Cosco to expand two China yards, look for acquisitions AS China sets its sights on being the largest shipbuilding nation in the world by 2015, Cosco Investment is keenly eyeing a piece of the pie as it plans the expansion of its two current repair and conversion yards in China, along with further acquisitions.
Asian owners reject proposed wage hike THE Asian Seafarers Employers' Group has refused to support a global wage rise for seafarers set for January, and demanded the International Transport Workers' Federation cease its boycott of flags of convenience.
Call to step up maritime security against terrorism TWENTY-one nations with Pacific Ocean ports yesterday worked on ways to boost security against militants, pirates and smugglers but some delegates warned that governments and the shipping industry still had much to do.
SuperStar Aries gets security certification STAR Cruises' liner SuperStar Aries has become the first passenger ship to comply with the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code , which will be mandatory from July 2004.
Asian shipping lines set to continue turnaround ASIAN shipping lines look set for further healthy profits until at least 2005, buoyed by a sustained climb in freight rates fuelled by China's export boom and a tight supply of ships.
Air and Land Transport
Airlines need reinvention to beat low-cost carriers NETWORK carriers have to reinvent themselves if they are to survive the coming competitive onslaught from low-cost carriers, said an AT Kearney senior transport consultant recently.
MAS expects to stay in the black despite Q1 loss
Malaysia Airlines gears for influx of Chinese tourists
Virgin Blue applying to start up NZ subsidiary
Chinese carriers to operate more flights to Sydney airport
Demand for jets rising in China
Bulletin Board
Bulletin Board DHL Danzas Air & Ocean Asia Pacific has named Peter Landsiedel chief executive.
Cosco to expand two China yards, look for acquisitions AS China sets its sights on being the largest shipbuilding nation in the world by 2015, Cosco Investment is keenly eyeing a piece of the pie as it plans the expansion of its two current repair and conversion yards in China, along with further acquisitions.
Asian owners reject proposed wage hike THE Asian Seafarers Employers' Group has refused to support a global wage rise for seafarers set for January, and demanded the International Transport Workers' Federation cease its boycott of flags of convenience.
Call to step up maritime security against terrorism TWENTY-one nations with Pacific Ocean ports yesterday worked on ways to boost security against militants, pirates and smugglers but some delegates warned that governments and the shipping industry still had much to do.
SuperStar Aries gets security certification STAR Cruises' liner SuperStar Aries has become the first passenger ship to comply with the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code , which will be mandatory from July 2004.
Asian shipping lines set to continue turnaround ASIAN shipping lines look set for further healthy profits until at least 2005, buoyed by a sustained climb in freight rates fuelled by China's export boom and a tight supply of ships.
Air and Land Transport
Airlines need reinvention to beat low-cost carriers NETWORK carriers have to reinvent themselves if they are to survive the coming competitive onslaught from low-cost carriers, said an AT Kearney senior transport consultant recently.
MAS expects to stay in the black despite Q1 loss
Malaysia Airlines gears for influx of Chinese tourists
Virgin Blue applying to start up NZ subsidiary
Chinese carriers to operate more flights to Sydney airport
Demand for jets rising in China
Bulletin Board
Bulletin Board DHL Danzas Air & Ocean Asia Pacific has named Peter Landsiedel chief executive.
Cosco to expand two China yards, look for acquisitions AS China sets its sights on being the largest shipbuilding nation in the world by 2015, Cosco Investment is keenly eyeing a piece of the pie as it plans the expansion of its two current repair and conversion yards in China, along with further acquisitions.
Asian owners reject proposed wage hike THE Asian Seafarers Employers' Group has refused to support a global wage rise for seafarers set for January, and demanded the International Transport Workers' Federation cease its boycott of flags of convenience.
Call to step up maritime security against terrorism TWENTY-one nations with Pacific Ocean ports yesterday worked on ways to boost security against militants, pirates and smugglers but some delegates warned that governments and the shipping industry still had much to do.
