Iranian line bullish, eyes 1m TEUs by end '04 IT's a newcomer in the container business, but the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Line is doing so well in its container trades that it is confident of hitting one million TEUs in boxes transported by this year.
Transponder system trial on smaller vessels successful A six-month trial of Singapore's proposed harbour craft transponder system has been successfully completed using three test vessels, paving the way for final fine-tuning and eventual implementation.
Bunkering scam: DNV suspends 3 surveyors DNV Petroleum Services in Singapore has suspended three subcontracted bunker quantity surveyors involved in a corruption probe.
NY ferry pilot pleads guilty to manslaughter THE pilot of a Staten Island ferry that slammed into a concrete pier last year, killing 11 passengers, pleaded guilty to manslaughter on Wednesday, saying that medication he had taken caused him to lose consciousness while at the wheel.
Sunken ship spills oil waste off Riau A Singapore-flagged vessel carrying 200 tonnes of oil waste which sank last week off Indonesia's Riau islands has begun to spill its cargo, threatening fishing grounds, according to Indonesian officials.
Into the shipping world with scholarships CHENG Mei Feng and Yip Pei Wen , both 19, may well prove to school leavers here that a maritime career need not be unglamorous.
Air and Land Transport
Apply subsidy rules to Boeing suppliers: Airbus EUROPEAN aircraft manufacturer Airbus SAS wants Japan to join talks between the United States and Europe about setting new limits on government subsidies for the industry.
US threatens to cap flights at O'Hare
Lifting of fare controls seen hurting MAS
Virgin orders 13 Airbus planes
US$808m terminal for JetBlue at JFK
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Make electronic navigational charts must for high-speed craft: UK THE UK's Marine Accident Investigation Branch wants the International Maritime Organisation to consider changing its High Speed Craft Code to require all high-speed craft to be fitted with electronic navigational instruments.
Iranian line bullish, eyes 1m TEUs by end '04 IT's a newcomer in the container business, but the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Line is doing so well in its container trades that it is confident of hitting one million TEUs in boxes transported by this year.
Transponder system trial on smaller vessels successful A six-month trial of Singapore's proposed harbour craft transponder system has been successfully completed using three test vessels, paving the way for final fine-tuning and eventual implementation.
Bunkering scam: DNV suspends 3 surveyors DNV Petroleum Services in Singapore has suspended three subcontracted bunker quantity surveyors involved in a corruption probe.
NY ferry pilot pleads guilty to manslaughter THE pilot of a Staten Island ferry that slammed into a concrete pier last year, killing 11 passengers, pleaded guilty to manslaughter on Wednesday, saying that medication he had taken caused him to lose consciousness while at the wheel.
Sunken ship spills oil waste off Riau A Singapore-flagged vessel carrying 200 tonnes of oil waste which sank last week off Indonesia's Riau islands has begun to spill its cargo, threatening fishing grounds, according to Indonesian officials.
Into the shipping world with scholarships CHENG Mei Feng and Yip Pei Wen , both 19, may well prove to school leavers here that a maritime career need not be unglamorous.
Air and Land Transport
Apply subsidy rules to Boeing suppliers: Airbus EUROPEAN aircraft manufacturer Airbus SAS wants Japan to join talks between the United States and Europe about setting new limits on government subsidies for the industry.
US threatens to cap flights at O'Hare
Lifting of fare controls seen hurting MAS
Virgin orders 13 Airbus planes
US$808m terminal for JetBlue at JFK
LOG Book
Admiralty Casebook
Make electronic navigational charts must for high-speed craft: UK THE UK's Marine Accident Investigation Branch wants the International Maritime Organisation to consider changing its High Speed Craft Code to require all high-speed craft to be fitted with electronic navigational instruments.
Iranian line bullish, eyes 1m TEUs by end '04 IT's a newcomer in the container business, but the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Line is doing so well in its container trades that it is confident of hitting one million TEUs in boxes transported by this year.
Transponder system trial on smaller vessels successful A six-month trial of Singapore's proposed harbour craft transponder system has been successfully completed using three test vessels, paving the way for final fine-tuning and eventual implementation.
Bunkering scam: DNV suspends 3 surveyors DNV Petroleum Services in Singapore has suspended three subcontracted bunker quantity surveyors involved in a corruption probe.
NY ferry pilot pleads guilty to manslaughter THE pilot of a Staten Island ferry that slammed into a concrete pier last year, killing 11 passengers, pleaded guilty to manslaughter on Wednesday, saying that medication he had taken caused him to lose consciousness while at the wheel.
Sunken ship spills oil waste off Riau A Singapore-flagged vessel carrying 200 tonnes of oil waste which sank last week off Indonesia's Riau islands has begun to spill its cargo, threatening fishing grounds, according to Indonesian officials.
