Rickmers sets new course with liner-style service AFTER nearly 165 years in the conventional cargo business, Rickmers-Linie has charted a new course for the sector as the breakbulk and project specialist operates its new nine-vessel US$270 million fleet on a fixed schedule, liner-style round-the-world service.
Pelepas port's throughput up 37% in first half EVERGREEN Marine Corp's shift from Singapore to Malaysia's Port of Tanjung Pelepas has helped boost the Johor port's throughput 37 per cent in the first half of this year.
Typhoon wreaks $86m damage at Busan port BUSAN Port, South Korea's busiest, has losses amounting to 57.6 billion won after about 20 per cent of its cranes were damaged by the strongest typhoon to hit the country in a century.
UK still mulling passage of US 'ghost fleet' BRITISH maritime authorities said last Wednesday they had still not approved the passage into UK waters of a fleet of 13 polluted US ships destined to be scrapped in Britain.
Air and Land Transport
Decision on KLM-Air France deal likely this week DUTCH airline KLM faces a crucial week as it strives to seal a partnership with Air France and membership of the SkyTeam alliance of airlines that should ultimately create the world's top grouping.
HK airport passenger traffic continues rebound
FedEx adds more flights through HK
Vietnam Air to fly direct to Fukuoka
FAA urged to rethink modernisation scheme
First commercial air service
Features
Congestion looms as US airports cut spending EDWARD Manfreda shifts in his vinyl seat as he awaits a flight to Miami from New York's John F Kennedy International Airport.
Bulletin Board
Bulletin Board THE recently retired chief executive of the UK Maritime & Coastguard Agency , Maurice Storey, has been appointed chairman of Evergreen Group's UK affiliate Hatsu Marine from December 1.
Rickmers sets new course with liner-style service AFTER nearly 165 years in the conventional cargo business, Rickmers-Linie has charted a new course for the sector as the breakbulk and project specialist operates its new nine-vessel US$270 million fleet on a fixed schedule, liner-style round-the-world service.
Pelepas port's throughput up 37% in first half EVERGREEN Marine Corp's shift from Singapore to Malaysia's Port of Tanjung Pelepas has helped boost the Johor port's throughput 37 per cent in the first half of this year.
Typhoon wreaks $86m damage at Busan port BUSAN Port, South Korea's busiest, has losses amounting to 57.6 billion won after about 20 per cent of its cranes were damaged by the strongest typhoon to hit the country in a century.
UK still mulling passage of US 'ghost fleet' BRITISH maritime authorities said last Wednesday they had still not approved the passage into UK waters of a fleet of 13 polluted US ships destined to be scrapped in Britain.
Air and Land Transport
Decision on KLM-Air France deal likely this week DUTCH airline KLM faces a crucial week as it strives to seal a partnership with Air France and membership of the SkyTeam alliance of airlines that should ultimately create the world's top grouping.
HK airport passenger traffic continues rebound
FedEx adds more flights through HK
Vietnam Air to fly direct to Fukuoka
FAA urged to rethink modernisation scheme
First commercial air service
Features
Congestion looms as US airports cut spending EDWARD Manfreda shifts in his vinyl seat as he awaits a flight to Miami from New York's John F Kennedy International Airport.
Bulletin Board
Bulletin Board THE recently retired chief executive of the UK Maritime & Coastguard Agency , Maurice Storey, has been appointed chairman of Evergreen Group's UK affiliate Hatsu Marine from December 1.
Rickmers sets new course with liner-style service AFTER nearly 165 years in the conventional cargo business, Rickmers-Linie has charted a new course for the sector as the breakbulk and project specialist operates its new nine-vessel US$270 million fleet on a fixed schedule, liner-style round-the-world service.
Pelepas port's throughput up 37% in first half EVERGREEN Marine Corp's shift from Singapore to Malaysia's Port of Tanjung Pelepas has helped boost the Johor port's throughput 37 per cent in the first half of this year.
Typhoon wreaks $86m damage at Busan port BUSAN Port, South Korea's busiest, has losses amounting to 57.6 billion won after about 20 per cent of its cranes were damaged by the strongest typhoon to hit the country in a century.
UK still mulling passage of US 'ghost fleet' BRITISH maritime authorities said last Wednesday they had still not approved the passage into UK waters of a fleet of 13 polluted US ships destined to be scrapped in Britain.
Air and Land Transport
Decision on KLM-Air France deal likely this week DUTCH airline KLM faces a crucial week as it strives to seal a partnership with Air France and membership of the SkyTeam alliance of airlines that should ultimately create the world's top grouping.
HK airport passenger traffic continues rebound
FedEx adds more flights through HK
Vietnam Air to fly direct to Fukuoka
FAA urged to rethink modernisation scheme
First commercial air service
Features
Congestion looms as US airports cut spending EDWARD Manfreda shifts in his vinyl seat as he awaits a flight to Miami from New York's John F Kennedy International Airport.
