Brazil ends oil import monopoly Brazil has approved the first shipment of crude oil imports by a foreign company, ending 45 years of state monopoly.
Hundreds killed in Nigerian fireball MORE than 500 Nigerians are feared dead after petrol leaking from a pipeline caught fire and engulfed thousands trying to collect the fluid for use as fuel.
Massive infrastructure scheme for Indian ports THE Indian government is planning to invest Rs80bn ($1.88bn) over a four-year period to upgrade facilities at the country's 11 major ports.
Indonesia to create new box handler STATE-owned Indonesia Port Corporation II (PT Pelindo II) will soon establish a port operator company as part of its privatisation plan for Container Terminal Unit I and II (UTPK I and II) at Jakarta's Tanjung Priok.
Delhi acts to boost inland waterways The Inland Waterways Authority of India has recommended major amendments to the inland waterways Act to enable the body to set up joint ventures with private sector investors.
Jindo clinches $180m orders for containers SOUTH Korean container manufacturer Jindo has grabbed international orders for dry and reefer containers worth around $180m, a company source said.
Riddle of lost master with key to sinking The mystery of the ill-fated Princess of the Orient's missing master may never be solved.
BP fields in Colombia not affected by rebel attack on nearby pipeline British Petroleum's Cusiana and Cupiagua oil fields in eastern Colombia have not yet been affected by Sunday's rebel attack on the 400,000 bpd Ocensa pipeline which connects the fields to the port at Covenas.
Wheat Board may sue CPR THE Canadian Wheat Board may sue Canadian Pacific Railway for up to C$30m ($19.3m) since winning its case in front of the Canadian Transportation Agency.
Zarb Adami reappointed at Malta Drydocks NOEL Zarb Adami has been confirmed as Malta Drydocks council chairman.
Cruiseship in dock for ten-weeks EDINBURGH Castle, the 1966-built cruiseship owned by UK-based Lowline, has arrived in Southampton for repairs that could take up to ten weeks to complete.
Wilhelmshaven study wins backing GERMAN companies are helping to pay for a commercial feasibility study that has been commissioned into the possibility of building a container port at Wilhelmshaven.
German ports form rail joint venture HAMBURG, Bremen/Bremerhaven and L'beck ports to co-operate by forming a joint venture railway company to handle inland container transport.
Wheat Board urged to use competitive tenders CANADA'S four western provincial governments have urged the Canadian Wheat Board to begin using competitive tenders to improve the movement of grain to port.
Rossi to head hull committee JAMES Rossi has taken over the position of chairman for the London market's Joint Hull Committee for the ensuing year.
Incentives offered for Maroli port development INDIA'S Gujarat government has offered incentives to National Telecom of India (NATELCO) and the US Unacol combine in a bid to speed up the development of Maroli Port
Cottew's stake in Osprey sold OSPREY Maritime's board has announced that the 9.87 per cent shareholding held on behalf of chairman Tim Cottew has been sold and transferred to GL Holdings Corp.
Chinese steel works to build own port A DECISION by Shanghai's Baoshan Steel Works to build its own port for imports of iron ore will rob Ningbo port of its largest customer.
Preussag denies Hapag-Lloyd sale MICHAEL Frenzel, chairman of German industrial group Preussag, has denied suggestions that Hapag-Lloyd is to be sold or HDW shipyard is to be merged with other yards.
CMA/CGM merger put on ice FURTHER legal wrangling between Jacques and Johnny Saade is threatening the merger between CMA and CGM.
'Unreal' take-over plan for ACH rejected A PROPOSAL to acquire the ailing builder Ateliers et Chantiers du Havre has been rejected by the French government, which said it "lacked reality".
MSC boosts Caribbean network MEDITERRANEAN Shipping Co has opened a second feeder service from Freeport Container Port in the Bahamas to serve east coast Mexico.
US "cuts Indian scrappers out" AMERICA'S new green norms are so stringent that scrappers will not dare bid for US ships if the destination is India, according to one Alang-based shipbreaker.
Many at fault for BV collapse BREMEN city parliament's inquiry into the reasons for the Bremer Vulkan shipyard collapse says many culprits share the blame for the group's demise.
Australia gets new maritime reform minister JOHN Anderson, deputy leader of Australia's National Party, has been appointed as the country's third maritime reform minister in little more than a year.
Owners welcome shipping shift The Australian Shipowners Association yesterday welcomed the government's decision to transfer shipping back to the Transport portfolio which will now be administered by the former Minister for Primary Industries, John Anderson. The association's chief executive, Lachlan Payne, said the removal of responsibility for the industry from Peter Reith's former Workplace Relations and Small Business portfolio indicated that the government would take a less 'hard-line' attitude to reforming the maritime industries now that its major desired changes had been achieved. "Shipping is and should be regarded as part of the nation's transport industry and the 'holiday' it had in the Workplace Relations arena presumably served its purpose in that during its sojourn in that place, the waterfront issue was brought to a head and was dealt with," Mr Payne said.
Shippers slam plan for Sydney surcharge The Australian Peak Shippers Association has reacted sharply to the idea of a congestion surcharge being imposed on Sydney ports. The association's chief executive, Frank Beaufort, said yesterday the circumstances that have motivated the surcharge were the poor productivity and ship turnaround times at the Botany Bay terminals due to work bans, go-slow tactics and general apathy towards management by the work force that was sacked and subsequently reinstated by Patrick. "Exports and importers deplore the fact that they will be the 'bunny' that picks up the cost of the congestion which is of no making of their own," Mr Beaufort said.
Corrigan: Not looking for love-in with Coombs Patrick will run its business with or without the cooperation of the Maritime Union of Australia, according to its chairman Chris Corrigan. Mr Corrigan told DCN yesterday he was not looking for a "love-in" with the union or to become its national secretary John Coombs' best mate. He said Mr Coombs might not agree with the manner in which Patrick was being run, but neither did Patrick agree with the manner in which the union was being run. Mr Corrigan said Patrick had a legally binding enterprise agreement and expected it to be honored. The signs were that it was being honored with productivity improving, with the exception of Sydney, which had a long-standing history of industrial upheaval.
Waterfront dispute 'may boost union membership' The battle which erupted when Australian waterside workers were sacked earlier this year might slow the slide in union membership, says Australian union official Bill Mansfield. The assistant secretary of the Australian council of Trade Unions was in Wellington last week for the Asian-Pacific meeting of the International Confederation of Trade Unions. He said trade union membership had fallen about 30 per cent over the past 10 years in Australia, less than in New Zealand where it had halved since the Employment Contracts Act 1991.
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