Isle of Man registry seeks ties with Asian counterparts THE shipping registry of a European island rather smaller than Singapore is seeking to improve ties with reputable ship registers in Asia, particularly that of Singapore.
EU nod for PSA Int'l venture to build terminal in UK PSA International, the world's second-largest container port operator, and International Port Holdings won European Union approval for a venture to build a terminal in the UK. The European Commission, the EU's antitrust authority, announced the approval in a statement yesterday.
S'pore group tops bids for Serbian shipping firm A Singaporean consortium has topped the bidding for Serbia's state-owned shipping company, the country's privatisation agency said yesterday.
Strait Talk
Sacrificing standardisation in containers FOR the last dozen or so years, an excellent publication has sat on my bookshelf, being taken down every now and then to shed light on some aspect or other of the early days of containerisation.
Isle of Man registry seeks ties with Asian counterparts THE shipping registry of a European island rather smaller than Singapore is seeking to improve ties with reputable ship registers in Asia, particularly that of Singapore.
EU nod for PSA Int'l venture to build terminal in UK PSA International, the world's second-largest container port operator, and International Port Holdings won European Union approval for a venture to build a terminal in the UK. The European Commission, the EU's antitrust authority, announced the approval in a statement yesterday.
S'pore group tops bids for Serbian shipping firm A Singaporean consortium has topped the bidding for Serbia's state-owned shipping company, the country's privatisation agency said yesterday.
Strait Talk
Sacrificing standardisation in containers FOR the last dozen or so years, an excellent publication has sat on my bookshelf, being taken down every now and then to shed light on some aspect or other of the early days of containerisation.
Windjammer re-start flounders Windjammer Barefoot Cruises failed to resume operations as planned on 3 November and faces new legal struggles
US box imports continue to drop A NEW survey of US container volumes has revealed further drops in September, with peak-season weakness predicted to persist
Investors upset over weak US ports INVESTORS who have sunk millions into US terminal operations over the past couple of years are now upset that feeble container throughput is hurting profits
Hamburg Süd buys Costa Container GERMAN container line Hamburg Süd has is to take over Italy's Costa Container Lines
Quintana sails back to black BULK operator Quintana Maritime remains 'in play' and has posted a third-quarter profit after losses a year ago
How to pay is next question for Los Angeles-Long Beach clean-trucks plan Largest U.S. container gateway set to ban oldest, dirtiest trucks after Long Beach approves new port tariff schedule.
Bush wants tougher rules for dangerous imports
Container traffic lags 2006
More TWIC sign-ups added
Hamburg S'd buys Costa Lines
Europe ports face rail strike
Bayport suits to be dropped
Halifax builds Asia business
Maersk reefer software to reduce CO2 emissions
Expeditors ups profits, retains counsel for anti-trust probe
Cadets board SeaRiver US academy cadets have been given the green light to spend sea tours aboard ExxonMobil's foreign-flag tankers.
Rival buys CCL Hamburg Sud closes long-anticipated purchase of Italy's Costa Container Lines.
Double-edged sword Regional Container Lines sees profits up 39% as dollar weakness hits revenues but cuts costs.
Superferry bill signed Hawaii's governor acts to allow the islands' first fast-ferry service.
Lawrence in sell-off Kirby chairman sells more than 492,000 shares, fetching nearly $22.5m from the US tank-barge player's stock.
Master "would have stopped" Captain of P&O ferry tells court he would have checked on yacht had he known of incident that killed three.
Li cashes Cosco shares Asia's richest man sells China Cosco stock in $166m move.
Brussels bashes Croatian yards The European Commission says shipbuilding subsidies must be slashed if Croatia wants to join the EU.
Trico buys Norwegian Offshore vessel owner is poised to launch Trico Subsea as it buys Norway's Active Subsea.
Greek sell-off moves closer Merchant marine minister looks to privatise Piraeus and Thessaloniki container operations.
Crew scam busted in UK Scottish agent's suspicions aroused after attempt to place superintendent on non-existent ship.
Slim-lined SSC cashes in Singapore Shipping Corp sees second quarter profits soar after dumping third party shipmanagement services in January.
Garware gains again Expanding Indian offshore owner sees profit soar in first three quarters.
D'Amico down Listed product tanker wing of Italian owner hurt by weak freight rates in third quarter.
Singaporeans win JRB auction Daxin Petroleum-led group is highest bidder in privatisation of Serbian national shipowner.
Kurz takes ASC top job Jones Act specialist takes over from Gary Mandel at American Shipping Corp.
PNSC HQ "dangerous" after fires Pakistan national owner must carry out further tests before five floors of head office can be used again.
Reliance takes drillship First of two Transocean vessels being built at Samsung chartered to Indian player for $950m.
Spot check at Brostrom Swedish owner held back by continuing weak tanker spot rates in third quarter but remains upbeat in outlook.
Andersen lays down the law Life at AP Moller Maersk set to change after new boss slams previous growth and returns.
Penang desperate to ditch ferries Malaysian port wants government to buy its loss-making passengership operations.
Nichols down but not out Under-fire US shipyard lays off workers, but closure could be short-term.
Nexus looks up Prospecting earnings increase revenue ahead of the arrival of FPSO units which should lead company out of the red and into the cold north.
Seabourn exercises option Up market Carnival Corp subsidiary returns to Italian builder T Mariotti for third luxury liner.
Samskip and Delphis team up Icelandic line coordinates Spanish box run with Belgian partner.
Quintana swings to profit Stamatis Molaris-run bulker operation returns to the black as third quarter revenue doubles.
Hanjin trebles earnings Korean containership line boosted in third quarter by surging demand for Asian cargoes.
Greatship orders brace Great Eastern offshore vessel operating arm takes order book to 16 ships with more domestic orders.
LASCO orders four tankers Latvian Shipping Company (LASCO) has signed a contract with Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co to build four ice-classed tankers on 52,000 DWT per unit. LASCO has earlier taken delivery of four ice-classed tankers on 37,000 DWT per unit from ...
Early delivery for Concordia Concordia Maritime's newbuilding, the Stena Perros, which originally was due for delivery in February 2008 will be delivered in the beginning of December. The vessel, built with P-Max design at Brodosplit Shipyard in Croatia, will fly the Bermuda flag ...
Nordea tops nine months shipping bank league Nordea Bank AB was shipping's busiest lender in the nine months to the end of September being the top bookrunner with 44 syndicated credits totaling USD 10,922 million, or a 19.1 per cent share of the market. In second ...
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