Call for govt-private sector links in maritime R&D PUBLIC and private partnerships in maritime research and development will pave the way for commercial technology exports from Singapore, the head of a new industry advisory panel says.
Container blast at LA port raises concern AN explosion inside a container last week at the Port of Los Angeles has highlighted the shipping industry's potential vulnerability, despite new security measures, to terror attacks and should be taken as a 'wake-up call', say unions.
Truckers' strike over rising fuel prices hits California ports SHIPMENT of goods from the largest US ports slowed as California's independent truck drivers stopped working in Los Angeles and Oakland over record fuel prices, expanding a protest that began five days ago.
QE2 cedes flagship cup THE Queen Elizabeth 2 ocean liner ceded its place as Cunard's flagship vessel yesterday, passing a ceremonial cup to its successor the Queen Mary 2.
Damaged ship in danger of sinking A bulk carrier owned by U-Ming Marine Transport Corp, one of Taiwan's largest shippers, is in danger of sinking off South Africa's west coast after its hull was damaged, a lawyer acting for the company said.
Air and Land Transport
Airlines gave records to FBI after 9/11 IN the days following the Sept 11 terrorist attacks in 2001, the nation's largest airlines, including American, United and Northwest, turned over millions of passenger records to the FBI, airline and law enforcement officials acknowledged.
Alitalia slowly gets back in the air after strikes
Bankruptcy monitor backs Air Canada's fresh investor search
ANA pilot caught dozing at the controls - twice
New baggage weight limit at Heathrow
Boeing strikes four-year deal with union
Dockyard
Cape Africa incident raises compliance questions REGULAR readers of this column may recall that as the tanker Prestige was labouring in storms off the Spanish coast, I wrote a piece about the circumstances of the casualty that actually appeared in print at virtually the same time as the ship sank.
Ship Sales
Ship Sales RATHER disappointingly, the major rumour during the course of the week seems to be incorrect.
Call for govt-private sector links in maritime R&D PUBLIC and private partnerships in maritime research and development will pave the way for commercial technology exports from Singapore, the head of a new industry advisory panel says.
Container blast at LA port raises concern AN explosion inside a container last week at the Port of Los Angeles has highlighted the shipping industry's potential vulnerability, despite new security measures, to terror attacks and should be taken as a 'wake-up call', say unions.
Truckers' strike over rising fuel prices hits California ports SHIPMENT of goods from the largest US ports slowed as California's independent truck drivers stopped working in Los Angeles and Oakland over record fuel prices, expanding a protest that began five days ago.
QE2 cedes flagship cup THE Queen Elizabeth 2 ocean liner ceded its place as Cunard's flagship vessel yesterday, passing a ceremonial cup to its successor the Queen Mary 2.
Damaged ship in danger of sinking A bulk carrier owned by U-Ming Marine Transport Corp, one of Taiwan's largest shippers, is in danger of sinking off South Africa's west coast after its hull was damaged, a lawyer acting for the company said.
Air and Land Transport
Airlines gave records to FBI after 9/11 IN the days following the Sept 11 terrorist attacks in 2001, the nation's largest airlines, including American, United and Northwest, turned over millions of passenger records to the FBI, airline and law enforcement officials acknowledged.
Alitalia slowly gets back in the air after strikes
Bankruptcy monitor backs Air Canada's fresh investor search
ANA pilot caught dozing at the controls - twice
New baggage weight limit at Heathrow
Boeing strikes four-year deal with union
Dockyard
Cape Africa incident raises compliance questions REGULAR readers of this column may recall that as the tanker Prestige was labouring in storms off the Spanish coast, I wrote a piece about the circumstances of the casualty that actually appeared in print at virtually the same time as the ship sank.
Ship Sales
Ship Sales RATHER disappointingly, the major rumour during the course of the week seems to be incorrect.
Call for govt-private sector links in maritime R&D PUBLIC and private partnerships in maritime research and development will pave the way for commercial technology exports from Singapore, the head of a new industry advisory panel says.
Container blast at LA port raises concern AN explosion inside a container last week at the Port of Los Angeles has highlighted the shipping industry's potential vulnerability, despite new security measures, to terror attacks and should be taken as a 'wake-up call', say unions.
Truckers' strike over rising fuel prices hits California ports SHIPMENT of goods from the largest US ports slowed as California's independent truck drivers stopped working in Los Angeles and Oakland over record fuel prices, expanding a protest that began five days ago.
QE2 cedes flagship cup THE Queen Elizabeth 2 ocean liner ceded its place as Cunard's flagship vessel yesterday, passing a ceremonial cup to its successor the Queen Mary 2.
Damaged ship in danger of sinking A bulk carrier owned by U-Ming Marine Transport Corp, one of Taiwan's largest shippers, is in danger of sinking off South Africa's west coast after its hull was damaged, a lawyer acting for the company said.
Air and Land Transport
Airlines gave records to FBI after 9/11 IN the days following the Sept 11 terrorist attacks in 2001, the nation's largest airlines, including American, United and Northwest, turned over millions of passenger records to the FBI, airline and law enforcement officials acknowledged.
Alitalia slowly gets back in the air after strikes
Bankruptcy monitor backs Air Canada's fresh investor search
ANA pilot caught dozing at the controls - twice
New baggage weight limit at Heathrow
Boeing strikes four-year deal with union
Dockyard
Cape Africa incident raises compliance questions REGULAR readers of this column may recall that as the tanker Prestige was labouring in storms off the Spanish coast, I wrote a piece about the circumstances of the casualty that actually appeared in print at virtually the same time as the ship sank.
