Asian voice clearly heard at IMO: chief THE Asian maritime voice is clearly heard at the International Maritime Organisation , despite perceptions to the contrary, according to its secretary-general Efthimios Mitropoulos.
Only 5 Philippine flagged ships meet ISPS code ONLY five ships out of the 165 vessels under the Philippine registry have complied with the International Ships and Port Facility Security Code.
Over 200 missing after storm overturns ferry MORE than 200 people were reported missing yesterday after a ferry capsized in Bangladesh, officials said.
Shipping Australia welcomes greater inspection SHIPPING Australia has welcomed moves by the Australian government to raise the level of customs inspections of ships visiting Australian ports.
Norway's Camillo Eitzen to raise US$60m in listing CAMILLO Eitzen & Co, a Norwegian shipping company, plans to raise about US$60 million in an initial public offering to fund expansion of its fleet.
Air and Land Transport
World pays heavy price for global airline boom IN Sydney airport's crowded international terminal, passengers make last-minute passport checks or fret over toddlers in pushchairs as they wait in the snaking queue to check in for the 23-hour flight to London.
US Airways seeks 'partnership' with unions
Bookings to Pacific islands double on low fares: Air NZ
Roof collapse at Paris airport kills 6 people
Log Book
Ship Sales
Ship Sales EVEN with the return from holidays in the Far East, the levels of activity remained low throughout the week as the dry bulk chartering rates remained under downward pressure.
Liner Scene
NOL will do well not to put all its eggs into one basket SO, well done to Neptune Orient Lines for its much improved results.
Asian voice clearly heard at IMO: chief THE Asian maritime voice is clearly heard at the International Maritime Organisation , despite perceptions to the contrary, according to its secretary-general Efthimios Mitropoulos.
Only 5 Philippine flagged ships meet ISPS code ONLY five ships out of the 165 vessels under the Philippine registry have complied with the International Ships and Port Facility Security Code.
Over 200 missing after storm overturns ferry MORE than 200 people were reported missing yesterday after a ferry capsized in Bangladesh, officials said.
Shipping Australia welcomes greater inspection SHIPPING Australia has welcomed moves by the Australian government to raise the level of customs inspections of ships visiting Australian ports.
Norway's Camillo Eitzen to raise US$60m in listing CAMILLO Eitzen & Co, a Norwegian shipping company, plans to raise about US$60 million in an initial public offering to fund expansion of its fleet.
Air and Land Transport
World pays heavy price for global airline boom IN Sydney airport's crowded international terminal, passengers make last-minute passport checks or fret over toddlers in pushchairs as they wait in the snaking queue to check in for the 23-hour flight to London.
US Airways seeks 'partnership' with unions
Bookings to Pacific islands double on low fares: Air NZ
Roof collapse at Paris airport kills 6 people
Log Book
Ship Sales
Ship Sales EVEN with the return from holidays in the Far East, the levels of activity remained low throughout the week as the dry bulk chartering rates remained under downward pressure.
Liner Scene
NOL will do well not to put all its eggs into one basket SO, well done to Neptune Orient Lines for its much improved results.
Asian voice clearly heard at IMO: chief THE Asian maritime voice is clearly heard at the International Maritime Organisation , despite perceptions to the contrary, according to its secretary-general Efthimios Mitropoulos.
Only 5 Philippine flagged ships meet ISPS code ONLY five ships out of the 165 vessels under the Philippine registry have complied with the International Ships and Port Facility Security Code.
Over 200 missing after storm overturns ferry MORE than 200 people were reported missing yesterday after a ferry capsized in Bangladesh, officials said.
Shipping Australia welcomes greater inspection SHIPPING Australia has welcomed moves by the Australian government to raise the level of customs inspections of ships visiting Australian ports.
Norway's Camillo Eitzen to raise US$60m in listing CAMILLO Eitzen & Co, a Norwegian shipping company, plans to raise about US$60 million in an initial public offering to fund expansion of its fleet.
Air and Land Transport
World pays heavy price for global airline boom IN Sydney airport's crowded international terminal, passengers make last-minute passport checks or fret over toddlers in pushchairs as they wait in the snaking queue to check in for the 23-hour flight to London.
US Airways seeks 'partnership' with unions
Bookings to Pacific islands double on low fares: Air NZ
Roof collapse at Paris airport kills 6 people
Log Book
Ship Sales
Ship Sales EVEN with the return from holidays in the Far East, the levels of activity remained low throughout the week as the dry bulk chartering rates remained under downward pressure.
Liner Scene
NOL will do well not to put all its eggs into one basket SO, well done to Neptune Orient Lines for its much improved results.
Asian voice clearly heard at IMO: chief THE Asian maritime voice is clearly heard at the International Maritime Organisation , despite perceptions to the contrary, according to its secretary-general Efthimios Mitropoulos.
Only 5 Philippine flagged ships meet ISPS code ONLY five ships out of the 165 vessels under the Philippine registry have complied with the International Ships and Port Facility Security Code.
Over 200 missing after storm overturns ferry MORE than 200 people were reported missing yesterday after a ferry capsized in Bangladesh, officials said.
Shipping Australia welcomes greater inspection SHIPPING Australia has welcomed moves by the Australian government to raise the level of customs inspections of ships visiting Australian ports.
Norway's Camillo Eitzen to raise US$60m in listing CAMILLO Eitzen & Co, a Norwegian shipping company, plans to raise about US$60 million in an initial public offering to fund expansion of its fleet.
