Aussie maritime unions seen to change radically AUSTRALIAN shipowners anticipate that changing social attitudes in their country will spurn a radically evolved industrial climate whereby unions and business form partnerships and abandon old fashioned adversarial styles.
Exclude lines from bidding for terminal project: India shippers MONOPOLY concerns have intensified the bidding battle for the 9 billion rupee third container terminal project at India's Jawaharlal Nehru Port as shippers mount a campaign against the participation of shipping lines.
Precious forecasts 30% rise in revenue THAILAND's largest shipping company, Precious Shipping, expects core revenue this year to jump at least 30 per cent as freight rates rise on higher demand.
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Emirates expects 50% profit growth in H2 DUBAI's Emirates airline said it expects earnings to grow more than 50 per cent in the second half of the year on tourism to the tax-free shopping haven and the addition of long-haul routes.
Shortage of screening staff at LA may cause flight delays
China Air to sell NT$10b of convertible bonds
Korean Air expands network with Delta
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Industry slow to face up to potential attacks THE world's shipping industry has taken on board the vulnerability of its fleets to possible terrorist attack, but concrete measures to protect commercial vessels still only amount to a drop in the ocean.
Bulletin Board
Bulletin Board AP Moller - Maersk A/S has named Michael Pram Rasmussen as its new board chairman from Dec 15, with the retirement of Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller.
Aussie maritime unions seen to change radically AUSTRALIAN shipowners anticipate that changing social attitudes in their country will spurn a radically evolved industrial climate whereby unions and business form partnerships and abandon old fashioned adversarial styles.
Exclude lines from bidding for terminal project: India shippers MONOPOLY concerns have intensified the bidding battle for the 9 billion rupee third container terminal project at India's Jawaharlal Nehru Port as shippers mount a campaign against the participation of shipping lines.
Precious forecasts 30% rise in revenue THAILAND's largest shipping company, Precious Shipping, expects core revenue this year to jump at least 30 per cent as freight rates rise on higher demand.
Air and Land Transport
Emirates expects 50% profit growth in H2 DUBAI's Emirates airline said it expects earnings to grow more than 50 per cent in the second half of the year on tourism to the tax-free shopping haven and the addition of long-haul routes.
Shortage of screening staff at LA may cause flight delays
China Air to sell NT$10b of convertible bonds
Korean Air expands network with Delta
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Features
Industry slow to face up to potential attacks THE world's shipping industry has taken on board the vulnerability of its fleets to possible terrorist attack, but concrete measures to protect commercial vessels still only amount to a drop in the ocean.
Bulletin Board
Bulletin Board AP Moller - Maersk A/S has named Michael Pram Rasmussen as its new board chairman from Dec 15, with the retirement of Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller.
Aussie maritime unions seen to change radically AUSTRALIAN shipowners anticipate that changing social attitudes in their country will spurn a radically evolved industrial climate whereby unions and business form partnerships and abandon old fashioned adversarial styles.
Exclude lines from bidding for terminal project: India shippers MONOPOLY concerns have intensified the bidding battle for the 9 billion rupee third container terminal project at India's Jawaharlal Nehru Port as shippers mount a campaign against the participation of shipping lines.
Precious forecasts 30% rise in revenue THAILAND's largest shipping company, Precious Shipping, expects core revenue this year to jump at least 30 per cent as freight rates rise on higher demand.
Air and Land Transport
Emirates expects 50% profit growth in H2 DUBAI's Emirates airline said it expects earnings to grow more than 50 per cent in the second half of the year on tourism to the tax-free shopping haven and the addition of long-haul routes.
Shortage of screening staff at LA may cause flight delays
China Air to sell NT$10b of convertible bonds
Korean Air expands network with Delta
Log Book
Features
Industry slow to face up to potential attacks THE world's shipping industry has taken on board the vulnerability of its fleets to possible terrorist attack, but concrete measures to protect commercial vessels still only amount to a drop in the ocean.
Bulletin Board
Bulletin Board AP Moller - Maersk A/S has named Michael Pram Rasmussen as its new board chairman from Dec 15, with the retirement of Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller.
Aussie maritime unions seen to change radically AUSTRALIAN shipowners anticipate that changing social attitudes in their country will spurn a radically evolved industrial climate whereby unions and business form partnerships and abandon old fashioned adversarial styles.
Exclude lines from bidding for terminal project: India shippers MONOPOLY concerns have intensified the bidding battle for the 9 billion rupee third container terminal project at India's Jawaharlal Nehru Port as shippers mount a campaign against the participation of shipping lines.
