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| JANUARY 23, 2007 |
Shipping News
- Shipping body draws up Budget wish list
AHEAD of Singapore's annual Budget next month the Singapore Shipping Association has drawn up a substantial 'wish list' of tax breaks, incentives and other initiatives it hopes to see included in the fiscal blueprint.
- Piracy attacks declining: IMB
PIRACY attacks are falling worldwide but hotspots remain, including in Somalia where the removal of the Islamic government set back efforts to curb the problem, a watchdog said yesterday.
- Damaged ship off UK spills fuel, cargo
A damaged and listing cargo ship spilled fuel and cargo containers into stormy seas off the south west coast of England, near Devon, British officials said on Sunday night.
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- ICTSI buys 60pc share in Chinese terminal operating unit
- SCT takes delivery of 6 giant rubber-tyre cranes
- China shipping accident fatalities drop in 2006
- CN to ratify new deal with Canadian Auto Workers union
- PTP sees largest growth in container throughput in '06
- New UAE container terminal opens at Saqr Port
- Government incentives woo companies to invest in Indian rail sector
- Continental to offer daily HK-NY service from April
- TNT launches direct freighter service between China and Europe
- EU parcel delivery to grow 4pc annually to 2010, led by B2C
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| JANUARY 23, 2007 |
- MSC sprints to podium in Mumbai Marathon
- Enhanced focus on maritime security at IMO
- Navratna status vital for growth of SCI-MPs’ panel
- ISB office opened at Kochi
- Comprehensive coastal shipping policy sought
- Transpacific lines remain bullish about 2007
- SCT announces new KSX service from Zim Line
- OOCL achieves highest compliance rate on environmental initiative at Port of Long Beach
- Safmarine celebrates building of new vessel
- FPS Logistics gains ISO 9001:2000 certification in Thailand
- Trans Asia Line adds service to Central Asia & Afghanistan
- US may lower anti-dumping duty on shrimp
- Engineering goods exports gross $ 13 bn in April-October
- Travails of taxation for Major Ports-Mr Praveen Agarwal
- Select companies post 85 pc rise in net profit in Q3
- Govt to set deadline for SEZ notification
- Rules to be amended to curb sale of land
- New Assocham chief’s remedy for SEZ row
- Fieo, WR, to hold interactive meeting with DGFT tomorrow
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| JANUARY 22, 2007 |
- Box ship beached
- ISU proposes EU spill strategy
- GEM takes delivery of 8th ship
- Fewer piracy attacks for third year running
- Chuck Raymond backs RFID
- ISF sets out stall on STCW revisions
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| JANUARY 22, 2007 |
- Gulf Craft to build catamaran crewboat
- Oil leaks from beached containership
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| JANUARY 22, 2007 |
- Horizon Lines adding RFID system in Alaska trades
- Trio of carriers to offer new Asia/SAfrica, S America service
- Western Air begins Bellingham to LA flights
- Princess going to shore power when ships call Port of Los Angeles
- Mitsui opening cadet program at Odessa National Maritime Academy
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| JANUARY 23, 2007 |
- Pumping operation set to begin
SALVORS have been delayed in their preparation to pump fuel oil from the main tanks of the stricken MSC Napoli today.
- Voice of Authority
- Neapolitan owners join forces for $720m bulker order
FIVE Neapolitan shipowners have joined forces to order 10 dry bulk carriers and six options, from Jiangsu Yangzijiang.
- Felixstowe slaps infrastructure charge on laden boxes
THE Port of Felixstowe is to introduce an 'Infrastructure Charge' on laden import containers.
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| JANUARY 22, 2007 |
- MSC Napoli bunker removal delayed
Salvors hoping to begin pumping oil from the stranded container ship MSC Napoli today have faced technical problems that have delayed operations until tomorrow
- Smit to recover Mighty Servant 3
DUTCH heavy-lift specialist Dockwise has appointed compatriot Smit Salvage to recover the Mighty Servant 3, which sank in the Angolan port of Luanda last month
- New Lakes short-sea services
TWO new shipping operations are being readied for the Great Lakes that will test the market for short-sea shipping of general cargoes and ro-ro tonnage
- Everard pair sold for bunkering
UK-based owner F T Everard, which has been taken over by James Fisher & Sons, has sold two vessels to Island Bunker Oils in Malta
- Salvors push for EU meeting
- One missing, six safe after ship loss
- Drunk crew blamed for ship grounding
- Strong criticism for Lanka ports
- Inspectors on QE2 as norovirus hits
- Horizon using RFID, trialling GPS
- Lightning starts fires on tankers
- Pilot drowns in capsized craft
- Sea Tigers attack supply ship
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- French carrier CMA CGM to rejoin Transpacific Stabilization Agreement
The French line, which quit the TSA in 2006, returns after the carrier group overhauled its management structure.
- Maersk to cut another trans-Pacific string
- TSA: 100% checks of belly air-cargo not feasible
- Portland TEUs close up 33%
- Houston box volume flat
- Crews to offload fuel, boxes from grounded Napoli
- Record net for CSX
- Norfolk International Terminals begins berth expansion
- Hong Kong boxes edge up
- Second week of declines for U.S. rail volume
- Hyundai Merchant Marine joins Inttra Web portal
- Swift accepts buy bid
- Freight gains for Indian Railway
- Ras al Khaimah opens new container port
- Modest gain for Memphis air cargo
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| JANUARY 22, 2007 |
- Update2: Recovery measures starting on boxship off SW English coast
Pumping operations to clear fuel from the MSC Napoli – which was towed to the southwest English coast this weekend – are due to start with tomorrow’s arrival of a receiving vessel.
