Pakistan allows crew of Greek ship to go home THE crew of a Greek tanker that broke up near Karachi last July is to be allowed to return home until a verdict in their trial over Pakistan's worst ever oil spill, a minister said yesterday.
Prudent capacity deployment to boost rates urged WITH supply and demand beginning to equalise on the intra-Asia trade, the Asian Shipowners' Forum has strongly urged container shipping lines on the trade to be realistic in deploying capacity in a bid to get freight rates moving.
M'sia offers navy escorts for high-risk ships MALAYSIAN Navy personnel will escort commercial ships travelling through its waters if the risk of a pirate or terrorist attack on them is deemed high.
Slowing economy beginning to dent imports: Auckland Ports NEW Zealand's largest port company Ports of Auckland Ltd said there were signs a slowing economy was denting imports as it unveiled a deal to sell two marinas to the government for NZ$54 million .
Temasek keen on Lumut ports operator TEMASEK Holdings Ltd, Singapore's investment company, may be eyeing more than a slice of the banking sector in Malaysia.
Air and Land Transport
KLM raises forecast due to fuller planes, cost cuts DUTCH carrier KLM, set to be taken over by Air France, expects to be easily profitable in the financial year 2003/2004, thanks to fuller planes and cost cuts.
New Vietnam flights to boost load by 25%: Air France
American Air to pay millions to pilots' union
Rail screening must be nimble: Amtrak chief
Qatar plane makes forced landing in Cairo
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Getting the contract right as important as winning the work THE small cruise ship Neptune 2, formerly the Renaissance 2, should soon be on its way to Singapore where it is expected to lay up for three months.
Pakistan allows crew of Greek ship to go home THE crew of a Greek tanker that broke up near Karachi last July is to be allowed to return home until a verdict in their trial over Pakistan's worst ever oil spill, a minister said yesterday.
Prudent capacity deployment to boost rates urged WITH supply and demand beginning to equalise on the intra-Asia trade, the Asian Shipowners' Forum has strongly urged container shipping lines on the trade to be realistic in deploying capacity in a bid to get freight rates moving.
M'sia offers navy escorts for high-risk ships MALAYSIAN Navy personnel will escort commercial ships travelling through its waters if the risk of a pirate or terrorist attack on them is deemed high.
Slowing economy beginning to dent imports: Auckland Ports NEW Zealand's largest port company Ports of Auckland Ltd said there were signs a slowing economy was denting imports as it unveiled a deal to sell two marinas to the government for NZ$54 million .
Temasek keen on Lumut ports operator TEMASEK Holdings Ltd, Singapore's investment company, may be eyeing more than a slice of the banking sector in Malaysia.
Air and Land Transport
KLM raises forecast due to fuller planes, cost cuts DUTCH carrier KLM, set to be taken over by Air France, expects to be easily profitable in the financial year 2003/2004, thanks to fuller planes and cost cuts.
New Vietnam flights to boost load by 25%: Air France
American Air to pay millions to pilots' union
Rail screening must be nimble: Amtrak chief
Qatar plane makes forced landing in Cairo
Log Book
Dockyard
Getting the contract right as important as winning the work THE small cruise ship Neptune 2, formerly the Renaissance 2, should soon be on its way to Singapore where it is expected to lay up for three months.
Pakistan allows crew of Greek ship to go home THE crew of a Greek tanker that broke up near Karachi last July is to be allowed to return home until a verdict in their trial over Pakistan's worst ever oil spill, a minister said yesterday.
Prudent capacity deployment to boost rates urged WITH supply and demand beginning to equalise on the intra-Asia trade, the Asian Shipowners' Forum has strongly urged container shipping lines on the trade to be realistic in deploying capacity in a bid to get freight rates moving.
M'sia offers navy escorts for high-risk ships MALAYSIAN Navy personnel will escort commercial ships travelling through its waters if the risk of a pirate or terrorist attack on them is deemed high.
Slowing economy beginning to dent imports: Auckland Ports NEW Zealand's largest port company Ports of Auckland Ltd said there were signs a slowing economy was denting imports as it unveiled a deal to sell two marinas to the government for NZ$54 million .
Temasek keen on Lumut ports operator TEMASEK Holdings Ltd, Singapore's investment company, may be eyeing more than a slice of the banking sector in Malaysia.
