Port Klang, Tg Pelepas to absorb security costs MALAYSIA's biggest ports plan to absorb added security costs to avoid levying a surcharge on shipping line customers.
Lloyd Werft files for bankruptcy protection GERMAN shipyard Lloyd Werft has filed for bankruptcy protection in Bremerhaven, saying Malaysian Star Cruises subsidiary Norwegian Cruise Line owes it money.
PSA off to a strong start this year PSA Corporation's Singapore container volumes grew 14 per cent in January, and its overseas terminals delivered 29 per cent higher throughput when compared with January 2003.
Tianjin port to get 16b yuan upgrading CHINA's northeastern port of Tianjin will get a 16 billion yuan upgrade in line with the provincial government's ambitions to propel the port into the top 10 league table.
Air and Land Transport
SIA bets on new planes, better service to fly high SINGAPORE Airlines, the world's second-biggest carrier by market value, is betting on new planes, more traffic rights and better service to counter competition from no-frills start-ups and rivals like Emirates, which is spending as much as US$26 billion on expansion.
Air China hits out at US visa, export curbs
China Southern flies more passengers
Colombo may sell SriLankan Airlines' shares as profits rise
Thai airport agency to sell 30% stake in IPO
KLM slashes fares
Strait Talk
Fighting port state control corruption IN theory, the principal enforcer of international shipping regulations ought to be the flag state.
Bulletin Board
Bulletin Board LOGISTICS major TNT has appointed 25-year industry veteran Edward Lau as Singapore managing director.
Port Klang, Tg Pelepas to absorb security costs MALAYSIA's biggest ports plan to absorb added security costs to avoid levying a surcharge on shipping line customers.
Lloyd Werft files for bankruptcy protection GERMAN shipyard Lloyd Werft has filed for bankruptcy protection in Bremerhaven, saying Malaysian Star Cruises subsidiary Norwegian Cruise Line owes it money.
PSA off to a strong start this year PSA Corporation's Singapore container volumes grew 14 per cent in January, and its overseas terminals delivered 29 per cent higher throughput when compared with January 2003.
Tianjin port to get 16b yuan upgrading CHINA's northeastern port of Tianjin will get a 16 billion yuan upgrade in line with the provincial government's ambitions to propel the port into the top 10 league table.
Air and Land Transport
SIA bets on new planes, better service to fly high SINGAPORE Airlines, the world's second-biggest carrier by market value, is betting on new planes, more traffic rights and better service to counter competition from no-frills start-ups and rivals like Emirates, which is spending as much as US$26 billion on expansion.
Air China hits out at US visa, export curbs
China Southern flies more passengers
Colombo may sell SriLankan Airlines' shares as profits rise
Thai airport agency to sell 30% stake in IPO
KLM slashes fares
Strait Talk
Fighting port state control corruption IN theory, the principal enforcer of international shipping regulations ought to be the flag state.
Bulletin Board
Bulletin Board LOGISTICS major TNT has appointed 25-year industry veteran Edward Lau as Singapore managing director.
Port Klang, Tg Pelepas to absorb security costs MALAYSIA's biggest ports plan to absorb added security costs to avoid levying a surcharge on shipping line customers.
Lloyd Werft files for bankruptcy protection GERMAN shipyard Lloyd Werft has filed for bankruptcy protection in Bremerhaven, saying Malaysian Star Cruises subsidiary Norwegian Cruise Line owes it money.
PSA off to a strong start this year PSA Corporation's Singapore container volumes grew 14 per cent in January, and its overseas terminals delivered 29 per cent higher throughput when compared with January 2003.
Tianjin port to get 16b yuan upgrading CHINA's northeastern port of Tianjin will get a 16 billion yuan upgrade in line with the provincial government's ambitions to propel the port into the top 10 league table.
Air and Land Transport
SIA bets on new planes, better service to fly high SINGAPORE Airlines, the world's second-biggest carrier by market value, is betting on new planes, more traffic rights and better service to counter competition from no-frills start-ups and rivals like Emirates, which is spending as much as US$26 billion on expansion.
Air China hits out at US visa, export curbs
China Southern flies more passengers
Colombo may sell SriLankan Airlines' shares as profits rise
Thai airport agency to sell 30% stake in IPO
KLM slashes fares
Strait Talk
Fighting port state control corruption IN theory, the principal enforcer of international shipping regulations ought to be the flag state.
Bulletin Board
Bulletin Board LOGISTICS major TNT has appointed 25-year industry veteran Edward Lau as Singapore managing director.
Port Klang, Tg Pelepas to absorb security costs MALAYSIA's biggest ports plan to absorb added security costs to avoid levying a surcharge on shipping line customers.
Lloyd Werft files for bankruptcy protection GERMAN shipyard Lloyd Werft has filed for bankruptcy protection in Bremerhaven, saying Malaysian Star Cruises subsidiary Norwegian Cruise Line owes it money.
PSA off to a strong start this year PSA Corporation's Singapore container volumes grew 14 per cent in January, and its overseas terminals delivered 29 per cent higher throughput when compared with January 2003.
Tianjin port to get 16b yuan upgrading CHINA's northeastern port of Tianjin will get a 16 billion yuan upgrade in line with the provincial government's ambitions to propel the port into the top 10 league table.
Air and Land Transport
SIA bets on new planes, better service to fly high SINGAPORE Airlines, the world's second-biggest carrier by market value, is betting on new planes, more traffic rights and better service to counter competition from no-frills start-ups and rivals like Emirates, which is spending as much as US$26 billion on expansion.
