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Shipping News
- European cruises enjoy boom with US tourists
Carnival Corp and Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd are increasingly catering to US tourists who want to dodge the rising euro while visiting Europe. The trend will help reverse two years of share declines for both companies.
- Piracy attacks off Somalia on the rise
Piracy off Somalia is on the rise because an Islamic group that had cracked down on pirates was ousted, an official who tracks piracy cases off Africa's side of the Indian Ocean said.
- Poland in US$400m deal to sell Gdansk shipyard
Poland's Gdansk shipyard, birthplace of the Solidarity movement that helped bring down communism, will be sold to Ukrainian firm Donbass in a US$400 million deal to avoid bankruptcy, the head of the yard said.
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- Maersk Line bags 'Best Shipping Line' in India award
- Projects & equipment division of Transindia Freight Services to demerge into Allcargo Global Logistics
- Shipping scrips lure FIIs
- Indonesian vessel to be detained for non-payment of repair charges
- Vini Container Lines appoints Bhargav Patil as General Manager
- Allcargo introduces labelling system on export cargo consignments
- WCAPN lays stress on networking
- India and Mauritius seek new avenues of cooperation in shipping and road sectors
- Container market posts 40 pc growth
- Mercator to invest $ 300 m in dredging arm
- India, 100 others spurn WTO draft formula on non-agricultural market access
- Structural flaws in global trade
- FM looking at a competitive exchange rate
- ECGC hosting Berne Union's AGM
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- Lars Carlsson heads up SEAaT
- Ship Finance sells single hull ship
- Oceanaut buys Restis ships
- New Indian yard
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- Bollinger yards convert tug and barge to ATB
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- US Barge celebrates delivery of first completed barge
- Washington governor taps Hammond as new Transporation Secretary
- Alaska/Horizon airlines open 'Future' check-in at Sea-Tac Airport
- Port of Vancouver, USA receives clean audit report
- Eight Fast Sealift Ships now working for MSC
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- Odyssey Explorer master released
US shipmaster of the Bahamas-flagged vessel has been provisionally freed after spending a night in prison.
- A Spanish Odyssey hits dire straits
- EU regulation puts maritime mutuality at risk
LAW for settling conflicts between shipowners and P&I clubs will become uncertain if regulation is enforced.
- Eni plans to pump $28bn in Libya
ITALIAN oil group set to invest $28bn in Libya over the next 10 years, including building a new LNG plant.
- Ghost fleet haunts Hartlepool
ABLE UK reveals the full scale of the contracts that it could lose due to the 'ghost ships' row.
- Green and efficient
WHAT is the point of optimising ship design if it is delayed in port because of landside inefficiencies?
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- UK backs new Marine Bill
A proposed new UK Marine Bill has received strong support following a public consultation exercise over the past month
- Captain missing after collision
THE captain of the small cargo ship Diamond 1 is missing following a collision involving his vessel off the port of Thessaloniki today
- New Panamax could be even bigger
THE maximum dimensions of very large container vessels allowed to transit the Panama Canal after its expansion in 2014 have yet to be fully confirmed
- Odyssey Explorer captain freed
A SPANISH judge has freed the captain of the flagship of treasure hunters Odyssey Maritime Exploration, while the owner's law firm says the detention contravenes Unclos
- Boluda gets Les Abeilles at last
SPAIN'S Boluda Group has officially acquired French tug company Les Abeilles from the Bourbon Group
- Congress turns attention to crewing
CONGRESS is today turning attention to crewing aboard merchant vessels and initial testimony shows opportunities and risk in the way officers and seafarers are trained and treated
- Donbas to make a leader of Gdansk
- EZRA reels off record profits
- Caribbean integration 'years away'
- Fifth ferry victim's body recovered
- Spill bill may cost GenMar $6M
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- Secure Freight Initiative underway
Ports of Southampton, Qasim, and Cortez now scanning all ocean containers that are loaded aboard U.S.-bound vessels.
- Report finds Customs 'inconsistent' on export screening
- Shippers more accepting of port user fees
- Wallenius Wilhelmsen opens Baltimore auto center
- House panel hears maritime industry's recruiting woes
- Canada port gets first foreign shipment in years
- Customs: 10+2 vital to security
- Bulk gains at Prince Rupert
- Philadelphia authority gets new port chairman
- Vote coming on federal funding for NY rail tunnel
- Air France-KLM, Delta in trans-Atlantic venture
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- Piracy attacks on shipping up 14%
- Ports of Auckland wins mediation
- CMA CGM launches new Dakar coastal service
- Norfolkline kicks out SNCF in favour of EWS
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- Arbitration boost
Sovcomflot loses bribery skirmish but House of Lords ruling means London wins as a centre for dispute resolution.
- Ferry crews on pot?
Canadian regulators express concerns about alleged marijuana use by BC Ferries crews.
- Suing crewman reversed
US appeals court overturns judgment against American Steamship Co in case with collective bargaining consequences.
- Tide higher for Diana
Analyst increases earnings estimates for US-listed Diana Shipping after Greek bulker owner buys new vessels.
