Alarm over surge in kidnap-ransom cases A sharp rise in kidnap and ransom cases in the northern Malacca Straits off Sumatra has prompted fresh warnings to the shipping community from the Kuala Lumpur-based Piracy Reporting Centre.
PetroChina to expand S'pore oil storage: traders CHINA's largest oil and gas firm PetroChina plans to rent more oil storage space in Singapore to boost its trading portfolio, traders said yesterday.
Myanmar begins survey work on deep-sea port SURVEY work has started on a deep-sea port project at Mawlamyine in Myanmar's southern Mon state, a local news journal reported on Monday.
Philippine move to intensify anti-smuggling ops at ports PHILIPPINE anti-smuggling czar Angelo Reyes yesterday ordered his National Anti-Smuggling Task Force to intensify operations against big-time smugglers operating at the Manila
Air and Land Transport
Boeing wins US Navy job to replace sub chasers THE US Navy on Monday awarded a US$3.89 billion contract to Boeing Co to replace a fleet of submarine-hunting airplanes from Lockheed Martin Corp - one of the Pentagon's biggest military contracts of the year.
Schiphol makes 400m-500m euro bid for Belgium airport
Secret test reveals security loopholes at French airports
S African firm in talks to bid for Indian airports
Disabled fliers lose case for better access
Passenger count at Frankfurt up 12% in May
Strait Talk
Mitropoulos charts a new course for IMO THE International Maritime Organisation is a UN agency and it does the bidding of its member states.
Port Shots
Good governance award for RCL REGIONAL Container Lines Public Co Ltd is one of the 85 companies to achieve good corporate governance, according to a Corporate Governance Baslining study done in Bangkok.
Alarm over surge in kidnap-ransom cases A sharp rise in kidnap and ransom cases in the northern Malacca Straits off Sumatra has prompted fresh warnings to the shipping community from the Kuala Lumpur-based Piracy Reporting Centre.
PetroChina to expand S'pore oil storage: traders CHINA's largest oil and gas firm PetroChina plans to rent more oil storage space in Singapore to boost its trading portfolio, traders said yesterday.
Myanmar begins survey work on deep-sea port SURVEY work has started on a deep-sea port project at Mawlamyine in Myanmar's southern Mon state, a local news journal reported on Monday.
Philippine move to intensify anti-smuggling ops at ports PHILIPPINE anti-smuggling czar Angelo Reyes yesterday ordered his National Anti-Smuggling Task Force to intensify operations against big-time smugglers operating at the Manila
Air and Land Transport
Boeing wins US Navy job to replace sub chasers THE US Navy on Monday awarded a US$3.89 billion contract to Boeing Co to replace a fleet of submarine-hunting airplanes from Lockheed Martin Corp - one of the Pentagon's biggest military contracts of the year.
Schiphol makes 400m-500m euro bid for Belgium airport
Secret test reveals security loopholes at French airports
S African firm in talks to bid for Indian airports
Disabled fliers lose case for better access
Passenger count at Frankfurt up 12% in May
Strait Talk
Mitropoulos charts a new course for IMO THE International Maritime Organisation is a UN agency and it does the bidding of its member states.
Port Shots
Good governance award for RCL REGIONAL Container Lines Public Co Ltd is one of the 85 companies to achieve good corporate governance, according to a Corporate Governance Baslining study done in Bangkok.
Alarm over surge in kidnap-ransom cases A sharp rise in kidnap and ransom cases in the northern Malacca Straits off Sumatra has prompted fresh warnings to the shipping community from the Kuala Lumpur-based Piracy Reporting Centre.
PetroChina to expand S'pore oil storage: traders CHINA's largest oil and gas firm PetroChina plans to rent more oil storage space in Singapore to boost its trading portfolio, traders said yesterday.
Myanmar begins survey work on deep-sea port SURVEY work has started on a deep-sea port project at Mawlamyine in Myanmar's southern Mon state, a local news journal reported on Monday.