Air and Land Transport
World pays heavy price for global airline boom IN Sydney airport's crowded international terminal, passengers make last-minute passport checks or fret over toddlers in pushchairs as they wait in the snaking queue to check in for the 23-hour flight to London.
US Airways seeks 'partnership' with unions
Bookings to Pacific islands double on low fares: Air NZ
Roof collapse at Paris airport kills 6 people
Log Book
Ship Sales
Ship Sales EVEN with the return from holidays in the Far East, the levels of activity remained low throughout the week as the dry bulk chartering rates remained under downward pressure.
Liner Scene
NOL will do well not to put all its eggs into one basket SO, well done to Neptune Orient Lines for its much improved results.
Hong Kong players seek new OPL position Hong Kong may see business severely effected when new regulations ban ships from anchoring at the present OPL position.
Singapore: Car carrier sinks following collision with VLCC Antipollution craft continue to monitor the situation in Singapore today following a collision between a car carrier and a Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC) carrying 279,949 tonnes of crude oil, six kilometres south-east of Sentosa Island.
West African bunker markets end week on a high West Africa bucked the market trend this week as prices dipped at the beginning of this week although crude oil prices were at an all-time high.
Oil falls for second day ahead of Amsterdam talks OPEC under pressure to supply more oil, but would raising quotas really help?
Mixed price picture from Baltic bunker market Supply conditions improving and prices mostly softer today.
Chinese absence leaves abundance of off-spec product IFO380/IFO180 bunker price spread slips from last week's highs, but high costs continue to render blending unprofitable, say reports.
Rotterdam market holds firm
IMO chief seeks International cooperation on terrorism-piracy
Refinery problems cause more supply concerns in Uruguay
Brazilian supplier resumes IFO380 deliveries
ISPS code: Worrying figures as deadline looms With just 40 days remaining for the certification of ships' security measures under the ISPS code, it has emerged that the vast majority of the worlds ships still do not comply, leaving them exposed to loss of insurance and a ban from ports.
Festival's investors give up the battle to stay in business SHAREHOLDERS of the Festival Cruises group's main Italian operating company have finally pronounced themselves ready to call off their four-and-a-half-month battle to keep the company in business.
Bank takes over Poulides cruise agency ITALIAN bank Banca Carige has taken control of Medov, the Italian cruise agency formerly controlled by Festival Cruises chairman George Poulides.
ITF condemns 'U-turn' on double hull bulk carriers THE International Transport Workers Federation has condemned what it termed the "extraordinary U-turn" made by International Maritime Organi- zation administrations, following last week's reversal of plans to make bulkers carrying high density cargo built after 2007 double hull by international law.
ISPS deadline will bring delays but no major disruption, Intertanko chief says INTERTANKO chairman Stephen Van Dyck expects there will be delays for ships when the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code comes into force on July 1, but it will not be a "train wreck".
USCG warns code will cause delays at Houston US COAST Guard officials in Houston, the biggest oil port in the US, anticipated that there would be traffic delays at the port from July 1, when the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code comes into force and security checks on incoming vessels get under way in earnest.
THE chairman of Izar was replaced today as the future of the ailing Spanish shipbuilding group looked even more uncertain
California wants port emissions cap CALIFORNIA State Assembly has approved a bill to cap air pollution from ships and cargo operations at Long Beach and Los Angeles, according to AP today
Proposal to end ghost ship impasse GHOST ships may have an easier path to the scrap yard if a bill introduced yesterday by Congressman Phil English is passed
Two new tanker berths for Dalian CHINA is to add two new berths for 50,000dwt tankers at Dalian's dedicated petrochemical terminal, according to energy ministry publication PetroChina
LNG permit sought in US Gulf COMPASS Port has sought permission to build a deep water LNG gas terminal in the Gulf of Mexico off Alabama
Filipino seafarers may be taxed A PROPOSAL to collect taxes from millions of Filipino workers overseas, including its more than 200,000 seafarers working on ocean-going ships, is gaining ground
New pact for NY longshoremen International Longshoremen's Association and the New York Shipping Association have tentatively agreed on a local contract for the Port of New York and New Jersey.
Trade: Feds should regulate security Customs & Border Protection measures making companies more efficient by forcing them to take a closer look at their operations, executives say.
Suape dockers prepare for battle Dockers at Brazil's Tecon Suape are preparing for industrial action as today's deadline, set by the stevedores' union, for Tecon terminal administrators to start contract negotiations passed.
Li Ka-shing to buy 10% of CSCL stock Hutchison chief Li Ka-shing will spend up to US$120 million to buy 10% stake in China Shipping Containers Lines' (CSCL) initial public offering when it lists on the HK Stock Exchange in mid-June.
Cosco terminals expected to sustain this year's growth
CSAV partners CMA CGM in ECSA service
Team Lines sets up third loop
Congress set to halt India's privatisation programme
Rickmers orders two more 4,250TEU ships
Lines lift Canary rates
Correction: 'Level playing field' needed in South China terminal industry
Easy ship transfer in EU through new directive The new transfer of ships regulations will enter into force on 20 May. They regulations cover the transfer of ships ...
Danish multi-supply vessel in "Prestige" recover work Esvagt, subsidiary of Em. Z. Svitzer A/S, has signed their multi-purpose supply ship "Esvagt Connector" for a period ...
No mandatory rules for dubble hull on dry bulkers Greece won a fierce row with the U.K. in the IMO Maritime Safety Committee, and as a result there will ...
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