Regional Container Lines sees industry recovery Thai-listed feeder line Regional Container Lines (RCL) became one of the few shipping lines to put down money on new ships as its president Sumate Tanthuwanit expressed cautious optimism that the sector is recovering, with an increase in freight rates possible by the next quarter.
S'pore signs air pacts with Latin American states Latin America will become more accessible to travellers from Singapore, now that an open skies agreement (OSA) with Peru and bilateral air services agreements (ASA) with Colombia and Ecuador have been reached.
Prosafe sees demand improving in 2010 Norwegian offshore oil services provider Prosafe Production said yesterday that it expected few new contracts this year and an improvement in demand for floating production vessels next year.
Stef-TFE opens new logistics platform in Strasbourg The French cool chain transport and logistics group Stef-TFE recently started operations at a new logistics facility in Strasbourg (France). The 5 ha property on the banks of the R...
Geis takes over packaging specialist Georg Lechner The global logistics service provider Geis, based in Bad Neustadt / Saale (Germany), took over Georg Lechner GmbH, a German packaging specialist headquartered in Oberhaching near M...
TNT Innight shoulders distribution for Jaguar and Land Rover The luxury and premium brand names Jaguar and Land Rover are relying on TNT Innight. The latter took charge of the transport of spare parts for the two well-known marques...
"Drowned" sailor resurrects as pirate on the "Arctic Sea" The suspected Baltic Sea pirates captured on the Russian-crewed, Finnish-managed "Arctic Sea" are probably Estonian ex-convicts. The Moscow newspaper "Komsomolsakya Pravda" reporte...
Aart Klompe is new director of DB Schenker Rail Nederland Aart Klompe will shoulder responsibility for DB Schenker Rail GmbH on 1 September. He will succeed Detlef Heydt, who is leaving the company. Klompe has been in charge of ...
Russia to merge Kamaz and Avtovaz? According to the media in Moscow the Russian state wants to merge the ailing car manufacturer Avtovaz (Lada) and the commercial vehicle maker Kamaz. The state holding Rostechnologi...
Hamburg Süd's "Rio Blanco" christened in Hamburg The "Rio Blanco" was christened at the Burchardkai quay in the port of Hamburg this week. This is the fourth new vessel in a series of six containerships of identical des...
New feeder service between ECT in Rotterdam and CTF in Stockholm The feeder operators Team Lines and Unifeeder have launched a new weekly all-water feeder service between the terminals of Europe Container Terminals (ECT) in R...
China discussing expansion of Mauritania's port of Nouakchott China State Construction Engineering Corp (CSCEC) is now in discussions with the Mauritanian government about the construction of two further berths in the port of Nouakc...
NCA to suspend Frankfurt route Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA) will suspend flights to Frankfurt (Germany) ahead of its winter timetable beginning on 25 October. The last service to Frankfur...
Jo Tankers to lay off Dutch officers and reflag vessels CHEMTANKER operator to make around 50 Dutch officers redundant and likely to move four vessels to Singapore register.
Eastwind trustee makes $3m from Hakufu deal EASTWIND Maritime's bankruptcy trustee has realised $3m in cash by finalising a transder of bareboat charter.
Analyst puts damper on Frontline profit forecast NORDEA analyst projects Frontline net profit of $35m for 2009, followed by $28m in 2011 and $61m in 2011.
Handysize hunger fuels secondhand sales boom SMALLER bulkers comprise nearly half of 2009 sales, mostly to Asia, as Chinese 'gobble' them up for coastal trading.
Box giants change loop to US CMA CGM, Maersk Line and Hyundai are suspending their service linking China, South Korea, the US East Coast and Panama, it was announced today
Now $60M pledged for Zim ISRAEL Corp said today it will now inject $60M into its Zim Integrated Services subsidiary
Gorgon LNG gets Canberra tick GORGON LNG, a A$65Bn ($54.4Bn) project off Western Australia, cleared its final environmental hurdle today
Ferries clean up the Baltic A STUDY has found that harmful oil discharges from ships in the Baltic Sea have decreased significantly over the past year, Fairplay was told today
Foreigners tap Oz bulk market LAST YEAR'S deregulation of Australia's grain export market appears to have prompted an international consortium to buy and reactivate a Brisbane bulk terminal
Turkey near box port tender ANKARA is reportedly preparing to issue a tender to build one of the world's largest box hubs in western Turkey
Cold shower in Copenhagen POLITICIANS in Copenhagen today urged delegates participating in the UN's December climate change conference to resist the charms of the Danish capital's prostitutes
Keel of P&O ferry laid The keel of the first of two 49,000 GT ferries for P&O Ferries was laid at STX Europe Rauma shipyard on August 25, 2009. The vessel will be delivered
Sea rescue exercise in Gulf of Finland An Estonian-Finnish-Russian sea rescue exercise has been held in the Gulf of Finland with the ferry Victoria 1 playing a leading role. In the scenario, the Victoria 1
Erria in new joint venture Erria A/S has signed a letter of intent with a yet undisclosed European partner for a joint venture, which will operate a fleet of around 85 chemical tankers and
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