Tripartite task force to boost Straits security INDONESIA, Malaysia and Singapore will next month launch a task force to patrol the Straits of Malacca and boost security in one of the world's most important shipping lanes, navy chiefs said yesterday.
No pirates-terrorists nexus seen in region: experts DESPITE growing fears of a '9/11 at sea' that could cripple trade, terrorists have not yet established links with pirates in the Straits of Malacca, one of the world's most vital waterways, experts and officials said yesterday.
Wait-and-see game as ISPS deadline nears IT's a wait-and-see game with the world's shipping industry watching closely as the new global maritime security regime comes into effect tomorrow despite a wide swath of the sector being unprepared.
Aussie panel moots govt subsidy for salvage firms AUSTRALIA'S largest marine salvage organisation, Adsteam Marine Limited, has welcomed the findings of a parliamentary inquiry which has called for a public subsidy to maintain salvage capacity around the country's coastline.
Air and Land Transport
United Airlines loses third bid for govt backing UNITED Airlines lost its third and final try for a government loan guarantee when a federal board rejected its latest bid and insisted the bankrupt carrier can survive without one.
Big-budget ads for Big Apple flights
World airline traffic soaring: Iata
BA chief complains to EC about govt aid
LoG Book
Strait Talk
Burnishing shipping image LAST week it emerged that material used in a bathroom wall and under-basin fascia within the bathroom unit on board various passenger cabins on the Queen Mary 2 had failed tests for fire retardant qualities.
Tripartite task force to boost Straits security INDONESIA, Malaysia and Singapore will next month launch a task force to patrol the Straits of Malacca and boost security in one of the world's most important shipping lanes, navy chiefs said yesterday.
No pirates-terrorists nexus seen in region: experts DESPITE growing fears of a '9/11 at sea' that could cripple trade, terrorists have not yet established links with pirates in the Straits of Malacca, one of the world's most vital waterways, experts and officials said yesterday.
Wait-and-see game as ISPS deadline nears IT's a wait-and-see game with the world's shipping industry watching closely as the new global maritime security regime comes into effect tomorrow despite a wide swath of the sector being unprepared.
Aussie panel moots govt subsidy for salvage firms AUSTRALIA'S largest marine salvage organisation, Adsteam Marine Limited, has welcomed the findings of a parliamentary inquiry which has called for a public subsidy to maintain salvage capacity around the country's coastline.
Air and Land Transport
United Airlines loses third bid for govt backing UNITED Airlines lost its third and final try for a government loan guarantee when a federal board rejected its latest bid and insisted the bankrupt carrier can survive without one.
Big-budget ads for Big Apple flights
World airline traffic soaring: Iata
BA chief complains to EC about govt aid
LoG Book
Strait Talk
Burnishing shipping image LAST week it emerged that material used in a bathroom wall and under-basin fascia within the bathroom unit on board various passenger cabins on the Queen Mary 2 had failed tests for fire retardant qualities.
Tripartite task force to boost Straits security INDONESIA, Malaysia and Singapore will next month launch a task force to patrol the Straits of Malacca and boost security in one of the world's most important shipping lanes, navy chiefs said yesterday.
No pirates-terrorists nexus seen in region: experts DESPITE growing fears of a '9/11 at sea' that could cripple trade, terrorists have not yet established links with pirates in the Straits of Malacca, one of the world's most vital waterways, experts and officials said yesterday.
Wait-and-see game as ISPS deadline nears IT's a wait-and-see game with the world's shipping industry watching closely as the new global maritime security regime comes into effect tomorrow despite a wide swath of the sector being unprepared.
Aussie panel moots govt subsidy for salvage firms AUSTRALIA'S largest marine salvage organisation, Adsteam Marine Limited, has welcomed the findings of a parliamentary inquiry which has called for a public subsidy to maintain salvage capacity around the country's coastline.
Air and Land Transport
United Airlines loses third bid for govt backing UNITED Airlines lost its third and final try for a government loan guarantee when a federal board rejected its latest bid and insisted the bankrupt carrier can survive without one.
Big-budget ads for Big Apple flights
World airline traffic soaring: Iata
BA chief complains to EC about govt aid
LoG Book
Strait Talk
Burnishing shipping image LAST week it emerged that material used in a bathroom wall and under-basin fascia within the bathroom unit on board various passenger cabins on the Queen Mary 2 had failed tests for fire retardant qualities.
Stelios did not prompt SEC move Securities and Exchange Commission's interest in OMI's failed takeover was not inspired by a complaint from Stelmar founder.
Malacca Strait trio agree patrols to combat pirates INDONESIA, Malaysia and Singapore agreed yesterday to patrol the Strait of Malacca in an effort to counter a rise in piracy and and the threat of possible terrorist attacks.
'Temper rigour with rationality' plea from ICS on ISPS code eve WITH just hours to go before new global maritime security measures come into effect, shipowners have issued a last- minute plea for governments to apply the rules sensibly and not go after cheap headlines.
Pacific Basin pushes niche position as it unveils listing plans OPERATING a niche trade with a young fleet and few rivals is Pacific Basin's greatest asset, top management said at the unveiling of its initial public offering due to be launched on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on July 14.
ISPS help available THE US Coast Guard is to operate a telephone helpdesk to answer questions on maritime security
Freeport labour woes ease FREEPORT (Bahamas) Container Port has resumed service after a work stoppage shut the facility for four days last week
USCG opens security helpdesk FOR at least the next 10 days, the US Coast Guard will operate a 24-hour, 7-days-a-week telephone helpdesk to answer questions on maritime security
ICS seeks ISPS common sense ICS secretary-general Chris Horrocks has called on port state authorities to act with rigour 'tempered with common sense' in implementing the ISPS Code
Cherbourg eyes short-sea routes THE port of Cherbourg, France is keen to develop 'sea motorways' by launching three short-sea ro-ro services to European destinations
Greens call for Scottish marine act ENVIRONMENTAL groups have called upon the Scottish Executive to pass a new Marine Act to protect sensitive areas of the country's coastline
Ports struggle with truckers strike Protests wane at Port Newark/Elizabeth, but protests hamper operations at other terminals.
LA braces for July 4 labor shortage Long weekend by longshoremen could set back operations at the nation's largest container complex by three or four days.
ATA backs independent truckers' fight against 'harsh business practices' The voice of America's trucking industry, the American Trucking Association (ATA), said that it is not party to any shutdown action this week by independent drivers at US ports.
Canadian ports plead for flexible financing from new Government
Malaysian Government backs hauliers on trailer ratios
Stena Bulk buys half in shuttle tanker Stena Bulk acquires half of she shuttle tanker "Nordic Rio" from Canadian Teekay. The vessel, 151,000 DWT, was completed at ...
Emission bill ready for European Parliament A bill to cut emissions from vessel in EU waters, including the North Sea, the Baltic Sea and the Channel ...
Red alert in Hamburg as acid-loaded barge was in collision A collision last night in Hamburg has left a inland-waterway tanker barge loaded with 920 tons of sulphur acid ...
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