Here comes EurOPA The European Commission has announced a slew of proposals intended to prevent further pollution disasters on European coastlines.
A longer, larger Destiny Carnival Corporation has signed a letter of intent with Italiy's Fincantieri Cantieri Navali Italiani S.p.A. for the construction of a new 110,000-grt vessel for its Carnival Cruise Lines unit. The 2,974-passenger. 952 ft vessel, a longer and larger version of Carnival's successful "Destiny-class," will cost approximately $500 million and is expected to enter service in 2004.
Inquinamento La Commissione europea propone la nuova normativa per la prevenzione dei disastri ambientali Maree nere, la crociata Ue Al bando gran parte delle navi di età superiore ai 15 anni e tutte le petroliere senza doppio scafo
Arbitrary age limit on tankers rapped THE backlash against the European Commission's proposals for an accelerated phasing-out of single-hull tanker gathered force yesterday.
Harland and Wolff hopes rise BELEAGUERED Belfast shipyard Harland and Wolff may yet avoid the closure which looked likely when it failed to land the order for Cunard's prestigious Queen Mary 2.
Jacobs profits slump JACOBS Holdings is predicting an "exciting" year for its shipping division after producing group full-year results in line with its recently reduced forecast, writes Tony Gray.
Carnival rally and asset sale lifts P&O P&O's London listed share rose by 2.8% yesterday, fuelled by the recovery in Miami-based cruise sector leader Carnival and the news of more property disposals.
Germans go on Far East offensive THE powerful German metalworkers' union IG Metall has called for a central maritime co-ordinator for shipbuilding to rationalise the sector's defence against Far Eastern competition.
Cenargo in talks for new ro-paxes MICHAEL Hendry's Cenargo International is in negotiations with Astilleros Espanoles over orders for two additional ro-pax ferries.
Carriers backed in battle for immunity LINER conference carriers, battling to retain their anti-trust immunity in Washington yesterday, have received succour from the European Commission and the US Federal Maritime Commission.
MSAS expands in Europe and US FOLLOWING last month's news of a '2.75bn ($4.36bn) merger with NFC, UK-based Ocean Group has announced several new European and US contracts for its logistics subsidiary, MSAS Global Logistics.
Spawning of a super pool A NEW CAPESIZE POOL involving some of the biggest names in shipping - Bocimar, AP Moller and Overseas Shipholding - is currently in the making. The companies, which are already partners in the Tankers International VLCC pool, are involved in negotiations.
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