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Shipping News
- SSA playing bigger role on local, global regulatory stage
TAKING on an ever-greater role in advancing the interests of its near-300 members and the industry in general, the Singapore Shipping Association elected a new council last Friday with four of its seven members returning for another term.
- Tide starting to turn for global shippers, says council head
THE tide is beginning to turn for global shippers, said the head of the Singapore National Shippers' Council as the body elected its new governing council.
- Dubai to buy QE2 and turn it into floating hotel
DUBAI said yesterday that it had agreed to buy the Queen Elizabeth 2 for US$100 million and turn the famous cruise ship into a floating hotel and museum to draw tourists to one of the Gulf emirate's man-made islands.
- Boom for Bangladeshi shipbuilding industry
- Dubai studies plans for new cruise terminal
- Tanker rates may fall for a fifth week
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- Shanghai's container volume tops 10 million TEU to June
- Shenzhen awards top honours to logistics industry players
- Le Havre port maintains high box growth rate
- Ningbo trade with Taiwan reaches record high in May
- Hub Line picks Sepangar Bay terminal as regional hub
- Indian panel to probe ports' failure to mesh with containers
- ESC reinforces support for the use of longer trucks
- Air T revenue down 15pc but profit surges 21 pc to new high
- TNT launches fastest express delivery service in Asia
- US Helicopter and Continental Airlines enter codeshare deal
- Vanguard Logistics Services appoints Charlie Brennan CEO
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- CKYH Alliance restructures PNW into new service
- TSA to raise peak season surcharge
- UASC equips fleet with Iridium systems
- Battle for new port in Colombo begins
- Port of Hamburg now transport hub of choice for N. Europe
- Full speed ahead for Advance
- Cosco group to build shipyard in Dalian
- DP WORLD plans 2 bonds to raise up to $ 3 bn
- Hanjin celebrates 30th birthday of Asia Regional
- Teekay Shipping Corporation changes name
- Japanese govt to propose tax cuts for shipowners
- Tolani Maritime Institute to conduct P-G programme in transport & logistics
- Bulk segment shores up SCI revenue in 2006-07
- Pinkcity Logistics aims at becoming one-stop logistics solutions provider
- China imposes 37.7 pc duty on Indian drug
- India, Canada to sign investment protection pact
- US-India agri plan aims at developing salt & drought-resistant rice
- Double whammy for coffee exporters
- 5 pc cess on imports under study
- Rising iron ore exports worry steel makers
- Indian mangoes priced at $ 4 apiece in US
- Ministry against inclusion of tariff cuts on petro-products in CEPA with Korea
- PPPAC sifting through details for Rs 1,300-cr. box terminal at Ennore Port
- GVK Power & Infrastructure plans 2 multi-product SEZs & port in southern India
- AI’s cargo service poised for take-off
- Outsourcing through captive centres in India
- Assocham proposes ‘Singapore engg corridor’ near Chennai
- Srivastava’s book throws light on ways to swell India’s share in world’s $ 10-trillion trade
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- Ron Cesana, Cargo 2000 project manager dies unexpectedly
- ZIM takes 20% share in Antwerp Gateway terminal
- More cargo capacity to and from Malaga
- Work commencing on Augsburg intermodal terminal
- Kuehne + Nagel to support French retailer Conforama
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| JUNE 18, 2007 |
- APL's new cold-ironing plan
- Ship Finance orders boxhips
- Dubai World buys QE2
- EPA issues Connecticut sewage statement
- US salvage deal
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| JUNE 18, 2007 |
- New GAO report on Deepwater
- $6.14 million job for BAE Norfolk ship repair
- Japanese shipyard adopts FORAN
- Dubai World buys QE2
- Algoma orders tanker in Turkey
- Indictment in barge benzene leak case
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- Port of Vancouver, USA eyes waterfront lease agreement
- Toyota Motor Sales receives Port of Portland Compass Award
- World Trade Center Tacoma announces contest winners
- Congressman inks bill calling for Deepwater changes
- Alfa Tec adding new East Coast operation
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- Israel sets up Gaza cargo blockade
ISRAELI customs agents set up a blockade of international cargo bound for Gaza after Hamas seized control of the territory at the weekend.
- QE2 sold off to Dubai World
CUNARD icon will be transformed into luxury floating hotel and berthed off Palm Jumeirah.
- DSME bullish over future
CHIEF executive outlines plan to raise corporate value before expected creditor sale.
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- Brazen robbery targets passengers
Seventeen passengers aboard Carnival Cruise Lines’ Carnival Conquest were robbed at gunpoint during a shore excursion in Jamaica last week
- Angola seafarer plan doing well
A plan by Angola to set up a pool of seafarers to work both domestically and internationally is reported to be progressing well
- Saudi donates ferries to Egypt
THE Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is reported to have donated two ferries valued at SR600M ($160M) to Egypt primarily to help facilitate Haj and Umrah passengers
- Hartlepool follows Tyne on demolition
A change of attitude on the part of Hartlepool Borough Council has taken Able UK a step closer to being able to recycle four former US government ships
- Venezuela boosts anti-smuggling force
VENEZUELA has authorised the spending of $276M to boost its coastal protection fleet, with 48 of an eventual 106 new vessels to provide rapid response against drug-running
- Rangnekar steps down from SCI
SHIPPING Corp of India's head of liner and passenger services, SS Rangnekar, has stepped down after completing two five-year terms as a director
- Bunker costs drag SCI figures lower
- Teo re-elected as SSA president
- Cunard sells QE2 to Dubai World
- Directors imposed at Ferryways
- Malaysia's Bumi Armada to grow
- 'K' Line signs India coal deal
- Agility snaps up Singapore firms
- Owners push for green bunkering
- Shippers winning THC battle
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- Carrier to open short-sea service between Halifax, New England ports
Eimskip service will call Halterm (left) and Cerescorp. in Halifax, as well as Portland, Boston and Portsmouth.
