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Shipping News
- Daewoo wins US$2.3b ship orders in June
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, the world's third-largest yard, said it won US$2.3 billion of orders in June, its biggest month this year, as demand increased for moving fuel and commodities.
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- OOCL to provide 4,578-TEU ship for Indamex service
- Staten Island's Bayonne Bridge too low for next generation containerships
- Emirates Shipping Line embarks on Art Container Project
- First of two 1,740-TEU vessels delivered to Samudera
- Pepsi cuts shipping costs by moving blow-up compacted bottles
- Famous Pacific Shipping appoints general agent in Czech Republic
- ProLogis to open 600,000-square foot DC to pack, label Bay Valley soup
- Seven die, one survives in Juba Air Cargo AN12 crash in Sudan
- Emirates to start Dubai-Guangzhou service from July
- Frankfurt's Fraport CEO dismisses fears of global downturn
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| JUNE 27, 2008 |
- New president of the board named at Swiss railway
- Korean and Lufthansa to carry dangerous goods in Olympic period
- Etihad adds Geneva summer service
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| JUNE 27, 2008 |
- Pirates release Amiya Scan
- Clarkson settles
- GL renews Austal deal
- Deep Sea's $16m charter
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| JUNE 29, 2008 |
- Jinhui orders post-Panamax pair
- Keppel FELS and ENSCO name first 8500 series semi
- Kerry targets cruise ship crime
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- For-hire trucking index posts gains during May
- Midwest flooding puts dent in weekly rail freight traffic numbers
- Boeing's Flight of Hope delivers aid to China relief effort
- RoadLink agrees to acquire CP Ships Trucking Ltd.
- Top ships plans sale of five Suezmax tankers
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| JUNE 27, 2008 |
- Solid names needed for liquid blends
BLENDING of liquid bulks on voyage could change their status as Marpol Annex 1 or 2 cargoes, opening potential insurance problems, conference delegates learn
- Scottish minister challenged on ferry
SCOTLAND'S transport minister has been questioned about plans for ferry operations two months before the Rosyth-Zeebrugge ferry service ends
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- Tacoma drops plans for logistics center
Washington state port abandons plans for inland rail-truck and distribution complex, puts 745-acre parcel of land up for sale.
- Senate passes MARPOL bill
- Business still optimistic on Doha trade agreement
- House to study raising truck weight limits
- Ports mull Fla. coalition
- FedEx opens West Coast gateways for ocean mode
- DHL drops ABX planes
- Nehru strike canceled
- Deadline looms for West Coast waterfront contract
- US doles out big fines in air-cargo probe
- 'Rotterdam Rules' to replace Cogsa for cargo liability
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- Will the oil crisis result in a global shortage of truckers?
Nine hundred and thirty five trucking companies went out of business in the US in the first three months of this year; the fifth consecutive quarterly increase. And around the world, truckers faced with rocketing fuel costs are minded to take, increasingly, militant action against authorities as a last throw of the dice before many also join the growing casualty list.
- Oil price nears record high of USD142 as truckers go bust
- Duisburg grabs more logistics sites
- Cork's new terminal turned down by planners
- APM Terminals highlights port capacity issue at TOC conference
- Mombasa to introduce KWATOS
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| JUNE 27, 2008 |
- DryShips selling
US-listed bulker owner has sold one panamax and has another on the block.
- Twins sold
Unnamed German interests take a pair of 1,850-teu Rickmers containerships for $38.5m apiece.
- Matson sued
US containership owner is named in Hawaii lawsuit over alleged pricing conspiracy.
- Guangzhou resale
Greek interests have picked up a products tanker on order at a Chinese shipyard for $57.5m.
- Russians combine
Sergey Frank led Sovcomflot and Novoship fleets to operate as single commercial entity from next week.
- GO goes private
Boss Michael Tartsinis (left) and director Antonios Nikolaou will delist Greek bulker owner and aim for 100% ownership of older fleet as share price disappoints.
- Still DHT
Double Hull Tankers changes its name to DHT Maritime. Would a DHT by any other name still smell like the same tanker owner?
- Okskaya cancels
Russian yard scraps deal to build three tankers for Italy's Pietro Barbaro in price dispute.
- Red but upbeat
Rand Logistics posts a loss in full-year results but says it should take advantage of favourable demand in the new fiscal year.
