S'pore eases port security measures for vessels THE port of Singapore has eased security-related commercial vessel movement restrictions implemented around the start of the US-led war in Iraq, but has maintained tight scrutiny of pleasure craft activities.
Hutchison Whampoa owns 6.06% stake in Orient Overseas Int'l HUTCHISON Whampoa has revealed it owns a small stake in Hong Kong-listed Orient Overseas International , the parent of shipping line Orient Overseas Container Lines.
Cruise ship in Hawaii searched after threat HAWAII officials searched the cruise ship Legends of the Sea, with 1,668 passengers aboard, from stem to stern after discovering two handwritten threatening letters left in a restroom, the FBI said.
Air and Land Transport
Bankruptcy judge suspends Air Canada job cuts AIR Canada, which won protection from creditors on April 1, has been ordered to suspend 200 planned job cuts and will have until June 30 to complete its restructuring, an Ontario judge ruled.
Northwest seeks US$1b cost cuts
New CEO of American acts to salvage talks
Sabena sale starts, setting stage for Magritte auction
Log Book
Liner Scene
Sars: nasty surprise for shipping REMEMBER the old saying about the light at the end of the tunnel turning out to be a train coming the other way? Well, liner shipping executives could be excused for feeling that applies to their industry right now.
S'pore eases port security measures for vessels THE port of Singapore has eased security-related commercial vessel movement restrictions implemented around the start of the US-led war in Iraq, but has maintained tight scrutiny of pleasure craft activities.
Hutchison Whampoa owns 6.06% stake in Orient Overseas Int'l HUTCHISON Whampoa has revealed it owns a small stake in Hong Kong-listed Orient Overseas International , the parent of shipping line Orient Overseas Container Lines.
Cruise ship in Hawaii searched after threat HAWAII officials searched the cruise ship Legends of the Sea, with 1,668 passengers aboard, from stem to stern after discovering two handwritten threatening letters left in a restroom, the FBI said.
Air and Land Transport
Bankruptcy judge suspends Air Canada job cuts AIR Canada, which won protection from creditors on April 1, has been ordered to suspend 200 planned job cuts and will have until June 30 to complete its restructuring, an Ontario judge ruled.
Northwest seeks US$1b cost cuts
New CEO of American acts to salvage talks
Sabena sale starts, setting stage for Magritte auction
Log Book
Liner Scene
Sars: nasty surprise for shipping REMEMBER the old saying about the light at the end of the tunnel turning out to be a train coming the other way? Well, liner shipping executives could be excused for feeling that applies to their industry right now.
S'pore eases port security measures for vessels THE port of Singapore has eased security-related commercial vessel movement restrictions implemented around the start of the US-led war in Iraq, but has maintained tight scrutiny of pleasure craft activities.
Hutchison Whampoa owns 6.06% stake in Orient Overseas Int'l HUTCHISON Whampoa has revealed it owns a small stake in Hong Kong-listed Orient Overseas International , the parent of shipping line Orient Overseas Container Lines.
Cruise ship in Hawaii searched after threat HAWAII officials searched the cruise ship Legends of the Sea, with 1,668 passengers aboard, from stem to stern after discovering two handwritten threatening letters left in a restroom, the FBI said.
Air and Land Transport
Bankruptcy judge suspends Air Canada job cuts AIR Canada, which won protection from creditors on April 1, has been ordered to suspend 200 planned job cuts and will have until June 30 to complete its restructuring, an Ontario judge ruled.
Northwest seeks US$1b cost cuts
New CEO of American acts to salvage talks
Sabena sale starts, setting stage for Magritte auction
Log Book
Liner Scene
Sars: nasty surprise for shipping REMEMBER the old saying about the light at the end of the tunnel turning out to be a train coming the other way? Well, liner shipping executives could be excused for feeling that applies to their industry right now.
More ferry services for NYC New York City is set to get more ferry services as part of a bold new plan for the revitalization of Lower Manhattan.
Increased security on the rivers A new Inland Rivers Vessel Movement Center (IRVMC) in St. Louis, is playing an important part in increasing security on the river system.
Bergesen orders gas carriers Two from Daewoo at $41.4 million each
Legend cleared to sail Security sweep after threatening letters found
Greenpeace awaits waste ruling A CHEMICAL tanker abandoned in the Danish port of 'arhus for the past two years could be about to set another precedent in the debate on whether to view ships as hazardous waste prior to scrapping, writes Brian Reyes in Gibraltar.
Owner forecasts lift the profit gloom TWO of the world's top shipowner groups have adjusted their profits forecasts on the back of stronger container and tanker markets in the early weeks of this year.
Statoil set to sell off UK fields NORWEGIAN oil company Statoil is seeking to optimise its international portfolio with asset sales, which could include producing fields in the UK North Sea.
Exmar pool in $200m LPG splash FIVE gas carriers costing more than $200m are being ordered from South Korea by three owners in the Exmar-managed pool for medium-sized vessels.
Trans-Pacific carriers will share voluntary rate guidelines with shippers In an unusual move, trans-Pacific carriers have agreed to share with the nation's largest shipper organization documentation calling for rate increases of as much as 50 percent for imports from Asia this year.
Express powers TPG earnings The Dutch company overcame difficult economic conditions in all its businesses with first quarter net income rising 2.8 percent to $161.7 million.
Costs drive Hamburg Sud service out of Buenos Aires Hamburg Sud is pulling its Alianca Navegacao e Logistica East Coast South America coastal service out of Buenos Aires because of 'exorbitant port and transit costs', ci-online can reveal.
Chinese, Korean carriers carve up Inchon/China routes The Yellow Sea Liners Committee has announced that a framework for deploying boxships between Inchon and China, formerly the preserve of ferries, was finally agreed at a meeting today.
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