Ship Sales
Ship Sales RATHER disappointingly, the major rumour during the course of the week seems to be incorrect.
Call for govt-private sector links in maritime R&D PUBLIC and private partnerships in maritime research and development will pave the way for commercial technology exports from Singapore, the head of a new industry advisory panel says.
Container blast at LA port raises concern AN explosion inside a container last week at the Port of Los Angeles has highlighted the shipping industry's potential vulnerability, despite new security measures, to terror attacks and should be taken as a 'wake-up call', say unions.
Truckers' strike over rising fuel prices hits California ports SHIPMENT of goods from the largest US ports slowed as California's independent truck drivers stopped working in Los Angeles and Oakland over record fuel prices, expanding a protest that began five days ago.
QE2 cedes flagship cup THE Queen Elizabeth 2 ocean liner ceded its place as Cunard's flagship vessel yesterday, passing a ceremonial cup to its successor the Queen Mary 2.
Damaged ship in danger of sinking A bulk carrier owned by U-Ming Marine Transport Corp, one of Taiwan's largest shippers, is in danger of sinking off South Africa's west coast after its hull was damaged, a lawyer acting for the company said.
Air and Land Transport
Airlines gave records to FBI after 9/11 IN the days following the Sept 11 terrorist attacks in 2001, the nation's largest airlines, including American, United and Northwest, turned over millions of passenger records to the FBI, airline and law enforcement officials acknowledged.
Alitalia slowly gets back in the air after strikes
Bankruptcy monitor backs Air Canada's fresh investor search
ANA pilot caught dozing at the controls - twice
New baggage weight limit at Heathrow
Boeing strikes four-year deal with union
Dockyard
Cape Africa incident raises compliance questions REGULAR readers of this column may recall that as the tanker Prestige was labouring in storms off the Spanish coast, I wrote a piece about the circumstances of the casualty that actually appeared in print at virtually the same time as the ship sank.
Ship Sales
Ship Sales RATHER disappointingly, the major rumour during the course of the week seems to be incorrect.
Singapore: Supplier 'scaling down' operations following raid
O.W. confirms acquisition
New EU members in Baltic may see some disruption over weekend
Little action in Rotterdam
Bunkerworld apologises to Coastal Petroleum Limited
'S-Cap' opponents call for 'flexible' approach Use of successfully-tested scrubbers would offset over-demand for low sulphur fuel, claims ferry operator.
China crisis? - what crisis? ASIAN maritime businessmen and analysts have welcomed Beijing's recent rash of measures to ensure the country's booming economy does not explode.
Expected US rate increase fuels further fears over shipping's fortunes Is shipping facing a double-whammy? The jitters caused by China's attempt to cool the red-hot growth in its economy are being compounded by fears of an increase in US interest rates, writes Tony Gray.
Class societies warn of looming ISPS backlog MAJOR classification societies had by the end of March certified less than than 5% of the 25,000 ships needing to comply with new maritime anti-terrorism rules by July 1, Lloyd's List has learned.
Lloyd's insurers in Twin Towers court victory LONDON insurers have welcomed a New York jury's finding that the destruction of the Twin Towers was one insurance event, not two, as far as they were concerned.
MSC in Bremerhaven terminal talks BREMEN terminal operator Eurogate is in talks with MSC about a reorganisation of its container handling in Bremerhaven, a company spokesman confirmed to Fairplay this morning. Further details will not be released until Eurogate's annual press conference next Thursday
Cape Africa stabilises AFTER settling further into the water, the crippled Taiwanese bulker Cape Africa now appears to have stabilised and salvage crews have been able to go on board
Boston LNG fears rise - again THE US Department of Homeland Security has admitted that stowaways on Algerian LNG tankers arriving in Boston in the 1990s may have been linked to a bomb plot
Gray whalers win court hearing DEFENDERS of the Western Gray Whale have won a hearing to stop the Sakhalin-2 oil development on its feeding grounds in Russia's Far East
S American rates forced to rise CHARTER rates on small-medium sized box ships have forced lines on the South America East Coast trades to raise their freight rates
Box record for Paranagua TCP, the long-suffering container terminal at Paranagua, Brazil, has just recorded a best-ever productivity record for box handling
Monday mess coming for Calif. boxes As truckers snarled freeway traffic (left), protests against high fuel prices slowed gate activities at container terminals in Los Angeles and Oakland.
US union demands tighter security after container explodes Californian longshore workers last night called for stricter security measures, after the explosion of a container which was due to be loaded below another container holding hazardous materials (hazmat).
Profit fall could see Californian truckers strike
Elevated charter rates keep lid on Samudera returns
Explosion was 'wake-up', say lobbyists
PIL launches Far East/Europe and China/Australia services
Demand for ships by European owners remains
Songdo New Port is to add 12 berths
Lyttelton faces prolonged strike
OOCL modifies STX (Setouchi/Taiwan Express) service
Imperial and Navalmar sole owners of Sollines Imperial and Navalmar has acquired all shares in Sollines. The Göteborg-based ro-ro specialist will also change name to ...
Another passenger service to Ven The Swedish isle of Ven will in a few weeks time get another passenger service from Denmark. The Danish company ...
Weak first quarter for Finnlines It has been a weak start of the year for the Finnlines Plc. In its interim report for the first ...
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