Charterer wins appeal against order to pay deadfreight A VOYAGE charterer won an appeal in an English court last week against a ruling to pay 'deadfreight' for cargo it did not load into a tanker because the vessel could not have departed the loading port safely if all the cargo had been loaded.
China in line to take shipowning title CONSULTANT predicts Chinese shipping companies could unseat Greek owners within 10 years.
Order boom lifts Greek owners' bank borrowing beyond $46bn
Greece urged to speed up port privatisation HELLENIC Chamber of Shipping calls for urgent privatisation of container operations at country's top ports.
Erika master to seek damages from RINA CAPTAIN Karun Mathur springs surprise by announcing he intends to sue class society.
Breaking fresh ground in 'New Arctic Ocean' AS Artic ice melts it is revealing a host of opportunities for many sectors of the shipping industry.
Where coal is still king SUBSTANTIAL investment is being channelled towards developing China's expanding coastal coal trade.
Carnival confirms jv delays MIAMI 24 May ' Carnival Corp has conceded that its proposed joint ventures with Germany's TUI and Spain's Iberojet will not close in 1H07 as previously planned
Greens call for Lakes 'salty' ban Environmental groups have called for a stop-gap ban on ocean-going ships entering the Great Lakes until legislation addresses the invasive species issue
Slower growth for Schiffsbank HIGHER unscheduled repayments from cash-laden ship owners and the weaker US dollar checked Deutsche Schiffsbank's growth last year
Tanker orderbook hits new high he global tanker newbuildings orderbook has reached its highest-ever level, according to one shipping analyst, although the risk of oversupply has also risen
Seoul stops food for North Korea SOUTH Korea has postponed the shipment of 400,000 tonnes of rice to the communist North, making it conditional upon Pyongyang's dismantling of a nuclear reactor
SCI plans shipyard, dredger ventures SHIPPING Corp of India is looking to move into shipbuilding, and plans to join a consortium with a public sector builder and overseas yard in a west coast project
Vancouver port containers moving despite Canadian Pacific rail strike Intermodal traffic at the Port of Vancouver is moving freely despite a strike by unionized track maintenance workers.
Two crewmembers died in cargo hold Yet another tragic and fatal accident has occurred where sailors has entered an unventilated cargo hold. The general cargo ship ...
EU proposal on compulsory owner financed ship disposal fund The EU Commission proposes in a green paper on safe and environmentally sound ship disposal that a ship disposal fund ...
Above normal Atlantic hurricane season predicted Experts at the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are projecting that the Atlantic hurricane season will be above ...
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