Cosco Corp hires staff for new rig-building focus IN preparation for its new offshore rig-building focus, Cosco Corporation Singapore has been hiring experienced technical staff from shipyards in Japan, Korea and Singapore for its China-based shipyard subsidiary.
Box volumes up 12.2% in Jan at PSA's Singapore terminals PSA's Singapore terminals and Jurong Port together handled 2.17 million 20-foot standard containers last month, 11 per cent more than in January the previous year.
Coal ship queue hits record at Aussie port THE queue of ships waiting to load coal at Newcastle, Australia, the world's biggest coal-export harbour, increased to a record 61, lengthening shipping delays and raising costs for producers and buyers of the fuel.
Asia freight rates firm on port delays, strong grain harvest
Erika defendants fail to evade prosecution ITALIAN classification society RINA and Total oil group fail in separate bids to extricate themselves from prosecution in the Erika trial.
Shipping in the dock as Erika court case opens
Row erupts over Taiwan lines share swap deal CHINESE Maritime Transport claims deal is improper and wants Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission to probe and halt the plan.
Kidnappers free Baco Liner seafarers NIGERIAN kidnappers have released the 24 Filipino seamen after holding them captive in for more than three weeks.
Panama's mega port gets competition PANAMA 13 February ' Singapore's PSA International wants to build a container port at the Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal, Panama's Minister of Trade Alejandro Ferrer has confirmed
Liberia hands IMO 'really big' cheque LIBERIA handed a particularly large cheque to the IMO last week: a symbolic $3.77M representing its annual assessment dues based on the number of ships in its fleet
Filipino hostages freed THE 24-man Filipino crew of German vessel Baco-Liner 2, held hostage in the Niger Delta for three weeks, have been freed, the Philippines government confirmed today
Rusty people cause spills: UK Club IT IS 'rusty people, not rusty ships, that cause us problems' said Karl Lumbers, director of loss prevention at the UK P&I Club, yesterday
Congressional pair float shortsea bill TWO US congressmen reintroduced legislation yesterday to enhance shortsea shipping on the Great Lakes by cutting repetitive tax levies on cargo
UK consumer price inflation falls, as consumption constraints ease The UK's Office of National Statistics today reported lower Consumer Price Inflation for January, after the recent inflation which many feared would dampen consumption.
Shipping Minister: Vizhinjam project will come through The Vizhinjam container transhipment terminal in India's Kerala state will come through, the Shipping Minister insisted at Cochin, as he inaugurated works on transport links for the Vallarpadam terminal project.
US trade deficit hit US$763.6bn in 2006
South Pacific lines swap vessels to counter capacity upgrades
Tanjung Priok stevedoring back to normal after transport links restored
Ruling awaited today on legality of CN strike
Updated: MTC International buys into Chilean logistics
Fantaasia stays in the Mediterenean AS Tallink group has signed a deal to charter out the Fantaasia to Algérie Ferries from May to October, with ...
Third coast guard vessel ordered by Remøy Remøy Management has ordered a third coast guard vessel at Myklebust Verft (part of Kleven Maritime) at NOK 25 million ...
Aker Kvaerner orderbook at nearly NOK 60 bn Aker Kvaerner had an order backlog worth NOK 59.7 billion by the end of 2006, up 23 per cent on ...
US gasoline policy could aid switch to distillates Reduction in gasoline consumption could provide marine industry with distillates to replace fuel oil says Viswa Lab founder.
Bunker Holdings expands in Kerch area Additional barge means operations in both Russian and Ukrainian territorial waters.
Owners warned to heed MARPOL requirements Increasing pressure on owners to curb marine pollution or face the consequences.
Rotterdam market very quiet
Singapore posts strong January bunker sales January bunker sales at more than two million mt, but down 15% month-on-month.
Singapore fuel shortage easing Bunker quotes may be limited this Friday as most Singapore bunker firms operating half-day.
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