Air and Land Transport
KLM raises forecast due to fuller planes, cost cuts DUTCH carrier KLM, set to be taken over by Air France, expects to be easily profitable in the financial year 2003/2004, thanks to fuller planes and cost cuts.
New Vietnam flights to boost load by 25%: Air France
American Air to pay millions to pilots' union
Rail screening must be nimble: Amtrak chief
Qatar plane makes forced landing in Cairo
Log Book
Dockyard
Getting the contract right as important as winning the work THE small cruise ship Neptune 2, formerly the Renaissance 2, should soon be on its way to Singapore where it is expected to lay up for three months.
Uruguay: Bunkering resumes but suppliers still cautious Bunker supply has resumed in Uruguay after the country suffered a drought in the marine fuels market for over a month.
Bunker barge risk factor overlooked in ISPS Many shipping companies and ports not geared towards ISPS, industry voice adds.
Major supplier mulling staff cuts Global bunker fuel supplier and marketer admits reduction in staff being mooted as part of reorganisation.
New push for alternative bunker separation standard Swedish product development company Alfa Laval claims new '5 micron standard' offers a more cost effective method to test extraction of catalytic fines from bunker fuel.
Hong Kong moderately firmer, surprise Taiwan distillate move Avails looking lean before the next resupply in Hong Kong.
Green pledges new dawn for P&O Nedlloyd ROYAL P&O Nedlloyd chief executive Philip Green promised shareholders an improvement in the shipping line's financial performance as the company began trading independently on Friday.
Tracking firm sights box squeeze CONTAINER tracking company IAS says analysis of container 'event data' during the first quarter 2004 confirms fears of a looming box shortage.
LNG carriers in demand as Hyundai Heavy trumps rivals to scoop NYK trio TWO significant liquefied natural gas carrier deals indicate that, despite soaring steel prices, South Korean yards retain an insatiable appetite for the high-value ship type.
MyTravel sells cruiseships to Louis Group MyTravel Group, the former Airtours, has announced it is quitting all cruiseship operations, with the Louis Group of Cyprus poised to take over at least three of its four cruiseships.
Festival threatens to sue REPORTS conflict, but the auction of Festival Cruises' European Vision in Barbados may have gone forward and a new owner of the ship may be announced this afternoon
BC tug strike hits Vancouver A STRIKE by tug and barge operatives across British Columbia starting today will seriously affect West Coast Canada traffic and business at Vancouver
Court to decide 'Karachi Eight' fate THE lawyer representing the 'Karachi Eight' has dismissed reports that charges against seven members have been dropped, saying the court wil decide tomorrow
US raps union's empty-box fears ITF assertions that empty containers coming into the US are exempt from search are unfounded, US customs officials say
Nenaco receiver remains confident NEGROS Navigation Co has been assured by its receiver that it has enough assets to cover its liabilities
P&O Nedlloyd deal completed FROM today P&O Nedlloyd becomes 'Royal' with its listing as Royal P&O Nedlloyd NV being quoted on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange
Empty containers a security loophole, warn unions US unions are pushing the government to have empty as well as loaded containers inspected as part of port security measures, saying that this is a dangerous security loophole.
June launch for new consortium's Asia-Australia service The first public move has been made in the latest shake-up of partnerships in the North & East Asia/Australia trades with Evergreen announcing its new service.
Maersk mulling details of new Asia-Europe service, as capacity mounts
Port of Vancouver sees 15% fall in intermodal backlog from high of over 9,000TEU
Hanjin to hold overseas investor roadshows
Rate rises and tight cost control benefit Fesco
Three California port pollution bills pass first hurdle
Russian Railways courts 'customer-king'
RPONL launches on Euronext, setting course for 'independent status'
Marinvest takes four product tankers from Croatia Göteborg-based Marinvest has on behalf of an international consortia ordered four ice-strenghtened LR1 product tankers from Brodosplit in ...
Bribery charged aquitted Two former Rolls-Royce employees charged for bribery of a Rederi AB Gotland employee has been aquitted by the Svea ...
A.P. Møller-Mærsk turns 100 years today Today one of the world's largest shipping groups turns 100 years old. April 16 1904 is the official date for ...
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