Asia condemns Somalian pirate attacks The Asian Shipowners' Forum has deplored the increased acts of piracy and armed robbery carried out by Somalian- based pirates against vessels operated by Asian shipowners in the Gulf of Aden.
Full steam ahead for degree in naval architecture Singapore's first batch of full-time degree students in naval architecture is set to take off with a pioneer intake of 62 students in the two-year programme offered by UK's Newcastle University under the Ministry of Education's (MOE) Polytechnic-Foreign Specialised Institution (Poly-FSI) initiative.
DHL appoints Asia-Pac customer relations chief DHL yesterday announced the appointment of Richard Owens as senior vice-president for its Global Customer Solutions (GCS) organisation in Asia-Pacific.
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Strait Talk
A celebration of all things nautical IT is difficult to pin down just what makes a successful maritime hub. Certainly, we are talking about more than just being a busy port. In the sense of being an important port with a vast range of related business activities going on, Singapore has always ticked the box. Indeed, it owes its very existence to its port.
Asia condemns Somalian pirate attacks The Asian Shipowners' Forum has deplored the increased acts of piracy and armed robbery carried out by Somalian- based pirates against vessels operated by Asian shipowners in the Gulf of Aden.
Full steam ahead for degree in naval architecture Singapore's first batch of full-time degree students in naval architecture is set to take off with a pioneer intake of 62 students in the two-year programme offered by UK's Newcastle University under the Ministry of Education's (MOE) Polytechnic-Foreign Specialised Institution (Poly-FSI) initiative.
DHL appoints Asia-Pac customer relations chief DHL yesterday announced the appointment of Richard Owens as senior vice-president for its Global Customer Solutions (GCS) organisation in Asia-Pacific.
PCL unit places out shares
Strait Talk
A celebration of all things nautical IT is difficult to pin down just what makes a successful maritime hub. Certainly, we are talking about more than just being a busy port. In the sense of being an important port with a vast range of related business activities going on, Singapore has always ticked the box. Indeed, it owes its very existence to its port.
Baltic Exchange lacks transparency, says Su SHIPOWNER Nobu Su argues brokers should disclose charter rates they submit to daily shipping indices.
Nobu Su's VLCC 'parking' plot helps to sustain rates
Billions wiped off AIG's value after rating downgrade BILLIONS of dollars were wiped off the value of American International Group amid fears insurer will be engulfed in cash crisis.
Owners face three years of credit turmoil SENIOR European banker warns shipowners may have to wait two to three years for the bank credit market to return to normal.
Gulf refineries likely offline for weeks Beaumont's portREFINERIES along the Texas Gulf Coast might be offline for another two weeks because electricity is only slowly being restored to the region
Ports America insulated from AIG THE crisis at AIG does not impact the largest terminal manager in the US, Ports America, which is owned by private equity firm AIG Highstar Capital
French free pair from pirates FRENCH commandos have freed two French citizens held hostage by pirates in a remote mountain hideout in northeastern Somalia
Russian oil is losing export profits THE ABRUPT fall in the international price of crude oil below $90 per barrel has trapped Russian oil exporters, the second-largest in the world by volume after Saudi Arabia
Dover doubles since Chunnel fire TRAFFIC passing through the port of Dover has doubled over the last few days after a fire forced the closure of the Channel Tunnel
MarAd funds cold ironing project MARAD will be putting up $150,000 to help the breakbulk and fishing port of New Bedford in Massachusetts install a cold ironing system
US funds ballast research scheme RESEARCHERS seeking a workable technology to control ballast bugs got a financial shot in the arm today when the US Maritime Administration funded the Northwest-Midwest Institute's Great Ships Initiative
LA-LB port to keep cargo flowing Southern California ports determined to keep container traffic moving despite concerns clean-trucks program will hurt drayage capacity.
Power, water issues keep Galveston port offline
UPS restoring service following Hurricane Ike
Bunker surcharge cut planned by Asia-Australia lines
Freight index declines
Smit rejects buyout offer
JFK freight off 10%
Trade group optimistic about ACE system development
Oil prices and dry bulk index slides Crude oil prices continues to fall. Last Friday, the price had fallen below the USD 100 mark, when USD 96.32 per barrel Brent was noted on the IPE spot market. The news of the Lehman Brothers Holdings bancruptcy and ...
Huge public support to Fredericia Fredericia Skibsværft enjoys a huge public support in its fight for survival after 2016. At a public meeting at the shipyard in Fredericia yesterday 1,054 persons were present to listen to several experts as well as several local politicians defending ...
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