S'pore can embrace, lead maritime sector SINGAPORE must shed the 'provincial mindset' if it wants to be an established global maritime centre and an Asian leader, said IMC Pan Asia Alliance chairman Frederick Tsao.
PSA bids for HK port assets go through PSA International's recent bids for Hong Kong port assets are a done deal after a deadline for Dubai Ports International to veto a part of the deal expired yesterday.
Semb Marine orderbook hits $3b with 2 new jobs SEMBCORP Marine yesterday announced two new building projects that will raise its total orderbook to $3 billion.
Single-hull ban could raise freight rates, affect routes
NOL chief says freight rates likely to keep rising due to congestion
End of the line?
Port Shots
Port Shots SHANGHAI Port Container Co, the publicly traded unit of China's biggest port, said 2004 earnings rose 16 per cent, as the nation's expanding foreign trade fuelled demand for cargo transport.
S'pore can embrace, lead maritime sector SINGAPORE must shed the 'provincial mindset' if it wants to be an established global maritime centre and an Asian leader, said IMC Pan Asia Alliance chairman Frederick Tsao.
PSA bids for HK port assets go through PSA International's recent bids for Hong Kong port assets are a done deal after a deadline for Dubai Ports International to veto a part of the deal expired yesterday.
Semb Marine orderbook hits $3b with 2 new jobs SEMBCORP Marine yesterday announced two new building projects that will raise its total orderbook to $3 billion.
Single-hull ban could raise freight rates, affect routes
NOL chief says freight rates likely to keep rising due to congestion
End of the line?
Port Shots
Port Shots SHANGHAI Port Container Co, the publicly traded unit of China's biggest port, said 2004 earnings rose 16 per cent, as the nation's expanding foreign trade fuelled demand for cargo transport.
Up to 20 years jail possible in shipping pollution case
Malaysian 'bunker island' storage project moves forward Government pledges support for KIC's 1.2 million m3 oil storage project on the reclaimed 'bunker island' off the southern Port of Tanjong Pelepas.
KIC-Trafigura deal to boost bunker and fuel oil trade Supply and storage deal between KIC and Trafigura secures Malaysian bunker supply for KIC, while Trafigura expects to triple Asian fuel oil trading volume after taking up its first tankage capacity in the region.
DNVPS launches supplier-specific bunker quality data service On-line database gives access to the latest DNVPS bunker quality test results from any supplier.
ARA market remains firm
KIC inks $50 million deal to finance Malaysian bunkers KIC Oil & Gas announced today that the company has signed a $50 million financing deal with Singapore's DBS bank.
Shell and Qatar join forces in massive LNG project Shell and Qatar Petroleum have unveiled plans for a large-scale liquefied natural gas project which could require 12 vessels costing more than $2.5bn.
Armed teams to guard merchant ships entering Singapore port SINGAPORE is set to deploy armed security teams onboard selected merchant vessels entering and leaving its port, to guard against acts of maritime terrorism, writes Marcus Hand in Singapore.
P&O route closure puts 350 jobs at risk P&O plans to close its Portsmouth-Le Havre route, placing 350 jobs in jeopardy, following Brittany Ferries' decision to pull out of a deal to acquire the service.
Bremerhaven predicts 12,000 teu boxships by next year WITH the ink barely dry on supposedly the first 10,000 teu ship order, Bremen's regional government has suggested a 12,000 teu giant will be calling at Bremerhaven as early as next year.
P&O, Brittany agreement ends BRITTANY Ferries has pulled out of a proposed agreement with P&O Ferries to sub-charter two of P&O's vessels, together with 350 employees, on the Portsmouth-Le Havre route
Congestion will sustain up cycle SHIPPING'S upward cycle will be sustained not by burgeoning growth of China and Asia, but by crippling congestion that will render excess capacity ineffective according to Neptune Orient Lines Chief Executive David Lim
Lifeboat drill turns to tragedy ONE crewman was killed and another two were injured during a lifeboat drill on board the Norwegian Coastal Express ferry Nordkapp
Further LNG growth in Qatar THE $12.8Bn Qatargas II project has officially been started and will see the development of trains 4 and 5 to deliver 15.8M tonnes of LNG to Milford Haven in the UK
Calais to be sued for delays P&O FERRIES is to sue Calais port authority for compensation following disruption to its services after a linkspan failed at berth 7 earlier this month
Qingdao ups ante with new box berths WHAT local reports claimed as the world's largest container terminal went into operation on 25 February at Qingdao, China's Qianwan Port Area
NOL Chief calls for supply chain co-op Lim cites need for cooperative focus on increasing throughput in all segments of supply chain, rather than simply growing transport capacity, to meet worldwide customer demands.
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Big ships mean big shakeups for ports and railroads
China growth and globalisation may not mean 'extended' stability, warns NOL president Growth in China and the globalisation may not lead to an 'extended period of stability' warned NOL president and CEO David Lim yesterday, at the fifth annual Trans-Pacific Maritime Conference.
End of Concor monopoly heralds beginning of private-operator age The 2005-6 Railway Budget, presented to India's Parliament on Saturday, marks the end of Container Corporation of India's (Concor) monopoly on railed containers, opening the business to private operators.
PSA International HK purchases go ahead, as DPI declines to challenge PSA International (PSAI) has finally gained its Hong Kong foothold, announcing completion today of a HK$3billion (US$) purchase of stakes in CT3 and CT8 West from Hong Kong's NWS Holdings.
ÖBB has second thoughts about Ökombi
HMM profits in big swing
Customs to boost Pearl River intra-regional trade
Toll hits new highs
PONL newbuilds to swell the SAECS service
China Shipping starts building its first container plant
Auckland's January lags; Tauranga's big year
Kombiverkehr aims to cut time off Nordic rail-ferry offer
Marseilles upward trend disrupted in January
Busan New Port to start dredging for postpanamaxes
Jakobstad called by dead drunk master The master of an Italian-flagg chemical carrier was dead drunk when he steered his vessel into the port of ...
"Norway" may have been sold for demolition Cruise ship "Norway", the former "France" built in 1961, may leave Bremerhaven in a couple of weeks for demolition. The ...
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