China shipyards set to tap equity market Ambitious Chinese shipyards plan to tap eager equity markets in coming years to ride a global trade boom, but investors should be wary about risks of a worldwide capacity glut by 2010.
Second busiest port: Shanghai may replace HK Chinese city Shanghai is expected to overtake Hong Kong as the world's second-busiest container port this year, helped by rising throughput at the multibillion-dollar Yangshan deep-water port, a senior port official said yesterday.
US, Mongolia sign shipboarding pact Somebody should have looked at a map.
Eitzen offloads Fouquet Sacop to Sea-Invest EITZEN Chemical disposes of French product tanker subsidiary it acquired less than two years ago.
Eitzen Chemical sale speculation sends share price soaring by 13%
Shanghai to overtake Hong Kong, says port official THE box port is expected to be the world's second busiest this year, helped by rising throughput at Yangshan.
Court throws out ship-source pollution sanctions The European Court of Justice throws out list of criminal sanctions designed to reinforce the ship-source pollution directive.
Why shipping can pay a heavy price for simple safety mistakes VESSELS are being detained because operators are failing to follow simple routines.
Leave it to the experts Pollution control and response experts together with the media air their views about oil spill reporting.
EU criminal sanctions thrown out The European Court of Justice in Luxembourg yesterday scrapped an EU law that holds ship captains and owners criminally responsible for polluting the sea
Eurotunnel slashes freight costs IN a bid to win a greater volume of freight traffic, Eurotunnel will halve the cost of moving freight by rail from the start of 2008
Gulf storm kills three, shuts ports FIERCE storms have shut operations at dozens of offshore oil rigs, closed three ports and killed two oil workers in the Gulf of Mexico
Scots try to triple recruits A THREE-year seafarer recruitment programme has been launched by the Scottish Executive
10M Carnival shares on block ARISON family trusts will sell up to 10M Carnival Corp common shares for estate planning and diversification purposes over the next year
Spill cover-up costs Polar $7.5M POLAR Tankers pleaded guilty yesterday to a single felony count for spilling oil sludge and faking a lifeboat drill to cover its tracks
Bayonne hears other maritime proposals for former Military Ocean Terminal Developers pitch City Council on their plans for waterfront site that has been sold to NY-NJ Port Authority.
Seattle port completes bridge linking two terminals
Econocaribe acquires Genesis to expand Gulf reach
Customs seizes $1M in illegally transshipped apparel
SRAB to install catalytic converters on tanker Stockholm based tanker owner SRAB Shipping has decided to install catalytic converters on the third and last product tanker to be delivered from Turkey. Delivery will be delayed by approximately six weeks to the end of the first quarter next ...
Shipping tax is unconstitutional, says expert The shipping tax on Norwegian owners is unconstitutional, in that it is imposed retroactively nearly ten years back, according to legal expert professor Eivind Smith at the University of Oslo. He recommends the Norwegian parliament (Storting) to drop the tax ...
American insurer gigant enters Nordic marine insurance market Markel International enters the Nordic marine insurance market by opening an office in Stockholm. The office is headed by Ove Staaf who joins from QBE. London based Markel International wrote gross premium of 729 million in 2006. The mother company ...
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