Lines hit by US congestion to charge levy A continuing strong peak season and ongoing congestion at the key US West Coast ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have resulted in additional surcharges being slapped on the trade.
Salim raising funds to bail out Philippine unit INDONESIA's Salim Group is raising fresh funds to bail out listed shipping subsidiary Negros Navigation Co , the Philippines' second largest inter-island passenger and cargo line, from its financial woes.
Pirate boat capsizes after colliding with tug SIX armed, masked pirates capsized their speedboat while attempting to board a tug that was underway at the southern end of Indonesia's Riau Islands recently.
Turkey jams could stoke oil prices
Okay aims to be China's first private airliner to take to skies
Curoil suffers as Valero steps-up competition Re-emergence of Aruba as competitive bunkering port since Valero's acquisition in February has contributed to sales halving for Cura'ao's state-owned oil company, Curoil.
Bosphorus congestion affects Black Sea exports/ Istanbul bunkers Congestion building in the Straits is leading to increasing delays for tankers from the Black Sea to the Mediterranean.
Rotterdam holding firm this morning
Salalah: New facility will prevent supply interruptions Supplier says that the new land-based ex-pipe facility in Salalah will prevent future supply suspensions as storage vessels return from dry-dock.
Egypt: EGPC seeking up to 284,000 mt of bunker fuel
Lines are 'fizzing with anger' over surcharges RELATIONS between container lines and their customers have plunged to new lows, with surcharges driving a huge wedge between the two sides, a shipper representative claimed this week.
Willis plots $10.5bn takeover of bigger rival Aon RAPIDLY expanding broking group Willis is understood to be mulling a $10.5bn-plus takeover bid for its bigger rival Aon. If a deal takes the form of a merger, it would value the new set-up at around $16bn.
No review on MCA death rate failing THE Maritime and Coastguard Agency's apparent failure to stop the rising death rate off the UK coast will not be subjected to an independent review, the government confirmed this
Ghost ships await court ruling ARGUMENTS began in US District Court in Washington on 15 October over the fate of nine "ghost" ships originally bound for England
Cruise ships offered discounts TASMANIAN ports are offering a 10 per cent discount on tonnage charges for cruise ships if more than one port is visited
Dalrymple plans may be hit PLANS to increase capacity at Australia's Dalrymple coal terminal may be stalled due to a recommendation to reduce port charges
IMO to clean up shipbreaking THE International Maritime Organization today announced plans for a mandatory ship-breaking regime
Kingston containers backing up GROWING container backlogs in Kingston, Jamaica are being blamed on the new X-ray security system
SEPI edges towards Izar solution SPANISH unions have welcomed the government's new plan to restructure shipbulider Izar, but warned that strike action could continue at individual work centres
LA congestion drives VSA revamp Members of the ANZ-WCNA vessel sharing agreement have been forced into a significant schedule re-organisation in an effort to mitigate the ongoing impact of Los Angeles congestion.
Investigators search for Tacoma oil spill culprit
Carriers blast Melbourne over new charge on empties
PONL's Euromax fears stalls Grand Alliance Ceres deal
Lines counter-attack to burst 'fizzing' shippers' bubbles
Johor Port to undergo significant changes
Canadian public service strikers head back to work
Stena newbuildings to North Sea service The two ro-paxes ordered by Stena RoRo at Fosen Mek. Verksteder will replace "Stena Seatrader" and "Stena Searider" on ...
New ferry too large for the berths The new ferry for the Danish domestic service from Stigsnæs to Omø in the Great Belt has been sent back ...
Fredriksen continues to buy Nedlloyd shares John Fredriksen, through his investment company Hemen Holding, continues to buy shares in P & O Royal Nedlloyd, and may be ...
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