PSA finalises Hibiki terminal concessions PSA Corporation has finalised the terminal concessions of its shareholding in Japan's controversial Hibiki Container Terminal , 14 months after the deal was thrown into disarray when the Singapore port giant relinquished its majority stake.
Regional rivals catching up, so sharpen IT edge, MPA tells SMEs INTENSIFYING overseas competition means Singapore's maritime industry must 'redouble efforts' to advance information technology , the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore has said.
Ferry, ship collide off Sweden MORE than 100 people were evacuated from a ferry early yesterday after it collided with a freighter and risked sinking off the southwestern Swedish coast, maritime officials said.
Air and Land Transport
Southwest to undercut rivals in Philadelphia SOUTHWEST Airlines, in a shot across the bow of financially ailing US Airways, will offer fares as low as US$29 each way when it begins flying into Philadelphia on May 9.
Debt investors wait for airlines to take off
SAS promises cost cuts to revive profits
China Aviation's Q1 jet fuel imports hit new high
United seeks 3rd extension on revamp plan
Brazil's Varig, TAM put merger plans on hold
Features
Regional jets soar high FREQUENT traveller Jerry Grasso calls them 'flying minivans' because they are small and seem to be everywhere these days.
PSA finalises Hibiki terminal concessions PSA Corporation has finalised the terminal concessions of its shareholding in Japan's controversial Hibiki Container Terminal , 14 months after the deal was thrown into disarray when the Singapore port giant relinquished its majority stake.
Regional rivals catching up, so sharpen IT edge, MPA tells SMEs INTENSIFYING overseas competition means Singapore's maritime industry must 'redouble efforts' to advance information technology , the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore has said.
Ferry, ship collide off Sweden MORE than 100 people were evacuated from a ferry early yesterday after it collided with a freighter and risked sinking off the southwestern Swedish coast, maritime officials said.
Air and Land Transport
Southwest to undercut rivals in Philadelphia SOUTHWEST Airlines, in a shot across the bow of financially ailing US Airways, will offer fares as low as US$29 each way when it begins flying into Philadelphia on May 9.
Debt investors wait for airlines to take off
SAS promises cost cuts to revive profits
China Aviation's Q1 jet fuel imports hit new high
United seeks 3rd extension on revamp plan
Brazil's Varig, TAM put merger plans on hold
Features
Regional jets soar high FREQUENT traveller Jerry Grasso calls them 'flying minivans' because they are small and seem to be everywhere these days.
PSA finalises Hibiki terminal concessions PSA Corporation has finalised the terminal concessions of its shareholding in Japan's controversial Hibiki Container Terminal , 14 months after the deal was thrown into disarray when the Singapore port giant relinquished its majority stake.
Regional rivals catching up, so sharpen IT edge, MPA tells SMEs INTENSIFYING overseas competition means Singapore's maritime industry must 'redouble efforts' to advance information technology , the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore has said.
Ferry, ship collide off Sweden MORE than 100 people were evacuated from a ferry early yesterday after it collided with a freighter and risked sinking off the southwestern Swedish coast, maritime officials said.
Air and Land Transport
Southwest to undercut rivals in Philadelphia SOUTHWEST Airlines, in a shot across the bow of financially ailing US Airways, will offer fares as low as US$29 each way when it begins flying into Philadelphia on May 9.
Debt investors wait for airlines to take off
SAS promises cost cuts to revive profits
China Aviation's Q1 jet fuel imports hit new high
United seeks 3rd extension on revamp plan
Brazil's Varig, TAM put merger plans on hold
Features
Regional jets soar high FREQUENT traveller Jerry Grasso calls them 'flying minivans' because they are small and seem to be everywhere these days.
Egypt: Heavy demand in Suez leaves Port Said short The port of Suez continues to witness heavy demand, so much so that avails in Port Said are now tightening. Local sources have said that the Egyptian General Petroleum Company (E.G.P.C.) have taken the decision not to resupply Port Said by pipeline, instead keeping the product in Suez.
