Maritime forum agrees to tighter green rules A raft of new, tighter environmental regulations inched closer to reality following the annual meeting of the International Maritime Organisation's environment committee, including an increasing focus on shipping's contribution to global warming.
UK's Bristol Port to spend '450m on container terminal THE Bristol Port Co plans to spend about '450 million on a container terminal, a departure for the UK port that has relied on cargo such as cars and coal to expand over the past two decades.
Shanghai Port Container shares to stop trading SHARES of Shanghai Port Container Co, a listed unit of the operator of China's busiest port, will stop trading today as the company's parent seeks its own listing.
Int'l Container gets US$120m loan
Explosion aboard tanker
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Accident involving boat on land not covered by maritime law THE Supreme Court of Canada has overturned the decisions of two of the country's lower courts and ruled that a personal injury claim involving a pleasure craft accident on land was not a maritime matter.
Maritime forum agrees to tighter green rules A raft of new, tighter environmental regulations inched closer to reality following the annual meeting of the International Maritime Organisation's environment committee, including an increasing focus on shipping's contribution to global warming.
UK's Bristol Port to spend '450m on container terminal THE Bristol Port Co plans to spend about '450 million on a container terminal, a departure for the UK port that has relied on cargo such as cars and coal to expand over the past two decades.
Shanghai Port Container shares to stop trading SHARES of Shanghai Port Container Co, a listed unit of the operator of China's busiest port, will stop trading today as the company's parent seeks its own listing.
Int'l Container gets US$120m loan
Explosion aboard tanker
Admiralty Casebook
Accident involving boat on land not covered by maritime law THE Supreme Court of Canada has overturned the decisions of two of the country's lower courts and ruled that a personal injury claim involving a pleasure craft accident on land was not a maritime matter.
Asia-Europe lines cut speed to save fuel and soak up overcapacity FRANCE'S CMA CGM and the Grand Alliance have each taken action to save fuel and improve punctuality by adding ships to two Asia-Europe services.
Container freight rates may be pulling out of their decline BOX lines operating Asia-Europe services may have seen the end of the decline in freight rates on the trade, according to a respected transport analyst.
Seabourn splashes out $500m in double T Mariotti order LUXURY cruise brand Seabourn Cruise Line has ordered two new vessels for delivery in 2009 and 2010 from Genoese shipyard T Mariotti.
Alliance adds ship to meet transit times HAMBURG 19 October ' Container carriers in the Grand Alliance are to add a ninth vessel to their Asia-North Europe EU2 loop as of early 2007 in an attempt to raise service quality and customer satisfaction
Germany Russia boost maritime links BERLIN and Moscow have pledged to expand maritime trade between their two countries and to lend full support to companies willing to shift from road to sea
CalMac prompts ferry suspicions SCOTTISH ferry operator Caledonian MacBrayne has published a new service timetable with effect from March 2007 which does not include the Dunoon-Gourock route
QE2 arrest over cigarette haul A crew member of the cruise ship Queen Elizabeth 2 has been arrested after 765,000 cigarettes were seized on board the ship
Adsteam offer extended to Jan 07 SVITZERWIJSMULLER, the AP Moller-Maersk towage subsidiary, has extended its offer to shareholders of Australia-based Adsteam for a second time
NYK Shipmanagement MD Atre retires SHIPPING veteran Aswin Kumar Atre has retired as MD of NYK Shipmanagement with Hemant Pathania, formerly of Barber Shipmanagement, taking over the position
Grand Alliance adds Asia-N. Europe ship OOCL (left), MISC, Hapag-Lloyd and NYK Line expand EU2 service with addition of ninth vessel to improve schedule reliability.
Carriers plead anti-trust case at Shipping Act hearing
Referendum on Panama Canal expansion set for Oct. 22
Grand Alliance slows Asia/Europe ships to cut costs as low rates hit returns Grand Alliance lines announced today that they will reduce costs by increasing the number of ships in some Asia/Europe strings to nine by adding newbuildings to existing services.
Estonian Railways talks close, putting company back on state lines
Carrier consolidation better for shareholders says Citigroup
SvitzerWijsmuller extends its Adsteam offer deadline to January
Independent ICTSI gains $120m for "war chest"
Yang Ming newbuilds to boost Asia-Europe
Tonnage tax and increasing foreign trade to cut Horizon Lines taxes
ABB secures Azimuth orders ABB has secured orders for Azipod propulsion systems to 11 newbuildings. Sex of these, two shuttle tankers built by Admirality ...
Concordia maintains forecasts Concordia Maritime has during the first nine months had a net turnover of SEK 256.4 million (EUR 28 million) and ...
Havila sells it's UK rescue fleet Havila Shipping sells Havila Rescue UK with eight vessels to Ocean Mainport in Ireland for NOK 348 million. The company ...
Ships added to Asia-Europe services to save fuel costs Grand Alliance and CMA CGM cutting delays and allowing vessels to slow down to reduce bunker bills.
Panama to table bunker market reforms Bunker cluster industry group considering consultant's report.
Physical supplier close to Gibraltar start-up Bunkers (Gibraltar) Ltd will be first to offer 500 cst product in Gibraltar hub.
Fujairah fuel oil futures contract ready for launch in less than two weeks Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange looking to win energy sector's support.
ARA market stable Thursday morning
Singapore: Stocks of residual fuels, middle distillates down
INTERTANKO proposes revisions on Annex VI Association hoping to achieve positive and long-term air emissions reductions.
OPEC supplies to fall, global oil demand to rise OPEC supplies to fall this year despite a rise in global oil demand, an official US forecast said.
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