TSA calls for planning ahead of peak season A transpacific container shipping line industry body has called for advance planning and communication by all supply chain parties, as it warned of 'another challenging peak shipping season' ahead.
Norway shipping industry still a global force AS Norway prepares to host the biennial Nor-Shipping show next week, the country's maritime industry is looking ahead with a strange mixture of determination and anxiety.
Pirates kidnap two Thais in latest Straits incident PIRATES have kidnapped a Thai captain and crewman from a tanker in the busy Malacca Strait, in the latest of a string of sophisticated kidnap-for-ransom attacks, an international watchdog said yesterday.
Rebate incentive plan for ro-ro operators revealed SINGAPORE's maritime regulator has released details of its rebate incentive plan to attract more vehicle transhipment business here, with eligibility requirements including minimum vehicle numbers and compound annual growth targets.
PPL Shipyard nails US$130m rig contract SEMBCORP Marine subsidiary PPL Shipyard has secured another rig building contract worth US$130 million for its specialty jack-up design, as the Singapore marine company prepares to showcase its capabilities in Norway at next week's Nor-Shipping 2005 conference.
ICTSI bags 20-year Madagascar port deal THE Philippines' largest container port handler beat three other foreign bidders last Thursday to clinch a 20-year deal to operate, manage and modernise Madagascar's main port.
China Cosco profits may fall 18% in '06
Frontline calls for mergers in tanker market
Admiralty Casebook
Charterers have charterparty clause to thank THE charterers of a vessel that was hired for a single trip from US Gulf ports to South Korea have won a court declaration that the vessel was off hire for the six days that it spent waiting for a security inspection outside New Orleans.
TSA calls for planning ahead of peak season A transpacific container shipping line industry body has called for advance planning and communication by all supply chain parties, as it warned of 'another challenging peak shipping season' ahead.
Norway shipping industry still a global force AS Norway prepares to host the biennial Nor-Shipping show next week, the country's maritime industry is looking ahead with a strange mixture of determination and anxiety.
Pirates kidnap two Thais in latest Straits incident PIRATES have kidnapped a Thai captain and crewman from a tanker in the busy Malacca Strait, in the latest of a string of sophisticated kidnap-for-ransom attacks, an international watchdog said yesterday.
Rebate incentive plan for ro-ro operators revealed SINGAPORE's maritime regulator has released details of its rebate incentive plan to attract more vehicle transhipment business here, with eligibility requirements including minimum vehicle numbers and compound annual growth targets.
PPL Shipyard nails US$130m rig contract SEMBCORP Marine subsidiary PPL Shipyard has secured another rig building contract worth US$130 million for its specialty jack-up design, as the Singapore marine company prepares to showcase its capabilities in Norway at next week's Nor-Shipping 2005 conference.
ICTSI bags 20-year Madagascar port deal THE Philippines' largest container port handler beat three other foreign bidders last Thursday to clinch a 20-year deal to operate, manage and modernise Madagascar's main port.
China Cosco profits may fall 18% in '06
Frontline calls for mergers in tanker market
Admiralty Casebook
Charterers have charterparty clause to thank THE charterers of a vessel that was hired for a single trip from US Gulf ports to South Korea have won a court declaration that the vessel was off hire for the six days that it spent waiting for a security inspection outside New Orleans.
DOE & API at a glance: This week's US inventory data
Financiers warming to barge building The bunker industry is turning increasingly toward an environmentally sound future. An array of legislation will in the future place more restrictions on how bunker suppliers deliver their product. As always though, legislation comes with a price tag...so what do Singapore's barge operators and banks have to say about the costs of upgrading the fleet?
Rotterdam firm with crude
Singapore stocks of middle distillates near record levels
Singapore: April bunker sales highest this year Singapore bunker sales figures for April were the highest this year, increasing about 800,000 tonnes compared to March, according to the latest statistics from MPA.
Seven bunker suppliers barred from island state market With the lapse of MPA's deadline for meeting its Accreditation Scheme for Bunker Suppliers (ASBS) requirements yesterday, seven bunker suppliers were barred from selling bunker fuel.
World oil prices back to high levels World crude oil prices surged over $2 per barrel yesterday after the US driving season officially kicked off, raising concerns over US gasoline supplies.
ACM/GFI ups ante in derivatives screen trade war FORWARD Freight Agreement broking joint venture ACM/GFI has added a clearing service to its freight derivatives trading screen.
McCreevy grasps nettle of liner shipping legislation CHARLIE McCreevy will handle any new European Union legis- lation for the liner shipping industry, Brussels announced yesterday.
Buy-side fears force Aries to take less cash ARIES Maritime Transport has scaled back today's Nasdaq initial public offering from $276m to $163m, with one source close to the listing saying yesterday that selling shareholders had bowed to investor concerns.
Pair to share record LNG order THE latest $2bn-plus segment of the largest combined ship order yet has been revealed.
US electronic data rules threaten chaos ALL commercial ships arriving in or departing from US ports will have to submit crucial data such as crew manifests only by electronic medium from Monday.
Green slams Hamburg THE port of Hamburg has been stunned by outspoken criticism of its handling procedures by P&O Nedlloyd, writes Katrin Berkenkopf in Cologne.
Aries cuts offering ARIES Maritime Transport has scaled back its proposed IPO and is offering a third fewer shares than at first proposed, according to new documents filed with the SEC in the US
APMT buys 50% of Brazilian terminal APM Terminals has bought a 50% share in the Brazilian container terminal Teconvi at the port of Itajai
Outsourcing spurs box growth THE outsourcing of US manufacturing overseas has been dubbed a 'revolutionary' driver of the current container boom, and a new study confirms just how pronounced that shift is
EC to keep tabs on Navantia THE EC is to monitor Spain's newly created state-owned shipbuilding company, Navantia, to make sure it complies with EU regulations
Brazil's infrastructure criticised BRAZILIAN shippers' group Fiesp has severely criticised the country's transport infrastructure
Yang Ming, ILA agree to contract Longshore union and carrier have tentatively agreed on an initial contract covering the Taiwanese line's New Jersey port captains.
HK textile community worried by disputes and grateful for mainland support Hong Kong textile exporters have expressed anguish about the ongoing trade disputes between China, Europe and the US, though stress they appreciate Beijing's arrangement in helping Hong Kong manufacturers.
APMT buys into Itajai AP Moller Terminals (APMT) has bought a 50% share in Brazil's Terminal de Conteineres do Vale do Itajai (Teconvi), announced APMT at Intermodal South America yesterday.
Cosco to invest US$1.2billion in Hainan Island
Global tender for Sethu Ship Canal
Trieste forging ahead with new growth and a new blocktrain link
Pacific National flags major terminal upgrades
Transhipment cargo for Busan will see 14% annual growth in 2011
Latvia's Chinese courtship aimed at creating east-west logistics node
MOL credit rating up with more stable financial status
World Bank approves Russian Customs IT modernisation
Busan Port to launch a string of sales activities
Former APL Logistics man Moradian moves to Sumitrans 3PL
Golar LNG could convert vessel to power plant Golar LNG, which suffers from adverse market conditions with two vessels operating in spot and one on short-term hire ...
Germans give up on Danish route German ferry operator F'rde Reederei from Flensburg has withdrawn the plans to start a ferry service on the Danish domestic ...
125 years anniversary for DFDS route Today ' June 2 ' DFDS celebrates the 125 year anniversary of the first sailing between Esbjerg and Harwich. In 1880, the ...
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