S'pore backs Straits cost sharing idea WHILE Singapore supports the concept of international cooperation in maintaining the Malacca and Singapore Straits, the creation of a funding mechanism still faces numerous obstacles.
Prestige crisis sparks pledge for better spill compensation THE devastation caused by the sinking of the tanker Prestige off Spain a year ago has sparked a major re-think on compensation for oil spill victims, and the money available has increased more than five times.
S'pore calls for strong anti-piracy action AGAINST the alarming backdrop of increasing and more violent pirate attacks in regional waters, Singapore has called for continuing 'strong action' by littoral states along with international cooperation in fighting the scourge.
Air and Land Transport
Budget carriers here to stay: Sita LOW cost airlines in Asia could easily replicate the enormous success of Europe's Ryan Air and easyJet, the US' Southwest Airlines, according to the head of Sita SC, the world's biggest air transport information and telecommunications group.
Inflight use of handphone for SMS may be allowed
Thai Airways likely to post record full-year profits
UK pilots want ID cards, not armed sky marshals
Newbuilds
Will there be a European building boom? BUILDING slots for large vessels for delivery before 2006 are becoming almost as rare as hen's teeth.
S'pore backs Straits cost sharing idea WHILE Singapore supports the concept of international cooperation in maintaining the Malacca and Singapore Straits, the creation of a funding mechanism still faces numerous obstacles.
Prestige crisis sparks pledge for better spill compensation THE devastation caused by the sinking of the tanker Prestige off Spain a year ago has sparked a major re-think on compensation for oil spill victims, and the money available has increased more than five times.
S'pore calls for strong anti-piracy action AGAINST the alarming backdrop of increasing and more violent pirate attacks in regional waters, Singapore has called for continuing 'strong action' by littoral states along with international cooperation in fighting the scourge.
Air and Land Transport
Budget carriers here to stay: Sita LOW cost airlines in Asia could easily replicate the enormous success of Europe's Ryan Air and easyJet, the US' Southwest Airlines, according to the head of Sita SC, the world's biggest air transport information and telecommunications group.
Inflight use of handphone for SMS may be allowed
Thai Airways likely to post record full-year profits
UK pilots want ID cards, not armed sky marshals
Newbuilds
Will there be a European building boom? BUILDING slots for large vessels for delivery before 2006 are becoming almost as rare as hen's teeth.
S'pore backs Straits cost sharing idea WHILE Singapore supports the concept of international cooperation in maintaining the Malacca and Singapore Straits, the creation of a funding mechanism still faces numerous obstacles.
Prestige crisis sparks pledge for better spill compensation THE devastation caused by the sinking of the tanker Prestige off Spain a year ago has sparked a major re-think on compensation for oil spill victims, and the money available has increased more than five times.
S'pore calls for strong anti-piracy action AGAINST the alarming backdrop of increasing and more violent pirate attacks in regional waters, Singapore has called for continuing 'strong action' by littoral states along with international cooperation in fighting the scourge.
Air and Land Transport
Budget carriers here to stay: Sita LOW cost airlines in Asia could easily replicate the enormous success of Europe's Ryan Air and easyJet, the US' Southwest Airlines, according to the head of Sita SC, the world's biggest air transport information and telecommunications group.
Inflight use of handphone for SMS may be allowed
Thai Airways likely to post record full-year profits
UK pilots want ID cards, not armed sky marshals
Newbuilds
Will there be a European building boom? BUILDING slots for large vessels for delivery before 2006 are becoming almost as rare as hen's teeth.
New supplier active in Point Noire, Congo Puma International Bunkering has begun a new operation as physical suppliers of marine fuels to vessels calling Point Noire, Congo. The company currently supplies MGO ex-pipe from a storage terminal in the port, but also plans to offer off-shore supply of bunkers in the future.
Exports rather than off-specs constricting Korean bunkers One player said that he has been dealing in Korea for 20 years without seeing any off-spec cargoes from domestic refineries. The majority of product produced in Korea is straight run and of generally very high quality.
First 'ghost ship' arrives on Teesside Ghost ship Caloosahatchee finally arrived on Teesside yesterday, after a 4,500 mile tow across the Atlantic that took almost a month.
Frontline to raise $1.5bn in loan and bond deal JOHN Fredriksen's Frontline is homing in on a $1.5bn refinancing package in support of its plan to split the company in two, separating asset ownership from chartering activities.
Fresh Prestige corrosion claims on eve of wreck anniversary ALLEGATIONS appeared in the Spanish press yesterday that ABS was warned three months before the Prestige disaster that the tanker's structural integrity was dangerously compromised.
Transpacific US Lines link confirmed ONE of the oldest names in liner shipping will be revived within a few weeks with confirmation last night that US Lines would launch a weekly transpacific service before the end of the year, writes Janet Porter.
Ghost ship arrives to media frenzy THE first of the US Maritime Administration's 'ghost ships' arrived at Able UK's Teesside dock this afternoon. The Caloosahatchee was assisted to the berth by an ITC tug and three local Svitzer tugs
Have your say! Is IACS a closed shop? Are its conditions of entry too high? Should it be open like most shipping conferences are these days? Have your say!
PNSC targets domestic crude sector PAKISTAN'S national flag carrier, PNSC, is striving to build a five-tanker fleet to capture the domestic crude imports market.
DFDS signs third industrial deal DFDS, the Copenhagen-based ferry group, has signed a third major industrial shipment contract in seven months.
Wilhelmshaven plans move ahead THE heads of the Lower Saxony and Bremen governments in Germany have confirmed they will press ahead with plans for the deep water port at Wilhelmshaven.
Algeria absorbs CNAN debt ALGERIA is to write off two-thirds of the Dinar10Bn ($144M) debt carried by the country's largest state owned shipping company, SNTM-CNAN.
U.S. Lines eyes return to service The venerable line will be resurrected late this year in service between South China, Hong Kong and the US West Coast.
Big first-half gains for MOL Higher volumes on key east-west routes yield near four-fold jump in liner profits.
Air cargo toasts Beaujolais season Airlines add flights, capacity for annual November wine rush.
Cargo hits Lufthansa profit
Senate approves Maritime Security Program
Hong Kong urged to boost maritime insurance
Credit Suisse major NOL shareholder after share placement: Report
Rate hike for Far East-Pakistan freight
Senate approves bill to arm cargo pilots
Nine apply to run New Jersey box terminal
Georgia port cuts truck turn times
Market Transport acquires InTransit
Cargo Network Services adds Lufthansa, Exel execs to board
Ruling: carriers not responsible for losses while containers at Customs Carriers cannot be held responsible for losses while containers are in Customs' charge, the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has ruled in a case involving Hanjin Shipping.
Rickmers Reederei orders four 3,500TEU boxships
ESPO urges MEPs to vote for 'compromise' Ports Directive
US seaport grants programme distribution is politicised, say experts
Eastbound transpacific trade still going strong
Slow start at P&O Ports' Mundra terminal, lines complain
1,500-2,000TEU ships suffer from Middle Child syndrome
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