Philippine move to intensify anti-smuggling ops at ports PHILIPPINE anti-smuggling czar Angelo Reyes yesterday ordered his National Anti-Smuggling Task Force to intensify operations against big-time smugglers operating at the Manila
Air and Land Transport
Boeing wins US Navy job to replace sub chasers THE US Navy on Monday awarded a US$3.89 billion contract to Boeing Co to replace a fleet of submarine-hunting airplanes from Lockheed Martin Corp - one of the Pentagon's biggest military contracts of the year.
Schiphol makes 400m-500m euro bid for Belgium airport
Secret test reveals security loopholes at French airports
S African firm in talks to bid for Indian airports
Disabled fliers lose case for better access
Passenger count at Frankfurt up 12% in May
Strait Talk
Mitropoulos charts a new course for IMO THE International Maritime Organisation is a UN agency and it does the bidding of its member states.
Port Shots
Good governance award for RCL REGIONAL Container Lines Public Co Ltd is one of the 85 companies to achieve good corporate governance, according to a Corporate Governance Baslining study done in Bangkok.
Alarm over surge in kidnap-ransom cases A sharp rise in kidnap and ransom cases in the northern Malacca Straits off Sumatra has prompted fresh warnings to the shipping community from the Kuala Lumpur-based Piracy Reporting Centre.
PetroChina to expand S'pore oil storage: traders CHINA's largest oil and gas firm PetroChina plans to rent more oil storage space in Singapore to boost its trading portfolio, traders said yesterday.
Myanmar begins survey work on deep-sea port SURVEY work has started on a deep-sea port project at Mawlamyine in Myanmar's southern Mon state, a local news journal reported on Monday.
Philippine move to intensify anti-smuggling ops at ports PHILIPPINE anti-smuggling czar Angelo Reyes yesterday ordered his National Anti-Smuggling Task Force to intensify operations against big-time smugglers operating at the Manila
Air and Land Transport
Boeing wins US Navy job to replace sub chasers THE US Navy on Monday awarded a US$3.89 billion contract to Boeing Co to replace a fleet of submarine-hunting airplanes from Lockheed Martin Corp - one of the Pentagon's biggest military contracts of the year.
Schiphol makes 400m-500m euro bid for Belgium airport
Secret test reveals security loopholes at French airports
S African firm in talks to bid for Indian airports
Disabled fliers lose case for better access
Passenger count at Frankfurt up 12% in May
Strait Talk
Mitropoulos charts a new course for IMO THE International Maritime Organisation is a UN agency and it does the bidding of its member states.
Port Shots
Good governance award for RCL REGIONAL Container Lines Public Co Ltd is one of the 85 companies to achieve good corporate governance, according to a Corporate Governance Baslining study done in Bangkok.
Trader steps up to Singapore accreditation scheme requirements Bunkering companies in Singapore have until 2005 to comply with the vigorous quality standards set out by the MPA.
Greek ferry owners opt to defy government ticket cap High bunker prices force ferry operators to ignore government warnings that they are in breach of law and raise prices.
Heavy commitment pushes earliest Fujairah dates back Falling cargoes and rebounding crude saw heavy buying interest in the bunkering hub.
Bearish Hong Kong market dries up Suppliers await resupply as current product has been soaked up by strong demand, while Taiwanese prices have proved less attractive.
Start-up company unveils ambitious terminal plans Newly-established Egyptian-based Mashreq Petroleum Company (MPC) to build 150,000 m' bunkering terminal in Port Said.
Rotterdam sharply weaker with crude and keen selling
Singapore: Trading company named in Tuas fuel storage rumours The market is currently awash with news about various new storage facilities that will boost the oil-hub's storage capacity. Latest reports name interested party in Tuas facilities.
Barge out in Novorossiysk
PetroChina seals Singapore storage deal Growing fuel oil and gasoline exports to China trigger 20,000 m' of additional storage.
