Emma helps PSA, Maersk make peace SINGAPORE named an orchid after the late wife of shipping luminary Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller, in an enthusiastic celebration of the arrival of the Emma Maersk, the world's biggest container ship.
Toll to invest $100m to redevelop Loyang base FREIGHT and logistics tycoon, Australian Paul Little is to invest $100 million in the re-development of the Loyang Offshore Supply Base.
Marine Terminals may be sold MARINE Terminals Corp, the family-owned operator of terminals at 13 US West Coast ports, may be put up for sale, three people with knowledge of the plan said.
Order book fills up for Hanjin's Subic yard
Port Shots
Port Shots MITSUI OSK Lines Ltd, Japan's second-largest shipping line, plans to introduce a container service linking Singapore and India.
Emma helps PSA, Maersk make peace SINGAPORE named an orchid after the late wife of shipping luminary Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller, in an enthusiastic celebration of the arrival of the Emma Maersk, the world's biggest container ship.
Toll to invest $100m to redevelop Loyang base FREIGHT and logistics tycoon, Australian Paul Little is to invest $100 million in the re-development of the Loyang Offshore Supply Base.
Marine Terminals may be sold MARINE Terminals Corp, the family-owned operator of terminals at 13 US West Coast ports, may be put up for sale, three people with knowledge of the plan said.
Order book fills up for Hanjin's Subic yard
Port Shots
Port Shots MITSUI OSK Lines Ltd, Japan's second-largest shipping line, plans to introduce a container service linking Singapore and India.
DP World chases top dollar for US port assets DP WORLD expects to receive considerably more from the sale of its US port assets than the rumoured $700m price tag.
MTC eyes west coast terminal sale THE port terminal sector in the US could see yet another realignment with the news that family-owned Marine Terminals Corp of Oakland, California, has hired Goldman Sachs to explore a possible sale, writes Rajesh Joshi in New York.
Lloyd's names 'under threat' from rigid rules MODERNISERS at Lloyd's of London have warned that failure to overhaul the market's traditional annual business timetable will spell an end to "names" and unaligned private capital in the 318-year-old insurance market.
Malaysian owners call for mandatory Malacca security funding THE Malaysian Shipowners Association is calling for a mandatory system of funding for navigational safety and security in the Malacca Strait, rather than the voluntary one agreed two weeks ago.
Cruising scores passport reprieve WASHINGTON DC 02 October ' The North American cruise industry has dodged a bullet with the passage of the so-called Stevens-Leahy Amendment, which delays new US passport requirements from January 2007 to a future time up to June 2009
Ports must recognise feeder needs CARRIERS have been urged to negotiate contract clauses with deep-sea ports in favour of feeder services
Grimaldi Naples opens Libya link GRIMALDI Group of Naples has inaugurated a new connection to Tripoli, Libya, from the Italian port of Salerno
UASC revives regional status UNITED Arab Shipping Co has launched a major initiative to secure its regional status by joining a liner grouping, setting up a European agency venture
Van der Giessen slip to build again DUTCH shipbuilder IHC Holland Merwede has leased the former-Van der Giessen-De Noord construction hall, slipway and outfitting quay to work on two offshore orders
Indians threaten to flag out INDIAN owners are threatening to flag out vessels to zero-tax regimes to escape crippling localn taxes
Security bill sails through Congress The legislation formalizes the criteria that C-TPAT members will need to meet to get expedited treatment for their cargo.
Bangladesh feeders consider congestion surcharge again The Singapore-based Chittagong Feeder Trade Committee is again considering a congestion surcharge on Chittagong-bound cargo containers, citing renewed congestion.
Legislature fails to approve Craney Island funds Virginia lawmakers went home Friday without a comprehensive transportation package, leaving in doubt the start date for the Virginia Port Authority's US$2.2bn Craney Island terminal.
FEFC confirms MSC is its latest recruit
Barrot warns that "European intervention" will not suffice
CSAV picks up mega-vessels from Dohle
China COSCO share issue to raise funds for acquisitions
St Petersburg flagship keeps growth above 20%
Sea Consortium and MOL to launch Chennai link
Port security compromise bill agreed on Saturday
Preparations for Brenner base tunnel well underway
Nice profit when Stena Bulk sells a half tanker Stena Bulk has sold half of the 116,000-DWT aframax tanker "Stena Arctica", built last year, to Finland's Neste Shipping ...
Increasing accident trend in the Baltic Sea In 2005, 151 vessel accidents occurred in the Baltic Sea region, of which 13 led to smaller oil spills. In ...
Master jailed after unreported grounding The German master of the Gibraltar-registered dry cargo vessel "Miramar" was arrested on Friday after reports from a fishing ...
Oil prices down despite talk of OPEC production cut Falling numbers in the US although markets hearing more talk of producers considering tightening taps.
Call for new 'super' bunker fuel Testing agency suggesting improved ship engine standards and new fuel specifications.
Petroplus sells bunkering division Dutch tycoon and three bunker companies' management agree buyout from changing firm.
ARA market stable, tight on prompt deliveries
Slow start to NYMEX bunker futures First week into the launch of the new trading platform, no contracts were recorded.
Two OPEC members to cut output Nigeria and Venezuela will cut output from October 1.
Adoption of ISO 8217:2005 slow among owners Survey shows less than 60% of shipowners/charterers adopt revised bunker standard under ISO 8217:2005.
Japan: August marine fuel sales down year-on-year
MPA reveals Singapore bunker sales tabulation The official Singapore bunker statistics are derived from an on-line declaration system called Marinet
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