Terror-piracy nexus: IMO seeks global action THE head of the International Maritime Organisation said international action may be necessary to counter the threat from a nexus of terrorism and piracy in the Malacca and Singapore Straits.
Lines risk port ban as ISPS deadline looms MOST of the world's ships risk a ban from ports and the loss of insurance unless they put anti-terrorist measures in place and get them certified within 40 days.
Greenpeace wins ship boarding case A US judge on Wednesday acquitted environmental protection group Greenpeace on charges it conspired to break the law by sending activists aboard a freighter carrying illegally felled mahogany.
Singamas expects H1 box output to rise 17% SINGAMAS Container Holdings Ltd, the world's second-largest shipping container maker, said it will make 260,000 20-foot containers in the first half of this year, 17 per cent more than a year earlier.
Ice-breaking ships polluting Antarctica: report TOXIC chemicals from the hulls of ice-breaking ships are polluting the seas of Antarctica, according to a report in the latest issue of the British weekly New Scientist.
Air and Land Transport
Oil price hike: more trouble for airlines THE ailing US airline industry, still trying pull out of the slump following the Sept 11 attacks, faces more turbulence as surging oil prices threaten to prevent a return to profitability.
A380 delivery on schedule: Qantas
New report adds to Boeing's tanker woes
6-month suspended term for making hoax calls to pilots
Royal Tongan Airlines collapses: report
Admiralty Casebook
UK Chamber of Shipping told to toughen alcohol guidelines THE UK's Department of Transport has called on the country's Chamber of Shipping to revise its guidelines on alcohol misuse to include strict new laws on alcohol and drugs that will shortly come into effect.
Terror-piracy nexus: IMO seeks global action THE head of the International Maritime Organisation said international action may be necessary to counter the threat from a nexus of terrorism and piracy in the Malacca and Singapore Straits.
Lines risk port ban as ISPS deadline looms MOST of the world's ships risk a ban from ports and the loss of insurance unless they put anti-terrorist measures in place and get them certified within 40 days.
Greenpeace wins ship boarding case A US judge on Wednesday acquitted environmental protection group Greenpeace on charges it conspired to break the law by sending activists aboard a freighter carrying illegally felled mahogany.
Singamas expects H1 box output to rise 17% SINGAMAS Container Holdings Ltd, the world's second-largest shipping container maker, said it will make 260,000 20-foot containers in the first half of this year, 17 per cent more than a year earlier.
Ice-breaking ships polluting Antarctica: report TOXIC chemicals from the hulls of ice-breaking ships are polluting the seas of Antarctica, according to a report in the latest issue of the British weekly New Scientist.
Air and Land Transport
Oil price hike: more trouble for airlines THE ailing US airline industry, still trying pull out of the slump following the Sept 11 attacks, faces more turbulence as surging oil prices threaten to prevent a return to profitability.
A380 delivery on schedule: Qantas
New report adds to Boeing's tanker woes
6-month suspended term for making hoax calls to pilots
Royal Tongan Airlines collapses: report
Admiralty Casebook
UK Chamber of Shipping told to toughen alcohol guidelines THE UK's Department of Transport has called on the country's Chamber of Shipping to revise its guidelines on alcohol misuse to include strict new laws on alcohol and drugs that will shortly come into effect.
Terror-piracy nexus: IMO seeks global action THE head of the International Maritime Organisation said international action may be necessary to counter the threat from a nexus of terrorism and piracy in the Malacca and Singapore Straits.
Lines risk port ban as ISPS deadline looms MOST of the world's ships risk a ban from ports and the loss of insurance unless they put anti-terrorist measures in place and get them certified within 40 days.
Greenpeace wins ship boarding case A US judge on Wednesday acquitted environmental protection group Greenpeace on charges it conspired to break the law by sending activists aboard a freighter carrying illegally felled mahogany.
Singamas expects H1 box output to rise 17% SINGAMAS Container Holdings Ltd, the world's second-largest shipping container maker, said it will make 260,000 20-foot containers in the first half of this year, 17 per cent more than a year earlier.
Ice-breaking ships polluting Antarctica: report TOXIC chemicals from the hulls of ice-breaking ships are polluting the seas of Antarctica, according to a report in the latest issue of the British weekly New Scientist.
Air and Land Transport
Oil price hike: more trouble for airlines THE ailing US airline industry, still trying pull out of the slump following the Sept 11 attacks, faces more turbulence as surging oil prices threaten to prevent a return to profitability.
