IMB tells industry not to lower guard despite drop in piracy THE ICC International Maritime Bureau has warned the global maritime community not to become complacent after its 2005 piracy report showed worldwide pirate attacks at their lowest level since 1999, including a drop in attacks in regional waters.
Malacca Strait attack seen rocking world economies A maritime terrorist attack in the Malacca Strait could send economic shockwaves around the world even it was not a major strike, the commander of the United States Pacific Fleet said yesterday.
MPA gets 2 new board members TWO prominent private sector personalities in shipping have been inducted into the board of Singapore's maritime regulatory body, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore.
Over 100 rescued from sunken Indonesian ferry
French journalists held after filming in Indian shipyard
Felixstowe £240m terminal gets UK nod CONSTRUCTION of a new deepsea container terminal at the Port of Felixstowe is expected to start within six months, after getting the go-ahead from the UK government yesterday.
UK and France on pollution alert as Ece sinks FRANCE and Britain went on to pollution alert yesterday after the Ece, the chemicals tanker holed in a collision with a bulk carrier in the English Channel on Tuesday, sank with its cargo of 10,000 tonnes of phosphoric acid while under tow.
UK operators say port security licensing is too costly CONTRACT security staff at UK ports will have to be licensed by the Security Industry Authority from March 20, despite opposition by operators on cost grounds.
Ex-agent Basham is new head of Customs THE director of the US Secret Service and career intelligence man, Ralph Basham, has been tapped to become Commissioner of Customs and Border Protection, closing a gap created last year by former incumbent Robert Bonner's return to the private sector.
GE Shipping slipping MUMBAI-based Great Eastern Shipping Co, which is now being divided, said its net profit for 4Q05 has fallen by 36% to Rs1.8Bn ($42M) over a year earlier
Freight shippers to go direct ONLINE service provider DirectFerries.co.uk has set up a dedicated freight site to take bookings for European ferry services in a bid to cater for the growth in the sector
Curacao gasoline unit shut STATE-owned Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) has shut a gasoline unit at its La Isla refinery in Curacao for six weeks for planned maintenance
UK ports review one step closer, as Felixstowe South project approved The UK government has approved Hutchison Ports UK's Felixstowe South reconfiguration, leaving just final decisions on the Bathside Bay and London Gateway projects before the promised national ports review.
Brazilian ports group slams 'anachronistic' truckers in Rio Grande action Some 15,000 containers have piled up at Tecon Rio Grande box-terminal in southern Brazil due to a truck-drivers' strike, prompting fierce criticism from the Association of Brazilian Port Terminals.
Charter market tugged in different directions
Black Sea market warming up
Temas to launch Thai link
RZhD gets on Ust-Luga wagon, as stakeholders vie to promote port
Two seafarers injured in carbon dioxide accident Two crew members on the Cypriot-flagged general cargo vessel "Skarpoe" were injured, one reported severely injured, when a number ...
Hull for Stena ropax at Fosen The hull for the first new Stena ropax vessel finally arrived at Fosen Mek Verksted from Baltiysky Zavod in St ...
Bearish data sends crude markets lower Crude markets tracked lower today after latest US inventory data revealed higher than expected builds for crude and gasoline.
DOE & API at a glance: This week's key US inventory figures
Three out, two in, at MPA board Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore Chairman re-appointed for three years.
Coastguard monitors pollution after tanker sinks Phosphoric acid cargo poses little threat, but bunker fuel onboard vessel could lead to significant pollution damage.
Barge launch brings 2008 double-hull target closer Leading ARA barge operator launching its ninth double-hull newbuild, less than three months after its latest fleet addition.
Prompt Antwerp offers below Rotterdam this morning
No change to output ceiling, OPEC says The OPEC meeting yesterday concluded with the oil cartel deciding not to change its oil output ceiling.
China seeks direct imports of fuel oil from producers China is looking to acquire more of its supplies directly from oil producing countries, bypassing oil traders in Singapore.
Malacca Strait: Threefold drop in pirate attacks on year The number of pirate attacks in the Malacca Strait dropped more than three times in 2005 compared to 2004.
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