SuperStar Aries gets security certification STAR Cruises' liner SuperStar Aries has become the first passenger ship to comply with the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code , which will be mandatory from July 2004.
Asian shipping lines set to continue turnaround ASIAN shipping lines look set for further healthy profits until at least 2005, buoyed by a sustained climb in freight rates fuelled by China's export boom and a tight supply of ships.
Air and Land Transport
Airlines need reinvention to beat low-cost carriers NETWORK carriers have to reinvent themselves if they are to survive the coming competitive onslaught from low-cost carriers, said an AT Kearney senior transport consultant recently.
MAS expects to stay in the black despite Q1 loss
Malaysia Airlines gears for influx of Chinese tourists
Virgin Blue applying to start up NZ subsidiary
Chinese carriers to operate more flights to Sydney airport
Demand for jets rising in China
Bulletin Board
Bulletin Board DHL Danzas Air & Ocean Asia Pacific has named Peter Landsiedel chief executive.
The Baltic in Brief Many Baltic ports have been experiencing problems with fueloil availability lately. Overall though it seems the situation throughout the area is improving somewhat...Improved availability seems to have nudged prices marginally lower throughout the region despite a slightly firmer to steady trend throughout other major Northern European ports.
Uruguay market update
Iraq's northern pipeline to stay shut for longer The pipeline is the only export route from Iraq's northern oilfields, where output will remain restricted as long as this bottleneck for the flow of oil remains corked.
Korean numbers rise as holiday looms
Crude seen supported again after last week's fall Crude prices have been on a light rebound today after they had about 8% wiped off values last week. Traders will again focus on overall low oil inventories and potential supply threats.
St Petersburg: Gasoil avails improved
Rotterdam little changed this morning
TWI: Japan/Korea comes out on top again With an average fuel in Korea or Japan scoring 62 points on the TWI scale, compared to 47-48 in Singapore, Viswa Lab calculates that "if the fuel cost in Singapore is $166/ton it ought to sell in Korea for $205 to $215.
IHI Marine wins Japan's first 8,000 teu orders from K Line A JAPANESE shipyard has won the country's first order for 8,000 teu tonnage, with K Line choosing IHI Marine United rather than a Korean builder.
Owners and unions spar before pay forum ANTAGONISM between shipowner bodies and seafarer unions is mounting in the lead-up to First International Bargaining Forum in Singapore on Thursday.
Storey to join Evergreen MAURICE Storey, the high-profile former chief executive of the UK's Maritime & Coastguard Agency, is to join Evergreen Group, writes Janet Porter.
Submarine collision report criticises captain and crew AN ILL-trained submarine crew, a master absent from the conning tower, and the distracting presence on-board of a squadron commodore all contributed to last November's near-disastrous collision between a US nuclear-powered submarine and a liquefied natural gas tanker near the Strait of Gibraltar, writes John McLaughlin in New York.
Carriers mull options as containership charter rates soar to new records Carriers are looking to buy second-hand ships or order new tonnage to avoid being locked in at record rates for increasingly long fixtures.
New strike threat in Vancouver talks International Longshore and Warehouse Union foremen at Canadian port renounce no-strike pledge during contract negotiations.
Storey new chairman at Hatsu Marine Former chief executive of British Coast Guard to lead Evergreen subsidiary.
U.S. group tipped to buy Hays logistics unit
ABX Air lands USA Jet contract
Journal of Commerce sponsors Short Sea Shipping Conference
Shipping Federation joins the fray as CN Rail counter operational criticisms The Shipping Federation of Canada (SFC) has added its complaints about container retrieval delays at Canadian National's (CN) Brampton Terminal.
K Line forecasting prompts mega-ship order Japanese carrier K Line's positive forecasts for the period up to 2007 has led the company to announce a new order for nine container vessels totalling 59,500TEU today.
Union throws Vancouver waterfront talks into confusion
Sasco Shipping taps oil cargo for Russian far east
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