Precious forecasts 30% rise in revenue THAILAND's largest shipping company, Precious Shipping, expects core revenue this year to jump at least 30 per cent as freight rates rise on higher demand.
Air and Land Transport
Emirates expects 50% profit growth in H2 DUBAI's Emirates airline said it expects earnings to grow more than 50 per cent in the second half of the year on tourism to the tax-free shopping haven and the addition of long-haul routes.
Shortage of screening staff at LA may cause flight delays
China Air to sell NT$10b of convertible bonds
Korean Air expands network with Delta
Log Book
Features
Industry slow to face up to potential attacks THE world's shipping industry has taken on board the vulnerability of its fleets to possible terrorist attack, but concrete measures to protect commercial vessels still only amount to a drop in the ocean.
Bulletin Board
Bulletin Board AP Moller - Maersk A/S has named Michael Pram Rasmussen as its new board chairman from Dec 15, with the retirement of Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller.
Gibraltar: Double-hull replacement for Wilmington on the cards? With just over three weeks to go until a court hearing should finally decide the fate of Vemaoil's single-hulled tanker Wilmington, the general consensus in the port of Gibraltar is one of an inevitable farewell to the 87,000 metric tonne (mt) capacity bunker fuel floating storage vessel.
DNVPS rebuffs criticism from smaller competitors DNV Petroleum Services (DNVPS), the global market leader in the field of marine fuels testing services, has once again hit back at criticism from some of its smaller competitors with regards to so-called 'bunker alerts'.
Bears force dip in Gibraltar demand
Baltic markets follow soft trend
Kuwait oil minister says no need for more OPEC oil Kuwait's Energy Minister said yesterday that he sees no need for OPEC to raise production at the forthcoming December 4th meeting. His comments came as the OPEC crude basket traded above the official target price band for the 11th consecutive day.
Great Belt market soft, good avails
Crude corrects lower as mild weather eases supply concerns
Rotterdam significantly softer, barges still tight
Shipowners launch their own guide for assessing flag 'respectability' AS THE International Maritime Organisation considers its Model Audit Scheme designed to promote quality flag states on a voluntary basis, shipowner organisations have launched their own guidelines on flag state performance to assist shipping companies assess the 'respectability' of the flags they are using.
IMO powers 'must be extended' The International Maritime Organisation needs new teeth to ensure that the rules it agrees are actually enforced, says the UN agency's outgoing secretary-general, writes Hugh O'Mahony.
Webb: "interesting times for UKOOA and the industry as a whole." UK OFFSHORE Operators Association will launch its new executive role early next year when Malcolm Webb joins the management team as its chief executive, writes Martyn Wingrove.
Niarchos calls for firm offers NIARCHOS interests are rushing ahead with their decision to quit shipping after 70 years, and are inviting firm offers for their fleet by midday London time tomorrow, writes David Osler.
Ships 'vulnerable to terror attacks' says Royal Navy A TERRORIST attack on shipping is regarded as a real possibility by the Royal Navy, Britain's top naval officer has warned, writes David Osler .
Veil of secrecy over Boreas A judge in the Spanish province of Galicia has thrown a cloak of secrecy over the inquiry into a major drug smuggling operation after he jailed the Ukrainian captain of the 2,000dwt Boreas last week, a spokesman at a court in Vilagarcia told Fairplay today
Wilhelmsen watches Eukor charters EUKOR'S need to time charter tonnage could play a noticeable role in Wilh. Wilhelmsen's fourth quarter interims
Norden, Torm bullish in 3Q DANISH bulk shipping companies D/S Norden and D/S Torm have both posted strong interim results for the first nine months of the year
Entente cordiale benefits UK yards UK shipyards could benefit from more work if plans for France to join the UK's '2.9Bn ($4.9Bn) aircraft carrier programme go ahead
Dense fog closes Borporus DENSE fog has brought vessel traffic through Turkey's Bosporus and Dardanelles straits to a standstill
Bidders line up for Sao Francisco MAERSK Sealand parent AP M'ller has expressed its serious interest in operating the 600,000 TEU-capacity box terminal at Sao Francisco do Sul, Brazil
Container volumes jumped in October The gains, while significant compared with October 2002, weren't enough to constitute a "peak" month.
Analyst rips air cargo security rules New directives issued by the Transportation Security Administration will do little to prevent terrorism, according to Robert Caton, an industry consultant.
DHL suspends Iraqi flights after attack A DHL plane was forced to make an emergency landing after being struck by a shoulder-fired missile.
Lloyd Triestino, CMA CGM to launch service between China, Indian subcontinent
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