Indonesia to ban foreign lines from domestic service INDONESIA will ban overseas shipping lines from carrying cargo between the country's seaports in a move to protect local companies, according to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's March 28 decree, released in Jakarta yesterday.
Security fears delay Pakistan port opening PAKISTAN has delayed the inauguration of a Chinese-financed deep-sea port as security fears mean Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao will be unable to go there this week during a visit to Pakistan, officials said.
Admiralty Casebook
Vessel underway blamed for collision with anchored ship A SHIP that collided with an anchored vessel in a river while leaving its berth has been held to be solely to blame for the incident even though officers on the anchored vessel also made several mistakes.
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Port Shots SEMBCORP Marine subsidiary PPL Shipyard has won a $129 million contract to build a rig for Cyprus-based Seatankers Management Co.
Indonesia to ban foreign lines from domestic service INDONESIA will ban overseas shipping lines from carrying cargo between the country's seaports in a move to protect local companies, according to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's March 28 decree, released in Jakarta yesterday.
Security fears delay Pakistan port opening PAKISTAN has delayed the inauguration of a Chinese-financed deep-sea port as security fears mean Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao will be unable to go there this week during a visit to Pakistan, officials said.
Admiralty Casebook
Vessel underway blamed for collision with anchored ship A SHIP that collided with an anchored vessel in a river while leaving its berth has been held to be solely to blame for the incident even though officers on the anchored vessel also made several mistakes.
Port Shots
Port Shots SEMBCORP Marine subsidiary PPL Shipyard has won a $129 million contract to build a rig for Cyprus-based Seatankers Management Co.
Indonesia to ban foreign lines from domestic service INDONESIA will ban overseas shipping lines from carrying cargo between the country's seaports in a move to protect local companies, according to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's March 28 decree, released in Jakarta yesterday.
Security fears delay Pakistan port opening PAKISTAN has delayed the inauguration of a Chinese-financed deep-sea port as security fears mean Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao will be unable to go there this week during a visit to Pakistan, officials said.
Admiralty Casebook
Vessel underway blamed for collision with anchored ship A SHIP that collided with an anchored vessel in a river while leaving its berth has been held to be solely to blame for the incident even though officers on the anchored vessel also made several mistakes.
Port Shots
Port Shots SEMBCORP Marine subsidiary PPL Shipyard has won a $129 million contract to build a rig for Cyprus-based Seatankers Management Co.
Russian player plans European expansion St. Petersburg bunkering company Kontur SBP plans to invest $10 million in order to open offices in European ports.
New employee at Curoil, another on the move
Rotterdam market sharply higher with crude
Reports: China may impose ban on single-hulled tankers
Volgotanker to ship 30% more fuel oil and gas oil to NW Europe Russia's largest barge owner to ship 30% more fuel oil and gas oil to northwest Europe although total contractual agreements still lag behind last year.
US: Chief engineer faces jail term for pollution offences Filipino chief engineer facing eight months jail after pleading guilty to the fixing of a bypass pipe to the oily water separator of his ship.
Bunkers International ventures into Far East
Dardanelles closed after collision and resulting spill Two ships collided at Turkey's Dardanelles Strait on Sunday, resulting in the deaths of crew members from one of the ships and a spill of fuel oil.
Shipping company increases fuel surcharge again Matson Navigation Co. increases its fuel surcharge for the fourth time since March 2004.
Sun starts to set on single hulls as phase-out comes into force TODAY sees the start of a new dawn for the shipping industry, with the mandatory phase-out of single-hull tankers and the introduction of new regulations limiting the carriage of heavy grade oil to certain ship types.
Analysts warn of chronic tanker shortage REGULATIONS forcing a phase- out of category 2 tankers may result in a chronic shortage in available vessels by the end of this decade unless some are allowed to trade beyond 2010, writes Martyn Wingrove.
Ghassan Gandour pays record-breaking $130m each for trio of VLCC newbuilds A RECORD figure has been paid for VLCCs and the price is unlikely to have hit its ceiling just yet as backlogs veer towards LNG and containerships with the 2010 single hull tanker ban looming.
No price respite on horizon DON'T expect vessel prices to come down in the coming 18-24 months, warns Stephen Pan, the chairman of World-Wide Shipping Agencies, writes Sam Chambers in Hong Kong .
Singapore wins another rig order Singapore's yards are sweeping up a lion's share of jack-up rig orders as John Fredriksen's Sea Tankers Management goes to PPL Shipyard with a US$129m contract.
Generali Assicurazioni cuts marine LEADING Italian insurance company Generali Assicurazioni of Trieste is to drop its marine subsidiary UMS Generali Marine, and take on the work itself
Italian cruise suppliers merge TWO large suppliers to the cruise industry and mega-yacht sector have merged and created a new company in Italy
Crewmen killed in Dardanelles THREE crewmen were killed when the 3,016TEU boxship MSC Roberta was in a collision with the 37,302dwt bulker Aegean Wind in the Dardanelles Strait yesterday
NOL volume surges 14 percent Strong trade growth helped container volumes rise through the the first 10 weeks of the 2005 for sixth-largest box carrier.
No holiday for rail intermodal
Hamburg Süd shifting terminals on New York port calls
Talks continue in Shenzhen port security charge row Shipping lines and terminal operators in Shenzhen have failed to reach an agreement on the controversial security charge which was imposed at the port on March 1.
Transpacific lines to raise Panama Canal surcharges Transpacific Stabilization Agreement (TSA) members have recommended increasing their individual Panama Canal surcharges by US$50 per container, from May 1.
Congestion fears re-emerge at Nhava Sheva
Auckland council buying port
Local expert calls for CT10 Zhuhai-Macao bridge link
Melbourne deepening delay rouses further ire
ANZ Eastabout Service withdraws Savannah port call
Operators plunge in for Vietnamese deepwater project
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Aker Yards needs more yards Aker Yards will add more yards in low-cost countries, perhaps as many as two or three this year, according ...
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