Into the shipping world with scholarships CHENG Mei Feng and Yip Pei Wen , both 19, may well prove to school leavers here that a maritime career need not be unglamorous.
Air and Land Transport
Apply subsidy rules to Boeing suppliers: Airbus EUROPEAN aircraft manufacturer Airbus SAS wants Japan to join talks between the United States and Europe about setting new limits on government subsidies for the industry.
US threatens to cap flights at O'Hare
Lifting of fare controls seen hurting MAS
Virgin orders 13 Airbus planes
US$808m terminal for JetBlue at JFK
LOG Book
Admiralty Casebook
Make electronic navigational charts must for high-speed craft: UK THE UK's Marine Accident Investigation Branch wants the International Maritime Organisation to consider changing its High Speed Craft Code to require all high-speed craft to be fitted with electronic navigational instruments.
Oil rebounds with Russian U-turn on Yukos Oil prices fell back sharply yesterday as a flurry of slightly bearish influences took crude oil prices momentarily off the boil, but rebounded today as the market outlook was fundamentally unchanged.
World Fuels Services quarterly profits up by 26% Miami-based marine fuel broker and trader group results include Tramp Group for first time as year-on-year quarterly results show healthy profits.
Three-week Israeli port strike ends Key ports Haifa, Ashdod and Eilat prepare to meet backlog of 72 ships, clearing the way for bunker activity to return to normal.
Japanese numbers stable as demand dips
Italian avails back on line - with exception of Genoa
Hong Kong office move
Latest data shows draw in Singapore fuel oil stocks
PTP to gain from floating storage relocation Bunker sales in Malaysia's Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP) could surge with the relocation of floating storage vessel from off Johor.
Singapore: More changes at Fratelli Cosulich
Rotterdam little changed as crude rebounds
Chemoil accuses Sri Lankan authorities of protectionism Just two weeks into their Sri Lankan operations, Chemoil and local partner run into problems in Colombo.
Worldwide accord on 24-hour box rule SIXTY governments have agreed in principle to a new worldwide maritime security system designed to reduce the liner shipping industry's exposure to terrorist attack.
QE2 terror threat was discounted by security forces BRITAIN'S transport security service was warned of a potential terror attack on Queen Elizabeth 2 in South African waters late last year, well before the current scare surrounding the vessel, a senior security source has claimed.
Chan calls for Unclos changes to tighten safety net ANTI-piracy campaigner Alan Chan has called for the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea to be changed to include security as part of the battle to secure the world's sealanes, writes Marcus Hand.
Carnival hit by 'abandon ship' hoax CRUISE giant Carnival has taken "strong measures" to ensure there is no repetition of last Saturday's incident on the Carnival Miracle in which a passenger managed to use the public address system to order the crew to abandon ship, writes Sandra Speares.
Three surveyors under investigation for 'falsifying' bunker delivery records DESPITE a crackdown two years' ago, three bunker surveyors in Singapore are under investigation in a corruption probe, with one expected to appear in court today, writes Marcus Hand in Singapore.
London cluster under threat LONDON'S position as the leading maritime services centre is under threat from overseas competition and cost pressures, according to a report published today
Port of Spain nears crisis point BUSINESS associations in Trinidad warn that the situation in Port of Spain has now grown to a near-crisis level
Curing the Trinidad bottleneck PORT of Spain's congestion woes could ease after the opening of a new pier in four to six weeks
Fowl throughput for Rio TECON Rio Grande, Brazil's first privatised container terminal, more than doubled its reefer container throughput during the first half, with frozen chicken leading the trade
Polish yard linked with BC Ferries AN un-named Polish shipyard is in the running to win an order for new ferries due to be placed shortly by BC Ferries
Tsakos tanker rates robust TSAKOS Energy Navigation (TEN) forecasts a "rosy outlook for charter rates" that is "partially offset by higher costs"
Great Britain says no specific al Qaeda threat against shipping Britain contradicts Navy chief who earlier said intelligence uncovered plan by terrorists to attack merchant shipping targets.
Carriers break ranks as WCSA rates soften Efforts to increase rates on the northbound leg of the West Coast South America-US trade by US$500/TEU are being undermined by renewed price-cutting by at least two lines.
K Line triples its net income
Pacific supplies face continued disruption
Security charge adds to Santos shippers' costs
Hanjin adds a Pacific and an Asia/Europe loop
Long Beach breaks volume record again
Stinnes trains end border formalities and up the tempo
Al-Qeada threat to merchant shipping Admiral Sir Alan West, First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff in the UK warns of terrorist threats ...
Gearbulk posts record results Kristian Gerhard Jebsen Skipsrederi ' essentially Gearbulk based in the UK ' posts record profits before tax of USD 61.3 million (EUR ...
"Tor Suecia" flies the Danish flag DFDS Tor Line has now changed flag on the first of the Italian-built ro-ro vessels. The first to ...
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