind double capesize order at Hyundai Heavy.
- WWL to go further
Car carrier joint venture to use Thor Heyerdahl award cash to research new energy sources.
- Nordcapital buys big
German owner signs huge $600m order for four AHTS units at South Korean yard.
- New partnership for D’Amico
Newly listed Italian owner forms venture to buy four chemical tanker newbuildings in Korea.
- Havila takes the plunge
Norwegian owner orders diving support vessel from Havyard Leirvik.
- WWL triumphs in green award
Car carrier owner wins Thor Heyerdahl prize for cutting So2 emissions by the equivalent of the output of London.
- Fear of the US
Masters deterred from return to sea by criminalisation over accidents, Norwegian officers' group says.
- In the dock
Gard club executive Kim Jefferies sees more owners and crew going to court to solve disputes.
- Building boom in Norway
Norwegian owners ordering more newbuildings with offshore units leading the way.
- Ezra fixes newbuilding
US oil major ConocoPhillips takes Singapore owner’s first deep-sea construction vessel on charter.
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- TSA hikes peak season surcharges as cargo demand strains network
- Maersk swells fleet
- Nordcapital achieves record year, gives positive outlook for shipping
- COSCO cuts Felixstowe amid labor shortage frustrations
- NYK using new type of steel in tankers
- American Commercial Lines lowers earnings projection
- Diana Shipping files shelf registration
- Cathay, Dragonair cargo rises in May
- Anti-congestion competition down to 9 cities
- E. coli beef recall expands to 5.7 million pounds
- USDA proposes increased plant export certification fees
- First U.S. cherries arrive in China, approved by inspectors
- CBP IT chief heads to Sandler & Travis
- Conforama selects Kuehne + Nagel
- Panama Canal Authority cuts waters time despite increased use
- Los Angeles port budget tops $1 billion
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- WWL gets the Heyerdahl Award 2007
Its commitment to improve the environmental standards of the shipping industry, is cited as the main reason to award Wallenius ...
- Norwegian yard order book of NOK 65 billion
Norwegian yards now have more than 190 vessels worth NOK 65.0 billion on order, but the order intake is beginning ...
- Nordic Mariners: International action is needed in piracy
The international community must take action against countries that harbour pirates and don’t prosecute them. Economical pressure as well as ...
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- Fuel quality monitoring revolution in the making
Major fuel and lubricant testing service in joint venture to offer real-time onboard monitoring of fuel and lubricant quality, predicting erosion of routine shore-based analysis over time.
- DNV: Shipping can cut emissions now
Shipping could preempt legislative demands on CO2 and sulphur emissions by using existing technologies and switch to cleaner fuels, DNV chiefs suggest.
- Bahamas terminal up for sale
Freeport's principal bunker supplier being sold off by PDVSA.
- Salvage efforts ‘have a long way to go’
Australian official says situation around grounded bulker is ‘pretty dynamic’
- Supplier bases strategy on needs of container ships
Fratelli Cosulich says Singapore operation will focus on high volumes of 500 cst product and fast pumping rates.
- New trader at Statoil
Norwegian trading team growing again after recent changes.
- Delays 'damage the good name of Rotterdam'
Players call for traders 'to stick to their words'.
- Chinese fuel oil buyers 'by-passing' Singapore
High prices deterring Chinese buyers.
- KIC to expand its bunker operations
Malaysia-based bunker supplier will buy bunker tankers and add to its storage capacity in Port Klang.
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