Asian shippers to brave global slowdown Executives at Hong Kong-listed shipping firm Pacific Basin should have little reason to smile.
Maritime degrees for 1st grads THE inaugural batch of students from the Bachelor of Maritime Operations programme have been awarded their degrees.
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Shipper always liable for freight charges A US appeals court has upheld a ruling that a retailer had to pay freight charges incurred for the shipment of its goods even though its broker and the carrier had agreed that the broker was liable for the charges.
Asian shippers to brave global slowdown Executives at Hong Kong-listed shipping firm Pacific Basin should have little reason to smile.
Maritime degrees for 1st grads THE inaugural batch of students from the Bachelor of Maritime Operations programme have been awarded their degrees.
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Shipper always liable for freight charges A US appeals court has upheld a ruling that a retailer had to pay freight charges incurred for the shipment of its goods even though its broker and the carrier had agreed that the broker was liable for the charges.
US bulk operators fear China will not fulfil orders NEW York forum doubts Chinese shipyards ability to meet huge orderbooks and deliver ships on time.
South Korea loses top shipbuilding slot to China
Jinhui axes VLOC order as credit crunch bites BULKER operator cancels $245.24m deal to keep overall cost of borowing in check.
ICAP swoops for Capital Shipbrokers WORLD'S biggest inter-dealer brokerage expands presence in tanker market.
Gazprom seeks to break down barriers in Nigeria GAZPROM cannot be accused of being coy about its ambitions to capture a larger share of international gas markets.
North Cyprus to expand Syrian links The rebel state of North Cyprus will expand its shipping links with Syria and a controversial ferry service will resume shortly
Peel Ports eyes overseas projects PEEL Ports, the UK's second largest port operator, says it is still interested in investing in port internationally ' despite reports to the contrary
International future for new course SINGAPORE has presented its first cohort of maritime graduates from a course that it hopes will be globally significant
Port president arrested for fraud THE port authority for Itajai, Brazil, has a new interim president after Wilson Francisco Rebello was arrested on Monday on suspicion of fraud
Dredging delays haunt Hamburg DRAUGHT problems in the Elbe have not stopped Hamburg grabbing more container market share, but the spectre of dredging delays is making box and bulk operators anxious
Market mayhem stops Seacastle IPO SEACASTLE, a container and intermodal holding company, has failed to go public on the New York Stock Exchange as a result of market unrest
Ports America CEO Tilden predicts cargo diversion absent upgraded capacity Executive says projected Asian cargo surge over next decade will flow through Mexico or Canada instead of West Coast ports.
BBC merges U.S. operations
Intermodal loadings lead rail traffic decliners
Seattle port plans new controls on construction projects
Ro-ro listing off UK The UK coast guard is working to rescue four passengers from the Seatruck ro-ro Riverdance as it lists in the Irish Sea.
Tidewater purchases shares US offshore vessel giant pumps $50m more into a share repurchasing program.
Injury toll at 12 BPZ Energy releases details of a fire aboard a military-chartered products tanker off Peru.
K-Sea gets an A US tank-barge owner's quarterly profits jump by 152% on the June acquisition of Smith Maritime Group.
CMB buys and sells Compagnie Maritime Belge sells an FPSO co-owned with Exmar and buys a bulker.
More VLGC blues Weak rates for very large gas carriers contribute to $21.6m loss for Belgium's Exmar
SFI ties up boxships Two 1,700-teu containerships to transition from short-term time-charters to long-term bareboat fixtures.
CPP banks $350m facility With expansion in mind, US-listed products tanker owner inks credit with HSH Nordbank and DnB Nor Markets.
Torm taps CFO US and Denmark-listed owner hires a former AP Moller-Maersk executive for the top finance job, 19 months after the resignation of his predecessor.
Erria offers up another Danish owner inviting investors to snap up 60% of 2006-built chemical/products tanker.
Svensen: 'IACS not a cartel' Commission has its wires crossed as cooperation between association members is required by EU law, chairman says.
ITF union: Viking won British ratings' union RMT says European Court of Justice verdict in Finnish ferry case was a victory for employers.
Marinakis in the money Nasdaq-listed Capital Product Partners sees profit boosted by late upturn in the spot market.
Eimskip free of airline baggage Icelandic line looks forward to life without loss-making air freight operations as profit rises.
Numbers up at Kirby Full-year profit and sales figures up at US tank-barge operator Kirby Corp.
Jinhui pulls plug on VLOC pair Credit crunch forces Oslo-listed owner to cancel $245m worth of shipbuilding contracts.
Hanjin hot in the fourth South Korean shipowner will splash $1.27bn on vessels and equipment after seeing full-year profits soar.
New ferry springs a leak Quick spot of welding needed after new Robben Island vessel launched at Far Ocean Marine.
Sleepless in Chesapeake Over-tired pilot wrapped in USCG report into grounding of panamax bulk-carrier off east coast last year.
Icap Hyde snaps up Capital UK dry cargo broker makes move into tankers by buying London chartering and S&P specialist.
Keppel strong on home straight Singapore-listed shipyard enjoys lucrative fourth quarter with full-year profits up 85%.
K Line nearly doubles its money Another of Japan's big three posts strong profit on Thursday as bulkers and boxships strengthen.
Yards ahead in China China State Shipbuilding Co reports bumper 2007 profit but won't reveal actual figure.
HHI on a high Korean shipbuilding giant sees record profit in fourth quarter and strong first half bolster annual result.
Shipping brings down the net Anchors blamed for cuts in two undersea cables that have disrupted internet services in Middle East and India.
Deja-vu for K Line Kinkai K Line unit has again upped its full-year forecast after an improved nine month showing..
MOL benefits from bulkers Soaring dry markets make up for weaker tanker and boxship sectors as Japanese owner increases third-quarter profit.
Strategic scoops three Australian shipbuilder's Singapore yard to build crew vessels for Dutch group Smit.
Daewoo gets gassed up South Korean shipbuilder nets a $500m two ship order from Brunei LNG, with another two options in waiting.
Greeks go newbuilding nuts Shipowners took their spending on newbuildings in 2007 to $32bn, according to brokers George Moundreas.
Sasebo steps on the gas Japanese shipbuilder's nine-month profit soars as it diversifies into LPG ships.
Shell loses clean crown UK oil major has been overthrown as the king of the clean charters, but who is the new No 1?
Profits ease at Taiheiyo Japanese tanker and bulker company sees third quarter performance decline by almost 40%.
Seacastle shelves IPO Vessel- and container-owning firm blames "unfavourable market conditions" for decision.
HPH inks Brisbane terminals Li Ka-Shing's Hutchison Port Holdings to lease container facilities at Aussie port in AUD200m deal.
Mærsk sells its car carrier fleet to Höegh A. P. Møller-Mærsk and Höegh Autoliners has come even closer to each other after a deal done this week in which A. P. Møller-Mærsk has sold its entire fleet of car carriers to Höegh Autoliners and has been ...
Mounting marine insurance hull and cargo claims During the first six months of last year 20 major claims amounted to a claims bill for hull and machinery underwriters of around USD 780 million. The full year's total is now expected to be in the excess of USD ...
Containerships to DCT Gdansk Containerships has concentrated its Polish traffic to the new DCT Gdansk deepwater container terminal. There are two weekly services from the terminal: Gdansk'S'dert'lje'St Petersburg'Helsinki'Aarhus and Gdansk'Teesport. The Containerships Group has its headquarters in Helsinki and ...
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