World Cup fans to stay in cruise liners South Africa, short of accommodation for nearly half a million fans expected to flock to next year's soccer World Cup, plans to use cruise liners as floating hotels.
Tanker charter rates fall as demand slows ahead of public holidays Rates to ship two million-barrel cargoes of Middle East oil to Asia, the world's busiest route for supertankers, dropped for a fourth session in London as demand waned.
NZ shipping on alert for icebergs Ships are on alert and maritime authorities are monitoring the movements of hundreds of menacing icebergs drifting towards New Zealand in the southern Pacific Ocean, officials said.
CKYH Alliance to adopt seasonal adjustment programme in Asia'North America trade The CKYH Alliance (Coscon, K-Line, Yang Ming and Hanjin Shipping) is adopting a seasonal adjustment programme in the Asia'North America trade at the end of November....
IRU honours 1,373 drivers from 27 countries The International Road Transport Union (IRU) awarded honorary diplomas to 1,373 professional drivers from 27 countries at its autumn meeting to acknowledge their many years of achi...
William J. Logue named president of FedEx Freight William J. Logue has been appointed as president of FedEx Freight Corp, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp and a leading provider of regional and long-haul less-than-trucklo...
FM Logistic is well on course FM Logistics (formerly known as Faure & Machet), based in Phalsbourg (France), has announced its final figures for the 2008/2009 business year, which ended on 31 March. The company...
Vopak NV sells Swiss tank storage complex Royal Vopak (Vopak) has sold its tank terminal in Basel (Switzerland) to Fluvia Holding BV and North Sea Petroleum Holding BV (NSPH). The parties agreed not to reveal the tran...
Ceva Logistics wins Embraer contract The global logistics service provider Ceva Logistics, based in Hoofddorp (Netherlands), has signed a three-year contract with Embraer, the Brazilian jet manufac...
New ice protection system reduces danger on the roads Snow and rain tend to form dangerous plates of ice on canvas covers, and require a lot of effort to remove. A new semi-automatic ice protection system developed by the Ge...
Russian container traffic levels still low The volume of container traffic in Russia's rail sector in the first ten months of 2009 was 23% below that of the same period last year. There is still no real sign of improvement....
Miami airport welcomes Finnair's seasonal service to Helsinki The Finnish carrier Finnair launched a weekly passenger and cargo connection between Miami FL (USA) and Helsinki (Finland) on 23 November. The direct flight, which is ser...
Delta wants to offer financial assistance to JAL The US company Delta Air Lines and other SkyTeam alliance members want to entice Japan Airlines (JAL) away from the one world alliance by offering a cash injection to sho...
Cargofresh declares insolvency Cargofresh AG, a subsidiary of Ahrensburg (Germany)-based Cargofresh Engineering GmbH, has declared insolvency due to lack of financial resources. "Customers have delayed orde...
ThyssenKrupp to sell Greek shipyard ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems, having disposed of its German shipyards, has started negotiations with the Greek government to sell off its subsidiary Hellenic Shipyards (HSY). T...
China accused of pipe dumping CHINA's steel industry is guilty of dumping seamless and alloy steel pipes into the US, the US Commerce Department has found
EC energy portfolio up for grabs NEW members from Eastern Europe are vying for the EU's energy portfolio, as big guns France and Germany withdraw interest, IHS Global Insight reported today
Gaddafi, the pirate mediator? LIBYA'S leader Muammar Gaddafi has reportedly offered to step in to mediate with pirates holding two dozen Ukrainian seafarers hostage off Somalia
Piracy cover to be clarified PIRACY cover will be further consolidated under war risk in the 2010 edition of the Norwegian Marine Insurance Plan, according to marine insurer Gard
Rotterdam expands anchorage ROTTERDAM has reportedly expanded its anchorage area to cope with increasing demand
Sonangol told to open books SONANGOL, Angola's government-run oil company, will be forced to open its books if it wants a $1.4Bn loan from the IMF
Bilbao price snarl settled BILBAO ship agents and trucker groups settled a price dispute today, halting a week of strikes that had stymied trade at the Basque port
Thome wants cadets to be mandatory Despite the economic downturn there is still a shortage of senior officers, in some sectors more than others. Some owners have cut down on cadets to save money, something Singapore Read more
DFDS takes ro-ro out of service and lays off 20 seafarers DFDS Tor Line will take the ro-ro ship Tor Anglia out of service and sell it. 20 seafarers will therefore be laid off in the coming months. The DFDS Read more
EU force disarmed suspected pirates On November 25, the Greek EU-Navfor warship HS Adrias disarmed a suspected pirate attack group of nine men, some 60 nautical miles northeast of the Seychelles. The day before Read more
Norwegian owner buys Saxo The Norwegian company Hav Bulk K/S A/S bought the Danish coaster Saxo at an auction. Hav Bulk offered around DKK 1.5 million plus another DKK 600,000 in Read more
Ten years since Sleipner disaster Ten years ago the catamaran ferry M/S Sleipner sank off Haugesund, Norway. 16 people died while 69 were rescued. On November 26, 1999, the Sleipner left Haugesund on route Read more
Arctic Sea discharges in Algeria ' after four months In the morning hours of November 26 the cargo vessel Arctic Sea discharged its timber cargo at the Algerian Port of B'ja'a, reports the Russian news agency Ria Novosti. The Read more
Full repair for Full City Full City will be fully repaired at Cityvarvet in G'teborg. The Chinese vessel caused an oil catastrophe on the Norwegian south coast this summer when it hit a rock after
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