P&O integration with Maersk to cost 1.5b kroner THE total bill for restructuring and integrating former Anglo-Dutch line Royal P&O Nedlloyd with its existing Maersk Sealand liner operation will amount to nearly 1.5 billion Danish kroner for the full year 2005, new owner AP Moller-Maersk said on Friday.
Evergreen Marine posts 20% rise in Q2 profit TAIWAN's Evergreen Marine Corp, the world's third-largest container shipper, reported a rise of 20 per cent in second-quarter net profit on the back of booming China exports and firm freight rates.
Frontline likely to expand into ship-based oil rigs FRONTLINE Ltd, the world's biggest oil-tanker operator by capacity, may rebuild some of its single- hulled vessels to ship-based oil rigs to continue making money on them after they are banned from carrying crude from 2015.
Remove Malacca Strait from threat list: M'sia
Hutchison Port to run terminal in Thailand for vehicles
Thai shipping line sees record 2005 profits
Paperwork delays China factories: Singamas
US West Coast ports vie for China trade
Blast rips ferry in Philippine south-west, wounds 24
Thirty injured as terror blast fireball hits Philippines ferry MARITIME terrorism has reared its head again in the Philippines after 30 people were injured in a blast on a ferry in the troubled south of the country. The Abu Sayaaf terrorist group is being blamed for a blast on the 240 dwt, Philippines-flagged ferry Dona Ramonaon Sunday that injured at least 30 people.
Japanese owners' victimisation claims are rejected by JWC CLAIMS from Japanese shipowners that they are being victimised by new reinsurance coverage in the Malacca Strait have been dismissed out of hand by the Joint War Committee.
Singapore insurer warns regional owners on Malacca Strait war risk cover A Singapore insurer has warned certain shipowners to review their hull insurance policies to ensure that they have war risk cover following the move to assess the Malacca Strait as a war risk zone, writes Marcus Hand.
New tug rival breaks through at Le Havre after six-year battle A NEW tug company is planning to open for business at the start of next year at the French port of Le Havre after winning a six-year battle to obtain authorisation to do so.
Owners step up light dues challenge INTERNATIONAL shipowners are stepping up their campaign to cut the cost of calling at UK ports, writes Janet Porter.
Philippine ferry blast injures 30 AN explosion rocked a passenger ship that was docked at Lamitan wharf in Basilan in the southern Philippine province of Mindanao wounding at least 30 passengers yesterday
Chemical tanker aground in Japan A watch keeper falling asleep is thought to have been the cause of a domestic chemical tanker grounding in Japan over the weekend
Katrina threatens US oil supply HURRICANE Katrina, one of the most intense storms in recorded history, could severely disrupt America's oil supply, shut down the Mississippi River trade and submerge the city of New Orleans
Gulf ports battered by Katrina The storm made landfall near the mouth of the Mississippi River this morning. Ports from New Orleans to the Florida Panhandle are closed.
Update on JoC Breakbulk Conference
Oakland to test extended gates
Schneider Logistics acquires American Port Services
Pittsburgh port to host inland-waterways conference
Chinese official: No more plans for yuan
Stolt-Nielsen unit signs e-procurement pact
Security test slated at Baltimore
Truck strike ends at Indian port
Cleaner-burning locomotives coming to LA-Long Beach
Updated: New Orleans evacuated as Katrina hits US Gulf Coast New Orleans has been evacuated and Hurricane Katrina has hit the US Gulf coast, after making landfall further west than expected.
Progress expected in Sino-US/EU textile talks The Chinese textile community is pleased with an EU proposal to unblock goods held at European ports, while the fourth round of Sino-US talks is expected to kick off soon.
Dutch one-day port strike set for August 31
Over 300,000 pairs of contraband shoes dug out of Vostochniy customs-pile
Six operators request qualification for Tuticorin second box-terminal bid
Baltic feeder increase prompts Kiel Canal upgrade
HK truckers to introduce surcharge, but shippers want explanation
Lyttelton sees recovery continuing
New Eastern Siberian governor fast-tracked from the railway
More US ships to Maersk Line Maersk Line Limited, the US subsidiary of A.P. Møller-Mærsk, has been awarded the contract for maintenance and operation of ...
More containers through G'teborg The Port of G'teborg handled 396,000 TEUs during the first six months, up by eight per cent compared to the ...
ELA arranges "Estonia" symposium in Tallinn Estonias Litigation Association (ELA) will host a symposium in Tallinn on the 11th memorial day of the "Estonia" disaster. Among ...
Katrina causes chaos in US Gulf bunker markets As Katrina halted bunkering in New Orleans and Mobile, Alabama, today, suppliers elsewhere in the US were trying to assess the impact and keeping bunker prices high.
Bunker tanks safe within triple-bottom structure Japanese shipowner took delivery of a car carrier with its fuel and bunker oil tanks fitted within a triple-bottom structure.
Chimbusco bonded bunker sales up 41% on year Chimbusco's bonded bunker sales volume rose 41% for the first half of 2005 compared to a year ago.
OPEC maintains supply is sufficient despite high prices OPEC is concerned with surging oil prices but maintains that the market already has sufficient supplies.
Orient Overseas (International) Limited (OOIL), the subsidiary of the Chinese shipping group COSCO Shipping Holdings that operates containerized maritime transport services with ...
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