S Korea questions Chinese fishermen plucked from sea South Korean officials questioned three Chinese fishermen rescued from a boat that capsized during a maritime scuffle with the coast guard in which one fisherman died and another was missing, an official said yesterday.
37 die as overcrowded boat sinks in Bangladesh Rescuers searched for survivors yesterday after an overcrowded boat carrying around 150 people capsized on a river in north-eastern Bangladesh leaving at least 37 dead, all of them women and children.
London Thamesport welcomes back UASC service London Thamesport celebrated the return of the United Arab Shipping Company's AEC1 service recently with the arrival of the "UASC Al Farahidi". The reinstated call of the...
New management structure for Dachser France The international logistics service provider Dachser has changed the leadership of its French national branch. Phillipe Tardieu, Dachser France's managing director (pr'sident direc...
BLG Basler Lagerhaus- und Speditionsgesellschaft now called Ziegler (Switzerland) The Swiss company BLG Basler Lagerhaus- und Speditionsgesellschaft, a storage and forwarding company that was founded in Basel in 1878 under the name of BLG Basler Lagergesellschaf...
DB Schenker opening new office in Switzerland in January DB Schenker Logistics is adding a new Swiss location to its network at the beginning of 2011. Schenker Switzerland's new centre in Bern is being established almost 169 years after ...
Con-way Freight investing in new Texas freight hub Con-way Freight, a subsidiary of Con-way Inc, is investing USD 10 million in a new freight centre in San Antonio TX (USA) that will serve as the local hub for daily pick-up and del...
Pirates allow seafarer rescue PIRATES who hijacked a chemical/products tanker last month allowed naval forces to evacuate a sick crew member from the vessel today, according to EU NAVFOR
Cruise injury count rockets ROYAL Caribbean told Fairplay today that 105 passengers aboard Brilliance of the Seas required medical aid after this week's severe storm off Egypt
Shipbuilding talks vanish THE OECD today conceded defeat on restarting talks on competitive shipbuilding conditions
LA-Gambol talks founder LA PORT officials have voted to end talks to lease space for a $96M drydock and repair yard from Gambol Industries
Iceberg puts Greenland's Christmas on ice A VESSEL holed by an iceberg earlier this week is today heading for refuge in Greenland's port of Nuuk
Ship grounds in Turkey A SEAFARER is reportedly missing after a Bolivian-flagged general cargo ship grounded on rocks on Turkey's Mediterranean coast
Coal India strikes port deal COAL INDIA has sealed a deal with Visakhapatnam Port Trust that will see a new berth built at the port
Will international trade continue to tolerate disruption by Somali pirates in 2011? As the Christmas festive season approaches, spare a thought for the 550 plus mariners held hostage by AK-47-toting Somali pirates in a God-forsaken lawless part of the world: they and their families stretched around the world will have little to celebrate until they are released from this purgatory.
Piracy risk gets much costlier Increasing use of long range motherships by Somali pirates leads to a massive expansion of area where shipowners have to buy back war cover.
Ezra Holdings scoops Trico pair Singapore-listed offshore outfit shells out $52m for two MPSVs tied to embattled US owner's bankruptcy battle.
Horizon Lines goes high-speed US operator launches long-awaited attack on transpacific container market with new high-speed service.
Mitsui hires Greek LPG pair Asian gas trader turns to Athens for LPG carriers controlled by Diamantis Pateras and Lomar Shipping, brokers say.
Seanergy plots stock split Dale Ploughman leads Greek bulker owner in fight to protect Nasdaq listing with scheme to hike stock price.
New5 in Numb3rs Noble has a nibble at a couple of capes while Grand China Logistics has an appetite for tankers.
Quotes of the week Justice Smith dishes out truths on Sovcomflot judgment day which could rob Kremlin of big pay out.
Rescue drama on pirate ship Somali pirates drop guard to led navies medevac ill crewman from hijacked mothership Hannibal II.
Ulstein Group books PSV brace Norwegian offshore outfit pens a couple of PSVs at its own yard amid hope of rising demand.
Lis Weber auctioned off Laid-up former CJ Helt cargoship snapped up by Sweden's Alvar Olsen.
Kraljevica sold to Jadranska Zagreb company wins auction for struggling state-owned Croatian shipbuilder.
Double sale for Deep Sea John Fredriksen-controlled offshore owner sells two spot trading anchor handlers amid expansion hype.
Blaze hits Vroon ship off UK Fire in engine room of standby vessel VOS Vedette doused by crew with power restored.
Maersk promotes terminal chief APM Terminals CEO Kim Fejfer brought into AP Moller-Maersk executive board.