Air China hits out at US visa, export curbs
China Southern flies more passengers
Colombo may sell SriLankan Airlines' shares as profits rise
Thai airport agency to sell 30% stake in IPO
KLM slashes fares
Strait Talk
Fighting port state control corruption IN theory, the principal enforcer of international shipping regulations ought to be the flag state.
Bulletin Board
Bulletin Board LOGISTICS major TNT has appointed 25-year industry veteran Edward Lau as Singapore managing director.
Panama prices firm to widen Gulf Coast differential
New OPEC surprise sends oil prices higher OPEC took the market by surprise again today by going one step further than recommendations from OPEC's Ministerial Monitoring Committee. The cartel preemptively decided not only to impose an immediate end to quota-busting, but also to cut the current output ceiling by 1 million bpd from April 1.
Shell Trading to 'vigourously defend' against Chemoil claim Shell Trading (US) Company (STUSCO) today labelled the issue of a United States Federal law suit from bunker supplier Chemoil Corporation yesterday as 'unfounded', adding that it would 'vigourously defend against the claim'.
BIMCO standard contract a turn-off for suppliers The International Bunker Industry Association (IBIA) today admitted that response to the second BIMCO Standard Fuel Contract among bunker suppliers has been sluggish.
Fujairah's avails unlikely to recover with mid February resupply Falling fuel oil numbers run contrary to the avails situation in the port, which remained very tight for the majority of players this afternoon.
Supply improves with weather in soft Suez Supply capabilities in the Suez Canal seem to have improved this week after adverse weather conditions last week led to problems with deliveries.
Hong Kong and Taiwan do well with competitive levels Tight avails and bunker restrictions for deliveries in many Chinese mainland ports are driving buyers to find other ports to bunker in, and Hong Kong is readily available to take advantage of tight supplies elsewhere.
Houston market remains disrupted by cargo hold-up Bunker suppliers in Houston continued to suffer from lack of product today after some cargo supply barges were reported to be stranded in severe weather yesterday.
OPEC recommended to cut cheating, not quotas Ministers for the 10 OPEC countries bound by oil production quotas went into their formal meeting in Algiers at 11:00 GMT today with recommendations from OPEC's Ministerial Monitoring Committee to keep current output quotas unchanged, but to rein in quota cheating.
Sterling fires off ferry protest to de Palacio over 'unfair' subsidies P&O chairman Lord Sterling has protested to the European Commission about its failure to respond to its complaints about subsidies paid to competitors in the English Channel.
Brussels puts finishing touches to probe into port aid BRUSSELS is fine-tuning a probe into the funding of 25 major ports in the European Union, with a percentage placed on an "active dossier" for further investigation into possible breaches of rules on state aid.
Restis ready for handymax spree at Chinese yards GREECE'S Restis group has signaled its intention to build as many as 24 handymax bulk carriers in Chinese provincial shipyards in the next few years.
Oil prices to soar as Opec agrees output cut OIL prices are set to soar as production levels decrease in the second quarter of this year after the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries agreed to another output cut in less than six months.
Pride salvage goes ahead: Smit SMIT Salvage has confirmed that work to refloat the Pride of America and pump water from its lower decks will not be affected by Lloyd Werft's decision to file for insolvency, as costs are being covered by insurers
Tropical maintains solid growth CARIBBEAN container specialist Tropical Shipping has posted a modest improvement in operating income for the fourth quarter of 2003 and for the year as a whole
Chennai brought to standstill CONTAINER handling at Chennai container terminal was brought to a standstill today after truck operators went ahead with a threatened indefinite strike
Have your say! What should the hard-pressed English Channel ferry operators do now? Will they ever be allowed to compete fairly? Have your say!
La Coruña starts dumping claim LA Coruña port authority has launched a €29.4M ($37.7M) claim against a ship arrested for emptying its tanks; the captain says he was dumping cattle dung
India opens first LNG terminal INDIA'S first liquefied natural gas terminal was opened yesterday at Dahej in Gujarat: it will import one- third of the country's LNG needs
New highs for box charter rates Rates continue to climb as carriers compete for a dwindling supply of tonnage to handle increasingly greater volume on most liner trunk routes.
HK, China pressed on logistics plans Shippers press authorities to coordinate logistics in the Pearl River Delta manufacturing center.
International sales lift EGL earnings
Astar asks DOT to toss latest challenge
Ross named manager of new media for Commonwealth Business Media
Management Dynamics offers tariff publisher for NVOs
Hamburg Süd, Jacksonville sign new agreement
DHL hits Changi handling costs: Report
P&O Ports appoints Bond container marketing manager
UK Strategic Rail Authority: grants will not make rail 'artificially more competitive' The UK's Strategic Rail Authority (SRA) has announced '22million (US$40.87million) in rail-freight grants, promising that the scheme will make rail more competitive, but will not be a subsidy.
IADA restoration a last chance for intra-Asian carriers? The Intra-Asia Discussion Agreement (IADA) member-lines have announced details of 2004's rate-restorations, hoping this time to improve 'unviable' returns, but long-haul carriers may prove a stumbling-block.
Estonia's TECO ups frequency on Rotterdam-Helsinki route
Lloyd Werft insolvent after cruise vessel accident Lloyd Werft in Bremerhaven has filed for insolvency as a consequence of the storm accident in January when the newbuilding ...
Norwegian sideloaders sold The sideloader "S C Baltic" has been sold by Sea-Cargo to Bergen Shipping, both of Bergen, with a 3 ...
Cargo reclassification may affect on trades Introduction of the MARPOL Annex II cargo classification in 2007 could have a significant impact on the product and chemical ...
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