Two U.S. shipbuilding associations merge The merger of the National Shipyard Association (NSA) and the Shipbuilders Council of America (SCA) is now official.
Second Bingo hull handed over to Friede Goldman Ocean Rigs ASA reports that the bare-deck hull for the Bingo 9000-2 deepwater semi-submersible drilling rig was handed over to Friede Goldman Offshore (FGO) in Pascagoula, Miss.
Chinese officials believe Japanese and Koreans will be forced to raise newbuilding prices Chinese yards have been hurt by the low prices currently being quoted by Japan and South Korea. But Chinese officials believe that, with problems caused by exchange rates mounting, the two countries' shipbuilders will have no choice but to end their low price tactics.
Uruguay in crisis over port sell-off URUGUAY'S port privatisation drama will hit fever pitch tomorrow when the parliament's investigative commission presents its findings into the Montevideo container terminal concession - a report which is expected to criticise the process on several accounts.
Tasman yacht race claims six lives AUSTRALIAN rescuers yesterday gave up hope of finding British Olympic yachtsman Glyn Charles, one of six sailors believed dead or missing after competitors in the Sydney-Hobart race ran into the worst storms in the event's 54-year history.
US go-ahead for Russian food cargoes WASHINGTON and Moscow have finally signed two agreements under which the US, beginning in January, will send a total of 3m tonnes of grains, meats, oilseeds, and dry milk to Russia in a deal valued at $830m.
Bolivia signs deal for rail technical assistance THE US and Bolivia have signed a "technical assistance partnership" under which Washington will provide Bolivian rail interests with US state-of-the-art technology for the Aiquile-Santa Cruz rail freight link, writes our Washington Correspondent.
German firm orders Finnish lakes ship A NEW class of shortsea cargo vessel optimised for trade into the Saimaa Canal and the southeastern Finnish lake system has been ordered by a German shipowner.
Lisnave bid to add Dakar to African assets LISNAVE International is set to acquire a shiprepair interest in a third African country.
P&I clubs showing 'tangible differences' A "tangible difference in approach" is emerging between P&I clubs continuing to strive to achieve balance in their technical underwriting and clubs happy to use more investment income to subsidise substantial technical deficits, according to Sedgwick Global P&I and J&H Marsh & McLennan's marine and energy division.
US shippers in reform warning NEWLY proposed regulations to implement service contract provisions of the recently-enacted US Ocean Shipping Reform Act 1998 may bind the industry in an "administrative straitjacket", the National Industrial Transportation League has warned.
P&ONL alignera encore cinq PC de 5.000 TEU d'ici 2000 Récemment, l'armement P&ONL procédait à Marseille au baptême du porte-containers "P&O Nedlloyd Marseille", une unité de 2.900 TEU. Il s'agissait du dernier PC d'une série de cinq, les quatre précédents ayant été réceptionnés dans le courant de l'année. Cette unité a rejoint les douze autres PC identiques qui opèrent sur la route entre l'Europe et l'Australie/Nouvelle-Zélande, service assuré en coopération avec Contship, qui aligne six unités.
Inter Ferry Boats va participer à la gestion d'un terminal fret près d'Ashford C'est en principe en 2006 que la nouvelle ligne à grande vitesse, entre la sortie britannique du tunnel sous la Manche et la gare londonienne de St Pancras, sera (enfin) opérationnelle. Il ne faudra pas attendre aussi longtemps pour qu'un nouveau terminal marchandises, tant pour le transport conventionnel que combiné rail/route, le soit à Ashford, dans le Kent, à l'initiative d'Eurotunnel et d'Inter Ferry Boats.
Les services ferry restent le pilier principal du trafic portuaire ostendais En dépit d'une baisse de 5% à 2,4 millions de tonnes, le trafic ferry reste le pilier principal du trafic portuaire à Ostende.Dans le port côtier belge, on s'attend à pouvoir compenser à brève échéance les évolutions négatives dans ce secteur grâce à de nouvelles initiatives. Le secteur des diverses s'est inscrit cette année en hausse de 7% à 1,365 mio. de t.
CP Ships: d'autres acquisitions en 99? Prenant la parole récemment à Londres, Ray Miles, le CEO du groupe CP Ships, a confirmé que son groupe était toujours en quête de nouvelles "opportunités". "Nous regardons toujours autour de nous, mais il n'est pas dans notre politique de faire des commentaires à ce sujet", a-t-il dit.
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