- It's quotes time
Safety at sea, telling it as it is and getting confused about Indian shipping.
- Duo held
Canada holds general cargoship and tug for failing safety checks during May.
- On right track
Clarkson's new boss Andi Case says first half result is "strong", with all sectors pulling their weight.
- Vroon in dock
Operator of Viking Islay to be sentenced after pleading guilty over deaths of three seafarers, while master has pleaded not guilty.
- What a waste
Ships burning 4.37m barrels per day of oil unnecessarily, research suggests.
- Deadline met
So far so good as Poland submits restructuring plans for shipyards to EU on time.
- Socks alert
Fire on bulk carrier Jin Hui linked to socks filled with fumigant and buried in cargo, Australian report says.
- ABG reveals price
Indian yard says Toisa support ship order is worth about $45.55m for each of three vessels.
- Fjord furore
Fairstar to seek $69m compensation for delay in conversion of heavy lift vessels.
- GO hits peak
Bid to take bulker company private because of low stock price sends shares soaring to record in London.
- Search halted
Recovery of bodies from Princess of the Stars stopped because toxic pesticides found in hull.
- The final straw
Continued under-valuing of shares led Tartsinis to take action after turbulent time at Global Oceanic.
- Profits double
SapuraCrest, a long-term Fredriksen target, sees first quarter numbers leap.
- Vroon vroom
Dutch shipowner goes on offshore vessel buying spree with ten ship order.
- FreeSeas fixes
Ion Varouxakis-led bulker player ties up latest buy plus a handysize vessel.
- Svithoid sinks
Shares in Swedish tanker owner take a hammering over planned rights issue.
- Rig rumpus
Fred Olsen Energy in dispute with Keppel over refit of Blackford Dolphin.
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| JUNE 27, 2008 |
- Ancient schooner to deliver French wine to Ireland
- Yang Ming names 8,200-TEU box ship
- 5 more airlines plead guilty in DOJ freight price fixing probe
- CSX: Election results too close to call
- RoadLink to buy Canadian drayage company
- Astara terminal selects agent for Russia, Iran and Iraq cargo
- U.S. government confirms 1% 1st quarter GDP
- Spicy deal for Hanson Logistics
- APM executive: Capacity upgrades have to match vessel size increases
- Prince Rupert to host major potash terminal
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| JUNE 27, 2008 |
- Aker Yards signed design contract
Aker Yards has signed a design contract with the Canadian company G.A.P Adventures about converting the ferry Ålandsfärjan into an expedition cruise vessel. The former Viking Line ferry is to be renamed Expedition. Aker Yards Lifecycle Services is also negotiating ...
- Union turns Herning Shipping down in dispensation case
The union Maritime Leader (S'fartens Ledere) will not recommend a dispensation to Herning Shipping in order to recruit non-EU citizens as captains on Danish vessels. The union says in a public statement that Herning Shipping has not done enough ...
- Another share issue in Svithoid Tankers
Stockholm-based tanker owner Svithoid Tankers will carry out a SEK 54 million (EUR 5.7 million) guaranteed rights issue with preferential rights for existing shareholders. The offer includes warrants that if fully exercised could add a further SEK 60 ...
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| JUNE 27, 2008 |
- Bunkers end week with double-digit increases
Bullish crude again at new record level, and bunker buyers able to do little.
- Brazilian ferry group launch biofuel vessel
As fuel prices in Brazil hit an all-time high, a Brazilian ferry company gets ready to launch a new dual-fuel ferry.
- Supply insecurity persists in South Africa
Cape Town bunker market under pressure as Durban supply remains restricted.
- Global bunker market report
- NYK to invest in lowering emissions
Reducing CO2 emissions by saving bunkers featuring strongly in company's public profile.
- Rotterdam barge market tight
- $700 bunkers a reality, traders say
Singapore 380 cst to hit the $700 mark 'sooner than later'.
- Bank lifts Titan recommendation
Savings and debt reduction expected due to divestment of oil trading operations.
- OPEC president predicts $170 oil 'soon'
Chakib Khelil foresees prices between $150 and $170 near term.
- IMO accused of ignoring 'cooling' emissions studies
Research claim that burning high-sulphur fuels has long term cooling effect has been disputed.
- Malaysian liner hopes for lower bunker prices
Higher bunker fuel prices have hurt company's profit.
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