MPA call to meet security deadline SINGAPORE's compliance rate with tough new maritime security legislation is 'encouraging' but local shipowners, managers, shipyards and ports still need to work to meet looming deadlines which won't be extended, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore has warned.
Box volume at S'pore port up 15% in Jan THE port of Singapore saw container throughput jump 15 per cent and overall cargo tonnage climb 3.6 per cent in January, signalling another strong growth year ahead.
Nedlloyd cuts size of planned rights issue DUTCH shipping group Royal Nedlloyd said yesterday it would reduce the number of shares in a planned rights issue that will help it fund a buyout of British partner P&O from a joint venture.
APM summit to focus on trade, technology and security THE Asia Pacific Maritime Summit 2004, opening in Singapore on March 24, will have as its theme, A New Era for Global Maritime Trade.
Forum to throw light on China A NEW highlight to the APM event this year is the introduction of China as a 'Partner Country'.
Freight rates expected to soar as Asian shippers ride China boom THE surge in freight rates is billowing into the coffers of shipping companies, which are finding themselves with too few ships to handle China's huge exports and insatiable appetite for raw materials.
Air and Land Transport
EADS swings to profit, raises 2004 target EADS, Europe's largest aerospace company, swung to a larger-than-expected net profit in 2003, as a strong fourth quarter at its Airbus plane-making unit and a drop in charges offset losses in its space division, it said yesterday.
Following Southwest's path
SIA to fly thrice weekly to Nanjing from March 28
PAL drops loss estimate, sees 2005 profit
Asia's travel bookings up 10% in Jan: Abacus
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Bulletin Board
Bulletin Board DHL has appointed Anne Benbow as its Asia Pacific regional human resources director, to be based in Singapore.
MPA call to meet security deadline SINGAPORE's compliance rate with tough new maritime security legislation is 'encouraging' but local shipowners, managers, shipyards and ports still need to work to meet looming deadlines which won't be extended, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore has warned.
Box volume at S'pore port up 15% in Jan THE port of Singapore saw container throughput jump 15 per cent and overall cargo tonnage climb 3.6 per cent in January, signalling another strong growth year ahead.
Nedlloyd cuts size of planned rights issue DUTCH shipping group Royal Nedlloyd said yesterday it would reduce the number of shares in a planned rights issue that will help it fund a buyout of British partner P&O from a joint venture.
APM summit to focus on trade, technology and security THE Asia Pacific Maritime Summit 2004, opening in Singapore on March 24, will have as its theme, A New Era for Global Maritime Trade.
Forum to throw light on China A NEW highlight to the APM event this year is the introduction of China as a 'Partner Country'.
Freight rates expected to soar as Asian shippers ride China boom THE surge in freight rates is billowing into the coffers of shipping companies, which are finding themselves with too few ships to handle China's huge exports and insatiable appetite for raw materials.
Air and Land Transport
EADS swings to profit, raises 2004 target EADS, Europe's largest aerospace company, swung to a larger-than-expected net profit in 2003, as a strong fourth quarter at its Airbus plane-making unit and a drop in charges offset losses in its space division, it said yesterday.
Following Southwest's path
SIA to fly thrice weekly to Nanjing from March 28
PAL drops loss estimate, sees 2005 profit
Asia's travel bookings up 10% in Jan: Abacus
LOG Book
Bulletin Board
Bulletin Board DHL has appointed Anne Benbow as its Asia Pacific regional human resources director, to be based in Singapore.
MPA call to meet security deadline SINGAPORE's compliance rate with tough new maritime security legislation is 'encouraging' but local shipowners, managers, shipyards and ports still need to work to meet looming deadlines which won't be extended, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore has warned.
Box volume at S'pore port up 15% in Jan THE port of Singapore saw container throughput jump 15 per cent and overall cargo tonnage climb 3.6 per cent in January, signalling another strong growth year ahead.
Nedlloyd cuts size of planned rights issue DUTCH shipping group Royal Nedlloyd said yesterday it would reduce the number of shares in a planned rights issue that will help it fund a buyout of British partner P&O from a joint venture.
APM summit to focus on trade, technology and security THE Asia Pacific Maritime Summit 2004, opening in Singapore on March 24, will have as its theme, A New Era for Global Maritime Trade.
Forum to throw light on China A NEW highlight to the APM event this year is the introduction of China as a 'Partner Country'.
