DP World plans to rebuild Cuban port: sources State-owned Dubai Ports World, which relinquished control over six US ports in a political firestorm last year, is studying plans to build a container terminal in the Cuban port of Mariel, business sources said.
Asian jet fuel rises to record-high Asian jet fuel prices rose to a record in Singapore, the region's biggest oil-trading centre, after crude oil costs climbed to an all-time high.
EasyCruise to tap Greek no-frills market EasyCruise will add one ship a year in the coming years to tap the budding Greek no-frills cruise market, Stelios Haji-Ioannou, founder of British low-cost airline easyJet, said.
Has Intertanko shot itself in the foot? TWO weeks after an Intertanko report on shipping emissions was leaked to Fairplay, the same report has now been given to the BBC
P&I: 15% hike becomes Standard FOLLOWING the lead set by the Britannia, Standard P&I Club has raised its premium rates by 15% to keep up with increasingly frequent and costlier large claims
Lanka prospects for oil SRI Lanka is to charter a seismic survey vessel to search for petroleum deposits off its southern and eastern coasts
Indian charges frighten trade off EXORBITANT costs at every stage of the supply chain are dragging down the competitiveness of Indian ports, experts at a conference in India warned today
Costa and Louis eye Larnaca CARNIVAL'S Italian subsidiary Costa Crociere and Louis plc, the parent company of Louis Cruise Lines, are among rivals bidding for a port concession in Larnaca, Cyprus
Australia plans new cabotage route A COASTAL shipping service between Townsville, Brisbane and Newcastle could start within the next six months
West Coast employers optimistic ILWU contract can be reached before deadline Employers are hopeful accord with International Longshore and Warehouse Union can be had before current pact expires in July.
Panama Canal expands box traffic, adds slots for '08
New No. 2 at Homeland Security
Carriers call for clarity on EC guidelines
Corpus Christi opens trade corridor
Customs Update: Import safety
Seaway traffic slumps
Menlo buys Chinese logistics firm
Great Lakes loadings fall
Rail volume slips
AMTAC opposes import concessions for duty-free access
Is the EC dawn raid enigma casting an unfair shadow over the logistics industry? Like something out of a spy movie, European Commission (EC) special agents, carried out a series of 'dawn raids' on the premises of a handful of major freight forwarders on October 10.
QR makes east-west leap
EC confirms consortia regulation intentions
Escombe Lambert to drive SCI forward in Ireland
Hanjin sign MOU with Jacksonville for new box terminal
Farmers get 1.8m clams Evergreen has settled a lawsuit with a group of clam farmers over a bunker spill in Charleston, South Carolina.
Fredriksen in driving seat Frontline's shipowning arm reveals 7m share buy-back scheme.
Holy rusty steel, Batman! Legal fight over a Jeddah-bound shipment of rusted steel bars moves down chain of indemnity agreements as charterer sues steel company for $14.5m.
Valdez in high court US Supreme Court justices are scheduled to meet next week to decide whether to hear the latest ExxonMobil appeal in the case over the Valdez oil spill.
Greens want ferry limits Environmentalists are demanding that the Hawaii legislature tack on a list of 29 conditions to islands' embattled fast-ferry service.
Rates hurt Concordia Swedish owner sees third-quarter profit drop as "very weak" rates barely cover vessel running costs.
Updraft for Eagle Bulk Lazard Capital Markets analyst gives US-listed bulker owner a target price boost as 2008 supramax outlook improves.
Standard goes for 15% These shipowner P&I club directors have decided that a hefty general increase is warranted.
Gotland gets better Swedish tanker and ferry owner boosted by higher revenues and tax rebate in first half.
Indonesian ferry claims 31 Another passenger ship sinks off the Indonesian coast trapping several people inside.
Brussels' shortsea boost New EC rules aim to cut red tape for intra-EU shipments.
GOL cleared for overseas interest Reserve Bank of India rules that foreign investors can buy up to 49% in offshore vessel company.
"Rustbucket" off to Africa Danish-controlled veteran Rigina, shamed by Paris MOU on its website in 2005, has been sold.
Rickmers orders ten German breakbulk owner books multipurpose series at China's Tongfang and Xinshun yards.
Sister act for Goldenport Greek owner continues habit of buying tonnage and sings praises of identical Danish boxship pair.
Yang Ming comes out fighting Taiwanese owner says bulker profit will double next year in rates boom.
Hostile attack in Iran AK-47 wielding gang board boxship in Shatt Al Arab waterway highlighting spread of pirate crime.
Saaremaa scraps Sillamae route Russian intransigence over Baltic short-cut means Estonian owner will sell ferry Vironia.
GE profit heads north Indian bulker and tanker owner Great Eastern posts huge second quarter earnings as revenues rise.
DOF double for Cochin Norwegian owner orders two supply ships at Indian yard for delivery in 2010.
Emma Mærsk is even bigger according to survey A. P. Møller-Mærsk's E-class container vessel seems even bigger than the 14,500 TEUs claimed by several sources until now. AXS-Alphaliner, an international container research company, has done a new counting based on a detailed drawing of the ...
Chief Engineer faces up to 15 years in prison The former chief engineer of the roro-vessel Tanabata faces up to 15 years in prison and USD 750,000 in fines after being convicted on three counts in a Baltimore court. One count was conspiracy and two counts of making ...
Norwegian Navy unable to man new frigates The Norwegian Navy may be unable to train enough sailors to man its new frigates. Two vessels of a series of five have so far been delivered, the Fridtjof Nansen last year and Roald Amundsen this year. All the frigates ...
No relief for bunker buyers at week's end Prices still firm on US markets despite crude sliding.
Le Royaume announces new Singapore appointment New head of business development to focus on customer service.
New team member at Curoil
Rotterdam market stays firm
Uncertainty makes long-term investment 'impossible' From refinery to point of delivery, long-term plans made impossible until new fuel rules become clear.
Castrol Marine offers bulk lube supply in Shanghai Barge deliveries to start from November 1.
'Golden age' for independents Adrian Tolson of Chemoil says it is time for independent suppliers to 'stop hiding' and take a lead.
ExxonMobil sells November cargo Saudi-based fuel oil trader buys cargo as supply crunch continues.
Oil producers have 'no influence' over crude rally ADNOC official blames refining shortage and political tensions; Iran sees no need for OPEC to increase output.
Philippines breaks ground for oil depot New oil terminal due to be operational by 2010.
Ship source pollution up in Hong Kong Statistics showing a marginal rise in percentage terms of ship-generated emissions.
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