- Sign of the Times
STX Pan Ocean (UK) launches post-panamax brace call for tender in British financial press.
- Transpetrol picks up two
Belgian owner to take Japanese newbuildings through bareboat deal with Mitsubishi.
- Master dies in Greece
A Cypriot captain has died after his vessel sank following a collision at a Greek port.
- LRIT orphans
"Orphan ships" may have to switch flag to comply with satellite-tracking system.
- Carnival hikes dividend
Miami- and London-based cruise company Carnival Corp boosts dividend by 14% to $0.40 per share.
- Bute yard wins Calmac work
Scottish state ferry monopoly picks island facility to overhaul 24 ships over three years.
- Quixotic court fight
Briese Schiffahrts sues freight forwarder in US court for $12m over fire on the multipurpose vessel Barbarossa during a windmill shipment.
- BLT to trim down
Indonesian owner could sell off tonnage to reduce its debt after $850m Chembulk takeover.
- Diana shows its hand
Greek owner confirms purchase of two NS Lemos capesizes with one starting five-year charter at nearly $75,000.
- Asbestos appeal rejected
House of Lords rules sufferers from lung-scarring pleural plaques not entitled to damages.
- CSCL cleaning up
China Shipping Group subsidiary buys up shares in sibling companies in $5.50m spree.
- Yard leap for Dolphin
Indian company Dolphin Offshore Enterprises said to be eyeing two shipbuilding facilities in Gujarat.
- Seagull ferries grounded
Malaysia's transport ministry suspends shipowner's services after fire that killed at least four people.
- Oceanaut reveals all
Excel Maritime-backed outfit spills the beans over what it paid for Restis ships and its charter plans.
- C&M suspends duo
Two directors of Aberdeen-based offshore player suspended following multi-million dollar delays to ship conversion.
- You're on your own
EU won't intervene in dispute over ferry link from Turkish north of Cyprus to Syria.
- Well OOILed
Orient Overseas (International) reports large gains in volumes and revenues for third quarter.
- Aboitiz buys again
Philippines ferry owner follows recent company and vessel purchase with $1.75m deal for Korean vessel.
- Fincantieri steps up investment
Italian group adding more cash to modernisation plan for Castellammare yard next year.
- Much more for Muhibbah
Malaysian shipyard eyes tankers and cargoships as it predicts doubled profit for 2007.
- Malta Shipyards faces capacity squeeze
Union attacks Grand Harbour redevelopment plan which could endanger repair work at yard.
- PGS takes US plunge
Norwegian survey ship owner boosts exploration capacity by buying Houston depth-imaging outfit.
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- Hanjin, Senator Lines starting Far East/Middle East service
- CMA CGM starts Senegal coastal link
- Seaboard outlines new bunker charges
- Rate increase approved for Hawaii carrier Young Bros.
- Guggenheim Aviation opts for three more 777 Freighters
- CSX 3rd quarter profit up 24%
- Senate panel gives DHS decent marks for maritime security
- Zebra to acquire cargo IT firm Navis
- Calif. electric carmaker moves forward with Chinese production plans
- Weber Distribution opens Seattle cross-dock/storage facility
- Mallory Alexander buys Texas NVOCC
- FMC reviews 19 OTI license applications
- Hutchison says reported Colombo terminal bid wrong
- Pa. governor: Private investors interested in Philadelphia port
- U.S. Vancouver port receives clean bill of financial health
- Dunkirk's cargo up 2% after nine months
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- Piracy attacks goes up again
According to the IMB (International Maritime Bureau) robbery and piracy attacks against vessels went up 14 per cent in the first nine months of 2007, compared to the same period last year. The figures show that 198 attacks have been ...
- Transfennica increases its capacity on St Petersburg
In the end of October Transfennica adds a third call per week at St Petersburg. So far the ro-ro vessel Pauline Russ has maintained the service L'beck'St Petersburg twice a week. The additional calls will be operated with ...
- Two Engineers sacked after bunker theft
The Chief Engineer and the 1. Engineer from A. P. Møller-Mærsk's Estelle M'rsk has been sacked and reported to the police for at criminal investigation for theft. The pair had done some criminal business selling several hundred tons of ...
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- Aegean launches its own-brand lube
Bunker logistics company says it will become the "first independent global retailer of marine lubricants".
- Call for caution with 500 cst bunker fuel
DNVPS adviser says ship operators need adequate technical knowledge before buying high viscosity material.
- Rotterdam market remains firm
- Singapore fuel oil imports set to drop
November fuel oil cargo fixtures running at two year low.
- 'Mega' oil storage for Chinese bonded port
Yangpu to become petrochemical hub.
- Samsung designs 'Goliath' container ship
New building will be world's biggest container carrier.
- Singapore prices tower over Tokyo
Japan refiners expected to up prices 'severely'; Singapore prices rocket 12% in one week.
- Singapore to focus on improving officers' skills
IBIA and Singapore Maritime Association developing a course for bunker-tanker cargo officers.
- Gladstone tight on bunkers
Cargo replenishment due at the end of the month.
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