Maritime sector eyes school leavers, mid-career execs A big push to highlight the attractiveness of a career in the maritime sector in Singapore will be made among school leavers and mid-career executives.
Offer tax breaks for bunker fleet upgrading THE world's biggest marine fuel company ExxonMobil has called on the Singapore Government to offer tax incentives and step up requirements to encourage local bunker suppliers to upgrade their ageing barge fleets to safer double hull tankers.
Conference on port R&D, tech next week IN this time of vigorous port competition, leveraging on research & development and technology to sustain a port's competitive edge is the aim of a major conference and seminar being held here next week.
Easing passage on Mekong will cut freight costs: panel MAKING it easier for ships to travel the Mekong River would slash freight costs, boost trade and benefit the region's economies, a navigation expert said on Wednesday.
SembCorp unit-PCL venture SINGAPORE's SembCorp Marine's subsidiary Dolphin Shipping and Pacific Carriers Limited have formed a joint venture to operate and service offshore supply vessels in Southeast Asia.
Air and Land Transport
Cathay hopes to fly London-New York soon CATHAY Pacific Airways, with the dark days of the Sars outbreak almost fully behind it, yesterday said it was confident of obtaining approval to fly the key transatlantic route when officials from Hong Kong and Britain meet later this month.
China further opens its northern airspace
China Eastern introduces new jet on China-US route
Australia to examine ways to defend against missiles
Sri Lanka may pick Batey Ads for tourism push
BA, Air France see rise in passenger traffic in Aug
Admiralty Casebook
Default judgment set aside; claim for damages must go to trial THE holder of a bill of lading that sued a party for misdelivery of its cargo must go through a trial to claim damages and could not rely on a default judgment it obtained when the other party failed to enter an appearance, the Singapore High Court has ruled.
Maritime sector eyes school leavers, mid-career execs A big push to highlight the attractiveness of a career in the maritime sector in Singapore will be made among school leavers and mid-career executives.
Offer tax breaks for bunker fleet upgrading THE world's biggest marine fuel company ExxonMobil has called on the Singapore Government to offer tax incentives and step up requirements to encourage local bunker suppliers to upgrade their ageing barge fleets to safer double hull tankers.
Conference on port R&D, tech next week IN this time of vigorous port competition, leveraging on research & development and technology to sustain a port's competitive edge is the aim of a major conference and seminar being held here next week.
Easing passage on Mekong will cut freight costs: panel MAKING it easier for ships to travel the Mekong River would slash freight costs, boost trade and benefit the region's economies, a navigation expert said on Wednesday.
SembCorp unit-PCL venture SINGAPORE's SembCorp Marine's subsidiary Dolphin Shipping and Pacific Carriers Limited have formed a joint venture to operate and service offshore supply vessels in Southeast Asia.
Air and Land Transport
Cathay hopes to fly London-New York soon CATHAY Pacific Airways, with the dark days of the Sars outbreak almost fully behind it, yesterday said it was confident of obtaining approval to fly the key transatlantic route when officials from Hong Kong and Britain meet later this month.
China further opens its northern airspace
China Eastern introduces new jet on China-US route
Australia to examine ways to defend against missiles
Sri Lanka may pick Batey Ads for tourism push
BA, Air France see rise in passenger traffic in Aug
Admiralty Casebook
Default judgment set aside; claim for damages must go to trial THE holder of a bill of lading that sued a party for misdelivery of its cargo must go through a trial to claim damages and could not rely on a default judgment it obtained when the other party failed to enter an appearance, the Singapore High Court has ruled.
Maritime sector eyes school leavers, mid-career execs A big push to highlight the attractiveness of a career in the maritime sector in Singapore will be made among school leavers and mid-career executives.
Offer tax breaks for bunker fleet upgrading THE world's biggest marine fuel company ExxonMobil has called on the Singapore Government to offer tax incentives and step up requirements to encourage local bunker suppliers to upgrade their ageing barge fleets to safer double hull tankers.
