S'pore bunkering industry given 2 years to meet new standards SINGAPORE's bunker suppliers and surveyors have been given a two-year deadline to meet strict new government-enforced supply chain quality standards, or face losing their accreditation.
Efthimios Mitropoulos is elected new IMO chief VETERAN Greek maritime administrator Efthimios Mitropoulos has been elected as the new secretary-general of the International Maritime Organisation .
Star ships coming back STAR Cruises is bringing back two of its biggest ships, SuperStar Virgo and SuperStar Leo, to their homeports in Singapore and Hong Kong after a temporary deployment in Australia to escape the fallout from the Sars outbreak.
Salvagers to cut up car carrier SALVAGERS will start this week to cut up the wreck of a luxury car carrier which has proved a hazard to navigation since it sank in the English Channel, one of the world's busiest shipping lanes, six months ago.
Australia fines Indonesian poachers THE skippers of 31 Indonesian fishing boats confiscated after they were caught poaching off Australia's north coast have escaped with fines and warnings, but many remain in jail unable to pay the fines, officials said.
90 missing in China ship collision A passenger ship and a cargo vessel have collided in heavy fog on China's Yangtze River, leaving at least 90 people missing, state press and local officials said yesterday.
Air and Land Transport
Airbus jumbo catches carriers' eyes at Paris show LINGERING doubts about the much-hyped A380 superjumbo jet are being laid to rest at this week's Paris Air Show as airlines line up to order the 555-seat giant being developed by European plane maker Airbus.
Rolls-Royce seals US$150m Gulf Air deal
Cathay gets approval to start HK-Beijing service
Sars-hit Dragonair increases July flights
Northwest 'to lay off 150 mechanics'
MAS, Garuda sign code share agreement
Admiralty Casebook
Shipper paying freight through consolidator assumes risk: US court A SHIPPER that chose to pay ocean freight through a cargo consolidator rather than directly to the carrier assumed the risk that the consolidator might not pay the carrier, a US appeals court ruled last month.
Port Shots
PORT Shots DAEWOO Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co, the world's second-largest shipbuilder, won an order from TotalFinaElf E&P Angola to build an offshore plant worth US$135 million.
S'pore bunkering industry given 2 years to meet new standards SINGAPORE's bunker suppliers and surveyors have been given a two-year deadline to meet strict new government-enforced supply chain quality standards, or face losing their accreditation.
Efthimios Mitropoulos is elected new IMO chief VETERAN Greek maritime administrator Efthimios Mitropoulos has been elected as the new secretary-general of the International Maritime Organisation .
Star ships coming back STAR Cruises is bringing back two of its biggest ships, SuperStar Virgo and SuperStar Leo, to their homeports in Singapore and Hong Kong after a temporary deployment in Australia to escape the fallout from the Sars outbreak.
Salvagers to cut up car carrier SALVAGERS will start this week to cut up the wreck of a luxury car carrier which has proved a hazard to navigation since it sank in the English Channel, one of the world's busiest shipping lanes, six months ago.
Australia fines Indonesian poachers THE skippers of 31 Indonesian fishing boats confiscated after they were caught poaching off Australia's north coast have escaped with fines and warnings, but many remain in jail unable to pay the fines, officials said.
90 missing in China ship collision A passenger ship and a cargo vessel have collided in heavy fog on China's Yangtze River, leaving at least 90 people missing, state press and local officials said yesterday.
Air and Land Transport
Airbus jumbo catches carriers' eyes at Paris show LINGERING doubts about the much-hyped A380 superjumbo jet are being laid to rest at this week's Paris Air Show as airlines line up to order the 555-seat giant being developed by European plane maker Airbus.
Rolls-Royce seals US$150m Gulf Air deal
Cathay gets approval to start HK-Beijing service
Sars-hit Dragonair increases July flights
Northwest 'to lay off 150 mechanics'
MAS, Garuda sign code share agreement
Admiralty Casebook
Shipper paying freight through consolidator assumes risk: US court A SHIPPER that chose to pay ocean freight through a cargo consolidator rather than directly to the carrier assumed the risk that the consolidator might not pay the carrier, a US appeals court ruled last month.
