Hong Kong container ports' throughput up 10.9% in H1 BOOSTED by soaring transhipment volumes, Hong Kong's container port throughput was up 10.9 per cent in the first half of 2003, outstripping Singapore's H1 box growth rate of 5.8 per cent.
Taiwan to join US container security plan TAIWAN expects to join the controversial US Customs Container Security Initiative by year's end as ground-breaking bilateral negotiations progress, Taipei media has reported.
Bulk carriers face intense scrutiny BULK carriers face a 'concentrated inspection campaign' in Singapore and other Asia Pacific ports participating in the Tokyo MOU on Port State Control until the end of November.
P&O's H1 loss narrows to 9m PENINSULAR & Oriental Steam Navigation Co, the largest UK sea-freight company, said its first-half loss narrowed after it charged more for transporting cargo at a shipping joint venture and expanded its port business.
Part of WTC ruins to be used to build US Navy ship AROUND 24 tons of steel plucked from the ruins of the World Trade Center after a terrorist attack two years ago will be used to build a US Navy ship called the USS New York, officials said earlier this week.
Costly wrangling A Pakistani boat sails near the half-submergedGreek-registered oil tanker the MV Tasman Spirit off the coast of Karachi.
Getting ready CUNARD Line's Queen Mary 2 going through the final stages of completion at the Alstom Chantiers Shipyard.
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AirAsia to sell tickets through SingPost outlets AIRASIA Sdn, a Malaysian no-frills airline, will sell tickets through Singapore Post Ltd's post offices as part of its plan to lure Singaporean travellers with low air fares by the end of the year.
Beijing unveils plans for third int'l terminal
HK Airport raises US$350m from bond sale
Italy to resume medical checks at airports
Vietnam Airlines to restart flights to Guangzhou
6 hurt in Manila airport mishap
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Ship owner of grounded Tasman Pioneer allowed to limit liability THE sub-time charterer of Tasman Pioneer, which grounded in the Inland Sea of Japan in 2001 leading to claims of over NZ$21 million , has been allowed by the New Zealand High Court in Auckland to limit its liability to NZ$7 million.
Hong Kong container ports' throughput up 10.9% in H1 BOOSTED by soaring transhipment volumes, Hong Kong's container port throughput was up 10.9 per cent in the first half of 2003, outstripping Singapore's H1 box growth rate of 5.8 per cent.
Taiwan to join US container security plan TAIWAN expects to join the controversial US Customs Container Security Initiative by year's end as ground-breaking bilateral negotiations progress, Taipei media has reported.
Bulk carriers face intense scrutiny BULK carriers face a 'concentrated inspection campaign' in Singapore and other Asia Pacific ports participating in the Tokyo MOU on Port State Control until the end of November.
P&O's H1 loss narrows to 9m PENINSULAR & Oriental Steam Navigation Co, the largest UK sea-freight company, said its first-half loss narrowed after it charged more for transporting cargo at a shipping joint venture and expanded its port business.
Part of WTC ruins to be used to build US Navy ship AROUND 24 tons of steel plucked from the ruins of the World Trade Center after a terrorist attack two years ago will be used to build a US Navy ship called the USS New York, officials said earlier this week.
Costly wrangling A Pakistani boat sails near the half-submergedGreek-registered oil tanker the MV Tasman Spirit off the coast of Karachi.
Getting ready CUNARD Line's Queen Mary 2 going through the final stages of completion at the Alstom Chantiers Shipyard.
Air and Land Transport
AirAsia to sell tickets through SingPost outlets AIRASIA Sdn, a Malaysian no-frills airline, will sell tickets through Singapore Post Ltd's post offices as part of its plan to lure Singaporean travellers with low air fares by the end of the year.
Beijing unveils plans for third int'l terminal
HK Airport raises US$350m from bond sale
Italy to resume medical checks at airports
Vietnam Airlines to restart flights to Guangzhou
6 hurt in Manila airport mishap
Admiralty Casebook
Ship owner of grounded Tasman Pioneer allowed to limit liability THE sub-time charterer of Tasman Pioneer, which grounded in the Inland Sea of Japan in 2001 leading to claims of over NZ$21 million , has been allowed by the New Zealand High Court in Auckland to limit its liability to NZ$7 million.
Hong Kong container ports' throughput up 10.9% in H1 BOOSTED by soaring transhipment volumes, Hong Kong's container port throughput was up 10.9 per cent in the first half of 2003, outstripping Singapore's H1 box growth rate of 5.8 per cent.
Taiwan to join US container security plan TAIWAN expects to join the controversial US Customs Container Security Initiative by year's end as ground-breaking bilateral negotiations progress, Taipei media has reported.