Estonian reefer "hit by iceberg" Vestlandia suffers hull damage after coming into contact with drifting iceflow off Greenland.
Grimaldi Group ro-ro hits pier Grande Nigeria also in collision with launch at the port of Hamburg in Germany.
One missing in storm off Turkey Search on for cook of Bolivia-flagged vessel smashed against rocks as nine stranded on other stricken ship.
HHI holding back boxships Korean yard delays series of eight container vessels for more than a year at Nordcapital's request.
Boxship bashes barges in Vietnam One vessel sunk and numerous others damaged as Vinalines' Fortune Freighter runs amok.
Officer airlifted from cargoship Seafarer winched from Turkish cargoship off Bermuda with broken arm and open wound.
Cargoship stuck on Russian rocks Russian fish carrier badly damaged after grounding off the Kuril islands, but crew safe.
Thoresen eyes bond issue Thai shipowner considering potential $140m convertible issue in bid to lengthen debt maturity profile.
Latvian postpones EGM again Slanging match with shareholder Ventspils Nafta continues as showdown over tanker owner's board pushed back to January.
Two saved from Phu Tan Chinese rescuers find survivors from sinking of Vinalines boxship, but 25 still missing.
S'pore set for new record Lion Republic poised to record second best ever year for container throughput in its history.
Van Oord books dredger Dutch marine contractor books second newbuilding in as many weeks with order at IHC Merwede.
STX OSV seals OSCV deal Norwegian shipbuilder recently listed in Singapore takes order backlog to 51 ships with $101m order.
Bore to open ro-ro service between Finland and Sweden On January 31, 2011 the Finnish shipping company Bore starts a new liner service between Helsinki and Oxel'sund under the name HelOx Line. Initially Bore's 1,400 lane meter ro-ro
Anchorhandlers to leave the North Sea market Norwegian Deep Sea Supply sells the 1990-built AHTS vessels Sea Cougar and Sea Wolf 1 to an Asian buyer. The parties have agreed not to disclose the purchase sum
Lis Weber sold at auction to Alvar Olsson The Swedish owner Alvar Olsen presented the highest bid when the coaster Lis Weber was sold at an auction on Thursday in the court house in Svendborg. Olsson bid DKK
New pirate attack in the Indian ocean A group of pirates failed to board the Marshall Island-flagged tanker Hellespont Trinity on December 16 some 220 nautical miles West of Angria Bank, India, EU Navfor reports: "The
UK Coastguard part of austerity package As part of the British government's austerity package, the Department of Transport is set to cut its spending by 15 per cent over the next four years. As a consequence
CTSA increases bunker surcharge to Canadian ports Member lines to raise bunker surcharge from January 1, 2011.
Bunker markets lack direction Crude futures head higher as US economy strengthens.
Missed opportunity to target shipping There is a clear disagreement in multilateral negotiations on international shipping and aviation, says policy expert.
UK Coastguard faces large cutbacks At present, the UK's 19 Maritime and Coastguard Agency control centres co-ordinate and manage maritime rescue efforts throughout UK waters.
Valero to obtain foreign trade zone status Company will cease to pay import tariffs until end product is shipped out to contracts already in place.
Trailer Bridge recognised for environmental excellence Company uses ultra low sulphur diesel fuel to meet future regulations.
Middle East bunker market mixed All avails tight in Durban, according to sources.
Rotterdam bunker market firms Buyers in Rotterdam advised to order early as holidays approach: Some suppliers are already fully booked.
Russian energy giant in bunkering joint venture osneft in deal with Turkish company to start off-shore bunkering operations in the Black Sea and beyond.
Bunker market 'in transition' 'Transition to distillate fuels, exhaust treatment technology and LNG is underway.'
Fuel leaking from wrecked cargo ship Vessel driven onto rocks during a storm off Turkey's Mediterranean coast.
Double-hull barge for Murmansk as deadline nears Lukoil says Tovra has arrived in port and is undergoing inspections.
Confidence in the shipping markets 'dips' Anticipates rates to fall as influx of tonnage outweighs demand in the next twelve months.
Bunker prices moving in mixed direction Demand mostly average at Asia's key bunkering ports, traders say.
Sinopec expands bunker services to Northern Chinese ports Launches bunker trading at three Bohai ports with plans to expand to two nearby ports.
Oil leaks from sunken tugboat Tugboat sinks in icy waters of Saginaw Bay, in the US Great Lakes.
Japan bunker avails to tighten ahead of holiday Demand to pick up before the market 'closes' for the year, according to traders.
Testing means Raising suspicions before they are substantiated will lead to increased costs in terms of time and money.
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