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| MAY 28, 2007 |
Shipping News
- Penguin Boat to spin off shipyard arm on Sesdaq
HOPING to capitalise further on the booming offshore oil and gas sector, Penguin Boat International is spinning off its shipyard division for a listing on Sesdaq as it aims to become a global builder of offshore vessels.
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| MAY 28, 2007 |
- Grand Alliance enhances Mediterranean-Asia loop to include Busan
- Beijing lays down law on port construction ways and means
- New 5,888-TEU OOCL Oakland named at the Koyo Dockyard
- Guangzhou's GCT sets new container throughput record in April
- Primafuel to build biodiesel facility at Port of Sacramento
- Vietnam container operators face terminal handling charges
- Approval won for multi-million dollar Mumbai container terminal
- Port of Oakland to receive US$5.6m security grant
- Swedish Armed Forces link up with Savi logistics technology
- US-China to double flights under groundbreaking air accord
- Cathay supports moves to raise HKIA air capacity, traffic flow
- China Southern makes push to boost Nepal service
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| MAY 28, 2007 |
- Availability of vessels improves: Baltic Exchange chief
- Yusen Global Logistics to target niche Indian shippers
- Export of petroleum products shoots up by 89.1 pc in April
- Saudis chalking out new trade plan with India
- Port of Halifax bullish on Indian ex-im trade
- Port privatisation wave in US projected
- MPSEZ to set up coal, cargo handling terminal at Mundra
- HDC awaiting Customs nod to throw open new berth
- Export scheme sops extended to non-EDI ports
- Assocham asks govt to lease out underutilised airports to pvt. cos
- Rlys’ freight earnings up by 8.78 pc in April
- Core sector reforms vital for rapid economic growth-WTO report
- India to strive for success of Doha trade talks-Nath
- Rising re. lands 20 more Indian cos in billionaire club
- India cautions rich nations against creation of non-tariff barriers
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| MAY 25, 2007 |
- Thai Cargo names managing director of cargo and mail department
- Port of Lübeck sale enters next stage
- Good figures for Air France-KLM in financial 2006/2007
- Alitalia losses higher than expected
- Agility acquires Egyptian freight forwarder Leader Group
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| MAY 25, 2007 |
- UK officer numbers "to halve"
- "K" Line's new Corona
- Opinion given in Viking case
- "K" Line's new Corona
- Evergreen upgrade
- New study endorses UK trust port model
- BW Gas scraps old LNG ship
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| MAY 25, 2007 |
- BC Ferries sues Transportation Safety Board
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| MAY 25, 2007 |
- Corps schedules meeting to discuss Columbia dredging
- Grand Alliance beefing up Mediterranean to Asia service
- Corps calls for public comment on Budd Inlet dredging plans
- Bad weather takes toll on weekly rail freight numbers
- Truckers must now use e-manifests at New York, Michigan border ports
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| MAY 25, 2007 |
- EU yards seek cheaper deal for Asian steel
SHIPBUILDERS and engineers want Brussels to ease restrictions in steel imports from Asia.
- Brussels plans €300m shipyard guarantee fund
- Singapore woos LNG traders with tax incentive
COUNTRY aims to become LNG trading hub with the introduction of tax concessions.
- Training the emergency service of the seas
THE Royal National Lifeboat Institution offers professional training and quality facilities on a shoestring budget.
- In trust for the nation
THE report on the potential reform of trust ports for the Department of Transport should be broadly welcomed.
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| MAY 25, 2007 |
- Carnival hit by third bomb scare
GALVESTON 25 May – Carnival Cruise Lines was hit by a third bomb scare yesterday, this time involving the 2,600-passenger-capacity Ecstasy
- Box port expansion threatens repairers
SHIP repairers in Cape Town and Durban have been told they must expect to lose land around the ports as container handling brings in more revenue than repair work
- Waratah loading suitability blacklist
PORT Waratah Coal Services has issued a list of 50 ships that are 'not suitable for loading' from 7 June
- CVRD sets sale date of Log-In
CVRD has set 1 June as the date for the IPO of its subsidiary Logistica Intermodal, which covers a container terminal plus the right to operate a cabotage service
- Stats show rise in UK seafarers
THERE were more UK seafarers at sea in 2006 than in previous years, but predictions of a steady decline over the next ten years are not unanimously accepted
- Asians urged to raise profile
ASIAN ship owners need to raise the profile of the shipping industry as competing sectors try to lure away talented employees, says the Malaysian owners' chairman
- EU funding regulation approved
- Galileo must be financed by EU
- E-nav 'not for at least ten years'
- Masters spending too long on admin
- ABG buys yard to boost capacity
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| MAY 25, 2007 |
- Vancouver port containers moving; CP obtains picket relief at other terminals
Intermodal traffic at the Port of Vancouver is moving freely despite a strike by unionized track maintenance workers.
- Ahern named deputy Customs commissioner
- Danaos charters box ships
- APHIS seeks fumigant comments
- Rail recession continues
- Oakland road link re-opens
- Accord for U.S., China ex-im banks
- New box ship for Seaspan
- Alitalia adds Milan-Miami freighter
- Detroit top U.S. truck port
- India to build five ports
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| MAY 25, 2007 |
- How much bigger can these monsters get?
