Scandinavian shippers post profit gains D/S Norden A/S and three other Scandinavian shipping lines posted as much as an eight-fold jump in net income after the cost of shipping commodities and oil advanced in the second quarter.
Ports of Auckland may bid for Tauranga container terminal Ports of Auckland Ltd, New Zealand's biggest, might bid for the container operations of its largest rival Port of Tauranga Ltd.
Golden Ocean Q2 surges, stays upbeat on Q3 Bulk shipping company Golden Ocean posted a sharp rise in second quarter operating profit yesterday, broadly in line with forecasts, and said its third quarter would also be strong.
NCL's Veitch takes step down COLIN Veitch, the architect of Norwegian Cruise Line's 'freestyle' branding transformation, will step down as president but remain CEO
US fears boomerang hurricane TROPICAL Storm Fay surprised forecasters today with its resilience and continued to impede port operations in northern Florida
Golden Ocean's bullish bulk view DRY BULK freight rates are likely to remain strong yet volatile over the next year, according to Golden Ocean
Retailers seek to join ATA truck suit National Retail Federation files to join American Trucking Associations in a suit to block LA-Long Beach truck concessions.
Truck plan opponents protest at German embassy
Maersk upgrades Asia-Australia liner services
German legislation could undo Hapag-Lloyd sale
Storm lingers along Florida
Maersk sets peak charges for Europe-Oceania
US files dispute over EU high-tech duties
Asia shippers threaten suits
Service gap hits Portland container volume in July
Order in doubt? St Lawrence Energy says it never closed previously-announced transactions, including those connected to a six-ship deal with Nok Bong.
Poti's pounding Web TV images show damage at Georgian port after fight with Russia.
Axel buys in Japan Camillo Eitzen pens four supramaxes to take newbuilding tally to 18 vessels.
Barge hits bridge A tank-barge crashes into the Casco Bay Bridge in Maine, but no pollution is reported..
Solvang suffers Tax man sends Inge Steensland's listed company into the red in the second quarter, prompting a pull out from the Norwegian tonnage tax regime.
MCA bags bulkers A pair of panamaxes nabbed by UK's Maritime & Coastguard Agency in July with 55 faults between them.
Tuzla 'lifesavers' Turkish yard boss says three that died in lifeboat test on a Besiktas tanker newbuilding saved 19 lives.
Trico wants it all US giant calls in all remaining shares in Norway's DeepOcean before delisting it from the Oslo Stock Exchange.
Heavy load The US Coast Guard is revising passenger vessel stability standards because of America's growing waistline.
Dry Golden goose Roasting bulker market lays foundation for profit boom at Golden Ocean, while disposal cash comes home to roost.
Torm tanks up Addition of OMI tankers and unexpectedly robust LR2 rates send profit surging at Danish owner.
Delay discount Ocean HeavyLift will bag a $30m discount on double purchase as delivery of HeavyLift Hawk is pushed back again.
Cecon soars Arendal-based offshore owner posts improved quarter but flags up newbuilding problems at Davie Yards.
Bulk lifts Norden Huge net profit gain for Danish owner as dry-bulk rates soar and it benefits from ship sales and bunker hedges.
MISC ship seized Pirates strike again in Gulf of Aden with Malaysian chemical tanker the latest victim.
Bulkers buoy Axel Camillo Eitzen exceeds expectations in the second quarter as its dry-cargo fleet piles on the profit.
Golden China run Surge in Chinese coal imports expected to keep dry-bulk on top of the podium, Golden Ocean says.
Ocean gets busy Surge in vessel productivity picks Oslo-listed Ocean HeavyLift out of the red in the second quarter.
Long Beach lower Container volumes at US port down on 2007, but outbound numbers stay strong.
More vessels order kite-sails for fuel savings Three more ships from the German shipping company Wessel's fleet will be equipped with kite-sails from the German sailmaker Skysails. The three vessels, 88 meters long and 3,700 DWT, are part of a new series of ships. Until now ...
Hapag-Lloyd workers in demonstration On 19 August around 300 workers from the German shipping group Hapag-Lloyd protested against a possible take over by Singapore's NOL, Neptune Orient Lines, reports the news agency Reuters. The take over bid by NOL has not been welcomed ...
Growing Panama-fleet The number of Panama-registered merchant ships increased by 4.7 per cent during the first six months of 2008. The fleet, which now consists of 7,965 vessels, is since 1993 the world's largest. The aggregate gross tonnage increased by ...
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