Mitsui OSK, Kintetsu set up alliance to expand services MITSUI OSK Lines Ltd, Japan's second-largest shipping line, said it will form an alliance with freight forwarder Kintetsu World Express Inc to expand their air, sea and land transportation services.
Expansion of ports won't create glut: China A top Chinese infrastructure official expressed confidence that mammoth port expansion plans to meet demand for handling containers, bulk goods and oil would not lead to overcapacity.
Sea box traffic may rise 17% in 2005: Shanghai SEA container traffic in Shanghai, the world's third-busiest container port, is expected to rise by 17 per cent this year as China's robust export growth continues, Shanghai Mayor Han Zheng said yesterday.
Cosco orders four more giant ships
Lanka to build bunkering port near major shipping lane
2010 single-hull phase-out warning for suppliers Potential cost of new barges could result in higher bunker prices in some US ports and decimated barging fleets.
Scotland: STS transfer plans meet resistance Ambitious plans for a ship-to-ship transfer operation on the Scottish coast, envisaging transfers of almost eight million tonnes of Russian crude and fuel oil annually, have come under fire for fears that it would endanger three legally protected wildlife areas.
Russia raises export duties again, May exports slowed Export duties for Russian oil and oil products are set to rise again following the latest review by the government, meanwhile May exports seen slowed by logistical problems.
Bearish oil price trend intact, for now Oil prices slipped for a fourth consecutive day Monday as a French refinery strike ended and OPEC's president said there was no need for the producer group to cut output even if prices slipped further, but some OPEC officials are already calling for a June cut to prevent excessive stock builds.
Pollution whistleblowers bag $250,000 Four whistleblowers share $250,000 reward for alerting US authorities to pollution offences.
Yukos in talks to sell Baltic refinery stake Troubled Russian oil company Yukos is reportedly in talks to sell its majority stake in Lithuanian refiner Mazeikiu Nafta, one of the sources for fuel oil sold in Rotterdam.
Canada: Anti-pollution bill prompts tanker threat A major tanker operator has threatened to stop trading in Canadian waters after the approval of a controversial anti-pollution bill in Canada last week.
'Knee-jerk' protests damage shipping, declares Sohmen HELMUT Sohmen, one of the world's most influential shipowners, has attacked 'emotional knee-jerk protests' from the shipping industry against the threat of tighter regulation as damaging to the industry's long-term interests.
Improve public image, says Mitropoulous EVERYONE in shipping needs to work hard to ensure that the delicate historic balance of mutual respect between politics and the industry is not further eroded, the secretary general of International Maritime Organization has urged, writes Julian Bray in Copenhagen.
Numast and Dutch seek 'super union' by 2008 BRITISH officers' union Numast is to merge with its Dutch counterpart, the Federatie van Werknemers in de Zeevaart, in 2008.
Ex-Lloyd's names apply political pressure A GROUP of former names at Lloyd's has put forward a settlement plan to the UK government aimed at averting what it sees as a bankruptcy threat to thousands of individual investors.
Adm Hereth looks beyond ISPS ADMIRAL Larry Hereth, the US Director of Port Security, has praised the ISPS Code but warned that a major maritime terrorist incident could lead to further security measures beyond the Code
California democrats table maritime bills CALIFORNIA'S two senators have weighed in on maritime issues with one proposing greater port security funding and the other trying to limit the spread of LNG terminals
Tallink plans Riga-Stockholm run TALLINK, the Estonian ferry group, is planning to open a service between Riga in Latvia and the Swedish port of Stockholm
Koreas agree on fertiliser shipment FOR only the third time, South Korea has allowed North Korean vessels to call at ports in the south, on this occasion to lift fertiliser cargoes
Primorsk chief executive walks out SERGEI Popravko, chief executive of Primorsk Shipping Corp, has left the company to take a lower-level job at another leading Russian company
Drunk tug captain sentenced TUG captain Daniel Ferrell was sentenced to probation in federal court on 19 May after being found guilty of being drunk when his vessel hit a railway bridge
Retail expert urges slower 'pendulum' swing in textile trade The end of the Multi-Fibre Agreement (MFA) and acts of trade-diplomacy - such as export-tariffs and countervailing duties - have left textile sourcers unsure of how their world will develop.
PierPASS starts registration, through retailer trial already running
Cosco shrugs off Canal increases and launches new all water service
Korea quantifies effects of potential renminbi appreciation
Foreign cross-traders capture more NZ coastal cargo
Gargaon ICD will relieve congestion at Tughlakabad
Kombiverkehr to start Munich'Cervignano shuttle
JN Port to sign up to Container Security Initiative
Healthy profit when Transatlantic sells dry cargo division Swedish shipowner Transatlantic has sold its dry bulk division, operated through the subsidiary Transbulk, to Greek Drybulk. The deal generates ...
Healthy profit for the Swedish Maritime Administration The Swedish Maritime Administration, SMA, reports a SEK 102.4 million (EUR 11.2 million) pre-tax profit for 2004, up by ...
Bornholm HSC changes to DIS registration The HSC ferry "Villum Clausen" running for BornholmsTrafikken between R'nne and Ystad has changed to the Danish International Shipsregister. This ...
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