Sinwa acquires 3 Australian firms AIMING to capture over a third of the Australian marine supply market within three years, Singapore-listed marine supply and logistics provider Sinwa Ltd has acquired three Australian companies.
S'pore-owned vessel held for deficiencies A ship owned by a Singapore-based company was among eight vessels detained in UK ports last month for safety violations, according to the country's Maritime and Coastguard Agency .
Israel's Zim aims to expand fleet and operations ISRAEL's largest shipping firm Zim Integrated Shipping Services aims to boost its fleet through a series of purchases and is in talks over expanding its shipping lines, company officials said.
Brazilian port closed after ship explosion
Declare dangerous goods, or risk claims
Strait Talk
Jacks of all trades could pose safety hazard ON many small, coastwise vessels with modest size, crews, the cook or the engineer is unlikely to be perturbed if told to make fast a mooring line as the vessels docks.
Sinwa acquires 3 Australian firms AIMING to capture over a third of the Australian marine supply market within three years, Singapore-listed marine supply and logistics provider Sinwa Ltd has acquired three Australian companies.
S'pore-owned vessel held for deficiencies A ship owned by a Singapore-based company was among eight vessels detained in UK ports last month for safety violations, according to the country's Maritime and Coastguard Agency .
Israel's Zim aims to expand fleet and operations ISRAEL's largest shipping firm Zim Integrated Shipping Services aims to boost its fleet through a series of purchases and is in talks over expanding its shipping lines, company officials said.
Brazilian port closed after ship explosion
Declare dangerous goods, or risk claims
Strait Talk
Jacks of all trades could pose safety hazard ON many small, coastwise vessels with modest size, crews, the cook or the engineer is unlikely to be perturbed if told to make fast a mooring line as the vessels docks.
Worldscale ups 2005 bunker price average Freight rate monitoring body sets 2005 bunker price cost average at $173 pmt, up $5.25 pmt from 2004.
Ecuador oil product export revenue jumps 107%
Two-month lows could spur Asian fuel oil demand Sharp drop in fuel oil values could revive Chinese buying interest and re-ignite flagging bunker buying interest in Singapore.
Brazil: Up to six killed in methanol tanker explosion Port operations in Brazil's main grain port of Paranagua resumed today as search continues for missing crew members on Chilean-registered tanker.
Fujairah bear market sustained by post-holiday cargo falls
Hong Kong bearish despite tight avails Bunker prices in Hong Kong continued to soften today despite ongoing lack of product in the port, while Taiwanese distillates prices remained static for the time being.
FTS-Hofftrans close to completing barge newbuild programme Last in a series of large double-hull newbuild bunker barges to be operational in ARA range by end of November.
Rotterdam/Antwerp trade market in line this morning
Four feared dead as explosions rip tanker in two at Paranagua TWO seafarers and two inspectors were missing, feared dead, yesterday after a double explosion ripped through an Ultragas-owned tanker in the Brazilian port of Paranagua on Monday.
Fortress bid falls as Stelmar votes to back Stelios STELMAR'S shareholders yesterday rejected the $40 per share cash offer for the company from investment firm Fortress, triggering a new phase in the bitter struggle over the fate of the tanker company.
Mangouras home for Christmas - but back by Easter? APOSTOLOS Mangouras (left), master of the Prestige, will soon be heading home, albeit temporarily, writes Brian Reyes in Gibraltar.
Russia told to clean up act on transport of oil THE European Union's incoming energy commissioner has warned Russia to clean up its act in the field of maritime safety if it wants closer ties with the world's largest trading bloc.
Election key to UK naval yards link-up BRITAIN'S naval construction industry is expected to have a blueprint for its future by Christmas, with south coast shipbuilder VT yesterday indicating that an overhaul is likely to take place before the general election next spring.
Number's up for Euclidian unit A MEDIUM-sized operation run by Euclidian Underwriting at Lloyd's has been placed into run-off, as the market completes its rigorous review of business plans for 2005, writes James Brewer.
Stelmar seeks new buyer STELMAR Shipping is in the market for a new suitor after yesterday's lopsided 'no' vote by shareholders to the Fortress sale. Minutes after chairman Nick Hartley officially acknowledged the resounding defeat of Fortress' offer, independent board members solicited a meeting with company founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou, the man who personally engineered their defeat
PSA eyeing HK facilities SINGAPORE container terminal operator PSA International is said to have made an "aggressive bid" for a part stake in Hong Kong's Asia Container Terminals
Bomb hoax shuts Melbourne A bomb hoax forced P&O's West Swanson Dock container terminal in Melbourne to be shut for four hours today
Sinwa acquires Australian firms SINGAPORE marine supply company Sinwa Limited seeks to make its first foray into Australia with the acquisition of three Australian companies
Crushing defeat 'unprecedented' THE crushing defeat of the Stelmar board on Tuesday is being dubbed an "unprecedented" event in corporate shipping history
Stelmar decisively beaten THE Stelmar board will decisively lose its bid to win approval of the Fortress sale
FedEx challenges DOT Company plans to contest Department of Transportation order that demands repayment of $29 million in post-Sept. 11 aid to express unit.
Box maker to double output China's Singamas to build new factories, expand current facilities.
Barshefsky to speak at JoC China Trade & Logistics Conference
POP ties cargo to Antwerp as Cosco Pacific takes Deurganckdok share P&O Ports (POP) signed a deal with Cosco Pacific today giving the Chinese company a 25% stake in Antwerp's Deurganckdok with the Asian's shipping division committing cargo to the terminal.
CSCL mulls RTW withdrawal China Shipping Container Line (CSCL) is considering withdrawing from the Round-The-World Westbound (RTW) service it started earlier this year in partnership with Gold Star Line (GSL) and Norasia.
Hanjin's freight index slips again
Kodak set to sign deal with Kerry Logistics in Waigaoqiao
Canadian railways expand network co-operation
Grounding hits Bass Strait service
Monitor says congestion erodes Australian productivity successes
First 12,000TEU ships will be ordered within two years say GL
Aker Yards dismiss RCCL advice Aker Yard has dismissed outright the advice from Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines (RCCL) to build cruise ships in the Far ...
New Norwegian Coast Guard vessels approved The Norwegian Coast Guard will have five modern vessels built by private contractors and charter them in long term. Owners ...
Port of Helsingør sold The state owned port of Helsingør will be handed over to the municipal of Helsingør as from the end of ...
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