Iraq suing container firm for not paying port fees IRAQ is suing AP Moeller-Maersk AS, the world's biggest container-shipping company, for failing to pay fees at the port of Khor Az Zubayr - the first such suit against a foreign company since Saddam Hussein fell from power.
S'pore team headed for Oslo shipping show THE maritime community here is being represented for the first time in a big way at one of the world's best-attended shipping exhibition and show in Oslo next week.
Pipeline may boost tanker demand A pipeline linking Baku, Azerbaijan's capital, with Ceyhan on Turkey's Mediterranean coast may boost demand for so-called very large crude carriers , ships able to carry two million barrels of oil each, shipbrokers including New York-based Poten & Partners said.
Severe low sulphur fuel shortage looming, claims study Scrubbing technologies will have to be adopted to offset short supply and high prices of low sulphur fuels, says new study.
Shipping needs cohesion on emissions, conference told Shipowners are pursuing ad-hoc solutions to environmental challenges and need to focus more on education.
Singapore: Bunker fuel premiums ease with June cargo arrivals Larger volumes of cargoes scheduled to arrive in Singapore in June have shaved off bunker fuel premiums considerably in May compared to April.
Fuel additive cuts harmful emissions A fuel additive produced by Vancouver-based company can significantly reduce harmful emissions from ships' diesel engines as well as cutting sulphur emissions.
Oil output level can stay, UAE oil minister says Although world oil markets are adequately supplied now, UAE oil minister said OPEC need not cut oil output level when the cartel meets next month.
Ceres Paragon nails regular calls THE Ceres Paragon terminal in Amsterdam is to get its first regular customer, with the Grand Alliance pledging to field two loops via the Dutch terminal ' after four years of waiting. Up to 225,000 teu are expected to be generated from the weekly calls, roughly 20% of the terminal's capacity.
EU resurrects plan to levy ports in expansion of pollution tax policy BRUSSELS has resurrected plans to impose pollution tax on ports as part of a fund-raising effort for its trans-European transport networks.
Report warns of low sulphur fuel shortfall within 10 years THE MARINE bunker fuel market faces a potential shortfall of 1m barrels a day of low sulphur products within 10 years, a new study has predicted.
China revokes self-restraint measures on textile exports Beijing announced today that it would not not impose export tariffs on 81 categories of textile products from June 1, revoking the previous decision to hike tariffs on 74 products.
Ceres Paragon confirms August start for two weekly deepsea callers The Grand Alliance (GA) is to run two Asia-Europe services into Amsterdam's Ceres Paragon Terminal (CPT), beginning in August, bringing in 170,000TEU or more annually.
Bass Strait feeders face volume loss
OOCL to launch Vietnam/Hong Kong/Singapore feeder
Wan Hai reaches transpacific slot exchange agreement with Sinotrans
Cosco Pacific announces investment details for Nanjing Longtan terminal
AADA member carriers announce rate rises
European railfreight declaration charts rail progress
Russia and Kazkahstan railway chiefs meet, as box-traffic rises 13.4%
DFDS takes over Cobelfret service
CMR gets government extension but fees to rise
SA targets growth for under-used East London terminals and inland links
EU sabotages member's IMO proposals The European Commission (EC) has sabotaged proposals from Denmark and the United Kingdom to the IMO Maritime Safety Committee (MSC ...
DFDS takes over competitor on Sweden-UK route DFDS Group has purchased Cobelfret AB's entire operation on the service from G'teborg to Killingholme. The service has been a ...
"Estonia" court proceedings continue in France Today, the second session in the "Estonia" proceedings is opened at a court in Nanterre in France. Estonia Litigation Association ...
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