Bulletin Board
Bulletin Board THE recently retired chief executive of the UK Maritime & Coastguard Agency , Maurice Storey, has been appointed chairman of Evergreen Group's UK affiliate Hatsu Marine from December 1.
Rickmers sets new course with liner-style service AFTER nearly 165 years in the conventional cargo business, Rickmers-Linie has charted a new course for the sector as the breakbulk and project specialist operates its new nine-vessel US$270 million fleet on a fixed schedule, liner-style round-the-world service.
Pelepas port's throughput up 37% in first half EVERGREEN Marine Corp's shift from Singapore to Malaysia's Port of Tanjung Pelepas has helped boost the Johor port's throughput 37 per cent in the first half of this year.
Typhoon wreaks $86m damage at Busan port BUSAN Port, South Korea's busiest, has losses amounting to 57.6 billion won after about 20 per cent of its cranes were damaged by the strongest typhoon to hit the country in a century.
UK still mulling passage of US 'ghost fleet' BRITISH maritime authorities said last Wednesday they had still not approved the passage into UK waters of a fleet of 13 polluted US ships destined to be scrapped in Britain.
Air and Land Transport
Decision on KLM-Air France deal likely this week DUTCH airline KLM faces a crucial week as it strives to seal a partnership with Air France and membership of the SkyTeam alliance of airlines that should ultimately create the world's top grouping.
HK airport passenger traffic continues rebound
FedEx adds more flights through HK
Vietnam Air to fly direct to Fukuoka
FAA urged to rethink modernisation scheme
First commercial air service
Features
Congestion looms as US airports cut spending EDWARD Manfreda shifts in his vinyl seat as he awaits a flight to Miami from New York's John F Kennedy International Airport.
Bulletin Board
Bulletin Board THE recently retired chief executive of the UK Maritime & Coastguard Agency , Maurice Storey, has been appointed chairman of Evergreen Group's UK affiliate Hatsu Marine from December 1.
Bearish Baltic sees avails improve gradually Supply in the area as a whole seems to be improving although a few problems still linger.
Technical support is a must says Lintec In the event of off-spec fuel it is vital for fuel testing companies to provide their customers with the proper levels of technical support.
IPE announces introduction of parallel trading for Brent
Tallinn: Avails improved but storm threatens supply While avails are improved, weather conditions are threatening supply operations this week.
OPEC's crude basket near mid-range after 2-week fall With OPEC's crude basket now near the middle of its target range, the oil market may think twice abut sending prices much lower, or else OPEC could surprise the market by deciding on a pre-mature cut in production.
Crude little changed near 4-month low At present, the market is optimistic that there will be sufficient time for the US to rebuild stocks of heating oil in time for peak winter demand.
St Petersburg defies regional bearish trend
Californian Bunker Tax: Unanimous vote for SB 808 Senate Bill 808 (SB 808), which seeks to reinstate Bunker Sales Tax exemption in California, achieved unanimous support during votes at the end of last week, clearing the way for SB 808 to be presented to the Californian Governor's office very shortly.
Pusan picks up pieces of typhoon carnage South Koreans spent yesterday sifting through the wreckage caused by Typhoon Maemi, the worst winds to hit the country on record and one that clobbered the shipping industry hardest of all.
Bilateral trade deals to leave poorer countries 'in limbo' THE dramatic collapse of the World Trade Organisation talks in Cancun following a walk-out by developing country delegates looks certain to have a major impact on world trade.
Owners await news of newbuildings wrecked by winds A rash of damaged near-completed vessels greeted South Korea's shipbuilders on their first day back to work after the Lunar Full Moon Festival yesterday, writes Sam Chambers and Brian Reyes.
Atlas to file for bankruptcy The parent of Atlas Air and Polar Air Cargo plans to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in December.
NOL: Freight rates up 26% Neptune Orient Lines said average freight rates in August rose 26 percent year-on-year and 2.8 from the previous month.
Busan port ravaged by typhoon Emergency repairs have begun at South Korea's main Port of Busan, where 11 container cranes were flattened by the worst typhoon to hit the peninsula in a century.
Montreal shippers fear Xmas fallout from Brampton dispute Hundreds of Montreal importers have been plunged into shipping limbo due to the prolonged Toronto intermodal dispute that has sharply reduced traffic flows and created a huge cargo backlog.
Eight cranes smashed as typhoon devastates Busan Extensive crane damage, reported in Busan on Friday, as Typhoon Maemi swept through the region could mean a 12% fall in handling capacity, say local sources.
Sealand Express is freed after a month trapped on a Cape Town beach Stricken container vessel Sealand Express was finally dislodged from the sandbank on a beach outside Cape Town harbour which had kept it captive for several weeks.
Maritime and shipper associations lobby ministers as intermodal protest intensifies
Rates surpass year 2000 highs say NOL
Howland Hook gets green light for port development plan
Uniport can join the mega-shiphandling club says Vervat
PONL Logistics partnership in Turkey formalised, widening gateway
Bayonne, NJ, calls for 'expressions of interest' in former miliary site
Dongnama Shipping Co improves service to Vostochny
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