Giant quay cranes worth $120m for Pasir Panjang PSA Corporation has placed an order worth $120 million for 12 super post-panamax quay cranes for installation at its new berths at Pasir Panjang Terminal from 2005.
No oil leak from sunken car carrier: salvors SALVORS inspecting the wreckage of the sunken car carrier Hyundai No 105 south-east of Sentosa have so far not been able to detect any fuel oil leak from the vessel.
Canada shipping firm chief charged in terrorism case THE head of a Canadian shipping company has been charged with agreeing to ship the highest level of night vision technology equipment to a terrorist organisation, federal prosecutors said.
Shipping ID system soon to protect Yangtze from terrorists CHINA is introducing a new automatic system to identify ships plying the Yangtze in an attempt to protect its largest river from 'potential terrorism', state media said yesterday.
Pirates raid cargo ship off HK island A group of pirates raided a cargo vessel loaded with chicken feet near a Hong Kong island but fled empty-handed when police arrived, police and news reports said.
BUNKER RATES SINGAPORE bunker or ship fuel prices eased yesterday under pressure from lower benchmark crude and traders' fear that booming refining margins will soon increase fuel oil supplies.
Air and Land Transport
Any SIA, Qantas fare hikes may not offset fuel surge SINGAPORE Airlines, Qantas Airways and Japan Airlines System may fail to fully counter higher jet-fuel costs by raising fares because of competition from new discount carriers, analysts said.
Virgin Blue to build aircraft service centre
Europe airlines' weekly traffic rises 20% on Asia growth
Paris airport architect denies design fault
Boeing union accepts 3-year deal for 2,800 workers
Giant quay cranes worth $120m for Pasir Panjang PSA Corporation has placed an order worth $120 million for 12 super post-panamax quay cranes for installation at its new berths at Pasir Panjang Terminal from 2005.
No oil leak from sunken car carrier: salvors SALVORS inspecting the wreckage of the sunken car carrier Hyundai No 105 south-east of Sentosa have so far not been able to detect any fuel oil leak from the vessel.
Canada shipping firm chief charged in terrorism case THE head of a Canadian shipping company has been charged with agreeing to ship the highest level of night vision technology equipment to a terrorist organisation, federal prosecutors said.
Shipping ID system soon to protect Yangtze from terrorists CHINA is introducing a new automatic system to identify ships plying the Yangtze in an attempt to protect its largest river from 'potential terrorism', state media said yesterday.
Pirates raid cargo ship off HK island A group of pirates raided a cargo vessel loaded with chicken feet near a Hong Kong island but fled empty-handed when police arrived, police and news reports said.
BUNKER RATES SINGAPORE bunker or ship fuel prices eased yesterday under pressure from lower benchmark crude and traders' fear that booming refining margins will soon increase fuel oil supplies.
Air and Land Transport
Any SIA, Qantas fare hikes may not offset fuel surge SINGAPORE Airlines, Qantas Airways and Japan Airlines System may fail to fully counter higher jet-fuel costs by raising fares because of competition from new discount carriers, analysts said.
Virgin Blue to build aircraft service centre
Europe airlines' weekly traffic rises 20% on Asia growth
Paris airport architect denies design fault
Boeing union accepts 3-year deal for 2,800 workers
UAE trader buys majority stake in Indian supplier Orion Holdings Ltd. deepens its involvement in the Indian bunker market and plans additional barges.
May, 2005 introduction confirmed for MARPOL Annex VI Samoan ratification initiates year-long wait before introduction of SECAs in Baltic Sea and North Sea.
Latest US oil inventory statistics show little change
O.W. Bunker to bolster Singapore team
Piraeus falls in line with rest of South Europe
EMMF's US office on the move
Cargo fall wipes out Rock's recent gains
Kuwaitis confirm long-awaited tanker order KPC subsidiary orders nine new vessels, including three petroleum product vessels and two 'ship fuel boats'.
Singapore: MPA confident of ISPS compliance The Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) of Singapore told Bunkerworld today that it expected all Singapore-flagged vessels, including the Island state's bunker barge fleet to be fully ISPS compliant by the July 1 deadline.
London insurers suffer artburn over blaze bill LLOYD'S and London company insurers face a large bill as a result of the blaze that destroyed valuable works of contemporary British art at a warehouse in east London run by storage and transport company Momart.
USCG to form new boarding guidelines to cut out confusion THE US Coast Guard is crafting new guidelines for ship boardings and inspections aimed at eliminating confusion and averting potential conflict between federal regulators and the crews of ships calling US ports.
Alstom has four years to meet partner pact ALSTOM revealed yesterday that it is to be given four years to comply with the strictures of the European Commission that it should enter into a number of industrial partnerships as the price of acceptance of the survival plan currently being negotiated between the commission and the French government.
Genoa turns Poulides from hero into villain GENOA turned on George Poulides yesterday as the company he created, Festival, finally applied for voluntary bankruptcy, writes Justin Stares.
No statement planned, says IACS IACS has no plans to issue a statement this week about ships that have not obtained ISPS certification by the 1 July deadline, IACS permanent secretary Richard Leslie told Fairplay today
Royal Caribbean ponders its flag NORWEGIAN or Bahamian was a question raised on Tuesday at Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines' annual shareholders meeting in Miami
Horizon debt is a concern HORIZON Lines LLC has been placed on Standard & Poor's CreditWatch list because of fears the company may carry too much debt after its sale by the Carlyle Group
Karachi port hit by bomb blast PAKISTANI marines are being deployed at the country's commercial ports following yesterday's powerful parcel bomb explosion at Karachi port's East wharf
Pollute and run captain fined €0.5M THE captain of a Cyprus-flagged general cargo ship that was caught polluting the French Atlantic coast has been hit with a €500,000 fine
ISPS doubts in the Caribbean DELEGATES at this week's Caribbean Shipping Association conference in St Lucia offered no clear answers on the looming question of the 1 July ISPS deadline
U.S. box imports cool torrid pace Containerized imports from Asia grew at a steady rate in April, in line with earlier estimates made by ocean carriers.
Cosco to boost box, oil capacity China Ocean Shipping (Group) Co.will expand its fleet to 420,000 TEUS by 2007.
Carriers won't back P&O Ports Botany proposal P&O Ports' (POP) alternative plan for the expansion of Port Botany container terminals has been rejected by shipowner body Shipping Australia Ltd (SAL), citing concerns about inadequate terminal ground space.
P&O Ports plans to break Chennai strike as port-users question 'credibility' As the Chennai Container Terminal (CCT) workers' strike enters its third day, its private operator P&O Ports (POP) is planning to recruit outside crane-operators to keep the terminal going.
HR charter index stalls as charterer-owner 'standoff' continues
FMC pleased with US-China agreement, and vows to make it stick
Hamburg Sud to reinstate weekly Suape-Europe service
Seattle and Tacoma expected to double container growth by 2025
Antwerp braces for two years of traffic-jams
Busan box-throughput increases, despite transhipment and cabotage falls
Container trade bulks up Marseilles' first four months
ISPS deadline impossible to keep The July 1 deadline for introduction of the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code (ISPS) has come under severe ...
Eukor vessel total loss Eukor vessel, the "Hyundai No. 105" is likely to be declared a total loss. The relatively low value of the ...
UK and Sweden on top of white list The UK-flagged and Swedish-flagged fleets are still on top on the ranking of flag states by the port ...
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