Calling all Asian shipowners: stand up and be heard [SINGAPORE] A leading Asian shipowner has called for a strong leadership role by Asian shipping interests whose voice has been virtually non-existent on the international scene, until now.
MPA clinches Best Bunkering Policy award
Keppel yard wins $30m deal to convert ship into livestock carrier
Air and Land Transport
Inchon airport set to be major N-E Asian hub [SEOUL] With six months to go, the official countdown has started for the inauguration of Inchon International Airport as a major North-east Asian air traffic hub.
Impulse set to intensify domestic competition
American Air pilots to appeal ruling on passenger lawsuits
Calling all Asian shipowners: stand up and be heard [SINGAPORE] A leading Asian shipowner has called for a strong leadership role by Asian shipping interests whose voice has been virtually non-existent on the international scene, until now.
MPA clinches Best Bunkering Policy award
Keppel yard wins $30m deal to convert ship into livestock carrier
Air and Land Transport
Inchon airport set to be major N-E Asian hub [SEOUL] With six months to go, the official countdown has started for the inauguration of Inchon International Airport as a major North-east Asian air traffic hub.
Impulse set to intensify domestic competition
American Air pilots to appeal ruling on passenger lawsuits
Italy seeks ban on substandard vessels SUBSTANDARD ships could be banned from passing through Italian waters under radical government proposals.
P&I clubs face downgrade SHIPOWNERS' liability clubs, which cover 90% of the world merchant fleet, are teetering on the brink of a ratings downgrade, a leading analyst has warned.
Opec 'to raise output if prices stay above $28 threshold' THE Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) will raise output by 500,000 barrels per day under its priceband mechanism before the cartel's November 12 extraordinary meeting if prices stay above the $28 threshold, a senior Opec delegate said yesterday.
Bollore lifts income as rate war ends THE end of the freight rate war between Bollore shipping subsidiary Delmas and Maersk in the north Europe-west Africa trade has helped the French group more than double first half net income to E96m ($83m).
Eye in the sky for European rail boxes European rail freight, bedevilled by poor information technology on the ground, has moved into the space age with a satellite tracking system for containers.
Maersk Sealand has introduced the 6,300 teu container Maersk Sealand has introduced the 6,300 teu container newbuilding Sealand Washington to its services between Europe and the Far East. The post-panamax ship was completed at Hyundai yard as the third in a series of five for Costamare Shipping. The first ships were the New York and Virginia, while the Illinois and Michigan are still to come.
Stena Britannica boosts Stena Harwich-Hook service STENA Line has opened a new chapter in ferry trade between Harwich and the Hook of Holland by commissioning the first of a pair of $80m Seapacer-class ro-pax vessels on to the service.
German yard wins Iranian ships order GERMAN shipbuilding services and brokerage company MPC Münchmeyer Petersen Maritime has won an order from the Persian Gulf Shipbuilding Co in Bandar Abbas to help with the construction of six 2,100 teu container vessels.
L’axe Europe-Asie pour la libéralisation du transport maritime L’Union européenne et la Norvège, le Japon, la Corée du Sud, Hong-Kong et Singapour ont demandé à l’Organisation mondiale du Commerce d’ouvrir des négociations sur la libéralisation des services en matière de transport maritime, de services annexes et d’accès au secteur portuaire. Dans une déclaration conjointe lue en fin de semaine dernière par l’ambassadeur du Japon auprès de l’OMC à l’occasion d’une session spéciale sur les services, ils estiment que le moment est venu d’aborder ce dossier, compte tenu des progrès enregistrés dans les négociations sur l’ouverture du marché des services en général.
Grimaldi et ACL à la recherche de synergies Ce mardi à Londres, les responsables des armements Grimaldi (Naples) et d’Atlantic Container Lines se rencontrent afin de mettre en marche un groupe de travail chargé de déterminer les synergies possibles dans l’immédiat et celles qui pourraient intervenir par la suite. Déjà lors de la réunion générale des agents de Grimaldi qui s’est tenue samedi dernier à Valence, le réseau d’agents du groupe EuroMed a fait la connaissance d’ACL, de ce que cet armement représente, de ses concepts commerciaux et logistiques, de ses systèmes informatiques, via l’exposé d’Andrew J. Abbott, chief operating officer de cet armement que Grimaldi contrôle désormais à 44,12%, via Atlantica di Navigazione.
Hays Logistics Europe change d’organisation Depuis le 1er octobre, Hays Logistics a mis en place une nouvelle structure organisée autours de quatre grands marchés, les “Business sectors”: distribution, grande consommation, automobile & industrie, telecom & technologie. C’est ce qu’a annoncé Xavier Urbain, président de Hays Logistics Europe et executive director de Hays plc.
Malacca attacks head for 10-year high Political instability in Indonesia is leading to the highest levels of piracy in the Strait of Malacca in a decade.
VLCC rates slide off the boil Earnings have begun to sink back for VLCCs but market watchers say it is just temporary.
New threat to Harland & Wolff Global Marine set to appeal drillship payment to Belfast shipyard.
Skaugen stays in the black Norwegian shipowner I M Skaugen's tanker business is helping buoy up gas carrier operations.
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