A380 delivery on schedule: Qantas
New report adds to Boeing's tanker woes
6-month suspended term for making hoax calls to pilots
Royal Tongan Airlines collapses: report
Admiralty Casebook
UK Chamber of Shipping told to toughen alcohol guidelines THE UK's Department of Transport has called on the country's Chamber of Shipping to revise its guidelines on alcohol misuse to include strict new laws on alcohol and drugs that will shortly come into effect.
ISPS code: Worrying figures as deadline looms With just 40 days remaining for the certification of ships' security measures under the ISPS code, it has emerged that the vast majority of the worlds ships still do not comply, leaving them exposed to loss of insurance and a ban from ports.
Singapore bunker market lagging cargo gains Many shipowners are adopting a hand-to-mouth approach when buying bunkers these days in the hope that prices will come down from the stratosphere soon.
Business as usual despite Japanese storm warning
Low Singapore distillate stocks drained further
Italian market yet to catch up with bullish crude
Singapore residual stocks still high after weekly draw Higher purchases from Hong Kong and South Pacific make up for drop in Chinese fuel oil imports.
Rising Asian demand prompts merger An anticipated rise in bunker fuel demand in Asia has prompted two Japanese trading houses to merge their petroleum product operations.
Malaysia: Ship arrested for non-payment of bunkers
Li Ka-Shing rescues CSCL share offer HONG Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing yesterday flew to the rescue of the stuttering initial public offering of China Shipping Container Lines.
Greenpeace handed victory in 'sailor mongering' case GREENPEACE scored a loud victory in Miami as a US federal judge granted the group's motion to dismiss a federal case brought against it for "sailor mongering".
Poulides' parting shot serves up Festival conspiracy theory FESTIVAL'S struggle for survival descended into farce yesterday when founder and chairman George Poulides broke cover to say goodbye to his staff before a directors' meeting in Italy.
Straw's short shrift on cruise call row BRITISH foreign secretary Jack Straw yesterday demanded that Spain immediately stop the "disruption" caused by the ban on cruiseships that have called in Gibraltar entering Spanish ports, writes David Osler.
Ministers discuss cruise crisis GIBRALTAR'S trade and industry minister, Joe Holliday, has called on the UK and Spain to resolve the cruise ship crisis, which he described as a "no-win situation".
Falklands link to Portsmouth, UK FALKLAND Islands Holdings, the UK company that operates Port Stanley port, has acquired a 21.6% stake in Portsmouth Harbour Ferry Co.
APL Jade charges dropped A Miami federal court judge dropped charges against Greenpeace yesterday, ruling there was insufficient evidence in the APL Jade case
Double skin decision welcomed THE IMO's Maritime Safety Committee has rejected plans that would have made double skins on bulk carriers mandatory by 2007
Task force blocks shrimp scam AN anti-smuggling task force has discovered that Philippines has been used as a transhipment point for Chinese shrimp exports illegally shipped into Europe
Torm quarter beats full 2003 D/S Torm, the Copenhagen-based listed product tanker and dry bulk shipping group, expects a good year after bullish first quarter interims
NCBFAA wants food rules harmonized Trade group asks FDA to align Bioterror prior-notice deadlines with Customs rules for advance cargo reporting.
Trade: Feds should regulate security Customs & Border Protection measures making companies more efficient by forcing them to take a closer look at their operations, executives say.
EPIC's Med move may be catalyst for more Cagliari cargo P&O Nedlloyd (PONL) has confirmed that the Europe Pakistan India Consortium (EPIC) has swapped its central Mediterranean call to Cagliari from Malta's Marsaxlokk.
Indian garment producers set up Antwerp distribution warehouse Tuticorin-based logistics company St John Freight System has tied up with Tirupur Exporters Association (TEA) to operate an off-shore warehouse in Antwerp on behalf of knitwear exporters.
Rocketing charter costs sees ANL drop PNG ship ahead of possible 'new initiatives'
Höchst Trimodal port links Frankfurt with Rotterdam and Antwerp
Volume swings underline uncertainty around Baltic States' EU accession
Lykes Lines launches US Gulf- Brazil service
Hong Kong container throughput sees growth
SE Asia trade carriers are to lift Australasia rates
Easy ship transfer in EU through new directive The new transfer of ships regulations will enter into force on 20 May. They regulations cover the transfer of ships ...
Danish multi-supply vessel in "Prestige" recover work Esvagt, subsidiary of Em. Z. Svitzer A/S, has signed their multi-purpose supply ship "Esvagt Connector" for a period ...
No mandatory rules for dubble hull on dry bulkers Greece won a fierce row with the U.K. in the IMO Maritime Safety Committee, and as a result there will ...
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