15 February 2019	The on-line newspaper devoted to the world of transports	20:56 GMT+1

02/02/2004 Vietnam coup as Graig places $322m order for 15 bulkers (Snet) 02/02/2004 Transneft to Boost Exports Via Gulf of Finland, Poland (TheMoscowTimes.com) 02/02/2004 Port workers to be offered sweeteners in privatization (Ha'aretz) 02/02/2004 BRIEFS 03/02/2004 Singapore in long-haul record (The Guardian) 03/02/2004 10 Shipping Lines Move to Acquire Ports (This Day) 03/02/2004 BRIEFS 03/02/2004 Two bodies extracted from 'Rocknes' (Aftenposten Interaktiv) 04/02/2004 Tonnage tax regime - a shot in the arm for shipping sector (The Hindu Business Line) 04/02/2004 La estiba de toda España irá a la huelga una semana de febrero (La Nueva España) 04/02/2004 UK ports 'getting near capacity' (BBC News) 04/02/2004 BRIEFS 04/02/2004 Courts rules Port of Houston not responsible for costs (TheState.com) 05/02/2004 Shipyard workers observe token hunger-strike (The News International, Pakistan) 05/02/2004 Shipping Firms Seen Paying More Tax Post-New Tax Regime (The Financial Express) 05/02/2004 BRIEFS 05/02/2004 Port of the Americas proposals due June 1 - Puerto Rico (Business News Americas) 06/02/2004 Maersk-Sealand construirá nave en Asenav (Chile Portuario) 06/02/2004 Ashdod Port workers end one-day strike (Ha'aretz) 06/02/2004 BRIEFS 09/02/2004 Mitsubishi Heavy to raise shipbuilding capacities (Asia Times) 09/02/2004 Finance Ministry plans to privatize Eilat port (Ha'aretz) 09/02/2004 Deadline for ports extended (Australian Financial Review) 09/02/2004 BRIEFS 10/02/2004 Les Suisses refusent d'ouvrir la voie à un deuxième tunnel au Gothard (Edicom) 10/02/2004 Shipyard widens product mix (eastday.com) 10/02/2004 Coal exports get caught in shipping traffic jam (The Age) 10/02/2004 3 southern ports may cut vessel rates (Business Standard) 10/02/2004 BRIEFS 11/02/2004 Shenzhen on track to achieve record container throughput in 2004 (Sched Net) 11/02/2004 Comenzó venta de bases para licitación del puerto de Arica (Chile Portuario) 11/02/2004 BRIEFS 12/02/2004 MTL to take 65pc stake in Dachan port (The Standard) 12/02/2004 Chile con los menores costos de transferencia de contenedores del mundo (MundoMaritimo) 12/02/2004 Surprise Surge in Global Oil Demand (TheMoscowTimes.com) 12/02/2004 BRIEFS 12/02/2004 China sees first trade deficit in 10 months (Daily Times) 12/02/2004 Historic maritime law Bills launched (East African Standard) 13/02/2004 Mumbai Port handles highest monthly throughput of 2.82 m tonnes in Jan. (Exim India) 13/02/2004 Gwadar port to start by March 2005 (The News International, Pakistan) 13/02/2004 French firm seeks to invest in two ports (The Standard) 13/02/2004 NOL shares sink on talk of acquisitions (The Straits Times) 13/02/2004 BRIEFS 16/02/2004 Shipping ministry plans marketing blitz (Business Standard) 16/02/2004 Tanker market remains strong (Gulf News) 16/02/2004 Port cranes tenders to be opened today (Daily Nation on the Web) 16/02/2004 All at sea, industry wants to remain in harbour (The Sydney Morning Herald) 16/02/2004 BRIEFS 16/02/2004 Abu Dhabi Shipbuilding slashes losses in 2003 (Gulf News) 17/02/2004 Shareholder sues for Zim reappraisal (Ha'aretz) 17/02/2004 Harbour industry reps say new EU-sponsored terror precautions are cost-prohibitive--and could cost Danish exports dearly (The Copenhagen Post) 17/02/2004 BRIEFS 18/02/2004 2003 a tough year for local marine industry (Shipping Times) 18/02/2004 Shahi Shipping To Commission 1st Phase Of Dry-dock Facility At Alibaug (The Financial Express) 18/02/2004 State shipyards suffer declining business (The Jakarta Post) 18/02/2004 BRIEFS 19/02/2004 Gulf maritime sector in fine weather (Gulf News) 19/02/2004 OOCL chief in box ports warning (The Standard) 19/02/2004 Trabajadores de Izar en Sestao cortan con barricadas la carretera que une Bilbao y Santurce (El Diario Montañés) 19/02/2004 BRIEFS 19/02/2004 Company for managing container terminal to be announced next week (The Jordan Times) 20/02/2004 Clear skies ahead through 2006 (Shipping Times) 20/02/2004 Stelios sells EasyJet shares to buy cruise ship and hotel (telegraph.co.uk) 20/02/2004 Chinese ports handle more cargo, passengers in January (People's Daily) 20/02/2004 BRIEFS 23/02/2004 Cochin Shipyard capacity utilisation sees a surge (Business Standard) 23/02/2004 Las empresas rechazan la solución de Puertos porque triplica las tarifas (Europa Sur DIGITAL) 23/02/2004 BRIEFS 23/02/2004 West Coast port businesses face $50-million maritime security bill (Business in Vancouver) 24/02/2004 Private Sector to Operate Proposed Dammam Port Passenger Terminal (ArabNews) 24/02/2004 Kochi Port Shortlists Nine Companies For Vallarpadam Terminal (The Financial Express) 24/02/2004 BRIEFS 24/02/2004 Alstom, front runner in China's high-speed railway bidding (People's Daily) 25/02/2004 Privatisation: 110 Firms Bid for Ports (This Day) 25/02/2004 OPEC remains concerned at falling oil price (The Jakarta Post) 25/02/2004 Russia oil move irks Chinese (The Age) 25/02/2004 Japan Favored Over China in Pipeline Duel (TheMoscowTimes.com) 25/02/2004 BRIEFS 25/02/2004 Callao port privatization plan due Sept. or later (Business News Americas) 26/02/2004 Puerto español invertirá 120 mde para triplicar volumen a 25 millones de Ton (Transporte Siglo XXI) 26/02/2004 BRIEFS 26/02/2004 Pressure grows to split Aker Kvaerner (Aftenposten Interaktiv) 26/02/2004 JV Bulyard - Shipbuilding Industry Set up in Bulgaria (novinite.com) 27/02/2004 Russia Warns Turkey Over Bosporus (TheMoscowTimes.com) 27/02/2004 Putin opens major road in Far East (Vladivostok News) 27/02/2004 China's steel production faces constraints (People's Daily) 27/02/2004 BRIEFS Index Home Page - Piazza Matteotti 1/3 - 16123 Genoa - ITALY phone: +39.010.2462122, fax: +39.010.2516768, e-mail