- Deadline looms for trade deal
- U.S. coffee industry testing anti-terror program
- Trucker strike idles containers at Port of Chennai
- Peak surcharge planned by Asia-West Africa lines
- Scandlines to be sold: Reports
- MOL Logistics opens Europe HQ
- Heathrow volume rebounds
- Envirotainer tabs sales VP
- Heavy-lift carrier opens in Japan
- Former Jumbo director dies
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| JUNE 18, 2007 |
- China – New Zealand rates lifted by NANZDA
- SAECS cuts Cape Town from southbound schedule to improve reliability
- Shanghai getting ever closer to overtaking Singapore as world number one container port
- GE SeaCo cuts last emotional link with Sea Containers
- DB and EWS in talks
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| JUNE 18, 2007 |
- Gone fishin'
The Stolt hearing takes a rest, but not the battle of documents between prosecutors and defense lawyers.
- Eitzen ship in pollution probe
Captain and officers of Singapore-flagged chemical tanker questioned in Tasmania over carbon-based sludge.
- Rosneft eyes fleet expansion
Russian oil company’s boss Sergey Bogdanchikov planning $1.2bn spree to acquire 27 vessels.
- Mols wants Scandlines routes
Ferry owner makes opportunistic play for privatised operation’s Danish business.
- One missing from ICG ship
Search called off for man overboard from ferry sailing from Ireland to Wales on Saturday.
- Algoma in for newbuilding
Canadian owner clinches deal for Eregli Shipyard tanker due next year.
- QE2 sold to Dubai
Iconic Cunard liner to begin new life as floating hotel from 2009.
- Harry not selling
StealthGas CEO Harry Vafias says he is not planning to sell any of his shares following a shelf registration.
- Dreyfus buys Fairmount
French shipowner acquires Dutch towage and heavylift specialist following two year collaboration.
- Fyffes goes direct
Banana giant's subsidiary launches first service from Dublin to South America.
- Who took five at Mipo?
Unnamed European owner signs for chemical tanker quintet at Hyundai Mipo in deal worth $222m.
- Eimskip feeds US and Canada
Icelandic owner’s Halifax to Portland service up and running next month.
- Compromise over Seattle ferries
Three US yards could jointly build new state ships after bidding process dogged by legal controversy.
- Daewoo bags drill order
Mystery US owner behind $503m order for drillship at Korean yard which opened factory in China this weekend.
- Nexus row erupts
Norwegian oil producer’s major shareholder APL ASA rejects new FPSO order at Samsung.
- K Line inks China trio
Japanese shipowner has signed up with three Chinese steel makers to ship iron ore from Brazil.
- B+H grows fleet
US tanker owner buys Greek products carrier, bringing vessel list to 17 units.
- Siem keeps buying
Norwegian investor snaps up eight-year-old platform supply vessel (PSV) from Simon Mokster.
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| JUNE 18, 2007 |
- "Tide is turning" says Singapore shippers’ chief
- Matson exploring second Chinese route
- Safmarine names executives for revamped sales, customer service units
- "K" Line vessels to transport thermal coals for JSW Energy
- "K" Line (Europe) board appointments
- U.S. Airways, Airbus reach terms on 92-jet order
- Envirotainer strengthens ties with airlines
- Aer Lingus contracts with Menzies for cargo handling at U.S. airports
- Barge company charged in benzene leak
- Agility to make Synergy purchases
- Donated Calif. wheelchairs trapped in Nigerian port for 11 months
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- Clipper-chief in prison for illegal oil discharge
Chief engineer Fernando Magnaye (45), a Filipino citizen, was sentenced to five months in prison as well as a fine ...
- IMB launches Maritime Security Hotline
The International Maritime Bureau (IMB) has launched a new hotline that goes beyond piracy reporting incidents. Maritime crimes from piracy ...
- QE2 sold to be a floating hotel in Dubai
The famous Cunard liner Queen Elizabeth 2 will follow her predecessor Queen Mary into a new role of being a ...
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| JUNE 18, 2007 |
- Rotterdam congestion highlights importance of supply chain control
Chemoil says dependence on third parties is at the root of bunker supply problems in the port.
- Bunker surcharge up from July
Caribbean operator says rising fuel prices have forced the increase.
- Sea Diamond's bunkers: Arrest warrants issued
Anger as Sea Diamond's bunker fuel remains a threat over two months after cruise ship sank.
- Bunker demand in Salalah set to rise
New container berths expected to boost traffic in Arabian Sea transhipment hub.
- Prompt supply still difficult in Rotterdam
- Mitsui developing scrubbers with BP
Mitsui claims scrubbers will reduce ship-source SO2 emission by 99%.
- SSA appoints new Singapore bunker representative
Director of Global Energy International Ltd steps down from council.
- Thailand seizes Singapore ship for smuggling diesel
Illegal cargo of fuel oil worth more than four million baht.
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