KepCorp and SembCorp continue to fill order books BOTH Keppel Corp and the SembCorp Group have continued to add to their order books, with the two marine rivals announcing contract wins yesterday from the same customer.
IMO-EC talks skip pollution wrangle THE head of the International Maritime Organisation and a key European Commission official in charge of transport policy have held a lengthy meeting but without touching on a controversial proposal by the European body to criminalise accidental pollution by ships.
8 rescued as cargo ship sinks in Mediterranean EIGHT crewmembers of a Saint Vincent-flagged cargo ship were rescued early yesterday after the boat started sinking south of the island of Crete, while sea and air rescue units continued to search for the rest of the missing, authorities said.
Persian Gulf tanker rates may rise on March bookings
Carnival seeks US$1.6b in loans
Disaster averted as drifting ferry misses rocks off UK coast
Lukoil outlines plans for fuel oil export deal Planned acquisition of fuel oil and lubricants manufacturer and wholesalers to give Lukoil another foothold outside Russia.
Singapore: Supplier accreditations reach 19 as deadline looms The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has issued another round of accreditation certificates, bring the number of accredited suppliers to date to 19.
Rotterdam market stable Monday afternoon
Intertanko releases Greece conference details Tanker association forum to offer analysis and updates on the world economy, and on the energy, finance and tanker markets.
Frontline earnings surge on freight rates Frontline expected to report record earnings of $372 million for Q4 on high freight rates.
Supplier eyes quick resolution to storage hearing Sri Lanka-based supplier Sri Lanka Shipping Company still hopeful of starting bunker deliveries from floating storage facility in JV with Chemoil.
Indonesia mulling withdrawal of OPEC membership Declining production and increasing domestic consumption have left Indonesia in a precarious position with regard to its membership of the oil exporting cartel.
Malaysia: Pelepas bunker sales up 19% in 2004 Increased container throughput behind a 19% increase in bunker sales at the Malaysian Port of Tanjung Pelepas.
Opec pumps investment into crude export capacity THE ORGANISATION of Petroleum Exporting Countries is pumping investment into building its crude export capacity, maintaining strong demand for tankers and keeping in-line with global crude demand.
Voyager loses power after wave hits wheelhouse A MAJOR investigation is to be launched into a loss of power aboard the V.Ships-managed cruiseship Voyager after the vessel was hit by a wave big enough to stove in its wheelhouse windows, writes Sandra Speares.
V.Ships and IMC in Asia venture V.SHIPS and top Singapore bulker operator IMC are to join forces in a shipmanagement joint venture, with the game plan of becoming the biggest player in Asia by 2008.
Brokers divided on boxship futures index CONTAINER shipping heavyweights are split on whether the industry would support an index that could be used as a basis for derivatives trading.
Two seafarers missing after ship sinks in Aegean Sea TWO Ukrainian seafarers were still missing last night after a 27-year-old cargoship sank in the Aegean Sea, writes Nigel Lowry in Athens.
USCG probes bulker-tug collision COAST Guard investigators are today probing a collision between a bulker and a tug-pushed string of barges in which the tug and one barge were sunk
Helicopter hits ship's deck A HELICOPTER crashed onto the deck of a Singaporean general cargo vessel in the mouth of the Yangtze River in China on Friday morning
Channel ferries work through delays FERRY services between Dover and Calais are now operating at close to normal levels after disruption over the weekend
Crew removed after dock breaks free THE crew of the container ship CMA CGM Pasteur was evacuated on Saturday after the floating dock in which the ship was berthed for repair broke free from its moorings
Portland details $89M box expansion Terminal 6 project is centerpiece of port's bid to win new customers and more than double capacity of terminal to 800,000 boxes by 2011.
NOL profits more than double
Container volume up at Virginia ports
Hanjin orders 6,500-TEU box ships
JoC's China Trade & Logistics conference will address key issues
FMC codifies reorganization
SSA's Hemingway to address JoC Trans-Pacific Maritime conference
CN railway labour agreement averts strike Canadian National (CN) railway today announced a tentative labour-agreement, averting a strike which would have aggravated intermodal backlogs at key Canadian ports like Vancouver, Montreal and Halifax.
Bluff in search of a service New Zealand's South Island port of Bluff is desperately seeking new container customers, after last year's trans-Tasman call withdrawal sliced operating revenue and profits, leaving expensive equipment under-utilised.
CSBC will go private by the year-end
Transnet to call for tenders for box terminal at Ngqura/Coega Port
Maersk Mediterraean transatlantic services merging in May
Security company brings Order to Russian rail-transits
Efficiency and control drive NOL profits faster than revenue-growth
Bangladesh Railway procures container-wagons in anti-congestion bid
Russian rail-transport platforms could enter service in May
Dongnama deploys two ships on KCS
Korea enjoys digital/electronic trade surplus in January
Virginia hails January growth as sign of Asian cargo-reorientation
Not over yet for Stolt US Department of Justice appeals judge's ruling that restored amnesty protection for Stolt-Nielsen and former exec Richard Wingfield.
OMI shatters records Connecticut owner records highest-ever profit for quarter, full year, as stock shoots above $20 in after-hours trading.
Euronav grabs newbuilding Belgian owner pairs with Wah Kwong Group for $70.5m outlay on Geden suezmax unit.
DryShips snaps up bulker Egon Oldendorff has offloaded a 1995-built ship to George Economou's expanding newly listed venture.
CMB reaps $19m gain Belgian owner confirms Bocimar subsidiary's sale of CMB Daisy.
Congestion over for now TACA group of boxship lines suspends surcharge at Los Angeles and Long Beach.
OMI runs to two-month high Tanker stock hits $19.50 on dividend boost ahead of late-day earnings report.
V Ships teams with IMC Shipmanagement joint venture sets sail from Singapore with 90 vessel fleet.
NOL doubles profit Singapore liner operator basks in higher rates and increased productivity from growing fleet.
Taiwanese ship missing Jui Pang general cargoship last heard from on 10 February off Hualien with 18 crew on board.
Freak wave hits cruiseship Passengers suffer minor injury as water knocks out communications, damages electrics and causes temporary loss of propulsion.
Todd clinches ferry deal US yard to build four large ro-paxes for Washington State Ferries.
TTA starts strongly Thai bulker owner's first quarter profit soars on back of stronger market.
Fesco sale scrapped Russian property fund reconsidering disposal of its 20% stake in boxship company.
OMI set for record Raised dividend boosts expectation that US tanker owner is set to unveil spectacular profit.
Drifting Diplomat restored Ro-ro ferry with 105 people repaired after breaking down and drifting off southwest UK coast.
Offen confirms Mipo deal Hamburg owner confirms it lies behind latest South Korean containership orders.
Aussies hold a dozen Chartworld and Transmed capesize bulkers among twelve ships detained down under in January.
Hanjin inks boxship trio South Korean liner operator opts for three more 6,500-teu boxships at Hyundai Heavy Industries.
Cape Flattery refloated Pacific Basin handysize bulker finally pulled free after nine days aground on Hawaiian reef.
Tax benefits for Norwegian owners Norwegian owners will enjoy a tax reduction on around NOK 110 million this year and the tonnage tax will be ...
Profit turnaround for B&N In its last year-end report before the fusion with Gorthon Lines in the new company Transatlantic, Swedish B&N ...
Former shipowner judged to pay EUR 21 million The Swedish Supreme Court has sanctioned a verdict from the Court of Appeal against the former shipowner Vilgot Johansson, one ...
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