OPEC meeting is a win-win for tanker owners Bullish indicators will fuel the tanker market regardless of political winds.
DHL opens Osaka center The new center is part of a four-year $125 million expansion plan in Japan.
New UPS wireless deal U.S. Customers will be able to access services from cell phones and pagers.
American Airlines Cargo opens Chicago center The regional customer service center is at the carrier's O'Hare terminal.
How railroads might play the merger end-game The final consolidation of the North American railroad industry is in progress, whether regulators, customers, elected officials and antitrust mavens like it or not.
European chemical industry urges EU to deregulate rail freight
New locks, widening studied for Panama Canal
Construction starts on third Rickenbacker cargo terminal
NextLinx partners with Consolidated Commerce marketplace
Online bunker site to begin trading in July
China Southern Airlines to expand US cargo service
TNT enters Indonesian mail venture
FedEx Express expands international freight services
Carnival reports "constrained" earnings Commenting on second quarter results, Carnival Corporation chairman and CEO Micky Arison stated that earnings were constrained by a combination of lower net revenue yields and significantly higher fuel costs.
U.K. MoD orders survey vessels The U.K. Ministry of Defence has placed a '130 million (approx. $220 million) prime contract for the design and build of two new specialist warships
Wärtsilä NSD signs agreement with John Crane-Lips Wärtsilä NSD, and TI Group, on behalf of John Crane-Lips, have now signed a cooperation agreement to develop, market and supply total marine propulsion power systems to the shipbuilding industry.
GE Marine Engines to upgrade gear plant GE Marine Engines says that, over the next year, it will invest in substantial upgrades to grinding, inspection and hobbing equipment used at its Lynn, Mass. Gear plant .
Plans to expand Panama Canal Next Monday, members of the Panama Canal Advisory Committee will reportedly hear details of a $5.9 billion plan to build two new locks over the next eight years, at the Atlantic and Pacific entrances of the canal, and to widen the channel by 2030.
Technigaz wins Spanish LNG import terminal contract SN Technigaz, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bouygues Offshore has won a contract from Bahia de Bizkaia Gas (BBG) for construction of a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) import and regasification terminal in the newly extended harbor of Bilbao.
Skuld prepares for a surprise cash call ONE of the top shipowners' protection and indemnity clubs, Skuld, is preparing to ask its members for a surprise 10% extra cash contribution.
Calais set to X-ray for stowaways CALAIS is in talks to install three drive-through X-ray units which will scan trucks for illegal stowaways at the French port.
Wilhelmsen in heavylift move NORWAY'S diversified Wilh Wilhelmsen shipping group has added heavylift to its portfolio, through a NKr173m ($19.78m)) purchase of a 35.41% stake in Oslo's unlisted Offshore Heavy Transport.
Guernsey expects cruise calls to double A doubling of cruiseship calls this year is forecast by Guernsey which is still a tax-free destination, writes David Mott.
Nine vessels held in UK last month as unsafe NINE vessels were detained in Britain under port state control regulations last month, with a further three vessels still in detention from previous months.
Dutch to track death truck A COMPLEX if intriguing picture of the events leading up to the horrific discovery of 58 dead immigrants in the back of a Dutch registered truck in the port of Dover is slowly emerging in the Netherlands.
NOL still in running for Koja box port stake SINGAPORE'S Neptune Orient Lines says that it is still in the running for a 48.5% stake in Indonesia's Koja Container Terminal in Jakarta despite reports Hutchison Whampoa had all but clinched the deal.
Europe yards lag on e-commerce EUROPEAN shipbuilding is substantially behind comparable heavy industries when it comes to using e-commerce techniques, according to the latest findings of the Product development and innovation in shipbuilding (Prodis) working group, a European Commission-funded project.
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