Port Shots
PORT Shots DAEWOO Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co, the world's second-largest shipbuilder, won an order from TotalFinaElf E&P Angola to build an offshore plant worth US$135 million.
S'pore bunkering industry given 2 years to meet new standards SINGAPORE's bunker suppliers and surveyors have been given a two-year deadline to meet strict new government-enforced supply chain quality standards, or face losing their accreditation.
Efthimios Mitropoulos is elected new IMO chief VETERAN Greek maritime administrator Efthimios Mitropoulos has been elected as the new secretary-general of the International Maritime Organisation .
Star ships coming back STAR Cruises is bringing back two of its biggest ships, SuperStar Virgo and SuperStar Leo, to their homeports in Singapore and Hong Kong after a temporary deployment in Australia to escape the fallout from the Sars outbreak.
Salvagers to cut up car carrier SALVAGERS will start this week to cut up the wreck of a luxury car carrier which has proved a hazard to navigation since it sank in the English Channel, one of the world's busiest shipping lanes, six months ago.
Australia fines Indonesian poachers THE skippers of 31 Indonesian fishing boats confiscated after they were caught poaching off Australia's north coast have escaped with fines and warnings, but many remain in jail unable to pay the fines, officials said.
90 missing in China ship collision A passenger ship and a cargo vessel have collided in heavy fog on China's Yangtze River, leaving at least 90 people missing, state press and local officials said yesterday.
Air and Land Transport
Airbus jumbo catches carriers' eyes at Paris show LINGERING doubts about the much-hyped A380 superjumbo jet are being laid to rest at this week's Paris Air Show as airlines line up to order the 555-seat giant being developed by European plane maker Airbus.
Rolls-Royce seals US$150m Gulf Air deal
Cathay gets approval to start HK-Beijing service
Sars-hit Dragonair increases July flights
Northwest 'to lay off 150 mechanics'
MAS, Garuda sign code share agreement
Admiralty Casebook
Shipper paying freight through consolidator assumes risk: US court A SHIPPER that chose to pay ocean freight through a cargo consolidator rather than directly to the carrier assumed the risk that the consolidator might not pay the carrier, a US appeals court ruled last month.
Port Shots
PORT Shots DAEWOO Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co, the world's second-largest shipbuilder, won an order from TotalFinaElf E&P Angola to build an offshore plant worth US$135 million.
S'pore bunkering industry given 2 years to meet new standards SINGAPORE's bunker suppliers and surveyors have been given a two-year deadline to meet strict new government-enforced supply chain quality standards, or face losing their accreditation.
Efthimios Mitropoulos is elected new IMO chief VETERAN Greek maritime administrator Efthimios Mitropoulos has been elected as the new secretary-general of the International Maritime Organisation .
Star ships coming back STAR Cruises is bringing back two of its biggest ships, SuperStar Virgo and SuperStar Leo, to their homeports in Singapore and Hong Kong after a temporary deployment in Australia to escape the fallout from the Sars outbreak.
Salvagers to cut up car carrier SALVAGERS will start this week to cut up the wreck of a luxury car carrier which has proved a hazard to navigation since it sank in the English Channel, one of the world's busiest shipping lanes, six months ago.
Australia fines Indonesian poachers THE skippers of 31 Indonesian fishing boats confiscated after they were caught poaching off Australia's north coast have escaped with fines and warnings, but many remain in jail unable to pay the fines, officials said.
90 missing in China ship collision A passenger ship and a cargo vessel have collided in heavy fog on China's Yangtze River, leaving at least 90 people missing, state press and local officials said yesterday.
Air and Land Transport
Airbus jumbo catches carriers' eyes at Paris show LINGERING doubts about the much-hyped A380 superjumbo jet are being laid to rest at this week's Paris Air Show as airlines line up to order the 555-seat giant being developed by European plane maker Airbus.
Rolls-Royce seals US$150m Gulf Air deal
Cathay gets approval to start HK-Beijing service
Sars-hit Dragonair increases July flights
Northwest 'to lay off 150 mechanics'
MAS, Garuda sign code share agreement
Admiralty Casebook
Shipper paying freight through consolidator assumes risk: US court A SHIPPER that chose to pay ocean freight through a cargo consolidator rather than directly to the carrier assumed the risk that the consolidator might not pay the carrier, a US appeals court ruled last month.