Gibraltar distillates feel the cold
Bridge Oil and KPI announce global alliance Two of the world's oldest marine fuel brokering and trading companies have announced an alliance aimed at providing global market coverage.
KPI President Robert Atkinson told Bunkerworld today: "We share a common desire."
Deltaven employees not leaving after all Miriange Pinto and David Suarez, who were reported to have been made redundant from Deltaven S.A. , effective February 13 and February 12 respectively, announced late Friday that they were "back to business and stronger than ever."
Colombo: East-West restructures bunker operation The Colombo-based bunker supplier East-West Bunker Services Ltd. (East West) plans to replace its 37,000 dead weight tonne (dwt) tanker Bunker 2 with a smaller vessel of about 10,000 dwt. Bunker 2, which has been used as a floating storage unit anchored off port limits (OPL) Colombo, has already been withdrawn, leaving East-West temporarily out of the Sri Lanka bunker market.
Antwerp confident of top spot as it bags PSA deal WITH PSA International investing more than €300m ($566.8m) to develop a new box terminal in Antwerp, the port authority believes it has assured its future as one of Europe's top container ports.
India division created as part of management redeployment IN ITS latest management reshuffle, PSA has appointed a new executive committee chairman of Hesse Noord Natie and created a separate India division, writes Marcus Hand in Singapore.
Blacklisted tanker hits demolition sale record TWO chemical tankers, one of which appears on the European Union's blacklist of vessels that could be banned from the region, have been reported sold for demolition at the record rate of $434 per ldt.
Halliwell to succeed Miles in CP Ships top jobs reshuffle FRANK Halliwell is to succeed Ray Miles as chief executive of CP Ships, one of the most high-profile positions in container shipping.
Forth Ports talks tall storeys UK-based Forth Ports is talking with a developer in Manchester about construction of a 47-storey hotel/residential block that would be Scotland's tallest building, if approval is given
Halliwell to take over at CP Ships RAY Miles is to bring his 15 years as CP Ships' chief executive to an end as part of wide-ranging management changes at the UK-based container ship operator
Mayor pleads for Chantiers support THE mayor of St Nazaire has pleaded for the French government to intervene on behalf of shipbuilder Chantiers de l'Atlantique
US ferry funding to triple US government funding for the construction of ferries and ferry terminals will triple, from $38M to $120M a year, as a result of a Senate amendment passed last week
Vessel breaking up off Madagascar THE 8,900dwt general cargo vessel Sprinta is reported to have run aground off the coast of Madagascar and has begun breaking up
Unfilled capacity burdens Bidcorp BIDCORP, the UK-based shipping, port and property subsidiary of South African conglomerate Bidvest, has issued 'disappointing' six-month figures
CMA CGM may pull out of JNPT bidding, but remains bullish about India CMA CGM's consortium is now considered unlikely to pursue its Nhava Sheva terminal bid, but remains bullish about India, seeking other terminal investments, and entering the agency business.
Users to pay for Melbourne channel-deepening
Big-bang rise for LA January figures, but empty containers increase
S.Korean intra-Asia operators expand services
Indian ports to reduce vessel-related tariff to compete with Colombo
CP Ships reshuffles management but keeps multi-branding strategy
Ennshafen forges ahead with container terminal plans
CN ceo sees big container future for Prince Rupert
"Stena Nautica" still sinking alongside The situation for "Stena Nautica" is still serious. The vessel has suffered two holes in the starboard quarter and four ...
B&N vessels becomes Coast Guard vessels? In December, the Swedish Government received from the Coast Guard a study and a proposal to acquire three large multipurpose ...
Former "Scandinavian Star" sold for breaking up in India Florida-based International Shipping Partners Inc has sold their ro-pax-vessel "Regal Voyager" for breaking up in India. This ...
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
phone: +39.010.2462122, fax: +39.010.2516768, e-mail
VAT number: 03532950106
Press Reg.: nr 33/96 Genoa Court
Editor in chief: Bruno Bellio No part may be reproduced without the express permission of the publisher
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
