Baltic Exchange sailing on record profits as prices rise The prices of wheat, soybeans and iron ore have surged in the last two years, but that is nothing next to the surging cost of shipping goods like these.
French group to build LNG terminal in Dunkirk The port of Dunkirk in northern France on Friday gave EDF the green light to build one of Europe's biggest liquefied natural gas terminals, set to handle six billion cubic metres of gas annually from 2012.
TUI reps to discuss Hapag-Lloyd sale Shareholder representatives on TUI AG's supervisory board will meet today to discus options for disposing of the company's Hapag-Lloyd shipping unit.
Russian dockworkers stage walkout
Truckers in Europe protest against hike in fuel prices
Piracy/terrorism: no clear connection NO clear connection exists between maritime piracy and terrorism at sea, according to a report issued today by the research body, the RAND Corporation.
V.Financial joins Efigestioni V SHIPS and Efigestioni, the Italian asset manager, have entered into a cooperation agreement focused on jointly developing the two parties' managed investment funds
EMS buys Seven Seas EITZEN Maritime Services (EMS), the listed Norwegian maritime services group, is to become the biggest ship chandler in the world
Aker cuts Aker American stake AKER has reduced its holding in Aker American Shipping, the US based ship owning company, to just under 20%, down from more than half, in line with a decision published in November
Cabinet committee formed on Gwadar Port THE Pakistan coalition government has created a cabinet committee that will make Gwadar Port operational in the shortest possible time
Cruise norovirus outbreaks drop NORTH American cruise lines are enjoying a healthy decline in shipboard norovirus outbreaks so far in 2008
Subic patrol uncovers illegal drugs THE harbour patrol of Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority uncovered more illegal drugs at the weekend, namely methamphetamine hydrochloride or 'shabu', near the berthing area in Subic Freeport.
Panama Canal resumes normal bookings Waterway had cut the number of booking slots for the largest ships in March because of backlog of non-booked ships.
Explosion at Baltiysk shipyard ' several killed On 5 June a serious explosion occurred at the Russian flagged container vessel Enisey (built 1988) when it was docked at the shipyard in Baltiysk ' three persons were killed, three persons were injured and six persons are still missing on ...
Imperial Shipping grows Göteborg/London based shipowner Imperial Shipping has aqcuired the panamax 64,931-DWT bulk carrier Maha Roos, built in Japan 1982. After the purchase, the company fleet consists of 15 wholly owned vessels (bulk carriers and ro-ro vessels) and five ...
Aker Yards delivered SuperSpeed 2 Color Line has taken delivery of their second fast passenger- and car ferry from Aker Yards on June 5, 2008. The SuperSpeed 2 left Rauma the following day and will be employed on the Larvik'Hirtshals route. With a service ...
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