Port Shots
PORT Shots DAEWOO Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co, the world's second-largest shipbuilder, won an order from TotalFinaElf E&P Angola to build an offshore plant worth US$135 million.
Oil prices pressured by US inventory gains, Iraqi exports Improved US crude stocks, high imports and news of the first post-war Iraqi oil exports weighed on the market today.
First Iraqi oil exports scheduled, northern pipeline repaired 3 tankers are scheduled to begin loading a total of 3 million barrels of Iraqi crude from Ceyhan, Turkey, on Sunday.
ARA avails mixed on bitumen season and loading issues
Oil major refutes rumours of withdrawal from US market Current tight avails for a number of players in the US Gulf Coast bunker market appears to have given birth to rumours that a relative newcomer to this market is pulling out of bunker operations in the area. The origin of these rumours are unclear, but were dismissed by a spokesman today.
Is the current Japanese run of fortune sustainable? With buyers now used to Japan being the cheaper option in the region, confidence in the lower levels offered by the country's market has grown significantly. Some players have expressed concerns as to how long avails will hold out in the larger ports in the country.
Singapore bunkers firm on tight avails despite inventory gains There appears to be a pretty dire situation for prompt bunker supplies in Singapore at present, which is keeping prices firm despite losses in the fuel oil cargo market and reports of ballooning on-shore stocks of fuel oil.
Genoa still choked in bearish but stable Italy
Singapore residual stocks reported at 5-month high The build in inventories was attributed to the recent influx of cargoes from Northwest Europe, and in particular from Venezuela.
Brazil: IFOs up, temporary suspension of Paranagua deliveries
Kvichak delivers Griffon hovercraft Kvichak Marine Industries of Seattle, WA, together with Griffon Hovercraft, recently delivered a Griffon 2000TD hovercraft to Crowley Marine Services Inc.
Yantai-Raffles wins jack-up order China's Yantai-Raffles Shipyard has completed the negotiations for the construction of a new generation of self-propelled jack-up.
Keppel Singmarine gets orders Keppel Singmarine (KSM), the specialized shipbuilding division of Keppel Offshore & Marine, will build two Anchor Handling Tug/ Supply (AHTS) vessels for CH Offshore Ltd, and two harbor tugs for Maju Maritime Pte Ltd.
IMO elects new Secretary General Efthimios Mitropoulos of Greece will succeed William O'Neil
Kien Hung ships up for grabs again as sale fails PUBLIC bids will be invited for six Kien Hung/Powick Shipping containerships, four of which are under arrest in Hong Kong, after a planned private treaty sale collapsed.
Ferry firms lash French terror defence FERRY operators have renewed their call for a level playing field on security issues, voicing concern that security was only going one way on the English Channel.
Stelmar costs soar post-9/11 Stelmar Shipping chief executive Peter Goodfellow said security costs at the Athens-based petroleum transport company have risen almost 10% after the September 11 terror attacks.
New chapter in Torm saga as Beltest raises stake beyond 30% Manoeuvring in the shares of Torm, the Danish bulk shipping group, has taken a fresh twist, writes Tony Gray.
Strong May for Asia-U.S. box imports Volumes remained relatively strong in May, a month that was supposed to be a lull before the peak season imports this summer and fall.
Dept. of Homeland Security struggling to meld agencies, says GAO official The General Accounting Office is reviewing how the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection is targeting cargo for further inspection and how that cargo is inspected at ports, a GAO official told a House subcommittee.
West Coast lines, terminals to pay more for ILWU benefits
Malaysian PSA subsidiary rocked by million-dollar fraud PSA's listed logistics arm, CWT Distribution, has uncovered a S$2 (US$1.15) million fraud at its Malaysian subsidiary.
Environmental report into Cape Town congestion plan due next month An environmental impact study into a four-year plan to invest about R800 (US$100.3) million in Cape Town harbour is expected by the end of July.
Shreyas plans Indian east coast feeder debut, buys vessels
Senator rejoins UA in Asia/Arabia service
Rotterdam Port appoints Shanghai agent
Private port operators demand repeal of India's ICD directive
S.Korean handling capacity to reach 17m TEU by 2011
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