PIL boss takes over as SSA head from Lua Cheng Eng A changing of the guard at the Singapore Shipping Association has seen Pacific International Lines boss Teo Siong Seng replace founding president and former Neptune Orient Lines boss Lua Cheng Eng after 18 years at the helm.
S'pore extends maritime tax incentives SINGAPORE has enhanced its maritime tax incentives to attract more ship operators under a government-backed push to develop an international maritime centre, Transport Minister Yeo Cheow Tong announced yesterday.
SuperStar Virgo to return to S'pore next month STAR Cruises' luxury vessel the SuperStar Virgo will return to Singapore in July after being re-deployed to Australia due to a Sars-related collapse in passenger numbers here, according to Transport Minister Yeo Cheow Tong.
Liberian president indicted for war crimes A United Nations-backed war crimes court has indicted Liberian President Charles Taylor for crimes against humanity for his support of rebels fighting a bloody civil war in neighbouring Sierra Leone.
Four maritime professorships set up FOUR new maritime professorships have been established at Singapore universities with a $16 million endowment fund by the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore .
Japanese nuclear waste heads home A ship transporting Japanese nuclear waste treated in France left on Wednesday for Japan, French nuclear energy firm Cogema said.
Air and Land Transport
Changi Airport to be evaluated under ICAO's measures CHANGI Airport will be the first international airport evaluated under new anti-Sars measures formalised by the International Civil Aviation Organisation at a meeting in Singapore earlier this week.
PIL boss takes over as SSA head from Lua Cheng Eng A changing of the guard at the Singapore Shipping Association has seen Pacific International Lines boss Teo Siong Seng replace founding president and former Neptune Orient Lines boss Lua Cheng Eng after 18 years at the helm.
S'pore extends maritime tax incentives SINGAPORE has enhanced its maritime tax incentives to attract more ship operators under a government-backed push to develop an international maritime centre, Transport Minister Yeo Cheow Tong announced yesterday.
SuperStar Virgo to return to S'pore next month STAR Cruises' luxury vessel the SuperStar Virgo will return to Singapore in July after being re-deployed to Australia due to a Sars-related collapse in passenger numbers here, according to Transport Minister Yeo Cheow Tong.
Liberian president indicted for war crimes A United Nations-backed war crimes court has indicted Liberian President Charles Taylor for crimes against humanity for his support of rebels fighting a bloody civil war in neighbouring Sierra Leone.
Four maritime professorships set up FOUR new maritime professorships have been established at Singapore universities with a $16 million endowment fund by the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore .
Japanese nuclear waste heads home A ship transporting Japanese nuclear waste treated in France left on Wednesday for Japan, French nuclear energy firm Cogema said.
Air and Land Transport
Changi Airport to be evaluated under ICAO's measures CHANGI Airport will be the first international airport evaluated under new anti-Sars measures formalised by the International Civil Aviation Organisation at a meeting in Singapore earlier this week.
Senate hearings on Title XI The Senate Science Commerce and Transportation Committee today held hearings into management problems concerning the Title XI maritime loan guarantee program, dentified by the Department of Transportation Inspector General (DOT IG) and the General Accounting Office (GAO)
OPA response plan requirements to cover non-tank vessels? A maritime update from Blank Rome says that the Administration's recently proposed Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2003 would among other things extend the reach of OPA 90 vessel response plan requirements to non-tank vessels
Verreault to convert Coast Guard ship to research vessel Verreault Navigation Inc. has been awarded a Canadian $5,973,810 competitive contract to refit and drydock the former CCGS Sir John Franklin.
EU presses ahead with post-Prestige measures INTERTANKO says that it now seems clear that the European Commission, the EU Member States, and the European Parliamentan have reached an agreement on the Post-Prestige accelerated phase-out of single hull tankers, the ban on single hull tankers carrying heavy fuel oil and the wider introduction of CAS.
Ex-minister Lim tipped to take over top job at NOL THE Singapore shipping market is rife with talk that former PSA chief and ex-government minister David Lim is to become the new chief executive of Neptune Orient Lines.
European MPs vote for faster phase-out EUROPEAN members of parliament have voted overwhelmingly to clear the way for accelerated phasing out of single hull tankers in EU waters and an immediate ban on them carrying heavy oil.
P&O raises cash for new India port buy P&O has raised £120m ($195m) through an issue of new shares to pay for the acquisition of a port facility in India.
High freight prices prompt Royal Mail to quit the railways ROYAL Mail is to axe the railways - 49 trains a night - from its letter post distribution network, a move that snubs UK government policy for an 80% rise in domestic rail freight over 10 years.
ILA works Evergreen ship In day of mixed news, dockworkers cross picket line to unload vessel, but NLRB ruling on strike not expected soon.
So. Cal. terminals meeting idling rules Terminal operators in Los Angeles-Long Beach are scrambling to reduce truck lines at container facilities to avoid costly anti-pollution fines that kick in July 1.
EU will seek U.S. air deal
GF-X lands BMI, BAX Global
Deutsche Post affirms earnings goal
Lines add surcharges for Pakistan-U.S., Canada shipments
Visconti new president, CEO of Arrow Air
Government eases fireworks restrictions for railroads
New empties permit requirement stuns carriers International carriers repositioning equipment between Australian ports have been shocked to discover a federal department has now included empty containers in its coastal permit system.
China Shipping denies responsibility for Indian rate pressure A collapse in the rates on the India to Europe trades is being blamed on the entry of China Shipping Container Lines (CSCL) into the trades.
Losses mount as silted canal blocks Brazil's second port
P&O Ports raises cash to pay for Mundra terminal
Fremantle rues Eastabout decision
Hanjin benefits from booming Pacific trades
Operation Safe Commerce funding overstretched
Teamsters warn USWC terminal operators
Maersk Sealand merges Americas services
APL offers e-commerce to customers without Internet
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