- ciblog: Top billing...but not by the liner industry
As container vessels grow ever larger and more sophisticated, what a pity that the system of day to day billing for freight remains stuck in the steam-driven Victorian era of handwritten cheques and ledgers. Mike Piddington has a solution to raise the liner industry out of the dark ages.
- CMA CGM to rejoin Transpacific Stabilization Agreement
- Germany and Holland sign Betuwe Line accord for railway line addition
- HK truckers start red-ribbon protest against import of mainland drivers
- Zim launches Far East-Mediterranean loop
- Carriers add tonnage and port calls on Asia-Black Sea trade
- Macquarie acquires Fraser Surrey Docks
- Updated: General average CMA CGM Claudel repaired, after Rotterdam collision
- Singapore owners spell out their needs from this year's budget
- Morocco to privatise Comanav
- Eurosib shuttle train to tackle St Petersburg road congestion
- Busan Port Authority appoints new president
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| JANUARY 22, 2007 |
- Southern liner link
Hamburg Sud, Maersk and NYK are teaming up on routes from Asia to South Africa and the East Coast of South America.
- Pirate attacks fall
Third annual decline in ship raids prompts optimism that the problem is being successfully tackled.
- Limarko chases trio
Lithuanian owner will add two reefers and a bulker to the fleet this year.
- NSCSA up a point
Saudi tanker owner puts just 1% on 2006 profit after weaker fourth quarter.
- Syrian ship sinks off Cyprus
One reported missing and six rescued as North Korea-flagged vessel sinks in Mediterranean.
- Sri Lanka suicide attack injures one
Tigers blamed as explosives-laden boat rams Cambodia-flagged vessel off Jaffna Peninsula.
- Quintana in capesize buy
US-listed Greek owner said to have snapped up Lowlands Beilun (built 1999) in deal worth up to $72m.
- Grounding headache off Latvia
Captain of grounded Maltese-flagged vessel accused of being drunk had taken medication for illness, operator says.
- Sovcomflot secrecy skirmish
Dmitry Skarga fails to get hands on illegally obtained documents ahead of corruption trial.
- Share "lottery" for Mols workers
Danish ferry operator giving staff stock options instead of pay rises.
- World Bank: 'Privatise PNSC'
The World Bank is urging Pakistan to drop PNSC's special privileges but also slamming US restrictions on Pakistani sailors.
- Oz oiler sold for FPSO
The Royal Australian Navy is the latest tanker owner to cash in on offshore conversion demand.
- Srab orders third
Swedish owner takes up option for another products tanker at Eregli Shipyard in Turkey.
- Croatia to begin Uljanik sale
Twenty-five percent of 'top three' yard to be flogged by government this year as push for EU speeds up.
- Six injured in blast
Polish yard workers hospitalised after incident on Skagern, which was being repaired after collision last year.
- Oil removal begins
Position of MSC Napoli and need to heat oil before unloading pose threat to pumping operation.
- RMK clinches coast guard deal
Turkish shipbuilder better known for its tankers signs domestic search and rescue vessel contract.
- Stena floats notes
Swedish group offering EUR 300m in US private placement.
- Hamworthy in new HHI haul
UK gas systems maker supplying LPG equipment for three Cido VLGCs.
- STX broadens China plans
Korean shipbuilder will add tanker and bulker yard to hull block factory already slated for Dalian.
- Lund looks to consolidate
First Olsen chief says FPSO spin-off will allow it to take part in mergers and acquisitions.
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| JANUARY 22, 2007 |
- Beached vessel releasing oil, containers
- Austal launches Hawaii Superferry
- Pilot dies after Galveston accident
- IMO opens Maritime Rescue Coordination Center in South Africa
- "K" Line launches latest "Corona" coal carrier
- Great Wall Airlines flies again
- DHL makes $35 million investment in Hong Kong
- Taxi-style licensing system advocated for port trucking
- Gaines named CFO of YRC National Transportation
- Iranian brokers pick through DoD military surplus for parts
- CORRECTION: NIT League, NCBFAA engage Senate on cargo security measures
- SLG joins United Shipping
- Singapore beats Hong Kong for busiest container port title
- Sixth Evergreen "green" vessel calls on L.A.
- Lee new president of Busan Port Authority
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| JANUARY 22, 2007 |
- Agreement Color Line/Port of Larvik on new terminal
A final agreement has been reached between Norway’s biggest passenger/car ferry owner/operator Color Line and the Port of ...
- Port of Göteborg passes 40 million ton mark
The Port of Göteborg handled 40.7 million tons of cargo last year, up by 10 per cent compared to 2005 ...
- Drunken crew on grounded vessel
The Maltese-flagged 4,000-DWT dry cargo vessel Nijord grounded on Sunday off the Latvian coast. Reports in Latvian press ...
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| JANUARY 22, 2007 |
- Romanian barge rates rise
Barge rates have gone up for both MGO and IFO deliveries.
- 'Surprise and disappointment' over low take-up of fuel standard
Some players still ignorant of revised International Standard for bunkers.
- Major player extends its option on storage space
Chemoil moves the deadline in negotiations over Singapore terminal.
- IFO to be pumped off grounded vessel
Salvors face difficult operation because of the angle of the ship and because the fuel oil has to be heated.
- Rotterdam market firms Monday morning
- Fuel shortages persist in Tokyo Bay
Differentials between Tokyo and Singapore widening to almost $100 pmt.
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