PSA S'pore volume on track for record, grew 9.6% in Aug PSA Corporation's Singapore throughput growth strengthened last month, with its terminals handling 9.6 per cent more local volumes in August than a year earlier, outstripping all earlier monthly increases in 2003.
Rickmers MPC vessel is named after Singapore RICKMERS Singapore, one of nine new Superflex Heavy Multi-Purpose Container vessels built in China for Hamburg-based Rickmers-Line, was christened at her namesake port on Saturday.
Frontline in dry cargo deal for combination ship FRONTLINE Ltd, the world's biggest operator of large tankers, said it won a 12-month contract for one of its million-barrel combination ships to carry dry cargoes such as coal and iron.
AP Moeller unit to lease six berths in Shanghai APM Terminals, a unit of shipping company A P Moeller Group, plans to lease six container berths in Shanghai through its port management venture there.
Left high and dry A cargo ship is seen stranded on concrete wave breakers as Typhoon Dujuan broke loose its mooring last week in Taitung, 300 km southeast of Taipei, Taiwan.
Air and Land Transport
SkyTeam woos KLM to boost transatlantic network THE SkyTeam alliance of airlines led by Delta and Air France is still trying to persuade Dutch carrier KLM to join, but the prize if it is successful is likely to be the creation of the industry's biggest transatlantic network.
Airlines still dealing with aftermath of 911
Record H1 loss for China National Aviation
Deccan shareholders may sell their 20% stake
easyJet's Aug passenger count up
BA talking to Boeing, Airbus about anti-missile systems
PSA S'pore volume on track for record, grew 9.6% in Aug PSA Corporation's Singapore throughput growth strengthened last month, with its terminals handling 9.6 per cent more local volumes in August than a year earlier, outstripping all earlier monthly increases in 2003.
Rickmers MPC vessel is named after Singapore RICKMERS Singapore, one of nine new Superflex Heavy Multi-Purpose Container vessels built in China for Hamburg-based Rickmers-Line, was christened at her namesake port on Saturday.
Frontline in dry cargo deal for combination ship FRONTLINE Ltd, the world's biggest operator of large tankers, said it won a 12-month contract for one of its million-barrel combination ships to carry dry cargoes such as coal and iron.
AP Moeller unit to lease six berths in Shanghai APM Terminals, a unit of shipping company A P Moeller Group, plans to lease six container berths in Shanghai through its port management venture there.
Left high and dry A cargo ship is seen stranded on concrete wave breakers as Typhoon Dujuan broke loose its mooring last week in Taitung, 300 km southeast of Taipei, Taiwan.
Air and Land Transport
SkyTeam woos KLM to boost transatlantic network THE SkyTeam alliance of airlines led by Delta and Air France is still trying to persuade Dutch carrier KLM to join, but the prize if it is successful is likely to be the creation of the industry's biggest transatlantic network.
Airlines still dealing with aftermath of 911
Record H1 loss for China National Aviation
Deccan shareholders may sell their 20% stake
easyJet's Aug passenger count up
BA talking to Boeing, Airbus about anti-missile systems
Singapore: New supplier could be significant player The latest company to receive a bunkering licence in Singapore has potential to account for around 12% of the port's bunker sales.
South Korean market activity picks up as trucker strike ends
African market review
Singapore: EMMF urges barge fleet upgrade ExxonMobil Marine Fuels (EMMF) is calling for Singapore's aging barge fleet to be replaced by modern double hull barges, and has suggested that the Singapore government should offer tax benefits to encourage the process
Swift makes record run HSV 2 Swift, the Incat-built U.S. Navy high speed Wave Piercing Catamaran, has completed the fastest ever transit of the northern Great Barrier Reef .
Korea files WTO complaint on EU shipbuilding subsidies Korea has filed a formal complaint with the World Trade Organization over operating and provisional shipbuilding granted by the European Union
Kvaerner Masa-Yards gets icebreaker order Two icebreaking standby supply vessels for Sakhalin-1
Austal reports full year loss Hit by problems with mega yacht
Direct services signal surge in Black Sea trade COUNTRIES bordering the Black Sea stand to benefit from the dramatic growth in trade between Asia and the Mediterranean.
Fresh fraud allegation in Swedish bribes case A PROBE into Sweden's largest maritime bribery case has unearthed new evidence pointing to a related fraud, the country's Economic Crimes Bureau has said.
Statoil begins hunt for partner in LNG shortsea venture STATOIL has approached 12 Norwegian and overseas shipowners in search of a single, competent partner willing deep shortsea LNG market opportunities around Northern Europe, writes Hugh O'Mahony.
New boost to Persian Gulf tanker rates Persian Gulf oil tanker rates jumped to their highest in more than three months as a surge in bookings made importers concerned they may not be able to get ships for their early October cargoes, allowing owners to boost prices .
PSA bullish on joint venture deal with Cosco TERMINAL operator PSA Corp says it would be keen to work with China Ocean Shipping Co following an agreement for a joint venture terminal in Singapore.
Customs sets single border inspection The 'one face' inspection will screen cargo or passengers for customs, immigration or agricultural issues all at once.
Busan moves to fend off competition South Korea's main port is facing growing competition as a prime transshipment site for Northeast Asia.
FedEx wins appeal in strike-delay suit Express giant wins appeal of a federal district court decision in a lawsuit over shipments delayed by a strike in 1997.
Slot sub-charter lands SeaCon in hot water with Med-service partner Evergreen Marine Corporation (EMC) claims that slot-charterer Sea Consortium has acted outside of the parameters of the companies' agreement in sub-chartering slots to K Line.
Body in Miami container prompts security assessment Miami Customs' discovery yesterday of a dead body in a container from the Dominican Republic has prompted a security threat assessment.
CN intermodal terminal hit by delays
Box terminal operator sought for Shell's Indian joint venture
Vancouver waterfront talks make 'significant' progress
China replaces US as Japan's major box-cargo trading partner
Paranagua expands port services to attract vessels
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