Major port plan at Sepetiba SEPETIBA port is to be sold and turned into a major transhipment port for the east coast of South America, according to the Brazilian port authority.
AESA aims to halve its financial losses this year SPAIN'S largest shipbuilding group Astilleros Espanoles (AESA) has forecast that losses will be halved in the current year, writes Tony Gray.
Patrick legal decision has huge political implications "I WOULD be interested in having a go at buying Patrick Stevedores," said an official of the Maritime Union of Australia last week. "But we would have to get rid of our d-kheads," he added without a trace of irony.
Tough task for administrators of subsidiaries PATRICK's four labour hire subsidiaries - Patrick Stevedores Nos 1, 2, and 3, plus Tasmanian Stevedores - have now been put back onto Patrick's terminal facilities by the courts.
US boost for Lykes' ship subsidy push A RENEWED push to secure US government "maritime security" subsidies for three Lykes Lines containerships that had them prior to CP Ships' acquisition of Lykes has received a strong boost from former US Maritime Administration head, Captain Warren Leback.
'Nina s' laid up after arrest Early morning on the River Fal, south west England, as the Liberian-flag 37,528 dwt bulk carrier Nina S is laid up, having been arrested by the Royal Bank of Scotland, writes David Barnicoat. She is pictured with the A&P Falmouth harbour tug St Mawes (ex Watkin's Thames tug Ionia ) mooring to buoys in the river, one of the cheapest places in western Europe to lay up ships. The Kosmos Marine Line-owned 20-year-old bulker was arrested at the UK port of Tilbury earlier this month after discharging a cargo of timber from Indonesia. The International Transport Workers' Federation is pursuing a $300,000 wage claim on behalf of the ship's Greek master and Filipino crew.
Risk 'perception gap' plays into hands of rogues AS the July 1 deadline for the first stage in the enforcement of the International Safety Management Code approaches fast, the pertinent question is no longer what percentage of the eligible world fleet will have achieved certification on time.
Tobermory mulls over loss of CalMac link TOBERMORY, capital town and maritime centre of the Island of Mull, is suffering its greatest blast since a Spanish galleon blew up in the sheltered bay 401 years ago.
Melbourne tops cost table again MELBOURNE remains one of the highest cost ports for ship based charges according to the latest survey of international port costs by Liner Shipping Services Ltd. The chief executive officer of Liner Shipping Services Ltd, Llew Russell, said calls at 34 ports were included in this survey, which included all ship based charges, both statutory and non-statutory but, importantly, excluded costs involving cargo such as stevedoring and wharfage on full containers. Mr Russell said that there was an average of 24 calls at each of the ports listed over the last six months of 1997, and the ship-based charges covered in the survey included navigation services charges/tonnage dues, berth hire, light dues, pilotage, towage, mooring/unmooring charges and line handling, utilities and wharfage on empty containers which are for the account of the shipowner.
The government keeps pressure on unions THE federal government has referred the trans-Tasman accord to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), while the full bench of the High Court will today consider the next stage of the Patrick dispute. The Minister for Workplace Relations, Peter Reith, announced on Friday that the accord between the maritime unions of Australia and New Zealand, which restricts the movement of cargo between the two countries to vessels manned by the nationals of Australia and New Zealand, has been referred to the ACCC. Mr Reith disclosed the move after discussions with the New Zealand Minister for Transport, Maurice Williamson, in Canberra.
Field leaves Blue Star The acting managing director of Blue Star Line (Aust) Pty Ltd, David Field, is to leave the company on Friday, 1 May. Mr Field announced late last week that he was leaving, folowing the acquisition of the company by P&O Nedlloyd, amid "totally amicable circumstances." "During the period of due diligence, the responsibility for the management of our Australian business remained with the Blue Star Australian management team," Mr Field said.
June debut for Triple A loops THE Torres Express loop of the Australia - Asia Alliance service will begin on 5 June with the sailing of the Pacific International Lines (PIL) vessel Kota Pertama from Port Klang. The first scheduled sailing on the Bight Express, the second loop of this service, will begin four days later, on 9 June, when the Malaysia Internaitonal Shipping Corporation (MISC) Bunga Teratai Dua sails from the same port. Details of the new service were released in Sydney last week at the signing of a document putting the "Triple A" consortium into place.
New members for conferences LINER Shipping Services Ltd has confirmed several new conference members as well as one resignation. The chief executive officer of Liner Shipping Services Ltd, Llew Russell, told DCN on Friday that Compagnie Generale Maritime (CGM) and Marfret will become full members of the Australia/New Zealand to Europe Liner Association shortly. The membership will then take effect within 30 days, expected to be at the end of May.
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