Marshall Islands ship registry eyes top rungs WITH Panama firmly in its sights, the Marshall Islands ship registry is aiming to leapfrog ahead of Singapore to claim fifth spot in the ranks of global ship registries by year-end as it focuses on Asia, according to the registry's chief.
Philippines developing 100-ha maritime industrial park THE Philippines is putting up a 100-hectare maritime industrial park to woo foreign and local companies engaged in shipbuilding, conversion, repair and other related industries, says the state-run Maritime Industry Authority .
Pirates free 2 seafarers kidnapped in Malacca Strait TWO South-east Asian seafarers, kidnapped last month in the Malacca Strait by armed pirates believed to be Indonesians, have been freed, officials said yesterday.
Seoul given 90 days to end shipbuilding subsidies
Ferry problems put P&O in the red
Call for expansion of Panama Canal
Carnival's CEO donates bonus to tsunami relief
Sunken tanker's ex-master released
Strait Talk
Northern lessons for Singapore? LONDON, Singapore, New York, Connecticut, Shanghai, Gibraltar, Hong Kong Panama, Dubai and no doubt many, many other locations, are either major maritime centres or desperately want to become one.
Marshall Islands ship registry eyes top rungs WITH Panama firmly in its sights, the Marshall Islands ship registry is aiming to leapfrog ahead of Singapore to claim fifth spot in the ranks of global ship registries by year-end as it focuses on Asia, according to the registry's chief.
Philippines developing 100-ha maritime industrial park THE Philippines is putting up a 100-hectare maritime industrial park to woo foreign and local companies engaged in shipbuilding, conversion, repair and other related industries, says the state-run Maritime Industry Authority .
Pirates free 2 seafarers kidnapped in Malacca Strait TWO South-east Asian seafarers, kidnapped last month in the Malacca Strait by armed pirates believed to be Indonesians, have been freed, officials said yesterday.
Seoul given 90 days to end shipbuilding subsidies
Ferry problems put P&O in the red
Call for expansion of Panama Canal
Carnival's CEO donates bonus to tsunami relief
Sunken tanker's ex-master released
Strait Talk
Northern lessons for Singapore? LONDON, Singapore, New York, Connecticut, Shanghai, Gibraltar, Hong Kong Panama, Dubai and no doubt many, many other locations, are either major maritime centres or desperately want to become one.
Norway to improve protection against marine oil pollution Plans to improve pollution preparedness to cope with rise in oil tanker activity, and to establish emergency reception centres for bunker fuel.
Russian fuel oil output down last year Russian refineries boosted crude processing rates in 2004, but production of fuel oil fell as they raised output of high-end products.
DOE & API: Latest US oil inventory figures Solid crude build and mostly modest draws seen in key product stocks.
Rotterdam barge offers near $200 in firm market
Saudi posted prices: Fuels down, distillates up
Reports: Exclusive rights and discounts for Iraqi-Malaysian JV Joint venture bunker operation between Malaysian Merchant Marine and Iraqi Oil Tankers Company to receive exclusive rights and fuel purchase discounts.
High oil prices unlikely to induce OPEC output increase Despite a record high crude oil price hitting more than $55 per barrel, output levels are expected to stay indifferent even after next week's OPEC meeting.
EMSA reiterates cash for capacity proposals to barge operators The EU's European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) has called on bunker barge operators, among others, to submit proposals to enlist a fleet of stand-by emergency spill response vessels in four regions from its $23 million budget.
BP Marine completes latest marine fuel terminal Oil major's new multi-million dollar project signals end of 80 years of bunkering from East Fremantle terminal.
Tacoma supplier reduces market presence Tacoma-based U.S. Oil & Refining Co. begins refinery turnaround, prompting a period of reduced marine fuel sales over the summer months.
MOL deal with Hiroshima will complete trio MITSUI OSK Lines has extended its partnership with Hiroshima Gas by forming a joint venture to order a new small LNG ship.
UK P&I Club defends safety of gas carriers EXPERTS at the top liability insurer for liquefied natural gas and petroleum carriers have delivered a stout defence of the vessels' safety record.
Owners get the hump as Egypt makes them pay price of berth control SHIPS that go bump, and some that do not, are finding calls costly at Egyptian ports, write James Brewer and Mark Warner.
IPO enthusiasm unchecked as TBS announces listing THE tail wind of enthusiasm for shipping in today's Wall Street has encouraged TBS International, a high-yield era survivor of the 1990s, to file for an initial public offering.
Haugland legal claim fails HAUGLAND Tankers AS has failed in a High Court battle to force a shipbuilder to supply it with a second oil tanker under an option agreement, writes Roger Pearson.
MSC boxship in bulker collision AN MSC boxship was involved in a collision with a bulk carrier in the Yellow Sea yesterday, writes Mark Warner.
Tragedy linked to poor oversight THE death of 11 passengers in 2003's Staten Island ferry accident resulted from a failure of oversight by the NYC Department of Transportation (DOT), a federal investigation has found
French strike tomorrow A NATIONWIDE strike called by French labour unions over pay and employment conditions is expected to hit ports across the country tomorrow
Cubatao managers seek new site MANAGERS from Rio Cubatao, the Santos, Brazil container terminal soon to close, are trying to find another site in the Santos bay area to continue their activities
Intertanko joins Massachusetts fray INTERTANKO has joined forces with the US Department of Justice in its fight against a new Massachusetts law governing tankers plying state waters
Seafarers missing after collision FOURTEEN seafarers are missing following a collision in the Yellow Sea between a Korean vessel and the container ship Rickmers Genoa
Strong services at James Fisher GROWING profits and turnover supported by strong underlying cashflows were the story for marine services provider James Fisher, which reported its 2004 results today
Charter-ships are geared for go in world of port congestion The flexibility offered by geared vessels, in today's congested ports, have made them charterers' vessels of choice, who are being obliged to fix for ever-longer periods, say Howe Robinson (HR).
Li Kelin: 4-5% rate-rise forecast China Shipping Container Lines (CSCL) chairman Li Kelin said today in Hong Kong that the company had forecast steady freight-rates increase of 4-5% year-on-year in 2005.
Fleet expansion raises CSCL profits
Hamburg Sud linked to new Itapoa terminal
PAL Line increasing Sweden-UK tonnage and frequency
Chennai feeder-operators bow to Maersk pressure and reduce surcharge
DPI's new work culture angers Cochin workers
CSCL rules out 12,00TEU ship-orders, and slows box-ordering
HK infrastructure projects 'not affected' by Tung resignation rumours
Gotthard on track says project leader
Youngil New Port berth construction to commence
FESCO exhorts agencies to build import-export 'conveyor-belt'
Help publicise recruitment scam, ITF asks owners, managers and carriers
Road infrastructure planned for Busan and Gwangyang distriparks
VTS admits negligence on "Karen Danielsen" Søværnets Operative Kommando, which is in command of the VTS-station in Korsør, stated today, that three persons on duty ...
EMSA call for oil spill response vessel The European Maritime Safety Agency, EMSA, has released a call for expressions of interest to position oil spill response vessels ...
Sky high profit for D/S Torm Listed Dampskibsselskabet Torm A/S in Copenhagen had a fantastic year in 2004. The result was the best ever in ...
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