Drydocks S-E Asia CEO quits to set up maritime consultancy FORMER Drydocks World South East Asia chief executive Denis Welch has stepped down to set up a maritime industry consultancy, One World Maritime, which aims to help companies in the industry gain a foothold in growing Asian markets.
Hijacked S'pore tugboat returns AFTER a seven month ordeal, the hijacked Singaporean tugboat, Asta, arrived safely under tow in Singapore last month.
Movianto France opens second warehouse in Orléans The French subsidiary of the German logistics company Movianto, a specialist for pan-European pharmaceuticals and healthcare services, has built a second warehouse in Orléans,...
DB Schenker invests in new facilities near Helsinki The German service provider DB Schenker Logistics is investing more than EUR 45 million in a new hub and corporate office for Finland in Vantaa, near the airport, in the northern s...
Felbermayr inaugurates new office in Brno (Czechia) The Austrian heavylift specialist Felbermayr recently opened a second location in Brno (southern Czechia), in addition to its other Czech facility in Prague. Felbermayr's...
New gantry for port of Strasbourg's container terminal The inland port of Strasbourg (France) recently put a new container gantry into service. The crane is part of a programme to expand the northern container terminal's capacity. A to...
Joachim Hermanns new Linex manager director Joachim Hermanns has been appointed managing director of Linehaul Express Services GmbH (Linex), based in Frankfurt am Main (Germany). Linex, a member of the family-managed&nb...
New study: Australia's box throughput to exceed 10 million units by 2019/20 A study compiled by Meyrick and Associates reveals that Australia's international container business should rise to 10.4 million teu by 2019/2020. In connection with this...
NYK Line introduces new transatlantic service The Japanese shipping company NYK Line has launched a new transatlantic service called the Atlantic Express Shuttle (AES). The sailing, which will be operated in collabor...
World Airways to link China and Chicago for Jade Cargo World Airways, a subsidiary of Global Aviation Holdings, has signed a one-year agreement with Jade Cargo International to operate one Boeing 747-400 aircraft on a full-time basis f...
Euro 'blue belt' project mooted EU TRANSPORT ministers are discussing a "blue belt" pilot project to allow intra-EU shipping and inland waterway transport the same freedom of movement as road haulage
NewLead sells non-core ships PRODUCT tanker and bulker operator NewLead has completed its divesture of non-core assets following last year's takeover of Aries, it said today
Odfjell takes Russian owner to court At the end of December last year, a court of arbitration in Stockholm ruled in favour of Odfjell against the Russian state-owned yard Sevmash ' but the yard is still
Star Reefers in charter dispute The Norwegian shipping company Star Reefers has accused Kalistad Ltd of Nicosia, a subsidiary of JFC, St. Petersburg, of breaching the charter agreements for the reefer vessels lmeda Star, Avelona
HMS Carlskrona back in business The Swedish warship HMS Carlskrona, which was the EU Operation Atalanta's flagship until August 14, is back on duty in the piracy infested waters off Somalia. The warship had been
Diesel switch deals with problem of fuel changeover Increasingly stringent environmental regulations call for engines to switch to low sulphur fuels in designated areas.
IFO prices softening in European ports Prices in line with falling crude.
Nominations begin for next IMO chief MEPC chairman Chrysostomou among the candidates to replace Mitropoulos next year.
'Steady' bunker demand pulls down fuel oil inventories Singapore's on-shore fuel oil stocks down 6.5% week-on-week.
Fujairah MGO prices holding steady NYMEX showing losses of more than $1 in early trading.
Marine fuel demand expected to reach 450 million mt by 2020 Demand this year back to pre-2008 levels; problems ahead with estimating distillate fuel demand for MARPOL Annex VI compliance.
EU asked to back LNG bunker fuel study Will look at development of an LNG supply infrastructure.
Fujairah capitalising on its 'strategic value' Regional security worries boost Fujairah's role as energy hub.
Asian bunker prices mostly up Demand for bunker fuel in Asia's key bunker hubs mixed.
Solazyme delivers renewable distillate fuel to US navy Delivering the largest amount of algae-derived marine fuel to the US navy.
Aegean expects bunker demand to grow 30% by 2020 Global demand will rise by almost 4% this year.
Chemoil opens new office in New York Move provides platform for business development and growth in the US East Coast.
Canadian port invests $3.6 million in cold ironing technology Prince Rupert Port Authority's Fairview Terminal promoting 'greener freight transport'.
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