Chinese tie-up gives Yantai added boost With the completion earlier this month of China International Marine Containers' (CIMC) deal to buy a 29.9 per cent stake in Yantai Raffles Shipyard for US$327 million, the company is now more tightly integrated into the Chinese economy, chairman Brian Chang told BT.
Criminalisation: seafarers' bane and sea career deterrent THE increasing trend to 'criminalise' seafarers around the world has gone to the top of the list of shipping industry concerns in recent months.
Gulf tanker rates may rise with demand The cost of shipping Middle East crude to Asia, the world's busiest route for supertankers, may rise for a second day as refineries accelerate vessel demand, strengthening owners' negotiating hands.
Ten feeders for Arcade Acquisition NEW YORK-based Arcade Acquisition Corporation revealed today that it will spend $262M in a complex deal to acquire ten feeder box ships
Lanka to train engineer cadets SRI Lanka Ports Authority and national shipping line Ceylon Shipping Corp are to start a three-year programme to train engineering cadets to take advantage of the global crew shortage
Seafarer on oil dump charge ALLEGED fraudulent oil record keeping has landed a Spanish seafarer in trouble with US authorities, who say the crewman from the tanker Nautilus dumped oil at sea and failed to record it
Hagupit sinks cargo ship, strands many TYPHOON Hagupit has left thousands of ferry passengers in the Philippines stranded after authorities suspended the operations of passenger-cargo ships yesterday
Euro owners call for action on piracy THE EUROPEAN Community Shipowners' Associations (ECSA) has urged EU governments to do more to tackle piracy off the coast of Somalia
Ferries collide in Cebu port SULPICIO Lines-operated ro-pax Princess of the South was damaged this morning when it was struck by a departing ferry
Indonesians prepare ro-ros INDONESIAN authorities have prepared 29 ro-ro vessels for forthcoming celebrations
West Coast box traffic weaker in August Another decline in containerized imports shows that the peak-shipping season in the trans-Pacific will be not much of a peak at all
ACE funding shortfall
NOL to bid for Hapag-LLoyd
TPM Asia: China still out front
LA-Long Beach to use stickers to ID clean trucks
South Carolina ports complete air emissions inventory
Tacoma volume declines
Arcade buys 10 ships
United States preparing to join Pacific trade group
Growing demand for short cruises to St Ptersburg Royal Caribbean International will resume to use Stockholm as a turnaround port for short cruises in next summer. Next year's itinerary for the cruise vessel Vision of the Seas includes 15 sailings from Stockholm to Tallinn and St Petersburg. Royal ...
Dutch captain detained by Danish police The captain of the Dutch coaster Little Jane had to spend one night in detention at the police station in Helsingør during the weekend. He was arrested at sea by the Danish police, who had been alerted by a Swedish ...
Fjord Line drops Kristiansand service Fjord Line has decided to stop sailing from Hirtshals to Kristiansand and leave this trade to Color Line alone as from next weekend, when the sailing from Hanstholm will be terminated. The fast ferry service will be terminated for good ...
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