Making a good port great IN today's high-tech world, the maritime industry is generally considered a laggard. But given the phenomenal growth in sea trade over the past decade, this is changing fast.
KL wants greater use of technology in fighting piracy More attention should be given to the role of technology in order to sustain the efforts towards combating security threats in the Strait of Malacca, Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said.
Next yacht race to be more exciting: Volvo The next edition of the Volvo yacht race in 2011-2012 will be shorter and less costly and will have more entries, in order to be more competitive and hopefully more exciting for the public, organisers said on Monday.
Strait Talk
Cautious optimism for shipping services SO, just how bad has the shipping services sector got? The answer, it seems, may well be, 'Not quite as bad as you may have thought'.
Making a good port great IN today's high-tech world, the maritime industry is generally considered a laggard. But given the phenomenal growth in sea trade over the past decade, this is changing fast.
KL wants greater use of technology in fighting piracy More attention should be given to the role of technology in order to sustain the efforts towards combating security threats in the Strait of Malacca, Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said.
Next yacht race to be more exciting: Volvo The next edition of the Volvo yacht race in 2011-2012 will be shorter and less costly and will have more entries, in order to be more competitive and hopefully more exciting for the public, organisers said on Monday.
Strait Talk
Cautious optimism for shipping services SO, just how bad has the shipping services sector got? The answer, it seems, may well be, 'Not quite as bad as you may have thought'.
Germany's Paul Günther leasing firm files for bankruptcy Hamburg-based German company Paul Günther, a leading European container chassis leaser, has filed for bankruptcy, with the procedure expected to lead to the firm being restructured...
Sales figures up, operational result down for GLS The Amsterdam-based pan-European parcel, express and logistics service provider General Logistics Systems (GLS) improved its sales figures in 2008/2009 by 2.4% to EUR 1.8 billion, ...
EU funding Lithuanian logistics centre infrastructure work The EU is providing Lithuania with around LTL 220 million (approximately USD 90 million) from its cohesion fund for the infrastructure work in planned logistics centres in Vilnius,...
FedEx registers large loss in Q4 The US CEP and logistics service provider FedEx made a big loss of USD 876 million in the fourth quarter (to the end of May), with revenues standing at USD 7.85 billion, down by 20...
FM Logistic opens FMCG facility in Poland The French contract logistics specialist FM Logistic recently opened a new 10,000 sqm fast-moving consumer goods logistics facility in Olszowa in the city of Ujazd (Poland), betwee...
K Line participating in ultra-deepwater drillship project Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha, Mitsui & Co, Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha and Japan Drilling (J4) have announced that J4 has agreed to participate in a project for an ultra-deepwater drill...
Hamburg Süd appoints new agency in Poland The company Safe Shipping will be taking over Hamburg Süd and Aliança's agency operations in Poland on 1 July. The agency has succeeded Morska Agencja Gdynia, with whom Hamburg S'd...
Maersk increases Asia-New Zealand rates Maersk Line recently increased rates on services from northeastern and Southeast Asia to New Zealand, including links from South Korea, Russia, PRC, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, M...
Emirates' Mercator stages e-freight summit in Dubai Mercator, a Dubai-based business technology provider and part of the Emirates Group, recently held its first cargo event to showcase its latest cargo innovation, SkyChain. The orga...
China newbuild orders slump NEWBUILDING orders at Chinese yards have dropped drastically compared to last year according to the Ministry of Industry and Information. Orders secured for the five months ending May 2009 amounted to 1.18M dwt, 96% down compared to the corresponding period in 2008
Stay clear of Wonsan, N Korea NORTH Korea warned ships today to stay away from its eastern port of Wonsan starting on Thursday, during tests of a short-range missile
Fleet Management in crosshairs FLEET Management, which operated the Cosco Busan during the November 2007 San Francisco Bay spill, has lost a crucial argument in its attempt to avert huge fines
Liners decline at record levels BOX LINES have suffered a record decline in 1Q09 revenues, according to a report by shipbrokers Barry Rogliano Salles
ME box volumes fall 16% MIDDLE East container volumes have fallen by 16% this year compared to last, APL executive Euguene Seroka told Emirates Business magazine today
Ship rescued off South Africa THE BULKER Kiran is being towed safely along the South African coast today after drifting on to rocks during last night's extreme storms
Dutch cargo vessel freed According to the Dutch Defence Ministry, Somali pirates have freed the Dutch cargo vessel MV Marathon, the news agency AP reports. The Dutch navy is now escorting the vessel to
Over 2 billion ferry passengers worldwide Over 2 billion passengers, 255 million cars and 34.1 million trailers were transported by ferry services worldwide last year, according to ShipPax Information. There were 6.7 million number
New container service to Varberg The Dutch shipping company Harlingen North Connect Lines (HNCL) will start up a container service between Swedish Varberg and Riga on a weekly basis. The service will call at Harlingen
Lauritzen increases stakes in offshore Danish Lauritzen has appointed Anders Mortensen, previously president of Lauritzen Tankers and responsible for J. Lauritzen's product tanker activities since 2004, as president of Lauritzen Offshore Services. The new business
Eitzen eyes OMX Copenhagen Norwegian Eitzen is considering registration of its dry bulk operations on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange, reports Maritime Denmark. If so, it will be via its subsidiary Orion where Eitzen owns
Alexela fined for Sløvåg explosion The Norwegian oil terminal Alexela Slövåg has been fined NOK 2 million for an explosion that occurred at the terminal in May 2007. According to the Estonian port operator, Alexela
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