Bulk carriers face intense scrutiny BULK carriers face a 'concentrated inspection campaign' in Singapore and other Asia Pacific ports participating in the Tokyo MOU on Port State Control until the end of November.
P&O's H1 loss narrows to 9m PENINSULAR & Oriental Steam Navigation Co, the largest UK sea-freight company, said its first-half loss narrowed after it charged more for transporting cargo at a shipping joint venture and expanded its port business.
Part of WTC ruins to be used to build US Navy ship AROUND 24 tons of steel plucked from the ruins of the World Trade Center after a terrorist attack two years ago will be used to build a US Navy ship called the USS New York, officials said earlier this week.
Costly wrangling A Pakistani boat sails near the half-submergedGreek-registered oil tanker the MV Tasman Spirit off the coast of Karachi.
Getting ready CUNARD Line's Queen Mary 2 going through the final stages of completion at the Alstom Chantiers Shipyard.
Air and Land Transport
AirAsia to sell tickets through SingPost outlets AIRASIA Sdn, a Malaysian no-frills airline, will sell tickets through Singapore Post Ltd's post offices as part of its plan to lure Singaporean travellers with low air fares by the end of the year.
Beijing unveils plans for third int'l terminal
HK Airport raises US$350m from bond sale
Italy to resume medical checks at airports
Vietnam Airlines to restart flights to Guangzhou
6 hurt in Manila airport mishap
Admiralty Casebook
Ship owner of grounded Tasman Pioneer allowed to limit liability THE sub-time charterer of Tasman Pioneer, which grounded in the Inland Sea of Japan in 2001 leading to claims of over NZ$21 million , has been allowed by the New Zealand High Court in Auckland to limit its liability to NZ$7 million.
New supplier active in New York A spokesman for ConocoPhillips confirmed to Bunkerworld today that the company has begun selling and supplying marine fuels in the port of New York this week.
Saudi Arabia signals no change in oil output
ARA markets largely flat this week
August OPEC production up as Iraq tops 1 million bpd OPEC output on the whole is up due to a rise in Iraqi production, but the 10 members producing under quota agreements actually reduced output last month, a Platts survey said. Based on a rise in output from Iraq and a lower projection for demand for OPEC's oil, it seems unlikely that OPEC will raise quotas at its September meeting.
Latvia: New Riga bunkering terminal begins operations Vexoil Bunkering Ltd. informed us today that the company is now operational at its new-built terminal in the port of Riga, Latvia.
Typhoon Maemi fails to deter Japanese enquires Competitve numbers are serving to increase demand levels in Japan today, despite adverse weather conditions in the southern islands of the country.
Singapore on rising curve as cargoes fail to appear The big volume of arbitrage fuel oil cargoes that were expected into Singapore this month have as yet not materialised, leading to an erosion on the oversupply situation Singapore had during August.
Rotterdam market slightly firmer
Italian indication increase ignites buyers' interest
US security scare over TV network's uranium cargo THE US Department of Homeland Security is facing mounting criticism over lax maritime security standards after the television network ABC successfully sent 15 lbs of depleted uranium in a container through the port of Los Angeles.
Teekay buys into Skaugen PetroTrans TEEKAY Shipping, one of the world's largest tanker groups, is continuing to broaden its range of services by buying a 50% interest in Skaugen PetroTrans, the US lightering business of the Norwegian company IM Skaugen.
Takeover talk about TUI puts the spotlight on Hapag-Lloyd SPECULATION on the future of Hapag-Lloyd has resurfaced in Germany with talk that the country's largest liner shipping company could be spun off.
Nine ships to be ordered in KOTC modernisation drive KUWAIT Oil Tanker Company, a subsidiary of the Kuwait Petroleum group, will shortly float a global tender for the construction of nine ships consisting of two very large crude carriers, three product tankers, two liquefied petroleum gas carriers and two bunker barges.
P&O's £90m ferry kitty P&O is raising this year's investment in ferries to around £90m ($144m) by purchasing two vessels which are now chartered to the group under lease arrangements.
TSA settle NVO discrimination case Trans-Pacific ocean carriers will pay the Federal Maritime Commission $1.35 million to settle a year-long investigation into alleged discrimination against non-vessel-operating common carriers.
DHL ordered to hand over documents A U.S. judge has ordered DHL Worldwide Express, the U.S. arm of DHL Express, to produce documents requested by FedEx Corp. and United Parcel Service in the investigation into the ownership of the former DHL Airways.
Customs could charge ABC in uranium stunt
CSX chief Ward adds rail duties
Tung family sells 5.6% of OOIL
Lufthansa hikes rates for temperature-sensitive goods
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