French oil hub strike cuts into Europe fuel supply NEARLY 6 per cent of European refining capacity is now shut as the French oil port strike adds to output cuts due to planned maintenance work at plants across Europe, Reuters calculations showed on Wednesday.
MISC expects growth in oil-rig business MALAYSIAN shipper MISC Bhd aims to ramp up revenue from its oil-rig engineering business after building its first deepwater oil-production platform, its chief executive said yesterday.
China Cosco in talks to buy ships as net profit tumbles CHINA Cosco Holdings said yesterday it was in talks to buy bulk carriers from its parent shipping company, China Cosco Group, after posting a worse-than-expected 63 per cent fall in second-half earnings.
Ferry hits Australian skaters' boat party
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A preventable grounding THE grounding of the Singapore-flagged woodchip carrier Crimson Mars in Tasmania last year could have been prevented if simple precautions had been taken to ensure that conning orders were carried out correctly by the helmsman.
French oil hub strike cuts into Europe fuel supply NEARLY 6 per cent of European refining capacity is now shut as the French oil port strike adds to output cuts due to planned maintenance work at plants across Europe, Reuters calculations showed on Wednesday.
MISC expects growth in oil-rig business MALAYSIAN shipper MISC Bhd aims to ramp up revenue from its oil-rig engineering business after building its first deepwater oil-production platform, its chief executive said yesterday.
China Cosco in talks to buy ships as net profit tumbles CHINA Cosco Holdings said yesterday it was in talks to buy bulk carriers from its parent shipping company, China Cosco Group, after posting a worse-than-expected 63 per cent fall in second-half earnings.
Ferry hits Australian skaters' boat party
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A preventable grounding THE grounding of the Singapore-flagged woodchip carrier Crimson Mars in Tasmania last year could have been prevented if simple precautions had been taken to ensure that conning orders were carried out correctly by the helmsman.
Napoli insurance estimates unveiled LONDON 29 March ' TT Club managing director Paul Neagle said today the containers onboard the MSC Napoli were valued at about $8M
ESPMC-WITASS rate restoration THE ESPMC-WITASS conference is implementing a rate restoration in the southbound trade from Europe to the West Coast of South America and the Caribbean
Service outages weigh Aries PRODUCT tanker and boxship operator Aries Maritime reported a significant drop in profits for 2006 and 'unsatisfactory' dividends, with out-of-service time to blame
TT sees 'starling' rise in claims AN unexpected increase in the value of large operational claims reduced the good news message from Through Transport Mutual TT Club
India calls for one cadet per ship INDIA will appeal at IMO to make it mandatory for all ship owners to carry cadets as part of a move to overcome the acute shortage of trained sea-going officers
Vela appoints first Saudi captain VELA International Marine has appointed its first Saudi master to the command of 45,580-dwt products carrier Altair Star
CKYH upgrades all-water services Cosco, "K" Line, Yang Ming and Hanjin to open three express services from China to the U.S. East Coast as part of service upgrade.
Cosco profits plummet
CMA CGM tops bidding for Moroccan carrier
U.S. raises rate of Q4 economic growth
Talks in Marseilles port strike
LA lobbies lawmakers for transport funds
Ship freed in Tampa
Northwest subpoenaed in airfreight price-fixing probe
China COSCO sees 2006 net profits fall 64% China COSCO said today its net profit fell 64% in 2006, due to a weak global shipping market.
CMA CGM has "no plan" yet for Singapore Strait terminal project CMA CGM has said it has no plans yet for Indonesia's Batu Ampar terminal project on the Strait of Singapore, despite the government's having approved an unusually long 50-year concession.
CKYH to reshuffle Asia-ECNA services in May
Feeder vessels told: leave Chittagong within 48 hours
CN "optimistic" but 'prepared' on union vote
US Democrats challenge President's authority on trade
NW Russia squeeze to continue, as latest BCT opening date revealed: January 2009
Vancouver box backlog diminishing
Estonian Railways to act for Russia's TransContainer
India to re-tender Nicobar transhipment port feasibility study
Seamen's union ban Greenpeace ship The Dutch-flagged Greenpeace ship the Esperanza is drifting outside Tokyo bay. According to a press release, their agent decided ...
Spain checks Prestige for oil leaks Investigators will dive more than 3,500 metres to the wreck of the Prestige this summer to check how much oil ...
MSC orders more from Aker Yards Aker Yards and MSC Cruises have signed a contract about the delivery of a 89.600 GT cruise vessel from the ...
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