Analysts forcast new trading range: OPEC sees continued strength OPEC president, Purnomo Yusgiantoro has said he sees further strength in oil markets, while analysts predict a new trading range for US light crude.
French appeal court quashes Erika charges COURT rules that Malta Maritime Authority and its executive director, Lino Vassalo benefit from state immunity.
Jakarta rejects Pertamina sale to Frontline PERTAMINA'S tanker sale to Frontline has been thrown into confusion. The Indonesian parliament is expected to tell Pertamina to scrap plans to sell two VLCC newbuildings to Frontline, but the state oil and gas company says it is up to the company to decide.
XL promotes Sprott and Talbot as it prepares expansion plans XL LONDON Market, a key leader in marine hull and war risk insurance, has announced two key promotions to chart its way forward, with expansion on the cards in the next two to three years.
EU breaks with Marpol and votes to criminalise accidental sea pollution EUROPEAN Union transport ministers have broken with the global consensus on sea pollution by opening the door to the criminalisation of seafarers following an accident.
Aveva will use Tribon buy to hit new peaks in ship assembly AVEVA Group, the UK-based lifecycle engineering IT group, said yesterday that it plans to deliver a new process engineering solution to squeeze the last drops of efficiency out of ship assembly.
Ferry Greeks defy Kefaloyannis GREEK ferry operators threw down the gauntlet to shipping minister Manolis Kefaloyannis yesterday when they decided to raise ticket prices at will, despite the minister's warning that such an action contravenes the law and would entail penal and administrative punishment
Caspian oil exports to increase THE Caspian Pipeline Consortium has started preparations to expand the export capacity of both the pipeline and tanker terminal
Four Seasons goes residential FINNISH builder Kv'rner Masa-Yards, part of the Norwegian Aker Yards group, has signed a conditional contract to build a 42,500gt 'residence' ship
Nenaco claimants act ANOTHER creditor bank of Philippine operator Nenaco has filed an opposition in court to the rehabilitation of the debt-ridden domestic shipping firm
Pakistan reduces shipbreaking taxes PAKISTAN'S shipbreaking industry has received substantial tax relief in the country's annual budget for 2004-2005, unveiled on 12 June
MSC increases Euro feeder services MEDITERRANEAN Shipping Co has launched a new feeder service connecting Antwerp, Liverpool, Le Havre, Bremerhaven and Hamburg
Bonner wants more 'smart' containers Despite increased inspections, Customs chief calls for greater focus on securing container itself.
More delays seen for ACE system Customs' next-generation system for processing imports will take longer to complete than planned due to need for more funding, inclusion of anti-terrorism features.
CMA CGM deploying 8,200-TEU ships in trans-Pacific
House panel approves corporate tax bill
China Shipping increases retail IPO shares
U.S. trade gap widens
Exel bid for Tibbet & Britten: Report
WTO Chief pessimistic on trade talks
Field joins The Journal of Commerce as trade editor
Asian alliance switches Atlantic tonnage to more lucrative trades Coscon, Hanjin, K Line and Yang Ming, the CHKY Alliance, will reduce the capacity on their TA-1 service switching three 3,500TEU ships from this market to the more profitable Pacific trade.
Hanjin reduces debt burden with new bond issue
Busan expects to make an additional US$15million net profit
Three European owners place orders the same Chinese builder
KMY in conditional luxury residence ship order Aker Yard's subsidiary Kvaerner-Masa Yards has received a conditional order for a 42,500-GT cruise vessel, featuring about 100 ...
"Vladimir" connected to the "Astrida" sinking Chief marine accident investigator Stanislav Cakss at the Latvian Maritime Administration has inspected the Cyprus-flagged vessel "Vladimir" in Baltimore ...
New head of Bimco appointed BIMCO, Baltic and International Maritime Council, based in K'benhavn, has appointed Carsten Melchiors (50) as it coming head of organisation ...
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