Sesdaq-bound Swissco sees good times ahead MARINE logistics company Swissco International Ltd expects the offshore oil and gas exploration activity to enjoy strong growth for the next five years as the global thirst for energy continues to grow.
China needs to open up crew labour market: top ship manager IF China is determined to be a major seafarer supplier, it must quickly deregulate its crew market or shipowners and managers will look elsewhere for their crewing needs, according to a senior Hong Kong-based ship manager.
Jurong Shipyard wins US$84m German deal SEMBCORP Marine subsidiary Jurong Shipyard has clinched a US$84 million contract to build two 2,600-TEU container ships for German shipowner Reederei F Laeisz .
Chilean market growth buoyant but slowing Chile's leading bunker supplier, Copec Marine Fuels, reports 10% market growth for 2004 - down from 2003.
Major supplier puzzled by media reports on Gabon Media reports this week that Total Marine Fuels has expanded bunkering services in Gabon desribed as misrepresentative.
Crude slides as inventory gain overshadows Bush win Bullish effect of Bush win wiped out by jump in US crude inventory.
DOE reports jump in US crude stocks
Piraeus bunker market ends bearish run
IFO380 supply resumed at Jeddah
South Korean supply still tight, but improving Suppliers expect product stocks to improve for larger quantities shortly, but moderate volumes can be arranged at short notice.
Singapore: Titan expands team
More fuel oil removed from the BBC China
US Coastguard makes second intervention on oil spill law US Coastguard intervenes for the second time since September on the controversial Massachusetts oil spill law.
Shipping lines raise bunker adjustment factor again Shipping lines raise bunker adjustment factor again citing ongoing high bunker prices.
Shipping has high hopes as Bush wins new term and more power AS US presidential challenger John Kerry admitted defeat yesterday, the question on the lips of both allies and antagonists, at home and abroad, was just what kind of a president George W Bush will prove to be in his second term.
Brussels seeks industry's views on conference system replacement THE European Commission wants to know if the conference system should be replaced by some other form of co-operation between liner shipping companies.
Australian shippers give backing to Part X THE Australian Peak Shippers Association has warned the Productivity Commission that opposing Part X of the Trade Practices Act "risks abandoning a system that works, for the unknown", Lloyd's List DCN in Australia reports.
GMS volunteers '68m after sale offer is rejected GLOBAL Marine Systems is set to emerge from administration, after a creditors' meeting yesterday backed in principle a voluntary agreement that will see it take a hit for £68m.
Star Cruises confirms talks TRADING of Star Cruises stock was temporarily suspended on news that the Asian cruise giant is in talks with a potential partner
Bunker price rise hits Aboitiz PHILIPPINE domestic shipping operator Aboitiz Transport System Corp has reported a significant drop in net profit for the first nine months
Caucedo settles in THE newest arrival on the Caribbean transhipment scene, Caucedo in the Dominican Republic, is now firmly entrenched as a regional hub
Mersey Docks flying high THE share price of Mersey Docks & Harbour Co hit a record high of 820p yesterday, up 11p on the day due in part to Peel Holdings increasing its stake
Filipino owners hoping for change PHILIPPINE Department of Transportation secretary Leandro Mendoza has favourably endorsed the request of Filipino shipowners for a change in government contracts
Indian shipping profits soar INDIAN shipping companies have recorded unusually high net profits during the 3Q04 due to enhanced tonnage, buoyant freight markets and lower taxes post-tonnage tax
Unions build case against Ports Package 2 European dockers' unions are building momentum to fight the draft Ports Package 2, as tabled by outgoing European transport commissioner Loyola De Palacio.
Wal-Mart's expansion benefits China's intermodal transport Wal-Mart has said it will open 15 new stores in China by the end of next year, after celebrating the grand opening of its 40th store in Wuhan this week.
Smaller ships prompt further HRCI increases as larger vessel supply dries up
EC asks for more guidance on anti-trust abolition
AP Moller lines cut partners MSC loose in Safari service
Korean Government to further promote Busan and Gwangyang
Norwegian flag for "Esvagt Connector" Esvagt A/S in Esbjerg has changed flag on one of its ships to meet a demand from a Norwegian ...
Sharp increase of Swedish petroleum exports Loading of petroleum products for export increased in Swedish ports by 24 per cent to 3.7 million tons in the ...
NAT acquires suezmax tanker Nordic American Tanker Shipping (NAT) acquires the 149,591 DWT M.T. "Wilma Yangtze" from Anders Wilhelmsen for USD 66.0 million with ...
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