Freight rates expected to soar as Asian shippers ride China boom THE surge in freight rates is billowing into the coffers of shipping companies, which are finding themselves with too few ships to handle China's huge exports and insatiable appetite for raw materials.
Air and Land Transport
EADS swings to profit, raises 2004 target EADS, Europe's largest aerospace company, swung to a larger-than-expected net profit in 2003, as a strong fourth quarter at its Airbus plane-making unit and a drop in charges offset losses in its space division, it said yesterday.
Following Southwest's path
SIA to fly thrice weekly to Nanjing from March 28
PAL drops loss estimate, sees 2005 profit
Asia's travel bookings up 10% in Jan: Abacus
LOG Book
Bulletin Board
Bulletin Board DHL has appointed Anne Benbow as its Asia Pacific regional human resources director, to be based in Singapore.
Vopak profits down as business is realligned Netherlands-based logistics and terminalling group Vopak blames a weak US and Singapore dollar for profit slide
Busy Gibraltar sees earliest dates pushed back
Vopak-Horizon announces Egyptian joint venture Fujairah-based terminal company confirms deal to build an Egyptian government-backed giant liquid bulk terminal in Sokhna Port, south of Suez
Turkey: Personnel moves
Kochi refiners eager to exploit bunkering potential A feasibility study into the construction of a bunkering terminal in the south-eastern Indian port of Kochi is expected to provide positive results
Aker Kvaerner and Statoil swap chiefs NORWEGIAN industrial heavyweights Aker Kvaerner and Statoil yesterday exchanged chief executives as the two companies look to leave behind their respective recent troubles.
Flag state failings put spotlight on ISPS Code enforcement SOME flag states could not even name which ships are on their register, the International Maritime Organization has privately conceded - just months before the latest round of US-backed global security measures are due to come into force.
Nedlloyd cuts share issue to P&O Nedlloyd is reducing the number of shares it is issuing to acquire the outstanding 50% of P&O Nedlloyd in a move that reflects the recent strength of the Dutch company's share price, writes Tony Gray .
Navios starts FFA trading in Piraeus NAVIOS Corp, the US-based dry bulk and logistics group, has switched its main freight derivatives trading location to Piraeus in a move that will call attention to a gradual upsurge of interest in the paper market among Greek shipowners.
Sad end to Festival dream FESTIVAL Cruises' three largest and most modern vessels are to be sold at auction after its failure to reach a solution over the re-financing with the banks
Prices rise on Venezuela fears OIL futures and prices are continuing to rise in trading today because of the growing unrest in Venezuela
Am Steamship eyes Oglebay Norton REPORTS in Detroit, Michigan say GATX Corp's Great Lakes operator American Steamship Co is planning to buy the fleet of bankrupt Oglebay Norton
Rates higher as boxships scarce THE continuing shortage of containerships above 2,500 TEU capacity is causing yet more increases in rates in the boxship charter market
Kersten Hunik declared bankrupt DUTCH ship agent Kersten Hunik has been declared bankrupt; the Belgian branch is not affected and continues trading
Superferry: more bodies found THREE more bodies from the Superferry 14 were retrieved today with seven bodies recovered over the weekend, bringing the number of confirmed dead to 27
Freight rates to rise in 2004: Analysts Box capacity on all global trade lanes, especially the trans-Pacific, will remain very tight in the coming years.
New boxship buying spree No letup as carriers, charter shipowners follow record year with new contracts.
Canadian National breaks off talks with striking workers
Canadian rail dispute heats up, with accusations of 'scabs' Canadian National Railway's (CN) three-week-old strike has heated up, with riot-police called to enforce access to an intermodal yard, while a union official accused CN of importing US 'scabs'.
Rebel shareholder group threatens Eurotunnel intermodal strategy A management challenge by a group of rebel Eurotunnel shareholders could impact on the development of Continental intermodal transport into the UK.
Brazil ports reel from strikes' blows
Australian unions seek bans on manual twistlocks
Westwood Shipping to launch Gunsan/US container service
Kombiverkehr and Oekombi compose third Mozart service
Smedvig rigg damaged by supply ship Smedvig drilling rig "West Venture" was damaged after a collision with the Farstad Shipping supply vessel "Far Symphony" early Sunday ...
Spar Shipping buys three panamax bulkers Bergen-baser owners Spar Shipping has bought three panamax dry bulk vessels. According to Norwegian brokers the vessels are the ...
Stenersen orders another product tanker Rederiet Stenersen in Bergen has ordered another 16,400 DWT product tanker from the Jiangnan yard in China at a reported ...
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