Prior to the Emma Maersk, arriving at Felixstowe in November 2006 the ship was dubbed SS Santa on account of being bound for Northern Europe from Santa’s factory in China laden with Christmas goods.
- Grand Alliance to upgrade EUM service
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| MAY 25, 2007 |
- 'Glory' among panamax buys
Panamax bulkers aplenty are changing hands from modern ships to those that make news for maintenance problems.
- Frontline in Arctic project?
John Fredriksen wants to help lighter Lukoil’s crude in a pristine Arctic fjord, says a Norwegian entrepreneur.
- Bear Stearns ups Quintana
An insider sell-off has made panamax owner Quintana an ‘opportunistic buy’, says Bear Stearns.
- Eidsiva revs up
Norwegian car-carrier specialist steps on the gas in the first quarter as higher revenues lift profit.
- Two dead on cargoship
Master dies trying to rescue crewman from hold on Fembria in Sweden.
- Bunker double for Bergen
Norwegian bunker supplier and shipowner orders two fuel vessels from Russian yard.
- BC Ferries wants hard drive
Canadian owner goes to court over access to computer records from sunken Queen of the North ferry.
- Louis losing
Cypriot cruise and hotel group posts wider first-quarter loss as expenses and taxes bite.
- Arrow on target
Rieber Shipping seismic offshoot nails offering at NOK 70 a share to hit Oslo’s secondary board.
- Tallink lets Sky Wind sail
Estonian owner mum on buyer and sale price of 1986-build as part of shake-up on Baltic route.
- Aboitiz lines up conversions
Philippine owner ready to spend big money to use spare ferry capacity for freight business.
- SPT in tartan trouble
Plan for ship to ship transfers of Russian crude off Scotland may be tossed out by nationalists.
- Red start for Blue Star
Greek ferry owner remains in deficit in the first quarter but revenues up on larger fleet.
- Transpetro faces yard headache
Maua Jurong group and Itajai yard having trouble securing financing to build ships for Brazilian owner.
- Danaos charters for 18 years
Greek owner fixes out remaining two Hanjin newbuildings on bareboat basis.
- Attica struggling in first quarter
Ship sale papers over net loss to 31 March despite better passenger figures in Adriatic.
- Bulker feast
Nearly 90% of orders at Japanese yards in April were for bulkers according to official figures.
- Cosco eyeing terminal stake
Chinese shipping group wants to take control of northern Lianyungang port.
- Euroseas buys a boxship
Greek owner picks up Peter Dohle’s 1,742-teu Clan Gladiator increasing its fleet to 11 ships.
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| MAY 25, 2007 |
- Grand Alliance enhances Asia/Med loop
- Hanjin establishes Singapore tanker company
- OOCL names 5,888-TEU ship
- U.K. Club warns about possible wood pellet hazards
- Evergreen expanding Greece/Turkey service
- CCNI plans new Central America, Caribbean service
- Euroseas buying containership
- Guillaume named VP at Atlas Air
- Great Lakes conservationists want moratorium on oceangoing ships
- CEVA group wins bidding war for EGL
- DHL, Lemuir Group consolidate joint venture in India
- FDA on look out for tainted toothpaste from China
- U.S. wants China to improve food and feed safety
- Mislabeled fish from China prompts FDA warning
- Globe Express opens second office in Malaysia
- ICTSI launches online booking at Manila terminal for loaded export boxes
- Virginia Port Authority's Bray retiring July 1
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| MAY 25, 2007 |
- Danish shipping sailing toward a new record
Danish shipping companies are steering toward a new record on the account of foreign currency. Last year’s record of DKK ...
- Sirius sells "good-looking" tanker
Swedish tanker operator Sirius Shipping has sold its 7,030 product tanker Nautilus, built 1991/2002, to Greek controlled Aegean Marine ...
- Sky Wind sold to Poland
Polska Zegluga Morska has bought the Swedish flagged train ferry Sky Wind from Tallink Group. The vessel is now employed ...
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| MAY 25, 2007 |
- Uruguay avails expected to improve
- New player in Russian and Ukrainian markets
Supplier says it will be the first company to offer bunkers in Sevastopol.
- Attica improves but Blue Star stays in the red
Lower fuel costs provide some Q1 result improvements.
- Loading delays at Rotterdam terminal
Bunker players say spot inquiries can't be dealt with until the middle of next week.
- Rotterdam market very quiet
- Not future-proofing new ships 'a no-brainer'
Martek Marine believes emissions monitoring on ships will eventually become standard as it rolls out improved system.
- Oil prices set for further hike
Analysts forecast rally above $80 in coming months.
- Work on Chinese-backed Sri Lankan port to begin
$420 million first phase of Hambantota port will include terminals for bunkering and containers.
- Malaysia's bunkering project unable to move forward
There has been no final word on who has the rights to development Johor's petroleum and bunkering facility.
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