MPA urges vessels to slow down in Singapore Strait SPEEDING is a problem not only on Singapore roads but also in the Singapore Strait - and the Maritime & Port Authority has issued a circular to the shipping community urging vessels to slow down in the narrow and congested waterway.
HK container volume up 4.2% in Oct HUTCHISON Whampoa Ltd, PSA International and other operators at Hong Kong's sea port handled 4.2 per cent more containers in October, helped by China's rising trade.
Daewoo Shipbuilding's profit in Oct rises 37% to 23.5b won DAEWOO Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co, the world's second-largest shipyard, said its profit in October rose 37 per cent from a year earlier because of a stronger won against the US dollar.
Vietnam oil tanker firm eyes Dec 21 share debut
UK broker to float on AIM before year-end
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Limits to the 'perils of the sea' THE sinking of a timber barge in calm waters while tied alongside a wharf is not a loss that can be said to be caused by the 'perils of the sea', a Canadian appeals court ruled last month.
MPA urges vessels to slow down in Singapore Strait SPEEDING is a problem not only on Singapore roads but also in the Singapore Strait - and the Maritime & Port Authority has issued a circular to the shipping community urging vessels to slow down in the narrow and congested waterway.
HK container volume up 4.2% in Oct HUTCHISON Whampoa Ltd, PSA International and other operators at Hong Kong's sea port handled 4.2 per cent more containers in October, helped by China's rising trade.
Daewoo Shipbuilding's profit in Oct rises 37% to 23.5b won DAEWOO Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co, the world's second-largest shipyard, said its profit in October rose 37 per cent from a year earlier because of a stronger won against the US dollar.
Vietnam oil tanker firm eyes Dec 21 share debut
UK broker to float on AIM before year-end
Admiralty Casebook
Limits to the 'perils of the sea' THE sinking of a timber barge in calm waters while tied alongside a wharf is not a loss that can be said to be caused by the 'perils of the sea', a Canadian appeals court ruled last month.
BP clinches LNG ship deal with Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi's National Gas Shipping Co (NGSCO) is taking responsibility for the technical management of its whole fleet of liquefied natural gas carriers following an agreement with BP affecting four vessels.
Kinnock's clock calls time on job as BIMCO adviser Neil Kinnock has resigned his post as special adviser to BIMCO because, he says, he has no time to do the job.
Virus hits 700 people on Carnival cruiseship MORE than 700 people have been affected by an outbreak of norovirus on board the Carnival Liberty, writes Sandra Speares.
Online exchange Global Slot Network off to slow start GLOBAL Slot Network, the online trading exchange for containerised cargo set up by shipbroker Clarksons and Synchronet Marine, has gone live ' albeit with more modest ambitions than previous e-commerce ventures.
Liberty outbreak caps norovirus wave TRANSATLANTIC 16 November ' Almost 20% of passengers and more than 10% of the crew aboard Carnival Liberty's trans-Atlantic cruise are suffering from gastrointestinal illness ' the latest in a long year of norovirus cases
Seafarer dies in discharge accident A Filipino seafarer died this morning in an accident that occurred during the discharge of a bulk carrier at Helsingborg, Sweden
Rogue wave strikes in Pacific REPORTS are surfacing about a 21m-high rogue wave in the Pacific that struck the sideloader Westwood Ponoma on Sunday night
VLCCs fuel ASRY growth ARAB Shipbuilding & Repair Yard in Bahrain, expects to achieve a net operating income of $135M in 2006, well ahead of 2005
SCA win pollution case compensation SUEZ Canal Authority has received a $3.2M in compensation from the owner of the Suezmax tanker Anna PC, which polluted the canal after running aground
Industry lobbies Congress hard for passage of waterways legislation Supporters of Water Resources Development Act bombard Capitol Hill with calls, urging passage before Congress ends current term.
Pacer names Uremovich as chairman and CEO
Horizon Lines shares fall on secondary stock offering
Senator's 'Concept 2007' to release 240,000 teu annually Senator Lines has confirmed details of its "Concept 2007" withdrawal from various services, and has now put the amount of capacity it will release at 240,000 teu a year.
COSCON launches first direct transpacific loop from Yantai COSCON started the first direct service linking Yantai and north America on Tuesday, and will launch a new China-Japan loop tomorrow.
Chittagong Port resumes operations, following end of blockade
Charleston terminal still on the road to nowhere
"Buy" call and better 2007 rates forecast spark China COSCO share surge
Rotterdam boxes clock up 2.9% rise in January-September
Investors welcome China Merchants' Mawan Port purchase from parent
SCI orders two containerships from Hyundai Samho
Chinese transport infrastructure construction company prepares for IPO
Toll reconfirms Patrick's investment programme
TNT freight management buyer is GEODIS
WTO chief urges APEC business leaders to push for trade consensus
New Zealand to build stadium at Auckland waterfront
Save 30% on fuel costs with new technology Solutions being offered for squeezing the bunker barrel for greater fuel efficiency.
Future fuel prices a 'major unknown' Shipowners facing increasing challenges and millions in extra costs.
Personnel changes at Chemoil Chemoil announces a move, a promotion and a new employee.
INTERTANKO unfazed by critics INTERTANKO stands by its radical distillate proposal but says it is just one of several approaches to a MARPOL Annex VI revision.
'Vegetable oil' trials progressing well Trawler running well on environmentally friendly vegetable oil in North Sea trials, but at a cost.
Star Cruises in the red as fuel prices rise by a third 83% rise in Q3 profit not enough to salvage cruise operator from profit loss during first nine months of 2006.
Relocation for Greek trader
Platts benchmark dropped in fuel oil cargo trade A fuel oil cargo in Singapore has been sold without reference to the traditional benchmark provided by Platts.
Rotterdam market firming again
Singapore: Stocks of residual fuels at 13-week high
OPEC revises global oil demand upwards An upward revision of 100,000 bpd of global oil consumption is forecast this year.
Singapore uncompetitive to Port Klang despite falling prices Malaysia's Port Klang 380 cst prices are about $3-5 lower compared to Singapore's.
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