Japan carriers expected to see smaller tax bills Nippon Yusen KK, Japan's largest shipping line, and other sea carriers may reduce their tax bills under a government proposal designed to encourage domestic ship registration.
VLCC freight rates up, set for further rise Asia freight rates for Very Large Crude Carriers (VLCCs) loading from the Middle East Gulf jumped yesterday as charterers rushed to lock in their tonnage requirements for October.
Vinashin to issue 3t dong in bonds State-run Vinashin, Vietnam's largest shipbuilder, is selling 3 trillion dong (S$279 million) in 10-year bonds on the domestic market to expand its cargo ship fleet, the company said yesterday.
Oakland Port turns idle after worker dies in accident
Tom Boardley quits NYK Line LINER heavyweight jumps ship to CMA CGM and is joined by former Maersk executive Lars Kastrup.
Saadé and Jacobs to join forces in ship finance vehicle
Indonesia detains pirates for tanker hijacking INDONESIAN authorities have detained 14 pirates who hijacked a product tanker over the weekend.
Dry bulk sector consolidation 'unlikely' EXPERTS say mergers, although needed, is unlikely to happen as segment is too fragmented.
Model of success stares failure in the face THE suspension of concessions at Talcahuano and Coquimbo has thrown the modernisation of Chile's ports into doubt.
The technical knowledge gap A REAL problem emerging in the shore-side infrastructure is a shortage of technical experience on many fronts.
Asians rule out dry bulk mergers ASIAN dry bulk owners have ruled out consolidation because the sector's ownership structure is too fragmented
Court action to halt Hutchison bid SRI LANKA'S Aitken Spence conglomerate is seeking to block a rival bid by Hutchison Port Holdings to build a new container terminal in Colombo
Iran slashes gasoline imports IRAN is cutting petrol purchases to 15M litres / 94,000 barrels a day, reports Fars News Agency, in an attempt to save $3bn
Shipping share offerings rise OVER $1.1Bn is being raised by a combination of secondary and initial public offerings on New York exchanges and there appears to be a healthy appetite for shipping equity
Trucking crisis looms for LA-Long Beach Warning that new security, smog rules could send harbor trucking into crisis mode in 2008 at largest U.S. box gateway.
Asia slowdown blunting Maersk container growth
Oakland port faces backlog
Steel imports up 29%
Canadian National to buy Chicago rail line
Gain for Tacoma breakbulk
U.S. approves new China flights
China Shipping in Japanese logistics joint venture
Astar pilots weigh strike
UK's Salvesen said to be logistics takeover target
Coastal Norway supports the shipowners Next week mayors and other politicians from Norway's coastal towns and local boroughs will go to Oslo to lobby ministers ...
Fast supply vessel from Hvide Sande Today Hvide Sande Skibs- & Bådebyggeri delivered its hull no. 113 to Rederi A/S Odin, a company part of the ...
Wärtsilä increases production capacity Wärtsilä has invested EUR 30 million in a new assembly hall and logistics centre at its factory in Vaasa, Finland ...
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