Conference on port R&D, tech next week IN this time of vigorous port competition, leveraging on research & development and technology to sustain a port's competitive edge is the aim of a major conference and seminar being held here next week.
Easing passage on Mekong will cut freight costs: panel MAKING it easier for ships to travel the Mekong River would slash freight costs, boost trade and benefit the region's economies, a navigation expert said on Wednesday.
SembCorp unit-PCL venture SINGAPORE's SembCorp Marine's subsidiary Dolphin Shipping and Pacific Carriers Limited have formed a joint venture to operate and service offshore supply vessels in Southeast Asia.
Air and Land Transport
Cathay hopes to fly London-New York soon CATHAY Pacific Airways, with the dark days of the Sars outbreak almost fully behind it, yesterday said it was confident of obtaining approval to fly the key transatlantic route when officials from Hong Kong and Britain meet later this month.
China further opens its northern airspace
China Eastern introduces new jet on China-US route
Australia to examine ways to defend against missiles
Sri Lanka may pick Batey Ads for tourism push
BA, Air France see rise in passenger traffic in Aug
Admiralty Casebook
Default judgment set aside; claim for damages must go to trial THE holder of a bill of lading that sued a party for misdelivery of its cargo must go through a trial to claim damages and could not rely on a default judgment it obtained when the other party failed to enter an appearance, the Singapore High Court has ruled.
IPE sees record-breaking volume for electronic Brent
ARA markets soft-steady, more declines ahead?
Bearish oil trend underpinned as US inventories rise What we have seen this week is a bit of a seasonal paradigm shift as we are heading for a typical off-peak quarter with regards to US oil demand. Today's figures from the DOE/API underpinned the bearish attitude this has bestowed on the crude market.
Falling numbers fail to attract buyers to Japan
Singapore rebounds slightly after inventory draw This Thursday, a slight rebound in crude overnight combined with the latest weekly figures from International Enterprise (IE) about Singapore on-shore stocks of oil products helped boost cargo prices a little.
Tenix to build research vessel Australian adventurer and businessman Dick Smith has chosen Australian-owned Tenix Defence to build his 31.4 m multi-purpose research vessel.
Seabulk Offshore adds AHTS Fifth newbuild to join Seabulk Offshore fleet this year
Tug barge order for Manitowoc Marine Penn Maritime orders unit, with 120 day option for a second
Website inspired Brussels bid to net ferry cartels AN INVESTIGATION into suspected price-fixing on Channel routes was launched by Brussels partly in response to allegations posted on a website, the Euro- pean Commission revealed yesterday.
Knightsbridge approached over 'business combination' Knightsbridge Tankers, the special purpose VLCC vehicle whose fate is about to be decided by shareholders, has received an approach about a "business combination" with another company, writes Tony Gray .
ABP/Ferryways deal to pave way for Ipswich ro-ro expansion The Port of Ipswich and Ferryways have agreed to extend their existing five-year contract for another 20 years, write Liza Hammerton and Namrata Nadkarni.
BAX Global joins NVO line at FMC The forwarder wants the Federal Maritime Commission to allow non-vessel-operating common carriers to write confidential service contracts.
Seoul countersues EU over subsidies South Korea, the world's biggest shipbuilder, has countersued the European Union at the World Trade Organization in the escalating conflict over shipbuilding subsidies.
ABP profit up on higher port traffic Associated British Ports, the U.K.'s largest ports group, said first-half operating profit rose 4 percent from the year-earlier period on stronger growth in ocean container and roll-on, roll-off traffic.
Malaysian shippers push for transparency on surcharges The Malaysian National Shippers Council (MNSC) will take the lead in establishing the proposed National Logistics Council (NLC), to review matters relating to shipping charges and logistics.
'Sky marshal' move could strip Customs ranks The ranks of US Customs inspectors could be decimated by recruitment to the 'sky marshals' programme causing cargo delays, say US maritime and trade communities.
CMA CGM launch Black Sea service
Chinese trade soars at Vancouver
HMM turns its back on NZ
CCNI drops Central America-Caribbean Feeder for slot charter
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