MPA stresses importance of safety in shipping [SINGAPORE] Following the most recent development in the saga of the disgraced Singapore-flagged tanker Neptune Dorado, the Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) of Singapore has emphasised that a safety culture must permeate the shipping industry.
Ship sinks off Turkey, 6 dead
Air and Land Transport
Ansett raises stake in Hazelton to 35.4% [SYDNEY] Ansett Holdings Ltd said it now owns 35.4 per cent of Hazelton Airways Ltd, giving it an upper hand as it battles rival Qantas Airways Ltd for control of the regional carrier's landing rights at Australia's busiest airport.
HK to launch direct flights to China's westernmost region
Air India plans to double fleet over 5-7 years
Cambodian airline launches flights to Bangkok
Seoul wants to resolve air links issue with Taipei this year
UK's Wiggins may consider tying up with low-cost airline
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Unhappiness about new bunker surcharges TRANS-Pacific carriers say a new formula for calculating bunker fuel surcharges will be more palatable to shippers, but shippers aren't convinced.
MPA stresses importance of safety in shipping [SINGAPORE] Following the most recent development in the saga of the disgraced Singapore-flagged tanker Neptune Dorado, the Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) of Singapore has emphasised that a safety culture must permeate the shipping industry.
Ship sinks off Turkey, 6 dead
Air and Land Transport
Ansett raises stake in Hazelton to 35.4% [SYDNEY] Ansett Holdings Ltd said it now owns 35.4 per cent of Hazelton Airways Ltd, giving it an upper hand as it battles rival Qantas Airways Ltd for control of the regional carrier's landing rights at Australia's busiest airport.
HK to launch direct flights to China's westernmost region
Air India plans to double fleet over 5-7 years
Cambodian airline launches flights to Bangkok
Seoul wants to resolve air links issue with Taipei this year
UK's Wiggins may consider tying up with low-cost airline
Log Book
Features
Unhappiness about new bunker surcharges TRANS-Pacific carriers say a new formula for calculating bunker fuel surcharges will be more palatable to shippers, but shippers aren't convinced.
MPA stresses importance of safety in shipping [SINGAPORE] Following the most recent development in the saga of the disgraced Singapore-flagged tanker Neptune Dorado, the Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) of Singapore has emphasised that a safety culture must permeate the shipping industry.
Ship sinks off Turkey, 6 dead
Air and Land Transport
Ansett raises stake in Hazelton to 35.4% [SYDNEY] Ansett Holdings Ltd said it now owns 35.4 per cent of Hazelton Airways Ltd, giving it an upper hand as it battles rival Qantas Airways Ltd for control of the regional carrier's landing rights at Australia's busiest airport.
HK to launch direct flights to China's westernmost region
Air India plans to double fleet over 5-7 years
Cambodian airline launches flights to Bangkok
Seoul wants to resolve air links issue with Taipei this year
UK's Wiggins may consider tying up with low-cost airline
Log Book
Features
Unhappiness about new bunker surcharges TRANS-Pacific carriers say a new formula for calculating bunker fuel surcharges will be more palatable to shippers, but shippers aren't convinced.
Mineta tabbed as transportation secretary The California Democrat and current Commerce Secretary has also served as chairman of the House Public Works and Transportation Committee.
UPS, FedEx will face rate hike fight Analysts expect major shippers to resist the full increases the carriers plan to impose next month.
Ocean capacity increases set for 2001 CMA-CGM's spring plan for trans-Pacific New World Alliance boosts trans-Pacific, Asia-Europe
No place like home with remote control A new wireless system makes homeowners masters of their domains.
Ocean carriers rethink westbound veggie rates
Rotterdam sets cargo record, but containers falter
Crowley Logistics launches new center for 3PL customers
Korean company tailors Web software for tramp sector
Switzerland opens its highways to bigger trucks
UPS raises rates 3.7% following lead of rival FedEx
Air cargo hub planned in central Indian city
AMR Research sees future in trans-Atlantic cooperation for exchanges
ShipDesk crash sparks shakeout SHIPDESK, the London based online chartering site, has gone into liquidation, in what could mark the start of a huge shakedown in the shipping dot.com world.
Australian bank boosts bolero.net client base ONE of the dot world's sturdier projects, bolero.net, has strengthened its client base with the recruitment of its first big Australian bank, Westpac.
Western Bulk suspends shares ahead of split Share trading in Oslo-listed Western Bulk Shipping has been suspended until Friday, when an extraordinary meeting is scheduled to ratify last November's two-way split of the company.
Osprey seeks higher offer by Fredriksen LIQUID bulk operator Osprey Maritime, involved in one of four bidding consortia for a major Indian LNG contract, has moved to raise the price offered for a minority of its shares by entrepreneur John Fredriksen's World Shipholdings.
ResidenSea orders second ship ResidenSea, the brainchild of Norwegian cruise scion Knut Kloster Jr, has ordered a second oceangoing resort ship at Norway's Fosen Shipyard, at a cost of NKr2.6bn ($280m).
Sheerness projects to create over 300 UK jobs WORK is set to start on two developments at the Port of Sheerness, jointly worth £3.5m ($5.5m), which could create more than 300 jobs once completed.
Calmer seas in wake of Commodore crisis While the financial failure of any company is a catastrophe for those closely involved, there will be those in the harsh commercial world of cruising who will have an ambivalent view of Commodore's filing for Chapter XI bankruptcy.
Residents of Ross Island in Antarctica Residents of Ross Island in Antarctica greet the US Coast Guard vessel Polar Sea by McMurdo Station at Hut Point during the new year celebrations, which also mark the arrival of icebreakers that create a channel for cargoships bearing much-needed supplies.
Osprey profit soars Takeover target reports massive turnaround as profit of $106m replaces huge losses.
Exmar declares third LNG carrier Belgian's Exmar is backing its LNG punt but may be getting Japanese support on its newbuildings.
Petronet pulls in bidders Companies hoping to win LNG carrier contracts from India's Petronet must make a further price bid.
ShipDesk sinks without a single fixture Internet chartering project goes into liquidation as bid to find further funding fails.
Korean giants predict record revenues Hyundai Merchant Marine and Hanjin Shipping are talking up sales, but offered no new earnings clues.
Taiwanese ships make history China-Taiwan shipping links are inching forward.
ResidenSea orders resort sistership The floating cruise resort firm has returned to Norway for a second ship.
300 new jobs for UK port New developments at the Port of Sheerness will create more than 300 jobs.
TFDS ups cruiseship order Norwegian shipowner TFDS hopes to attract more foreign passengers to its new ships.
Bulker holed in collision off Belgium A COSCO ship has been damaged in a collision with a freighter off Ostende.
At least eight die as cargoship sinks A Georgian cargoship carrying large numbers of illegal migrants has run aground and and broken in two off Turkey.
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