Caribbean oil tanker rates may rise Rates to transport crude oil from the Caribbean on Aframax tankers may rise in the days ahead after a 29 per cent gain last week, shipbroker Galbraith's said.
Ship fuel pollution to be cut The world's top maritime body agreed tough new limits on ship fuel pollutants at a week-long meeting that ended last Friday, an industry source said.
Tata Steel port project threatens turtle nesting spot: activists The construction of a major port in eastern India threatens one of the world's largest mass nesting sites for endangered sea turtles, environmental activists said on Saturday as they called for the authorities to halt the project immediately. The massive port, which will be the deepest in India, is less than 15 km from Gahirmatha, a beach where hundreds of thousands of Olive ridley turtles come to make their nests in the sand.
Chamber's new guard to look for shipping's X-factor BRITISH shipping interests lie in the hands of a lawyer and a Danish shipowner who have promised to find the missing X-factor.
Greek owners hold back from dry bulk newbuilds FOR first time in more than a year, no bulkers were ordered, based on March monthly assessment by brokers George Moundreas.
Declaration of independence ARE niche shipping lines able to survive in this era of global carriers and pressure for industry consolidation?
Remote and vulnerable THE proposals for the Antartic regions are not unreasonable, bearing in mind the hazards that vessels will routinely encounter.
Bunker revolution as residuals banned IMO'S MEPC has agreed a revision to Marpol Annex VI, banning the burning of residual fuel oil from 2020.
Pirates hijack luxury cruiser THE luxury cruise ship Le Ponant, owned by a subsidiary of CMA CGM, has been hijacked by pirates off the northern coast of Somalia
Ships collide off Hong Kong NO injuries have been reported following a collision between the container ship Hub Stellar and the chemical tanker World Dynasty off Hong Kong
Mitropoulos hails MEPC-57 A pleased IMO Secretary-General Efthimios Mitropoulos has hailed delegates and working groups of MEPC-57 after the landmark agreement on doing away with residual fuels
Sunken tug defies salvors THE sunken tug Neftegaz-67 continues to defy efforts by salvors to lift the vessel, which sank off Hong Kong airport on 22 March leaving 18 crew missing
Released Van Gogh returning to UK THE cruise liner Van Gogh with 460 passengers on board is due to arrive in Falmouth on Sunday after her extended stay in Funchal, Madeira
IMO approves low-sulfur fuel rules Deal to lower sulfur content in bunker fuel would significantly curb air pollution but also sharply drive up costs for ship owners.
Truckers' boycott affects gates at Port of Savannah
NY/NJ port authority sets carbon-neutral goal by 2010
New Horizon Lines CFO
New Safmarine container vessel makes first U.S. call
Pirates seize CMA CGM yacht
Steelmaker: Great Lakes dredging will save jobs
ANA options two converted freighters in Boeing order
Good news only? Reports from Taiwan this week of two Kaohsiung Harbor Bureau officials being jailed for allegedly inflating the port's 2007 container throughput in order to secure substantial bonus payments, highlights the pressure that terminal operators are under to function in a continuous good news culture.
Pacer Stacktrain expands with BNSF rail arrangement
Scientists support original theory on Estonia sinking Swedish SSPA and three other European research organisations support in general the original commissions theory on how the Estonia sank. Through model testing and computer simulations the researchers have been able to confirm how the Estonia could list, turn up ...
Lloyd's posts record result The insurance market Lloyd's reports a GBP 3.8 billion profit for 2007, of which around GBP 2 billion was from investment returns. The combined ratio was 84 per cent and total written premiums reached GBP 16.4 billion. The ...
HH Ferries reported to the Police in accident case HH Ferries at Helsing'r has been reported to the Police by the Danish Naval Command for not giving information about a maritime accident for one of its ferries. Last weekend one of the ferries on the HH Ferries service between ...
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