South Korean shipyards' 9-month orders fall by 19% HYUNDAI Heavy Industries Co, the world's biggest shipbuilder, and eight other South Korean dockyards won 19 per cent fewer orders in the first nine months, as shipping lines withheld purchases on concern of overcapacity.
Ships face the rising threat of pirates in Somalia waters LAWLESS Somalia cannot patrol its own waters and the neighbours to whom it has appealed for help have yet to devise a plan for dealing with increasingly daring pirates along an important shipping route.
TNT prepared to spend 1b euros for China, Europe acquisitions THE chief executive of Dutch mail and logistics company TNT NV said that his company was looking for acquisitions in Europe and China, and could comfortably spend up to 1 billion euros .
Odfjell's Q3 profit jumps 21% on higher freight rates
Thaniah wins top award at glittering Dubai gathering JAMAL Majid Bin Thaniah, one of the leading figures in the global port industry, last night scooped the Personality of the Year prize at the inaugural Lloyd's List Middle East-Indian Subcontinent Awards in the glittering surroundings of the Godolphin Ballroom in Dubai's Emirates Towers Hotel.
Diana lines up a follow-on Wall Street share offering DIANA Shipping, among the first dry bulk entrants in the US equity markets this year, hopes to punctuate an eventful year by selling 6m shares in a follow-on offering.
Calls for rethink on UK leasing policy BALTIC Exchange chairman Anthony Cooke has called on the British government to rethink changes to leasing arrangements that could drive shipowners from London, writes Neville Smith.
Adsteam hires tugs as jobs fury grows ADSTEAM has lined up three chartered tugs with partially foreign crews to break any attempted strike by UK tug crews on the Thames.
Lloyd's List online gets ABCE approval WOULD YOU drive a car without an MOT? Fix a ship without an ISM certificate? Enter the US without ISPS compliance?
Basques drop legal case against ABS THE government of Spain's Basque region has withdrawn its legal case against American Bureau of Shipping in respect of the Prestige
S Asia focused on seafarer welfare A regional seafarers' welfare seminar for South Asia has formulated a work programme for the period March 2006-December 2009
Still time to book for FAB THERE is still time to book for the first Fairplay Awareness Briefing - Clearing the Air over Annex VI - which takes place in London on 28 November
Round Table list adds failing flags GEORGIA, Indonesia and Kenya have been added to the list of flags with 12 or more negative performance indicators by the Round Table of shipping associations
EMSA moves to Lisbon in 2006 RELOCATION of the European Maritime Safety Agency moves a step closer this week with arrangements in place for the move to a temporary home in Lisbon
Greece refuses Prestige request GREECE has refused to implement a judicial order from Spain to block the bank accounts of Universe Maritime, the former manager of the tanker Prestige
NVOs to press for rate discounts With excess capacity expected in eastbound trans-Pacific in 2006, consolidators are expected to wield leverage in rate negotiations.
Xiamen logistics company sues Maersk over surcharge dispute A logistics company in China's southern city of Xiamen filed a lawsuit against Maersk with the Xiamen Marine Court on November 10 for 'intervening in its business operations'.
Klaipeda stevedore sells container terminal to competitor Lithuanian stevedore KLASCO has sold its container terminal to its competitor, Klaipedos Terminalas, and the two terminals will be united before Klaipeda Port's newest terminal opens in March.
Mid-sizes accelerate charter market decline
Hanjin Shipping places first four orders
Sohar partners put signatures to export facility deal
Deutche Bahn bags Bax
ESC and CER join Eurovignette battle over road sector
Bali's Benoa Port switched to dedicated box facility
SYMS to launch China/Korea/Japan service
Strategic partnerships will see TMILL grow
Kaliningrad considers dedicating another two berths to containers
Maritime round table updates flag performance ranking The round table of shipping associations (Bimco, Intercargo, ICS/ISF and Intertanko) have updated their Shipping Industry Flag State Performance ...
SvitzerWijsmuller got the salvage of "Ever Mighty" SvitzerWijsmuller has been instructed to start the salvage of the grounded bulk carrier "Ever Mighty" on Hatter Reef in Great ...
Marita becomes WISTA president Marita Scott, partner in NorthEgde Risk Services, was elected new president of WISTA, the Women's International Shipping & Trading Association, at ...
Petrojam looks for fuel oil cargo Jamaican refiner seeking fuel oil while local refinery out of action.
Low-sulphur fuel for 2006 cruise season Seattle and Vancouver ports proposing 1.5% low-sulphur fuel for cruise ships while at berth.
Crude prices turn bullish on latest US oil inventory data Unexpected drop in crude and gasoline inventories push prices higher, and colder weather may cancel out bearish distillate statistics.
Rotterdam barge market on the rise at midday
Vopak kicks off massive Rotterdam investment Vopak plans to invest a total of 55 million euros to boost Rotterdam storage and handling capacity for fuel oil and jet fuel.
Deutsche Bank predicts two years of falling freight rates Expansion of global fleet could see rates across all areas of the shipping complex drop significantly over the next two years.
Singapore: Dramatic drop in bunker dispute cases MPA reports a big reduction in the number of bunker disputes since 1996, with very few cases relating to quality.
New Zealand launches oil recovery vessel Maritime New Zealand launching new oil recovery vessel to combat oil spills.
Hong Kong shipowners scold lax attitude to marine air pollution Hong Kong Shipowners Association urge the maritime sector to become more proactive in reducing harmful emissions from ships.
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