Port strike hits French refineries A strike by workers at the French port of Marseille's oil terminals entered its 15th day, forcing the government to transport fuel by road and rail to avoid shortages as refineries in the region begin shutting.
Brightoil to finish its global bunker network in a year Hong Kong-listed Brightoil Petroleum (Holdings) Ltd said yesterday that its global bunker sales network will be completed in a year and it is seeking oil and gas assets to expand its business.
Dubai Logistics Corridor links sea and air trade The Gulf emirate of Dubai, home to the biggest port in the Middle East, yesterday opened a Dubai Logistics Corridor aimed at easing the flow of shipments between sea and air ports in the trade hub.
Ekol transporting goods for Tadim Tadim, the leading Turkish producer of dried nuts, recently awarded a transport contract to the Turkish service provider Ekol. According to the pact Ekol will transport T...
JF Hillebrand acquires John Crack Freight Services JF Hillebrand has strengthened its capability to provide dedicated wine and beverage logistics services with the acquisition of another specialist forwarder, John Crack Freight Ser...
DP World opens new container terminal in Peru DP World, a member of the UAE-based Dubai World conglomerate, recently inaugurated a new USD 500 million container terminal in Peru. A ceremony to mark the opening of the port, kno...
Kuehne + Nagel: another major project in port of Duisburg The German duisport group has allotted one of the last tracts of land in logport I to the international service provider Kuehne + Nagel, which will use the 65,000 sqm site for...
K Line rejuvenates and enlarges fleet Kenichi Kuroya, the president of the Japanese shipping company K Line, has kept his word. He said «ordered is ordered,» and proudly underscored the fact that his company's fle...
Italy: port reform reducing competitiveness The port reform schemes are meeting up with hurdles in both France and Italy. In the latter country the plan is about to be ratified, but before the ink is dry, the Italian port as...
Safmarine: new regional executive for Indian Subcontinent The Belgium-based Shipping company Safmarine recently promoted Bimal Kanal to the position of new regional executive for the Indian Subcontinent (ISC). The region covers India, Sri...
Delta Shipping Lines meets its clients in Dunkirk Representatives of Delta Shipping Lines, a Cypriot company specialising in short sea shipping, recently visited Dunkirk to meet their French customers and to be present when one of...
IRISL set to lead legal challenge over EU sanctions Papers lodged with European Court of Justice claim companies are being unfairly connected with nuclear proliferation
IRISL crew stranded at Antwerp in sanctions row
EU freezes assets of IRISL linked firms
Iranian ships face EU ban
German banks must tap other financing sources Shipping banks will need to share risks with other investors to counter falling...
New form of ship financing enters fray
Sembcorp unit wins FPSO conversion $263m job from Teekay Petrojarl Premier plans FPSO charter following bonanza...
Shenzhen Chiwan container cargo up 13.5% in September to 520,000 teu A year of pain for box ports
French ports face closure CARGO handling is expected to cease again at all major French ports tomorrow
Tanger-Med earnings rocket REVENUES at Morocco's port of Tanger-Med more than doubled year on year in the third quarter after the opening of its new passenger/ro-ro terminal
Spill disrupts Spanish port SPANISH authorities are cleaning up an oil spill at Tarragona's port, according to maritime safety agency Sasemar
Cuba cable to operate by July CUBA'S official press has revealed that an underwater fibre-optic cable linking Cuba with Venezuela will begin operating in July, IHS Global Insight reported today
Shippers urge box exemption halt SINGAPORE'S block exemptions in the liner trade disadvantage the country against Europe and North America, according to shippers
Belarus signs port oil deal BELARUS has signed a deal to ship Venezuelan oil through the Lithuanian port of Klaipeda, IHS Global Insight reported today
Cargo vessel hijacked in the Somali Basin The Panama-flagged cargo vessel Mv Izumi has been hijacked in the Somali Basin. In the early hours of October 11, the captain of the Mv Izumi made contact with
DFDS ferry ravaged by fire ' 236 passengers evacuated DFDS Lisco's ropax ferry Lisco Gloria has been declared a constructive total loss after a devastating fire that broke out in the early hours of Saturday on October 9 while
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